Wilfred Pickles was born in Halifax in 1904, the son of a builder. His first job at the age of 12 was in a corner shop, where he earned 1s 6d a week. He pursued his passion for performing at amateur ...

Baron said: “I was nine years old at that time and was sledging (against my mother’s orders) in the fields at Fairweather Green. “I went down the hill rather too quickly and ended up in the icy waters ...

John Peel was a quintessentially English phenomenon. He worked his way into the national psyche not because of what he did, but because of what he represented. He was a cuddly, unthreatening figure ...

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