Galleries
Pictures of Farnhill and surrounding villages or images which have some connection to the WW1 Farnhill Volunteers.
Farnhill c.1900 – 1920
A selection of images of Farnhill from around 1900 to 1920, showing the village as the WW1 volunteers would have known it.
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Kildwick c.1900 – 1920
A selection of images of Kildwick from around 1900 to 1920, showing the village as the WW1 volunteers would have known it.
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Farnhill Methodist Chapel WW1 Roll of Honour – conservation and restoration
During the course of our project the Farnhill Methodist Chapel WW1 Roll of Honour, previous thought to be lost, was given to us.
This gallery shows the condition of the Roll when we received it, and the stages involved in its conservation and restoration. An article describing the process is also available.
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Percy Walmsley’s WW1 Postcard Album
Postcards were the text messages of their day and, throughout the war, Percy Walmsley collected the postcards sent to him from home as well as those he sent home from France. These were gather together into an album and loaned to the project by his grand-daughter, Kath Whitton.
A slideshow has been created of these postcards, photographed in-situ, without removing them from the album.
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J.W. Dawson’s notebook / Annie Dawson’s recipe book
John William Dawson served in the Royal Field Artillery during WW1 and kept a signals training notebook. After the war his wife Annie put the book to a different use, using the blank pages to record recipes and household hints, starting at the back with the pages turned upside down.
A slideshow has been created showing both uses of the notebook.
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Kildwick School’s WW1 Study Day
At the end of February 2018, Kildwick School had a WW1 Study Day – and members of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers Project were invited to attend.
Graham, the project co-ordinator, gave a talk in assembly – explaining the project and giving the pupils an insight into what life was like during the war, both at home and at the front.
The pupils then spent the day participating in three activity areas: baking, weaving & knitting, and drawing. Graham and Helen, the project’s administrator and former pupil of Kildwick School, helped out with the activities.
A slideshow of photographs taken during the whole day has been created.
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Gravestones, Memorials, Rolls, etc.
The project has gathered photographs of the gravestones of as many of the Farnhill WW1 Volunteers and their immediate family as we could find. We have also collected photographs of War Memorials and Rolls of Honour which include their names, and entries made in the Skipton crematorium Book of Remembrance.
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