Helen Johnson, Yorkshire Writer
Helen Johnson Freelance Writer
In the August 2012 issue of Dalesman Magazine, Helen Johnson met Whitby salmon netsman Bob Marsden, farmer turned artist Maurice Atkinson, and the founder of Galtres Festival, James Houston Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson visited the Dales Countryside Museum to meet food historian Jane Sammells, who was cooking traditional foods of the Dales.
She also went to Harrogate to see how the International Festival brings events to Yorkshire all year long. Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson met members of Brompton Heritage Group, to talk about linen weaving for Dalesman magazine Continue Reading →
For Dalesman Magazine March 2012, Helen Johnson visited the Rountons, villages where new ventures are bringing new life back to rural communities.
She also met Raymond Twiddle, a man who honed his business skills raising turkeys and now supports the Yorkshire Agricultural Society.
And finally she visited the Heritage Crafts Alliance, where trainer Glenn Young hopes to inspire people of all ages to learn the skills to preserve our historic buildings. Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson reported for Dalesman in February 2012, about a new volunteer visitor information point (TIC) in Leyburn in Wensleydale, archaeological research at Boltby Hill Fort near Sutton Bank, and the work of the National Heritage Ironwork Group (NHIG) at Chris Topp and Co Ltd, ironworks near Thirsk, Yorkshire Continue Reading →
In this November’s issue of Dalesman, I met the man who sculpted the memorial to 158 Squadron, Bomber Command, who flew from Lissett Airfield. Every November, when Remembrance Day comes Continue Reading →
For Dalesman Magazine, September 2011, Helen Johnson investigated discoveries at Starr Carr that could change our perception of life in the Stone Age. A little nearer to our own times, she saw Winston Kobylka, who is keeping traditional crafts of rope and canvas making alive in the town of Malton. And in Sedbergh, Brenda Sedgwick shares memories of a traditional farm milk round. Continue Reading →
Two local history groups are investigating the lives of ironstone miners in Rosedale, and their use of the historic railway there. Full article in Yorkshire Dalesman August 2011 Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson’s features in Dalesman for May 2011 are about a historic windmill in York, and Hackfall, a woodland landscape full of architectural follies and a haunt for wildlife. Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson visited John Walker, a retired watch repairer, to learn about the history of timekeeping. Continue Reading →