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GRASSINGTON FOLK MUSEUM • UPPER WHARFEDALE MUSEUM SOCIETY
The road steam fleet of Skipton Rural District Council
Fig 1 – One of the two rollers. Specifically which one of the two 1890s rollers is not able to be determined. Fig 2 - The Thomas Green roller working at Delaney’s Quarry. The road steam fleet of Skipton Rural District Council by Derek Rayner [...]
A Tribute to Halliwell Sutcliffe
Mrs Halliwell Sutcliffe and Children on Donkey cart in Grassington HIS LIFE Halliwell Sutcliffe was born at Thackley, Bradford on the 25th of April 1870 at the house of a relative, the [...]
photographic exhibition
The Upper Wharfedale Museum Photographic exhibition off 90+prints taken from glass plates more than 110 years ago of the surrounding area. This illustrates the quality of the photos they were producing with [...]
Museum News
Upper Wharfedale Museum celebrates the launch of its new website. The new museum website, professionally designed by W3BWORKS, will for the first time, be run and maintained by a team of volunteers from the [...]
A Christmas Carol
On Saturday November 30th 2013 the Museum played host to a rare book by Charles Dickens. The little book was bought last December at an auction in New York. For most of the year the [...]
Great Nostalgia
“A lovely little place, full of artifacts, and info, on the old town. Especially of interest to me was the collection of old farming tools and artifacts. ”
Wonderful piece of history
“Really beautiful little museum telling the history of the area. Full of artifacts and items that have been donated by locals.”
Well worth a visit
“We were in Grassington for the day, so called in to see what they had on offer. A really pretty little old cottage, when you walk through the door you are taken back in time.”
Grassington Folk Museum Wins Heritage Lottery Fund support
The Upper Wharfedale Museum Society will [...]
Come and See
We have many fascinating local artifacts and reminders of yesteryear.