CAUSEWAY DECEMBER 2020 New Thorp Arch WW2 Book Published Walton Food Voucher Scheme Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 1
Serving the communities of Thorp Arch and Walton Advertising Index Accountants Gillbeck Assoc Peter Howard Alarms PGK Security Animal Care Clifford Moor Farm Architects McNicholas Architects Bed & Breakfast Four Gables Building Materials Kirbys Carpet Cleaning Wetherby Carpet
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Cars/MOT Westmoreland Cars
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Chimney Sweep Mooring Brothers Chiropody Boston Spa Chiropody
Contact: Emma Shellard, 07903 632590 emmashellard@outlook.com
Curtains, Furnishing Lou’s Threads
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Hardware Douglas Yeadon
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Holiday Cottages Priory Cottages
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Kitchens Aberford Interiors
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Decorators Mark Hatfield Oliver Willard The Decorating Centre
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Elderly Support WiSE
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Newsagents Supershop
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Electrical Services P Collier Edmunds Electrical
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Opticians Andrew Morgan Cameron Beaumont
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Estate Agents Beadnall & Copley
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PA/Secretarial Concierge David Bransby 27
Flooring Services Thorner Flooring
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Funerals Tony Barker
Plumbing and Heating Peter Norman 30 Thorp Arch Plumbing 28
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Gardening Lawn Keeper MK Landscaping
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Hairdressing Ian Blakey
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Restaurants Fox and Hounds
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Retail Parks Thorp Arch Retail Park
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Tree Services Bardsey Tree Services
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Dear Readers
Welcome to the December 2020, January 2021 issue of Causeway! What a year it’s been! I think we can all say it’s affected us in a variety of different ways and we’ve all found our own ways of coping throughout. In this issue we have some alternative recipes for your Christmas table from America on page 17 and an insight into how birds cache their food for the winter on page 26 - a really interesting process!
If you have any contributions for the magazine or would like to join the team please email us at causeway.editor@gmail. com. Blessings
We have Christmas messages from parishioners in Walton on page 7 and news of any virtual Christmas activities you can take part in over Advent and Christmas along with a few more ideas of local businesses to buy from. Great news that the Harvest festival at home raised £300 in October! The Fox and Hounds have teamed up with the local community to develop a ‘pay it forward’ voucher scheme and you can buy a £25 food voucher which will be match funded by the Parish Council and Village Hall and then passed onto those in need - more information about how you can contribute to the scheme on page 13.
Contents
We wish you all a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year, we look forward to writing to you all again in our February issue.
Editor’s Letter News from Martin House News from our Churches Clergy Letter Sunday Services Thorp Arch Parish Council Local News
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Betty’s Pots Updates from our Advertisers Christmas Recipes from across the Pond Recollections from Thorp Arch Tales from the Riverbank The Birds in your Garden Village Contacts
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Staying in Touch News From Martin House
has had to change the way it provides care to families as a result of the pandemic.
Young people with life-limiting conditions are being encouraged to stay connected thanks to Martin House Hospice Care for Children and Young People.
It includes limiting the number of beds, staggering meals and using communal spaces on a rota to ensure social distancing, while care staff are in full PPE.
The hospice has been holding weekly virtual get-togethers on Zoom for young people using its service since June, as a way of helping them stay in touch.
Mary added: “If someone is thinking about coming in for a stay, we can talk to them about it, and those who have been in can give them an insight into what it’s like staying here during
Mary Newbegin, transition and discharge coordinator lead at Martin House, said: “We’ve been keeping in touch with young people since lockdown, and the more we talked to them, the more we realised that many of them haven’t gone out of the house apart from hospital appointments.
Covid. It’s nice they can share their perspectives, and it’s encouraged some to come. “The calls are a chance for us to give them information, and we’ve been able to solve a few problems for people. But it’s also a chance for a general chat, talk about football, or what they’ve been watching on TV.”
“If we phone them, they often need a family member to hold the phone for them, but once they’re set up on Zoom, they have more independence. It also gives them the chance to see each other – which is important, as a big part of coming to Martin House has always been the chance to socialise with their peers. Covid-19 is making living at home a lonely place for a lot of our young people, but seeing each other makes them realise they are not alone.
Up to eight young people attend the weekly calls, with around 20 taking part so far. Mary is planning to introduce more focused groups, including one for younger teenagers, and bringing in more external professionals who can give extra support and information. We’ve also got some fun stuff planned, so we’ve got some quizzes for Christmas and new year, and they’re getting involved in some advent calendar activities we’re planning, and one of the young people put her own quiz together for our Halloween meeting.”
