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changes brought by the Building Societies Act 1986, diversifying its business into share-selling, off-shore banking, estate agency and property development. Further amalgamations were considered in the 1980s and early 1990s including the Southdown Building Society which proceeded, but others were not forthcoming. It had a notable television advertising campaign featuring George Cole in the same period which featured the slogan "Laughing all the way to The Leeds". In 1993 a new head office at Lovell Park replaced the Leeds's previous head office on The Headrow which was eventually replaced with The Light shopping and leisure complex. Then in 1995, the
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repeated until the late 1990s, when most of the large societies announced demutalisation plans. In 1995, the Halifax announced it was to merge with the Leeds Permanent Building Society and convert to a plc. The Halifax floated on the London Stock Exchange on 2 June 1997. Over 7.5 million customers of the Society became shareholders of the new bank, the largest extension of shareholders in UK history. As Halifax plc, the new bank was the fifth largest in the UK in terms of market capitalisation. Further expansion took place with the 1996 acquisition of Clerical Medical Fund Managers, a UK
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vehicle to sell their financial products. Building Societies also joined the fray by taking advantage of the Building Societies Act 1986; this resulted in the creation of Halifax Estate Agencies Ltd (HEAL). In 1995 Halifax Building Society merged with Leeds Permanent Building Society and their subsidiary; Property Leeds UK Limited which unlike HEAL had largely retained the names of those estate agencies it had purchased, including Frank Farr & Sons and Gale & Power. Some of these firms dated back to the 1800s. Property Leeds was absorbed HEAL and although some branches were rebranded to carry the name 'Halifax', others
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changes brought by the Building Societies Act 1986, diversifying its business into share-selling, off-shore banking, estate agency and property development. Further amalgamations were considered in the 1980s and early 1990s including the Southdown Building Society which proceeded, but others were not forthcoming. It had a notable television advertising campaign featuring George Cole in the same period which featured the slogan "Laughing all the way to The Leeds". In 1993 a new head office at Lovell Park replaced the Leeds's previous head office on The Headrow which was eventually replaced with The Light shopping and leisure complex. Then in 1995, the
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Leeds merged with the Halifax Building Society, which shortly afterwards converted to plc status. After its merger with the Halifax the use of the Leeds Building Society name had ceased. In turn the Halifax had merged with Bank of Scotland to form HBOS in 2001 which in turn became part of Lloyds Banking Group in 2009 due to the collapse of its share price and exposure to the credit crunch. Leeds Permanent Building Society The Leeds Permanent Building Society was a building society founded in Leeds, England in 1846 and was commonly known in a shortened form as The Leeds.
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branches across the UK, with 29 located in Yorkshire and it has a branch in Gibraltar and a branch in Dublin. Its head office is located on The Headrow in Leeds city centre. It should not be confused with the defunct Leeds Permanent Building Society, which was also known as "The Leeds", and merged with the Halifax Building Society on 1 August 1995. In July 2006 Leeds Building Society was voted "Best Building Society" by Mortgage Magazine. This award is judged by an independent panel and takes into account long term value, customer service, how easy products are to understand
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1938, in an incident of mass hysteria, many residents believed a serial killer, the Halifax Slasher, was on the loose. Scotland Yard concluded there were no attacks after several locals admitted they had inflicted wounds on themselves. Halifax plc started as a building society, the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building and Investment Society, in the town in 1853. Today the bank operates as a trading name of HBOS, part of the Lloyds Banking Group. Yorkshire Bank, based in Leeds and known as the "West Riding Penny Savings Bank", was established on 1 May 1859 by Colonel Edward Akroyd of Halifax. Halifax
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Leeds Permanent Building Society The Leeds Permanent Building Society was a building society founded in Leeds, England in 1846 and was commonly known in a shortened form as The Leeds. It should not be confused with the still existing Leeds Building Society (formerly Leeds and Holbeck Building Society) Originally the Leeds was known as The Leeds Building and Investment Society which was to have been a temporary terminating society which would have been disbanded but demand soon outstripped the society's ability to build and The Leeds was converted to a permanent status. On 8 November 1848, the new permanent Society,
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its first supermarket in 1961 in a converted cinema; it turned over £17.6bn in 2015, and is the region's second largest company. Also in Bradford are Club 18-30, Provident Financial, Seabrook Potato Crisps, Safestyle UK, Yorkshire Building Society, Stylo, the Grattan (owned by Otto GmbH since 2000) catalogue retailer, and Yorkshire Water. Santander UK (former Abbey) has its savings division there. The Halifax bank (former Building Society) is based in Halifax, the Yorkshire Bank (owned by CYBG plc and the National Australia Bank) and Leeds Building Society in Leeds, and with UK Asset Resolution (former Bradford & Bingley) and NRAM
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virtually every major city, including London, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Manchester. Between 1920 and 1940, total assets increased to over £40 million, while membership increased more than tenfold to over 200,000. Sir Charles Davies, one of Leeds’ best known public figures, oversaw much of the growth and charted the future direction of the Leeds during this time. The 1940s onwards saw the Leeds involved in a series of mergers with other societies, including the London North Eastern Railway Building Society, the Doncaster Building Society and the Midland Building Society. The 1950s and 1960s also saw another phase of branch expansion, with
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the Halifax Building Society and the "Leeds Permanent" brand disappeared; thereafter the branch operated under the Halifax brand. The building now houses a branch of Metrobet, a bookmaker with several branches in London and southeast England. 163 North Street was listed at Grade II by English Heritage on 26 August 1999. This status is given to "nationally important buildings of special interest". As of February 2001, it was one of 1,124 Grade II-listed buildings and structures, and 1,218 listed buildings of all grades, in the city of Brighton and Hove. The building is within the Valley Gardens Conservation Area, one
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Society merged with the Leeds Permanent Building Society. The following year the Leeds Staff Association joined the IUHS. Also in 1996, The Halifax acquired the Clerical Medical Investment Group and in 1999 announced its merger with the Bank of Scotland. The union was therefore renamed again by delegates at the 2002 conference to reflect the diversity of its membership. From this point onwards it was known as Accord. Alignment with the TUC Despite its recognition and affiliation as an independent trade union with the TUC on 1979, the HBSSA (a previous incarnation of Accord) was still subject to much derision
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father, Bob Griffiths, served as Mayor of Dudley in 1982. Upon finishing his education in 1987, Griffiths joined the family engineering business in the West Midlands, manufacturing plant equipment for the construction industry. Later, he worked for the Leeds Permanent Building Society (later to become the Halifax Building Society) where he became a manager specialising in property and financial services. In 1999, Griffiths began to work for the West Midlands MEP team in the European Parliament in Brussels, before being appointed Adviser on farming. He worked for the European Agricultural Spokesman Neil Parish MEP. Griffiths stood as a Conservative council
