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Happy New Year, Folks!

Happy New Year, Folks! Here’s wishing a Happy New Year to all our readers – supporters, critics, undecideds, and all members of the public who aspire to a fair and just society, equal under the law. Our pledge for 2015 [...]

December 31, 2014 Misc

CVT: Hitting Rock Botton

CVT: Hitting Rock Botton We at the North Yorks Enquirer are once again indebted to our colleagues at Private Eye for the first-class coverage of some rather sinister events at Botton village. Salute! Nota Bene In the following issue, Private [...]

December 23, 2014 Misc

POTASH – Jobs For The Boys (Which Boys?)

POTASH – Jobs For The Boys (Which Boys?) an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, pointing up the stark contrast between the potash dream and the potash reality. ~~~~~ It is coming up for four years now since Robert [...]

December 5, 2014 Misc

Keeping An ‘Eye’ On Botton

Keeping An ‘Eye’ On Botton The North Yorks Enquirer continues to keep a watchful eye on the row between management and staff at Botton Village. Fortunately, so does Private Eye – much to the chagrin of Coamphill Village Trust (CVT). [...]

November 28, 2014 Misc

Wayward and Infamous: Keighley Town Council

Wayward and Infamous: Keighley Town Council an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, introducing the sterling work of GRAHAM FORSYTH, of Keighley, West Yorkshire, who has conducted an in-depth study of the extraordinary antics of Keighley Town (Parish) Council [...]

November 8, 2014 Misc

Party On Yorkshire Coast Homes!

Staff at Yorkshire Coast Homes attended the 24 Housing Awards ceremony in Birmingham, last night. The result of Yorkshire Coast Homes’ endeavours is that they came Runner-Up in the ‘Social Media Pioneers‘ category, for their services to Tweeting and Facebooking [...]

November 7, 2014 Misc

Halloween: The Redaction Game [02] – Riddles & Rhymes

Halloween: The Redaction Game [02] – Riddles & Rhymes an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, following up on his recent “Fun With Words” article. ~~~~~ Without wishing to reiterate the explanation provided in my recent “Fun With Words” [...]

November 1, 2014 Misc

Botton ‘Boss’ Blusters

Botton ‘Boss’ Blusters Following the Private Eye coverage (two weeks ago) of the on-going Botton Village  rumpus (reproduced here on the North Yorks Enquirer, for the particular benefit of local people who do not follow the Eye), the latest edition [...]

October 30, 2014 Misc

Botton Village Rumpus Makes The ‘Eye’

Botton Village Rumpus Makes The ‘Eye’ This week’s edition of Private Eye (No.1367) features a very informative article about the rumpus brewing at Botton Village, 15 miles up the Esk Valley from Whitby. Readers may find it interesting to read a [...]

October 18, 2014 Misc

Fun With Words

Fun With Words an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, presenting a new version of a very old trick. ~~~~~ “Sentences I’d Like To Hear The End Of” The July 1962 edition of society magazine Queen featured, in its [...]

October 16, 2014 Misc