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The Strange Beginning of Female Policing in Leeds by Chris Nickson

By Fiona Gell / 20 September 2015

In our monthly instalment of Leeds history, Chris Nickson tells us how women in Leeds first came to join the police force. Women police constables. WPC. It’s an archaic term now, of course; everyone who […]

Forgotten Leeds: John Wainwright by Paul Whittle

By Fiona Gell / 27 August 2014

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