Tools with a Mission Keith Barker
We are a 24 year old charity which collects, refurbishes & sends tools to third world countries, to train and help people to earn a living.
We collect all sorts of tools: Carpentry, Mechanics, Plumbing, Sewing & Knitting Machines, etc, gardening tools - but nothing for lawn maintenance, thanks! (Detailed list on the website.)
Local Collectors: Keith Barker, 01642 487 692 and Geoff Fox, 01642 483 142, or contact TOOLS WITH A MISSION, 2 Bailey Close, Hadleigh Rd, Industrial Estate, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 0UD Tel: 01473 210 220 Website: www.twam.co.uk Charity Number 1104903.
Malawi: a Kent charity had help from TWAM to provide sewing machines to groups in Salima & Kasungu. 24 workers are learning to make school uniforms for 240 orphans & clothes for their own children. A sewing machine is a business which can support a family.
Mbeya, Tanzania: “We would like to bring our appreciation and thanks for your gifts of tools. Due to the problem of the AIDS’ HIV pandemic, the number of Widows, Orphans and street children is increasing. That’s why we need more tools to create income-generating projects.. ….. With the skills that will be acquired using the tools you supply, our widows, orphans and youths will be able to sustain themselves and consequently have a much brighter future.”
Scholar Pack - could your school help? Many schools in Africa and around the world have little or no reading or writing materials. We are working to provide a ‘Scholar Pack’ for each child. We supply wallets for you to fill with the following new items: A4 Writing Pad; Pack of Pencils; Pack of Colouring Pencils (not felt tip); Small Calculator; Geometry Set: ruler, protractor, square; Rubber & Pencil Sharpener (Items should cost no more than £4) When each wallet is returned we ask for a £2 donation to aid distribution. If you could help to provide these packs, please contact HQ.
The tool collection in Ayton was the best anywhere in 22 years – MANY THANKS!
TWAM also needs money to support the work – fundraising ideas & proceeds are most welcome!
Message from the CCA Chair, David Sills
As we come to the end of another calendar year it is good for us to review the past year and look forward with enthusiasm to the year ahead. We have had some changes within the Executive Committee with Steven Smith leaving us after he obtained a new job with added responsibility and felt that he no longer had the time to commit himself to CCA, and Fr Derek Turnham, the new Catholic Parish Priest in Stokesley, joining us. Rev Michael Dykes retired as the Rector of Stokesley, and went to live in Scarborough, so offered his resignation from the Advisory Committee. Although not a founder member of CCA (that privilege fell to Rev Graham Eddy and Fr Ray Charlton), Michael was secretary through the difficult early period when CCA was in the Bungalow. We thank him most sincerely for his commitment to CCA over many years. June Hunton offered her resignation as organiser of the fortnightly dancing sessions in the Methodist Church Hall but Irene Suggitt volunteered to continue with the organisation so that the sessions could continue. Peter Marsh resigned as a volunteer driver after driving for as long as anyone in the CCA office could remember! We are indeed indebted to all our volunteers who so readily give their time and experience to help the work of CCA. A list of volunteering opportunities follows on the next 3 pages so if you feel that either you would like to be involved with the organisation of any of them, or become a member of one of the groups, please ring the office and we will be glad to make the necessary arrangements. There are many ways in which you can become involved, all offering you the opportunity of meeting a very interesting group of people and contributing positively to the community.
Our Caring and Befriending services are still much appreciated but, as ever, we are always looking for volunteers to help us to deliver the services. If you could offer a couple of hours either on a regular basis or from time to time then please get in touch.
The staff, Freda, Margaret, Ann, Kay and Helen, work very hard to ensure that CCA fulfils all the commitments which are put on us by our funding bodies. They are sorely stretched at times to find the necessary volunteers to undertake the tasks. We are especially short of drivers, either to drive the minibuses or to use their own cars, to transport clients to appointments. Again, we would love to hear from you if you could help. Also, if you are aware of anyone who might be helped by one of the many services which we provide then please ring the office, in confidence, and we will be pleased to follow it up and make the appropriate response.
The rooms which we have in Town Close are available for hire on an hourly basis or for regular meetings, so - if you are involved with an organisation which is looking for a place to meet, please think of our rooms and enquire of the office staff for availability. Although the rooms are situated on the first floor there is a lift to enable any disabled people to easily gain access, and refreshments can be provided for an additional small fee.
As I said in the last edition of The Stream, we are fortunate to have a happy band of dedicated and committed volunteers who enjoy what they do for us. Why not come along and join them?
Royal Recognition for Volunteers
Volunteers in Hambleton have been recognised for their many
years of volunteering. With a total of over 100 years between them, three volunteers from our region are thanked for their tireless work and fundraising with different organisations and charities.
Cliff Ord is 84 years old and has done voluntary work for 65 years. He received an MBE from the Queen in November 2007. Cliff has volunteered with the Joe Walton Youth Club, Middlesbrough, The Guisborough Youth Club, and has been volunteering at Yatton House in Great Ayton for the last 11 years. Yatton House is a centre for people with learning disabilities, run with the help of volunteers such as Cliff. The regulars at Yatton House have nick named Cliff ‘Lord Ord’! He thoroughly enjoys his volunteering and is part of a friendly team of volunteers
Margaret Stevens and Margaret Hopper were also thanked for their hard work in fundraising for Yorkshire Cancer Research. The ladies were invited to Buckingham Palace for The Queen’s Garden Party in July. They are both members of the Yorkshire Cancer Research committee which, with the help of many more wonderful volunteers, raises money for the charity.
Volunteering is Rewarding! Anyone interested in volunteering can contact me:
Kay Hayward, Volunteer Centre Manager.
The Volunteer Centre, Stokesley, on 01642 71 00 85 or email ku.oc.teneerf|acdds#ku.oc.teneerf|acdds
Samaritans needs Volunteers – could you help? Marianne Hill
Your local Northallerton & The Dales branch of Samaritans is currently recruiting Volunteers to help in various ways. The Volunteers provide 24-hour crisis phone lines for callers who are lonely or in distress and those who sometimes have suicidal thoughts, & are able to give such callers a confidential, non-judgemental space to explore their deepest feelings and future options
The branch in Northallerton runs its own comprehensive in-house training, and new Volunteers work with a mentor for 6 months, so that they are completely comfortable when they take calls by themselves. The commitment would be one Listening Duty, a 4-hour shift, per week.
We also welcome Volunteers who wish to help, but not by answering the phones - we need help with admin. work, fundraising, funding applications and publicity, as well as giving talks in schools and working in Northallerton Prison. Being a Samaritan is both challenging and rewarding. The need for Volunteers continues to grow as the problems in society increase.
