The Thoresby Society - Past Lectures
Lecture Syllabus 2001-2002 |
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2001 Tuesday, 2nd October |
Leeds, City of music from the early C18 - the early C21 Simon Lindley, organist at Leeds Parish Church will talk about Leeds as a city of music both from the sociological aspects as well as the cultural. Venue: Friends' Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 6th November |
Aviation History in and around Leeds and Hull - Pioneers, Personalities and Politics, 1885 - 1955 Professor Robert Blackburn from Kings' College, London will talk about Blackburn Aircraft and the work of his grandfather, the founder, Robert Blackburn. Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Thursday, 6th December |
Members' Evening 1) The Languid Child and the C18 Man-midwife Josephine Lloyd will talk on the achievements of William Hey in the field of obstetrics. 2) Anti-Semitism in Leeds in the 1930s Amanda Bergen will examine how the Jewish Community in Leeds responded to this and the impact this had in the community. Venue: 'Claremont', Clarendon Road, Leeds. |
2002 Tuesday, 8th January |
Corn Mills, Corn Exchanges and the Leeds Grain Trade c. 1700-1900 An illustrated talk by Dr. Kevin Grady from the Leeds Civic Trust. Venue: 'Claremont', Clarendon Road, Leeds. NB |
Tuesday, 5th February |
The Burial Problem in Leeds in the C19 Jim Morgan BA will examine the problems and solutions Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Tuesday, 5th March |
The delf'oles of Leeds: the sandstone quarries of the Leeds Area Murray Mitchell, geologist, will give an illustrated lecture on this intriguing title. Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Saturday, 23rd March at 2.30pm |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Chairman: the Lord Mayor of Leeds. Address by the President of the Society, Peter Morrish Books and libraries in Leeds before Priestley Venue: The Civic Hall, East Room. |
Lecture Syllabus 2002-2003 |
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2002 Tuesday, 1st October |
Samson Fox and Yorkshire Brass Malcolm Neesam will give an illustrated lecture on the great Yorkshire inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Venue: Friends' Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 5th November |
Spirits, Spirit Merchants and Distilling in Leeds 1750s-1850s Professor John Chartres from the School of History, University of Leeds will talk about his research. Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Thursday, 5th December |
Members' Evening 1) Mary Forster will look back over 42 years as the Society's Librarian with anecdotes and personal remembrances. 2) Rosemary Stephens was joint editor of the Thoresby Society publications from 1972 for 30 years and will also share some of her memories with us. Venue: 'Claremont', Clarendon Road, Leeds. |
2003 Tuesday, 7th January |
Children of the Streets - Child Protection and Juvenile Delinquency in Victorian Leeds Dr Louise Jackson from the Department of Cultural Studies, Leeds Metropolitan University will give an illustrated talk on this topic. Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Tuesday, 4th February |
Maps of Yorkshire with particular reference to Leeds and the surrounding areas Brian Chappelow from the Yorkshire Archaeological Society will discuss a wide ranging variety of maps and bring a number of exhibits for us to look at, covering many centuries. Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Tuesday, 4th March |
The Leeds Historic Parks' Project 1996-2001 Colin Treen from Leeds Metropolitan University will give a review of the history and condition of Leeds' Parks. Joint meeting with the Civic Trust - to be held in the Brunswick Lecture Theatre, Leeds Metropolitan University. |
Saturday, 22nd March at 2.30pm |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Address by the President of the Society, Peter Morrish Ralph Thoresby, Books and Libraries. Venue: The Civic Hall, East Room. |
Lecture Syllabus 2003-2004 |
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2003 Tuesday, 7th October |
The Early Offices of Leeds Professor Maurice Beresford and Dr. Rachel Unsworth from Geography dept. University of Leeds, will give a lecture on their research into late 18thC-19thC business services and their buildings in Leeds -a sequel to ‘ East end-West end ’ Venue: Friends' Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 4th November |
Looking after paper- the conservator at work Stephen and Pamela Allen will give an informal talk with demonstrations. Members are invited to bring documents, maps, letters, prints and photographs for discussion on how they may be safely preserved. Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Thursday, 11th December |
Members' Evening (1) Leeds’ Public Houses, their development and their social function. Michael Leonard will talk on the social influence on Leeds. (2) A Leeds’ Collector: Thomas Plint and the Pre-Raphaelites. A talk by Janet Douglas Venue: 'Claremont', Clarendon Road, Leeds. |
2004 Tuesday, 6th January |
Henry Embleton and the Leeds’ Choral Union Dr. Robert Demaine from York University will give an illustrated (and musical) lecture on the development of the Choral union in Leeds from 1895 and the munificence of mining engineer Henry Embleton and his connections with Elgar. Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Tuesday, 3rd February |
The Steam Engineering Heritage of Leeds Derek Rayner, chartered mechanical engineer and President of the Leeds & District Traction Engine Club, will give an illustrated talk on how Leeds became the leading centre of steam engineering in the U.K. and its lasting legacy. Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Tuesday, 2nd March |
Leonora Cohen, suffragette and trades’ union activist Veronica Lovell MA will give an illustrated talk on the life and work of this fascinating Leeds’ woman. Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Saturday, 20th March at 2.30pm |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Address by the President of the Society, Peter Morrish Further details will be sent out nearer the date. Venue: Claremont’, Clarendon Road, Leeds 2 |
Lecture Syllabus 2004-2005 |
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2004 Tuesday, 5th October |
The undark sky : life in the Leylands. Dr. Geoffrey (Professor of Neurobiology, London) will give an illustrated talk on the subject of his recent book. Venue: Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 2nd November |
The struggle for paradise - ethnic minorities in
Chapeltown in the twentieth century. Dr. Max Farrar (School of Cultural studies, Leeds Metropolitan University and author of The Struggle for Community in a British Multicultural Inner City Area) will give an illustrated talk on life in Chapeltown. Venue: Friends' Meeting House. |
