Our Miscellany
this year covers a wide range of topics.
RoyYates's examination of St Saviour's Church, Leeds, and the Oxford
Movement brings a new perspective to this field of study and his
article will, without doubt, become a vital source of reference
for those researching the subject.
Jewish and Irish immigration have long been the focus for local
historians but Charline Nichol offers an analysis of the rarely
examined subject of Italian immigration into Leeds between the years
1881 and 1901.
Alan Radford tells the story of the Leeds Waits who, from medieval
times until the nineteenth century,'kept the watch' and performed
music throughout the town.
The leather industry became one of the largest industries in Leeds
and our final article sees Tony Silson investigating, in a detailed
account, the industry specifically in Bramley.
Several people have suggested that it would be helpful if we could
include book reviews of recent publications which would be of interest
to our members, consequently we are beginning this year to answer
that need and thus four reviews of recent books on the city's history
are included.
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