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What tells your story of Leeds? We’re inviting people and communities to donate or loan items from their own lives and archives — photographs, documents, diaries, or keepsakes, anything that captures life in Leeds. From everyday memories to moments of change, from across Leeds and across generations, these personal pieces help show how the city...

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Leeds Central Library invited a group of Leeds Arts University photography students to examine the original photographs that formed the basis of the Leodis website. Their task was to select one or more photographs and produce a creative response. Six responses were selected by librarians to create an exhibition at the library. Here we hear...

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Students from the University of Leeds tackle some important hidden histories in Leeds Libraries’ local collections Ben Beard, Grace Deane, Niave Kilkelly & Nic McDowell – Supervised by Dr Yuexin Rachel Lin On 3 June 1917, as the First World War entered its third gruelling year, more than one thousand delegates from trade unions, left-wing...

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This week Library and Digital Assistant Rosaleen explores Leeds’ iconic historic houses and the perhaps lesser known items in our library collections related to them. Leeds is graced with beautiful historic houses and stately homes, all with a rich and interesting history. Although it is the West Yorkshire Archive service that holds estate papers and...

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