Mrs Hibbert's Pick-Me-Up and Other Recipes from a Yorkshire Dale E-Book

Joanna Moody

• Herausgeber: The History Press
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 64

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2010

Beschreibung

Joanna Dawson, a Methodist local preacher, dairy farmer and local historian, combined her religious faith with a delight in the local traditions of agriculture and domestic affairs in the Yorkshire Dales. As she moved around Nidderdale during the mid 20th century she garnered a unique knowledge, based on the stories and anecdotes of the elderly people she encountered on her travels. Her enthusiasm led to a vast collection of unsorted and unclassified information which has only recently been discovered and transcribed. Hers is a fragrant scene from the farmhouse kitchens of long ago, when large teas and suppers featured as the reward for a hard-working rural life, and the wife by the range had skills and knowledge to be learned and passed on through the generations. Mrs Hibbert's Pick-Me-Up and Other Recipes from a Yorkshire Dale is illustrated with pen and ink drawings of items used in these old kitchens and photographs taken in the Dales a century ago, which aptly complement this evocative account of rural Dales life.

Leseprobe

Mrs Hibbert’s

Pick-Me-Up

and

OTHER RECIPES

from a

YORKSHIRE DALE

Mrs Hibbert’s

Pick-Me-Up

and

OTHER RECIPES

from a

YORKSHIRE DALE

Joanna Moody

Joanna Dawson1930–1992In Memoriam

First published 2010

The History Press

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This ebook edition first published in 2013

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Contents

Preface

Profile of Joanna Mary Grylls Dawson

An Appreciation

Editorial Note

Acknowledgements

RECIPES

Conversion Table and Abbreviations

Appendix 1: The Nidderdale Museum

Appendix 2: Map of Nidderdale, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Select Bibliography

About the Author

Preface

Mrs Hibbert’s Pick-Me-Up and the other 101 recipes and handy hints included here come from a valuable collection of primary source material now lodged in the archives of the Nidderdale Museum, at Pateley Bridge in the Yorkshire Dales. It belonged to Joanna Dawson, who was a Methodist Local Preacher, an experienced dairy farmer and a keen historian of Nidderdale.

With others she shared a deep concern for the traditional way of life which seemed to be disappearing rapidly from the dale after the Second World War. Farms were adopting new methods, the former lead and stone industries had collapsed and families were becoming dispersed. In 1975 she was a founder of the Nidderdale Museum, set up by volunteers to display the rich and varied local heritage. As a result of their enthusiasm and formidable organisation a flourishing Society was formed: ‘to advance the education of the public by maintaining a museum in the Nidderdale area to collect, preserve and exhibit items of archaeological, historical, industrial, educational and community interest’. In 1990 it was given the National Heritage Museum of the Year Award for ‘The Museum which does the most with the least.’

Travelling around Nidderdale with indefatigable energy Joanna garnered from the people she encountered stories, anecdotes and knowledge of the dale’s customs and methods. Her unbounded interest led to a vast collection of unsorted and unclassified information which she planned to tackle when she retired. But, only a few months before that, she was found to be terminally ill. She asked that her friends at the museum should undertake the task and eventually publish her work.

We are pleased to honour the pledge we gave her and offer this collection in tribute to a dedicated public servant, a great enthusiast, and a dear friend to many in the dale.

Anna DonnellySecretary, Nidderdale Museum Society

Profile ofJoanna MaryGrylls Dawson

My sister Joanna was born in Huddersfield in 1930, the oldest of a family of five. At the time, the whole family lived with our grandfather. In 1939 our father took over the tenancy of Winsley Grange Farm, Hartwith, in Nidderdale, and from 1941 this became our main home. Joanna continued her education at Greenhead High School in Huddersfield, staying with Grandfather during the week. On Monday mornings she made the long journey by public transport, walking two miles to Birstwith railway station, then by train or bus, and returned Fridays the same way. The school agreed that she may arrive at 10 a.m. provided that she undertook the work of the first lesson at home. At weekends and holidays she worked on the farm, joined the Pateley Bridge Young Farmers Club and showed her calf at the Nidderdale Agricultural Show. Later she took part in all YFC activities, such as cattle judging and other competitions at local shows.

After gaining the equivalent of three good A-levels in her Higher School Certificate and being called for interview at Cambridge University, where our mother had been a student, Joanna chose to turn her back on higher education and elected to help run the farm with our parents. However she did keep in touch with her history teacher and school friends for the rest of her life.

Joanna shared the management of the prize-winning British Friesian ‘Winyates’ herd built up by our father. She was responsible for the paperwork concerning the pedigree calves, and every calf required its markings to be carefully sketched in duplicate in black and white and sent off for registration (no ear clips in those days). She frequently took the cattle to local markets, washed them and showed them in the ring. She gradually took over the garden and home cooking, and at various local shows displayed cakes, preserves and flower arrangements (using chicken wire to support the flowers as there was no oasis then either).

Joanna became involved within the Women’s Institute, qualifying as a produce guild judge and officiating in this capacity at many shows. She served on the WI County Committee for a number of years and worked tirelessly as a member of its panel of lecturers travelling the county and further afield.

Joanna’s religion was central to her life and she trained as a very active local preacher in the Pateley Bridge circuit of the Methodist Church and within the wider district. Her outgoing nature allowed her to enjoy fellowship with members of all Christian denominations, which led to much happiness for all involved. She had a real affection for children and was always willing to help anyone in need, spending hours with the lonely, sick and elderly. Many of her friends frequently stated what a real pleasure it was to be in her company. She never faulted in duties asked of her, which included pastoral visiting, being the local preachers’ secretary and a representative at Methodist Synod and conferences.

In 1978 at the Annual Methodist Conference in Bradford Joanna presented the Annual Wesley Historical lecture, her subject being the Methodist history within the ‘Great Haworth Round’. As it was Joanna giving the lecture on their chapels and their families, Methodists came by coach from afar to hear her and the Wells Road Methodist Church was crowded out.

In about 1962 the family moved to Hardcastle Garth. Another of Joanna’s interests was local history, possibly because of the old Quaker burial ground situated on the farm. She soon developed into a popular and proficient lecturer on diverse subjects including local history, Quakerism, herbs and spices and so forth, particularly for special events such as chapel centenaries and Women’s Institutes, and she published booklets emphasising the importance of the local families involved. She wrote a number of other small books and articles, mainly connected with Methodism, and also supplied the material, if not always the writing, for several long series in the Nidderdale Herald, although she was not always acknowledged for her contribution. Following a trip with me to Portsmouth to see the wreck of the Mary Rose, she developed a particular interest in the ancient ship and became an established lecturer for the Mary Rose Trust.