Over 2017 Heritage Lottery Fund invested in the young people of Settle and its surrounds engaging their wisdom and work to honour the centenary of a local Craven dialect poet. Tom Twisleton 100 Years On is edited by the project coordinator Hazel Richardson in tandem with Settle Stories, an energetic local charity helping bring voice to local people and empowerment to youth. What is striking about the book is the predominance of young contributors, their passion for heritage and the way they draw on material from the Museum of North Craven Life and the Twisleton family bringing a dynamic out of heritage. I write as one of a number of family members interviewed on Skype whose contribution is woven in. Family-friendly the book includes a challenge to re-create Victorian games, puzzles and colouring sheets. At the centre is a selection of Tom’s poems supplemented by 21 of them - half the total - on an accompanying CD recorded by local people in Craven dialect which is an unique ...
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