Ripon & Masham InFocus Summer 2012

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Summer 2012

Enjoy a Summer of Sport!

Supporting Rural Business

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Calendar Girls are back!

The cast of the new production has been revealed!

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New To The Area

We showcase several new businesses and services across Ripon & the surrounding areas

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Ripley Show

All the details for this fantastic family day out!

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Support for Ripon

Harrogate Borough Council pledges support to help Ripon’s future

Also in this issue...

5travel

14-15 olympics

20-21 olympics

Discover New Zealand with Hays Travel

The History of the Olympics

Olympic Park Gardens in Bloom

7local news Ripon Area Music & Arts Diary

14 local news

14-15 olympics Free Olympics Events to watch this Summer

16-17 events Out & About this Spring

Jennyruth Workshops News

24-25 local news Waste Review gets underway in Harrogate District

30 InFocus Advertiser Index

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Essential Destinations

Courtesy of

Kia Ora, Welcome to New Zealand!

Rare beauty and a unique landscape form this wonderful Country. A land of spectacular glaciers and rugged mountains, picturesque fjords and rolling hillsides, with thousands of kilometres of walks and trails in which to appreciate its wonderful nature.

New Zealand sits on the Pacific Rim of Fire which has resulted in spectacular geothermal areas and volcanoes, some of which are still active. New Zealand is gloriously uncrowded; with a population of only 4 million, a warm Maori welcome awaits you.

North Island

South Island

Sail around the Bay of Islands and catch a glimpse of the dolphins and whales.

This harbour of islands is where wars were fought and the first Parliament was formed.

Fjordland National Park includes Milford, Dusky and Doubtful Sounds, dramatic and beautiful mountains that have sunk into the sea. See them by land, air or water.

Visit the cosmopolitan city of Auckland known as the City of Sails, this is the largest city featuring the best shopping and dining experiences.

Hike up or helicopter over Franz Joseph and Fox Glaciers situated in the west of this island, also home to rivers, rainforests and geological treasures.

In Rotorua you can witness first hand the magnificent spouting geysers and bubbling mud pools. In winter there are great skiing and snowboarding opportunities here.

Queenstown is the ultimate adventure capital. From here you can bungy, luge, jet boat, ski, sky dive and much more.

World class vineyards are just a short drive away.

Subtropical coastlines & stunning beaches

Towering rainforests and crashing waterfalls

There is a huge range of activities and sights to see, whether you seek relaxation, invigoration or inspiration, New Zealand will delight your senses.

Each breathtaking scene and incredible experience will imprint itself on your memory forever.

With major Airlines offering frequent flights and stopover options to enhance your journey, there has never been a better time to visit New Zealand, an experience like no other‌..

Call in for more details!

Hays Travel | 4A Westgate | Ripon | HG4 2AT

Ripon Branch manager: Caroline Eltringham

Tel: 01765 605266

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Ripon Area Music & Arts Diary 1st – 22nd September

• Ripon International Festival

Highlights includes Northern Sinfonia Mozart Gala (Sat 8th Sept), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Dvorak New World Symphony (Sat 15th Sept), Rhos Male Voice Choir (Sat 22nd Sept), Red Priest, Piaf: The Songs, Allegri Quartet, Inca Folk group, Eclipse-baroque, Simon Armitage and much more!

Tel: 01765 603994 On-line www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk www.riponinternationalfestival.com ...................................................................................................................................................................

World premier Calendar Girls cast revealed The cast of the ‘world premier’ amateur performance of the smashhit play Calendar Girls by Tim Firth has been revealed in Grassington, the community in the Yorkshire Dales which is home to the original ‘girls’ who first made international news with their fundraising nude calendar in 1999.

15th September

Special Gala Concert • Ripon Cathedral - 7.30pm

A truly epic programme for our special Gala Concert this year! Chloe Hanslip returns to perform Elgar’s magnificent Violin Concerto - a very appropriate choice for this Diamond Jubilee year - and then the justifiably popular Symphony No 5 by Tchaikovsky, one of the all-time great romantic symphonies. Ticket prices and outlets tba.

For ticket information please contact: 01765 677413 | www.st-cecilia.org.uk ...................................................................................................................................................................

1st october

Sophia Lisovskaya Piano • Ripon Cathedral - 7.30pm

Sophia Lisovskaya was born in Moscow into a family of professional musicians. Having shown early promise she gave her first public performance at the age of six and has since continued to follow the grand tradition of the old Russian School with a lineage of professors leading directly back to the great figures of Neuhaus, Sofronitzky and Scriabin. Indeed, to quote The American Record Guide on her recording of Scriabin: “…coming close to the standard set by Sofronitzky and Richter for these pieces.

These are outstanding performances.” At the age of 13 she won first prize in the All Soviet Competition “New Names” performing Chopin’s 2nd piano concerto whilst still a student at the Tchaikovsky Junior Conservatoire of Music. Sophia completed her musical education at London’s Royal Academy of Music where she had a full scholarship. She is playing works by Mozart, Chopin and Tschaikovsky.

Adults: £17, Students: £2, Season Membership: £80 6 concert subscription; 01765 658971 | www.riponconcerts.co.uk ...................................................................................................................................................................

