Tag: Sporting Heritage

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A wide brown leather belt with engraved silver plaques, depicting lions and boxers in a boxing ring

Boxer’s Belt

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Curator Catherine investigates the mysterious origins of a boxer's belt in the Leeds Museums and Galleries collection.

Poppy Wingate: Temple Newsam’s Golfing Pioneer

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Poppy Wingate was England’s first professional woman golfer, and she began her career right here at Temple Newsam.
A black and white photograph of tall buildings in Victorian Leeds

Football Works

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Curator Lucy Moore examines one leaflet from our social history collection and reveals a little known corner of Leeds’ sporting past.
1906 Ordinance survey map (published 1908)

Skating in Edwardian Leeds

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In 1909, there were 5 skating rinks in Leeds. Using historic maps, Catherine Robins has found out exactly where they were and what became of the buildings after they closed.