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Hidden West Yorkshire

Explore fascinating stories from West Yorkshire.

Radio Leeds,126 episodes

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The Bradford family who designed the FA Cup
Local author and historian Martin Greenwood tells Gayle Lofthouse about the Fattorinis.
25 Sep 2024,4 mins
The Leeds witch who predicted the end of the world
The true story of "the Yorkshire Witch" Mary Bateman.
19 Sep 2024,3 mins
The forgotten women of Wakefield
Sarah Leah Cobham explains her campaign to recognise incredible women in history.
11 Sep 2024,7 mins
The case of the secret Leeds coin clipper
Chris Nickson tells the story of Arthur Mangy, who was hanged for treason in 1696.
28 Aug 2024,4 mins
Shibden Hall and the real "Gentleman Jack"
Historian Angela Clare on the real life and story of Halifax's Anne Lister.
18 Aug 2024,5 mins
The legend of Elland's headless horseman
Author Paul Weatherhead tells the tale of "Old Leathery Coit".
14 Aug 2024,5 mins
The mystery of the bloody footprint
Mandy Tyas from Oakwell Hall explains the story of Captain William Blatt.
07 Aug 2024,4 mins
The enormous arches made of bread
Antony Ramm from The Secret Library explains why Leeds and Rothwell made these structures.
31 Jul 2024,5 mins
The true story of Halifax's "Tower of spite”
Steve Crabtree talks about the history of one of West Yorkshire's most iconic landmarks.
24 Jul 2024,5 mins
The history of British wrestling and Yorkshire
Gaz Thompson speaks to Gayle Lofthouse about how wrestling in the UK boomed.
17 Jul 2024,6 mins
The Leeds hill where you can see York Minster
The long history of Rawdon Billing and its spectacular views across 3 counties.
14 Jul 2024,4 mins
The 330 million year old oddity in Bradford park
Lister Park is home to one of the oldest fossilised trees in the world.
10 Jul 2024,4 mins
The Halifax man who changed the way we drive
Percy Shaw invented the ‘cat’s eye’ in 1934 in Boothtown, Halifax.
03 Jul 2024,5 mins
The curious memorial of Ethel Preston
Ann Lightman of Friends Of Lawnswood Cemetery tells us Ethel's story.
27 Jun 2024,4 mins
Pontefract: 91�� of the first secret ballot box
Why 'potwalloping' and polling went hand in hand, Dave Evans explains.
19 Jun 2024,6 mins
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.
14 Jun 2024,2 mins
The history of Bradford's lost Jowett cars
Andrew Edwards visits the Bradford Industrial Museum to see these local motoring icons.
12 Jun 2024,4 mins
The history of Wakefield's Double Two shirts
This famous attire was the first shirt to come with detachable collars.
08 Jun 2024,5 mins
Wakefield tourism's best kept secret
The Chantry Chapel was built in 1356 on the River Calder.
05 Jun 2024,2 mins
The history of Queensbury Tunnel
This incredible feat of engineering joined Bradford and Halifax when it opened in 1878.
29 May 2024,3 mins
The history of Leeds' back-to-back streets
Colin and Elizabeth James describe how the terraces came to be so popular in Leeds.
27 May 2024,3 mins
The Halifax beheadings
Discover the gruesome history of the 13th Century gibbet.
24 May 2024,5 mins
Finding the lost Roundhay Summer House
Rachael Unsworth and Steve Bailey search the park for the lost outbuilding.
23 May 2024,5 mins
Leeds’ Quarry Hill flats
Photographer Peter Mitchell documented the demise of the housing complex.
16 May 2024,3 mins
The lore of the Calderdale talisman
John Billingsley is an expert on the subject of folklore in the Calder Valley.
15 May 2024,3 mins
The Todmorden UFOs
Find out how Todmorden has somehow found itself to be the centre of the UFO world.
09 May 2024,2 mins
The battle of the Gawthorpe Maypole
Duncan Smith describes the events that took place when the maypole was sawn down
01 May 2024,3 mins
The history of Leeds' famous clocks
John McGoldrick from the Leeds Industrial Museum on Leeds’ Potts clocks.
25 Apr 2024,3 mins
The forgotten treasures of Leeds
Behind the scenes at the Leeds Discovery Centre, home to over 1.3 million artefacts.
09 Apr 2024,3 mins
The Bramhope tunnel where 24 men died
Andrew Edwards visits the Navvies memorial in Otley
26 Mar 2024,4 mins