Marie Hartley was born in 1905 at Morley near Leeds. She went to the Leeds College of Art and the Slade School London, where she specialised in wood engraving. Then whilst living at Wetherby, Marie joined up with Ella Pontefract to illustrate and write books on the Dales and Yorkshire.

We are asking for the help of friends to monitor this exhibition on a rota basis, as there will be many precious books on display. If you can help, will you please telephone Debbie at the [museum | TheDalesCountrysideMuseum] (667494) or Sue Foster (667424).

Marie Hartley, who has died aged 100, made sure that the Yorkshire Dales, on which she was a matchless authority, would be long remembered through 33 books, thousands of paintings and photographs and an extraordinary collection of everything from oatcake pans to knitting sticks. She chronicled the area for 75 years with her friends Joan Ingilby and Ella Pontefract, creating a huge but lively record of the way things were between the mid-19th century and modern times.

This is a retrospective exhibition of the life and work of the museum’s founder, [Marie Hartley | MarieHartleyExhibiton] and her associates Ella Pontefract and Joan Ingilby. Showcasing their books, paintings, wood engravings and drawings.;; The work exhibited covers aspects of life in the Dales and across Yorkshire.

From 1988, Smith Settle Publishers of Otley began to re-issue the books of Marie Hartley, Ella Pontefract and Joan Ingilby, by then out of print. Since Dents their former publishers had been taken over, all their copyrights had reverted to Marie and Joan, who now had the pleasure of seeing their work in print, on sale and eagerly purchased by a new generation of readers.

Beck Bits Worton 1908 On the Wednesday before June Fair Day 1908 the morning was stifling. The suns heat beat down on the fronts of the houses and poured in at open doors. Most of the men had gone to the river to a meet of the otter hounds, and the women were baking in … Continue reading The Askrigg Flood June 3rd 1908 →

Mr KitCalvert from Hawes was there for the sale. He was also concerned about the possible loss to the area of such an important part of our local and industrial heritage.

Edmund Walker grandson of Francis was born at the Crown on 17th May 1909 and went on to become a good friend of Pils Halton. He died in 1988 and his ashes were strewn on Askgigg Football pitch at his request.;; Edmunds parents were the first people to have a fish and chip shop up Silver Street, (Pudding Lane).

The Dales – past, present & future.

Yesterday and Wednesday Wensleydale was visited with disastrous floods, the town of Askigg being underwater. Scarcely a house escaped, the water in many instances reaching the upper storeys. Several cottages were demolished by a cyclonic downpour of rain from the hills surrounding the town, and three bridges between Askrigg and Aysgarth were washed away. Thousands of acres were flooded, and the damage to cattle, sheep and lambs is estimated at £5000. ColebyHallAskrigg the residence of Mr. F.D. Acland, M.P. Financial Secretary to the War Office, who is member for the division, was also under water.