St Columba’s Services
- TODAY: Sunday 19 April, 10.45am – Sung Matins
- Thursday 23 April at 11am – Midweek Morning Prayer, followed by refreshments.
- Sunday 26 April, 10.45am Holy Communion
- Thursday 30 April at 11am – Midweek Morning Prayer, followed by refreshments.
- Sunday 3 May at 8.30am – Said Holy Communion, Book of Common Prayer and at 6.30pm Choral Evensong, followed by pre-supper nibbles and wine
- Thursday 7 May at 11am – Midweek Morning Prayer, followed by refreshments
- Sunday 10 May at 10,45am – Holy Communion, followed by refreshments
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Sunday Quiz Night
TONIGHT: Sunday 19 April – the quiz will take place at 8pm this evening in the Village Hall. All welcome.
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An excellent quiz presented by Mike and won by Malcolm, Alan, Irene and Bob. Well done the winners and everyone else participating.
Here’s a selection of questions from the quiz. See how you do. The answers are at the end of today’s email.
1. Pteronophobia is the fear of what?
2. What does Thirsk mean in old Norse?
3. A group of ravens is known as a what?
4. Which U.S. president previously worked as a bartender?
5. What is the SI unit of electrical resistance?
6. Who sang the theme tune for the Bond film, ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’?
7. Three of these bands were formed in Yorkshire, but which one wasn’t? Beautiful South, Pulp, The Verve and Whitesnake?
8. Who was the couple first to be shown in bed together on TV?
9. What is the proper name of the national anthem of the USA?
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Rug Mats
The Village Hall Committee is trying to gauge if there would be any interest in attending a fortnightly rug mat making session. There is a class leader willing to run rug mat sessions if between eight and ten people are prepared to attend. The best time and date would be Tuesday morning from 10am to 12 noon. The cost would be £5 a session per person. Initially all equipment and materials would be provided to get people started, but those who catch the rug making bug will be encouraged to purchase their own tools and seek out their own materials. An additional bonus might be that a few renowned rug makers may be lined up for guest appearances.
So, expressions of interest are required. Please contact Village Hall Trustee, Doug Allan (07785 223707 or doug@dougallan.co.uk), if you might be interested. If the numbers are right, the first session could be organised fairly quickly.
Rugs made of rags were very common in working-class homes in the UK in the 19th century, but the origins could be much earlier. Textiles used to be very labour-intensive to make and were never thrown away – they were recycled and re-used until they fell apart. People used coal sacks or food sacks as backing then, if they were lucky, they could find a tool for pushing or pulling bits of old cloth through the backing to make a rug. They often improvised to create tools, using things like large nails.
Across the country there were different names for the craft. In Scotland, for example, they’re clootie mats, and in Yorkshire, peg mats. There is a theory that they developed from techniques brought over by the Norse invaders many centuries ago.
The most common traditional uses for rag rugs were as ‘slip mats’ to go in front of the door to stop draughts, as floor mats by the side of beds or in front of the fire, and sometimes they were put on beds at night and on the floor during the day. Mats worked their way through the household, from bedside or fireside, to front door, to back door, to dog kennel, to compost heap.
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David Pilgrim
Many people in Topcliffe will remember former resident David Pilgrim, who was a very active member of our community for many years. He and his wife Brenda moved to Embleton in Northumberland quite a few years ago. The news was received this week that David sadly passed away in February.
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The Saltburn Smugglers
The Smugglers concert on Sunday 28 June in Topcliffe and Asenby Village Hall is a sell out. Raffle tickets are on sale now to anyone, whether they are going to the concert or not, and as you can see there are some fantastic prizes.
- The Crab & Lobster, Asenby – Sunday Lunch x 4
- Grantley Hall Hotel – Afternoon Tea x 2
- The Old Deanery, Ripon – Sunday Lunch x 2
- Maple Park Cafe, Thirsk – Afternoon Tea x 2
- Peter Wright, Yorkshire Vet – Signed Book
- Watkins Wright, Thirsk – Gift Voucher
- Hambleton Brewery – Gift pack x 4 Beers
- Catton Kitchen – Veg Box
- Northern Lavender – Gift Pack
- Creative Lashes, Thirsk – Gift Voucher
- Dovecote Larder, Topcliffe – Mini Hamper
- Kristina’s, Thirsk – Gift Voucher.
