Yorkshire RoseYou know, the good folks of my adoptive county are so full of themselves sometimes…

'Appen today is Yorkshire Day.

Toasts 2006

I should like to raise a toast to the following people who died in 2006:

Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford
1913–2006
BBC
 
James Brown
James Brown
1933–2006
BBC
 
Charlie Drake
Charlie Drake
1925–2006
BBC
 
Joseph Barbera
Joseph Barbera
1911–2006
BBC
 
Denis Payton
Denis Payton
1943–2006
BBC
 
Alan Freeman
Alan Freeman
1927–2006
BBC
 
Nick Clarke
Nick Clarke
1948–2006
BBC
 
Robert Altman
Robert Altman
1925–2006
BBC
 
Jack Palance
Jack Palance
1919–2006
BBC
 
William Franklyn
William Franklyn
1926–2006
BBC
Eric Newby
Eric Newby
1919–2006
Guardian
 
Anna Politkovskaya
Anna Politkovskaya
1958–2006
BBC
Raymond Baxter
Raymond Baxter
1922–2006
BBC
 
Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin
1962–2006
Guardian
 
Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford
1916–2006
BBC
 
Bob Smithies<br />(<em>Bunthorne</em>)
Bob Smithies
(Bunthorne)
1934–2006
Guardian
Ken Richmond
Ken Richmond
1926–2006
Times
 
Jack Warden
Jack Warden
1920–2006
BBC
 
Fred Trueman
Fred Trueman
1931–2006
BBC
 
Harriet
Harriet
c.1830–2006
BBC
 
Ellie Carter
Ellie Carter
1995–2006
Gruts
 
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker
1941–2006
BBC
Gene Pitney
Gene Pitney
1941–2006
BBC
 
John McGahern
John McGahern
1934–2006
Guardian
 
Ivor Cutler
Ivor Cutler
1923–2006
Guardian
 
John Junkin
John Junkin
1930–2006
BBC
 
Linda Smith
Linda Smith
1958–2006
BBC
 
Alex Snouffer
Alex Snouffer
1941–2006
Obituary
 
Al Lewis
Al Lewis
19??–2006
BBC
 
Henry McGee
Henry McGee
1929–2006
BBC
 
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
1941–2006
Guardian
 
Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters
1920–2006
BBC
 
Tony Banks
Tony Banks
1943–2006
BBC