Jamie’s Ministry of Food and Zest Leeds are running a series of free online taster sessions  in July and August.

Thursday 23rd July 2pm Brownies
Thursday 30th July 2pm Barbecued Chicken
Thursday 6th August 2pm Chicken Rendang
Thursday 13th August 2pm Proper Blokes Sausage Fusilli
Thursday 20th August 2pm Minestrone Soup

Booking is essential so please contact tricia.temperley@zestleeds.org.uk  to book your place!  Or ring 0113 242 5685 to find out more.

1. Leeds gained its city status in which year?

 1893       1897     1903    1907    answer  1893

2. Cluedo was made here in Leeds, at the old Waddington’s works, can you name all six of the suspects? Point for each.

• Miss Scarlett is red.
• Rev. Green  is green.
• Colonel Mustard is yellow.
• Professor Plum is purple.
• Mrs. Peacock is blue.
• Mrs. White is white.

3. What caused Riots in Leeds in 1865?

Breweries running out of ale             Beef dripping theft                 Rats found in a butcher shop

Answer:  Beef dripping theft

4. Filmed in Leeds, Emmerdale is one of the countries longest running soaps with the first episode broadcast in 1972. But which year did a plane crash into the village?

1991      1993      1995      1997      Answer:  1993

5. On the 5 July 2014, Leeds hosted the Grand Depart of the Tour de France. Over 3.3 million people lined the routes as the tour passed through Yorkshire. But can you guess  how many traffic cones lined the route?

20,000       30,000       40,000       50,000   Answer: 30,000

6. Equivalent to filling 42 Olympic sized swimming pools. How many pints of beer did Tetley’s brewery sell in 2006?

125 million 145 million 165 million 185 million   Answer: 185 million

7. To the nearest meter, how tall is Bridgewater Place?      110metres
8. Leeds United was formed in 1920 – what was the name of the Leeds team that preceded them?

Leeds City (dissolved in 1919 after financial irregularities)

9. The famous ‘Live at Leeds’ album recorded by The Who at the University of Leeds Refectory was almost recorded in which city?      Hull
10. Who was known as the Sultan of Leeds?  Charles Wilson MP (1859–1930)
11. When did the last tram run in Leeds?   Saturday 7 November 1959. The last tram in Leeds was No. 187 and ran from Cross Gates to Swinegate
12. Benjamin Latrobe was an architect, born in Fulneck in the 1700’s. Which American building did he help design?    The White House
13. Leeds born comedian Leigh Francis is better known as?  Keith  Lemon
14. Geoffrey Anketell Studder Kennedy was better known as?  Woodbine Willie (he was a World War 1 chaplain who used to hand out cigarettes to troops)
15. Possibly the first ever reality tv series in the UK, Jimmy’s captured life in St James’s Hospital. When was it first broadcast?          1985     1987      1989        1991    Answer 1987

Can you work out the names of the areas of Leeds?

16. Wasp-ish/Very Heavy       Beeston
17. Stunner/Small Island     Belle Isle
18. Stop/not-off     Halton
19. Come first/farm entrance      Whingate
20. Unhappy/colour      Cross Green
21. Bake / rise       Cookridge
22. Can / Mound     Tinshill
23. Snooze/Chop    Kippax
24. Slay/Stream    Killingbeck
25. Worship/Urban     Chapeltown

Thank you Leeds Civic Trust 🙂

Dear all, this week’s ‘Monday Mind Workout’ is from Leeds Civic Trust, and is all about Leeds 🙂

1. Leeds gained its city status in which year?

1893       1897     1903    1907

2. Cluedo was made here in Leeds, at the old Waddington’s works, can you name all six of the suspects? Point for each.
3. What caused Riots in Leeds in 1865?

Breweries running out of ale             Beef dripping theft                 Rats found in a butcher shop

4. Filmed in Leeds, Emmerdale is one of the countries longest running soaps with the first episode broadcast in 1972. But which year did a plane crash into the village?

1991      1993      1995      1997

5. On the 5 July 2014, Leeds hosted the Grand Depart of the Tour de France. Over 3.3 million people lined the routes as the tour passed through Yorkshire. But can you guess  how many traffic cones lined the route?

20,000       30,000       40,000       50,000

6. Equivalent to filling 42 Olympic sized swimming pools. How many pints of beer did Tetley’s brewery sell in 2006?

125 million         145 million           165 million        185 million

7. To the nearest meter, how tall is Bridgewater Place?
8. Leeds United was formed in 1920 – what was the name of the Leeds team that preceded them?
9. The famous ‘Live at Leeds’ album recorded by The Who at the University of Leeds Refectory was almost recorded in which city?
10. Who was known as the Sultan of Leeds?
11. When did the last tram run in Leeds?
12. Benjamin Latrobe was an architect, born in Fulneck in the 1700’s. Which American building did he help design?
13. Leeds born comedian Leigh Francis is better known as?
14. Geoffrey Anketell Studder Kennedy was better known as?
15. Possibly the first ever reality tv series in the UK, Jimmy’s captured life in St James’s Hospital. When was it first broadcast?  1985     1987      1989        1991

Can you work out the names of the areas of Leeds?

