BARNBOW MUNITIONS FACTORY HERO RECEIVES RECOGNITION
A street and now a bridge have had plaques placed in recognition of the heroic…
In Bygone Years
OLIVER CROMWELL
His name is remembered in Leeds by addresses such as Cromwell Street, Cromwell Mount, also…
THE SOUND OF SHUFFLING, GHOSTLY FOOTSTEPS
−−− BY PETER THORPE −−− Temple Newsam house in Leeds is not only famous, or…
SIR HENRY IRVING
His name is still revered, once described as the ‘Olivier’ of his day winning admiration…
HIS MASTER’S VOICE AND NIPPER THE DOG
It’s always sad to hear of a business in trouble, particularly those considered an ‘institute’…
DANIEL DEFOE AND YORKSHIREMAN ROBINSON CRUSOE
“…I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good…
WYNNE DE LYLE, GIRL VENTRILOQUIST
Before American Shari Lewis and ‘Lambchop’ became famous, Yorkshire had its own female ventriloquist, ‘Wynne…
REMEMBERING ‘OLD MOTHER RILEY’
Those of a certain age will remember the ‘golden days’ of childhood and early 1950s…