Margaret 'Jill' Swales was a student at the City of Leeds Training College from 1943 to 1945 during its sojourn at Scarborough during WW2. This collection is of her experiences at the college through notes, photographs and artefacts.

Items belonged to, Frederick Evelyn Unwin (1895 - 1978) from Kirkby in Ashfield, a student at Leeds Training College, Beckett's Park, 1914-1916. the Owl contains a listing of students and staff on active service 1915-1916. It also includes photographs of the college as the 2nd Northern General Hospital. the handbook can be dated to between 1917 to 1920 by virtue of the staff listing. the panoramic photograph is of the campus this image was used in the college handbook.