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Posting random bits & bobs here to help keep alive the memory of Leeds Other Paper (1974-1994), possibly the greatest little newspaper in the world. This account is maintained, after a fashion, by @writerlytone.bsky.social
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Remember LOP @rememberlop.bsky.social · Nov 27
Half a century has passed since the birth of Leeds Other Paper, an alternative local newspaper that uncovered many of the city’s less told stories. LOP lasted from 1974 to 1994, during which time it reported on social, political, economic and cultural life in Leeds from an alternative perspective.
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Fascinating stuff here from @peoplespapers.bsky.social about the alternative local press around Manchester - so many similarities with what was happening in Leeds and elsewhere during the 1970s and 1980s. Well worth a watch for anyone wanting to know more (despite some suitably wobbly camerawork).
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2KZ...
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Thanks again to everyone who contributed to a rich & lively discussion at our event "The People's Papers: Revisiting 1970s Manchester."

The recording is now up here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2KZ...

Special thanks to cohosts @wcmlibrary.bsky.social @mcrhistories.bsky.social @aiucentre.bsky.social !
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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It's good to see some old LOPs being used in 2025 'to chat, collage, and collectively process the month's news and what we can do to fight back'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/thech...
The Chica Co-op Collage Club graphic including extracts from Leeds Other Paper
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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It's good to see some old LOPs being used in 2025 'to chat, collage, and collectively process the month's news and what we can do to fight back'.
www.tickettailor.com/events/thech...
The Chica Co-op Collage Club graphic including extracts from Leeds Other Paper
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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FYI, @evawuk.bsky.social and @evawintl.org
rememberlop.bsky.social Remember LOP @rememberlop.bsky.social · 4d
Women angry at male violence - as reported in Leeds Other Paper, 45 years ago this month.
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) front page: Women, angry at male violence, say 'Resist the curfew!' LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) p4 - text of editorial, plus criticism of YEP placing a pin-up photo next to news story about 'Yorkshire Ripper' LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) p5 - Support the sisters - Students demand action - Conference against sexual violence to women.
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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FYI, @evawuk.bsky.social and @evawintl.org
rememberlop.bsky.social Remember LOP @rememberlop.bsky.social · 4d
Women angry at male violence - as reported in Leeds Other Paper, 45 years ago this month.
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) front page: Women, angry at male violence, say 'Resist the curfew!' LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) p4 - text of editorial, plus criticism of YEP placing a pin-up photo next to news story about 'Yorkshire Ripper' LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) p5 - Support the sisters - Students demand action - Conference against sexual violence to women.
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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The first issue of the Chartist newspaper, the Northern Star, appeared #OnThisDay 18 November 1837. Without it, Chartism would have been a far weaker thing.
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/northern-sta...
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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rememberlop.bsky.social
Women angry at male violence - as reported in Leeds Other Paper, 45 years ago this month.
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) front page: Women, angry at male violence, say 'Resist the curfew!' LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) p4 - text of editorial, plus criticism of YEP placing a pin-up photo next to news story about 'Yorkshire Ripper' LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) p5 - Support the sisters - Students demand action - Conference against sexual violence to women.
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Roots and Culture: voices from the sound systems of Chapeltown

Home for three-quarters of a century to a thriving African-Caribbean musical, cultural and arts scene, Leeds celebrates its reggae pioneers

By Marcia Brown and Supa Yout

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Roots and Culture: voices from the sound systems of Chapeltown
Home for three-quarters of a century to a thriving African-Caribbean musical, cultural and arts scene, Leeds celebrates its reggae pioneers
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November 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Women angry at male violence - as reported in Leeds Other Paper, 45 years ago this month.
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) front page: Women, angry at male violence, say 'Resist the curfew!' LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) p4 - text of editorial, plus criticism of YEP placing a pin-up photo next to news story about 'Yorkshire Ripper' LOP 148 (28 Nov 1980) p5 - Support the sisters - Students demand action - Conference against sexual violence to women.
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Coming up next month ⬇️👀
rememberlop.bsky.social Remember LOP @rememberlop.bsky.social · 18d
Mon 8 Dec - a date for the diary for anyone interested in hearing more about #LeedsOtherPaper, courtesy of the Ford Maguire Society.
Flyer for Ford Maguire Society talk by Tony Harcup on Leeds Other Paper, Mon 8 December 2025, 7.30pm at the Swarthmore Centre in Leeds.
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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peoplespapers.bsky.social
New post up on instagram featuring Peace News’ 1975 special issue on Manchester and “the growth of a radical community.”

