Posts by yorkshire reporter

Tall Stories Present The Gruffalo

Join Mouse (played by Whitby, North Yorkshire actor Lauren Scott Berry) on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Searching for hazelnuts, Mouse meets the cunning Fox, the eccentric old Owl and…

‘Kynren – An Epic Tale of England’

Last year, I wrote about my visit to Kynren in Bishop Auckland which takes audiences on a journey through 2,000 years of British history, myth and legend, encompassing the Roman occupation and both World Wars, with Viking and Norman invasions, medieval feasts, Tudor times, The English Civil War, the Georgian…

THOMAS LORD

Cricket is the most typically British of all games. The name conjures up images of hot summer days on the village green, the unique smell of mown grass, pint of beer in hand and a few sandwiches to munch on while watching the game. The founding of the Marylebone Cricket…

Battlefield Extended

Local News
The boundaries of Towton Battlefield have been officially extended. Calls were made to extend the designated area for quite some time to offer this site of national importance the protection it needs. England’s bloodiest battle in 1461 was part of the Wars of the Roses, and changed the course of…

JULY 2017

Dear Gary I have some French boules brought home from France by my Great Grandad in the 1st World War, have they any worth? Dear Ian, Thank you for your email. Boules were used for games that involved rolling or throwing, and yours were probably used for the French game…

JULY 2017

Summer holidays are here and our Foreign Exchange department have been rushed off their feet selling Euros and Dollars for those lucky enough to be going abroad. We have also had a lot of customers exchanging unwanted gold for Euros and others pawning their jewellery to get a bit of…

Yorkshire Day 1st August

Local News
BY ERIC SCAIFE – YORKSHIRE DIALECT SOCIETY Yorkshire Day was created in 2005 in answer to local government reorganisation of the counties. This tried to drop the word, Ridings  from our county. Yorkshire is three Ridings and always will be. Riding comes from the Viking word, Thrithing, which means a…
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