Inside:
Remembering WW1 - Our Local Servicemen New Priest-in-Charge for Benefice Introducing Causeway's New Ad Manager Take 5 - How YOU can help Causeway's future
Advertising Index Accountants Gillbeck Assoc Peter Howard
Contact: Emma Shellard, 07903 632590 emmashellard@outlook.com Convenience stores Costcutter
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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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Decorators Mark Hatfield Oliver Willard The Decorating Centre
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Kitchens Aberford Interiors Granite Transformations
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Elderly Support WiSE
Newsagents Supershop
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Bed & Breakfast Four Gables
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Electrical services PC Collier Edmunds Electrical
Opticians Andrew Morgan Cameron Beaumont
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Butchers Sykes House Farm
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Pilates Kate Sellars
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Building Materials Kirbys
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Physiotherapy Tadcaster Physio
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Alarms TI Security Animal Care Clifford Moor Farm Fosters Dog Grooming Architects McNicholas Architects
Carpet Cleaning Wetherby Carpet Cars/MOT Boston Spa Garage Westmoreland Cars Chimney Sweep Mooring Brothers Chiropody Boston Spa Chiropody Computers The MAC Service The PC Crew
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Estate Agents Beadnall & Copley Flooring Services Thorner Flooring Floor Design Wetherby
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Funerals Tony Barker
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Restaurants Ali’s Kitchen Fox and Hounds Pax Inn, Thorp Arch
Furniture Hue Interiors
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Retail Parks Thorp Arch Retail Park
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Gardening Harris Landscapes Lawn Keeper MK Landscaping
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Roofing Trelfa Roofing Ltd
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Solicitors Steel Switalskis
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Tree Services Bardsey Tree Services
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Hairdressing Ian Blakey
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Front Cover - FLICKR Dun.can Causeway - Chair Ian Hall | Editor Rachel Bentley | Designer John Pendleton | Advertising Emma Shellard (YAY!!!) Distribution (Thorp Arch) Nicola Midgley and Susie Seldon (Walton) Gay Childe. And 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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Hello to all our readers, This issue is the culmination of a few months of reflection around the centenary of World War 1. November sees Remembrance Sunday actually on Armistice Day - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Events and services will take place across our area. More in our pages including the lives of servicemen from Thorp Arch and Walton. Happily, we have a new Advertising Manager: Emma Shellard introduces herself and her lovely family on page 4. Whilst you are there, please take a look at a new idea to bring you into the heart of Causeway.
services when you can, and do mention you saw their ad in Causeway. Emma is signing up new and existing advertisers now, please contact her if you need to renew or sign up via emmashellard@outlook.com.
Could you Take 5? Just 5 hours a month from a few people will keep Causeway alive well into the future. If it is your time to ‘Lean In’ contact causeway.editor@gmail.com for no obligation information.
Your Causeway Editor PLEASE NOTE: Causeway is published 10 times a year monthly, except January and August. Deadline is 14th of the month prior to publication. Causeway is prepared and distributed entirely by volunteers at the beginning of each month of publication.
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Advertisers’ Index Editor’s Letter Causeway News News from our Churches Letter from the Clergy Sunday Services Thorp Arch Parish Council Thorp Arch News
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Walton News Remembering WW1 Village Diary and Notice Board Reflection on 'For the Fallen' Wetherby and Area Transport Group The Birds in Your Garden Santa Fun Run Village Contacts 3
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Introducing Causeway’s New Advertising Manager
Hello, I am Emma the new advertising manager and pictured with me is my husband Lee and our daughter Katie.
of advertising manager came up I thought it would be a new challenge and a chance to get more involved with our community. In my spare time I enjoy keeping fit including cycling and running and I have recently started Yoga. We love being outdoors and enjoy family walks and camping trips. EMMA SHELLARD
We have lived in Thorp Arch for over 9 years and have enjoyed reading Causeway, so when the opportunity
Save Our Causeway Magazine Update
Take 5 to Help Causeway We are looking for a small team of people to call upon who'd make a regular but not too onerous time commitment of an average of 5 hours per month.
Many thanks to those who supported the Save Our Causeway Magazine meeting in September.
Perhaps you (or you and your partner, friend, work colleague(s) or family) would be willing to add to the Causeway crew and work with others in our community? You'd work with existing members of the team to help put the magazine together which might include one or more of:
We had representatives from both villages and from the Causeway team including our new Advertising Manager, Emma Shellard, and her husband, Lee. Causeway remains in print...for the time being. It was clear from feedback at the meeting that the print magazine is an asset to our community. It reaches all age groups and, in being hand delivered to every home in Thorp Arch and Walton (not just the built-up areas of our villages), it is read by many more people than would seek out a web page. The conclusion was that there was no appetite for moving to a digital only version of the magazine or just a website. Causeway will remain in print in its present form - for the time being.
