The Hovingham and Scackleton Newsletter April 2019
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The Hovingham and Scackleton Newsletter April 2019 Welcome to the Hovingham and Scackleton Newsletter What a good time of the year to be living in Hovingham or Scackleton! The snowdrops and acolytes, which have given us such pleasure, have now died away but at the time of writing the daffodils are in full flower. Before you read this, the clocks will have gone forward an hour and we can expect to have long sunny evenings in which to enjoy the primroses and tulips and all the other flowers to be found in our gardens. This issue of the Newsletter includes all the regular articles, but as always, something new. Look especially at Caroline’s article on the Co-op movement and the way in which Hovingham has involved. Also, find time to examine the early results of the village survey. Whatever you find of interest, we hope that there is something in this month’s issue to catch your eye. And, don’t forget we all have summer to look forward to. Eddie Lucas Keep those stories coming to newsletter @hovingham.org.uk - Next edition copy deadline is 20th May 2019 Defibrillator now in Hovingham Hovingham now has a Defibrillator, which is located on the front wall of the Village Hall, in addition to the unit already located at the GP Surgery and in the old Scackleton phone box. 27 attended a Hovingham training course on 23rd March. Defibrillators are very easy to use. You don't need training to use one. The machine gives clear spoken instructions – all you have to do is follow them - and the machine won’t shock someone unless they need it. Thank you to Murray Stewart for organising the Defibrillation and the support of the George Bristow Charitable Trust, Howardian Hills AONB, Hovingham Tennis Club, Hovingham Village Hall, Hovingham Village Market and London Hearts. A guide to using the Defibrillator is included in this Newsletter. We collect over 60 sacks of rubbish each year as well as old bags, tyres, bottles and other detritus Contact: [email protected] or (01653)-628364 Published and © 2019 by The Hovingham & Scackleton Newsletter Group. Views are not necessarily those of Group or Parish Council Hovingham Village Survey latest - analysis phase now ending 2 We thank you again for taking the time to fill out the Questionnaires. With 84% of Households and 77% of those who received a Personal Questionnaire responding, this was slightly up on the 2009 Survey. Project Purple Team are now finalising the analysis and expect later in April to have the results for you. We are likely to produce a brief report of findings and deliver this to all households and made the full details (anonymous) available to any that want them. It is then likely we will organise a ‘get together with the community’ to discuss the results and see what can be taken further. The Project Purple team, Kim, Frank, Caroline, Monica, Tony, Mark, Phil and Ann Coffee in the Garden - raising funds for Church Repairs • Enjoy the delights of these gardens – Everyone welcome Saturday 10am to 12.30 on these dates 8th June Murray and Rosemary Stewart, Westfield, Mossburn Drive, 15th June Peter and Jane Richardson Corner of Park Street and Church Street 22nd June Two adjoining small gardens Richard and Jo Senior and Frank and Kim Colenso 33 and 31 Pasture Lane We would like to thank all the owners of their gardens for their kind support Entrance fee £3 includes coffee and refreshments – with all proceeds to the Church repair fund Hovingham Tennis Club The birds are singing and the days are getting longer – it’s starting to look a lot like tennis season!!. Once again Hovingham Tennis Club will be fielding 2 teams in the Hovingham and District League. Along with 9 other clubs both our A and B teams will be vying for the top spot this season. All our home matches take place at Terrington Hall Prep school (it’s the best view from a tennis court in the north of England!) … come give us a cheer and wish us luck. A first half season update will be printed in the next newsletter along with second half fixtures. Here is our first half schedule: A team B Team Other notable dates 22 April at home v Raskelf 22 April away at Raskelf B Team Practices 6.30pm at Terrington 29 April away at Wigginton 29 April at home v Alne B Hall School Mon 8th and Mon 15th 6 May away at Terrington 6 May at home v Kirbymoorside B April 13 May away at Coxwold 13 May at home v Wigginton B Social Tournament on Sunday 30 June 20 May away at Crake 20 May at home v Malton B 27 May at home v Kirbymoorside 