Monthly Archives: June 2016

Dragons in Hebden Bridge

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Hortoris

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 →

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Give Me Five – Leeds Museums

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Hortoris

Give me five of the best local Yorkshire museums in or near Leeds Continue reading →

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You Say ‘Graffiti’ – I Say ‘Graffito’

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Hortoris

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 →

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Visiting Churches – Buildings, Interiors and Environment

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Hortoris

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 →

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Fred Trueman Still Speaks Out

Posted on June 11, 2016 by tejvan

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 →

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Likely Lads from Bingley – Rodney Bewes

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Hortoris

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 →

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Provident, Payday or Credit Union Loans

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Hortoris

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 →

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Flying Scotsman or Not

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Hortoris

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 →

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Duncan Preston Soap and Shakespearian Actor

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Hortoris

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 →

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Sir Fred Hoyle Astronomer, Cosmologist and Sci-fi Author

Posted on June 8, 2016 by tejvan

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 →

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