Esk Valley News - Interview with Sita Brand about the

The Old Chapel
Tea Room Castleton
Home-cooked food and home-made cakes.
This family run business will give you
a warm welcome.
Open all year round
Tel. 01287 660085
Champions Garage,
Castleton
Servicing of all makes & models
MOT’s with free retest
Specialist tyre department
New and used car sales
Tel: 01287 660203
www.champions-castleton.co.uk
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The Flying Scotsman in Glaisdale
The Ramblings of a Countryman
Danby Health Shop
Organic Wholefoods & Vegetables, Local
Produce, Speciality Teas & Coffees, Herbs &
Spices, Nutritional Supplements, Essential
Oils, Natural Toiletries, Quality Ice Cream
& Beverages, Baking Ingredients,
Chilled & Frozen Range,
Wheat- & Gluten-free products.
1 Briar Hill, Danby, North Yorks YO21 2LZ
Tel. 01287 669200
Grosmont Bookshop
A good selection of new
and second-hand books
Railways, Buses & Trams, Local Maps,
Guides & History, Local fiction...
Open at least 10 till 5 daily till end of October
Tel. 01947 895170
www.grosmontbookshop.co.uk
The Dispensary,
Whitby
The Dispensary is not what you would
imagine. It is not just a health shop; it’s a
futurehealth shop – helping you explore
what makes up real health.
6 Hunter Street (off Skinner Street), Whitby
Tel. 01947 603456
www.thedispensary.org.uk
Winstone Mining at Esk Valley and Green End
Glaisdale Village
Store & Post Office
W.R. Mitchell Archive: Dales Interviews
Lottery, Newspapers, Groceries, Fresh
Bread, Fruit & Vegetables, etc.
Friendly service for all your daily needs.
Lynn Hall
Danby Health Shop News
A Tale of Smuggling in Robin Hood’s Bay
Tel. 01947 897244
Lealholm Village Shop
Newspapers, Fresh Bread, Fruit & Vegetables,
Groceries, Specialities
Your friendly local shop where we are
always happy to help.
Open Monday to Saturday, 8 am–6 pm.
Sundays 10 am–5 pm (10 am–3 pm, Oct–Mar)
Tel. 01947 897310
[email protected]
Also at:
Danby Moors Centre, Castleton Tea Rooms,
Grosmont Old School Coffee Shop,
Botton Café
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East Mines, Stone Kilns and Chimney
See National Park News, page 17
(photo Paddy Chambers)
The W.R. Mitchell Archive, an example of the importance of community archives and
the challenges and joys of creating one. See page 28
FROM THE EDITORS
CONTENTS
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Built in 1923 the Flying Scotsman clocked up over 2
million miles before it was retired in 1963. It pulled the
first ever non-stop London to Edinburgh service, was
the first steam locomotive to reach 100 miles per hour
and now it’s back in service after a £4.2 million overhaul.
No wonder locals turned out to see the legendary engine
pass through Glaisdale last month (page 3).
Sad for the Esk Valley is the announcement that the
Collings family, who have run the Danby Health Shop
so well over the past seven years, will shortly be moving
away. We wish them every success in their new venture.
The shop will be in safe hands with their Botton coworker friends who will be taking over from the Collings
on 1 April (page 11).
Good news for the National Park is an award of £2.8
million by the heritage lottery fund for the industrial
heritage project ‘This Exploited Land’. This will be used
to preserve the legacy of nineteenth-century ironstone
mining around Rosedale, Grosmont and Kildale (page
17) and other industrial activities, such as the whinstone
mines of Esk Valley and Green End (page 26).
On the coast at Robin Hood’s Bay, the story of the
village’s smuggling past is being told through a new line
of beers and spirits promoted by Paul Johnston, who
also gives tours around the village highlighting its
smuggling history (page 31).
On the subject of local history, a community archive
in the Dales, housing hundreds of interviews of country
people by former editor of The Dalesman magazine, Bill
Mitchell, is now available online. Readers may like to
hear some of the interviews in audio clips on the archive
website (page 28).
Finally, don’t miss John Watson’s recent trip to The
Guardian in London for a journalism masterclass to
brush up his writing skills, which really didn’t need
brushing up at all (page 23).
We hope you enjoy some wonderful Spring days
this month,
Nicola & Pascal
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Flying Scotsman in Glaisdale
Events Preview
Notices: Danby Health Shop news
Farewell to the Hunts / Broadband Speed
Danby District Bridleways Group
National Park News
The Ramblings of a Countryman:
John Watson
Castillo: Appeal for Manuscript Copy
Whinstone Mining
W.R. Mitchell Archive: Interview
Recipe
A Tale of Smuggling in Robin Hood’s Bay
The Hayshed, Commondale
Danby Young Farmers
Gardening Calendar
Upper Esk Valley Gardening Club
Nature Notes
Trials and Motocross News
Football / Lealholm CC 100 Plus Club
Schools and College News
News from the WIs
Coming Events
Exhibitions
Courses/Workshops/Groups
Looking Ahead
Regular Activities & Services
Church Diary
Planetary Skylights / Dales Folk
Puzzles & Enigmas
Local Directory
In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.
– Mark Twain
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Home visits can also be arranged.
Tel. 01287 660 817
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IT CAME IN THE DARK, not chuffing and
What is it that brings so many of us out
on this near freezing March night, away
from the centrally heated comfort of our
homes when we could probably get a much
better view on ‘Look North’? Is it nostalgia,
a hankering for the old days, when this
engine represented the zenith of railway
technology? Britain is now far behind the
much faster, cleaner Japanese bullet trains
or French TGVs. So what can it be?
There is something that we don’t want
to lose, something that makes it worth
spending £4 million on restoration of a
mechanical object that originally cost
£8,000 to build. It’s perhaps part of our
heritage, our national psyche, something
indefinable. But something that seems
completely obvious when, after a few
minutes at Glaisdale and the all clear has
been given, the nearly one hundred-yearold gleaming and magnificent steam
locomotive called The Flying Scotsman,
quietly, with a slight hiss, moves off in the
dark to its next destination.
puffing as we expect from steam engines,
but smoothly, with a slight hiss, gliding
up to stop at the platform of Glaisdale
station. The most prominent noise was
the creak of the rails, unaccustomed to
take the 120 ton-weight of the most
famous locomotive in the land. On its way
to a ten-day appearance at the North
Yorkshire Moors Railway, the Flying
Scotsman, perforce, had to stop to
exchange signal tokens for the single
track ahead to Grosmont. At the halt it
was met by possibly one hundred
Glaisdalians and visitors, amassed on the
platforms to witness this rare event.
Possibly one hundred, but difficult to
estimate on the gloomy platform, since the
station lights had been extinguished
earlier on a time switch. This just added to
the atmosphere, with only the intermittent
flashes from phones, tablets and cameras
highlighting the locomotive’s nameplate –
number 60103 – and the once familiar
legend ‘British Railways’.
Paul Wood
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ESK VALLEY MINI MARKETS
Held at Danby Village Hall, 10 am–3 pm, free
admission, refreshments available. All
welcome. Anyone interested in becoming a
stallholder at Esk Valley mini markets should
telephone 01947 897611 or 07702 164091.
FRIENDS OF LEALHOLM
SCHOOL SOCIAL EVENING
Sat 2 Apr: Bric-a-Brac and Jumble
Sat 30 Apr: Open Market
Sat 7 May: Garden and Plant Special
Sat 28 May: Open Market
Sat 11 Jun: Ladies’ Pamper Day
Sat 18 Jun: Open Market
Sat 9 Jul: Children and Babies
Sat 30 Jul: Open Market
Sat 13 Aug: Bric-a-Brac and Jumble
Sat 27 Aug: Open Market
Sat 10 Sep: For the Gents
Sat 1 Oct: Open Market
Sat 22 Oct: All food Related
Sat 5 Nov: Open Market
Sat 19 Nov: Animal Related
Sat 3 Dec: Christmas Special
Sat 17 Dec: Last Minute Christmas Shopper
Thursday 14 April
By kind permission of the Danby Estate,
Foresters Lodge, Little Fryup Dale, is
opening its doors ‘for one night only’ for
drinks, nibbles and chat, 7–9.30 pm.
Donations in aid of Lealholm School.
The Harmonettes in ‘Dorothy’s War’
at Danby Village Hall on Saturday 9 April
Tickets £7 for adults, £3 for schoolchildren
from Danby Health Shop or Les on 01287 669297
A musical theatre show based on the true
story of Dorothy Lawrence, packed with
songs from the First World War,
presented by the UK’s leading female
vocal harmony trio. Their last show, ‘The
Harmonettes Go Into Orbit’, was a sellout smash and received critical acclaim
when it toured to the Edinburgh Fringe.
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PIANO & KEYBOARD TUITION
Danby Surgery Patient Participation Group
cordially invite you to their
All Grade exams, A.B.R.S.M.
Beginners welcome
Also harmony and music theory
AGM AND OPEN MEETING
at Danby Surgery on Wednesday 27 April at 7 pm
Peter Lyth, M.A.
(Home visits possible)
There will be light refreshments and a short presentation by Shirley Moses from the clinical
commissioning group on Tele Health and Tele Mediciner
Tel. 01947 603507, or e-mail
[email protected]
Gordon Richardson
Professional Vacuum
Chimney Seep
Stuart Houlston Builder
Servicing Whitby
and surronding areas
for over 28 years
All aspects of building carried out.
Extensions - Roofing - Plastering
Fire places / Stoves - Brick, Block and Stone work
Renovations - Fibre glass flat roofing - And more.
All types of solid fuel
appliances undertaken
including Woodburners,
Agas, etc.
Fully Insured / Free Quotes
Tel: 07791650925 or 01947897969
[email protected]
Tel 01947 810633
Shepherds Hall
Esca
Lealholm
Hair & Beauty
Tea
Rooms
April
Craft
Gallery
Home-made cakes, afternoon tea, daily specials and light meals,
lovely relaxed atmosphere, crafts, vintage collectables and gift ideas
Have your nails painted
for the spring and
summer sandals
from £12
Open Saturday 5th March and
Mother’s Day Sunday 6th March 2016
Book now for Mother’s Day Sunday Lunch from 12 noon
1 course £9.30 – 2 course £13.40
Please check our website for the menu
Why not treat Mum to afternoon tea, Sunday Lunch
or just bring her for coffee and cake?
20 High Street, Castleton YO21 2DA
Tel 01287 660457
www.escaspa.co.uk
UPPER ESKDALE MARIE CURIE GROUP
invite you to a Coffee Morning
at Castleton Village Hall
on 4 May from 10.30 am
Coffee, tea, scones, cakes
Raffle, bookstall and cake stall Everyone most welcome
Tel: 01947 897746
www.shepherdshalltearooms.co.uk
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TOUR DE YORKSHIRE – DAY 3 ROUTE SCHEDULE
showing route timings for MOORS & COAST
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Notices / Letters
DANBY HEALTH SHOP: THE COLLINGS FAMILY
Colin Grout
General Insurance Consultant
Introducer to Esk Valley Financial Services
Independent
financial
advice in the
Esk Valley area.
Confidential
meeting conducted
at your home
at your convenience
Contact: Colin – 01287 660700
Paul Gatenby
Director/Independent Financial Adviser
Contact: Paul – 01642 777680
mob. 07976 250339
Portland House – West Dyke Road Redcar TS10 1DH
Email: [email protected]
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority 601217.
After seven wonderful years working in
Danby it is time for our family to move to
pastures new. By now, we’re sure you’ll all
be aware that our Botton co-worker friends
are the new owners of Danby Health Shop.
We truly believe God has plans for us all
and feel our April handover to Nicola, Mark
and Ruaridh is ‘meant to be’. Please
continue to support the new Danby Health
Shop team. They are kind-hearted, caring
individuals who share our ethics and look
The Collings family with the new owners of Danby
forward to meeting you all. We wish them
Health Shop.
every success.
We’d like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who has supported us during
our time in the Esk Valley. We’re leaving with many special memories to treasure and will
remember the past seven years with fondness.
May God bless you all.
Carol, Faye and Laura
SHOP REOPENS AFTER EASTER
Fri 1 April: OPEN 9 am–5 pm (New ownership)
A BOTTON PHOENIX RISES! We are delighted to be able to announce that as of 1 April the Botton community will be
taking over the running of the Danby Health Shop, under the auspices of our new trading
company, Camphill Community Ventures Ltd. Throughout our recent difficulties, we have had no greater supporters than Botton Buddies
Carol, Laura and Faye Collings. From the Danby Health Shop, they have been able to mobilise
much of the local support that has sustained us through our long dispute.
It was then a remarkable confluence of circumstances when our community’s wish to
create activities outside CVT’s control coincided with the Collings’ wish to move to Scotland.
For seven years the Collings family has built up an ethical business based on unstinting
service to the residents of Danby’s rural community. For this they have earned the fierce
loyalty of their customers. It is our sincere hope that we are able to honour and uphold this
fine tradition. In some small way, many of us in Botton feel that this step represents a gesture from our
side towards the local community that has supported us so faithfully in recent years. Let us
hope it marks the beginning of a new, confident and outward-looking community determined
to emerge stronger and wiser from our recent ordeals.
Mark Barber
DATE FOR DIARIES:
Botton Village Camphill Community will be hosting a Spring Dance in Danby Village Hall on 23 April
from 7.30 pm to celebrate the Danby Health Shop past, present and future! Tickets £6/£4 (available
shortly from the Danby Health Shop / or reserve by telephone: 07930 897589)
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LEALHOLM – THE HUNT FAMILY
We returned to England at the end of January 1994 after almost five years living in the centre
of Cairo. We had found it fascinating but we were pleased to escape the noise, crowds, heat
and dust. When Barry was offered a job in Middlesbrough and we saw Lealholm and The
Mill House we were thrilled. Here was a beautiful place with the perfect climate.
We have spent nearly 22 years living in our dream house in the best village in England.
From the start we were offered help moving in, invited to join in local activities, made
welcome at WI and the Tennis Club. Jenny had the fun of riding horses here and Barry
worked with the Show Committee. The Abbeyfield project has involved many hours of work
and we are delighted to see it well established. Neither of us has ever lived anywhere for so
long, in fact sometimes, for the Royal Air Force, we were moving house every 6 months!
Leaving here will be a huge wrench but we will look back on so many happy memories and
will always count it a privilege to have owned The Mill House.
The time has come to live in a convenient, small place near to our children. Leamington
Spa claims to be the centre of England so we hope that many of our friends here will call in
at our flat for coffee, etc, as they pass. It will be good to see old friends.
Finally, thank you for your welcome and friendship.
selected retailer to obtain a subsidised satellite broadband service – which in most cases will
include a free satellite dish and installation.
People will only be eligible to apply for the subsidy if their premises do not have access to
speeds of more than 2 Mbps.
If you are eligible for a subsidised installation you will be able to choose a service from any
of the retail service providers that are part of the scheme, each of which will be offering a
variety of packages based around the amount of data you need and the speed of the
connection.
Good news, but while satellite broadband may be an acceptable solution for some people,
it is usually more expensive than a comparable fixed line service and satellite connections
can also suffer from increased latency – or lag – because of the distance to the satellite. This
makes some real-time applications problematic (e.g. watching television via the internet).
So before you go down the satellite broadband route you need to do your research and satisfy
yourself that it’s the way forward for you remembering that it is not a one-size-fits-all
solution.
Full details of the scheme are available from www.superfastnorthyorkshire.com
John Preston,
Clerk to Danby Group Parish Council
Barry and Jenny Hunt
DO YOU SUFFER FROM SLOW BROADBAND SPEED?
The Danby Group Parish Council is acutely aware that not everyone within the Parish and
indeed the Esk Valley in general has access to good internet service by way of broadband and
as such we wanted to try to make people aware of an opportunity which may be to their
benefit.
The Government is offering subsidised satellite broadband to rural customers on slow
connections. The scheme was launched during December by the Department for Culture,
Media and Sport and it came as time ran out on the government’s commitment to ensure all
homes and business can access internet connection speeds of at least 2 Mbps by the end of
2015.
Throughout the country some 300,000 remote rural properties are said to be eligible for
the new offer – although the eventual number could be even higher.
The scheme will reduce the total cost of a satellite broadband service by up to £400 – but
users will still have to pay any remaining cost of installation and commissioning and they
will also have to pay for any features of the satellite broadband service they require.
Remember, there will also probably be a monthly subscription for the service selected,
payable for a minimum period of 12 months.
The satellite scheme is operated by a partnership between the government, local bodies,
BT and a number of satellite broadband retail service and platform providers.
The initiative is being administered by local authorities who will provide a code or a
voucher to eligible homes and businesses upon request. People can use this code with a
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DANBY DISTRICT BRIDLEWAYS GROUP We are local riders of all ages and ability
who participate in a wide range of
equestrian activities and use the bridleways
around Danby and Castleton in the North
York Moors.
We liaise with the relevant local
authorities and land owners in order to
maintain and improve the definitive routes
to a standard suitable for safe, enjoyable
riding.
We meet monthly to discuss on-going
issues, and we have regular rides and other
social events for members. Our next meeting is on 28 April at 8.15 pm in the Fox and Hounds,
Ainthorpe.
We need the support of as many local riders as possible to be sure our voice is heard. We
are affiliated to the BHS. Annual membership is £5 for adults and £1 for under 16s.
See more on our website at www.danbydistrictbridlewaysgroup.co.uk or contact Chairman
Kathryn on 01287 661218 / 07974 397682 or email [email protected].
Many thanks.
Kathryn von Stein
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Lealholm Post Office
& Service Station
PAT FEATHERSTONE
Monday–Friday:
8.45 am–5.30 pm
Saturday:
Post Office 9.00 am–12.30 pm
Retail: 9.00 am–5.00 pm
REGISTERED BUILDING & JOINERY CONTRACTOR
ALL TYPES OF BUILDING WORK UNDERTAKEN
PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE
Tel: 01947 897224
BEECH COTTAGE, LEALHOLM, WHITBY
NORTH YORKSHIRE YO21 2AJ
Bulk working & farm dog foods
FREE ESTIMATES.
REASONABLE RATES. NO VAT.
TELEPHONE (01947) 897626
MOBILE 07790 667883
LEALHOLM
M&D
MINI COACHES
AINTHORPE EDUCATIONAL TRUST
The AGM and next Committee Meeting of the Ainthorpe Educational Trust is to be held on
Monday 9 May 2016 at Danby School, 5.30 pm. All are welcome to attend the AGM.
The Ainthorpe Educational Trust is a charity which awards small grants to help promote
the education of young people living in the parishes of Danby and Westerdale. Applications
for grants are invited from students who:
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Are under the age of 25
Are in need of financial assistance
Are resident in the parishes of Danby or Westerdale
Have at any time attended a school in the parish of Danby
If you fit these criteria, please send a detailed letter of application outlining your
circumstances and intended areas of study. It would assist the Trustees when allocating
available funds if you could itemise how you would spend the grant. Letters may be addressed
to the Secretary, Pam Shepherd, 12 Robin Hood Close, Castleton, Whitby, YO21 2DH, tel:
01287 660005, to arrive no later than Friday 6 May 2016.
