The Parish Newsletter Ebberston, Yedingham & Bickley February 2020 Welcome to the February issue of the newsletter. Print copies may be collected from the dedicated box inside Ebberston Chapel porch towards the end of the first week of every May, August, November & February. Why not add the dates to your diary now. If you want to switch to receiving a copy by email and help reduce our print costs, just send a request to [email protected] or simply visit & bookmark https://ebberstonvillage.wordpress.com/parish-newsletter/ where a printable copy of the latest issue is also always available. Parish Council Report by Lesley Myers (Parish Clerk) Waterways. Main Street. Allerston YO18 7PG / 01723 859237 & 07584 196625 / [email protected] Councillors – Ian Newman has resigned from the Council due to ill health. The Council would like to thank him for his service being temporary Clerk and then Councillor. Cllr Andy McLaughlin has been co-opted onto the Council. The Minutes and Finance report - are on the noticeboard approximately 2-3 weeks after the Parish Council Meetings. All finance information is available at every Parish Council meeting for the Councillors or Parish- ioners to examine and is put on the website. https://ebberstonyed- ingham.uk/ Future meetings - 9th March in Ebberston Village Hall. (Yedingham Village Hall is currently closed) followed by 11th May 2020, 13th July 2020, 14th September 2020, 9th November 2020, 11th January 2021, and 8th March 2021. 1 Vehicle Activated Speed Signs – the Council is liaising with Cllrs. Will Oxley and Chris Delaney to introduce these signs in conjunction with Allerston and Wilton Parish Council and Thornton Dale Parish Council. Costs are being looked into. Sites have been identified. Post Offi ce Van – The Council has made a request for a Post Office Van to visit the village. Ebberston Beck and ditches in the back Lane. - The Councillors request that all householders or landowners which have a border with the beck or ditches, keep them clear of weeds and debris. This will hopefully help to prevent any flooding in the village over the winter. It is the riparian responsibility of residents to maintain any becks or ditches next to their boundary. Letters to be sent to all landowners. Parking on Main Street Ebberston - There are ongoing problems with park- ing on the Main Street, with cars parking on the bends down the village are causing a hazard and there have several near misses. If you can park off the Main Street please do so. Please park responsibly on the Main Street. Dog Fouling – Please can all residents pick up after their dogs and dispose of the bags in the dog waste bins situated in various locations in the vil- lage. There is now a dog waste bin at the far end of Mill Lane Ebberston. Yedingham allotments – An Allotment Society has now been formed with membership of the National Allotment Society. Ian Langford is the Chair. If anyone would like to volunteer to help with clearing the area or wants to have an allotment once the land is cleared. Please contact the Clerk. Ryedale Community Transport - they are requesting volunteer drivers, expenses are covered and they are trying to extend the service out to more villages. Please ring 01653 699059 2 Ebberston Village Hall Report by Colin Langley (Chair) 01723 859086 . Hall Bookings, Sue Kirby, 01723 850203/ www.ebberston.net The antiques evening held on an extremely wet evening in November proved both popular and fascinating. Many thanks to all those who brought along objects to be discussed by Angus Ashworth from Ryedale Auctioneers. We had a wide range of very interesting items. The Christ- mas quiz proved to be our most popular for some time with over 50 people attending and £330 was raised for the Village Hall. We are grate- ful to Val and David Palfrey for all their hard work in putting the quiz together. The New Year started with an interesting talk by Kate Giles from the University of York about her recent research on the wall paint- ings in Pickering Church. Forthcoming Events On Thursday 20th February at 7pm, David Swann will entertain us with a musical evening. Admission will be £5 to include cheese and biscuits and do bring along your own bottle. On Thursday 26th March, 7pm we will host “What’s in a Name?” led by volunteers from Malton Museum, where we will rediscover old words and their local history connections. An entertaining evening for eve- ryone, whether you remember ‘Call my Bluff’ or not! Do look out for posters in the usual places around the Village for these events. On Saturday 4th April from 2pm to 4pm we are hoping to hold an Information Afternoon for activities that go on in the village. The idea is that organisations, clubs, societies etc in the village can tell people about what they do and hopefully recruit some new members. Admis- sion will be free and there will be no charge to organisations wishing to take part. Refreshments will be on sale in aid of the Village Hall. If you are interested in taking part please let Judith Winters (859730) know as soon as possible as we will take a final decision on how to proceed at the beginning of March. May sees the 75th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe with the May Day Bank Holiday being moved to May 8th. We 3 have been considering how we might mark the event. If you have any ideas/suggestions please pass them to me or another member of the Committee. The Annual General Meeting for the Village Hall will be held on Mon- day 2nd March at 7pm in the Village Hall. The meeting is open to all. It is important to maintain a flow of volunteers as various members pass on their baton so please come along if you would like to get involved. And on behalf of the Committee, can I thank you once again for the sup- port you all give to the Village Hall. Ebberston Chapel Report by Helen Leng - 01723 850464 The Christmas services were all well attended with 45 at the Commu- nity Carol Service, 60 at the Christingle Service and 45 on Christmas Day. The Christingle Service was a new venture and Rev. Peter Sheasby brought the Peace flame from Bethlehem to make the service very special. It was lovely to have three generations of several families present and when the christingles were all made and the candles lit. The lights were put out and chapel looked wonderful. Thank you to all who put the work in to make it so special, oh and it is in the diary for this year! The Epiphany Winter Warmer Lunch on January 8th was well attended and we all enjoyed. The stew, mash and veg with a pudd to follow organ- ised by Joan Peck so our thanks to her and the team. The next event will be the Pancake lunch on 25th February so put it in your diary. Enjoy sandwiches with a cup of tea and pancakes with a choice of toppings to follow. No need to book and pay on the door, raf- fle as usual. We were sad to lose Marian Metcalfe from our number in December and want to record her years of service in the village and the chapel. We will miss her greatly and offer our prayers of comfort to the family. A warm welcome to all who have recently moved into the village. We would love to see you at chapel or any of the events mentioned above, and if you would like Helen to visit or offer prayer please contact her on 4 850464. Services are now at 10:30am but sometimes we join with Allerston or Thornton Dale so please watch the board for more details. Fun Club Fun Club will run on February 19th, March 18th and April 15th from 4pm –5pm in chapel with Helen and Mary. If you are aged four or older please join us for fun, games, puzzles, drama and refreshments. All welcome. St John the Baptist, Yedingham Repor by Joy & Roger Sugden - www.buckrosecarrs.org.uk Happy New year to you all! The highlights of Christmas are over, the decorations put away but we take special care that we take the true message of Christmas with us into the new decade. Our evening carol service was a joyous event and well attended as well as the Benefice service on Christmas morning. One of our congregation who always leads our singing managed to help villagers bring in the New Year at The Providence as their guest singer. Snowdrops, the heralds of spring, are showing themselves in profusion along Station Road. Special thanks to the Parish Council for clearing the Village Green area opposite the Old School,which is carpeted with snowdrops and will soon be followed by daffodils of several varieties. We look forward to our Easter celebrations. The Easter Garden Service will be Friday 10th April in the afternoon. St Mary the Virgin, Ebberston Report by Keith Simpson (Nominated Church Warden) – 01723 859424 Thank you are two simple words but they are so relevant for the Christ- 5 mas period. However, firstly, thanks should again be mentioned for the Autumn Lunch (£340 raised) and the Reckless Shepherd Concert (£240 raised with one-half share sent to the British Heart Foundation). The collection at the Remembrance Sunday Service (£127.50) was do- nated to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. And so to December. A big thank you to all those who donated toys, games etc for the Toy Service.