Memories of Mr. and Mrs. Barker by Anne Paton and her sister Christine I arrived in Farnhill with my parents, Rev. and Mrs. R. Hodgkinson, in August 1937. Christine was born in the Manse [39 Main Street, Farnhill], in August 1938. These are the memories of young children. Christine and I always think of Mr […]
In the latter years of the nineteenth and early years of the twentieth centuries male employment in Farnhill was predominently in the local mills. Many of the young boys growing up in the village at this time, including those who would later become Farnhill WW1 Volunteers, might have expected to work in one of these […]
Almost a year ago we published an article about the Belgian refugees who came to this area during WW1. Since then the project has been given some wonderful photographs of Belgian refugees who were based in Crosshills. We’ve updated the article to include them – click below to read it. Article – WW1 Belgian refugees […]
We don’t know exactly how the Farnhill Parish Council WW1 Roll of Honour was compiled – did someone go round house-to-house asking if any member of the household was already serving, or were people invited to send in the names of men they thought should be included ? In any case, it must have been […]
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Work started this week on restoration of the Farnhill Methodist WW1 Roll of Honour. The photo opposite shows project members Helen and Martin handing over the Roll to the conservitor Richard Hawkes (right) at his studio just outside Ripon. Watch out for future updates on the progress of the restoration work – which has been […]
In the later years of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th, most employment was provided by the very many local mills. The loss of two mills in Farnhill at the end of 1905 and early in 1906 had a devastating effect on local people: they no longer had work on their […]
The project has gathered photographs of the gravestones of as many of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers and their immediate family as we could find. We have also collected photographs of War Memorials and Rolls of Honour which include their names, and entries made in the Skipton crematorium Book of Remembrance. You can see all the […]
In recent years the local knitting group has produced some wonderful display pieces for the Kildwick Summer Fair. This year, to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War 1, the group produced their most ambitious and architectural piece yet – a “weeping poppies” display, in wool. Here are some photographs of the magnificent […]
Our appeal to raise funds for the restoration of the Farnhill Methodist Chapel WW1 Roll of Honour has been a great success and the target has been achieved. We are currently making final arrangements with a conservitor and the plan – still to be confirmed – is that the original Roll will be carefully removed […]
