A view of Drury Lane and Back Lane, Wakefield, before improvements, 1956

Image reference: xl05768

Description: A black and white photograph from the Wakefield City Engineers Collection showing Back Lane and Drury Lane, Wakefield, before the demolition of the wall on the right. The photograph was taken on Tuesday 1st May 1956 and shows a bus emerging from Drury Lane. Drury Lane Library is in the background, with Westgate Chapel on the far right. Internal Reference: WYAS WND (B208) 3/2

Keywords: library, chapel, church, road, stone wall, fly poster, stone, brick, bus, people

Place name(s): WF1, Wakefield

Date(s): 1956/05/01

Date added to archive: 19/08/2003

Original rights: Wakefield City Engineers Department

Permission rights: Wakefield Local Studies Library

Digital rights: WMDC Libraries and Information Services

Digital publisher: WMDC, Education and Cultural Services, Libraries and Information Services