“Many of them will call Martin House their second home, so they come to see familiar faces, both each other and members of the care team, who get as much out of it as they do. It’s a very informal thing, so they can dip in and out as much as they like.”
It costs nearly £9 million a year to run Martin House. To find out how you can help, visit www. martinhouse.org.uk.
Martin House, which cares for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions from across West, North and East Yorkshire,
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News from our Churches Home Harvest Supper Success
PLEASE BOOK FOR ANY OF THESE SERVICES IN ADVANCE VIA THE PARISH OFFICE.
A big thank you to everyone who supported the Home Harvest Supper in October. With your help we raised £300, which is going towards the running costs for St Peters. Hopefully normal service will resume next year!
Email, or call 844402 giving a contact phone number, your name, and how many will be in your household group attending.
Community Carol Service
Christmas Greetings from Parishioners of St Peter’s in Walton
There will be an online carol service this year featuring a number of schools and community groups. It will be broadcast on Facebook.com/ BramhamBenefice and www.BramhamBenefice. org/online-services on Wednesday 23rd December at 7pm.
To all our friends who continue to support St Peter’s, we wish you a Very Happy Christmas,with a prosperous and safe New Year. DAVID AND DOREEN
Christmas Greetings and Compliments of the Season to all my friends at St. Peter’s, Walton.
2020 Poppy Appeal
JENNIFER WORMALD
As we all know, the 2020 Poppy Appeal for the Royal British Legion at the beginning of November was significantly disrupted by virus restrictions, with no house to house collections permitted or formal services at War Memorials.
This is going to be a very different Christmas, but, it will not make the slightest difference to our friendship with you all. Have a very Happy Christmas, Stay Safe. Hello 2021, Goodbye COVID. Best wishes. RICHARD AND JULIA NEWMAN
Nonetheless, I am delighted to report that some local collecting was possible. My sincere thanks go to everyone who contributed in any way to raise £309.93.
Christmas Greetings and Compliments of the Season to all my friends at St. Peter’s, Walton. MARGARET MILNE
Christmas Eve & Christmas Day 2020
Contributions from local communities like ours are crucial in helping the Royal British Legion to support veterans, Forces personnel and their families who have served and sacrificed throughout the generations, providing aid in many forms - from bereavement support to homelessness and everything in between.
Zoom Nativity - Christmas Eve 4pm. Join in the retelling of the Christmas story from the comfort of your own home! Why not dress up as a character from the story as Rev’d Trish and Rev’d Nick lead this short service. Please email the parish office for details of how to join in this 20 minute service suitable for children of all ages and their families. bramhambenefice@outlook.com
If you have not been able to donate so far and would like to do so, here are three options :
Due to restrictions on space, in order to safely run these traditionally busy and popular services this year, booking in advance is necessary for all Midnight Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning services
Online at www.britishlegion.org.uk/getinvolved/ways-to-give/donate
Christmas Eve Midnight Mass - 11.30pm at St Mary’s, Boston Spa and St Peter’s Walton
By phone on 0345 845 1945
By post to Freepost Plus RTZT-ATBH-RGBZ, The Royal British Legion, Bumpers Way, Bumpers Farm, Chippenham SN14 6NG
Thank you.
Christmas Day Holy Communion - 9.30am at All Saints’, Thorp Arch, 10am at St Mary’s, Boston Spa and 10am at All Saints’, Bramham
JENNY BENTLEY
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Letter from the Clergy Dear Friends,
and sing it louder! In our churches, we will continue to look to the future with hope, even as we lament with those who grieve and have a sense of loss, and we will try to recapture a sense of joy.
Well, if nothing else, 2020 has been full of surprises. It was not the year any of us thought it would be, and our best laid plans of January are most likely unfulfilled. So it is a brave person indeed who dares to make predictions for 2021, but here goes... I have three...
Prediction 3: God will go with us. Do I say that to reassure you, thinking that another challenging year lies ahead? Or do I say that triumphantly, confident that everything will get better in 2021 as evidence of divine blessing? Well... neither. The point isn’t that I am trying to be prophetic about what the year ahead holds. I know that God has been with us in our journey of the past year, every step of the way. The message of Christmas is that God is with us, whatever the world throws at us. In Jesus, God was revealed walking the earth among us as one of us, highlighting the reality that God is not distant, looking down from the sky on us. God is with us, down and dirty in the mess and chaos, the unpredictability, the joys, the hopes, the disappointments, the triumphs, the pain, the victories, the losses of life. God is with us in it all.
