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Can You Help?
 The History Group has recently bought an old notebook which belonged to Mr C W Smith from Harome. He was obviously involved with the Methodist movement as the book has records of services and sermons given throughout the circuit back in the 1850s. The problem is that he has used what is believed to be short-hand to record the contents of these sermons.
The group is looking for a volunteer willing to look at and transcribe these passages so they can be read once more.
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Job at Helmsley Arts Centre
Post: Marketing and Development Officer, Helmsley Arts Centre
An exciting and challenging opportunity to devise, develop and deliver creative and successful Marketing and Development strategies, working alongside a small team of paid staff, strongly supported by a large team of volunteers, at this well-established hub of the arts in the heart of rural North Yorkshire.
A 2-day per week freelance post for at least one year, subject to review after six months.
Salary: £8,640 p.a (£23,400 p.a. pro rata)
Closing date for applications: Friday 24th February Interview date: Wed 7th March
To start as soon as possible after that date.
For further information email: Em Whitfield Brooks
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National Libraries Day
Saturday February the 4th is National Libraries Day.
National Libraries Day is a campaign which celebrates and highlights all that libraries offer. There is a week of events all over the country leading up to the day.
Here at Kirkbymoorside Library, all 0-5 year olds are invited to a musical story-time at 2.30-3pm on Monday the 30th of January. A story-time for children aged 5-8 follows at 3.45 – 4.30pm. On the day itself, Kirkbymoorside Library is hosting a local and family history morning. It will run from 10-12 on Saturday the 4th of February.
Ryedale Family History Group will be running a helpdesk and giving guidance on how to trace your ancestors. Upstairs archive material from Kirkbymoorside local history group will be on display. “All Saints Through the Ages” the new book from Kirkbymoorside History Group will be available to buy on the day. You are invited to come and join us for a cup of tea and a chat to discover more about your local and family history.
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Kirkbymoorside Town Council - Staffing Committee Meeting Agenda - 30th January
NOTICE is hereby given that the next meeting of the KIRKBYMOORSIDE TOWN COUNCIL STAFFING COMMITTEE will be held at Church House, Kirkbymoorside on
Monday 30 January 2012 at 6.30pm
The public and the press are invited to attend the meeting
1. To receive apologies for absence
2. To receive Declarations of Interest
3. Minutes and Matters Arising
a) To approve the Minutes of the Staffing Committee Meeting held on 4 January 2012.
b) To consider any matters arising
4. Public Session - to allow members of the public to make representations, ask questions and give evidence in respect of any items of business
5. To agree to exclude the public for the next item due to confidentiality
6. To discuss with the Town Clerk progress regarding working procedures and targets agreed on January 4.
7. To note that the Assistant Town Clerk tendered her resignation on 17 January
8. As a result of 7 above to discuss actions to recommend to the Town Council
9. If the committee decide to recommend advertising the vacancy of Assistant Town Clerk to agree the advertisement, job description, contract, and process for recruitment
10. To agree the last working date for the Assistant Town Clerk11.
To agree to offer an exit interview to the Assistant Town Clerk
12. To note that the Town Clerk will be on holiday from February 27 to March 11.
13. To agree a date for the next meeting
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RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch - this weekend
The annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch returns this weekend, inviting nature-lovers in everywhere to spend an hour taking note of the flighty visitors to their gardens and green spaces.
All people need to take part is a pen, some scrap paper and an hour to spend watching the birds in their garden or local park on either Saturday 28 or Sunday 29 January.
Simply make a note of the highest number of each bird species seen on the ground (not flying over) at any one time, and enter the results on the RSPB website
The charity then uses these results to create a 'snapshot' of bird numbers in each region. This is important because some of the UKs bird species are disappearing fast, with half the number of house sparrows and three-quarters of starlings already gone.
As well as highlighting these dramatic falls in numbers, the Big Garden Birdwatch helps the RSPB to spot problems and is the first step in attempting to prevent further decline.
For a list of the most common birds to look out for visit the RSPB website
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Kirkbymoorside Town Council update
The following information is provided by Chris Dowie, Town Mayor.
