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Friday November 2Zth
No experts Prizes for best & rvorst
Atao Beer Car? Draw Nblttl
TI.IE SCOTT MOTOR CYCLE TRIAL
As the day dawned on Saturday 246 October 1998 it became obvious to the 1€ riders and a fike
number of dedicated oryanisers, officials and observers that the weather bcffins had, unforlunately, got
itdead right. FolloMng a Week of gales and tonenlial rain, Saturday was going to be just the same. The
r;ourse for the famcus Trial, first run in 1914 travels the high moors, starting near Markse as gar as
Gunnenide Gill and bmk suing only rough'track and trails across some of the toughest rough land and
heather moors in the country. lt is a time'and observation trial which means that the fastest man seta
;r slandard time for the 75 miles and the 76 sections are marked for skill by ofiicial observers. lt is the
ultimate test of man and machine againstevery type of natural hazard and aftracts the best "Off Rud'
riders in the oounfy not to mention a number of overseas riders who cannot resist the challenge. Since
1!€0 the Scott Trial has been orEanised lry the Richmond Motor Club, now one of the outstanding clubs
irr the country. The Club is heavily dependent for many of its top officials on the "Gazette" area.Ihey
include the Presidenl Andrew Brown; Secretary of the Meeting: David (Tubby) Allison; Assistant
liecretary: Angela Sunter; Treasurer: Rosalind Brown and Assistant Clerk of the Course: Ron Bailey.
Lrke the Reeth Show, the mamnpth organising task begins in February and continues long after the
riders have finished. All money raised from the sale of the programmes (so beautifully produced by Mt
& Mrs Ken Rarv) is always donated to lcoal charities. Lasi year a generous f2500 helped many local
organisations.
Aflcr two years when the Trialvras run in ideal conditions, this year became the worst since its inception
in 1914 Onty 21 riders out of 148 made it to the finish. Early starters and faster riders enjoyed (??) The
lrr:st (??) Of the conditions. Endless tonential rain, reminiscenlol Hurriane "Charlie", poured off the
rrroors into the strearns transfOrming them into horrendous life threatening waterfalls and floods. John
Allison of the Swaledale fell Rescue Team rigged up ropes to make crossings possible and to help drag
out nders drowned bikes and haif drowned riders. Malcolm Sunter did sterling rescue work all afternoon
doinQ the same.
None of our local riders managed to finish the Course. The two most successful were President:
Andrew Brown and frst time rider Mark Sunter {what a baptism.) Bottr arrived above Punchard Gill
when it was at its deepest and rnost dangerous. Both were washed a,r,ay down the river while
ruttempting a crossing and Mark was particularly fortunate to be dragged out from under his bike by a
noble officlal.
(irngrafulatons to outstanding winner Graham Jarvis works Scorpa rider and one of the three top riders
rrr the country, lle followed up winning the Scottish Six Days, a highly successful World Round Tnais
:;eason and Indoor Aran trials season with this his third Scott win in a row. This feat was iast achieved
rn 198/ - 89 by localhero Phil Aldersofl. lt says much for Phil that in this yea/s diabolical conditions he
linished a creditable fiflh only 2 minutes behind the winners standard time. Second plrce went to
I nduro and Trial a,e from Buxton, John Shid, third and fourth places going to Andy Huddleston and
Michael Phillipson, two North Eastern riders.
Ihe honour of the Richmond Club was upheld with magnificent rides from Stephen Lambert and Martin
Alderson in tenth and eleventh places followed by Mark Willis in ftfteenth. /VO complete team pf three
riders finished to claim the Team Award and thideen individual trophies remained without a winner.
fficials of Richmond CIub wish once again to thank all farmers, keepers and land owners who for
no reward to themselves and often al great inconvenience make it possible for this Tdal to continue.
They would like to thank allmembers who observed and helped and to those who gave so much in
time and efiort in marking out and often rema*ing the Course particularly Kevin Hutchinson and
lan Porter-Merry. The cheerful and competentefforts of the Police were much appreciated by riders
and spectators alike. ( P$: There is no truth in the rumours thaf entry fees . ;
are io be doubled next i'ear so that all riders can be issueC with snorkels // )

Swaledale Festival
One of the nrain aims of the Festival is to
provide a' good' quality programme at a
reasonable cost for people usually denied easy
access to arts . events because of their
geographical location, The Swaiedale F esiival
is now one of the largest events of its kind tc
take piace in the area and it s contribution to the
artistic life of the Dales is to be respected. The
blend
'ronderful
of clasical i concerts through to
jazz, brass, folk, theatre, walks, talks and
exhibitions has attracted tourists and visitors to
the Dales in noticeable numbers, many of them
booking their holidays around the Festival's
dates. Corinter balancing this has been the
marked increase of local people attending a
wide and diverse range of events.
Severa! events sold out. In 1998, ticket sales
were up 25 % compared to sales in 1997. Since
i993, ticket sales have doubled. The amount
spent on artists'fees has aiso doubled in the last
five years. lt is interesting to note that whilst
everything seems to be on the increase, the
ticket prices have not change{ much at all,
remaining as low as possible to keep the F
estival acressible. These figures help tc
denucnstrate the growth of the F estival, not only
in its popularity but also in its programme
content. This year saw performances by a wide
range of artists includiitg those from the
Caribbean, India and Africa. Tickets totalling
tl7,566 were sold in 1998 and the Festivalwas
attended by in excess of 6,000 audience,
involved over 500 participants/performers,
entertained over 400 primary schml children
and was aided by over 3 0 volunteers.
The blend of local and national perforrners plays
an important part in the programme and greatly
contributes to the friendly atmmphere and
appeal of the Festival. Local artists such as
Reeth and Muker Bands and the Swale Singers
take part alongside nationally-known artists
including soprano Sally Burgess, The Brodsky
Quartet and Black Dyke Mills Band.
This yea/s highlights included : the brilliant
young guitar duo The Katona Twins at Aske
Hall; Ensemble B ash, contemporary jazz
Annual Meeting
guitarist John Etheridge, Leikin Loppu Dance
Theatre and the North Stars Steel Orchestra
all of whom helped attract new people to the F
estival; a memorable eveninE with African
musicians Dade Krame who packed
Arkengarthdale Methodist Hall on a Thursday
evening and who became the talk of the dale
for sorne weeks following; literary input from
Maunce Taylor with his talk on Lewis Carroll,
Johnny Coppin with his tribute to Laurie Lee,
performance poet David Platstone and the
story of Yorkshire Dales dialect poet Dorothy
Una Ratcliffe in words and music by Artisan;
schools performances by Indian dancer Anusha
Sabramanyam. Low Row Institute was packed
to bursting for Yorkshire Life cn Film as was
The Punch Bowl Inn for cellic band Ushna, and
an enthusiastic audience enjoyed a uery
innovative performance of Hamlet by annual
visiiors Sheffield Youth Theatre. Despite no
vehicular access, 175 people walked tfie half
mile to Castle F arm House for three outdoor
performances by a troupe of visiting actors with
their wsnderfuliy entertaining and wit$ show
'The Good Comoanions'. Events of lhis nature
undoubtedly mnFibute to the uniqueness of the
Festival.
The inclusion of outdoor events oroved ever
popular with rnany visitors enjoying a taste of
local life in quoits and sheep dog
demonstra'rions Guided walks were well
supported and many visilors commented on
how much they appreciate lhis aspect of the
programme. The Richmond Drumnrer Boy W
aik, organised by The Green Howards Museum
and tracing the legendary walk by a drummer
boy along an underground passage between
Richmond Oastle and Easby Abbey, attracted
over 1ffi people compared to 70last year.
The Feslival has now developed a good
relationship with the primary schools in $e
Dales. This year, supported by L.ive Music Now,
an Indian dancer, Anusha Sabramanyam, gave
perfoimances at Reeth Primary Schml and
The Elite Cinema, Leyburn for children from the
four dales. By providing easy access lo high
Swaledale Festival
quality artisis, the Festival can make a positive
conkibution to the artistic exoerience of local
children.
I reehand Theake, with their supei'b show
Norman's Ark, entertained an audience of 40
children and 14 adults, most of them local, in
tieeth Memoria! Hall.
1!)gB was the Year of Phctography therefore
nrany of this yea/s exhibitions were by local
photographers. However, with the addition of
exhibitrons by frc Askrigg Art Group, Brian Pike,
l;rn Scott Massie and a mix oi artists at East
Wrndy Hall, the usual blend of watercolour, olls
.rrrd :;culpture were still featured in a variety of
rron art locations varying from The Punch Bowl
lnn at Low Row to Middleham Church.
Workshops in woodcarying, watercolour and
t)hotography gave people a further opportunity
Io lc;rrn about these art forms.