PRIVATE HIRE
16 SEATS
Contact: Malc or Denise
Tel: 01947 895418
Mob: 07773 347328
R & B TREES AND GARDENS
Tree Surgery • Wood Chipping • Beck Clearance work
Planting • Storm Damage • Hedge Laying
Garden Clearance • General Garden Maintenance
Hedge Trimming • Grass Cutting
Mini Digger Hire With Driver
Experienced & Reliable Service
Land drainage, ditching, sewer pipes,
septic tanks, water pipes & cables,
ducting, footings & general excavation work.
Anything considered
Brendan Drew 07967
011416 – 01947 897363
Stephen Tindall
07747 016479 – 01287 660730
[email protected]
WANTED!
VOLUNTEER TOUR GUIDES
Esca
The Cleveland Ironstone Mining
Museum is currently in need of new
volunteers to take up roles in guiding.
Could you spare a day or two a month to
help keep history alive?
• No prior knowledge is needed as full
training is given
• Friendly personality required with a
willingness to learn
• Uniform and refreshment provided
Hair & Beauty
WANTED
Hairdresser – Fully Qualified
Part-time with hours to suit
Good rate of pay plus bonus
Uniform provided
Please telephone 07531 672386
or 01287 660457
We also have positions available as Shop
and Reception Assistants, Maintenance
Team, Education Assistants and Archive
& Collection Assistants.
Esca Hair & Beauty
20 High Street
Castleton
01287 660457
For more information, please call the
Museum on 01287 642877 or email
[email protected]
NPTC Trained • Fully Insured
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National Park News
Glebe Farm, Lealholm, Whitby,
North Yorks, YO21 2AJ
R. H. FORD
Tel./Fax 01947 897471
www.jjharrison.com
Email: [email protected]
Free quotes and advice
The Family Butcher – Glaisdale High Street
“Home-bred Meat – A Real Treat”
Pruning • Trimming • Turfing • Seeding
Traditional skills and products including homemade
Trees, Shrubs & Hedging supplied
sausage and a range of homemade pies
Garden Design and Construction
Tel 01947 897235
Stump grinding
N. & M. FLETCHER LTD
NEW & USED CARS • SERVICING
LAND ROVER & RANGE ROVER • RECOVERY
4X4 SPECIALISTS • MOT CLASS 1, 2, 3 & 4
LAWNMOWER SALES & REPAIRS
James
Godbold
Proprietors:
NEIL FLETCHER
MARK FLETCHER
Wrought Ironsmith
Manufacturer of gates, railings,
security grilles, fireside furniture
Workshop
The Garage, Egton
Green Garage Tel. 01947 897237
Honey Bee Nest Tel. 01947 897444
Tel: 01947 895562
Glaisdale, Whitby, North Yorkshire
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LOTTERY AWARD FOR
NORTH YORK MOORS!
THE HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND has
awarded a £2.8m grant to the industrial
heritage project ‘This Exploited Land
(TEL).
Thanks to the support of National
Lottery players, the project will help
understand and enhance the landscape
and its legacy of nineteenth-century
ironstone exploitation, preserving it for
future
generations
and
making
connections to Teesside, the industrial area
that it created. Geoff Taylor vice-chair of
the TEL Executive Group commented:
‘The success of our bid brings to fruition a
truly cooperative endeavour by groups
across and around the North York Moors.
We are now enabled to preserve the
extraordinary efforts of pioneering
Victorian railwaymen, ironstone miners
and steelmakers for future generations and
that is a source of great pride. Local history
groups play an increasingly important part
in the life of our communities and they will
take heart from this.’ The dramatic and distinctive
landscape at the centre of the project tells
a story about the importance of the
pioneering ironstone and railway
heritage of an area from Grosmont,
through Eskdale to Kildale and then on
through Rosedale to Rosedale Abbey. It
will encourage rare wildlife, ancient
woodlands, wild daffodils and the special
species of the River Esk.
Rosedale east mines
© Paddy Chambers
The project is a culmination of hard
work and vision from local communities,
the Authority, volunteers and ‘This
Exploited Land’ Partnership and its
Executive Group, and is something that
communities in the National Park have
wanted to do for a long time. With match
funding from the North York Moors
National Park Authority (NYMNP), the
David Ross Foundation and other
partners it takes the total budget for this
project to £3.5m. David commented: ‘The
David Ross Foundation is delighted to be
supporting this exciting project,
preserving the landscape for future
generations and helping to establish an
education centre in the North York
Moors National Park. Giving children the
opportunity to enjoy the benefits of this
beautiful landscape and partake in
outdoor adventures will help them
discover their strengths, build confidence
and make sense of their surroundings.’
Forty-six individual projects will be
carried out from 2016 to 2021 across the
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landscape area – ranging from the
conservation of the iconic structures,
such as ironstone kilns in Rosedale and
mines in Kildale, reconnecting habitats
and restoring ancient woodlands,
removal of fish barriers along the River
Esk, to working with schools to
encourage children to connect with and
learn more about the landscape.
The TEL project area covers a sweeping
arc from Goathland to Grosmont, then
westwards along the Esk Valley to
Kildale, finally crossing the moors southeastwards to reach Rosedale. A
patchwork of habitats occurs across the
area, from ancient semi-natural
woodland and upland hay meadows to
riverbank habitats along the River Esk
and its adjoining streams.
Ring ouzels (mountain blackbirds) are
an example of how the former industrial
heritage has shaped the landscape for
wildlife today. These birds are associated
with the belt of land on the moorland
edge around the disused railway and
kilns in Rosedale. This species is a
national conservation priority so by
preserving this historic landscape and
bolstering the habitat by providing more
berry-bearing shrubs, the ring ouzel
population will increase, helping to halt
national long-term declines.
Dr Louise Cooke, Heritage Officer TEL
at the NYMNPA, said: ‘The still relatively
remote landscape conceals a largely
untold story of communities shaped by a
century of intense industrial activity, a
story of enterprise and innovation, of
hard physical work at a scale hard to
imagine, all in an area of outstanding
landscape value, now protected by its
designation as a National Park.’
SEEKING FAMILIES TO CARE
FOR HABITATS
Families with children aged 4–14 are
invited to take part in the next round of the
North York Moors National Park’s Explorer
Club, which starts at the beginning of May.
Meeting one Saturday or Sunday a month
for six months, the club is a great way for
families to learn about the habitats of the
National Park while having an active role in
caring for them.
The Explorer Club combines practical
conservation projects, such as tree
planting and footpath restoration, with a
closer look at the North York Moors
wildlife and habitats. Child-sized tools,
binoculars, digital cameras, a wildlife
infrared camera and other kit are
available to attendees on the day to
enhance their experience. Families are
also given suggestions of activities to do
at home, and will have access to our
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members-only ‘Facebook’ page where
they can share their wildlife and
exploring experiences with other
Explorer Club members.
Those taking part will be given the
opportunity to gain the John Muir
Discovery Award. This environmental
award encourages people of all
backgrounds to connect, enjoy and care
for wild places.
Tammy Andrews, Explorer Club Coordinator said: ‘This is a fantastic
opportunity for families to spend quality
time
together
while
exploring,
discovering and caring for their local
National Park. We hope to instil a lifelong love of the environment. It is
wonderful to see families having fun
together and enjoying all the benefits
being outdoors has to offer.’
Derek Benn and his family are current
Explorer Club members. Derek said ‘As a
family we have had the most amazing
experiences with the Explorer Club
completing tasks outdoors, learning new
skills, making new friends and
connecting with nature. The days are
really well organised, safe and well led. It
never ceases to amaze me what we are
able to achieve together, like the time my
four year-old daughter was using a saw
(under guidance) to clear woodland
scrub.’
schoolchild in England the chance to visit
National Parks as part of new education
plans announced in March.
Andy Wilson, CEO at the NYMNP
commented: ‘We believe National Parks
are a perfect place to understand and
explore the natural environment. By
working at an early stage with young
people it gives us the best chance to help
promote these unique spaces by
providing education on nature-based
activities.’
Looking at fresh water invertibrates
For more information on the Explorer Club
contact Tammy Andrews on 01439 772700 or
email [email protected].
Moorland field studies
Sue Wilkinson, Education Manager
commented: ‘Our education team is
working hard to meet every child within
a ten mile radius of the National Park
whilst they are in school. It’s extremely
SCHOOLCHILDREN VISITING
NATIONAL PARKS
The NYMNP is delighted with
government plans to enable every
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and seeing the excitement they get from
experiencing and understanding nature
and the outdoors.’
The Authority is also very keen to help
children who would not normally get the
chance to visit and experience our
fantastic landscapes first hand. Last year
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2,500 children benefited from the grants
and participated in valuable learning
outside the classroom experiences.
A recent example of how these skills are
being put into practice is the ‘Slowing the
Flow’ flood defence project around
Pickering and Sinnington that was
recently visited by HRH Prince of Wales.
The project used the natural environment
to slow the flow of water run-off and reduce
flood risk which included planting trees,
constructing ‘woody debris dams’ in becks
and streams and tackling erosion of moor
and footpaths.
Jordan Horsfall, Southern Apprentice
at the NYMNP who met with HRH Prince
of Wales last month, said: ‘It was
fantastic to be able to welcome HRH
Prince of Wales to the Slowing the Flow
project. Although it never stopped
raining throughout the visit, it gave us the
opportunity to show the dams and timber
bunds, which the apprentices had helped
to construct, in action.’ ◼
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National Apprentices’ week, 14–18
March, was an excellent time to recognise
the contribution and work undertaken by
NYMNPA apprentices.
Ian Nicholls, Assistant Director of
Corporate Services at the National Park,
said:
‘We offer a brilliant range of
opportunities for apprentices. We feel it’s
really important to provide training for
young people to help them to live and
work locally. Currently we have 16
apprentices who are all widening their
experience and gaining their first steps
into work. They are very enthusiastic,
passionate about what they do and a
pleasure to work with.’
As well as the more traditional skills
such as dry stone walling, building fences
and maintaining rights of way, the
outdoor apprentices are also being taught
a new set of skills to help with the
challenges facing our environment today.
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JOURNALISM MASTERCLASS IN LONDON
JOHN WATSON
The Ramblings of
a Countryman
Christmas morning, my son offered the
thought that my writing warranted an
injection of professionalism – I was
happy with that as long as it didn’t
involve needles – and enrolled me for a
day at a Masterclass Writing course at
The Guardian newspaper in London.
Before my morning coffee cooled, Ann
had booked travel, hotel and a romantic
evening out.
So it was, we found ourselves sitting,
rather intimately, in a plush, candlelit
and relatively quiet – not surprising at
those prices – restaurant, when a
strikingly handsome violinist, all slicked
back hair and flashing eyes, materialised
out of the shadows and began to sway
sensually around our table playing soft,
romantic music while a young waiter
showered petals upon us. Catching the
mood, I began to whisper long-forgotten
anecdotes of love to Ann as if this
happened most nights in the pubs around
Castleton!
Recovering well from the cost of the
evening, next morning I strode briskly
along Tottenham Court road, in search of
the newspaper’s main building, intending
to blend into City life for a couple of days.
Not a chance.
My sense of direction is not a strong
point, and after passing the same shop
three times – it’s amazing what’s on offer
nowadays, isn’t it? – I thought it best to
enquire.
‘Morning guvnor, could you tell me
where The Guardian is?’ The board
alongside him stating the ‘End of the
World is Nigh’ should have given me a
clue as Nigh was spelt Niy. A puzzled look
crossed his features before his face lit up.
Well, the bit between the huge turban
and bushy beard holding most of his
breakfast did. ‘Ah certainly, certainly my
kind friend,’ his voice booming out.
Suddenly, he crushed me to his bosom in
a bear hug, proving my sternum had
healed perfectly. As I struggled for
breath, he released me, pointing
heavenward. ‘There He is my little friend.
Up there,’ all the while jabbing upwards
with his finger. ‘You should know that.
Everyone should know that.’ He spread
his arms out, appealing to all passersby,
which meant everyone within a couple of
streets. ‘Have you not found Him yet.
Reach out, he will find you. I tell you,
Allah sees all and knows all.’
I realized I should just have asked Allah
quietly, it would have been less
embarrassing. Smiling, I backed away,
eventually arriving at the impressive,
shimmering glass-fronted building, ‘The
Guardian’ emblazoned in big, bold letters
across the entrance, but I couldn’t find a
door. I stood, staring gormless at the glass,
until three young women – I think they
were young; I could only see three pairs of
beautifully expressive, almond-shaped
eyes staring out at me – spotted my plight.
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were never, ever guilty of. (Be honest, I
bet you still remember the feeling.)
‘Well, I’m Samantha, follow me.’ It
wasn’t ‘please will you’, it was an order. I
ran to keep pace. By this time an Indian
lady, who admitted she waited for me to
find the entrance, caught up and
introduced herself as Tara. Tara, uncertain
as myself, needed someone with
confidence. She was unlucky this morning!
The day proved excellent, the speakers,
journalists and interviewers, were all very
well educated, articulate, entertaining,
witty, charming and above all brimming
with enthusiasm about their line of work.
But they also hit on how the World of
Journalism was in rapid change due to
Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, etc, and how
they were only now beginning to use it to
their advantage. And, reading between
the lines of their teachings, much future
journalism will be written by certain
gems of freelance writers picked from
Masterclasses such as this.
A fantastic weekend and if you nodded
off while reading this, my Christmas
present was in vain. ◼
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‘You want in?’ one asked in clipped tones.
I nodded. Taking my arm as you would a
small child, she led me across to a threefoot-high chrome post and punched a
button. A large glass panel hissed open in
front of me. Embarrassed once again by
my ignorance, I thanked her and they
walked away shaking their heads as if to
say ‘someone’s in for a long day’.
A tall, whippet-thin woman pounced
on arrival, a ‘do not mess with me’
attitude clear in her expression. She
stared down at me. ‘Good morning. Are
you here for the Masterclass?’ I answered
‘yes’, experiencing a schoolboy nervousness
not felt since summoned to the
Headmaster’s office for something you
LOCAL POET: JOHN CASTILLO
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Robert Bridge is most grateful to readers for their translations of a dialect verse in John
Castillo’s poem ‘Awd Isaac’. He will respond fully in the next (May) issue of Valley News.
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Email: [email protected]
There must be a manuscript copy of ‘Awd Isaac’ out there somewhere, and it’s
important to all sorts of dialect scholars around the world. Time to ransack attics,
interrogate old relatives, open trunks ... If one exists it dearly needs professional
conservation before it’s too late!
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In the meantime, Robert makes this request for a manuscript copy of ‘Awd Isaac’:
WHINSTONE MINING AT ESK VALLEY AND GREEN END
TAMSYN NAYLOR
Barn Fit for an Owl
The June 2015 issue of Valley News reported the opening of a new bridge over the
Murk Esk (tributary of the River Esk) along a bridleway near Grosmont. The new
bridge sits on abutments of an old tramway bridge built in the 1830s which gave
access to local whinstone quarries (closed in the 1930s). Tamsyn Naylor uses the
new bridge, spots an owl and remembers the whinstone mining of Esk Valley.
NOW THAT WE HAVE a new footbridge
dykes radiating from the area of Scotland
around Mull.
Initially, quarries were opened on both
sides of the Murk Esk valley and on to
Goathland Moor. When the steep sides
became unstable, adits (horizontal passages)
were drifted into the hillside to reach the
stone. Cable-worked railway inclines were
built to carry the whinstone to the Whitby
and Pickering line and then for export. The
newly resurrected bridleway follows this
route to the Whitby–Pickering line.
Whinstone is a very fractured, unstable
rock and the mines were the scene of
many falls of stone during their lifetime,
as can be gleaned from local newspaper
cuttings. A poignant gravestone in
Grosmont churchyard reads:
spanning the Murk Esk near the hamlet
of Esk Valley I regularly meet friends
from Dale End and Green End, not to
mention the early morning silver flash of
our newly arrived barn owl. A beautiful
sight greets the dawn as he spreads his
wings and rises over the bridge, checking
for rodents, before circling the old
building connected with the whinstone
mine, set in the bend of the river.
Historically Esk Valley and Green End
were closely associated with mining
whinstone, a hard basaltic rock formed
when the Cleveland dyke cut through
local rocks during Tertiary times. The
Cleveland Dyke has the distinction of
being the southernmost of a swarm of
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Many of the men who became
unemployed when Bagnalls shut the
ironstone mines in 1891 took work in the
whinstone mines and stayed in the area;
the whinstone mines were in operation
for around 100 years. The opportunity to
salvage materials from the abandoned
ironwork sites was taken up by the
Schofield family, who dismantled
structures and removed slag (also used as
a road-mending material).
The links between local mines and
railways are stories waiting to be told as
part of ‘This Exploited Land’.*
The photo below is taken circa 1900 of
the whinstone workers on the Green End
side of the valley. The three ponies
brought the stone out of the drifts and
across the bridge. They were housed in a
now demolished stable in an old orchard
off the rail trail. ◼
John Edward Porritt of Esk Valley,
born 31 December 1879, died 21 June 1899.
Good was his heart his friendship sound,
Patient in pain unloved by none,
His grief is hushed his pains are gone,
and peace in Jesus Christ hath found.
Who suffer with our master here,
In heavenly mansions shall sit down,
and soon before his face appear,
and after wear their heavenly crown.
His obituary in the paper clearly states
that the poor chap suffered from his
injuries once they went septic.
Men worked underground quarrying
the stone, which was sent to loading
docks at either Goathland station or near
the Esk Valley viaduct, after which it was
crushed for road-making material.
Others were employed to knap the stone
into setts to pave the streets of West
Yorkshire. The loading dock for the east
side mines is near the viaduct and is
constructed from a
jumble of bricks, some
of them refractory
furnace linings from
either Beckhole or
Grosmont Ironworks.
The dock for the west
side mines is adjacent
to the Rail Trail. The
barn that the owl sees
as the perfect location
is also built, in true
Yorkshire tightness,
out of a jumble of
brick linings from one
or other of the
ironworks.
* Lottery funding has now been awarded for this industrial heritage project (see page 17).
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Interview with Sita Brand about
the W.R. Mitchell Archive
archive includes some extraordinary
people. Bill was interviewing in the 1980s
and many people he talked to spoke about
people they knew as children. In some
cases this meant they were describing life
in the late 1800s.
Why do you believe community archives
are so important?
What motivates you to complete your
work on the archive?
Community Archives hold the history
and experiences of a community. Often
these archives capture the stories of
ordinary folk. The main histories of a
nation are usually led by those in
positions of power. In a community
archive you get the voice of the people.
I owe it to Bill for us to find a way to
complete the archive. Bill was a special
person. He gave so much. His generosity
knew no bounds. I feel I learnt so much
from him that finding a way to complete
this work is only right. If we fail the
archive will be lost.
DALES COMMUNITY ARCHIVE: A MODEL FOR THE ESK VALLEY?
CHARLES TYRER
What or who inspired you to set up the
W.R.M. Archive?
SITA BRAND is the founder and director of
Settle Stories, a small arts and heritage
charity based in Settle in the Yorkshire
Dales. As well as organising the ‘Settle
Stories Festival’, involving year-round
events for all ages and a learning
programme for schools, the charity is
home to the W.R. Mitchell Archive.
Bill Mitchell (MBE) was a prolific
journalist and editor of The Dalesman for
many years after he joined in 1948. It was
here that founder ‘Harry Scott’ told him to
‘put people before things’, a thought that
was to remain with him throughout his life.