19th -20th october

Ripon Young Musicians of the Year

• Holy Trinity Church, Ripon - 7:15pm (19th) 9.30am & 7.30pm (20th)

Ripon Young Musicians of the Year is a competitive music festival for young people who live, or are at school in, or have private music lessons within a 15-mile radius of Ripon. It begins on the evening of Friday 19 October and continues through Saturday 20 October, finishing with a winners’ concert. The competition is organised in classes (according to school year groups) divided into two sections (1) piano and strings and (2) woodwind, brass, voice and percussion. As well as solo classes for performance on one instrument, there is a ‘Two Skills’ class and also an ensemble class. Each performer receives a certificate and there are cash prizes and trophies. The adjudicator is choral director Ralph Allwood. £2 charge for adults. Children free.

For ticket information please contact via: 01765 608320 | www.rymy.co.uk

RYMY WINNERS’ CONCERT 20th October - 7:30pm

Ripon Young Musicians of the Year winners’ concert. £2 charge for adults. Children free.

For ticket information please contact via: 01765 608320 www.rymy.co.uk ...................................................................................................................................................................

20th October

HPO Autumn Concert 1

• Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra: Galtres Centre, Easingwold - 7:30pm Programme: Rossini Overture to Tancredi Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 Beethoven Symphony No, 3 ‘Eroica’ Adults: £10, Concessions: £8, Students £5 www. harrogatephilharmonicorchestra.org.uk North Yorkshire Music & Arts Events Diary is sponsored

by Harrogate Borough Council and EuraAudit UK. ....................................................................................... ............................................................................

21st October

HPO Autumn Concert 2

• Harrogate Philharmonic Orchestra: Harrogate Grammar School - 3:30pm

Programme: Rossini Tancredi overture Weber Clarinet concerto No. 11 Beethoven Eroica symphony Adult, , £10, ; Concession, , £8, ; Student, , £5, ; www.harrogatephilharmonicorchestra.org.uk .......................................................................................

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Grassington Players have a long history entertaining audiences in the Dales since they were founded in 1923 and have close links with the ‘real’ Calendar Girls. The original Miss January, Beryl Bamforth (now aged 78) has been a stalwart actress and director of Grassington Players since 1970. John Baker, whose battle with leukemia inspired his wife Angela and her friends to produce the original ‘Alternative WI Calendar’, was House Manager and Treasurer of Grassington Players for many years and Angela has performed with the company along with fellow Calendar Girl Lynda Logan.

The production opens in Grassington on 31st August, a day before any other amateur group in the country is granted license to perform the play. The cast taking on the challenge are now in rehearsal; many of them seasoned players of the company.

Having performed in 35 years on the amateur stage in London, Surrey and Bristol, Mark Bamforth - son of the aforementioned ‘real’ Miss January - plays the dying man, John Clarke, while his partner, Jane Ellison-Bates plays alongside him in the role of the courageous widow, Annie Clarke. A member of the Players for 21 years, she starts rehearsals straight from directing the Players spring production, The Cracked Pot.

Paula Vickers returned to Grassington having trained and performed for eight years in the professional theatre in Cardiff; she takes on the lead role of Chris Harper whose enthusiasm drives the girls through their bitter-sweet adventure.

Playing her husband, Rod Harper, is Les Kerkham. Always a masterful force of nature on the Players stage,

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Les has played more than 60 roles for Grassington Players in the forty years he has been a member.

Samantha Harrison plays the glamorous golfer Celia. A local girl, Samantha went to Arts Educational School of Performing Arts at the age of 10 and her professional debut was in “Don Quixote” at the London Coliseum with Rudolph Nureyev and the Zurich Ballet Company.

Quite apart from the emotional bond with the real Calendar Girls whose story the play depicts, the Grassington cast are also reminded of fellow Players they have lost to cancer and two members who are even now struggling to fight the disease.

Director Ed Williams explains “The play strikes a real chord with all the cast and it is our aim to make our production a real tribute and celebration of the magnificent work that our friends the real Calendar Girls have done in raising over £3 million pounds to help Leukaemia Research find a way to beat, in Tim Firth’s words, the “shitty, cheating, sly, conniving, silent disease that cancer is”.

The production is sponsored by the new interiors and lifestyle destination, The Courtyard, (on the A65 near Settle) which is attracting its own rave reviews for the stunning Brasserie and distinctive retailers on offer. ...........................................................................

Tickets are available from Grassington Hub on 01756 752222 for the production which runs 31st August, 1st, 6th, 7th & 8th September.

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New businesses & services come to

Ripon & Masham & surrounding areas this Summer

New Businesses & Services we’re introducing:

Are you looking for a new drive way or want to tidy up your garden?

At T & C Builders we pride ourselves on providing high building service levels as well as personal service to our clients from the beginning of a project right through to completion.

If you have any ideas, what you need doing don’t hesitate to call us for no obligation quote and to get booked in now or next year.

No job is to small or to far away from Ripon.

• T & C Builder’s

NEW! Range of Services • Hummingbirds Nursery

We take great pride in seeing our completed spaces enjoyed by our

NEW! Wedding Crèche Service

happy and extensive client base.

Our pride and professionalism is the hallmark of our services and the cornerstone of our success – after all, your building is our reputation.

To see some work we have carried out for our happy customers please visit our gallery at www. tandcbuilders.co.uk.

For a free no obligation quotation call 07598 927208.

• Westwoods Country Store

NEW! Tearoom • Oliver’s Pantry

NEW! Business Are you a new business?

