Northallerton InFocus Spring 2018

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Book your stalls now

We look at plans for a new creative market at the Forum later this year and how you can get involved!

Community Garden Plans for a new garden for a local care home

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local news: FEATURED

Community Garden for care home 4 pages of New businesses & services FEATURED

Creative Markets update What’s On at the Forum this Spring Blue Cross Tea Party

Tour de Yorkshire

The race returns to Northallerton this May

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Local events this Spring FEATURED

Tour de Yorkshire returns!

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Spring has Sprung

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Enjoy Raspberry Pain au Chocolate FEATURED

Marie Curie volunteer appeal

Welcome to the Spring issue

We welcome Spring and the changing weather with a whole host of updates and news, from plans for a new community garden in Leeming (p6), to exciting news about creative markets at the Forum (p10). Our Spring garden tips (p22) are a perfect excuse to get outside in the lighter (and hopefully warmer!) weather.

Don’t forget, if you have any news, events, updates or stories of local interest, please send them to editorial@jkanorth.com and we’ll do our best to publish them for you.

I hope you all enjoy this issue and I’ll see you again in Summer.

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Community Garden for local care home Leeming Bar Grange, is a warm and inviting care home situated between the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. All brighterkind care homes provide highly individualised care, excellent facilities and expertly trained staff. However, the team and the residents of Leeming Bar Grange are particularly excited about a project which will benefit not just those working and living in the home but also the whole community; a Community Garden.

Located at the rear of the home is a piece of land which became the focus for a project by Team Leader, Marie Adams as part of brighterkind’s Leadership & Development programme. Marie’s project started with the idea that the land could be used by the community. With development of her idea by the team and residents, it became clear that a community garden would be the perfect opportunity to create something really special for the whole community of Leeming Bar and surrounding villages. Following discussions with local residents, representatives of North Yorkshire County Council’s Stronger Communities programme and Hambleton District Council, it became clear that this was something which the whole community would benefit greatly from.

It would provide opportunity for both residents of the care home and local residents to work together in creating a beautiful, yet functional space for both recreational, social and learning experiences.

The local community are fully on board with the project. Volunteers from the Leeming Bar Residents Association as well as from the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund at Leeming Bar have offered to assist with landscaping and groundworks over the winter months. “There will be an orchard area, a meadow garden to encourage wildlife, a potting shed and a greenhouse which will encourage everyone to get involved in planting, taking cuttings and growing plants and vegetables. There will be raised beds and wheelchair access for physically disabled members of the community.

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We also hope to purchase a large summer house which could be used as a small café or drop-in centre and we even hope that someone with a knowledge of bee-keeping will join us!”

Home Manager, Linda Stephens, is very excited about the project. Already holding a degree in horticulture, she is well-placed to give ideas and advice about the right plants to use in the local environment. However, it is the opportunity to bring together groups and individuals from the local community and the benefits this will bring to the people in her care that she is most thrilled about. “At brighterkind we offer a different kind of care experience, one that focuses on creating real quality of life. Many of our residents have a vast knowledge of gardening, having spent much of their time creating beautiful gardens throughout their lives. Although they may be limited in the amount of physical work they can do now, they are still able to contribute hugely to a community garden project like this. Meaningful activity, social interaction, fresh air and being in nature brings enormous benefits to the people we care for both physically, mentally and emotionally. We help those we care for to love every day and by creating new opportunities to share time, conversations and activities we are doing just that.”

If you are interested in volunteering either your time or expertise in creating the community garden at Leeming Bar Grange care home, we would love to hear from you. Please contact the home manager, Linda Stephens, on 01677 425594.

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To see how the project is developing over the coming months, look out for future installments in the next issue of Northallerton In-Focus magazine.

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“New To The Area” is a new business feature specifically designed to help new businesses and those that are offering new businesses and services to promote themselves cost effectively.

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Set Yourself Free with Hypnotherapy If 2018 is the year you want to quit smoking, remove that fear of spiders or need help in losing weight, North Yorkshire Hypnotherapy can help.

Hypnotherapy is a safe, natural and effective way of achieving your goal.

Tim Lichfield, a qualified Hypnotherapist for over 10 years, explains how it works: “Hypnosis is something we go through every day of our lives, even if we’re not realising it. That moment you drift into a daydream or when you make a routine journey and suddenly realise you’ve arrived at your destination are both examples of every day hypnosis. It’s a therapy that communicates with the unconscious mind to make a positive change. It’s almost like reprogramming a computer. Now, of course, if it’s something like a spider fear, I would make sure you are still safe and protected against the more harmful species as I wouldn’t want you to go to Australia and pick up a Black Widow!

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When under hypnosis, a misconception is you have NO control, this isn’t the case. I always explain to a client that a ‘trance’ is like a daydream state.

‘Does it work?’ is a question commonly asked. Hypnotherapy DEFINITELY works. However, if a friend or relative ‘forced’ you to have a session to quit smoking, but you didn’t really want to give up, it wouldn’t really have an effect.

Otherwise, absolutely it does and I have had many clients who could confirm that.”

North Yorkshire Hypnotherapy has therapy rooms in Easingwold, Thirsk & Northallerton.

To book a session or to find out more, visit: www.northyorkshirehypnotherapy.com or call 0775 242 6419 and ‘Set Yourself Free’.