Agendas for all meetings of the full Town Council and committees are displayed on the Town Council noticeboard and in the window of the office. They are also posted on the Town Blog.
Minutes are available in the office and people are welcome to read them there. If a copy is requested to take away then there is a small charge to cover the cost of photocopying.
The Town Clerk and I have discussed also making the minutes available in the library. This will be arranged in the very near future and we hope that people will find this useful.
The website will be updated with minutes and agendas as soon as possible.
Councillor surgeries are held in Church House on the first Tuesday of each month from 7 pm to 8 pm. If you have any questions or comments for the council or if there is something that your councillors can help you with please come along to one of these sessions.
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More housing in Kirkbymoorside?
After viewing a house along Carter Lane (off Ings Lane) yesterday and then enquiring as to the availability of the adjacent field for purchase for an orchard, it was revealed by the owner that the field was in the process of being sold to Barratt Homes and, within five years, it would be 'covered in houses'. Just to clarify this field is to the east of the house, known as Southlands, and lies directly behind the new David Wilson Homes development known as Buckingham Mews. David Wilson Homes is part of Barratt Homes.
On contacting Ryedale District Council they knew nothing of the proposed development and confirmed that the area is not designated for future housing, as their District Plan below would seem to confirm.
The Town Council in recent years have indicated that this is one area they would not like to see developed for housing. The agents selling Southlands were unaware of this potential development but are now.
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Where does the heat escape from your home?
A THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA for KIRKBYMOORSIDE & DISTRICT
Kirkbymoorside Environment Group has purchased a thermal imaging camera with a Lottery grant from the "Awards for All" scheme.
KMEG hopes the camera will help residents to reduce heat loss from their homes and save money on their energy bills as well as reduce the carbon footprint of the town.
If you would like to see where heat is escaping from your home the camera should show this and, with your permission, it can be used to take infrared pictures of the outside or inside your home. You choose which pictures are taken and they belong to you. We can e-mail the images to you or print them out for you.
There is no charge, but if you'd like to make a small donation towards insuring and re-calibrating the camera when it needs it, that would be most welcome.
KMEG volunteers using the camera are not trained to advise on any next steps you might take to reduce heat loss, but do contact the Yorkshire Energy Partnership 01904 554406 if you would like advice and information about:
• home insulation,
• renewable energy generation,
• different ways of saving energy around the home,
• possible grants or loans.
KMEG would like to build up a catalogue showing anonymous images of different sorts of housing (brick/stone/concrete/old/new etc) and how steps taken to reduce heat loss can help (draught proofing, use of door, window curtains, roof , wall insulation etc). If you are happy for any of your images to be added to the catalogue do let us know.
If you would like Thermal Imaging Camera pictures taken of your home, please contact Helen Gundry, Kirkbymoorside Environment Group on 01751 432447 or e-mail
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Temporary Road Closure - Dale End & Gillamoor Road
The road will be closed for the 4 week period between 20 February and 27 April. The closure is due to replacement of sewer works. Pedestrian access to affected properties will be maintained at all times with vehicular access maintained wherever possible.
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Photo 15 - The Way We Were
"Hill Farmers" ~ The Dowkes family, Cow Syke, Bransdale.
(Taken 8.4.2000)
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Town Council Play Areas Committee - Meeting agenda 26 January
NOTICE is hereby given that the next meeting of the KIRKBYMOORSIDE TOWN COUNCIL PLAY AREAS COMMITTEE will be held at Manor Close Community Centre, Kirkbymoorside on Thursday 26 January 2012 at 10.30 am
Members of the public and press are invited to attend the meeting.
There will be a site visit at Ryedale View Play Area at 10am.
1. To receive apologies for absence.
2. To receive Declarations of Interest.
3. Minutes and Matters Arising
a. To approve the Minutes for the Play Areas committee meeting on 9 January 2012.
b. To consider matters arising.
4. Public Session - to allow members of the public to make representations, ask questions and give evidence in respect of any items of business.
