Leeds nostalgia: In March 1991, the day the '˜Great Divide' came down in Leeds

The Berlin Wall came down in the 1980s, Communism collapsed in the 1990s and in Leeds a wall which had 'divided the city' also met it's match.

The Mayor of Leeds, Coun Les Carter, took a sledgehammer to the aforementioned wall, which stood beneath a railway arch between Assembly Street and The Calls and which had stood for over 50- years.

The YEP reported at the time: “For over 50 years, the wall has split the city centre in two. On one side was the old town and on the other side was the riverside.”

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Coun Carter said: “This was the Great Divide in Leeds. This is an historical event.”

Leeds Development Corporation was set to create a pedestrian way from the Corn Exchange to the river, as part of a £169,000 scheme, which would also see Assembly Street re-paved and the walkway lead across the River Aire to link with Bowman Lane.

Peter Hartley, LDC chairman, said: “The railway forms an enormous physical and psychological barrier, cutting off the River Aire and all its development potential from the rest of the city.”

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