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THE TRINGLE Serving Fryton, Slingsby & South Holme www.slingsbyvillage.co.uk No. 40 June/July 2017 August/September copy to David Thornley, The Dower House, The Balk, Slingsby. Tel: 01653 627210. Deadline for copy by Monday 17th July at the latest please, or e-mail [email protected] 1 Fred Whitton Sportive Congratulations George and Shirley Wright The Fred Whitton Challenge consists of a 112 mile George and Shirley Wright from Railway Street, cycle sportive around the Lake District, starting at Slingsby, will celebrate their Diamond (60th) Grasmere and taking in climbs of Kirkstone, Wedding Anniversary on June 22nd 2017. Honister, Newlands, Whinlatter, Hardknott and Wrynose passes. As the name suggests, it is run in honour of Fred Whitton. This ride, possibly the toughest one day event in the UK, has over 3,000 metres (9,900 feet) of climbing! On Sunday, 7th May, Church Lane cyclist, Brendon Smurthwaite started and finished this event. A sub eight hour ride for a first attempt would be good. Brendon took eight hours and twelve seconds!! He was still walking and smiling when I saw him on the Monday after the ride. Well done that man! Keith Buck George and Shirley married at All Saints, Slingsby on June 22nd 1957. Following the wedding they went to Blackpool for a week’s honeymoon. And the year is…. In Issue 7 of the Yellow Pages, Keith set a challenge Both George and Shirley came from Fryton. George to our readers, which was to date the photograph worked as a farm-hand for Prest’s for over 50 years, of the Village Green that was sent in by Geoff while Shirley helped Prest’s in the home and occasionally picking potatoes. Brook, and the mystery has now been solved! They have two children. Their son, Paul, lives in Thank you to Anne Holtby for getting in touch with Australia with his wife, Kate and their children, The Triangle and providing the date of the Emma and Becky. Their daughter, Bev, lives in photograph as the Summer of 1994. Anne Malton with her husband, Paul and their children, purchased this photograph as it was a good aerial Lee and Zoë. Every winter, when it’s cold here, view of her yard with the coaches at Perry’s coach George and Shirley like to visit their family in yard on. Australia, when it’s summer there of course. They admit it can be something of a shock when they Thank you Anne! arrive back home and it’s freezing cold! Now both retired, George loves gardening. You can tell that from the wonderfully colourful display, which never fails to brighten up Railway Street. It seems some Slingsby non-gardeners watch what George does and then copy it themselves! He also likes bowling and is a member of the local bowls team. Shirley also enjoys bowling, although hip operation last year somewhat curtailed her club appearances. They have a lovely conservatory behind the house, where they like to read and keep up with the family via Facebook. Slingsby Village Green, 1994 Let’s hope they carry on having many more happy years together. Congratulations George and Shirley! 2 Triangle matters Slingsby Ladies’ Group Thanks to all who helped get Triangle 39 out and At our April meeting we were very pleased to about on time, while yours truly was lounging on welcome four new ladies to our group, three from his DFS sofa sampling the new Beaujolais. Cavendish Court and one from Barton Le Street. Also to David and Tracy Mortimer at Prontaprint for The speaker for the evening was Sandra Piercey delivering the whole caboodle to Slingsby, saving us who is well known for her sewing skills and is a a lot of time. Carol and David Thornley for sorting devotee of quilting. She brought a beautiful display out all local and not so local distribution. Geoff of her handiwork including quilts, pictures, wall Bishop, Maurag Carmichael*, Pat Smurthwaite for hangings and chair back covers, some of which are stepping in and helping with deliveries in their in regular use, others are being made for charities. respective patches and to Joanna Bradley for taking She often visits conventions in America, where on the new Cavendish Court development. Extra * quilting originated, exchanging patterns and ideas for Maurag for her fiver collecting expertise. I hope worldwide. the reluctant payers did not have to wait more than four hours in A & E! In May there was an evening outing to the very Keith Buck natural garden of Jeff Andrews where tea and cakes were served. We were also shown around his Your Delivery Crew collection of memorabilia which he had collected Fryton: Mick Singleton. over his years as a furniture dealer. After days of cloudy, cool weather the wind had dropped and the South Holme: Fiona Farnell. evening was sunny and warm helping to make it a very enjoyable outing. Slingsby Aspen Way and Green Dyke Lane, Rita Hardy. th Balkside, Sandra Dalgleish. The next meeting will be on Tuesday 13 June at Cavendish Court, Joanna Bradley. 