BeverleyMag Issue No.102 July 2022

Issue No.102 July 2022

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Editor’s note

Welcome to the July edition of the magazine I hope that you are all well and enjoying the warm weather.

We have an interesting and varied range of topics in this edition for your enjoyment ranging from Travel Ideas from Marion Owen, in the House & Home feature we take a look at kitchens and the current trends and styles that people are choosing. We also have our usual round up of all the New Books to read this month. Roy Woodcock takes a look at the new plug in Jeep in his Motoring Column.

We have our regular Antiques column from Rob Walls & Janette Wilkinson who take a look at upcycling. The Food & Drink section has a superb Pavlova recipe for you to try at home. We also have our regular Wine Column with Roy Woodcock who takes a look at local vineyards. We have lots of What’s On information to keep you entertained with some great gigs happening in the area (I can personally recommend the Abba gig in Beverley Minster this coming November). There are some great summer shows coming up too with the big East Yorkshire Show & Family Fun Day at Brantingham Park - possibly the best value show for families in the East Riding. The Gardening section takes a look at all the jobs you need to be doing this month with your flowers, vegetables and lawns. As usual we finish off with Fiona Dwyer’s ‘food for thought’.

Please continue to support the advertisers in the magazine as well as all businesses in the local area.

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Have a great July - hopefully we’ll have more sunshine.

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Managing Director: Nic Gough.

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Finance Manager: JP Kinnersley.

Designers: Mervyn King, Adam Jacobs.

Photography: Clash Pix. Contributors: Fiona Dwyer, Roy Woodcock, Chris Warkup, Rob Walls, Janette Wilkinson, Rebekah Robinson. © Dalton Spire Limited 2022.

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We cannot accept any responsibility for errors or inaccuracies in such information. Readers are advised to contact advertisers directly with regards to the price of products and/or services, referred to in this magazine.

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Property News

Is it cheaper to rent or buy?

In the past, it was usual to rent a home to save money in order to buy a house. But rising rental prices, particularly in big cities, have made that very difficult..

In April 2022, the average monthly rent in the UK was £1,091, according to the Homelet Rental Index. That’s an increase of almost 14.2% over a year.

outweigh availability.

With that said, mortgage repayments can often be lower than the cost of monthly rent.

The problem is that many tenants struggle to save enough for a house deposit to buy because their rents are so high, leaving them stuck in rental properties until they can set enough money aside.

For those tenants with a big deposit, mortgage rates are still historically low at the moment.

If you take London out of the equation, the average rent in the UK is now £920, up by 7.9% from April 2021.

But with inflation rising, the Bank of England has decided to increase interest rates to 1.25%. This is the fifth consecutive rate rise since December, and it’s set to make home loans more expensive.

Rents have continued to rise to record highs in many areas as workers return to the cities and people wait to buy in oversubscribed, desirable commuter towns.

If you are coming off a fixed deal soon and looking for a new mortgage deal, the rise to the base rate could increase your monthly repayments.

According to the latest data from the ONS, private rental prices have increased at their greatest annual rate for more than five years, as demand continues to heavily

Variable rate mortgages, which make up about a fifth of home loans, are directly linked to the base rate so customers will immediately feel any rise.

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EVERYONE WANTS TO LIVE IN THE WEST HULL VILLAGES Bellway Yorkshire says that there is no sign of a drop in demand for new homes in the East Riding, with soaring sales across its West Hull village developments showing that the area is fast establishing itself as one of the UK’s hottest property hotspots.

The local division of the national housebuilder is currently selling on three West Hull developments – Tranby Park in Anlaby, Palmer’s Grange in Brough and Barleycorn Way in South Cave. It also has two new sites on their way in the autumn – Bishop’s Gate in Beverley and Parson’s Croft in Kirk Ella – and has just sold out at Swanland Grange in Swanland.

Sales director, Melanie Smith said: “It really does feel like everyone wants to live in one of the West Hull villages and it’s easy to see why. Every one of them has its own idyllic charm and they all benefit from great transport links, both road and rail, excellent local amenities and a great choice of outstanding schools.”

Prices on Bellway’s developments in Anlaby, Brough and South Cave currently range from £152,995 for a 2-bedroom apartment in Anlaby to £419,995 for a 4-bedroom detached home in South Cave.

For more information on Bellway Homes’ West Hull developments visit www.bellwayhomes.co.uk and to book an appointment to view the show homes at Barleycorn Way, Palmers Grange or Tranby Park call 01430 451460, 01482 272884 or 01482 454897 respectively.

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KITCHENS WITH CHARACTER Quirky free-standing pieces, open shelves, lush foliage and striking artworks are creative ways to bring colour, texture and personality into your kitchen

The fitted kitchen was a midcentury phenomenon, when kitchen design became all about creating a modern, streamlined look, focusing on maximising efficiency and creating space for new labour saving appliances.

While most of us would not be without our built-in dishwasher, there’s been a movement away from the angular look of the traditional fitted kitchen, inspired by the softer eclecticism of pre-mid century kitchens, which featured stand-alone furniture such as dressers.

Introducing statement pieces is a lovely way to break up the hard lines of convention, and add more colour and texture. This could be achieved with open shelving in reclaimed wood, or adding a glassfronted cabinet or bespoke larder to provide stylish extra storage.

Incorporating a few lifestyle elements perhaps more conventionally reserved for living rooms – such as sofas, artworks or houseplants – also creates a cosier, more familial space where people can gather and relax at any time of day. And with just a few

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should be hung well away from heat and water sources to avoid damage from steam, oil or water splatters, while framing in glass will offer extra

characterful touches, your kitchen will become not just a functional space, but a room in which you’ll love to linger.

Art appeal If your kitchen is the heart of your home, it makes sense to bring your love of art into the room you spend the most time in, and it’s a wonderful way to bring colour and personality into a space.

Whatever style you choose, be aware that original or precious pieces

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In a minimalist kitchen, placing one large, striking contemporary artwork on a feature wall adds real drama to the space and could be used to bring together a colour scheme. For a more traditional kitchen look, try an antique oil painting, or delicate food-themed watercolours or sketches. A gallery wall also works well, perhaps one that reflects your interests in food or travel, or it could combine art with quirky kitchenalia such as vintage utensils, plates or trivets.

It all comes down to your own taste and budget.

Paintings don’t need to be hung on walls either – the trend for open shelving has opened up new ways to display art, with small works simply propped on shelves along with curated displays of other objects. If you have enough ceiling height you can also create a display above your cabinets. In a spot with no wall cabinets above, you can simply stand a large,

framed print or canvas on the counter and let it lean against the wall, which creates a casual, artistic look.

And art doesn’t have to be in a frame or on a canvas – consider a mini mural on a splashback, kitchen island or wall.

Pantry perfection If there’s one addition to a kitchen that will change your life, it’s a pantry. No more scrabbling around the back of cupboards to find that last tin of chickpeas, a pantry provides accessible and multipurpose space for everything from tinned goods to cleaning supplies and table linens. The terms ‘pantry’ and ‘larder’ are often used interchangeably, but the word ‘pantry’ usually refers to a walk-in space, while a larder tends to be more of a large pantry cupboard, which could be a standalone Continued page 8

DON’T MISS THE 45 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SALE NOW ON AT UPHOLSTERY DESIGNS Upholstery Designs is the largest independent furniture store in Hull.

Established in 1977, Upholstery Designs (UD) wasn’t always the grand store it is today. Its journey began 45 years ago when Tony and his wife Tricia, set themselves up in small workshop down Empringham Street making and recovering sofas under the name Tony Blowman Upholstery.

