REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD

ISSUE NO. 259 JANUARY 2018

Your local news magazine for the Two Dales.

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First Thoughts . . . PATRICIA DAIRY COTTAGE, LOW ROW Writers will often comment on how Experienced in both men’s and ladies’ difficult it is to start writing when you sewing alterations. have a blank page in front of you. Most sewing tasks undertaken Imagine how much harder it is when ‘Will come to you’ you have a whole blank year in front of 01748 886905 you. What do you write about? 2017 is old news now and it is time to look what’s the other bit of advice from the ahead to the new - but who knows what experts? Write about what you know. I the new will bring? am tempted to comment that it would Anyway, the advice writers give be pretty difficult to write about when faced with a blank page is to just something I know nothing about start writing - so here goes: Oh . . . the (although there are plenty of pundits blank page has gone - now what? I who give their opinion on things they guess I’ll just have to think of know nothing about); but I’ll refrain something to write about. from being facetious and think about I could start with a grumble - what I know. that’s dead easy to do. Aren’t we all Well, I know there is almost no experts in complaining? But maybe as chance of me getting tickets to see it’s the start of a new year, it would be Bruce Springsteen’s solo-acoustic show better to start on a positive note. currently running on Broadway. (Unless Start as you mean to carry on, the there is some generous benefactor saying goes, whatever that means. reading this who arranges it all for me.) What if after starting, you realise that I also know that Hull’s period of things aren’t going the way you wanted office as City of Culture has come to them to? If you stick to your mantra, an end - and that I missed everything. do you risk falling into Albert Einstein’s Hmm, a bit negative there and I definition of insanity: Doing the same was supposed to be keeping things thing over and over again and expecting positive. Mind you, I doubt I would be different results? Except that able to keep up the positivity all year. although it is often attributed to Where would the fun be if I couldn’t Einstein, there is no evidence that he have a good grumble about things now either said or wrote it. and then? I reckon I’ll start with a But I digress. I still haven’t grumble: So . . . Oh, no room left. thought of anything to write about. So, Happy New Year. MAC BRAESIDE COTTAGE Dry Quality Logs Overlooking The Green, Reeth Sleeps 8 Three bedrooms; two bathrooms For Sale Private courtyard Beautiful cottage garden www.braesidereeth.co.uk 01748 811 110 or Tel 0114 2467599

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Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the A scraggy looking black grouse which reason our extremities develop faster landed on the fence of Brenda White, than the rest of us. who shot it.

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The total collected within the two Dales this year is: £2,526.14 Thanks to all who contributed and especially to all who assisted with this year’s appeal. Martin Sunderland

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Born in January? What else happened on that calamitous day?

1 1896 German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays 2 1839 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) 3 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro 4 1954 Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville 5 1959 Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter" 6 1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against S. Africa, his best Test bowling 7 1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill 8 1974 Loch Ness Monster "photographed" 9 1811 1st Women's Golf Tournament held 10 1839 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK 11 1922 Insulin is used for the first time to treat diabetes 12 1969 Led Zeppelin releases their debut album 13 1915 The worst earthquake in Italian history kills 30,000 14 1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England 15 1759 The British Museum opens 16 27 The Roman Empire is established 17 1991 The Gulf War in Iraq begins 18 1964 The Beatles make their first appearance on US Billboard Chart 19 1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced 20 1942 Nazi officials meet to organize the extermination of Jews 21 1911 23 cars take part in the first Rally Monte Carlo 22 1901 Queen Victoria died 23 1556 The deadliest earthquake on record kills 830,000 people in China 24 1076 Synod of Worms 25 1573 Battle of Mikatagahara; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu 26 1905 The world's largest diamond is found in South Africa 27 195 "Heartbreak Hotel" single released by Elvis Presley 28 1958 The Lego brick is patented 29 1886 German engineer Carl Benz patents the first modern automobile 30 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse 31 1961 Ham the Chimp travels into outer space 5 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD The Space rat race. Melissa has been working as a Management Accountant for the past The Space is a project that started out 10 years but recently has been looking as collaboration between two friends, to have a more community led lifestyle Hannah Hurley and Melissa Miller, who which is more in tune with her values found a venue that had a lot to offer. and personality. Having fallen in love Nestled in Reeth, in the heart of the with the Dales, her eye has cast Yorkshire Dales, (in the former inwards and is now seeking to showcase premises of the Swaledale Outdoors everything it has to offer whilst shop in Anvil Square) The Space offers keeping a keen commercial awareness. an ideal location for a person to grow The goal of The Space is to create a knowledgably, creatively, and place for members of the community, spiritually. and tourists to the region, to interact Hannah Hurley, originally from and connect in an innovative, open Cornwall, moved to Richmond 29 years environment. It will provide a platform ago, Hannah has had several for local skilled trades people, businesses; an antique shop, interior crafters, artists, and business owners design business, ran art & circus skills to showcase their talents. This will be workshops in Darlington, worked as a achieved through a variety of project manager for the NHS for 16 workshops, talks, and classes. These years and then decided she wanted to will be a mixture of hosted events via a work locally to spend more time with planned programme, but also The Space her husband and daughter and bought will be made available for hire. The Rooftops Montessori Nursery School in venue is intended to be an intimate Richmond which she now runs alongside setting hosting up to 20 delegates her new venture with Melissa. Hannah depending on the forum. feels strongly about supporting local The Space will be opening in communities and her vast contact list January, with an open drop in session of local artisans and friends will enable on Thursday, 11th January 2018 from this project to bring skills and 12noon to 8.00pm. This will be an experiences to locals and visitors to opportunity for the community and the Dales. local businesses to visit the venue and Melissa Miller, Canadian born, moved discover how The Space could work for with her husband Stuart, the Landlord them. of the George and Dragon in Hudswell, It is early days and the project is after both deciding to quit the London constantly evolving as we continue to discover the potential of The Space.

