🎤 To watch with subtitles, please click the 'CC' button on your RUclips video player :) Good evening! And welcome to this walk around the heart of Wakefield, the historic administrative centre of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and today the home of a magnificent collection of Victorian buildings and captivating stories! On our walk around Wakefield, we mentioned that the city has origins going all the way back to the Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Viking eras. And it was in the Anglo-Saxon period that Wakefield's name is thought to have been created, deriving from 'waca-feld', which literally means a field where wakes or festivals were once held!
Thanks for these videos! One note, Carnegie was Scottish in origin, immigrating to the US at 12 :) He built libraries all over the place, quite amazing. I believe there is one in Harrogate as well.
Great walk. I enjoyed it can't wait to see more soon. How's the weather in the UK? We have beautiful spring weather in Canada.. have a great day greetings from Canada 😀
Wakefield City Centre has a major problem with Drug Dealers and Beggars, a Bus service that is not fit for purpose, a Bus Station that regularly floods when there is rain, much higher rents in the private sector when compared to nearby Barnsley.
What a smart, well-kept city centre. I hadn't realised Wakefield was such an attractive place. I've never really been there. I did change trains at Kirkgate once, many years ago, and I remember a shabby, run-down station, which must have helped to form my opinion of the city. Sorry about that Wakefield.😁
@@shiver_me_timbers It is not manned by anyone, there are offices there and a cafe, tickets are bought from a machine when it works. A shelter was built with toilets, it is never opened. There are no staff and it is as dangerous a place as it ever was.
@@kirkhunter146 It has been a few years since I have been there so what you are saying could be true and sad if it is! As usual they spend the money, make it look good and staff a place then slowly over time withdraw services.
🎤 To watch with subtitles, please click the 'CC' button on your RUclips video player :)
Good evening! And welcome to this walk around the heart of Wakefield, the historic administrative centre of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and today the home of a magnificent collection of Victorian buildings and captivating stories!
On our walk around Wakefield, we mentioned that the city has origins going all the way back to the Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Viking eras. And it was in the Anglo-Saxon period that Wakefield's name is thought to have been created, deriving from 'waca-feld', which literally means a field where wakes or festivals were once held!
Excellent tour and voice-over. Can’t help laugh at the symbolism of the spaced-out gentleman staggering around in the opening shots.
Thank you! That was really helpful for me walking round Wakefield on my first visit. Lots of great info!
IT is a beautiful city. Thank you for yet another great stroll around the city home of the world famous The Hepworth modern art gallery.
Dam we have a stand up comedian
Thanks for these videos! One note, Carnegie was Scottish in origin, immigrating to the US at 12 :) He built libraries all over the place, quite amazing. I believe there is one in Harrogate as well.
Famous place.
And 1 famous occupant of Wakey is Jane McDonald
And she still lives in Wakefield
Great walk. I enjoyed it can't wait to see more soon. How's the weather in the UK? We have beautiful spring weather in Canada.. have a great day greetings from Canada 😀
The Wakefield Theatre Royal in Wakefield near Morley in Yorkshire in England in the UK.
Historic Old City! ... Shame about the 'empty heads' who insist on spraying paint over any unguarded surface!
Wakefield City Centre has a major problem with Drug Dealers and Beggars, a Bus service that is not fit for purpose, a Bus Station
that regularly floods when there is rain, much higher rents in the private sector when compared to nearby Barnsley.
Awesome❤
My ancestors approve of this video.
Yes. This is my real name.
What a smart, well-kept city centre. I hadn't realised Wakefield was such an attractive place. I've never really been there. I did change trains at Kirkgate once, many years ago, and I remember a shabby, run-down station, which must have helped to form my opinion of the city. Sorry about that Wakefield.😁
Kirkgate station has alot of money spent on very recently thankfully and is now fully manned.
@@shiver_me_timbers That's good to hear.
@@shiver_me_timbers It is not manned by anyone, there are offices there and a cafe, tickets are bought from a machine when it works. A shelter was built with toilets, it is never opened. There are no staff and it is as dangerous a place as it ever was.
@@kirkhunter146 It has been a few years since I have been there so what you are saying could be true and sad if it is! As usual they spend the money, make it look good and staff a place then slowly over time withdraw services.