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| The stories.... |
| A Spark in the Gasworks | leeds goes electric... eventually! a story that goes on and on and..... |
| Hosepipes in the Shed | ...... on and on and on |
| A Bitter Escapee | joshua and harry share a drink |
| A Public Execution | a final public appearance! |
| A Night on the Town | a policeman's lot is not a happy one |
| A Yorkshire Tragedy | domestic violence 17th century style |
| The Early Years | when leeds began |
| Read All About It! | a wander through old newspapers on the subject of marriage |
| Red Hall | the first house in leeds made of brick |
| The Leeds General Infirmary | a parochial infirmary in this place will be of great utility |
| All The Shapes of the Alphabet | life in the mills |
| Some Letters of the Alphabet | four young people who worked in the mills |
| Walter Farquhar Hook | that'll be two and a quarter million pounds please |
| Read All About It! | a wander through old newspapers on the subject of death |
| Houdini Who? | the strange tale of one of his majesty's soldiers |
| Robert Spurr | an ordinary man |
| The Leeds Coat of Arms | how the coat-of-arms came to be |
| The Civil War Comes To Leeds | its january 1643 and briggate is not a safe place to be |
| The Leeds Fair | all the fun of the fair |
| Place Names | how where became there |
| We Once Had A Castle... | yes, leeds once had its very own castle |
| The Story of an Acorn | how headingley began |
| A Novel Place | famous authors on leeds |
| Read All About It! | a wander through old newspapers on the subject of visitors |
| The Moot Hall | a place to 'exercise her majestie's service' |
| Hello, Goodbye | how not to get away from it all |
| Read All About It! | a wander through old newspapers on the subject of sights and sounds |
| The Fenians | the irish come to leeds |
| Fun On St. Bartholomew's Day | a pistol-packin' priest |
| Jack And His Eleven Brothers | a once famous wood |
| Read All About It! | a wander through old newspapers on the subject of crime |
| The River From Hell | the river that runs through leeds |
| The Dark Arches | frolics in the dark |
| The Leeds Cross | an interesting tale of archaelogy and subterfuge |
| Riches from Rags | '...they knew one word, LEEDS...' |
| A Shopping Trip to Leeds | a young lady's account of a trip to Leeds |
| Yorkshire Traders in America | yorkshire merchants search for new markets |
| The One Certainty in Life | the early days of beckett street cemetery |
| Doctor's Orders | ralph thoresby gets a note from the doctor |
| The Day of Reckoning | bills, bills and more bills |
| The Foundation of Kirkstall Abbey | abbot alexander goes house hunting |
| Pigs and Pigsties | investigative journalism in the mid 19th century |
| A Trip Out for the Girls | seamstresses save for a day out |
| The Last Monks of Kirkstall Abbey | kirkstall abbey closes down |
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