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10 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Reeth haven't got any and there isn't a small trowel to be found anywhere? Perhaps Community Orchard they have fallen down behind something; perhaps they have been left At this time of year the Orchard in the garden. Whatever it is, it means should be safely put to bed for the buying another set so Gill has the rest of the winter, but as any gardener shopping list. knows there is always something to do Come the Spring we should be fully which is why we are still in the Orchard equipped to tackle the next round of on any fine Saturday morning. We are tasks: winter pruning of the apple either sweeping leaves, a never-ending trees, splitting the perennials and job, repairing any ravages caused by doubtless the weeding. Let's hope that bad weather, or tidying the shed. time soon comes. Eileen is our arch tidyupper. She can be Maggie Kentsbeer quite ruthless (l could do with her in my house) but even she finds the shed can defeat her sometimes. We have quite a Cosy Holiday Cottage For Two good stock of tools in the shed and in Peaceful location with panoramic views theory everything has its place. The of Arkengarthdale. cupboards and drawers are labelled etc Ideal for walking or just relaxing. so why is it that suddenly instead of Tel: Shirley Gale 01748 884779 having three pairs of scissors we E-mail: [email protected]

11 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Let’s Get Lyrical hits featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in your stocking, I’m using So, to round off the festive season, another of John from Stratford’s the answers to the Santa Special: suggestions - once again made a little easier for you by me. These songs have  You better watch out, you better all been recorded by The Big O; what not cry - Santa Claus Is Coming To are the titles? Town  I was alright for a while, I could  She didn't see me creep down the smile for a while stairs to have a peep - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus  Dum dum dum dumdy doo wah  Come and trim my Christmas tree,  Your baby doesn’t love you anymore with some decorations bought at  I don’t believe you, you’re not the Tiffany's - Santa Baby truth  Gifts I'm preparin' for some  I had to escape the city was sticky Christmas sharin' But I pause and cruel. Maybe I should have because hangin' my stockin' I can called you first but I was dying to hear a knockin' - Zat You, Santa get to you Claus? The tiebreaker: Including duets and  He sent a note to Santa for some with The Traveling Wilburys, how many soldiers and a drum; it broke his singles did Roy Orbison release? little heart when he found Santa The usual rules apply; with £5.00 hadn't come - The Little Boy That going to the charity of the winner’s Santa Claus Forgot choice. Unless no-one got the Santa And the tiebreaker: The first song in songs, in which case it’s a roll over. this list, Santa Claus Is Coming To New Year Bonus Town, was first sung in 1934? As it’s the New Year, here’s a one-off As this edition of the Gazette was special: A donation of £10.00 will go to sent to the printer’s at the beginning the charity of the choice of whoever of December, at time of writing this I sends in the longest list (in terms of haven’t had any entries yet - which is number of song titles) of songs which not surprising because it is November. have whistling in them. So the winner will be revealed in the February issue, along with the winner Answers for both challenges can be of this month’s challenge, which is: left at the Post Office; or sent to As some of you may have received [email protected]. the album of Roy Orbison’s greatest MAC

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Of the twelve competitions last year, only seven have had winners. With prize money rolled over that still means £60.00 going to charity. Ballet for boys and girls Alan Thorogood had two wins and from the age of 3 years. there was one each for David Goff, Debbie (postie), John from Stratford, Modern Dance/Jazz David Skinner and Peter Midgley. for children and teenagers.

The money goes to the following Tap for children and adults. charities:

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15 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Leaders: ‘Increase second homes. Do we really want to be known as the generation that sat on our Council Tax On Second hands while our communities fell apart? Homes’ “Second homes are typically unoccupied for much of the year. That Increasing council tax on second homes results in a substantial economic loss to in the Yorkshire Dales National Park is the local community and – perhaps even one of a number of measures being more important – a loss of vitality. It proposed as part of efforts to help doesn’t seem unreasonable to suggest attract and retain families to live and that second home owners should be work in the area. asked to help make good these losses. Civic leaders from across the Dales Higher Council Tax charges on second are joining forces to look at seeking homes could be the answer. Any approval for a five year pilot, which additional money raised through this would see a significant local increase in pilot could be ploughed back into council tax on second homes community services.” introduced. Richmondshire District Council Currently there are about 1,500 Leader, Councillor Yvonne Peacock, who second homes in the Park, representing is also a member of the National Park more than ten per cent of the total Authority, said: “I want our Dales housing stock. communities to keep going and to Cllr Foster, a Member of the thrive, and that’s why I want to see National Park Authority, considers that action on the really big issues such as the local authorities have a duty to economic development and housing. It is their communities to try to address the becoming increasingly clear that one of causes before it is too late: “All across the ways we can help local communities the north of England we have seen a is by prioritising their needs over the flight of young people from the more needs of second homeowners. remote rural areas like the Dales – and “Young people have left the upper only a trickle of young people and Dales in high numbers and one of the families have come in to replace them. reasons why so many have left in recent “Action in four key areas – economic years - and why so few families are development and job creation, attracted here at the moment- is that broadband infrastructure, the good, affordable housing is out of their retention of vital local services, and reach. A large council tax increase on housing – is needed. On housing, local second homes could change that. authorities in the Dales are putting an “Incentivising the sale or renting immense amount of work into trying to out of second homes could bring more get new, affordable homes built. But so homes back into full-time occupancy. many homes are being lost to second For a twentysomething who returns home ownership that the positive from work each evening to a bedroom in effects of the new homes are being their parents’ house, passing several cancelled out. I think we’ve come to the empty houses on the way must seem point where we would not be doing our very wrong.” duty if we didn’t take a serious look at 16 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Chairman, Carl Lis, added: “The Authority cannot achieve its two statutory purposes of conserving the landscape and promoting its enjoyment by the nation without strong, viable communities. There is no doubt that we need to retain more of our young people, and attract others from outside the park, but at the moment we’ve little chance of doing either because there is not enough available or affordable housing. The situation cannot be attributed to the high number of second homes alone – but it is certainly a factor. “By stimulating the housing market, second homes have helped to create an affordability gap between house prices and local wages. The knock-on effects are a ‘flight’ of working age people, school closures and loss of services.”

