Judith Harris
@jud1960.bsky.social
Passionate about Classical Music, Politics, General History, Local History (especially Leeds), Family History and English Literature!
Thank you to @sinfoniaofleeds.bsky.social David Aspin David Greed and everyone else involved for a wonderful concert yesterday evening. We enjoyed it very much. Thank you once again🎶🎶
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thank you to @sinfoniaofleeds.bsky.social David Aspin David Greed and everyone else involved for a wonderful concert yesterday evening. We enjoyed it very much. Thank you once again🎶🎶
Thank you @leedscivictrust.bsky.social and everyone else involved for a very informative and interesting lunchtime today at the unveiling of the blue plaque of Dr Walter Hook at Leeds Minster.
We enjoyed it very much.
Thank you once again!
We enjoyed it very much.
Thank you once again!
October 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thank you @leedscivictrust.bsky.social and everyone else involved for a very informative and interesting lunchtime today at the unveiling of the blue plaque of Dr Walter Hook at Leeds Minster.
We enjoyed it very much.
Thank you once again!
We enjoyed it very much.
Thank you once again!
Love this video🎶🎶
Dvořák conjures theme after theme of ravishing beauty in the finale of his beloved Cello Concerto in B minor, here performed with an expressive panache characteristic of Steven Isserlis, alongside the Berliner Philharmoniker and Alan Gilbert 🎻
October 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Love this video🎶🎶
Leeds "antiquarian" Ralph Thoresby, died otd in 1725.
(300 years ago)
Known for his diaries and "Ducatus Leodiensis.
Without him, we wouldn't have the history of Leeds the way we know it!
(300 years ago)
Known for his diaries and "Ducatus Leodiensis.
Without him, we wouldn't have the history of Leeds the way we know it!
October 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Leeds "antiquarian" Ralph Thoresby, died otd in 1725.
(300 years ago)
Known for his diaries and "Ducatus Leodiensis.
Without him, we wouldn't have the history of Leeds the way we know it!
(300 years ago)
Known for his diaries and "Ducatus Leodiensis.
Without him, we wouldn't have the history of Leeds the way we know it!
Wonder how Kirkgate Market would look if it didn't have the fire in 1975? Would it still have had the entertainment space with the eating area?
September 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Wonder how Kirkgate Market would look if it didn't have the fire in 1975? Would it still have had the entertainment space with the eating area?
Well, bought a lovely album of
Chopin Polonaises
performed by
Maurizio Pollini
Some wonderful performances here!
Chopin Polonaises
performed by
Maurizio Pollini
Some wonderful performances here!
September 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Well, bought a lovely album of
Chopin Polonaises
performed by
Maurizio Pollini
Some wonderful performances here!
Chopin Polonaises
performed by
Maurizio Pollini
Some wonderful performances here!
My second home!
A wonderful tour around the Leeds Central Library as part of the @leedscivictrust.bsky.social Heritage Open Days. Lovely to see some of the areas that the public are not normally allowed access to and to also learn so much history about this beautiful building
#Leeds #Heritage #Yorkshire #Library
#Leeds #Heritage #Yorkshire #Library
September 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My second home!
Can anyone identify this tree in our front garden that in recent years started growing green spikey fruits which the squirrels love to eat? Thank you🌲
September 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Can anyone identify this tree in our front garden that in recent years started growing green spikey fruits which the squirrels love to eat? Thank you🌲
Just listening to a beautiful Elgar Cello Concerto.
Steven Isserlis
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paavo Järvi
🎶🎶
Steven Isserlis
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paavo Järvi
🎶🎶
August 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Just listening to a beautiful Elgar Cello Concerto.
Steven Isserlis
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paavo Järvi
🎶🎶
Steven Isserlis
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paavo Järvi
🎶🎶
Happy birthday to Ralph Thoresby born otd in 1658.
Without him, we wouldn't have the history of Leeds as we know it🎂
Without him, we wouldn't have the history of Leeds as we know it🎂
August 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Happy birthday to Ralph Thoresby born otd in 1658.
Without him, we wouldn't have the history of Leeds as we know it🎂
Without him, we wouldn't have the history of Leeds as we know it🎂
Already a member!
📰Leeds Civic Trust members receive our monthly newsletter, 'Outlook', which contains the latest news in the world of planning, development & transport; our latest events and a whole host of guest articles.
👉Join our 800 members and sign up here zurl.co/3KHIG
👉Join our 800 members and sign up here zurl.co/3KHIG
August 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Already a member!
Just reading about Queen Mary I. I'm assuming that she had a phantom pregnancy or could it have been something more sinister?
Also, did Prince Philip love her or was he using her to get his hands on England?
Also, did Prince Philip love her or was he using her to get his hands on England?