If you would like to know more about Samaritans please get in touch with us – 01609 776161
or write to: Samaritans, Northallerton & the Dales, 7 Crosby Road, Northallerton, DL6 1AA.
Vicky and Paul – still working in Bwindi
We left our home in Great Ayton almost three years ago. Our job in Bwindi in the south west of Uganda was initially for 2 years but we still have not yet planned a firm exit strategy or decided on a time frame to leave. Paul runs the Hospital here and I manage the nursing team. The Hospital has 81 Ugandan staff and we are the only westerners here on a permanent basis.
Today is a beautiful hot sunny day and the Hospital is busy. The HIV team are going to do a testing and treatment outreach, the inpatient wards are full, there is a teaching session about malaria prevention and the midwives have delivered 73 babies since the beginning of August. As in most Hospitals there is never, ever, a quiet moment.
The staff on Children’s Ward have had a difficult day. Two babies have died in the last 12 hours. One was a twin born in the night in a remote settlement about 2 hours walk from Bwindi. The baby, who died in our unit, was carried away by her family in a small cardboard box. Her twin sister is in our special care baby unit with her mother and we are hopeful that she will be well. The other baby was 5 months old. He was admitted with severe dehydration and malnutrition a few days ago and weighed only 3.2kgs.
This sounds very difficult and it is, but the staff are still managing to achieve lots of positive things. We have not seen a death from malaria for more than a year due to a large and continuing prevention campaign. We have a large demonstration garden that the mothers maintain with the nurses while they learn how to grow a balanced diet. The Hospital can prevent a mother who is HIV positive giving HIV to her baby so although very sad things do happen, we all stay focused on the things that we have the ability to change.
Paul is currently in the States trying to raise money for the Hospital. The team left behind are working hard to open our operating theatre. Currently the nearest place for an emergency caesarean is a 3 ½ hour drive. Hopefully our unit will be open on the 1st November.
Since I came home from work I have done usual boring chores; the laundry (all by hand in cold water), failed to catch a mouse in the kitchen, and fed my two huge pet pigs. It gets dark early as we are on the equator. Women here don’t ever move around in the dark alone so once the sun has set I am in for the night. I cannot adequately describe how beautiful the sky is at night. I can see the eerie Impenetrable Forest from my window, and when the moon is full I feel very lucky to live and work in such an interesting place.
Vicky Holt & Paul Williams
Please see our Hospital website for further information www.bchc.ug
Great Ayton is a Fairtrade Village
The Great Ayton & Stokesley Fairtrade Steering Group is pleased to announce its second success – hard on the heels of Stokesley, who gained approval in September 2007: Great Ayton received confirmation of its Fairtrade Status in August 2008.
Readers of The Stream will recall the five attributes and targets which we needed to meet:
Goal 1 was reached when the Parish Council resolved, in October 2007, to support the aim for Fairtrade status.
Goal 2 was achieved when, in addition to the minimum of two retailers long known for selling Fairtrade Products (the Co-op & the Alternative Store), the opening in the summer of 2007 of the Coffee Bean Café met the requirement for a full-time café serving Fairtrade beverages.
Goal 3 was local work places & community organisations using Fairtrade products. Our examples were already Fairtrade compliant before the group started its work in 2006, and included Great Ayton Library and all the village’s churches, two of which have Fairtrade Church Status.
Goal 4 was attracting media coverage and popular support. Our most recent promotional work took Kate Harvie with the Fairtrade message into both Roseberry Community Primary and Marwood Infants Schools last term. Previous activities included stalls at the biennial village fêtes and Fairtrade Fortnight displays and coffee mornings. Media coverage included the Evening Gazette and BBC Tees, plus our leaflet and window stickers for shops where Fairtrade is sold.
Goal 5 was met in January 2006 when we formally convened, with Stokesley residents, a Fairtrade Steering Group.
Getting Fairtrade status demonstrates that people in Great Ayton, and Stokesley, do care about decent working conditions and equitable terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world and do want to end the injustices of conventional trade, which traditionally discriminates against the poorest, weakest producers.
Village Fairtrade successes continue. A second caterer, the Pantry at Yatton House, now offers Fairtrade drinks and a third shop - The Captain’s Deli, on Newton Rd - sells Fairtrade groceries. Indeed we are publishing a Fairtrade Directory for both Great Ayton & Stokesley.
Our forthcoming promotional activities are showings of the film “Black Gold” which is about the coffee trade and Fairtrade. The Great Ayton screening is on Friday 14th November at the Methodist Church at 7.30 pm, and Stokesley’s is in their Town Hall on Friday 5th December at 7.30 pm. Entrance to both is free, although collections will be held.
If you want to help, or are already helping the cause and would like to let the Fairtrade Steering Group know, please contact me, Barbara Hawkins: 723160 or moc.tenretnitb|snikwahmlb#moc.tenretnitb|snikwahmlb
KATE’S ANNUAL TRAIDCRAFT CHRISTMAS EVENT:
"Open House" at 71 Roseberry Crescent, Great Ayton, is from 11 am until 7 pm
on Saturday 8th and Monday 10th November
Buy wholesome Traidcraft foods, beautifully crafted gifts and decorations, and Christmas cards.
Shop with all your heart and a clear conscience!
Policing Great Ayton: The Safer Neighbourhood Team
Since the last issue, in which I announced the granting of the Dispersal Order in Gt Ayton, we have had over 4 months with it in place and there are differing views on its success or failure. It seems appropriate to use this column as a sounding board and I would appreciate your views and comments so that we can judge the public perception.
I have spoken to many residents, the majority of whom have been very supportive of the police action and the implementation of the order. The statistics, and I am not going to bore you with the detail, would appear to show that there has been a considerable reduction in the reports of anti social behaviour, criminal damage and violent incidents.
Most residents in the High Green area appear to be pleased with the effects of the order. Certainly, from my experience when I have been on foot patrol during the evenings, there have been no problems and no large groups of youths in the area. I understand the younger age group (16 and under) have found somewhere else to go and they tend to stay out of the way, apart from visiting McColl’s or the pizza shop. There are also some evenings when 4Youth have put on activities, or on a Tuesday evening the Workingmen’s Club have been taking in a group of youngsters with some success. As well as developing skills playing snooker and darts there is some very good inter-action between the youths and adults, and the Club, in particular Gordon Hodgson, should be applauded for their efforts.