We are always looking for new businesses and services that are being launched across Ripon, Masham, Thirsk, Easingwold & Northallerton.

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Hummingbirds Wedding Crèche

is run by the providers of Hummingbirds Private Day Nursery situated in Sowerby, Thirsk. Hummingbirds Nursery is a small family run business which was established in 2008.

From 2012 we are providing child care at Wedding Venues.

Our wedding Crèche is designed to provide quality childcare at local and more distant wedding venues.

We allow the Bride, Groom and Parents to relax at ease, enjoy their day knowing that their children are safe and being cared for. We provide fun activities for children aged 6 months – 12years. We are Ofsted Registered and have Fully Qualified staff. Staffs are happy & friendly and love their career / job role.

Kate – Nursery Manager / Wedding Crèche Organiser - “This is a new venture for us but we are here to provide couples with the great opportunity to not exclude children from their happy, memorable day.

As a parent I love to attend family and friends weddings but I hate having to leave my children behind

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in someone else’s care, I love them to spend a special day with me, the crèche allows that. Most importantly The Bride & Groom can enjoy their special day, knowing that the children are safe and entertained.”

We offer excellent prices as well as care. Please contact us for more details on: 01845 523118.

Something for everyone at Westwoods Westwoods Country Store is a family run business, which has grown steadily over the last three years.

Based in West Tanfield, the company pride themselves on excellent service, quality products and highly trained, approachable staff.

Owner Sarah Pybus explains about their exciting plans for this Autumn, “On September 1st we will be opening our new tearoom! The tearoom will

offer customers a traditional Yorkshire welcome with home baking, light lunches and high teas all sourced from local produce. We want the environment to feel inviting and

obviously all the fine food and drinks will be served with a smile! Westwoods Country Store is always evolving as a business and we were looking for a way to provide our customers with a more complete shopping experience and we felt that the tearoom would perfectly compliment all aspects of the store but specifically our gift range. By stocking such a wide range of gifts as we do, we hope to encourage families to visit us and enjoy a bite to eat as they look for that perfect gift for a loved one.”

Westwoods Country Store feature an extensive gift range from the unusual to great gifts for children. Seasonal decorations are available as are greetings cards for all occasions. Stockists include Gisela Graham, RRetreat Home & Emma Bridgewater.

Westwoods Country Store, Village Farm, Main St, West Tanfield, Ripon, Tel 01677 470769 www.westwoodscountrystore.co.uk

Ripon’s Newest Addition!

Oliver’s Pantry, located at 86 North Street, opened in early July and is already proving to be a huge hit with Ripon residents!

Owners Tim and Lou Grant tell us more, “We have over 40 years experience in the hospitality industry.

Our love for life, positive outlook and determination has culminated in us opening our first cafe right in the heart of Ripon.

We both get all giddy about rich full bodied coffee, exotic flavoursome tea, deliciously tasty food and wine that adds a bit of a tickle to your taste buds.

Our sweet treats offer a bit of what you fancy. All of these will be at the heart of what do at Oliver’s Pantry, always a warm genuine welcome whatever the time of day.

We are truly committed to the wider community, cottage industries and of course other local businesses. We are very excited about the life we have put back into the old Wells Building

on North Street and we are certain our drive, joy for life and energy will have a domino effect by the creation of jobs and further growth in the city centre.”

Oliver’s Pantry - 86 North Street 01765 600548

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Jennyruth Workshops Jonathan to carry the Paralympics Torch “Hello, Jonathan Evason here, I would just like to share my good news with you all. I have been selected to be one of the torchbearers in the 24 hour relay carrying the Paralympic flame from Stoke-Mandeville to London”.

The flame lighting in Belfast, Edinburgh, Cardiff and London will begin Friday 24th August. The four flames will be taken from each of the capital cities and used to light a big flame at Stoke-Mandeville.

“The torch relay begins on Tuesday 28th August from Stoke-Mandeville and I will be carrying the torch with a team of five other people on our leg of the journey”.

History of the Olympic Games

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in southwest Greece.

The Ancient Olympic Games were a series of competitions held between representatives of several city-states and kingdoms from Ancient Greece, which featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariot racing events. During the Olympic games all struggles against the participating city-states were postponed until the games were finished.

The Olympics were of fundamental religious importance, featuring sporting events alongside ritual

sacrifices honoring both Zeus (whose famous statue by Phidias stood in his temple at Olympia) and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia. Pelops was famous for his chariot race with King Oenomaus of Pisatis.

The winners of the events were admired and immortalized in poems and statues. The Games were held every four years, and this period, known as an Olympiad, was used by Greeks as one of their units of time measurement. The Games were part of a cycle...

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Free to watch events at The Olympic Games Altogether there are 620 torchbearers for the Paralympics relay.

“I am very proud and very excited to have this once in a lifetime opportunity and I am looking forward to it very much! My thanks go to everyone involved in selecting me, especially Sainsbury’s Paralympic selection committee and LOCOG. Not only will I be helping to carry the Paralympic flame to its destination, but I feel I am “carrying the torch” for all my colleagues and friends who I work together with at Jennyruth Workshops, and all people with learning disabilities, to let the world know that we can achieve many things if given the chance”.