It was 7 years later when Tony and Tricia finally set down roots on Spring Bank West and renamed themselves Upholstery Designs.

In 1995, their son Ian joined and he worked his way through the business to where he is today. His wife Donna now works alongside him doing the admin and serving customers along with Hannah and their delivery drivers Brett and George.

Over the last 45 years many things have changed at UD. They no longer reupholster, but instead they work closely with mostly small UK companies which mean they can keep the quality high and the prices low.

The expansions in store made it possible for them to set up dedicated rise and recliner department and they now also stock a large range of dining, cabinet and occasional furniture alongside their British sofas and chairs along with an impressive array of art and lighting.

They offer free delivery within 30 miles of the store and they deliver it in to your home, set it up and then take away and recycle all the packaging!

Like all of the big national companies, Upholstery Designs can offer interest free credit over 12 months on most orders

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Pantries and larders vary hugely in size and style – you could have a pantry the size of a small utility room or a bespoke floor-toceiling larder cupboard.

children, a place to eat lunch while working from home or a spot for guests to enjoy a drink before dinner.

If you dream of displaying carefully curated labelled jars of dried goods, look at options with glass doors, or if you don’t want the pressure of keeping it tidy all the time solid doors may be more appropriate.

Look out for reclaimed wooden doors at salvage yards which can be used to create your own bespoke larder or pantry.

You can be a little braver with your sofa choices in a kitchen too, where a bolder colour or striking vintage piece will make a real style statement, especially against the typically neutral backdrop of cabinets.

Upholstery also brings a luxurious touch of softness to a room that includes a lot of hard surfaces, but do consider the impact of all the red wine drinking, dog lounging and children snacking on the kitchen sofa, and look for an easy-to-clean fabric or removable covers.

If you don’t mind sacrificing some counter space, a larder cupboard is a good way to break up a run of wall and floor cabinets. There are so many space-saving options, and if you have a quirky nook to fill consider working with a specialist design company that will create a bespoke piece to maximise the storage. Slimline pull-out larders can work well inserted into dead spaces alongside large appliances or at the end of a run of cabinets, for example, or if you want something more substantial, consider making better use of a large utility room by converting all or a portion of the space into a pantry with open shelving.

From a pantry that opens up to reveal a mini breakfast bar with toaster and coffee machine, to larders with large pull-out drawers or recessed storage on the inside of the doors, there’s a design that could work for your kitchen – or even consider utilising an underused space in the hallway or dining room.

Chill zone A place to eat, chat, work, socialise and so much more – our kitchens have become multipurpose spaces.

A kitchen sofa will soon become the hub of family life, functioning as an informal snug for the

Sofa size may also be an issue in the kitchen, where a heavy leather Chesterfield or overstuffed fabric sofa may feel overpowering, even if you have the footprint to accommodate it. It’s always worth marking out the dimensions of the sofa on the floor with tape and not just measuring the space – it helps to visualise the flow around the room and ensure the sofa won’t be blocking access.

For a smaller kitchen, look for dinkier pieces – a loveseat, perhaps – or consider whether two occasional chairs might better fit the space. A vintage piece with a sinuous backrest works to soften the hard lines of a kitchen, while rattan sofas or designs with high

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legs and lower backs look lighter and give the illusion of taking up less space too – wooden-framed mid-century designs are ideal, or for a traditional look try a Victorian parlour sofa.

Shelf life Beautifully styled open shelves look fabulous, but in practical terms do they work for real homes? It’s true they are a magnet for dust and grease, and they may also significantly reduce your storage capacity, especially in a smaller kitchen. On the flip-side, wall cabinets can overpower a small space, while open shelves may create an airier feel.

Careful curation is key. Although the homely, jumbled look can appear charming in the right place, even this casual approach is rarely effortless to achieve. Arranging your tableware to ensure it’s all coordinating and elegantly displayed is quite a skill, and you’ll have to pare back your pottery collection or store some pieces away. However, opting for open shelving can be a conscious way Continued page 12

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House & Home to keep clutter at bay – if those plates don’t fit the aesthetic or you already have too many cocktail glasses, then it’s time to get rid.

To decide whether open shelves would work for you, consider whether you want to use them as the primary storage for your everyday tableware, or to display treasured or interesting pieces. If the former, perhaps an antique dresser might work better than shelves, especially for heavy items.

If the shelves are to be mostly decorative and you’re concerned about losing storage space, you could break up a run of wall cabinets with a small section of open shelving, which creates a lighter look while still adding character, or add fitted open shelves in small spaces where a cabinet wouldn’t work.

Contrasting materials can work well too – use rustic reclaimed wood or industrial-style metal shelving to provide a counterpoint to conventional cabinets.

To avoid sacrificing counter space, go for displays on open shelves. Succulents such as aloe vera and echeveria take up little space and look attractive grouped in pretty pots – they enjoy the warmth of a kitchen, so will do well in a bright spot with little watering, while trailing plants look lovely tumbling over a top

Alternatively, quirky pieces such as an antique wall-hung plate rack or a vintage open cabinet add an eclectic touch and are easy upcycle.

Leafy loveliness Greenery brings a breath of resh air into every room. A simple approach is to keep pots of aromatic herbs near your food prep area, such as parsley, mint, chives and basil. Most herbs love plenty of light so keep them on a sunny windowsill or kitchen table, or consider growing vertically on a wall that gets plenty of sunlight.

shelf. Locate hanging plants carefully in those little areas between cabinets or appliances, or over lower-height pieces of furniture such as a table or chest of drawers. Avoid putting plants anywhere near or above the oven,

hob or microwave, as most varieties won’t enjoy the extremes of temperature.

sliced the next day. Most antique dressers tend to have cupboard and drawer space on the bottom half with open shelving or a glassfronted cabinet on the top, making a dresser a good compromise if you’re undecided about forgoing conventional kitchen cabinets for an open-shelved look.

Before the days of the fitted kitchen, the dresser provided storage for tableware, cutlery and other dining accessories. While the word ‘dresser’ often conjures up an image of a large, heavy wooden piece, upcycling an old unit in paint shades to match your aesthetic is another way to make it work in both a modern or traditional scheme.

The glossy leaves and compact size of the coffee plant makes this a good one for the countertop – it likes bright but indirect light and plenty of water. For hanging plants, try low-maintenance pothos and philodendron, or for a statement floor plant to fill a corner, rubber trees adapt well to a range of growing conditions.

Plants will attract grease and dust, so clean the leaves regularly with a lukewarm damp cloth to keep them healthy.

Dresser revival The original Welsh dresser dates back to the 1600s and was traditionally made of oak, although all regions had their own versions of this useful piece of kitchen furniture. The Scottish dresser, for example, often had a ‘porridge drawer’ – a tin lined drawer into which hot porridge was poured in the evening, left to cool, then

Dressers have a long history, but they’ve been redesigned for modern life too, with sleeker contemporary styles, bespoke built-in versions or even industrial metal units that may stretch the traditional definition. If you love the retro look, consider a vintage larder cupboard instead – original midcentury pieces are now sought after to make a wonderfully quirky feature.

A dresser can replace cabinetry in a traditional farmhouse or more eclectic kitchen, but a slimline piece can also be used in a space where cabinets wouldn’t work. If your dresser is next to the dining area, it could be the ideal place to keep your everyday tableware and serve ware, or simply use it to display your collectable or special pieces.

