At the special request of Field Marshal Montgomery, the first act booked for VE Day was a female bandleader from Leeds
Ivy Benson – the Leeds star who played in Berlin on VE Day
Most Wanted – the Men of Leeds in Hitler’s Black Book
As part of his invasion plans, Hitler prepared a list of wanted British residents. Five men of Leeds were on it.
Richard Oastler – the Factory King
The man from Leeds who campaigned tirelessly to end the exploitation of children in Victorian factories.
The Forgotten Airfield of Rawdon Meadows
When Bleriot’s plane flew from Rawdon Meadows
The Pudsey men who fought Napoleon
Pudsey's Waterloo heroes who helped Wellington to defeat Napoleon
The Leeds City & United footballer who won Olympic gold and met Mussolini.
The distinguished career of Ivan Sharpe
The murder of Barbara Waterhouse, 1891
The horrific murder of a young girl which shocked a community
A brief history of the suffragette movement in Leeds
Some notable events in the history of women's suffrage in Leeds
“Take that, you brute!”
The suffragette from Leeds who attacked Winston Churchill with a whip
