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Words and photos by Dave Barry THE £2.7m transformation of Scarborough’s historic Market Hall is starting to take shape. The mezzanine floor has been installed, completing most of the heavy structural work. The overhaul is due to be completed by the end of February. Now the race is on to attract the kind of businesses which the council would like to see trading in the hall. Expressions of interest have been received from artisans who make and sell cakes, home-made pies, jams, chutneys, etc. “They are exactly the sort of people we want,” says Nick Taylor, investment manager in the council’s economic development department. “We have had a lot of enquiries, two from operators interested in

running cafés on the new floor. We are particularly looking for someone to sell coffee, speciality teas, herbs and spices, etc. “We took the grain of an idea from a market in Altrincham in Cheshire and have added to it quite dramatically”, Mr Taylor says. At the east end, the new floor extends into the hall by about 10 metres, providing space for customers to eat and drink at tables. The space on the ground floor will be used for temporary daily markets and entertainment. “We hope to get a radio station in”, says Mr Taylor. The current phase will be completed by about midNovember, when retailers will be moved into the new area so the rest of the hall can be finished. The café which was in the north-east corner will not return. The owner, Ella Stephenson, has moved to a café at the top of Bland’s Cliff. Mr Taylor says various measures are being planned to increase footfall towards the Market from the town centre and seafront. (Continued on page 2)

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Market Hall overhaul The Market Hall opened in 1853 with one of the broadest rooves (supported only by the walls) in the country. The project to sensitively transform it is technically complex. About 20 steel pillars underpinning the new level rise through the paved floor from the Market Vaults below. The mezzanine floor will be reached via new staircases near the front of the building, two old stairways at the back and a lift. The hall interior is getting a fresh lick of paint – grey-blue – and a dozen retail units are being built on the longer sides of the mezzanine floor. The hall will contain about 50 retail units. The stalls in the middle will be open, with no rooves. The work that remains to be done includes electrical fittings such as fire alarms and a security system, plumbing for toilets on both floors, reglazing damaged windows, repairing masonry and installing suspended ceilings in the ground-floor units. A new sixth door, providing access for

disabled people, has been created in the northern wall, on Market Way. The wrought ironwork above the back doors and at the sides is being restored. However, the iron roundels in the back doors are not being restored as they are out of sight when the market is open. Glass doors are to be fitted at the three outside doors in the Market Vaults. * To learn more about having a retail unit in the Market Hall or Vaults, ring Mr Taylor on 232440 or email him at nick.taylor@ scarborough.gov.uk.

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Falsgrave take-away fined for hygiene breaches by Dave Barry A TAKE-AWAY sandwich shop which specialises in hot roast meats has been found guilty of food hygiene offences after a case brought by Scarborough Council. Hanny Eskander, owner of the Mr Crackling business in Falsgrave, pleaded guilty to three offences at Scarborough magistrates court under food safety and hygiene regulations. Mr Eskander was accused of failure to implement a food safety management system, failure to ensure the premises was kept clean and failure to ensure that all articles, fittings and equipment with which food comes into contact were kept clean. He was fined £300 and ordered to pay £520 in costs to the council and a £30 victim surcharge. The total amount is to be paid at a rate of £10 per week. The council brought the case against Mr Eskander after a long history of his business not complying with food hygiene regulations, particularly relating to the lack of an adequate food safety management system. This had led to a number of unsafe practices in relation to the cooking and reheating of

joints of meat and a consistent failure to meet the basic requirements of the regulations. The breach was raised with Mr Eskander during routine inspections of his business in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. Three hygiene improvement notices were served and a Food Standards Agency coaching visit was undertaken in 2014 to help Mr Eskander implement a suitable system. Mr Eskander consistently failed to comply with other elements of the food hygiene regulations such as cleaning and structural requirements, which were raised at each inspection. The business has never achieved a food hygiene rating of more than 1, which signifies ‘major improvement necessary’. During the most recent inspection, on 14 April 2016, the council’s environmental health officer again saw evidence that safe methods were not being implemented. He witnessed slow and insufficient reheating of cooked meats with no temperature probe available to monitor cooking and reheating temperatures, cleaning problems and structural and equipment disrepair. Following notification of court action,

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Mr Eskander started to implement the improvements required and the council has since seen positive changes at his business. The council’s environment and regulation manager, Jonathan Bramley, said: “Our environmental health officer worked tirelessly with [Mr Eskander] for many years to help him bring his business up to the required standards to meet food hygiene regulations, but to no avail. We felt that given the many chances Mr Eskander had to make improvements, we were left with no choice but to pursue court action. “We are pleased that in the run-up to his appearance in court and since that time, Mr Eskander has made the improvements needed. We are just very disappointed that it took enforcement action for him to do so because it could so easily have been avoided. “High standards of cleanliness and a comprehensive food safety management system are essential for any food business. To protect the public we will always take action against those that do not comply with these requirements”.

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by Dave Barry AN event celebrating Scarborough’s culture, diversity and unity is to be staged at the Hull University campus on Sunday (2 October), from 2-6pm. will have an exciting line-up of activities including accessibility sports (volleyball, cycling, boccia, touch tag rugby), tai chi, yoga, an introduction to mindfulness, circus skills, four bands, henna art, food and dance from around the world and Bollywood, Stomp and art workshops. Displays will illustrate the work of Mesmac, the police, the Disability Action Group, Scarborough Museums, Scarborough Islamic Centre, the county council’s prevention service, Carers’ Resource, the Community Impact Team, the Maritime Heritage Centre and Making Space. No charge will be made for admission but a collection will be taken for the RNLI.

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Chain gang turns out The key to a long and for Filey civic service happy marriage Words and photos by Dave Barry EVERYONE was in their best bib and tucker for Filey Town Council’s annual civic service and buffet lunch, at Filey Methodist Church. The was out in force, with at least nine people wearing chains of office. The civic dignitaries, councillors and guests hailed from several parts of the borough of Scarborough, which embraces Filey and Whitby. They were greeted by Filey’s mayor, Cllr Susan Bosomworth, whose daughter Natalie is the mayoress. The church minister, Rev Chris Kirkman, conducted the service, which had a theme of inclusion and opportunities for all. Readings were given by Filey’s deputy mayoress, Jacqui Walker, and former Filey mayor Cllr John Shackleton.

The service was attended by four Filey sea cadets and a team from Ebor Academy, formerly Filey School: head girl Emily Hinchliffe, deputy head girl Rheanne Chalmers, head boy Cavan Walker and deputy head boy Jordan Orange.

The chain gang, aka the civic party and guests, assemble on the church steps

L-R: Mayor Susan Bosomworth with Ebor Academy head boy Cavan Walker, deputy head boy Jordan Orange, head girl Emily Hinchliffe, deputy head girl Rheanne Chalmers and mayoress Natalie Bosomworth

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Filey town crier David Bull and his escort Paula Forrest lead the civic party into the church

Words and photo by Dave Barry IF you want a long and happy marriage, never go to bed on an argument - always sort it out beforehand. The sound advice comes from a couple who should know. Derrick and Margaret Jeffels have just celebrated their platinum wedding. They married on 12 September 1946 at Scarborough register office, when it was on Dean Road. Derrick and Margaret marked their 70th wedding anniversary with a meal at the Mayfield Hotel in Seamer. They were joined by most of their huge family. They have two daughters: Eileen Williamson, born in 1948, and Linda Jones, born in 1956; and two sons: Tony, born in 1950, and Terry, born in 1958. They have 12 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren (the oldest is 28) and a great great granddaughter, Daisy Williamson, who appeared a few days before their big anniversary. The party featured Margaret’s brother Stan, his daughter and her husband, from York. Derrick, 88, and Margaret, 87, have known each other for about 80 years, since childhood. He lived in Scarborough and she lived in Hunmanby, where she was born. Margaret’s earliest memory of Derrick dates back to when she was seven, visiting her older sister in Scarborough. The two children began to clock each other and the seeds of romance were sown. When Margaret was 13, she and the rest of her family moved to Scarborough. “I used to look at Derrick and think ‘I wonder if he's got a girlfriend’,” Margaret recalls. Shortly afterwards, she and Derrick contrived to meet in the queue at the Odeon cinema, which is now the Stephen Joseph Theatre. That was in 1942. They can’t remember which film they saw but it could well have been Casablanca. They might not even have been looking at the screen. “She was very good looking,” recalls Derrick, whose sister Marjorie married Margaret’s brother George just after war. Margaret’s father was a churchman and thought she was too young to be dating. But they persevered and tied the knot as teenagers, just before Derrick was posted abroad with the army. Knowing he would eventually be conscripted, Derrick had volunteered and spent 12 years in the army. Seven were in Germany; Margaret joined him for the last three before they returned to Scarborough. He would have been sent to the Korean war if hadn’t broken an ankle. “When I left the army, we lived in Scalby Road and I couldn’t get a job,” Derrick says. He eventually found work at a bookie’s, then at a quarry at the top of Malvern Crescent, then as a miner at Manvers Main colliery in Barnsley. Before and after rearing her children, Margaret spent 42 years working at Marks & Spencer and Woodhead's baker’s in Newborough, Westborough and Aberdeen Walk. She retired in 1999 when Derrick had a heart attack.

Derrick and Margaret Jeffels with their anniversary cake

Derrick and Margaret on their wedding day, 70 years ago They clearly get on well, after over 70 years together. “We sometimes have a shouting game but we've never walked out on each other,” Margaret says, with a chuckle. “I haven't chucked him out!” Just before posing for a photo with Derrick, Margaret informed her daughter Linda: “He’s done all t'washing this morning”. They used to go abroad a lot, especially after Derrick got better, but now they are content to potter about their Sandybed Lane home, run by Hanover Housing Association. The couple lived independently until seven months ago.

SDSG Volunteers launch new merch range SCARBOROUGH disabled swimming group have revamped their merchandise range in order to raise funds for the group so it can continue to develop and increase the number of residents that can join and benefit from swimming. SDSG is gearing up for an increase in membership in anticipation of their move to their new venue at Scarborough Sports Village, May 2017. Particularly, as the new venue will be a lot more accessible, including having a changing bed hoist, accessible steps into both pools, a Pool Pod Hoist into the main pool, family changing areas, as well as an extra two lanes.

Many residents with a disability have been unable to access the facilities at Scarborough Indoor Pool due to the lack of accessible provision, will now be able to access the benefits of swimming and our group at the new venue from May 2017. The swimming pool is an Olympic Legacy Pool which forms the largest part of the Sports Village that is being built for Scarborough Borough Council, in partnership with Everyone Active, North Yorkshire Sport and Sport England. It will be the home of three swimming clubs who were involved in the initial plans of the venue: Scarborough Disabled Swimming Group, Kingfishers and Scarborough Swimming Club.

by Dave Barry HUNMANBY’S second annual apple-pressing day takes place at the community centre on 8 October, from 11am-3pm. People can get their apples pressed by Hedgehoggers of Seamer and turned into juice or cider. “We had an absolutely cracking day last year”, says Ruth Milner, one of the organisers. There will be an apple bake-off competition, stalls,

games, a bar, tea, coffee, cake and music from the Woolgatherers, including Phil Hooley and Dave Kemp. To book a stall, and for further details, ring Jane Hamlin on 890439 or email her at hamlin1403@ gmail.com.

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Proud cadets to parade before the Queen Words and pictures by Mike Tyas THE Commanding Officer of Scarborough Sea Cadets said she was ‘honoured and bursting with pride’ after the unit was invited to parade before the Queen at the national Remembrance commemorations in London next month. Sub-Lieutenant Natalie Davies revealed to The Review that the cadets will parade in front of the Queen and members of the Royal Family at the Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance on Saturday 12 November and at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall the following morning. It is believed that this is the first time in the unit’s 97-year history that they been invited to take part in national Remembrance commemorations. ‘As Commanding Officer I am honoured to be offered this chance to show my unit off on such an occasion in front of the Queen, the Royal Family and millions watching on TV,’ said Sub-Lieutenant Davies. ‘It will be just amazing’. Although details of the cadets’ duties are yet to be finalised, it is understood ten of them will parade at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. There are two performances, the matinee in the afternoon at 2pm and an evening performance, at 7pm, the latter attended by the Queen and the Royal Family and filmed by the BBC. On Remembrance Sunday, Sub-Lieutenant Davies will be at the helm to lead 28 youngsters from her unit – 23 Sea Cadets and five Marine Cadets – proudly down Whitehall for the March Past the Cenotaph and the traditional two-minutes silence to remember the fallen of war. She said: ‘I will be bursting with pride as I lead the unit parading past the Cenotaph. ‘It’s a big honour on Armed Forces Day in Scarborough when I lead my unit but to do it in front of the world on an occasion like this . . . it’s fair to say it will be one of the best days of my life – and I’m sure that will be the case for the cadets and all my staff as well.’ The Scarborough unit, based in the former St Thomas’ Church at the bottom of East Sandgate behind the Newcastle Packet pub,

will be representing the Sea Cadets Corps after being chosen as the highest performing unit in the Eastern area during 2015. The Sea Cadets nationally is divided into six areas with the honour of representing the youth maritime charity at the Remembrance commemorations rotated each year among the areas. Latest figures suggest there are 14,000 cadets in the UK spread across 400 units. A spokeswoman for the Sea Cadets Corps said: ‘We would like to congratulate the Scarborough unit. ‘The Royal British Legion invites Sea Cadets every year to the Remembrance weekend. Scarborough Sea Cadets were nominated by Commander Charles Bagot Jewitt RN, who is the officer for Sea Cadets Eastern area. ‘We have 63 units in the Eastern area so there is a lot of competition to get the spot to represent the Sea Cadets at the Festival of Remembrance.’

Captain’s Cup as being one of the top three units in the country. Sub-Lieutenant Davies said: ‘We were delighted to win the Stephenson’s Trophy, and also the Captain’s Cup as that meant our unit had made an impression on the Captain of the Sea Cadets Corps. ‘The Remembrance recognition is also a reward for the unit providing the best experience possible for our Sea Cadets and not cutting corners. ‘We are annually inspected on administration, cadet advancement, cadet and staff qualifications, ceremonial abilities, competition success, standards of uniform, health and safety of the unit and other areas including our overall progress. ‘It takes a great deal of work to hit the high standards, making sure our cadets and staff go on courses, gain appropriate qualifications and are trained to a level where they can gain promotion.

‘Not a lot of people realise what goes on behind the scenes. It really is a full-time job.’ The honour is thought to be even more special as only cadets from the Scarborough unit have been called to duty at the Remembrance weekend when usually cadets are drawn from a number of units within an area. ‘Everyone in the unit has worked extremely hard to get where they are – this honour is an appreciation for that hard work and because of our achievements last year,’ said SubLieutenant Davies, whose husband Gareth is the unit’s second in command. The Scarborough unit – it is called Training Ship Scarborough – enjoyed an outstanding 2015 winning a long list of national and regional honours including the coveted Stephenson’s Trophy given to the best unit in the Eastern area. They also won the

how proud they are.’ One of the parents echoed Sub-Lieutenant Davies’ sentiments. In a letter to the Review, Hannah Marson, chairman of the unit’s Parents and Friends group and whose daughter Shannon is a cadet first class, wrote: ‘I am one super excited and mighty proud mum. ‘How amazing and what an honour it is that a group of our children will represent this town in London before the Queen and Royal Family, and on TV, parading alongside many brave men and women who have served our country.’ The Scarborough unit has 83 cadets, aged from ten to 18. Sub-Lieutenant Davies said the hardest job would be leaving some of them behind when they travel down to London in the early hours of the Friday morning before Remembrance weekend starts. ‘It’s been really hard to pick the cadets to go and those to leave behind,’ she said. ‘If I had my way I would have taken the whole unit as they all have contributed. Every cadet is like a family member. ‘We’re all really proud we’ll be flying the flag not only for the Sea Cadets but also for the people and town of Scarborough.’

‘In 2015, our cadets competed at national level at football, band, drill and rowing/ kayaking. ‘Not a lot of people realise what goes on behind the scenes. It really is a full-time job. It’s a big team effort here. I would not be able to do without a strong team behind me.’ Sub-Lieutenant Davies, who was one of the first girls to join the Scarborough unit as a cadet in 1993 and whose day job is an accounts technician at Asquith & Co. on West Bank, said everybody at the unit was proud with the recognition and were eagerly looking forward to taking part in the November ceremonies. She said: ‘When I told the cadets they were being given this opportunity they were so excited – and so were their parents – I know

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History in the making for proud Sea Cadet By Mike Tyas YOUNG Harry Pannett has had his name written into the proud history of Scarborough Sea Cadets. The 10-year-old Barrowcliffe Primary School pupil became the first cadet to be baptised on board the unit’s own training ship, T.S. Scarborough since it was commissioned 26 years ago. It is believed that Harry, who is classed as a junior cadet until his 12th birthday, is also the first cadet to be baptised since the organisation was formed in Scarborough in 1919. ‘It was such a special day for Harry, our family and also for the Cadets given Harry is the first to be baptised,’ said his mum April. ‘I am very proud of him.’ April explained she brought the family to Scarborough a year ago and Harry, along with his elder brother Adam, 13, joined the Cadets in March. She said: ‘Harry wasn’t baptised as a youngster but after our move to Scarborough I felt it was just the right time. We are happier now: Harry’s baptism is a move forward for all of us. ‘They both really enjoy what they do with the Cadets. ‘I spoke to the unit padre, Rev Pam Jennings, to see if it was possible for Harry to be baptised on board and she said it was.’ The baptism was held at the Cadets base inside the former St Thomas’ Church in the old town and was conducted by Rev Jennings on the quarterdeck – in accordance with naval tradition. For instead of using a traditional font fashioned from stone, Harry was baptised using blessed water from the ship’s upturned brass bell. The tradition of using the ship’s bell dates back hundreds of years in the Royal Navy, said Niall O’Donnell, a member of the Cadets management team and trustee. He said: ‘The Sea Cadets emulate the customs, traditions and values of the Royal Navy, so baptism on board using a ship’s bell follows a Royal Navy custom. ‘Harry’s name and date of baptism will be inscribed inside the bell and will be there for ever and ever. ‘It was a hugely historic day for Scarborough Sea Cadets. The fact a local child has come and been baptised on our quarterdeck was just wonderful.’ St Thomas’ was the former seafarers church where thousands where baptised, including Rev Jennings, before it was deconsecrated in 1968. She said: ‘As padre to the unit it was special to be asked to baptise the first Sea Cadet on board. ‘It was a lovely thing to do.’

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An historic moment for Harry – and his unit

A proud family – from left, stepdad Stuart, mum April, Harry, and Adam The Sea Cadets had T.S. Scarborough commissioned in 1990 and later bought the premises. Currently the unit has a crew of 83 youngsters – 75 Sea Cadets and eight Marines Cadets boys and girls aged from ten to 18. After the baptism, Harry was presented with a ship’s bell pull on behalf of the unit, made by former fisherman and merchant seaman Tony East. And, of course, the final word on a day he will never forget, has to go with Harry himself. He said: ‘It was a really special day for me and my mum because I have been accepted into the Church.’ • The national Chaplain to the Sea Cadets, Rev Graham Hitchins, told The Review that the use of a ship’s bell was symbolic. The bell used was usually a ship’s fog bell, therefore would be associated with navigating in hazardous circumstances, and so for a baptism candidate through the ups and downs of life.

THE world’s biggest coffee morning raised thousands of pounds for charity in the Scarborough area this week. Macmillan’s 26th annual flagship fundraiser featured dozens of coffee mornings in Scarborough and nearby towns and villages, in public places and people’s homes. The charity’s local support group chose the Grand Hotel for its coffee morning. Joan Forbes, who chairs the group, was hoping to exceed the £800 raised at the Grand last year. Today (Friday 30 September) is the main day but some coffee mornings were held a day or two earlier. Every slice of cake eaten and cup of coffee poured has the power to help change lives for people living with cancer, says Joan. The charity asked everyone to take part, either by hosting a coffee morning or by attending one. It’s the nation’s biggest social fundraiser for cancer. Last year, 8,392 coffee mornings were held in Yorkshire, raising around £1.9m for the charity which provides essential support for people affected by cancer. With the help of fundraisers in Yorkshire, Macmillan hopes to beat the £27.6m raised

SCARBOROUGH Ippon Judo Club saw over 30 judoka from across the country visit when it hosted it's second annual Summer Camp where members enjoyed three days of intensive, but fun training, with the added bonus of a beach-side barbeque held on the Saturday evening. "These events are a great opportunity for people to really get to know Judo," said Hammond. "For many people Judo is just what

you see on the television, an Olympic sport, but we are more holistic in our approach. Judo includes not just throws, arm locks and strangles, but there are leg locks, wrist locks and a variety of other techniques, so we spent a few hours going over them." The weekend was rounded off when a large number of the group finally got down to the seaside for a dip via the ice-cream parlour. "It was another fantastic weekend," said Hammond. "I was very pleased to see some

last year across the UK. All the money raised will be used to help fund the charity’s vital services that provide practical, financial, emotional and medical support to people affected by cancer. The services include information and support centres, benefits advisers and cancer nurse specialists. Macmillan’s area fundraising manager for North Yorkshire, Clara White, said: “We want to make sure no-one has to face cancer alone but we can't do it without the amazing people who fundraise for us. We rely on the generosity of our supporters for more than 99% of our income and coffee mornings are a great way to have fun while raising vital funds to help people affected by cancer”. The world’s biggest coffee morning was observed in many places locally, including Scarborough: Cedar Court in Sandybed, Wags, Marks & Spencer, Nationwide Building Society, Hull University campus. Eastfield: Minstergate / Beerhouse. Cayton: Star pub. Filey: Ebor Academy and the junior school. Hunmanby: White Swan pub. Snainton: Jan and Bridget's.

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well-deserved promotions, but I was also very proud of the young members of our own club who managed to stay on the mat for the full three days. For such young people they showed great determination and dedication." Anybody wishing to join Scarborough Ippon Judo Club can contact Hammond on 07525451454 or visit the website at www. judoscarborough.co.uk. The group train on Wednesday evenings at The Street and are always ready to welcome new members.

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Your Letters DEAR EDITOR On behalf of the band Nearly Famous, which played at the Corporation Club on 20 August to raise money for the local branch of Mencap, I just wanted to thank Dave Barry for his help and support in promoting our charity gig. Thanks to your excellent publicity, it generated fantastic support and was a sell-out which raised £1,440 for Mencap. Yours sincerely, Pete Liley (Nearly Famous band member)

TO THE EDITOR OF THE REVIEW. DEAR SIR, On behalf of Barons' Walking Football I would like to thank you for the coverage you have given to our group in your newspaper. The articles have encouraged old and new members. Regards, David Coates Secretary Barons' Walking Football Committee

DEAR EDITOR Thank you for the inclusion of the record fair (Scarborough Review, September). It was a very successful day for us. We did a straw poll with visitors to gauge our advertising and the Review was mentioned frequently. Our next fair will be on Saturday 17 December, from 10am - 3pm, same venue, Queen Street Methodist Church. Rob Cross, Revolutions Music -Market Vaults

DEAR EDITOR My daughter Shannon, her friends and staff at Scarborough Sea Cadets have been invited to take part in the Remembrance ceremonies weekend in London. I am one very super excited and mighty proud mum. How amazing and what an honour it is that a group of our children will be representing this town in London, on TV, before the Queen and Royal Family, parading alongside many brave men and women that have served our country. So if anyone wants to know why I hound you all constantly for fundraising donations, to buy raffle tickets, sponsorships, to visit stalls etc., this is an example of why. These kids are superb and, to keep the unit running and be as successful as it is, we continuously need to fundraise. Sea Cadets is a charity: people do assume that we get funding but that is a myth. Natalie and Gareth Davies run the unit and are amazing at what they do. They're passionate and motivating and it’s their hard work that makes the unit so amazing. I have genuinely never met two people that are so dedicated and committed. Natalie and Gareth and ALL the staff volunteer their

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time – and their petrol! – to ensure that every cadet within the unit has amazing opportunities. I am immensely proud to be part of it and even prouder that Shannon is a cadet at the unit. So I just thought I would share with you all why we fundraise so much and why I hound you all continuously such as during the recent Goldwing parade. Thank you so far for your support and I hope you will keep bringing in the pennies for us. Remember to watch out for the kids and staff on tele in November. Thank you Hannah Marson Chairman , Parents and Friends of Scarborough Sea Cadets

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September the Last Match (North Marine Road) By Patrick Henry Summer saves its finest hour for the close. Nights draw in fast. Dawn’s chill starts a shock. In between, this day gives last warm bright glows. Most holiday sorts have packed up, gone back. Seafronts bare. The cricket ground holds scarce no-one. Ideal for deep thought. Players’ sounds or droll wits, in their crack: Punctuate clear air: stark as seagulls’ sharp cries, Sum up the land. Surviving in this antique guise. Envious strife-torn states, to the troubled east: Marvel, how a plot achieves safe calm: replete. When the globe shakes fear, earth, lava: from its blast. September here, decades back, once knew total threat. Young then, I watched blue sky: where fighters scrambled up, Facing bombers, droning in, to wreck our nerve, our town. Swallow up this life and march it to their iron step. Vast as medieval change where savage force had won.

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Mirrored in those moments, when troops and pilots died From these shores. Lives spent to stem a barbarous tide. Strange to imagine now, at this late summer field. The overs counted, scored, cheered, to the last one bowled.

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Blue Light Walk from coast to coast

Emergency-services personnel and vehicles on the West Pier, where the walk began

Words and photo by Dave Barry A SIX-DAY coast-to-coast walk is raising mental-health awareness in the emergency services. The Blue Light Walk, from Scarborough to Blackpool, was conceived by four ambulance staff from North West Ambulance Service. They decided to walk from one side of the country to the other to highlight the need for support to all emergency services when they are suffering mild or severe stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Organiser Mark Wright, a Scarborough paramedic, said: “It was an honour for Yorkshire Ambulance Service to host the first day of this walk. “It is an open walk for anyone from the public or emergency services personnel to join,” he said. “Taking care of your mental health is very important for everyone but research from [mental-health charity] Mind has shown that even though emergency services personnel

are more likely to experience a mental-health problem than the general workforce, they’re less likely to take time off work as a result. “We are raising funds for Mind’s Blue Light programme and spreading the word of this excellent charity and the support it offers to emergency service personnel”, said Mark. Walkers have been passing through cities, towns and villages, calling at police, fire, ambulance and RNLI stations across the country. On the first day, 25 September, they started at Scarborough’s new lifeboat station and finished at the Recreation Club at Pickering, following a 22-mile route which took in Hutton Buscel and Dalby Forest. To promote the walk, a fire engine, a mountainrescue ambulance, an ordinary ambulance and two coastguard vehicles were assembled by 14 emergency-services personnel on the West Pier, near the lifeboat station, for a photo. n Website: www.bluelightwalk.com

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Spending a few pounds to spend a penny Words and photos by Dave Barry IF 650 people spend a few pounds it will enable countless more to spend a penny in Scalby. The Scalby Sweet Pea group has published its seventh calendar, which costs £4. Sales will help keep Scalby’s public toilets open. The toilets were closed by the council in 2006, for about a year. During this period, desperate visitors would occasionally pee in residents’ gardens, so something had to be done. A group of irate middle-aged and elderly women put potties on their heads to campaign to get them reopened. They are now run by a small group of nine volunteers which took its name from the flowers that were placed in the ladies’ in the early years. It costs about £5,000 a year to maintain the lus by hiring professional cleaners and paying for public liability insurance and occasional redecorating. The group receives financial support from

Scalby Fair and Newby & Scalby Parish Council and from donations made in a collecting box outside. For the last seven years, Adverset has printed the fundraising calendar for the group. “We are very grateful for the incredible generosity of Nick Thomas of Qdos and John Easby of Adverset for their help in sponsoring and printing the calendar,” says Mavis Wild, who came up with the calendar idea. It contains photos of attractive scenery in the Scalby area taken by Kevin Stephenson, Douglas Crimlisk, Freddie Drabble, Steve Robinson, Liz Gridley, Mark Richards, Jayne Strutt, John Turner, Betty Grundy and Paul Jones. “It has been very successful and can be bought at various places in and around the village,” says Janet Shepherd, one of the volunteers. “However, without the support of everyone, this vital village amenity would close. Please help us to keep them open. We need more volunteers”. The 2017 calendar is a limited edition of 650.

