Great Garden Street, Leeds, Yorkshire
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- Place Picture Notes
- Corner of Great Garden Street and Accommodation Road, showing corner shop with wall advertising for Mansion Polish; children playing in street and group of men on doorstep. Property shown belongs to one Clara Sutcliffe.
Grey (not "gray") properties were those within a potential slum clearance area which were not regarded as unfit, but would need to be demolished in order to acquire a convenient site for redevelopment. When compulsorily purchased by the Council, "grey" properties would attract market value. The unfit ("pink") properties would only be compensated at site value - usually about £5
- Corner of Great Garden Street and Accommodation Road, showing corner shop with wall advertising for Mansion Polish; children playing in street and group of men on doorstep. Property shown belongs to one Clara Sutcliffe.
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- Place Notes
- Demolished as part of the Leeds slum clearance program.
- Place References (3)
- Parent Place: Leeds, Yorkshire
- Picture: picture-pic00528.htm
- 1868 Occupancy/Contact: James John Smith, Sarah Gale (1868 - 1868)