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More Than Coal – An Overview Of South Yorkshire
See, South Yorkshire has a reputation. It’s not necessarily a *bad* reputation (we’re not dealing with a Luton here), just…
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Stand on the Side of the House of Love
London Islington. I don’t know what image the phrase brings up, but in my head it’s a confused sort of…
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Underground, Overground, Wombling Free …
As you may know, one of my ‘aims’ is to visit every county, unitary authority blah blah in the UK.…
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Newark & Southwell: Of Apples And Kings
“You scruffy man; next time I see you I hope you’re wearing socks.” If I’d ever had doubts about my…
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Don’t You Know There’s A War On?
As already noted, Haworth is most famous for the Brontës. However, on my visit there, they were a mere side-note…
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Out on the wiley, windy moors …
Yorkshire. The word conjurers up a myriad of images, from rolling moors to seaside cliffs, from cricket to rugby league,…
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Beware the Peacocks!
The journey from home to the B&B took just under an hour and half by car, mostly down single-carriageway country…
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The Rise and Fall of Ashfield District
This is my walk to work every morning. Bentinck Banks and Portland Park, Kirkby-in-Ashfield. This area is now a Site…
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Peaks and Troughs
Sometimes, some of the nicest places in the world are just on your doorstep, and one of the nicest areas…
