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Historic Scarborough in Old Photographs
Famous as a seaside holiday resort, Scarborough was believed to have been established by Norsemen around AD 966. The town ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
