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But she said she was optimistic that it wouldn’t happen because THE growing the fierce campaign to o p p o s i t ion save the Futurist c a m p a i g n Theatre will be was “building vindicated or momentum”. vanquished at a “By and large, pivotal council knowing the meeting next strength of month. the opposition Campaigners and which are increasingly councillors are hopeful that their The 200 people who attended the Futurist meeting at the YMCA secretly on our efforts will be side, we are very optimistic. But the fact is there are rewarded when the full council meets on 9 January. The 50 members will decide whether or not to ratify an some powerful councillors who think they have the ‘in-principle’ decision made by eight of them two years right to make the decision on their own, and they don’t,” she said. ago, to bulldoze the Scarborough theatre. Cllr Jefferson says the stability of the land is a key The decision has been deferred three times. In the meantime, a broad-based campaign to preserve factor. “The people in about 100 properties around the the theatre, which is one of the largest in the country, Futurist are frightened about what will happen as they all hold each other up on a tiered landscape. There are has gathered more steam. A recent public meeting at the YMCA Theatre was voids below Bland’s Cliff”, she said. attended by about 200 people, including 11 councillors Cllr Jefferson says “excellent presentations” on and several former councillors, some of whom want to funding schemes and other aspects were made by various parties at the meeting. “I can confirm that all retain the building. It was chaired by Cllr Janet Jefferson, Diana Tasker ‘in-principle’ plans taken by the council cabinet in and Patricia David, who have been at the forefront of September 2014 have to be ratified by the full council, when full reports will be presented”. the campaign. Mrs David claimed high-ranking councillors had She said the council vote “could be a close thing, like already made up their minds to demolish the building. with the waterpark.
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COVER STORY CONTINUED... I hope it will be a public meeting with a recorded vote, so everyone is on the record”. In a statement issued to Scarborough Review, the council says the reports will include one “on the final cost implications of the Futurist site redevelopment”. “The council’s external advisers are working with the advisers of Flamingo Land Ltd [which wants to erect a leisure attraction on the site] to ensure that the proposals for the demolition of the existing buildings fully complement the redevelopment proposals. The advisers are obtaining further technical information to ensure that the most cost-efficient proposals can be considered following completion of the latest ground investigation work and analysis”. The North Yorkshire Enquirer website responded: “The more astute among you will recall that borough councillors never made any decision about the Futurist in September 2014. “SBC’s cabinet, which comprised six Tory and two independent councillors, did make an ‘inprinciple’ decision regarding the demolition of the Futurist in 2014. “An in-principle decision is one that can be made by a small group of councillors, but it needs to be ratified by all 50 borough councillors at a full council meeting for the work to go ahead”. Two petitions to save the Futurist attracted about 11,000 signatures. The People’s petition (for people who live, work or study in the borough) had 6,800 signatures and the My Theatre Matters petition attracted 4,200 signatures. The Save the Futurist page on Facebook has 4,000 likes. Patrick Henry, who was at the YMCA meeting,
said: “It was very dramatic, like a show – you could have sold tickets”. He praised “the high-spirited resolve and articulacy of those voicing opposition. “Actor Ken Kitson exercised his prowess vividly”, Mr Henry added. “He touched the audience in his deeply felt and detailed proposals to secure local voluntary help in repairing the Futurist”, Mr Henry said. “The pleasure of attending such an enthusiastic gathering was mixed with anger and bitterness that, once again, ordinary, caring Scarborians have to stand up to the harsh powers-that-be. In all, this lively evening proved how the town has a taste for live drama and vernacular performance, and needs to keep the Futurist - one of the nation’s finest theatres”. The 11 councillors who attended the YMCA meeting were Janet Jefferson, Andrew Backhouse, Luke Backhouse, Bill Chatt, Dilys Cluer, Mark Vesey, Jonathan Dodds, Vanda Inman, Norman Murphy, Hazel Lynskey and Heather Phillips.
L-R: Diana Tasker, Janet Jefferson and Patricia David (To order photos ring 353597)
Elvis fans meet his ex-wife by Dave Barry
TWO of Elvis Presley’s biggest fans couldn’t believe their luck when they bumped into his best-known ex. Mark and Tracy Witherington couple run the King & Cask pub in North Marine Road, Scarborough. It has an Elvis bar full of memorabilia taken from what Mark calls the MWTCB UK Elvis Collection – his initials followed by the acronym of Taking Care of Business. This was the motto of Elvis’s Memphis mafia, says Mark. Mark and Tracy recently went to London for an Elvis show by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, at the O2 Arena. “We were invited to two before-and-after events and through our MWTCB connections we met Don Reedman, the producer of the latest Elvis albums, as well as the most important lady in the Elvis world - Priscilla Presley”, Mark said. “With us being registered at Graceland, she
took great interest in what we have in our collection. We invited her to visit us whenever she was visiting the north. She graciously accepted our offer and said she would love to visit Scarborough”.
Priscilla Presley with Mark and Tracy Witherington in London
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by Dave Barry Cliff Richard, 76, makes his Scarborough debut at the open-air theatre on 29 June. Tickets cost between £51.10 and £72.35 plus a £3.25 booking fee if you print your own. Cliff joins the Beach Boys (24 May £22.50 to £137.50), UB40 (30 June £34.25-£51.50) and Olly Murs (9 July £45.45 to £60.50). Radio 2 recently “catapulted Cliff’s latest record, an unremarkable cover of Roll Over Beethoven, straight onto its A-list of songs which should be played most frequently – way above new singles from the likes of Paul Simon, Dolly Parton and the late David Bowie”, according to Private Eye. “Naturally, such decisions are taken entirely on artistic grounds and have nothing to do with the high court suing the BBC for its ‘lurid and intrusive overage’ of a police raid on his home after sex-abuse claims, which the Crown Prosecution Service has since confirmed will not result in charges”, the Eye states, tongue in cheek. Cliff is also suing South Yorkshire Police, which told the BBC about the August 2014 raid on his home. A few years earlier, “Sir Cliff had suffered the indignity of DJ Chris Evans not just refusing to play his records on Virgin but also smashing them on air, Radio2 refusing to playlist his Millennium Prayer and Tony Blackburn (briefly) suspended from Classic Gold for playing him”, the Eye reminded readers. All of which makes no difference to the septuagenarian knight’s legions of adoring
fans, most of whom are a similar age. In Scarborough, as part of a 10-date tour, Cliff will perform songs from his 102nd album, Just Fabulous Rock ‘n’ Roll. It features a rerecording of his debut single Move It, covers of his favourite songs from the golden era of rock ‘n’ roll, such as Roll Over Beethoven, Great Balls of Fire and Sweet Little Sixteen, and a ‘duet’ with Elvis Presley on Blue Suede Shoes. Move It, from 1958, is regarded by many as Britain’s first authentic rock ‘n’ roll song, bringing what had previously been an American genre across the Atlantic. Cliff Richard, born Harry Webb in colonial India in 1940, has sold over 250m records worldwide, including 21m singles in the UK. He is the third-top-selling artist in UK singles history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
The cover of Cliff’s new album
Ever seen a big chocolate snowman? Words and photo by Dave Barry AN enormous chocolate snowman has been drawing lots of attention at a sweet-smelling shop in Newborough. Chocolatier Alex Grant used the equivalent of 1,200 chocolate bars to create the gigantic figure, which stands at just over 7ft tall. It took him a week to mould 120 kilos of milk and dark Belgian chocolate around a custom-made steel frame. The figure, which is wrapped in cellophane, will be broken up on 17 December and sold. The metal frame will be used to make a similar figure next Christmas. Alex is a self-taught chocolatier who buys chocolate in callets, or blocks, then turns it into delicious chocolates. It is high-quality couverture chocolate, which has a higher percentage of cocoa butter (32–39%) than baking or eating chocolate. Alex, who opened Crofts Chocolates three and a half years ago, gives demonstrations and runs workshops and charity raffles. The prize for the latest one is two places at a chocolate workshop at Crofts.
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Traditional animated window displays unveiled at store Words and photos by Dave Barry MANY of the seasonal themes adopted by Boyes in its animated Christmas window displays over the past 30 years have come together in this year’s. The magical tableaux incorporate Aladdin, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, the snowman, A Christmas Carol and the Snow Queen, among others. “We’ve really gone to town this year,” says retail operations director Ernie Gee who, along with artistic director Elaine Truman, conceived the imaginative displays. For the first time, to celebrate the tradition’s century, the rear window has been used. “We work closely with the children and teachers from Friarage primary school, so
as a special surprise for them, our back window contains a fully animated replica of their school nativity play as our way of saying thank you”, says Mr Gee. A similar thematic hybrid prevails in the Santa’s grotto. “The number of grottos in department stores around the country has declined over the years, which has made it seem increasingly important that we continue the traition in Scarborough to help create some of the magic of Christmas for local families,” Mr Gee adds. The Queen Street store has had a Santa’s grotto every Christmas since it opened a century ago. n The store is celebrating its centenary this year. Turn to page 19 to read about its history.
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A Remembrance Sunday to remember Cadets at the Royal Albert Hall
Sea Cadets march up The Mall
Words and pictures by cadets and staff from TS Scaborough SCARBOROUGH Sea Cadets had a weekend to remember for the rest of their lives as they travelled to London for the national November Remembrance ceremonies. The 36 cadets & 12 staff had a busy schedule with the Remembrance Sunday parade at the Cenotaph in front of the Queen as the pinnacle. The unit travelled down in the early hours of Friday morning by minibus convoy to Sea Cadets HQ where they had lunch with the Captain of the Sea Cadet Corps, Capt. Phillip Russell RN, before a tour of the building. The afternoon was spent at the Tower of London, whilst Leading Cadet Brandon Palmer and two staff members went to the Royal Albert Hall for the Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance rehearsal, meeting other participants, the Royal Marine Band Portsmouth, Michael Ball, Alfie Boe and Alexander Armstrong. The pace didn't drop for the second day, as ten cadets joined LC Palmer and staff for a day at the Royal Albert Hall, helping sell programs and acting as wheelchair attendants for the older patrons for the day’s two performances, with the Queen and Royal Family in attendance at the evening show. The remainder started their day at the Greenwich Maritime Museum followed by a city tour by boat, then a stop off at the world famous black door of No. 10 Downing Street. This was followed by an emotional service for both cadets & staff at Westminster Abbey for the planting of the Remembrance crosses. The afternoon was spent cheering on the Lord Mayor's show and a quick shop at Covent Garden. While the Royal Albert Hall was the hottest ticket in town, the cadets had some of the best seats in the house, directly opposite the Queen for the evening’s performance. We were swollen with pride as LC Palmer led out the standards perfectly, as the others Marching past the Cenotaph
watched the humbling and emotional show. Sunday was an early start for everyone as we headed to Whitehall to form up for the parade. Cheered on by the huge crowds, TS Scarborough led the cadet contingent pass the Cenotaph and around to Horse Guards where Prince Charles took the salute from our extremely proud Commanding Officer, Sub-Lieutenant Natalie Davies RNR. After the parade was dismissed, the unit took the opportunity to march up the Mall to Buckingham Palace for a photograph to finish off what was an unbelievable experience that everyone involved will never forget. Sub-Lieutenant Davies said: ‘The cadets did the town proud. I have never been so overwhelmed with pride. ‘The amazing weekend was a culmination of a lot of hard work from everyone at TS Scarborough; each one will remember this experience all their life. ‘I'm honoured to be the Commanding Officer of such a fantastic team.’ Cadet Kirsten Davenport said: ‘I felt so proud marching through London with so many heroes that were so friendly and really made us feel part of a team. ‘They were all so interested in what we were doing and at the end congratulated us on our marching which was a huge honour. ‘After the parade was finished, our staff decided to march us up to Buckingham Palace. I had never experienced anything like it. The tourists treated us like we were movie stars, taking selfies with us as we marched up The Mall. ‘I never thought I'd do anything like this, it was truly amazing. It was the best possible ending to an unbelievable weekend.’ Scarborough Sea Cadets parade at their unit behind the Newcastle Packet pub on Tuesday's and Friday's. n For more information go online at seacadet.org/Scarborough, Facebook Scarborough Sea Cadets or @boroscc on Twitter. Outside Buckingham Palace
Jack’s Royal reply By Steve Adamson
Mayor Simon Green uncovers a window, watched by mayoress Val Green and filmed by Geoff Jefferson Mayor Simon Green in Santa’s grotto
When 9-year old Scarborough schoolboy Jack Morrison sent a birthday card to Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of her 90th birthday, he didn't really expect to receive a reply.
However a few weeks later he was delighted to receive a letter from Buckingham Palace, thanking him for his kind wishes. Jack said he will treasure his letter and photo of the Queen.
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First new shops in Beavers raise money Market Hall open for Poppy Appeal Words and photos by Dave Barry
THE first two new retail units at Scarborough’s Market Hall are now in use. Occupied by Horsley’s butchers and Deli Delicious, they have a modern, clean look and are under one side of the U-shaped mezzanine floor. Traders in the cavernous Victorian hall have been playing musical chairs as a large team of construction workers slowly transforms it. Butcher Mark Nockels, Justin’s Menswear and two fruit and veg merchants, Metcalfes and All Seasons, have been temporarily moved. Mr Nockels expects to be back in the corner shop occupied by him and his forebears for a century by the end of January. This schedule is confirmed by Scarborough Council’s investment manager, Nick Taylor, who said the authority was still looking for new traders. “We have already sold five of
the units upstairs but we have plenty more besides”. On Monday, business advisor Chris Goddard gave free advice to would-be stallholders who were considering setting up a market business on a temporary or permanent basis in the Market Hall or the Vaults below. Newcomers will breathe new life into the market following its £2.7m transformation. Scarborough Council’s portfolio holder for public health and housing, Cllr Bill Chatt, said: “We know there are people out there with brilliant ideas that would add something new and exciting to the revamped market and we want to meet them. “We look forward to seeing what wonderful ideas people are coming up with to be a part of an exciting new era for the market”. The mezzanine upper floor is almost complete and work on the main hall is progressing well.
The mezzanine floor, right, and the ground The first of the new retail units is home to floor, left. Horsley’s butchers. (To order photos ring 353597)
Successful Fundraising Event By Krystal Starkey Irton Garden Centre played host to an annual popular concert, this year performed by Hackness Ladies Choir. More than 100 people attended and helped to raise £625 for
Cancer Research U.K. Secretary Gill Blanchard said “We wish to thank the choir, garden centre and everyone who attended this event and made it such a resounding success.”
Footsore Santa saunters for D-day Words by Mike Tyas SANTA Claus may need to give his feet a good soaking before the big day comes in three weeks’ time and he gets down to work delivering presents. For he is likely to be a little footsore after sauntering around the streets of Scarborough to promote St Catherine Hospice’s annual fundraising 5K and 10K Santa Dash on Sunday 11 December, starting at 11am at the Sea Life Centre. Or is he? Fortunately, The Review can reveal that for all the boys and girls in the world who are looking forward to receiving their presents they should have no fear; the Santa in question who has been spotted in Scarborough is not the real thing! Rather, under the big white beard and famous red suit is none other than Ian Marshall, the hospice’s volunteers’ services manager, who has become a familiar figure for drivers, trudging the pavements during morning and night time rush hours. ‘Ian volunteered to walk all the way to work at the hospice and back home to Seamer every day for four weeks to promote the Santa Dash,’ said hospice fundraiser Natalie Wright. By the time of Dash day, it is estimated that the substitute Santa will have walked around 200 miles – and it seems like his footslog is paying off. About 100 Santa’s took part last year but four
times that many have already registered this time, with the hospice hoping for at least another 100 to join them on the start line. ‘We really have pushed the event this year,’ said Natalie. ‘This will be the biggest Santa Dash yet.’ The cost of entry is £10. There will be free entry to Sea Life Centre later in the day for competitors. Family and friends can get in for £5. n More details on the hospice website: www.stcatherineshospice-nyorks.org
Words and picture by Mike Tyas A GROUP of Beaver Scouts at a Scarborough primary school have helped children who may not be as fortunate as they are. Beavers based at Thomas Hinderwell Academy gave their spare pennies from their pocket money to help this year’s Poppy Appeal. The boys and girls, aged from six to eight, from the 49th Scarborough (Hinderwell) Beaver Scouts, were given a tiny Poppy Appeal money box which they took home and filled with their spare pennies. They handed the boxes back to the Royal British Legion Scarborough branch chairman Peter Parkinson when he visited the school on Seamer Road to say a big thank you. Peter said: ‘It is really heart-warming that the Beavers have collected their pennies for the appeal. ‘Some of the money may go to help mothers and their children who now have no dad – they have gone to fight and not come back. ‘The little children that haven’t got a dad anymore need a Christmas and money from the appeal helps them and the families who are left behind. ‘The pennies the Beavers gave helps other children enjoy a much better Christmas. We are forever grateful.’ Beaver Scout leader Kanga, school nursery nurse Lesley Cottle, decided the children could help after talking to Peter, her
Beavers with Legion chairman Peter Parkinson
next door neighbour. Lesley (Kanga) said: ‘Peter said the Legion have tiny money boxes and I thought that would be perfect for the children to realise that we can just save pennies and that makes a massive difference. ‘We’ve done shoeboxes before and watched the children who are refugees opening up the shoeboxes, so I think our Beavers realise that not everyone is as lucky as they are. ‘Scouting is about giving and doing that little bit extra.’ The Beavers are a colony belonging to the 49th Eastfield Scout group. The pack meet for an hour after school each Monday.
Matt Baker brings Team Rickshaw to town Words and photos by Dave Barry PRESENTER Matt Baker led the One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge into Scarborough, en route to London. Matt and his large entourage stopped off halfway through their 470-mile epic bikeride, which began in the Scottish market town of Jedburgh.
The annual event is in its sixth year and Matt has cycled each one, to raise money for Children in Need. It has raised over £12m. The rickshaw was pedalled by six young riders who have been supported by Children in Need-funded projects. Matt cycled alongside them, offering support and advice throughout the journey. He said: “Every year I am inspired by the incredible young people who take on the Rickshaw Challenge, and this year is no different. “The six young riders have faced major challenges in their lives already, but thanks to the charity they have been able to overcome so much; and now they feel ready to give back”.
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Santa warming up for the big day
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Coffee morning raises £750 for Alzheimer’s Words and photo by Dave Barry A CHRISTMAS coffee morning at the Park Manor Hotel raised £750 for Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Alzheimer’s Society. It was opened by the mayor, Cllr Simon Green, who told the gathering that his membership of the Rotary Club had helped him understand dementia. In the summer, the club organised a trip for dementia patients and carers into the countryside. The outing concluded with music and tea at the Stained Glass Centre in Killerby, which Cllr Green and his family run. Former club president David Oliver and his wife Rosemary sang songs. The mayoress, Val Green, attended a dementia workshop run by the club. Dorothy Rushworth, who founded the society in 1989, said: “Over the years, we must have raised an awful lot of money in this way”. Earlier this year, new NHS figures revealed that hundreds of older people in Scarborough and Ryedale have dementia which hasn’t been diagnosed by a doctor. In the area, an estimated 1,788 people aged over 65 have dementia - 1,125 (63%) have been diagnosed but the other 663
A CHANGE to the way Scarborough Council promotes planning applications has been introduced. Following a review of the application process, the council has introduced new orange notices in locations where a planning application has been submitted. Cllr Joe Plant, cabinet member for strategic planning and transformation, said the council believed it would be a more efficient means of giving applications extra publicity. He said: ‘The ways in which our towns and villages change and develop are massively important to residents and business. ‘Each year our planning service receives thousands of comments on planning applications, all of which are fed into the decision-making process. ‘Anyone is entitled to comment on an application, so rather than writing directly to the households and businesses that we consider may be interested in a specific development, we are switching to a more strikingly coloured official site notice and displaying a greater number of them as the
remain undiagnosed. This includes everyone living in care and nursing homes, as well as those living at home. The prevalance in the Scarborough area is above average because of the large population of older people. They are concentrated in certain areas, with clusters in Scalby, Filey, Hunmanby West Ayton and the South Cliff, which has a lot of nursing and care homes. Many people with dementia are helped by the volunteers at Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Alzheimer’s Society. “We support people in care or who have lost somebody in care or who are looking after someone”, says stalwart Molly Abernethy, whose husband Ken died of Alzheimer’s in 1999. “We want people to realise that you can still have a life after you've lost your partner and you can be happy. “We're friendly and noisy and jolly - we're not gloomy at all, it's a house of laughter!” The workers take a well-deserved break and are served by the mayor and mayoress, Members socialise at the Red Lea Simon and Val Green. L-R: Sally Walker, who ran the tombola; secretary Dorothy Rushworth Hotel on the South Cliff every Tuesday. (seated); Anne Binney, who was on the door (standing); and Glen Bridgewood, who organised New members are welcome. the raffle (to order photos ring 353597)
prime means by which people will be made aware of applications. ‘We believe this will be a more effective and efficient means of publicity.’ The public are also encouraged to make use of the council’s Public Access website to view, comment or track planning applications via scarborough.gov.uk The website allows people to view and track the progress of planning applications, comment on them, see whether an appeal has been lodged and the result of that appeal where applicable, and view weekly and monthly lists of applications and decisions.
Town Hall fair will evoke festive spirit by Dave Barry THE Town Hall’s Christmas fair aims to evoke festive spirit in a fun-packed three hours on Thursday 15 December. It is in aid of the Mayoress’s Community Fund and will have a strong emphasis on arts and crafts and festive food and drink, says the mayoress, Val Green, who is organising it with her husband Simon. The Salvation Army Band will play in the Town Hall gardens and school choirs will sing Christmas carols in the public gallery. Schools and groups from around the borough have been invited to take part. Children have been invited to hang wishes on a ‘wishing tree’ in the Town Hall gardens and
decorations on a Christmas tree in the Town Hall entrance. Running from 4pm-7pm, it will feature performers from local pantomimes, Father Christmas, the town crier and guided tours of the building. Stalls will sell Christmas arts and crafts, gifts and Christmas decorations. No charge will be made for admission but a £5 charge will be made for festive nibbles and wine or non-alcoholic punch. n To book a table, for £10, send your name, phone number, email address and a description of what will be sold to Val Green, Town Hall, St Nicholas Street, Scarborough, YO11 2HG.
Dragon boat paddlers’ money is handed out by Dave Barry £8,000 RAISED at Rotary’s sixth annual dragon boat races has been shared between charities and other worthy causes. Organised by the Rotary Club of Scarborough Cavaliers, the races, at Wykeham lakes in June, were entered by 21 teams. The event was “a great success, due to excellent support from sponsors, some real energy and commitment from a wide variety of paddlers in the boats and a lot of graft from our club”, said president Jonathan Knight. “As well as raising money for local charities, the event is a fun family day-out in a glorious setting”, he said. The £380 per boat paid by sponsors covers the event costs. The teams collect their own sponsorship, half of which goes to a charity they nominate. The other half goes to Rotary-nominated
The boats were neck and neck in the final race (photo by Tony Stevens; to order, ring 864571)
charities. The money was handed out at a presentation evening at the Downe Arms in Wykeham. The recipients were Basics Plus, the Butterfly Reading Centre, the Richard Fox Memorial Fund, Mencap, the hospital’s neo-natal unit, the Talking Newspaper, Dan’s Hope / Muscular Dystrophy, Ellie’s Brain Tumour Trust, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, Leeds Donkey Sanctuary, Macmillan, Scarborough RNLI, St Catherine’s Hospice, the Stroke Club and Woodlands Academy. Next year’s dragon-boat races will be on 11 June.
L-R: Deputy mayor Cllr Martin Smith and Rotary president Jonathan Knight present £1,226 to Freddie Normandale and Tom Fox of the Richard Fox Memorial Fund (photo by Dave Barry; to order, ring 353597)
Golden honour for army veteran Words and photo by Dave Barry A RETIRED army veteran has been honoured for half a century’s service to his regiment. Robert McSeveny has been awarded a gold badge for 50 years’ outstanding service to the Royal Corps of Signals (RCS). Mr McSeveny enlisted into the Royal Signals in April 1964. He served in England, Standard bearer Robert Northern Ireland, McSeveny
Germany and Hong Kong, where he was with the Queen’s Gurkha Signals. He was discharged as a warrant officer and regimental quartermaster sergeant in Catterick in September 1988. On leaving the regular army, he became an RCS reservist and was a member of 260 Signal Squadron. He joined the Scarborough branch of the Royal Signals Association in 2013 when he retired to the town. In February 2015 he was elected president of the branch and carried the branch standard at this year’s remembrance ceremony at Alma Square. Mr McSeveny, who lives in Durham Street, was born in Shotts, between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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WRITE TO US AT: OAKTREE FARM, THE MOOR, HAXBY, YORK YO32 2LH Dear Editor You may well have been surprised to see adverts from Amnesty International on billboards and in newspapers over recent weeks which highlight the role the Human Rights Act played in the Hillsborough inquest. If you were surprised, you’re not alone. A YouGov poll found that 70% of people in the UK were unaware that the Human Rights Act had any involvement in the historic Hillsborough inquest which returned the conclusion of “unlawful killing” of the 96 football fans earlier this year. Similarly, 74% of people were unaware that the Human Rights Act is part of the Good Friday peace agreement which ended the troubles in Northern Ireland. Given that the Human Rights Act has been the subject of a great deal of myth- pedalling and scapegoating over the years, it’s hardly surprising people don’t know much about its importance. Yet when Hillsborough relatives and victims of the Northern Ireland troubles are all calling for the Human Rights Act to be kept, we should pay attention and so should the Government. It’s often something that people only need in their darkest hours, when other avenues of justice have failed them. We allow it to be scrapped at our peril. n Find out more about Amnesty’s campaign at www.savetheact.uk Yours, Mike Gordon Chair - Scarborough Amnesty International Group, The Bungalow, 58a Esplanade
Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to say just how much we at St James’s Church and Community Arts Centre appreciated the wonderful full-page spread that you did for us in the October edition of the Review. It covered everything and hopefully gave people a good idea of just how much is going on in the centre and café. We are very grateful for the professional yet personal way we were helped here and would like to add that your paper just continues to improve – it is a very good asset for Scarborough. Once again, many thanks and keep on doing what you obviously do so well! Kind regards, Jan Brittain - Administrator Dear Editor I have just been reading the October edition of the Scarborough Review and I have got to say what an excellent paper it is. Lots of great little interesting articles - what an impressive lot of work. You also seem to be keeping lots of advertising. Excellent stuff. All best wishes, Chris Whyte - Park Avenue
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The Flixton Werewolf You may be interested in the following after I read your Flixton Werewolf article in the October issue of the Scarborough Review. I wonder, did I inadvertently invent the werewolf 50 years ago? Between 1963 and 1969, I was employed as reference and local studies librarian in the Scarborough Libraries, Museums and Arts department. In this pre-Google time, my job was to provide information on any topic to enquirers, including aspects of local history. One day in the mid-1960s, a reporter from the Scarborough Mercury came into the library asking for information. It seemed that on the carr land behind and below Folkton church, strange lights had been seen at night. The reporter wanted to know if there were any ghost stories or legends connected to the Flixton / Folkton carr lands. I checked all the available books, pamphlets and other sources for such stories but much to his disappointment came up with nothing. Was there anything else of interest, he asked? I told him about Star Carr as an important Mesolithic site and the discovery of various animal bones including wolves. Hearing this, he perked up, made some notes, thanked me and left. I thought no more about it but was then mightily surprised, and amused, to read an article a couple of weeks later about
werewolves on the Flixton / Folkton carrs. After six years in Scarborough, I moved elsewhere with my career, eventually becoming county librarian of Shropshire, but family connections still occasionally brought me back to Scarborough. One day in the mid-1970s, I was in a bookshop in Scarborough and noted a new book on ghosts. It could well have been the 1974 book mentioned in your article as the timing was about right. I idly glanced through it and was amazed to see that there was now an entry for Flixton and Folkton with werewolf tales. I must confess that over the years I have used this saga of my reference enquiry and how legends can develop in after-dinner speeches and professional conferences. I retired back to this area in the late 1990s and had not thought much about it for some time. Imagine my surprise to see the heading ‘The Flixton Werewolf’ in the Scarborough Review 50 years after the reporter made that enquiry. Of course, what I don’t know is who the reporter talked to after me. Maybe he met someone who genuinely knew of Flixton / Folkton legends that were not in my library sources. I’ll never know, but maybe ‘the truth is out there’ on those damp mysterious carr lands. Roy Field, Hunmanby
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Lest we forget the dark days Words by Mike Tyas, pictures by James Giddings and Mike Tyas A BRIGHT morning presented a vivid contrast to the blackness of war at the Remembrance Sunday service on Oliver’s Mount. Twelve months ago the heavens had opened, but the Scarborough branch of the Royal British Legion’s service this time was blessed with a sunny, crisp morning as the heavy rain of 24 hours earlier had cleared. The sunshine sparkled off the sea around North and South bays in the distance, while it gleamed off polished service medals worn with pride by Forces’ personnel past and present, who joined the gathering of around 300 paying their tributes at the war memorial. The service was led for the first time by Revd. Tina Minett Stevens, Assistant Curate at St Mary’s with Holy Apostles on Castle Road, after the retirement earlier this year of the Vicar of Scarborough, Revd. Martin Dunning. Revd. Pam Jennings read prayers. Two hymns, ‘Eternal Father, strong to save’ by William Whiting, and Isaac Watt’s ‘Our God, our help in ages past’, were sung. The Salvation Army played the music. A reading was taken from St John’s Gospel chapter 15. Representatives from the services laid
wreaths, as did reserves’, cadets’, veterans’ and civil organisations including the emergency services. Scarborough’s mayor, Cllr Simon Green, laid a wreath on behalf of the council. Sir Martin Narey, deputy LordLieutenant for North Yorkshire did likewise. Forty wreaths were laid, all with an inscription either heavy in sentiment or with a simple message of thanks. One of them read: ‘In grateful memory of your sacrifice for our freedom’. By its side, another read: ‘We shall never forget the bravery and sacrifice for our country and its people’; a third read: ‘100 years since the Somme – Lest We Forget’. Peter Parkinson, the chairman of the Scarborough branch of the British Legion, read Robert Laurence Binyon’s ‘For the Fallen’ and, after the playing of the Last Post, the war epitaph: ‘When you go home …’ by John Maxwell Edmonds. Two minutes of silence were impeccably observed. Mr Parkinson, himself wearing the green beret of the 2nd Royal Green Jackets, for whom he served for 22 years rising to the rank of Sergeant Major, said: ‘I thought the morning went really, really well. ‘I was pleased with the number of people who turned up. There were a lot of young people there, particularly with the numbers of army cadets.’ The service was concluded – after a slight delay in untying a box - by the release of a dozen white doves.
75,000 reasons to say thank you THE Scarborough branch of The Royal British Legion has collected the magnificent sum of £75,300.10 through a variety of fundraising activities and the street and static point collection held during Remembrance time. The Poppy Appeal runs annually from 1 October to 30 September and this is the total that was collected as at 30 September, 2016. This is a truly magnificent amount which demonstrates the high regard that the people of Scarborough have for our Armed Forces personnel. This sum has been raised by a dedicated group of individuals, together with the assistance of
many other organisations, both charitable and private. However, the people of Scarborough continue to be most generous in their support of this worthwhile cause. The Poppy Appeal is the major single source of revenue for the Royal British Legion’s Benevolent Fund. Each year more people come to the Legion for help and the cost of that help is continually increasing. Too often we read in the press and see on the television the true cost paid by the young servicemen and women as they go about their duties in war zones around the world. It is only with your continued support
that the aims of the Royal British Legion can be fully realised in terms of welfare support to the serving and ex-service community. Finally, I would like to add my personal thanks to the people of Scarborough and district for their outstanding contribution to the Poppy Appeal; their support is greatly appreciated.
Beryl Anderson Poppy Appeal organiser Scarborough Read more about Beryl’s Poppy Appeal on page 53.
