Leeds Town hall air raid

01 Dec 2025

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

Leeds Town hall air raid: 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

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