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Contact: Emma Shellard, 07903 632590 emmashellard@outlook.com
Advertising Index Accountants Gillbeck Assoc Peter Howard Alarms PGK Security Animal Care Clifford Moor Farm Fosters Dog Grooming Architects McNicholas Architects Bed & Breakfast Four Gables Building Materials Kirbys
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Computers The PC Crew
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Hardware Douglas Yeadon
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Curtains, Furnishing Lou’s Threads
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Holiday Cottages Priory Cottages
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Ironing Services The Ironing Service
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Kitchens Aberford Interiors
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Newsagents Supershop
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Decorators Mark Hatfield Oliver Willard The Decorating Centre
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Elderly Support WiSE
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Business Support Small Business Marketing Coach
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Carpet Cleaning Wetherby Carpet
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Electrical services PC Collier Edmunds Electrical
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Opticians Andrew Morgan Cameron Beaumont
Estate Agents Beadnall & Copley
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PA/Secretarial Concierge David Bransby 27
Flooring Services Thorner Flooring Floor Design Wetherby
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Plumbing and Heating Peter Norman 30
Funerals Tony Barker
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Restaurants Fox and Hounds
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Retail Parks Thorp Arch Retail Park
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Tree Services Bardsey Tree Services
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Cars/MOT Boston Spa Garage Westmoreland Cars
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Furniture Hue Interiors
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Chimney Sweep Mooring Brothers
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Gardening Lawn Keeper MK Landscaping
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Chiropody Boston Spa Chiropody
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Hairdressing Ian Blakey
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Front Cover - Post Box, Walton Š Rachel Bentley Causeway - Chair Ian Hall | Editor Rachel Bentley | Designer John Pendleton | Advertising Emma Shellard Distribution (Thorp Arch) Jane Clayton (Walton) Gay Childe and David Spencer. Big thanks to the entire distribution team. Please refer to the Contacts Page for contact details. The Editor and Management Committee do not endorse any content of articles or advertisements in this magazine nor shall they be liable directly or indirectly for any damages which may arise from information or views contained in these pages.
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Dear Reader, Here is our bumper summer issue covering July and August with a ‘soupçon’ of September. It is always a ‘bumper’ something when we get a little bit more than expected - a bumper harvest or bumper crop, bumper edition…with the dictionary definition including: exceptionally large, fine, or successful…Well, doesn’t that just sum up Causeway Magazine EVERY issue!? Of course it does! We are so lucky to have a thriving contributory team! This issue includes a book review in preparation of a local literary lunch, information about local groups and what they’ve been getting up to (or will be!), ideas on how all generations can help green up our community and much more…
dame of TV cooking and Norwich City FC - Delia Smith, “Let’s be ‘aving you…” Please get in touch, be our new editor or joint editor or part of the team, whatever you think you can give to your community magazine, now is the time to step forward - thank you. Here’s how, just email Causeway.Editor@gmail.com, today.
We are always on the lookout for new articles and inspiration, so do email Causeway.Editor@gmail. com with anything you’d like to submit. But hurry! We have ONLY 4 more issues, ever - September, October, November and December - for you to appear in, or indeed enjoy as a reader. And then that is it, the proverbial tumbleweed will be blowing down the road between Walton and Thorp Arch (aptly that road is actually the reason Causeway is called Causeway, of course). It possibly has escaped your notice (really?!) that we are short of an editor come 2020. We must have someone (or some-two?) in place by the end of September 2019 - I have outlined the reasons before, so won’t ‘bang-on’…
Your Causeway Editor
Now available online at issuu.com/causewaymag and LARGE PRINT VERSION AVAILABLE BY EMAILING CAUSEWAY.EDITOR@GMAIL.COM. Causeway is a voluntary community magazine which is published 10 times a year (monthly except for January and August). Contributions are considered by our Editorial Team and are invited to be emailed to causeway.editor@gmail.com by 10th of the month prior to publication.
We can extend those 4 issues to many more. It just needs you, dear reader…To quote the grand-
Advertisers’ index Editor’s letter Book Review News from our Churches Letter from the Clergy Sunday Services and Occasional Offices Thorp Arch News
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Walton News Village Diary and Notice Board Protecting our Environment Community Groups Birds in Your Garden Village Contacts 3
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Book Review: The Thing About Clare, by Imogen Clark
The four of them may each have their own problems, but they always seem to be there for each other when it matters.
Have you ever wondered how siblings can be so different from one another – how two people can produce such dissimilar offspring? Bestselling author Imogen Clark, a ‘Yorkshire lass’ who will be featured at this year’s Literary Lunch in Boston Spa, writes contemporary fiction about the secrets that hide at the heart of the families that she creates, and it was this question that gave her the impetus to write this book.
Each section is told from a different point of view by one of the siblings, and so the reader sees their relationship unfold from all angles. When their mother Dorothy is on her deathbed, she elicits a promise from Anna, She tells her where to find her will as well as a letter, and Anna is to burn these without reading them. As the siblings try to come to terms with their mother’s death and apparent lack of a will, Anna can’t help herself and reads the two documents. What she finds in them could change everything. She is torn between the promise she made to her mother and whether her siblings deserve to know what it is about them that their mother was so desperate to keep secret. What effect could this revelation have on the Bliss family?
