Quebec Street

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Jon W
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Does anyone know the history behind this street name? Would be really interested to know what the connection is.
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uncle mick
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Jon W wrote: Does anyone know the history behind this street name? Would be really interested to know what the connection is. Some info herehttp://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIde ... Y=FULLEDIT Quebec Street opened in 1872 and was named in memory of General Wolfe who captured Quebec in Canada in 1759 but was killed in the Battle Plains of Abraham.
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Jon W wrote: Does anyone know the history behind this street name? Would be really interested to know what the connection is. A very good question - just thinking quickly about it I can't see any Canadian influence anywhere in the immediate vicinity. On a happy note though, the scaffolding around the Majestic now reveals a most wonderful restoration of the stonework to its 1920s splendour - those responsible for the terrible state and impending doom of the Odeon in Bradford PLEASE take note of what can be achieved.
There's nothing like keeping the past alive - it makes us relieved to reflect that any bad times have gone, and happy to relive all the joyful and fascinating experiences of our own and other folks' earlier days.
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It may be a reference to the Battle of Quebec in 1759 when we took on the French.Doesn't Toronto Street still run off Quebec Street as well?JD
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Little Village in the North Easthttp://g.co/maps/32eaw
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Jon W wrote: Does anyone know the history behind this street name? Would be really interested to know what the connection is. Hi Jon WI'm new to this site so spend a lot of time catching up on older threads.I cannot post a link (don't know how to?) but follow my instructions and they should take you to some interesting reading re Quebec St etcCaron Click into NAMESChoose ALL THREADS (bottom of page)Click onto STREET NAMES
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Just a bit of trivia - we pronounce Quebec - "Kweebec", over there the French Canadians pronounce it "Kaybec", and they don't like the Brits very much.
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jdbythesea wrote: It may be a reference to the Battle of Quebec in 1759 when we took on the French.Doesn't Toronto Street still run off Quebec Street as well?JD And there is Toronto Square as well: http://www.torontosquareleeds.co.uk/location.html
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Johnny39 wrote: Just a bit of trivia - we pronounce Quebec - "Kweebec", over there the French Canadians pronounce it "Kaybec", and they don't like the Brits very much. The geordies pronounce that village "Kwee", "beck"
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