Do you remember Trinity Street Arcade and Burton Arcade? PIC: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.netDo you remember Trinity Street Arcade and Burton Arcade? PIC: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
Do you remember Trinity Street Arcade and Burton Arcade? PIC: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

Go inside the two city shopping arcades that made way for Trinity Leeds

They are the city centre shopping arcades that will be fondly remembered by a generation of Leeds shoppers.
By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 7th Apr 2020, 06:00 BST
Updated 11th May 2020, 08:16 BST

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Trinity Street Arcade and Burton Arcade welcomed customers for more than 30 years before being demolished in the 2000s to make way for the £350 million Trinity Leeds development. They were home to notable high street brands as well as a range of independent shops. These photos are sure to evoke happy memories for shoppers. READ MORE: Go inside the Corn Exchange during the 1990s and 2000s | 25 random facts you (probably) didn’t know about Leeds LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

This photograph, taken in June 2004, shows Peter Jones China Ltd on the left and at the far end is Waterstones booksellers.

7. Trinity Street Arcade

This photograph, taken in June 2004, shows Peter Jones China Ltd on the left and at the far end is Waterstones booksellers. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net

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Shops were closing down by January 2008.

8. Trinity Street Arcade

Shops were closing down by January 2008.

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This is Hazel Gough outside her shop Kolekt in January 2008.

9. Trinity Street Arcade

This is Hazel Gough outside her shop Kolekt in January 2008. Photo: James Hardisty

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Retail giant Next was also offering shoppers bargains galore as it prepared to close in January 2008.

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Retail giant Next was also offering shoppers bargains galore as it prepared to close in January 2008.

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The entrance to from the Trinity Street Arcade looking east towards Briggate pictured in November 1997. On the right is the Leeds United shop.

11. Burton Arcade

The entrance to from the Trinity Street Arcade looking east towards Briggate pictured in November 1997. On the right is the Leeds United shop. Photo: James Hardisty

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The same view from June 2003. On the left is Serious Kids and on the right is the Curtain Mill.

12. Burton Arcade

The same view from June 2003. On the left is Serious Kids and on the right is the Curtain Mill. Photo: Tony Johnson

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