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Your Local News Magazine for the Two Dales REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD ISSUE NO. 275 MAY 2019 Your local news magazine for the Two Dales. PRICELESS REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD First Thoughts . 33; not to mention goings on at St Andrew’s. In themselves, all small Marginal gains: Small incremental efforts perhaps, but together they add improvements in any process adding up up to something bigger - marginal gains to a significant improvement when they in effect. are all added together. One benefit of marginal gains, Sir David Brailsford popularised according to Sir Dave is that ‘it this term when he took over as creates contagious enthusiasm.’ performance director of British Everyone starts looking for ways to Cycling. He reckoned that if they improve. He does point out thought improved every area related to cycling that ‘the approach doesn’t work if only by just 1%, then those small gains half the team buy in.’ But if everyone is would add up to a remarkable committed, then there is ‘mutual improvement. The subsequent results accountability,’ for British cycling speak for In other words, we all live here; we themselves. are all in this together. But what has this got to do with And if ‘marginal gains’ sounds too anything? Have a read of the article on high-falutin’, we used to say: ‘Every page 8 about a ‘Sustainable Swaledale’; little helps.’ MAC then read about Rachel’s efforts on PS: The odd one out last month was page 26 and Sam and Gemma on page top right: they are Cornish lambs; the rest are Yorkshire lambs. 2 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD GAZETTE MANAGEMENT TEAM Published by The Reeth & District Gazette Ltd. Chairman: James Alderson Company Number: 06541854 Greenways, Grinton, Richmond c/o The Company Secretary DL11 6HJ Andrew Bedford, Glory Be, Blades Tel: 01748 884312 Richmond, North Yorkshire DL11 6PS E-mail: [email protected] Tel./Fax: 01748 886974 Secretary: Sue Alderson E-mail: [email protected] Holme View, Low Row, Richmond, DL11 6PE No material may be reproduced in Tel: 01748 886292 whole or in part without permission. E-mail: [email protected] Whilst every care is taken for Editor: Martin Cluderay accuracy, the publishers cannot be Reeth Post Office, Reeth, Richmond held legally responsible for any errors DL11 6SE or opinions in articles, listings or Tel: 01748 884201 advertisements. E-mail: [email protected] ADVERTISING Treasurer: Andrew Bedford For information on advertising and Glory Be, Blades, Richmond, DL11 6PS prices, please contact the treasurer. Tel: 01748 886974 For advertising copy, please contact E-mail: [email protected] the editor. Subscriptions: Elsie Whitehead The editor reserves the right not to 5 Place Hill, Reeth, Richmond, publish any advert or article DL11 6SD Tel: 01748 884132 considered to be inaccurate or E-mail: misleading [email protected] All articles or items for inclusion Distribution: Trevor Brown should be sent to the editor The Cottage, Healaugh, Richmond, (E-mail: [email protected]) DL11 6UA or left at Reeth Post Office. Tel: 01748 884111 Posting The Gazette Gazette Deadlines If you are posting a copy of this The deadlines for the next Gazette to a friend or relative, please two months are: note that it is Large Letter size and will cost £1.32 second class, or June issue: May 10th £1.50 first class. July issue: June 10th Cover Picture PLEASE NOTE: We cannot guarantee that items submitted close to or on Taken in May 2009 the deadline date will be included. Quite often the Gazette is almost Spot The Difference finished by that date, so the earlier items are submitted, the better. 3 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Message From The Swaledale Museum In Reeth You will notice a couple of extras to our events list. On 15th June Les and Sue Knight are back by popular demand to Ballet for boys and girls host our now annual Lichen Drop-In - a from the age of 3 years. wonderful opportunity to find out more about them, identify samples and tap Modern Dance/Jazz into some expert advice. We also are for children and teenagers. delighted to have Rhoda Fraser with us on 29th June who will be offering you a Tap for children and adults. fine Dales tea , served from old- fashioned china, accompanied by some For more information please wonderful stories associated with contact: them. This will be a rare treat - and Janet Seymour LRAD there are only 20 places. Tel: 01748 884 677 Our first lecture is in honour of Mobile: 07958 145752 John Squires who was a stalwart www.swaledaledance.co.uk supporter of the Museum. He showed archaeologist Shaun Richardson around and Surrender sites on 13th July. See the old chert workings and it seemed a more information on our website: wonderful way to remember John by www.swaledalemuseum.org asking Shaun to give the first