The LINK April 2018

The Link Issue 2018/3


April




Serving the Benefice of Walkingham Hill




































Inside this Issue

3 Church Notices
12 Local News
14 Events & Activities
21 Reader Survey

24 Features
30 Advertisements
40 Readers’ Letters
41 Editorial Matters
43 The Benefice Diary

Walkingham Hill Benefice

Associate Priest The Revd Andrew Pearse Tel. 797033
Readers Brian & Sarah Shipman Tel. 340515

Reader Emeritus Joan Dixon Tel. 340269

Methodist Minister Rev Ann Fox Tel. 881116
Churchwardens Secretary Treasurer
Arkendale Church Jeremy Green Vacant Jim Horner
Tel: 340880 Tel: 340493
Annie Watson
Tel: 340944

Copgrove Church Peter Edwards Charlie Francis Bob
Tel: 340453 Tel: 340045 McBratney
Vacant Tel: 340568
Farnham Church John Hooper Sophie van Antony
Tel: 340168 Breemen Turner
Richard Hall Tel: 340931 Tel: 340316
Scotton Church Margaret Smith Vacant Chris Crow
Tel: 867534 Tel: 860303
Alma Richardson
Tel: 868099
Staveley Church Ken Barker Yvonne Tony Meeke
Tel: 340293 Crawford Tel: 340781
Frank Shires Tel: 340349
Tel: 340687
Ferrensby Magazine Jane Hunt Tel: 340455
Contact
Scotton Methodist Chapel Steward Janice Spink Tel: 865055

The Sunday Club Contact Rachael Beckley
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 07919 026498

See the Editorial Matters section for details of the magazine team
Cover Drawing April Showers - Public Domain

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Church Notices
The Pastoral Team

Home Communion: by our team of Eucharistic Ministers for anyone
who is housebound or who finds it a struggle to get to church.
Home & Hospital Visits: permission must be sought if it is not for
yourself.
On each church noticeboard there is a list of telephone numbers for
all the members of the Pastoral Team, any of whom can be
contacted about the above, but a shorter list is included below for
your reference:
Benefice Revd Andrew Pearse Tel. 797033

Arkendale Brian & Sarah Shipman (Readers) Tel. 340515
Copgrove Peter Edwards (Churchwarden) Tel. 340453

Farnham Helen Jackson Tel. 340894
Ferrensby Vivienne Glover Tel. 340850

Scotton Caroline Kirkhope Tel. 866001
Staveley Frank Shires Tel. 340687
The Churchwardens will also pass on messages
(telephone numbers on inside of front page)

Weddings, Baptisms, Funerals
& Other Pastoral Matters

Reverend Andrew Pearse Tel. 797033
When he is not available: one of the Readers
100 Club Frank Shires Tel. 340687
[email protected]
Prayer Group Marian Foster Tel. 341900
Lay Leaders John & Marian Foster Tel. 341900
James Meysey-Thompson Tel. 07813 088458
Bible Study Shirley Hooper Tel. 340168
Group Helen Jackson Tel. 340894


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Pastoral Letter

churches work together. This should
make the post of vicar for our
benefice more appealing and attract
more applicants for the post.
The recruitment process has
inevitably been slow and a little
bureaucratic but progress is being
ongratulations to all of you made. Each church has pretty much
who have survived completed its parish profile, which
whatever challenge you set provides the backbone of the
you
C rself during Lent. Walkingham Hill Brochure, a copy of
Whether it involved chocolate, chips, which will be given to each applicant.
wine or whisky, six and a half weeks Once the Brochure is complete and
of abstinence is a toughie. Well approved, it can be printed and the
done! post advertised. We are hopeful that,
But now Easter and spring are if things go well, a new vicar will be in
here, a time to celebrate. In place by the autumn. Fingers
particular, we celebrate the fact that crossed!
Jesus has not walked off the pitch The interregnum began when
and deserted us but has moved into Camilla left to take up her new role
the manager’s dugout, ready to guide last summer. One very positive

“The Walkingham Hill churches have worked brilliantly together as a
team and continue to do so.”


us though the difficult games that lie aspect is that despite the difficulties
ahead in life. Thank you, JC. (Note to the Walkingham Hill churches have
self – please, no more football had to deal with, we have worked
analogies!) brilliantly together as a team and
We need some guidance too continue to do so.
because, as you probably know, we Spring is a fantastic time, flora
are in an interregnum and on the and fauna have gone into overdrive
hunt for a new vicar. We are being and there is new life all around. The
steered by the Archdeacon and the birds chirping away all day, it’s
Area Dean, both of whom have wonderful. It does have a dark side,
encouraged us to make changes to however – something that sends a
the way in which the PCCs of all five (Continued on page 5)