The Thing About Clare is a contemporary story of family dynamics revolving around the four Bliss siblings and their complicated bond. Miriam, the oldest, is too sensible and long-suffering, and then comes Clare, always the rebellious and combative one, who succumbs to alcoholism as an adult, followed by Anna, the one considered by the others to be the spoiled princess as she is their mother’s favourite. Sebastian is the latecomer, so much younger than his sisters that they are more of a mother to him.
The book is written in an easy to read style, with plenty of dialogue. The characters are well portrayed and not terribly complicated, and anyone with siblings may well find something to relate to. The plot and subplots are sufficiently unpredictable to keep the story moving along. It is not overly deep or overly complicated, but interesting enough to make you want to know how it ends. The Amazon reviews were mixed, with an overall score of 3.5 out of 5. The majority gave it 5 stars, with comments such as, “A heartfelt story about the relationships between family members.” On the downside, some readers found it to be insufficiently engaging. For what it’s worth, David also read it and enjoyed it, and that must count for something! Imogen Clark lives in Yorkshire and is a bestselling author whose first two books reached number one in the Amazon Kindle Chart in both the UK and Australia. She will be the featured author at the Literary Lunch on 13 July 2019, hosted by the Methodist Church, tickets £12 including lunch, available from Yeadons in Boston Spa. ANNE WATTS 6
News from our Churches Rock Mass for St Mary’s Church
part in St Mary’s Church, Boston Spa’s very own ‘Rock Mass’ where you are likely to hear rocking sounds more familiar on the Kerrang channel or Planet Rock Radio than at a C of E Church. As we come together around God’s table to meet Him in bread and wine there are smoke and lights, processions, incense – everything you need to give the authenticity of stadium rock!
At a typical service you can expect to be singing songs from your hymn book - or perhaps an overhead projector. At this service 6pm 14 July, to celebrate the close of the Boston Spa Festival 2019, things are a little different! You are invited to take
St Peter's Walton
Yorkshire Gin and Cider Festival
11am Sat 7 September (food from 12pm) Walton Village Hall £5 per person inc. first drink.
Anne 842561 / Doreen 07729 812561 The Gin and Cider companies supporting this event are all based in Yorkshire, with one very local company, The Priory, at Wighill Park. There will be a barrel of locally brewed beer with soft drinks also available. Food will be served from 12pm. A bottle tombola will run throughout the day, anyone wishing to contribute a bottle or two please contact Anne on 842561 who will be very happy to collect! Local businesses are supporting us through advertising in the Festival Programme, but if you would like to make a donation towards the cost of running this event please contact Doreen on 07729 812901. Thank you for your generous support to help maintain our lovely, 800 year old church. 7
Strawberry CreamTea @ Thorp Arch Vicarage Hall All Saints’, Thorp Arch Invites you to a Strawberry Cream Tea @ Thorp Arch Vicarage 2 to 4pm Saturday 27 July - Tickets £5 ALL WELCOME Tickets available from Janette West, Yvonne Hetherington, Jane Clayton and Sheila Spurr.
Letter from the Clergy If you are my age or even older you might remember Sir Harry Secombe CBE (8.9.1921 – 11.4. 2001). His tenor voice was never off the radio and, apart from making us all laugh as Neddie Seagoon in the Goon Show and the daft Ying Tong Song, I think he was most remembered for the chart topper ‘if I Ruled the World’ (credited to songwriters Cyril Ornadel, and Leslie Bricusse).
He left a group of disciples who faced persecution and death in pursuit of his peace. Freedom to make a noise and say what is on our mind, is a gift of democracy. Do we realise that those of us who go out and pray for peace in our communities on the Prayer Walks in our villages can only do such a thing in our tolerant society? The peace we are given by Jesus comes without heed to any rules or regulations by governments. It is a peace ‘not of this world’. We are about to celebrate Pentecost as I write this and the gift of the Holy Spirit set free voices from every tongue to tell the God News of Jesus. That scene had peace at its heart but the greatest swell of voices that amazed many onlookers. It must have sounded anything but peaceful!
How many of us have looked down on a beautiful view in Yorkshire and not tried to sing at least the first line? I wonder what would be your first action if you were granted such a thing? As I write this just after the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landing, would world peace be on the mind of those of us who listened to the words from those survivors of that day? The men who helped to start the rundown to peace, have had the memories from those days in their minds and hearts for the last 75years. There might be a question from us as to whether they have had peace in their dreams since then.
In our lives we have times that we find it hard to be peaceful. The aggravations of busy lives mean that we lose the chance to stop and acknowledge God’s peace within us. Not always do we have to sit still to find his peace; doing his work as we do our own will find us at peace.
Being eco-warriors instead of military warriors in this modern world will surely bring a type of peace to this world at war with greed and waste. We hopefully will then have a world fit for peaceful living.
If you find yourselves out and about this month in the long and sunny days of summer and find those beautiful corners of creation, be sure to thank God for his peace and pass it on to others with as much noise as you wish!
Peace is an ill-defined word. We know what we would like it to mean, but it is not always the easiest of states. Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.” (John14:27).
