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Article: Calderdale 'is missing out on the Robin Hood link'.
- Article from:
- Evening Courier (Halifax, England)
- Article date:
- April 22, 2008
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Robin Hood's Calderdale links could provide a wonderful tourist opportunity, say enthuisiasts.
While Nottingham has built a thriving industry on the outlaw's time in Sherwood Forest, his Yorkshire connections are little known.
Now Barbara Green, of Brighouse, president of the Yorkshire Robin Hood Society, is hoping that will change.
The retired district nurse has spent years researching Robin Hood, who she believes died while being cared for at Kirklees Priory Gatehouse and was buried in the grounds of the estate at Clifton, Brighouse.
She said attempts by the society to promote the legend of Robin Hood had been thwarted by Lady ...