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God’s Own County Book Club selections, anecdotes, comment and literary works

Yorkshiremen Climbing Everest

Heroic Barnsley Hero If you have spent grueling days climbing to the top of the world to reach your dream? If it has cost you a fortune in time, cash and goodwill from the family? If you are near the … Continue reading

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Wisden on Yorkshire and Yorkshire on Wisden

Yorkshire lad Duncan Hamilton has produced a tour-de-force for Wisden and a compilation about all that is great about Yorkshire Cricket. This season is shaping up to be great year too so expect another edition soon but buy a first … Continue reading

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JWM Turner in Yorkshire

It is said that ‘The beauty of Yorkshire’s landscape moved the great British painter JMW Turner to tears’. No surprise there then for Yorkshire folk who are lucky enough to live and travel in the county. “Turner loved Yorkshire and … Continue reading

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Dales Barns Survival

Not all the wonderful barns of the Yorkshire Dales have been converted in to holiday lets or cottage homes. These distinctive, rustic almost run-down but utilitarian structures still abound. Originally erected in 18th and 19th centuries many of these barns … Continue reading

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Yorkshire Ripper 35 Years On

It was 1980 when the Jacqueline Hill the last ripper victim’s murder took place. Peter Sutcliffe from Bingley, aka The Yorkshire Ripper, must stay under guard because his crimes, which included 13 killings and seven attempted murders, were ‘at the … Continue reading

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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

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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

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Goole Search Engine Still Paying Taxes

The small East Riding town of Goole has announced bold plans to take on internet giant Google, with its own brand new, Yorkshire based search engine. Goole says it will keep on  paying its taxes – how’s that for the … Continue reading

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Lassie the Literary Wonder Dog

Eric Knight the author and creator of Lassie was born on 10 April 1897, in Menston Yorkshire the son of a Quakers family. Lassie first appeared in a magazine story published by Evening Post and was subsequently expanded into as … Continue reading

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Art Deco Book Collecting

Art Deco is back in vogue with new twists or as collectables and memorabilia. Art deco was a design and art style from 1910’s until the 1930s taking over from Art Nouveau. As well as all the visual arts, it … Continue reading

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