St Columba’s Services
- TODAY: 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
- Thursday 14 May at 11am – Midweek Morning Prayer
- Sunday 17 May at 10.45am – Sung Matins, followed by refreshments
- Thursday 21 May at 11am – Thursday Morning Prayer, followed by refreshments
- Sunday 24 May at 10.45am – Holy Communion, followed by refreshments
- Thursday 28 May at 11am – Midweek Morning Prayer, followed by refreshments
- Sunday 31 May at 10.45am – Benefice Holy Communion for Trinity Sunday, followed by refreshments
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Thirsk Farmers’ Market
TODAY: Sunday 3 May between 9am and 2pm on Thirsk’s Market Place. 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
TODAY: Sunday 3 May. More than 1,000 sports cars will be on display at this event on 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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Sunday Quiz Night
TONIGHT: Sunday 3 May – the quiz will take place at 8pm this evening in the Village Hall. All welcome.
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An excellent musical and general knowledge quiz last week prepared by Jim and won after a decider by Myra, Carol, Malcolm and Andy. 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. Who is the host of the ITV quiz The Floor?
2. In which country does Gruyère cheese originate?
3. “I Need you more than want you and I want you for all time” are the lyrics from which famous song?
4. The A167 starts in Topcliffe but where does it terminate?
5. In what year did the original Twin Towers Wembley Stadium hold its last event before
demolition?
6. Who are the current holders of the Women’s FA Cup?
7. The comic characters Sid Snot, Marcell Wave, Cupid Stunt and Gizard Puke were all created by which DJ for his TV Show?
8. What sort of food is burrata?
9. How many gills in a quart?
10. In which European city and its surroundings is Shakespear’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ set? |
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Youngster’s big steps for charity
Eight year old Nya Watson, who lives with her parents Mark and Lucy in Winn Lane, Topcliffe, has successfully completed her April walking challenge and has raised over £1,500 in the process.
Nya and her dog Renley met their target of walking 60 miles in the month to support ‘Stand up to Cancer’ walking challenge. With the help of friends, family and strangers, Nya and Renley have so far raised an amazing £1,258, boosted by gift aid by a further £290.75. Utterly amazing.
The sponsorship page is still open so if you are prepared to support Nya’s fundraising, please visit https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/marks-giving-page-272644?nu=1
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Summer Fair stalls go on sale
The date of the annual Summer Fair in the Village Hall has been set as Saturday 1 August. Anyone who wishes to have a stall at the fair is now encouraged to book their space. The cost is £10. Last year the stalls were taken very quickly and some hopeful stallholders had to be turned way, so please book early to avoid disappointment. Call Karen Morley on 07736 086369.
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Household Waste Recycling Centres registration
Don’t forget that you now have to be registered before visiting any of North Yorkshire Council’s household waste recycling centres. Registration, which is free, only takes a couple of minutes to complete and once done, lasts for three years. You can register on North Yorkshire Council’s website. Nothing will be sent in the post, and staff will check vehicle number plates on arrival.
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Cross Talk church newsletter
The May edition of the local church newsletter Cross Talk is now in circulation. You can read a copy here.
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Saltburn Smugglers – Raffle
Raffle tickets are still for sale to anyone whether they are going to the concert on Sunday 28 June or not. Get tickets in advance from Jane Gallon on 07909 614086 or Catherine Catterick on 07709 321048.
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Baldersby St James Book Sale
It may be four months away but already the organisers of the annual book sale held in St James’ Church at Baldersby St James are on the lookout for books. Every year they need to have new books of all categories for their regular buyers. Anyone with clean books to donate can leave them in the church.
The Book Sale dates are Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September.
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Rug Mats
The first Rugs Mat class at the Village Hall will take place at 10am on Tuesday 5 May. Then there’ll be fortnightly sessions at 10am on the following Tuesdays – 19 May, 2, 16 and 30 June and 14 July. Further classes may be organised if the participants are keen to continue beyond the initial six sessions. The cost is just £5 a session per person and initially all equipment and materials will 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.
