Sales of unofficial Yorkshire passport '˜have soared'
Dalesman Publishing was taken by surprise with the demand for the spoof passports.
The original burgundy version completely sold out weeks before Christmas so the publishers rushed out a new blue version a full year before the UK passport is set to make the same colour change.
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Hide AdEditor of Skipton-based Dalesman Publishing, Adrian Braddy, who conceived and wrote the Yorkshire Passport, said: “A combination of Brexit uncertainty and a heightened sense of Yorkshire pride and unity seem to have fuelled popularity for the Yorkshire passports.
He added: “Although the UK passport is due to change colour to blue next year, that wasn’t actually the main factor in our decision to bring out a new edition of the passport in a different colour.
“The passports have been very popular on social media – even Geoffrey Boycott has tweeted about them – but the biggest complaint online has been that the red colour was, well, a bit too Lancastrian.
“Blue is, of course, the colour of the Yorkshire flag, so Brexit gave us an excuse to change the colour to a more Yorkshire hue.”
The jokey passports, which replace the traditional crest on the cover with a White Rose of York includes light-hearted content, such as a guide to Yorkshire insults and a Yorkshire tea colour chart