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Issue 67 - March - April 2016

Redcar youth community initiative nominated for inspirational award said: “Chloe, Lacey and Sophie should all be extremely proud to have made the shortlist for the Inspirational Group award. “Their Food 4 Thought @ Christmas project was a huge success. Their parcels of food and gifts reached over 300 local foodbank users. Making sure that the project delivered the parcels on time and within budget took a huge amount of preparation, work and dedication. “The project definitely had a positive impact on the girls. They have grown in confidence, developed new relationships and learnt new skills, all of which they are now applying in their personal life and studies. “We hope they have a great time at the awards ceremony and wish them the best of luck.” Sophie said: “We had a great time working

The organisers of the Food 4 Thought @ Christmas project: Chloe Pettite, Lacey Horton, Sophie McCormick

hree young friends from Redcar who formed their own community initiative have been shortlisted for an award. Food 4 Thought @ Christmas, the brainchild of Chloe Pettite and Lacey Horton, both aged 17, and Sophie McCormick, aged 19, has been shortlisted for the ‘Inspirational Group’ award by social enterprise, The Keys. The girls who are all part of Coast & Country Housing’s New Generation Group, were inspired by the closure of the SSI steelworks to form their own community initiative called ‘Food 4 Thought @ Christmas’, which delivered 80 parcels of food and gifts - enough for over 300 people - to foodbanks run by the Redcar Area

Foodbank, part of the Trussell Trust. The group were able to buy the supplies for the parcels after securing Stage 4 funding from The Keys, a social enterprise that encourages young people to use their passions and interests to run community-focussed projects with the aim of helping them to develop their skills for real world success. The judges at Keys shortlisted the girls for the Inspirational Group award after being moved by their community spirit following the closure of SSI, resourcefulness in sourcing donations and stretching their budget, and commitment to helping as many people as possible. Steph Pew, Community Investment Officer at Coast & Country nominated the group,

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through the steps in The Keys programme with the New Generation group. It was fantastic to see a project like that through from start to finish and it gave us a huge sense of satisfaction to know what we were able to make a positive impact within our community. “I would recommend that any young person in Redcar who lacks confidence or wants to gain some experience and organisational skills to join the New Generation Group and take part in The Keys programme. It teaches you so much, not only about the area we live in, but also about yourself and what you’re capable of. “I’m really nervous about the awards ceremony because I would really love to win. To take home the Inspirational Group award would be the icing on the cake of what has been an amazing experience.”

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Welcome to Coastal View & Moor News Issue 67

n this latest issue we are including articles about certain issues which will affect us all. Recently Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council voted to freeze council tax as promised the previous year, but to increase the precept (the additional amount we pay to Cleveland Fire and Cleveland Police) by 1.99% in each case as well as implementing the Government’s proposed precept of 2% to pay for Social Care locally! So despite the lack of policing on some of our streets and the closure of some front desk offices, the cost of our policing is going up! You can read the full article on the page opposite (Page 3) Next up will be the cuts that our local council has to make due to the cuts on funding from central government. No doubt you will be reading more about that in Coastal View during the coming months, but there are recent rumours that the Link bus service and faith school transport will be affected by these cuts. Some of the problems of our communities just won’t go away. One of these is the dog fouling issue which seems to blight the whole area; so much so that the council has put out an appeal for the public to make suggestions as to how we can tackle it. Read more on page 14. We have also included stories about the fight to save allotments in Guisborough

(page 13) as well as pleas from a local councillor to close toilets in Loftus (page 11 ). This issue contains the regular Freebrough Flyer, which is included inside Coastal View three times a year telling readers the great stories and achievements from Freebrough Academy and the surrounding primary schools. As always we include news of local successes and community achievements by the many volunteers who do such great things and therefore create so many good news stories. Even HRH Prince Charles on his recent visit to Redcar commented on the resilience of the people in our communities. As promised in the last issue, we have included details of the RCBC Pride Awards, given to employees who go above and beyond the call of duty. We had, as previously mentioned, the pleasure of presenting the Volunteer Award and on page 7 you can read more as well as see a photo of all the winners, with Lynne (the avid Leeds’ fan) making a new friend of the Boro footballer, Albert Adomah! (What a lovely man) On the subject of football, the area has recently lost the man who is probably going to be remembered more famously as the voice of the Boro, Ali Brownlee. This is a massive loss to the local game and Ali is fondly remembered, not just for his passion

for Middlesbrough Football Club, but also for his fundraising activities. Ali was closely linked with Mike Findley’s MND charity for which he helped raise £1000’s. Read Mike’s tribute to Ali on page 47. For the ones of you who may not be aware, Steve and I met in 1998, on the Greek island of Kos, where we were both living and working. In 2001 we got married there! On page 52 you will find a full page feature about two of our friends from Kos, Emma of Kos Weddings and Peter from Kool Pool and if you are planning a wedding in future, take a look at what they can offer you. Each month we receive requests for advertisements, articles and letters after the deadline. Sorry but we get so much sent to us it isn’t always possible to include it all especially if it’s received late. Each month we publish the next paper’s deadlines on this page. so to give your article or letter a chance of being published please stick to them. Don’t forget to put your clocks one hour forward on Easter Sunday as British Summertime begins. We hope you enjoy reading this issue.

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“Labour’s budget for fairness for Redcar and Cleveland” accepted by Council

edcar and Cleveland Borough Council recently agreed a budget proposed by the Council’s ruling Labour Group; Labour will now be delivering on their election promises to freeze Council Tax and protect adult social care services. Councillor Sue Jeffrey, Redcar and Cleveland Council leader said: “This is a budget which delivers our promise to freeze Council Tax at a very difficult time for many. “But Government have made it clear that cash to fund the additional cost of care for the growing number of vulnerable older people in our Borough must be raised locally. This means we have not been able to avoid the “Adult Social Care Precept”, this is a levy of 2% of our Council Tax base. “Overall, Government cuts mean we have less spending power than many wealthier Boroughs in England. We have cut £56m since 2010, we will have a further £7.4m reduction in spending power this year and more to come. In total, in the ten years to the end of the decade Redcar and Cleveland will have had to manage nearly £90m of cuts. “This is grossly unfair particularly in the light of the massive job losses we have experienced including at SSI and Boulby Potash, and what is worse government plans mean more and more we will depend on what cash we can raise from local people and businesses to fund essential services. “Despite this blow I am determined that Redcar and Cleveland will have a prosperous future and will fight to bring new jobs and investment to the Borough, both through the

work of the Council and as part of the new Tees Valley Combined Authority. “We put this budget before the full council at the Full Council Budget meeting. We are a minority party, but despite this, no amendments whatsoever to alter or vary our budget proposals were made by any of our three main opposition groups. The budget will therefore be based on a number of main principles; • No rise in Council Tax • Acceptance of the 2% Adult Care Precept • A ban on borrowing by the council in the coming financial year for capital projects • Variations in the use of the “Minimum Revenue Provision” which allows for adjustments to the debt repayment of local

Get your healthy heart check in Loftus

oftus residents are being encouraged to take advantage of free healthy heart checks taking place every Tuesday from now until March 29th. Public health experts from the Tees Valley Public Health Shared Service are working in partnership with Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council to deliver the checks between 10am and 4pm at the Old Co-op Community Building on Loftus High Street. As part of a rolling programme of community health checks within Redcar and Cleveland, the checks are available on a walk-in basis and do not need to be prebooked. The checks will assess the risk of residents developing cardiovascular disease and consist of a blood pressure and cholesterol check, pulse monitoring, a body mass index calculation and a lifestyle questionnaire. They are available to anyone aged 40-74 who has not been diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases like high blood

pressure, heart disease, diabetes, or kidney disease; is not taking medication for high blood pressure or cholesterol; and has not had a healthy heart check in the last five years. Cllr Lynn Pallister, Cabinet Member for Health and Housing at Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council said: “The healthy heart check will take about 20 minutes, which could prevent more long term illnesses developing as well as save lives. “So we are encouraging as many people as possible to take part and receive this fantastic health advice for free.” If you would like more information on the health checks visit www.healthcheck.nhs. uk. Some pre-bookable appointments are available by contacting Roxanne Conway on 01642 302782

councils and which can produce annual savings We put this budget forward in the belief that this is a budget for fairness for the people of our Borough, and we now intend to build on today’s council verdict which was to endorse that budget.” East Cleveland Independent councillor for Lockwood Ward, Steve Kay, who voted against the budget, told Coastal View: “The Labour budget is hardly a ‘budget for fairness’ when it has slammed the hard pressed council tax payer with a totally unnecessary 2% hike. “Labour is playing with words and with the people of Redcar & Cleveland. At last year’s local elections, they promised that ‘to help tackle the cost of living crisis, we will freeze

your council tax bill for at least the next two years. “With the closure of SSI and job losses at Cleveland Potash, what was a ‘cost of living crisis’ is now a matter of survival for many families. Yet, despite what they said at election time, Labour has broken its promise by disguising the 2% rise as a ‘social care precept’. To the hard pressed council tax payer 2% is 2%, no matter what Labour calls it. “The ‘social care precept’ is the creation of Conservative chancellor, George Osborne. Whether it’s Europe, the combined authority, a mayor for Tees Valley, or the social care precept, Labour constantly dances to the Tory tune. When they do think up policies for themselves, they inevitably go back on them; nationally with Trident and locally with our taxes. What is Labour up to? They are bereft of ideas and out of tune with ordinary people. “Local Labour blames Tory cutbacks for the council tax level, whilst forgetting the interest on the millions they borrowed to fill Redcar with ‘follies’ like the Vertical Pier and the Hub. Even today there is tremendous wastage, for example on ‘Communications’, including the council magazine, which total £600,000 a year! “Last year, the Coalition REDUCED council tax by 1%, which, thanks to Labour, was the first time there had ever been a reduction in Redcar & Cleveland’s history. Now, back in control, and true to form, Labour has jumped at the chance to overturn all the good work with a local tax increase that will push some of our hard-working families over the edge.”

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Spade Oddity

Royal Visit to Cadets

Saltburn youngsters to grow seeds from space!

earners at Saltburn Learning Campus are preparing to become space biologists and embark on a voyage of discovery by growing seeds that have been into space. Since September last year, 2kg of rocket seeds have spent several months in microgravity on the International Space Station and will return to earth this month. The seeds have been sent as part of Rocket Science, an educational project launched by the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and the UK Space Agency. Saltburn Primary School, with support from Huntcliff School, were chosen along with other national schools to receive a packet of 100 seeds from space, which they will grow alongside those that haven’t been to space, and will measure the differences over 7 weeks. Learners won’t know which seed packet contains which seeds until all results have been collected by the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and analysed by professional biostatisticians.

This experiment will enable young people to think more about how we could preserve human life on another planet in the future, what astronauts need to survive long-term missions in space and the difficulties surrounding growing fresh food in challenging climates. Mrs Axe, Science Coordinator in Saltburn Primary School, said: “We are very excited to be taking part in Rocket Science. I was really excited when I got told at the beginning of February that the application I made was successful.” Rocket Science is just one educational project from a programme developed by the UK Space Agency to celebrate British ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s mission to the ISS and inspire young people to look into careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, including horticulture. Follow the developments on Twitter: @ SaltburnLCampus and the project direct: @ RHSSchools #RocketScience

Gisborough Priory Gardens Snowdrop Sunday

n Sunday 28 February, Gisborough Priory Gardens hosted its annual Snowdrop Sunday. This event also marked the start of the 2016 season at Gisborough Priory which has been closed over the winter but reopened regularly again from Wednesday 2 March. On Snowdrop Sunday visitors were able to stroll between the great lime trees of the Monks’ Walk and see the hundreds of snowdrops that have grown there for many years. With the mild winter weather this year, there were other spring flowers to enjoy as well as the delicate white blooms of the snowdrops. An added attraction was the presence of local snowdrop expert, Mike Heagney of Tudor Croft Gardens in Guisborough, who was selling some rare and unusual species of snowdrops and sharing his knowledge and love of snowdrops with visitors. Other spring flowers are also starting to appear. Drifts of winter aconites are in flower among the

horse chestnut trees, their golden flowers shining in the winter sun. Many more bulbs, including crocus and cyclamen, have been planted over the last year. There was tea, coffee and home-made cakes available to sample during the afternoon as well as plenty of information about the history of the gardens and new developments available from the volunteers working there. All the money raised will go towards the continuing volunteer-led garden restoration scheme. Gisborough Priory Project volunteer, Jenny Thomas, said: “This is our first open day of the year - a wonderful chance for everyone to see snowdrops and other signs of spring emerging in this beautiful setting.” Regular opening hours from March 2nd will be Wednesdays to Sundays, and Bank Holiday Mondays, between 10am and 3pm and entry is free. Volunteer custodians will be available during opening hours to help and inform visitors.

Being a pilot HRH The Prince of Wales was also interested in the simulator and what type of aircraft was being flown. By Cliff Foggo William Turner Road, opposite the Turners Mill pub, and provides facilities for year 8 n 17th February HRH The Prince of pupils to age 21. The Sqn parades on a Monday Wales visited Redcar and spent a hour and Friday at 7pm till 9.15pm and the cadets at the Combined Cadet new Building where participate in various activities which help he met with cadets, parents and staff. to improve their capabilities and also enjoy During the visit he saw Air Cadets operating themselves. a new flight simulator and performing First In addition they can take part in air experience Aid while the Army Cadets displayed their flights at RAF Leeming, gliding at RAF weapon handling skills. The cadets were excited Topcliffe and have the opportunity to take part to be meeting the Prince and worked hard in in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme, preparation for the visit. adventurous training, shooting, first aid and The new building had been opened by the sports. There are also opportunities to go on Lord Lieutenant of The County in September week long camps to operational RAF Stations 2015 and provides a modern and well equipped where the cadets see all aspects of how a station venue for cadets to learn and enjoy activities in. works and, if a flying station, may have the The Prince talked to most of the cadets, opportunity to get airborne in whatever aircraft showing an interest in their development and is based there. activities. Anyone interested in joining can come to any 2394 Sqn Air Cadets is based in Redcar on parade night.

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Primary school shows heart with life saving defibrillator

Redcar & Cleveland village primary school has installed life saving equipment thanks to the fundraising efforts of parent and St John Ambulance workplace first aid trainer, Nicky Francis. St Peter’s Church of England Primary school in Brotton, near Saltburn by the Sea, has shown heart in safeguarding the welfare of its 330 pupils, staff and the wider rural community, by investing in an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) - a portable electronic machine which shocks the heart to restart it after a cardiac arrest. Parent Nicky Francis from Brotton whose three children attend the school raised more than £500 to fund the defibrillator when she donned a Bat Woman costume and ran the Loch Ness Marathon last year. Teachers and staff have been trained by St John Ambulance to use the life saving equipment and it has now been installed outside the school’s sports hall in a cabinet funded by the PTA, so that it is easily accessible to the public Two pupil groups from Years 4 and 6 have also enrolled on a two hour St John Ambulance first aid training course, as part of the school’s commitment to championing learning life saving skills. Richard Unthank, Head Teacher at St Peter’s C of E Primary School said: “We regularly run after school clubs, out of hours sports events and also

Pictured L-R - Nicky Jarvis, St John Ambulance Workplace trainer; with St Peter’s pupils Eva-mae Francs (aged 10); Angus Francis (aged 6) and Stan Francis (aged 8) with Head Teacher Richard Unthank open up our sports hall to community classes and events. We were inspired by Nicky to invest in a defibrillator to protect our pupils, staff and the local community. “As a rural school, we felt it was an important thing to do in case of an emergency situation to give us peace of mind that if needed, both

the school and community has access to this vital equipment. We’d like to thank Nicky for her fundraising success and for supporting us with the training,” continued Richard. In the UK, one person suffers a heart attack, which can lead to cardiac arrest, every two minutes and as many as one in three will die before

they reach hospital. For each minute that passes without defibrillation, the chances of survival fall by up to 10%. Survival rates increase by more than 50% if a defibrillator is used within the first four minutes. Thirteen per cent of workplace casualties are cardiac arrest victims.* Nicky Francis, a lead training assessor with the workplace training division of St John Ambulance , based in Middlesbrough said: ‘I am delighted the school has supported the purchase of an AED and that I was able to help towards the cost of the equipment through my fundraising activities. “I hope it encourages other schools and local businesses to follow suit. Anyone who has experienced someone dying of a cardiac arrest on their premises knows it’s extremely traumatic and upsetting for everyone involved. “We know that those deaths can be dramatically reduced with this easy to use machine. We provide training, but it is actually so straightforward it tells you what to do itself, enabling anyone to be the difference between a life lost and a life saved.” continued Nicky. St John Ambulance recommends that schools and businesses have at least one defibrillator that is accessible. For more information about AEDs or first aid training through St John Ambulance call 0844 770 4800 or visit www.sja.org. uk/training

“Clean for the Queen” in Lingdale

By Gloria Robinson

n the run up to the Queen’s birthday on 21 April, the Lockwood Parish Council followed the nationwide appeal to “Clean for the Queen” and arranged a litter pick event in Lingdale to coincide with the “Dross Day” laid on by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. O n 2 9 F e b r u a r y, P a r i s h Councillors as well as Claire Bognar, Community Development Officer for Redcar & Cleveland BC, and Borough Cllr. Steve Kay, together with a host of pupils from the Lingdale Primary School, set off armed with litter picks and refuse bags to give Lingdale a thorough spring cleaning. The community spirit ran high whilst many bags were filled with all kinds of litter and the hot drink provided by the Lockwood Parish Council office was a very welcome conclusion to the event. A big “Thank You” goes to Redcar & Cleveland BC for laying on the Dross Day, giving many people the chance to dispose of their large waste items, and to the Clean and Green Team for their hard work collecting many mountains of dross.