I lrc number of local people wanting to become
rnvolved with the F estival has increased anci
.rtroLrt 3 0 local people now help with a wide
r ; rrrqo of tasks ftom the distribuiion of leaflets lo
lrt'lping at events. lt gives peolean opportunity
to participate and in the true spirit of co
crpcrration, it can also be fun. This year
rjcrrnnstrated a potentialfor developing and co-
orrirnating this valuable pool of voluntary help.
llrr-' Festival continues to encourage
rnvolvement by local groups and organisations
An cxample of this would be he exhibition at
t ast Windy Hall in Arkengarthdale, Although
olnn throughout the year, work by local and
vir;iting artist s not normally on show at the
r;rllr:ry, can be seen during the Festival. This is
curnplemented by free working art
rlrrnonstrations. This year, East Windy Hall
rr:corded 650 visitors during the Festival. Hazel
tlrow Fann is a working farm at Low Row. They
rcgularly have open days but during the 98
Festival it opened for a one day special event
which included demonstrations of spinning, rag
nrgs and butter making which this year attracted
over 100 people. These events are mutually
beneficial as not only do they extend the choice
of events but they provide a direct',vay for the
Annual Meeting
Festival to interact with the local conrmunity in
supporting a variety of local businesses and
groups. Local churches and halls are invited to
Drovide interval refreshnrents at festival events
for their own funds. This year, over f7,000 was
taised for al least ten local churches and
organisations
This year it was decided that there should be
an event every day in Swaledale or
neighbouring Arkengarthdale without sacrificing
additional events in Wensleydale and
Coverdale. Events took place at a wide range
of venues ranging from Aske Hall Chapel and
The Georgian Theatre ai Richmond, The
Wensleydale Creamery at Harrres, The Elite
Cinema at Leyburn to pubs, village halls and
churches throughout lhe area lt is a fact that
the venues that seem to woi'k best and produce
more of a'festival at:nosphere' are those
placed fronr Marrick to Keld to Tan Hill. The
Festrval will continue to organise events in
places outside of Swaledale itself as it has an
important role to play in arts provision in the
af4a.
l-leavy reiiance is still given to the grants
provided by Yorkshire and Humberside arts and
Richmondshrre District (huncil without which
the Festival would possibly ceme to function
This is despite much work done each year to
try and identify new sources oi funding. This
year only three new sponsors were identified.
However the F estival is indeed fortunate to
have such regular supporters as the Vaux
Forndation, the Yuill Group and Ness Furniture
whose contributions help ensure that a high
quality programme is maintained.
The assistance of the staff at he local tourist
information centres is much appreciated.
Leyburn handles postal and telephone
bookings whilst at Reeth ticket sales rocketed
to nearly four times the amount in 1997.
Concluding her Repo( the Festival Director
Elizabeth Carterstated The 1998 Festivalwas
very successful, highly enjoyable and great fun.
It provided a quality and diverse programme of
events aiming to meet the needs and interests

of local people and visitors to the Daies. The
Festival continues to play an important role in
the area as a tourist attraction, and as a major
arts provider and facilitator.'
The me-Jing was informed that Elizabeth is
being retained as the Director and all officers
were re +lecled The Annual Meeting affords
the opportunity to discuss both the recent and
forthcoming Festival. Localpeople are inyited tc
make suggestions tor the 1999 Festival which
runs frorn 2Bh May to 12h June io contact the
Festival ffice at Thornborough Hall, Leyburn as
soon as possible.
YOUR IDEAS ARE WANTED
The recent Dornino Drive raised t170.50 for Hall
funds. Tire Hall has
with new'toilel facili
Brown witn Rtrilip:
contractor. New kitchen fittings, new seating and
interior redecoration has also bee undertaken.
Tribute was paitl by Mr Chris Hopwood, who
was MC for the evening,'tcl all ttre people who
had wsrkd hard on the Hall, especially Mrs Pat
Codes who had made the curtains and the team
of ladies who had undertaken the cleanino.
Thanks wereexpressed to the Dales Miilenniuir
Trust, the Fells and Dales Leader 2 Programme
and Richmondshire District Council rirho had
contributed 'grants towards thg cost of
refurbishrpnt. A bbuquet from the Managemenl
Committee was presented by Emma Hoprvood
to Mrs Peggy Purver in recognition of her
administrative woft during the refurbishment.
There is still more work to be done inc{uding
nar windows and doors. New tables will also be
purchased and further funding for all this is now
being sought.
for the 1999 Swaledale Festival.
What wo0ld YOU like to see ?
Whatwould YOU like to do ?
Can YOU suggeStany perfon'ners etc.
Telephone Eli2abeth Carter now.
The Festival awaits YOUR call
Teh,01969 622217
Keld Public Hall
British l-egion
the Swaledale Branch of the Royal tsritish
Legion recently held their Annual Meeting in
Reeth Memorial Hall. fficers elected:
President J.Blenkiron; Chairman: T Guy;
Secretary: J Alderson; Treasurer: W Dolphin;
Standard Bearer: W Waller; Sick Visitor: W
McCleary,
A Domino Drive has been arranged for
November 20h in Reeth Mernorial l-lall and a
Pie and Pea Supper will be held at the Bridge
.
Inn, Grinton on 16h November.
The Annual Service of Rembrance'
will be held in St Andrew's CJrurch, Grinton
at 3pm on Sundav th N.ov.
Swaledale Parish Fonurn
All Parishes from Swaledale were in attmdance
at the very informative first Swaledale Parish
Forum, held recently in Fremington Sunday
School and organised by Richmondshire
District Council, Speakers included
representatives from the North Yo*shire
Health Authority, Norihatterton NHS Trust,
Ministry of Defence Estates Agency and the
Garrison Commander; North Yorkshire
Highways, North Yorkshire Police, , ,the
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority as.lyell
as Unit Managers from Richmondshire District
Council.
Topics covered ranged ftom Health matters,
the new Primary Care Groups, lhe Cdrne and
Disorder Act and its implications to Swaledale,
Millennium events, recycling, refuse collection,
highways matters, Electoral and boundaries
review, lhe proposed Swaledale Community
Office, dog fouling, Parish and Rural Char{ers,
street lighting and the results from a recent
public pelception survey, A furtier forum will be
held in the New Year but this neeling was
beneficial as it enabled an interchange with the
various authorities and local Parishes.
Debbie Kilbum and Karen Caluert rarould like to
hank heir friends and family for helping ffrem to
celebrate Ereir 21d and 18" birthdays at tlre Buck
Hotel. We uruuld also like to thank everyone for
heir louely gifu They r/t€re very much appreciated
f'BIDAY XB* NO flR
IS
REETTI VITLAGD
CH AS OPEN EVENINC
FROM
6.30PM-9.30PM
The Froprietors of many establishments in the village of
MEETH-TN-SIIIALEDALE
Will open tlreir doors and invitc you to browse or shop as you follow the
SHRI,SI"MAS @U\2. TRs'It
l.'or wbich the grand prize is a
MA€NIF"ICENT EHBISTMAS TUTMPER
BINRSTIN(; WITH GLORIOUS GIFTS
(worth over f100!)
Prrticipating establishments are :

Opening Tues 3rd frJov
" The TOP S|-!OP'
Reeth Hairdressing Salon
' Arkengarthdale Road
(opposite Reeth Garage)
Tetr; 884627
Offering a high standard af
"hairdressing to all our clients
^
Prices are in the
region oJ':
L7.50
Shampoo & Set
f6.50 Trim
f 14 Cut Blow
f4.50 Gents cut
Loyalty cards will be
obtainable for reg.lar c lients
to receive special offers,
'; discounts, etc.
Are you looking
after $omeone?
..... perhaps a friend, relative or neighbour
who, because of age, disability or health
problems, cannot manage
at home without help
HAMBLETON & RICHMONDSHIRE
CARERS ASSOCIATION
offer free information about services and
which may be helpfulto you as a caii
This includes;
How to Eet a break lr4oney Matters
'Help with home care Support Groups
Help wiih filling in fonns ......and much more!
