Monthly Archives: May 2012
God’s Own County Book Club Top Ten Travel Guides
South Yorkshire seldom gets coverage because it is not a proper area unlike our three famous ridings, North, West and East. However to redress the balance slightly I have started with this South Yorkshire County Planning Map: No. 1A by … Continue reading
Post Office Entrepreneurs at South Milford
It is hard to make a living at most retail ventures and no more so than at rural post offices. I was therefore mightily impressed by entrepreneurs running the South Milford Post Office during a recent visit. Reason for Visiting … Continue reading
Anita Lonsbrough MBE
Anita Lonsbrough was born in Huddersfield in 1941 (sorry about that Anita but I will send you a birthday card next year saying ’69 – last year’.) Arguably Yorkshire’s best swimmer Adrian Moorhouse not withstanding. Anita Lonsbrough Firsts First in … Continue reading
Gareth Gates Doin’ the Manch
Welcome to Loserville the new musical at the West Yorkshire playhouse. According to the Yorkshire Post it is “Grease for the 21st Century!” It is set in 1971 and is a boy meets (or more accurately wants to meet) girl … Continue reading
Yorkshire 3 – Saw Doctors 1
The Saw Doctors that great live band were in Yorkshire at the inaugural Kilnsey rock fest. They have 3 more dates in 2012 including Holmefirth Picturedrome and York Opera House. Holmefirth Picturedrome With such a remarkable intimate venue and outstanding … Continue reading
Scarborough Setting for 1st Yorkshire Book Club Offering
Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (A1) Finding a book to start Yorkshire – God’s Own County book club proved to be an interesting challenge. Should we opt for a tried and tested author who was already popular and well known? … Continue reading
Yorkshire – God’s Own County Book Club
We are launching a simple new book club but we are not reprising books covered earlier even though due to popular demand we may show the odd link. The God’s Own County Book Club is an internet phenomenon based on … Continue reading
Know Your Oliver Onions Yorkshire’s Ghost Story Expert
Oliver Onions was a contemporary of J B Priestley both were born in Bradford and both authors of significant talent. Oliver Onions wrote some of the finest Ghost stories of the time and his tales of the supernatural are still … Continue reading
You Can’t Have too Many Yorkshire Puddings
Yorkshire Sandwich Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding and Horseradish in a T-Cake with gravy. Specifically from The Golcar Lily. Mmmmmmm…yorkshire pudding. This is from the BEST dinner ever!!! For everyting you need for Yorkshire puddings including bakeware (tins to you and … Continue reading
Yorkshire Regiment Young Musicians – Old Soldiers
Soldier with 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment on Patrol in Afghanistan ‘A soldier with 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment is pictured on patrol in the Nahr-e Seraj district of Helmand, Afghanistan. B Coy (Company) 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment (1 … Continue reading