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Trees of Yorkshire Museum Gardens
St Olav’s Church – York Museum Garden I intended to write about six Champion Trees of Yorkshire but discover the subject is fully covered in the Yorkshire museums own web site. Champion trees are the biggest examples in Yorkshire identified … Continue reading
Venerable Holly the Sheep Shearer
Why do Holly bushes have spiny leaves? They evolved to protect from nibblers but sheep do not eat holly. The sheep probably used this tree for shelter and paid with a bit of wool. This shorn shady sheep is fleece … Continue reading
Wapentake – Danish Pastry?
Yorkshire is renown for being divided into three Ridings, East, North and West. A Riding was derived from the Scandinavian word “thriding,” meaning a third part. The Danes had another smaller division called a Wapentake. According to the new Leeds … Continue reading
Warning the road bends sharply left under the narrow railway bridge. (When I say narrow I mean breath in). Unfortunately the number of the bridge and safety instructions are obliterated by the similar graffiti on the plaque fixed to the … Continue reading
Beeston Grave Situation
Neat rows of houses built in one of Beeston’s heydays. Less neat were the desecrated grave stones in the park cemetery. Another hey day relates to the 15th century building Stank Hall tithe barn. Happily no longer in a … Continue reading
Girls not on a Train
The Liverpool to Scarborough train has just dropped me at Seamer the penultimate station before the terminus – If it doesn’t stop in … Continue reading
Captain England Play for Yorkshire
Lord Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke of Towton played for Yorkshire from 1881 to 1911. He captained England 4 times winning all of those matches. Stanley Jackson 1905 won his only test … Continue reading
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
Newly Haunted Bradford – Sunbridgewells
Was the opening of the Victorian tunnels under Ivegate a good idea or have old ghosts and ghouls been released on the unsuspecting public. The Victorian tunnels have previously contained and constrained all sorts of undefined mysterious bodies best left … Continue reading
Drop In To A Yorkshire Cafe
The catchy upper windows at this cafe caught my attention in Idle. The steamy windows hinted at a warm welcome to augment the smiley faces. It was then that the name sank in and I thought a drop of tea … Continue reading