Helen Johnson, Yorkshire Writer
Helen Johnson Freelance Writer
Back-breaking manual work Once upon a time, potato picking was dirty, heavy, back-breaking manual work. Generations of rural families spent long cold days picking the vegetables by hand from the Continue Reading →
Jason Butler grows Halloween pumpkins in Bewholme, near Bridlington in East Yorkshire. It was a pleasure to drive over to visit Jason for Dalesman Magazine. Jason’s home is in Continue Reading →
For Countryman Magazine this month, I visited Judith Dryden, who raises Christmas geese ‘Christmas is coming, The goose is getting fat.’ goes the old nursery rhyme – but surely, turkey Continue Reading →
For Dalesman Sept 2014, Helen Johnson met Tom Naylor-Leyland, to discover why he is leading a bid to make Malton into the ‘Food Capital of Yorkshire.’ Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson visited Todmorden’s Incredible Aquagarden, where they’re experimenting with new ways of growing food in the Pennines, for Yorkshire Ridings Magazine, August 2014. Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson met Tim Lindley, a goose farmer, Becky Burniston, a reindeer trainer, and the Charles Dickens (Malton) Society, for Dalesman Magazine’s Christmas issue, December 2013. Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson went to Todmorden for Dalesman Magazine, October 2013. She met Pam Warhurst, chair of regeneration agency Pennine Prospects and Incredible Edible Todmorden. Incredible Edible has revitalised the area, attracting worldwide interest. Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson met members of Crakehall Leek Club for Yorkshire Ridings Magazine Continue Reading →
In the August 2012 issue of Dalesman Magazine, Helen Johnson met Whitby salmon netsman Bob Marsden, farmer turned artist Maurice Atkinson, and the founder of Galtres Festival, James Houston Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson visited the Dales Countryside Museum to meet food historian Jane Sammells, who was cooking traditional foods of the Dales.
She also went to Harrogate to see how the International Festival brings events to Yorkshire all year long. Continue Reading →