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A letter sent by wrote William Urry, an Archivist in Canterbury, to his friend, and former Leeds City Archivist, Miss A. G. Foster in 1952 following the discovery of a copy of The Leeds Charter in a local bookshop. Image credit West Yorkshire Archive Service: LLD1/2/812470

Kate Peace (formerly Russell), led the creation of the original Leeds Tapestry which involved over 2,000 people and is made up of 1,500 individual embroideries.

Kate Peace (formerly Russell), led the creation of the original Leeds Tapestry which involved over 2,000 people and is made up of 1,500 individual embroideries.

Kate Peace (formerly Russell), led the creation of the original Leeds Tapestry which involved over 2,000 people and is made up of 1,500 individual embroideries.

The new panel was inspired by reflections on what freedom means today, 80 years after the end of the Second World War.

Details of the new panel. The project at Leeds Central Library was part of the national campaign Our Freedom: Then and Now, inviting the people of Leeds to reflect on what freedom means today, 80 years after the end of the Second World War.

Many people that have put their mark on Leeds are honoured on the tapestry.

Many people that have put their mark on Leeds are honoured on the tapestry.

The 16-panel Leeds Tapestry was created between 1992 and 2002, and celebrates the city and its history.