IMAGES from last year's Boxing Day floods will be shown at an exhibition which opens in Leeds this week.

Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills will be showing a selection of photographs, stories and artwork provided by those communities - like Kirkstall, Stourton and Otley - that were worst affected.

The December 26, 2015 flooding affected 3,368 properties across Leeds, including about 50 homes on Farnley Lane and Bridge Avenue in Otley, which flooded.

The exhibition, which begins on Friday, December 9 is designed to show how residents and their areas have recovered one year on.

Leader of Leeds City Council Judith Blake, an Otley resident, said: "The aftermath of the Boxing Day floods was one of the most challenging times the city has faced for many years and the impact the floods had on the lives of people living and working across Leeds is still being felt today.

"However, it was also a time when the city came together like never before and proved how resourceful and resilient we can be in the face of incredible difficult circumstances, which is something that we should be immensely proud of.

"It’s fitting that we should bring together the many different experiences of those who were affected by the floods and mark the first anniversary of what will come to be remembered as a historic chapter in the story of Leeds."

The museum at Armley Mills itself, once the world’s largest woollen mill, was among the sites affected and had to close for nearly three months to allow a massive clean-up operation.

The exhibition will run until summer, 2017 and will also feature a series of related talks and other events that will be advertised during its run.

For more details visit leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Pages/armleymills/Flood-Response.aspx .

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