Sunday Email: Issue 101

Mother’s Day is very special and I hope all mums reading this have really wonderful day.
Doug
07785 223707

Yorkshire to Ukraine is currently desperate for:
– Medical supplies, eg: first-aid bags, dressings, gloves, bandages, painkillers, cough and cold medicine, children’s medicines, life saving equipment.
– Food that can be eaten straight away, eg: biscuits, crackers, crisps, cereals, jelly pots, items that have a good date on them – tinned food like tuna fish etc. that doesn’t need cooking. Also needed are drinks, especially water.
– For children, eg: soft toys, books, crayons, colouring books & pens. Baby stuff, eg: nappies, new bottles,
dried baby milk, baby slings.

Address: 7 Marrtree Business Park, Sowerby, Thirsk YO7 3H. Follow the Facebook page for live updates from drivers delivering to the Ukraine border, updates on collection points, what is needed, volunteer roles and where to donate money: facebook.com/yorkshiretoukraine

Topcliffe Post Office continues to collect items to take to Ukraine. Items currently required are as above and cash donations to help meet fuel costs are also welcome.

Emilia also raises cash for Ukraine
Ten year-old Emilia Brierley, who lives in East Lea, Topcliffe, has unlocked a load of cash for Ukraine by making keyrings. Despite her busy school work and other commitments, Emilia wanted to play a part and do something positive to help. So far she has raised £180 and she’s looking to boost that amount. If anyone would like to purchase one of the blue and yellow keyrings for £3 – or whatever you can afford – please call her Mum, Joanna, on 07732 941758.

All applications must be submitted by noon on Friday 8 April 2022. Applicants will be informed of the outcome week commencing Monday 25 April 2022.More details are on the council’s website – https://www.harrogate.gov.uk/grants/platinum-jubilee-community-grants

• TODAY Sunday – 27 March, Mothering Sunday, at 10.45am – a Family Holy Communion service (using modern language) to be taken by Revd Robert Williamson. Families are warmly encouraged to join in this special occasion.
• Sunday 3 April at 6.30pm – Choral Evensong
• Sunday 10 April, Palm Sunday, at 10.45am – Holy Communion (traditional language).
• Saturday 16 April, Easter Eve, at 7.30pm – Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter. This is perhaps the most glorious service in the church’s year, starting in near darkness with readings and unaccompanied singing by the choir, then the lighting of the Easter fire, the Paschal candle and candles throughout the church, and concluding with a special Holy Communion for Easter. After the service refreshments including finger food and wine will be served.
• Sunday 17 April at 9am – Easter Day Service (not Holy Communion. The Easter Eve Service concludes with our Easter Eucharist).

Lent Lunches
St Columba’s are hosting Lent Lunches at 12 noon every Wednesday in March. Donations at all of the lunches will go to the Christian Aid Ukraine Appeal.

Lent Services of Compline
Also every Wednesday throughout Lent (up to and including 13 April) St Columba’s will hold a short 15 minute service of Compline (a peaceful reflective service of prayers and readings for the end of the day) in church at 7pm.

• Best community group – awarded to groups carrying out voluntary activity/activities in North Yorkshire.
• Volunteer of the year – awarded to individual volunteers carrying out voluntary activity/activities in North Yorkshire.
• Making a difference – helping rural communities to flourish – awarded to individual or groups who have through their voluntary activity/activities made a real difference to a rural area of North Yorkshire. This award recognises unique, innovative, enterprising or resilient approaches to overcoming rural issues, challenges or disadvantage that have impacted on people, communities and/or the environment.

For more information and to make nominations go to: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/community-awards The deadline is 6 May

To vote in the elections on 5 May, you must be on the electoral register by Thursday 14 April 2022. Those who are 18 or over on polling day, should be making sure they are registered to vote. Help with electoral registration is available at Hambleton District Council (for Topcliffe residents) and at Harrogate Borough Council (for Asenby residents). Those who are on the electoral register will have received a polling card or letter last week or will get one this week.

If you know that you will not be able to get to the polling station on 5 May, you can apply to vote by post or proxy. You will need to complete and return your application by 5pm on Tuesday 19 April.

