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When I arrived in Yorkshire over three years ago my original plan was to be back on the other side of the Pennines by now. However I find myself still living in Leeds and still enjoying being in Yorkshire. I originally fled my Stockport roots to study...
We have put together a brief guide of the light and steam railways around the county which we hope will interest our readers. Many of you, we know, are interested in the history of transport. We hope you will help us celebrate...
Television does many things well. It is home to fabulous
dramas (I'm thinking of The West Wing), hilarious
comedies (A Bucket o' French and Saunders) and
riveting documentaries about killer crocodiles (thank you, the
channel known as 'Five'). The...
THE school I used to go to closed its doors for good in July, so I went back for the last-ever old boys' reunion.
As an academic seat of learning it was in a sorry state all round, sinking so low in the educational league that it was in danger of falling...
Car shows are big in Yorkshire this month. Tony Greenway takes two for a test drive...
CARS, cars everywhere – and not just on the roads. Last month, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (the original one from the *** Van *** film) came to Nunnington Hall, so naturally...
BACK in 1978, an American new wave band called Blondie appeared on Top of the Pops performing their UK breakthrough hit, Denis. Next day at school, it was all we talked about. Or rather, lead singer
Debbie Harry was all we talked about. It's hard to...