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Letters extra – The Dalesman readers write…
A Birdwell clinic party from 1940 My street in the village of Birdwell was called Chapel Street, where I was born. One of 11, I had six brothers, four sisters and mum and dad, so 13 in all. Chapel Street is about a third of a mile long with houses on either side from...
Letters extra – The Dalesman readers write…
I read Dianne Smith’s letter with interest as I remember very well the BBC Schools Broadcasts, Singing Together and Rhythm & Melody. I adored these programmes when I was about 7 or 8 at Rawcliffe Primary School near Goole in the 1950s.I seem to remember that one...
My Best Day In – a Dalesman reader’s lockdown diary – June edition
Strictly this is not My Best Day In because lockdown/lockup/lockin has been eased. In fact, as from yesterday, I can travel to Scotland but unnecessary travel is still discouraged. However, how better to celebrate this hard won new freedom than by having an enjoyable...
Hurricane Hannah
From our March 2021 issue: Maggie Poppa talks to a gold medal-laden Paralympian Born in Halifax in 1992, Hannah Cockroft was in trouble health-wise from day one.Within 24 hours of being born she suffered two heart attacks that resulted in brain damage and subsequent...
Peaks with his pals
Andrew Carter takes a light-hearted look at his very own Three Peaks Challenge Andrew Carter and friends take a breather at Ribblehead Viaduct I walked the Yorkshire Three Peaks with my pals last year. This was the third time I’ve done it, my debut being with my dad...
Letters Extra – The Dalesman readers write…
Carnegie Library in Shipley In the feature "Frozen in Time" the photograph of the staircase in the Carnegie Library in Windhill, Shipley, brought back so many memories. I was at pupil at the primary school opposite from 1947-1951 and, an avid reader, I went to the...
LETTERS EXTRA – The Dalesman readers write…
Denis Fox's painting of Eric Lock's Spitfire I was interested in the first picture shown by Denis Fox of the Spitfire flown by Eric Lock.In 1971 I moved to Bayston Hill, to a new housing estate two miles south of Shrewsbury. Whilse there a number of new roads were...
Poetry Corner – reader submissions
The Dandelion It took a common Dandy On some fallow wayside dod To show all things have purpose Within the eyes of God A host of yellow Dandys When skies were grey and glum To illuminate life’s pathway And imitate the sun When stood amongst the roses The two stand...
JANUARY: A writer’s diary by Julia Chapman
It seems strange to be writing this column already – the one I write at the end of one year which gets published at the start of the next.Apart from the fact that it feels like only yesterday I submitted my thoughts on how 2020 would shape up (spoiler alert: I got it...
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February's magazine is on the way to subscribers soon so our attentions have already turned to our March edition. We know many businesses out there are helping get the nation through the pandemic with home deliveries so if you want to let our readers know about the...
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