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Leeds Building Society Leeds Building Society is the fifth largest in the UK and serves approximately 719,000 customers across the UK who together hold £9.9 billion in savings balances. In 2015 their average interest rate paid to savers was 1.78% (1.2% UK average) and their net mortgage lending was £1.4bn (£1.1bn 2014). The society was registered as the Leeds and Holbeck (Permanent) Building Society in 1875, though the society originated from a group called the Leeds Union Operative Land and Building Society which formed in 1845. The society was renamed to Leeds Building Society in September 2005. It has 65
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18 Park Lane – Permanent House - designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and local architect C.W. Atkinson. Permanent House was the Leeds’ home until the move to new premises in Lovell Park in 1992. The founders of the Leeds Permanent were 'not men who let the grass grow under their feet'. Within six months, the Society had opened more than eight agencies across neighbouring towns, including Wetherby, Barnsley and Huddersfield. By the time of its tenth birthday in 1858, the Society had 3,500 members and was proudly proclaiming itself to be the largest building society in the world. The competent
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interest in botany in 1893 when, recovering from a pulmonary abscess, he was advised to go on long outdoor rambles. These took place over the Halifax moors, sometimes in the company of botanists belonging to the Halifax Scientific Society, a society in which he soon became a prominent member. He enrolled as a Queen's Scholar, at Yorkshire College, Leeds in 1895, which at that time was still part of Victoria University, Leeds, and was a part-time editor of the "Halifax Naturalist", publishing a number of his own botanical papers. 1898 saw him working at Fairweather Green School, though still keeping
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purchased for permanent collections, including Granada Television, and the Halifax Building Society and in the publicly accessible collections of the York, Leeds and Bradford Universities, plus The Open University, and in the Bradford Museums and Galleries permanent collection. She was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Bradford in 1996. On her death the major part of the personal art collection of Tom and Marie Last were left to the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery including works by Alfred Wallace and Ben Nicholson which were acquired with the help of Tom's colleague the Yorkshire solicitor and art collevctor Cyril
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partnerships. There are also a number of innovation centres belonging to leading companies, and a range of spin-off companies linked to major universities. Many large British companies are based in Yorkshire or were founded there. These include; HSBC (Sheffield), Morrisons (Bradford), Asda (Leeds), Jet2.com (Leeds), Ronseal (Sheffield), Optare (Leeds), Aunt Bessie's (Hull), Birds Eye (Hull), Wharfedale (Leeds), Plaxton (Scarborough), Seven Seas (Hull), Little Chef (Sheffield), Plusnet (Sheffield), Quidco (Sheffield), Fenner plc (Hull), Halifax Bank (Halifax), Rank Organisation (Hull), Yorkshire Bank (Leeds), William Jackson Food Group (Hull), Yorkshire Building Society (Bradford), Victoria Plumb (Hull), Ebuyer (Howden), GHD (Leeds), Marks and Spencer
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of Scotland, HSBC, Leeds Building Society, Alliance and Leicester, Yorkshire Bank, Zurich Financial Services and Direct Line. There are further financial institutions within the Leeds City Region with Yorkshire Building Society and Bradford and Bingley offices in Bradford and further HBOS offices in Halifax. The Bank of England, who have their headquarters on Threadneedle Street in London, have their second offices on King Street in the heart of Leeds' business quarter. The Financial crisis of 2007–2010 lead to the loss of jobs within the sector. A report produced in December 2008 predicted 28,000 jobs would be lost in Leeds, throughout
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management of the Society won it a high reputation at national level, and in 1871, the Society was asked to give evidence to a Royal Commission in London, which was gathering evidence on the operations of friendly societies. The Leeds was specially commended by the Commission as a model society. By the early years of the 20th century, the Leeds had assets of almost £2 million, and the first telephones and electric lighting had been installed at its head office. The interwar years saw a period of unprecedented growth. Agents were appointed all over Britain and branch offices opened in
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Swansea & Gower Permanent, and the Warrington Workingmens' Permanent. In 1999, the Birmingham Midshires Building Society agreed to a takeover bid from the Royal Bank of Scotland. However the deal collapsed when Halifax plc tabled a more lucrative offer. Halifax itself became a part of HBOS plc when it merged with the Bank of Scotland in 2001. In 2007, it became a division of Bank of Scotland plc following a reorganisation in the HBOS Group. On 15 September 2005 Birmingham Midshires announced it was planning to close 48 of its 67 branches, through a phased programme concluding in March 2006,
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English Midlands was established in Leeds in 1785. Most of the original societies were fully "terminating", where they would be dissolved when all members had a house: the last of them, First Salisbury and District Perfect Thrift Building Society, was wound up in March 1980. In the 1830s and 1840s a new development took place with the "permanent building society", where the society continued on a rolling basis, continually taking in new members as earlier ones completed purchases, such as Leek United Building Society. The main legislative framework for the building society was the Building Societies Act 1874, with subsequent
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as a centre of excellence. The Ofsted inspection from 2002 rated the College so highly that it reinforced its position as one of the top Colleges in UK. The College later received the Charter Mark standard, Customer First, Investors in People Award, Investors in Diversity Award, Matrix Award, and an excellent Ofsted report in June 2006. Park Lane met regularly with employers from industries covered by courses and had links with over 2,500 companies. Relationships included Leeds Rugby, Bradford City Football Club, Radio Aire, Halifax Building Society, Asda, and the Yorkshire Post Newspapers. Park Lane College Leeds Park Lane College
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changing sculptures or installations by the best contemporary artists. Leith has been a non-executive director of British Rail; British Transport Hotels; Safeway; Argyll plc, the Leeds Permanent Building Society; Whitbread plc; Woolworths plc; the Halifax; Triven VCT; Omega International plc; and Belmond Hotels Ltd (formerly Orient Express Hotels) and is a director and investor in several start-up companies. In July 2017, she was installed as the Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Leith was married from 1974 to author Rayne Kruger, who died in December 2002, aged 80. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter. Their daughter,
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known as the Permanent Second Leeds Benefit Building Society, was officially founded. By the end of its first year, 1,200 members had enrolled, and £14,286 (). had been advanced on mortgages.. The Society's first offices were located in Exchange Buildings in Lands Lane, where business was conducted from 10am to 4pm, and also 7pm to 9pm on Tuesdays. They later moved to 32 Park Row, and then in 1876, to premises at the corner of Park Lane and Calverley, where the Society was to remain for the next 50 years. In 1930, head office moved to newly constructed premises at