L-R, Peter Afford, Janet Shepherd, Mavis Wild and Liz Gridley outside the toilets with their 2017 calendar

Undertakers and cinema join the heritage trail Words and photos by Dave Barry HUNDREDS of people hit the heritage trail during an annual open-days event in Scarborough in September. Buildings throughout the UK that are either not normally open to the public, or that usually charge admission, opened for free. Among the more unusual locations was Bernards undertakers, which was invited by organisers English Heritage for the first time. “We didn't think we'd have so much interest,” said manager Ann Kitto to the 12 people who turned up for the second of two tours. Ann and company consultant Martyn Threapleton outlined the heritage and history of the extensive premises, which were refurbished two years ago. They lie in a section of Prospect Road which was once called Bow Street because the terrace is curved. Over the years, different parts of the premises have had a rich assortment of uses. They have been used to make chocolates and wooden chairs. And they have been used as mission rooms, a stable, a factory, an ironmonger’s, a grocery store, a pigeon loft and the Church of Latter Day Saints’ first meeting place in town. The firm was founded by Bert Bernard in 1925 and is now part of Dignity Caring Funeral Services. Visitors were shown a quiet room, one of

three chapels of rest, the reception area and an arranging room, but not the mortuary. Another venue taking part in the open-days event for the first time was the 275-seat Hollywood Plaza cinema. Manager Andrew Nesbit and usher James Hunter had to divide their visitors into two groups to fit in the projection room. They squeezed around the large digital Christie CP2000 projector, which Andrew described as “a glorified computer”. Most cinemas are almost completely controlled by film distributors, Andrew said. Everything from film titles, the number of weeks they are shown, the number of screenings per day, the volume, admission prices, etc, has little to do with cinema proprietors. Andrew said the cinema was celebrating its

Ann Kitto with undertakers

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centenary this year. He said it opened in 1916, with stalls and a circle, and showed silent films for 12 years. Then it closed and became a garage for 42 years. Arthur Turner bought it in 1970, partly to indulge his love of Wurlitzer organs. One was installed beneath the cinema stage and rose up to stage level before each screening, with Mr Turner at the keys, sidelights flashing. The Plaza Wurlitzer is now in a French chateau, although a baby-grand piano is still within the stage. Other locations on this year’s heritage trail were the Rotunda Museum, Scarborough Art Gallery, Woodend, Londesborough Lodge, the Maritime Heritage Centre, the Masonic Hall, Trinity House, the old jail, St Andrew’s Church, Castle-by-the-Sea, Dean Road cemetery chapel, North Bay Railway,

Bernards Hollywood Plaza manager Andrew Nesbit and usher James Hunter addressing visitors

Raincliffe Woods, Sir George Cayley’s former workshop in Brompton and Ayton castle. In Scarborough, the scheme was run by the Museums Trust, supported by the borough council, the civic society and the archaeological and historical society.

Andrew Nesbit talks visitors through the technicalities of showing films

Bernards undertakers in Prospect Road

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Jumble Sale

A jumble sale will be held at Queen Street Methodist Central Hall in Scarborough on 28 October, from 10am to 1pm. Stalls will sell clothes, books, crockery, toys etc. “Why not come along and pick up a bargain” says organiser Elaine Evans. Admission will cost 50p and refreshments will be available.

Rock ‘n’ Roll weekend Memphis Riders, Juke Box Jive North East and DJs Bradford Dude and Penngie will play at Flipside Rock ‘n’ Roll’s ninth annual autumn weekender. It’s at the Grand Hotel on 21 and 22 October, from 7pm to 12.30am both nights. To book, ring 269674.

Victorian costume exhibition

An exhibition of Victorian costumes can be seen at the Memorial Hall in Seamer this weekend (1-2 Oct), from 10am-4pm. It will feature historical contributions from the village school and Women’s Institute and Scarborough Archaeological & Historical Society.

Tales from the cooler water By Steve Crawford

SEPTEMBER is the month in which our town takes a deep breath and heaves a sigh of relief. Another season done, kids return to school and the quieter roads and pavements mean there is just a chance that the drive from town to Seamer might take less than an hour....just. We've had a very busy few months, with high numbers of tourists, good weather and clear nights - all of which leads to the perennial problem of how much litter is left behind, especially on South bay. This year one of our Green councillors, Mark Vesey, and volunteers have cleaned the beach on most nights during the summer holidays. They have removed huge amounts of litter and many things that you would think were worth keeping - the picture shows the number of discarded buckets and spades collected over a period of just five days. Mark arranged a meeting at the town hall to see what we can do to deal with what is really just a ridiculous problem. Why is the beach so dirty? It's easy to cast blame - inconsiderate people? Council not trying hard enough? The gulls? Well, the

Words and photos by Scarborough RNLI press officer Dave Barry

A show at Scarborough’s YMCA Theatre on Sunday (2 Oct) will raise money for the Littlefoot Trust. The Hatton School of Performing Arts will give a preview of its next musical. Sharing the bill are Moulin Rouge, TLC, Stuart Metcalfe, Jann Leith and Brad Veitch. A spokesperson said the show is “filled with local talent helping to raise funds for a very necessary cause, taking children on a holiday which for varying reasons they would never be able to undertake”. n The show is due to begin at 2pm. Tickets cost £8 and £7.50.

SCARBOROUGH is due to move into its new lifeboathouse in October. After 18 months of construction, the building is on the verge of completion. Builders Bam Nuttall are about to hand over the site to the RNLI. It will house a new Shannon all-weather lifeboat, which will sail in on 27 November, and the inshore lifeboat. The lifeboat crew have been using a relief Shannon lifeboat in trials with the Shannon launch-and-recovery system (SLARS) which arrived on 7 September. John Senior, lifeboat operations manager, said: “It is the dawn of a new era for our lifeboat station; we live in very exciting times in the history of Scarborough RNLI”. Most of the £1.5m cost of SLARS has been paid for with two legacies. An appeal raised the remaining £200,000. The £2m cost of the Shannon has been funded by donations from the FW Plaxton Charitable Trust. * For the first time in ages, Scarborough RNLI will not be publishing a calendar this year.

Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton plays at the Evron Centre in Filey on 22 October, at 7.30pm. Paxton, who plays banjo, guitar, piano, fiddle, harmonica and bones, has been featured on the cover of Living Blues magazine and in Reginald D Hunter’s BBC2 series exploring blues traditions in the south USA. “He is an infectious and entertaining performer who recently enthralled a capacity crowd at Cambridge folk festival”, says promoter Chris Lee. n Tickets cost £10 and can be booked by ringing 07808 871118.

answer to that is the council clean the beach everyday and the gulls are our neighbours, so leave them alone . Inconsiderate people is the crux point but not only the people dropping the litter, it's the people selling the products, too. We want to see an attitude shift and we have the opportunity to make Scarborough a flagship town by gently encouraging retailers to be more responsible by: (a) selling items with less packaging or with packaging which is more environmentally friendly & (b) removing some packaging at the point of sale as part of their service. I remove the polythene packaging when I sell bodyboards at my shop as a courtesy. The simple thing to remember is that litter doesn't just materialize, it's sold as part of a product. Less waste sold equals less waste left. If you are a retailer, a consumer or you have friends or family who have a shop, think about what you buy and sell and how it affects our environment. Surfers Against Sewage's latest campaign (check www.sas.org.uk) calls for the reintroduction of deposit schemes. Very simply, you get money back when you return an empty container, which discourages the

consumer from throwing it away. Effective, easy and achievable. We have a beach clean coming up on Saturday October 29th at 10am on South Bay. It's part of SAS's big autumn beach clean, with over 200 beaches nationwide being cleaned over a week. Check SAS's website for more details or keep updated on Fluid Concept Surf Shop Facebook page.

The relief Shannon lifeboat and the launch-and-recovery system on the slipway of the new lifeboathouse It’s because the new lifeboathouse is still Shannon lifeboat, being finished and the Scarborough Shannon they decided to hasn’t come yet. give 2017 a miss. For the last eight years, the calendar has been organised by volunteers Irene Duff and Gordon Pottage, who work in the lifeboat shop. They have usually assembled all the photos John Ritchie of the shore crew and information by about May each year. As it would have been impossible to include in the tractor images of the new lifeboathouse and the cab with an RNLI trainer

The Shannon is recovered during trials in a sea fret

Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton

From 5 days cleaning South Bay, all these are discarded beach goods.....what a waste eh?

Lifeboat crew all set to move into new home

Charity show at YMCA

Blind US blues singer in Filey

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The lifeboathouse viewed from the castle

Free Parking Free Class

Repair o’clock

Parking on Scarborough seafront is free from today – 30 September. It is already free in council carparks after 6pm.

The clock on St Mary’s Church, which has been hands-free for a year, looks like it may finally be repaired soon. The diocesan committee has approved the repair work, which will be undertaken by a firm called Time Assured.

Free takeaway masterclasses are being run for Scarborough food businesses on Monday (3 Oct). The businesses will benefit from invaluable advice and support to tackle obesity and the wider health issues associated with poor diet, in particular high fat, sugar and salt intake, according to the county council, which is running them.

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Yorkshire knight opens university campus Words and photos by Dave Barry SIR Gary Verity has heralded Britain’s newest university campus as a major boost for Scarborough and the regional economy. The Welcome to Yorkshire chief executive was speaking at the opening on Monday of Coventry University’s £14m campus, named CU Scarborough. The state-of-the-art complex will eventually house over 2,000 students. Sir Gary said it would bring talented academics to the area and have a huge impact on the region’s economy. He said: “The opening of this new campus is a major coup for Scarborough, and another significant investment project championing the renaissance of this great town. “Scarborough is thriving, with its refurbished Spa, harbour, open-air theatre and brandnew Alpamare waterpark all contributing to the feel-good factor sweeping the resort. “The campus will bring thousands more talented academics to Scarborough and the knock-on benefit that brings to the local economy is huge. Those students are in for a treat as the town and surrounding area have so much to offer. “The Yorkshire coast is packed full of attractions and the vibrant cities of York, Leeds and Hull are all within easy reach”. For the past year, while the extensive new building has been taking shape, versity students have been studying at the Spa. The new campus building includes IT suites, engineering and science labs, a mock law court, a library, a café and social areas. It is part of the £50m sports and education facility on the old Weaponness coach-park. Professor Craig Gaskell, provost of CU Scarborough, said: “This is a huge milestone for us and demonstrates our commitment to Scarborough and the Yorkshire coast area. “This investment in Scarborough will not only benefit the area’s economy but will also provide excellent opportunities for students across the region as well as further afield looking for flexible, accessible, and affordable university courses that are aligned to graduate careers”. Professor John Latham, vice-chancellor of Coventry University, added: “CU Scarborough is part of the Coventry University Group’s wider focus on providing first-class, accessible, higher education to students. We made a substantial investment

in the new campus building and I am pleased to see it officially opened”. The university hosted its first open day for prospective students at the new campus last Saturday. The open day showcased honours degree courses in a wide range of careerfocused subjects as well as HNC and HND qualifications. Coventry University has had great press this year. It was named university of the year in the annual Times Higher Education awards and modern university of the year in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, for the third year running. The Guardian’s 2017 university guide hailed Coventry University as the top modern university in the UK. It has maintained its ranking of 15th in the latest Guardian university league table.

Pictured by the plaque unveiled by Sir Gary Verity are, L-R, Lauren Cockerill, Craig Gaskell, Sir Gary, John Latham and Hannah Stephenson

A huge mural depicting Scarborough, by Ian Mitchell, adorns the building’s atrium

L-R: Sir Gary Verity, centre, with Craig Gaskell, left, John Latham and Scarborough students Lauren Cockerill, right, and Hannah Stephenson

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The campus building

Little girl sleeps out all night to fight disease Words and picture by Mike Tyas

Emily with Vasculitis UK chairman John Mills

AN inspirational little girl and her school mates spent the night under the stars to help the fight against a debilitating disease. In doing so Emily Duke, 11, raised more than £1,000 which she presented to the national chairman of Vasculitis UK at a support meeting held at Scarborough Hospital’s social club on Woodlands Drive. Vasculitis is a general term used to describe a group of diseases that leads to inflammation of the blood vessels. The condition occurs when the immune system attacks blood vessels by mistake. Emily was diagnosed with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) in 2013. The condition leaves stinging rashes all over her body and she suffers intense tummy pains. ‘I was told HSP might last about 6-12 weeks but it’s been ongoing and that was more than three years ago,’ said Emily.

But although she recently has been very unwell, Emily was still determined to look on the positive side and help others. She said: ‘When you have vasculitis you know what other people are going through. ‘We want the money to go into research so more can be found out about it and other people can be helped.’ Family and friends sponsored Emily and her 26 school mates from Nafferton Primary School to camp out all night in the garden of her home in cardboard boxes provided by Tonks removal company of Bridlington. ‘We had a midnight feast and listened to music all night – we had no sleep, but it was great fun,’ said Emily who also raised cash at a cake stall at her home during the recent scarecrow festival in the village. Emily’s mum, Claire, said: ‘We’re proud of Emily and all the children who took part. They organised it themselves. All I did was to

provide the food for everybody.’ Receiving a cheque for £1,005:40p, John Mills, the chairman of Vasculitis UK, said they were so grateful to Emily and her friends. He said: ‘We depend entirely upon voluntary donations and fundraising efforts. ‘Emily has shown such selfless support for others and what was really important is that the fundraising was fun and Emily and her friends had a good time.’ Ruth Newton, a specialist rheumatology nurse at Scarborough Hospital who organised the meeting, was delighted it had helped a lot of people. She said: ‘People were so pleased to be able to meet and chat with others in a similar situation and feel that they are not the only one coping with a rare rheumatology disease.’

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King made President of faith group By Mike Tyas THE former manager of the Rainbow Centre in Scarborough has been named as the new president of a national faith group. Trevor King’s nomination as President-elect to the British Anglican Cursillo Council was confirmed at their annual gathering – Ultreya 2016 - held at York Minster and the University of York. He will take up his new three-year post next May. Cursillo is an international organisation which offers Christians a community of discipleship, in which they are supported and encouraged to witness their beliefs in every aspect of their lives. ‘To be asked to serve as National President is a huge honour and privilege,’ said Trevor, who worships at St Mark’s, on Coldyhill Lane, Newby. ‘My role will be to oversee the health of the movement within the Anglican church in England, Wales and Scotland. ‘I have been involved with Cursillo since 1992 and from my own personal experience I know how much it can mean to people – how life changing it can be and how it can help you discern your calling from God.’ Trevor has previously been a member of the

organisation’s national Standing Committee and was editor of their national magazine for five years. After helping to establish the York Cursillo group 15 years ago, he will retire from his current position as Lay Director at their AGM next March before taking up national office. Of his new job, Trevor says he is particularly looking forward to meeting each of the Diocesan Cursillo groups across England, Wales and Scotland. He said: ‘I hope to visit each one of them during my term in office and encourage and support them in their Christian journey in whatever way I can.’ Trevor will also work closely with the organisation’s national Spiritual Director to promote the organisation within the Church of England including liaising with diocesan Bishops in setting up new groups. There are approximately 3,000 active members of Cursillo spread across 28 dioceses. The York Cursillo group has about 120 members, 20 of whom live in Scarborough. Trevor worked as manager of the Rainbow Centre from 1997-2007. Trevor leads Ultreya procession through With wife Anna, the President-elect greets streets of York delegates outside the Minster

Blind woman given hope by ‘space-age’ camera

The camera simply clips on to a pair of glasses

By Mike Tyas A BLIND Scarborough woman is using ‘spaceage’ technology she hopes may help her get back to work for the first time in 16 years. Buff Tappenden-Rowell is trialling a tiny, state-of-the art mobile smart camera that clips on to any pair of glasses, takes a picture and instantly tells the user via a small earpiece what they are reading. The user simply makes a gesture, such as pointing a finger, at whatever they want to read, and the camera focuses on the object and does the rest. The newly-named Yorkshire Coast Sight Support on Dean Road acquired the OrCam MyEye visual recognition device and they agreed for Buff, who is vice-chairman of the charity’s board of trustees, to try it out. ‘We were told about OrCam about six months ago,’ said Buff. ‘We were given a demonstration and our manager Colin said wouldn’t it be great to get

one of them in time for you to be able to do your course. ‘I was the lucky one in being able to trial this piece of equipment. It just had arrived in time before my course started.’ Since then Buff, of High Street, Burniston, has used the camera for her studies at home and also at a week-long course run by the Royal National Institute for the Blind in Birmingham, aimed at helping students develop skills to become an eye clinic liaison officer. ‘I could have completed the course but it would have been so much harder without OrCam,’ she said. ‘The camera made it so much easier and saved so much time, the camera helped me reading back all my printed PowerPoint notes.’ Buff was only 12 when a school nurse picked up that there was a problem with her vision, first of all in her right eye, before numerous tests and scans eventually revealed she had a tumour growing on her optic nerve. ‘I was told by a specialist when I was 14 that I would lose all vision by the time I was 19,’ she said. ‘It had a massive impact on me. I basically gave up on my schoolwork and did not do very well in my GCSEs.’ Her eyesight did worsen although she was still managing to read large print books with the help of magnifiers when she was 20. But her sight continued to deteriorate and has become more rapid over the last 20 years. She registered as partially sighted in 2001 and three years later was officially registered as blind. During that time Buff had two children, Jessica, now 15, and ten-year-old Luca. Bringing the kids up as well as her eyesight loss has meant she has not been able to work since having Jessica. ‘When you have a visual impairment you just can’t walk into any job,’ she said. They are a lot of things to consider. ‘I have worked but the last job I had was around 2000. I have had my children which has taken up most of my time, but since then

my eyesight has got worse so I haven’t had a job since they were born.’ But now there is hope the future may be brighter on the job front. Buff, 44, hopes her new RNIB qualification – she was due to sit a final exam shortly before The Review went to press – will give her a head start if an opportunity comes up. ‘Scarborough Hospital has not got an ECLO – eye clinic liaison officer – at the moment, but I’m hoping that may change’ she said. ‘What better person would there be to support people newly diagnosed than someone who has lived with visual impairment for so many years and could give them advice, information and emotional support? ‘Using this new camera and the RNIB course has given me the opportunity to potentially get a job – something that I never thought I would have.’ The equipment does not come cheap, however. One version that reads documents such as newspapers and books costs £1600. The other, which Buff is trialling, is more advanced and includes face-recognition software, is priced at £2,200. ‘The camera is not cheap but if somebody wanted to purchase it I would recommend it,’ she said. The manufacturers, a company based in Jerusalem, Israel claim in their marketing literature that the camera helps give people freedom to carry activities they previously would not be able to do – and Buff agrees. ‘It’s a space-age piece of equipment,’ she said. ‘When you are blind or have poor eye sight you lose your ability to read. Other people can read the paper for them but you are dependent on them. ‘But this equipment allows you to hold a newspaper yourself, to be in control rather than relying on somebody else. You can read what you want, when you want. ‘It does give you independence.’ Buff has been passing on information about the camera back to the 100 or so current

members of YCSS. But she admits she is still learning herself about what else it can do, such as when new updates are added. She said: ‘The latest update tells the user the time if they hold their arm in front of the camera as if they are looking at a watch, whether or not they actually are wearing one. ‘The technology is amazing. I would say its 99.9% accurate. ‘It certainly can make a massive impact on blind or visually impaired people. This camera has the potential to transform their lives.’ Buff said anyone interested in using the camera should contacted the YCSS centre and she would be delighted to give them a demonstration. n Yorkshire Coast Sight Support is based at 183 Dean Road, Scarborough tel. 354417.

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Rotunda was one of the first purpose-built museums

Words & recent photos by Dave Barry THE Rotunda is one of the country’s most elegant, attractive and recognisable museums. Built at the sea end of the Valley, it was also one of the country's first purpose-built museums. The tall ashlar rotunda, with pilasters and a low dome, was constructed in 1829 by Scarborough Philosophical Society, at a cost of £1,300. The society had been founded two years earlier with the principal objective of erecting a building “of such magnitude and character as might comprise the whole of their collection in one room, to hold meetings at which scientific communications will be received and to establish a library”. The circular design of the grade II listed edifice was suggested by William Smith, the father of English geology. He took his inspiration from the classical world after seeing a similar rotunda in London. The Roman Doric architecture has a rusticated base with a cornice taken from Rome’s Theatre Marcellus and windows based on the Temple Ridiculo in Rome. The museum was constructed in a soft mellow sandstone known as Kelloway rock, quarried at Hackness and donated by the society’s inaugural president, Sir John Johnstone, of Hackness Hall. As a young man, Johnstone was an intellectual leader in the area in the 1820s and a staunch supporter of Smith and his ideas. He employed Smith as a land steward at Hackness and acted as his patron. Johnstone laid the foundation stone on 12 March 1828. The museum opened on 31 August 1829. Smith came to Scarborough after being released from debtors' prison, drawn by the dramatic Jurassic coastline’s geological richness. His pioneering work established that

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The Rotunda Museum not long after it opened in 1829, long before the Grand Hotel was built geological strata could be identified and correlated using the fossils they contain. The original display of fossils illustrated his ideas. The fossils and rocks were arranged William Smith, in the order in which the father of they occurred, with the English geology youngest in the cases at the top and the oldest at the bottom. The order around the walls reflected the order of rocks on the Yorkshire coast. A section of the rocks on the coast was drawn around the inside of the dome by Smith’s nephew, another geologist, John Phillips. The beautiful curved mahogany display cases lining the upper gallery were designed by John Barry, a proprietor of the society. They were fitted in 1836 by joiner George Crosby, whose bill came to £128 and 12 shillings £10,262 in today’s money. It didn’t take long for the temple of curiosities to overflow with antiquities.

Fortunately, the architect, Richard Sharp of York, had cleverly anticipated that it would eventually need enlarging and had made provisions for two single-storey wings. They were added in the 1860s, in a style sympathetic to the main part of the building. The west wing was further extended in 1881 to create a meeting room and library. The admission charges were so high that only the well-off could afford to visit the museum. It cost one shilling for adults (£3.80 today) and sixpence (£1.90) for children. Today, admission costs £3 for a year pass to the Rotunda and the nearby art gallery. The Philosophical Society benefited from the patronage of many enlightened and influential men including Lord Londesborough, president of Scarborough Archeological Society. The two groups merged in 1853 to become Scarborough Philosophical and Archeological Society, which ran the museum until it buckled under the financial strain and relinquished it to the town council in 1937. The Rotunda boasts one of the best collections of Jurassic geology on the Yorkshire coast. It

contains: * over 5,500 fossils, * 3,000 minerals, * one of the country’s finest collections of Middle Jurassic fossil plants, * specimens from the Ice Age such as mammoth teeth, * fossils from the Kirkdale cave, * a pristine Carboniferous plant collection. The museum also has a model of George Cayley's original flying machine, an early steam car model by Sir Edward Harland and Scarborough’s last ducking chair, used to immerse women accused of scolding in the sea. From 2006-8, the museum was closed for restoration and refurbishment which cost £4.4m. It was paid for with a £1.8m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, funds from the European Regional Development Fund and over £1.5m raised from private and corporate sources. The museum was renamed the Rotunda – the William Smith Museum of Geology. GLOSSARY OF ARCHITECTURAL TERMS

Ashlar - masonry made of large square-cut stones, used as a facing on walls of brick or stone rubble. Pilaster - a rectangular column, especially one projecting from a wall. Rotunda - a round building or room, especially one with a dome. Roman Doric – a style found in some ancient Roman buildings, typically characterised by relatively slender, often unfluted columns set on bases and with more elaborate capitals and mouldings than in the classical Greek form. Rusticated – a masonry fashion using large blocks with sunk joints and a roughened surface. Cornice - a horizontal moulded projection crowning a building.

This drawing of the Rotunda, lower left, shows the boarding house where Anne Brontë stayed, where the Grand Hotel was built years later The geology collection The museum’s upper gallery, as it once was

The old library The inside of the Rotunda dome -->

The Rotunda with the old Aquarium in the foreground

The upper gallery during a Coastival event, after it reopened

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Or not. Dad is flavour of the month at the minute for Shay. If it went off the ratio of nappy changing or I don’t know, GIVING BIRTH, maybe i’d be in with a chance. According to psychotherapist and author of The Favourite Child, Dr. Ellen Weber Libby, it’s totally normal for kids to prefer one parent over the other (thank god, I was starting to worry). She adds: “All people have preferences for those with whom they have an unspoken ease or simpatico. That doesn’t mean that the child doesn’t love both parents equally.” If you’re going through this one, I feel your pain. Unfortunately the answer isn’t bribing with sweets, much to my dismay. Favouritism should be seen as harmless – it’s our reactions to it that will have a lifelong influence. As the grown-ups, it’s our job to not make our children feel guilty about having a favourite or try to buy their affection - there goes the sweets then. “What is important is that neither parent,

Halloween is on the horizon which in mum world means sugar and excited children. I’m planning on trying to get the best of both worlds this halloween by making a healthy trick and a naughty treat for the kids. Decorating cakes together can be a great bonding session but a messy affair. Rice crispy cakes are my favourite go to for easy homemade treats. I’m going to make pumpkin rice crispy balls with orange food colouring and white chocolate. Heat a bar of white chocolate in the microwave or over a ban of

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Heads up, it looks as though the law on Children’s car seats will be changing soon (estimated, December 2016). As it stands, children up until the age of 12 or height of 135cm must use a car seat. Only EU-approved child car seats can be used and they will display a capital ‘E’ in a circle on the label. Under new rules, backless booster seats or booster cushions will only be allowed if your child is taller than 125cm and weighs more than 22kg, which means many parents will need to invest in a high backed booster seat, which offers more protection in a side impact crash situation.

