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Issue No. 16 April/May 2010 Parish Council News Local Sporting Events Neighbourhood Watch Village Clubs Village Fundraising Events Moor Monkton History Part 1 Church News Weather Watch Moor Monkton Mercury No. 16 April/May 2010 1 Parish Council Owing to there having been no Parish Council Meeting since the last issue of The Mercury we include only a brief report. The next Parish Council meeting will be the Annual Meeting to be held in the Old Schoolroom on Tuesday 11th of May. Tockwith and Allerton Park Incinerators County Councillor John Savage has, with the support of Friends of the Earth and the Country Land and Business Association, organised a conference titled “Waste Disposal - The Burning Question”. The conference will be looking at both sides of the issue and will, no doubt, make reference to the two proposed “incinerators” at Tockwith and Allerton Park. At least one of our Parish Councillors Timmy Gordon amongst will be attending. the daffodils on Church Lane With regard to the BCB planning application at Tockwith, we are still awaiting developments over an appeal by BCB after the proposal was rejected. The Tockwith Residents Association are busy organising a united front against any appeal. See their web site at www.tockwith.net. The New Daffodils Thanks to the efforts of the bulb planters in October last year we were treated to an impressive first year display of daffodils at the junction of Church Lane and Red House Lane. See the picture above. Moor Monkton Web Site The web site (www.moormonkton.com) is fully working and has sections for the Parish Council, Schoolroom, Village Businesses, All Saints Church, the Village, Social Events and Clubs. The section on The Mercury seems to have disappeared - the editor will have to look into this! Overall the structure is there but it is still lacking in content. There are full details of the Schoolroom and minutes of the last Parish Council meeting have been posted. Viking - Nigel Harrison's winning photo in the There are one or two photos of the village and Mounted Print Section of the Photo Interest church. Group's photo competition Robin Gordon 2 Moor Monkton Mercury No. 16 April/May 2010 Neighbourhood Watch Thankfully no crimes have been reported in the village since the last newsletter. As summer is almost here the police are warning of sneak thieves when homeowners are in the back garden. Make sure front windows and doors are locked and garden equipment is safely stored and if possible all expensive tools are marked with your postcode. Also inform a neighbour when you go on holiday and the property is unoccupied. “Cold callers” and doorstep peddlers can be a problem at this time of year. NHW have two gatepost/fence signs which can deter unwelcome visitors. One has the NHW logo and the words “WE DO NOT BUY OR SELL AT THE DOOR” and the other has a hand stop sign and the words “NO COLD CALLERS OR UNINVITED SALES PEOPLE“. They are made of pvc and cost £1 each. For more information ring me on 738771 or go to www.nwatchharrogate.org.uk. The following vehicles are of interest to the police as they are believed to be related to a team of National Distraction Burglars. Ford Focus Estate NG08 EJY - Range Rover Sport YN56 URD - VW Touran LG56 RCZ Please report any sightings and, in particular, any locations where these vehicles are static to North Yorkshire Police on 0845 6060 247 and quote Operation Liberal. Please report immediately any suspect vehicle or person to the police on 0845 6060 247 and hopefully we will enjoy a crimefree summer. Sandra Wilson (NHW Co-ordinator) Winter Scene across the River Confluence - Toni Harrison's winning photo in the “Snow and Frost in Winter” Section of the Gardening Club's photo competition Moor Monkton Mercury No. 16 April/May 2010 3 Fundraising Events The Moor Monkton Book Sales Look out Waterstones, Oxfam beware, you have serious competition!! On February 20th the Old Schoolroom was transformed into the next best thing to the aforementioned booksellers. There were thousands of books in every shape, size and colour you could imagine. Titles as diverse as Bob the Builder to Grays Anatomy, there really was something for everybody. There was a huge selection of videos, cds, tapes and jigsaws on offer. The home made refreshments were a treat. A steady stream of customers hardly made a dint in the quantity of stock on sale so we had a second bite of the cherry when the Youth Club opened up the book sale the following Wednesday, and then a third bite, when we opened up again on Saturday the 27th. A tombola during the sale was run by the Youth