Leeds city centre memories: 11 fully booked photos take you inside the Ladbroke Dragonara Hotel

Published 11th Feb 2023, 04:45 BST

Updated 12th Feb 2024, 10:11 BST

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It was the city centre hotel which set a new standard in style and service when it opened in the 1970s.

The Ladbroke Dragonara Hotel on Neville Street first welcomed guests in April 1973 and was built on the site of Whitley's School Close Woollen Mills. It was restyled and refurbished thanks to a £250,000 investment to take its high standards in the 1980s. It became the Hilton International Hotel in 1988. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook

7. Dragonara Hotel memories

One of the Gold Star rooms at the Dragonara in September 1983. Photo: YPN

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The bar in the Pavilion restaurant in April 1973. Photo: YPN

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September 1975 and around 50 guests, some in night clothes, were evacuated after a bomb alert. Photo: YPN

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About to be renamed? was the question in January 1988. Photo: YPN

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Share your memories of the Ladbroke Dragonara Hotel with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN

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