Voices From The Dales
Voices From The Dales is currently in Series Three, 'Swaledale Farmer'. It's a mix of fresh interviews and clips from the Dales Countryside Museum's oral history archive. All episodes are 15 minutes and presented by Andrew Fagg from Hawes.
Episodes
32 episodes
Swaledale Farmer pt.6: A Big Part (Michael Watson part 2 and Rachel Watson)
Michael shares his knowledge of bird life on the farm, stressing that there is as much wildlife about as there ever was. He describes how the farm business is dealing with the government’s major change to farm payments. Michael sh...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 6
•
15:00
Swaledale Farmer pt.5: Maar Rain No Hay (Michael Watson part 1).
Michael Watson fothers sheep in a high allotment with haylage and cake. He paints a picture of the scene in Upper Teesdale, and describes how much the stock means to him. The talk turns to the changing climate and Michael reveals t...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 5
•
15:00
Swaledale Farmer pt.4: Side By Side (Ray Ridley)
As Ray gives his beloved White Park cattle a scratch in a rain-battered shed, he reveals how Swaledale sheep numbers have come down over the years as stewardship schemes have come in. He describes how lapwings and sheep ‘look out for each...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 4
•
15:00
Swaledale Farmer pt.3: So Much Grass (Sue Ridley)
Sue Ridley describes the unique location of Kexwith Farm in lower Swaledale. She humorously rejects the title of ‘farmer’s wife’, tells the story of the revival of a remnant of ancient woodland, and reveals how engagement with stewardship...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 3
•
15:00
Swaledale Farmer pt.2: Eager To Learn (Christine Clarkson pt. 2)
Christine speaks about wildflower identification, hay meadow management and peat depth testing. She reveals how the authorities once regarded Kisdon hill top as being of insufficient environmental interest to warrant stewardship payments,...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 2
•
15:00
Swaledale Farmer pt.1: Deep Black (Christine Clarkson pt. 1)
The new series is introduced by presenter Andrew Fagg. Then meet champion Swaledale sheep breeder Christine, checking on tup Mo. She shares the story of her farming career and her current thoughts on the direction of the Swale...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 1
•
15:00
Dialect pt.9: Kit Calvert, 'Lord, do somemat f't'cow'
Kit Calvert’s conversion and cow story, begun in episode 8, concludes. We also hear him telling how he was persuaded to ‘translate’ parts of the Bible into Wensleydale dialect, and why he collected the poems of John Thwaite. He reads from...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 9
•
15:00
Dialect pt.8: Kit Calvert, 'Wily old bird'
Series Two special guest Rob Ward remembers Kit Calvert. He adds ‘warts and all’ to our understanding of the man regarded as the ‘Complete Dalesman’. After Rob, a Kit Calvert recording gifted to the museum in 2019 is published for t...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 8
•
15:00
Dialect pt.7: Kit Calvert, ‘Wass than nowt’
Kit Calvert, one time saviour of Wensleydale Cheese, is introduced. A description is given of the recordings of him held at the Dales Countryside Museum. From the 1977 Trevor Sharpe tapes, we hear Kit Calvert tell how his use of di...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 7
•
15:00
Trailer for Episodes 7-9 of Series Two on dialect, ft. Kit Calvert
A 90-second trailer for the final three episodes of Series Two on dialect. It whets the appetite for Episodes 7-9, which will feature never-before-published archive material of Kit Calvert, the saviour of both The Wensleydale...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 7
•
1:28
Dialect pt.6: At the Washdub
Once the village children’s favourite place to play, the Gayle millpond – known as the washdub – becomes the place for a reflection on dialect, as the series draws to a close for now. Series Two special guests Rob and Val Ward <...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 6
•
15:00
Dialect pt.5: George Calvert’s verses
Series Two special guest Val Ward reads the dialect verse of the late road sweeper George Calvert from Gayle. Three poems are featured: ‘Kit Storra’; ‘Mi Granfatther’; and ‘T’Paper Lad’, which was written in tribute t...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 5
•
15:00
Dialect pt.4: Fishing and Jessie Blades
Series Two special guest Rob Ward says, ‘There’s no fish in’t beck’. The sad recent demise of brown trout in Upper Wensleydale prompts a diversion from dialect into fishing. Three more voices from 1977 are heard: Fred Nut...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 4
•
15:00
Dialect pt.3: Hannah Metcalfe, Taylor Dinsdale
After a noisy introduction at Gayle Bridge, this episode opens with a little more of Rev James Alderson, including a short study of his 1980 Dales dialect primer. Presenter Andrew Fagg then stands by the black-painted railings of ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 3
•
15:00
Dialect pt.2: Rev James Alderson and Aunt Lizzie
Presenter Andrew Fagg is by the beck in Gayle village to introduce the late local historian Rev James Alderson and the late Lizzie Alderson. There is a touching story about a petted pig, along with excerpts from a lecture given by Rev Jam...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 2
•
15:00
Dialect pt.1: Lizzie Dinsdale
Presenter Andrew Fagg introduces Series Two on Dales dialect, with special guests Val and Rob Ward. He visits Hawes Methodist Cemetery and makes the case for dialect. Enter then the remarkable voice of the late Lizzie Dinsdale, in a...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 1
•
15:00
Trailer for Series Two
Voices From The Dales is returning for a second series - on dialect - on Friday 2 December 2022. This is our one-minute trailer. Series Two will have at a least six episodes of the usual 15 minute length, to be publishe...
•
Season 2
•
1:00
Peatland
Hear the voice of the bog as recorded by composer Sarah Smout in this one-off episode about the restoration of a vast area of peatland in the Yorkshire Dales called Fleet Moss. Peat Restoration Officer at the Yorkshire Peat ...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 15
•
14:59
Our Ingleborough pt.6: Classic Oral History
In Part Six, hear children from nearby Settle Primary School interview their grandparents. 93 year old Edna Thornton, from the village of Austwick to the south of Ingleborough mountain, remembers the days when the milkman delivered...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 14
•
15:00
Our Ingleborough pt.5: Caving
Ingleborough is limestone – or karst – country. It is world famous for its caves. Part Five features Avelina Wright from the local Cave Rescue Organisation. ‘We don’t only pull humans out of holes,’ she says. Suc...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 13
•
15:00
Our Ingleborough pt.4: Campaigners
People have visions for the future of Ingleborough. For many, the hope is that it will become a wilder, even more species-rich environment. In Part Four, hear how Rachel Benson, who runs a bunk barn, has been making the visio...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 12
•
14:59
Our Ingleborough pt.3: Recreation
Thousands of people, often from the towns and cities of Lancashire and West Yorkshire, travel each week to the Ingleborough area for recreation. In Part Three, hear two men from a Muslim hikers group. Group leader Sham Ali p...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 11
•
15:00
Our Ingleborough pt.2: Ribblesdale
Ribblesdale is the main valley in the Ingleborough area and is renowned for its quarries. In Part Two, local farmer and former quarryman Winston White reflects honestly on his career. ‘If they had the chance they’d knock your...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 10
•
14:59