There have still been some problems in the village with the ‘boy racer’ element, and despite our best efforts there is no solution available to me at the moment. The problem, however, appears to have moved from the High Green to the Low Green. This group are a little older, mostly being over 17, and they, like the younger ones, complain that they have no where to meet up and just ‘hang out’. It is our intention to hold a meeting with this group in the near future. Inspector Richardson is keen to engage them and work towards a solution. Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated. There has been some vigorous enforcement resulting in a number of fixed penalty tickets being issued to some of the ‘boy racers’ for various traffic violations, but this does not seem to deter them.
The order comes to an end on 17th October 2008. This does not mean we will be deserting Great Ayton - much of the work is in its early stages and we will continue to pursue long term solutions and not quick fixes.
I take this opportunity to ask readers if they have any suggestions, or would like to volunteer to help, to contact us at the police station. The best way is by e-mail to: ku.ecilop.nnp.erihskroyhtron|TNSyelsekotS#ku.ecilop.nnp.erihskroyhtron|TNSyelsekotS
or phone 01609 789 521 and ask for me: PC1198 Glyn Jones
or for PC1491 Michelle McFarlane.
Should you want to report anything of a community nature then the Problem Solvers have a direct mobile number to contact which for the Gt Ayton area is 07966 451 335. If I am not on duty this number will divert to Stokesley front office where you will be able to leave a message for me. If more immediate attention is required, please phone 0845 6060 247. Glyn Jones
1st Great Ayton Scout Group
Scouting in Great Ayton continues to thrive, with healthy membership and waiting lists for some sections .Parents are urged to get names onto waiting lists as soon
as possible to avoid disappointment.
Exciting programmes and activities continue to be enjoyed by all sections.
Explorer Scouts.
Three of our Explorers, with 20 other Explorer Scouts from Cleveland, enjoyed a two-week summer expedition to the Jotunheimen National Park in Norway. They tackled rocky paths, snow fields and fast flowing rivers in total isolation at Skjolden near Bergen. As part of the expedition, which counts towards their Duke of Edinburgh and Explorer Scout Awards, they had to record observations of animal and plant life and glacial work.
Thursday Scouts
A full and active programme which included Camp near Coniston in the Lakes, rock climbing, ghyll scrambling, kayaking - and rain storms and lightning!
A winter camp is planned for January next year.
Tuesday Scouts.
They recently held a photo competition with some outstanding results.
Currently collecting for a Jumble Sale, to be held in the Parochial Hall on 25th Oct.
Endeavour Cub Pack.
They enjoyed a number of outdoor activities, including visits to Seal Sands and Coatham Marsh Nature Reserve. A very enjoyable parents’ BBQ was held on Marske beach with a driftwood fire.
Regrettably, the planned day at Ellerton Lake had to be cancelled due to high winds, but it is hoped to re-arrange the event.
Cubs enjoyed Summer Camp at Carlton complete with campfire in the rain.
Our Supporters Group continues to be active in arranging a variety of fundraising events. These include an Autumn Dance, a Quiz Night, a Duck Race and other planned events.
As a Group we are always looking for additional Helpers & Leaders. It is great fun - if you think you would like to help, or be involved in any way, please contact myself or any of the Leaders.
Philip Walker: 711 503. Chairman, Group Executive Committee.
Waiting lists: Jean McWilliam, 722 358.
Sections: Beavers age 6 - 8 years Fridays
Cubs age 8 -10.5 years Mondays and Wednesdays
Scouts age 10.5 -14 years Tuesdays and Thursdays
Explorer Scouts age 14 - 18 years Mondays
Great Ayton District Guides
Guiding in Great Ayton continues to thrive; we paid 128 subscriptions in this year’s census. February saw a Division Thinking Day event at Hutton Rudby, which every unit from Great Ayton attended. Girls ‘travelled’ around the world, trying out activities from a number of countries and getting their ‘passport’ stamped. In June, Guiding was well represented at the village fête: we entered a decorated float, paraded our flags and carried the village banner.
Rainbows
2nd Rainbows have made lots of culinary delights, from smoothies to chocolate dipped fruit.
The Rainbows have enjoyed lots of crafts, from Mother’s Day cards and gifts to pasta necklaces. The unit has been out and about the village with visits to All Saints Church and along the riverbank, often enjoying a Suggitt’s ice cream. 3rd Rainbows have also been very busy this year. They have been for a walk along the bottom of the woods and had a picnic. They went for a walk to Suggitts for an ice cream and to feed the ducks. They have made biscuits and iced them and had a bug hunt one evening. They planted some seeds and made fans for all the hot weather! The girls have also sung songs and played lots of games.
Brownies
Great Ayton Brownies have been busy through the summer months. They have enjoyed muddy walks in the woods and sailing junk boats in the river – and filling their wellies with water! They have had craft nights, baked cakes and enjoyed Suggitts ice cream and sausage sizzles. Some units have been on Pack Holiday and all took part in the village fête. The girls have completed many badges independently and worked on some within their unit, including, Brownie Traditions, Healthy Heart Badge, Craft and Communicator. Many have completed the Beamish Challenge and worked on the ‘Right to be’ challenge.
Guides
1st Guides have done a variety of activities including games on the green, and a penny walk around the village, ending with some chips. They have made box ovens and enjoyed cooking pizza in them. The girls ‘travelled’ around the 4 world centres where they did activities and tasted food from the country. They have made boats and had great wet fun floating them on the river. The Guides had fun at Guisborough Walk Way and gained their agility, cooks and craft badges. 2nd Guides had a craft evening where they made crafts and sold them to friends and family. The girls were to keep the money they raised to put towards a treat - they decided they would like to go Ice Skating so they had a night out at the Forum, The girls recently completed their 'Music Group' badge, and 5 went to Switzerland with Hutton Rudby, which they thoroughly enjoyed.
Guiding in Great Ayton is very healthy, Guiders are obviously enthusiastic from the amount
of activities I have just reported. They all spend a lot time and energy putting together these brilliant programmes and I thank them on behalf of the girls in our village.
Anita Huntsman, District Commissioner, 710 909
Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project
This project, to find out how and why the village came to look as it is today, is now well into the second of its planned four years. We are grateful to the Heritage Lottery Fund for funding the project and to everyone who is taking part in this investigation.
Our present-day village started as a Saxon settlement around Low Green. The Leven would then have been much wider and more meandering, with early buildings on the higher ground where flooding would be unlikely. These would include the core of the village: church, manor and mill. There are no visible traces of the Saxon village; the oldest building standing today is All Saints Church built by the Normans, probably on the site of the earlier Saxon church.
