Five weird and wonderful gadgets on show in Leeds

By Andrew Hutchinson
Published 29th Mar 2019, 12:16 GMT
Updated 29th Mar 2019, 12:23 GMT

From a Victorian skirt lifter to a vintage vaccum, Leeds is playing home to some weird and wonderful gadgets.

Leeds Discovery Centre will be holding a free workshop looking at how modern day gadgets have developed from historical prototypes. as part of the 2019 Leeds Festival of Science. These are just some of the gadgets which you c expect to enjoy at the event being held on Wednesday, April 3, from 10am until 2pm:

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Known at the time as a permanent wave machine, the bizarre looking contraption was used in a hair salon in Bramley and was collected by Leeds Museums and Galleries in 1978.placeholder image
Known at the time as a permanent wave machine, the bizarre looking contraption was used in a hair salon in Bramley and was collected by Leeds Museums and Galleries in 1978.
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