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Pastoral Letter

(Continued from page 4) band of merry readers and helpers,
collective shiver down the spines of the ‘clergy mercenaries’ who
the church committee members. It parachute in to fill gaps in the service
cannot be stopped and does not rota and to Andrew, our stand-in
cease to torment us until October. vicar. Thank you also to everyone
On a quiet evening, if you stand in who supports the churches and the
the churchyard and listen carefully church committees. Without your
you can hear it … IT’S THE SOUND OF help and support, the ‘HMS
THE GRASS GROWING!! Now, that Walkingham Hill’ would struggle to
may not seem scary to you, but if you find safe passage through the
are on a small church mowing rota, tempestuous seas of the
it’s like being in a Hitchcock thriller! interregnum.
The churches have many jobs that Sorry, must dash now. I can hear
need doing in the spring, so if you the grass growing – and there’s a
can spare an hour or two please do mower in the Copgrove churchyard
offer your help, it will be much with my name on it!
appreciated.
In closing, we should give big Bob McBratney
thanks to Sarah Shipman and her Copgrove

Date Readings For April 2018
st
1 April NT Acts 10 v 34 - 43
G or W Gospel John 20 v 1 - 18
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8 April NT Acts 4 v 32 - 35
W Gospel John 20 v 19 - end
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15 April NT Acts 3 v 12 - 19
W Gospel Luke 24 v 36b - 48
nd
22 April NT Acts 4 v 5 - 12
W Gospel John 10 v 11 - 18
29th April NT Acts 8 v 26 - end
W Gospel John 15 v 1 - 8
Members of the congregation to read:
Eucharist: NT
Matins & BCP Communion: NT and Gospel
(Acts is compulsory)
Village Service: Gospel or as advised
Special Services: as advised

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Church Services

April 2018
Date & Day Time Church Service Minister
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1 April 8.30am Arkendale BCP Holy Canon Michael
Easter Day Communion Hunter
9.30am Scotton Eucharist AP
I: Nigel
9.30am Staveley Eucharist Bishop Clive
Handford
11am Copgrove Eucharist AP
11am Farnham Eucharist Michael Hunter
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8 April 9.30am Staveley Eucharist AP
nd
2 Sunday of
Easter
10am Scotton United Family
Methodist Service
11am Farnham Village Service AP
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15 April 9.30am Arkendale Eucharist Canon Michael
rd
3 Sunday of Hunter
Easter
9.30am Scotton United Family AP
Service + Baptism
11am Copgrove Matins Phillip Perkins
(Reader)
nd
22 April 9.30am Staveley Village Service AP
th
4 Sunday of
Easter
11am Farnham Eucharist AP
th
29 April 10am Arkendale Benefice Eucharist Archdeacon
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4 Sunday of Bev.
Easter
th
6 May 8.30am Scotton Short Holy AP
th
6 Sunday of Communion
Easter
Rogation Walk AP and others

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Church Notices

Please don’t forget to your prayers. Even though we
use the Interregnum now have Andrew in the benefice,
Prayer regularly for those who are involved behind
which, this month, you will need the scenes in the choosing of a
to refer to a previous edition of new incumbent, and indeed all of
the Link. us as we face changes, still
Please also include Andrew in need prayerful support.

Annual Church Meetings

St Thomas Church Scotton
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Monday 9 of April, at 7.00pm in Everyone in the parish is very
welcome to come and discover what
the Church
has been going on in the church

All villagers are welcome to attend. during the past year. You can vote on
the election of Churchwardens and
Come and have your say about your
church and hear what has taken members of the Parochial Church
place during the last twelve months. Council, if you are on the electoral
If you are on the Electoral Roll you roll. Both electoral roll and
may also Vote. nomination forms are available at the
Nomination Papers are in the church back of the church. When completed,
for: please call the Secretary Tel: 01423
Church Wardens, Deanery Synod 340045.
Representative, and six members to Going forward, we would greatly
serve on the Parochial Church value any voluntary help with the
Council. running of the church and the
We hope to see you there. upkeep of the churchyard. Please
contact any member of the PCC.
We look forward to welcoming
St Oswald Church Farnham you.
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Tuesday 10 April 2018 Charlie Francis, PCC Secretary

St Michael and All Angels St Bartholomew Church
Church, Copgrove Arkendale
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Tuesday 17 April 2018 at Thursday 19 April 2018
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7.30pm in the Church

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Church Notices

Date for the Diary

16th April at 2pm

d
at the home of the Rev Andrew Pearse
39, Birkdale Avenue, Knaresborough, HG5 0LS


Informal discussion,
taking the theme of Bishop Nick further:
‘Shaping the Church for the Real World’.


