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CAUSEWAY SAVED NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES A TASTE OF RUSSIA
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 - All Saints' Church, Thorp Arch 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.
Emails please to causeway.editor@gmail.com
Dear Reader, Let’s start with some good news - we have a future. An editorial team has come forward to work together in the future to create the Causeway of the 2020s. I will let them introduce themselves and what role they will take in a future issue as these are still early days. I think a HUGE thank you should go to them from all of us, as Causeway really is indispensable and it would be a very sad day if we ever have to say goodbye to our award-winning magazine. Our quest for help will never end! So, if you feel you would like to be part of Causeway’s future there are ALWAYS things which need doing so please do put yourself forward and be part of the long history of our Parish Magazine! On a more sombre note, on behalf of the Causeway Team I would like to extend our condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Wetherby Ward Councillor Gerald Wilkinson who sadly passed away recently after a short illness. Our thoughts are with you. As this is my penultimate magazine, I thought I should just walk you through the rollercoaster ride I’ve had as your Editor. A complicated and total home renovation with our family still in residence, setting up my coaching/training business, a bereavement and caring responsibilities, and of course looking after the family and rescue dog! In spite of this whacky way of living, I have managed to steer 19 issues of Causeway
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through to production and won an award as your Editor, and been delighted to work within a lovely team. The team effort has made this easier: fabulous design by John Pendleton, efficient money raising by Emma Shellard (advertising) and Ian Hall (Parish Councils and treasurer), incredibly organised distribution captained by Jane Clayton and Gay Childe, proof readers extraordinaire including, but not exclusively, Gay Childe, Anne Watts and Ian Hall…and many, many more who help. In particular, Ian has always been super patient and kind - a bit of an unsung hero in Causeway terms - thank you Ian. And thank you to my family for putting up with me working on the magazine at stupid o’clock! (though they are used to my working practices after many years!) Nineteen down - one to go. Your Causeway Editor
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Causeway’s Future
The new editorial team will co-operate each month to compose the magazine, from February, there is no January edition, and will introduce themselves on the Editors page over the coming months, and the new team is expected to develop its own style.
The Causeway team has been used to holding its breath, metaphorically, over the past 10 years when seeking new editors but this year they have all come close to turning blue and on the point of deciding to close down due to a paucity of a suitably qualified volunteer.
Causeway continues to be supported by advertising and financial support from both parish councils.
But, like the proverbial London bus when you can wait a long time for one, suddenly several come along together, to form an Editorial team from January 2020.
The whole Causeway team hope you enjoy what you read. IAN HALL
Thus, Causeway will not now face its 'Swan Song'.
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News from our Churches Bramham Benefice celebrates the Birthday of Rev Trish Anslow
Thanks from Rev Trish
On Sunday 29 September St Michael and All Angels, the Benefice of Bramham commemorated the forthcoming 70th Birthday of our very own Revd Trish Anslow.
For my birthday to start with such a celebration at All Saints Bramham was delightful! To share my ‘special ’ birthday with you all was fantastic. The cakes, the balloons, the cards and the company made it a very special day.
I would just like to put a word in your magazine to say how kind you all are!
As part of a lovely 10am service almost one hundred members of the congregation sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Trish whose birthday was to fall on Friday 4 October. In appreciation of her dedicated service to all four Churches in the Benefice she was presented with a big ‘Thank You’ present of £650 from the parishioners, a bouquet of flowers, a planter and cards from members of the four Parishes. Lovely birthday cake made by James Hunter (Emma’s son) was given to Trish… worthy of entry to ’The Great British Bake Off’…to be cut and eaten by parishioners after the service! This ceremony was also our way of saying’ Thank You’ to Trish for all the commitment she has given to the parishioners in the Benefice of Bramham over the last fourteen years. We really hope you enjoyed the 4 October with your family!
