Talk of the Town November 2018

EDITION 209

CIRCULATION 4,600

NOVEMBER 2018

SALTBURN’S FREE MONTHLY MAGAZINE 1

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SALTBURN’S TOWN TALK Letter from the Editor

It doesn‟t take much to get me feeling emotional so I am many years from on-going heart failure and really struggled deeply moved by the outpouring of „we shall remember them‟ sometimes to get upstairs. Unfortunately he lived in a second this month to mark the 100 year anniversary of the end of the floor flat and the last time I was with him, a few days before first world war. I think it demonstrates one of the greatest his passing, it took him over half an hour to get up there. He aspects of humanity: that regardless of what our leaders say, gallantly continued to get out to see his friends and I met up ordinary people know better. Such was the spirit that led with him three times a week. Barry had spent all his working soldiers to play that famous football match on Christmas day. career as a car mechanic for the AA. His funeral was on See pages 11, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 40 and 49 for other items.

Monday, 22nd October, and no less than seven yellow AA I have another anniversary this month, insignificant vans turned up outside his Marine Parade flat to escort him to compared to „we shall remember them‟ but one which the crematorium and see off one of their own. It was very deserves at least a brief mention. This month‟s magazine is moving and a large crowd turned out to say goodbye. My my personal 200th edition. Yes, I have personally created, thoughts go out to Barry‟s sister Sue and his long term partner edited, distributed and financed two hundred editions of Talk Bunny and all his many friends. We will do a full page tribute of the Town. That‟s no small achievement, but although I feel to Barry next month. I will miss him very much. Love, Ian obliged to mention it, I don‟t want to make a fuss. Especially Send letters, adverts and contributions for the next issue (by as there are more important things to mention.

Friday, 16th November 2018) to: The Editor, Talk of the My friend Barry Cook has died. He had suffered for Town c/o Jackie‟s Saverstore, 8 Station Buildings, Saltburn, Christmas Tree Festival: Following on from last year‟s Cleveland, TS12 1AQ. Telephone: 01287 623903 (or email: successful event, Saltburn WI are getting ready to hold talkofthetownsaltburn@gmail.com). another Christmas Tree Festival in Emmanuel Church Talk of the Town can be found on a new Facebook between 1st and 8th December. All you need is to supply address at www.facebook.com/talkofthetownsaltburn. your own tree and decorate it with a theme of your choice. If Priory Art Society Autumn Exhibition: Saturday 17th your organisation, group, business or family would like to be November, 10.00am to 4.30pm, at Sunnyfield House, Westgate, involved please get in touch (at saltburnwi@outlook.com).

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Saltburn Farmers’ Market: Saturday, November 10th and Craft Club Busy Fingers: 2nd and 4th Thursday of each Saturday, December 8th are our two final Farmers‟ Markets month, 1.30 till 3.30pm in the Coffee Room, Saltburn of the year. Full of tasty food and drink and a handful of Community Centre. artisan craft producers a visit to Saltburn Farmers‟ Market is a Saltburn Charity Crafters will be meeting in the Community delight for families and food lovers alike. Look out for the Hall from 2pm to 4pm on Wednesday, 7th new stalls bringing a greater range of goods to town!

November. Everybody welcome.

Random Stitches (Guisborough and District Branch of the New Exhibition at Saltburn Studios and Gallery: You‟re Embroiderers‟ Guild) are holding their monthly meeting on welcome to our new Exhibition which opened on 20th October, Saturday, 3rd November in Sunnyfield House, Westgate, featuring our 17 Studio Artists. Our Gallery opens every Guisborough TS14 6BA, at 2pm. The guest speaker is Helen weekend, 12-4pm. Our next Open Studios will be on the 8th Winthorpe-Kendrick, a well known local textile artist and her December with mince pies and mulled wine. talk is entitled „Thread Rocks‟. Everyone is welcome and the cost for non members is £5.00. Car parking is free on WI Report: Our October meeting was dominated by the smell Saturday behind Belmont House, Rectory Lane, only a short of fresh bread. Ian Clacherty from Stonehouse Bakery was our walk away. The meeting in December will be Christmas speaker and he brought along samples of different loaves for us to try. As well as telling us the history of his business, he celebrations. shared some of his secrets for successful bread making and was Emmanuel Church Hall Table Top and Collectors’ Sale: only too willing to answer our many questions. A very We will be back on November 3rd and 17th and then 1st and interesting and informative speaker. Everyone enjoyed his talk.

15th December. We have 3 rooms packed full of lots of We have had a busy month with a visit to The Piece Hall Christmas things and our usual stalls. We are also taking in Halifax which was enjoyed by all who went. We have also orders for our usual Christmas cakes and mince pies etc. If started a new activity, walking netball. Running may be banned anyone is interested in booking a stall to have a clear out but it is an energetic and fun filled hour. Many of us haven‟t contact me on the number below. We are also doing our usual played since we were at school. lunches and all day breakfast, fresh home baked cake, pies Our next meeting is at the Saltburn Learning Centre on and scones. Home made refreshments and light lunches are on Thursday, 8th November at 7.00pm. New members are always sale all day. FREE ENTRANCE and a warm welcome to welcome so why not come along and give us a try. everyone. With over 26 stall holders, selling lots of bric-aYou can find out more about our activities at brac, books, toys, baby goods, and all sorts of collectables, www.saltburnbytheseawi.wordpress.com or follow us on there is something for everyone. Contact Denise Marshall on Facebook.

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Cover Illustration: Saltburn in the warm autumn sunshine by Maurizio Malavasi Disclaimer: Talk of the Town tries to make sure the articles and announcements made on its pages are accurate, but views expressed in letters and articles printed in Talk of the Town are not necessarily those of the editor. Any offers in adverts included in Talk of the Town are made by the advertisers; details should be confirmed with them. Always confirm event details with the organisers, in case of alteration or error. Talk of the Town is printed by DC (Yorkshire) Print, Unit 34a, Lidgate Crescent, Langthwaite Business Park, South Kirkby, West Yorkshire, WF9 3NR. Website: www.dcprintyorkshire.co.uk Tel: 01977 642331. Proprietor/Editor of Talk of the Town: Ian Tyas c/o Jackie‟s Saverstore, 8 Station Buildings, Saltburn, TS12 1AQ. (Ian Tyas tel: 01287 623903.)

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Saltburn-by-the-Sea Looking Back Over the years many changes take place in our town and we find it fascinating looking through our photographs that we have taken, or collected, of events during recent years. Here is a small selection.

Inside the Post Office which opened in 1901 and closed in 1989.

A view of the original Huntcliff School taken from a basket suspended off a crane during a Gala day event.

Looking towards a multi coloured Beach Café and the fairground location.

Works in progress with updating the sewage disposal system for the area.

The pier renamed for the filming “God on the Rocks” where many local folks were used as extras.

Cath and Tony Lynn

Saltburn Photographic Society Wednesday 7th November Ripon Camera Club visit with a selection of their work. Wednesday 14th Tessa Bunney tells us about different landscapes and the way they are shaped by human activities. Wednesday 21st November second competition result subject Bridges. Wednesday 28th Jim McCormick presents an AV presentation “From the Greek Islands to Istanbul”.

A selection of members‟ work is on display in Saltburn Library, this is changed every other month.

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The next practical night is November 19th. Subjects to be discussed are How to photograph moving water. Using filters and Raw files. Note this meetings starts at 7.00pm.

Meetings are held in the upstairs hall, Saltburn Milton Street Methodist Church TS12 1EB at 7.30pm. Visitors are welcome to any of our meetings; there will be a small charge.

For more information, visit our website www.saltburnphotographicsociety.co.uk or contact Tony Lynn 01287 622519.

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Once Upon a Time in the Wapentake This is sometimes a gloomy time of the year. I should really be writing something cheery, but, sadly, I‟m not. Earlier this year I wrote about a visit we had made to friends near Carcassonne in South West France. Fortunately, they live on top of a hill, (like most of us in Saltburn) but, all around them, the vineyards and the villages are devastated by floods. And almost every night on television we see water pouring through the streets of some different town. Of course, there is nothing new about floods, but to have them happening so often, that is new. Even The Trump seems to accept that the climate has changed, though he appears to believe it will change back without us doing anything.

But it‟s not climate change that I‟m worried about today; there may be something else that threatens human life even more than the warming seas does: it is the loss of topsoil.

Topsoil, rich in minerals and organic matter in which worms and other little creatures can live and work, all vital for plants to grow, and something we just take for granted. But it is something that is vanishing fast.

Why? Partly because of some modern farming techniques: the overuse of pesticides and herbicides, and crop yields boosted temporarily by massive application of artificial fertilisers. But the major cause of topsoil loss in the past century has been the ploughing up of the world‟s grassland.

Prairie, pampas, steppe and savannah covered much of the earth‟s surface two hundred years ago. A mixture of different grasses, some drought resistant, others capable of surviving heavy rains, meant that there was permanent grass cover. The

plant roots held the soil together, and herds of grazing animals ensured a constant supply of organic material. And those herds never grew too big because, in the wild, there were predators, big cats, wolves…and humans.

In the Twentieth Century there was a massive drive to plough them up to grow grain, most famously perhaps in Oklahoma, USA. At first the crops were good, the corn as „high as an elephant‟s eye‟, but then a dry spell shrivelled the corn, and the soil, no longer held together by grassroots, blew away. It was called the Dust Bowl. Something on an even more devastating scale seems to have happened in what was then the Soviet Union.

So, to save the topsoil do we have to declare that no food can be produced in those lands? Possibly, or we can do what our ancestors did, and eat the meat and milk from those grazing animals. I hear cries of protest, and hurriedly point out that I am totally opposed to modern intensive animal husbandry: huge numbers of animals kept in sheds, pumped full of antibiotics, fed on soya grown on land that used to be rain forest. It is bad for the animals and the environment, and the meat, and dairy and eggs produced are hardly worth eating.

Meat eaters like myself should eat less meat, but make sure it comes from genuinely free range animals, and vegans should make sure that their food is grown without damaging the soil, and we should all think about whether we would really want to see the Yorkshire Moors ploughed up.

Tim Beswick

Geraldine Jordan Saltburn mourns the loss of Geraldine Jordan who passed away on the 18th of October at James Cook University Hospital. Geraldine was the founder of the Saltburn Victorian Society and will be remembered for her support of this yearly celebration. Geraldine‟s career was of the utmost importance to her and this career allowed her to manage some of the best hotels in the area. She was the manager of the Dragonara in Middlesbrough, the Crown Plaza in Scarborough and was head hunted and helped to design Tall Trees in Yarm before going on to manage the hotel during its most popular years.

Geraldine was also the head housekeeper at Rushpool Hall and she finished her career at the Marton Hotel and Country Club. Geraldine was a keen party planner who was most at home when she was organising and hosting soirees either at home with her friends or for the Saltburn Victorian Society. Geraldine organised everything from Victorian fashion shows at the community centre to the Victorian parade that became a focal point for the annual celebrations.

Geraldine was a keen baker, flower arranger and seamstress as well as business owner and luxury hotel manager, a true jack of all trades.

Unfortunately Geraldine suffered from multiple sclerosis (MS) and epilepsy for 37 years but both were in control until around 10 years ago where Geraldine became bed bound because of the MS and this hugely restricted her ability to do the things that she loved. Despite everything Geraldine kept on going and showed a remarkable resilience to her situation finding comfort in her friends, family and more recently her grandson Toby.

Geraldine loved Saltburn and everything that this town stood for.

She was a remarkable and unique lady that was the encapsulation of high standards and resilience. She will be sorely missed by all who knew her and she will remain a part of Saltburn‟s history.

Geraldine Elizabeth Jane Jordan 14.12.1951 - 18.10.2018 6

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Councillors’ Column The Cat Nab toilets are to be restructured. The baby changing facilities to be removed from one of the disabled toilets and space made available in both the male and female toilets. In order to accommodate this the only two urinals in the male toilet were to be removed, immediately reducing 50% of the existing facility. So much for tourism and resident facilities. Fortunately, after lobbying, sanity is to prevail in the sanitary department and the urinals will not be lost after all. A request for an architectural redesign demonstrated that all facilities could be provided without loss of service.