5. To consider matters arising from the site visit prior to the meeting with particular regard to the broken fence.
6. To discuss the possibility of researching ways of raising income for the Play Areas.
7. Old Road Play Area
a. To note that the Council agreed at the Ordinary Meeting on 16 Jan 12, to give the Play Areas Committee up to £6750 to spend on Wet Pour matting to go beneath the double swing set and large Cantilever swing.
b. To note that Ryedale District Council have agreed to award a grant of £2500 towards the Wet Pour matting on condition that the Play Areas Committee places an order for the work before the 31 Jan 12.
c. To consider 3 quotes for Wet Pour matting and to agree to the work being carried out by one of the contractors. These quotes will be available at the meeting and contractors’ names will be hidden.
8. To note that the bark surface under the timber climbing frame at Old Road Play Area will be raked before this meeting as highlighted by the RoSPA inspector.
9. To agree a date for the next meeting.
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Library opening hours consultation
Most readers will have had a form through the door but if you haven't you now have a chance to choose which configuration of opening hours you would like for our town library. Click here for the Kirkbymoorside library and select which opening hours option you prefer. There is also a space to record your comments. You can then save and e-mail the document to the library or alternatively, print and post it.
Current library hours can be found here.
Church House
7 High Market Place
Kirkbymoorside
York
YO62 6AT
The closing date for you to choose an option and provide feedback is Tuesday 31 January 2012.
Additional info from Chris Dowie:
The consultation form only shows when NYCC staff would be in the library. On Thursdays the library is staffed by Ryedale District Council and that is why on the consultation form it looks as if the library would be closed on Thursdays. However so far RDC have not announced any changes to the hours their staff will be in the library.
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Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head
From Jean Richards, theatre editor
(Photo courtesy of North Country Theatre)
First written and performed for the Yorvik Viking Festival in 2010, "Egil Skallagrimson Keeps his Head", North Country Theatre’s acclaimed tongue in cheek adaptation of an Icelandic Saga, will be back again for a third year, dragging the longship up the beach in some new venues in February and March. This high seas adventure tells the part-historical and part-mythical saga of Egil Skallagrimsson (spellings vary!) and how he falls into the hands of his old Viking enemy, Erik Bloodaxe.
None of the new venues are very close to Kirkbymoorside, but this great show is worth a bit of effort. Possibly the best bet is the Galtres Centre in Easingwold, where the show is on Saturday 3rd March, but you can find the full list here.
This is true village hall theatre and doesn’t come with web site booking, so to get tickets you will need to contact the local promoter on the phone number shown on NCT’s website.
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Holocaust Memorial Event in York
Remembering the past: Protecting the future is part of the University of York and City of York’s series of events to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. This event will be held at 7.00 p.m on Monday January 30th in the Ron Cooke Hub at the University, and should prove to be a moving and challenging evening that draws on personal family history to explore some of the modern day messages to be learned from the history of the Holocaust.
The event will include an illustrated talk by University Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr Jane Grenville, whose father escaped from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport, klezmer music performances by internationally renowned clarinettist Lesley Schatzberger, and a new drama performance written and performed by pupils from local schools. It will conclude with Kaddish and a candle lighting ceremony, and will be followed by a reception and a chance to view the Portraits for Posterity exhibition in addition to a new commission to be screened in the 360 degree presentation space.
This event is part of the University and City of York’s series of events to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, an international event held in January every year to mark the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by the Soviet army and to remember the victims of the Holocaust. Holocaust Memorial Day is also an occasion to remember the victims of more recent genocides and to make a personal commitment to challenging all forms of prejudice and intolerance in our own communities.
Tickets for the event are free and may be reserved on line here.
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Photographic Lecture - March 1st
Kirkbymoorside and District Camera Club will be hosting an event on Thursday 1st March, 2012 when Ian Cameron will present ‘My Kind of Light’. The illustrated lecture will feature mainly Scottish and a few foreign landscapes but all will have that powerful presence produced by transient light.
Ian Cameron is a professional landscape photographer, based on the Moray Firth in Scotland, operating under the banner ‘Transient Light’, a term he has adopted to describe light, which for a short duration transforms a scene from ordinary to extraordinary, before returning back to the mundane. His work is widely acknowledged and instantly recognizable.
