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Did you know that while a curate at Horbury Bridge near Wakefield Sabine Baring-Gould wrote the words to Onward Christian soldiers, while simultaneously compiling the first serious work in English on werewolves? Both the hymn and The Book of Were-Wolves were finished in 1865. He explored lycanthropy as folklore and psychological phenomenon – but obviously enjoyed the gore too.

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Famous Wakefield people:

Barbara Hepworth
Charles Yonge
Cyril Knowles
David Mercer
David Storey
Geoffrey Boycott
George Gissing
John Radcliffe
Kenneth Leighton
Martin Frobisher

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Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it. - Somerset Maugham
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On this day:
Battle of Towton - 1461, Battle of Alresford - 1644, Albert Hall Opens - 1871, Captain Scott dies - 1912, First London Marathon - 1981
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