CAUSEWAY JUNE 2021 Walton Remembered Picnic Slice Recipe A Peek Inside the British Libraray
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Serving the communities of Thorp Arch and Walton Advertising Index
Contact: John Pendleton, 07828 524568 jlp@proportionmarketing.co.uk
Accountants
Curtains, Furnishing
Holiday Cottages
Gillbeck Associates..........30
Lou’s Threads....................19
Priory Cottages.................22
Peter Howard...................23
Decorators
Kitchens
Alarms
Oliver Willard....................28
Aberford Interiors.............19
PGK Security.....................30
The Decorating Centre.....22
Architects
Electrical Services
Andrew Morgan................28
McNicholas Architects......30
P Collier.............................22
Cameron Beaumont..........05
Estate Agents
PA/Secretarial Concierge
Beadnall & Copley............32
David Bransby...................27
Funerals
Pest Control
Tony Barker.......................28
Pest Tec.............................22
Space Design Services......29 Bed & Breakfast Four Gables......................23 Building Materials Kirbys................................14
Opticians
Gardening
Plumbing and Heating
Carpet Cleaning
Lawn Keeper.....................19
Peter Norman...................30
Wetherby Carpet..............28
MK Landscaping...............04
Cars/MOT
Golf Putting Green
Westmoreland Cars..........31
Golf4Home.......................04
Chimney Sweep
Hairdressing
Mooring Brothers.............22
Ian Blakey..........................30
Chiropody
Hardware
Boston Spa Chiropody......28
Douglas Yeadon................23
Retail Parks Thorp Arch Retail Park......30 Taxi Services Jorvik Travel......................28 Tree Services Bardsey Tree Services.......14
Front Cover - The British Library, Mark Gowlett Causeway - Editors Lisa Sherratt and Victora Etherington. Chair, Design, Advertising John Pendleton. Distribution (Thorp Arch) Jane Clayton (Walton) Gay Childe and David Spencer. Big thanks to the entire distribution team. Please refer to the Contacts Page for contact details. The Editor and Management Committee do not endorse any content of articles or advertisements in this magazine nor shall they be liable directly or indirectly for any damages which may arise from information or views contained in these pages. 2
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Dear Readers
The weather this month has been a reflection of my life, sunshine and showers. My youngest daughter celebrated her 21st birthday and my mother passed away following a long illness. Normally such an event would not be included in this letter, but mum (Liz Etherington) was known to many people in the church, especially at St Peter’s where she played the organ occasionally. Although the family are desperately sad, we also recognise that in many ways her death is a merciful release, dementia is a very cruel illness. Lisa also recently, and very unexpectedly, lost her grandmother. So we both join the many families who have been bereaved and had to say goodbye to loved ones without the usual rituals of grief. The poem on page 15 The Train of Life really resonated with me, I hope you find something in there as well.
Contents
The last fourteen months have been very difficult, for everyone, but finally we seem to have turned a corner. The vaccine rollout is going well, summer is (hopefully) on the way, and we finally have events, real, in person ones, to tell you about! Check the village diary on page 16 for more details. Gay has offered us an informative article about croquet on page 6, if you fancy getting
Editor’s Letter 3 Why Not Put Yourself Through the Hoops? 6 News from our Churches 7 Clergy Letter 8 Sunday Services 9 Thorp Arch Parish Council 10 News From Walton Village Hall 12
outside and meeting people. If you still feel a little concerned about meeting groups of people you could stay at home and do a bit of bird watching, Mike has written an interesting article on Jackdaws on page 26. Or if village history interests you, check out Lisa’s interview with Walton resident Bill Kilby. Hope you enjoy reading, stay safe! If you have any contributions or would like to join the team please email us at causeway. editor@gmail.com Blessings
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The Train of Life 15 Village Diary 16 Noticeboard 17 Picnic Slices 18 Bill Kilby’s Walton 20 Books and More 24 The Birds in your Garden 26
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Go Play Croquet Okay? Put Yourself Through the Hoops!
