Folk Around And Find Out

Folk Around And Find Out

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Folklore & History Enthusiast Curator of Hidden West Yorkshire for the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0hzw9dt?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

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1970s bank robbery kit by Mattel

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Day Of The Doctor…

A display at the Oxfam then a gig at The Brude.

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Doing a thing for a future thing…

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Secret North Yorkshire - Gormire: A bottomless lake or a gateway to hell? - BBC Sounds Jericho Keys investigates the fact and fiction surrounding Gormire Lake.

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Secret South Yorkshire - Inside a true Sheffield screen classic - BBC Sounds Sheffield celebrates film ‘When Saturday Comes’

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Leeds women who "wouldn't stay quiet" - BBC Sounds Gayle Lofthouse speaks to Ruth Steinberg about the 1977 Reclaim the Night movement.

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A drawing of Nigel Planer as Neil in The Young Ones

Happy birthday, Nigel Planer!

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Redbeck Motel: "We've gone out with a bang" - BBC Sounds The Redbeck Motel in Crofton shut its doors for that last time on Sunday.

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York Viking Festival 2026

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Final Breakfast Special at the World Famous Redbeck Motel.

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Secret South Yorkshire - Rother Valley’s hidden slopes - BBC Sounds Historic grass ski contests at Rother Valley saw UK racers compete for national titles

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BBC Sounds - Hidden West Yorkshire - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of Hidden West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds.

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Secret North Yorkshire - How York's Jewish past has shaped the city - BBC Sounds Fiona Callow takes a tour of significant sites in York's complex Jewish history.

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Secret South Yorkshire - Secrets of Sheffield’s plague-struck past - BBC Sounds A 19th century smallpox wave spread from Sheffield, striking nearby towns and villages

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Secret North Yorkshire - The York butcher’s wife who died for hiding priests - BBC Sounds Elly Fiorentini hears the story of St Margaret Clitherow.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - This historic Leeds document was nearly lost - BBC Sounds This historic Leeds document was nearly lost before the owner realised it's importance.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Todmorden moss man - BBC Sounds This is the story of moss man, and the moss-covered remains of his Todmorden cottage.

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RIP Robert Duvall

Great in everything he did.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Brontë ghost haunting Haworth pub - BBC Sounds Staff at the Black Bull pub in Haworth have heard the service bell ring after hours.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The Rhubarb Triangle - BBC Sounds John Whitaker talks to Gayle Lofthouse about West Yorkshire's rhubarb triangle.

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Eerie Essex live at the Wake the Light Pod-Off: The Battle for the Smug Onion Podcast Episode · Eerie Essex · 11/02/2026 · 1h 5m

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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The town that tried to capture 'eternal spring' - BBC Sounds Marsden hold an annual cuckoo festival – but do you know the origin of the story?

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Hidden West Yorkshire - The hidden Queer history of Leeds - BBC Sounds From the longest running gay pub to the creation of Softcell.

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Secret South Yorkshire - South Yorkshire’s most haunted bedroom? - BBC Sounds Rumours of Paranormal activity in the old Earls bedroom at Wentworth Woodhouse

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Secret North Yorkshire - How a cast iron cod's raised money since the 1800s - BBC Sounds Bek Homer hears the story of Robin Hood's Bay's RNLI fish.

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The 'fascinating' finds of a Yorkshire bottle digger Eddie Goodall searches for old bottles around Hebden Bridge - but there are concerns about safety.

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Hidden West Yorkshire - Leeds' hidden Victorian jail - BBC Sounds Under Leeds Town Hall is a maze of prison cells and an old courthouse.

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