General Chat

jan LEEDS capitol of yorkshire,its such a beautiful county we have everthing,hills,dales,beautiful old buildings, plenty of pubs,ilkley moor,otley chevin,great people,good food and decent beer(black sheep brewery). i am glad to be born and bred in yorkshire sue

Hi Jan, Happy Yorkshire Day to all you you in Yorkshire! Hugs Lindy;-)

It's Ripon for rowels, an'Shevvield for steel, It's Pudsa for puddins, ya knaw varry weel At Whitby there's t'abbey whear Caedmon once sang At Halifax t'gibbet, whear t'bad uns were hung At Ilkla theres t'moors, there's t'Minster at York An' I've heard of a place whear thay fratch when they talk But for t'marra to t'fowk, you can choose whear you like, There's nob'dy so friendly as t'real Yorkshire Tyke by Wilfred J Halliday

The idea of a special day called Yorkshire Day was to provide a focus for highlighting Yorkshire Pride in the County. August 1st was chosen as it has special significance in the county's history: On August 1st 1759, soldiers in the Battle of Minden, in Germany, picked white roses from nearby fields as a tribute to their fallen comrades. Since then, a number of Yorkshire regiments wear white roses on August 1st to commemorate the events of that day and heroic deeds of their Yorkshire ancestors.

Can,t claim any ties but it,s a lovely [large] county ,with a great people ,and even greater fish and chips ,have a great day you all.Fred.

Eyup! Happy Yorkshire day lads and lasses! Jeanette x

white roses all round!

Two Sites One that is full of Yorkshire stuff www(.)ayup(.)co(.)uk and one for those who would like to hear the Yorkshire dialect spoken www(.)yorkshire-dialect(.)org

The Yorkshire Declaration of Integrity "I, (your name), being a resident of the [West/North/East] Riding of Yorkshire [or City of York] declare; · that Yorkshire is three Ridings and the City of York, with these Boundaries of 1124 years standing; · that the address of all places in these Ridings is Yorkshire; · that all persons born therein or resident therein and loyal to the Ridings are Yorkshire-men and women; · that any person or corporate body which deliberately ignores or denies the aforementioned shall forfeit all claim to Yorkshire status. These declarations made this Yorkshire Day 2001. God Save the Queen!"

To all the Tykes and honorary tykes out there have a great day