Tuesday, 7th December |
1904-a charter for the Yorkshire College ? Professor Peter Gosden ,School of Education (retired), Leeds University will give an illustrated talk to mark the centenary of Leeds University. Venue: Friends Meeting House. |
2005 Thursday, 6th January |
New Years Members' Evening 1. Lord Mayors of Leeds and their changing role from 1895-1947: a talk by Dr. Ray Dalton 2. Cholera in Leeds , Dr. Jim Morgan will talk on its impact. Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds. Wine and refreshments will be served. |
Tuesday, 1st February |
Headingley 1540-1563: manorial change and monastic
continuation. Dr. John Cruikshank (orthopaedic surgeon) will give an illustrated lecture. Venue: Friends Meeting House. |
Tuesday, 1st March |
Women and networked family - Leeds 1780-1870. Dr. Robert Morris of Edinburgh University will give an illustrated lecture on aspects of his recent research. Venue: Friends Meeting House. |
Tuesday, 5th April at 2.30pm |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING A.G.M. Chairman: The Lord Mayor This will be followed by a lecture given by Michael Hickling, features editor of the Yorkshire Post entitled A Journalists View of the Yorkshire Posts history. The Yorkshire post is celebrating its 250th anniversary. Venue: The Friends Meeting House |
Lecture Syllabus 2005-2006The following lectures have been arranged for members; guests attending on more than two occasions will be expected to apply to join the Society. Meetings commence at 7.15pm |
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2005 Tuesday, 4th October |
Leeds’ Pals Adrian Budge (Education Officer
at the Royal
Armouries) will talk about his research into the backgrounds of
the men who joined Kitchener’s Army. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 1st November |
‘The Sack’em up men—A Leeds
Anatomical Scandal’ Professor Michael Green(independent Consulting Forensic Pathologist) will give an illustrated talk about body snatching in Leeds. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 6th December | Working class militancy or middle class meddling ? The Suffrage involvement of Mary Gawthorpe c.1906-1914.; Dr. Krista Cowman (Leeds’ Metropolitan University) will talk on suffragette movement in Leeds. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
2006 Thursday, 12th January |
New Years Members' Evening 1) Bramley Hill: a seventeenth century yeoman’s house and its inhabitants: Peter and Greta Meredith will talk about their interesting old house. (2) The Shire Family’s Tragedy 1885: Robin Dove will show how he has traced the fortunes of a Chapel Allerton family through their correspondence. Wine and refreshments will be served. The Library will be open from 6pm for the sale of books. Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds |
Tuesday, 7th February |
The incorporation of Headingley into Leeds; urban-rural interaction in the 17th century. Dr. John Cruikshank (orthopaedic surgeon)will give an illustrated lecture as a follow up to his hugely popular talk last year. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.. |
Tuesday, 7th March |
The Pevsner Architectural Guide to Leeds: the changing March 7th
city. Susan Wrathmell will talk on Pevsner’s response to the
city’s architecture and influence on subsequent changes. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 4th April at 2.30pm |
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING A.G.M. Chairman: The Lord Mayor This will be followed by a lecture given by the Society’s new President Jim Morgan entitled Leeds and Bradford in the first half of the 19th century; contrasting political experiences. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Lecture Syllabus 2006-2007The following lectures have been arranged for members; guests attending on more than two occasions will be expected to apply to join the Society. Meetings commence at 7.15pm |
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2006 Tuesday, 3rd October |
Beyond Domesticity: Women and Public Culture in Victorian
Leeds: Dr. Simon Morgan, Lecturer in Modern British Cultural and Social History, University of Leicester, will talk on the role of women. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 7th November |
Old Leeds: Rose Gibson, Archivist
from Leeds Central Library, will give a presentation of photographs
from the Leodis website, particularly those from the Thoresby collection. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 5th December | The Water-based Economy in Leeds between 1841 and 1901 and
its Occupational Community: Sue Cottam will talk about her research. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
2007 Thursday, 11th January |
Members’ Evening 1.Bramley becomes a suburb: Antony Silson will give an illustrated talk. 2.A Chapel Allerton Story: Robin Dove will share more of his local findings. Wine and refreshments will be served. The Library will be open before the meeting for the sale of surplus books. Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds |
Tuesday, 6th February |
Where was Leeds? The problems of writing a history of a
20th century city: Professor Robert Morris, from Edinburgh University and the Society’s Patron, will start the evening with a tribute to Maurice Beresford before giving his lecture. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.. |
Tuesday, 6th March |
Evangelical Revival and the building of Churches in the
West Riding: John Goodchild, (the John Goodchild Collection, Wakefield), will bring documents from his collection to illustrate his lecture. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 3rd April |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Chairman: The Lord Mayor, Councillor Mohammed Iqbal. This will be followed by a lecture given by the President of the Society, Jim Morgan, entitled Leeds and Bradford: contrasting demographic, economic and social trends between 1830 and 1850. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Lecture Syllabus 2007-2008The following lectures have been arranged for members. Guests attending on more than two occasions will be expected to apply to join the Society. Meetings commence at 7.15pm |
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2007 Tuesday, 2nd October |
Local Trade in the Medieval West Riding. Richard Britnell from Durham University will give an illustrated talk. Leeds is celebrating the 800th anniversary of its first market charter. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 6th November |
Looking for Leodis: Leeds before Leeds. Richard Morris (Institute For Medieval studies, Leeds University) will look back to the 8thC for evidence of the early history of the settlement.. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 4th December | The transformation of Headingley’s road network in
the 18thC; Urban imperatives driving rural change: Dr. John