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Services Time
Date
Sunday Service, All Saints’, Thorp Arch
Coffee
9.30am
7 July
Lay Led
Y Hetherington
8am
14 July
Group Holy Communion
6pm
14 July
United Benefice Service Rock Mass @ St Marys
9.30am
21 July
Lay Led
J Bentley
9.30am
28 July
Holy Communion
J Leonard
10am
4 Aug
Benefice Service
J Gawthorpe
8am
11 Aug
Group Holy Communion
10am
11 Aug
Benefice Service @ Bramham
10am
18 Aug
Benefice Service @ Boston Spa
10am
25 Aug
Benefice Service @ Walton
9.30am
1 Sep
Lay Led
Time
Date
Sunday Service, St Peter’s, Walton
9.30am
7 July
Holy Communion
8am
14 July
Group Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch
6pm
14 July
United Benefice Service Rock Mass @ St Marys
9.30am
21 July
Holy Communion
9.30am
28 July
Lay Led
10am
4 Aug
Benefice Service @ Thorp Arch
8am
11 Aug
Group Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch
10am
11 Aug
Benefice Service @ Bramham
10am
18 Aug
Benefice Service @ Boston Spa
10am
25 Aug
Benefice Service @ Walton
9.30am
1 Sep
Holy Communion
S Spurr
Occasional Offices - St Peter’s - Walton BAPTISMS
Sophie Abbey - 26th May 2019 9
Fun social event at Thorp Arch Tennis Club
• Don’t let a thief catch you out! • Keep doors and windows locked at all times – even when you’re inside. • Don’t forget to lock the door behind you and remove the key from the lock. • Keep keys, cash and valuables out of sight and in a safe place.
Calling all Thorp Arch residents - do you and your family enjoy a bit of fun, exercise and a party? Then save the date! Sunday 7 July from 1pm is the time, and Thorp Arch Tennis Club the place, for a fun American Tennis Tournament and BBQ.
• Door chimes might deter a burglar from entering your property – but remember to always lock your door. • If you’re outside gardening or hanging out washing, make sure doors and windows are locked.
Chairman, Neil Brooks, says, “I want to let people know that there is a fun, social tennis tournament without being serious and a fantastic BBQ aimed at families to come along and join in, meeting neighbours at the same time.”
• Put packaging for expensive items in the bin or take it to be recycled. Don’t advertise what’s in your house. • Make sure door and window locks are fitted to the appropriate standards. Cheap locks or deteriorating fittings all make your home an easy target for burglars.
Tickets £5 adults, £2.50 children from Neil Brooks on brooksneil@hotmail.com or 07960 934497, Jill Tarr tarrhigh@hotmail.com or 842490 or Amanda Waind on wainds@btinternet.com or 842340.
• Check that existing security, such as alarms and external lights are working and use them to protect your home.
Thorp Arch Parish Council Summer 2019 News Bulletin
• Consider downloading free tracking software for items such as laptops and mobile phones.
The following is a summary of some of the work the Parish Council (PC) has undertaken over the last few weeks. Please see our website for more information about the Parish Council, including minutes from meetings and agendas: www.thorp-arch.org.uk.
• Join or start a Neighbourhood Watch Group and look out for your neighbours. • If you have a garage use it to store your vehicle out of sight.
Police Report
For non-urgent issues and to pass on information, call West Yorkshire Police on 101. In an emergency (if a crime is in progress or you think the offenders are nearby), call 999. To give information anonymously, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Four crimes reported for May: Two thefts from the trading estate involving staff. Fuel syphoned from a vehicle on Walton Road, and a locked and secured cycle taken from a car park on Walton Road.
Remember you can report crimes and ASB online at westyorkshire.police.uk/report-it.
Other news: There were 52 crimes in May for the whole of Wetherby ward, 5 of these were burglary residential. There were 28 crimes in Harewood ward, 11 of these were burglary residential.
Homes England (HE) Planning Application The Planning application (18/07278/FU) for 26 dwellings was reported to the Plans Panel meeting on 16 May where the Panel resolved to accept the officer recommendation to approve the application, subject to the completion of a Section 106 Agreement. We will provide an update once we have received further information.
Security Advice: A number of burglaries this month were sneak in types where the owner was at home. 30% of burglaries happen when opportunistic thieves walk in through an unlocked front door and 26% through unlocked or open windows. 10
Annual Parish Meeting
What a Wander!
The APM took place this year in the Church. It was well attended with over 35 residents present. PC Chairman, John Richardson, started the meeting with his address about the work of the PC over the last year. Following this, a number of local organisations presented to the meeting and provided information about their work and future plans. The meeting concluded with a celebratory drink and a formal thank you to Margaret Smyth who retired from the PC this year. She was presented with a painting depicting The Mill and the river.
On Sunday 18 May, 50 people set off from the Fox and Hounds in Walton for a gentle wander to The Bay Horse in Kirk Deighton. They were all walking to support the charity Phoenix Health and Wellbeing, which supports people with chronic health issues who are on low incomes. People from all over West Yorkshire are referred to Phoenix for therapies such as acupuncture and counselling. Director Gill Trevor said, “We support about 400 people each year who wouldn’t otherwise access these therapies. This walk is all about raising awareness of our services and supporting more people.”
20 MPH Zones in Thorp Arch The PC are still awaiting a response LCC re the 20mph zones. We will publish any information as and when it is received.