Bill left behind a collection of more
than 600 audio interviews, 50 videos and
15,000 photographs, currently being
digitised by Settle Stories.
We interviewed Sita Brand about the
W.R.M. Archive to find out more about
this unique collection and her work but
also to look at the importance of
community archives and the challenges
and joys of creating one.
W.R. Mitchell – Bill himself. A few years
ago I went to visit Bill as he was due to tell
stories for us at our festival. I was sitting
having a cup of tea with him in his kitchen
when he said, ‘Have you got a moment?’
‘Yes,’ I replied. Bill took me to his study
where he had piles of old C90 cassettes
with interviews with people like Kit
Calvert, Hannah Hauxwell, Alfred
Wainwright and hundreds of others.
At that point I determined that we had
to set up an online community archive to
preserve these extraordinary interviews.
How has the W.R.M. Archive grown to
where it is now?
We received funding to create a pilot
project. This enabled us to create a website
and test a process to digitise and catalogue
the material. We are now fundraising to be
able to digitise more material.
As I got to know Bill I found that he
also had a collection of over 15,000
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images – many of the Dales and Cumbria
from a time long ago. Currently we are
starting to digitise these images, a long
process, and we are about to create our
first exhibition.
What do you consider the best accomplishment of the W.R.M. Archive to be?
What is your dream for the archive?
That the physical archive is once again
reunited in a dedicated space. That we can
digitise all the material to make it available to
the public through a fully searchable website.
It really is an outstanding collection of
interviews, an incredible resource. I’m
very proud of the website. Most exciting
is the excellent search functionality. You
can put any word into the advanced
search and you will find a list of all the
relevant links in the digitised archive.
Most community archives do not have
this level of detail. They tend to
summarise interviews meaning that you
can’t properly search the archive.
What have you learnt so far about
setting up a community archive?
It’s hard work but lots of fun and a
rewarding thing to do. There are so many
things we’ve had to learn. A few key
things the process has taught us are:
• Storage of both the digital files as well
as the original material
• Legal issues. You need to be aware of
the copyright issues
• The process of digitisation
• Cataloguing and archiving
• Promoting the archive
Why do you believe the W.R.M. Archive
is particularly important?
Firstly this is an archive that celebrates and
captures the lives of ordinary people. Many
of them working-class people. So much of
recorded history gives us the history of the
aristocracy but it’s much more difficult to
find out about the lives of ordinary people.
Secondly, Bill was a fabulous journalist and
a great interviewer. This meant he was able
to draw the stories out of people, making
the interviews particularly interesting. The
If you could give one piece of advice to
somebody else setting up a community
archive, what would it be?
You need to plan carefully what you want
to achieve. Think carefully about who is
going to use it and how. Make sure you
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test it with the kinds of people you want
to encourage to use the archive. Ensure
that you have excellent search
functionality and metadata. ◼
Discover the W.R.M. Archive online and hear the
stories for yourself. Visit www.wrmitchellarchive.
org.uk. Sita Brand is available to deliver
insightful talks which include audio clips and
images from the archive. For more information
email: [email protected]
See photos on inside cover
GLAISDALE WI FAVOURITE RECIPE FOR APRIL
This month’s recipe from Pam Verrill is savoury and veggie.
Mushroom and Nut Roast
4. Dissolve marmite in stock and add to
mixture
5. Season well.
6. Fry 8 oz of mushrooms in butter
7. Meanwhile, line a 2 lb loaf tin and
grease
8. Optional: arrange a few fried
mushrooms in the base of the tin.
9. Press in half of the nut mixture into the
lined loaf tin.
10. Cover with the remaining fried
mushrooms.
11. Cover with remaining nut mixture.
12. Cover with foil.
13. Cook at 180°C / 170°C for one hour,
test with a skewer to check it’s cooked,
rest and turn out.
INGREDIENTS
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
½ oz dried porcini mushrooms
4 oz bread crumbs (brown)
1 egg, beaten
3 cooked parsnips (mashed with butter)
1 tsp fresh rosemary
8 oz coarsely ground cashews or chestnuts
1 tsp marmite
8 oz mushrooms
1 oz butter
Oil for frying
4 fl oz stock – vegetable
Salt and pepper
METHOD
Preheat oven 180°C (350°F / Gas 4); Fan
170°C (340°F)
1. Fry onion and garlic in oil.
2. Rehydrate dried porcini mushrooms
3. Chop porcini mushrooms and mix with
breadcrumbs, egg, parsnips, herbs and
nuts.
As a variation you can add brandy or port.
Freezes well.
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A Tale of Smuggling in
Robin Hood’s Bay
quickly from house to house via adjacent
windows and doors.
Smuggling became such a problem that
the army was brought in to patrol the
coastal areas and apprehend smuggling
gangs. The remoteness of the area made the
dragoon’s job extremely dangerous. Tales of
fights, arrests and betrayal can be found in
the local archives.
The Fisherman’s Arms in Baytown, as the
village was known then, was the scene of a
famous fight between customs officers and
a smuggling gang on 6 October 1779. Over
200 barrels of brandy and 150 sacks of tea
were part of the haul. According to local
legend the customs men sampled rather too
much of the seized spirits and fell asleep,
allowing the smuggling gang to return and
recover the remains of their haul.
THE SMUGGLING HISTORY of Robin
Hood’s Bay dates to the 1700s when customs
tax on brandy, gin, tea and silks brought into
the country from the Netherlands was very
high. Taxes had shot up to fund the many
wars Britain was involved in, including the
American War of Independence. Tax on four
litres of brandy, for example, was as high as
a week’s wages. Fisherman could earn a
month’s wages in just one night if they were
willing to smuggle goods ashore to avoid
paying tax on them.
The Revenue men worked to stop
smugglers and to make sure customs duty
was paid on all goods brought into the
country. Captured smugglers could be
fined, put in jail or even deported to
America. But there was a free pardon for
betraying the names of fellow smugglers.
The secluded coastal village of Robin
Hood’s Bay was a prime spot for smuggling.
Many of the older houses clustered on the
steep hillside had basement rooms,
trapdoors and hidden cupboards where
bootleg items could be stored. In the event
of a customs raid goods could be passed
The local gentry, the Farsyde family of
Thorpe Hall of Fylingthorpe, about half a
mile from Robin Hood’s Bay, are reputed to
have been involved in funding and
supporting smuggling activity. The Hall had
a special pit built to hide smuggled goods,
which can still be seen today. Also probably
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has succeeded in raising the profile of their
drinks and of Robin Hood’s Bay’s
smuggling past. The company is now selling
its beer on Newcastle to Amsterdam DFDS
ferries and the Coop stocks Baytown’s beer
in 52 stores across Yorkshire. Locally the
drinks can be found in The Moors Centre at
Danby, Grosmont Coop and Goathland
Village Stores and Gifts. Local pubs have
also been known to stock Baytown beer in
cask from time to time.
In addition to selling beers and spirits, Paul
hosts occasional smugglers’ walks around the
village to highlight the links between houses
and locations in the village with smuggling
events from 250 years ago. These walks are
often combined with a beer tasting at the
Victoria Hotel in order to give visitors the
complete beer and smuggling experience!
The next smugglers’ walk and beer tasting
will be on 28 May at 6 pm as part of the
National Park’s Walkfest programme. See
www.baytownrhb.com or the National Park
website for more details. ◼
at the centre of the village’s smuggling
activity were the Storm family of Robin
Hood’s Bay, who have lived in the village for
almost 500 years.
According to folklore, a ghost at Lingers’
Hill, just outside Robin Hood’s Bay, has its
roots in smuggling times. A rider in white,
mounted on a white horse, was seen riding out
just before a smuggling run took place.
Heeding the warning, people would stay in
their homes while the smugglers went to work.
Gangs carried the contraband across
country, selling it in York and other towns.
En route to Pickering, the inn at Saltersgate
was said to be the scene of clash between
smugglers and the Revenue. A customs
officer killed in the brawl was buried
beneath a fire in the pub, which, it is said,
never went out from that day onwards.
•••
The smuggling history of Robin Hood’s Bay
has recently been given prominence with
the launch of a business known as Baytown
beers and spirits, owned by Paul Johnston.
After a couple of years’ trading, Baytown
See photos page opposite
BAYTOWN BEERS
• Baytown Bitter at 4%abv is a traditional English light brown beer named after the eighteenthcentury name for Robin Hood’s Bay.
• Smuggler’s Haul is a 6% abv strong, full bodied dark brown ale.
• Squire’s Connivance at 5% abv is an elegant and refined black beer, with hints of chocolate and
vanilla, which is named after the style of drink enjoyed in London by the bag carriers, or porters,
of the nineteenth century.
• Press Gang’s Arrival is a 3.8% abv light and fruity ale; a refreshing, easy to drink golden beer.
• Revenue’s Revenge at 4.2% abv is a smooth and light beer-style lager.
The Baytown spirits’ range comprises gin, vodka, whisky and port:
• Zachariah Storm Gin
• Lingers’ Ghost Vodka
• 21st Light Dragoon Whisky
• Squire Farsyde Port
Baytown can be contacted on [email protected] or 01947 880513.
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Robbie Dowson at Whitby Motocross.
SEE PAGE 42
NATURE NOTES
SEE PAGE 41
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Photo by Graham Pennock
Skylark
NEWS FROM THE SCHOOLS
Despite the atrocious weather on Forest Schools day, the children of Glaisdale
still managed to enjoy it.
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SEE PAGE 47
Meadow pipit
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THE HAYSHED, COMMONDALE
SEE OPPOSITE
CARE FARMING
ROBIN ASQUITH
The Hayshed, Commondale
DANBY YOUNG FARMERS
SEE PAGE 38
Please get in touch if you are interested in
having your baskets planted up by us. Call
Robin or Rachel on 01287 669294.
I am fortunate to have been awarded a
Nuffield Farming Scholarship. This
scholarship scheme funds global travel to
study agriculture and food in order to
develop people through agriculture and
develop agriculture through people. I
travelled to London for the pre- scholarship
conference, which included a tour around
the House of Lords with Baroness Byford
and talks from Peter Kendall of AHDB,
Allan Wilkinson of HSBC and Savills HR
department. These were all very interesting
and formed a good platform for me to go on
with my studies. I will be travelling around
the world for eight weeks studying ‘How UK
agriculture can benefit from social
prescribing on care farms’.
Sunday 5 June sees The Hayshed open up
the gates of Fowl Green Farm again as part
of the national Open Farm Sunday event.
Come along from 11 am till 3 pm to see the
farm in action! There will be sheep shearing
demos, farm walks, static farm machinery
display, open gardens and food. We hope to
see you there!
We are always willing to accept volunteer
help here. Volunteers play a vital part of the
work we do, and working with our trainees
is a highly rewarding job. If you have a day
a week, or just one day a month, please
come along and see what we do. The
opportunities are endless! ◼
SPRING APPEARS TO BE starting here in
Commondale. The sun is out, our first set of
lambs have arrived and we are halfway
through calving. Work is well underway in
the garden too: the first seedlings are sown
and all the beds are nicely dug over ready
for the new season.
Preparations are underway in the gardens
for the new growing season. We are currently
preparing the ground for a new polytunnel.
This has very kindly been donated to The
Hayshed by Guisborough Rotary Club. We
are very grateful for this donation as it will
allow us to extend our growing season and
increase accessibility into the horticultural
areas. It will work well too for the trainees
undertaking NCFE entry level 1 qualification
in horticulture. We intend this new
polytunnel to be used for ornamental plant
production and this year we are offering a
hanging basket service.
If you have an empty hanging basket
which you would like lining and planting up
then please get in touch. Our trainees can
line it with our own sheep’s wool, and plant
it up with a selection of our hanging basket
plants. We will then grow them on until the
warmer weather arrives so you can come and
collect your basket ready to hang outside to
the envy of all your neighbours! I hope this
is a way to open up some of the work The
Hayshed does to the wider community and
giving the trainees a chance to interact with
the public and produce some saleable
hanging baskets. We will be producing a
small selection of our own hanging baskets
which will be for sale at our event, Open
Farm Sunday, on Sunday 5 June 2016.
17 March 2016
See photo page opposite
Some of the posters made by Danby Young Farmers at a meeting on stock judging.
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DANBY YOUNG FARMERS
JOANNE MUIR
GARDENING CALENDAR
The Rally is Upon Us . . .
Herb Garden
AT THE END OF January we held a judging
HERBS ARE ONE of the most useful groups
The meeting was followed by a judging
practice at Mill Lane Farm in Lealholm,
where we judged breeding sheep. It was
another well attended night. Thank you
to Bob and Anne Adamski for hosting this
meeting and providing refreshments.
Towards the end of February we held
our annual rally meeting at Lealholm
cricket pavilion. This is the evening when
we decide amongst the group who wants
to take part in stock judging and get
involved with events on the day of the
rally.
As a senior member of Danby Young
Farmers it is really good to see plenty of
new members joining our club as some of
us reach that age of being too old to
attend anymore. It is also great to have a
solid team of leaders, including Lydia
Hewison, Charlotte Jackson, Liam
Watson and John Smith. Keep up the
good work. ◼
practice at Rockhead Farm in Dunsley.
Many members attended to judge fat
lambs, followed by lovely refreshments in
the house. Thank you to Stephen and
Joanne Marshall for hosting this meeting.
At the beginning of February we invited
Ruth Thompson to Lea Hall in Lealholm
to come and talk to us about judging. This
was really helpful for all members, old
and new. Ruth divided us into small
groups and asked us to draw either a cow
or a sheep on a big piece of paper. Then
we labelled our drawings with words and
techniques that we wanted to remember.
Ruth recommended that we use our
posters at judging practices leading up to
the rally, which was a really good idea.
Lydia Hewison then kindly read out an
example of how to give your reasons for
your order A, B, X, Y. Overall it was a
very good meeting as it brought members
back up to speed and pointed the newest
members in the right direction.
See photo page 36
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY…
The Eskdale district rally this year is on Saturday 14 May 2016 at Thornhill Farm,
Glaisdale, by kind permission of Paul and Kirsten Foster.
Everyone is welcome to come and watch Danby and four other clubs compete to win the
rally. Refreshments will be served on the day. Stock judging starts at 9.45 am onwards,
followed by tractor and Landrover handling, floral art, sheep shearing, obstacle race and
much more – all from 11 am onwards.
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STEPHEN DRUCE
of plants you can grow, providing not only
essential flavours for your food, but also
medicines and cosmetics, as well as vital
food for our beleaguered bees.
One of my own herb garden favourites is
chives. This is very easy to grow and pest free
and it also makes a lovely ornamental edging
for the herb or vegetable garden. Chives can
easily be chopped into freezer bags and
frozen for use throughout the seasons.
An exciting new addition to my own herb
collection last year was the Welsh onion.
This is a big brother to chives, with larger
leaves and a flavour somewhere between
chives and spring onions. The Welsh onions
were ready to harvest well before the chives
and they provide an attractive foliage
contrast to some of the finer-leaved herbs.
Rosemary and sage are two other
invaluable herbs, although both can be less
hardy than other perennials. Both will
struggle to survive in a harsh winter, but
fortunately they are both easy to propagate
by means of cuttings. May is the best month
to take cuttings from rosemary. Look for
side shoots of about 1.2 cm in length then
gently tear them off leaving a heel of wood
from the main stem; plant in a pot of
compost and, when well rooted, pot on into
a larger pot. Put somewhere sheltered and
it will be ready to plant the following spring.
Sage can be propagated in a similar way,
but using a larger (about 2.4 cm) piece of
side shoot. Sage can be a very ornamental
addition to your herb collection with green,
purple and tricolour leaf varieties, although
from my own experience the green-leaved
sage is the hardiest.
Oregano is an essential and trouble-free
herb that dries easily for a year-round
supply. Greek oregano is my own personal
favourite with a lovely spicy flavour that
gives Greek salads that true Mediterranean
flavour. It can get quite large so if space is
limited why not try the more attractive
variegated oregano; this is smaller with a
more subtle flavour.
Mint is available in a bewildering range of
flavours from simple peppermint to
chocolate, apple, ginger and many more; it
is also available with variegated foliage. One
word of warning, however: mint is very
invasive and will soon take over the herb
garden. I have found it is best planted in
large pots and buried in the garden, but
don’t forget to keep it watered.
No herb garden would be complete
without parsley and once again there is a
choice to be made. Many cooks prefer to use
the flat leaf or Italian parsley; it does have
a better flavour and texture than the more
common crinkly leaved variety, but is less
hardy and in exposed areas is better grown
as an annual. ◼
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UPPER ESK VALLEY GARDENING CLUB
HEATHER MATHER
Daffs and Gooseberries
NATURE NOTES
GRAHAM FEATHERSTONE
Signs of Spring
MEMBERS gathered for the first meeting of
the year with lots of pots of ‘Tete-a-tete’
daffs for our competition this month. Polly
opened the meeting, welcomed everyone
and told us all to take home a potato set
with a grow bag and, for the first time, also
an onion set. Both are to be grown for our
competition in August.
Polly told us about the Sadberge Orchid
Show on 20 March, and Stephen made an
announcement about the Spring Seed Swap
at East Barnby on 13 March.
Our speakers this evening were Graeme
Watson and Ian Woodcock from Egton
Bridge Old Gooseberry Show Society.
Ian gave us the history of gooseberry
cultivation and of the societies and told us
that Egton is the only competitive club in
North Yorkshire and also one of the oldest.
Graeme, who is the current champion,
talked about growing for the kitchen and
also for the competition. He gave us a list of
the varieties and told us how to prune them,
grow them, take cuttings and how to deal
with pests, in fact all that we needed to
know to grow a winner this year, including
thinning to half of the crop to gain size.
Ian and Graeme had brought along lots of
young gooseberry seedlings for us to buy and
during the evening they recruited several
new members, so it was a good night for
them and a really interesting evening for us
all. The competition table looked beautiful –
full of pots of daffodils –and Hanneka’s daffs
were judged the best. Well done! ◼
Garden club meets on the first Monday in the
month at Ley Hall, Lealholm, except for
outside visits. New members are very
welcome. For more information telephone
Pauline Elliot on 01287 660137 or Heather
Mather on 01287 669104.
FRIENDS OF ABBEYFIELD 100 CLUB
Draw made on Tuesday 8 March 2016
Number 65 – 1st Prize of £10 – Chris Barugh Number 49 – 2nd Prize of £10 – Helen Barugh Number 124 – 3rd Prize of £5 – Joseph Harrison Number 13 – 4th Prize of £5 – Sue Trousdale
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ROMA HAIGH
Short-eared owl in flight
AT LAST! Early March actually saw us
enjoying some much-needed sunshine. An
early morning stroll up Glaisdale Rigg was
an
absolute
pleasure.
Despite
temperatures hovering around zero, the
lack of wind and bright sunshine soon saw
my jacket tied round my waist. Not far up
the Rigg I spotted a Skylark and this
particular male bird gave us a fantastic
display: he climbed slowly high into the
blue sky singing his little heart out before
suddenly plummeting like a stone back to
his carefully chosen heathery territory. I
could have stayed there all day lapping up
his beautiful songs.