We think that Jonathan was selected because he does long distance walks in Scotland to raise money for Jennyruth Workshops, having raised several thousand pounds since 2007. He has decided to do a new 107 mile coast to coast walk, The Mary Queen of Scots Way, from Loch Long on the west coast to St. Andrews on the east coast in October. Jonathan says “It is the sixth walk I have done and it is my longest yet and it will bring the total on my milometer to 539 miles, despite having an artificial hip!”

He would be delighted if you felt able to sponsor him. You can see more on our website www.jennyruth.co.uk, at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jennyruth-Workshops/171583949576141 or at: http://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/jonathanevasonmaryqueenofscotsway

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The London Olympics really is accessible to all and there are several events which are free to watch. The aspirations of the Games are to inspire children and young people to partake in an active sport. For those who do not have tickets for any of the events but would like to take their children to savour the atmosphere of a once in a lifetime experience, the events below are amongst those that are free to watch.

These include: The Men’s Marathon, The Women’s Marathon, The Men’s 20km and 50km walks, The Women’s 20km walk, The Men and Women’s Cycle Road Races and Individual Time Trials, The Men and Women’s Triathlon events, The Swimming Marathons and finally there are no less than 10 sailing events taking place in Weymouth over a 10 day period. Dates, venues and times can be obtained from: http://www.visitlondon.com/events/ sport/free-sporting-events-at-the-london2012-olympic-and-paralympic-games Hopefully the experience may motivate the young ones in participating in one of the sports that they watch, and please do not forget the Paralympic Games follow on from the 29th August to 9th September.

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...known as the Panhellenic Games, which included the Pythian Games, the Nemean Games, and the Isthmian Games.

The Ancient Olympic Games reached their zenith in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, but then gradually declined in importance as the Romans gained power and influence in Greece.There is no consensus on when the Games officially ended, the most common-held date is 393 AD, when the emperor Theodosius I

declared that all pagan cults and practices be eliminated. Another date cited is 426 AD, when his successor Theodosius II ordered the destruction of all Greek temples.

This ancient tradition inspired Europeans in the 19th century to attempt to emulate the competition. The era of the Modern Olympic Games extends from 1896 through to the present.

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Out & About

this Summer 4th August • St Wilfrid’s Procession

Colourful floats led by St Wilfrid parade round Ripon Please see local press for further details. ......................................................................................................................

13th August • Royal Wellies

Ripon Cathedral: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Bring an old pair of wellies to paint, or help to decorate a huge pair of wellies with pictures or drawings of the Queen. For accompanied children 10 years and under. Refreshments included. Proceeds in aid the Cathedral’s ‘Repairs & Renewals Appeal’.

To reserve a place contact Margaret Hammond: Tel: 01765 603583 Cost: £2.50 per child .....................................................................................................................

18th August

• RACE DAY (William Hill Great St.Wilfrid Handicap) Ripon Racecourse www.ripon-races.co.uk .....................................................................................................................

25th August

• The Great Ripon Raft Race The Canal Basin, Bondgate Green, Ripon - 10.00am Thrills, spills and fun for all the family as local teams compete on the canal to see who is the best. Hot food served all day from the barbecue, cold drinks teas, coffee & ice creams. Lots of entertainment for all the family at the stalls and sideshows.

Phone: 07720 204980 | Email: trevor.white30@ntlworld.com ......................................................................................................................

What’s on at Ripon Library?

Forthcoming Events at Ripon Library • Thurs 23 Aug: 11am – 12noon: Police Story Lab with North Yorkshire Police, Free stories and activities for children aged 5-11yrs.

• Sat 1 Sep: 11am – 12noon:

Cheer for Lear with Mike Barfield In association with Ripon International Festival 2012. A very funny, family-friendly celebration of the life, lunacy and limericks of Edward Lear, with children’s comic poet and cartoonist Mike Barfield. Includes drawing, poetry, puppets, masks, music and more!

Tickets: £2 child, £3 adult available from Ripon library.

• Thurs 4 Oct – Sat 17 Dec:

Cards for Good Causes Charity Christmas Cards shop open during the library opening times.

• Tues 16 Oct: 7pm – an event

with local author Paul Richardson - details to be confirmed. For more information about this event please contact Ripon library in September.

Regular sessions

• Story times for under 5s – regular weekly storytimes on every Wednesday at 10.30am • Age UK advisory session – dropin sessions every Friday morning – 10-11am • Ripon Enterprise Club – advisory sessions for people thinking of becoming self-employed, run by Training for Employment (Yorkshire) LLP – contact library to check the dates of the sessions.

27th August

• Bishop Monkton Fun Day and Duck Race Bishop Monkton Pre-School: 2.00 - 4.00pm Plenty of fun for the whole family, with lots of games, stalls, balloon race, cake stall, fantastic raffle, bouncy castle, face painting, ‘tattoos’, beat the goalie, tombola, hook a duck and much more. Refreshments available.

Come and join us for a great afternoon and help raise funds for our village pre-school. For further information please telephone 01765 677598 or email: puddleduckspreschool@hotmail.co.uk ......................................................................................................................

1st September • Ripon-by-the-sea

The 3rd Ripon-by-the-sea takes place on Spa Park, Ripon.

Once again the circus will be coming to Ripon along with Punch and Judy and all the fun of the seaside. Further information will be posted nearer the event. ......................................................................................................................

