Dalesman May 2011: Holgate Mill and Hackfall

Bob Anderton beside the machinery of Holgate Windmill

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 →

Dalesman Aug 2010: Spence’s Ironmongers, Richmond, and Beck Isle Museum, Pickering

Tramlines in Friars Wynd Richmond

Dalesman August 2010 celebrates Yorkshire Day. Helen Johnson met Dennis Edmondson, travelling representative for Richmond Ironmonger Spence’s, Village Bobbies from Loftus, and volunteers at the Beck Isle Museum, Pickering Continue Reading →

Hidden Gems in the Howardian Hills, Dalesman June 2010

Houses alongside the Beck in Hovingham

Dalesman this month features an interview with Jennifer Smith, who is searching out Hidden Gems such as Hovingham Spa in the Howardian Hills around Sutton Bank. I met Jennifer, who Continue Reading →