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'Yorkshire Day' 💮 1st August

  • Writer: Simon O'Donovan
    Simon O'Donovan
  • Aug 1, 2023
  • 5 min read

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Here is a new CST activities page to celebrate 'Yorkshire Day', which takes place on 1st August. At 2.9m acres, t is the biggest county in the UK.


Begin by asking who was born or brought up in Yorkshire?

Who has visited or holidayed there?

What do members like about Yorkshire - the people, the places, the food and drink, the weather?


Has anyone a story to tell about Yorkshire?




Phrases


Here are some well known and often said Yorkshire phrases. Discuss their meaning ...


- By 'eck (expression of surprise)

- Shut year cake ole (be quiet)

- Fancy a brew? (would you like a cup of tea?)

- I’ll tell thee that f’ nowt (I'll tell you something for nothing)

- Flippin ‘eck, ow much? (that's expensive)

- Where there’s muck, there’s brass (work hard for your money)

- Na’ then (calm down)

- Tha’sen (yourself)

- Nesh (someone who gets cold easily)

- Bobby dazzler (excellent)

- Cadge (borrow)

- Daft as a brush (silly)

- Was tha born in a barn (shut the door)

- Ee by gum (goodness!)

- Ay up (hello)

- Ow do (how are you?)

- Nowt (nothing)

- Mardy cow (you're unhappy)

- Do it for thissen (do it for yourself!)

- Ya little tyke (cheeky)

- Sarnie (sandwich)

- Chip butty wi' scraps, cheers (chip sandwich)

- Scran (food)

- Ta luv! (thanks)

- Chuffed as bits (pleased)

- Chuffing 'eck (gosh)

- Addled (drunk)

- Duck (friend)

- Ta'ra (goodbye)




Yorkshire man's motto


"Ear all, see all, say nowt;

Eat all, sup all, pay nowt;

And if ivver tha does owt fer nowt –

Allus do it fer thissen."




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Complete the rhyme ...


"Oh, the grand old Duke of **** He had ten thousand *** He marched them up to the top of the **** And he marched them down *****

And when they were up, they were ** And when they were down, they were **** And when they were only half-way ** They were neither up nor ****."



You might want to discuss Andrew & Sarah Ferguson and their children Beatrice and Eugenie at this point, or not?




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MUSIC & PICTURE QUIZ


Round 1. About Yorkshire


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1. What is the name of this cathedral?



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2. What are the streets close to the cathedral called?

Which wizarding shop was inspired by this place?



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3. Name this bay, which is associated with a folklore character who "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor"?


Here is a link to the TV theme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmaS97Uinvg

(Song is about half way through the video)



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4. Name this wall, which is about an hours drive North?

How long do you think it is? (It connected east to west coasts)



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5. Name this Yorkshire seaside town, beginning with 'W'?



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6. Which fictional (hopefully!) horror character is associated with this place?

Who wrote the book?



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7. Name the vintage railway line, which runs from Pickering to Whitby (18 miles)?



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8. Which 1970 children's movie was set here?



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9. What is the name of the highest pub in Great Britain (1,732 feet / 528m above sea level)?



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10. Which 1981 horror movie was set partly in the Yorkshire Moors?

What was the name of the pub?



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11. What does BAHT'AT mean?





Round 2. People


Name these famous Yorkshire born and bred (or associated with) people and discuss what they are or were famous for ...


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17. Name the two comedians?



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23. Before listening, which four herbs are sung in the first line?





Round 3. Art & Literature


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24. Who starred in the 1943 movie 'Jane Eyre'?



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25. Where did the Brontë sisters live?




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26. Which book is the TV series 'All Creatures Great And Small' based on?

Name the dog?




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27. Name the TV series?

Name the actors?



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28. What is the name of the pub in the TV series?



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29. Name the TV comedy series?

Name the characters?



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30. Name the TV cop series?

Name the actor?




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31. What was the name of the 1969 Ken movie about a young lad who adopts a fledgling bird and trains it and himself in the art of falconry?

Who directed it?



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32. What was the name of the 1996 movie about a local band from a former mining town completing in a national competition?

Who is pictured on the left?




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33. Name the 1997 movie where a group of unemployed steel workers took up strip dancing to make ends meet?


Here is THAT dance (language warning) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70TBABOzKSk


By the way, who is singing THAT song?



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34. What was the name of the 2003 movie about a group of ladies fundraising for cancer support by having semi nude photos taken? (This is a real image of them.)


Who, pictured below, starred in that movie?



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Factoids:


- Kate was the first British female artist to have a self-written number one hit, with 'Withering Heights'

- Kate was the first British female artist to have an album enter the UK charts at number one, with 'Never For Ever'

- Kate invented the hands-free radio microphone headset for her 1979 'Tour Of Life'

- Kate is the oldest female in the world ever to have a number one, with 'Running Up That Hill' (which gained favour after it featured in the Netflix series 'Stranger Things')


Did you know there is also a worldwide 'Red Dress Day' on her birthday 30th July?



35. So anyway, the question is: True or False. Kate Bush shares her birthday with Emily Bronte?




Round 4. Bits & Bobs


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36. Name the food item?



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37. Name the food item?



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38. What is a 'Pontefract Cake' made out of?



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39. What flavour is 'Parkin Cake'?



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40. Which actor advertises Yorkshire Tea?



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41. What is the name of the chap who advertised 'Halifax Bank'?



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42. Name the tart?



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43. Name the characters?

What is their favourite cheese?



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44. What do people from this neck of the woods call Mushy Peas?



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'Four Yorkshiremen Sketch' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHFZBUTA4k


45. Name the four comedians?



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46. Who was the lead singer (band from Sheffield)?



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47. Who was the lead singer (band from Leeds)?



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For this song, everyone could stand up and make a 'Caravan Of Love' - dance in a line or hold hands ...


48. What was the band that followed called?




Refreshments suggestions


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Or a shandy ...


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But, sadly, they're not for girls!!!




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ANSWERS


1. York Minster


2. The Shambles


3. Robin Hood's Bay


4. Hadrian's Wall / 73 miles


5. Whitby


6. Dracula / Bram Stoker


7. North Yorkshire Moors Railway


8. 'The Railway Children'


9. Tan Hill Inn


10. 'An American Werewolf In London' / 'The Slaughtered Lamb'


11. Without A Hat On


12. Thora Hird


13. Judi Dench


14. Victoria Wood


15. Jeremy Clarkson


16. Alan Bennett


17. Hale & Pace


18. John Noakes & Shep


19. James Martin


20. Ed Sheeran


21. Jane McDonald


22. Jodie Whittaker


23. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme


24. Joan Fontaine & Orson Welles


25. 'Howarth Parsonage'


26. 'It Shouldn't Happen To A Vet', written by James Herriot


27. 'Open All Hours' / David Jason & Ronnie Corbett


28. 'The Woolpack'


29. 'Last Of The Summer Wine' / Compo, Clegg, Nora Batty & Foggy


30. 'Heartbeat' / Nick Berry


31. 'Kes' / Ken Loach


32. 'Brassed Off' / Ewan McGregor


33. 'The Full Monty' / Tom Jones


34. 'The Calendar Girls' / Helen Mirren


35. True


36. Yorkshire Pudding


37 Eccles Cake


38.Liquorice


39. Ginger


40. Sean Bean


41. Howard


42. Bakewell tart


43. Wallace & Gromit / Wensleydale


44. 'Yorkshire Caviar'


45. Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman & Marty Feldman


46. Phil Oakey


47. Mark Almond


48. 'The Beautiful South'








 
 
 

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