The votes have been cast, the totals tallied, and we can now reveal whose photos will feature each month in our first ever Stray Ferret Charity Calendar.
Every Sunday, we publish a Photo of the Week taken by a reader, and the subject matter is as varied as the life and landscapes found in our district: furry and feathered friends, fields and fells, ferris wheels and fireworks.
Back in August, we invited you to vote for the best images from last year’s Photos of the Week, and hundreds of you chose your favourite pictures.
The 12 winners will each feature on a different month in our 2024 calendar, which we are selling to raise funds for Dementia Forward, our chosen charity this Christmas.
Victoria Shopping Centre in Harrogate has generously offered to cover the printing costs, which means the money raised by calendar sales will help to support people living with dementia and their families across North Yorkshire.
James White, Centre Manager of Victoria Shopping Centre, said:
“We are thrilled to be supporting such an important cause this Christmas, funding the printing of the calendars so that 100% of the profits can go to Dementia Forward.
“Giving back to the community is of extreme importance to us at Victoria Shopping Centre, so we feel proud to partner with such a worthy charity.”
The Stray Ferret’s Christmas charity campaign this year aims to raise £30,000 for Dementia Forward, a local charity dedicated to supporting people living with dementia, as well as their families and carers. The money will be used to buy a new minibus, so that Dementia Forward can continue offering client’s lifts, trips and excursions around the region.
Emma Harris, commercial manager at the Stray Ferret, said:
“The Stray Ferret was founded as a local news organisation serving the community, so we’re very pleased to be raising funds for a local charity that serves the same community.
“Most of us know someone affected by dementia, and those who do also know how devastating it can be. Dementia Forward does so much to bring positivity into people’s lives at a time when they need it most.
“But this charity calendar also serves another purpose. We receive so many fantastic submissions for Photo of the Week over the year, and it always seems a shame that the ones we feature only get one outing. So it’s wonderful that we’ll be able to see some of the very best images again throughout the coming year in the 2024 Stray Ferret Charity Calendar.
Congratulations – and thank you – to all our winners!”
The winning photographers are:
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- Barry Carter
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- Katie Gisbourne
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- Beverley Hawman
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- Olivia Rosenvinge
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- John Brown
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- Heather Middleton
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- Brian Morrison
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- Pete Durkin
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- (Image: Mike Smith)
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- Bill Shaw
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- Mark Dimmock
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- Nick Payne
The 2024 Stray Ferret Charity Calendar in aid of Dementia Forward is now available to order online for delivery. Click or tap here to pre-order your copy now.
The calendar will also be available for collection at the Victoria Shopping Centre on select dates to be announced in December.
Photo of the Week: Tree breaks through the mist at Brimham Rocks
The Stray Ferret has launched our new Photo of the Week feature to highlight the beauty of the Harrogate district captured by talented local photographers.
Send your photos to letters@thestrayferret.co.uk for a chance to feature here. We are interested in amateur and professional pictures.
This week we have a fantastic photograph taken by Paul Bunton, who has excellently captured an autumnal tree breaking through the mist at Brimham Rocks.
Amazing photos taken above Harrogate district skies during the first half of the 20th century have been published by Historic England.
The public body this week opened up an archive of over 400,000 shots capturing Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon during a bygone era.
The photos were taken by a company called Aerofilms, which was a pioneering firm of commercial aerial photographers formed in 1919. It combined the fledgling technologies of flight and photography.
We’ve included some of the best photos below but if you visit Historic England’s website and type in a location you will be able to view more from its archive.
The photographers also captured villages such as Pannal during the 1940s when it looked much smaller than the present day.
How has Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough changed since these photos were taken?
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The present-day Prince of Wales roundabout, 1921
West Park Stray, 1921
Knaresborough Road, Granby Road, Skipton Road, 1921
Queen Ethelburga’s school, Pennypot Lane, Harrogate, 1926
Knaresborough Castle and the town centre, 1926
Ripley, 1926
Valley Gardens and the Pinewoods, 1928
Goldsborough, 1928
Knaresborough, 1926
Ripon, Williamson varnish and enamel works, 1932
Knaresborough, 1946
Pannal, 1949
Octavious Atkinson, Starbeck 1952