This month we will focus on Yorkshire Society corporate member Kay Atkinson and her business Yorkshire Appetite Food Tours. Kay along with two other Yorkshire Food “Ambassadors” run food tours in both their home town of Harrogate as well as in the centre of York....
Our latest Corporate Member Focus is on Country Clothing brand Ratcatcher. Yorkshire Society volunteer Tim Barber spoke to the owner, Jon Wall, to find out more about the business. Jon has a wealth of experience, having worked in the Yorkshire wool textile industry...
For a number of years now a small group has been investigating the possibilities of an application to UNESCO for global geopark status for East Yorkshire, with support from a growing number of individuals, local, regional and national agencies, universities and other...
The sound of church bells ringing across Yorkshire is something that has been missing during the Covid-19 pandemic. Bell ringers have been unable to meet due to the social distancing rules but now the restrictions are relaxing the bells are able to be rung again. RING...
JOHN GROGAN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY WRITES On Thursday 29 October 2009, in the splendid surroundings of the council chamber in Barnsley Town Hall, a unique event occurred in the history of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For the first and last time to...
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 UPDATE Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to accept that The Yorkshire Festival, which was being planned for 31 July and 1 August at The Piece Hall, can not go ahead as intended. Sadly, lack of time, space constraints, the volume of interest...
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...