Prediction 1: Our communities will learn to pull together in new ways. We have learned afresh this year what is important in life and we must embrace those wonderful aspects of ourselves which we have been reminded of. St Mary’s School takes as its vision statement the Fruit of the Spirit: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” My first prediction for 2021 is that this will prove prophetic, and that fruit will become more evident. Let us pray it is so, and encourage one another to bear this kind of fruit in our dealings with one another. Prediction 2: We will look to a new political future. Whether any kind of meaningful Brexit deal emerges or not (and writing this in November, the details are still, depressingly, as opaque as they were back in 2016!) aspects of life and politics will change in 2021. A new U.S. President will be inaugurated in January, different in tone to their predecessor for sure, but populism around the globe hasn’t disappeared, and nor have the politics of hate, fear and division. Those voices are never far away, so our voices must sing a different song,
So, whatever 2020 has brought you, I hope you will look at Christmas a little differently this year. The true gift of Christmas is to know that we are loved: that we are not alone. God is with us. God’s love lives among us. Our calling is to love one another, and to bring alive that divine love in our village communities each and every day. Merry Christmas to you all, and God bless you. REV’D NICK
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Sunday Services
ALL SAINTS’ THORP ARCH 9.30am
20th Dec
Parish Worship Joint @ Thorp Arch
11.30pm
24th Dec
Midnight Service Joint @ Walton
9.30am
25th Dec
Holy Communion Joint @ Thorp Arch
10am
3rd Jan
Benefice Holy Communion @ St Mary’s
8am
10th Jan
Holy Communion
9.30pm
10th Jan
Holy Communion Joint @ Walton
9.30pm
17th Jan
Parish Worship @ Thorp Arch
9.30pm
24th Jan
Parish Worship @ Walton
9.30pm
31st Jan
Holy Communion
9.30pm
7th Feb
Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch
Occasional Offices THORP ARCH
FUNERAL
1st October 2020
Tom Smithson
ST PETER’S WALTON 9.30am
20th Dec
Parish Worship @ Thorp Arch
11.30pm
24th Dec
Midnight Service Joint @ Walton
9.30am
25th Dec
Holy Communion Joint @ Thorp Arch
10am
3rd Jan
Benefice Holy Communion @ St Mary’s
8am
10th Jan
Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch
9.30pm
10th Jan
Holy Communion Joint @ Walton
9.30pm
17th Jan
Parish Worship @ Thorp Arch
9.30pm
24th Jan
Parish Worship @ Walton
9.30pm
31st Jan
Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch
9.30pm
7th Feb
Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch 9
Thorp Arch Parish Council
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Thorp Arch News (Nov 20)
Report a Problem Residents can report a range of problems online to Leeds City Council concerning potholes, street lighting, dog fouling, blocked drains, footpaths, bridleways, fallen trees and street signs. Report problems directly at: www.leeds. gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/report-an-issuewith-a-road-or-pavement
Housing Developments The Chartford Homes/Homes England application (18/07278/FU) for 26 dwellings continues on site. The development is well underway with ten homes now occupied. Completion date for the site is expected to be March/April 2021. Homes England/Lovells (17/07970 for 119 houses). Ongoing discussions and consultation by Cllrs and local residents continue with Lovell Homes. It is expected that development will commence in the early part of 2021. Cllrs are in discussions with Ministry of Justice Estates (HMP Wealstun) and Highways regarding community issues relating to the cycle path.
Remembrance Day This year Councillor Steve O’Loughlin represented the Parish Council at the short act of Remembrance held at the Thorp Arch Memorial on The Green. We will remember them. Bulb Planting The Parish Council have purchased and planted a large mix of bulbs for the planters on the entrances to Thorp Arch. They have also this year decided to locate bulbs around the two noticeboards. Similarly, Village Society volunteers have been busy bulb planting around the village. We look forward to a colourful Spring vista next year!
Volunteers and Helpers Needed Thorp Arch needs you! We are still looking for volunteers to help keep the village looking good all year round. If you think you could lend a hand now and again or just want to find out what it might involve then we would love to hear from you. Even something small like watering plants would be helpful. Please get in touch with any of your Parish Councillors or contact the clerk@thorp-arch. or.uk
Newsletter Sign Up The Parish Council now produce their own electronic Newsletter. This can be accessed via our website: www. thorp-arch.org.uk If you would like to receive the newsletter and other information directly from the us, then please sign up via the website. The Newsletter sign up box can be found on the Homepage.