Further up the track we disturbed a
Short-eared owl, which was immediately
mobbed by two Carrion Crows. Then a
Buzzard appeared, soaring effortlessly
down the daleside. Meadow pipits, the
Skylark’s smaller cousins, were in
evidence too, bobbing about in the heather
and getting on with their business in a
much quieter manner. Skylarks are
slightly larger than the pipits and have
noticeably more pointed wings and tail.
The same afternoon I was in Whitby’s
Pannett Park, on my way to a lecture at
the museum. The sun was still shining
and I was early, so I had a nosey around.
Crocus and Daffodil were in full bloom
and I soon spotted my first bumblebee of
the year. Shortly after I saw a flutter of
wings: a Small Tortoiseshell! This
overwintered butterfly had been woken
from its hibernation by the warmth and
was eagerly nectaring on the spring
flowers, gathering strength to lay her eggs
in what remained of her short life.
April will see me looking up to the
skies for a glimpse of a returning Swallow
and hopefully I should be able to get out
and about mothing on warmer evenings.
I love early spring! ◼
See also photos page 35
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SPORTS REPORT
JOHN WATSON
Trials and Motocross News
races that I will be riding in over the next
season. I ended up having a big crash at
Fatcat Motorpark on 17 January and
dislocated my shoulder! So I gave that a
week to settle – as long as that eh? (Ed) –
and then I was back in the gym to make sure
I was fit enough for when I could get back
on the bike.
After six weeks went by (well, it wasn’t
quite six weeks, you know us motocross
riders, we don’t listen to doctors as we
should, do we?) I got back on the bike and
started riding to try and make sure I was as
ready as could be for the season.
I have a great group of sponsors this year,
plus a very helpful dad, which makes all the
racing possible. Over the course of the year
I will compete in the Maxxis British
Championship and also the M/X Nationals,
both in the Pro M/X 2 Class.
So, it is going to be a learning year for me
moving up a class into the pros, but hopefully
I can get some decent results and, touch
wood, there will be no more injuries. ◼
IF YOU HEAR the high-pitched buzz of a
two-stroke motor, or the distant rumble of
thunder from a four-stroke, drifting across
the valleys – not all the time, you
understand, just on race days, so don’t be
writing to your MPs about noise – it heralds
the start of the motocross season.
Whitby M/XC, Thirsk DMC and Pickering
DMC all hold events locally through the year
and there is one promising young teenage
talent really putting the hard work in to be
ready, and that is Danby Dale flyer, Robbie
Dowson, as he recovers from injury.
From a fully committed motocross
family, where racing appears to be in the
genes, here is an update from Robbie on the
coming season. The very nature of this sport
is hard, fast and furious and when
competing it is inevitable injuries will occur.
ROBBIE’S WORDS:
I have tried to make the most of this
winter’s weather and get out on my bike as
much as possible, but with all the rain there
have not been many opportunities to ride
anywhere. I managed to ride my fair share
and felt fit coming into the season after
Christmas. I have been spending a lot of
time in the gym, getting ready for the longer
Robbie Dowson
Thank you Robbie for taking the time to write
for Valley News.
See photo page 34
JOHN GREENING
Football
quick goals early in the second half, to give
Seamer the advantage. With Lealholm now
chasing the match, Seamer scored a fourth
goal five minutes from the end to make it
4-2, though Lealholm did miss a last minute
penalty.
In their most recent match Lealholm beat
Brotton Railway Arms 2-1 at home in the
league. Arron Leeman gave Lealholm a first
half advantage, scoring fifteen minutes into
the game, after being put through by Brad
Lewis. But Brotton equalised from the
penalty spot five minutes into the second
half, before Leeman put Lealholm back in
front ten minutes later, this time set up by
Mike Thompson.
The Club will be holding their annual
fundraising quiz at the Board Inn, Lealholm
on Sunday 17 April. ◼
THOUGH LEALHOLM FOOTBALL CLUB’S
performances have improved throughout
March, the results have not always gone
their way.
In their final game of February, Lealholm
lost 2-1 at home to league leaders Great
Ayton Royals. Great Ayton Royals took the
lead after ten minutes but the match was
fairly even until Ayton scored their second
goal early in the second half. Phil Spencer
scored Lealholm’s goal, through a crowd of
players, five minutes from the end.
After missing another game to wet
weather, Lealholm threw away their home
semi-final tie to Seamer Sports in the semifinal of the Scarborough & District Harbour
Cup. Comfortably 2-0 up at half time,
through early goals by Mike Thompson and
Arron Leeman, Lealholm conceded three
LEALHOLM FC APRIL FIXTURES
Sat 2 Apr
Wed 6 Apr
Sat 9 Apr
Wed 13 Apr
Sat 16 Apr
Wed 20 Apr
Sat 23 Apr
Sat 30 Apr
Great Ayton Royals at home in the semi-final of the Eileen Hodgson Bowl
Great Ayton United at home in the league
Stokesley Sports Club away in the UPVC Suppliers Cup
Hinderwell away in the league
Great Ayton Royals away in the league
Great Ayton United away in the league
Redcar Athletic away in the league
Loftus Athletic away in the league
LEALHOLM CC 100 PLUS CLUB
COMING EVENTS
3 Apr
9 Apr
10 Apr
15, 16, 17 Apr
20 Apr
23 Apr
24 Apr
30 Apr
SPORTS REPORT
Ebor MC Trial, Kirkbymoorside / Pickering DMC Trial, TBA
Middlesbrough DMC Trial, TBA
Thirsk DMC Trial, Long Plain Farm
Ebor MC Trial, Ouseburn
Scarborough DMC Trial, Harwood Dale
Guisborough DMC Trial, Ellers Farm
Hull AC Trial, TBA / Pickering DMC M/X, TBA
Middlesbrough DMC Trial, TBA
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ALAN THOMPSON
March 2016, Drawn By Mrs E. Hodgson
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Leo & Roxy, Whitby
Mr D. Beswick, Castleton
Mrs B. Turnbull, Kirbymoorside
Mr J. Thompson, Commondale
Ryan Spedding, Glaisdale
Mr S. McGivern, Lealholm
Mr I. Ford, Glaisdale
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Schools and College News
revision sessions so that students can come in
during the holidays for targeted revision that is fully
supported by specialist subject staff. As you may
know, we are also involved in discussions with the
Local Authority and staff and governors at Eskdale
School over the future of education in Whitby; our
intention in this, whilst recognising the concerns,
particularly from parents of students at Eskdale
School, is to gain real benefits for all our students.
The College’s Governing Body are firm in the belief
that a merged school would:
CAEDMON COLLEGE WHITBY
Community has been the theme for Year 7 students
at Caedmon College Whitby this term. One of our
Year 7 groups chose to invite the Scarborough &
Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team to tell them about
the voluntary work they undertake in the
community. Five of the rescue team came into
College to meet with students, even though they had
only had a few hours’ sleep the previous night as they
had been on a call-out from 3 am! During the
afternoon, the students listened to the team talking
about the diversity of tasks they can be involved in
– from going out on the moors in horrific blizzards,
to helping the police to search for missing people;
more recently, the team has helped those affected by
the flooding in York, occurring just before
Christmas. Each Year 7 form group then had the
chance to look inside the team’s Landrover, to meet
the search and rescue dog and take part in a
prizewinning word search. To raise money for the
organisation – which is run entirely by volunteers
and donations – the students baked and sold cakes.
Continuing with their community theme, some of
our Year 7 students have also spent a cold Tuesday on
the beach. They were not there for fun and games
however; they were taking part in a national project.
The 2 minute beach clean [sic] is a community project
set up by Martin Dorey who hosted the BBC show,
‘One Man and His Camper Van’ in 2010. His love of
surfing led to the creation of the 2-minute beachclean when he became tired of the mess on some of
our beaches. As part of their community project for
this term, the Year 7 College students, and some
members of staff from the College, marched down to
the beach and spent two minutes cleaning up. Six
black bin bags were filled by the end of a very
productive two minutes. Happy with the contribution
they had made, the bags filled were taken to be
disposed of and items were recycled where possible.
On returning to the College and warming up, photos
of the students’ efforts were uploaded to Twitter with
the hashtag 2minutebeachclean. On seeing the Tweet,
Martin Dorey sent his own message via Twitter to say,
‘Great stuff you lot!!!!’. The Year 7 students can be
very proud of their efforts and will continue their
learning on community themes, whilst making
practical contributions to our local community.
Other key events occurring at the College this
term include students choosing their options for
GCSE courses next year and the planning of Easter
• bring about the improvements necessary at Key
Stage 3
• secure excellent learning resources for all
• allow post-16 students to have the environment they
deserve, and be predominantly on their own site
• protect the curriculum from unnecessary cuts
• allow teachers to work in larger teams, providing
development and challenge for them
• provide excellent opportunities for all staff to
teach across the 11–19 age range and help to
retain the very best leaders and teachers for our
students.
College governors also believe that a thriving sixth
form is an essential component of education in
Whitby and that this will be in real jeopardy if the
curriculum offer is reduced due to financial
constraints. Eventually, this could mean that many
post-16 students, particularly the most vulnerable,
would have no choice other than to attend whatever
would remain of post-16 education in Whitby,
because having to travel to another town would be
practically impossible for them. Many staff at
Caedmon College Whitby experienced a very
successful merger with Caedmon School, two years
ago, and College governors and staff are fully
committed to ensuring that the proposed merger
with Eskdale School would be even better. At the College, we consider that an amalgamated
school would offer considerable benefits for young
people in the Whitby area and we are committed to a
good education for everyone. We believe that we can
all work together and learn from each other. We
believe that we are stronger together and that the
moment has come to transform education by creating
a new school that offers new choices and opportunities
for students in Whitby and the surrounding areas.
With best wishes,
Keith Prytherch, Principal
Caedmon College Whitby
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and Ruby Cameron-Clarke). Following on from this
wonderful achievement, they were nominated for a
Sports Award in the ‘Top Primary Team under 11’
category. The children and their families travelled to
Scarborough Spa for the Scarborough and District
Sports Council Sports Awards evening and were
presented with the runners-up trophy in their
category. This is an amazing accomplishment and I
am very proud that their achievements were
recognised with this award.
In addition to the children’s nominations, Mrs
Houlgate was also independently nominated in the
‘School Sport Teacher of the Year’ category. I am
delighted to say that she won the award which is
wonderful. Mrs Houlgate believes in the power of
sport and its educational and physical benefits and
works hard to encourage, support and motivate the
children both in and out of school. Congratulations
Mrs Houlgate, an award very well deserved.
Clive Hellawell
DANBY SCHOOL
Collective Worship This half term has coincided
with Lent, so in connection with this our collective
worship has been based on the value of Forgiveness.
We have read stories from the Bible giving good
examples of Forgiveness and discussed why it is
something good to practice. We have thought about
the conditions and behaviours needed for
Forgiveness and how putting it into practice benefits
both the receiver and the giver.
Mothering Sunday This year the annual joint
service was held at the Methodist Chapel in Danby
village, led by Rev. Alan Coates. The children had
written some lovely prayers about their mothers
beforehand and several children read them out to
the congregation. They also sang the ‘Mothers’ Day
song’ jointly with Castleton School and distributed
bunches of flowers. Once again, it was a lovely
service to remember the many wonderful things that
our mothers do for us!
Eskdale Festival A number of children performed
at the Eskdale Festival of the Arts at Whitby Pavilion
in early March. This event can be a daunting
experience for the children as they have to play in
front of professional adjudicators and a large
audience. Everyone who took part in the festival did
really well and showed their talents to the full. The
following children received certificates:
• First place – Year 6 and under Brass Solo (novice)
– Harry Cameron-Clarke (Y2)
• First place – Year 6 and under Brass Ensemble –
Harry Cameron-Clarke (Y2) and Thomas Gray
(Y5)
• Third place - Year 6 and under String Solo –
Phoebe Aldous (Y4)
• Second place – Year 6 and under String Duet –
Phoebe Aldous (Y4) and Sacha Buckworth (Y6)
• First place - Year 6 and under Piano Solo (novice)
– Sacha Buckworth (Y6)
GOATHLAND SCHOOL
Base 2 children have performed with success in this
year’s Eskdale Festival. They were pleased to have
been invited to perform their Outer Space/tribute to
Bowie musical composition in the Gala Concert but
were unable to take up the offer on this occasion, as
not everyone could make the date.
The netball team qualified for the area finals at
Caedmon College, demonstrating excellent
teamwork in all matches. Each team member
showed great determination and developed their
personal skills throughout the afternoon.
Josh and Ben Williamson took part in the area
swimming gala at Ryedale Pool, Pickering, as part of
a joint team with Danby School. The team
performed brilliantly, finishing fifth out of 11 schools
who participated in the event.
Over half term a rocket has appeared in the Base
1 playground! Many thanks to Angus Nicholson for
his time spent building the rocket. There are
photographs on the school website if you would like
to see this exciting new arrival!
Y5/6 enjoyed an afternoon at Egton School
joining with the children from Egton and Danby
schools to learn about the Archie B. Young Leaders
Award. Between now and the end of the summer
term, all the junior children will be taking part in
PSHCE lessons learning about helping others in
their local community, and Y5/6 children will take
part in an active community project which aims to
make a practical difference to our local community.
Clive Hellawell
Sport A joint team from Danby and Goathland
schools joined together to take part in the annual
Whitby Area swimming gala at Whitby Leisure
Centre. They all swam brilliantly and finished in
second place overall, qualifying for the area finals at
Ryedale Pool in Pickering. In this event they finished
in a very respectable 5th place out of 11 schools.
Sports Council Sports Awards 2016 You may
remember that last year’s Danby School tag rugby
team were winners at the North Yorkshire Area
Games at Queen Margaret’s School (Ryan Hewison,
Matthew & Daniel Wignall, Ben Houlgate, Dominic
Motteu, Tom Watts, Katie Robson, Rosie Hodgson
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tradition!) to see all the children sing the ‘Mother’s
Day’ song together.
CASTLETON SCHOOL
We have had a busy time during this short half term
leading up to Easter!
KS1 were very surprised to find eggs in our school
garden – they suspect that they are dinosaur eggs
and have been putting their detective skills to work!
World Book Day As usual on World Book Day,
most of the children came to school dressed as a
character from a book and there were some very
inventive costumes.
We were very lucky this year to have a visit from
a published poet, Matt Penesh, for the morning. He
started the day by reading some hilarious poems to
KS1, twists on some old favourites, which inspired
the children to create some wonderful pictures,
poems and stories of their own. Matt then had a
session with KS2 about what inspires him to write
and they created an acrostic poem together on
Space. The children then created and performed
their own poems based on their characters or space.
Both classes worked together for the afternoon
and it was lovely to see the older and younger
children
working
together.
Two
unique
picture/drama stories were created called ‘World
Book Day 2016, The Catastrophe’ and ‘World Book
Day 2016, The Enormous Sneeze’.
The three Reception girls have created a lovely
fairy garden and enjoyed using the outdoor area to
find sticks and logs.
The class enjoyed reading a favourite book We’re
Going on a Bear Hunt. They watched a performance
of the story by the author and then told it themselves
with actions. Then they used watercolours, paints
and their fingers to create the scenes for each section
of the story, adding lists of adjectives to describe the
noises and movements of the family on their bear
hunt.
In Art, they have been looking at the famous
painting ‘Starry Night’ by Van Gogh and enjoyed
using oil pastels to create the starry night scene,
remembering to use different shades and tints.
KS2 Year 2 and KS2 have had the Police in to talk
to them about being safe on the internet which has
made us all really think how important online safety
is.
Years 3 and 4 enjoyed a Forest School session and
had a group fire which involved everyone gathering
suitably dry firewood. They had hoped to enjoy
roasted marshmallows with hot chocolate but a
problem in the supply chain meant they got to
experiment with the effects that heat has on ‘foam
bananas’ and ‘mallow mushrooms’. Apparently they
tasted just as good!
In Art, KS2 have been looking at the work of Peter
Thorpe and using his style to create their own
pictures. His work is a bit like a science fiction
illustration and the background, in particular, is very
colourful.
The Catastrophe
Castleton & Glaisdale Juniors Working
Together When the Juniors from both schools get
together on Fridays, Years 3 and 4 have all been
learning to play a musical instrument with lessons
from Mr Cross. This gave them the opportunity to
take part with other schools involved in the ‘Wider
Opportunities’ music lessons in a music event at
Eskdale School on 11 March, arranged by Mr
Butterfield, involving 200 children!
They have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in two
sessions of Karate lessons and have developed useful
skills applicable to many sports.
Jean Blacklock
The Enormous Sneeze
Mothering Sunday Service Some of our
children, along with Danby School pupils, attended
the Mothering Sunday Service at Danby Chapel,
which was lovely. Well done to Maisie and Lucy for
giving readings and it is always a pleasure (and
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GLAISDALE SCHOOL
EGTON SCHOOL
Class One have been using a variety of methods to
carry out multiplication calculations, including using
beaded number lines. They are learning about maths
symbols and problem solving.
In literacy, they are learning about text structure
and settings, the difference between appearance and
personality in characters and have created some
wonderful alien descriptions.
The children have been inspired by Vincent Van
Gogh’s painting ‘Starry Night’, producing some
colourful artwork focusing on repeating and
symmetrical patterns. In Science, they are learning about the properties
of materials: strength, flexibility, transparency and
how waterproof they are. Linked to their space topic, and Neil Armstrong,
the first man on the moon, the younger children
made footprints in different materials to see which
ones were resilient to wind and rain.
We have had a really busy term. Here are some of
the events and activities that we have enjoyed.
Everyone in the school took part in gymnastics
competitions through the Whitby School Sports
Partnership and the infants came first in one
competition. School sports events included: a Y5/6 Kwik
Cricket Tournament; Y5/6 hockey coaching in Whitby;
KS2 swimming gala; Y3/4 Multi-skills afternoon.
As part of our curriculum KS2 enjoyed a lively
debate about the merits of TV; they won’t thank me
for telling you but they voted to limit the hours of TV
for children under nine years of age! The infant class
have enjoyed hatching Aliens from some special
outer space eggs! We enjoyed dressing up for World
Book Day and had our annual book fair with Whitby
Bookshop. Y5/6 had a science visit to a pop-up
planetarium at Goathland Village Hall. Y5/6 took
part in the launch of the Archie B. Leadership
Awards with Danby and Goathland School; we are
looking forward to getting stuck into to some
community work as part of our awards programme.
We are being well looked after during the
interregnum as we have had Collective Worship with
Yvonne Harrison (RE Governor), Rev. Veronica
Carolan and Reader Jane McFarlane. We also
enjoyed our Mothering Sunday Service with
Archdeacon Sam. The Easter Bag has started on its
Lenten Journey around our families enabling them
to share the Easter story and reflect on the Easter
message. We also had a visit from two friends from
the order of the Holy Paracleate at Sneaton Castle.
Class Two The children have used an episode in
‘Cosmic’ to learn how to write both formal and
informal letters. They focused on different styles of
writing and the use of apostrophes.
The children are learning to tell the time using
analogue and digital clocks and the older children,
how to use timetables. In their investigation on
gravity, despite their instincts telling them that
heavier things would fall quicker, they discovered
that everything falls at the same rate. They made
spinners to investigate air resistance and played with
a parachute to reinforce this concept.
World Book Day The children entered into the
spirit of World Book Day with their usual
enthusiasm. This year, they worked with a visiting
poet, Matthew Panesh, who helped theem to write
acrostic and nonsense poems.
