David Hinde, the official town crier of The Yorkshire Society was delighted to assist with the re-launch of the iconic Queens Hotel in Leeds, after its £16m makeover. David’s proclamation in full: OYEZ, OYEZ, OYEZ Today In The Very Heart Of Leeds We Unveil A...
NEWS RELEASE (updated 14th June 2021) We are pleased to announce that in addition to our official Yorkshire Day Civic Celebration in York this year, although it's once again been badly affected by the pandemic (please see the joint announcement with City of York...
The Yorkshire Society’s mission is to promote and celebrate all things Yorkshire, so we felt our membership needed to hear about one of our corporate members who run a ground-breaking business in West Yorkshire. Based in Wakefield, Aqualithium is a partnership...
Society member, Tim Barber, writes… 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 statue of a horse at Mill Pond Meadow on the outskirts of Featherstone. Intrigued, I parked up at...
The survey we distributed as part of the Big Yorkshire Conversation proved to be a huge success. Thank you to all those who completed it. Altogether there were 4514 responses and this gives us a huge sample and one which will provide us with reliable results. The data...
PRESS RELEASE Wakefield based Aqualithium were delighted to welcome the Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan to their offices at The Nostell Estate on the 21st May. Mr Khan was briefed on the company’s latest progress in the sustainable commercial extraction of lithium from...
The National Horseracing College in Doncaster has been a corporate member of The Yorkshire Society for a number of years. We interviewed Chief Executive Colonel Stephen Padgett OBE, to find out more about the College and his passion for Yorkshire. The National...
A JOINT STATEMENT BY THE YORKSHIRE SOCIETY AND CITY OF YORK COUNCIL City of York Council, faced with the many disruptive impacts of the ongoing pandemic, and with the safety of visitors and participants in mind, has reluctantly concluded that they will not now be...
It’s Rhubarb season again! Once again, it’s that time of year when Rhubarb features on the menu again. But its not just rhubarb crumbles or pies, Chefs are now using rhubarb in many more innovative ways – rhubarb cheesecakes, rhubarb scones, as accompaniment to pork...