Monthly Archives: March 2016
Contemporary Art from New School House Gallery York
New School House Gallery is a contemporary object and art gallery in York. Through regular exhibitions it shows ‘the best in contemporary art, studio ceramics and the decorative arts’. Paula Jackson and Robert Teed the founders are also active on … Continue reading
Alan Bennett Facts not Fiction in a Van
What do Ladies in Vans, Smut and Talking Heads have in common? They are works by Alan Bennett, Lady in the Van being his latest DVD to be released. Alan Bennett mini Biography Bennett was born 1934 in Armley the … Continue reading
Yorkshire Influences Authors
Riveaux Abbey DSCF0011 by ¬nick CC BY-NC 2.0 J R R Tolkien was inspired by the Dales limestone landscape to write the Lord of the Rings after visiting in the 1940’s. Does his fictional Middle Earth look like Malhamdale? A … Continue reading
Captain Cook Museums & Monuments
There are 3 good memorials in North Yorkshire that can give an insight to the early and working life of the explorer Captain Cook. There are six or seven towns worldwide that are named Whitby but dozens of places named … Continue reading
Yorkshire City Facts
Seven major cities of Yorkshire Bradford Bradford: Population: 528,155 (2014) Nickname: ‘Wool City’ Motto: “Progress-Industry-Humanity” City status: 1897 Sports: Bradford City, Bradford Bulls RLFT Major attractions: National Media Museum, Curry Capital of Britain, UNESCO City of Film in 2009. Facts … Continue reading
Comic Postcards in Holmfirth
Holmfirth was the birthplace of Bamforth & Co Ltd and the saucy seaside postcard. The beginnings date back to 1860’s when a family of painters and decorators started to supply painted backgrounds for laternslide shows and subsequently the lanternslides themselves. … Continue reading