The top players tend to be younger, around the age of 30, although a lot of people take up the game when their knees become too rocky for other things! It would be great to see some young players in our Boston Spa Club. Croquet is a game that promotes health and well - being, no physical prowess is required; young, old, male or female play on equal terms
It may be associated with vicarage garden parties, drinking Pimm’s and Alice in Wonderland, but croquet is a sport in which Britain leads the world. Croquet enthusiasts say the game is growing in popularity. There are around 130 dedicated clubs dotted across the UK with 4,000 members. Many more people of all ages enjoy playing the occasional game in public parks or their gardens, finding it the perfect way to pass a lazy summer afternoon. Before rushing out to the nearest lawn though, it is worth being aware that there are two main variations of the game; golf croquet and association croquet. Both are played with two sides, each playing a pair of balls - yellow and red together and black and blue.
At the Terrace Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club there is an emphasis on informality fun and enjoyment and we would welcome new members. Gabrielle Childe Croquet details on: 01937 845519 or 0782 486 288 Email: gabriellechilde@ gmail.com Pam Fraser Tennis & Boules details on: 01937 844579
However, with golf croquet, the game that is presently played in Boston Spa, each side takes single alternate shots with their own balls so the game is fast moving and more sociable. The association variation, which is played at most competitions, is tactically more akin to snooker with many shots making a break. A game can take much longer to play, but it is said to be more interesting. The nearest Club to play this form of croquet is based in York.
Email: pamela.fraser4@btinternet.com or visit our website for full details of all activities www.bostonspalawntennis.com/contact
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News from our Churches Review of START
the same time giving me a great deal of food for thought.
I had always thought that my belief in God was something just between me and Him. I did not feel the need to, or want to share this belief with anybody; for me this was a deeply personal matter.
I came away each week learning not only about my God, but also about me and my journey of faith. I would recommend anybody, whatever their age to go along to the next course. I feel confident to say that you will not regret taking maybe that first step into your journey of faith. Just remember, and I quote ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’. Take it!
I did not want to become what is commonly known as a ‘God botherer’! I accepted and respected those people who did not share my beliefs. The START course led by Nick Morgan was quite different from other courses I have not only attended but I have enjoyed. Each session lasted about one and a half hours and gave the group space to chat during the interactive exercises complimented by some vibrant DVDs which I found to be refreshing and fun to watch, but at
GABRIELLE CHILDE If you are interested in joining a Start course, please contact Reverend Nick Morgan via the Parish Office 01937 844402 so we can let you know when more are planned.
Organised Trips
Further details from Rev Steve Jakeman 01937 842156 rev.stevejay@gmail.com 7
Letter from the Clergy Are you free?
At 6pm on the 4th Saturday of the month, starting in June at St Mary’s, Boston Spa, ‘Unlocked’ is a brand new, informal church service featuring contemporary music and videos, led by me, and seeks to create a relaxed, chilled, prayerful atmosphere and include reflections on texts from the Bible. After a year of lockdowns, we wanted to offer a Christian perspective on how our faith can ‘unlock’ our potential as human beings, and free us to flourish. This year’s programme is called ‘Faith let loose’, pondering with help from the Bible, how to make sense of a life, the world, ourselves and God, as followers of Jesus.
We have more than a year of lockdown restrictions to look back on. Just think back on how many changes we’ve seen, how we’ve had to get our heads around new ways of living, of co-operating, and of thinking. As we head towards what we are hoping is a far fuller state of freedom this month and beyond, we know we’re not totally out of the woods on Covid19 globally, or even here in the UK, but suddenly, with the vaccination programme continuing its rollout and infection rates dropping off, there is a sense of freedom ahead.
This is church, but not as you know it, and not on a Sunday. Since it finishes by 7pm, the rest of the evening’s your own, and you can combine church with an evening meal out in one of our many local pubs and restaurants, and still get a Sunday morning lie in. I appreciate that Sunday mornings are not ideal times for churchgoing for many households for a variety of reasons, so I hope that this early Saturday evening slot is a helpful time to allow people who otherwise would find accessing church tricky to join us. Our Sunday services do of course continue, and you would be very welcome to join us in our worship there as well, or online via our Facebook page (search for Bramham Benefice there).
So, if we are supposed to be more ‘free’, why does it feel to many of us as though we’ve lost something along the way? Maybe it’s a sense of meaning in life which you’re feeling a lack of, or you’re simply finding it hard to navigate the new landscape after an emotionally draining year which has depleted your energy and sense of purpose? Many of us have taken a bit of a battering this past year, and all of us have had comfortable assumptions about our way of life challenged, I am sure. Do we feel ‘free’ yet, and what does that even mean? The Bible talks a lot about freedom, and often these words of liberation were spoken to people living in uncertain or oppressive times, so how can these words help us in the situation we find ourselves in?