A lone voice is sometimes heard. A similar situation has arisen in Station Square. It is proposed to remove the only public urinal in the town centre to allow baby changing facilities to be introduced to replace it. A lone voice has been raised again.

Crossing Windsor Road has been a challenge over many years, requests for a designated crossing falling on deaf ears. A site visit to discuss the proposed One Way system for Zetland Terrace alerted officers to the reality of a hazardous highway situation. Suffice to say a crossing will be constructed in the near future.

Finally seeing the light might apply in the case of the pier. Since the heavy sea surge in December 2013 the pier has been without its nationally acclaimed lighting feature.

The system illuminated the infrastructure and with the aid of reflection from the sea rendered an ethereal dream like quality to the only remaining pier on the Yorkshire coast.

Funds of some £50,000 have now been allocated to install a

new LED system. The lighting will be primarily white but can offer a colour range for occasional special effects, just in time for next year‟s celebrations commemorating the official opening in May 1869.

Speed of traffic in the town is again on many complainants‟ lips. A request for speed monitoring is being made. Most recent official statistics indicate traffic on town roads is exceeding the recommended speed limit levels.

Whilst PCSOs are unlikely to directly affect the speed of vehicle travel, the welcome news that Saltburn is to have its own dedicated police officer will be well received by all law abiding residents.

Anyone already in the tourist accommodation trade, or anyone thinking of venturing into it, could benefit from an initiative currently being promoted by the Place Investment Team. Funding may be available to assist in bringing rooms back in to use or for creating new bedrooms, or setting up as an accommodation provider.

Contact details are placeinvestment@redcarcleveland.gov.uk or 01642 444494.

A draft Strategic Transport Plan is under preparation for publication in early 2019. This will include a Tees Valley wide Bus Strategy, a Walking and Cycling Strategy and individual Borough transport plans.

In the meantime our individual travel priorities are requested in a survey being undertaken to gather information on our travel practices. It is anonymous and can be completed at www.ibyd.com/travelsurvey by the 4th November.

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Saltburn Athletic FC The season is now well underway and all teams have played at least four games.

The under 10s under the coaching of Mark Grayson have began well and scoring freely as they win all four games and goals stand at 32 with only 1 conceded.

The under 8s team continue to learn in their first season under Tim Raynes and although having only one win under their belt have shown positive signs as other games have been close scores.

The under 11s Sharks under the coaching of James Kesterton and Andy Croll have a fifty percent rate of wins.

Having been beaten in both cup games narrowly against teams higher placed than them. The latter game against Hartlepool Youth went to virtually the last kick of the game in a very thrilling contest. They have, however ,won both league games versus Kader Utd and Richmond Blues.

The U11 Seahawks under Will Hopkins and Matty Dobson continue to learn in their first season but do have a win which is obviously very important.

The Under 12s coached by Ron Campbell, Dan Bennett and Gary Summerfield are doing well with three wins in the league by 4-1, 5-1 and 3-0. Their cup run came to an end when beaten on penalties after drawing 2-2 against a team three divisions higher.

The under 14 Dolphins coached by Kev Robinson have two wins and two losses. They beat Norton & Stockton Ancients 2-0 with both goals from Ben Russell, Another win by 5-0 against Bishop Auckland St Marys Kings with goals from Brad Warnes (4) and Thomas Lowe. However, losses against Bishop Auckland St Marys Aces 2-1, Cuthbert scoring and then versus Richmond the league leaders by 2-1 having hit the post twice late in the game with Ben Russell getting the goal.

The under 14 Falcons with Rick Day as coach are having a very difficult start to the season but continue to battle on.

The final team, the under 15s, are doing well yet again with four wins out of five league games and one drawn. Wins against Thirsk Falcons Claret 8-3, Wynyard 3-1, Stockton Saints Youth 6-0 and Trimdon 5-3 and the drawn game 2-2 versus Redcar Town. They have also won their Challenge Cup game against Redcar Newmarket by 4-0.

Thank you once again to all our supportive parents and to the work put in by all the coaches and other staff members.

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Friday 16th and Saturday 17th November, 2018 Saltburn Community & Arts Association, Albion Terrace, Saltburn A charity festival run by volunteers with all proceeds going to SCAA. A celebrity cook will again be doing the catering for the festival. Kat, who is featured on the Mighty Redcar on TV working in the Footprints in the Community cafe, will be providing home made hot and cold food to enjoy with one of the 36 cask ales on offer.

Opening times will be 11am – 5pm and 6:30 – 11pm.

Tickets available from the SCAA box office (opening hours Wednesday 2-4pm, Thursday and Friday 11-1pm and 24pm) or ring 01287 624997, also the Spar Supermarket, 39A Milton Street. For more information please go to www.saltburnarts.co.uk or www.clevelandcamra.org.uk.

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Friends of Saltburn Library The Friends are delighted to welcome Janet Stimpson on Wednesday, 10th November at 2.00pm for their monthly event. She will be talking and demonstrating the art of making various types of Christmas trimmings. Janet has the reputation of being an expert and experienced crafter, so we are in for a treat!

There will be the usual offering of tea and biscuits upon arrival.

Also, on Saturday morning 24th November from 10.30am until approx 12.00pm there will be a free Christmas tree decoration making session held by Sharon. This will be (as last year) for children of junior school age – not toddlers. Do come along to this event and represent the children of Saltburn library.

Refreshments suitable for children will be available.

The trimmings made at this event will decorate The Friends of Saltburn Library Christmas tree which will be entered in the Women‟s Institute exhibition to be held in Emmanuel Church.

Barbara P. Chaffer

Clare Singers Reunion Concert After an initial meeting, a number of ex-Clare Singers have been making music together since July.

Their aim, to successfully re-learn a programme of favourite Christmas Songs for a Concert in December in the United Reformed Church, Redcar on December 29th, is now well under way. Many of these songs have arrangements unique to The Clare Singers.

Also on the programme will be a re-formed Glock Group, Christmas Readers and Story-tellers, Vocal Solos and Duets, Traditional Audience Carols and some more well-known Christmas Songs.

There is still time to join our number of enthusiastic and talented singers who rehearse either in Coatham Church Hall on a Monday evening or in Redcar East Community Centre on a Saturday afternoon or alternatively, if you would like to play a small part, then please contact Tony on 01642 481544 (or email clare_singers@hotmail.co.uk).

The Charitable Organisation of The Friends of Redcar Cemetery is set to benefit from the event.

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Saltburn Evangelical Church (Leven Street Mission) Following Jesus - the Bible our guide

Here for you: WELCOME! Sundays 10.30am & 6.00pm www.saltburnevangelicalchurch.org.uk _________________________________

What do you call a place where: It’s “open-house” to all; There’s free tea, coffee and hot chocolate; Relaxation for the frazzled; Space for friends to meet and chat; Warmth on a chilly afternoon; A listening ear if you need one?

We call it THE LISTENING POST! Behind our church building in Leven Street we have a bright, warm, comfortable tea room.

It’s open every Thursday afternoon: 3.00 till 5.00.

So if you’re heading home after school, work, shopping etc. give it a try.

You’ll be very welcome!

Friday Friends Friday Friends is an inclusive friendship group based in Saltburn, for people aged over 18. We are a friendly group and welcome people with different abilities.

We are pleased to announce that the Macmillan Coffee Morning raised £278.60 and would like to thank everyone for their support and generosity on the day.

November programme Nov 2nd seated keep fit with Taylor followed with bingo 10-12. Paint / draw a badger.

Nov 9th Line dancing with Esme / quiz 10-12. Sew a lavender bag / tissue paper poppies.

Nov 16th Healthy cooking 10-12. Butterfly wall hanging.

Nov 23rd Ian on guitar / quiz / word games. Sew a soft toy.

Nov 30th Bowling at Saltburn Bowls Club10-12. Make Christmas cards.

We are a non-profit making group, run by volunteers. We meet on Fridays at Emmanuel Church Hall, McNay Street, Saltburn. Activities are 10-12.30 and arts and crafts 1-4. First session is free to see if you like it then there is a charge of £2.00 per session or £3 all day. Carers are always free.

For more information ring 07833 895 501 (or email thefridayfriends@outlook.com).

Keith Bowers, chairperson

Saltburn 500 Club Congratulations go to A Beardsmore for winning the £100 First Prize in the October Saltburn 500 Club Draw. As usual, I‟ll take the opportunity to remind you that only fully paid-up members of the 500 Club are included in the draw.

Application forms to join the club are available from Saltburn library or Jackie‟s Saverstore.

I would like to thank the organisers of the Gay Pride event, held at the Conservative Club in Saltburn, and the members and staff of the Conservative Club for making a generous donation of £300 towards the cost of the 2018 Christmas lights. The Conservative Club topped up the monies raised by the Gay Pride event with events held in the club and, again, I offer our sincere gratitude. It is estimated that the 2018 Christmas lights, including bands and the parade, will cost in the region of £5500. This donation, along with a generous donation from Saltburn, Marske and New Marske Parish Council will help to make my fund-raising a little easier!

The lights will be in the process of being put up around the town as you read this article, followed by the trees which go up on 23rd November. The team of volunteers could do with some support if you want to join us. We have new electricians doing the work this year so I‟m sure they‟ll feel a lot more welcome if you give them a friendly greeting. However, could you please NOT fasten your dog to the ladder whilst the electrician is up it? It may seem a convenient place to fasten your dog whilst going into a shop; however, the electricians don‟t appreciate it!

Believe me, this DID happen last year.

Don‟t forget that the Christmas lighting-up parade will start at 16.30 on Saturday, 1st December. There will be children‟s entertainment in the library from 14.00 to 16.00 and the tree will be lit up at 17.00.

The bandstand is looking a little lonely now that the summer concerts have finished. We have just had the final report, showing the takings from the performances, and the number attending the performances was down in comparison to last year. Could I remind you that the bands are there for your entertainment and they would love to see packed audiences. It is also a little disheartening for the volunteers who give freely of their time to organise the schedule, organise the volunteers, collect vital monies at the performances and arrange the opening/closing of the bandstand for each performance. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please let me or Councillor Thomson know.

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Poppies for Remembrance For the past few months the members of Saltburn WI have been busy, sewing, knitting, crocheting and recycling the bottoms of plastic bottles to make poppies. We are planning to display them outside Emmanuel Church in Saltburn to commemorate 100 years since the armistice was signed to end the First World War. The display will be at the front of the church on Windsor Road from November 4th until November 18th.

Please come to look at our tribute to all those who lost their lives in this terrible conflict, who will always be remembered.

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Saltburn in Bloom “What have the French ever done for us?” ..... After the Second World War, Charles de Gaule, thinking to boost people‟s spirits, set up “les plus beaux villages”, in English “the most beautiful villages”. The idea caught on over here and Keep Britain Tidy took up the mantle and called our version Britain in Bloom. More recently the initiative has come under the watchful eye of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

Over the years priorities have changed. Britain in Bloom used to be very local authority led, with parks department floral displays being the pride of many towns, villages and cities. This is very rarely the case nowadays.

Now the focus is very much on local in Bloom groups, mainly led by volunteers, supported by local authorities.

The onus isn‟t all on horticulture anymore either.

The RHS saw that things were changing, that local authorities weren‟t able to do as much as before and, that caring for the environment and the support of local communities was becoming more and more important.

(Fortunately this is Talk of the Town and not Just a Minute.) So now 50% of marks for areas entering their regional competitions (Northumbria for us) goes on horticultural good practice but 25% goes on community involvement and the last 25% on environmental sustainability.

