Inside Yorkshire

Welcome back to the next episode of Inside Yorkshire. In this episode Susan finds out  about the transformation of Richmond Station into a community hub attracting upwards of 350,000 visitors each year. We hear about the work that has been carried out over the years  sympathetically changing the internal layout of the building without losing it's original character and charm. 

About the Guest:

The guest in this episode is Eileen Halliday, the general manager at the station. She talks enthusiastically about the history of the building and the work that has been carried out transforming it into a popular meeting place for locals and visitors alike.

The Station is a stunning riverside Victorian railway building; brought back to life as an art gallery and exhibition space, cafe, and community venue for groups, meetings and classes, and home to a variety of independent businesses.

Valuable Resources:

www.thestation.co.uk 

Station Yard 
Richmond 
North Yorkshire 
DL10 4LD

Telephone: 01748 850123

Email: [email protected]

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

She is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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Welcome back to the next episode of Inside Yorkshire. Listeners have requested Susan  to talk about what got her started on her podcasting journey, how she began and also to give an insight into her working life. She finds it so much easier interviewing other people about their lives and therefore this week's episode is rather a short one.

Valuable Resources:

Progressive Education

[email protected]

Telephone:01733 898557

Kul Mahay -  Create and Speak 

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

She is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Welcome back to the next episode of Inside Yorkshire. In this episode Susan talks to Pete Roe, a rescue leader with several decades of experience rescuing people and animals in distress. Pete explains that there is so much involved in coordinating the teams of people involved, more than would be expected and each event unique in itself. He gives a clear and detailed account of what is involved when there is a callout and also some amusing tales of unusual rescues he has been involved in.

About the Guest:

Pete Roe is an avid cave explorer, caving being a way of life for him since his brother introduced him to the sport at the age of 11. That breadth of experience over the years has proven to be extremely useful when involved in underground rescues. When he was first involved with the mountain rescue team he was the only volunteer in Swaledale; now he is a rescue leader, sharing his experience and expertise with a much expanded group of people who give up their precious time to assist those in distress. 

Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team (SMRT) is a registered charity which provides a mountain and cave rescue service within the Swaledale and Wensleydale areas of North Yorkshire.  The team is made up of a group of highly trained volunteers who are available to be called out for a variety of land based search and rescue operations, any time day or night.  SMRT provide a 24 hours per day, 365 days per year service.

Valuable Resources:

www.swaledalemrt.org.uk

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

She is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Welcome back to the next episode of Inside Yorkshire. This is the second of a two part interview with artist Dudley Edwards. This episode covers the remainder of his time in London and his return to Yorkshire. He was commissioned to produce large murals for one of the Sheikhs in Saudi Arabia. These were produced in UK and then shipped to be reassembled in their final destination.

Dudley shot to fame during the sixties painting wild coloured furniture, shop fronts and even a piano owned by one of the Beatles. He was born and brought up in Yorkshire, studying art in Halifax and then Bradford, before moving down to London to seek fame and fortune. 

About the Guest:

Dudley began life in West Yorkshire and was inspired by his school teacher to attend the Halifax school of Art. This was much to his father's disappointment who was keen for him to get a proper job. He did so well there that it took him onto further studies at Bradford college of Art. Having completed 5 years of training and honing his skills he was keen to seek fame and fortune - London beckoned.

Once down in London Dudley got together with two other Bradford graduates, Doug Binder and David Vaughan, the three of them founding the BEV pop collective. Their vibrant art designs on furniture, shop fronts and cars led to commissions from clients who included David Bailey, the Beatles and Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness fortune.

BEV's psychedelic murals appeared everywhere from the boutiques of Kings Road and Carnaby Street to Paul McCartney's 'Magic Piano'. He spent months living with Paul painting a mural for him and then did the same for Ringo Starr. His artwork continued to be in high demand and he produced some murals for one of the Sheikhs in Saudi Arabia. These were painted on tiles in UK and then assembled in the palace for the Sheikh, unfortunately Dudley never saw them in situ.

Dudley continues to paint in his Yorkshire studio but he doesnt find it enjoyable...as he confessed "it is a compulsion", however when he achieves the results he is striving for then that makes it all worthwhile.

His recent artwork can be seen in the RedHouse Originals Gallery in Harrogate. 

Valuable Resources:

www.redhouseoriginals.com

Red House Originals Gallery

tel:+44 (0) 1423 884400

email:[email protected]

address:15 Cheltenham Mount, Harrogate, HG1 1DW

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

She is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Welcome back to the next episode of Inside Yorkshire. This is the first of a two part interview with artist Dudley Edwards. He shot to fame during the sixties painting wild coloured furniture, shop fronts and even a piano owned by one of the Beatles. He was born and brought up in Yorkshire, studying art in Halifax and then Bradford, before moving down to London to seek fame and fortune. He wasn't disappointed.

About the Guest:

Dudley began life in West Yorkshire and was inspired by his school teacher to attend the Halifax school of Art. This was much to his father's disappointment who was keen for him to get a proper job. He did so well there that it took him onto further studies at Bradford college of Art. Having completed 5 years of training and honing his skills he was keen to seek fame and fortune - London beckoned.

Once down in London Dudley got together with two other Bradford graduates, Doug Binder and David Vaughan, the three of them founding the BEV pop collective. Their vibrant art designs on furniture, shop fronts and cars led to commissions from clients who included David Bailey, the Beatles and Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness fortune.