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November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Coming up next month ⬇️👀
rememberlop.bsky.social Remember LOP @rememberlop.bsky.social · 18d
Mon 8 Dec - a date for the diary for anyone interested in hearing more about #LeedsOtherPaper, courtesy of the Ford Maguire Society.
Flyer for Ford Maguire Society talk by Tony Harcup on Leeds Other Paper, Mon 8 December 2025, 7.30pm at the Swarthmore Centre in Leeds.
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Mon 8 Dec - a date for the diary for anyone interested in hearing more about #LeedsOtherPaper, courtesy of the Ford Maguire Society.
Flyer for Ford Maguire Society talk by Tony Harcup on Leeds Other Paper, Mon 8 December 2025, 7.30pm at the Swarthmore Centre in Leeds.
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Mon 8 Dec - a date for the diary for anyone interested in hearing more about #LeedsOtherPaper, courtesy of the Ford Maguire Society.
Flyer for Ford Maguire Society talk by Tony Harcup on Leeds Other Paper, Mon 8 December 2025, 7.30pm at the Swarthmore Centre in Leeds.
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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fanzinefc.bsky.social
It's Thursday and that can mean only one thing; a new blog is up. This week we pay tribute to Prunella Scales, cover shock news that a fanzine spoke too soon, cuddly chairmen, making history and a 300 issue fanzine still holding its club accountable.
footballfanzineculture.blog/2025/10/30/i...
I’d Like To Make A Complaint
In a previous blog to we looked at protest and protest culture on a national level in football fanzines; anti-racism, anti-Thatcher, the appalling state of grounds, police behaviour, anti ID cards,…
footballfanzineculture.blog
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Good to see some old LOPs on this list, along with some other alternative local papers ⬇️
commonwealuk.bsky.social Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 24d
An A to Z of just some of the 1,700 magazines, newsletters, bulletins and journals in the Collection can now be found on the Commonweal website www.commonwealnonviolence.org/periodicals-...
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
rememberlop.bsky.social
Good to see some old LOPs on this list, along with some other alternative local papers ⬇️
commonwealuk.bsky.social Commonweal Trust @commonwealuk.bsky.social · 24d
An A to Z of just some of the 1,700 magazines, newsletters, bulletins and journals in the Collection can now be found on the Commonweal website www.commonwealnonviolence.org/periodicals-...
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Enough is enough - good to see #ReclaimTheNight featured in today's Yorkshire Evening Post.
Yorkshire Evening Post 29 Oct 2025 - Leeds picture of the day - Reclaim the night march
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Enough is enough - good to see #ReclaimTheNight featured in today's Yorkshire Evening Post.
Yorkshire Evening Post 29 Oct 2025 - Leeds picture of the day - Reclaim the night march
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Looks interesting 👀
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Looks interesting 👀
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Good too to see LOP's man at the front of gigs with the big old camera - Tony Woolgar - being recognised at @leedsmuseums.bsky.social's #MusicLeedsUs exhibition.
Caption on wall at Music Leeds Us exhibition at Leeds City Museum: Gig photography Tony Woolgar...During the 1980s he was a music photographer for Leeds Other Paper... Photographs (and much more) on display at Music Leeds Us exhibition at Leeds City Museum.
October 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Good too to see LOP's man at the front of gigs with the big old camera - Tony Woolgar - being recognised at @leedsmuseums.bsky.social's #MusicLeedsUs exhibition.
Caption on wall at Music Leeds Us exhibition at Leeds City Museum: Gig photography Tony Woolgar...During the 1980s he was a music photographer for Leeds Other Paper... Photographs (and much more) on display at Music Leeds Us exhibition at Leeds City Museum.
October 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM