Author Archives: Hortoris
Repeal the Local Government Act 1972
‘Enough is enough’ as many true Yorkshire folk would say. It is too long since we achieved a repeal of the act of parliament that messed unnecessarily with our county boundaries and organisations. I know you can’t easily unravel such … Continue reading
Yorkshire Chimneys Falling Down
Are Yorkshire’s fine chimneys falling into disrepair and falling down? They should be cosseted as important heritage assets reflecting an industrial age that is passing us by. I hope to photograph and catalogue a selection of interesting chimneys and lookalike … Continue reading
Good Old City Variety Days
Do you remember the ‘Come Dancing’ TV series of 1950 or ‘The White Heather Club’ perhaps not but I bet you remember ‘The Good Old Days’. The Good Old Days started in 1953 and was broadcast live from the City … Continue reading
Tilting at Yorkshire Windmills
Firstly we exclude the modern wind farms, wind turbines and their ilk designed for energy production and despoiling the landscape. Windmill has the clue in the name, a mill that uses wind! Which area of the county has the greatest … Continue reading
Windmills Of Yorkshire
History The first written record from 1185 is of a Yorkshire windmill near South Cave in Weedley. The land was owned by the Knights Templar who may have been copying a 9th Century Iranian design. The 13th century saw an … Continue reading
Hose Pipe Ban 2022 Not Enough Sunshine
So here we are again time to visit Burnt Yates or see the fields on fire at Burns-all. ‘Do you remember 1995 when Yorkshire Water excelled itself during the last severe drought and water shortages.Water rationing, bans and tankering fresh … Continue reading
Yorkshire Day and Days
Yorkshire Day 1st of August can’t come soon enough so here are some extra Yorkshire Days to be getting on with:- Yorkshire D Day for all veterans Yorkshire Doris Day for all exiles in North Dakota Yorkshire Dayo Dayo if … Continue reading
Great North Road Facts
To some the Great North Road (GNR) goes from London to York. Others remember the Romans wanted to travel to Scotland and have the GNR ending in Edinburgh. Either way it has been a Yorkshire thoroughfare for centuries. It is … Continue reading
Amusing Yorkshire Lines
Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Yorkshire. Scarborough warning – A word and a blow, and the blow first. Richard of York gained battle in vain From Hull, Hell and Halifax lord deliver us Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, Out, Out, Out. “Leeds had been the … Continue reading
Discovered Items – Yorkshire Poets
Born in Winestead Holderness Andrew Marvell, a pupil from Hull Grammar school, was an English poet little published in his life time. After Cambridge university he became an MP representing Hull in the House of Commons for periods during 1659 … Continue reading