Though this event is marked each year with a march through the city, it struck a particular chord this time, and an article in your Express exploring the significance of the fight has since been read tens of thousands of times online. This week, we’re taking a look back at the castle’s more recent history, which has featured archaeological digs, reenactments and reconstructions but, thankfully, fewer battles.
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TV Archaeologist Julian Richards (right) with Gordon Watson, Wakefield Museums and Arts Manager, and Pam Judkins, Wakefield Keeper of Archaeology, at the reopening of the castle in 2002.
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Minstrel's "Trouvere" from York, Gillian Stapleton, Gill Page, and Paul Leigh performing at the reopening.
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The official opening of Sandal Castle after ten years of excavations on the site by archaeologists, in January 1974. The Mayor of Wakefield, Councillor John Deen had a guard of "Royalist soldiers". It was the first time such uniforms had been seen in the castle in more than 500 years.