Everyone is welcome, no previous experience of church necessary, so please look at your diaries for these dates and ask ‘Am I free?’, then come along and ask the same question.
Our churches are starting a monthly service called ‘Unlocked’ which is aimed to help people with no or little background as churchgoers to engage in a relaxed way with what the Christian Faith has to say about living a life which is free and flourishing.
REV NICK
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Sunday Services
ALL SAINTS’ THORP ARCH
9.30am
6th June
Holy Communion Joint
8am
13th June
Group Holy Communion
9.30am
13th June
Holy Communion Joint @ Walton
9.30am
20th June
Parish Worship
9.30am
27th June
Parish Worship
9.30pm
4th July
Holy Communion Joint
ST PETER’S WALTON
9.30am
6th June
Holy Communion Joint @ Thorp Arch
8am
13th June
Group Holy Communion @ Thorp Arch
9.30am
13th June
Holy Communion Joint
9.30am
20th June
Parish Worship
9.30am
27th June
Holy Communion
9.30pm
4th July
Holy Communion Joint @ Thorp Arch
Occasional Offices - All Saints’ - Thorp Arch
Occasional Offices - St Peter’s Walton
BAPTISMS / FUNERALS / WEDDINGS None
BAPTISMS / FUNERALS / WEDDINGS None
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TAPC News May 2021 Chairman John Richardson has resigned his post after 6 years in the role. He has moved out of Thorp Arch and on to pastures new. In this edition we pay tribute to him, summarised by Vice Chairman Steve O’Loughlin. Few will be aware of what being Chairman of the Parish Council entails or how John embraced and executed what at times can be a challenging position. In his time at the Parish Council there have been a huge number of major planning decisions, changes in the PC make up and numerous other issues to resolve.
Chairman John Richardson Moving On
John was dedicated and hard-working and put a huge effort into getting things done. He always ensured that everyone’s views had a hearing. Despite moving into his and Liz’s new home at Christmas, John agreed to stay in position until this May and has overseen a number of projects and planning applications working to ensure the best outcome for the village. John and Liz have lived in Thorp Arch for 36 years and as they start on their new adventure, they will certainly be missed both in the village and on the PC. We thank him for all his efforts over the years and wish him the very best in his new life chapter. New Chairman Whilst we say goodbye to John Richardson, we welcome new Chairman Nicola Midgely.
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TAPC News May 2021 Nicola has been a Councillor for over a year and is looking forward to her new role:
representatives from other community groups this year, Neil Brooks from the Tennis club, would like to report that the Tennis Club is looking very healthy with lots of family members using the court, and a new online booking system in place.
I’d like to thank my fellow councillors for putting their faith in me as the new chair of the parish council. We have a great team of councillors and I am looking forward to continuing working with them to improve our local environment and make Thorp Arch a pleasant place to live.
The court was given an overhaul last year and is looking in great shape. The Annual BBQ and tournament is pencilled in for Sunday 25th July. If anyone wants to join this year, please contact Neil Brooks on 07960 934497.
One of my key priorities is to develop and implement a plan to spend the community (Community Infrastructure Levy) money we will receive from the new housing developments in the village. This will involve consulting everyone in the parish on the best ways to use the money to further improve our village.
Christmas Lights Committee The Parish Council have received a number of requests from residents to increase the amount and style of Christmas lights in the village. We would like to form a small committee of residents along with representatives from the Parish Council and Leeds City Council, to provide a new and exciting seasonal display this Christmas. If you are interested, please contact the Parish Council at: clerk@thorp-arch.org.uk
I am also looking forward to welcoming the residents in the new housing developments built by Chartford Homes and Lovells and continuing to forge good working relationships with other local councils and groups especially the Boston Spa and Villages Green Group.
Anti-Social Behaviour
Vacancy Notice
The Parish Council have recently received a number of complaints regarding incidents of anti-social behaviour. Whilst it may be helpful for us to know, it is very important that anyone witnessing anti-social or criminal behaviour reports it directly to the police.