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Men’s Shed Redcar for the People’s Project Lottery TV vote

en’s Shed Redcar (a project of Footprints in the Community) is one of only five groups in the Tyne Tees Region to be shortlisted to compete for the public vote and the chance to win £50,000 of Big Lottery Fund cash in ITV’s The People’s Projects TV Competition. Men’s Shed recently made a bid for viewers’ support to win the £50,000, with the public voting online to decide who wins the prize. On Monday 29 February Men’s Shed highlighted on Tyne Tees TV the pilot project which has been running for the past six months and how this has had a positive impact in the lives of local men. Ruth Fox, founder and manager of Footprints in the Community, states: “Men often don’t talk face to face but will talk shoulder to shoulder. The Men’s Shed is a typical shed – where men can go and be themselves and work alongside other men, building friendships and confidence. The North East has one of the highest rates of male suicide; Men’s Shed has a positive effect on both the

mental and physical health of men. Imagine you’ve worked all your life, being part of a team, having work mates around you and suddenly, for whatever reason, that comes to an end. It may be retirement, ill-health or

Achievements recognised at PRIDE Awards ceremony redundancy – whatever – but this can lead to times of loneliness and isolation – Men’s Shed can help fill that gap.” If successful in winning the £50,000 the Men’s Shed in Redcar will be able to expand the work it’s already doing and plans to set up a second shed in the East Cleveland area. To support Men’s Shed Redcar PLEASE

he achievements of staff and apprentices were celebrated on Thursday, January 21, as Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council held its annual PRIDE Awards at Kirkleatham Museum. The awards recognise staff from all departments of the council as well as the dedication of apprentices working both at the council and in other businesses across Redcar and Cleveland. Eleven awards were handed out at the event including the Team of the Year Award, Innovation Award and the Geoff Waterfield Memorial Trophy for Apprentices, named in memory of the man crucial in bringing steel making back to Teesside in 2012. Taking top honours as Employee of the Year was Geraldine Handley, Recovery and Independence Manager at the council, who was praised by her team for her quick thinking and dedicated management of a service that helps residents make the transition from hospital care to their own home. Geraldine and the Recovery & Independence team received a ‘Good’ rating from the CQC in 2014 in recognition of the work they’ve done. The Mayor of Redcar and Cleveland, Cllr Brenda Forster, said: “I was delighted to be able to give the Employee of the Year Award to such a dedicated member of staff. Geraldine regularly goes above and beyond for residents in the borough and I’m pleased her hard work and commitment has been recognised.” Also being recognised at the PRIDE Awards was Michael Wilks, the winner of the Geoff

Waterfield Memorial Trophy. Michael, an Early Help Apprentice, was nominated by a number of his colleagues for his desire to achieve and his passion to learn new things. His colleagues also highlighted the positive results he achieves professionally and personally when faced with challenges not always within his comfort zone. Due to the number of excellent entries in the category, Business Support Apprentice Amy Williams also received a commendation. Amy only started working for the council in July 2015 but quickly showed she was willing to go above and beyond her normal duties with the assistance she provided as part of the SSI Response Team, and her helpful manner in answering queries from allotment holders. Both awards were presented in Geoff’s memory by his partner Sheryl Petite and his son Wills Waterfield. Leader of Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, Cllr Sue Jeffrey, said: “I am pleased for everyone who has won an award this year in recognition of the great work they have been doing for the council. I think it is important to recognise the valuable contributions made by all members of staff in ensuring residents receive a top quality service from the council. “I would also like to thank all the guests that volunteered their time to give out awards at the event. It was great to see so many of the council’s partners praising the work our staff does day-in day-out with them and members of the public.” For more information on all the winners, go to: www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/pride.

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News from Friends of Skelton Community Orchard

from Skelton Primary School in this activity. As the weather improves we will clear and plant up the area behind the new wall, using some of the surplus sandstone to build a rockery in a shady area at the top left corner of the Orchard. Ringrose Orchard will open officially in May but in the meantime everyone is welcome to visit and see the progress that is being made. Also, if you have an hour or two to spare please come along to lend a hand. Volunteers are usually on site Monday and Thursday mornings or you can telephone 01287 654132 for further details

Open Gardens

Ringrose Orchard

hroughout the winter our four enthusiastic, and hardy, volunteers—John Chapman, Roger Pell, Derek Hedges and Stuart White--have continued to work every Monday and Thursday morning, weather permitting!! The main object of their efforts has been to demolish and rebuild the

sandstone wall which bounds the Cleveland Way path leading from The Hills down to the High Street. This task is now complete-and a good job it is too. We have been supported by Skelton Estates who have allowed us to select appropriate blocks of sandstone to enable a strong wall to be constructed. Also, we are grateful to Green’s Builders

Merchants, who donated a wheel barrow to help with this work.

Additionally

• In conjunction with Paul Murphy, Countryside Ranger and his apprentices, a larger group of volunteers have learned how to construct a willow tunnel which leads to the bug hotel, bird feeding area and fruit and veg. garden.

• Philip Atkinson, wrought iron worker from Marske, has designed and installed a gateway leading into the Orchard from the Cleveland Way. • During March/early April we aim to release on to the site perhaps two rescue hedgehogs, which have been over-wintering at the Kirkleatham Owl Centre. Hopefully we will be able to include the ‘eco warriors’

After last year’s inaugural, and successful, opening, which raised a staggering £5,400 for the benefit of Skelton Villages Civic Pride, we aim to consolidate Skelton’s place on the open gardens calendar by organising a similar event this year, on the w/ end 25/26th June. Mr Anthony Wharton has kindly agreed to open the grounds of Skelton Castle again, and we have some different, and interesting, gardens for the public to enjoy. This year’s proceeds will go to the Great North Air Ambulance. We a r e s t i l l k e e n t o r e c r u i t additional ‘openers’ so, if you have a garden that you would like to share with others, and meet like-minded people, please telephone Gill 01287 650534 with your details.

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 67 - March - April 2016

Owl, bird and bat boxes

By Roy Richie

started making bird boxes when I was in the building trade. We always had short ends of timber and leftovers, so I started using these leftovers to construct the bird boxes, which were mainly tit boxes as they were easy to make and the most popular. I made the boxes up and would leave them outside wherever we were working with a note saying, ‘FREE please take one,’ and by the end of the day they were all gone. When I retired I carried on making the boxes for tits, robins, wrens, blackbirds, sparrow hotels, barn, tawny and little owls as well as bat boxes. I’ve spoken to farmers locally about putting the

boxes onto their land and they have been very good and so far none have said No! A pair of barn owls, can, with chicks, eat up to 6000-7000 rodents a year. They are superb in flight and if you are lucky, beautiful birds to see. They are also natural born killers, with brilliant hearing, silent in flight and can hunt in total darkness. They are very tolerant of noise and activity when nesting and are the farmers perfect friend. I’m always on the lookout for wood and exterior ply and I do get some off cuts from a local builders merchants, but if anybody has any good scrap timber they don’t want I would willingly collect it. If you can help Roy please contact Coastal View (details on page 2) for more information.

Cleveland Fire Brigade supports Register My Appliance

leveland Fire Brigade is urging shoppers to register their fridges, freezers and washing machines as a safety measure to reduce the risk of fires in the home. Recent research shows thousands of consumers are still missing out on product safety warnings for their white goods. There are over 100 million large appliances in use in our homes and we keep them a very long time, but less than half (47%) of consumers registered the last product they bought. Unlike cars, this leaves the vast majority untraceable if a safety action becomes necessary. Usually a simple, free, in-home fix by a qualified technician is all that is needed to put the product back on track for a long safe life. But manufacturers need to identify and contact owners swiftly to organise a repair. At www.registermyappliance.org.uk the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances (AMDEA) provides quick and easy access to the registration pages of 62 leading brands. The Register my appliance portal - whose growing number of supporters includes the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), Age UK, Citizens Advice and Electrical Safety First (ESF) -also provides valuable advice on correct maintenance, safe

usage and installation, product standards and testing, guarantees and warranties, consumer rights, a product recall listing and the AMDEA Code of Practice on Product Safety. Phil Lancaster, Director of Community Protection at Cleveland Fire Brigade said: “Everyone should put registering appliances at the top of their to-do list in the interests of the safety of their homes and families. On this portal most manufacturers also offer registration of large white goods that are up to 12 years old and keying in details of both old and new appliances is time well spent.”

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Everything under one roof as local business expands

he Dales Farm family business in Easington, off the A174 Whitby Road, started back in 2006, as Farm Direct and selling pet food and animal feeds. Family member Keith Dale told Coastal View: “We have always taken great pride in our home grown family business, that started out with a few cows and it just developed from there.” Keith went on to say: “We have always practised mixed farming, with arable cropping and livestock and we sell as much produce as we can off our own farm. “We aim to cut out the middle man and by diversifying the business we have shortened the chain by producing local products and selling them directly to the public.” Recently, this community minded family have opened a great new building, which now houses so much more under one roof and it now combines a farm shop, country store and garden centre as well as the welcomed addition of the Meadow View Tea Rooms, named because customers can enjoy

scenic views across the nearby fields and woods and run by Keith’s daughter, Katrina along with her Mum, Beverley. The tea rooms also have an outdoor patio seating area. Katrina said: “The local people have really supported us with the tea rooms and it has become a meeting place for some of the elderly people from the village as well as walking clubs and bikers and has resulted in bookings for the local over 60s club. “We have recently started doing Sunday Roasts which have proved to be very popular.” Keith admits that it wasn’t always easy to get the new business up and running, saying: “This is by far the biggest challenge we have had to face, with mountains to climb, but we got there in the end.” As a result of the expansion of the business, eight new jobs have been created for local people increasing the staffing level from four to 12. There is a new car park area and a wider access for vehicles coming in off the A174 and the facility is on one level making it ideal for disabled people to visit.

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 67 - March - April 2016

Councillor calls for public toilets closure, on safety grounds

oftus Ward Borough Councillor, Wayne Davies is calling on Loftus Town Council to act in the public’s best interests and temporarily close the public toilets on Water Lane, in Loftus, after numerous incidents of drug paraphernalia being left in cubicles, causing a massive risk to the general public, including children and staff. Councillor Davies said: “I feel this is the only option available at this time, until the Town Council can safeguard its users. Although the majority of users probably use these facilities as intended, it only takes one incident and the council runs the risk of being subjected to breach of care allegations.” The toilets are owned by Redcar and

Cleveland Borough Council, but managed by Loftus Town Council and recently the toilets have seen a huge increase of drug related debris being found by members of staff from the town council. Councillor Davies added: “The increase in drug related debris across Loftus has been significant for over the past year or two, which points to potential poor control measures taken by our local ‘drug friendly’ locations such as, chemists and lifeline, which operate needle exchanges within the town centre. “It’s maybe a good time to review these units and see what needs to be done, to reduce incidents like this from happening in future.” Mrs Alison Atkinson, Clerk to the Council, confirmed that the matter of drug paraphernalia finds in the Sanitary bins at the Water Lane public toilet was discussed in full at the February meeting of Loftus Town Council, due to an apparently isolated but significant increase in finds over the Christmas and New Year period, and that after a vote the Council resolved to keep the Public Toilets open. Cllr Mike Hodgson, Chair of Loftus Town Council explained: “The Town Council sees the Public toilets as a resource that serves both the residents of the town and visitors. Loftus became a Walkers Are Welcome town last year and as such we do get an increasing number of hikers visiting the town, as the Cleveland Way runs so near and as we do have such a wealth of beautiful scenery, world-class geology and archaeology - we need to have facilities such as public toilets to serve these visitors.” Mrs Atkinson added that the Town Council is aware it has a responsibility to take reasonable precautions to minimise crime and disorder, including drug usage. There are already notices asking people to use the bins only for the disposal of sanitary waste and others giving contact details for the Lifeline organisation. She added: “We have been in discussion with Police, Lifeline and the Substance Misuse and Neighbourhood teams at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council to endeavour to improve the situation. Monitoring is now daily - it isn’t pleasant for staff to deal with, but if we simply closed the toilets then we risk encouraging people to use drugs in even more public locations - like public parks and bus shelters. “Since the beginning of February, there have only been four finds of paraphernalia - all in the sanitary bins, and all immediately removed. People can be assured that it is safe to use the public toilets in Loftus, and if they do find anything untoward they should immediately report it to the to the Council in the Town Hall.”

East Redcar Residents` Association

he Residents` Association was pleased to have Coastal View`s own editors Lynne & Steve Nicholls along to their April meeting. Steve was the guest speaker and he had attracted a record audience. Ken Bibby, Chairman, welcomed Steve to the meeting and remarked on how popular this community paper had now become. The most frequent question Ken was asked was always: “When can we have the next Coastal View?” He also praised the charity work that Steve & Lynne were involved in. Steve then gave a brief history on how he and Lynne had developed the paper since its conception in 2010. He covered all the various aspects that the paper reported on – political issues, local news, various campaigns, community affairs, leisure topics, regular features such as cooking recipes, travel and many others. The paper was now distributed over a wide area along the coast and inland to the moors area, Guisborough, etc. About 75,000 people now read the paper – many abroad. It was even read by David Cameron & Theresa May to name but a few. Ken thanked Steve for such an interesting and enlightening presentation. He congratulated both Steve & Lynne for the work they put into such an excellent publication and also for their charity work. He also complimented them on the great awards night they held each year. The presentation by various Young Carers had been

very moving and the entertainment provided by the Earthbeat handicapped people exceptional. He also commented on local businesses supporting the paper with advertisements. These had been quite effective and local businesses such as Car Care at the Marske Longbeck estate had had their business recommended by many readers of Coastal View. Both Ken & his wife had moved all their car servicing, etc. to Car Care several years ago and had been very pleased with their service. ( 01642 478516). Steve got a resounding round of applause and both he and Lynne a further round of applause as they left the meeting. The next meeting of the association will be on Thursday April 7th at 7pm in St.Peter`s Church, Redcar. The guest speaker will be Paul Murphy – Countryside Ranger.

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No bigger gift than that of time to read and listen “It takes a village to raise a child” goes the proverb and we believe that to be true and equally being part of a community means helping more than just our own children.

ot all the children of this area are lucky enough to have been introduced to wonderful books at an early age. Not every child gets a bedtime story, or has the opportunity to take that step into another world of fabulous characters or unforgettable adventures. Sadly, for many thousands of children who struggle with reading, that door remains firmly closed – and success in life can be severely restricted. We find that sad, especially as a region with some high levels of deprivation and high unemployment rates the future for some children will be challenging in itself. It’s also really important as reading for pleasure is a recognised indicator of future academic success, more important than wealth or social background. Beanstalk is looking for volunteers in Redcar and Cleveland. We have more than 30 children across the area who would benefit greatly from additional one-to-one support we just need to find the right people to do that. Like you, we know that life is better when everyone can read well and express themselves with confidence. We also know that teachers are doing their very best and understand that there isn’t always time in school for teachers and teaching assistants to provide continual one-toone support. Some children just need more time with an adult. If you have a little time to spare each week, we will provide you with everything you need

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Dormanstown Library – there’s more to us than you think!

ormanstown Library is tucked away between a local fish shop and butchers in Farndale Square in Dormanstown. Have you visited us recently? We may be small but we’re a typical modern library and packed full of good things. As a multifunction use building, as well as offering the usual book lending we have a wide range of services that may surprise you. We are the gateway to the Council and can provide information that you require or if staff are not able to help, we can point you in the direction of the correct person or department you need. We provide information and forms for Council services – examples of these include blue badge permits, concessionary travel passes and resident parking permits. We can also forward any returned forms or information provided to the relevant departments. You can gain access to the internet on our computers for free, although there is a charge for any printing you do. We also provide a photocopying service which is of excellent quality.

We stock a range of adult, teenage and junior books. We have titles available in both large print and spoken word formats. We are also able to obtain books from other libraries within the Borough for you. Outside organisations use our premises as a place to meet clients and customers and we have a small meeting room available. The local Police hold a monthly surgery here. The dates of which vary so please contact the library for details of the next surgery. We have a Friendship Group for adults who meet on the 1st Monday of each month at 2.15pm. They enjoy a chat and a cup of tea and always welcome new friends to the group. Why not come along and join them! Our activities and events change over time so please check with library staff. Currently, our list for children includes: Tuesdays Under 5s pop-in: 10am – 11am Wednesday Colouring & drawing session: 3.30pm – 4.30pm Friday Tiny tunes for the under 5s: 10am – 11am Games: 3.30pm – 4.30pm Everyone is welcome in Dormanstown Library and we always do our best to ensure you leave satisfied with our service here. Why don’t you pop in and see what we have to offer – you will be guaranteed a warm and friendly welcome. To contact us, please telephone 01642 483626 or email dormanstown_library@redcarcleveland.gov.uk Full details of events & activities are listed on www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/libraries

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 67 - March - April 2016

Fears over future of popular Guisborough allotments

abour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland has called on the Conservative Chair of Guisborough Parish Council to quash the developing rumours that he has had talks with Lord Gisborough regarding plans to sell of the town’s Wilton Lane allotments. It is believed that Malcolm Griffiths, the Conservative Parish Council Chair, has had discussions with Lord Gisborough’s estate regarding the possible sale of the Wilton Lane allotments and surrounding area to a housing developer. Tom said: “Part of the land where the allotments are was purchased on behalf ‘of the denizens’ Guisborough after World War Two and some have been managed by the same families for over 100 years. “I have written to Guisborough Parish Council and Malcolm Griffiths to seek assurances that the town’s allotments will not be lost now, or in the future. I will be working with Guisborough Borough Councillor Shelagh Holyoake and Labour Town councillors to make sure that the allotments are saved for future generations. Labour Candidate for the Hutton ward byelection Ian Taylor added: “The residents of Guisborough have a right to know what the Chair of their Parish Council has discussed with local land owners, especially if it was about the future of the town.” A petition calling for the Parish Chair to make a statement regarding the future of the allotment is available to sign at TomBlenkinsop.com/ save-wilton-lane-allotments Malcolm S Griffiths, Chairman of Guisborough Town Council told Coastal View: “I was initially advised by a concerned third party of the MP’s email petition and the MP’s intention to notify myself and Guisborough Town Council by letter, but as of yet no letter has been received.

Tom with Ian Taylor, Labour candidate for Hutton ward by-election at the allotments “In regard to the, I suggest manufactured, rumour referred to, it appears to have emanated from a small number who’s infantile intent does those responsible little credit, I also include the MP. “However as requested, I am absolutely delighted and able to confirm I have have never engaged in discussions regarding our Wilton Lane Allotment site with either Lord Gisborough or Gisborough Estates in the past or present! “This small cartel rumour-mongering destroy their own credibility by ignoring that highly qualified and experienced estate professionals manage large estates, not Parish or Town

Centenary Commemoration project

By Quita Owen

ields in Trust (the old National Playing Fields Association) are currently running a Centenary Commemoration project with the Royal British Legion to mark and protect any site which has what they call “a tangible link” with the First World War. This could be an open green space with a memorial cenotaph or obelisk, a war memorial park or garden, or an open space named after someone or known to have been used for something connected with WWI. The sites would then be legally protected and provided

with an attractive commemorative plaque. I think “indoor” memorials such as a village hall could also be eligible, provided there is an ongoing community use, though they would prefer something outdoor. The hope is that at least one suitable site will be found in every local authority area, but so far they haven’t been able to identify much in the North East region as a whole, and would therefore be very grateful for any help with this project locally. If you did want to know more, the website is www.fieldsintrust.org/centenaryfields.aspx

Councillors. “He seeks an assurance for the present and future, for the present, I am aware this MP already knows the Lease for these Allotments expires in 2023. I decline to predict the future, but do believe that any future Town Council would seek a renewal of this lease in regard to the continuation of Allotments in 2023 from Gisborough Estates. “Since the MP’s Petition started, many who are now aware of the correct factual circumstances they consider the MP is

engaging in a personal vendetta, and I am extremely grateful to those who have contacted myself proffering their support. “Our Allotment holders, many who have committed countless tens of thousands of man hours and, in many cases thousands of pounds deserve and rightly expect to be treated with equal respect. In this instance they have been badly let down by the staggeringly naive only intent on spreading vexatious question of no real substance, in doing so they achieve nothing positive but to provoke unneeded concern.”

