Yorkshire Ridings Society Yorkshire Ridings Society The Yorkshire Ridings Society is a group affiliated to the Association of British Counties calling for the wider recognition of the historic borders of Yorkshire, and its traditional subdivisions, the North, East and West Ridings. The Yorkshire Ridings Society was founded in 1974 in response to the Local Government Act 1972, which it saw, alongside subsequent local government reform, as a threat to Yorkshire's identity. Colin Holt, a founder member, was the long-time chairman of the group until his death in April 2006. The Chairman of 2009 was Councillor Chris Abbott, who died on 8 January 2017.
Richard Ridings Richard Ridings Richard Ridings (born 19 September 1958) is a British actor, and is best known for his portrayal of Alan Ashburn in the ITV television drama "Fat Friends", and for playing Bernard Green in the BBC1 comedy-drama "Common as Muck". He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He is the father of singer-songwriter Freya Ridings. Ridings was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He has had roles in a series of other television series and feature films, among them "Clockwise", "The Ink Thief", "Red Dwarf", "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)", "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "Fierce Creatures" and