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Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, England by Siân Dugan

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Vintage Advertisements @ Beamish Living Museum

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Ay up folks, its Yorkshire Day! A celebration every year on 1st of August of this wonderful, diverse and culturally rich part of England.

Yorkshire ties as my favourite region in England with Northumberland and I flip flop between which one we want to end up living in (The Yorkshire Dales or the Northumberland coast). From its wild moorlands of Bronte country, to its bustling industrial mill towns of Leeds and Halifax, to its beautiful seaside towns and fisherman’s villages, the rolling hills and drystone walls of the Yorkshire Dales and beyond it isn’t hard to see why Yorkshire has earned the moniker “God’s own country” by its proud inhabitants. So to celebrate this wonderful place here’s a few facts about York’shr.

Yorkshire is the largest county in the UK and covers a large part of Northern England, that’s a whopping 2.9 million acres- ee ba gum!. It is BIG, so big that over the years it was often subdivided into smaller jurisdictions for admiration purposes, most notably the areas of North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. While each of these regions certainly has its own distinct geography, accent, culture and history to explore, Yorkshire as a whole has always continued to be recognised as a geographic territory and cultural region. Yorkshire may be big now but it used to be bigger! Until 1974 it covered parts of what are now County Durham, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and the Tees Valley. Yorkshire also has nearly a third of the total area of National Parks in England (the North York Moors, most of the Yorkshire Dales and part of the Peak District) covering a fifth of the region’s land area.

Yorkshire also lays claim to being home to some of Britain’s ‘oldest’ things including the oldest known city in Britain, Ripon, which was granted a charter by at least 886. Scarborough on the coast was Britain’s first seaside resort, established in 1660 after the discovery of the ‘healing’ spring waters which later would form the spa. The oldest registered visitor attraction in England is Mother Shipton’s Cave and Petrifying Well in Knaresbough, North Yorkshire which has been welcoming tourists since at least 1630. Sheffield FC is the oldest football club in the world founded in 1857. The county is also home to Britain’s oldest pub (and perhaps the oldest pub in the world), The Bingley Arms in Bardsey dates from AD 953 to the days of the Vikings and has been serving beer for over 1,000 years. Speaking of pubs, Yorkshire is also home to England's highest pub, The Tan Hill Inn which sits 1,732 ft above sea level at a point where the counties Yorkshire, Durham and Cumbria meet. You might recognise it from the Christmas Waitrose advert where everyone got snowed in!

As well as the ‘oldest’, Yorkshire lays claim to some other great feats! The county has over 2,600 ancient monuments of national importance (14% of the English total), 800 conservation areas and 116 registered parks & gardens. The North York Moors Railway is the longest steam operated railway in the UK, with over 18 miles of track running through the countryside from Pickering to Whitby. The city of York has the longest city walls in England, at three miles long, and they enclose an area of around 263 acres. York Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe, it took 252 years to build in its present form and contains 128 medieval stained glass windows and York’s Shambles is considered to be the best-preserved medieval street in Europe.

The emblem of Yorkshire, the white rose of the House of York is instantly recognisable for many and flies on flags across the county. The county is well known for its distinct culture, from its dialect to its food. This county gave us Parkin, Yorkshire curd tarts, Wensleydale cheese, Pontefract cakes and by far its most outstanding contribution to English culture; the Yorkshire pudding which makes up THE MOST IMPORTANT part of our Sunday dinner!

The unofficial anthem of Yorkshire is the popular folk song On Ilkla Moor Baht ‘at (“On Ilkley Moor without a hat”) which showcases some of the distinct words and pronunciations the region is known for. The dialect is old and has roots in Old English and Old Norse, being known as Broad Yorkshire or Tyke. Known for expressions like ayup, reet good, put ‘wood int ‘ole (close the door), shut thee cake oyle (shut your mouth) this county is still a glorious bastion of reet proper English as it was meant to be, home to northern and regional diversity that is fast disappearing. I will leave you to puzzle over this poem by about Yorkshire by Eric Scaife;

We’re a rare strange bunch ‘at live up ‘ere

But we’ve gradely grub an’ champion beer

An’ mony a famous name thou’l see

On Yorksheer own proud family tree.

Oor sportin’ ways are second ter none

Oor art an’ culture speak as yan

Us Yorksheer fowk ev Yorksheer ways

An’ when we say we laiks we plays.

Oor language is t’ English true

Oor thee, thou, tha’s are nothin’ new

Wi’ glottal stops an’ aitches dropped

The G at end is allus cropped.

So com’ thi ways to oor grand county

An’ sample sum o’ Yorksheers bounty

Oor ales are grand, oor looance too

An’ friendly fowk to welcome thoo.