National Lockdown The new national lockdown is now in place across England - www.gov.uk/guidance/newnational-restrictions-from-5-november
Date of Next Parish Council Meeting
Police Report
The next meeting will be held remotely on Monday 14th December 2020 – 7pm 9pm. If you would like to join the meeting, please contact the Clerk on clerk@thorp-arch.org.uk
There are no crimes reported for the month of October. Register for a community alert: For daily crime updates in your area please register for community alert and crime prevention advice. www.wypcommunityalert.co.uk 10
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Does someone on your list own a dog they are crazy about? Anthony James Dog Photographer captures man’s best friend true character in beautiful images and is offering gift vouchers for sittings. www.facebook.com/ AJDogPhotographer
The Fizz Company is a friendly, family business (no wine snobs in sight) based in Wetherby and we offer more than just Fizz! Browse a range of small producer champagnes, proseccos and cava as well as mixed wine cases. We deliver locally and distribute nationally. Why not try something a bit different from what’s on offer at the supermarkets? Sauvignon from Slovenia, Dry Furmint from Hungary and a wonderful red Baco Noir from Canada to name but a few! Friends or relatives who are tricky to buy for? We do gifts too! www.thefizzcompany.com
Another really unique option for celebration presents comes from Beverley Colburn - she makes beautiful Japanese Temari balls, these are often given as gifts to wish good health, wealth, happiness. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TemariBev 11
Walton News Village Work Weekend
than ourselves through the provision of food boxes and vouchers.
Sadly, the very well supported Walton Village workdays were not able to operate during the summer due to the COVID 19 pandemic and resultant restrictions. We kept hoping that things would be relaxed allowing us to hold one, but this never happened.
Duly motivated most of the activity happened on the Saturday morning. Litter was picked, Village Hall toilets and the bus shelter were given a fresh coat of paint. With buzzing strimmers and mowers, social distancing was guaranteed on the cycle track as the verges were cut back. When you spend a few hours on the cycle track you realise just how popular this bit of path is. There seemed to be a constant stream of cyclists, joggers, and walkers, which was great to see. All of them very appreciative of the volunteers work in keeping it looking so good.
With winter approaching and a number of jobs that really needed doing it was decided to change the format to an arrangement that could operate within the current restrictions.Regrettably, this meant no morning meet up over coffee and bacon sandwiches for the allocation of the morning jobs. Instead in the new era of Zoom, remote working and support bubbles, jobs were allocated by email with an agreement to get them done over a weekend.
Thank you to all who did their socially distanced bit. Your willingness to help has not only tidied the village, but also helped others put food on the table. Whilst the jobs got done, everyone missed the post match analysis over a drink in the Fox. I look forward to the more normal routine of a Village Workday in the Spring.
Not that the usual participants need much motivation, but to add an extra incentive, the Village Hall and Parish Council agreed, in return for the jobs being done, to donate £250 each to the fund being operated via the Fox and Hounds. To support charities who support others less fortunate
RICHARD PRUDHOE
Safe Pumpkin Trail a Success 26 houses took part in the Pumpkin Trail - put together to avoid children having to knock on doors in these COVID times. Maps were produced and children had to collect a letter displayed outside each house and then reveal what it spelt ‘SCREAM - WE SCARE BECAUSE WE CARE’ i.e. utilising all 26 letters of the alphabet. A good time was had by all! Thanks are due to the Friends of Lady Hastings for organising - over £100 was raised on the night. BERNARD CROOKS
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Walton Support in Tough Times
Walton Food Vouchers
The Landlord of the pub, Alan Lamb said, “In one donation, people can support a local business at a challenging time and help those in need. So far, the response form our community has been incredible and we have raised over £4,500 at the time of writing which will enable us to provide the equivalent of about 500 hot meals for people across our district that could use a little extra support. It’s a tough time for all of us but our community is one that looks out for each other in good times and bad and we know that this spirit will see us through to better times ahead.”
Times may be tough for all of us but the Covid crisis has frequently shown people at their best. While on the face of it, Walton is a small, sleepy & picturesque Yorkshire village, it is frequently a thriving hub of community action. The local pub, The Fox & Hounds, The Village Hall and the highly proactive Parish Council have all worked tirelessly to support one another, local residents and a much wider community. Notable projects include a new cycle path, playground and award-winning neighbourhood plan. Covid may have stalled further ambitious plans temporarily but it has not dampened local spirit.
