YORKSHIREMEN and women are being wrongly ignored when it comes to bank notes, it has been claimed.
Diana Wallis, an MEP for Yorkshire and Humberside, says somebody famous from Yorkshire should be included on a future Bank of England note.
Ms Wallis has now written to Mervyn King, the governor of the bank, urging him to acknowledge the region.
Speaking ahead of Yorkshire Day, today, Ms Wallis said: “Yorkshire has been woefully under-represented on Bank of England bank notes since the ‘pictorial series’ was introduced in the 1970s. In fact, my research suggests that not a single Yorkshire man or woman has been on any note in that time.”
She added: “I am sure everybody has their own thoughts on which Yorkshire individuals should feature. “My own personal choice and the one I have suggested to Mervyn King is the Bronte sisters.”
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