Who is the greatest ever person from Leeds?

We ask the Leeds public about the greatest people ever to come from the city.

Transcript

00:00 Who's the greatest person ever to come from Leeds?

00:02 I think the Brownlee brothers, I quite like those two.

00:08 Fitness fanatics and winning lots of gold in the Olympic awards.

00:14 So yes, the Brownlee brothers.

00:16 Who's the greatest person to ever come from Leeds in your opinion?

00:19 Beryl Burton.

00:20 And why's that?

00:21 A wonderful sportswoman, didn't really get the recognition she deserved.

00:26 I quite agree.

00:28 I do see a lot of skaters and stuff in Leeds.

00:30 Yeah.

00:30 Like I do like, lots of time I literally go around taking photos and stuff now.

00:34 So we're just gonna get some good shots of people, mug shots maybe.

00:38 Yeah, probably.

00:39 Brilliant.

00:39 So yeah, it's the down to earth people, not always the famous.

00:42 No, I do like, if you meet a down to earth person I'd say that's like pretty good.

00:48 I'd say I'm a down to earth person myself.

00:50 So yeah.

00:51 So who's the greatest person to ever come from Leeds?

00:54 The Brownlee brothers.

00:55 And you've met them?

00:57 Met them in Agra, the Indian restaurant down there, the BBC, a few years since.

01:05 My granddaughter had a t-shirt on and they signed it for her.

01:10 Who's the greatest person ever to come from Leeds?

01:12 Gotta be David Gage from your wedding present.

01:14 And why's that?

01:15 Yeah, he's a great musician, great songs.