Category Archives: Our Yorkshire
Yorkshire Roots of The NSPCC
Benjamin Waugh of Settle is credited with forming the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in 1884. With Lord Shaftesbury as president they had 32 national branches or aid committees within 5 years. Each branch raised … Continue reading
Fly Fishing for Yorkshire Anglers
Open mouthed you may catch more than the odd fly on the river Aire but Yorkshire anglers know far better rivers to enjoy their sport of fly fishing. Fly Fishing Yorkshire Anglers is a commercial club with 35 acres of … Continue reading
Trig Points Around the Ridings
Trigpoints are the common name for “triangulation pillars” the UK mapping and triangulation system before GPS and Google Earth. There is a great Trigpoint website with map references pictures and search facilities. ‘These are concrete pillars, about 4’ tall, which … Continue reading
Jolly Boating Weather
I put the registration number of a canal barge into a search engine and this is what I discovered ‘Length 15.25 metres (50 feet ) – Beam 1.99 metres (6 feet 6 inches ) – Draft 0.92 metres (3 … Continue reading
Credit Crunch for Retail – Huddersfield
Mary Portas is called the Queen of Shops and publishes books and a newspaper column in the Daily Telegraph. For some reason she chose to take a side swipe at Huddersfield in her ‘Shop’ column. She said ‘ New Street … Continue reading
Ten Top North Riding Churches
Easby Church St Agatha in the precinct of the Abbey is an early English church with a long low slate roof. The remarkable porch leads to fine wall paintings and decorations surviving from the 13th century. Pickering St Peter and … Continue reading
Skipton Gala & Pies
Skipton Gala Food If you want Steak & Kidney Pie, Chips and Mushy Peas you will find it on the blackboards at the Dales Cottage Cafe behind Rackhams or more correctly on the plates inside. Skipton and Settle based … Continue reading
Yorkshire Forward Looking Backward
Yorkshire Forward was our very own unelected Quango that some wanted to see as a regional government. Accounts for 2008 show a spend of £377,900,000 or about £ 76 per person in Yorkshire ( a nifty bit of extra taxation … Continue reading
Curry on Bradford
World Curry Festival Bradford (and their small neighbor Leeds hosted the World Curry festival 2016. Local Bradford lad Zulfi Karim said ‘The World Curry Festival is a long-held dream for me in which I saw a true celebration of one … Continue reading
Yorkshire Flags
Yorkshire Flags will be waving proudly on the first of August 2009. I hope we can see them for the rain and drizzle that typifies our summer so far . This picture was taken on Ilkley Moor as good a … Continue reading