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The Skulls of 'Skulls and Stones Yard' in Leeds

Two stone carved skulls keep watch as they peer out from a building in Leeds. Said to have been carved and installed in memory of two soldiers who hid in a hay barn in the city to escape being drafted into the army, but who suffocated in the hay overnight.

 

 

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