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the Leeds' 100th branch opening in 1970. Expansion to its Leeds Head Office took place in this period which included the construction of various adjacent annexes to its 1930s HQ including the 61 m tall Leeds Permanent Tower (these annexes were demolished as part of the works to create The Light around 2000). Technology too was beginning to make an impact. In 1964 the board approved a research project to investigate the conversion of mechanical accounting to electronic data processing. The Society's first computer was subsequently installed in 1967. Like many other Building Societies, the Leeds later took advantage of
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Donald Hunt (musician) Donald Frederick Hunt (26 July 1930 – 4 August 2018) was an English conductor, from Gloucester. He was a distinguished English choral conductor, having made his conducting debut with the Halifax Choral Society in 1957. As a boy, Hunt was a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral, and became assistant to the organist Herbert Sumsion in his teens. He was later awarded a doctorate from Leeds University (1975) honoris causa, and from 1958 until 1975 he was organist and choirmaster at Leeds Parish Church, whilst concurrently holding positions with the Leeds Philharmonic Society, Halifax Choral Society and Leeds Festival
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The building known as the Corner House was built as a cinema (1938–1940), ballroom and restaurant but now contains shops. From 1968 to 2008 it contained a casino. Nearby is a large Marks and Spencer Simply Food supermarket which serves the surrounding area. Branches of Leeds Building Society, Yorkshire Bank and Halifax can also be found at Moortown Corner. Moortown Corner is served by First Leeds service 2, which is represented red on the 10-minute frequency Overground network. Less regularly, services 7A, 7S, 38, and 48 run through Moortown Corner. Harrogate Bus Company's route 36 also serves Moortown Corner between
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Halifax (bank) Halifax (previously known as Halifax Building Society) is a British bank operating as a trading division of Bank of Scotland, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. It is named after the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire where it was founded as a building society in 1853. By 1913 It had developed into the UK's largest building society and continued to grow and prosper and maintained this position within the UK until 1997 when it demutualised. In 1997 it became Halifax plc, a public limited company which was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In
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Leeds in a 2–0 win over Nottingham Forest, his 22nd appearance for the club triggers the option to make his move a permanent deal. On 2 February 2017, Jansson signed a permanent deal with Leeds worth £3.5 million which would officially take place when his loan expired at the end of the 2016–17 season. Jansson signed a three-year contract at the club. On 11 March, Jansson was named in the EFL Team of the Season. On 21 March, Jansson and teammate Chris Wood were named in the Sky Bet Championship Team of the Season. After a three-match ban for 15
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shop, Lovell Park Stores, an independent newsagent/ convenience store/ off-licence. There are further shops within five minutes walk in the Merrion Centre, other parts of Leeds city centre and other parts of Little London. In the 1990s the Leeds Permanent Building Society relocated its offices from what is now The Light in Leeds city centre, to a new building in Lovell Park. This now belongs to Lloyds Banking Group. Lovell Park Towers was used for the filming of "Married Single Other". The site of Lovell Park itself was the site of a cattle market which dates back to before 1860.
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church to be built in Leeds was Mount St Mary's Church in Richmond Hill. The earlier St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church, built in 1838 on the corner of the Headrow and Cookridge Street was granted cathedral status in 1878 upon the creation of the Diocese of Leeds. The cathedral's life was short-lived as in 1899, Leeds Corporation pushed ahead with plans to widen The Headrow and develop it into a Boulevard style street. This meant that the cathedral was acquired by the enactment of a compulsory purchase order. Demolition started shortly after and the Leeds Permanent Building Society purchased the
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access the terminal by heading towards Bradford from Leeds and then reversing in as no crossover was fitted. The trains then left via a run-round manoeuvre in Bradford Interchange before heading south via Halifax, where the Port Talbot trains would take the curve towards Brighouse and pass through, or either recess at, Healey Mills Yard. New stations have been proposed for opening at Bowling (junction) and at Laisterdyke. The area around where Laisterdyke station used to be is now short on space when formerly it was an important station with 7 lines radiating from it. It is projected that a
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in 1998 to take part ownership and ground-share with Halifax Town FC at The Shay Stadium. 1921–22 Yorkshire Cup The 1921–22 Yorkshire Cup was the fourteenth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. This year saw another new name on the trophy when Leeds won the cup by beating Dewsbury by the score of 11-3 in the final. The match was played at Thrum Hall, Halifax, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 20,000 and receipts were £1,650. This was the first of Leeds' Yorkshire Cup successes, and they would go on to (eventually) triumph on a
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and commitment to mutuality, as well as competitive interest rates. On 1 August 2006, following approval by the Mercantile members and confirmation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Leeds Building Society merged with Mercantile Building Society. Mercantile members overwhelmingly supported the proposal at the Society’s AGM at the end of April with 97% of the votes in favour of the merger. It is a member of the Building Societies Association. The Leeds Building Society is also the main shirt sponsor of the current Super League Champion rugby league side Leeds Rhinos. Leeds Building Society Leeds Building Society is the fifth
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Halifax Place Wesleyan Chapel Halixfax Place Wesleyan Chapel was a former Methodist Chapel in Nottingham from 1798 to 1930. The building dating from 1847 had the highest ceiling of any Wesleyan Methodist church in England. The building was finally demolished in 1966. From the early days of Methodism in Nottingham around 1740, services were held in a variety of locations as the society grew. In 1782 they moved to Hockley Chapel in Goose Gate. When the New Connexion took over this chapel, the Wesleyans left and purchased some land in Halifax Place. A foundation stone was laid on 13 June
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Leeds Polytechnic from 1976 to 1987 and held the post of Senior Assistant Music Officer for Leeds City Council from 1987 to 2011. During the 1970s and 80s he was Chorus Master to Halifax Choral Society and Leeds Philharmonic Society. Since 1991 he has served as Secretary of the Church Music Society. Lindley was president of the Royal College of Organists from 2000 to 2003, and of the Incorporated Association of Organists from 2003 to 2005. In 2001 he received an honorary doctorate from Leeds Metropolitan University now Leeds Beckett University and a similar distinction was conferred upon him in
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largest building society in the UK. The first office in London opened in 1924; and the first offices in Scotland in 1928. In 1928, it merged with Halifax Equitable Building Society, then the second largest building society and was renamed Halifax Building Society. The society was now five times larger than its nearest rival, with assets of £47 million. A new head office was built at Trinity Road, Halifax in 1973. The distinctive diamond-shaped building was used on marketing material during the 1980s and '90s. Underneath the building is a specially constructed deedstore which is used to store property deeds
