Here at Experience Yorkshire, we take our Christmas traditions very seriously and this year, when we can’t have the Christmas we would like, they seem even more important. So, you can imagine how pleased we were to be able to help York Minster keep one of...
In what sounds like a plot from one of her novels, Agatha Christie was “found” on the 14th December 1926 at the Swan Hydro Hotel (now known as the Old Swan) in Harrogate, Yorkshire having been missing for 11 days. Agatha Christie is one of the best-known...
Scarborough’s hotel and its links to time, Queen Victoria, the SAS and Adolf Hitler On this day, December 1st, the architect Cuthbert Brodrick was born in Hull. Although he is probably most famous for designing Leeds Town Hall, he was also the architect of a fascinating building...
On the 12th November it was the anniversary of the death of Sir Thomas Fairfax and the next day was the anniversary of the death of William Etty. 2 men born into completely different worlds with completely different lives but both shared the same wish – for...
Today, 9th November, marks the 105th anniversary of the first meeting of the Women’s Institute or WI as it is better known. It was originally started to revitalise rural communities and encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First World War, it is now...