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Creative Mums take centre stage at The Forum in Northallerton for craft market like no other The popular Made by Mummy Markets is set to take Northallerton by storm this November as the specialist arts and craft market place comes to The Forum in the town centre.

On Sunday 25th November The Forum will host the event at which 30 mums running small businesses from home will display their creations. Crafts will range from original art works, knitting, embroidery, ceramics, glass work, baking and more. There will be a café area and activities for children.

The stall holders will be specially selected for the event as organiser Samantha Jennings explains, ‘Stalls for this event can not be booked in the traditional way most craft fairs work. At Made by Mummy Markets stall holders apply for a stall and then I can curate the event ensuring a good selection of different crafts are on display. That way sellers are complimenting each other rather than competing to sell similar items to the same customer. I am taking applications now, and the closing date is 1st June, so the successful makers will have the summer months to get busy creating their stock.

I’d love to hear from more mums, dads,

grandparents or other guardians who are running small craft businesses from home. I want to showcase their talents and bring customers off the big high street brands into a local market place where each sale supports a person’s dream to turn their talents and hobby into a business that makes money.’

The event is expected to attract over 300 customers and is an ideal opportunity to shop local and buy hand made in the run up to Christmas 2018. Following the success of previous events, crafts people at Made by Mummy Markets have earned just shy of £10,000 since the creation of the markets in February 2016.

For more information about Made

by Mummy Markets or to request an application form contact samantha@ davidjennings.co.uk 07811190193 www. madebymummymarkets.com or visit the Facebook page.

Book your stall by 1st June!

Northallerton Business Launches New Website La Bella Boutique Northallerton rebranded in March 2016 upon relocation to Garthway Arcade, near the Applegarth Car Park in Northallerton.

The arcade which is exclusively occupied by local independent business is often better known as “Grover’s Arcade”. Having traded for the five years previous as Planet Jewels Accessories in Thirsk.

Following the introduction of ladies clothing, the original location became too small and the e-commerce website which had replaced the original self-built information only website was becoming less functional due to purpose build design as a jewellery and handbag website.

Finally, at the end of January we launched our NEW WEBSITE: www. labellaboutiquenorthallerton.co.uk The All New Website has been specifically designed to showcase the Large Range of Affordable Branded

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Quality Ladies Clothing, whilst retaining provision for Scarves, Handbags, Accessories and the Large Selection of Sterling Silver Jewellery. We have recently added Joe Browns Couture Shoes, which feature unique and quirky design and are exclusively available from selected suppliers only and not available from Joe Browns.

Marble, one of our leading brands, is only available in store or on our new website: www.labellaboutiquenorthallerton. co.uk as Marble do not retail themselves.

We have also continued to stock Joe Browns and have recently allocated a large area to Adini Clothing.

Gift vouchers are always available starting from £5, if stuck for gift ideas.

We have a new selection of Spring/ Summer Handbags and more stock due in as the Spring/Summer 2018 Stock is arriving now! Enjoy a 10% Discount with this advert (present on purchase) until end March 2018. For more information, call in and speak to Sue in store or call 01609-258050.

Please sign up to our newsletter on our website to be first to hear about new products and promotions at: www. labellaboutiquenorthallerton.co.uk

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1 Market Row | Barkers Arcade | Northallerton | DL7 8LN

Telephone: (01609) 760 056

Spring Essentials The new irresistible collection encapsulates footwear that will transcend seasons effortlessly.

Discover the New Spring Collection of footwear, headwear and matching evening bags. In stock you will find an impressive showcase of styles set within relaxed surroundings. This Seasons collection is set to be the best yet with the introduction of two new brands, Sabrina Chic and Adesso.

Also in stock is our fabulous range of occasional shoes with matching evening bags. Whether it be a wedding, the races or even Royal Ascot, the new range of occasion hats and fascinators offer elegance and sophistication that coordinate beautifully with our shoes.

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What’s On This

Spring?

Journey’s End (12A)

Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, Journey’s End is the story of a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously awaiting their fate.

Friday 23 Mar : 14:30 Friday 23 Mar : 20:00 Sunday 25 Mar : 17:30

Lady Bird (15)

Marion McPherson, a California nurse, works tirelessly to keep her family afloat after her husband loses his job. She also maintains a turbulent bond with a teenage daughter who is just like her -- loving, strong-willed and deeply opinionated.

Friday 23 Mar : 17:30 Sunday 25 Mar : 14:30 Sunday 25 Mar : 20:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wit & wisdom of Victoria Wood (U)

Chris Foote Wood tells how his sister Victoria grew from an unhappy teenager into much-loved national treasure with her many talents as comic, singer-songwriter, actor, writer and producer.

Followed by Q&A and book signing.

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Early Man (U)

Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

Friday 30 Mar : 14:30 Saturday 31 Mar : 14:30 Sunday 1 Apr : 14:30 Sunday 1 Apr : 17:30

Monday 2 Apr : 14:30 Tuesday 3 Apr : 14:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lucy Porter: Choose Your Battles (Comedy)

Lucy Porter’s brand new stand-up tour. In these combative times, it’s easy to be irritated, offended or downright enraged by other people.

How do we know which causes are worth fighting for?

Lucy uses her hilarious experiences to help you decide. Recent TV and radio appearances include: QI, Insert Name Here, Alan Davies’ As Yet Untitled, Room 101, News Quiz, The Now Show.

