Foot of the Stairs

A babble of Yorkshire wonders, absurdities & whimsical oddities, from coal-carrying champions to moon-raker's. Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs!

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Could anyone from Ripon tell us if its true that every night at 9pm the Wakeman blows his horn in the Market Square to 'set the watch' ?

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Photo: Freddie Mercury cleans up in front of the Hoover Dam. Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival 2011 - a kind of... http://t.co/CLEUPMJ

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@culturevultures thanks flower.

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@coffeedollee let's hope so. Suspect you're going to make us thirst for the good beans.

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We're curious about Mischief night. Is it a thing of the past...or are there still good-natured pranksters out there? http://t.co/RmmAlyG

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hmmm...no not 'typically' northern - just geographically northern.

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Next up we're looking for Autumn festivals, typically northern, small, local, sometimes hidden & unannounced.

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these are some of the things we've been visiting over the summer: http://t.co/FNpdVZD We love odd stuff, events, folklore, quirks....

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hello new followers. You might find we don't tweet alot, just when we've been on a recce to see a Yorkshire tradition in action.

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Photo: Two villagers carry the ‘bartle’ - a figure of a man with brightly lit eyes, door to door. At each... http://t.co/HiHd93K

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Photo: Burning the Bartle - an annual procession in West Witton near Leyburn, Yorkshire. The piper, his face... http://t.co/rw3zkNJ

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It isn't open to the public very often, today, tmoro, 11 Sept. A lesser-known gem ? despite its presence on the skyline http://t.co/BqiwiUY

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might scuttle up a chimney this weekend, specifically the really tall one in Halifax, Wainhouse Tower http://t.co/aA3VEBU

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Discovered the tradition of the Burning of Bartle last night, in West Witton, near Leyburn. Unusual...to say the least...

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@hiddenbradford Love Shipley Glen Tramway. Does the old sweet shop at the top still open - offering reviving sugar, rhubarb & custards etc?

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RT @hiddenbradford Shipley Glen Tramway open today noon-4.30 -pls tweet to confirm (if poss + a pic) http://t.co/nMSqp7S

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Photo: Knaresborough Bed Race, 11 June 2011. The Vikings arrived. Happy Vikings, not the marauding type. http://tumblr.com/xkk2zrqiab

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Photo: Knaresborough Bed Race, an annual race through the streets to stretch the boundaries of what... http://tumblr.com/xkk2zrq8tc

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Photo from the World Coal Carrying Championships,Gawthorpe. Both sexes race 1 mile carrying a 50kg bag of coal http://tumblr.com/xkk2v1oihb

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Photo: Hebden Bridge Duck Race, April 2011. 7,000 examples of prime yellow plastic wait (nervously?) for the... http://tumblr.com/xkk2azqain