Tom Faulkner

Tom Faulkner: A Portrait of Stories In the 1950s and 60s, Tom Faulkner documented everyday life in Settle, capturing ordinary moments and landmark events with warmth and attention. His photographs […]

W.R. Mitchell Archive

The W.R. Mitchell Archive Preserving the voices of the Yorkshire Dales In early 2012, we established the W.R. Mitchell Archive to save and preserve the vivid oral histories of the […]

Tom Twisleton

Our local Craven dialect is fading. And in an age of global voices and shared language, it might feel inevitable. But dialect carries more than words. It holds humour, values, […]

Shanty Life

Step back into Yorkshire in the 1870s, and enter a world shaped by labour, resilience and hope. Shanty Life invites you to discover the human story behind the Ribblehead Viaduct. […]

Class 4T with Mrs Thewlitt

The bell rings. Coats off. Time to travel back to a Yorkshire classroom in the 1960s. Welcome to Class 4T, where Mrs Thewlitt is waiting – along with Tony (the […]

Building the Ribblehead Viaduct (A Shadow Play)

One hundred and fifty years ago, something extraordinary rose from the limestone of the Yorkshire Dales. In 2020, we marked the 150th anniversary of the Ribblehead Viaduct – a feat […]

My Favourite Doll

Most of us carry a soft companion from childhood – a doll, a teddy, something held close in the night. With My Favourite Doll, we invited the people of Settle […]