Contact:
Hanbleton & Richnodshire Carers Assocr,alpn
Z5a Fligh Street, Nodhallerton
Tel: 01609 780872
$*uru Exti3
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Snn 22nd Nov 't/ C\lOam
- 4pru $
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Market Hall Richnrond
FREE ENI'IIY
Dernonstration & Dabblcs - (lomc
along and have a go at: Stencilling.,
Silk Paintiqrg, Cross-Sti tch, Quilling
View displays of presscd llowers,
photography, stained glass, prr( tcry,
painting, model making and rnuch tnore
St Andrew's Church, Grinton
Wed 25th Nov at 7.30prn
a Concert by
Richnnond School
Orchestra and Singers
I)irectecl by,:
Su McConnack and Carol (iedye
(ireg Smith: Organ
Robert Jonhston:'l'rumpct
Magnificat - Rutter
Trumpet Tune and Air - Purcell
Marchfrom Scipio - Handel
Concertinofor Trumpet
und Strings - Handel
' Berceuse - Jarnefelt
Admission: t2.50 Adults [1.50 Concessions
Coffee Days &
Christmas Gift Sales
Each Sat & Sun in Nov
10.30am - 4.30pm
Whitelock House, Gunnerside
Tel:886376
Proceeds to Leukaemia Research Fund
('phoneto check other days )
Thesesonrorasricutturat,n*, if"lE#Itf. fiXffri::L* awayroranoiheryear. The
ewes are on the nmrs again and lhe lambs cff to market, (and not much good that will dc theiarrnersl)
The mysteries of sheep judging never get clearer to me, but how fine those creatures look each year,
shampooed. and.!rushed and plucked and fluffed, What a varieg of styles tool The Texels with deep
fleece inesistable to the touch! The strange Blueface and the Wensleydale with their rastaffarian hair
cuts; the Jacobs with haphazard horns how did they -- ever get like that? But for my taste there is
none to beat the Swaledale; such a neat sheep, long tail, white nose and eye-brows,
.Persil'white, witfr tneir not quite
tough fleece. And they are even fitted with handles! Well ihe Dalesbred a .iose
second.
"ore
How extraordinary that the same species has evolved so differentiy when they were reared so close,
for instance, as Swaledale and Wensleydale and Cumbia.
Swaledales were first registered as a distinctive breed as late as 1919 when the Swaledale Sheep
Breeders Association was formed. The Association started with 159 membbrs all whom resided within
15 miles of Tan Hill, except one member fronr Weardale, who purchased a few ewes and a tup from
within Swaledale. Numbers of breeders quickty increased the membership, and in 1924 there weie 272
members, and in 1925 336.
By then there were members appearing at Troutbeck, shap, Setile, Kendal, upper wha(edale and
Nidderdale. $waledale sheep gradually replacing the Scotch Btackface and othei breeds. By 1g35 it
was found necessary to split the dishict membership and a new district wm formed in Weatdale and
the Tyne Valley. By the 40s Swaledales were established in the Cleveland Hilts, and the numbers of
members reached 732 farmers by the 50s. By now there were flocks registered in lreland and the lsle
of Lewis.
It was found that by crossing the Swaledales (about 20olo) with the Scotch Blackface a sturdy sheep
very suitable to the Scottish hills and mountains was produced. So today our little Swatedale ire bred
all over the country, even abroad, often crossed with other breeds to create a tough all round anima!.
But I divertl
How is 1t thatthe shep reputatron of being silly, foolish animals, as lacking in individuatity as a Doly
cione? Many farmers teli one that they know each member of their flock. How can ttrat Oi if they are
ail alike? You only have to live in a sheep breeding countryside to realise that a flock is made of many
sirong-minded animals wilh charrcters of their onn. I am thinking of one of Clark's ewes who euery y"at
decides to teach her lambs the best way to climb our walls! One recognises particular sheep witi all
kinds of individual habits. I don't believe that sheep are like sheep, lhere's more to them than a mutton
chopl
V\tty is it that in this country we chase our sheep? Every animal has to keep ib eye open for that skilful
black and whlte dog creeping up on it, head down, through the heather; or circling round the hill in great
arcs to descend suddenly in a rush of nipping and dodging round the sheep's heels.
Itwa only when I lived in the Middle East that I came to understand those lovely rvords'He shal/ feed
hls sheqp like a slreptrcrd. He leadeth me fuside ttre stitlwaters"'Leadeth mez" Surety not. But true
enough in the lands of the Bible the sheep follow their shepherd and his dogs, for it is he who finds
them fodder in barren stretches of scrub and deserl. And what interesting Ctreep ttrey are too! The
Syrian Fat-tailed sheep, witlr atl the ingenuity of the camel, stores its nourishmeni against hard times
in its tail, which is aftached like an r,'raple cushion to its rear, This larder is plundered by humans once
the sheep is slaughtered" and when rendered down pruduces a fat which is highly prized called
'samneh.'Rjce and even swealrneats are cocked with itfor specialoccasions. lfind it a Uiitoo muttony
for my taste.
In the Pyranees, loo, rve have watched herds of several hundred sheep, of tire floppy, silky eared :

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variety, trooping up to the rnountain pastures behind a.few shepherds and their dogs, anti sorretimes
a cluster of billy goats. As they come along the road the eir is filled with fhe clafler of tunetess bells tied
arwnd their necks.
/tr BR'€'F
St Andrew's Church Grinton
The 199B season of Monday
evening illustrated talks in
Freminglon Sunday School
and Guided Watks raised
[2914. The organisers are
most grateful to the speakers
and walk leaders and to
everyonq who,suppoded these
events. The money raised will
enable modernisation of the
church heating system to
proceed next year and
donations of €2S0 each will Lre
sentto the Dadington Hospice
and Manick Priory 0utdoor
Centre
The recent Auction af
Promises hetd at the CB lnn
raisecl t1600 for St Mary's
Church, , Arkengarthdale. A
very sincere thank you to all
the generous people who were
kind enough to support this
event.
LOW ROW a Cnffee Mornino
is being held at Bamey Top oi
Sat /h Nov from 10.30am to
1230rn in aid of t-toty Trinity
Church. Cakes, preserves,
bring & buy and tombola
Congratulations to Reeth
Brass Band & the Swaledale
Parish Choir on a briliiant
Proms Crcncert lt gets better
everli year - report next month
REETH 6 D/STRICT GAZETTE
who include Richard
zabeth Carter,.Major
r his topical cover
Apologies to those who have submitted items which due to
space reslrictions have not appeared this month. They will
feature next month.
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TI'{E SMELT ffiILLS OF BARNEY BEGK
Seven !ead smelting mills worked on
Barney or 0ld Gang Beck between 1674
and 1900, Belore 1674, ore from the Old
Gang area was smelted at the Gilling,
Cli,nts, Marrick and Whashton mills in
lower Swaledale. The first millon Barney
Beck, built by Philip Lord Wharton and his
partners, Philip Swale and Robert Barker,
began work in August 1674. We do not
know whether this was the High Mill at
Raygill or the Low Mill at Surrender, but,
whichever it was. the other mill was built
by December 1682.
High Mill stgo,d near the confiuence of
Raygill and Barney Becks, but no trace of
it has been found because lhe valley is
strewn with flood debris and mining
waste. lt is thought to have had one orehearih
and worked until around 1806.
Low Miil was near the beck, below the
(later) Surrender Mill, but it too has been
obscured by later debris. Nevertheless,
rve know it had twoore-nearths,by 1806
and worked until around 1841.
A second mill was built at Surrender
during 1685. This was ihe New Miilwhich
had a slag hearth and stood at the northwestern
end of the (later) Surrender Mill
A water course was brought to the mill
from Bleaberry Gill and the waste water
went onto the wheel at the Low Mill. The
water course can stitl be traced, but the
mill's position has been obscured. The
New Mill was idle between 1752 and
1754, when it may have been rebuilt. lt
was working again in 1755, however,
when it is mentioned both as the New Mill
and as part of the Low Mills. Like the Low
Mill, it worked until around 1841.
The foundations of a fourlh mill, which
belonged to Thomas Smith, the Lord of
the Manor, can still be seen near the beck
ab,out 1000 yards upstream of Surrender
Bridge Smith built it in 17S9 to smeit ore
from his mines at Beldi Hill and Fryer
Intake after losing possession of the Spout
Gill Mill to Lord Pomfret. Smith's Mill only
had a short life and was replaced by the
Beldi Hill Millin 1771. lt was damaged in
a riot (instigated by l-ord Pornfretls agents)
in 1770-71 and the agent {or Smith's
estates was scavenging slate and wood
from it in 1784.
The Low and lilew Smelt Mills grew
increasingly dilapidated, but they were not
repiaced until after September 1839, when
a new lease stipulated that a new mill and
500 yards of flue should be built within two
years. The Surrender Mill was built in
'1841 and its flue ended at a chimney sorne
514 yards away. Some time after '1854,
the flue was extended to a total length of
815 yards, including a section through a
mine level and up a shaft. Problems with
pol!ution from the new chimney meant that
it was seldom used, however.
In 1873 the Surrender Company's works
were taken over by the AD Mining
Cornpany Ltd, brt outputrasvery tow. 8y
1880 it had become uneconomicalfor the
company to smelt its own ore and so it was
sold, after roasting tc drive off some
sulphur, to other lead smelters.
