TOWN GUIDE TOWN – 2021 2020 FILEY Friends of Filey Parks - Yorkshire in Bloom Platinum Award Winners 2019 in Bloom Platinum Award Friends of Filey Parks - Yorkshire
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FILEY TOWN GUIDE 2020 – 2021 Filey Town Guide 2020-2021 Filey Town www.fileytowncouncil.co.uk Photograph by Pauline Eccles Friends of Filey Parks - Yorkshire in Bloom Platinum Award Winners 2019 The Hylands Retirement Home, The Crescent, FILEY 01723 515213 www.hylandsfiley.co.uk email: [email protected] Good Food ˆ Great Staff ˆ Stunning Views The Crescent Providing short stay, holiday and long term care Filey North Yorkshire in attractive surroundings. YO14 9JX ‘The Hylands Retirement Home worked with Dementia Care Matters to improve the quality of life of the people living here and achieved 01723 514771 the Butterfly Model of Care status in October 2018’ [email protected] The Hylands is currently rated “GOOD” with CQC’ whitelodgehotelley.co.uk A home for every season @whitelodgehotel whitelodgeley whitelodgeley Filey Town Guide 2020/21 Filey Town Guide 2020/21 Contents Local Government 4 Band Concerts 5 Local Services 6-7 Filey Fishtive Tree 8-9 Filey's Roman Signal Station 10-11 Filey's Cycling Hero 13 Filey Museum 16-19 Litter and Wildlife 22-23 Cliff House 24 M10 Missions 26-28 Welcome To Filey Library 29 Class 7 Filey Junior School 32-33 Filey Crescent 36-37 Filey Map 40-41 Hunmanby Silver Band 42-46 Branching Out 49 Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership 50-51 Filey Golf Club 52 A Brief History Of Filey Showgroup 54-55 Crimlisk Fisher Archive 56 Annual Events 58 Filey Railway Station 60-61 Trackrod Rally Yorkshire 62-63 Filey's Bark Houses 66-67 Poems 68-69 The Cleveland Way 70-71 Filey Natural History Quiz 72-73 Victory In Europe 74 Wildlife at Filey Dams 76-77 Photos 78 Advertisers Index 80 Photograph Allison by Mead 1 Welcome ... © Jim Howarth Captured Moments 2019 Filey Town Guide 2020/21 Filey Town Guide 2020/2021 Local Government The Filey Town Council serves a community of approximately 7,000 residents. It consists of 13 Councillors, elected for a term of 4 years who will hold office until 2023. Evening meetings are held in the Council Chamber at the Council Offices on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.00 pm. In addition, Planning meetings are held on a fortnightly basis or as required. Filey Town Council offers the following from its offices at Queen Street:- Information on Local Services and Room Hire Equipment Hire for local groups: - PA System, Tables and Chairs Services: - Laminating and Photocopying The Filey Town Council website can be found at www.fileytowncouncil.co.uk Council Offices: 52a Queen Street, Filey, YO14 9HE Telephone: 514498 Hours of Opening: Monday to Friday 9.00am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-4.00pm (Except Tuesday Open at 1.30 pm) Town Clerk: Mr D Liddle email: [email protected] Mayoral Secretary: Mrs A Adnitt email: [email protected] General Enquiries: email: [email protected] Filey Town Councillors Susan Bosomworth Tel: 07502083459 Gary Howgate Tel: 07894561016 Mike Cockerill Tel: 512844 Sally Mills Tel: 07969627314 Neil Cronk Tel: 07894561017 Howard Parkin Tel: 514436 Victoria Crawford-Gage Linda Randall Tel: 314475 Colin Haddington Tel: 516981 Janine Robinson Tel: 514315 John Haxby Tel: 513696 Kevin Wilkie Tel: 515829 Jacqui Houlden-Banks Tel 367389 (Primrose Valley Ward Representative) Scarborough Borough Councillors Filey Town – Ward Councillors Hunmanby – Ward Councillors M J Cockerill Tel: 512844 P Riley Tel: 890192 S A Cross Tel: 515843 M Donohue-Moncrieff Tel: 891891 J Casey Tel: 514268 North Yorkshire County Councillors Filey Town – Ward Councillor Hertford and Cayton – Ward Councillor H Swiers Tel: 882438 R F Swiers Tel: 584386 The STD code in all cases is 01723 The Editorial Committee wishes to thank the advertisers without whom the publication of this Guide would not have been possible. Thanks also to all those who have contributed with text and photographs towards this latest edition of the Filey Town Guide, and in particular to those concerned who gave permission to draw on their published work. We are especially grateful to the Filey Town Council and its Archives for use of their materials. Articles and photographs in this publication may not be reproduced without written permission of the Filey Town Council. Whilst every care has been taken in the production of this Guide, neither the Filey Town Council nor the Editorial Committee can accept responsibility for any errors or any matters arising from the text or advertisements. Cover Photo: The Brigg, supplied by Becky Haxby-Rhodes 4 Filey Town Guide 2020/21 FILEY TOWN COUNCIL Summer Sunday Band Concerts 2020 Held in the Bandstand, Crescent Gardens* 2.00pm - 4.00pm 21 June 2020 Wetherby Silver Band 28 June 2020 Easingwold Town Band 05 July 2020 Lincolnshire Hospitals Band 12 July 2020 Scarborough