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Fun casino raises £1,500 for Basics Plus Words by Dave Barry, photo by Stuart Baines Over £1,500 was raised for Basics Plus at a fun but cash-free casino. The event, at the Crown Spa Hotel, was organised by Scarborough Round Table 41 Club, a charity and business organisation. It featured casino games, entertainment by the Julie Hatton Dancers and a two-course meal. Basics Plus was formed in 1990 to provide training and work experience for people with special needs. Over the years, the charity has developed projects which benefit people with learning disabilities and provide valued and muchneeded services to the local community. Promoter Stuart Baines says: “Through a
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Words and pictures by Mike Tyas IT’S 8.30 and the blokes are putting the world to rights. But this group of guys are not spending an evening down the pub supping a pint or two – far from it, although the Red Lion is just across the road. Rather, it’s very early on the first Saturday of each month when these men gather at the village hall in Cloughton. The common link which binds them is not their favourite tipple, football club or a moan about their other half, but their shared faith. This is a fellowship group run by the North Scarborough Group Ministry – a collaboration of local churches – when men of all ages can grab the chance to ‘be themselves’, according to local co-ordinator Ian Popely. He said: ‘Men come to the group to relax with other men. It’s a chance for them to be themselves, an opportunity for them to open up when otherwise they might not be able to.’ Ian, along with the North Scarborough group’s pastoral co-ordinator Don Maciver and David Oliver, a committed member of St Mary’s, Cloughton, set up the fellowship in March last year. ‘We felt there was no ministry of this kind for men in Scarborough churches,’ explained Ian. The format of the fellowship is simple. Breakfast – usually bacon, eggs and beans, toast and a cuppa, followed by a speaker from
a local faith group, community organisation or someone giving personal testimony, followed by prayers. Earlier this year the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, was a guest while on his pilgrimage across the York Diocese. ‘We’ve had inspirational speakers here,’ said Ian, adding, ‘you cannot but feel moved by hearing their stories. Having heard them, men may go away thinking how God has used that man, maybe he has a plan for my life too.’ Although many of the regulars would describe themselves as committed Christians, Ian stressed the fellowship group is not an exclusive club. He said: ‘What we do here is give men who maybe have never gone to a church or haven’t for a while the chance to dip their toes in the water, see what Christianity is all about and see whether it’s right for them. ‘You could say it is just like going to the beach – you don’t want to jump straight into the sea but might want to go for a little paddle first.’ Ian admitted during the early days the group’s founders considered holding the meeting in a pub but there were obstacles. He said: ‘We couldn’t find a night during the week that was suitable without a lot of the men being affected whether they were tired after work, involved with a church event, or the younger men wanting to spend time with their families and putting their kids to bed. ‘So, we decided on a Saturday morning. The breakfast is usually over by 10am. The guys have the rest of the day to spend with their families.’ The group has one more meeting before Christmas. Former Bishop of Bradford, David James, will be speaker at their special festive breakfast at South Cliff Golf Club on 3rd December. On a normal month, admission is £2. The organisers said anybody wanting to attend a future breakfast would be made most welcome. They are encouraged to go along on the first Saturday of the month to the usual venue at Cloughton, or contact Ian, 882355, or Don Maciver, 871210, to find out more. • The North Scarborough Group Ministry represents: St Luke’s, Stepney Drive; St Mark’s, Newby; St Laurence’s, Scalby; St Mary’s, Cloughton; St Peter’s, Hackness with Harwood Dale; St Hilda’s, Ravenscar with St John’s, Staintondale.
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Basics Plus director Avis Turner with 41 Club chairman Gordon Hayes at the event range of activities, Basics Plus is making a significant contribution to the region's rapidly expanding social economy. “Indeed my youngest son attends and the benefit to him has been exceptional”.
Charity concert helps feed the starving Words and picture by Mike Tyas FUNDS raised from a charity concert in Scarborough will be directed to feed some of the poorest people in the world. Held at the Hackness Grange Hotel, the evening of classical music raised £800 from tickets sales and a raffle, with proceeds split to benefit international Christian charity Tearfund and the work of mental health charity Scarborough Survivors. Well-known Scarborough musicians Revd. Mike Leigh as vocalist, Frank James on piano and violinist Paul de Villaneuva were the performers. ‘The concert was very well received. It was a great atmosphere. We are very grateful to people who came to support it,’ said organiser Ian Popely. A former schoolteacher, Ian works as a volunteer for Tearfund as their East Yorkshire speaker, presenting talks on the charity’s work. He has also been a volunteer at Survivors for three years. ‘Both charities are very dear to my heart,’ he explained. Tearfund are currently focusing efforts in Chad as the central African country suffers from a second year of drought leaving many communities starving. A look at the charity’s website tells the story of mothers plundering seeds from ant nests to feed their children but one in five youngsters are not expected to live beyond the age of five. The charity has targeted feeding 600,000 people in the short term while investing long term to promote self-sufficiency and food security. Said Ian: ‘We don’t want people to remain as beggars, waiting for someone to put something more into the bowl. ‘Tearfund provides the wherewithal for people to have dignity by being able to provide for themselves and their families.’ Survivors, founded in 1994, is made up entirely of local people with experience of mental health problems, either themselves, or as a carer, close friend or relative. It currently has about 300 members.
Its resource centre at the top of Alma Square encourages members to participate in a range of regular activities, most of which are free. Survivors’ emphasis is on self help inviting members to support each other. The organisation, which relies on the hard work of its volunteers such as Ian, recently started running self-help groups discussing issues such as depression, stress and anxiety, OCD, and post-traumatic stress. Chief executive Andrea Woolcott said the organisation was grateful to all who supported the charitable evening. She added: ‘Trustees, members, volunteers and staff of Scarborough Survivors would like to express their sincere thanks for the support shown to this local independent charity at the music concert. ‘The £400 donation will be used to extend the activities we offer at our 9 Alma Square resource centre.’
Ian Popely, second left, with guest artists, Frank James on piano, Revd. Mike Leigh and Paul de Villanueva
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SCARBOROUGH WALKING FOOTBALL The walking football team are always happy to welcome new members. Women’s Walking Football runs on Monday’s from 9.10am until 10am and is led by Vanessa. The Gentlemen’s Walking Football is led by Jim and runs on Wednesdays from 9.30am until 10.30am. Call 01723 362922 for more information. n The sessions take place at Scarborough Rugby Club, Scalby Road and cost £2.
SCARBOROUGH RAMBLING CLUB There are two group rambles organised on most Sundays during the year. There is a short walk (between 5-9 miles) and a long walk (between 10-14 miles) on offer. Occasional short walks on Thursday evenings are also arranged. n www.scarboroughramblingclub.co.uk
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THE SCARBOROUGH WRITERS CIRCLE Do you enjoy writing? This group offers encouragement for writers both old and new. Monthly meetings are held on Tuesday Evenings at Scarborough Library on Vernon Road. n www.scarboroughwriterscircle.com
SCARBOROUGH ART SOCIETY Demonstrations from professional artists take place in monthly meetings on the first Wednesday of every month at 7.00pm, at the Methodist Central Hall on Queen Street. n www.scarboroughartsociety.co.uk
SCARBOROUGH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Meetings are held weekly on Wednesdays, between September and Easter. The meetings include presentations, competitions and practical sessions with all abilities are welcome. n scarboroughphotographicsociety.com
SCARBOROUGH PARAGON CYCLING CLUB This cycling club is open to all ages and abilities. Join if you are interested in improving fitness with regular social riding and time trials. n Visit www.spcc.org.uk
TAI CHI CLASSES CLASSES Held every Tuesday at 10am and 7pm and every Thursday at 1.30pm with beginners welcome. n www.theartsworkshops.co.uk
SCARBOROUGH BIRDERS Interested in bird watching? Scarborough birders offers a network and a voice for people in the Scarborough area who are interested in wild birds. Meetings are held monthly. n www.scarboroughbirding.co.uk
SCARBOROUGH ATHLETICS CLUB For people interested in athletics such as track and field, running and cross country, this group is open to all abilities. You can join whether you’re interested in competing at national standard or just want to join for fitness. n Visit www.scarboroughac.co.uk
SCARBOROUGH MODEL YACHT CLUB A thriving, active and organised club with members of all age groups. They sail at Wykeham Lakes on club days, Tuesdays & Saturdays, from 10 am. New members, beginners or skilled, are very welcome. n For more information & contact details, see: www.scarboroughmyc.uk
QUAY SCRABBLE GROUP The scrabble club meets every Monday evening
to play several games of scrabble together. Newcomers and visitors are welcome. Entrance in £2, including tea, coffee and biscuits. 6.30pm, Sewerby Methodist Church. n For more information call 01262 409718.
SCARBOROUGH & DISTRICT CANOE CLUB A friendly local based canoe and kayaking club welcoming everyone who wants to try canoeing and kayaking. So come along. GIVE IT A GO!! We are out on the sea and rivers throughout the year, run pool sessions in the winter, and lake sessions in the summer, for anyone wanting to have a go, either absolute beginners or experienced paddlers, all are welcome. n Visit www.scarboroughcanoeclub.org.uk for more information
SCARBOROUGH CHESS CLUB Currently playing at the North Riding Hotel in North Marine Road, Scarborough. Club nights are every Tuesday from 7:30pm to 11pm. There are a variety of tournaments organised including a Club Championship which runs throughout the year, two handicap tournaments, as well as informal friendly games played on club nights. There are a wide range of playing strengths in the club. n For more information, contact Neil Pennock - npennock@btopenworld.com
SCARBOROUGH SUB AQUA CLUB One of the longest established scuba diving clubs in England, and has been providing BSAC training for divers and offering members a wide variety of diving since 1960. We own an air compressor, and both a RIB and a hard boat, enabling members to enjoy lots of quality diving. Meetings are held every Wednesday evening in our very own clubhouse and bar. n For information visit www. scarboroughsubaquaclub.net
WALKING RUGBY Perfect for those who used to play rugby and want to get back into it, or for those who haven’t tried it before – this no contact sport is all about ball skills, passing and keeping moving. Classes run at 11.15am on Mondays at Barons Gym. n Call Tom Gillon or 01723 362529 or Barons Gym on 01723 357740
WORRIED ABOUT SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Alanon - (sister fellowship to AA) meets every Monday night 7.30pm at Scarborough Business Centre, Auborough Street. If you’re worried about your own or a loved one’s drinking you can talk to them in complete confidence. n Call 020 7403 0888 or visit www.al-anonuk.org.uk
FRIENDS OF SCARBOROUGH LIBRARY The friends hold monthly meetings to support the library. Events can range from music concerts to guest speakers, like this month’s meeting which will focus on a guest speaker who will talk about commemorative coins. Anyone who wishes to attend is encouraged to bring their 50p coins along for identifying. There are stories behind every design. The talk will be held in the Concert Hall of Scarborough Library on 3 September from 10.30 am.
ST MARY’S CHURCH BELLRINGERS Meet at the church 7pm Wed (church bells) and St Mary’s Parish House 7pm Thu (handbells). New members welcome. n Ring Edwin King on 891547
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New minister taking off in new home Words and pictures by Mike Tyas THE new minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church is looking forward to getting a different view of the town he now calls home. Revd. Neil Douglas, 54, was officially inducted at the end of October and with wife Karen has been busy settling in, following the retirement of Revd. Michael Glover who held the position for 34 years. The couple have headed north to Scarborough after Neil served four years at his previous church in the heart of Cardiff. ‘We came because it was here God was calling us to be,’ said Neil. ‘I’d never been to Scarborough before – in fact I knew nothing about it, apart from the town was in the title of the Scarborough Fair song.’ Although life has been hectic juggling his new role with all the work involved in moving into a new house, Neil is excited about what the future holds for the church on Columbus Ravine. He said: ‘Ebenezer is a church which is warm and open – it’s doing a lot of good stuff. It’s one of the best churches I’ve come across in a long time.’ It became clear early in the process of matching candidates with vacancies that Neil and the Ebenezer church were made for each other.
Revd. Neil Douglas with wife Karen
He said: ‘There were two other churches interested but Ebenezer were the first to contact me – they became the only conversation very rapidly. ‘It just seemed a perfect fit between my workplace experience and what Ebenezer are wanting; someone who can work a high accountability but low control environment.’ Neil came to ministry after a successful and rewarding career, initially as an IT computer programmer before making rapid strides up the ladder to become a partner with the multinational PA Consulting Group. He has experience of delivering multi-million pound projects involving large teams using IT in innovative ways to find resolutions to business problems working with major international companies and Government. It was in 2007, following a period off work due to illness, that Neil decided to follow his calling and explore his route into the church. After a year working as a volunteer leading community projects at his local church in Bedfordshire, Neil trained at Spurgeon’s College in south London for three years, before moving to the Welsh capital. He spent four years in a church centred at the heart of a very diverse community, with some of the most affluent and poorest people in the city within a mile of its doors and, he says, the largest number of illegal migrants being processed in the UK. He said: ‘I tried to make the church more open and inclusive; where everybody was valued and respected and where everybody contributed as part of the church family.’ Away from work, Neil describe his passions as motorcycling and flying. He must be one of the very few members of the clergy who owns his own microlight aircraft, having taken lessons and then qualified for his pilot’s licence last November. ‘I’m looking forward to flying over Scarborough and having a look at my new house,’ he said. ‘It’s a privilege to be 500 feet in the air and looking at what God has made – it’s awesome to see the beauty of his creation.’ Neil and Karen celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary earlier this year. They have two children, Stephen, a maths teacher, 25, in Chippenham, and Rachel, 23, who works in social media at Loughborough University. The couple are looking forward to an exciting 2017 as their daughter-in-law is expecting her first child in January. Rachel is to marry shortly before Easter.
IT expert runs free digital sessions by Mike Tyas FREE weekly digital photography and photoediting sessions have begun at Scalby Library. Run by IT expert Mick Jones, the sessions run from when the library opens at 10am until about 1pm on Tuesdays. Mick will try to answer any digital problem, including how to use photo-editing equipment such as Photoshop to create stunning images. One of Mick’s own creations is a picture of a huge tsunami crashing over the walls of Scarborough harbour. It took him about three hours to create. As well as digital skills, Mick, who is now retired and lives in Burniston, has been holding free IT drop-in sessions since February. ‘Happy customers have given lots of good feedback to the library about the IT sessions
which is pleasing,’ he said. Mick says he has answered a lot of questions, including many on how to use Facebook, scan images, use a printer and how to attach photos to emails.
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The world is a brilliant place, but unfortunately there are a few dodgy characters out there. Don’t worry though, we’ll keep you safe and informed with our regular Scam Busters feature!
Nail the mail fraudsters Is your mail safe? The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau has noticed an increase in reports of fraudsters placing fake letter boxes on residential properties in an attempt to harvest the mail. Swines! Residents are sometimes unaware of the fake letterbox as the fraudsters will periodically remove them. The mail is then used to open various lines of credit with financial providers in the name of the innocent resident. So... • Be vigilant and check for any suspicious activity, tampering of your post/letterbox, or for suspicious glue markings on the wall. • Check all post received from financial institutions, even if it appears unsolicited. • Consider reporting theft of mail to your local police force and any cases of identity fraud to Action Fraud. • If you, or anyone you know, has been affected by this fraud or any other scam, report it to Action Fraud by calling 0300 123 2040 or visiting www.actionfraud.police.uk.
• Pension scams. 8.4 million people have been offered unsolicited pensions advice or reviews since pensions freedoms were introduced in 2015, with 68% of this contact being made over the phone. Watch out for offers of large returns on investment, pressure to sign paperwork, and access to pensions before the age of 55. • Investment scams. If you receive unsolicited calls offering wine, shares, rare earth minerals, and land investments overseas, then these are likely to be scams. • Computer scams. Consumers are being told they have a problem with their computers which can be fixed for a small fee. Older and less technologically aware people are most susceptible to this type of scam. • Government Grant Department scam. People are being offered a grant of several thousand pounds for being a good citizen and being asked for a fee to release the money. • Vishing. Scammers impersonating someone from a bank, police, or other plausible organisation and manipulating you into sharing financial and personal details. Research shows that 15% of UK consumers have lost money to scams in the last 12 months, with 4% of those losing over £10,000. What’s more, 70% of people feel that there isn’t enough support available for victims of telephone scams.
Rings a bell Telephone scams continue to be the most prolific type of scam with reports stating that 33% of scams take place over the phone, followed by 16% through online sales, 13% on email. and 7% by post. CPR Call Blocker is advising people in Yorkshire to be aware of the following types of telephone scams which are currently causing misery to thousands:
If you are really concerned about these kinds of calls, for yourself, or indeed an elderly relative, an immediate solution to the problem is to install a call blocker to your landline. This allows you to cut off unwanted calls as they come in and permanently stop them from calling you again. More information is available from www.cprcallblocker.com/tips Oh, and this definitely isn't a scam! Stay safe Scarborough.
Cayton calendar winners announced by Dave Barry THE winners of the Cayton Gala calendar competition have been announced. The photos were judged by Ian Proudfoot of Proudfoots supermarkets, who sponsored the competition and who was very complimentary about the high standard of entries. The winners were Shane Barker, who came first and won £50 and a bottle of champagne; Andrew Kent, who came second and won £30; and June Coates, who came third and won £15. The calendars can be bought at businesses in Cayton and Eastfield.
The proceeds from the sale of the calendars will be divided between Cayton Gala events and a local charity.
The cover of the Cayton Gala calendar
Christmas activities in Cayton by Dave Barry
Mick Jones’ stunning Photoshop image
A competition to find the properties with the best Christmas decorations in Cayton is under way. Parish councillors will draw up a shortlist on 12 December. Borough councillor Tom Fox and his wife Ros will judge the finalists on 15 December, from 5.30pm. There are two categories: unusual / animated
and traditional. Afterwards, Mr and Mrs Fox will call at the winners’ properties to present their prizes. * Methodist minister Rosie Cole, the Salvation Army, Cayton School pupils and Father Christmas will join the carol singing around a Christmas tree outside the Star Inn on Wednesday 14 December, from 6.30pm. A collection will be taken for the Salvation Army Band.
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Seamer Beacon, Wee Willy Winky and GCHQ Words and artwork by Dav White, photos by Dave Barry AYTON CASTLE was a satellite of S c a r b o r o u g h ’s , probably used as an early-warning station. It was more of a Dav White fortified tower house than a castle, sitting in a prominent position overlooking the Vale of Pickering. Scarborough castle could be given a warning signal of approaching inland dangers by the lighting of Seamer Beacon on Seamer Moor. Following the track of Moor Lane over Seamer Moor from Ayton Castle to Seamer Beacon, warning signals could be transmitted quickly to the castle and surrounding area. The clump of Scots pine that sits on top of the beacon can be seen from as far away as Malton. When lit, the beacon must have been an imposing sight and the distance it would have been visible from is anybody’s guess. Seamer Beacon is a large group of Bronze
Age round barrows, or tumuli, joined together to make a large prominent feature in the landscape. It can be seen from just about anywhere in town. At an elevation of 189m, it is the most prominent location around Scarborough, beaten only by the stone circle on Standing Stone Rigg, at 206m. Oliver’s Mount is a mere 155m. Historic England reckons “the deliberate use of such a prominent location implies that this location was seen as important during the prehistoric period”. The main barrow contained a ring of curb stones round the base. They were removed and the top of the beacon levelled when Albert Denison, the first baron of Londesborough, took full advantage of the beacon’s elevated position to make his folly, Baron Albert’s Tower. It is now derelict but the ancient stones still litter the top of the beacon. Earlier generations took advantage of Scarborough's elevated locations for security reasons. A settlement a little further up the moor, near the corner of the A170 that becomes Stepney Road, was used during the Roman occupation and civil war and possibly
Ayton castle
as far back as the Iron Age. It is an excellent halfway point between the castle fortifications in Scarborough (also with Iron Age, Roman and civil-war settlements) and the camps at West Heslerton and Malton, which could have provided the other links in the chain of communication relaying information around the area. The tradition continues to this day, as the moor is home to GCHQ. The base, established in 1912 by the Royal Navy as a wireless telegraph station, supported the defence of the UK and our armed forces abroad. It played a key role in the destruction of the German battleship Bismarck in 1941; it relayed Enigma traffic to Bletchley Park in 1943; and it monitored Soviet naval traffic during the Cold War. The watch or look-out is an ancient job indeed. An old name for the town look-out was the town wait. There is a wait on Scarborough’s 13th century common seal. The design can be seen on the Newborough clock near Bar Street, above the doors of the old Dean Road jail and on the tiled floor in the entrance to the town hall. This individual in armour could really represent any number of noblemen to have had a vested interest in our town, but the
metaphor is still the same. Scarborough castle held an important defensive position in England and the trusted role of watchman was on the front line of this defence. Oddly enough, over time the town wait / watchman became the town musician. The watch would originally play or sing a tune while wandering around medieval towns at night, giving the call that “All is well”. But as English town life changed, so the job of the town wait changed. These ‘security minstrels’ adapted their profession to favour performing music. Medieval town waits would have become wassailers and mummers, passing on and relaying knowledge and information by telling stories and singing songs. I wonder if any GCHQ employees are musicians? The nursery rhyme Wee Willy Winky has its roots in the medieval town waits, and I guess on a basic level so did the early morning / twilight sounds of the milkman delivering bottles and the sound of the postman's bike. Reassuring sounds, strumming a chord in old memory, assuring us that we can sleep safe and comfy in our beds during the dark winter mornings.
A map showing Seamer Beacon in relation to the two castles (©DavWhiteArt.com)
Scarborough Strata New science celebrated with a pineapple! By Roger Osborne HOW would you celebrate making one of the most important discoveries in scientific history? Maybe you’d jump out of your bath shouting Eureka!, or perhaps open a bottle of champagne, or quaff a few pints of Yorkshire ale. In 1794 William Smith – the man behind Scarborough’s famous Rotunda Museum – chose instead to eat a pineapple. And here’s why. Smith was a surveyor working for a canalbuilding company in Somerset and the Midlands. He was in demand for his skills in recognising different types of rock, including knowing where to dig for coal. In 1794 he travelled with two colleagues across the midlands and through Yorkshire to learn new surveying and engineering techniques. But Smith was also developing ideas about the types of rock he was seeing. Up until then it
seemed that different rocks occurred across the country in more or less random fashion – to know what was under you feet you had to dig, and keep digging. This made finding coal or iron ore a haphazard business. But in his travels Smith began to notice that rocks occurred in a regular pattern across England. To the north and west were old sandstones, then going south there were limestones and coal measures together, followed by red sandstones and marls, eventually succeeded by chalk. This, he realised, was because the beds were all dipping to the south and east bringing younger rocks to the surface in great arcs sweeping across the country. Smith had seen this pattern in southern England but his trip to the north was a chance to see if it was universal. Arriving at York Smith climbed to the top of York
Minster tower with his companions and looked southeastwards. There he saw the round green hills of the Yorkshire Wolds – an unmistakably chalk landscape. His theory was right – and from that day on the study of rocks stopped being guesswork and became a science.
Smith and his companions repaired to the Black Swan in Coney Street to mark the event. They chose an exotic fruit then grown in hothouses by English aristocrats – the birth of a new science celebrated with a pineapple! The story of William Smith is told in The Floating Egg by Roger Osborne.
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TIME TRAVEL
At the start of his career, the man who launched Scarborough’s oldest department store had to promise not to gamble, drink or marry. William Boyes pledged abstinence when he was apprenticed to a drapery firm in 1874, aged 15. It was part of the deal. In return for his training and pay - three bob a week (15p), Boyes signed a wordy indenture committing him to steer well clear of cards, dice, taverns, playhouses and marriage. As a member of the Jubilee Primitive Methodist movement, it was no skin off the teenager’s nose. “I like Methodism”, he said. “I like its fire and zeal and its go-ahead sort of life, and I would not mind if it had even more fire than it has”. The young entrepreneur got more than his fair share of fire in 1915, when a ferocious, unquenchable blaze ripped through his large store on the corner of Queen Street and Market Street. Like his premises, Boyes must have been gutted that the neighbouring Wesleyan chapel was devoured at the same time. It had opened in 1840 at a cost of £7,000. The chapel had pews for 1,600, although the place was often packed with up to 2,000 worshippers. It was badly damaged in the German bombardment of December 1914 and had only just repaired the roof, organ and stained-glass windows when the fire destroyed it. Fortunately for the canny businessman, he
was well-insured – the building for £11,000, the contents for £24,500. Originally called the Remnant Warehouse, and known colloquially as the Rem, the store was reduced to twisted girders and ash. Flames consumed the inflammable fixtures, fittings and stock in no time. The heat was so intense it shattered windows and set properties alight on the other side of the street. Residents were evacuated in the nick of time. The alarm was raised by a whitesmith (tinworker) who said he heard a loud explosion from the basement at 6.57am on 26 February 1915. He ran up Queen Street to the police station in Castle Road. Hundreds of people watched the conflagration. The town firemen connected their hoses to street hydrants and were assisted by private brigades from Rowntrees and Marshall & Snelgrove stores, special constables and soldiers taking a break from the war. The fire burnt out by mid-afternoon. Boyes, who had been buying stock in London, was back within hours, looking for new premises and promising that none of his 80 staff would be laid off. The phoenix which rose from the remnants of the Remnant Warehouse was relatively modern by contemporary standards, opening on 19 July 1916. Within a fortnight of the fire, Boyes opened shops in Newborough and St Nicholas Street (later the Penthouse nightclub). The new store was a far cry from the modest
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An artist’s impression of the original store little shop he began with, at the corner of Eastborough and Globe Street, selling odd lots and remnants from merchants. It was 1881, when the working classes endured great poverty and were quick to spot Boyes’ bargains. When customers found they could buy enough material to make a coat or dress cheaper than anywhere else, they soon spread the word and trade increased. Over the next few years, the ambitious businessman acquired and merged various properties in Market Street and Queen Street, where the Rem opened in 1901, at a cost of £4,342. The store had been extended round the corner from Market Street into Queen Street. A century after the fire that devastated Boyes’ pride and joy, the firm has expanded
and opened stores around Yorkshire, the North East, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. The 60th was opened in Sheffield two weeks ago. Now run by the fourth and fifth generations of Boyes, the firm sells a large range of products including clothing, toys, stationery, babywear, toiletries, houseware, DIY, fishing tackle, footwear, soft furnishings, wool, haberdashery, confectionery and pet products. Some of their larger stores have a carpet and furniture department and a cafe. The company’s slogan is "for good value" and the stores now specialise in the discount retail sector, stocking a mixture of regular lines and one-off special purchases and clearance lines. It runs sales at the end of summer and in the new year.
The fire slowly peters out
The church entrance
A photo of the first Boyes, taken in the early years of the 20th century
An artist’s impression of the current store, using artistic licence - there was never a Firemen tackle the huge blaze on 26 second tower nor a wing of the building onto February 1915, viewed from Newborough, Cross Street as shown looking up Queen Street
All that remained was girders and a few dangerous sections of masonry
Soldiers who helped extinguish the fire pose for a photo; the gutted church can be seen in the background
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Mum of two, Mya, talks about the trials and tribulations of parenting. Christmas is on its way which means Father Christmas is too, with this in mind, Mya ponders over how much money she’s going to be spending. Last Christmas Shay didn’t grasp the concept of Christmas, he was only just one after all. This was great. I didn’t need to worry about going crazy in the present department and the main fun of the day was tearing paper up. Fast forward a year and I reckon there’s going to be a little more thought required. Shay get’s the concept of presents now, having just had his birthday, he learnt to say ‘wooooow’ as a loose form of gratitude. The magic of having a two year old is that they can enjoy unwrapping gifts, and then in turn playing with them, but there’s no understanding of price. Shay was just as delighted with the smaller, cheaper presents that he was given for his birthday as he was with the bigger more expensive ones. With this in mind i’m heading out shopping with a determination not to break the bank this Christmas, Shay won’t notice or mind for that matter anyway.
Money (Makes the world go round) Parents worry about their little ones future more times than it’s worth mentioning. A very sensible idea would be to open up a savings account in your littles one’s name and put some pennies in each Christmas and birthday. Other families members can do this too. Presents are all good and well but when it comes to our children’s future we know what they’re going to need the most.
Christmas crafts A friend and colleague of mine recently had a Christmas craft and cooking day. I absolutely loved her Santa Claus pancakes and home made decorated baubles. Brilliant for kids that are slightly older than my little boy.
Christmas Bauble
Here’s a couple of gift ideas I've come up with that won’t burn too bigger hole in your pocket.
A great one to sit on the tree every year and remind you of just how small your little one’s once were.
Art supplies Early works of art from your little one can go on Grandma’s fridge or dad’s desk at work. Two year olds love making a mess. Paint, crayons and craft supplies go a long way and can provide hours of entertainment.
You will need • Christmas baubles (medium size, solid colour of your choice)
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Little Stars Christmas is a time for families to relax at home and enjoy each other’s company. However, not all families can be that lucky, with some children having to spend the festive period in hospital. Fortunately Scarborough is blessed with a fantastic Children’s Ward and Special Care Baby Unit! THE Special Care Baby Unit in Scarborough provides local care for premature babies, and is actively involved in regional and national research. Approximately 250 babies per year will be admitted to the ward. At Christmas we send our thoughts to all of the staff, children, patients and families that will be spending their time in hospital over the festive period.
Bullseye! If you think that the money you donate to the hospital will get swallowed up in administration, and never actually directly benefit the patients, think again. Seamer Sports Ladies Darts Team discovered just that, after kindly donating their £300 winners from a local tournament to the hospital. One of the teams’ players had used the services a few years previously and was so thankful for the care she received. The money has purchased two Portable DVD players, along with a selection of DVDs,
• Sharpie or markers in a few colours
Hide all valuables and wrap up balls of all sizes. Great for helping kids with their hand eye coordination and causing a little trouble along the way. Colourful, lightweight ones are the way to go here for damage control.
Play kitchen Have you got a Jamie Oliver or Mary Berry in the making? There may be small cause for concern if your little one is starting to remind you of Gordon Ramsay. Play kitchens are a little more expensive but will provide years of play in the long term. There’s some great budget play kitchens available from Tesco. n The Bon Appetit Kitchen is just £42.49 visit www.tesco.com
• Place the white paint (with a brush) onto the palm of your child’s hand • Get your little one to grab the Bauble making sure they grip the ball (not enough to break it) • Wait for the paint to dry then decorate the finger parts like Snowmen (Claire also added the name and date to the underneath of the bauble)
Santa Pancakes You can make your own pancakes or cheat and buy them. There’s plenty of recipes online. To Decorate you will need • Squirty Cream • Strawberries • Chocolate Buttons • Place the Pancake on a Plate • Put Cut up strawberries above the Pancake to make a hat
Fancy dress
• Use chocolate buttons to make the eyes
What family album isn’t complete without family a Christmas day photo complete with a mini Police man or woman running around? Toddler love copying grown ups, especially dressing up and going to ‘work’. Tool kits and fancy dress outfits are winners every single time.
• Squirt a line between the pancake and the Strawberries to make the line of the hat, remember to pop your bobble on the end
Duckin el Bath time is the best time. There’s a whole range of amazingly decorated rubber ducks for bath time and lot’s of other cheap present ideas that come to life in the bath. n Check out this Batman Bath Duck for a fiver from www.asos.com
• Don’t forget to pop a strawberry in the middle for a nose
• Now you can get down and squirty and make your beard
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for patients to watch whilst they receive treatment. Chemotherapy Nurse Specialist Cherry Pye said “The DVD Players are very useful as patients and their families can use them to view the pre-assessment information DVD about their treatment. But it also allows the patient to relax whilst watching a film, which can help them to cope better with the experience of chemotherapy”.
‘so thankful for the care she received.’
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A kinder place indeed Scarborough Hospital is lucky enough to have an on-site nursery, perfect for both the children of hospital staff and of patients. We found out more about it. Leaving your child at a nursery is always going to be a hard decision to make. Fortunately we know of a place that emphasises a kinder way of being with children. Kinder Place Nursery is committed to working with parents and kids to offer exciting and happy experiences for all, based on the needs and interests of each and every individual. Kinder Place is all about offering an environment which will inspire children to learn and develop, and the open plan layout creates a family-friendly feel where children are free to explore and embark on their own adventures in a safe, friendly, and supportive (kinder) place. The nursery has space for 38 children, aged from new born bairns to five year olds.
provide flexible and affordable child care for parents working within the local NHS and also for those from the general community. This means that as well as the doctors, nurses, and staff knowing that their children are being taken care of near to their place of work, Kinder Place is a major benefit to patients having to spend lots of time in the hospital on a regular basis, reducing the stress and worry (and costs) for all!
n Find out more about Kinder Place at www.kinderplace.co.uk
Situated in the grounds of Scarborough Hospital, the nursery works in partnership with York Hospitals Foundation Trust to
Celebrate in style
If you work for the NHS, or if you did in the past, you’re invited to join other members of staff, past and present, as well as their friends and family, at a splendid celebration of Christmas in York Minster. On 7th December the Minster will come alive to the sounds of carol singing as the NHS Regional Carol Service takes place, with singing and readings to kick start the festive season. Tickets are free, but if you’re in the choir, reading, or have a large group that wishes to attend, email helen.greenley@york.nhs.uk
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Boyes Santa arrives in Scarborough Tales the harbour BY JOE COATES
Words and photos by Dave Barry
Hundreds of excited children and adults watched the Boyes Santa arrive in Scarborough by boat. Accompanied by elves, the seasonal visitor hove into view at the harbour entrance, aboard the Skylark fishing boat. He was interviewed by Yokshire Coast Radio
presenter Paddy Billington before greeting as many youngsters as he could. Santa then boarded a vehicle which slowly transported him the short distance from the seafront to Boyes Store in Queen Street. The traditional spectacle is organised by the store, where Santa occupies a grotto on the basement floor until Christmas.
