Causeway Magazine September 2018

Inside:

S.O.C - Save Our Causeway!

Remembering WW1 Goodbye Rev. Jane

Advertising Index Accountants Gillbeck Assoc Peter Howard

Contact: John Clayton, byeck.again@gmail.com Convenience stores Costcutter

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Hardware Douglas Yeadon

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Curtains, Furnishing Lou’s Threads

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Holiday Cottages Priory Cottages

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Decorators Mark Hatfield Oliver Willard The Decorating Centre

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Kitchens Aberford Interiors Granite Transformations

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Elderly Support WiSE

Newsagents Supershop

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Bed & Breakfast Four Gables

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Electrical services PC Collier Edmunds Electrical

Opticians Andrew Morgan Cameron Beaumont

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Butchers Sykes House Farm

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Pilates Kate Sellars

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Building Materials Kirbys

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Physiotherapy Tadcaster Physio

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Alarms TI Security Animal Care Clifford Moor Farm Fosters Dog Grooming Architects McNicholas Architects

Carpet Cleaning Wetherby Carpet Cars/MOT Boston Spa Garage Westmoreland Cars Chimney Sweep Mooring Brothers Chiropody Boston Spa Chiropody Computers The MAC Service The PC Crew

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Estate Agents Beadnall & Copley Flooring Services Thorner Flooring Floor Design Wetherby

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Funerals Tony Barker

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Restaurants Ali’s Kitchen Fox and Hounds Pax Inn, Thorp Arch

Furniture Hue Interiors

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Retail Parks Thorp Arch Retail Park

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Gardening Harris Landscapes Lawn Keeper MK Landscaping

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Roofing Trelfa Roofing Ltd

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Solicitors Steel Switalskis

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Tree Services Bardsey Tree Services

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Hairdressing Ian Blakey

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Front Cover - Seeds of Hope - Sunflowers in Greenhouse © Harewood House. Photograph by Tom Arber. Seeds of Hope Exhibition runs to 4 November, read more on page 25.

Causeway - Chair Ian Hall | Editor Rachel Bentley | Designer John Pendleton | Advertising John Clayton Distribution (Thorp Arch) Nicola Midgley and Susie Seldon (Walton) Gay Childe. And big thanks to the entire distribution team. Please refer to the Contacts Page for contact details.

The Editor and Management Committee do not endorse any content of articles or advertisements in this magazine nor shall they be liable directly or indirectly for any damages which may arise from information or views contained in these pages.

Emails please to causeway.editor@gmail.com

Dear loyal readers,

Autumn’s bounty!

The September issue of Causeway - YOUR community magazine.

Did you enjoy your summer? For many it was a little on the warm side but didn’t our villages look pretty with long, hot days and beautiful floral displays along our streets? We are incredibly lucky to have such a wonderful place to live. This issue reports many of the projects underway to keep our community in good shape. But how much longer is Causeway going to be around to keep you and your neighbours in the know?

We are expecting a busy few months up to December and then the first issue in 2019 would usually be February 2019. However, as we are yet to have a volunteer come forward in the role of Advertising Manager, Causeway's future hangs in the balance in its current form.

If you or any one you know would assist by managing advertisers' payments (plus one or two other related occupations such as replacing any advertisers who drop out) then we will need to get the new incumbent on board no later than October 2018. It is NOT a sales job.

the publication with the same high production values as we are lucky to have now. We are planning a summit meeting on 26 September in the dining room at the Pax - 7.30pm start - feel free to come along but if you can email causeway. editor@gmail.com we will keep you informed in case anything changes.

Meanwhile, if you value your community magazine, please get in touch to discuss the role as a matter of urgency. Email causeway.editor@ gmail.com. Thank you.

Your Causeway Editor PLEASE NOTE: Causeway is published 10 times a year monthly, except January and August. Deadline is 14th of the month prior to publication. Causeway is prepared and distributed entirely by volunteers at the beginning of each month of publication.

Otherwise we will be looking at our options to keep at least some of our community communication - though it looks unlikely to be

Advertisers’ Index Editor’s Letter The Birds in Your Garden Save our Community Magazine!

