"Knaresborough is a market and spa town and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, on the River Nidd 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Harrogate.Knaresborough is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Chenaresburg, meaning "Cenheard's fortress", in the wapentake of Burghshire, renamed Claro Wapentake in the 12th century. Knaresborough Castle is Norman; around 1100, the town began to grow. It provided a market and attracted traders to service the castle". (Wikipedia).
My Brother Ian and his wife Kath moved to beautiful Knaresborough many years ago. Mum and Dad followed and finally Julie my Sister moved there. After my trips to the coast for Part 1 of this photo stories blog I would return to Knaresborough to stay with Mum. It became the new point of origin for connections with the edge. A place of many happy family gatherings but of sad departures from this mortal coil by Dad and my Brother. Marigold next to the River Nidd is Mum's favorite cafe. The pictures of us below visiting there are very special to me. The River Nidd is the destination point for family ashes. All very personal.
Knaresborough hosts the annual Bed Race, organised by the Knaresborough Lions Club. It is held on the second Saturday of June. The event was first staged in 1966. This is a photo taken on my phone from 2011. I fancied myself as a street photographer! Well why not? The above is from a theme 'Shadow Play' that I never developed.
The family, June 2011, mobile phone, Market Square
Cooks, mobile phone, 2012
Christmas fair, mobile phone, Harrogate, 2014
Waterside on phone, December 2019
Photo on my phone from February 2019, indoors Marigold
Photo on my phone from August 2020 of my fabulous Mother, taken in our favourite cafe, Marigold in Knaresborough.
(mobile phone July 2022)
Knaresborough August 2022 - just bought new camera
Knaresborough September 2022
Walk up through the cemetery to Market Square. Sunshine, small market happening, townsfolk on the move ... photos of: man chasing his dog, bought samosa off this stall as Blind Jack looks on (by sculptor, Barbara Asquith), parking ticket for someone not me, as I say I walked up, Town Crier he seems a character, detail from Mother Shipton statue by sculptor Chris Kelly.
Knaresborough October 2022
Spooky morning here as Knaresborough gets in the mood for Halloween!
