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Issue 176 December 2011 Text Upper Wensleydale Published by Newsletter The Upper Wensleydale Newsletter Issue 176—December Burnside Coach House, Burtersett Road, Hawes DL8 3NT 2011 Tel: 667785 eee-e---mail:mail: [email protected] Features Newsletters on the Web, from 2003 simply enter “Upper Wensleydale Newsletter” in, say, GoogleGoogle. Editorial 2 Under ‘Welcome to Wensletdale’ ____________________________ click local news. Christmas Message 4 Printed by Peter C. Wood and ASW and collated, folded, stapled by ____________________________ newsletter volunteers at the Is English Easy? 6 Wensleydale Centre, Yorebridge, Askrigg ____________________________ Committee: Alan S.Watkinson, Hawes Gala Events 11 Barry Cruickshanks, Sarah Champion, ____________________________ Sue E .Duffield, Sue Harpley, Adrian Janke, Use of Lime 13 Alastair Macintosh, Neil Piper, Janet W. Thomson, ____________________________ Askrigg Brass Band 14 ____________________________ Sycamore News 20 ____________________________ Advertising What’s On 28 Boxed adverts: £5, £10, £15 ____________________________ There is a one-third reduction for Plus all the regulars six issues or more, so for twelve issues the totals are: £40, £80 or £120 Greetings etc. £2.00 What’s ons (non(non----commercial)commercial) are PLEASE NOTE free This web-copy does not contain the Contacts: For Hawes area and westward: commercial adverts which are in Barry Cruickshanks, Ashfield, the full Newsletter. Hardraw: 667458 As a general rule we only accept adverts from within the circulation For elsewhere: Sue Duffield, area and no more than one-third of Fellside, each issue is taken up with them. Thornton Rust: 663504 1 Editorial socially. We’ve touched on the first two, but even within the present Richmondshire ne difficulty in living where we do there is a marked difference between up- in Upper Wensleydale is explain- land Pennine Upper Wensleydale and the O ing to people in other parts of the areas in and beyond Catterick or up to the country, when we are away or on the north towards the A66, in landscape, farm- phone, exactly where we are! We are a bit ing, the built environment and sociologi- on the edge of things, not near anywhere cally. From a church point of view the ‘big’. So here’s a bit of history; read on! Anglicans are in Ripon and Leeds Diocese We were, or in fact can still describe our- which links them with Harrogate and selves as, in the North Riding which was Knaresborough. Incidentally, the area of divided into Wapentakes, from an old Garsdale, Dent and Sedbergh is in Brad- Saxon word ‘Waepon-tac’ a division set up ford; how bizarre is that? As for the Meth- originally for military purposes, Hang West odists all their local churches are in the Wapentake for Upper Wensleydale (Gilling Darlington District which links them into West for Upper Swaledale). They had their much of County Durham. separate courts and administration until the When it comes to sport, as an example: fourteenth century when they were taken which big soccer teams get supported? We over by the county. Before 1832 the North wouldn’t dare to select a favourite out of Riding had no separate parliamentary rep- Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Leeds, Sunder- resentation but the Great Reform Act gave land, Burnley, Darlington… or even each Riding two seats; then an act of 1868 MUFC! For our health services we are deprived Richmond and Malton of repre- increasingly linked into South Tees sentatives in favour of the growing town of (Middlesbrough), or even Leeds, although Middlesbrough. In 1885 the Redistribution Kendal is quite a bit closer for some of us. Act created four constituencies: Cleveland, When not shopping locally we’re off to Richmond, Thirsk/Malton, and Whitby. Catterick, Northallerton, Darlington, Ken- Not that it is like this now. The county, dal, Lancaster, Kirkby Stephen, Settle or now an altered North Yorkshire, has eight Kirkby Lonsdale! A few readers might be constituencies (two for York) and includes able to receive TV local programmes from the area round Selby which only came into Leeds but for most of us it’s all Tyneside, the county in 1974. Teesside or north Cumbria! (But are we So you see things are always changing . really covered by either?) Increasingly In that year (1974), the North Riding lost a some of our kids go to Sedbergh, Kirkby great chunk at the north into County Dur- Stephen or Richmond to school. ham, the West Riding lost three parishes: It might be because these days travel is so Garsdale, Dent and Sedbergh to Cumbria, much easier for most of us and ties may be and several others in a large area of Bow- loosened, or maybe a greater mix of resi- land went into Lancashire. (The indignity dents come from further afield and don’t of it!). South Yorkshire was created from have such strong links to an area. So do large parts of the West Riding. All can still boundaries matter as we perceive they once claim to be in the original Ridings. did; whether for Councils (county, district, Does it make sense? It depends on how ward or parish), National Park (extended or we try to group areas together: historically, not) and parliamentary constituencies? politically, geographically, religiously or What we need to ensure is that in all these 2 things we keep the pressure on whoever November Competition Answers represents us. Some of us will always be Here are some anagrams of places within ‘Dalesfolk’, ‘Pennine’, ‘Yorkshire’, the Newsletter area. ‘Northern’ or not really sure! One thing we 1. TONES CUTTER = Countersett can be sure about: we’ll always be a bit 2. SKILL GUN STAB = Stalling Busk away from it all. Is that such a bad thing? 