Pateley Bridge has seen nothing like it since the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536. Then the people of the Yorkshire Dales rose against plans to dismantle monasteries. Now they are defending those modern day cathedrals of learning and silence, local libraries.

Saturday saw what many believe was the first protest march in the town: the library’s local history books certainly record none.

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