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to 712 in 1978-9. Notably, there was a high uphold rate in the cases fully investigated. It was also pointed out that it was rare for the Health Ombudsman's recommendations not to be accepted. When Pugh handed over to his successor, he urged civil servants to take note of the mounting complaints from the public about their "rudeness and oppressive behaviour". After stepping down from the post of Ombudsman in 1978, Pugh worked in the City as a director of Standard Chartered Bank and the Halifax Building Society. Pugh also became Chairman of the Hodge Group and Hodge Finance, founded
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junction of North Street and New Road—a prominent corner site. Other banks and financial institutions followed, and the north side of North Street has been "dominated" by them ever since. From 21 April 1936, the building was shared with a branch of Martins Bank. A weather vane decorated with a liver bird—part of the bank's logo—was added to the roof. The branch closed on 5 March 1957 when a new one was opened elsewhere on North Street. By 1987, the building was occupied by a branch of the Leeds Permanent Building Society. On 1 August 1995, this company merged with
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against New Zealand. Eric Batten played right-, i.e. number 3, in Hunslet's 8-2 victory over Leeds in the Championship Final during the 1937–38 at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 30 April 1938. and played in Bradford Northern's 26-20 aggregate victory over Halifax in the Championship Final during the 1944–45 season; the 2-9 defeat at Thrum Hall, Halifax, and the 24-11 victory at Odsal Stadium, Bradford. Eric Batten played in Leeds' 9-2 victory over Halifax in the 1940–41 Challenge Cup Final during the 1940–41 season at Odsal, Bradford, in front of a crowd of 28,500, played in the 15-16 aggregate defeat
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a carriage arch. The headquarters of the Leeds Permanent Building Society was opened 15 May 1930 on the corner of Cookridge Street and the Headrow. The north part was opened 31 December 1931 as shops and offices. Browns Restaurant occupies the former banking hall. The Light, Leeds The Light is a leisure and retail centre in central Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It occupies the rectangular space between The Headrow on the south, St Anne's Street on the north, Cookridge Street on the west, and Albion Street. Two former streets divide it: Upper Fountaine Street (east-west) and Cross Fountaine Street
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as Yorkshire. Chelsea was first established in 1875 as the London & Camberwell Building Society. Three years later, in 1878, the Borough of Chelsea Permanent Building Society was formed. Over the years both societies merged with smaller societies and on 31 December 1966 the two societies merged to create a new society with assets of £30 million. The new society was called the Chelsea and South London Building Society until April 1971 when the name was changed to Chelsea Building Society. It was a member of the Building Societies Association and operated mainly in South East England with a network
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he was killed aged 27 in Northern Italy, whilst fighting on the Gothic Line, during the Italian Campaign. Oliver Morris won 5 caps for Wales (RL) in 1938–1941 while at Hunslet, and Leeds. Oliver Morris played in Hunslet's 8–2 victory over Leeds in the Championship Final during the 1937–38 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 30 April 1938. Oliver Morris played in Leeds' 19–2 victory over Halifax in the 1941 Challenge Cup Final during the 1940–41 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford, and played in the 15–10 victory over Halifax in the 1942 Challenge Cup Final during the 1941–42 season
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left-, i.e. number 11, in Leeds' 14-8 victory over Huddersfield in the 1937–38 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1937–38 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 30 October 1937. Jubb played right-, i.e. number 12, for Northern Command XIII against a Rugby League XIII at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 21 March 1942. Jubb missed one of the biggest sporting events ever to take place in Leeds; Leeds 2–8 defeat by Hunslet in the Championship Final 1937–38 season at Elland Road on Saturday 30 April 1938, following his suspension for being sent off in a previous game. In the
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Accord (trade union) Accord is an independent trade union, affiliated to the TUC and the Scottish TUC. Accord is a specialist union for staff in financial services with members in the Lloyds Banking Group, TSB, Equitable Life and Sainsbury's Bank. It has around 19,000 members. Accord can trace its origins back to 1978, when it was founded as the Halifax Building Society Staff Association (HBSSA). The HBSSA was founded by John Simmons, the then manager of the Halifax branch in Plymouth. He had concluded that staff within the Halifax Building Society were in need of trade union representation, and had
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number 10, in Leeds' 2-8 defeat by Hunslet in the Championship Final during the 1937–38 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 30 April 1938. Dai Prosser played left-, i.e. number 8, in Leeds' 19-2 victory over Halifax in the 1941 Challenge Cup Final during the 1940–41 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford, in the 15-10 victory over Halifax in the 1942 Challenge Cup Final during the 1941–42 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford, he missed the 15-16 aggregate defeat by Dewsbury in the two-legged 1943 Challenge Cup Final during the 1942–43 season at Crown Flatt, Dewsbury and Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds,
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final against Hunslet, at Elland Road. Dai Jenkins played in four Rugby League Challenge Cup Finals: He played Scrum-half/Halfback in Leeds' 19-2 victory over Halifax in the Challenge Cup Final during the 1940–41 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford. Also in the 15-10 victory over Halifax in the Challenge Cup Final during the 1941–42 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford; in the Leeds v Dewsbury final in 1943 and in the 1947 Leeds v Bradford Northern final at Wembley losing 8 – 4. Dai played for Leeds in the 1947 Yorkshire Cup Final against Wakefield Trinity at Fartown, The match ended in
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large mansion, Bankfield, and then went to live there. Akroyd was well read and concerned about the fortunes of Halifax and the terrible social conditions that grew out of the industrial revolution. He funded and supported a local allotment society and many institutions for the working classes, a school for child labourers, a workers' pension scheme, several churches (he was a staunch Anglican) and a cemetery. He founded a Working Men's College, the first outside London. In the mid-1850s, he helped found the Yorkshire Penny Bank (to encourage workers to save), and he worked closely with the Halifax Permanent Building
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on Saturday 12 April 1879, a 3g, 6g, 7m - 0g, 1t, 2m victory over Heckmondwike in the 1880 Yorkshire Cup Final at Cardigan Fields, Leeds on Saturday 3 April 1880, a 1g, 2t, 11m - 0g, 0t, 0m victory over Halifax in the 1883 Yorkshire Cup Final at Cardigan Fields, Leeds on Monday 23 April 1883, and a 2g, 0t, 2m - 0g, 0t, 2m victory over Leeds St John's in the 1887 Yorkshire Cup Final at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 2 April 1887. In addition, they were runners-up in 1881, 1882, and 1888. In 1879 Teddy Bartram
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Leeds were in danger of relegation, but managed to avoid the drop in the penultimate game of the season, beating Arsenal 3–2 at Highbury with a late strike by Mark Viduka. Reid was given a permanent contract at Leeds the following summer and brought in several players on loan. An unsuccessful start to the 2003–04 season saw Reid dismissed, and Eddie Gray take over as caretaker manager until the end of the season. An insolvency specialist, Gerald Krasner, led a consortium of local businessmen which took over Leeds and oversaw the sale of the club's assets, including senior and emerging
