John from Leeds
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Shy retiring Teesdale Mercury Reader. Very fond of Peters and Leeds.
Heading home after my dear friend John Lee's funeral. He loved getting out and about with his family and I'm sure he would have loved this view of Upper Teesdale.
March 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Heading home after my dear friend John Lee's funeral. He loved getting out and about with his family and I'm sure he would have loved this view of Upper Teesdale.
"The overriding sentiment has been that people across Leeds clearly recognise the unique social value of our museums and galleries to their communities and local heritage."
Who knew? Not Leeds City Council. news.leeds.gov.uk/news/abbey-h...
Who knew? Not Leeds City Council. news.leeds.gov.uk/news/abbey-h...
Abbey House Museum to remain open following public consultation
Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall is to remain open following a passionate response to a public consultation, it was announced today.
Leeds City Council has been consulting on the attraction’s future as...
news.leeds.gov.uk
February 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"The overriding sentiment has been that people across Leeds clearly recognise the unique social value of our museums and galleries to their communities and local heritage."
Who knew? Not Leeds City Council. news.leeds.gov.uk/news/abbey-h...
Who knew? Not Leeds City Council. news.leeds.gov.uk/news/abbey-h...
If it ain't from Uddingston......
February 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If it ain't from Uddingston......
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Spotted some copies of #LeedsOtherPaper on display in Leeds Local History Library in the run-up to International Women's Day. Good stuff.
#IWD2025 #IWD #IWD25 #LeedsLibraries
#IWD2025 #IWD #IWD25 #LeedsLibraries
February 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Spotted some copies of #LeedsOtherPaper on display in Leeds Local History Library in the run-up to International Women's Day. Good stuff.
#IWD2025 #IWD #IWD25 #LeedsLibraries
#IWD2025 #IWD #IWD25 #LeedsLibraries
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Lots of hand waving and eating Percy Pigs at our rehearsal for our @loudwomen.org gig on the 8th Feb with @idorisband.bsky.social Pushy Pushy Pushy and Wench. Tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loud-women...
January 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Lots of hand waving and eating Percy Pigs at our rehearsal for our @loudwomen.org gig on the 8th Feb with @idorisband.bsky.social Pushy Pushy Pushy and Wench. Tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loud-women...
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🗃️ Great news: we won!
sslh.org.uk/2025/01/08/v...
sslh.org.uk/2025/01/08/v...
Victory in campaign to save historic wills from destruction
Ministers have ditched proposals made under the previous government to destroy millions of wills dating back to 1858 as a money-saving measure. Saved from destruction. The Society for the Study of …
sslh.org.uk
January 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🗃️ Great news: we won!
sslh.org.uk/2025/01/08/v...
sslh.org.uk/2025/01/08/v...
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#OtD 7 Jan 1947 the first public meeting took place of the North East London Anarchist Group. The group attracted veteran militants like Mat Kavanagh and Leah Feldman, and later joined the Union of Anarchist Groups, surviving until the late 1950s. More: stories.workingclasshistory.c...
January 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
#OtD 7 Jan 1947 the first public meeting took place of the North East London Anarchist Group. The group attracted veteran militants like Mat Kavanagh and Leah Feldman, and later joined the Union of Anarchist Groups, surviving until the late 1950s. More: stories.workingclasshistory.c...
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A small section of the women who took part in the Women's Social & Political Union's Procession to Woodhouse Moor, Leeds where a huge rally was held on 28 July 1908. Thousands of people, both men and women, gathered to listen to the various speakers from the 10
January 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A small section of the women who took part in the Women's Social & Political Union's Procession to Woodhouse Moor, Leeds where a huge rally was held on 28 July 1908. Thousands of people, both men and women, gathered to listen to the various speakers from the 10
Today I will mostly be wearing.... (hand knitted by Ms Nelson in the style of the Brotherhood Church). #tolstoyananarchy
January 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Today I will mostly be wearing.... (hand knitted by Ms Nelson in the style of the Brotherhood Church). #tolstoyananarchy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/labou... The devolution idea may have been won but the implementation is being hijacked by the usual suspects....
Labour’s ‘devolution revolution’ promises power to English regions but fails to deliver
Review of the UK government’s eagerly awaited white paper finds little change to centralised control and inequality
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 29, 2024 at 8:48 AM
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/labou... The devolution idea may have been won but the implementation is being hijacked by the usual suspects....
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🙌 Three points for Christmas!
December 21, 2024 at 5:44 PM
🙌 Three points for Christmas!
A piece written to accompany a talk given at Leeds Central Library four years ago. @rememberlop.bsky.social secretlibraryleeds.net/2020/02/14/t...