The walkers raised a fantastic total of £1,800 enough to provide 60 sessions of support.
Speed Indication Devices (SIDs)
Alan Lamb, Landlord of the Fox and Hounds said, “We wanted to support a charity and hold an event to mark the end of Mental Health Awareness Week. It’s been a great event and the weather held out for the walkers. We’ll definitely hold this type of event again.”
The SID near Walton Chase is still out of action. We have reported the matter to LCC engineers and have withheld payment until the matter is resolved. The PC are due to meet with engineers. Improvements to the The Green Following work to The Green (the new chain link fence and the Memorial paving), the PC have agreed to look at improving the grassed area, which has become over run with moss and is patchy. A lawn specialist has been contracted to carry out improvements.
To find out about future Wanders and other activities find Phoenix Health and Wellbeing, The Fox and Hounds Walton and The Bay Horse Kirk Deighton on social media.
Website Minutes and more details about the work of the Council can be found on www.thorp-arch.org.uk. Date of Next Parish Council Meeting The next meetings will be held on Monday 8 July, Monday 12 August, Monday 9 September 2019 – 7pm at All Saints Church. 11
Parish Council news
It was an enormously helpful session and, once again, many thanks to those who attended.
Our annual general meeting took place on the 20 May 2019, the minutes of this can be found on the Parish Council website www.walton-pc. gov.uk.
An update…we had previously indicated that LCC agreed to making Walton a 20 mph village and that the appropriate speed signage would be placed at the village entry points during May. The program has now been put on hold following an objection to the proposal. LCC will now fully and properly consider the objection and come to a decision on whether to proceed with the revised limit, or not. We will let you know as soon as LCC give us their final decision on this matter.
Feedback from our Village Community conversation We had a very helpful Community meeting on 27 April in the Village Hall. To those of you who came to the meeting, a very big thanks. To those who couldn’t make it, we hope to see you next time. We need to hear your views on the key priorities for the village, and, it serves as an important opportunity for the Parish Council to share thinking and update on progress.
Crime and Policing Our local community Police officer attended and gave a summary of crime in the parish over the last year. Fortunately, it was very brief! Only seven recorded crimes in the year. These included one burglary, a criminal damage and other thefts/ attempted thefts.
As a Parish Council, we are accountable to you and we need to continually refresh our thinking with your contributions. So, we greatly appreciated your involvement. On the conclusions of the meeting, I have gone back to LCC, as requested, to press on the HGV access to Walton. David Aspland will approach relevant businesses on the trading estate to advise against Walton HGV routing.
Constable Lou Crossland reminded us of ways to prevent opportunistic crime: • When busy in the garden, lock the doors to your house and do not leave windows open. • Keep car keys in safe and secure place. It is not uncommon for thieves to target houses with desirable cars parked outside. She suggested leaving car keys on an upstairs landing at night. This is because a determined burglar could cause considerable damage searching for keys and some residents would rather the keys be taken, than confront a burglar at night.
The Parish Council strongly subscribes to more community events (and greatly welcomes ideas and volunteers to run/organise!): it commits to a bench and a new tree on Smiddy Hill as requested; it agrees to consider the surfacing of the proposed circular path round the village – but only after the initial path has been opened, and subject to views and affordability at that stage; it supports that community views will steer the positioning and content of the proposed community ‘history’ boards in the village; it agrees that discussions should progress with the church to consider the feasibility, acceptability and the potential for a communications mast on the church in the interest of improved mobile phone coverage.
• Make provision when on holiday. Timer switches are useful, even better a neighbour who can open and close curtains, put the bin out and remove accumulated post from the entrance hall. All these things can make it less likely to become a victim of crime.
Finally, there was reference to a closer integration – of governance and organisational arrangements between the Parish Council and the Village Hall. To be considered further.
Walton Parish Council meets every two months and a full update is available walton-pc.gov.uk.
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top honours at this major annual planning occasion www.planningawards.com.
Village Hall News Over the last year the Village Hall Committee and Parish Council have worked together to improve our valuable village asset, such as the popular new playground and successful Village Bonfire Night celebration. This has led to the Parish Council and the Village Hall Committee deciding to work much more closely together.
It was a credit to the village and to the many, many hours of work and commitment provided by colleagues on the village plan steering group (Richard Prudhoe; Stephen Sharp; Chris Johnson: Teresa Walker and Melvyn Wood). Brodie Clark and Richard Prudhoe represented Walton at the evening occasion.
As our Parish Council Chairman commented, “The aim is to ensure that the Village Hall is run as efficiently as possible, allowing it to thrive and continue to be a valued community asset. More information will follow but crucial to the continuity of our plans are people; in reality we need to foster the next generation of enthusiastic villagers that can take up the mantle from the likes of Gilbert, Guy and Sallie, who has just stepped down after an impressive 50 years on the committee! In short I see the administrative elements being dealt with by the Parish Council, with the target of the Village Hall Committee being to organise and run events for the village ... I have a vision of regular Thursday table tennis nights, Pilates, perhaps village talks on topics of interest and at least one big village party a year.” If you are interested in getting involved or have any ideas or comments you would like to share, contact Guy Kitchen guy.kitchen@icloud.com, Helena Buck secretary@walton-pc.gov.uk or David Aspland dha@illuminatinginvestments. com.
