Author Archives: Hortoris
Frank Meadows Sutcliffe at Whitby
You do not need any special reason to visit Whitby but if by chance you have overlooked the Whitby Museum then you are missing a trick. It is located at the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society where the famous photographer … Continue reading
Harewood House Highlights
Harewood House, completed in 1771, is a significant English stately home with gardens by Capability Brown, interior design by Robert Adam and furniture by Thomas Chippendale. The rooms appear bright and well lit even on a gloomy Yorkshire day and … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s RSPB Reserves
For Yorkshire’s birdwatchers and nature lovers we are blessed with four top notch sites maintained by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Fairburn Ings There are three main trails on the RSPB reserve and some nice walking … Continue reading
Day Trip to York
What is the capital of Yorkshire? ‘Y’ at least according to the old playground joke. Obviously a trip to York will dispel any thoughts of York being a joke and I wondered how to report on our great County town. … Continue reading
The Northern Clemency
The Northern Clemency paperback edition is a stonking good read about family life in a Sheffield suburb in the 1970’s-80’s. The hefty tome has a plot involving a mother who commits adultery with a drug smuggler, a slim teenager who … Continue reading
Blea Moor Bog
From the Station Inn at Ribblehead, Gents get a view that may or may not be available to Ladies visiting the same establishment. Blea Moor Bog is in full view and then you can look out of the window. For … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Top Twelve Bird Watching Sites
John R Mather ( ‘Where to watch Birds in Yorkshire & Humberside‘) has compiled a list of 156 Yorkshire sites from which I have selected a personal favourites list or top dozen. To make it a bakers dozen please comment … Continue reading
A Hull of a Yorkshire Book Club Choice
Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (B1) As we develop our internet book club we are learning different lessons and trying to put them into practice. Our main focus will be on a book a month with a reference (A..)with a … Continue reading
Greetings Cards a Yorkshire Industry Making Millions
What is in the water in Yorkshire that makes us the center of the UK greeting card industry? Unfortunately old companies like W.N. Sharpe’s of Bradford have been gobbled up long ago by American giant Hallmark but the operation still … Continue reading
Winter Photography in Wharfedale
Otley Camera Club were not involved with this photograph of their local golf course but they have a very active Otley and District Photographic Society and web site Regular meetings take place at Prince Henry’s and the main event is … Continue reading