Concert Band 19 July 2020 Shepherd Group Concert Brass Band 26 July 2020 Malton White Star Band 02 August 2020 Driffield Silver Band 09 August 2020 Stape Silver Band 16 August 2020 Hunmanby Silver Band 23 August 2020 Woodhouse Prize Band 30 August 2020 Yorkshire Traction Honley Band 06 September 2020 Swinton & District Excelsior Band 13 September 2020 West Yorkshire Brass *or in Filey Methodist Church if weather inclement 5 Filey Town Guide 2020/21 LOCAL SERVICES INFORMATION Emergency Services Dial 999 for emergency The STD code is 01723 unless otherwise stated Evron Centre John Street (Manager) 512512 Filey Childcare Padbury Avenue 516111 Filey Over 60’s Club Providence Place, Mitford Street. Visitors welcome Births, Deaths and 69 Burniston Road, Scarborough 01609 780780 Open daily Monday to Saturday for tea/coffee 10.00 am to 12 noon Marriage Registration Monday & Wednesday Bingo 2.00 pm (members only) Friday Card Bingo 2.00 pm Tuesday & Saturday Domino sessions 7.00 pm Bus Station Station Avenue (local and long distance services) Filey Town Bus 07776 232195 National Express Information at Filey Travel, John Street 512229 BusLine (for all EYMS bus information) 01482 592929 Gas Emergency Services 0800 111999 Yorkshire Coastliner 01653 692556 H M Coastguard 01262 672317 Car Parking Pay and Display available at Coble Landing - Country Park RNLI Filey Lifeboat Station (Boathouse) 513197 West Avenue - Station Avenue - Church Ravine Hospitals Scarborough General Hospital, Woodlands Drive 368111 Cashpoints/ATMs The Post Office, Spar Shop, Holdsworths Amusements (Coble Landing), Bridlington & District Hospital, Bessingby Road 01262 606666 Tesco, Heron (Brig Shops) and Imperial Garage (charges may apply) Library Station Avenue 01609 536608 Please note times may be subject to change Chemist Boots Pharmacy, 34 Murray Street 513262 Monday 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Boots Pharmacy, 2 Murray Street 513224 Tuesday Closed Wednesday 10.00 am to 7.00 pm Thursday 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm Churches St Oswald’s C of E, Church Ravine, and Friday 10.00 am to 5.00 pm St John’s C of E, West Avenue Vicarage 512645 Saturday 10.00 am to 1.00 pm Methodist Church, Union Street The Manse 512168 Salvation Army, Mitford Street 513568 Museum 8 -10 Queen Street 515013 St Mary’s RC, Brooklands Priory 639580 Open Easter to the end of October Sun - Fri 11.00 am to 5.00 pm / Sat 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm Citizens Advice Drop in session at Eastfield Community Centre, 368710 Bureau High Street, Eastfield (Thursdays only 9.30 am to 2.30 pm) National Rail Information and Enquiries 0345 7484950 Coach Parking Country Park and West Avenue Police First Floor, The Evron Centre, John Street Dial 101 for Non-Emergency Customer First and Customer First 232323 Information Centre General Enquiries including accommodation bookings 383636 Public Conveniences All year round opening: Church Ravine, Royal Parade, Station Avenue & John Street (Adjacent to the Concert Hall) Dentist mydentist, Station Avenue 512135 Seasonal opening: Country Park, Glen Gardens & Seafront Dial A Ride 4 Londesborough Business Park Recycling For shoes and clothing – Bus Station (Station Avenue), West Road, 66 Londesborough Road, Scarborough 354434 Fire Station (Mitford Street) and West Avenue Car Park Doctors The Filey Surgery, Station Avenue 515881 or 515666 Taxis Filey Taxis 07794 968230 Hoppy’s Private Hire Cars 07478 676869 Education Filey C.E. Nursery & Infants Academy, Padbury Avenue 513077 Lazer Radio Taxis 515515 Filey Junior School, West Road 513076 Ebor Academy Filey, Muston Road 512354 Veterinary Surgery Filey Veterinary Centre, 1 Station Avenue 513119 Electricity Northern Power Grid (faults and emergencies) 0800 375675 Yorkshire Water 0345 1242424 6 Filey Town Guide 2020/21 LOCAL SERVICES INFORMATION Emergency Services Dial 999 for emergency The STD code is 01723 unless otherwise stated Evron Centre John Street (Manager) 512512 Filey Childcare Padbury Avenue 516111 Filey Over 60’s Club Providence Place, Mitford Street. Visitors welcome Births, Deaths and 69 Burniston Road, Scarborough 01609 780780 Open daily Monday to Saturday for tea/coffee 10.00 am to 12 noon Marriage Registration Monday & Wednesday Bingo 2.00 pm (members only) Friday Card Bingo 2.00 pm Tuesday & Saturday Domino sessions 7.00 pm Bus Station Station Avenue (local and long distance services) Filey Town Bus 07776 232195 National Express Information at Filey Travel, John Street 512229 BusLine (for all EYMS bus information) 01482 592929 Gas Emergency Services 0800 111999 Yorkshire Coastliner 01653 692556 H M Coastguard 01262 672317 Car Parking Pay and Display available at Coble Landing - Country Park RNLI Filey Lifeboat Station (Boathouse) 513197 West Avenue - Station Avenue - Church Ravine Hospitals Scarborough General Hospital, Woodlands Drive 368111 Cashpoints/ATMs The Post Office, Spar Shop,