Prizes will be drawn in the order as shown above. Get tickets in advance from Jane Gallon on 07909 614086 or Catherine Catterick on 07709 321048.
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Ripon Men’s Shed
Topcliffe resident Colin Ratcliffe, a long-time supporter of Ripon Men’s Shed, is facing the ride of his life and hoping to raise lots of cash for the group at the same time! He is refurbishing a stylish rocking horse and once the spruce up is complete the reinvigorated ‘Rocky’ will be offered to the highest bidder in a blind auction on the group’s open Day on Saturday 25 April – 10am to 2pm. If you can’t make it to the Open Day at 28 Water Skellgate in Ripon, but would like to place a bid on Rocky, please send a direct message with your bid to shedmanager@ripon-mens-shed.org
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Asenby Parish Councillor Steps Down
Asenby Parish councillor, Tim Rawden, has stepped down from his position with the council. The Parish Clerk will shortly announce the time period for which residents will be able to request an election. If ten requests are not received then the Parish Council will be able to co-opt a resident who expresses interest.
If you would like to know more please contact the Clerk using the message box on the home page of the Asenby Parish website: https://www.asenbyparish.gov.uk/community/asenby-parish-council-21006/contact/
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Register to use Household Waste Recycling Centres
Residents will soon need to register before visiting any of North Yorkshire Council’s household waste recycling centres. Registration, which will be free, will only take a couple of minutes to complete and once done, will last for three years.
Residents can register online from Monday 27 April (see link below) and use the centres straight away. Nothing will be sent in the post, and staff will check vehicle number plates on arrival. This will help the council make sure that their household waste recycling centres are only used by North Yorkshire residents.
Apparently, around 16% of current users live outside the county and restricting usage to residents is expected to generate savings of up to £400,000 per year.
Owners of commercial-like vehicles will only be able to make up to 12 free visits per year to dispose of their own household waste, once registered.
Household waste recycling centres | North Yorkshire Council
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Art classes in the Village Hall
Here are details of art classes coming up in the Village Hall:
- Spring Retreat Pastels Experience: Celebrate Spring by painting with soft pastels to create inspired scenes and floral displays, landscapes and gardens. Thursday 23 April, 10am to 3pm.
- Spring Retreat Paint in Oils: Tropical Flowers in Oils. A true pop of colours and contrasts against more traditional dark backgrounds. Friday 24 April from 10am to 1pm.
For more information and to make a booking, check out the website at https://rebeccajayneartist.co.uk/
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Soup & Sweet
The next Soup and Sweet lunch at Topcliffe & Asenby Village Hall will be on Wednesday 29 April between 11.30am and 12.45pm. Everyone, of all ages from Topcliffe and Asenby and surrounding areas, is welcome to attend. There’s no set charge, but donations are welcome to help pay the rental cost of hiring the Village Hall and other unavoidable expenses.
The organisers don’t receive grant support or surplus food from supermarkets: everything is bought and paid for, cooked and brought into the hall by volunteers, many of whom are senior citizens themselves.
The last Soup & Sweet lunch on Wednesday 15 April saw 35 meals served. A donation of £50 was made to the local branch of McMillan Nurses.
Can you help out? There are very few helpers who do the cooking and with holidays fast approaching the Soup & Sweet organisers will be under pressure to prepare the soups needed. If you are able to help by cooking a pan of soup please let Karen Morley know (07736 086369). It doesn’t matter when you cook it, as Karen has facilities for freezing it to use on future dates.
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Yorkshire on show in mosaics
The Bath House at RHS Gardens Harlow Carr, Harrogate, is staging the annual BAMM North mosaic exhibition from 23 April to 17 May. The theme for this year’s exhibition and sale is Up Hill and Down Dale: A Celebration of Yorkshire with over twenty mosaicists contributing, including local artist Siobhan Gifford from Asenby. There will be mosaic kits for sale along with various other small mosaics, cards and the like in the pop-up shop. Entrance to The Bath House is free once you have accessed the gardens.