Tickets: £14/£12 concessions Age guidance: 16+

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Steptoe and Son

Albert and Harold; father and son.

One proclaims he’s ‘a poor old man’, while the other protests that actually he’s ‘a dirty old man!’ In actual fact, both are telling the truth. These two warring rag-and-bone-men, in their Shepherd’s Bush scrapyard home, became household favourites for entire generations throughout the 60s and 70s and still they continue to entertain audiences today.

Thursday 19 Apr : 19:30

For more details and many more events visit:

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The Forum, Bullamoor Road, Northallerton, DL6 1LP

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Spring at Rural Arts Book places online at www.ruralarts.org or call 01845 526536 Rural Arts, The Courthouse, Westgate, Thirsk, YO7 1QS

A Taste of Art Workshops

Learn something new every Wednesday 10.30am-12 noon with our great range of introductory art workshops.

The Courthouse Café and Gallery are open Monday to Saturday 10am - 4.30pm

creating a design that you will then cut out of the linoleum surface.

Holiday Family Activities

Ceramic Bird Hangings Wednesday 28th March: £17

Rag Rug Stool Covers (Extended)

Use white clay to make and decorate a beautiful hanging ceramic bird in time for Easter!

Life Drawing With A Twist Of Movement

Wednesday 9th May (10am-1pm): £25 Explore two types of rag rugging: hooky and proggy, led by avid rag rugger and up-cycler Helen Shakespeare.

Wednesday 2nd May: £15 Within this workshop you will be

Come along to our holiday activities for children – suitable for all the family (adults go free!)

Under 8’s to be accompanied by a nonpaying adult.

10am – 12 noon All sessions £3.50

Easter Holiday Workshops

Shibori Eco Dyeing Thursday 12th April

May Half Term Workshops

Monoprinting with Nature Monday 28th May

Drypoint Etching Small Beasts Tuesday 29th May Wednesday 30th May

Wednesday 16th May: £17 Cut your own stencils and explore the process of slip decoration onto ceramic tiles.

Coral Reef Painting Thursday 31st May

Make your own Windchimes Tuesday 3rd April

Easter Wreaths Wednesday 4th April

Silkscreen Printed Tote Bags Wednesday 13th June: £15

Botanical Paintings Tuesday 10th April

Put the kettle on for homeless pets Blue Cross in Topcliffe, Thirsk is inviting animal lovers to host a ‘Paws for Tea’ party in aid of homeless pets on Friday 11 May 2018 or any day of the week!

Taking part in the event is a fun and easy way to support Blue Cross and the perfect excuse to get together with family, friends, neighbours and colleagues to catch up with a nice brew and slice of cake.

Pets are part of the family. Blue Cross helps unwanted and abandoned pets for their new homes by giving them the life skills they need to succeed. Whether that’s helping an injured puppy to walk again or giving

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Wednesday 11th April

Paper Flower Garlands

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Tile Painted Birds and Insects

Ceramic Paper Resist Stencilling

Wednesday 25th April: £15 Take part in drawing a professional contemporary dancer who will be our moving model!

Lino Printing

Design your own paper stencil to print onto your own tote bag!

a neglected cat the confidence she needs to trust humans.

Every penny raised will go towards the care of the animals at Blue Cross to help them get back on the paws.

To find out more order a free Paws For Tea host pack, full of ideas and recipes for both you and your pet, visit www.bluecross.org.uk/teaparty or call 0300 790 9903.

To find out more about rehoming a pet from Blue Cross in Thirsk visit www.bluecross.org.uk/thirsk or contact the centre on 0300 777 1540 or email thirsk@bluecross.org. uk.

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Art Club Are you aged 5–8, and interested in arts activities? Join our Art Club for children and young people during term time on Saturday mornings, and Thursdays after school. You can also complete a Bronze or Silver Arts Award through the club. Find out more at www.ruralarts.org/saturday-art-club.

Save Your Sight!

Most people don’t think about their eyes much until something goes wrong. It’s important to understand what happens to our eyes as we age.

cells’ at the back of the eye stop working. It usually affects both eyes.

Your optometrist does so much more than provide spectacles. The following conditions are all detectable by optometrists during a routine eye examination.

tributory factors. You are also more at risk if there is a family history of the condition.

Cataracts These are caused by clouding of the lens inside the eye. They are not painful but vision may be smudged or blurry.

Diabetics and those taking certain medications are more at risk, but in most cases they are caused by old age.

Most cataracts may be treated successfully by surgical removal then replacing the cloudy lens with a clear, artificial one.

Glaucoma This is a condition in which the optic nerve at the back of the eye is damaged. It is usually though not always, caused by raised pressure inside the eyeball. 99% of Glaucoma sufferers experience no symptoms until significant damage to their sight has occurred. The risk becomes more significant once you are over 40 and it increases with age. Anyone with a family history of the disease is more at risk, along with diabetics, very short-sighted people and anyone from an Afro-Caribbean background.

If detected early Glaucoma can be controlled with eye-drops, and in some cases surgery.

Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) happens when the delicate ‘seeing-

The risk of getting it increases with age but poor diet, too much sunexposure and smoking are all con-

There are two types: Wet AMD is rarer and can be treated if caught early, and dry AMD, which is currently untreatable. The progress of dry AMD may be slowed by increasing the amount of fresh fruit and vegetables consumed and by stopping smoking.

Diabetes is not an eye disease but eye problems are among its most significant complications.

