This week from heritage volunteer Pete Slater, who brings us part I of three articles exploring his research into the rich history of football fanzine culture. You can hear Pete talk about that research at a research showcase coming up on June 26 – part of the programme for the Voice of the Fans exhibition,…
Category: Guest Post
Unearthing Spark: A Student Archivist’s Experience at Leeds Central Library
This week we hear from guest author Lauren Stead, who has been investigating in more detail one of our Central Library’s major collections… As a history student, I believe the most exciting element of research is working with primary sources. By looking at material created by and for people in the past, a deeper understanding…
Leeds United and the Myth of the White Strip
This week we welcome back guest author Pete Slater. Pete is one of a small team of volunteers working with us for the joint Leeds Libraries/British Libraries Voice of the Fans exhibition celebrating football fanzines and football fan culture. One of Pete’s roles has been research using our microfilmed local newspaper collection – this article…
Mortuary Chapels of Beckett Street Cemetery
This week we welcome back Jeanette B from the Friends of Beckett Street Cemetery group, this time for a brief history of the Chapels at Beckett Street Cemetery – and a request for reader assistance… More information : Public cemetery covering an area of 6.5 hectares. It was established in 1845 and was one of the earliest…
The eight young Leeds children and their amazing adventure in Switzerland
This week we are delighted to welcome guest author Alwyn Prior, who has an amazing story to tell… My name is Alwyn Prior and I was born in Bramley, Leeds on 28/09/1938 after interviews and medicals I was chosen along with three other boys and four girls all from Leeds to attend the Pestalozzi International…
Reading the city: Leeds City Council papers
This week on the Secret Library we are delighted to hear once again from Andy Armstrong, one of our heritage volunteers, on a significant piece of cataloguing work we’ve asked them to help us with. You can find more articles about the history of Leeds Libraries elsewhere on the blog… Hi. My name’s Andy Armstrong and I have…
John Searle Ragland Phillips (1850-1919) and the Growth of Journalism – Part 2
This week we welcome back guest author, retired librarian Lucy M. Evans, who enjoys delving into the obscure Victorian world of northern librarians and learned societies. She has previously written about the longevity guru Maurice Ernest, Andrea Crestadoro, a Chief Librarian in Manchester (copy available at LCL), and is currently finishing a biography of his…
Black History Month: Leeds United’s first Black footballer
This week we welcome guest author Pete Slater. Pete is one of a small team of volunteers working on a project based on football fandom. He traced the following story during his research using our local newspaper archive, as part of that project work. We publish this piece as part of Black History Month. For…
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