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In an interesting diversion from the Scottish referendum
debates, the Scottish Jacobite Society has announced
that it would like to see Scotlands’ border extended 174
miles south.
Founded in 1748, two years after the defeat of Jacobite
Bonnie Prince Charlie at the Battle of Culloden, the
Society was a secret one which remained loyal to the
Prince. Now, with its’ cloak of secrecy lifted, it wants to
take in part of Yorkshire far enough south to include the
village of Flamborough.
Flamborough is an area of great natural beauty. Home
to many kinds of seabirds, its’ cliffs stick out into the
North Sea as a little pointy bit on the map between the
resorts of Scarborough to the north, and Bridlington to
the south, to form Flamborough Head.
The Scottish Jacobite Society claims that moving the
boundary would enable people from west and south
Yorkshire to make day trips to Scotland, thus saving a
lot of journey time.
And if that sounds slightly crazy, the reaction of one
or two Flamborough residents should leave you in no
doubt at all about the state of a nation which some Scots
want to devolve themselves from.
A local radio reporter was despatched to Flamborough
to ask villagers what they thought of becoming part of
Scotland. The reporter found a group of elderly residents
who were waiting for a bus, and on being asked how she
felt about being part of Scotland one dear lady said that
the weather would be worse.
Personally I would oppose the plan for a more sensible
reason. I wouldn’t want to have the hassle of border
controls just to visit Scarborough for a day.
Meanwhile last weekend Hull folk took to the streets
for the cities’ annual Freedom Festival, which
commemorates the work of Hull lad William Wilberforce,
who was instrumental in achieving the abolition of
slavery way back when.
As with any large festival of music and performing arts
there are three important needs to be met - sufficient
beer, public transport, and toilets. Some of which
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have been a bit lacking in previous years. But again
local radio was on the ball, with one presenter making
frequent pleas for ‘beer, buses and bogs’ in the run up to
the three day event.
Despite the further drop in BBC standards his pleas
seemed to work. There’s really nothing quite like the
sight of rows of Portaloos along cobbled streets awash
with rain and beer on a sodden Saturday night in Hull.
Almost as common in these parts is the sight of piles of
horse ‘manure’ for want of a better word, which regularly
appear on grassed areas and parkland. This nation wide
problem has given rise to a new word, which probably
isn’t even in your dictionary yet.
‘Fly-grazing’ is the practice of tethering horses on private
property. A bit like ‘fly-tipping’, but with an end product
which is at least bio-degradable.
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