John Richardson’s resignation has created a vacancy on the Parish Council. If you would like to get involved with your local community and make decisions for the benefit of your Parish both now and in the future, then please consider joining us.
For non-urgent issues and to pass on information, call West Yorkshire Police on 101. In an emergency (if a crime is in progress or you think the offenders are nearby), call 999.
The role is both interesting and rewarding and an opportunity to contribute positively to your community. Please contact the Clerk for further information, or an informal discussion about the role, or to register your interest: clerk@thorp-arch.org.uk
The police have advised that individual reports of crime can help to build a picture of criminal activity in an area, making it easier for them to take preventative action. If you see it, report it.
Annual Parish Meeting
Works to the Bridge
This year the Annual Parish Meeting was held remotely on Monday 26th April. The meeting reported the work of the PC over the last year through the Chairman’s report, which can be seen separately in this edition of Causeway or on the PC website www.thorp-arch.org.uk
Works to the bridge that commenced in the summer of 2020 will now recommence in midJune, when the contractor will return to continue repairing areas of scour. Please see our website for the further information: www.thorp-arch.org.uk/Latest_ News_16892.aspx
Tennis Club Although the Annual Parish Meeting didn’t have 11
TAPC News May 2021 Housing developments
Crime Reporting
The Chartford Homes/Homes England application (18/07278/FU) for 26 dwellings continues on site. The development is now almost complete.
Please ensure that you report all crimes. For nonurgent issues and to pass on information, call West Yorkshire Police on 101. In an emergency (if a crime is in progress or you think the offenders are nearby), call 999.
The Homes England/Lovells development Ref: 17/07970 for 119 houses, has now started on site. There are a number of conditions that Lovells will be expected to abide by, and the Parish Council will be monitoring these very carefully to ensure they are delivered.
Deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired people can use textphone 18001 101. Go to the West Yorkshire Police website - www.westyorkshire. police.uk. Click on the ‘Contact us’ button and a range of ways to report will appear including the 101 Live Chat System. Or click on the ‘Report it’ function and numerous types of crime which you can report online will appear.
Any queries or concerns about the development can be forwarded directly to Lovells at: Nicola. Bailey@lovell.co.uk Tel: 01132022200 Leeds Vaccination Programme
Contact your local Neighbourhood Policing Team to speak to a local officer about community issues:
For information about the vaccination programme in Leeds please visit: www.leedsccg. nhs.uk/health/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/
Email: nel.npt@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk
Lifting of Lockdown Restrictions
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ WYPLeedsNorthEast
The Government has produced a timetable and information about the lifting of restrictions: www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19response-spring-2021
Twitter: www.twitter.com/WYP_LeedsNE To give information anonymously call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Report a Problem
Newsletter Sign Up
Residents can report a range of problems online to Leeds City Council concerning potholes, street lighting, dog fouling, blocked drains, footpaths, bridleways, fallen trees and street signs.
The Parish Council now produce their own electronic Newsletter. This can be accessed via our website: www.thorp-arch.org.uk If you would like to receive the newsletter and other information directly from us, then please sign up via the website.
Please make a note of the link and report problems directly at: www.leeds.gov.uk/parkingroads-and-travel/report-an-issue-with-a-road-orpavement
The Newsletter sign up box can be found on the Homepage.
Police Report
Date of Next Meeting
Two crimes reported for March.
The next meeting will be held on Monday July 12th – 7pm 9pm. Meeting venue to be confirmed.
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Village Hall Update News from Walton Village Hall
and we hope to hear from them in the next few weeks.
My name is Brian Eldred and I am the Chairman of the Walton Village Hall committee. I’m sure many of you know me.
As a result of the increased interest in our Hall, and with a view to the potential extension in the future, we are making a decision to install a container as a temporary storage facility on the right-hand side of the hall. This will allow us to house a lot of assets from the Hall, including the substantial number of chairs we have and many other items in storage, which are currently stored above the front porch and present health and safety issues - we don’t feel this creates a good impression for hirers of the Hall and could limit its use.
