MetaFilter posts tagged with Yorkshire

Olympic Yarnbombing!

zizzle — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:22:26 -0800

A Yarn of Olympic Proportions "Residents of Saltburn, in North Yorkshire, are scratching their heads today after a mysterious 'yarnbomber' wrapped the town's pier with a 50-yard scarf stretching out along the railings. The impressive garment features woollen athletes competing in various Olympic events, from synchronised swimmers to rowers and cyclists, and has delighted young and old alike as the town discusses the good yarn." For those new to the concept of Yarn Bombing: What is Yarn bombing? How to Yarn Bomb The Fine Art of Yarn Bombing Previously on Metaflter: Kitsch stitch Silly String

Why is it, if there's such a shortage of oil, it keeps appearing on my trouser bottom?

TheophileEscargot — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:34:22 -0800

Britain's longest running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine came to an end on Sunday, gathering 5.4 million viewers rather than the 20 million of its heyday. Filmed in Holmfirth, Yorkshire it followed the exploits of playful, cantankerous retirees for 37 years. Though the last bathtub has rolled, Britons can watch the final episode on Iplayer. Location map, some quotes, scriptwriter Roy Clarke interview. We won't see its like again, but you can hear Ronnie Hazlehurst's theme tune set to words for Compo's funeral.

Dispossess the swain

Abiezer — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:15:51 -0800

Wharram Percy [1996 vintage Web] was a Yorkshire Wolds village that survived for more than a millennium before being suddenly depopulated. Was it plague, Viking raids or William the Conqueror's Harrying of the North that drove the people from the land? No, it seems it was the sheep. The main link provides an overview of some of the findings about the village and medieval English peasant life [BBC radio programme] emerging from the decades of archaeological research into Wharram Percy.

Catseye

tellurian — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:24:16 -0800

The Catseye - similar to Botts' Dots, [Wikipedia talk] is in the final 10 for the Great British Design Quest.

Tempered over burning witches

Shane — Mon, 10 May 2004 18:43:49 -0800

HOLY GRAIL FOUND AT LAST. In Yorkshire, amongst sheep. Tastes pretty good.

Beck Isle Museum

plep — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 04:13:37 -0800

The Beck Isle Museum , Pickering, North Yorkshire, chronicles rural Yorkshire life of the last 200 years. The collection of photographs by Sidney Smith is good. Via Museophile's museums around the UK links page.

The building of this

vbfg — Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:37:55 -0800

The building of this has kept the average car driving commuter of my fair city enraged for 18 months. Not one person who complained to me, the token non-driver, knew that they were going to be wind-powered musical bus stops. Aren't they going to be happy when they find out? :) There's also an audio (RM) link here.