by Admin | May 26, 2017 | Blog
The 2014 Tour de France Grand Départ in Yorkshire showcased some of Yorkshire’s finest countryside, villages and towns. It also paved the way for the Tour de Yorkshire to continue drawing attention to our glorious county, but what of our UNESCO World Heritage...
by Admin | May 12, 2017 | Blog
In June 2017 it is 251 years since Captain Cook made his historic landing in Marlborough Sound in New Zealand. Captain James Cook became a Captain in the British Navy, rising through the ranks after starting as a Mariner and mastering the art of navigation to become a...
by Admin | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog
In 1976 plans were afoot for the development of the Coppergate Shopping Centre in York. It was agreed that due to York’s known abundance of buried treasures, archaeologists should move in prior to the build. What they quickly discovered set the building of the...
by Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog
You would never expect to find any connection between a Chocolate Orange and some fine furniture, yet Noel Terry – a relative of Joseph Terry who set up a famous chocolate factory in York – spent his lifetime collecting exquisite Georgian clocks and furniture. Terry’s...
by Admin | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
PHOTO: Ilkley, below the famous ‘Cow and Calf’ Rocks Besides being the home of the Yorkshire Anthem ‘On Ilkley Moor Bah Tat’, Ilkley has a long and interesting history from its Roman occupation through to becoming a thriving Victorian Spa Town. Local Blue...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog
PHOTO: A handsome Swaledale Tup (Ram) at the Masham Sheep Fair in the Yorkshire Dales The wealth of medieval England was built on the export of wool to continental Europe, which is why the Lord Speaker even today sits on a wool-sack in the House of Lords. However,...
