Lewis's Department Store

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 14 May, 2013 10:56 am

Jogon wrote: View Lewis's mid-right from New Briggate '1950's'No 3 service, Tram 174?Single cab double decker going up Headrow. Lovely picture Jogon - as the late wonderful Hylda Baker would have said - "Full of emulsion." The bus just visible in the Headrow is a West Yorkshire Bristol with ECW body - WYRCC standardised on this excellent model from 1945 to the early 1950s. The bus will have been going to Farsley, Guiseley, Keighley, Bradford via Greengates or via Yeadon - can't think of any other destinations of that time just now.

geoffb · Post by **geoffb** » Tue 14 May, 2013 11:40 am

The motor scooter parked outside the Grand Theatre is a 1950s Lambretta LD model. My first scooter was a Lambretta LI 150.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 14 May, 2013 12:54 pm

geoffb wrote: The motor scooter parked outside the Grand Theatre is a 1950s Lambretta LD model. My first scooter was a Lambretta LI 150. And an identical tram to 174, 180, can be seen magnificently restored and can be ridden on at the National Tramway Village at Crich in Derbyshire - four other Leeds cars are also there.

liits · Post by **liits** » Tue 14 May, 2013 5:54 pm

Tasa wrote: .........there was a kiosk where you could pay to have your photo taken with a monkey I have a photo of three of my older brothers, resplendent in school uniform, making up a quartet with a monkey. None of them can recall where the photo was taken and this may have laid the mystery to rest. Well done!I'm going to have to dig the photo out and post it here to shame them!

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Tue 14 May, 2013 6:45 pm

Tasa wrote: I've mentioned this earlier in the thread but this is me in my Rupert Bear trousers in Lewis's in 1964! Goodness knows what it was all about but there was a kiosk where you could pay to have your photo taken with a monkey so I have my mother to blame for this (don't ask which is the monkey!) Lovely pic Tasa, it is similar to one of my sister and I and probably taken around the same time. We told our much younger brother that the monkey was him before he had his fur shaved off.... he believed it for years!

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Tue 14 May, 2013 7:41 pm

Lüts and Lilysmum, I'm glad my photo brought back memories and may have solved a mystery in Lüts' case! Yes, do post the photo if you can find it

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 14 May, 2013 8:03 pm

I too have one of those black and white photos, it has me proudly holding one of those little monkeys. Think it will be about 1968-69.It even looks like the same monkey and clothes it has on. I've asked my mum several times where it is but she can't remember. It's solved a mystery for me as well. I've just phoned her up to ask her to dig it out (hope it's not been thrown out by now) I'll post mine if she still has it too

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Wed 15 May, 2013 12:39 am

Somewhere I have a photo of me on Muffin the Mule, taken I'm pretty sure at Lewis's in the late 50's. I'll try & dig it out.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sun 30 Jun, 2013 9:16 pm

Good early one here thanks to Resto yorksSadly something's been done so I cannot show the image here, shame that - what is it and why do folks do that?http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewfromth ... otostream/

Loiner1960 · Post by **Loiner1960** » Sun 30 Jun, 2013 9:31 pm

What a picture. I think it shows Coronation Street. I only ever remember that as a road with knocked down houses. Thank you.