To see examples of his work check out http://www.transientlight.co.uk/.
The event will be held in the hall at the British Legion Club and numbers have to be limited to 100. So the sooner you get your tickets the better. Tickets are available in advance at £5 each this includes free entry into a draw for a signed copy of Ian’s book ‘Transient Light – A photographic guide to capturing the medium’.
For tickets and further details visit Kirkbymoorside Camera Club.
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Free bunk bed
If you could find use for this children's bunk bed which has become surplus to requirements do get in touch. Located in town.
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Theatre Royal panto 2012
From Jean Richards, theatre editor
Just to let you know that tickets for York
Theatre Royal’s pantomime for 2012, starring the ever-popular Berwick Kalor, will
go on sale on March 1st, and can be booked on line here. The title hasn’t
been announced, but does it matter?
And that, I promise you, is my last word on
pantomime for this year.
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Marmalade
You may have noticed that Seville oranges are now available in our greengrocer’s and at the Wednesday market. The season is short, so if you are planning to make marmalade this year, it’s time to get on with it. If you are a regular ‘marmalader’ you will have your own favourite recipe, but if you are a novice, here’s one that works well.
For a kilo of oranges, you will need two lemons and two kilos of sugar. That’s all! The process is a bit messy but fun. Wash, halve and juice the oranges – and keep everything! Then pick the flesh and pith out of the skins, it’s easier if you halve the halves, messy, but not difficult. Put the peel and orange juice in a pan, with the juice of the two lemons. Put all the flesh, pith and pips into a little bag (the kind they give away with washing machine tablets is ideal, but failing that, tie them into a piece of cheesecloth) and add this to the pan, with about three quarters of a litre of water. Bring to the boil, and cook over a low heat until the peel is soft, about an hour, stirring occasionally. Leave to cool. When cool (next day is fine) take out the peel and either shred or chop into chunks, it makes no difference to the flavour, only the appearance, but don’t use a food processor, it will just give you a mush, and you want pieces. Return the shreddings or choppings to the pan, then take out the bag, and squeeze out as much of the goo as you can into the pan, without getting any pips. Discard the remainder into your compost heap. Add the sugar to the pan, bring the whole lot to the boil, and keep boiling and stirring until it reaches setting point. Pot into sterile jars, cover with a wax paper circle (shiny side down) and leave to cool. Then screw on the sterile lids, label and admire.
Ha, I hear you say, two problems there. Setting point? Sterile jars? You can test for setting point with a jam thermometer (but you might have to go to York or Scarborough to buy one). Otherwise, twirl a little of the liquid on your stirring spoon, and if the last drop takes a while to drip, it’s ready. Or, put a teaspoonful on a cold saucer, leave for a couple of minutes, then tip it sideways, to see if it wrinkles. If it runs, you have a mess on the counter, and it isn’t ready.
An easy way to sterilise jars is to rinse them out with cold water, then, while they are still wet, put them in a warm oven for an hour – the steam from the water does the business. Fill them while they are still hot. Sterilise the lids in boiling water.
Simple as that. These quantities will make about eight jars full at normal jam jar size, at a fraction of the cost of buying marmalade, and with lots of brownie points.
Note from Simpson's Stores:
You don't need to go to Scarborough or York to buy your jam making equipment, Simpsons Stores in West End has everything you need including Jam thermometer, labels, discs, jam funnels, in fact everything for preserving can be found here! Buy local!
Thanks Karen for letting us know.
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A music event not to be missed
The Ryedale School Jazz Band and Ensemble ‘Cantarla’
The 5th New Year Concert supporting Rotary Charities
Pickering Memorial Hall, Thursday 26th January 7pm
Cantarla and the Jazz Band are Ryedale School's premiere choral and instrumental groups respectively. They feature the very best musicians from across the whole school, and meet and perform regularly in school and the local community. They are pleased to be supporting Pickering Rotary Club for the fifth time, as both groups prepare for their July concert tour to Paris which will include performances at Disneyland Paris and the Eiffel Tower.
