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Frank Young - Engine Driver.(2)
The second extract from the talk Frank gave to railway enthusiasts - some amusing reminiscences about the characters he came across during his years on the railways during the era of steam.

Impact of World War 2 on a farming village
Throughout the War years there were 19 farms in the village of Hovingham. Today there are only four, still farming much the same acreage. We take a look at some of the changes

Poems by Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen - The Great War 1914-1918
These moving poems were recorded to coincide with the Helmsley 1812 Theatre Company’s successful production of ‘Not About Heroes’, by Stephen McDonald.

Fond memories of an old Ryedale engine driver
Extracts from a talk given by the late Frank Young to Railway enthusiasts in Malton on 4 February, 1991

Swinton & District Excelsior Band – celebrating its 70th birthday
Carrying on the fine traditions of brass band music now and into the future. Contributing much to the Ryedale community.

Sydney Smith (1884-1958) - Pickering's internationally renowned photographer
A unique collection of photographic images in the Beck Isle Museum, Pickering

'We'll Meet Again'
A group of Second World War Hartlepool evacuees, their families and friends, returned to the quiet North Yorkshire village of Hovingham to relive many fond memories.

Dialects of Ryedale
The large area of Ryedale, North Yorkshire, suggests we might have several identifiable dialects in our midst! With dialects sadly in fast decline, we go in search!

Hovingham Hall, the home of Mr & Mrs William Worsley and family
Since 1563 "each generation has played its part in caring for the estate, the village and the family home. It is because of that care that we, the present generation, are still able to live here" Sir Marcus Worsley Bt.

A return visit to Pickering’s Beck Isle Museum
Curator Gordon Clitheroe takes us into two of its fascinating areas - full of surprises!

Beck Isle Museum, Pickering
convincingly takes visitors to the bygone life and times of its very own community.
Gordon Clitheroe, volunteer curator, tells us how and why he and his dedicated group do it. Simple really, they love it!

Seven retired Dalby Forest workers get together
Fond memories are re-lived with thoughts on the many changes - "some for the better, others, not so!"

Malton's remarkable history of pubs and breweries
A re-vamp of two stories we put out in August, 2003. Now with a much improved form of presentation enabling choice of all or selected portions of a well researched piece of social history

An evacuee re-visits - sixty five years after
Ron Normanton, was one of 45 war-time evacuees that came to rural Hovingham from industrial West Hartlepool on 10 July, 1940. He returned to Hovingham this week to re-live some his fond memories, finding it an emotional experience.

Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole
How it re-creates an 18th Century rural world and engages people in that world today

The Gypsy fraternity in Ryedale
. . . a different way of life, most of us don't understand.

A family historian’s ‘get-together’
It’s all ‘deadly serious’ – but fun!

Delving into your family history
we get some help and advice from Janice Wood - an expert on the subject

The Butler at Hovingham Hall - The final extract from Ronnie Marshal's memoirs
Brought up as a boy in Hovingham and returning after overseas war-time service in the RAF, Ronnie married Anne and was offered the position of butler by Sir William Worsley which he filled for over 50 years.

Helmsley’s famous Walled Garden
The many attractions of this unique garden are described in some detail by Paul Radcliffe, the Head Gardener and Manager. For gardening enthusiasts and those of us who want to enjoy its outstanding beauty, it is an unforgettable experience.

Alan Wilkinson: On the Trail of Lewis and Clarke (Part 2)
Ryedale biographer and historian Alan Wilkinson continues his story about fulfilling his life-long ambition to follow in the footsteps of his American heroes, explorers Lewis and Clarke

Alan Wilkinson: On the Trail of Lewis and Clarke
Ryedale biographer and historian Alan Wilkinson takes to ‘The Mighty Missouri’ to fulfil a life-long ambition to follow in the footsteps of his American heroes, explorers Lewis and Clarke

Following in Grandad’s footsteps.
How far would you go to trace your Yorkshire roots? Reporter Greg Christie talks to one man who has flown in from Toronto to do just that.

Thoroughbred Road Trip
Do you remember the great days of open road motoring? Days when journeys were taken purely for pleasure? Days when £5 bought you a full tank of petrol? You do? Then this journey will be right up you street!

CUBA
A Caribbean island with a difference.