More importantly, the award represents a powerful and positive recognition of a village which provided such a clear and unequivocal direction on future housing requirements; upgraded recreational provision and new access paths – a community which made clear its wish to maintain a strong recognition of its heritage, whilst building a positive, welcoming and modern future.
Finally, Chairman of the Village Hall Committee, Guy Kitchen, adds, “It would be great if someone could offer to help clean the Village Hall on a once per month basis for an hour or so, please let me know if you could help.” Walton’s winning ways……. Congratulations to Walton and Holbeck on winning first place in the Neighbourhood Planning section of the Annual National Planning Awards Ceremony in London on 4 June.
The awarding judges made particular reference to the excellence of community consultation and the clear determination to improve community living through outstanding plans.
Leeds City Council nominated a joint entry of Walton and Holbeck which conclusively took
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Things change so please check with the organiser before setting out. Have you an event to list? Please send brief details to causeway.editor@gmail.com and remember we need details well in advance thank you.
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AUGUST
7 July Thorp Arch Tennis Club Fun American Tennis Tournament and BBQ. More info/tickets from Neil Brooks on brooksneil@hotmail.com or 07960934497, Jill Tarr tarrhigh@hotmail. com or 842490 or Amanda Waind on wainds@ btinternet.com or 842340.
4 Aug Tockwith and District Agricultural Show 2019. 31 August Clifford Village Show welcomes entries from non- residents to be brought to Clifford Village Hall in the morning and the Show opens at 2pm. janedavies383@ btinternet.com
12-14 July 4th Boston Spa Festival including an art exhibition, scarecrow trail (Film & TV Characters), live music, classic cars and super cars, street food, fun run, Great Boston Spa Bake Off, open gardens, Rock Mass, big screen Wimbledon tennis final and the Stables Lane Grand Opening Ceremony. For more information visit www.bostonspapc.org.uk or www.facebook.com/bostonspafestival.
SEPTEMBER 7 September St Peter's Walton, Yorkshire Gin and Cider Festival from 11am with food available from 12 noon at Walton Village Hall, £5.00 per person which includes the first drink free. Contact Anne 842561 or Doreen 07729812901.
16 July Thorp Arch & Walton (YCA) Ladies Group Monthly Meet: Talk by Andy Wilson from Yorkshire Cancer Research at Boston Spa Methodist Church 2019, 7.30pm. Contact tawyca@outlook.com
17 September Thorp Arch & Walton (YCA) Ladies Group Monthly Meet: Bee Keeping talk by Claire McGettigan at Boston Spa Methodist Church 2019, 7.30pm. Contact tawyca@ outlook.com
21 July National Garden Scheme Open Garden East Wing Newton Kyme Hall 11am-5pm. Entrance: Adult £4, children free. Homemade Teas and Plant Sales. www.plantsbydesign.info. Contact Fiona and Chris Royffe 01937 530306.
OCTOBER 15 October Thorp Arch & Walton (YCA) Ladies Group Monthly Meet: Wetherby and District Food Bank Talk at Boston Spa Methodist Church 2019, 7.30pm. Contact tawyca@outlook.com 16 October Thorp Arch & Walton (YCA) Ladies Group Allerton Park Recycling Centre Private Tour 10.30am. Contact tawyca@outlook.com
NOVEMBER 2 November Walton Village Hall 2nd Annual Bonfire & Fireworks Night and Thorp Arch Village Bonfire - details to follow. 27 July All Saints’ Church Strawberry Cream Tea at Thorp Arch Vicarage 2-4pm. All welcome. Tickets £5 from Janette West, Yvonne Hetherington, Jane Clayton and Sheila Spurr.
9 November Thorp Arch & Walton (YCA) Ladies Group Winter Craft Fair & Coffee Morning at Boston Spa Methodist Church. Contact tawyca@outlook.com. 16
Police and Communities Together
TV Licences Withdrawn for Over 75s
Wetherby Town Council has been working with PC Tom Goringe, the Wetherby Ward Officer, and our three Ward Councillors (Norma Harrington, Gerald Wilkinson and Alan Lamb) on proposals to reinvigorate the local PACT meetings (Police and Communities Together).
Free TV licences for over 75s will be withdrawn in June 2020, and only available free if you receive Pension Credit - however there are a large number of people who don’t receive Pension Credit who actually are eligible and losing their free TV licence will be even more impacting on their budgets.
The meetings will be an opportunity to find out about crime and policing issues in the Wetherby area as well as for local residents to come and ask any questions they may have of their local officers. The PACT meetings cover the whole of the Wetherby policing ward.
Age UK are campaigning to reinstate the free TV licence for all over 75s and they can also help you regarding your eligibility for Pension Credit. For those who can access the internet themselves, through a family member or carer or via the library service please take a look at www.ageuk.org.uk/our-impact/campaigning/ save-free-tv-for-older-people/ or call the Age UK Advice Line for free 0800 678 1602, lines are open 8am-7pm, 365 days a year.
Wetherby PACT meetings feature a presentation on a different subject each month and members of the public are welcome to attend for the presentation, find out more about current crime levels and then raise any issues of their own.
