The Calendar Year

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The area served by Yorkshire Television. which íncludes a great part of Yorkshire. Humberside arid Lincolnshire and extends into several Midland counties. is rich in folklóré, tradition and régiónál cultures often expressed in colourful customs.
Very much alive in these counties we find the time-honoured Haxey Hood Game of Lincolnshire fought out with all the vigourof a pitched battle . . . the Plougfi Stots sword dancers of Goathland. North Yorkshire. . . Nottingham's Goose Fair the World Coal Carrying Championship at Gawthorpe. West Yorkshire . . . Well Dressing in Derbyshire . the Kiplingcotes Derby Engiand's oldest horse race. run in Humberside . . Blessing the Boats at Whitby . . Shrovelide 5kipping at Scar-borough . . New Vear Bathing near Todmorden and a multitude of others.
All of these. and many more, are brilliantly captured in superb colour photography by Derry Brabbs and described in informative and entertaining text by Maurice Colbeck, authorot many Yorkshire... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The area served by Yorkshire Television. which íncludes a great part of Yorkshire. Humberside arid Lincolnshire and extends into several Midland counties. is rich in folklóré, tradition and régiónál cultures often expressed in colourful customs.
Very much alive in these counties we find the time-honoured Haxey Hood Game of Lincolnshire fought out with all the vigourof a pitched battle . . . the Plougfi Stots sword dancers of Goathland. North Yorkshire. . . Nottingham's Goose Fair the World Coal Carrying Championship at Gawthorpe. West Yorkshire . . . Well Dressing in Derbyshire . the Kiplingcotes Derby Engiand's oldest horse race. run in Humberside . . Blessing the Boats at Whitby . . Shrovelide 5kipping at Scar-borough . . New Vear Bathing near Todmorden and a multitude of others.
All of these. and many more, are brilliantly captured in superb colour photography by Derry Brabbs and described in informative and entertaining text by Maurice Colbeck, authorot many Yorkshire booksand Editor of the veterán magaziné Yorkshire Life But The Calendar Year does much more than provide an exhaustive list of traditional and cultural events. Not least among its attractions is a section 011 somé of the great houses of the area. It is a treasury of régiónál riches which will be valued by anyone living in the Yorkshire Television area, Other attractive features include an introduction by Richárd Whiteley, presenterof YorkshireTelevision's magaziné and news programme, Calendar. giving us a glimpse behind the scenes of the Calendar programme itself. as well as dis-tinguished guest contributions by the Duchess of Devonshire and the Earl of Harewood.
The events are chronologically arranged. season by season, and colour maps and a cross-referenced index enable the reader easily to locate events and their venues. Vissza