Famous people you (probably) didn’t know were from the Wakefield district

IN PICTURES: DID YOU KNOW THESE WELL-KNOWN FACES ARE FROM OUR DISTRICT? When you think of Wakefield, what comes to the forefront of your mind?
Maybe it’s prominent landmark Wakefield Cathedral, which at 247 feet has the tallest spire in Yorkshire.
Or it could be the fact that two children’s nursery rhymes stem from the city.
“Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” may have been sung by women inmates at Wakefield prison and “The Grand Old Duke of York” may allude to the Battle of Wakefield in 1460.
How about the lyrics of the popular hymn “Onward Christian Soldiers” that were written at St... read more