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So today lads and lasses ‘sit thi sen darn’, put yus feet up, hav’ a proper brew of Yorkshire tea and enjoy some of my favourite photos I have taken around Yorkshire. Happy Yorkshire Day!

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I found some menus from 1890s and early 1900s England to figure out what – for instance – Lucy and Mina’s “severe” tea (afternoon tea, not the kind that comes in a cup) might have cost them.

(all from the amazing New York Public Libraries menus website)

This is a cheap restaurant on Whitechapel Road. Probably not the sort of place that young ladies like Lucy and Mina would go to.

This, the restaurant of the Adelphi Theatre on the Strand, is a bit more like it. And everything is about twice the price of the Victorian Restaurant.

And here’s a menu from a tourist destination in the North of England, which seems pretty close to the kind of place Lucy and Mina might go to in Whitby. 

(For reference, I think Mina earns about £80 per year or 30s per week. If we pretend that's equivalent to a modern UK teacher's starting salary of around £26,000 then the Table D'Hote Luncheon is about £40 in today's money.)

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hiya!!! just read "beneath a big blue sky" and i am just wondering if yorkshire is as lovely as you write it or should i lower my expectations??

DO NOT LOWER YOUR EXPECTATIONS. Yorkshire is heaven on earth and I feel obliged to go into great detail here because Yorkshire simply does not get enough recognition for how bloody wonderful it is. Here are, in no particular order, some of my favourite spots in the county.

1. York - I’m not a city girl, but I’ll make an exception for York. Go see York Minster, the old city walls, The Shambles, and the Museum Gardens.

2. Castle Howard - I mean it’s literally Brideshead.

3. Knaresborough - iconic viaduct, lovely riverside walks, obligatory castle ruins. 

4. Whitby - outstanding seafood, spooky Abbey ruins up on the cliffside, lots of little witchy shops selling crystals.

5. Fountains Abbey - probably my favourite place in Yorkshire. No photo can do these ruins justice - you just have to go. Gorgeous gorgeous place. Also has a deer park with hundreds of deer wandering about. Love them.

6. The general Dales area - quintessential Yorkshire - the biggest, bluest skies.

7. Malham - wild and rugged and very very cool. Great walks, great ice cream.

8. Haworth - super cute village up on the edge of the moors. An obvious choice for Bronte fans.

9. Skipton - incredibly underrated little market town. Fabulous castle.

10. Dalby Forest - so many trees, so many activities.

11. Yorkshire Three Peaks - more sky, more hills, more world-class dramatic scenery. She’s stunning.

12. Flamborough - those turquoise waters! Is it the Mediterranean? Some distant riviera? No it’s bloody Yorkshire pal.

I could go on and on and on. What a place, what an experience. I simply love it. x

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whitby abbey part 1

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whitby abbey, where dracula arrived in england

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Boys need to be cuddled more. Put his head in your lap or on your chest. Stroke his hair, scratch his back lightly with your nails, rub his shoulders, kiss him on the top of his head. Anytime, not just when he’s feeling down or trying to fall asleep.

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Today I was shocked by Sean Penn’s incredible and disturbing ‘this is a weapon / this is a gun / this for fighting / this is for fun’ soliloquy in Casualties of War. 

In my view, De Palma’s greatest strength (which he has taken even further than his mentor Hitchcock) is his stubborn insistence on documenting and exposing his own craving masculinity and the fear, insecurity, and violence it wreaks.

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Casualties of War is a 1989 American war drama film directed by Brian De Palma, with a screenplay by David Rabe, based on the events of the incident on Hill 192 in 1966 during the Vietnam War. The picture stars Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn. An article written by Daniel Lang for The New Yorker in 1969 and a subsequent book were the movie’s primary sources.[3]

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Chociażbym chodził ciemną doliną to zła się nie ulękne,… bo jestem największym skurwysynem w tej dolinie !