While this is in one sense a follow-up session, if you were
not able to attend the Bishop’s evening in March, you will
not be at a disadvantage and are most welcome to come to
this one-off session instead.


The Bible Study Group Benefice Prayer Time

will meet on
Prayer times are from 6.30 pm
th
Thursday 5 April and may last for up to half an
10.00 to 11.30 a.m. hour
The forthcoming dates are:

at
Date Location
Wheelhouse

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Farm, April 17 Copgrove
Farnham
th
May 15 Farnham

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June 12 Scotton
Phone Helen (340894) or Shirley
(340168) for details or enquiries For further information Contact
All Welcome! Marian Foster
Tel: 341900

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Church Notices
THE ARK SUNDAY CLUB

meets one Sunday a month at Arkendale Village Hall
from 10am to 11am.

Come and join us for Bible stories, drama, arts and crafts,
singing and baking.

Next meeting is
nd
Sunday 22 April

All children (and carers) welcome!
Contact Rachael [email protected] 07919026498



To find out more about what’s happening in the Diocese of Leeds
visit http://www.leeds.anglican.org


From the Parish Registers

Sadly, we have laid to rest:

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February 28 2018 : John Frank Salt. Cremation followed by a Memorial
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Service Farnham Church on 16 March 2018.

May they rest in peace and rise in glory


Services at Scotton Methodist Chapel
10am

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1 April Rev. Ann Fox Easter Day
Holy Communion
th
8 April Lacey Family Service
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15 April Green Transport Required
nd
22 April Houghton At Starbeck
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29 April Rev. Ann Fox Section Service
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Did you know …


You can receive a bi-weekly e-news from the Diocese of Leeds by signing up
at http://www.leeds.anglican.org/enews-archive.



Section 11 Meeting Section 12 Meeting

Farnham Church Arkendale Community Hall
rd
th
on 23 April on 17 May
at 7:00pm. at 7:00pm.



For all PCC members


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Church Notices

Walkingham Hill 100 Club



Supporting the Churches which make up the
United Benefice of Walkingham Hill

St Bartholomew : St Michael & All Angels : St Oswald
St Thomas : All Saints

Winners for March 2018

Draw Number Name Parish


st
1 £100 75 Mrs Janet Holliday Staveley
2 nd £50 120 Mrs M Meeke Staveley


rd
3 £15 74 Mrs Kay Holman Arkendale
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4 £10 54 Mrs M Robinson Staveley

Total number of entries in the draw this month is 107
(Arkendale 25, Copgrove 12, Farnham 4, Scotton 5, Staveley 61)


All the results for this year can be seen at
www.walkinghamhill100.com


More Members Needed!!

Why not Join?

For further details or to join ring Frank Shires Tel: 01423 340687
or email [email protected]

The Walkingham Hill Benefice is registered as a Small Lotteries Society
(Registration of Non-commercial Societies) Regulations 2007.
Gaming Act 2005 LN/199308459 WK/080904601

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Local News

Parish Council Elections Parish Councillors in particular would
like to encourage local residents to
Harrogate Borough become involved and urge anyone
Council (HBC) is holding with an interest to apply.
parish council elections There are three parishes in the
across the borough on Benefice area where seats are open
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Thursday 3 May 2018. for nominations:
Becoming a parish councillor is a Parish Seats
great way to represent and make
positive changes to your local Arkendale, Coneythorpe 5
community. You can either stand as & Clareton
an independent, or as a Scotton 6
representative of a political party.
Parish Councillors are elected on Staveley & Copgrove 6
four year terms. In order to stand as There will also be one HBC
a candidate at parish elections you vacancy for the Claro Ward, which
must meet certain qualifications.
includes all the Benefice villages.
If you are interested in standing Whether you stand or not, don’t
as a parish councillor, all the forget to cast your vote on 3 May.
rd
information you need is available on
the Electoral Commission web site at
www.electoralcommission.org.uk/. Home and Library
This year, all HBC parish council Information Service
seats are being contested at the
same time. Notices will be published This North Yorkshire County Council
rd
and displayed locally from Friday 23 service is available to anyone who
March and nomination papers will finds it difficult, due to
be available for collection from ill health or disability, to
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Monday 26 March at the Civic visit their local library or
Centre, St Luke’s Mount, Harrogate to carry books, or
HG1 2AE or via the web site at someone who is a carer.
www.harrogate.gov.uk/downloads/ Volunteers deliver books to you
file/3448/parish_nomination_packs. every two weeks and the service is
Nominations must be received at free. Contact your local library or
the HBC Civic Centre in person by telephone 01609 533800, email
4pm Friday 6th April 2018.
The current Staveley & Copgrove (Continued on page 13)


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(Continued from page 12) caretaker/cleaner to be responsible
[email protected] or visit for keeping the hall in good order
the website at and opening and closing the hall for
www.northyorks.gov.uk/libraries. bookings when necessary.

