Author Archives: Hortoris
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
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
How Many Politicians will it take to change the EU?
Now you are asking! Will the EU really change? Will the excessive levels of UK government ever become fit for purpose? The formula for the number of politicians currently required seems to be y(x + 1) when x is the … Continue reading
Philip Davies Quips at Prime Ministers Question Time
Like him and his politics or not you have to admire the MP for Shipley, Philip Davies. He regularly asks pertinent and punchy questions of our prime minister. Generally Philip uses a degree of humour and a pithy turn of … Continue reading
Sir Patrick Stewart
After waiting for God only knows how many decades (well 6.9 actually) the Mirfield lad made good with an OBE in 2001 and a Knighthood (KBE) in 2009. He was the Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield. ‘Sir Pat’ is … Continue reading
Big Daddy – Shirley Crabtree
With a name like Shirley Crabtree you were bound to learn to fight and so it must have been for young Shirley in Halifax in the 1930’s. Early stints as a miner and in the Coldstream Guards did not prepare … Continue reading
Yorkshiremen Climbing Everest
Heroic Barnsley Hero If you have spent grueling days climbing to the top of the world to reach your dream? If it has cost you a fortune in time, cash and goodwill from the family? If you are near the … Continue reading