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REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD ISSUE NO. 282 DECEMBER 2019 Two Dales Local News REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD First Thoughts . Last Christmas What is your all time favourite Christmas song? It’s a very difficult question to answer and can change each year...BUT for me it’s ‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! I remember Christmas 1984 when it lost out to ‘Do they know it’s Christmas’ by Band Aid, for the no.1 spot. It’s arguably the best song never to get to No.1. ‘Last Christmas’ was written by George Michael, then aged 21, in the summer of 1984. It was composed in so wise about life, love etc. He left a his childhood bedroom whilst Andrew wonderful legacy of songs. Happy Ridgeley (his Wham! partner) was Christmas George. downstairs watching television and Despite all of that the editor’s: probably blow-drying his hair. The song was then recorded August ‘last Christmas was a bit 1984, in a studio full with Christmas rubbish !’ decorations. Incredibly George wrote, produced, performed and played every Happy Christmas to all readers instrument, even though he had no Mike B musical training. No Apologies for all the Christmas George died Christmas Day 2016 imagery in this edition. (what a sad coincidence) and before that he had already given permission Gazette Archives for this years Christmas film, ‘Last All Gazette editions are available Christmas’ to be made. The film is online at www.2dales.org.uk written by Emma Thompson who in a recent TV appearance, said of meeting Cover Picture. with George, “He was just the loveliest ‘The whitesmith’s cottage in guy you could imagine.” winter’ is the title of this beautiful The story of the writing of another 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle published of his classics, ‘Careless Whisper’ is by Falcon de luxe. Painted by the again impressive. He wrote that song artist Dominic Davison. sitting on a bus age 18 for pete’s sake. The Merry Christmas lettering The genius and maturity of George and more Christmas clipart in this Michael at such a young age is clear to gazette were downloaded from free see. I have no idea how he was clipart site at https:// www.clipart.email/ 2 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Published by Gazette Management The Reeth & District Gazette Team Ltd. Company Number: 06541854 Chairman: James Alderson c/o The Company Secretary Greenways, Grinton, Richmond Andrew Bedford, Glory Be, Blades DL11 6HJ Richmond, North Yorkshire DL11 6PS Tel: 01748 884312 E-mail: [email protected] Tel./Fax: 01748 886974 Secretary: Sue Alderson Email:[email protected] Holme View, Low Row, Richmond, No material may be reproduced in DL11 6PE whole or in part without permission. 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The Cottage, Healaugh, Richmond, Email:[email protected] DL11 6UA DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ITEMS FOR JANUARY GAZETTE IS 30TH NOVEMBER 3 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD David Trusson Members of the Management team, past and present were very saddened to hear of the recent death of David. For over 10 years he served as our Treasure, always generous with his time and a voice of calm and wisdom. He will be much missed. Dales Web Solutions All aspects of Web site design Visit: www.daleswebsolutions.co.uk Email: [email protected] Tel: 01969 666174 Mobile: 07931 822736 IAN REYNOLDSON ELECTRICAL For all your electrical needs No job too small Tel. 01748 886725 Mobile: 07814547339 Music Tuition for all ages with www.colinbaileymusic.co.uk 07711 211169 Drums & Percussion; Vocals; Piano & Keyboards; Music Theory; ‘Get Musical’ Workshops. ANDY MALTON LTD – REETH GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR Dry lining/ plastering/ ceiling work Roofing/ pointing/ guttering work Most building repair work carried out Free estimates - No job too small 01748 884621 / 07837645104 [email protected] 4 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Charity Quiz Night Supporting FCN Charity John and Ian’s next Charity Quiz Night will take place in Reeth Memorial Hall on Saturday 25th January at 7.00pm. The charity to be supported will be FCN “The Farmers Community Network”. This is a voluntary organisa- tion and charity that seeks to support Mini Buses & Coaches up to 35 Seats farmers and their families through & difficult times. Private Hire Taxis There will be a supper, raffle, a bar and also of course another “amazing Tel: 01748 884533 quiz”. As at our previous quizzes teams should consist of no more than six peo- Mob: 07703 559959 ple. Email: [email protected] Tickets, priced at £10 per person, will be available from the post office in We are a family run business offering reliability and Reeth from the beginning of January. competitive prices To help us raise as much money for PS & FM Terry – Leaholme, Reeth DL11 6SF FCN as possible we would appreciate you not bringing your own liquid re- freshments but supporting the bar Home Help and instead (soft drinks will also be availa- ble) as all the money raised from the Care quiz will go to support the work of FCN. Home carer available for John occasional and regular help with: housework, gardening shopping and outings Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal companion care Spacious well-equipped ground floor apartment, sleeps 5. Quietly situated on a small low-rise Ruth Lindars development with five pools. Over 20 years professional Within strolling distance of this vibrant, experience in care work friendly village with it’s lovely beach and Please call for lots of excellent restaurants. more information Golf, tennis, walking or just or to arrange a meeting lazing by the pool. Wood burning stove for cosy winter lets. Please contact Lee on 01969 326169 Tel: 07817383856. Email: [email protected] email: [email protected] 5 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Do you want to learn new skills, help your community and get paid for it ? Come and Join our Team! We are recruiting on-call firefighters at a number of our fire stations, including Reeth. See Reeth team here: On-call firefighters are trained firefighters who, rather than being based at a fire station, provide on-call cover from home and/or their place of work. They declare the periods in a week when they are available to respond to emergencies if called upon. They respond to emergencies when their pager alerts them, so must work and/or live within approximately four minutes travel time from the fire station as they travel from that location to the fire station, where they then travel to the emergency in a fire service vehicle. The fire crew at Reeth attend between 50 and 60 incidents every year, this includes anything from fires to road traffic collisions. So if you: • Are aged over 18 or over 6 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD You might just be who we are looking for to join our team. If you’d like to find out more please call into Reeth fire station on a Thurs- day evening between 7pm-9pm and have a chat with the crew. Or you can find out more and apply on our website www.northyorksfire.gov.uk or Facebook page Reeth Fire Station. John C Reeth 5th November 2019 Editor Note : Two items : (1) thanks to fire service for Reeth Bonfire (left) & (2) Cor! Reeth firemen are a bunch of handsome chaps, what we need is a Reeth Firemen Year’s cal- endar 2020 lads. Mike B New Years DAY Fireworks Display Reeth New Year fireworks display will be held on the village green on Wednesday, January 1. The display begins at 7pm and a barbecue is available throughout the evening. Admission is free and a collection is taken to support future village events. Domino & Whist Drive Domino Drive "Low Row & Feetham Literary Insti- “Owd Roy” Domino Drive tute invite you to their December will be held at domino and whist drive on Friday 13th Muker Public Hall on December at 7.30pm. Entry £4.00. including supper." Friday 3rd January At 7.30pm Comedy Sketch I refer to page 32 the WI talk. It instantly reminded me of ‘The Battle of Pearl Harbour Re-enactment by the Towns Women's Guild’ of course a Monty Python sketch. Mike B 7 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD The Prince’s Countryside Fund REETH WALLATHON were, in turn, liaising closely with local 19 – 20TH OCTOBER 2019 farmers particularly, Paul Brown who ‘225 metres of wall restored in 2 was a key player in the success of the days’ Wallathon. Phillip Dolphin DSWA Mas- ter Craftsman was involved from start The devastation to the walls in and to finish; he worked with Paul Brown to around Reeth were brought to our at- identify the walls for repair and also in tention by our Patron, HRH The Prince advance of the weekend set up all elev- of Wales. I received a phone call from en stints with profiles to work to.
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