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Ivy Cottage/former Catch Bar Cottage, Barnsley Road


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Ivy Cottage, Osgathorpe, corner of Barnsley Road and Batley Street with houses on Crabtree Lane in the background. 1905. s13399.jpg.ebf9d5e1996e4c056fd5724f0a3f0608.jpgs13399

u10512.jpg.5248a86cbe702929c2612746d8a9796c.jpgu10512  Photographer: J.E.Vickers

Former Pitsmoor Side-Bar or Catch-Bar. Ivy Cottage was built to catch Wayfarers travelling up Barnsley Road, who'd by-passed Pitsmoor Toll Bar by turning up Osgathorpe Road. Hence the phrase Catch-Bar as they 'had' to pay here.

 

Tram No. 512, Barnsley Road looking towards Fir Vale, showing No. 307 Ivy Cottage, former Pitsmoor Side-Bar or Catch-Bar at the from the junction with Batley Street (left) and the junction with Osgathorpe Road (right). April 1960.s25156.jpg.5009693397e248682f993628290a40bf.jpgs25156  Photographer: Mr. D.J. Smithies. 

 

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