Wed 16 Sep, Sun 20 Sep
Sun 13 Sep:1200-1400; Wed 16 Sep:1600-1800 ; Sun 20 Sep:1000-1200; Free Entry.
Outside Leeds Minster, 2 - 6 Kirkgate, Leeds LS2 7DJ
Heritage Open Day: A walking tour with Danny Friar exploring the themes of slavery and empire and their impact on Leeds and everyday people. This city centre walk will reveal hidden histories, forgotten people and secret stories from Leeds's past. This city centre tour, lasting around 2 hours, begins at Leeds Minster on Kirkgate with the story of John Lewis, the first recorded Black person in Leeds. As the tour makes it way to Wellington Street, it will stop at locations along the way linked to the transatlantic slave trade, the East India Company and the British Empire. The tour will explore the impact they have had on the city of Leeds and everyday people...
