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Learn About Leeds In Your Lunch Hour
31st January 2025
“Leeds in Your Lunch Hour”
Leeds Civic Trust Public History Lectures 2025
13:00 – 13:45, Wednesdays 5 – 26 February 2025 at Leeds Minster
Lecturer: Dr Kevin Grady, Leeds Historian
Join us for the return of Leeds in Your Lunch Hour’ lectures with noted Leeds historian, Dr Kevin Grady. The history of Leeds comes under the spotlight again in February when he presents his 18th annual series of free lunchtime lectures from 13:00 – 13:45. at Leeds Minster.
- 5 February: The Leeds Look Debate: Architectural Controversy in Leeds 1989 – 1992
- 12 February: Godfrey Bingley, Leeds’ Most Prolific Photographer, 1842 – 1927:
Middle-class life, industry, politics, religion and photography in Victorian and Edwardian Headingley, Meanwood, Leeds and the Cotswolds - 19 February: Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens and the Headingley Bear Pit, 1836 — 2025: An extraordinary chapter in the history of Leeds Civic Trust.
- 26 February: The Battle to Save the Magnificent Mount St Mary’s Church, Richmond Hill, and the Story of The Bank and its Remarkably Tenacious People, 1857 – 2025
Dr Grady said:
‘It will be great to be back at Leeds Minster again on every Wednesday in February to give my 18th annual series of ‘Leeds in Your Lunch Hour’ lectures. I hugely enjoy the buzz and sense of occasion that the large, live audiences bring. My lectures aim to tempt city centre workers and people with time to spare to pop into Leeds Minster at lunchtime to enjoy 45 minutes about the fascinating and entertaining history of Leeds.
FREE LECTURES OPEN TO ALL