7.15pm when Julie Ryan will be talking about the Church Lane, High Street, & Malton Road, Keith Buck International Rescue Corps of which she is a Porch Farm Close, Linda Chapman member. Anyone interested is welcome to join us. Railway Street (west side), Angela Hindby. Railway Street (east side), Sarah Bowley & Pat Thompson Shelagh Richards Sycamore Close, Keith Bardon. The Green, Carol Buck. Cover photo The Green Crescent , Nancy Coates. The Lawns, Nick Witt The cover photo is probably one of the most recognisable landmarks in Slingsby, the castle. This photo is being shared with the photographer’s express permission and is now being added to the th Slingsby Castle image archive. Taken on 26 March Articles and submission of copy 2017. We are always looking for new articles and information to share with our readers. Feel free to send it through to us using any of the contact methods below, we will definitely take a look and do our best to include it in the next edition. If you want to submit an article to The Triangle please send it to [email protected] Alternatively, if you wish to submit an article to the website please send it to [email protected] If you want it published in both, please send it to both addresses. Or just post your article to the editor at the address on the front of the issue! 3 4 From Ilkley Moor to the North Yorks Moors we felt on our visits to The Grapes and also that it (almost!) brought back many happy childhood memories for me growing up in a similar rural area and we wanted I was fortunate enough to grow up in a rural, unspoilt our two boys to have the same upbringing. Luckily part of God’s Own County in Burley-in-Wharfedale, everything went smoothly and we have now been Ilkley (or Olicana as the Romans called it) at the living in our family home in Cavendish Court since foothills of Ilkley Moor where the folk called a spade a February. spade, but everyone had time for each other and there was a wonderful sense of community especially Slingsby and its residents have not disappointed and amongst the churches. Not to mention the sense of being a self-confessed history lover, I found it peace when you ventured out for a wander into the fascinating that there was a historical meaning why fields or through the woods (Catton Woods to be the street that we now live on got its name precise) where there were plenty of fairy doors to be “Cavendish”. I started to learn more about it when my found, or in my later school years, plenty of co-editor David, invited me along to the Local History inspiration for all of my studies, in particular my Art A- Group weekend in March in the Village Hall where I level although there were also plenty of interesting noticed the Cavendish coat of arms on the wall. people around when it came to my psychology one Margaret Mackinder has kindly provided me with too but that’s a different story! some information about the Cavendish family... The Cavendish family at Slingsby The construction of new large private country houses took off in the 16th century, built from profits of coal and agriculture, on land, which had been confiscated from the monasteries and redistributed by Henry VIII. The Cavendish family developed some of the most impressive houses of the time, mainly centred on the East Midlands. The manor lands and ruined medieval castle at Slingsby was bought by Sir Charles Cavendish (1553-1617) in 1594. He was the 5th of eight sons from the second marriage of Bess of Hardwick, the Ilkley Moor Bah Tat Countess of Shrewsbury. She amassed great wealth through her four marriages and built Hardwick Hall in When I was 19 I packed up my belongings and Derbyshire, the most impressive and fashionable ventured off in search of new adventures to the house of the age. glorious city of York which I love for many reasons but especially its colourful history throughout the ages. It Sir Charles lived mainly at Welbeck Abbey, but also was from living in the suburbs or York and venturing began to develop a new house based on an older out on days out to explore north of The Wall that I castle at Bolsover, not far from Hardwick. It was not came across the Howardian Hills. I had visited the unusual then to be building several large properties at North Yorkshire Moors on various occasions as a child the same time.