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at one end, used for assembly, and was lined with scholarship boards. Classrooms accommodated about 32 pupils. School facilities included about 20 permanent classrooms, chemistry, physics and biology laboratories, lecture rooms, library, gymnasium, and rooms for metal and woodworking, art and music. Leeds Modern School Leeds Modern School was a school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Leeds Modern School was founded on 14 July 1845 in Rossington Street as the Mathematical and Commercial School. This building in the centre of Leeds became council offices after the school moved to a site at Lawnswood in 1931. During the 1960s, pupils over
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have included Rowland Moseley and Jonathan Lilley from Leeds and, for a more extended period, Wakefield Cathedral’s Thomas Moore. Alan Horsey FRCO, GRSM was appointed to succeed Mr Moore as accompanist, and took up his post in Summer of 2009. Guest conductors over the years have included Dr Donald Hunt OBE, Conductor of the Halifax Choral Society from 1957 to 1988 and a former Director of Music at Leeds Parish Church and Worcester Cathedral and Dr Gordon Stewart of Huddersfield Town Hall, an acclaimed Music Director of BBC Radio and Television religious programmes including Songs of Praise on BBC 1.
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book at a time. The library found a permanent home in 1890 on the second floor of City Hall, where the office of the Mayor of Halifax is now located. Some talks about a new municipally-funded library in 1901 were unsuccessful. In 1948, Halifax had "a single over-crowded, under-equipped room at the end of a corridor" located in the City Hall building. The conditions and poor services of the Citizens' Free Library room even failed in comparison to much smaller towns in Nova Scotia, such as Amherst. The Halifax Memorial Library "was born out of a true spirit of collaboration
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the 16-10 victory over Halifax during the 1956–57 Challenge Cup quarter-final match at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 9 March 1957, his last try for Leeds came against Hunslet in 1959. Jack Lendill's first marriage to Joan (née Shaw) was registered during first ¼ 1958 in Leeds district. His second marriage was to Valerie (née Thompson) in San Francisco, California, May 1969. Jack Lendill is the older brother of the rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s for Leeds, Peter Lendill (birth registered 10 March 1936 in Leeds South district). Jack currently lives in Leeds, and has one child
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Auswide Bank Auswide Bank Ltd, formerly known as Wide Bay Australia, was Australia’s 10th bank listed and trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Its head office is located in Bundaberg, Queensland. Auswide Bank has an asset base of over $3 billion. Auswide Bank has its roots in the Bundaberg-based Burnett Permanent Building Society which was registered in April 1966 and became operational in August 1966. Burnett Permanent and the Maryborough Permanent Building Society amalgamated in 1979 to form Wide Bay Capricorn Building Society. Following further mergers with the Gympie and North Coast Building Society in 1981 and Gladstone-based Port
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NuBuilds Stadium in Fitzwilliam. Despite Yorkshire having a representative schoolboy team for many years, there was no formal senior equivalent until 1924 when the West Riding County Football Association put together a men’s side as part of the jubilee of the University of Leeds. Players were chosen from Bradford City, Bradford Park Avenue, Halifax Town, Huddersfield Town and Leeds United. Although the team won 2–0, it did not represent the whole county. In 1935, a Yorkshire team made up of players from leading clubs across the entire region, including Bradford City, Huddersfield Town, Leeds United and Sheffield United, took on
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only passenger services thereafter being a daily Leeds–Blackpool train. In mid-1982 the last tanker train travelled over the line, with the expectation of closure shortly after. A turning point came when the National and Provincial Building Society moved staff from Burnley to Bradford. The Society arranged for a Preston–Bradford Interchange train to be run to move staff from their home base to Bradford offices. In October 1984 British Rail developed this into five trains each way between Leeds and Preston with one extended to Blackpool. The Todmorden curve is a section of track at Hall Royd Junction in Todmorden which
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Lindley is the recipient of the "Spirit of Leeds" award from Leeds Civic Trust presented in 2006 and The Leeds Award from Leeds City Council in 2016. He has recorded as organ soloist with orchestras including the BBC Philharmonic and Northern Sinfonia, with Huddersfield Choral Society, and as accompanist to such musicians as violinists David Greed and Marat Bisengaliev and cornet virtuoso Phillip McCann. He also holds office as conductor of choirs and choral societies in Doncaster, Halifax, Leeds and Sheffield. Simon Lindley Simon Lindley (born 10 October 1948) is an English organist, choirmaster, conductor and composer. He was Leeds
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paid off and Montagu was in reserve until 1819, when he took command of HMS "Phaeton" in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Between 1818 and 1820 he sat in Parliament for Huntingdon. In 1822, "Phaeton" was paid off and Montagu was in reserve until 1834, marrying Anne Leeds, daughter of Sir George William Leeds in 1823. Montagu took command of HMS "Malabar" in 1834 and remained in her until 1837 in the Mediterranean. This was his final commission and when he was placed in reserve again in 1837 he did not return to the sea. He remained in the Navy however and
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Whitley College, until in 1987 all school pupils moved to the former Highlands School site and the buildings were taken over by the College, later becoming part of Halifax New College (which eventually became Calderdale College when it combined with the Halifax School of Integrated Arts). The site is currently scheduled to be demolished and redeveloped. The Halifax Technical High School was formed in 1957. This was before its Moorbottom Road premises were completed and opened in May 1959 by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. It had around 725 boys and girls. It became the Highlands School in
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include the Halifax Academy and the Halifax Public Gardens Bandstand. In 1994, the City of Halifax put out an RFP (Request for Proposal) for the building, but only received a few offers. Its current tenants helped form the Arts Centre Project Society in order to secure the building as an arts centre. The Arts Centre Project Society was made up: the No Money Down Cultural Society (a group of artists active in building), various individual artists (including Garry Neill Kennedy), and members from the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia. The building was established as an art centre by City Council
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Halifax wartime resources to the limit. Tensions had been building for six years as war transformed Halifax from a small and conservative maritime city into what a British admiral called the "most important port in the world," the Canadian Headquarters of the Battle of the Atlantic and the western terminus for the vital North Atlantic convoys to England. By 1945, Halifax had become a bustling, overcrowded, underserviced port city. During the war, Halifax's population doubled; its facilities did not. Landlords charged top rents for what amounted to closets. Merchants would take one look at a man in uniform and jack
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Post Newspapers Ltd. He serves as a Board Governor for The Pocklington School Foundation. In addition, The Rt Hon The Earl of Halifax K.St.J. JP DL serving as the President of the Leeds Art Collections Fund or LACF and the Vice President of the Yorkshire Society. The Earl and The Countess of Halifax are active members of the Jockey Club. Lord Halifax is on the Board of Directors of Jockey Club Estates. In 1976, Lord Halifax (then Lord Irwin) (who had once been minded for a potential husband of Princess Anne) married Camilla Parker Bowles (née Younger), of the Scottish
