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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

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Jolly Boating Weather

  I put the registration number of a canal barge into a search engine and this is what I discovered ‘Length 15.25 metres (50 feet ) – Beam 1.99 metres (6 feet 6 inches ) – Draft 0.92 metres (3 … Continue reading

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Dougie World Trials Champion From Silsden

  When Dougie Lampkin was only 33 but he had already accumulated 12 World Championship titles including 7 consecutive World Outdoor Championships and 5 Indoor. Motor bikes   run in the Lampkin family. Dougie’s father Martin was the first trials … Continue reading

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Twirlies on Doncaster & Bradford Trolley Buses

Twirlies you know are the OAP’s and people who stand at bus stops with their free passes and ask ‘are we too early’ because it is not yet 9.30am. So that is how we get our name ‘Twirlies’, it is … Continue reading

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Good Things About Leeds

Leeds upon Aire is the new seaside location in the middle of Yorkshire. Snorkeling, scuba diving and muddy beaches are waiting for the intrepid visitor. No money at all has been spent on making this a holiday destination of a … Continue reading

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Pickering

Pickering is the perfect start to your steam train adventure, leaving the charming village the trains to Whitby go through stations evocative of an earlier era. Levisham is an 1912 style station, accessible by one solitary hill road and suitable … Continue reading

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