FEBRUARY 2022: Leeds in Your Lunch Hour 1pm – 1.50pm Wednesdays 2nd – 23rd February (on Zoom) Lecturer: Dr Kevin Grady, Leeds Historian The history of Leeds comes under the spotlight again in February when Leeds historian, Dr Kevin Grady presents his 15th annual series of free lunchtime lectures every Wednesday at 1pm on Zoom […]
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… and be a part of our story for the next 12 months. We’d like to say THANK YOU to our volunteers, members, and followers for your support over the last year. The work we do here at the Trust relies on your support and so we simply wouldn’t be doing the great work we […]
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Blue Plaque Unveiling For Selig Brodetsky. We are delighted to invite you to the unveiling of a Blue Plaque for Selig Brodetsky at 11.15 on 10th October 2021 at 3 Grosvenor Road, Leeds LS6 2DZ, followed by refreshments at the Hyde Park Book Club Born into poverty in Russia, one of thirteen children, he fled […]
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With support from Dobson Construction and Seagulls we are proud to present our ‘Take A Seat’ project. Each of the 15 benches created through this initiative, came with a grant to help support community groups commission artists to decorate them, and to install and maintain them. We wanted the benches to reflect the incredible way […]
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We are pleased to announce that our 181st Blue Plaque has been unveiled. Sited at 8, Park Square, Leeds, LS1 2LH, it celebrates the life and work of Dr Edith Pechey. A most extraordinary woman whose life began in 1845 in Langham, Essex. She came to Leeds in 1863 to teach but her calling was […]
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Heritage Open Days is the country’s largest free heritage festival, with over 5,000 events held annually. This year’s festival runs between the 11th and 19th September 2020. Leeds Civic Trust is proud to be the local coordinator for the city. This year, the festival will be going ‘digital’ for the first time in its 25 […]
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Liveable Leeds Competition Would you like to help make Leeds a more liveable city? We have identified an area of the city, currently dominated by roads, that needs to be improved and we would like your help to redesign it. The area is the Eastside of Leeds – the area on the Eastern fringe of […]
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