Hoyles BlackOut Material Advert (1940s)
A superb wartime advert from Hoyles of Westgate for ARP blackout material.
AE Cooke’s Piano Shop – 8 Westgate
No. 8 Westgate - Alfred E Cooke's piano shop to the left of the Bull Hotel Vaults.
Alfred was born in Brampton and classified himself...
Bull Hotel – Back Yard
The back yard / car park of the Bull Hotel on Westgate pictured around 1972.
The local lads with the car include well known local...
Mansion House, Westgate c.1911
The imposing Mansion House sat at the Long Causeway end of Westgate, alongside the Bull Hotel.
It was built in the mid 1700s by Matthew...
Wortley Almshouses 2010
Back in 1744, one of the city's MPs, Edward Wortley, purchased two small houses and the grassland that sat behind them and donated them...
Six Bells, Westgate (1970s)
The Six Bells on Westgate - complete with period police car - in the 1970s.
Farrow’s Corner (c.1918)
The corner of Long Causeway with Westgate was known as Farrow's Corner due to it being the site of HJ Farrow's drapers store. Harry Johnson Farrow...
Edwardian Family Portrait
A nice family portrait from around 1910 and captured by photographer May Bone working at her Westgate studio. May listed herself as a "photographer's...
Westgate (c.1904)
A lovely colour tinted image showing Boroughbury corner at the junction of Westgate and Lincoln Road around 1904. Note the underground toilets in the...
Westgate Arcade
The Westgate entrance to the Westgate Arcade in the 1960s with J R Johnson and Sons butchers on the right and Rose's Fashion Centre...