The Boyes Santa arrives at the harbour The crowd was smaller than usual because of the weather
Santa works his way through his young fans Addison Lawton, 4, from Clayton, couldn’t (to order photos ring 353597) wait to get his first glimpse of Santa. He was being held by his dad, Gary
Following Yonder Star though the same story. Last year, on Christmas Dennis said, “I just want Eve afternoon, I was able to take photographs.” to accompany two of my Darcie D said, “So do 8 year old grandchildren I!” So that's what they to the Family Nativity did! They each had service at St. Mary's and their tablets and snapped this month's Scarborough away like proper Tales is based on that photographers. The first event. Darcie and Dennis picture was of the stable took the photographs scene in Bethlehem, and had a great time. I with everyone, including hope we can all capture animals there: Kings, some of their delight as Christmas Day Photo taken by Joe’s grandchildren shepherds, angels, Mary, approaches, and may I hope for a blessed Joseph, and in the manger, Jesus. “Look!” said Darcie D. “Here come Mary Christmas for us all. December had arrived. Cousins Darcie and and Joseph!” They were walking down the Dennis were excited. They began to count church aisle. Mary had a big, soft-toy donkey. down the days to Christmas, “Not today! Joseph looked very grown-up. Soon, baby Not tomorrow! Not the next day! Or the next Jesus was there at the front in a manger. “Look!” said Dennis. “Here come the day… But the next day! CHRISTMAS!” Every day, one day at a time, saw the counting get angels!” Girls and boys, dressed as angels, made their way down the church aisle to shorter and Christmas get nearer. It was busy at school and in town and in gaze at Jesus in the manger. The scene at the front of church was churches. There were opportunities to see and even meet Santa, though the main focus building up. The shepherds, carrying toy was getting ready for the school nativity lambs and a few teddies, joined the tableau. play. It was brilliant. Angels announced It was lovely in the candle light. Everyone the Saviour had been born in a stable in was smiling. Suddenly, Dennis spoke aloud. “Look at Bethlehem. Visits to see this baby came from shepherds and Kings. Darcie D and Dennis that!” Some people said “Sh!” Dennis's eyes were wide open. “Look at were both dressed up in nativity clothes, and spoke very clearly. Everyone watching that!” he whispered. What was he looking at? Dennis, who is keen on making things, clapped for ages and then sang, “Away in a Manger”, some with tears of joy for such a pointed upwards. Before the Kings set great presentation and performance of the off down the aisle, a star began to move [honestly it did!], and Dennis was enthralled. story. Soon it was the end of term. By now, the How did this happen? Darcie D took a counting of days to go to Christmas was photograph. The Kings, dressed up boys and very short. Darcie D and Dennis went with girls, were following yonder star. Soon the tableau at the front was complete, a Mummy and a Grandpa to a church nativity just like the stable scene. It's Christmas. on Christmas Eve. It was about 4.30 in the afternoon. It was “Unto us a child is born!” Here he is, Jesus, dark outside St. Mary's, the church near the a vulnerable, fragile baby, away in a manger, castle. Inside was so different. Candles had no crib for a bed, the Saviour of the world, been lit and there was a special atmosphere. “Be near me Lord Jesus ….” everyone sang. There was much applause and people The church was full. People had finished prepared to leave. It had been wonderful. their shopping and come to church. “Where's Dennis?” said Grandpa. And “Look!” said Darcie D. “We can dress up if Dennis was still gazing at the star, trying to we want, and be in the play.” Costumes were available for lots of figure out how it worked! children. There were many angels, shepherds Copyright Joe Coates 2016 and Kings already. Everybody could join in. www.northbaytales.com It would be different from the school play,
Lottery windfall will grow happy healthy children Words and photo by Dave Barry GARDENING is proving popular at a Scarborough primary which has won £10,000 to get little fingers green. Wheatcroft School won its windfall from the Big Lottery Fund for community projects across Yorkshire and Humber. The school will develop a gardening area which will enable children to learn about healthy eating and how to grow their own food, in an effort to encourage healthy lifestyles. “The children love gardening”, says teaching assistant Telma Ayckbourn, adding that about a third of the pupils want to be in the school’s lunchtime gardening club. Interest between boys and girls is even, she adds. “We grow parsnips, carrots, beetroot, potatoes, strawberries, herbs, etc, and we took part in a
national potato growing competition this year”, Telma explains. The school has raised beds, a toolshed, a butt to collect rainwater in, a sensory garden and a small willow tree which pupils weave. About £1.5m has been granted to 132 projects across the region. The only other one in Scarborough is Community Counselling (North Yorkshire), a limited company which aims to improve mental-health outcomes through innovation and transformation. The organisation has won £8,609 to purchase IT resources to develop an accessible counselling provision. This will provide counselling services to people with poor mental health and experiencing problems linked to addiction, homelessness, poverty and crime.
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When love is all you need Words and pictures by Mike Tyas ON 7 July next summer, it will be exactly 50 years to the day since The Beatles released ‘All you need is love’. The Fab Four released the song as Britain’s contribution to ‘Our World’, a TV musical production that for the first time was transmitted live across the world via satellite. They were asked to come up with a song that had a message understood by everyone. Five decades later, in a warehouse on Hopper Hill Road, just around the corner from Morrisons, volunteers from across Scarborough and district have been working prodigiously hard. At their heart, is the very same message. Operation Christmas Child at a local level has been in full swing since 7 November. It is the processing of thousands of gifts for boys and girls, aged from two to 14, all placed in a shoebox and wrapped in Christmas paper – and smothered in love. The shoeboxes are sent abroad to bring festive cheer to children who otherwise would have nothing at Christmas. At the time of writing, the destination of the gifts of kindness and compassion from across our region this year was not known although it is likely to be in eastern Europe, possibly Romania. ‘It’s only three or four days before the lorry comes from abroad to pick the boxes that we will know where they are going,’ says Ros Dyson, the Scarborough and district co-ordinator for international Christian aid charity Samaritan’s Purse. But when that lorry departs, Ros will shed a tear. She said: ‘When I watch the truck leave, knowing that it is full with all the boxes for children that we have processed, I just find
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that quite overwhelming’. There may be more tears this time, though, as Ros is retiring as co-ordinator after 15 years in the role. The emotional sentiments were shared by the 20 or so men and women who were giving up their time and energy on the day The Review visited. One of them, Bonnie Purchon, was repairing and refreshing torn boxes before they were wrapped with special Samaritan’s Purse tape which would identitfy them as authentic charitable gifts and enable them safe passage across border controls. Bonnie spoke for many of the volunteers: ‘This work starts my Christmas off,’ she said. ‘Christmas is about giving, not receiving. ‘We are very fortunate that most of us have all our needs met. There are thousands of children and adults who don’t have their needs met. The little boxes we are sending out with love might be the only presents a child gets all year.’ Bonnie was working in a chilly corridor. She
didn’t mind. Next door through to the main processing hub was much warmer, with heaters in the corners of a large room where the main bulk of the volunteers were checking through a veritable Santa’s grotto of toys, toiletries, pens, pencils, crayons, little dolls and cuddly teddies, small bags of sweets, jewellery, scarves and gloves – presents that will find their way into the hands of boys and girls, many orphans and many living in the cruellest, coldest of conditions. The volunteers were opening the boxes to make sure there was nothing unsuitable inside which might upset children by reminding them of conflict or war. Toy soldiers, or comics that had war scenes, are banned. One of those volunteers was Susan Cole, who organisers the Samaritan’s Purse shoebox collection at Scalby Methodist Church. Earlier in the year, the church held a coffee morning to raise the cash to fill 16 boxes with goodies or, in other words, boxes that will brighten the lives of 16 children. ‘This is a way we show Christ’s love,’ she said. The effort from Scalby has been replicated across the Scarborough district – up and down the coast to Whitby, Filey and Bridlington, inland to Pickering, Helmsley, Malton and across to Driffield. Thousands have played their part in a huge charitable team effort – in schools, shops, factories, offices, churches, while individuals have been ‘shoeboxing’ at home. There have been drop-off points across Scarborough and further afield, and this year more people have visited the processing hub at the invitation of Ros and her team to deliver their boxes themselves and witness at first hand how the operation works. For many years the boxes were sent down
the coast through to warehouses in Hull to be processed and shipped abroad. Now, Scarborough is a processing ‘exporting centre’ in its own right. This year Operation Christmas Child in Scarborough will, by the first week in December, have processed about 9,000 boxes, around 3,000 of which will have come from Hull because of problems there finding suitable warehousing space. That fortunately has not been a problem in Scarborough because of the help from Colin Ellis Property Services who found the charity their temporary warehouse home. ‘They found us this warehouse. They are just a fantastic help to Operation Christmas Child,’ said Ros. ‘The warehouse is perfect – it had its own carpets and was on the level. It was ideal for our use.’ In a small side office, Chris Kirkman was counting all the notes and coins donated inside the shoeboxes that helps fund the local operation, pay the charity’s overheads, and meet the fuel costs for the lorry’s long trip back to Europe. A veteran volunteer, he and his wife Anne began their involvement with the charity 20 years ago, in Stoke-on-Trent. Over a coffee, Chris said 8,104 boxes were processed by the volunteers last year before being shipped to Romania, swelling the total to more than 25,000 that have left Scarborough since the town became a processing centre. Chris said: ‘When Operation Christmas Child was started it was called ‘Love in a box’ – and that’s exactly what we are doing: we are sending our love in a box.’ David and Barbara Sutcliffe have been working with Operation Christmas Child in Scarborough for five years. David is warehouse manager. ‘We help because we want to send our bit of love for the children to have a bit of pleasure,’ said Barbara. Mike Lowell, another volunteer who stepped forward five years ago after watching a Samaritan’s Purse video at Filey Methodist Church, told the Review why he helped. His testimony summed up the beating, caring heart of all the 100 or so volunteers who have been part of the huge effort from the Scarborough centre over the last five years. He said: ‘I watched the video and saw the kids – they had nothing – but the smiles when they opened just a simple box, and you know that is probably the only thing they will receive that year – that’s why we do it. ‘Your heart goes out to them.’
Scarborough area co-ordinator Ros Dyson
Susan Cole from Scalby Methodist Church with a cuddly friend!
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Love in a box Volunteer Bonnie Purchon repairs boxes
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During a recent visit, Simon Barrington, Executive Director for Samaritan’s Purse UK, left, and Ian Proudler, North East Regional Manager, right, help out volunteer Gerry Bull in the warehouse
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A historic day for Scarborough RNLI as new lifeboat arrives Words and photos by Dave Barry THE happiness and pride mingled with tears and throat-lumps on a historic day for Scarborough RNLI. Thousands of people turned out in sunshine to watch the new £2m Shannon lifeboat arrive from RNLI HQ in Poole, where it was built. They were treated to a fine spectacle as coxswain Tom Clark put the high-powered vessel through its paces with a virtuoso display of its speed and manoeuvrability. With dramatic theatricality, the Shannon was flanked by the outgoing Mersey lifeboat, the
inshore lifeboat, Whitby’s big Trent lifeboat and numerous other vessels as it approached the shore. At 1.15pm, corresponding to its 13-15 fleet number, the Shannon broke ranks, suddenly emerging from a cloud of drifting smoke released from a small boat. Spectators thronged the beach, the Foreshore Road pavement, the West Pier (including the balconies), the East Pier and the areas in and around the new lifeboathouse. The affection felt by countless people towards the Mersey, which has served the town so well for 25 years, was palpable as the ageing boat
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edged as close to the slipway as possible. As a bagpiper played a soulful farewell lament, emotional crew members felt a lump in the throat and perhaps even the odd tear as people waved goodbye to the Mersey, which returned to its harbour berth. It will remain operational until enough crew members have been trained to use the Shannon. The next act in the Shannon show involved the high-tech rescue craft driving at speed onto the beach, wedging itself into the sand. It was then hauled onto the launch-andrecovery vehicle and spun 180 degrees, to be facing the sea when housed.
This was followed by a service to bless the lifeboats and a new branch standard, conducted by lifeboat chaplain Rev Pam Jennings. The lifeboathouse was open to visitors for a couple of hours in the morning. The arrival of the Shannon was a proud moment for the town and everyone associated with the RNLI. The Shannon is named Frederick William Plaxton, after the father of the person who left enough money in his will to pay for it.
The old Mersey, right, and crew say goodbye, with the inshore lifeboat, Whitby’s big Trent lifeboat and two lifeguards’ rescue water-craft
The Shannon was hauled onto the launch-and-recovery vehicle
Harry has first spin on new lifeboat Words and photos by Dave Barry FOR getting up at an unearthly hour and catching an early train from Leeds to Scarborough, Harry Gration was rewarded with a trip aboard the new lifeboat. In bright sunshine, the veteran Look North presenter was honoured with a place on the Shannon’s first launch from the new lifeboathouse. Coxswain Tom Clark took Harry and cameraman Nick Gemoze for a spin around the south bay, on a choppy sea. walking Harry Gration and the After Shannon from the railway
station down to the seafront, Harry was greeted by lifeboat operations manager John Senior, a fellow MBE holder. Over tea and biscuits, he met and chatted with several members of the RNLI team before donning a lifejacket and stepping aboard. The other crew were Chris Steel, Kyle Patel, Kyle Patel and Matt Jennings. The shore crew were John Evans, Billy McSweeney, John Ritchie, Matt Marks Their colleagues Dave Horsley, George Whitlow, Rudi Barman, Keith Eade and Will Cammish were despatched to Whitby to bring the training Shannon back to Scarborough. “What a fantastic experience!” Harry said afterwards. “It was a privilege to get a close look at this lifeboat which will show off the skills of the service even more. Great professionals saving lives with a lifeboat to be proud of!”
Harry with lifeboat operations manager John Senior
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Sun shines for lifeboat remembrance service by Dave Barry THE weather couldn’t have been better for Scarborough RNLI’s Remembrance Sunday service at the new lifeboat station. It wasn’t too cold and the sun shone brightly, in contrast to the rain, wind and low temperature which marred last year’s service. This year’s, the first since the completion of the new lifeboathouse, was conducted by Rev Emma Morgan, who gave a reading, along with lay reader Alan Courtney and Colin Woodhead, who chairs Scarborough RNLI. It was attended by hundreds of people, who stood on the West Pier and beach.
The day’s remembrance events began with a service at Queen Street Central Hall, after which the standard bearers, coastguards, wreath-carriers, sea cadets and crew members marched down to the lifeboathouse to line the slipway for the RNLI service. Afterwards, the wreaths were laid at sea from a Sub-Aqua Club vessel driven by RNLI mechanic Dave Horsley. It was the first time in many years that the RNLI standard at the remembrance service wasn’t borne by Ross Tyson, who died in August. It was carried by Jacob Marton, the youngest crew member.
Words by Dave Barry, photo by Tony Stevens (to order, ring 864571) A DOWNTON-THEMED dinner-party at the Palm Court Hotel raised about £4,400 for Scarborough RNLI. The intimate, candle-lit fundraiser was attended by 78 people including lifeboat
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coxswain Tom Clark, his partner Nicky Ridley and lifeboat operations manager John Senior. “TC and I had a fun night”, John said. “Many of the guests went to great efforts to embrace the Downton theme in a swirl of flappers, ties and tails!”
Let them eat cake Words and photo by Dave Barry
A B&B couple raised £130 for Scarborough RNLI by serving cakes to guests. Toulson Court proprietors Angela and James Rusden didn’t charge but accepted donations for the lifeboat. Angela, back left, and James, holding the plate, presented a cheque – and a few cakes and buns – to lifeboat personnel in the new lifeboathouse. Many of the crew have hollow legs and the cakes and buns disappeared almost instantly.
Tea and coffee sales raise £75 Words and photo by Dave Barry Coxwain Tom Clark, right, and other crew members line the slipway during the service
The lifeboat crew at the remembrance service
SCARBOROUGH LIFEBOATS The Shannon-class Frederick William Plaxton is the 19th all-weather lifeboat to be stationed at Scarborough over the last 215 years. The others were: 1801-22 name unknown 1822-52 name unknown 1852-61 name unknown 1861-61 Amelia 1861-72 Mary 1872-87 Lady Leigh 1887-95 Queensbury 1895-1901 Queensbury 2
1901-02 Edward & Lucille 1902-18 Queensbury 3 1918-24 Brothers Rickwood 1924-31 Herbert Joy 1931-51 Herbert Joy 2 1951-56 ECJR 1956-58 Annie Ronald & Isabella Forrest 1958-78 JG Graves of Sheffield 1978-91 Amelia 2 1991-2016 Fanny Victoria Wilkinson & Frank Stubbs 2016 Frederick William Plaxton
SCARBOROUGH LIFEBOAT COXSWAINS John Harewood 1801-17 Thomas Clayburn 1817-58 1858-71 unknown John Owston Snr 1871-1911 John Owston Jnr 1912-37 Wyrill Crawford 1938-45 John Sheader 1945-54 Thomas Mainprize 1954-57 William Sheader 1957-77 Ken Eade 1977-83
Ian Firman 1983-87 Stuart Ogden 1987-94 Richard Constantine 1994-2003 Tom Clark 2003 – present Thomas Clayburn was awarded a medal and a silver clasp for 40 years’ service as coxswain in 1857, the year before he retired. He and his successor, John Owston Snr, each served 41 years as coxswain.
A WREYFIELD Drive Methodist Church service dedicated to the RNLI raised £75 for Scarborough lifeboat. “We had a service relating to the RNLI,” explained Eileen Lane, who had nominated the charity. “We always have tea and coffee after a service and take donations in lieu of payment”. Colin Woodhead, who chairs Scarborough RNLI, said: “We are extremely grateful to the church for the fundraising they have undertaken on our behalf”.
L-R, church treasurer Sandra Williams, Eileen and David Lane presenting a cheque to Colin Woodhead of Scarborough RNLI
Coxswain helped rescue 230 COXSWAIN John Owston took part in the rescue of 230 lives. He won the RNLI’s silver medal for gallantry in October 1880 when, over 24 hours, in heavy weather, the lifeboat was launched five times to five ships in distress and rescued every life in danger – 28 in all. In 1902, he was presented with two silver mounted pipes by Edward VII. In 1911, just before he retired, Owston and a crewman named Plummer were washed out of the lifeboat while on service but were rescued. Owston was coxswain for 41 years - 24 in the Queensbury lifeboats. John Owston, wearing his cork lifejacket-->
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For those in peril on the sea by Dave Barry BRAVERY, gallantry and tragedy mark the history of Scarborough lifeboat station, Britain’s third oldest. The town’s first lifeboat was built in 1801, supported by voluntary subscriptions and donations. It cost £212 and was powered by oars. Its first service was on 2 November 1801 when it rescued a crew of seven from the Newcastle brig Aurora. In those days, the lifeboathouse was near Mill Beck, which ran down the Valley and into the sea at Aquarium Top. It was moved to a site near the west pier in 1826. The earliest record of an award for members of Scarborough’s lifeboat crew dates back to 11 October 1824, when the Sunderland ship Hebe was in distress. Silver medals were awarded to James Fowler and Smith Tindall for gallant conduct after the lifeboat rescued seven crew. A silver medal was presented to coxswain Thomas Clayburn, and monetary awards were made to four other men. It was for the rescue, in a small boat, of eight of the crew of the ship Centurion, which was wrecked off Osgodby on 9 January 1928. Tragedy struck in 1836, when the lifeboat capsized with the loss of 10 crew during a rescue attempt. Scarborough’s first self-righting lifeboat was acquired in 1852. In 1857, a silver medal was awarded to Henry Wyrill for his part in the rescue of five crew from the Sunderland brigantine Elizabeth, which was wrecked off Scarborough on 14 November 1856. Scarborough lifeboat station was taken over
by the RNLI in 1861, when a new lifeboat was commissioned. On its first service, on 2 November 1861, the Amelia was dashed against the Spa wall while trying to rescue the crew of the schooner Coupland, which was wrecked. Two lifeboat crew and three members of the public died while trying to help.
were pensioned by the RNLI (see separate story). In 1966, Scarborough RNLI acquired its first inshore lifeboat. Later in the year, the oil rig Neptune requested a lifeboat in case it had to be abandoned during squalls of up to 90 knots in seas of up to 35 feet. The lifeboat stood by throughout the night of 16/17 November.
“Bravery, gallantry and tragedy mark the history of Scarborough lifeboat station” When the RNLI introduced motor-lifeboats, Scarborough got the second one, in 1924. Until then, all lifeboats were muscle-powered by the oar. 1951 was a troubled year for the local RNLI. Another new lifeboat capsized, while on exercise, but without loss of life. Then, on 13 December, when the lifeboat was being hauled up after an exercise, the carriage ran over the legs of George Bayes, a 17-year-old helper whose right leg was broken. Bronze medals were awarded to coxswain John Sheader, assistant mechanic Thomas Mainprize and posthumously to bowman Frank Dalton after the lifeboat rescued 10 people from the Dutch motor vessel Westkust on 9 December 1951. Dalton was crushed between the lifeboat and the vessel and died. His widow received a pension from the RNLI. In 1954, the ECJR lifeboat capsized on service with the loss of three crew: coxswain Jitta Sheader, second coxswain John Cammish and signalman Frank Bayes. Their dependants
In 1968, inshore lifeboat crew Bob Swalwell and Cec Bean were formally thanked after the traumatic attempted rescue of a child who had fallen over the cliffs at Gristhorpe. Sadly, the child was found dead on arrival. Mr Swalwell said it was the saddest event in a long association with the RNLI. In 1969, coxswain William Sheader took the lifeboat between dangerous outcrops of rock to save a man from the sea after his motor boat had capsized. He was awarded a silver medal and jointly won a national award for the bravest act of life-saving carried out by a lifeboat crew member. In 1973, in a storm-force north-westerly wind and a rough sea, the lifeboat saved the Eun Mara An Tar and rescued her crew of four when its steering gear packed in, six miles offshore. A bronze medal was awarded to acting coxswain Thomas Rowley in recognition of his courage and seamanship. The station acquired its Mersey-class allweather lifeboat in 1991. The lifeboathouse,
built in 1940, had to be adapted. The main door was heightened and a new fuel tank installed. A side extension was constructed to provide a souvenir outlet, a shore-helpers’ store, a drying room and a workshop. This later housed the inshore lifeboat. In 1994, the lifeboat repeatedly manoeuvred close to the sea-wall in confused breaking seas in the north bay, in an attempt to rescue someone who had gone into the sea to save a dog. Coxswain / mechanic Richard Constantine was formally thanked in recognition of his seamanship, skill and determination. In 2003, he was awarded an MBE. In 1995, helmsman Paul Stonehouse was honoured for the way he kept control of the situation in conditions bordering on the operational limits of the inshore lifeboat. The lifeboat rescued four surfers in a heavy breaking swell which was reflecting off the sea wall in a north-westerly force 6/7 wind in the north bay. Scarborough RNLI took possession of its D-class inshore lifeboat D724 John Wesley Hillard III on 13 December 2009. The last member of the local lifeboat crew to win the RNLI’s bronze medal for gallantry was Rudi Barman, for his role in the attempted rescue of a man who had entered the sea near the Spa, last year. Andrew McGeown was trying to retrieve his dog but drowned. The roles played by crew members Craig Burnett, Jason Hedges, Adam Beston and Pete Billingsley, were also recognised. Over the centuries, 35 gallantry awards have been awarded to Scarborough lifeboat crew members including 18 medals: 13 silver and four bronze.
One terrible night in 1861 by Dave Barry In 1861, two crewmen and three bystanders died during a violent storm. The Amelia lifeboat, acquired seven months earlier, was on its maiden mission – which turned out to be its only shout. Lives were lost instead of saved. At 4pm on Saturday 2 November, the Coupland, from South Shields, tried to enter the harbour during a strong northerly gale. As the schooner rounded the pier end, the sails were blown inside out and the vessel was driven helplessly across the south bay onto rocks near the Spa, 30 yards from the sea wall. The sea was a ferment and gigantic waves had dislodged stones from the wall. After the new lifeboat was launched, it was driven between the schooner and the shore, then flung against the sea wall several times. The crew were no longer able to control the boat, which was hurled back and forth, overwhelmed by mountainous waves. Three men were tossed overboard. One scrambled back into the boat but Thomas Brewster was crushed to death between the boat and the sea wall. The third, exhausted but alive, was washed ashore. The remaining lifeboatmen decided their only hope was to abandon ship and try to make it ashore; John Burton didn't. Onlookers dashed into the surf to help but were struck by big waves that washed them out of their depth. Three died: John Hiles, Thomas Tindall and Lord Charles Beauclerk
A painting of the Amelia lifeboat and the Coupland schooner in 1861 who, like Brewster, was crushed between the boat and the wall. He was hauled from the sea with a rope, with “the life just ebbing out of him”, according to a witness. The peer was buried in Dean Road cemetery. The storm was so powerful that three bodies
were never recovered. By the time it abated, it had claimed the lives of 24 men along the north-east coast, leaving 11 widows and 29 fatherless children. Ironically, the Coupland’s crew of six were brought safely ashore with rocket lines.
In recognition of the extreme nature of the tragedy, within five days the RNLI had awarded six silver medals for gallantry including three rare posthumous medals honouring Beauclerk, Hiles and Tindall.
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Church service honours crew who died on rescues
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends –from the Bible, John 15:12
Words & recent photo by Dave Barry THE annual lifeboat memorial service honouring crewmen who died on four rescue missions takes place at St Mary's Church on Sunday 4 December. Over the last 175 years, 16 crew members have made the ultimate sacrifice while trying to save stricken vessels in the sea off Scarborough. In 1861, two crewmen and three bystanders died during a violent storm. The Amelia lifeboat, acquired seven months earlier, was on its maiden mission – which turned out to be its only shout. Lives were lost instead of saved. At 4pm on Saturday 2 November, the Coupland, from South Shields, tried to enter the harbour during a strong northerly gale. As the schooner rounded the pier end, the
sails were blown inside out and the vessel was driven helplessly across the south bay onto rocks near the Spa, 30 yards from the sea wall. The sea was a ferment and gigantic waves had dislodged stones from the wall. After the new lifeboat was launched, it was driven between the schooner and the shore, then flung against the sea wall several times. The crew were no longer able to control the boat, which was hurled back and forth, overwhelmed by mountainous waves. Three men were tossed overboard. One scrambled back into the boat but Thomas Brewster was crushed to death between the boat and the sea wall. The third, exhausted but alive, was washed ashore. The remaining lifeboatmen decided their only hope was to abandon ship and try to
The ECJR in 1952
This collection of old photos, from the days when Scarborough's lifeboats used oars, is printed courtesy of Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre.
make it ashore; John Burton didn't. Onlookers dashed into the surf to help but were struck by big waves that washed them out of their depth. Three died: John Hiles, Thomas Tindall and Lord Charles Beauclerk who, like Brewster, was crushed between the boat and the wall. He was hauled from the sea with a rope, with “the life just ebbing out of him”, according to a witness. The peer was buried in Dean Road cemetery. The storm was so powerful that three bodies were never recovered. By the time it abated, it had claimed the lives of 24 men along the north-east coast, leaving 11 widows and 29 fatherless children. Ironically, the Coupland's crew of six were brought safely ashore with rocket lines. In recognition of the extreme nature of the tragedy, within five days the RNLI had
Last year’s ECJR service
awarded six silver medals for gallantry including three rare posthumous medals honouring Beauclerk, Hiles and Tindall. The service is due to begin at 6.30pm. Roll of honour – lifeboat crew and others who have died in service 1836: Joseph Allen, Thomas Boyes, John Clayburn, Thomas Cross, John Owston Dale, James Day, Richard Marchman, James Maw, Thomas Walker and Joseph Waugh. 1861: John Burton, Thomas Brewster, John Hiles, Thomas Tindall and Lord Charles Beauclerk. 1951: Frank Dalton. 1954: Jack Sheader, John Cammish and Frank Bayes.
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December - Issue 40
Volunteers keep Santa Curious Roots on track for Christmas Words and picture by Mike Tyas A SMALL army of dedicated volunteers at the North Bay Railway have made sure Father Christmas keeps on the right lines during the festive season. The volunteers were busy throughout November replacing 180 metres of track to make sure the first Santa Special left the Peasholm station bang on schedule, whistle blaring at 11.30am on Saturday 26 November. A regular programme of maintenance is carried out each winter but the current work is the biggest project the railway has taken on so far, said General Manager Steve Johnson. He explained: ‘We’ve only had a six-week window in January and February to do the work in the past but to keep on top of everything that was not enough. ‘So we decided to assemble a volunteer army of up to ten guys. That has enabled us have a second window in November. We are, in effect, 180 metres ahead in our maintenance plans because of these great volunteers.’ It took two days to dismantle the track including lifting rails, sleepers and levelling the railway bed and a further four days to lay the new rails, in 30 metres sections, bought from the Markeaton Light Railway in Derby which closed in September. For the next three weeks the volunteers have been levelling the track base, laying ballast and a host of other maintenance jobs including sweeping leaves off the track. Steve added: ‘The section of rail that was replaced was worn, though it was still perfectly safe. ‘The rail we have bought is 25-years-old, but some of it is like new because it was used so little. ‘All being well, apart from the odd maintenance job, the new rail should be fit for use for about 30 years.’ The Santa Specials are a familiar and muchloved part of the build up to Christmas in Scarborough and the manager said that gave the volunteers extra motivation to get their busy programme of work finished. He said: ‘The work at times is hard graft, but
General Manager Steve Johnson, nearest camera on left, with volunteers who keep the railway running these guys are really dedicated to do it to a high standard. ‘I know they get a lot of pleasure from carrying out the work. It’s a credit to them that it has been completed on time to enable the full season of Santa trains to run. ‘I know our volunteers enjoy watching the kids enjoy themselves, with a smile on their faces as they ride on the Santa Specials with their mums and dads in the run-up to Christmas.’ More than 60 Specials will run this year, with Santa himself in residence in his spectacular grotto at Peasholm after the return journey. While the kids are with him, the adults can enjoy refreshments and a mince pie as part of their ticket. n Timetable details and ticket info can be found on the North Bay Railway website, at www.nbr.org.uk
MP grilled over fracking Words and photos by Dave Barry Scarborough’s Tory MP came under fire over fracking when he met a group of constituents at the Woodend creative industries centre. Robert Goodwill, an immigration minister and former environment spokesman, said: “I am absolutely behind the fracking technology”. Mr Goodwill, who lives in Terrington, a few miles from the fracking site at Kirby Misperton, outlined the arguments in favour of fracking and disputed claims made by the audience. Ceramic artist Gabrielle Naptali said: “It was good to have the opportunity to ask him questions in public. He demonstrated just how little he knows about fracking and fed back
MP Robert Goodwill at Woodend
the party line in true rehearsed politician style. He didn't answer most of the questions and waffled around talking about the background of an issue for so long that we ran out of time. I didn't really expect anything else”. Agency worker Stephanie Pride added: “As an anti-fracker, what shocked me most was his assertion that 500 emails expressing opposition to government policy would have little or no bearing on his position; he'd have to get at least 35,000 letters from constituents before he seriously considered representing their position on this issue. “Also, his wilful disregard of the facts dismissing independent reports to the Scottish government on the potential impacts of fracking as ‘political’ maybe shouldn't surprise me, but it is reckless in the extreme”. Ecosystem design specialist Steve Parker commented: “Mr Goodwill began by stating that fortunately there are no big controversial issues in his constituency which would create conflict between his party's policies and the best interests of his constituents, such as Heathrow or HS2, apparently ignorant of the tensions surrounding fracking only miles from
ON December 21 the sun will struggle halfway up the sky, before giving up and retreating. This is the day of the winter solstice, when our sun reaches its lowest point at midday. According to old weather lore, a frosty solstice is a sign of a hard winter. November brought a few frosty mornings, and even some snow on the moors and wolds. Will this be the year for snowballs at Christmas? Drier, colder conditions are forecast for the run-up period, so there is a chance. But even though we know it’s usually mild and damp, we still like to see snow on our cards. The Victorians started this, with cards showing horse-drawn coaches struggling through deep drifts, a reality in the first half of the 19th century when winters were really hard. In fact, much of our traditional Christmas came from the 19th century. The reinvention began in 1808 with Walter Scott’s “Marmion”, with its description of a medieval Christmas. Gradually, people began to feel that their Christmases were lacking something. From the 1840s, Charles Dickens and other writers gave the festival new life by pulling together all kinds of customs. Some, like mince pies and Yule logs, were English in origin. Others, like the stocking, the turkey and the decorated fir tree, were imported. There were new ones too —the cracker, presents, Santa Claus. Business played its part with greetings cards and toys, while illustrated periodicals spread the latest trends. The postmen in red waistcoats who brought the new cards were dubbed “Robins”, forever linking our favourite bird to the festive season. The modern Christmas was born, although it didn’t spread to everyone until the late 1940s. Today our festive culture comes via social media, and the big stores’ adverts. Their mini-dramas are designed to tug at our hearts — and they hope, our wallets. This year’s offerings include a glamorous Mrs Claus, a hassled robin, a grated carrot, and a dog bouncing on a trampoline. But that’s Christmas. It’s a generous festival that allows almost anything that has meaning for us. And yet some things are essential to the season. Evergreens are a must: they’re an ancient symbol of life in the midnight of the year. Food should be a treat, the best we can afford. Fire and lights remind us of
his own farm. “I asked him why he was prepared to use his own constituents as guinea pigs in the government's dogmatic attempts to force fracking into the British countryside. He refused to deny this was effectively what he was doing, simply stating that there is no evidence that fracking is dangerous and if it proves to be so (presumably by the deteriorating health of his constituents) then it will be stopped immediately and no wells will be fracked”. The meeting was billed as an opportunity for local creatives to put questions to their MP. It was attended by 18 people and chaired by Adrian Springall of Creative Coast, who said: “The invitation to Robert came out of
BY HEATHER ELVIDGE
the returning sun, or the birth of the child of wonder who brings light into our darkness. A strong tradition in northern England was the Yule candle, an 18-inch tall pillar of wax lit at dusk on Christmas Eve by the household’s oldest resident. Promising abundance of all good things, it was left to burn throughout Christmas Day then re-lit every evening until Twelfth Night. The stub was kept for luck in the coming year. The Yule log, a section of tree trunk, is familiar from Victorian illustrations. It was brought in with ceremony on Christmas Eve, sprinkled with ale or grain, and lit with a fragment of the previous year’s log. Again, a relic was kept to protect the house from fire and lightning. These are customs ripe for revival. Where a traditional Yule candle is likely to be unsafe, a flameless LED candle is remarkably effective when surrounded by holly. And even without an open hearth, some real logs tied with red ribbon will evoke the spirit of the Yule log. Today most of us have a Christmas tree, but until the end of the 19th century most folk decorated their rooms with bunches of holly and ivy, as their forebears had done for centuries. Hanging from the kitchen ceiling would be a kissing bush, a metal frame covered in evergreens with a bunch of mistletoe suspended underneath. Kissing under the mistletoe — removing one berry for each kiss — is a custom unique to Britain that seems to have begun in the 17th century. When Christians saw holly’s prickly leaves they thought of Christ’s crown of thorns, while the red berries represented His blood. So holly was used in churches, alongside bay, rosemary, box, ivy, broom and laurel, in spite of folk beliefs linking holly with beneficial magic. A holly tree growing near the home protected it from fire and other disasters, while a holly wreath on the door kept malign forces out. Holly timber in the threshold performed the same service. An old carol confirms the tree’s status: The holly and the ivy, When they are both full grown, Of all the trees that are in the wood, The holly bears the crown.
