Monthly Archives: August 2014
Wakefield Facts – Interesting & Unusual
Wakefield is the principal City of the West Riding and County Hall was the administrative centre for West Riding County Council from 1898. The name “Wakefield” may derive from “Waca’s field” (but then it would be near Liverpool surely) meaning … Continue reading
From Yorkshire to the Burmese-Thai Border
Charity begins at home can only hold true if you have a home! Thousands of Burmese ‘Karen people’ from the Irrawaddy delta of Burma have fled their homes in terror! Their villages were burned down, their families forced to suffer … Continue reading
Get thisens down Stump Cross Caves
Harrogate, Skipton, Grassington, Hebden and Pateley Bridge all claim Stump Cross Caverns as their own. That will give you a clue as to where you can find Stump Cross; in the middle of nowhere on Greenhow Hill. Do not be … Continue reading
Glide around Baildon
From Dobrudden farm and the surrounding area you will see many model planes and enthusiasts. If there nwas a pilot in the balsa wood plane they would get a rapidly changing picture of path ways, slopes, bracken and clouds. … Continue reading
Yorkshires Climbing Walls
It is enough to drive you up the wall – literally. There are new walls going up all over the country and no more so than in Yorkshire. Gone is the popular image of a beardy bloke with bobble … Continue reading
York Mystery Plays 2014 and Prior
York Mystery plays were committed to writing by monks in the 14th Century as a cycle for performance by the craft guilds. 48 of the original 50 plays tells the the story of mankind from a middle ages interpretation of … Continue reading