- For more information please contact Ripon Library on Tel: 0845 034 9524 or via email: Ripon.Library@northyorks.gov.uk - Ripon Library current opening times is available at: www.northyorks.gov.uk/riponlibrary

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1st September • Open Morning

Bishop Monkton Pre-School: 10am - 12 noon Come along and have a look at our Ofsted Outstanding pre-school and meet our staff whilst your child takes part in group activities and plays with our indoor and outdoor equipment. We currently have spaces available from September for children from 2 years old to school age. We offer 3 and 4 year old funded hours. Please contact Debbie on 01765 677598 or email puddleduckspreschool@hotmail.co.uk if you require any further information. ......................................................................................................................

1st – 22nd September • Ripon International Festival

Highlights includes Northern Sinfonia Mozart Gala (Sat 8th Sept), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Dvorak New World Symphony (Sat 15th Sept), Rhos Male Voice Choir (Sat 22nd Sept), Red Priest, Piaf: The Songs, Allegri Quartet, Inca Folk group, Eclipse-baroque, Simon Armitage and much more!

Tel: 01765 603994 Online www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk www.riponinternationalfestival.com ......................................................................................................................

8th & 9th, 15th & 16th, 22nd & 23rd, 29th & 30th September • Swashbuckling September Pirate Weekends

Lightwater Valley AVAST YE SCURVY LANDLUBBERS! This September, join us aboard the Black Pearl & Flying Cutlass to meet the marauding pirates of Skeleton Cove.

Learn to talk & fight like a buccaneer, listen to tales of seafaring heroics from our old sea dogs, win chests full of doubloons in our valley-wide treasure hunt and watch our marauding filibuster of a show! With competitions also running for the best dressed pirate, have your finest Tricorn at the ready. Standard park entry rates apply. This event is free of charge to all season ticket holders. www.lightwatervalley.co.uk ......................................................................................................................

28th September • Angel Dinner

Ripon Cathedral Celebrate in style on Friday 28 September the glittering tenth Angel Dinner. A sparkling reception followed by a delicious four course candlelit dinner in the stunning setting of the Cathedral, with musical entertainment including the Cathedral Choir, a jazz band and 70’s band Glamtastic. David Nobbs, author and celebrated writer of the Reggie Perrin television series will entertain guests after diinner with witty anecdotes and stories. Further details can be found on www.riponcathedral.org.uk or phone Margaret or Lorna on 01765 603583. ......................................................................................................................

Please note: the editors cannot be held responsible for any changes to events listed.

Please contact event organisers directly. All events correct at time of going to press.

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Ripley Agricultural Show

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Ripley Castle Park

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By kind permission of Sir Thomas Ingilby Bt. Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/TheRipleyShow www.ripleyshow.co.uk

Sunday 12th August 2012

We have classes for:-

For 2012 we have booked:-

• Heavy and Light Horses (showing & jumping) • Open Dog Show • Companion Dog Show • Sheep, Cattle and Pigs • Vintage Machinery & Tractors • Yorkshire’s largest and finest display of Vintage Tractors • Horticultural, Produce and Handicrafts • Boar Chase 7 Km Roads / Tracks • Restaurant and Public Bar • Many attractions and displays!

THE MELLIN FAMILY

The committee would like to thank all the individuals and local firms who have sponsored classes and given assistance to help to stage the show, also to Sir Thomas Ingilby Bt. for the use of his Parkland.

Registered Charity 225059

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• Sheep & Duck Display We are pleased to welcome back New Zealander Richard Savoury with THE SHEEP SHOW Demonstrations by • The Harland Family of Farriers

Plus many other attractions!

Car park FREE Adults £8.00 Children 5-16 yrs £4.00 Under 5s FREE Tickets available from the secretary before 6 August: Adults £7.00 Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/TheRipleyShow www.ripleyshow.co.uk

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bloom bloom Olympic Park gardens in

Olympic Delivery Authority Chairman John Armitt said: ‘The 2012 Garden and wildflower meadows will help create a festival atmosphere right at the entrance to the Olympic Park during and after the Games.

The riverside gardens are a colourful celebration Indian Physic; Tall Blazing Star; Jacob’s Ladder; of the British passion for gardening as well as Compass Plant; Soapweed Yucca; Verbena. the world-leading work of the UK horticultural Asia includes: companies helping to create this fantastic new Black Iris; Japanese Anenome; Korean Feather park.’

Reed Grass; Tiger, Foxtail, Red and Tall Boy PlanOver 60,000 plants, grasses, herbs and flowers tain Lily; Japanese Flamingo and Silverfeather from across the globe have been grown in an Grass; Moorhexe and Transparent Moor Grass; Ashford nursery and planted along with 60,000 Giant Fleeceflower; Oriental Burnet; Firetail bulbs in the Olympic Park London 2012 Garden. Bistort.

The riverside garden stretches for half a mile between the Aquatics Centre and Olympic Stadium and celebrates centuries of British passion for gardens and collecting plants. Over 120,000 plants from 250 different species across the world have been arranged into four temperate regions in the garden: Europe, Americas, Asia and the Southern Hemisphere.

Planting is nearing completion on the 250 acres of new parklands, on former industrial land, that will provide a colourful and festival atmosphere for the London 2012 Games and afterwards become the largest new urban park in the UK for over a century. Thousands of trees and wetland plants have already been planted, lawns laid and meadows sown across the Park.