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18 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Reeth Brass Band hours, using a shift system to rest players. On the way back to Reeth the On Armistice Day Paul Hutchinson band stopped off at the Staveley Arms played the last post and reveille at the in South Stainley for a well earned War Memorial on Reeth Green. The dinner. This turned out to be a very weather on Remembrance Sunday was enjoyable and memorable day. dry but cold for the march from Reeth Photographs can be found on the band’s to Grinton. Hymns were sung, during Facebook page on our website the service in St. Andrew's Church to www.reethbrassband.co.uk band accompaniment and Nigel Christmas festivities will be well and Robertshaw played the last post and truly over by the time you read this. reveille during the laying of wreaths. The events that took place in Our trip to York on 18th November, to December will be reported in play for St. Nicholas's Fair, was also February’s edition of the Gazette. The undertaken on a dry but cold day. The band will now be concentrating on coach left Reeth at 8.30am, after practicing for the forthcoming year. several stops on the way to pick up, Some engagements have already been arrived in York at 11.00am. A band of arranged including the Swaledale more than twenty players set up in St. Festival Concert which will be held, Helen's Square in sight of York Minster once again in St. Mary's Church, and St. Helen's Church. We played Arkengarthdale on Tuesday 5th June suitable seasonal music for over four 2018. The earliest documented record, of a Brass Band in Reeth, only dates back to WANTED - Customers, no previous 1865, this is recorded in the archives experience necessary, at: of the Teesdale Mercury Newspaper. The band is however in possession of a DALE FARM TOYS & BOOKS conductor’s baton which is inscribed Dales Craft Centre, Reeth DL11 6SP "Reeth Teetotal Brass Band 1862". This baton is to be presented to the

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19 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Please Share Your (with tea and cake). Ed will also be attending a coffee morning or two at Memories Of Reeth Quaker Close in the January and February. Ed will happily listen to your We are looking for people who have stories, or if you are feeling creative spent most of their lives living and he can guide you to depict them in a working in Reeth and surrounding area. visual way too. Are you over 60 and were born in the Ed is one of four artists in area? Did you grow up here? Did you residence in Reeth, working on a work the land, tend to livestock, attend project called Fabric of Place. The four the local school or any special events, artists are working with different or work in the community? We’d really people within the community to create love to hear from you. an exhibition of artworks that Artist, Ed Kluz (also a local lad) is represent the area; from people’s looking to gather stories, folklore, stories and memories to the ancient special-memories, local songs and archaeology, to the night sky and young passed down fables. From the seemingly people’s aspirations to the walks and mundane to the utterly fantastical, if it the landscape. Part of Ed’s artwork will is something that you remember fondly, be a fabric design based on the stories he wants to hear about it. he gathers and this will feed into the Ed can come to your home if this is Fabric of Place exhibition in October easiest for you or we can arrange a 2018 at the Dales Countryside Museum time for a few people to get together in Hawes. WALDEN SERVICES Fabric of Place is a Chrysalis Arts project produced with funding from & GENERAL ENGINEERING Arts Council England, North Yorkshire County Council’s Stronger Communities ATV & Landrover Service & Repair and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Caravan Servicing & Repair Sustainable Development Fund. Motorcycle Service & Repair If you would like to be involved in a Breakdowns workshop or memory sharing session Landrover Chassis Repairs or Replacement with Ed please get in touch with Emily Welding / Fabrication Wilson on 07834 529753 or email Sheet Metalwork [email protected] – Ed cannot create his artwork without your Mild Steel memories so please do get in touch. Stainless - Aluminium - Cast Brazing Old Waiting Rooms Auto Electrical Self Catering Diesel Fuel Injection Hunmanby Railway Station (nr Filey) Victorian Charm. Modern comfort. 0792 2489 531 Full weeks or short breaks. Sleeps 2. Dogs welcome. 01969 663289 www.oldwaitingrooms.co.uk [email protected] Or ring Monica Bridge: 01723 892426

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21 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Upper Dales Family they had to live by selling their labour. The Field Books for some estates gave History Group Part 1 more detail – cultivated land created a high demand for labour, not just of men October’s speaker was Dr Graham but their entire families. Wages for Rogers on ‘Getting through the Daily agricultural labourers were low in Grind: North Yorkshire Family Life and comparison with many other jobs and the 19th-Century Rural Economy’. the demand was seasonal, meaning that Graham had researched and analysed a income varied according to the time of variety of records at the North year. Women were paid much less than Yorkshire County Record Office to men and many workers were not build up a vivid picture of the daily employed full time, so although they experience of ordinary agricultural had a daily rate, they were not earning labourers and their families in the local this every day. On some estates area, the type of work people did, operating a piece work system the wages, the food they ate, the clothes situation was even worse, with wages they wore and what type of houses dependent on, for example, the weight they lived in. He explained some of the or number of acres of turnips pulled. changes that occurred in the economy School log books showed how often and population in the 19th century and children were absent at some times of gave a comprehensive list of sources year when their labour was essential in for his information including census, the fields. tithe, charity, estate, farm, school and Living conditions were often basic even clothing club records. and cramped, especially where large Using Dalton as an example he farmhouses were divided up into homes showed the changes during the 19th for several families. Bread was the century in the number of people dietary staple and Graham explained working on the land. At one time the that in 1790, 84 % of earnings were narrow crofts behind each house, spent on food, 64% on bread alone. One supplemented by common rights of hundred years later by 1893, 72% of grazing, would have allowed each wages went on food, and 38% was on household to be self sufficient, but bread. By then the diet was more over time this became unviable and varied but a labouring man needed Holiday Cottage Beautifully refurbished and refurnished 2 bedroom holiday cottage close to the Green in Reeth available to let. Contact by email [email protected]

