{"id":3442,"date":"2015-05-17T17:16:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T21:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/?page_id=3442"},"modified":"2015-05-17T19:18:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T23:18:09","slug":"history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-7c720a371aa354eb5a108623bcdab976\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-7c720a371aa354eb5a108623bcdab976 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-7c720a371aa354eb5a108623bcdab976 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-7c720a371aa354eb5a108623bcdab976 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https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/hotelBanner-450x117.png 450w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/hotelBanner-500x130.png 500w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/hotelBanner-495x128.png 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-e2243202aee16714333caf6b3dce86ce\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-e2243202aee16714333caf6b3dce86ce{\npadding-bottom:30px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-e2243202aee16714333caf6b3dce86ce .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-e2243202aee16714333caf6b3dce86ce .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-e2243202aee16714333caf6b3dce86ce av-special-heading-h1 meta-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >History<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  '     ><div  class='av-alb-blogposts template-blog  av-blog-meta-author-disabled av-blog-meta-comments-disabled av-blog-meta-category-disabled av-blog-meta-tag-disabled '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-3463 post-loop-1 post-parity-odd single-big  post-3463 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-history\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/leeds-and-florence-residents-petition-city-for-a-new-roadway\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Leeds and Florence residents petition city for a new roadway in 1878\">Leeds and Florence residents petition city for a new roadway in 1878<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-05-17T19:15:58-04:00\" >May 17, 2015<\/time><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-portfolio-no-crop wp-image-3664 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hotel-Bridge-Map-BW-413x400.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Bridge Map BW\" width=\"413\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hotel-Bridge-Map-BW-413x400.jpg 413w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hotel-Bridge-Map-BW-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hotel-Bridge-Map-BW-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hotel-Bridge-Map-BW-705x683.jpg 705w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hotel-Bridge-Map-BW-450x436.jpg 450w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hotel-Bridge-Map-BW-500x484.jpg 500w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Hotel-Bridge-Map-BW.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The winter freshet of 1878 completely isolated a dozen or so tenement houses on the western side of Main Street from any roadway. The heavy rain and melting snow cut a new channel into the Mill River wiping out the road residents on \u201cShanty Row\u201d used to get back and forth from the village.<\/p>\n<p>The local school was also located on the road. A petition by taxpayers of Leeds, Florence and Northampton lobbied for a new roadway and bridge to be built. A new roadway and bridge to cross the mill pond was approved in 1879. The \u201cOld Sheperd\u2019s Road Bridge\u201das the Hotel Bridge was once called was completed in January of 1881.\u00a0 The new route offered a picturesque passage across the Mill River for factory workers and village residents and travelers. Soon after in 1883 the Leeds Hotel was built on the north western side of the bridge.<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-05-17T19:15:58-04:00\" >2015-05-17 19:15:58<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2015-06-07 18:24:49<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Leeds and Florence residents petition city for a new roadway in 1878<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-3381 post-loop-2 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-3381 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-history\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/thirsty-yes-but-are-there-sandwiches\/\"  title=\"postcard-832x415\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"832\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/postcard-832x415-832x360.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3385 avia-img-lazy-loading-3385 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/thirsty-yes-but-are-there-sandwiches\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Thirsty, yes! But are there sandwiches?\">Thirsty, yes! But are there sandwiches?<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-04-25T15:35:07-04:00\" >April 25, 2015<\/time><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u2018\u2019The Great Sandwich Hearing\u2019\u2019 which ran in three issues of the Gazette, January 5, 15, and 17, 1910.<\/p>\n<p>The headline reads&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The Leeds Sandwich Case Develops the Existence of the Greatest Sandwich Industry of this Section and a Marked Weakness of Memory of Everything Else in Those Who Saw the Sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p>This case packed the courthouse to the doors, with frequent applause and great sympathy shown for the hotel.