Green Hedges Nursery is wishing all of their leavers the best of luck at their new primary schools. Green Hedges, established in 2000, has a longstanding reputation for high quality

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the favoured or ‘runner up,’ treat the child differently from one another,” Libby says. “The expectation that each parent has of the given child should be similar.” So I guess i’m just going to have to grin and bare it. In the meantime I had a sneaky research spree to try and find decent ways of raising myself in my sons favour without it impacting him negatively, here’s what I found:

There’s no substitute for time. SHARE: whether it’s food, an experience or even a story, sharing your knowledge with your little one is invaluable. READ: Bed time stories are a great place to start conversations with your child that they can go onto expect regularly. LISTEN: Children love being heard. Ask your kids about their day, then simply let them talk. There’s no need for corrections. Just enjoy learning about what goes on in their little heads.

boiling water – check regularly in the microwave as it can go south pretty quickly! Then mix up a few drops of orange food colouring, a couple of cups of rice crispys and roll into balls. Add green gummy strings as the stalk and leave to set in the fridge . Easy! For the healthy trick we’re going to make little ghost bananas with chocolate drop eyes and tangerine pumpkins with green sweetie stalks. Equally easy and not much need for explanation. Happy halloween folks!

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Scarborough Tales BY JOE COATES

Scarborough Railway Station The Place of Dreams As a child I came several times to Scarborough on day trips, always by train. It would be a club trip or a Sunday school trip from my home town, Shildon, in County Durham. Sometimes we went to Redcar, though Scarborough was the favourite. I’ll never forget the delight hundreds of us felt as our train pulled into Scarborough station, the place of dreams. I hope this tale captures some marvellous memories for you. Joe MISTER K was so excited. He was arriving at Scarborough on the train and he hadn't been there for more than 60 years. He couldn't wait to see the station again. Scarborough station, the place of dreams! He could remember as a little boy travelling with his family to Scarborough every year. What joy as the train pulled into Scarborough station, gateway to an Aladdin's cave of seaside fun! Numerous passengers disembarked and set off on the long walk down Westborough and Eastborough, on to the South Bay beach to play all day. Yes! Playing all day on the beach, play only interrupted by suntan lotion, egg sandwiches, ice cream and fish and chips, and maybe a quick walk to the harbour. Even trudging that long way back up Eastborough and Westborough at the end of the day to catch the train home had a happy ending. Folk aimed for a place on that long, long seat. Room for about 250! It was the longest station seat in the world. Thousands of thousands of people had been able to visit Scarborough since the railway had been opened in 1875. Scarborough had once been the place for the well-off, coming in their horse and carts, seeking the healing waters of the Spa springs. With the railway, masses of ordinary folk were able to come, escaping the cities, Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster, York. Mister K had travelled as a child in the boom time in the late 50s, early 60s, and experienced all that joy, and now he was back. The station seemed the same, but that buzz had gone. Maybe that was because he had grown up! Another train pulled in, from which came many excited children, so the joy and excitement are still there !

Mister K looked around. There were plenty of platforms, though not as many trains coming and going. The longest station seat in the world was still there, though it didn't seem to be used much. There were lots of little changes, car park, ticket office, arched windows bricked up. What's that building there? Mister K walked up to a plain and dead looking building. He remembered it as a parcel office, or was it something else? The door was partly open. Maybe he could have a look inside! He went inside. Mister K thought he could smell the coal from the old engines. Then what a surprise! People were inside and they were busy! They were artists, creating drawings, paintings, sculptures, so much life and colour. An artist with a beaming smile explained that this Old Parcel Office had been renovated from a derelict building full of pigeons and their dirt into a space for art. It had taken seven years of hard work. This was brilliant for Mister K. He liked art and did paintings himself at home. The station was still a place of dreams! This was another Aladdin's cave! He marvelled that such creativity could come through what had become a waste of space. Now, he needed to move on. Let's think! Where will he go? That's right, Mister K was going to walk down Westborough and Eastborough to the South Bay beach and relive some memories. And at the end of the day he'd go back to the station for his train home, though he decided not to walk. He would take a taxi this time. It's a long way back up that hill! Copyright Joecoates 2016 www.northbaytales.com

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Old railway building finds a new lease of life Words and photos by Dave Barry A PROJECT to breathe new life into the old parcels office at Scarborough railway station is on its last lap. “We are now in the exciting process of finalising this amazing space”, says Susi Jones, who handles marketing and promotion for the building. “Architects will help us design the necessary heating, lighting and toilets”, Susi says. “Then we will be ready to launch, next year”. Since 2008, volunteers have been restoring the historic building with a common vision of providing artists with a magnificent space to work and exhibit art in. They have worked hard to secure funding from the Railway Heritage Trust, English Heritage, Arts Council England and Network Rail. The money was spent on restoring the building, in 2013. Chris Hall, who is part of the team, says: “We have maintained the integrity of the building with its three vast high elevated bays, glazed tiles and gabled skylight”. The building is already being used by a steady stream of artists-in-residence and local and national artists. “Our long-term vision is to create a vibrant artistic atmosphere where artists can further develop their skills,” Susi explains. There have been eight artists-in-residence this summer. The current ones are Sandra Crawford, John Carroll and Sean Taylor. John is using water-based paint to adorn a huge wall with an enormous image of a tree which fell during a storm, in a park near his home in Manchester. To protect the brickwork, he covered the wall with decorators’ lining paper first. Not surprisingly, it is the biggest painting he has ever done. John is spending two days a week at the building until October. Events coming up include large installations and exhibitions, live streaming events from galleries around the world, annual collaborative arts projects and a series of masterclasses. The building is hosting an exhibition called Threads of War in the first week of October and an exhibition by all the artists later in the month. The Scarborough branch of the Campaign for Real Ale, or Camra, is holding its first real ale, cider and arts festival at the building on 13-15 October, from noon until 10.30pm. It

L-R: John Carroll, Sandra Brandeis Crawford, Sally Gatie and Susi Jones at the old parcels office is being organised in conjunction with the Campaign for Real Art. The building has a Facebook page, which is easy to find.

Building’s history began 134 years ago The old parcels office was built by North Eastern Railway in 1883. The company needed more waiting rooms, and other facilities for excursion passengers arriving at the adjacent railway station, which opened in 1845. “As with many seaside towns, Scarborough saw a massive increase in excursion trains in the second half of the 19th century,” says Chris Hall, who has charted the building’s history. “The NER’s provision for excursion passengers at Scarborough was lavish compared with most railways,” Chris says. “The waiting rooms are all double-height spaces with yellow glazed Burmantofts bricks to the lower parts of the walls. “The former general waiting room has a large raised timber and glass lantern light creating the airy spatial qualities we still see today”. However, the volume of visitors continued to outstrip provision for them and the extra facilities proved inadequate. In 1908, a separate excursion station was built at Londesborough Road. “Our building subsequently changed use to a parcels office and in 1925 alterations were made, such as the insertion of double doors and openings between the large rooms,” Chris says. Gradually, across the 20th century, the building was used less and less and by the early 21st century had become derelict. It was designated as a listed building in 1990 and as a listed building at risk in 2008. “As a holding operation, an internal structural scaffolding was inserted to hold up the decaying roof and efforts were made to find a new use,” Chris says.

New music group for youngsters Words by Dave Barry SCARBOROUGH’S young people are being invited to join an inclusive music group. Scamps brings disabled and able-bodied youngsters together to enjoy a love of music. The group is open to anyone aged seven to 25; parents are encouraged to go to encourage their children. It meets every Tuesday from 6pm to 7.30pm at the Street. Organiser Helen Berry said: “The idea is to bring together any young people with a love of music to develop it further”. Scamps is open to everyone, including young people with disabilities and learning development disorders including autism; nondisabled people including siblings and young

carers; young people who are completing Duke of Edinburgh or arts awards; young people considering a career in youth work or social care; and young people who simply enjoy making music. No musical experience is necessary. The young people will get to work with professional music artists who will help them develop their musical skills and creativity. “We are finding that it is a wonderful way for young people to develop musical and personal skills, become more confident and more comfortable communicating with lots of other people and in some cases gain valuable leadership experience too,” added Helen.

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Soldier’s vandalised gravestone replaced a century later Words & recent photos by Dave Barry A SCARBOROUGH soldier’s vandalised gravestone has been replaced, a century after he died. Born in 1888, Billy Tucker died on 13 May 1916 after being poisoned by mustard gas on the western front, in France. Private William Silas Tucker fought in the Royal Field Artillery and was one of the Scarborough Pals – a group of squaddies who came from the town. After being fatally injured, he was medically discharged and died at home a few weeks later. He was buried at Dean Road cemetery and doesn't have a military because he was no longer in the army when he died, explains Ian Temple. Mr Temple is secretary of the Royal British Legion in Scarborough, which was approached earlier this year by Billy’s great grandson. Paul Tucker QC, a barrister practising in Manchester, asked if the British Legion could help with the rededication of the grave. The original headstone had been destroyed by vandals in the early 1990s. Billy’s son William, who served in the Royal Engineers in WW2, always planned to repair or replace it but didn’t get around to it. He died in 1994. “On a recent trip back to my home town I showed my niece the grave and resolved that it was my job to replace it,” said Paul, who, along with his uncle Micahel, commissioned Pindar’s to replace the headstone. “Although I am not at all religious, my great granddad’s family were devout Methodists and my wife suggested we should rededicate the grave and perhaps invite a local minister to become involved in a service of some kind”. The new headstone was dedicated at a formal ceremony officiated by Father Allan Campbell-Wilson, who is a padre and chaplain to the British Legion branch. Salvation Army cornetist Richard Weston played the Last Post and seven bearers solemnly lowered their standards at the graveside, watched by Paul and his sons Matthew and William. William, named after his great great grandfather, pointed out that the new headstone features the rune symbol of his his grandfather, Geoff Tucker, at the bottom right. Paul described the ceremony as “an

immensely humbling experience. It was an honour and a privilege to have been present for the rededication of my great granddad’s grave. To describe the event as moving does no justice to the depth of emotion that it triggered. My whole family is deeply grateful to the Scarborough RBL for arranging it. It is Billy Tucker a source of immense pride that the spirit of the Scarborough Pals remains strong”. The Scarborough Pals lost 18 soldiers in WW1, according to the town’s most eminent historian, Jack Binns, who taught Paul A-level history at the Sixth Form College. Billy’s name appears on the Oliver’s Mount war memorial alongside that of his brother Syd, who was awarded the military medal on the first day of the battle of the Somme. Syd died in France in 1917.

Richard Weston plays the Last Post

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Walkers dazzle to raise hospice cash Words and pictures by Mike Tyas THE caring heart of Scarborough shone brighter than ever at this year’s Starlight Walk. The popular annual fundraiser for St Catherine’s Hospice attracted 630 walkers – and you certainly couldn’t miss them as they made their way around the 6.5 miles circular route on a thankfully dry and warm summer’s night. Nearly everybody came along dressed to dazzle in line with the neon theme of this year’s event. St Catherine’s are hoping the final total from sponsorship will swell to around £40,000 and are waiting to announce the final figure when all the cash, much of it donated through justgiving.com online, comes in. The night air glowed as the walkers set off in a splash of colour from the start and made their way along Green Lane, down and around North Bay to stop off and enjoy a well-earned ice cream, courtesy of the continuing support from the Harbour Bar. And though the walkers didn’t quite have the same spring in their step as they made their way up Throxenby Lane to the finish, all of them did have an enormous sense of pride that they had made such a fantastic effort for such a worthy cause. All of them had stories to tell of family or friends touched by the kindness of St Catherine’s. One of the walkers, Katie Rogers, married her husband Wayne in July last year a day before he was moved to the hospice. He died the next day. ‘St Catherine’s were just amazing,’ she said. ‘When Wayne passed away it was so serene and calm, with all the family there for him.’ Another walker, Penny Lane, of Durham Street, said her dad Ray spent six weeks in St Catherine’s last year before he died just before Christmas. ‘It was not like going to a hospital – the room my dad was in at the hospice was really individual to him. It was like going to see somebody in their home.’

Penny added that the St Catherine’s staff were ‘really lovely’, a sentiment echoed by so many. Ann Wllson, of Seamer, lost her mum Hilary to cancer in 2007 and apart from one year has taken part in their charity walk ever since. She said: ‘The staff were phenomenal for mum – just so caring. I walk each year as it’s my way of thanking St Catherine’s. It’s a lovely event, everybody comes together and it’s fun.’ Ian Hepworth, of Pickering was walking as a thank you to the help he received from the hospice’s bereavement team after the death of his dad John. ‘I was stuck in grief,’ he said. ‘My doctor suggested I speak to St Catherine’s. I have been talking to them and they have helped me put myself first and remember my dad fondly rather than be stuck with sad memories. ‘They have helped me cope. I took part as I wanted to repay their kindness and support.’

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Enjoying their treats provided by Harbour Bar owner Giulian Alonzi were, from left: Charlotte Kerfoot, Becky Coates, Georgina Lane, Sarah What a great Saturday night out for dad Ian Lane, Sally Kerfoot and Joshua Lane

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SCARBOROUGH’S mayor and a conference chief ditched the formalities to stick their heads through the holes in a Punch and Judy stand. Cllr Simon Green and Sarah Hennessey were in the Spa Suncourt, where the conference photographer, from Oxfordshire, had set up the stand. The mayor was there to welcome the annual conference and give a talk about the town’s history to 260 delegates, from all over the UK. The conference was held by the health libraries group of the Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals (Cilip). The mayor was greeted by group joint chairs Imrana Ghumra and Sarah Hennessey and programme leader Richard Bridgen. Cilip is the UK’s leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. It has about 13,000 members. Cilip’s vision is of a fair and economically prosperous society underpinned by literacy, access to information and the transfer of knowledge. It was formed in 2002 by the merger of

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NETWORK NORTH. The Crescent Hotel, Scarborough, YO11 2PP. 7.15am – 9 am. Visit www.networknorth.org.uk 4 October LOCAL NETWORKING: SERIOUS CONTACTS. Held by South and East Yorkshire Federation of Small Businesses. This free, structured networking event will give businesses the opportunity to ‘put themselves out there’ and build a better business. Norwich House, Savile Street, Hull. 6pm – 10pm. Visit www.eventbrite.co.uk 4 October ALL-IN-ONE SMALL BUSINESS WORKSHOP. Held by IT Desk. Find out about free and easy technology to make everyday work simple. 9am-11am. Visit www.eventbrite.co.uk to book. Market Weighton Business Centre, Bradley Way, Becklands Park Industrial Estate, York Rd, Market Weighton, York.

Gallows Close Centre in Barrowcliff has been shortlisted for a grant of between £8,000 and £12,000, from Tesco. Tesco shoppers are being asked to vote for the centre, between 31 October and 13 November. Kimmie Avison, a development worker at the centre, said: “If we were to be awarded £12,000, it would make a huge difference to the centre and the community surrounding it”. The money would be spent on a project which aims to transform the empty grass area around the centre into a vibrant community garden, with raised garden beds and learning space. The area would be used as an outdoor extension facilitate various activities. These could include growing vegetables, a shed

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workshop for cycle repairs, wood-working opportunities, outdoor games and crafts, a bug club, community events, etc. The gardens would add a hugely valuable new feature to the centre, which serves the neighbourhoods of Barrowcliff, Newby and Northstead. “It will provide opportunities for all ages, which will include training to improve skills and gain further chances of employment,” said Kimmie. Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork on its Bags of Help initiative in hundreds of regions across England and Wales. The scheme will see three community groups and projects in each region awarded grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000. The money has been raised from the supermarket’s 5p bag charge.

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L-R: Val and Simon Green with Imrana Ghumra, Richard Bridgen and Sarah Hennessey

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the Library Association, founded in 1877, and the Institute of Information Scientists, founded in 1958. Cilip accredits degree programmes in library and information science at several universities. Cilip is perhaps best known to the public for awarding the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals for children's books. There are several local branches across the UK, 25 special interest groups and over 20 liaison organisations including the African Caribbean Library Association, the Librarians' Christian Fellowship and the Society of Indexers. Delegates were entertained at the Spa by organist Howard Beaumont.

CASINO 41 will raise money for charity at the Crown Spa Hotel on Friday 11 November. Tickets cost £30 for a two-course meal plus coffee, musical entertainment and a fun but cash-free casino. The event is in aid of Basics Plus, formed in 1990 to provide training and work experience for people with special needs. Over the years, the organisation has developed projects which not only benefit

people with learning disabilities but provides valued and much-needed services to the local community. Promoter Stuart Baines says: “Through a 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”. The event is open to 41 Club members, partners, family and friends.

Simon Green and Sarah Hennessey as Punch and Judy

Radio Scarborough announces sponsorship By Krystal Starkey RADIO Scarborough has announced it will be the new shirt sponsor for Scarborough Campus FC in the 11 a side Sunday league this season. The home kit will be a blue shirt with the Radio Scarborough logo in white and the away kit will be red. Radio Scarborough presenters Sally Savage, who airs on Monday and Thursday at 3pm and Mark Sinclair, whose show can be heard every Wednesday from 3pm presented the team with their new kits.

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Words and photos by Dave Barry A MAN who tripped and fell in the town centre was surprised at the lightning reaction of the emergency services. The man, who was cut but otherwise uninjured, was surrounded by half a dozen medics within seconds. That’s because he had the foresight to fall within yards of a team of paramedics, emergency-care assistants, etc. They were running the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s ambulance roadshow, in Aberdeen Walk, Scarborough. The street was a blue-light zone for 14 hours across four days, when adults and children were given free first-aid training including lifesaving cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). YAS resuscitation manager Jason Carlyon commented: “The first few minutes are vital in a medical emergency such as a cardiac arrest. “If treatment such as CPR can be performed immediately following cardiac arrest, patients have the best chance of survival and making a full recovery. “Bystander CPR forms an important part of the chain of survival, evidenced to have a significant impact on survival from cardiac arrest. By training members of the public, especially children, how to perform this vital skill at our roadshows, we hope to provide them with the confidence to react and potentially save the life of a loved one or stranger. “Our Restart a Heart campaign, now in its third year, has already taught approximately 31,500 schoolchildren how to perform CPR and is set to teach another 25,000 on 18 October”. At the roadshow, people were shown inside an ambulance and informed about trust services, including what goes on behind the scenes when a 999 call is made. Information on volunteering or working for the ambulance service was given. The trust’s charitable fund mascot, ParaTed,

Paramedic Paul Dodd shows six-year-old Hollie Snowden-Nelson how to save a life with CPR put in a guest appearance. The roadshow also visited Carlisle, Bradford and Leeds. Membership manager Ali Richardson described it as “a fantastic opportunity for people to find out more about YAS and what we do”. Besides Ali, the trust staff present included Don Buxton, the trust’s community and commercial education trainer; emergencycare assistant Jez Pope; paramedics Mark Wright and Paul Dodd; and Gareth Davies, a senior accounts executive at Zoll Medical. The trust covers almost 6,000 square miles of varied terrain from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities. It provides 24-hour emergency and healthcare services to a population of more than five million. The organisation receives an average of 2,310 emergency and routine calls a day and employs over 4,800 staff. Its patient transport service makes around a million journeys per year, transporting patients to and from hospitals and treatment centres. The NHS 111 urgent-care hotline handles around 1.4m calls a year. The Trust website is at www.yas.nhs.uk.

Pubs brewing change at well past times Patrick Henry drinking days

L-R: Don Buxton, Jez Pope, Mark Wright, Paul Dodd, Gareth Davies and Ali Richardson at the ambulance roadshow

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All Scarborough pubs were controlled by fairly local breweries in the 1950s. When Scarborough and Whitby Brewery in North Street closed, it ceded its many towncentre pubs to Cameron’s of West Hartlepool. In the ‘60s, Hull-based brewery Moor and Robson sold its several lower-town pubs to Bass Charrington. Tetley took over Malton brewery Charles Rose and its numerous Scarborough pubs, notably the Pavilion Vaults in Westborough, the Northway, the Spa, the Silver Grid in Huntriss Row and the Old Bar (later the Huntsman) in Newborough. My father enjoyed such places for the fine ale and the broad mixture of company from different classes of drinker. The Vaults disappeared with the end of its great hotel, run by Frank Laughton, brother of actor Charles Laughton. Their birthplace, up the road, at the Victoria (now the Old Vic), their parents had owned. Famed for his Hollywood film roles, Charles, on visits home, would sit on the Pavilion Hotel terrace, which had commanding views of the town centre. Cigar and drinks glass in hand, leering down, as if still one of the haughty, historical figures he once played. Homewards from school, I would see him there in this pose. People said he treated none of his old acquaintances with warm friendship. Frank, conversely, seemed modest, quiet and likeable. From childhood illness, and then wartime experiences in the 1940s, he never recovered from nervous

By Krystal Starkey A Sky Sports presenter who was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2011 has raised 100K for Parkinson's UK by walking 200 miles. Dave Clark walked from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay over 13 days to show what can be achieved through determination and positive thinking and to encourage other people with Parkinson's and members of the public to take on physical challenges. Dave said: "13 days, 200 miles, half a million steps, climbed height of Everest and £100,000 for Parkinson's UK. Job done. The

frailty. He was often present in his popular Vaults bar. Fine paintings he owned, splendid on the walls above the wildish crowd of characters gathered there. His other brother, Tom, also an art collector, owned the Royal and Holbeck Hall hotels: more premises boasting dramatic times and events. My first taste of borough pubs came down the yards or steps outside. A young lad brought a half of bitter by my Dad, from inside, talking to old friends, when home on leave from the Forces. At his full return to civilian life here, I could join him inside those favourite spots, serving Rose’s ale. The Silver Grid had been the Assembly Rooms, where Charles Dickens recited. The other end of that street held the Cliff Hotel, serving Cameron’s Strongarm, a fine beer. The place became the Pickwick, now renamed the Dickens, in memory of the author. Employed at a Seamer farm in 1955, I heard the other workers talk of their Saturday nights in Scarborough. Starting at several Falsgrave area pubs (mostly still there), they drank their way along past the Victoria (now the Old Vic) and downhill on the main street towards the foreshore, through many pubs nearly all now gone. The Turk’s Head still stands, a rare remainder. At the seafront, they ended at the Lancaster (now shut) and fought the trawler crews in a traditional punch-up: farmhands versus harbour lads, and went home, battered, in several senses. That foray meant a pint or a half in 28 pubs. Now only 13 survive.

generosity and kindness shown by so many has been incredible. There were mishaps, injuries, exhaustion and much more over the fortnight, but we battled on. In the end all of that was far outweighed by the sense of achievement, the camaraderie and laughter and by so many amazing gestures of support before, during and after the walk. “When we reached Robin Hood's Bay there was a huge sense of elation, but I was overwhelmed with so many emotions. Looking back it seemed to touch everyone, a tide of positivity from sea to shining sea."

Great North Run Results Scarborough Athletics Club had 47 runners amongst the 41,000 competitors at this years Great North Run. Now established as the worlds most prestigious half-marathon, the 13.1 mile course from Newcastle to South Shields was won for the third successive year by Britain's Olympic champion, Mo Farah, with Kenya's Vivian Cheruiyot claiming victory in the womens race.

No fewer than 32 of the Scarborough runners achieved personal best times, with the best placed athletes (and their times) as followsMEN Sean Kelly 89.21 Alex Blackman 92.01 Dale Hepples 99.31

WOMEN Helena Schofield 89.33 Anna Kolos 110.46 Emma Simmons 110.54

“Sky Sports presenter Dave Clark (third from the right) after successfully walking 200 miles Coast to Coast in 13 days for ‘Clarky’s Coast to Coast walk’.

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The Iguanadon Restaurant Show

Words and photos by Dave Barry THE Yorkshire fossil festival returned to Scarborough’s Rotunda Museum with a roar – and a deluge. The skies opened soon after the annual event began, in a few protective marquees outside the museum. Unfortunately, the gallant performers of the outdoor Iguanadon Restaurant Show got a good soaking. Their young audience, however, sheltered beneath a tarpaulin sheet held over their heads by teachers. But the rain didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits too much and the festival was a great success. The person who probably travelled further than anyone else to attend the festival was Alex Peaker of the Dinosaur Isle Museum on the Isle of Wight. Alex said the island has a distinct claim to fame in the world of dinosaurs. The word dinosaur was coined in 1842 by paleontologist Richard Owen, whose definition was based on an iguanodon found on the island, Alex said. Alex made the six-hour, 310-mile journey a day early so he could go fossil hunting in Flamborough. Elsewhere, a baby T-rex roamed the town centre and scores of children created sea monsters, went rock pooling, got crafty at

The young audience was sheltered beneath tarpaulin various workshops, watched dinosaur shows and learned about all things geology. At the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Superbolt Theatre presented Dinosaur Park (The Jurassic Parody), a spin on the film Jurassic Park. The company is on a national tour with a show that sold out and wowed the Edinburgh Fringe. At the library, children’s author Ian Whybrow gave the lowdown on mischievous dinosaurs, dogs, small wolves, bears and meerkats that feature in his stories; and

The gallant – but wet – performers at the Iguanadon Restaurant Show

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We all love our visitors but for the good citizens of Scarborough autumn comes as a bit of a relief. No more traffic queues (we live in hope) and miles of lovely empty beaches. This summer we have been taking people of every age, size and type out to the beaches looking for fossils, now we’ve space for everyone to have a look. Mooching through banks of pebbles soon brings bucket-loads of fossil corals, oysters, mussels, ammonites, gastropods and belemnites. They’re all there – you just need to know what to look for. Most of these fossils are from the Jurassic rocks of the coast. But the Yorkshire coast has other treasures to offer. Yorkshire’s Jurassic rocks are from 200 to 150 million years old, but in the last couple of million years ice sheets have moved south over this area bringing mud, rocks and pebbles from across northern Europe. When the ice melted all this debris was left behind – a swathe of glacial mud covers the coast in a wide strip reaching from north of Staithes down to Flamborough.

The mud is regularly washed onto the beaches by rain from above and waves from below; the mud gets dissolved and the rocks and pebbles get left behind. So we end up with a dazzling variety of pebbles from all over northern Europe: granites and gneisses from the Lake District and Scotland; reef corals from the Pennines; porphyry and volcanics from Scandinavia, as well as semi-precious carnelians and garnets. The ice sheets brought big boulders as well, known as glacial erratics. There’s one at the corner of Valley Road and Royal Avenue, and another at Crossgates. So next time you’re on the beach at Cayton Bay or Filey or Reighton Gap have a good look at the pebbles – you’ll find local fossils but also exotic stones from across northern Europe. For a guide to pebbles on this coast see our Beach Finds on the Yorkshire Coast, available from the Bookshelf on Victoria Road and from Woodend Workspace.

Scarborough Film Society screened Promised Land, starring Matt Damon. This controversial movie is about the consequences of fracking on our environment. A talk at Scarborough Art Gallery by Liam Herringshaw, Jack Oyston and Katie

Strang suggested that anyone can be a paleontologist. The Bone Wars, presented by Richard Fallon and Elinor Michel, was a fascinating journey through Victorian Britain, showing how dinosaurs were brought back to life – in a way.

