Category Archives: Yorkshire Folk
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
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
Last of the Summer Policemen
Who do The Sweeney, Minder, Danger UXB, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Coronation Street have in common? Answer Yorkshireman Ken Kitson. Continue reading
Dickie Bird of Barnsley
In the 2012 New Years Honours list Dickie Bird of Barnsley has been awarded the OBE. Other sporting awards for Yorkshire folk go to Jamie Peacock from Leeds Rhinos and Taekwondo champion Sarah Stevenson from Doncaster Continue reading
Yorkshire Roots of The NSPCC
Benjamin Waugh of Settle is credited with forming the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in 1884. With Lord Shaftesbury as president they had 32 national branches or aid committees within 5 years. Each branch raised … 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
Likely Lads from Bingley – Rodney Bewes
Rodney Bewes was born near Bingley Grammar School in 1939 and was a sickly child suffering from asthma. At the age of 12 he read in the Daily Herald that the BBC wanted some child actors and he wrote in, … Continue reading
Duncan Preston Soap and Shakespearian Actor
How many Yorkshire actors do you know that combine soap humor and Shakespeare? Well straight from The Bradford Playhouse and the Civic Playhouse via RADA I give you the career to date of Duncan Preston. Duncan Preston is a Bradford-born … 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