Coastal View & Moor News Issue 67 - March - April 2016

Views wanted on dog-fouling crackdown

ough new powers to clamp down on dog-foulers have been proposed and the council wants residents’ views. In a bid to tackle dog owners who think it is acceptable to not pick up after their pet, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council is proposing three new offences along with a more expensive fixed penalty notice to act as a stronger deterrent. The new offences, which would be grouped alongside existing offences under a wide ranging Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), are: Failure to have the means to pick up after a dog, requiring dogs to be kept on leads in to-be-determined areas and banning dogs from fenced-off children’s playgrounds. Enforcement Officers will be enforcing the new offences from July 2016 and will be issuing fines of £100 to anyone who flouts the PSPO. Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council could become one of the first authorities in the UK to implement the new PSPO legislation and it is hoped this will benefit the wider community. The feedback residents give during the consultation period, which runs until Monday, April 11, will help decide the final content in the new order. T h e s e n e w o ff e n c e s a r e p a r t of a wider campaign to promote responsible dog ownership across the borough following the launch of the ‘Pick up the poo before they do’ campaign last year. Councillor Helen McLuckie, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said: “The council is keen to make a determined stand against a minority of

dog owners in Redcar and Cleveland who think it is acceptable to not clean up after their pet. “We are interested in hearing the views of residents, whose feedback we will use to fine-tune these proposals into an Order that will be of benefit to communities across the borough.” Residents from across Redcar and Cleveland are invited to give their views on the proposals at: www.redcarcleveland.gov.uk/consultation Since we published an article on this very subject in the last issue of the newspaper we had readers write to us giving their views. Here are just a

couple of them. Nick Byron of Boosbeck said: “I live next to the path that leads from Wand Hill to the Cemetary in Boosbeck which was the subject of the article in question. “I would like to say that in my view there is no way these dog fouling rascals can be brought to justice, there are just not enough funds or resources to fund or action what would be required. Also you can appeal to these people until you are blue in the face but in spite of bins, free poop bags and notices, there exists a hard core of dog walkers who will never ever clean up after their dogs. “So in my view, residents living near these dog fouling hot spots need to do what I do on a regular basis and that is to get a shovel and go and clean it up, because shouting, moaning and whingeing about it is futile. Last week I took a shovel and removed nine instances of dog fouling in what I call my section of the pathway, that is form Wand Hill up to the Church gates. “I recently confronted (very politely) a dog owner who I observed picking up the mess from his dog and then throwing it up the back of a shop in Boosbeck. The dog owner used a large amount of expletives and threatened to drag me outside of the shop and punch my face in. So confrontation is far too hazardous, at least when you are a pensioner like myself.” Ken Lee of Marske told Coastal View: “I read your latest copy of Coastal News with great interest, particularly the article about Dog fouling in the Boosbeck area. “In late December I took a Saltburn U3A walking group on the old railway

track from Slapewath to Boosbeck and through the village up to Skelton Green along great tracks unfortunately badly contaminated with dog poo. “We were so astonished by the amount of mess that I was prompted to write letters to the Councillors and Parish Councillors for the area about this serious problem. “However, since posting the letters in early January I have yet to receive a reply on this issue and I find this most disappointing as

there is so much that can be done to reduce the scale of the problem if the community gets together with its community leaders to address it. “Your newspaper is a quality communication and I look forward to its regular publication , please keep up the good work in addressing the serious blight that our communities have to put with particularly in area of environmental nuisance associated with dog fouling and littering.” We listen to our readers so maybe the councillors could do the same?

New microchipping laws in the UK

ets have launched a campaign to help dog owners understand and comply with a new law regarding dog ownership. From Wednesday 6th April, all dogs aged eight weeks and over in the UK will be legally required to have a microchip. Statistics show approximately 1.8 million dogs still do not have a microchip in the UK, but 80% of the pet dog population does currently comply with the new law. To help dog owners check if their dog has a microchip, vets are increasing awareness of the new law and helping owners understand more about the legal requirements. Dr Huw Stacey, director of clinical services at Vets4Pets, said: “In just a few weeks’ time, tens of thousands of dog owners could be breaking the law and facing a fine of up to £500. “But pet owners shouldn’t worry about microchipping their pet. It is an easy and simple procedure. “A microchip is about the same size of a grain of rice and is injected under the skin at the scruff of a dog’s neck. Each microchip has a 15-digit code which is unique to the pet

and can be read through a special scanner.” The new legislation is designed to prevent illegal breeding of dogs, bring owners to account for a dog’s aggressive behaviour and reunite lost pets with their rightful owners quickly. But microchipping is also carried out on other pets, including cats and rabbits. Dr Stacey added: “The statistics show, the vast majority of dog owners are caring and responsible when it comes to pet welfare and their dogs are highly likely to be microchipped. “By adding a traceable element to all dogs it will help lost or stolen pets be reunited with their owner. Of course this also applies to cats, rabbits and other pets, and while legally only dogs will be required to be microchipped, it is sensible to microchip a cat or rabbit too. “It is also vital that all owners keep their contact details up-to-date on a microchip database. Previous research has shown some pets cannot be returned to their owner because the chip has incomplete or inaccurate data.”

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Lingdale’s laggy bands stretch our patience!

Harry Slattery, aged 75, has been a stalwart of Coast & Country’s Westfield Farm since 2013

Celebrating volunteer’s hard work

oast & Country is celebrating the hard work and dedication of one of its longstanding volunteers whose green fingered talents and skills as a local historian have helped turn a community resource centre into an increasingly popular amenity for local people. Volunteer Harry Slattery aged 75, has been a stalwart of Coast & Country’s Westfield Farm since 2013 and has made a huge difference over the last few years at the beautifully restored Grade II Listed building. The facility is Coast & Country’s flagship community training and resource centre. Located in Dormanstown, ‘The Farm’ is a onestop-shop that provides the kind of high quality advice, guidance, training and support that helps people get back into work. The facility is also a UK Online Centre, which gives people access to the Internet. It also offers digital training for all levels of ability. Since starting to volunteer at Westfield Farm in 2013, Harry has been running training courses for volunteers and service users to enable them to gain valuable experience in planting, growing and even cultivating small areas. Harry also directly helps charitable causes by growing vegetables for the Redcar foodbank and selling vegetables and bedding plants with the money raised going to benefit a variety of local charities. One of Harry’s other talents is making recycled Christmas cards and creating beautiful paintings of local landmarks, which he also sells to raise money. Barry McBride, Westfield Farm Co-ordinator, said: “Harry has been one of our most loyal volunteers and has made a huge impact on both the gardens and in helping other volunteers and local people. He really is a volunteer in a million. “Harry grows veg from seeds at home and brings them into The Farm to finish off the growing process. The veg is sold and the money is divided

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and donated to The Redcar Area Food Bank and a charity of Harry’s choice. Harry also grows bedding plants in our poly tunnel, with all money raised donated to various charities. “Over the years, Harry has become well respected by the local residents and the local school. He has created a leaflet detailing the local history of Dormanstown with Dormanstown Primary School, and has received a Gold certificate of achievement from Northumbria in Bloom. “Harry is a friendly, interesting man with lots of stories to tell and is a real asset to Westfield Farm. The Westfield Farm Garden wouldn’t be the same without Harry’s green fingers, love for The Farm and his good nature. His passion for gardening can really be seen by all who visit The Farm. “Sadly Harry’s wife passed away in January 2015, so Harry started to spend more and more time at The Farm. He joined The Friends of Westfield Farm, helping with events, selling his plants and doing a lot of baking to raise money for the group’s fund to further benefit the community.” Harry says: “I love the friendly atmosphere of The Farm and enjoy passing on my knowledge of gardening to others, young and old. I love the feeling of making the gardens look their best.” Harry has recently been awarded his Food Hygiene Certificate and now plans to help out with cooking for The Farm. After his last meeting with The Friends of Westfield Farm, Harry has also decided to become an Events Co-ordinator. The Farm is open to everyone regardless of whether they’re a tenant of Coast and Country. Visitors can use the facilities from 10.00am to 2.00pm on a drop in basis, and by appointment at all other times. Anyone wanting to become a Westfield Farm Gardening Volunteer or to find out more about other volunteering opportunities, visit: https:// www.coastandcountryhousing.org.uk/volunteering.

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hanks to Royal Mail, Lingdale is repeatedly infested with the scourge of the laggy bands. All the evidence suggests that, despite my protestations last year, postal staff continue to throw down elastic bands, used to hold letters together, on to the village’s thoroughfares. Last autumn, prompted by complaints from residents, I picked up and disposed of all the bands I came across on my newsletter delivery round, which includes the whole of Lingdale, including the Little Moorsholm estate. I then wrote to Royal Mail informing them that my constituents and I were sick of finding elastic bands, dropped by postal staff, on the roads and pavements. I pointed out that littering the highway with elastic bands is an offence, and asked Royal Mail to instruct their employees to take them back to the sorting office for reuse. Within a few days, Royal Mail’s Customer Service Advisor, Andrea Slee replied to my complaint saying: “We regularly remind our delivery personnel of the need to take care not to drop bands whilst on their rounds, so are always disappointed to hear of any offence caused by bands mistakenly dropped or left behind. I have therefore raised this issue with the manager of your local Delivery Office to address with their colleagues.” I am sorry to say that nothing has improved and, at the beginning of February, it took Lockwood Parish Council Chairman Mike Jefferson and me only a couple of hours to collect a further 130 discarded elastic bands around Lingdale with about half our ‘catch’ coming from the Little Moorsholm estate. The bands are all standard Royal Mail issue and I would venture to guess there were at least as many again that we missed.

RCBC Cllr Steve Kay and parish chair Mike Jefferson display their laggy band ‘catch’ I have contacted Royal Mail again to point out that there has been absolutely no improvement and, if anything, the problem is getting worse. When Redcar & Cleveland Council, Lockwood Parish Council and Lingdale Lift-Off are doing their utmost to keep Lingdale clean, it is wrong that a national organisation, like Royal Mail, is littering our streets. We hope that this time they will fully address the problem and that we shall see a distinct improvement. My simple message for Royal Mail and its staff is: TAKE YOUR LAGGY BANDS HOME AND REUSE THEM! The Royal Mail declined to comment.

Coastal View & Moor News Issue 67 - March - April 2016

Board Games Club Games Galore helps to raise funds for local homeless charity

By Francis Owens

edcar High Street has a new club, but not the type of place you would go to for drinking or sport or the usual entertainments. The new club is GAMES GALORE – Board and Trading Card Game Club [TCGs for short]. It is part of the renaissance/resurgence seen globally in the popularity of Board Games. But why is there a need for a place to play board games? Surely everybody can stay at home to play their Ludo or Monopoly? Not so with the new trend. The growing popularity in playing board games and trading card games [TCGs] has led to the opening of board game clubs and cafes across the UK. The phenomena started in the USA and has spread across Europe. There are board game clubs across Asia and now the UK has joined in the new [or revamped] form of family entertainment. What was once seen as a childhood pastime and fun for families, especially around the Christmas season, has become mainstream entertainment for many, including young people teenagers and adults of all ages. It could be a reaction to the of playing electronic/computer games alone or online and a wanting to interact face to face with people instead of machines. These are

not just geeks, visits to board game clubs and cafes have shown us that everyone is welcome. Traditional board games have always been popular but usually in a family setting. Since 1995 there has been a growth in new Euro board games. These new games are well thought out, colourfully designed, easy to learn and have many different themes. Some are strategic, others, like the original Euro game Catan, are building and development of areas, there is empire building, conflict games while others are cooperative where players work together to achieve the aim of game. Whatever is chosen to play from the new Euro board or card games, they are all great fun.

The second growth has been in Trading Card Games [TCGs] such as Pokemon, Yu Gi Oh and Magic the Gathering to name the most popular. These games are for all ages. The players collect card sets that possess different strengths and powers that will enable different, and hopefully successful outcomes to each battle. There are competitions at all levels with the TCGs from local ones in cafes and clubs up to regional and national titles to be won. The Games Galore board game and TCG club is the venue in Redcar and Cleveland for fans of this new source of entertainment. The new games, even when played by novices, prove to be a popular pastime. But, keeping up with the many new games

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and their extensions can prove too expensive except for the most diehard fan. Board game clubs and cafes have a number of board games in their libraries that people can play with on the premises – saving on the expense [they can be anything from £20 to £40 for most games] of buying and having people you can meet who enjoy playing the same games. At Games Galore we are building a stock library of Euro games and traditional games for fans of both types. The Club is open at 145 High Street Redcar, [close to the corner with Redcar Lane and opposite The Plimsoll Line pub] on Friday and Saturdays 3.00 to 10 pm and Sundays 3.00pm to 7.30pm.

Entry is £1 to play, 50p for under 16s but free for under 12s with an adult. There are drinks and refreshments for sale. All profits from this venture go towards helping Teesside Homeless Action Group with its work among Redcar and Cleveland’s homeless and those in housing need. Why not go along to the Games Galore at 145 High Street Redcar – play games and enjoys yourself and support a well established local charity. For up to date information: Facebook.com/gamesgaloreredcar For further information contact Francis or Sharon Owens 01642 505146 [mobile 07522394912].

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Moorsholm in Bloom orchard

n 20th February the planting of the Moorsholm Community Orchard in the green space adjacent to the village allotments took place. The Moorsholm in Bloom team, who organised the event, were joined by a number of residents including several children. C h r i s B u c k l e y, t h e M . I . B . Chairman, explained the background to the event. “We have wanted to plant a community orchard for some time but there were several obstacles to overcome, not least of which was the cost of the trees themselves. We wanted to plant some traditional trees and these are quite costly. “This year we had the funds to buy the trees ourselves and obtained a grant from Steve Kay’s Councillors fund for netting and tree guards. Peter Shaw, a local

farmer, donated the stakes for the trees. “The trees we planted were Wheelers Russet, Annie Elizabeth, Balsam and Howgate Wonder. A quince tree was also used. The number of villagers who turned out to help with the planting was a great encouragement especially as some very young children were involved. One group included four generations of the Gillance family ranging from Moorsholm in Bloom stalwart Ken, daughter Belinda, granddaughters Jessica and Emily and great grandson Flynn Johnny. We hope that the involvement with the planting will give the children an interest in watching the trees grow and hopefully enjoy the fruit in years to come.” The morning was rounded off with a soup and sandwich brunch in the Village Hall.

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ast year the village of Moorsholm were invited to take part in the National Garden Scheme for the first time. We’re sure you will be pleased to know that the Northumbrian in Bloom and Britain in Bloom multi gold winning village, will again be taking part this year. A representative from Moorsholm in Bloom said: “Although last year was out first venture into this very popular fund raising

idea, everyone agreed that it had been very enjoyable, although hard work. “We got excellent feedback from both our visitors and residents of Moorsholm and we raised £2219.12 for cancer charities. The whole region raised £28,242.68 so most individual gardens in the Yellow Book must have averaged about £500 each, this makes Moorsholm’s efforts definitely worthwhile.” The date for this year’s open day is Sunday, 17 July from 11.30am - 4pm.

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Fly a Flag for the Commonwealth 14th March 2016

Saltburn Beachwatch Whales and Wind Turbines

By Roy Smith

everal people have contacted me recently regarding the possibility of a link between the recent stranding of Sperm whales on North Sea coasts and the presence of offshore wind turbines. At the time of writing, Saltburn, fortunately, has not had to witness the very sad sight of Sperm whales being found dead and dying on the beach. Over the last few weeks speculation as to the causes of these strandings has included not only the possible effects of wind turbines but an underwater earthquake, sun flares and the use of sonar by companies surveying the ocean bed for suitable sites for the turbines. Also there are rumours of military testing of advanced sonar in the North Atlantic. The answer according to marine scientists at the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Trust is that they just don’t know why these magnificent animals have ended up on North Sea beaches. What is known is that this particular pod were juvenile males who normally travel off the west coast of Ireland at this time of year on their way to the North Atlantic. Sperm whales feed in deep water where they catch fish and giant squid so why this pod turned right at the top of Scotland and made their way down the North Sea is a mystery. Preliminary results of autopsy indicate that these whales were very dehydrated meaning they had not been eating their

‘More history in the making as the Commonwealth flies high’

M prey species. This is thought to be a major cause of weakness leading to disorientation.The North Sea is too shallow for their prey species and once the whales are in shallow water the outcome is usually poor as Sperm whale echo-location does not work effectively at such shallow depths. What is specifically known about wind turbines and cetaceans is that the underwater noise generated by construction and pile driving can travel up to 80km depending on the type of bedrock. It is thought that on hearing this noise whales tend to swim away from the source of the disturbance although to some extent some species can become disorientated. Little is known of the effects of the noise and vibration of the turbines when operational. Some whales and dolphins have learned to follow fishing boats to take advantage of the bycatch which is discarded overboard. This

has led to some species getting caught in the nets and drowning. Experiments are taking place where fishing nets are fitted with ”pingers” which emit “sounds” which hopefully will discourage these animals from following the boats. All whales use sound for communication and navigation but different species use different frequencies and so it remains to be seen how sensitive whales are to these “pinger” experiments. Because people living in countries bordering the North Sea do not want to see wind turbines from the shore, there are plans in the near future to have much larger arrays further out to sea up to the edge of the continental shelf in deeper water. So based on limited current information it appears that the greatest risk to cetaceans will come from the construction of offshore wind turbines compared with their operation.

ore than 850 Commonwealth flags will be raised in locations throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, UK overseas territories and Commonwealth countries on Monday 14th March Commonwealth day 2016. The event is in its third year and has caught the imagination of thousands of participants around the world, enabling people of all ages in their local communities to become involved and join with others worldwide in associating themselves with widespread public expression of commitment to the Commonwealth, appreciation of the values it stands for, and opportunities offered to its citizens. Commonwealth Flags will be flown at many locations of special significance across the world on Monday 14th March 2016 at 10am, from New Zealand, Belize, Jamaica, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Unst in the Shetland Islands, the

most northerly inhabited island in Scotland, Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula and Tristan Da Cunha, the remotest inhabited Island in the world to name but a few. The Girl Guides Association of the Kingdom of Tonga will be the first in the world to raise their Commonwealth Flag, leading the youth of the Commonwealth in this unique, historic and global event. A special written Affirmation will be read out at each ceremony before the raising of the Commonwealth Flag at 10.00hrs that morning, led by the Leader, Chairman, Mayor or nominated representative of each participating Local Authority, Town Council or administration. Guisborough Mayor, Councillor Malcolm Griffiths, will lead the ceremony by reading the affirmation at 10am on Monday 14th March 2016 before the Flag is raised at Sunnyfield House Community Centre, 36 Westgate, Guisborough. The Local Community is invited to attend the ceremony in Sunnyfield House garden and partake in this global event, which due to its popularity is now set to become an annual event.

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Destinations helps local people get more out of online life!

ne of the best parts of being involved in passing on knowledge and seeing people learn is the delight it can bring whenever people achieve their goals. Just what these goals are vary enormously from person to person and can depend on a number of factors. For some a new skill can lead to improvements at work or at home, it could be the first step to a career change or a move ‘up the ladder’. For others it could be a way of getting technology to help with household budgets, with understanding what is available, or for finding out and claiming entitlements that are due. Still others want to learn new skills for purely personal or leisure reasons, a way of keeping active, keeping in touch, getting out and meeting others and perhaps even to helping friends and family who perhaps haven’t got to grips with the fast moving technology that surrounds us. In the last two weeks Destinations helped dozens of people use the internet for the first time, as part of the national Be Online campaign. Thousands of Be Online events took place across the UK, with our area leading the way by helping people to try doing everyday things the digital way - and showing them how the internet could make life quicker, easier and better. Visitors to our centre here in Saltburn were able discover how the internet could help them do anything from finding work and completing online job search, taking care of

their health, saving money and much, much more. Many came for help using tablets or mobile devices more effectively, or to use computers and the internet for the first time. It was great to see so many people exploring online life and taking advantage of the opportunities technology has to offer. Computers and the internet can open up whole new worlds for people, and its times like these that we get a real buzz showing people how technology could help them do more - whatever their areas of interest. Paul from Destinations added: “We wanted to show people that doing things the digital way is actually really easy and could change their lives for the better. “One of our new visitors summed things up perfectly by telling us of her experience.” “I decided to pop into the Destinations when I saw the poster. I thought it was high time I found out what all the fuss was about, and I wanted to learn how to use Skype, I kept hearing how it could help me stay in touch with my daughter who lives in Nottingham. It was brilliant! Everyone was so warm and welcoming and it all turned out to be a lot easier than I thought. Now I’ve got started I don’t know why I put it off for so long.” The Be Online campaign might officially be over, but at Destinations, anyone can gain the support they need to use computers and the internet all year round. If you want to find out more about how digital can be part of your world, get in touch with Paul or Sue on 01287 626432.

