These pages will look at the Wakefield District through the adverts that appeared in various publications over the last 100 years or so.  

Advertising is big business these days and we are all bombarded with adverts every day of our lives. However irritating we may find them today, I am sure they will provide fascinating glimpses into our society for future historians. In the same way we can look back on the adverts of the 20th Century to see how much or, indeed, how little things have changed.