Tag: Local Leeds History

Events

Autumn Open Day

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Enjoy a day out at the house and farm on a pay as you feel basis!
An illustration of a church with the caption: proposed chapels for cemetary, Headingley cum Morley

1152 Club – Royal links to Lawnswood Cemetery

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Join us for this friendly, informal talk for over 55s with Ann Lightman about Lawnswood Cemetery's links to the Royal Family.
An illustration of bright industrial shapes

Engineery

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A new exhibition opening on 27 October, celebrating the life and legacy of John Smeaton and civil engineering in its many forms.
A yorkshire flag (white rose on a blue background) flying in the wind with blue sky behind

Ridings of Yorkshire Society Conference

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Hear historians of Yorkshire's past present their research, with a special panel on Overlooked histories to tie in with our exhibition.

Workshops

Florence Nightingale workshop at Lotherton

Introducing Florence Nightingale and her friends

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Meet the young Florence Nightingale, cousin to the Gascoigne family of Lotherton.
A group of schoolchildren at Lotherton, one is wearing a gask mask as part of the workshop

WW2 Evacuation Role Play Day

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Immerse yourself in a significant point of British history and evacuate your pupils back in time to the Second World War.