Looking Back – April 11
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11 photo gems take you back to Leeds in 1906
The fire took place in the city centre at no. 25 Wellington Street, by the junction with Thirsk Row, a warehouse building occupied by wholesale clothiers J. Hepworth & Son Ltd. The warehouse, which dated from 1881, had to be completely rebuilt, and continued to be occupied by Hepworths until the 1920s. This was 1906, a year which saw the first buses started operating on a route in the city. Adel and Headingley were the first to be connected by the service. This postcard is one of 11 images...
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Jimmy Fallon co-hosting Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony
NBC has enlisted several veteran broadcasters to host its coverage of the Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony, and they’ll be joined by an Olympics newbie. Jimmy Fallon is the newbie, with the Tonight Show host making his Olympics hosting debut in August at the Closing Ceremony. Fallon will join Mike Tirico, Terry Gannon, Tara Lipinski, and Johnny
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C&D Lumber Co. announces permanent closure of operations
RIDDLE, Ore.- 4/5 Update: C&D Lumber President and Owner Nick Johnson says this decision wasn’t easy to make as the company still has employees who worked for both his father and grandfather. He says the log and lumber markets just don’t sync up as much as they used to. “To just break even on […]