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Article: Yorkshire Day brings out the best in folk.
- Article from:
- The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England)
- Article date:
- August 2, 2006
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WHEN is Yorkshire going to shed its well worn image?
Never!
That was the reply from organisers of Yorkshire Day which celebrates all that's best about God's own county and the people lucky enough to live in it.
And few would deny that Penistone, which played host this year, is as Yorkshire as it comes.
The market town nestling amidst the beauty of the Pennine foothills is home to friendly but self-sufficient, straight-talking folk.
And yesterday it attracted squadrons of robe-clad civic dignitaries from around the region for a parade and service at St John the Baptist Church.
Scores of mayors and mace bearers paraded behind the band of the King's ...