A proxy vote is when you apply for someone you trust to vote for you, but they must be eligible to vote in the election themselves. If you apply for a proxy vote, the person voting on your behalf can go to the polling station to cast your vote or can apply to vote for you by post. You will need to complete and return your application by Tuesday 26 April.

• Photographer Lucy Saggers will hold a book signing session between 6.30pm and 9pm on Thursday 7 April. Her book ‘Ford of the Sorrel‘, was shortlisted at the Belfast Photo Festival 2022. Books can be pre-ordered now and they’ll be personally signed on the night. Tickets £3, redeemable against a copy of her book. Light refreshments available. Email: sales@whiterosebooks.co.uk ot telephone 01845 524353.
• Rob & Dave of Channel 5’s Cannon Hall Farm will be signing their book ‘Springtime at Cannon Hall Farm’ on Saturday 9 April. The book has all the animal antics but also tales of bygone days when traditional skills, crafts and daily practices shaped life in the countryside. Pre-orders taken and books will be personally signed on the day.
• Children’s author James Harris will be signing his new books ‘Happytown must be destroyed’ and ‘The Unbelievable Biscuit Factory’ on Friday 22 April between 11am to 12.30pm.

Just as a reminder, the following items are welcomed: men’s, ladies and children’s clothing – paired shoes (tied together or elastic band around) – handbags – hats – bags – scarves and ties – jewelry – lingerie – socks – belts – soft toys – household linen – household curtains – household towels – household bedding (bed sheets, pillow-cases and duvet covers). We are unable to accept duvets and blankets, pillows and cushions, carpets, rugs and mats (including bath, shower and toilet mats), soiled, painted, ripped or wet clothing, school uniforms, corporate clothing and workwear or textile off cuts or yarns.

• Village Hall Committee – 7.30pm on Tuesday 5 April. The AGM and an Ordinary Meeting of the Committee will be held consecutively starting at 7.30pm on Tuesday 7 June. www.topcliffe.org.uk/village-hall/
• Topcliffe Parish Council – 7pm on Thursday 7 April – www.topcliffe.org.uk
• Asenby Parish Council will meet at 7.30pm on Wednesday 18 May – www.asenby.net

Both parish councils and the Village Hall Committee meet at Topcliffe & Asenby Village Hall.

• Sunday 3 April – 12 noon to 3pm – Wedding Fayre – with a glass of Frizzante and canapes for all who call in, plus expert advice from experienced coordinators and suppliers.
• Tuesday 5 April – doors open 7.30 for 8pm – Hilarity Bites Comedy Night – £10 in advance or £12 on the night.
• Friday nights – 5 to 9pm – Land & Sea – steak or fish for two with a bottle of wine for £35.95
• Sunday roast – 12noon to 8pm – traditional Sunday Lunch.

Check the website at https://theangelattopcliffe.co.uk/ or call 01845 578000.

• Farm Shop/Breakfast – Fridays and Sundays – 10 to 12 noon.
• Fancy home-reared lamb at Easter? Orders now being taken.
• Saturday 9 April from 2pm for approx. 2.5 hours. In partnership with former Topcliffe resident, Diane West, there’ll be a fun event to make some fantastic lampshades. You will learn how to make a contemporary 25cm drum shade which can either be placed on a lamp base or ceiling pendant. You just need to bring 0.5m of fabric or, you can purchase some on the day. All other materials will be supplied. Price £45 per person. Tea/coffee and cakes will be included.
• Contacts: 07747 083155 and http://www.thecattonkitchen.co.uk