The Fox and Hounds is a crucial amenity and focal point of Walton Village. As such it made perfect sense for the Parish Council and Village Hall committee to support it. The fact that donations have been matched by individual villagers and that the support has wider implications to help the needy and vulnerable in the area only adds to the endeavour. It’s great to have some positive news in these challenging times.
The Fox & Hounds, supported by the village hall committee, Parish Council and members of the community has teamed up with local churches, Wetherby & District Foodbank, Wetherby Lions, The Salvation Army & Wetherby in Support of the Elderly (WISE) to create a ‘pay it forward’ voucher scheme that is supporting an important local business and helping those in need of extra support. The premise is simple; people buy a voucher from the pub for £25 which is passed on to one of the organisations who then give it to someone they support through their network. The recipient can use the voucher to buy groceries from the pubs online shop or get hot meals delivered to their home. The Parish Council and Village Hall have each agreed to match fund any contributions from the village hall community. 13
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Your Coins helping RNLI Betty’s Pots I’m hoping you may have seen these little pots springing up around our area and wondered what they are all about. If so, read on...
When we told this story to the staff at Douglas Yeadon’s in Boston Spa they were keen to get on board and have put our pots in pride of place on their counter. From small beginnings, as they say ... so far, over 150 pots have been picked up by their customers and the first ones are starting to be returned full of coins.
Once upon a time there was a lady called Betty Frith who lived in Hertford. Now, Betty was a keen Lifeboat supporter who worked hard for her local RNLI guild.
We can’t thank the local residents enough for supporting our RNLI charity stall on the green in September and now we are hoping you will embrace our latest fund-raising venture with equal enthusiasm. All you have to do is pick up a pot and fill it with coins (preferably 5p or greater) and return it to Douglas Yeadon’s who will exchange it for an empty one.
I like to think that she was a very neat and tidy person and that every night, when she hung her husband’s trousers over the back of the chair, she would pick up the loose change which fell on the bedroom carpet and put it in a tray on the dressing table. One night, however, the tray was full, so she put a handful of coins in a little jam jar which she took along to the next Lifeboat meeting and donated to their funds.
This year has been disastrous for all charities, as fundraising has pretty much dried up. However, the RNLI have not stopped responding to calls from people in distress on our waters and, as usual, our volunteer crews have been on call around the clock, Covid or not.
This story is a complete fabrication (and probably politically incorrect), but Betty Frith did exist, and her little pots are now famous. They have raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the RNLI - when I tell you that one Lifeboat guild alone has banked 8 tons (or £130,000 worth) of coins from Betty’s pots, you will get some idea.
PAULA LETTS
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USA Christmas Recipes Apple Bacon and Leek Stuffing
When we lived in the US no one we knew ate turkey at Christmas, rather they ate it at Thanksgiving.
9 slices of bacon ¼ cup of butter 2 cups of sliced button mushrooms 4-5 chopped leaks 3 chopped celery stalks 2 large granny smith apples, cored, peeled, chopped 6 cloves of garlic – chopped ½ cup whipping cream 12 cups of bread – cubed and dried (cut it into small cubes and then leave in the oven at a low temperature to dry out for a couple of hours) 1 tablespoon of chopped fresh sage, or 1 tsp crushed dried sage 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme, or 1 tsp crushed dried thyme ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper 1 ¼ - 1 ¾ cup chicken stock
The best day to buy a frozen turkey for Christmas was black Friday - which just proves you can take a girl out of Yorkshire, but you can’t take Yorkshire out of the girl! So these two recipes would be served in November, but they are delicious at any time and both freeze well. VICTORIA
Creamy Bread & Onion Sauce 2 pints full fat milk 2oz butter 8 shallots peeled and left whole 2 garlic clove peeled and left whole 2 bay leaves each pierced with 2 cloves Grating of nutmeg 12oz white bread crumbs 142ml double cream Put the milk, butter, shallots, garlic, bay leaves and nutmeg into a pan. Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat. Leave to simmer uncovered for half an hour. Remove the studded bay leave, checking you have all the cloves!
Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a large oven proof dish.
Pour the milk into a food processor and add the breadcrumbs, cream and seasoning.
Cook the bacon until crisp, place to drain.
Whizz until smooth, if you are going to freeze it, do so at this stage.
Add the butter to the fat in the pan add the mushrooms, leeks and celery.
