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Appleton Wiske Post Office

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Helen Johnson
The first customer at Appleton Wiske's newly opened Post Office

Celebrations!  Appleton Wiske Post Office re-opened today.   When our former Postmaster retired, I feared that we would lose our shop and Post Office.  Indeed, the Post Office closed last Continue Reading →

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Appleton Wiske Christmas Pantomime

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Helen Johnson
The Pied Piper of Appleton Wiske, with pantomine chairperson Michelle Street

Pantomime season It’s Christmas, so it’s pantomime season.  And in Appleton Wiske, as in many other villages, it’s a home-grown, home-produced Christmas pantomime.  But in an age of TV, with Continue Reading →

Posted in Appleton Wiske, Festivals and Traditions, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged Appleton Wiske, Christmas, Dalesman Magazine, Festivals and Traditions, journalism, Yorkshire

Christmas crafts with ArtisON

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Helen Johnson
Tutor Josie Besant with Christmas Angel

Christmas preparations There is much joy to be had in the anticipation of Christmas – a joy captured by children as they make their Christmas preparations.  For Dalesman Magazine  this Continue Reading →

Posted in Crafts and Arts, Festivals and Traditions, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged Christmas, Dalesman Magazine, Festivals and Traditions, journalism, Yorkshire

Ancient woodland landscapes in Swaledale

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Helen Johnson
Rowan and yew cling to a limestone outcrop

Tim Laurie is a landscape archaeologist who has devoted years to studying ancient woodlands and trees in three Pennine Dales.  After years of dedictated study, Tim gave me an interview Continue Reading →

Posted in History and Archaeology, Journalism, Nature, Environment and Conservation, Yorkshire | Tagged History and Archaeology, journalism, Nature environment and conservation, Yorkshire

Battle of Hastings 1066 – 2016

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Helen Johnson
The Saxon Shield Wall at the Battle of Hastings re-enactment

This year sees 950 years since England was conquered by Duke William of Normandy, afterwards known as William the Conqueror. The losses to England were on a par with the Continue Reading →

Posted in History and Archaeology, Journalism | Tagged 11th century, History and Archaeology, journalism

Golden Clippings Anthology

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Helen Johnson
Golden Clippings by Thirsk Write Now

My first ever piece of fiction is released today in Golden Clippings, an anthology by Thirsk Write Now, a creative writing group that meets in the Golden Fleece, Thirsk. I only Continue Reading →

Posted in Fiction | Tagged creative writing, fiction

1066 in Yorkshire

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Helen Johnson
The Shield Wall, battle formation in 1066

1066: a year indelibly stamped in English consciousness.  We all know that England was invaded in 1066, that William of Normandy conquered England. Stamford Bridge Hastings is famous.  But there Continue Reading →

Posted in 11th Century, History and Archaeology, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged 11th century, Dalesman Magazine, History and Archaeology, journalism, Yorkshire

Kevin Williamson, Agricultural Engineer

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Helen Johnson
Kevin Williamson in his workshop

Back-breaking manual work Nowadays, most of our food is produced using heavy machinery.  But once upon a time, tasks such as potato picking were dirty, heavy, back-breaking manual work.  Generations Continue Reading →

Posted in Food and farming, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged Food and Farming, journalism, Yorkshire

Appleton Wiske Scarecrow Festival 2016

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Helen Johnson
handcrafted scarecrow face

Appleton Wiske Scarecrow Festival is here again, on 2 and 3 July 2016. Each year, the festival gets bigger, with more to see and more to do.  New this year Continue Reading →

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Gertrude Bell: at home in Yorkshire and Iraq

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Helen Johnson
East Rounton church hosts a memorial window to Gertrude Bell, inscibed in the languages of both her homes in Yorkshire and Iraq

Gertrude Bell in Yorkshire and Iraq Getrude Bell was a remarkable woman who was equally at home in Yorkshire and Iraq. She died in Iraq in 1926, and now, wild Continue Reading →

Posted in History and Archaeology, Journalism, Yorkshire | Tagged 20th century history, Dalesman Magazine, journalism, places to visit, Women's history, Yorkshire

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