"the birthplace of the world-famous sculptor Henry Moore. Thomas Chippendale was an important furniture maker, born in Otley in 1718. ""Rita, Sue and Bob Too"" is a classic 1987 film made around Bradford; other classic regional films include Ken Loach's ""Kes"", a 1969 film made in the Barnsley area, ""The Full Monty"" a 1997 film made around Sheffield, and ""Brassed Off"", a 1996 film made in the Doncaster and Barnsley area. The Bradford Small Livestock Society has held the national championships for rabbits since 1921, held at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, and holds its Small Animal Show for"
"Yorkshire was confirmed as the starting place for the race. Welcome to Yorkshire Welcome to Yorkshire (WTY) is the official tourism agency for the traditional county of Yorkshire, the UK's largest county, promoting Yorkshire tourism both nationally and internationally. It was formerly known as the Yorkshire Tourist Board until 2009, but underwent a rebranding: a new Welcome to Yorkshire brand, a new website, the launching of various new marketing campaigns and a move to the present site in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The stated aim of the organisation is: 'to grow the county’s visitor economy'. The current Chief Executive is Sir"
"York Racecourse. The York Races were first moved to the Knavesmire from Clifton in 1731. Since January 2012 it has been the location of the York Parkrun, a free 5k running event held every Saturday morning. It is also home to Yorkshire's largest beer festival, which has been held on Knavesmire since 2009. The annual York CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival is held in a marquee on Knavesmire opposite the Grandstand. The Little Knavesmire is the home of Ovington CC. Knavesmire The Knavesmire is one of a number of large, marshy undeveloped areas within the city of York in North"
"War 1939 to 1945. Since then the Show has grown to become one of the leading agricultural shows in the country. The show takes place over two days in September at the permanent showground near Chieveley. Royal County of Berkshire Show The Royal County of Berkshire Show is an annual agricultural show in Berkshire, England that started in 1909 at Enborne Gate Farm, Newbury, as a horse show and has now grown to be a significant event for the farming world. The Newbury and District Agricultural Society was formed in 1909 to run the show and continues to do so."
"Royal County of Berkshire Show The Royal County of Berkshire Show is an annual agricultural show in Berkshire, England that started in 1909 at Enborne Gate Farm, Newbury, as a horse show and has now grown to be a significant event for the farming world. The Newbury and District Agricultural Society was formed in 1909 to run the show and continues to do so. There were three breaks in the 20th Century when no show took place. Between 1914 and 1918 during the First World War, between 1928 and 1935 during the farming depression and again during the Second World"
"Ryedale Show The Ryedale Show is an agricultural show which takes place at the Welburn Park Showground, Welburn, Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire in the North of England annually on the last Tuesday of July. It is organised and run by the Ryedale Agricultural Society. In recent years the Ryedale Show has become the largest one-day agricultural show in the north of England. It features several agricultural show staples such as features of Equestrianism and competition between farmers as to the quality of Livestock. Established in 1855, the Ryedale show has run almost continuously for over one hundred-and-fifty years. In 2007 the"
"Yorkshire Sculpture Park The Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is an open-air gallery in West Bretton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, showing work by British and international artists, including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. The park's collection of works by Moore is one of the largest open-air displays of his bronzes in Europe. The sculpture park occupies the parkland of Bretton Hall and straddles the border of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.() The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, opened in 1977, was the UK's first sculpture park based on the temporary open air exhibitions organised in London parks from the 1940s to"
"Penistone Show Penistone Show is a one-day agricultural show held annually in Penistone in South Yorkshire, England, UK. The show has been held most years for the last 150 years and is always held on the second Saturday in September (so it will always fall between 8 and 14 September.) It is said to be the largest one day show in the North of England, with visitor numbers exceeding 10,000 in some years. The show consists of a number of different competition classes, from livestock to show jumping and dog shows to horticulture, handicrafts and photographs. The show also has"
