Category Archives: Our Yorkshire
White Rose Forest Four More Green Quangos?
Green grow the quangos in our White Rose Forest Continue reading
Business Names and Onomastics
Onomastics the study of names. The company who wrote my will was ‘Godloves Solicitors’ it was not the start of a religious tract but a reference to the naming of a Leeds business now merged with other lawyers. Perhaps I … Continue reading
Victorian Yorkshire Christmas Traditions
Christmas cards, decorations, food and other traditions are given a Victorian Yorkshire once over Continue reading
Cycling – Bike Week in Yorkshire
Looking Towards Burnsall courtesy of Cycling Info National Bike Week set me thinking. I am always interested in sports, pastimes & hobbies and am often astounded how well supported and organised many of them are. For example there are 100 … Continue reading
The Land Girls of Yorkshire
‘Back to the Land Girls’ or ‘Back to the Land, Girls’ is the title of a new comedy based on The Land Girls of Yorkshire. Inspired by war-time reminiscences of various Yorkshire based or bred Land Army girls this play … Continue reading
Elastoplast, Cods Liver and Nivea
T J Smith opened a chemist shop in Hull in 1856 as a 30 year old member of the newly formed British Pharmaceutical Society. An early product was the Dark brown, fishy smelling Cod Liver Oil made from Hull fish … Continue reading
Rotherham Rant 2
It is 6 years since the first rant was published – see below Only now are there any signs of getting to grips with the myriad problems for this town. In a couple more years I will revisit the improvements … Continue reading
Brass Bands of Yorkshire and Yore
Where there’s muck there’s Brass Bands and where there is a lot of brass there are Silver Bands. ‘The Cloth-Cap’ music of the working class man has strong links in Yorkshire and with Yorkshire businesses. For up to date news … Continue reading
Kirklands Bridge Club 1974-2015
Sports and pastimes were an important part of our society, culture and upbringing long before the advent of digital media, computer games and television. Board games like Ludo, Snakes & Ladders and Monopoly were only marginally less popular than family … Continue reading
Conisbrough Village and Ivanhoe Castle
Conisbrough near Doncaster was the setting for Sir Walter Scotts ‘Ivanhoe’. Using the Castle as the basis for a Saxon stronghold during the reign of Richard 1st the tale about chivalry and knighthood daring-do led too a TV series in … Continue reading