For anyone who would like help
For further details and to express an
with using computers, there is a
interest in this position please
volunteer available on a Tuesday
contact the village hall committee
afternoon at Boroughbridge library.
chairman Bill Kirkpatrick on
Tel: 01423 340442.
Scotton Angling Club
Diocesan Lay Conference
Scotton Angling Club has fishing
rights on the North Bank of the River The first diocesan conference for lay
Nidd, close to the village in the Nidd people in the Diocese of Leeds, which
Gorge. will bring together more than 1,600
The stretch is well maintained and participants, is being held on
th
contains both wild and stocked Saturday 9 June 2018 at the
brown trout, grayling, chub, eels, Harrogate Convention Centre. It is
gudgeon and the designed to support church members
occasional roach. The and boost their efforts to live out
mix of species their faith in parishes, schools and
workplaces. Keynote speakers
means both fly-
include the head of the Church Army,
fishing and coarse fishing
Mark Russell, and the Bishop of
techniques can be successfully used.
Dorking, the Rt Revd Jo Bailey-Wells.
Membership is open to those
Each parish is being asked to send
living within the Scotton parish and
between two to six delegates, chosen
new members are welcome. If you
for their potential to play a leading
would like further details please
role in parish life, for their strong
contact the Secretary on
interest in relating faith to daily life
Tel: 01423 863089 or email: or because they are already engaged
[email protected] in church-based ministry.
Bookings are now open. Register
Caretaker Vacancy via: www.leeds.anglican.org/lay-
conference/registration
Staveley & Copgrove Village Hall
committee are looking for a

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Events & Activities







Arkendale Cinema screenings - the next evenings for the cinema will be:
th
Friday 13 April 2018 Film Stars don’t die in Liverpool
7:00pm for 7:30pm Cert 15

A much praised film about a young man and a fading film star, starring
Jamie Bell and Annette Bening, with Vanessa Redgrave, Julie Walters and
Kenneth Cranham also in the cast, nominated for Baftas for best actress,
best actor, best adapted screenplay and best supporting actress.

th
Friday 18 May 2018 The Greatest Showman
7:00pm for 7:30pm Cert PG
A musical about Showman PT Barnum, starring Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron

th
Friday 8 June 2018 Darkest Hour
7:00pm for 7:30pm Cert PG

With Gary Oldman’s Oscar winning performance as Churchill.

We are also taking an interest in Ilkley, a black comedy about a fictional
Ilkley Literary Festival, starring Derek Jacobi, Roger Allam and Anna Maxwell
-Martin, currently being filmed in the locality, notably Allerton Castle and
Knaresborough. Let’s hope this comes to our screens soon.

All welcome, bar, ices and hot drinks at all our films.

Community Coffee Morning
Our regular coffee mornings continue on the first Wednesday of the month,
10:30 – 11:45am – do come along for coffee and a chat.

If you are interested in helping on the committee or being a trustee to the
hall, please contact our Chairman, Gavin Holman, Tel: 341945 for details.

More news and future events feature on the village
website, www.arkendale.org.uk

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Sponsored Walk

In aid of St. Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate
A th pun), please let Helen North know if
sponsored walk will take
place on Saturday 12
you are willing to take part. Details
May in memory of
are below. Please feel free to extend
Staveley resident Paul
Walters. Paul was a familiar sight in this invitation to as many people as
you wish. The Hospice will furnish
Staveley, striding out alongside his sponsorship forms and set up a Just
wife Chris on the way to or from a Giving page. We will also need
local walk. helpers to act as stewards and/or
In recognition of the love and transport, to ferry walkers back from
support Paul and Chris received from the various stages.
the staff at St. Michael’s Hospice, and
Paul’s fondness for walking, we are Please let Helen know by Monday
th
undertaking a sponsored walk along April 9 whether any of the following
one of their favourite routes. applies to you:

“St Michael's Hospice is a truly worthy cause, providing a
special level of care in our local area. Please help us
support them in making a difference.”



