Alexander Armstrong's Very British Holiday was broadcast on BBC1 in November 2009 and January 2010.
Society members will not have failed to see that the book he is holding whilst sitting in a Scarborough
beach-front hotel is... Leo Walmsley's
Lancashire & Yorkshire.
The 60-minute programme, made by Crackit Productions (which owns the copyright for the above image),
chronicles Mr Armstrong's experiences going on a staycation and sampling the delights, overlooked
locations and eccentricities of holidaying in England.
The book, published in 1951, is described by Mr Armstrong as "a useful little tome" and he goes on to quote
from page 89.
Line Fishing off Whitby
by Leo Walmsley
can be read here.
was published the week beginning 2nd November 2009.
Containing superb accounts of the May 2009 weekend in Robin Hood's Bay,
amazing photographs and other articles of interest, this edition will surely
become a collectors' item.
The Journal's list of contents can be
viewed here.

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Walmsley Weekend
9th & 10th May 2009
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To see the 2009 photos –
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Television artist, Charles Evans
To see rare video archive
material of Leo and some
other short programmes
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