Now! Then! 2025! - A Yorkshire Almanac

Yorkshire On This Day, Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

Entries for the tag ‘Canning, George (1770-1827)’

Tory statesman, held various senior cabinet positions under numerous prime ministers, including two important terms as Foreign Secretary, finally Prime Minister for the last four months of his life.

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Place-People-Play: Childcare (and the Kazookestra) on the Headingley/Weetwood borders next to Meanwood Park.

Music from and about Yorkshire by Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder.

Yorkshire books for sale.

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