Now then : a biography of Yorkshire /
by Broadbent, Rick.
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BookPublisher: London : Allen & Unwin, 2023Description: 440 pages : map (colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781838957360 (hbk.) :; 1838957367 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 942.81 BROSubject(s): History | History | Yorkshire | European history | Social & cultural history | Travel writing | Places & peoples: general & pictorial works | Yorkshire (England) -- Social life and customs | Yorkshire (England) -- HistorySummary: We all know the tropes - Geoffrey Boycott incarnate, ferret-leggers and folk singers gambolling about Ilkley Moor without appropriate headgear - but why is Yorkshire God's Own County? Exiled Yorkshireman Rick Broadbent sets out to find out whether Yorkshireness is something that can be summed up and whether it even matters in a shrinking world. Along the way he meets rock stars, ramblers and rhubarb growers as he searches for answers and a decent cup of tea.
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| 942.78 THO The English Lakes: a history | 942.7808 REB The shepherd's life : a tale of the Lake District / | 942.7809 REB English pastoral : an inheritance / | 942.81 BRO Now then : a biography of Yorkshire / | 942.81 COO Battlefield Yorkshire: from the Romans to the English Civil War | 942.8108 BAI Black diamonds : the rise and fall of an English dynasty / | 942.813 HEY The view from the corner shop : diary of a wartime shop assistant / |
Map on lining papers.
We all know the tropes - Geoffrey Boycott incarnate, ferret-leggers and folk singers gambolling about Ilkley Moor without appropriate headgear - but why is Yorkshire God's Own County? Exiled Yorkshireman Rick Broadbent sets out to find out whether Yorkshireness is something that can be summed up and whether it even matters in a shrinking world. Along the way he meets rock stars, ramblers and rhubarb growers as he searches for answers and a decent cup of tea.
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