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    Did you know Britain’s tallest ever man was a Yorkshireman?
    timbarber
    • Jan 4, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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    William Wilberforce – The original Black Lives Matter Campaigner
    timbarber
    • Jun 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    William Wilberforce – The original Black Lives Matter Campaigner

    After the recent Black Lives Matter protests around the world it was quite apt when one of my fellow guides, Nick Smith, the owner of Yor...
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    Titus Salt - How Alpaca and Donskoi wool lead to his success
    timbarber
    • Apr 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Titus Salt - How Alpaca and Donskoi wool lead to his success

    Industrialist Titus Salt will forever be remembered as a Yorkshire industrialist who pioneered the use of the model village for his...
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    Barbara Hepworth - “One of the most important sculptors of the 20th Century”
    timbarber
    • Mar 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Barbara Hepworth - “One of the most important sculptors of the 20th Century”

    The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield was opened in 2011 and is one of the corners of the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle. It was opened to...
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    I'm Tim Barber and since 2015 I have been running Real Yorkshire Tours - offering chauffeur guided small group tours for visitors to Yorkshire..

     

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