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24 WALKER CLOSE GLUSBURN • BD20 8PW TELEPHONE: 01535 635212 MOBILE: 07976 238129 J. BOOKER ROOFING CONTRACTOR Slating • Tiling • Built-up Felt Guy Competition Winners. Well done to all the entries. The Judge, Mrs K Todd, had a hard time deciding the winner! Roofing • Also VELUX Windows 1st Prize - Chloe Nicholls winning £30, 2nd Prize - Chloe Hawkins winning £20, 3rd Prize - Harry Simons winning £10. The other entries received a runners-up prize for all their hard work. contacted us and were more than happy Christmas Lights Bonfire Night with our procedures. The Village Sutton Village Committee are pleased to Following the unfortunate accident at our Committee have had a meeting and following the excellent news concerning announce the arrival of our new Tel: 01535 637063 bonfire on the 5th November we would Christmas Decorations. The committee Chris Riley and the very encouraging Mobile: 07774 223891 like to thank everyone in the village for and volunteers have worked hard to Mobile: 07774 223891 remarks from villagers we will be returning the kind comments and encouragement raise funds required for this large scale to continue with the event. None more with a bigger and better event next year. project over the last 18 months to so than Chris Riley, the helper who was Letter from Mr Chris Riley to the Village purchase the decorations and pay for the Harry McClennon injured. He has been most keen that the Committee: lampposts to be converted. The total Builder and Property Repairer bonfire continues, as he would not like to “I would like to take this opportunity to cost has been in excess of £6000 which see many of the people who attended thank everyone concerned for their has enabled us to obtain 22 lights for 28 Hall Drive, Sutton-in-Craven going back to lighting fireworks at home kindness and good will after the accident the lamps down both sides of the park. Keighley BD20 7NH and potentially injuring themselves. at the fireworks display at the village Chairman David Harrison-Young said: “It Telephones: 01535 631457 Chris should make a full recovery and bonfire from which I am recovering well. has taken our members and volunteers a Mobile: 07970 494330 fortunately he did not require any major May the village bonfire continue from long time to raise the necessary funds All aspects of building undertaken surgery. A full review of safety will be strength to strength, being one of the best from our fundraising activities within the Interior and exterior walling - pointing undertaken and if improvements can be nights of the year. Needless to say there village and we hope the villagers will plastering - chimney and roof repairs enjoy the decorations”. The decorations window replacement made we will not hesitate to carry them will not be another fire-eating display next will be illuminated from Friday the 1st of crazy paving - stone out. The Health & Safety department year.” December until the 4th of January. fireplaces fencing - patios etc.

Visit the Sutton village website at www.sutton-in-craven.org.uk Baptist Ladies’ Resignation of Local Venues Friendship Hour our Chairman No.14 Local Trees The Autumn meetings commenced with a Since the last publication our Chairman Christmas is nearly here and members good attendance, with two “Memory Stuart Robinson has resigned his position. of the Village Committee and Suitcases” from Craven Museum, at South Stuart has been Chairman for over six years volunteers will be out in the cold Craven Baptist Church, Holme Lane. during which time the committee has gone weather decking the village with trees Winter monthly meetings begin on Tues from strength to strength. and lights. I’m sure more help would 9th Jan 2007 when Jill Dishman & Funday and Bonfire Night have been be appreciated, especially from Dorothy Hall speak about their travels. particular events that Stuart has had a major younger residents. Visitors welcome. influence on. He has been enthusiastic to maintain the procession as an integral part Near the village County Boundary stands of Funday and this continues to this day, a lonesome Pine, a remnant of Whorls despite many galas and fundays having to Wood. A huge Beech