Most of Ayton’s buildings date from the eighteenth century onwards, the older ones in stone, the later ones in brick. The village expanded rapidly in the latter part of the nineteenth century, when large numbers of new dwellings were put up in what became known as ‘California’, and the division into ‘top-enders’ and ‘bottom enders’ began.
Until the advent of television in the 1950s, the village supported a huge number of social activities, even though there were only about half the present number of people living here. In 1957 the Great Ayton WI Show attracted over 1000 entries.
The building of housing estates at Wheatlands/Roseberry, Wainstones/Angrove and Skottowe in the 1960s & ‘70s brought many newcomers to the village, many of whom commuted to work at British Steel and ICI on Teesside. It was at this time that the historic battle to keep Ayton in Yorkshire was fought, with victory commemorated in 1972 by a white rose plaque above the library entrance. The size and shape of the village has remained relatively unchanged since, apart from the closure of the Friends’ School, and its conversion into dwellings, in the 1990s.
We are holding a series of presentations (see below), featuring some of our findings, in late autumn and after Christmas. These will be in the Friends’ Meeting House and will cover a wide range of topics from the underground sewers laid in 1890s to views from the air taken in 1964. Full details will be published in the Darlington & Stockton Times and on posters displayed in the usual places around the village. Everyone is welcome to any of these events.
If you want to know more about any aspect of the project, just contact one of the following:
Dan O’Sullivan on 723 358 or David Taylor on 722 748 or myself: Ian Pearce on 722 964
Autumn Presentations at 7.30 pm, Fiends’ Meeting House - do come.
(Wednesday 15 October 2008 Great Ayton - who do you think you are? by Alan Bunn)
Wednesday 29 October 2008 Ayton’s Number 1 (and 2) by Ian Pearce
Wednesday 12 November 2008 Who started it all? by Robert de Wardt and David W Taylor
Wednesday 19 November 2008 California here we come! by Ken Taylor
Wednesday 3 December 2008 Images of Great Ayton
(Dates for early 2009 will be announced later)
The Angrove Singers - the friendly choir
“TAN-TAN-TARA, TZING BOOM!” rang round Christ Church as the men made the most of a fanfare in Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Iolanthe” during our Summer Soirée in July. We had fun as we rehearsed it, but enjoyed the contrast of other items in various very different styles. In performance, we were amused/apprehensive to note that the Fairy Queen’s threat of “terrific thunder” was echoed in the thunderstorm actually taking place! Solos and readings from choir members again provided variety, culminating in a trio recounting the tale of the Lambton Worm, balanced by a moving duet from Jeremy on cello accompanied by Pritiva at the piano. Supper, of course, rounded off the evening as we all socialised with our guests.
We have been invited to return to James Cook Hospital at 7 pm, 2nd December, to provide the music for the “Light up a Life” service to celebrate the lives of loved ones lost to lung cancer, as we did last year. Our own Christmas Concert will be on Saturday 6th December in the Methodist Church, High Street, Gt Ayton. Again we offer you variety – from Howells’ “Tryste Noel” to Petersen’s “Night of Miracles, with a traditional mixture of other sacred and secular items, plus unusual and familiar carols, several of the latter needing audience participation. Proceeds will go to the Alzheimer’s Day Centre at Stokesley and ?(vote needed next Thursday!) Carol Morgan, Chairman. 722897
Ayton Lodge Newsletter
Autumn has now arrived and it is usual for most Masonic Lodges to
re-commence their meetings following a summer break. Ayton Lodge meets
6 times a year: February, March, and April, then a break followed by meetings in October, November and December. Ayton Lodge is composed of like-minded men, mainly from Great Ayton, but including others from around the area, who meet regularly with the common purpose of taking part in both formal and social activities and enjoying conversation and entertainment.
Our regular ceremonies, covering the progress of new members, follow a set pattern which involves a team of members each fulfilling a role in the progression. This ceremony, together with the After-meeting, where we dine, discuss and generally socialise, serves to cement the fellowship of Freemasonry. Although a male oriented organisation, we positively include our wives/partners and families. At the time of writing, we are preparing for our 10th Annual Ladies’ Evening when we will gather to enjoy a meal, dancing and entertainment.
We have held a number of other social functions and fund-raising events during the year, including a Prize Bingo Night, family Barbeque and a Quiz, and whilst the emphasis is always on enjoyment, we endeavour to make a contribution to our Charity Fund. It is from this fund that the Lodge is keen to recognise charitable needs in the village and to participate in the life of Gt Ayton. If you are interested in this type of activity and would like to join us, please contact me:
John J Duffey, Secretary, 01642 723 641
Savoury Winter Recipes from the Ladies Circle
Cream Soups (A basic recipe + variations) for 600W Microwave Oven
Ingredients
1 oz/ 28g Butter ¾ pint/ 424 ml Stock
3 tablesp. Flour ¾ pint/ 424 ml Milk
1 chopped Onion Salt & Pepper
2 tablesp. cream (optional)
Method
1. Put butter, onion and the chosen variation into a bowl. Cook for 8 minutes on high.
2. Add the flour gradually, stirring until well mixed. Cook on high for 2 minutes.
3. Add the stock gradually, stirring to blend fully, then add milk and seasoning.
4. Cook on high for 12 – 14 minutes. Add the cream, if desired, and cook for 2 minutes. Serve.
Variations
1 lb/454g skinned Tomatoes 8 oz/227g cooked and chopped Chicken
1 lb/454g peeled & chopped Onions 1 lb/454g chopped Carrot + 1 stick of Celery, chopped
1 head of Celery, sliced 1 lb/454g chopped Parsnip + 1 Leek, sliced
Broccoli and Cheddar Soup
Ingredients
6 oz/ 170g Potatoes, peeled & roughly chopped 1 tablesp. Oil
1 lb/ 454g Broccoli 1½ pts/ 849ml Chicken Stock
1 Onion, chopped Salt & Pepper
6 oz/ 170g Cheddar Cheese, grated A spoonful of Sugar to taste
Method
1. Fry onions & potatoes in oil for 1 – 2 minutes.
2. Trim broccoli & cut stems in ½ inch slices.
3. Add stems to pan & fry for 5 minutes. Add salt & pepper.
4. Reserve half the florets & add the rest to the pan with the stock.
5. Simmer 20 minutes until soft.
6. Add the reserved florets & sugar, then cook for 1 minute.
7. Blend the soup smooth, mix in the cheese & stir until melted.
8. Serve with crusty bread.
Potato, Carrot & Butterbean Gratin
Ingredients
2 cloves Garlic, crushed 2 lbs/ 907g Potatoes, thinly sliced ¼ pt/ 141 ml Crème fraîche
1 medium Onion, thinly sliced 2 oz/ 57g Cheddar Cheese, grated 1 tablesp. Olive Oil
1 x 15 oz/ 425g can of Baxter’s Carrot & Butterbean Soup Salt & Pepper
Method
1. Heat oil in frying pan. Cook onion & garlic gently for 6 mins.
2. Layer potatoes in over-lapping slices in a greased ovenproof dish, alternating with layers of
onion & grated cheese, saving a little cheese for the top.
