Monthly Archives: January 2017
Vexillologist’s Flag Flying over Yorkshire
Vexillology, meaning the study of flags, is intriguing and challenging, I am told by Associated Content. ‘Whether you focus on flags of nations, states, counties, cities, corporations or service groups, you need to be familiar with the basic vocabulary of … Continue reading
150 Years at the Top for Yorkshire Cricket
2013 saw Yorkshire county cricket club celebrate 150 years as a club and team which has given so much pleasure to the folk of God’s Own County at home or abroad. We forgive them the occasional lapse in performance knowing … Continue reading
Yorkshire Dart Boards World Champion
‘Yorkshire darts (no triples) at the Arncliffe Arms in Glaisdale… they do a good burger.’ Interesting and Unusual Facts About Yorkshire Dart Boards Early London dart boards were divided into 12 segments with each segment worth 5,10,15 or 20 with … Continue reading
Tags Tagged and Tagging or Tig
Playground Game of Tag or Tig The rules for Tag are simple. First decide who is ‘it’ and everyone else run away. If the person who is ‘it’ tags or touches you, you are ‘it’. When you are ‘it’ try … Continue reading
Norman Yardley’s Contribution to Music
Yorkshire Cricket Captains, Including: Geoffrey Boycott, Darren Gough, 7th Baron Hawke, Norman Yardley, Ray Illingworth. Norman Yardley of Royston near Barnsley was ‘Cricketer of the the Year 1948’ and this is how it was reported in Wisden In 1950 he … Continue reading
Jolly Boating Weather
I put the registration number of a canal barge into a search engine and this is what I discovered ‘Length 15.25 metres (50 feet ) – Beam 1.99 metres (6 feet 6 inches ) – Draft 0.92 metres (3 … Continue reading
Walk Your Dog in the Dales
After a long walk my favourite dog is a large Bordeaux Collie. It makes a change from ‘Hair of the Dog’ brew dog beer and Laika, a fine Russian Imperial Stout named after the first dog to orbit the earth. … Continue reading
Drop In To A Yorkshire Cafe
The catchy upper windows at this cafe caught my attention in Idle. The steamy windows hinted at a warm welcome to augment the smiley faces. It was then that the name sank in and I thought a drop of tea … Continue reading
Sunset at Hawksworth Fishery
Hawksworth on the edge of Rombalds Moor has a small private fishing lake that looks inviting in the evening sunshine. Another area near Leeds is called Hawksworth and there is this walk around Horsforth incorporating Hawksworth Wood. A couple of … Continue reading
Credit Crunch for Retail – Huddersfield
Mary Portas is called the Queen of Shops and publishes books and a newspaper column in the Daily Telegraph. For some reason she chose to take a side swipe at Huddersfield in her ‘Shop’ column. She said ‘ New Street … Continue reading