THE UPPER WENSLEYDALE NEWSLETTER ISSUE 188 FEBRUARY 2013 Donation please: 30p suggested or more if you wish tarmac to reduce run-off, using less energy (see Published by Upper Wensleydale Editorial Rose Rambler on page 30) or even upping our The Upper Wensleydale Newsletter Newsletter ooking back and forth! Back, there was giving to the poorest in the world. It can also Burnside Coach House, the Jubilee and then the Olympics. cheer us up, ‘doing our bit’. Forth, anything to take the mind to Burtersett Road, Hawes DL8 3NT Issue 188— February 2013 L As for the other really big issues, at home or pleasant things? To date it isn’t looking good. abroad, shouldn’t we really try to read up the Features What will be the ‘main issues’ this year; what facts, so that when any opportunity comes to Tel: 667785 will really concern us? Already, triviality is rais- ‘have our say’ we know what we are talking ing its head; we write as even the Prime Minis- e-mail: [email protected] Editorial 3 about and don’t make up our minds on hearsay ter has had to answer questions about horse or prejudice? ____________________________ meat, and a local authority is talking about pun- After the usual thorough committee discussion Printed by Wensleydale Press Hawes Auction Mart 12 ishment for throwing snowballs. Do we make a on this we agreed it was a bit gloomy and ________________ ____________ fuss about the right things? Whatever next? Not heavy. Could readers suggest, we mused, any Committee: Alan S.Watkinson, Our Schools 14 that a bit of trivia and gossip is particularly Barry Cruickshanks (web), Sue E .Duffield, good, cheerful stuff for the future to cheer us ____________________________ harmful but… Sue Harpley, , Alastair Macintosh, up… and then we thought “ Oh yes, Bradford Ranger Report 17 Far from trivial, on the world stage, are new City!” Neil Piper, Janet W. Thomson (treasurer), Peter wars, unrest and terrorism which seem to flare Wood ____________________________ Police Report 18 up just as others are under control; it’s now Mali, Algeria and Northern Ireland (again), and Final Processing: Sarah Champion, Adrian Janke ____________________________ the long drawn-out Israel-Palestine impasse Letter 22 seems to be always with us. Wensleydale Railway News Postal Distribution: Derek Stephens ____________________________ , A bit closer to home there’s ‘Europe’. How Doctor’s Rotas 23 many of us really know how, or how much, if at New Timetable: Wensleydale Railway's 2013 ____________________________ all, any changes might really affect us? And timetable is already on the website What’s On 25 how two-faced we are when discussing possible www.wensleydalerailway.com. There is a var- voting and referenda. Notice is taken of Police ied programme of events, starting with services PLEASE NOTE ____________________________ during this month's half-term and an on-train Plus all the regulars Commissioner election results even when there are miniscule voting turn-outs; when unions Valentine buffet lunch on Saturday February This web-copy does not contain the commercial ad- ____________________________ 16.. On Mother's Day, Sunday March 10, there verts which are in the full Newsletter. have block votes or when much larger numbers turn out, opponents often claim they are unrep- will also be a buffet lunch on the train. Booking is essential for these two special events (adult As a general rule we only accept adverts from within resentative! Maybe on Europe we ought to have Whilst we try to ensure that all information is compulsory voting with a test to prove that each £20; child £12; to book phone 08454 50 54 74). the circulation area and no more than one-third of correct we cannot be held legally responsible for Winter maintenance by railway volunteers in- each issue is taken up with them. of us has read exactly what the issues are! omissions or inaccuracies in articles, adverts or On the ‘home front’, i.e. here in our area, cluded replacement of the level crossing on the listings, or for any inconvenience caused. Views much of the above might not concern us (even if A684 at Bedale in mid-January, with ongoing expressed in articles are the sole responsibility of it should). What we are fairly certain of is more maintenance of the track near Northallerton, in Advertising the person by-lined. Articles by comittee mem- belt-tightening, job insecurity, less tourism preparation for charter trains booked to visit bers carry just their initials. We appreciate be- Wensleydale later this year. Boxed adverts: £6, £12, £18 which is such a vital part of the Dales prosperity ing asked before any part of the Newsletter is and who knows, another chaotic year for Ruth Annison reproduced There is a big reduction for six issues or more, so weather. for six issues the totals are: This leads on to what more and more people, not only