I must also say a great big thank you for the VERY generous cheque you gave me. I am humbled to think that you would give me such a grand present. I now have to sit down and think of something splendid to do with the money, worthy of such a gift! You will be the first to know when I have made up my mind. Having just been re-licenced by the Bishop for a further two years of ministry here with you all I hope I can continue to serve you all and enjoy your company. Once again, a huge thank you for sharing in my celebrations and making it such a lovely occasion. REV TRISH
Trish became a ‘Reader’ in our group of Parishes in 2005 when she was still a Primary School teacher. In 2009 she was ordained a Deacon and in 2011 became Assistant Priest in our Parishes and Pastoral Care Co-ordinator for the Benefice in 2012. In 2016 she was licensed in that role. During that period of time it was my pleasure, as a Churchwarden, to support Trish and Revd. Canon Peter Bristow. I am sure current Churchwardens under the leadership of Revd Nick Morgan think the same! Trish has been a ‘Star’, friendly and invaluable to us all and a pleasure to have in our midst! Thank you, Trish…we have been the lucky ones! MIKE BOWERS (DEPUTY CHURCHWARDEN)
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Letter from the Clergy Well! The three score years and ten has finally arrived! My driving licence has been renewed and I now must tick those boxes that say I am over 70. I don’t know about you, but my brain won’t admit to being anything over 40 something. There are times that my body agrees with the aging process but definitely not the mind.
Have you ever really wanted to do something shameful, or even really bad, and stopped yourself when your conscience prodded you? Have you set off down the wrong path of life and turned around when you have listened to a voice of reason? There must be plenty of people who own up to these things. If you have combined the turn-around with a helpful life for others, I would suggest you have come very close to the sort of person Jesus talks to. He told his followers that he came to save sinners and preach salvation to those who know how to say sorry and repent of all the wrong things done.
I thought about all those people I know who consider 70 as merely the new middle-age and have clocked up many more years of activity and wisdom. They are the ones who can still tell me a thing or two about how to live life to the full. I spent some time looking through the Old Testament seeing how old some of the worthies lived to; Abraham was 175yrs old. ‘he breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years.’ (Gen 25:8) Isaac was 180 and Moses was 120 years old; plenty of time to make mistakes and then make good in the eyes of the Lord and our history.
Being a ‘middle-aged’ 70 years old I can look back over many things I would prefer not to remember but I try hard to listen to what Jesus had to say about following him. It is not always an easy path to choose and I am sure I get it wrong plenty of times. The truth that life has taught me is that I can always stop and ask and listen to God and be pointed in the right direction.
Whatever age we live until, I wonder if those around us will consider we have used our years to good advantage when the time of death arrives. We might not have led a nation across the known world, we might not have given birth to a nation or be noted down in history books but perhaps there would be a tale to tell about how we have left our mark.
However long I live from here on in I will try to put my life to the best advantage of others and trust that I get it right. REV TRISH
How could we leave our mark? There are those who have been notorious, who have robbed, maimed or murdered other people. We shudder as we think of people who could do such things. For as many people who have done such acts of crime there are many more times that number who have lived good and virtuous lives. What would we consider ‘good’ lives? Looking after your family with love and care? Working in the caring professions? Donating to good causes? Attending places of worship regularly? All these are worthy pastimes but do they pass muster as ‘good lives’? 8
Services Time
Date
Sunday Service, All Saints’, Thorp Arch
Coffee
9.30am
3rd Nov
Patronal Service with Holy Communion
J Bentley
8am
10th Nov
Group Holy Communion
10.50am
10th Nov
Remembrance Service @ War Memorial
9.30am
17th Nov
Lay Led Joint
J Leonard
9.30am
24th Nov
Holy Communion Joint with Bramham @ Thorp Arch
J Gawthorpe
9.30am
1st Dec
Lay Led
S Spurr
10am
8th Dec
Holy Communion Joint at Bramham
4pm
8th Dec
Lay Led Christingle @ Walton
9.30am
15th Dec
Lay Led Carol Service
4pm
15th Dec
Benefice Carol Service @ St Mary's
4pm
22nd Dec
All Age Children’s Christmas Service
11.30pm
24th Dec
Midnight Service Joint @ Thorp Arch
9.30am
25th Dec
Holy Communion Joint @ Walton
10am
29th Dec
Benefice Service @ St Mary Boston Spa
9.30am
5th Jan '20
Holy Communion
Time
Date
Sunday Service, St Peter’s, Walton
9.30am
3rd Nov
Lay Led
8am
10th Nov
Group Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch
10.50am
10th Nov
Holy Communion
9.30am
17th Nov
Lay Led Joint @ Thorp Arch
9.30am
24th Nov
Lay Led
9.30am
1st Dec
Lay Led
10am
8th Dec
Holy Communion Joint at Bramham
4pm
8th Dec
Lay Led Christingle @ Walton
9.30am
15th Dec
Lay Led Carol Service
4pm
15th Dec
Benefice Carol Service @ St Mary's
4pm
22nd Dec
All Age Children’s Christmas Service
11.30pm
24th Dec
Midnight Service Joint @ Thorp Arch
9.30am
25th Dec
Holy Communion Joint @ Walton
10am
29th Dec
Benefice Service @ St Mary Boston Spa
9.30am
5th Jan '20
Holy Communion
M Smyth J Warren
J West
Occasional Offices All Saints’ - Thorp Arch
St Peter’s - Walton
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the communities in the Wetherby Ward, not least in Thorp Arch where his presence and support will be much missed. Our sympathy and condolences go to his family, friends and many colleagues.