22 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD about 4,000 calories a day, most of further details phone 0743 2677 783, which came from bread. email [email protected] There were several slides of or see the website http:// paintings by Sir George Clausen who www.upperdalesfhg.org.uk for details of specialised in pictures of rural workers all events and the worldwide email and gave a good idea of the type of discussion group. clothes they were wearing and the Tracy Little conditions in which they laboured. Village clothing clubs helped people to Low Row Annual Dinner afford new clothes in monthly instalments topped up by subscriptions 2018 from wealthy landowners but these were strictly for hard wearing, no To be held on Saturday 27th January nonsense working garments, typical of at 7.30pm at Low Row & Feetham Clausen’s pictures. Literary Institute. Meetings recommence on Three course meal followed by a Wednesday, February 28, at 2.00pm in concert by Richmond Ladies Choir Harmby village hall when Jennifer Musicality. Deadman will be looking at ‘Farm Tickets available from Andrew buildings of the heart of Teesdale’. Non Silver (Tel: 07763322443) from 10th -members are very welcome at £2. For December 2017 at £15.00 per person.

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23 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD The Wonders of Saturn This Page: Left The moon Mimas, has a spectacular The images on these two pages were hexagonal crater, cause unknown at taken by the probe Cassini. Its 20 year present as all other craters seen in the mission ended on Sept. 15, 2017, as the solar system are circular. on board power source failed and the Right craft plunged into Saturn`s Enceladus, another bizarre moon, has atmosphere. geysers of water near its south pole, Opposite Page: Top indicating some form of geothermal The planet Saturn, as seen from the activity 940 million miles from the Sun. probe, 95 times the mass of the Earth and with 62 known moons orbiting, For those with access to the Saturn is famous for its rings. Formed interweb, more information on the from dust, ice and chunks of rock, Cassini mission can be found at: these rings are still being formed. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ Middle cassini/main/index.html. The planet Earth, as seen from Saturn, There is also a free Ebook that can be 890 million miles away, it took the downloaded for free from Nasa that Cassini probe 7 years to reach its contains 100 of the best pictures of destination. the 23000 images that were taken by Bottom Left Cassini. Unfortunately, for those of us Two of the many shepherd moons, that who are dinosaurs and prefer a REAL keep the rings of Saturn in order. BOOK, there is nothing available, yet. Bottom Right Happy New Year. Saturn also has its own flying saucer The Starman shaped moon, named Pan, this is also a (He will be back) shepherd moon, clearing the Enke Division, the gap between the rings that can be seen from Earth.

Fun Fact: The planet Saturn is named after the Roman god of farming, Saturn. The planet’s symbol is a sickle, a tool that belonged to the Roman god of harvest and was also the weapon Cronos used to castrate and depose his father, Uranus.

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HORTICULTURAL SERVICES Call into our shop in (Est. 1995) Muker Upper Swaledale and see DAVID ALLEN (HND Arboriculture) what unique garments we have on display Fully insured (£5 million) from hand knit Professional tree work: felling, cardigans, sweaters, crown thinning etc undertaken hats, scarves & gloves to machine knit to BS 3998 sweaters & cardigans Petrol log splitter for hire for both ladies & Woodchipper for hire gents. We also stock Tree stump removal sheepskin rugs, Hedge establishment and maintenance. slippers & gloves.

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26 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Come And Sing Messiah The event raised £815 for the Farming Community Network, a A wonderful and stirring afternoon was voluntary organisation and charity that had by singers in Reeth Memorial Hall supports farmers and families within on Sunday 26 November. The “Come and the farming community through Sing” event was organised by The Swale difficult times. Singers, who welcomed over 50 guests from near and far to join them in Melbecks Society choruses from Handel’s Messiah. Coffee Morning The afternoon started with a more relaxed rehearsal style session led by The Melbecks Society’s annual Coffee Musical Director Hugh Bowman with Morning raised a total of £1100 for Greg Smith accompanying on the piano, Reeth Medical Centre to help towards and the large group melded and the the purchase of a FeNO breath testing visiting singers re-familiarised monitor to measure airway inflammation themselves with the music. After a and improve asthma management. The splendid tea there followed a complete organising committee would like to run through of the selected choruses thank everybody who supported the and as the final Amen died away we all event, and to everyone who helped and felt uplifted and ready for Christmas donated raffle and tombola prizes. to begin. Alan Thorogood

27 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Church Services January 2018

9.15 am St. Mary’s Muker Eucharist

11.00 am St. Edmund’s, Marske Holy Communion

11.00 am Holy Trinity Low Row Eucharist

7th 11.00 am Reeth Evangelical Congregational Jan. 2.00 pm Keld URC

Iona Evening Prayer in 6.00 pm St. Andrew’s Grinton Fremington Village Hall

6.30 pm Reeth Evangelical Congregational

Eucharist in 9.30 am St. Andrew’s Grinton Fremington Village Hall

9.30 am St Michael’s Downholme Morning Prayer

10.30 am Low Row URC

th 11.00 am Reeth Evangelical Congregational 14 Jan. 11.00 am St. Edmund’s, Marske Morning Prayer

11.15 am St. Mary’s Arkengarthdale Holy Communion BCP

6.00 pm St. Mary’s Muker Iona Evening Prayer

6.30 pm Reeth Evangelical Congregational

Week of Prayer for 18th 7.30 pm Holy Trinity Low Row Christian Unity Jan. Service

28 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Church Services January 2018

9.15 pm St. Mary’s Muker Eucharist

10.30 am Low Row URC 21st Jan. 11.00 am Holy Trinity Low Row Eucharist

11.00 am Reeth Evangelical Congregational

11.00 am St. Edmund’s, Marske Holy Communion

6.30 pm Reeth Evangelical Congregational

9.30 am St. Andrew’s Grinton Eucharist

9.30 am St Michael’s Downholme Holy Communion

10.30 am Low Row URC Holy Communion 28th 11.00 am Reeth Evangelical Congregational Jan.