However you celebrate, may your Christmas be a happy one.
Creative Coast members brainstorming a list of people they'd like to get in a room to share some of the concerns and circumstances that often make the creative industries unique. “I was delighted Robert was keen to meet us and I hope we did manage to get some of our views across as well as hear the government and his own perspective on some of the hot topics of the moment. “He did get given a bit of a hard time on some subjects but I think that’s to be expected he didn't seem too shocked. I think it's vital we have genuine dialogue with our elected representatives and I hope this was the start of many conversations about the borough's creative and cultural sector with our MP”.
A FUTURE FOR THE
We are Save the Futurist, a community action group advocating the retention and regeneration of Scarborough’s Futurist Theatre. We wish to see the Futurist fully modernised and beautifully restored as a central part of the tourism and cultural provision for both the town and the wider region. We also believe that an updated Futurist Theatre, re-fitted as a worldclass facility, would bring untold economic benefits to each and every resident of Scarborough; theatregoer or not. Our goal for a reopened Futurist has received wholehearted support from a number of national bodies, including the Cinema Theatre Association, and The Theatres Trust and now, with Scarborough Borough Council
due to vote in January 2017 on whether to demolish or retain the Futurist, we are asking that the people of Scarborough hear our case and join the fight. In this pull-out, we lay out the economic, architectural and cultural arguments for modernising and restoring this iconic building and explain how you can take IMMEDIATE ACTION to help save the Futurist and create a world-class, economic asset fit for the 21st century. The Futurist belongs to the community; we hope you will join with us and use your voice to convince our Councillors that the people of Scarborough deserve this opportunity to invest in the future of their town
FUTURIST Who we are:
The core team of Save the Futurist campaigners comprises theatre, business and architecture experts with many years of national and international experience in their respective fields. Some, having been
Futurist Facts:
Audience Capacity: 2,155 (sixth largest outside of London) Built: 1921 Extended: 1967 (stage deepened) Façade Covered: 1969 Architect: Frank Tugwell Email: info@savethefuturist.co.uk
raised in Scarborough then moving away to seek their fortunes, felt compelled to join the fight through an undeniable bond with their hometown. Others, having made Scarborough their home and wishing to see the town flourish, could instantly see the huge importance
of a theatre like the Futurist to the economy of a tourist town. Our campaign has gathered momentum and now, with an ever growing subscription to our Facebook campaign, having collected 6,600 signatures on a council petition (restricted to
Scarborough residents) and after a live stream of our latest public meeting reached almost 20,000 people, we are preparing to form a charitable trust in order to fund the next stage of our campaign.
Owner(s): Catlin Co. (- 1966) Robert Luff Co. (1966 – 1984) Futurist Properties Ltd (1984 – 1985)
Various (1985) Scarborough Borough Council (1985 - ) Web: www.savethefuturist.co.uk
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SAVE THE FUTURIST FEATURE
Architectural Significance Commissioned in 1920 by pioneering theatrical impresario Will Catlin, The Futurist began life as the latest addition to a site with two pre-existing structures. This created a trio of connected buildings with a unified frontage, consisting of the Futurist cinema, The Palladium (later the Arcadia Theatre) and the Arcadia Cafe. “The Futurist is rare survivor of a ‘Pre Talkies’ era super-cinema, and, as noted by Historic England, ‘arguably the first such cinema to open nationally’. There are a relatively small number of such cinemas in existence…As such the Futurist has rarity value and we believe is worthy of greater
Artist Impression by Diana Tasker
national recognition” Claire Appleby. Architecture Adviser - Theatres Trust. A letter to Cllr Janet JEFFERSON. 1st Nov 2016 The Futurist’s auditorium remains largely the same as when it was constructed, the stage area eventually being deepened to incorporate the adjacent Arcadia Theatre. Architect Frank Tugwell, like Catlin, a Scarborough man with a national reputation (Savoy Theatre interior, London – Grade II* listed, Harrogate Theatre – Grade II listed, York Theatre Royal auditorium and stage house – Grade II* listed) designed an auditorium years ahead of its time, with clear
A Beautiful Building The original façade of the Futurist, now hidden, is constructed of Carraraware faience, a frost-proof, non-crumbling material which is also self-cleansing.
“What is important is that the Futurist theatre, with its fine Neo-Classical detailing, executed in high grade white faience, is a good example of an interwar theatre that adds quality to the built environment of Scarborough and should be preserved” Hans van Lemmen. President - Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society. A letter to Diana Tasker In 1969 Robert Luff’s company, then owners, voted to clad the front elevation of the Futurist buildings. The resulting freehanging screen has in recent years, given the Futurist the undeserved reputation as an eyesore. The hidden façade, fading from the town’s collective consciousness, remains almost completely intact, protected for the most part by the cladding itself. In 2012 Jon Wilson, Director of Shaws of Darwen, world-renowned faience tile
sightlines to the screen and subsequently, stage. A unique feature amongst many auditoria even today, the Futurist’s cantilevered circle does not require pillars for support, leaving an uninterrupted view of the stage from every seat in the vast auditorium. As many local, regional and West End theatres are forced to sell “restricted view” seats at a reduced priced, this feature would be extremely attractive to producers considering the Futurist for their product. “Frank Tugwell was a local architect and, we believe, underrated. His contribution to theatre design was significant as acknowledged in a series of statutory
taken much too hastily. Labelling The Futurist simply as an “eyesore” shows a failure to fully consider the ramifications of destroying a structurally-sound building of huge local and national importance.
“…whilst our inspection was limited, from what we saw, the façade was no worse than I would have expected…[There was] nothing unusual for a building of this age where maintenance has been lacking over the years….Most importantly [there is] nothing of major concern and nothing technically that cannot be put right to bring the façade back to its former glory…We feel it extremely likely that costs to restore the façade would be substantially less that those being mentioned...I am surprised this building is not listed as being one of the great examples of the time…The façade is absolutely wonderful and could once again be one of Scarborough’s finest.”
The local authority’s failure in their duty of care and subsequent years of neglect must not be used to further the argument that the Futurist should be demolished. We must put paid to the myth that the fabric of the building is unsound, as it is believed that the Futurist plays a large part in shoring up the cliff behind and as such, an unsound building would currently pose a huge danger to the 100 residents living nearby, as well as large parts of Scarborough town centre.
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We believe that given the weight of expert opinion, the decision to potentially demolish a building of such significance has been
Claire Appleby. Architecture Adviser - Theatres Trust. A letter to Cllr Janet JEFFERSON. 1st Nov 2016 From this information we may surmise that the fabric and design of the Futurist building(s) is rare and of huge national significance.
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specialists, who restore major prestigious buildings, e.g. The Royal Albert Hall and the Wrigley Building Chicago, visited the Futurist and undertook a brief survey of the covered façade.
Jon Wilson. Director – Shaws Darwen. A letter to Patricia David
designations for many of his theatres…The Futurist is therefore a building of which Scarborough should be rightly proud, uniting as it does their own local architect and figure of social importance to a rare and historically significant Pre Talkies’ super-cinema”
“It is also clear that the demolition of the Futurist will not be straightforward, as it plays a major role in shoring up the land behind it and the potential costs associated with this work remain unclear. It will therefore be expensive and difficult both to remove and to make that part of the site safe and available for new usage. This additional cost and difficulty is currently unclear and, we understand, is pending a
report to Council in the New Year.” Claire Appleby. Architecture Adviser - Theatres Trust. A letter to Cllr Janet JEFFERSON. 1st Nov 2016 “…our finance department…included in this year’s budget borrowing of £4 million to demolish the Futurist. This money can of course be used as the Town Hall wants, which is to demolish the Futurist; but equally it can be used to renovate the Futurist, it is going to be borrowed either way.” Cllr Norman MURPHY. A letter to the editor of the Scarborough News. 29th Nov 2016 Demolishing the Futurist will be neither simple nor cheap; Scarborough Borough Council having voted to borrow £4m with a view to clearing the site. We at Save the Futurist are not advocating wasting money on a faded relic simply to relive the Futurist’s “glory days”. As we will make clear in the economic argument, a refurbished, repurposed Futurist, fit for the 21st Century could repay its investment many times over.
FUTURIST WITH CLADDING
FUTURIST PRE-CLADDING
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IMAGES OF FAÇADE BENEATH CLADDING
Email: info@savethefuturist.co.uk
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SAVE THE FUTURIST FEATURE
Economic Argument The economic argument for modernising our Futurist concerns the building’s hitherto untapped potential. Entertaining the people of Scarborough is, in a way, a pleasant by-product of retaining the theatre. It is the Futurist’s potential to exponentially increase Scarborough’s cultural tourism which is at stake here and the untold economic benefits that would bring to every resident. Theatregoer or not, we believe it is in everyone’s best interests to invest in this incredible asset. With an audience capacity of 2,155 seats and full-height flying facilities over its large performance space, the Futurist has the sixth largest capacity outside of London, meaning it is built to house a certain calibre of commercial theatre with a broad appeal; the occasional Opera and Ballet but predominantly what many today term the “mega-musical”; large-scale productions (some musicals, some plays) which tour the UK, only visiting a handful of high capacity venues for extended periods of time. Some familiar titles may include: Mama Mia, The Lion king, War Horse, Les Miserables, Wicked and Mary Poppins.
“Investment in the Futurist would provide Scarborough with a large 2,100-plus seat venue capable of presenting shows that require proper fly tower facilities. The equivalent venue in the North is Blackpool’s Opera House which was able to demonstrate that in summer 2014, 100,000 people visited Blackpool to see the musical Mamma Mia over a 12 week summer season, generating over £3.3m in ticket sales” Claire Appleby. Architecture Adviser Theatres Trust. A letter to Cllr Janet JEFFERSON. 1st Nov 2016 Scarborough’s Futurist is one of a handful of proscenium theatres in the region with the audience capacity and stage facilities to play host to these productions. It has had limited success in this regard so far for a small number of logistical reasons (see below) but all are easily remedied and once completed, Scarborough would have a rare and treasured world-class facility, capable of tapping into this incredibly lucrative market.
Shortcomings
The Futurist’s shortcomings are mainly logistical and easily remedied.
As has been stated, the Futurist was originally built as a dual-purpose entertainment house for cinema and theatre. The stage was extended to its current dimensions in 1967 but no adequate provision was made for wing space; that is space behind and to the sides of the visible stage area, an enormously important factor in modern commercial theatre. Nor was provision made for scenic and technical access from the street to the stage (dock doors). At the time the stage was extended and for years after, in what many people refer to as the Futurist’s “heyday”, the lack of access and limited wing-space space were not problematic. The technical requirements for the musicians, variety shows and even the musicals playing there were very simple by
modern standards. Most of the set pieces involved flying cloths or simple structures comprising “book flats”; all relatively compact, very easy to transport and not requiring a huge amount of offstage storage space. But as tastes and technologies changed, productions demanded more space and the Futurist was left behind, until the only shows to play there were the ones that could quite literally get into and fit in the building. Sometimes we were lucky and popular shows like Blood Brothers, Joseph or more recently Calendar Girls could be accommodated and would universally be hugely successful. But more often than not, the bill was filled with smaller-scale shows with a more limited appeal. Perfect for smaller venues but unsustainable in a theatre of that size.
The “Mega Musical” more away.
In 2012, an article in the Manchester Evening News gave a brilliant insight into the benefits that a recent tour of The Lion King brought to Manchester’s local economy. The article stated that: “During its 21-week run in 2012, Manchester’s tourism and leisure providers - such as hoteliers and restaurateurs - were estimated to have taken a massive £15m extra revenue on the back of the show” That is £15m of extra revenue into the local economy, paid directly to local people and businesses. It goes on to say that: “Playing to more than 322,000 fans at 166 performances…visitors [travelled] from as far north as the Shetland Islands, more than 460 miles away…sixty per cent of the audience have travelled from outside the region to see the production and 64pc were visiting the Palace [Theatre] for the first time, generating huge benefits for the city.”
Scarborough’s Spa Grand Hall, Open Air Theatre and York’s Barbican are all concert venues, unsuitable for productions of this scale. The same can be said of the Scarborough, Bridlington and Whitby Spa Theatres, York Opera House, in fact, almost every other proscenium-arch receiving house in the region, excellent venues as they undoubtable are, capable of hosting an extensive and varied programme; none of them have the facilities to cater for a “megamusical”. Such programming at Scarborough’s Futurist would easily compliment the repertoire of the world-renowned Stephen Joseph Theatre, the music and comedy programming of the Spa Grand Hall, the seasonal concert programming of the Open Air Theatre and the extensive local, seasonal and small-scale touring provision of the YMCA and Spa Theatres. A modernised Futurist would simply serve to enhance the cultural appeal of our tourist town. It must be made clear that the potential local audience in Scarborough is smaller than that from the Manchester and Blackpool examples. Further work is needed to prove that Scarborough’s Futurist could emulate the success of these similar sized theatres and a thorough feasibility study would, of course, be included in any business plan we would seek to produce.
As we can see, productions of this calibre bring huge cultural and economic benefits to the tiny number of theatres capable of hosting them. So because of it’s audience capacity and the size of the stage facilities, our Futurist could play host to productions of this kind and would not face direct competition from any of the other theatres in the region. The closest comparable theatres are in Liverpool, Manchester and Blackpool; all 100 miles or Email: info@savethefuturist.co.uk
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Our Solution These simple logistical problems are the main barrier to Scarborough’s Futurist attracting world-class product with a broad commercial appeal; and all are easily remedied within the current footprint of the building. We would advocate the removal of the Front of House areas, box office, foyer and entrance from their current location directly beneath the stage, relocating them all to the commercial units at the southern end of the building, directly beneath the auditorium. By relocating and reorganising the associated stairwells, bars and other front of house infrastructure, much-needed space is created either side of the stage to expand the wing space and add dock doors for scenic and technical access directly onto the stage area. Also, this crucially frees space beneath the stage (sub-stage) for automation equipment and traps etc; a critical requirement for many modern productions. We must remember that, first and foremost, a theatre is a facility for theatre-makers to make theatre. In order to attract large audiences, our theatre must attract worldclass product, which means we need to provide a world-class facility. So alongside remedying logistical problems as outlined above, we must undertake a comprehensive modernisation programme, not only to the public areas, but to parts of the building an audient may never see. This would include office space for touring staff, dressing room, costume and wig facilities, the addition
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of rehearsal space, and an overhaul of the technical infrastructure for lighting, sound and staging. “The cost of sorting out the Futurist’s major defects, that is knocking through from Blands Cliff, replacing the roof, removing the 1970’s cladding and repairing the facia, installing insulation and a new heating boiler, is estimated to be about £3 million, or, in simple terms, about £1 million less than demolition…The establishment of a Futurist Theatre Trust, allows applications to be made to various funding bodies… and £3 million can quickly become many millions…So we may see that both the financial and structural arguments in favour of demolition are overcome and restoration is perfectly affordable and feasible” Cllr Norman MURPHY. A letter to the editor of the Scarborough News. 29th November 2016 Once modernised and restored, our Futurist theatre could be a sustainable community asset, capable of continually attracting worldclass product, many thousands of cultural tourists and the associated economic boost; benefiting every Scarborough resident for years to come.
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REMEMBER, IT IS NOT TOO LATE! Write The Borough’s 50 councillors (including Whitby and rural areas) will vote on our theatre’s fate on the 9th of January. The most important thing you can do RIGHT NOW is to write a letter or email to your ward councillor convincing them of your argument to save our Futurist.
Many residents are rightly proud of their Futurist’s history; she has played host to many of the biggest and best acts of the last century and what we see is the potential to re-invent our Futurist Theatre, creating a modern and relevant cultural landmark; proud of its past, firmly rooted in the present, with ambition for the future. In a Cabinet meeting of the 19th of October 2010, the council’s cabinet approved Futurist Task Group resolution to offer those wishing to retain the theatre, the opportunity of bringing forward a robust business case with a business plan for the Futurist, without council support, financial or otherwise (e.g reports on the building) and return it within 12 months. Although this was not confirmed in writing, with no access to the theatre, no access to funding body commitments (eg National Lottery) without guaranteed tenure, and with the costs associated with creating such a document expected to be tens of thousands of pounds (e.g. Brighton Hippodrome viability report £28,000 and rising – even with local council support) this was simply not feasible.
BUT IT IS NOT TOO LATE Our campaign has since gathered great momentum, recruiting the relevant experts and swathes of public support and in the coming weeks, Save the Futurist will form a charitable trust to
raise funds and produce a comprehensive business plan for a sustainable Futurist Theatre. It is understandable that Scarborough Borough Council wish to see a completed business plan before proceeding with the Futurist’s regeneration. We simply ask that Scarborough’s 50 councillors acknowledge this and allow us sufficient time to fund and produce such a document.
Their contact details are freely available online at democracy.scarborough.gov. uk/mgFindMember.aspx by telephone: (01723) 232323 or by post: FAO [Cllr Name] Scarborough Borough Council, Town Hall, St Nicholas Street, Scarborough YO11 2HG. Please remember that our councillors are hardworking, valued members of the community: although the subject of the Futurist may inspire a lot of passion, accusatory, abusive or inappropriate language is not only unnecessary but will seriously undermine our cause. We therefore remind you to treat our elected councillors with the same respect you would wish to receive.
On the 9th of January, Scarborough’s Councillors will vote on the future of our Futurist. Each will personally receive a copy of this pull-out in December and we ask that they consider and reconsider the far reaching social, economic and cultural consequences of their decision, irrespective of party-politics.
You must, of course, firmly state your case; perhaps familiarising yourself with the content of this pull-out, undertaking further research and adding your personal reasons for wishing to keep our Futurist. You may also ask our councillors, if they are opposed to retaining the Futurist, what their reasoning may be, whilst endeavouring to win them round.
We appeal to our councillors’ good sense in allowing us to once and for all prove that Scarborough’s Futurist, fully modernised and beautifully restored is an economic and cultural asset worth saving.
It is important to remember that the case for keeping Scarborough’s Futurist is not only built on nostalgia. It concerns a modern, economically viable asset whose loss will be felt by every resident; theatregoer or not.
Act Now
We must also point out that a number of councillors wish to retain the Futurist and it is equally important for us to encourage them to publicly voice their support and convince their colleagues of our argument.
Scarborough Borough Council
You can take immediate action to help save our Futurist from destruction. Please study our arguments carefully and consider how you can help in any of the following ways.
The council vote is due to take place on
the 9th of January, so where possible, allow sufficient time to receive a reply and also to give our councillors adequate time to fully consider our cause. No matter what happens, please remember IT IS NOT TOO LATE!
Attend At 7pm on the 5th of January, Save the Futurist are holding a public meeting at Scarborough’s YMCA Theatre. Please attend and have your say on the future of our Futurist. Following the success of our November meeting, which saw a capacity audience of almost 300 and a Facebook Live video stream reaching almost 19,000 people, we can clearly demonstrate the huge weight of public support for the Futurist. Please also attend the council meeting at Scarborough Town Hall on the 9th of January. Details can be obtained by contacting SBC on (01723) 232323.
Get Involved On December the 10th and 17th members of the Save the Futurist campaign will be running a stand at the top of Scarborough high street, distributing posters, stickers and flyers. What better way to show that you or your business support saving our Futurist Theatre? We are also seeking tradespeople to join campaigner Ken Kitson’s Assist with the Futurist initiative. Please contact assistwiththefuturist@outlook.com Remember to connect with us at facebook.com/savethefuturist for all the latest campaign information.
Share If you believe that our Futurist should be restored, talk to and share this pull-out with your friends, family and neighbours and encourage them to do likewise. The Futurist belongs to the people of Scarborough and it can only be saved by the people of Scarborough.
WE MUST NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN Words by Adam Flynn from contributions by Save the Futurist campaigners. Original logo designed by Luke Buxton. Crowd funded by supporters of Save the Futurist. Email: info@savethefuturist.co.uk
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Lifestyle
FJORD FOCUS
Where would you go in the colder months? We chose Stavanger, Norway.
it's a wrap
Make your Christmas presents the best wrapped under the tree.
SEEING RED Christmas party wear went all Lady Scarlet on us, we’re not complaining.
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Lifestyle This month is all about Christmas, where to holiday, what to eat and of course, how to look. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed producing it!
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• TRAVEL REVIEW - Lifestyle Editor, Krystal Starkey, headed over to Stavanger, Norway for 48 hours
HOME & GARDEN Page 42
• IT'S A WRAP - Make your presents the envy of all your family members • GARDENING GUIDE - Baby it's cold outside, but the decorations are ace • TALLY HO - Pony and vintage tractor parties come to Scarborough!
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Stone YOU CANnot afjord TO MISS THE OIL CAPITAL OF NORWAY DOESN’T CONFORM TO ITS FUEL CITY STATUS, AS KRYSTAL STARKEY FINDS OUT. LIKE a scene straight out of a travel advertisement on tv, I was stood at the top of Dalsnuten with pink cheeks, blowing hair and a massive beam on my face. A utopian view to the north showcased a deep blue lake, while the autumn sun highlighted the orange and brown tones in the surrounding trees. I was informed by our guide that hiking is incredibly popular on weekends in Norway. It’s not hard to see why, when nature is left to it’s own glorious devices here - the only interferences are markings on
• SEEING RED - Not just Father Christmas's get up of choice • TRIED AND TESTED - Nailed it! Get your hands ready for all that sherry holding... • POUT IT OUT - A little bit of TLC goes a long way when it comes to the red lip
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• RECIPE OF THE MONTH - Don't let your odds and ends go to waste this Christmas • LET IT BRIE - The best Christmas yet, Scabrorough's only cheese shop is ready for Christmas. • WHOLE HOG - Stepney Hill Farm have got all the meat you need for your festive feast.
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rocks to guide walkers and the occasional fence. Hiking left us hungry and we made our way back to the city centre for dinner at Renaa Matbaren. The sister bistro to Stavanger’s only Michelin starred restaurant. The menu made use of local fresh produce, as you might expect, seafood plays a huge part in Stavanger’s diet. The stylishly decorated bistro is home to one of eight figure statues placed throughout the city, all facing the coast, and on the wall a neon sign saying ‘you made me love you’ steals the show. For mains, I had duck breast with pumpkin purée, a melt in the mouth dish accompanied by a local lager - I’ve never been a wine connoisseur so the selection felt lost on me. Dessert impressed our whole party with many of us opting for churros with a selection of salted caramel, chocolate and apple sauce. Tip: don’t expect to be able to order this when you go, every restaurant we went to change their menus day in day out. Other restaurants worth visiting include Fisketorget, the combined restaurant and fish market knows its stuff about seafood - I ate a mussel pasta. Fish & Cow, next to the market place is totally Instagram worthy with an industrial chic theme and perfectly presented dishes. Hall Toll starts as a restaurant in the evenings and changes into a bar/club later on. It’s glitzy interior made me want to stay out and party until the early hours. Nightlife was a surprise to me. Despite your average pint rolling in at around £6-£8 the bars and clubs were heaving from around 7pm. Patio heaters glowed and blankets were left out so drinkers could enjoy fresh air - or a cigarette if they were that way inclined. A vibrant street called Ovre Holmegate is the place to go for evening drinks, each building is painted a different pastel colour and the street was alight with fairy lights when I visited. Cobbled streets are lined with white wooden clad houses throughout Old Stavanger and the residents take pride in keeping the street sprinkled with flowers all year round - a must visit. The city is proud of its canning history, and you will find the National Canning Museum on this street. Our group travelled down the old street on segways, a new activity to Stavanger. The two wheeled contraptions are surprisingly easy to use and made for a fun way to get around. The locals aren’t quite used to this mode of transport yet and there were a few giggles as we trundled
down the high street and past the Breiavatnet lake, where folklore suggests a troll threw a massive rock at the cathedral, and just missed. Stavanger isn’t short of a tale or two when it comes to myth, folklore and dark history. In the evening our group was guided around the city by a figure dressed in an black cape as part of ‘The dark side of Stavanger’. Trolls, witches and murder all have a place in the history books of this coastal town. Characters jumped out at us as we made our way through the city in the dark - a thrilling adventure. In the day time, shopping opportunities are rife and there are independent shops littered between high street favourites such as H&M. Buildings around the city centre have been turned into works of art thanks to the NuArt street art festival, seeing international artists leave their marks big and small around every corner. No visit to Norway is complete without a cruise down a fjord. Stavanger’s Lysefjord looked beautiful on the day we went out. A light mist was in the air and as the boat glided over the water, different cliffs appeared from the shadows. Some were lined with golden trees, others embellished with waterfalls. A picture perfect finish to a magical weekend. Stavanger is a city full of surprises, the colourful streets offer something for everyone. Whether you’re an adventure lover or a creature of comfort, put it on your bucket list, wrap up warm and make sure you get yourself there. It gets better, bmi Regional now runs daily flights from Newcastle Airport to Stavanger. Make sure you head into the VIP lounge at the airport before your flight, it’s lush and the food and drink in there is free once you’ve paid entrance. One-way flights from Newcastle to Stavanger start from £80. As with all BMI fares the price includes 23kg of hold luggage, allocated seating, complimentary in-flight drinks and snacks and speedy 30 minute check-ins. Visit www. bmiregional.com. I was invited to the city as a guest of Region Stavanger and BMI Regional. at the end of October.
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LINK LOVES... Wrapping up Christmas presents... Call us materialistic, but part of the fun of Christmas is wrapping up those wonderful gifts you’ve bought for loved ones. “Not for all of us!” DEBENHAMS WHITE a wrapaphobe shouts in the office GLITTER CHRISTMAS - oh bah humbug. Get Christmas TREE PRINT GIFT WRAP all wrapped up in style with our Complete this look with gold go to guide for wrapping the best wired ribbon for extra wow Christmas presents of your life: your factor. 3m tree never looked so good. £3 | www.debenhams.com
HELSINKI STAR FOIL WRAP A difficult medium to work with in the art of wrapping, worth it for the sparkle though. 3m £4 | www.johnlewis.com
ANTLERS LARGE RIBBON PACK Ribbon is the love and affection that sets your gifts apart from others. £7 www.paperchase.co.uk
PACK OF THREE DELIVERED BY REINDEER LARGE CHRISTMAS GIFT BAG If you must cheat and buy a bag, then we guess this quirky slogan bag is as good as any. £6 | www.tesco.com/direct
MINI STARS WRAPPING PAPER This wrapping paper has an affinity with the clear, crisp excitement of a starry Christmas eve. Maybe we’re reading too much into it, but it’s pretty. 10m £12.50 www.coxandcox.co.uk ASSORTED CHRISTMAS KRAFT GIFT TAGS Dust off the old fountain pen and swirl your messages of love onto these blank canvases. £1 | www.hobbycraft.co.uk
HOLLYWOOD SET OF 3 DIAMOND GIFT BOXES Little trinkets that are difficult to wrap are destined to end up in these gorgeous copper gift boxes. £5 | www.marksandspencer.com
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GARDENING GUIDE
But that doesn’t mean you can’t dec the lawn with bells of holly, or other equally decent Christmas decorations. Turn on the lights and forget about the electricity bill, because you've got some neighbours to out do this Christmas. Twinkly trees
Be the talk of the town with one of the more tasteful options for decorating outside. These snowy twig trees come in two different sizes and are pre lit with warm white LED lights Simply plug in and let twinkle. We think they would look gorgeous in clusters on a front lawn. Visit www.johnlewis.com | £80
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With global warning, we don’t really have proper winters any more, do we? However, just in case Jack Frost rears his chilly face, make sure you have these essentials in your car. Can’t be too careful, now. •
Ice scraper and de-icer.
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Torch in the glove box – preferably something that doesn't require batteries like a wind-up one.
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Jump-start cables.
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Fully charged USB power pack – to keep your smartphone juiced up.
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Spare warm clothes and blankets in the boot – in case you're left stranded.
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Provisions. If you're planning a long journey, take a flask of warm drink or soup.
TALLYHO! Pony and vintage tractor parties come to Scarborough
For young equine enthusiasts or machinery mega fans, the perfect party pack is now available. Jayne Robinson of Scarborough is offering little boys and girls the opportunity to have their very own shetland pony or vintage tractor to come to their birthday parties. Lucky birthday celebrators could have a visit from one of three
Under the mistletoe Make sure you’ve got an excuse to kiss your loved one every single time you enter the front door with this beautiful mistletoe wreath by Marks & Spencer. It comes with a timer too - handy! www.marksandspencer.com | £29.50
Christmas candy canes Turn your home into a real life gingerbread house with these quirky candy cane lights. Would look great with a thick layer of snow - we wish! Visit www.very.co.uk | £19.99
Festive bird feeders
Encourage the robins over with these gorgeous home made bird feeders. They look adorable and are a fun activity to undertake with kids. You will need festive cookie cutters, bird feed, flour and gelatine. Instructions are vast on Pinterest. Good luck! (*www. pinterest.com)
Invite Ted the shetland pony to your birthday party! shetland ponies, Ted, Cracker or Vic, where they will get to groom and pet the pony and receive pony themed party bags and rosettes to commemorate the special day. If you’ve got the space, Jayne will bring her shetland pony to your own back garden. For those who aren’t so lucky to have their own space, their will be a marquee and a two and a half acre field available from spring 2017! The friendly ponies are happy to be dressed up and can make special appearances as unicorns or reindeer too. If you would like to surprise your little one with a taste of the countryside on their birthday call Jayne on 01944 710098
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SEEING RED Not just Father Christmas’ chosen get up of choice: RED is the colour of fire and blood - it’s associated with passion, desire, war and danger. Turn heads at your christmas party this year in the most daring of colour of all.
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POUT IT OUT Alas, no red outfit is complete without a red pout in toe. When striving for perfection in the form of a red lip, preparation makes all the difference. Sorry - it’s more complicated than we thought too!
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EXFOLIATE. Crispy, dry lips make a difficult canvas for lipstick. Exfoliate your lips half an hour before you plan to apply your lipstick. Mix a tablespoon of brown sugar with a drop of olive oil. Rub onto your lips hard enough to loosen dead skin. Leave the mixture on for a minute then wipe off with a damp flanel.
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MOISTURISE. Vaseline, a moisturising balm or a facial moisturiser will be good enough to moisturise your lips. Make sure you leave enough time for the moisture to soak in before you apply your lipliner.
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DRAW A LINE. Line your lips by starting with a cross on your top lip’s cupid bow. Then line the rest of your lips, after you’ve outlined both lips, gently shade them all over with the liner. Blot with tissue.
