Norky rambles about the Cragg Vale Coiners, visits the grave of Sylvia Plath and discusses the plight of the Cragg...

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Norky recalls the post-war period of his childhood, when life was simple and predictable – not necessarily a bad thing.

Norky reminisces about life as a youngster getting up to mischief: wild swimming, playing on railway lines, and trespassing!

Norky describes some of his interesting experiences as a community service volunteer – brought to an end when he needed...

Accents make us who we are. Norky meets a woman from Belfast, which gets him thinking about the changing sounds...

Norky goes on a ramble and offers a reliable guide to some fascinating local history at Longwood Beck (and a...

A pile of abandoned millstones sets Norky thinking about inventions and inventors and about the achievements of notable Yorkshire men...

Norky’s WARTS walking group visits St Aidan’s and he recalls the transformation of the area from open-cast mine to RSPB...

A cinema manager uncle, Tonto, Ursula Andress, family feuds and a boy who thought he was Superman – all in...

Norky records memories of the early days of pop music and game show programmes on British television (and prepares to...

Norky reminisces about the stories his mum told him, many about medical matters, and often to encourage him to do...

Norky recounts his visit to Schindler's factory, and to the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum in Poland

Norky describes one of his many trips to Poland where he travelled by motorcycle to do some sightseeing.

Norky's latest ramble involves reminiscing about music from his childhood and music traditions that have been lost to history.

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal is the longest, highest and deepest canal in Britain and tours are available all through summer.

Norky is often accused of being a Luddite, often for legitimate reasons. Here he looks at the Luddite movement in...

Norky rambles about his rock 'n' roll music tastes, skiffle groups, and different bands at the time like the Phantoms

Beer is well-loved drink with a deep history - from different flavours, pubs, and kegs. Norky remembers his first time...

Norky rambles about his experience of a three-day week of work due to blackouts and needing to conserve electricity.

Norky's 1962 expedition to find the B17 bomber on Marsden Moor had been unsuccessful. After a second expedition his bucket...

As part of his 'ramblings' series, Norky writes about his cousin Michael, and the birth of his daughter Rachel

Another thing ticked off Norky's bucket list - a parachute jump. But not without some classic mishaps of course!

Tales of pranks and wheel skids as Norky lists more evidence of the fact that men never really grow up...

Norky reveals one of his adventures spent searching for the B17 WW2 bomber that crashed in 1945 on Marsden Moor

True stories from ‘Norky’ who comes from Scapegoat Hill, a small, isolated farming village, high on the Pennines in West...

True stories from ‘Norky’ who comes from Scapegoat Hill, a small, isolated farming village, high on the Pennines in West...

Norky recounts some of his humorous surgical adventures with his wedding tackle including a vasectomy and an unsuspecting erection

This is part one of a six-part series on the theme of male immaturity based on Peter Norcliffe's childhood and...

Norky remembers Saturdays in his youth going out, meeting girls, drinking, and the embarrassing search for condoms!