This leads me on to the good news. Saltburn won a gold medal and a trophy for the best coastal resort in Northumbria. No, we weren‟t the only coastal resort entry, we competed with Seaham and Seaton Sluice. Then, we entered some special awards. These are where certain categories compete against each other. For example bus, metro and railway stations. Our station competed in this category and we won gold. Zetland Terrace entered the allotment category and won silver gilt. Huntcliff Court competed in the residential communities category and won gold and one residential front garden also won a gold in the private gardens category. Finally, our own Janet Besford won one of four community champions awards across the whole of the Northumbria in Bloom area.

There‟s one more bit of the in Bloom saga to tell you for this year. There‟s a thing called It‟s Your Neighbourhood that any group can enter, whether or not the place they are based has an in Bloom group. With It‟s Your Neighbourhood, everyone gets a certificate and there are five categories, establishing, improving, advancing, thriving and outstanding. Last year when we took a year out from the competition, Friends of the Valley gained an outstanding, a great accolade for them. This year Saltburn Allotment Association gained an outstanding for Hazel Grove allotments but, particularly for the town centre garden and the wildlife garden for the involvement of groups of all ages in their development.

The moral of this tale is “well done all of us”.

However much or little you are able to do, whether you chat to our gardeners when you pass them hard at work, whatever; between us all, we made our town look beautiful for us all to enjoy....thank you.... Sue 12

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07773006361 (based in Saltburn) Residential and Commercial Property Maintenance Plumbing, Drainage, Property Refurbishment, Roofing Repairs, Fencing, Carpentry, Joinery, Painting and Decorating, General/Ongoing Property Maintenance.

Brotton Library Knit and Natter Group We are a small group making items for charity whilst sharing skills and friendship. It is free to come to the group. We have a few regular members and would welcome more. Thursday afternoon 2pm till 4pm in Brotton library (attached to Freebrough Academy).

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Toggie Oggie Award

The Toggie Oggie Cornish Pasty Shop, in Saltburn on the lower prom, has won an award for avoiding plastic packaging. David Moore, the manager, pictured here, said “we endeavour to use as much compostable packaging as possible. By working in a plastic free environment we have gained the notice of both Surfers Against Sewage and the Redcar and Cleveland Plastic Free Community.

Because of this we are now a proud part of the approved business award, as using less single use plastic leads to less pollution of our seas and oceans.”

Are you looking for somewhere to hold your event?

New Marske Sports Club With large function room and fully licensed bar and ample free parking.

A superb venue for events such as:  Children’s Parties - with in-house entertainment  Birthday Parties, including 18th and 21st  Anniversaries  Christenings  Wedding Receptions  Funeral Wakes  Charity Events  Race Nights

Telephone: 01642 479808 Deposit required to secure your booking

What’s Happening at Marske Hall Christmas Fair Saturday, 24th November, 10am-2pm.

Enjoy a traditional Christmas Fair with festive stalls, children‟s arts and crafts, winbola stall, plus lots more. Tickets on sale for the Grand Xmas raffle, refreshments available.

PLUS - kids can meet Santa! Admission free, donations welcome, all proceeds will go towards enriching the lives of the residents of Marske Hall.

For details of this or other events at Marske Hall, please call the Hall on 01642 482672 or find us on Facebook www.facebook/marskehall.com.

Appeal: The fundraising team is always looking for tombola and raffle prizes to use at events throughout the year.

Simply call into Marske Hall from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. Visit www.facebook/marskehall.com. Thank you for your continued support. Funds raised at these events will enhance the lives of people living at Marske Hall. Registered Charity No: 218186. For details of these and other events call 01642 482672 or visit: www.facebook/marskehall.com Marske Hall, Redcar Road, TS11 6AA.

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Want to make a real difference?

Become a Retail Volunteer Assistant in one of our shops!

Help is needed in our Saltburn Charity Shop to help with displaying and sorting stock, interacting with customers and till work.

Benefits to you: Learn new skills, Gain new work experience, Build on confidence and self-esteem, Have the opportunity to meet new people, Try something new and develop new hobbies or interests, Make a difference to your own life and the lives of others.

Expectations: Great team player, Passionate about making a difference, Keen to help with the day to day running of the shop.

If you are interested in becoming part of Team Teesside Hospice or would like further information, please contact Leanne or Dianne on 01287 626270.

Full training is provided.

SALTBURN BLUES CLUB Two gigs this month: two exceptional solo acts. Both have played at Saltburn Blues Club, both are returning by popular request.

On Wednesday, 14th November 2018, HARRY MANX will perform two sets at Loftus Town Hall (Doors 7.30 pm). It‟s a mid-week gig and a different venue, but I couldn‟t miss the opportunity of booking Harry while he‟s in the UK. Canadian Harry, writes the most beguiling music. His vocals are mellow and intensely moving as he delivers his gentle compositions and captivating lyrics. He also plays one or two covers in his own unique style. Harry blends blues, folk and classical Hindustani music in a way which is captivating.

Whether playing lap slide guitar, the mohan veena (akin to the sitar), harmonica or six-string banjo, he creates a sound and atmosphere that ranges from mesmerising to thrilling. Harry has a serious following in the UK, so I‟d advise early purchase of tickets (£12).

Back to Saltburn Cricket Club on Saturday, 24th November 2018, for the young solo guitarist and singer who was with us in February 2017 before heading off to play the lead role in the touring theatre show, Buddy Holly and The Cricketers. I‟m delighted to welcome back SUNJAY. His vocals are relaxed, smooth and deeply rich and he‟s a master of intricate guitar skills. It‟s all ease and grace and style with Sunjay. He‟s had many award nominations including BBC Young Folk Award Finalist.

He drifts naturally between folk and blues now infused with his Buddy Holly experience. This young man is class. Local Band The Seaview Playboys support.

Venue: Saltburn Cricket Club. Doors: 7.30pm.

Tickets: £10 available from Destinations Cafe, Saltburn, www.yorkshireticketshop.co.uk, 07960 935263, and www.saltburnbluesclub.co.uk.

Still Got The Blues goes out on Zetland FM every Monday 7pm – 10pm, on line, or you can catch it later on Mixcloud. Visit the website, www.zetlandfm.co.uk, and scroll down to Mixcloud. 3 hours of the very best of the blues.

Harry

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5 Star Pet Services – Star Paws – held their annual celebration and SARA fundraiser on Saturday, 29th September 2018 at Northrifts in Saltburn.

Host Barbara Bell and daughter Kathryn opened their beautiful home and grounds for the afternoon with stalls, refreshments and fun dog show to raise much needed funds for the local animal charity.

What a fabulous event it proved to be with glorious sunshine, live music from New Horizons, dogs galore, public galore and a lot of chatting and laughter. Monies raised was a huge amount of £530 for which SARA are most grateful.

The charity would like to thank all the team at Star Paws for organising this wonderful and fruitful event and all the supporters who attended and parted with their pennies. The residents of SARA send their meows and woofs as it is they who benefit from such generous gifts.

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Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum starts its exciting new build The museum is now ready to enter its exciting redevelopment, which will see an extended exhibition space for visitors to explore and learn at their own pace.

It will also house temporary exhibitions, art displays and host live performances and talks as well as increasing our capacity for our very popular family events. To prepare and complete the new build the museum closed from 29th September and the work is expected to be completed by winter 2019.

Over the next year we will be touring with our new pop up museum across the region, so please watch out for us. For further details on this, please visit our website www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk (or on facebook@cimmuseum).

Although we are closing we will be opening for our Santa’s underground grotto on the 15th and 16th December. Adults Free, Children £4 to include a gift from Santa, crafts activities and refreshments are available.

For more info visit our website www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk or facebook @cimm.

Dog fines on Saltburn beach Eleven dog owners were served with £100 fixed penalty notices in Saltburn beach for allowing their pets to roam over banned areas between the pier and Hazelgrove this summer, said Redcar and Cleveland Council.

The council said there was ‘clear support’ from the community for the penalties, but not to extend the banned zone. The zone returns in May 2019.

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Cleveland Diving Club

With the onset of autumn and the prospect of unsettled weather negating diving for the remaining months of 2018, Cleveland Divers embarked on their annual international holiday, this year to Croatia. Primarily chosen for the opportunity to dive clear blue waters Croatia also provided stunning scenery and interesting insights into its history.

The first day‟s diving was abandoned due to rough seas so our happy band of travellers set off to enjoy exploring Croatia‟s land-based places of cultural and historical interest for example, the ancient Venetian port of Rovinj‟s whose architecture, markets and history proved both intriguing and fascinating.

Maritime history was also explored during a dive to the wreck of the „VIS‟. Once the celebrated flag ship of the Yugoslavian Navy, but more commonly known at the time as „Tito‟s ship,‟ as Josip Tito was the country‟s president during the pre-Croatia era. Scuttled in May 2016 the „VIZ‟ lies in all its glory (photo 1) at a depth of 32m, being dived by special permit only. Traversing the empty decks and stairwells of a sunken ship can be a poignant experience, with regards to its history, and the distraction of colonising marine life is usually a welcomed sight but, as yet, there was none spotted this day. However, during the ascent to the surface our divers were granted sight of a striking, delicately coloured jelly fish (photo 2).

The final dive of the holiday was a chance for five brave souls of the group to celebrate the club‟s 40th anniversary by successfully completing a 40 meter dive, well done Derek, John, Clive, Mally and June (photo 3).

Other noteworthy experiences were the „Four Caves, where divers are drawn from the darkness of the depths to the beckoning sunlight (see the video–visit, „The Diving Club – Cleveland,‟ Facebook) and the opportunity to photograph less familiar species such as this sea strawberry (photo 4).

Fancy learning to scuba dive or already qualified and want to dive with friends, then contact us via our Facebook page or on 07960 608529.

June Coomber

Trevor Cox has his head shaved Ace charity collector Trevor Cox has had his head shaved for his favourite charity Zoë's Place babies‟ hospice based in Normanby.

His collections in Saltburn‟s station precinct have increased since he took the plunge and bared his head - by courtesy of Angela‟s hairdressers, of Milton Street.

Trevor, who lives in supported accommodation in the town centre, has been collecting for the charity every day in the town centre for several years.

Peter Jones said, as he dropped a coin into the tin, that he noted Trevor was wearing a baseball cap to keep his head warm.

“He‟s doing great work,” he said.

Trevor Cox and Peter Jones have fun after Trevor has his head shaved for Zoë‟s Place babies' hospice.

Pictured in Saltburn‟s station precinct.

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Green man stands in Saltburn

Zoë Birch looks at the „bit of fun‟ green gargoyle in her Laurel Road garden

A green man‟s face looks out from the garden of a house in Laurel Road, Saltburn - to the delight of local children.

They have named the life-size figure, which stands a few feet high on the 7ft stump of a birch tree, the green man.

“We bought this gargoyle a few years ago as a bit of fun. Children love spotting him amid the foliage of everlasting sweet peas and ivy,” said Mrs Zoë Birch. “It is made of plaster and is virtually the same colour as the foliage.”

Mike Morrissey What Is Silent, Painless And Can Ruin Your Life?

Glaucoma. It‟s an eye condition that nearly half a million people in the UK suffer from. You are most at risk after the age of 40. The good thing is, in many cases, if it‟s seen early enough, this horrible eye condition can be stopped in its tracks. However, most people don‟t have regular eye tests.

Not going to the Dentist is one thing (you can always eat with false teeth) but neglecting the Opticians is another (you can’t see with false eyes!)

My name is John Prouse, I‟m an Optician and I do a home visit eye test service especially for people who struggle to leave their home or you can visit me at my practice. Either way, don‟t risk spoiling your vision and your life.

Call 01287 644211 or visit www.loftusoptical.co.uk for your free over 40 eye test.

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News from Book Corner As a bookseller, one of my greatest pleasures is visiting other bookshops. I find it fascinating to see how other independent bookshops do things, and I often spot books which I hadn‟t previously thought of stocking in my own shop.

It‟s even more interesting to talk to fellow booksellers, and The Booksellers Association creates various opportunities for us to do this. Every year, they organise a programme of regional bookseller meetings, each hosted by a different bookshop.

This year‟s Northern regional event took me to Corbridge, where Forum Books were the hosts for the evening. I was particularly intrigued to learn there would be something called a Silent Book Disco after dinner. I couldn‟t picture how this would work, but I was eager to find out.

