Brixton (London), Toxteth (Liverpool) and Chapeltown (Leeds) were originally built as affluent areas of the city, however the relocation of industry, poor connections and the influx of migrant workers had led to a downfall in their fortunes and the large Victorian terraces and villas were divided up into low rent bed sits.
Watts was born at Chapeltown, Yorkshire and started playing for Derbyshire in the second XI and for the under 25s in 1980.
The Chapeltown riots can refer to three different riots in the area of Chapeltown in Leeds.
At the age of 19 and unable to pay the £19 cost of her mother's funeral expenses, she auditioned as Lynne Stringer (her married name) at the Chapeltown Working Men's Club outside Sheffield.
Chapeltown | Chapeltown, Leeds | Chapeltown, South Yorkshire |
He made his maiden speech on 23 June 1997, in which he explained that his constituency stretches from the inner-city Leeds district of Chapeltown all the way out to Harewood House, the stately home of the Earls of Harewood.