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in the early 1870s. After his first works, on the east of Hunslet Road, burned down, he built a printworks on the west side of the road. This was burned down in 1894 and the existing building was built in 1895. The architect was
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The works closed down in 2006. Plans had been put forward to convert it to offices, but it was announced in 2011 that the site would become part of
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In the 1950s the factory acquired the site of the former St Jude's Church, and a window from the church was preserved in the factory building.
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Alf Cooke (1842–1902) founded his printing business in 1866. He expanded into colour printing in 1868 and moved his operation to
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His sons Harry and Alf junior took over the business after his death in 1902, but Alf junior's son Alf was killed in the
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as "the largest, cleanest, healthiest and most completely fitted Printing works in the World."
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The Printworks Factory In 2007, Opened as Leeds City College in 2013.
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Listed buildings in Leeds (City and Hunslet Ward - southern area)
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1881–2006 (as The Printworks)(Derelict between 2007 and 2011)
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Lazenby, Peter (23 December 2004). "Industrial revelation".
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as "Her Majesty's Colour Printer", and in 1890 he was
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Leeds City College
Listed buildings in Leeds (City and Hunslet Ward - southern area)
"Leeds City College Printworks Campus"
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"Leeds college plan gets go-ahead"
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