BRADFORD has been home to many legends in all sorts of different fields over the years and it is time to honour those who have made the biggest impact.

This is the 14th part of a regular series with the latest five inductees into the Telegraph & Argus's Bradford Hall of Fame.

They can be people who were either born in the Bradford district, or made a huge name through an association to the city.

BILLY PEARCE

When you think of the Bradford panto, you think of Billy Pearce.

The Leeds-born comedian, 69, has taken centre stage at the Alhambra Theatre for 21 years of pantomimes, making his debut in 1993.

But due to the the pandemic, the Bradford panto has been postponed this Christmas.

Sleeping Beauty will now be at the Alhambra from Saturday, December 11, 2021, to Sunday, January 16, 2022.

Elsewhere during his career, Pearce has worked with greats including Danny le Rue, has been a compere for Cannon and Ball and appeared in ITV drama Heartbeat.

Pearce's career accolades include winning the 1994 British Comedy Award for 'Top Theatre Variety Performer', beating popular personalities of the time, such as Ken Dodd and Michael Barrymore.

JOE JOHNSON

The 150-1 outsider from Bradford Moor became the 1986 World Snooker Champion after beating Steve Davis in an 18-12 victory.

Coming into the 1986 tournament, Johnson had not won a match in six attempts at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre, before defeating the likes of Terry Griffiths and Tony Knowles on his way to trumping the ‘Nugget’.

Celebrating his win, former gas fitter Johnson paid a visit to the Grosvenor Hotel to partake in his first drink in three weeks, champagne.

Continuing the celebrations, he then moved on to the Morley Snooker Centre where he laid on another show, by singing with his pop group Made In Japan.

The 68-year-old now runs a snooker academy and coached three-time Masters champion Paul Hunter before he died in 2006.

LEN SHACKLETON

Nicknamed the Clown Prince of Soccer, the Bradford-born inside or outside forward spent his teenage years before World War II with Bradford (Park Avenue), Kippax United, Arsenal, Enfield, and London Paper Mills, before he turned professional at Avenue in 1940.

He scored 127 goals in 384 professional games in his pro career for Avenue, Newcastle and Sunderland, scoring six goals on his debut for the Magpies.

He played five times for England, scoring one goals and died aged 78 in 2000.

JOOLZ DENBY

Joolz is a poet, novelist, artist, illustrator, who moved to Bradford aged 19.

She first came to prominence as a touring punk performance poet. She does not consider herself a 'performance poet'; instead, she designates herself a 'spoken-word artist'.

In her rich and varied career, Joolz, who was born in Colchester, Essex, won the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger award for her first novel, Stone Baby.

She has also performed for a number of year at the Glastonbury Festival. Joolz also produced poetry for Bradford Council as part of the city's bid for 2008 Capital of Culture.

She has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bradford in recognition of her role as a cultural ambassador.

STEVE ABBOTT

The film producer, who grew up in Barkerend and went to Bradford Grammar School, produced films such as Brassed Off and A Fish Called Wanda and Michael Palin’s TV travelogues.

A Bafta life member, he founded regional film agency Screen Yorkshire and has been chairman of Bradford UNESCO City of Film since the title was awarded in 2009.

He was honoured at a civic reception in the city in November 2019, which paid tribute to his career and his role in making Bradford the world’s first City of Film.

Mr Abbott is also a die-hard Bradford City fan who even delayed his trip to the Cannes Film Festival in 2017, in favour of watching his beloved Bantams in the League One Play-off Final at Wembley, which they lost 1-0.

Those already inducted are: Anita Rani, Dennis Mitchell, David Wilson, Mary Tamm, Bruce Bannister, Harry Gration, Richard Whiteley, Billie Whitelaw, Mollie Sugden, Kimberley Walsh, Bobby Campbell, Jimmy Speirs, Julian Rhodes and Family, Phil Parkinson, Stephen Darby, James Lowes, Robbie Hunter-Paul, Leon Pryce, Amy Hardcastle, Ellery Hanley, Harry Corbett, Professor Ajay Mahajan, Professor David Sharpe, Frederick Delius, Dave Whelan, Gareth Gates, Andrea Dunbar, Steve Abbott, Duncan Preston, Tim Booth, Ces Podd, Jim Laker, Gary Havelock, Dean Harrison, Bobby Vanzie, Dean Richards, Rudi Leavor, Kiki Dee, Professor Mahendra Patel, John Wood, Marsha Singh, Chris Kamara, Trevor Foster, Barbara Castle, Tino Valdi, Adrian Moorhouse, Tasmin Archer, Dynamo, Timothy West, Javed Bashir, Fattorini Family, Ade Edmondson, Sir Ken Morrison, Ruby Bhatti, Adil Rashid, JB Priestley, Zayn Malik, Sarah Khan Bashir, Captain Sir Tom Moore, Margaret McMillan, Stuart McCall, David Hockney, Brian Noble, Sharon Beshenivsky, Jack Tordoff.