Remember LOP
@rememberlop.bsky.social
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
A fine building - but don't forget that from 1981 to 1987 #LeedsOtherPaper was also based there. Our editorial office was in what had once been the gents' toilets, if I remember rightly.
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A fine building - but don't forget that from 1981 to 1987 #LeedsOtherPaper was also based there. Our editorial office was in what had once been the gents' toilets, if I remember rightly.
Mon 8 Dec - a date for the diary for anyone interested in hearing more about #LeedsOtherPaper, courtesy of the Ford Maguire Society.
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Mon 8 Dec - a date for the diary for anyone interested in hearing more about #LeedsOtherPaper, courtesy of the Ford Maguire Society.
Enough is enough - good to see #ReclaimTheNight featured in today's Yorkshire Evening Post.
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Enough is enough - good to see #ReclaimTheNight featured in today's Yorkshire Evening Post.
Some curious sightlines but some great gigs. Much missed. It's a Hugo Boss store now 😞
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Some curious sightlines but some great gigs. Much missed. It's a Hugo Boss store now 😞
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.
October 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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.
WOMEN RECLAIM THE NIGHT
There are lots of Reclaim the Night events across West Yorkshire this weekend - here's Leeds Other Paper's report of the first one, back in 1977.
#ReclaimTheNight #SaferStreets
There are lots of Reclaim the Night events across West Yorkshire this weekend - here's Leeds Other Paper's report of the first one, back in 1977.
#ReclaimTheNight #SaferStreets
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
WOMEN RECLAIM THE NIGHT
There are lots of Reclaim the Night events across West Yorkshire this weekend - here's Leeds Other Paper's report of the first one, back in 1977.
#ReclaimTheNight #SaferStreets
There are lots of Reclaim the Night events across West Yorkshire this weekend - here's Leeds Other Paper's report of the first one, back in 1977.
#ReclaimTheNight #SaferStreets
Also, there's a good quote here from Kevin Lycett (of Mekons fame), placing LOP in context - from the 'Music Leeds Us' exhibition at @leedsmuseums.bsky.social ⬇️
October 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Also, there's a good quote here from Kevin Lycett (of Mekons fame), placing LOP in context - from the 'Music Leeds Us' exhibition at @leedsmuseums.bsky.social ⬇️
Shhh... A copy of Leeds Other Paper/Northern Star with #Chumbawamba on the front page, spotted in the fab @leedsmuseums.bsky.social exhibition on the music scene in Leeds now on at Leeds City Museum.
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Shhh... A copy of Leeds Other Paper/Northern Star with #Chumbawamba on the front page, spotted in the fab @leedsmuseums.bsky.social exhibition on the music scene in Leeds now on at Leeds City Museum.
This looks an interesting talk - here's Leeds Other Paper's coverage of the Chapeltown bonfire night events from 50 years ago. #BlackHistoryMonth #LeedsHistory
October 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This looks an interesting talk - here's Leeds Other Paper's coverage of the Chapeltown bonfire night events from 50 years ago. #BlackHistoryMonth #LeedsHistory
'These children are being poisoned' - they used to put lead in petrol, you know? Leeds Other Paper was on the case for years...
October 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
'These children are being poisoned' - they used to put lead in petrol, you know? Leeds Other Paper was on the case for years...
Introducing Our Lily 45 years ago this month...
October 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Introducing Our Lily 45 years ago this month...
When Leeds Other Paper switched from fortnightly to weekly, the back page comic strip alternated between John Quail's traditional Big Doylem and the new Our Lily by Terry Wragg. Here is her first one from Oct 1980, introducing Our Lily.
October 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
When Leeds Other Paper switched from fortnightly to weekly, the back page comic strip alternated between John Quail's traditional Big Doylem and the new Our Lily by Terry Wragg. Here is her first one from Oct 1980, introducing Our Lily.
'Onward to the daily' was just our little joke, BTW.
September 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
'Onward to the daily' was just our little joke, BTW.