London 2012 Garden factfile Europe includes: Crocus; Daffodil; Primrose; Mont Blanc, Drumstick and Bulgarian Onion; Woodruf; Milky Bellflower; Corn Flower; ‘Mayflower’ Geranium; Marsh Spurge; Shasta Daisy; Jerusalem Cross; Loosestrife; Turkish Sage; Devils Bit Scabious; Globeflower; Yellow Oxeye.

Americas includes: Evening Primrose; Wild Quinine; Wild Petunia; Butterfly Milkweed; prairie Daisies, Asters, grasses and Coneflower; Bush’s Poppy Mallow; Tickseed; Rattlesnake Master; Prairie Smoke;

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The Southern Hemisphere includes: African, Bugle and Pineapple Lily; South African Thistle; Orange New Zealand Sedge; Kangaroo Grass; Angel’s Fishing Rods; Weeping Love Grass; Cape Hyacinth; Ruby Butterfly Gladiolus; Everlasting Golden Strawflower; Red Hot Poker; Drakensburg Tritonia.

Young up-and-coming London-based designer Sarah Price has designed the planting alongside LDA Design.Hargreaves Associates and James Hitchmough from the University of Sheffield.

Planting is close to completion and work is continuing on the paths, drainage and seating.

Nectar-rich plants have been selected to provide food for wildlife as well as look beautiful, celebrating the role of domestic gardens in providing urban habitats for wildlife. The garden will be fully accessible gardens with gentle slopes and comfortable timber seating with spaces for wheelchairs. Night time lighting will enable the gardens to be used into the evenings.

Picture of Sarah Price, Planting Designer for the London 2012 gardens on the Olympic Park

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Olympic Park meadows For the second year running the riverbanks around the Olympic Stadium are blooming with golden meadows of cornflowers, marigolds, Californian poppies and prairie flowers especially designed and sown to flower gold just in time for the Opening Ceremony. There are over ten football fields worth of nectar-rich annual and perennial wildflower meadows in the Olympic Park, designed by international wildflower experts from the University of Sheffield.

More than a quarter of the plants for the 2012 Garden were not grown commercially in the UK and an extensive investigation was required to track down rare seeds, cuttings and bulbs.

These have included hundreds of South African plants grown from a small collection in Ireland and seed collected in South Africa and thousands of rare white Chrysanthemums as well as tall Asian lilies grown from clumps provided by specialist UK display gardens. Other rare plants being grown include the ‘Compass Plant’, used by Native Americans to navigate the

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prairies and ‘Summer Beauty’, an unusual flowering onion from Europe. Over ten hectares of annual and perennial meadows are being created in the Olympic Park, designed and sown to flower during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The annual meadows around the Olympic Stadium are a vivid combination of tickseed, cornflower, corn marigold, star of the veldt from South Africa, Californian poppy and Plains Coreopsis that moves from yellow and blue in July to gold in August.

The meadows, which are sown on an annual basis, are being trialed for the second year to perfect the team’s extensively researched technique of irrigation, late sowing and cutting back that will ensure the flowers peak for the Opening Ceremony in 2012.

A combination of shorter and taller perennial meadows, which require only a single seeding, have been sown across the Olympic Park, mainly in the north of the parklands. The shorter meadows on drier sunny slope are a colourful mix of Thyme, Calamint, oringanum, vipers bugloss and wild carrot. The taller meadows on shadier slopes include musk mallow, meadow

cranesbill, devils bit scabious, red clover, bloody cranesbill and great burnet.

The meadows have been designed to be nectar and pollen rich, diverse and with a long flowering season to encourage a range of bees, butterflies, birds, moths and other insects. Specific plants and flower species have been selected to encourage particular wildlife, for example the Marsh Fritillary butterfly need Devils Bit Scabious for their caterpillars and Burnet Moths congregate around Knapweed flowers.

The meadows are being sown in especially designed low nutrient soil, with a high sand content, to ensure a diverse mix of flowers and to discourage weeds. After the Games the meadows will gradually incorporate a range of grasses, naturally and through oversowing, so they become selfsustaining and support particular butterfly larvae such as Meadow Brown.

For further information please contact the Olympic Delivery Authority Press Office on +44 (0)203 2012 700.

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Wildlife and Water - So What’s New… Our British climate is certainly dampening our spirits. We have all experienced the challenging weather conditions this year and it isn’t always easy to keep our enthusiasm for gardening whilst getting soaked!

However, the water is great for our native flora and fauna and a well designed garden can look beautiful all year round.

In order to create a captivating garden you need to plan what you want from the area and how to achieve it. A design can then be created to put your new area into context within it’s surroundings. It will help to have a common theme, such as wildlife or water, that will link the design together.

I work in harmony with nature and natural materials to design and produce stunning, balanced landscapes. I believe it is essential to support wildlife, wherever possible, as this leads to healthier gardens.

Going green doesn’t have to cost the earth and we can all do our bit in the garden. Affordable wildlife projects include installing bird boxes, toad houses

or even stumperies. If your budget can stretch a bit further then why not create a pond. Ponds support a varied range of creatures and plants and form a hub of aquatic activity.

It’s rewarding to enjoy the results of your wildlife projects. Seating areas, access and sight lines can be sympathetically designed and built into the framework of the garden to promote active involvement with your wild neighbours.