tree stood near the Santa’s drop them. Clow, chopped down almost secretly Bonfire night is a particular favourite of and replaced by a depressive dark Sutton Tour Stuart’s and he was involved when the Copper Beech, they stick out like sore R. MULLOY Once again by special arrangement with Conservation Group held the event at the thumbs. A gnarled stump of a pollarded the Conservation Group, Santa will tour Bay Horse. He stepped in when foot & Crack Willow, possibly part of a pack COKE & COAL the streets of Sutton on Christmas Eve, mouth was threatening the event and was a horse basket that landed on the ground; MERCHANT starting at Crofters Mill at 5.45pm and prime mover in convincing the Parish in a Gill leans an attractive Large Leafed calling at Wilson Street, Albert Street, Council to let the event move to the park. Lime, very fragrant, a Sweet Chestnut also Victoria Street, North Street, Gordon This has undoubtedly been a master stroke was cut down in exchange for a horse, Street, Park Avenue, The Black Bull, and the bonfire is now one of the major in Autumn sprouted branches bear long NEW LAITHE Holme Bridge, the Sheelings, Hazel Grove events in the area with visitors coming from bronze leaves. GARAGE Road, Low Fold, The Kings Arms, High far and wide. The pair of weather trees, Oak and Street, West Lane, the Hall Estate and Stuart has also been the leader cajoling us Ash, planted by J W Hartley still stand; Main Street terminating at the Bay Horse between when spirits have been flagging and taking also a row of ancient Oaks, said to be Sutton-in-Craven 7.30 and 8.00pm. the flack when people feel the need to the last of Sutton Forest. Near the complain despite every member of the oldest dated building is a beautiful in Tel: committee being a volunteer. The Village all season Horse Chestnut. In the Park SUTTON PHARMACY Committee always endeavoured to ensure are red, white and yellow flowered 47 Main Street, its events are worth visiting, safe and done 633135 in a professional manner as possible and Chestnuts. First to come into leaf in Sutton-in-Craven Stuart has been a major influence in the Park, the only one in the village, is SERVICING • Healthcare Advice directing us in this way. a Balsam Poplar, also fragrant, which is being strangled by Ivy, even though M.O.T.s • FREE Prescription, Stuart is continuing as a member and helper on two years ago advice from the head the Village Committee but on behalf of Collection & Delivery Service everyone we would like to say a most sincere forester of Craven Estate was given by REPAIRS thank you for everything he has done and for me to the Parish Council. Tel: 01535 633126 all the people you have helped. On the Royds the very tall Poplars have SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL been replaced by a smaller variety. Mark Greenwood INDEPENDENT PHARMACY Two Walnut trees, possibly given by Kids’ Santa Disco the Girls’ Brigade, have been planted in Joiner & Building Contractor Sutton Village Hall the Park. A young Monkey Puzzle tree, Tel: 01535 637668 donated by the Conservation Group, Sunday 17th December 1-4pm entering the Clough, soon disappeared. All types of Joinery & Ages 4-9 Years Old It may not have done him any good! A Building work undertaken Party Games Hawthorn Hedge in the woodland is Admission £1.50 each grossly overgrown; at one time the Park Including a Gift from Santa Keeper trimmed it to a yard high. It is Please Contact David on now an eerie place to pass by, light PCR (01535) 636639 does not reach the woodland floor, Property Care & Repair undergrowth has gone with very little 11 Hazel Grove Road, Sutton-in-Craven, light for plants, nesting sights, small North , BD20 7QT. South Craven mammals and the once abundant fungi, Email: [email protected] Retired Men’s Forum Bluebells and pollinating insects. The new season of Forum Meetings started Finally, I have often wondered if the on the 3rd October, and at the time of owner of the Victoria Plum Tree in the writing we have had six meetings. These centre of the old village ever harvests were a success, with many interests from the plums! “Big Band Music of the Forties” to wonderful Happy Christmas to readers of my slide shows and talks on