Leeds is a city with a rich commercial tradition & fine buildings to match. Its prosperity founded on the wool trade is reflected in the seventeenth-century church of St John with its magnificent Jacobean woodcarving & furnishings while the towns eighteenth-century expansion produced elegant Georgian parades & squares with homes for wealthy merchants. They now stand cheek-by-jowl with solid proud warehouses & offices of the railway age in a wonderful variety of styles ranging from elegant neo-Grecian to Gothic Moorish & Egyptian. The civic pride of Victorian Leeds has as its crowning glory the grand Town Hall testament to the talent of Cuthbert Brodrick whose Corn Exchange & Mechanics Institute make powerful use of dark & gritty local sandstone. Along the banks & wharfs of the River Aire & the Leeds & Liverpool Canal now being revived for twenty-first-century living are unique & nationally important industrial survivals including the inspired Egyptian-style Temple Mills & the unforgettable campanile of Tower Works. The twentieth century gave the city its outstanding university campus & recent regeneration has led to a revival of the citys public spaces & famously ornate & opulent Edwardian shopping arcades & markets. In the suburbs & beyond lie comfortable mansions & major Victorian churches while survivors of a different past can be found in the parish church of Adel one of the most complete Norman churches in Yorkshire the romantic ruins of Kirkstall Abbey & the mighty C17 mansion at Temple Newsam. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Leeds in the Fifties Sixties & Seventies" is a fascinating collection of photographs of the city from the archives of the " Yorkshire Evening Post". All aspects of daily life in the city are documented in these images including buildings transport & the people of Leeds: tradesmen office workers postmen millworkers shoppers. Although the book covers a comparatively recent chapter in Leeds history the changes in the city have been dramatic. In the 1950s the buildings of Leeds were black with soot & mill chimneys still dotted the landscape. Steam trains & trams transported people around the city while those with motor cars could drive up & park outside the citys department stores without charge. By the end of the 1970s the city was already a very different place & the pace of change has continued unabated. Buildings have been demolished or remodelled traffic has been redirected along the inner relief road reducing congestion in the city centre & the blackened buildings & mill chimneys have almost disappeared. The people of Leeds also appear in these pages: tradesmen office workers postmen millworkers shoppers
- all aspects of daily life in the city are documented. The images in " Leeds in the Fifties Sixties & Seventies" are sure to bring back memories for many Leeds residents & will provide the younger generation with an insight into how the modern city has developed from its industrial past."
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He made you cry with laughter with Paint It White now the celebrated Leeds-supporting cartoon-drawing painting-&-decorating eccentric Gary Edwards is back. It turns out that his first book was only an undercoat & now the story of his crazy life following Leeds needs a second coat. No wonder: Edwards you see has seen every Leeds game
- competitive & friendly anywhere in the world
- since 17 January 1968*. During those 37 years he's been there done that & bought the T-shirt. So after subtle prompts from his travelling companions he's back with more tales that simply would not fit into the first volume. There's barely a pub in the land he can step into without some well-meaning soul coming up to him & demanding ' Loved the book Gary! When are you going to do another
- with me in it?' So here it is
- another fabulously entertaining collection of travelling tales & friends remembered. Eventually. In this follow-up instalment of high gloss & drama Edwards recounts how he befriended a real-life Leeds-supporting Dalek convinced Rolf Harris that the earth was flat was accosted by firemen while trying to paint a fire engine white appeared on the sides of buses with his face painted in Leeds colours & received letters from the Queen & the Prime Minister after he complained about David Beckham getting an OBE! Leeds United: The Second Coat is another hilarious account of the scrapes adventures & moments of comedy that a life's passion for Leeds United has brought Gary Edwards. *OK he missed one but he still has the match ticket & only a strike by Spanish air traffic control stopped him getting to a one-off friendly in Toronto.



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Leeds United On This Day chronicles the fascinating history of Leeds United for each & every date of the year. Ever since they were established from the financial ruins of disbanded Leeds City in 1919 the Elland Road club has put its fans through the emotional mixer like no other side. From the dizzying highs of the Revie glory days to the depressing lows of relegation & financial implosion all of the moments that make supporting Leeds United the rollercoaster ride that the Elland Road faithful cant live without are featured in this book. Leeds legends such as Billy Bremner Jack Charlton Peter Lorimer Eddie Gray Gordon Strachan & Lucas Radebe to name but a few all take centre stage as the book features all the title wins cup successes European adventures major transfers & boardroom struggles from United s history. ...

Leek is the principal town of the Staffordshire Moorlands & the most important centre on the south western edge of the Peak District. It stands on a hill in a large bend in the River Churnet & is locally known as The Queen of the Moorlands. The town was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Lec but there was certainly a settlement here well before that because the churchyard contains two crosses
- one is in Mercian style but is damaged & can be dated to the 10th century while the other is a magnificent 11th century Norse style cross. In the late 18th & 19th centuries the town changed from a sleepy market town to a centre of silk weaving & several large mills were constructed one of which can be seen looming above the road to Macclesfield. Leek boomed & the population multiplied during this time but nothing now remains of the silk industry in Leek. The town still has a lively shopping centre & a market every Wednesday & is a good centre from which to explore the south & west of the Peak.
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The second edition of the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year is updated with a new chapter describing Nick's eventual completion of the Fastnet Race thirty years after his first ill-fated attempt. The world-famous Fastnet Race takes yachts from the Isle of Wight to the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland & back. The 1979 race began in perfect conditions but was soon engulfed by the deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing. By the time it passed the havoc caused was immeasurable & fifteen sailors had lost their lives. It had been Nick Ward's childhood ambition to sail in the Fastnet Race & being asked to join the crew of the 30-foot yacht Grimalkin was a dream come true. But then the storm hit. Grimalkin was capsized again & again. With the skipper lost overboard after hours of struggle three of the crew decided to abandon the boat for the liferaft. Nick & another crewmember both unconscious were left on the beleaguered yacht in the middle of the Irish Sea. Both were presumed dead. Gerry died a few hours later & Nick was left to face the storm alone. ...

The objectives of Book 1 are to establish good basic habits of paper positioning & pencil hold & to develop the fine motor skills needed for accurate consistent writing. The book takes the young writer from basic pencil handling & co-ordination exercises through to formation of letters & simple short words. The 28 worksheets contain an entertaining mix of games & puzzles which parents (or grandparents!) & child will enjoy doing together. Billy Beetle Sam Spider Willie Woodlouse & Sally Snail lead the left-handed child through the worksheets. The illustrations are aimed primarily at the 6-7 year-old when many left-handed children become more conscious of the difference between their writing style & that of their right-handed peers. However the overall design is suitable for any age: weve heard from grateful users nearer to retirement age than to next years Year 2... ...

The second book of the Left Hand Writing Skills series containing a further 28 worksheets begins with revision of the essential letter formation exercises in Book 1. The following worksheets focus on the flow of letters into word formation. Through extensive practice with patterns different forms of letter-joining & full word formation the left-handed writer should have begun to establish the fundamental good habits of hold position & control which handwriting requires. The antics of Pencil Pat & his gang keep up the level of enjoyment & satisfaction as the child works through these exercises. ...