Reposted by Phil
We've passed the autumn equinox so I reckon that means it's YORKSHIRE PARKIN SEASON.
Here's my recipe from all the way back in 2011 😲
britishfoodhistory.com/2011/11/04/y...
britishfoodhistory.com
Yorkshire Parkin
God, I love Yorkshire parkin. If you are not familiar with it, it’s a strongly-spiced sticky gingerbread-cum-cake flavoured with treacle and dark brown sugar that is traditionally eaten …
![The London - Birmingham Motorway : L. T. C. Rolt : John Laing and Son Ltd : [London] : 1959 : cover by : Terence Cuneo : the scene from an oil painting gives an overview of a temporary railway bridge over a newly dug cutting with, in the background, the new 'scar' of the outline of the road in the background cutting across a rural landscape. The title panel in 'motorway' blue, takes the form of a motorway traffic sign and includes the short-lived parallel line symbol proposed to denote motorways.
The cover to a marvellous 'glossy' brochure issued by the construction company John Laing and Son Ltd., the "builders of Britain's first major motorway' on the basis that this section of the M1 completed on 31 October 1959 post-dated that of the Preston By-pass section of the M6 in Lancashire that had opened on 5 December 1958. The booklet issued by Laing alongside the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and the consulting engineers Sir Owen Williams & Partners tells of the remarkable period of construction of the Motorway between Luton, Dunchurch and Crick, where work began on 24 March 1958 in a field at Slip End at 1500hrs and that was completed in nineteen months.
The text, illustrations and photographs considers the surveying, planning, design and construction of the motorway that had been tendered in four contract sections in 1957 and awarded in January 1958. The text, written by noted author R. T. C. Rolt, conveys the sense that this work was to be considered alongside the heroic age of railway construction. The cover is taken from a painting by Terence Cuneo entitled "View from a helicopter, London - Yorkshire Motorway (Southern Section)" and reminds us of the extensive use of helicopter and radio technology to enable construction.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqh2atawixxlb6ncx2fh73r6/bafkreihl3fhvevxt7r7d6epkmhhv4e2ugfg2hpiopfsgl47n4yghaapery)