Monthly Archives: February 2017

Yorkshire’s Fictional Anthropologist

I have just read ‘The Calling of the Grave’ by Yorkshire author Simon Beckett. It features Dr David Hunter a forensic expert to equal Kay Scarpetta or Kathy Reichs’ Tempe Brennan. Not up to the standard of Pat Baker’s W.H.R. … Continue reading

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Quick Guide to Slow North Yorkshire

Slow North Yorkshire: Moors, Dales & Coast, including York – Local, characterful guides to Britain’s special places from Mike Bradshaw According to the description of this book it ‘explores the nooks and crannies of this dramatic and diverse county and … Continue reading

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Cockersdale and Keith Marsden Doin’ the Manch

Doin’ the manch is the title and first song on a re-released album of songs from Cockersdale and the pen and fertile mind of Keith Marsden. Hopefully this song is playing as a tribute to Keith who died in 1991. … Continue reading

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Wilfred Pickles Have a Go

You can get snippets of Wilfred Pickles as an actor on youtube or watch a full comedy series with Jimmy Jewel from Barnsley on this boxed DVD of More Northern Comedy. According to wikipedia Wilfred Pickles was a proud Yorkshireman, … Continue reading

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Last of the Summer Policemen

Who do The Sweeney, Minder, Danger UXB, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Coronation Street have in common? Answer Yorkshireman Ken Kitson. Continue reading

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Dickie Bird of Barnsley

In the 2012 New Years Honours list Dickie Bird of Barnsley has been awarded the OBE. Other sporting awards for Yorkshire folk go to Jamie Peacock from Leeds Rhinos and Taekwondo champion Sarah Stevenson from Doncaster Continue reading

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Extra Unseasonal Photos

Value for Money Extra Autumn Photos of Yorkshire Menston trees in autumn sunshine Acer in Autumn sun. Wharfe Valley from Bleach Mill Lane St John’s Road Ripponden Bolton Abbey

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The Cragg Vale Coiners – Phillis Bentley

Coiners historically were people who were makers of counterfeit coins or those who ‘coins money’ by clipping or filing off bits of valuable metal. They literally were ‘coining it in’.   A tour d’Yorkshire book from and about old ‘Cragg … Continue reading

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York’s Unusual Cold War Bunker Museum

At the height of the cold war the Royal Observer Corp No 20 opened it’s bunker in Acomb York. In 1961 it was the a time of concern and international political unrest with serious fears about the Russian intentions. The … Continue reading

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Ilkley Moor Baht’at not Baht’camera

Hats were not needed by this family on the slopes of Ilkley Moor last Boxing Day. The sun shone on the sledging and created long shadows of Mary Jane and family a few years after the cooartin’. Escaping the fatal … Continue reading

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