Wasps and Hornets
The PACT meetings are held on the same evening as Wetherby Town Council meetings (second Tuesday of each month) at 7pm in Wetherby Methodist Church, Bank Street, LS22 6NQ.
The warm weather (expected any time soon!) is likely to encourage very large wasps and hornets which a few local residents have already experienced around Walton (including your Ed). There are a myriad of wasps and hornets which are resident in the UK and many don’t pose any danger at all - in fact they provide a valuable pest control/clean up service in our gardens. The ‘killer’ wasp, which some of the media have coined the larger versions, are mostly likely not to be threatening at all and just minding their own business - many are solitary and some are sting free. However, act with caution especially where there are children and animals around. If in doubt (especially if you are allergic to wasp or bee stings) keep a wide berth and if you need to remove, use the ‘cup and card’ method if it is safe to do so (sprays and powders are basically poisons so might cause you and your household more harm than the tiny animal you are trying to get rid of). If you think you have a nest, seek professional help. 17
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As I write this I am listening to the Archers, featuring a new storyline created for June Spencer who plays Peggy Woolley. The ‘explosive’ episode (as it was billed) was broadcast on the actress’s 100th birthday, a surprising episode all about Peggy’s intriguing idea. It was a fitting tribute to someone who will continue to work well into her 11th decade!
Recycle more In the UK more than half a million tonnes of metal packaging and nearly 2 million tonnes of glass packaging are recycled per year. If we recycle all the steel packaging we used in a year, the energy saved would power 50,000 return train journeys between London and Edinburgh. The majority of everyday household items, from aerosols to toner cartridges and white goods, can now be recycled either via kerbside collections or at local authority amenity sites. Be very aware that some single use plastics cannot be recycled at all and choosing food with no packaging in the first place is preferable - remember, in the following order, to
Clever old Archers writers, marking June’s birthday with a topic which is so current in today’s headlines. It has been 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg who raised the ‘green’ game at Davos, so why not a 100 year old throwing her hat in the ring? Turns out that Peggy is offering a £0.5M prize for environmentally aware farming techniques. Her family are not so sure… There will always be issues with ‘getting it right’ on green issues - some people will be evangelical and others will not really think it is anything to do with them. But as waste becomes socially unacceptable, here are a few ideas to get you ahead of the curve, from ages 0-100 and beyond.
• REDUCE • REUSE • RECYCLE
Don’t flush away plastics, wet wipes and phosphates
Cut down on food waste More than 7m tonnes of food and drink are wasted in the UK each year and on average every person in England produces seven times their own weight in waste a year. If we all stopped wasting food that could have been eaten, the benefit to the planet would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 4 cars off the road. Meal planning, shopping lists and freezing items where you can saves food waste enormously. If you won’t eat it (or need it) don’t buy it!
Trillions of tiny pieces of plastic accumulate in the world’s oceans, lakes and estuaries, harming marine life and entering the food chain. Much of this comes from products flushed down plug holes and toilets, such as wet wipes, cotton buds with plastic shafts and the microbeads found in many skincare products. Try to use scrubs and peels with natural ingredients (e.g. salt or coconut) rather than
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and what would usually be thought of as pesky plants…the result is a gorgeous, easy to maintain plot with more for wildlife to feast upon and live in, and better for the environment than weed killer.
Just because we live in the countryside doesn’t exclude us from the pollution problem. We are ALL responsible. It is a bit like littering, would you go to someone else’s street and dump your rubbish? Why do it with car fumes? If we drive through neighbourhoods which are already polluted (e.g. they are in cities or near busy roads) then we are adding to the problem so if you can’t use other means of travel just plan your route with courtesy and kindness to your fellow humans.
Insulate your home About a third of all heat lost in an insulated home escapes through the walls. Professional draughtproofing of windows, doors and blocking cracks in floors and skirting boards can save £35 a year on energy bills; a chimney draught excluder can save £25 a year. For heating, install a room thermostat and thermostatic radiator valves and you could save £155 a year. Turning down the room thermostat by one degree can save £85 a year.
56% of car journeys are under five miles and more than 50,000 people a year die prematurely as a result of air pollution. This is linked to either inhaling minute particles of oily, unburnt soot emitted by all petrol engines or from nitrogen dioxide emitted by diesel engines.
And put on a jumper…that’s been my mantra for many years! My dear late Dad would drive me mad by having his gas fire on and the window open whilst sitting, immobile, in a single layer of clothing! He would moan when he came to us that he always had to remember a jumper - I bought him a few nice ones to add to his wardrobe so he couldn’t really complain!
If you can, cycle or walk shorter journeys – it may take longer but it will save you money, parking is easier and it’s excellent exercise.
Grow your own food - or let gardens run wild
If you are in good health and the house is not allowed to get TOO cold, then adding layers of clothing (and don’t be silly about it - a long sleeved shirt and fleece rather than t-shirt when it is single figures outside is what I am talking about), wearing indoor shoes or slippers and keeping windows and doors shut can really help cut fuel use - good for your pocket and the environment.
