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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Old Barry Cryer’s Support for Hernias
Leeds born and educated, up to a point, Barry Cryer’s book now called The Chronicles of Hernia is a newly packaged comedy classic, first published in 1998 under the title ‘You Won’t Believe This But….’ Purchase from Amazon here ‘Still … Continue reading
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Roughing It Around Yorkshire
You do not need a Rough Guide to Yorkshire to have a stonking time but it may help with the excellent maps and fine detail in a concise volume. Continue reading
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Site for Sore Eyes Yorkshire Dales National Park
The Yorkshire Dales National Park was established in 1954, and covers an area of 1, 680 square miles straddling the central Pennines through to Cumbria. It is 50 miles north east of Manchester; Leeds and Bradford lie to the south, … Continue reading
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Top Ten West Riding Churches
To select but 10 churches for a ‘best of’ list was impossible so I tried to find 10 varying churches in each Riding and this is my effort for the West Riding of Yorkshire. I would be happy to consider … Continue reading
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Tagged churches, locations, trips
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Geology – Ground Zero Start of the Yorkshire Dales
Geology Base Camp Most of the Yorkshire Dales gets it appeal from carboniferous formations resting on a platform of ancient hard rock called the Askrigg Block. Some old rock formed from originally molten granite can be seen in the river … Continue reading
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Rylstone for Local History, Walks & Calendars Girls
St Peter’s church in Rylstone stands above the village made famous in recent times by the Alternative Womens Institute calendar. As the church and graveyard can testify there has been a vibrant community in the locality for many centuries. Perhaps … Continue reading
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Yorkshire Hieroglyphics!! by Thomas Rowlandson
The Queens Gallery at Buckingham Palace houses the Royal Collection including a large number of works by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827). We would think of them as cartoons suitable for publication in satirical magazines like The Oldie or Private Eye. The … Continue reading
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Adam Sedgwick of Dentdale and Cowgill
Dent Village and Dentdale ‘The Dent Fault cuts across the valley close to the village of Gawthrop, marking a geological boundary between the carbonferous limestone of Deepdale and the Craven Dales to the south and the older Silurian and Ordovician … Continue reading
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Norber Erratic Boulders Near Austwick
‘A quick course in geology will take eons or longer.’ Is an erratic one of the ‘Rock of ages cleft for me?’ Twixt Austwick and Clapham in Crummackdale lies a group of erratic boulders called the ‘Norber Boulders’ up on … Continue reading
Village Shops
Old fashioned, some village shops may be but they are an important part of our heritage. Keep using village shops and speciality retailers in your area or you know what will happen. This Hull location may have been intended as … Continue reading
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