Corsica/ Ecuador column, residents and voluntary and Galapagos Islands/ Britain in Bloom etc. workers; and thank you for the many Whilst we were successful in welcoming kind compliments and reminisces to me. three new members and a number of guests © Doris Riley to our meetings, it seems the halcyon days when 80/100 members attended meetings are now well gone. Sutton C of E In October, members and guests enjoyed a coach trip to Richmond and , finishing School Friends’ with a tea at Murgatroyds Fish Restaurant in Association Yeadon. General opinion was that it had We held a ‘Back to School’ event in the been an excellent day out. playground on a Friday afternoon in The last Social event will be our Christmas September. The children enjoyed a penalty W. RILEY Lunch on the 13th December at the Coniston shootout, bouncy castle, hook a duck and face- Bay Horse painting. Thanks to all who came and to Mrs – Plastering Hotel, Coniston Cold, again for members Ellers Road, Sutton-in-Craven and guests. The cost is being much Armitage, who volunteered to go in the stocks. – Pebble Dashing subsidised from the legacy of our late Our Autumn Fair raised nearly a thousand – 25 years experience member, Duncan Clough. pounds, which we intend to use to benefit Tel: 01535 632219 the children’s education. Thanks to all who Telephone: Obviously, we need many new members, so attended. if you’re free on Tuesday mornings at Cross Hills 632919 Food Served 9.30am, why not come along to the Baptist We have produced School Calendars for 2007. All the children have their self-portrait Mobile: 07818 657599 SUNDAYS – 12 till 4.00pm Church Hall, Holme Lane, Sutton and give us printed by their birth month. They are a try. You are never too young or too old! Hollin Root Farm, available at school and cost £3.50. Sutton-in-Craven, TUESDAY – Music Night Ring Eric, 01535 630266 for any further Our school disco will be held in St Thomas’s Near Keighley BD20 7AU THURSDAY – Quiz Night encouragement. Hall on Saturday 10th March 2007. Christmas Services South Craven at St Thomas’ Church Elderly Initiative Sunday 3rd December Group 10.30am Family Service Once again we would like to alert Elderly Includes a presentation of the Nativity and Vulnerable People, do be aware story by the children of the Sunday School. there seems to be no end to the methods Sunday 17th December Crooks are using to part us from our hard 6.00pm Christingle Service earned cash. The latest scam is that you A short and popular service for all ages receive a card posted through your door with story, carols and the presentation of from a company called PDS (Parcel the Christingle Oranges. Delivery Service) suggesting that they Sunday 24th December were unable to deliver a parcel and you - Christmas Eve must contact them on 0906 6611911 (a 10.30am Holy Communion premium rate number) DO NOT CALL this 6.30pm Traditional Service of Lessons and number, as it is a mail scam originating PAINTER & Carols from Belize. If you call this number and 11.30pm Midnight Holy Communion you hear the beginning of a recorded message you will already have been DECORATOR Monday 25th December billed £15 for the phone call. If you - Christmas Day receive a card with these details, please ROBERT HORTON Girls’ Brigade 10.30am Service of Holy Communion for contact ICSTIS (the Premium Rate Service 1st Craven Girls’ Brigade has vacancies all the family. Regulator). We are passing on this 3 Hall Close, for girls aged 5-16years. We met on Children (and any adults) are encouraged message from Help The Aged. Sutton-in-Craven Thursday evenings at South Craven to bring one of their Christmas gifts to A recent survey conducted by Baptist Church, Holme Lane, Sutton. show to the Vicar and congregation. Northumbrian Water found that less than Tel: 01535 634194 Tel Rhonda on 636715 for details. 