"increase from the 400 entries at the first show in 2001. The 11th annual event will be held on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October 2013. New for 2013 are Private Driving Arena Trials (Sat only) and the return of the Northern Show Cross Final (Sat only). Countryside Live Countryside Live is the little sister event of the annual farming and rural showcase, the Great Yorkshire Show. Held each October at the Great Yorkshire Showground on the edge of the spa town of Harrogate, England, the two-day event is designed to act as a shop window for the farming industry"
"The Royal Cheshire County Show The Royal Cheshire County Show (simply referred to as 'Royal Cheshire County Show' and 'Royal Cheshire Show', and formerly Cheshire County Show) is a big county agricultural show that is held on two days in June each year on land west of Flittogate Lane in the Tabley area in Cheshire, England. The show is organised by the Cheshire Agricultural Society, and marked its 175th anniversary in 2013 with 80,000 visitors expected. In January 2016, it became The Royal Cheshire County Show. The Cheshire Agricultural Society was founded in 1838 by Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere"
"Yorkshire, before embarking on a tour of village halls across the north of England. In 2005 Patrick Barlow rewrote the script, keeping the scenes, staging and small-scale feel, and in June 2005 this re-adaption premiered at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, The play then opened in London's Tricycle Theatre, and after a successful run transferred to the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly where it became the fifth longest running play until it closed in September 2015. Although drawing on Buchan's novel, it is strongly influenced by Hitchcock's 1935 film adaptation. On 15 January 2008, the show made its US Broadway premiere at"
"Welcome to Yorkshire Welcome to Yorkshire (WTY) is the official tourism agency for the traditional county of Yorkshire, the UK's largest county, promoting Yorkshire tourism both nationally and internationally. It was formerly known as the Yorkshire Tourist Board until 2009, but underwent a rebranding: a new Welcome to Yorkshire brand, a new website, the launching of various new marketing campaigns and a move to the present site in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The stated aim of the organisation is: 'to grow the county’s visitor economy'. The current Chief Executive is Sir Gary Verity. Following the 2009 rebranding, Welcome to Yorkshire has"
"command to his deputy, who failed to control the dangerously large crowd. On 31 May 1982, Pope John Paul II visited York racecourse and drew a reported audience of 190,000. On 22 September 1984, the racecourse hosted its first music concert headlined by Echo & the Bunnymen. In recent years, concerts have been arranged after race meetings in June and July and since 2015 it has hosted the Yorfest. The second day of the 2014 Tour de France started from the racecourse. In 1754, at the instigation of the Marquess of Rockingham the first grandstand was built at a cost"
"Royal Show The Royal Show was an annual agricultural show/fair held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England every year from 1839 to 2009. Early venues for the show included Oxford (1839); Liverpool (1840); Manchester (1841); Park Royal in London; Wolverhampton Race Course now West Park (1871); Chantry Park, Ipswich (1934); Wrottesley Park, Staffordshire (1937), and Victoria Park, Leamington Spa. From 1963 it was held in Stoneleigh Park (previously known as the National Agricultural Centre or NAC) near Stoneleigh in Warwickshire, England. The first show at Stoneleigh lasted four days and attracted 111,916 visitors. The event encompassed all aspects of"
"Yorkshire Museum The Yorkshire Museum is a museum in York, England. It was opened in 1830, and has five permanent collections, covering biology, geology, archaeology, numismatics and astronomy. The museum was founded by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society to accommodate their geological and archaeological collections, and was originally housed in Ousegate, York, until the site became too small. In 1828, the society received by royal grant, of land formerly belonging to St Mary's Abbey for the purposes of building a new museum. The main building of the museum is called the Yorkshire Museum; it was designed by William Wilkins in a"
"Shropshire County Show The Shropshire County Show, formerly and to this day often called the West Mid Show (short for Shropshire and West Midlands Show), is an annual agricultural show held on the outskirts of Shrewsbury (at Coton Hill), England. It has its own showground - the Shropshire Agricultural Showground, which lies on the north bank of the River Severn in a rural setting (though it is less than a mile from Shrewsbury town centre). The showground is accessed via Berwick Road, the B5067. The show is held usually in May and has attracted as many as 40,000 people, from"
