Saturday 19th October, Middleton Park, Leeds This Autumn, join Middleton Park Writer in Residence Richard Smyth as he explores the heritage and history of one of Leeds’ most-loved local parks. Richard, who is an award-winning writer and journalist and a Yorkshire local, will lead a guided walk at 1.00 (please wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear) and a creative writing workshop in the visitors’ centre cafe at 2.00. Both […]
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“CHILD COMPANION WANTED age 6-7, for boy 7 Capt. Hall, M.F.H., St Breward, Bodmin” The brief notice in a 1938 edition of The Times newspaper was squeezed between adverts for a Cornish hotel and ‘Miss Oliver’s High Colonic Irrigation’. I don’t know to this day how I spotted it. I wasn’t even supposed to be reading the personal columns. I was doing research for my job as a TV […]