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Jan 2025

Here are the answers to this week's Sunday Picture Quiz. How well did you do?

Photo: David Dixon.
1. Masham Town Hall
Some town halls struggle to find a role in the modern world, and others, such as Harrogate's, lose their place at the heart of civic life altogether.
But Masham Town Hall remains a thriving hub for the local community, and is currently running its busiest ever programme of events and activities.
The building was paid for by a legacy from the 2nd Earl of Swinton and first opened in 1913. It is now a grade II listed building and hosts live performances, films, meetings, classes, craft fairs, band practice and coffee mornings.

2. Statue of Mother Shipton, Knaresborough
Ursula Southeil, or Soothtale, was born out of wedlock in the late 1400s and the circumstances of her birth (her mother refused to divulge who the father was) caused scandal and suspicion from the outset.
Ostracised from birth, and possibly also hunchbacked, she apparently spent the first years of her life in a Knaresborough cave. She married a Toby Shipton, and thereafter became known as Mother Shipton, the name that we know her by today.
She is best known as a witch, soothsayer or prophetess, and is famous for having made cryptic predictions that came true. Many of these, however, appear to have been concocted in the 19th century, including those concerning cars, steel ships, and the world ending in 1881.
Nevertheless, she remains one of Knaresborough's best known historical figures, and the cave she lived in is still a tourist attraction, as it has been for centuries.

Pic: Mark Dimmock
3. St Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate
This magnificent building, shown here against a beautiful dawn sky, was consecrated in 1914, the year after Masham Town Hall opened (see answer 1, above), but only finished in the 1930s.
It was designed by the fantastically named Temple Lushington Moore, who was one of the best church architects in Victorian Britain, and was built as the parish church for the Duchy Estate.
At the time, there was no Anglo-Catholic church in Harrogate, so St Wilfrid’s was built in this tradition, funded largely by High Anglican individuals who visited or lived in the town.
Today, it is still a well-used church and also holds the distinction of being Harrogate's only grade I listed building.

4. Summerbridge Fire Station drill tower
This tower at Summerbridge Fire Station is used for practice and the training of firefighters. It helps them learn how to deal with real-life situations, including running upstairs with heavy equipment and operating safely at height.
Summerbridge is one of North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue's 25 on-call fire stations, which are crewed by firefighters who provide cover when needed from home or their place of work.
The service also has 13 other fire stations across the region, ranging from those crewed 24 hours a day, such as York's, to those crewed by volunteers, such as the one at Lofthouse in Nidderdale.
Too easy or too difficult? Let us know what you think of our quiz by contacting us at letters@thestrayferret.co.uk.
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