Dales Countryside Museum

Sharing the stories of the people and places of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

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Now on display in our Time Gallery - this is a Mosquito tail wheel recovered among crash wreckage near Keld in Swaledale. Mosquito NF 30 NT544 was on a training exercise on the 10th Jan 1946 when it crashed West of Keld at around 20:00 hours.
#mosquito #aircraft #WW2

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Did you know there are 1,420 objects on display in the museum and a 10,600 in the store!
Fiona's favourite object is a strickle picker. The smallest object on display in the museum.
Have you visited the museum? What was your favourite object on display?
#FunFactFriday #DYK

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Remember, remember the 5th of November! 🔥✨ We’ve just received a vintage recipe book packed with Yorkshire Dales favourites. Who’s tempted by “gunpowder plot” toffee or classic parkin by the bonfire tonight? What’s your favourite Bonfire Night treat? 🎇🍬 #BonfireNight

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Where in Wharfedale are we this Wednesday?
' The long marsh overgrown with brushwood'

A hundred years ago a stranger described it as 'a most complete forest, one of the wildest parts of Yorkshire'.

Wharefdale – first published by Ella Pontefract & Marie Hartley in 1938.

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Join us at the Dales Countryside Museum for half-term adventures. Help Marie find her lost prints on our interactive AR Trail. On Wednesday, craft your own pom pom alien to take home. Let’s make half-term memories! #darkskies #augmentedreality #halfterm

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On this day - 24th October, 1951. Snow above Gayle!
#onthisday
#gayle #yorkshiredalesnationalpark
📷 R Ackrill Ltd, Harrogate

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Pumpkin or swede—what was your childhood carving tradition? 🎃🥄
Share your memories and tell us which you chose for #Halloween or #MischiefNight .

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It's the last day of this years cheese festival so we thought we would share with you Cheese Present - a Voices from the Dales podcast episode from season 1 featuring the Courtyard Dairy story from co-founder Andy Swinscoe and his fellow cheesemongers.
https://t.co/FsLoXXbGrU

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Celebrating all thing cheese we take a look back & have a listen to our cheese past episode from the Voices of the Dales season 1 featuring the voices of Brian Sunter, Margaret Watson, Matthew Bell, Eleanor Scarr, Kit Calvert, Derek Ramsden and Iona Hill.
https://t.co/tkanM6WGPw

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Did you know there are 2,248 fingerposts guiding walkers across the Yorkshire Dales National Park? Each one marks a path to adventure. Thanks to Ranger Matt for this brilliant trivia! Spotted a fingerpost? Share your favourite photos below!
📷 Stephen Garnett Photography

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Step into the story of the Yorkshire Dales! Our animations—from sheep farming to wheelwrights—bring the region’s history to life. Discover how generations shaped the landscape and see the Dales in a whole new way.
https://t.co/3IKOva9y3h

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Jane’s meticulous account-keeping and industrious spirit offer a glimpse into the resilience and resourcefulness of women farmers in the Yorkshire Dales during a time when dairy and poultry farming were central to rural livelihoods.
#ruralwomen #farming #yorkshiredales

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Who needs to go to the beach when there's a pile of sand in the street!
Roadworks in 1930's Hawes.
#waybackwhen #hawes #fromthearchives #thosewerethedays

📷from the archives at the Dales Countryside Museum

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I had lovely time in the store this morning looking through boxes and came across this super sketchbook from John Blythe. I could honestly spend all day in there 😊
#throwbackthursday #fromthearchives #adminali

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Williemena, the model cow had pride of place at the Kings Head public house.
On Monday 7th Sept a framed picture of Williemena with Mr Shaw at her side, will be presented to William and Elsie Whitehead who recently took over the Kings Head.
📷 T.Geoffrey Willey, Northumberland

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Margaret Moncrieff - critical to preserving the Yorkshire dales' domestic history.

#cheese #wensleydale #cheesemaking
📷Ann Holubecki

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Meer stones were a type of boundary stone used between 1764 and 1790 in lead mining areas like Grassington Moor in the Yorkshire Dales. Miners were granted mining rights to work an area of ground along a vein (measured in meers, typically 30 by 15 yards). #leadmining

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Step back in time with a snippet from the Clock Almanack of 1906 by John Hartley.
The words come alive when you read them just as they’re written—especially out loud. Can you catch the unique dialect of the era? Give it a try and share your thoughts.

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Anyone off to the seaside this Bank Holiday weekend?
Here’s Allan and Marie Hartley enjoying donkey rides on Scarborough beach in 1912.
Are you heading to the coast, or exploring the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales? Share your plans below! 👇

📷 Dales Countryside Museum archives.

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Thank you Sarah for your kind words and super photo! 🐿️
I just wanted to drop an email over to say that we went to the Red Squirrel Trail on Saturday and it was absolutely gorgeous. Such a gem of a place and we had a fantastic time with the squirrels.
#redsquirrel
📷Sarah Hodson