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Review Issue 2

YDS/001/002/001

Published in Spring 1983. Includes articles on Knitting Sheaths, Langcliffe’s Lime Kiln, Flowers of the Dales and Fountains Abbey. Cover photo of Arthur Beresford of Langstrothdale.
Review Issue 3

YDS/001/002/002

Review issue 3 published in summer 1983. Includes articles on ‘A Future for the Uplands’, community education, discovering the Dales without a car, the Museum of North Craven Life, Dales festivals and ‘A View from the Hot Seat’ by Richard Harvey. Cover photo of James Alderson of Gale.
Review Issue 4

YDS/001/002/003

Review issue 4 published Autumn 1983. Includes articles on nature reserves, Nidderdale and Dales transport. Poem by Anna Adams. Cover photo of Kilnsey Show.
Review Issue 5

YDS/001/002/004

Review issue 5 published winter 1983. Includes articles on the ropemakers of Hawes, Coolscar quarry, Settle – Carlisle railway, Trollers Gill, John Dawson of Garsdale, Rombalds Way and Grass Wood nature reserve. Cover photo of Beth of Dent by Lisa Forder.
Review Issue 7

YDS/001/003/002

Review issue 7 published in summer 1984. Articles include ‘Tourism Curse or Blessing’, ‘Skipton’s Brass Band’, Grassington hospital, ‘Craftsmen of the Dales’, stewardship of the land and ‘Leyburn’s Three Hundred Year Market’. Cover photo of Bob Guy using a slater’s hammer to cut stone roof slates to size by David Morgan Rees.
Review Issue 8

YDS/001/003/003

Review issue 8 published in autumn 1984. Articles include the decision of Coolscar Quarry, Dalesbus, a letter from Ribblesdale, ‘Turner in the Dales’, ‘Bainbridge’s Mill’ and a computer business arriving in the Dales. Cover photo of Sheep above Carperby by Geoffrey Wright.
Review Issue 9

YDS/001/003/004

Review issue 9 published in winter 1984. Articles include ‘Bringing a Dales Culture Back to Life’ about collecting folklore and music, the first review of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Plan, volunteering for conservation in the Dales and the Upper Dales Folk Museum at Hawes. Cover photo of a cyclist in the Three Peaks race, Pen y ...
Review Issue 10

YDS/001/004/001

Review issue 10 published in Spring 1985. Articles include a volunteer scheme for tree planting, features on Dales barns in peril, Colt Park Wood Nature Reserve, the Big Bird Music Theatre, and William Pickles of Wensleydale. Cover photo of Spring in Howgills by Geoffrey Berry.
Review Issue 11

YDS/001/004/002

Review issue 11 published in Summer 1985. Articles include restoring the Wensleydale railway line, Gaping Gill, Dales’ Bus 85 and traffic on the A684 through Wensleydale and Garsdale. There is also a review of ‘Open Fell Hidden Dale’ with text by Arthur Raistrick and photos by John and Eliza Forder. Cover photo of Arncliffe in Littondale by Geoffrey ...
Review Issue 12

YDS/001/004/003

Review issue 12 published in Autumn 1985. Articles include an update on the A684 proposed upgrade, the housing crisis in Wensleydale, the conservation of barns and reflections by a Dales Sub Postmaster. Cover photo of a windswept tree by Howard Beck.
Review Issue 13

YDS/001/004/004

Review issue 13 published in Winter 1985. Articles include ‘Subtopia in the Dales’ about the need to control development, an update on Coolscar Quarry, a tribute to the first 50 years of The Council for National Parks and contributions from YDS members living abroad. Cover photo is of Gordale in Winter by John Avison.
Review Issue 14

YDS/001/005/001

Review issue 14 published in Spring 1986. Articles include the campaign to save the Settle-Carlisle railway line, the issues of providing homes for locals whilst preventing inappropriate development as at Pateley Bridge, greenways in the Dales and date panels on historic buildings. There is also a poem by Roy Brown, ‘Turrets and Tors of Limestone’. Cover photo of ...
Review Issue 15

