The Yorkshire Dalesman  |  Dec-14
In December's Dalesman:
• Scroggling the holly: Helen Johnson visits the Brontë Country village with a curious Christmas tradition
• A christmas surprise: Janice Osborne recalls a memorable yuletide fifty years ago
• Ancient art with modern appeal: Andrew Gallon visits the studio of a stained glass maker
• A sprinkling of fairy dust: Helen Johnson enters the magical world of the fairy makers
• And the band began to play... Tony Greenbank visits a brass band in the heart of the Dales
• A Yorksher christmas carol: John Walker’s unique take on the Dickens classic
• By ’eck, it were grand: Six months on, Chris Bye reflects on one of the greatest events in Yorkshire’s history – the Grand Départ
• In a manner of speykin’: Gervase Phinn gets his
tongue around the problems of pronunciation
• A Victorian Dales Christmas: Colin Speakman discovers how the Dales partied 150 years ago
• Yorkshire’s best view: What is your favourite vista in God’s Own Country?
• Light fantastic: Helen Johnson meets the Bagby man whose Christmas lights have attracted the attention of Hollywood
• Seventy-five years of covers: How Dalesman has celebrated Christmas down the decades
• Traditional food: Peter Brears on the Christmas Eve feast
• Returning nature to the fells: Sebastian Oake meets ecologists looking to reintroduce wildlife to the Pennines
• Plus puzzles, recipes, walks, cartoons, reviews, nature, news, events and much more.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Yorkshire Dalesman Dec-14.