The attached 19 page article was written in 2010 by Rodney Hampson and first published (in serial form) in the following issues of the FoSCL Journal:
In his fascinating article, Rodney Hampson (Station Master at Dent from March 1952 to September 1955) paints a vivid word-picture of railway operations at Dent, Garsdale and Ribblehead railway stations during the 1950s and of rural life in the remote communities of Dentdale, Garsdale and upper Ribblesdale during the same period.