Craven History

Gisburn Road play with sand and water

Snapshot of the past at Barnoldswick's Gisburn Road School, part one

Sculptural detail above the entrance to Skipton Library

Free, heritage walks taking place in Skipton this weekend

Memorial Day, held on the last Monday in May in the US, commemorates those who have lost their lives serving their country

Being A Patriot - Graham Jagger's Letter from America

The junction to Clapham, off the A65

Clapham Bypass opened 50 years ago 'with very little fuss'

Flying Scotsman at Horton in Ribblesdale. Pic Philip Winstanley

Flying Scotsman captured on camera at Horton in Ribblesdale

You can't help but laugh at some of these, whilst also feeling abit sorry for the nickname-ee

The funniest nicknames of all time - Keth, Shetland Tony, Soup and many more

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Remembrance Sunday in Skipton

Hundreds in Skipton for Remembrance Sunday service and parade

John Thomas Ideson, who died in 1918, his wife, Lilian, and two of their six children

Remembrance Sunday in Burnsall will remember a soldier of the Great War

Members of Steeton Male Voice Choir at a concert in Kirkby Stephen earlier this year

Steeton choir to debut moving new song for Remembrance

Barnoldswick children ready for their London trip in 1937

NOSTALGIA: 'Don't cry in London' party of school children told

Remembrance Poppy

Where Remembrance Sunday services will be held in Pendle

Remembrance Sunday, Skipton in 2021

Large crowds expected at Remembrance Sunday in Skipton

Richard Clarke, takes a final trip on his beloved Endeavour along the Leeds Liverpool Canal

Poignant last canal trip for SCAD chair and Endeavour founder, Richard Clarke

No smiling now, an undated picture of Thornton Schoolchildren

'Very orderly children' - a history of schools in Elslack and Thornton

Old village pic

NOSTALGIA: Is this a picture of Craven children from yesteryear?

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Handbook and programme, Fairyland Bazaar, Branoldswick

When a debt-ridden Barlick church put on a bazaar to raise cash in 1923

Andrew Hattan prepares to milk his cows

Farmhouse Wensleydale cheeses return after 65-year hiatus

Bus rally 2023. Pic Brian Stott

GALLERY: Yesteryear on the buses as vintage transport graces town

GP Nick Howlett, inset, publishes Sherlock Holmes medical casebook

Craven GP delves into the diseases in the Sherlock Holmes stories

The VIP party in front of the SSPAR Solid-State Phased Array Radar

'Always Watching' - Celebrating 60 years of RAF Fylingdales

Rev John Pering

NOSTALGIA: Vicar's journal details Craven part of journey to the Lakes

Skipton Market in the 1970s

Skipton Market - past and present - civic society talk

Dales folk, from the archives of Friends of the Dales

Hear old voices of the Yorkshire Dales in free online talk

Former Nat West bank, in Settle

Upper floor flats are part of £350,000 plan for former NatWest Bank, in Settle

Skipton Market in the 1970s

When Skipton market traders were first given a 'code of conduct'

Grassington 1940s weekend

Grassington enjoys a 1940s weekend. Pictures by Carolyn Dickinson

Battle of Britain Class steam locomotive Tangmere which will haul the Northern Belle train over the Settle-Carlisle line

Another great day on the Settle-Carlisle line for rail enthusiasts

Skipton Mayor Sheila Bentley and members of the friends group celebrate heritage day at Raikes Burial Ground

Skipton's Victorians remembered at burial ground open day

The Mikado cast at Barnoldswick. Barnoldswick History Society

NOSTALGIA: A taste of the Orient - at Barlick's Japanese bazaar

Flying Scotsman setting off on the line south towards Long Preston after a stop. Pic Thomas Beresford

Flying Scotsman pulls the crowds as she flies through Craven

The Lock keeper's house, the offices and the mooring where canal boats came for inspection and replenishment at Higherland Lock, at Gargrave

Closing the very large gap in the Leeds-Liverpool Canal

Gledstone North Lodge

When the cost of building Gledstone Hall spiralled out of control

Linda Brown (left of clock), Johnny Pickles’ granddaughter, and Jean Haythornthwaite (right) unveil the clock along with other family members.

Landmark historic Barnoldswick clock finds a new home

Inside St Stephen's Church

Catholic church steeped in history to open for heritage day

Gledstone North Lodge

The mill owner who redeveloped Gledstone Hall part 1

A celebration of music at Bolton Priory with Alexandra Lowe

First school exchange between Skipton and Simbach with Aireville pupils and staff from Aireville and the Realschule.

Letter: Skipton Town Council's 'cavalier' attitude to town twinning

40th anniversary celebrations in Simbach

Twinning between Skipton and Simbach 'alive and well'

Barnoldswick's old Cooperative building, photographed in 1987

Find out about old Barlick at guided local history tour

The bouncing bomb outside The Craven Arms

Dambusters bouncing bomb pays a visit to Craven pub

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The 40ft high diving board at Skipton's outdoor baths - not for the feint-hearted

Letter: Skipton's outdoor baths and its 40ft diving board

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The Bay City Rollers at the height of the band's fame

From Craven to Atlanta - Graham Jagger's letter from America

Earby Chronicles

Get help with your family tree with Earby Local History Society

Demolition site, looking towards Bunkers Hill, at the back of south side Newmarket Street , Skipton Summer 1963

Nostalgia: Skipton 'slums' replaced by modern shops and flats

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The former Gospel Mission Hall in Barnoldswick

Religious use only covenant on mission hall to stay put

Skipton Library

Civic society embarks on 'every building tells a story' project

Storyteller, historian Sarah Lister

Sarah focuses on Settle's music hall and entertainers of the past

Dolly Pratt, 100, used to work as a draughtswoman at the site in the 1940s is handed an award by Nigel Bird

Dolly, 100, helps commemorate 80th anniversary of Rolls-Royce, Barnoldswick

Raikes Road Burial Ground, Skipton

Open day at Skipton's fascinating Victorian cemetery

Replica Spitfire at Rolls-Royce Leisure

When Barlick's Rolls-Royce deal was thrashed out over a pint

Freshly picked bilberries

Who forages for bilberries? These are going in a pie

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Galatea masquerading as Sierra Leone at Helwith Bridge. Pic Philip Winstanley

When a steam loco isn't the one you think it is......

Robert Haygarth

The days when a bike cost less than a very bad horse - and ate nothing

Flying Scotsman over Bank Newton viaduct

VIDEO: The unmistakable Flying Scotsman heading towards the Dales