Sports Relief All the children took part in teambuilding activities as part of our celebration of Sports
Relief. Thank you to everyone who donated on
World Book Day and Sports Relief. In total we have
raised £45.50.
Sainsbury’s Vouchers We would be very grateful
if you would save your Sainsbury’s vouchers for us
as this scheme enables us to buy lots of resources for
our children. Please check your till receipts as this
year the voucher is printed out along with your
receipt. Thank you.
Forest Schools Despite the atrocious weather on
our Forest Schools day, the children still managed to
enjoy it. I have been told that many of class 1 arrived
as children but left school as mud monsters!
Helen Ford
Events coming up We have a Jumble Sale on
Saturday 7 May and a Bags to School Collection on
Wednesday 11 May. We are able to hold your jumble
in school so please feel free to drop some in if you
are having a spring clean!
Liz Orland
See photo page 34
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DIARY
News from the WIs
life, how he started in painting and he modestly
described his passion for recording an artistic
journey in book form which has culminated in a
wonderful book of his meanders down the River
Esk. Thanks to the hostesses for the evening, Claire
Woolf and Marion Burke; Ivy Tindall won the
competition with her lovely quilt. Fay Gillanders
LEALHOLM WI
Linda Elders, our President, welcomed everyone to
the March meeting.
The Spring Council Meeting is on Wednesday 13
April at Scarborough College, Filey Road,
Scarborough. Our representative is Debbie Hogarth
and if you are interested in attending please put your
name forward.
The Endeavour Group Domino Drive is on
Thursday 28 April at Staithes Memorial Hall,
starting at 7.30 pm. Names are being taken of
anyone interested in playing.
Our village litter pick this year will be on 12 April;
final arrangements to be confirmed at the next WI
meeting.
Date for the clean-up of the Train Station to be
arranged. Anne Adamski has taken names and
telephone numbers of anyone willing to assist and
will ring those who have volunteered when we have
a suitable weather day.
We have received invites from Swainby WI to the
Tea Gowns and Tea Time event on 18 April at 7.30
pm in Swainby Village Hall.
Also Fryup WI have invited us to the talk on 11
May at 7.30 pm: ‘Guide Dogs for the Blind’.
WI raffle tickets are now on sale for £1 each and
there are some great prizes to be won.
Linda welcomed our speaker for the night: Tony
Richardson on ‘Local History’. We enjoyed an
informative and very entertaining evening.
The competition was won by Annette Clarke. The
raffle was won by Linda Elders.
Next Meeting is on 11 April and the speaker is
Tony Nicholson, ‘Secrets in the Attic No. 2’.
Annette Clarke
Coming Events
Exhibitions – p 51
Courses/Groups – p 52
Looking Ahead – p 55
Regular Activities – p 57
GLAISDALE WI
At our meeting on 10 March we opened with an
excerpt from the minutes of December 1938, in
which members were exhorted to make and bake for
their show. No change there then! We discussed a
community ‘Clean for the Queen’ event coordinated
by Ruth Brew, which will be held on 2 April starting
at 10.30 am at the Robinson Institute.
The Federation has requested ‘jumper bunting’
for the Tour de Yorkshire – after the event, the
jumpers will be given to a refugee centre.
We are happy to see that the street lighting on
High Terrace has been repaired!
The WI wishes to support the local community by
donating to or adopting benches in the village and
the parish council will be approached about this.
Our March speaker was Tony Jefferson who
combines beekeeping and farming with a full-time
job. He is also a member of beekeeping
organisations at local, county and national levels and
works with DEFRA, so is as busy as the proverbial
bee!
We were told that there are 40,000 beekeepers in
the country and 30,000 tons of honey are consumed,
including imported honey. Monks kept bees which
provided them with honey to eat and make mead
with, and also wax to make candles. Tony then
explained about the need for bees to pollinate crops,
particularly for the increased yield of fruit. Reduced
crops, pesticides, bad weather, a clumsy beekeeper
and the varroa mite all make life difficult for the bee.
However, if they are kept in a good clean hive, have
access to plenty of flowers and are fed with sugar or
icing in the winter, they will do well.
Tony gave us an inspiring talk which made us all
think. Every gardener can help to feed bees. If we
don’t kill too many dandelions there will be honey
still for tea.
Next meeting: 14 April; local speaker
from Breast Cancer Care
Competition: something pink
Hanneke Wood/ Florence Hodgson
FRYUPDALES WI
All members were welcomed on 9 March and Ann
informed us that she had received permission to
have a proxy vote at the annual AGM in Brighton;
this will be executed for us by Mrs Beryl Taylor, who
is the Federation Treasurer. It was once again decided that we would run the
luncheon club in the summer and it was thought that
May would be a good starting point. Details to be
decided next month.
The Group walk was discussed and other WIs
will be informed of the route and details after April’s
meeting.
We were given an interesting and illuminating
talk by Mr John Freeman, a very popular local artist
from Whitby, who genially told us about his early
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FAMILY ACTIVITIES
CLEVELAND IRONSTONE
MINING MUSEUM,
SKINNINGROVE
(Education Team: 01287 642877,
www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk,
open 11 Jan–8 Feb on Mondays 11
am–3 pm; 15–20 Feb open Mon–
Fri 10 am–3.30 pm, Sat 1–3.30
pm; 22 Feb–14 Mar open Mondays
11 am–3 pm; 21 Mar–5 Nov open
Mon–Fri 10 am–3.30 pm and
Saturdays 1–3.30 pm)
Sun 3 Apr: Alice in
Wonderland Easter Event,
12.30–3.30 pm, £3
► Tue 5 Apr: Medieval Fair,
1–3 pm
► Thu 7 Apr: Wacky Weather,
10.30 am–12.30 pm
►
NATIONAL PARK
Booking/more details:
01439 772738
(www.northyorkmoors.org.uk)
East Barnby activities:
01947 893333
Activities held at National Park
Moors Centre, Danby, unless
stated otherwise
Fri 1, Fri 8 Apr: Canoe
Adventure with East Barnby
centre, 9–16 years + families
booking, 9.30 am–4 pm
► Mon 4–Sun 10 Apr:
Easter CSI, detective hunt, no
booking, call in 10 am–4 pm
► Tue 5 Apr: Minibeast
►
Monsters, 10.30 am–12 noon
► Tue 5 Apr: Build a Bird’s
Next, 1.30–3 pm
► Thu 7 Apr: Teddy Bears’
Picnic, 10.30–11.45 am/2.15–
3.30 pm
► Sat 9– Sun 10 Apr: Guided
Mountain Bike Weekend with
East Barnby centre
GUIDED WALKS
(www.northyorkmoors.org.uk;
booking essential: 01439 772738)
Sat 2 Apr: Any Old Iron
Scugdale (8.5 miles)
► Wed 6 Apr: Scugdale and
Live Moor (4.5 miles)
► Wed 6 Apr: A Thornton
Wander (1.6 miles)
► Fri 22–Sun 24 Apr:
Walking Weekend in Captain
Cook Country, residential
based at Whitby YHA, over 18s
(booking: Large Outdoors Ltd
01653 740 400)
► Wed 27 Apr: Down Town
and Abbey (Helmsley and
Rievaulx, 8 miles)
► Sun 1 May: Bluebells in
Springtime (Great Ayton,
3 miles)
► Sun 1 May: Walking with
History (Appleton, 5 miles)
►
NORTH YORKSHIRE
MOORS RAILWAY
Tue 10 May, Tue 5 Jul,
Tue 13 Sep: Tour and talk
about the town that never was,
10 am–1 pm
►
SCAMPSTON HALL AND
WALLED GARDEN
(www.scampston.co.uk/gardens.ht
ml; phone 01944 759111)
Thu 21 Apr: Walking in the
Footsteps of Mr Brown
(guided Capability Brown
walking tour of garden
(admission charges apply)
►
SCARBOROUGH ART
GALLERY, SCARBOROUGH
(www.scarboroughartgallery.co.uk;
01723 374753)
Until Sun 26 Jun:
‘Mystery, Magic and Midnight
Feasts’, the first ever major
exhibition celebrating the life
and work of children’s author
Enid Blyton.
►
STEPHEN JOSEPH
THEATRE IN LEALHOLM
► Fri 1 Apr: April Fools’
Drama Workshop, 10 am–
3 pm (7–13 years)
(call 01947 897945)
WHITBY ABBEY
(www.nymr.co.uk; booking: 01751
472508)
(www.englishheritage.org.uk/daysout/properties
/whitby-abbey; English Heritage
admission charges; 01947 603568)
►
►
Fri 6–Sun 8 May: Late
Spring Steam Gala
► Fri 13–Sun 15 May: Late
Spring Steam Gala
RAVENSCAR VISITOR
CENTRE
(phone National Trust 01947
885900, email: oldcoastguard
[email protected])
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Sat 23–Sun 24 Apr:
Dracula performances at
11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm
► Sat 30 Apr–Mon 2 May:
Viking Raiders and Invaders,
11 am–5 pm
FRI 1 APR
► Dancing at Egton Village
Hall, 6.45 pm, tickets £2.50.
Faith supper, raffle and dance
group music. Organised by
Maureen and Michael
Hodgson. Raising money for
Cystic Fibrosis. U3A acoustic
Band will be entertaining.
SAT 2 APR
► Esk Valley Mini Market:
Bric-a-brac and Jumble at
Danby Village Hall, 10 am–
3 pm, free admission,
refreshments available.
► ‘Clean for the Queen’,
Glaisdale Village Spring
Clean, meeting at The
Robinson Institute, 10.30 am.
SUN 3 APR
► Musicport Open Mic at
Whitby Pavilion in the cafe,
1.30 pm. Free entry.
TUE 5 APR
► Military Whist Drive at
Egton Village Hall, tickets
£1.50, all welcome. Call
Mildred on 01947 895374 for
details.
SAT 9 APR
► Moorsholm Coffee
Morning in Moorsholm
Memorial (Village) Hall, 10
am–12 noon. Proceeds in aid
of St Mary’s Church
Restoration Project.
► Soup, Puds and Books
with Children’s Bazaar, at
The Ley Hall, Lealholm, 11.30
am–2 pm, adults £6, children
£2. Proceeds in aid of St
Thomas’ Church, Glaisdale, and
St James’ Church, Lealholm.
► Jumble Sale, Fryup
Village Hall, 2–4 pm.
Raising funds for the Village
Hall. No entry charge.
► The Harmonettes
present ‘Dorothy’s War’ at
Danby Village Hall. See page 4
for details
► The Dalesmen Singers
will be taking part in the
‘Choral Spectacular’ at the
Sage, Gateshead.
SAT 9–SUN 10 APR
► Sci-Fi Scarborough at the
Spa Complex, Scarborough:
http://scifiscarborough.co.uk
► Mon 11 Apr
Loftus and District Flower
Club’s April meeting (a
week earlier than usual) with
demonstration by Area
Demonstrator Susan Hall, to
be held at Loftus Town Hall.
Free to visitors, all welcome.
Starts 7 pm. For more
information contact Mrs S.
Hall, 01287 676269.
► History Group Talk:
‘Pocillovy and the History
of Egg Cups’ by Judy
Kitching, at Westerdale Village
Hall, 7 pm, £3 entry. All
welcome. For more
information phone Carol
Wilson on 01287 660461.
WED 13–SUN 17 APR
► ‘Books by the Beach’,
Scarborough’s Book Festival:
www.scarboroughbookfestival.
co.uk
THU 14 APR
► Friends of Lealholm
School Social Evening
See page 5.
► Danby Music Group at
the Duke of Wellington Inn,
Danby, 8–10 pm, an informal
musical evening with local
musicians. All welcome.
SAT 16 APR
► ‘Grow Your Own’,
Helmsley Walled Garden,
meet staff and allotmenteers,
50
see the Kitchen Garden,
admission charges apply.
► ‘A Grand Music Hall and
Variety Extravaganza’ at
Whitby Pavilion, 7.30 pm.
Directed by Barbara BensonSmith and Les Scott – your
chairman for the evening –
with Steve Maltby heading a
great band as musical director,
the show promises music, song
and dance, with a liberal
sprinkling of comedy. Tickets
£8, box office 01947 458 899.
Champions Garage or phone
01287 660619.
► Talk: ‘Ainthorpe’s
Children’s Home’, by Mr &
Mrs Mather, at the Bradbury
Centre, 7.30 pm. Donations of
£1 welcomed. Bookings: 01287
69357, email: activities@
eskmoorscaring.org
SUN 17 APR
► Lealholm Football Club’s
annual Fundraising Quiz
at the Board Inn, Lealholm.
SAT 23 APR
► Spring Dance hosted by
Botton Village Camphill
Community, in Danby
Village Hall, from 7.30 pm, to
celebrate the Danby Health
Shop past, present and future!
See page 5.
MON 18 APR
► Whitby Civic Society
Talk: ‘The making of a
picture featuring
Dangerous Waters’ by
Teesside-born artist Phil
Boville. Phone for more
details: 01947 228184.
THU 21 APR
► Lighting of Danby
Beacon for the Queen’s
Birthday, 7.30 pm. Lord
Downe will be lighting the
beacon. Celebrations at the
beacon and afterwards at the
Duke of Wellington, Danby.
THU 21–SUN 24 APR
► Harrogate Spring Flower
Show, Great Yorkshire
Showground, Harrogate:
www.flowershow.org.uk
FRI 22 APR
‘Celebrations’, a flower
arranging demonstration
by Mrs Audrey Foster at
Danby Village Hall 7 pm,
proceeds for church funds,
tickets £7.50, including glass
of wine and canapés, from
FRI 22–SUN 24 APR
► Whitby Goth Weekend:
www.whitbygothweekend.
co.uk
MON 25 APR
► Danby Tennis Club AGM,
Fox & Hounds Inn, Ainthorpe,
7.30 pm. All members new and
old welcome.
WED 27 APR
► Danby Surgery Patient
Participation Group AGM
and Open Meeting at Danby
Surgery, 7 pm. Light
refreshments and a short
presentation by Shirley Moses
from the Clinical
Commissioning Group on ‘Tele
Health and Tele Medicine’. All
welcome.
THU 28 APR
► Colin Holt Band
featuring Snake Davis,
playing at Danby Village Hall,
band at 8 pm, tickets £10 from
Danby Health Shop or Miles
(07971 440939).
► Danby District
Bridleways Group meeting
at the Fox and Hounds,
Ainthorpe, 8.15 pm.
(see page 13).
FRI 29 APR
Big Film Friday, free movie
screening at the Bradbury
Centre, Castleton, 7.30 pm.
Call 01287 669357 for details.
FRI 29–SAT 30 APR
► Whitby’s 70s Big
Weekend, Whitby Pavilion:
www.whitbylive.co.uk
FRI 29, SAT 30 APR & SUN
1 MAY
► 2016 Tour de Yorkshire:
Stage 1: Beverley to Settle;
Stage 2: Otley to Doncaster;
Stage 3: Middlesbrough to
Scarborough. Stage Three on
Sun 1 May passes through the
Esk Valley and Whitby before
finishing in Scarborough.
ww.letour.yorkshire.com
► Sun 1 May: Tour @
Glaisdale: refreshments at
the Robinson Institute and live
screening of the race followed
by mass bike round Glaisdale
Dale (any pace, any outfit), led
by national mountain biking
champion Karen Van Meerbeeck.
Barbecue and Bands in the
evening (see page 9).
SAT 30 APR
► Esk Valley Mini Market:
Open Market at Danby
Village Hall, 10 am–3 pm, free
admission, refreshments
available. All welcome. Anyone
interested in becoming a
stallholder at Esk Valley mini
markets should telephone
01947 897611 or 07702 164091.
Exhibitions
CAPTAIN COOK MUSEUM
Grape Lane, Whitby YO22 4BA
(Opening times winter months by
appointment. Admission charges
apply. Phone 01947 601900;
www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk)
2016: ‘Wives and
Sweethearts: the Sailor’s
Farewell’
►
CLEVELAND IRONSTONE
MINING MUSEUM
Skinningrove, TS134AP
(Opening times for Apr–Oct: Mon–
Fri 10 am–3.30 pm, Sat 1–3.30 pm.
Admission charges, see:
www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk)
from the North Yorkshire Moors
National Park.
GROSMONT HISTORY
DISPLAY
St Matthew’s Parish
Church, Grosmont
NATIONAL PARK
EXHIBITIONS
(Open daily, free entry)
Fascinating details of the area’s
geology, industry, medieval and
early history; also, social history
relating to the village. A village
heritage trail leaflet is available
from village businesses. Exhibition
funded through a Heritage grant
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at Danby Moors Centre
‘Inspired By…’ gallery
(Open daily, 10.30 am to 4 pm. Free
entry. www.northyorkmoors.
org.uk/inspiredby)
Until Mon 11 Apr: ‘Nature
in Detail’, Andrew
Hutchinson’s detailed
paintings of farm life and
wildlife.
►
Until Mon 11 Apr:
‘Northern Expressions’,
Impressionist view of the
region using watercolour,
acrylic, pen and wash, pastel
and mixed media.
► Thu 14 Apr–Tue 3 May:
‘The Coastline Journey’,
artist Caroline Riley and
photographer Paul Ingram
present a vivid account of a
journey from Teesside to
Whitby. Meet the artists: Sat
16 Apr, 12 noon–3 pm
► Thu 14 Apr–Tue 3 May:
‘From Land to Sea’, Bridget
Wilkinson’s paintings and 3D
work in a journey from land to
sea. Meet the artist: Sat 16
Apr, 12 noon–3 pm
►
OLD COASTGUARD STATION,
ROBIN HOOD’S BAY
(phone 01947 885900; email:
oldcoastguardstation@nationaltrust.
org.uk)
Until Fri 12 Aug: Local
Artists at the Old
Coastguard Station:
Exhibition of Val Collinson’s
silk-painted goods and semiprecious jewellery.
►
RYEDALE FOLK MUSEUM,
Hutton-le-Hole, York YO62 6UA,
phone 01751 417337,
www.ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk
(Open 10 am–5 pm/dusk if earlier.
Admission charges to the Museum.
Free entry to the Gallery Exhibition,
a contemporary arts and crafts
space. More information: 01751
417367.)
The Gallery (free entry)
Until Sun 8 May:
‘Transitions’, a touring textiles
exhibition by etcetera, a new
group composed of seven
nationally and internationally
exhibited quilt and embroidery
artists based in the North of
England. Meet the artists:
Sun 17 Apr, 2–4 pm; Sat 23
Apr, 2–4 pm.
►
WHITBY MUSEUM
(Open throughout the year except
for Christmas and New Year
holidays. Open Mon–Sat, 9 am–
5 pm, Sun 9.30 am–4.30 pm;
admission £5 adults, £4 seniors,
£3.50 students, free for children
under 16. More information: 01947
602908.)
PANNETT ART GALLERY
(at Whitby Museum, free entry to
the Art Gallery)
The Gallery has a permanent
collection of 19th and early 20th
century paintings by the Weatherill
family and the only comprehensive
public display from the Staithes
Group of artists. There are also
temporary exhibitions throughout
the year.
Current Exhibition:
Whitby Art Society, an eclectic
ix of artworks from members of
the Society.