3. Mix soup with crème fraîche, salt & pepper, and spoon evenly over potato. Shake the dish
gently so that the liquid reaches the bottom.
4. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
5. Bake at 180°C/360°F/ Gas 4 for 1½ hours until potatoes are golden and tender.
Meat Loaf
Ingredients
1 lb/ 456g Minced Beef 1 teasp. of Beef Stock Topping
8 oz/ 227g Potatoes, scrubbed & grated 1 teasp. of Mixed Herbs ¼ cup of Tomato Sauce
1 Packet Vegetable Soup ½ cup of Water 1 cup of Grated Cheese
Method
1. Mix mince with water, stock, herbs, soup mix and grated potatoes.
2. Press into greased 2 lb loaf tin.
3. Cook 1 – 1¼ hours at 180°C/ 360°F/ Gas 4
4. Mix sauce ingredients & pour over loaf. Cook for a further 15 minutes.
Celebrating the life of Margaret Mawston
Margaret died on August 14th, a totally unsuspected 87 years old, for most of which she was blessed with vigorous health, so it came as a shock when her familiar figure was suddenly gone from the village which she loved so passionately.
Margaret was born and brought up in North London where she was Head Girl at her school when the Second World War began. She did a degree in science at Reading University – remarkable for a woman at that time – as was working for ICI, which is how she came to live in the north. She never left. From ICI she moved to work as a technical translator at the engineering firm Head Wrightson until she retired. She was married to a fellow scientist, and for many years they lived in a beautiful location in the hills above Ayton. The end of the marriage was inevitably a time of deep unhappiness for her but she made a fresh start by moving into Ayton in 1981 and in many respects it was her attachment to the WEA that gave her a new lease of life, for she invested a huge amount of time in it and made new friends.
She became Branch Secretary in June 1981 – and served for the next 18 years! She was meticulous, efficient and determined to deal with every aspect of the job, including baking delicious cake for committee meetings! Behind her reserve was a linguist - Russian and Greek - a keen walker who loved to leave the tourist trail and find the ‘real people’, especially in the Greek islands - someone with a huge appetite for knowledge, whatever the subject, through many of the WEA courses - and a fascinating conversationalist.
In 2001, when Cliff Morgan, Chairman and Secretary of the Wednesday Forum, died, Margaret took over as Secretary, but had no wish to be Chairman. As Secretary, she was again unstinting in dealing with every detail of organisation, arriving at 9.30 am, often bringing heavy equipment from home. She died in post, still enjoying the sessions in spite of her increasing hearing loss.
If Margaret invited a friend for a meal it would be 3 courses, with wine, and discussion of the latest book she had discovered. She was endlessly kind, and concerned about others, but was fiercely independent. She loved animals and the natural world, music – classical and Greek! – and was a loyal friend. Margaret was a private person, and the best way to discover her is through the poetry she wrote and quietly published. ‘A scientist with the soul of a poet’ is certainly rare, but we had one in our midst – with a sense of humour!
A group of friends who value her writing intend to share a Reading of some of her poems
in Great Ayton Library in January to pay tribute to a very gifted lady. Watch for Posters.
Please come to listen - and learn to know her better. She won’t be forgotten here.
Echo by Margaret Mawston Garden Warfare by Margaret Mawston
I walk the now familiar curve Cut-throat combat in my garden plagues my plants,
Where River Leven flanks the road: Harsh gales and rain-spikes slice my seedlings – what is left
The green of pasture penetrates When foul black oozy beasts have bitten off the best,
The Village centre, meets those banks. Their cousins in protective armour viciously attack
Low sunshine streams across on me, Even well-grown plants, from delicate lettuce to brawny
The old stone houses quietly stand broad beans,
Behind, around the village green ……. (These are just the opening lines of each poem ……….)
I now pronounce you Husband and Wife
We have had a lovely year for Weddings at Christ Church and St Oswald’s at Newton, with 15 of different styles and expense, some big and some small.
How can you get married in Church?
Until 1st October 2008 one of you had to either live in the Parish or be on the Church Electoral Roll by worshipping regularly at the Church for at least 6 months. Now things have been relaxed even more. You can get married in Christ Church (or St Oswald’s, Newton) if one of you ……..
• was baptised or confirmed there; or
• has at any time had your usual place of residence in the parish for at least 6 months; or
• has at any time habitually attended public worship in the parish for at least 6 months;
Or a Parent of one of you has at any time during your lifetime:
• had his or her usual place of residence in the parish for at least 6 months; or
• habitually attended public worship in the parish for at least 6 months;
Or a Parent or Grandparent of yours was married in the parish.
What if one of us has been married before?
It is possible to have a second marriage in Church, but all cases are taken on individual merit. The breakdown of a marriage, though of great sadness to all involved, is not an unforgivable sin.
Weddings cost so much!
They certainly can do. I am often amazed at the extravagances of some weddings and the high prices others charge, but you don’t have to do it that way. We have had weddings this year when just a dozen family and friends went out for a meal afterwards, and another that held a larger reception in the Church Hall at a fraction of the cost of some of the nearby hotels.
Isn’t a Church wedding more expensive?
From what I hear, at most of the hotels nearby you will pay far more for the hire of the room and for the Registrar than the Church fee. A Church wedding adds a greater dignity and setting to your special day. These are a few comments from recent weddings: ‘It was a lovely service that will be remembered by so many’; ‘The wedding service was wonderful - so many people have commented on it.’; ‘The service you did was very special and we both loved every minute!’ A wedding is one of life’s special occasions and we try to do our part to make each one truly memorable and a real celebration.
If you want to know more, without committing yourself, come and see me on a Friday in the vestry between 6 pm and 7 pm.