\u00a0 Nearly 20 witnesses were called to testify, among them agents of the Anti-saloon league, Arthur Labree who was assulted in Leeds&#8230;etc. Most of the witnesses had been in the habit of going to the hotel Sunday\u2019s, all of them testified they had sandwiches with their drinks. Two bartenders were required on Sundays. There was no demand\u00a0 for a hotel business in Leeds\u00a0 except on Sundays, and that the sandwiches that were sold were \u2018\u2019make-believe\u2019\u2019, and those going to the hotel were not guests in any sense of the word.<\/p>\n<p>This goes on for pages, the topic sections read like a crime novel; The Spotters, Saw No Drunkenness, Saw Drunken Men&#8230;this section mentions the bridge&#8230;\u2019\u2019W.M. Purrington of Haydenville testified that when riding on the electric cars he had seen men reeling across the bridge, which is near the hotel, and some of them got on the car.\u2019\u2019 Adelard Lavelle testified to \u2018\u2019frequently going to the hotel on Sundays to drink beer, but never without having sandwiches, he told Mr. Hammond that they felt the need of something to eat when they had a drink of beer\u2019\u2019. Other memorable highlights include; Had Been Shutoff, The Kaiser Keeps Silent, A Great Sandwich Business Done, Weak Memories Developed.<\/p>\n<p>After three days of interrigations, the prosecutors do get from the bartenders that they do sell as many as 200 drinks a day on Sundays, and then the pressure is upon the prosecutor to determine how they could not make 200 sandwiches for that day as well, which by this\u00a0 point the public is ridiculing their effort&#8230;\u2019\u2019We had supposed that the chief industry in Leeds was silk thread making but after that hotel license hearing we see our mistake;it is making sandwiches for Sunday. They must begin at it on Monday morning and keep at it till Saturday night. Everybody appears to take sandwiches out there on Sunday.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/postcard-832x415.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>415<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>832<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2015-04-25T15:35:07-04:00\" >2015-04-25 15:35:07<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2015-05-17 19:06:05<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Thirsty, yes! But are there sandwiches?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-2169 post-loop-3 post-parity-odd single-big  post-2169 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured-event category-history\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/new-date-leeds-history-hot-chocolate-social\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: New Date &#8211; Leeds History Hot Chocolate Social\">New Date &#8211; Leeds History Hot Chocolate Social<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2014-03-17T11:21:16-04:00\" >March 17, 2014<\/time><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Thursday, April 3rd, 6:30-8:30pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Leeds School Music Room<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rescheduled History Night\u2026hopefully without snow!<br \/>\nYou are invited to this casual sharing of Leeds stories, old photos, and memorabilia. There will be a slide show with images from 1950 of the Leeds 100th anniversary celebration, old class photos, and pictures of the village in the 1800 and 1900s. Watch the show, listen to or tell tales of Leeds from \u201cback in the day\u201d while enjoying delicious desserts! Sponsored by the LCA. Hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2014-03-17T11:21:16-04:00\" >2014-03-17 11:21:16<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2014-03-17 11:21:16<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>New Date &#8211; Leeds History Hot Chocolate Social<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-2150 post-loop-4 post-parity-even single-big  post-2150 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-history\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/history-night\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: History Night\">History Night<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2014-01-20T10:38:49-05:00\" >January 20, 2014<\/time><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">You and your old and new friends are invited to this casual sharing of stories, old photos, and Leeds memorabilia. Listen to or tell tales of Leeds from \u201cback in the day\u201d while enjoying a cup of hot cocoa and delicious desserts!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>April 3rd, 6:30 &#8211; 8:30 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>LEEDS SCHOOL MUSIC ROOM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Do you have an interesting, funny, or unusual Leeds\u2019 artifact? If so, please consider sharing it at the event. Call Red Green at 584-5525 or Heidi Stevens at 585-9923 or email, heidi@heidistevens.com to let us know what you might have for display and to arrange (before January 30) for expert scanning of a few of your old photos. We promise to handle everything with kid gloves and return materials promptly. Items will be displayed on tables and a slide show of your Leeds images will be looping. Should be a fun time! Sponsored by the LCA.<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2014-01-20T10:38:49-05:00\" >2014-01-20 10:38:49<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2014-01-20 10:38:49<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>History Night<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-1093 post-loop-5 post-parity-odd single-big  post-1093 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-history category-news\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/intro-to-the-gazette-series-about-leeds-by-alice-manning-1975\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Intro to the Gazette Series about Leeds, by Alice Manning, 1975\">Intro to the Gazette Series about Leeds, by Alice Manning, 1975<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2012-10-06T22:35:05-04:00\" >October 6, 2012<\/time><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1157 alignleft\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" title=\"firstpart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leedscivic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/firstpart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"125\" \/>On the last weekend of August 1950, Leeds held a gala celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the naming the village. The old bell was rung &#8211; the same bell that summoned the workers to their tasks at the Nonotuck Silk Mill (now the Leeds Village Apartments), once an important contributor to the giant silk industry which made the area famous.