Leeds Echoes: Recent Episodes
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In this series I’ll be exploring different aspects of Leeds rich history. Each episode I’ll tell a different story, whether it’s a particular building, an entire industry or a lost transportation network. Most importantly I want to try and figure out what the people who lived and breathed this history actually felt. What did the local butcher think? Or your neighbour? What did the city sound like? And what did it smell like? These are the kind of things I want to explore and I’m excited where the journey will take me. Hopefully I’ll see some of you on the way.
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In this episode, we discuss the evolution of the West Riding Asylum network and the wider forces at play in the country's development of mental health care. This is a subject I encourage much further reading on as I've barely been able to skim the surface in my usual episode timeframe.
In this episode we take a look at the Battle of Holbeck Moor, where Leeds sent a clear message to fascism.
In this episode we try and make sense of Leeds' complicated history with the railways. Opening poem from the film Night Mail (1936), word by W H Auden.
In this episode, we take a look at how Leeds once branded itself Motorway City of the 70's and the legacy it's left behind.
In this special short episode, we tell the story of one single night at the long defunct Kirkstall Power Station.
In this episode we take a look at a single document in isolation and explore the power a single document can have when combined with historical context.
This episode will also be featured as part of Leeds Libraries "Breaking the News" exhibit.
In this special opening episode of series 4 we take an in-depth look at just one single street in the city centre with the help of East St Arts, Leeds City Council and Historic England.
Leeds Echoes "Walk Through Time" is a special 4 part series of my podcast that’s been supported by Leeds Civic Trust and Heritage Open Days. It represents my first real attempt at creating these episodes whilst really thinking about someone listening on location. They’re my attempt at a more accessible walking tour. Take them at your own pace. Listen on location in any way that’s accessible to you. I’ve focused on 4 areas that represent a couple of intersecting things - places both I and others have sought solace during lockdowns, places newcomers to Leeds often experience first and places that younger people might most associate with. At any rate, I hope you enjoy them.
Intro Song:
Words from the History of the Manchester Ship Canal Vol 2 by Sir Bosdin Leach (1907).Recorded on the 1984 lp ‘Hooks & Nets’ by Ian Woods & Charley Yarwood (Traditional Sound Recordings TSR044).
Leeds Liverpool Canal episode.
Leeds Echoes "Walk Through Time" is a special 4 part series of my podcast that’s been supported by Leeds Civic Trust and Heritage Open Days. It represents my first real attempt at creating these episodes whilst really thinking about someone listening on location. They’re my attempt at a more accessible walking tour. Take them at your own pace. Listen on location in any way that’s accessible to you. I’ve focused on 4 areas that represent a couple of intersecting things - places both I and others have sought solace during lockdowns, places newcomers to Leeds often experience first and places that younger people might most associate with. At any rate, I hope you enjoy them.
More information on Hyde Park Unity Day.
Leeds Echoes "Walk Through Time" is a special 4 part series of my podcast that’s been supported by Leeds Civic Trust and Heritage Open Days. It represents my first real attempt at creating these episodes whilst really thinking about someone listening on location. They’re my attempt at a more accessible walking tour. Take them at your own pace. Listen on location in any way that’s accessible to you. I’ve focused on 4 areas that represent a couple of intersecting things - places both I and others have sought solace during lockdowns, places newcomers to Leeds often experience first and places that younger people might most associate with. At any rate, I hope you enjoy them.
More Information on the Beckett Park charities.
Leeds Echoes "Walk Through Time" is a special 4 part series of my podcast that’s been supported by Leeds Civic Trust and Heritage Open Days. It represents my first real attempt at creating these episodes whilst really thinking about someone listening on location. They’re my attempt at a more accessible walking tour. Take them at your own pace. Listen on location in any way that’s accessible to you. I’ve focused on 4 areas that represent a couple of intersecting things - places both I and others have sought solace during lockdowns, places newcomers to Leeds often experience first and places that younger people might most associate with. At any rate, I hope you enjoy them.
In this episode we continue talking about housing in the city of Leeds, this time focusing on the national disaster that was system built housing in the 1960's.
In the second episode of season 2, we scrutinise an often under appreciated aspect of Leeds's vernacular, the back to back.
We're back with the first episode of our second series taking an in-depth look at one of Leeds' most iconic landmarks - The Corn Exchange.
In this special episode, we discuss the upcoming review of statues in Leeds proposed by the city council.
In this episode, we take a closer look at the largest social housing project ever undertaken in the UK.
In the second episode of the pair, we continue the story of David Oluwale and discuss why the story is so important today.
In the first part of this double episode, we being to tell the story of David Oluwale. A Nigerian man trying to settle in Leeds in 1949.
In this special episode, we follow the story of the murder of a young woman on Leeds Liverpool canal in 1919.
In this series I'll be exploring different aspects of Leeds rich history. Each episode I'll tell a different story, whether it's a particular building, an entire industry or a lost transportation network.
In this episode I shine a light on one of Holbecks hidden architectural treasures, the former flax mill modelled after an Egyptian temple, Temple Works.
In this episode I but scratch the surface of Leeds deep history of cinema. From the forgotten local picture house to the grand theatres still hiding in plain sight.
In this series I'll look to explore Leeds rich history, whether its a particular building, industry or lost transportation network. More importantly I want to try and figure out what the people who lived through it all actually thought and felt.
In this episode I tell the story of Kirkstall Power Station, the coal fired behemoth which once dominated the Leeds skyline.