The walk will start in Staveley and 1. You would like to take part in the
head to Catherine Chapman’s at Carr walk and need a sponsorship
Top Farm. The next stage will be on form,
to Roecliffe. Stage three takes us to 2. You are available to help as a
Boroughbridge before stage four steward and /or
brings us back to Staveley. The total 3. You are able to provide transport
route will be 10 miles, but don't be to ferry people back to Staveley at
deterred, we want as many as the end of their walk.
possible to take part, so you can
choose measured sections to make a Any queries please feel free to call
shorter route and get a lift back to Helen Tel: 01423 340650
Staveley if needs be. or email: [email protected]
First steps (if you will forgive the


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How is it funded?
Unlike York, this is not a Rotary funded
project. Supporters have so far donated
money, material, new pants of all sizes
(not pale or white), wash cloths (ditto)
and Lakeland or Ikea large ziploc bags.
The main expense is for brushed cotton
and PUV (waterproofing fabric) to make
Ending Period Poverty the shields and liners. Also needed are
press studs, cords for bags, soap leaves
Frequently Asked Questions and vacuum bags for packing.
What is the Days for girls(d4g) project?
D4G is a hands-on volunteer project What do volunteers do at workshops?
worldwide, making re-usable female Apart from those who sew ,machine or
sanitary kits for women in developing hand cutters, pinners, packers, tea
countries. The name means that makers, bakers and fund raisers! if you
women don't miss days of school/ can’t make a workshop , instructions
college/work because they can have the can be provided (though its less fun!).
necessary sanitary protection due to No obligation to attend every month.
the provision of kits.
Any more questions ?
How did it come to Walkingham Hill? The next workshop Mon 16 April
th
The UK version was started in York by 10:00am - 12:30pm
Issy Sanderson, backed by Rotary. After
a trip to Malawi in 2016, it seemed that
Malawi women would very much
benefit, and after visiting, learning and
support from the York group, a benefice
workshop was set up in autumn last
year, one morning a month in Scotton.

What are the kits like?
Each kit contains 2 shields , each with
detachable liners ,which are sewn in the
workshops. Also included are 2 pairs of
Helen, Barnstones, New Road, Scotton
pants, a wash cloth and 2 large zip lock HG5 9HR, Tel: 01423 866199
bags, one for soiled items , and one for Email: [email protected]
washing. The kit is packed into a
drawstring bag ,which are also made in
For further information visit
workshops from coloured fabric
https://www.daysforgirls.org
remnants.
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Christian Aid Super Soup Lunch
Saturday 12th May 2018

12:00 or 1:00 (two sittings)
Barnstones, New Road, Scotton HG5 9HR

Enjoy delicious home made soup and rolls in
good company
Everyone is welcome throughout the Benefice

All proceeds go to Christian Aid’s work in developing countries
Suggested minimum donation £3

If you would like to join us for the Super Soup Lunch please let us
know in advance which sitting you would like to come to
(for catering purposes)
Contact Helen or Nigel Tel: 01423 866199
Email: [email protected]
We look forward to welcoming you to Barnstones
Helen Watkinson and Nigel Harper


Staveley Historical Society

On March 12th we had a wonderful entertaining talk by Maria Glot
who told us about Saltaire and Sir Titus Salt. It was a masterclass in
acting from her which gave us an insight into the life and times of
him and the people who worked for him. The numbers in the
audience and their enthusiasm was good to see.

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Our final talk is on April 9 at 7:30pm in Staveley Village Hall when
Nick Stringer will tell us how to restore a Victorian dining car. Free to
members, £4 to non members on the door. Please come along to
support us when there may be an announcement on the future of
the society.
Dorothy Marshall
Secretary
Tel: 01423 340253


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Come and enjoy an
Easter holiday treat!

All Saints’ Church, Staveley


is holding

An Easter Fayre


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On Spring Saturday 7 April
10 am - 12.00 noon

in the Village Hall, Staveley

 Plant Stall

 Home made Cakes and Preserves
 Super Raffle
 Egg Hunt
And prizes for :

 Children’s games and competition
 Quiz
 Best Easter Bonnet: Everyone invited to wear a
decorated hat (clever, pretty or zany)

Bring your friends and enjoy bacon butties, chocolate
pancakes, and bacon sandwiches


Would you like to help with this event?
More information from 01423 340575 or
[email protected]




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Churches Together in Top Chefs and Gardening
Scotton Coffee Mornings Experts on the Menu at