The stock of peat was taken to the Old
Gang mill in 1882 and work stopped
altogether at the Surrender Mill. In
September 1902 the slates and roofing
timbers were stripped and sold. The
Stang and Cleasby Mining Company, of
Arkengarthdale, paid t5.00 for the mill's
waterwheel.
Until 1975, when a second mill was
recognised, it was thought that only one
rnill had stood at the site of the Old Gang
Mill. The two arches of the New Mill's orehearihs
are still visible underneath the
flues of the later mill, however. This mill
was built in 1796 and began smelting in
January 1797. lt was needed to handle
the increase in output frorn Old and North
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Rakes, which were being worked from
Hard Level The New Mill was also the first
in Swaledale to have a fiue to take the
fumes to a remcte chimney. In this case
it appears that the chimney was around
230 yards away until 1829 when another
600 yards of llue was added This took it
to the site of the present ehimney on
Healaugh Crag'
Nothing in the accounts indicates
precisely when thO NEw Mill was replaced
by the Old Gang Mill, but it is possible to
make a ieasoned guess as it would have
been possible to build the Old Gang Mill
without interrupting sfilelting at the New
Mill until the former was linked ^ro the
latter's flue., This would not take long,
howevel and thQre is a suitabte break in
smelting between February and April
1846. ln the absence of evidence to the
contrary, this is the date prgposed for the
transfer of srnelting.
-fhe Old Gang Mill had four ore-hearths,
a slag hearth and'i roasting furnace. The
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building with the tall chimney is sometimes
calied the 'Silver House', but this is a
fanciful name as the local lead ore
contains very little silver. lt may have
housed a furnace for making scft lead,
which attracted higher prices at market,
The output of the Old Gang Mines fell
steadily thror.r,gh the 1880s and 90s and
the millworked untilat least October 1899
and possibly into 1903. Ore was then sold
to smelting companies until the mine
closed in 19'13. The smelt mill roof was
stripped and sold in July 1920.
Since closure, the Old Gang Mill has
housed a plant for recovering barytes and
some damage was done to the flues. ln
recent years, however, the National Pdrk
authority has made a management
agreement with the owners and has
stabilised the ruins.
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A BLOW ON 'I'I.{r' WINDECG &
Horne by C'.ocklc' Shell & The Secret Steps.
When it rvas time to clll the assembled
togelher my old Sgt llajor used to erupt
rvith a thunderousroar: "come on! Let's be
'avin' yer!" a4d all the troops rvould shuffle
themseives into scme sorl of or der, readv [o
rnarch snutr[ly'out on parade
But here, outside the CB Inn near
Langthlvaite, thcre is no nced for anything
like that. tharrk goodness for lve are
tlrarvn, as if by mflgnei, loivards the mag,icrl
landscape beforil us, of $ear llouse orr the
tcllside opp0sitt:, franrecl irr rvoodlauds
brilliantli' coloured in every season cf the
.year, rvhltever the rveather
Our walk is of modest mileage - bctrveen
7 & S, bul as rve shall bc haiting ab frequcnt
interyais to drar,v attention to this and that
the distance rvill seern much less (lf we
didn't halt in this way a good deal of
interesting stuff rvould be missed, as, for
instance, Petticoat WeU (a corrupfirrn of
'Bctty Coates'), or Gun Nest. or [he fiecret
Steps, etc., etc.)
So Iet rs push through Lhe stilc neal the
CB Inn, and trundle doivn the steep side of
The Wham (Norse for a sniall valley -
several of thettn Iocally, another Wham
being about a coupie of miles NE of Gnat
Bridge, near Hurst). We cross the Arkle
Beck illto,,the ; grounds of the Duke of
Norfolk's$qgr House, and makc our tvay up
the spacious drivc, turning into the woods
where this drive sweeps round tolards the
house
All at once we find ourselves lookins
down on the last remains of thc Grcai
Octagon Llilt of about 1805. one of the
largest smelt mills ever built. (See "lhe;
Lead Smelting lvtills of the Yorkshire Dales',
Robert T Clough, 1962, pp 136 7, which
conlains architectural scale drarvinEs of the
smelting nrills as they were when fiist built
- quite a treasure of a book). Near the G.0.
mill.,we see thc little cottages built lor the
staff and their farnilies. This must ai one
i.irne have beeh the centre of a pretty
substantial lead smel[rng industry
Another ferv yards and we are wa!king up
thc Stang road above Eskeleth \\roods on
our lefl!, rvith Eskelcth Farm in iiglrt (lrlr
Barninghan). IIe and i usecl to give each
other a hail as I went by 0n my \ray homc in
the early moriing, after a rvikl .lvalk 'along
tlte tops' from I{igh ['remington",up, to
Premington Edge, and tlren fotloii'ing ihe
bcrundary stones across the lvloresdalc Iload
to Arndale Head and Stang Top.
By norv lve arc rvithin sight of the
Windegg, the Norse nanre for this grea[
I inresto rur ranrpart, and rvell-nar nerj i n JeerJ,
for it rneans'a sltelter from storms' It is at
its most impressive in the rvinter snows,
and ycu can quite see ho',v il goi its nane -
a delence against the great storrns roaring
down Arkengarthdale, esper;ial!y in rvin[ei
tirne- The Windegg is for rne I vivid
rcminder of another pronrinent ranrpart,
the Spalvi Raghza in Southerrr lVazirisLan
600 fl, high, it was the most intpregnable
frontier of the hostile llhittani iribc, ancl
the oniy access througir it was A lrarrl)w
corridor into enemy territory and. of cour.se,
were ambushed. A company of thc l/11ih
Sikhs was sent to deal with this. Wc heard
the sound of pretty fierce fighting and
chopping and hacking, Sikh Kirparr versus
Khyber kniie, and presenily five dead
tribesmeh were brought down, an,J that rvas
the enel of :that.
The Stang up which we are making cur
way is thought to be part of the Roman*roae!
coning up from Bairrbridge norihwards in a
fairly straight line. It joini the other Roman
road bebween Scotch Corner and penrith,
nolv the 466, at a point near Greta Bridge,
attother Ronan furt like Bainbridge. Up
here the land is pitted with disused shafts
and levels and tips which tell ofthe once -
flourishing Iead-inining in thcse parts - all
ofwhich would havc had their output taken
to be smelted ai the Great Octigon illil!
oown below.
AII this must have supported a fair-sized
rvorking population, and as rve slon'ly clinb
the winding trail to the top of the Windegg
it is not dif{icult to seervhere they lived, for
the ruins and fotltings of quitc a teiv
cottages are et'eqAvherc tr.r be seen. The
populaiion tables for tht'se parbs, indeed
tell their o*rt tale:
Arkengarthdale: in l80l -
I 186; in l85l -
l2B3; in l89l -- ?61; and in 1951-' 304
(See thai excellent guide 'The Yorkshire
Dates', Ilartley & Ingilby, 1991, Appx B-1
Ttre view lron the iop of the Windegg,
looking far across the wilds of lJpper
Arkendale and Dale Herd, is something
soecial. F'ront here it was at one tlme
pbssible to see Eskeleth Hall on High
Eskeleth indeed I have a photograph of it
Yet all of a sudden it disaPPeared,
demolished completely and rro more. I{y
picture is like looking at a specbre! Here
too, on this high ridge overlooking the Hall,
u'as Horrocks's Cross, of wood, erecLed by
NIiss Horrocks, goterness to Jaques children
at the Hall (Speight's'Romantic
Iiir:hmondshire', 189?, p 2a6) It too has
gone, though in my enttrusiasfir I o*ce
carried up a spar olrvood to put in its place!
(The Samsonlike business nearly killed
rne, I tell you! Nloral: Never carry treetrunks
about - they look nuch better where
they arel.l
By now we are a[ last on the level, and
your map will telt you that all this wild
country is called Booze Moor. OK. Fine.
But you really need a 6- map to discover thc
placenanes, a real delight, i.e., the
extraordinary narnes to perfectly ordinarylooking
becks and buildings and holes in
the ground! They glve chann to this
desolate and almost inaccessible landscape
that nothing else could give, For instance,
what about 'Washy Green', 'Brass Pump',
'Slack Wite Gill', 'Petticoat Well' (from
'Betty Coates')? Then there is 'Gun Nest,
once a house (as will be seen). It got its
name, so they say, frotn having been an
arms dump, though for what Purpose
doesn'tseem to be knorvn, (I was caugltt in
a heavy snorvstornr rvhile here a ferv years
ago and ivas pretty thankful for the shelter
ib Bave, I must say.)
We take our lvay alorg the Moresdale
Iload for half a miie or so. Dr Raistrict has
this to say about it: 'The N{oresdale Road
runs eust alotrg l'{oresdate Ridge, past Stony
Plan or St Andrefs Cross, Joining the,
road th:,rt comes up from Langl.hwaite by,
Booze and the lvest side of Sleigill This is
one of the very fine moorland ridgeways,
most o[ w]rich are very ancient, often
prehistoric ... The persistence of the
standing stones or' 'stone men' which mark
it, are inrportant evidence of its antiquity."
