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The Scarborough Lifeboat Service – Timeline, Facts and History
By Nicholas Leach The lifeboat service in the United Kingdom and Ireland is operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), which ... -
Aughton Castle – One of Yorkshire’s Secret Castles
By Paul C. Levitt The tiny village of Aughton is a quiet backwater overlooking the floodplain of the River Derwent, ... -
The History of the Manchester & Leeds Railway
By Anthony Dawson The Manchester & Leeds Railway had been envisaged as early as 1825 as one of the links ... -
York Minster – Profile & History
By Andrew Graham He who hath seen York need not regret leaving other cathedrals unseen. It is worth twenty of ... -
Rotherham and District – A History in Old Photos and Postcards
By Melvyn Jones & Michael Bentley The Rotherham area has undergone profound change in the last century or so. There ... -
Pickering Castle – History of one of Yorkshire’s Secret Castles
By Paul C. Levitt The ancient and pleasant market town of Pickering lies at the intersection of two ancient routes: ... -
Clifford’s Tower, York – History
By Andrew Graham One of the strange things experienced by visitors to York is the perceived lack of a quintessentially ... -
Butcher’s Works, Sheffield – History
By Ian D. Rotherham Down Sheffield’s Arundel Street, on the west side of the road, is the Butcher’s Wheel or ... -
Meadowhall Shopping Centre, Sheffield – History
By Ian D. Rotherham Situated close to the M1 motorway, Meadowhall shopping centre was the biggest USA-style shopping mall in ... -
A History of Bradford Buses
By Keith A. Jenkinson Transport first reached Bradford in the form of railways, with the Leeds & Bradford Railway opening ... -
Ripley Ville, Bradford – The Industrial Model Village
By Paul Chrystal The industrial model village grew out of the lamentable conditions in which workers were obliged to toil ... -
Historic Hull Pubs
By Paul Chrystal Hull is one of England’s most historical and diverse cities, and boasts a wealth of taverns, inns, ...
