NEW INFORMATION** - I am delighted that Fiona & Terry from Geo.Spence will be attending our History Event on Monday 10th February at 6-7:30pm. Geo.Spence have been in the local area since 1888 and have a wealth of information about the area. If you would like to know more about their history please go to https://geospence.co.uk/about/ […]
Hi ! We are a community development project based at Better Leeds Communities (Burley Lodge Centre).Our community history group has been running for several months now and we are working on a very special piece!We share stories, go on local trips and now we are working very hard on our 100 YEARS OF BURLEY MAP.If […]
Last month we had a great meeting with a special visit from Fiona and Terry giving a presentation about the 136 year history of Geo Spence on Wellington Raod. It was all filmed by George Ward for local tv which you can view here https://en-gb.facebook.com/.../a-new.../1498436577783150Plans for the future include creating a 19th century map of […]
Join our curatorial staff for a look at the evolution of buildings in 19th Century Leeds. With plentiful hot drinks, cake, fruit and a chance to look at some of our ephemera collections up close. From grand civic buildings to vernacular architecture, we will examine how a Georgian town became a grand Victorian city through […]
At the next meeting of the New Wortley History Group we will be receiving a visit from Rimpu from Armley Library. Rimpu has kindly been doing some research for about local businesses in the area at the Local History Library. This is to help us with the idea of building a map of 19th Century […]