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this year and as the country develops and irrigation systems expand yet further, hopefully this sort of aid may no longer be required in future years. These people are fellow human beings. In fact they were a Christian nation long before us. They deserve better. Please help – but don`t send any further donations to me as by the time you read this I will be out there amongst them. Oxfam have an Ethiopian famine donation page if you go to :- https://donate.oxfam.org. uk/ethiopia Or just Google :- Donate Ethiopia famine Oxfam. THANK YOU -- Wayfarer.

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THE HEROES JOURNEY Imagine we can see our destination, way out in the distance – but it is knowing the steps it will take to get there. We could choose to follow the steps of others who have gone before us. There is a Map that exists, in all the stories ever told – we call it, The Heroes Journey, and relates to Movies such as Star Wars, The Matrix and Harry Potter. The creation of this interactive resource, has been funded by the Lottery and is being offered to Schools and Youth projects. We can deliver the programme or train others to deliver. For further information – Email John at Doorways john@door-ways.co.uk

he Doorways Project in Saltburn have created a resource for children and young people – it’s actually very effective with adults too. The process enables personal development, and the ability to overcome fears, anxiety, unhelpful beliefs and behaviour patterns. The resource is already being used in schools and at Doorways, with positive results.

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Redcar men lost at Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 Joyce Charlesworth for FORCEM

s we approach the 100th anniversary of the only major sea battle between the German High Seas Fleet and British Grand Fleet during World War 1, the Friends of Redcar Cemetery (FORCEM) remember families in the Redcar area whose loved ones became part of this horrific catalogue of loss. The Battle of Jutland took place in the North Sea near Denmark and began at about 2.30pm on 31 May 1916, when ten British ships attempted to engage a group of five German ships. More ships joined on both sides and a messy and sporadic battle continued throughout the night and into the morning of 1 June. Strategically, Jutland was seen as a victory for the British, but on a human scale the loss of life during one afternoon and night became a tragedy on a cataclysmic scale. Despite the apparent advantage in the number of British ships and heavy armaments, between 60007000 British lives were lost. German losses numbered between 2000-3000. The fate of three ships in particular, HMS Invincible, HMS Shark and HMS Indefatigable, would have brought devastating news to at least four families in the Redcar area. Private Frederick James Thompson was in the Royal Marine Light Infantry serving aboard HMS Invincible during the Battle of Jutland. The son of Henry and Margaret Thompson of Victoria Road in Middlesbrough, he was killed, aged just 18, on 31 May 1916, when Invincible blew up and sank after taking a hit from

the SMS Lutzow. Frederick Thompson is remembered on the Middlesbrough War Memorial and on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial on Southsea Common. He is also commemorated on a family grave in Redcar Cemetery. FORCEM is ready to restore Private Thompson’s family grave, funded by John Watson’s donation of all proceeds from sales of ‘Aces High at Redcar: The History of Redcar RNAS Station 1915 -1919’. No further funds are needed, but work cannot proceed until permission is obtained from a family member. Please find contact details below if anyone can help find any possible, surviving relatives. Also aboard the battlecruiser HMS Invincible on the night 1,026 crew lost their lives, was Joseph Simpson, listed in the Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough as: ‘boy 1st class, aged 17 years, killed in action May 31st 1916 HMS Invincible’ Joseph Simpson was the ‘dearly beloved’ son of George and Violet Simpson of Railway Terrace, Redcar. Railway Terrace no longer exists, but was situated north of the railway track

in Redcar, on the site of Morrisons. He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in St. Peter’s Church, Redcar. The rank of ‘Boy 1st class’ would have been a proud achievement for Joseph, showing progression through the early ranks. A ‘Boy First Class’ is described as, ’a boy aged 16 to 18 under training, who had previously served for between nine months and 18 months rated as ‘boy 2nd class’, shown sufficient proficiency in seamanship and accumulated at least one good conduct badge.’ His rate of pay would have been increased on being promoted. To have been accepted at the rank of ‘Boy 2nd class’, between 15 and 17 years of age, Joseph must have fulfilled the requirements of being, of an ‘adequate physical height, weight and medical fitness’ and produced ‘evidence of being of ‘good character.’ The Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough also lists the loss of Midshipman Thomas Smith RNR, aged 18 years, killed in action, aboard HMS Shark. He was the ‘dearly beloved son of the late George Smith of Lingdale, and Margaret

Hull, ‘now of Redcar.’ Tracing the last hours of battle for HMS Shark allows us a glimpse at the conditions that this young man, and many like him, endured at the end of his life. HMS Shark led an unsuccessful torpedo attack on the German 2nd Scouting Group at about 6pm, and was crippled by gunfire. The forecastle gun was completely blown away with most of its gun crew. Soon afterwards the aft 4 inch gun was also destroyed and the bridge wrecked. The Captain, Commander Loftus Jones, and three seamen continued working the midship gun, engaging nearby German destroyers. The German destroyers closed on the ship and returned heavy fire, during which Jones lost a leg. Shortly before 7pm he ordered the ship to be abandoned and around thirty of the crew managed to get onto the rafts. Seven were picked up six hours later by a Danish ship. Jones went down with the ship. At 7pm, the destroyer was sunk by a torpedo. The wreck site and final resting place of Midshipman Thomas Smith and many others is designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. Fred Emmerson is also listed in the Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough. Aged 23, he was ‘killed in action’ on HMS Indefatigable. Fred was the youngest and ‘dearly loved’ son of Andrew and Eleanor, Cony Street, Warrenby, and ‘dearly loved’ brother of Russell. HMS Indefatigable was hit several times in the opening phase of the battlecruiser action, before shells, from

the German cruiser Von Der Tann, caused a massive explosion, ripping a hole in her hull. A second explosion hurled large pieces of the ship 200 feet (60 m) in the air. Only two of the crew of 1,019 survived. The Friends of Redcar Cemetery are building up a picture of these young men and their family life in and around Redcar. If anyone has a picture or information connected with any of the above we would love to add it to the historical research linked to our ‘Redcar Remembers WW1’ project. FORCEM can be contacted via a Facebook Community Page: Redcar Remembers WW1 or telephone Dot Ahmed: 01642 478349. Don’t miss the fascinating short documentary ‘Redcar Remembers the First World War’ made by FORCEM with Pancrack Films, at https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=EjU1xFme6y8 We hope to add more stories of local lives to historypin.org where the Friends of Redcar Cemetery are developing a page in the First World War Centenary section. Search for ‘Redcar Remembers WW1’ and watch out for new stories appearing. Details from: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Boy_seaman https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/HMS_Invincible_(1907) https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/HMS_Shark_(1912) https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/HMS_Indefatigable_ (1909)

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Community foundation supports overseas learning for Teesside students

community foundation with more than 300 years of history is opening up new learning experiences for college students by part-funding their trips to Germany, Romania and the US. Every year Redcar & Cleveland College students get the o p p o r t u n i ty t o f u r th er t h e ir education via a series of overseas excursions. This year healthcare students will visit Romania to work in a local school and orphanage. Other students will visit a United Nations peace conference in New York and a separate group will travel to Germany to learn about the horrific stories behind World War Two concentration camps in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. The trips have been made possible due to funding from the Sir William Turner Foundation, which has been supporting the education of local students since

it was formed in 1692. It has also agreed to provide additional funds that will pay for specialist equipment for plumbing students at the college. John Chance, acting principal at Redcar & Cleveland College, said: “We are delighted to continue our long association with the Sir William Turner Foundation and we’re extremely grateful for the latest tranche of funding, which will enable our students to experience real-life situations that will enhance their learning. They will also have some excellent material to include on their CVs when they are looking for a job.” Peter Sotheran from the Sir William Turner Foundation, said: “Our funds are designed to provide facilities, equipment and learning opportunities that are not available through standard curriculum support or statutory funding streams. We’re only too happy to

Freemasonry What’s it all about? On March 19th from 11am-3pm an Open Day will be held at Guisborough Masonic Hall, 27 Chaloner Street TS14 6QD with FREE ENTRY.

his will be a unique opportunity to discover the truth, dispel the myths, see inside the Lodge-room and talk to knowledgeable Freemasons. Members of what is one of the world’s oldest and largest non-religious non-political, fraternal and charitable organisations. Our values are based on integrity, kindness, honesty and fairness. We provide support not only for widows and orphans of Freemasons, but also for many others within the community. Local Freemasons support deserving causes in Guisborough as well as donations to UK charities and worldwide disaster relief funds. The Freemasons Grand Charity has donated a £100 Million pounds to date, including a total of £75,000 to flood relief in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Donations will give continued support to individuals and families suffering as a result of flooding and follow on from a £30,000 grant last month to the Cumbria Flood Recovery Fund 2015. Freemason’s Grand Charity donated £50,000

to the Red Cross in response to the earthquake that devastated Nepal - on the VERY SAME WEEKEND that disaster struck. We do not undertake any external fundraising however – all money given comes from our own efforts as Freemasons For many though, the biggest draw is the fact that members come from all walks of life and meet as equals whatever their race or religion or background. But for most, it’s simply an enjoyable hobby. There are no closed doors in Freemasonry, anyone can visit its headquarters at Freemason’s Hall in London and Lodges throughout the UK regularly open their doors to visitors. For everyone Lodges offer a place of harmony and tranquillity. You are kindly invited to attend along with your partner and family. Refreshments will be provided C O N T A C T S : – i n f o @ guisboroughfreemasons.org and guisboroughfreemasons.org

Health and social care students visited Romania last year after Redcar & Cleveland College received funding from the Sir William Turner Foundation. The students collected toys, clothes, toiletries and blankets to give to local children. support this year’s crop of students, who will be able to benefit from overseas adventures that for many of them will be a life-changing experience.” The foundation was created in 1692 by a legacy left by Guisborough-born philanthropist Sir William Turner, who was knighted by King Charles II in recognition of his acts to educate people and support the poor and needy. The foundation created a school in his name to provide free education for young people in the Redcar area. Eventually the school morphed into Sir William Turner’s Sixth Form College, which then became part of Redcar & Cleveland College. When part of the former sixth form

college was sold, the foundation chose to invest its £3.4m equity share of the sale into a project to build a £26m campus on Corporation Road – the college’s current home. The foundation supports Redcar & Cleveland College projects on a case-by-case basis and typically invests around £10,000£15,000 each year. It provided funds for several of the college’s recent Celebration of Achievement Awards, which recognise and reward a wide range of student success stories. For further information, please contact please call 01642 473 132 or visit http://www. cleveland.ac.uk.

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Floe White and the 7 Doofers Pantomime

What a fantastic community event! We did it!

ots of laughter was shared within 11 January pantomimes around East Cleveland; Danby, Boosbeck, Carlin How, Skinningrove, Skelton, Charltons, Saltburn and Loftus. These pantos promoted ‘Time to Share.’ Time to Share’s motto is ‘We Doofer each other’ hence the name of the pantomime Floe White and the 7 Doofers. The original idea of the pantomime came from Time to Share and was funded by East Cleveland Villages Big Local. A Big thanks to all involved especially Wendie our producer and Jayne our choreographer. Time to Share is a not for profit voluntary organisation based in the Old Coop Building in Loftus; It’s a way for people and organisations to pool their time and skills and help each other without payment. Participants ‘deposit’ their time in a pool of talent by giving practical help and support to others and are able to ‘withdraw’ their time when they need something done themselves from somebody else/ Everyone’s time is worth the same and a broker links people up and keeps records. We are promoting this across the 01287 STD code. Watch this space for our next Time to Share Variety Show scheduled for end of April or early May. If you would like to take part in the show or would like more info on Time to

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Floe White & the 7 Doofers

By John Roberts

here was a full house at Loftus To w n H a l l o n S u n d a y 3 1 January 2016 for the panto Floe White & the 7 Doofers. The audience was treated to a lively performance that featured song and dance together with lots of opportunities to shout “Oh no he isn’t!” and to boo the villain of the show. After an interval there was a bonus show featuring songs, verse and magic; a particular highlight was a beautiful rendition of Blow The Wind Southerly by The Skinningrove Singers.

This was a great afternoon’s entertainment, provided by Time to Share (which is supported by Big Local East Cleveland Villages); it meets at Old Co-op Building, Loftus at 10.00am every other Tuesday. Time to Share is a Time Bank, whose motto is ‘We doofer each other’; Time Banks are a way for people to pool their time and skills and help each other without payment. For more information, phone Linda on 01287 201319 or 07951 062609, email eastcleveland. timetoshare@gmail.com or google Timebanking UK. It’s very heartening to see the spirit of live performance continuing in the area: Floe White & the 7 Doofers was also performed at Jubilee Hall in Carlin How, Riverside Building in Skinningrove and at five other venues in the East Cleveland area.

former local councillor, Tristan Learoyd, has released a full length novel in which he describes the decline of Redcar. The Last of the Flying Finns, which is available to buy from Amazon, follows the tribulations of a scientist who struggles to cope with the consequences of a series of cancer discoveries he has made. The scientist, named Aston James, originates from East Cleveland, and as his story develops the deterioration of Redcar is recorded in the descriptive narrative. It’s believed to be the first time Redcar has appeared in a fiction publication. The novel also heavily features Saltburn and Marske-by-the-Sea. The book received a number of offers of publication. However, the author decided to release the story on Amazon without a publication deal. “I received a number of offers. London based agents liked the story, they liked the love saga, and they liked the psychological thrill of the book. However, they wanted me to write more books and to commit to writing. The book is likely a one off. It took a lot of emotional and psychological effort to write. “For me, the story of the scientist is as equally important as chronicling the decline of our local area. I want the story to be read as a standalone snapshot in time, of the decay we have all lived through and with since 1995. When I looked for local publishers the only one I could find was going to the wall, which was typical of our

Tristanpictured with the 370 page novel “The Last of the Flying Finns”. area’s plight and that described in the book. The local publisher wanted to publish The Last of the Flying Finns and described it as a ‘book of great importance’, but they didn’t have any money to support the project.” Partly based on true life events, The Last of the Flying Finns follows the early life of Aston James as he becomes yet another discontent along the Steel River. However, by chance he is given a route out of his situation. He is quickly uncovered as a medical genius; but his brilliance is equally matched by his madness and James struggles with his success. The Last of the Flying Finns is available for 99p via Amazon (Kindle: 99p; Paperback £7.99). More details on the book can be found at www.tristanlearoyd.com

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Your Voice In Parliament

Tom Blenkinsop MP Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Tory government must ‘stand up for UK steel’

t the end of February I took part in another Opposition Day Debate on the UK Steel Industry and urged the Tory government to change tact and join forces with other European countries and scrap the lesser duty rule. Unfortunately there is a significant gap between rhetoric and reality in this Tory Governments efforts to protect the steel industry in the UK. Ministers claims to have complied with 4 of the 5 industry ‘asks’ including “backing EU level on anti-dumping measures”, but their opposition to scrapping the lesser duty rule is preventing any real action Chinese dumping into the European market. Across Europe it has been widely recognized that this outdated rule is killing off the steel

industry and the European Commission scrapping it. Despite this, not only is the UK Government blocking scrapping it but has even argued that end users of steel need access to cheap Chinese product. This is a real kick in the teeth to steelworkers in the UK who have lost their jobs or are under threat of job losses. Whether in or out of Europe, Cameron wants to give China market economy status, meaning we would not be able to challenge any form of dumping. This will have significant consequences for all energy intensives in Teesside and across the UK. Time is running out for the steel industry in the UK so I am urging the Government to stop blocking this essential rule change and stand up for UK steel.

Calls for justice for women who have been mistreated by the acceleration of the state pension age

n the last edition of Coastal View I wrote about my concerns over the effect of state pension equalisation on women born in the 1950s. Since then there has been a number of debates on the issue in Parliament and campaigners, along with the Labour Party, have been holding the Government’s feet to the fire over the injustice of speeding up of women’s state pension age Around 4,500 women in my constituency of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland could be affected by these mishandled pension reforms. The women who are set to lose out have worked hard all of their lives, but many are now desperately worried about their retirement plans. It is not at all surprising that the pension minister who introduced the reforms recently

described them recently as a ‘bad decision’. That is why I am determined to stand up for these women and their families who are set to lose out as a result of these mistakes. The Tories know they are in the wrong on this issue and desperately hoping it goes away. They now refusing to even publish any information on the protections they looked at and how much this would cost. It’s not good enough for the Tories to just look the other way. We are demanding that they come clean about exactly what transitional protections were looked at and as a matter of urgency bring forward potential solutions to help many of the women who have seen their retirement plans ruined.

Saltburn Post Oﬃce relocation

n February we have received news that yet again the privatised Post Office Counters business want to relocate long established branches in East Cleveland. A year back it was in Brotton where, despite protests and what looked to be maladministration by the firm, the branch in the central High Street closed and was relocated in partnership with a convenience store on the Park Estate. Now they are looking to try and play the same game in Saltburn. They inform me that following the retirement of the present postmaster from the Station Square premises, they intend to set up a new counter in the Nisa mini-market store on Windsor Road. Again, like Brotton, this will be an inconvenience for many. The Station Square location carried on from the old crown post office which stood at the junction of the square with Windsor Road and is handy for anyone wanting to combine their shopping with a

visit to the post office. It was central to the town and was opposite bus stops for buses going to Marske Mill Lane and Hob Hill and also along Marske Road. All this, in my opinion, will be lost in any move to Nisa. Not only is it not in the town centre, but it is also a walk from any bus stop. Anyone wanting to do more than food shopping and visit a post office will now be faced with a walk along Windsor Road. When we tried to stop the Brotton post office move we found that Post Office Counters had “omitted” to talk to other possible partners in the shape of the Co-op or Spar. I suspect the same may be true in Saltburn and I will be asking if they had considered making an approach to Sainsbury’s on the Station Shopping site. I will, in any case, be making a formal objection to the move and asking for a Town Centre presence to be maintained.

