A veteran sweet chestnut tree at Studley Royal.
Oh, I’ve just remembered. Happy Yorkshire Day.
For Brian’s Last on the Card: July 2024.
Last on the Card
A veteran sweet chestnut tree at Studley Royal.
Oh, I’ve just remembered. Happy Yorkshire Day.
For Brian’s Last on the Card: July 2024.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
It’s a beauty! Still waiting for my lot of sleepyheads to wake up 😁🩵
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Goodness! It’s nearly 10.00 your time. Happy Yorkshire Day, anyway.
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Thanks darlin! You too. It’s a beach day and we’re home late tomorrow so it’s up to them how they want to spend it. I’d have been there and back 😎🩵
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I didn’t know Yorkshire had a day!
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I think it’s relatively recent, but it’s a fairly Big Thing here now.
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Bit warm for Yorkshire puds today…
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Happy Yorkshire Day. I had never heard of it until in 2016 I was staying in Leyburn on 1st August and shops in the town were handing out white roses.
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I know, it does seem to have taken off in recent years.
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Lovely! Far fewer of these around than horse chestnuts. Glad to see they haven’t succumbed to the dreaded leaf borers
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I think (hope) that’s mainly a horse chestnut thing.
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Me, too. There are so many threats to trees.
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I love that sweet chestnut tree. I guess everything has to try to enliven the place with a made up name for celebration. What are the main features to make a Yorkshire Day? Do they have Geoffrey Boycott open anything? Or more go modern with a Michael Vaughan or Joe Root wave the Yorkshire flag
Thanks for joining in Margaret with the best tree I have seen for ages. Are you allowed to give it a hug?
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I certainly can give it a hug – a great tree. As for what Yorkshire Day is all about, see my reply to Annabel. I got to her comment first! Thanks, Brian.
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It seems an archaic waste of time then or were Ridings restored (long done away with in Australia, the 1960/70’s I think)?
There’s not even a reason to dress up. IO suppose you could always burn and effigy of the Mayor but even that would be so un-PC 😂
Was there a parade of disgruntled people?
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Frankly, it’s just an excuse for a party. And why not?
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👍🏽
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Thanks for giving the tree a hug from me 🥰
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Happy Yorkshire Day from another Yorkshirewoman
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Don’t tell anyone … I was in Greater Manchester all day – and mainly in a traffic jam on the way home 😦
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😱
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Ey up, and Ow Do!
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Ey up lad. Ta very much.
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Love that knobbly tree! And Happy Yorkshire Day to you too. I had never heard of it either. I spent 8 years in total in Yorkshire, but in South Yorkshire which John’s aunt in Leeds always told us wasn’t REAL Yorkshire.
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That’s a bit unfair! I’ve lived in South Yorkshire too, and it felt pretty authentic to me. Apparently Yorkshire Day has only existed since 1975, as a protest against local govt. reorganisation which saw the abolition of the Ridings, and the movement of parts of the county elsewhere.
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It existed all the time I lived there then (I went to uni at Sheffield in 1975) and I’ve still never heard of it! We went out with a friend last night, Sheffield born and bred, so I was able to wish him a Happy Yorkshire Day. He’d never heard of it either.
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I think it’s intermittently a ‘thing’. Ripon celebrated it a few years back, but not since.
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Oh, and you were probably still in Sheffield in 1977 when my (then) husband was Curator at the Mappin Art Gallery.
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Yes! I was a student 1975-1978, then again 1979-1980. Might well have walked past him. I was in the Arts Tower for the first two years so not far away.
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I still love that city.
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So do I, not least because I met John there, but I think I’ve only been back twice since we moved up here in 86.
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Oh, what a stately chestnut tree, Margaret. I had to find the symbolism behind the tree. I found that the symbol of a chestnut tree is often associated with longevity, fertility, and abundance. In some cultures, it represents strength and resilience due to its ability to survive harsh conditions. It is seen as a symbol of wisdom and connection to the earth, as it has deep roots that ground it firmly in the soil. I LOVE trees!!!
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You would simply love a walk round Studley Royal then. So many ancient and veteran trees – many of them chestnuts – each one more characterful than the last.
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I just went on the National Trust website for Studley Royal Park. Oh Margaret, what a magical place.
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It is. I never tire of it.
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What an impressive tree!
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One of many there.
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What a lovely old tree – the root formation is fascinating. I wonder how old it may be?
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Oh, several hundred at least. But they’re two a penny at Studley Royal!
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