It’s always nice to receive a Christmas Card from a friend far away. When that friend is a whole bunch of friends with a common love of Yorkshire, it’s all the more special.

Despite the weather, there was a great turnout to watch BBC political correspondent, Chris Mason, unveil our first blue plaque for W R Mitchell MBE.

Members of the Society attending this year’s Brass Factor were treated to a fantastic evening’s music and some stiff competition between rival brass bands.

Ron Bird, in New Zealand, has sent a brief report on the Yorkshire Society’s participation in a local parade where, once again, they flew the flag and made the County proud.

Society members Malcolm and Karen Weaving, the Proprietors of the Rendezvous Hotel in Skipton, were joined by TV legend Syd Little at a fundraising event for Petal, the childhood cancer research charity, in aid of Cancer Research UK.

The Yorkshire Post recently reported a bid to bring the home of the world famous Red Arrows to Yorkshire; something the Yorkshire Society is keen to support. Conservative MP for Richmond, Rishi Sunak, the man behind the bid suggested RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire as the ideal fit for the world famous Red Arrows, the Royal Airforce’s Aerobatic Team of pilots, engineers and support staff.

The Yorkshire Society, represented by Deputy Chair, Geoff Walsh, and CEO, Philip Bell, attended the latest committee meeting of The Yorkshire Ridings Society in York. Both Societies were of one voice on the key issue of Yorkshire’s border and there can’t be many occassions when more pro-active Yorkshireness was in one room.

As the country remembered the fallen on the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, ending The first World War, the Society returned to Ripon, hosts of this year’s official Yorkshire Day celebrations.

Fittingly, this year, Remembrance Sunday falls on 11th November and it marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. All over Yorkshire people young and old will gather to remember those who have sacrificed themselves to defend and protect the freedoms we value and enjoy today. The Yorkshire Society Deputy Chair,

Yorkshire Business Market, recently acquired by The Yorkshire Society, was established to create an opportunity for Yorkshire companies, large and small, to promote their business and learn from each other.