No, it's not the world's weirdest shopping list.

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It's actually a selection of some of the wacky and wonderful items
which take 'pride of place' on the mantelpieces of people in West Leeds.

The list - plus a host of other items found lingering on the city's chimneypieces - are to become part of a new book and accompanying exhibition running in Bramley.

Photographer Phil Moody, who has put the Pride of Place exhibition together, has spent many weeks knocking on doors in Armley, Bramley,
Farsley, Pudsey and Swinnow, asking to take a cheeky peek at the contents of people's front room shelves.

And those unabashed folk have been more than willing to share their trinkets and tales.

Phil said he was fascinated by the way in which people turned their mantelpieces into miniature shrines and living photo albums of their lives - and he was equally intrigued by the stories behind the objects.
"It is as if the mantelpiece becomes the focal area for special things" he explained.

"I was welcomed into every house I visited and people were always happy to tell me the amazing stories behind the objects."

Some of the stories Phil uncovered included a woman whose lifetime ambition had been to see the original Terracotta Army in Xian in China. She had read an article about it in National Geographic magazine back in 1973 and finally saved enough money to go in December 2006.

Another lady had a bottle of champagne on the mantelpiece which had remained unopened for two years since her 40th birthday – she was waiting until her divorce came through before drinking it!

The bust of Lenin, meanwhile, was purchased by the owner in the old national football stadium in Warsaw whilst on holiday – the same stadium where dogs were being sold for food.

Other items included a child's mantelpiece complete with a collection of 'My Little Pony' toys; a dancing brass bear which was the only item one man chose to keep from his father's house; children's first ever baby shoes; and a clock marking 25 years of service as a Leeds Librarian.

The Pride of Place exhibition will run at Morrisons Supermarket on Swinnow Road, Bramley until July 20.

It forms part of the I Love West Leeds Festival.

Visit: www.ilovewestleeds.co.uk for more details.