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LIPSTICK. We bet you thought this step was going to come round a lot quicker than it did. Fear not, we’ve arrived, eventually. Apply lipstick onto a brush to paint your lips, be careful not to go over your lined edges.
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GET GLOSSY. Finish with a generous amount of red or clear lipgloss and remember to take your lipstick and gloss with you on the go to top up your perfect pout!
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COULD YOU BE THE NEXT WILKO DOVE REAL WOMAN? The search is on for women to take part in the 2017 ‘Wilko Dove Real Woman’ campaign. Dove, in partnership with national retailer Wilko, is looking for women who would like to be the next ‘Wilko Dove Real Woman’ campaign. Ten lucky women from across the UK will be picked to feature on posters and Dove Real Women displays in Wilko stores. Recruitment is open from 30 September – 31 December and the winners will take part in a dedicated photoshoot with a top photographer in London. Marsha Greensmith, Health & Beauty Buyer from Wilko said: “At Wilko we don’t believe in being flash or fancy and we know that real women don’t all look like the supermodels we see on TV and in magazines. That’s why we’re so so passionate about the Wilko Dove Real Woman campaign.” To be considered simply email DoveUK@bckl.co.uk including name, email address and telephone number, including a short statement explaining ‘what makes you feel beautiful?’ and attach a photograph of yourself. Winners will be informed on 09 January 2017 and the photo shoot will take place on 17 January 2017.
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Winter Spiced Negroni • 30ml spiced gin •60ml red vermouth • 60ml Campari •2 wedges of orange Theresa Alonze and her coven of witches (to order photos ring 353597) Words and photo by Dave Barry Halloween may seem like a distant memory but for Harbour Bar staff it brings back a lot of fun. Co-owner Theresa Alonze and her staff had a lot of spooky laughs dressing up as rather stylish witches and decorating the Scarborough seafront café in a ghoulish manner.
Droves of customers enjoyed the halloween fun, which added an extra dimension to the café’s more traditional pleasures, such as its awardwinning home-made ice cream. The Harbour Bar will reopen on 15 December after its customary one-month closure at this time of year.
LET IT BRIE... A CRACKING CHRISTMAS HAMPER Scarborough’s only cheese shop, Let It Brie, is gearing up for Christmas with a selection of hampers and pork pies. If you’re looking for the perfect gift for a cheese lover in your life, you can now order speciality hampers. Owner and cheese connoisseur, Andy explains: “it’s a pick and mix, so instead of wasting £60 on things that aren’t right, customers can choose.” Shoppers can pick from a cracking range of Yorkshire Honey, chutneys, preserves and mustards, crackers and biscuits to complement their cheeses of choice.
Special stock will be available throughout the Christmas period including flavoured Wenslydales, Stilton and Snowdonia cheeses. Opening hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30 am to 5.30 pm and normal hours will run all the way up to Christmas eve for last minute shoppers. Call 01723 658198 to enquire now.
Begin by making the spiced gin by roughly smashing up the spices using either a pestle and mortar or the end of a rolling pin. Put the spices into a dry (un oiled) frying pan and heat gently for approx. 2mins to release their aromas. Tip the spices into a large screw-cap jar, pour over
the gin and seal. Store and allow for the gin to infuse for 5 days. Once infused, strain through a muslin cloth to remove the spices and store in a glass bottle for up to 3 months. To make the cocktail, pour the spiced gin, red vermouth and Campari into a glass filled with ice and stir. Dust the orange wedges with icing sugar and place into a hot non-stick pan and caramelize until it begins to char slightly. Place into the cocktail and serve.
RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Christmas Pudding & Sherry Cheesecake INGREDIENTS • 200g ginger biscuits • 75g butter • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1 orange • 600g full-fat cream cheese • 2 eggs • 150g caster sugar • 200ml double cream • 4tbsp cream sherry • 50g cooked and crumbled Christmas Pudding • 2 tbsp granulated sugar • Edible gold leaf, optional
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Preheat oven to 180°C. Line the base of a 23cm (9in) cake tin with baking parchment. Finely crush the biscuits in a food processor. Melt the butter and cinnamon and mix with the crumbs. Press firmly into the base of the tin and chill.
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Grate the zest of half an orange and place in a food processor with the cream cheese, eggs, sugar, cream and sherry. Whizz until smooth then mix in the Christmas pudding. Add the cream cheese mixture on top of the biscuit base and bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
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While the cheesecake is baking, use a zester to pare away the remaining orange peel (or use a potato peeler, peel off strips of rind and shred finely). Place in a small saucepan with 4tbsp water and the granulated sugar, boil for 5 minutes until syrupy and then allow to cool.
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Turn off the oven and open the door. Leave the cheesecake in the oven for 20 minutes, then remove. Once cooled, remove from the tin and decorate with the strips of caramelised orange peel and flakes of edible gold leaf.
Sainsbury’s have devised this recipe to help to use your odds and ends and create a dish that is perfect for sharing.
STEPNEY HILL FARM GOES WHOLE HOG FOR CHRISTMAS It’s full steam ahead for local butchers, Stepney Hill Farm, who have just launched a deli and sandwich bar at their Ramshill Butchers in Scarborough. Locals can call in or call up (01723 373443) from 8am for breakfast orders or pop in to grab freshly made sandwiches, with produce straight from the farm. Home made cakes, scones, cheese cakes and quiches are just some of the treats on offer for passers by. Both branches of the local butchers, who pride themselves on quality and service, are now taking Christmas bookings. Meats available include Free range and herb fed turkey’s, goose, duck and chicken.
For punters looking to make their Christmas feasts a success, other cuts of meat will be the icing on the cake: Award winning sausages, pigs in blankets, dry cured bacon, gammon, pork, prime aged ribs of beef, Swaledale lamb legs and four week matured sirloin steaks. The main butchers at Stepney Hill Farm is open seven days a week, while ordering, customers can call into the tearooms for a bite to eat and enjoy the views from the valley. Call Stepney hill farm to book a table in the tea rooms or to place your Christmas order on 01723373443.
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Riding a wheel of good fortune Words and picture by Mike Tyas
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These upcoming networking events will keep you in the loop. FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH CHAMBER MEETING, Boyes, Queen Street, Scarborough, 6pm. Visit www.scarboroughchamber.org.uk or email info@scarboroughchamber.org.uk EVERY TUESDAY Yorkshire Coast Networking, Crescent Hotel, 1-2 Belvoir Terrace, Scarborough, 7am. Visit www. yorkshirecoastnetworking.co.uk EVERY THURSDAY DROP IN FOR BUSINESS BREAKFAST, Seasons Cafe at The Heritage Landscape Centre, Gibson Lane, Melton, 7am.
IF Ged Wilcock was a cyclist, he probably would have done a wheelie by now! Unfortunately, Ged, who along with wife Barbara and son Andrew run The Croft bed and breakfast on Queens Parade are not cyclists, but after the news the Tour de Yorkshire will again visit the town, they are definitely fans of the sport. ‘It’s great we’ve got the Tour again,’ said Ged, not only speaking on behalf of his own business which he has run for 11 years, but also as secretary of the Scarborough Hospitality Association which represents the interests of around 120 accommodation providers. After Scarborough was again named as a host, all eyes are now focused on which stage the town will host on one of the three days prior to the May Day Bank Holiday. The announcement for the third edition was due to be made in Bradford as The Review went to press. Keeping his fingers crossed, Ged added: ‘We hope Scarborough gets the finish again on the final day – that would be the icing on the cake.’ But whatever stage is chosen for Scarborough, its return is another huge shot in the arm for the tourist and hotel trade after the success of the past two years, and particularly earlier this year when an estimated crowd of 30,000 watched the sprint finish on the embankment above Royal Albert’s Drive on the North Bay. Certainly, there were loud cheers ringing around the borough when Scarborough was named as one of six venues, along with neighbours Bridlington, that will host either a start or a stage finish. Sheffield (Fox Valley), Bradford, Harrogate and Tadcaster are the other venues named from a starting list of 15 towns and cities across Yorkshire who
competed to host the event. ‘After the news was released, the feedback from our members, particularly on the North Bay, was very positive,’ said Ged. ‘People are very happy’. The race will visit on the first bank holiday in May, a perfect time Ged said as that holiday is a time when accommodation providers can struggle to put up no vacancies signs. He said: ‘People go away for Easter and for the second bank holiday in May but not so much the first one. ‘But now we’ll be very disappointed if all our six rooms are not booked – that means rather than having eight or nine for breakfast we hope to serve 15 or 16.’ Ged’s wife Barbara echoed her husband’s sentiments: ‘We’re absolutely thrilled the Tour is coming back. We hope it returns year after year.’ Their business has certainly enjoyed the feel-good factor sparked by cycling’s journey through the county, initially sparked by the amazing support given to the Tour de France in 2014 followed by the Tour de Yorkshire’s first visit to Scarborough last year. Ged said: ‘The coverage on TV has been absolutely fantastic for Scarborough – all credit to ITV 4 for showing off Yorkshire and particularly this area. It’s been great advertising for us.’ The race was shown earlier this year in 178 countries. Businesses in town have enjoyed an influx of cyclists and cycling clubs staying in their accommodation with serious amateur riders coming to stay after copying their heroes by sampling the final stage route for themselves. ‘The final leg of the Tour de Yorkshire this year was called ‘the beast’ with so many hill climbs,’ said Ged. ‘It was a real hard test attracting serious cyclists in the race and the people who follow the serious riders, either
On yer bike . . . Ged, with wife Barbara and son Andrew, celebrate the Tour’s return as fans or cyclists themselves.’ So many cyclists were now visiting that some providers had built bike sheds, an idea Ged was considering at The Croft for next year. Figures released earlier this year from Scarborough Council and Welcome to Yorkshire suggested the race had injected £1m into the town’s economy. • Scarborough Council have voted through plans to pay £150,000 in fees to pay for the race to visit the town, at a meeting of the full council, despite objections the cash could be better spent elsewhere.
Visit www.dropinforbusiness.org.uk or call 01482 339311. EVERY FRIDAY NETWORK NORTH. The Crescent Hotel, Scarborough, YO11 2PP. 7.15am – 9 am. Visit www.networknorth.org.uk 1st December BIZMUMS MEET UP – This months theme is Growth & Expansion so there will be a short talk on this topic. Mega Fun – Jack in the Box Experience, Annie Reed Road, Beverly, HU17 0WA. First visit is free, returning guests pay £6. 10.30am – 12pm. Visit www.bizmums.biz/beverley or email stacy@bizmums.biz 14th December THE BUSINESS NETWORK, The Hallmark Hotel, Ferriby High Rd, North Ferriby, HU14 3LG. A unique business networking lunch format. £34.95 for non members. Visit www.business-network-hull.co.uk
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Visitors can leave baggage with Bryan Words and photo by Dave Barry A useful service for people who visit Scarborough by public transport has just been launched. Left Luggage, near the railway station, is where people can leave suitcases and bags for a few hours. It is particularly aimed at those who have arrived too early to check in to accommodation and for others who have checked out but have a few hours to wait for their train or coach. It costs £4 or £5 per item, depending on the size, per day. Similar services in Leeds and York cost £8 a day, according to Bryan Thomas, who runs the new venture. After 14 years in the fundraising department of a local charity, Bryan was made redundant in February. He spent the summer working as a driver for the Central Tramway next to the Grand Hotel. “It’s the only privately owned tram in
the country”, says Bryan, who quickly noticed that many tourists and locals were dragging suitcases and other baggage around, for lack of somewhere secure to store them. Bryan says the railway station has never had a left-luggage kiosk or even lockers. Network Rail and TransPennine are being very supportive as Left Luggage is a complementary service. Network Rail have promised to promote Left Luggage in the next edition of their quarterly magazine Insight. Bryan was in the army for nearly 11 years before becoming a firearms officer and police-dog handler. For four years, he ran a facility at Oliver’s Mount motorcycle races for bikers to leave helmets and change out of leathers. He is offering a similar service at Left Luggage. Left Luggage is at 4 Station Shops, opposite Westborough Methodist Church. It is open from Friday to Monday until the end of February, when it will be open daily.
Bryan Thomas of Left Luggage (to order photos ring 353597)
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Hard work pays off for Becky weighing up a delighted best friends golden future Words and pictures by Mike Tyas TWO best friends share a hot chocolate – and soon they aim to share an overseas trip with a difference. Rosie Boyes and Lydia Crampton, both 14, enjoyed their cuppas during a coffee The girls attract morning that support for the coffee Rosie organised at morning St Mark’s Church Hall, Newby to raise funds for an expedition to south India in July 2018. The year ten pupils are two of more than 20 from Scalby School who are taking part in World Challenge 2018 – an educational programme that aims to give schoolchildren life-changing experiences by showing them what life is like in developing countries. But first the pupils must raise £2,600 each over the next 18 months to pay for the trip. Rosie had already been selling buns and cakes at her local church for six months, including at the toddlers group, before organising the coffee morning and inviting Lydia to run a stall. And their hard work paid off. ‘Rosie raised £452 – she was delighted with the amount and would like to thank everybody who supported the event,’ said proud mum Claire who, along with Rosie’s sister Abi, 17, had been busy all week preparing for the coffee morning making delicious sweet treats and home baking. For the last month, the family had been busy drawing and painting pictures which were also for sale while Rosie’s aunt made a colourful quilt that was first prize in a raffle. Claire added: ‘Rosie has had so much support from the church. Everybody has been behind her.’ Lydia’s stall had a Christmas theme, selling homemade jams, pickles, mincemeat, cards and decorations. She was helped by mum
Louise and nan Dorothy Champkin. The stall raised £120. The best friends are working on plans for more fundraising, including a possible bag pack at a local supermarket and a sponsored run. The two-week expedition is at the end of July 2018, about a month after the girls complete their GCSE exams. Pupils and staff from Scalby School have taken part in World Challenge before. Before they jet off this time, they will be involved in designing and planning their expedition and learn skills about money management, taking responsibility and decision making. The pupils will be involved in helping build schools for local children who otherwise have no access to education. • Rosie also had an unexpected shock during the coffee morning as she was interviewed live on BBC Radio York’s popular Saturday morning ‘Finders Keepers’ programme.
A small medical device with the potential to save lives has been presented to the Street in Scarborough. A £1,500 defibrillator has been bought for the community centre by local charity Ourco. In certain circumstances, trained personnel can use it to deliver a therapeutic dose of electric current, often called a countershock, to the heart. “We were selling books for 50p but then Vronny stepped in”, says Becky Blake, who runs the Filling Station café at the Street. Street chief executive Mel Bonney-Kane said: “We have used the book money for extra firstaid training. “It is a fantastic resource to have in the community”, Mel added. “We have only used it for training so far”. The Street is run by Coast & Vale Community Action. It is a community hub offering youth services, workspace and other facilities.
out. Becky’s got that.’ So impressed is the coach that he’s in no doubt that had the 38-year-old taken up the sport at a younger age she could really have hit the big time.
Becky Martin only took up the sport six months ago but has made such rapid strides that she has already lifted the qualifying weight to win a place at next summer’s European Masters Championships. The Scarborough Weightlifting Club member lifted the qualifying standard in only her second competitive event, the Northern Masters Championships at Ellesmere Port, when she competed in the Masters’ 35-40 years group category. ‘I was very pleased with Becky,’ said her coach Dan Brownbridge, who owns and runs the club out of Barons gym at Scarborough Rugby Club. ‘She went to the competition to hit targets and that’s exactly what she did.’ Becky’s lifts of 47k in the snatch and 60k in the clean and jerk were so impressive that she surpassed the qualification standards to compete in the World Masters Championships in Auckland next April. The cost of competing there will mean Becky has for the time being set her sights on the British Masters in March, followed by the Europeans in Halmstad, Sweden, but her coach is confident that next year she will be standing on a podium somewhere. Said Dan: ‘We aim for Becky to medal at the British Masters Championships and, depending on the competition of course, she can get gold.’
He said: ‘If Becky had started earlier in life there’s no shadow of a doubt that she would have been good enough to compete in the Olympics.’ That may be heady talk but the coach is confident Becky has the temperament to still go a long way in the sport. He said: ‘Becky’s a quiet personality in the gym, but if you tell her to do something, she will give it a go and give 100% ‘She is still a newcomer; her technique is only about 50% of where it can be, but it shows how far Becky has come that already she has lifted the numbers she has.’ Although showing her mettle in her age group, Becky’s coach is setting ambitious targets so with the competition experience over the next 12 months she will be able to push on and make an impression in open-age group competition. He said: ‘Becky has done fantastically well in her age group but we’re aiming for her to hit the standards in senior competition. ‘She can do that.’ Becky, daughter of Scarborough mayor and mayoress Simon and Val Green, is the manager of the Stained Glass Centre at Killerby.
The pair only met earlier this year but the coach soon recognised Becky had what it takes to make the sport sit up and take notice. He said: ‘Becky is strong, fast and powerful but she’s got that real mental toughness to succeed. That is so necessary in elite sport and particularly in this one.’ At the start of her training programme, Becky was in the gym four days a week but that’s already been pushed to lifting the weights every day.
Rosie, right, and Lydia enjoyed a well-earned cuppa
The Street gets a shocking gift Words and photo by Dave Barry
Words and pictures by Mike Tyas WHEN push comes to shove there’s no holding a Scarborough weightlifter.
Ourco, which is short for Our Community, is a registered charity raising money for people in the Scarborough, Filey and Whitby area. Since it was set up in April 2015, about £26,000 has been given away. Ourco is based at the old Evening News office in Aberdeen Walk but will move to new premises in Northway in the new year. Donations of clothes, etc, are welcome.
L-R, Mel Bonney-Kane and Becky Blake of the Street accept the defibrillator from Vronny Thorpe of Ourco (to order photos ring 353597)
‘She has that drive and commitment,’ said Dan. ‘You don’t know if people have that until after a period of time has passed. ‘Some people stick with it a couple of weeks but to succeed you need the ability to stick with it, week in, week out, month in, month
Becky in action watched closely by coach Dan
Lights sparkle to remember loved ones by Mike Tyas
CHURCH services in Scarborough and Filey as part of Saint Catherine’s Hospice annual Light up a Life appeal are being held in early December. Filey Methodist Church on Station Avenue will host a service on Monday 5th, from 6pm, with a similar event for the first time being held at Queen Street Methodist Church in Scarborough, on Thursday 8th, also from 6pm. The services help people remember someone close at Christmas while also raising funds for the hospice. Fund-raising packs have been sent out that contained two cardboard Christmas baubles, which have space to write personal remembrance messages. The baubles can be taken to a service for a blessing and will
be displayed in the hospice’s chapel after 14 December. Other services are being held at Norton, Bridlington and Whitby. Each service will be led by Christine Herbert, Saint Catherine’s Hospice spiritual co-ordinator, a tree of lights will be lit and candles will be handed for people to pause and remember their loved ones. Refreshments will also be provided. ‘The act of blessing the Light up a Life Christmas tree and baubles this year will give everyone a chance to share a special moment of remembrance,’ said Debbie Kay, hospice fundraiser. A Light up a Life Christmas tree will sparkle brightly at the hospice on Throxenby Lane from the start of December and through to 6 January. Each light will signify the life of someone special.
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SMArt school scoops top science prize By Krystal Starkey WYKEHAM Primary School has won the 2016 Rolls-Royce Science Prize for its innovative project that ignited children’s natural curiosity about the world around them. The primary school was chosen out of over 2000 entries and celebrated at the annual awards event which took place at the Science Museum in London. Rolls-Royce Group President Colin Smith, who hosted the event, said: “My congratulations go to Wykeham… enthusing and educating children about science is so important to our future and meeting some of the great teachers who do that every day is both inspiring and humbling.” Wykeham’s Science through Multisensory Art
(SMArt) project enabled children to develop their knowledge of scientific concepts by exploring their understanding through a range of multisensory arts experiences. This included working with the Stephen Joseph Theatre to create a shadow theatre nativity and devising and staging their own fashion show about the human body. “Combining creativity and practical handson exercises really works. Our pupils have retained their understanding of science subjects gained from the various experiences,” said teacher Rowena Thorp. She added: “Winning the Rolls-Royce Science Prize crowns a fantastic year, in which everyone – pupils, parents and staff – have all been engaged, entertained and educated.”
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Church launches £60,000 appeal for repairs by Dave Barry ONE of Scarborough’s most popular churches is showing its age and needs some TLC. £60,000 worth of TLC, to be precise. Queen Street Central Hall has just launched an appeal to raise the money. The church, built in 1923, replaced one which had been burnt down at the same time as the neighbouring Boyes store (see story on page 19) Although the building is generally in good order, it is 93 years old and doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny. Many of the nails holding slates on the roof are rotten. The roof has been damaged in high winds and needs replacing. In addition, large parts of the external walls need repointing. The building is used seven days a week for Sunday morning and evening services, the Boys Brigade, the Girls Brigade, the Queen Street Players, Singing for Fun, the Friendship Club, Slimming World, art groups,
Messy Church, U3A, exercise classes and Splat messy play, among others. The main hall has marvellous acoustics which are appreciated by the many organisations which use it for concerts, including Scarborough Symphony Orchestra. The Royal School of Music uses the piano and organ for exams. Friarage School holds harvest and Christmas services at the church. “It is always a joy to have so many children and their parents sharing the festivities with us”, says the church’s property manager, Peter Evans. “It is a community church, serving those in and around Castle ward,” Mr Evans adds. “But our doors are open to all who wish to share in any of our activities. We firmly believe we can make a difference in our locality by using our building. The church is on the fundraising trail, looking for grants, sponsors and friends who would be willing to support it financially. n Donations can be made via the church website, www.queenstreet.org.uk, and cheques can be left at the church.
Scarborough runner to compete for England By Krystal Starkey
Proud winners of the Rolls-Royce Science prize
Tales from the cooler water By Steve Crawford AS December begins, it's almost impossible not to start thinking ahead to Christmas. There is often so much planning and buying to do that it can seem daunting. So spare a thought for us poor surfers whose only concern is "Will there be waves on Christmas day?". It's long been a tradition for Scarborough surfers to dodge the mince pies (and washing up) by sneaking out for a quick surf. If surfing on Christmas day seems ridiculous to you don't worry, wetsuits are warm and we are avoiding some of the artery hardening gloop you folks are ingesting whilst we are out keeping fit. On to a more serious note, Christmas is a terrible time for the environment. Between more deliveries, excess food purchasing and general packaging problems - we throw away enough wrapping paper to gift wrap the island of Jersey. However, one of the main issues is Christmas Day itself - in short it's the dinner. Confused? On Christmas day people ditch about 15,000,000 cups of fat down their sinks during the course of the day. The fat congeals then blocks up the water system, meaning that sewage overflows are much more likely - last Christmas Day and Boxing Day, pipes in Scarborough discharged more than 80 separate times. The environment, the sea and us poor surfers bear the brunt of this waste. So the real message here is enjoy Christmas, but don't just be a consumer - simply buy what you need and waste as little as possible. If you are as smart as me, you'll enjoy a vegan
Christmas and sidestep many of the negative issues of Christmas straight away. If you have any money left, I recommend you spend it on SAS Christmas raffle tickets. They are for on sale from my shop at the Spa or online at www.sas.org.uk. Lots of prizes, good cause - simple as that. Merry Xmas and see you in the surf.
ONE of Scarborough’s top distance runners has been chosen to represent England for a national competition. Philip Markham, who runs for Scarborough Athletic Club will run in the forthcoming Masters marathon. The runner received his confirmation after what was an unusual under-par performance at the Yorkshire Marathon earlier this year. Philip said: "I'd come off the back of a fast London Marathon where I knocked nine minutes off my personal best; I was aiming for a similar result and knowing UK Athletics were at the race and were picking for the 2017 team, I decided to pace myself for a qualifying time." Sadly for Philip, it went horribly wrong at mile 15 when he pulled up with a niggling injury. "My knee was suffering after halfway point but I decided to push on," said Philip "but couldn't hold the pace to the end. It was my third marathon and I've only been running seriously for four years so thought I may as well give it my best shot.” Thankfully UK athletics took his London Marathon time and his recent TeesPride 10k personal best into consideration and
picked him. "I still can't believe it," said Philip "I can hardly believe that I'll be representing my country. It's the sort of thing you hope for but never expect will actually happen.” Philip's next major race will be to compete in next year’s London marathon in 2017 while waiting to hear which city in Europe will be chosen to hold the Masters marathon.
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Local radio DJ walks in memory of mum By Krystal Starkey
Radio Scarborough DJ, Mark Sinclair with super Abba fan, Clive Roe. Credit: John Margetts
Mark Sinclair of Radio Scarborough walked from Bridlington to Scarborough in memory of his mum, hitting his fundraising target of £225. Mark's mum passed away in 2008 from heart problems, Mark hoped to raise vital funds for the British Heart Foundation in her memory. Scarborough's biggest Abba fan, Clive Roe, was on the starting line to cheer Mark on for the first mile while listening to Abba tracks. People can still donate on Mark's Just Giving page: n www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ Mark-Sinclair16
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Santa comes early to Poppy woman ‘humbled’ raise Christmas cash by generous Scarborough Words and picture by Mike Tyas
Words and picture by Mike Tyas ALMOST as traditional as Christmas itself, The Rotary Club of Scarborough is shortly to host their annual fundraising collection. Santa has told us he will fit in time during his busy festive schedule to be at the top of Westborough near to Alma Square between 9am to 5pm daily from Monday 12th to 23rd December to offer a warm Christmas greeting to town centre shoppers. Unfortunately, he has to stop 48 hours before the big day – but he has of a course a good excuse. He has to get ready for his long journey to deliver the presents to all the good boys and girls around the world! The Rotary Club are asking all who see Santa to say ‘hello’ and, if they can, give a donation that will go to local good causes. The Rotary Club of Scarborough, whose motto is ‘Service above Self, annually raise thousands of pounds for good causes – it is estimated more than £100,000 has been distributed in more than 50 years that the collection has been held. Following Santa’s help, local organisations will be presented with their cash gifts by the mayor and mayoress in the New Year. Don Graham, Rotary Club of Scarborough President, said: ‘The generosity of Scarborough shoppers during the lead up to Christmas never ceases to amaze us and makes our endeavours all the more rewarding. ‘We hope to see as many people as possible and it warms our hearts, particularly on some pretty cold days, when children of all ages see Santa and help us to raise some money for really worthy community-based
Ho! Ho! Ho! – Santa and his helpers start the collection early, from left: Kevin Makepeace, Rotary member; Val Green, Scarborough mayoress; Don Graham, Scarborough Rotary Club President; Cllr Simon Green, Scarborough mayor and Rotary member; Howard Hunter, Rotary member; John Armistead, Rotary member and treasurer. organisations’. Santa’s tree, which is funded by the club, is planted by Scarborough Council who allow the site at Alma Square to be used. Santa’s sleigh is, of course, delivered by his reindeers, with a little help from Boyes.
News in Brief TWO popular choirs are giving Christmas shows at village halls tonight (Fri 2 Dec), at 7.30pm. The Staxton Singers top the bill in East Ayton; tickets cost £6 and can be bought at the Bridge library or booked by ringing 862170. The choir can also be seen at St Peter’s Church in Willerby (7.30pm 16 Dec) and Hackness Grange Hotel (3pm 20 Dec). No prizes for guessing where the 40-voice Hackness Ladies Choir can be seen. Admission costs £5. A record fair will be held at Queen Street Methodist Church on Saturday 17 December, from 10am-3pm. It’s being organised by Rob Cross of Revolutions Music (RM), who deals in collectable, esoteric and old vinyl records, plus rock, punk, indie, reggae, folk and soul. RM, in the Market Vaults, sells CDs, DVDs and books. Dealers and traders who would
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like a table at the fair should leave a message on RM’s Facebook page or send an email to revolutionsmusic@btinternet.com. The Friends of Dean Road and Manor Road Cemetery are holding a Dickensian market on Saturday 17 December, from 10am until noon, at St Columba's church hall in Dean Road. There will be 16 quality craft stalls, a tombola, refreshments and children's activities. The event is raising funds for the project to restore Dean Road chapel. Admission is free. The Rotary Club of Scarborough’s carol and toy service will be held at the Salvation Army Citadel on Sunday 11 December, at 6pm. People are being invited to take an unwrapped toy to be distributed to local under-privileged children.
Trees Are Good For Us! By Sheila Johnson
It has been the most beautiful Autumn I can remember for a long time. The summer has been with us well into late October and early November and the result has been spectacular seasonal colour which is still hanging on! One of the most popular questions the Going To Pot Team are asked is suggestions for trees which would suit small gardens. As always, there are many different answers depending on your garden soil, the local weather
conditions and your own particular taste. If you are looking for spring blossom look no further than an ornamental cherry or a crab apple. Amelanchier, the snowy mespilus , will give you lovely Spring flowers and the added bonus of really good Autumn colour. Provided your garden is not situated in a windy spot an acer , or maple, would be a great addition. The Muck and Magic garden has two favourite trees and, it's hard to decide which takes top billing. Cercidiphyllum, or Katsura,
‘I’VE been humbled by the generosity of the people of Scarborough.’ Those moving words were spoken by Beryl Anderson, who is stepping down after a decade as co-ordinator of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in town. As The Review went to press, Beryl and her army of volunteers were adding up the totals following this year’s collection, taken from more than 700 tins and boxes that were distributed for the official two-week period of remembrance from 29 October to 13 November. When the process is over, Beryl’s main task as co-ordinator during the Poppy Appeal year – and certainly her busiest time, from the start of October, through Remembrance weekend and until the start of December – will be over. Not that the former armed forces’ primary school teacher will be going far. Indeed, until the end of the next Poppy Appeal year – September 30, 2017, she will be keeping a keen eye on how her successor is learning the job. The first year Beryl was in charge, the Poppy Appeal in Scarborough raised £35,000. Last year that figure had swollen to £75,000, boosting the total raised during Beryl’s time as co-ordinator to an estimated £500,000£600,000, a figure she said reflected the kindheartiness of Scarborough people and their affection for those who serve in the armed forces. She said: ‘I’m very humbled by the people of Scarborough and what they have given to the appeal over the years. ‘They have been so very generous to our charity. We know there are a lot of charities but people of this town have never forgotten the Poppy Appeal. ‘Year after year people support the appeal whether it’s through our collections on the streets, or wherever they see the Poppy Appeal advertised. ‘It makes me proud to be a Scarborian.’ Talking of pride, Beryl is just as proud of the team of volunteers, many of whom have worked loyally alongside her over the years. ‘The appeal has been a success in Scarborough only because of the support the helpers have given me – they are superb,’ said Beryl, citing many examples, including the help the appeal receives each year from the cadets at the Military Preparation unit on Coldyhill Lane – but one memory in particular stands out for her. She remembers three veterans who, year after year, rattled the collection tins around the town centre. She said: ‘The veterans were in their 90s. They used to be here at 8.30 in the morning ready to go. ‘We walked them to their locations, got them
is a small tree which has bronze foliage at bud burst in spring. Throughout the summer the leaves turn dappled green but it's the Autumn that provides the spectacle. Leaves turn golden yellow and give off a scent of burnt sugar when you get close by. The other favourite is our birch tree. It's not particularly statuesque when placed next to the oaks and the chestnuts but it holds it on in the small garden with its spring catkins, light green leaves and wonderful white bark. Whatever your choice of tree now is the perfect time to start planting. Dig deeply and prepare the soil well with plenty of compost
Beryl with her ‘superb’ volunteers settled – but they never went inside, even in really bad weather. ‘They were adamant they would not go inside for shelter. They said they hadn’t while they were in service, and nothing was going to make them change – that is the calibre of people I have worked with. ‘It brings tears to your eyes.’ Beryl took on the role ten years ago with her husband John, a veteran with 24 years’ service worldwide in the REME, standing side by side. ‘I wouldn’t have done it without John’s support – he has been such a help,’ said Beryl. John, who sat listening to most of The Review’s interview, said his wife had been the right person for the job. ‘Dedicated,’ was the word he used to describe her. ‘She’s been the ideal candidate – she has the right personality for the job, a real people person. ‘People don’t say no to Beryl.’ Peter Parkinson, the chairman of the Legion’s Scarborough branch, said: ‘On behalf of the branch committee and myself, we would like to thank Beryl for her hard work over the past ten years. ‘We wish her all the very best for the future. We would like to assure her successor that she will get the same support from the committee that Beryl has received.’ All net Poppy Appeal income goes into the Royal British Legion Benevolent Fund, and is made available to beneficiaries according to need, regardless of where they live, and includes beneficiaries who qualify overseas. This year, The Royal British Legion asked the nation to Rethink Remembrance by recognising the sacrifices made not just by the armed forces of the past, but also by today’s generation.
if you can. Remember to stake and water well after planting. It may seem like hard work now but the rewards over the years will be well worth it. So, if you can, go and plant a tree. Harry Smith, Borough Engineer and the man who designed many of Scarboroughs masterpieces said on his retirement that he hoped everyone would plant a tree as it would be there for the next generation. We are benefitting from his forethought now and are all the better for it. Happy Gardening!
