BRIDGE November 2020 Newsletter of the parish of Middleham with Coverdale, East Witton & Thornton Steward With thanks to Martyn Whistler for this beautiful photo of the bridge over the Cover at West Scrafton We are continuing to deliver Bridge to you by email, and hopefully you will have received a letter about how to sign up to receive Bridge. In the meantime, please cascade ‘Bridge’ to others. Please email [email protected] if you would like to be added to the mailing list. Letter from the Rectory In recent weeks Liz and I have enjoyed watching the pilot series of the re-run of All Creatures Great and Small. I’ve been internet searching where Darrowby is filmed in the sure and certain knowledge that it will be a local quiz question one day! (The answer is Grassington, Channel 5 has moved away from Askrigg). One thing that has struck me in the new series is the role of the housekeeper, Mrs Hall. There is more to her role of keeping the house than domestic duties. It’s the same in Granchester. Granchester is set just after the last war, All Creatures is set just before. Granchester is the story of a vicar in Cambridgeshire and his crime fighting escapades with his best friend, the local police inspector. Granchester and All Creatures have in common that they focus around two vocations where the practice is based in the home, professional and domestic combine, hence the need for a housekeeper. As well as her domestic duties, Mrs Hall keeps the house by holding things together. She is like the unseen glue that holds a structure together. She provides an earthly wisdom, a word of comfort, she sees all the comings and goings, she brings them together when any of the vets have fallen out and she challenges when they’re in the wrong. Customers don’t see Mrs. Hall’s contribution towards keeping the show on the road, they just see a smooth-running practice. In Ephesians chapter 2 St. Paul describes Jesus’ role in God’s household in a way that reminds me of Mrs Hall. ‘In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.’ Mrs Hall is a cornerstone of the Farnon veterinary practice in a similar way to Jesus being a cornerstone of the Church. Not that I’m expecting Mrs Hall to be crucified and raised from the grave if the pilot series is considered successful enough! Analogies only go so far. The next verse in Ephesians says, ‘in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.’ I understand this to mean that those of us who follow the Christian faith are joined together in the same way that the cement holds the bricks of a house together. Therefore, there is an onus on us to do things which Mrs Hall illustrates, like impart to each other the wisdom of our faith, to comfort one another and to help people to be reconciled when there has been a falling out, to gently challenge where appropriate. When we do these things God’s house is made stronger. Rev’d Jeff Verse of the month: If you currently need help with groceries due to benefit delays, redundancy, late payments etc…. Please contact 07796 988302 (text/phone. Confidential. Discreet collection/ delivery can be arranged) NEW HELPLINE: Citizens Advice Money and Benefits Advice Service, North Yorkshire If you need support with: • benefit entitlement, claims and appeals • accessing other income such as charitable and statutory grants • managing your money and making it go further • help with debts • finding out what other support services are available Call 0300 3031 598 Monday to Friday 9.00 to 4.00 Please tell us if you need us to call you back (if you have low credit). (Or you can leave a voicemail outside these times). Email advice can be requested via the contact form on website cany.org.uk *************************************************************************************** STAND TOGETHER! A poem – a child’s response to Covid: This is written by ‘Marcie’ aged 10, from Wiltshire, and was published on the Blue Peter page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/bp-post-topical-poem Coverdale Book Club Our next meeting is on Tuesday November 10th November we will be discussing ‘Restoration’ by Rose Tremain. On Tuesday 8th December we will be ‘The Leopard’ by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa. All meetings are currently being held on Zoom for a lively discussion of the book. If you’d like to join us please email [email protected]. Bible Book Club – by Zoom. Email Liz for the link [email protected] if you would like to join in. Saturday 28th November at 11.30am – 12.15pm. We’ll be looking at the letter to the Colossians Leeds Diocese Book Club A different kind of