Category Archives: Our Yorkshire
Yorkshire to Win Gold Medals
Yorkshire Gold is one of the many Yorkshire Forward quangos that will be concerned about their future with the demise of the RDA’s. (Regional development agency and putative regional assembly orchestrator under labour and John Prescott.) The ‘business club’s’ aim … Continue reading
God’s Own County Rose
You will not grow roses like these but you can do even better with rose tips from God’s own county. We know it will be a white rose for most of our regular readers. For those who enjoy gardening then … Continue reading
Gold For Yorkshire Rainbows
If the Olympics gave medals for weather Yorkshire would win a series of Golds. Rainbows would be a gold medal prospect for the rural dales, urban homes and seaside locations. “The way I see it, If you want the rainbow … Continue reading
Tykes in Town for T’Jubilee
Menston had its own Tykes Jubilee events on Saturday Our Village Procession in Menston was well attended and should have been a warning about the numbers of revelers we were likely to meet in London town the following day. Her … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Female Shadow Cabinet
Female Yorkshire MP’s in Shadow Cabinet Rosalie Winterton better known as Rosie was born ourside the county in August 1958. She has been a Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central since 1997. As one of … Continue reading
Black Sheep Boots & Beer Walking Festival
Lambs in Yorkshire are getting their own special number and web address for Internet gamboling! Why don’t shy wet sheep shrink? (Say that after a pint of Riggwelter) How do they make great beer out of Black Sheep? The Black Sheep … Continue reading
North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Pickering
Pickering is the perfect start to your steam train adventure, leaving the charming village the trains to Whitby go through stations evocative of an earlier era. Levisham is an 1912 style station, accessible by one solitary hill road and suitable … Continue reading
Competitive Gardening in Yorkshire
Which of Yorkshires great gardens, that are open to the public, would you think comes at the top of the pile in competitive gardening terms. RHS judges may be biased towards Harlow Carr so you can vote in our comments … Continue reading
Tea Rooms to Visit on the Yorkshire Tea Council Trail
In 1919 Frederick Belmont opened his first Bettys Café Tea Rooms in the fashionable spa town of Harrogate. It seems like I was queuing from that date as the people snaked around the corner last weekend. There are six Bettys … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Sweet Tooth
Liquorice Pomfret is an early name for Pontefract and as most Yorkshire children know, Pontefract is the heart of Yorkshires liquorice making. Around the time of the Battle of Hastings, French monks arrived in Pontefract with liquorice plants for medicinal … Continue reading