Paul Peverell - Vicar
Great Ayton Cricket & Football Club - Cricket Section: A Season roundup
At the start of the season expectations were high that the Cricket section would continue to progress and full potential within the club could be realised. The junior section can certainly look back and take satisfaction from the number of highly promising juniors emerging. This has prompted the club to invest in a professional coach from Yorkshire Cricket club to undertake indoor winter coaching sessions. The under 17 team had a great season, finishing joint top of the league, but just failed to win the play-off game to take the championship title. All other junior teams are doing well, and credit must go to the managers of each team who have supported these young players throughout the season, developing our senior players for the future. High hopes that the second team could gain promotion were dashed during the season with 8 games washed out, but those younger players, blooded into the senior leagues, have proved a correct decision with players notching maiden centuries and others reaching the nervous nineties. Fourth place in the league is creditable but the weather had the final say, however they did reach the final of the Graindon cup and due to poor weather on the dates fixed for the final this competition final is carried over to next season. The third team, after promotion last season, have held their own in the league this time around with Captain Gavin Coates ambitious to win something, but at the same time always looking to give opportunity to youngsters to bat and bowl. The season has finished well for the 1st X1 with two great wins in the Surridge Sport 15/15 Competition and the Macmillan Cup against giants Middlesbrough, the team also maintaining a top four position in the league.
A lot of great moments this season, with some fine individual performances in crucial cup games, but I give you a couple - Colin Murray: 43 runs against Guisborough that rescued the batting for Ayton in the 15/15 competition, and then, in the final over of the same game, Rio Afridi claiming 3 vital wickets, all bowled. The season finished at Marske and the final action was again Rio Afridi bowling: a spectacular sight to see three batsmen all bowled, and on each occasion the stumps cart-wheeling back! The season cannot go by without a mention of the supporters who have turned up in numbers both home and away to support the teams, along with the club’s volunteers who have worked tirelessly again to maintain the club facilities. Again we were delighted to have Richard Knaggs, Solicitors, as our premier club sponsor for the sixth successive season and K. Home International supporting the development of the club. Thanks must also go to the local business community who generously gave prizes for our Family Funday, and made this day a great success. Finally a big thank you to Norman Thurlow who after a long arduous and wet season retires from the role of cricket groundsman this September after many years of dedicated service. He hands over to his apprentice, recently qualified Henry Shelton.
Keith Wilcox, Chairman.
**Congratulations! 75 years of Togetherness!! 35
Great Ayton residents are proud to celebrate the splendid news of the
75th Wedding Anniversary of Olive and Reg Fall,
(and Reg’s 100th Birthday!).
Born and educated in the village, they have lived and worked here and would not wish to live anywhere else. They radiate happiness and contentment, have a fund of happy memories, and clearly appreciate each other as much now as when they married, aged 19 and 25.
They celebrated at home with family and friends.
We are all delighted for them, and thrilled to hear of this joyful achievement,
knowing that their happiness together will continue - they have the secret!
Be Aware
Often we see mottoes written or inscribed above doorways, arches of old buildings, in crests on family documents and other artefacts. In olden days noblemen had shields or coats of arms with mottoes in Latin. Stokesley School has a new motto, in clear English: “Being the best you can be”.
For myself, at my Junior Boarding School, a Parents’ National Educational Union school which was founded by Charlotte Mason (1842 -1925), our motto was displayed on exercise books, uniforms, hats and other articles in daily use: “I am, I can, I ought, I will.” As schoolgirls we were proud of our motto. In one way or another it registered into all our lives.
Later, at my Senior Boarding School, Bedales, its motto was well accepted and understood: “The work of each for the weal (well-being, not wealth) of all.” Yes, it also influenced me in many ways.
Now, in my old age I feel I need a new motto. I have thought of “Smile and the world smiles with you; cry and you cry alone” No, that’s a bit too long. How about “Step by step”? Not quite right. “Head high” or “Now or never”? I am still searching for an idea.
It can be fun as well as mind focusing to think of an old concept for a motto. Wouldn’t it be fun if instead of calling a house No. 1 or The Beeches or Corner Cottage we could choose a motto to be put above our front door or in the back window of our car – “Hasten Slowly”, or “Ever Watchful” – any ideas?
Let us have a motto day, maybe just over the Christmas period – “Have Fun”, “Together We Can”, “Together We Will” – for now, try for an idea: “Think On”!
Now don’t take this too seriously, but do think about the use and purpose of mottoes for schools and other groups and societies (and the Mission Statements of organisations and the slogans of firms). It’s certainly an interesting hobby, engaging and absorbing.
Hilary Holmes-Smith
**Work from Roseberry Community Primary School*
It was so quiet
It was so quiet that
you could hear the sun and wind
arguing.
It was so quiet that
you could hear the scratch of a
claw.
It was so quiet that
you could hear a splat of
a rain drop.
It was so quiet that
you could hear a move of a
cloud.
It was so quiet that
you could hear the thoughts
of every person.
Anna B.
The Magic Box
I will put in the box ……
a smell of a burning pyramid
the first flight of a baby bird
the stench of a foul crocodile
I will put in the box …..
the toe joint of a devil
a roaring sound of a lion
a crimson cloth made out of a dragon scale
I will put in the box ……
a blazing blast of a fire phoenix
a scatter of a golden eagle
a crystal blue tear
My box is made from gold in the corners and stars in the middle and tiger claw for the hinges.
Alfie Haydon
The feather of wildest dreams
My feather is soft as a puppy, a drowsy one too,
Glinting like a lion, ready to pounce,
Blue like a whale in tropical seas,
Rushing like waters in mountain brooks
My feather is magical ……
My feather can carry me into my dreams,
And makes me find joy in my grief,
It glows to protect my spirit,
My feather is magical ……
My feather will fly me to amber cities,
With crystal lamp-posts and ruby streets.
My feather is
no ordinary feather ……
My feather is
magical ……
Rachel Harvie
Talking to Grandpa
Hello children
Hello grandpa
Speak up I can’t hear you
Hello grandpa
I still can’t hear you
Hello grandpa
Speak up a bit more
HELLO GRANDPA!!
Don’t shout you’ll make me deaf
Bye grandpa
zz zzz zzzz zzzzz zzzzzz
Amy, Christopher, Patrick and Hannah
The Magic Box
I will put in the box ……
the memory of an ancient fable,
a wish of a lonely snowman with a broken heart,
the sound of the wind whistling through a fir tree.
I will put in the box ……
the smell of a Chinese dragon’s breath,
a sip of the freshest water from Scotland,
the brightest jewel from India.
My box is fashioned from sequins and gold, silver and bronze the hinges are as white as pearls.
Sophie McGlade
Introducing a News Gatherer: Barbara Dumphy
Thirty years ago, when I first moved to Ayton, the High Green was blanketed with snow and the village almost cut off from the rest of the world. Since then, the weather might have changed but the people haven’t. They’re still as welcoming as ever.
Having worked out of the village for several years it’s been great to return to my journalistic roots, to work in the village and feel part of it. This is one of the things I’ve become much more aware of since taking over from Bob Lappin as the village correspondent for the Darlington and Stockton Times.
