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Leeds in Your Lunch Hour Lectures 2025

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Dr Kevin Grady returns for his 18th annual series of free lunchtime lectures.

Every Wednesday in February, 13:00-13:45, Leeds Minster. Free. No pre-booking required. 

The history of Leeds comes under the spotlight again this February! Dr Kevin Grady presents his 18th annual series of free lunchtime lectures 13:00-13:45 at Leeds Minster. Dr Kevin Grady is an eminent historian of Leeds and former Director of Leeds Civic Trust, 1987-2016. The lectures are all free and no pre-booking is required – just turn up!

This year’s lectures are as follows:

  • 5 February: The Leeds Look Debate: Architectural Controversy in Leeds 1989 – 1992
  • 12 February: Godfrey Bingley, Leeds’ Most Prolific Photographer, 1842 – 1927:
    Middle-class life, industry, politics, religion and photography in Victorian and Edwardian Headingley, Meanwood, Leeds and the Cotswolds
  • 19 February: Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens and the Headingley Bear Pit, 1836 — 2025: An extraordinary chapter in the history of Leeds Civic Trust.
  • 26 February: The Battle to Save the Magnificent Mount St Mary’s Church, Richmond Hill, and the Story of The Bank and its Remarkably Tenacious People, 1857 – 2025

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Wednesday 5 February: The Leeds Look Debate: Architectural Controversy in Leeds 1989 – 1992


Wednesday 12 February: Godfrey Bingley, Leeds’ Most Prolific Photographer, 1842 – 1927: Middle-class life, industry, politics, religion and photography in Victorian and Edwardian Headingley, Meanwood, Leeds and the Cotswolds


Wednesday 19 February: Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens and the Headingley Bear Pit, 1836 — 2025: An extraordinary chapter in the history of Leeds Civic Trust.


Wednesday 26 February: The Battle to Save the Magnificent Mount St Mary’s Church, Richmond Hill, and the Story of The Bank and its Remarkably Tenacious People, 1857 – 2025

 

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