MEMORY LANE: Keighley man stayed in bed for 49 years
Here Robin Longbottom examines the story of ‘Owd Three Laps’ Bill Sharp, who took to his bed for nearly half a century THE story of William Sharp, or Owd Three Laps, was first widely publicised by the Rev Baring-Gould when he included it in his book of Yorkshire Oddities published in 1874. Although he is perhaps better remembered for writing the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers, his popular book about eccentric Yorkshire characters has been reprinted several times. William Sharp, known as Bill, was the youngest child of William and Mary Sharp and was born at Low Bridge in Keighley i...
Source: keighleynews.co.uk