• contacting contributors • liaising with the team • editing/layout • writing articles • proof reading • bringing the skills you have to help make Causeway even better than it already is. As much of this would be using email and MS Word/ Excel, IT literacy is essential. To find out more (and without any obligation) contact Causeway's Editor, Rachel Bentley, as she would be delighted to tell you more. Please email causeway.editor@gmail.com.
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News from our Churches New Priest-in-Charge for Benefice
preparing for the supper, setting tables, bar and decorating the Hall with flowers and produce for the food bank. The team of girls did their usual work for the evening by providing a fantastic supper (nothing much left!) and running the raffle.
You will be pleased to hear that the Reverend Nicholas John Morgan, known as Nick, has accepted the offer to become Priest-in-Charge in the Benefice of Bramham (which includes our local churches). Nick comes to us from the Lower Dales - the Benefice of Masham and Healey, and the Benefice of West Tanfield and Well with Snape and North Stainley in the Diocese of Leeds where he is Assistant Curate. He was ordained in the Diocese of Leeds in 2015 after careers in the classical recording industry, Early Years and Primary education and as the co-ordinator of Ripon Cathedral’s online ministry. Whilst based at Ripon Cathedral he was a member of their education team, sang in the cathedral choir as a deputy Lay Clerk and acted as a deputy Succentor. More recently, Nick has been Secretary of Ripon Deanery and completed his Masters’ degree in Theology and Liturgy at the University of Sheffield.
My thanks go to all helpers, but mostly to the support of all who came. We made a profit of £855.20 which goes towards the running cost of our lovely old Church. On Sunday morning the Harvest Festival was done in a very different way. It was decided to hold a Food Bank collection and the service was very successfully led by Liz who put across the needs of people who are less fortunate.The collection filled 2 car boots and delivered to the collection point in Boston Spa.
Nick says of his appointment, “I am delighted to be joining the communities of the Bramham Benefice and look forward to getting to know what makes these villages tick, and what God has already been getting up to among you. I have already been praying for you all a great deal and would welcome your prayers for me and my family as we prepare to move and begin this exciting new chapter.”
DOREEN LISTER
65th Wedding Anniversary at All Saints’
Our annual Harvest Supper was held on Friday 10 October in the Village Hall and, as always, was well supported by friends from the village and beyond its boundaries. We are very lucky to have the Hall for our venue as it lends itself for a gathering of people together in such an informal manner.
This September there was a treat for the congregation at All Saints’, Thorp Arch as they were invited to help Colin and Kath Sanderson celebrate their 65th Wedding Anniversary.
The morning started with an army of ladies and gents
JENNY MOSELEY
St Peter’s Harvest Supper and Food Bank Convoy
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Letter from the Clergy Our Creator has given us a world that cannot be equalled. It has sustained growth and life for millions of years and still presents the seasons with beauty and delight.
Autumnal Fruitfulness I sit at my computer this evening bemoaning the fact that the nights are drawing in and the light has gone from the evenings. The tail end of the year is showing itself in all sorts of ways that we don’t always find fun.
I hear on the news today that there is a severe warning of the outcome of the actions of most of earth’s population; a warming of the oceans leading to catastrophic rise in waters around the coastal regions of many countries; a heightened chance of drought in the summers and more extreme weather nearly everywhere.
But, slow down a moment Trish! It is the Autumn months and look at what we can see, smell and hear! I heard an explanation for something I have not noticed in other years- the small birds in the tall trees near my house have been doing something I can only describe as ‘twittering’, (that’s not tweeting, for you social media buffs!) On the radio I heard a chance remark about the fact that these birds were all gathering and twittering in anticipation of their long migratory journey to warmer climes.
If we want to thank God for the beauty of this part of our world, to be able to see the turn of the seasons with joy, then we are going to have to turn our hearts and minds to being better stewards of this planet. We did nothing towards this world’s creation, it was given to us as a gift for life and we must take it on ourselves to rectify our mistakes, to change our own way of life and pray that others will do the same. We will all be handing this world to following generations and I hope and pray that we do enough to give our antecedents God’s world in good shape. May there be time for every matter under heaven to be looked at and cared for.
