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The first newpaper was published and it was callled the Brigg Gata.
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It was founded by Joshua Tetley (1778-1859
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Leeds town hall was built from 1853-1858 the Queen was due to arrive on thMonday 6th September 1858 to celebrate the opening of the town hall, it offically opened on that day.
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34 miners lost there lives, it was found that the miners were smoking but that was usual. When the bodies were found a miner had and empty box of matches in his pocket.
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the first cinema in Leeds opened
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Bombing kills 77 people in Leeds.
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The fire started in a storage room and quickly spread burning the right side off the building and ruining part of the tower. Due to the damage to the tower it was completely rebuilt
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When it opened it had:
over 100 shops
a large car park
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It is a large square in the middle of Leeds and cost £12m to build
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today was the day when Morley High school got an academic status
