2017-08-09 Gargrave & C Cold Parish Magazine
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GARGRAVE & CONISTON COLD Parish Magazine AUGUst/SeptemBer 2017 £1 Inside this issue CONTACTS Situations vacant St Andrew’s Church, Gargrave www.standrewsgargrave.org.uk Old music hall anecdotes Vicar Revd David Houlton The Vicarage, Church Lane, 748468 Dragon’s skydive [email protected] Churchwardens Shocking state of stocks Peter Poulter [email protected] 748944 Mike Maiden [email protected] School leaver portraits 07876 886313 Organist Susan Watkiss 798660, [email protected] PCC secretary Hugh Turner Kirk Syke, High Street, 748117 Treasurer Nick Sands 58 High Street, 748000 Gift Aid Sarah Curtis 11 Marton Road, 748510 St Peter’s Church, Coniston Cold Vicar Revd David Houlton as above Churchwardens Nick Bannister Airebridge Farmhouse, Bell Busk Michelle Pickles 749526 Church Close Farm Treasurer Brenda Northrop 749212 [email protected] PCC & Electoral Jacqui Coates 749300 Roll Secretary Gargrave Parish Council www.gargravepc.org.uk Clerk Kathryn Ashby 668209 [email protected] Coniston Cold Parish Council Clerk Rachel Jones 01756 748125 Gargrave C of E Primary School www.gargrave.n-yorks.sch.uk Head teacher Sarah Peel 749433 [email protected] Gargrave PrePre----SchoolSchool www.gargravepreschool.co.uk Leaders Lizzie Hall and 748377 [email protected] Ingham Photography, 07740 339021 [email protected] Judith Metcalfe Gargrave Village Hall Dates for your diary Bookings Christine Town 749730 [email protected] 19 August Gargrave Show Coniston Cold Village HallHallHall (The Richard Tottie Memorial Hall) Bookings Brenda Northrop 749212 [email protected] 23 September Gargrave Village Hall jumble sale 19-22 October Autumn Arts and Crafts show Parish magazine www.gargravemag.co.uk Editors and Beatrice Faulkner 2 Riversway, Gargrave, 749443 advertising Duncan Faulkner [email protected] OCTOBER ISSUE EDITORIAL DEADLINE: 10 SEPTEMBER Subscriptions Ron Humphreys 6 St Roberts Close, 748779 [email protected] 01756 749443 Prayer Circle www.gargravemag.co.uk Place a written request in the box on the wall behind St Andrew’s church’s font Printed in Skipton by Ellesmere Press on FSC recycled paper Craven HHeralderald Neighbourhood News correspondent for Gargrave Caroline Thompson [email protected] 749235 / 07989 585564 29 DAVID’S DESPATCHES DIARY FOR AUGUST & SEPTEMBER WE ALL LOVE OUR PETSPETS:: We put ourselves out for them – often taking our dogs out for walks several times a day – and spoiling our cats rotten - judging by the ConiConi����onon Cold exotic cat food adverts on the TV nowadays! Sun 6 Aug 9.30am Holy Communion, Church Sandy, the vicarage greyhound, loves going out for walks. How he behaves on walks has really changed over the last three years: now he sniffs round, plays Sun 13 Aug 4pm Evensong, Church with the other dogs, and chases about like a normal pet. He also pays much more Sun 20 Aug 9.30am Holy Communion, Church attention to what’s going on around him – before he hardly looked round and Sun 27 Aug 4pm Evensong, Church seemed petrified to do anything other than what you told him to! He’s also got used to the rhythm of life in the vicarage – alert when we finish eating ‘cos it’s his turn next, and eyes flashing and tongue hanging out when Heather and I are on Sun 3 Sep 9.30am Holy Communion, Church our day off. But whining when we haven’t given him his lunch yet, and curled up Sun 10 Sep 4pm Evensong, Church on his bed when Sunday comes and we’re both going to be out all morning. Even Sun 17 Sep 9.30am Holy Communion, Church when we’re both going, out he knows he can trust; that we care; that he is part of the family. Sun 24 Sep 5pm HARVEST FESTIVAL We love animals, so Heather and I are Stewarding the Dog Section at the Sun 1 Oct 9.30am Holy Communion, Church Gargrave Show again at 1pm on Saturday 19th August – do come - lots of rosettes to be won! And we’re having a Family Pet Service in church too – at 10.45 on Sunday 6th August at St Andrew’s Gargrave, following the July one in Coniston Gargrave Cold. Fun and blessings for the whole family... Every pet welcome (provided it can Thurs 3 Aug Walking for Health, bus dep Gargrave Summerseat 1059 for Ireby walk fit through the church door safely)! Sun 6 Aug 8am BCP Communion, Pets are part of the family, aren’t they. And they help us understand how God thinks about us too. God wants us to feel part of His family and part of the 1015am Coffee, preceding 10.45am FAMILY PET SERVICE, Church wider human family. He wants us to know in our hearts that He feels about us a bit 6pm Oasis ––– quiet reflective service, Church like we feel for our pets: that He cares for us; that He will be with us whatever Wed 9 Aug WI meeting 7pm for 7.30pm, Village Hall Annexe: "The work of the happens; that we can trust