Scotton Methodist Church and St Ripon Cathedral
Thomas, Scotton will be hosting a
coffee morning on the first Saturday Ripon Cathedral’s popular Spring
in each month between 10.00 am Food, Home and Garden Show
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and 12.00 in the Methodist School returns on Saturday 14 April with
Room. more stalls than last year and top
Why not take half an hour out experts giving both cooking and
from the shopping and the jobs and gardening demonstrations.
join your friends and neighbours for Lee Rushforth ,
a chat over a cup of coffee with Head Chef at The Old
biscuits, cake or try Janice’s mouth- Deanery Hotel and a
watering scones?
quarter finalist on BBC
Guided Walk Around MasterChef The
Staveley Nature Reserve Professionals in 2014,
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Saturday 14 April will be giving two live cookery
10:00am - 12:00pm demonstrations. Gardening expert
Doug Stewart will be running a
Gardening Advice Centre. Open from
10.00am until 4.30pm.
Last year, the inaugural show saw
hundreds of visitors coming through
The East Lagoon
the cathedral doors. This year more
Come and find out about one of the traders are booked to exhibit with
prettiest reserves through a spring stalls ranging from homemade
walk around the site led by Sam, a chutneys and jams, homewares,
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust volunteer. freshly baked bread and cakes, fruit
Find out about the history of the liqueurs and artworks.
reserve and the range of habitats and The Spring show will be in aid of
wildlife found there. Meet at the the Ripon Cathedral Development
main car park on Minskip Road. fund.
Further details available at: Entry to the show is £3 for adults,
www.ywt.org.uk/ and free for children
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3 Which Benefice community do 7 Why do you subscribe to the
you live in? magazine? Answer all that apply.
Arkendale To financially support my
local COE church
Copgrove
To inform me of various local
Farnham
church activities and events
Ferrensby
To inform of local non church
Scotton/Lingerfield activities and events
Staveley To feel part of the local
community
Outside the Benefice area
Not sure
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about right and represents
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Editor’s Spotlight

his month the editor’s The reserve is an
spotlight falls on Staveley example of a successfully restored
Nature Reserve (SNR), a quarry. Formerly known as Staveley
sup
T erb wetland site lying Carrs, in the 18th century, the site
close to the River Tutt that holds year was part of an extensive natural
round interest for visitors with wetland known for its rare marsh
regular sightings of otters and several plants. The wetlands were drained
orchid species among the highlights. for agriculture in the 19th century
and quarried for building materials in
the 20th century. Quarrying for sand,
Getting there
By car, access the main car park gravel and clay stopped in the 1970s.
on the Staveley to Minskip road.
Please do not park along the road. The gravel pits were flooded and the
Disabled access is via radar key site allowed to regenerate naturally
from the track next to the church for many years. Its complex ecology
on Main Street. is now similar to the original
wetlands. In 2002, the Yorkshire
On foot, access the reserve on the Wildlife Trust (YWT) bought the
footpath by Carr Top Farm or the reserve, extending it in 2012, and
footpath by the side of the Royal local volunteers now work with the
Oak pub.
Trust on a continued programme of
restoration and maintenance.

The site is in two parts;
1. The East Lagoon edged with
natural vegetation that was allowed
to develop freely comprising of fen,
reed swamp and flower-rich
calcareous grassland and,
2. The West Lagoons, landscaped
with a limited number of trees
planted and the rest sown down to
pasture, which has since been
intensively grazed.

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(Continued from page 24) volunteers along with YWT staff.
Common breeding birds include
summer visitors such as sand martin, As well as routine maintenance work,
swallows and swifts and several the volunteers also monitor the
species of warbler, with common grazing stock - Highland cattle and
tern breeding on the rafts put out for Hebridean sheep, keep the bird
them. Regularly sighted species feeders stocked and look after the
include jack snipe, goldeneye and community orchard.
oystercatcher. There have been 22 The volunteers have recently secured

“The 84 hectare reserve is a Site of Importance

for Nature Conservation (SINC)”

species of damselflies and a grant from the Allerton Park
dragonflies recorded in the main Landscape and Cultural Heritage
lagoons or the small ponds and Fund. A new container store, which
ditches. will be arriving on site shortly,
Mammals are well represented with
roe deer and fox amongst the larger
species and water shrew and harvest
mouse amongst the smaller species.
Otters are seen regularly, quite often
in the middle of the day, particularly
in the East Lagoon.

Management of the nature reserve is
A Typical Task Day - Scrub Clearance
designed to maintain the site's
important habitats of fen, flower-rich
grassland, open water, wet pasture mowing and other maintenance
and ponds by clearing encroaching equipment are among the items the
scrub, mowing and grazing. Major grant is funding.
works are undertaken by contractors,
as funds allow, but day to day The SNR is a wonderful resource to
maintenance is carried out by local have in our area.

