Villages of the Yorkshire Dales
May 1, 2024
850 Lord Nelson
May 1, 2024
Villages of the Lake District
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With presentation by W.R. Mitchell M.B.E., a lifelong writer and enthusiast for the area, we explore these wonderful villages, each with its own story to tell. Our travels also take us to the lost village of Mardale, now beneath the great Haweswater Reservoir and the new burial place for the Mardale dead at nearby Shap. Take in the splendour of village life and the breathtaking scenery in this superb production. The many lakes and waters, coupled with the great mountainous ranges of the Lake District form for many people the very backbone of the area.
This documentary style production seeks out the fascinating history lying in the many villages tucked away within the district. With presentation by W.R. Mitchell M.B.E., a lifelong writer and enthusiast for the area, we explore these wonderful villages, each with its own story to tell. Join us in our journey around the Lakes, visiting such villages as Rydal, Grasmere, Wasdale, Grange in Borrowdale, Troutbeck, Hartsop, Askham, Dacre, Hawkshead and Sawrey, plus many others. Take in the splendour of village life and the breathtaking scenery in this superb production.
55 minutes on DVD
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W.R. Mitchell
W.R. ‘Bill’ Mitchell joined the Dalesman magazine in 1949, starting a journalistic career inspired by owner Harry Scott’s adage ‘put people before things.’ He took over as editor from Scott in 1968, a position he held for eighteen years. As well as editing Dalesman and its sister publication Cumbria, Bill had a prodigious output extending across over two hundred books, innumerable articles and countless lectures. His thirst for knowledge and a keen listening ear made him an expert on many topics. He had the skill of putting often-reticent Dales folk at their ease, his interviews reflecting a bygone age and remaining for posterity in the W.R. Mitchell Archive.
In 1996 Bill was awarded the MBE for his services to journalism in Yorkshire and Cumbria and received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the university of Bradford. In 2007 he was awarded a Golden Eagle Award from the Outdoor Writers’ and Photographers’ Guild which cited him as one of the founding fathers of outdoor writing. Two years later he was voted ‘Greatest Living Icon’ for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a poll to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Parks.
In 2010 he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dalesman Rural Award ceremony, receiving the award from another advocate of the countryside, John Craven. Bill’s work for Dalesman over four decades is arguably the defining feature of an illustrious career.
Bill died in 2015, aged 87.
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