Sean Penn, Ofiary Wojny

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[NEW REVIEW] “Casualties of War” (1989) ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ .. .. Rating: R:18 Genre: Drama, War Runtime: 109 minutes .. .. REVIEW: This is an incredibly tough film to watch. But an equally powerful one that’s well worth doing so. This is not for the faint-hearted!! The event(s) which take place are crude, vulgar and barbaric. They’re not nice. There is no sugar coating it. As a rule, I shy away from war films. And given how brutal this one is, it’s a testament to the those who made it that I stuck it out to the end. This was a far cry from the usual types of films we see Michael J Fox in I’ll tell you. And he is nothing short of phenomenal. Here he inhabits about the only character with any morals. He witnesses the crime committed, stands up for what he believes in no matter how much pressure is forced upon him by the rest of his peers.  What’s interesting about his character is that as horrified as he was by their intent and actions, he didn’t actually do a whole lot to stop them.  He refused to be a part of it, but he wasn’t able to stop them. He watched them take her, he watched them mistreat her, and listened to them rape her. Yet we can sit here shouting ‘should-haves’ and ‘would-haves’ at the screen during these moments, but in actuality the question ‘What would you have done in that situation’ comes to mind and thought about thoroughly enough, the answer might be more ambiguous than expected. Sean Penn is kind of scary in this movie actually. Another exceptional performance. The ring-leader of the brutality carried out. I can’t imagine what state his head could possibly in for him to never show any shred of reservations. To even think up something like that. The rape and kidnapping scenes were very hard to watch. The actress, Thuy Thu Le, gave another remarkably haunting performance. The soundtrack by Ennio Morricone is something to listen to as well. Brings out each scene so much. Brilliant film. But do not watch this film before going to bed!! .. #moviereview #movies #moviereview #films #filmreview #review #war #actors #michaeljfox #mjf #seanpenn #briandepalma #movienight #movieday #blog #blogger #blogpost #violent #fight #morals #80s #vietnam #soldiers

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This week actor Nicholas Goroff - otherwise known as Wizard of Cause on YouTube - stops by to discuss Brian De Palma’s Vietnam drama Casualties of War starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn.

Wizard of Cause on YouTube

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Casualties of War

Release year: 1989

Genre: crime, drama, war

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey

Director: Brian De Palma

IMDb score: 7,1

Reviewed by: zoromilanello

Film dengan tema perang namun mengangkat korban dari perang itu sendiri dan juga perilaku tentara yg harusnya berjiwa patriot dan melindungi yg lemah, malah berperilaku memalukan dan tidak manusiawi. Dengan latar belakang perang Vietnam, yg semua orang tahu bahwa Amerika sangat frustasi dan meninggalkan trauma bagi tentara yg bertugas langsung di Vietnam.

Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) adalah tentara yg baru bertugas di Vietnam dan ditugaskan bersama dengan kelompok yg dipimpin oleh Sersan Tony Meserve (Sean Penn) yg sudah berpengalaman dalam perang Vietnam. Meserve berencana ke tempat hiburan sebelum berpatroli esok harinya. Namun tempat hiburan hanya bisa didatangi oleh tentara dengan pangkat yg lebih tinggi sehingga Meserve tidak bisa masuk. Meserve mempunyai ide untuk menculik perempuan setempat sebagai pelampiasan hasrat seksualnya. Eriksson awalnya berpikir itu cuma candaan, ternyata Meserve dan teman sekelompok juga ikut merealisasikan rencana Meserve tadi.

Perempuan Vietnam muda yg diculik ini kemudian ikut berpatroli dengan Eriksson, Meserve dan 4 tentara lain. Sampai akhirnya perempuan ini diperkosa secara bergiliran oleh teman kelompoknya. Saat giliran Eriksson, Eriksson menolak dan kemudian dikucilkan oleh anggotanya. Erikkson sudah menjelaskan bahwa menculik dan memperkosa warga sipil tanpa alasan yg jelas adalah tindakan kriminal. Meserve beralasan bahwa perempuan tadi merupakan tawanan perang. Eriksson yg tidak berdaya melawan ketua kelompok dan teman sekelompoknya mengancam akan melaporkan peristiwa ini ke jenderal yg bertugas di wilayah patroli mereka dan membawa kasus ini ke Mahkamah Militer.

Menarik melihat film perang yg tidak banyak menampilkan aksi tembak-tembakan, tapi lebih ke isu lain yg sebenarnya mungkin terjadi di situasi perang saat itu. Karakter Michael J. Fox sebagai Eriksson mungkin menjadi sosok tentara yg sifatnya harusnya mewakili tentara idealnya. Walaupun di awal ia tidak bisa mematahkan argumen komandannya dan harus pasrah kalah suara. Namun di akhir ia berjuang agar mengikuti hati nuraninya dan membawa kasus tersebut ke Pengadilan Militer, walaupun ia sempat diintervensi untuk mendiamkan kasus ini.

Ending film ini yg seolah menjadi pengobat hati karakter Eriksson atas ketidakberdayaannya saat di Vietnam. Seolah menjadi manifestasi kegigihannya pada nilai kemanusiaan. Oiya bintang di film ini adalah Sean Penn menurut mimin. Tanpa akting yg menawan film ini akan terasa datar dan kurang menarik. Bravo!

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Casualties of War (1989) - trailer

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager.

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This week actor Nicholas Goroff - otherwise known as Wizard of Cause on YouTube - stops by to discuss Brian De Palma’s Vietnam drama Casualties of War starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn.

Wizard of Cause on YouTube