Yorkshire Day

[tilly]

I own a whip does that count?

[Johnny39]

MWD wrote: I'm waiting to see if Look North wheel out the 'professional Yorkshiremen' as usual!Dickie BirdMichael Parkinson (Man Utd fan)Geoff Boycott     (Man Utd fan)not forgetting the 2 men who are trying their hardest to get themselves appointed to the list of 'professional Yorkshiremen' - Harry Gration and Paul Hudson.I bet none of them own a whippet! And I bet not one of them is interested in precipitation, shovels or blackpuddings!

[jim]

My missus, along with twenty members of the West Leeds Walking Group visited the Swastika Stone at the top of Heber's Ghyll today. Some of them even wore white roses.Naturally they sang as many verses of "On Ilkley Moor Baht 'At" as they could remember - so if any of you were up there and were frightened to death, you know who to blame!    

[Cardiarms]

Bah! What a waste of money, an artificial creation thought up by bureaucrats, consultants and marketing executives, probably based in Manchester or London Total waste of time.;-D

[Leodian]

tilly wrote: I own a whip does that count? Mmmm kinky! That reminded me of the song by Doris Day in Calamity Jane that goes:-Oh! The Deadwood Stage is a-rollin' on over the plains, with the curtains flappin' and the driver slappin' the reins. Beautiful sky! A wonderful day! Whip crack-away!, Whip crack-away!, Whip crack-away!I bet Doris would have done a great version of On Ilkley Moor baht 'at.    

[Loiner1960]

Happy Yorkshire Day, and stop mythering...The 3 Ridings and York, from the Tees to the Trent, Pennines to the Humber...I'll hear all see all say nowt, eat all, sup all pay nowt, and if ever thee does owt for nowt, aller as do it for thee sen.!Started by the late lamented Tetleys brewery in about 1980 or there abouts.Why does the telly think Yorkshire is only the West Riding.? Loads of famous Yorkshire folk from Middlesborough and East Riding.

[String o' beads]

That phrase well predates Tetley's.http://www.answers.com/topic/hear-all-s ... hysenHappy Yorkshire what's left o' t' beggar.

[Jogon]

Did someone say it's:-                     "..Doris Day" ?

[tyke bhoy]

Geordie-exile wrote: That phrase well predates Tetley's.http://www.answers.com/topic/hear-all-s ... hysenHappy Yorkshire what's left o' t' beggar. I think Loiner was referring to the concept of Yorkshire Day being Tetley's not the phrase.@Loiner Its almost 40 years since Middlesborough has been "politically" part of Yorkshire. Therefore a lot of the youngsters will have forgotten that while the Smoggies may be in an administrative district called Cleveland, they still regard themselves, as we do, as being part of the County of Yorkshire

[somme1916]

tyke bhoy wrote: Geordie-exile wrote: That phrase well predates Tetley's.http://www.answers.com/topic/hear-all-s ... hysenHappy Yorkshire what's left o' t' beggar. I think Loiner was referring to the concept of Yorkshire Day being Tetley's not the phrase.@Loiner Its almost 40 years since Middlesborough has been "politically" part of Yorkshire. Therefore a lot of the youngsters will have forgotten that while the Smoggies may be in an administrative district called Cleveland, they still regard themselves, as we do, as being part of the County of Yorkshire Very emotive subject,them there boundaries.....!Ask the people of Todmorden(West Yorks,but with Oldham post code and STD dialling code-most even talk like lancastrians) and Barnoldswick(now E.Lancs but was part of old West Riding 'til 1974 boundary changes)...at least most of them talk proper Yorkshire and many still call themselves Yorkshiremen/women.....suppose they would if born pre-1974 !