Contact Tom

Please do not hesitate to contact me with your questions or concerns. I aim to reply to all enquiries as quickly as I can. Write: Tom Blenkinsop MP, Harry Tout House, 8 Wilson St. Guisborough TS14 6NA. email: info@tomblenkinsop.com / Phone 01287 610878 / Fax 01287 631894. Twitter:http://twitter.com/tomblenkinsop

The Tories are digging a grave for the NHS

ince the General Election in May 2015 a constant stream of negative headlines are proving that the Tories cannot be trusted to protect the NHS. From scrapping bursaries for nurses whilst we are facing a shortage, to risking the safety of patients by enforcing contracts on junior doctors and now we have figures showing NHS trusts are already in a deficit of £2.26 billion. The Tories have caused the worst cash crisis in the NHS’s history. Hospitals were already forecasting a £2.2 billion deficit this year. However, these figures show the black hole in the NHS’s finances is already larger than that with three months of the financial year still left to go. The Government needs to be honest about what this crisis means for patient care. It means cuts to frontline staff, longer waits for treatment and services at risk of closure. Ministers are in denial, but the staggering decline in the NHS’s financial performance is

a direct result of decisions they made. They cut nurse training places and forced hospitals to drain resources on expensive agency staff, which is still the primary cause of NHS deficits. No amount of spin can disguise the fact that the NHS is now in financial free fall and Tory Ministers have absolutely no solution for turning this situation around.

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Yorkshire mums row into history books after completing gruelling Atlantic rowing challenge

team of inspirational mums from Yorkshire have broken world records by becoming the oldest female crew to row across any ocean. After 68 days at sea, Helen Butters, 45, Janette Benaddi, 51, Niki Doeg, 45, and Frances Davies, 47, arrived in Antigua today after setting off from the Canary Island La Gomera on December 20. The team, named Yorkshire Rows, were one of 26 teams rowing 3,000 miles as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge – billed as the toughest rowing race on earth. The quartet, from York and Selby, have survived a hurricane, been hit in the face by flying fish, and experienced equipment failures which left them without GPS and steering manually by compass for much of the challenge. Surviving on dehydrated food and no more than two hours’ sleep at a time, the crew rowed in pairs for two hours on and two hours off, often battling through debilitating seasickness and painful sores and blisters. But they have also celebrated birthdays – Niki turned 45 on January 22 - encountered schools of inquisitive dolphins, a friendly mother whale and her calf, and rowed under countless spectacularly starry skies at night. Skipper Janette comments on the race: “It feels like a dream to have arrived. This race truly deserves to be called the world’s toughest row; it felt like we were battling against the ocean and we are so proud to have achieved something that we originally thought was way beyond our capabilities. Less than one hundred women have rowed an ocean and now we as four Mums have added to that and achieved a world record. What an incredible feeling to share as four best friends.” The crew met four years ago at York’s Guy Fawkes Boat Club and made the brave decision to enter the race over a glass of wine at the boat club dinner. They have been raising money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) and Maggie’s, who will be opening a new cancer support

centre at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds next year. Laura Lee, Chief Executive at Maggie’s said: “Everybody at Maggie’s would like to congratulate Janette, Helen, Niki and Frances on an incredible feat. “We have been following their progress and are extremely thankful to the Yorkshire Rows team for raising money to support Maggie’s and help us to build a new centre at St James University Hospital, where we will be able to offer our unique programme of practical, emotional and social support to those affected by cancer in Yorkshire and their friends and family.” Paul Gowland, Director of Fundraising for Yorkshire Air Ambulance said: “We couldn’t be more pleased for the ladies finishing their epic world record! They have done so well to complete their row and conquered some amazing challenges along the way. On behalf of everyone at the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, we want to send them our biggest well done and congratulations and also thank them once again for choosing to support us as one of their Charities. The monies they have raised, as well as the awareness they have created of our Charity has been outstanding. We cannot thank them enough and hope they enjoy a well-deserved break before returning to the UK. We can’t wait to see them when they are back in God’s own County!” Sir Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “What an amazing achievement by an equally amazing group of women. “Janette, Niki, Frances and Helen have experienced a number of highs and lows while out at sea, but throughout it all they have shown true Yorkshire grit and ploughed on. “No matter what the Atlantic has thrown at them, their infectious positivity has shone through – they are an inspiration to us all. “I am so proud of them all, and would like to congratulate them on their incredible achievement.”

To donate to Maggie’s text ROWS88 with the amount to 70070, or for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance text ROWS91 to the same number or visit yorkshirerows.com/donate

For more information on the team visit yorkshirerows.com, facebook.com/ yorkshirerows2015 or follow @YorkshireRows Twitter.

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Fighting back for Redcar - Anna Turley MP Britain is stronger in Europe

he starting gun has fired on the upcoming referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union, set for June 23rd. This is one of the biggest decisions about the future of the country we will face and I would urge everyone to listen to the debate and weigh up the arguments. I am supporting the campaign to Remain in Europe because I firmly believe we are stronger as a country working together with other European countries on issues like jobs and growth, protecting the rights of workers like the right to paid holiday and maternity leave, and securing our borders with cross-nation cooperation on crime and terrorism. In an era

where many of the challenges we face are on an international scale, we would be much weaker if we had to tackle these issues on our own. The North East in particular benefits from easy access to the European market. Thousands of jobs in our region are dependent on EU trade and if we were outside, tariffs would make our industries less competitive and push up the cost of items like food which families rely on. Our region is also a net beneficiary of EU investment meaning we receive more in European funding for things like regeneration than we pay in. There are many mistruths about European Union rules, many of them spread by UKIP. One particular misleading idea

is that the EU prevented the UK intervening to save our steel industry. This was simply an excuse by the government to cover for their inaction. Many other EU countries have supported their steel industry and a European proposal to tackle Chinese steel dumping was blocked by the Conservatives. Europe could be an ally in defending British Steel if only our government would take a lead on it. T h a t ’s n o t t o s a y t h a t t h e European Union is perfect, improvements can be made, but we are better off inside pushing for change and working with other countries to make it work better. I firmly believe Britain is stronger in Europe and over the coming months I will be working hard to persuade others to vote Remain.

In the classroom at Sacred Heart

hanks to Sacred Heart School for inviting me along to speak to year 8 students about politics and the electoral system. The pupils were really engaged, and asked questions on a whole range of issues including what it is like working in Parliament and how MPs can make a positive to society. The best question was ‘if the government gave us £50m for steelworkers, why didn’t they just pay to keep it open?’ – a very good point! They are a credit to their school and their parents and I was pleased to be able to support their learning. Hopefully some of them may enter politics themselves in the future! It is brilliant to see Sacred Heart, like many of our local schools, teaching their students about politics, democracy and law-making. Citizenship is an incredibly important part of the school curriculum in preparing our young people for the wider world.

Prince Charles visit

ecently we welcomed His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Redcar where he attended a meeting of the SSI Taskforce, at which we discussed the events of the last six months and how we can revive the fortunes of the local economy. Prince Charles praised the ‘extraordinary resilience’ of the people of Teesside in dealing with the loss of steelmaking and thousands of jobs. With more than 1000 former steelworkers and supply chain workers in new jobs or training we are progressing, but there is still a lot to do with many still waiting for support or looking for work. The crisis is far from over and the Prince’s visit is beneficial in keeping Redcar and the wider area in the national media and on the government’s agenda. Working with other local MPs and councils we are continuing to push for the

UKIP back cuts to housing support for social rented properties

investment our area needs to reinvigorate our industrial and manufacturing base after such a huge blow.

t was very disappointing that the UKIP Member of Parliament joined the Tories in voting against Labour’s motion to exempt people in supported accommodation from housing benefit cuts. Housing associations warned that the planned cuts would hit vulnerable people in specialist housing and risk making some supported living schemes unviable. This will hit the elderly, disabled, and people fleeing domestic violence. I spoke against the Tory proposals in the debate and about the great work of Thirteen in the Tees Valley which is now at risk with the closure of supportive accommodation. It is clear that in voting for Tory cuts to support the vulnerable, UKIP are just like the Tories.

Contact Anna Write: Anna Turley MP, 10 Milbank Terrace, Redcar, TS10 1ED Email: anna.turley.mp@parliament.uk / Phone: 01642 485138 Twitter: @annaturley / Facebook.com/Anna4Redcar

Inspiring Women Project

t is excellent to see our Borough recognising International Women’s Day this year with such an exciting week of events, celebrating the achievements of local women, commemorating the legacy of famous Redcar & Cleveland residents Mo Mowlam and Gertrude Bell, and engaging our young people to strive for excellence in their own careers. The Inspiring Women project started as a call to arms for a new memorial on the 10th anniversary of the passing of our Mo, and it has really flourished with the support of the council and sponsorship by the RAF. It involves a week of events involving local schools, including an RAF Operation X competition between groups of girls and boys from schools across the borough, a Women in Politics lecture for A Level Politics students, a talk at Kirkleatham Museum about the life and exploration of Gertrude Bell by Gordon Hetherington on Tuesday, March 8th, and more. I am particularly pleased that we have been able to arrange work shadowing opportunities for young women and I hope the young people who take part find the experience really valuable. I would also like to congratulate everyone who received an Inspiring Women award – we have some tremendous women in Redcar & Cleveland making a huge difference to their local communities and it is right that they receive the recognition they deserve.

Women Against State Pension Inequality

any local women have contacted me about the accelerated equalisation of the state pension age for women and the treatment of those born in the 1950s who were not given adequate notice of the changes. This follows the very effective campaign by the women at WASPI who have done a brilliant job campaigning on this issue and getting it on the parliamentary agenda. Well done to everyone involved. For those who are unaware, the state pension age for women was due to rise to 65 by 2020, bringing it in line with that of men. However the coalition government brought the changes forward by 18 months, without giving women sufficient time to plan. The women who are set to lose out as a result of these mishandled reforms have worked hard all of their lives, but many have seen their retirement plans shattered with devastating consequences. In Redcar constituency, an estimated 3,910 women will be affected by the accelerated increase with some suddenly having to wait up to an extra 18 months before being able to claim their pension. I have attended both opposition day debates on this issue and have called on the government to introduce transitional measures as a matter of urgency. The pension minister who introduced the reforms recently described them as a ‘bad decision’ so even the government know they are wrong. Inaction is no longer an option.

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Continuing to stay safe and warm

pring may be just around the corner but a winter campaign to help people stay safe and warm in their homes is still running as the cold weather continues. Electric heaters, thermal blankets, torches, flasks and fleecy mattress covers are available for anyone struggling with their heating. There is also advice on managing fuel bills and referrals for free boiler repairs or replacements if needed. The Stay Safe and Warm campaign is led by Cleveland Fire Brigade and sees many agencies working together to provide advice and support. Phil Lancaster, Director of Community Protection at Cleveland Fire Brigade, said: “It may be March but we are still in the grip of winter weather with freezing temperatures. Anyone who knows anyone who is struggling to keep warm should get in touch immediately. Little or no heating can be a matter of life and death and no one should in that position. “It is just not older people who are vulnerable. There are cases where families with young children cannot afford to put their heating on. We are here to help”.

Organisations involved include Age UK Teesside, Hartlepool, Stockton, Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesbrough Councils, Middlesbrough Environment City, Middlesbrough and Stockton MIND, Public Health and Adult and Children’s Social Care. The campaign comes as fire brigades across the country together with NHS England, Public Health England, Age UK and the Local Government Association have pledged to tackle health and social problems together to try and reduce the number of winter hospital admissions and winter deaths and improve the health and wellbeing of our residents. This year’s Keep Safe and Warm, which started on October 1, has already helped more than 400 people. Some 367 heaters have been provided along with 114 thermal blankets, 37 mattress covers and 13 electric blankets. Inadequate heating? Boiler broken down? You don’t have to be cold this winter. If this is you or someone you know, call Stay Safe and Warm any time for free help and advice on: 01429 874063

Friends of Redcar (FRED)

By Carl Quartermain

hank you to all those who attended on a cold showery but bright morning in February. It was a great turnout and demonstrates the absolute need for these voluntary community activities. Thank you too to the Neighbourhoods team for their support in the areas we ran out of time getting to. http://friendsofredcar.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/ fred-back-on-beach-in-february-2016.html Over the next couple of months FRED are drawing attention again to the problematic Majuba end of Redcar beach and in particular Coatham dunes, with renewed gusto! If you are not up to speed with the issue of the dunes please try these links below. Our intention is to bring as much awareness as possible and to gain more vocal supporters which will go a long way towards evidence for funding bids later. How can you help? Please do spend time interacting and sharing our links below and becoming the

voice of FRED too. Include all your family. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/conservecoatham-dunes http://friendsofredcar.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/ coatham-dune-complaint-and-hse.html http://friendsofredcar.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/ a-plea-to-redcar-residents-from-fred.html On April 3rd, we are teaming up with the National Citizen Service and Surfers Against Sewage respectively with the support of RCBC to record and publicise this important story of our efforts gathering masonry and litter to lead towards creating a fit environment and improved visitor offer. Please do join us. We would encourage parents to come with children and all schools to contact parents through parentmail etc. because this is as much about education and enthusing pride as it is the physical act. We have gloves and equipment but as always with these type of clearances the more wheelbarrows and shovels the better. Thank you all. See you on the beach.

Recent footpath work around Loftus

By John Roberts

ast Cleveland is blessed with a superb coastline and countryside, connected together by an extensive network of public rights of way. These paths are treasured by local walkers and visitors alike and they need to be kept accessible if we’re to continue to be able to appreciate this wonderful area. Fortunately, Loftus ACCORD Walking Group is working in close collaboration with Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and the North York Moors National Park to monitor these footpaths and, where necessary, undertake repair work. Such work includes repair

or replacement of steps and footbridges, clearance of paths and streams and control of water flow. Recent work has seen installation of new steps on the ancient Cleveland Street path above Deepdale Lane near Skinningrove, new footbridges across becks below Boulby potash mine and Roxby and a range of measures in Whitecliff Wood, Loftus. The costs are covered by the council and national park and teams of volunteers collaborate with staff to carry out the work. Let’s give thanks to everyone who helps to keep our valued footpaths open so that local people can enjoy a healthier lifestyle and visitors can be attracted to East Cleveland in greater numbers.

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Sixteen new PCSOs join Cleveland Police

ixteen budding new Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) have joined Cleveland Police. The PCSO’s are currently undertaking a ten-week initial training programme, which includes subjects such as community engagement, problem solving, PCSO powers, antisocial behaviour and hate crime. Temporary Chief Constable, Iain Spittal, said: “I’d like to welcome our sixteen new PCSOs to the Force and wish them good luck on their journey through the initial training programme and wish them well in their new careers. They’re now part of the policing family that aims to protect communities and ensure a safer Cleveland for everyone.” The new recruits are expected to complete their training and join the Force full time in March, where they will be double crewed before being able to go on

Commissioner kick starts Community Safety Roadshows

independent patrol. Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland, Barry Coppinger, said: “It’s great to see a new group of PCSOs who want to look out for the communities of Cleveland and help protect them from harm. “I’d like to wish them all the best of luck in their training and throughout their

impending careers in the police service.” Police Community Support Officer, Georgia Borrow, who is currently undertaking the ten-week course, said: “I have been interested in the law from a young age and have been inspired by many people on my journey to become a PCSO. “The main reason I wanted to join Cleveland Police as

a PCSO is to work with the community and to help and encourage them make better choices for their futures which will help ensure Cleveland is a safer and more positive place to live. I am looking forward to engaging with the public and working in the heart of the community to increase the trust and confidence the public have in the police service.”

Research into front desk services to lead to cost saving changes

esearch conducted by Cleveland Police has found that some front reception desks are so underused that they average less than one visitor per day. The results of a three month footfall survey between August and October 2015 have led to recommendations which see both changes to opening hours and the closure of some front desks. Reception area at the main police station at Kirkleatham in Redcar will remain open between the hours of 8am and 8pm. The front desks at Saltburn, Loftus, Guisborough, South Bank, Eston and Redcar Town Office will close, as well as others in the Cleveland area. Police officers will continue to patrol from these police stations and appointments at the stations will still be held with members of the public. Video phones will be placed at the front of each building so that there is a direct link to the police control room for anyone who wishes to visit the station, and officers will continue to look for other venues to hold drop-in sessions. The video phones are already successfully in use in other stations across the area. Examples from the research show that front counters in Eston, Loftus, South Bank, Guisborough and Saltburn had less than one visit per day on average for the three month period. Redcar town office had on average 2.7 visits per day. These figures include receiving deliveries,

people handing in lost property and the of the public changes, we must adapt and reception dealing with people arriving for use our budgets wisely.” appointments. Police and Crime Commissioner Barry The front desk service is provided Coppinger said: “The research has been by Sopra Steria as part of the ten-year made available to me and I am confident outsourcing contract with Cleveland that Cleveland Police can deliver the right Police. The decision to close the front service to communities with the alternative desks means that around six full time posts arrangements on offer. will be put at risk. “I do not underestimate the strength The closures form part of a wider scale of feeling around topics such as front change to deliver and make savings to counters, but it’s so important that we help the Force move forward. Sopra look after the public purse and have honest Steria has agreed to support Cleveland conversations about services that are being Police to make the necessary changes to funded but that are underused.” the contract, which equate to around £2.9million per year and reduce the workforce by around 73 full time posts, with 20 staff transferring back to Cleveland Police. Temporary Chief Constable Iain Carpet Cleaner Spittal said: “This change does not mean that we are withdrawing from Only our communities, it is about a common £12 per sense approach to ensure that we provide the best and most cost effective day service to local people. “There has been a shift in favour of telephone contact and other means 1 litre solutions such as social media to communicate buy 2 get the 3rd FREE with officers. The public can still meet with officers face-to-face through convenient appointments, and they Open 9.00 - 12.00 Mon - Sat will continue to be accessible in other public places. Guisborough Tool Hire & Trophy Centre “We are becoming a much more 231 Westgate, Guisborough,TS14 6NJ technological society and as the needs

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By Lawrence McAnelly

he Junction exists to make a difference to the lives of children and young people, often some of the most vulnerable in our community. We: • Improve mental health and build resilience, empower children and young people to rise above life’s challenges, with confidence and self belief. • Make Life better for young carers, supporting young carers and young adult carers, so that their caring responsibilities do not have a negative impact on their live’s. • Transform the lives of young people who are facing incredible challenges as they start their adult lives, including unemployment, homelessness, debt, loneliness and risk taking behaviours In the last year from January to December 2015 the Junction worked with 855, children, young people and their families, with 7310 person to person contacts, that’s not just letters, or text, but person to person contact, through 1 to 1 support, counselling or group work. Our work is about making a difference and we work (quite hard!) to collect lots of information to demonstrate to people just how we make a difference.

Improving Mental Health and Building resilience. Now more than ever our children and young people are facing a barrage of factors which impact on their mental health. In 2015 through our flexible one to one support, specialist counselling and group work we supported 254 young people in Redcar and Cleveland to improve their mental health with 69.1% identifying that they were “Happier and able to cope with life’s challenges” and a further “20.6%” reporting they had achieved stability, 61.9% said that had positively changed their lives “ I do not feel lonely...I feel that I belong” with a further 24.7% maintaining stability. To us this means that over 200 young people in Redcar and Cleveland have improved mental health and increased resilience and are able to rise above life’s challenges. “Thank you for all the support you have given me throughout the years at The Junction.....I’ll never forget how much you where there for me...” Our engage@thejunction team won the South Tees Voluntary and Community Sector Health and Wellbeing Impact award for their excellent work improving Mental Health and building the resilience of young people.

