Photos of a royal visit, flooding and the demolition of a colliery landmark were all retrieved from our archive. Tell us your memories at [email protected]
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Do you remember the Queen's visit to Wakefield in 1982?
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Do you remember when a hidden well was found at the Black Horse pub in Wakefield?
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It's not just the past couple of years that the district has had to deal with flooding. Here a car tries to get across a submerged street in 1983.
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In 1977 these girls girls from Ossett formed a folk and western group in 1972 and played more than 35 charity shows for pensioners, handicapped children and parochial events in the Ossett, Pontefract, Wakefield, Heckmondwike and Batley areas.