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Village Hall AGM
The Annual General Meeting of Topcliffe & Asenby Village Hall will be held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 5 May at 7.30pm.
At this meeting the Village Hall Committee is planning to adopt a modernised Constitution that updates many of the governing rules initially introduced when the hall was first opened back in 1961. Anyone wishing to see a copy of the Constitution should contact the Secretary – doug@dougallan.co.uk
Residents of both Topcliffe and Asenby villages are invited to attend the AGM. Immediately after the AGM there’ll be an Ordinary Meeting of the committee.
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Coffee morning in aid of Christian Aid
St Columba’s Church volunteers are organising a Coffee Morning to raise funds for Christian Aid on Wednesday 6 May between 10.30am and 12 noon. It will be held in Topcliffe & Asenby Village Hall. Donations of cakes on the day gratefully received.
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Topcliffe Parish Council
The next meeting of Topcliffe Parish Council will be held in the ground floor committee room at the Village Hall at 7pm on Thursday 7 May.
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Asenby Parish Meeting
Asenby’s Annual Parish meeting will be held on Wednesday 20 May at 7pm, followed immediately by the Annual Parish Council meeting at 7.30pm. Both meetings will be held in the upper floor meeting room at Topcliffe & Asenby Village Hall.
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Chip & Dales
Paul and Karen will be serving fish and chips in Topcliffe on Friday evenings between 5 and 7pm.
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Local traders and businesses
See here for a list of businesses and traders based in or close to Topcliffe.
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EVENTS ACROSS THE WIDER AREA
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The Ritz Cinema
- Project Hail Mary – to Thursday 23 April – no matinees
- The Audience – Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in this National Theatre Live special – Friday 24 April at 7.30pm.
- The Magic Faraway Tree – Saturday 25 to Thursday 30 April – matinee on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April.
- California Schemin – Friday 1 to Thursday 7 May – matinee on Wednesday 22 April.
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – Saturday 2, Sunday 3 and Monday 4 May (all matinees).
- Glenrothan – Friday 8 to Thursday 14 May – matinee on Wednesday 13 May.
- Paris 75: The European Cup Final Football Tried to Forget – including Q & A with Leeds United legend Paul Reagan – Sunday 31 May.
Evening shows start at 7.30pm. Matinees at 2.30pm.
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Events at Rural Arts, The Courthouse, Thirsk
- Book Club – Tuesday 21 April, 6.30 to 8pm.
- Art Essentials: Seeing Differently – Tuesday 21 April and Tuesday 26 May, 10am to 12 noon.
- Something Social: Etching and Elderflower Gin – Friday 24 April, 7 to 9pm.
- Animals in Pastel – Saturday 25 April – 10am – 4pm.
- Bookbinding: Australian Reverse Piano Bind – Tuesday 28 April – 1:30pm – 3:30pm.
- Beautiful Botanicals: Collagraph Printing – Saturday 2 May – 10.30am to 3.30pm.
- Spoken Word Poetry Evening – Saturday 2 May – 8pm.
Buy tickets online at https://www.ruralarts.org/
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Coffee Morning in Dalton Village Hall
This month’s Coffee Morning will be held on Wednesday 22 April at 10.30am in aid of the ‘Together We Can Project’ in Uganda. Rev Sheilagh Williamson will be travelling out to Africa in May and is staying with a local family. She regularly takes items needed by local people and money to purchase items for them, such as chickens. She also provides funds for the education of women and children, teaching them skills to be able to work for themselves. She will hopefully be coming to the coffee morning to talk about the project. Please come along and support this worthy cause.
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Harrogate Spring Flower Show
At the Great Yorkshire Events Centre, Harrogate from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 April. Stunning show garden features, live talks and demonstrations, great garden shopping, and the biggest exhibition by florists and flower arrangers in the country. 9.30am-5.00pm. £29 (£24 up to 7 April), Child free (with adult).
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Jigsaw Puzzle Exchange
The Coffee and Chatter Group that meets in St James’ Church at Baldersby St James will be holding jigsaw puzzle exchanges on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The next ‘exchange’ is on Tuesday 28 April between 10am and 12 noon. Please take along any puzzles that you would like to swap. This is a great opportunity to obtain new ones without having to buy them.
