Ist August..Happy Yorkshire day..xx.

Happy Yorkshire Day to you too Sandra. I was tempted to put a white rose outside the door but then thought I might be asking for trouble lol!

Ha ha,Julia, We don't want another War of the Roses do we? I think you had better keep it under wraps ,and stay indoors today ! lol .Happy Yorkshire day to you too.xx

Thank you, Bloomer!

Thanks Sandra , I didn't know there was a Yorkshire day , I hope you had a good one :o)
I agree we're very proud of the girls ,didn't they do well .. xx

Happy Yorkshire Day to you Sandra. I was born in Yorkshire but didn’t know there was such a thing (mind you I was only three years old when we left!) 🙂.

Thankyou Sandra, xxx

A bit of History to explain about Yorkshire Day,ladies..and gents,if any of you are interested.:o)
A yearly celebration,which started in Beverley, Yorkshire ,in 1975,but the White Rose goes back to the Battle of Minden,Ist August,and the wearing of Roses in the headdress on that day,which,in the case of the Light Infantry,the successors to the King's own Yorkshire Light Infantry,was a White Rose.
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It was originally started as" a protest movement against the government of the day"re organisation in 1974.,which I presume was the disbanding of the Yorkshire Ridings, and has been an annual event since...eg..The West Riding,now West Yorkshire,but it did also include parts of Lancashire,just on the other side of the Pennines from where I live. Still a bone of contention to many..!

Here endeth the lesson ! Lol. xx

What a beautiful Rose. Gosh where have I been, didnt realize we have finished July.

Wow I'm a Yorkshire woman too, from the West Riding. Thanks Sandra! Happy Yorkshire Day to you too!

I hadn't heard of a Yorkshire Day either Sandra!
Thanks for explaining it to us! xx

Hope you enjoyed your day Sandra. That rose is a beauty. I wonder if any other counties have a special day?
Thanks for telling us all about it and how it came about.

Hope you enjoyed Yorkshire Day, Sandra! Your photo shows a beautiful rose in bloom!
I do find the War of the Roses history so interesting.
I'm not too far from Beverley, 8 miles or so, I didn't realise Yorkshire Day started there when I was a little 'un.
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for your good wishes for Yorkshire Day, and it seems to be getting more popular each year now.
I love History too,and especially from one's own region..

I'm glad you all found it interesting especially for those of you that were born here,but left at a young Age..

Kate,we loved Beverley ,but have only been once, but hope to revisit again one day.Lucky you,living so near, :o)

Chris, I only know of one other County with a special day,which is Lancashire..I think I read recently,it's the 27th of August ? but don't quote me. x

Too late for Yorkshire Day, but I like this little story:
Sam's wife Betsy had died and Sam was thinking about a tombstone. Betsy was a regular chapel goer - in fact she was a pillar of her local chapel. That wasn't really in Sam's line, so he went and asked Betsy's Minister what woulds be a nice thing to carve on her headstone. "Well" s minister said "She never missed Chapel, and was always around when anybody needed a helping hand. and never a hard word for anybody. How about "Lord, she were Thine"?
So off goes Sam and gives the order to the monumental mason. The next week he goes to see the finished article but either the mason couldn't spell or he'd got distracted because the final letter of the inscription wasn't there. "Eeup" says Sam," tha's missed that e off" Oh dear - I'll put it right for you tonight- come back in the .
So back goes Sam foirst thing in the morning to see the finished job:
"E Lord, she were thin"

Ha ha Stera, sounds about right, thanks for the smile this morning. :o) xx

Hope it was lovely day for you and all x

I didn't know about Yorkshire Day either. hope you had a good day.

I'm not from Yorkshire but London but I did have some friends living up in West Yorkshire, in Otley. I often hitch-hiked up to their house & spent a few days with them. That was at the back end of the '60s maybe in '70/'71 as well.

They took me to Bradford & Shipley & a few other towns or villages at that time. I also visited Leeds.

Thank you Paul, a good weather day,so out in the garden .:o) .x.

Balcony,we were in Otley last week,on our way to Harrogate for a couple of days stay,as there is a lovely Garden centre there,so we always branch off to go for lunch:o) You seem to have visited a lot of places in W.Yorkshire. I know them all fairly well.

I didn’t know about Yorkshire day, so Ty for all the info.

You are welcome,Feverfew.:o) ..

I’m a Lancashire lass ( from Manchester), but lovely white rose any way. :-)

My OH was born in Oldham, so there is Lancashire blood in our Family.. Your Red Rose is lovely too :o) .

Sandra, I'm a bit late to this but love the Rose and the history of Yorkshire Day ... :o))

Thanks Shirley.,and I always think of our late friend 'Yorkshire Val' on this day in particular.. I'm still in touch on a regular basis with Ralph,her lovely husband..re the email Funnies ?? :o).xx

Sandra, Val was in my thoughts when I read 'Yorkshire Day' ... we did have some laughs on here with her! :o)

Balcony I was once going to Otley for some reason I've forgotten, and got into conversation with another person on the train who asked where I was going.. I him it was my first visit and he said Well, if y'aven't been ter Otley Yer aven't lived... Its sobering to find out how long ago that station closed and the tracks taken up...

Stera, as I was reading your comment I - almost! - remember some sort of witty song or saying or something about "going to Otley" but I can't remember any more about it.

Maybe I'm confused with another place. Do you happen to know of one?

Balcony,you wouldn't be thinking of 'On Ilkley Moor bah't hat' would you ? all in the same area..:o)

Thank you, Bloomer, you may well be right! I know of that song but can never remember the words other than the title repeats itself at least 3 times as a sort of chorus.

It seems likely Balcony.Although I've have been to Ilkley town many times,I've never been on Ilkley Moor,with or without a Hat ! :o)

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Balcony that song says, at some lenth, Where have you been since I saw you, (ie weer ahst a bahn sin ah saw thee on Ilkley moor baht 'at? (On Ilkley Moor without a hat) Tha's's bahnd ter catch tha death o cowd...Then we shall ave ter bury thee, Then t'worms'll come and eat thee up, Then t'ducks'll come and eat up' t'worms Then we shall come and eat up t'ducks. Then we shall all 'ave eten thee... That's ow we gets us own back
(With lots of in Ilkley Moor bah't 'at in amongst

It really really does need its tune...

Got a bit carried away there... must be withdrawal symptoms from living in Wales

Nothing about Otley, sorry Balc that u be a different one!)

I've been singing along ,Sue,and in Yorkshire dialect ! ee bah gum,lass,tha's got a gud memory..Lol. xx

Thank you so much, Stera for the words & the "translation! 👍😂

I still remember the music & the Ilkley Moor "chorus! I always thought it said "On Ilkley Moor 'bar tap'!" 😂 😂 😂