Tip back into the pan and cook until it is of a consistency that is both spoonable and pourable. If you have frozen it, you may need to add a little more milk.
Cook for 7-10 mins until vegetables are tender. Add the apples and garlic. When apples begin to soften stir in the cream. In an extra-large bowl combine the apple mixture with the bacon, bread cubes, herbs and pepper.
Editor’s note: After I wrote this piece Anne proof read it and told me these aren’t traditional North American recipes at all and that they do eat turkey on Christmas day! Both these recipes were given to me by American friends whilst we lived there and Chinese was the most popular menu choice for Christmas Day where we lived. Two very different experiences of living in the US; which just goes to show we cannot make generalisations about anything! Whether they are actually traditional Northern American recipes or not, I hope you enjoy them.
Stir in the broth, mixture should be moist but not wet. Spoon into the prepared dish and bake for 30-35 minutes until the top is a light golden brown. If you like to be prepared in advance, the dish can be frozen. If you are going to do this freeze before baking, and then just bake on the day. 17
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Makes and Ideal Xmas Gift THORP ARCH – Reflections of a Yorkshire Village before and during the Second World War Written by Richard Kennedy. Published by All Saints Church Thorp Arch in aid of church funds.
About the author
The book complements ‘Thorp Arch – History of a Township’ by David Cummings, published for the Millennium, but taking a different approach. Richard and David assisted one another in their writings.
Richard Kennedy was brought up in Thorp Arch in the 1930s and 1940s, attending Lady Elizabeth Hastings School and later Tadcaster Grammar School. After leaving Leeds University, Richard embarked on a life-long career with the Ministry of Agriculture, serving in Hull, Newcastle and Nottingham, eventually retiring to Cambridge where he now lives.
“Mystery tours in charabancs were very popular during the summer months as very few people owned a car”
Richard has maintained close and continuing ties with Thorp Arch and its residents throughout. About the book Richard started writing this beautifully illustrated book in the 1990s, in response to several people over the years remarking ‘if only they had written it down!’
A brief scan through the book reveals the wealth of social history on offer.
THORP ARCH
THORP ARCH Recollections of a Yorkshire Village - Before and during the Second World War, 1939-1945
Recollections of a Yorkshire Village - Before and during the Second World War, 1939-1945
RICHARD KENNEDY
RICHARD KENNEDY
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A Fascinating Local History > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
The Village and Personalities The Estate and Tenant Farmers Farms, Farm Systems and Crops Buildings, Land, Weeds and Pests The Church and Education Thorp Arch & District Village Show Thorp Arch & Walton WI Cricket, Lord Hawke and Sir Len Hutton Trips to the Coast The Railway The War Years The Ordnance Factory The Home Guard Peace and Afterwards
“German aircraft flew over quite often and we heard antiaircraft guns firing but all this activity was at night”
And finally... A recent letter of appreciation to Richard Kennedy reads:
“Sincere thanks to you for producing such a fascinating personal account of everyday life in Thorp Arch during such an important period in its history.
The landing of two RAF Tiger Moths on fields below the Church one Sunday just before the War was later recorded in an oil painting commissioned by the author. The painting is shown here on the front cover of the book.
“We are truly grateful to be able to enjoy and learn from this body of work that significantly enriches our understanding of this village we call home.”
Most generously, Richard recently donated his text for the book and the Tiger Moth painting to All Saints Church, for fund raising.
HOW TO ORDER Richard Kennedy’s new book is an ideal Christmas gift for family and friends, and for yourself too of course.
To order, please contact David Bentley, a member of All Saints PCC, to arrange receipt consistent with prevailing virus restrictions - 01937 843069 or davidwbentley@live.co.uk Payment in cash or by cheque - made payable to ‘All Saints Church Thorp Arch’.
A limited print in full colour on high quality A4 stock, the 56 page book fits easily into an A4 envelope for posting. CH
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The price is £10 per copy, which is the cost of production, plus £2.40 p&p if required. An accompanying voluntary donation to All Saints Church, to help with building maintenance, would be most welcome.
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Patience, calm, not a sound... Tales from the River Bank Fish don’t contract Covid. You could tell by the number of anglers on the river on the 16th June, the start of the season. It’s good to see that the sport is still going strong, not that you see many youngsters fishing nowadays. Which was why I was delighted to be asked by a local mum to help her son learn how to fish. So Will Scobie and I ventured out on our quest for the the holy grayling. In fact it was the first fish he caught. It was about 9 inches long and he was delighted, but when I told him this was nothing other than a good start and he had to keep his eye on his rod or it would disappear into the river, he looked at me with a suspicious “yeah, right, pull the other one” look on his face.
