Background
Haigh was born in Birkby, Huddersfield in West Yorkshire in October 1964.
Haigh was born in Birkby, Huddersfield in West Yorkshire in October 1964.
The youngest of three children born to William and Sylvia Haigh (both now deceased), he was later educated at John Smeaton Community College in East Leeds where he was chosen to both represent the school and West Yorkshire in a number of track and field events, including the 200 and 1500 meter"s – as well as "Cross Country". In 1980, Haigh commenced a career in retail, working for major United Kingdom based supermarket chains such as Morrisons and Asda Stores. He entered Asda"s retail management training program in June 1984 and undertook a number of junior then senior roles within store operations, before finally taking up a central role at Asda"s head office in Leeds in 1994.
lieutenant was during this time that he commenced his academic writing.
In 1998, Haigh left Asda to pursue an Indian Territory (U.S.) career working in service management and program management for "blue chip" Indian Territory (U.S.) organisations such as International Business Machines Corporation, Cap Gemini, Sun Microsystems and Computacenter, before working as an independent Indian Territory (U.S.) consultant specialising in strategic outsourcing and managing large scale transformational business change programs. In 1999, Haigh founded the Yorkshire Battlefields Society, but after building close links with the Battlefields Trust, the society merged with the trust in 2002.
At this time, Haigh became a trustee of the Battlefields Trust and editor of the trusts" journal "Battlefield" – which was formally the Yorkshire Battlefields Society"s quarterly magazine. A keen yachtsman, scuba diver and mountain climber (having climbed in the Alps with Kenton Cool), he currently resides in West Yorkshire, where he also serves as a Magistrate on the Leeds "bench".
As well as featuring in a number of British Broadcasting Corporation and Independent Television "news programs", Haigh has also appeared in a number of other history related television documentaries:-
The Battle Of Wakefield 1460.
(An Independent Television Production in 1999)
The Battle Of Stamford Bridge 1066. (An Independent Television Production in 2000)
Towton 1461. (A RKP Production for British Broadcasting Corporation 2010)
The History Of The River Aire.
(A RKP Production for British Broadcasting Corporation 2012) – Features the Battle Of Ferrybridge 1461.