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The landmark project which will see the town hall redeveloped is being carried out by construction partners Kier and will include the creation of a stunning new accessible entrance, box office and bar. Conservation and repair of key features including stone masonry, delicate plasterwork and doors also aim to protect and preserve the building’s key heritage features.

The landmark project which will see the town hall redeveloped is being carried out by construction partners Kier and will include the creation of a stunning new accessible entrance, box office and bar. Conservation and repair of key features including stone masonry, delicate plasterwork and doors also aim to protect and preserve the building’s key heritage features.

The landmark project which will see the town hall redeveloped is being carried out by construction partners Kier and will include the creation of a stunning new accessible entrance, box office and bar. Conservation and repair of key features including stone masonry, delicate plasterwork and doors also aim to protect and preserve the building’s key heritage features.

Conservation and repair of key features including stone masonry, delicate plasterwork and doors also aim to protect and preserve the building’s key heritage features.

The landmark project which will see the town hall redeveloped is being carried out by construction partners Kier and will include the creation of a stunning new accessible entrance, box office and bar. Conservation and repair of key features including stone masonry, delicate plasterwork and doors also aim to protect and preserve the building’s key heritage features.

Records show the German Luftwaffe bombarded Leeds city centre through the night of March 14-15, 1941, in what was dubbed The Quarter Blitz, killing 65 people and severely damaging cherished buildings including the Grade I listed town hall. The dramatic raids proved catastrophic for the town hall’s Calverley Street entrance and even caused a huge part of the building’s roof to collapse inwards. Photos taken at the time show both the scale of the damage and the mammoth clean-up effort which followed at a building which was then and continues to be a symbol of the city. PICTURE CREDIT YORKSHIRE EVENING POST

Records show the German Luftwaffe bombarded Leeds city centre through the night of March 14-15, 1941, in what was dubbed The Quarter Blitz, killing 65 people and severely damaging cherished buildings including the Grade I listed town hall. The dramatic raids proved catastrophic for the town hall’s Calverley Street entrance and even caused a huge part of the building’s roof to collapse inwards. Photos taken at the time show both the scale of the damage and the mammoth clean-up effort which followed at a building which was then and continues to be a symbol of the city. PICTURE CREDIT YORKSHIRE EVENING POST