11.00 am St. Edmund’s, Marske Holy Communion

11.15 am St. Mary’s Arkengarthdale Holy Communion BCP

2.00 pm Keld URC Holy Communion

The Methodist Minister for the two Dales is Rev David Levell minister of Rev. Les Nevin, Reeth Evangelical Congregational Church who can be contacted on can be contacted on 01748 823149 or by email: 07582 575815 or by email through the [email protected] church website at www.reethecc.co.uk

The Reverend Caroline Hewlett, Roman Catholic Services Vicar of the Parish of Swaledale with For information contact Arkengarthdale, Father O’Neil on can be contacted on 01748 884706 or by e-mail at 01748 822175 [email protected] www.stjosephsfx.co.uk

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Meetings are at Quaker House, 7 Grove Square Leyburn every Sunday at 10.30am. Additionally on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month at the Scout Hut, Quakers Lane, Richmond at 10.30am. For further information contact Judith Calow on 01748 884320 or www.dalesquakers.org.uk

29 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Astronomy wings shape. In The The brightest star in the night sky Two Dales – Sirius – is down and left of Orion in the constellation Canis Major (Greater January winter nights – cold, crisp and Dog), and twinkles many colours due to dark for hours and hours and … lovely! the earth’s atmosphere. The deep winter night sky is dominated MOOCs - Massive Open Online by the constellation of Orion, the Courses – a term coined in 2008, are Hunter. The chart opposite shows the online educational resources that use a sky to the south east at about 8pm on range of collaborative tools to deliver January 17th. an amazing array of subject matter, The seven brightest stars of Orion including astronomy and cosmology - form an hourglass shaped asterism. The many of which are free. FutureLearn three stars close together - the Belt - (owned by the Open University) has a are about a third the way up from the free course offering a more detailed horizon to overhead. The four corner look at Orion starting on January 8th. stars mark imagined shoulders and See their web site for further knees. information: The slightly orange star at the www.futurelearn.com/courses/orion upper left ‘shoulder’ (north east) is If you wish to start the year Betelgeuse - a ‘cool’ red supergiant that exploring our universe with real rather is so large it would occupy almost as far than virtual astronomy companions our as Jupiter if it replaced our sun. It is group meets at 7:30pm every 2nd expected to explode and become a Monday of the month at Unit 14, the supernova within a million years, quite Dales Centre, Reeth, DL11 6SP. If you soon in astronomical timescales. In would like to come along please phone: contrast, the star to the lower right 01748 884926 or e-mail: (south west) is Rigel, a ‘hot’ blue/white [email protected] star. Our next meeting is on 8th January. Orion’s Sword hangs below the Belt. Galaxian If you look carefully around that area Reeth Informal Astronomy Group when your eyes are adapted to the www.reethastro.org dark, you may see a small fuzzy patch – The Great Orion Nebula (fancy word for space cloud). The Orion Nebula is big … 24 light years across and is where stars and planetary systems (like our own solar system) are formed from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. The radiation from the newly formed stars causes the surrounding nebula to glow and become visible. A spotting scope or pair of binoculars will show a slightly brighter smudge, maybe a pair of bird

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31 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD An Exciting Job Opportunity With Swaledale Festival

Swaledale Festival is looking for an experienced Front of House Manager for the 2018 Festival. The work involves leading a team of volunteer stewards at key events, working with the technical and administration teams, and liaising with venue staff. You’ll need to have previous experience in this kind of work, as well as being diplomatic, well- organised, and calm under pressure. You’ll be flexible in your approach and keen to go the extra mile that makes all the difference. You’ll also need your own transport. This newly-created professional position entails flexible working hours over just three weeks - from 20 May to 9 June 2018. The first week will entail mostly daytime work, and the second and third weeks will include evening work. The fee for the three week period will be related to your qualifications and experience. If you think you fit the bill, or you’d like more information, the Festival will be delighted to hear from you. Please call Elizabeth Bedford on 01748 886974 or email her at: [email protected] or email Malcolm Creese at: [email protected]

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32 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Kim and Richard Events In Wensleydale

Atkinson Leyburn & District U3A In January, the speaker is Paul Clarke WELCOME YOU from Low Row. His talk is entitled a 'A Pictorial Guide to the Night Sky' and TO will begin at 10.30am. Coffee and committee available from 10.00am for information. Friday 19th January at The Old School House. Visitors welcome for a small charge. Wensleydale Society The January meeting will be held on Friday 5th January at West Burton Parish Hall starting at 7.30pm, when the speaker is Sandy Carter and her subject is 'Who's Who at Marrick Priory.' Leyburn Arts & Community Centre We will have an free art exhibition in January by local young people and the new Lunch and Chat club continues on The oldest inn in Reeth the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. Coming soon, Ian McMillan & Luke Carver Goss; storytelling by Michael Mears; Northern English Folk Band Quality accommodation Rapscallion and flower demonstration by Nick Grounds, Flowers, Fizz & Fun. Tel 01969 624510 for information. Excellent food LASS: Leyburn Arts & Social Society New members wanted! Come and join us on Tuesday Jan 23rd in the Oak Room (Very popular Sunday Carvery) at Thornborough Hall at 7.15pm. A very friendly bunch of people, low cost film or entertainment with refreshments. A fine selection of For more information, please tel Brian on 01969 623257. Real Ales and Wines Singing for Pleasure For dates in January please telephone Anne on 01969 622590. This group And a warm welcome sings for healthy activity, exercising those lungs and just for the fun of it, Tel. 01748 884213 all abilities welcome. Jeannie Bishop