To find out more about the reserve visit
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Features

Walk the Benefice - No. 2: Ferrensby

The next walk in the occasional series in, around and beyond the
Walkingham Hill Benefice area takes in Ferrensby and Staveley.
Start Location: Ferrensby Grid Ref: SE 378 621
Village Pond Time: 1hr 45m
Distance: 5.25 miles Difficulty: Easy/Moderate
Points of Staveley Nature Reserve, Staveley Church,
o
Interest: 360 view from mound near Loftus Hill
Refreshments: Royal Oak Staveley, General Tarleton Ferrensby
Route By: Neil Horton No. of Stiles: 1

❶Start at the village pond
5 and head along road to-
4
wards Farnham.
Turn R past last house on R
and follow Knaresborough
Round signs around five
field edges. ❷Before rising
6 up field, turn R through gap
3
7 in hedge and R again
through next hedge then L
along track, up and over to
Staveley Road. ❸Turn R on
road then L towards Cop-

2 grove. Cross bridge, pass
cottages and turn R at foot-
path sign along drive to-
wards Model Farm. Pass to
the L of farm buildings and
continue on track.
❹Shortly after farm build-
Start
1 & Finish ings turn R along field
boundary, with hedge on R.
Continue straight, keeping hedge line on R. ❺Turn R over footbridge into
(Continued on page 27)


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(Continued from page 26) down field edge. Cross towards far L
Nature Reserve. Turn R on path and corner of field, head for gap through
follow alongside the River Tutt, then hedge in field corner into wood at
between the two lagoons towards Loftus Hill. Follow signs through
the Church. Cross the track and pass wood and up across next field. Climb
between the fence panels to emerge up and over mound (note the view)
by the pub. and follow path across field back to-
❻Visit Staveley Church to the R be- wards Ferrensby. Pass through gate
fore turning L along Main Street. Pass between houses to reach the road.
the village green, continue towards Turn L on road back to starting point
Arkendale and turn L into Low Field of village pond.
Lane. Continue to end and bear R on
track. Pass under railway bridge and If you have a favourite walk that
continue across 3 fields to join the starts in or passes through the Bene-
end of Bedlam Lane. Turn R on lane fice area that you would like to share
and follow back towards the Arken- with other readers, whatever the
dale road. distance or difficulty, please let us
❼Turn L through gate into field be- know. We can prepare the text, a
fore reaching the road. Up hill to map and a gpx file for you. Contact
brow and over stile back to road. the editorial team at
Turn L on road then immediately R [email protected].


The Birds in Your Garden

T Swallows, Swifts and House Martins
he more I learn about
make much the same journey and
migration, the more
are a lot smaller. All these species are
unbelievable I find it. The
number and variety of birds now on their way back, many of
which travel vast distances to breed them already in southern Europe.
is staggering. From humming birds Many are being tracked by the BTO,
flying between Mexico and Alaska, to to help understand better where
gulls which circulate between they migrate to, and by which routes,
Newfoundland and Chile, returning and maybe learn why their numbers
via Africa. are in decline.
Many garden birds take part in During these early months of the
these epic voyages too. Cuckoos are year, we see short-range migrants
probably the best known, but (Continued on page 28)

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(Continued from page 27) and intensive. All of which reduce the
moving through our gardens. Birds availability of food for wildlife.
such as Siskins, Chaffinches and Food is key to migration: birds
Goldfinches are moving northeast consume a vast amount of energy
towards their breeding grounds, flying long distances, often across
having spent the winter in the south hostile terrain such as the Sahara. To
and west of the country. do this they must fatten up before
As you may know, The Yorkshire their journey, and then refuel on the
Arboretum still hosts a flock of way. Climate change produces ever
around a hundred Hawfinches, a very more extreme weather conditions,
rare event. They will presumably be which often mean insufficient food is
returning to their breeding grounds available to migrants at their point of
soon, though there is always the origin and en-route. We know that
hope that a few may stay and breed. this is one of the major causes of
migrating Cuckoo mortality through
“Migration habits are Spain, where droughts and wildfires
changing everywhere” have caused major problems
recently.
Climate change allows many
species to overwinter closer to home, Cuckoo by Pete Curran
as exampled by German Blackcaps
wintering in southwest England
rather than around the
Mediterranean. Ever more species
are breeding in the UK as well as in
continental Europe, witness the
spread north of Little Egrets which
are now to be seen regularly in On the brighter side though, now
Yorkshire. is the time to keep your eyes peeled.
At the other end of the journey, You never know what might choose
both climate change and population your garden to rest and refuel in on
growth are affecting our migrants’ its way back home!
summer quarters. Increased human
populations need more food and Mike Gray
fuel, so forests are rapidly being Tel: 07596 366342 or
eroded and land use is changing, with Email: [email protected]
farming becoming more widespread


