Here are photos from the Express archive, courtesy 'Twixt Aire and Calder that will take you on a trip down memory lane showing our district through the years - to see more click here
1. Ackton Hall
The Ackton Hall Colliery building - Ackton Hall Colliery closed in 1985, and this picture appears to date from some time after that Photo: Wakefield Express Newsgroup
2. 1960s
Christmas illuminations on Beastfair, Pontefract, looking towards the Market Place Photo: Wakefield Express Newsgroup
3. Traffic
Traffic being held up on Castleford Road, Normanton, near to Woolworth's store, as traffic calming features are added to the road Photo: Wakefield Express Newsgroup
4. Mayoress
The Mayoress of Pontefract talking to an employee of Dunhill's Liquorice Factory in 1974 Photo: Wakefield Express news group