Veterans from the centre regularly take part in horticultural therapies at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in Bedale, as such activities can be particularly beneficial for those struggling with their mental wellbeing. Now they are set to put their skills to the ...
(Left-right) Curator Faith Douglas showing garden designer Matthew Wilson, Sir Gary Verity and veterans Paul Sterndale-Bennett and Carl White around Thorp Perrow Arboretum.Picture: Richard Doughty Photography. (Left-right) Curator Faith Douglas ...
Situated in the grounds of the 18th-century Thorp Perrow Hall, close to the historic town of Bedale, the arboretum was created by his father, Colonel Sir Leonard Ropner. Its original plantings date to the early 1930s. Sir John Ropner was responsible ...
A MUSIC festival which blazed the trail for mod and ska fans across the North is to stage a repeat performance. Organisers of the first Great Northern Ska and Mod Festival say they were so impressed with the reaction to last year's event that they will ...
RUDE BOYS: The Great Northern Mod and Ska Festival held at Thorp Perrow near Bedale earlier this year. Dates have now been announced for the 2016 festival. Picture: CHRIS BOOTH. RUDE BOYS: Benson performing at the The Great Northern Mod and ...
RUDE BOYS: The Great Northern Mod and Ska Festival held at Thorp Perrow near Bedale earlier this year. Dates have now been announced for the 2016 festival. Picture: CHRIS BOOTH. RUDE BOYS: Benson performing at the The Great Northern Mod and ...