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Sunrise over the South Bay A porpoise for Christmas? Words by Dave Barry, photos by Stuart Baines SEVEN types of cetacean have been seen off the Yorkshire coast in the last year – some of them from Scarborough. The common species seen from Marine Drive almost every day is the harbour porpoise. But dolphins and whales have also been spotted from the seafont promenade. A cousin of the dolphin, the harbour porpoise is dark grey and 1.3-1.5m long. Its triangular dorsal fin is easy to see as it surfaces to breathe. Marine Drive is one of the best places in the UK to see them and the best time is between Christmas and April. “If you live in or visit Scarborough, you have a fantastic opportunity to see these exciting
Words by Dave Barry, Photo by Josh Sands Aspiring young photographer Josh Sands took this photo of a sunrise. That’s him standing on the sea-wall by the star-map at the former outdoor swimming pool on the south side of Scarborough. He took it on his Sony A6000 camera with a 12mm lens. The shutter-speed was 0.4 secs, at an aperture of f13, iso 100. “I used a tripod, a 10-second timer plus a
remote so I could get away far enough to trigger the timer and get in to the shot”, explains Josh, who lives in Greenfield Road, off Ramshill. “I used a graduated neutral density filter to balance out the light in the scene”. Josh had been down to the same place several times, trying to get this picture but without getting it just how he wanted it. “However, that morning, at 7.25am, just after sunrise, everything came together nicely”. You can say that again Josh.
Churches come together to shape future Words and pictures by Mike Tyas ABOUT 100 delegates attended a conference at Scalby School organised by the Scarborough deanery of local Anglican churches. The theme was “Shaping up for Mission Challenge for our deanery”, and in particular the sharing of ways in which the Deanery can support mission and engage with communities within the Scarborough area. The Archdeacon of the East Riding, the Venerable Andy Broom, was the keynote speaker, sharing with the conference how churches can work together across the deanery. Venerable Broom spoke of proposed changes to how deaneries will develop within coming years and encouraged delegates to be bold and creative in making those changes work. Following the speech, delegates were invited to attend two of eight workshops which offered them opportunities to share ideas to take back to their churches. The workshops focused on subjects including how people can share their faith outside of church, how to answers tough questions about faith, modern communication techniques and
Delegates in the conference hall
encourage newcomers to explore Christianity on Alpha courses. The joy of worshipping together was wonderful,’ said Ros Brewer, the Lay Chair for the Scarborough Deanery. She added: ‘We would like to thank the music group that played during worship, especially the young children who played in public for the first time.
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Three harbour porpoise off Marine Drive
animals when you walk around Marine Drive during the festive period,” says Stuart Baines, an assistant regional coordinator for the Sea Watch Foundation (SWF) in Yorkshire. SWF is a national charity working hard to improve the conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and porpoises in British and Irish waters. It monitors numbers and locations of cetaceans around the UK through a network of over 1,000 observers. It aims to understand the health of our marine environment and the effects of chemical pollution, noise disturbance, over-fishing, accidental capture in fishing gear and climate change. SWF wants to involve the public in scientific monitoring and raise awareness and understanding of marine mammals and the threats they face. It relies on the public to provide details of cetacean sightings, which can be reported to Stuart via the Scarborough Porpoise pages on Facebook and Twitter, or emailed to stuart@baines1994.fsnet.co.uk.
2,000 runners aged 15-79 run 10km Words and photos by Dave Barry
TWO thousand people took part in the McCain Yorkshire Coast 10km road race and fun runs. The runners, many in fancy dress, ran from the Spa along the seafront to Peasholm, through the open-air theatre, up to Scalby Mills and back along the seafront to the finishing line at the Spa. The youngest was 15 and the oldest 79. First past the post – again - was Jay Ferns of Loftus & Whitby Athletic Club, with a time of 32 minutes and 57 seconds – two seconds faster than he took last year. The first local runner back was James Kraft of Scarborough Athletic Club (SAC), who came third, with a time of 33 minutes and 28 seconds. The first female to complete the course was Rhona Haslam of SAC, who was the first
local woman past the post last year. Her time was 39 minutes and 36 seconds. She was in 52nd place. SAC organised the event and fielded 90 runners - 49 women and 41 men. Hundreds of people took part in two shorter family fun runs, one 1.6km, the other 2.5km. The runs have been running for many years and are well established. The main one is so popular that it is always fully subscribed and limited to 2,000 entries. Lots of people travel from other areas to take part and watch. It was timed a bit later than usual this year to avoid being on the same weekend as the York Marathon. “It’s a great way to encourage beginners into running”, said a club spokesperson. n For a full list of runners, times, videos, etc, go to www.yorkshirecoast10k.co.uk.
Some of the 2,000 runners on Royal Albert Drive
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Filey in Bloom has a Fashion show raises £200 for charity golden celebration Words and photo by Dave Barry WHEN Filey won a gold medal at the Britain in Bloom finals, there was good reason to celebrate. A civic reception was held for volunteers, friends and supporters from across the town. They were joined by the borough council gardening team, led by Stuart Sadler, town councillors and staff. Marion Wright, who chairs Filey in Bloom, thanked everyone who had supported the year-long campaign. She said “a true community effort” had been recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) judges who visited the town in August. “Many individuals, groups and organisations played their part in this momentous achievement”, she said. “Filey in Bloom have represented Yorkshire in the national Britain in Bloom competition on
three previous occasions but this is the first time we have been awarded a prestigious gold medal”. Filey won the small coastal class with a gold medal when it entered Yorkshire in Bloom in 2015. As a result, the Yorkshire in Bloom committee asked Filey to represent Yorkshire at the national competition, organised by the RHS. Marion said the volunteers would now take a well-earned rest before getting back to work again in January and doing what they do best - making the town look beautiful and keeping Filey smiley. The reception, at the Concert Hall, was hosted by Filey in Bloom and the borough council. For details of Filey in Bloom events and activities, and to find out how you can help, visit the Filey in Bloom Facebook page or ring Marion on 07896 210698.
Words and photos by Dave Barry A FASHION show at the Stephen Joseph Theatre raised just over £200 for the Mayoress’s Community Fund (MCF). Model and MCF secretary Bonnie Purchon said the total was “very good as we had to pay for the drinks. “The SJT bistro were very good and provided the room and cake for us. The mayoress, Val Green, was in attendance”. The other models were Wendy Pulford and Barbara Sutcliffe. “We modelled some lovely winter coats, long and three quarters”, Bonnie said. Skirts, dresses and tops by Emreco, Gazia, H&O Classic, Oscar B and Finkella were provided by Jacqueline Charles Fashions in Trafalgar Square.
L-R, dresser Elaine Millard, models Barbara Sutcliffe, Bonnie Purchon and Wendy Pulford and dresser Ann Green at the fashion show
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Christmas fair fun at Barrowcliff Words and photo by Dave Barry HUNDREDS of people – and a dog - attended a Christmas fair at Wreyfield Drive Methodist Church in Barrowcliff. The pooch was the mascot of Scarborough Disability Action Group (DAG), which ran the event. Buddy is a partly trained hearing assistance dog who alerts people to the sound of doorbells, fire alarms, etc. There was plenty of fun for everyone, with many activities, stalls, music and dance. The Twilight Productions Choir gave a performance. A craft fair with 30 tables was run by local creatives who sold an eclectic mix of handmade gifts and cards. Father Christmas strolled around, distributing presents to children. Part of Radio York’s Finders Keepers programme was broadcast live from the fair and DAG gave out a clue live on air. The fair was opened by Barry Robinson of
Vale Radio. DAG manager Tim Vasey thanked all the volunteers who helped out and said: “It was a great day and I am pleased so many people supported the event. With the support of local people, we raised £500”. DAG is a voluntary organisation which aims to help and support disabled people.
Santa, aka DAG publicity officer Ian Whitfield, with chair Lissy Chambers, DAG mascot Buddy and manager Tim Vasey (to order photos ring 353597)
By Krystal Starkey ON 7 December Scarborough Art Society will hold its last meeting of the year when there will be a Critique and Appraisal Session. This will be by Wendy Tate who is a local painter, printer, ceramicist and photographer. The sessions are described as an encouraging and positive atmosphere. Members and guests
are asked to bring along one or two samples of work in any shape or form – they need not be in a finished state. The venue is Queen Street Methodist Church and the fun starts at 7pm. Visitors pay £3 per head. Refreshments provided. n Visit www.scarboroughartsociety.co.uk for more information
The next MCF fundraiser is a Christmas fayre at the town hall on 15 December, from 4-7pm. The Mayoress’s Community Fund shares the money it raises between charities and organisations in the borough of Scarborough, at the end of each mayoral year. An application form can be found on the council website. It does not donate to profitmaking organisations, churches, schools and national charities, except when the local branch finances and manages its branch.
Bonnie Purchon on the catwalk (to order photos ring 353597)
Film society offers dystopia and delusions by Dave Barry
AN absurdist dystopian comedy-drama will be screened by Scarborough Film Society at the library tonight (2 Dec). In The Lobster, single people must find a mate within 45 days or be transformed into an animal of their choice. In the society’s next offering, a wealthy woman who can’t sing but likes singing is humoured by her husband and friends. The problem begins when she decides to perform in front of a real audience. Marguerite, set in Paris in the 1920s, can be
Catherine Frot in Marguerite
seen on 16 December. The society’s season continues with Anomalisa (6 Jan), Mia Madre (20 Jan), A Walk in the Woods (3 Feb), Rams (17 Feb), Carol (3 Mar), Mustang (17 Mar), The Brand New Testament (7 Apr), Our Little Sister (21 Apr), Macbeth (5 May) and Victoria (19 May). Films start at 7.30pm. It costs £5 per film or £30 for any eight. English-speaking films can be shown with subtitles when available, upon request, on the society’s new equipment.
Rachel Weisz in The Lobster
Veteran DJs get together by Dave Barry
Art Society’s last meeting of 2016
Val Baxter, who usually models at the show, had to give it a miss as she had just had a knee replaced. The dressers were Elaine Millard and Ann Green.
A BAND of veteran DJs is getting together as the Legends of the Discotheques. Instead of just sitting around, lamenting the good old days, they are going to do what they always did best – play music. Paul Murray, Ron Wilkey, Dave Marshall, Cliff Miller, Alan Blaque and Terry Fishburn will relive their pasts at the Roscoe Rooms on Wednesday 28 December, from 7.30pm until late. Admission will cost £3.
There will be a raffle and all proceeds will be split evenly between the local Mencap group and Ellie's Fund.
L-R: Ron Wilkey, Dave Marshall, Cliff Miller, Alan Blaque and Paul Murray
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Pearson & Hutch booked for SJT by Dave Barry
LUKE PEARSON and Jesse Hutchinson are promising a fantastic night of acoustic music at the Stephen Joseph Theatre on 30 December, at 8pm. Jesse, a former winner of the Yorkshire coast award for best solo act and a guest at several SJT music nights, will bring his 20 years’ experience as a passionate and high-energy guitarist and singer to back Luke’s soulful vocals. Luke says: “I enjoy a bit of warbling and I’ve been lucky enough to have kept it up for the last 15 years with various outfits around these parts, trying to do justice to the music and musicians I hold dear, from soul to folk and all stops in between, from Marriott to Marley
Luke Pearson and Jesse Hutchinson and Coltrane to Hank Williams. “I love them all and it’s all about doing the tunes justice while trying to sprinkle a wee bit of original music in there. I hope you notice!” Tickets cost £7.
Scarborough’s Top of Town Traders presents a special late night shopping event and festivities on Wednesday 14 December A GROUP of independent businesses from Upper Victoria Road and Hanover Road, known as the Top of Town Traders, has organised a Christmas late night shopping event. It hopes to raise the profile of the fantastic area which boasts over 50 independent businesses and to raise money for two local charities, St Catherine’s Hospice and the Scarborough Hospital League of Friends. Shoppers can take advantage of ‘one night only’ discounts and take part in fun quizzes with prizes in stores. Stephen Joseph Theatre will be joining the fun-filled event by adding the mysterious ‘shenanigans’. One trader said: “Although historically this end of town has always been recognised as a key shopping area more recently it has grown
in popularity due to the wide and vibrant range of independent businesses. The time feels right to remind people of what we have and showcase all that is great about independent shops, eateries and businesses. “Although it’s the first time we have got together we can’t wait to give our customers a real ‘cracker’ of a night.” Announcements on who will be there and what will be happening on the night will keep appearing on the TOTTS Facebook page. The event will run from 4.30pm 8.30pm on Wednesday 14 December.
Band ready for two concerts by Dave Barry SCARBOROUGH Concert Band has been rehearsing for two Christmas concerts. The first, at St Columba’s Church on Sunday 4 December, is in memory of Rev Stephen Drury, the church’s priest, who died in September. Tickets cost £6 including refreshments.
‘King Regis’ returns to sci-fi convention by Dave Barry
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The proceeds will go to cancer research. The second performance is at St Andrew’s Church on Sunday 18 December. No charge will be made for admission but a collection will be taken for a charity nominated by the church. Both concerts are due to begin at 2.30pm.
November holds remembrance Poem by Patrick Henry
Sharp sounds punch the air at this shore town, Gulls scatter fast as grey clouds had cleared at dawn. A day bright as hope, broke keenly as tense faithful hearts, Of those bearing loss, now hearing grave words. And bugle tones: marking time of young lives given, To free our own years, through those early fallen. As red leaves drop from trees behind chilled seafronts, Winds sweep and tustle aside their swift fated ends. Cadets march past to hail brave acts made before their time. Those who remember: trust harsh calls won’t come again. Silence kept two minutes: holds an eerie calm, Splashed waves sounding distant: might usher in. A sense how the sea means food, trade, work brought in: And guards our shores long past the last invasion. To stress how quietness scarce comes our modern way. Down the shore, and in church pews: still persons pray: Not all to heaven: most scorn at blank sky up there, But to clear thoughts: as one might start a letter. Far from broadcast clamours that cram dense air. Intent to shape hard words, set down in care.
JON CAMPLING, who plays King Regis in the epic Final Fantasy franchise, returns to Sci-Fi Scarborough next year. He will run wand-battle workshops and give readings of the first chapter of The Philosopher’s Stone, JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter novel. Jon left his home town of Hull and his job at an aircraft factory to chase his acting dream in 1989. After three years at drama school in Birmingham, he emerged as a trained actor and began a long career which has taken him all over the world. He moved to London in 1994 and spent several years in fringe theatre, originally playing good guys and romantic leads. But he quickly realised he was better at playing bad guys. After an image makeover, Jon was cast by director David Yates as the train-stopping Deatheater in the seventh Harry Potter film, The Deathly Hallows. He has been in commercials for Specsavers, Ted Baker, Ford and Leerdammer, among others. Sci-Fi Scarborough 2015 was Jon’s first convention. At next year’s, he will run a wand-battle workshop for 15 people each day. Places cost £15 and can be booked by emailing enquiries@scifiscarborough.co.uk. The sci-fi convention is back for its fourth year at the Spa on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9
April. It will feature “a magical mix of amazing guests, authors, movie and TV props, console, retro and table top gaming, comic book artists, indie films, a Cosplay competition, panels, software developers, geek pub quiz, live music, collectible traders and a Saturday night party”, according to the promoters. Other guests include Julian Glover, Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Gareth David-Lloyd, Garrick Hagon, Tim Rose and Andrew LeePotts. Tickets cost £15 per day (students £10, under-12s £5) or £25 for the weekend (under fives free).
In search of a pleasant and relaxed man in his 50s by Dave Barry WANTED: a man in his 50s, or thereabouts, pleasant and relaxed, must be a strong actor capable of playing comedy. The Sit-Vac has been issued by Scarborough’s oldest drama group, whose next production will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Phoenix Drama will perform Beyond a Joke by Derek Benfield next June. It is an improbable comedy concerning six fatalities in a country house. They look like accidents but are they really? Besides a leading man, the company is also looking for people to work behind the scenes. Anyone with a flair for compiling programmes and posters, or who can help construct and painting scenery, would be welcome. The amateur troupe meets regularly at its rooms in West Street, where productions are rehearsed and planned in a friendly, encouraging atmosphere. “We have a lot of fun!” says publicist Jan Brittain. “Some of our members have been with us for many years but we always welcome anyone new to drama and enjoy encouraging younger members”. Phoenix Drama was formed in 1947 out of the ashes of various am-drams, including church groups. After many one-act plays, the performing bug took over and a full-length play was produced. During the 1950 and 1960s, two or three plays a year were performed at either the
The cast of a recent Phoenix Drama production
Floral Hall or the Library Theatre in Vernon Road. Later, Phoenix performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, when it was at Westwood, and now use the YMCA theatre in St Thomas Street. Phoenix Drama is a friendly group of likeminded people who enjoy meeting to put on various types of play to entertain audiences. Members work together to produce highquality performances at the YMCA each summer. They have tackled many classics such as Pride and Prejudice, Blithe Spirit, When We Are Married and Hobson’s Choice, which have all proved popular. Agatha Christie plays are always a firm favourite. Two modern plays have been successful recently: Wife After Death by Eric Chappell and Village Fete by Peter Tinniswood. In 2015, Phoenix presented Busybody by Jack Popplewell which was well received by audiences. n If you would like to join Phoenix, ring Robin Newman on 582861.
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It’s panto time at the YMCA Theatre (oh yes it is!) by Dave Barry PREPARATIONS are well under way for the YMCA Theatre pantomime. Presented by YMCA Productions, Cinderella runs from 26 December until 2 January. “Over the past five decades, the YMCA panto has become a big part of many local families’ Christmas traditions and we love welcoming familiar faces back each year”, says director James Aconley. “Each year our audience builds and builds, and we’re so pleased that more and more people choose the YMCA Theatre to be a part of their festive celebrations”. Cinderella is the most popular pantomime of all time, according to WhatsOnStage. Families meet the lovely Cinderella, her horrible stepsisters, the evil baroness, the loveable Buttons and a host of other characters and dancers. The production, with a few extra twists and turns, has been written by former YMCA member Claire Edwards. “We love to keep the panto local when we can, so it’s great to have Claire on board”, James says. “It’s a great script and it’s been a lot of fun so far to work with in rehearsals”. Completing the creative trio is Julie Nockels of Rowlies Academy of Dance, who has
choreographed spectacular routines. “The panto is a real joy and we get such a buzz out of seeing some of the younger audience members coming along dressed as princesses and other characters”, James says. “There will be lots of local references and topical humour. It is a fabulous opportunity to support local theatre and local young people at the same time as having a really fun afternoon or evening”. n For times, ticket prices, etc, visit www.ymcascarborough.uk.
Christmas comes to Scarborough Fair Collection By Krystal Starkey SANTA’S Grotto and a Christmas shop have opened up at the Flower of May Holiday Park this December. Visitors can bring their children to sit on Santa’s sleigh and get their picture taken whilst also dropping off their letters to Father Christmas on their way. The gift shop will sell sweets, gifts, books and much more. As well as these additions, there will also be a show of song and dance, entitled A Christmas
Carousel, featuring the Julie Hatton Dancers to get revellers excited for the big day. The shows will run on Friday 9 December at 7.30pm, Saturday 10 December at 2pm and 7.30pm and on Sunday 11 December at 2pm. n Tickets are on sale at the shop at Lebberston Cliffe, Scarborough or call Hatton School of Performing Arts on 01723 501249. All tickets get a free ride on the Carousel. Call 01723 586698 for more information.
A Christmas Carousel
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Festive fun at library by Dave Barry SCARBOROUGH Library will be in full festive swing tomorrow (Sat 3 Dec). It is hosting a crafts and gift fair from 10am until 2pm. Local craftspeople, small businesses and charity organisations will sell a wide range of items including watercolour paintings, jewellery, candles, soaps, ceramics, hand-
Artists’ tribute to lives lost in war Words and photo by Dave Barry
Caption: Some of the Cinderella cast, L-R, Jed Higgins, Ella-Rose Wood, Nathan Mundey, Grace Kille and Alexandra Kirb
sewn toys, home furnishings, cake decorations and fair-trade gifts from around the world. Christmas cards for good causes will also be on sale. Children will be able to make something crafty for Christmas and listen to a storytime in the junior library at 1pm. Scarborough Choral Society will perform carols at 2pm.
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HUTTON BUSCEL Artists’ annual exhibition attracted many admirers. Staged in and around the village hall, it featured a poppy cascade in remembrance of the fallen, in the grounds of St Matthew’s Church. It was inspired by the massive poppy installation at the Tower of London in 2014. Member Maggie Ward came up with the idea after seeing the original poppy installation when it transferred to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. She said: “I thought it would be a wonderful thing for the group to create a mini-cascade as our tribute to lives lost in all the wars since WWI”. Wheels were put in motion and permissions sought. The British Legion in Scarborough backed the idea with enthusiasm and provided the poppies, in return for a donation.
The group worked on the cascade over a couple of weeks, finishing it with large ceramic poppies made by member Shirley Doyle. The installation was dismantled after Remembrance Sunday and reassembled for the exhibition at the end of the month. Shirley said: “Although ours wasn’t as big as the one in London, the sentiments were the same and it looks stunning”. The group’s reputation for producing topclass creative art and crafts worthy of any national show is growing, says member Diane Todd. Besides Maggie, Shirley and Diane, the artists are Alan Hunt, Judi Kent Pyrah, Dee Edmenson, Moira Spence, Jan Jennings, Stasia Valentine, Kath Hudson, Mary Gibson, Trinity Chadwick, June Thompson and Geoff Gibson. n www.huttonbuscelartists.co.uk.
Some of the Hutton Buscel artists, L-R, Alan Hunt, Dee Edmensen, Shirley Doyle, Maggie Ward, Kath Hudson and Di Todd (to order photos ring 353597)
Artist gives talk for gallery friends by Dave Barry WHITBY watercolour artist John Freeman gave a talk about his book of paintings at the latest meeting of the Friends of Scarborough Art Gallery. He talked of the challenges, frustrations and satisfaction of creating the book, says spokesman Robin Stenhouse. From an early age, John's artistic ability was encouraged. At the age of eight, his drawing of a stream through a field was displayed at school. To his dismay, it was described as showing molehills - they were meant to be cowpats. Aged 14, his school doodles led to him being sent to the headmaster, who arranged for him to teach art at a high school for girls one day a week. During four years at Doncaster College of Art, he was taught drawing in the traditional way and, as a sideline, he learnt the craft of bookbinding. With no teacher training, he taught at the college for five years, but disliked the administration and organisation. He moved to Whitby in 1969 and became a successful professional artist. John loves the North Yorkshire countryside, villages and towns, particularly Whitby, and has made a huge number of paintings and drawings. He is a studio artist, painting his impressions of the county. He uses photos to get his facts right but his paintings represent the county in a slightly earlier age and often in moonlight. There are no yellow lines on his roads, nor any ugly
modern developments. He had stopped using oils and was concentrating on watercolour before the visit of the Endeavour. He had made two paintings of the ship before its arrival and the prints proved lucrative. John chose the Esk valley as a theme for his book. Writing short descriptions to accompany his drawings and paintings meant a lot of interesting historical research and contact with workers and long-time residents of the valley. John found a sympathetic publisher in Newcastle to help him over countless hurdles. At the next meeting, Dr Jane Crease will talk about the lost tomb of Richard III, at the art gallery on Monday 12 December, at 2.30pm. Admission costs £4, including refreshment. n To book, ring 374753.
Artist John Freeman shows his book to Friends chairman Paul McCabe
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New radio station Full steam ahead for choir’s Christmas show launched
The Coast and County office at 21 Northway
Words and photos by Dave Barry SCARBOROUGH’S latest radio station has just been launched. Coast and County’s music is “generated by listeners not playlists”, says managing director Dave MacGregor, a local businessman who runs Winking Willy's on the seafront. “I felt there was a need for another radio station in town,” he explains. “You have to have an alternative”. The station has a pool of 18 presenters, Mr MacGregor says. Many oversee specialist programmes on jazz, country, reggae, classic rock, goth/alternative and fusion. The programme controller is Jerry Scott, who set up Yorkshire Coast Radio 23 years ago and was on Radio York for 12 years. Jerry presents the Coast and County breakfast show. It is a commercial station with a maximum of two minutes advertising at a time. It’s on air 24 hours a day, thanks to a joint
Coast and County managing director Dave MacGregor with Chris Curtis, who presents the station’s afternoon show initiative involving Radio Seagull in Holland. The two stations share each other’s output. Coast and County is broadcast throughout North Yorkshire on the DAB network. It can also be heard online and via a phone app. “Most North Yorkshire people have an affinity with Scarborough”, Mr MacGregor says. Other radio station broadcasting in the Scarborough area include Yorkshire Coast Radio, BBC Radio York, Radio Scarborough, Vale Radio and 2bays. n The station website is at www.coastandcountyradio.co.uk.
Art show explores obsession with celebrity by Dave Barry THE popular obsession with celebrity is explored in a new exhibition at Woodend. Life’s a Catwalk, by Nick Wilkinson, explores how people idolise celebrities and iconic figures from the past. “Sometimes it seems like everywhere we turn nowadays, people are being judged for what they look like and the image they present to the world, rather than who they are and what they’ve achieved,” says a Woodend spokesperson. “This new collection of artwork aims to capture this and mix the old style with the new”. The exhibition opens on 3 December and runs until 14 January. A group of poets and songwriters will perform original material at Wordsmiths, at Woodend on Tuesday 13 December, at 7.30pm.
Life’s a Catwalk, says Nick Wilkinson
They are Frankie Dixon, Ross Dransfield, Will Dreyfus, Dave Pruckner and Graham Rhodes. Tickets cost £5. Yuletide Tales will be told by Tim Tubbs and Karen Snowden in Woodend’s handsomelypanelled Sitwell library on Tuesday 13 December, from 1-3pm. They will present a talk and selection of festive readings on the theme of the Magi, Christmas gifts and giving. Their seasonal readings and poems promise to be “saturnalian, solemn, sad, comic, festive and frivolous”. Tickets cost £6, including hot Tom & Jerry, fruit juice and snacks. Raven will perform festive music and originals at Woodend on 17 December, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £10. They can also be seen at the village hall in Gristhorpe tomorrow (Sat 3 Dec 7.30pm £5 – ring 07757 765196. Also coming up are a cabaret and open-mic night with storyteller George Bassett (7pm 2 Dec £3); the Tom Townsend Trio (8pm 3 Dec); and open studios with Sally Gatie, Lindsey Tyson, Angela Chalmers, David Chalmers, Wendy Belshaw, Eileen Heaton, Julie Hellawell, Ruth Collett and Carolyn Letten (10-4 Sat 3 Dec free). Woodend’s Frank Brangwyn exhibition continues until 7 January. Tickets can be booked by ringing 384500 or emailing info@woodendcreative.co.uk. Woodend is open from 9am-5pm weekdays and 10am-4pm Saturdays. n To book anything, ring 384500 or email info@woodendcreative.co.uk.
Scarborough Choral Society at a rehearsal at Hull University’s Scarborough campus (to order photos ring 353597) is sure to appear in our other seasonal Words and photo by Dave Barry Scarborough Choral Society are full steam offerings,” says publicity officer David ahead with preparations for their Christmas Keeton. Tickets cost £6 and can be bought from concert. The choir will perform Bob Chilcott’s ever- members, on the door and at Scarborough popular On Christmas Night, the famous Music in Huntriss Row. They are free to Sheffield Village Carols and seasonal students and under 16s. favourites at Westborough Methodist The choir’s next performances include a come-and-sing performance of Stainer’s Church on Crucifixion and Fling Wide the Gates on 25 Saturday 17 December, at 7.30pm. Chilcott is well known for his carols. On March; Haydn’s Creation on 13 May; Bach’s Christmas Night consists of eight original Christmas oratorio in December 2017; and carols with settings ranging from folksy and a joint concert with Scarborough Orchestra on 3 February 2018, performing Aaron jubilant to swinging and contemplative. By contrast, the Sheffield Village Carols are Copeland’s Old American Songs. lively songs which are still sung in pubs in n If you are interested in joining the choir or would like more information, email the Sheffield area. “Another favourite composer, John Rutter, sheila.sylvester@northyorks.gov.uk or go to www.scarboroughchoral.com.
Let there be light Words and photos by Dave Barry HUNDREDS of people turned out to watch Pinocchio turn on the lights of a big Christmas tree in the centre of Scarborough. Pinocchio and other characters marched from the Stephen Joseph Theatre, where they are appearing in a festive show, to the Yorkshire Coast Radio roadshow in the pedestrian precinct. Music was provided by the SJT’s Funky Choir, a choir from Wheatcroft primary school, Scarborough Boys' & Girls' Brigade Band and Workers’ Educational Association members who were on a samba drumming course at the SJT.
The SJT’s Funky Choir
They were joined by the FirstLight Trust, which provides support for veterans of the armed forces and emergency services; a squad of Santas from St Catherine’s Hospice, who are taking part in the annual fundraising Santa Dash on the seafront on Sunday 11 December; and borough mayor Simon Green. SJT artistic director Paul Robinson said: “It was a wonderful community event. It was great to see so many organisations from across the town coming together to make it a memorable evening”. Pinocchio can be seen at the SJT from 7-31 December. n For more information, go to www.sjt.uk.com.
Wheatcroft primary school choir
Hundreds of people filled the pedestrian precinct (To order photos ring 353597)
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Local Events
DECEMBER
ONGOING UNTIL 8 JANUARY BRANGWYN 18671956: MAN OF THE PEOPLE, Scarborough Art Gallery. Focusing on the Brangwyn's interest in the lives of ordinary people and his empathy for them, the exhibition demonstrates his passion for capturing them at work, at rest and in times of distress. Visit www.scarboroughmuseumstrust.com UNTIL 23 DECEMBER CHRISTMAS OPENING, Burton Agnes Hall, 11am-5pm. Enjoy the lavishly decorated hall, and stroll around the grounds, before visiting the home, garden and gift shop. Call 01262 490324. UNTIL 23 DECEMBER SANTA SPECIALS, North Bay Railway, Scarborough. Join in the festive celebrations, and most importantly, meet Santa himself! Visit his grotto and enjoy complimentary refreshments. Trips depart at 11.30am, 2, 3, 4, 5.30, 6.30, & 7.30pm. Call 01723 368791.
DECEMBER THROUGHOUT DECEMBER CHRISTMAS TREES! Trees are available from Scampston Hall, Malton (01944 759111), Redcliffe Farm Shop, Lebberston (01723 859992), Yorkshire Moors Christmas Trees, Pheasant Hill Farm (01723 864 957), and Dalby Forest (www. forestry.gov.uk/dalbyforest). WEEKENDS IN DECEMBER CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES, Daly Forest. As well buying a Christmas Tree, take a festive trail and even get the chance to meet Santa himself. Call 01751 460295. 1 DECEMBER THE NUTCRACKER, Whitby Pavilion, 3 & 7pm. Audiences have the opportunity to catch one of Tchaikovsky’s world famous classical ballets The Nutcracker when the highly acclaimed Vienna Festival Ballet company returns to town. Call 01947 458899. 2-4 DECEMBER WINTERFEST 2016, Whitby Pavilion. Celebrate the nature, values, capacity and potential of the unique community that is Whitby and the Esk Valley in both its historical and present day form. Call 01947 458899.
2 DECEMBER THE CLOUGHTON RAT PACK'S BIG CHRISTMAS SHOW, Scarborough Spa, 7.30pm. Sit back and listen to festive classics and all-time favourites from this local Rat Pack tribute, who are hosting the event to raise money for St Catherine's Hospice. Call 01723 821 888.
3 DECEMBER CHRISTMAS CRAFTS AND GIFT FAIR, Scarborough Library, 10am2pm. Local craftspeople and small business and charity organisations will be selling their work and there will be a wide range of items for sale. Visit www.northyorks.gov.uk/ libraries
Wicked Queen. Call 01262 678258.
2 DECEMBER THE LOBSTER, Scarborough Library, 7.30pm. Scarborough Film Society present a screening of this macabre drama. Call 07748 280871.
4 & 24 DECEMBER MAGIC MIKE'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, Scarborough Spa. This spectacular show has all the magic of Christmas with exciting dance routines, hilarious magic, loveable characters and of course a very special visit from Father Christmas. Call 01723 821888.
15 DECEMBER THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR, Filey Evron Centre, 7.30 pm. Filey Flower Club presents Andrew Grisewood, international flower arranger. To book, call 07791 101231 .