The West Riding Radical Press and Leeds Other Paper
This week on the Secret Library we hear from John Boocock on the history of radical publishing in Leeds and the West Riding, from the 19th-century to the Leeds Other Paper in the 1970s, 80s and 90s…
secretlibraryleeds.net
December 17, 2024 at 7:25 AM
A piece written to accompany a talk given at Leeds Central Library four years ago. @rememberlop.bsky.social secretlibraryleeds.net/2020/02/14/t...
From @sslh.bsky.social reminded me of O'Connor's links with Leeds.
Class Encounters: Feargus O’Connor, Chartist leader
In the sixth of our series on meetings with figures from labour history, Vic Clarke encounters the Chartist leader, MP and newspaper proprietor Feargus O’Connor. Feargus O’Connor, from the&nb…
sslh.org.uk
December 17, 2024 at 7:23 AM
From @sslh.bsky.social reminded me of O'Connor's links with Leeds.
Finally made it to Canterbury. Only taken 71 years. Some pilgrimage that!
December 13, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Finally made it to Canterbury. Only taken 71 years. Some pilgrimage that!
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We’re back on the picket line with special guests, choirs, mince pies.
If you support us please think about writing to guardian.readers@guardian.co.uk
bsky.app/profile/nujo...
If you support us please think about writing to guardian.readers@guardian.co.uk
bsky.app/profile/nujo...
December 12, 2024 at 8:04 AM
We’re back on the picket line with special guests, choirs, mince pies.
If you support us please think about writing to guardian.readers@guardian.co.uk
bsky.app/profile/nujo...
If you support us please think about writing to guardian.readers@guardian.co.uk
bsky.app/profile/nujo...
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York Minster is one of the few churches to allow mistletoe through its doors at Christmas where it is placed on the high altar on Christmas Eve. Because of the plant’s connection with the Druids, the early church associated it with evil and banned it from being displayed in churches.
December 12, 2024 at 8:06 AM
York Minster is one of the few churches to allow mistletoe through its doors at Christmas where it is placed on the high altar on Christmas Eve. Because of the plant’s connection with the Druids, the early church associated it with evil and banned it from being displayed in churches.
Yet another government cock-up. It does not matter a jot who is in power, subsidiarity is a completely alien concept to politicians of all hues. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s ‘planning laws reform’ is really an attack on local democracy | Simon Jenkins
People should have a say in their surroundings. But in its bid to build 1.5m homes, the government has left them powerless, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Yet another government cock-up. It does not matter a jot who is in power, subsidiarity is a completely alien concept to politicians of all hues. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abridged extract from a longer piece I wrote about Chartism in Yorkshire, The Skelmanthorpe (near Huddersfield) Flag of Freedom stands out as a rare and powerful symbol of the fight for electoral reform and suffrage. Crafted in 1819 the same year as the Peterloo Massacre, it is one of the
December 8, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Abridged extract from a longer piece I wrote about Chartism in Yorkshire, The Skelmanthorpe (near Huddersfield) Flag of Freedom stands out as a rare and powerful symbol of the fight for electoral reform and suffrage. Crafted in 1819 the same year as the Peterloo Massacre, it is one of the
Not the best sound but..... youtu.be/u5NhdC3Kwl4?...
Llamas in Llanyrafon
YouTube video by Barbara Ville
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December 7, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Not the best sound but..... youtu.be/u5NhdC3Kwl4?...
Jon Langford s Men of Gwent at Le Pub Newport Wales
December 7, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Jon Langford s Men of Gwent at Le Pub Newport Wales
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Great to see the Chartist Northern Star commemorated with a blue plaque. The late Malcolm Chase wanted to see this for many years and would have been delighted by the whole day.
sslh.org.uk/2024/12/02/n...
sslh.org.uk/2024/12/02/n...
Northern Star shines in Leeds once more
Unveiling the blue plaque: Shirley Chase; Martin Hamilton, Chair of the Leeds Civic Trust; and historian Dr Vic Clarke. Photo: Alison Denham. One hundred and eighty years after was published in Lee…
sslh.org.uk
December 2, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Great to see the Chartist Northern Star commemorated with a blue plaque. The late Malcolm Chase wanted to see this for many years and would have been delighted by the whole day.
sslh.org.uk/2024/12/02/n...
sslh.org.uk/2024/12/02/n...
@rememberlop.bsky.social there's a plan to digitise the whole run of LOP. We have now sourced a complete set of inbound copies Meanwhile: boocock.net/lop-online/
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November 29, 2024 at 3:13 PM
@rememberlop.bsky.social there's a plan to digitise the whole run of LOP. We have now sourced a complete set of inbound copies Meanwhile: boocock.net/lop-online/
What is it with people who honestly believe I will follow their unadulterated crap? Go away and leave me alone you turdburglars. #blueskyreachesapredictablelevelofcrassnessinrecordtime
November 27, 2024 at 11:03 PM
What is it with people who honestly believe I will follow their unadulterated crap? Go away and leave me alone you turdburglars. #blueskyreachesapredictablelevelofcrassnessinrecordtime