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New stickers will be applied to all household blue bins across Craven...
https://theyorkshirepress.co.uk/news/new-recycling-campaign-launches-in-craven/
New stickers will start to be applied to all household blue bins across Craven next week reminding residents of what they can and cannot recycle.
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British lifestyle brand and clothing retailer, Crew Clothing Company, opened a brand new store in Skipton yesterday. Located in the town's historic Craven
£23,000 for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice ❤️
A Yorkshire hospice has thanked 1,600 running Santas for raising £23,000 to support its expert end-of-life care and bereavement support. Dressed as Father Christmas, the festive runners braved blizzard-like conditions at the end of November to take part in The Great Skipton Santa Fun Run, kicking o...
Craven’s highly anticipated Community Champions Awards return on Thursday (March 3rd) after an absence of two years celebrating and rewarding the area’s unsung heroes. The evening extravaganza – the tenth and possibly final year of the Craven Community Champions Awards, will be held at The Con...
Standing with Ukraine, thank you Skipton Town Hall
We are celebrating under 5's week with a special Skipton themed story time.
Bring your little ones to Skipton Library on Tuesday 1st March at 2pm, to explore Skipton through a sensory story, songs and crafts.
Booking Essential: Please book your place by contacting Skipton Library on 01609534548
The historic market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire is home to many great independent shops. Here's a list of some of the best...
You can now nominate your Craven Community Champions direct from your phone at www.cravendc.gov.uk/communitychampions Help us celebrate the people who help make Craven such a special place to live.
Interesting stuff!
If you believe in such things, 10 Sheep Street is probably the most haunted building on Skipton’s High Street, with at least two ‘confirmed’ sightings of ghosts. The interesting thing is that all these ghost appear to be from the same family, the Chamberlains.
The Chamberlains were one of the most prominent families in the town. They were cotton spinners timber merchants and ironmongers. The family first took occupancy of 10 Sheep Street in 1713 when George Chamberlain married Mary Haworth nee Banks, the recently widowed wife of Peter Haworth, an apothecary. We’ve come across George Chamberlain previously; he was not a man to be trifled with. In May 1723 he appeared in the Court Leet records. He was fined £5 for "having given insolent and abusive language to the steward of this Court Leet during the sitting.” Unfortunately, no further details were given, so we will never know what caused him to be so angry as to disrupt court proceedings in such a way. In October 1723 he was again fined by the court - this time for refusing to take up the office of constable.
We don’t know if this anger was hereditary, but perhaps he, and his descendants, who lived in this house for over 140 years, all carried the same fury in life and death, resulting in restless sleeps that caused to them to remain on this earthly realm and haunt the living. George Chamberlain’s son Abraham was the first to be seen after he was buried, haunting the Mill in Eastby, which he built, long after it had closed. Some of you may recall that we first met the second Chamberlain, last year in our Christmas Eve Facebook post where we related a tale that featured in the Craven Herald in 1900 by journalist and historian R. B. Cragg. On that occasion, the ghost of William Chamberlain so terrified a young lad, John Hogg, working in a joiner’s workshop that he fled leaving a fire unattended with almost fatal results.
Another mysterious event occurred at 10 Sheep Street in March 1853 as reported in the Craven Herald: “On Tuesday evening last as Mr John Cragg was conducting a sale in the kitchen of the house lately occupied by the Misses Chamberlain in Skipton, part of the floor gave way, and a number of men and women were precipitated into the cellar beneath”. Happily no-one was seriously hurt, but we’ll never know if the hole in floor was caused by one of the ladies’ late ancestors in the form of a poltergeist, angry that the property had recently been sold to James Hallam (of Hallam’s Yard fame), or due poor building maintenance.