Devoting gardens and local land to growing food can help prevent water run-off and flooding. It also produces cleaner air, as well as high-quality crops with almost zero food miles. Studies show that gardeners enjoy better self-esteem and general health and experience less depression and fatigue. If you are a reluctant gardener, I have the lazy option for you! We have left the ‘weeds’ in place, inspired by Chelsea show gardens this year which have done just that. Nettles rub shoulders with geraniums, wild foxgloves with hostas - a mixed border of perennials
RACHEL BENTLEY
Thanks to the Countryfile website for inspiration www.countryfile.com/how-to/how-to-live-a-greenerlife/.
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The Open Gardens have been resurrected, and new events include cookery workshops for youngsters and our very own Boston Spa Bake-Off. Local sports clubs will again hold open days, and Millennium Gardens will be alive with music both Saturday and Sunday. Street food at several locations will ensure that visitors are well fed and watered.
Our adventures continue! Earring night was a great success and we discovered it’s even harder than it looks to make attractive jewellery! In June we are hosting a speaker to hear about Wentworth Woodhouse. We have a get together on Tuesday 16 July at 7.30pm at Boston Spa Methodist Church to listen to news from Yorkshire Cancer Research. We’re also getting organised to mark Yorkshire Day on 1 August at Temple Newsam and we have a summer lunch planned on Tuesday 20 August at Wetherby Golf Club. Our September meeting is on Tuesday 17 September and promises to be a buzzing evening as local, Clare McGettigan, will talk about keeping bees and making honey. If you would like to join us, you will be very welcome. Please just turn up to our monthly meets, or contact us via tawyca@outlook.com. Or check out our Facebook page @tawyca. A big date for your diary is Saturday 9 November when we are holding a winter craft fair and coffee morning, more info in the September Causeway. Best wishes for a lovely summer.
We are particularly pleased that the Parish Council’s grand opening of the new Stables Lane Community Park on Sunday will feature our own resident, Geoffrey Boycott OBE, doing the ribbon-cutting honours at noon. The park programme will kick off with a 2K Fun Run and features a raft of things to do for youngsters, with the Wimbledon Men’s Final being shown on a big screen at 2pm. Food, drinks and ice cream will be available, so bring some chairs (or your own picnic) and make it a special family day.
FIONA SPENCE
Boston Spa Festival 12-14 July This year’s Festival promises to be bigger and better, befitting Boston Spa which was ranked by The Sunday Times as one of the best places to live in Yorkshire and the North East.
The Festival will conclude with an evening ‘Rock Mass’ at St. Mary’s Church, organised by our new vicar, Rev. Nick Morgan. It promises to be a noisy, spectacular event, with the church sure to be packed to the rafters – a fitting finale, with the collection donated to our own Martin House Hospice. Most tickets are available at Yeadon’s. There will be an information stand in Millennium Gardens on the Saturday mornings of 29 June and 6 July. For more information, see the village website at www.bostonspapc.org.uk or Facebook at www. facebook.com/bostonspafestival.
The popular Scarecrow Competition will take place again, as well as the Classic Car event, another Literary Lunch featuring Yorkshire Author Imogen Clark, musical entertainment, exhibitions of art, heritage walk, plant sales, free fitness classes, and much more.
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flexible depending on number of skills taught, and for up to 15 people.
Clifford Village Show is a traditional local Village Show which welcomes entries from non-residents who can take their submissions in various categories to Clifford Village Hall in the morning of the Show which opens at 2pm.
If you would like more information or would like to book a session contact John Pickett 0113 201 5249 or email jpickett@redcross.org.uk.
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The categories include fruit and vegetables, produce such as baked goods which includes a Show Stopper Cake and a Technical Challenge, jams and chutneys, wine and flavoured spirits, photography, art and handicrafts, flowers and floral art, and children’s and teenagers’ sections.
Volunteers are vital to helping Martin House Hospice Care for Children and Young People in its support for families. The hospice has around 350 volunteers, the majority helping to staff its chain of 13 charity shops around the region.
Information is on the Clifford Parish Council Website. Paper Programmes with rules of entry and entry forms are available in June and on the Parish Council Website. Further information is available from janedavies383@btinternet.com.
But volunteers also support Martin House in many other ways, including helping on reception, with office admin, delivering stock to shops and picking up donations, garden volunteers who keep the grounds looking beautiful for families to enjoy, helping chefs to prepare meals, running friends’ groups, helping at fundraising events and much more.
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Heather Griffiths, volunteer co-ordinator at Martin House, says, “Our volunteers mean so much to us, and we just couldn’t provide the care we give to families without their support. Each year our volunteers give us over 64,000 hours of their time, which saves us over £500,000 – but the value of the passion and enthusiasm they bring to supporting Martin House means so much more than that.”
The British Red Cross adult education team work with organisations and community groups in Leeds and the surrounding communities which support: • People living with, or in contact with people with issues around drug and alcohol usage. • People who are, or at risk of becoming, or are in contact with people who are homeless or rough sleepers and at risk of injury or sudden illness.
Martin House, which cares for babies, children and young people with life-shortening conditions from West, North and East Yorkshire, always needs more volunteers, and has a range of roles available on its website.
• Adults who are or are in contact with adults over 65 with who are at more risk of slips, trips and falls.
If you would like to find out more or register your interest in volunteering, go to www. martinhouse.org.uk/volunteering or speak to Heather on 01937 845045.