An optometrist will check for signs that the blood vessels of the eye are leaking or not working properly. If problems are discovered then you will be referred for laser treatment at your local hospital.

Even if you are not Diabetic and your eyesight seems fine it is important to have the health of your eyes checked at least once every two years, as changes may happen without you realising.

Remember…

Unlike teeth, eyes do not usually hurt when there is something wrong.

Generally, the earlier an eye problem is detected, the easier it is to treat.

If you drive, it is your responsibility to make sure you satisfy the legal visual requirements. Book an eye examination today.

You have just one pair of eyes, and they have to last you a lifetime, so take care of them.

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Win a family ticket to see

Beauty & The Beast

at Darlington Hippodrome Beauty & The Beast - a fantastic Easter treat for all the family starring Dani Harmer (CBBC’s Tracy Beaker and Strictly Come Dancing) as Beauty and comedy legend Bobby Davro.

Don’t miss another fun-filled Easter pantomime from the same team behind The Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan. With a star cast, impressive music, energetic dance routines as well as plenty of jokes, slapstick and heaps of audience participation!

Out & About 10th March

22nd March

n North Yorkshire Chorus Conductor Simon Wright Messiah Choruses Workshop Participants: £15 Ticket information from: www. northyorkshirechorus.co.uk Including a performance for guests at 4.00pm, free entry, donations welcomed.

All Saints Church, Northallerton, 10.00am until 5.00pm ........................................................

n Brompton Heritage Group Talk Brompton Methodist Church, The Green, Brompton, Northallerton DL6 2QT. Talk: Stokesley Now and Then by local historian, David Maudsley. 7pm. £3.50 incl. light refreshments.

Tickets: On the door email: bromptonhg@btinternet.com web: www.bromptonmatters.co.uk ........................................................

15th March

n NY Moors Railway Group Talk North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Northallerton Area Group. ‘Over the Moors to Rosedale’ by Tony Daniels.

2:00 - 4:00pm, inc. refreshment break.

Northallerton Town Cricket Club, Farndale Avenue, DL7 8SN. £3.00. tel: 01642 767233 tickets: On door. email: ianmcinnes73@live.com ........................................................

16th March

n Live Music: Chris Berry Band Sessay Village Hall YO73BA. Dance the night away & enjoy a delicious pudding.

Sessay Village Hall. In aid of Village Hall decor & Church roof repairs. Bar & Raffle. 7.30pm. £10.00 (inc. pudding).

Tickets: 01845 501452 / 577906 ........................................................

18th March This spellbinding pantomime for Easter 2018 tells the story of Beauty who longs for romance and adventure, a bad-mannered Prince who is transformed into a Beast to teach him a lesson and a good Fairy who makes both their dreams come true.

Join us during the Easter school holidays for a show filled with spectacular pantomime magic, dazzling production numbers and of course jokes galore for all the family!

To be in with a chance of winning a Family Ticket (4 tickets, minimum 1 adult) for the performance on Monday 2 April at 3.30pm, simply answer this question correctly and send together with your name, address and telephone number to: Beauty & The Beast, Northallerton In Focus Competition, Marketing Dept., Darlington Hippodrome, Parkgate, Darlington DL1 1RR. Entries must be received by Monday 26 March, the winner will be contacted by phone.

n Husthwaite Village Spring Market From fresh locally sourced seasonal vegetables straight from the ground, poultry, meat, fish, dairy, oils cider, mead, honey, jams, preserves, chocs and gingerbread to quality cards, crafts, wood and leathercraft, plants, flowers, jewellery, all things pet related and much more! You are bound to find an Easter present or two at our first market of 2018. The Apple Tree Café will be serving up delicious home-made hot and cold food and beverages.

Free entry – all ages – wheelchair access. Charity number 1013186 Husthwaite Village Hall YO61 4PY 11.00am – 3.00pm ........................................................

Question: Which reality TV programme did Dani Harmer appear in?

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26th March

n Thirsk Museum Summer Opening 14-16 Kirkgate, Thirsk YO7 1PQ. Opens today for the summer season.

Experience the history of Thirsk in the house where Thomas Lord, founder of Lord’s Cricket Ground, was born in 1755. Explore rooms full of exhibits featuring local life and industry, cricketing memorabilia, farming equipment, furniture, costumes and toys. Marvel at the bones of our Saxon Giant and shudder at the legend of the Busby Stoop Chair!. 10am-4pm MonSat. Free, donation expected.

Tel: 01845 527707 www.thirskmuseum.org ........................................................

27th March

n Holy Week Service of Music and Reflection 7.30pm at Northallerton Methodist Church with Reverend Malcolm Sellers and the Church Choir, conducted by Carolyn Chambers and accompanied by Linda Elsworth. ........................................................

1st & 2nd April

n 45th Annual Art Exhibition Of original work created by the members of the Sheriff Hutton Art Group.

10.30am - 4.30pm Sheriff Hutton Village Hall Entry: £1. Children: Free Refreshments available ........................................................

20th April

n Phill Jupitus: Juplicity Phill brings poetry and chat to the masses. Join stand-up comedian...

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Email us your event details to: events@jkanorth.com and we’ll publish it for you. Magazine distribution dates are on p30. ...poet, improviser, and TV stalwart Phill Jupitus for a night of tales, laughs and diversions. Watch in delight and/ or horror as this experienced funny man drags laughs out of the chaos of his own life and the uncertain world that surrounds it. Adult themes and situations, but delivered childishly.

