Over 150 specially invited guests gathered at Oxenhope railway station, on a beautiful summer morning, to take a specially commissioned steam train from the iconic Keighley & Worth Valley railway to Keighley station, 4½ mile down the picturesque track. A sumptuous...
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A report on the Yorkshire dialect event – celebrating a unique part of Yorkshire’s identity
As a part of the Yorkshire Day weekend in Keighley, the Yorkshire Dialect Society and the Yorkshire Society, in partnership with the Friends of Keighley Library and Bradford Council, staged Yorkshire Dialect Day, a special day school on July 30th in Keighley Local...
Armed Forces Day update from The Yorkshire Regiment
Introduction The long awaited National Armed Forces Day in Scarborough takes place on 25 June after a two-year delay due to the COVID 19 pandemic and The Yorkshire Regiment is prepared and ready to represent the British Army at this prestigious event taking place on...
Is Yorkshire Dialect dying out?
Is Yorkshire Dialect dying out? Does it really matter? Is there a difference between dialect and accent? More people live in Yorkshire than in Wales, or Northern Ireland, and our Region has a similar number of inhabitants to Scotland. But the Welsh, the Scots and...
Leeds-based Run For All are proud to join The Yorkshire Society
At Run For All, we are delighted to have been invited to join The Yorkshire Society. Saying that we love Yorkshire would be an understatement: being based in Leeds is a huge part of our identity, and we’re so proud to have been offering well-organised and inclusive...
Marco Pierre White joins the Society as Vice President
We are pleased to announce that chef, restaurateur and TV personality Marco Pierre White has been appointed a Vice President of The Yorkshire Society. Marco was born in Leeds, the son of a chef and with an Italian mother. After initially training at the Hotel St...
Barker Tower is the little tower in York with a big history
I regularly pass the little round tower known as Barker Tower just to the edge of Lendal Bridge in York whilst taking clients out on walking tours of York. The tower is now home to a great little café called the Perky Peacock, serving great cakes and coffee, so whilst...
Special screening of award winning Who Is Yorkshire?
Corporate members, Eski Media, are inviting all Yorkshire Society members, supporters and friends to a preview screening of their feature documentary film “Who is Yorkshire?” Lasting 45 minutes, the film is an insightful and entertaining look at what makes Yorkshire...
Watch the video – Milly Johnson recites ‘A Job Well Done’ for HM The Queen
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s reign, The Yorkshire Society asked Barnsley based novelist and poet Milly Johnson, a popular Vice President of the Society, to write a poem on behalf of the people of Yorkshire to mark the occasion. “A job well done”...