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The 1970 Clothing Strike of Leeds
By Harry Bratley Up to the mid-twentieth century, Leeds was the centre of the British textile industry, supplying clothing throughout ... -
The Civil War Battle of Leeds, 1643
By Harry Bratley When, on 22 August 1642, King Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham, the King’s dispute with ... -
A Stroll Through the The Victorian Circuses of Leeds
By Dr. Steve Ward The Victorian era was the golden age of the circus. By the time that Victoria came ... -
The History of Ilkley Spa
Ilkley is well-known as a ‘spa town’ – and, as author Melanie King explains in this extract taken from her ... -
A Profile of Yorkshire Abolitionist Richard Oastler
by Gavin Wakefield In the early stages of the Industrial Revolution in Yorkshire factories sprang up all over the West ... -
History of The White Cloth Hall, Kirkgate, Leeds
By Paul Chrystal Leeds, lying on the fringes of the Yorkshire cloth-producing district, had to compete for trade with better-placed ... -
The Story of the Leeds Blitz
By Paul Chrystal Throughout the Second World War seventy-seven Leeds people were killed and 197 buildings were destroyed with 7,623 ... -
The Leeds Pals – A ‘Friends” Battalion
By David Owen By the time war between England and Germany had been declared on 4th August 1914, regiments and ... -
Historic Leeds – Photos from the Historic England Archive
With photographs taken from the Historic England Archive, a unique collection of over 12 million photographs, drawings, plans and documents ... -
Historic Tadcaster: A Pictorial History Tour of the North Yorkshire Town
By Paul Chrystal Think of Tadcaster and you think of breweries and beer. The town has been brewing since 1341, ... -
Temple Newsam House – Ghosts and All
By Steve Ward Across the British Isles we have countless monuments to our past; castles, monasteries, churches, cathedrals, country houses ... -
Temple Works Leeds – A Lost Architectural Marvel
By Paul Chrystal A Grade I-listed Victorian former flax mill that has gone down in history as containing the largest ...
