The Wensleydale Heifer
- Credit: The Wensleydale Heifer
We have all enjoyed walking and exploring new places during the lockdown, but now we can add a trip to a top-rated pub to our itinerary. We ve found some AA recommended pubs to go alongside some of the walks from our archive. North Yorkshire has been named the UK’s top destination for pub walks, with 29 AA-rated inns and pubs located within five miles of the walking routes listed for the county on RatedTrips.com
RECENTLY we published an old picture of undeveloped land at Back Water Street, in Skipton, where Eller Beck ran past and under the road near Coach Street. You could just make out the steps leading down to the beck. This week we have been sent a photo dating back to around 1930 showing a group of five friends enjoying a summertime play near the beck. The picture was sent in by Ann Garner and shows her, mother, Florence Dent, who was born in Back Water Street in 1922, sitting on the left. She is with friends Freda and Rita Moore and Sheila and Margaret Gale.
Distinctions
In the summer of 1851, the
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations was held in London. “The Great Exhibition” was organised under the Presidency of HRH Prince Albert and benefited from the astute management of Henry Cole, the industrial designer credited with the introduction of the first Christmas card in 1843.
The Great Exhibition became a symbol of Britain’s “Golden Years” - showcasing the cultural and technological achievements of the mid-Victorian era. Visited by six million people - equivalent to a third of the population of Britain at that time - exhibits included ‘Bakewell’s image telegraph’ (a precursor of the modern fax machine); the ‘Tempest Prognosticator’ (a barometer using leeches); and the modern pay toilet, with over 800,000 visitors paying one penny for the privilege and in so doing coining the expression, “Spending a penny!”
THIS is a view from Canal Street looking towards Back Water Street, probably around the 1960s. There is an advert for Harp lager on the end of the building in the centre which is now a takeaway. The Irish lager was introduced around 1960. This view is totally obscured today by houses and trees, but was said to have been a play area for youngsters who enjoyed many hours in Eller Beck which went under the road. Children used to build dams and collect icicles in winter from the tunnel. We wonder who the little boat in the picture, Tomo, belonged to.