I am sure that my late (100% Yorkshire) father would have loved the success that Yorkshire is showing in the current Olympics especially as in his youth he was very athletic. Just before his 15th birthday he managed to achieve several wins in the North Yorkshire Schools Athletic Association Championship Sports Day on 12 July 1928, apparently leading to a talent scout approaching him with a suggestion of turning professional (I have copies of the certificates). He didn't go down this route but joined the army the following year. On the subject of Yorkshire pride - I mentioned to my husband this morning that there were many posts on the mailing list about Olympic glory for Yorkshire, to which he replied that perhaps it should be renamed Yorkshire Olympics. I said that this title reminded me of Yorkshire Airways (although totally different subject) - a spoof TV episode some years ago by the comedy duo Hale and Pace. Having revisited the episode on YouTube this morning I thought perhaps some list members who haven't seen it may like to view it via the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm6VC5gdaFA However, I am not sure whether my Dad would have found is quite so funny as me? Margaret O'Shea Oxford -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of yorksgen-request@rootsweb.com Sent: 08 August 2012 08:01 To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com Subject: YORKSGEN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 364 Today's Topics: 1. More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! (roy.stockdill@btinternet.com) 2. Re: More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! (Martin Briscoe) 3. Re: More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! (Susan Harrison) 4. Re: More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! (Patsy Crotty) 5. Buxtons of Selby lost e-mail (Gillian Cattell) 6. Re: More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! (Davidandmaggie@aol.com) 7. Re: More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! (Pam) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:25:06 +0100 From: roy.stockdill@btinternet.com Subject: [YORKSGEN] More Olympic glory for Yorkshire! To: YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <50210922.18835.1C0E0E5@roy.stockdill.btinternet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII FLASH news - the brilliant Brownlee Brothers, Alastair and Jonny, have done it !!! Alastair wins the gold medal in the triathlon and Jonny gets the bronze (despite having to serve a 15-second penalty stop). One commentator said this morning that if Yorkshire was a county we'd be in 10th place overall in the medals table. Apologies to our non-UK listers for the none-genealogy news, who may not be quite so interested, but this is fantastic news for all of us here who have been loving Team GB's - and especially Yorkshire's - success. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE **************************************