
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Peter Walbank 1929-2008 of Peter Walbank Fabrics. In 1981, founder member of Grassington's Dickensian Festival. District councillor & chairman of Grassington Chamber of Trade. A dickensian gentleman.
Peter Walbank was a businessman and community leader who founded Peter Walbank Fabrics and was instrumental in establishing the Grassington Dickensian Festival in 1981, significantly contributing to local cultural heritage and tourism.
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Photo: Mike Kirby on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0