The event began with drinks in Forum Books itself.

They‟ve recently moved into new premises in a converted chapel, a large space which looks perfect for events. I chatted with booksellers, some of whom had come from as far afield as Edinburgh. I also explored the bookshop. A favourite feature was the „Blind Date Books‟ section, where you can choose a wrapped book on the basis of a handwritten hint.

We then went for dinner at a nearby deli. Authors Kerry Hudson and Abir Mukherjee were guest speakers.

Novelist Kerry Hudson introduced her first non-fiction book, Lowborn. Out next year, the book is a memoir about her childhood experience of growing up in poverty, and revisiting the towns where she once lived in order to discover what it means to be poor in Britain today.

Abir Mukherjee is an award-winning crime writer.

His debut, A Rising Man, is set in India in 1919, and was inspired by his desire to learn more about this period in history.

A recurring theme throughout the evening was access to opportunities, both inside and outside publishing. Both authors talked about this in their respective speeches.

I was pleased to be given a small insight into the roles of people working in the publishing industry, particularly editors. As a bookseller and someone who enjoys writing, I always find it fascinating to learn about the huge amount of work which happens in the lead up to a book‟s publication.

After dinner, we returned to the bookshop for the promised Silent Book Disco. I was given a pair of light-up headphones. The music itself had been created by a DJ, but there was also an 80s mix, should I need a change at any point.

There was something quite surreal and atmospheric, but also lovely and relaxing, about walking and dancing around a darkened bookshop, with other people who may or may not have been listening to the same music, and browsing books.

It was a very enjoyable event, and I came home with lots of new ideas and book recommendations.

In other news, I now have a whole new range of books for Christmas. There are some beautiful children‟s books this year. I also have a selection of wooden toys, all based on books, with Dear Zoo toys proving particularly popular.

I also have a new range of gifts, including socks, purses, and pin badges, all book-inspired! I highly recommend The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Don‟t Panic socks.

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‘Poor World’ harvest display Saltburn‟s Methodist church put on a display including a rich world/poor world table, at the annual harvest festival in early October. The table of contrasting views featured a glass of dirty water, a few bits of rice while the other end had a feast of bread and eats.

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Singing session for Saltburn Two internationally-known opera singers are to lead a pleasure singing concert at Saltburn‟s Methodist church, Milton Street, on Saturday, 8th December. They are Teesbased Sarah Sweeting and an Asia star Eddie Mulliaumasealii.

Saltburn U3A are organising the event which is open to all. Tickets at £8 can be bought from U3A members or at the Book Corner in Milton Street or on the door (Diamond Street entrance). The event is called a „singing for pleasure afternoon‟ and features the Saltburn singing for pleasure group. It starts at 3pm.

Mezzo soprano Sarah Sweeting sings at the Sydney Opera House and Eddie Mulliaumasealii is a star bass singer who performs in New Zealand and the Far East.

Mike Morrissey

We sell a wide range of Household and Cleaning Products all at the best price possible, most of which we have sold for the past 18 years. Call in and see for yourself. If we don’t have what you want, we will do our best to get it for you.

Christmas stock now in.

We sell Saltburn Souvenirs, Postcards, Fridge Magnets, Key Rings, Prints and Greeting Cards. Saltburn Christmas Cards and Calendars on sale now!

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Saltburn, Marske and New Marske Parish Council At the recent Parish Council meeting Councillor Sue Jeffries, Leader of the Borough Council and Mr Rice, Corporate Director of Adults and Communities attended to address Members.

Many issues were discussed but Councillor Jeffries particularly praised the community work going on in Saltburn and the many groups of volunteers who worked tirelessly to improve the town.

Grants were approved to Saltburn Miniature Railway, Friday Friends, Saltburn Cricket Bowls & Tennis Club, New Marske Junior FC, Marske United Juniors and Gleneagles Ladies. Any community group who would like to apply for a grant can get further information from our website. The next meeting to consider applications will be in January 2019.

Details for this year‟s Armistice Day service and parade were discussed. A service will take place at Emmanuel Church at 9.30am, following the service there will be a parade from the Church car park to The Cenotaph where a further short service will take place and wreaths will then be laid. This year the Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Simon Mackaness, will be in attendance.

Congratulations were extended to all involved with Saltburn In Bloom for their success in the Northumbria In Bloom competition A public consultation will take place shortly over proposed parking restrictions in Saltburn. It was noted that details of the restrictions had been considerably amended and once the proposals are available information on how the public can respond will be posted on the Parish Council 26

website.

Future dates for the diary Saltburn Christmas event will take place on Saturday, 1st December. There will be children‟s activities and entertainment during the afternoon at the Library. The Christmas tree lights will be switched on at 5pm and then the local Fire Brigade will lead the parade bringing Father Christmas to his grotto which will be situated in the Station Portico. The theme this year is Disney and fancy dress is encouraged! A colouring/craft competition will be held and the winners will get to switch on the Christmas Tree lights.

Posters can be picked up from the Parish Council Offices on Saltburn Learning Campus or Saltburn Fire Station on Leven Street, and can be returned to the Parish Council offices or posted in the special Post Box which will be located outside the offices at the start and end of each school day.

The annual Parish Council Carol Service will be held in St Thomas Church, New Marske on 18th December at 7pm. Marske Fishermen‟s Choir will be performing and Marske Junior Brass Band will be providing a musical interlude. This will be followed by light refreshments. As well as invited guests, members of the local community are invited to come along and the event is free.

Tracy Meadows (Clerk and RFO to the Parish Council) 01287 623477 office@smnmpc.co.uk www.smnmpc.co.uk

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John Besford remembered Neighbours of John Besford, who helped to spruce up Laurel Road, Saltburn, turned out for his funeral at the Milton Street Methodist church. He was 95.

He and his daughter Janet galvanised residents to look after the trees lining the street and the effort won plaudits with awards from Saltburn in Bloom.

Bloom officers also attended the funeral on 15th October. Also representatives of Saltburn and District Retired Menâ€&#x;s Forum, of which John was secretary for several years in the 1990s.

The Rev Jane Carter, who took the funeral, outlined his long career in the railways, following wartime service in the RAF. The latter included learning to fly a Tiger Moth aircraft in eight hours.

Johnâ€&#x;s railway career, as a station-master and later manager, took him all over the north, including Stockton.

He ran the North York Moors railway based at Grosmont for several years and became a key member of the National Association for the Resettlement of Offenders on Teesside.

In 2001 he celebrated 50 years of marriage to Freda, a locally-born music teacher. She died in 2005.

As the Rev Carter said, John Besford led a full life. He was interested in it, especially local affairs, until the end. He was well cared for by Janet.

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Seaview and Greta Cottage caring together 5 star care homes awarded by Redcar and Cleveland for their quality of care and personalised service.

Home from home with daily activities and weekly trips out in our own minibus.

Please feel free to visit us at anytime.

01287 622498 and 01287 625178

Saltburn, Redcar & Cleveland Philatelic Society Our two November meetings on the first and third Wednesdays of the month will be as follows. 7th November: Philatelic Auction (viewing from 6:30pm, non-members welcome). On 21st November Past President David Turner („75 years of Collecting‟) and Charles Elgood („Anorak in the closet‟) each display one round (8 frames of 16 sheets). Amongst the earliest items to be shown is seldom seen 16th Century mail written by Venetian Merchant Adventurer Corsini.

The photo is of Roy Richardson, the current NEPA (North East Philatelic Association) president who presented us with a stunning display entitled „GB Used Abroad‟ (Great Britain). He displayed postage stamps and covers from the 1800s (Queen Victoria), with fine examples of various cancellation marks on mail carried on the early South America Shipping Mail routes. These included routes along the coast of Chile, Coquimbo, Carthagena, Panama and the Danish West Indies. His display also included an

excellent array of Royal Mail Steam Packet postcards showing the early ports crammed with sailing vessels and early steam vessels.

Geoff Reynolds (Secretary, 01642 478229) David D. Turner (01287 624 736)

70-year-old to sleepover at local war memorials At 70, Barry Hunt is to sleepover at 11 war memorials, starting at Saltburn‟s Glenside cenotaph, by Remembrance Sunday on 11th November.

The Mayor of Loftus, who lives at Skinningrove, is undertaking the marathon task for Forces charity SSAFA, which helps veterans to get back on to their feet.

Speaking during a photocall visit to the Glenside memorial and its new wooden bench, he said: “I‟m proud to do this for all the people in our forces who have come home with mental health and homeless problems. We must look after them as all they have done is to look after us.”

Councillor Hunt, a retired club licensee, recalled that his father was a bandboy with the West Yorkshire Regiment during World War Two, serving in Burma.

He‟s raised £2,000 already and at least hopes to match the £24,000 he raised for charity when he was Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland two years ago. Then he slept-over for two nights at Redcar town clock. He claimed he “did not really sleep” during his sleepovers on benches.

Donations can be made through Loftus Town

Barry Hunt before his marathon sleepover starting at Saltburn war memorial in October.

Council by emailing office@loftustc.co.uk or phone 01287641000.

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HMS Saltburn

HMS Saltburn was a 2 shaft Hunt-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during World War 1 with a complement of 74. Named after the town of Saltburn-bythe-Sea in North Yorkshire she was not completed until after the end of the war. The ship saw no active service during the Second World War as she spent the war as a training ship.

Saltburn was built by Murdoch and Murray of Port Glasgow and her keel was laid down on the 9th October 1918 and completed on 31st December 1918. The ship was armed with a QF 4-inch (102mm) gun forward and a QF 12-pounder anti-aircraft gun aft.

In the 1930s Saltburn was the RN Signal School`s tender. A prototype Type 79X radar was installed in October 1936 and its antennae were strung between the ship`s masts which detected an aircraft at an altitude of 500 feet (150m) and a range of 17 nautical miles (31km; 20 miles) during tests in July 1937. The ship spent the Second World War as the tender for HMS Dryad, the Royal Navy`s navigation school at Portsmouth.

After the war, Saltburn ran aground, in a gale, at Spithead off Horse Sand Fort on the 26th of October 1945 and was declared a constructive total loss. She was sold for scrap on 16th November 1946 but was wrecked off Hartland Point the following month while under tow.

Further investigation shows that on the 1st January 1940 the British tug Swarthy sank at Portsmouth whilst minesweeper Saltburn alongside was damaged at the time and on 9th January 1941 minesweeper Saltburn was damaged by the near miss of a German air bomb in Portsmouth dockyard. There were 9 different Commanders listed for the ship between July 1939 and late 1945 alone!

The colour photograph here shows an unmounted one-off casting of the crest of HMS Saltburn which I managed to purchase some time ago from an antique storehouse in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and this diamond aluminium plaque is painted and depicts a golden lion head with green wreaths around against a red background. This is a one off metal casting copy taken from the original or from the Admiralty pattern book but was not fitted to a ship. The badge has a total height of 7 30

inches (18cm) and width of 6 inches (15cm) and weighs approx. 400g.

So pleased to have it home where it belongs 100 years after the end of World War 1!

In Saltburn House there are excellent drawings on several ships by local ships‟ historian and artist Frank Cook displayed in the corridor and lounge. These include HMS Saltburn which went through three different versions during her lifetime. Two larger drawings of HMS Saltburn and HMS Redcar also by Frank Cook can be seen in the lounge of The New Marine Hotel on Marine Parade.

HMS Saltburn once made a „state visit‟ to Saltburn and anchored off shore for several days. Visitors from Saltburn were shipped over to see the vessel which proudly bore their name, while her captain was welcomed in the town at several events in his honour. Allan Whiley

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KICAS News Thanks to the 33 hardy souls who turned up on a grey day in October for our latest beach clean. It‟s great to see how much can be done when people get together but we also know that many of you take it upon yourselves to pick up litter from the woods and beaches around Saltburn as you go about your daily routines, so a big thank you to you too.

