Listed Leeds - The Chandlers (Calls) Traditional Cache
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Listed Leeds - The Chandlers (Calls)
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Here's another cache in the Listed Leeds series, a series of caches placed around the city of Leeds (thanks to StartPlayer for this series).
The Chandlers is situated at the east end of The Calls near to Crown Point Bridge.
The Chandlers, the original building was a corn chandlers warehouse built in 1876 by William Turton who was born in 1825 and died in 1900, his name can be seen around the door way.
He started this business when he was 19 years old in 1844, William Turton built up his corn and hay business which was his main source of wealth. He also acquired a livery and cab stable and eventually ran the largest bus service in Leeds.
By 1895 William Turton was said to have been 'the most senior director in the transport industry' and 'the most experienced and respected figure in urban transport in the North of England'. He was a transport visionary and entrepreneur.
Together with Daniel Busby he had pioneered tramways in more than ten northern towns including: Blackburn, Bradford, Dewsbury, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester and Salford, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and South Shields.
William Turton left an estate valued at over £190,000 which in today's money would be between £10-15 million.
In the 1800s The Calls was a thriving area of Leeds, with merchandise being brought in and out of the city via the river, canal and railways. Once transportation of goods left the waterways for the roads , the area fell in to decline, and over the years it became a run down depressing place, eventually becoming one of the seedier, rougher parts of Leeds.
In 1973, the Leeds Civic Trust published a report 'Leeds-upon-Aire', with proposals for a complete renewal of the waterfront area with new living accommodation, and leisure and entertainment facilities. It took another twelve years before anything was done, and people began to realise that the waterfront might become a desirable area to live and work in, and not a neglected and dirty place to be avoided.
In 1985 Leeds City Council produced a plan of action for the regeneration of the waterfront and in 1988 the Leeds Development Corporation was formed to oversee the planning of the waterfront. Today the Calls is a vibrant part of Leeds with wine bars, pubs, cafes, sitting along side private and business properties.
When you attempt to find this cache have a look for the spiral staircase up the chimney and the horse's head, (not up the chimney).
Cache contains log book only.
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