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Emmerdale star launches Leeds museum
Emmerdale star John Middleton was the guest of honour at the launch of a museum inside a once-empty shop in Leeds.
The actor, who plays Ashley Thomas in the Yorkshire soap, opened the new natural history exhibition in the Merrion Centre.
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The shop was empty before the launch of the museum, which is a joint venture by Stretch and Leeds Museums and Galleries.
Visitors can learn about creepy crawlies, dinosaurs and fossils as organisers aim to take history to a new and different audience.
Stretch director Carlotta Goulden said: "As a result of the recession there are a lot of empty shop fronts and we felt this was a great way to use the space and change the way people interact with the cultural community."
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