Archive for May, 2010
Tower Works
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Colonel Thomas Harding started out in business as a gill-pin maker in Great Wilson Street in Leeds in 1836 forming a distinctive landmark on the...
Temple Works
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Pioneering industrialist John Marshall’s thirst for innovation did not stop at Marshall’s Mill. Inspired by Eygptian architecture, in 1864 he went on to create...
Round Foundry
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
The Round Foundry is the earliest surviving engineering works in the world and was the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution in Leeds with tales...
Simple Usability
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
There is a growing recognition that great websites don’t just happen by accident. Simple Usability provides brands with the chance to observe subconscious behaviour...
Pavilion
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
At 25, Pavilion is both youthful and experienced. When Pavilion started out it was the first feminist photography centre in the UK. A quarter...
Urban DNA
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Perfectly formed, interior design agency Urban DNA aims to get under the skin of a problem. They offer practical, intuitive, ergonomic solutions to issues...
Edge Structures
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Three engineers, Tony Bailey, John Westmuckett and Richard Hawkes formed Edge Structures in 2005. The directors had previously worked in London and Leeds and...
South Leeds Community Radio
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Sixty is a fine age to be discovered and 60 year old local radio star, Betty Kemp, presenter of ‘Betty’s Books’ seems to be...
Marshall’s Mill
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Marshall’s Mill was the brain child of John Marshall who revolutionised industry, harnessing water power from the near by Hol Beck to mass produce...
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