Quarry Hill in Leeds was an infamous area of slum housing and high crime rates in Victorian times. Between 1938 and 1978 it was the location of one of the most revolutionary housing schemes in Europe, Quarry Hill Flats. In the past there were even spas on Quarry Hill. This video uses old photographs, maps and current clips to tell the colourful story of Quarry Hill.

0:00 Introduction
0:35 Early Settlers
1:23 Location and name
2:19 Spas and Turkish Baths
3:33 Crime and cholera
4:06 Vermin
4:47 Lemon Street
5:01 1881 Census
6:07 1901 Census
7:59 Dalby's Court
8:27 Quarry Hill insanitary area scheme
9:40 Quarry Hill Flats
11:29 Slum clearance
12:10 New York Road
13:01 Demolition of Quarry Hill Flats
14:01 1990s buildings
14:43 SOYO
15:23 The future

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