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Is Yorkshire the most romantic place to celebrate Valentine’s Day?
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner – I decided to give some thought as to why Love and Yorkshire go hand in hand, plus how and...
timbarber
Feb 13, 20223 min read
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The Yorkshire Wolds - soon to get Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and UNESCO Geopark status?
A guest blog article by my friend, Yorkshire Society colleague and acclaimed author Colin Speakman Even amongst people who love...
timbarber
Feb 7, 20223 min read
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Circular walk from Thixendale to the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy
The Yorkshire Wolds is often over looked in favour of Yorkshire’s better known National parks – The Yorkshire Dales & North York Moors....
timbarber
Jan 28, 20225 min read
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The Yorkshire’s festive celebrations through the ages
Winter Solstice We have to look back much further than the nativity to start exploring the origins of winter festive celebrations. In...
timbarber
Dec 25, 202112 min read
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The Miner’s Bait Table sculpture on the Cleveland Way at Boulby
A few weeks back whilst walking a stretch of the Cleveland Way with my dog, I came across a strange piece of land art in the shadow of...
timbarber
Dec 20, 20212 min read
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Ridge Walk – Gauber to Ingleborough via Simon’s Fell with stunning views
I’d walked on part of Simon’s Fell during my Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge in May but never actually reached its summit. As it’s one of the...
timbarber
Dec 18, 20214 min read
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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...
timbarber
Dec 9, 20213 min read
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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...
timbarber
Aug 5, 20212 min read
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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...
timbarber
Jul 8, 20213 min read
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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...
timbarber
Jun 11, 20213 min read
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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...
timbarber
May 31, 20212 min read
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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...
timbarber
May 14, 20212 min read
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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...
timbarber
Apr 30, 20215 min read
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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...
timbarber
Apr 21, 20214 min read
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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...
timbarber
Mar 14, 20213 min read
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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,...
timbarber
Feb 19, 20213 min read
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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...
timbarber
Feb 17, 20216 min read
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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....
timbarber
Feb 4, 20213 min read
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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...
timbarber
Jan 4, 20213 min read
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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...
timbarber
Dec 22, 20203 min read
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