Author Archives: Hortoris
Cycling – Bike Week in Yorkshire
Looking Towards Burnsall courtesy of Cycling Info National Bike Week set me thinking. I am always interested in sports, pastimes & hobbies and am often astounded how well supported and organised many of them are. For example there are 100 … Continue reading
The Land Girls of Yorkshire
‘Back to the Land Girls’ or ‘Back to the Land, Girls’ is the title of a new comedy based on The Land Girls of Yorkshire. Inspired by war-time reminiscences of various Yorkshire based or bred Land Army girls this play … Continue reading
Elastoplast, Cods Liver and Nivea
T J Smith opened a chemist shop in Hull in 1856 as a 30 year old member of the newly formed British Pharmaceutical Society. An early product was the Dark brown, fishy smelling Cod Liver Oil made from Hull fish … Continue reading
Ripper Sutcliffe’s Victims
This book examines the detail behind each of 13 murders by the Yorkshire Ripper and the resulting police investigations. There is less said about the seven attempted murders but it does highlight the possibility of several other unsolved cases including … Continue reading
Rotherham Rant 2
It is 6 years since the first rant was published – see below Only now are there any signs of getting to grips with the myriad problems for this town. In a couple more years I will revisit the improvements … Continue reading
Brass Bands of Yorkshire and Yore
Where there’s muck there’s Brass Bands and where there is a lot of brass there are Silver Bands. ‘The Cloth-Cap’ music of the working class man has strong links in Yorkshire and with Yorkshire businesses. For up to date news … Continue reading
Kirklands Bridge Club 1974-2015
Sports and pastimes were an important part of our society, culture and upbringing long before the advent of digital media, computer games and television. Board games like Ludo, Snakes & Ladders and Monopoly were only marginally less popular than family … Continue reading
Yorkshire’s Closed Churches
Open but Closed! St. John the Evangelist is the oldest church in the centre of Leeds and it was constructed between 1632-1634. It was restored in 1868 but all the main features were preserved. That is to no avail now … Continue reading
Saltaire Village Yorkshire
David Hockney galleries, a Round Church, a Reed Organ museum and a model village are just some of the highlights to savor on a trip to Saltaire. The village was founded in 1853 by Sir Titus Salt for the workers … Continue reading
Conisbrough Village and Ivanhoe Castle
Conisbrough near Doncaster was the setting for Sir Walter Scotts ‘Ivanhoe’. Using the Castle as the basis for a Saxon stronghold during the reign of Richard 1st the tale about chivalry and knighthood daring-do led too a TV series in … Continue reading