I wanted to take the opportunity to bring you up to speed with what’s been happening in the Village Hall over the last 12 months. Despite the pandemic, we have many pleasing things to report from the last 12 months. We will be organising an AGM: the date of this will be Monday 28th June, assuming the Covid roadmap goes as planned. In the last 12 months we have continued to earn good levels of income which is very important, as it allows us to not only maintain the building, but also to make improvements to our wonderful Village Hall. We have been able to do this in a Covid safe way and predominantly from one client offering essential worker services. A noticeable investment has been the resurfacing of the car park, which is now secure, even and safe to walk on or park.
The tidying up of the inside of the hall will allow us to maximise the hiring capacity and the proposed extension that we have would allow us to turn the existing washrooms into storage facilities and hence the container is a short-term plan. We have consulted local residents who are comfortable with this decision and we will be using appropriate fencing to ensure it does not become unsightly.
We continue to make some small improvements, whether that be some touching-up, decorating or general cleaning, and we are all set to go to open up the Hall very shortly for future bookings and events. Our website and automated booking system continues to work well and we are already seeing very promising signs for the second half of the year – indeed we have a number of new customers joining us and enjoying our facilities. We have several parties and weddings booked, which is something we have been hopeful for in our planning and organising. With this in mind, we are also working very hard on expanding facilities in the Village Hall, and we have plans in place to build a modest extension to the North West corner. This will house brand new toilet and washroom facilities, including for the disabled, and we are hopeful to make progress on this over the next 6 to 12 months. We have submitted a planning permission application with a view to understanding the requirements of the planners, especially from a conservation and construction perspective,
As lockdown eases, we are considering a community get together for the village and will update you further if these plans materialise. As ever, we always appreciate your feedback and should you have any questions or queries before our AGM, please do not hesitate to contact me at the email address below. BRIAN ELDRED 13
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The Train of Life At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel by our side. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone. As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant i.e. our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of our lives.
This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells. Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers requiring that we give the best of ourselves. The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down. So, we must live in the best way: love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are. It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life. I wish you a joyful journey on the train of life. Reap success and give lots of love. More importantly, thank God for the journey. Lastly, I thank you for being one of the passengers on my train. (By the way, I am not planning to get off the train anytime soon but if I do, just remember I am glad you were part of my journey). AUTHOR UNKNOWN
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Gay sent this lovely poem in, which she thought Causeway readers would appreciate.
Many will step down and leave a permanent vacuum. Others go so unnoticed that we don’t realize they vacated their seats.
Village Diary...
Things change so check with the organiser before setting out. Are you running an event? Please send brief details (preferably following the format below) to causeway.editor@gmail.com in plenty of time!
Saturday 26th June
Sunday 18th July - 11am-4pm
Walton Village work day. Meet at Holly Cottage at 9.30am. Coffee & Bacon sandwiches. Allocation of jobs. Refreshments at Fox & Hounds for all participants at about 1pm.
The garden at East Wing Newton Kyme Hall will be open. In accordance with the Government’s Road Map March 2021 we are hoping that everything goes to plan and we will welcome garden visitors again. Lovely homemade cakes and a plant stall will be available. In addition, St Andrew’s church will be open. Proceeds to nursing and health charities.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 9th-11th July Boston Spa Festival. Over the 3 days of the weekend more than 30 family-oriented events are being planned by various groups in the village using Church Fields, Millennium Gardens, Stables Lane Park and the Village Hall. There will be a Scarecrow Trail, music (a concert in the Village Hall and performances along the High Street), open gardens, exercise classes, classic cars, art, sports, the Yorkshire Terrier cycling event, street food and ending with a ‘Party in the Park’ on Stables Lane, including the Wimbledon Men’s Final on a big screen.
Saturday 6th November Walton Village Hall Annual Bonfire and Fireworks Night details to follow. Saturday 11th November A fashion show by Life and Soul will be held in St Peter’s (restrictions permitting) doors open 6.45 for a 7pm start. Entrance £5 including a glass of wine or soft drink. We look forward to welcoming you, with the return of Shelley and her team. Great ideas for Christmas! Tickets on sale later, so watch out for further information. DOREEN AND ANNE
East Wing, Newton Kyme Hall Croft Lane, Newton Kyme, nr Boston Spa, LS24 9LR
Sunday 18 July 11am - 5pm Charity Number 1112664
Adults £4 Children free
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...Notice Board The Scarecrows are Back!
Grow The Tallest Sunflower!