(A Raistrick, 'Green Tracks of the
Pennines', 1965, p 20). Dr T. Bell, of Reefh,
once shorved me a mesolil,hic scraper (i.e ,
a flirrtsl,one tool used for scraping animai.
skins t:lean in the lllesolithic Age - lvliddle
Stone Age - of behveen 3,000 & 8,000years
BC, after the lrrst lce Age of 10,000 years
ago) He tbund it beside the lvloresdale Road
near Washy Green. (See A. Raisl,rick:
'Prehistoric Yorkshire', 1966, p.7)
Along the Sleigill roatl there are some
fossils that look like oyster-shells, with a
peariy glint or sheen- One or brvo inscribed
stones arc to be seenin 0r near the Sleigill
Beck as well, as, for instance, 'J. Siddle
190?', and there is another stone, in the
rvater, with .!ust the initials. Was he
drowned there? We shall never know.
'l'hcre is overwhelming evidence
hereabouts of tremendous mining industry
- spoil heaps, levels, hushes - all still here, -
a deeply impressive scene of industry gone
down, and probably little altered from its
heyday, except, of course, that it is all
utterly desertr:d and silent.
The beckside track branches off towards
Booze, and near here there is another of
those intriguing place namcs (many of
them shown on the 6- map) - Coekle Shell,
What can ii, mean? So one Sunday morning
I said to my wife "Come on dear - we're off
to find out about Cockle Shell", and away
we went. Eventually we discovered it: 'John

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beside a corv-house door!
(Aftcr thal sparkling discovery I must say
i thoughl a liti,le dose of u'hisky rvould not
come amiss - it could always be thought of
as medicinal, what?) From here it is but a
step to the old mining village of Booze -
origirrally 'Bow Flouse', or house on ih.e
curve (of Sleigili presunably) ivhich
merged itself into 'Booze' over the ccnl,uries
- nothing whatever to do rvitti strong drink
A rather sadJotiking Iittle place, with about.
a dozen houses, rnost of rvhich have'gone
dorvn', you feel that perliaps an iun here
might brace things up a little... lt telis thi:
same story of industrial decline as the
population fgures. Some miners enfgrated
to America and set uP their orvn
community in the state of lowa, which they
called 'Swaledale'-
I have a large scale map of lowa, showing
Swaledale alongside the State Highway, not
far frorn Des Moines, the capital, and also
some photographs of lhe place, sent to me
by a couple living in the neighbouring state,
Missouri. They had heard me talking about
Baoze and thought I might be interested. I
wns and aru! lVhat heroic ftrik rvere these,
Ilarkers and Coateses, Dinsdales and others,
to have throrvn their caps over the ruoon
and emigra[ed under what in those days
rnust have been harsh conditions indeed.
( Perhaps to have called their ne,w '
settlemenl fukengarthdale' would have
been too much of a mouthful, and the name
'Booze' rvould have been asking for trouble ) .
There are two farms in Booze. One is
Town Farm where the Harkers farm,
Dennis with sisters Hazel and Dorothy.
(Their father Tomlin died in 1990). The
other is Fountain Farm, up on the hili,
farmed by Katie Willkom and her son Josef.
Fountains was the location, in 1994, of an
enormous toadstool, Lycoperdon giganteum
- and when I say enormous I mean
something like two feet dcross. Ccrllins
Guide to Toadstools, 1975, p.216, says that
L. giganteum is "edible and good 'when
young"... (Pull the other one, do.)
iust round the corner from Booze is tltc
crrriously narned Scotty Hilt and the even
more curious Secrct Steps, hidden in a
thicket of woodlands beside the road.
Crouch dorvn and ctimb these steps through
a tunnel of trees and whal do you find al
the top? A rvonderful vierv, as from a hot-air
Balloon, of Langthlaite far below, from th.e
high living folk (at High Green) to the
oihers grouped round the 'Red Lion' and
Stubb's Shop below.
There are several remarkable leatures
r,vorth taking noiice of in Langthwaite. The
first is, of course the very large Illethodisi
Chapel, built to rneet the needs ofwhat rvas
a proportionately large industrial
population -r and close to it the Sunday
School, a rariby in these benighted days,
what? Ferry places can boast of a Sunday
School purposobuilt! Then, a little further
up the road, what about the bird-tree?
Clipped from a thorn tree by illr Maurice
Hitch'inson the Reeth postman. rvith the
back of an'old alarm-clock lor an eyel He
said to me: "See that thorn-tree next to it?
It looks like an egg?'So I said*Yes, it does
look like an egg".'Well', he wen[ on.'in iive
years' time it wiil have hatthed out!"
Indeed it did - five years Iater a younger,
srnall bird had begun to see the light of dayl
From the Secret Steps a narrolv footpath
runs somewhat precariously along the edge
of Laryfthwaite Sear, with an almost sheer
drop of perhaps 70 feet though the trees of
Scar House wood belorv. Further rvest are
taller trees, the tops of which are alniost
inl'isible from lvhere we are. But one spring
day I was scrambling along with a young
friend of miIte, sharp-eyed, highly
intelligent, and very knowledgeable. FIe
suddenly stopped and whispered in a tense,
excited voice: 'Lookl Major! Oan you see the
buzsards? In that tree? 0n their nest?" I
pretended I could see, but I couldnt. So I
said "Gosh! Yes!" and followed up with a few
exclamations of astonishment etc. My
young friend had all thc makings oi arL
expert twitcher (i.e. a rare bird spotter)
but without the face camouflage which
most dyed-in-the wool trvitchers alwavs
seem to possess - perhaps to deceive the
birds?
Anyway, helerve are, delicately tip-boeing
along the top of Langthwaite Scar, You rvill
notice belorv us, a little further along, the
cop.siderable spoil-heap of Prospetous
Lead Level, far down among the trees, and
probably well-named. A lucky sirike indeed
for the olvner.
At the deserted cotiage knoivn locally as
'Steve's'we turn dorvn on to the fairly lvelllvorn
track through Scar House Wood, while
a lone con' moos at us front a ivindory in the
cottage - perhaps her name is Steve?
We descend by florvery paths to
Langthwaite and dive into Jake & Ella
Stubbs's village shop, where they stock
dashed nearly everything y'ou can think of,
especially in the fizzy drinks and ice-ciean
line.
Finally, before making our rvay honrelvarcj
past Scar House and up The \Yharn, we
must call in at the'Red Lion'for a chat with
the i{utchinsons and lvlrs Winkfield and a
glass of good cireer - not that we neerl a
great deai, for we are pretty cheerful
already after our inspiring, and indeed
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Windegg, although life among ttre Stony
Illen and Slack Wives must have been
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Platter of Cbee.re €t Bi.rcuits. (f I extra)
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LicenceV
Fruhly Filtered Coffa u,itb,u,arm
Mince Pie
f,L4.OO per bead
Bookings now being taken
Telephone 01748 886239
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Gannerside ,rii

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Flytipping Warning io l-ocal Residents
A conrplaint about the disposal of garden and
otherwaste into Arkle Beck has led to a waming
from the Environment Agency to local residents.
Environment protection officers investigating the
incident found ihat gatden wasle had been
thrown into the beck, at an area known as the
Old Mill. A s;rckesperson for the Agency, said:
'Our investrgations show that there is clearly a
problem with some local residents using ihe
beck as a dumping grounrj. This is unacceptable
and antiscciai behaviour as it creates a poliution
risk and turns the watercourse into an eye sore,
spiiling people's enjoynrent of the environment
The public can dispose of their household
waster free of charge at local authority civic
amOnity sites, thereby protecting their local
environrnent and avoid paying fines of up
t20000.
Anyorre with information regarding incidents of
fly tipping can contact the Environment Agency
at its Thirsk office on 01&15 523805 or on the 24
hour emeroencv hotline 0800 807060
A Ptrfilf,rYflV THE PAT
Total raised at 21' Oct [1043 These funds have
ben raised thrcugh generous donations from
local resiCents and local and national
businesses. The Charig' Rounders match
raisedt2M. Everybody enjoyed the aftemoon
wiich also included welly wanging, a 4x4 driving
course, a treasute hunt arrd afternoon lea.
Thanks go to Kim Ailison, Sharon Terry and
Allison Stubbs who orgained the event.
