Monthly Archives: August 2016
Beverley Festival of Folk
The Beverley Folk Festival 16 – 18 June 2017 is set to be another rip roaring success. There is a long list of performers already booked to appear. As with other folk fests you also get ‘Pub Stuff’ in various … Continue reading
Miscellany in Yorkshire
400 web pages of miscellaneous Yorkshire snippets plus links to a new book on Yorkshire Continue reading
Buckden Yorkshire Dales
Fork in the road in Buckden. To the right, Leyburn. To the left, a tough climb over Fleet Moss to Hawes A Date with History A Classic car driving through Buckden. Although the village of Buckden was founded in Norman … Continue reading
West Riding Centre of the Teasel Trade
Woven cloth needs fulling to raise a nap and Teasels were and still are used in this process. The peak consumption was in the 1830’s but Teasels are still used to create a pile on some products including tennis balls, … Continue reading
Stained Glass Conservation In Yorkshire
Stained glass is the long practices art of manipulating coloured light within an architectural context. York Minster is a great exponent of this art. Disused medieval chapels in York are put to many uses but the Bedern Glaziers Studio is … Continue reading
Green Lanes of Yorkshire with Boats
Green lanes is a term for grouping together the various sorts of tracks, bridleways, and footpaths without a sealed (metalled or tarmac ) surface. These Green lanes that traverse and enhance the Dales landscape and cater for recreation in various … Continue reading
Roses for the White Rose County
White Roses are not the only flowers I grow, quite to the contrary but White Roses are the best for obvious reasons. A lot of so called white roses are in fact cream or faintly tinged with pink, even the … Continue reading