Thorp Arch Parish Council Report October 2019 The following is a summary of some of the work the Parish Council (PC) has undertaken over the last few weeks. Visit www.thorp-arch.org.uk for more information about the Parish Council, including minutes from meetings and agendas.
Homes England (HE)
Police Report
The Planning application (18/07278/FU) for 26 dwellings has now been approved by Leeds City Council. The PC expect to hear of the next stages within the coming months.
Three crimes reported for September:
Site Allocation Plan (SAP) The SAP was adopted by Leeds City Council (LCC) on 10 July 2019. LCC are in a position to consider planning applications as it now has a five-year land supply in place. However, the SAP must be reviewed no later than 31 December, 2021, so that it can be extended to provide for certainty up to 2028.
> Theft of car on Thorp Arch Park – suspect took car keys from the property and stole vehicle. > Criminal damage on Church Causeway – outside tap at the church damaged. > Burglary from the trading estate – vehicles and tools stolen from a commercial building.
The SAP can be viewed on the LCC website www.leeds.gov.uk/local follow the link to Adopted Local Plan.
> Vandalised car on The Village, located in a driveway.
Councillor Andrew Peacock
> Theft from a business on the trading estate.
Councillor Andrew Peacock was co-opted recently to the Parish Council.
Register for a community alert: For daily crime updates in your area please register for community alert. Here you will receive updates about crime in your area, and crime prevention advice. Please visit www. wypcommunityalert.co.uk/ 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.
I moved to Thorp Arch in 2005 having lived in Boston Spa since 2000. I have enjoyed being part of the community, watching it grow and change over time. By trade I am a commercial surveyor and therefore naturally have an interest in the built environment. I will hopefully bring a new dynamic to the PC when reviewing planning applications in the parish. I very much look forward to working in the parish to maintain the village for generations to come.
To give information anonymously, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Remember you can report crimes and ASB online at www. westyorkshire.police.uk/report-it Tribute to Councillor Gerald Wilkinson The PC was saddened to learn of the recent death of Ward Councillor Gerald Wilkinson. Gerald had given long and valued service to 10
secrets and we’d like to open it up to the wider community.
Speed Indication Devices SIDs The SID near Walton Chase is still out of action. We have reported the matter to LCC engineers and continue to pursue officers regarding its repair.
“We would like to thank Guy for all his hard work over the last few years, overseeing some major improvements to the hall including a newly refurbished fully equipped kitchen and an adjacent wonderful children’s playground.”
Land at North Lodge The PC now own the title on the section of land at North Lodge that they have acquired through an ‘adverse possession’ process. Discussions will take place about the future of the land over the next few weeks. If you have any ideas about what you would like to see there, then please do email us directly: clerk@thorp-arch.org.uk or submit a comment via our website.
So what’s new? The new website now offers full information about the hall and an online booking system too. We are also installing external power alongside the hall and many other upgrades are planned for the future. We’re now looking to host regular classes and events and welcome anyone in the area who is looking for a venue to get in touch and to talk to us about making Walton Village Hall their home.
Website A reminder that minutes and more details about the work of the Parish Council can be found at www.thorp-arch.org.uk
We’re also looking to support local businesses with favourable rates to advertise on the website. To find out more about advertising email info@waltonvillagehallwetherby.org.
Date of Next Parish Council Meeting The next meeting will be held on Monday 11 November 2019 – 7pm at All Saints Church.
Upcoming events
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The Family Christmas Party on 14 December is one not to miss, a real family-focused party. There will be music, face painting, Sandra from Big Events for Little People, food, and of course, a special guest appearance from that guy in red.
Something old, something new - Walton Village Hall announces changes
For more details visit our new website www. waltonvillagehallwetherby.org or our rebranded Facebook page.
