Out & About …

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

Tag: Edwardian

  • Saved by a pigeon

    Saved by a pigeon

    With Roseberry wrapped in a misty shawl, and rain pouring its way down, I kitted up for a run up the Topping – a dash, more than my usual stroll. Well, maybe not a dash. Those days are long gone. It wasn’t exactly a day for photography, all grey and soggy. But, just then, a…

  • The natural temptation, when standing on Highcliffe Nab is to look north over Guisborough town …

    The natural temptation, when standing on Highcliffe Nab is to look north over Guisborough town …

    … this view is south — towards Highcliffe Farm, Codhill Slack and Percy Cross Rigg. Highcliffe Farm is an exposed location, gaining no shelter from both northerly and southerly winds. In 1908, it was being farmed by Thomas Wedgewood. One day Wedgwood and a farm labourer were snaring rabbits on the hillside when he noticed…

  • Dunsdale’s Tin Tabernacle

    Dunsdale’s Tin Tabernacle

    Sometime last week, I posted about a young girl’s letter from 1913 about her village of Kildale. I’ve come across another letter in the same newspaper this time from Ida Sanderson who lived in Dunsdale in 1917: DUNSDALE VILLAGE. Dear Daddy — l was very much pleased when I saw my name in print. In…