It's interesting that where the bus station is now was then a cleared area (possibly for the building of the bus station?). I wonder what the buildings were that are in the bottom right corner of what is now the bus station?
The last building listed on the north side of York st before Duke St in the 1894 and 1916 Kellys is no 81.In 1894 it was Johnson Bros, boot manufacturers and in 1916 it was S Forsyth & Co, wholesale clothiers.
chemimike wrote:The last building listed on the north side of York st before Duke St in the 1894 and 1916 Kellys is no 81.In 1894 it was Johnson Bros, boot manufacturers and in 1916 it was S Forsyth & Co, wholesale clothiers.
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I assume that 'Toffy' is toffee (or 'taffy' as in 'salt water taffy' used in North America) but I wonder if toffy might be a dialect word for something else. I've tried to find out (but not in great depth) and have not been able to find it having any other meaning, but you never know! It's got me wondering if describing a person as a 'toff' has any connection.
A rainbow is a ribbon that Nature puts on when she washes her hair.
I assume that 'Toffy' is toffee (or 'taffy' as in 'salt water taffy' used in North America) but I wonder if toffy might be a dialect word for something else. I've tried to find out (but not in great depth) and have not been able to find it having any other meaning, but you never know! It's got me wondering if describing a person as a 'toff' has any connection.
It's just a old fashioned way of spelling toffee. Here we are "Made In Leeds"
Cheers uncle mick . I was hoping that 'toffy' had another meaning as a local dialect word, as some old such words are fascinating!
I don't know of Slade's caramel toffy but it has reminded me of the Mackintosh's Toffee bars that I liked as a child. Well at least I thought there were such bars but on doing a search it seems I may be wrong as there seems to be only mentions of individually wrapped sweets not bars (except in Canada). I'm now wondering what toffee bars I did have if I am wrong in recalling they were Mackintosh's Toffee bars. I need a nostalgic gob stopper and some aniseed balls .
A rainbow is a ribbon that Nature puts on when she washes her hair.
Could it be MgGowans toffee bar which had a picture on the front of a long horned Highland cow. this a lovely buttery toffee, nice but not as nice as "the Invalid" toffee sold in pieces from a jar and the shop keeper had a small hammer to break the toffee with.
McCowan's Highland Toffee, made in Stenhousemuir, was a favourite of mine when growing up in Glasgow. I still buy it in Scotland but I don't know if you can get it in Leeds. My dentist isn't a fan as it is very good at removing fillings from your teeth!
Ah yes, it would very probably have been McGowans/McCowans (the spelling varies depending on the source when I did a search to find information). For a Christmas sweet I also remember the toffee coming in a thin tray with the little hammer to break it up (more usually to smash it to pieces ).
A rainbow is a ribbon that Nature puts on when she washes her hair.
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