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We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’ Bookshop, where as a teenager writer Alan Bennett worked part-time job. We pop into the County Arcade, walking amid the mahogany shop fronts, pink marble columns, and cast iron balustrades. Then it’s off to Thornton’s Arcade, … Continue reading "A Walk Around Leeds in The 1970s" The post A Walk Around Leeds in The 1970s appeared first on Flashbak.
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