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Grassington, The Square 1926
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A village has existed here for over 900 years. Celts and Vikings have settled here - many Danish and Norse words are still used by farmers. Church House (down to the left) dates from 1694, but Grassington's boom time was in the 18th century, when a Klondike rush of workers from Derbyshire and Cornwall came to work the lead mines - and the number of inns rose to five. Once the Dales Railway reached here in 1902, tourism took over as visitors came to soak up the charms of this attractive settlement.

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Grassington, The Square 1926

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My Father
The boy at the front right was my father, Jack Stables.
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Congregational Church, Grassington.
My Gradfather, the Reverend Thomas Arthur Bairstow was the minister of this church from 1943-47. Leading off one corner of the market square is the grey stone church. It was the last church in which he ministered before he retired due to ill health. I have an old photograph of the Manse taken during the 1940's and it was heartening to find, on a visit there a few years ago, that the Manse and Church remain and especially that the Church is such a lively Christian place of worship.
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