Yes! the Boston Spa Festival is hoping to beat the 92 scarecrows we had last year in the 3 villages, Thorp Arch, Clifford & Boston Spa.
Competition open to Wetherby and surrounding areas. Win £100 for your school and £25 for the 1st place winner. Judged on 20th September 2021. To enter, like our Facebook page and comment on the post to let us know you will be entering. Share this with your friends.
The theme for 2021 is Disney Characters or Super-Heroes. If you are interested in participating, please phone David Watts - 01937 845592 or email info@fourgables.co.uk for an entry form; all forms are due back by 7 June. Any questions please email or call. If you are new to the village or would like to see examples of last year’s event, please go to the PC website for more info www.bostonspapc.org.uk/Scarecrow_ Trail_Gallery_32584.aspx
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A Family Recipe Shared Family Recipe - Picnic Slices
grandmothers used to make this but it was a firm favourite in her teens - my Mum no longer eats chocolate or sugar so I have to make it for myself now!
As it is most definitely (weather allowing) picnic season I thought I would share this recipe that I’ve recently started making again that is one of my family favourites.
It’s naturally gluten free and can be made dairy free too - beware it’s a bit addictive, my friends can’t get enough of it!
My Mum has this recipe hand-written in a little cream book, she can’t remember which of her Ingredients
Method
300g Chocolate
Grease and line a 20cm x 25cm shallow tin, preheat oven to Gas Mark 3, 160ºC.
75g Butter/Marge 150g Sugar (Coconut or caster sugar)
Melt chocolate in a bain-marie, pour into tin and leave to cool. Beat butter & sugar, add egg & mix until fluffy.
150g Coconut
Stir in coconut and cherries.
2 eggs
Spread over the top of the chocolate and bake for 45 minutes until golden on top.
100g glace cherries
After 5 minutes cut into slices. Leave in the tin until completely cool – Enjoy!
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Walton remembered... Bill Kilby’s Walton
Walking up Main Street away from the pub, the junction was much simpler with a triangle of grass, no-one ever knew who had the right of way, thankfully there wasn’t as many cars in those days. Forge House was a joinery and wheelwright owned by John Harker making wheels for horse carts. Across the road was a small grass paddock belonging to the Old Hall. This has now been developed into two dwellings.
On a cold, dark evening in early February 2020 I went to speak to Bill & Anne Kilby about the history of Walton since Bill arrived in the village aged 4. Bill and his family first moved to Hall Parks Farm, from Brook Hall Farm, Wighill on 4th April 1947, the same day his mother went into the local maternity hospital (Hazelwood Castle) to give birth to his younger brother. There was no electricity, mains water and one downstairs room even had a soil floor. The farmhouse dates back to the 1300s with a new wing extension dating from 1836.
Further up the street was the village shop owned by Mr & Mrs Thorley and later in the mid 1950s was taken over by Mr & Mrs Keighley. The shop itself which was tiny sold everything from a ‘pin to an elephant’, newspapers, cigarettes. and even vegetables from their extensive garden at the back of the shop. Mr Keighley would check the light bulbs in his own light socket to make sure they worked before they were sold to a customer. They also had a paper round in the village and along Grange Avenue. They later took over the Post Office from the Old Post House when it closed. Anne remembers Mrs Keighley, who was a very petite, prim & proper lady and was always immaculately ‘made up’
Bill walked me through the changes in the village over the last years - starting with the cricket club which was then up through the pub yard, the pavilion was an old railway carriage, the wicket was the only thing that was cut short, the rest of the outfield was long grass and a few nettles and thistles, so you didn’t get many two’s and three’s, usually single runs or a four.
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...by a longstanding resident with beautifully manicured painted nails. The shop was later converted back to a house before being sold to the current owner.
St Peter’s Church stood as ‘majestic’ then as it is today. For many years Reverend Lionel Griffiths was the vicar for Walton & Thorp Arch.
During the war and until the early 1950s the Jenkinsons at Croft House supplied concentrated orange juice to the village children. It was very sticky, didn’t taste very nice but was done as part of the government’s drive to ensure all children received their Vitamin C.
Moor Farm/Ivy House belonged to the Simpson family and both of these have now been developed into private dwellings. The Old Post House (at the top of the village looking down the village street) was the Post Office run by Mrs Jewitt. The front door took you straight into her room and her dining room table was the counter. The orchard belonging to the Post Office has now been developed into two large houses.