Alex Peaker with a replica of the elongated skull of the fish-eating Baryonyx walkeri which had conical teeth

New series of history and archaeology talks by Dave Barry & Photo Brian Walker The History and Heritage of our Local Forests is the title of the first in a series of lectures. It will be given by Brian Walker for Scarborough Archaeological & Historical Society on 3 October. The titles of other lectures coming up include History of the Sea Cut by Michael Hurley, The Intertidal and Coastal Archaeology of the Yorkshire Coast by Megan Clement, Writing on the Roof: Graffiti at St Oswald's in Filey by John Buglass, Collecting Prehistoric Yorkshire: The LamploughLidster Collection by David Lamplough and Richard III's ambitions for York, Scarborough and the North by John Oxley. The aims of the society are to advance the education of the public in the archaeological and history of the Scarborough area by increasing and disseminating knowledge, undertaking and supporting research into sites and archives of archaeological, architectural and historical interest, the

publication of the results of such researches, and to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of such sites and archives. Lectures are every other Monday at 7.30pm at the library. Entrance costs £2 to non-members and membership costs £15. n For more information go to www.sahs. org.uk or search Facebook.

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• BLOSSOMS INTERVIEW - We bagged a chat with the drummer from Blossoms • STOPTOBER - May it's time to ditch the cigs for good?

• AUTUMN/WINTER 16 - Rock the new season trends in style thanks to yours truly • TRIED & TESTED - The latest beauty products to hit the shelves • A DIET REVOLUTION - Is coming to town - A guest piece from SR Editor, Dave Barry

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INTERVIEW: JOE DONOVAN FROM BLOSSOMS INDIE FIVE PIECE, BLOSSOMS’ DEBUT ALBUM WENT STRAIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE UK CHARTS AND STAYED THERE FOR TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST. SO WHEN I GOT THE CALL AT LEEDS FEST TO HAVE A CHAT WITH DRUMMER, JOE DONOVAN I COULD’VE DIED WITH EXCITEMENT. Joe speaks with a heart warming Mancunian accent and was just as excited about the top spot as Blossoms’ loyal fans have been: “Obviously we were over the moon like, and especially getting it to number one for two weeks we were really buzzing.” But it wasn’t something the band had anticipated: “It’s not something, we really like concentrated on as a band. Which I know it sounds really ridiculous but, because we’ve been sat on it so long and we were so proud of it, it was one of those things where it was like: we’ve done the best we can, so let’s see where it goes.” Prior to their fame, Blossom’s have graced the streets of York a time or two when they played gigs at Fibbers. So get this, just like many of York’s indie loving dwellers, Joe loves Fibbers, especially Tim Hornsby, who books all of the bands: “I love York Fibbers: the guy at York Fibbers, he gives us fajitas. Last time we went in there he had a cake. Tim, he’s so sound.” “Dya know when you’re doing the – it’s called a toilet tour, when there’s a few venues you get to and it’s like no one’s bothered about you, like another band in and out, but when you go there, you’re actually treated well. He’s a bit of a gem with new emerging bands.” “Any bands who’ve got that on their tour should definitely be looking

forward to it. Cos it’s just brilliant. Even a few big bands always go back to fibbers, maybe one day we’ll do the same,” Joe adds. For hardened fans like myself, there’s a couple of quirky features to their live shows that I’ve noticed recently, first up the teddies on Charlie’s amp. I’m nosy so I asked the question: “The kangaroo is actually from my family in Australia, we went over and I’ve got a little nephew there and my cousin, she was like “aw will you please take this home - broke my heart, so I was like yeah, we need to put this on stage somewhere. So Chaz put it on his amp. The second half of it, the cat, that was just bought in Japan. It’s a thing now, so everywhere we go we’re gunna have to buy something.” Says Joe. Joe pauses in thought , and then comes out with: “I like the cat, the cat’s my favourite. Sometimes I find the cat’s head (which bobs) is in time with our tunes.” Aside from the cats, The Blossoms have pulled a few singalong covers out of the bag including Oasis, Half the World Away. Why though? “We just love them tunes, dya know what I mean? We’ve grown up listening to Oasis. They’re proper sing along tunes.” “Who wouldn’t wanna sing half the world away with their mates at a festival?” As a busy and emerging band, Blossoms are always listening to new music on the road. Joe’s top picks to look out for are: • The Fronteers. • Sundara Karma • Magic Gang

DITCH THE CIGS? It’s getting colder, and the smokers among us are dreading the rainy cigarette breaks. It’s the perfect time to quit smoking and Public Health England is well aware of this. The campaign, Stoptober is back for a fifth year to encourage the nation’s remaining 7 million smokers to quit together this October. Smokers across the country are being urged to take part in Stoptober (the mass quitting challenge from Public Health England (PHE) starting on 1 October) and join nearly 15 million people who have already quit. Last year, out of the 2.5 million smokers who made a quit attempt, 500,000 people (20%) were successful; the highest recorded success rate and up from just 13.6% 6 years ago. So

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After 20 minutes Pulse rate returns to normal. After 8 hours Nicotine and carbon monoxide levels in blood reduce by more than half and oxygen levels return to normal. After 48 hours Carbon monoxide will be eliminated from the body. Lungs start to clear out mucus and other smoking debris. After 48 hours There is no nicotine in the body. Ability to taste and smell is improved. After 72 hours Breathing becomes easier. Bronchial tubes begin to relax and energy levels increase. After 2-12 weeks Your circulation improves. After 3-9 months Coughs, wheezing and breathing problems improve as lung function increases by up to 10%. After 1 year Risk of heart disease is about half compared with a smoker After 10 years Risk of lung cancer falls to half that of a smoker. After 15 years Risk of heart attack falls to the same as someone who has never smoked. Visit www.nhs.uk/smokefree for more information

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A NEW GEM IN SCARBOROUGH A LOCALLY OWNED INDEPENDENT JEWELLERY AND GIFT STORE - BECCA DAISY HAS BURST INTO THE LIMELIGHT WITH ITS GRAND OPENING OF A FLAGSHIP STORE IN SCARBOROUGH.

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The new store sells pieces from stunning quote bangles to quaint slate hearts and even cheeky greetings cards, Becca Daisy has something for everyone. When interviewed on its launch day, owner Becca said “Our message quote bangles have been a huge hit, with heartwarming and life affirming quotes to suite all tastes – they have been flying off the shelves with people stocking up for Christmas gifts.” She went on to say “I am so proud to open our flagship store at Spital Craft Centre in Scarborough. I love the area and adore how Scarborough supports local independent retailers. Spital is a great example of this.” Spital Craft Centre with its Dickensian themed indoor streets plays host to a plethora of local traders including Becca Daisy, a hairdresser’s salon, bakery, village shop plus others selling toys, sweets, fudge, crafts and lots more. Conveniently located just off Staxton roundabout, it has plenty of parking spaces and a bus stop right outside. Becca Daisy is now open on weekends from 10 am to 4 pm and Scarborough Review Readers can bag a special 10% off

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Winter is coming and so are the gorgeous threads. Work the Autumn/Winter 2016 season with a little guidance from yours truly.

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Words and photo by Dave Barry A new diet and exercise club is coming to Scarborough. It has no calorie counting, daily points, faddy foods or complicated workouts. Kick Start Fat Loss is teaming up with local butchers, grocers, fishmongers and organic produce suppliers. It aims to make sure members are getting great, healthy, locally produced food which gives the local economy a much-needed boost. KSFL is leading the revolution against processed foods and aim to get everyone cooking from scratch, using locally sourced produce. The concept will be introduced at a free launch evening at 7pm on Thursday 3 November, at St James’s Community Arts Centre in Seamer Road. The club offers members a clean eating programme based on the latest tried-and-tested formulas, with no diet food in sight, a wide range of workouts and a real sense of community spirit and support which is important to its success. Scarborough coach Candice Faqir, who has over 16 years experience teaching within the fitness industry, is passionate about bringing KSFL to Scarborough.

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Autumn is a new season, and with a new season comes new beauty products! We’ve got our hands on some of the beauty buys you might see hitting shelves near you. See what we reckon to them here.

NOUGHTY WAVE HELLO CURL DEFINING CONDITIONER Our curly haired gals fell in love with this product, it tamed frizz and made curls more defined - We just felt there could be a stronger scent after washing. £6.99 | www.superdrug.co.uk

LIGHT UP FACE LUMINIZER PALETTE Contouring is out and luminising is in. You can surf this trend wave for an easy £3. We used the powders over our cheek bones and the bridge of our noses for a healthy glow. The light reflecting pigments worked wonders in selfies. £3 | www.wilko.com

NICKY CLARKE DEEPTREAT MOISTURE MASK Filled with patchouli oil and macadamia, we used as a weekly revitalising treatment to give our hair super smooth nourishment. We’re pretty bad with the heated styling instruments here at YLL and the conditioning treatment undid what felt like a month’s worth of heavy straitening. Ends felt much softer. £6 | www.tesco.com

TESCO DRY SKIN FACIAL WIPES These wipes took all of our makeup off easily without drying out skin in the process. Shout out for the added Almond oil which we’re guessing helps. £1 | www.tesco.com

Essence is the new range that will be hitting up Superdrug soon. We picked two of our favourite products from the launch to review. But it’s worth noting that we all continued to use the range after we tried it out. The gel polishes can resist some serious hard labour like playing with cats and washing up.

BB BEAUTY BALM LIPGLOSS We’re battling the dry lip saga with a little help from these BB lipglosses. Krystal said its the first gloss she’s managed to get on with in ages being a dry lip sufferer. £2 | www.wilko.com

The search is on to find the next face of the world SCARBOROUGH beauties could be in with a chance of winning Miss Face of Yorkshire and follow in Jessica Gale's foot steps to becoming Miss Face of England and Miss Face of Europe. The competition will be hosted by Frockabella of Scarborough and Jessica Gale and is open to women any age between 18-35 years old. There are other groups for minis (4-8 years), juniors

(9-12 years), and seniors (13-17 years). The competition will take place at The Grand Hotel, Scarborough on 13 November. Proceeds will go to Headway, the brain injury Association (rebuilding lives after injury). To enter simply enter two photographs and a brief introduction of yourself to frockabella@hotmail.com or call 01723 371605.

Having struggled for many years with her energy levels, Candice never realised that nutrition could be the main reason. “Since embracing the KSFL way of eating, I feel fantastic!” she says. “My energy levels have been the best they have ever been and I feel much more in control of my emotions. Food plays such a key role in how we react and generally feel throughout the day. The added benefit for me was losing weight and, more interestingly, I no longer crave the sugary foods I used to love”. Candice says: “It’s time for a change, with a new generation of classes that incorporates nutritional education and fitness, that is suitable for all levels of abilities and will kickstart your metabolism”. “KSFL is a lifestyle-change programme aimed at giving people the correct knowledge about food and the effects it can have, not only on your hormone levels but on your ability to lose weight”, says Candice. “Now more than ever, with the increasing number of people at risk from heart disease, obesity, diabetes and cancer, simple nutritional changes can help reduce these risks – both for yourself and your family”. “Plus, we all know that to have success losing weight you have to combine healthy eating with exercise. One without the other is a waste of time so we get all our members clean-eating from the start with no diet food in sight”. Started online in 2007, KSFL is now being launched nationwide, with over 125 branches opening up and down the country. It is the brainchild of one of the UK’s leading health and fitness presenters and gurus, Rachel Holmes. Rachel is convinced that KSFL can be a real part of the community, which is reinforced by her team leaders encouraging members to shop locally. “I can’t emphasise enough how important it is to get people using local resources with fresh produce instead of filling their trolleys with two-for-one offers at the supermarket,” says Rachel. To find out more, ring Candice at Pilates Health & Fitness on 07970 389036 or visit her website: www.pilates-scarborough.co.uk/ksfl.

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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

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.

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A LOCAL INDIAN CUISINE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN CAUSING QUITE THE STIR SINCE OPENING IT’S DOORS TO SCARBOROUGH IN JULY. Cinnamon Restaurant boasts rave reviews online. On the popular website Tripadvisor, they have 22 Excellent and 2 Very good reviews – there are no ratings lower than very good. Scanning the website, words such as wonderful, excellent and AMAZING (in capitals) are ten a penny. Reviews include sentences such as: “The food was fantastic, Staff were very friendly, and the atmosphere was chilled back which was very nice.” as well as: “Both the food and the service was excellent. In fact the curry I had was one of the best I have ever had” and to top it off: “Best curry we have EVER had! Amazing flavours and presentation too.” So how did the restaurant kick up such a positive storm about it's cooking? It's simple. Manager Ash explains, that they've simply got the know how. It helps that the brother sister duo who run Cinnamon have worked in and run restaurants in Bradford, aka the Curry Capital for nearly 20 years. Cinnamon looks like it's set to take Scarborough by storm, and Christmas is going to be no different. For those who fancy eating out or having a festive period with a difference: the restaurant will be open on Christmas day serving the usual a la carte menu but at request for parties of four or more will be happy to serve whole roast turkeys with all

The friendly family run restaurant and takeaway is open Sunday – Thursday from 5pm – Midnight and Friday and Saturdays from 5pm – 12.30am. Cinnamon Restaurant, 37 Dean Road, Scarborough. You can also bring your own booze to the restaurant and there’s an off licence over the road as well as a Tesco Express.

To book or for more information: Call 01723 506199 or visit www.cinnamonscarborough.co.uk

people in our society who deserve a brighter future. Foodie and entrepenuer, Levi Roots, has created his own fruity number, the Chocolate Key Lime Pie, which is sure to tantaslise the taste buds in aid of this great cause. So go on, get your apron on and get baking! For more information on Bake and Brew visit: childrenssociety.org.uk/bake

INGREDIENTS • 175g (6oz) butter • 175g (6oz) soft brown sugar • 3 free-range eggs • 135g (4¾oz) self raising flour • 4 tbsp cocoa powder • For the candied lime rind • Grated rind of 3 limes • 50g (1¾oz) caster sugar • 4 tbsp water

FOR THE BUTTERCREAM • 100g (3½oz) unsalted butter, slightly softened • 200g (7oz) icing sugar grated rind of 3 limes, plus extra to decorate, and the juice of 2–3 (depending on the size of the limes – you need enough juice to make a soft, spreadable icing) dark chocolate, roughly chopped, to decorate

Preheat the oven to 200ºC/fan 180ºC/gas mark 6. Beat the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition. Fold in the flour and cocoa powder. If the mixture is very stiff, stir in a tablespoon of milk (or rum!). Pour into a greased and lined 20cm (8in) diameter, 2cm (¾in) deep cake tin and bake for 35–40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean and the cake is puffed up and golden. Turn the cake out on to a wire rack and leave to cool. Meanwhile, make the candied lime rind. Place the caster sugar and water into a small saucepan and stir until the sugar dissolves. Add the lime rind and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes or until the sugar syrup has reduced and the lime rind is soft and looks a little like marmalade. Sprinkle the lime rind over a baking sheet lined with nonstick baking paper and leave to cool and harden. To make the icing, beat the butter and icing sugar together, using an electric mixer or by hand (start off gently or the icing sugar will fly everywhere), until pale and light, but don’t let it get too fluffy – you want a fairly solid buttercream for this cake. Add the lime juice and rind and beat again. Chill in the refrigerator until the buttercream is firm but still spreadable. Spread the buttercream over the top of the cake using a palette knife. Decorate with the candied lime rind and dark chocolate.

THERE’S A NEW LICENCE IN TOWN After six years of business, Chambers Coffee Bar has now gained permission to sell alcohol from 11am until 11pm at night. But it won't stray away from it's traditional roots. Guests can still enjoy all the amenities of a day time cafe, but they can also enjoy a cheeky tipple too if they so wish. Owner Alan has got great plans for the coffee bar, an evening menu is on the horizon with extended opening hours. Serving local real ales, bottles of Prossecco, premium bottle lagers and a range of top shelf spirits means that visitors can easily spend an evening there. The current ale on tap is comes from just over the way at Wold Top Brewery. The ex florists turned coffee bar is also celebrating six years of achieving the highest hygiene rating available.

As Alan shows me round a customer mentions that 'the food is always nice here.' The cafe serves a generous range of hot sandwiches, panini's, breakfast, burgers and more. They also have a takeaway menu for those in a hurry or popping in on their lunch break. As any good cafe should have, there's more herbal and fruit teas than one could remember

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and an impressive looking coffee machine for serving cappuccinos, lattes and for those fancying something a little different, flavoured syrups. The recently redecorated bar has a Spanish feel, where locals might spend all day drinking coffee before moving onto something a little stronger as the nights draw in. Alan caters for everyone. Gluten free, wheat free and vegetarian options are all on the menu. Alan welcomes new custom, but is grateful to his regulars: “We cater for all the locals mainly and they keep coming back cos they enjoy it, people meet each other here. It's really good.” Chambers Coffee Bar is opening Tuesday to Saturday with late opening on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Call 01723 501277 or visit 77a Westborough, Scarborough, YO11 1TP

FUSILLI WITH TOMATOES, BACON AND CABBAGE

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SCARBOROUGH Food Fair returns tomorrow (Saturday 1 October). It will be in Westborough from 9.30am to 4pm. Local and regional producers will set up stalls selling tempting food, drink and other goods to customers old and new. Co-organiser Andrew Riley says the fair “is continuing to build upon a reputation for great food and drink - customers can browse at leisure and enjoy the atmosphere”. The fair is one of several food events organised by Yorkshire Food Markets, whose other locations include Bedale near Northallerton and Acomb in York. Andrew says: “We would like to thank all our customers for their continued interest and for the support of Scarborough Council”. The next fairs will be on 15 October, 5 and 19 November and 3 and 17 December. The fair’s website is at www.themarketmanagers.co.uk.

350 g Barilla Fusilli 300 g Ripe tomatoes 150 g Cabbage 100 g Bacon 50 g Onion 4 tbs Virgin olive oil A sprig of rosemary Salt and pepper

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Peel and slice the onion. Wash the cabbage leaves and cut them into stripes. Wash and cut the tomatoes into cubes; cut the bacon into cubes as well. Heat a pan and sauté the sliced onion with 1 tbs of olive oil and the rosemary. Add the tomatoes, a pinch of salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes. Remove the sprig of rosemary and set aside. Heat another pan and brown the bacon with 2 tbs of olive oil. Add the cabbage and sauté on a medium heat. The cabbage has to remain crunchy with a nice green color. Boil Fusilli in plenty of boiling water. We recommend using 1 litre of water for every 100 g of pasta. Before draining, remember to set aside a spoonful of pasta water to better toss and stir pasta and sauce. Drain the pasta al dente, toss in the pan with the tomato sauce. 8. Drizzle with olive oil, add a pinch of fresh-grounded pepper and serve with the cabbage leaves sprinkled on top.

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Getting Married? WIN! The function room at The Mayfield

NEXT WEDDING FAYRE: 12TH OCTOBER, 5PM – 8PM

By Krystal Starkey LUCKY future brides & grooms can enter themselves into a free prize draw to win the beautiful Mayfield function room for their special day when attending the wedding and events fayre on October 12. Guests will receive a goodie bag on arrival, bubbles and nibbles then go on to meet local wedding and events suppliers along with the venues friendly team. The Mayfield Seamer has been organising fayres since the beginning

of 2014 and this event is set to be even bigger and better than before. Stall holders will include photographers, florists, hairdressers, sweet bars, ice cream connoisseurs, transport and of course, bridal and hat boutiques - some of which will be displayed in a live fashion show! Wedding fayres are the best way to gather together ideas and inspiration as well as secure the suppliers you want for your special day. REMEMBER: Don’t forget to take your notebook, and a friend or

family member to bounce ideas off. It’s a good idea to bring along a diary to take down contacts and perhaps organise appointments in the future. This event is not just for brides & grooms-to-be but can inspire anyone arranging their next big celebration. The event fayre will run from 5pm – 8pm on October 12. n For more information contact Gina on 07469 153745

Trends to look out for

If you’re wondering where to begin, start by getting inspired by our go-to-guide for emerging trends this Autmn/Winter. Spotlight on the groomsmen Photographers are making sure that they try to catch boys being boys at weddings of late. Cheeky shots of the groomsmen acting up or sharing a personal joke are the money shots, it's not just about what goes down at the altar anymore. This quirky picture of the groom's party wearing colourful socks really adds a touch of fun to the wedding album.

Food bars Food bars were popping up at weddings all over 2015. Nothing has changed. They can be used for desserts, a late night snack bar or even the main food event. Ideas so far have ranged from pizza bars, donut bars, sushi, nachos, popcorn, sweet stalls and even pies.

Do your own thing Boho luxe First it was rustic, then it was luxe, then it was boho, and now there's a supernova of all of the themes coming together – Boho Luxe is a hard act to follow, but a rewarding one if you get it right. Think of airy fairy decorations and expensive looking cutlery with a side order of sparkle.

Some brides quite simply prefer to have a short dress. Fashion designers are happily catering to the leggy look and it's been a recurring alternative trend for the past few years now. Florals are in for bridal dresses in a big way for Spring 2017, 3D embroidery, beads and even fabric butterflies could be seen on the catwalks.

Geode wedding Interior design has featured agate and geode inspired pieces of late. Weddings have followed suit with all rock everything. The perfect sparkly accessory for wedding décor and an easy way to add punchy brights to your colour palette. Who said it was only the ring that should sparkle on a girls wedding day? Check out these agate place cards by Lovelyfest Goods on Etsy.

Naked cakes Icing can be over bearing – it looks great but sometimes it's a bit too much. Cue the naked cake – a simplistic but beautiful take on your wedding day sweet treat. Naked cakes make a feature of their fillings – after all, it's what's on the inside that counts. Top Tip! Pinterest is an amazing place to gather inspiration and ideas, set up your own boards and get pinning at www.pinterest.com

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Ex-pupils urged to join old boys’ network

The Municipal School, aka the Muni

By Dave Barry Ex-pupils of a school which closed 43 years ago are being urged to join an old boys’ network. The Old Scarborians Association (OSA) wants to recruit members of this dying breed; the youngest will be at least 60. However, non-members outnumber members; hence the recruitment drive. The OSA was founded in 1930 for former pupils and staff of Scarborough High School for Boys, which began at Westwood then moved to Woodlands. Famous alumni include novelist Storm Jameson, scientist Edward Harland, author Leo Walmsley, Delius’s amanuensis Eric Fenby, Sir John Wilson (blinded in a laboratory accident at the school) and journalist Peter Taylor. The OSA’s 600 members live in the UK, other parts of Europe, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the USA. So many members is quite an achievement as the school closed in 1973, when many grammar schools were replaced by comprehensives. The school’s history reaches back into the 19th century, when negotiations to buy 18,000 square yards of land from the North Eastern Railway began. The land, next to Valley Bridge, was bought for £5,000. Building began in 1897 and cost £13,585. The Central Higher Grade School opened at Westwood in 1900. A co-educational secondary school, it had 336 girls and boys. It was renamed the Municipal School in 1902, when secondary education became the responsibility of the county council. The

school was popularly known as the Muni. In 1922, the 150 girls were transferred to the inadequate Girls High School at Westlands, in the Valley. This was widely condemned as “a totally unsuitable rabbit warren”. The following year, 130 pupils of St Martin’s grammar school on the South Cliff were moved to what was renamed Scarborough High School for Boys. It stayed at Westwood for 36 years, becoming one of the country’s top grammar schools, with 500 pupils in 1939. In 1959, the school moved to a new, purpose-built site at Woodlands Farm, near the hospital. The land and buildings cost £236,174. The old building became Westwood County Modern School for Boys, formed by a merger of Friarage Boys and Gladstone Road Boys schools. In 1973 it became an annexe of Scarborough Technical College and later the home of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, which moved to its present site in 1993. It is now an annexe of Yorkshire Coast College. In 1973, when Scarborough grammar schools were phased out, the Woodlands building became Graham School, one of a new breed of comprehensives which were then in vogue. In 2002, the Muni’s centenary was celebrated at a dinner at the Royal Hotel attended by over 200 OSA members, wives and partners. A biannual magazine, Summer Times, helps members keep up to date with each others’ activities. Each year, the OSA has a Christmas dinner for about 100 members and other halves at the rugby club, a lunch in London in spring and golf and bowls competitions in summer. London lunches have been held at the House of Lords, the House of Commons, Mossiman’s, the East India Club and the RAF Club. Next year, some of the Woodlands ex-pupils will visit their old school and it is hoped that the London lunch will be at the Farmer’s Club in Whitehall. OSA president Peter Newham comments: “There are many old boys who are not

Explorer scouts win grant for outdoor kit Words and photo by Dave Barry A four-figure grant has given a much-needed boost to explorer scouts in Eastfield. The Eagulls were using heavy, well-worn equipment on overnight outdoor expeditions. Not everyone could afford the kit so some youngsters were in danger of missing out. The company really needed to invest in its own gear – tents, sleeping bags, cooking equipment, etc. Enter, stage left, a financial knight in shining armour, aka local councillor Tony Randerson, who arranged a £1633.50 grant from the county council. “Last year, the explorer section from 49th Eastfield scout group sent two parties on a two-day overnight expedition towards their platinum award scheme”, says explorer scout leader Iain Clarke. “The expedition was successful but highlighted a problem. Having camped before, most scouts had their own kit, but taking part

in an expedition is different”. Iain says: “Explorers have to carry their own kit over two days while hiking. We realised that lightweight equipment, with a good quality and comfortable rucksack to carry it in, was a must. This equipment is expensive and not all families can afford it. “We looked into the essential kit needed and applied for a grant to Tony Randerson who came up trumps”, says Iain. “We have purchased lightweight cooking equipment, sleeping bags, water carriers, tents, waterproof clothing and good quality rucksacks”. Iain says the tents which were replaced were over 20 years old – he had used them for his scout expeditions. Next year the younger explorer scouts will take part in another two-day, one-night expedition while the older ones will do a threeday, two-night expedition. The equipment will be used at both events.

members, from whom we would like to hear. Some have never got round to joining and some, maybe years ago, did join but then dropped out. Any old boys of Scarborough Boys’ High School will be warmly welcomed. Life membership is only £10”. To join, send an email to the.newhams@ btinternet.com. The OSA officers and committee members are Peter Newham, Mick Bowman, David Fowler, Bob Heaps, Chris Found, Bill Potts,

Geoff Winn, Dave Ellard, Chris Found, Howard Acklam, Colin Adamson and Barry Beanland. The OSA has nine honorary life vicepresidents: Frank Bamforth, Peter Robson, David Fowler, Mick Bowman, Maurice Johnson, Chris Found, Geoff Winn, Howard Acklam and Bill Potts The OSA website is at http://oldscarborians. org.

The Municipal School staff in 1953

Alleged spy taught at school A man accused by the Nazis of being a spy was one of many memorable characters who taught at Scarborough High School for Boys. Frank Binder, a language master at the school for many years, had been an English literature lecturer at Bonn University in the 1930s. He witnessed the Nazi rise to power at close quarters. In the late 1930s, he was told to leave the country with very little warning and had to leave behind a valuable collection of books. There is strong evidence to suggest that Binder had to leave Germany as he was suspected of being a spy. OSA member David Fowler says: “MI6 will neither confirm nor deny this, although a number of other, more famous authors have since been revealed as British spies during

the wartime period”. Back in England, Binder wrote a semiautobiographical novel called Sown with Corn, about the rise of the Nazis. It wasn’t published at the time, possibly because of a post-war paper shortage. The manuscript was handed to OSA member Mike Rines by Binder’s daughter after his death. The book was eventually issued by Farthings Publishing, a local firm, and republished a few years later by Pen & Sword Books of Barnsley, from whom it is still available. Binder wrote other books including Journey in England, which was published to great acclaim and which he used as part of his English literature lectures in Bonn. It costs £10 plus P&P (free delivery in Scarborough).

