Stories from the Thoresby Society's Archive

As well as the slideshow we will be displaying our album of the opening of Lewis's in 1932, bill heads and advertisements from Leeds firms, apprentice indentures, scrapbooks of newspaper articles collected by Leeds residents, postcards and memorabilia of Roundhay Park, minute books from a working men's club, letters from the Ford sisters, Emily, Isabella and Bessie, and personal memoirs written by Leeds residents.

Timings

Wednesday 16 September:

1030-1600

Thursday 17 September:

1030-1845

Friday 18 September:

1030-1600

Saturday 19 September:

1030-1545

Location & directions

The Leeds Library, 18 Commercial Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 6AL

Directions:

On Commercial Street, between the Co-operative Bank and Ann Summers. Ring the doorbell and ask to be admitted to the Thoresby Society Exhibition. Climb the stairs and go through the doors to the counter. The Exhibition will be in the Thoresby Room to your right. Wheelchair users and those needing a lift go to the door the other side of Ann Summers. Press the bell and ask to be admitted to the Exhibition. The lift is facing you at the end of the corridor. Go to floor 1. Turn right on exiting the lift and go past the library counter to the Thoresby Room.

Contact on day:

The Leeds Library counter

Telephone number:

+441132453071

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

The exhibition is on the first floor of the building and is accessible by stairs and a stair lift and a separate lift. The Thoresby Room is accessed from the Main room and the Bibliography passage from the New Room. Both doors open outwards and are 85cm wide. The floor in this room is level throughout.

Additional information

To access our lift go to the door between Ann Summers and Cinnabon. Press the bell and ask to be admitted to the Exhibition. The lift is facing you at the end of the corridor. Take the lift to floor 1. Turn right on exiting the lift and go past the library counter to the Thoresby Room. Please sign the Visitors' Sheet and the Visitors Book if you are already a member of the Society.

Max number of people:

20

Estimated duration:

0 hour(s) 40 minute(s)

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