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Eleanor Speech at Synod

Eleanor's maiden speech at General Synod on Saturday 10 February.

English drunks fight

Snaith east riding drunks

Places to see in ( Selby - UK )

Places to see in ( Selby - UK )

Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated 14 miles south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, The town’s origins date from the establishment of a Viking settlement on the banks of the River Ouse. Archaeological investigations in Selby have revealed extensive remains, including waterlogged deposits in the core of the town dating from the Roman period onwards.

Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, much of the wealth of the town was facilitated via Selby's position upon the banks of the River Ouse. In the past, Selby had a large shipbuilding industry and was an important port, for the most part due to the Selby Canal which brought trade from the city of Leeds. Selby is home to Selby Town F.C. who play in the Northern Counties East Football League.

A notable feature of the abbey is the 14th century Washington Window, featuring the heraldic arms of the ancestors of George Washington, the first president of the United States. The design is often cited as an influence for the Stars and Stripes flag. The abbey was founded when Benedict saw three swans on a lake in Selby, and he saw it as a sign of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. That is why the official crest of Selby Abbey is three swans.

Selby is expanding to become a larger town. New houses and shops are being built on the present town's outskirts with the expansion of the town stretching as far as the bypass, although this has resulted in the loss of some trade from the town centre. Meanwhile, the riverfront area is being revamped with modern housing and fashionable flats. Selby was also a centre for shipbuilding, with vessels launched into the river. This often required the more unusual technique of launching the vessels side-on into the river due to lack of space for a more conventional stern first or bow first launch.

Selby lies on the tidal River Ouse in a natural area of Yorkshire known as the Humberhead Levels. The main roads which cross at Selby are the A63 from Leeds to Hull and the A19 from Doncaster to York, though the A19 and A63 no longer meet in Selby itself since the opening of the Selby Bypass in 2004. The River Ouse is navigable upstream as far as York so the old toll bridge by which the A63 crossed the river at Selby had to allow for this. For many years the swing bridge in Selby was a notorious local bottleneck but since the opening of the Selby bypass congestion in the town has been relieved.

The importance of Selby as a market town has declined in recent decades and its short lived prominence as the centre of the Selby Coalfield has also waned. Selby is a commuter town with proximity to both York and Leeds. Its popularity as a tourist destination, due to Selby Abbey, has led to a large amount of development and renovation in the town and surrounding area.

Selby is the transport hub for the local area and has a bus and railway station running services to many places around the area. Train services from Selby railway station run directly to London King's Cross, Leeds, Manchester Piccadilly, York and other destinations. Arriva have a bus depot in Selby, from where they offer a range of local services, as well as longer services to Goole, Doncaster, Leeds, Pontefract, Wakefield and York. Thornes Independent of Hemingbrough also offer a range of services in the area.

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Haunted County Durham - Finchale Priory PSB7 Spiritbox investigation

A Video tour with a PSB7 session in the undercroft taken in July 2017

EVPs from the video footage are included at the end

Finchale is the only plece where the Spiritbox has malfunctioned in any way - it has been absolutely fine since

The video is a bit jerky as I was trying out the video recording ability of the Nikon D7100 - it's OK - but too heavy in truth to keep steady - and too heavy for the stabiliser

A walk around Fishlake - Walks Around Britain Shorts

A quick look at a lovely walk around Fishlake, a village just outside Doncaster in South Yorkshire.

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Combe Train Station

Train Service From London Paddington To Worcester Foregate Street Via Oxford Calling At Combe

Haunted RAF Shipdham, Norfolk History, Ghosts & EVPs

A History of a former USAAF Base in Norfolk, a few tales of ghosts and an old recording recently copied from an analogue tape into digital format

a slightly new format - we shall have to see if I get castigated by Youtube for the music

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In the Mood by Glenn Miller Orchestra ( • )
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Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman ( • )
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American Patrol by Glenn Miller Orchestra ( • )
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Stompin' at the Savoy by Benny Goodman ( • )
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Disused Railway Diaries - The Pontefract Chord

Colin The Head returns for another episode of Disused Railway Diaries, this time in the historic market town of Pontefract.

The disused railway viaduct that crosses the main A645 Wakefield to Knottingley road at Bond Gate, Pontefract is the last remaining civil engineering structure of the disused Pontefract Chord. The Chord, also known as the Pontefract Railway Line is a former stretch of railway line approximate 1 1/2 mile in its original length which served to link up the two main lines that pass through the town of Pontefract.

Pontefract is served by three train stations, Monkhill which is on the Leeds, Castleford and Pontefract line and Tanshelf which is on the Wakefield to Goole line. Pontefract Baghill train station is situated at the south side of the town on the York to Sheffield Dearne Valley Line.

The Pontefract Chord, which was closed in 1964 was a link between the three main railway routes and enabled all off Pontefract;s train stations to be link effectively. Since the chord was dismantled, Colin explains how the town has suffered and how the disused railway line carved the town in half effectively isolating certain parts of the community.

Archaeology Cymru excavation at Llantwit Major today

Excavation directed by Archaeology Cymru

Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston - Bed