Number 25 tram but where?

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15th December 1947. Leeds City Tramways Depot at Thwaite Gate, Hunslet. The photograph looks along the yard gates, past the parcels office, to the tram shed and end terraces of Belmont Road.    
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If the roof line on the right is the Crooked Billet as Leodis suggests then this should be the location of the tram depot as seen today.http://goo.gl/maps/gKLQnA quick 180 Deg spin shows the pub.    
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Thwaite Gate depot closed in 1968 and we all moved to the brand new Middleton Garage
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buffaloskinner wrote: Thwaite Gate depot closed in 1968 and we all moved to the brand new Middleton Garage Thank you buffaloLots of big projects going on back then, tho 45 yrs on, many now demolished.

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Well done Jim for the location.Well done Jogon Uncle Mick Phill and Kango for the photographs.    
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Great thread. I cannot make it out so I would be grateful if someone knows what the sign states above the arch in the bottom photo of Jogon's post on 23-Nov-2013 21:45:20. I love the Frog Hall Farm name in the bottom right of Phill's map.
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Phill_dvsn wrote: This is a photo knocking about on facebook, no details, and I don't recognise the area at all. I thought it might be a good guess where, and see how today's comparison view looks. The old Melbourne painted sign looks a good one, and the route 25 another good clue??     The red bus in the background is one of the West Riding central entrance AEC's that replaced their trams, presumably the tram is somewhere on the no 10 bus route between Wakefield and Leeds. Isn't the tram a "Middleton bogie?"    

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Leodian wrote: Great thread. I cannot make it out so I would be grateful if someone knows what the sign states above the arch in the bottom photo of Jogon's post on 23-Nov-2013 21:45:20. I love the Frog Hall Farm name in the bottom right of Phill's map. Hi Leo.The sign says Red Lion yard.Here's a view from the other side of the arch.
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Hi majorhoundii. Tram 285 was an ex-Manchester Pilcher car, eight of which were bought by Leeds in around 1946, and all scrapped by 1954.The seventeen Middleton Bogies were built for Leeds 1933-35 and scrapped by September 1957. They were a larger, flat-fronted tram, carried (as the name suggests) on two four-wheeled bogies. They were numbered 255-271, and were painted blue for many years, hence their local nickname "Bluebirds".

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kango wrote: Leodian wrote: Great thread. I cannot make it out so I would be grateful if someone knows what the sign states above the arch in the bottom photo of Jogon's post on 23-Nov-2013 21:45:20. I love the Frog Hall Farm name in the bottom right of Phill's map. Hi Leo.The sign says Red Lion yard.Here's a view from the other side of the arch. That's a fantastic shot of inside the arched yard kango.I used to frequent the "lion" and "billet" for many years having known a few landlords,friends roundabouts and working close by.I could be wrong but i thought the white building,just immediately down from the lion in uncle micks excellent street shot was in fact the billet.It wasn't far in staggering distance from one to t'other ! In any event.....all great photos and great thread.
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