At the heart of any thriving community is a Village Hall bringing everyone together. Walton Village Hall has been such a picturesque setting for so many memorable family events. This beautiful old building, however, will be celebrating many new changes over the coming months. Over the last few weeks, a new committee has been formed headed up by Brian Eldred who took over from the recently retired chair, Guy Kitchen. Brian says, “As a local villager, it’s so rewarding to see everyone come together to enjoy each other’s company – make new friends and celebrate all that is good with community life. The hall is one of our best-kept
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St. Peter's Annual Harvest Supper St. Peter's Annual Harvest Supper on Friday 11 October was again a very successful and enjoyable evening, with all the tickets spoken for well before the night.
Carol Singers Wanted! Christmas is coming and locals are called upon to boost the festive sound by joining what is hoped to be the biggest choir at St. Mary’s Church - ever!
Cottage Pie followed by Brioche Bread & Butter Pudding and Cream - cooked by our very small group of ladies - was absolutely delicious and was certainly enjoyed by all. We would like to thank every-one who supported us and helped us to raise a huge profit £932 on the evening. Our thanks also to all who helped make the evening such a success both socially and financially. After finally pulling all the figures together from the Gin & Cider Festival for St Peter's in September we are delighted to announce we made £2574 profit.
The Benefice Carol Service will be held at St Mary’s Church, Boston Spa, on Sunday 15 December at 4pm and Steve Aston, organist and choir master, is looking for singers to augment the choir for this special event.
It's so rewarding that all the planning and hard work by our very small team involved in holding these 2 events within weeks of each other raised a ‘nice little pot of money’ towards the on-going cost of the up-keep of St. Peter's Church.
Steve says, “You do not need to be able to read music, just enjoy singing. All voices and ages are welcome and we would really like to include children in this service, parents as well if possible.”
BILL KILBY AND DOREEN LISTER
Rehearsals are on a Thursday evening starting on 14 November, 7- 8.30pm in the choir vestry which is the little building at the east end of St. Mary’s Church. For more information call Steve on 07703 575750, otherwise just turn up.
Floral Display Thanks Geoff Harrison would like to pass his grateful thanks and congratulations to all who contributed to the Harvest Service Floral Display at St. Peter’s Church this October.
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The Church was the location of the joint service and welcomed visitors from All Saints’, Thorp Arch.
Wednesday 2 October, saw Tony Burkitt presenting about the Orkneys and Shetlands.
The flowers continue to dress the church for several days, if not weeks, after the event they are intended to grace, and kept in top shape by tending by the volunteer arrangers, and Geoff, who organisers the flower rota for St Peter’s as well as creating displays himself, notably at Christmas. Geoff was delighted that as he watered the vases, the rare sunshine made everything look especially beautiful, even though it was some days after the main event.
These islands are closer to Norway, Oslo and Iceland than they are to London, and a sturdy Viking independence prevails. So much so that Edinburgh is regarded as remote. They are welcoming to visitors, though it is not a place for shopaholics, the main shopping street in Kirkwall being only a hundred yards long. However if you like open spaces, abundant birdlife, wild flowers and peace and quiet, this is the place for you and free of charge. 12
‘redacted’ some of the ingredients! We can reassure readers that none of the ingredients were secret or posed a threat to national security, so we have reprinted the ingredients here and hope you enjoy it! See later in the magazine for more from Anne - all on a Russian theme…
The islands are well served with ferries but Tony advised pre planning and booking ahead. After the natural attractions probably the next most interesting was the Neolithic remains. Constructed well before the Pyramids or the Great Wall of China, they were constructed without the aid of mortar, some rising to three stories where a clever system of interlocking double dry-stone walling ensured stability and weather resistance. Heated only with a central peat fire that gave shelter and warmth in the direst weather. Tony pointed out that some of the highest wind speeds ever have been recorded in the Shetlands, over 170 mph on Muckle Flugga and then the recording instrument gave up the ghost.
Fig and White Chocolate Chip Cookies with Rosemary - for full method see Causeway October 2019
INGREDIENTS 75 g (¾ c) coconut flour 75 g (¾ c) whole wheat flour, preferably spelt 100 g pla in (spelt or unbleached) flour
Further to this, an off-shore oil rig recorded an unofficial speed of 194 mph. Clearly Winter in these islands is not for the faint hearted. Nevertheless, at other more clement times the visitor is assured of a warm welcome.
