Sydney Howard(1885-1946)

Born in the Yeadon district of Leeds, the concert party comedian (once descried as a 'slow witted droll) made the transition from the old wooden Peeps (the Peoples Hall on the football field at Yeadon) to the world of sound film. With his fluttering fingers and catch phrase 'What's to do', he took the Football Field tradition into films, being cast as the rattle waving supporter in 'Up For the Cup' (1933). He was a big hit as the tipsy photographer in the film version of J B Priestley's When "We Are Married (1942).