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Nunnington News January 2021 Free NUNNINGTON NEWS For all the People of Nunnington, Ness & Muscoates Parish News | Event Calendar | Church News | January 2021 What a year It seems that the parish too is needing help please call… even different. There is a new if you just want a chat. Chatting This time last year, dear Margaret closeness. We have welcomed always welcome, especially from put in a request to pass the and met new residents, now those alone at home. Newsletter on to ‘someone who know our neighbours, have It will all be all right in the end; would enjoy it’. helped each other, swopped and if it is not alright, it is not the plants, books and advice. We end! Soon it will be. With a surge of enthusiasm, I have partied outdoors and thought, ‘I could do that’. Then I prayed together when we could. Clang realised that I couldn’t. So I suggested to Tracey that we For all our enforced ‘social could do it together and it would distancing’, there seems a ‘social Contents be fun…. closening’ and our little world is Parish news 2 - 5 better for it. Albert Rutson (son of Countryside matters 6 - 9 And then we realised that we William who bought Nunnington Pastoral 10 couldn’t… and so Jeremy got Hall in 1839) wrote : ‘asked to help’. Pandemic update 11 “No place in the world has so Newsletter update 11 This time last year, we had never much the feeling of being ’out of Short story 12 - 13 heard of words like Covid, the world’ as Nunnington. Let us Historic Nunnington 14 - 20 Corona or lockdown and we hope that changing times will not 2020 in pictures 21 walked happily into 2020. affect Nunnington too drastically”. Creative page 22 Noticeboard 23 Everything was different. Meanwhile, please keep looking Diary 24 Everything is different. after each other - anyone � Nunnington Village website Page 1 � Nunnington Facebook Group Nunnington News January 2021 Free Parish News 1 - People Four pages of hatches, matches, dispatches, arrivals, departures, events happened or about to happen - and a few photos. Marian Rutter Now, after a long hard-working Arriving soon life, she is at rest. John and Hayley Blakemore A bright star in the sky.’ and their dog Meg are moving into the old Methodist Chapel at John, Clive, Jane, Lucy & Henry the end of January. We wish Rutter them all a very warm welcome. Arrived December Arriving in July A big welcome to Digby Edward Many congratulations as well to Smith, who arrived safely on 8th Jenny and Dom Sugars, who are December. He is now at home on expecting their first baby in July. Rectory Lane, living with Mum Best wishes for a safe pregnancy Poppy and Dad Ben - their first from us all. MARIAN RUTTER child. Margaret Timbrell The family send thanks to As you are probably aware, News from Scarborough! You everyone for their wishes, cards Marian Rutter died in the first may have heard that Margaret and presents. week of January. Marian had Timbrell has been a bit under been ill for some time. However, the weather recently after a brush she was always so cheerful , with the Corona virus. interested and concerned for others, and our thoughts and She has been convalescing at St. prayers are with the family. Cecilia’s. However, we hear from Sue Binks she is back at Marian’s funeral is on Thursday Dulverton with a care package, 14th January at 13:30, limited to daily help and her books, 30 mourners. It is hoped the pictures and sea view where she cortege will drive through the is hopefully regaining her village on the way to the church strength and enthusiasm for life. to allow us to pay our respects. Our thoughts and prayers remain In the meantime, Marian’s family with you, Margaret. have written this tribute to all who cared for Marian. DIGBY SMITH ‘We would like to thank everyone The best Christmas present! in the village who has given us their support through this difficult Dan and Esme Bulmer at West time. Barn received the best Christmas present they have ever had. Baby The Ampleforth surgery has Maisie was born safely and all is been wonderful in their support well. Maisie is a new sister for and all the carers, especially Tabitha and Betsy. Caroline, who has been a tremendous help to us and Many congratulations to both staying with Mum in her final families, and our hopes for a hours. long, happy and healthy life. MARGARET TIMBRELL � Nunnington Village website Page 2 � Nunnington Facebook Group Nunnington News January 2021 Free Parish News 2 - Events Food bank donations of left-over fabric. Nice, but not A huge thank you to all who enough to make anything useful, donated to the food bank before until she thought of masks. Christmas. Donations this year ‘Oh, the excitement of coloured were incredibly generous. elastic arriving in the post! And Deborah Digby took a car full of then the new fabric when I had food up to the Brambles Estate in used all my ‘bits’! Sad, really.’ Middlesborough the Monday writes Clang. after the Christmas carols and ‘I have lost count of how many delivered them to Jane Emson masks I have made, but making for distribution around the estate. them made me feel vaguely Jane sends her heartfelt thanks useful and raised £170 in and says that our donations have donations to Ryedale Dog Yorkshire coast, the wild helped to make a real difference Rescue and the Dogs’ Trust. landscapes of the south to the many, many families with Pennines, and the dramatic whom she works. mountains of the lake District. The Turkey Auction The book was completed in After the sad cancellation of the Nunnington, the perfect setting over-65s Christmas lunch, our for the final edits before going to unused turkey decided to find a press. home for itself for Christmas. Our website It generously put itself up for Many, many thanks to Mary auction, raising £60 in the Thew for her hard work setting process for a grand parish post- up the parish website. Mary has virus bun-fight. now handed over the day-to-day running of the site to Fran Many thanks to Dave Wilson for Osborne and Tracey Phillips. the turkey, to Tracey Phillips and Fran is first port of call for any Fran Osborne for organising the website suggestions or queries. auction, and all who placed bids. Thanks to everyone who bought one - I hesitate to say that I hope Table-top sale you enjoy wearing them, but I can say that I hope we can burn We are planning a table-top sale, them all in a few months time!’ when permitted, to raise funds for the village. if you are having a Dramatic Landscapes spring clean please hold on to Congratulations to artist Robert anything that might sell. Dutton from Rectory Lane, whose Hovingham playground book Drawing Dramatic Landscapes will be published by Tory Harris asks for our support New Search Press on 3 February. in an appeal to raise funds for the playground in Hovingham. This is The book is the culmination of a wonderful facility for children Masks for the dogs nearly three years of painting and from both villages. Please When the last lockdown began drawing the wild landscapes of support if you can. Contact Tory Clang found a drawer full of bits the North York Moors, the through our Facebook group. � Nunnington Village website Page 3 � Nunnington Facebook Group Nunnington News January 2021 Free Parish News 3 - Community Police Community Support Team Annie Simpson, previously the Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) for the Pickering area, has taken up a new appointment at North Yorkshire Police as a Digital PCSO. She is part of a team using social media platforms and forums to engage with and build rapport with local communities online, including welfare checks, real time conversations and safety awareness advice. Digital PCSOs offer the same OUR BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN THE WIND AND RAIN physical services and support people receive on the street. Christmas carols umbrella soon had ‘Panda eyes’ from mascara running down her Please support Annie and don’t hesitate to ask her for help via On Saturday, 19th December at cheeks!) the North Yorkshire Police 6.00 pm, we held our very Sue took the service, Adam website, Facebook page, Twitter original and unique Carol Collier played his portable account or by email. Service, outdoors and socially organ. We all sang! distanced, in the churchyard. Free virtual business The seven lessons were read by The church wardens hung Paul Jackson, Christine Foxton, coffee morning twinkling lights all around, Anya Clive, Adam Collier, Jo erected a gazebo tent for the Pickard, Richard Murray-Wells Lesley Barlow, an experienced Readers and Sue Binks, and the and Alastair Stewart. sales and marketing consultant is Village Hall committee provided hosting a FREE Zoom Sales and a large urn of much appreciated It was really wonderful. Heartfelt Marketing Insights coffee mulled wine. We had heaters and thanks to one and all who worked morning, on Thursday 28 Jan, a wood fire to keep us warm. so hard to create such a very 10.00am. special service. It was quite beautiful. It’s an opportunity to share Clang business development thoughts, At exactly 5.55pm, it started to questions and ideas, to support rain and blow, but nothing those that feel they would benefit daunted, a great many of us from help in these difficult times. made our way to the churchyard and sang lustily, gripping our If this session might help you, service sheets in the teeth of the send an email to Lesley at strong wind and heavy rain, [email protected] and which somehow made it all the she’ll send you a Zoom invitation more memorable.