Author Archives: Hortoris
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
Manor of Northstead – Resignation of MPs
Why isn’t the position of ‘Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead’ one of the busiest public offices in Yorkshire? Under the Act of Settlement a person who holds an office of profit under the Crown is disqualified … Continue reading
Pylons Current Puns
Yorkshire Electric sent a man to read our gas and electric meter at the same time. YE came I don’t know. I guess it saves some energy although he wasn’t impressed when I said he could read the water meter … Continue reading
York-Settle-Carlisle Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
A couple of years back we had a nostalgic trip by steam train with the Railway Touring Company. Joining at Shipley the 12 coaches had already picked up passengers at York and Leeds so engine no. 45231 had a full … Continue reading
Bill Foggitt Old Weather Guru
For generations the Foggitt family have kept records of Yorkshire weather and Bill Foggitt one of 3 children turned quirky weather reporting into an art form. Reporting as far back as the Yarm cloud burst and floods in November 1771 … Continue reading
Gods Own County Tulips
A great year for Tulips is about over in my garden until 2017. The white lily flowered bulbs were the most striking but the old fashioned Rembrandts were worth the investment. The Wensleydale ‘Tulip festival’ may be finished but Constable … Continue reading
Wars of the Roses – Towton Moor
Click to buy from Amazon This Ballad records the bloody fight between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians on March 29 Palm Sunday 1461 Oh, the red and white rose On Towton Moor grows And red and white it blows Upon … Continue reading
Illuminating Religion in Yorkshire
God doesn’t believe in Atheists or rainbow warriors. The spotlight or more accurately the facebook stained glass The Mosque at Drewton Street Bradford. No matter where I stood for the photograph one or more lights were always in the picture. … Continue reading
Fireworks in Barnsley – 1868 Explosion
This is a sad tale from October 1868 when an explosion wrecked a Barnsley fireworks factory killing eleven men, women and children. On Taylor Row there was a plot of land with a small detached building licensed for the making … Continue reading
Grubs Up – Come and Get It
For those with a sweet tooth out table tennis club provided handsomely. The pork pies were an added bonus. If you want to keep up with local developments on all things foody check out some of these links Hello Yorkshire … Continue reading