Forthcoimg events include:
Virgin Vie Skin Care & Make-up Evening at the
CB lnn 8pm Mon 9'Nov lickets f2 from Cheryl
Stones 8M718; Allison Stubbs 8&1363 and the
cB 884567
Film Show - a new.video by Dave Carlisle on
Lead Mining in the Dales in St Mary's Chutch,
Arkengarhdate on Fri 13s Nov at 7.30pm All
Neighbourhood & Dales Watch Groups. our
thanks and Best Wishes go to meanie Divine,
former Co-ordinator of HARPAC who has now
lefi the organisation. Melanie gave staunch
support to all crime prevention groups both new
and existing by touring the area giving out
pamphlets and visiting as a guest speaker r:n
crime prevention at local forums and clubs
-rtt
prLd lefEelLrlrnfqqt qG_q-r_Ei049f __ __ i
LEADER 2 FELLS & DALES PROSRAMIIE
Two Dales Group
Further funding may be availabie for lT
Training, computers and for joint brochures for
craft and accommodation suppcrting farmiilg
diversifciation (in assoc with MAFF). However
applications close on Mon 9'r' Nov
forms/details from Val Stark, Croft View
Gunnerside, DL11 6LD Tel: 886220
Recent reports in the press have been
misleading, Local projects beneflting from the
programrne include: Swaledale Festival; Reeth
Village Clock; Keld Public Hall; Reeth & District
Gazette, Grinton Parish Hali; Business
Associalion leaflet; River Swale Rengotation
project, Gunnerside Village Hall, Low Row &
Feetham Institute; Gunnerside Tidy Village,
Reeth School Playground, Summer Sports
Outreach; the new Market Day 8us Services;
Daelswatch, Reeth Mother and Toddler Group;
Ecoscope and the Luncheon Clubs feasibilty
stuCy, and thats iust in our two dales!
Re-Opening of Gunnerside Post Office
support was widely demonstrated by both local
peopie and visitors through donations received
in response to a recent requesl for help, and
tfre Committee would like to thank all who
contributed. Furtrer donations would be very
welcorne and can be left with any of the
fcllowinf: Elvia Calvert - East View; Val Stark -
Croft View, Joan Simpson - Ghyllbeck and
David Crapper - Greenacres.
Millennium C.nlefuations-next month we will try
to ufiate you what is being planned around the
Two Dales. The Gazette is to publish a
programme for the year 2000.
fi'onptN'THE D.tG;
Take the worr5r and mess out of
having your chimney srvept
Call Martin Tradewell, the local
expert ancl take advantage ofthe
following:
City & Guilds (764I) certificate ur
Chimney Cleanhg (tlre only onr.: in tlre
area) o Fully in.sured r Clean, safe &
thorough r Minimum disruption to
'your daily routine e Certificate of
Cleaning issued (t{rglilighring any
dalgers, hazards or problcrns)
'Next !'isit Due' remilder seryicr_.
Maxtin Tladewell
01969 640474
RAHAM LoRD
PFTOPERTY SEEyIS)ES
IIIGTT R.O'W REETrI
Til
Buil e
01748 BB42B5 Hour
RIITH & DISTRIC]' GAZE-rrE
No material maybe reproduced inwhole or
in part without permission. Whilst every
care is taken, the publishers cannot be held
legally responsible for any errors in
Articles, Listings or Advertisements.
hinted and Published by the
Reeth & District Gazette
c/o The Post Olflce, Reeth, DLll frSE
Telephone: 01748 88420 I
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Arkle Town Arkengar,thdalet
in wonderful
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countryside,
wilh speclacular views of Arkengarthdale
All bedrooms en-suile with colour TV.'
For details contact Nfrs. Sheila Good
on 0l?48 884353 or Fax 0l?48 BB40l5
Betty and David Cox
Bed & Breakfast
Keld
11
Tan Flill Inn
Keld . nr Richmond " North Yorlshire
Briuins Highesr Inn 17i2 ft ASL
Reeth 11 miles . Langthwaite 8 miles
Open all day . B&B en suire
Licensed to get fanied on..lre
Premrses
Food lunchdmes & evenings
Tteakstons & Various guest ales
AIec & Margaret Baines 01833 62S246
LrME 6. DRYSTOwE WeLllttc
BARN 6. HOUSE R.ESTORATION
Park Head Farm Arkengarthdale
Richmond DL11 6RR
Telephone 01748 984730
Coast to Cutt . Peminc rJl/ay
Telephone OL748 88649,
Eaning Meal . Pach,ed Lsntbes
Prospect House, Keld, Richnond
North Yorkshirc DLll 5LJ

ilstablished
1935
COAI MERCHANTS
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O13Aa 83361(-] or 832884
LOW Fi\GCEIIGILL COTTAGE
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hill larrn with breathtakins'".ie.',r.s
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Join the
tsoolt Crew
e new children's bookclub.
(5-11years)
No editor's choice
No monthly ccrnmitments
Just visit your local bookshoP
Call in an pick up a leaflet
Ordering Service
tsook Tokens
Sold & Exchanged
Reeth Post ffice BookshoP
Tel:01748 884201
(Me mher Boa*se I I e rs Assoc iot ion)
Open:
9am - 5.30pm Mon - Sat
It's Good to Read
D" Mark fhotnpson - Innkceper
lnuites
you to
' The Kings Arrns
REETH
Swaledale's Inn of the Green
An independent Free House offering
' quality home cooking, cask
conditioned ales and fine en-suite
accommodation, Bargain Autumn and
Winter Breaks are available.
Our forthcoming music schedule
includes:
Plot night (Stt Nov) with Swaledale's
up and coming Band "GingerBrown'
who kick off at 9pm'
Supper available'till midnight
Safurdav f Novenber
Gordon Styles - Swaledale's answer to
Pavarotti (amongst others)!
Saturday 1{ Novernber
Gold - Well-known WensleYdale
duo playing 60's, 70's & 80's.
Saturday 21s November
Trevor Sharpe - Folk singalong
Saturdayil December
Gordon S$les is back demandl
Thursday lfDecember
King Arms Karaoke
Saturday lfDecember
Gold duo
" Saturday 1{ December
Danny ttre Singer - 60's & 70's classics
(Elvis, Roy Orbison etc.)
' Telephone: 01748 884259
Fax: 01748 884159
NEW tsOOKS featnring Sv,aledale, Arkengarrhdole ancl surrounding areas
SWALEDALE Vailey of the Witd River
by Andrew_Fteming (pubtished by EdinbwEh
University Press) price t17.95
lllustrated with tine drawings and pholographs,
this illuminating and extremely readaUle book
PREHISTORIC ROCK ART OF COUNTY
DURHAM, SWALEOALE AND
WENSLEYDALE by Stan Beckensail and Tim
Lzurie (pubtishedby Durham Coung Bnksl
The study of Prehistoric Rock has become one
of the most important elements in international
anthropologists, and cause end-less discussions
abott what they mean and how they were used.
The piaes where they ard lo{Jnd show that{heir
main use was by people of sonre 4,000_5,000
leam ago who practised both hunting and
farming, and who continued to use the same
parls of the landscape that their aboriginal
ancestor-s used. The association of Rock Ari
with burial and other rituals lrcints io a use
outside the landscap.re setting. The authors have
the motifs that they have recorded. The book is
, original, lively and thoroughly researched.
BIRDS of fhe YO by W R
Mitche[ (published t6.S0
This is a new+tyle with an
easy-going style and local character which
supplements the standard books on birds bv
concentrating on some distinctlve species, their
haunts and local lore.
lWone Yprksfiire (Volume Z) - J B
SMITHSON andTHE NORTHERN DALES
dbl,
dare, rt
gives
and vlll
of the
photographers,
views
edale
BARNARD CASTLE: His1r.rlrtc Market Tswn
by Alan^Wilkinson (pubtished by Srnrfh Seff/e)
price t12.95
tells the story of nine centuries of life in this
market town. llluskated with old and modern
photographs, engravings
maps this is the first ever
the town, and reveals a
undiscovered material.
SWA,LEDALE Portrait of a Nofth yorkshire
Mining Communig by John Hardy (pubtisheC
by Fran( Peters) price €15.g5
Lavishly illushated with superb cofour
photographs this book is a must for all those
who love Swaledale
LEAD MINING rn rfieyORKSH|RE OALES
!I J_9hn lvlonison (pubiished by Datesman) price
ts 99
This book uncovers many hidden secrets for the
arnateur historian and describes some
fascinating rambles for the Dales walker.
Resth 1850. 1950 . ,THOSE HUNDRED
Elsie Thompson,
ptice f7,95
ilies and businesses
in Reeth over a hundred years with an
interesting setection of rrld photographs,
Tales from tfie COUI{TRY pUB by Brian p
lfgtin (publishd by David & Cfr,arleg price
E17.99
Latest in the "Iales fom'series and features
boih Tan Hill and the Red Lion, Langthwaite. A
fascinating book.
