Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 9 February 2022

  • Kildale girl awarded the R.S.P.C.A.’s Gold Medal

    Kildale girl awarded the R.S.P.C.A.’s Gold Medal

    On the 10 July 1930, the Nottingham Evening Post published the following story: HEROIC GIRL. PERILOUS DESCENT INTO MINE SHAFT TO RESCUE A SHEEP. GOLD MEDAL AWARD. The story of a Kildale (N. Yorkshire) girl’s bravery in rescuing from a disused stone mine a sheep which had been lost in a snow-storm has just been…