In her forward to the Swanland 2000 booklet, Yvonne Dumsday writes ...
Six dedicated villagers are in the process of trying to research the history of Swanland past. On a visit to the Local History Library in Beverley, one of the very helpful librarians there, Jenny Stanley, said that
many people were undertaking similar projects but no-one was actually recording life in their villages now.
It was her comment that sparked off the idea for the book - this is the electronic version.
The idea was discussed with John and Christine Wheeler, (who had already spent many hours producing their own book "Recollections of Village Life"), and with their encouragement, the whole process began. I contacted each business and organisation in the village and asked them (and anyone else I could think of) to contribute a page. The results are here for all to see.
Six dedicated villagers are in the process of trying to research the history of Swanland past. On a visit to the Local History Library in Beverley, one of the very helpful librarians there, Jenny Stanley, said that
many people were undertaking similar projects but no-one was actually recording life in their villages now.
It was her comment that sparked off the idea for the book - this is the electronic version.
The idea was discussed with John and Christine Wheeler, (who had already spent many hours producing their own book "Recollections of Village Life"), and with their encouragement, the whole process began. I contacted each business and organisation in the village and asked them (and anyone else I could think of) to contribute a page. The results are here for all to see.
| swanland-2000.pdf |
| swanland_village_design_statement.pdf |