One or two more participants could be accommodated, so if you are interested in joining this class, please contact Doug Allan – 07785 223707 or email doug@dougallan.co.uk
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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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Sell your jewellery and gold…or at least have it valued
Next Friday,8 May, a company named R & D Jewellers will be in the Village Hall to offer a valuation service to anyone with gold, watches and other items. They will also be prepared to purchase the items you would like to get rid of. The company’s experts will be in the hall from 11am to 4pm
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Fraud Surgery
North Yorkshire Police’s Safer Neighbourhood Team based will be holding a fraud surgery at HSBC Bank, 77 Market Place in Thirsk on Friday 8 May between noon and 2pm. You are invited to take this opportunity to raise any concerns you may have and to find out what the Safer Communities team is doing to tackle fraud.
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Soup & Sweet
The next Soup and Sweet lunch at Topcliffe & Asenby Village Hall will be on Wednesday 13 May 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 lunch on Wednesday 29 April saw 37 meals served and a donation of £50 was made to the Community Works charity in Thirsk.
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Art class in the Village Hall
Here are details of the next art class coming up in the Village Hall:
- Paint Beautiful Cottage Gardens and Meadow Landscapes in acrylics. Thursday 14 May, 10am to 1pm.
- Watch out for details of the next block of six weekly art classes that will begin on Monday 1 June.
For more information and to make a booking, check out the website at https://rebeccajayneartist.co.uk/
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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 through to Sunday 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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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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St Columba’s Festival and Heritage Day
The annual celebration of Columba, the Patron Saint of our parish church, and the church’s amazing heritage will take place on Sunday 7 June.
St Columba’s was founded between 635 and 640AD by King, later Saint, Oswald, meaning we are moving ever closer to beginning our 1400th anniversary celebrations in just nine years’ time.
However, plans for this year’s celebration will be somewhat simpler. There’ll be the usual village BBQ in the church hall and churchyard, starting at 12.30pm, to which everyone is very warmly invited.
Then, from 2pm, why not join one of the groups climbing the church tower to enjoy the magnificent views from the top? For those without a head for heights you might wish to linger over the various display boards in the church, or join a guided tour to discover in more detail the history of the church and its features, some still remaining from the medieval church even after the Victorian rebuild. Or else just enjoy exploring our beautiful churchyard, our village ‘greenspace’, which is now emerging thanks to the tireless work and dedication of our team of local volunteers.
The day concludes at 6.30pm with a festival service of Choral Evensong sung by the full church choir directed by Linda Hewlett. Choral Evensong is said by some to be the jewel in the crown of Anglican church music and we are lucky to have this sung every month throughout the year. So why not come give it a try and end your busy day with some glorious music, followed by a glass of wine?
All events, BBQ included, are completely free, but if you would like to give a donation to help cover a few costs and hopefully also add to our much-needed building repair and maintenance fund, that would be very much appreciated.
Hope to see you there. Watch out for fuller details in due course.
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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
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie – Sunday 3 and Monday 4 May (all matinees).
- Talifornia Schemin – to Thursday 7 May – matinee on Wednesday 22 April.
- 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 Reaney – Sunday 31 May.
Evening shows start at 7.30pm. Matinees at 2.30pm.
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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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Events at Rural Arts, The Courthouse, Thirsk
- Origami Fairy Lights – Friday 8 May – Join Laura from L & S Crafts in this relaxing origami class where you will learn how to create a stunning string of origami fairy lights. 6:30pm – 8:30pm.
- Drawing with Thread – Saturday 9 May – Join textile artist Hayley Mills-Styles for
this workshop and create a hand embroidered picture using different colours and textures of fabric and some simple hand embroidery stitches. 10am – 4pm.
- Silver Wrap Rings – Saturday 9 May – Learn the basics of silversmithing as you
design and make your own silver ring wrap ring and apply different techniques to create textures and finishes. 10am – 1pm.