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the former Toowoomba Permanent Building Society building is significant for its contribution to the streetscape. The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history. The former Toowoomba Permanent Building Society building is significant for its association with one of Toowoomba's oldest businesses and one of Queensland's longest-operating permanent building society's, and for its association with the members of the Society. External links Toowoomba Permanent Building Society Toowoomba Permanent Building Society is a heritage-listed former building society at 2 Russell Street, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It
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turret. The Davigdor Road elevation is wide, and the building goes back along Montefiore Road. It was "elegantly converted" by Devereux and Partners in 1972 into an office for Legal & General. In 2012 it was redeveloped as a private hospital by Spire Healthcare. Clayton & Black's "chef d'œuvre" has been called "an ebullient essay in Edwardian Baroque, the "most impressive" building on North Street, and "a confident composition in delicate pink granite". Later used by the Leeds Permanent Building Society and now by a bookmaker, the three-storey building has elevations to North Street and New Road, and a corner
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eastern side of the bridge; trains are towards Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford Interchange and (westbound). The train to Leeds takes around 25 minutes and to reach Huddersfield takes around 10 minutes. The town received its first railway in 1840, when the Manchester and Leeds Railway opened the first section of its cross-Pennine main line between Normanton and Hebden Bridge (completing it through to Manchester on 1 March 1841). It did not actually get a station though until April 1845, when the company opened one shortly before submitting plans to Parliament to build a branch line from the town along the Spen
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beat Bradford 22–12 on aggregate. The final was played at Bradford's Odsal Stadium on Saturday 17 May 1941. Both teams featured a number of guest players A crowd of 28,500 saw Leeds take a half-time lead 5–2 through a Jenkins try and an Eaton goal with Meek kicking a goal for Halifax. In the second half Leeds scored a further four tries with Lawrenson and Hey scoring two each to which Eaton added another goal. Halifax's cause wasn't helped by the loss of Beverley through injury part way through the half; with no substitutions allowed it meant Halifax had to
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was the home ground of Halifax with a final capacity of 9,832 (The attendance record of 29,153 was set on 21 March 1959 for a third round Challenge Cup tie v Wigan). The club finally moved out in 1998 to take part ownership and ground-share with Halifax Town FC at The Shay Stadium. 1930–31 Yorkshire Cup The 1930–31 Yorkshire Cup was the twenty-third occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Leeds won the trophy by beating Huddersfield in the final by the score of 10-2. This was Leeds' second of six victories in a period of ten
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construction. On 3 September 1875 "The Building News" announced that the cross was to be restored according to plans by a "Mr Barber of Halifax." The railings in old images of the cross in its previous position, were probably added by Barber. Stainland Mechanics' Institute was built by the Shaw family in 1883 by public description, "to improve the moral, social and intellectual habits of the inhabitants". The building was opened by the Mayor of Leeds on 7 June 1884. Over the years it suffered as income declined. By 1952, the trustees decided to sell the building but offered it
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Hinckley and Rugby Building Society The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is a building society based in Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK, with origins dating back to 1861. The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society's history dates back to 1861 when the Rugby Provident Building Society was founded. Much of the Rugby's history was lost when it was merged with its Hinckley counterpart in 1983. However, the same is not true of the organisation originally known as the Hinckley Freehold Land and Permanent Building Society. The Society opened for business in November 1865, when it was resolved that Thomas Kiddle would become manager
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RTR once again became the 7th Battalion of the PWO West Yorkshires. Tetley served as President of the Court of Leeds University and was the University's Pro-Chancellor 1956–1965, deputising for the Princess Royal who was the ceremonial Chancellor. (Again, his cousin Charles Harold had preceded him in the office (1926–1946).) He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University in 1951. His portrait in academic robes was painted by Henry Marvell Carr. Tetley was also President of the Leeds Permanent Building Society, and a Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire. Brigadier Noel Tetley died on 25 December 1971, leaving a widow,
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West Riding County Council West Riding County Council (WRCC) was the county council of the administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1974. The council met at County Hall in Wakefield. The county council had jurisdiction over the administrative county of the West Riding and therefore did not include county boroughs which were independent of the county council but associated with the county for other purposes. At the time of its formation in 1889 there were six county boroughs; Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Sheffield and York. The administrative county was reduced when
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SEVEC), and Physical Education. Recent Middle School Theatrical Productions include: The school is operated by the Halifax Independent School Society, via its board of directors. The board of directors is composed of a combination of parents and staff, such that the number of parents on the board exceeds the number of staff members by one. The board of directors currently consists of 11 members. Permanent staff members serve by rotation and parents are chosen by election at general membership meetings. Halifax Independent School Society is a not-for-profit society incorporated and registered under the Registry of Joint Stocks Companies. Its Charity
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the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes, founded by Rev Henry Taylor, built Alexander Cottages at Beckenham in Kent, on land provided by the Duke of Westminster. This development initially comprised 16 pairs of semis but two years later they had built 164 semis. In Birmingham, Wolverhampton and the Potteries there was a tradition dating from the 1790s of artisans saving through mutuals and Friendly Societies. In the 1840s, the permanent building society model was adopted. The Woolwich Equitable was founded in 1847, the Leeds Permanent in 1848 and Bradford Equitable in 1851. Artisans could invest and then borrow a sum
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filled the slot until 2011, when Norma Lee MacLeod, former anchor at CBHT, was named Halavrezos' permanent successor. Maritime Noon Maritime Noon is CBC Radio One's local noon-hour program for the Maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island). It is produced out of the studios of CBHA-FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is simulcast on all CBC Radio One transmitters in the Maritimes. It originally broadcast from the CBC Radio Building in downtown Halifax, but moved along with the CBC's other Halifax operations to a new studio on Halifax's West End in 2014. A two-hour version of
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Toowoomba Permanent Building Society Toowoomba Permanent Building Society is a heritage-listed former building society at 2 Russell Street, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by William Hodgen and built from 1934 to 1982. It is also known as Cleary & Lee Solicitors and Toowoomba Permanent Benefit Building and Investment Society. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. The former Toowoomba Permanent Benefit Building and Investment Society building was designed as a solid and austere edifice of red facing brick. It was constructed in 1934 by contractor WR Smith, at a cost of £4390.
