Forgotten Yorkshire and Parts of North Derbyshire and Humberside

by Dr Eric K Shipley

Yorkshire. It’s the biggest county in Britain and almost everyone’s heard of it. But this is Forgotten Yorkshire, the home of J.R.R. Sharp, the Wetwang Pond Monster and the Bramley Moortown sound.The people in this book aren’t the famous names from history. This is a book about ordinary people.

Published by the Tripe Marketing Board, this has been lauded by readers as 'genuinely funny', 'laugh out loud' and an 'an absolutely brilliant read'.

“Fabulous!” - Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, DBE, DL
“Loved the sub-footnotes!” - Seymour Clearly,Ossett Ophthalmics Ltd.

If you enjoy your local history 'Fact-Lite', you'll love Forgotten Yorkshire and Parts of North Derbyshire and Humberside. Dr. Eric K. Shipley has patiently assembled an alternative history of Yorkshire from the papers of the Sharp family and the archives of the Yorkshire Rhubarb Council and the Tripe Marketing Board.If you've ever been to Yorkshire, or merely dreamed of going there, this book is for you.

Some of it may even be true.

During November - December 2022, this book raised over £15,000 for a number of food banks in the UK. Were you part of that story?

106 pages, Paperback

Published October 20, 2017

Reviews

[Cal · Rating 1 out of 5]

Really not what I call humour

[Chris Browning · Rating 5 out of 5]

No idea why I didn’t review this last year as this is a reread - still wonderful and still a joyously daft labour of love with real affection for the region