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17thAugust 1935 On the left junction with Shaftesbury Avenue, no 39 Walter Barker grocersshop. Next no 41, Arthur Bentley junior has a bakers shop. George Edward Wormald hasa butchers business at no 43. Then at No47 A flag advertising film is hanging fromthe wall. The shops continue until no 81 is reached at the junction with SutherlandAvenue. (copyright Leeds Library and Information Service - see www.leodis.net) This blog is copyright Nicholas Oughtibridge. All rights reserved. Source

StreetLane, nos. 39-71 17th August 1935 Shops on Street Lane, to the left no 39, at the junction with ShaftesburyAvenue ending with No 71 on the right. This is a bakers shop, business of Miss FlorenceGadsby. (copyright Leeds Library and Information Service - see www.leodis.net) This blog is copyright Nicholas Oughtibridge. All rights reserved. Source

StreetLane, nos. 59-81 Parade of Shops19th December 1932 Parade of shops, on the left no 59 are Harry Parsons, chemist andRaymond Malins, ironmonger, sharing a shop entrance. To the right, no 61 is Fred Burnistonnewsagent and Post office. Babies in their prams are outside the shops. An electricsign for the chemist is on the pavement. (copyright Leeds Library and Information Service - see www.leodis.net) This blog is copyright Nicholas Oughtibridge. All rights reserved. Source

I thought it would be helpful to provide some pictures of Street Lane in the timeperiod I am modelling, which is just pre-war. Here is the first of a few pictures: StreetLane nos. 47-55 Parade of Shops 19th December 1932 On the left is no 47 Ernest Carrick Foster chemists shop is onthe pavement. Next to the right is no 49 H Caress and son, drapers, then no51 AmosWebster, boot and shoe shop. The shops continue Newbys greengrocers at No55 is behindthe delivery bike on the pavement. The shops end with no 81, at the junction withSutherland Avenue. (copyright Leeds Library and Information Service - see www.leodis.net) This blog is copyright Nicholas Oughtibridge. All rights reserved. Source

This project should occupy quite a lot of my time. The idea came in 1986 when I startedcollecting model trams from Leeds City. Put simply, I am starting a model tramway,based on the parade of shops along Street Lane in Roundhay, set in 1938. So far thetable is built. It is hinged against the wall so that it can be folded away when guestsneed the room. Dimensions are 1.2m x 2'6", which reflects the fact that the wood came in metricand I think in feet and inches. This blog is copyright Nicholas Oughtibridge. All rights reserved. Source