tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post8821880207950091545..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Happy Yorkshire DayGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-27731032386473161922019-08-06T17:47:12.573+01:002019-08-06T17:47:12.573+01:00Monica, I'd have accepted it if you'd neve...Monica, I'd have accepted it if you'd never heard of Yorkshire - I think it only exists in the minds of a strange English Tribe.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-71379380127465012972019-08-06T17:46:13.853+01:002019-08-06T17:46:13.853+01:00Jenny, such rivalries totally bemuse me although I...Jenny, such rivalries totally bemuse me although I go along with it for the purpose of amusement. I dislike any form of claim to superiority on the grounds of an accident of birth.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-69386186924787313182019-08-06T17:44:54.832+01:002019-08-06T17:44:54.832+01:00I'm sure you are right, Lee.I'm sure you are right, Lee.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29115141024155557042019-08-06T17:44:34.410+01:002019-08-06T17:44:34.410+01:00Amy, I wouldn't be sad about not having Yorksh...Amy, I wouldn't be sad about not having Yorkshire blood: Cornwall and Devon are equally proud of their heritage.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-43551543030508381302019-08-06T17:43:42.480+01:002019-08-06T17:43:42.480+01:00Of course, Meike, you would know about Yorkshire D...Of course, Meike, you would know about Yorkshire Day. Dare I say that I don't drink Yorkshire Tea (called "builders' tea" in Scotland) only <i>Earl Grey </i>or <i>Lapsang Souchong</i> as a rule. Even as a Lancastrian I love Yorkshire Pudding though.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-87569677474294124132019-08-06T17:40:40.684+01:002019-08-06T17:40:40.684+01:00Cro, Lammas, sounds a good one to celebrate - no p...Cro, Lammas, sounds a good one to celebrate - no pride involved (the first sin) just gratefulness.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-81929037725022240382019-08-05T19:05:02.162+01:002019-08-05T19:05:02.162+01:00Heavens. How did that happen. I've not been in...Heavens. How did that happen. I've not been in Blogland since 1 August. How <i>tempus fugit</i>. Marcheline, I'm afraid that Scotland will have to share the white rose with Yorkshire. Lancashire, on the other hand will stay with its full-blooded red rose.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-66073065930752779042019-08-04T17:29:18.632+01:002019-08-04T17:29:18.632+01:00I never heard of it - but then I haven't been ...I never heard of it - but then I haven't been to Yorkshire since 1974! DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-41226257212631633762019-08-04T14:16:53.844+01:002019-08-04T14:16:53.844+01:00As a child I remember being baffled by the rivalry...As a child I remember being baffled by the rivalry between York and Lancaster. Perhaps that is partly because several of my male forebears had been in the York & Lancaster regiment. They were all dead by then, so I never heard if there was rivalry within the regiment !Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-5765768635627823432019-08-03T21:56:58.662+01:002019-08-03T21:56:58.662+01:00Thanks for the information, Graham.
I thought it ...Thanks for the information, Graham.<br /><br />I thought it was a special day for Yorkie! I'm sure he does! :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-20648607322479868282019-08-02T08:49:04.213+01:002019-08-02T08:49:04.213+01:00Thanks for that information, my ancestors were in ...Thanks for that information, my ancestors were in cornwall and devon, none in yorkshire sadly.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-76054059285416827132019-08-02T06:39:18.507+01:002019-08-02T06:39:18.507+01:00I know about Yorkshire Day! (Of course I would, wo...I know about Yorkshire Day! (Of course I would, wouldn't I!)<br />Unfortunately, with the recent flooding and hail storms etc. in the Dales, it won't have been a very happy Yorkshire Day for some.<br />My sister and I would have liked to have a meal together, with me making Yorkshire Pudding and she bringing Yorkshire tea to drink later, but neither of us had time last night, so we'll have to do that some other day.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-80129456488958758672019-08-02T04:54:09.861+01:002019-08-02T04:54:09.861+01:00August 1st, to me, is Lammas; the day when we eat ...August 1st, to me, is Lammas; the day when we eat the first loaves of bread from the new harvest. No room for Yorkshire Day.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-32165736786187541702019-08-01T22:06:38.975+01:002019-08-01T22:06:38.975+01:00The rose of all the world is not for me.
I want fo...The rose of all the world is not for me.<br />I want for my part<br />Only the little white rose of Scotland<br />That smells sharp and sweet—and breaks the heart.<br /><br />- Hugh MacDiarmidMarchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697295230446820295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-14790603505098429442019-08-01T18:19:23.507+01:002019-08-01T18:19:23.507+01:00Thanks, Red. I suspect that few people know about ...Thanks, Red. I suspect that few people know about Yorkshire Day.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62323595907904128762019-08-01T18:18:21.097+01:002019-08-01T18:18:21.097+01:00Gosh, YP, I didn't even know that there was a ...Gosh, YP, I didn't even know that there was a Lancashire Day.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-43234618812131562152019-08-01T18:17:15.933+01:002019-08-01T18:17:15.933+01:00Adrian, I think that humans have demonstrated trib...Adrian, I think that humans have demonstrated tribalism is the norm. Ironically I rather think you are less tribal than most despite many of your utterances. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-26475143501494858692019-08-01T15:22:09.494+01:002019-08-01T15:22:09.494+01:00Well, happy Yorkshire Day. My wife's from York...Well, happy Yorkshire Day. My wife's from Yorkshire. I wonder if she knows about this day. Probably not.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90413399325991882162019-08-01T15:17:18.487+01:002019-08-01T15:17:18.487+01:00I admire the title of this blogpost but have had t...I admire the title of this blogpost but have had too many celebratory pints of "Black Sheep" to say anything but "Hic!"<br />P.S> Lancashire Day is on November 27th.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-65575755634996679762019-08-01T10:01:05.807+01:002019-08-01T10:01:05.807+01:00Thank you Graham. I was born in Yorkshire but now ...Thank you Graham. I was born in Yorkshire but now am confused....Again. <br />I have been told over and over again I must not be Nationalist never mind countyist. I must be a ballist or accept that I'm an illiterate hitler. I guess globalism is just a load of balls.Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.com