Ideas

Leeds Public spaces

1.       Unvelling of the black prince statue in City Center square in 1903

2.       Leeds elections

3.       The YEP endeavoured to keep the spirts of its reasers up during the first world war by printing letters home from Yorkshiremen embroiled in the conflict

4.       Crowds thronged the streets on August 19 1931, as Graf Zeppelin airship flew over leeds

5.       The domination with Leeds united as the dominated enlglish football under managerial great Don Revie during 1960’s and 1970’s.

6.       Leeds suffered one of its worst ever disasters in December 1975 when fire ravaged Kirk gate market

7.       The miners’ strike of 1984 to 1985

8.       The eyes of entertainment world repeatedly turned to Leeds during the 1980s as Round hay park played host to some of the biggest names in music.

9.       Nelson Mandela millennium square 2001

10.   Bob Marley & the Wailers Live at Leeds/ The show at Leeds Polytechnic is the Wailers at their peak in 1973. November 23^rd

11.   Gay pride