What’s happening at The Place
A health and wellbeing hub for the local community Here at The Place in Settle we host, support and run…
Pauline’s Story: A carer’s perspective…
Dementia can take you by surprise. We all expect to forget things as we age but when your partner forgets where…
Triangulate, Triangulate. Enjoy your local trig points!
I guess most outdoorsy folk will be familiar with the ubiquitous triangulation (trig) pillars scattered across the hilltops of Britain….
Quarry Tales
It was a sunny day when I first set eyes on Arcow Quarry. I had been sent by Tarmac from…
Meet the Twins: Settle & Banyuls-sur-Mer
Ten Banyulsiens arrived by minibus from Manchester airport on the evening of Wednesday, May 22 and, as you’d expect, headed…
The Novice Gardener
I am welcoming the warmer dryer weather. I found the just passed Early May Bank Holiday weekend was joyful for…
The Pendle Witch Trail
The last few years I have been giving Talks via Zoom to promote book-borrowing from Settle library. Amongst my selections,…
Book Review: According to Queeney – Beryl Bainbridge
History through two prisms No, I haven’t misspelt “Queeney” – that is correct spelling of the nickname of a well-bred…
Carry On Doctor!
I left my polyp in C Block, Airedale (Eat your polyp out, Tony Bennett!) by Ian Gray I’ve always been…
Banking Update
Mobile banks in Settle NatWest mobile van is in Whitefriars car park every Monday (except Bank Holidays) between 12 noon…