People here care about the village and about keeping it alive and outward-looking. They’re interested in its heritage as well in its future. There are so many different and diverse groups and societies here, all doing fascinating things in varying fields - whether it’s examining the past, keeping busy in the present or looking to the future.
My job as village correspondent is to report on as many of these activities as I can. I try not to leave anyone out, and if any of you in the village have some news, do please email me at moc.tenretnitb|yhpmud.a#moc.tenretnitb|yhpmud.a (Further contact details on page 29). I’d like to hope that by reporting on what’s happening in the village I’m helping to cement that very strong sense of community that makes Great Ayton such a special place to live.
Dr J T Waldie Memorial Fund
Dr Waldie (1909 – 1981) was our Great Ayton doctor for 37 years, giving outstanding service to the village and district. His kindness and help was by no means limited to his patients. He became part of the life of the community. It therefore seemed natural that there should be a lasting memorial to Doc. Waldie. Local people gave generously to establish a memorial fund. This money was invested so that the trustees and committee have been able to use the interest from the donations to provide grants for educational needs of young people in the area.
Over the last 27 years awards have been made to over 170 local people, ranging from Junior School to University age, for a wide range of needs, such as providing transport, medical and musical instruments, IT equipment, aid for disability and a host of other educational needs.
The awards are made annually. Anyone considering applying should watch the local press for the application deadline, usually in June or July each year, remembering that the area covered is strictly limited to the parishes of Great and Little Ayton.
Contact details are given under “Waldie Memorial Fund” on page 25 in the list of “Organisations Serving Great Ayton”.
David W Taylor, Chairman
Swaziland - Manzini Youth Care Teresa Whittaker 01642 723 074
In June I was offered a unique opportunity to go to Manzini in Swaziland to support teachers working in an orphanage caring for street children who are victims of HIV/Aids. There is a school attached to the orphanage, educating the children so that eventually they can move on to learn life skills. The orphanage and school are run by the charity Manzini Youth Care which relies on charity and volunteers to provide for the children. (Website – Google, then Manzini Youth Care). They asked teaching staff to go out to show the untrained teachers some of our teaching and learning methods. They teach classes of up to 40 children between the ages of 8 and 16 years!!!!! - have few resources, and their teaching methods are the same as ours were in the 1950’s.
MYC takes homeless boys, usually orphans, from the streets and offers them food and shelter in the Sikhunyana boys’ home. Boys who show commitment and willingness to carry on with their education are transferred to the Enjabulweni home, attached to a bridging school. I worked at this school with 6 other teachers. It was a remarkable, humbling and at times harrowing experience.
We worked in a community of caring and modest staff and children, with great dignity despite their poverty. We spent time observing lessons, delivering INSET to staff, supporting them in their understanding of the rights of children, child development, teaching methods and learning styles. There were 8 teachers in the school, but only 2 were qualified, the rest only educated to GCSE level. As English is a second language in Swaziland and the majority of teachers at the school are unqualified, the standard of English teaching is weak. Unfortunately the exams which the children take to progress to the High School are in English and the children find it difficult to pass.
Thanks to the support and encouragement of Fr Derek, St. Margaret’s Church in Great Ayton and St. Joseph’s in Stokesley raised £976 through wine tasting and donations. This was ‘gift aided’ bringing the total to £1,210. Marton Manor School in Middlesbrough, where I teach, raised over £600, and St Anthony’s Comprehensive School in Sunderland, with whom I went, raised another £8,000. We spoke with Fr. Larry Mc Donnell, founder of MYC, and requested that some of the money we raised be spent on teacher training and other practical educational resources.
One of the teachers at the school, a former resident of the home at Enjabulweni, works with the boys to promote and continue Swazi culture. The boys perform traditional song and dance to the community and beyond, but funds cannot be found to sustain this. The group would like to send their teacher to Pretoria to obtain a contract so that CD’S and DVD’S can be sold to generate an income for MYC. We arranged that some of our money would also be used to support this.
We were asked to ensure that a male accompanied us throughout the trip. The husband of one of the teachers volunteered and used some of his many skills to show the older boys how to make metal staging to support seed trays. Vegetables are to be grown to help to feed the community, to vary their diet - usually ‘pap’ which is maize mixed with whatever else can be found to add to it.
While there, we were very much aware of the need for funding to support the projects. We also realized that our efforts should provide opportunities to empower the community to help them-selves too, and hope we have at least provided the means for them to do so. I intend to continue raising funds to support MYC. We visited McCorkindale Orphanage, just taken over by MYC after its founders died. It is in desperate need of refurbishment. A group of us hope to go again to help improve the living conditions there. If you could help in any way, please contact me.
Work from Marwood C of E VC School – A Visit to Saltburn
First we had lunch, there was a girl’s table and a boy’s table. After we had lunch we went to the park and played. Before we went into the hall we got wet by the fountain. Then we went inside to the school room. Liz talked about Victorian holidays. Liz showed us some pictures on the small board. If Victorian people were rich they could have a horse and cart. If you were not rich you would have to walk. Victorian people are always covered up.
Elise Dawson
Sir Henry Pease created Saltburn. He was a businessman with lots of money. He named lots of the streets after jewels. They were called Amber, Pearl, Ruby, Garnet, Coral and Diamond.
The Zetland Hotel was only for the very rich. People could go there because there was a tennis court and swimming pool. There was a train station at the hotel and a glass canopy to the door to stop people getting wet.
Ambar Hughes
The Smugglers’ Museum is next to the Ship Inn. 200 years ago the Museum was the smugglers’ hide out. It is the oldest building in Saltburn. There’s a hill called Cat Nab. It is where Smugglers kept watch for the Revenue Men. They smuggled tea, rum, whisky, chocolate, gin and coffee. John Andrew was the king of the Smugglers. He had a wife called Anne Harrison the landlady of the ship inn. If you got caught you’d be hanged!
Ewan Atkinson
The pier was very big before the boat crashed in 1875. Then they made it small. The pier had 6 eating stations in the middle of the pier. At the end of the pier, there was a landing station where the people could get on and off to go to Scarborough, Whitby and Bridlington.
Oliver Sonley
The Museum is near the Ship Inn. It is the oldest building in Saltburn, over 200 years old. The place where the smugglers kept watch was called Cat Nab. The smugglers smuggled chocolate, coffee, tea, gin, whisky and rum. The king of the smugglers was John Andrew and his wife was the landlady. He had a horse that could go to Stockton and back to Saltburn. He had another horse that kicked everybody but John Andrew.