Iain says: “We carry out short hikes and overnight camps where the equipment will be used throughout the year. “One weekend, we camped overnight before we took the explorer scouts gliding and used some of the equipment for the explorer scouts. “Some parents struggle to buy lots of

equipment and we feel this will help the youngsters along their way. There's nothing worse than soaking wet gear while out hiking”, Iain says. “We'd like to thank Tony for his support to the local community and hope to keep good relations with him”. * The explorer scouts are looking for a new leader. If you are interested, ring Iain on 07718 045296.

Eagulls explorer scouts are pictured at their Eastfield base with Cllr Tony Randerson

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A place of calm in a noisy world

The stunning front of Wydale Hall

by Mike Tyas DRIVING down Wydale Lane on the edge of the village of Brompton about to turn left back towards Scarborough on the A171, I was reminded of the title of Thomas Hardy’s famous Victorian novel, ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’. It was the Monday of the last Bank Holiday of the year and my wife and I had just spent a couple of days at Wydale Hall. It was the weekend when traditionally Scarborough is a hive of activity as day trippers head for the seaside to join holidaymakers on longer breaks eager to soak up the last rays of August sunshine, and the many attractions of the coast. But this Bank Holiday we decided to try and detox from the hustle and bustle, take a step aside and enjoy the peace and calm of Wydale and soak up something very different: namely, the serenity of a 18th Century country house of true character and charm. Wydale Hall nestles on the edge of the North York Moors and enjoys breathtaking views on a clear day up to the Yorkshire Wolds in the other direction looking west. It offers peace, calm – a place to reflect, slow down and, using a word that came in vogue in the last 20 years with the dawn of the internet age, it offers the chance to ‘chill’. Indeed, to me, the internet represents a world that is so frenetic, where many people seem to glory in being connected all the time that finding time and the space to just be yourself can truly be a difficult test indeed. But we had found a solution at Wydale. The ‘Madding Crowd’ of Hardy’s novel had been left behind and although we only stayed 48 hours in the former home of Sir George Cayley, ‘the father of aviation’, we felt renewed and refreshed by the experience. So becalmed Wydale made me that when reality struck and work beckoned once more, I decided a trip back to the hall a couple of days later to talk to General Manager Mark Rance was a good way of bridging the transition back to ‘real life’. I told Mark of our experience, and he nodded sagely, like he had heard it many times in the 18 months he had been in post since he left St Michael le Belfrey Church right next to York Minster, where he was Senior Administrator for 21 years. ‘What Wydale does is give people perspective,’ he said. ‘People have told me is gives them a new view on life. They have taken a bit of time to listen to God, or they have taken the time to think through the problems that may be troubling them.’ God features strongly at Wydale – not surprisingly really bearing in mind its owners, the Diocese of York, use it as a retreat and conference centre and have done so since the 1960s.

Time for a coffee As we talked, we agreed that the need for such retreats – a word that came to dominate the chat – was arguably of greater urgency now than we could remember, given the fifth gear, 100 mph society that many of us seem to inhabit. ‘Wydale does provide an oasis of calm in a very noisy world,’ said Mark, quickly adding that such calm Wydale style however does not mean lying on a bed for two days and hibernating. He said: ‘Retreat is about stepping aside from the routine of everyday life and doing things a little bit differently. ‘It’s important to say though that calm does not necessarily mean you come here and you are quiet all the time and do nothing.’ As evidence, Mark pointed to a ‘retreat and repair’ week they held in August that involved 45 people staying at the hall and taking on jobs such as decorating, gardening (the gardens at Wydale are quite magnificent) or other maintenance roles. In return they were provided free accommodation and were fed. ‘First and foremost it was a retreat week,’ said Mark. ‘People came to worship and pray together, but also each morning to work together and do all the practical jobs that a place like this needs for its upkeep.’ The partnership deal obviously struck a chord. Already a similar DIY week has been planned into next year’s schedule with threequarters of those that took part in August signing up for the same again next summer. The popularity of ‘retreat and repair’ is a testimony to Mark and his staff, many of whom are volunteers who give up their time and energy in some way to maintain Wydale for others to enjoy the peace they too have experienced. ‘We have volunteers who come weekly, monthly or whenever they can to help us out,’ said Mark. ‘They are part of the wider Wydale community.’ That sense of community Mark was eager to emphasise as he pointed ahead to the ‘familystyle Christmas’ that Wydale offers where the spirit of the festive season in helping one another to enjoy their time at the hall shines through. ‘Yes, we will have a well-stocked bar and a big turkey,’ said Mark, ‘The house will be beautifully decorated, we will have a large Christmas tree. We’re not going to make people live on a bed of nails afterall – we’ll be in to fun and celebration. ‘We want people to come here and engage with the spiritual and Christian aspects of Christmas where they will give of themselves to others, for example to guests who may live alone during the rest of the year and don’t get much chance to interact with others. ‘We want people to give something of themselves for a few days in our community

Stunning views on a sunny day

Beautiful walled gardens – something different from staying in a hotel.’Mark was at pains to stress that Wydale first and foremost is not a hotel or a bed and breakfast – ‘I’m not interested in being a hotel manager, and we don’t have TVs in rooms’ - but it is a place where the mix of residential and non-residential retreats, renewal days, training courses and breaks throughout the year helps those that visit to feel spiritually refreshed. The brochure for 2016 sums up the place. It reads: ‘We long to see people of all ages, and from all backgrounds encounter Jesus, being renewed by his spirit and growing in his love.’ Yet Wydale is not an exclusive club for believers. ‘We welcome people of faith or who have no faith,’ said Mark. ‘Christians that come here tell us they feel like they have bathed in a beautiful place – and that is in God’s presence ‘Non-Christians say they have experienced something different about Wydale and don’t know what it is. ‘I like to think that is the presence of God although they may not know it.’ Wydale Hall encourage people to sample the delights of spending time in the house, enjoying the views, gardens and the tranquillity of the place.

General Manager Mark Rance offers a warm welcome ‘People are very welcome to come into the hall, spend time with us, have a coffee and just be,’ said Mark. ‘Just give us a ring.’ n Wydale Hall can be contacted on Scarborough 859270. Its email address is: admin@wydale.org, and website can be found at www.wydale.org.

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Arts centre celebrates a decade of success Words & most photos by Dave Barry THIS is a special year for St James’s Church and Community Arts Centre in Scarborough. The centre, at the corner of Seamer Road and Valley Road, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its expansion into its present form. The complex includes Cockleshells café, where an outdoor seating area was recently created, with full disabled access. The extensive range of facilities includes two large activity rooms, a conference / training room equipped with IT facilities, a gallery for exhibitions etc and a ceramics studio with kilns. Administrator Jan Brittain, who has managed the centre for nine years, has been delighted to see the number and range of activities increase dramatically during her tenure. “It’s important to point out that whilst we don’t run the majority of activities ourselves – we rent out facilities to individuals or groups – we always support, in whatever way we can, anyone starting up a new venture, and we continue to work closely with them to make it as successful as possible”, she says. The centre is very much for the community and numerous parties and celebrations are held in the main hall throughout the year. Apart from the regular sessions on offer, the centre has played host to local councillors and many organisations, for example Anglolang, the NHS, the Wilf Ward Trust, Mencap, Children and Young People Services and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Forum. Local charities such as SASH, SALT, Marie Curie, Breast Friends, etc, use the centre. Jan says: “We have strong links with two nearby schools, Thomas Hinderwell Primary Academy and Springhead, through Christmas services in the church and exhibitions of children’s work in the gallery”.

A school exhibition in the gallery

Jan thinks the café is the centre’s best-kept secret. Cockleshells is run by Ashley Simpson, who is supported by Donna Parsons and a dedicated band of volunteers. Ashley would love to see more people taking advantage of the delicious freshly cooked food available from his interesting and tempting menu. A great range of drinks, including a superb barista-type coffee, completes the attractive offering. Ashley notes: “The café is tucked away at the back of the main hall, so we are looking at improving the signage for people to find us more easily. Just follow the signs from Seamer Road around the outside of the hall. There is free parking on the streets nearby”. Cockleshells is running special deals in October - see the advert for details. Centre administrator Jan Brittain with one of the kilns

The centre’s Mini-Monkey gym (photo by Darren Barnett)

Cockleshells café

An Anglolang class in the upper room

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Curious Roots AUTUMN’S the perfect season for a walk in our parks and woodlands. Cool misty mornings brightening into fine days, with sunlight blazing through changing leaves, can be as uplifting as a spring morning. It’s a good time to help little ones discover the wild world. Throw sycamore seeds in the air and watch them helicopter down, or build an elf house from fallen leaves, twigs and moss. Discover hazelnuts nibbled by mice, and see squirrels stashing acorns in their tree-root larders. Then return home with treasure — a glossy conker or two. Autumn tints appear when green chlorophyll breaks down, revealing the sugars in the leaves as rich shades of gold. For intense reds and purples, the trees need dry days and frosty nights. However, leaf seekers will need to be patient, because trees are expected to turn later than usual this year. There’s still fruit in hedgerows and woods. In the days when nothing was wasted, those crab apples, rowanberries, elderberries, blackberries and rosehips formed a natural part of people’s diet. Shiny black sloes are better after a frost, but if you want sloe gin for Christmas it needs to be made now. Mimic Jack Frost by giving the berries a short spell in the freezer. Trees bearing red berries, especially hawthorn, holly, rowan, and yew, used to be thought powerful. They could even protect against evil influence, so it was courting trouble to cut one down. Red was associated with health and good luck; red for danger is a modern notion. Fungi are popping up now. Neither plant nor animal, fungi are a mass of tiny filaments that live unseen in soil or rotting wood. Their ability to send up cups, caps, or blobs overnight was thought sinister in the past, when toadstools were the work of goblins. Today picking wild mushrooms is increasingly popular, although identifying them is harder than you imagine. One quick fry-up with some harmless-looking toadstools, and you could be saying goodbye to your liver. It’s best to leave funghi in the woods where they have a job to do, exchanging nutrients for sugars from tree roots, and breaking down decaying organic matter. On moonlit nights, out come the hidden folk to create a fairy ring. Dancing the oldfashioned way, holding hands in a circle, they leave a ring of discoloured grass that sprouts

BY HEATHER ELVIDGE

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Muck and Magic HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUCK AND MAGIC! By Sheila Johnson

Hedgerow harvest: the fruit of dog roses contains vitamin C white toadstools. To hear their laughter, run nine times round their ring at full moon. Sit inside the ring on All Hallows Eve, and they’ll invite you to their kingdom. But be warned: you’ll never return. The clocks go back with the new moon on October 30, and then it’s Halloween. Today this is a massive retail experience. But what did our forebears do, apart from scaring each other with candle lanterns made from swedes and huge cabbage stalks? Well, they loved to gather around an open fire to hear a hair-raising ghost story. Telling the future was another favourite pastime, especially among the young. Hazel or chestnuts were placed on the bars of the fire — a pair of nuts for each couple — to see whether they would burst or smoulder: “If he loves me, pop and fly. If he hates me, lie and die.” Dripping hot wax into cold water and interpreting the shapes formed was another method of glimpsing the future. They also thought this was an important month for forecasting the winter. Some of their old lore is uncannily accurate, including this: “For every October mist there will be a day of snow in winter, heavy or light according to the mist”. Ignore those early morning mists that clear when the sun comes up; only count mist that persists all day. The full moon on the 16th is the Hunter’s Moon, and if there’s been no frost in your area up until then, you’ll be frost-free until the full moon in November. In October, the month of golden leaves, we hope for fine days. One old saying promises 21— definitely too optimistic — but usually around the 18th there’s a week’s fine weather that used to be called St Luke’s little summer. So enjoy the season, and don’t forget: catch a falling leaf and your day will be a happy one.

How time flies! It doesn't seem five minutes since we were launching Muck and Magic Garden Club but, incredibly, it's nearly 12 months and we will be celebrating our first birthday in November. The year has been a huge success and we hope that everyone has enjoyed it as much as we have. Garden Club was created at the request of several local people who wanted an opportunity to attend a local social gardening club, swap gardening gossip and listen to expert speakers. We now have over 100 members and are thriving - thanks to you all. Our speakers have been, funny, interesting, surprising and entertaining and their subjects diverse ranging from Wonderful Weeds to Wicked Carnivorous Plants. Our next meeting will be held on October 10th at Ebenezer Church Hall, Columbus Ravine and all meetings begin at 7pm. Our speaker will be Sarah Hopps who is a well known plants lady and broadcaster. Sarah has always had a passion for plants and gardening and for 15 years ran her own nursery specialising in cottage garden plants. Sarah now works as a guide for Deidre Brown tours taking green fingered enthusiasts around the gardens of Britain and Ireland. Her talk to Muck and Magic

Gardening Club will cover all of her favourite horticultural garden gems and she will share some magical moments with the audience. Everyone is welcome to attend. Garden Club members are free and visitors tickets will be £1. It promises to be a great evening. On November 10th we will hold our first AGM and at the December 12th meeting and Christmas social, radio broadcaster and writer Martin Fish will be joining us to talk about his life in gardening. Garden Club will also be hosting an afternoon course on basic plant propagation for beginners and those who just want to learn a little bit more. The course is free and you can book for sessions on any of the following dates, Thursday October 20th, Thursday October 27th or Thursday November 3rd. 2pm to 4pm at Ebenezer Church Hall on Columbus Ravine Scarborough. Booking is essential and places are limited so if you would like to join us or need further details just give us a call. n If you are interested in joining All Muck and Magic Garden Club then please come along to our meetings or for further details please contact Sheila Johnson on 07961 966617 or e mail Sheila.johnson@ scarborough.gov.uk

Jazz festival was ‘the best yet’ Words & Photo by Dave Barry ABOUT 900 people attended Scarborough’s annual jazz festival at the weekend, making it the most successful yet. “It was the best we’ve ever had”, declared delighted director Mike Gordon. “I was overwhelmed by the responses we had from the audiences, which were frankly staggering”, Mike said. “People were coming up to me all the time, saying how much they were enjoying it. “Every performance seemed to go down so well and the atmosphere in the Grand Hall was thrilling, with enormous applause for every act. “Very often you get one or two performances

where you think ‘I made a bit of a mistake with that’, but there wasn’t one this time. It was a marvellous, amazing weekend of music”. Mike found the task of choosing favourite acts invidious. “However, the two regional bands, the Nicola Farnon Quartet and the big band SK2 Orchestra, were a knockout. “And the African music by Adam Glasser and Vula Viel was really different and very much appreciated by the audience. “As always the wonderful singer and pianist Liane Carroll had everyone spellbound”. Before the weekend was over, 100 tickets had been sold for next year’s festival, from 22-24 September.

Hunting for swimming pools by Dave Barry A Scarborough swimming school has embarked on a pool hunt. Super Swim Academy, which teaches over 500 children a week to swim, is looking for more pools. Some pools which are open to the public in summer, such as the one at the Flower of May holiday park, close over winter. This reduces the number available to the academy, which runs courses for adults, school groups and disabled people. Lessons focus on high-quality teaching in small groups. The class size for beginners is four pupils to one teacher. This means swimmers

get individual attention and progress fast, as teaching is adapted to their needs. Founder Lindsey Prior-Mckie says: “We are always on the lookout for local pools to hire so we can run courses close to where people live and bring swimming to as many people as possible throughout the year. “Living by the sea as we do, swimming is a vital life skill which should be available to as many people as possible”. n If you have a pool which you would be willing to hire out, ring Lindsey on 07764 496596 or send an email to info@ superswimacademy.co.uk.

Vula Viel on the main stage

Charity show at YMCA by Dave Barry A show at Scarborough’s YMCA Theatre on Sunday (2 Oct) will raise money for the Littlefoot Trust. The Hatton School of Performing Arts will give a preview of its next musical. Sharing the bill are Moulin Rouge, TLC, Stuart Metcalfe, Jann Leith and Brad Veitch.

A spokesperson said the show is “filled with local talent helping to raise funds for a very necessary cause, taking children on a holiday which for varying reasons they would never be able to undertake”. The show is due to begin at 2pm. Tickets cost £8 and £7.50.

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The best fundraisers When taking time to are often the quietest listen saves lives Words and pictures by Mike Tyas

L-R: Joan Forbes of Macmillan Cancer Support accepts a cheque from Sue Bedford, Brian and Molly Dargie, Sue Woodland and Ruth Johnston Thornton-Holmes and tenors Jim Gilhooley, Words and photos by Dave Barry RAISING money for charity doesn’t have to be Cyril Clarke and Maurice Macer. Afterwards, a happy hospitality team glamorous or dramatic. Some fundraisers parachute, some abseil, served refreshments to the singers and their audience, in the church hall. some swim oceans. Some people jog round seafronts in a pink The volunteers included Joan Forbes who was wearing two hats, as she represents river, others run multiple marathons. But most charitable fundraising is done Macmillan Cancer Support and accepted a quietly, by hard-working, altruistic supporters cheque for £1,500 on the charity’s behalf. of worthy causes up and down the country. Close to the lower end of the glamour scale is selling cups of tea and coffee, which volunteers at South Cliff Methodist Church in Scarborough did for 15 weeks, every Monday over summer. The church hosted a series of concerts which culminated in a show by five performers and a cheque presentation. The final concert of the season featured L-R: performers Chris Thornton-Holmes, pianist Vivienne England, baritone Chris Jim Gilhooley, Vivienne England, Cyril Clarke and Maurice Macer

£10,000 raised from Christian Aid week

Sponsored walkers stepped out to help others

By Mike Tyas CHRISTIAN Aid week in Scarborough has been hailed a success, with more than £10,000 raised from a busy week-long programme of events. House-to-house and church collections, a sponsored walk, donations and the traditional cake stall at Boyes, plus many of the 29 churches involved staging their own events, raised £10, 298.63, revealed Sally Garforth, Scarborough Christian Aid secretary. She said: ‘The week in Scarborough for Christian Aid was a great success. ‘We would like to issue a heartfelt thank you to all the people in the many churches that rolled up their sleeves to raise such a magnificent amount of money.’ The cash will be used by Christian Aid and its partners around the world, with a particular focus this year on helping victims of floods in Bangladesh. Sally said in line with the national trend, income from house collections was down on last year but still brought in £3,285.22. She said: ‘There were not as many house-tohouse collections this year in Scarborough as we’ve had in the past as some churches

decided to choose other innovative ways of raising money, but the amount was still significant. ‘I worship at Burniston Methodist Church and we decided not to have the house collections but instead we held a ‘big brekkie’ which went very well.’ A five-mile sponsored walk from St Michael’s Church at Wheatcroft to Scarborough Castle involved about 30 people from different churches and raised £1,643. And the traditional cake stall, organised by Margaret Welsh of Cayton Methodist Church, which was held at Boyes on Queen Street for five days, swelled the final total by £721.98. Sally said ‘star bakers’ from nearly all the churches who took part brought in their own contributions of goodies. ‘We thank everybody who gave up their time, manning the stall, baking the cakes and to those that bought them and to Boyes who again supported us,’ said Sally. An autumn coffee morning at the Palm Court Hotel on October 12 has already been planned as the next fundraising event in the calendar as Christian Aid continues its work for some of the most vulnerable and poorest people in the world. Said Sally: ‘We would encourage people to continue support of Christian Aid as it is a very practical way of loving our neighbours across the world. In doing so, it comes from the very heart of the Gospel.’ Victims of flooding in Bangladesh will be among the worldwide beneficiaries of Christian Aid week this year with cash heading into flood protection schemes to raise wooden houses in low-lying areas above rising river levels. Christian Aid week was held between 15-21 May.

IN preparation for this article, I looked on the Samaritans national website and was taken aback by what I read. The figures are distressing. The story was titled: ‘the power of listening’ and it painted a grim picture. It told how every six seconds, someone in the UK contacts Samaritans – and every 90 minutes in the UK and Ireland, a person takes their own life. It then read: ‘. . . good listening is hard but Samaritans believe it is essential in bringing down the number of suicides.’ There’s no getting away from it; the role of a dozen trainees who are due to start out on the latest training course in midOctober to become a new Samaritan at the Scarborough branch, will from time to time involve encounters with those teetering on the very edge of life. Of course every phone call the current crop of new volunteers will take as future Samaritans will not involve someone in crisis to the point of life-taking, but there will be some. ‘It is part of the role of a Samaritan that we do listen to people who say they want to kill themselves,’ said Frances Fisher, a member of the Scarborough branch’s recruitment team. ‘But as a Samaritan our role is not to say “don’t do that” – we believe in a process of self-determination. ‘We listen to what is said and try to talk through the options, such as asking people what they are going to do and what it is going to be like for people around them such as their family and friends if they take their own life. ‘We, hopefully, get people to think what they are doing.’ Before the current trainees get to answer their first call however, they will have gone through a comprehensive package of training, encouragement and guidance in an atmosphere of total support from volunteers who have stacked up years of experience themselves,

‘At all stages of our training there are people there to help you. You are not left to cope on your own,’ said Frances. But even before the learning process starts with an in-depth initial 10-week period of weekly three-hour evening sessions, the new recruits will have made it through an assessment process by attending a selection event and interview at the branch on Trafalgar Street West. ‘What we are looking for is a person who really likes people, feels for them and wants to be of some help,’ said Frances. ‘They also have to be people who are non-judgmental, willing to understand and respect another’s point of view however different that may be from their own. ‘You have to be honest with yourself and others – honesty is a big thing with us, and you have to be willing to learn. ‘We get a lot of people who have done important things in their life but this is a bit different. You have to be able to change gear a bit and say: “I need to learn this bit of life that I haven’t already.” ‘ Samaritans don’t hide the fact that the role of a listening volunteer is challenging; indeed, one of the aims of the interview is to judge if applicants are in the right place emotionally before they embark on their training journey. But it can also be wonderfully fulfilling. ‘It’s very rewarding just knowing that you might have made a difference to somebody else’s life,’ said Dorree Gallie, a listening Samaritan for 22 years. ‘We do take calls from people who say they are going to kill themselves but that is not every call by a long way. ‘We’re not just here for suicidal people although we do take a special interest in people who are. ‘We’re here for everyone and anyone who has concerns. We may be able to help them by listening and talking through their concerns with them.’ The Scarborough branch currently has about 50 volunteers before the newest round of recruitment and they are constantly on the lookout for more who are

‘the power of listening’

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Issue 38 - October willing to give a hand, whether as a listener or in some other role, such as working in the charity’s shop on Hanover Road. By the time The Review went to press, the places for the next training course were filling up but Frances said there still might be time for new volunteers to be selected in time for start date of 17 October if they contact the Scarborough branch immediately. Anyone interested is asked to ring the recruitment line asap on 07342 310 073. • Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 any time and for free. E-mail contact is also available at jo@samaritans.org • The Scarborough branch can be visited in person: Monday 12-2 pm & 6-10pm; Tuesday 6-10pm; Wednesday 8-10pm; Thursday 6-10pm; Friday 8-10 pm; Sunday 2-6 pm. • Scarborough Samaritans will have a stall in the foyer of Sainsbury’s on Friday 14 October, 10-2pm. • Three open evenings have been planned for anyone wanting more information about becoming a Samaritan. They will be

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Pedestrianised precinct to be repaved, 37 years on Major scheme to enhance town centre precinct by Dave Barry SCARBOROUGH’S pedestrianised precinct is to be resurfaced for the first time since it was done, in 1979. Work is due to begin on Monday and will take many months. It will involve most but not all of the pedestrianised area. Westborough, from York Place down, and Newborough, from St Thomas Street up, will be repaved, Cty Cllr Janet Jefferson told Scarborough Review. However, Huntriss Row, Bar Street and Aberdeen Walk will not be resurfaced, Cty Janet Jefferson said. The first phase is scheduled to be completed by 25 November. There will then be a break until 9 January to minimise the impact over the Christmas and new year period. The county council has hired Hall Construction to carry out the work. After many years of hard use, the existing paving, street furniture and trees have reached the end of their useful life. Street lighting has already been upgraded to enhance the area at night and to improve the energy efficiency of the lighting. Lamp-posts have been moved to the edges of the precinct or fixed to buildings to create more open space for community events and festive markets. Paving will be replaced from shopfront to shopfront. A coloured tarmac road will be created in the middle for heavy goods vehicles. This is aimed at reducing the damage caused to paving slabs and increasing safety for pedestrians. New street furniture will be installed, along with improved planting schemes. Access to businesses will be maintained while the improvement works take place. The scheme has been funded largely by the county council, with additional funding from

Scarborough Council for the new street furniture and planting. A public drop-in session was held at Scarborough town hall on Tuesday of this week. Cty Cllr Don Mackenzie, executive member for highways, acknowledged that the work was overdue. “There has been a need for a long time to make these improvements, so we are happy to be able to go ahead with them now. They will enhance the centre of the town for residents and visitors. “We are working closely with the borough council, businesses and traders to ensure the project goes as smoothly as possible and during the work businesses will be open as usual. We would like to say thank you, in anticipation, for people’s patience while the work is under way”. Cllr Joe Plant, Scarborough Council’s portfolio holder for strategic planning and transformation, said: “The resurfacing of Westborough and part of Newborough is incredibly welcome. It will make a noticeable difference to people’s shopping experience and will make the town centre a more attractive proposition for retailers looking to invest in the town, against a national picture of changing shopping habits and evolving town centres. “This investment is significant and is part of a wider regeneration plan, with the Market Hall currently undergoing a major £2.78m facelift, which will result in the creation of a new floor and new market stalls. This will provide fantastic new opportunities for new enterprises as well as shine a spotlight on a part of the town which is under used. “It is a major connection between the town centre and the seafront, has a wealth of great architecture spanning many centuries and styles and largely still maintains the amazing network of medieval lanes and snickets allowing easy access for the pedestrian”.

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SJT unveils autumn and winter season by Dave Barry THERE’S a warming line-up at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre this autumn and winter. Topping the bill are a new Alan Ayckbourn play and the local directorial debut of the theatre’s new artistic director, Paul Robinson. Ayckbourn will direct his latest play, No Knowing (1-24 Dec), about a couple celebrating 40 years of quiet, safe, unspectacular, ordinary marriage. But their son and daughter know differently. Robinson, who joined the SJT in June from London’s Theatre503, is in charge of the Christmas family show, Pinocchio. Adapted by Nick Lane from the classic tale by Carlo Collodi, about a wooden puppet who just wants to be a real boy, this festive show will be full of family fun, live music and original songs (8-31 Dec). For smaller members of the family, How to Catch a Fairy – a Beginner’s Guide, written and directed by Cheryl Govan, is the Christmas offering from the SJT Youth Theatre (10-17 Dec). And Then Come the Nightjars is directed by Paul Robinson (19-20 Oct). Bea Roberts’ play, set during the 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis, is a tender and funny story of male friendship. It will be presented by Theatre503 and Bristol Old Vic in association with Tara Finney Productions. How to Date a Feminist is Samantha Ellis’s hilarious spin on the Hollywood romcom in

And Then Come the Nightjars which an old-fashioned romantic falls for a feminist (21-22 Oct). Charlie and the Light Fantastic continues the SJT tradition of Saturday morning entertainment for the smallest members of the family, Tiny Time Tales. Tom Dalton Bidwell’s play follows clever Charlie, who has invented a spaceship for him and his clever cat Elwood to

have adventures in (22 Oct and 19 Nov). Northern Broadsides and York Theatre Royal present JB Priestley’s northern comedy When we are Married (25-29 Oct). Three couples, all respected pillars of society who married on the same day, gather to celebrate their silver wedding, only to find out they were never married.

