Down Your Way
Blog URL http://www.downyourway.co.uk/blog/
Located Skipton, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
Tags nostalgia, yorkshire, down your way, personal history, country publications
The Down Your Way blog accompanies Down Your Way magazine, and contains excerpts from the magazine and original blogging on memories and nostalgia.
Latest Blog Posts
- Christmas memories on Nov 19, 2009 in Uncategorized
The latest edition of Down Your Way hits the streets next week and having had a sneak preview I can reveal it is a real festive treat. I particularly enjoyed a piece by Roberta Best who recalls her grandma’s Christmas cake and pudding. It remin...
- Hopping mad! on Nov 7, 2009 in Uncategorized
A friend of mine was told off by one of her neighbours recently for chalking a hopscotch grid on the pavement - ‘You’re not setting a good example’ was the accusation. She was showing a grandchild the kind of games she used to play...
- Comic memories on Nov 2, 2009 in Uncategorized
I got into one of those conversations recently, with some friends of the same age as me, in which we got on to nostalgia and the subject of comics. Three of us ‘lads’ recalled taking the Eagle and remembered fondly good old Dandy and Bean...
- Down memory lane with Harry on Oct 25, 2009 in Uncategorized
I was lucky enough to be at Headingley recently for the launch of Harry Gration’s new book, Yorkshire’s Sporting Heroes. What a fabulous trip down memory lane it turned out to be for an aging sports fanatic like me. To be in the company o...
- If a picture is worth a thousand words… on Sep 3, 2009 in Archive pictures Down Your Way Magazine On the web Uncategorized Yorkshire roots Your memories
The August magazine has many stories to tell as Down Your Way readers reminisce of ‘those hazy, lazy, crazy, days of summer’ and wish that ‘summers would always be here’. Every month I bring readers articles ‘to life’ with the inclusion o...
- British Summer Time on Jun 29, 2009 in Down Your Way Holidays Looking back Magazine News Uncategorized farming sharing your memories yorkshire
It is always an exciting moment for me when I receive delivery of the latest issue of Down Your Way ‘hot off the press’ and the July issue was no exception. This edition has been themed ‘The Freedom of the Countryside’ to coincide with anothe...
- Punch and Judy on Jun 15, 2009 in Holidays Looking back Magazine Your memories childhood family holiday memories sharing your memories
This month we’re telling your holiday tales in Down Your Way, so here our web geek, Phil, recalls his love/hate relationship with one certain bit of beach furniture. A beach isn’t a beach without a red and white striped box, dormant for a...
