June 20, 2026
Category : News
Digging into the Bronze Age past
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are hoping to learn more about prehistoric people who lived in the Greta Valley though an excavation at Gilmonby. The area became famous in 1980 when the largest horde…
Dog walk leads to £936 being raised
HUNDREDS of people celebrated the new year by taking part in a fundraising walk with their four legged friends.Officials at Raby Castle opened the historic venue’s gardens for dog walkers…
Village hall support gets a warm welcome from Gainford residents
WARM space events hosted at Gainford Village Hall were hailed a success by organisers who hope to make them a regular thing.The two sessions were held on Friday mornings in…
Flora and Fauna: Carpet of leaves disappears for another year, ready for…
AutumnI love the fitful gusts that shakesThe casement all the dayAnd from the mossy elm tree takesThe faded leaf awayTwirling it by the window-paneWith thousand others down the lane John…
Mystery of curious stone-carved head in Deepdale
BY GEOFF MILBURN ONE of my ancestors named Merryweather was a Barney stonemason, one of the large gang of men hard at work on the great edifice which became The…