The squirrels in the churchyard have had a bumper crop of conkers all in one fell swoop, since the gales in September and October sent the conkers hurtling down in one go rather than the usual seasonal steady fall. I am sure that many of you have delighted in the blackberries and apples that have seemed to be wonderfully plentiful this year. I hope you have stacked your freezers full, so the tastes will last through the winter.
REV TRISH
So, as I put away my sandals and put on shoes, search out my warmer cardigans and my darker coloured clothes I can muse on the changing of the seasons. We have an awesome world, that sits in the solar system in just the correct place to sustain life and provides us, in the temperate zones, with the four distinct seasons. As it says in Ecclesiastes chapter 3, verse 1, ‘for everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.’ Whatever else we do at this cusp between the end of summer, the autumn fruitfulness, and the beginning of the dark winter, we need to take time out to marvel at the seasons. To look, listen and smell the times around us and the to thank God for this earth and its cycles. 8
Services Time
Date
Sunday Service, All Saints’, Thorp Arch
Coffee
9.30am
4th Nov
Patronal Service with HC Joint
J Gawthorpe
8am
11th Nov
Group Holy Communion
10.50am 11th Nov
Remembrance Service @War Memorial
9.30am
18th Nov
Lay Led
S Spurr
9.30am
25th Nov
Holy Communion
M Smith
9.30am
2nd Dec
Holy Communion Joint @ Walton
Time
Date
Sunday Service, St Peter’s, Walton
9.30am
4th Nov
Patronal Service with HC Joint @ Thorp Arch
8am
11th Nov
Group Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch
9.30am
11th Nov
Holy Communion
9.30am
18th Nov
Holy Communion
4pm
18th Nov
Benefice Memorial Service
9.30am
25th Nov
Lay Led
9.30am
2nd Dec
Holy Communion Joint
Occasional Offices All Saints’ Thorp Arch and St Peter’s Walton BAPTISMS No Baptisms WEDDINGS Lucy Allen and Jonathan Dearlove at St Peter’s, Walton FUNERALS No Funerals 9
Church Causeway. The second one at the top of Walton Road, will be installed within the next couple of weeks. The PC hope this will help to slow traffic down and increase road safety for the village.
Thorp Arch Parish Council October News Bulletin
Website A reminder that PC has recently updated their website. Please visit at www.thorp-arch.org.uk.
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
Date of Next Parish Council Meetings The next meeting will be held on Monday 12 November 7pm at All Saints Church, Thorp Arch.
Police Report Three burglaries on the Trading Estate and one burglary from a car on Walton road, took place during the month of September. There were 52 crimes last month for the whole of Wetherby ward, 16 of these were burglary residential.
Obituary - Ray Collins Gareth Collins wrote to Causeway with sad news about his father. Ray Collins, family man and engineer, who brought his Welsh charisma to Thorp Arch village life died on the 21 September 2018 after a tough battle with cancer.
Homes England (HE) Planning Application The application for 23 dwellings remains undetermined and current. The application for 119 dwellings was recommended for ‘defer and delegate’ for further accessibility and sustainability issues. The next Plans Panel meeting at which the application can be considered is 8 November or 13 December.
He and his wife Avril lived in the village for 20 years bringing up their children - Gareth, Shanni and Heidi - and enjoying village life, particularly Christmas time and singing carols around the tree and in the prison. Ray loved the village, his friends and the way of life so much that he wanted to contribute to Lady Elizabeth Hastings school and was a Governor for several years. During this time he contributed to the running of the school and helped organise historical events, appearing as Henry VIII in the Tudor weekend.
Parish Heritage Map The map will be installed on the Upper Green over the next few weeks. War Memorial Improvement work to the War Memorial will commence in Spring 2019, following a successful grant application made by the Parish Council. The work will include an extension of the paving, with new stones being laid, and an additional seating area.
Ray was an engineer starting in the Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) on the shop floor in Cardiff and working his way around Britain and the organisation until he settled in Yorkshire as a Director in British Aerospace, who bought ROF in the 1980s.
Commemorative Centenary Events As part of the Commemorative Centenary Events being held in Thorp Arch, 10 Remembrance Day silhouettes have been purchased by the Village Society. The silhouettes will be on display around the village with three located at the War Memorial. The Commemorative lunch, which will take place at the school, has been supported by the Parish Council with a donation of £500.
After he retired he made the most of his project management skills and interest in architecture, working with local builders and helping friends and acquaintances on their renovations. He and his wife Avril moved back to Wales and their home town Cardiff, but still felt a part of the village and remained in close contact with their friends. His funeral was a great celebration of a warm hearted, good humoured gentleman, who is sorely missed.