Letter from the Clergy Sunday Services Thorp Arch Parish Council Thorp Arch News

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Walton News Remembering WW1 - Thorp Arch Village Diary and Notice Board 4 Centuries of the Streets of York Remembering WW1 - Seeds of Hope News from Local Charities Remembering WW1 - Elgy Bentley Village Contacts 3

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Birds in your Garden – Long Tailed Tits I’m guessing that you’ve seen more Long Tailed Tits over the last year or so than ever before. I certainly have. GBW records show an 80% increase in the frequency of their visits over the last two decades, being particularly attracted to peanuts feeders and suet balls.

Long Tailed Tits can look like a black and white lollipop on a long stick, with their pink tones only becoming apparent close-up. Males and females look identical, at least to us humans, and once the young moult, just weeks after fledging, they cannot be differentiated from adults. They are a delight to watch, being supremely acrobatic and happy to feed at any angle that is convenient.

The Long-Tailed Tit is not really a tit at all, being more closely related to the Babblers found in Africa and Asia. By weight they are one of the UK’s smallest birds, which is why their numbers are so variable from year to year, depending upon the severity of the winter.

Losses of up to 80% have been noted after particularly bad winters, but even in a mild winter a significant proportion of birds will not survive: a typical lifespan is only 2-3 years.

Not surprisingly they go to great lengths to keep warm at night, huddling together in groups and taking turns on the colder outside spots. They feed right up to dusk to get enough energy to burn off keeping warm overnight. Being part of an extended family comes in handy as you’ve always got companions to huddle up to when it gets cold. You rarely see a single Long Tailed Tit, as they prefer to roam around in loose family groups which have been well studied and consist of juveniles and non-breeding birds as well as successful pairs. The group will defend a feeding territory as well as roost together, often in a row along a tree branch Nest building can start as early as March and takes around three weeks.

The unique dome shaped nest is often sited in thorny scrub, which possibly gives some protection against predation, or may be in the crook of a tree high above the ground. It is well camouflaged with lichen and is built of moss and hair enmeshed with spider webs.

The lining consists of more than a thousand feathers and will vary in thickness according to the degree of insulation needed. A typical clutch would be 6-8 eggs, and this, combined with raising two broods per year, explains their ability to bounce back after hard winters.

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They are insectivores but have become commonly seen on garden feeders taking high fat offerings when times are hard. They rarely stay for long, preferring to move on after a few minutes, and you can never be sure how big a flock is. Such groups are vocal making a lot of distinctive soft bubbling contact calls.

If you find the lives of our garden birds to be of interest and would like to join in and count the feathered occupants of your garden please contact me or visit the BTO Garden BirdWatch website (www.bto.org/gbw). If you know of an organisation not a million miles from York which would like a talk on garden birds call: Mike Gray on 07596 366342 or gbwmike@gmail.com.

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What’s the Future for Causeway, the community magazine for Thorp Arch and Walton?

Advertising Manager role remains vacant. No Ad Manager = no Causeway‌ Walton and Thorp Arch residents, local group representatives and our advertisers are invited to an emergency meeting to discuss the future of Causeway Magazine.

Everyone from our community of villages, advertisers and local groups are most welcome to give their ideas for how to take the best bits of Causeway Magazine forward with a reduced income.

Email causeway.editor@gmail.com to be kept up to date or turn up on the night.

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Letter from the Clergy Fans of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams will remember the phrase ‘so long, and thanks for all the fish’ – the departing words of the dolphins leaving earth just before it was to be destroyed (by the Vogons as they made way for an intergalactic bypass).

I was so blessed to have Father Peter as my training incumbent. I learnt so much from him and he was always happy to debate with me the many and varied aspects of church practice that were new to me. As well as lots and lots of practical ‘stuff’, Peter showed me what it meant to be a priest. With Peter and Trish as clergy colleagues, I was able to explore and to work out who I am as a priest – and believe me it takes some exploring! Many, many lay people have helped me on this journey too and I couldn’t possibly name everyone. I hope you know who you are.

I am very pleased indeed to say that I am not leaving the Benefice in such dire circumstances! I know that, as I write, the vacancy continues, but I believe we should be proud (in an appropriately Christian manner) of what we have achieved in recent years.

Our churches are in a good position with great potential for growth.

Serving here has often meant being pushed beyond my own spiritual comfort zone and I recommend it! It is amazing what spiritual growth comes from experiencing new forms of worship and prayer.

Yes, the familiar is reassuring, but sometimes the unfamiliar brings us to new insights and greater intimacy with God.

In the 3 years I have been here, I have seen: the churches grow in their outreach, particularly bringing our faith into the conversations and events more and more

So, I have been fed practically and spiritually, but I couldn’t end without saying thank you for the physical food I have received here. Thank you to the bakers of the Benefice and to those who have wrestled with my dietary needs to provide me with nourishment over these 3 years (though I am not so grateful for the extra flab around my middle).

continued strength and variety in our work with children, young people and families, both within and beyond our local schools more and more people actively involved in discipleship activities (such as small group or prayer meetings) beyond Sundays many people step out in faith to take on roles such as the leading of intercessions and even whole lay-led services, helping to enhance the variety of worship on offer an increasing emphasis on prayer, trusting that it is God who gives growth and it is him that we are serving

Those of you who attend my final service will hear these words, but they are worthy of repeating. I end with a prayer from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, which I offer for you all:

And I am pleased to have known many committed people, who have laboured tirelessly to further God’s work in these communities.

For each of you who have gone that bit further, risked something scary, stepped out of your comfort zone in these three years, I offer my particular thanks. I trust you have grown in the process and that God will complete the work he has started in you.

I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. (Ephesians 3:16-17)

Whilst I may not be saying it in the same kind of circumstances, I do want to join the dolphins in saying thank you for the fish – or at least the metaphorical ones!

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Services Time

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Sunday Service, All Saints’, Thorp Arch

Coffee

10.30am

2nd Sept

Benefice Service with Holy Communion @ Bramham.

Jane's Final service. Refreshments after in Village Hall.

8am

9th Sept

Group Holy Communion

9.30am

9th Sept

Holy Communion Joint @ Walton

9.30am

16th Sept

Lay led Harvest Service with LEH School Joint

J Warren

9.30am

23rd Sept

Holy Communion

J West

10am

30th Sept

Benefice Service with Holy Communion

J Clayton

9.30am

7th Oct

Holy Communion

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Date

Sunday Service, St Peter’s, Walton

10.30am

2nd Sept

Benefice Service with Holy Communion @ Bramham.

Jane's Final service. Refreshments after in Village Hall.

8am

9th Sept

Group Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch

9.30am

9th Sept

Holy Communion Joint

9.30am

16th Sept

Lay led Harvest Service with LEH School Joint @ Thorp Arch

9.30am

23rd Sept

Holy Communion

10am

30th Sept

Benefice Service with Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch

9.30am

7th Oct

Lay led Harvest Service

Occasional Offices All Saints’ Thorp Arch and St Peter’s Walton BAPTISMS James Joseph Bulmer 29th July 2018 (St Peter's) WEDDINGS No Weddings FUNERALS No Funerals 9

The SAP Hearings for Outer NE Leeds housing site allocations, have now concluded. The Examining Inspector’s findings will be published later in the year.

Thorp Arch Parish Council Summer News Bulletin

Parish Heritage Map Final amendments are currently underway on the Parish Map. Locations/points of interest will be identified on the map. It will be located on the Upper Green.

The following is a summary of some of the work the Parish Council (PC) has undertaken over the last few weeks. Please see our website for more information about the Parish Council, including minutes from meetings and agendas: www.thorp-arch.org.uk

War Memorial The PC are currently seeking final quotes for the work to the War Memorial. It is hoped that the work will be completed in time for the Centenary Commemorations later in the year.

Police Report Four crimes were reported for the month of July, all on the trading estate.

Speed Indication Devices (SIDs) Two SIDs will shortly be installed in Thorp Arch, one on Church Causeway and one at the top of Walton Road. The PC hope this will help to slow traffic down and increase road safety for the village.

There were 57 crimes last month for the whole of Wetherby ward, 7 of these were burglary residential.

There were 24 crimes in Harewood ward, 5 of these were burglary residential.

There have been several thefts from motor vehicles in the villages. Please check your vehicles are locked and secure and if possible park on the drive. Don’t leave valuables such as SatNavs in the car or even loose change. There have also been reports of males entering insecure properties. Please check your doors and windows are locked on an evening. Some of these occurrences are linked to bogus callers so please be vigilant and don’t let anyone in your house asking for a drink, or selling things.

Website The PC have recently updated their website. Please visit at www.thorp-arch.org.uk Date of Next Parish Council Meetings The next meeting will be held on Monday 10th September 7.00pm at: All Saints Church, Thorp Arch.

Homes England (HE) Planning Application The application for 23 dwellings remains undetermined and the PC have been advised that LCC are still waiting for the S106 agreement to be finalised.

TATE appeal rejected by Secretary of State By the time you read this in Causeway, you will almost certainly be aware that the TATE appeal was rejected on 12 July. The planning application (16/05226) for 874 houses on TATE should now be null and void.

The PC have now submitted an objection for the application for 119 dwellings, which can be viewed on the website: www.thorp-arch.org.uk or Leeds City Councils public access system.

It is good to have this opportunity to celebrate. A big thank you to all the TAG Team for their efforts over the last five years, and to our many supporters.

TATE Appeal As has now been widely reported, the TATE application has been dismissed by the Secretary of State. The PC are delighted with the outcome and wish to thank all residents both in and outside of the parish and TAG, who have worked tirelessly over the last few years to secure the result we now have.

They provided the initial funding to oppose the applications, and the endless enthusiasm on the many occasions when they were called upon to submit written comment.

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TAG hope that this is the end of housing proposals on TATE until at least 2028, when the current Leeds planning period expires. Possible snags do remain though. The appellants could request a Judicial Review (JR), but we don’t think it could be successful, and it would be expensive. Initial indications are that they won’t do so. By the time this article is published, the time period allowed to apply for a JR will have expired.

If we haven’t heard anything, that avenue is already closed to them.

Additionally the identical ‘twin-track’ planning application (17/01350) is still ‘live’ on the LCC system.

We cannot envisage how Rockspring could use it to re-institute a housing scheme that could be approved, but all the time it exists it is a concern. We are pushing Leeds to determine and reject it, and cannot see why they haven’t yet done so. Now all that remains on TAG’s plate is to try to defeat the application for 119 houses on land north of Wealstun prison. Your TAG Team remain fully committed to that task.

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Halifax Historian seeks William Priestley

references to Priestley in any of the local history books in the Wetherby Library which I visited. I shall be interested to see whether this enquiry generates any responses. Halifax historians say very little about his Thorp Arch connections.”

A researcher engaged by the Halifax Choral Society is seeking to compile a bibliography for the famous musician/composer William Priestley, who was a founder of the Halifax Choral Society and composed musical scores, gaining fame in the mid-19th Century.

John is hoping that Thorp Arch residents may be a source for information and knowledge about its famous "old boy". If you have any information, no matter how insignificant you may feel it is, please contact johnahargreaves@blueyonder.co.uk.

William and his wife, Eliza, moved to Thorp Arch in 1837 and he died there in 1860. He and his wife are said to be buried in the churchyard at All Saints Church, Thorp Arch.

The researcher has come up with no information on his life after Priestley's move to Thorp Arch.

John Hargreaves, the researcher, says, “William and his wife Eliza appear to have been resident at Thorp Arch from c1836 to her death in 1856 and his in 1860 and they appear to have acquired the property from a member of the Priestley family. He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire. I couldn’t find any 11

Walton shapes its future…

The Neighbourhood Planning journey is certainly anything but a quick fix to achieving community ambitions. For Walton, that journey began back in 2012 and with a rejuvenating boost in 2016 it has carefully and enthusiastically developed a Plan which pulls together a strong community consensus, the requirements of Leeds City Council and some rigorous regulator rulings.

what was important on each of those many occasions that we sought your views. You can visit the whole story in more detail, including the final Plan and the many supporting documents, at the link - http:// www.walton-pc.gov.uk/walton-neighbourhoodplan-evidence-file/ It is a very helpful and updated compilation of everything that matters in respect of the Plan including some important adjustments over recent months arising from the necessary legal, regulatory and examiner requirements.

It is a careful balance, though the firm foundation has always been the wishes of the community – and that is truly what the localism act is about.

The final referendum on the Plan – your vote, will take place on the 20th September at the Walton village hall. A positive vote – from you, will ensure that the Plan becomes embedded into the Leeds City Council programme, by law; that it becomes an integral part of the Leeds City future development and that alternatives to the Plan will not get the same level of consideration or support. So, it provides significant assurance for the future and substantial protection against random unplanned proposals. We mustn’t leave the future of our community to chance – you have already defined that future, now is the opportunity to secure it.

So, we have consulted and consulted and we have heard some very clear messages – including an absolutely overriding vison to develop the very best of the village, whilst ensuring that it does not stand still; that it develops welcoming opportunities for new people to join the community and that it creates a positive environment for those who live, work and visit it. That vision is wrapped around with an abiding insistence that we never forget the fine history and the best of the past – whether with buildings, forward plans, aspects and views or modernising aspirations. Preserving the best of today and building a sustainable tomorrow.

BRODIE CLARKE WALTON NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN STEERING GROUP

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Walton Village Hall Playground Open Event In mid-July Walton Village Hall hosted an information day to bring three alternative designs to the families who will be using the playground in the future. Locals of all ages were able to indicate their preferences, with the littler people allowed to savour a few sweet treats!

Next steps‌an update from Stephen Smart

demountable goalposts which can be moved to allow access for a marquee, bouncy castle or whatever. This is our starter kit which is supported by the LCC grant and the Parish Council.

The playground area is now safely fenced off with a double fence: the inner is childproof and the outer spaced apart is stock proof, facing the field.

The intervening space will allow for the planting of hedging subsequently.

Builders will be installing a gate and preparing for the memorial benches. There will also be a round recycled picnic bench for children and families.

At present we anticipate playground installation commencing on 10 September and hopefully all will be done by the 14-15 September.

The playground will have two swing installations with four swings, a slide, a 'springy' tractor toy, as nominated buy our younger residents, and a pair of 13

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REMEMBERING WW1 Thorp Arch plans Commemorative Lunch On Sunday 11th November 2018 it is the centennial anniversary of the end of World War One. On this day we will pause and honour the young men who fought for King and Country, many of whom did not return, and the young women who worked bravely at the front as nurses and ambulance drivers or at home doing jobs that were previously considered as men’s jobs, in order to ‘keep the home fires burning’.

Our Village sent many boys and men to the front, including Brigadier General Francis Edward Wallerstein. Ten never returned and their stories are depicted in the book ‘Thorp Arch, The Fallen of the First World War’ by Rob Williams. The youngest of those who lost their life was only 19, the eldest 36.

The records of women serving are much sketchier, but many families will have stories of grannies, great grannies, aunts and cousins who played their part in the ‘Great War’, or ‘the war to end all wars’ as it was known.

This year, as always, there will be a service at the Thorp Arch War Memorial which will start at 10.45am. This year Reverend Trish will be leading the service and we will pause at 11 for a moment’s silence and then the last post.

After this, the Thorp Arch Village Society, working with the Thorp Arch Tennis Club, the Thorp Arch branch of Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association and supported by the Thorp Arch Parish Council and Lady Hastings Primary School, will be hosting a commemorative lunch at the school.

The lunch will be accompanied by songs and poems from WW1 and we hope to have displays and photos of WW1 mementoes from families in the Village.

We would love to have photos/and or stories from your families so please email me with any so that they can be included. We already have the story of a VC and the work of someone’s granny to display and are interested in as many as possible. Please email anything to myself at Gaby.Morrison@outlook.com.

Tickets for the two-course lunch are £5 per person/£2.50 for the under 10s. A bar will be available.

Tickets can be purchased from Gaby Morrison/Janette West/Neil Brooks and Judith Symonds 16

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Ongoing until 4 November Seeds of Hope event at Harewood House - read more on p25.

at the previous shows, and with other friends are raising funds for the Crypt.

SEPTEMBER

NOVEMBER

Saturday 1 Sept Clifford Show Clifford Village Hall Entries to be brought to the Village Hall in the morning and the Show opens at 2pm, for more information www.clifford-pc.org.uk or email janedavies383@btinternet.com. Entries are welcome from our villages - not just Clifford.

Saturday 10 Nov Thorp Arch WW1 Commemorative Fireworks Bonfire Night has been moved this year to reflect this momentous anniversary. Details to follow.

Sunday 11 Nov Thorp Arch Village Society lunch to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Details TBC. www.thorparch.org.uk/about-thorp-arch.

Sunday 9 Sept Hymns and Pimms on Thorp Arch Green 3pm.

Wednesday/Thursday 17-18 Nov Walton Group of Artists Annual Exhibition at Walton Village Hall A chance to view and purchase work from the WGA Members at this popular event. Refreshments sold in aid of Walton Village Playground.

Sunday 16 Sept Thorp Arch Village Society v Thorp Arch Tennis Club annual cricket match Timings will follow.

Thursday 20 Sept Walton Village Plan Polling Day see page 12 for full details.

DECEMBER Friday 7 Dec A concert by Wetherby Light Music Singers at All Saint's Church Thorp Arch Contact Kathleen Sanderson for more information.

Wednesday 26 Sept Save our Causeway meeting - all welcome - 7.30pm in the Pax dining room - see page 7 for more information.

Thursday 27 Sept Concert by the choir of LEH School at St Peter' s Church, Walton, 7pm in aid of School funds.

Saturday 29 Sept ‘Come and Sing’ The Armed Man at St James Church, join Wetherby Choral Society for the day to rehearse and perform this well-loved piece under the inspiring leadership of Musical Director John Dunford. 10am - 5pm. Cost: £20. More details and booking form: wetherbychoral.org.uk/armedman

OCTOBER Friday 5 Oct Harvest Supper in Walton Village Hall, 7 for 7.30pm tickets £10 from Gay 845519 or Doreen 842344.

Sunday 7 Oct Food Bank Harvest Service at St Peter’s Walton, 9.30am please bring any donations on the morning.

Sunday 14 Oct Thorp Arch Village Society Bulb Planting Save the date, details TBC. Wednesday 17 Oct Fashion Show In aid of St George's Crypt by Life and Soul, to be held at St Peter’s Church, Walton, tickets £5 from Doreen 842344.This is being organised by Harriet and Georgie from Tadcaster Grammar School who have modelled 18

Boston Spa Big Festival – Another Big Success Now in its third year and even bigger and better, the Boston Spa Festival was held on 13 – 15 July with the bonus of glorious weather all weekend long.

The event included local groups, including representatives from our side of the river, and offered a full programme targeted at all cross sections of the community, with a particular emphasis on young people.

The public space on Church Fields, which is now public space for the benefit of the community, proved to be a great venue for numerous Festival events and a great starting and finishing point for the magnificent ensemble of about 40 classic cars on Saturday.

Nobody went short of food with local businesses offering street food and drink at various locations.

The Festival was made possible by the enthusiasm of local groups, organisations, businesses and residents, each of which was responsible for organising their own events. It was the brain child of David Watts who coordinated the first two festivals.

TA Tennis Club Winners Thorp Arch Tennis Club 100 Club winners for the summer were as follows: June - Ticket number 20: Ellie Waind July - Ticket number 87: Ian Morrison August - Ticket number 16: Joseph Waind Polite Notice: Church Field, Walton Causeway has been asked to publish the following notice: Please note that the land next to Walton Park Cricket Club, known as Church Field, is a private field and there is no public access. Thank you.

Thorp Arch Village BBQ Thank you to everyone who supported the BBQ held on 20th July which raised over £1,400 for All Saint's Church funds. Special thanks to Sykes House Farm for their generosity and also to Richard and Janette West for the use of their garden and all their hard work before and after the event, also the other helpers who made it such a success. Kathleen Sanderson.

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The Streets of York: Four Centuries of Change An exhibition of artwork and photographic images capturing the changing streetscapes of our closest historic city through the last four centuries.

The collection of paintings, drawings and photographs has been organised into specific streets and locations in the city centre and placed alongside contemporary photographs of the same locations taken by local photographer, Chris Shepherd.

This exhibition allows the viewer a unique opportunity to judge the impact on York’s streetscape of changes in our society and lifestyles, from the 18th century to date.

The exhibition will be located at the MacLagan Hall, St. William’s College, College Street, York, and will run from 26 October to 22 November 2018.

Groups, clubs and societies may book a viewing date where their members can attend a drinks reception before touring the gallery, and where around 200 stunning images will be on show. Group entry into the exhibition will cost £10 per person (public entry £12).

All monies raised by the exhibition are being donated to York Against Cancer, York Minster Fund, and York Civic Trust City Enhancement Fund.

A book featuring the majority of the images - which will also serve as a catalogue for the exhibition - will be published at the time of the event, and will be available to buy at the MacLagan Hall.

Alternatively, the exhibition will be opening to the public between 2.30 – 4.30pm each weekday, commencing Wednesday 31 October, through to 22 November 2018 (closed Saturdays and Sundays).

Admission price for the public viewings is £12, payable on the door, on a first come/first served basis.

Group bookings can be organised by emailing mrdclifton@gmail.com. The organisers are Sir Ron Cooke, Darrell Buttery, Richard Shephard, Chris Shepherd, Steve Lewis, Duncan Beale and Mark Davies.

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REMEMBERING WW1 Harewood’s Seeds of Hope

of Harewood at the time, supporting the House and the local community with food and sustenance during the war effort. Visitors to the House may join the daily Discovery Talk, exploring the different themes from Seeds of Hope and how they connect to events taking place in the House. Discover more about the Old Kitchen, Princess Mary’s Gift Boxes and how Harewood was used as a convalescent hospital during the war. More information at harewood.org/

Seeds of Hope, an exciting new visitor experience for all ages and interests at Harewood House until 4 November 2018, features 1,269 sunflowers. This marks the number of men who were tended to at Harewood House in Yorkshire when it served as an auxiliary Hospital from 1915 – 1919.

The event focuses on the hidden stories and spaces of the Bothy and Walled Gardens seen through the eyes of characters who lived and worked there 100 years ago. It is told through an innovative presentation of images, the bothy boy John’s journal, theatrical installations, and scenes that bring the garden Bothy to life, a space that has previously been closed to visitors.

The Walled Garden is very much a part of the experience and has been replanted with heritage vegetables. It will showcase a Peace Meadow with thousands of white Cosmos ‘Purity’ flowers and is now home to a number of heritage breed animals, including chickens and goats. A newly commissioned and composed soundscape drifts through the gardens to help transport visitors back 100 years to a point where the country was moving beyond war to more hopeful times.

This is a brand-new exhibition and experience at our local leading Yorkshire attraction, celebrated for its collections in the House, the Gardens and Bird Garden. Seeds of Hope is a collaboration with young Leeds-based creative team, Lord Whitney, and provides a new opportunity to discover some of the untold stories of Harewood in an alternative and engaging way. It is a work of imagination rooted in historical fact.

To reach Seeds of Hope, visitors can step on board a brand new chain ferry, which links the main courtyard and Bird Garden across the lake to the Walled Garden, and will be run by a team of enthusiastic and knowledgeable skippers. Alternatively, they can take a short, leisurely walk through the gardens and round the Lake to arrive at the start of the new experience.

The Potting Shed close to the Bothy acts as the entry point to this story of life in the gardens, a vital part 25

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Martin House Opens its Doors

You can also drop off donations for Martin House’s charity shops, and learn more about how you can help Martin House through volunteering or fundraising at an event. www.martinhouse.org.uk

With its extensive gardens and comfortable, homefrom-home feel, Martin House Hospice Care for Children and Young People is a special place for the families who spend time here.

But for one day only, we are throwing open our doors to give the public to see first-hand all the facilities and services Martin House offers. Martin House’s annual open day takes place on Sunday 7 October, from 11am to 3pm, and gives people the chance to look around the hospice, meet the amazing care team and hear inspirational stories from families and young people.

There will also be a host of family-friendly activities, including small animals from Nuzzlets, face painting and rides, along with refreshments and stalls where you can buy Christmas cards and other merchandise

Youngsters cuddle rabbits at Martin House open day.

Successful NGS Opening at the East Wing, Newton Kyme Hall

Wetherby And District Foodbank The reasons why people come to the foodbank for help is varied.