Cruickshank has been invited to give a third lecture on the history
of Headingley. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
2008 Thursday, 10th January |
Members’ Evening 1. Leeds and Revolution: The Peace Convention of 1917. Michael Meadowcroft will talk on this intriguing topic. 2. Thomas Harvey, the peace activist: Quaker anti slavery agitation in the 1840s. Janet Douglas will share her research. Wine and refreshments will be served. The Library will be open before the meeting for the sale of surplus books. Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds |
Tuesday, 5th February |
An undergraduate in love: T.D.Whitaker’s early letters
to Lucy Thursby, now in the Society’s library. Peter
Meredith (Hon. Librarian) will talk about this recent acquisition
to the library. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.. |
Tuesday, 4th March |
Holocaust Survivors in Leeds and district: Brett Harrison (retired Archivist for Leeds) will give an illustrated talk. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 1st April |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Chairman: The Lord Mayor, Councillor Brian Cleasby. This will be followed by a lecture given by the President of the Society, Jim Morgan, entitled Middle class agitation and control: Leeds and Bradford and the genesis of stability 1830-50. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Lecture Syllabus 2008-2009The following lectures have been arranged for members. Guests attending on more than two occasions will be expected to apply to join the Society. Meetings commence at 7.15pm |
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2008 Tuesday, 7th October |
The ingenuous Mr. Thoresby: First Historian of Leeds; Dr. Kevin Grady will talk about the life and interests of Ralph Thoresby after whom the Society is named. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 4th November |
The effects of the Black Death in Leeds; Dr. John Dixon will discuss how plausible some of the effects are. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 2nd December | Gunning for Leeds? Defending the City in the English Civil
War; presented by Simon Riches and Adrian Budge from The
Royal Armouries. This will be a hands on presentation looking at artefacts
and evidence and at the Leeds experience during the Civil war. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
2009 Thursday, 8th January |
Members’ Evening 1. St. Saviour’s Church and the Oxford Movement; Dr. Roy Yates 2. Monuments as a reflection of public figures, public events and the history of Leeds; Peggy Pullen Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds |
Tuesday, 3rd February |
The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser: Chartist
Pioneer of newspaper circulation wars; Dr. Malcolm Chase
(Leeds University) will give an illustrated talk on the free gifts
given by the Northern Star to boost its circulation Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.. |
Tuesday, 3rd March |
Leeds and Wakefield: two Jebb Prisons; Felicity Harrison (retired researcher) will give an illustrated talk. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 7th April |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Chairman : The Lord Mayor, Councillor Frank Robinson This will be followed by a lecture given by Matthew Roberts from Sheffield Hallam University entitled :W.L.Jackson and the politics of Civic Virtue in late Victorian Leeds. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Lecture Syllabus 2009-2010 |
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2010 Tuesday, 6th October |
‘The Knights Templar, with special reference to Temple Newsam’ : Trish Colton and Diane Holloway, authors of ‘The Knights Templar in Yorkshire’ will give an illustrated talk. Venue: Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane |
Tuesday, 3rd November |
“The History of Middleton Park : Martin Roe (archaeologist) will talk to us about the archaeology and history of Middleton Park, its manorial woodland, landscaping, the early coal mining and its historic waggonway. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 1st December | “Watty’s Birthday 1763 : A Leeds Family celebrates” Eileen White (food historian) will talk about the house and the feast prepared by an 18th century Leeds family living on the Headrow Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
2010 Thursday, 7th January |
Members’ Evening 1. “The Barrister and the Quaker” Vine Joss will talk about the first attempts by women to get on to the electoral register in Leeds. 2. “The Development of Roundhay as a Victorian Suburb” Anne Wilkinson will give an illustrated talk. Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds |
Tuesday, 2nd February |
“The Borough Waits : The Corporation Musicians, their history and music” Alan Radford from Leeds Waits will talk about the history of the Waits and their instruments. The Waits will play some of their music, particularly from the Crawshaw Manuscript, Harper’s Yard, Kirkgate Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.. |
Tuesday, 2nd March |
“The Bank : A Leeds Irish Community 1830 – 1930” Danny and Helen Kennally from the Leeds Irish History and Cultural Society will give an illustrated talk on the origins and life of the Irish Community. This talk will coincide with Irish History Month. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 6.45 pm |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Chairman : The Lord Mayor of Leeds This will be followed by a lecture given by Geoffrey Forster from The Leeds Library on “R. D. Chantrell: The Leeds Architect, and his work.”. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Lecture Syllabus 2010-2011 |
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2010 Tuesday, 5th October |
1. “The Barrister and the Quaker” Vine Joss will talk about the first attempts by women to get on to the electoral register in Leeds. 2. “The Development of Roundhay as a Victorian Suburb” Anne Wilkinson will give an illustrated talk. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 2nd November |
“From Casino to Empire – The Music
Hall in Leeds 1840 – 1914”: Professor David Russell from Leeds Metropolitan University will give an illustrated talk on this fascinating topic. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 7th December | “The Black City – The Problem of Smoke Pollution
in Leeds c.1800 – 1956” Dr. Stephen Mosley from Leeds Metropolitan University will give an illustrated talk on the impact of pollution on Leeds. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
2011 Thursday, 13th January |
To celebrate the New Year: An Evening with Oakwood Local History Society Hilary Dyson and Anne Wilkinson will present two illustrated talks on aspects of Oakwood history. Wine will be served between the talks and the library will be open beforehand for the sale of books. Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds |
