Yorkshire Bitter

I’m away from the bright lights of Selby for New Year’s Eve, sadly, but I’d just like to thank all the readers of this humble little site for visiting and wish you all well for 2007.
If you’re still not sure what this blog is about after all this time, don’t worry, I haven’t a bloody […]

The Godfather of Soul, possibly the most sampled artist in the history of music, has taken it to the bridge for the last time. He died of severe pneumonia at 6.45am our time on Christmas Day, aged 73.
I’ve seen him play a few times over the years, the first time was at Brixton Academy in […]

This isn’t exactly topical, but I was just browsing through YouTube and a wave of nostalgia came over me as I found what is known in the advertising trade as the “Tango St George” commercial. It was the Blackcurrant Tango ad to you and me and is quite simply The Best Advert Ever Made. […]

At the time of writing this post, a 37-year-old man is being questioned in connection with the murders of five women in the Ipswich area. It’s inevitable, if a little morbid, that local papers have been drawing parallels between Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe and current events in Suffolk.
One difference between then and now is that […]

More bad news for Selby’s chavs. You failed to make the top 10 “yob capitals” of Britain.
This is based on official government figures where residents were asked if they believed anti-social behaviour was a problem in their area. Oh, how grateful I am that we pay such sky-high taxes to fund pointless crap […]

Oh, the shame of it. According to Endsleigh Insurance, the three worst cities in the whole of the UK for car thieves are in Yorkshire — Hull (naturally), Bradford and Leeds.
Bradford also has the worst accident rate in the country — more than 36% above the national average.
Dammit, aren’t Selby’s chavs good at anything? Apart […]