For a streamlined look, the same guidance applies as for open shelving – sticking to a restrained, tonal colour palette is best for an elegant display, or go for quirky and colourful with a hotchpotch of pieces. Soften the look with a variety of textures to make it more homely and less like a shop display – add plants, framed photos, a stack of beautifully folded linen napkins, a basket or two, and your dresser will be perfectly dressed.

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Antiques & Collectables

Upcycling

I repurposed an old Welsh dresser.

I removed the top, now used as DIY equipment shelves in my shed, and transformed the bottom drawers/cabinet into a TV cabinet.

I cut holes in the back to enable electrical cables to fit and house the Freeview box and DVD player inside the unit, and then did a repaint job in colours to suit my decoration scheme. The TV sits on the top. When not in use I close the cupboard doors and ‘hide’ the equipment and cables, as well as the DVDs, magazines and dust.

Rob Walls and Janette Wilkinson share their love of all things collectable...

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What is upcycling? Is it turning unwanted goods into useful items, restoring a piece, or changing an item so it has a different purpose? Items can be restored for decoration or functional reasons as well as being upcycled for own use and for profit.

Functional items such as table lamps made from old blow lamps and electrical tools are seen as ‘on trend’ these days. This type of upcycling increases the value of an old item considerably. Coffee tables made from old packing crates or water tanks may not be to everyone’s taste, but there is a market for them; they often appear on television antique programmes especially if Philip Serrell is involved. A lot of old tin advertisements are now used for various things including shelving, mirror surrounds and decorative wall art. These tend to be at the more expensive end of the trade as they are still highly collectable.

There are a lot of reproduction items used, but in today’s market that is not such a bad thing.

Old children’s chairs and baby cradles will not meet today’s safety standards and are now once cleaned, revarnished, polished or, dare I say, ‘shabby chic’, used for dolls and teddy bears. They are also often used as plant and flower stands for retail displays as well as in the home.

There is room for the upcycling of items in today’s market. It is where a lot of out of favour items find a new use. Items can become collectable again. I believe it’s the younger buyer who fuels this market. They buy into the old style with the new use; things their grandparents have/had become fashionable again.

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I do remember the 1970s when glass demi-johns and carboys were made into ‘indoor gardens’.

They adorned many a ‘through lounge’ and ‘Abigail’s Party’ and sat snuggly next to the cheese plants. Vinyl Records were made into fruit bowls but now they are made into wall clocks and pop art.

Broken crockery was made into mosaic tabletops; not the newest of ideas but it does sit at the peak of upcycling a worthless item.

Steam Punk is a look that embraces the idea of upcycling. It uses old broken jewellery for fashion alongside upcycled goggles, walking sticks, clothing, hats, medals and insignia. These Victorian items have found a new use in today’s word.

Janette

I think upcycling is more to do with repurposing an item than with a quick repaint in chalk paint. Don’t misunderstand me, some pieces of furniture have been beautifully transformed by a crafts person and given new life to something that would have probably been thrown away. I’m not adverse to painting a bookcase or bedside table myself, especially when redecorating and

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changing a colour scheme.

Upcycling to me is finding a new use to an item that as been demoted to being non-functional.

Before the age of computers and digital, word printers used to set the type using separate letters the kept in wooden printers’ trays/ cases. In fact, the terms “uppercase” and “lowercase” come from the way in which print shops were organised hundreds of years ago.

Individual pieces of metal type were kept in boxes called cases. The smaller letters, which were used most often, were kept in a lower case that was easier to reach. I have upcycled a printer’s tray into a wall shelf that hold small special items that I would have no where else to display. Items such as a Bay City Rollers pendant (yes, I was a fan!), a lego figure with significant memories attached, pieces of sea glass . . .

Smaller items can also be recycled.

The days of buying pens/pencil pots are long gone. I use small antique vases and even small Royal Doulton Toby jugs. I even use a Royal Doulton Falstaff jug as a toothbrush holder. Kitchen utensils are kept in vintage Rington-teas tea caddy and a Mason biscuit barrel.

A vintage glass sweet jar sits on my bathroom window-ledge holding small tubes of hand cream that you tend to gather as parts of sets especially as Christmas presents. I have seen old cups recycled as candle holders and bird feeders.

I enjoy upcycling items and now rarely buy ‘new’. Most items have a use, it just takes a little imagination.

R and J Top Tips l If rewiring an item into a table lamp, they need to be rewired carefully and fully P.A.T. tested if selling. l Sea washed glass can be picked up for nothing (get beach combing) and made into stylish jewellery. l If selling upcycled items, wait to see what is in fashion and adapt items so they are in trend. l Don’t be afraid of appearing ‘wacky’. If you like it, chances are someone else will.

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Roy Woodcock checks out a new plug-in varient of the updated Jeep Compass . . .

For the uninitiated or the uninvolved, the worldfamous brand name Jeep was first used as US Army slang to describe new recruits or vehicles back in 1940.

the on-road sophistication and refinement possessed by most other saloon-based mid-size SUVs. I was road testing the new Jeep Compass 4Xe, which has been added to the range this year and uses both petrol and electric to give the best of both on and off-road driving.

The following year, as America entered the Second World War, the name Jeep was given to the first light military 4x4 to go into production. The rest is history, as they say.

This is a plug-in hybrid which combines the power of an electric motor with that of a 1.3-litre petrol engine to deliver 237 bhp and make it the fastest Compass ever, with a 0-62 miles per hour time of just over seven seconds.

Today the iconic brand, now part of giant Stellantis conglomerate, is battling it out with countless other SUVs for honours in what has become the most popular family sector.

At the centre of the range is the mid-size Compass, a smart looking five-seater that comes up against polished rivals in the shape of BMW X1, Ford Kuga, Peugeot 3008, Skoda Kodiaq and Land Rover Discovery Sporti. Tough competition, in other words.

Where the Jeep really scores is a reference to its heritage . . . off-road ability. While the vast majority of crossovers flounder trying to clamber up mountains or traverse rivers and rocks, the Compass is fully equipped to do just that.

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The new Compass is now offered in four trim levels (Nighteagle, Limited, S and Trailhawk). The entry-level Nighteagle features, as standard, front and rear parking sensors, a 10.1-inch infotainment system with wireless smartphone integration, new 10.25-inch full digital instrument cluster and 18inch alloy wheels.

The Limited trim offers standard Adaptive Cruise Control, exclusive 18-inch alloy wheels, front and side parking sensors with automatic parking function, Keyless Enter & Go and Nappa leather-wrapped dashboard.

Higher levels of refinement and specification come standard on the S version – the top of the range trim adds body-colour front bumpers and fascias, 19-inch alloy wheels, a

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The line-up is completed by the Trailhawk trim, as tested here – it’s the off-road specialist with Trail-Rated 4x4 capability, which stands out for its muscular, bold appearance and offers specific equipment for off-road driving.

It comes with high-performance suspension and benchmark offroad angles and figures: approach angle of 30.4 degrees, departure angle of 33.3 degrees, breakover angle of 20.9 degrees and ground clearance of 21.3 cm. Standard on Trailhawk is also the five-mode Selec-Terrain traction control system, which includes a specific Rock mode, exclusively available on this model.

With the small amount of time I was able to put this to the test off-road, it felt remarkably assured and gave me a “go anywhere” confidence. On

the road, I have to say I wished for a little more - at times it felt a little unsteady and a little noisy, too.

This is a car with a starting price of £39,895 on the road and for that sort of money I think we could expect a little more in terms of cosseted luxury.