Tuesday, 1st February |
“Walking the Leeds – Liverpool Canal” Pat Clark will present an illustrated look at the buildings, the history, the industrial use and present use of the Leeds - Liverpool canal. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.. |
Tuesday, 1st March |
“The Leeds Pottery Dig” Kathy Allday and Jean Millard will talk about the exciting archaeological projects round Leeds. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. Cancelled and replaced by Kevin Grady talking about Kirkgate |
Tuesday, 6.45 pm |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Chairman : The Lord Mayor of Leeds This will be followed by a lecture given by Geoffrey Forster from The Leeds Library on “Samuel Smiles”. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Lecture Syllabus 2011-2012 |
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2011 Tuesday, 4th October |
The Bishop Blase processions in Leeds and Bradford: the
end of an era Bishop Blaise was the Patron Saint of Wool. Peter Meredith (Hon. Librarian) will enlighten us. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 1st November |
Regeneration and Persistence: an audio walk
around Holbeck Simon Bradley will discuss his current PhD research, producing an oral history of Holbeck. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 6th December | Celebrating Christmas in Victorian Leeds Janet Douglas will give an illustrated talk. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
2012 Thursday, 12th January |
Members’ Evening 1 .The note books of Robert Pounder, woollen worker and friend of Robert Oastler : Ann Alexander is transcribing these note books in the Society’s collection. 2. A Good Interment: the Leeds General Cemetery Company 1833-1965: an illustrated talk by Jim Morgan. Wine and refreshments will be served. The Library will be open before the meeting for the sale of surplus books. Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds |
Tuesday, 7th February |
An Evening presented by Morley Local History Group Dr. Clive McManus will give an illustrated talk on Morley’s Heritage and the David Atkinson archive. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.. |
Tuesday, 6th March |
Behind the Postage Stamp: A history of letter writing from
1660-2011 with a focus on Leeds. David Wilson, retired teacher and Philatelist will talk on the history on the Leeds Postal service Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Lord Mayor of Leeds presiding. This will be followed by a lecture given by the Michael Meadowcroft on Charles Wilson, the big city boss. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Lecture Syllabus 2012-2013 |
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2012 Tuesday, 2nd October |
Samplers from the Leeds and Galleries Collection Natalie Raw from The Abbey House Museum and Leeds Discovery Centre will give an illustrated talk. Do bring along any family heirlooms. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, 6th November |
Sir Thomas Gascoigne, eighteenth century Yorkshire
catholic baronet; his upbringing, politics ; his estate management An illustrated lecture by Alex Lock of Leeds University Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday,4th December | Fertility decline in 19th Leeds and the social reasons behind
this Paul Atkinson from Huddersfield University will discuss this. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
2013 Thursday, 10th January |
Members’ Evening 1 . ‘A great wrong has been done to the dead’: Eric Gill’s war memorial for the University of Leeds: Speaker:Anne Brook 2..The development of the manor of Kirkgate-a reappraisal; Speaker Steve Burt The library will be open before the meeting. Refreshments will be served in between the talks Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds |
Tuesday, 5th February |
The Leeds Pottery Dig Jean Millard and Kathy Alldays will talk about the exciting archaeological projects around Leeds. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.. |
Tuesday, 5th March |
The Suffragette boycott of the 1911 census across West
Yorkshire A talk by Jill Liddington from Leeds University. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Ann Castle will be presiding. This will be followed by a lecture given by Roy Yates, the Society President entitled Church and Town: The ministry of John Gott as vicar of Leeds 1873-1886: Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Lecture Syllabus 2013-2014 |
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2013 Tuesday October 1st |
Pedestrians and Pugilists-Sporting life in Leeds in the Nineteenth
century. Derek Martin uncovers a rich but forgotten history of
professional athletes, prizefighters, gamblers, sporting entrepreneurs,
and other disreputable types in Victorian England. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
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Tuesday November 5th | The history of the water supply for Leeds. David Burgess, civil engineer(retired) Yorkshire Water Board, will give an illustrated talk. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
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Tuesday December 3rd.
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Pagannini on Tour: David Mayers retired lecturer from Huddersfield , will give an illustrated talk on Pagannini’s visit to Leeds Music Hall
Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
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2014 Thursday January 9th.
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Members’ Evening 1 .The Wortley church Disaster of 1891. David Thornton will talk about this tragedy where 11 girls were burnt to death at a church bazaar. 2.Ralph Thoresby’s life as he saw it: the Autobiographical transcription project. Peter Meredith will tell us about the progress of the project. Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds. |
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Tuesday February 4th. | The Special collections at the University of Leeds. Katy Goodrun will talk about the wide ranging collections and their accessibility . Venue: The Friends ’Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
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Tuesday March 5th | The Gascoignes and the Garforth Miners; the development of Garforth in the Nineteenth century. Alison Henesey will look at the Role of the local landed family and the effect on the development of the community 1850-1890 Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
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Tuesday April 1st 6.45pm |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Tom Murray, will be presiding.This will be followed by a lecture given by the Roy Yates, the Society President entitled 150 years of the Church Extension Society. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
