The Yorkshire House to House Electricity Co.

BJF · Post by **BJF** » Sat 19 Dec, 2009 9:07 pm

These are still in existence near Woodhouse Moor

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Sun 20 Dec, 2009 12:01 am

Nice!

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Sun 20 Dec, 2009 1:59 pm

BJF wrote: These are still in existence near Woodhouse Moor Yorkshire House to House was the first supplier of domestic electricity in Leeds. I am amazed that the manhole covers still exist because the company was given the franchise to electrify Leeds in 1894 and was bought up by the council in 1897. They set up the first generating station at Aire Street, which later became Leeds Corporation Power station.I have a family history connection with YHH.My great grandfather was lured to Leeds with a tempting job offer by YHH when it was setup in 1894, and the whole family moved from the East end of London to Leeds. His sons ( including my grandfather) followed him into the electrical trade. My grandfather & his brother installed the neon sign on the roof of Kirgate market in the 1930s, and he worked for the Yorkshire Electricity Board until he retired.There is an account of the introduction of electric lighting in Leeds and the part played by YHH at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keith.feen ... tml-ignore the title about hosepipes

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sun 20 Dec, 2009 2:15 pm

What a brilliant find BJF - many thanks - and a great back story too !

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 20 Dec, 2009 3:02 pm

blackprince wrote: BJF wrote: These are still in existence near Woodhouse Moor Yorkshire House to House was the first supplier of domestic electricity in Leeds. I am amazed that the manhole covers still exist because the company was given the franchise to electrify Leeds in 1894 and was bought up by the council in 1897. They set up the first generating station at Aire Street, which later became Leeds Corporation Power station.I have a family history connection with YHH.My great grandfather was lured to Leeds with a tempting job offer by YHH when it was setup in 1894, and the whole family moved from the East end of London to Leeds. His sons ( including my grandfather) followed him into the electrical trade. My grandfather & his brother installed the neon sign on the roof of Kirgate market in the 1930s, and he worked for the Yorkshire Electricity Board until he retired.There is an account of the introduction of electric lighting in Leeds and the part played by YHH at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/keith.feen ... tml-ignore the title about hosepipes These associations between Leeds past and family past of SL contributors keep cropping up and arte facinating - I always wonder what else is out there just waiting a prompt.There is another thread or two on here in which we also talked about the old power station and associated works and I included a link in there to 'A spark in the Gas Works' from Leodis Leeds there too. Search on here is not good but, you might like to read through the old one if you can find it!

blackprince · Post by **blackprince** » Sun 20 Dec, 2009 4:48 pm

These associations between Leeds past and family past of SL contributors keep cropping up and are facinating - I always wonder what else is out there just waiting a prompt.There is another thread or two on here in which we also talked about the old power station and associated works and I included a link in there to 'A spark in the Gas Works' from Leodis Leeds there too. Search on here is not good but, you might like to read through the old one if you can find it! I remember visiting the Aire street Power station with my Grandfather when I was very young. So thanks, Chameleon, for pointing me in the direction of the previous thread which I found herehttp://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messages.aspx ... hLight=1It includes 2 photos of the power station at Aire Street/Whitehall Rd, the latest dated 1980. The power station was also visible from the railway approaching Leeds City and appears in the background of a few train spotters photos.eg see 5th photo on this pagehttp://www.davidheyscollection.com/page43.htmIn the previous thread someone thought the Whitehall Road power station was originally built to power the electric trams. In fact , Leeds Tramways had their own electricity generating station built near Crown Point Bridge in 1897.

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 20 Dec, 2009 5:54 pm

There is just so much gone onto this site over the last couple of years, it's hard remembering where everything is.Con grats on finding it though, a not insignificant achievement in its own right!!!

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Mon 18 Jan, 2010 2:40 pm

Found another one of these, much more worn and hardly legible, the southern end of Park Square West.

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 18 Jan, 2010 2:56 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Found another one of these, much more worn and hardly legible, the southern end of Park Square West. (I've reported the posting fault Cardi - fingers xd!)

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Mon 18 Jan, 2010 3:35 pm

BJF wrote: These are still in existence near Woodhouse Moor Great find BJF.Where abouts is that one please? I wouldn't mind a shot of one.Cheers