• To Thursday 31 March (Matinee on Wednesday 30 March) – The Duke – In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
• Friday 1 to Thursday 7 April – Dog – Two former Army Rangers are paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Briggs (Channing Tatum) and Lulu (a Belgian Malinois) race down the Pacific Coast to get to a fellow soldier’s funeral on time.
• Friday 8 to Thursday 14 April – Sideshow – When two inept criminals break into the home of a washed-up psychic in search of hidden loot, they get a lot more than they bargained for.
• Saturday 9 April, Sunday 10 April and Wednesday 13 April (matinees only) – Disney’s Encanto – A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.
• Friday 15 to Thursday 21 April (with matinees Saturday 16, Sunday 17 April and Wednesday 20 April. No evening show 17 April) – The Bad Guys – Several reformed yet misunderstood criminal animals attempt to become good, with some disastrous results along the way.
• Friday 22 to Thursday 28 April (Matinee on Wednesday 27 April) – Phantom of the Open – Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

Please keep checking the website for the latest details – https://www.ritzcinema.co.uk/

• Mondays, 28 March to 23 May, 10am – 1.30pm. Monday Makers – Free nine week course. From printmaking to marketing, develop your creative and business skills on this course for unemployed people.
• Wednesdays starting 30 March – 10.30am to 12.30pm – Boats in Acrylic – With all materials included and each workshop suitable for beginners, these Wednesday morning Taste Of…sessions give the perfect introduction to a range of artistic styles and techniques. £12.

For more information and to book places, go to https://www.ruralarts.org/:

• Wednesday 30 March at 7.30pm – Jenny Eclair at Sixty – having hit 60 (but still a year younger than Madonna) the comedienne tells it as it is!
• Saturday 2 April at 7.30pm – An evening with Nigel Owens – Rugby Union icon Nigel Owens is one of the most engaging and humorous characters in the game of rugby.
• Thursday, 7 April at 7.30pm – Northallerton & District Flower Club Spring Open Evening – Chelsea Gold Medalist Mark Entwistle demonstrates “The Secret Life of Colour” Former UK Florist Of The Year and innovative floral designer.
• Friday 8 April at 7.30pm – An Evening with Gill Sims – Gill will be interviewed by Jo Middleton, author of Playgroups and Prosecco and creator of Slummy Single Mummy. It should be an hilarious look at the changing face of motherhood as your children grow from toddlers to teenagers.
• Saturday 9 April at 3pm – Mark Thompson’s Award-Winning Spectacular Science Show – You think science is boring, think again! This is science like you have never seen it before. Designed for children and adults alike, the show explores the strange and magical properties of matter with exploding elephant’s toothpaste, vortex-generating dustbins and even howling jelly babies!

Call 01609 776230. Tickets online at http://www.forumnorthallerton.org.uk

• The Angel at Topcliffe – info – 01845 421111.
• The Catton Kitchen – http://www.cattonkitchen.co.uk – 07747 083155.
• Chip ‘n Dales – Friday teatime – 5 until 7pm in Topcliffe.
• The Elm Gallery – http://www.the-elm-gallery.co.uk – 01845 577316 or 07709 223920.
• Fotiá Candles – http://www.fotiacandles.co.uk – 07879 447953.
• Joanna’s Touch Photography – 07732 941758. Also on Facebook and Instagram.
• The Little Yorkshire Hamper Company – http://www.thelittleyorkshirehampercompany.co.uk 07793 775987.
• The Milk Churn Farm Shop & Cafe – https://www.milkchurnfarmshop.co.uk/ – 01845 400446.
• Studio 18 Hairstylist – Nicola James, 18 Long Street (opposite the surgery). 07851 034815.
• The Swan – 01845 595185 The Swan, Topcliffe | Facebook
• The Thirsk Food Bank – collection point at the Milk Churn Farm Shop.
• Topcliffe Post Office – 01845 577517.

Hambleton (Topcliffe):

• Recycling & Garden Waste – Thursdays 24 March and 7 April and Friday 22 April (one day later than normal).
• Refuse – Mondays 28 March, 11 April and 25 April

Harrogate (Asenby)

• Refuse – Mondays 4 and 18 April and 2 May.
• Garden waste – Thursdays 7 and 21 April and 5 May.
• Recycling – Mondays 28 March and 11 April and 25 April.

The NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme will contact people when it is their turn to be vaccinated again and, once they have an invitation, they will be able to book their appointment through the National Booking System either online or by calling NHS 119. The fourth jab will be made available to more people later in the year.