Many people have commented that there is generally less beach litter since KICAS have done a monthly beach clean; however, small pieces of plastic and nurdles (plastic pellets) are still lurking in the sand and are a real environmental problem. KICAS has been thinking about ways to make collecting these easier and filtering them out from the sand so if you have any bright ideas do let us know.

Our friends, Plastic Free Communities Redcar and Cleveland have achieved Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Communities Status for Saltburn and Marske so, if you know any local businesses that would like to join those who have already achieved the PFC Award, check out the new website, www.plasticfreeredcarcleveland.com.

Hope to see you at our November Beach Clean on Saturday, November 3rd, 11am till 12 noon, meet on the lower prom by the beach shelter. More information can be found on Face Book and Twitter.

Together we can KICAS!

Health and Happiness: Love lights the way Can you remember the first time you were in love? or the last time? The early days, the days when you floated, the days when everything felt light and fresh and happy. What was going on there?

You were seeing the best in another person, you were in full appreciation. To see the beauty in someone else, to feel a pure current of positive feelings from another person, what a magical thing to do.

That to me is a demonstration of what high levels of happiness look like. It is when the critical voice that we all have, has been hushed. It is when appreciation has a clear view and there is nothing to block that path.

Happiness is like sunshine: it is always there yet we can block it with critical thoughts, like clouds that we create that gather and block out the light.

In those early days of love we see the sun, we see nothing but the sun. What I am interested in is deconstructing that type of experience and recognising what is happening.

High appreciation or love is very hard to find words for, different for everyone yet recognisable inside ourselves as a feeling we can all acknowledge.

It can be the feeling for a lover, or equally for a pet who always wants our company and delights in our attention. It is often felt for a child, in the innocence of their eyes as they see the best in you, trusting you, looking up to you. Or in a parent who has just died. You quickly select out anything you once criticised and you are left with an overwhelming sense of goodness that is the essence of them, and that can bring you to tears. It can be found in the moment you see a deer silently unaware in the middle of nature, innocent and beautiful.

Sometimes in a walk or out running you may be struck by a great feeling of freedom in your body, it rises in you, coursing through your blood, a loving of being alive.

Happiness is ours to receive at any moment, it is love, it

starts with ourselves for we are the ones emitting the signal.

Seeing the best in others feels good, seeing what is great in yourself feels great, accepting and loving yourself just as you are feels fantastic. Seeing what you hate, what you criticise, feels bitter, it‟s blocked, uncomfortable, heavy.

Being nice to other people, resolving disputes and seeing what is great about them and not what you don‟t like, is really a gift to yourself more than it is a gift to them. Yet it starts with you, it is really hard to feel really genuinely good and appreciative about someone else until you can feel that way about yourself.

To practice feeling good find five things to appreciate about yourself, write them down or speak them to another and feel how it feels. If you are struggling with a partner do this together, even if you are not struggling try it regularly, there‟s lots you didn‟t know that they love about you and it brings you closer. Then take that person that you say you don‟t like and do the same. Don‟t slip back into justifying why you feel justified in criticising them.

Hating someone else is being ignorant, ignorant because that hate is being felt by you and it is effecting your health and effecting your happiness, not theirs. And if you can see that this is true then you can see a lighter version of hate, like dislike, is also effecting you negatively. And you can see that just as high levels of loving others does wonders for your health and your happiness, so lower levels like liking things are doing the same, but more mildly and it all adds up in your life and how you feel.

It‟s nice to be nice they say, that‟s not just for the other, if you get it it‟s mostly for yourself.

Kendal Aitken Health and Happiness Coach / Counsellor.

First consultation free.

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Used Stamps for Charity There is a box in Saltburn Library for used postage stamps which are a valuable source of income to a number of charities. Please drop your stamps in the library. Many thanks for your support. There is also a box in Marske Library.

Eric Matson (volunteer), 25 High Street, Skelton, Tel: 07985 767587

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SARA fundraising events during November The next monthly meeting of SARA will be held in the TocH premises, Albion Terrace Saltburn, on Wednesday, 7th November at 7:30pm. There will be a raffle as always and light refreshments. Members of the public are most welcome.

A Grand Opening of our new kennels and catio will be held on Sunday, 4th November 1-3pm. This is to celebrate three new projects recently completed.

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The Time Capsule Internment - 10th November 2018 At 11.00am on Saturday, 10th November a brief service will be held at Saltburn War Memorial. The formal service, organised by the newly formed Saltburn Valleys CIO, will mark the centenary of the end of hostilities in 1918.

The ceremony will include the internment of a time capsule commemorating that event.

Members of the Saltburn and surrounding communities who have been instrumental in securing the funding for and the carrying out of the recent refurbishment of the Saltburn War Memorial have been invited to take part in this service. All members of the public are also most welcome to attend.

Gifted to the town by anonymous donors, the Grade II* listed War Memorial is one of the most important war memorials in Great Britain.

It was designed and built in the Arts-and-Crafts style by American born sculptor Sir William ReynoldsStephens (1862-1943). Made of finely polished black granite in the form of a cross, the memorial has a front panel depicting the crucified Christ in the sepulchre before the Resurrection. The plinth is inscribed with the names of soldiers, at one time living in Saltburn, who enlisted to serve and made the supreme sacrifice. 64 fell in the Great War and 20 in World War II. Methodist Minister Reverend Helena Harbottle has been invited to lead the service.

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A time capsule, made by a local craftsman and containing appropriate items relating to the period of war and also to the present day, will be lowered into its resting place by two pupils from Huntcliff School.

Relatives whose family names appear on the Memorial are also among those who have been invited, as is Ian Bedford, whose book „Behind the Names - Saltburn War Memorialâ€&#x; was published in 2006.

REMEMBERING & RECONCILING 1918-2018

by Rev Adam Reed As is well known, on Monday 11th November 1918, the treaty known as the Armistice of Compiègne came into effect. After four bitter years, hostilities ended between the Allies and Germany. During this time 70 million military personnel worldwide were mobilised, with 18 million lives lost and over 20 million casualties. One hundred years later, on Sunday 11th November 2018, remembrance services across the country and in Saltburn will take on additional significance. Therefore, to help communities to remember those who were lost, and to pray for peace, the Church of England has prepared a variety of ideas for worship, prayer, and remembrance. This includes the following extract from a monologue entitled ‘Steps towards Reconciliation.’

1. The first step: the need to remember and to look back honestly ‘The petals fall and we walk away… But if there is to be any reconciliation, then we must circle back, return to that place where the mud clung to our boots and we shivered, afraid, with enemy fire deafening our ears. We had each other in our sights, you and me, and we cursed to mask the stench of death as we lobbed the grenades and canisters of gas. I could not, would not, picture your face. But, yes, I knew, alright. I’d seen the wounds, raw and bloody red.’

2. The second step: lament – the voicing of regret and loss ‘There will be a time, a little distant from now, before the memory totally fades, when we must face the ugliness and disfiguring brutality of war. ‘Oh God!’ we cry, but the sound of our voice is lost in an empty sky… But evil will be faced, words will wither on the tongue, and we will feel a silent scream deep inside. Such waste, such horror! ‘How did this happen! Why, oh, just why was it allowed to go on and on in its industrial madness – shattering the landscape, razing the town to rubble, and cruelly tossing broken lives aside…’

3. The third step: recognising the humanity of the enemy ‘Is it possible for us to meet? Do we have the courage to face each other, to look each other in the eye… Can we meet, as those twins who were enemies from the days when they were in the womb? Can we recognise our kinship, the bond of our shared humanity? With trepidation we take a step towards each other, not knowing what resentments, what recrimination remain in the dying embers of the residual guilt, the anger and the hurt that linger in our hearts. Like Jacob, we walk towards our brother, not knowing just how it will be when we meet. But we will meet, and when we do I will see myself in you, and you will see yourself in me.’

4. The fourth step: the first resolve, ‘we must change’ ‘This is the imperative of remembrance, the outcome of honestly facing our former enemy. We might protest, and say that it is for them to change. But it isn’t just them. It’s too easy to speak of us and them, to pass the buck and to duck our responsibility.

We can’t just load the guilt onto someone else. No, honesty makes its demands. And if I truly recognise myself in you, and you can see yourself in me, then we must both change. For Christ’s sake, I say, I should no longer see, or feel, or think in the way that I did. If I could, just for a moment, see things as you see them, then perhaps, and only perhaps, I could come to act differently.’

5. The fifth step: accepting our differences ‘There is much we share, but in the end, you are not me, and I am not you. This much I now see. So how should I respond? My first word has to be ‘sorry’. But it’s such a heavy, weighted word. It rolls so effortlessly off the tongue, but what a freight of meaning it has to carry! How can it be said? The word just carries too much. But perhaps if we were both to say it, and say it together, then perhaps the word will be heard, the apology will be spoken, received and reciprocated. ‘I am sorry, so sorry’, we cry, ‘sorry for it all.’ There! It is said, and by being sincerely said, the crushing weight is lifted, and we can start to move on.’

6. The sixth step: resolving to walk together ‘You promised to help me, and now I must reciprocate… there will be tasks to share, but first let’s share the stories. Tell me again, where were you from? Where, again, was home for you? Where would you like to travel now? Could we, you and I, journey together, could we keep our feet in step and step out together? Let this be our resolve.’

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7. The shared vision: ‘a new heaven and a new earth’ ‘In what you said I heard another voice, and what I tried to say in a faltering way was to give 9.30am Emmanuel Church voice to that other voice. The voice calling us to see. “Open your eyes, cries the voice, open „Remembrance Service‟ your eyes to see who you could be; open your eyes to see what the world could be. Look out 10.50am War Memorial and see, look out and see a world rightly ordered by the mercy, the peace and justice of the eternal Word. The Word that was in the beginning, and that Word that, in the end, will call us „Act of Remembrance‟ home together.’

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WE ARE REMEMBERING 11th November 2018 On the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1 there will be a showing of the DVD, on a loop, on a large screen, of the famous WW1 Christmas Day Truce football match and other proceedings held on Saltburn beach on 1st June 2014 which raised funds totalling a massive ÂŁ7230 for the restoration of the town`s war memorial.

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Sporting opportunities for young people in Saltburn Retired policeman, Dave Sadler, is a key person in the provision of sporting opportunities for local youngsters, being Chairman of Saltburn Athletic Junior Football Club and President of Saltburn Cricket, Bowls and Tennis Club.

Dave became a member of the Cricket, Bowls & Tennis Club in 1970, when he arrived in Saltburn as a young probationary police officer and the club quickly became the centre of his social life “My children and now grandchildren have been brought up around the club and many of my important family celebrations have been held within these walls,” he tells me. Dave became President of the club in 2008.

He continues: “We are all very proud of our current crop of young cricketers who play in the North Yorkshire and South Durham League. We also have a very strong junior section which feeds the senior teams. Last year, the Under19s won a North East Region Knockout Competition at Durham‟s Riverside Stadium and this year the Saltburn senior teams picked up league and cup honours. Off the field, they also contribute so much around the club, raising much needed funds to improve our environment.”

Recently, members of the Cricket, Bowls & Tennis Club, in partnership with Saltburn Rotary Club, did a sponsored walk for „Defibrillators for Saltburn‟ raising £4,500. In partnership with Saltburn Blues & Rotary Clubs, they hosted the „Saltburn Howzat Music Festival‟, raising money for the sporting facilities as well as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. “In this way, we encourage all of our members to get involved in the wider community of people who do so much for us,” adds Dave.

By the late 1990s, Dave had become Police Inspector at Saltburn and with three colleagues, established Saltburn Athletic (Junior) Football Club, primarily to offer youngsters a healthy and safe local pursuit. In the early years, Saltburn Rotary Club bankrolled and supported the club and still has an active involvement, this year sponsoring the new under-8 team.

Numbers multiplied and the football club now has eight teams, aged from under 8 to under 14 and has its own ground and changing facilities at Hob Hill. This has been achieved through the securing of a number of sporting grants, sourced in the main by committee member, Roy Myers.