2 DECEMBER CHRISTMAS CONCERT, Hackness Village Hall, 7.30pm. Hackness Ladies' Choir present a concert to raise funds for local charities. Email jean.guyler@ btopenworld.com 2 DECEMBER MOONLIGHT AND SONG, Peasholm Park, 5.30pm. A magical community event. Visit www.animatedobjects.co.uk 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20 & 21 DECEMBER SANTA SPECIALS, North York Moors Railway. Join Santa and his special helpers on a magical adventure aboard the Santa Express, which will take you on a festive journey you won’t forget. Departing from Pickering Station, the Santa Specials bring Christmas to life and give children the chance to meet the legendary man himself in his grotto on board the train. Visit www.nymr.co.uk 3, 17 & 18 DECEMBER LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, Hole in the Wall, Vernon Road. A selection of singers and comedians playing the pub this month. Call 07544 775051. 3, 9, & 16 DECEMBER DINING WITH DEATH, Bridlington Spa, 7.30pm. A brand new murder mystery. Meet the suspects, listen to their stories, question them, and peruse for clues. Call 01262 678258 3 DECEMBER ST MARY’S CHURCH CHRISTMAS FAIR, St Mary's Parish House, Castle Road, Scarborough, 11am-3pm. Enjoy stalls, tombola, refreshments, and festive music. 3 DECEMBER THE ELVES AND THE CARPENTER, Harpham Village Hall, 7pm. A brand new family comedy from Kate Bramley with songs from Jez Lowe. Its toy making time in Santa’s workshop, but Mrs. Claus is getting worried. The Elves have left the building. In fact they haven’t been seen since last Christmas! Call 07771 798222.
4 DECEMBER TOYMAGEDDON, Scarborough Spa, from 10am. Browse and purchase classic toys and collectibles for that special geek in your life. With over 50 stalls packed with goodies, it's a date not to be missed. Email enquiries@scifiscarborough.co.uk 4 DECEMBER AN AFTERNOON OF CHRISTMAS SONGS WITH A CAPPELLA, Seweryby Hall. Enjoy the festive concert in the Orangery. Visit www.sewerbyhall.co.uk 7-10 DECEMBER BUGSY MALONE, Whitby Pavilion. Whitby Area Musical Theatre company's youth group return to the Pavilion Theatre with another fun-filled family show. Call 01947 458899. 7 DECEMBER CHRISTMAS FAIR, Filey Library, 10am-4pm. From crafts to choirs and story time to a visit from Santa, Filey Library is offering a bit of everything during the Christmas Fair. Call 01609 536160. 8-9 DECEMBER CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE YEARS, Burton Agnes Hall, 2pm. The Head guide will give an insightful talk on the history of Christmas at Burton Agnes Hall. Visit www.burtonagnes.com 9-11 DECEMBER A CHRISTMAS CAROUSEL, Scarborough Fair Collection, Flower of May Holiday Park, Lebberston. A magical Christmas Celebration through Song and Dance. Call 01723 586698. 9 DECEMBER LIGHTS OF LOVE, Join Scarborough Sands for an evening of traditional carols, readings and musical performances in memory of babies and loved ones no longer with us. 7-9pm Quaker House, Quaker Close, Scarborough. 9 DECEMBER UNDER 5S CHRISTMAS STORY TIME, Sewerby Hall, 11am, 1, & 3pm. Enjoy an interactive Christmas themed story time, especially for those under five. 10 DECEMBER-1 JANUARY ALADDIN, S c a r b o r o u g h Spa. Book your magic carpet ride to old Peking for the magical pantomime adventure Aladdin! Call 01723 821888. 13 DECEMBER-2 JANUARY SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, Bridlington Spa. Lorraine Chase will headline this year’s pantomime performing the role of
15 DECEMBER ONLY MEN ALOUD CHRISTMAS SHOW, Bridlington Spa, 7.30pm. Only Men Aloud will perform a sensational selection box of music, ranging from traditional Christmas favourites to rock and pop classics. Call 01262 678258.
16 DECEMBER THE SNOWMAN & ROALD DAHL CLASSICS, Bridlington Spa, 6pm. The Orchestra of Opera North performs some children's classics. Call 01262 678258. 16 DECEMBER MASQUERADE BALL 2016: A NIGHT AT THE OSCARS, Whitby Pavilion, 7pm. Enjoy a spectacular evening of dining, drinking and dancing! With a delicious menu, fabulous entertainment and your own party mask included, the ball is set to be the event of the year! Call 01947 458899. 16 DECEMBER MARGUERITE, Scarborough Library, 7.30pm. Scarborough Film Society presents a screening of the touching true story. Call 07748 280871. 17 DECEMBER YORKSHIRE WASSAIL, Whitby Pavilion, 7pm. A sumptuous celebration of local traditions, songs, music, poetry and customs... at Christmas time. Call 01947 458899. 18 DECEMBER A CHRISTMAS TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC, Scarborough Spa, 11am. Kathy Seabrook & other members of The Spa Orchestra will return as part of a Saxophone Quartet to present a special festive edition of Teddy Bears' Picnic. Call 01723 821888. 23 DECEMBER SIDE OVEN BAKERY CHRISTMAS OPENING, Foston on the Wolds, Driffield, 10am-3pm. The Bakery Shop will be open for one day only – bursting with organic artisan breads, plus lots of festive treats such as fruit stollen and Christmas puddings! Not to mention, croissant, sweetbuns and cakes. Call 01262 488376. 31 DECEMBER ELVIS: NEW YEAR'S EVE 2016, Scarborough Spa, 8pm. After his sell out summer shows, Tony Skingle is back with his annual NYE cabaret and dance! Call 01723 821888. 31 DECEMBER MAGIC OF MOTOWN NEW YEARS EVE 2016, Bridlington Spa, 8pm. This New Year’s Eve The Spa Bridlington will play host to Britain’s biggest Motown spectacular celebrating 50 years of the label’s legendary artists in the UK. Call 01262 678258.
REGULAR EVENTS EVERY DAY WOLDGATE TREKKING CENTRE, Woldgate, Bridlington. There are excellent horse and pony treks, suitable for both beginners and advanced riders, as well as Saturday morning club fun days for children. Visit www.woldgatetrekking.co.uk or call 01262 673086.
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EVERY SUNDAY QUIZ NIGHT, The Mayfield Hotel, 10-11 Main Street, Seamer, Scarborough, 7pm. Enjoy this weekly quiz of music and general knowledge, followed by Rock ‘n’ Roll Bingo, and Lucky Thirteen’s Play Your Cards Right. Call 01723 863160.
THIRD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH MONTHLY FOOD MARKET, Westborough, Scarborough. A range of local produce including fruit, vegetables, meat, bread, pies, and much more! Visit www. themarketmanagers.co.uk
QUIZOKE, Ivanhoe Hotel, Burniston Road, Scarborough, 6pm. Be looked after by 'Hostess with the Mostest’ Jeannette DuPont. Call 01723 366063.
MUSTARD SEED, Ebenezer Church Hall, Scarborough, 11.45am-2pm. A monthly meeting for adults with learning difficulties, connected to the charities Livability and Prospects. Email www.livability.org.uk
EVERY SUNDAY UNTIL 9th OCTOBER LEBBERSTON CAR BOOT SALE, opposite Jet service station, A165 to Filey, from 6.30am. Turn your trash into cash at this great car boot sale. Call 07966 254179. FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH BIRD AUCTION, Eastfield Community Centre, 11am-1pm. Alongside the auction, there will also be a raffle and refreshments. Call 01723 581550. EVERY SUNDAY FLEAMARKET, Scalby Parish Hall, 10.30am-1pm. Starting from 23rd October until December. Call 01723 882352. EVERY MONDAY FENCING CLASSES, YMCA Leisure Centre, St Thomas Street, Scarborough, 7.15-8.30pm for nine to 17 year olds; 7.15-9pm for over 18s. Visit www. scarborough.ymca.org.uk or call 01723 374227. WALKING WOMEN’S FOOTBALL, Barons Fitness Centre, Silver Rd, Scalby. Call 01723 357740. QUAY SCRABBLE GROUP, Sewerby Methodist Church, 6.30pm. Have a great night of Scrabble, and enjoy a cuppa. Call 01262 409718. FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH PSYCHIC NIGHT, Ivanhoe Hotel, Burniston Road, Scarborough, 8pm . Enjoy thoughtprovoking 'Demonstrations of Mediumship & Clairvoyance' with Guest Psychics. Call 01723 366063. FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH YORKSHIRE EAST COAST WIDOWED GROUP, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, 2pm. Members meet in the coffee lounge. Call Maureen: 01723 365991 SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH SCARBOROUGH ACTIVITY GROUP, Scarborough Library, Vernon Road, Scarborough, 2-4pm. A range of activities for people with dementia and their carers along with access to a Dementia Support Worker. Call 01723 500958. THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH DRIFFIELD ART CLUB, Driffield Community Centre, 7-9pm. Visit www.driffieldartclub. co.uk
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LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH RYEDALE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD, Wrelton Village Hall. Call 01723 862417. TABLE TENNIS SESSIONS, Whitby Pavilion, West Cliff, Whitby, 7-9pm. Whether you are an experienced player or a complete novice, you are welcome to head along and join the regular club members for some friendly games. Visit www.whitbypavilion.co.uk or call 01947 458899. SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH CHRISTCHURCH PENSIONER ACTION GROUP, Bridlington Library. 11am. Coffee mornings, outings, and easy exercise classes. Call 01262 602866. THIRD TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH SCARBOROUGH FLOWER CLUB, Scarborough Library, Vernon Road, Scarborough, 7.15pm (except January, July and August). A warm welcome to all. Admission £6.50. Visit www. scarboroughflowerclub.co.uk EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY JU JITSU CLASSES, YMCA Leisure Centre, St Thomas Street, Scarborough. There are junior sessions (7.15-8.15pm Tues; 7-8pm Thurs) and adult classes (8.15-10pm Tues; 8-10pm Thurs) available. Visit www.scarborough. ymca.org.uk or call 01723 374227. BARON’S WALKING FOOTBALL, Scarborough Rugby Club, 9.30-11am. Call 01723 377545. EVERY WEDNESDAY SALSA CLASS, St James Church, Scarborough, 7.30-9.30pm. Partner and booking not required. Visit www. stjamesscarborough.co.uk or call 07788 873523. WURLITZER AFTERNOON TEA DANCES, Scarborough Fair Collection, Scarborough. Visit www.scarboroughfaircollection.com or call 01723 586698. SCARBOROUGH SUB-AQUA CLUB, 25 St Mary’s Street. New dive and social members are welcome to this weekly meeting. Visit www.scarboroughsubaquaclub.net or call 01723 372036. SINGING FOR THE BRAIN, South Cliff Methodist Church, Filey Road, Scarborough, 1.30-3pm. For people with dementia and their carers. Call 01723 500958.
EVERY TUESDAY LUNCHTIME LECTURES, Woodend Creative, Scarborough, 1-2pm. Tim Tubbs will deliver a series of talks titled ‘Scandalous Queens’. Visit www. woodendcreative.co.uk or call 01723 384500.
BARRY ROBINSON’S BIG QUIZ, Ivanhoe Hotel, Burniston Road, Scarborough. 8pm. Email admin@theivanhoe.co.uk for more information.
ROLLER DISCO @ THE SPA, The Spa Bridlington, 5pm, 6.45pm & 8.30pm. Fun for all ages! Visit www.thespabridlington.com or call 01262 678258.
SCARBOROUGH CONCERT BAND, St. James Church Undercroft, Scarborough 7.309.30pm. Visit www.scarboroughconcertband. co.uk or call 01723 369008.
EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH DANCE4LEISURE, Grand Hotel, Scarborough, 2pm. Two hours of non-stop dancing! Visit www.dance4leisure.wix.com/ comedancing EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY
MOST NIGHTS LIVE MUSIC, The Commercial, Falsgrave Road, Scarborough. A great mix of live acts performing on several nights each month. For details, call 01723 447109.
EASY SEQUENCE DANCING, Cayton Village Hall, North Lane, Cayton, 1.45-4pm Weds; 10am-12.15pm Fri; 7.30-10pm Sat. Beginners welcome. Call 01723 351380.
There’s always something on… at the libraries!
SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH
FILEY LIBRARY
RYEDALE JAZZ CLUB, Beansheaf Hotel, A169 Malton Road, 8-10.30pm. A traditional jazz session with an established band.
Station Avenue, Filey
FILEY FLOWER CLUB, Evron Centre, Filey, 7.30pm (October to July). See the flowers and meet a great 'bunch' of people. Call 07791 101231. EVERY THURSDAY AND SATURDAY CRAFT AND GIFT FAIR, The Grand Hotel, Scarborough, 8.30am-4pm. Quality crafts and gifts are on sale, to raise funds for St Catherine’s Hospice. FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH SNAINTON WOODTURNING CLUB, Snainton Woodworking Supplies, Barker’s Lane, Snainton, 7.30-9.30pm. Guests welcome to enjoy first class professional woodturning demonstrations. Visit www. snaintonwoodturningclub.org.uk or email oldfern@btinternet.com EVERY FRIDAY MEN'S WALKING FOOTBALL, Baron's fitness Centre, Scalby Road, 9.30am. Call 01723 363397.
Call 01609 536608 9th KNIT & NATTER GROUP 1-3pm 9th STORY TIME FOR UNDER 5s 2-2.30pm 11th LIBRARY READING GROUP 5-6.30pm 15th MACULAR SUPPORT GROUP10.30-12.30 16th KNIT & NATTER GROUP 1-3pm 16th FILEY TOWN SURGERY 1-2 & 6-7
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16th STORY TIME FOR UNDER 5S 2-2.30pm 18th U3A FAMILY HISTORY GROUP 10-12 23rd KNIT & NATTER GROUP 1-3pm 23rd STORY TIME FOR UNDER 5S 2-2.30pm 24th U3A READING GROUP 5:15-6 26th FRIENDS OF FILEY LIBRARY CHRISTMAS COFFEE MORNING 10-12 30th SUPPORT FOR CARERS DROP-IN 10-12 30th KNIT & NATTER GROUP 1-3pm 30th STORY TIME FOR UNDER 5S 2-2.30pm Every Friday & Saturday CAN WE HELP? IT HELP SESSIONS; 1-5pm Fri, 10am-1pm Sat.. Every Thursday KNIT & NATTER, 1-3pm. Last Tuesday of every month
FIRST & THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH PARKINSON’S UK CARERS GROUP, 2pm. First meeting at Danes Dyke Community Hall, Scarborough; second meeting at St Columba’s Church, Dean Road, Scarborough. Call 01723 862681.
FILEY ACTIVITY GROUP, 2-4pm. EAST FIELD LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS Eastfield Library, High Street, Eastfield, Scarborough. CALL 01609 536606.
FIRST AND THIRD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH
Every Tuesday
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP, St Martinon-the-Hill Church, South Cliff, Scarborough, 2-4pm. This small, friendly group is led by a Cruse Bereavement Care qualified volunteer. Call 01723 865406.
STORYTIME, 10.30-11.15am.
FIRST FRIDAY OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH STAR GAZING, Dalby Forest Visitor Centre, Thornton-ledale. The dark skies of Dalby are amongst the best in the country and with the expert help and advice from Scarborough and Ryedale Astronomical Society you will be amazed what you can learn about the sky. Call 07812
DERWENT VALLEY BRIDGE COMMUNITY LIBRARY 3 Pickering Road, West Ayton Call 01723 863052 Second and last Wednesday of the month KNIT AND STITCH, 7pm – 9pm Every Wednesday during term time STORY TIME, 2pm – 3pm
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Scarborough Spa Visit www.scarboroughspa.co.uk or call 01723 821888 4 & 24 DECEMBER MAGIC MIKE'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL A magical and hilarious Christmas version of Mike's classic show.
DECEMBER 2016
A brand new Christmas comedy by Alan Ayckbourn.
PINOCCHIO Join Pinocchio as he encounters all of your favourite, larger than life characters. 10-17 DECEMBER Tilly and Peter have just moved to the country – BORING! Or is it?
The Spa Bridlington Visit www.thespabridlington.com or call 01262 678258. 10 DECEMBER-1 JANUARY ALADDIN
2 DECEMBER
Everyone's favourite pantomime is taking to the Spa's main stage for a full Christmassy run.
Be swept away on a magical adventure in one of the most famous classical ballets of all time.
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Scarborough YMCA Theatre
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
Visit www.scarborough.ymca.org.uk/ theatre-shows or call 01723 506750.
The Right Honourable Ann Widdecombe steps in at the last minute to play the Wicked Queen.
Presented by YMCA Productions.
31 DECEMBER THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN
Seven Pieces of Silver will play the music of jazz composer Horace Silver at Scarborough Jazz’s Christmas party at the Cask on 14 December. Tickets cost £7/ £6. FRI 2 DEC Rockin’ Hillbilly Band at the Merchant; Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush. SAT 3 DEC Ross Dransfield (4pm) and Trilogy (9pm) at the Merchant; HiHeel Sneakers at Indigo Alley; Ric Owen at the Hole in the Wall; Chu Ma Shu at the Tap and Spile; Jon Lonergan at the Ivanhoe; Terry Ryan at the Eastway Club in Eastfield.
THU 8 DEC Jesse Hutchinson at Cellars; open mic at the Merchant and Nags Head in Scalby.
5-6 DECEMBER ROCKIN’ CAROLS Carols old and new, along with a live band. 26 DECEMBER – 6 JANUARY CINDERELLA YMCA Productions stage the legendary pantomime.
Stephen Joseph Theatre Visit www.sjt.uk.com or call 01723 370540 1-24 DECEMBER NO KNOWING
7-10 DECEMBER BUGSY MALONE Whitby Area Musical Theatre Company present Bugsy Malone by Alan Parker. 23 DECEMBER MAGIC MIKE'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Magic Mike brings his Christmas Show to Whitby Pavilion for the very first time.
Spotlight Theatre, Bridlington Visit www.spotlighttheatrebrid.co.uk or call 01262 601006. 3-4 DECEMBER HEROES AND VILLAINS Meet the stars of tomorrow in this toe tapping, uplifting show. 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 29, 30 DECEMBER & 6-7 JANUARY RED RIDING HOOD Join Red and all her friends in this reimagining of the classic tale.
MON 19 DEC Scarborough Folk at the Merchant.
WED 21 DEC Sarah Sharp at Mojo’s (4pm); Alastair James at the Merchant; open mic at the King & Cask; open-mic with John Watton at Cellars.
WED 7 DEC Fuzz Junkies at Mojo’s (4pm); players’ night at Scarborough Jazz at the Cask; Alastair James at the Merchant; open mic at the King & Cask; open-mic with John Watton at Cellars.
The highly acclaimed Vienna Festival Ballet company returns to town.
SUN 18 DEC Prendo at the Tap and Spile (5.30pm); Mark Gordon & Laura Welburn at the Merchant; Will Rawlings as Dean Martin at the Hole in the Wall; Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush; Adams Family at Watermark (6pm).
MON 5 DEC Scarborough Folk at the Merchant.
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SAT 17 DEC North of the Wall (4pm) and Ross Dransfield (9pm) at the Merchant; Free Beer Trio at Indigo Alley; Spearmint Rock at the Tap and Spile; Tallulah at the Hole in the Wall; Graham Stevens at the Eastway Club in Eastfield; Trilogy at the Hayburn Wyke near Cloughton; Bladerunner at the Grosvenor in Robin Hoods Bay.
Tue 20 Dec Steve Phillips and the Rough Diamonds at the Grosvenor in Robin Hoods Bay.
Tue 6 Dec Steve Phillips and the Rough Diamonds at the Grosvenor in Robin Hoods Bay.
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SUN 4 DEC Trilogy at the Tap and Spile (5.30pm); Easy Street at Beiderbeckes (6.30pm); Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush; Gracie Falls Trio at Watermark (6pm).
Britain’s biggest Motown spectacular celebrates 50 years of the label’s legendary artists in the UK.
Visit www.whitbypavilion.co.uk or call 01947 458899.
Gigs at Scarborough pubs unless stated. Please send submissions to dave@thescarboroughreview.co.uk
FRI 16 DEC Rattlin’ Sheiks at the Merchant; Alastair James at Blue Crush; Full Nelson at Hackness village hall.
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FRI 9 DEC Colcannon at the Merchant; Robert Schmuck at Blue Crush. SAT 10 DEC Alastair James at the Merchant (4pm); Sugar Licks at Indigo Alley; Bladerunner at Cellars; Big Me at the Tap and Spile; Welburn & Hutch at the Three Jolly Sailors in Burniston; Chrissy at the Eastway Club in Eastfield. SUN 11 DEC Blueflies at the Tap and Spile (5.30pm); Ross Dransfield at the Merchant; Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush; Tom Townsend Blues Band at Watermark (6pm). MON 12 DEC Scarborough Folk at the Merchant. TUE 13 DEC Steve Phillips and the Rough Diamonds at the Grosvenor in Robin Hoods Bay. WED 14 DEC Joe McCorriston at Mojo’s (4pm); Seven Pieces of Silver for Scarborough Jazz at the Cask; Alastair James at the Merchant; open mic at the King & Cask; open-mic with John Watton at Cellars. THU 15 DEC Jesse Hutchinson at Cellars; open mic at the Merchant and Nags Head in Scalby.
THU 22 DEC Jesse Hutchinson at Cellars; Stu Metcalfe at the Ivanhoe; open mic at the Merchant and Nags Head in Scalby. FRI 23 DEC Demi Jones at Mojo’s (4pm); Welburn & Hutch at Blue Crush; Colcannon at the Merchant. SAT 24 DEC Danny Firth (4pm) and Connor Lawlor (9pm) at the Merchant; Nowhere Now at Indigo Alley; Stereo Jacks at the Ivanhoe; Snatch at the Tap and Spile. MON 26 DEC Danny Wilde at the Ivanhoe; Nik Martin at the Eastway Club in Eastfield. TUE 27 DEC Mr Jim and friends at the Merchant; Steve Phillips and the Rough Diamonds at the Grosvenor in Robin Hoods Bay. WED 28 DEC Mark Stanley at the Merchant; open-mic with John Watton at Cellars. THU 29 DEC Jesse Hutchinson at Cellars; Dougie Smith at the Merchant and Nags Head in Scalby. FRI 30 DEC Eli and the Blues Prophets at the Merchant; Stereo Jacks at the Ivanhoe; Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush. SAT 31 DEC Dirty Boolas at the Merchant; Walking on Air at Indigo Alley; Trilogy at the Tap and Spile; Jelly Roll Jazz Band at the Hole in the Wall; Spike Davis at the Eastway Club in Eastfield. SUN 1 JAN Soul Brothers at the Ivanhoe.
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Pinocchio 7 - 31 December
The classic story of the boy with the nose that grows, retold by a local band of travelling players in a fun, festive family show complete with live music.
No Knowing 1 - 24 December
A new Christmas comedy by Alan Ayckbourn. Elspeth and Arthur are celebrating 40 years of unspectacular, ordinary marriage. Or so their party guests think... PLUS a host of festive films, live streaming and music events!
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D E C E M BE R 2016
Hard-fought games of walking football at rugby club Words and photos by Dave Barry The Scarborough Barons walking football team hosted teams from Grangetown and Whitby, at the rugby club. Barons fielded two teams, with a six-game round-robin format, after a good warm-up. All the games played were hard fought, with Barons A and Grangetown ending up with
five points apiece. No game was won by more than one goal. Two goals were scored by Barons team A and one by team B. Both goals from team A were scored by Terry Norland. The first was a penalty against Grangetown, skilfully netted by Terry, and the second against Whitby was a powerful shot into the corner giving the
goalkeeper no chance. A equally balanced encounter between Barons B and Grangetown ended a goal apiece with Barons’ Neil England deftly rounding a defender and neatly placing the ball in the corner of the net. Excellent refereeing by Colin Bayes ensured firm control of all the games, with Colin occasionally having to keep over-enthusiasm
and competitiveness from boiling over. The oldest local player was Jim Mitchell, 72. After the matches, the teams retired to the bar for well-earned refreshment followed by an excellent lunch provided by the rugby club. n Anyone interested in taking part in a walking football session should ring the rugby club on 357740.
Colin Bayes lays down the ground-rules before the first match
The home side – Barons’ A and B teams
Some of the spectators
Scarborough Bowls
Barons’ Terry Norland negotiates the Grange Town defence
D E C E M BE R 2016
Home side bowled over by friendly visitors Top bowlers in town to present award Words and photos by Dave Barry Scarborough took on the rest of England in a friendly bowls match celebrating the home club’s 25th anniversary. A team from the English Indoor Bowling Association beat Scarborough Indoor Bowls Club by 119 to 104, at the Alexandra bowling centre. But as it was a friendly match, the score wasn’t the primary thing: celebrating the club’s anniversary and making new friends took precedence. The match took two years to set up, because of difficulties fitting in with EIBA fixtures. It was played in great spirit and although Scarborough got off to a great start they were eventually overtaken by the EIBA team in the last three ends. Scarborough had been in the overall lead at the 5, 10, 15 and 18 ends but eventually lost the match 104 to 119. Scarborough’s top rink was led by skip Bill Trufitt, ably assisted by John Yeadon (lead), Pam Miller (two) and Sheila Worsley (three) who won by 29 shots to 12. George Preston’s rink were the unlucky ones as they were playing against a strong team from Durham
who snatched victory from them with some superb bowling in the last two ends. EIBA’s top rink was the president’s rink of Jenny McConnell (lead), Alex Fleming (two) and Margaret Allen (three) who won 22 to 12. Two EIBA rinks won 22-12. However, on countback, the president’s rink won one more end than the other team. But light-hearted banter at the post-match buffet claimed the president had pulled rank. The home-club players were Jean Else, Margaret Lee, Brenda Foster, Joe Pineiro, John Yeadon, Pam Miller, Sheila Worsley, Billy Trufitt, Eileen Barraclough, Bill Ellis, Brian Wood, Joan Hodges, Jenny Costello, Eileen Hornsey, Stuart Stamford, Alan Catterson, Angela Luntley, Joyce Ryder, Dave Crawley, George Preston, Amy Ker, Peter Luce, Vicky Simpson and John Punter. The EIBA team was led by its president, Mike Andrew, and included senior vice president Margaret Allen, immediate past president Jenny McConnell and past presidents of both EIBA and 13 counties across the country including Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire. The bowlers who travelled the furthest came from Maidstone in Kent.
Paralympics-triples bronze medalist Paul Brown presents the award to bowls centre director Peter Luce, while bowls centre receptionist Malcolm Short accepts a framed certificate from Commonwealth games gold medalist Ellen Falkner and Paul Humphreys of the Bowls Development Alliance (to order photos ring 353597)
Words and photo by Dave Barry
Two of the world’s leading bowlers visited Scarborough for an award presentation. Ellen Falkner and Paul Brown were invited by Scarborough Indoor Bowls Centre. The centre was celebrating after winning an award for its work with disabled people. Ellen won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth games and earlier this year won a third singles title at the world indoor bowls championship. Paul competed for England in the open parasport triples event at the 2014 Commonwealth games, where he won a bronze medal. On their Scarborough visit, they gave expert advice, played against local disabled players and took part in a question-and-answer session. The centre has won the Love Fisher Brown award for bowls clubs promoting the sport to disabled people. The centre has a thriving disabled group that The home team, from Scarborough Indoor The English Indoor Bowling Association team meets every Saturday morning; a visually Bowls Club
impaired group meets on Wednesday afternoons. The centre works in partnership with social services and other support services to make access easier. It provides wheelchairs, walking sticks, two-way radios and coloured bowls to make it easier and more enjoyable. “This makes the sport open to everyone”, says bowls centre receptionist Malcolm Short. The award came with £550, which will be put towards the cost of an automatic door at the entrance. Mr Short said: “I am proud of this award as I believe the sport of bowls should be open to all and this reflects that view”. Bowls centre director Peter Luce added: “It is great to be recognised in this way for our work with disabled people”. Paul Humphreys of the Bowls Development Alliance, which administers the award, said: “Over a number of years, the club have consistently promoted the inclusivity of bowls and worked to encourage as many disabled people as possible to take up the sport”.
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Football commentator for Scarborough Athletic, Ant Taylor, talks about why he loves American Wrestling. @iamradioant
EPW Wrestling at Scarborough Spa Words and photos by Ant taylor
The team show off their new kit
By Krystal Starkey EASTWAY Sports FC has unveiled its brand new kit for the season thanks to long-standing sponsor, Tyres@Home. The strip, which is royal blue and bright yellow, features the sponsors logo in the centre of the shirt. The team is currently fifth in Division 3 of the Scarborough Beckett League with 10 points. Sponsorship is vital for local teams, as chairman of Eastway Sports FC, Dave Atkinson explains: “Tyres@Home sponsorship
means the football club can continue to plan in to the future with better equipment for the players and hopefully bring through some of the younger players from the Eastfield estate in to the squad.” “Tyres@Home contribution is by far the biggest sponsorship deal we have made and secures the future of the team and the players for years to come. On behalf of the players, managers and committee I would like to thank Richard of Tyres@home (Scarborough) for his continued support of the Eastway Sports Football Club.”
WHEN I was a child there was nothing better than spending the weekends at my grandparents. I used to go up to Hunmanby on a Friday night after school, on Saturday morning I would go shopping with my nana in the village, then in the afternoon I'd spend it with my grandad watching the likes of Big Daddy & The Giant Haystack in World of Sport while eating peeled apples. My grandad wasn't a big sports fan, he didn't care about football or any other conventional sports, but he loved Wrestling and he loved American WCW or back then WWF (now WWE). We used to go and watch it together at the Blue Dolphin & at The Spa. So in the last week of October it was a pleasure to go see EPW American Wrestling at the Scarborough Spa. The main highlight was meeting up with TNA Wrestler, the Chesterfield Plague Bram. On Impact
wrestling he's as twisted as the spire his home town is famous for. At tonight's show he is the main act, the one that the kids who were coming to the end of their half term were most looking forward to seeing in action. The night was a hit with the kids especially the appearance of Bram, even some of the mums were pleased. This is my second EPW match, this time they had brought their 15 foot steel cage. It was entertaining throughout the bouts, they had a little of everything, from high flyers, to smash mouth wrestlers, some up & coming and seasoned veterans too so it had a bit of everything really. I also felt my grandad must have been sitting next to me during the whole night & I know he would have loved it. EPW American Wrestling will be back in 2017 at the Scarborough Spa, Friday 3rd February.
Local archer brings home gold By Krystal Starkey
Local Archer, Sarah Monteith
SARAH Monteith returned home with a gold medal from the Northern Counties Archery Society Inter-Counties Tournament. Sarah, who has been shooting for 12 years and currently shoots for the Archers of East Riding, was one of only three ladies to be selected for the Yorkshire County Team within her discipline. The tournament was held in Preston, Lancashire with a total of almost 100 athletes competing. The event took almost six hours to complete. Sarah said “I was thrilled to be able to shoot well enough to be selected for the team . I am really pleased we won the ladies recurve team trophy and I’m very proud to have been able to take part and score well enough to help win the prize.” Sarah is expected to be in the top 60 female recurve archers in the U.K. when the Archery GB Target Ranking List is released later this month.
Junior sides enjoy visit to Queensgate by Dave Barry
Darts League No. Player 1 Jim Gordon 2 Alex Glass 3 James Huthwaite 4 Bob Pearson 5 Nigel Atkinson 6 Paul Hamblin 7 Dean Cooper 8 Dave Sanders 9 Stu Cook 10 Andrew Rowley No. Player 1 Phil Hoggarth 2 Pete Taylor 3 Joe Blacklock 4 Kevin Hodgson 5 Mel Readman 6 Lee Barnes 7 Jamie Toal 8 Jeff Oglesby
Division1 P W D L F A +/- Pts 35 23 10 2 90 37 53 56 36 20 12 4 87 53 34 52 36 19 10 7 81 52 29 48 35 17 7 11 75 58 17 41 34 14 10 10 69 59 10 38 35 12 10 13 66 67 34 27 4 12 11 41 61 --20 20 34 6 5 23 42 82 --40 17 34 4 9 21 42 83 --41 17 32 5 5 22 37 78 --41 15 Division 2 ( Final) P W D L F A +/- Pts 28 19 8 1 74 28 46 46 28 18 4 6 67 32 35 40 28 16 3 9 57 39 18 35 28 9 10 9 52 51 1 28 28 8 9 11 48 57 --9 25 28 7 8 13 44 59 --15 22 28 3 11 14 36 67 --31 17 28 3 5 20 27 72 --45 11
Scarborough Premier Darts League 2016 Week 14
Division Ladies No. Player P W D L F A +/- Pts 1 Amy Lee 22 14 8 0 58 22 36 36 2 Jan Atkinson 22 12 8 2 54 28 26 32 3 Jackie Burrows 23 11 7 5 50 34 16 29 4 Annmarie Barmby 22 9 7 6 42 35 7 25 5 Dianne Hamblin 22 9 6 7 40 36 4 24 6 Karen Barber 24 8 8 8 45 41 4 24 7 Lynn Gosley 23 7 9 7 44 41 3 23 8 Joanne Langdale 21 7 8 6 40 41 22 9 Donna Toal 22 6 7 9 37 44 --7 19 10 Kerry Wardle 24 8 3 13 36 47 --11 19 11 Sherry Stockdale 21 3 12 6 35 44 --9 18 12 Clare Harradine 24 5 8 11 36 52 --16 18 13 Poppy Boland 24 0 5 19 15 67 --52 5 Division Three (Final) No. Player P W D L F A +/- Pts 1 Andy Toal 24 12 6 6 52 36 16 30 2 Richard Lawty 24 9 11 4 51 40 11 29 3 Jason Barmby 24 9 7 8 46 43 3 25 4 Steve Pearson 24 8 8 8 44 47 --3 24 5 George Senior 24 5 13 6 45 48 --3 23 6 John Walker 24 8 5 11 43 47 --4 21 7 Nev Hoyle 24 4 8 12 35 55 --20 16
A SCHEME to help local junior sides watch Scarborough Athletic play at home in Bridlington is in full swing after a successful start. So far, two Scarborough and district minor league football teams have travelled to the Queensgate ground for games against Ramsbottom United and Clitheroe. Cayton Corinthian and Heslerton players of various ages were given free entry to the games as part of the Kids Go Free initiative, sponsored by UPM Raflatac and the club. The initiative gives youngsters opportunities and access to all Boro home games during the 2016/17 season. As part of the match-day experience, Cayton had a training session with Boro firstteam coach Steve Roberts in the morning before heading to Queensgate to see a good performance and three points gained in the afternoon. Both sets of junior players volunteered as ball boys and after the final whistle had selfies and autographs with the Boro players. The two teams will be the first of many minor league sides to see Boro’s senior side play in the Evo-Stik division one north. After 10 years in Bridlington, following
the demise of the old club, Boro return to Scarborough next summer to play at the new ground on Seamer Road. “It is important to make the town aware of our work in the community to help grass-roots football flourish”, says Boro’s communications officer, Will Baines. “The youngsters attending are the future of our football club, be it on the pitch or off it”. Children aged 11 and under can gain free entry to any Scarborough Athletic home league game during 2016/17 when accompanied by an adult.
