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2014.08.01 - Ilkley Moor on Yorkshire Day - Ilkley, White Wells, Swastika Stone, Ashlar Chair, Twelve Apostles, Cow & Calf, Ilkley - leaders - David Kayley & Leonie Wood

White roses - Yorkshires emblem - on leaders lapels

Yorkshire's Flag

Wells Terrace - visited by Charles Darwin & family in autumn 1859

White Wells

the bath

a Yorkshire day proclamation

Ken Houldershaw - West Riding Area of The Ramblers

replica of the Swastika Stone - original closeby. The original was probably carved by the Romans

No Off Road driving permitted on Ilkley Moor

Twelve Apostles

Group led by James sing:- Lyrics in Yorkshire dialect Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee, ah saw thee? On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee, ah saw thee? Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee? On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane Tha's bahn' to catch thy deeath o' cowd Then us'll ha' to bury thee Then t'worms'll come an' eyt thee up Then t'ducks'll come an' eyt up t'worms Then us'll go an' eyt up t'ducks Then us'll all ha' etten thee That's wheear we get us ooan back Interpretation in Standard English Where have you been since I saw you, I saw you? On Ilkley Moor without a hat Where have you been since I saw you, I saw you? Where have you been since I saw you? On Ilkley Moor without a hat On Ilkley Moor without a hat On Ilkley Moor without a hat You've been courting Mary Jane You're bound to catch your death of cold Then we will have to bury you Then the worms will come and eat you up Then the ducks will come and eat up worms Then we will go and eat up ducks Then we will all have eaten you That's where we get our own back

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