scientists, are saying the world over: £25, £50 or £75 that climate change and population growth are the most important world issues above all oth- Did You Know This? Greetings etc. £2.00 THE MARCH ISSUE WILL BE ers, affecting peoples in every continent, as ex- Kissing Friday What’s ons (non-commercial) are free tremes- hot, cold, wet or dry- play havoc with (the Friday after Ash Wednesday): PRODUCED ON communities and their food and water supplies. English schoolboys were once entitled to kiss FEBRUARY 26TH AND 27TH. As the world population continues to soar there girls without fear of punishment or rejection, a Contacts for adverts: will be more scrabbling after the world’s re- custom that lasted until at least the 1940s. sources, not helped by unscrupulous dealings of In Sileby, Leicestershire, Kissing Friday was For Hawes area and westward: DEADLINE FOR COPY: some multinationals and local corruption which called Nippy Hug Day. Men could demand a THURSDAY leads to mass migration on a vast scale. Would- kiss from the woman of their choice, but if their Barry Cruickshanks, Ashfield, Hardraw: 667458 n’t you seek water, food, shelter, work or secu- petition was denied, they had the right to 'louse', FEBRUARY 21ST rity if this applied to you? or pinch, the woman's posterior - perhaps mim- For elsewhere: There are things we can do though! Don’t say icking the pinching of lice? it would make no difference! ‘You in your small What would happen today? Probably a court Sue Duffield, Fellside, corner and I in mine’: recycling, eliminating case! Thornton Rust: 663504 waste, growing veggies, removing concrete and 2 2 tarmac to reduce run-off, using less energy (see Published by Upper Wensleydale Editorial Rose Rambler on page 30) or even upping our The Upper Wensleydale Newsletter Newsletter ooking back and forth! Back, there was giving to the poorest in the world. It can also Burnside Coach House, the Jubilee and then the Olympics. cheer us up, ‘doing our bit’. Forth, anything to take the mind to Burtersett Road, Hawes DL8 3NT Issue 188— February 2013 L As for the other really big issues, at home or pleasant things? To date it isn’t looking good. abroad, shouldn’t we really try to read up the Features What will be the ‘main issues’ this year; what facts, so that when any opportunity comes to Tel: 667785 will really concern us? Already, triviality is rais- ‘have our say’ we know what we are talking ing its head; we write as even the Prime Minis- e-mail: [email protected] Editorial 3 about and don’t make up our minds on hearsay ter has had to answer questions about horse or prejudice? ____________________________ meat, and a local authority is talking about pun- After the usual thorough committee discussion Printed by Wensleydale Press Hawes Auction Mart 12 ishment for throwing snowballs. Do we make a on this we agreed it was a bit gloomy and ________________ ____________ fuss about the right things? Whatever next? Not heavy. Could readers suggest, we mused, any Committee: Alan S.Watkinson, Our Schools 14 that a bit of trivia and gossip is particularly Barry Cruickshanks (web), Sue E .Duffield, good, cheerful stuff for the future to cheer us ____________________________ harmful but… Sue Harpley, , Alastair Macintosh, up… and then we thought “ Oh yes, Bradford Ranger Report 17 Far from trivial, on the world stage, are new City!” Neil Piper, Janet W. Thomson (treasurer), Peter wars, unrest and terrorism which seem to flare Wood ____________________________ Police Report 18 up just as others are under control; it’s now Mali, Algeria and Northern Ireland (again), and Final Processing: Sarah Champion, Adrian Janke ____________________________ the long drawn-out Israel-Palestine impasse Letter 22 seems to be always with us. Wensleydale Railway News Postal Distribution: Derek Stephens ____________________________ , A bit closer to home there’s ‘Europe’. How Doctor’s Rotas 23 many of us really know how, or how much, if at New Timetable: Wensleydale Railway's 2013 ____________________________ all, any changes might really affect us? And timetable is already on the website What’s On 25 how two-faced we are when discussing possible www.wensleydalerailway.com. There is a var- voting and referenda. Notice is taken of Police ied programme of events, starting with services PLEASE NOTE ____________________________ during this month's half-term and an on-train Plus all the regulars Commissioner election results even when there are miniscule voting turn-outs; when unions Valentine buffet lunch on Saturday February This web-copy does not contain the commercial ad- ____________________________ 16.. On Mother's Day, Sunday March 10, there verts which are in the full Newsletter. have block votes or when much larger numbers turn out, opponents often claim they are unrep- will also be a buffet lunch on the train.