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The Victoria Quarter, Leeds – History and Profile
The Knightsbridge of the North The Beatles once played there, top stars such as Charlie Chaplin and Gracie Fields have ... -
The Battle of Orgreave
The story of an infamous and pivotal confrontation between striking miners and police in Yorkshire… by Colin Philpott If ever ... -
The Brontë Story Revisited
Out on the Wily, Windy Moors by Barney Bardsley I remember the moment I heard it first: an unearthly, high-pitched ... -
Yorkshire’s Cistercian Abbeys
The Wandering White Monks of Yorkshire by Richard Smyth Life is seldom comfortable when you’re a monk. Lots of praying, ... -
Otley History – When the Irish and Elephants Arrived
Otley-born Keith Spence looks back on the colourful history of his birthplace – and finds a few surprises… The Irish ... -
Scarborough and Whitby History – Then and Now
Scarborough’s history dates back to Roman and Viking times when invaders from overseas landed on the town’s beaches. Well-to-do Victorians, ... -
The Rebirth of Bradford
By Keith Spence Great Victorian industrialists turned Bradford in to one of the richest cities in the world. Can today’s ... -
Burton Menswear – A History
‘Gone for a Burton’ Montague Burton’s ambition was not only to clothe the nation, but to raise the bar on ... -
Armley Jail – A History of the Town and the Prison
Keith Spence looks back at the grim history of one of the country’s most notorious prisons and asks whether the ...