27 May away at Pickering A Coaching for adults - beginners and rusty 3 June away at Helmsley 3 June at home v Helmsley B racquets available 10 June at home v Malton 10 June away at Coxwold B 17 June at home v Alne 17 June away at Ryedale A Anyone interested in joining this amazing Tennis Club can contact Murray on 01653 628741. We are always looking for new members of any ability, we have a super court in the village along with a ball machine for practice. Debs Hugill The Hovingham Inn - a major renovation 3 We are currently still in the middle of major renovation work, as the property had fallen into quite a bad state of repair. It has taken time to renew every single part of the infrastructure, with a completely new heating system being installed, and the replacement of all the electrics. Looking forward to opening the doors in May hopefully, to a new look, a new tenant, and a new name, The Hovingham Inn. The pub will still be a welcoming country dining pub, and welcome drinkers, and people wanting a top-quality food experience. Please bear with us, we are trying to make something the village will be proud of. Martyn & Mary Greenwood. Look out for June’s feature – ‘Hovingham and Scackleton at War’ We are doing a feature in June -Hovingham and Scackleton at War, based on a World War two article found by Wendy Swann of Scackleton. We would welcome any other photos or stories for this feature, so dig out your albums and dust off your diaries. Personal stories would be very welcome. Contact: [email protected] Here is a little taster: Hovingham, Yorkshire, October 1942 Thomas Hugill addresses the local rabbit club in the village schoolroom at Hovingham. The rabbits are kept to provide extra meat for the members of the club and the skins are used for airmen's coats. (Does anyone know here this Photo was taken??) Use our Mobile Services MOBILE POST OFFICE - find it near the Village Shop pm pm am am Tuesday 2:30 to 2:45 Thursday 9:45 to 10:00 Postage stamps – Parcels post - Postage materials - Greeting cards. Banking of cash and cheques for most banks Euros and Dollars are normally available, plus other currencies with a day’s notice. HOVINGHAM SUPERMOBILE LIBRARY Supermobile Mondays 5pm – 7pm From 5pm to 7pm alternate Mondays (not public holidays) Parked on Hall Green, Church Street 1st April For adult and children’s books including large print books, DVD’s etc. 15th April Reserve books for collection at the mobile from the full NYCC Library 29th April catalogue. 13th May The staff are very helpful and can help with all your reservations and th book selection (Not 27 May) 4 Ian Ross Ian Ramsay Dallas Ross, long-time resident of Hovingham died on February 16th, 2019, aged 91. Ian was a much-loved father, father-in-law, grandfather, uncle and good friend to many. His funeral was held at Octon Crematorium Chapel near York, on Monday, March 4th, 2019 Donations if desired to the RNLI, Tel: 0300 300 0124, Sponsor Ref. 20933020 Fiona McGregor Hovingham Playground – a new team found The Playground is run entirely by volunteers and thanks to the generosity of the Market, Parish Council and others is, with the aid of running a Community Café at the Market, able to fund the annual costs of the playground. After our winter appeal, several new volunteers have come forward to help in the organising group, so a big thankyou to them. This new group will be meeting in April to plan the 2019 season. And thank you to the retiring team who have managed things for some 7 years - David Richardson, Rosemary Stewart, Carol Battersby, and Ann Chapman Look out for our working bees Help for an hour or so with maintenance, and it’s a lot of fun too? A few minor repairs, hedge trimming and inspections. We can provide the tools, just bring yourselves and a pair of gloves. Hovingham Market - whatever the weather 5 We started our market year in February with the occasional flutter of snow and sunshine. Hovingham seemed to have its own microclimate that day as the roads around Ryedale and across Yorkshire were more seriously impeded by ice and heavier snowfalls. This affected some of our stallholders who set off and experienced difficulty getting here. Visitor numbers were also slightly lower. Those that did make it, made our stallholders happy with many saying they’d had a good day. The Hovingham Church bell ringers provided further atmosphere as their practice session rang out across the village. The following month over 900 visitors enjoyed a fine March market; a contrast to 2018 when we had to cancel due to the snow and “beast from the East”.