Grassington, The Square And Devonshire Hotel c.1965
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Photo of Grassington, The Square And Devonshire Hotel c.1965

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Parked cars dating from the 1960s fill the cobbled square at Grassington, the pretty Wharfedale village whose wealth was founded on lead mining in the nearby limestone hills. Grassington is still one of the most popular among Dales villages for the tourist, and scenes of congestion like this one are unfortunately still common today.

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The joy of the open road – vintage and classic cars abound in this selection of motoring images from The Francis Frith Collection from the early 1900s through to the 1960s.

A Selection of Memories from Grassington

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Grassington

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The Rev Thomas Arthur Bairstow was my Grandfather. His last church prior to retirement, was Grassington Congregational Church. He was the minister there from 1943-47. When I visited in 2007 I took a photo of the church.
I am so happy i have found this photo of my old school i spent a very happy 2 years there from 1964 to 1966 . It was an open air school at the time and the head mistress was a Mrs Winnie Anderson . I often wondered what had happened to the old place ? And was it still a school ? When i was due to leave i cried for ages , i did not want to leave. !! But alas i had to go back to Haworth and another school in ...see more
I was sent to Netherside hall in 1967 i was 12 at the time and was havi g a lot of time off scho due to bad health.I remember Winnie Anderton and her husband who were headmaster . I had some good times there and some not so good times , I remember a lad called LONGEY ! and also the you g lad with the bad astma i think he later died. ? We usted to go cannoing which i enjoyed , i remember a teatcher called ...see more
Does anyone remember going on a school journey from Park County Primary School in Doncaster in about 1953/54? We stayed at Long Ashes Guest house and our mothers came on a visit by bus towards the end of the week. I remember lumpy porridge for breakfast and having to dry out our clothes because we all got so wet. One of the teachers took lots of photos, copies of which I still have. I was Avril Fifield then. Other ...see more