60 g (1/2 c) ground almonds 1¼ tsp. baking soda
ROY HOLLINGWORTH
Recipe Revisited
½ tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. cinnamon ¾ c light olive oil
Last month (Oct 19) we published a marvellous recipe from Anne Watts but the printer’s ink
Official Secrets Released
130 g (¾ c) caster sugar 130 g (¾ c) light brown sugar 3 large eggs 1 tsp. vanilla extract
175 g (1 c / 6 oz) white chocolate chips 150 g (1 c) chopped pecans or walnuts 1 Tbsp. finely chopped rosemary (optional)
330 g (3 c) coarsely chopped fresh figs – see note above*
enlisting Britain's help in collecting compromising information on U.N. Security Council members to blackmail them into voting in favour of an invasion of Iraq. She is unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into war, so Gun makes the terrifying decision to defy the Government and leak the memo to the press. Boston Spa, doubling as Cheltenham, saw her filming a street scene on Church Street.
Early October saw the official release of Keira Knightley’s latest film, Official Secrets. Much of the location filming was in and around Wetherby and Boston Spa including the British Library in Thorp Arch. Knightley plays British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun who was a translator. In the lead up to the Iraq War, Gun receives a memo from the NSA - the United States is
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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.
NOVEMBER
17 November Little Bear Children’s Market, Boston Spa Village Hall, 11am-1pm. Entry - £1 for adults, free for children. Stalls selling pre-loved children’s items from clothing to books and toys to pushchairs, aged from birth up to 10 years. Inc. raffle supporting Martin House.
2 November Harrogate Male Voice Choir charity performance st Boston Spa Methodist Church, 7.30pm. In aid of Candlelighters supporting children with cancer and their families (candlelighters.org.uk). Tickets £7 including petitfours and mocktails during the interval, from Sue Jakeman 01937 842156.
22 November TABS fundraising quiz and supper at the Boston Spa Village Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £10 includes quiz and supper provided by The Stew and Oyster. Bar and raffle. Tickets from Gaby Morrison 07947 390617.
2 November Walton Village Hall 2nd Annual Bonfire & Fireworks Night. Gates and bar open at 6pm, bonfire lit at 6.30pm with fireworks at 7.15pm. Tickets £6 including admission and a light supper, children 4 and under free. Tickets from The Fox and Hounds, Chloe Heaton chloe_e@ hotmail.com, 07834 493888, Brian & Alison Eldred brian@eldredonline.co.uk, 07802 265504, Richard Prudhoe richard.prudhoe@gmail.com, 541491
DECEMBER 6 December Songs & Arias Concert in Aid of St. George’s Crypt at St. Mary’s Church at 7.30pm by final year Leeds College of Music students of Geraldine Cassidy. Tickets £10 inc a glass of wine from Parish Office 844402, Terry and Emily Gaussen 844345, Yeadon’s hardware shop or on the door.
2 November Thorp Arch Village Annual Fireworks and Bonfire. Kilby Field Dowkell Lane/Wood Lane. Fire and hotdogs from 6pm, fireworks at 6.30pm. Entry free but donations on the night appreciated.
6 December Travel Talk organised by Wetherby Choral Society, Church Rooms, St James’ Church, Wetherby 7.30 pm. The Silk Roads from China to Turkey , tickets £10 inc a glass of wine and a light supper from tickets@wetherbychoral.org.uk, 07788 837872.
9 November Thorp Arch & Walton (YCA) Ladies Group Winter Craft Fair & Coffee Morning at Boston Spa Methodist Church 10am-12. Contact tawyca@outlook.com.
6 December Yorkuleles at St Helen’s Church Bilton in Ainsty YO26 7NN, 7.30pm. An Evening with the York Ukulele Band, including Mince Pie and Festive Beverage, tickets £5 available from Susie 01423 358340 and Joyce 01423 358124.
16 November Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus performed by Wetherby Choral Society St James’ Parish Church, Wetherby 7.30pm. Tickets £17 (18s and under free) from 07860 454894, tickets@ wetherbychoral.org.uk, Nicolla Florist 01937 585233, Chorus members or at the door on the night.
14 December Family Christmas Party at Walton Village Hall. A real family-focused party, with music, face painting, entertainment from Big Events for Little People, food and special guest appearance from Father Christmas www. waltonvillagehallwetherby.org.
