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A group of women dancing to celebrate the end of the Second World War
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Anthony Eden and two men walking in front of a crowd at Elland Road football ground
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Celebrating the end of WW2 in Leeds
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Black and white image showing a street party celebrating the end of WW2
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A crowd of people sitting on statues
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Hitler effigy and crowds
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People sitting at tables in The Town Hall
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A crowd at Roundhay Park
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Prisoners of war getting on a bus
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A gathering of young people for Youth Week
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Messenger boys performing a show
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Churchill in a car driving through a crowd of people in Leeds
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De Gaulle addressing a crowd outside Leeds Town Hall
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Two people sitting at a table in an Air Raid Shelter
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Street party in Leeds at the end of WW2 with a large bonfire
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Anderson shelter built into a front garden.
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Leeds Town Hall
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Cliff Side Gardens
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Black and white photograph of an empty tunnel building
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Black and white photograph showing people seated at tables in a makeshift restaurant
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Make do and Mend poster from WW2 showing a figure made up of cotton reels, scissors and other sewing implements
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Preparing the ration books
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Parades in the street during Ark Royal week in Leeds
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Salute the Soldier Week in Leeds
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Nesyamun's Outer Coffin Lid Showing Hieroglyphics
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Egyptian Mummy Nesyamun in Display Case
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Bert Sampson in his army uniform
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Jobs on the Home Front in Leeds
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External Site Links
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WW2 Shopping with Rations Game
BBC Schools 'Heroes of the Home Front' Teacher's Pack
BBC: WW2 People's War (Archive List)
Leodis Archive: Photos of Leeds during WW2
Leodis photo archive of bomb damage at the museum
Memories of using bomb shelters
Bert Sampson's story on History Pin website
MyLearning & YFA Archive Film: Home Front Jobs, Leeds in WW2