The fish was hooked and so was Will. Of interest was the fact that part of the fish’s tail was missing and there was an injury to its flank that I had seen before. A bite mark. Signs of a predator.
Fishing midway between the farm and distant pylon, he soon learnt the standards required - patience, calm, blend in with the river bank and quietly wait. Don’t worry if you don’t catch anything I told him, the fish are there and you will be one trip nearer to your first big fish. Like a Jedi Knight my young accomplice kept his counsel, politely asked questions and we waited. Use your senses Luke, Obi Wan Kenobi told Luke Skywalker, and I told Will to do the same.
Our next trip saw more Barbel, but the river dealt us a thrilling card. As I was reeling in a smaller Barbel, perhaps 4lb, I could see it was being harassed by a larger fish. A monster of a pike. We tried to net the two fish but it was never going to work. Obi Wan and Luke met to plan the capture of the pike.
Using sweet corn as bait on top of hemp seed ground bait to attract the fish into position, his line started twitching. Don’t strike, I told him (strike - the bait is in the fish’s mouth and you sharply pull the rod embedding the hook), the barbel will hook itself before you know it and the knocks on the line are frequently fish bumping into your line.
It had to be a live bait. It had to be held in position in the river against the flow. It had to be one shot. The plan was hatched. A heavy weight would hold the position in the river but the line ran free to a float which then suspended the live bait, a small fish, hooked to a steel trace.
So we waited. It always happens when you least expect it. A kingfisher, a luminous blue dart flew past at speed and as we were marvelling at nature’s wonder his rod bent over and headed towards the river. Senses Luke - stay cool and do your best to keep the fish in the middle of the river so it doesn’t get in the tree roots or you will lose it. And Will did it himself, the protege wanted to catch the fish with no help from the tutor and didn’t he do well, his first 7lb Barbel.
All was quiet. We could just see the fish swimming around, and when we couldn’t, the float bobbed gently moving around telling us the fish was still there. I thought I saw a flicker of reflection in the water....or perhaps not. Then the float started moving upstream. Will, I think we’re in, I whispered. The pike started moving towards a tree. Not good, if it goes in the he’s gone so.......STRIKE. 24
...Lands Will a Pike of 16 Pound!
The river exploded into a boiling cauldron as the pike stripped the line off the screaming reel then danced on its tail in an effort to shed the hook. As it hit the water we saw the live bait make a highly improbable dash for freedom while the pike looked menacing holding its position not giving ground and making run after run with the reel screaming as it did. After 10 minutes we hauled it in, all 16 pounds of it. It’s great when a plan comes together. ANDREW RODGER
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The Birds in your Garden We’ve all watched squirrels dashing around in the autumn gathering acorns and nuts and running off to bury them. Caching, as it is called, is a well-known squirrel pastime and is probably the origin of many of our oak trees.
safeguard their stores by being cagier if a potential thief is around by storing less and eating more. Corvids, being the clever birds they are, go further in their strategies than most others. Their ingenuity doesn’t stop with simply burying their food– they’ll also play the role of thief. They watch as their neighbour buries food, and when their back is turned, sneak in and nick it!
As with most types of animal behaviour, there is a lot more to it than meets the eye. Grey Squirrels, for instance, travel further and are more vigilant when burying their food if they think they are being watched. They are known to turn their backs on potential on-lookers and to create ‘dummy caches’, where nothing is stored.
Unsurprisingly, corvids also employ counter strategies to try to prevent their hoard being raided. They will try to bury their food out of sight of potential thieves, and if there’s no option but to cache food in front of them, they will often return once the others have left and move it.
Caching behaviour in birds is rather less obvious though; it’s difficult to tell whether they are taking seeds away from a feeder to eat them in safety, or to hide them for future use, and it was this behaviour by a Nuthatch on my feeder that prompted me to find out more.
Individual Jays can collect and store as many as 5,000 acorns, which for subordinate birds can be particularly arduous. Research shows that a dominant Jay will not just hide food, but will raid the caches of a social inferior despite its presence, so a subordinate Jay has to be much more secretive about where it hides its food, and only becomes a thief when dominant birds are some distance away.
