To mark Yorkshire Day on Thursday 1st August, Leeds locals discuss what makes Leeds and Yorkshire such a great place to be.
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00:00I'd say Leeds to me means home, Yorkshire's home, you know, I'm Yorkshire born and bred, I've always lived here, I think I'll always live here.
00:07And Leeds to me, I just instantly think of Town Hall and the Lions, that's just Leeds to me all over, if you don't know where that is and you don't know Leeds basically.
00:15Middleton, LS10, is the heart of Middleton, is the heart of Leeds, it's the best place ever.
00:24I'm in love with Leeds, I don't think I would live any place else in the UK other than Leeds, I love the city centre area where we're at right now, I love the Leeds Black Music Festival.
00:39I love Leeds, it's a brilliant place to be, the people are really interesting, there's a new kind of culture of art and creative spaces, it's a very green space.
00:50One of my favourite places is Meanwood Valley Farm, I'm very interested in the people and the multicultural city that is beginning to grow and express itself in different ways.
01:02Ellum Road, Leeds United Stadium, because it's just a good atmosphere and yeah, it's a good place.
01:11Oakhall Hall, which is at Birstall, so they always have a Yorkshire Day there, usually at the weekend.
01:19I like Yorkshire, I don't know why, but I mean like, especially Leeds, it's a mix of the country and the city, so that's why I like it, because it's a little bit laid back in a way and a very nice place to live.
01:31For me the favourite place would be to go to York, that's like my go-to place whenever I feel like it's boring here, so I just go to York to just chill, it's pretty there.
01:41I used to busk on Leeds when I was a kid all the time, so that was always fun, we'd always get big crowds, so the community's happy to support acts, give out money to young kids dancing like we were.
01:52Living in Leeds, we're not that far from Ilkley, so we love a bit of Ilkley more by that. Proud to be a Yorkshireman really.