The American Ambulance used the garage of Rowland Winn in Leeds, all through the war they served from here and all the training for the country was done at Leeds so it was quite an important station. Below is an original photo of the facade of the garage (photo from http://www.leodis.net) behind the showroom was a vast garage space that stretched from Woodhouse Lane about half the way back to Wade Lane. The access to the garage that the American Ambulance used was via the now long gone St Columba street in the left of the black and white photo. In its place now is a 1960’s monstrosity – The Merrion Centre, more specifically the garage was located where the Morrisons now is! I was amazed at how much Leeds has been developed since the war, it is certainly a city that has seen a lot of change over the years.
