Kardomah Briggate Leeds

Briggate nos. 65 - 68 Kardomah Café

28th July 1937. Numbers 65 and 66, Kardomah Cafe, opened in 1908, closed 1965.

57 years of trading, the great depression, two World Wars…….. there must me a lot of stories, memories and anecdotes locked up in the minds of the more mature citizens of Leeds?

Was this the longest open Kardomah café……. One up for Leeds?

Thanks to James Addyman of BBC Radio Leeds for putting me on to this snippet… found at….
http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2002319_22053164&DISPLAY=FULL

Kardomah Leeds Cafe culture

The Kardomah Cafe
The Kardomah was a great favourite with Leeds people, from it’s opening in 1908, to its sad closure in August of 1965. Housewives would drop in for a refreshing cuppa and snack, as a reward for slogging round the shops – situated on Briggate as it was, it would have been convenient for Kirkgate Market, and maybe felt to be more suitable and ‘up-market’ than the greasy-spoon type caffs on offer in the market.

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