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If England was a country...

..it would be higher in the Olympic medal table than the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Read here

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

Do say: "You can always tell a Yorkshireman …"

Don't say: "… but you can't tell him to shut up."

More here.

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

Interesting research, Chris.
Appreciated much down here in deepest Lincolnshire by ex-pats.
How many of the meddlars are plastic-Tykes?
I prefer the non-Guardian version..........
You can allus tell a Yorkshireman - but you can't tell him much.
Except in this case of your research.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1952-60

Current location (optional) Nirvana

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

And we have the Brownlees from Bramhope.

"Staff at Bradford Grammar School can still recall how mesmerised classmates would see Alistair arrive on his bike, having cycled the 12 miles from his home after already completing a morning swim."

story here.

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

Now we have the frist ever Olympic Womens boxing gold.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 58-64

Current location (optional) Wirral

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

All this just goes to confirm what we've known all along. If Yorkshire was a country, the rest of G.B. would be sod-all!

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

Just logged on to yahoo news and there is an updated table of medal winners by BBC and Yorkshire has replaced Australia on it. It gets better! Cheers.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1947-51

Current location (optional) Auckland NZ

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

7 golds, 12 medals in all. Details here.

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

Yes and would be a damn sight more successful than the tin-pot dictatorship in Scotland. Not to mention the entrenched corruption of the public sector and minority government officials in that sad tartan country. The wee Krankie woman is just the tip of the pathetic SNP iceberg....

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1961-68

Current location (optional) Queensbury

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

And the government in the rest of Britain...?

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1951-58

Current location (optional) Keswick, Cumbria

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

A polite reminder to Philip that this is a place to discuss memories of KBGS, not a platform for Unionist propaganda. The Daily Mail has a website for that.

Re: If Yorkshire was a country...

What about a certain character Teeth above. He seems distinctly unwell.

Years at KBGS e.g. 1958-1964 (optional) 1961-68

Current location (optional) Bingley