When fully charged, you can expect up to 30 miles of electriconly driving range and this PHEV variant offers the usual choice of driving modes that you’d expect with a car of this kind, in this case either electric only, Hybrid or one that enables you to save charge for future use in city driving.

Whether the PHEV 4xe variant will make economic sense for you will of course depend on how much you keep it plugged in. If you don’t, you’ll merely be driving around in a pretty heavy petrol-powered Jeep and there’s nothing very frugal or efficient about that. But use the battery to its fullest and the WLTP figures suggest that, with the entire 30 mile driving range regularly

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World of Wines I want to follow up last month’s column with a continued focus on English wine and, more particularly, Yorkshire wine..

The end of the month saw English Wine Week and having mentioned the Dove House Wine Dash (which took place on June 12, based on the Little Wold Vineyard at South Cave), I thought I’d take you on something of a wider Yorkshire Wine Trail this month.

Perhaps surprisingly, Yorkshire is a premium wine producing region, with around 16 commercial vineyards producing in excess of 100,000 bottles of wine each year from nine wineries. Even more surprising, viticulture and winemaking has a long and rich history, stretching back to Roman times.

The Cistercian monks at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds had vineyards, although the exact location is unknown. The Benedictines at St Mary’s Abbey, York, had a well documented vineyard of around 10 acres at Askham Richard on the outskirts of the city and had been making wine successfully up to the sixteenth century.

Our trail, however, visits six Yorkshire locations and starts in Leeds. Established in 1985, Leventhorpe Vineyard reintroduced commercial winegrowing to Yorkshire and the five acre vineyard is situated within the Leeds city boundary.

Its success is due to the excellent site which endows its wines with their unique character. The low

All the wines produced at Leventhorpe are made in the vineyard in which they are grown.

The purpose built winery enables control of the wine-making process, thus preserving the wines’ unique character and identity.

They produce delicious wines that have won awards annually since the wines were first introduced, including red, white, rosé and sparkling wines plus cider and apple juice. Opening times: 9am until 5pm Tuesday to Saturday.

Leventhorpe produces a range of wines including dry whites, sparkling and a small amount of red. The vineyard isn open most days from noon to 3.30pm, but it’s always best to telephone or email before travelling (see factfile).

We head back to East Yorkshire for our final two visits, starting at Laurel Vines, based at Aike, between Beverley and Driffield.

This Yorkshire site was identified in 2009, with the first vines planted in 2011.

Moving on we head to Carlton Towers and “The Walled Garden”, the stately home’s very own vineyard, where two cool climate grape varieties; Auxerrois Colmar and Pinot Noir, are grown and blended together to make a sparkling white wine. The tearoom is open 10-4 Friday/Saturday/ Sunday, but the vineyard and main house are by appointment only or for pre-booked ticketed events.

Laurel Vines are committed to producing quality wines by ensuring control of the main ingredients and products used in the wine making process, where possible everything being sourced locally. The result - wines that are high in quality but with a down to earth feel about them, not fussy but clean and simple but overall, wine that can compete with the best wines in the world - well at least England.

Near to York, at Nun Monkton, is Yorkshire Heart, a 14-acre vineyard growing 14 varieties of vines producing top quality grapes to be made into wine in their own winery. Latimer White, Eleanor Red and Sparkling Rose can be bought and tasted here - the “Winehouse” visitor centre has a shop, café and tasting area. Opening hours are 10.30am to 5.30pm Wednesday to Sunday Yorkshire Heart’s newest development is a collaboration

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Where: Little Wold Vineyard When: Now. Why: Made with their Seyval Blanc and Phoenix grapes. Medium dry, this is a pleasant, fruity wine (typical of English), herbaceous on the nose with notes of stone fruit and nectarine.

Latimer Red Wine Price: £13.75

Where: Yorkshire Heart When: Now. Why: 100 per cent Rondo Grapes give this wine its rich deep red colour and black plum, blackberry and spicy flavours.

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On the outskirts of Malton, at Westow, is Ryedale Vineyards; planted in 2006 with a second site at Howsham established in 2008. They are currently the most northerly commercial vineyard in Britain.

altitude, protected south-facing slope with good drainage, warm soils and low rainfall, plus the benefits of a river valley situation, make it a favourable site for wine growing.

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Laurel Vines is family owned and run, with everyone playing a part in the vine growing, picking and the wine production.

A number of regular events are held, including Vineyard Picnics on Thursdays, through July, August and September and two on Saturdays (July 9 and August 13). They include a vineyard tour, sandwiches, crisps and scones and a bottle of their wine (or three local beers).

And we finish, of course, back in South Cave and the Little Wold Vineyard. The south facing, chalk hillside is the perfect terroir for grape growing where they now grow over 8,000 vines of various white and red varieties.

Work began in Spring 2012 and 2,000 vines were initially planted and this was followed by another 1,000 two years later. Little Wold Vineyard planted a further 6,000 vines on a new site in Spring 2018 and added Pheonix to the collection along with some more of their already successful varieties such as Solaris, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Again, the vineyard organises a number of events, including tours and picnics, wine and cheese evenings and blind tastings as part of a fish and chip supper.

FACT FILE Leventhorpe Vineyard, Newsam Green Road, off Bullerthorpe Lane, Woodlesford, Leeds LS26 8AF T: 0113 2889088 www.leventhorpevineyard.co.uk Carlton Towers Walled Garden, Carlton DN14 9LZ T: 01405 861 662 www.carltontowers.co.uk Yorkshire Heart, Pool Lane, Nun Monkton, York YO26 8EL T: 01423 330716 www.yorkshireheart.com Ryedale Vineyards, Farfield Farm, Westow YO60 7LS T: 01653 658 035 www.ryedalevineyards.co.uk.

Laurel Vines, Aike YO25 9BG T: 07513 012 708 www.laurel-vines.co.uk Little Wold Vineyard, Market Place Farm, South Cave HU15 2BP T: 07970 976001 www.littlewoldvineyard.co.uk Until next month - take care.

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Erkans’ Lemon & Rosemary Pavlova Pour the meringue into an icing bag with a large star nozzle. Create two round areas (7 inches/18 cm) with “peaks” on the baking tray.

Place a wooden spoon in the oven door to prevent it from closing and bake the bases for 1½ hours.

Allow them to cool off on a grid.

Erkan Sahindal - business owner at the Olive Tree on Lincoln Way, Beverley - and accomplished chef shares his recipe for a Lemon and Rosemary Summer Pavlova.

SERVES 6-8 PREP & COOK 2 hr EASY Ingredients Meringue bases: 4 egg whites, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 7oz (200g) sugar, a bit of vanilla sugar Caramelised lemon slices: 1-2 organic lemons, 1¾ cups (350 g) sugar, 5.9 fl oz (180 ml) water, 1 rosemary twig Lemon curd: 4 eggs, 7oz (200g) confectioners sugar, 3 fl oz (100ml) lemon juice, 4.2 oz (120 g) diced butter, 1 pinch of salt, 1 tbsp lemon peel, 2 tsp vanilla sugar Lemon cream: ¾ cup (150 g) heavy cream, gelatine powder, 2 tbsp vanilla sugar, 3.5oz(100g) natural cheese, 3.5oz (100g)lemon curd (cooled off ), the peel and juice from 1 lemon How to prepare the meringue bases: Preheat your oven to 212°F (100°C) and prepare a tray with a silicone mat.

Whisk egg whites and sugar until completely stiff, then add lemon juice.

How to prepare the lemon slices: Wash the lemons and cut them into thin slices. Boil sugar, water and rosemary, and let the lemon slices simmer in this soup for approx. 20 minutes. Sieve the lemon slices but keep the syrup. You can mix it with club soda or something similar to create a fantastic summer drink.

