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Evacuee’s memories of a childhood lost in Linton
10:20am Saturday 28th August 2010
Linton Camp Residential School was home to children from Bradford during the Second World War and now former evacuee Doreen Drewry Lehr has written a book about her experiences. She examines the wider issues of why parents made the often- heartbreaking decision to send their children away, and how the experience left a lasting effect on children like her. She also records the sacrifices of teachers who did what they were asked with few resources in spartan conditions and a harsh environment.
Centenary of the fell running victory that took 67 years to beat
5:20pm Thursday 19th August 2010
Burnsall Feast Sports take place on Saturday – and this year’s event will mark a special anniversary. The sports date back hundreds of years and it is known that even prior to the Elizabethan period celebrations of some kind occurred on the Village Green to commemorate the Feast of St Wilfred.
Chronicles of school life on the brink of a World War
10:20am Saturday 14th August 2010
Reporter Lesley Tate has been looking back through the newsletters of Skipton’s Ermysted’s Grammar School to see how life has changed over the years. Here is the first instalment of what she found.
Memories of the garage that Mr Barton built
12:10pm Friday 6th August 2010
Shortly after the 1914-18 war, Claude Barton, agent of the far-flung Ingleborough Estate, based on Clapham, developed his joy of tinkering with cars into Barton’s Garage, selling Model T Fords to local farmers and running a taxi service, between the village and railway station. His taxi was an open-top Vulcan. Dr Bill Mitchell, of Giggleswick, who knew Clapham well from his Dalesman days, relates garage tales told to him by former villagers, including Bert Cross, who remembered the sale of Essex cars, favoured by Al Capone, the American gangster, and the start of what became a motorbike craze.
The Dales lad who went to fight and never came back
4:40pm Saturday 31st July 2010
When Yorkshire writer Peter Rhodes was collecting first-hand accounts of war for his book, the task was made all the more poignant when he decided to include the tragic tale of his own great uncle’s experiences as a teenage private on the Western Front.
How courts have faced many twists and turns
11:30am Saturday 24th July 2010
As part of Government cutbacks, Skipton Law Courts have been earmarked for possible closure. The move has outraged many people and a campaign – fronted by MP Julian Smith – has been launched in a bid to save both the magistrates’ and county court. Here, solicitor Keith Blackwell, who is opposed to the closure, looks back at the courts’ history and suggests an alternative solution for the future.
Veterans of Korea recall the war that history forgot
11:00am Saturday 17th July 2010
The Korean War – later referred to as the Forgotten War – cost the lives of more than a million people. Here, reporter Lesley Tate looks at the stories of some of the men from Craven who fought in the conflict.
Spirits of the lead miners that still stalk Stump Cross
5:50pm Saturday 3rd July 2010
Stump Cross, on Greenhow Hill, 1,275 feet above sea level, marked the boundary between Craven and the Forest of Knaresborough. It has long been a spooky area. A miner who periodically walked the high-road scared any late wayfarer who heard the clip, clip of his clogs. A soldier who died during a march over Greenhow was buried at the roadside. Bill Mitchell, of Giggleswick, relates some of the inexplicable tales of a fabled hill.
My night in the workhouse
2:30pm Saturday 26th June 2010
A journalist’s recollections of spending a night in the Skipton Union Workhouse were recorded in the Craven Herald of 1810. Here, Herald reporter Lesley Tate looks at what he had to say A hundred years ago, a travelling journalist arrived at the offices of The Craven Herald. The peripatetic journalist, who is not named by the paper, had set himself a challenge – to live for nine days on just a halfpenny a day and with just a small, threepenny loaf to keep him going.
Recollections of chapel’s important role in village life
10:00am Saturday 19th June 2010
It is now 25 years since the closure of Ickornshaw Methodist Church, but the chapel and the bustling activity surrounding it will never be forgotten. Much of the history of the building – which is now a block of luxury flats – was penned by June Hargreaves in a booklet published in 1976 to mark the centenary of the chapel, which was opened to the public in July 1876. Built at a cost of £2,276 15s 7d, it was designed to seat 500 worshippers and underneath was a school estimated to accommodate 300 scholars. Reporter Daryl Ames looks at its history.
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