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The East Leeds History & Archaeology Society is delighted
to announce that Bob Lawrence has been elected as its new president. Bob
succeeds David Owens, a founder member of the society and president for
the last 10 years. David has resigned the presidency following his move
from Leeds. On his resignation David said he felt privileged to have been
involved with the achievements of the society and proud of its place in
the local community. Whilst sad to leave he knew he was leaving the society
in good hands and was confident of its continued success.
Bob has been with the society for over nine years, most of those as a
member of the directorate. He manages the displays in the East Leeds Heritage
Centre based in Cross Gates library and introduced the Parish Records
Look Up Service , a valuable resource used by family historians world
wide. In 2005 Bob worked with the local area management teams of Leeds
City Council, which led to the building of the memorial to the 'Barnbow
Lasses' at Cross Gates roundabout. Last year as part of the 'Celebrate
Leeds' activities and supported by Leeds City Council he published 'Smeaton
of Austhorpe' a short history of the life and times of this famous East
Leeds engineer.
Asked what he thought about the future of the society, Bob said, 'I am
sorry to see Dave go, he will be sadly missed. However, we will continue
to hold meetings, manage the displays in the Heritage Centre, and produce
the twice yearly 'LeedsHistory Journal'.
Bob working on the next issue of the 'Leeds
History Journal'
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