How to prepare the lemon curd: Pour all the ingredients – apart from the eggs – into a saucepan and bring the mixture to the boil.

Whisk the eggs in a separate bowl, then slowly add the boiling mixture to the eggs and stir.

Pour everything back into the saucepan and heat up the mixture at low heat. Keep stirring until the cream turns airy and thicker. Let the mixture boil for just a short moment and then pour it into a glass.

Let your lemon curd cool off and then keep it in a closed container in the fridge.

How to prepare the lemon cream: Lightly beat the heavy cream and then add vanilla sugar and gelatine powder.

Stir the cheese mixture in a separate bowl and fold in the rest of the ingredients until you’ve got an even mixture. Then carefully mix everything. Place the cream in the fridge.

On a hot summer afternoon I can think of nothing better than sitting in my garden with my home made Pavlova and a cup of herbal tea - it’s so refreshing and healthy too.

If you love the wellbeing benefits of herbal teas, it’s worth knowing that these often pricey and prettily packaged bags are not always planet-friendly, as some teabags How to build your pavlova: contain plastics (and also in the Spread lemon cream onto one of packaging), while some brands are the meringue bases. Place the other owned by huge multi-nationals base on top, drip a bit of lemon that also own not-so-ethical curd on top of it and garnish with brands. Instead, consider doing lemon slices, flowers and perhaps a what our ancestors did and bit of fresh rosemary. growing your own tea ingredients.

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Technically known as a tisane, brewing tea from fresh or dried herb leaves couldn’t be easier – simply pop in an infuser and leave to steep in boiling water for a few minutes. Easy tea herbs to grow in your garden include chamomile, mint, rosemary, lemon balm, giant hyssop, lemon verbena and borage.

With many herbs possessing healing properties too – such as

peppermint easing digestion and lemon balm promoting relaxation and sleep – growing herbs for tea and creating your own health promoting blends is a wonderfully mindful pastime.

I can recommend Jekka McVicar’s handy little book, A Pocketful of Herbs: An A-Z, it’s the perfect guide to growing and using herbs.

The Royal Horticultural Society also offers some expert growing advice on herbs for teas at rhs.org.uk/ plants/articles/graham-rice/edibles/ herbs-for-teas.

Do pop in the shop on Lincoln Way and let me know if you have made a brew that’s worth sharing - until next month enjoy the summer.

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Have you discovered Beverley’s hidden gem?

Nestled down an unassuming alley on North Bar Within, you will find Lucia Wine Bar & Grill. If you have never been, then it is most definitely worth a visit.

We visited over lunch time. The sun was shining and on entering we were greeted to a light, airy restaurant with the roof canopy half retracted so the magnificent sunshine was shining in. You could be forgiven for thinking you were visiting a European resort courtyard restaurant.

The friendly staff couldn’t do enough for us. They seated us and gave us an array of different menu’s, ranging from their standard Lunch menu, to A La Carte, Nongluten and a Vegan menu. This was of particular interest to one of our party, who is a strict vegetarian and often feels when dining out that he is offered a limited choice of options.

He was not disappointed!

tomatoes, vegan cheese and basil, a beef fillet skewer with onions and peppers, served with roasted tomatoes, rocket and parmesan, and skin on chips, and finally a Wild Mushroom Risotto dressed with shaved parmesan and rocket, all of which were beautifully presented.

Now you could be forgiven for thinking that after devouring two courses, we had any space for dessert, and you would be right. However, after some gentle persuasion from our delightful waitress we felt duty bound to give the desserts a go!

The starters of Truffle Garlic Mushrooms with red chilli and spring onions, in a creamy truffle sauce, were well received while us mortal meat eaters, devoured crispy Calamari served with lemon mayonnaise and Monkfish and Prawn Croquettes in a spicy tomato sauce, accompanied by a crisp Sauvignon Blanc bursting with fruit flavours, perfectly chilled.

At this point it is worth mentioning that the extensive drinks menu and wine list, will not disappoint and if it hadn’t been a work day, we could have been persuaded to sample their cocktail menu!

We opted to try the mango ice cream, which was fruity, light and refreshing and then ‘death by chocolate’ with a portion of the Dark and White Chocolate Mousse, finished with sweet honeycomb and lashings of fresh cream.

After a coffee to finish and we left the restaurant some three hours later, wondering where the afternoon had gone!

For the main course we choose, Funghi Pizza with a variety of mixed mushrooms, san Marzano

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East Riding History - In association with the East Riding Archive

Spotlight on the Baptist Chapel in Beverley A small but charming red brick building sits between the Magistrates’ Court and the car park on Lord Roberts Road. The historic former chapel will be a familiar landmark to many Beverlonians, past and present.

A benevolent gift from Admiral Charles Walker to the Particular Baptists of Beverley; the chapel was built as a replacement for the Baptist Chapel on Well Lane. The foundation stone was laid in 1909, and after a year of congregations being held at the Public Library, the chapel opened its doors to worshippers on the 7th July 1910over 110 years ago.

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years until its closure in 1964.

The congregation then moved to the Friends’ meeting house in Woodlands, but the old chapel remained and was sold the following year.

Protected by its listed status, this unique historic building now houses the East Riding Theatre but was once briefly the home of the East Riding Archives from 2000 until our move to the purpose-built facilities at the Treasure House in 2007.

Postcard of Baptist Chapel with group of people, Lord Roberts Road, Beverley, 1909. (East Riding Archives PO/1/14/1) red brick and white terracotta, its perpendicular style complimenting the facades of County Hall across the road. Designed by West Riding architects Garside & Pennington, the chapel also included a Sunday school.

Postcard of Baptist Chapel with group of people, c.1910, Lord Roberts Road, Beverley (East Riding Archives PO/1/14/2)

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Postcard of Baptist Chapel, Lord Roberts Road, Beverley c.1900s (East Riding Archives PO/1/14/3)

New drop-in sessions at East Riding Libraries to promote good brain health East Riding Libraries have joined forces with the Alzheimers Society to host drop in sessions to promote good brain health.

The sessions will be held at: HESSLE: Last Friday of the month : 29 July, 26 August, 30 September, 28 October : sessions from 10am -1pm BEVERLEY: First Monday of the month : 1 August; 5 September, 3 October : sessions from 10am-1pm

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Jersey, a gem of an island…

So near but so far this little island lying just off the French coast in the English Channel is are real treasure measuring just 9 miles by 5 miles.

There is something for everyone here and I do enjoy every visit I make, it is a place I do not tire of. So easy with our convenient summer flight direct from Humberside on a Saturday taking just over an hour.

This visit I have a large number of guests staying with me at the Monterey hotel. This is a very comfortable hotel and the food and service excellent. Although it little further from Liberation square and the seafront the circular town bus stops outside of the hotel every 10 minutes! The local buses are an ideal way to get around the Island, passes can be purchased for 1 day at £8 to 7 days at £32.

There is something for everyone on this island. For first time visitors I recommend a tour of the Island with Tantivy Blue this is a full day and regular drive Mark has done this for years and his commentary is second to non. Having had this overview you will now have ideas of what you may wish to include during your holiday, of course you may choose to just relax by a pool and recharge your batteries.