- Landscape in Pastel – Saturday 16 May – Spend a full day exploring the expressive possibilities of pastels as you learn to capture the atmosphere, light and texture of the landscape. 10am – 4pm.
- Japanese Four Hole Stab Bind – Tuesday 19 May, 1.30 to 3.30pm – Explore the elegance of traditional Japanese bookbinding in this hands-on workshop.
- Enamel Pendant – Thursday 21 May, 10.30am to 12.30pm – Join Heather, the North East representative for the Guild of Enamellers and a proud member of Heritage Crafts, creating a beautiful pendant.
- Art Essentials: Seeing Differently – Tuesday 26 May, 10am to 12 noon.
Buy tickets online at https://www.ruralarts.org/
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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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Events on in Dalton Village Hall
Ceiidh: There will be a Ceilidh with pie and pea supper in the village hall on Saturday 9 May, starting at 7pm. Tickets are £15, available from Beckii on 07734 474781. The bar will be open.
Coffee Morning: The May Coffee Morning in the village hall is on Wednesday 20 May from 10.30 until 12 noon. Pop along and have a natter, a cuppa and a piece of cake. There is no charge, but donations for this month’s charity are welcome.
Pop-up Pub: There will be a Pop-up Pub on Friday 22 May from 7pm in the village hall. Families welcome.
Ladies Pop-up Shop & Fun Fashion Show: Buy your favourite high street brands at really low prices. Friday 19 June at 7pm. To raise funds for new tables and chairs. Tickets £5 include a glass of prosecco if purchased in advance. Call Beckii on 07734 474781.
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Simon Palmer returns to his roots
Although landscape artist Simon Palmer has lived and worked in North Yorkshire for over 40 years, he has predominantly exhibited in London Galleries. Lovers of Yorkshire’s unique countryside will have the opportunity to enjoy his work on home soil. The artist is showing more than 20 of his immediately recognisable original paintings in this major exhibition at Zillah Bell Galley in Thirsk. Saturday 9 to Saturday 30 May 10am-5pm. (Not Sunday or Mondays). http://www.zillahbellgallery.co.uk
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The Yorkshire Flea Market
At Thirsk Auction Mart on Sunday 10 May from 10am to 5pm. 100 dealers in antiques and vintage items. Free parking, cafe. £4 per person.
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Racing at Thirsk
- Sky Bet Irish Day – Saturday 16 May – gates open at 11am, fist race at 1.52pm.
- Sky Bet Sunday Series – Sunday 31 May – gates open at 1pm and first race at 3.45pm.
- Afternoon Racing – Friday 5 June – gates open at 11am.
- Book online at http://www.thirskracecourse.net or on the gate.
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Meet the Owls
Get up close to beautiful birds of prey with Gosling Raptors, including Eagle Owls, Barn Owls and more at Monk Park Farm. Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May at 10am. Learn from expert handlers, gently interact, and enjoy a calm, fascinating experience. Included in farm admission, with optional photo opportunities available for a small donation. Prices starting from £3pp. Online http://www.monkparkfarm.co.uk or on the door.
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Thirsk Artisan Market
On Thirsk Market Place on Sunday 17 May between 10am and 3pm. An artisan market that wants to help serve local communities with the best artisan stalls, whilst giving traders the best opportunities to showcase and sell their handmade goods.
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Hambleton District Show
The largest horse show in the north of England. Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 May – Sutton Park, Sutton-on-the-Forest, York. http:// www.hambletonshow.com
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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 26 May 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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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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Gardeners’ Question Time in Sessay
A special Gardeners’ Question Time is 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.
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Quiz answers
1. Rob Brydon
2. Switzerland
3. Wichita Lineman
4. Newcastle upon Tyne (The Westerhope Interchange to be precise)
5. 2000
6. Chelsea
7. Kenny Everett
8. A soft Italian cheese
9. 8
10. Athens
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That’s all for this week. Keep safe and remain well.
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