►
SCARBOROUGH ART
GALLERY
(The Crescent, Scarborough, YO11
2PW. Open Tue–Sun,
10 am–5 pm; admission £2 adults,
£1.80 concessions, under 18s free;
phone 01723 374753)
Until Sun 26 Jun:
‘Mystery, Magic and
Midnight Feasts – the
Many Adventures of Enid
Blyton’, the first ever major
exhibition celebrating the life
and work of celebrated
children’s author Enid Blyton.
►
SCARBOROUGH ROTUNDA
MUSEUM
(Vernon Road, Scarborough, YO11
2PS, phone 01723 353665)
Star Carr Display: new
permanent display at Rotunda
Museum with exhibits from
Early Middle Stone Age site
found near Scarborough,
discovered in late 1940s.
►
Courses/Workshops/Groups
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Art Classes at the Bradbury
Centre, Castleton, on
Thursdays, 9.30–11.30 am.
Cost £28 for four weeks.
Booking: 01287 669357 /
[email protected].
► Art Workshops with
James McGairy at Moors
National Park Centre, Danby,
Sun 17 Apr, 10.30 am–4 pm,
focusing on acrylic paint, cost
£45, including materials, lunch
and refreshments.
► Creations in Willow –
Hares and Rabbits, Sat 23
Apr, at the Moors NP Centre,
Danby, 10 am–3.30 pm, with
Anthea Firth, cost £45 adult/
child. Booking: 01439 772738.
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Crochet Workshops at the
Ley Hall, Lealholm, on
Thursdays, 6.30–8.30 pm,
contact Angela Myers on 01947
897226 or email:
[email protected].
► Crochet Workshops at
Fryup Village Hall, on alternate
Mondays, 1.30–3.30 pm.
Contact Angela Myers on
►
01947 897226 or email:
amyers10@ btinternet.com.
► Glaisdale Tuesday Craft
Group, self-help craft group
meeting every other Tuesday
at Glaisdale Church Rooms.
Information from Sheila
Thompson 01947 604254 and
Barbara Rutter 01642 478832.
► ‘Heather Quilters’:
Patchwork group meets
fortnightly in the Robinson
Institute, Glaisdale. Contact Di
King on 01287 660082 /
heatherquilters@ gmail. com /
website: http://
heatherquilters.weebly.com
► Loftus and District
Flower Club holds a Flower
Demonstration usually the
third Monday of every month,
in Loftus Town Hall, starting
7.15 pm. Entrance £3. For
more information contact Mrs
S. Hall on 01287 676269. Next
demonstration: Mon 11 Apr.
► Sewing Workshops,
Westerdale Village Hall, Sat
16 Apr, 10 am–3 pm, £10,
Bag for cutting mat – using
landscape panel as centrepiece
for bag. For more information
phone Carol: 01287 660461.
► Stone Carve your Initials
Workshops guided by
Jennifer Tetlow, at Dalby
Forest. The stones will then be
built into a wall by Mark Ellis
to become part of a dry stone
wall maze: Sun 10 Apr, Sun
8 May, two sessions each day
starting at 9.30 am and 1.30
pm, £60. Booking: www.
forestry.gov.uk/dalbyforest
► Watercolour Class with
Kathryn Harrison at the Ley
Hall, Lealholm, 10 am–noon.
More details phone: 01947
897803.
► ‘Wensleydale Wool
Workshop’ at the Hayshed
Experience CIC, Fowl Green
Farm, every Thursday, 10 am–
3.30 pm. All materials
provided. Phone Lucy for
information: 01287 669294. COMPUTERS AND
TABLETS
► Cake, Coffee and
Computers on Fridays,
starting 1 April, 10 am, at
Westerdale Village Hall, no
charge. Starting off, Browsing
the Internet, Online Shopping,
Emailing, Staying safe,
Facebook and social media,
Facilities provided or bring
along your laptop or iPad of
iPhone. Limited space so book
early: 01287 660461.
► ‘Drop In’, Free computer
advice with Neil Harland,
Tue 17 May 7–9 pm; Tue 24
May 10 am–12.30 pm; Tue 31
May 7–9 pm; Tue 7 Jun
10 am–12.30 pm. For more
information call Carol or Nigel
on 01287 660461.
CREATIVE WRITING
► Grosmont Writers’
Group meets fortnightly.
Please contact Antony (email:
[email protected]) or
Tammy (01947 895309) for
details. All welcome to join.
DANCE
► Catherine Harland
Webster School of Dance
at Castleton Village Hall on
Fridays and Glaisdale’s
Robinson Institute on
Tuesdays, pre-school children
upwards. Contact Cath on
01947 897761.
► Adult Beginners’ Tap
Class, Robinson Institute,
Glaisdale, 10 am. Advanced
Class at Egton Village Hall,
Thursdays 7.30 to 8.30 pm.
Phone Sheila on 07968 185821
for details.
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FILM
► ‘Big Friday’ Film at the
Bradbury Centre, Castleton,
Fri 29 Apr, 7.30 pm. Big
Screen monthly film showing
with tea/coffee afterwards
(small food contributions
welcome). Free event –
donations welcome.
Phone/email for film date and
details: activities@
eskmoorscaring.com or 01287
669357.
► Glaisdale/Lealholm Tea
& Matinee, Tue 26 Apr at
Ley Hall, Lealholm, £2,
everyone welcome for a cup of
tea and chat after the film.
Please phone or email for next
date and details: activities@
eskmoorscaring.com or 01287
669357.
► Castleton Tea & Matinee
at the Bradbury Centre,
Castleton, Fri 22 Apr, 1.45
pm. Classic film to watch, cup
of tea and chat. Free entry.
Phone/email the Bradbury
Centre for date and film
details: 01287 669357 (9 am–
4 pm only) / activites@
eskmoorscaring.org.
► Whitby Film Society,
showing films at Whitby
Coliseum, Victoria Place,
Whitby YO21 1EZ, phone
01947 825000, doors open
7.15 pm, curtain up 7.45 pm,
entry £6 (season ticket £60;
special offer ticket, any six
films for £33). Refreshments
available. Thu 14 Apr:
Miller’s Crossing – A Coen
Brothers’ Film (see page 5).
GARDENING
Grosmont Gardening
Group meets at St Matthew’s
Church on the third
Wednesday of the month.
Contact Tamsyn Naylor
(email: [email protected]).
Upper Esk Valley Garden
Club meets on the first Monday
in the month at Ley Hall,
Lealholm, except for outside
visits. More information phone
Pauline Elliot on 01287 660137
or Heather Mather on 01287
669104.
►
HEALTH / FITNESS
► Move it or Lose it –
Armchair Exercise – at the
Bradbury Centre, Castleton, on
Mondays, 11 & 25 Apr, 2.15
pm: join Cathy for chair-based
exercises to help with balance,
strength etc, £2.50 per session.
Please phone Anne on 07790
733625 for details.
► Move it or Lose it –
Armchair Exercise – at the
Robinson Institute, Glaisdale,
on Mondays, 4 & 18 Apr,
10.30 am, £2.50 per session.
Phone Anne on 07790 733625
for dates.
► Glaisdale’s Own Gym
(GOG), Robinson Institute, on
Mondays, 6–7 pm, £4. Please
contact activities@
eskmoorscaring.org for details.
► Jarv’s Gym, effective weekly
fitness session run by fully
qualified fitness instructor, on
Tuesdays at the Bradbury
Centre, Castleton, 9.15–10.15
am, £4 per session. Please
contact activities@
eskmoorscaring.org for details.
► Metafit, at the Robinson
Institute, Glaisdale, 30-minute
total body workout, £3 per
session, Sundays 5 pm,
Wednesdays 7.30 pm, Fridays
6 pm. Contact Angela on 07773
315081 for details.
► Piloxing, at the Robinson
Institute, Glaisdale, on
Sundays, 10.35–11.45 am and
Wednesdays, 6–7 pm. For
more information call Rosie on
07811 683734.
► Tai Chi & Qigong – at The
Seafarer’s Mission Hall,
Haggersgate, Whitby: 6.30 pm
Qigong, 7.30 pm Tai Chi
Movement, 8.30 pm Tai Chi
Chuan. One class £5, two
classes £8, three classes £10.
Booking: call Wes on 0773
0133 068; email
[email protected];
www.equinoxtaichi.com.
► Yoga on Tuesdays at the
Bradbury Centre, Castleton, 1–
2.30 pm. Beginners welcome.
Please contact activities@
eskmoorscaring.org for details.
HEATHER HOPPER CLUB
► See page 61.
INDOOR BOWLS
Short Mat Bowls in
Danby Village Hall,
fortnightly on Thursdays, 2 pm
and 7 pm. Bring friends, flat
shoes/slippers to enjoy a game
that uses ‘outdoor’ bowls.
Regular bowlers may use their
own. £1.50 per session. For info
call Brian on 01287 669206.
► Bowls in Westerdale
Village Hall, Organisers
required.
►
KARATE
► Adult Karate Classes in
Danby Village Hall on
Tuesdays, 7–8 pm. All abilities
welcome – beginners to
advanced. Juniors 6–7 pm.
Further info: call Sallyann on
01287 660328.
LOCAL HISTORY
► History Group meetings
are held between March and
November on the second
Monday of each month at
Westerdale Village Hall, 7 pm,
except for outside visits. For
more information phone Carol
Wilson on 01287 660461.
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PLAY READING
► Join the Bradbury Centre
Playreaders on Tuesday
mornings, at Bradbury Centre,
Castleton, 10.30 am–12 noon.
£2 per session. More
information: activities@
eskmoorscaring.com or 01287
669357.
SINGING
► The Dalesmen Singers’
Male Voice Choir, 7.30 pm
on Tuesdays in Danby
Methodist Church. New
members welcome. Phone
John Haywood on 01947
605135 or click on www.
dalesmensingers.net
► Lealholm Choir: rehearsals
on Wednesday evenings, 7 pm,
at Lealholm Chapel. If you
enjoy singing and would like to
come along, you would be most
welcome. Phone 01947 897471.
► Ladies’ Singing for
Pleasure Group, 7.30–9 pm,
cost £2/session (usually pay in
a block of £10). For any ladies
who enjoy singing. Choir leader
Barbara Anderson, email:
barbaradanderson@hotmail.
com or phone 01287 660828.
SWIMMING
Keep Active with Esk
Moors Active (Heather
Hopper) Swimming trips,
Monday mornings at Loftus.
Minibus leaves Castleton 9 am
returning by 11.30 am, £2 fare
+ entry fee. Phone 07971
268676 for details.
TABLE TENNIS
At Westerdale Village Hall,
Wednesdays at 6 pm for
juniors, 7 pm for seniors.
Seniors pay £2. Equipment and
coaching provided. Just turn
up or call Ian for more
information (01287 660344).
UKULELE CLUB
The Eskuleles meet on
Wednesdays, 7–9 pm, at The
Fox & Hounds, Ainthorpe.
VOLLEYBALL
Community volleyball every
Friday evening,
Danby/Runswick Bay.
Everybody welcome; all
abilities and ages for fun social
team sport, ‘Volleyball’, a noncontact sport. Sometimes we
are indoors at Botton Village,
or down on the beach. For
more details, times and exact
place contact anthony@
connectandinspire.co.uk
If you would like your group or workshop to be included in this listing, please contact
Valley News on 01947 897945 or email: [email protected]
Looking Ahead
SUN 1 MAY
► Tour @ Glaisdale – Tour
de Yorkshire (see page 51)
MON 2 MAY
► Spring Fair at St
Matthew’s Church,
Grosmont. Stalls to include
cakes, plants, tombola,
refreshments and table tops.
WED 4 MAY
► Upper Eskdale Marie
Curie Group invite you to a
Coffee Morning at Castleton
Village Hall, from 10.30 am.
Coffee, tea, scones, cakes; also
a raffle, bookstall and cake
stall. Everyone most welcome.
SAT 7 MAY
► Esk Valley Mini Market:
Garden & Plant Special at
Danby Village Hall, 10 am–3
pm, free admission,
refreshments available. All
welcome.
► Egton CE School Jumble
Sale
FRI 13 MAY
► Glaisdale Methodist
Safari Supper. To book
please call 01947 897219.
SAT 14 MAY
Eskdale District Young
Farmers Rally (see page 38)
►
SAT 21 MAY
► Plant Sale and Coffee
Morning, Fryup Village
Hall, 10 am–12 noon.
Homemade refreshments and
Raffle. Raising funds for the
Village Hall.
SAT 21–SUN 22 MAY
► Pickering Game &
Country Fair at the
Scampston Estate.
THU 26 MAY–THU 30 JUN
► York Minster Mystery
Plays: yorkminster.org/
mysteryplays2016
FRI 27 MAY
► Concert in memory of
Frances Quantrill at Whitby
Pavilion, presented by Whitby
Music Centre, including
ensembles from the Centre and
also North Yorkshire County
Bands as Frances played at
county level. All proceeds to
Asthma UK.
FRI 27–MON 30 MAY
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The Great North Folk
Festival at Botton Village:
www.festivalonthemoor.co.uk/
folkweekend
► Scarborough Fair
Festival, a new arts and music
festival for 2016, music, talks
and more: http://scarboroughfairfestival.com/
►
SAT 28 MAY
► Esk Valley Mini Market:
Open Market at Danby
Village Hall, 10 am–3 pm, free
admission, refreshments.
SAT 28–SUN 29 MAY
► Malton Food Lovers’
Festival: http://
maltonyorkshire.co.uk/foodlovers-festival
SAT 28–MON 30 MAY
► North York Moors
WalkFest 2016:
www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/
visiting/enjoy-outdoors/
walking/walking-festival
SUN 29 MAY–SUN 12 JUN
► Sedbergh Music Festival:
events listed at
www.sedbergh.org.uk/events
MON 30 MAY (BANK
HOLIDAY)
► ‘At Your Own Pace Race’
round Glaisdale Dale, hosted
by Glaisdale Institute
Committee, registration 10.30
am at Plum Tree Farm,
Glaisdale Dale, entry on the
day or via the Robinson
Institute Facebook page, adults
£5, children £2.50 (more
details on page 9).
► Duncombe Park Country
Fair, Helmsley:
www.dpcountryfair.co.uk
SAT 4 JUN
► Pig Race Night, held in the
Robinson Institute, hosted by
Friends of Esk Valley Theatre.
More details to follow.
SUN 5 JUN
► Open Farm Sunday at The
Hayshed, Commondale,
11 am–3 pm.
FRI 10–SUN 12 JUN
► Robin Hood’s Bay Folk
Weekend: free weekend of
relaxed music sessions and
singarounds: http:/
folkweekend.rhbay.co.uk
► Whitby 60s Weekend:
www.whitbylive.co.uk
SAT 11 JUN
► Esk Valley Mini Market:
Ladies’ Pamper Day at
Danby Village Hall, 10 am–
3 pm, free admission,
refreshments available. All
welcome.
SAT 18 JUN
Esk Valley Mini Market:
Open Market at Danby
Village Hall, 10 am–3 pm, free
admission, refreshments
available.
FRI 1–MON 4 JUL
► Totally Socially Weekend
in Scarborough. Celebrating
work of small businesses,
charities, voluntary groups,
social enterprises and
individuals who help to
enhance community life.
Further information, contact
[email protected] and
like Totally Socially on
Facebook.
TUE 5 JUL
► Whitby Music Centre
Summer Concert ‘Music
Through the Ages’, joined by
children from Musicport’s ‘Big
Sing’. Timing to be confirmed,
probably 6.30 pm.
FRI 8–SUN 10 JUL
► Whiby Sea Festival:
www.whitbyseafest.co.uk
SAT 9 JUL
► Whitby Music Centre
ensembles will be playing at
Whitby Band Stand as part of
the Whitby Sea Festival.
FRI 15–SUN 31 JUL
► Ryedale Festival:
www.ryedalefestival.com/
SAT 23 JUL
► Holy Moly & The
Crackers playing at The
Moors National Park Centre,
Danby: First act at 7 pm, adults
£13, children £6 (14 years and
under), booking: 01439 772700.
SUN 24 JUL
► Fryup Family Village
Walk and Barbeque, time to
be arranged.
THU 11 AUG–SAT 3 SEP
Esk Valley Theatre
presents ‘Educating Rita’
by Willy Russell, directed by
Mark Stratton, performances
at 7.30 pm Mon–Sat. Matinees
at 2.30 pm on Saturdays 13 &
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20 Aug; Thursdays 18 & 25 Aug
& 1 Sep; Tuesdays 23 & 30 Aug.
Tickets: £13 (£12 concessions).
Box Office: 01947 897587.
www.eskvalleytheatre.co.uk
SUN 14–SAT 27 AUG
► North York Moors
Chamber Music 2016
Festival: www.northyorkmoorsfestival.com.
SAT 3 SEP
Colin Holt Band featuring
Snake Davis, playing at
Kildale Village Hall, tickets £10
from Howard’s Bistro, Stokesley
(01642 713391) or Miles.
FRI 23 SEP ► Northumberland Theatre
Company presents ‘How to
Make a Killing in
Bollywood’, at The Robinson
Institute, Glaisdale.
Refreshments by PTFA, profits
to Glaisdale School. More
details to follow.
► Fryup Family Quiz and
Supper, Fryup Village Hall,
7.30 pm. Refreshments and
Raffle. Raising funds for the
Village Hall.
FRI 28 OCT
► Fryup Family Beetle
Drive, Fryup Village Hall, 7.30
pm. Refreshments and Raffle.
Raising funds for the Village Hall.
FRI 4 NOV
Chamber Music Concert,
classical music for string trio.
North York Moors Chamber
Music Festival, doors open
6.30 pm for 7 pm. Tickets £15
(includes parking), booking:
01439 772700.
TUE 12 JAN 2016
The Friends of Abbeyfield
Esk Moors AGM, at The
Bradbury Centre, 10.30 am
Regular Activities & Services
BOTTON VILLAGE
STEINER SCHOOL
Wednesdays
Parent and child group, aged
0–4, from 2–4 pm. Seasonal
activities based around
crafts, songs and rhymes.
Details from Rachel
Fitzpatrick on 07962 985215.
►
CASTLETON – BRADBURY
CENTRE,
For more details and
booking: 01287 669357
(9 am–4 pm only) or email:
[email protected] ► Mondays
• Move it or Lose it –
Armchair Exercise, 2.15 pm,
£2.50, join Cathy for chairbased exercises to music, on
11 & 25 Apr. Contact Anne
for details: 07790 733625
► Tuesdays
• Jarv’s Gym, £4/session,
9.15–10.15 am.
• Play Reading with Maureen
Payne, 10.30 am, £2.
• Yoga, 1–2.30 pm, with
Nadja, £8.50 in monthly
blocks, join any time.
► Wednesdays
• Communion Service, 10.30 am
(1st Wed of the month).
► Thursdays
• Art Class, 9.30–11.30 am,
£28 per 4 weeks
• Afternoon Get Together,
scrabble, dominoes, cards,
jigsaws, tea & chat, 1.30–
3.30 pm, free.
► Fridays
• The Good Old Days
Monthly Memory Café,
1.30–3.30 pm, free, 8 Apr
• Tea and Matinee, 1.45 pm,
free, 22 Apr
• Big Friday Film, 7.30 pm,
free, 29 Apr
CASTLETON – ESK MOORS
CARING
Esk Moors Caring Ltd
Community Outreach offers
the following services at a
minimal cost: company in
your own home, including a
cuppa and a chat,
reminiscence sessions,
games and activity;
assistance with shopping;
taking out to visit friends;
lunch out; respite for a
loved one. If you are
interested in finding out
more please phone 01287
669357.
