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Giant artwork to be unveiled

The Dales Countryside Museum (DCM) in Hawes is re-opening on Monday 17 May with a special exhibition telling the story of schools in the Upper Dales.

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New Podcast:  Voices From The Dales

Episodes One and Two of new podcast series 'Voices From The Dales' share audio material gathered in this project, and have been published to complement the opening of our special exhibition at DCM, The Story of Schools.

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Eric and Vera Alderson on...

Eric and Vera Alderson have been married for 62 years. Before Christmas, we met them to record their memories of Askrigg and Hawes Schools during WWII. NB owing to lockdown the Story of Schools exhibition at Dales Countryside...

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Norman Guy, Stalwart of Muker,...

I went to Muker School.  I was born in 1939, so in those days I would’ve started in January 1945 when I was 5 wouldn’t I, yeah. There was no kitchen at Muker, we came home for our lunch. I lived in the house just behind the...

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‘A Big Arkengarthdale Family’ -...

Enid Lundberg was a teacher at Arkengarthdale School for 25 years. On a sunny but windy summer’s day we met in her garden looking onto Calva Hill. Enid has an energetic spirit, vivid memory and is refreshingly to-the-point,...

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