The Wish House, by North Country Theatre, is a comedy of rural superstition and urban myth based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling (3 Nov). Broken Biscuits, the latest from Paines Plough and Live Theatre, is the hilarious tale of three teenagers who want to change their lives through the power of song (8-12 Nov). This Might Hurt, a new comedy by John Godber, will be presented by the John Godber Company and Theatre Royal Wakefield (14-19 Nov). Told in a bold physical theatre style, it’s Godber’s typically gritty and honest take on our health service. O Duo, infectiously energetic percussionists, present an eclectic programme spanning 300 years of music (24 Nov). Buddy Holly and the Cricketers herald the Yuletide festivities with Holly at Christmas (8 Dec). The Albion Christmas Band features the combined talents of Fairport Convention’s Simon Nicol, Kellie While (Albion Band), Simon Care (Edward II) and Ashley Hutchings (11 Dec). Completing the programme are the Pearl of Africa choir (12 Oct), Russell Howard (13-15 Oct, sold out), the Hammonds Saltaire Band (14-15 Jan) and a programme of films and live streamings. n For further information and to book tickets, ring 370541 or visit the website: www.sjt.uk.com.

No Knowing O Duo

Holly at Christmas

How to Date a Feminist

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Scarborough songwriter signs deal with global publisher By Krystal Starkey A Scarborough songwriter who has raised almost £30K for Cancer Research UK in two years has signed a publishing contract with the world's largest independent music publishing company, Peer Music Group. Neil Fitzpatrick of East Ayton wrote the song 'Apart' when his friend's sister was diagnosed with and subsequently lost her battle with bowel cancer. The emotive ballad, which won the UK International Songwriting Contest 2014 was released in April that year following the death of Neil's father, Derek to lung cancer, just two days after Christmas. Neil says "it was an awful time and witnessing Neil with his music Photos © David Chalmers first hand the devastation that cancer causes

pushed me to want to raise as much as possible for research into the disease". Neil was offered the publishing deal when he found out he'd been shortlisted to appear in a Sky TV show about songwriters, called Tin Pan Alley. Neil says "It's pretty amazing to sign with one of the world's most respected music publishers and I'm really hoping someone with huge appeal will take my song to a global audience, so we can raise hundreds of thousands, if not millions of pounds to fund research into this awful illness". 'Apart' is available to buy at www.apartsong. co.uk and on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and Google Play. ALL proceeds go to Cancer Research UK.

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Choir sings to help new roof appeal By Krystal Starkey Snainton Church enjoyed vocals from Felling Male Voice Choir when the choir was in Scarborough for their annual weekend away. The Church Council had applied for the choir to sing for charity and were ‘over the moon’ when they had been chosen as the successful charity for the performance. The church is currently running a roof repair appeal. The original church dates from Norman times although the existing church was rebuilt around 1835. The church is built on sloping ground and recently serious drainage problems have become apparent on the north wall and the roof is in great need of repair/renewal.

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Scarborough Life

WINTER SEASON OCTOBER 2016 - JANUARY 2017 As the winter nights draw in, cosy up with us for a Winter Season ﬁlled with drama, comedy and music. Theatre503 and Bristol Old Vic present

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Musicport - as friendly and non-corporate as possible by Dave Barry AN eclectic mix of musical styles from all over the world is coming up at Musicport, now in its 17th year. The festival brings diverse musical experiences alongside all the other elements you’d expect from a summer festival - except the mud and chemical toilets. It is held under one roof at Whitby Pavilion, with six stages including a DJ stage, a children’s

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activity dome and an open-mic stage. Musicport seamlessly blends acts from around the world with more familiar home-grown music to create a uniquely different event that has built its reputation on being as friendly, inclusive and non-corporate as it is possible to be. The headliners, on the main stage, are the Blockheads, South Africa’s Mahotella Queens, Irish folk band Lynched, Kathryn Tickell and the Side, Annie Whitehead’s Soupsongs tribute to Robert Wyatt, Iceland’s Arstidir, comedian Jeremy Hardy and Moussu T E Lei Jovents, from France. The theatre-stage highlights include jazz guitar legend Martin Taylor, poet Lemn Sissay, bluesman Sean Taylor, guitarist John Smith and the exuberant 16-piece Swedish band Varldens. Scarborough’s Mr Tooley is running the DJ stage, where BBC6 Music DJ and Big Audio Dynamite frontman Don Letts can be seen on the Saturday night.

On the North Sea stage will be Canadian punkklezmer politico Geoff Berner, Berlin-style cabaret from Moscow Drug Club and Edd Bateman’s West African Love Affair. The cookery stage will be run by comedian, celebrity chef and broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli. There are films and workshops throughout the weekend. Kids activities will include storytelling by Ursula Holden Gill, junk percussion by Billy Hickling of Stomp and Bollywood Dance with Zoobin Surty. The world’s smallest solar-powered cinema, Sol, will show short films with usherettes and popcorn. The festival fringe at Rusty Shears on Silver Street will feature local and main-stage performers. Musicport goes on tour after the festival, with folk / crossover star Maz O’Connor at Glaisdale Church, Sweden’s Kolonien at Ryedale Folk

Museum, Lynched and Eliza Carthy at a pub in Robin Hoods Bay and the Varldens Band at Hinderwell village hall, on 24 and 25 October. Weekend tickets cost £110. Tickets are available for days and sessions. Session prices vary (Friday night with the Blockheads is £28). Under-18s pay half price and under-11s don’t pay at all. Indoor camping is available at the Brunswick Centre in Whitby. A sponsored walk from Whitby to Sandsend will raise money for this year’s chosen cause, Refugee Action. For further details, ring 01947 603475 or visit www.musicportfestival.com. Musicport is run by Jim and Sue McLaughlin as a not-for-profit community business, with funding from Arts Council England.

Blockheads

Sol Cinema

Hardeep Singh Kohli

Halloween musical will be spooky and funny Words by Dave Barry, photos by Paul Beck A SPOOKY, funny, fantasy musical will be premiered by Scarborough’s Beach Hut Theatre at halloween. Summer’s Edge, a spooky, funny, full-length fantasy musical set on the Wolds, has been cowritten by John Pattison and Alison Watt. It is part of Fantasies, Fables and Frights - seven world premieres of original drama and music inspired by the cultural roots of Scarborough and elsewhere. The six other productions are collectively called Autumn Bites: a series of short, dark, humorous and disturbing plays written by local, emerging writers working in collaboration with local composers. The plays have been developed under the direction of dramaturge Alison Watt and the musical direction of John Pattison, the highly experienced industry professionals who are the creative team of the Beach Hut theatre company. Alison has written many episodes of Eastenders and Crossroads. John has written musicals with Alan Ayckbourn and John Godber and worked as musical director at the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Alison said: “Scarborough and the surrounding villages are full of fascinating tales. There are ghosts, ghouls and superstitions which will set your spine tingling - perfect inspiration for our plays. We have the unquiet dead, witches and faerie magic. Prepare to be afraid. Anything might happen and probably will”. John added: “It is a privilege to encourage and guide such a diverse group of people into producing seven original halloween productions. “We are delighted to be working with the support of Scarborough Library and the staff and students at the Scarborough School of Arts at Yorkshire Coast College to produce a festival

of new writing, full of unearthly shadows. “It has been such an enjoyable experience writing a new full-length musical with Alison. We are really excited to be presenting Summer’s Edge in Scarborough for its world premiere”. The sets have been designed by Helen Birmingham and Michael Roberts. Fantasies, Fables and Frights begins with Summer’s Edge from 25-29 October at 7.30pm, with a matinee at 1.30pm on the Saturday. It will be performed at the theatre-in-the-round at the Westwood campus, which once housed the Stephen Joseph Theatre. Tickets cost £9 (concessions £7, under 26s £5). They can be bought in person at Westwood, by ringing 361960 and online at www.wegottickets.com. Autumn Bites will be performed at the library on 4 and 5 November (three plays each night), at 7.30pm. n Tickets cost £7 (under 26s £5) and can be booked at Woodend or by ringing 384500. Website: www.beachhuttheatre.co.uk.

Debating club set for new season Words and photo by Dave Barry MARK Vesey will talk about the human brain at Scarborough Forty Club’s first debate of its new season on 6 October. The men-only club, founded in 1899, meets on Thursday evenings in the Mark Vesey winter to debate topical subjects and enjoy each other’s company. A wide variety of subjects stimulates interesting debates. “It is a humbling experience to become president of a club with such a long and varied history”, says Michael King. “As this country and the world become increasingly more divisive, with new problems and concerns arising every week, we should promote a good sense of judgment in all things, whether it be political, religious, extremism, natural disasters or human tragedy”, Mr King says. “Let us be a voice of wisdom and authority in

local matters where political will or financial expediency is contrary to the wishes of the residents or undermining the natural beauty of our town and surrounding countryside”. Mr Vesey’s opening gambit will be followed by debates entitled Re-wilding by Alan Hargreaves (13 Oct), Le Seul Iter by Colin Wigglesworth (20 Oct), Blasphemy, No Such Thing by Gary Ward (3 Nov), Preference of Love by Tony Fenter (17 Nov), Well Being I Won by Toby Smith (24 Nov), Scarborough’s Horticultural History by guest speaker Roger Burnett (8 Dec), Russia by Ray Clarke (5 Jan), A Land Divided by Alan Staniforth (12 Jan), Grumpy by Chris Gosling (19 Jan), Challenging Authority by David Raine (2 Feb), Pets by James Lawson (9 Feb), Love You by Michael Beckett (16 Feb), One For the Road by David Burn (2 Mar) and Humour and Laughter by guest speaker Graham Morgan (9 Mar). The debates, which start at 7.30pm and finish at 9.30pm, are at the Friend’s Meeting House in Woodlands Drive. Transport to and from the venue can be supplied if needed. n For further information, ring 354813 or email raymondclarke124@btinternet.com

New series of talks in Ayton by Dave Barry

John Pattison, composer and writer, and Alison Watt, writer and director of Summer’s Edge

A TALK on Britain’s literary landscapes launches a new series of talks at Derwent Valley Bridge Community Library in Ayton. Entitled Stung by the Beauty, it will be delivered by Piers Dudgeon, who aims to evoke the landscapes that put our famous writers’ imaginations to flight. This will be intertwined with stories of his exploits on foot in some of the most beautiful and desolate places in the British Isles, on 13 October. It is the second annual series at the library. The first was so successful that it had to be

repeated. The other talks in the series are entitled Stranger than Fiction by Jane Lovering (10 Nov), From Choirboy to Fagin by Tim Tubbs (12 Jan), Wildlife Conservation by John Reay (9 Feb), Poisoned Pen by Kate Evans (9 Mar) and Self-publishing by David Fowler and Ren Yaldren (13 Apr). The talks cost £3 each or all six for £15, including tea or coffee. They are on the second Thursday of the month, at 7pm. n For details, ring Geraldine O’Brien-Mead on 865903 or email gezza@hotmail.co.uk.

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Introducing a new Bard of Barnsley heads genre: Scarborough noir to Ayton and Helmsley Words and photo by Dave Barry Scarborough noir is a new genre created by local author Kate Evans through her Scarborough Mysteries. This crime series, set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire coast, has won accolades and critical acclaim. The first in the series, The Art of the Imperfect, was long-listed for the Crime Writers Association debut dagger in 2015. It was followed by The Art of Survival. Now the third, The Art of Breathing, is to be published at the end of the month. Jaq Hazell, author of I Came to Find a Girl, has reviewed it. She says: “You can almost taste the sea salt. Kate Evans excels at character-driven crime novels that vividly evoke their windswept Scarborough setting”. The story is told through the voices of three Scarborough residents. Firstly, Hannah Poole, a deeply troubled young woman who is coming to terms with her late father’s secrets and lies. Detective inspector Theo Akande - black, gay and an incomer - faces prejudice while probing the disappearance of Professor Harrison Peer. A room-full of people see Peer fall to his death. But there is no body and, possibly, no crime for Akande to investigate. Yet, as he continues to delve through the polite surface of the professor's academic world, he discovers a disturbingly jealous underbelly. The third voice in the intertwining tales comes from new mum Aurora Harris, who lives with the aftermath of puerperal psychosis, or postnatal mental illness. “I love Scarborough”, says author Kate Evans.

Kate Evans

“It is rich in characters and history and its landscapes and seascapes are breathtaking. I want to evoke all this in my stories. “I know the use of settings as an integral aspect of crime novels appears to have come recently with Scandinavian noir, but this is not so. In his novel, The Moonstone, published in 1868, Wilkie Collins used the Yorkshire coast as a menacing backdrop. I am following on from a long and eminent tradition”. Kate Evans is a writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Her non-fiction articles have been published in various publications including the Guardian, the Independent, Counselling Today, Poetry News, the Journal for Applied Arts in Health and the Journal of Poetry Therapy. Her book Pathways Through Writing Blocks in the Academic Environment was published by Sense Publishers in April 2013. She has created two word-based installations for the arts festival Coastival, one inspired by the works and life of Edith Sitwell. She has an MA in creative writing from Sussex University and teaches on the degree in creative writing course at Hull University’s Scarborough campus. And she has trained as a psychotherapeutic counsellor. The Art of Breathing will be published by Avenue Press Scarborough on 31 October. It can be bought at Wardle & Jones in Bar Street and on Amazon. The author will launch the book at WH Smith on 29 October, from 10.30am to 2.30pm. n www.scarboroughmysteries.com.

The Art of Breathing

Ian McMillan, left, and Luke Carver Goss

by Dave Barry Professional Yorkshireman Ian McMillan is performing at Ayton village hall tomorrow (Saturday 1 October), at 7.30pm. The poet, broadcaster and comedian will be joined on stage by Olympic composer Luke Carver Goss.

A hilarious night of words, music and improvisation, with a musical inspired by the neighbourhood, is promised. Pauline Bedford, one of the organisers, says the Bard of Barnsley will present prizes to local children who have taken part in drawing and poetry competitions linked to the Pat Almond memorial lecture. The event has been organised by Derwent Valley Bridge Community Library. Tickets cost £10 and can be booked by ringing 863052. * McMillan tops the bill of the fifth annual Ryedale book festival, along with former EastEnders actor John Altman. McMillan will appear with award-winning cartoonist Tony Husband at Helmsley Arts Centre on Friday 7 October. n For more information, go to www.ryedalebookfestival.com.

New book is history Words and photos by Dave Barry A new book tells the social history of Ravenscar from the mid 1800s to the 1980s. Ravenscar - Village Life After the Town That Never Was is by Eileen Beaumont, who comes from a farming family in the coastal village. It tells the fascinating story of the ordinary lives of country folk who lived and worked in the village over 130 years, including the two world wars. It is a vivid account of how villagers, from enterprising businessmen to farm labourers, used to live. The author attended Scarborough Girls High School, which is now the Sixth Form College. She had a career in banking then bought a small hotel overlooking Peasholm Park. Eileen has spent many years researching the history of Ravenscar, amassing a wealth of information and photos.

A Christmas party at Raven Hall in 1925

She will sign copies of the book at St Hilda's Church in Ravenscar on Saturday 8 October, from 11am until 2pm. Free refreshments will be served. The book costs £9.95.

Eileen Beaumont with her book on Ravenscar

An image from the book, showing a postman at Church Villas in Ravenscar, circa 1910

Pearl of Africa is back at the SJT by Dave Barry Fun, fine vocals, drumming and dance are promised by the Pearl of Africa choir when it returns to the Stephen Joseph Theatre on 12 October. The concert is being sponsored by Scarborough Rotary Club’s international committee. The 15 singers, aged nine to 18, are from the Kampala and Masaka districts of Uganda. They perform concerts and workshops in the UK each year to help raise awareness and desperately needed funds to sustain and improve the standard of education, health care and living conditions in their schools.

Club president Don Graham said: “These young people never fail to delight with their talent and enthusiasm so please show your support by coming to watch their brilliant performance”. Pearl of Africa Child Care is a UK charity which supports the Molly and Paul Childcare Foundation, established in 1983 to build homes and schools for orphaned and destitute children in Uganda. Tickets cost £12.50 for adults and £10 for under 16s. n They can be booked by ringing 370541 and online at www.sjt.uk.com.

The Pearl of Africa choir

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Gallery hosts Kill Bill 2 pageant exhibition History Most Foul by Dave Barry

An exhibition celebrating a spectacular historical pageant over 100 years ago can be seen at Scarborough Art Gallery. It features photos and items from the pageant of 1912, when about 1,300 local performers, supported by a 500-strong back-stage crew, re-enacted the town’s history, up to the late 19th century. It was staged at the castle from 9-13 July and 28-31 August. The exhibition features four costumes recreated by Scarborough Museums Trust collections assistant Julie Baxter. They are based on black-and-white photos of actors portraying four characters: the wife of Sir Hugh Cholmley, who occupied the castle during the civil-war siege; a prehistoric cave boy; a grey friar; and the the ‘spirit of Scarborough’, a symbolic representaton of the town designed by renowned artist Albert Strange. Julie explains how the pageant came about: “During a review of our collections, a couple of years ago, I came across this fantastic album of photographs of the pageant. It

wasn’t something I knew much about and I discovered that a lot of people didn’t know anything about it at all – and yet so many local people took part”. A few weeks later, Julie was contacted by historian Mark Freeman of The Redress of the Past: Historical Pageants in Britain. This project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, examines historical pageants in 20th century Britain. Julie said: “He wanted information on the Scarborough pageant. It was such a coincidence, it felt like it was meant to be!” The exhibition features the original album, a programme, a seating plan and a recreation of music written for the pageant, The Song of Scarborough, by local musician John Pattison. Local historian Keith Johnston gave a talk on Edwardian pageants at the art gallery on Wednesday (28 September). The exhibition runs until 9 October, when it will transfer to the library for a few months. n Further information on the pageant can be found on the website www.historicalpageants.ac.uk.

Pageant performers representing druids

Actor and writer Tim Tubbs at his History Most Foul series in Woodend

Words and portrait by Dave Barry The torrid history of one of England’s troubled monarchs was vividly told at a lunchtime lecture in Scarborough. William II, known as William Rufus, was crowned in 1087 and killed in mysterious circumstances 13 years into his turbulent reign. It initially appeared that he was accidentally shot by Walter Tirel, a Norman lord, while they were hunting deer in the New Forest. Tirel, who was a good archer, is reputed to have fired an arrow at a deer. It missed and pierced the chest of the king, who fell onto the arrow, pushing it further in. Tirel fled. Tim Tubbs, who delivered the lecture with clear, rapid diction and sly humour, favours the sinister account advanced by Duncan Grinnell-Milne in 1968. The actor and writer had invited us to probe the murky depths of British history's most famous murder-mysteries and decide whodunit.

He invoked a medieval equivalent of the man on JFK’s grassy knoll, Ranulph de Aquis, who conspired in premeditated regicide commissioned by the king’s ruthless brother Henry. The scheming, promise-breaking monarch had many powerful enemies, including the wealthy Catholic church. He led a squalid life, full of vice and he and his three brothers couldn’t care less about each other. William was suspiciously well prepared for the king’s death and immediately galloped off to Winchester to have himself crowned, completing his coup d'état. Henry I reigned for 35 years and died after eating too many lampreys in France, aged 66. For his series of talks on popular historical and literary subjects, Tim has chosen as his venue the handsome, oak-panelled Sitwell library at Woodend, a room steeped in its own distinctive history. The other lectures in Tim’s History Most Foul series in September were The Princes in the Tower, Lady Dudley Falls Down a Staircase and The Guilty Queen of Scots? Tim’s Notorious series, in October, begins with Rochester, the Libertine Poet (4 Oct) and continues with Casanova, the Great Lover (11 Oct), Oscar Wilde, the Daring Wit (18 Oct) and Aleister Crowley, the Beast (25 Oct). The dates are Tuesdays. The informal lectures begin at 1pm. Tickets cost £5 (concessions £4) or four for £15 (£12). n To book, ring 384500.

Exhibition looks at three bottom enders

Julie Baxter with the recreated costumes (photo by Tony Bartholomew)

George Simpson

by Dave Barry

A royalist

A prehistoric man

The autumn exhibition at Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre is the first of an occasional series turning the spotlight on local people. It focuses on the lives of three fascinating local characters. Joseph Sawdon of Longwestgate sailed all over the world in the merchant navy during and between the world wars, until his ship was sunk by enemy action off the eastern seaboard of Canada. He was discharged through ill health in late 1943. George Simpson, a pierman on West Pier, kept a daily diary from 1977-81.

Joseph Sawdon It provides a lively, fascinating account of life on the pier, particularly the trawlermen's blockade of the harbour in February 1981. Edward Francis Tudor James (1851-1929) was known as the Fisherman's Friend. Local fisherman Allan Roberts has compiled some fascinating information about his interesting life. The exhibition runs until the end of the year. The centre is open from 11am-4pm Wednesday to Sunday. No charge is made for admission. The centre has many files and archives on local people and local history. n For more information, ring 369361 or email scarboroughmaritime@yahoo.com.

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Pub Gigs

Gigs at Scarborough pubs unless stated. Please send submissions to dave@thescarboroughreview.co.uk

BY DAVE BARRY

THU 13 OCT Jesse Hutchinson at Cellars; open mic at the Nags Head in Scalby. FRI 14 OCT Chris Mountford at Blue Crush; Lottie Holmes at the Rivelyn Hotel; Colcannon at the Merchant; Townsmen at the Mayfield in Seamer. SAT 15 OCT Ross Dransfield (4pm) and North of the Wall (9pm) at the Merchant; Shamrockers at the Tap and Spile; Hoodoo Brown at the Commercial; Infinity at the Newcastle Packet; Dave the Rave at the Eastway Club in Eastfield; Merry Hell at Hunmanby community centre. Scarborough singer, songwriter and acoustic guitarist Lottie Holmes is playing at Mojo’s next Wednesday, from 4pm, and at the Rivelyn Hotel on 14 October, from 8.30pm. Lottie writes songs about everything in her life, including the people around her, with influences from every genre. Note: Indigo Alley is closed for a refit until the first week in December. FRI 30 SEP Colcannon at the Merchant; John Watton at Blue Crush; Buffalo Skinners at Hackness village hall; Friday Street at the Mayfield in Seamer. SAT 1 OCT Jez Ech (4pm) and Rockin’ Hilbilly Band (9pm) at the Merchant; Spearmint Rock at the Tap and Spile; Over the Limit at the Commercial; Ordinary Affair at the Newcastle Packet; Mr and Mrs at the Hole in the Wall; Raving Rupert at the Eastway Club in Eastfield. SUN 2 OCT Sugar Licks at the Tap and Spile (5.30pm); ESA at the Commercial (6pm); Easy Street at Beiderbeckes (6.30pm); Tom Townsend Blues Band at Watermark (7pm); Elie and the Blues Prophets at the Merchant (7.30pm); Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush. MON 3 OCT Scarborough Folk at the Merchant. TUE 4 OCT Steve Phillips and the Rough Diamonds at the Grosvenor in Robin Hoods Bay. WED 5 OCT Lottie Holmes at Mojo’s (4pm); Unkempt 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 6 OCT Jesse Hutchinson at Cellars; open mic at the Merchant and the Nags Head in Scalby. FRI 7 OCT Skandals and Active Minds at the Corporation Club; Except for Access at the Merchant; Connor Lawlor at Blue Crush; Mikey at the Mayfield in Seamer.

SUN 16 OCT Blueflies at the Tap and Spile (5.30pm); Aftermath at the Commercial (6pm); Half Hand Hoodoo at Watermark (7pm); Mark & Laura at the Merchant (7.30pm); Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush. MON 17 OCT Scarborough Folk at the Merchant. TUE 18 OCT Steve Phillips and the Rough Diamonds at the Grosvenor in Robin Hoods Bay. WED 19 OCT Tess Fletcher at Mojo’s (4pm); Will Howard for Scarborough Jazz at the Cask; Alastair James at the Merchant; open mic at the King & Cask; open-mic with John Watton at Cellars.

Scarborough Spa Visit www.scarboroughspa.co.uk or call 01723 821888. 13 OCTOBER MUM'S THE WORD 2 One of the Nation’s favourites, Mum’s The Word laughs at the comedic horrors of bringing up children. 21 OCTOBER MAGICAL MOZART BY CANDLELIGHT This sumptuous, fully costumed, show immerses us in the wonderful music and the classical baroque world. 27 OCTOBER MAGIC MIKE: NOT SO SPOOKY SHOW The Magic Mike Show returns to Scarborough Spa this Halloween for a brand new version of his exciting spooktacular show.

Scarborough YMCA Theatre Visit www.scarborough.ymca.org.uk/ theatre-shows or call 01723 506750. 2 OCTOBER LITTLEFOOT TRUST Presented by Littlefoot Trust. 7-8 OCTOBER CHOREOGRAPHY COMPETITION AND EVENING OF DANCE Presented by Yorkshire Coast School of Ballet.

FRI 21 OCT Elie and the Blues Prophets at the Merchant; Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush; Ian & Bob at the Mayfield in Seamer.

21-22 OCTOBER WEST END NIGHTS Presented by James Aconley & NAP Music Productions. 29-30 OCTOBER HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA Presented by Y Musical Theatre.

Stephen Joseph Theatre Visit www.sjt.uk.com or call 01723 370540

SUN 23 OCT Little Bighorn at the Tap and Spile (5.30pm); Tilley and Townsend at Watermark (7pm); Jim Taylor at the Merchant (7.30pm); Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush.

UNTIL 7 OCTOBER ALAN AYCKBOURN'S THE KARAOKE THEATRE COMPANY

MON 24 OCT Scarborough Folk at the Merchant.

UNTIL 8 OCTOBER CONSUMING PASSIONS Melanie believes she has foreseen the future. But has she really?

TUE 25 OCT Steve Phillips and the Rough Diamonds at the Grosvenor in Robin Hoods Bay. WED 26 OCT Echotwin at Mojo’s (4pm); Kate Peters and Ian Chalk 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 27 OCT Jesse Hutchinson at Cellars; open mic at the Nags Head in Scalby. FRI 28 OCT Colcannon at the Merchant; TJ Michaels at the Newcastle Packet; Robert Schmuck at Blue Crush; Licks at the Mayfield in Seamer; Harpeth Rising at Hackness village hall.

