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Concerts at Aysgarth Church
On her family’s Facebook page Jeneba Kanneh-Mason commented that St Andrew’s Church at Aysgarth was ‘a magical place to perform’. And she certainly provided a glittering touch of her own magic when she...
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Patricia ‘Paddy’ Charlton
Paddy’s funeral, following her death on April 26th 2022, was at St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth, on May 27th. One reason it will be remembered is because of the splendid black horses with plumes which...
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A Day in the Dales for asylum seekers
Jack Sutton’s photo: Friends – two young asylum seekers at Aysgarth Falls Children in Wensleydale formed friendships with asylum seekers living in the North East when the Quakers from Bainbridge...
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Aysgarth’s new Post Office
Above: Steve Jack and Tina Clune Aysgarth’s new Post Office is now open and will provide a service for mid Wensleydale following the closure of that at Thoralby. It is in the Convenience Store at...
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‘Now Then’ and the Hawes balloonist
The adventures of a Hawes bootmaker high over the front lines during WW1 feature in the latest edition of ‘Now Then’, the annual magazine of the Friends of the Dales Countryside Museum. Doug Grainger...
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A district councillor is asking for help to find out just how many people regularly use Barclays Bank at Leyburn. In January Barclays Bank announced that it will close its branch office in Bedale on...
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Waterfall of Poppies at Aysgarth church
A waterfall of poppies is once again cascading over the reredos at Aysgarth church ready for the Remembrance service on Sunday. The waterfall and a large exhibition were created last year as part of...
View ArticleYDNPA – planning committee August 2023
Reports by the ARC News Service on the meeting of Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s ( YDNPA ) planning committee on August 22, 2023 when the following were discussed: development of business...
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Quaker Tapestry exhibition at Bainbridge
Facsimiles of 11 of the panels of famous Quaker Tapestry are on display at Bainbridge Meeting House on September 23rd, 26th and 30th alongside details of how several relate to the history of...
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Waterfall of Poppies at Aysgarth church
A waterfall of poppies is once again cascading over the reredos at Aysgarth church ready for the Remembrance service on Sunday. The waterfall and a large exhibition were created last year as part of...
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Remembrance stories
Pte William Thomas ‘Tot’ Dinsdale; Pte Thomas Spence; Major Donald Herbert Rose MC and Sgt Ernest Moore; Col John William Lodge; and Pte John Percival. Plus Aysgarth Parish and WWI Pte William Thomas...
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Aysgarth Church Harvest Festival 2019
by Juliet Barker The harvest was well and truly celebrated at St Andrew’s! We gave thanks to God for the beauty of our natural world and for the social ties that bring us together as friends and...
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Remembering a father and a great uncle
The Festival of Remembrance at St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth, in November 2018 provided an opportunity for Hugh Rose of Leyburn and Catrina Cloughton of Thornton Rust to remember their father: Major...
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Frank Knowles’ Photography Exhibition
In the 1950s Frank Knowles was Wensleydale’s archetypal news photographer – and until Sunday February 17 60 of his magnificent black and white photographs are on show at Tennants Garden Rooms in...
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Final Service at Aysgarth Chapel
Above after the service on April 7 : Front Row l-r – Richard and Ann Wilkinson, Jean Cockburn and Rona Trowell. Back row – Anne Moore, Martin and Pauline Beckett and Frank Trowell. Aysgarth Methodist...
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David Pointon and a special celebration at Thornton Rust
Villagers at Thornton Rust raised their glasses to my husband, David Pointon, on Saturday June 1. He had died just two weeks before the 20th anniversary celebration of the founding of the village’s...
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Remembering David
Above: White roses for Yorkshire and a pair of David’s crocs on the table in the Meeting House for David’s Memorial Meeting. This display was created by Liz Burrage who also led the Memorial Meeting....
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Hard Banks Barn Ice Cream Parlour
Left to right: Andy Singleton and Gillian and Adrian Harrison outside Hard Banks Barn A beautifully restored barn in lovely countryside with an ice cream parlour hidden inside has proved to be a...
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