For anyone enjoying a swim in the sea it has to be a walk down to Havre des Pas bathing pool a lido emerging out of the sea as the tide goes out. To reach the beach it is downhill and I suggest walking through the lovely Howard Davis Park enjoying the open space and lovely flower beds. Head through the WWII cemetery, a pop inside the church is also worthwhile before heading through the gate cross the road and the beach is a spit away. Be sure to stop at the Whitehorse for a sundowner on the terrace overlooking the beach. This is one of my ideal days!

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We have guests this week loving walking the coastal path around the Island. It looks like they will do this in 4 maximum 5 days. Views will include stunning beaches, harbours, lighthouses and ancient castles. For those preferring 2 wheels there are also many pre planned cycle routes.

I have several regular travellers with me who enjoy gardens. The mentioned the Lavender fields to me but I pointed them in the direction of the Botanical Gardens at Sameres Manor. They returned delighted not only at the gardens but they loved their tour of the Manor house too.

The Gerald Durrell Zoo is popular and the bus goes direct from outside of the hotel, the Orangutangs have amused everyone.

I always stumble across something different each visit and on my walk to visit a hotel not open on my last visit in October I ventured in and out of town along different routes. I passed the Jersey NT Georgian House Museum on New Street and now looking forward to a short classical music recital along with 31 other ticket holders within this historical property.

Liberation Square shown above is always a popular spot, many visit to enjoy a wonderful ice cream, this is always a highlight for me too. Jersey is steeped in history from WWII and will not disappoint anyone visiting for the first time. When I last visited the Jersey war tunnels I spent 3 hours taking in the events. May 9th also see’s the Island celebrating Liberation day. Whatever time of the year you visit special events will be happening.

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Books for July

If you want something new to read, look no further....

A Tidy Ending

by Joanna Cannon Linda has lived in her nice, normal house since she fled the dark events of her childhood in Wales. Now she sits in her kitchen, wondering if this is all there is – pushing the hoover around and cooking fish fingers for tea is a far cry from the glamorous lifestyle she sees in the glossy catalogues coming through the door for the house’s previous occupant.

Terry isn’t perfect – he picks his teeth, tracks dirt through the house and spends most of his time in front of the TV. That seems standard – until he starts keeping odd hours at work, at around the same time young women start to go missing in the neighbourhood.

If Linda could just track down Rebecca, who lived in the house before them, maybe some of that perfection would rub off on her. But the grass isn’t always greener: you can’t change who you really are, and there’s something nasty lurking behind the curtains on Cavendish Avenue…

Carrie Soto Is Back

by Taylor Jenkins Reid Carrie Soto is fierce and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. By the time Carrie retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. With her father as her coach, she has shattered every record, claimed 20 Grand Slam titles and sacrificed nearly everything to become the best.

But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a stunning British player named Nicki Chan. At 37 years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record – even if the sports media says that they never

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liked the ‘Battle-Axe’ anyway, even if her body doesn’t move as fast as it did and even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to. In this riveting novel, Taylor Jenkins Reid, the bestselling author of Malibu Rising and Daisy Jones & The Six, tells a story about the cost of greatness and a legendary athlete attempting a comeback.

Death & Croissants

by Ian Moore If you love Richard Osman’s bestselling The Thursday Murder Club books (and if so, good news – the third one is out this September), you’ll love this A Folley Valley Mystery collection.

Richard is a middleaged Englishman who runs a B&B in the fictional Val de Follet in the Loire Valley. Nothing ever happens to Richard and that’s the way he likes it really. One day, however, one of his older guests disappears, leaving behind a bloody handprint on the wallpaper. Another guest, the enigmatic Valérie, persuades a reluctant Richard to join her in investigating the disappearance…

House Arrest: Pandemic Diaries

by Alan Bennett This book chronicles the reflections on Covid and confinement from the unparalleled pen of playwright and memoirist Alan Bennett.

Comprising a year in and out of lockdown, the diary takes us from the filming of Talking Heads to thoughts on Boris Johnson, from his father’s short-lived craze for family fishing trips, to stair lifts, junk shops of old, getting a haircut and encounters on the local park bench. A lyrical afterword describes the journey home to Yorkshire from King’s Cross station via fish and chips on Quebec Street, past childhood landmarks of Leeds, through Coniston Cold, over the infant River Aire, and on. A wonderful report from one of the UK’s best-loved writers.

Murder Before Evensong

by Reverend Richard Coles Canon Daniel Clement is rector of Champton. He has been there for

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eight years, living at the rectory alongside his widowed mother – the opinionated, fearless, ever-soslightly annoying Audrey – and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda. When Daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in the church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided: as lines are drawn, long-buried secrets come dangerously close to destroying the apparent calm of the village.

And then Anthony Bowness – cousin to Bernard de Floures, patron of Champton – is found dead at the back of the church, stabbed in the neck with a pair of secateurs. As the police move in and the bodies start piling up, Daniel is the only one who can try and keep his fractured community together – and catch a killer.

Lessons in Chemistry

by Bonnie Garmus This is a great book to get stuck into ahead of its TV adaptation later this year. Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman.

In fact, Elizabeth would be the first to point out there is no such thing.

But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans, the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with – of all things – her mind.

A few years later, Elizabeth finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of America’s most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six. Elizabeth’s unusual approach to cooking (“combine one tablespoon of acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride”) proves revolutionary. As her following grows, not everyone is happy.

Because as it turns out, Elizabeth isn’t just teaching women to cook.

She’s daring them to change the status quo.

The Dance Tree

by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Strasbourg, 1518. In the middle of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days

without pause or rest and, as she is joined by hundreds of others, the authorities declare an emergency.

Musicians will be brought in to play the devil out of these women. Just beyond the city’s limits, pregnant Lisbet lives with her mother-in-law and husband, tending the bees that are their livelihood. And then, as the dancing plague gathers momentum, Lisbet’s sister-in-law Nethe returns from seven years’ penance in the mountains for a crime no one will name. It is a secret Lisbet is determined to uncover. As the city buckles under the beat of a thousand feet, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous web of deceit and clandestine passion, but she is dancing to a dangerous tune. Set in an era of superstition, hysteria and extraordinary change, and inspired by the true events of a doomed summer, The Dance Tree is a story of family secrets, forbidden love and women pushed to the edge.

Mother’s Boy

by Patrick Gale Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth in 1916. They have a baby, Charles, but Laura’s husband returns home from the trenches a damaged man, already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave her a widow.

In a small, class-obsessed town she raises her boy alone, working as a laundress, and gradually becomes aware that he is some kind of genius. As an intensely private young man, Charles signs up for the navy with the new rank of coder.

His escape from the tight, gossipy confines of Launceston to the colour and violence of war sees him blossom as he experiences not only the possibility of death, but the constant danger of a love that is as clandestine as his work. Mother’s Boy is the story of a man being shaped for a long, remarkable and revered life spent hiding in plain sight. But it is equally the story of the tireless mother who will continue to shield him long after the dangers of war are past.

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Migration and movement of people at the heart of this year’s High Wolds Poetry Festival : now open for submissions Call for poems inspired by the migration and movement of people and animals.

inspried by the area or your general experiences than keep it stuffed away in that dusty laptop, ageing smart phone or beer stained old notepad.

The migration and movement of people and animals is the inspiring theme for this year’s High Wolds Poetry Festival.

“Obviously, we’re keen to see people who want to read or listen on the day - and anyone is welcome to come and read - but we’re also really looking forward to the workshops for community groups from the High Wolds area, which have already brought up some incredible and moving work.”

The festival, in North Dalton, East Yorkshire on Saturday, October 22nd, is a free open mic, one day festival for absolutely anyone of any age, to share their own or other people’s poetry.