SUN 9 OCT Ric Owen at the Hole in the Wall (4pm); Snatch at the Tap and Spile (5.30pm); Capital Eye at the Commercial (6pm); Adams and Greaves Band at Watermark (7pm); Ross Dransfield at the Merchant (7.30pm); Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush.

SAT 29 OCT Fuzz Junkies (4pm) and Dougie Smith (9pm) at the Merchant; Chu Ma Shu at the Tap and Spile; Friday Night at the Commercial; Snatch at the Newcastle Packet; Ottoman at the Eastway Club in Eastfield; Bladerunner at the Londesborough in Seamer.

MON 10 OCT Scarborough Folk at the Merchant.

SUN 30 OCT District 504 at the Tap and Spile (5.30pm); Nowhere Now at the Commercial (6pm); Easy Street at Watermark (7pm); Mark Stanley at the Merchant (7.30pm); Alistair Huntly at Blue Crush.

WED 12 OCT Jesse Hutchinson at Mojo’s (4pm); Riviera Quartet 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 20 OCT Jesse Hutchinson at Cellars; open mic at the Nags Head in Scalby.

SAT 8 OCT Alastair James (4pm) and the Woos (9pm) at the Merchant; Just Us at the Tap and Spile; Groove Ninjas at the Commercial; Midnight Junction at the Newcastle Packet; Fin at the Eastway Club in Eastfield.

TUE 11 OCT Steve Phillips and the Rough Diamonds at the Grosvenor in Robin Hoods Bay.

Theatre

15-16 OCTOBERMONSTERS, MYTHS & MYSTERIES Presented by Hatton School of Performing Arts.

SAT 22 OCT Danny Earth (4pm) and Fuzz Junkies (9pm) at the Merchant; Hoodoo Brown at the Tap and Spile; Radio Silence at the Commercial; Ezzy Going at the Newcastle Packet; Rick George at the Eastway Club in Eastfield.

MON 31 OCT Scarborough Folk at the Merchant.

Culture Column

A fast moving concoction of farce, comedy, drama and melodrama.

UNTIL 8 OCTOBER HENCEFORWARD... A new revival directed by the author, Alan Ayckbourn. 19-20 OCTOBER AND THEN COME THE NIGHT JARS Jeff is a dairy vet, Michael is a cattle farmer. Theirs is a heart-warming story of friendship against the odds. 21-22 OCTOBER HOW TO DATE A FEMINIST Kate likes her men tall, dark and smouldering. She has a fatal attraction to bad men. Then she meets Steve... a feminist. 22 OCT – 19 NOV CHARLIE AND THE LIGHT FANTASTIC Join Charlie and his clever cat as they explore the galaxies in search of new friends. 24-31 OCTOBER PLAYS & PINOT Enjoy a selection of plays with a glass of wine included in the price. 25-29 OCTOBER WHEN WE ARE MARRIED Northern Broadsides return with J B Priestley’s heartily entertaining northern comedy.

The Spa Bridlington Visit www.thespabridlington.com or call 01262 678258. 11-15 OCTOBER LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS A charming, kooky and hilarious musical cult classic, starring Rhydian as

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The Dentist. 30 OCTOBER JEKYLL THE RIPPER The year is 1888, and London is in terror at the murder spree being committed by Saucy Jack!

Whitby Spa Pavilion Visit www.whitbypavilion.co.uk or call 01947 458899. 8 OCTOBERJUST LIKE THAT! The Tommy Cooper Show Complete with live musical accompaniment, this acclaimed tribute show is full of magic and mirth and is the perfect celebration of Britain's favourite comedian. 13 OCTOBER LOOK, NO HANS! Just Happy to be Here presents this raucous comedy. 24 OCTOBER MAGIC MIKE: NOT SO SPOOKY SHOW Magic Mike returns for a brand new version of his exciting spooktacular show.

Spotlight Theatre, Bridlington Visit www.spotlighttheatrebrid.co.uk or call 01262 601006. 1 OCTOBER CYMBELINE Shakespeare’s coming of age tragicomic romance. A story of power, sexuality and identity. 2 OCTOBER NORMA This is an opera of tragic intensity written round the theme of a woman's scorn. 6-7 OCTOBERJUST LIKE THAT! The Tommy Cooper Show This acclaimed tribute show is full of magic and mirth. 8 OCTOBER TRISTAN & ISOLDE Wagner’s breathtaking meditation on love and death holds a unique place in the opera world. 9 OCTOBER THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Often considered the finest achievement of the Classical ballet. 15 OCTOBER KING LEAR Antony Sher returns to play King Lear, one of the greatest parts written by Shakespeare. 22 OCTOBER DON GIOVANNI Based on the story of the famous seducer Don Juan, Mozart’s beloved Don Giovanni is considered by many to be the perfect opera. 23 OCTOBER COSI-FAN-TUTTE Mozart's sparkling comic opera. 25-29 OCTOBER THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE Performed by Spotlight's in-house drama section The Haunting of Hill House is a psychological thriller 30 OCTOBER THE ENTERTAINER Overwhelming political apathy, an economy in turmoil, and tension in the middle east – this is the startlingly prescient backdrop of John Osbourne's The Entertainer.

Grand Opera House, York To book: 0844 8713024. 21ST-26TH NOVEMBER MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Pick Me Up Theatre are delighted to bring back the plague to York with a 50% chance of pestilence and famine, together with a brace of impossibly beautiful dancing girls, flatulent Frenchmen and monster killer rabbits.

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Gallery, 2.30pm. The ceramic artist speaks about her work. Call 01723 374753.

SECRECY AND SPIES, The Bar Convent, York. This state-of-the-art exhibition will inspire you with the story of the Bar Convent. Discover three hundred years of history and the remarkable people who have shaped it. Meet the radical Yorkshire nun and pioneer Mary Ward, whose devotion to her cause took her on foot across the Alps - twice. Visit www. bar-convent.org.uk UNTIL 9 OCTOBER SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL PAGEANT, Scarborough Museum. a short exhibition which forms part of a new nationwide project, The Redress of the Past. Visit www. historicalpageants.ac.uk OCTOBER 1 & 15 OCTOBER SCARBOROUGH FOOD FAIR, High Street. Scarborough Food Fair is one of several food events organised by Yorkshire Food Markets. Call 07843 012629. 2 OCTOBER A CELEBRATION OF THE QUEEN'S 90TH BIRTHDAY & HER JEWELRY, Scarborough Library, 11am. Director of Woodend , Andrew Clay, gives the talk. Call 01609 536602.

21-23 OCTOBER MUSICPORT 2016, Whitby Pavilion. International, inclusive and inspirational - a unique, indoor festival of truly diverse music, it's the indoor festival with an outdoor feel! Call 01947 458899. 11-15 OCTOBER LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Bridlington Spa. Seymour Krelborn, the assistant at Mushnik's Flower Shop in downtrodden Skid Row, becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers a strange and exotic plant. Call 01262 678258. 11-13 OCTOBER ENGINEERING WEEK, Scarborough Spa. The annual Scarborough Engineering Week is back for 2016 with more employers and hands on activities than ever! Call 01723 821888.

2 OCTOBER WHITBY BLUES FESTIVAL 2016, Whitby Pavilion, 2-10pm. Whitby Blues Festival returns to the beautiful setting of Whitby Pavilion this October for another full day of the best blues, rhythm and rock music. Call 01947 458899. 12 OCTOBER CHARITY CHRISTMAS CARD SALE, Filey Methodist Church,Station Avenue, 10am12noon. Refreshments will also be served. Email cressida.cc52@gmail.com

4 OCTOBER JOE LONGTHORNE, Scarborough Spa, 7pm. Multi-platinum selling recording artist and one of the UK’s finest ever singers Hull-born Joe Longthorne brings his fabulous tour to Scarborough this Autumn. Call 01723 821888.

In an incredible career spanning over seven decades, Petula Clark is a true international superstar and legend. Call 01262 678258.

15 OCTOBER ROY ORBISON AND THE TRAVELLING WILBURYS TRIBUTE SHOW, Scarborough Spa, 7pm. Enjoy an evening of classic songs from The Wilburys including Handle With Care, The End Of The Line, and Heading For The Light. Call 01723 821888.

8-9 OCTOBER THE OCTOBER SEASIDE VINTAGE FAIR 2016, Whitby Pavilion. A whole weekend with more than 40 stalls of genuine vintage fashion and homewares from the 1920s to the 1980s. Call 01947 458899.

16 OCTOBER APPLE FESTIVAL OPEN DAY, Side Oven Bakery, Driffield, 10am-3pm. Have a go at pressing your own apple juice using their Organic Heritage variety apples. Guided farm walks will be taken round the organic farm where the bakery is based. Call 01262 488376.

9 OCTOBER, 13 NOVEMBR & 11 DECEMBER KNIT KNATTER, Scarborough Art Gallery, 1.30pm. Produce a knitted seaside-themed patchwork which will be then displayed at the Gallery. Call 07968 953737.

18 OCTOBER FLORAL DISPLAY, Scarborough Library, 7.15pm. Scarborough Flower Club present a demonstration by Lucy Smith entitled Oriental Infusion. Call 07935 474239.

10 OCTOBER JENNY MORTON TALK, Scarborough Art

20 OCTOBER PETULA CLARK, Bridlington Spa, 7.30pm.

21-22 OCTOBER FLIPSIDE ROCK ‘N’ ROCK AUTUMN WEEKENDER, The Grand Hotel, Scarborough, 7pm-midnight. Hear Memphis Riders on the Friday night, and enjoy Juke Box Jive North East on Saturday. Call 07738 207713. 21 OCTOBER MAGICAL MOZART BY CANDLELIGHT, Scarborough Spa, 7pm. From the producers of A Viennese Strauss Gala, this sumptuous show immerses you in the l music and the classical baroque world of one of the world’s greatest romantic composers. Call 01723 821888. 22-31 OCTOBER Spooky Woodland Trail, Burton Agnus Hall. If you're feeling brave this half term, why not venture over to Burton Agnes Hall and take part in the fantastically spooky woodland trail? Intrepid visitors are invited on an eerie hunt round the Hall’s atmospheric woodland, where clues are hidden amidst spooky Halloween scenes of witches, spiders and ghostly figures. Visit www.burtonagnes.com 22-30 OCTOBER HALLOWEEN TRAIL, Sewerby Hall. Can you help Derek the Ghost find all the things he needs for the Halloween party? Visit www. sewerbyhall.co.uk

22-30 OCTOBER HALLOWEEN, North Bay Railway. See some spooky happens at the North Bay Railway. Trains will be departing from Peasholm Station every 30 minutes from 10.30pm to 4pm. There will be a free treasure hunt for the kids and a prize for anyone in fancy dress. Also, between 27th-29th, the Halloween Scream Express will be running in the evenings. Call 01723 368791. 22 OCTOBER THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY, Bridlington Spa, 7.30pm. Using huge projection photos and original film footage, this 50th Anniversary Celebration also features a full live band performing all the duo's hits. Call 01262 678258. 23 OCTOBER ADVINTAGEOUS VINTAGE FAIR, Scarborough Spa, 10am-5pm. Ovetr 60 stalls and ots of fun entertainment. Visit www.advintageous.co.uk 23 OCTOBER SUNDAY CRAFTERNOON, Scarborough Art Gallery, 3pm. Learn a new skill with artists from Hanover Studios. Call 01723 374753.

24 OCTOBER BILLY NIELSEN: THE MONDAY MENU WITH MUSIC, Scarborough Spa. 6.30pm. Relax with the wonderful backdrop of Scarborough’s South Bay whilst listening to some of the very best musical talent that the local area has to offer. Call 01723 821888. 25 OCTOBER ZOMBIE ARCHERY, Sewerby Hall. Family Archery with a Halloween twist! Visit www. sewerbyhall.co.uk

27-30 OCTOBER THE BRAM STOKER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Whitby Pavilion. Originally devised as a means to show off Bram Stokers undeniable influence on horror cinema and literature the festival has grown into a celebration of all things dark and macabre. Call 01947 458899.

22-30 OCTOBER THE AUTUMN COLOUR CHALLENGE, Scampston Hall. Pick up one of our colour Treasure Hunts from the Ticket Office and see if you can find all the different things on the list. A prize awaits if you can! Visit www. scampston.co.uk

27 OCTOBER MAGIC MIKE: NOT SO SPOOKY HALLOWEEN SHOW, Scarborough Spa, 1.30pm. The Magic Mike Show returns to Scarborough Spa this Halloween for a brand new version of his exciting spooktacular show. Call 01723 821888. 28 OCTOBER ONLY FOOLS AND BOYCIE - THE NEW SHOW, Scarborough Spa, 7pm. Enjoy an intimate evening with John Challis, best known as Boycie in Only Fools and Horses. Call 01723 821888.

Issue 38 - October 29-30 OCTOBER MICHAELMAS FAIR, Burton Agnes, 11am5pm. Visitors will find beautiful, local, and hand crafted gifts and produce in the grounds of the striking Hall. Old favourites will return to sit alongside new and original stalls and offer something for everyone, and it’s a wonderful opportunity to make an early start on your Christmas shopping! Visit www. burtonagnes.com 29 OCTOBER A FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR, Sledmere House, 6-9pm. Back by popular demand Sledmere Bonfire and Musical Fireworks Spectacular. Visit www.sledmerehouse.com

To advertise email editor@thescarboroughreview.co.uk 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 YORKSHIRE EAST COAST WIDOWED GROUP, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, 2pm. Members meet in the coffee lounge. Call Maureen: 01723 365991 or Sheila: 01482 868644. PSYCHIC NIGHT, Ivanhoe Hotel, Burniston Road, Scarborough, 8pm . Enjoy thoughtprovoking 'Demonstrations of Mediumship & Clairvoyance' with Guest Psychics. Call 01723 366063. 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.

30 OCTOBER JEKYLL THE RIPPER, Bridlington Spa, 7.30pm. A macabre cabaret of Victorian songs, weird skits, and disturbing vignettes. 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. 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. QUIZOKE, Ivanhoe Hotel, Burniston Road, Scarborough, 6pm. Be looked after by 'Hostess with the Mostest’ Jeannette DuPont. Call 01723 366063. 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, 10am1pm. 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.

SINGING FOR THE BRAIN, South Cliff Methodist Church, Filey Road, Scarborough, 1.30-3pm. For people with dementia and their carers. Call 01723 500958. BARRY ROBINSON’S BIG QUIZ, Ivanhoe Hotel, Burniston Road, Scarborough. 8pm. Email admin@theivanhoe.co.uk for more information. 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 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.

THIRD MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH DRIFFIELD ART CLUB, Driffield Community Centre, 7-9pm. Visit www.driffieldartclub. co.uk 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. Roller Disco @ The Spa, The Spa Bridlington, 5pm, 6.45pm & 8.30pm. Fun for all ages! Visit www.thespabridlington.com or call 01262 678258. 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. 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, Scarborough. New dive and social members are welcome to this weekly meeting. Visit www. scarboroughsubaquaclub.net or call 01723 372036.

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FIRST FRIDAY OF OCT, NOV, FEB & MARCH STAR GAZING, Dalby Forrest Visitor Centre, Thornton-le-dale. 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 660184 for more information. 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 LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH RYEDALE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD, Wrelton Village Hall. Call 01723 862417. 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.

There’s always something on… at the libraries! SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH RYEDALE JAZZ CLUB, Beansheaf Hotel, A169 Malton Road, 8-10.30pm. A traditional jazz session with an established band.

FILEY LIBRARY Station Avenue, Filey Call 01609 536608

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 Friday & Saturday CAN WE HELP? IT HELP SESSIONS; 1-5pm Fri, 10am-1pm Sat..

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 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. FIRST AND THIRD FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH 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.

Every Thursday KNIT & NATTER, 1-3pm. Last Tuesday of every month FILEY ACTIVITY GROUP, 2-4pm.

EAST FIELD LIBRARY HIGHLIGHTS Eastfield Library, High Street, Eastfield, Scarborough. Call 0845 034 9512. Every Monday LOOM BAND CLUB, 4pm. GAMES NIGHT, 4pm. Every Tuesday STORYTIME, 10.30-11.15am.

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

Frankie goes back to Woodend by Dave Barry Passionate, intuitive and unconventional singer-songwriter Frankie Dixon is to return to the intimate setting of Woodend in the Crescent, following a successful debut. Eager to perform her original material, Frankie will be joined by poet and author Graham Rhodes. It’s on Tuesday 11 October. Tickets cost £5 and can be purchased at Woodend. Doors open at 8pm. Take your own alcohol

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Age no barrier to the beautiful game SURELY the most famous line of TV football commentary ever uttered is: ‘. . . there’s some people on the pitch, they think it’s all over – it is now!’. It was legendary BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme who described Geoff Hurst ignoring Alan Ball’s screams to pass by strolling half the length of the pitch at Wembley and instead hammering the decisive blow that sealed England’s 4-2 World Cup extra-time triumph in 1966 against West Germany. They were the perfect words to summarise a perfect day for English football. Yet they could not be less apt 50 years on for a version of the great game being played in the sports hall at Scarborough Rugby Club. Indeed, rather than being all over the game is positively thriving among those of us who are of an age when we can say we witnessed England’s glory, glory day. Walking football may be played at a snail’s pace in comparison to its speedier cousin that many of us grew up with, but it offers an opportunity for fans who are on the wrong side of their 50th birthday to continue their love affair with the beautiful game. No longer is a birth certificate dated prior to the year of England’s World Cup triumph, creaking joints, a dodgy knee and an expanding waistline an excuse to hang up your boots. If you can swing a leg and kick a ball that’s enough – you’re in the team! Enthusiasts Colin Bayes and Jim Mitchell were encouraged by Barons gym where they are members to test the waters and see if Scarborough would jump on board and embrace the craze that was beginning to sweep the nation. ‘I was asked by Barons manager Paul White to see if I could generate interest in walking football,’ said Colin, 68, who eagerly took up the challenge and made his priority the appointment of Jim as his assistant. ‘We started off just the two of us and to be honest we made a slow start,’ remembered Colin, who used to play for the Corporation team in Saturday district football before breaks to his ankle, then his leg in rapid succession while away at agricultural college effectively cut short his competitive playing 11-a-side career. Slowly but surely however numbers increased as the word got around. ‘We advertised in local supermarkets . . . and in the town but it was the word of mouth that really helped us,’ said Colin. ‘People were enjoying walking football at Barons and telling others that it was really good. It was the best advert we could have.’ Interest continued to blossom as the greyinghair brigade signed up to not only recapture

The lads in action . . .

great moments from their youth but also to look very much to the future as a means of keeping themselves in trim. Jim, 71, a Scot from Glasgow who came to Scarborough in 1970 and probably does not remember the events at Wembley four years earlier with quite as much affection, takes up the story. ‘Walking football serves a big purpose,’ he said. ‘It allows players to participate in cardiovascular exercise and revive their football skills as well. ‘It gives people in their 50s, 60s and 70s a second bite of the cherry. Walking football is a beacon for them to come to. ‘They can have another career. It gives them an opportunity to return to the beautiful game.’ Many have since seized that chance. There are now 65 players who play regularly. One of them is Mick Jones, 64, of Burniston, who said he took part in a session on a Wednesday morning for ‘therapeutic’ reasons to help him relieve some of the symptoms of the Parkinson’s disease he has had for 12 years. ‘Walking football is an ideal kind of exercise to keep me loose,’ he said. ‘One of the symptoms of Parkinson’s is a stiffness in gait. ‘I had trouble looking over my shoulder. But since I started exercising and playing walking football in particular that is not a problem anymore. ‘I can now turn my body.’ Another who sings the game’s praises is Mick’s brother-in-law, Paul Howson, 67, of Scalby, who admitted he thought the game had passed him by. ‘I got to 50 and thought “that’s it”– the game was becoming too fast for me. ‘I thought all I’m fit for was to play snooker, darts and take the dog out for a walk ‘But this version of football is brilliant for people like me who thought they would never play again. It has given me a new lease of life.’ Talking to any of the players you will hear a similar tale, though perhaps not all with quite the same level of Paul’s dedication and determination. ‘I was playing up to a week before I had my right knee replaced three months ago,’ he confessed. ‘I enjoyed it so much despite being in a lot of pain.’ Since his op, Paul is recuperating and currently supporting the game from the sidelines and reflecting the enthusiasm of those who still have a sparkle in their eye when playing a pass and having a pop on goal. ‘I don’t know when it will be but I can’t wait to get out there again,’ he said. The rules of walking football don’t allow physical contact and perhaps the most difficult to adapt to in the early stages is that anything so much as a jog is shown the red card. But once that is mastered it’s not difficult to see why the game is so enjoyable – and not only with the lads. On Monday mornings, it’s the ladies turn with an enthusiastic bunch of players under the eye of Vanessa Holloway enjoying a kick around.

Fun is the name of the game She said: ‘I’m a member of Barons. Colin asked me to make up the numbers for a game one Thursday. It was absolutely brilliant. It was so much fun. ‘I thought there was no reason why the ladies can’t play as well.’ Since the first match a year ago, there’s a growing number of women taking part. And watching them having a great time as they play, it’s not difficult to see why. ‘The idea is that we don’t take ourselves too seriously - it’s about fun,’ said Vanessa. ‘Because it’s walking football it takes the edge off having to be super fit to play. We can all walk, we can all do a power walk – though you do look a bit silly, but that’s part of the fun factor! ‘I think it’s important, as a woman, when you get to a certain age, if you don’t keep topping up on your fitness it can slide away from you quite quickly. ‘The rules are slightly different from normal football so there’s no contact. That’s important for people who are worried about injuries.’ Of my four visits to watch the walking football and take part in the action, I have been struck by the friendliness of the welcome and the real enjoyment of players not letting time stand in the way of having a laugh through sport, all cultivated in no small part by Colin and Jim. They emphasise that a player’s level of ability is not important – a good job in my case – it’s the inclusiveness of the game and the health and social benefits of just giving it a go that makes it so popular. Said Colin: ‘People can see what good it does them, irrespective of their ability.’ Jim echoed those thoughts, adding: ‘It’s not

Great time was had by all the ladies

just about football. It’s about looking at the whole picture. ‘Walking football gives people an opportunity to continue to play sport when perhaps they thought they couldn’t any more. ‘I have to say watching what it has done for the lads with Parkinson’s has given me some of the most uplifting moments of my life.’ It’s little wonder the game is heading on an ever upward spiral at Barons. With a social section that is thriving just as much as the sports side - it really is a place to be. Teams from Barons have played in walking football tournaments across the north of England, and though they are still waiting to chalk up their first competition success that’s hardly the point. The thrust of walking football is that you’re still taking part in a game you love. The barrier of age as a block to fun does not apply here. Indeed, Friday morning men’s sessions have just started to capture the overspill from the other sessions as well as to celebrate the fourth anniversary since the first whistle on walking football blew at Barons. And judging by the smiles on the faces of all the players I have watched and the enjoyment they gain from still playing on in later years, this is one version of the game where the final whistle is unlikely to be blown anytime soon. ‘They think it’s all over?’ – you must be joking! n Interested in giving it a go? – go on! Give Colin a ring on Scarborough 377545 or Jim on 362922, or Barons on 357740 and press 2.

Colin Bayes, one of the organisers, gets ready before kick off

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Charity golf day Fifty-year-old bowling breaks fundraising record club needs new members Words by Dave Barry, photos by Cherie Welburn A CHARITY golf day in Scarborough raised £6,000 for local and national charities. The fourth annual Yorkshire Coast Homes golf day, at South Cliff Golf Club, raised £2,000 more than last year’s. Every penny goes to the company’s staff charity fund, to be shared between local and national causes chosen by YCH employees. Eighty players of mixed experience and ability competed for a range of prizes. They represented groups and organisations from various parts of the country. This year’s winners were from Yorwaste, with local insurance brokers Bluefin coming second and Tunstall Healthcare in third place. Prizes were awarded for the longest drive on the 18th hole, two nearest-the-pin competitions and a fun chipping contest at

Event organiser Andy Turner, left, watches YCH colleague Damian Hurley chip onto the green

the Halfway House. The players relaxed afterwards with free drinks and a hot buffet, followed by a lively prize presentation conducted by YCH chief executive Shaun Tymon. The organiser, YCH risk and assurance manager Andy Turner, said the event was growing each year. “It’s really pleasing to have raised this amount of money at an event which has become a brilliant illustration of the increasing number of generous people who are eagerly supporting our fundraising and community initiatives. “Planning is already under way for the 2017 golf day on 24 August and we’re hoping it will be even more successful than this year”. This year’s event was sponsored by MJ Builders and supported by Morrisons and a range of other local businesses and partners.

Words and photos by Dave Barry EASTFIELD Bowling Club celebrated its 50th anniversary with an appeal for new blood. When it was founded in 1966, the club had 140 members, with 30 on the waiting list. Now it has only 30 active members. “We could really do with a lot more”, says founder member Gordon Pottage. “Over the years, we have had some very good players but unfortunately we all grow old”. The club’s oldest member, Wilf Walker, is in his 90s. “I believe he is the only man ever to win both the Hospital and Boyes cups in the same year”, Gordon says. “He won the highly competitive Gambert Baines cup. We had another member, Gordon Ashmore who won this prestigious trophy”. In the early 70s the club won the Scarborough & District first division league for three years on the trot.

Gordon says: “We have one of the finest greens in the north east and it is kept in good condition by some of our hard-working members”. When the club was launched, a few players from North Cliff Bowling Club helped get the new club going and showed the novices how to play. The visitors included Ron Dodson, who formally opened the green. Half a century later, Ron’s daughter Pat Howard posed for a photo which recreates one taken of her father in 1966. Only three people on the old photo are still alive: Gordon Pottage, Sunny Howard and Alan Bedford. The club is on Eastway, behind the Subway sandwich shop where the Strongwood pub used to be. n If you are interested in joining the club, ring Gordon on 582081.

The winning team from Yorwaste

Helping hand for female football club Words and photo by Dave Barry A COUNTY councillor’s timely intervention was a big hit with a female football club. Scarborough Ladies, who train at Overdale School in Eastfield every Thursday, were outgrowing their old kit. The club has seen rapid growth; it now boasts eight junior sides and an open-age side. Needing new equipment, it turned to local councillor Tony Randerson for help. With Cllr Randerson’s help, the club applied for a grant from North Yorkshire County Council. It was awarded funding to buy sets of collapsable goals which will be used at training. Each team now has a set at its disposal to

ensure that the training and development of players continues throughout the season and beyond. Football is the country’s fastest growing female sport, says spokesperson Carol Firth. The club has witnessed a dramatic transformation over the last few years with an increase in members playing football from around the local area. Despite the name, Scarborough Ladies have players from as far away as Malton, Whitby and outlying villages. “We are extremely grateful to Cllr Tony Randerson for his time and support with the application,” said Carol.

Some of the Scarborough Ladies are pictured with one of their new collapsable goals and Cllr Tony Randerson

Top: Pat Howard, whose father Ron Dodson opened the green in 1966, with Eastfield Bowling Club members. Bottom: Ron Dodson throws the first wood in 1966.

