page_title: Leeds Male Voice Choir
section_title: Early years: 1916–1953
hierarchical_section_title: Leeds Male Voice Choir / Early years: 1916–1953
caption_attribution_description: English: Leeds Male Voice Choir in 1970.
context_page_description: Leeds Male Voice Choir is a choir of men founded in 1916 in Leeds, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Originally formed from mining workers in Middleton, Leeds, the choir now has a diverse of membership of around sixty active members who perform regularly throughout Leeds, Yorkshire and Europe.
  The choir aims to Get Men Singing and offers annual singing workshops as part of the choir's charitable aims.
context_section_description: Formed by Thomas Crossland, the organist and choirmaster at Stourton Wesleyan Chapel the choir took its name from Broom Pit in Middleton, Leeds and was known for a time as the Broom Excelsior Male Voice performing for the first time in Stourton in September 1916. John Hickes was the conductor until 1953, overseeing the name change to Leeds Male Voice Choir in the late 1940s.
caption: Leeds Male Voice Choir in 1970
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