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Spilman’s Tulip Festival
Being staged at Church Farm Sessay to Thursday 30 April. Around 250,000 tulips, fifty different varieties. Experience the true beauty of tulips in the Yorkshire countryside this spring. Check the website at – http://www.spilmans.co.uk
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Racing at Thirsk
- Thirsk Hunt Cup, Saturday 2 May – gates open at 11am. Watch top sprinters compete in the course’s most valuable race of the season. With live music, bars & food vendors.
- Book online at http://www.thirskracecourse.net or on the gate.
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Thirsk Farmers’ Market
On Thirsk’s Market Place, on Sunday 3 May between 9am and 2pm. All stallholders are local independent businesses who grow, rear or produce the food or drink on their stall. They’re passionate about what they do and it shows.
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Sports Cars in the Park
More than 1,000 sports cars will be on display at this event on Sunday 3 May. A really fantastic day out for the whole family, with a great atmosphere and your ticket includes free entry into Newby Hall’s amazing grounds with its legendary adventure playground. £22, Child (4-15) £16, Family (2+2) £65. Tickets online http://www.newbyhall.com/event
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Duncombe Park Country Fair
All the fun of a country fair with stunt riding, mini Grand National, gun dog display, terrier racing, fun dog show, working ferret display and lots more. Duncombe Park, Helmsley on Monday 4 May between 9am and 5pm. £35 Family (2 +2), £15 Adult, £12 OAP, £6 Child, Free Under 5yrs.Tickets online at http:// www.dpcountryfair.co.uk
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Music Monthlies: Basset
Canadian folk/roots duo, Basset, are full of timeless heart, with deeply human lyrics and stunning duo harmonies reminiscent of the early folk revival. Their live performances are both sincere and disarmingly funny, with warmth enough to soothe anyone ready to lean in. Thursday 7 May at 7:30pm at Rural Arts, The Courthouse, Thirsk. £13. Tickets online at http://www.ruralarts.org/whats-on/at-the-courthouse/music-monthlies-basset/
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Repair your stuff
Be greener by avoiding waste and save money by letting a team of dedicated and talented volunteers try to repair your broken or worn-out items. The next Repair Café is at Thirsk Library, Meadowfields, Thirsk on Saturday 9 May from 10am to 12.30pm. Voluntary donations please.
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Gardeners’ Question Time in Sessay
Below there are details of a special Gardeners’ Question Time being held at Sessay Village Hall on Saturday 13 June. Tickets are just £10 online from www.sessayvillagehall.co.uk or from Heather Dale on 07467 549302. Best to buy as soon as possible as tickets will be in high demand. This poster will next appear in the Sunday Email in mid-May.
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Concerts at Ripon Cathedral
- Pink Floyd by Candlelight – performed by What the Floyd? – Friday 5 June at 7.30pm.
- The Music of Coldplay by Candlelight – Friday 19 June at 7.30pm.
Book online at https://riponcathedral.org.uk/whats-on/
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Night of Nature concert
(This item appears now so that those who wish to make a booking now can do so. It will appear again nearer the date.)
If you love nature and music, this RSPB event is for you. It’s at the Royal Hall, Harrogate on the evening of Saturday 15 August. Experience stunning cinematic visuals of jaw-dropping wildlife and habitats, brought to life by the soaring harmonies of the UK’s leading harmonies group, G4, alongside the spellbinding strings of the Blackheath Quartet.
With a cinema-sized screen and immersive music, this is a visceral celebration of nature like no other. From moving moments that invite quiet reflection to uplifting rhythms that’ll have you tapping your toes (or even on your feet!), this event is truly a feast for the senses. Rediscover the magic of our planet in a way you’ve never seen – or heard – before. Book online at: https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/night-of-nature
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Quiz answers
1. Being tickled
2. Fen or Lake
3. Unkindness
4. Abraham Lincoln
5. Ohm
6. Lulu
7. The Verve
8. Fred & Wilma Flintstone
9. Star Spangled Banner
10. Alistair MacLean.
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That’s all for this week. Keep safe and remain well.
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