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The Queen’s Medical Emergency
Various headlines from newspapers around the United Kingdom The country’s monarchs have often made a trip to Leeds, especially when duty...
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The Youngest Organ Player in the World
Daily Express - Wednesday 15th October 1913 National news was made in 1913 when St Anne’s Cathedral, Leeds, made an organist appointment...
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The Lord of the Manor of Leeds has run out of Money! What Does He Do?
Lord of the Manor of Leeds, Ralph Paynel, found himself short of money at the start of the 13th century. What does he do?
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Peter Goose - the Drunk Man Who Made an Expensive Mistake When He Fell Asleep in a Leeds Pub
In the early 19th century, the Turk’s Head (Whitelock's today) was a notorious pub of questionable activity. Most of which got reported regularly in the local newspaper, possibly because there were newspaper offices right next door.
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