At Holly Cottage Roland Kay and his son Frank were agricultural contractors. They had threshing machines, a combine harvester and balers, they kept these in the yard which now has been developed into two houses - Sunrise & Wren Cottage.
The Village Hall was then known as the Village Institute. Very good dances were held there regularly, there was a very well attended Youth Club which along with many other village events was the centre of village entertainment.
Walnut Farm was a dairy farm belonging to Alan & Lilian Smith. During the summer they would walk their cows up and down Main Street to grazing land on Hall Park Road and the local kids would play hopscotch ‘in and out’ of the cow muck they left on the road (this gave me a good giggle). It became Cooper’s coal yard in the 1960s.
More from Bill’s memories in the next issue!
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A very special and rare tour...
Books & Much More!
When I was a child, I wanted to be a librarian, but then I found out they didn’t just get to sit and read the books all day and so I changed my mind! Lending Library for Science and Technology; with twenty miles of shelving, 125 miles of microfilm and 125 staff. At this time it became home to the ‘legal deposit’. An idea which can be traced back to around 1610 and which was enshrined in law by the Copyright Act of 1911. Put simply, it means that the British Library is one of six libraries in Great Britain and Ireland that is entitled to receive a free copy of everything published within the country. Everything means everything - including Causeway! The difference between the British Library and the other legal deposit libraries is that it must automatically receive these copies, whereas the other libraries have to request the publications. Later acts of parliament extended this requirement to include electronic documents and websites.
As an adult, I find libraries both soothing and stressful, all those books make me aware of my own mortality. I cannot possibly hope to read them all in my lifetime, or even several lifetimes; according to the British Library website, if I viewed 5 items a day, it would take me 80,000 years to view the whole collection. Although I had a vague idea that libraries are about more than borrowing the latest bestseller, I did not appreciate just how much more there is to them until I went on a tour of the British Library just before the first lockdown. Having visited, the difficulty now is knowing where to start with my description! As many Causeway readers will already know, the site was originally a munitions factory. Royal Ordnance Factory Thorp Arch (filling factory number eight) to be precise. In 1961 when the Thorp Arch site was opened, it was the National
In 1970 the National Central Library moved to Thorp Arch and it became the British Library Lending Division. And in 1973 the British Library Act led to the combining of a number of smaller 24
...of a fascinating building! allows older content to be read and used on modern machines. If you are unsure of what this means, think of playing Pong on your MacBook.
organisations into the British Library. In 2008 the decision was made to move the newspaper archives and low use items to Thorp Arch. By 2015 approximately two-thirds of the entire British Library collection was stored at the Thorp Arch site.
Our next stop was at the other end of the extreme; the Additional Storage Building, is almost entirely computerised. Here the items are stored in crates, each container is barcoded, with the barcode including information about the stock in the container, weighed and measured before being stored in tall, narrow stacks. If an item is recalled, it is found via the barcode, one of the seven robotic cranes is then sent in to retrieve the container and return it to the human operator who removes the requested item. Around 600 Reading Room requests are processed in this way every day and around 2,000 items per week are added into the long-term storage. In order to preserve these items the building is maintained at a constant temperature of 16ºC, 52% humidity and 15% oxygen. This low oxygen environment decreases the likelihood of fire as well as preserving the stock, but means that in the event of breakdown engineers work in pairs, with breathing equipment if they are likely to be in there for more than 20 minutes. Standing on the viewing platform, watching the cranes zip up and down the aisles was an extremely surreal experience. About as far from my cosy childhood image of a library as could be!
However, the collection does not just include books and newspapers, there are also; manuscripts, journals, magazines, photographs and slides, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, software, computers, maps, stamps, prints, drawings...alongside many other things I am sure I have missed from this list.
As well as all of this the library also began digitising the material it holds around ten years ago. The aim of this is to make as much of the collection available online as possible. The success of this is evident in the decline of Reading Room requests, from 4 million per year, to 500,000 in 2016. Despite this every weekday more than 1,000 items travel between the Thorp Arch and St Pancras sites.