Next edition I’m going to discuss what you can do through the autumn and early winter to get that bit more from your garden. In the meantime, if you have any questions regarding garden landscaping, then please contact Timothy Campbell Landscapes on 07739 071012 or visit: www.timothycampbelllandscapes.co.uk.

Happy Gardening!

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Support for Ripon’s Development Harrogate Borough Council has pledged its support to help Ripon’s future via two government-backed deals.

The council’s Planners applied for the city to become a front runner in the government’s Neighbourhood Planning Scheme and they have just learned that they have been successful. This means that the government will give the borough council £20,000 to support the preparation of a neighbourhood plan for the City. Ripon is one of 108 successful projects to receive this round of funding.

Dave Allenby, Harrogate Council’s Chief Planner (Forward Planning), explains why this is good news for Ripon. “Neighbourhood planning is a new right for communities introduced through the Localism Act 2011. It means that communities can shape the development and growth of a local area through the production of a neighbourhood development plan.

“These plans will become part of the local statutory development plan and will form the basis for determining planning applications in that area.”

The council has also pledged support for the Greater Ripon Improvement Partnership’s (GRIP) bid to the government to become a Mary Portas Town team. If successful it could bring in over £100,000 to regenerate the

city’s main shopping streets.

Under the terms of the project, a local authority must be the accountable body. GRIP has approached Harrogate Borough Council which has said it will take this on if the bid is successful. The council’s Economic Development Team assisted GRIP with the bid itself. The council has also pledged in-kind officer support, through its Economic Development, Planning, Tourism, Finance and Corporate Policy teams, to assist with the bid’s implementation. This has been valued at £32,000, which would be used as match funding, another necessary criteria under the rules of the project.

Kathryn Daly, Harrogate Council’s Acting Head of Property and Economic Development, said: “The Mary Portas Review carried out last year, made a number of key recommendations aimed at identifying what government, local authorities, businesses and communities could do together to promote the development of new models of prosperous and diverse high streets. The government is looking to support twelve Town Team pilots.

WASTE REVIEW GETS UNDERWAY IN HARROGATE DISTRICT

Nearly 16,000 homes are to be included in the first phase of Harrogate Borough Council’s review of household waste collections.

From 2 July, these homes will use wheeled bins for household waste that can’t be recycled and which will be sent to landfill. In the next week, on the same day, the council will collect waste put out by residents for recycling.

The same day collection service for household waste and recycling is just one of the improvements being made to the waste service which will also include a full Bank Holiday catch up and improved recycling facilities.

The council is providing a second recycling box as it will now also take plastic bottles from these homes and residents will also be able to include card such as cereal boxes or washing soap boxes and greetings cards. These are all things that residents have told the council they want to be able to recycle from home.

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last local authority in North Yorkshire to move to this way of collecting household waste and it has the lowest recycling rate in the county.

The cost of burying waste in landfill is rising. In 2011 North Yorkshire County Council had to pay £9.1m in landfill tax for the amount of waste that had to be buried. So it is important that people are offered the chance to recycle more and to make it easier for them to do so. This is vital if we are to drive down landfill tax which is ultimately born by the council-tax payer.

As part of these improvement measures, Harrogate Borough Council has also introduced a ‘look up’ service on its website. By putting in a post code in the My Area section, residents will be able to see full details of their waste collection service including dates of Bank Holiday catch up.

“Areas must be able to demonstrate the potential for improvement and provide an accompanying statement from the local authority on securing value for money for taxpayers in the use of the grant. We have been happy to support this bid and we think Ripon is a front runner on this project too.|”

Local residents can also help. People are being urged to look at Ripon’s submission on YouTube as each time someone views, it climbs further up the league table. To view the bid, search for Ripon Portas Pilot.

Judith Donovan CBE, GRIP Chairman, adds: “Bids require strong leadership and the Greater Ripon Improvement

Partnership has shown willing to take on this role but we are grateful to Harrogate Borough Council for their support. We have also identified other match funding which will come from Ripon City Council’s commitment to provide a three year contracted City Centre Manager post, as well as in-kind funding from local visitor attractions, businesses and the local media.”

The proposal to form a Town team has widespread support across the city too, with Ripon City Council, Ripon Chamber of Trade and Commerce, Ripon Retail Forum, Ripon Ring, Ripon Civic Society, Ripon Council for Voluntary Services and Ripon Cathedral already on board.

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Pension Income If you have a form of pension where the pension fund is building up until you reach retirement (Personal Pension, Stakeholder Pension, SIPP or a defined contribution pension with your employer), you will have a number of options as to how you receive your pension income.

You will normally be able to take up to 25% of the fund as a lump sum which is not taxed. The remaining fund after any tax free lump sum will be taken as a form of income and will be subject to income tax.

The main options are to use your pension fund to buy an annuity or to use pension drawdown.

Annuity An annuity pays you an income for the rest of your life, however long you live. In this case your pension fund is used to buy an annuity from a life insurance company.

You can add different options and get different types depending on your needs and circumstances. For example, the annuity can increase once in payment at a fixed amount or in line with inflation.

Annuities tend to be most appropriate if you have a smaller pension fund.

Also available are investment linked annuities where the income which you receive will depend on the performance of the underlying investments. The rationale for buying an investment-linked annuity is the hope of getting higher income payments

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in the longer term by taking the investment risk. Of course the income may go up or down depending on the performance of the investments. For this reason, these type of annuities are more appropriate for individuals whose circumstances allow them to take more risk.

