Category Archives: Our Yorkshire
How Many Politicians will it take to change the EU?
Now you are asking! Will the EU really change? Will the excessive levels of UK government ever become fit for purpose? The formula for the number of politicians currently required seems to be y(x + 1) when x is the … Continue reading
Philip Davies Quips at Prime Ministers Question Time
Like him and his politics or not you have to admire the MP for Shipley, Philip Davies. He regularly asks pertinent and punchy questions of our prime minister. Generally Philip uses a degree of humour and a pithy turn of … Continue reading
Manor of Northstead – Resignation of MPs
Why isn’t the position of ‘Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead’ one of the busiest public offices in Yorkshire? Under the Act of Settlement a person who holds an office of profit under the Crown is disqualified … Continue reading
Wars of the Roses – Towton Moor
Click to buy from Amazon This Ballad records the bloody fight between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians on March 29 Palm Sunday 1461 Oh, the red and white rose On Towton Moor grows And red and white it blows Upon … Continue reading
Illuminating Religion in Yorkshire
God doesn’t believe in Atheists or rainbow warriors. The spotlight or more accurately the facebook stained glass The Mosque at Drewton Street Bradford. No matter where I stood for the photograph one or more lights were always in the picture. … Continue reading
Menston St John’s Churchyard Garden Walk
I have shown pictures of St John’s Churchyard in previous posts but the 2016 walk yesterday showed how far the area had ‘come on’. A scent trail was marked out with comic noses near the ‘smelly’ plants to would attract … Continue reading
Coffee with Corrina & Friends
Harrogate’s homeless and vulnerable are benefiting from the food and support provided at Corrina and friends project in Mayfield Grove. The coffee and bakewell tart that I ate was as good or better than anything I could have got at … Continue reading
Novel Eco Gardens Yorkshire
This is a novel post with support from from our sister site which offer tips to gardeners. Cornwall and the west coast of Scotland have some fine temperate gardens well worth a visit but Yorkshire has the grandeur of the … Continue reading
Marie Hartley’s Gayle
Gayle and Duerley Beck by Marie Hartley Marie Hartley MBE would have been 104 this week had she not died in Askrigg at the age of 100. Fortunately there is a significant legacy of 33 books chronicling the Dales, numerous … Continue reading
Dent – Rocks, Knits and Drinks
A trip to Dentdale and a drink in the local hostelries of Dent wont make much of a dent in your bank balance. Fresh air in this valley is free and that should appeal to all Yorkshire folk. In addition … Continue reading