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Monday May 19th 1.00-3.30pm |
A visit to the Wortley Local History Group. Colin Broadbent will talk about the history of Wortley and show the group’s collection of artefacts based at Whingate Methodist Church, Upper Armley. |
Lecture Syllabus 2014-2015 |
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2014 Tuesday, October 7th |
The impact of the First World War on Leeds Grammar School : John Davies has recently returned from the Battlefields and has been researching pupils from the Grammar school who lost their lives. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, November 4th |
The Wave of Disease; The Leeds Cholera Epidemic of 1832: John Brooke will give an illustrated talk on the impact of the outbreak. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, December 2nd |
Mill Hill Chapel personalities in the City of Leeds circa 1847-1900 John Goodchild will talk on importance of this group to Leeds. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
2015 Thursday, January 15th |
Members’ Evening 1. Tommy Clapham and his magnificent and princely gardens: Eveleigh Bradford will give an illustrated talk about the lost botanical gardens of Headingley. 2. Yet more Ralph Thoresby: searching the Thoresby Archives: Peter Meredith will talk about his research. There will be a book sale before this meeting and refreshments in the interval Venue: Claremont, Clarendon Road, Leeds |
Tuesday, February 3rd |
The secret life of Edward Baines: the censored business of medicines, printers and booksellers in Georgian England: Alan Mackintosh from Leeds University will be looking at the role of
the press as patent medicine vendors. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds.. |
Tuesday, March 3rd |
Small and scattered: Children’s Homes in Leeds 1900-1950 Sue Cottam has recently completed her PhD investigating the work of
Voluntary Homes in Leeds and the backgrounds of the children in care. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Tuesday, April 7th 6.45 pm |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Lord Mayor of Leeds,Councillor David Congreve, will be presiding. This will be followed by a lecture given by Roy Yates, the Society President entitled The Reformation in Leeds 1534-1559 Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Lecture Syllabus 2015-2016 |
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2015 Monday, October 7th |
From Waterloo to Peterloo and its aftermath:a Leeds and West Yorkshire Perspective by Malcolm Chase. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Monday, October 19th |
Stories from the War hospital. Richard Wilcocks will tell true stories from Leeds Principal First World war hospital at Becketts Park, Headingley Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Monday, November 16th |
Mill Hill Chapel personalities in the City of Leeds circa 1847-1900 John Goodchild will talk on importance of this group to Leeds. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
2016 Monday, January 18th |
Members’ Evening 1. John Hope Saw 1792-1864, Solicitor, Politician and three times Mayor of Leeds. Presented by Michael Meadowcroft 2. Rev Samuel Kettlewell, Vicar of St Mark’s Woodhouse, and former curate of Dr. Hook Member of the Royal Society and his Natural History Expedition Talk by Jackie Depelle Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Monday, February15th |
Memory, Heritage and taking photographs-Leeds and beyond. Prof Robert Morris (Patron of the Thoresby Society) will ask what we learn as historians when we take photographs…lavishly illustrated. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Monday, March 21st |
Joseph Town and the History of Leeds Paper making. A talk by Catherine Wright. Jospeh Town was a member of the Thoresby Society The Town family had a paper mill from 1822-1930., Turkey mill in Keighley and premises in Albion Street Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Monday, April 18th 6.45 pm |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Lecture Chapel, Chantries and Guilds in Leeds at the time of the Reformation by Roy Yates. Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. |
Lecture Syllabus 2016-2017 | |
2016 Monday, September 19th |
How many Townships make Three? Court Leets and Constables in Bramley, Wortley and (eventually) Armley. John Cruickshank will talk about local administration in the out townships of Leeds between the C16th and C19th. |
Monday, October 17th |
Stank Hall Barn, it origins, its history and its future. Stank Hall Barn is the oldest standing secular building in Leeds. An illustrated talk by Sue Otley-Hughes |
Wednesday, November 9th Leeds Library at 12.45 | Vine Pemberton Joss: ‘Everything was wanting except the patients’: Women’s Health, Medical Care & Philanthropy in Leeds. The Yorkshire Ladies Council were ‘the women who changed Leeds through philanthropic initiatives, including the founding of the Leeds School of Cookery, Babies Welcome and the West Riding Nursing Association. Their public lectures on women’s health and hygiene facilitated one of the first women doctors in Britain, Ethel Pechey, to open her practice in Leeds. |
Wednesday, November 16th Leeds Library at 12.45 |
Janet Douglas: Leeds and the 1866 Women’s Suffrage Petition This year has seen the 150th Anniversary of the first national petition calling for the enfranchisement of women. Of the 1499 women who signed the petition, 101 were from Leeds, largely from the Woodhouse district, living in streets that you have probably walked along. |
Monday, November 21st |
Global shopping in historic Leeds a talk from Nicola Pullan Assistant Curator of Leeds and Social History Leeds Museums and Galleries |
Wednesday, November 23rd Leeds Library at 12.45 |
Derek Martin: Pedestriennes – 19th Century Women Athletes Watching the Olympics this year, it is easy to forget that it was only in the 1970s that female athletes were allowed to run races longer than 800 metres. But in Leeds in the 19th century there were events where you could witness women performing walks of up to a thousand miles – this talk highlights some of these forgotten professional sportswomen. |
Wednesday, November 30th Leeds Library at 12.45 | Ann Wilkinson: the Little Owls Society of Leeds Founded by Helen Heaton, the daughter of Dr. John and Fanny Heaton in 1879, initially its twelve members met each week in each other’s homes, to read and discuss works of prose or poetry. Membership was by invitation and included the daughters of some of the prestigious families in Leeds. The Little Owls evolved into a fortnightly programme of talks and events. Some of the subjects were they discussed were very controversial, for example in 1888 the subject for a meeting was ‘Individualism v. Socialism’. |