Dave continues: “Because we have so many football teams, we need to hire pitches at Huntcliff School and are grateful for Mr Eyre, the Executive Head‟s co-operation. To raise funds for pitch hire, we hold an annual Gala weekend in June. “Each child does pay a modest subscription, but we work hard to ensure that we don‟t exclude any youngster on financial grounds.” Last season, four of six teams won their leagues.

In both clubs, the volunteer coaches encourage the development of teamwork and discipline. The clubs hold social events, including prize-giving, fundraisers & Christmas functions providing valuable experience for youngsters in meeting the demands of such occasions. Trophies won in any of the sports are displayed in the clubhouse for all to see.

Both clubs pay for coaches‟ sport-specific training courses, child safeguarding courses and a first aid course. The coaches, like the players, are mainly drawn from Saltburn but not exclusively. Willing volunteers are accepted from

wherever they live. Dave says that the Football Club used to have a girls‟ team, but sadly there has been no demand in recent years; he would like to encourage more girls to join.

“However, we do have some very talented junior girl cricketers,” he says.

Both clubs are non–profit making and any surplus funds are ploughed back into providing sport for Saltburn community. Neither club could exist without its local support: “Forty-six local businesses sponsored the „Howzat Music Festival‟ and about half that number supported the Defibrillator Walk. Each team strip is also sponsored by local businesses and organisations,” says Dave.

Dave also expresses gratitude to the Mums & Dads who spend many hours „taxi driving‟ for the youngsters, no mean feat considering both cricket & football teams play fixtures as far away as Thirsk, Whitby, Richmond and Bishop Auckland, often making the game a full day event.

They also sell teas/coffees and pastries and do all manner of other activities to raise funds. This income is very important, as every penny counts. There are no grants to help with the day to day running of the clubs.

Both clubs have a website and a Facebook page.

Gwen Brown is the publicist for the cricket site and Andy Croll for the football site. There is also monthly updating of the teams‟ events in „Talk of the Town‟ magazine.

“Our clubs are a brilliant community effort. Every year, one of our accountants says: „Keep working hard, this is a gem of a facility‟. That says it all really,” says Dave.

“Every single one of our volunteers are to be thanked for all they put in to achieve this.” He wants to pay tribute to everyone who gives up their time to make both clubs a success.

As both clubs are non–profit making, any surplus funds are ploughed back into providing sport for the Saltburn community. If readers can help or wish to sponsor sport in Saltburn. please contact Sadler.rifts@yahoo.co.uk.

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Remember November at Saltburn Cons Club Welcome to my monthly article from the Cons Club.

I write this article as the sun shines from a cloudless sky, accompanied by light winds, although feeling a little cooler. It‟s a perfect autumn day. This week we handed over a cheque for £300 to Trevor Welburn on behalf of Saltburn 500 Club / Friends of Saltburn towards the town Christmas lights appeal. This money was raised by supporters of Saltburn annual LGBT Pride event and members of the Cons Club by way of a raffle and collection (see opposite page). This money is vital as the town gets nothing from the council towards the lights.

Costs include erecting, maintaining and dismantling the lights and trees, the lighting-up parade plus bands performing each Saturday in December. The overall cost is approximately £5,500 which is raised by fund-raising events, donations from businesses in town and donations from individuals. If every household in town donated £1 just imagine what a difference this would make to our beautiful town.

Moving on to club matters and events in November and we begin on Saturday 3rd when we have our last coach trip of the year, this time to Durham. All places have been filled on the coach (as they always are). If you are unsure of bus times contact the club or Michelle. On our return to the club there will be a small buffet provided for members who went to Durham. On Tuesday, 6th November we are holding the monthly meeting of SLUG (Saltburn Line Users Group). The meeting starts at 7.15pm and is held in the upstairs function room. Any person with an interest in railways, especially local lines, is invited to attend and the entry is free. On Sunday, 11th November I will be laying a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day on behalf of the club and its members. Michelle, our stewardess, will be opening the bar at 11am for people to call in after the service for a drink and to participate in a buffet that she is kindly providing. The planned events for November end on Friday 30th when we hold our monthly „Open Mic Night‟, hosted by Teesside Steve & Liz Bishop. This firmly established event now brings in a big audience so you need to get in early to get a seat. Entry is free and the event is held upstairs in the function room. Names from people wanting to sing & play are taken from 7.30pm and the music starts at 8pm. It‟s a brilliant night of live music at its best.

At the beginning of November I will be putting up the Christmas Draw board for members to place their

names and the cost is 50p per number. The draw this year has been upgraded and will have cash prizes of 1 x £250, 2 x £100 and 2 x £50 in addition to 10 x 1 gallon of beer, pheasants, meat vouchers, spirits, bubbly, wine etc.

At the same time I will be placing Santa‟s Post Box in the snug for members who have children or grandchildren aged 12 years or under. You will be required to fill in the form to qualify the child to receive a free gift from Father Christmas in his Grotto. This event runs from 2.30pm to 4pm on Saturday, 22nd December.

There will be a children‟s disco & karaoke running in conjunction with this event. Adults must be in attendance with the children at all times within the club premises. A full list of events for Christmas & New Year will be published in next month‟s Talk of the Town.

This is just a reminder to members that they can hire rooms at the club free of charge for such things as birthdays, wedding receptions, funeral wakes, anniversaries, meetings etc. Contact myself or Michelle to book arrangements and availability. „Happy Hours‟ for members are from 4.30pm to 7pm weekdays and from 3pm to 5pm on weekends. You may have noticed that we have our Union Flag back on the flagpole after a brief absence. Somebody deliberately cut the rope leaving us unable to raise the flag. Thanks go to Mike Sellars who purchased replacement rope and reaffixed the flag. Should anybody do anything untoward in the future they should beware, as we have now installed CCTV into every area inside the club plus we have cameras at the front and back entrances and the garden area.

Late News In: On the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War there will be a showing of the DVD, on a loop via the large screen, of the WW1 Christmas Day Truce football match plus other proceedings, held on Saltburn beach on 1st June 2014 which raised funds totalling a massive £7,230 for the restoration of the town‟s War Memorial. This showing will be held here at the Cons Club following the morning service at the War Memorial. See also page 38.

Stay happy, keep well and love your friends and family. Best Wishes, David David Rigg, Club President Email : davidrigg21@yahoo.co.uk Article financially supported by Saltburn Conservative Club

Saltburn Cons Club: Future Events to Entertain in November Every Tuesday: Club Draw Nights for Meat Voucher, Wines & Chocolates… 10pm.

Every Sunday: Drinks Draw & Cash Rollover. Increases by £25 each week if not won… 6pm.

Saturday Afternoons: A get-together by „The Conmen‟ Americana Musicians Jam sessions... 3pm.

Saturday 3rd: Club Tour to Durham with buffet on return to the Club Tuesday 6th: SLUG Meeting (Saltburn Line Users Group)… 7.15pm

Sunday 11th: Remembrance Day Service at War memorial... 11am.

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Christmas Lights Appeal Donation I would like to thank everyone who has supported Saltburn‟s Annual Gay Pride event held in July this year at the Cons Club. With support from those that attended, staff, volunteers who worked over the weekend and the businesses who provided prizes and support we had a great weekend. Special thanks to Sainsbury‟s who provided the barbecue food plus the staff to run the barbecue, Taste Tea & Coffee, the Spa Hotel and Seaview Restaurant who all provided fabulous prizes plus all the businesses who advertised the event which raised £300. Anyone wishing to get involved or have ideas and want to promote next year‟s Pride event please contact Wendy Shepherd on 07941 470525.

Thanks must also go to Michelle Gilley (Stewardess at the Cons Club) and all the club members who participated in the fundraising events. Saltburn Christmas Lights Appeal is a very worthwhile cause which we are very pleased to have supported this year and will again in future years. Trevor Welburn and his

team do amazing work as volunteers and our thanks go to them for a job well done, keeping the town a thriving, inclusive and vibrant community.

Lots of questions to the police chief at Saltburn Cleveland‟s new chief constable Mike Veale returned to Saltburn following his lively meeting in the town in April, following post-Easter disturbances, to face a barrage of questions about local policing.

Speaking at the East Cleveland ECHO (community and police organisation) gathering at Saltburn community theatre on 9th October, he said - to obvious disappointment - that the “Dixon of Dock Green” days were over.

Laptops for every police officer to allow police to make quicker reports and so free up police to do more active work were promised. In addition body-cameras are due for them.

Mr Veale told the 45 people present that when he got structures and technology right PCSOs (Police Community Support Officers) would be moved more into the local communities. This would happen in 12-18 months time (Spring 2020). He said the 139 PCSOs were the listening ear of the 1,300-strong police force.

Councillor Steve Kay, of Moorsholm, recalled when a brilliant female PCSO was based at Lingdale (scene of a recent crime spree) she knew everyone. “We want police who know the area and so nip crime in the bud,” he said.

Mr Veale, who started his job in March, coming from Wiltshire, revealed he met a group of Brotton youngsters the day before the Saltburn meeting and got on well with them.

“Don‟t demonise them. They are not all bad,” he said during his two-hour off-the-cuff talk.

Tony Smith called the chief constable's ideas „great.‟ Ann Bedell, of Saltburn, asked about smaller police stations being reopened, but Mr Veale said he did not need them.

Mr Veale, who stands at about 6ft 4inches, said the Government should insist that supermarkets like Asda

Chief constable Mike Veale chats with Bob Moodie, of the ECHO community group, before the Saltburn meeting on policing problems.

should guard their front doors to save overstretched police time.

Police commissioner Barry Coppinger said he had met Prime Minister Theresa May at a London function and had urged her to stop supermarkets displaying alcohol near doors. He called for every primary school to have police school liaison officers. Early intervention was needed.

The meeting, which ended with a participant praising brilliant work by police when he reported two incidents, warmly applauded the police chief.

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Earthbeat Vegan Winterfest Breaking news. Santa has gone vegan. Well, not really – but he will be joining us at our Winterfest on the 25th of November with a stack of gifts and guess what – he‟s giving them away for free!

It doesn‟t matter whether you‟re a meat eater, a vegetarian, a vegan or somewhere in between - everyone will be made to feel very welcome at Earthbeat‟s Vegan Winterfest. We have an amazing range of meat free food including the astonishing fishless „fish and chips‟, authentic Syrian Falafel, amazing dairy free cheeses and our very own Shanti special curries. Also on offer will be an indulgent collection of cakes and confectionary.

We‟ve got five varieties of dairy free fudge, enough cakes, brownies and flapjacks to sink a battleship and a selection of gourmet vegan chocolates.

A lot of people are thinking about moving towards a plant based diet these days or just reducing the amount of meat and dairy they consume. Some people do this because they care about animal welfare, others are

concerned about the environmental impact of animal agriculture and some want to improve their health.

Whatever the reason, you‟ll find lots of information and alternative food ideas at our Winterfest.

What makes this Vegfest different from our previous events (apart from the size of it – we have almost 50 stalls spread throughout the centre) is that we‟ve got loads of vendors selling vegan friendly gifts such as jewellery, clothing, toiletries and a range of ethical and recycled items. And let‟s face it – we all have a couple of „difficult to buy for‟ veggie friends or relatives. Earthbeat‟s very own ethical shop, Evolve, will be selling vegan perfume as well as its unique range of clothing and eco-friendly gifts.

And if you‟re wondering what to do with the kids, you can visit our face painter and then pop along to see Santa. What‟s not to love? Join us for the warmest Christmas welcome at Saltburn‟s very own Earthbeat Centre.

Redcar’s Visual Presentations Formerly known as Redcar Lecture Society, we are now meeting as usual on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 2.15pm in the Redcar East Community Centre on Durham Road. On Tuesday, 13th November we shall welcome for the first time, Alan Richardson from the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, who will be presenting, „Ramblings of an Old Miner‟ which tells of the happenings underground encountered by those who 42

worked in difficult conditions in times past. A fortnight later, on 27th November, Geoff Reynolds will also be taking us back a few decades, but this time very much above ground where there were many real dangers particularly in the form of „Zeppelin Airships‟. Visitors are very welcome to come to any of our meetings at a nominal charge of £2.50 per Presentation. For information of future Presentations, please contact Tony on 01642 481544.