Speed Indication Deviced (SIDs) One of the two SIDs has now been installed on 10
Ray Collins
Causeway’s Chair and Treasurer, Ian Hall, paid tribute,
“Ray was a member of Thorp Arch Parish Council for several years. Also, a founder and Chairman of Thorp Arch Community Association which was formed in 2000, Millennium Year, to arrange an ‘All Village’ event which embraced a wide cross section of the community. Further occasions followed under his leadership, one of which was to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. All who knew him will miss him.” 11
Walton Takes Charge of its Future
Walton’s First Annual Bonfire Night Party!
So, Walton’s Neighbourhood Plan referendum took place on 20th September. It has been a long journey but one in which the community has been steadfastly committed to a very clear agenda of sustainability, alongside a truly respectful consideration for the history of Walton.
Come along for a night of family fun at the Walton bonfire party which will be held at the village hall on Saturday 3 November. The bonfire will be lit at 6.30pm with fireworks at 7.15pm. Tickets cost £5 each with children 5 and under free all ticket sales will be reinvested into our village.
That has now come good with the referendum votes unequivocally supporting the community vision as laid out in the Plan. The community has truly taken charge of its future.
Tickets include admission, and supper. Places are limited so please grab yours quickly from the Fox and Hounds or by contacting Chloe on 07834 493888 or e mail chloe_e@hotmail.com. We want to make this an annual event so please come along – tickets on sale NOW.
And of the voting, well, out of the 117 votes cast, 106 voters favoured the Plan and 11 registered their disagreement. It was pretty overwhelming – unsurprisingly so, given that the Plan was firmly based on community views. Of greatest significance was the voting turnout – with the 117 voters representing 66% of all eligible voters across the Parish. A great turnout, reflecting the interest and determination of those who sought to shape their future. So, the work continues, and the Parish Council now turns its eyes to the Plan agenda and further building on those outstanding developments of the new path and the ‘just opened’ playground. There is more to come! And this community is now rightly proud and focussed on progressing the very positive challenges outlined within the Plan.
SATURDAY 3rd NOVEMBER
Walton has truly taken charge of its future. BRODIE CLARK CBE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN STEERING GROUP 12
Walton Group of Artists Exhibition - Inspiring Our Community in Art
will include a display of work from local school children from Lady Elizabeth Hastings School in Thorp Arch.
The Annual Exhibition by Walton Group of Artists (WGA) this year will be on the weekend of 17 to 18 November. Held in the Village Hall, Walton near Wetherby, the event is open to visitors between 10am and 4pm. WGA will be raising money for the further development of Walton Village Hall’s Playground.
Walton Group of Artists meets each week and are a friendly group which supports each other’s work and artistic development. With an aim to inspire, encourage and enjoy creating art the focus of this year’s Exhibition is ‘Inspiring Our Community in Art’. There will be an opportunity to chat to members and to sign up for information on the Group’s open, sharing and welcoming events such as their regular evening demonstrations and day-long, hands-on workshops all held at the Village Hall.
The exhibition, which is free to visit, exclusively showcases the work of the 22 professional and amateur members of the Group which meets each week to develop, inspire and encourage the artist within. On show will be a vast range of artwork, most available to buy on the day, and of a consistently high standard.
Visitors also will be able to vote for the ‘Best in Show’ exhibit for 2018, last year won by WGA member, Jan Bulley, for her picture (below) titled ‘Flood Water Trees’. For more information about the exhibition, the group and the open events, visit www. waltongroupofartists.co.uk or see www.facebook. com/waltonartists.
This year the team behind WGA are promoting the theme ‘Inspiring Our Community in Art’, and the event
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REMEMBERING WW1 THE SERVICEMEN OF OUR VILLAGES
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in action as there were no witnesses to what had happened to him after he was last seen in combat. The following message appeared in the Flight Magazine on 17th October 1918:
Rob and Bethan Williams wrote a book about Thorp Arch’s WW1 fighting men, published to mark the centenary of the start of WW1, back in 2014. Proceeds of the book went to support Thorp Arch Parish Council - copies are still available.
Miss Warner, of Thorpe Arch, Boston Spa, Yorks., would be glad if those writing to prisoners of war or hospitals in Germany would make enquiries for Lieut. John Weston Warner, RAF., who is reported missing on the Western Front.