23% of Elderly People are drinking the Mobile: 07974 320649 recommended amount of water per day, Senior Citizens’ Centre which is 8 glasses. This does seem a lot The Senior Citizens’ Centre on North Street but do keep trying - the benefits are has been given a new lease of life. New worthwhile. windows have been fitted thanks to grants Winter Fuel Payments are now in the of £1000 from the Catalyst Fund Awards for process of being paid. Do be sure you are All Lottery, £500 from Craven District registered and receive yours. Unit 2, Railway Goods Yard, Council, £100 from Sutton Parish Council Cross Hills, Keighley, BD20 7DS and £1000 from NYCC Craven Area Members of South Craven Elderly Tel: 01535 634449 Committee. With replacement chairs too, a Initiative Group would like to wish warmer and more comfortable experience is everyone a Happy and Healthy Christmas. available for meetings or events on a casual For further information please contact Gill We are or regular basis with reasonable charges. Birks on 01535 634097 or Barbara Smith here A donation of sufficient material for new on 01535 632083. curtains has also been received from Luxor Upholstery of Goulbourne St, Keighley. * For further information call Kath Emmott Sutton Village on 01535 63503. Committee Hare & Life President: Hounds Roy Wilkinson Tel 634343 Lothersdale Tel: 630977 Sutton Amateur Chairman: David Harrison-Young Tel 636639 Food served Operatic & Treasurer: 12.00 noon - 2.00 pm Chris Todd Tel 636959 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm Dramatic Society Events Secretary: 7 days a week Wed 5th to Sat 9th Christine Young Tel 636639 including Sundays December Bar Manager: Christine Young Tel 636639 There is now a regular in The Village Hall Sutton Bus Service to Lothersdale Secretary: Annual Traditional Family Pantomime Jacky Dickinson Tel 633008 Beer Garden with Aviary • Pool Room Members: BABES IN THE WOOD Stuart Robinson Tel 634275 Christine Robinson Tel 634275 Sutton Art Club Evening performances at 7.15pm Bob Young Tel 636639 Saturday Matinee at 2.15pm Meetings are held on Wednesday James Jennings Tel 07985 206822 Full price £5.00 Concessions £4.00 evenings at the Senior Citizens’ Centre, Tony Emmott Tel 633972 Four tickets for the same performance £16.00 North Street, Sutton from 7pm to 9pm. Tickets available from The Londis Store, New members always welcome. We Sutton; Forget Me Not, Cross Hills or the currently have a selection of pictures on Booking Office on 01535 632289 display in the park pavilion. Next Year’s Show will be SUMMER HOLIDAY 13th Dec - Christmas Party 20th & 27th Dec - Christmas Break Chairman’s 3rd Jan 2007 - Practical session 10th Jan - Library Christmas Message (& practical session) I would like to thank all the members of Sutton Village Committee for all their help 24th Jan - Mr David Thomas, and support as Vice Chairman and now as Demonstration & Workshop in Mono Chairman, a special thanks goes to Stuart printing - please bring aprons Robinson for his leadership and for being 7th Feb - Still Life such a tough act to follow! A big thank you to all the volunteers for helping at our 21st Feb - Mrs Louise Limb, many events. Also to the attendees who’s Criticism Evening support enables these events to grow from For further details contact Bryan Gill strength to strength. Wishing you all a (01535) 633106 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Parish Council News Sutton Cricket Club Crosshills F. C. 1. Wild Life Garden. Responsibility for this The season had an exciting finish for the I am, at this moment, looking at the 2005 1st Team. Needing to either win or draw EmmottEmmott && has been taken over by the rejuvenated December issue of the “Village News” and Conservation Group. This is an ongoing their final game to secure promotion they I was reporting doom and gloom on the venture but once suitably established lost by only 2 runs off the final ball of the worst start to a season I could remember. residents and visitors of all ages will be last game of the season. However the Happily, I can deliver a much more BradleyBradley invited to enjoy this peaceful corner of the closest teams to them in the league table encouraging report this year. At this stage village. also lost enabling Sutton to be promoted of the season both teams are in a good David Brook to Division 1 of the Craven & District position in their respective divisions and 2. Youth Facility. The many challenges have Cricket League next season. Funeral Service been surmounted and we anticipate the pod playing some good football. will be erected early in the New Year. Despite