BEV's psychedelic murals appeared everywhere from the boutiques of Kings Road and Carnaby Street to Paul McCartney's 'Magic Piano'. Paul was keen to engage them to work for him after seeing their painted Buick....

"I remember the first time I first saw a photo of their painted car in the Sunday Times Magazine and I thought it was really cool. So I got in touch with them and asked the guys if we could have a meeting. We did, and I told them "I've got a little piano I'd like you to decorate in that same style". And at first they were a little bit reluctant to do anything, but I persuaded them. So they measured it all up, took the panel dimensions, and worked up some designs. Then they painted it and did a lovely job. It became my psychedelic piano which I wrote a lot of songs on, including 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', 'Fixing A Hole', and 'Hey Jude'. It's in its rightful place in my music room in London."
Paul McCartney

Subscibe to the podcast and listen to what happened to Dudley next in episode 32. His recent artwork can be seen in the RedHouse Originals Gallery in Harrogate. 

Valuable Resources:

www.redhouseoriginals.com

Red House Originals Gallery

tel:+44 (0) 1423 884400

email:[email protected]

address:15 Cheltenham Mount, Harrogate, HG1 1DW

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

She is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and  on social media.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Welcome to the first episode of the year. In it Susan talks to Janet Seymour about her love of dance and her career encouraging pupils of all ages to participate in this activity. Dance is known to be beneficial for all ages and Janet's pupils range from the age of 3 to over 100. 

About the Guest:

Janet Seymour trained at the Royal Academy of Dance and then went on pioneer the British way of teaching dance in Germany. She had always wanted to teach ballet from an early age and expressed a desire to teach in the dales at the tender age of 5. Here in the Yorkshire dales we are privileged to have such an internationally experienced teacher as our dance teacher in the dales.

Valuable Resources:

Below are links to the Dance Academy website and also a timetable of classes available

www.swaledaledance.co.uk

Lesson timetable

Contact details email: [email protected]    

Telephone 01748 884677   mobile 07958  145752

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

She is actively involved in promoting Yorkshire businesses with audio production and also  on social media.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Welcome to the final episode of 2018. In it Susan discusses superstitions and traditions with her good friend Liz Lukacs. Why is it that both have memories of their mothers banishing father out into the cold 5 minutes before the clock struck midnight on New Years Eve? Also how many of us make resolutions at this time of year and actually manage to keep them longer than the first month?

Susan and Liz discuss their own family traditions and their thoughts on New Year resolutions.

Happy New Year to all our Listeners.

About the Guest:

Liz Lukacs lives in Reeth where she manages a retirement complex. She was born and brought up here in the dales and has a wealth of local knowledge. 

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Welcome back to the Inside Yorkshire podcast. In this episode Susan is finding out about how this railway depends on a volunteer workforce to run it. This heritage railway is run by a huge team of wonderful volunteers, and it would not be viable without their hard work and efforts.

About the Guest:

Today's guest is Helen Ashworth who is the Volunteer Coordinator & Lead Fundraiser at Wensleydale Railway. She has a mammoth task coordinating the huge team of volunteers without whom the railway would not function. She talks at length about the work that they undertake all year round, as well as the festive events that are being held over this christmas period.

Valuable Resources:

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Welcome back to the Inside Yorkshire podcast. In today's episode Susan talks again to Eileen Brereton, this time about how she became involved with Guide Dogs and about being a puppy walker for the Guide Dog association.

About the Guest:

Eileen Brereton is Coordinator for the Dales and District Fundraising group for Guide dogs but she began by starting as a puppy walker and guide dog foster carer. The first dog she took on was Kelly, who arrived at the age of six weeks and stayed with her to be socialised before moving on to be trained as a guide dog at approx 14 months. Kelly could always find M & S for her handler and another dog was expert at sourcing out Costa coffee shops. Eileen has had 6 dogs so far but doesnt have one at the moment.

Valuable Resources:

www.guidedogs.org.uk

0345-143 0229

Fundraising- 01609-773812

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is a British charitable organisation founded in 1934. Guide Dogs helps blind and partially sighted people across the UK through the provision of guide dogs, mobility and other rehabilitation services.

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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Welcome back to the Inside Yorkshire podcast. In today's episode we listen to authors Eileen Brereton and Anne Wall talk about the role of the Red Cross Auxiliary hospitals, in Yorkshire, during the First World War. They have written a book entitled Home Comforts describing the importance of these medical outposts. Recuperating wounded soldiers, far away from their own families, had home comforts provided for them by VADs in the 32 auxiliary hospitals set up across the county. Eileen and Anne give us a wonderful insight into life in the voluntary aid detachments.These were voluntary units of civilians providing nursing care for military personnel in the United Kingdom and various other countries in the British Empire. The most important periods of operation for these units were during World War I and 2.

About the Guests:

Eileen Brereton and Anne Wall were Red Cross trainers when they were asked to set up a commemorative WW1 hospital for East Rounton village hall's centenary celebrations in 2006. That began a project that has lasted over 12 years now and taken them on a fascinating voyage of discovery, unearthing information and memorabilia from 32 hospitals in the North Riding of Yorkshire and the VADs (voluntary aid detachments) who worked in them.

Valuable Resources:

The Book can be purchased from Eileen or Anne

contact-  [email protected]

Home Comforts- The Role of the Red Cross Auxiliary Hospitals in the North East Riding of Yorkshire during the First World War

Exhibitions  can be set up in libraries, and museums.

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

This show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.