Craven History

Colditz Castle and river

A Skipton kite and a Colditz glider
It is difficult to compare Raikeswood Camp in Skipton with the notorious Colditz Castle in eastern Germany. Historian Alan Roberts share the link.

'Beatrice'. Picture by Philip Winstanley

Steam loco 'Beatrice' on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway this week

Sue Wrathmell leading a walk of the back streets of Skipton

Plenty of interest in civic society's tours of ginnels and snickels

Honest John Patrick, right

Nostalgia: Project reveals fascinating lives of those buried in Settle graveyard

Volunteers at Settle Folly, more are needed

'Nationally significant' Folly at Settle puts out call for more volunteers

The foyer of Skipton Town Hall. Picture Craven District Council

Skipton Town Hall prepares to mark year anniversary of its grand reopening

Help needed with a community dig of Roman road in area around Pendle Hill

Help needed for excavation of a Roman road near Pendle Hill

Should be a stile or gate here

A Craven Diary: Problems with blocked paths while walking 2,022 miles

Settle’s Coronation Queen, picture Tom Faulkner

NOSTALGIA: Elizabethan pageants and fireworks marked the end of Craven's Coronation celebrations in 1953

British India Line. Philip Winstanley

'British India Line' steams back into the Dales

The Railway Touring Company's Waverley steam service crosses the Ribblehead Viaduct. Picture Bob Green

When to see steam trains this summer on the Settle and Carlisle line

Skipton High Street bunting marks the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II

High Street bunting for Queen Elizabeth hangs from Queen Victoria's trees

A damp Skipton Town Hall decorated for the coronation in 1953. Picture Rowley/Ellwood Collection. rowleycollection.co.uk/

NOSTALGIA: Coronation Day 1953, when television and bad weather drove everyone inside

How the Craven Herald reported the death of the King on February 15, 1952

NOSTALGIA: How Craven mourned the death of King George VI in February 1952

Lothersdale celebrates the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935

Bumper weekend of Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Lothersdale

Mayor of Thornaby, Ian Dalgarno unveils the memorial

Memorial to victims of Dibbles Bridge crash is unveiled on 47th anniversary of 'worst ever' road accident

Tosside Community Hall

Hog roast and fireworks in Tosside for Platinum Jubilee weekend

Settle celebrates the Queen's coronation in 1953. picture Tom Faulkner

Letter: Street parties were wonderful occasions

Local musicians, from left: Ron Norman, Simon Dooley, Richard Hargreaves, Andy Thornton and Keith Sprague

Presenting the past: A night of sepia, story and song in Upper Wharfedale

Members of the Buckingham Retinue’s re-enactment group at Skipton Castle

Skipton Castle to be brought to Medieval life during Queen's Platinum Jubilee weekend

The entrance to Raikes Road burial ground

Spotlight on doctors and druggists buried at historic Skipton burial ground

Work taking place on the memorial outside Thornaby Town Hall

Memorial to those who died in 1975 Dibbles Bridge disaster

Skipton folk head off to Simbach in 1983 for the first twinning visit. At the front are Ruth Edmondson, six, and Simon Oxley, eight

Skipton urged to celebrate 40th anniversary of twinning with German town Simbach

The stable and honest dealings of a Skipton shop

Sarah Lister’s latest book cover

A stroll down Long Preston floodplain

Wommer roll of honour

German PoW’s two Skipton letters

Barry Blood, left, with the mace and Harry Dowson, centre with his certificate

Freedom of Skipton for standard bearer, Harry

Wommer's family home being used as the village tavern

The German prisoner who died of flu

Old Bibby's coach at Ingleton's 1940s event in the past

Get ready for Ingleton's 1940s weekend

Richard Simmons in his youth with his bike

Snowy cycle ride one man won’t forget

Craven Hunt outside Hanlith Hall

Look at Malhamdale in bygone days

Last Thames-Clyde express leaves Skipton on May 2, 1976

Book stokes passion for Dales railways

Ian Lockwood and his book, A History of Skipton

Letter: Praise for writer of A History of Skipton

Peter Kennedy at Goose Green

The Falklands War, four decades on

Guard Ken Spence waves off the renamed steam engine. Picture Guzelian

Steam honour for nursing pioneers

Letter: Peaceful protest

Letter: 'Countryside March' was a memorable day

The late Tim Robinson

Letter: Young man's fantastic adventure was a joy to read

Raikes Road Burial Ground

Open day at historic Skipton burial ground

Stanley Ellis and Tom Mason during the University of Leeds study in the 1950s and ’60s. Picture: held at Special Collections, Leeds University Library

Interested in local dialect? Stick your nose, beak, conk or snotter in on a library event near you

From the left - Kenneth Rodgers, Sgt Ron Hepper, bride Margaret Rodgers and Marl Sladen

Skipton women and the war effort

A St George's cross flag flying above Dover Castle in Kent. Picture: PA

Why do we celebrate St George’s Day?

(Top) A Scrabble board and (bottom) a Monopoly board (Canva)

These nostalgic board games could earn you hundreds of pounds - See them here

The Coronation Queen in 1953

Settle gets ready for special celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Tim Robinson was never far from a bicycle

Nostalgia: A Winter’s Trail. A diary entry by the late Tim Robinson

Otley Street Nursery children - pictured in the early days of the school

Skipton's first children's nursery school to celebrate its 80th birthday - and it's looking for the first pupils

Bentham Golf Club reopens

Looking at 100 years of golf in Bentham

The wedding of Martha Bell and John William Wilkinson in 1910

A Craven Diary: A fascinating wedding from 1910, and thoughts on tourism, 1972

Hand grenade found during dig near Wigglesworth

Bomb squad called in after live grenade found in dig

Presenting the Past exhibition

Glimpse into the past

Molly the mouse - at Settle Folly this Easter

Molly the mouse all part of the Easter fun at Settle Folly

Skipton Castle to donate all admission charges on Good Friday to charity - for the 34th time

Parkhurst leading new prisoners. Sketch by one of the prisoners

Raikeswood’s unlikely eco-warrior

The Old Grammar School, Earby. Picture Robert Windle's Foundation

Charity prepares to name its cafe after one of its greatest supporters

The 'christening' ceremony of the engine at Messrs Nutters new shed, Bancroft Mill in 1920

Barlick's Bancroft Mill prepares for special centenary 'steaming' this weekend