book club – looking at the life of St Cuthbert. Beginning on November 4th. For more details contact: https://learning.leeds.anglican.org/course/winter-book-group-2020/ Long Winter nights…. It could be a long Winter. We’d love to invite you to email us with recommendations for the following, things we can do indoors over the next few months. You don’t have to do all the categories. We’ll publish some of them next month. Email: [email protected] Book Film Music TV programme Game Other November 2020 Middleham Key Centre, Park Lane, Middleham DL8 4RA Tel: 01969 624002 Email: [email protected] www.middlehamkeycentre.co.uk The Key Centre office is open from 9.30am – 2.00pm Monday to Thursday. Anyone entering the centre must wear a MASK and use the HAND SANITISER provided on entering and leaving the building. At all times you should observe distancing of 1 or 2 metres away from other people. The services we can currently offer are photocopying, internet access, information and collecting recycling boxes and blue bags if necessary. ‘T’ in the Afternoon is being held on Wednesdays at 2.00pm – 3.30pm in the Richard III hall. Coffee Morning Saturday mornings at 10.30am to 12noon also in Richard III hall. Both events are set up with tables and chairs 1m apart. Once seated, you may remove your mask and refreshments will be served at your table. Please remain at your table until you leave. Book Swap is back in operation, following the same system as being used by book shops: newly donated, returned or rejected books are quarantined. The boxes are clearly labelled. We can only accept paperbacks in reasonable condition. The Hair Shoppe: at Middleham Key Centre is open. Telephone Claire on 01969 624401 for an appointment. FiftyfiveUP: Tony Talbot, the founder, is based at The Key Centre – this is a free upbeat, online lifestyle magazine aimed at informing and sharing information relative to exercise, motivation and overall wellbeing. fiftyfiveUP has been designed as a community platform where those over 55 can simply enjoy what has been written or use it to showcase their own editorial or photographic talents. www.fiftyfiveUP.com Changing Minds Psychotherapy: Beverley D’arcy BSc Hons. Psychol. M. A. Psychotherapy, Cert. Coun. Psychotherapy & Counselling – online and face to face. www.changingmindspsychotherapy.co.uk Email: [email protected] Tel: 07900 034481 for further details or to make an appointment. Seasons Art Class (Thirsk) for further details contact Tracy on 07775 898474 who is based at The Key Centre .Middleham Town Council: If you wish to contact the council telephone 07531 580499 or Email: [email protected] Website: www.middlehamtowncouncil.co.uk Community Police: Messages can be passed on to our local PCSO by Pam in the office, or telephone 101 the non-emergency number. Anderson’s Breaktime Catering: contact telephone number is 01969 737001. Leyburn Arts & Community Centre Richmond Road, LEYBURN, DL8 5DL (Charity No: 1122092) Full details & tickets from leyburnartscentre.com or 01969 624510 All tickets must be booked and paid for in advance. Please call Mon – Fri 1pm-4pm Film: Tickets £6 / £5 for U18 or 60+ Live Performances: £12 F i l m s : Nov 6 Fri 6pm Dark Waters (12A) 2hrs 6m Nov 13 Fri 6pm Military Wives (12A) 1hr 52m Nov 20 Fri 6pm Ride Like a Girl (12A) 1hr 38m Nov 27 Fri 6pm Parasite (15) 2hrs 12m L i v e : Nov 3 Tue 7pm The King and I 2hrs 52m (with interval) Recorded live at London’s iconic Palladium. Starring Kelli O’Hara. Nov 24 Tue 7pm Uncle Vanya 2hrs 10m Recorded live at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre. Starring Toby Jones. Dec 8 Tue 7pm Three Tenors: Voices For Eternity 1hr 30m Pavarotti, Domingo & Carreras. Recorded live at Rome and Los Angeles. All events are subject to government announcements re. Covid 19. Please check with the venue regarding events. Middleham Sports and Community Wellbeing Association (MSCWA) by Richard Fletcher MSCWA have been wanting to re-establish football on the sports field, and recently has begun to host Leyburn Town Football Club who were looking for a new home. So it has been hired to Leyburn on a partnership basis, ie low cost in return for help on the ground and pitch etc. We have set too to produce an excellent playing surface to enable Leyburn to continue in the Wensleydale Creamery League. Carperby Football club helped out with things in the interim, but from late August Leyburn were training at Middleham. So, it was appropriate that the first game was against Carperby in which a keenly contested game resulted in a 3-3 draw following Carperby leading for most of the game.