Alf Cooke (1842–1902) founded his printing business in 1866. He expanded into colour printing in 1868 and moved his operation to Hunslet 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.[3] The architect was Thomas Ambler.[4] It was described in The British and Colonial Printer as "the largest, cleanest, healthiest and most completely fitted Printing works in the World."[3]
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 Second World War. After Alf junior died in 1947 the family was not involved in the company, but the name "Cooke" was still used until 1981 when it became Bemrose Cartons.[3]
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.[3]
Later useedit
Converted into Leeds City College building
The works closed down in 2006.[5] Plans had been put forward to convert it to offices,[6] but it was announced in 2011 that the site would become part of Leeds City College.[2] The College's Printworks Campus opened in September 2013, at a cost of £25 million for the renovation of the printhalls and the construction of new buildings adjacent.
cooke, printworks, grade, listed, former, industrial, building, thomas, ambler, printworks, campus, leeds, city, college, leeds, west, yorkshire, england, built, 1881, rebuilt, after, fire, 1894, printworks, campusthe, printworks, factory, 2007, opened, leeds,. The Alf Cooke printworks is a grade II listed former industrial building by Thomas Ambler now the Printworks Campus of Leeds City College in Leeds West Yorkshire England 1 2 It was built in 1881 and rebuilt after a fire in 1894 Printworks CampusThe Printworks Factory In 2007 Opened as Leeds City College in 2013 TypeFurther Education Leeds City CollegeActive1881 2006 as The Printworks Derelict between 2007 and 2011 September 2013 present as Leeds City College LocationLeeds West Yorkshire EnglandWebsitehttp www leedscitycollege ac uk Contents 1 Alf Cooke 2 Later use 3 See also 4 References 5 Further readingAlf Cooke editAlf Cooke 1842 1902 founded his printing business in 1866 He expanded into colour printing in 1868 and moved his operation to Hunslet 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 3 The architect was Thomas Ambler 4 It was described in The British and Colonial Printer as the largest cleanest healthiest and most completely fitted Printing works in the World 3 in 1885 Cooke was appointed by Queen Victoria as Her Majesty s Colour Printer and in 1890 he was Mayor of Leeds 3 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 Second World War After Alf junior died in 1947 the family was not involved in the company but the name Cooke was still used until 1981 when it became Bemrose Cartons 3 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 3 Later use edit nbsp Converted into Leeds City College buildingThe works closed down in 2006 5 Plans had been put forward to convert it to offices 6 but it was announced in 2011 that the site would become part of Leeds City College 2 The College s Printworks Campus opened in September 2013 at a cost of 25 million for the renovation of the printhalls and the construction of new buildings adjacent See also editListed buildings in Leeds City and Hunslet Ward southern area References edit Leeds City College Printworks Campus Leeds City College Archived from the original on 23 July 2014 Retrieved 13 August 2014 a b Leeds college plan gets go ahead Yorkshire Evening Post 26 November 2011 Retrieved 13 August 2014 a b c d e Lazenby Peter 23 December 2004 Industrial revelation Yorkshire Evening Post History of the company Historic England Alf Cooke Ltd Packaging Cookes Printers Grade II 1255574 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 13 August 2014 Renovation Leeds City College Archived from the original on 25 February 2014 Retrieved 13 August 2014 Printworks scheme could create new office space in Leeds Freeofficesearch 7 December 2010 Retrieved 13 August 2014 Further reading edit Brief History of Alf Cooke s Playing Cards World of Playing Cards Retrieved 13 August 2014 53 47 19 5 N 1 32 11 4 W 53 788750 N 1 536500 W 53 788750 1 536500 nbsp This article about a West Yorkshire building or structure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alf Cooke printworks amp oldid 1063362161, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