Him. And, of course, He wants us to know that is how Yorkshire Air Ambulance" - Speaker Helen Collear. we feel about each other too: that we are part of a community that cares about us; that will be with us through everything; that we can trust. Fri 11 Aug Picnic supper dance with live Music from Elizabeth Harrison. Village Hall. 7.30pm-11pm Bucking the trend of isolation, many people in the 21st century Britain have discovered the healthy, happy life that flows from living in a community that Sat 12 Aug Coffee morning in aid of Village Hall funds, 10am, Village Hall knows and loves them, and getting close to God who really is there. Those extra Sun 13 8am Prayer BBookook Communion, 10.45am Sung EucharistEucharist,,,, Church dimensions of life enrich us personally. So we “Love in three dimensions”: God, Fuchsia and Geranium Show. Village Hall, pm neighbour, and ourselves. Mon 14 Aug Parish Council Meeting. 7.15pm, Village Hall Annexe As Jesus said, the greatest commandments are to: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” and to “Love your Wed 16 Aug Gargrave V. Hall Management meeting, Comm Room 1, 7.30pm neighbour as yourself.” May we, like our pets, know that we are loved and Thurs 17 Aug Walking for Health, bus dep Summerseat 1059 for Long Preston cherished - by God, by our neighbours, and by ourselves. And have a healthy, happy, wholesome summer! Sat 19 Aug Gargrave Show from 9am, Eshton Road Show Ground Sun 20 8am Prayer Book Communion, 10.45am Morning Prayer, Church Vacancies for church cleaners to come on the St Andrew’s rota, Wed 23 Aug Bingo, 7.30pm, Village Hall and for extra sidesmen too. Sat 26 Aug Coffee morning in aid of Village Hall funds, 10am, Village Hall Please consider offering your services – many hands make light work! Sun 2277 Aug 8am Prayer Book Communion, 10.45am Holy Baptism, ChChurchurch To join the rota, please contact Janie on 748970 2 1 1 2 Broadway Fairs Flea Market, Collectables & Craft Fair. 10am-10am--- RRRegularRegular weekly and biweekly Gargrave events 3.30pm, Village Hall MondayMondayssss:::: Mon 28 Aug Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee Flea Market, Collectable 9 am Morning Prayer, Church (most weeks) & Craft Fair. 10am-4pm. Village Hall. 1.30pm Art Club, Village Hall Committee Room 1 2pm Bingo, Gargrave Community Centre on Neville Crescent Sat 2 Sept Coffee morning in aid of Village Hall funds, 10am, Village Hall 7.45pm Modern Sequence Dancing, Village Hall Sun 3 Sep 8am Prayer Book Communion, 7.30pm Bell ringing, Church 10am Family Breakfast, 10.45am FAMILY SERVICE TuesdayTuesdayssss:::: 9 am Communion Service, Church 6pm Oasis ––– quiet reflective service, Church 9.30am Gargrave Tuesday Club Cycling, dep The Dalesman Cafe Mon 4 Sep Show Meeting. Village Hall Annexe 8pm 10 am Heritage Group, Church Wed 6 Sep Fuchsia & Geranium meeting. Committee Room 1. Village Hall. 7.30pm 10 am Pilates with Bee Faulkner, Village Hall (term time, resumes 12 Sept) Thurs 7 Sep Walking for Health, bus dep Summerseat 1059 for Ingleton 11.30am Standing/Sitting Pilates with B Faulkner, V.Hall (again resumes 12 Sept) 10.30am Adult Tennis Coaching and Social Tennis (weather permitting) Fri 8 Sep Picnic supper dance with live music from Elizabeth Harrison. Village 12.30pm Alternate Tuesdays – lunch at Gargrave Community Centre on Neville Hall. 7.30 -11 pm Crescent, followed by games. £4.50, no need to book Sun 10 Sep 8am Prayer Book Communion, 10.45am Sung Eucharist, Church 2pm Craft and Chat, Church Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee Flea Market, pm Brownies & Rainbows (school term only) Collectable & Craft Fair. 10am10am----4pm.4pm. Village Hall. pm Tap dancing lessons, Village Hall Annexe (term time only) Mon 11 Sep Parish Council Meeting. 7.15pm, Village Hall Annexe pm Pilates with Cate Davies, Village Hall Annexe Wed 13 Sep WI meeting 7pm for 7.30pm, Village Hall Annexe: "The life of Sir WednesdayWednesdayssss:::: Norman Wisdom" - Speaker Pat Osborne 9 am Morning Prayer, Church (most weeks) 9.30am Gentle Hatha Yoga, Village Hall Annexe Fri 15 Sept Library Film night: “Sully”, 7pm for 7.30pm, Village Hall 9.30am Twins and Multiple Birth Group, Village Hall Sat 16 Sep Coffee morning in aid of Village Hall funds, 10am, Village Hall 10 am Caterpillar Club, Church Sun 17 Sep 8am Prayer Book Communion, 10.45am Morning Prayer, Church 1.30 pm Over 60’s, Village Hall Annexe Wed 20 Sep Gargrave V. Hall Management meeting, Comm Room 1, 7.30pm 6.30pm Water Colour painting class, Village Hall Annexe ThursdayThursdays: Talk by Dave Stannard “Living in East Jerusalem as a Human Rights 9am Phoenix Club, the Anchor, alternate weeks Observer”, 7 for 7.30pm, Village Hall 9.30am Water Colour painting class, Village Hall Annexe Thur 21 Sep Walking for Health : Kirkby Malham, meet Gargrave V.