Kitty Ross

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Lovely to see so many visitors here today at Abbey House Museum. ⁦@LeedsMuseums⁩ ⁦@leedscitycounc1⁩ ⁦@VisitLeeds⁩ ⁦@Welcome2Yorks⁩

This is the consultation on the future of @LeedsMuseums Abbey House #Museum which is threatened with closure to save £160,000. Please do respond if you can: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQoMAtw/abbe...

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Today, we officially opened our new @ChangingPlaceUK toilet at Abbey House Museum @LeedsMuseums with some pupils from @West_SILC, local councillors, tea and cake. Note the wall handles on the left, a first for #Leeds for assisted changing whilst standing. #toilet #dignity

Local museums are places of inspiration, education and civic pride but are increasingly under threat… Letter @thetimes from English Civic Museums Network.

Let there be light! Thanks to generous funding from the Friends of Leeds City Museums @LeedsMuseums and the expertise of @Glasshaus_ visitors to Abbey House Museum can enjoy our displays without straining their eyes!

Great afternoon spotting wildlife of all sizes on Big Moor @Natures_Voice @WildSheffield @wildmoorsuk @EasternMoors @cprepdsy (Fox moth caterpillar, kestrel, red deer). Never get used to having such a spectacle on our doorstep.

We’re recruiting for a parental leave cover Curator of Exhibitions role (22 hours a week) to deliver the exhibition programme @LeedsCityMuseum within @LeedsMuseums 👉🏻 jobs.leeds.gov.uk/jobs/curator-e…

If you have a mammoth clean-up that needs doing, @LeedsMuseums are up to the tusk! Lovely to see our mega mammoth tusk (found right here in #Leeds) making bags of national news today! 🦣 📰

“Part of the UK’s malaise is our talent for creating the kind of vacuums that are then filled by the worst actors. Our museums, are repositories of real and powerful stories: if they fall into more decay and disrepair, we should all fear the consequences” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Mammoth clean-up task for Ice Age tusk bbc.in/4gQdXfB

It's a good day to be in Leeds. Celebrating the city's anti fascist heritage & raising the profile of the Battle of Holbeck Moor - 30,000 people turned out to tell Oswald Mosley to shift off & a good they did too

‘Model-making’ (1977) This picture was clearly captured in the 4-minute interval between opening the packet and the plasticine colours getting mixed up. Artist: Harry Wingfield

@ChrisNickson2 @LeedsMuseums @LeedsCivicTrust @leedslibraries @thoresbysoc @Catherine_r89 @LCVSLeeds The nearest I've got is: Nacks A game in which pegs of wood play a similar part to the well-known object “Aunt Sally.”—Robinson’s Mid Yorkshire Glossary. Not sure I'm any the wiser!

Any experts in #Victorian #sports know how to play "nack"? Knurr & Spell we know well, and it also mentions quoits and cricket. 1875 poster linked to the #Armley Feast and the Union Cross Inn. @LeedsMuseums

Here is the 1875 poster from the fantastically named "Whisker Order" spoofing antiquarians, museums, friendly societies & local politics in #Armley #Leeds. Lots of topical jokes to unpick. @LeedsMuseums

Lots of squabbling siskins and gold finches enjoying the feeders @NTLongshawWE @nationaltrust @Natures_Voice @RSPBEngland @WildSheffield

@IMcMillan @DonaldMacleod01 @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds Her main anecdote was actually about Vaughan Williams who stood in for a term and was intimidated by a class of adolescent girls.

@IMcMillan @DonaldMacleod01 @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds Holst was my grandmother's school music teacher!

Evening stroll soundtrack: sublime choral music by Holst on Composer of the Week presented by ⁦@DonaldMacleod01⁩ ⁦@BBCRadio3⁩ ⁦@BBCSounds⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…