Ooh look, old LOPs on instagram 👀
September 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Ooh look, old LOPs on instagram 👀
Next week it will be 45 years since Leeds Other Paper went weekly, which it remained for the following 14 years. What a remarkable achievement for an independent and alternative local paper run on a shoestring.
September 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Next week it will be 45 years since Leeds Other Paper went weekly, which it remained for the following 14 years. What a remarkable achievement for an independent and alternative local paper run on a shoestring.
Want to hear more about some of the many alternative local newspapers (such as LOP) that sprang up around the UK in the 1970s and 1980s? If so, this online event might just be for you.
Thanks to @feministcity.bsky.social, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social and @cperguom.bsky.social, among others.
Thanks to @feministcity.bsky.social, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social and @cperguom.bsky.social, among others.
September 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Want to hear more about some of the many alternative local newspapers (such as LOP) that sprang up around the UK in the 1970s and 1980s? If so, this online event might just be for you.
Thanks to @feministcity.bsky.social, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social and @cperguom.bsky.social, among others.
Thanks to @feministcity.bsky.social, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social and @cperguom.bsky.social, among others.
The NUJ being in the news recently seems reason enough to dig out some Leeds Other Paper coverage of a @nujofficial.bsky.social protest outside the old Yorkshire Post building back in the eighties - there's even a rare sighting of LOP's own banner.
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The NUJ being in the news recently seems reason enough to dig out some Leeds Other Paper coverage of a @nujofficial.bsky.social protest outside the old Yorkshire Post building back in the eighties - there's even a rare sighting of LOP's own banner.
Bumping into the indefatigable Bob Ward at Chapel Allerton Festival prompted me to dig out these examples of Bob's anti-nuclear campaigning from the 1980s, as reported in Leeds Other Paper. He says he's still got the giant cheque but sadly not the oil drum!
September 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Bumping into the indefatigable Bob Ward at Chapel Allerton Festival prompted me to dig out these examples of Bob's anti-nuclear campaigning from the 1980s, as reported in Leeds Other Paper. He says he's still got the giant cheque but sadly not the oil drum!
Looking forward to this online event in September, thanks to @feministcity.bsky.social, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social among others.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
August 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Looking forward to this online event in September, thanks to @feministcity.bsky.social, @wcmlibrary.bsky.social among others.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
It's Carnival on Bank Holiday Monday. It was covered in Leeds Other Paper every year - here's the 1984 version, sharing the front page with the miners' strike.
#LeedsCarnival #ChapeltownCarnival #PotternewtonPark #WestIndianCarnival
#LeedsCarnival #ChapeltownCarnival #PotternewtonPark #WestIndianCarnival
August 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It's Carnival on Bank Holiday Monday. It was covered in Leeds Other Paper every year - here's the 1984 version, sharing the front page with the miners' strike.
#LeedsCarnival #ChapeltownCarnival #PotternewtonPark #WestIndianCarnival
#LeedsCarnival #ChapeltownCarnival #PotternewtonPark #WestIndianCarnival
Here's some more Leeds Other Paper coverage of #GreenhamCommon, from 1983.
@greenhamwomen.bsky.social @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social
@greenhamwomen.bsky.social @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Here's some more Leeds Other Paper coverage of #GreenhamCommon, from 1983.
@greenhamwomen.bsky.social @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social
@greenhamwomen.bsky.social @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social
There were lots of protests around the country supporting Greenham women in the 1980s. Here are some of the Leeds ones, and resulting court cases, as reported in Leeds Other Paper. 2/2
#GreenhamCommon @greenhamwomen.bsky.social @yorkshirecnd.bsky.social @cnduk.bsky.social @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social
#GreenhamCommon @greenhamwomen.bsky.social @yorkshirecnd.bsky.social @cnduk.bsky.social @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
There were lots of protests around the country supporting Greenham women in the 1980s. Here are some of the Leeds ones, and resulting court cases, as reported in Leeds Other Paper. 2/2
#GreenhamCommon @greenhamwomen.bsky.social @yorkshirecnd.bsky.social @cnduk.bsky.social @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social
#GreenhamCommon @greenhamwomen.bsky.social @yorkshirecnd.bsky.social @cnduk.bsky.social @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social