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March: Out & About Events Guide

March: Out & About Events Guide

To January 2025. Haworth. Brontë Museum.New exhibition: The Brontës’ Web of Childhood. Bronte Parsonage Museum1 Scarborough. Stephen Joseph Theatre. The King and I. Dementia- friendly film. 1.00pm. Free, including some refreshments. discoveryorkshirecoast.com1 to...

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Dalesman’s Diary: March 2024

Dalesman’s Diary: March 2024

A Dalesman’s DiaryMarch 2024Standing sentinel over the surrounding countryside, it’s an iconic part of the Yorkshire landscape and has been for at least 12,000 years. Ever since the Wharfedale Glacier ground its way through this part of the world, the limestone...

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Always ready to rock

Always ready to rock

Always ready to rockAndrew Gallon visits a thriving small business keeping nostalgia alive (July 2014)Beneath the eaves of a former dairy farm in the sleepy village of Fangfoss, a small team of skilled craftspeople keeps alive a manufacturing tradition dating from the...

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Top 10 family attractions in Yorkshire

Top 10 family attractions in Yorkshire

The Dalesman team recommend Yorkshire's top family attractionsIt is no secret that our glorious county is home to a spectacular range of attractions, but why not take some inspiration from us for your next family outing? The Dalesman team share with you our personal...

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Dalesman’s Diary: February 2024

Dalesman’s Diary: February 2024

A Dalesman's Diary February 2024Leaving school without any qualifica­tions, life didn’t immediately look too promising for young Michael James. But 18,194 days later – having devoted his life to looking after porkers – this pigman is hoping to prove that where there’s...

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Walk archive 2013: Robin Hood’s Bay

Walk archive 2013: Robin Hood’s Bay

Walking with the DalesmanRobin Hood's Bay with Rodger MatthewsWalking route: Robin Hood's BayDistance: 5¾ miles (9.25km) Time: Allow 3 hours Start: Former Railway Station Car Park – OS ref 950055 How to get there: Robin Hood’s Bay is signed off the A171...

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All Memories Great and Small

All Memories Great and Small

All Memories Great and SmallOliver Crocker chats with the cast of one of Yorkshire’s most successful television series (March 2017)While researching my new book All Memories Great and Small, published as part of the James Herriot centenary year, I carried out sixty...

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Recipe archive: Yorkshire Brick

Recipe archive: Yorkshire Brick

Yorkshire Brick Mrs Simkins' Country Kitchen: June 2017Here’s a brand-new Yorkshire recipe: a bit like a snazzy version of an egg butty! Egg bricks are one of the joys of North African travel: an egg with plenty of parsley sealed inside a triangular filo pastry parcel...

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Dalesman’s Diary: January 2024

Dalesman’s Diary: January 2024

A Dalesman's DiaryJanuary 2024Rod Dimbleby, chairman of the Yorkshire Dialect SocietyIf you ocker* or allock** you’re in danger of missing it... by popular demand, a new course is being held which explores and helps to preserve that part of our heritage of which...

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Recipe archive: Ramblers’ lamb

Recipe archive: Ramblers’ lamb

Ramblers’ lambMrs Simkins’ country kitchenFirst published back in December 2014. Ramblers' lamb is a welcoming slow-cooker stew and is ideal to come home to after a long wintry walk.Ingredients 6-8 servings 800-900g diced stewing lamb 2 tablespoons plain flour...

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Christmas started here

Christmas started here

Christmas started here...Geoff Sargieson (December 2010)The front cover of Mike Harding's Christmas in Yorkshire DVDYorkshire and Christmas go back a long way. In fact, almost back to the actual birth of Jesus himself. The Three Wise Men may be associated with gifts...

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Walk Archive 2014: Stamford Bridge and the River Derwent

Walk Archive 2014: Stamford Bridge and the River Derwent

Walking with the DalesmanStamford Bridge and the River Derwent with Rodger Matthews. First published in The Yorkshire Dalesman, December 2014Walking route: Stamford Bridge and the River Derwent circularGetting there: Stamford Bridge is situated along the A166 some 9...

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Top 10 underrated Yorkshire towns and villages

Top 10 underrated Yorkshire towns and villages

The Dalesman team reveal Yorkshire's most underrated localesThe Dalesman team share with you a selection of Yorkshire's towns and villages which we believe to be severley underrated, or, at least, much less visited than the popular tourist centres like Grassington,...

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Top 11 Yorkshire Films

Top 11 Yorkshire Films

The Dalesman team's favourite Yorkshire filmsThe Dalesman team share with you our much-loved Yorkshire films, characterised as such by either being filmed or set in our county’s regions. Of course, there are too many to cover in a list of eleven, but hopefully this...

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Top 10 Yorkshire Pubs

Top 10 Yorkshire Pubs

The Dalesman team's favourite pubs across YorkshireThe team here at The Dalesman have recommended our top ten favourite pubs across Yorkshire, for you, our loyal readers. Whether you’re looking for the perfect Sunday roast, a venue for a family get-together, or just a...

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Dalesman’s Diary: December 2023

Dalesman’s Diary: December 2023

A Dalesman's Diary December 2023Dr Elaine Laycock on the frontline in BosniaIt will not be this Christmas, indeed, it may not be next Christmas, but one day soon, Yorkshire grit and determination will mean that humanitarian aid workers lost in conflict will be...

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Walk archive: Penyghent and Plover Hill

Walk archive: Penyghent and Plover Hill

Penyghent and Plower Hillwith Steve Goodier (February 2016)Start/Parking: The National Park car park on the main road (B6479) through Horton in Ribblesdale. This is pay and display and can get very full on fine days so aim to arrive early.Distance: 8.7 miles (14...

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Recipe archive: Spotted Dog

Recipe archive: Spotted Dog

Spotted Dog Mrs Simkins' Country Kitchen: February 2016Spotted dog is another name for spotted dick. It seems both names for this favourite old nursery steamed pudding come from an early colloquial word for pudding: puddick or puddog and that absolutely no mischief...

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Dalesman’s Diary: November 2023

Dalesman’s Diary: November 2023

A Dalesman's Diary November 2023Muker in Swaledale. Photo Rambling Tog (Adobe)Muker is slowly surrendering her secrets: this ancient settlement, at the western tip of Upper Swaledale, is gently breathing life back into her past. Long-lost place names, most not uttered...

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Seeing the Light

Seeing the Light

Seeing the light Helen Johnson talks to Architectural glass artist Alan Davis. (November 2012)Since Alan Davis came to Yorkshire in the 1980s, his work has become part of the fabric of the county. Alan is an archi­tectural glass artist, and his stained glass adorns...

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The Story of Lad

The Story of Lad

The Story of LadFrom The Yorkshire Dalesman: March 2013Dales-born director Dan Hartley talks about his first feature film.“I grew up in the Dales. Every formative​ experience I had was shaped by the landscape ​that surrounded me. I can’t begin to ​describe just how...

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