Helen Johnson, Yorkshire Writer
Helen Johnson Freelance Writer
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
At Christmas in Thirsk, local groups come together to put on displays and events to celebrate the season. And at Christmas, Thirsk’s shopkeepers, most of whom are small, independently-owned businesses, Continue Reading →
The people of Richmond, Yorkshire, enjoy a unique Christmas gift: the Richmond Shilling. It’s a a tradition that can be traced back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. At Continue Reading →
Everyone remembers the childhood excitement of prising open doors on an advent calendar to count down the days to Christmas. But what of turning a whole village into an Advent Continue Reading →