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Sunday 21st
7.


Wentworth House
Wentworth Terrace
Wakefield

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https://britishlistedbuildings.co.u...-of-nursing-wakefield-north-ward#.YDKSAdVxfIW

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5874018

I remember a bag of nerves walking into here, back in the late 80s, to be interviewed for a placement to start Nurse Training
(when it was all done 'on site', rather than via a local University)
My g/f did it, qualified in 91 (we married in 98)
 
 
Wednesday 24th
1.


Dropped daughter, off at work, a bit earlier, & had a very brief wander around

'Borough Market Hotel' (as was)
Westmorland Street (corner with Teall Street)
Wakefield

Built for that reason, to service the large open market that stood opposite, to my right
The Spire behind is that of the Cathedral, the tallest in Yorkshire, & 4th tallest in the country

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I'm not entirely sure, if it was named for a local land-owner, or from the days of cattle-droving, to the livestock market that was held off George Street (or Fairground Road, as it once was)
The Cattle Market is now the site of the Royal Mail sorting office, if anyone knows Wakefield
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The Markets can be seen to the right of the Cathedral, with the stalls at right-angles to it
Demolished in (I think) very early 60s, for a new Market Hall

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https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1200125
 
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Wednesday 24th
3.


Talbot & Falcon
NorthGate
Wakefield

One of the other hunting dog pubs, I mentioned above, with the 'Hark To Mopsey'


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The Yard was one of the longest in VIctorian Wakefield
If anyone knows Wakefield, it ran straight through where the Bus Station is now, & to the other side of Marsh Way

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https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1190417


This is the other (demolished) Talbot (at Normanton)
There is still a reminder due to it used to be on Talbot Street

Taken 2005
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DRM

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Wednesday 24th
2.



Taken back in 2014, but up Westmorland Street, near the phone box, with the green poster on the side, this is in the pavement
I walked past it

There's also, on Westmorland Street, stars for
Neil Fox (Rugbyist, I believe?)
Stan Bairstow (playwright/author)
Jane McDonald (sorry........)



View: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10204625799877215&set=a.10203514434093765

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Fox_(rugby_league)
Yes he was a Rugby League player born in Sharlston, his brothers Peter & Don played too, Don is unfortunately better known for the 1968 Challenge Cup final at Wembley where he lined the ball up for the conversion after a Wakefield Trinity try in the dying seconds of the match, to get the win over Leeds, he miss kicked it due to the flooded pitch and Leeds went on to win 11-10.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Fox_(rugby_league)
Yes he was a Rugby League player born in Sharlston, his brothers Peter & Don played too, Don is unfortunately better known for the 1968 Challenge Cup final at Wembley where he lined the ball up for the conversion after a Wakefield Trinity try in the dying seconds of the match, to get the win over Leeds, he miss kicked it due to the flooded pitch and Leeds went on to win 11-10.
Thanks, I'm better educated, but it's not something that interests me
(although, probably more than f**tball)
 
Thursday 25th
1.


The 'PInder of Wakefield'

Junction of Lower York Street & Pinderfields Road
Wakefield
(not far from the bus-station, & 'Lightwaves' leisure centre)


Apologies for quality, due the Suns position at that time of day

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As mentioned in the stories of Robin Hood

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1020498

https://www.overtown.org.uk/wakefield-city/the-jolly-pinder.html
 
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