3. A LEARNED RAGGY = Raydale Grange 4. BIGGINS AND BRIE= Bainbridge Ings (OK. So this is a bit long; but it is a 5. EG DARK STEWINGS = West End Askrigg double-month issue!) 6. RUB HOLED DAG = Addlebrough 7. HAS DEAD LARGE = Garsdale Head 8. PRANCES RUDER TONS= Preston under Scar 9. MALLETS NOR METTLE= Smelter Allotments 10. FORWARD REACH = Hardraw Force DropDrop----offoff points and contacts 11. CARDED RUM AL= Drumaldrace for news, articles, reports, letters, what’s on 12. ODD ORE WORE SHELF= Freeholders Wood dates, competition entries, suggestions and comments: Hawes: Alan S. Watkinson, Burnside Coach House. 667785 The winner of the £20 prize was: Gayle: Lorna Ward, K. Iveson from Hawes whose £20 prize is East House 667405 donated to the Christmas Lights Bainbridge: Hammond’s Butchers 650631 Askrigg: Rima Berry, 8 Mill Lane. 650980 Carperby: Margaret Woodcock, Bella Cottage 663488 December/Christmas West Burton: Nadine Bell, Competition Margaret’s Cottage 663559 Aysgarth: Hamilton’s Tearoom 663423 Find the link. Redmire: Ann Holubecki 622967 Example: Father CHRISTMAS pudding. Thoralby: Sandra Foley, Shop 663205 Mince___________Bald Shadow_________ Day Christmas _______ Stitch Christmas _______ Day North Country Theatre presents Twelfth ________ Store Mistle __________ Nail "The Rocking Horse Winner" Yule ___________ Book at the Dales Countryside Museum Yule ___________ Mark 7th December at 7.30pm Christmas ______ Concert tickets £8.50 at the museum 666210 New ___________ Ling . Brandy _________ Election Christmas ______ Table Caesar _________ John Winter Event at the Census_________ Less Mulberry Bush, Hawes Shepherds ______ R Shortest ________ Light from 5.00pm on Thursday 1st December Church ________ Tent Mulled wine, mince pies and 15% off all Little __________ Derby stock; everyone very welcome. 3 stant peace throughout the world. God shakes Christmas Message his head and says, “I provide seeds.” This year from The significant presents that we receive at Rev Canon Sue Whitehouse Christmas are the seeds - the possibilities that “I like Christmas because it is Jesus' birthday. God gives us - for love, forgiveness, hope, He has the birthday. We get the presents.” So new life. Let us endeavour to pause this writes a six year old girl. And, as is often the Christmas - perhaps in the special stillness of way with children, there is a deeper truth un- Christmas Eve - and to recognise God’s gifts derlying the more obvious statement. to us in Jesus’ birth and determine to allow No doubt her immediate hopes and expecta- the seeds that he provides to grow in us throughout the coming year. tions lie in her Christmas wish list. This list is probably not unlike the list she produces for her own birthday. Of course, for all these presents she has to rely on the generosity - and ability - of family and friends to provide Annual Carols by Candlelight and them. But she has already recognised that Supper Christmas is not her birthday and hopefully as Wednesday December 21st, 6.30pm she grows older she will be able to appreciate at Hawes Methodist Church. more fully the implication of her remark. The Carols etc. in the chapel outward appearance of present-giving at and supper in the upper and lower rooms. Christmas may seem the same as for any fam- Everyone is welcome. ily or personal celebration. But the reality is There is no charge! But there is a collection different. for “Action for Children”, There is a legend in North America – which in the past was also prevalent here – that at midnight on Christmas Eve a deep peace pervades the world. Its spirit is so dis- tinctive that even the animals in their stables Dial 101 – the New Police bow their knees in adoration. Non-emergency Number Like children, legends often express under- From December 12th 2011 if you want to talk lying truths. One of the Christmas readings to your local police about non-emergency from St. Luke’s Gospel speaks of “the dawn crime or anti-social behaviour, then dial 101. from on high which shall break upon us.” We This replaces the current non-emergency are indeed celebrating the birth of Jesus and number 0845 60 60 24 7 which will be gradu- we do receive the gifts which surround that ally be phased out.
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