Category Archives: Our Yorkshire
Air Ambulances of Yorkshire
Overhead Chopper at Leeds-Bradford Airport ‘The Leeds-Bradford airspace seemed to be full of budding pilots on the afternoon when I passed by. This helicopter was on a training session run by private aviation company Multiflight, a business which is based … Continue reading
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in Yorkshire
RHS Britain In Bloom The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) organise and judge the annual Britain in Bloom competition. Over 2000 communities and 13,000 schools take part in various levels of the competition from small villages to large towns and cities. … Continue reading
Parcevall Hall and Gardens
Parecvall Hall garden lies on a steep hillside near Appletreewick in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Built in 1582 as a farm house it is now a retreat leased to the Diocese of Bradford by the Shrine of Our Lady … Continue reading
Ferns on Moors and Coast
The lower slopes of the Yorkshire moors can be thickly covered with bracken (one of many ferns). Despite some belief to the contrary it has been shown that any increase is slow but it is still an invasive species. Gone … Continue reading
Art of Clothing Yorkshire
The Collier The Costume of Yorkshire in 1814, by George Walker, ‘One of these workmen is here represented as returning from his labours in his usual costume. This dress, which is of white cloth bound with red, may probably be … Continue reading
Wireless in Yorkshire
A cautionary tale involving our former colonies and a shrewd Yorkshireman (is there any other sort?) In the land of sheep and Ayers Rock, after having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, Australian scientists found traces of … Continue reading
Shire Horses Otley and Bradford
Shire horses put on a great show even though they are not show jumpers – thank goodness for the farmers and breeders who still value Shires 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
Ilkley Moor Baht’at not Baht’camera
Hats were not needed by this family on the slopes of Ilkley Moor last Boxing Day. The sun shone on the sledging and created long shadows of Mary Jane and family a few years after the cooartin’. Escaping the fatal … Continue reading
Hawes Interesting and Unusual
The picture shows Hawes Church rebuilt during Queen Victoria’s reign. It is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch. Interesting and Unusual Facts about Hawes The railway is gone and you can only get to the Museum by bus as Hawes … Continue reading