The Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library, Haxby Road, York dates from 1927. Built in red brick laid in raking stretcher bond, with roofs in slate, some stone dressings & small paned metal framed & leaded windows throughout. The library situated outside the former Rowntree factory /1

Hyde Park Picture House, Headingley, Leeds, painting by Allen Tortice (b.1948).

Watch Out Mister! painting by Leeds-born Geoffrey W. Birks (1929-93).

The 6 metre long "Bailgate Tapestry" an architectural sketch by Matthew Wright of one of Lincoln's oldest streets will go on display at Lincoln's Usher Gallery from from 19 June to 12 July. 👇 BBC News - Giant 'papestry' drawing to go on display www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Joseph Rowntree Memorial Library, Haxby Road, York dates from 1927. Built in red brick laid in raking stretcher bond, with roofs in slate, some stone dressings & small paned metal framed & leaded windows throughout. The library situated outside the former Rowntree factory /1

The travelling show business couple, Herbert Smith & Lottie Roberts who became prolific baby traffickers in 1907. 👇 BBC News - How a missing infant uncovered prolific baby traffickers - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rest in Peace, one of Scotland's last D-Day veterans, Albert Lamond has died age 100. 👇 Thank you for your service. BBC News - D-Day veteran who 'never thought of himself as a hero' dies aged 100 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Historic timbers from a historic shipwreck have been discovered at Studland Bay, Dorset. They are thought to be from the armed Dutch merchant ship Fame from Hoorn which ran aground & sank in 1631. 👇 BBC News - Timbers from 17th Century shipwreck appear on Dorset beach www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Heigh ho. Heigh ho. It's off to the archives I now go! Monday. The view from my perch as I grab a quick lunch before those archives beckon once more. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

Pretending to be down with the kids: I've done a video update youtube.com/shorts/FB-c7...

Bad Bunny understood the assignment…

The FV Gaul was a Hull-based stern trawler that went down with all 36 hands in the Barents Sea on 8 February 1974 during a violent storm, making it one of Britain’s worst single-vessel fishing disasters. No distress call was ever sent, and for years rumours ranged from Cold War espionage to a

Schoolchildren at Altham St. James Primary School, Accrington, Lancs win a prize to go to the Houses of Parliament after their presentation about suffragette, Lydia Becker who grew up in Accrington impressed judges. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bramall Hall, the only Grade 1 listed building in Stockport which dates from 1380 & was enlarged in the 15th century undergoing a £1.6 million restoration. 👇 BBC News - Tudor manor house undergoes major restoration work www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Halfway House between Horbury & Ossett, W. Yorks possibly dates from the late 1730's & was occupied by the Marsden family as a residential dwelling. By 1857 it had become The Halfway Beer House. In the 1860's the name was changed to The Green Man with the arrival of a new landlord, John /1

The Halfway House between Horbury & Ossett, W. Yorks possibly dates from the late 1730's & was occupied by the Marsden family as a residential dwelling. By 1857 it had become The Halfway Beer House. In the 1860's the name was changed to The Green Man with the arrival of a new landlord, John /1

Hull remembers 36 trawlermen of which 30 were from Hull who died on the 8th February 1974 when their ship, Gaul sank in the Barents Sea off Norway. 👇 BBC News - Hull remembers 36 trawlermen lost at sea www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The grave of Irish revolutionary Harry Boland, 1887-1922 at Glasnevin Necropolis, Dublin. Involved in the Gaelic Athletic Association in early life he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood & the Irish Volunteers. He took an active part in the Easter Rising of 1916. /1

Looks like Irishgenealogy.ie is getting its annual update tomorrow! This is in the Sunday Indo.

The grave of Irish revolutionary Harry Boland, 1887-1922 at Glasnevin Necropolis, Dublin. Involved in the Gaelic Athletic Association in early life he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood & the Irish Volunteers. He took an active part in the Easter Rising of 1916. /1

On this day in 1977, Television released their brilliant debut studio album “Marquee Moon" RIP bassist Fred Smith who died this past Thursday, Feb 5th.

Grade 1 listed, 14th century Monk Bar gatehouse at Goodramgate, York to house a business run by the owners of The Yorkshire Soap Company. 👇 BBC News - Soap shop plans approved for York medieval gatehouse - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rivers of Ink exhibition to tour the north east of England tracing the history of writing & book making culminating in the creation of Codex Amiatinus in 8th century Northumbria thought to be the oldest intact bible in existence.👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Campaigners trying to save Grade 2 listed St. Peter & St. Paul's Church in Essex have secured a grant of £300,000 to transform it into a cafe, shop & community space.👇 BBC News - Birch church group hails 'huge step' towards saving building - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Grade 2 listed St. Mary the Virgin church, Turville, Buckinghamshire parts of which dates back to the 12th century & was used in The Vicar of Dibley wins award.👇 BBC News - Architect helps restore Turville church used in Vicar of Dibley - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Memories of Sharps toffee factory set up by Edward Sharp built by the River Medway at Maidstone, Kent in 1911. 👇 BBC News - Memories of the toffee factory that disappeared www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The story of Needler's sweet factory which opened in Hull in 1886. 👇 BBC News - The day a sweet factory sang to the nation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Meg Sewell who was in the ATS in WW2 & a journalist for the Rotherham Advertiser celebrates her 104th birthday. 👇 BBC News - Rotherham WW2 veteran and journalist celebrates 104th birthday - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just watched the documentary New York Doll about Arthur. It provides a range of emotions, heartwarming, nostalgia, reconciliation & sadness. I find it extraordinary Arthur ended up working in a Mormon family history centre & found out about the death of his father there. @ninaantonia13.bsky.social

