Yorkshire
About Yorkshire
Yorkshire is an area of Northern England which was historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after the city of York.
On the show — 28 mentions total
Shoddy was pioneered in Batley in Yorkshire by Benjamin Law, who founded a company called Shoddy Manufacturing, which is just lovely.
from Little Fish: You've Been Harkin'd, 2025-11-16 at 00:10:10 · read transcript
Other times Yorkshire came up
I think we get a reputation of being typed. Bats. I wanted to call me and say, actually, that reputation isn't even true, because there was a survey done that said more than 60% of yours approach never used a overdraft. Three quarters of people from Yorkshire put up to 200 pounds a month aside. We've got the money going on. Wait, are you a Yorkshire ambassador?
No Such Thing As Parachuting Into Hollyoaks, 2023-06-08 · listen
Me too. That's debate. All right. Here's one. For instance, they had mischief night in Leeds and Bradford in Yorkshire. The children would go around causing trouble and the authorities would just let them off. They say it's no but mischief Nate. Oh, okay. There was also a thing called Hop to Nah in the Isle of Man And that had people wandering around Armed with bits of turnip Singing in Manx and demanding cash And the idea is that these guys From like Yorkshire or Isle of Man or Ireland or Scotland It all gone over to America During the you know Whenever that was And that's they brought it there And then it's come back over here That's one theory behind Trick or Treat Well I thought it was a I think it was originally a German tradition, but it was popular in Pennsylvania and Dutch communities in America, up until the early 20th century.
No Such Thing As A Clairvoyant Chicken, 2014-10-30 · listen
There's a word fact I found which kind of combines the name changes and the money thing. Is it pronounced connoisperer in Yorkshire? Yeah. Connoisperer. So there's a place in Yorkshire called Connoisperer, which has a road in it, which is called Butthole Road. Okay? Oh, no. Where are you? in Yorkshire called Connoisperer, which has a road in it, which is called Butthole Road, okay? Where are you?
482: No Such Thing As Parachuting Into Hollyoaks, 2023-06-09 · listen
There was also a thing called hop to now in the Isle of Man and that had people wandering around armed with bits of turnip, singing in monks and demanding cash. The idea is that these guys from like Yorkshire or Isle of Man or Ireland or Scotland had all gone over to America during the, you know, whatever that was. That's they brought it there and then it's come back over here.
33: No Such Thing As A Clairvoyant Chicken, 2014-10-30 · listen
More places from this episode
Little Fish: You've Been Harkin'd put 3 places on the map.
- Batley · United Kingdom
- Case Western Reserve University · United States
Coordinates: 54.0000, -1.0000