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Legend has it that a pedlar called Charlie used to rest and water his pony and trap in Whingate Park in the 19th century.

He apparently sold spicy shortbread to the citizens of Upper Armley for 1d a piece.

Today the triangular-shaped park is known as Charlie or Charley Cake Park.

According to Armley Through the Camera, written in 1901, the park was " within memory of many present residents of Armley, a patch of wasteland.

Some of them regularly played cricket on its turf "