One of the notable heroes of WW1 was John Weston Warner, who lived in Thorp Arch, at Dooklands, and was just 19 when he died. Here’s something of his life from Rob and Bethan’s book as well as via web information for Sowerby, Thirsk.
He was claimed to have been shot down over Montbrehain, just to the south-west of St Quentin, by Lieutenant Paul Baumer of JA2. This man, Paul Baumer, was known to Erich Maria von Remarque. The author later went on to use this name for the central character of his famous novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front.
The youngest of 3, John was born in the last few months of the C19th. His father, John Weston Warner (Courtesy of Loretto Christopher, was from a family ‘in trade’ School website) in Hulme, Lancashire. His mother, Annie, had a wealthier background, her father being a ship owner and master mariner. In 1901 they lived in Sowerby, Thirsk. John went to boarding school in Harrogate and then in Edinburgh until 1917 when he was moved from where he enlisted, in Durham, to Oxford’s 24 Training Squadron (TS) on 8 June. Just a few weeks later, on 30 August 1917, he was transferred to 43TS as Flying Officer Warner, to go to Brooklands as a delivery pilot where he was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 April 1918.
Though barely out of childhood, like many, he distinguished himself carrying heavy responsibility on such young shoulders. The citation for his posthumous DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) reads as follows: “This officer has carried out numerous offensive patrols and low flying attacks on enemy ground targets, displaying on all occasions the real offensive spirit, and, when acting as Flight Commander, he has proved himself to be an excellent leader, full of initiative and courage.”
Active service began on 22 May 1918 based in France as part of 85 Squadron, one of the most famous of the Great War, which flew fighter patrols and ground attack sorties over the Western Front until the Armistice. John had an intense experience of combat with 8 victories over enemy aircraft in dogfights, making him the 5th highest scoring pilot in the squadron that had been led during this time by such aces as Major Billy Bishop VC and Major Mick Mannock VC.
Dooklands (Courtesy of Rob Williams)
On 4th October 1918 John Weston Warner was shot down and killed, along with 2 planes from his squadron, in a major dogfight with the German Squadron JA2 only 1 month before the end of the war. The last report of him was, “Pilot seen with formation over Bessigny at 12 noon. Missing in action”.
The Warner family grave in Thorp Arch churchyard with the RAF motto, 'Per Ardua ad Astra' (Courtesy of Rob Williams)
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REMEMBERING WW1 THE SERVICEMEN OF OUR VILLAGES
Walton
Out of all the Waltonians serving in WW1, sadly 4 gave their lives, dying of their injuries. They are Norman Stewart Williams (decorated), Alfred Lister, Norman Lister and Horace Lee Smith.
World War 1 took many of the country’s best into combat with towns and villages across the UK losing their men to battle for many months and years, or losing them entirely to shell and sniper fire. Walton was no exception.
Alfred and Norman Lister were two brothers from a family of 16 children who lived at Church Farm, with the farmhouse and barns are still standing adjacent to the churchyard. The Church Clock is the Parish War Memorial. With thanks to Jennifer Wormald for background information and images.
Given that it is (and would have been) a very small sparsely populated area, especially outside of the centre of the village, a considerable number of men from the Parish of Walton fought in The Great War. The 29 are celebrated and commemorated on plaques in St Peter’s church, with one awarded medals.
A Very Unusual Family Album
the leg dressed any time." "Nonsense," she said, "you are a baby." "Sister," I said, "so you know I was one of the brave heroes at the front?" "That may be," she said, "but you are not much of a hero at the back!"
Liz Richardson, of Thorp Arch, was kind enough to share a marvellous album handed down through her family’s generations and put together by her grandmother, Elizabeth (also known as Lily), a volunteer with the Red Cross.
At the foot of the page Lily later added, 'since dead'. It is hard to read the initial letter of the signature, but it may be Serjeant F (Frank?) Ferriday. Rob Williams researched Frank Ferriday to discover he was lost in the battle of Arras on 3 May 1917. This is a sad reminder that the injured men, probably barely recovered, were usually sent to their fate back at the front.
Lily helped to nurse wounded servicemen who were sent to the Red Cross convalescent hospital at Hoole near Chester. Many of the injured contributed to the book she kept, with sketches, poems and funny stories. The light-heartedness shines out of the pages despite the hell these men were going through. One of those she met was named Ferriday, East Yorks Regiment, who wrote the following about his treatment under another good-humoured nurse’s supervision when in the hospital based in the Casino at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. When I was at the Casino in Boulogne there was a very witty Irish sister there. She also possessed a keen sense of humour. For instance she said we were all brave heroes. Well after I had been lying there some weeks I developed an extremely painful bedsore which it was sister's job to dress each morning. It always caused me to flinch a bit and she used to joke to be over this saying it was nothing. One morning when she was done she said, “Ferriday you are a proper baby over this back." "Sister," I said, "that back is no joke. I would sooner have 17
DECEMBER
Please check details with the organisers before setting out.