All tlpse tillas Lve mwilahleirom Reclh Post Olfice Bcxtkshop, Tel: 01748 gBJ20l od other gud bookslnp

MORE LOCd\I- BOOKS
Banding in the Dales
A Centenary History of |trluker Silver Band by
iacti aUout tire fristory of
Daies in particular the Muker
Silver Eand - tfris little book is a musi for anyone
with any interest in Swaledale price [4
What's unong with Rosie?
By Pipa Jagger and illustrated by Gavin Rowe
'Nan and her labrador Rosie fived togelher in a
house deep in the Dales. Mristly, they were very
happy, but somefimes Nan worried about her old
dog. Was Rosie lonely with only Nan for
company? She wonied, too, atnut Rosie
growing older with each day that passed. One
day, liJan's daughter Jane called over for a
surpdse, and Nan found herself looking at a line
of squinning labrador puppies. She thought
about Rosie, and she thought about herseif.
Wouid she like a puppy'? Would Rosie? But still
Nan could not decide..,...'
Magi Publications, price f3,99
And there's still the two
Swaledale Fesfval publications:
Primary Colours
a collection of Children's Prxtry price [3.50
The Chips Express
by Christopher Awdry, illustrated by Colin
Smithson Follow the expioits of engines
Jack and Lucy as they adventure along the
Wensleydale railway line. price f4.99
Read
rne
'|^"toilAr YtAr ('' TFADII|G
The National Year of
Reading was
launched in
September to
encourage reading
by. people of atl
ages. Each rnonth there are silne exciling
themes ^ October was Poetry and here we have
sone items fi'om Arkengarthdale C of E School,
November is Early Yean - Books for Babies and
Pre Schooland December is Reading through
&arna - piays, theatre, dramatic readings. Each
month we will be featuring the logo and ideas for
good reding. The NYCC Library has a
dedicated monthly newsletter
Nonsense
Once I sau a man. Who ate a metalcan.
Then I saw a man, who drove a rusty van.
Once I had a.wish, lo catch a little fish.
Then I had a wish, to eat it in a dish.
Once I ale a bun, while sitting in the sun.
Then I ate a bun, it was a lot of fun.
Cnce I sat in hay,
when my mum was aniay
Then I sat in hay, it was the month of May.
Once I cirank some sher.ry, tillit
rnade me merry.
Then I drunk some sherry, but I left in a hurry
Oliver Gardner (aged 9)
Monster
There's a monster in my house
Would you believe her ate my mouse?
He's heading for the living rmm,
What's that noise ?'Coaboom I Caboom !"
He's tipped up allthe tables,
He's tipped up all the chairs,
Now lmk what he's doing,
He's marching up the stairs.
Now where's that monster gone?
He's singing a silly song,
Now he's rnade the baby cry.
What did he say? Was that'Goodbye ?''
Abigail Stubb-" (aged 9)
My Day
Eight o'clock, get out of bed,
It's time to go to school.
Ten o'olock, time for break,
You wouldn't believe the noise we make
Twelve o'clock, time for lunch,
I hear my moufr go munch, munch, munch.
Three o'clock, time to go.
You'll miss the bus it you're too slow.
Five o'clock, time for te,
I've been waiting for this since half past three.
Six o'clock, I watch the news,
While Uncle Freddy has a snooze.
Eight o'c!ock, tine for bead,
When I restmy weary head.
Christhopler Harker (aged 9)
Dovetail
Antiques & Ethnic C'raJts
Jrom a,round the World
AI\TTIQUE PINE & OAK
KI'TCIIEI{ & GARDEN
ARfiFACTS
Made to Measure
R,e-Claimed PfNE
& OAI( Furniture
Gallery &lOriginal Gifts
5o/o ITISCOIINT
urtttr this &d.
Why Ttavel MILES
were on your Doorstep
2 Bridge St, Bedale
0t677 426464
Ftee Swaledale Delivery
En-suite + Private Shower,
Private Tea/Coffee f acilities
TV Lounge with open fire
Easy access, ample parking
Non Smoking Bstablishnrent
Arkengarthdale Riclunond North
Yorkshire DLll6EN
Phone & Fax : Brenda Martin
0r748 88405r
IAN LAW
Painter & Decorator
EST. 1977
For AtL lnterior & Exterior Wcrk
Walker Hcnrse 'Marrick
o1748 884'342
/ Buildine \
Contnacto-rs
UFVC l)oors
a) \Alindoqzs & f_l
U
UOTTSET\/AT,OTICS
The Oldl\Iifl -Low Row
Richmond DL1l 6NH
Telephone
{J174A A86356
THfl
DUI2COYNE
HOTEL
' . On The Creen Reeth
Richmond North Yorkshire
. DLl1 6SN
Telephone & Fax
017 48 884292

P6Schers
Cottage
DELICATESSEN
f ,"t Q,ot;ry Prodon
Purueyors
r t" -- .- f- f I
oJ dtsttncltue Pne Joqa
Savers Yard - Market Place - Barnaril Casdc
" C" Durham DLI2 BNF
Telephone

Swaledale Lambs ( % or whole)
Enjoy the flavour of meat produced in the
Dale. Joinied, wrapped and labled ready for
the freezer Tel: 886412886224
EEC and Env Healths
ForSale -.Mothergare' puch+hair from
birth - 3yrs; "Mothercare' multi recliner
car seat from 6 months - 4yrs and
'Britax" car booster seat, all ex cond.,
hardly used Tel:886444
For Sale: "AEG dust extractor and
kolley, twin motors, all accesspries (inc
4 sofr start blast gates, amp ramp, etc)
E300 ono: 'Startiite 353 Bandsaw side
fence/rip fence/disc cutter [350 ono;
"Tyme Aon" wood tuming lathe 481
between centres 1 H.P: motor - too
many accessories to list [850, or all
three machines for 11 150 Tel: 886204
Computer Problems? For
hardware/software solutions and tuition
call 884426
Black Ash coffee table f10 and nest of
tabfes t10 plus small coffee table fS for
sale Tel: 884201
Nf AH I{}'II'
Oxnop FlatlGuest House - why not join
us to start off your Christmas
celebrations. We cbtei for small family ;
and staff parties, Lunch or Dinner - for
dates and menus please cail 886253 or
886434
Gar trAiler - 5'x3'6l wooden with steel
floor, big wheels, plus sfare inc. light
board f60 lel:'884468
Caravan Awning 13ft 2 berth includes
gas heater, oven and 2 rings, good
woiking order t550 Tel 884434
Registered Ghild Minder in Swaledale
has vacancy. Tel: 825746
Oil Tank - 660 gal, suit farm use [50ono
Tel: 884542
ftiountain Bikes - Girls "Raleigh Coca"
suit 7 - 9yrs old good cond i35; tsoys:
18 speed, suit teenager [20 ono Tel:
886412t886224
I) I-,r\ C lN
n Traditional Signwriter & $ignnnaker:
Rodney Teasdale - Tel: 886357
r Headboard (double) mushroom dralon
t7.50 BB4B98 days/w.ends
r For Sale - 'E Reg Honda NE 50 MFF
M00ed, taxed and tested until June 1999
f300 ono Tel: 886479
Moior Home for sale - 'J' Reg Talbot
Express Autohome, Mo berth, shower,
toilet, zig unit, etc, fulf MOT, lovely
vehicle, t13250 Tel: 88429
Seat Mataga 15, 1986, 530C0'mile
taxed, long test, good cond. In and out,
nippy and very economical t600 ono
Tel: 884898 daystu.ends
Logs and Free Ranges Eggs - Tel:
88{}80
Christmas Cakes - made to order Tel:
Gladys Atkinson 884550
For Sale - tow matching blue patterned
settees; 4'6'welsh dresser; Dining table
4'x 2'6" with matching chairs, all in good
cond. Tel;886429
Swaledale Window Cleaning -
We are tling to get enough people who wish to
have their windorivs cleaned on a regular basis,
to make e viable window cleaning round for
Swaledale So if you need a regular, relrable
ndow cleaner olease Tei 826771
Typing & Word-processing Service -
any work undertaken, reasonable rates,
letters, reports, memoirs, theses, etc.
Tel:884089
Any wrought iron work, interior or
exterior, estimated price is guaranteed
price. Tel: Stephen Calvert on 886577
ilfushroom Compostfor Sale - 50p per
bag - deliveries possible. Contact Hazel
Oliver 01969 663179
Jack-of.all-Trades Handyman
available for jobs around lhe home -
Phone Martin on 01969 650785
lhare a large collection of minerals on
display, for sale and mail order, Contact
M. Johnson Tel: 886376
Confused about Self fusessment?
Have you claimed all your entitlements?
Let me soive your Tax / Accounling
problems. Low Fees assured.
Tel: Tony Mahoney on 886572
Antiques Restoration
French Polishing, Wax & Oil Finishes,
Traditional Upholstery - Collection & Delivery.
