Please see the very kind reply about the lunch time lecture at Northallerton archives from Angela below. Chris ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Angela Leathley <leathleya@hotmail.com> To: christine.willott@btopenworld.com Sent: Friday, 8 June 2012, 10:51 Subject: RE: [YORKSGEN] yorksgen holiday Just to let you know, I will be presenting the lecture at NYCRO at Northallerton on July 27th.   The topic is 'Gayle Mill - from textile to turbines'.   I am the (volunteer) historical researcher at Gayle Mill, and have spent the last couple of years investigating the fascinating history of the Mill. My research has taken me all over, including a great deal of time spent in NYCRO, and encompasses everything from slavery, religion, and textiles, to the Tay Bridge disaster. As I am now aware Yorksgen members will be attending, I will bring along the family trees of the some of the key players. Perhaps some new links may be made.   If any members have time, they may like to visit the Mill, which is situated in upper Wensleydale, a few hundred yards from the Wensleydale Creamery (Hawes).   Details about the Mill (which is a charity, not a commercial mill) can be found at www.gaylemill.org.uk Should you wish to visit as a group, this can be arranged by contacting the Mill, in advance.   Regards   Angela Leathley     > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 09:25:29 +0100 > From: christine.willott@btopenworld.com > To: YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [YORKSGEN] yorksgen holiday > > The holiday group usually attend the Ryedale group FH meeting which occurs in the last 2 weeks of July. Do listers know of any other FH groups in Yorkshire who will be holding meetings that may be of interest during this fortnight please?  > Reminder - Your fair ladies lecture day is the middle Saturday - you need to book > and > Northallerton archives have a lunch time lecture on the 27th July. Again you need to book. > > Chris > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Everyone, please have a look at the marvelous video indicated in Angela's message. (That resource also gives another website). These videos show the old Mill in action, with retired mechanical men of the area. Powered by water, and still active sawing logs and lumber and turning lathes to create bowls and souvenirs. This is precious to me, as my father dammed a stream, built a shop and deck and wheel, and ran his wood-turning lathe on electricity produced by the wheel and turbine, dynamo, etc. He did this at age 18/19 (1932-4), learning from an English book on waterwheels. The wheel also provided electricity for his father's cabin and the barn, and later on his own home. He and his father were pioneers in rural Surrey, British Columbia, creating a farm from the stumps left by logging the once Pacific Coast marvel, the Green Timbers Forest. You can read more about it on www.surreyhistory.ca under Tompson Family. It was a devastating day when 20 years later, the wheel and deck structure were ripped off their supporting posts by a rushing flooded stream, which had turned into an angry river. May Gayle Mill last forever! Thanks for this very special diversion within a busy day. EE -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CHRISTINE WILLOTT Subject: [YORKSGEN] Fw: yorksgen holiday Please see the very kind reply about the lunch time lecture at Northallerton archives from Angela below. Chris ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Angela Leathley <leathleya@hotmail.com> To: christine.willott@btopenworld.com Sent: Friday, 8 June 2012, 10:51 Subject: RE: [YORKSGEN] yorksgen holiday Just to let you know, I will be presenting the lecture at NYCRO at Northallerton on July 27th.   The topic is 'Gayle Mill - from textile to turbines'.   I am the (volunteer) historical researcher at Gayle Mill, and have spent the last couple of years investigating the fascinating history of the Mill. My research has taken me all over, including a great deal of time spent in NYCRO, and encompasses everything from slavery, religion, and textiles, to the Tay Bridge disaster. As I am now aware Yorksgen members will be attending, I will bring along the family trees of the some of the key players. Perhaps some new links may be made.   If any members have time, they may like to visit the Mill, which is situated in upper Wensleydale, a few hundred yards from the Wensleydale Creamery (Hawes).   Details about the Mill (which is a charity, not a commercial mill) can be found at www.gaylemill.org.uk Should you wish to visit as a group, this can be arranged by contacting the Mill, in advance.   Regards   Angela Leathley     > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 09:25:29 +0100 > From: christine.willott@btopenworld.com > To: YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [YORKSGEN] yorksgen holiday > > The holiday group usually attend the Ryedale group FH meeting which occurs in the last 2 weeks of July. Do listers know of any other FH groups in Yorkshire who will be holding meetings that may be of interest during this fortnight please?  > Reminder - Your fair ladies lecture day is the middle Saturday - you need to book > and > Northallerton archives have a lunch time lecture on the 27th July. Again you need to book. > > Chris > .....