You are in: North Yorkshire > History > Local history > Danby Beacon Danby Beacon. Photo © Frances Gilbraith By Don Watt, Danby Beacon Trust A beacon has stood proud ...

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Gavin Garner took this photo of the Danby Beacon in the North York Moors National Park. The beacon was built in 1937 and was part of a long-range early warning system BBC WeatherWatcher Zoe captured ...

THE FORMER radar station responsible for guiding Flight Lt Peter Townsend to intercept and shoot down the Second World War’s first enemy aircraft on English soil is getting a new life. THE FORMER ...

Sir, - You report the securing of planning permission for a new "beacon" on Beacon Hill on the boundary of Danby and Glaisdale parishes (D&S, Mar 21). I was one of the people who responded to the ...

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I was working in Beverley when in October 1941 I was conscripted into the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). Basic training was at Morecambe followed by advanced training as a radar operator. My ...

Talented Kenyan David Gitau has caused a stir on the Teesside athletics scene. The runner from Nairobi won the eight miles Danby Beacon fell race with considerable ease. Gitau, who turned up at a ...

This is the time of year when parties, or trips as they are known, of dotterels cross the region on their way to breeding sites high in the Scottish mountains and Scandinavia after spending the winter ...

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