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As well as the biscuit messages, other festive objects which have been recently donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries include a late 1960s Cutie doll, gifted to a child whose family was homeless in 1969 as part of the Leeds and District Workpeople’s Hospital Fund’s annual Christmas appeal. Held here by curator Kitty Ross, it still carries the note “To Denise Xmas 1969, from mummy and dad.”

Also part of the collection is a set of Mickey Mouse Christmas tree lights as well as some brightly coloured glass baubles manufactured by Morley’s Briteglass Ltd. The Jay-Tee brand glass Christmas tree decorations were owned by local couple Herbert and Maud Storer who married in 1944.

Also part of the collection is a set of Mickey Mouse Christmas tree lights as well as some brightly coloured glass baubles manufactured by Morley’s Briteglass Ltd. The Jay-Tee brand glass Christmas tree decorations were owned by local couple Herbert and Maud Storer who married in 1944.

Also part of the collection is a set of Mickey Mouse Christmas tree lights as well as some brightly coloured glass baubles manufactured by Morley’s Briteglass Ltd. The Jay-Tee brand glass Christmas tree decorations were owned by local couple Herbert and Maud Storer who married in 1944.

Also part of the collection is a set of Mickey Mouse Christmas tree lights as well as some brightly coloured glass baubles manufactured by Morley’s Briteglass Ltd. The Jay-Tee brand glass Christmas tree decorations were owned by local couple Herbert and Maud Storer who married in 1944.

Demolition work at the former Kingsdale Court flats complex in Seacroft, Leeds. The work is being carried out for Leeds City Council by demolition contractor Connell Brothers Ltd.

An archive image of the Kingsdale Court flats complex in the Seacroft area of Leeds.

The former Kingsdale Court flats complex in Seacroft, Leeds.

Councillor Mary Harland, Leeds City Council’s executive member for housing, at the former Kingsdale Court flats complex in Seacroft, Leeds.

Demolition work at the former Kingsdale Court flats complex in Seacroft, Leeds.

Demolition work at the former Kingsdale Court flats complex in Seacroft, Leeds. The work is being carried out for Leeds City Council by demolition contractor Connell Brothers Ltd.

Councillor Mary Harland, Leeds City Council’s executive member for housing, speaks with Gerard Kelly, from demolition contractor Connell Brothers Ltd, at the former Kingsdale Court flats complex in Seacroft, Leeds.