<\/p>\n<p>As the harsh tones of the old bell spread over the little village, followed the Mill River for a distance, crept up the hill toward the schoolhouse and was lost against the forests on Bear Hill (VA Hospital), memories flooded back for many. This old bell had announced to the fa<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/flirtexting.com\/#method\" title=\"How to get your ex boyfriend back\">How to get your ex boyfriend back<\/a><\/div>\n<p>thers, mothers and grandparents of those present at the celebration each day with unrelenting regularity and in clear cold tones that another work day had begun. It also sent out the message that life was real, made up of hard work and very little fun, and if they wanted a pay envelope at the end of the week they had better be up and to work.<\/p>\n<p>Among the crowd were those who had lived in Leeds all their lives as had their parents before them. These men and women were proud of their little community and had instilled a love for the place by passing on to their children the tales of its past glories and events. They knew their history went back a long way and that the village of Leeds had played an important part in the economy of Massachusetts and New England.\u00a0 Many tales were told and retold that day.<\/p>\n<p>Watch for second installment! <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none\">zp8497586rq<\/div>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2012-10-06T22:35:05-04:00\" >2012-10-06 22:35:05<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2012-10-06 22:35:05<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Intro to the Gazette Series about Leeds, by Alice Manning, 1975<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-1091 post-loop-6 post-parity-even single-big  post-1091 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-history\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/robert-emrick-my-grandfather\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Robert Emrick &#8211; My Grandfather\">Robert Emrick &#8211; My Grandfather<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2012-09-06T22:33:36-04:00\" >September 6, 2012<\/time><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Back before many of the prominent businessmen moved to Leeds, the town was considered \u201cthe sticks\u201d and had very little fire protection. When a disastrous fire broke out on East Center Street in 1923 my grandfather started a movement in Northampton to get the first motorized fire pump called \u201cThe Seagrave\u201d and an additional six fireboxes installed in Leeds. This is also what got him started in politics. He was on the Common Council in 1924 and then Board of Alderman in 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 and then as an independent 1934 and 1935. I listed every year because back then you had to run for office every year. He was as honest as they come and very tight about spending money foolishly, which doesn\u2019t sound like a politician. I heard rumors that both parties wanted him to run for Mayor, but \u201cFighting City Hall\u201d took it\u2019s toll on him and my grandmother. She said, no way was he to be Mayor.\u00a0 But that didn\u2019t stop my grandfather from continuing to speak his mind. He wrote numerous letters to the editor of the newspaper and voiced his opinion if he thought something wasn\u2019t right.<\/p>\n<p>Boys Scouts were fairly new back in my grandfather\u2019s day. He organized Troop 108 and was it\u2019s scoutmaster for 8 years. There was also the Young Men\u2019s Club back in 1919. When the Leeds Civic Association started around 1933, my grandfather was the first president. One side story, (and I heard this from someone reliable)\u00a0 was that my grandfather had to quit school at the age of 14 to go to work, but finished high school thru the mail. He then took up mechanical drawing thru an international correspondence school, so when they were putting the sewer in many years ago , my grandfather submitted a plan. Since he didn\u2019t have a college education they took someone else\u2019s plan and that system didn\u2019t work well and many years later when they reconfigured it, they basically did what my grandfather had said years before. My grandfather did many things for his village of Leeds. Talk to any of our older residents (75+) who lived in Leeds back then&#8230;<br \/>\nI think most will be able to tell you stories of him.<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2012-09-06T22:33:36-04:00\" >2012-09-06 22:33:36<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2012-09-06 22:33:36<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Robert Emrick &#8211; My Grandfather<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-858 post-loop-7 post-parity-odd single-big  post-858 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-history\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/state-police-barracks-in-leeds\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: State Police Barracks in Leeds\">State Police Barracks in Leeds<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2012-08-01T18:55:25-04:00\" >August 1, 2012<\/time><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>By Joel Emrick<\/p>\n<p>A little known chapter in the history of Leeds was when the MA. State Police Barracks (Troop B) was