Making Life better for young carers, young adult carers and their families Young Carers and Young adult carers are.... Through our services in 2015 we supported over 300 young carers and young adult carers and their families. “I think because I am a young carer The Junction is... ideal , brilliant and chilling place to go when u are doing some work or when u need a break from home .The Junction provide trips for us and we all enjoy them they are FAB . The Junction have lovely and caring staff and provide lovely trips for us and sessions so thank u very much junction, u ALL are doing GREAT” -Young Carer We had some amazing experiences including our third visit to the Isle of Tiree in the inner Hebrides, working with young carers to learn a whole range of confidence building, stress-busting skills and training young carers to become peer mentors in their communities, fantastic! As well as working in groups with young carers, a number of young carers received specialist 1 to 1 support to work with them to reduce the negative impact of their caring responsibilities on them. It is critically important to support young carers to be: less stressed, less isolated, less sad, able to sleep better, less worried and better able to concentrate and to feel that they can cope better- In short to make life better. • 92.5% of young carers felt they were stable or

better able to cope with their responsibilities. • 89.5% of young carers felt they were stable or less sad and happier with the caring role • 72.5% of young carers felt they were stable or less stressed due to their responsibilities One way of making life better for young carers is to work with the whole family. Our family workers empowered families to achieve some amazing changes to their lives. Supporting families to increase their income, build friendships and be less lonely and isolated • 76.2% of families supported identified that they were positive and have plans for the future • 71.4% of families supported said they “fell less lonely and isolated” “Without the support of myself (family worker) and The Junction I wouldn’t be where I am now”Young Carers Mother Transforming young people’s lives Young people’s transition to adulthood can be a challenging time for any young person , even with the support of family and friends. For some young people that support is just not there and they can face a whole combination of circumstances which can very seriously damage their life chances and future prospects. “I was offered help from The Junction at my local foodbank....I was stuck in a rut and my partner had

left me. I was a single mum with debts and I didn’t see a way out. The Junction helped me with all sorts from budgeting, getting a place at university to just being able to have a friendly chat. Thanks to The Junction I feel in control of my finances, I have gained a place at University and they continue to be there for whenever I need help or advice”-Young person The Junction provides access to information and support services for young people. Many who are vulnerable due to the circumstances they face, including homelessness, unemployment, debt, relationship breakdown, risk taking behaviours, victims of crime, mental ill health and a number of other issues. Wherever possible we record data and information to demonstrate the impact we have achieved. This can’t always be done for a number of reasons however the figures below help to tell the story of our work to transform young people’s lives. With the support of The Junction through its “SAFE SPACE” and outreach support vulnerable young people from our community achieved 124 significant positive changes to their individual

circumstances including 25 young people got or moved significantly closer to getting work, 29 young people improved their income, 13 young people reduced their level of debt (both relieving poverty) and 22 people were supported to get somewhere safe to live. The Junction also saw improvements in young people behaviours with 74 recorded improvements over time, including 35 young people accessing emergency and crisis health services less, 14 young people reducing drug use and 5 moving on from drug services less due to their reduction, 9 young people have reduced levels and incidence of self harm. There were 437 areas where young people were able to achieve stability in their lives, preventing further crisis. “Thanks again for what u did for me u made me more confident in myself...”-Young Person We are rightly proud of our achievements at The Junction and know only too well that we are so appreciative of the support we receive in so many ways from our community. These include, businesses, local churches, community groups and individuals. Thank you so much and roll on 2016!

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Lingdale’s community hero

By Councillor Steve Kay

n 29th February, Vic Davison of Prospect Place, Lingdale received a prestigious Community Achievement Award from the Mayor of Redcar & Cleveland Council, Councillor Brenda Forster. The ceremony was held at the ‘Tuned In!’ centre in Redcar. I had the honour of nominating Vic for his dedicated service, over many decades, to the people of Lingdale. A former ironstone miner, Vic was, for many years, a Lingdale Workingmen’s Club committee member, in which role he worked tirelessly to bring entertainment and enjoyment to a hard-working community. Along with sadly deceased colleagues, Bruce Mackenzie and Enid Husband, Vic helped run the not-for-profit Lingdale Allotment Shop, established to teach horticulture to local people with learning difficulties and to make reasonably priced plants and garden tools available to Lingdale residents. Vic was an expert at making extremely competitive Christmas holly wreaths; surely a painful task about which Vic never complained! For many years, Vic has been a member of Lockwood Parish Council where he still represents Lingdale & Stanghow ward. He was also a dedicated and successful Chairman of Governors at Lingdale Primary School, where he successfully led the school through a difficult transitional period. Perhaps Vic’s greatest achievement was his work with Lingdale Lift-Off. With Vic taking a leading role, Lift-Off transformed the village with tidyup campaigns, heritage projects and horticultural schemes, leading to many gold medals in Northumbria in Bloom. For years, he worked tirelessly on the Springfield Community Allotment project, where he taught the rudiments of horticulture to Lingdale children. Vic’s tireless work undoubtedly helped the Community Allotment win regional acclaim. In recent years, ill health has forced Vic to slow down but this has not stopped him applying his horticultural skills to the beautiful gardens at Prospect Place sheltered accommodation, winning them recognition on TV and from the Royal Horticultural Society. Although a recent operation has reduced Vic’s mobility, his community work continues and

his optimism, knowledge and never-say-die attitude bring inspiration to all those around him. Said Mike Jefferson, chairman of both Lockwood Parish Council and Lingdale Lift-Off: “For years, Vic has worked tirelessly but quietly for Lingdale, letting others take the accolades. I am delighted all his selfless voluntary work has at last been officially recognised.”

East Cleveland Youth Housing Trust

or 15 years, East Cleveland Youth H o u s i n g Tr u s t h a s p ro v i d e d employment and training opportunities for disadvantaged young people interested in acquiring building trade skills. The Trust has done this through a process of acquiring rundown properties, renovating and letting them as affordable homes. In that time, we have grown slowly and cautiously. In April 2014 we began a four year focused program of growth towards sustainability, during which time we intend to do more, do better and be open to new opportunities. The Trust will benefit from the stability, security and freedom this will bring. We recognise that this is a long term commitment and that the project will take us significantly closer to achieving this goal. In Summer 2015 using a grant from Northern rock East Cleveland Youth Housing Trust were able to purchase The Crown hotel/public house on Brotton High St that had sat empty for around 10 months. The layout was perfect for conversion; it would help us exceed our project targets in a shorter space of time; Brotton was an area we didn’t own any properties in and there was a plot of land to the rear that offered future opportunities for development. The Crown Heights project will provide 12 months of employment and training opportunities for unemployed and disadvantaged 16-25 year olds, and offer 180+ days of work experience for volunteers. So far the project has secured the services of four apprentices and had support of three volunteers from local training providers and job centres. During March we will be working closely with Redcar & Cleveland College and Freebrough Academy who will be supplying a team of six-eight apprentices

for up to six weeks of work placement. The colleges understand the importance of a ‘live’ site experience and hope that students spending time doing joinery and plastering will enhance knowledge and practical application Once completed the property itself will be used as supported accommodation for at least four new tenants aged 18-25. The renovation will create three, 2 bed flats and one single bed flat that will help us exceed our initial targets of purchasing and renovating three properties in two years. We expect properties to be available for letting from autumn this year and will be looking to accommodate local young people. Rents will be on average 25% lower than the north east average. Tenants will receive an individually tailored package of support to enable young people to develop independent living skills to manage and maintain their accommodation. We will also be offering pre-tenancy support sessions to prospective tenants. For more details, please email tenancy@ecyhtrust.com or call 07446603700. Our project also undertakes building works for community and voluntary organisations in the local area; such as renovating village halls and sports clubs. For more information, please call 01287 644044 or email info@ecyhtrust.com During their time with ECYHT, young people have the opportunity to learn and develop skills in various building trades, e.g. plumbing and joinery. The project also offers opportunities for personal development in a supportive and friendly environment. All the courses we offer aim to build confidence and experience and as we work closely with a variety of training providers and colleges, we can ensure that our team have access to a wide variety of learning experiences.

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Bells and artefacts on show in Skelton

By John Connolly

ast year the folk at Kirkleatham Museum kindly allowed me to borrow the pair of bells which had for centuries hung in the tiny old church at Uleatham. They had lain for many years in a Local Authority store, after being removed from their “home” to keep them from the attention of vandals, of which, surprisingly, there appear to be one or two in the North East. We agreed that as the Old All Saints Church in Skelton, of which I am the keyholder, has space to display such items that it would be a good idea to bring them to Skelton to put them on show. Subsequent to this, we thought that other artefacts from that historic old site could also be made available for public display, as Kirkleatham Museum has only limited public areas and rather than have these relics stored away from scrutiny we could arrange to install them here at Skelton, for a time, where they can be seen.

That we have now done and the next project is to arrange, eventually, to borrow some, if not all of the four Hatchments which Kirkleatham have in store. These are funerary paintings, memorials to the passing of members of local dignitaries. Skelton History Group had two of these spectacular commemorative paintings on show within this Old Church during last year’s Heritage Weekend. They are diamond-shaped, around 1.4 x 1.5 meters, intended originally for display in church close to a burial site and all four were sited at Old St Andrew’s at Upleatham The pair we previously displayed need a little attention, hardly surprising after being stored for so long, while the two others need much work. The Hatchment for Thomas, Second Earl of Zetland (ironically the most recent of the quartet of paintings) is in need of considerable conservation and restoration work. This one is currently in the care of Annabelle Remnant, a specialist conservator in Northumberland, who suggests that restoration will cost as much as £5200. While the Earl of Ronaldshay has agreed to meet half of this cost, I am left with the task of finding the rest ! Old All saints is open most days, but in the event of the doors being closed then the key can be obtained from John Connolly at 1 Church Lane, or telephone 01287 659242.

Double success for Science Student

rior Pursglove College student Anna McGairy has two things to be proud of recently after receiving an offer from the University of Cambridge and also achieving a gold award in the British Biology Olympiad. Anna from Guisborough has been given a conditional offer to study Natural Biological Sciences at Girton College, Cambridge, and needs to achieve two A*s and one A grade to secure her coveted place. She is currently studying A level Geology, Biology, Maths and AS level Further Maths and says she is really excited to be given the offer and will work hard to try and achieve the grades she needs.

She was also the highest graded student in the college during this year’s British Biology Olympiad which is a competition open to only the top achieving Biology students. It consists of two one hour multiple choice papers to be taken online under staff supervised exam conditions and just over 7,000 students from around the UK took part. Anna said: “I’m really pleased because I wasn’t expecting to get the gold award as I felt the exam hadn’t gone amazingly well and the questions were so varied I had to apply other things I’d learnt that wasn’t specific to Biology A level. For my interview with Cambridge I’d done a lot of reading around Science as a whole so I think that helped me when I was answering questions for the Olympiad.” Student Charlotte Kirkham also from Guisborough also achieved Highly Commended in the competition. Prior Pursglove College Faculty Manager Olivia Wytcherley said: “Anna is an outstanding Biology student. She posted the highest score in her exams last year, on the back of this she has been successful in securing a place at Girton College Cambridge. Her performance in the recent Biology Olympiad was excellent, indeed it is the best result we have had for a number of years, and to achieve a gold award put Anna in the top 6% of 7200 students taking part.” Prior Pursglove Collage has enabled many students to go on to study at both Cambridge and Oxford. In the last four years eleven students were offered a place at one of their colleges.

Support for parents-to-be

ums and dads-to-be across the South Tees are set to benefit from a new set of resources to help them from pregnancy into parenthood. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and Middlesbrough Council have recently joined forces with the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to launch resources developed by the parent and child charity Best Beginnings at both Redcar Coast and Hemlington Children Centres. The four main resources consist of: Baby Buddy, the personalised smartphone app; From Bump to Breastfeeding, a set of DVDs following real mothers’ experiences of feeding; Small Wonders, supporting the care of sick or premature babies; and Baby Express, a month-by-month magazine covering the first year of a baby’s life. The free resources aim to help mums and dadsto-be with all the information they need to give their new bundle of joy the best start in life. They have been developed with input from parents and health and early years’ professionals, including the Department for Health and the Royal College of Midwives. Kay Branch, Midwife Consultant from the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “These resources are fantastic for all parents; they provide accurate advice in an accessible way. “With a combination of informative videos, magazine and the mobile phone app we will be able to help and offer even more support to parents during this exciting time of their lives.” One mum who has tried the Baby Buddy app, Lisa Cryer from Brotton, said: “I think the app is great as it lets you ask questions that you might think are silly, at any time, day or night. “The information is easy to understand, and you get daily updates on how your bump and then baby are developing, as well as tips on looking after yourself as a new mum.

Mum Lisa Cryer of Brotton with Sofia Cryer-Anderson “You can personalise your avatar, put reminders in the calendar about appointments, watch videos, and search for local information. It’s definitely a great support.” The Baby Buddy app has already proved to be a success in other areas in the country: over 56,000 people have downloaded the app since its launch in November 2014, with 88% of mums questioned saying it helped them feel closer to their baby; the From Bump to Breastfeeding films have been viewed by over two million families since 2008, with 99% of mums who watched it before their baby was born saying they found it useful; Small Wonders films are being used in 85% of UK hospitals with neonatal units; and Baby Express has been shown to improve early relationships and child development, and supports the Healthy Child Programme. To find out more about the resources and download the app, go to www.bestbeginnings.org. uk, ask a health professional or visit a Children’s Centre.

Coastal View & Moor News Issue 67 - March - April 2016

Saltburn, Marske & New Marske Parish Council

he Parish Council office is moving: From 1st April 2016 our new address will be: The Conference Centre, Saltburn Learning Campus, Marske Mill Lane, Saltburn, TS12 1HJ - the telephone number will remain the same. The building we will be occupying was formerly the caretaker’s bungalow on the School site and is just a short distance away from the current office - visitors will still be able to use the Leisure Centre car park. All meetings times and dates will be reviewed so please check our website for further details. Tel: 01287 623477 Email: office@ smnmpc.co.uk Website: www. smnmpc.co.uk

Musical recorders wanted

n East Cleveland church is collecting musical recorders to send to a children’s home on a small Caribbean island. St. Mark’s Church at Marske-bythe-sea is appealing for unwanted recorders to send to the Queen Elizabeth Children’s Home on the small island of Grenada in the West Indies. The home provides a safe refuge for children from toddlers to teenagers. All are either orphaned or come from abusive or dysfunctional backgrounds. “We plan to form a small music group for the younger children. It will help them integrate better and will develop their social skills,” said Lesleyanne Celestine, manager of the 40-bed home. “There must be scores of recorders across East Cleveland that children have put aside when they have moved on to other interests. We can put them to good use,” said Peter Sotheran who is coordinating the appeal. The appeal is for recorders of any size and books of recorder and guitar music. There are collection points in public libraries in Dormanstown, across Redcar and in Marske and in Marske Parish Church. The appeal runs until the end of March; the instruments and books will be delivered to the home early in April. For more information contact sotherans@hotmail.co.uk.

Year of ‘76 Laurence Jackson School Leavers School Reunion Notice Did you attend or work at the school anytime between 1971 and 1976?. If yes a school reunion is being held on Saturday, 30 July 2016 Please join us to celebrate 40 years since we left From 7 pm onwards The venue is at the Guisborough Cricket Club, Rectory Lane, Guisborough, TS14 7DJ. A raffle will be held on the night and tickets will be available soon. If you would like to attend or have any queries could you please contact Julie Newman (Boyes) or Angela Garbutt (Pearson). juleye@yahoo.co.uk or telephone no. 07545838286 angelagarbutt@gmail.com telephone no. 07473888224

Tees Society Forum discusses how Redcar and Cleveland’s natural assets can be used for good of community

he latest Tees Society Forum debate focused on the natural assets of Redcar and Cleveland, asking how advantage can be taken of these in order to enhance the area. The Forum, chaired by Peter Medd, provides leading community figures with a platform to examine key social issues affecting the Tees Valley. This month’s question was: What do you think is Redcar and Cleveland’s most precious natural asset and how should it be used or developed for the greater good of the local community? Mr Medd, a Director of Redcar-based Cygnet Law, said: “’Natural assets’ is a phrase that can have a different interpretation depending on the individual as is shown by the responses from Tees Society Forum members with local people and the natural landscape both featuring in their answers. “Redcar and Cleveland residents are renowned for their integrity, tenacity and work ethic as well as their fantastic community spirit and deserve to be named as one of the area’s strengths. “However, equally important to the borough are its stunning coastline and scenic countryside, which are valuable natural assets with the potential to help attract visitors to the area.” Steve Grant, Managing Director of TTE Technical Training Group, said: “The most precious natural assets in Redcar & Cleveland are the stunning coastline and surrounding countryside. “They both can make a positive impact on the wellbeing of the local community as walking along the beach or along one of the rural footpaths are a great way of keeping fit. Walking also is one if the best ways to experience the beauty and breath-taking scenery that Redcar and Cleveland has to offer. “It is great to see that Redcar and Cleveland Council, Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, Tees Valley Wildlife Trust, and the River Tees Rediscovered Landscape Partnership joined forces to promote the local landscapes by organising a Winder Walking Festival.” Redcar & Cleveland Councillor, David Walsh, said: “In my view, Redcar and Cleveland has two major - and complementary – assets. The first is our people. We have a youthful workforce skilled and trained for the needs of the core industries and technologies of the coming century - process industry, advanced chemicals, IT and logistics. We may sadly no longer make steel, but we still have steel technology skills, skills that can fit easily into advanced engineering, fabrication and plant design. “Our second asset is our strategic industrial location. We have one of the UK’s biggest ports in terms of tonnage, deep water harbours, pipeline linkages across the North Sea and the UK and good road and rail access to markets across the whole of the North of England and Southern Scotland. We also have land open for development and free for the opening up of new industries geared to existing strengths and with room for development.” Darren Ditchburn, General Manager Customer Experience and Distribution at Darlington Building Society, said: “One of the best natural assets in Redcar and Cleveland is the great sense of community that pervades throughout the area. We know from experience when we organise events or projects in aid of local good causes that

the community spirit shown by residents is fantastic and they really rally round with their support.” Carla Keegans, Director of The Ethical Lettings Agency CIC, said: “The beach! We have a wonderful coastline in our borough that can bring so much benefit to residents, old and young alike. Fresh air, science/nature classes for children, space to walk, run and exercise… and it’s all free! The investment in Redcar has visibly increased the number of visitors to the town, with Saltburn, and the Cleveland Way continuing to attract visitors from far and wide, so our coastline also brings local economic benefit too, which can definitely be expanded. I’m not sure what money the local community receives, if any, from the wind turbines, so let’s develop other attractions that will economically benefit us – big events on the beach, better diving facilities, more watersport events, public BBQ areas etc. The more there is to do, the more businesses will set-up and create employment.” Lawrence McAnelly, Executive of the Junction Foundation, a Redcar charity which helps vulnerable children, young people and their families, said: “Undoubtedly our unique landscape, weather and environment, from; coast, to hill, to moor. From sea, to land, to sky. From dawn to day, dusk to night. Our land is our most precious asset. For the greater good of the local community simple make sure as many as possible live it, breathe, enjoy and love it!” Iain Sim, Chief Executive at housing and regeneration company Coast & Country, said: “Without a doubt Redcar and Cleveland’s most precious natural asset is its people. Over the years we have had many setbacks, most recently the closure of the SSI steelworks. With this came unemployment and insecurity, but at no point has anyone given up hope of a better future for themselves, their families and their communities. Instead we came together to show that we are a community. We buckled down, we persevered and most importantly we fought back.” He added: “To sustain and enhance the area for the benefit of the community, we need to create opportunities where people have the choice to continue working and living in the Borough, avoiding unnecessary job migration and an inevitable loss of skills, expertise and business prospects from the area. Together, we need to continue to provide opportunities for local people to gain valuable workplace experience and develop their skills so that they can secure permanent long-term employment.”

