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Curator Patrick Bourne with a wine bottle from the set of celebrated bucolic British crime drama Midsomer Murders, on loan from screenwriter and playwright Lisa Holdsworth who has also worked on hit shows including Call the Midwife and Fat Friends.

Curator Patrick Bourne with some of the exhibits which feature in Literature in Leeds at Kirkstall’s Abbey House Museum, which showcases objects, memorabilia and personal stories which have inspired a generation of modern-day writers to create works enjoyed by audiences around the world.

Curator Patrick Bourne with some of the exhibits which feature in Literature in Leeds at Kirkstall’s Abbey House Museum, which showcases objects, memorabilia and personal stories which have inspired a generation of modern-day writers to create works enjoyed by audiences around the world.

Curator Patrick Bourne with some of the exhibits which feature in Literature in Leeds at Kirkstall’s Abbey House Museum, which showcases objects, memorabilia and personal stories which have inspired a generation of modern-day writers to create works enjoyed by audiences around the world.

Curator Patrick Bourne with a dress created as part of theatre show and exhibition Corseted, which centred around the life and work of radical Leeds suffragist Alice Cliff Scatcherd. The dress is based on one worn by Alice when she opened the Morley Friends Adult School in 1894 and sits alongside objects chosen by writer and performer, Becky Cherriman, whose own work touches on themes such as women’s history and industrial working conditions.

Curator Patrick Bourne with a dress created as part of theatre show and exhibition Corseted, which centred around the life and work of radical Leeds suffragist Alice Cliff Scatcherd. The dress is based on one worn by Alice when she opened the Morley Friends Adult School in 1894 and sits alongside objects chosen by writer and performer, Becky Cherriman, whose own work touches on themes such as women’s history and industrial working conditions.

Leeds bin wagon with 'Thank you Leeds for recycling your glass' image on its side

Glass recycling bin wagon at waste processing warehouse in Leeds

Bairbre McKendrick's daughter Robyn, who died in 2023 at the age of 18.

Bairbre McKendrick and her daughter Robyn. Picture credit: Guy Roberts

Bairbre McKendrick, pictured with daughter Robyn.

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.