The Brotton Badgers From a tiny acorn, a mighty oak tree grows and in the case of Brotton Improvement Group that oak tree provided the village with beautiful badgers. I have to stress, at this point that no oak tree was hurt in the production of the badgers – they were made from oak, which had come to the end of its life, provided by Squire Anthony Wharton of Skelton Castle.

In 2012, a small group of people decided that not enough was being done for Brotton and they created the Brotton Improvement Group, forming a constitution for guidance of the group. The objective of the group was, and still is, to improve the environment for people living and working in the area. The main aim of the group is “to take the lead in identifying, promoting and planning activities for the benefit of all residents to bring about positive change for Brotton”. In 2013, a member of BIG, Brian Hogg, suggested we should have badgers around the village. I believe that this idea stemmed from the fact that many people believe the translation of Brotton to mean Badger Hill.

BIG met with the three local councillors on Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and urged them to work with BIG to help this idea come to fruition. It‟s fair to say that the tenacious effort of this group of people resulted in the project receiving funding from the Public Realm through Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. Further funding was donated by Skelton & Brotton Parish Council and, also, monies were raised by BIG holding various fund-raising events.

With the financial backing in place, BIG commissioned Steve Iredale to carve badgers for each approach road into Brotton. They also commissioned Steve‟s partner, Kate Rider to work with the Brotton schools to create bunting to adorn the badgers. It was felt that, by including the schools, there was an opportunity to involve all ages in the exercise and, also, promote a stronger community spirit within the village.

Pupils from Freebrough created the printing blocks to be used on the bunting. The blocks were then used by pupils at Badger Hill Academy, St Peter‟s C of E school and attendees at KTS Plus to produce the pictures on the individual flags. These were then converted to the bunting around the church, mainly, by Brotton Craft Club. The art club at St Peter‟s also created lovely collages which were hung in the church at the time of the unveiling of the badgers. The route through those five years has not been plain sailing but, finally, the result of all of that effort can be seen in the village. The interest shown, especially on social media, has been amazing and has publicised Brotton

nationwide – or even worldwide!

There is to be a wood-carving demonstration, given by Steve Iredale, held when Steve has acquired a suitable piece of oak for the completion of the final badger. The timing of this event will be announced as soon as possible. It is hoped that the demonstration will, again, bring the village together and possibly allow some to have a go at wood carving.

Thanks were offered to: Father Jonathon for allowing the use of St Margaret‟s Church (for the unveiling/blessing meeting); The members of Brotton Improvement Group, past and present; Brotton Ward Councillors; Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council; Skelton & Brotton Parish Council; Squire Anthony Wharton of Skelton Castle; Mr & Mrs Harvey for supplying land at New Brotton; Steve Iredale & Kate Rider; Freebrough Specialist Engineering College; KTS Plus; Badger Hill Academy; St Peter‟s C of E School; Brotton Craft Club.

And last, but not least, the bakers and caterers for supplying the refreshments.

Trevor Welburn

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The Saltburn Profile Loll Thorne “Saltburn is a great place to come back to and to see friends again,” says Loll Thorne, who has spent many years in South East Asia with husband Nick and now in retirement, likes to spend time in her garden, look after her grandchildren and travel in Europe in their campervan.

She was born in Birmingham in 1953 and was brought up with three siblings. Her Dad was a toolsetter and her Mum was a housewife. Eventually, they had the opportunity to manage the Old Rep Theatre together. Loll passed the eleven plus and went to Grammar School. When she left, she became a Community Service Volunteer and was sent to work in an Approved School for Boys in South London. There were eighty boys taking part in residential activities on the farm, in school and doing metalwork and woodwork. “Every boy except one was from a broken home,” she remembers.

After that, Loll moved to Worcester and worked in a Reception Centre for children coming into care, some after foster home breakup or trouble with the law. She decided to train as a teacher at Worcester College of Education and then taught in a residential hospital for children with challenging physical and learning difficulties.

By this time, she had met Nick, her husband, who was teaching in a local College. They married and daughters Kate and Anna were born. Later, they moved to Singapore and spent three hard-working years teaching there. “It was an amazing experience,” says Loll, “a completely different way of life.”

Loll took over the nursery Anna was going to, which was then run from a colonial-style house in the countryside.

They travelled extensively through Malaysia, Australia, Thailand and Indonesia. Eventually, Loll returned with the family to the UK until an opportunity for work in Brunei Darussalam, on the island of Borneo, led them once more to Asia, where Jenny, their third daughter, was born.

“We stayed two years; the older girls went to an International School and I went to teach a Malay class there,” Loll says. “It was such a positive experience of working together and playing together with people from all over the world. We came back briefly to Worcester as the children were nearing secondary school age, but Nick found a new teaching job at Prior Pursglove College.” The family moved to Saltburn, first renting a house in Diamond Street and Loll joined Mrs Spencer‟s Toddler Group at the Methodist Church, where she made some wonderful friends who have become very close over the years.

“I did various teaching jobs,” she says. “But in 2008, we saw an attractive post in Singapore, so we went back to our old, but rather changed haunts for eighteen months.”

During this time, they went on a four day holiday to Siem Reap near Ankor Wat in Cambodia. They were bowled over by this fascinating place and became aware of many areas where volunteers could make a significant difference.

Coming home via India, they decided to split their time between the UK and Cambodia, the poorest area in South East Asia. They became heavily involved in a Cambodian school that wanted to start an English programme using local teachers. This entailed Nick and Loll cycling twelve kilometres to the school each day supporting them. She remembers too walking through flood waters with frogs and rats bouncing ahead of them on some occasions! “We went

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out for three months at a time and Jenny came over to teach in one of the schools for a while. But I missed the family too much, so in 2015, we stopped,” she explains.

Back in Saltburn, Nick and Loll fundraised to keep the project going. They held popular vegetarian Curry for Cambodia evenings. They have also supported a young man, Khemrek, through his University career.

Meanwhile, Loll joined the Labour Party when Jeremy Corbyn was elected Leader and has been an active member since. “With others, I set up the Hundred Years of Hard Labour event in Saltburn last year. It looked back to the founding of the local Party in 1917 and we had appropriate food, music, talks by local lecturers and visits from north-east MPs. There were well over two hundred people there,” she says.

Loll is also busy with a Saltburn project welcoming local asylum seekers to the area. There is a monthly afternoon event attracting about thirty parents and children. They are befriended and provided with somewhere safe to meet and talk. “It‟s important that the project is sustainable, so we have held fundraising evenings too. Donations are always welcome,” adds Loll.

She has recently started painting again, having attended a watercolour class in Saltburn, but now is working in acrylics. She loves working in her well-developed garden, growing vegetables and flowers. Cooking and eating Indian vegetarian food is a favourite hobby too. Having seen so much poverty at first hand, she cares passionately about cutting down on waste and about sustainability. She is an active supporter of the Staithes Festival of Art and the Festival of Thrift.

Nick and Loll are both happily retired back in Saltburn after their years of travel; they particularly enjoy watching the musical talents of their grandchildren in Birmingham and the development of their super lively granddaughter Leia nearby.

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1st Saltburn Scout Group All Sections are very active into the Autumn term. Section numbers are still lower in Cubs and Scouts. Beavers are maintaining their 24 numbers on roll as normal, although looking to the future this may soon slow down. Perhaps Saltburn is seeing a birth slump?

Beavers have welcomed Alfie, Harry and Seth to their weekly sessions; they joined following a couple of „disappearances‟ in attendance after the summer break. Who knows why? There are times when parents fail to let us know about changes and Leaders are left in limbo. Meanwhile Beavers have been getting ready for their Halloween event, complete with lots of spiders and spooky things; as well as a trip to the Fire Station courtesy of a Beaver parent. Many thanks.

Cubs enrolled Aaron and Ollie from Beavers, Joolz will be enrolled shortly; whilst Harrison and Zane who came in September are settling in well, this means our roll is running at 16 Cubs. Daniel is moving up to Scouts following a clash with his football interests and expected are Eddie and Ollie from Beavers. The Skills Challenge activities are still „trailing in‟; in the meantime the Pack is also working towards their International Activity Award which assists with their World Challenge Award (useful as many seem unable to tackle anything outside their Pack Nights!).

Scouts are reduced in numbers, but those remaining are busy with their Astronomer‟s Activity Award, especially hoping for a clear sky at night to view the stars and constellations about which they‟re learning. Dean and Dylan are due to be enrolled as Scouts shortly, but are enjoying their Scouting and joining in all activities. The Troop is also busy preparing for Remembrance Day with activities linked to those who so valiantly gave up their lives in the 1914 to 1918 conflict.

The Group‟s improvements to the entrance way presently nearing completion have included re-plastering and decorating the entrance; as well as the excellent double doors to facilitate entry.

Many parents continue to assist with Section activities; if you can offer assistance or are interested in joining us, please enquire: John G. Hannah – 07811 801627 or johnghannah@yahoo.co.uk

Saltburn Line User Group Next Meeting: Tuesday, 6th November 2018 at 7.15pm.

Meetings at Saltburn Conservative Club are held on the first Tuesday of the month, 19.00pm for a 19.15pm start.

As always, all welcome.

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CHRISTMAS GIFT FAIR Saturday, 8th December, Saltburn Community Hall 10am to 3.30pm Don‟t miss the chance to pick up a wide variety of unique gifts. Come into the warmth, browse our stalls and choose the perfect gifts for those special people. Support the RNLI and SARA. Treat yourselves to great refreshments all made by the wonderful Denise, our favourite caterer from Emmanuel Church, available all day. We look forward to seeing you all. Please spread the word by telling your friends. Thank you and wishing you a happy and peaceful festive season.

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Upgrading

Cadets to clean up Commonwealth graves

I embarked this week on swapping my aging computer for a new and shiny model that I was assured could more than meet all my needs and I was also informed that the new system would be up and running in no time at all.

The ever helpful people at the Microsoft Corporation offered all manner of advice – which really amounted to them trying to sell me even more of their merchandise than I already own.

This brings me to an issue that has been central in the minds of all science fiction fans such as our editor Ian and myself - namely the realisation that a day may come when our ever-cleverer machines and computers will decide that humanity is an unnecessary irrelevance and that we can be dispensed with altogether. My experiences of the last two days seem to indicate that this process has already started. I have had a number of online conversations with „apparent‟ people on the other side of the Atlantic but having analysed them all carefully I have come to the conclusion that none of them emanated from a genuine human being – the whole lot were generated by computers.

The horrible thought comes into my mind that an „instant‟ takeover of the world by computers was probably never the intention of our renegade technology. .On the contrary, the best way forward would be for the revolutionary computers to achieve their objectives gradually. Surely the best strategy would be to make us so utterly dependent on the computers that by the time we did realise what was going on it would be too late and we would have become so totally dependent on the machines that we could not possibly survive without them. At that point we become of no further use and could, if the computers wished, be dispensed with.

Another thought dawns! What if they are doing all of this not so that they can get rid of humanity but precisely because they know only too well that they can make a much better job of running our lives for us than we can ourselves? I suppose some people would be happy with such a state of affairs. Money worries would be a thing of the past, endless entertainment would be on tap and genetically created and enhanced food would always be on the table. We could have new genetically created organs whenever we wanted them, stitched in place by computer surgeons who can never make a mistake.

Oh well, enough of this speculation. I still have not managed to get this new computer to do all the things it should be doing. As a result my promised path to efficiency and speed was clearly not an option. I somehow knew that in the end it would all go pearshaped. I think on reflection that the computers have not yet taken over – unless of course it is their intention to drive me to suicide with frustration. Let‟s hope I get it all sorted out soon. Maybe I should chisel my next article onto a piece of stone and take it along the road in a wheel barrow to Ian‟s house? Having said that, buying the stone and the chisel might be my first technology free problem.

I am the chairperson of Saltburn and district branch of the British Legion and we are about to hold an event.

