From long days in the classroom to HMP Wakefield, sporting triumphs and mining disasters, these photos offer a glimpse at times gone by.
![The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield, is designated a Grade I Listed building. It is located south of the city centre on the medieval bridge over the River Calder. From Sights and Scenes in England and Wales. [Cassell and Company Ltd., c1900]. Artist G & J Hall. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)](https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRlOTA3Y2RiLTA0NzgtNDJlNC04NDU5LTFmMWI3MTk1MTczNDo3OGQ3ZWY5OC0xNTFhLTQ1ZGUtYjRjMi04NjYzNDEyYjE3MDc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. c1900
The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield, is designated a Grade I Listed building. It is located south of the city centre on the medieval bridge over the River Calder. From Sights and Scenes in England and Wales. [Cassell and Company Ltd., c1900]. Artist G & J Hall. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images) Photo: The Print Collector/Getty Images
2. 1925
August 4 1925: Pit boy jockeys on their way to the paddock at the Pit Pony Parade and race meeting at Thorpe, near Wakefield.. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) Photo: (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
3. 1927
The Henry VIII Room at Bretton Park, 1927. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images) Photo: Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images
4. 1927
An L.N.E.R. train arriving at Wakefield railway station, Yorkshire, 3rd August 1927. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Getty