That was back in Victorian times but it seems another, or perhaps the same, Chamberlain was still making his nocturnal perambulations in the 20th Century! The Craven Herald for 20 December 1979 takes up the story: 'Preedy’s bookshop, formerly Waterfall’s, at 10 Sheep Street, Skipton, has a long history of hauntings dating back to the 18th Century. Some years ago Mr. Arnold Waterfall and his wife, Phyllis, lived at the shop. One night when Mrs Waterfall’s sister was staying at the shop, she woke the house saying that she had seen a ghost in the room. She was so frightened that Mrs Waterfall stayed in the room with her to keep her company. Half-an-hour later both Mrs Waterfall and her sister came out of the room after seeing the ghost of a bearded man. They would not go back to the room.'
The Chamberlains have yet to make a recorded appearance in the 21st Century, but 10 Sheep Street is now occupied by Skipton’s branch of WHSmith, and perhaps they can enlighten us. Do magazines randomly fall off the shelf onto people heads? Are you always putting out fires that appear from nowhere? Does the floor regular fall in… enquiring minds need to know…
Here’s 10 Sheep Street as Preedy’s Bookshop and Stationers, taken around Christmas 1980 as they were in the process of having the sign changed. Is that a ghostly figure standing in the middle of shop, or just a normal customer...
Escape the hustle and bustle of the big city this festive season with an altogether more charming shopping experience and discover Craven Court, the stunning shopping arcade in the heart of Skipton, gateway to the Yorkshire Dales. Just an hour’s drive from Manchester and easily accessible by train...
Simply delicious!
Keelham Farm’s Master Butcher Tony reveals his top tips for the main event… The fanatical foodies at Skipton’s multi-award winning farm shop, Keelham Farm, are keeping it local this season. From terrific turkeys and succulent, locally sourced meats to the county’s very best veg and Christmas...
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A few words from The Hoff to the wonderful Airedale Hospital NHSFT! ❤️
https://youtu.be/qfdmct0kmYU
Wonderful photos of a brilliant day in snowy Skipton!
Book your tree in for recycling & help raise funds for the Sue Ryder charity……
https://theyorkshirepress.co.uk/skipton/keelham-farms-tree-cycling-scheme-is-live/
Book your tree in for recycling & help raise funds for the Sue Ryder charity…… Deck the halls – Keelham Farm Shop’s Christmas trees have landed and this year you can help protect the environment and give something back by opting into what is expected to be a very popular ‘tree-cycling’ s...
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Festive food at The Railway 😍
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Yorkshire French Twist..Beef bourguignon in a Yorkshire Pudding
Children from Greatwood School are the latest to benefit from an estate agent's programme of community support
https://theyorkshirepress.co.uk/skipton/skipton-school-children-benefit-from-estate-agencys-sporting-gesture/
Children from a Skipton school are the latest to benefit from an estate agency’s programme of community support. Dale Eddison’s High Street branch has linked up with Greatwood Community Primary School to provide eye-catching new sports vests for its pupils. Headteacher Jonelle Yeoman said: “We...
Run Bolton Abbey takes place on Sunday 14th November
https://theyorkshirepress.co.uk/skipton/run-bolton-abbey-returns-in-aid-of-sue-ryder-hospice/
A popular autumn trail-running event is returning to the Bolton Abbey Estate this November to raise vital funds for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice. Run Bolton Abbey, which is now in its fourth year, takes place on Sunday 14 November and will see people run various distances across the beautiful paths,...
The first in a series of new public art murals across Skipton Town Centre has been unveiled by youth-led community group Fresh Perspective. The new mural on the side of Craven Arts House at Otley Street marks the start of “Community in Colour” – a high street regeneration project which aims to...
Every attendee to the Recruitment Day will be guaranteed an interview with a member of the senior hospitality team
Bolton Abbey Estate has launched a recruitment drive for desperately needed hospitality staff to work in its award winning restaurants, pubs and hotels across the north Yorkshire estate. In an effort to attract candidates and highlight the exciting career opportunities on offer, a Recruitment Day is...
Councillors have now set a deadline by which all taxi and private hire drivers in the district must have installed CCTV inside their vehicles. The policy was first agreed in 2018 but its official implementation has been delayed following consultation with the licensed trade and the effect of the cor...
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