Hoyles BlackOut Material Advert (1940s)

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A superb wartime advert from Hoyles of Westgate for ARP blackout material.

AE Cooke’s Piano Shop – 8 Westgate

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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The Six Bells on Westgate - complete with period police car - in the 1970s.

Farrow’s Corner (c.1918)

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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

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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)

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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

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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...