8pm. The Forum, Northallerton Bullamoor Road, Northallerton, DL6 1LP. £15 / 01609 776230 ........................................................

26th - 28th April

n Theatre We invite you to join us for a nostalgic journey through 100 years of music and song starting in 1918 with the end of WW1. Visit the ‘Roaring 20’s’ the Second World War years, the Beatles, right up to the present day with ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Miss Saigon’ and much much more. Come along and see the show for a great evening’s entertainment.

Northallerton Musical Theatre Company present “A HUNDRED MUSICAL YEARS” at The Forum, Northallerton from 26th to 28th April 2018 at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are from £8 to £14 and are available from The Forum from 19th March 2018.

Tel. 01609 776230 or online at www.forumnorthallerton.org.uk ........................................................

3rd - 6th May

n Tour De Yorkshire Passing through Northallerton, Bedale & Thirsk on Saturday 5th May. See p18 for more details. letour.yorkshire.com ........................................................

4th - 7th May

n Musicport on the Moors A new festival for 2018 from the organisers of the redoubtable Musicport Festival (est. 2000).

The Hut Goathland (a.k.a Goathland Community Hub) Whilst never wishing to stand still, and with a brief to develop new events Musicport, (which has always been a town-based festival) is extending outside of Whitby into the glorious

countryside of the North Yorkshire Moors and developing an event that sets itself in the landscape of the historic and beautiful village of Goathland. Based around the new community venue The Hut, with camping onsite, the festival aims to carry on the relaxed and friendly and high-quality ethos of its established festival but with more time for festival goers to interact with artists and with each other whilst hopefully developing new skills. With a limit on festival attendance of 150 it’s bound to have a very intimate atmosphere and that combined with a line-up that encompasses many different music and other art forms, will make it a unique way to spend a bank holiday weekend.

Tickets for Musicport On The Moors now available (to include camping) at £100 for 4 days.

If you’d like to buy tickets (which can be paid for in 3 instalments) ring Musicport on 01947 603475 or you can buy online by visiting their website. www.musicportfestival.com ........................................................

12th May

n North Yorkshire Chorus 7.30pm, The FORUM, Northallerton.

Greg Smith conducting the North Yorkshire Promusica With soloists Rachel Little, soprano and John Dunford, baritone.

Trevor Wilson: Matins. J.S.Bach: Cantata no.51. Howard Goodall: Lux Aeterna.

Tickets £14 from The FORUM, Northallerton. ........................................................

14th - 17th June

n Willowman Festival HRAP Knayton YO7 4AX Early bird tickets now on sale willowmanfestival.co.uk ........................................................

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Please contact event organisers directly.

All events correct at time of going to press.

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Thursday 3rd May - Sunday 6th May 2018

Stage 3: Men’s Race Passing through Bedale, Northallerton & Thirsk on: SATURDAY 5TH MAY 2018

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The Origins of Easter

A Good Read

Ever tried to plan an event around Easter?

Wicked

n Gregory Maguire We all know what happened when Dorothy arrived in the Land of Oz courtesy of a cyclone.

She killed the Wicked Witch of the East and magically acquired her ruby slippers. Helped

by Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, she travelled to the Emerald City with three friends and asked the Wizard to send her back to Kansas. And of course, we know about her green enemy: The Wicked Witch of the West.

But do we really know the rest of the story? What DID happen in Oz before this little girl from Kansas carelessly ‘dropped’ in?

Wicked, is the story of the witches of Oz as imagined by Gregory Maguire. Familiar to many people these days through the hit West End musical of the same name, this novel is very different in tone to the musical with much more adult themes. It addresses politics, animal rights, outcasts, fate, friendships, and the philosophical question of what makes us bad: are people born wicked or do they become wicked purely by living up to people’s expectations of them?

Elphaba Thropp was born with an unfortunate colour skin tone and right from the start felt rejected like an outcast. She feels as if she has no place in the world but all that is set to change when she arrives at Shiz University. Here she meets her total opposite, Glinda, and despite an initial hatred of each other they do become best friends. But where will that friendship take them? They are destined to follow separate paths: one of good and one of evil. The Good Witch and The Wicked Witch.

It is how that happens and how they discover their true purpose and destiny that forms the heart of this immersive fantasy novel. Clearly Oz is not just for children.

n Enid Blyton

Naughty Amelia Jane! by Enid Blyton Some books never fail to entertain generation after generation and the Amelia Jane books

by Enid Blyton are no exception. At some point in childhood we all wonder what would happen if our toys were alive. Well in this nursery they are. Amelia Jane is a big ragdoll and she is not just big, she is bad. And the other toys are generally scared of her. Hardly surprising when she does things like throwing pints of milk over other toys on a regular basis!

These short chapters almost work as individual short stories which makes it a nice transition for readers to proper ‘chapter books’. Each chapter sees Amelia Jane getting into trouble and being naughty but ultimately learning a lesson: one that she seems destined to forget despite her protestations that she ‘will be good from now’. Lessons that demonstrate to the reader why it is important to be kind and considerate towards others.

In the words of Enid Blyton: “I do somehow feel perfectly certain that she can’t be good for long.”

