A Yorkshireman and his minerals

There is a saying “You can tell a Yorkshireman, but you can’t tell him very much.” Here is proof.

It has been lying at the bottom of my desk for the last 30+ years.
Clearly a pioneer in many fields (as he would tell you himself), his mineral collection (and walking sticks) must have been talked about in many parts of the great tourist city of Bradford.

The flyer is in two pictures because it is literally bursting with Bradford pride and our computer simply isn't powerful enough to handle it in one! (click on the pictures to enlarge)