16-17 November Walton Group of Artists Annual Exhibition, Walton Village Hall, 10am-4pm each day, free entry. High quality pro/am artwork from local artists (including your Ed!). Original art, gifts and cards available to buy. Refreshments by donation in aid of Yorkshire Air Ambulance. www. waltongroupofartists.co.uk
22 December Thorp Arch Carols on the Green from 5.30pm, with the Wetherby Silver Band providing the musical accompaniment to our village carols. Father Christmas will be popping along whilst the grown-ups can enjoy mince pies provided by the Village Society. A collection will be taken for Martin House.
16-17 November York Textile Artists Winter Exhibition, York Cemetery Chapel 10am-4pm each day. New work from 10 top textile artists. www. yorktextileartists.com 16
Notice Board Thorp Arch Lawn Tennis Club The Thorp Arch Lawn Tennis Club 200 Club Draw for October has been won by number 21 belonging to Pat Warnett. This is the final draw of 2019.
If you would like to get involved, our next meeting for the whole group is on Monday 18 Nov 7.30pm at Boston Spa Methodist Church Room. Contact penny.stables@gmail.com.
Pat tt e Warn
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Walks Around Boston Spa Boston Spa, Wetherby & Villages Green Group
Did you know that Boston Spa has several popular walking routes, and that the most popular links on the Boston Spa Parish Council website are the village walks?
A new local ‘green’ group was formed this summer, with three aims: • To reduce our local carbon footprint • To increase biodiversity locally • To reduce waste & increase recycling
The Parish Council has developed 6 walking routes around the village ranging from 2 miles to 7 miles. You can pick up a map at Yeadons or the Library for just 20p or you can download the walks from the BSPC website bostonspapc.org.uk. The BSPC have also had members of the public voicing concerns regarding misleading signage along the riverside path near Spa Baths, at the bottom of Spa Lane. A sign on the Spa Baths says 'private' however there is a right of way along the riverside. Spa Baths are private residences but members of the public can enjoy a walk (jog or run!) along the path.
We have had a fantastic response and have now set up five sub groups to look at different community projects:
Indian Flavour at the Pax Signs around the centre of Thorp Arch Village have been noted telling of the reopening of the Pax to offer a restaurant serving Indian food. The plan is for the bar area to remain as a traditional pub.
• To increase tree cover, by protecting those that we have and planting new trees • To encourage more cycling not just for leisure but also for short journeys • To create effective wildlife corridors, to improve biodiversity; e.g. encouraging more hedgehogs and swifts & swallows. • Reducing waste & increasing recycling; one aim is to be ‘plastic free’. • Reducing food waste – looking at how we can share any excess food we have, including from allotments and gardens. 17
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ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEAL 2019
They went with songs to the battle, they were young. Straight of limb, true of eyes, 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. These famous words, from the poem ‘For The Fallen’, were composed by Robert Laurence Binyon in 1914. The second verse is recited each year at many Remembrance Services around the country, including at our own War Memorial. Binyon wrote the poem while seated at Pentire Head on the North Cornwall coast, captured here by a Thorp Arch resident at sunset, movingly reflecting that second verse. A commemorative plaque was erected on the clifftop in 2003. The Royal British Legion is the country’s largest Armed Forces charity, with over 100,000 volunteers, and the annual Poppy Appeal is the British Legion’s biggest fundraising campaign. House to house collections for the 2019 Poppy Appeal are in progress in Thorp Arch and Walton, ahead of Remembrance Sunday on 10 November, and poppies will also be available at the Fox & Hounds. Your contribution helps to provide lifelong support to serving and exserving personnel and their families. Please give generously.
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Sous Chefs Start Their Training
later, meaning you can raid the freezer when in a hurry another night. Whilst they are practicing their fine motor skills why not show them how to use a peeler and get them going with the carrots or even potatoes.
Sometimes cooking is challenging, a safe haven or simply just needs ‘doing’ quickly. So, when someone offers you help it can throw you entirely, especially it is your nine year old who says, ‘Can I help mum?’. Thankfully I get that a lot and now have a real budding sous chef. So please take my word for it, always say yes, it is worth it. With a little thought and planning you can create an amazing sous chef (right hand person) or two or three, who will quickly become a genuine help in the kitchen. First things first, show them where you keep things. Let them identify and pass ingredients from the pantry or the whisk/spoon/spatula/frying pan from the drawer. That way they will start to recognise equipment and know where to put it when they empty the dishwasher - yes, I know that’s wishful thinking, but we all need to hold on to hope!