CASTLETON TEA ROOMS
Mondays
Coffee and Chat, 10.30 am,
50p. The famous ‘Nine Cups
of Coffee and Two scones’
reminiscence group are still
going strong and welcome
anyone to join them in the
fabulous new surroundings
of Castleton Tea Rooms.
CASTLETON VILLAGE HALL
Tuesdays
Singing for Pleasure group,
7.30–9 pm, cost £2/session
(usually pay in a block of
£10). For any ladies who
enjoy singing. Choir leader
Barbara Anderson, email:
barbaradanderson
►
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@hotmail.com or phone
01287 660828.
► Wednesdays
WI first Wednesday evening
of the month.
► Thursdays
• Pilates class, 6.30 pm
• Country Dancing, 8 pm £3,
all welcome, September–
Easter
► Saturdays
• Coffee Morning, 10 am–12
noon
• Domino Drive, 7.30 pm,
end of September–end of
March
COMMONDALE –
THE HAYSHED
Booking: 01287 669294
► Thursdays
Wensleydale Wool
Workshop at Fowl Green
Farm, 10 am–3.30 pm. Work
with wool straight from the
sheep and have a go at
washing, dyeing, spinning,
felting, etc. All materials
provided. Phone Lucy for more
information: 01287 669294.
COMMONDALE – THE
VILLAGE HALL
Available for hire at £5 an
hour. Booking: Liz on 01287
660441.
DANBY CHAPEL
Tuesdays The Dalesmen
Singers meet for rehearsals
every Tuesday at 7.30 pm –
new members welcome.
► Fridays Fancy a Cuppa –
Friday Girls. Every Friday at
►
2.30 pm – both males and
females welcome.
DANBY STATION YARD
Esklets Playgroup
‘Outstanding Playgroup’
based in Station Yard,
Danby, open daily, 9 am–
12 noon, and on Tuesday
afternoons. Free care and
education for 3–4 year olds.
All welcome. More info:
01287 660173 / 669607.
►
DANBY VILLAGE HALL
Booking: Jill 01287 660265
or Les 01287 660297
► Mondays
Badminton, 7.30 pm
(coaching for younger players
6.30 pm in term time). Turn
up on the evening or contact
Martin for details on 01287
660715.
► Tuesdays
• Karate, 6–7 pm, children
(age 5 plus) £2, adults £3.
For details ring Sallyann
Smith, 01287 660328.
• Adult karate classes, 7–
8 pm. All abilities welcome –
beginners to advanced.
► Thursdays
• Short Mat Bowls, fortnightly,
at 2 pm and 7 pm. £1.50 per
session. For info call Brian on
01287 669206.
DANBY SPORTS
ASSOCIATION
Children’s Sports Club at
the sports field in association
with Ultimate Soccer,
Saturdays 10–11.30 am, £3
per child. Details: phone Jo
01287 669129.
►
DANBY SURGERY
►
Thursdays
Free baby play, fun play
sessions for parents/carers
and babies under one, 9.30–
11.30 am. Contact Whitby &
District Children’s Centre for
details: 0845 0349596.
EGTON VILLAGE PLAYING
FIELD
Fly the flag on the large
flagpole in the village on the
playing field for a special
occasion or a special person.
Contact David or Sheila
Nicolls on 895610. All
donations for charity.
►
EGTON VILLAGE HALL
Booking: Mrs J. Harrison
at 6 Ingham Close, Sleights,
on 01947 811609.
► Mondays
• Social Sequence Dancing,
7–9 pm
► Tuesdays
• Short mat bowling, 7.30 pm
• Whist drive, 7.30 pm (first
Tue in each month).
► Wednesdays
• Social Sequence Dancing,
2–4 pm (except first Wed
in month)
• Ladies’ Fellowship, 2 pm
(first Wed in each month)
► Thursdays
• Adult Tap Dance Classes,
7.30 to 8.30 pm. Phone
Sheila on 07968 185821
for details.
st
► 1 Friday each month
• Dancing to dance group
music, 7.30 pm, £2.50
ESK VALLEY COMMUNITY
LIBRARY
(hosted by St Hedda’s School,
Egton Bridge). The library is
open to all members of the
community. Held in the
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Parish Rooms at the rear of St
Hedda’s School. Opening
times: Tuesdays, 3.15–5.15 pm
Information: 01947 895361.
FRYUP VILLAGE HALL
Booking: Ann Ward 01947
897317 – See:
www.facebook. com/
FryupVillageHall
► Alternate Mondays
Crochet Workshops,
1.30–3.30 pm. Beginners
welcome, materials provided
for first session. Contact
Angela Myers on 01947
897226 or email:
[email protected].
(See Current Events listing
for more Fryup events)
GLAISDALE – CHURCH
ROOMS
Booking: Penny Walker
01947 897483
► Glaisdale Luncheon
Club first and third
Wednesday of each month.
For only £5 you will
get a very good meal and
convivial conversation!
Please phone Betty
Hoggarth on 01947 897338.
► Glaisdale Tuesday
Craft Group
Self-help craft group
meets every other Tuesday at
Glaisdale Church Rooms,
everyone welcome. Further
information from Sheila
Thompson 01947 604254
and Barbara Rutter
01642 478832.
► The Good Old Days
‘Memory Café’, held on Tue
12 Apr, 1.30 pm, free.
Contact Anne for details
07790 733625.
► Glaisdale Tea &
Matinee, 1.30 pm, £2,
everyone welcome for a cup
of tea and chat after the film.
Phone or email for dates and
details (01287 669357,
email: activities@
eskmoorscaring.org).
GLAISDALE PLAYGROUP
Phone: 07854 840516 or
Janet on 01947 897554 /
Vicky on 01947 897398.
Now at the annexe
classroom, Glaisdale
School, 0–5 years, funded
places available, Mondays &
Fridays, between 7.45 am
and 3.15 pm, to suit your
child's requirement.
GLAISDALE – ROBINSON
INSTITUTE
Bookings: Sue Thompson
01947 897351, email:
suethompson222
@gmail.com, or online at
www.robinsoninstitute.org
Hire of hall: £8 per hour
Kitchen hire: £12 per event
Kitchen and the cooker: £15
per event
Hire of hall for dances and
parties: £11 per hour
► Mondays
• Move it or Lose it –
Armchair aerobics, 10.30
am, £2.50. Chair-based
exercises, 4 & 18 Apr,
contact Anne on 07790
733625.
► Tuesdays
• Ballet, 4–8 pm
► Wednesdays
• Patchwork (Heather
Quilters), 10.30 am–
4.30 pm, 6 & 20 Apr
• Metafit body workout,
7.30–8 pm, contact
Angela on 0777 3315081
Thursdays
• Adult Tap Class,
10 am. Phone Sheila on
07968 185821 for details;
• Glaisdale WI, 7.30 pm,
14 Apr, ‘Breast Cancer
Care’
► Fridays
• Dales Folk, 2 pm on
1, 15 & 29 Apr
• Metafit body workout,
6–6.30 pm, contact
Angela on 0777 3315081
Sundays
• Metafit body workout, 5–
5.30 pm, contact Angela
on 0777 3315081
►
GOATHLAND VILLAGE
HALL
Booking: Sue Beckton on
01947 896022 or email
goathlandvillagehall@
gmail.com
GROSMONT
Grosmont Community
Library in the Old Coffee
Shop, Grosmont. (www.
grosmontcoffeeshop.co.uk)
Open to all residents and
those from surrounding
villages. No obligation to buy
coffee. Please call 01947
895167 if you would like to
borrow books when the
Coffee Shop is closed.
► Grosmont Garden
Group monthly meetings are
held on the third Wednesday
of every month, 2 pm, at St
Matthew’s Church, Grosmont,
except for outside visits. For
more details email Tamsyn:
[email protected].
► Grosmont Writers’
Group meets every two
weeks. Please phone Tammy
for details (01947 895309) or
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email Antony (antony.
[email protected]).
Information: grosmontwriters.
blogspot. co.uk.
LEALHOLM LEY HALL
Bookings: Gareth & Sally
Gibbons, Lealholm Village
Shop 01947 897310 ► Tue 26 Apr: Tea and
Matinee, 1.30 pm, £2 and a
cup of tea. All welcome.
Phone/email the Bradbury
Centre for film details:
01287 669357 / activites@
eskmoorscaring.org.
► First Monday in the
month:
Upper Esk Valley
Garden Club meets in the
Ley Hall except for outside
visits. For more information
phone Pauline Elliot on
01287 660137 or Heather
Mather on 01287 669104.
► Thursdays
Crochet Class, 6.30–8.30
pm, first session £10, then
£5 for following classes.
Materials provided. Contact
Angela Myers on 01947
897226 or email:
[email protected].
► Fridays
Watercolour painting with
Kathryn Harrison, 10 am–
12 noon and 1–3 pm.
Booking: 01947 897803.
LOFTUS TOWN HALL
Loftus and District
Flower Club
Demonstrations, usually
the third Monday of every
month. For more
information contact Mrs
Susan Hall on 01287 676269.
►
MOBILE LIBRARY
The ‘Supermobile’ (large
library bus with Internet
access) visits Danby and
Castleton fortnightly:
► Thursdays 7 & 21 Apr:
• 10.30 am–12.30 pm
Danby Village Hall car park
• 2–4 pm Castleton (adjacent
to Old Man’s Park)
ROSEDALE EAST –
UPDALE READING ROOM
Rosedale History Society
informal monthly ‘Tea, Chat &
History’ meetings held on the
first Sunday of every month,
2–4 pm, plus a programme of
history walks. Further details
on http:// rosedale.
ryedaleconnect.org.uk or phone
the Secretary on 01751 417071.
►
SLEIGHTS –
BRIGGSWATH AND
SLEIGHTS METHODIST
CHURCH HALL
► Fit-4-You, 50 plus
Exercise, first and third
Saturday mornings of each
month, 9.45–11.15 am. More
details from Cathy Harland
on 07788 511839.
► Now Fancy That:
Community group on
Thursdays. Phone Graham
Storer on 01947 810776.
SLEIGHTS CHURCH
HOUSE
Bookings: Peter
MacDonald on 810275
► Mondays
• St John’s mums and toddlers,
1.30–3 pm, children 0–5
with parent/ carer,
£1.50/session. For details
phone Janet on 810275
► Wednesdays
• Whitby Model Railway
Club, 7.30 pm (for details
phone Mr D. Griffiths on
606050 or Mr P. Gallon
on 840603)
► Thursdays
• Flower arranging classes, 2 pm
• Sleights Singers, a mixed
choir, new members
welcome, 7.15–9 pm
(contact Ernie Marsden,
conductor, on 810707).
SLEIGHTS SCHOOL
► Wednesdays
• Let’s Play – free play
sessions for under fives with
parents/carers during termtime, 9.30–11 am. Phone
01609 533819 for details.
► Thursdays
• Baby Play – free play
sessions for under 18
months with parents/
carers, during term-time,
10–11.30 am. Phone 01609
533819 for details.
SLEIGHTS
SCHOOLROOM
► Briggswath and Sleights
Methodist Church Craft
Group every Tuesday
afternoon, 2–4 pm.
SLEIGHTS VILLAGE HALL
Bookings: 07570 413748,
email: [email protected]
www.sleightsvillagehall.com
► Activities
• Art Class (phone Ann on
01947 825916)
• Ammonite Quilters (phone
Penny on 0127 651603)
• Badminton (phone 0750
413 748)
• Ballet (www.sthildasstudios.
com)
• Dance for Pleasure (phone
60
Jane on 07971 606360)
• Flower Arranging (phone
Ann on 01947 810653)
• Mums & Toddlers (phone
Lezah on 07896 246819)
• North East Botany Club
(phone Eric Preston on
01947 810332)
• Pilates and Piloxing
(phone Rosie on 07811
683734)
• Tai Chi (phone Wes on
07730 133068)
• Whitby Flower Club (phone
Monica on 01947 604881)
• Whitby Taiko Japanese
Drumming (phone Dave
Giddins on 01947 811249)
• Yorkshire Country Women
Association (phone Gaynor
Wilkin on 01947 811827)
WESTERDALE VILLAGE HALL
Bookings: Carol Wilson
(01287 660461) or Carly
Potts (01287 660397). For
calendar see website: http://
villagehall.westerdale.info
► Fully refurbished hall with
underfloor heating available
for hire from £7 per hour to
£33 for full day, £22 half
day, £11 meeting room.
Reductions for Westerdale
residents. Special rates for
longer term booking.
Events/Courses:
► Mon 11 Apr: History
Group talk by Judy Kitching
on Pocillovy (history and
collection of egg cups),
7 pm, £3.
► Sat 16 Apr: Sewing
Workshop, 10 am–3 pm, £10
(bag for cutting mat)
For more information
phone Carol: 01287 660461.
Sewing Workshops are run
by Mrs C. Wilson and a list
of equipment and material
needed will be emailed out
once you have booked on
the course. Contact Mrs
Wilson for details 01287
660461.
Regular Activities
► Wednesday evenings:
Table Tennis, Juniors
6 pm (free), seniors 7 pm
(£2). Equipment and
coaching available. Contact
Ian (01287 660344).
We are looking for a
volunteer to restart the
Indoor Bowls club. Please
phone 01287 660461.
HEATHER HOPPER
COMMUNITY BOOKINGS
(1003), Ainthorpe FS (1005),
Castleton Down Arms
(1008), Westerdale (1016),
Castleton Station (1023)
► Alternate Thursdays:
14 & 28 Apr, Whitby
Shopper (Service DR10)
Guide pick-up times:
Westerdale (0945),
Castleton (0950), Ainthorpe,
Danby (0955). Returning
from Whitby 1345.Travel on
this bus must be pre-booked
(no age restriction). Phone
01947 606440.
►
Transport
HEATHER HOPPER TRIPS
(Esk Moors Active Ltd, www.
heatherhopper.org.uk)
For bookings & times: 07971
268676 or email: enquiries@
heatherhopper.org.uk
► Mondays Swimming trips
to Loftus pool. Fare £2
► Tue 5 Apr Trip to see the
daffodils at Farndale and
morning coffee
► Wed 6 Apr Coffee at
Lealholm
► Mon 11 Apr Lunch at
The Water Wheel, Liverton
► Tue 12 Apr Coffee at
Baxter, Stokesley
► Wed 13 Apr Shop at
Northallerton
► Mon 18 Apr Lunch at
The Royal Oak, Great Ayton
► Tue 19 Apr Lunch at
Scaling
► Fri 22 Apr Outing to
Roots Farm Shop (leaving
from Glaisdale)
► Mon 25 Apr Lunch at
Kaskane, Skinningrove
► Tue 26 Apr Shop at
Saltburn
► Wed 27 Apr Fish &
Chips at Sleights
Bookings: 07971 268676 or
email: enquiries@
heatherhopper org.uk
► More information:
www.heatherhopper.org.uk
BUS SERVICES
Coastal & Country
Whitby to Esk Valley
Services:
• Service 99 Whitby–
Lealholm (Mon to Sat, not in
school/public holidays
between Good Friday to last
Sun in Oct)
• Service EVH (Esk Valley
Hopper (weekend &
school/public holiday service
between Good Friday and
last Sun in Oct)
(see timetables in Apr, Aug &
Dec issues of Esk Valley News)
► Alternate Thursdays:
7 & 21 Apr,
Guisborough Market
Day (Service DR18)
Guide pick-up times:
Glaisdale Station (0945),
Glaisdale PO (0950),
Lealholm (0953), Houlsyke
(0958), Danby Station
►
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STEAM RAILWAY
► Contact North Yorkshire
Moors Railway: 01751
472508, www.nymr.co.uk
► Daily train services
Pickering to Whitby, Sat 28
Mar–Sun 1 Nov 2015.
► Weekend service
during winter.
► 6–8, 13–15 May: Late
Spring Steam Gala
► 17–19 Jun: Awesome
Seventies & Diesel Gala
► 2–3 Jul: Swinging Sixties
Weekend
► 9–10 Jul: Classic Cars &
Vehicles Weekend
30 Sep, 1–2 Oct:
Autumn Steam Gala
► 14–16 Oct: Railway in
Wartime
►
RAIL SERVICES – ESK
VALLEY RAILWAY
Esk Valley trains run between
Whitby and Middlesbrough,
stopping at 15 intermediate
stations along the line.
► Esk Valley Residents’
Railcard. Costs £10.
Entitles holder to a third off
standard fareson Esk Valley
line between Middlesbrough
and Whitby. Obtain from
Whitby/Middlesbrough
ticket office or download
application form:
www.eskvalleyrailway.co.uk.
(For residents in Hambleton,
Scarborough, Ryedale,
Middlesbrough, Redcar,
Cleveland, Stockton.)
At EskValleyOutings.co.uk
you are invited to share your
experiences, knowledge and
memories of great times out
which involved the Esk
Valley Railway. Everyone
who contributes an entry to
the website will be entered
into a prize draw.
►
TRAIN SERVICES – ESK VALLEY RAILWAY
MON TO SAT (UNTIL 14 MAY 2016)
M’brough dep
James Cook H
Commondale
Castleton Moor
Danby
Lealholm
Glaisdale
Egton
Grosmont
Sleights
Ruswarp
Whitby arr
0704
0708
0748
0752
0755
0802
0807
0813
0817
0826
0831
0838
1028
1032
1109
1112
1115
1122
1126
1132
1136
1145
1150
1157
1404
1408
1447
1451
1454
1500
1505
1511
1515
1524
1528
1535
1740
1745
1821
1825
1828
1834
1839
1845
1849
1858
1902
1907
Whitby dep
Ruswarp
Sleights
Grosmont
Egton
Glaisdale
Lealholm
Danby
Castleton Moor
Commondale
James Cook H
M’brough arr
0848
0852
0857
0905
0908
0912
0922
0926
0929
0933
1008
1015
1218
1222
1227
1235
1238
1242
1250
1256
1259
1303
1339
1346
1600
1604
1609
1617
1621
1625
1633
1640
1644
1647
1723
1729
1919
1923
1928
1936
1939
1943
1951
1957
2000
2004
2040
2046
SUNDAYS (FROM 20 MAR)
M’brough dep
James Cook H
Commondale
Castleton
Danby
Lealholm
Glaisdale
Egton
Grosmont
Sleights
Ruswarp
Whitby arr
0905
0909
0946
0950
0953
0959
1004
1010
1014
1023
1027
1032
1122
1127
1203
1207
1210
1216
1221
1228
1232
1241
1246
1252
1355
1359
1444
1448
1451
1457
1502
1508
1512
1521
1525
1532
1617
1621
1707
1711
1714
1720
1725
1731
1735
1744
1748
1755
Whitby dep
Ruswarp
Sleights
Grosmont
Egton
Glaisdale
Lealholm
Danby
Castleton
Commondale
James Cook H
M’brough arr
1044
1048
1053
1101
1104
1108
1116
1123
1126
1130
1216
1221
1303
1307
1312
1320
1323
1327
1335
1341
1344
1348
1424
1433
1546
1550
1555
1603
1606
1610
1618
1624
1627
1631
1710
1717
1805
1809
1814
1822
1825
1829
1837
1843
1846
1850
1926
1932
Live arrival and departure times for all stations online at www.eskvalleyrailway.co.uk Traveline Information, phone:
0871 200 22 33 (daily 7 am to 9 pm). Esk Valley Railway Development Company, phone: 01947 601987
62
COASTAL & COUNTRY
MYBUS – 01947 602922
Bus Services between the Esk Valley and Whitby - 2014–2015
Service 99 Whitby – Lealholm
This service does not operate during public holidays. Operates Monday to Friday during school
terms: Monday 7th September to Friday 23rd October, and then Monday to Saturday from Monday
26th October to Thursday 24th March 2016.
