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Hidden West Yorkshire Episodes

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    Robin Hood鈥檚 Penny Stone on a Yorkshire moor

    John Billingsley from the Folklore Centre, Todmorden explains its significance.

  2. Pontefract's most famous export

    It's 50 times sweeter than sugar, but why is Pontefract so synonymous with liquorice?

  3. Pontefract: 蜜芽传媒 of the first secret ballot box

    Why 'potwalloping' and polling went hand in hand, Dave Evans explains.

  4. Pontefract Castle鈥檚 Grim Role in Richard II鈥檚 Fall

    Ian Downes from Wakefield Council talks to Gayle Lofthouse about the castle鈥檚 past.

  5. Leeds鈥� Quarry Hill flats

    Photographer Peter Mitchell documented the demise of the housing complex.

  6. Leeds Uni uncover the oldest-known book on cheese

    The 16th century manuscript depicts the earliest uses of cheese.

  7. Introducing... Hidden Bradford

    Exploring history, legends and tales from Bradford UK City of Culture 2025.

  8. 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.

  9. Inside a 700 year old abandoned Leeds castle

    There is a 14th Century castle nestled within a forest on the Harewood Estate.

  10. Ilkley's mysterious Roman tribeswoman

    How did a tribeswoman from Shropshire end up in West Yorkshire?

  11. How tragedy struck a West Yorkshire circus

    Rare, 19th-century circus posters are revealed in Wakefield.

  12. How the Slaithwaite moonrakers fooled the police

    Kath Shackleton from the Moonraking Festival explains the history of the event.

  13. Headingley's lost bear pit

    Martin Hamilton from Leeds Civic Trust talks plans for historic Leeds bear pit.

  14. For Sale: The wood with a ballroom and waterfall

    Goit Stock Wood near Bingley known locally as the "hidden valley".

  15. Finding the lost Roundhay Summer House

    Rachael Unsworth and Steve Bailey search the park for the lost outbuilding.

  16. Dewsbury's 'Devil's Knell': A Christmas Tradition

    Cara Thorpe explores why this Christmas tradition started with a murder.

  17. Bretton: From pleasure grounds to sculpture park

    The Yorkshire Sculpture Park's Mike Chesman on the history and future of Bretton Park.

  18. Asda at 60: The supermarket giant started in Leeds

    Jess Bayley finds out how a group of farmers started a supermarket chain.

  19. Arthur Aaron: Leeds鈥� WWII Victoria Cross Hero

    Kitty Ross from Leeds Museums and Galleries explains the bravery of Arthur Louis Aaron.

  20. A decade of Morris dancing at Ossett Beercart

    Sam Nixon chats to festival organiser Steve Ollerton about Ossett Beercart.

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