Harry Barfield
Picturesque Tranquillity on the Sabbath
In the pre war years of the 1920/30s Great Ayton had a very close- knit community which held strong religious bodies who observed the Sabbath to its full extent. At 12 noon on a Saturday the wheels of industry and the clatter of machinery at the mines would be silenced, the miners returning home to the newly washed steps decorated with yellow or white sandstone, (donkey bricks they were called - steps were never painted in those days), the windows cleaned and the front swept. The clanging of the blacksmith’s hammer ringing on his anvil would stop, his fire would be extinguished, and the craftsman would put away his tools, while after a long busy day in the shop the shopkeeper would pull down the blinds to respect the following day.
The dawn of the Sabbath would creep in quietly to the company of the river Leven coming from above Kildale, winding its way through High Street on its outward journey to join its parent river Tees, the stillness being disturbed by the old Friends’ School clock striking every hour and half-hour, as it still does today. The peace and quietness of the sleepy village would be disturbed about 9 am with the clatter of the hoofs of the milkman’s pony delivering the morning milk. No bottles or cartons of milk - all measured from the can. Only the necessary work was carried out: the feeding of livestock and the milking of cows (by hand) twice a day. Very few shops were open - the newsagent for the sale of newspapers and magazines, Mrs Allenby's shop for the sale of soft drinks and sweets, while Kitty's sweet shop was open where the choir boys used to call and buy 2oz of squill midget wine gums to suck during the Vicar's sermon. (They dared not buy toffees for the toffee papers would rattle!)
In many religious homes the playing of games and the reading of newspapers were not permitted. The only reading was that of the Holy Bible which would often be placed on the table. The children were made to go to Sunday school in the morning, dressed in their Sunday clothes. The parents would attend worship in the morning and also in the afternoon. Before the evening Songs of Praise the parents took the children for a walk into the fields or round the wood bottom, while the elderly would take a stroll around the village or perhaps sit on the green - weather permitting: if wet, a boring day for the children.
Morning service at the Church would invite worshippers by the ringing of the church bells, which rang out a peal at 11 am, after which Matins would be said and, for any person/s getting married, what was called "the Banns of Marriage” were read for three consecutive Sundays. If one was from another parish the Banns were also called at the respective parish. Other places of worship often started at 10.30 am and 6.30 pm.
“Now the day is over Night is drawing nigh From an evening hymn by
Shadows of the evening Steal across the sky.” Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834 - 1924
After observing the Lord’s Day the menfolk put away their best suit for another week and the ladies and children’s clothes were neatly folded and put away. Monday morning arrived with the hustle and bustle of daily life: the miners back to work and the blacksmith’s hammer ringing out again, the farmers in the fields and craftsmen starting another week.
W. T. (Bill) Kirby
God will send his angels to watch over them…
Did you know …… that there is a wealth of activity taking place in the Methodist Church
for under 5s and their parents and carers?
Thursday morning, 10 -11.30, and afternoon, 1.15 - 2.45, the hall is teeming with activity as the long-running Toddler Group swings into action. Mums and Dads, childminders, grandparents, all with their little ones, drop in to either morning or afternoon session for a time of socialising, play and creativity. Lucy and Ann extend a warm welcome in the morning, including newcomers and introducing them to new friends. In the afternoon, Margaret continues to host a successful session, leading the popular action-songs at the close. It’s a fun day, and continues to provide a haven for parents and carers and a lovely big environment for the little ones to play and grow in. (Contact details: p. 25. £1 per family per session, including refreshments and use of all toys and activities. Access: High St, opposite the river/Linden Rd: door off Chapel steps.)
New! We’re very excited by a new initiative by Kate Peel from Sure Start … A new programme of events called ‘Bumps to Babes’ is beginning each Thursday alongside our morning Toddler Group. In a separate room set out especially for babies, Kate is offering a range of weekly ‘topic based’ sessions. In this quieter environment, there is space to experience new baby-focussed activities and parenting tips. With DVDs, experts and other parents, it’s a great opportunity to grow your confidence and spend some quality time with your baby! There’s even opportunity for a trained crèche-worker to work with your older child so that you can devote undivided attention to your baby. Come along and join in from 10 till 11-30 am.
Finally, watch out for posters advertising our own new event: ‘Geli-Tots!’ Complete with themed story-telling, song-time and craft; it’s sure to have you and your little one humming along and looking forward to ‘next time’! They’re only little for a short time, let’s enjoy them while they are!!
I hope I’ll see you at the Methodist Church as I join in with Aidan, my small son … back to the world of ‘baby’, I’m delighted to see what’s on offer these days!! Every Blessing
Catherine (Methodist Minister & Church Leader)
Great Ayton Twinning Association (G.A.T.A.) Susan Crellen 724 388
The highlight of this year's twinning activity was the arrival of our French guests over the August Bank Holiday Weekend. The party included eight "Sonneurs de Cors de Chasse" (hunting horn blowers) who provided an entertaining concert on the High Green on the Sunday morning. Other enjoyable events included a day out at Beamish Museum, and an evening of food and wine accompanied by a French folk singer.
A family bingo evening in French, a pub quiz, and a wine tasting are some of the social events planned for later in the year. We intend to return to Ouzouer, in the Loire Valley, at the end of August 2009. For further information on the Twinning Association please contact me.
Yatton House Society
Everyone at Yatton House would like to thank the local community
for their on-going support and interest.
At Yatton House, we continue to offer support for adults with Learning Difficulties,
enabling them to gain essential skills in both recreational and educational activities.
Our printing service continues to offer an extensive range of products including posters, fliers, book-binding, leaflets etc, at very competitive prices. Ring 722 380 and ask for Brenda.
Our Lunch club, which is now on Wednesdays, offers 2 or 3 course meals from Noon - 2 pm.
We also sell a wide range of home-made produce to buy and take away.
For further information, or for competitive room hire quotes, please phone 722 380
3 Dates for your diary:
Wednesday 19th November: OPEN DAY at YATTON HOUSE, 10 am – 3 pm
The admission charge of 60p includes refreshments. Everyone welcome.
Friday 5th December: Annual COFFEE MORNING in STOKESLEY TOWN HALL
It starts at 10 am, and everyone is welcome. Please come along and support us.
Friday 19th December: Annual CAROL SERVICE at Gt AYTON METHODIST CHURCH
The service begins at 1 pm & will be followed by refreshments. Please join us.
On a final note, Yatton House has a new Manager: Wendy Richardson, who was the Senior Support here for several years. We all wish her every success on her return in her new role, and look forward to her involvement in continuing to move Yatton House forward.
Julie Forster (Acting Manager)