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REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD ISSUE NO. 278 AUGUST 2019 Your local news magazine for the Two Dales. PRICELESS REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD First Thoughts . but it is thought the poem had been around since 1828. Young people of today eh? They think Still, at least they are on the ball they are so hip and trendy with this with this environmental thing - saving new language they have created for the planet and all that. I mean, what a texting - OMG, CUL8R and things like gr8 idea to take your own bag to the that. shops. And using paper bags in stead of Except they are not. Way back in plastic ones. Oh, wait a minute, didn’t 1917, Lord Fisher wrote a letter to they do something like that in Victorian Winston Churchill in which he used the times? abbreviation OMG. He did add Oh! My Ah, but this idea of Reduce, Reuse God! In brackets, just in case Winston Recycle, that’s relatively new isn’t it? wasn’t that up to date with text-speak. Well, the phrase itself dates back to Even earlier than that in Gleanings the early 1970s, but the ethos is little From the Harvest-Fields of Literature, different from the Make Do and Mend compiled by Charles C Bombaugh, is a campaign started by the Ministry of poem called An Essay to Miss Catharine Information during the Second World Jay. The un-named poet uses phrases War. Nothing new there then. such as ‘I wrote 2 U B 4’. and ‘He says This plastic stuff though, we really he loves U 2 X S,/ U R virtuous and should get rid of it all. Let’s start with Y's.’ The book was published in 1867 mobile phones - they are made of plastic, aren’t they? MAC 2 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD GAZETTE MANAGEMENT TEAM Published by The Reeth & District Gazette Ltd. 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The Swaledale Postie Quite often the Gazette is almost A sneak preview of a picture from finished by that date, so the earlier her 2020 calendar - out soon. items are submitted, the better. 3 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Message From The Wednesday 25th September: Linda Bray, ‘In the footsteps of Thomas Swaledale Museum Armstrong’ In Reeth Don’t forget to come and see us at Muker Show on Wednesday 4th Thanks to Rhoda Fraser who filled the September. Weather permitting we will Museum with food and flowers, tea and also be manning a fund- raising stall on tales last month, and all of you who Reeth Market on Friday 26th July, attended, especially Barbara, whose Friday 9th & 16th August and Friday caraway seed cake is possibly the best! 6th September. It was an especially happy event. And last but by no means least many Please note some alterations to the thanks to our new volunteers, Prue and date of one of our events and opening Marie who have helped us keep going, times in August. The date of our Grand and, as ever Jane, Jenny and Sue. Jane Map, Print & Picture Auction has been and Helen are visiting Pannal School in changed to Saturday 21st September. July to deliver some Swaledale Museum The Museum will be closed from Colouring Books, printed thanks to 19th to 31st August inclusive. Wensleydale Arts Society. Our talks programme is very And even laster: Your Curator would popular, so do book ahead to secure a like to remind the Editor of the seat. All at 7.30 pm in the Museum. Gazette that she is plain Mrs Wednesday 14th August: Marion Bainbridge, and happy to be so. Let the Moverley & Helen Bainbridge, ‘Read All April Fool end here. About It No.2: More Historical [Editor’s note: There’s never been Newscuttings from the Dales’ anything plain about you, Helen.] Wednesday 11th September: Will If you want to sign up for our FREE Swales, ‘Insights into the study of e- newsletters that come out every few place-names in Swaledale and weeks with latest developments do let Arkengarthdale’ us know, and we will put you on the Wednesday 18th September: Tracy circulation list. Little and Helen Bainbridge, ‘How to For advance information on events, Date Local Photographs. Some Tactics, why not become a Friend of the Techniques & Tips’ Museum? Annual membership: single £10, joint £15, family £20 gives NYCC HOME LIBRARY unlimited free entry to the Museum, DELIVERY SERVICE discount on talks, and our twice yearly This service is provided fortnightly Newsletter. For more information on Thursdays for Reeth and Upper contact Helen Bainbridge via Swaledale villages. 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HMRC will not discuss something you are not already aware What You Need To Know of, like a tax investigation, and will Action Fraud has experienced an NOT demand immediate payment. increase in the reporting of malicious It is vital that the public exercise calls and voicemails, to members of the caution when receiving messages or public purporting to be from Her telephone calls of this nature. Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Fraudsters are spoofing genuine What You Need To Do HMRC telephone numbers to deceive 1. Always question unsolicited their victims over the phone. The requests for your personal or financial fraudsters state that as a result of information. Just because someone the victim’s non-payment of tax or knows your basic details (such as your other duty, the victim is liable for name and contact details), it doesn’t prosecution or other legal proceedings mean they are genuine. Instead, in order to settle the balance. 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