The sessions, which are free and are run at your premises, have had the clinical language removed to ensure that it is easy to learn and therefore easy to remember in an emergency situation. Sessions typically last 2 hours, but are
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The Birds in Your Garden The Wary Jay
lures by fly-fishermen. The harsh shrieking ‘kschaach’ call is the most familiar of the sounds made by the Jay. However, the species is also well-known for its ability to mimic the calls made by other birds, and these are often worked into their rich warbling song. Individuals have also been known to mimic man-made sounds, including phones, car alarms and motorbikes. Most of these sounds are delivered with surprising accuracy and some, such as the chattering call of a Magpie, are often so well delivered that they will fool even the most careful listener. Interestingly, mimicked calls are sometimes used when the birds are agitated or feel threatened, possibly as a diversion.
The wary Jay is more often heard than seen. Bright, beautifully marked and a wonderful mimic, it is a bird full of character and ruffian charm. There is a strong bond between the Jay and the oak woodland which it favours, a balance between two organisms that have co-evolved over great periods of time. The Jay, the most arboreal of all our corvids, not only relies on oak woodland for nesting but also finds much of its winter diet in them, collecting and burying acorns during autumn for use in winter. Jays from several breeding territories will converge on an oak woodland to collect acorns. Each will carry three or four back to its own territory to bury them, before returning for more. Though the Jay remains an adaptable bird, often visiting gardens to seek out peanuts, bread and other scraps.
To some observers they are (very intelligent) rogues, and until recently it was one of a handful of species that could be legally controlled as pests. This changed recently with Natural England rescinding this permission. It may be why Jays are wary of Man, visiting gardens early in the morning and quick to utter a shriek of alarm before disappearing into the safety of the woods. As you might expect, the BTO Garden BirdWatch results show that it is rural gardens that are most often visited by Jays.
The changing fortunes of our Jay population reflect changes in our own attitudes towards them. Widely condemned for their nest-robbing habits, they were heavily persecuted throughout the 19th Century, driving the population into decline. Despite this the Jay clung on, perhaps because its secretive habits made it difficult to eradicate, and numbers began to recover during the early 20th Century when gamekeepers went off to War. Two other changes probably helped - bird plumage ceased to be the must-have accessory for any fashionable outfit. and to a lesser extent, alternatives were found for use as
If you find the lives of our garden birds to be of interest, and would like to join in and count the feathered occupants of your garden, please contact me or visit the BTO Garden BirdWatch website (www.bto.org/gbw). Mike Gray 07596 366342 or gbwmike@gmail.com.
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THORP ARCH All Saints’ Church, Thorp Arch Rev. Tricia Anslow 844789. Priest In Charge for Bramham Benefice, Rev. Nick Morgan 849471, 07387 728009, revnjmorgan@gmail.com. All Saints’, Parochial Church Council Church Wardens: Kathleen Sanderson 844818. David Spurr 842772, david@mulberrycroft.me.uk. Secretary: Georgina Squires 849747, Treasurer & Covenant Secretary: David Spurr 842772. Flowers: Margaret Smyth 841181 Lady Elizabeth Hastings School Acting Head: Mike Smith, secretary@thorparch-leh.co.uk Friends of the School Chair: Hayley Cullen 07712 175178 TABS Cricket Club Chair: Adam Gough 07725 047555 Thorp Arch Community Association Secretary: Ian Hall 842665, ian.m.hall1@gmail.com Thorp Arch Parish Council Chair: John Richardson, Clerk: Tina Wormley 0113 289 3624, clerk@thorp-arch.org.uk. Members: Andrew Rodger, Steve O'Loughlin, Emma Shellard Thorp Arch Tennis Club Chair: Neil Brooks. 07960 934497, brooksneil@hotmail.com. Secretary: Jill Tarr. 07709893046, tarrhigh@hotmail.com. Treasurer: Rob Seldon 541797 Thorp Arch Village Society Chair: Gaby Morrison 843376, gaby.morrison@virgin.net. Secretary: Sue Clayton 843181. Treasurer: Shirley Davies 541976.
THORP ARCH & WALTON Wetherby Ward Councillors Norma Harrington 01133 788 557. Alan Lamb via The Fox and Hounds. Gerald Wilkinson 07748 941127, gerald.wilkinson@leeds.gov.uk. Causeway Magazine Chair: Ian Hall ian.m.hall1@gmail.com. Editor: Rachel Bentley causeway.editor@gmail.com. Design: John Pendleton jlp@proportionmarketing.co.uk. Advertising: Emma Shellard 07903 632590 emmashellard@outlook.com. Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association (YCA) Chair: Judith Symonds 541799. Sec: Fiona Spence 520271 tawyca@outlook.com, Treasurer: Fran Bowers 01423 880112 Leeds City Council general.enquiries@leeds.gov.uk
WALTON St Peter’s Church, Village Church Council Clergy: See All Saints’, Thorp Arch. Church Wardens: Doreen Lister 842344, Bill Kilby : 842561. Secretary: Anne Kilby 842561. Treasurer: Fiona Robinson 843338, fionarob@outlook.com. Flowers & Cleaning: Liz and Geoff Harrison 845978 Walton Cricket Club Chair: Caroline Hobson 07860 615154, caroline.hobson@btinternet.com
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