Author Archives: Hortoris
Rag Rugs and Ragging
Rag rugs remains have been found in old Celtic and Viking homes and the making of rugs from rags is still practiced in Yorkshire. As the pictures imply there have been style changes as the availability of rag material has … Continue reading
Slack Bottom and Slack Top Facts
If you have a ‘slack bottom’ worry not. Slack is a hamlet approximately 2 miles from the centre of Hebden Bridge. From the Halifax direction there is no right turn up the hill at the Slack traffic lights so you … Continue reading
Egged on to Save with Hammonds Sauce
We are rightly proud of our Yorkshire traditions when it comes to money. So it was heartening that Yorkshire Building Society were set to grow with the acquisition of Egg Banking. The society will take on Egg’s mortgage and savings … Continue reading
Aldborough Facts Interesting and Unusual
Aldborough is a pretty village 15 miles northwest of York and just to the south-east of Boroughbridge. It has a village green and Maypole but is famous for having being built on the site of a major Roman town, Isurium … Continue reading
Not Yorkshire Day August 1st
Not a Special Day Day for Yorkshire Day so beware the ides of August in Gods Own County Continue reading
Skelmanthorpe – Interesting and Unusual Facts
The Skelmanthorpe Band is one of the oldest brass bands in the country founded in 1843. They came first in the 2011 Holme Valley contest and are up for the Grand Shield on 14th May 2011. Skelmanthorpe History. Skelmanthorpe is … Continue reading
Kirkstall Abbey and Kirkstall Lane
Kirkstall Lane End The Kirkstall Lane end is the part of Yorkshire County Cricket ground where Fred Trueman, Mathew Hoggard and other famous Yorkshire bowlers started their run-up to bowl. Now the ground is named by sponsors the Headingley Carnegie. … Continue reading
Mosaic and Mosaicing as a Hobby
Mosaics can be a fulfilling hobby, pastime or challenging art project with a 4000 year pedigree Continue reading
County of Shopkeepers and Jokers
Yorkshire has been the birthplace of many retail organisations. Where would the high street be without Asda, Morrisons and Marks & Spencer just for example. More to the point where have names like Burtons the Tailors and Crockatts the Cleaners … Continue reading
Eddie Waring The Voice of Rugby League
Eddie Waring had ‘the uncanny ability of saying exactly what the man on the terraces is thinking’. Michael Parkinson. Born amongst the mundo and shoddy of Dewsbury Eddie managed the Dewsbury rugby team from the late 1930’s through the post … Continue reading