Tel::01677 424793
CATERlNG
for all your catering requirements conlacl
Alison oi Lisa on 886434 or 886335
Cakes for Occasions
decorated to your design or oilrs, wedding
cakes our speciality.
Phone 886239 or 886355 (eveninqs)
WORD PROCESSII,IG
Don't need a full-time secretary but would like
someone to handle your paperuork. Letters,
reports, mail-shots, etc. lf I can read your
handwriting l'll type itfor-you, Rahs
negotiable
Call Sue on 8842'N4 / 884817 (ans ohone)
l-earn to Play the D,ouble Bass with
Dominic Rivron Mus B (Hons)Double
Bass, 'Cello, Bass and Foik Guitar tuiton
Music Theory (reading music, song'writing,
&ade V, etc) Tel: 01969 624292
Trombone for Sale - B flat Besscn.
played for only 30 rnins, was t400, will
accept [295. T el: 8267 22
Learn to Play the Flute - Tel Libby
Gillon on 886276
r Piano Tuning and repairs - John
Hardcastle, Leyburn Tel: 01969 624965
r Richmond Allergy Testing Centre fcr
food and envir0nmental intolerances,
Eliminating offending foods can aiso
balance body weight Tel: 850553
Alexander Technique br underlying posturai
bak, neck and joint problems. G_ail Barlow AlL,
DipM STAT Cert Nut for private
appintrnents/courses Tel: 850553
N,TAI?'K}-'{T f,'T-,ACIX
Sprng Endtfouso
ovedmking Gunnerside offers a warm
welcome, Bed and BreaKast in two double
rooms - en suite with tedcoffee making
facilities. Superb views
Evening meal if required.
Tel 01748 486472
Ann and Matt
Self Catedng Hostel Accomrnodation
Keld Centre el: 886559
Hilary House Reeth - comfortable family
home offers B & B, colour TV, tea/coffee
t15 p.p Tel: 884171
Home Sewing Service
Curtains, Cushions, Loose Covers, Bedheads.
Blinds, Bedspreads, Upholstery Reasonable
Rates, Professional Standard, Free Estimaies
Christine l-ong Tel: 825773
clo Janet SunterTel: 8&[624
LEONARD SCRAFTOru
Carpnter / Joiner {City & Guilds)
General Maintenance Tel: 824106
RAyE[rRrCS
serviced from t55 also installed and reoaired
freq uen tly in the Swaledale/Arken garthd ale ares
cali RAWECH
(CORGI & ACOPS Reg. all work guaranteed)
on 01325 315267 (mobile 07971 366891)
Congratulations and Happy Birthday to Lias
Anita Calvert with all our love on your 2'l'frcm
Mam and Karen xxx
Congratulations on your 21s Birthday to Lisa
Anita Calved, Have a great day on th Nov, Lots
of Love Nanna xxx
Best Wishes on yorir 21d Blrthday to Lisa Anita
Caivert, from Uncle Michael, Auntie Pat, Paul,
Sarah, Lyndsey, and Andrea 0n t0' Nov xxx

IIIAfRY DAIIIE.S -,+n entries are FM\E - 7et: 88120t
NOVEMBER
1'r Please note amended Bus Timetable
2* Dales l-adies - Fashion Show 0pen
Evening
3'd -[he TOP SHOP' Reeth's Hairdressing
salon opens - Bookings Tel: 884627
3"i Upper Swaledale & Arkengarthdale
Business Assoc - AGM - Black Bull
Reeth 7.30pm
5' Reeth Fire Crew Firework Dispfay. and
Bonfire on Reeth Green
5' Arkengarthdale Bonfire at Fireworks CB
5"
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inn Car Park
Manick Village Bonfire Night Party
Gunnerside Bonfire Night event.
Garden House, Anvil Sqaure, Reelh
Christmas Shopping evening 6.30 -
9.30pm
Reeth Oonrmunity Wall Hanging project
Meeting - 7.30pm Shades of Heather
workshop
Coffee Morning at Barney Top, Low Row
in aid of Hoiy Trinity Church, Low Rorry.
Dcmino Drive - Low Row & Feetham
instihrte
Remembrance Sunday
Two Dales Gardening Club, 2pm Reeth
tr4em Hdf "Herbaceous P/ants for coftage
gardens" with [4r D Baker
Reeth Memorial Hail Users Meeting
7,3Opm
11h Richmondshire Volunteer Centre AGM
7pm Zetland Centre, Richmond
12h Mefbecks Society -'Down the Pan' a
lighthearted look at the History of the
Lavatory'with Mrs Dulcie Lewis
13' Reeth Christmas Shopping Evening
6.30pm - 9.30pm (see advert)
13' Film Show - Lead Mining in the Dales, St
Mary's Church, Arkeng.rrthdale 7. 30pm
16* British Legion Pea & Pie Supper, Bridge
lnn, Grinton
16'
1 7t'
DEADLINE Date fcrr Dec lssue
Lighling up Gunnerside for Christmas
Sh.opptng event in Gunnerside Village
Hail-from 7.30pm featuring fashions,
books and Thomton's chocolates
4 7tn
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Learning lo Saye Lives - a North
Yodrshire Life Linkjree course at2pm in
Reeth Memorial Hail - organised by
North Yorkshire Ambulance $ervice
Coach trip to York - Tel: 884471 after
6pm for details
Melbecks Society - Coffee morning 10 to
12noon in Low Row Institute for the
Arthritic Research Campaign
Gunnerside Wl AGM and member's
evenrng
British t-egion Domino Drive
Richmond Arts & Crafls Society
Exhibition Market Hall Richmond 'lOam -
4prn
Reeth PC Meeting 7pm Mem Hall
Concert by Richmond School Orchestra
and Singers in Grinton Church 7,30pm
Conceri by' the Richmondshire
Orchestra, Ballroorn Kings Head,
Richmond 7.30pm
DECEMBER
Xmas Whist & Domino Drive & Draw,
Manick Village Hall
Dales Ladies - Wines for Christmas
Muker PC Meeting
Melbecks Society - an evening of
Christmas Music with Duncan Byihell
and the Swale Singers
Two Dales Gardening Club
Gunnerside Wl Christrnas Dlnner & Party
Domino Drive Low Row & Feetham
Institute
Chrsfmas Conced with Peelh Brass
band and the Swaledale Parish Choir in
Grinton Church
JANUARY 1599
North Country Theake present
"Tlre Curse

CHURCH SERVTCES
iN ANXNruGARTHDALE ANd SWAT,EDALE
AKENGARTHDALE
METHODIST CHURCH
Roof ApPeal
An Appeal has been launched to repair the toof
at Arkengarthdale Methodist Church.
A number of special events have also been
organised the next being Friclay 6h Nav at
7.30pm when Gwen Butler will give an
talk on "Nostalgic P,ichnond' Admissicn f2
which includes light refreshments,
Any donations for the Appeal can be forwarded
Mrs Maureen Stones ai Park i{ead Farm,
DL1 1 6RR Tel: 884730
November I Remembrance SundaY
9.15am StAndrew's Grinton Rfte,4
StMichael's Downholnne Rile ts
10.30am Low RowURC
ReethMethodist
11.00a-il Reeth Congregational
StMary's Muker.
Eudranst and hindaY th rcl
St Edmund's Marske AM Pra
11.15am St Mary's Arkengarthdale
2-00pm KeldURC .
2.30irm Cunnerside Methodist
Arken'dale Methotlist
I-ow Row Methodist
Muker Methodist C ommunint
3.00pm
6.30prn
I
Reeth Methodist
Sunday
November 15
9.15am Stlvlaiy's Muker Rite A
10.30am Low Row URC
Reeth Methodist Cunm'n
St Andrew's Grinton
MoilngPraYer
11.00am Reeth Congregational
St Edmund's Marske
MukerMethodist
6.30pm StMary's Arkengarthdale
Eaensotg
Marske Methodist
Reeth Congregational
Reeth Methodist
November 22
8.00am HolyTrinitY Low Row Comm'
9.15am St Andrew's Grlnton
9.30am 9tMichael's Dcwnholme Rjre
i0.30am LowRdwURC
ReethMethodist
11.00am Reeth Congrq;ational
StEdmund's Marske
Family Eucharist
11.15am StMary'sArken'dale Comnt'n
2.00pm KeldtIRC
' Arken dale Methodist C.snm'n
Gunnerside Methodist Can n'n
LowRowMethodist
Muker Methodist
6.30pm MarskeMethodist
arthdale
Yar$n Ldnffitnwil [_ow Row Methodist
LowRow LIRC Muker Methodist
11.00am StEdmunds Marske AM Tayo 6.30prn MarskeMethodist Cunmtmion
Reeth Congregati