YDS/001/005/002

Review issue 15 published in Summer 1986. Articles include a comment on the local need for the Settle-Carlisle Railway, an update on Coolscar Quarry, the pressures on the Three Peaks, aircraft noise spoiling the tranquillity of the Dales by Philip Helliwell and a feature on Sedbergh. Cover photo of hay making in Dentdale in 1955 by Geoffrey ...
Review Issue 17

YDS/001/005/004

Review issue 17 published Winter 1986. Articles include a quarrying threat at Ribblehead, rural unemployment, the Hoffman Kiln, bridges of the Dales and minibus service in Garsdale. Cover photo of shaft of sunlight at Penhill by Geoffrey Wright.
Review Issue 18

YDS/001/006/001

Review issue 17 published in Spring 1987. Articles include an update on the Settle – Carlisle railway, the launch of the Three Peaks Project to restore footpaths, lambing time in Wensleydale, and ‘Swaledale Wollens: the Rebirth of a Cottage Industry’. Cover photo of Raydale by John Fawcett.
Review Issue 19

YDS/001/006/002

Review issue 19 published in Summer 1987. Articles include a comment on acid rain, changing perspectives on Dales tourism, Wensleydale railway line and new life for two Dales barns. Cover photo of Semerwater by Christine Whitehead.
Review Issue 20

YDS/001/006/003

Review issue 20 published in Autumn 1987. Articles include a proposal for forestry at Cam Fell, protection of drystone walls at Malham, the history of Grassington fields, low flying aircraft and Garsdale station birthday party. Cover photo of Reeth Show 1985 by Christine Whitehead.
Review Issue 21

YDS/001/006/004

Review issue 21 published in Winter 1987. Articles include the protection of Birstwith meadow in Nidderdale, the Chernobyl fallout, the results of the YDS photographic competition and Gayle Mill near Hawes. Cover photo Aysgarth Falls by John Potter, First Prize Winner of the photography competition.
Review Issue 22

YDS/001/007/001

Review issue 22 published in Spring 1988. Articles include holiday villages in the Dales, ‘John Thwaite – Poet and Dalesman’, Elgar in the Dales and action to save Dales barns. Cover photo of a barn in Langstrothdale by Margaret Smith, runner up in the YDS photography competition.
Review Issue 23

YDS/001/007/002

Review issue 23 published in Summer 1988. Articles include forestry at Cam Fell, the possible sale of the Settle – Carlisle railway, a conservation policy for tourism, holy wells of the Yorkshire Dales and a feature by Chis Hartley on Warden’s Day. Cover photo of Linton-in-Craven by Christine Whitehead.
Review Issue 24

YDS/001/007/003

Review issue 24 published in Autumn 1988. Articles include Settle Carlisle railway, the conservation of barns, photographic treasures of Yorkshire’s past, ‘National Parks – Ours to Look After’ and a report on a one day conference Pennine Futures. Cover photo of “The Little House” in Todds Wood in Wharfedale by John Potter.
Review Issue 25

YDS/001/007/004

Review issue 25 published in Winter 1988/89. Articles include the safeguarding of Grassington Moor, barns in Wharfedale, ‘Changing Dales’, lead mining in Swaledale and ‘Notes from a Warden’s Diary’. Cover photo of Miss Marie Hartley and Miss Joan Ingilby in the Upper Dales Museum by David Morgan Rees. Miss Hartley and Miss Ingilby were presented with the ...
Review Issue 26

YDS/001/008/001

Review issue 26 published in Spring 1989. Articles include the transfer of the Upper Wharfedale estate to the National Trust, ‘Housing – a Yorkshire Dales Problem’ and the North Craven Heritage Trust’s 21st Birthday. Cover photo of the Leeds – Liverpool Canal at East Marton near Skipton by Christine Whitehead.
Review Issue 27

YDS/001/008/002

Review issue 27 published in Summer 1989. Articles include a report on the successful saving of the Settle – Carlisle railway line, ‘The Yorkshire Dales National Park – Public Service or Public Charity?’, characters of Old Coverdale and Dales transport news. There is also a short piece on local artist Gill Shreeve. Cover photo of turning the hay ...

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