vhowzatThe coach of tourists from Liverpool spent the rest of the day with Bird, in and around the Yorkshire townThe former cricketer, who umpired 66 test matches and three World Cup finals before retiring in 1996, said he was ‘so proud’ of his home town, he wanted to make sure the visitors saw it properly.I couldn't resist,’ heThey recognised me straight away and they went berserk. They went mad.'I didn't know until I stopped that the bus load of cricket fans were from Liverpool. From what I could gather they had only stopped off in Barnsley to look at the statue.
'But I'm so proud of my town that I couldn't let them go without seeing more, so I took them on a guided tourThey did all their shopping around the market and they ended up spending all day here. They had a wonderful time.
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