a win in the last game of the The football field itself is in superb season the 2nd team were relegated to Chapel of Rest, 3. The bus shelter opposite the C.E. School condition thanks to a good Summer and Division 5. rain falling at the right time to promote a Keighley Road, Cowling recently suffered an astonishing amount of healthy grass growth. Even so, the pitch vandalism and it was necessary to call in a The average winners for the season were: would be nowhere near as good without builder to reconstruct a section of a 1st XI Batting - Chris Capstick For personal 24 hour service the dedication and hard work of our supporting pillar which had been torn down. 1st XI Bowling - Justin Holdsworth 2nd XI Batting - Dave Clark groundsman, Bruce Hargreaves, who contact: 4. The Christmas decorations, which are 2nd XI Bowling - David Holdsworth spends hours looking after it. Visiting now brightening up the village on this Allan Happs Trophy winner - teams are always impressed at the festive occasion, were sponsored by the Simon Doane standard of the playing surface. R. Clark - 01535 652918 Village Committee. Whilst the new, taller Les Town Memorial Trophy winner - Both junior teams are playing well and lamp posts were being erected, the Ros Suri producing some superb football. They are D. Brook - 01535 633488 opportunity was taken to install the Batemen Trophy winner - beginning to attract quite a few spectators necessary electrical fittings. The Village Chris Capstick at home fixtures and many positive Serving the South Craven villages Committee is to be congratulated on the The club held its annual awards dinner at comments are made on the standard of the for over 35 years fund raising, hard work and organisational Steeton Hall in November. As the club football produced. skills which brought this ambitious project ‘closes down’ during the winter we thank I couldn’t let the opportunity go by without to such an impressive conclusion. NAFD Prepayment scheme available all those who have helped in the running thanking our new sponsors and hosts at of the club, in particular our sponsors the “Black Bull” for their hospitality on whose support has once again been match days, we do appreciate it. invaluable and greatly appreciated. We wish you all a merry Xmas and very best As we approach the end of 2006 it doesn’t wishes for the New Year. seem like two minutes since this time last year. No doubt the approaching Winter David Holdsworth weather will present a few problems, not many I hope. I wish all the club members a successful season - if we maintain the   standard of play set so far there is no RIP reason why it can’t be. October saw the demise of two of On behalf of the club, I wish all the readers Sutton-in-Craven’s oldest residents. of the “News” a Merry Christmas and a Mr Oliver Smith, 90 years, who was happy and peaceful New Year. born in Aden and farmed at Lower I must close now, I have to write my letter Hill Top until his retirement and Mr to Santa Claus. George Walker, 91 years, who’s sporting interests included football, All the best. cricket and bowls.) Barrie Pearce (Chairman) J.P. Mewies & Co. Cross Hills SOLICITORS Naturalists’ Society Carols in How can we help? Meetings held in St Peter’s Church, Cross Hills at 7.00pm unless stated otherwise. Wills the Park Conveyancing 9th Dec - Christmas Supper in the Saturday 9th December Family Law Schoolroom at 6.00pm in Sutton Park 13th Jan - Otters and Water Voles of Personal Injury With choirs from both Primary Yorkshire 01756 799000 27th Jan - New Climates, New Crops, Schools and New Pests “Six Beats to the Bar”. 10th Feb - AGM at 6.30pm followed by Refreshments available in the Pavilion Sutton Playgroup Members’ Evening 24th Feb - The Duncan Clough Memorial South Craven Baptist Church Collection shared between schools’ Hall, Holme Lane Lecture Music Departments 10th Mar - How a Coral Reef Works Sessions; Mon, Wed, Thurs, Sutton Village Queen Fri, 9.00 am - 11.30 am Microscope Meetings take place on the *** *** will switch on the Christmas Lights Fri, extended to 1.00 pm for 2nd Thursday of each month at 6.45pm in Pre-Schoolers only Sutton Senior Citizens’ Centre. 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