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Features

Poets’ Corner

The Lion and Albert
by George Marriott Edgar (1880–1951)

There’s a famous seaside place called Then Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom-
Blackpool, Quite rightly, when all’s said and done-
That’s noted for fresh air and fun, Complained to the Animal Keeper,
And Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom That the Lion had eaten their son.
Went there with young Albert, their son.
The keeper was quite nice about it;
A grand little lad was young Albert, He said “What a nasty mishap.
All dressed in his best; quite a swell Are you sure that it’s your boy he’s eaten?”
With a stick with an ‘orse’s ‘ead ‘andle, Pa said “Am I sure? There’s his cap!”
The finest that Woolworth’s could sell.
The manager had to be sent for.
They didn’t think much to the Ocean: He came and he said “What’s to do?”
The waves, they was fiddlin’ and small, Pa said “Yon Lion’s ‘et Albert,
There was no wrecks and nobody drownded, And ‘im in his Sunday clothes, too.”
Fact, nothing to laugh at at all.
The Mother said, “Right’s right, young feller;
So, seeking for further amusement, I think it’s a shame and a sin,
they paid and went into the Zoo, For a lion to go and eat Albert,
Where they’d Lions and Tigers and Camels, And after we’ve paid to come in.”
And old ale and sandwiches too.
The manager wanted no trouble,
There were one great big Lion called Wallace; He took out his purse right away,
His nose were all covered with scars- Saying “How much to settle the matter?”
He lay in a somnolent posture, And Pa said “What do you usually pay?”
With the side of his face on the bars.
But Mother had turned a bit awkward
Now Albert had heard about Lions, When she thought where her Albert had
How they was ferocious and wild- gone.
To see Wallace lying so peaceful, She said “No! someone’s got to be
Well, it didn’t seem right to the child. summonsed”-
So that was decided upon.
So straightway the brave little feller,
Not showing a morsel of fear, Then off they went to the P’lice Station,
Took his stick with it’s’ orse’s ‘ead ‘andle In front of the Magistrate chap;
...And pushed it in Wallace’s ear. They told ‘im what happened to Albert,
And proved it by showing his cap.
You could see that the Lion didn’t like it,
For giving a kind of a roll, The Magistrate gave his opinion
He pulled Albert inside the cage with ‘im, That no one was really to blame
And swallowed the little lad ‘ole. And he said that he hoped the Ramsbottoms
Would have further sons to their name.
Then Pa, who had seen the occurrence,
And didn’t know what to do next, At that Mother got proper blazing,
Said “Mother! Yon Lion’s ‘et Albert”, “And thank you, sir, kindly,” said she.
And Mother said, ‘Well I am vexed!” “What waste all our lives raising children
To feed ruddy Lions? Not me!”


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Staveley Garden Open Day churchyard
How fortunate we were to be 2. The community orchard at
blessed with fine weather at our Staveley Nature Reserve - the
recent Open Garden events in money being used to buy
February. As I write this in early wildflower seed mixes for the
March, our snowdrops are covered orchard,
by a blanket of snow following the 3. Staveley Sports Association who
recent "Beast from the East". have taken over the cricket field
We raised £420 - our best ever open Many thanks to all our helpers,
garden event to date - which will be visitors and people who gave
shared equally between: donations, as well as use of the
1. Staveley Church Fabric Fund along cricket field for a car park.
with more daffodils for the Ian and Dorothy Griffin, Staveley


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The Benefice Diary

Date Events & Activities Page
April 2018

st
1 Easter Sunday
nd
2 Easter Monday
th
5 Bible Study Group - Farnham 8
th
7 Easter Fayre - Staveley 19
th
9 Annual Church Meeting - Scotton 7
Staveley Historical Society 18
th
10 Annual Church Meeting - Farnham 7
th
14 Spring Food, Home and Garden Show - Ripon 20
Guided Walk - Staveley 20
th
16 Lent Afternoon - Knaresborough 8
Days for Girls Worksop - Scotton 16
th
17 Annual Church Meeting - Copgrove 7
th
19 Annual Church Meeting - Arkendale 7
nd
22 The Ark Sunday Club - Arkendale 9
rd
23 St. Georges’ Day
Section 11 Meeting - Farnham 10
May 2018

rd
3 Local Elections - all Harrogate wards and parishes 12
th
10 Ascension Day
th
12 Sponsored Walk - Staveley 15
Super Soup Lunch - Scotton 18
th
17 Section 12 Meeting - Arkendale 10
th
19 Strawberry Tea/ Community event - Staveley
st
21 Whit Monday
th
27 Trinity Sunday
th
28 Spring Bank Holiday
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