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Great British Railway Journeys (2010 – ...)

2010 • 16 seasons • Documentary
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Great British Railway Journeys · S14E4 — Wakefield to Leeds

Season 14 episodes

Synopsis

From Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, Michael journeys to the National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery. He stops to appreciate the soaring spire of Wakefield Cathedral and its nesting peregrine falcons before making his way down to the River Calder. Nearby, within a sprawling factory building, he discovers the headquarters of Double Two, a shirt manufacturer whose origins lie in a pioneering wartime business co-founded by an Austrian Jewish refugee. Then, Michael travels to L