33 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Reeth Memorial Hall fiddler/viola d'amore playing John Dipper. Tickets £13.00. (£15.00 on the Events door)

Saturday 27th January: Andreas Friday 23rd March: Tannara play Tophøj & Rune Barslund, two contemporary Scottish folk music – lots accomplished Danish musicians, of great tunes guaranteed and performing on fiddle, accordion, viola beautiful vocals. On fiddle, harp, and whistles. “There’s enough spice on guitar, accordion and vocals, Tannara this Danish to keep you sweet for play with a raw energy that brings months.” (Bernd Munzer, Folker). booming sets of tunes and songs Tickets £12 (£14 on the door) together with moments of knot-in- stomach beauty. One of Scotland’s Friday 16th February: Megson are brightest up and coming bands award-winning Teesside musicians, (Stonehaven Folk Festival). Tickets £12 Debs Hanna (vocals, whistle, accordion) (£14 on door) and Stu Hanna (vocals, guitar, mandola, Tickets available from Reeth PO or banjo). Simply brilliant (The Sunday phone John Little (01748 884759) or Express); A Force in the Folk Revival visit: www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk. (The Observer). Back by popular Tickets half price for under 16s. demand. Tickets £14 (£16 on the door) John Little

Friday 9th March: The Emily Askew Band. Formed to fuse Emily's passions for Medieval and Renaissance melodies/ songs and modern folk styles. Being a multi-instrumentalist playing vielle, shawm, bagpipes, recorders and medieval harp, Emily wanted to explore the possibilities of mixing these unusual sounds with modern instruments. Joining Emily are singer/ guitarist/fiddler Jamie Roberts and

34 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Hudson House Your valuable community asset Rooms for hire Suitable for meetings, lectures, talks, training or social events. The Meeting Room - maximum of 30 people. The Meeting Place (evenings only) – maximum of 10 people. Access to PCs, Internet, printer, photocopier, laminator and kitchen facilities. All aspects of tree work carried out by fully insured and NPTC The Orchard Gallery for hire Suitable for exhibitions of paintings, qualified tree surgeons.

photographs and other artwork. Tree removal, pruning, planting, Own entrance through the garden. hedging and stump grinding. Sales can be handled for you. For prices (special rates for community use), Contact Tom Hollingworth bookings or more information please contact 07929322227 Jill May on 01748 884 485 or [email protected] www.arborestrees.co.uk

THE OLD TEMPERANCE BOOKSHOP Reeth, Richmond, DL11 6TE Tel. 01748 884185 Christian Books, Cards & Crafts Fairtrade Food

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35 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Marie Curie’s Swaledale Group Seeks Secretary

Marie Curie’s Swaledale Fundraising Group is looking to recruit a volunteer secretary who can use their organisational skills to help log, track and steer the group’s fundraising activities. The role simply involves ensuring meetings are effectively organised and minuted and maintaining effective records and administration. You would also be invited to help the group raise money and awareness of Marie Curie in your local area and support annual campaigns such as the Great Daffodil Appeal. The up and coming Swaledale Fundraising Group focuses much of its efforts on Christmas Collections, the Great Daffodil Appeal and Richmond’s annual Blooming Great Tea Party at the Town Hall. Gemma Hewitt, Marie Curie Ghyllfoot, Gunnerside Community Fundraiser explained: “If Fully Licensed Tea Room & Bistro you’re highly organised and passionate about a charity that cares for people living with a terminal illness, then this Open 10:30 – 5.00pm role could be for you. Supporting the (Closed Tuesdays) charity gives people the opportunity to gain unforgettable experiences, immerse themselves in a new culture, For traditional Sunday lunches face fresh challenges and obtain new (Booking advisable) skills while doing something fulfilling. So if you’re interested in the role of secretary, please get in touch.” Enjoy home cooked food in If you would like further pleasant surroundings. information about volunteering or fundraising opportunities then please contact Gemma Hewitt: Call us on (01748) 886239 Tel: 01904 755260 Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] or visit www.mariecurie.org.uk Visit: www.ghyllfoot.co.uk

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Fremington Village Hall Recently redecorated and refurbished, the Village Hall (known locally as the Sunday School) is available to hire for all kinds of events, from regular classes, talks and community activities, to one-off functions like children’s parties, lunches and dinners and special occasions such as wedding receptions and anniversary parties. The Hall has a small kitchen with electric cooker and microwave; toilet facilities including disabled toilet; and a small rear garden. The Hall is a registered charity run by a small and dedicated volunteer committee. You can book the Hall by phoning or texting the bookings secretary Alison Tupman on 07967 839494 or by email at [email protected]