2017 Monday, January 16th |
Members’ Evening 1. Vine Pemberton Joss: Catherine Buckton, first woman in Leeds Public Life 2. Janet Douglas: The Becketts of Meanwood, a talk about this important wealthy family and their place in Meanwood. |
Monday, February 20th |
Medieval Leeds: an illustrated talk a talk by Emeritus Professor Joyce Hill. |
Monday, March 20th |
Gone but not forgotten: medieval buildings in the outer precincts of Kirkstall Abbey: an illustrated talk by Stuart Wrathmell |
Monday, April 24th 6.45 pm |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING followed by a talk by Thoresby President Professor John Chartres entitled : Where the North Sea meets the Atlantic: Leeds in the Eighteenth century.The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Gerry Harper, Presiding |
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2017 Monday September 18th |
The political life of Alice Bacon: one of the twentieth
century's most remarkable female politicians defying all
odds to be elected the first woman MP for Leeds in 1945. A talk by Rachel Reeves MP for Leeds West |
Monday October 16th |
The Conscientious Would Not Go; The Music of War
Resistance 1914-1918. Dr Clive Barrett will give an illustrated talk about fate of Leeds conscientious objectors. |
Wednesday November 1st |
Early plans of Leeds: the Falkingham plan of 1560 and Cossins' plan of 1726. Steve Burt |
Wednesday November 8th Leeds Library at 12.00 |
The Waterloo plan of Leeds. PeterMeredith |
Monday November 20th |
Leeds Locomotive Builders to the World. Dr Di Drummond from Leeds Trinity will talk about the railway engine building companies in Leeds. |
2018 | |
Monday January 15th |
Members' Evening
in Leeds Library, 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, LS1 6AL, parking spaces at Mill Hill Chapel. 1. Robert Baker and the 1832 Cholera Map of Leeds by John Turney 2. The Family Throp - sculptors of Leeds by Michael Meadowcroft Refreshments will be provided. Library open from 6pm. |
Monday February 19th |
Parliamentary Elections of Leeds 1832-2017 Dr David Thornton looks at the elections and how politics and campaigns have changed. |
Monday March 19th |
‘The Remarkable Story of Hunslet: From Medieval Manor to Industrial Suburb’ Dr Kevin Grady has very kindly agreed at very short notice to step in and give a replacement lecture |
Monday April 16th 6.45pm |
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The lord mayor, Councillor Jane Dowson will be present. This will be followed by a lecture entitled Henry Arthur Albutt and the cause of Mathusianism in nineteen century Leeds by John Chartres, the Society President. |
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Tuesday September 4th | Joint Meeting with Leeds Library. An illustrated talk by Michele Sowden: The Shepherd Prince: Samuel Sowden and the silent voices of the Castlereagh River. The subject of Michele’s newly launched book about her great great great grandfather, transported to Australia from Leeds at the time of the industrial revolution. Michele is visiting from Australia. |
Monday September 17th | The disabled and unemployed in Leeds after the First World War. |
Monday October 1st | The Country is against us: Leeds and the introduction of Dialysis in Britain. Dr John Turney shows how Leeds led the way in this important field of medicine. |
Monday November 5th | Parliamentary Elections 1940-2017. This is part two of David Thornton’s look at how politics and campaigns have changed since 1832. |
2019 | |
Monday January 8th | Members' Evening 1. Paper Chase or Harriers Clubs in Leeds, a talk by Derek Martin 2. Forced Rhubarb production in Leeds and district. A look the rhubarb triangle by Tony Silson Refreshments will be provided. |
Monday February 4th | Between Public and Private, Arthur Ransome’s photographs of the Russian Revolution. Simon Popple looks at the photographs in the Brotherton Collection and little known aspects of the author’s life. |
Monday March 4th | The life of a Leeds Lawyer, Edwin Eddison 1805-1867. A talk by Sara Woodhall based on documents found in a trunk. Eddison was a Leeds Quaker and involved with the building of the Town Hall. His son was a partner of John Fowler, engineer; his daughter in law the first woman to be awarded an honorary doctorate from Leeds university. |
Monday April 1st. | THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Lord Mayor, Councillor Graham Latty, will be present. This will be followed by a lecture by the Society’s President John Chartres. The title will confirmed in the AGM papers. |
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Monday September 16th | Leeds and the industrialization of the UK food system before 1800. John Chartres will look at Leeds and how this developed. |
Tuesday September 24th | Joint Meeting with Leeds Library. Professor Jessica Malay will give an illustrated talk on Lady Anne Clifford of Skipton and Appleby Castles. Looking at her autobiographical writings Professor Malay will talk about the life long struggle Lady Anne had to gain her inheritance and how she restored her estates. |
Monday October 21st | Joseph Priestley, The Leeds Library and the Leeds Census of 1771 and 1775. A talk by past president Jim Morgan. In the 1770s controversy arose over whether England’s population was rising or falling. In Leeds in 1771, the famous scientist and minister of Mill Hill Chapel, Joseph Priestley organised a parish census. Four years later another census was taken. The lecture looks at the evidence and what it tells us about Leeds in the late 18th century. |
Wednesday November 6th @ 1pm |
Ralph Thoresby in his own words. by Professor Peter Meredith Ralph Thoresby was a voluminous diarist, but as a deeply religious man he is not a northern Samuel Pepys. But he is a man of strong feelings, not only about religion but about his books and his museum, his friends (especially at one time his Cousin Susy), his family, in particular his father, and his town. This talk shows some of his many sides in his own words, with a hint of his own appearance. |
Wednesday November 13th @ 1pm |
Prospects and Panoramas of Leeds. by Dr. Kevin Grady The lecture presents some amazing engravings and paintings showing how the Leeds townscape and streetscape has changed over the last 350 years |
Monday November 18th | Victorian Chatelaine : Emily Meynell Ingram of Hoar Cross and Temple Newsam. James Lomax, author and former curator at Temple Newsam, will give an illustrated talk. Emily Meynell Ingram was the last resident of Temple Newsam House; a keen artist and a formidable woman, she ran the Temple Newsam estate after the tragic death of her husband early in their marriage. |
Wednesday November 20th @ 1pm |
