Object of the week- vintage fire engine
Once a stalwart of the fire service in Leeds, this impressive vintage engine is now being showcased alongside some of the city’s most impressive feats of innovation.
Originally made for…
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Full steam ahead as Fiona gets fired up for mills weekend
After a lifetime toiling at the beating heart of British industry, she’s certainly earned a rest.
But this weekend, Leeds Industrial Museum’s magnificent mill engine will be letting off…
Museum gives city’s young tech whizzes a chance to let off some STEAM
Working at one of the world’s foremost industrial powerhouses, the women of Armley Mills were no strangers to cutting edge technology.
Over centuries, they used their evolving expertise…
Object of the week- Potts clock
Once a faithful timepiece at one of the North's favourite seaside getaways, this impressive clock has finally come home to Leeds.
Made by famous Leeds clockmakers Potts and Sons, the…
Crowning glory for Queens of Industry as new exhibition opens
Plucked from the factory floor, their lives were quickly transformed into a glitzy whirlwind of international jet-setting, glamorous film roles and exciting photoshoots.
But the…
Time for a new chapter in the striking story of historic seaside clock
For generations it faithfully ticked away the minutes and hours as thousands of Yorkshire folk enjoyed a quintessential British summertime getaway.
Now Morecambe…
Call to help tell glamorous story of Yorkshire’s Queens of Industry
They were the hard-working women who became standard-bearers for a golden age in Yorkshire’s industrial heritage.
Now experts in Leeds want to find out more about…