"Yorkshire Yorkshire (; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Due to its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media and the military, and also features in the titles of current"
"athletes alone secured more gold medals than those of Spain. Notable Yorkshire athletes include Jessica Ennis-Hill and the Brownlee brothers, Jonathan and Alastair. Jessica Ennis-Hill is from Sheffield and won gold at the 2012 Olympics in London and silver at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Triathletes Alastair and Jonny Brownlee have won two golds and a silver and bronze respectively. In 2014 the County hosted the Grande Depart of the Tour de France. Spectator crowds over the two days were estimated to be of the order of 2.5 million people. The inaugural Tour de Yorkshire was held from 1–3 May"
"Small"", based on books by James Herriot, was set in Yorkshire and exterior shots were filmed there. The mega hit drama 'Downton Abbey' although set in Yorkshire is actually filmed in Berkshire and at Ealing Studios, London. Last of the Summer Wine in particular is noted for holding the record of longest-running comedy series in the world, from 1973 until 2010. ""Open All Hours"" and its continuation ""Still Open All Hours"" are set and filmed in Doncaster. Several noted films are set in Yorkshire, including ""Kes"", ""Four Lions"", ""This Sporting Life"" and ""Room at the Top"". A comedy film set"
"On the other hand, some counties have grouped together and created such shows as: The Three Counties Show (Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire), The East of England Show (Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire), the Royal Welsh Show, the Royal Highland Show, the South of England Show (Sussex), The Royal Bath and West Show (Somerset and Wiltshire) and the now-defunct Royal Show—the largest of all, which was held in Kenilworth, Warwickshire but encompassed the whole country. County shows in the United Kingdom County Shows are summer outdoor agricultural shows held in various parts of the United Kingdom. There are competitions, with prizes awarded by"
"""Heartbeat"", and the soap operas ""Emmerdale"" and ""Downton Abbey"". ""Last of the Summer Wine"" in particular is noted for holding the record of longest-running comedy series in the world, from 1973 until 2010. Other notable television series set in Yorkshire include ""All Creatures Great and Small"", ""The Beiderbecke Trilogy"", ""Rising Damp"", ""Fat Friends"" and ""The Royal"". Several noted films are set in Yorkshire, including ""Kes"", ""This Sporting Life"", ""Room at the Top"", ""Brassed Off"", ""Mischief Night"", ""Rita, Sue and Bob Too"" and ""Calendar Girls"". ""The Full Monty"", a comedy film set in Sheffield, won an Academy Award and was voted"
"Show. It has been held annually ever since, except for breaks during the two World Wars from 1940 to 1946 and 1915 to 1919, and eleven occasions between 1890 and 1958, when it was held in conjunction with Bath and West Show or the Royal Show when these were held in Devon. The show was held at various sites around the county until 1956, when it moved to its first permanent site at Whipton, Exeter. The show moved to its present site at the Westpoint Arena in 1990. The Devon County Show comes from a time when agriculture was the"
"Torch Relay for the 2012 London Olympics Yorkshire saw The Grand Depart for the Tour de France in 2014. After this Yorkshire has hosted ""Le Tour de Yorkshire."" In 2016 the tour came through Conisbrough passing the famous castle on its way to Doncaster. Conisbrough has one secondary school, the De Warenne Academy (formerly Northcliffe School). The Emmanuel Schools Foundation's scheme to turn Northcliffe into an Academy was scrapped after protests by parents, students and staff, despite the enthusiastic backing of former Conisbrough councillor Aidan Rave and former Doncaster Mayor Martin Winter. Primary education in Conisbrough is provided by Ivanhoe"
"shows broadcast were recorded in Bury St. Edmunds and Llandudno. The show started going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1993 and has been there every year since. Currently most shows, though not all, are recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House in central London. In February 2012, two episodes of the show were recorded at the Comedy Store, in Mumbai in India, the first time the show has recorded outside Britain. The programme played for many years on the World Service and is said to have a large following in India. Several television versions have been attempted."
