Below is a list of quotes from celebrities describing what they love most about God’s own country, Yorkshire.
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1. Jeremy Clarkson
"I have had an amazingly fortunate life. I'm a child from Yorkshire, which is sort of like Cleveland without the pretty bits." Photo: Submitted
2. Brian Blessed.
"My dream is to own a Hockney - I'm a Yorkshireman, and his vibrant colours are a good example of how the north-country people are vibrant and colourful." Photo: Steve Taylor.
3. Lesley Garrett.
“I’ve always thought I’m blessed to have been born and bred in South Yorkshire because it was, and still is, a rich musical place. I think it has something to do with the industry, it’s a hard-working and poorer area generally speaking. Life was quite difficult with the pits, steelworks and railways and I think wherever you get that kind of heavy industry you tend to find a big appreciation of music. Photo: Simon Fowler.
4. Michael McIntyre.
"The word 'the' has not reached this area. Because we have it in the south - it's freely used. I don't know where it is, somewhere at about Junction 25 of the M1, the word 'the' just stops at services and says, 'I can go no further. I'm going to stay here with my friends 'nothing' and 'something'. They can just go 't like that." Photo: [email protected]