North Craven Building Preservation Trust: Archive Alive!
Details of events at the Folly in 2010 are available at Events
Events at The Folly 2009
Details and photos of exciting events that happened in 2008 are at: 2008.
The exhibition arising from Archive Alive runs from April to June 2009 in the
Museum of North Craven Life at The Folly, Settle and is a spectacular, interesting,
and exciting insight into local history. Examples and extracts of the exhibition
are available on the website, notably the narratives from the displays, and
some extracts of the music and the poetry readings. These may be found at:
Updates
- (update 19 Sept 09): the talk by Alan Mills has had to be cancelled due
to illnes: apologies.
- the Printlink exhibtion 15 Nov - 13 Dec 2009 (Tues, Fri, Sat, Sun
11.30-4.30): admission free for this event. Information: exhibitions.
- Nov.16. 'Felting for Christmas' A workshop with Vicky Mulligan, 10.00 -
4.00 in the Folly. Cost £25.00 incudes materials, tea and coffee. Tickets
available at Settle TIC.
- Nov.20 'The historical Richard Preston' A talk by Professor Richard Hoyle
in the Folly at 7.30. Tickets £5.00 available at Settle TIC
- Nov.28 'Make a Tree' A children's activity based on a Christmas theme. 2.00
- 4.00 in the Folly.
Details of 2009 Events may be found in:
February
- Wednesday 25th Feb: Caring for old Documents and Photographs. with
North Yorkshire County Record Office conservator, Stephen Allen. Wednesday
25th February 2pm. Tickets in advance £5 from Settle Tourist Information
Centre or tel 0797 022 0979. Poster:
(PDF, 1.2Mb)
'One of the Yorkshire Dales' Greatest Characters... Tot Lord' a talk on the life and times of one of North Craven's legends by Richard Whinray at The Folly, Settle Thursday 7th May 2009
Bringing history to life at The Folly Settle, Special Books, on Tuesday 26th
May
Hellifield Peel - Remembering Its Glory Days: a talk by David Craven Ellis:
Thursday 11th June
Flowers of North Craven - a FREE walk and talk for all the family with Tom Lord at Lower Winskill, Langcliffe Sun 7th and 14th June
Felting A Landscape. Make a beautiful felted landscape picture with local artist, Vicky Mulligan in just one day! Monday 6th July 10am – 4 pm at The Folly, Settle
Sheep to Shawl Day: Tues 30 June 2009
The St John's Hall Tuesday textile group had a go at producing something useful
in just one day - carding and spinning fleece and then knitting it into squares.
This is how they got on:
The 'indicator' showing where we started at 10 am - with 3 washed fleeces.
Sandra using a drum carder to comb the wool for spinning.
A visitor learning to spin.
3 knitters making 'magic squares'.
3 knitters making 'magic squares'.
4pm - finished! We made 48 'magic squares' and had more carded and spun left over. Next time we need more knitters!
Felting Day: Mon 6 July 2009
Finished felt pieces
Finished felt pieces
Vicki Mulligan, tutor for the day, setting us off at 10am
Jaki's first piece ready to felt
Caroline working on her landscape
Linda and Barbara working on their landscapes
Sandra's landscape
Sue's landscape ready to felt
The happy and productive team with their felt at 4pm!
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