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The Godfather of Quarry Hill by Chris Nickson

Chris Nickson would like to thank Suzanne Grace for sharing this Youtube video with him, taken from the ‘Mobs of America’ documentary on TG4. This week Chris Nickson writes about Owen Madden, one of Leeds’

The Barnbow Munitions Workers by Frances Brody

Frances Brody shares the history of the Barnbow workers behind her novel Somewhere Behind the Morning, published under the name Frances McNeil. On a bitterly cold morning a year or so ago, a small crowd gathered in Manston

Forgotten Leeds: John Wainwright by Paul Whittle

Forgotten Leeds – a mini-series of short introductions to three little-known figures connected to Leeds by birth and/or their work here in the city – part two: John Wainwright (1921-1995) – the forgotten novelist: a

The Real Victorian Leeds by Chris Nickson

Chris Nickson opens our eyes to the real Leeds of the Victorian era, and the shockingly unsanitary conditions that Loiners suffered throughout the Industrial Revolution. Imagine a place where the average life expectancy of the

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