In order to prevent future obsolescence, the library has begun the Digital Preservation Scheme. It was fascinating to walk into a room which contains the very early computers, including the BBC Micro and Sinclair ZX80 models my friends and I used at school. The purpose of these is not to exhibit or simply preserve the very early computers, but to be able to access and use the software, games, demos and floppy discs of the times. Many books and magazines included complimentary floppy discs, diskettes or CDs containing software and extra features, which today would be accessed through websites. In order to be able to read these in the future the library collects both hardware and software. They also work alongside specialists who write ‘emulator’ programmes; software which
Touring the library has given me a very different perspective on the purpose and scope of the library. The original 20 miles of shelving has become more than 460 miles and their Endangered Archive Programme has preserved over a million items and includes such treasures as the Magna Carta, Beethoven’s tuning fork and Leonardo DaVinci’s notebook. All of which is really impressive, but what really blows my mind is that the library is open to anyone who can show they have a genuine need to view the items in the collection. We are truly blessed to live so close to such a facility. VICTORIA 25
The Birds in Your Garden Jackdaws
When the female is laying, the male is especially vigilant and both adults put a lot of effort into rearing the young. As a survival strategy four or five eggs are laid, with the female starting incubation halfway through laying so that the last two chicks are smaller and thus subordinate if food is short.
I’ve had a pair of Jackdaws pretty much dominating my feeders recently. If the suet balls run out, they attack the mixed seeds intended for the sparrows. They’ve only been around the last couple of years and then only during winter and early spring, probably because their favourite food is in short supply, but with their numbers steadily climbing in the UK we’ll doubtless be seeing more of them.
Jackdaws have increased in abundance since the 1960s, following reduced persecution by farmers and gamekeepers and, helped by their highly varied diet of invertebrates and their larvae, seeds, nuts, fruit and carrion. Young songbirds nestlings are also taken, but this is not a major food source. Although not a particularly welcome visitor to feeding stations, Jackdaws will eat almost anything available, and, despite their size, are able to cling on to feeders. On the ground they will try jumping, pecking, clod-turning, probing the soil, and occasionally, digging. They catch flies around cow pats by jumping from the ground or by dropping from above onto the cow pat and can be seen riding on the backs of sheep seeking ticks, as well as gathering wool or hair for nests. Add to all the above grain (barley, wheat and oats), weed seeds, elderberries, acorns, and various cultivated fruits, and you can see why they are so successful.
Our smallest crow, the Jackdaw is a bird of woodland, parkland, coasts and urban areas. They are sociable birds, often seen in flocks, and given a good breeze, will perform joyous looking aerial acrobatics all the time repeating their short, loud ‘kya’ call. Their overall appearance is of a striking shiny black bird with a grey sheen to the back of the head; adult birds have startling pale eyes. Their intelligence is legendary, and they figure in myths throughout Europe, being reputed to steal shiny objects to keep in their nests, though there seems to be no truth in this. They were originally named Corvus monedula from the Latin word for money. Their common name probably comes from two separate words: ‘Jack’ meaning rogue or thief and ‘daw’ from their call.
MIKE GRAY
Jackdaws pair up in their first year, but only breed from the second. Genetic analysis of offspring shows no evidence of extra-pair mating, most bond for life. Widowed or separated birds fare badly, often being ousted from nests and territories. They usually breed colonially with pairs collaborating to find a nest site and defending it from other pairs and predators. They build their nests in cavities in trees or cliffs, in church steeples, ruined or occupied buildings and in chimneys, sometimes blocking them with nests crashing down into fireplaces, maybe with birds still on them. The essential requirement is a sheltered site. A nest platform can be reused and will increase in size each year: the pair drop sticks from above onto the chosen crevice, and build their nest on the platform so formed.
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All Saints’ Church Rev. Tricia Anslow 844789. Priest In Charge for Bramham Benefice, Rev. Nick Morgan 849471, 07387 728009, revnjmorgan@gmail.com. Parish Office 844402
Wetherby Ward Councillors Norma Harrington 01133 788 557. Alan Lamb via The Fox and Hounds. Linda Richards 0113 3788557 linda.richards@ leeds.gov.uk
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Causeway Magazine Secretary: Jane Clayton 843153. Editors: Lisa Sherratt and Victoria Etherington causeway.editor@gmail.com. Chair, Design, Advertising: John Pendleton jlp@proportionmarketing.co.uk
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