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during the 1945–46 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1946, in front of a crowd of 54,730. Rylance played in Wakefield Trinity's 2–5 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1945–46 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1945–46 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 3 November 1945, played right-, i.e. number 3, and scored a try in the 10–0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1946–47 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1946–47 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 31 November 1946, he did not play in the 7–7 draw with Leeds in the 1947–48
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Railway. Further acts in 1853 and 1854 allowed for the extensions to (and the opening of) Adolphus Street and into Gildersome from Laisterdyke. In 1853, the Great Northern Railway secured running powers over the L&YR line (formerly the West Riding Union Railway line) which allowed them to run trains right through to Halifax via Bowling Junction and Low Moor. The line's opening caused the Midland to lower the fares on their route from Bradford Market Street (later Forster Square) to Leeds via Shipley. The Halifax Courier noted that apart from the express trains on the LB&HJR, all services accommodated 3rd
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and learnt the language. He was a member of the German international hockey team, prior to the First World War. During the First World War, he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Mackintosh was the owner of the confectionery business of John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd from 1920 when his father died of a heart attack. The company John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd was floated in March 1921. He was involved in the amalgamation of a group of Halifax building societies into the Halifax Building Society in 1928. In September 1931, he narrowly avoided merging the company with Rowntrees of
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Toowoomba Permanent Building Society was the third permanent building society to be established in 1874, the other two societies being established in Brisbane in July and August. The establishment of a permanent building society had come about following the formation and subsequent closure of a number of terminating societies. Evidence suggests that the first terminating society was formed in Toowoomba late in 1862, on the initiative of William Henry Groom, the first Mayor of Toowoomba. The permanent society differed to the terminating society in that its system accredited interest annually rather that at termination. Most Australian building societies were larger
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of Westgate. Developments included the construction of Permanent House, the headquarters of the Leeds Permanent Building Society, Lewis's department store and the Odeon Cinema which opened as the Paramount Theatre. Headrow House was constructed in the 1950s. The redevelopment is designed in a uniform neo-baroque style similar to Regent Street in London also designed by Reginald Blomfield. The buildings are clad in red brick and Portland stone as opposed to Portland stone only on Regent Street. The development of the Headrow as a road-widening scheme meant that the north side was constructed in the uniform style while the south side
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worker co-operatives, pooling resources to build local houses and subsequently allocating them among members by drawing lots. Once all members were housed, these organisations were typically wound up, although some became permanent societies in an effort to promote wider home ownership, as exemplified by the Leeds Permanent Building Society. The first recorded credit union in the United Kingdom was formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1960. Inspired by the formation of the first credit unions in the Republic of Ireland, six individuals pooled their savings and formally established the Derry Credit Union. In Great Britain, modern day credit unions emerged
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and would run the Society from his draper’s shop in Castle Street, Hinckley. The society changed its name to The Hinckley Permanent Building Society in 1907 and, throughout the first half of the century, the management of the society continued to be a family affair. George Kiddle took over the reins from his father Thomas in 1907, being succeeded by Harold, his brother and the youngest son of Thomas, in 1923, when he became joint manager with Mr F G Brise. Harold retired from the position of manager in 1946 and his son Geoffrey Oliver Kiddle took his place. By
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In past centuries Bradford's location in Bradfordale made communications difficult, except from the north. Nonetheless, Bradford is now well-served by transport systems. Bradford was first connected to the developing turnpike network in 1734, when the first Yorkshire turnpike was built between Manchester and Leeds via Halifax and Bradford. Today Bradford is accessed by several trunk roads, the A647 between Leeds and Halifax, via Queensbury, the A650 between Wakefield and Keighley, the A658 to Harrogate and the A6036 to Halifax via Shelf. The M606, a spur off the M62 motorway, connects Bradford with the national motorway network. Although originally planned to
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played him at wing half. He stayed at Rotherham until July 1972 when he moved to Halifax Town as player-coach. He took over as caretaker manager of Halifax in September 1974 when George Mulhall resigned and was eventually handed the job on a permanent basis until February 1976 when he was replaced by Alan Ball senior. He left Halifax immediately on 2 February after making 92 appearances for the club and joined non league Worksop Town. At this time Johnny opened a sports shop on Middlewood Road, Hillsborough just 200 metres from the Sheffield Wednesday ground in conjunction with another
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to Huddersfield and Leeds) and the A58 (Rochdale to Halifax and Leeds), the section of the A635 over the Pennines enjoys much quieter traffic since the A628 Woodhead pass is much more direct when travelling between Manchester and Barnsley, connecting directly to the M1 junction 37 and passing through the centre of Barnsley. In 2012, after a recent increase of car incident rates over the moors, a 50mph speed limit was put in place between Greenfield and Holmfirth. In Barugh Green there's a small junction where the B6428 terminates. The road continues through Barnsley to Doncaster where it merges with
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lines, as the continuation towards Bradford Exchange was not yet complete (the tunnels north of the station and at Bowling were still under construction at this point). Through running to Bradford eventually began in 1850, to Manchester Victoria in January 1852 and to Leeds via (over the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway) in 1854. Low Moor quickly became an important interchange station, as there was initially no direct route between Bradford Exchange and the LB&HJR route to Leeds and so many trains to/from Halifax and Manchester carried portions for both cities that were attached or joined here (a practice
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Extensions to the building were carried out in 1982, when the building was occupied by Cleary and Lee Solicitors. Extensions included placing a second entrance, a French door bordered by Doric pilasters, on the western side of the main entry. Part of the fence along Russell Street was demolished, following extensions to the building, to provide for a parking area. When the Toowoomba Permanent Building Society vacated the premises in 1976 a time capsule was placed behind the plaque on the south wall of the plaza in the interior of the building, to be opened in 2026. The legal firm