37 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Wensleydale School: practical skills.” David Poole of the Lower New Sixth Form Offer Wensleydale Business Network said: “Too often we see young people leave The Wensleydale School has launched a our community because of a perceived new offer for Post-16 students. lack of opportunity. The establishment Starting from September 2018, of The Wensleydale Sixth Form students in the school’s Sixth Form will Business and Innovation Centre will be able to access an exciting new open up opportunities by giving our curriculum that will prepare them to young people the skills and experience exceed and excel in the world of that employers are desperately looking business. “What we are offering in our for when they are recruiting. In new Post-16,” says Deputy Head Andrew addition, it will enable our talented Wilkinson, “Is quite unique in the local students to create opportunities by area and we hope to attract students developing their bright ideas into small from across the Dales.” and medium sized businesses that can Charles Barnett, who will lead the thrive here in the Dales. For these newly created Wensleydale Sixth Form reasons the Lower Wensleydale Business and Innovation Centre said: Business Network is very supportive of “We want our students to be the this fantastic new initiative.” innovators of the future. To exceed as Julia Polley, Headteacher, said: an entrepreneur or business owner, “Over the last few years the school has however, you need more than just a seen significant progress in so many good idea. Success is down to how you areas. Our results are up; Ofsted has market a product, manage your finances praised our progress; and we are and develop the structures to ensure competing against some of the biggest you can deliver on your promises. schools in the country. It is right that Helping our students to develop these we turned our attention to the Sixth skills is what this new offer is all Form to look at how we can best about.” support not just our students, but also The course will give students the our community. I have no doubt that opportunity to do a range of A levels The Wensleydale Sixth Form Business and Level 3 qualifications in subjects and Innovation Centre will play a very including Business Marketing, IT, important role in the future of this Sociology, Psychology and a practical part of the Dales.” maths course looking at issues such as If you would like to find out more, inflation. please contact: Mr Barnett added: “What is really [email protected]; exciting is that not only will our or request a brochure and application students spend time learning in the form from our Administration classroom but, through our partnership Department via email or phone: with the Lower Wensleydale Business [email protected] / 01969 Network, we will offer each and every 622244. one of them an internship and business www.wensleydale.n-yorks.sch.uk mentor to help them develop more

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39 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD have Major Andrew Todd MBE who will be talking about the Expedition to Everest in 2015 and 2017. We have a raffle with some amazing prizes & this will be followed by a great live band - ‘The Messengers’ - with dancing until late. If you would like to reserve a place tickets are £65 per person or perhaps 2018 sees the team, which is made up make a night of it with friends & book a of highly trained volunteers who are table of 10 for £600.00. available 24/7 in any weather, reach its Further details on the event are 50th year of rescue operations. During available from: the year we’ll be holding some [email protected] fundraising & special events to mark DON’T FORGET IF YOU NEED the occasion. Our target is raising MOUNTAIN OR CAVE RESCUE, £50,000 in our 50th year - a huge task call the POLICE on 999. but you’re only 50 once. They will call us and an ambulance For our first event we are (if required). holding a Black Tie Dinner on Saturday 3rd March 2018 to both celebrate www.swaledalemrt.org.uk this landmark anniversary and to raise Happy New Year from all the team essential funds for the team. We are offering local supporters and businesses the opportunity to sponsor specific parts of this event or place an advert in the dinner menu. About the Dinner & Venue We have selected The Garden Rooms at Tennants, Leyburn as the venue for this very special event. The event starts with a welcome and drinks reception, followed by a three course Black Tie dinner with tea, coffee & petit fours to finish. After dinner, we are honoured to

40 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Message From The NYCC HOME LIBRARY Swaledale Museum DELIVERY SERVICE In Reeth This service is provided fortnightly on Thursdays for Reeth and Upper Happy New Year to you all, and looking Swaledale villages. forward to seeing you when the For elderly or disabled residents Museum re-opens at the end of April. Contact tel. no. 01748 824331 It is time for spring cleaning to begin, when the objects come out from Please leave a message or phone under wraps, and new displays are Colburn Library: 0845 4349502 organised. We are looking forward to installing Roger Preston’s latest photographs of lime kilns - dramatically NORTHERN WALLS set and strikingly posed. Then we have DRYSTONE WALLING over 70 knitting sheaths to think about - we have some ingenious ideas for & LANDSCAPING their presentation. Plus with an eye for the unusual we have spent the autumn gathering exciting new stock for our Master Dry Stone Waller shop. Former National Trust We will also be organising a grand auction, this time of maps and gardener with 20 years reproductions of our poster collection - watch our website for the latest news. experience For more information and booking contact Helen Bainbridge at The City and Guild Certificate in Swaledale Museum, The Green, Reeth, DL11 6TX preferably by e-mail at Horticulture [email protected] or by telephone 01748 884118 or www.northernwalls.com 07969823232. Visit our website www.swaledalemuseum.org to find out Tel 0795 148 1239 more about what we do. Why not become a Friend of the Museum and get in FREE, with reduced admission D. J. OLNEY price to our talks? Helen Bainbridge Painter & Decorator Rose Cottage Just off the village green in Reeth Interior & Exterior Sleeps 4 Call Dogs welcome Tel 01964 562239 01748 884065 or Email: [email protected] 07801 026 006

41 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Bellerby Study Group Middleham And The Resumes In January Dales Local History 2018 Group

You are very welcome to join us in the Make it your New Year Resolution to New Year when our programme starts join the Middleham and the Dales Local on Wednesday 24 January with Dave History Group. Join us at our AGM on Spashett giving a well illustrated talk Tuesday 16 January 2018 at 2.00pm in on his experiences trekking in Nepal. the Middleham Key Centre. On Wednesday 31 January, in Out It will be followed by a talk by Val of the Coverdale Cupboard, popular Slater on her ‘eccentric’ 4 x great speaker Marion Moverley will describe grand-father, Revd. James Law - a how the contents of a cupboard Coverdale Clergyman. inspired her interest in historical Members, new members and visitors research and local history. are welcome. For more information Bellerby Study Group arranges talks contact Tony Keates 01969 640436; or in winter and walks in summer. Meetings [email protected] are at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall, Church Street, Bellerby. Talks are followed by tea and cakes. Fees are Reeth & District still £10 per term for members; visitors and guests are always welcome Community Sports Club at £2 each per meeting. For more 300 Club information contact Douglas Dempster November Draw 01969 622040. 1st 288 Chris Hill £50 WANTED Long term let 2nd 19 Shirley Gale £20 Required by single local female. From March 2018. Non smoker. 3rd 257 John Calvert £10 Reeth area preferred. Tel Barbara on 01748 884247 4th 282 Steve Hailes £10