This young man, age 14 is incredible scoring 175 from 80 balls with the last 151 coming from 56 deliveries. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Items from the dig at Carlisle Cricket Club including a collection of glass Roman beads & a soldier's diploma go on display at the Tullie Museum, Carlisle. 👇 BBC News - Finding personal Roman items in Carlisle a 'real connection' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Close to The House in the Rock at Knaresborough & hidden away is the Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag. In 1408 court rolls show a licence granted to John the Mason to build a chapel. Folklore suggests the chapel was founded after John's young son had accompanied him to a quarry. /1

Ayscoughfee Museum & Gardens at Spalding, Lincolnshire will have a free light show between 18:00 & 21:00 on the 20th & 21st March. 👇 BBC News - Light show to transform hall and gardens www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Francesca Lollobrigida, who has just won Italy’s 1st 🥇at Olympics is the great-niece of Gina Lollobrigida, the legendary Italian actress

Leeds City Museum to display 140 of the 600 handmade model buses made from waste card, packaging & acetate by the late retired physicist Dr Gordon Brooke. 👇 BBC News - Leeds physicist secretly built hundreds of model buses - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A despicable act sees thieves remove £10,000 of lead from the roof of Pickering station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway causing £20,000 worth of damage. 👇 BBC News - Lead thieves steal from North Yorkshire Moors Railway - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In 2026 we celebrate our 21st Birthday. Join us in the first of our events in July 2026, a week of webinars with friends of Pharos on the theme 'The Ones Who Got Away'! Details: www.pharostutors.com/webinars Booking opens soon! #WatchThisSpace #FamilyHistory #GenealogyTalks #OnlineTalks

Plans to turn the former Carlisle Hotel at Manningham, Bradford which dates from the 1870's into an 18 bed house of multiple occupancy have been refused by Bradford Council. 👇 BBC News - Plans to turn pub into 18-bed shared house refused www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It has only recently been completely re-roofed having been shorn of its magnificent overall roof by the London and North Eastern Railway.

Decapitated statuette in Leeds University archives identified as author Robert Louis Stevenson restored with 3D printed head will go on display in an exhibition celebrating 10 years of the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery.👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Close to The House in the Rock at Knaresborough & hidden away is the Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag. In 1408 court rolls show a licence granted to John the Mason to build a chapel. Folklore suggests the chapel was founded after John's young son had accompanied him to a quarry. /1

A despicable act sees thieves remove £10,000 of lead from the roof of Pickering station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway causing £20,000 worth of damage. 👇 BBC News - Lead thieves steal from North Yorkshire Moors Railway - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Stocks Massey Music Library has been unveiled in Burnley Central Library. It is named after brewing magnate, Edward Stocks Massey who died in 1909 leaving £135,000. The Edward Stocks Massey Bequest Fund, established in 1910 still benefits the town today. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Todmorden, west Yorkshire, painting by Steven Scholes (b.1952).

Remembering the Munich Air Disaster on this day 1958. 23 died - Man Utd's Busby Babes, officials, journalists. 21 survived. The last rites were read twice for Matt Busby, Man U manager and ex-City player. He survived. The whole city mourned.

The Office at Night, a homage to Edward Hopper, painting by Phil Lockwood, retired Sheffield art teacher.

Saltaire, painting by Yorkshire watercolourist Simon Palmer (b.1956). Residents heading towards the church to pay tribute to Sir Titus Salt.

Joseph Priestley, born in Fieldhead, Birstall died OTD, 6 February in 1804. The profoundly influential 18th-century intellectual's work in theology and politics was considered as radical, and often more significant, than his more well known scientific 1/3

It's difficult to see but the house at the top in the left photo is The House in the Rock, Knaresborough, N. Yorks. Built on land owned by the Slingsby family, Thomas Hill, a linen weaver began construction of the house in 1770 & it was completed in 1791. It was made from rock cut /1

Lancelot “Capability” Brown, who died on this day in 1783, was remarkably prolific in Yorkshire, with around 20 sites linked to his work. He transformed rigid, formal gardens into naturalistic parkland, defined by sweeping lawns, serpentine lakes and carefully placed clumps of trees. His 1/3