Pension Drawdown Pension drawdown is more flexible than buying an annuity and within limits allows you decide how much income you are able to take from year to year. There are two types of pension drawdown: Capped Drawdown and Flexible Drawdown Capped drawdown has an upper limit equivalent to the amount of income which would be paid to an individual buying an annuity. There is no minimum amount so you can withdraw any level of income as long as it’s below this limit. The limit is reviewed every 3 years until age 75 and every year thereafter. If you choose to take the maximum amount, there is a greater risk that at the review the amount of income which you are able to take is lower.

way will be subject to income tax. However, the flexibility allows for some careful tax planning.

As well as the above options, they can be mixed and matched to support your individual requirements. For example, to provide the level of income that you require, it’s possible to phase the tax free cash withdrawals and use this and capped drawdown to give you the level you require.

With choice, comes a degree of complexity and timely financial advice from making sure you get value when you buy an annuity to coming up with a plan to withdraw your pension via pension drawdown has great value.

Please contact me for help and advice with any aspects of your pension.

Flexible drawdown allows you to withdraw as much as you want and is conditional on you having secure income of at least £20,000 per annum.

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Psychic / Clairvoyant

Agricultural Supply Services: p20

Printing.com: p28

Education

Andrassy Joinery: p23 MH Joinery: p4

Psychic Sue: p16

Boiler Servicing Oilforce: p26

York & Harrogate Area Teachers: p15

Carlton House Furniture: p31 Kitchings Furniture: p13 Simply Beds: p2 Treske Furniture: p3

Kitchen Design

Green Energy Projects: p19

Builders & Contractors

Elderly Care

Concrete 4 U: p13 Dan Wright Conservation: p21 Flat Roof Company: p29 H Hill & Sons: p21 Lightwater Quarries: p28 Property Repair Services: p28 Ripon Building Services: p25 T & C Builders: p8

MV Mobility: p11 Skell Lodge Nursing Home: p11 Sycamore Hall Care Home: p32

Business Services

Electrical Services ADI Communications: p11 B & P Don: p13 Electrocare: p28 Handy Andy: p28 Visual Systems: p1

Evans Self Storage: p24 Printing.com: p28 Sycamore Business Park: p25 Sycamore Storage: p20

Entertainment

Carpets & Flooring

Fashion & Clothing

Searles Carpets: p1

Cleaning Services Cleanup Services: p25 Daily Poppins: p11 OvenU: p11

Children’s Services Hummingbirds Wedding Crèche: p8 Stagecoach: p15 Treasure Island: p15 York & Harrogate Area Teachers: p15

Dentists Clock Tower Dental: p10

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Good Company Yorkshire: p17 Precious Gems: p29 The Water Rat: p17 Bridal Factory Outlet: p2 Humphrey & Tilly: p3 Westwoods Country Store: p9

Finance & Legal Askham Tax & Accountancy Ltd: p28 Mowatt Financial Planning: p26

Food & Drink Howebridge Wedding Venue: p16 Old Station Yard: p17 Olivers Pantry: p9 The Water Rat: p17 Westwoods Country Store: p9 Wiltshire Farm Foods: p10

Garden Services Concrete 4 U: p12 Dan Wright Conservation: p21 Fencing Paving & Decking: p22 Green Thumb: p21 Mark Kinghorn Garden Services: p20 Marwood Landscapes: p22 North Yorkshire Tree Care: p29 Property Repair Services: p28 Skell Wrought Iron: p12 Timothy Campbell Landscapes: p23 White’s Garden Services: p29

Hire H Hill & Sons: p21

Home & Interiors Carlton House Furniture: p31 Dales of Thirsk: p4 Holme Design: p7 Kitchings Furniture: p12 Period House Store: p7 Rydenor Paints: p7 Searles Carpets: p1 Simply Beds: p2 Stairs & More: p13 Treske Furniture: p3

Jewellery Precious Gems: p29

Solar Energy

Dales of Thirsk: p4 Holme Design: p7

Sports & Leisure

Mobility Assistance

Stonemasons

MV Mobility: p11

Oil Tank Services A1 Tank Services: p19

Oven Cleaning OvenU: p11

Painters & Decorators Robert Sowray: p12 Trevor Pickering: p28

Pets & Animals

Treasure Island: p15 HA Green & Sons: p4

Storage Evans Self Storage: p24 Sycamore Storage: p20

Taxi A’n’B Cars: p3 Arrow Taxis: p32

Travel & Tourism Hays Travel: p5

AJ Fabrications: p18 Fun Dogs: p17

Tree Surgery

Plumbing

Weddings

Johnson’s Heating: p19 Prime Plumbing: p28

Property Maintenance AMR Locksmiths: p28 Flat Roof Company: p29 Handy Andy: p28 Johnson’s Heating: p19 Keepsafe Window & Door Repairs: p12 Property Repair Services: p28

Property Hunters Estate Agents: p3

North Yorkshire Tree Care: p29 Bridal Factory Outlet: p2 Howebridge Wedding Venue: p16 Hummingbirds Wedding Crèche: p8

Windows Abbey Windows: p23 Keepsafe Window & Door Repairs: p12 Millennium Windows: p13 Simco Windows: p29

Wrought Iron Skell Wrought Iron: p13

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