Lost Churches of Leeds 1800-1900. by Revd. Dr. Roy Yates Roy Yates will show how the Church of England attempted to provide church accommodation for the rapidly expanding population of Leeds in the nineteenth century, and how many of these churches became redundant as the population shifted from the city centre to the suburbs. Illustrated with photographs and prints from the Thoresby Society's collections. |
Wednesday November 27th @ 1pm |
Lady Members of the Leeds Library 1768-1914. by Janet Douglas |
2020 | |
Wednesday January 15th @ 1pm |
The Leeds Library and the Thoresby Society -
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Monday January 20th | Members' Evening 1.The prints and prospects of Samuel Buck. A talk by Dr Roy Yates 2. The Leeds Bantams in World War 1. Chris Hindle will share some of his research. This will be followed up by an excursion in the Spring. |
Monday February 17th |
John Dixon and his sketch books from the Thoresby Collection. Peter Meredith will talk about these. |
Monday March 16th | 'Time stood still': Civilian and military prisons at Lofthouse Park Camp near Wakefield 1914-1919. Dr. Claudia Sternberg from Leeds University will give an illustrated talk, the last in our series of talks relating to the First World War. Postponed because of Covid then delivered using Zoom October 19th 2020 |
Monday April 20th | THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Lord Mayor, Councillor Eileen Taylor, will be present. The AGM will be followed by a lecture by the Society President Eveleigh Bradford on Atkinson Grimshaw: 'Our talented townsman.' Cancelled because of Covid |
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Tuesday September 15th | Joint Meeting with the Leeds Library Who was the real Anne Lister? Anne Lister of Shibden Hall, Halifax was a landowner, traveller, a maverick, a scholar and a seducer of other women. She kept extensive diaries written in a secret code. Jill Liddington, feminist historian, has worked on her diaries and gives us an insight into Anne’s fascinating autobiography. Anne was the subject of the recent television series, Gentleman Jack. More |
Monday September 21st | A Protestant work ethic? Catholicism and estate management in the late eighteenth century. Alexander Lock, curator of modern archives and manuscripts at the British Library, will explore estate management and agrarian improvement by a Catholic C18th landowner, Sir Thomas Gascoigne 1745-1810 of Parlington Hall. |
Monday October 19th | Time stood still: Civilian and Military prisons at Lofthouse Park Camp near Wakefield 1914-1919. Dr Claudia Sternberg from Leeds University will give an illustrated talk. |
Wednesday November 4th @ 1pm |
Dr. Kevin Grady 'The Early Years of the Leeds Library' Missed it? or would like to Watch ? |
Wednesday November 11th @ 1pm |
Eveleigh Bradford
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Monday November 16th | Alderman Archie Scarr: Leeds radical ’Mayor of the masses’. Chris Hindle talks about this interesting and controversial figure 1827-1904. Described as one of the best-known men in the northern part of the West Riding, an advocator of temperance and thrift. Missed it? or would like to Watch ? |
Wednesday November 18th @ 1pm |
Rev. Dr. Roy Yates 'The Back-to-Back Housing Development on the Site of
the Victoria Gate Shopping Complex' Missed it? or would like to Watch ? |
Wednesday November 25th @ 1pm |
Steven Burt: 'Hunslet and the Cholera Epidemics of the C19th.' Missed it? or would like to Watch ? |
2021 | |
Monday January 18th | Members' Evening |
Wednesday 13th January @ 1pm | Book launch for our publication for 2020 The launch will take the form of short talks introducing the articles that make up this Miscellany volume. We expect that these will include talks by Irfan Shah on “Louis Le Prince and Leeds”, Robert Demaine on “Charles Villiers Stanford and the Leeds Choir in Paris 1906”, Chris Hindle on “Hudson Sykes and Bousfield: the rise and fall of a Leeds manufacturing house” and Roy Yates on “The Tudor Reformation in Leeds”. The Miscellany volume was posted to members before Christmas. It may have been delayed by the Christmas post, but if your copy hasn’t reached you by January 1st, please let us know. Missed it? or would like to Watch ? |
Monday January 25th | Book Launch for "Leeds - A Biographical Dictionary" by David Thornton David will be giving a short talk about the book. David Thornton is very well-known as a Thoresby Society stalwart and a Leeds historian. His book "Leeds - A Historical Dictionary of People, Places and Events" was published in 2013 and immediately became an indispensable source book for researchers and writers as well as being a book to dip into to check a fact or to discover lesser known stories. Dr Thornton has now put his lifetime of research into a companion volume, "Leeds- A Biographical Dictionary", containing over 900 biographies of Leeds men and women from the Leeds Mummy c.1100 BCE right through to the present day. This is the first time since R.V.Taylor’s Biographia Leodiensis of 1865 that there has been a single volume providing key facts and important material on the individuals who have made Leeds famous. It will become another essential reference work for historians and all those interested in the history of Leeds. Download the flyer for the book here Missed it? or would like to Watch ? |
Monday February 15th |
Thomas Nunneley 1809-1870, Surgery, Audit and Politics. Dr. John Turney will talk on what surgery could and could not be done in the C19th and how it reflected on the dangerous lives of the working people. Missed it? or would like to Watch ? |
Monday March 15th | Working Class Life in Hunslet, 1900-1939. Now available to watch on YouTube |
Monday April 19th | THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING |
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Monday September 20th | A City of Shopkeepers Eric Musgrave, fashion writer and author of Leeds Then And Now, celebrates the ways in which shops and shopping have shaped Leeds city centre. |
Monday October 18th | Spinning through the West Riding John Cruickshank will discuss some of his recent research, based on Bramley, Armley and Wortley in Leeds, into the pre-industrial woollen industry in Yorkshire. |
Wednesday November 3rd @ 1pm |
George Corson, Leeds Architect by Eveleigh Bradford.
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Wednesday November 10th @ 1pm |
Dr Hook and the Oxford Movement in Leeds by Rev. Dr Roy Yates.
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Monday November 15th | William Gascoigne, Leeds Astronomer - or, How a spider placed Leeds at the forefront of the Scientific Revolution
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Wednesday November 17th @ 1pm |
Alice Cliff Scatcherd, Leeds Suffragist by Janet Douglas. Watch now on YouTube |
Wednesday November 24th @ 1pm |
Joshua Tetley and the development of Tetley's Brewery by Prof. John Chartres.
