Yorkshire Pudding

Mary Hopkin was born on this day in 1950 so, according to my shaky arithmetic, she is now seventy four years old. At the tender age of eighteen, the shy Welsh folk singer was catapulted to st...

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Junction on Archer Road. See the black van turning right.  Every year, just under 2000 people are killed on British roads. In The States, it's around 42,000 and in Australia it's just over...

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With almost 600,000 residents, Sheffield is one of the north of England's biggest cities. It was built upon steel and other metal industries - including the manufacture of fine cutlery. Howev...

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Walker resting at Great Tor with Ladybower Reservoir in the valley Today, Tuesday April 30th, it felt as though the last vestiges of winter had been stored away till late autumn. I woke to a...

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David Attenborough - a national treasure When I say "presenters", I am thinking specifically about television presenters - from news programmes to documentaries and quizzes. Perhaps it is jus...

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  PLACES Today's quiz is all about places. You are going to see five pictures of cities followed by five pictures of countries but where are they? As usual, the answers may be found in the ...

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We have all heard of Confucius but that wasn't his real name. His proper name was Kong Qiu. The Latinized version of his name was coined in the sixteenth century - long after Kong Qiu lived in...

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Zachary on the left and our son Ian on the right. The photograph was taken just yesterday afternoon. Zach was six months old this week. He's coming on nicely. If you look closely you can see t...

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Poor Mr Trump. Spotted sleeping several times during his current trial in New York City. There he is above, faithfully captured by the court artist. Of course Mr Trump denies that he ever drif...

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"Crookedness". I also considered the terms "Scamming" and "Mugging" for this blogpost's title. I have written about insurance companies before and how they try to push up premiums to the max ...

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Stained glass window in St George's Hall, Liverpool Today is St George's Day. He is the patron saint of England. I have written about him before. As far as I am concerned, St George has no...

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In relation to my "Missing" blogpost in which I focused partly on The Yorkshire Ripper's marital home in Bradford, I received the following comment from Debbie Williams:- "In 1980 I'd just ...

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Okay. It's time for another quiz with your genial host and quizmaster Mister Yorrrrrrrrkshire Pudding! (Sound of riotous applause and stomping of feet). Grinning like a Cheshire cat, he steps ...

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It's easy to miss things.  Last Friday, when I visited Bradford, I was very close to the house shown at the top of this blogpost. It was the marital home of one of Britain's most infamous ...

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Babies may be notorious for crying but they also love to laugh. They laugh at the silliest things and of course because they are babies that laughter is not pretentious. It's 100% genuine.  ...

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Inspired by my blogging chum Bruce Oddball in Arizona, today I am simply sharing a bunch of memes - all picked because they are just plain silly and have no serious or political undertones. B...

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  Barnsley is Sheffield's little brother. It is a town some fifteen miles north of Sheffield and home to 72,000 people. It was at the heart of the South Yorkshire coalfield and so it is very ...

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As a blogger, one develops a unique network of firm supporters, casual supporters and occasional visitors. In turn, one belongs to other bloggers' networks in different capacities. If someone...

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Roseberry Topping Triangulation pillars, are columns made of cast concrete or cemented stone. They are typically four feet tall, with a large part of each pillar commonly buried below the e...

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Naturally, quizzes at "The Hammer and Pincers" have a British bias. That's because we are in Britain and the pub quizzers are all British. However, here in the blogosphere, quizzers come from ...

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The untitled still life above was created by David Hockney in the attic of his mother's old house in Bridlington, East Yorkshire. I believe it was made with the aid of an i-pad and probably pr...

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Light fitting seen from below in Cartwright Hall, Bradford Shirley dropped me off at our railway station and I journeyed north to Leeds. There I climbed aboard the connecting train at Platfo...

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There are eight cities in Yorkshire - more than in any other English county. They are, in alphabetical order, Bradford, Doncaster, Kingston-upon-Hull, Leeds, Ripon, Sheffield, Wakefield and Y...

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Every country in the world has its own flag. A flag is something that you can rally round or sometimes burn. In Great Britain, our flag - The Union Jack - is not displayed as widely as The Stars ...

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You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda  been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. Earlier today, I checked to see what was ...

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