Looking to the Future
We are looking forward to the future,
and although there will inevitably be
more change we are confident that
our combined efforts and passion for
the Forest of Bowland will ensure that
it remains an outstandingly beautiful
landscape.
Scanning the horizon we see the
beginnings of Ash Dieback affecting our
beautiful trees and woodlands; and there
are certainly more changes to come with
food prices, agricultural payments and the
provision of services in our villages.
However, people are working hard to
protect the area, volunteers still step
forward, and young people continue
to take on work in farming and estate
management: so here’s to the next fifty
years!
Acknowledgements
Thank you to everyone who shared
stories, lent us photos, gave us the names
of people to speak to, or just had time for
a chat. We are also really grateful to the
volunteers who gave up their time to assist
with research, interviews and photography;
and to the businesses and organisations
who have supported the project.
This Scrapbook was compiled during the
summer of 2014 and we met and spoke
to as many people as possible during that
time, but inevitably there will be people
and stories we have missed. So, if you have
more stories to tell, or photos to share,
which tell us about rural life in Bowland
since 1964, please get in touch with us at
www.facebook.com/bowlandscrapbook.
We will continue to collect stories and to
upload images and recordings to an online
archive at History Pin.
Every effort has been made to report
conversations accurately, and all the
photographs and documents published
in the Scrapbook are used with the kind
permission of the contributors. Other
image credits: Jon Brook (front cover);
Graham Cooper (Dinckling Green, Bluebell
Woods, Sheep on the fells, Walkers on
Clougha); Richard Saunders, Natural
England (Hen Harrier), The Traddock Hotel
(Cottage Garden), Jill Skelton (Fell runners
at Chipping Show).
Hen Harrier