Malham Post Office & shop art card 1980s

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Malham in Airedale - from painting by E. Charlton Taylor, sub postmaster of Summerbridge, Harrogate.
• Publisher:  Post Office Picture Card series NEPR 5
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes & Key words: 

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Postage & Packing:

UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p

Europe: £1.60

Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75

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NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Malham is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales with a population of approximately 150.^[1] The surrounding countryside is well known for its limestone pavements and other examples of limestone scenery. The most obvious tourist attractions are Malham Tarn, Malham Cove, and the Dry valley. The village hosts an annual agricultural and horticultural show on the Saturday before the August Bank Holiday. This is known as the Malham Show and now has competitions for everything from Lego models to fell running. Another major annual event is the Malham Safari, where the villagers and particularly the local school build sculptures around the village. This event attracts many tourists and stalls are put up on the green.

Malham is a popular walkers' destination. The rise in tourism over Malham's history has led to a barely-detectable deterioration of the area's surrounding paths as tourists wander off the paths and cause very slight, isolated pockets of erosion, a process often called "footpath erosion". The footpaths in the area are maintained by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority.

In the village itself there is a National Park Information Centre and a large car park, which are attractive to tourists. The long-distance path the Pennine Way passes through the village, which is close to the natural landmarks of Malham Cove, Malham Tarn, Gordale Scar and Janet's Foss. The Malham Show Fell Race runs over the nearby 301-metre (988 ft) Cawden as part of the course.

In May 2006, it was reported that a covert listening device was discovered hidden in the local parish hall, leaving the villagers baffled by its discovery. The electronic transmitter was found in a wall socket during a safety inspection at Malham village hall.^[2]

In the 1950s the village gave its name to a Ham class minesweeper, HMS Malham.