Caroline Coath, East Riding Museums Assistant Curator Community, who is helping develop the festival and its workshops, said: “Migration and the movement of people has been commonplace in the region throughout the centuries and their stories and emotional and physical presence is at the heart of this year’s festival.

“From the iron age settlers, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans through to the present day, settlers

have moved into the area in significant numbers.

“But people have also moved away en masse, such as the Reverend Ezekiel Rogers who led 20 families from around Rowley and Little Weighton to America in 1639 where they founded the settlement of Rowley in Massachusetts. And many people moved from the rural areas to the towns and cities for work leaving behind them many deserted villages such as Argam, Cowlam, Octon and Wharram Percy.

refugees are evident across the region, all bringing with them their unique abilities, talents and their stories and perspectives, which we are keen to hear and read.”

Julian Woodford, festival director, said: “But it is not just about us humans - the Yorkshire Wolds have been and are home to many different types of wildlife which have permanently moved into or left the area or move with the seasons.

“Nowadays European economic migrants and international

Nial Adams Museums and Archives Manager, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “The Poetry festival normally works by challenging all our poets to write skillfully and movingly on the chosen theme. I expect this year to be no different and am looking forward to the results with great enthusiasm.”

The festival will publish a collection of work from poems submitted and will run an open mic, at North Dalton Village Hall on Saturday October 22nd.

“Over the years aurochs, bears, bison, cranes, dinosaurs, elks, great bustards, sabre tooth tigers, woolly mammoths, have become extinct or lost to the area. Famously, the last wolf in England was shot in the 1770s near South Cave.

“Nowadays, while it is possible to see badgers, buzzards, deer, brown hares, and red kites when travelling around the Wolds, we can also see many, many migrating species of birds and butterflies curlews, dingy skippers, fieldfares, housemartins, painted ladies, red admirals, swallows and all those screeching packs of swifts.

“While we are looking for people to send in their work inspired by these themes the festival is entirely open to any kind of poetry, so we’d rather that you sent us your work

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Entries for the custom-designed festival book are free and close at midnight on Sunday September 19th and can be sent by email to highwoldspoetry@gmail.com or by post to The Festival Director, The High Wolds Poetry Festival, East Riding Museums, Treasure House, Champney Road, Beverley HU17 8HE. Entries for the Open Mic are open until Friday October 1st, the day prior to the festival, which has been developed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s East Riding Museums Service.

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‘Turning Japanese’ by The Vapors The story behind this much-loved new wave hit from 1980 – it’s not actually what popular legend supposes it’s about says David Fenton - lead singer with the Vapors and the writer of the song.

Some bands are destined to forever be associated with just one song.

Such is the case with British new wave/power-pop band The Vapors and their defining tune, Turning Japanese. Formed in Guildford, Surrey in 1978, it was the attention of The Jam’s Bruce Foxton (who later went on to co-manage them) which took The Vapors out of the local pub scene and on tour with Paul Weller and co. During their brief four-year existence, The Vapors released a pair of albums, New Clear Days and Magnets, which married catchy hooks with a slightly experimental and new wave edge.

something I’d been through myself.

You’re only left with a photograph from a relationship and that’s it.

The situation you find yourself in is otherworldly – you’re not quite on the planet. It’s a common thread to lots of songs.

“I had the melody for it but I couldn’t find the lyrics. Then I woke up in the middle of the night with that ‘turning Japanese’ line, so I wrote it down and fell asleep again.

It could have been anything! It could have ended up as Turning Portuguese. The song was basically there but it took me a few days to get the chorus how I wanted it.

verse. The motif itself isn’t actually Japanese – it’s Asian, certainly, but it’s more likely to be Chinese, so I got that completely wrong!

But the best example of The Vapors’ sound, and their solitary hit, came with Turning Japanese. Produced

by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven (another connection with The Jam), the riotous track remains a firm indie disco favourite, and a constant earworm for any who hear it on the radio.

“I’d try and get a song as close to finished as possible and then see how the band would develop it. I didn’t come up with the solo until a week or two after we’d been playing it together. It was a rock ’n’ roll solo to start with, but then I came up with the tune that ended up as the lead line guitar piece.

Quite often you finish something and you think, ‘At least that’s finished, I can get it out of the way and move on,’ but with that one, we just kept trying to improve it.

The repeating motif wasn’t in the original: it was just in the intro, but then someone came up with the idea of using it before each

“I’m just amazed that, 42 years on, it’s still being played on the radio.

I’ve got no idea what the secret is – if I could do it again, then I would!”

“When I played it to the band, the drummer really hated the middle eight, and it was him that came up with the ‘boom splat, boom splat’ in retaliation. I said ‘Keep that, it’s brilliant,’ and so we did keep it. But it was the drummer’s idea to go from a usual 4/4 to the boom splat thing. That’s how things developed.

The label really liked it, and that was one of the reasons why we got signed, but we wrote Prisoners as a first single because we didn’t want to lose Turning Japanese, being an unknown band at the time.”

David Fenton, the band’s frontman and songwriter, tells us about the song’s birth – and finally lays to rest those myths about selfgratification…

“I was living in a flat in Guildford at the time, and it was about

“I just wait for the muse, for something to give me an idea. I might hear something on TV or read a line in a book and it sparks something. Different things inspire different people, there’s no regimented route to writing a song. At the time I was into Kurt Vonnegut and listening to bands like Devo, so that all went into it.

“It was weird when people started saying it was about masturbation. I can’t claim that one! That happened when we went to America – for some reason they thought it was an English phrase for masturbation. I thought that was quite interesting, and it made people talk about the song and created more interest, so it didn’t hurt I don’t think, but that wasn’t the intention. It was just a love song.”

“I like the tune but it’s not really for me to say why somebody else likes it. I’m just amazed that, 35 years on, it’s still being played on the radio and people are still talking about it.

I’ve got no idea what the secret is – if I could do it again then I would!

I’m lucky to have it, it would be nice to have more songs but I left the band and stopped doing it in 1981.

So it’s my own fault if we’re a onehit-wonder.”

After an absence of 34 years the group finally reformed in early 2016 with three of its original members, David Fenton (lead vocals, rhythm

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The Vapors Turning Japanese Released: 25 January 1980 Artist: The Vapors Label: United Artists Songwriter: David Fenton Producer: Vic Coppersmith-Heaven UK chart position: 3 US chart position: 36 Fact: The Vapors have never performed the song in Japan guitar), Edward Bazalgette (lead guitar) and Steve Smith (bass), still in its line-up. The reformed Vapors also features Dave’s son Daniel on guitar and Michael Bowes on drums.

They have since released their first album in forty years, ‘Together’, which was produced by Steve Levene (Culture Club, The Clash).

It combines the Vapors’ trademark catchy riffs and poppy melodies over twelve songs. The brooding ‘Girl From the Factory’ looks at the seeming sudden suicide of a girl and the guilt of the man who was out with her the night before and was one of the last people to see her. ‘I Don’t Remember’ looks humorously at the issue of aging, and the title track ‘Together’, ‘Crazy’ and ‘These Tears’ are all classic love songs.

The Vapors are playing the New Adelphi Club in Hull on Thursday 4th August Tickets are £20 and are available from Disc Discovery on Spring Bank, Hull or online from SeeTickets.

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Garden jobs for July

July brings long, warm days that continue late into the evening — perfect for pottering in the garden after work, hosting barbecues, and enjoying your beds and borders as they reach their peak.

Timely tips

Keep terracotta pots damp to keep the roots cool Summer can still throw out a few surprises - make sure tall plants and climbers are well supported in case of bad weather.

