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Children from workhouses and orphanages served in the area’s mills and faced harsh conditions, writes Robin Longbottom

THE CLARKE Foley Addingham Trust annual distribution to the senior citizens of of the village will take place this month.

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TOWARDS the end of 2019, a small ruinous building off Staveley Road in Ingrow was demolished. It had fallen into disrepair and been vandalised after its last occupants had departed some ten years earlier. Although largely unknown, it was a building of major significance to Keighley. It was the first purpose-built mill of the town’s industrial era. Its origins had nothing to do with any of the traditional trades or crafts that had previously been practised in the area. It was a water...

Submitting... But it took the enforced closure of the property to complete the job, and eight weeks of further restoration later, it is welcoming guests once more. Neil McNair has restored the waterwheel at Low Mill Guest House, Bainbridge, Leyburn This time it was the waterwheel itself that was the focus of attention, and in its renewed state is capable again of harnessing the River Bain – thought to be the shortest in Britain – to drive two millstones and the associated cogs and gears. �...

Flooding affects B5299 at Dalston Heavy showers led to localised flooding in the area of the Low Mill turn-off. The road is now believed to be clear. ADVERTISEMENT

ONE of the most popular spectacles of spring is open again on the North York Moors but appeals are being made to visitors to abide by the pandemic guidelines and even more importantly keep to the daff path. The Daffodils of Farndale is one of the most short lived but best loved visitor sites in the national park. Last spring the trail and car parks were closed as the pandemic took hold. With the latest relaxation of restrictions theyve been open just as the daffodils come into full bloom. ...

A COMMUNITY campaigner has called on a bus operator to restore bus services to parts of Addingham. Caroline Whitaker, a Community Campaigner for the Green Party has been in contact with residents living in Low Mill, just outside of Addingham following the changes to the 62 bus operated by Transdev. Following timetable changes that will also mean the service will no longer travel on to Otley, residents have now discovered that the bus also by-passes the old Ilkley Road as it leaves Addingh...

ASKRIGG parish council, which has been asked to nominate a trustee to serve on the board of the Low Mill Outdoor Education Centre, should look for somebody strong, outspoken, and probably female, members heard at their recent meeting. “There are no women at all on that board. It needs somebody local, somebody really strong who’s not afraid to speak their mind,” said Councillor Greta Kirkbride. Clerk to the council Karen Lynch said Low Mill had told the council it wanted to strengthe...

AN investigation has begun after an important part of a historically significant mill site was destroyed. Low Mill on Gresley Road in Keighley, dates back to 1779, was the first cotton mill to be built in Yorkshire and is one of just two Grade II* listed buildings in the town. The mill was powered by water diverted from the River Worth through a series of sluices a goit. But the building has been derelict for decades, and last year it was added to Save Britain’s Heritage’s “At Ris...