Hundreds gather for funeral of cricketing legend Dickie Bird

HUNDREDS of people came together for the funeral of cricketing legend Harold 'Dickie' Bird over the weekend. Dickie, one of ...

Dickie Bird remembered as ‘best umpire in the world’ at emotional Yorkshire farewell

Sir Geoffrey Boycott gave a touching eulogy at the funeral of Dickie Bird, praising his fellow Yorkshireman as "the best ...

Dickie Bird: Former test cricketer Sir Geoffrey Boycott gives emotional eulogy at the funeral praising fellow Yorkshireman as ‘the best umpire in the world’

Sir Geoffrey Boycott gave a touching eulogy at the funeral of Dickie Bird, praising his fellow Yorkshireman as “the best ...

Dickie Bird: Hundreds gather for cricketing legend's funeral

HUNDREDS of people came together for the funeral of cricketing legend Harold 'Dickie' Bird over the weekend. Dickie, one of cricket's most beloved figures, died aged 92 on September 22. The proud ...

Robert Raikes: the father of the Sunday School movement

Robert Raikes sparked a quiet revolution that would echo through generations, best known as the father of the Sunday School movement, he ...

'Thanks Dickie' Emotional tributes at the funeral of legendary Yorkshire cricket umpire Dickie Bird

Bird’s coffin, which entered the church to the music of Edward Elgar and left to the strains of My Way by Frank Sinatra, was ...