A birds-eye view showing guests gathered in the auditorium building for the topping out of the Harrogate Conference Centre

Date:
15 May 1979
Location:
Harrogate Conference Centre, King's Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LA
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Harrogate International Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Harrogate Convention Centre, King's Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LA
Reference:
JLP01/09/791713
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Due to the number of guests, the topping out ceremony for the Harrogate Conference Centre could not take place on the roof of the building. The ceremony was instead performed inside the auditorium at the highest point, which was the top tier of seating. The Mayor of Harrogate, Mrs Angela Matthews, led the ceremony accompanied by Joe Bentley, the Conference Centre's architect, and Leslie Holiday, then managing director of the construction company.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/09 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives 1974-1994; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Late 20th Century Conference Centre, Ceremony