Category Archives: Wit and Humour
Mucky Fat for Your Drip Teacake
Nowt better than a bit of ‘Mucky fat’. That is the nectar of the gods that drips out of a large well cooked beef joint. When poured off it will conceal, rather than set, into two layers. The top will … Continue reading
Barnsley Food Porn
Barnsley Chops Barnsley does ‘Chops’ better than it does Porn! Soft juicy and succulent these Barnsley Chops are just waiting to be well and truly cooked! Cheeky chops. At the local Chinese no.241 is Barnsley Chop suet – ideal for … Continue reading
John Prescott MP Kingston upon Hull East
Hull the City of Culture 2017 Baron Prescott, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire formerly John ‘Prezza’ Prescott or ‘Two Jags’ as he was known during his time as Deputy Prime Minister has been his eloquent … Continue reading
Virtual Yorkshire Museums
Virtual Absinthe leads to Virtual Yorkshire museums Continue reading
Stick to Sticks
I was amused by these stick men with sticks on a bus window! It was better than Morris men with sticks but not a lot! Vintage Stick Jokes I am a mystic and this is my stick. ‘Hagha’ Tommy Cooper … Continue reading
Cockersdale and Keith Marsden Doin’ the Manch
Doin’ the manch is the title and first song on a re-released album of songs from Cockersdale and the pen and fertile mind of Keith Marsden. Hopefully this song is playing as a tribute to Keith who died in 1991. … Continue reading
Wilfred Pickles Have a Go
You can get snippets of Wilfred Pickles as an actor on youtube or watch a full comedy series with Jimmy Jewel from Barnsley on this boxed DVD of More Northern Comedy. According to wikipedia Wilfred Pickles was a proud Yorkshireman, … Continue reading
Vexillologist’s Flag Flying over Yorkshire
Vexillology, meaning the study of flags, is intriguing and challenging, I am told by Associated Content. ‘Whether you focus on flags of nations, states, counties, cities, corporations or service groups, you need to be familiar with the basic vocabulary of … Continue reading
Curry on Bradford
World Curry Festival Bradford (and their small neighbor Leeds hosted the World Curry festival 2016. Local Bradford lad Zulfi Karim said ‘The World Curry Festival is a long-held dream for me in which I saw a true celebration of one … Continue reading
God Made Yorkshire and Southern Wazzocks
Making Yorkshire God’s Own County Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven God went missing for six days. Eventually, Archangel Michael found him on the seventh day resting. He enquired of God, ‘Where have you been?’ God pointed … Continue reading