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Leeds Then and Today: Lloyds Arms
National World - LocalTV
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04/09/2024
Andy Hutchinson reflects on the Lloyds Arms on Duke Street, the Leeds City Centre pub which was demolished to make way for the inner city loop road.
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Hi and welcome to the latest edition of Leeds Then and Today with me Andrew Hutchinson.
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It was the historic pub demolished in the 1990s in the name of progress.
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The Lloyds Arms on Duke Street welcomed generations of revellers stretching back to 1817 before
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it was demolished in 1994 to make way for the inner city loop road.
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By the early 1930s the Lloyds Arms was run by landlord Frank Blackburn.
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The railway bridge runs across the centre of the photo with the line running trains
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to and from Leeds City Station.
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Tram lines run along Duke Street, the church is to the right.
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Bostock Circus was held on what was spare ground which is now the bus station.
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The landlord of the Lloyds Arms at the time allowed the animals to be washed and hosed
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down in his stable yard.
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Last Orders was called in 1994.
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The pub had welcomed generations of drinkers down the decades before it all ended abruptly
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all in the name of progress.
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The Lloyds Arms was demolished as a sacrifice to help keep the city on the move.
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Nowadays there are lots of alternatives for people and revellers to find their food and
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drink fix in the city centre.
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Thousands of motorists make their way along this route every day without even knowing
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the pub was ever there.
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