Helen Johnson, Yorkshire Writer
Helen Johnson Freelance Writer
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 met members of Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union, at Nosterfield Quarry. The Union collects and shares data about wildlife in Yorkshire. Continue Reading →
York Waits is a Tudor band that plays on ceremonial occasions in the City of York. Continue Reading →
Christmas in Yorkshire is marked in the December 2010 issue of Dalesman Magazine
Helen Johnson pays tribute to those people who struggle through the snow to keep everyone else comfortable and safe this Christmas. Continue Reading →
Dalesman August 2010 celebrates Yorkshire Day. Helen Johnson met Dennis Edmondson, travelling representative for Richmond Ironmonger Spence’s, Village Bobbies from Loftus, and volunteers at the Beck Isle Museum, Pickering Continue Reading →
Helen Johnson met Mike Windle of North East Yorkshire Geology Trust. Mike explained the geolgogical history of the Wolds, and showed me lots of fossils Continue Reading →
For the July Dalesman, I was fortunate to be invited to the home of Sir Ken Morrison, to talk about his forthcoming Presidency of the Great Yorkshire Show. Ken is Continue Reading →
Dalesman this month features an interview with Jennifer Smith, who is searching out Hidden Gems such as Hovingham Spa in the Howardian Hills around Sutton Bank. I met Jennifer, who Continue Reading →