Victorian history

  • Head Above The Parapet

    The final script-in-hand reading at Room 700, Leeds Central Library drew quite a crowd. Twenty audience members came direct from the Pinched Waist workshop where had they found out more about the history of the corset, some of them even squeezing into the sample corsets that Allana Marsh had brought along. It was a rewarding…

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  • Her Story Coming To Life

    Last week I wrote a guest blog for the Leeds Inspired website about what we uncovered  at the Alice In Bloomers research day that was held in Morley Library with Morley Community Archives.  Do visit the blog to share our findings and, if you’re interested, come along to the discussion drop in or writing workshop which…

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