Aireborough Civic Society is pleased to welcome, Neil Hanson to speak at its next meeting on Tuesday 30 April, 2024, 7.30pm at Rawdon Community Library.
Join Neil Hanson as he gives a hilarious account of his life at the Inn at the Top in the Yorkshire Dales as a young, completely inexperienced & incompetent landlord & the amusing & eccentric characters he had to deal with.
The 17th Century Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire is Britain’s highest pub, which regularly gets snowed in at its isolated location in the Yorkshire Dales, is up for sale.
The pub, 1,732 feet (528m) above sea level, was named the highest in the British Isles in the 1976 of the Guinness Book of World Records.
The listed inn has exposed beams and stone-flagged floors and is about five miles from the village of Keld in Swaledale.
Admission: ACS Members FREE Non-ACS Members £4.00
This is the second of 5 Civic Society talks organised for 2024, alternating with 5 community meetings.
£10 membership for 2024 includes free admission for all five talks – join on the night.
For your diaries:
Aireborough Civic Society Talks Programme for 2024
| Tuesday 30 April | My Life at Inn at the Top Neil Hanson tells us about his experiences as landlord of the highest inn in Yorkshire |
| Tuesday 28 May | Community Meeting (all welcome)* |
| Tuesday 25 June | Transport in Aireborough Bill Jagger talks about transport in Aireborough through the Ages |
| Tuesday 30 July | Community Meeting (all welcome)* |
| Please note there is no meeting in August | |
| Tuesday 24 September | Stand & Deliver! Eric Jackson, retired magistrate & local historian, tells the story of ‘Gentlemen of the Road’ from Dick Turpin to Claude Duval |
| Tuesday 29 October | Community Meeting (all welcome)* |
| Tuesday 26 November | Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Malcolm Johnson plays extracts from the best-selling album of all time telling the stories behind the lyrics |
