In Glen Hughes’ ‘Yorkshire Millstone Grit’ there is a photograph of Billy Holt steering Trigger down a beck over broken millstone as the Lone Ranger steered Silver down a gulley between boulders in dusty Nevada. The Lone Ranger, the TV vigilante from the 1950’s, had a different adventure every week, but in damp Todmorden… Continue reading Todmorden: High Ho Trigger
“Having passed the night at the George Inn at Selby I was somewhat surprised in the morning at the extraordinary anxiety of the landlord…in defiance of all rational objections…the steamer intended to carry us to Hull…” Continue reading Selby to Hull in 1836
Which beautiful Abbey is a short distance away at the opposite end of the street from this beautiful industrial era configuration? Continue reading Beauty in the eye of the beholder…
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Which beautiful Abbey is a short distance away at the opposite end of the street from this beautiful industrial era configuration? Continue reading Beauty in the eye of the beholder…
Giving voice to overlooked voices from Wakefield’s five towns. Continue reading All Quiet on the West Riding Fronts
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Welcome to my blog. I’m the editor and new to this sort of writing, off the cuff, in the moment. I’m going to enjoy writing it. I hope you enjoy reading it. placesandculturaltraces.com is at heart a desire to link our past to our present. The dominance of the industrial era, for this country at least, appears to be over – for now. As industries … Continue reading Cultural Traces from Ordinary Places
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