Category Archives: Books Club & Literary Work
Black Diamonds Built Wentworth Castle
Wentworth Castle at Stainborough near Barnsley has fine gardens and parkland to walk around. Now-a-days Wentworth Castle buildings are used as a college of further education known as The Northern College. Access into the house is therefore strictly by pre-booked … Continue reading
Whitby – Home For Vampires That Fear The Light?
Since Bram Stoker lit his first candle to see the ink drying on his story of Dracula the local vampires have preferred the night and twilight. So might you if you see the light like this around St Mary’s and … Continue reading
Haworth no Bronte Publicity II PY
When a Haworth based family buy a beautiful vintage Rolls-Royce, little do they know they would get more than they bargained for. Named after the car’s registration II PY this book by a local author is ‘Fast-paced and action-packed, II … Continue reading
Partner-ignoringly Compulsive – Jojo Moyes Novel
Now the Euro football is decided and the Olympics put to rest it may be your turn to be ‘Partner-ignoringly Compulsive’ by reading one of Jojo Moyes fiction books. Preface to Yorkshire Book Club (A3) Jojo Moyes has been a … Continue reading
Clever Little Tit or Bird Brain
Tim Birkhead has produced a brainy book on ornithology as you would expect from an academic. However he has also been very clever in making it accessible to all ornithologists. Continue reading
Hockney Rebel
If you are a Cockney Rebel when you come from London are you a Bradfordney Rebel or Yorkney Rebel from Yorkshire? naw tha’s just normal. ‘Hockney’s Pictures’ is a retrospective of one of the most popular pop artist in the … Continue reading
Miscellany in Yorkshire
400 web pages of miscellaneous Yorkshire snippets plus links to a new book on Yorkshire Continue reading
Yorkshire Cricket Slip Catch Dropped
The Bradford League produced some great cricketers and employed others like Sir Leary Constantine. The top star on many peoples list would be Jim Laker 1922-86 who was born in Frizinghall and attended Salt’s school. Jim played at Roberts Park … Continue reading
Fred Trueman Still Speaks Out
Frederick Sewards Trueman OBE Fred Trueman to All Yorkshire Folk All Yorkshiremen have a favourite Fred Trueman story and mine goes something like this: Opening the bowling as usual from the Kirkstall Lane End Fred’s first ball rapped the openers … Continue reading
Sir Fred Hoyle Astronomer, Cosmologist and Sci-fi Author
Sir Fred Hoyle FRS 24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001 a Yorkshire man who coined the phrase ‘ The Big Bang’ and missed out on not one but two or three Nobel prizes for physics. Fred Hoyle was born … Continue reading