August 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Just reading about Queen Mary I. I'm assuming that she had a phantom pregnancy or could it have been something more sinister?
Also, did Prince Philip love her or was he using her to get his hands on England?
Also, did Prince Philip love her or was he using her to get his hands on England?
Happy Yorkshire Day!
a white flower with green leaves is surrounded by the words ey up on a black background
ALT: a white flower with green leaves is surrounded by the words ey up on a black background
media.tenor.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Happy Yorkshire Day!
Because of her, I can vote in elections. Whichever day it is, happy birthday Emmeline🎂
Emmeline Pankhurst, born 14 or 15 July 1858 (her birth certificate says 15, but she claimed her mother said she was actually born on the 14th).
Made in Manchester: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), born in Moss Side, founded the suffragettes, yet ended as a Conservative. Historians argue about whether her militancy helped or hurt the women's suffrage movement. She certainly raised its profile. 1/8
July 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Because of her, I can vote in elections. Whichever day it is, happy birthday Emmeline🎂
Thank you so much to Leeds Haydn Players @melvin-tay.bsky.social Desmond Clarke and everyone else involved for a wonderful concert this afternoon. We enjoyed it so much. Thank you once again🎶🎶
July 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Thank you so much to Leeds Haydn Players @melvin-tay.bsky.social Desmond Clarke and everyone else involved for a wonderful concert this afternoon. We enjoyed it so much. Thank you once again🎶🎶
Happy birthday Josiah🎂
Josiah Wedgwood, English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company, was born #OnThisDay 1730.
Wedgwood was a prominent abolitionist and created the famous ‘Am I Not a Man And a Brother?’ anti-slavery medallion.
Wedgwood was a prominent abolitionist and created the famous ‘Am I Not a Man And a Brother?’ anti-slavery medallion.
July 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Happy birthday Josiah🎂
Would love to view that!
Bayeux Tapestry will return to Britain for first time in more than 900 years
Bayeux Tapestry will return to Britain for first time in more than 900 years
The Bayeux Tapestry, depicting the Norman conquest of England, is returning to the UK for the first time in more than 900 years.
news.sky.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Would love to view that!
@sinfoniaofleeds.bsky.social Thank you for a wonderful concert yesterday evening. Superb finish to the season with Tchaikovsky Symphony no 4. We enjoyed Vaughan Williams and Lutoslawski also. Thank you once again
🎶🎶
🎶🎶
July 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
@sinfoniaofleeds.bsky.social Thank you for a wonderful concert yesterday evening. Superb finish to the season with Tchaikovsky Symphony no 4. We enjoyed Vaughan Williams and Lutoslawski also. Thank you once again
🎶🎶
🎶🎶
Happy birthday NHS🎂
Health minister Aneurin Bevan marked the creation of the National Health Service #OTD 1948 by attending a ceremony at Park Hospital, Davyhulme (later renamed Trafford General), where he symbolically received the keys. I had my tonsils out there in 1960.
July 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Happy birthday NHS🎂
Went on a lovely tour travelling on this beauty calling at Kirkstall Abbey and Middleton Railway. Very nostalgic for me because my Dad was a bus conductor in the '60s & '70s. Thank you to @LeedsCivicTrust who organised this trip.
June 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Went on a lovely tour travelling on this beauty calling at Kirkstall Abbey and Middleton Railway. Very nostalgic for me because my Dad was a bus conductor in the '60s & '70s. Thank you to @LeedsCivicTrust who organised this trip.
Reposted by Judith Harris
What magic to be able to enjoy a performance like this almost 35 years later: Steven Isserlis is inside the piece from the very first note. Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor, performed here with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and conducted by David Shallon, in 1991 ✨
May 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
What magic to be able to enjoy a performance like this almost 35 years later: Steven Isserlis is inside the piece from the very first note. Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor, performed here with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and conducted by David Shallon, in 1991 ✨
Been waiting a long time to get this blue plaque into my photo collection!
April 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Been waiting a long time to get this blue plaque into my photo collection!
Near where we live. Beautiful!
April 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Near where we live. Beautiful!
Love the tribute to Tom Harper in the Cathy Marsden book "No precious Truth" @chrisnickson2.bsky.social 📖📖
April 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Love the tribute to Tom Harper in the Cathy Marsden book "No precious Truth" @chrisnickson2.bsky.social 📖📖
Wonderful concert yesterday evening from Sinfonia of Leeds performing
Downes
Elgar
Sibelius.
We enjoyed it very much🎶🎶
Downes
Elgar
Sibelius.
We enjoyed it very much🎶🎶
April 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Wonderful concert yesterday evening from Sinfonia of Leeds performing
Downes
Elgar
Sibelius.
We enjoyed it very much🎶🎶
Downes
Elgar
Sibelius.
We enjoyed it very much🎶🎶