But which garden birds do cache food? Alongside Nuthatches, Coal Tits are probably the most obvious cachers, then Great Tits and corvids Jays in particular, but also Magpies and Crows. When a Coal Tit finds a supply of seeds in a feeder in someone’s garden, it will take one, hide it somewhere, such as a crevice in tree bark, and keep coming back to do the same thing. Indeed, a small flock of Coal Tits can empty a feeder of black sunflower seeds in less than a day doing just this. If you didn’t know what was going on, you might be forgiven for thinking that hundreds of them were involved in a raid on your feeder, rather than the probable half-dozen.
Jays can store acorns several kilometres from where they are gathered, although most are cached within a few hundred metres. Taller trees are often used, making rediscovering their stores easier as they are less likely to get covered in snow or leaf fall, or be otherwise obscured. MIKE GREY
As part of their caching strategy, Coal Tits will use multiple locations to hoard their winter supplies. This is called ‘scatter hoarding’ and ensures that if another species finds the cache – e.g. the dominant Great Tit –, then only one or two seeds will be stolen. Their memories are rather short though, probably no more than a month, so many of the cached seeds will be left to grow. Ever wondered why sunflowers pop up in strange places when you’ve never grown them? They use a variety of hidey-holes to help reduce this thieving. Nuthatches, on the other hand, defend their territories, protecting their caches, and pilfering rates tend to be lower. Like Grey Squirrels, they will
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CONTACTS FOR THORP ARCH & WALTON ORGANISATIONS THORP ARCH All Saints’ Church Rev. Tricia Anslow 844789. Priest In Charge for Bramham Benefice, Rev. Nick Morgan 849471, 07387 728009, revnjmorgan@gmail.com. Parish Office 844402
WALTON St Peter’s Church, Village Church Council Clergy: See All Saints’. Church Wardens: Doreen Lister 842344, Bill Kilby 842561. Secretary: Anne Kilby 842561. Treasurer: Fiona Robinson 843338, fionarob@outlook.com. Flowers & Cleaning: Liz and Geoff Harrison 845978
All Saints’, Parochial Church Council Church Wardens: Kathleen Sanderson 844818. David Spurr 842772, david@mulberrycroft.me.uk. Secretary: Georgina Squires 849747, Treasurer & Covenant Secretary: David Spurr 842772. Flowers: Margaret Smyth 841181
Walton Cricket Club Chair: Caroline Hobson 07860 615154, caroline.hobson@btinternet.com Walton Parish Council Chairman: David Aspland. Vice Chair: Brodie Clark CBE. Clerk: Helena Buck, secretary@walton-pc.gov.uk. Members: Stephen Sharp, Edward Simpson, Mark Wake, David Taylor.
Lady Elizabeth Hastings School Head: Michele O'Donnell, secretary@thorparch-leh.co.uk Friends of the School Chair: Hayley Cullen 07712 175178
Walton Village Hall Booking: Brian Eldred info@waltonvillagehallwetherby.org
TABS Cricket Club Chair: Adam Gough 07725 047555 Thorp Arch Community Association Secretary: Ian Hall 842665, ian.m.hall1@gmail.com
THORP ARCH & WALTON Wetherby Ward Councillors Norma Harrington 01133 788 557. Alan Lamb via The Fox and Hounds. Linda Richards 0113 3788557 linda.richards@leeds.gov.uk
Thorp Arch Parish Council Chair: John Richardson, Clerk: Tina Wormley 0113 289 3624, clerk@thorp-arch.org.uk. Members: Ian Grainger (Co-opted), Steve O'Loughlin, Nicola Midgley (Co-opted), Charlotte Dyson (Co-opted)
Causeway Magazine Chair: Ian Hall ian.m.hall1@gmail.com. Secretary: Jane Clayton 843153. Editors: Lisa Sherratt and Victoria Etherington causeway. editor@gmail.com. Design: John Pendleton jlp@proportionmarketing.co.uk. Advertising: Emma Shellard 07903 632590 emmashellard@outlook.com.
Thorp Arch Tennis Club Chair: Neil Brooks. 07960 934497, brooksneil@hotmail.com. Secretary: Jill Tarr. 07709 893046, tarrhigh@hotmail.com. Treasurer: Rob Seldon 541797
Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association (YCA) Chair: Judith Symonds 541799. Sec: Fiona Spence 520271 tawyca@ outlook.com, Treasurer: Fran Bowers 01423 880112
Thorp Arch Village Society Chair: Gaby Morrison 843376, gaby.morrison@outlook.com. Secretary: Sue Clayton 843181. Treasurer: Shirley Davies 541976.
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