Talk:Armley Hippo

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A fact from Armley Hippo appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that taxidermist James Dickinson mounted the Armley Hippo (pictured), a hippopotamus native to Yorkshire that is at least 113,000 years old?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/James Dickinson (taxidermist), Armley Hippo.

Community theatre

I'm sure I remember seeing a community theatre project about the Armley Hippo, performed on Leeds Uni campus, certainly before 2009 (when I more or less left Leeds) and probably pre-2003 (when I early-retired). Archives of the university's "Reporter" magazine, or YEP, might shed some light on this. Deserves a mention in the "popular culture" section, if we can track it down. PamD 21:06, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this. I don't have a lot of time for the next couple of weeks, but I'll do a search when I can. Storye book (talk) 08:47, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I've added the Leeds Hippo Project of 2008, but it doesn't mention theatre, and I believe you might be referring to an earlier event? Storye book (talk) 09:33, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A former colleague suggests it might have been 2002 as a 150th anniversary project? PamD 10:18, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll have another try, but if you haven't found it on the internet, I doubt that I could. The Yorkshire Post and Evening Post on the British Newspaper Archive have only been photographed up to 1954 last time I looked, so I don't suppose we'll see 2002 YP archives for some time yet. The old YP's own actual bound volumes are in a cellar and inaccessible, according to their own archivist (he told me on the phone a few years ago). I think the only possibility would be a trip to Leeds Uni Library. I'm an alumnus of that uni, so I guess I could still get access to the library if I renewed my ticket. So it's possible, but it might be a while before I would be able to do that. I'll keep my eyes open, anyway. Thank you for letting us know about this. Storye book (talk) 20:11, 10 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]