Monthly Archives: June 2016
Dragons in Hebden Bridge
One of the animals at this charity shop must be a Dragon.Theo Paphitis by name and former dragon by nature. Theo Paphitis wss one of the Dragon’s Den personalities that entrepreneurs would like to capture. Good luck to any aspiring … Continue reading
Give Me Five – Leeds Museums
Give me five of the best local Yorkshire museums in or near Leeds Continue reading
You Say ‘Graffiti’ – I Say ‘Graffito’
Rude and crude graffiti has been obliterated on this wall near Menston railway station. Rather than leave the offending and singular graffito the potential ‘Banksy’ has been covered with this ugly blue gunge. Putting one graffito on top of another … Continue reading
Visiting Churches – Buildings, Interiors and Environment
What do you ‘look for’ and ‘look at’ when visiting a church for the first time or the umpteenth time come to that? This is just a quick list of some of the items you may want to consider on … Continue reading
Fred Trueman Still Speaks Out
Frederick Sewards Trueman OBE Fred Trueman to All Yorkshire Folk All Yorkshiremen have a favourite Fred Trueman story and mine goes something like this: Opening the bowling as usual from the Kirkstall Lane End Fred’s first ball rapped the openers … Continue reading
Likely Lads from Bingley – Rodney Bewes
Rodney Bewes was born near Bingley Grammar School in 1939 and was a sickly child suffering from asthma. At the age of 12 he read in the Daily Herald that the BBC wanted some child actors and he wrote in, … Continue reading
Provident, Payday or Credit Union Loans
Not having money costs you and it is a vicious circle of debt and high often unfair cost. Cheap at No Price 118 118 Money are offering loans over 2 years at a representative 99.9% APR. (Annual percentage rate) Instant … Continue reading
Flying Scotsman or Not
Sorry I need to get out and find a photograph of the real thing. Flying Scotsman in Yorkshire A free exhibition until 19th June in The National Railway Museum Gallery. It is focusing on the celebrity of arguably the world’s … Continue reading
Duncan Preston Soap and Shakespearian Actor
How many Yorkshire actors do you know that combine soap humor and Shakespeare? Well straight from The Bradford Playhouse and the Civic Playhouse via RADA I give you the career to date of Duncan Preston. Duncan Preston is a Bradford-born … Continue reading
Sir Fred Hoyle Astronomer, Cosmologist and Sci-fi Author
Sir Fred Hoyle FRS 24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001 a Yorkshire man who coined the phrase ‘ The Big Bang’ and missed out on not one but two or three Nobel prizes for physics. Fred Hoyle was born … Continue reading