The Pickering concert will include a mixture of classical and popular repertoire by a range of diverse composers such as Britten, Rutter and Ingred Michaelson, and the band will perform a range of jazz standards such as 'Fly me to the Moon' and funk classics by Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock. Please come and support our ensembles and see the best music-making by young people that Ryedale has to offer.
Tickets available from Hague and Dixon, Smiddy Hill, Boulton and Cooper, Market Place, Pickering and Ryedale School. £6.00 /£3.00 students.
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Big Energy Week 2012 launched today
Are you worried about staying on top of your bills this winter? If money's tight, there's lots you can do to save money on fuel, including shopping around for a cheaper deal or getting a grant to insulate your home. This week 16 – 21 January 2012 consumer organisations, energy suppliers, switching sites and Government agencies are working together to let consumers who are struggling with rising energy bills know about all the help that is available.
43% of people are worried they can’t afford their next fuel bill and one in two say energy bills will put a strain on their finances this year, according to new figures released today from Citizens Advice at the start of its Big Energy Week which will help people save money on their fuel bills.
Big Energy Week (16-21 January 2012) will see advisers across country help people spend less on heating and powering their home. The Week is supported by Consumer Focus, Which?, Energy UK, energy companies, charities, accredited switching sites, Ofgem and the Government.
Citizens Advice, Chief Executive, Gillian Guy said: “We know hikes in prices have put extra pressure on people’s budgets at a time when money is already tight. Day in day out our Bureaux helping people who can’t afford their fuel bills.
“We’re worried that some people are struggling unnecessarily because they’re not on the best deal; live in homes that haemorrhage heat or are not getting all of the financial help available to them.”
Last November eight times as many people came to Citizens Advice for online advice on cutting their fuel bills compared to the previous November. And in 2011 we helped clients with over 96,000 fuel debt problems. The Big Energy Week survey also found:
- having the heating on less topped the list of what people are doing to cut energy bills (53%)
- one in three people don’t know that energy companies are offering help to insulate their home, rising to 46% in London.
- 71% of people who said their energy bills would put a strain on their finances this year also said they were worried they won’t be able to pay their next fuel bill.
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne said: “We know that a lot of households are struggling to cope with rising energy costs. Many people could cut their gas and electricity bills by moving to a better deal with their existing supplier, switching to another supplier altogether, or by taking up home insulation offers. But we need to make sure consumers are aware of this and make it easier for them to take action to save money. That is why I am backing Big Energy Week. We want to get the advice and information out to as many consumers across the country as possible.”
On the Big Energy Week website you can get advice on how to cut your fuel bill, helpful contact telephone numbers and links as well as find out what’s happening in your area. You can also contact your local Citizens Advice Bureaux to for energy saving advice – the number will be in the phone book.
Big Energy Week is helping people save money on their bills by encouraging them to:
· Contact your supplier to check you are you are on the best tariff and payment method for you. Monthly direct debit is on average £100 cheaper per year than paying by cash or cheque.
· Visit an accredited switching website to see if you could get your energy cheaper elsewhere. You may be able to save up to £200 off your annual bill by shopping around for a different supplier, particularly if you have never changed energy firm.
· Insulate the walls and the loft of your home and you could save on average around £120 per year. All major gas and electricity suppliers are giving away free or discounted insulation to any household, not just their own customers. Ask if you’re eligible so you don’t miss out. That goes for heating oil customers too.
· Check you are not missing out on any benefits or tax credits that could up your income; your local Citizens Advice Bureaux can help you with this.
· Using less energy could save you money, just by doing simple things like turning off lights and switching appliances off at the wall. Turning your thermostat down 1°C alone could cut your heating bill by £60 on average.
· If you are unable to pay your bills you should contact your energy supplier immediately as they have to help you manage your bills in a way that you can afford.
· If you use heating oil or liquid petroleum gas to heat your home, shop around and compare prices from different oil suppliers. You could also save money by buying in bulk with your neighbours; check if there is an oil club you can join or start one up.
Added Gillian: “More and more people are coming to us for advice on how they can save money on their energy bills. Through Big Energy Week we hope to help lots of people cut their fuel bills and ease their money worries.”
Find your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
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