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Easter Sunday 2016 – 27th March

2017 – 16th April

2018 – 1st April

2019 – 21st April In fact Easter can occur as early as the 22nd March and as late as the 25th April

Calculating the date of Easter Easter is a celebration of the crucifixion and rising from the dead of Jesus and has been celebrated ever since his death.

Christ’s resurrection occurred during the Jewish Passover which is dated according to the phases of the moon in the Jewish calendar, the dates of which drift each year.

In those bygone days some churches would celebrate Easter at the time of the Passover whilst others would celebrate it on the following Sunday. It was not unusual for churches in the same region to celebrate Easter on different Sundays.

In the year 325AD King Constantine paid for all the influential leaders of Christianity to a meeting to rectify the above problems. Pope St Sylvester 1st was also invited but was too ill to travel, so he sent representatives. It was at this meeting that the first serious official efforts of agreeing a common date for Easter were discussed; the principles of calculating its date have stuck with us until the present day.

Writing an A* Essay

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It can be quite difficult due to its fluctuations in the calendar.

Even Justin Welby the present Archbishop of Canterbury is of the opinion that Easter should be given a set date. The following list of Easter dates over a 4 year period tell us of the difficulties found in the lack of continuity in arranging events dependent on spring.

Whether you’re 15 or 50, writing an academic essay can be pretty daunting. Hopefully our how-to guide might make the process a little bit easier.

Start off with your notes. Get key points down, quotes, useful resources and so on.

Don’t worry about grammar and spelling; at this point, it’s all about getting your ideas together in one place. Ideally, you’ll want to start your research well before your deadline, so that you can add to your notes when you hear something relevant in a lecture, or come across something when you’re reading.

Make sure you include where you’ve found the information, so that you can cite the source in your essay.

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Try to identify any gaps in your notes. Do you need to find proof to back up an argument, for example? It can help to write yourself a set of questions that you need to answer.

You’ll then know exactly what you’re looking for when you’re researching.

Once you have your notes, copy and paste them into a new document, and then start moving them into some kind of structure. Most essays will follow the following structure: Introduction (less than 10% of your total word count).

This should give a brief overview of what you’re going to cover in the essay, and why.

It should indicate that the essay is going to answer the set question, or expand on the title that you’ve chosen.

In simplistic terms Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday; following the first full Moon; after the Spring Equinox unless; it clashes with the Jewish Passover; when it will occur one week later.

However the debate carried on for many centuries one of the reasons being of not having a totally accurate calendar that did not drift with the seasons. Indeed in David Ewing Duncan’s brilliant book “The Calendar” he points to modern day astronomers devising 14 equations for calculating “an almost precise Easter date”. It concludes that because of continuous planetary fluctuations “an absolutely exact measurement (of Easter) is impossible to predict”

Is it possible to reform the dates of Easter?

The World Council of Churches proposed in 1997 to replace the previously mentioned equation based method with a direct astronomical observation. This was to be implemented in 2001 but not yet executed.

Perhaps more surprisingly the dates of Easter can be reformed as soon as the Government see fit. The Easter Act 1928 allows the Government to fix Easter as “the first Sunday after the Second Saturday in April”. This law although no implemented remains on the UK Statute data base.

Whatever your thoughts, whatever your views may I wish all readers a Happy Joyous Easter John Harris.

Body of the essay Here you’ll want to fully explain the points you mentioned in the introduction. You’ll likely include quotes and refer to key research material. While you might include opposing views, the main body of the essay should support the conclusion. You might need to subdivide this section with subheaders.

Conclusion (up to 15% of the total word count). Here you’ll summarise your main ideas and, if appropriate, answer the question set.

While the saying ‘begin at the beginning’ might be true for many things, it’s not always helpful for essays (or magazine articles for that matter). It’s often

actually easier to leave writing the introduction until the end. That way you’ll know exactly what it is that you’re introducing.

You’ll want to make sure the essay flows well, with wellstructured paragraphs, and no spelling or grammatical errors. Don’t rely on a computer spellchecker. It is difficult to proofread your own work, so ask a friend or family member to take a look at it for you if possible.

Good luck!

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GARDEN VIEW

Spring has Sprung The other day someone said to me, ‘You are so lucky…you have a beautiful garden.’

I thanked her of course, but I really wanted to say, ‘Luck has very little to do with it. A beautiful garden does not happen by pure chance. It takes a bit of work and planning.’

As the spring equinox looms, the trees blossom and daffodils bloom. The garden is waking up from its winter sleep and is full of promise. I am excited to be outside in it but I’m aware for nongardeners it can seem daunting when everything (including the weeds) starts growing at once! So where to begin?

There are three fairly simple tasks which will get you off to a flying start.

Pruning is the first task. It’s time to hard prune late-flowering shrubs like Buddleia, Leycesteria and Lavateria, but only if the risk of hard frost is past. Spring flowering plants such as Forsythia and Winter Honeysuckle should be pruned immediately the flowers fade. If you haven’t already pruned your bush roses, now is the time.

Leave about an inch of last year’s growth to encourage bushiness and lots of flowers. Shrub roses don’t need such radical treatment but would benefit from losing

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a third of their old, thick, woody stems.

Then a bit of lifting is required.

Lift congested clumps of snowdrops while they still have leaves showing.

Finally, stay on top of the weeds from the outset. If you leave them, weeding quickly becomes an insurmountable chore.

But of course gardening is about planting things and one of the best things to plant now is lilies.

