Picture Great Garden Street, Leeds
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Great Garden Street, Leeds, Yorkshire.
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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
