Happy Yorkshire Day everyone!
August 1st is Yorkshire Day, a day when we celebrate what a fantastic county we live in. It was actually started back in 1975 as a protest against the local government reorganisation when the county boundaries were changed, the ancient three ridings of Yorkshire disappeared and whole chunks of land taken out of Yorkshire. Yorkshire people are well known for being fiercely proud of Yorkshire, well it is the best place in the whole wide world…though we are slightly biased!!!
It’s locally known as Gods Own County, my OH always laughs as he is Australian, so he says he was born in Gods Own Country and now lives in Gods Own County. We have stunning countryside (I think more than a few people were surprised when we hosted the Tour de France!), great cities, beautiful coastline, amazing historical places…and some great fabric shops too 🙂
My stitch sampler is going to be a bit of a journal as well, so I’ve just embroidered Yorkshire Day as I start the second page of buttonhole stitch. I’ve chosen another of the DMC coloris range, 4506 as I thought the greens and blues with touches of yellow were pretty apt for Yorkshire.
So if anyone still isn’t sure how great Yorkshire is, do have a look at the Welcome to Yorkshire video on Youtube, the scenery is just amazing 🙂
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Aye, tis a reet bonny place, sithee. Sorry, couldn’t resist… Yorkshire folk have some of the best sayings – one of my oldest friends lives in Hebden Bridge, and her favourite exclamation of surprise is “Ah’ll go t’foot of our stairs!”. Happy Yorkshire Day!
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Thanks Kate, one that always puzzles me in lists of Yorkshire sayings is ‘Put t’big light on’ – what does everyone else call the big light
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we call it the big light too!
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I know how great it is, and hopefully will get to visit again in the not-too-distant future 🙂
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I adore Yorkshire – my father is a Yorkshireman and I have many happy memories of holidays spent there 😍
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Happy Yorkshire Day! It looks an absolutely wonderful place to live!
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I’m off to watch the video, happy Yorkshire Day!!
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I would be so happy to visit Yorkshire. Someday, maybe!
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I’m sure you enjoyed Yorkshire Day. Thanks for sharing the wonderful videos of the country. Stunning views everywhere.
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Reading your blog, and several others from Yorkshire, have made me put this wonderful place high on my list of places to visit!
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What can I say but tha’s not wrong lass!
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