Retro: Here are 16 incredible photos taken throughout Wakefield, across the past century

By Kara McKune

Published 14th Sep 2025, 19:00 GMT

Updated 12th Jun 2026, 16:51 GMT

We looked into our archives and found these 16 timely photos of Wakefield over the past 100 years.

From the 1920s to the 1980s, here are 16 photos taken across Wakefield and the Five Towns.

Little Westgate shops closing. Photo: National World

Outwood Grange School play rehearsal of 'Dazzle' Photo: National World

Stanley Royd Mental Health Hospital. Photo: National World

Westgate, around 1920. Photo: National World

News you can trust since 1852