If you have a bit of a slug problem like I do grow them in pots. Pots also have the advantage of protecting the bulbs. I hate slicing through them accidentally when hoeing. And pots mean you can grow them even if you only have a balcony.

There are loads of varieties to choose from. Three bulbs fit nicely into an 8inch / 20cm pot and five fit into a ten inch / 25cm pot. I’ve found terracotta pots best because lilies are tall and terracotta provides enough weight to prevent them tipping over.

Lilies need a well-drained open planting mixture so I use a mixture of potting compost plus a soil-less multi-purpose compost. The bulb tips should be a couple of inches below the compost. Keep in a sheltered spot and water when the surface of the compost looks dry. Once the buds have formed, feed weekly with dilute tomato food until late summer.

When the blooms fade, cut the stems down and place in a sheltered spot. Each spring, scrape away a couple of inches of compost and add fresh mixture, then repeat the instructions above. Treated like this your lilies will reward you for three or four years before they need re-potting.

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Why do we change the clocks?

It’s time to turn the clocks forward an hour at 1 am on 26th March. This time when sunrise and sunset are one hour later on the clock is known as British Summer Time, or Daylight Saving Time.

It is believed that the concept was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1784 in an essay entitled; ‘An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light.’ Ancient civilisations had already been adopting similar concepts however by adjusting their routines in accordance with the sun’s schedules.

The first official modern use of Daylight Saving Time was in Ontario in 1908, and several other Canadian cities followed. At around the same time MP Robert Pearce proposed a bill in the House of Commons based on work done by British Builder William Willett around moving the clocks eight

times a year to achieve similar results.

This was rejected.

Germany became the first European country to introduce Daylight Saving Time in April 1916. Its rationale was that the use of artificial light would be reduced and thus there would be more fuel for the war effort. Britain followed shortly after in May 1916.

Daylight Saving Time is now utilised in over 70 countries world wide although dates of implementation and clock adjustments vary.

The main benefits of Daylight Saving Time are said to be: - The opportunity to make better use of natural daylight - The ability to conserve energy that would otherwise be used on artificial light - A decrease in road accidents because roads are naturally lit during the time when most vehicles are using them Some studies such as one carried out by the Belfast Telegraph also claim that the extra hour of daylight means

that tourists stay out longer and spend more money - an extra £6.34 million in Northern Ireland alone.

Some are not in favour though. For example, traditional dairy farmers claim Daylight Saving Time disrupts milking routines. This mainly affects developing countries as elsewhere milking is automated. Some research has also shown that there is a greater risk of people having accidents or being the victims of crime because they leave their houses in the morning when it’s still dark. Some studies have suggested that in the first few days after the clocks go forward there are more heart attacks too.

Finally for those of us who struggle to remember when we turn the clocks forward and when they go back, this little phrase may help: ‘Spring Forward, Fall Back,’ as the time when clocks go back always happens in the Autumn. This year in the UK, the date when Greenwich Mean Time will begin again is 29th October.

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Mother’s Day This year we celebrate Mother’s Day on 11th March.

You may not realise, but Mother’s Day happens on the fourth Sunday of Lent and originally had religious traditions attached to it. In the sixteenth century, it was a celebration of the ‘mother church’ and people would return to the church in which they were baptised or where they attended as a child. Thus families would be reunited. This was known as going ‘a mothering ‘or Mothering Sunday.

It was commonplace for the Lent fast which prohibited sweet, rich foods and meat to be lifted a little and for a Simnel cake to be shared.

Years later, youngsters working as servants were given an annual day off to visit their mothers and would take gifts. This was called ‘Mothers Day.’

The celebrations of Mothering Sunday and Mother’s Day have generally combined into one annual occasion.

The first official Mother’s Day was organised by Ann Jarvis in 1908 in West Virginia as a memorial to her mum. By the 1920’s however Ann had become disillusioned by the commercialism of the day and especially the common use of printed greetings cards.

Celebrating the day became less popular. It wasn’t until the second World War when soldiers wanted to acknowledge their distant mothers, that the day grew in popularity once more.

By Susan Brookes- Morris

Raspberry Pain au Chocolate Ingredients

Serves: 18 1 (500g) packet puff pastry 6 tablespoons chocolate hazelnut spread (Nutella) 3 tablespoons raspberry jam 1 egg, beaten 4 tablespoons icing sugar for dusting (optional)

Method Prep: 20min > Cook: 18min > Ready in: 38min 1. Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas 6.

2. Unfold the puff pastry sheets on a lightly floured surface. Cut each one into thirds along the fold lines. Roll each strip of pastry out to about 40cm long,

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and cut strips into thirds.

3. Spread some of the hazelnut spread onto one half of each rectangle to within 1cm of the edge. Spread about 1/2 teaspoon of the raspberry jam over the hazelnut spread. Brush the edges with egg, and fold over the other side to enclose the filling. Press the edges firmly to seal. Repeat with the remaining

rectangles. Use a sharp knife to cut slits across the top of each pastry, and place them on baking trays, spacing 5cm apart.

4. Bake for 18 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Cool on racks. Dust with icing sugar when cooled if desired.

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Marie Curie urgently needs ‘daffodil volunteers’ in Ripon Terminal illness charity, Marie Curie, is appealing for volunteers to give two hours of their time to hand out its iconic daffodil pins, in return for donations.

The charity is hoping to get more people than ever wearing the daffodil pin during its annual fundraiser - the Great Daffodil Appeal this March.