Football commentator for Yorkshire Coast Radio, Ant Taylor gives us the quick low down on Scarborough Athletic’s season so far. @iamradioant

Boro in brief

Scarborough Athletic's season is well and truly underway. It's been a bumpy start, but the team is looking quite settled. The form so far, taking out the FA Cup defeat to Tadcaster Albion, reads 2 losses, 2 draws & 3 wins (DLWDLWW). I know people would have liked a good cup run in the FA Cup, trying to get into the 1st round is most non league team's holy grail. Don't get me wrong here, I love a cup run like the next man, and with the FA Trophy, Senior Cup & The Integro League Cup, we will certainly get our fill of cup progression. We did reach the final of the League Cup last term. The last game where Scarborough Athletic travelled to Radcliffe Borough just outside Bury Lancashire, saw a thrilling contest where the Seadogs came out as 3-2 winners and was Steve Kittrick's first win from where the team have had to come from behind. It's also great to see striker Benny Igiehon scoring after serving a 3 match suspension

from the opening game of the season a 0-0 draw against Bamber Bridge who sit on the top of Evostik First Division North. Benny has scored 3 goals in two games and is fast becoming a fan favourite on the terraces. Fingers crossed the Seadogs can keep up with this turn in form and as we are currently sitting in 5th place, we can hopefully keep playing like we are at the moment and start shaving points off the teams above us.

Benny Igiehon celebrates a goal with Scarborough Athletic striker Carl Stewart

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From the touchline

BY DAVE CAMPBELL

All the latest from Silver Royd A lot has happened at Scarborough Rugby club in the last month beginning with the appointment of a high-profile Youth Development Officer (YDO) to replace the outgoing Tomasz Chadwick. Former Scotland international Sevens player Graham Hogg, older brother of Scotland and the British and Irish Lions fullback Stuart Hogg has arrived at Silver Royd to take up YDO duties. The 29 year old centre has travelled extensively on his rugby journey and arrives at Scarborough via the borders, Edinburgh, international seven-a-side and a sojourn in Italy. He started his YDO duties almost immediately and has already visited the area’s schools and colleges where he will coach. He has taken charge of the club’s mini-rugby and junior sessions as well as turning out for the club’s first team in their opening four games. As I predicted in last month’s Review Scarborough have not had the most auspicious start to the season losing three and winning only one game in September. A narrow 10-6 defeat in monsoon-like conditions at Selby in the opening game of the season was followed by the thrilling 20-17 defeat of fancied York at Silver Royd a week later on the 10th with Hogg’s kicking being difference between two well matched sides. However the euphoria around Silver Royd was short lived when Bridlington administered a sound thrashing by a 33-

11 scoreline on the 17th at Dukes Park. September’s action concluded with the visit of West Leeds last Saturday. ‘West’ had gone through last season undefeated in Yorkshire Two gaining promotion as champions whilst also winning the RFU NATIONAL SENIOR VASE at Twickenham. A hugely entertaining game saw the sides score five tries apiece with Scarborough having to convert a late try for a 29-29 draw. However it wasn’t to be and the high-flying visitors escaped with a narrow 29-27 win. With a big change in personnel it was always going to take a while for a new-look side to bed in; however the spirit shown in the game with West Leeds last week augers well for the season ahead. Scarborough’s new skipper New Zealander Matty Jones arrived at Silver Royd on Thursday and could be in the squad for tomorrow’s trip to Leeds to take on Horsforth-based Yarnbury RFC. Matty is hugely influential on and off the field and his arrival for his second period at the club has been eagerly anticipated by players and supporters alike. Even if he is too jet-lagged for Saturday, there are plenty of vital games coming up next month; struggling Acklam are next up at Silver Royd next week (8th October) with Middlesbrough the visitors in the Yorkshire Shield on the 15th. The Seasiders are on the road at Bradford Salem on the 22nd and end

Isaac on the charge

October on the 29th at home to Beverley who were relegated from North One at the end of last season. In general I’ll write about Scarborough’s first team in this column; however the club also fields a second-string, the Vikings and a 3rd team, the Danesmen. Graham Hogg And tomorrow whilst Scarborough’s first team are on the road at Yarnbury, the Vikings and the Danesmen will entertain Hull University Medics and Goole respectively at Silver Royd. All games kickoff at 3pm. Finally, the Scarborough ladies XV, the Valkryies made a winning start to their season beating Bishop Aukland 13-12 away

Victorious Valkryies

Scarborough scrum attacks west Leeds from home two weeks ago. The game was the first time almost half the team had a played a game of rugby making their win all the more noteworthy. The Valkryies entertain visitors Bradford Salem at Silver Royd on Sunday. Fixtures for all Scarborough RUFC teams can be found at scarboroughrugby.co.uk.

Scarborough Review Cricket Scarborough CC avoid relegation By Steve Adamson THE first season of the ECB Yorkshire Premier League North following re-organisation of club cricket in Yorkshire, saw Scarborough struggle to adapt to the new league - eventually finishing third from bottom of the table, 7 points clear of the relegation zone. Bad weather marred the end of season run in, and the home match against Dunnington on 27 August was abandoned as a draw after rain intervened with Dunnington on 163-6 in the 35th over. The following Saturday's home fixture against Acomb was called off due to rain before a ball had been bowled, and with all other matches also abandoned that day, it meant Scarborough were safe from relegation with one round of fixtures left to play. On the last day of the season, 10 September, Scarborough entertained 2nd from bottom Castleford at North Marine Road, and restricted the visitors to 149 all out, with the last six wickets falling for just 21 runs. Theo Smith was the star performer with figures of 14 overs, 2 maidens, seven wickets for 47 runs. Unfortunately a dismal batting collapse saw Scarborough struggling on 89-8 before a partnership of 43 between Kris Wilkinson and Jack Holt (18) took them to the verge of victory, but they

were finally bowled out for 139 to lose by 10 runs after a hugely disappointing display against already relegated Castleford. MATCH SUMMARY DUNNINGTON 163-6 (34.2 overs) Jake Murphy 57, Tom Loten 30no, Ben Elvidge 3-38, Tom Precious 2-41) (Abandoned due to rain) SCARBOROUGH v ACOMB (No play due to rain) CASTLEFORD 149 all out (39.2 overs) Liam Hyde 45, Mohammed Waqas 34, Theo Smith 7-47, Ben Elvidge 2-13 SCARBOROUGH 139 all out (42.4 overs) Theo Smith 33, Kris Wilkinson 24no, Eddie Morrison 4-28, Dave Wainwright 2-29 FINAL LEAGUE POSITIONS Harrogate 166 York 154 Yorkshire Academy 147 Sheriff Hutton Bridge 124 Driffield Town 109 Hull 104 Stamford Bridge 97 Acomb 97 Woodhouse Grange 86 SCARBOROUGH 67 Castleford 60 Dunnington 29

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Scarborough lose out in fixture reduction By Steve Adamson AS from next season Scarborough Cricket Club will no longer host Yorkshire one day matches, but North Marine Road will still stage two four-day County Championship fixtures per season despite a reduction in next season's County Championship programme from 16 to 14 matches per team. Scarborough is now one of the last remaining out grounds on the first class cricket circuit, and regularly attracts some of the biggest crowds of the season, a fact that led Yorkshire to retain two Championship fixtures at North Marine Road. As recently as 1996 Yorkshire also played home fixtures

at Bradford, Harrogate, Middlesbrough and Sheffield, but since 1997 only county headquarters at Headingley in Leeds and Scarborough have been used as home venues for the county club. The loss of the two one-day fixtures is a blow to Scarborough, but at least first class cricket will still be played at North Marine Road, where Yorkshire have played regularly for over 120 years (the first County Championship game there was in 1896). Scarborough also staged a Gillette Cup semifinal in 1969 and two One-day International matches, against West Indies in 1976 and New Zealand in 1978.

Big win for Yorkshire By Steve Adamson NORTH Marine Road drew the biggest County Championship crowd of the season on 23-26 August, as cricket fans flocked to the Seaside in their thousands to cheer Yorkshire on to a crushing 305 run win against Nottinghamshire to get their title challenge back on track. Yorkshire took 21 points from the match, a result which saw them move to within 5 points of Championship leaders Middlesex.

MATCH SUMMARY YORKSHIRE 282 all out (81.3 overs) Andy Hodd 96no, Azeem Rafiq 74, Jack Brooks 48, Steve Mullaney 3-54 and 263-4 dec (73.2 overs) Gary Balance 101no, Adam Lyth 41, Tim Bresnan 35no, Jake Lehman 35 NOTTS 94 all out (37.1 overs) Steve Mullaney 25, Tim Bresnan 3-15, Ryan Sidebottom 3-21, Jack Brooks 3-41 and 146 all out (57.3 overs) Tom Moores 41, Brendan Taylor 38, Tim Bresnan 5-36, Jack Brooks 4-35

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SCARBOROUGH FA JUNIOR CUP

Andy Spivey's West Pierwon the preseason Ian Farrow Memorial Trophy at Kirkbymoorside. They beat Easingwold Town 8-1 (Billy Logan scoring four and Sean Exley and Gary Thomas two apiece) then Ryedale Sports 7-1 (hat trick for Graeme Wright) to reach the final. Edgehill made it an all Scarborough final, thrashing Stillington 15-1 (Luke Jenkinson grabbing five and Joel Ramm a hat trick), then hosts Kirkbymoorside 4-1 with Jenkinson hitting three and Kieran Link completing the scoring. In the final Pier won an exciting match 4-3 to pick up the first silverware of the new season. On target were Billy Logan 2, Gary Thomas

A fantastic opening spell of five straight wins saw Itis Itis Rovers six points clear at the top of division three. Sam Pickard scored six and Luke Jones contributed a hat trick in a 12-0 trouncing of Goalsports Res, Curtis Rose struck four times as Seamer Sports 3rds were beaten 9-2, and Tom Sutherland scored four in a 7-0 win against Edgehill 3rds. Sherburn also made a fine start to the season, winning their first three matches, including an exciting 5-4 defeat of Westover Wasps Res, with goals from Paul Mills 2, Sam Rackham 2 and Liam Scott.

A Nick Hegarty hat trick helped Seamer Sports Res to a 9-0 win against Pickering Knights in the opening round of the Junior Cup. Filey Town Res defeated Sinnington 4-1 with goals from Joe Gage 2, Max Gage and Ben Butcher. Alex Cotterill scored four and Jamie Tyler contributed three as Ayton beat Goalsports Res 9-2, and Ben Watson netted twice for Goldsborough Utd in their 3-1 win against Gillamoor. Other ties include Cayton Res going down 4-2 at Wombleton Wanderers and Snainton losing 4-1 at home to Thornton Dale.

Hunmanby Uts Res were 3rd in the table after opening with two wins and a draw, Simon Dean scoring twice in a 7-2 success against Westover Wasps Res.

CHANGE AT TOP FOR TRAF

Newlands Park Res were early table toppers in division two, Stu Bates and Drew McCoubrey both scoring twice in a 6-3 win at Snainton, and ...amongst the scorers in a 9-1 thrashing of FC Rosette. Seamer Rports Res were 2nd in the table after two good wins, Mark Barber scoring four in a 5-3 defeat of Filey Town Res, and Tom Adams striking both goals in a 2-0 win against Goal Sports. Cayton Res were 3rd after a four game unbeaten start to the season (a win and 3 draws), their marksmen in a 4-1 defeat of FC Rosette were Michal Szalabski 2, Harry Sleep and Wayne Johns.

LEAGUE TROPHY FIRST ROUND Scalby enjoyed their biggest win for many years when Rob Speight scored 7 and Shaun Scales 4 in a crushing 17-1 trouncing of Ayton. An Eric Hall hat trick helped Eastway Sports to a 6-2 win against Hunmanby Res and a Zac Hansen hat trick saw Falsgrave Athletic to a 6-1 defeat of Goalsports Res. Joe Gage 3 and Aaron Howard 2 were amongst the goals for Filey Town Res in a 5-2 win over Commercial, and Paul Mills and Sam Rackham both scored twice for Sherburn in a 5-4 victory over Westover Res.

After seven trophy-laden seasons as manager of Scarborough's most successful ever Sunday club, Liam Salt has stepped down and been replaced as TRAFALGAR boss by Colin Jenkinson. First division champions in ten of the last 12 seasons, Traf began the new campaign in sensational style, scoring 32 goals in three matches, Liam Salt contributing 19 of them ! Salt scored 4 in an 11-2 defeat of Cayton (Wayne Aziz chipping in with a

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hat trick), then Salt struck 9 times in a 12-0 thrashing of Ayton, followed by 6 in a 9-2 defeat of Roscoes Bar. West Pier also began with three successive wins, Rich Tolliday scoring twice as Heslerton were beaten 3-0, Luke Delve got three in a 6-3 win at Ayton and Sam Garnett netted twice as Pier came from 2-0 down to beat Fylingdales 3-2.

ANGEL IN DOMINANT FORM Newcomers Angel Athletic look set for a successful debut campaign after winning their first four Sunday League second division games. An opening day 5-0 defeat of Ayton Res was followed by a 5-1 win against Scalby with Dan I'Anson grabbing a hat trick. Ben Davis then scored 4 as Angel beat Crown Tavern 8-2, and Dave Bell and Ben Davis were both hat trick heroes in a 10-0 defeat of Fylingdales Res. Reigning second division champions Trafalgar Res beat Ayton Res 2-1 with strikes from Chris Cass(pen) and Luke Jones, followed by a 2-2 draw with Newlands Res and then an 8-2 win against Crown Tavern in which Damian Robinson scored three. Zac Hansen netted 4 times for Newlands Res in their 8-0 defeat of Scarborough Campus.

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Scarborough Review Golf GOLFERS from far and wide descended on Scarborough for the annual Golf Week Event and thanks to the organiser Mick Atkinson and his legion of helpers everything went very smoothly. The four courses North Cliff, South Cliff, Filey & Whitby were well presented and the visitors thoroughly enjoyed their golf and also the facilities provided by the towns on the Yorkshire Riviera plus they appreciated the Riviera matching weather. Richard Jones from Rotherham once again won the Mayors Trophy for the best aggregate gross score in the Mens’ 72 holes Circuit posting a total 287. W. Griffiths of Sand Martins took the runners-up prize with an aggregate of 300 and local veteran Brian Witty claimed third place with 305. In the other major gent’s competition for the Scarborough Challenge Cup N.McCall of Wath Golf Club had the best net aggregate return when he finished on 275. He was 5 shots clear of D. Leech from Market Drayton in second place with W. Morris of Shirland a further shot back in third. The ladies stroke play competition for the Robinson Rose Bowl was won by N. Harrod with a score of net 69 and the Hesleton Cup for ladies with handicaps of 25 or above was claimed by C. Rush with net 75 but only after a count back as J. Peace also finished on the same score. Geoff McClean of Saltburn GC, took first place at Whitby in the stroke play competition. . Other Local players who took prizes included were Craig Hewitt of North Cliff , Paul Dack & Nigel Middleton of South Cliff The full week’s results can be found on the Scarborough Golf Week Website. The prize presentation evening was held at North Cliff with the Mayor Simon Green and his lady Val in attendance, Picture attached showing R. Jones, N. McCall, C. Rush & Mayor Simon Green

Presidents Salver presentation to (L) Dave Ellard, centre Dennis Jones President & (R) Andy Holmes competition that was also the final round of their season long Master Golfer aggregate competition in which their best six scores counted towards their final total. In the medal division one was won by Jamie Boyer (3) with a score of net 68 from Simon Boddy and Simon Monsey. Division two top spot was taken by Ian Waring (13) with net 68, from Pete Kirby (14) on net 69, Gary Hodgson (26) posted a net 70 to win division three with Dez Grainger (22) hot on his heels with a net 71. The Master Golfer competition produced a very close finish, Dave Butterfield came in with a very good net 70 that moved him on to a total of 427 to claim the title. East Riding Union Junior Team Final

(L-R) R. Jones, N. McCall, C. Rush & Scarborough Mayor Simon Green The East Riding & District of York Alliance finally managed to hold their Presidents Salver Event, this competition was held over from last winter’s fixtures due to flooding at the Presidents home course at Easingwold. Hessle pairing B. Drake (6) & G. Robinson (8) posted a net 62 to take the Tankards. The team event was a tie between Scarborough North Cliff and Kirkbymoorside, not for the first time, so each will hold the Salver for six months. Full team results; 1st= Scarborough North Cliff & Kirkbymoorside 200; 3rd= Driffield & Heworth 202; 5th Hessle 203; 6th= Boothferry & Easingwold 204; 8th= Fulford, Ganton, Hainsworth Park, Hornsea, Hull, Sutton Park & York 205; 15th= Scarborough South Cliff & Malton 206; 17th Bridlington 208; 18th Pike Hills 210; 19th Selby 212; 20th Brough 215; 21st= Beverley & Springhead Park; 22nd Flamborough. North Cliff members played in a medal

BY DERRICK ARDEN

and Brough 275. The ERU President Howard Palmer, officiated over proceedings in the clubhouse after a welcome from Gantons’ Captain Bill Mackay. Well done to all the players who did themselves, their clubs and the Union, very proud! North Cliff held the last of their mid-week medals, Dave Ellard (6) posted a net 69 to claim first place in division one. There was a gap of four shots to his nearest challengers with John Collins (5), Andy Allcock (2), Luca Masucci (6) and Paul Draycott (6) all posting net 73’s to be placed in that order on the leaderboard. George Bell (13) finished top of division two also with a net 69 Nigel Moore (11) posted a net 70 for second place with Pete Kirby one shot further back on net 71 in third spot. Division threes winner was Andrew Wood (28) on net 68, just edging out Graeme Cracknell (17) also on net 68 on the count back. South Cliff members played their September Stableford prior to golf week and in division one Paul Baker (10) romped home in the lead with a great score of 40 points. The next three places were filled by Dave Hall (7), Nigel Middleton (9) & Neil Bruce (8) respectively, In division two Keith Eyre (21) posted 41 points and claimed first place ahead of Jamie Anderson (17) who carded 39 points. North Cliff held their Medal Final competition this month, thirty members who had previously won a medal event this year competed for the privilege of seeing their name added to the Club Honours Board as the Champion. The podium places were claimed by Matt Botham (14) and James Blenkinsopp (6) but Howie Moore (13) posted the winning score of net 66.

Howie Moore, Medal Final Winner 2016 Pike Hills Golf Club hosted the first meeting of the 2016/17 season for the East Riding and

District of York Alliance. The winners of the Tankards were Steve Illing (7) & Neil Davies (13) of Fulford with a score of net 61, their score was matched by Jim Batt Jnr. (5) & Gary Rollinson (12) from Heworth who lost out on the back 9 count back. In the team competition, it was Heworth who set the pace with a total of 125 to lead by a single shot from Malton & Norton on 126. Our local clubs have done very well in this competition in recent years but they got off to a slow start this time around. On this occasion they were a little off the pace with South Cliff on 130 in equal 6th position . North Cliff pairs

Pete Braithwaite & Nigel Middleton of South Cliff failed to get into the prizes at this event.

Ladies Golf

The ladies section at North Cliff also held their Medal Final in the month, this was won by Pat Palmer with a net 74 from Janet Hall net 76. Following on, the ladies were back on the course to contest the September Stableford with Brenda Easton taking first place in Division One with 31 points. In Division Two Angela Gridley came in with 32 points for first place after a count back, she just edged out Janet Hall. South Cliff Ladies have recently contested the Presidents Cup competition,. The winner this year was junior Amy Staveley (30) with a Nett 63 and a Nett 71 = 134, the runner up was Gill Skingle (24) with a Nett 71 and a Nett 75 = 146. South Cliff ladies played their September stableford this week with Kate Owen (17) taking first place with 33 pts but only after a count back from Ruth Smith (19). In the Bronze 1 division Maureen Jamieson (24) romped home to win the division by a clear 8 shots when she posted 38 pts.Clare Thompson (24) scored 30 pts and just edged Sheila Thorpe (21) into third on the dreaded back nine count back,. Bronze 2 division was also a close run thing with Brenda Foreman (34) in first place on 38 pts, Chris McMahon (27) 2nd with 37 pts and 3rd Pauline Allison (33).

Dave Butterfield was a fantastic occasion and the climax of the 2016 East Riding Junior Leagues, when the top team from each of the three area leagues went to Ganton Golf Club to participate in the grand finale. The three Clubs that qualified were Burstwick, Brough and Scarborough North Cliff. The event was an 18 hole aggregate strokeplay format. The scores after nine holes showed Scarborough NC on 126, Brough 136 and Burstwick 140, although Scarborough had a good lead, the tough back nine at Ganton meant it was all still to play for. In the end the trio from Scarborough NC retained their lead to win the final on a score of 260 ahead of Burstwick on 273

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NIKE HYBRID SLOTS GOLF IRONS 4 to s/wedge, very good condition, £90 for quick sale. Mr B Stephenson 01723 367110

SAMSUNG DIGITAL CAMERA, 10X optical zoom with case and lithium battery charger. £75. ART EASEL, £10. CAMERA TRIPOD, £10. David Marsh 01723 351277

GOGO ELECTRIC SCOOTER, 18V excellent condition, new battery charger, will fold for car boot. £240. Mr Wade 01723 378462

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

Scarborough Review

Recruitment

October- Issue 38

JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!

Grow your expectations

Assistant Store Managers

Scarborough £24,360 - £32,480 plus a great benefits package (subject to experience) If you are a fresh-thinking, customer focused, challenge-hungry individual who is keen to learn and succeed, then this is the opportunity for you to shoot upward. A natural leader with a practical, hands-on approach and excellent people skills, you will motivate and support the development of the whole store team. Our structured training will give you responsibility as soon as you start and help develop you through hands-on operational experience. Once you’ve got this initial phase of training under your belt, you’ll move on to learning about store operations and people management. You’ll be rostered in to work 47.5 hours per week, and because our stores are also open 7 days per week, usually from 8am-9pm, we can offer you varied shift patterns. With excellent long term career prospects and competitive package, benefits include 30 days holiday per annum pro rata (including Bank Holidays) 10% discount on all Lidl products in all stores throughout the UK and a contributory pension scheme. To apply online please visit:

lidlcareers.co.uk Quality products. Quality people.

To advertise email editor@thescarboroughreview.co.uk

Issue 38 - October

Recruitment

Puzzle over this!

OCTOBER

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LIBRA L to R: Felicity Jones, Meat Loaf, Theresa May, Vladimir Putin

Some improvement in your levels of financial security open the door to finding a far greater degree of emotional security, and there are many occasions over the next three or four weeks when business and pleasure mix quite beautifully. There is a subtle travel energy which suggests weekends away rather than intercontinental

vacations, and in its own way, this enhances the romantic (and sexual) vibration. The 19th is a date to remember, because it is strongly connected with new love affairs… There is a great vibrancy here, not just for young lovers, but for old lovers getting their act together a little later in their lives. And you know what they say… Better late than never!

SCORPIO 24TH OCT - 22ND NOV

or are there still more ambitions to be fulfilled? You will be keeping a keen eye on finances in what will be an expensive month, but there is lots of love on offer from partners.

CAPRICORN 22ND DEC - 20TH JAN You’ll need a cool head and a calm mind to stay on top of what promises to be an extremely busy and exciting month. There are lots of changes on the work scene, some more cash coming in, and also quite a lot more responsibility. Partners back you up all the way, but there still won’t be enough hours in the day to get things done.

AQUARIUS 21ST JAN - 18TH FEB This latter third of the year will, in some ways, be the most rewarding, but in other ways, it is also the most frustrating. You spend too much time doing what you’ve got to do, which does not allow enough time for you to do what you want to do. Nevertheless, children prosper and parents find some extra cash.

PISCES 19TH FEB - 20TH MAR You must learn by your mistakes and not throw good money after bad. Walk away from anything which saps your energy and drains your reserves. Big ego boosts on or around the 10th when you are at the epicentre of social events and when a member of the opposite sex makes it very clear that they are interested and available..

ARIES 21ST MAR - 20TH APR

MONSTER PUMPKIN TREAT TRICK

BROOMSTICK CAULDRON GHOST

SUDOKU

GEMINI 22ND MAY - 21ST JUN

A “building bridges” month in affairs of the heart, and this is not a good time to be impatient. There is some confusion with regard to priorities during the first couple of weeks, but during the latter half of the month a romantic/emotional relationship is uppermost in your heart and mind – which is exactly as it should be.

CANCER 22ND JUN- 22ND JUL You’ll get thoroughly fed up when someone tells you “you can’t do this, and you can’t do that”, and you’ll be provoked into doing something drastic to put them in their place and prove them wrong. There is a positive mood of spontaneity in the wind, and although you may ruffle a few feathers, there is fun to be had

LEO 23RD JUL - 23RD AUG A great month for romantic relationships, but there is some envy and jealousy in the wind, and a long term friendship with someone of the same sex may now have to end. They want something (or someone?) you’ve got – and they can’t have it! Therefore celebrate the love in your life – but watch your back.

VIRGO 24TH AUG - 22ND SEP A bright month financially (especially for independent business ladies) and it is a time when past efforts and sacrifices begin to be rewarded. The 9th is great for starting new work projects, and something with an educational flavour becomes prominent from the 12th onwards.

October is a month in which you’ll get something you’ve wanted for a long time – the question is, will it make you as happy as you thought it would, For details of private readings phone 07884 107100 or 01423 339770 mail: jcp@magepublishing.co.uk

WEREWOLF WITCH ZOMBIE

At the Halloween ball every witch or wizard brought at least one black cat. The organisers wanted to know how many cats, witches and wizards went to the ball. The only record was a group photo taken as the photographer fell over catching only paws and feet. The other group photo was taken by a ghost at midnight and only showed eyes glowing in the dark. If the photographer counted 196 feet and paws and the ghost tallied 126 eyes, how many wizards and how many black cats were at the Ball?

Difficulty Rating: Easy

Not for the first time this year, a decision will be taken out of your hands, and while this is annoying, it could also be something of a relief. It’s a good month for gentlemen who want a bit more influence over their own lives, also for selfemployed guys who don’t mind putting in the hours to gain the rewards.

A high workload this month, and lots of enthusiasm to get things done. Some adjustment needed in the conduct of a relationship, and you’ll be washing your hands of, and walking away from, anything with red tape attached to it. Your principles may be in conflict with a few practical necessities – so be practical!

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Difficulty Rating: Hard

SAGITTARIUS 23RD NOV-21ST DEC

TAURUS 21ST APR - 21ST MAY

Answer:126 eyes = 63 individuals. If all these were wizards, there would be 126 legs. We have 70 legs extra or 35 pairs, which means there must be 35 cats and there must be 63-35=28 wizards. Cats=35 and Wizards=28

A mixture of moods! A desire for more freedom, with some anger and resentment directed towards anything (and anyone) who holds you back and ties you down. Career girls consider becoming housewives, housewives think of Shirley Valentine, guys who are on PAYE want to become self employed… etc., et al.

Can you find the ten ice cream flavours in this word search?

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HERE ARE A FEW FA M O U S FAC E S YO U S H A R E YO U R S I G N W I T H. . .

23RD SEP - 23RD OCT

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