They could also be weighing or measuring out after a quick reminder of how to read the scales or side of the jug and every child knows how to mix so let them at it. A three minute sponge pudding for dessert is good enough to overlook the side effect of a little mess. In medium sized bowl let them weigh out 100g each of self-raising flour, caster sugar, and margarine/vegetable or sunflower spread, a little either way shouldn’t spoil the pudding. Move on by adding 2 eggs, crack them with the wrong edge of a knife and pulling apart. Now this is where the tricky bit comes in... do you add 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder for chocolate sponge or the zest of 1 lemon for lemon? When you have decided give it another mix, scrape in to an approximately 1litre microwaveable bowl, level off and microwave on full for 3 minutes, it might need an extra 20 seconds if lower than 800 watt but no more. Trust me it might seem gooey on top but it will be cooked beautifully. Loosen round the edge and tip out on to plate, serving with ice cream or sauce of your choice for a new family favourite.
Practice makes perfect or at least raises confidence when it comes to using knives. Remembering the bridge and claw holds from last month tell them to grab a chopping board and let them get going. Slice peppers, mushrooms, courgettes and any other vegetables you are having. If, like me on many occasions, you are raiding the freezer for vegetables (or have already prepped them before receiving their offer), just let them slice away and freeze for
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Book Review: A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
the changes going on in his country through the guests who frequent the bars and restaurants (and conference rooms), though in his way he remains frozen in time. What he does do, however, is become very familiar with the inner workings of this grand hotel, a microcosm of luxury that is in contrast to the political turbulence going on outside.
A Gentleman in Moscow came highly recommended - by two fellow writers, as it happens. At first glance, the story line of an aristocrat spending thirty years under house arrest in a Moscow hotel didn’t sound terribly inspiring, but this impression was soon proven wrong.
But the Bolsheviks manage to wreak havoc inside the hotel walls as well. In one memorable chapter, they decide that the hotel’s extensive wine cellar is “counter to the ideals of the revolution,” and staff are ordered to soak the labels off 100,000 bottles of wine, which is henceforth to be sold as simply red or white. It is one time when Rostov has trouble controlling his ire.
When the Bolsheviks took power in 1922, they sentenced Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, for the sin of being an aristocrat, to spend the rest of his life in Moscow’s Metropol Hotel. Rather than the lavish suite where he had been staying, however, he is relegated to a tiny attic room. A lesser man might go into a tailspin of depression, but the indefatigable Count makes himself at home. He makes friends, including a plucky young girl called Nina whom he meets in the restaurant. Rather conveniently, she has a pass key to every room in the hotel, and she will also go on to play an important role in Rostov’s life.
The book is fictional, set against a backdrop of a fascinating period in Russian history, but the Metropol is a real hotel. It was built in 1905 and is still going strong. The hotel’s website shows a vast structure, an architectural gem of the period. Interestingly, they offer a Gentleman in Moscow package, inviting guests to follow in the footsteps of Count Rostov!
The Count is something of a cultural polymath – he knows not just wine and food (which will serve him well when he eventually takes a job as waiter in the restaurant), but music, literature, history, you name it. However, what is most remarkable is his character – he is principled and decent, but also kind and just plain nice, and he manages to stay upbeat in the face of everything that is thrown at him. He is the kind of person you would want as your friend.
As it happens, I found a review of this book by Bill Gates, who describes it as: “…an amazing story because it manages to be a little bit of everything. There’s fantastical romance, politics, espionage, parenthood, and poetry. The book is technically historical fiction, but you’d be just as accurate calling it a thriller or a love story.” I’d say he is right about that. It is the kind of book where you’re sorry to get to the end.
The Metropol Hotel is located across from the Kremlin, within view of the Bolshoi Theatre, and it gets its share of visitors from both venues. Thus Rostov meets people and gets glimpses of
ANNE WATTS
For what it’s worth, our local book club gave it one of our highest ratings ever.
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Borscht
until they are just tender, about 30–40 minutes, or longer.
Serves 6–8
Remove from pot and cool, reserving cooking water, adding any necessary water to bring it up to about a litre (quart). When cool enough to handle, peel the beetroot and cut into julienne strips or chop fine – if you’re going to puree the soup, they can just be chopped any old way. You can use the stems and greens, but only if they are fresh.
I first encountered this Russian soup in the Hotel Utah – not quite the Metropol in Moscow, but interesting just the same. This dish must be another one of those that has as many versions as there are Ukrainian grandmothers; I’ve seen it made with beef or sausage, though I prefer this vegetarian one. You could add kidney beans for extra protein and substance.
Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the vegetables in the order I’ve listed them: the onion and garlic can already be cooking while you peel the carrot, etc. Just keep stirring so it doesn’t burn; the onions should not brown.
The vegetables are usually chopped fine, with the beets julienned, but I blend mine into a creamy soup. It has a sweet–sour taste, and it is always better the day after you make it, so it’s a good one to make ahead. I sauté the vegetables first, as I believe the flavour is more intense than if they’re just boiled. You can serve this soup hot in winter and cold in summer.
Add the bay leaves and caraway seed and keep stirring until the potatoes are just starting to cook. Add the beetroot, the tomato paste, pepper, parsley and dill.
Note: This is not fast food.
Meanwhile, in a separate pot, heat up the litre of beet water and add two bouillon cubes, stirring to dissolve. Add to the vegetables. Cook until all the vegetables are done. Last of all, add the lemon juice. Thin with water to desired thickness. Remove bay leaves.
2–3 decent size beetroot, 350–400 g [12 oz.] with stems and greens, if available 2–3 Tbsp. olive oil 1 onion, diced, about 100 g [½ cup] 2–3 garlic cloves 1 large carrot, peeled and coarsely grated ½ small cabbage (red or white), sliced thin
Serve as is, or blend in batches. Serve with a dollop of sour cream and some freshly minced parsley and dill for garnish.
3 bay leaves
ANNE WATTS
2–3 potatoes, peeled and diced small
1 tsp. caraway seed 2 Tbsp. tomato paste Generous grating of black pepper 30 g [¼ cup] parsley, minced 2 Tbsp. fresh dill, minced Juice of half a lemon 2 bouillon cubes, vegetable or chicken Sour cream, to serve Scrub the beetroot well and cut off the greens and the tail. They need to be very clean, as you’ll use the water you’re going to boil them in. Cover with cold water and bring to the boil; reduce heat and cook 25
The Birds in Your Garden Redwings and Fieldfares
bordered by well-developed hedgerows and woodland, only moving into our gardens to seek fruit and berries in the harshest winter weather when the ground is frozen and soil invertebrates are not available.
By the time you read this article both Fieldfares and Redwings will have completed their migration from the colder parts of northern Europe and Scandinavia, and will probably have moved inland away from the often frosty east coast. Many will eventually end up in the fruit growing areas of the country such as the West Midlands, but Yorkshire seems to attract its fair share.
With its striking, richly coloured plumage, the Fieldfare is noticeably larger than other thrushes. Its head and rump are grey, contrasting with the black tail and the rich chestnut-red back and wings, with much black in the longer flight feathers. The chest and flanks are heavily speckled with dark spots. The most often heard call note is a harsh, aggressive sounding ‘chack-chack’.
If you are out and about over the coming months you will very likely come across Fieldfares and Redwings in flocks of varying sizes and compositions. Migrating and wintering birds often form loose mixed flocks varying in size from 10 to 200 plus, frequently including Blackbirds (some hundreds of thousands of which winter here too), Starlings (yet more migrants amongst them), and even the odd Mistle Thrush. In some years almost threequarters of a million Redwings and Fieldfares spend the winter months in the UK.
The Redwing is a rather slight thrush, with a very noticeable pale stripe above the eye and another, less pronounced, below the cheek. The spots on the underparts are strongly marked, but it is the chestnut-red colour to the underwing and flanks which gives the bird its common name. The thin, plaintive, whistles that one sometimes hears on misty evenings in October and November are likely to be Redwings. These are the contact calls uttered in flight.
Much depends on the weather in terms of where they get to and whether they are attracted into our gardens. Looking at the berry crop around here, I suspect there will be an abundant supply this year and we may see little of them. Both are members of the thrush family, and as such prefer to feed on insects, worms, snails and slugs, but when these run out they will enthusiastically take soft fruit, especially fallen apples, and will gather on plants bearing berries, such as hawthorn, pyracantha and cotoneaster. It is these berry-bearing plants that may, in case of real shortage, attract them into your garden.
Time will tell! JOHN HARDING
Not only do Redwings tend not to return regularly to the same wintering areas, but their arrival period also varies, being later in years with good berry crops in Scandinavia. In bad years they have no alternative but to head over the sea to the British Isles in the hope of finding winter sustenance when migration numbers may be in the millions.
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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. Secretary: Jane Clayton 843153 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
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