Tuesday 4 Dec Martin House Annual Light up a Life service at St Mary’s Church, Boston Spa.
NOVEMBER Saturday 3 Nov Traditional Bonfire at Walton Village Hall with refreshments. Bonfire will be lit at 6.30pm with fireworks at 7.15pm tickets limited: £5 each with children 5 and under free from The Fox and Hounds, or from Chloe on 07834 493888, chloe_e@hotmail.com.
Friday 7 Dec A concert by Wetherby Light Music Singers at All Saint's Church Thorp Arch 7.30pm. Tickets £10 including glass of wine and mince pies, available from J Clayton 843153, J West 843684, or K Sanderson 844818.
Sunday 11 Nov Remembrance Service at Thorp Arch Village War Memorial 10.45am followed by Village Society Lunch to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice at LEH School from 11.15am - tickets may still be available, contact Gaby Morrison on 843376.
Sunday 9 Dec St Peter’s Walton Nativity Service, a date for your diaries and a special call for any children who would like to take part in this fun service.
Wednesday/Thursday 17-18 Nov Walton Group of Artists Annual Exhibition at Walton Village Hall 10am to 4pm. Work from 22 artists on show and most available to purchase. Free entry and open to all. Exhibits will include work from our local school too. Refreshments in aid of the play area at the Hall. www.waltongroupofartists.co.uk or www.facebook. com/waltonartists.
Sunday 23 Dec Carols Round the Green at Thorp Arch 5.30pm. The Wetherby Silver Band will be accompanying our singing and Father Christmas will be making an appearance to see all the good boys and girls.
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Wealstun planning application 17/07970 Planners Behaving Badly?
process. TAG will do everything in its power to make sure the decision on this site is properly taken, and that officers failing to fulfil their responsibilities are held to account
This application went before the North and East Plans Panel on 11th October, with a recommendation from the planners to ‘defer and delegate’ to the Chief Planning Officer. This is effectively asking for approval.
PETER LOCKE CHAIRMAN - TAG
Over 25 residents made the effort to turn up and give support and credibility to our opposition case. Speakers opposing the application were Councillor Alan Lamb, John Richardson for TAPC, Howard Alderton (a resident of Rudgate) and me.
Knit and Natter Group Rev. Trish writes: Do you remember the Knitted Bible? There were numerous stories from the Bible brought to life by the knitted figures arranged in various tableaux.
In the event, only a last-minute intervention from the Panel Chairman (Councillor Neil Walshaw, who chaired the meeting very well) prevented what looked likely to be a vote to approve the application. Instead he suggested requesting the planning officers to give more information on Sustainability and Accessibility. It will come back to a subsequent Panel meeting, the earliest being 8 November. So, we live to fight another day.
I am hoping to set up a Knit and Natter group in the new year and thought we could start to make our own set of stories. The group would meet in an afternoon and talk about those subjects that we find relevant as Christians; families, the news, politics(!?) Everyone would be welcome, bring your friends and neighbours - male or female.
What has left me, and others, fuming was the presentation by LCC planners in support of the application. It focussed on giving ‘weight’ to the inclusion of the site in the draft SAP. (This ‘weight’ is technically totally incorrect and opposes views of the Secretary of State and local planning Inspectors). It failed to acknowledge the real planning objections to the site, on Sustainability and Accessibility. These were brushed aside, despite them going to the very heart of government planning policy. The Neighbourhood Plan aspirations were scarcely mentioned, and the objections from the British Library and Sports England, as well as over 100 objections from local residents, almost completely overlooked.
All of you could help in this project by providing us with those odd small balls of wool that you have left over in your knitting bags. We will be able to use nearly all colours for the multitude of people and animals we will be tackling. I will put a box at the back of each church for your donations. There will be details of the times and dates for the group as soon as they are finalised, so keep a look out in the newsletters.