Regularly deadhead bedding and perennial plants to encourage new blooms for as long as possible.

In the flower garden

Cut back geraniums to encourage new growth Cut back faded perennial plants to keep borders tidy.

As your penstemon flowers fade, cut them back to just above a bud to encourage more flowers.

Cutting back growth in hanging baskets can encourage new flowers and foliage and will revive the display. Make sure you feed your baskets well after doing this.

Cut back hardy geraniums and delphiniums after the first flush of flowers to encourage new growth and further blooms.

Keep an eye on your newlybloomed hydrangeas for hydrangea scale - a sap-sucking insect that can affect growth. Read our dedicated scale insects pest & diseases page to learn more.

Continue to tie in and train new growth on climbing plants.

Prune wisteria now. Just remove the whippy side-shoots from the main branch framework to about 20cm from their base (about five leaves from the main stem).

Prune lupins to encourage more flowers.

If you need to prune your deciduous magnolia, now’s the best time to do it.

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Courgette ‘Defender’ F1 Hybrid from Thompson & Morgan It’s time to pick your courgettes Pepper plants (pictured right) will benefit from being potted on into progressively larger pots.

Train cucumber stems upwards to make the most of the space available. Simply tie in their long stems to vertical wires or use cane supports to create a wigwam of poles.

If you’re growing aubergines, pinch out the growing tip once they have 5 or 6 fruits. Pick fruits while they are young. You can expect to start harvesting mid to late summer.

Water at dusk to reduce evaporation and use mulch to retain moisture around plants.

Terracotta pots are prone to evaporation so dampen the pot down to keep roots inside cool and damp.

In the vegetable garden

Divide clumps of bearded Iris (above) so they have time to form roots and flower buds for next year before the cold weather arrives.

Take cuttings from your favourite tender plants for overwintering indoors. Cuttings can also still be taken from shrubs and border perennials.

Deadhead bedding plants and perennial plants to stop them selfseeding and to encourage further flowering.

Nip off the growing tips of squash and courgette plants to encourage branching.

Pinch out tomato side shoots each week. Cut off any leaves growing below the lowest ripening fruit trusses to improve air circulation and prevent diseases.

Boost your tomato crop by regularly feeding plants with dilute tomato fertiliser once a week. If leaves look pale and yellow, feed more regularly.

Feed crops with a general purpose fertiliser.

Deadhead your roses to keep them looking tidy. Leave the flowers in place if your rose produces attractive hips (seed pods).

Apply a high-potash fertiliser once fruits start to form on peppers, cucumber and tomatoes. You can use this on sunflowers too.

Deadhead sweet peas regularly to keep them blooming. Water daily in dry weather.

Harvest garlic when the tops start to bend over and yellow. To find out more, read our ‘how to grow garlic’ guide.

Capture seed heads from dandelions and other weeds.

Collect them before they get a chance to release their seeds and spread throughout your garden.

Keep an eye out for pests on plants, early treatment is best.

Stop rust damaging hollyhock foliage by pruning out affected leaves and/or spraying with a fungicide.

Look out for clematis wilt.

Symptoms include wilting leaves and black discolouration on the leaves and stems. Cut out all affected material and dispose of it in your household waste.

July is a good time to spray ground elder, bindweed and other persistent weeds with a glyphosate-based weed killer as the plants now have lots of leaf surface area with which to absorb it.

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Resist the temptation to harvest more rhubarb stems. Leave the stems in place; this will allow the plant to build up reserves for next year.

Water your fruit and vegetable crops daily in warm weather. Try to ensure that they’re consistently moist.

Use grass clippings as a mulch around potato plants to stop tubers near the surface from turning green. Alternatively earth up your potato plants as they grow. If you’re growing potatoes in bags, gradually add more compost until the bag is full.

Tackle blackfly on broad beans by pinching off any affected growing tips.

Clear away any diseased and spent foliage on and around your vegetable plants to keep them healthy.

Clear weeds regularly, as they compete with your crops for nutrients and water.

Pick your courgettes while they’re young. Regular picking encourages more fruit.

Encourage more marrows by harvesting regularly. Marrows that form in July and August should reach a good size by autumn. Let their skins harden in the sun before cutting them later in September or October. They can be stored into winter.

Pick, dry and freeze herbs for using later in the year.

Looking after your lawn

This is your last chance to feed your lawn with a special lawn fertiliser to encourage healthy green growth.

Water your lawn during hot weather, particularly newly seeded or turfed lawns. Don’t allow new lawns to dry out.

Pick runner beans regularly to prevent them becoming stringy and to make room for developing pods. Leaving mature pods on the plant can prevent further flowers forming and reduce your crop.

If you’re experiencing prolonged dry weather, set your mower blades higher to reduce stress on the grass. Warm weather encourages rapid weed growth - apply specific lawn weed killer to tackle this problem.

Harvest beetroot, peas, carrots, chard, potatoes, salad leaves, lettuce, and tomatoes this month.

Recut any lawn edges if needed and install lawn edging to make future maintenance easier.

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FIONA’S FOOD FOR THOUGHT

By Fiona Dwyer - Journalist, PR Consultant, DIY Your Biz PR Course Creator, Wife & Mum to two teenagers!

SUMMER PLANS Finally, it’s the summer! Time for some sun, maybe some picnics in the park, days at the beach, swimming in the sea, barbeques, maybe a music festival? So, what are your plans? Have you booked to go abroad or are you getting ready to enjoy a UK staycation? Are you putting together a 6-week summer holiday plan to keep the children entertained? We’re currently up in the air about what to do. We normally organise holidays last minute so we’ll be making sure that if we do go abroad, our flight won’t be cancelled! We’ll also be checking out some dog-friendly cottages at one of our amazing seaside resorts. Whatever you decide to do, stay safe - and remember to stay hydrated and to apply your sun cream! Having very fair skin, courtesy of my Irish parents, that means factor 50+ for me, although I also tend to just cover up

EVER THOUGHT OF BECOMING A BEEKEEPER?

I read recently that Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman was so concerned about the planet’s loss of bees that he converted his 124-acre ranch in Mississippi into a bee sanctuary. He’s hired a gardener, filled acres with clover, planted hundreds of flowering trees, bought 26 hives and has turned himself into a beekeeper! What a guy! I love this story so much. It got me wondering whether you keep bees or if you’ve ever thought about it?

I have a few friends who are beekeepers and they absolutely love it. I’ve also been looking into solitary bees. Did you know there are around 224 species of solitary bee in Britain, which means they make up more than 90% of our bees. They are particularly brilliant for your garden because they’re great pollinators for flowers, vegetable patches, allotments and orchards. Also, being loners, they fly around by themselves and aren’t aggressive, so they are safe around children and pets. I’m thinking of getting a solitary bee house for our garden – maybe this is something we could all do to help save our world.

RHUBARB GIN

Talking of allotments, my friend was desperately trying to find people to give away her excess of rhubarb from her allotment, so how could I refuse?! I decided to finally try making rhubarb gin. Everyone says it’s very easy, only takes 4 weeks and tastes delicious! So, I bought a kiln jar, chopped it up, added gin and sugar – and it’s now ‘maturing’ in my kitchen cupboard!

(It has to be in a dark place!) So, by mid-July it should be ready to test. I also made a rhubarb crumble and put the rest in the freezer to use at a later date. Maybe more gin – I hear it’s nice to bottle up and give as gifts or use as wedding favours!

Have a great summer everyone!

Stay safe!

Fiona x

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