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Monday December 20 |
"Look at this - Did you see that'': Making Sense of the Leeds 'Blitz' |
2022 | |
Monday January 17th | Members' Evening Part 1 1. Henry Rowland Marsden: his life and legacy, presented by Chris Hindle. Watch on YouTube 2. The Leeds Preventorium 1925-1939: shielding children from tuberculosis, but ••• presented by David Cundall. Watch on YouTube 3. Fawkes' Fairfaxiana, c.1815-1825: JMW Turner's Illustrations of the Past for the Future, presented by Lucy Bailey. Watch on YouTube |
Monday January 31st | Member's Evening, Part 2 1. The Leeds firm Burmantofts, 1880-1914, presented by Hans van Lemmen. Watch on YouTube 2. Family life in a ledger 1860-1877: The records of a regular visitor to Leeds -Frederick W. Sheppard, Schoolmaster & Parish Clerk of Bardsey, presented by Margaret Moseley. Watch on YouTube 3. Brutal exhibition' or 'Noble Art of Self Defence'? - a short history of prize fighting in Leeds 1820-1860, presented by Derek Martin. |
Monday February 21st |
'The Risk We Take': LGBTQ Histories of Leeds. |
Monday March 21st | Field Marshal Lord Nicholson (1845-1918): From LGS to CGS |
Monday April 25th | THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
in the presence of of the Lord Mayor, Councillor Asghar Khan. Followed by a lecture by Alan Slomson on Joseph Ernest Morris and the Little Guides to Yorkshire. The author of the Little Guides to Yorkshire was born in Surrey, educated in Oxford and lived the rest of his life in Hertfordshire and Devon. What was his connection with Yorkshire, and what do his books tell us about Yorkshire and the author? Watch on YouTube |
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Monday September 19th | Kirkstall Power Station Postponed due to bank holiday. Now cancelled for this year. |
Monday October 17th | Before Windrush: Black People in Leeds and Bradford, 1708 — 1948 People of African heritage have been making Leeds and Bradford their home for over 300 years. This talk by Danny Friar explores the lives of Black people living in Leeds and Bradford prior to the arrival of the Windrush in 1948. Watch on YouTube |
Wednesday November 2nd @ 1pm |
A City and its Welcome: Migrating to Leeds
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Wednesday November 9th @ 1pm |
Arthur France: The Driving Force of the Leeds Caribbeans, 1957 to Today
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Wednesday November 16th @ 1pm |
The Leeds Jewish Community: Past and Present
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Monday November 21st | Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day
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Wednesday November 23rd @ 1pm |
The Italian Presence in Leeds from the Eighteenth Century to 1945
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Monday December 19th |
Sandstone in my Blood |
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Monday January 16th | Members' Evening - Online Only 1. Robert Demaine - The Voyage of the Burmantofts: A Forgotten Chapter in the History of Leeds as an Inland Port Amid the transport chaos which followed the First World War the Leeds firm of Albrecht & Albrecht devised a novel solution to deliver their goods to Europe. Drawing on photographs from the Albrecht family archive the lecture tells the story of a remarkable venture which typified the spirit of risk-taking prevalent at the time. Watch on youtube 2. Neil Ashcroft - Leeds Leylands' Life A talk about the now vanished Leylands area of north Leeds in the late Nineteenth Century, focussing upon the harshness of life there at that time and the struggles of its Jewish immigrant population to escape its confines. Watch on youtube |
Monday February 20th |
AIDS: The Crisis Years in Leeds and West Yorkshire Joe Tanzer and Andi Walker are HIV prevention and support workers for BHA in Leeds and Wakefield. Their talk will focus on the HIV/AIDS crisis years (1981-1996) from the perspective of Leeds and West Yorkshire. It will also cover how the situation has changed from 1996 to the present day. How was this pandemic felt in Leeds? How did local communities respond to this crisis? What is the legacy of this crisis in Leeds? What is the situation like now for people living with HIV in Leeds? Image © ACT UP Leeds, with thanks to Mick Ward, Gill Crawshaw and West Yorkshire Queer Stories Watch on youtube |
Monday March 20th | Uncontrollable Women: Radicals, Reformers and Revolutionaries In this talk Nan Sloane examines the roles women played 200 years ago when Britain and Europe were plunged in to revolution, resistance and war. Leeds women played a part in many of these events, and Nan’s talk will not only cover those who made it into the pages of the book, but also some who did not. She will also talk about her hunt for the elusive Yorkshire woman Mary Smith, sometimes said to have been from Leeds, who submitted the first Parliamentary petition for votes for women in 1832. Nan is a Leeds-based author thinking and writing about how women contributed to the development of democracy and political organisations over the last two centuries. She has also written about the 1929 general election (the so-called Flapper election) and her previous book, The Women in the Room examined the role of women in the foundation and early years of the Labour Party. Watch on youtube |
Monday April 17th | THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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Thursday September 28th |
Towards an Art Gallery for Leeds, 1858–1888 |
Thursday October 26th |
Berenblum and the Bari bombs Andy Wilson delivers a talk exploring how tragic incidents in both World Wars and the work of a young researcher in Leeds, Isaac Berenblum, all contributed to the discovery of chemotherapy. Watch again |
Wednesday November 8th @ 1pm |
The Irish in Leeds before 1914.
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Wednesday November 15th @ 1pm |
From Laundries to Take Aways:
The Chinese Presence in Leeds by Janet Douglas Watch Again |
Wednesday November 22nd @ 1pm |
The Sikh Community in Leeds by Dr Jasjit Singh Sorry this has now been postponed |
Thursday November 23rd | Anything in Wire: The History of Procter Brothers Ltd Procter Brothers can trace their origins back to 1740 and are one of Leeds’ oldest firms. Based on her book of the same title, Andrea Hetherington will tell their story. From global events to personal tragedies this talk shows how a firm, a city and a family navigate almost 275 years of British history. |
Thursday December 21st |
Merchants, Lawyers and Explorers: The Oates family of Leeds 1700 - 1917 This talk was on Zoom only |
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Thursday January 18th | ‘The Friend of Poor Children’: Dr William Hall |
Thursday February 22nd |
Back-to-back housing: Past, present and future
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Thursday March 21st |
Cricket in Yorkshire: How did it all begin? |
Thursday April 18th | THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING |