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All about Kiplin Hall

We look at the Crowe’s Wood Halloween Trail at Kiplin Hall this Autumn

Tarte Tatin

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Welcome to the Autumn issue

R.Deveryone, Electrics: p21 what aWestwood Northallerton Tiles & Welcome back difficultTimber: few p19 months we have Plumbing Sports & Leisure Attractions Whitegates Nursery: p1 Bathrooms: p20 Cowley Cycles: p15 & Event Kiplin Hall:all p14been livingEvents through and I hopeGifts everyone is safe and well& Fireplaces: and p5 Johnsons Heating: p18 Stoves Evolve NCA: p15 Services Property Boiler Services Romanby Golf Club: p17 staying alert.

It doesn’t seem possible that it is September already Whitegates Nursery: p1 Horticulture Husthwaite Village Maintenance Johnsons Heating: p18 Whitegates Nursery: p1 Markets: p12 Hair Abbey Garage Doors: p1 Stonemasons mellow let us take a moment to enjoy Buildersbut, & in this most Markets: p12 of months, Dales Memorials: p5 Barbers Chair: p7 Handy Andy: p22 Insurance Contractors In The of Park:autumn, p1 the beautifulPicnic sunsets and the stunning NIS: colours of NYG Home p1 Travel Agent Abbey Garage Doors: p1 Romanby Golf Club: p17 Healthcare & Improvements: p21 T: 01609 777401 Spear Travels: p24 theHire: dazzling dahlias in our gardens, whilst we all adapt to this Kitchens Wellbeing Bedale Skip p19 Peter Cox: p21 Fencing Court Homemakers: www.jkanorth.com p2 Alpha Dental: p8 NYG Home Tree Surgery new normal.

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Where did Education begin?

The obvious answer is at home when our ancestors taught their children how to feed and fend for themselves.

This would have extended between families and communities as they would pass on ideas and assistance in their fight for survival. ArchaeoloWestwoods Grammar School, Northgists have found evidence of tools leach. One of the oldest schools in the country destroyed by fire in 1988 and weapons plus; incredibly; coloured paintings in caves like those in Lascaux, France dating back 15,000 to 17,000 years. Knowledge would have passed from each generation with improvements being implemented with time, but this was done in an informal way.

Initial Formal Education No one knows for certain when formal education commenced.

Conceivably we can start with the formation of writing c3,500BC by various ancient civilisations. There is evidence of the Babylonians (c1,800BC) having knowledge of fractions, algebra, quadratic and cubic equations (I recall solving quadratic equations in Babylonian cuneiform figures as part of my degree). The Greek civilisation had within it schools including one run by Pythagoras c570-c495BC (parents do you remember him?) it is not inconceivable that it was the students who worked out the Pythagoras theorem and not Pythagoras himself. However, I will leave that debate to the academics of this world. We must also make mention of formulised learning in Egypt, Arabia, India, and China. From this we can conclude that group schooling became a natural means of learning.

Formal Education in Europe AD500 – AD150 The first schools in the UK commenced in the 6th century originating in monasteries and centred on the teaching of Latin, writing and philosophy. These monastic schools became our first universities some 600 years later.

Out of interest the oldest existing and continually operating educational institution in the world is the University of Karueein, founded in 859AD in Fez, Morocco. The University of Bologna, Italy founded in 1088 is the oldest university in Europe.

Oxford University is the oldest university in the English-speaking world there is no clear date of foundation , but teaching existed at Oxford in some form in 1096 and developed rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris.

The oldest schools in the Cotswolds The oldest school in England is The King’s School Canterbury (founded 597AD) but in 54th place is Chipping Campden (founded 1440AD) not far behind and certainly in the top 200 would have been Westwoods Grammar School, Northleach (founded 1589) which tragically burnt down in 1988 one year short of its 400th Anniversary.

Westwoods was then amalgamated with Bourton Vale School at Bourton on the Water to become The Cotswold School.

Of the schools on the other side of the border in Oxfordshire the oldest in is Abingdon which is possibly as old as 1100 AD followed

by Magdalen College, Oxford in 1480 then Burford School which was founded in 1571. Henry Box in Witney was founded in 1660.

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Music & Arts Diary Dependant on Covid Restrictions 17th Sept

Taster Session for potential new members

Harrogate Theatre Choir www.harrogatetheatrechoir.co.uk Wesley Centre, Harrogate, HG1 1PP 7:30pm If you are interested in joining Harrogate Theatre Choir, we run taster sessions as part of our usual rehearsal schedule. Please contact our Secretary on htcsecretary17@gmail. com if you are interested in coming along.

Tickets: Free entry for this event! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

19th Sept

Autumn Concert

Academy of St Olave’s www.academyofstolaves.org.uk St Olave’s Church, York, YO30 7BH 8:00pm. Saturday 19th September 2020, 8 pm Programme to be confirmed Tickets: For ticket information please contact Academy of St Olave’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10th Oct

Special Gala Concert

MORE BEWITCHING THAN EVER, BACK FOR 2020!

St Cecilia Orchestra www.st-cecilia.org.uk | 01765 602856 Ripon Cathedral, Ripon, HG4 1QS 7:30pm. Two great works by Beethoven - Egmont Overture and one of the greatest symphonies of all time, the “Eroica”. In between, Mozart’s wonderful Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor. (Soloist TBA) Tickets online or from Little Ripon Bookshop, Westgate and Henry Roberts Books, The Arcade, Ripon Tickets: Adult: £22; Concessions: £20; 18-35: £10; Student: £5; Under 18: £0;

24 October 2020 - 01 November 2020

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THE CROWE’S WOOD HALLOWEEN TRAIL AT KIPLIN HALL & GARDENS

10am - 5pm Friday - Tuesday* (closed Wed & Thurs) Standard Admission Applies

17th Oct

Chamber Concert

Scary spooks, witches hats, men in black and frightening cats!

People lurking in the brambles – ‘enjoy’ your haunted, spooky amble!

Vocalis chamber choir www.harrogatevocalis.org.uk All Saints Church, Ripley, HG3 3AY 00:00am. Tickets: For ticket information please contact Vocalis chamber choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

For nearly 400 years Kiplin Hall & Gardens has been a place of entertainment, creativity, and theatricals. Visitors are invited to step into a world of frighteningly good fun and fantasy this Halloween on a trail that explores the historic Crowe’s Wood at Kiplin. Starting off in the Walled Garden brave visitors set forth through the pumpkin patch and venture beyond into the ancient woodland where the brave-hearted will encounter spooky characters from the past lurking in the undergrowth.

Visitors are encouraged to dress up at Kiplin Hall & Gardens this Halloween. Those brave enough to step inside Crowe’s Wood are advised to wear sturdy, waterproof footwear, and that the route isn’t accessible to most push chairs. *Please always check www.kiplinhall.co.uk for opening times as these may be subject to change during the pandemic.

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17th Oct

Winter Concert

York Guildhall Orchestra www.yorkguildhallorchestra.com | 0844 854 2757 York Barbican, York, YO10 4NT 7:30pm. A concert of symphonic music from the late 19th & early 20th century.

Concert programme to be decided Tickets: A: £25.3 - Central Stalls; B: £21.95 - Side Stalls; C: £17.45 - Rear Stalls; D: £6.2 - Students & Children under 16; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17th Oct

Autumn Concert

Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra www.harrogatephilharmonicorchestra.org.uk St Mark’s Church, Harrogate HG2 8AY 7:30pm. Tickets: For ticket information please contact Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18th Oct

Autumn Concert

Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra www.harrogatephilharmonicorchestra.org.uk Darley Memorial Hall, Darley, HG3 2RP 3:00pm. Tickets: For ticket information please contact Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24th Oct

Autumn Concert

Harrogate Theatre Choir. www.harrogatetheatrechoir.co.uk Riley-Smith Hall, Tadcaster. LS24 9AB 7:30pm. Tickets: For ticket information please contact Harrogate Theatre Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28th Nov

Winter Concert

Mowbray Singers St Oswald’s Church, Sowerby, YO7 1JG Time: TBC. Tickets: Ticket: £8 - £9 on the door; Under 16 Free For more details visit: www.mowbraysingers.co.uk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tarte Tatin

Sieve the flour into a large mixing

I think of tarte tatin as grown-up toffee

in the sugar and a pinch of salt.

apples, and like the pizzas last month it’s

Add the beaten egg and combine

another recipe that can be cooked in a cast-

into a dough. Add a little water

iron pan.

if required but keep the dough

Method

refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Peel, halve and core the apples, then place in the fridge, uncovered, for a few hours or overnight. It doesn’t matter if they turn a little brown, the idea is for them to dry out a little, so there’s less juice and

bowl, add the diced butter and rub together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir

fairly dry. Wrap it in clingfilm and

Pre-heat the oven to 200C / Gas. Roll out the pastry to about 5mm / ¼ inch thick and cut out a circle slightly larger

less chance of soggy pastry.

than your pan. Place the pastry on top of the pan

Place the sugar into a 20-24cmcast iron frying pan

a detachable wooden handle, now is the time to de-

along with 50ml water and let the sugar soak up

tach it! Bake for about 30 minutes until the pastry

the water. Cook over a medium heat until it turns

is golden, then remove from the oven.

golden and fudgy. Try not to stir the sugar until it’s mostly liquid as it might recrystalise. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter, and a pinch of salt.

Carefully arrange the apples in the pan, round-side down. Be careful as the caramel stays hot for a long time! Place it back on the heat and cook gently for 5 minutes. Then remove and allow to cool completely.

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and tuck the edges around the fruit. If your pan has

Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes, plus cooling time, plus 30 minutes in the oven.

Serves: 6 Ingredients 7-9 medium apples: Cox are my favourite for this, but other varieties work well.

Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then place a plate

200g white sugar

which should be slightly larger than the pan, on top

50g butter

and carefully invert the tart on to the plate. Serve

225g plain flour

warm crème fraiche, natural yoghurt, or vanilla ice

2 tbsp caster sugar

cream.

120g cold diced butter 1 medium egg, beaten

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GARDEN VIEW

Dazzling Dahlias Over the past few years, I’ve fallen in love with dahlias for their ability to provide autumn colour. I think Dahlias are like the glamorous friend who arrives late to the party, fresh and full of life, outshining all the other guests who are a bit tired and past their best...or maybe that’s just me being fanciful.

Either way the vibrant colours, tactile textures and stunning petal formations make the Dahlia queen of the September garden for me.

The dahlia originates from Mexico and there are 30 species and around 20,000 cultivars! Don’t let its exotic past fool you; it hails from high mountain regions so is happy in cool, wet, and windy conditions.

It doesn’t matter what size your garden is there is a dahlia for you, from dwarf varieties to giants. There is even one variety (Imperialis) that can reach 6m (20 feet) in the wild in its native South America.

If your garden is on the exposed side, or you live in the north then look for the pompom varieties as the colourful globes are very hardy, standing up to the worst of the

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British weather.

Dahlia bulbs are comprised of tubers. In order to sprout the tuber must have an ‘eye’.

If you live in a very cold area, you can dig up the tubers at the end of the season and plant them out again the following year.

My garden is quite sheltered, so I simply cut them down and mulch them. I learned the hard way that mulched dahlias survive and thrive much better than unmulched plants. Dahlia tubers are hungry beasts and don’t take kindly to being undernourished.

The first year I planted them I didn’t mulch and the second year the flowers were sparse and undersized. On the advice of a neighbour I fed them, mulched them, and watered them through the hot season, and they returned in full vigour the following year.

Dahlias come in the most amazing array of colours.

‘Lubega Power Yellow-Orange’ sounds like a toilet cleaner but is in fact a gloriously tropical dwarf bedding dahlia which produces masses of double flowers well into autumn if you deadhead it regularly.

At 30cm you can plant it at the front of the border or in window boxes to brighten the dullest of days.

Dahlia ‘Cornel Brons’ produces wonderful round copper-coloured architectural flowers. They are long-lasting and make spectacular cut flowers. They look good in the middle of a border because they grow to 90cm.

For gardeners who prefer a more subtle or unusual colour palette: Dahlia ‘Cafe aux Lait produces enormous exquisite blooms in a soft apricot-pink colour, which fade to vintage cream. It’s the perfect dahlia for creating a focal point toward the back of the border as it grows to 120cm.

Dahlia ‘Creme de Cassis’ has stunning twotone petals on water lily-shaped flowers. It grows to 90cm so is good for the middle of a border and also looks fabulous in a big pot.

By Rachael Leverton

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Events & Event Services Markets: p9 Fencing Westwood Timber: p13 Florists Hutton Flowers: p4 Food & Drink Dolcie Desserts: p9 Red Chilli: p11 Romanby Golf Club: p5 Whitegates Nursery: p1 Funeral Services Dales Memorials: p5 Furniture Browns Of Northallerton: p3 Garage Doors Abbey Garage Doors: p1 Garages Auto Test Garage: p15 Garden & Outdoor Services Anchorage Hire Centre: p Bedale Skip Hire: p13 Burneston Tree Services: p13 Maple Ground & Vegetation Management: p1

Westwood Timber: p13 Whitegates Nursery: p1 Gifts Whitegates Nursery: p1 Hair Barbers Chair: p10 Healthcare & Wellbeing Ashby & Atkinson: p7 Comfort Dental: p7 Hear & Now: p2 Smile Denture Clinic: p7 Vitality Dental: p7 Wellness Centre: p1 Hire Services Anchorage Hire Centre: p2 Bedale Skip Hire: p13 Mini Digger For Hire: p12 Home & Interiors Browns Of Northallerton: p3 Dales of Thirsk: p5 Stoves & Fireplaces: p3 Horticulture Whitegates Nursery: p1 Kitchens Dales of Thirsk: p5

Logs & Fuel Burneston Tree Services: p13 Machinery Services Black Dog Machinery: p14 Mobile Phone Repair Save Our Screens: p3 Mobility MD Mobility: p10 Nursery Emmy Jayne’s Nursery: p6 Painters & Decorators H. McLean & Son: p4 O.W.L Painting & Decorating: p4 Trevor Pickering: p14 Property Maintenance Abbey Garage Doors: p1 Handy Andy: p14 Nulook Roofing: p16 NYG Home Improvements: p13 Peter Cox: p13 Stoves & Fireplaces: p3

Yorkshire Loft Ladders: p15 Radio Northallerton Radio: p9 Solar Power Peak Power Systems: p5 Sports & Leisure Evolve NCA: p2 Romanby Golf Club: p5 Stonemasons Dales Memorials: p5

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