"has been held in Dorset, England, every summer since 1969. The show is now run by Michael Oliver's son, Martin Oliver through Great Dorset Steam Fair Ltd. Established in 1969, for the first 15 years of its existence the steam fair (then known as the 'Great Working of Steam Engines') was held at Stourpaine Bushes, then in 1985 it temporarily moved to nearby Everley Hill, as Bushes Farm were delayed in harvesting the crops from the fields used by the steam fair due to the weather conditions. In 1988, after 3 years at Everley Hill, where access by large crowds"
"show operated Sunday to Wednesday, but this was later changed to Thursday to Sunday, with Livestock competitions being held on the Thursday and Friday. During the 1948 show held at Inverness, the ""Royal"" title was bestowed on the event by King George VI. There was no show during 2001 because of the foot and mouth crisis. In 2010 it reached the landmark anniversary of the 50th year of the show being held in Ingliston and also the 170th show to be staged. 2010 event had almost 190,000 people attending, which makes it more of the most visited event in years."
"for a few days by high winds, the operator, Great City Attractions, opened the tall wheel to the public at 4:45 pm on Tuesday 13 December 2011. In July 2012 Great City Attractions went into administration. All its British wheels were bought by Dubai-based Freij Entertainment International, for operation by its UK subsidiary Wheels Entertainments. In February 2013 an application by Freij Entertainment International for the Yorkshire Wheel to remain in place until 30 November 2013 was considered by the City of York Council's planning committee. In the event it was given permission to remain on the site only until"
"Great Voltigeur Stakes The Great Voltigeur Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old colts and geldings. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 188 yards (2,385 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August. The event is named after Voltigeur, the Yorkshire-trained winner of the Derby and St Leger in 1850. It was established in 1950, and it was initially called the Voltigeur Stakes. The word ""Great"" was added to the title in 1957. The Great Voltigeur Stakes serves as a trial"
"mid-Cheshire in 1977 after three years of not being held. After several years at Tatton Park, the show moved to its current Tabley showground in 1990. In 2001, the show was cancelled for only the second time in its history due to the national outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that affected nearby Little Leigh. The show attracts Royal involvement, with Princess Anne becoming the first Lady President of the show in 1999. She reprised her role for the 2013 show, and visited the showground on the second day. Thousands of horses, dogs, cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigeons and rabbits are involved"
"(almost certainly borrowed via a Methodist hymnal), seen as an unofficial Yorkshire anthem. Famous folk performers from the county include the Watersons from Hull, who began recording Yorkshire versions of folk songs from 1965; Heather Wood (born 1945) of the Young Tradition; the short-lived electric folk group Mr Fox (1970–72), The Deighton Family; Julie Matthews; Kathryn Roberts; and Kate Rusby. Yorkshire has a flourishing folk music culture, with over forty folk clubs and thirty annual folk music festivals. The 1982 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Harrogate International Centre. In 2007 the Yorkshire Garland Group was formed to make"
"Tour de Yorkshire The Tour de Yorkshire (French: ""Tour du Yorkshire"") is a road cycling race in Yorkshire, England which started in May 2015. It is promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and is rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour. From 2015 to 2017 it was a three-day race but in 2018 it expanded to four days, starting on Thursday 3 May and finishing on Sunday 6 May. The idea for the race arose as a legacy event following the significant success of the visit of the 2014 Tour de France to the"
"show was cancelled for the second time ever because of torrential rain the preceding week and a waterlogged show field. Ryedale Show The Ryedale Show is an agricultural show which takes place at the Welburn Park Showground, Welburn, Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire in the North of England annually on the last Tuesday of July. It is organised and run by the Ryedale Agricultural Society. In recent years the Ryedale Show has become the largest one-day agricultural show in the north of England. It features several agricultural show staples such as features of Equestrianism and competition between farmers as to the quality"
"place on 19 September 1973. Show 52 took place from 19 to 23 September 1973 and Show 52 took place from 26 to 30 September 1973. From 1982 to 2013, the company was based at People Show Studios, a former church hall in Bethnal Green. People Show continues to tour nationally, having produced 127 productions. The most recent production, ""People Show 127: Hands Off"", was produced at the Artsadmin space at Toynbee Hall. ""Hands Off"" introduced a new generation of People Show artists, and explored gaming to question who really controls the outcome. People Show is now based at the"