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Yorkshire Words Of The Week

From: Jim Sleath, Binnington Wold, Starton.

Ian McMillan: Peeling back the Saturday Night Ritual

Anybody glancing into my house at about half past eight this evening will be able to catch a glimpse of me in the middle of my Saturday Night Ritual. I’ve always enjoyed a good Saturday Night Ritual: it sets you up for the enforced relaxation of Sunday and the rigours of the working week ahead.

Yorkshire Words Of The Week

From Mrs Ruth Rawson, Kilham, Driffield.

Ian McMillan: Ill met by daylight, with a second helping

Let’s observe this typically Yorkshire scene, ladies and gentlemen, and see what we can deduce from it about the behaviour of the typical Yorkshire male. And then let’s try and work out a solution that will satisfy all parties. I’ll set the scene: a bloke, let’s call him Bloke A, has just been to the paper shop. Whilst in the paper shop he bumps into Bloke B, a bloke Bloke A knows vaguely because they sit near each other at the football.

Austin Mitchell at 33 St Aidans Road, Baildon

Ferniehurst at war

Now it can be told. Austin Mitchell gives an inside account of one of the forgotten stories of the Second World War in suburban West Yorkshire, where everyone did their bit in the battle for democracy – but some may have done a little bit more than others.

Obituaries

Sylvia Burgin

SYLVIA Emily Limbert Burgin who has died aged 81, devoted her life to teaching and was always a keen representative of any community where she lived.

Vera Harrison

VERA Harrison, an inspirational lady who carved out a career as a matron in harsh conditions in Britain’s post-war public schools, has died, aged 96.

Charles Hodgkinson

CHARLES Hodgkinson, a former director of Huddersfield Town football club and a fourth generation lawyer in Penistone, has died aged 81.

Ray Honeyford

FOR a period in the mid 1980s, Ray Honeyford, who has died aged 77, was the best-known headteacher in the country, as much a hate figure as hero and victim.

Mick Welsh

MICHAEL Welsh – invariably known as Mick – was one of the last MPs from a mining background to represent Doncaster.