The Great British Talkshow Host – Sir Michael Parkinson
With Sir Michael Parkinson due to receive his Lifetime Achievement Award at the Yorkshire Awards in March 2022, it seemed like a good...
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Aug 5, 20212 min read
Enclosure Rights – an artwork inspired by the cultural landscape of the Yorkshire Wolds
On a recent walk along the Yorkshire Wolds Way from Wintringham, I stumbled upon a wonderful public artwork. The walk started in...
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Jul 8, 20213 min read
Ratcatcher Yorkshire Tweed Clothing – Designed, Woven and Made in Yorkshire
I recently came across Ratcatcher when I was tasked with ordering 100 flat caps for a corporate team building event in Ilkley which...
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Jun 11, 20213 min read
The Gallows Pole – The story of the Cragg Vale Coiners
Nothing to do with the Led Zeppelin song of the same name, I stumbled on the book The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers in a book store in...
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May 31, 20212 min read
The Ilkley Moor Alien
Living in Burley in Wharfedale, I spend a lot of time on Ilkley Moor with my dog and love exploring the wild moorland. So when a friend...
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May 14, 20212 min read
War Horse - a powerful tribute to Featherstone's first world war fallen
On my way to do an interview with Farmer Copley’s Farm, one of the few places in Yorkshire to still grow liquorice, I passed a huge...
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Apr 30, 20215 min read
Walk along The Yorkshire Wolds Way from Wintringham
After deciding to go out for a day’s walking with my old mate Wardy, we decided for a change to visit The Yorkshire Wolds. Even though...
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Apr 21, 20214 min read
Peaky Blinders in Yorkshire
The British period drama Peaky Blinders created by Steven Knight follows the exploits of the Shelby crime family and is loosely based on...
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Mar 14, 20213 min read
Bridgerton in Yorkshire
Riding on the coat tails of smash-hit period dramas such as BBC’s Downtown Abbey and ITV’s Victoria, Netflix released its own romp...
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Feb 19, 20213 min read
The Story of Wool – Grade II listed Public Art Sculpture in Ilkley
One of my first jobs after leaving University was for the Clothing Industry Training Board (CAPITB), which used to be based in Pudsey,...
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Feb 17, 20216 min read
Exploring the locations from Channel 5’s new All Creatures Great & Small
James Herriot’s books and the original BBC TV series of All Creatures Great and Small, about life as a Yorkshire vet, were massively...
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Feb 4, 20213 min read
Percy Shaw – the Yorkshire inventor of the “Cat’s Eye”
The “Cat’s Eye” was invented in 1934 by Yorkshireman Percy Shaw and has no doubt saved thousands of lives on the roads over the years....
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Jan 4, 20213 min read
Did you know Britain’s tallest ever man was a Yorkshireman?
William Bradley – often known as “The Yorkshire Giant” or “Bradley the Giant” was born in Market Weighton in the East Riding in 1787 and...
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Dec 22, 20203 min read
So what is the link between an elephant, the artist JMW Turner and Otley Chevin?
On one of my favourite dog walking routes on Otley Chevin there is a wood carving by local sculptor and teacher Shane Green of an...
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Nov 12, 20205 min read
The worrying decline of The Curlew – are we hearing their last calls
“Never heard the solitary whistle of curlew on a summer noon…without feeling an elevation of the soul” So said Robbie Burns. But worrying...
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Nov 2, 20203 min read
The Story of the Yorkshire Flag
My good friend and Yorkshire author, Colin Speakman has written an article for The Real Yorkshire Blog on the history of the Yorkshire...
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Nov 1, 20203 min read
Guy Fawkes and his Yorkshire connections
With Bonfire Night approaching on 5th November, families this year will enjoy their own socially distanced fireworks & garden bonfires,...
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Sep 20, 20204 min read
Sir George Cayley – “the father of aerial navigation”
In my previous life running a marketing agency, I had the pleasure of working with a local precision engineering company called Produmax...
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Aug 22, 20204 min read
All Creatures Great and Small – Channel 5 revives the James Herriot TV drama
One of my most popular driver guided tours is James Herriot Country and it is amazing how many people from all over the world still have...
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Aug 20, 20203 min read
Kes – an iconic piece of Yorkshire cinema now ranked 7th in the BFI Top 10 British Films list
My sons girlfriend turned up at the house last week wearing a T-shirt with a picture of young Billy Casper from the film Kes sticking two...
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