Boro coach Steve Roberts with some of the youngsters
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Scarborough Review Golf The latest Scarborough and District Winter Alliance meeting was hosted by Bridlington Belvedere and provided some testing conditions for the competitors. South Cliffs Gary Thirkell and Craig Salt, returned a 9 under par net 63. This score secured the Tankards for the pair. The teams now move on to Driffield in a fortnight’s time on Sunday the 20th November, that will be the final meeting of 2016 before the mid-season break.
4 BBB Competition; 1st & Tankards winners G. Thirkell (5) & C Salt (11) South Cliff net 63; 2nd J. Titley (12) & P. Draycott (6), North Cliff net 64 back 9 = 31; 3rd I. Nichol (6) & M. Dickens (11) Filey, Net 64 back 9 = 32; 4th L Gray (12) & D Bulman (17) Filey net 64; 5th N Raybould (0) & R Cowling (00) Brid Links net 65 back 9 = 31; 6th J Coughlin (Scr) & B Waines (00) Brid Belvedere net 65.
Pennant Standings (Bridlington results in brackets); 1st North Cliff 1041 (267); 2nd Filey 1047 (265); 3rd South Cliff 1050 [Holders] (275); 4th Whitby 1061 (268); 5th Malton & Norton 1063 (267); 6th Bridlington Belvedere 1081 (270); 7th Bridlington Links 1087 (273); 8th Kirkbymoorside 1090 (278); 9th Driffield 1098 (274). Withernsea Golf Club hosted meeting no. 4 of this season's East Riding & District of York Winter Alliance, Heworth's Jim Batt (Jnr) and Garry Rollinson claimed the tankards with a sparkling net 62,
Leading 4BBB Medal Scores; 62 J.Batt (Jnr) & G.Rollinson (Heworth), 64 S.Dawes & G.Kelly (Malton & Norton), G.Forder & J.Ward (Fulford), 65 M.Pitchforth & M.Dickens (Filey), T.Bramhall & P.Horsley (Malton & Norton), J.Jones & N.Law (Hull), J.Coughlin & C.Wilson (Bridlington Belvedere).
Jim Batt
BY DERRICK ARDEN
The fifth meeting of the ER & District of York Alliance season took place at Beverley in what could only be called testing weather conditions. David Tarbotton (3) & Mark Rozenbroek (8) from Hull G.C. posted a net 60 to claim victory. M. Rozenbroek (8) Hull, 60; 2nd P. Mayoh (0) & A. Bell (11) Hainsworth, 61; 3rd= S. Middleton (5) & M. Cooke (10) Hornsea, N. Law (10) & A. Cooke (10) Hull, 62; 5th= N. Middleton (9) & P. Johnson (11) South Cliff, A. Lockwood (1) & J. Wilson (12) Hessle, A. Waddle (6) & P. Taylor (12) Selby, B. Drake (5) & P. Bentley (14) Hessle, 63.
League standings (Beverley scores in brackets); 1st= 653 Heworth (134 & Hornsea (127); 3rd 657 Hessle (130); 4th 663 Filey (134); 5th 666 Fulford (136); 6th 668 Hainsworth (132); 7th= 670 South Cliff (132) & Malton (134); 9th 673 Hull (122); 10th 675 York (139); 11th= 676 Springhead (132), Ganton (136), Driffield (136); 14th 679 North Cliff (141); 15th 680 Brough (134); 16th 688 Bridlington (140); 17th= 693 Kirkbymoorside (134), Pike Hills (143); 19th= 697 Selby (130), Boothferry (148); 21st 698 Ganstead (131); 22nd 705 Withernsea (145); 23rd 709 Sutton (151); 24th 714 Easingwold (140); 25th 731 Flamborough (145); 26th Beverley (D/Q) The Flamborough & District Rabbits Alliance have held two meeting recently, the first was at Driffield Golf Club and local pair Stuart Watson and Ted Gillard took first place in the four ball better ball. At Kirkbymoorside, it was South Cliff pair Colin Ellis & Ralph Williams who claimed the Tankards in the 4BBB.
Latest Pennant Standings, (Kirkbymoorside scores in brackets); 1st South Cliff 783 (197); 2nd Malton & Norton 791 (204); 3rd Filey 797 (209); 4th Kirkbymoorside 797 (200); 5th Brid. Links 803 (206); 6th Brid. Belvedere 808 (204); 7th North Cliff 808 (203); 8th Driffield 814 (217) 9th Flamborough 818 (216); 10th Whitby 822 (209). South Cliff Golf Club welcomed their new Lady Captain Caroline Woodhouse into office on Sunday. Caroline took up the game of golf in 1990 when she joined Royston Golf Club in Hertfordshire. Before she arrived at South Cliff Caroline had also been a member at Stoke Rochford and Filey, her current handicap is 21 and the nominated charity for her year is the Scarborough Rainbow Centre. The South Cliff male members were in action on Saturday contesting their November
SCGC Lady Captains Day Caroline Woodhouse seated right Vice-Capt Kate Owen seated L Stableford competition in which Nigel Middleton (9) and Barry Moment (14), both finished on 39 points but the count back went in Nigel’s favour on the back three. The highlight of the day came in division two when Duncan Woodward-Hay (17) scorched round the course to amass 48 points. North Cliff held their annual prize presentation evening which was well supported by the winners and their supporters. Pride of place went to young Thomas Duck who has had a memorable year winning a variety of trophies including both the Club Championship and Junior Championship. In so doing he became the youngest member ever to claim the Club Championship (The Gibson Cup). He also picked up the 36 Hole Championship Trophy and in the junior section won the Rusbridge Trophy, both the 36 Hole Championship Trophies for the gross and net scores, the Junior Cup and The Clive Clark Trophy. Clare Pickering (nee Ellard) once again won the Ladies Club Championship (The Graneek Cup) and won the Mixed Knock-Out Salver in tandem with David Butterfield. The Seniors Championship was won by Club President David Ellard who also picked up the over 55’s event for the Wilderspin Shield. North Cliff Golf Club held their annual Turkey Trot competition, First prize in Division 1 went to the current EGU Past Captains Champion Alan Richardson (10), once again on top of the podium after posting a score of 40 points. The winning score in Division 2 came in from Ian Wareing (13) who carded the best total of the day at 42 points. South Cliff contested their November Medal when the course and weather were good and the scores reflected those conditions. James
Gomersall (13) played an excellent round of golf to post a net 65 and claim first place in division 1. Division 2 provided the low score of the day when Nick Kearney (19) posted a net 64. South Cliff ladies played their November Stableford where in Division 1 Anna Mollon (18) took the honours with 33 points. Second place went to Ewa Graczyk (16).Division 2 was also closely contested, Clare Thompson (23) and Caroline Woodhouse (21) both finished with 29 points but Clare edged into first place by having a better back nine.
Clare Thompson South Cliff ladies have made a good start to the season in the East Yorkshire Ladies Winter Golf Alliance. In the first fixture played at Hainsworth Park their incoming Lady Captain Caroline Woodhouse (21) and Irene Smith (26) finished in top spot with a net 74.5. That result was followed up in the second fixture by Gill Skingle (23) and Ewa Graczyk (16) being place second, also with 74.5.
U16 players chosen for county team from across the north of England. The county selection is a further reward for Cammish after the goalkeeper claimed all the honours at the Boro awards night in June, picking up the player’s, manager’s and parents’ awards. Midfielder Muggeson-Forbes, the U16 skipper, has just started a trial at Scunthorpe United Academy.
TWO Scarborough Athletic under-16 players have reached the North Yorkshire schools football team.
The head of youth development at Scarborough Athletic, Nigel Carson, said: “It is a fantastic achievement. They have come through the youth set-up at the club and have worked really hard to earn their places in the North Yorkshire side to take on some of the best school sides in the country.
Tom Cammish and Dylan Muggeson-Forbes were selected after a series of trials for the county squad and are now taking on sides
“It is great to see the progression they have made over the years and their selection is very well deserved”.
Tom Cammish, left, and Dylan Muggeson-Forbes
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Pool tournament raises Tour de Yorkshire returns to Scarborough £255 for hospice Words and photo by Dave Barry
by Steve Adamson SCARBOROUGH will once again be a host town for next year's Tour de Yorkshire cycle race, along with Bradford, Bridlington, Fox Valley(Sheffield), Harrogate and Tadcaster. The third edition of the hugely popular event will be held from Friday 28 April to Sunday 30 April 2017, with full details of routes and distances set to be announced early in December (after the Review went to print). Scarborough staged the finish of stage one of the 2015 Tour de Yorkshire, which was won by Norway's Lars Petter Nordhaug, then last year's third and final stage (Middlesbrough to Scarborough) was won by Frenchman
Last year’s race winner Thomas Voeckler crosses the finish line at Scarborough’s North Bay.
Thomas Voeckler, with thousands of spectators lining the route of the two previous stage finales in the town.
THE final of a pool tournament at the North Riding brew-pub raised £355 for St Catherine’s Hospice. Sixteen players paid £5 to enter and were eliminated one by one as the contest went on. In the final, sports therapist Paul Witty beat builder Chris Hartley 3-1. “It was a fun thing, very good-natured”, explained organiser Ian Osborne of Humble Pie in North Marine Road. Raffle prizes included a £25 Humble Pie voucher, a £25 Watermark voucher, a meal for two at the North Riding, craft beers from the pub, breakfast for two at a guesthouse, a
massage and a tin of chalk paint. The sum raised included £100 from Stuart and Karen Neilson, who run the pub.
Pool tournament finalists Paul Witty, left, and Chris Hartley with North Riding landlady Karen Neilson and supporters (to order photos ring 353597)
Celebrations for yacht club New club helps disabled by Dave Barry
A BUSY year for Scarborough Yacht Club culminated in its annual trophy presentation evening at the Royal Hotel. Commodore Steve Parker said the club had hosted numerous events in 2016. They included a regional heat of the National Sailing League and the 707 sports boats national championships. Thirty yachts, including one from Switzerland, participated in the annual North Sea race, sponsored by Boyes Stores. The August bank holiday sailing regatta, sponsored by James Stockdale Ltd, saw some competitive racing. A major refurbishment of the clubhouse, located in the lighthouse, has been completed. New members are always welcome. Contact details can be found at www.syc.org.co.uk
Sailing theory courses approved by the Royal Yachting Association are available at the club during winter.
Words and photos by Dave Barry
L-R, back: Andrew Boyes, Jimmy Stockdale, Roger Buxton and Steve Parker. Front: Helen Baker, Alana Parker, Maggie Boyes and Tessa Stockdale.
Boycott to open at The Spa Words by Mike Tyas LEGENDARY Yorkshire and England batsman Geoffrey Boycott OBE will be opening up at the Scarborough Spa in front of his legion of fans at a special evening to mark the 40th anniversary of his 100th hundred. The evening of memories, on Saturday 6 May, will be presented by BBC Look North’s Harry Gration, who will share with the audience some of the controversial moments in the batsman and media pundit’s career. As part of the show Boycott, who played his last first-class innings at Scarborough in September 1986 when he was run for 61 against Northamptonshire, will be sharing some unseen footage from the BBC archives, rare photographs from his private collection and clips of the many highlights of his career. Boycott, who is now 76, made his Test debut in 1964 and went on to score 8,114 runs in Tests over 18 years, at an average of nearly 48. Sure to gain a mention during the evening is his first Test Match hundred; his 100th first-class hundred – at Headingley, in 1977, during the fourth Test when he famously Cricket legend Geoff
Boycott
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hit Australian Greg Chappell through mid-on for four to spark a pitch invasion, and the surpassing of Garry Sobers' world record aggregate of Test runs in Delhi in December 1981. Boycott made his first appearance for Yorkshire against Pakistan in 1962 and in 1963 scored his first century, 145 for Yorkshire against Lancashire in the Roses match at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. He went on to open for Yorkshire in July 1963 and for England against Australia in June 1964 and was Yorkshire captain between 1971 and 1978. The batsman scored 32,570 runs for Yorkshire at an average of 57.85 including 103 centuries and went on to become the first Englishman to average more than 100 runs per innings in 1971 when he scored 2,503 runs. Throughout his career he scored 151 firstclass centuries. After his playing career ended, Boycott became an often outspoken and controversial writer in the press and commentator on radio and television, including the BBC’s Test Match Special, and co-presenting cricket highlights on Channel 5. Jo Ager, General Manager of Scarborough Spa, said: ‘We are absolutely bowled over that one of Yorkshire’s greatest sporting heroes has chosen the Spa to share memories and regale tales of his time at the crease, as well as his illustrious broadcasting career which has taken him across the world.’ n Tickets are priced at £25, VIP packages available from £45 and are available from www.scarboroughspa. co.uk or via the Spa box office, tel. 821888.
NORTH Yorkshire’s only frame-football team is going from strength to strength. Scarborough Athletic Frame Football Club (SAFFC) was launched in April by Yorkshire Coast Homes (YCH) and Scarborough Athletic FC (SAFC). Frame football offers an opportunity for young people who rely on walking frames to play football. SAFFC players aged 5-15 have been training regularly at Pindar Leisure Centre in Eastfield since the club launched in April. Participation in this fast-growing sport at a competitive level is best undertaken by players equipped with purpose-built game-frames which, retailing at around £500 each, presents a daunting investment for any new team. SAFFC got under way with two of the specialised hybrid frames before beginning a series of activities aimed at raising funds to buy more. A Sunday morning soccer match and a five-aside tournament got the campaign rolling, with donations from individuals and groups. “The players managed by sharing the two game-frames until an unexpected strike from Scarborough and Locals Together (Salt) proved to be the extra-time, back-ofthe-net game-changer”, says YCH media and
Orla Kerins
community liaison officer Kevin Allen. After watching videos from the first two club training sessions and seeing the joy on the young players’ faces, Salt offered to pay for 10 hybrid frames, in a range of sizes to suit all club members. Salt trustees Joan Edeson and Rosemary Forrest said the charity’s shop in Falsgrave helps people in the community when they need a helping hand. “SAFFC is providing sporting opportunities for young people that have, until now, been denied them. The benefits for the children and their families become clear when watching them play and we are delighted to support this worthwhile venture”. As well as participating in local training and match sessions, club members will eventually be able to take part in a programme of tournament events around the country organised by the Frame Football Association (FFA). The team was inspired by YCH chief executive Shaun Tymon, who said: “We believe everyone should be able to participate in sport and we work hard to help remove the physical, social and financial barriers that may be holding them back. “The rapidly growing sport of frame football provides excellent opportunities for people of all ages and ability levels to take part. We are thrilled to have been able to set up a team and bring the sport within reach of local young people. We’ve had lots of advice and support from the FFA and now that the club has been adopted by SAFC we’re really making progress”. SAFC director Andy Troughton added: “This is a wonderful initiative and we are both proud and excited to be able to assist YCH in setting up the team. Our club prides itself on its community credentials and we look forward to helping these young people overcome the barriers that might otherwise prevent them from participating in our favourite sport”. For setting up the club, YCH won the healthand-wellbeing category in the National Housing Federation’s Community Impact awards in September. The award recognises housing associations’ contribution to tackling health inequalities, promoting independence and improving health and wellbeing. n For further details, check out the FrameFootball page on Facebook or visit www.cpsport.org/sports/football/framefootball.
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From the touchline WITH British Summer Time left behind and early winter taking hold, the rugby season continues apace at Scarborough Rugby Club. At first team level Scarborough continue to make progress in the RFU (Rugby Football Union) Yorkshire League Division One and have lost only three of their twelve league games so far. However inconsistency in the form of the odd, out of character defeat, has made their progress of the faltering variety. Last month ended with the visit of high-flying Beverley to Silver Royd. The visitors raced off to a 10-0 lead in as many minutes and looked good for an away win. However the Seasiders girded their proverbial loins and fought back scoring 32 points without reply for a 32-10 bonus point win. ‘After the lord mayor’s show (comes the dustcart)’ and that scintillating performance at home was followed by a real stinker at Keighley the following week with a desperately poor performance and a surprise heavy 19-5 defeat. Stock was taken and the following week Coach Lee Douglas’s charges raced to an early 14-0 lead against Settle-based outfit North Ribblesdale at Silver Royd. An afternoon which started so well ended in disappointment when referee Kevin Weston sustained a calf injury early in the second half and the game was abandoned. However, the month ended on a high for the men from
Silver Royd with their best display of the season beating Halifax-based Old Brodleains 32-13 and ending the west Yorkshiremen’s unbeaten home run. An ‘almost’ perfect month ended with Scarborough in sixth place following last week’s 24-3 victory over resurgent Heath RFC. Had the North Ribblesdale game been played to its conclusion then the Silver-Royders would be in second place today. All this in spite of loosing influential No8 Isaac Faamau with an knee injury sustained at Keighley and James Leach seriously injured last month. With 14 tries scored in four and a half games it looks as if the Seasiders’ newcomers are settling in. Things are looking good for skipper Matty Jones and his men; however, consistency is the watchword if they are to challenge for promotion in the new year. Before that they have three important games coming up before the Christmas/New Year break. Tomorrow they travel to Hullensians looking to avenge an away defeat last season; last week the Humbersiders inexplicably slid to a crushing 52-19 defeat at bottom club Acklam. Rumour on the rugby grapevine is that Hullensians have a massive injury list with no less than nine first teamers out of action. The following week skipper Matty Jones’s men are on the road again at York who were beaten at Silver Royd in the first home
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fixture of the season. And the first half of the season concludes with the visit of unbeaten league-leaders Bridlington on the 17th of December. Scarborough played poorly in the corresponding game at Bridlington losing 3311 at Dukes Park back in September and will look to do themselves justice on their own patch in front of a big home crowd in what is always a keenly fought local derby. Scarborough’s Micro, Mini and junior rugby is thriving with Silver Royd host to a large number of kids every Sunday taking part thanks to the ACTIVE YOUTH PROGRAMME sponsored by Mc Cain foods. Apart from the kids staying healthy and some mums and dads getting a bit of a lie-in, the club’s senior rugby set-up benefits from the stream of talented players coming through; Eight young players who have come through the youth system have played first team rugby with distinction in the last month. Further details on junior rugby from the club’s YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (YDO) Graham Hogg on 01723 357740 extension 5 or at graham.hogg@scarboroughrugby.co.uk. The Valkryies have had a strong start to the season with league wins against Bishop Auckland, Harrogate and Morpeth Ladies. The Scarborough women lost 17-12 at home to league leaders York RI on their last outing but turned in a spirited performance following a second half fight-back. The Valkryies have
Three local sides are through to the last 16 of the North Riding Challenge Cup. Billy Logan blasted in six goals as WEST PIER won 11-2 at Great Ayton United in their second round tie, and Luke Jenkinson and Dean Craig both claimed hat tricks as EDGEHILL won 6-1 at Leyburn Town. WESTOVER WASPS twice came from behind to beat Richmond Town Res 4-3, with Travis Wood and Chris Hannan
BY DAVE CAMPBELL two fixtures in December; on the road at West Park Leeds 4 and Bishop Auckland at Silver Royd on the 11th There were many creditable performances amongst the players at Silver Royd but for consistent application, graft, determination on the paddock not to mention a hatful of tries and goals my SCARBOROUGH RUFC PLAYER OF THE MONTH GOES TO MEL HALSTEAD(THE VALKRYIES).
A review of the local soccer scene.... BY STE VE ADAMSON
Despite the loss of prolific marksman Billy Logan to Pickering Town, WEST PIER continue to set the pace in the Scarborough News District League first division. Seven straight league wins saw them two points clear of nearest rivals Newlands Park, having played two fewer games. Pier's latest win being an 11-2 thrashing of Cayton Corinthians, with Sean Exley 4 and Neil Thomas 3 top scoring. NEWLANDS PARK beat Seamer Sports 3-2 with strikes from Ben Luntley 2 and Liam Mancrief, while EDGEHILL moved into 4th place behind Hunmanby, when Luke Jenkinson netted twice in a 5-0 defeat of Seamer. WEST PIER RES led division two, three points ahead of Filey Town Res, but Filey did have three games in hand. Jack South and Rich Tolliday both scored twice as Pier beat Goalsports 4-1, while FILEY RES won 6-2 against Scalby with strikes from Joe Gage 3, Aaron Howard 2 and Lee Lambert. ITIS ITIS ROVERS were clear leaders in the third division, their latest success being 6-2 away to Fishburn Park, with goals from Sam Pickard 2, Curtis Rose 2, Sean Bloom and Glen O'Neill. Closest rivals EDGEHILL THIRDS earned an astonishing 12-6 win against Goalsports Res, with Tom Scales scoring five, while a Chris Milburn hat trick helped AYTON climb to 10th in the table with a 7-4 defeat of Seamer Sports 3rds.
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both scoring twice, but SCALBY were beaten 6-2 at Colburn Town. In the third round (to be played Saturday, 3 December) West Pier entertain York St Johns University, Edgehill host Haxby United and Westover travel to Tockwith. DISTRICT CUP Quarter Finals- Billy Logan struck five goals as West Pier beat Newlands Park 5-3, Karl Storr scored twice for Whitby Fishermen in a 3-2 home success over Filey Town, and Edgehill won 6-3 away to Hunmanby United, with strikes from Dean Craig 3, Luke Jenkinson, Danny Jones and Kieran Link. Sleights failed to raise a team for their home tie against Seamer Sports. HARBOUR CUP Quarter Finals- Hunmanby United beat local rivals Filey Town 3-2 with strikes from Cameron Dobson, Leigh Franks and James Pinder, while Martin Cooper and Neil Thomas netted for West Pier in their 2-1 home win against Whitby Fishermen. Cayton
Corinthians lost 3-1 at home to Sinnington, and Dean Craig netted twice as Edgehill triumphed 6-1 away to Scalby. JUNIOR CUP Quarter Finals- No Scarborough League side made it though to the semi-finals, as Seamer Sports Res lost 4-2 at home to Kirkdale United and Edgehill Res were beaten 7-3 at home to Loftus Athletic. In the other games Heslerton beat Wombleton Wanderers 3-1, and Kirkbymoorside Res won 2-0 against Ryedale Sports.
LEAGUE CUP- Edgehill thrashed Goldsborough United 11-3 in a second round tie with goals from Luke Jenkinson 5, Jamie Ramm 3 and Jamjes Gunn 3. A Karl Storr hat trick helped Whitby Fishermen to a 6-4 win at Filey Town Res, and Newlands Park beat Sleights 5-0, with goals from Matty Griffiths, Ben Luntley, Jon Manson, Drew McCoubrey and Jordan Mintoft. LEAGUE TROPHY- Recent second round ties saw Falsgrave Athletic beat West Pier Res 9-1 with Sam Mahoney scoring four and Zac Hansen contributing a hat trick. Two Matt Bedson goals helped Filey Town Res win 5-0 away to Duchess, Paul Mills scored twice as Sherburn won 3-0 at Snainton, and Eastway Sports beat Seamer Res 3-1. FRANK WHITE TROPHY- Quarter final draw (ties to be played Sat 17 December) Westover Wasps Res v Goldsborough Utd Sherburn v Ayton Eastway Sports v Hunmanby Utd Res Itis Itis Rovers v Edgehill 3rds Two local sides have reached the third round of the North Riding Sunday Challenge Cup, to be played on Sunday, 4 December. TRAFALGAR are home to Knayton, and NEWLANDS travel to play JFC United.
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Local Services We know how important it is to have the latest, up to date information on hand about your local services, so we’ve brought them all together in one place to save you searching. Keep this so that you’ve got these numbers at your fingertips when you need them the most. www.yorkshiretravel.net ENVIRONMENT SCARBOROUGH AGENCY COUNCIL SCARBOROUGH BOROUGH COUNCIL 01723 232323 www.scarborough.gov.uk Scarborough Borough Council,Town Hall, St Nicholas Street, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 2HG
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Come and �oin us here at Prestige Nursing + Care in �ork, part of one of the ��’s longest-established and most respected agencies. �f you’re anBloomberg experienced nurse or care worker looking ELECTRIC for either temporary or with hoarth and brass surround. £70 WASHING MACHINE, WNF63211. A++ FIRE and permanent work in �ork and the surrounding areas, then come and talk to us. energy rating, digital display, 6KG. Never used unwanted was £200. Contact Mr Poyner on 07717 255400 We offer you very competitive pay, a huge variety of work in the local area, gift. £95. Contact Ms Dixon on 01723 your choice of work pa�erns 581824 and the support of one of the best-known names MAHOGANY FIREPLACE SURROUND. Good condition. in agency nursing and care. �hat’s not all�
SNOOKER TABLE (1/4 size) with cues, balls, cover. Good Reasonable offers considered. Tel 01723 373542 after when you want� where condition. Folds up. £80 ono.•�ork Tel 01723 373542 after you 6 want pm. No time wasters please. •�eekly pay� straight into your �ank account 6 pm. No Time wasters please. •Dedicated member website for your convenience SILVER CROSS DOLL’S PUSHCHAIR (not a buggy) •Over 48 hours’ of award-winning training ALUMINIUM GREENHOUSE, 6’x4’ with roof window and £15. COACH BUILT DOLL’S PRAM, navy blue, chrome •Save up to £500 a year on your shopping bill with Members Advantages sliding door. £30. Buyer•�arn to dismantle and move. with Contact handles and wheels, white tyres, lovely condition, £40. a ��� ��S e�voucher our �em�er �ewards M Watson on 01262 677166 Contact Mrs J. Haw on 01723 583920 NATHAN TEAK DINING TABLE 4 ft circular, extends to rectangular shape. Good condition. £50 ono. Tel 01723 373542 after 6 pm. No time wasters please.
TECHNICS KEYBOARD, full size, 61 keys, music rack, AC cord manuals. As new. £75. Contact Eric Allwood on 01723 367306
BIKE CARRIER, Fits on the spare wheel of a 4x4. Used once, £20. Contact Mr Hudson on 01723 507589
SQUIER FENDER STRAT ELECTRIC GUITAR £70, MARTIN SMITH ACCOUSTIC GUITAR with many extras, £65. Contact Mr Marsh on 01723 563102
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GOLF IRONS. Full set, woods, gold bag and trolley plus 100 golf balls. £95. Contact Mr Temple on 01723 355599 COMPUTER DESK, Beech colour 115.5cmL x 76 cm, £25. Tel 01723 373542 after 6 pm. No time wasters please. WINTER TYRES 16”, 2 on Vauxhall Merina 60 plate onwards with steel wheels. £99 - no offers. Call Mr P Cloherty on 07852 650477 MOBILE PHONE WITH EASY NUMBER, Owned for 18 years now for sale begins 077890 with phone and credit. £125 Call Mr P Cloherty on 07852 650477 WANTED: HOME EXERCISE BIKE, in really good condition, folding preferred. Call 01723 353120
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RECORDS, Various artists from 50p each. GOLF CLUBS from £3 each. Contact Ms Clayton on 01723 374595 CROSS TRAINER BODY SCULPTURE, Hardly used, can deliver, £35. Contact B Mckee on 07901 500822 Pentax Optio SVi DIGITAL COMPACT CAMERA. Boxed with all accessories. Ideal starter pocket size camera. £15. Tel. 01723 513755 RED LEATHER SOFAS, 2 & 3 seater, good condition. From a pet and smoke free home. £200. Buyer collect. Contact Mr Protheroe on 01723 367191 LEG MAGIC EXCERCISE MACHINE. Boxed as new. £20. Oreck XL lightweight VACUUM CLEANER. Hypo-allergenic filter. £20.Contact Mrs Witty on 07947120446
STAG SOLID WOOD WARDROBE, single, shelved interior. £70 ONO, Contact Mr Poyner on 07717 255440
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COURT SCARBOROUGH MAGISTRATES COURT 01723 505000 www.magistrates-court. co.uk/scarboroughmagistrates-court The Law Courts, Northway, Scarborough, YO12 7AE
CITIZENS ADVICE SCARBOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 01723 368710 www.scarcab.org.uk 4 Elders Street, Scarborough, YO11 1DZ
POLICE SCARBOROUGH POLICE STATION 101 for non-emergencies. If in danger, always call 999. www.northyorkshire. police.uk/558 Northway, Scarborough, YO12 7AD. Opening times 8am-midnight daily.
FLOODLINE Call Floodline on 0345 988 1188 or visit www. environment-agency.gov. uk nd search for your area.
NATIONAL RAIL Regularly updated information on national rail services. 03457 484950 www.nationalrail.co.uk
FILEY COUNCIL
SCARBOROUGH PARK AND RIDE Available seven days a week throughout the year, including bank holidays. Seamer Road, Scarborough, YO12 4LW (service 64) Filey Road, A165, Scarborough, YO11 3JY (service 165) www.northyorks.gov.uk/ article/25923/ Scarborough-park-andride
FILEY TOWN COUNCIL 01723 514498 www.fileytowncouncil. co.uk 52A Queen Street, Filey, YO14 9HE
POLICE FILEY POLICE STATION For non emergencies, 101. In an emergency always call 999. Opening times: Mon-Fri 8.30am12.30pm; 1.30pm-4.30pm. Closed on w/e and bank holidays. 1st Floor, The Evron Centre, John Street, Filey, YO14 9DW
FIRE SERVICES FILEY FIRE STATION www.northyorksfire.gov. uk Mitford Street, Filey, YO14 9DY
LIFEBOAT STATION FILEY LIFEBOAT STATION 01723 513197 www.rnli.org Coble Landing, Foreshore Road, Filey, YO14 9LF
TRANSPORT AND CAR PARKS SCARBOROUGH BOROUGH COUNCIL 01723 232323 www.northyorks.gov.uk/ article/23002/transportand-streets
FIRE SERVICES
EAST YORKSHIRE MOTOR SERVICES Bus and coach timetable information for services across North and East Yorkshire. 01482 592929 BusLine@eyms.co.uk www.eyms.co.uk
SCARBOROUGH FIRE STATION Crewed 24 hours a day 01723 357790 (in an emergency, always call 999)www.northyorksfire. gov.uk North Marine Road, Scarborough, YO12 7EY
TRAVELINE Planning tool for journeys within Yorkshire and to other counties. 0871 2002233 (Calls cost 10p per minute plus any charges your network provider makes.)
CAR PARKS LONG STAY CAR PARKS Burniston Road, YO12 6PH Castle Road, YO11 1BH Friars Way, YO11 1HN Marine Drive, YO11 1PG North Terrace, YO11 1HU Northstead Lower,Burniston Road, YO12 6PF Northstead Upper, Ryndle Crescent, YO12 6AQ Quay Street,YO11 1PL Scalby Mills, YO12 6RP South Bay Underground, Foreshore Road, YO11 2HD Spa Drive, Foreshore Road, YO11 2HD Spa Forecourt, Foreshore Road, YO11 2HD Victoria Park, YO12 7TS West Pier, Foreshore Road, YO11 1PB Westwood, YO11 2PF William Street, Wrea Lane, YO12 7PL Albion Road, YO11 2BT SHORT STAY CAR PARKS Castle Road, YO11 1BH (July and August only) Falconers Road, YO11 2EN North Street, YO11 1DE St Nicholas Parade, Falconers Road, YO11 2EN St Thomas Street, YO11 1DY Victoria Road, YO11 1SF
MOT FROM £34.95