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advance in case they have to turn down a television series later. Some wait for months before telling me they can’t Hudson House Centre come, and I have to start again. It’s sad that the Methodist Chapel - Reeth the venue for the first eight lectures - Owned by the Community of has closed. We are fortunate, however, the Two Dales that the good people of the Congregational Church have welcomed Community us warmly and saved the Reeth Lecture  Gallery from extinction.  Learning I’m pleased to say that every Reeth  Library Lecture has sold out, but I often meet  Orchard people who left it too late to book. Well  Transport here’s a heads-up: National Park Centre The 10th Reeth Lecture will be given by the popular mathematician Marcus North Yorkshire CC du Sautoy on 7 June 2018. His talk, ‘A Police Song to Symmetry’, revolves around the Richmondshire DC symmetry and hidden codes in the Swaledale Festival music of J.S. Bach, especially in his Business Forum iconic keyboard masterpiece ‘Goldberg Hot drinks vending machine Variations’ which will be performed Internet & WiFi twice during the Festival. Online Local notices & information booking opens on 26 March, so please mark these dates in your diary. Meeting Rooms If you are particularly worried Tourist Information & shop about missing out on this, or any other Open all year events, you might consider subscribing 7 days a week to our ‘Festival Friends’ scheme. Members benefit from an exclusive See website for times advance booking period, amongst other things. Details on our website. Silver Street Craft Units Swaledale Festival runs from managed by Hudson House. Saturday 26 May to Saturday 9 June For all enquires contact 2018. For more details and (from 26 March) tickets, please visit Jill May. www.swalefest.org Malcolm Creese 01748 884485 Artistic Director www.hudsonhouse.info

45 REETH AND DISTRICT GAZETTE LTD Upper Dales followed the trade for generations, passing down their skills from father to Family History sons, and with daughters marrying into Group Part 2 other clock making families. Most also trained apprentices who would often November’s speaker was move away, taking their skills with them Dr David Severs on his and setting up business in a new area. research into ‘Wensleydale The earliest local clock maker David Clockmakers and their had identified was John Ogden of Clocks’, illustrated with photographs of Bainbridge, born around 1665, originally the clocks which had been in an at Halifax. John was a Quaker and a exhibition in Leyburn during the friend of George Fox; it is thought he summer, along with additional came to Bainbridge because of illustrations to give an idea of the way persecution elsewhere. He made fairly the technology and design had changed simple, single handed, 30 hour clocks over the years. (needing daily winding). Interestingly, The earliest examples from the by this period, it would have been 17th century only had an hour hand, possible to make two handed clocks but with half and quarter hours shown on Ogden chose not to – either because he the dial face. Improvements in design was fairly old fashioned himself or eventually enabled the addition of a because his clients were. Apparently minute hand, eventually along with many people found the minute hand second hands and extra dials to show hard to read after being used to a phases of the sun and moon. All these simpler, albeit less accurate dial. extras came, of course, with a price tag Many other names and anecdotes and the sophistication of your followed, bringing the story right up timepiece was definitely a status into the 20th century, showing how the symbol. designs had changed from plain and As well as making clocks and engraved metal faces to elaborate watches (and sometimes sundials) an designs, painted to fit the requests of important part of the clockmaker’s the buyers. Even the case was work was visiting the more prestigious significant, the shape of the doors local houses once a week to wind and indicated if the clock was made in the adjust the clocks and one particular north or south of the country. Flat man was noted for always dressing in topped, or ‘cottage’ clocks were made his best to make his rounds. for houses with low ceilings, more David also gave the background to elaborate swan necked or horned his research and listed some of the examples were for larger buildings. many publications, of varying degrees This was a fascinating talk, of accuracy which he had used to crammed with research into local compile his list of local clockmakers, families as well as a masterly overview including some families which were of the changing face of dales clocks omitted altogether from some of the and some of the far flung places they standard texts. Many of the families had ended up. Tracy Little

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Arkengarthdale Parish Langthwaite - Arkengarthdale Council November 2017 RED LION INN Free House All councillors were present. Apologies Real Ales — Bar Snacks were received from district councillor Books & Maps Ian Scott and the chairman welcomed Tel. 01748 884218 County councillor John Blackie, together with Kate Jump, project to attend a forum at Ingleton on the officer for the Upper Dales Community 23rd November. Land Trust. Kate and John gave the Local matters: Feedback had been council an update on the UDCLT and in received about the police activity particular, it’s commitment to obtaining around the issue of speeding motorists affordable housing for the dale. in the dale. Two officers had been sent Various funding channels are being from York to assess the places best explored and a further update will be suited for any for potential further given at or before our January 2018 police activity. meeting. The cars parked opposite the Rigg Road repairs in the dale: Highway are still causing a problem and further department had emailed confirmation complaints have been received. that all notified repairs are in hand. Councillors hope to resolve this issue. Precept requirements were discussed Next meeting: 8th January 2018. and an application for an increase was John Watkins agreed due to the additional grass cutting undertaken this year and R.A.Lofthouse necessary for each year going forward. Roofing Services Correspondence: A letter was received from the secretary of state to advise Kirkby Stephen of the intention of ENTRUST to erect We specialise in traditional & a telecommunications mast at High Seal Houses. The clerk was asked to reply modern slating, flagging and tiling. advising of the parish council’s support We offer a reliable and competitive for the project. service in and around the Eden Valley The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority wrote to invite a councillor  Traditional slate specialist  Re-roof to repair work  Slating, flagging & tiling Arkengarthdale Sports Association  Lead work Domino Drive & New Year Raffle  Velux windows  Chimney work Friday 9th February 2018 For a free quotation or any enquires 7.30pm please call Arkengarthdale C of E School Tel: 017683 42689 Domino Drive, Raffle & Supper Mob: 07557738016 Entry £4.00 Children £2.00 Email: [email protected]

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