Club and raised £57 for Youth Club funds. The book sale itself raised £204.56 which was shared between the church and the Schoolroom. Books, etc. that were left over were donated to the church for St Crux day, Sherriff Hutton Village for their book sale in March and to the Arthritis Society bookshop in Whip-ma-whop-ma-gate, York. Thank you to everyone who donated items and to the team of volunteers who manned the event. Thank you also to the customers and the Youth Club members. Truly a village event which benefited three village organisations and two outside organisations. Well done everyone. Christine Grice Snowdrops - Isobel Ashford’s winning picture in the “Spring Bulbs or Flowers in the Garden” class of the Gardening Club’s photo competition 4 Moor Monkton Mercury No. 16 April/May 2010 Church News Moor Monkton and Hessay Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) - All Saints Church Moor Monkton, St. John the Baptist Church Hessay and The Methodist Chapel Hessay. There are a number of interesting things happening in the parish in the coming months: The second midweek worship of the year will be held on Thursday May 6th in St. Johns Church Hessay at 7.30pm. An informal service in the Taize pattern for all ages to enjoy followed by coffee and cake. Also in Hessay - at the Chapel we have our second visit by Filey Fishermans Choir. On Sunday June 6th at 2.30pm the choir will lead the service, if you missed the opportunity to see and hear the choir last year then put the date in your diary now, they really are “not to be missed” experience. The service is followed by a full Yorkshire afternoon tea. In Moor Monkton on Saturday July 31st there will be a strawberry tea in the Old Schoolroom from 3.30 to 5pm. Proceeds from this event will be shared between church and schoolroom. Please come and support our two village community buildings. Following the successful installation of electricity into All Saints Moor Monkton, the PCC have launched the St. Johns Hessay Electricity Project. Hessay and Moor Monkton are one parish with two churches. The parish church is All Saints and St. Johns is a daughter church sometimes referred to as a chapel of ease. It is expected to cost around £12000 to install electricity into St. Johns and we have got off to a great start with a “Grand Walk” which was the initiative of our curate Revd Roy Shaw who walked around all the churches in the benefice, a distance of some 24 miles. Accompanied by a number of his friends and parishioners, the walk went without hitch and was successfully completed. Sponsorship is still coming in but, at the time of writing, some £689 has been received. The church fundraising day held at St Crux, York in March raised £942.45 which is divided between the three churches in our LEP. Thank you everyone for donations of goods and help on the day. A warm, sunny and dry day was enjoyed by all who participated. Spring in the churchyards is a truly wonderful season. The carpet of snowdrops has faded in the churchyard at All Saints and has been followed by hosts of golden daffodils. If you look a little further you will see a plethora of wild flowers, making an appearance just now are many primroses which will soon be followed by bluebells, cowslips and buttercups to name but a few. The churchyard at St. Johns has an even better collection of wildflowers which for a few years now have been gathered after seeding and taken to various locations where wild flower meadows are being reinstated. Christine Grice Moor Monkton Mercury No. 16 April/May 2010 5 Village Sporting Events Spring is with us and with that comes much outdoor activity in and around the village. There are several events occurring which either produce extra noise or traffic, or both, so we thought it a good idea to use the Mercury to inform people about these events with a list of dates. York Autograss Club The start to the season was delayed when subsidence of the banks of the Foss drain that flows past the field caused considerable flooding over the winter. The Marston Moor Drainage Board had to be called in before work could begin on preparing the field. The first meeting on the 5th of April was cancelled due too poor ground conditions but the Mens National Qualifier held on the 18th of April benefited from perfect conditions. The good news for villagers concerned about the noise caused by these events is that the noise levels of each car have been reduced to 102dB, whereas they had been previously up to 108dB. It has to be said that George Capper, who runs the events, appears genuinely concerned about the effects of the Autograss track on the neighbourhood.