LANGBOURNE ROAD
WHITBY BUS STATION
STAKESBY RD, HIGH STAKESBY
SPAR SHOP SLEIGHTS
GROSMONT STATION
EGTON SURGERY
EGTON MANOR
GLAISDALE STATION
POST OFFICE GLAISDALE
LEALHOLM SCHOOL
LEALHOLMSIDE VILLAGE CENTRE
LEALHOLM SCHOOL
POST OFFICE GLAISDALE
GLAISDALE STATION
EGTON MANOR
EGTON SURGERY
GROSMONT STATION
SPAR SHOP SLEIGHTS
STAKESBY RD, HIGH STAKESBY
LANGBOURNE ROAD
910
912
918
921
927
930
937
947
952
1000
1005
1006
1010
1016
1026
1030
1032
1039
1042
1048
1110
1112
1118
1121
1127
1130
1137
1147
1152
1200
1205
1206
1210
1216
1226
1230
1232
1239
1242
1248
1310
1312
1318
1321
1327
1330
1337
1347
1352
1400
1405
1406
1410
1416
1426
1430
1432
1439
1442
1448
1450
SSH
SSH
1605
1606
1610
1616
1626
1630
1632
1510
1512
1518
1521
1527
1530
1537
1547
1552
1600
SSH
SCHM/F
1637
1640
1647
1657
1702
1705
1647
1650
1657
1707
1712
1715
1735
1736
1740
1746
1756
1800
1802
1809
1812
1818
1820
Notes:
1. SSH – Saturdays and School Holidays (other than between Good Friday and the last Sunday in October
2. SCHM/F – Journey operates Monday to Friday on School Holidays only.
3. This service will not carry passengers travelling between Whitby and Sleights.
Service EVH (Esk Valley Hopper)
LANGBOURNE ROAD
WHITBY BUS STATION
SNEATON CASTLE
PARK & RIDE
SPAR SHOP SLEIGHTS
GROSMONT STATION
EGTON SURGERY
EGTON MANOR
GLAISDALE STATION
POST OFFICE GLAISDALE
ST JAMES CHURCH LEALHOLM
LEALHOLMSIDE VILLAGE CENTRE
HOULSYKE VILLAGE CENTRE
MOORS NATIONAL PARK CENTRE
HOULSYKE VILLAGE CENTRE
LEALHOLM SCHOOL
POST OFFICE GLAISDALE
GLAISDALE STATION
EGTON MANOR
EGTON SURGERY
GROSMONT STATION
SPAR SHOP SLEIGHTS
PARK & RIDE
SNEATON CASTLE
LANGBOURNE ROAD
900
901
906
910
916
925
930
932
938
941
947
948
954
1000
1004
1010
1016
1019
1025
1027
1032
1041
1048
1051
1055
1100
1101
1106
1110
1116
1125
1130
1132
1138
1141
1147
1148
1154
1200
1204
1210
1216
1219
1225
1227
1232
1241
1248
1251
1255
1400
1401
1406
1410
1416
1425
1430
1432
1438
1441
1447
1448
1454
1500
1504
1510
1516
1519
1525
1527
1532
1541
1548
1551
1555
63
1600
1601
1606
1610
1616
1625
1630
1632
1638
1641
1647
1648
1654
1700
1704
1710
1716
1719
1725
1727
1732
1741
1748
1751
1755
1800
1801
1806
1816
1825
1830
1832
1838
1841
1847
1848
Operates every Saturday,
Sunday and public holidays
from Friday 3rd April to
Sunday 25th October. In
addition, the service runs
Monday to Friday during
school holidays: Tuesday
21st July to Friday 4th
September.
Notes:
1. This service will not carry passengers
travelling between Whitby and the
Park & Ride or Sleights.
2. Bus pass holders boarding and
alighting at the Park & Ride pay a
half adult fare.
CHURCH DIARY
PLANETARY SKYLIGHTS
At Your Service
Sun 17 Apr
9 am Grosmont, Parish Communion
10.30 am Danby, Holy Communion
10.30 am Lealholm, Parish Communion
10.30 am Goathland, Morning Prayer
10.30 am Egton Village Hall, Morning
Praise
3 pm Commondale, Evening Prayer (BCP)
WEEKLY SERVICES
Sacred Heart of Mary RC, Lealholm:
Saturday Mass, 6.30 pm
Monday & Thursday Morning Mass, 9 am
St Hedda’s RC, Egton Bridge:
Sunday Mass, 9 am
Wednesday Mass, 7 pm
Friday Mass with St Hedda’s RC School,
9.15 am
Danby Methodist Chapel, Sunday Services:
10.30 am
Glaisdale Methodist Chapel, Dale Head,
Sunday Services: 10.30 am
Lealholm Methodist Chapel, Sunday
Services: 10.30 am
Sun 24 Apr
8 am Commondale, Holy Communion
(BCP)
9 am Moorsholm, Holy Communion
10.30 am Glaisdale, Parish Communion &
Holy Baptism
10.30 am Egton, Parish Communion
10.30 am Grosmont, Family Worship
10.30 am Danby, Holy Communion
6 pm Goathland, Parish Communion
OTHER SERVICES
Sun 3 Apr
9 am Grosmont, Parish Communion
10.30 am Goathland, Parish Communion
10.30 am Glaisdale, Morning Prayer
10.30 am Danby, Family Service
2.30 pm Westerdale, Methodist Service
6.30 pm Danby Church, Evening Prayer
(BCP)
For more information about the United
Benefice of Middle Esk Moor and to see the
Glaisdale and Lealholm ‘Pew Sheet’ online,
see www.mideskbenefice.org.uk
Sun 10 Apr
8 am Commondale, Holy Communion
(BCP)
9 am Moorsholm, Holy Communion
10.30 am Glaisdale, Benefice Holy
Communion
10.30 am Westerdale, Holy Communion
MARK DAWSON, WHITBY & DISTRICT ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
The lighter evenings of April offer up
an interesting stellar challenge, testing
the observing dexterity of astronomers.
Although Jupiter is the brightest
planet currently in the sky, April is all
about Mercury, which has its best
apparition of the year. This elusive
planet, closest to the Sun, never strays
far from the general direction of the
Sun in the sky and hence is only ever
seen shortly before sunrise or shortly
after sunset in a twilight sky. At best
Mercury arcs into the sky no more
than 10 degrees or so, before falling
back towards the horizon within 2–4
weeks. Because of these factors
Mercury is the most difficult to spot of the naked-eye planets that are visible. In order to see Mercury
this coming month you will require a clear W–WNW horizon. Wait until 40 minutes after sunset
before scanning above the horizon. Use binoculars initially; Mercury will be the brightest ‘star’ in
this direction. Once located, you should then be able to spot it with just the naked eye, and it can
appear surprisingly bright. Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation on the 18th when it will be
10 degrees above the horizon. However, it will be brightest earlier in the month so a good time to
look will be from 8th to 12th. A very slim crescent moon lies to the left of Mercury on the 8th.
Jupiter dominates the evening sky residing below the stars of Leo over in the south as twilight
deepens. It is the brightest object and therefore cannot be mistaken. Through a telescope Jupiter
is a rewarding spectacle with a decent-sized disk, crossed by various darker banding features, as
well as the attendant Galilean moons. Jupiter resides above our moon on the 17th.
Mars and Saturn are still morning objects, though are rising earlier into the post midnight hours.
Mars has an obvious ‘orange’ hue and is gradually brightening as it heads towards a May opposition
date. The disk appears very small (nowhere near the size of Jupiter’s – even when Mars is at its
very best) but a decent-sized scope may reveal some general surface markings. Saturn resides to
the left of Mars and appears pearly white to the naked eye. Turn a scope towards Saturn and you
will be greeted by one of nature’s most beautiful sights – the glorious ring system.
DALES FOLK
TOMMY LISTER
At the meeting on 4 March there were 13 members in attendance and many apologies
had been received. The competition was the letter Q, something relating to the Queen:
1st, Ann Richardson, 2nd, Lorna Dale, 3rd, Janet Taylor. The meeting was then a ‘Free
and Easy’.
There were again 13 members at the meeting on 18 March, with 10 apologies. After
the business meeting the chairman welcomed Cath Harland from Whitby who gave us
a very enjoyable and interesting afternoon doing armchair exercises. The competition
was the letter R, a Rose: 1st, Sheila Thompson, 2nd, Irene Pearson, 3rd, Janet Taylor.
• Church Website for the Moorland Parishes Group: http://moorland-parishes.webplus.net
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PUZZLES & ENIGMAS
Crossword
1
7
2
8
3
Compiled by Ann Bowes
4
5
9
10
6
MARCH
CROSSWORD ANSWERS:
13
14
16
15
17
18
22
19
20
USEFUL NUMBERS
Across
1. bang 4. idle 6. round 7. state
10. paper 12. extol 13. fog 14. eve
15. stick 17. stats 18. harsh
21. mania 22. dads 23. kick
11
Medical Services
► Emergencies: 999
► Danby Surgery: 01287
660739
► Egton Surgery: 01947
895356
► Out of Hours Doctor or
NHS Direct: 111
► Brotton (East Cleveland
Hospital) Minor Injuries
Unit: 01287 676205
► Guisborough Minor
Injuries Unit: 01287 284101
► Whitby Hospital: 01947
604851 (Minor Injuries Unit
824238)
Down
1. bits 2. grate 3. bun 4. ideal
5. ever 8. trout 9. exits 10. poach
11. eaves 15. stems 16. kayak
17. sand 19. hock 20. ant
21
23
Across
1. Read daily (5)
4. It's so sweet! (5)
7. Use these to write them (7)
10. Female roe deer (3)
14. A jaunt (4)
15. A milk pudding (4)
16. Cooking utensil (3)
18. They go to sea (7)
22. Creator (5)
23. Of the nose (5)
Down
1. Rind (4)
2. Liquid measurement (4)
3. Twine (4)
4. Droops (4)
5. Happy (4)
6. On horse or bike? (4)
8. Additional (5)
9. It often wags! (4)
11. Smell (5)
13. Autumn in US (4)
16. Neat and proper (4)
17. Small cut (4)
18. Bitter (4)
19. Heavy metal (4)
20. Belonging to us (4)
21. Performing marine
animal (4)
4 8 3 2
8
Each horizontal
7
6 5
and each vertical
8
2 9
line, and each
block of nine
9
squares must all 2 3
4 1
contain the
3
9
2
numbers 1–9
8
7
only once.
4
5 2 8
3
6
1 5
2
8
6
4
2
7
3
1
6
8
9
5
8
9
1
7
4
5
2
3
6
March result
66
6
8
2
4
9
3
1
5
7
1
7
4
5
8
2
3
6
9
9
3
5
6
7
1
4
2
8
(Hons, UCL), RIBA, 0795
8033158
Castleton 01287 660203
► N. & M. Fletcher Ltd Green
Garage 01947 897237; Honey
Bee Nest 01947 897444
► Lealholm Auto Services, John
Cook 01947 897573 (mobile
07889 108901)
► Lealholm Service Station
01947 897224
second-hand books 01947 895170
Building Work & Supplies
7
4
8
2
6
9
5
1
3
► North Yorkshire County
Council: 01609 780780
► Scarborough Borough
Council: 01723 232323
► Whitby Town Council:
01947 820227
Car & Vehicle
► Sarah Stead, MA, RCA, BSc
► Grosmont Bookshop, new and
2
6
3
1
5
7
9
8
4
Government
Architectural Services
Bookshop
3
5
6
9
2
8
7
4
1
► James Cook University
Hospital (Middlesbrough):
01642 850850
(A&E: 01642 854252)
► Scarborough Hospital:
01723 368111
(A&E 01723 342145)
► Samaritans, for emotional
crisis support: 0845 7909090
► Good Neighbours Coastal
Car Scheme: 01947 602982
► Glaisdale Parish Council:
01947 897481; website
www.glaisdalepc.org.uk
► Danby Parish Council:
01287 641348;
[email protected]
Law Enforcement
►Police Emergencies: 999
►Non-Emergencies: 101
National Park
►North York Moors National
Park, Helmsley: 01439
770657
►The Moors National Park
Centre, Danby: 01439
772737
►Sutton Bank National Park
Centre: 01845 597426
VALLEY NEWS ADVERTISERS AND SUPPORTERS
April crossword competition: £5 to correct solution drawn.
Entries by 20 April to: The Old Parsonage, Glaisdale, Whitby, YO21 2PL.
Winner for March was Willie Lister, Whitby.
Sudoku
Local Directory
5
1
9
8
3
4
6
7
2
► Pat Featherstone, Lealholm
01947 897626 (mobile 07790
667883)
► Stuart Houlston, Glaisdale
01947 897969 (mobile 07791
650925)
► Stuart Knaggs Haulage, Ready
Mix Concrete delivered 07545
992301
Bus Services & Hire
► Coastal & Country MyBus
01947 602922
► Heather Hopper, 13 passenger
seat mini-bus 07971 268676
► M&D Mini-Coach Hire,
Egton, 01947 895418
► Champions, Central Garage,
Chimney Sweep
► Mucky Duck, Chimney Sweep
01947 880975 / 07791 165944
► Gordon Richardson, Chimney
Sweep 01947 810633
► Dave Williams, Chimney
Sweep 01287 669805
Cleaning
► Esk Valley Cleaning Services
01287 669413, 07860 282600
Computer Services
► Neil Harland, CCT Ltd 01287
660321 (mobile 07929 955045)
67
Decorating & Maintenance
► Martyn Ince, Taylor Harrison
01287 650735, 07901 615180
Digger Hire
► Mike Dowson Ltd 01287
669300 (mobile 07968 320524)
► S. D. Tindall Ltd 07747 016479/
01287 660730
Drains
► Drain Clearing Services, Steve
Welford, 01947 841359 (mobile
07855 171963)
Driving Instruction
► Martin Muir, Clearway School
of Motoring 01287 660886
(mobile 0796 9041174)
Eating Out/Pubs
► Beck View Tea Room,
Lealholm 01947 897310
► The Blacksmiths, Hartoft
01751 417331
► Coach House Inn, Rosedale
Abbey 01751 417208
► The Downe Arms, Castleton
01287 660223
► The Grapes Inn, Scaling Dam
01287 640461
► Shepherds Hall, Lealholm,
Tea Rooms & Craft Gallery,
Pie & Mash over Summer
01947 897746
► The Old Chapel Tea Room,
Castleton 01287 660085
► Old School Coffee Shop,
Grosmont 01947 895754
Education & Learning
► Bradbury Centre, Esk Moors
Lodge, Castleton 07967 538800
► Whitby U3A (Whitby Whaler),
www.u3asites.org.uk/whitby,
01947 605618 (curriculum) /
01947 810473 (publicity officer)
Electricians
► S.I. Electrical, Whitby 01947
825755 (mobile 07582 985176)
Farrier
► D.A. Elliott Farriers, Glaisdale
078131 28824
Financial Services
►Esk Valley Financial Services
Ltd 01287 660700/01642
777680 (mob. 07976 250339)
Funeral Directors
► Robert Harrison & Son, 24-
hour service, ‘Carr End’,
Glaisdale 01947 897249
Galleries
► The Moors National Park
Centre, Danby 01439 772737
► Ryedale Folk Museum,
Hutton-le-Hole 01751 417367
Gardening & Landscape
► C. Ford Grass Cutting Services
Glaisdale 07947993852
► Greenfinger Gardening,
Vienna Lupton Jackson, Egton
07853 408157, 01947 895511
► J.J. Harrison Landscape
Contractors Ltd, Lealholm
01947 897471
► R & B Trees and Gardens,
Glaisdale 01947 897363 (mobile
07967 011416)
► Poet’s Cottage Shrub Nursery,
Lealholm, open seven days a
week 01947 897424
► Stephen Druce, Grosmont
[email protected]
Graphic Design
Pet Services
(mobile 07929 646999)
Schofield, 01947 897448 (mobile
07814 222473)
► John Muir 01287 660886
Health & Fitness
► Danby Physiotherapy, contact
► Julie’s Dog Grooming, Julie
Plumbing Services
Kieran Horner on 01287 669815
or mobile 07854 590902,
www.danbyphysiotherapy.co.uk
► The Dispensary, Whitby
01947 603456
► Sarah Bainbridge, Bioresonance
Practitioner, Life Waves
Practice, Whitby 07884 250430
► Bioflow Magnotherapy
Products - Mary Thompson
(j-m.thompson. bandb@
talk21.com) 07866 937400
► Mobile Swedish massage,
Karen Ritson 01947 897894
(mob. 07900 496923)
► Rose Garden Aromatics,
aromatherapy & massage –
Lesley Stanley, 01287 660 817
► Sarah Parker, Art Therapist,
connectingthrougharttherapy@
gmail.com 07581 331122
► Shaun Dunn, Plumbing &
Heating, 07453 285843
► Andrew Horton, Plumbing
Services, Castleton 01287 660148
► Pete Mesley Plumbing,
Grosmont 01947 841003
(mobile 07891 224718)
Ironsmith
► Basement Press, Glaisdale,
typesetting, design & editing
service, www.basementpress.com
01947 897945
► Camphill Press, Botton
Village, www.camphillpress.
co.uk 01287 661347
► Fryup Press (& photographic
canvas pictures), www.
annbowes.co.uk 01947 897278
► James Godbold, Wrought
Ironsmith, Egton 01947 895562
Marquee Hire
► Tentz, Ian & David Schofield,
Ugthorpe 01947 897448
(mobile 07890 353678)
Meat & Dairy
► Botton Creamery, cheeses,
yoghurt and curd cheese, Botton
village 01287 661272
► R.H. Ford, Traditional Family
Butcher, Glaisdale High Street
01947 897235
► Peter Mawson, Farndale, freerange pork 01751 430998
Music Tuition
► Peter Lyth, Piano & Keyboard
tuition, 01947 603507
► Phil Martin, Guitar & Violin
lessons, all ages & abilities
07854 628 606
Painting & Decorating
► F & J Howell, reliable and
quality work with 14 years of
experience. All aspects of interior
and exterior, 01947 841261
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Post Offices & Shops
► Castleton Post Office
01287 660201
► Danby Health Shop
01287 669200
► Lealholm Post Office
01947 897224
► Lealholm Village Shop
01947 897310
► Glaisdale Village Store & Post
Office 01947 897244
► Grosmont Co-operative Stores
& Post Office 01947 895223
Publishing & Printing
Stoves
► Town & Country Fires
01751 474803
Theatre
► Esk Valley Theatre Box Office
01947 897587
Woodland Management
► Steffi Schaffler with horses,
07851 390378