Author Archives: Hortoris
Bradford – What a Way to Treat Architecture 12 years on
Long ago the following article about Bradford Buildings was posted:- Have things changed ? Not a lot! Added to the list of issues you could include the Bus Station and Interchange, Darley Street, Rawson market even our national museum closed … Continue reading
Stubbs Means Horse Painting
This painting looks like a bit of an old nag nearly ready for the glue factory. So where is this going on a Yorkshire blog? Well the nations best and most accurate equine painter of horse flesh learnt his … Continue reading
AI Aye is Yorkshire
Since Goole.com beat google to the search engine market so Yorkshire rightfully claims credit for AI. Some, mainly digital intelligence, may be fantastic but Yorkshire folk have long been champions at the Aye game. There is nowt artificial about Yorkshire … Continue reading
Are You In t’Club?
We do not need knee jerks by political jerks from the Liberal Clubs, Conservative Clubs or any other self serving club Continue reading
Ecology Building Society 43 Year Old
Up Date of post 15.11.2015 A Canny Yorkshire Building society formed in Silsden West Yorkshire with strong links to the Green Party. Interest rates improved this week 10.2.2024 Scarborough Building Society was formed in May 1846 – making it the … Continue reading
Active Hobbies and Costs
8 years ago Yorkshire Bank were worried that we spend too much money on our hobbies. That is a bit rich coming from a bank then owned by the Aussies National Bank. Within months Yorkshire bank with Clydedale were divested … Continue reading
Money Saving Tips for Gardeners
Yorkshire folk like value for money and why not? Southerners can buy there plants from Chelsea flower show or get the latest fashionable plants from foreign breeders. The doughty Yorkshire gardener will consider his options and grow accordingly. Best Money … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Antarctic Ancestors
If you are shivering and feeling the seasonal cold spare a thought for our Yorkshire forefathers who were early visitors to Antarctica. In 1525 a Spanish captain explored around the Horn. The passage of sea between antarctic and Argentina was … Continue reading
Ee by Gum Bikes
Are E-bikes the end of cycling as we know it. Ee by gum Leeds council don’t think so as they have spent ages and a large fortune on reshaping the city center. This picture highlights it is not the ‘end … Continue reading
Titter and Twitter Ye Not
‘Why not settle all outstanding payments for Windrush, Post Office and Infected Blood scandals immediately. It would save a lot of unnecessary cost and pain (except for Lawyers).’ Why do independent public statutory Inquiry’s take so long and settlements become … Continue reading