The rain held off and we had a lovely open day with 405 visitors to the garden. It was great to meet so many people who enjoyed the garden as well as homemade cakes and buying the odd plant or three!

It is often stated that ours is a wealthy area, but like most towns it is not as wealthy as people make out and we do have people, the older generation who are on small pensions, brought up during and just after the war who are used to living a good healthy life on smaller amounts of plainer food than many people think is normal for today. Many of these people would possibly appreciate a little extra if we could only persuade them to get vouchers and come to the centre. This generation is very reluctant to ask for help.

Monies raised for the National Garden Scheme was £2,014 and a further £200 for St Andrew's Church Newton Kyme. We are already planning for next year so watch out for a date for your diaries. Fiona and Chris Royffe.

At the other end of the scale, there are the children who are on free school meals during term time, but during holidays don’t necessarily get a decent lunch.

These children need our help. We are, therefore, always looking at ways to reach more people, which is why we have decided to open a new Distribution Centre in Boston Spa at Deepdale Community Centre. This will be led by The King’s Church operating every Monday 10am – 12pm.

As a Foodbank we are blessed by generous gifts of food and time through volunteering, we do, however, require more support financially. The financial cost of running a foodbank is small and therefore would only require 240 people to commit to donating £5 a month, that’s only £1.15 a week. If you would like to help in this way, then please visit wetherbyanddistrict. foodbank.org.uk and click the red donate button. For more information contact Claire Fleetwood 07840 455725 clairefoodbank@gmail.com.

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REMEMBERING WW1 Elgy Bentley on the Western Front

Many of the Duke of Wellingtons who died at this time were buried where they fell by their surviving comrades in arms. Some time later the bodies were exhumed and reburied in the Wellington Cemetery at Rieux en Cambresis to where surviving relatives including his brother Eric and sister Annie make the journey in 1921.

As I write this, a little over 4 years ago Matthew and Rachel Bentley (your Editor) attended a rather special event at the British Library just up the road.

Locals were invited to submit memorabilia to the Europeana 1914-18 project. Matthew had made a collection of his father’s family medals, photos and stories and these were archived by way of scanning and high quality photography. On the day Matthew appeared on Sky News lunchtime report.

For more stories please see www.europeana.eu.

Did you attend the Europeana Event? Do you have your own WW1 story to tell our readers? Contact causeway.editor@ gmail.com by 14 October to include in the November issue of Causeway - our WW1 commemorative edition.

This is one of the archived stories.

Joseph Elgy Bentley, born on 6th November 1893 at 15 Retford Place, Bradford, the 5th of 6 children to Joseph, a police inspector, and Sarah Ann nee Smith.

He is the brother of Matthew’s grandfather, Eric.

At the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, the 4th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons (West Yorkshire Regiment) is on its way to summer camp in Scarborough when they are turned round and sent to barracks in York, then assigned to Coastal Defence duties in East Yorkshire/North Lincolnshire.

Elgy enlists on 7th September 1914 and joins this Battalion, writing home (postmarked Grimsby) to describe musketry drill, night manoeuvres and the weather!

Elgy's war record shows him arriving in France on 14 April 1915 from where the regiment is posted in the Levante region. They see action here in 1915 and as the war progresses they take part in the major battle on the Somme where they suffer terrible casualties and at 3rd Ypres where they fight for the "Peter Pan" trenches. At some point in 1917 they are moved closer to the Belgian coast where they are gassed.

Many men are killed or injured.

Elgy Bentley (back row, centre) and comrades Elgy Bentley's sister Annie at his grave

We do not know why, or the events leading up to it, but at about this time Elgy is evacuated to hospital. Family folklore would indicate shell shock but nobody really knows.

Elgy Bentley's medals

After recuperation, Elgy is commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 25 Sept 1917 and returns to France and the Regiment takes part in its last major set piece battle on the Lys river on 25 April 1918. They then advance and chase the Germans north east across France towards Valenciennes where, having survived the horrors of the Western Front for over 3 years, the history books say that Elgy is killed in battle and dies of his wounds on 11 October 1918, only 1 month short of the Armistice, and just before his 25th birthday.

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