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Staff at First Direct supported the Child Friendly Leeds Christmas gift appeal.

Staff from Child Friendly Leeds and Foster4Leeds pictured at Hyde Park Picture House with selection boxes donated by VINCI Building in Leeds

Child Friendly Leeds staff pictured with toys donated by the Grammar School at Leeds. Pictured from left: Hope Dixon-Griffiths, Jenny Rutherford and Em Southam.

Librarian Antony Ramm with one of William Boyne's works. The culmination of his life’s work, Boyne’s collection of seven huge folios is also part of the library’s collection and includes magnificent images of locations including Temple Newsam and Kirkstall Abbey, genealogies, notable antiquities, coats of arms and maps of the city.

The culmination of his life’s work, Boyne’s collection of seven huge folios is also part of the library’s collection and includes magnificent images of locations including Temple Newsam and Kirkstall Abbey, genealogies, notable antiquities, coats of arms and maps of the city.

Librarian Antony Ramm with one of William Boyne's works. The culmination of his life’s work, Boyne’s collection of seven huge folios is also part of the library’s collection and includes magnificent images of locations including Temple Newsam and Kirkstall Abbey, genealogies, notable antiquities, coats of arms and maps of the city.

Librarian Antony Ramm with one of William Boyne's works. The culmination of his life’s work, Boyne’s collection of seven huge folios is also part of the library’s collection and includes magnificent images of locations including Temple Newsam and Kirkstall Abbey, genealogies, notable antiquities, coats of arms and maps of the city.

Librarian Antony Ramm with one of William Boyne's works. The culmination of his life’s work, Boyne’s collection of seven huge folios is also part of the library’s collection and includes magnificent images of locations including Temple Newsam and Kirkstall Abbey, genealogies, notable antiquities, coats of arms and maps of the city.

Librarian Antony Ramm with one of William Boyne's works. The culmination of his life’s work, Boyne’s collection of seven huge folios is also part of the library’s collection and includes magnificent images of locations including Temple Newsam and Kirkstall Abbey, genealogies, notable antiquities, coats of arms and maps of the city.

The culmination of his life’s work, Boyne’s collection of seven huge folios is also part of the library’s collection and includes magnificent images of locations including Temple Newsam and Kirkstall Abbey, genealogies, notable antiquities, coats of arms and maps of the city.

Leeds Central Library’s one-of-a-kind edition of famed historian Ralph Thoresby’s Ducatus Leodiensis. Printed in the mid-1740s, the incredible book will be on display at the library until the New Year.