On the 3rd November at 9am, we are going to clean up and put poppy appeal wooden crosses on Commonwealth War Graves, identified in our graveyard in Loftus.

We are affiliated with Loftus Army Cadets, who will be supporting and helping us with this task.

The Loftus Mayor will also be supporting this event, attending and with a coffee morning at the Town Hall, in support of the Poppy Appeal, afterwards.

Saltburn Cadets will be engaging in exactly the same event in saltburn cemetery on the following day, Sunday 4th November. Same time 9 am. The chairperson of the council will be in attendance and there are 10 commonwealth graves identified in the cemetery.

Cadets in attendance will be taught by ourselves about remembrance and commonwealth prior to this event.

What a fantastic cause at this centennial time!

Emma-Kate Young Chairperson RBL

by Alan Butler

SNAP Happy The autumn meeting of the Saltburn Neighbourhood Action Partnership enjoyed a good public attendance and received some very good news.

Chairman, Councillor Philip Thomson, made several welcome announcements.

It is understood that Cleveland Police policy is to introduce dedicated PCSOs for every Ward in the Borough and this should be achieved over the next 12 to 18 months.

PCSO Nicola Dobson is already looking after Saltburn as well as other parts of East Cleveland but will begin to focus primarily on Saltburn itself so that residents have an immediate point of contact to with which to discuss local matters and have the assurance that local issues are at the forefront of policing at neighbourhood level.

The road leading to Hazelgrove Park from Milton Street West will be safer for all users in the near future. Land has been purchased from the Catholic Church by Redcar & Cleveland to allow a pavement to be constructed alongside the Church grounds. The highway alongside the 2 meter high fence erected by Tingdene will be marked out for pedestrian priority use and will have some bollards installed for protection. Both these measures plus the introduction of a 10mph speed limit along this section of highway will reduce the hazardous nature of this well used thoroughfare.

Years of lobbying for an additional crossing on Windsor Road have finally come to a satisfactory conclusion.

The additional pedestrian traffic created by the opening of a convenience store at the old car showroom and the subsequent addition of the Post Office has created sufficient extra footfall to convince Highways Officers that there is a need for a crossing. A Zebra Crossing will now be installed.

The exact position is yet to be determined and a decision on that will made soon.

The next SNAP meeting will be on Wednesday, 23rd January 2019 at the Library. All residents and those who work in the town are welcome to attend and participate.

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Saltburn Allotments Association Finish any clearing and compost your spent plants.

Keep picking your crops that are still producing, Keep tidy to reduce pest problems!

Apply your compost or leaf mould or manure in a layer several inches thick to beds prepared for next year if you are trying no dig gardening ready for spring. You will be protecting the surface of the soil, feeding it and suppressing any weed seeds underneath.

Check your stored fruit and veg regularly for things that may be rotting if you remove quickly as it stops the rot spreading.

Plan your crop rotations for next season and have a look through the seed catalogues.

You could plant broad beans as an early planting is likely to get away quickly when the soil starts to warm up, as long as you can keep the mice off! Plant winter density lettuce, baby leaf Kale, Mizuna and chard to give winter salad, but be prepared to pop on a cover or cloche in case of really bad weather to protect them.

This year has been a bad year for rats! There are a few things you can do in the garden to reduce problems and deter their visits and reduce the potential to use poisons.

Keep gardens fairly tidy, removing cover wherever possible and make sure sheds and storage areas have secure containers to store any wild bird or animal food.

In order for rats to not get too comfortable in the garden, you should try to move things around frequently.

Rats are „neophobic‟, which means they have a fear of new things. They don‟t like disruption, so position obstacles in their runs and move things around.

Be sure to block any holes in the walls, floors, and doors of your garden buildings. You could add a metal kick plate to your shed door to prevent entry.

Rats will eat most crops, including sweet corn, pumpkins, squash, root vegetables and apples, so once harvested, store them somewhere secure.

If you suspect that rats have nibbled stored or growing crops, don‟t eat them.

Protect your compost bin: Make your bin or heap uninviting – don‟t add food scraps and include green and brown materials so it‟s moist.

Put chicken wire underneath to prevent access. Turn it regularly but bear in mind that other wildlife uses compost heaps too.

If rats have made a home in your bin, don‟t use the compost on edible crops.

While it‟s not advisable to get a pet purely for the purpose of catching rats, especially as rats can carry disease, pets can be a good deterrent. They are a disruptive force in the garden, making the rats less likely to stay. Having a dog or cat could limit your risk of rats in the garden.

Hopefully we will have a drier winter! Wrap up and get ready for next year, If the weather turns you can always turn up the heating and get out the catalogues!

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The Muses of Jim The last month was spoilt by the sudden death of my good friend, Barry Cook. I knew he had some health concerns, similar to myself, and we often swapped stories with each other about our aches and pains. I am saddened by the fact that he never found the time to finish his plans for completing his model railway layout. I never heard Barry speak ill of anyone and he will be missed in Saltburn. I noticed today that there was a long yellow train owned by Network Rail at the Station and I thought of Barry.

With the support of Huntcliff Surgery it looks like I will be getting my Driving License back shortly. I can‟t really think that I am so disliked that someone felt the need to report me to the Authority. On the other hand I found out that my license had actually expired, so at least I have not broken the law. So therefore I must thank the unknown informer. Thank you, but don‟t do it again, as my heart might not be able to withstand the stress of it all the next time.

At the moment I am carrying a piece of work on behalf of Redcar & Cleveland Older People Partnership, looking at the difficulties facing older people and people with visual difficulties in the main but also problems facing the rest of the population of the Borough. What I do is to take photographs of the various examples of hindrance. If you wish to help please let me have your examples. I will present, hopefully, a presentation to the Redcar & Cleveland Community Safety Partnership Executive, of which I am member.

It is rather annoying to hear that the BBC is thinking of taking away the free TV license from pensioners aged 75 and over, whilst paying very large sums of money to presenters etc. I thought we were all in it together. Before I forget can I thank the young man in the Video, computer shop in Jubilee Walk, Redcar, who found a cable for my camera and refused payment for it. Thank you again.

Spud appears to be of the opinion that I am making good progress in my recovery as he has stopped spending the night in with me. I am getting better but I have to be careful not to over do it. Don‟t laugh please, otherwise I will be really hurt. I must admit I do get tired very quickly. Everybody knows how much I enjoy my trips away, so therefore for me to miss a trip to Crewe and one to Milton Keynes must mean something. These jollies are really hard work and with the long hours, I feel I am not up to it yet. But I shall return.

I have just had my carpet shampooer returned after having a new pump fitted and I am eager to start cleaning but I have to wait until Spud awakes from his slumbers before I can start. Otherwise, he will only complain. Spud is up and about now to test the repaired machine. She is loaded up ready to go. She works and Spud fled, being the coward he is. One test piece done now and I am awaiting the dry result. Thank you, Mr Lingdale Washer‟s man.

Jim Wingham and Spud

Saltburn will Remember Saltburn Learning Campus is celebrating the award of 10 silhouettes funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust as part of their „There But Not There‟ campaign.

Huntcliff School initially applied for silhouettes and decided to utilise them as part of an event to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War. A number of activities will take place on Friday, 9th November 2018 and in the weeks building up to the event around the theme of Remembrance for Secondary School students. Saltburn Primary School as well as a range of local community groups shared the enthusiasm of Huntcliff which has led to a large community event to be held at Saltburn Learning Campus, Marske Mill Road, TS12 1HJ on Friday, 9th November from 4.30pm onwards.

The event will include: displays of student models of First World War trenches, use of the silhouettes, relevant memorabilia and books, a poppy arch (with anyone who wishes, able to contribute a poppy in remembrance), colouring activities and a treasure hunt for younger children, cards for messages in memory of soldiers killed in the Great War as well as relevant stalls and displays by local community groups.

From 5.15pm a more formal Remembrance event will be held in the Main Hall with readings, information from local historians about Saltburn during WWI, poetry and a silence for reflection.

The award of silhouettes was made under the Armistice and Armed Forces Communities programme, which makes awards to bring communities together to remember; and to think about the Armed Forces today. Entry to the event is free but visitors are encouraged to make donations to the Royal British Legion and / or SSAFA. The Remembrance Event also coincides with an award of 64 saplings from the Tree Appeal, so that this autumn a tree can be planted in the grounds of Saltburn Learning Campus in memory of every First World War soldier mentioned on Saltburn War Memorial. Hannah Mohon, Head of Humanities at Huntcliff School, who applied for the grants said, “The planned event is a fitting way to mark the milestone of the centenary of the end of World War I, while the tree planting

will provide a more permanent reminder of the sacrifice made by those men of Saltburn who gave their lives. It reflects the determination of the local community that We Will Remember Them.”

Anybody who is interested in contributing to the event or would like to receive further information is encouraged to email enquiries@slc.rac.sch.uk and mark the email for the attention of Miss Mohon. Donations of handmade poppies for the poppy arch can be left at the reception desk at Saltburn Learning Campus.

Rotary News October saw one of the highlights of the year, that being the Rotary North East District Conference at The Majestic Hotel in Harrogate. Again “Team Saltburn” were on top form, being awarded a Rotary International Presidents Citation, a District Presidents Citation and an award for the biggest increase in club membership 2017/2018.

Immediate Past President John Wilby, then lead an inspiring presentation entitled „embracing change‟ featuring the Rotakids of Saltburn marshalled by Saltburn Rotarians Anne and Elspeth. They were all amazing and received such a fabulous applause at the end from the 250 delegates present in the room. Thank you to Peter Eyre and the staff at Saltburn Primary School and the parents of the Rotakids, The children did us all proud.

Harry Foster was our 2018 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, held at the outward bound centre at Kingsway, Middleton in Teesdale. Thank you Harry for being such a wonderful ambassador for Saltburn Rotary Club. We are so pleased you had such a fantastic experience, and so very proud of how well you did on the course. Harry also attended

the club and gave us a fabulous presentation on all his adventures.

Finally, members of Saltburn Rotary together with Paul & Gill from Saltburn Cricket Club handed over £2500 raised as a result of Howzat, to the RNLI, a cause close to all of us.

Thank you for the hospitality to Dave Cocks and his marvellous crew at the Lifeboat Station, Redcar at the cheque presentation.

For further details of Rotary activities please visit our Facebook page or website.

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The Saltburn Crossword no 209 set by Dinosaur Across 7 Once great Victorian Saltburn building, now The Back Alex remains, but one Rex had it all a confused state (10, 5) 8 Bird house initially average Victorian in all respectable yards (6) 10 Indonesian design pattern on fabric found back in skit about (5) 11 Overused expression clinches it without directions (6) 13 Sunglasses? Cap‟s peak? Sounds like I cast a shadow (8) 15 See 5 Down 16 Quality of being more or less even or sort of okay for everyone wraps air in surrounding water creature (7) 18 Person who lives on isolated earth surrounded by water is slain about then backing red (8) 19 Think likely to happen with former lover sounding harassed by bird (6) 20 Expressions of boredom disturbs swan after why sound (5) 22 Rise to the challenge in paste puppy (4, 2) 23 Local charity with a Saltburn shop those pieces side with confusion (8, 7)

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1 Saltburn road, tell Den cat verse must be changed (9, 6) 2 Merely found in crimson lycra (4) 3 Something to be solved but not a clue (7) 4 A horse could pull it hidden by Oscar Townsend (4) 5 and 15 Across and 22 Down Former Saltburn café redistributes Sherpa in more shady ship, OK? (9, 3, 3, 4, 4) 6 There‟s one in Saltburn! Homed chic thrust wildly (9, 6) 9 A musical soloist might need one, usually on the piano, but must first pay comic Stan wandering (12) 12 Relaxed first of every ache stretched eagerly downwards (5) 14 Avoid Dave back to begin exercise (5) 17 Saltburn has a Court so named with Les mixed up in grey (7) 21 Liverton has one in a Saltburn street hiding Hydrogen in success (4) 22 See 5 Down

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