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front of a crowd of 18,000. Albert Goldthorpe played in Hunslet's 13-3 victory over Halifax in the 1905–06 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1905–06 season at Park Avenue, Bradford on Saturday 2 December 1905, and played , and scored 3-drop goals in the 17-0 victory over Halifax in the 1907–08 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 21 December 1907. When he finally retired in 1910, Goldthorpe had scored more goals and points than any player in the game's history at that time. After his playing career ended he served on
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initially becoming Nationwide Anglia before reverting to the Nationwide name in 1992. Co-operative Permanent Building Society The Co-operative Permanent Building Society was a mutual building society, providing mortgages and savings accounts to its members. Its head office was located at New Oxford House in London. In 1970, it was renamed the Nationwide Building Society. The Southern Co-operative Permanent Building Society was formed in 1884, initially to provide a service to the members of the co-operative movement, enabling them to own their own properties. To begin with the Society built the houses but soon changed its direction to lend money to
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Co-operative Permanent Building Society The Co-operative Permanent Building Society was a mutual building society, providing mortgages and savings accounts to its members. Its head office was located at New Oxford House in London. In 1970, it was renamed the Nationwide Building Society. The Southern Co-operative Permanent Building Society was formed in 1884, initially to provide a service to the members of the co-operative movement, enabling them to own their own properties. To begin with the Society built the houses but soon changed its direction to lend money to members for them to build their own or purchase existing properties. Competition
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but three weeks later he joined Halifax on a loan deal until the end of the season. in which he made 16 appearances and scored one try. The move was made permanent in October 2016 with a deal for the 2017 season. In October 2017 Boyle joined Doncaster from Halifax on a two-year deal. Ryan Boyle (rugby league) Ryan Boyle (born 17 October 1987) is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays as a for Doncaster in Betfred League 1. Boyle was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Boyle made his début for Castleford in 2005. In October 2009 Boyle
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new station at Laisterdyke could attract passenger numbers of 558,000 per year. Laisterdyke was the summit of the Leeds to Bradford line, with the line falling at between 1 in 100 to 1 in 50 down to Leeds and a small but sharp drop of 1 in 50 down to Exchange. The total route mileage as measured by the LNER had Leeds Central to Bradford Exchange as . The full distance from Wakefield Westgate to Bradford Exchange was . Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway The Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway (or LB&HJR), was a railway line promoted by
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died. The house was immediately turned into a museum and branch library, but over time the original features were neglected, and some elements were lost; however the building was listed grade II in 1954. The building has now been restored as far as possible. Calderdale Council has done this because ""Together Akroydon and Bankfield symbolise the importance of the textile industry to Victorian Britain and the central role that Halifax played in this story."" Meanwhile 25,000 natural history specimens were transferred to Leeds City Museums in 1990 and the archaeology collections loaned to Kirklees Museums in 1979. A number of
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societies who grew through mergers and acquisitions rather than naturally. During the 1970s the society rejected opportunities for possible mergers with the South Yorkshire BS and the Elsecar, Hoyland and Wentworth Saving society who were smaller local societies that were looking for merger partners. However, the age of possible expansion passed the society by and several longtime employees believe that during this period the Barnsley was better placed than others to expand and take the Barnsley brand nationwide. During the late 1970s increased competition from other expanding societies such as the Halifax and the Bradford and Bingley the Barnsley lost
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and Farrow was an accountant and his firm managed the society. When legislation changed in the mid-1960s to allow building societies to take deposits from the public, Pyramid grew rapidly. Bob Farrow's health suffered in the late 1970s and his son Bill Farrow took over much of the operation, and Andrews' son Bruce Andrews also worked for the society. Pyramid took over control of its competitor the Geelong Building Society in 1971. That society had origins going back to 1867 and had been operated very conservatively. In 1983 the rules for Pyramid and Geelong were changed to allow shares representing
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its own name. In 1999, "Irish Life Assurance plc" and the "Irish Permanent Building Society" merged to form the Irish Life and Permanent Group. In March 2012, Irish Life Assurance was sold to the Irish State for €1.3 billion as part of a bank recapitalisation program following the Irish financial crisis. "Permanent TSB", previously the "Irish Permanent Building Society", was founded as "The Irish Temperance Permanent Benefit Building Society" which was founded in 1884. In 1940 under new managing director Edmund Farrell its name was changed to "Irish Permanent Building Society". Farrell, and later his son, Edmund Farrell Jnr managed
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2001 Halifax plc merged with The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland, forming HBOS. In 2006, the HBOS Group Reorganisation Act 2006 legally transferred the assets and liabilities of the Halifax chain to Bank of Scotland which became a standard plc, with Halifax becoming a division of Bank of Scotland. A takeover of HBOS by Lloyds TSB was approved by the Court of Session on 12 January 2009, and on 19 January 2009 Bank of Scotland, including Halifax, formally became part of Lloyds Banking Group. The Halifax was formed in 1853 as the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building and
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rejoined; however, membership did not recover, and by 1949 was down to only 1,040. Faced with this decline, the Bradford and Halifax societies merged with two unaffiliated bodies: the Leeds Warpdressers and the Textile Daymen and Cloth Pattern Makers, forming the Yorkshire Society of Textile Craftsmen, the new organisation maintaining its affiliation. In 1970, the union dissolved, its remaining constituents gradually merging into the Association of Preparatory Workers. General Union of Lancashire and Yorkshire Warp Dressers' Association The General Union of Lancashire and Yorkshire Warp Dressers' Association was a trade union representing workers involved in preparing warp yarn for weaving
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Roy Dickinson) in Leeds' 15-11 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1975 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1975–76 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 15 November 1975, played right- in the 15-6 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1976 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1976–77 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 16 October 1976, played right- in the 15-6 victory over Halifax in the 1979 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1979–80 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 27 October 1979, and played right- in the 8-7 victory over Hull Kingston
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