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The history of Leeds' back-to-back streets
The history of Queensbury Tunnel
This incredible feat of engineering ed Bradford and Halifax when it opened in 1878.
Wakefield tourism's best kept secret
The Chantry Chapel was built in 1356 on the River Calder.
The history of Wakefield's Double Two shirts
This famous attire was the first shirt to come with detachable collars.
The history of Bradford's lost Jowett cars
Andrew Edwards visits the Bradford Industrial Museum to see these local motoring icons.
Inside the deepest, longest canal tunnel in the UK
Standedge Tunnel has been opened to canoeists for the first time in its 200-year history.
Pontefract: Home of the first secret ballot box
Why 'potwalloping' and polling went hand in hand, Dave Evans explains.
The curious memorial of Ethel Preston
Ann Lightman of Friends Of Lawnswood Cemetery tells us Ethel's story.
The Halifax man who changed the way we drive
Percy Shaw invented the ‘cat’s eye’ in 1934 in Boothtown, Halifax.
The 330 million year old oddity in Bradford park
Lister Park is home to one of the oldest fossilised trees in the world.
The Leeds hill where you can see York Minster
The long history of Rawdon Billing and its spectacular views across 3 counties.
The history of British wrestling and Yorkshire
Gaz Thompson speaks to Gayle Lofthouse about how wrestling in the UK boomed.
The true story of Halifax's "Tower of spite”
Steve Crabtree talks about the history of one of West Yorkshire's most iconic landmarks.
The enormous arches made of bread
Antony Ramm from The Secret Library explains why Leeds and Rothwell made these structures.
The mystery of the bloody footprint
Mandy Tyas from Oakwell Hall explains the story of Captain William Blatt.
The legend of Elland's headless horseman
Author Paul Weatherhead tells the tale of "Old Leathery Coit".
Shibden Hall and the real "Gentleman Jack"
Historian Angela Clare on the real life and story of Halifax's Anne Lister.
The case of the secret Leeds coin clipper
Chris Nickson tells the story of Arthur Mangy, who was hanged for treason in 1696.
The forgotten women of Wakefield
Sarah Leah Cobham explains her campaign to recognise incredible women in history.
The Leeds witch who predicted the end of the world
The true story of "the Yorkshire Witch" Mary Bateman.
The Bradford family who designed the FA Cup
Local author and historian Martin Greenwood tells Gayle Lofthouse about the Fattorinis.
The marriage of Charlotte Brontë
Novelist Martina Devlin on the marriage between the author & Arthur Bell. (Image: Getty)
The American blues pianist who made Halifax home
‘Champion’ Jack Dupree fled America in the 60s and found his way to Ovenden.
The story of Pontefract’s legendary haunted house
In the build up to Halloween we look at the spooky side of West Yorkshire.
The Brontë ghost haunting Haworth pub
Staff at the Black Bull pub in Haworth have heard the service bell ring after hours.
The ghosts of East Riddlesden Hall
The ghosts of Leeds’ theatres
The waiter who walks through walls and a Victorian singer both feature.
The blue lady of Temple Newsam
The monstrous black dog of Otley
Daisy Lyons from Turnip Fish Theatre Company reads the story of ‘The Barguest of Otley’.
The most haunted house in Bradford
Arthur Aaron: Leeds’ WWII Victoria Cross Hero
Kitty Ross from Leeds Museums and Galleries explains the bravery of Arthur Louis Aaron.