stationed in the Shepard House which lies between the Grove Hill mansion and the Grammar School. In the early 1920s the State Police were based in the Armory on King Street but were forced to relocate due to the expansion of the National Guard which needed more of the Armory building. The decision to move the barracks in May of 1923 to the Shepard House was partly made due to the existence of a big barn behind the house where the troopers could keep their horses and motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p>On March 28th, 1931 a fire started in the barn. Due to the low water pressure on the hill and the nature of the old wooden structure, the barn didn\u2019t stand a chance. Even though fire trucks from Leeds and Florence arrived promptly their efforts were limited by this lack of pressure. By the time the \u201cSeagrave\u201d, the only good fire truck in the city, showed up from Northampton the barn was a complete loss. My father was seventeen at that time and told of running to the barn with others and dragging some of the motorcycles out of the barn. Unfortunately, the four horses were stabled in the back of the barn where the fire started and they all perished. Two patrolmen, Sergeant John Barnacle and State Trooper Edward McColgan, received bad burns trying to get to the animals. The barracks (the Shepard house) was spared only because they had just cut the tall grass that was between the barn and the house. Some believe that if it hadn\u2019t been cut recently the house might also have been lost.\u00a0 In the summer of 1931, Troop B moved to their present location near Laurel Park in Northampton, but for 8 years we had the State police in Leeds.<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2012-08-01T18:55:25-04:00\" >2012-08-01 18:55:25<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2012-08-01 18:55:25<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>State Police Barracks in Leeds<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-211 post-loop-8 post-parity-even single-big  post-211 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-history\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/history-notes-frank-parker-flood-survivor\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: History Notes: Frank Parker, Flood Survivor\">History Notes: Frank Parker, Flood Survivor<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2012-03-11T00:16:29-05:00\" >March 11, 2012<\/time><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>By Joel Emrick<\/h4>\n<p>My memories of Frank Parker are of an old man sitting on his porch at 16 Upland Road with his dog, Bakki, who we were told was a German war dog. Bakki would always chase passersby although now I\u2019m told by Red Green if you put your hand up the dog would stop. No one told me that at the time and I didn\u2019t dilly dally when I went by their house.<\/p>\n<p>What makes Mr. Parker interesting is that he was just 7 years and old living with his family in the village center when the flood of 1874 came and destroyed most of the center of Leeds. As the Mill River first started rising Frank\u2019s father told them to stay in the house assuming it wasn\u2019t that bad, but shortly after he realized his mistake and had the whole family move to the knoll and escape the flood. The irony of this was their house was one of the few that survived. Mr. Parker lived to be 94 and his memory of that day was very vivid.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Parker, came to Leeds at the age of 5 from Connecticut, worked 40 years at the Corticelli Mills and died in 1961. If you want to know more about Mr Parker, you can go to Forbes Library and look up in the Gazette microfilm the dates Aug 26, 1953 and Dec 4, 1957 (the later has a picture of Mr. Parker and Bakki which I think my grandfather took).<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2012-03-11T00:16:29-05:00\" >2012-03-11 00:16:29<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2012-03-11 00:16:29<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>History Notes: Frank Parker, Flood Survivor<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-419 post-loop-9 post-parity-odd post-entry-last single-big  post-419 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-history\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/a-short-history-of-leeds\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: A Short History of Leeds\">A Short History of Leeds<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2012-02-15T15:48:47-05:00\" >February 15, 2012<\/time><\/span><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leedscivic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/seneysCrop-e1333834329615.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-103\" title=\"seneysCrop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leedscivic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/seneysCrop-e1333834329615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/seneysCrop-e1333834329615.jpg 600w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/seneysCrop-e1333834329615-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/seneysCrop-e1333834329615-450x129.jpg 450w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/seneysCrop-e1333834329615-500x143.jpg 500w, https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/seneysCrop-e1333834329615-495x142.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leeds, Massachusetts, is a geat neighborhood within the city of Northampton and the most distant from the center. Like Florence and Bay State, the other districts in the community with distinctive identities, its history is linked to the Mill River.