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Elastoplast, Cods Liver and Nivea
T J Smith opened a chemist shop in Hull in 1856 as a 30 year old member of the newly formed British Pharmaceutical Society. An early product was the Dark brown, fishy smelling Cod Liver Oil made from Hull fish … 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
Yorkshire Proficient at Cycling
Those guys at Cycling Info always seem to have a camera on them when cycling or walking and are proficient photographers to boot. These results from York show some of the fun of cycling. Photos from York Cycle Festival 2012 … Continue reading
Yorkshire Fireworks Supplier and Price Review
The Guido Fawkes pub in York is a good place to start our quick review of Yorkshire fireworks. Without the gunpowder plot of 1605 it is doubtful Yorkshire would have taken up the top spot of ornamental firework production during … Continue reading
Assassin of Bradford – A4
It is not an authors job to run down my home city of Bradford! Tom Cain manages to do just that by casual, throw away references in his book ‘Assassin’. Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (A4) ‘Assassin’ is a fast … Continue reading
Lee Child Latest – Yorkshire Book Club Offering
Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (A2) Lee Child is a Yorkshire man from Leeds now living and working in the United States of America but we can’t hold that against him. So for that reason we have Lee as our … Continue reading
1950’s Yorkshire’s Pop Musicians
Hilton, Whitfield, Lang and Ryan, or Ronnie, David, Don and Marion make up Yorkshires quartet of 1950’s pop musicians Continue reading