When the Yorkshire Dialect Society (a leading member of The Yorkshire Society’s Heritage Guardians network) announced they planned to run a pilot adult education course in Yorkshire Dialect, to teach people to be more able to listen to, speak, read and even write the...
From Barnsley lad and miner’s son to someone who was recognised and loved worldwide, the grief runs so very deep for our ‘Parky’. His calm and gentle manner brought out the best in his interviewees, his shows were the backdrop for so many of our lives and still today...
Society management committee member and local Rothrham lad, Steve Bradwell, met with the Mayor of Rotherham, Cllr Robert Taylor, to present the Society's certificate of commendation and appreciation to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in recognition of their...
Society supporter, Joe Dunn in Perth, Australia, writes: I am a Yorkshire born Australian who emigrated from my village of Rothwell, Nr Leeds, in the late sixties with three young boys. It took me 20 years to settle, but I did what I thought was best for my family....
When members of The Yorkshire Society talk about “God’s Own Country” they are nearer the truth than sometimes they imagine. Yorkshire was indeed an independent Anglo-Viking country over a thousand years ago, divided into three separate counties or “Ridings” – East,...
We are proud to announce that the Society has signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant. This further cements our connection with the Armed Forces, and particularly The Royal Yorkshire Regiment and new Partner Corporate Members, the Reserve Forces' and Cadet's...
Tuesday 1st August saw a wonderful Yorkshire Day in Rotherham where the Society's official Civic Celebration took place. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council were chosen to host in 2021 but this was postponed because of the covid pandemic. Despite the dull weather...
After the success of Yorkshire Day 2023 in Rotherham, we are now looking forward to an amazing Yorkshire Day 2024 in York. City of York Council were awarded the honour of organising the Society’s official Yorkshire Day Civic Celebration in 2021 but this was postponed...
Bradford and Ilkley have been successful in a bid to co-host the official Yorkshire Day civic event in 2025. Held on 1st August every year and led by The Yorkshire Society, Yorkshire Day celebrates this great county’s heritage, history, landscape, culture, and its...