Yorkshire Day 2006

1^st August Every Year
In celebration of our great Yorkshire spirit, the Yorkshire Society holds a special event on Yorkshire Day (1st August each year) with a gathering of lord mayors, mayors, civic leaders and Yorkshire Society members from across the county. Various peripheral events are organised and Yorkshire people feel the pride of belonging to the country's greatest county. This is event has been held in Saltburn, Saddleworth and these other places:

• 1998: Huddersfield
• 1999: Kingston upon Hull
• 2001: Wakefield
• 2003: Halifax
• 2004: Leeds
• 2005: Bradford
• 2006: Penistone
• 2007: Kingston upon Hull
• 2008: Redcar

A Proud Day in Penistone
In 2006, Penistone was proud to host the event. Members of the Yorkshire Society and distinguished Civic Leaders were formally invited to participate in the event by Penistone's new Mayor, Councillor Nora Collett. The local council and the Yorkshire Day committee took the event very seriously and made an effort to make the day a success. They deserve full credit for what turned out to be a wonderful event, in spite of very variable weather on the day.

The top two pictures link to larger ones but the lower three pictures are still frames from video. They are 'not clickable'.

The Itinerary
Penistone photographer and musician David Thorp took 10" x 8" commemorative photos of the dignitaries. A hour-long service was held in Penistone Church, finishing with 'Ilkley Moor' and the long parade went around the block led by the military band. They were taken up to Penistone Grammar School for a special dinner of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, with solicitor Mr Stephen Smith as guest speaker. If you have a broadband connection, you might like to download a 7.9MB WMV video file, which shows a speeded-up version of the church and parade in reduced quality. This player page might work (Windows only).

Events of the Day
These were the main events of the day:

• Community Centre exhibition by local community groups to celebrate Penistone life, from 11am.
• Parade of the gold chains, led by the Band Of The King's Division.
• Junior Morris Dancers, 1.30pm to 3pm (picture above).
• Free films in the cinema (see below).
• Music concert in the cinema (see below).
• Free Organ Concert at St. Andrews, 'Yorkshire Music for Yorkshire People', 1pm.
• Farmers Market, 9am to 2pm.
• Blessing of the 'Sensory Garden' project by the Bishop, who was unabashed by it not being completed yet.
• Yorkshire Day quiz, £1.
• 'Rapide Brothers' children's entertainers, 11.30am, 1pm and 2.30pm.
• Hartcliff Tower open, with busses laid on for there and the Royd Moor viewing point.
• Some local shops did up their window displays with the white rose emblem.

Paramount Cinema (Penistone Town Hall)
Free films

1. 10am - Wallace & Gromit - Nick Park's animation based in Lancashire.
2. 1.45pm - Kes - A touching story about a scruffy kid and his bird.
3. 4pm - Calendar Girls - Rebellious W.I. members in the buff.

Yorkshire Day Celebration Concert

• Penistone and District Amateur Operatic Society
• Millhouse Green MVC
• Thurlstone Brass Band

The Links
Some glorious Yorkshire Websites and a few bits below that I pinched from them:

• Yorkshire Society
• Y. Ridings Society and Yorkshire Day page
• Yorkshirenet

The Yorkshire Saying

"Hear all, See all, Say nowt.
Eyt all, Sup all, Pay nowt.
And if tha ever does owt for nowt,
allus do it for thissen."

The Yorkshire Code

• Always remember that areas administrated by local councils do not in any way replace Yorkshire and its Ridings - they are purely local government administrative areas and can be altered or abolished at any time.
• Never refer to the abolition of the Ridings of Yorkshire; this is not true. There is no statutory foundation for such a statement, so correct anyone who thinks that there is.
• Always use Yorkshire correctly and mean the geographical county which has existed for over 1100 years.
• Wherever you live in Yorkshire use a Yorkshire postal address including the postcode. This is acceptable to the Post Office and is all that is necessary to ensure that your mail is delivered correctly.
• Always ensure that maps show the geographical boundaries instead of, or as well as, the administrative ones. The latter can easily be changed by Parliament or the Boundary Commission. The Yorkshire boundaries are permanent.
• If you are a Yorkshireman or woman always insist on your Yorkshire rights, and privileges whenever they are threatened.
• Ensure that children are taught the truth about Yorkshire, and are not denied access to their heritage and identity.

Yorkshire Dialect
Have a pike at my Yorkshire Lingo page.