Happy Yorkshire Day, Everyone!

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stickywicket
stickywicket Member Posts: 27,719
edited 2. Aug 2012, 06:14 in Community Chit-chat archive
To those of you who don't know it, yes, it is Yorkshire Day today - 1st August, every year. Why? No idea.

I know we Yorkies do bang on about our county but I really do love it. I love the people, the countryside, the humour, the accent, the dialect (when you can still hear it) and, definitely, the cricket. I feel Yorkshire first, English second, British third etc etc and, yes, I do actually feel lucky to live here.

So, for one day only, the drinks are on me.
If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Steven Wright

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  • georgie66
    georgie66 Member Posts: 403
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    happy Yorkshire day for you sticky hope it is a good one.

    i am Cornish girl at heart but live in Devon.

    feel the same way about my end of Britain as you do yours..

    but you can still pass me a drink if you like
    georgie
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    happy yorkshire day. i am a dorset girl at heart who lives in nottinghamshire val
    val
  • fowls48
    fowls48 Member Posts: 1,357
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Happy Yorkshire day Sticky , do you celebrate it with any special dishes ?
  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Wow, I didn't know this, yet we have family in Yorkshire :oops: I thinkit is a beautiful county, many happy memories :D

    Have a great day, Sticky.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Yorkshire Day? Ye gods, any excuse in your household for alcoholic refreshment is a go-er. :wink: Enjoy! DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • kellerman
    kellerman Member Posts: 741
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    I had no idea it was Yorkshire Day......I'm married to one but I'm a Durham girl. Its been a good mix against all the odds.
    Have a drink on me Sticky you deserve an extra one for all the help you've been to me. May
  • Numptydumpty
    Numptydumpty Member Posts: 6,417
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Happy Yorkshire Day to you too. :D
    It's a pity you finished that bottle of wine yesterday, and today is your alcohol free day. :wink:

    I have a friend who lives in Yorkshire, I wonder if you know her. :D
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Nottingham girl born and bred,but I'll raise a glass with you.Mig
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Just googled it Nottingham day august 24th,if all google there cities we could have one long booze up. :oops: Mig
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,719
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    I think we all, naturally, and rightly, have a soft spot for what the spaniards call our 'patria chica' ie our little native land, as opposed our big one. I love Cornwall, Devon and Dorset (Oh the blue vinney cheese!) I don't really know Notts (but the cricket ground is superb!) or, to my shame, Durham (another beautiful cricket ground), though we drive through it often enough. I must see the cathedral one day.

    As Mr SW is a fully paid up Lancastrian, I don't have to lay on the full roast with Yorks pud followed by rhubarb crumble and, as for all you who are convinced we'll be knocking it back tonight - I'm going to try to stick by my resolution, although it was made before I remembered Yorks Day. We've celebrated with a nice walk and I managed 2/3-3/4 mile so I'm bushed but happy.

    Mig - I am deeply shocked :lol: Your place on 24th then :wink:
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Oh Mig! :lol: You do make me smile. I've just googled Suffolk and Ipswich - not a celebratory day to be had so I'll celebrate every day. :wink: DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    A VERY HAPPY YORKSHIRE DAY...
    I'm sorry that I've not been around..
    Lots of my mind

    Hope everyone is ok.

    And Sticky.... How spoils you marry one of them :o lol
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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,719
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    tjt6768 wrote:
    And Sticky.... How spoils you marry one of them :o lol

    It's called evangelising, Tony. It's a tough task but someone has to do it.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • 7worlds
    7worlds Member Posts: 302
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    My sister has lived in Yorkshire for 30 years. Shes even lost some of her Belfast accent. She also makes the nicest yorkshire puddings ive ever tasted. Yum! So fair play to you Sticky :D

    7worlds
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Sticky, I'm ashamed to say that as a Yorkshire lass, I didn't know it was Yorkshire Day :oops: I will have to make a note of it for next year.
    Although I haven't lived in Yorkshire since I left home at 18, I still feel that my roots are there. You can take a girl out of Yorkshire, but you can't take Yorkshire out of a girl :D.....and I can make a smashing Yorkshire pud :!:
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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,719
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    To be honest, I suspect it's a bit of a commercial thing mainly.

    Joan (lovely to see you, as ever :D ) I have a theory that we are all imprinted with our 'roots country'. Whenever I see rolling hills and dry stone walls I feel I'm home.

    Numpty, I managed a DRY Yorkshire day :lol:
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
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