In a bid to raise over £264,000 across the whole of Yorkshire, Marie Curie is looking to fill more than 30 collections slots in Ripon and the surrounding areas. This year, there are collections dates at venues across Ripon and the charity particularly needs help with the following collections: • Ripon Morrison’s – 8, 9 and 10 March • Boroughbridge Morrison’s – 8, 9 and 10 March • Ripon street collections – 22 March • Boroughbridge street collections – 14 April Marie Curie says that the appeal is urgently needed as one in four people currently don’t receive the care and support they need at the end of their life*, and with the population getting older, demand on the charity’s services is set to increase.

The money raised will help Marie Curie Nurses be there for more people living with a terminal illness, providing them with vital one-to-one nursing care and support in their own homes.

Marie Curie Community Fundraiser for Ripon, Gemma Hewitt said: “Volunteering to collect donations in return for daffodil pins is a fun and easy way to get involved in the local community.

You can collect with a friend or partner and know that you are helping Marie Curie to be there when needed most.

Those wishing to volunteer two hours of their time to the Great Daffodil Appeal or to find out more about the appeal, can visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil or call free on 0800 304 7025.

Alternatively, you can contact Gemma Hewitt on 01904 755260 or email gemma.hewitt@ mariecurie.org.uk If you’d like to donate and wear a daffodil text DAFF to 70099 to donate £5.00 If collecting isn’t for you, why not bring some sunshine to March on the charity’s “Let’s go yellow day” to support Marie Curie nurses. By wearing yellow and inviting colleagues or classmates to make a donation you’ll help brighten up March and raise money for the Great Daffodil Appeal.

If you’re keen to spring into action and show us your true colours, then Sign up today for a free fundraising pack full of great ideas to get you

started.

Or ‘Step into Spring’ and challenge yourself to walk 10,000 steps every day this March, and get your friends and family to sponsor you. It’s a great way to feel good, improve your fitness and do something amazing for families living with a terminal illness. We’re here for people with a terminal illness every step of the way – but that’s only possible with your support. Every step you take and every pound you raise will help Marie Curie Nurses be there when they’re needed most.

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How to write a Living Will

Yorkshire Sky The Discovery of “The Little Green Men” 50 years ago an amazing discovery was made by a young lady called Jocelyn Bell (Now Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell) at Cambridge University.

Like many great discoveries it came by accident; however its ramifications to astronomy were immense.

She came across a string of pulses from a specific part of the sky and not knowing the cause of these signals they were referred to as “LGM-1” (LGM abbreviated for “Little Green Men”); this abbreviation as gone down in the folklore of astronomy, because she had discovered the pulsar which is also called a neutron star. Dame Jocelyn is now the Visiting Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and is interested in the research on neutron stars particularly with regards to the testing of Einstein’s theory of

lent of our Sun compressed to the size of London. So far over 2,000 pulsars have been discovered and they have been found to rotate from a few revolutions per second (rps) to as many as 700rps continuously emitting signals during this process.

Some neutron stars evolve into black holes but more research is presently being carried out on this process and their magnetic fields can range from 100 million times to 1 quadrillion (a million billion) times stronger than that of the Earth’s.

For further detailed information on Pulsars and Neutron Stars: https://www.space.com/32661pulsars.html www.nasa.gov/ www.astronomynow.com www.skyatnightmagazine.com

The term Living Will is commonly used to refer to a document which expresses how you want to be treated or cared for in certain situations when you may not have the capacity to communicate your decisions. It gives your family, doctors and caregivers confidence that they are following your wishes at an emotionally fraught time.

If you are over 18, you can use the document to communicate about types of treatment that you don’t want to undertake and give more general statements about how you want to be cared for in accordance with your beliefs and values.

You can find lots of advice via charities and legal organisations about how you may want to record these thoughts. If you wish to include an advance decision about not undertaking life sustaining treatments however, for it to be valid, you must follow very specific instructions set out in the Mental Capacity Act 2005. This states what you must cover in the document and says that your wishes must be dated, signed and witnessed.

Whilst legally doctors and solicitors do not need to be involved, it is wise to discuss options with medical professionals to ensure you fully understand all the consequences. They may also be able to help you phrase things more clearly.

By Susan Brookes-Morris

Diary

Spring Equinox – Tuesday 20th March

16.15 hours GMT; this marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator.

British Summer Time Starts – Sunday 25th March 01.00 hours; turn your clocks forward one hour for those long awaited light evenings.

Planets

Mercury – the best time to view will

gravity.

Neutron Stars

The image shows a pulsar at the centre of the galaxy Messier 82, discovered by NASA’s NuSTAR and is highlighted in pink in the centre.

Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech Imagine an atom in which the neutrons are so tightly packed they are almost touching each other, this is the composition of a neutron star.

It is the collapsed core of an old star that collapsed as a super nova.

They are so tightly packed that a pin head would weigh as much as a super tanker; it would be the equiva-

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be on March 15th and can be located low in the evening sky just after sunset.

For a lovely panoramic view of the Moon, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter; look in the direction from SSE to SSW at 06.00 hours between the days of March 7th to March 11th Venus comes to the fore in April and can first be seen during twilight as the Sun is setting. An excellent month for observation

Meteor Showers

Lyrid Meteor Shower – 22nd/ 23rd

April viewing prospects are good.

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