Leeds nostalgia: Call to help find queens of industry

By The Newsroom
Published 29th May 2017, 00:18 BST
Updated 4th Jun 2017, 20:03 BST
Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum...fri 26th sept 2008Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum...fri 26th sept 2008
Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum...fri 26th sept 2008
They were the hard-working women who became standard-bearers for a golden age in Yorkshire's industrial heritage.

Now experts in Leeds want to find out more about the local ladies once crowned the queens of their industries ahead of a new exhibition celebrating their incredible legacy.

Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, formerly the world’s largest woollen mill, will be hosting the exhibition this November, focusing on the young women chosen to represent some of Britain’s most prominent economic powerhouses.

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