<\/p>\n<p>The exact boundaries of Leeds have never been agreed on. Whether the Veterans Hospital is in Leeds or Florence has never been resolved but Leeds definitely begins where Florence Street branches off from Route 9. It is also generally agreed that Maine&#8217;s Hill residents on Haydenville Road can also claim Leeds citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Except for the rare farmer or the hostelries on the turnpike to Albany, Leeds (and Florence as well), saw no significant settlement for a century and a half after the settlement of Northampton in 1654. With the arrival of the industrial revolution the river suddenly assumed great importance as the source of abundant waterpower.<\/p>\n<p>The Mill River had always supplied power for the few mills where farmers could have their grains ground or, at a later time, their trees cut into lumber at sawmills. In the 19th century, the river became the powering agent for the production of paper, cotton and wool cloth, silk products, buttons, baskets, brass products, shovels and hoes, brushes, picture frames, emery wheels&#8230;in total, an extraordinary variety of manufactured products of all kinds.<\/p>\n<p>In 1874 it all changed when a dam built in Williamsburg by the factory owners to provide a constant and regulated flow of water suffered a catastrophic failure that devastated the Mill River valley. The economy of the area was destroyed but the cost in human terms was worse. In Leeds alone, 51 people died in the raging floodwaters. The toll from the flood reached over 140 with 37 of the victims from Haydenville and Williamsburg found in Leeds and Florence. In 1999, memorials recalling the disaster and listing the names of the victims were erected in Leeds, Haydenville and Williamsburg. The Leeds Memorial is set on the bank of the Mill River in the very heart of the area where so many lives were lost.<\/p>\n<p>If you drive up Main Street in the center of Leeds in the year 2000, you will find five dams (in varying condition) and five bridges in less than a half mile. The dams (Top Dam, Middle Dam, Bottom Dams and Cook&#8217;s Dam) are a legacy of the time when the Main Street of Leeds was lined with factories. Today the only reminders of that era are the few brick factory buildings on Water Street and the Leeds Village Apartments, an industrial bee-hive of years past on Main Street. The river, once of substantial depths, is now barely a foot deep in most areas as silt has filled the areas behind each dam.<\/p>\n<p>Where once there were four grocery stores in the village&#8217;s center, now there are none. Where a depot once stood as a stop for the four passenger trains passing through the village each day on the way to Williamsburg there is now only a deserted roadbed.<\/p>\n<p>Today, a libation to slake one&#8217;s thirst at the Northampton Country Club is the only reminder that once there were a number of places in Leeds where the dust of a day&#8217;s work could be washed away. While some of those oases were properly sanctioned like the Leeds Inn or the Warner and Moody Taverns of old there were others less restricted by the niceties of legal licensing.<\/p>\n<p>Today few residents are aware that the neighborhood below Cook&#8217;s Dam near the Country Club is &#8220;Irish Town&#8221; or that the school rests on &#8220;Schoolhouse Hill&#8221;. Few identify their elevated neighborhood dominated by the Dimock Estate as &#8220;Yankee Hill.&#8221; Water Street has lost its identity as the &#8220;French quarter&#8221; of Leeds and who knows where &#8220;Howard&#8217;s Pasture&#8221; is, or &#8220;Crow Hill&#8221;, &#8220;Robert&#8217;s Meadow&#8221;, &#8220;The San&#8221;, or &#8220;Seven Houses&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Who knows that the first Charlie Chan of the movies, Warner Oland, found his bride, Edith Shearns, right here in Leeds? He returned often to his home opposite the Chart Pak factory where he had his own private tennis court. He was also a frequent golfer at the Warner Meadow Golf Club (now Look Park) and the Northampton Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds also produced a Governor of Massachusetts. Thomas Talbot was a member of the Executive Council from 1864 to 1869, Lieutenant Governor from 1872 to 1873, Acting Governor, 1874, and Governor of Massachusetts in 1879-1880. He lived on Water Street from 1831-1835.<\/p>\n<p>There was a time when Leeds was not generally regarded as the most desirable place to be from. But that was long ago. In 2000 Leeds is regarded as one of Northampton&#8217;s most desirable residential locations. The proof may be found in the Transfers of Property reported each week in the Registry of Deeds. The cost of land and the price of homes would be inconceivable to those who lived in Leeds in earlier eras. Homes in the hundreds of thousands of dollars are common in this little town where, in 1932, houses belonging to the defunct silk company were being sold throughout the community for hundreds, not hundreds of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Those who were born and raised in Leeds always knew there was no better place to live. It just took the rest of the world a little longer to make that discovery.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested in more information about Leeds, we heartily recommend the work by Robert P. Emrick &#8220;Leeds, A Village Within the City of Northampton, Massachusetts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>December, 2000<\/p>\n<\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>0<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/leedscivic.org\/leeds2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LCAlogotrans2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>justin<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2012-02-15T15:48:47-05:00\" >2012-02-15 15:48:47<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2012-02-15 15:48:47<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>A Short History of Leeds<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><div class='single-big'><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3442","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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