This is a total disgrace and means the planning officers were failing to fulfil their duty to give a reasoned and balance appraisal of the application. It follows a whole series of such performances, all designed to protect their SAP allocation of this site, it seems. This type of abuse of the council’s responsibilities has to be stopped, as it potentially completely destroys the whole basis of a democratic decision-making 19
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REMEMBERING WW1 A REFELECTION ON 'FOR THE FALLEN' This poem is by Robert Laurence Binyon and was published in The Times 21 September 1914. It is well known in part, with verse 4 used as a secular ‘prayer’ - the ‘Ode of Remembrance’. It is surprising at how early in the Great War it was written (just a few weeks in). Binyon was sensitive to the long lists of casualties just 7 weeks into the ordeal and the fact that the British Expeditionary Force was in retreat from Mons indicating that a speedy resolution to the conflict was fading fast. The eloquence of the poem made it increase in importance as the Great War progressed becoming a symbol of the national grief as young servicemen failed to return from the front and those who did return were scarred for life, both physically and emotionally. It is a poignant and reflective poem which could provide a pause for thought around 11am on 11 November 2018 - 100 years on from the end of World War 1.
For the Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres. There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears. They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; They sit no more at familiar tables of home; They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; They sleep beyond England's foam. But where our desires are and our hopes profound, Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, To the innermost heart of their own land they are known As the stars are known to the Night; As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain, As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, To the end, to the end, they remain. ROBERT LAURENCE BINYON (1869-1943)
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Lamb and Norma Harrington, together with Richard Prudhoe and Melvyn Wood from Walton, Ingrid McLaughlin from Wetherby and John Curtin from Clifford was the first of what we hope will be the starting point of improvements to our bus services.
Did you know that we have a transport group which is petitioning for improved public transport and new links to York?
It was agreed with the WYCA that our primary aim is to get services in place to connect our communities effectively to York. We also raised the difficulties for both our elderly residents and student population in getting about on public transport, connectivity issues and the apparent inconsistent fare pricing policies of the bus companies.
If you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit of information for you to whet your appetite. This group arose from the concerns expressed by many of you in the preparation and submission of our Neighbourhood Plans. The group has representatives from Bramham, Clifford, Boston Spa, Thorp Arch, Walton, Wetherby, Bickerton and Collingham. We have been working on this matter for about two years now and I would like to specifically thank John Curtin who has worked tirelessly in researching bus services provision and statistical information and built up a significant evidence base to support our arguments.
I am pleased to report that they have agreed to try and set up a face to face meeting with the bus operators for us to explore these matters further. As I say we hope that this is the start of the REAL journey; we are anxious that you are involved, as a community, to support this initiative, so if you have any helpful information or comments which you feel would help, please send them to woodmelvyn191042@gmail.com or telephone 01937 541771.
It has involved a lot of meetings and information gathering to support our case. Councillors Alan Lamb and Gerald Wilkinson have been very supportive. Their encouragement and guidance resulted in an opportunity to do a full presentation to Leeds City Council, which in turn resulted in a meeting with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) about our aims and ambitions in improving the bus services to our local communities.
Thank you for taking the time to read this article and we will give you further updates as this important project progresses. MELVYN WOOD GROUP LEADER
This meeting attended by your Ward Councillors Alan
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The Birds in Your Garden - More Species in your Garden Than You Might Think!
realise they have one around. I believe that they are seriously under-recorded by Garden BirdWatch as they are so self-effacing. I know they are much smaller than the other LBJs, but it’s quite easy to confuse one with a Dunnock if it is rummaging around in the shrubbery or at a distance.
If any of you have heard one of my talks, you’ll know that I rabbit on about “wee brown jobbies” or little brown jobbies (LBJs).
There are several other less common LBJs around during autumn and in winter. Lesser Redpolls are brown and stripy, but with pink heads and breasts that are not always obvious in females and youngsters. They are migrants from Scandinavia which winter in the UK, often in large numbers, and will come onto your feeders if there is insufficient food in the countryside.
It’s my contention that there are more species of birds in your garden than you may think, and that because many of them are brown they tend to be dismissed as 'yet another sparrow' or something similar. This then, is an encouragement to look more closely at what you see, especially over the coming winter months. Perhaps the most typical of these LBJs is the Dunnock. Traditionally known as a Hedge Sparrow, it is not a sparrow at all, being a member of the Accentor family. It does look rather like a sleek sparrow and is usually seen rummaging in the undergrowth. Close-up it is rather attractive with a blue-grey head and breast, brown streaky back and flanks, pink legs and a black bill that is finer than a Sparrow’s.
You may also see Reed Buntings which are still more boldly marked. In winter, or as first year juveniles, they lack their distinctive black heads, but are a different shape to sparrows with quite stubby beaks. In short, keep your eyes peeled, your binoculars handy, and if you have a camera, make sure it is ready too! You just never know what you might see. 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). If you know of an organisation not a million miles from York which would like a talk on garden birds call: Mike Gray on 07596 366342 or
The sexes are alike, though the female is drabber. Juveniles lack the grey on their head and chest and instead have brown streaks. It is Amber Listed as a bird of medium conservation concern following a serious decline during the 1980's, though the indications are that the population is recovering, particularly in Yorkshire.
gbwmike@gmail.com. MIKE GRAY
A ground feeder, the Dunnock eats insects such as beetles, ants, and spiders. In the autumn and winter it will eat seeds and berries as well and frequently searches underneath feeders for anything dropped by other birds. Sparrows can take a bit of sorting out too, as they come in three varieties. Both sexes of Tree Sparrow have chestnut crowns, male House Sparrows have grey crowns and black bibs whilst female House Sparrows are patterned rather like Dunnocks but more boldly. The beak is a tell-tale here. Many female and first year finches are brown too, Chaffinches particularly, but also Goldfinches and Bullfinches can be quite drab. Even Linnets might be around and can be hard to distinguish at a glance. Don’t forget the Wren either. It is a secretive bird, so much so that many garden bird-watchers don’t even
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Suit up as Santa for Martin House’s Ultimate Fun Run
Wetherby Santa Run takes place at 9am, with registration open at 8am, and costs £10 for adults, and £7 for children aged five to 15, which includes your Santa suit. Children under five can run for free.
Hundreds of Santas will be taking over Wetherby town centre this December as Martin House Hospice Care for Children and Young People stages its annual Santa Run.
You can also get your Christmas tree through Martin House – prices range from £30 to £55 – order when you sign up for the Santa Run and you will receive a voucher to collect your tree from Stockeld Park on the day.
This year Martin House is holding the run in Wetherby town centre, starting and finishing at Wetherby Town Hall. It is hoped that hundreds of people will put on their Santa suits and raise sponsorship for Martin House at the event, on Sunday 2 December.
For more information and to sign up for the run, call 01937 844569, email events@martinhouse.org.uk or visit www.martinhouse.org.uk/wetherbysantarun. Reg Charity number 517919.
The festive family run for a good ‘Claus’ (!) will take in a 2k run around the town centre, all to raise money for Martin House, which cares for children and young people with life-limiting conditions from West, North and East Yorkshire.
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Ellie Barker, event fundraiser at Martin House, said, “We’re hoping for a big turn-out to make this a huge success. We want to turn Wetherby into a sea of Santas!”
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St Peter’s Church, Village Church Council Clergy: See All Saints’, Thorp Arch. Church Wardens: Doreen Lister 842344, Bill Kilby : 842561. Secretary: Gay Childe 845519. Treasurer: Fiona Robinson 843338, fionarob@outlook.com. Flowers & Cleaning: Liz and Geoff Harrison 845978
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
Walton Cricket Club Chair: Caroline Hobson 07860 615154, caroline.hobson@btinternet.com Walton Parish Council Chairman: David Aspland. Vice Chair: Brodie Clark CBE. Clerk: Helena Buck, secretary@walton-pc. gov.uk. Members: Stephen Sharp, Edward Simpson, Mark Wake, David Taylor.
Lady Elizabeth Hastings School Head: Michele O'Donnell, secretary@thorparch-leh.co.uk Friends of the School Chair: Hayley Cullen 07712 175178 TABS Cricket Club Chair: Adam Gough 07725 047555 or Dale Gibson 842642
Walton Village Hall Booking: Helen Naylor 07721 413016, helen@naysoft.co.uk
Thorp Arch Community Association Secretary: Ian Hall 842665, ianhall1705@gmail.com
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.
Thorp Arch Parish Council Chair: John Richardson, Clerk: Tina Wormley 0113 289 3624, clerk@thorp-arch.org.uk. Members: Amy Crooks, Graham Duxbury, Andrew Rodger, Margaret Smyth
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Thorp Arch Tennis Club: Chair: Rob Seldon 541797, Secretary: Jane Freeman 339307, Treasurer: Jane Clayton 843153 Thorp Arch Village Society Chair: Gaby Morrison 843376, gaby.morrison@virgin.net. Secretary: Sue Clayton 843181. Treasurer: Shirley Davies 541976.
Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association (YCA) Chair: Barbara Rivington 579833. Sec: Fiona Spence 520271 tawyca@outlook.com, Treasurer: Judith Symonds 541799. Leeds City Council general.enquiries@leeds.gov.uk
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