Helen Johnson, Yorkshire Writer
Helen Johnson Freelance Writer
It was great to see a Yorkshire lad win the National Pig Awards Young Pig Farmer of the Year. Matt Donald, who won the award, works on his family’s farm Continue Reading →
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 →
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 a Continue Reading →
Bob Gallon has worked on the Bell Estate in Thirsk for all his working life, and has witnessed sixty years of change in farming. Farming in the 1940s Bob Gallon 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 →
For Dalesman Magazine March 2012, Helen Johnson visited the Rountons, villages where new ventures are bringing new life back to rural communities.
She also met Raymond Twiddle, a man who honed his business skills raising turkeys and now supports the Yorkshire Agricultural Society.
And finally she visited the Heritage Crafts Alliance, where trainer Glenn Young hopes to inspire people of all ages to learn the skills to preserve our historic buildings. Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson’s features in Dalesman for May 2011 are about a historic windmill in York, and Hackfall, a woodland landscape full of architectural follies and a haunt for wildlife. Continue Reading →
For the July Dalesman, I was fortunate to be invited to the home of Sir Ken Morrison, to talk about his forthcoming Presidency of the Great Yorkshire Show. Ken is Continue Reading →
Snowbound, so cooking for Christmas Continue Reading →