Page 9 - Yorkshire Post Rural Awards 2017: The Winners

SATURDAY OCTOBER 14 2017 YORKSHIRE POST
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RURAL AWARDS /9 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
Community Group of the Year
WALTER HEAD AND THE LITTLE WHITE BUS
WINNER
SUCCESS DRIVE: Sponsor wildlife artist Robert E Fuller, right, presents the award to Walter Head.
Our winner is a group of mostly voluntary drivers who provide a vital community-run bus service to isolated communities in the Yorkshire Dales.
Walter Head and his team are described in warm tones in their nomination, which tells of their “good grace and ability at all times” in providing a bus service which is vital, particularly in the small villages of the Dales, and enables some people to remain
in the homes that they love without moving
to towns. For example, it allows people in Hudswell to travel into Richmond and do their shopping before being driven home.
Walter and his team based in the office in Hawes drew particular praise for taking in their stride all the other drains on volunteers’ time that could otherwise impact on their ability to provide a well-run, reliable service for the rural community.
Best Rural High Street or Rural Retailer
CAMPBELLS OF LEYBURN
WINNER
EXCELLENCE: Yorkshire Post Country Week writer Chris Berry, left, with the Campbells team.
Campbell’s of Leyburn is a business that started out as a tiny grocery shop in Commercial Square, first established in 1868 and now stocks everything, from the everyday to the exotic.
It offers customers fresh fruit and vegetables, a huge array of olives, a wide variety of cheeses, fresh bread and cakes.
It also has a wine department, which was described in its nomination as surely
being the best in the North of England, a delicatessen and a butchers’ department selling fresh meat produced by Wensleydale farmers.
Its award testimonial read: “Campbell’s support all our local food producers and provide an excellent service to the community while astonishing visitors to the area. This business in its own quiet way exemplifies rural excellence and resilience.”
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