memorial We look forward to seeing you in lecture dedicated to him. We also set the Museum or at some of our events. Shaun the difficult task of including in If you want to sign up for our FREE his lecture reference to Leonardo da e- newsletters that come out every few Vinci, as it is the 500th anniversary of weeks with latest developments do let his death this year. Come and see how us know, and we will put you on the he has responded by coming along on circulation list. Wednesday 5th June. We are delighted For advance information on events, to welcome back Richard Lamb on 19th why not become a Friend of the June for his talk on Marrick and Lead Museum? Annual membership: single Smelting, which will be followed up by £10, joint £15, family £20 gives an all day outing investigating Old Gang unlimited free entry to the Museum, discount on talks, and our twice yearly M. GUY - PLUMBING Newsletter. For more information For all your plumbing requirements contact Helen Bainbridge via [email protected] or on AGAS & RAYBURNS SERVICED 07969 823232. Visit our website on www.swaledalemuseum.org for the Tel: 01748 - 825640 latest information. 4 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Friends Of Swaledale Museum Events 2019 All events in the Swaledale Museum, Reeth at 7.30 pm unless otherwise stated Contact Helen Bainbridge 07969823232 - [email protected] Lectures £4 for Friends of the Museum, £5 Visitors - All Welcome Advance booking (except for AGM) highly recommended as places limited Wednesday 29th May 6.30 pm : Friends of the Museum AGM, all welcome Wednesday 29th May 6.30 pm: Friends of the Museum AGM, all welcome Wednesday 5th June: First John Squires Memorial Lecture : Shaun Richardson, ‘Landscape With Horses: Coal Mining At Tan Hill And Kings Pit Collieries’ Saturday June 15th 2.00 - 4.00pm: Les and Sue Knight ‘Lichen Drop-In’ Wednesday 19th June: Richard Lamb, ‘Not Once But Twice: The Introduction Of Innovative Lead Smelting Technology Into Yorkshire. But Where? Marrick Of Course’ Saturday 29th June 3.00pm: ‘Yorkshire Tea & Tales’ with Rhoda Fraser £8.00 per person. Come and join Rhoda in the Museum to hear stories about chapel teas, traditional recipes and how times have changed, while enjoying a fine Dales tea. Limited to 20. Includes entry to Museum, talk and tea with cake, biscuits & Wensleydale cheese. Booking essential. Saturday 13th July: Field Trip with Richard Lamb, all-day outing to Surrender and Old Gang lead smelting mills. Booking essential. Wednesday 31st July: David Johnson, ‘Lime Kilns In Swaledale & Arkengarthdale: The Where, The When And The What For?’ Wednesday 14th August: Marion Moverley & Helen Bainbridge, ‘Read All About It No.2: More Historical News Cuttings From The Dales’ Wednesday 28th August: Grand Map, Print and Picture Auction Wednesday 4th September: Will Swales, ‘Insights Into The Study Of Place- Names In Swaledale And Arkengarthdale’ Wednesday 18th September: Tracy Little and Helen Bainbridge, ‘How to Date Local Photographs. Some Tactics, Techniques & Tips’ 5* Holiday Cottage YORKSHIRE FOOT CLINICS near Gunnerside Podiatry/Chiropody with some of the best views Alex Kravchenko MChS, BSc Pod (Hons) in Swaledale Nail cutting, callus, corns & ingrowing nails Sleeps up to 6 All treated in the comfort of your home No dogs Tel. Richmond 850020 http://www.throstlenest- Or Hawes 667449 swaledale.co.uk Always insist on state registered 5 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD St Andrew’s, Grinton Vicar; Treasurer or church wardens. The next project for which funds Woodworm Treatment are being sought [and permission has Some of the more observant of you will been granted] is for an automatic clock have noticed that St Andrew’s clock winder which will cost around £5,000. was at 9 o’ clock in Grinton for a period This weekly task can then be deleted of a few weeks in March. This was from the long list of things to do in the because of necessary woodworm building for our congregation and treatment to the whole of the friends and hopefully should ensure timberwork in the building including the that when you look up at the church expansive roof space which took place and clock face as you turn up the dale over a period of 10 days whilst the at Grinton corner that we are reminded building was closed to the public. of the wonderful gift that we have The works had of course to take especially been given – that of time account of the bat roosts which made spent in our gorgeous two dales. the work very much more expensive to Lambing Service – A Celebration Of conduct [hand rather than sprayed Sheep - Sunday 5th May At 3.00pm. application of the fluid]. The works will This special service will be held at hopefully ensure that the building roof Grinton church this year to celebrate won’t fall down in the next 20 years but the end of lambing time.
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