Faces of Leeds

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Biographies

Born: 1982
1998: Women’s professional boxing legalised.
2004: Hungary Witch Cup: first international competition win.
2008: World Championships: Adams places second.
2012: China World Championships: Adams places second.
2012: Qualifies for team GB and wins the Olympic gold medal.
2013: Awarded with an MBE.
2016: Second Olympic gold at the Rio Olympics.
2017: Received an OBE.
2019: Adams retires.

Born 1934: Armley, Leeds.
1968: Forty Years On, his first play, is performed in the West End.
1988: Lawrence Olivier and British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) winning Talking Heads, the tv monologue series, is first broadcast.
1988: declines the recognition of CBE and a knighthood in 1996.
2004: The History Boys premiered at the Royal National Theatre.
2006: Lambda Literary award nominee for Untold Stories for the category ‘Gay Men’s Memoir/Biography’.
2015: The Lady in the Van adapted into a film from the 1989 essay.

1972 - 1989: Presenter for BBC Newsround.
1989 - Present: Host of BBC Countryfile.
2000: Awarded an OBE for service to Rural and Children’s Broadcasting.
2011: achievement award for Newsround by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
2011: BBC2 released a special The John Craven Years.

Born 3 July, 1924, Leeds, Yorkshire. Christened Margaret Susan Ryder, known as Sue Ryder.
1939: Volunteered for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, later being attached as a driver to the Special Operations Executive.
1945: joined the ‘Amis Voluntaries Francais’.
1953: The Sue Ryder Foundation established.
1958: The Ryder-Cheshire Mission for Relief of Suffering established international homes.
1973: awarded the Variety Club of Great Britain Humanitarian Award.
1978: awarded with a Life Peerage.
Died 2 Nov, 2000.

Born: 1982
1998: Women’s professional boxing legalised.
2004: Hungary Witch Cup: first international competition win.
2008: World Championships: Adams places second.
2012: China World Championships: Adams places second.
2012: Qualifies for team GB and wins the Olympic gold medal.
2013: Awarded with an MBE.
2016: Second Olympic gold at the Rio Olympics.
2017: Received an OBE.
2019: Adams retires.

Born 1934: Armley, Leeds.
1968: Forty Years On, his first play, is performed in the West End.
1988: Lawrence Olivier and British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) winning Talking Heads, the tv monologue series, is first broadcast.
1988: declines the recognition of CBE and a knighthood in 1996.
2004: The History Boys premiered at the Royal National Theatre.
2006: Lambda Literary award nominee for Untold Stories for the category ‘Gay Men’s Memoir/Biography’.
2015: The Lady in the Van adapted into a film from the 1989 essay.

1972 - 1989: Presenter for BBC Newsround.
1989 - Present: Host of BBC Countryfile.
2000: Awarded an OBE for service to Rural and Children’s Broadcasting.
2011: achievement award for Newsround by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
2011: BBC2 released a special The John Craven Years.

Born 3 July, 1924, Leeds, Yorkshire. Christened Margaret Susan Ryder, known as Sue Ryder.
1939: Volunteered for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, later being attached as a driver to the Special Operations Executive.
1945: joined the ‘Amis Voluntaries Francais’.
1953: The Sue Ryder Foundation established.
1958: The Ryder-Cheshire Mission for Relief of Suffering established international homes.
1973: awarded the Variety Club of Great Britain Humanitarian Award.
1978: awarded with a Life Peerage.
Died 2 Nov, 2000.

Context

This mural is titled Faces of Leeds and seeks to recognise famous individuals in sports, charities, and in the media who have made a profound impact through their achievement.

The mural

Date unveiled:
February 2020

Artist:
Affix

Commissioned / funded by:
Commissioned by the Canal and River Trust as part of the council's Waterfront Enhancement scheme.

Format and materials:
Mural in paint

Location:
Leeds Docks, on Armouries Drive.

Description:
Individuals formed in a monochromatic style with Leeds highlighted in orange in a variety of fonts. In 2021 the mural was defaced with racist abuse and other offensive words. It has since been covered and restored to its original condition.

Sources

Lioness; The Nicola Adams Story (2021) Directed by Helena Coan. Available from: Amazon Prime Video.
Adams, N. (2017). Believe: Boxing, Olympics and My Life Outside the Ring. London: Penguin Books.
Bennett, A. (2016). Keeping On Keeping On. London: Profile Books.
Pottle, M (2004). "Ryder, (Margaret) Susan [Sue], Baroness Ryder of Warsaw (1924–2000), founder of the Sue Ryder Foundation and social worker." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Constant, A (1989) A Living Memorial: The Story of Sue Ryder. Oxford: Religious and Moral Education Press.
Bennett, A. (2008). Untold Stories. London: Faber & Faber.
Craven, J. (2019). Headlines and Hedgerows: A Memoir. London: Penguin Books.
'Newsround: still a winner after 40 years' The Times [London], 23 Nov 2011.