The museum also has the rather gruesome heads of the Duke of Suffolk, Lord D’Arcy and the Earl of Northumberland, who were executed in a Royal rebellion and who she had earlier prophesied would be ‘dead upon the pavements of York’.
The whole area is set beside the River Nidd and beneath the magnificent viaduct, which opened in 1851. The first viaduct, built in 1848 for the East & West Yorkshire Junction Railway Co, had collapsed when it was almost completed - even that was attributed to one of Mother Shipton’s prophecies!
The whole area is set beside the River Nidd and beneath the magnificent viaduct, which opened in 1851. The first viaduct, built in 1848 for the East & West Yorkshire Junction Railway Co, had collapsed when it was almost completed -
We set off on the scenic route provided by our organising team, which showed up the dales and surrounding areas very nicely. At one point I overtook Barry and Ann in their (new) Singer 10, as they were too slow on the hills for me to keep the Roadster in top
Time now to take the scenic route to Masham for a visit to the Black SHEEP Brewery
gear, and second (3-speed gearbox) kills the speed completely. I felt bad about it later when I found that Barry’s car was suffering from fuel starvation problems caused by a blocked pipe from the tank, and it had been necessary to jury-rig a petrol can under the bonnet, much to Ann’s consternation, as she thereafter suffered the effects of inhaling petrol fumes. The scenic route also