Peter Medd, a Director of Cygnet Law, based in Redcar Rev Rachel Harrison, Vicar at St Peter’s Church, in Redcar, said: “The most precious natural asset of the Redcar and Cleveland area does not come from the sea, or from underground or from the land, valuable as they are. No, the most precious natural asset can be found in the people of the area. The people of Teesside have a generous spirit, an earthy honesty and a resilience to be admired. The evidence of people’s willingness to get involved in contributing to their community is convincing because wherever you look there are voluntary groups that are making a difference to individual lives, to the community and to the environment. Investment in the voluntary sector would no doubt enable communities to prosper even more. Richinda Taylor, Chief Executive of domestic violence charity Eva, said: “One obvious natural asset is the wonderful stretch of coastline, which is one of the longest lengths of unbroken beach in the UK. “Saltburn benefits from its impressive pier and just a few days ago I watched several groups of surfers brave the icy waters in search of those elusive waves. Such a beautiful, varied coastline is to be enjoyed, and it’s hard to see how this could be improved. But do we make the most of this amazing natural resource? If the coastline attracts visitors, it is important that the community makes the most of this, and that means providing what visitors need to ensure they return and spread the word. Above all, a warm welcome, friendly service and choice of facilities is what visitors remember.”

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Let us know if you can’t make it!

taff at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are urging patients to let them know if they cannot make their appointment as figures reveal as many as 1,600 people a year fail to attend their operations. Every year theatre teams at The James Cook University Hospital, Friarage Hospital and Redcar Primary Care Hospital carry out 36,000 procedures but 1,600 slots are wasted because they are cancelled at last minute. Patients not attending procedures, or cancelling at short notice, account for around 46% of all theatre cancellations at the trust. “It’s a huge problem,” said Stuart Finn, directorate manager for trauma and theatres at the trust. “It increases our waiting lists, leaving other patients facing a longer wait and while tariffs vary for each different specialty, the cost to the trust in terms of lost income alone is more than £1.5million a year. “We are currently reviewing how we can reduce our Did Not Attend (DNA) rates and we are looking at everything from patient letters to introducing reminder services. “But we need patients to help us by letting us know in advance if they can’t make their appointment. “If you are planning on not attending or you can see a change in circumstances and need to change the date of your operation please get in touch with us and give us plenty of notice. The easiest way to do this is to call the department listed on your patient letter. “If we know in advance that you can’t get here we can rebook your procedure for a time that suits you better and give the slot to another patient who is equally or even more in need of that operation.” Find out more about how you can help ease pressures on your local hospital this winter at southtees.nhs.uk/news/hospitals/ how-you-can-help-the-nhs-this-winter/

Skin cancer project is aiming high

n innovative project at the forefront of cancer research will help identify skin cancer patients with a high risk of the disease spreading to other parts of the body. Melanoma Focus - a national charity dedicated to providing a comprehensive and authoritative source of information for public and professionals, as well as supporting education and promoting research about melanoma – has provided a scientific group at Newcastle University with a £100,000 grant, as part of its patient impact programme. Dr Rob Ellis, consultant dermatologist at The James Cook University Hospital and honorary clinical senior lecturer at Newcastle University along with Professor Penny Lovat from the university, are leading the project to look at why ulceration of the skin above a melanoma leads to a greater risk of the disease spreading. The study, which will be conducted over 18 months, aims to validate the role of prognostic biomarkers for the early detection of high-risk melanomas - Ambra-1 and Loricrin - and how the levels of these two proteins change in the layer of skin over melanomas. The findings will help improve diagnosis, by predicting which patients are at a higher risk of their skin cancer spreading to other parts of the body (metastatic melanoma) and as such require closer follow-up. This would allow patients to plan for their future treatment appropriately and help to reduce uncertainty. Initial evidence suggests these markers may also help design a new drug to be given to high-risk patients at initial surgery, to help prevent the spread of the disease and reduce overall mortality. The initial patient recruitment and pathology work for the project was carried out at The James Cook University Hospital in

Research team: Professor Penny Lovat, Dr Rob Ellis, Dr Diana Tang and Alison Greenwood. Middlesbrough, thanks to a £3,000 donation from James Cook University Hospital Voluntary Services to Dr Ellis. This donation allowed initial patient samples to be created, which were used to generate pilot data for the successful grant application. It also paid for a biomedical scientist, Alison Greenwood’s time to work on the project and for some of the antibodies and laboratory kit required for the samples to be prepared and analysed. Following the Melanoma Focus grant, historical melanoma samples will be collected and analysed in the histopathology laboratory at James Cook and will form a large part of Dr Diana Tang, a current dermatology registrar’s research doctorate. A new full time laboratory scientist post at Newcastle University will also be created, to allow further analysis of the melanoma samples produced during the project. Dr Rob Ellis said: “If the biomarkers we

are developing continue to identify high risk patients, they may well become part of the formal staging criteria for melanoma and as such be adopted worldwide. This would put James Cook on the map as a centre of skin cancer excellence, as well as strengthen our ties with the internationally recognised academic melanoma research at Newcastle University. “Without the backing of James Cook University Hospital Voluntary Services we would have found it difficult to further develop our initial findings in melanoma samples. Their generous donation will hopefully have a positive impact on not only patients at James Cook, but potentially much further afield.” “We are looking forward to working on this exciting project and are grateful for the Melanoma Focus grant, which will importantly lead to more joint working on future skin cancer projects for the benefit of our patients.”

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Partnership forged to improve treatment and outcomes for cancer patients

n innovative partnership has been forged to improve treatment and outcomes for cancer patients across Teesside, County Durham and North Yorkshire. The Macmillan Integration of Cancer Care (MacICC) Programme – a collaboration between Macmillan Cancer Support, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and health and social care partners – looks at the whole patient journey from diagnosis and treatment to living with, and beyond, cancer. A number of pioneering projects focussing on earlier diagnosis of the disease are being launched including: • South Tees Optical Referral Project (STORP) – the first project of its kind in the country which allows Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland opticians to directly refer patients to the neurosciences team at The James Cook University Hospital if concerns are picked up during an eye examination. • An open access chest X-ray clinic to aid the earlier diagnosis of lung cancer (in partnership with public health shared services and funded by South Tees Clinical Commissioning Group) Consultant haematologist and the trust’s

programme sponsor, Dr Angela Wood, said: “Through closer partnership working, this programme wants to make a real impact on various aspects of care across the whole patient journey from diagnosis and treatment to living with and beyond cancer.” Dawn Graham, senior Macmillan development manager, added: “This is all about improving patient experience by making adjustments to the system and better use of resources. It’s a key piece of work which should bring many benefits to local people affected by cancer. Macmillan Cancer Support is delighted to be working with our partners and looking forward to the programme’s continued progress in 2016.” Alongside the MacICC programme, the trust has linked in with NHS England’s ‘Acceleration Coordination and Evaluation’ (ACE) initiative which looks at early cancer diagnosis. STORP – the first project of its kind in the country – brings together Tees Local Ophthalmic Committee (LOC) and the neurosciences team at The James Cook University Hospital so opticians can directly refer patients to hospital if they have specific concerns following an eye examination rather than to a GP first.

Cancer teams first to scoop six quality awards

L to R Kathryn Almond, complementary therapy manager, Maureen Rutter, non-executive director, Janice Worton, deputy cancer services manager, Heather McLean, Trinity Holistic Centre Manager, Nicky Hand, Lead Cancer Nurse and Sue Clarke, learning and development manager for Macmillan.

outh Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is thought to be the first NHS trust in the country to receive six Macmillan quality awards. The Trinity Holistic Centre is the latest service to receive the prestigious Macmillan Quality Environment Mark (MQEM) which demonstrates to staff, visitors and patients that a facility is: • welcoming and accessible to all • respectful of people’s privacy and dignity • supportive to the user’s comfort and well-being • giving choice and control to people using the service • listening to the voice of the user The centre opened in 2003, when it began providing complementary therapies to cancer patients. The range of services has since been widened to include additional complementary therapies to patients with long-term conditions, as well as emotional and psychological support and well-being. It is the first time the centre has been evaluated for a quality award and, overall, it achieved a score of four (very good) with the majority of indicators being rated as very good or excellent. Assessors wrote: “Staff are to be commended for their insights into the needs of people affected by cancer. It was clear that the unit is committed

to providing the highest level of support, care and comfort for its users within a safe environment.” Dawn Graham, Senior Macmillan Development Manager for the North of England, said: “This award reflects the hard work and dedication of the team at the centre and people using the service to create a welcoming and supportive environment. “To receive the award, environments have to score highly in areas such as the use of space, privacy and dignity, comfort and well-being and accessibility - all areas highlighted as really important by people living with cancer who helped develop the award.” Centre manager Heather McLean said: “We’re so proud of the centre and the facilities and support we can offer to patients. Our staff and volunteers are delighted to have received this recognition and it really reinforces the message about the kind of services patients and their families can expect from the team.” MQEM awards have previously been presented to the Endeavour Unit, ward 14, the chemotherapy day unit and the Macmillan information and support centre at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and the Macmillan information centre at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.

Eye retina examination Prof Philip Kane, consultant neurosurgeon and lead clinician for cancer at South Tees said: ‘This is an inspiring project which will lead to the earlier diagnosis and treatment of brain tumours.’ Carol Taylor, Macmillan programme manager at South Tees, agrees. She said: “This is a really exciting piece of work as it’s allowed us to work with a highly skilled group of professionals, with accessible, community based practices, fantastic facilities, state of the art equipment supporting earlier diagnosis of cancer.” Julie Breen, chair of the Tees LOC, added: “I’m proud to say this is the first collaboration in the UK between community opticians and secondary

hospital care to improve the patient journey outside of our natural, close relationship with the hospital eye department. “It’s great to see the skills and equipment that opticians have on every High Street being used in this innovative way. The community optometrists are working very hard, as are all those involved from the South Tees Trust and Macmillan Integration of Cancer Care Programme, to make this a success. “We all want to see the diagnosis and treatment of this rare but devastating group of conditions speeded up and to see many more people diagnosed with brain tumours surviving and recovering, as well as speedy detection of young stroke and TIA.”

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EU race begins It will not have escaped your attention that the starting gun has now been officially fired by David Cameron following his renegotiations, feeble though they were. The big political beasts from the Westminster bubble are lining up into their chosen side and have begun to campaign for their groups. We of course have suffered the phoney war for some time but now we have an end point, June 23rd. With the announcement that Boris Johnson is for leaving, might in the media’s eyes make a difference, I am not convinced it matters too much, the people who matter are you and me not the big beasts of the political world. So stand by for many weeks of pros and cons about whether to stay or my standpoint to leave, you may be sick to death already but everyone needs to ensure they understand what the reasoning of each side’s argument is, and please do not use the excuse that “you do not have enough information to make a reasoned decision”. You need to do the ground work because you will be affected by the outcome. So get engaged and involved as it is your future and that of your families that will be affected. Chris Gallacher TD VR Chairman UKIP Redcar

DANGER, Keep Out!

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Those who wish to remain in the EU frequently argue that to leave would endanger European peace, and some even fantasize that Brexit would lead to a Third World War. In reality, it is the lesson of history that the more we distance ourselves from Europe, the less likely we are to be drawn into wars in that theatre. During Britain’s period of ‘splendid isolation’, at the end of the 19th century, there was peace and it was only when we got mixed up with Europe by making ‘ententes’ with France and Russia that the clouds of war appeared on the horizon. It was our obsession with protecting France and the Channel ports that drew Britain into the tragedy of the First World War. Had we kept out, the war would have been over quickly with millions fewer casualties. Furthermore, Russia would have avoided revolution, Hitler would have been, at most, a footnote in history, and there would have been no Second World War. Speaking of Hitler, wasn’t it further meddling in Europe by Neville Chamberlain with his policy of appeasement that precipitated the 1939-45 catastrophe? The existence of the EU does not mean nationalism is dead in Europe. Germany has sufficient money, population and industry to create a Fourth Reich, wrought by economic means, rather than force of arms. Look how Angela Merkel treated poor old Greece! If Britain is to have the freedom to adapt and live peaceably in our ever-changing world, we must retain our political and economic self-determination at all costs. This is impossible as long as we are embroiled in a Europe dominated by our former arch-enemy. Undoubtedly, when it comes to Europe, the lesson of history is: DANGER, Keep Out! Steve Kay Lockwood Ward Councillor

Going through Boosbeck with a walking group recently, we were appalled at the shocking amount of dog mess, on the walkway, playing fields, footpaths, allotment track, around bus stops and Jenny Fisk lane; it’s everywhere. Is Boosbeck or Poosbeck the dirtiest area in the North East? Dog owners who allow this are truly disgusting. It’s not the dogs’ fault, it’s you! We certainly will not be going through Poosbeck ever again. Name and address supplied Disgusted Walker

Free from Brussels shackles It seems the more the Europhiles scaremonger, the more reasons emerge why Britain should leave the EU. Newly-released figures reveal that for the second consecutive year our sales to EU countries lagged behind exports to the rest of the world. Britain buys more from the EU than they do from us and Office for National Statistics figures show the EU accounted for just 47% of British exports last year, down from 62% in 2006. Official figures include goods shipped via European ports to countries outside the EU; without this so-called ‘Rotterdam Effect’ distortion they would be even lower. The gap between EU and non-EU exports has grown from £1.7bn in 2014 to £17bn last year. Every set of trade figures reveal that the EU is a failing trading bloc, declining in importance to our economy. Free from Brussels shackles we’d make our own trade deals, reactivate our seat at the World Trade Organisation and strengthen our ties with our Commonwealth family. Jonathan Arnott, UKIP North East MEP

How much longer can we endure yet another round of changes and upheaval from what was once “our jewel in the crown” - the NHS? Nationally we see the actions of the government into trying to belabour Junior Hospital Doctors into a strait jacket of a new working hours contract that, in my view, if it were imposed could lead to possible dangers on the ward from staff being made to work extensive hours across a seven day week, whilst locally we see the same treatment being dished out to nurses at James Cook Hospital. Nearer home, in Guisborough, we have our local Clinical Commissioning Group “consulting” on changes to urgent care based on the possibility of some local GP practices opening over longer hours - but without saying which clinics they would seek to identify to carry this out, leaving open the fear that a town like Guisborough might be left high and dry. And to cap it all, we have the spectacle of the South Tees NHS Trust spending cash on a “review” of refurbishment and improvement at Guisborough Hospital without actually identifying what possible activities might be housed in the buildings there. It’s bad enough losing urgent care there - now we are faced with uncertainty about whether new investment will actually deliver new services. The answer is obvious - in Guisborough, a town with a greater than average older population, you invest in the hospital to produce a centre which can be both a hub for medical needs and can also act as a hub for the delivery of a wide range of social care schemes. But will our government and Minsters like Jeremy Hunt listen? Judged by the way they are treating Junior Hospital Doctors and Nurses now, the answer sadly has to probably be “no”. Ian Taylor Labour Party Candidate in the Hutton Ward By-election in Guisborough

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Free public lecture on coastal wildflowers

Your Points Of View Pick it up or else

You ask in your recent issue for suggestions to tackle the dog fouling problem. First of all the present fine for dropping offensive filth outside someone’s home and other public places is derisory and should be increased to a far more deterrent level. Secondly, as with the totting up procedure of motoring points, there has to be instilled a fear of the consequences of repeat offences. It is usually the same people taking their dogs out daily who constantly commit this anti-social behaviour. The offenders details should be recorded and a warning given that the fine will be doubled a second time. A third offence should see the person taken to Court, the fine trebled and the offender told, as in the case of cruelty to animals, that they are not fit to own a dog and banned from doing so for a fixed number of years. I believe this procedure would see a dramatic decrease in dog fouling and not many would reach stage three, as the offenders clearly think more of their dogs than they do of their neighbours. Other anti-social offences, fly-tipping, littering, graffiti etc should be dealt with proportionately in a similar way and the fines used to employ mobile CCTV cameras and wardens in problem areas. No doubt this suggestion is far too draconian for our vote obsessed, Socialist, do-gooder Councillors. But if gives dirty dog muckers two clear choices. Pick it up or else. Bill Danby - Skelton,

Police cutbacks The news that there are to be closures of most of the police stations in Cleveland is a great disappointment and yet another indication that the current team leading our police are inept. Why also are they removing any public facing facility, do they want to be even more remote from the people? Ever since our current PCC took up his post we have be plagued with reductions and reduced capability for our police. To recap we have lost our horses, dogs, air support, serious crime being shared with Durham and are becoming an adjunct to that force and I believe soon to be absorbed into a larger regional force structure. Where are the dynamic and innovative solutions to our budgetary problems? All we get are the same old responses, job losses, where is the vision? What we are lacking is leadership and decent management from all at the top. All the talk about why we pay

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our senior officers so much is always that you have to pay the best rates to get the best. However our track record runs counter to that argument with many senior officers leaving suddenly in dubious circumstances, some at great legal expense to all the tax payers of Cleveland. What we need are “thief catchers” not career politicians in uniform. Our rank and file officers deserve better leadership and direction, to raise their morale and repay their dedication and application. Their work needs to be effectively directed and supported and underpinned by a justice system that works. Chris Gallacher TD VR Chairman UKIP Redcar

Government shale gas strategy? What colour do you want the gates of local fracking sites to be? Perhaps red? That could be the limit of local people’s input to decisions about shale gas production, according to a letter leaked to Friends of the Earth. The letter reveals that the government is planning to take decision-making away from local councils. The letter was written by Energy Secretary Amber Rudd, Communities Secretary, Greg Clark and Environment Secretary Liz Truss to George Osborne last July and it sets out proposals for a government shale gas strategy. The ministers say they want “a maturing shale gas production industry” within 10 years. Among the proposals to make this happen is changing who would take decisions about planning permission for shale gas production. The Govt has already taken away UK landowners mineral rights to what is beneath your own home so they could beaver away without your permission, which they at least have in the US. The Govt has already moved the goalposts to allow fracking under national parks. In repeated surveys the general public have increasingly said they are against fracking, but the Govt and our MPs are not listening. At present only the cost of oil, which has bankrupted some US fracking companies, is holding them off and North Yorkshire will have little say being in the “desolate North East” when it bounces back up. Contact your MP (who is maybe pro fracking) and tell them what you think; get involved with Friends of the Earth or Frack Free Cleveland but do not wait until it is to late. Rob Tucker Co-ordinator Mbro, Redcar & Stockton Friends of the Earth