16. Wasp-ish/Very Heavy
17. Stunner/Small Island
18. Stop/not-off
19. Come first/farm entrance
20. Unhappy/colour
21. Bake / rise
22. Can / Mound
23. Snooze/Chop
24. Slay/Stream
25. Worship/Urban

Let me know how you do, good luck.

lisa@caringtogether.org.uk

sourced: leedscivictrust.org.uk

Day 83 – Lewis’s: – Which was your favourite – ‘Lewis’s’ or ‘Schofield’s’? I think the question is a little reminiscent of “Were you a ‘Beatles’ or ‘Stones’ fan?” They were around at the same time and we could make our choice .Each new release from ‘The Beatles’ we would buy as they were our favourite Group, but it didn’t stop us buying one by ‘The Stones’ – because this was just as good! The same could be said of the two wonderful department stores which faced each other on The Headrow. ‘Lewis’s’  towered above Schofields in its number of floors. From the basement upwards there was so much to see. My Uncle Percy was Manager of the China and Glass dept. for many years which accounted for why my Mum had so many floral ornaments, obviously bought with the useful staff discount! After China & Glass moved to the ground floor by the New Briggate entrance, the space was taken over by bedroom furniture if I remember correctly, but carpets, curtains, fabrics, haberdashery, soft furnishings and general homewares from an elaborate mirror to a loo brush, were all available to furnish our homes.

The ground floor was home to a wonderful Food Hall and I loved to see the ladies in their pristine uniforms, cutting cheese with a wire or slicing roast hams, the required thickness being determined by turning a handle on the wheel of the gleaming silver machine. I think it was probably an ‘Avery’ as they made the heavy duty food scales too. The Food Hall  square counters requested we queue along the four sides; always confusing as to who was next to be served! There was a counter selling broken biscuits too from large tins with glass lids, I seem to recall. The ground floor had  Handbags, Hosiery, Jewellery, Perfumery, Stationery and even a Travel Agent. A small coffee shop was tucked away next to the holiday shop, probably hoping that customers would pick up brochures and decide on a holiday destination over a hot drink and pastry. At Sale time I would rush to the Cosmetics dept. with its  numerous boxes of bargains and we girls would be eagerly looking over shoulders to see what was on offer before it was our turn to rummage.

The first floor was home partly to Menswear but latterly also had some young fashion depts, namely ‘Miss Selfridge’. If one entered the Store by the entrance now owned by ‘Sainsburys’ it was a matter of navigating through tables bearing ‘Pierre Cardin’ and ‘Farah’ slacks; coloured shirts and the type of ‘loud’ sweaters favoured by ‘Alan Patridge’. The numerous lifts were at The Headrow side as were some of the marble-effect black and white staircases with their gleaming brass handrails and which overlooked the rival ‘Schofields’ As a child I was constantly told  to “come away from the windows” as the building being so tall,  was fascinating for young eyes to see the tiny people rushing along the pavements. I remember the Children’s Hairdressing dept. with its toy animals for seats, being in the corner overlooking The Headrow but whether it was the ground or first floor, I can’t recall.

The second floor was Ladies Fashions – or was that the third? Was there another fashion floor in between? Anyway someone will know the answer – probably my friend Joan who was employed by – and adored – ‘Lewis’s’. Working in Fashion she was one of the elegant ladies who would walk through the Restaurant modelling, say,  beautiful fur coats or even undergarments on one occasion but on that day screens were erected to deter unwanted prying eyes from the shop floor! This is the only snippet I have taken though, all other memories being my own! I never visited the Restaurant during those years; only from the early 80s when it had changed to a light and airy self-service Cafe, (was it called ‘The Dales’? I’m sure it had a Yorkshire themed name) next door to which was the Ladies Hairdressing Salon. The Store sold elegant and classic fashion with numerous ‘names’ but I particularly remember ‘Jacques Vert’ with its seasonal colour schemes carrying through from separates to formal wear with matching millinery for weddings. ‘Lewis’s’ had its own label too in ‘Ranella’ (funny how the brain stores information for years and suddenly pushes it out at the appropriate moment) so a lovely Winter coat could be chosen from a large selection of own label merchandise.

At the opposite end of the floor was the Nursery and Toy Depts. High up above the walkways would be displayed a ‘Silver Cross’ coachbuilt pram’ or two, plus expensive toys such as a battery operated sit-in car. Of course no-one had a ‘Christmas Grotto’ to beat that offered by ‘Lewis’s’. It really was magical and as we reached the front of the queue, clutching our ticket to hand to one of Santa’s  helpers in exchange for a gift and photo taken with Santa – we would walk along a corridor of ‘windows’ depicting festive scenes with snow covered animals and nursery rhyme characters. Each scene being more lavish than the last, the disappointment on reaching the end was only removed by meeting Santa and taking away a gift. I remember being taken to the Grotto in the 1950s by my sister and was given a box which contained a cut-out star shape into which tiny coloured balls would be inserted. We then went to an opticians for my sister and whilst there I opened the box and embarrassingly (for Barbara) spilt the many, many sparkly balls all over their carpeted floor! I would have been around six or seven years old  so hopefully will be forgiven for not being able to remember whether all the tiny balls were recovered.

Prior to closing down, the Store went into administration and became ‘Allders’ for a time and somewhere along the line there was stock bearing the name ‘Owen Owen’ too. It was never going to be the same again and ‘Lewis’s’ was such a tremendous loss to the City.    Next time: ‘Schofields’…

Wonderful, until next time…

Good Afternoon

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