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Experts have been hard at work carrying out a detailed inventory of Leeds Industrial Museum's storage area this week, which contains hundreds of objects collected, donated and stored over several generations. Among the vast selection is a beautiful catalogue of corporate Christmas cards and calendars printed in the 1950s, vibrant steel signs advertising vintage businesses alongside a series of metal sheets carrying the adorable designs for Leeds-made toffee tins. Also found among the shelves is a fascinating collection exploring the history of Kirkstall Forge including a photograph of the Kirkstall Forge Home Guard in full uniform. Pictures is assistant curator Amy Jenkinson with part sof the collection.

Experts have been hard at work carrying out a detailed inventory of Leeds Industrial Museum's storage area this week, which contains hundreds of objects collected, donated and stored over several generations. Among the vast selection is a beautiful catalogue of corporate Christmas cards and calendars printed in the 1950s, vibrant steel signs advertising vintage businesses alongside a series of metal sheets carrying the adorable designs for Leeds-made toffee tins. Also found among the shelves is a fascinating collection exploring the history of Kirkstall Forge including a photograph of the Kirkstall Forge Home Guard in full uniform. Pictures is assistant curator Amy Jenkinson with part sof the collection.

Experts have been hard at work carrying out a detailed inventory of Leeds Industrial Museum's storage area this week, which contains hundreds of objects collected, donated and stored over several generations. Among the vast selection is a beautiful catalogue of corporate Christmas cards and calendars printed in the 1950s, vibrant steel signs advertising vintage businesses alongside a series of metal sheets carrying the adorable designs for Leeds-made toffee tins. Also found among the shelves is a fascinating collection exploring the history of Kirkstall Forge including a photograph of the Kirkstall Forge Home Guard in full uniform. Pictures is assistant curator Amy Jenkinson with part sof the collection.

Leeds Art Gallery is one of more than 20 museums and galleries across the UK taking part by offering dedicated Kids Aloud timeslots and special events for families during the summer holidays. The child-friendly activities will take place alongside the gallery’s regular summer programme and will include children’s loud gallery tours, as well as portrait workshops and pattern making poetry sessions inspired by current exhibition To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom Boakye Curates. Image credit: Helena Dolby

Leeds Art Gallery is one of more than 20 museums and galleries across the UK taking part by offering dedicated Kids Aloud timeslots and special events for families during the summer holidays. The child-friendly activities will take place alongside the gallery’s regular summer programme and will include children’s loud gallery tours, as well as portrait workshops and pattern making poetry sessions inspired by current exhibition To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom Boakye Curates. Image credit: Helena Dolby

Leeds Art Gallery is one of more than 20 museums and galleries across the UK taking part by offering dedicated Kids Aloud timeslots and special events for families during the summer holidays. The child-friendly activities will take place alongside the gallery’s regular summer programme and will include children’s loud gallery tours, as well as portrait workshops and pattern making poetry sessions inspired by current exhibition To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom Boakye Curates. Image credit: Ronnie Danaher

Leeds Art Gallery is one of more than 20 museums and galleries across the UK taking part by offering dedicated Kids Aloud timeslots and special events for families during the summer holidays. The child-friendly activities will take place alongside the gallery’s regular summer programme and will include children’s loud gallery tours, as well as portrait workshops and pattern making poetry sessions inspired by current exhibition To Improvise A Mountain: Lynette Yiadom Boakye Curates. Image credit: Ronnie Danaher

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A competitor takes part in a previous IRONMAN event held in Bolton. Credit: Jack Schofield for IRONMAN.

A previous Breeze event in Leeds.

Five swimmers got selected from Leeds for the European Junior Championships this year, more than from any other programme and the highest number Leeds has had selected since 2008. From left to right: Emma Wood, Daniel Ransom, Gabriel Shepherd, Hollie Wilson, Matilda Potter and coach Jamie Fowler.

Librarians are calling on the city’s modern-day musicians and singers to help them bring an incredible collection of vintage sheet music to life for the first time in more than a century. The array of late 19th and early 20th century songs is part of a vast collection at Leeds Central Library, which includes a combination of well-known musical classics alongside forgotten songs penned by local composers. Music librarian Lee Noon is shown here with a selection of the sheet music.