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Owners of The Old Mill residential centre in Skeeby, Yorkshire, have teamed up with Cheshire-based Swift to develop a purpose-built performing arts studio to benefit community groups and charities. The rural retreat – a popular …
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![Dist:0.3km<br/>A serious mismatch in levels means that Frenchgate is a dead end for traffic, ending here at steps up to the main road at the War Memorial. The steps are particularly treacherous in the snow, as demonstrated by a schoolboy as I set off to walk to the town centre. His companion just laughed, and no serious injury seemed to be involved. They looked a bit young to seek pain relief in alcohol, even in the Ship Inn - who knows, this may no longer be the den of under-age drinking my wife recalls it being in her youth... but at least it seems not to have served its last pint, as suggested two years ago by Gordon Hatton [[[987378]]].](http://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/18/85/2188570_9ef2ddf0_120x120.jpg "NZ1701 : Frenchgate from the war memorial")
![Dist:0.4km<br/>Number 83 [with bow window] was the birthplace of John Fenwick [1846-1905], who later founded Fenwick's stores, now well known fashion and department stores in Newcastle, York and London.](http://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/98/73/987387_729795f0_120x120.jpg "NZ1701 : Cottages on Frenchgate")
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