Leeds History at Lunchtime talks

The following talks are to be held in Leeds Central Library and hopefully some of you will be able to attend and enjoy

18th March – Catherine Callinan, Leeds Grand Theatre – “The Grand: An Entertaining Story”

8th April – Alan Humphries, Thackray Museum – “Earthworms and swallows: delftware drug jars at the Thackray Museum”

13th May – Geoffrey Forster, Leeds Library –  “Joseph Priestley and the Leeds Library”

3rd June – Janet Douglas, local historian –  “Isabella Ford: Trade Unionist, Suffragist and Socialist”

8th July – Alun Pugh, Leeds Tour Guide & Chairman of the Friends of BSTC –  “Beckett Street Cemetery: the oldest public cemetery in England. The story of Victorian Leeds told through the people who are buried there- an illustrated talk.”

5th  August – Nicola Pullan, Leeds City Museum –  “Buying up the Empire – globalised shopping in Victorian Leeds”

9th  September – David Thornton, Thoresby Society – “Edward Baines, Leeds Mercury editor and Leeds MP – ‘the Great Liar of the North’”

7th  October –  Shirley Jones,  Head of Conservation, WYAS-  “Conservation of the Leeds Tithe Maps”

All talks are free and take place in the 3rd  floor Meeting Room,  Leeds Central Library, between 1.00pm and 2.00pm.

No booking required, but places are limited.

Tel: 0113 2478290