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ome and find out more about our local wildflowers, some of the best places to find them and why they should be celebrated by residents and visitors alike. Renowned local botanist Martin Allen will give an illustrated talk at Loftus Town Hall on the wildflowers of the Cleveland Coast, from the common to the rare and unusual. The talk will explore the relationship between man’s history along the coast and the stunning wild flowers to be found there today. Martin will present the results from the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust’s recent Cleveland Coast Wildflower project, which was funded by National Lottery players through a grant of £9,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The coastal edges of Cleveland provide some of the best wildflower rich grasslands in the region. The soils have never been ploughed or fertilised which

is why so many different wildflowers are present. Human activity along the coast has also thrown up some unexpected floristic surprises. The winning photographs from the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust’s Coastal Wildflower Competition will be on view. The exhibition will remain at the Town Hall for four weeks. The lecture will take place on Monday 14th March 2016 -7.00pm for a 7.30 start. Ends 8.30pm at Loftus Town Hall, High Street Loftus, TS13 4HG Coffee and tea served. Loftus Town Hall tel: 01287 64100 email: office@ loftustc.co.uk Admission is Free Wildflower Photographic Exhibition: Monday 14th March to Friday 8th April, Loftus Town Hall For more information on coastal wildflowers visit: www.clevelandcoast.org.uk

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Ignore voice of small business at your peril, warns local specialist C

ampaigners for and against EU membership cannot afford to ignore the voice of small business, a local specialist has warned. M i k e Tu r n b u l l w h o r u n s Ta x A s s i s t A c c o u n t a n t s i n Redcar, Stockton, Darlington and Yarm said: “The tug-of-war has begun, with a 36-signature letter from the bosses of the UK’s biggest firms in favour of staying in Europe grabbing the headlines and Brexit campaigners pointing out that two thirds of FTSE 100 companies had not signed it. But those bosses get one vote like the rest of us. “There are more than five million small private sector firms in the UK and those business owners have strong views and a high turnout record when it comes to voting. When we surveyed our small business clients at the last General Election, more than 90% said

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Top UK wildlife-watching experiences

ote for yours using The Wildlife Trusts’ new online guide! As winter wanes and spring starts to unfold, an exciting new seasonal guide offers a perfect opportunity to plan a ‘wild’ year ahead. For those who have ever wondered when and where to glory in the beauty of the rare swallowtail butterfly or to cheer at a salmon’s leap; for those who pine to see a puffin but don’t know where to head and when; or for those who want to spot an otter, osprey or orchid but don’t know how, The Wildlife Trusts’ seasonal guide to Top UK Wildlife Experiences offers answers to these and so much more. Outdoor enthusiasts and wildlife-watchers will be able to vote for their favourite wildlife experience online – the results will be published in 2017. Simon Barnes, wildlife author and journalist, introduces our top wildlife-watching experiences. He warns: “Here are many, many ways in which you can get closer to the Wild World than you ever dreamed.” Our Top UK Wildlife Experiences online guide went live on Saturday 13 February 2016 – the perfect moment to make plans and venture outdoors to see what’s sky-dancing, swooping or singing during half-term and beyond. It homes in on the charismatic, the mysterious and the shimmering gorgeous – from gannets to glow worms, newts to nightingales, and bluebells to butterflies – and shows you how to get closer to the wild. See www.wildlifetrusts.org/top-UKwildlife-experiences. For a Tees Valley Experience why not Ooh’ and ‘aah’ at the Starling murmuration at Portrack Marsh. Steve Ashton Tees Valley Wildlife Trust People and Wildlife Manger said “Although situated in the heart of urban Teesside if you visit Portrack Marsh (http://www.teeswildlife.org/ nature-reserve/portrack-marsh/) at dusk in winter there is a chance you might see the marvellous sight of hundreds of starlings going to roost in the reed beds. Walk along the river and you may see

the flocks coming in from all directions swirling and turning before they land in the reeds.” You can see a video of the spectacle at https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=58Wn17wvES0 The Wildlife Trusts are uniquely placed to advise on the where and the when to watch wildlife – we care for more than 2,300 wild havens across the UK and host over 11,000 events every year bringing people closer to nature. Starlings gather in large roosts for safety and put on one of the most awe-inspiring displays of the natural world in the process. In the depths of winter, as dusk falls, you could be forgiven for thinking there is no better place to be than tucked up warm at home, with your feet up and the fire on. But trust us… During the winter months, large numbers of starlings visit Britain from the continent, seeking out the relative warmth of our island climate. As the afternoon wears on, the feeding flocks out in the fields gather together and then set off for their communal roosts. Usually found in reedbeds or

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sometimes in a dense patch of evergreen trees, these roost sites can be the overnight home for tens, even hundreds of thousands of birds. And their arrival at the roost is one of the most staggering things you will see all year. Flock after flock after flock of starlings arrives, coming in from all directions to gather together in the skies above their roost site. As the numbers build, with some of the finest ‘murmurations’ (the name for a flying flock of starlings) reaching into the tens and hundreds of thousands of individuals, the flocks take on a life of their own, swirling back and forth overhead. No one wants to be the first to land, as there may be predators about. And indeed there will be: these large flocks attract hunting sparrowhawks and even peregrines, eager to pick a meal from the flock. The ever growing numbers, together with the

occasion pass by a hunting raptor, leads to the flocks making amazing shapes in the sky, packing close together and then expanding out, one flock merges into another, zooming back and forth in ever more complex and beautiful patterns. It’s like that game of finding pictures in the clouds, only faster. And then, just as the numbers reach their peak and as the last of the light fades, as if by a secret signal, the birds suddenly decide the time is right and funnel down into the reeds. One last whoosh of wings, an electric chatter, and that’s your lot. Show’s over, the birds settle down to sleep and it’s time for you to head home. How to do it Wrap up warm. Really warm. It can get surprisingly chilly standing waiting by a wintery reedbed. But it will be worth it, we promise. Arrive at least half an hour before the sun goes does, probably a bit earlier, and find a good vantage point from which you can see the roost site but most especially, from where you can see the sky above: that is where the action will take place. And then, after you’ve had your fill of oohs and aahs and the last bird has dropped in to go to sleep, you can go back to that warm fire and cosy home. You may feel the cold, but we challenge you not to feel warm inside after an wondrous murmuration. Special spots Although situated in the heart of urban Teesside if you visit Tees Valley Wildlife Trust’s Portrack Marsh (http://www.teeswildlife.org/naturereserve/portrack-marsh/) at dusk in winter there is a chance you might see the marvellous sight of hundreds of starlings going to roost in the reed beds. Walk along the river and you may see the flocks coming in from all directions swirling and turning before they land in the reeds.

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Accident compensation claims Q: I was riding my bike up Saltburn Bank

when I was knocked off by a car that was trying to overtake me on a bend. I broke my collar bone and my expensive bike is a write-off. Could I have a case for compensation and, if so, what can I claim for?

A: Yes, you may be able to make a claim for all injuries, damage or losses suffered as a result of the accident. This would be the case even if you were partly to blame. The claim will usually be pursued against the driver’s insurance company. If the driver was uninsured or cannot be traced you can still claim, through the Motor Insurers’ Bureau. I’m often asked: “How much compensation will I receive?” But at the outset of a claim, it’s not always possible to give a clear answer. The first hurdle in any claim is to establish that somebody else was at fault. This is usually a driver, or the Highways Authority if the condition of the road is to blame. The next step is to discuss with you what types of losses you have incurred and set about obtaining evidence to prove and quantify the amount of them. Compensation recovered for these losses is known as your “damages”. In all personal injury claims, including cycle claims, two types of damages can be recovered, compensation for your injuries and out of pocket expenses. To assess the amount you may be due for your injuries we often obtain your medical records – unless the injuries are minor, in which case the records may not be needed – before referring you to an independent doctor. The type of doctor instructed will vary depending on the nature of the injuries. If you’ve suffered a fracture, we may refer you to an orthopaedic surgeon. If you have less serious injuries, it may be more appropriate to instruct an Accident & Emergency consultant or a General Practitioner. In certain cases, we may have to refer you to several doctors. We will always ensure that the most appropriate doctor is used to recover the most compensation possible for you. As the examination may not take place until several months after your accident, it can be helpful to keep a note of your recovery and, if you have suffered cuts, bruising or other similar injuries, to keep a photographic record of those injuries to show the doctor at the examination. The doctor will prepare a medical report that will set out how long they estimate it will take you to recover. It will also include details of any treatment that may help to speed up your recovery. The total compensation for your injuries is

calculated by considering how long the doctor feels it will take you to recover, whether you will be left with any ongoing problems (which in cycle claims often includes scarring), whether you need further treatment and whether you had to stay in hospital. We will consider these factors and look at the official court compensation guidelines, together with the outcome of other similar cases, as well as using our own extensive knowledge to properly assess the amount you should receive. On top of this, we will also look at compensation for any “out-of-pocket” losses you incur as a result of your accident. This can include amounts for the damage to your bike, helmet and cycling clothing, as well as any loss of earnings, travel expenses incurred while you were without your bike, painkillers, prescription charges and time spent by any friends and family members providing care for you. There is no limit to the amount of financial loss for which compensation can be recovered following a cycling accident, as long as the loss has genuinely been incurred and is reasonable. We may also arrange for your bike to be inspected by an engineer, or ask you to take it to a local bike shop for a post-accident assessment. This will help to claim for the cost of repairing the bike or if, as in your case, it cannot be fixed, ensure the correct amount is claimed for a likefor-like replacement. Always keep a full record of all your expenses from the outset and retain all receipts. You should also hold onto the damaged bike or any damaged equipment until your claim has concluded. Without evidence, it can be much more difficult to recover compensation for these losses. Despite what some solicitors may tell clients, there is no “typical” settlement amount. The total cycle accident compensation amount is calculated by considering each element of the claim separately. While similar injuries should attract similar amounts of compensation, every client incurs very different financial losses, especially in cycle claims, where there is a huge range of specialist cycles and equipment that may have been damaged. It’s important that you instruct a solicitor who is experienced in dealing with bike claims to ensure your case is dealt with correctly and that you recover the right amount of compensation. At Macks Solicitors we offer free initial advice and guidance that will help us to establish the strength of your claim. We will guide you through the process and ensure you are awarded the maximum compensation you are entitled to.

Marske Halls ‘Charity Spring Ball’ Saturday 12th March at the Spa hotel in Saltburn

Marske Hall are thrilled that once again the Spa hotel are hosting our Spring Ball. The evening was a huge success last year with everyone thoroughly enjoying the evening and raising over £1000 for the home. The tickets are £30 each, which includes a delicious 3 course meal as well as music to dance the night away. Tickets will be available from the home or from the Spa hotel. If you are interested in joining us, or would like more information please call Ruth Hebden on 01642482672

By Councillor Mike Findley MBE

invited Ali to be Patron of my MND Fund in 2005 and he gave 100% commitment and was to host many events in helping us raise awareness of MND. His last act as Patron was to host the 10th Anniversary of my MND Fund in September last year in St Marks Church Marske by the Sea. He also launched our MND Sponsored Walk every year and was also involved in our charity football/cricket matches against the cast of Emmerdale. Every time we invited Ali to one of our

events he never said No and all our volunteers and supporters will be devastated that they will never see Ali at one of our events again. However, whatever events we organise in the future we will make sure that his name will live on, as someone who did so much to raise the profile and awareness of MND not only in the North-East but also nationally. It’s also ironic that he passed away on my 71st Birthday and I’m so pleased that I have so many happy memories being in his company, from when I moved from south-west London as a postman in 1978 and met him around 1980, when he worked at Barclays Bank in Redcar.

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Held on 9TH December 2015, Wykeham Court, Skelton.

e hope you find the report below of interest. Road Markings at North Skelton, next to the bridge. These have now been repainted. The Partnership has agreed to fund all 6 of the applications they received. Police Report On Their Priorities In The Skelton Area. Anti- Social Behaviour. The Police report gave a breakdown of their patrols in the ‘hot spot’ areas and the actions they have taken regarding antisocial behaviour. Although 27 Anti-Social Behaviour incidents were reported to Police, this is a drop from 32 in the previous month. This included visits and action taken regarding the behaviour of tenants in the Yeoman Street area of Skelton. Crimes Here again, the Police report gave a breakdown of the 43 crimes which were reported, including two breakins in North Skelton. This was however, a decrease of 4 incidents. Parkers Pit Area, off Skelton Industrial Estate – complaint about bikes on this site. Police held a site visit with Skelton and Gilling Estates (landowners) to explore options which could restrict access to

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Skelton Neighbourhood Action Partnership the site, they also arranged for a motorcycle unit to attend. Skelton and Gilling estates have dug a trench at the entrance via the industrial estate to try to restrict access. Signage is due in the coming weeks to alert users of the site that bikes are not permitted. Police Officers and the Council’s Enforcement Team, along with the owners, will continue to monitor the area when possible. But, this is a private site and people enter the area at their own risk. The Local Plan for Skelton contains an outline of future developments for Skelton and could include development around Pit Park. The recommendations are to retain this location as a formal recreational park with footpath and cycle track links between Saltburn Lane and the Industrial Estate. Use of the police helicopter. The Police have given us details of the number of requests for the helicopter and the number of deployments – set out below. There are outstanding questions and Cllr. McLuckie, who has a planned meeting with the new Deputy Chief Constable in the New Year, will be following this up. 1st April – 31st December 2013 Total requests 1130 Deployed 819 2014 Total requests 1848

Deployed 1374 1st January – 31st October 2015. Total Request 1207 Deployed 840

R ep ort From Th e Fire Authority

The report from the Fire Authority gave a breakdown of 13 Fire Incidents attended by Cleveland Fire Brigade – 1st August 2015 – 8th December 2015. This included Car and Property fires, refuse and other smaller fires. They also gave a breakdown of incidents in the previous years. Did You Know? The Cleveland Fire Brigade carry out free home fire safety visits. At present 45.40% of Skelton properties have taken up this offer. When asked, they will fit 2 x smoke detectors, but more importantly, they will give the resident(s) advice on preventing fire and what to do in the event of a fire. This is called planning an escape route. The advice is available to those residents who have hard wired alarms. Remember – smoke detectors only detect fire, they don’t prevent one. A Home Fire Safety Visit may save a life in the event of a fire. To Arrange A Home Fire Safety Visit at a convenient time ring 01429 874063 Redcar And Cleveland Dog Fouling Campaign. The Council has set in place a

campaign to tackle this problem from several different directions. To Date • You will notice posters being displayed, signage and more bins. • Targeting of reported hot spots for example, main route between North Skelton club to Layland Beck; Greta Road to Penryn are being added to the list. • Future plans to work with schools • Road shows with the support from The Dog’s Trust. • New legislation around bags is being considered. • The use of cameras to gather evidence for the various issues of dog fouling, littering and fly tipping. There are new guidelines which give local authorities more powers and more opportunity to do something more effective. Covert cameras provide supporting evidence as residents can be reluctant to provide the evidence. • Pilot schemes in alley locations to have gated living streets and improvements supported by local colleges, residents and community groups. • Redirection of ‘Safer Streets’ budget – due to fewer requests – to deal with complaints now being received about back streets. • Due to limited resources, the Council is planning to train staff to fine offenders.

General Questions

Road safety - Skelton Ellers

– branches on the road. This is private land but Cllr. McLuckie will raise this problem with the Council’s Highways Department. T Junction, Waveney Road – should there be ‘stop lines’ here? The Chair is asking the Highways Department to look at this particular location. Wharton Arms, future use. The Living Sober project is no longer considering the Wharton Arms. They are looking at a location in Redcar.

Lifeline

A representative from Lifeline explained their role in the community which relates to drug and alcohol abuse, addiction and related disorders. They have a team of 7. People can be referred or can self-refer. This organisation will be attending a future NAP meeting – so look out for this on future notices displayed in local pubs and shops in Skelton and Skelton Villages, Skelton library, and Wykeham Court. Ward Councillors: Cllr. Cliff Foggo – cliff.foggo@ redcar-cleveland.gov.uk. Cllr. Helen McLuckie – helen.mcluckie@redcarcleveland.gov.uk Cllr. David Walsh – dave. walsh@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk Eileen Goodenough Vice Chair

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Hollie Bush Writes

A whimsical look at our area

Google’s ghost street In East Cleveland?

n that strange period between Boxing Day and New Year those ghostly, ghastly four days of nothingness when, if anything, the telly is worse than on the actual holidays - a lot of us give up on cooking and just order a carry out; I know, I do. And it was this simple task that unleashed a strange East Cleveland mystery. I rang a good Chinese I know (no name, no pack drill) and did it via my pre Xmas prezzie of last year - a big new Smartphone. This phone is so smart it has its own individual way of doing things. It seems to think that for some reason I am a fervent supporter of West Bromwich Albion and keeps me up to date with all the club gossip. It thinks I like solo city breaks, which I do, but the ones it recommends would bust my bank. And it thinks, it honestly thinks, that I need to keep up with rolling US press comment on Donald Trump - something for which there is no answer. However, back to the carry out order. After I had googled the phone number of the takeaway, one of those little maps appeared on the screen with all those little green and red arrows pointing out where you can find your pizzas and rhogan josh. And on the map were all the familiar street names of the area Lorne Terrace, Carlin How Bank, Dixon Street and all the various high streets........and Braygate. Braygate? A new one on me. On the map it appeared as the name for what I have always called Mill Lane, the narrow high hedged country lane that runs from the back of Carlin How to meet up with Kilton Lane and from there to the lands of the Emerald City and Xanadu - or at least Lingdale and Brotton. But on that map, there it was, with the name Braygate. This got me worried, so I firstly spoke to someone who actually lives in that lovely but lonely neck of the woods, in Castle Cottages. That person, who had lived there many years, had never heard of Braygate. I spoke to a reputable local historian. Again he had never heard of the road. He knew that Steavenson Street in Carlin How related to a long gone local builder and that Dam Street in Loftus related to an old dam on the beck which helped milling in the area.......but Braygate? Nowt! I asked a long standing local cab driver if he had ever had a fare to Braygate. He looked at me as if I was going a bit doo-dally. So what do we know of Braygate? Not much. After a bit of thought the idea came to me that this might be one of those “ghost indicators” superimposed on maps by their publishers and distributors to

prevent anyone nicking that map and selling it on as their own. I know that A-Z - who do those handy little city street guides - always put one ghost street in every volume, so if it appears elsewhere they can nab the miscreant for breach of copyright. Even the staid responsible Ordnance Survey, who are to mapmaking what Radio Three is to BBC wireless, do this. I know that because in one of their red covered - now out of print - maps that covered this area they placed very carefully in a field near Great Ayton the word “Langbaurgh”. This had nowt to do with the then council - indeed it was out of their area - and nothing to do with that geological formation, Langbaurgh Ridge which was marked in its own right. It was simply there - and the fact that the word was not printed in the OS standard font was a giveaway - to deter pirates. So I tried “Braygate” on other search engines than Google. And nothing, but nothing (unless you count a Braygate street in deepest Lincolnshire) came up. So it must have been a Google device. For, you see, Google have form here. Indeed, in one part of the country - the flat featureless plateau on the Lancashire / Merseyside boundary that is Ormskirk, they planted an entire fake town. This metropolis, called “Argleton” still exists on many Google maps. It has directions to shopping malls, garages and cinemas - all of which turn out to be in the area, but not in anywhere called Argleton. Indeed the owners of the nearest real building that could claim to be in Argleton - happily a pub - will just point out the rolling potato fields where a city is supposed to exist Roy Bayfield, head of corporate marketing at what would be Argleton’s closest university, Edge Hill, in Ormskirk, was so intrigued by the mystery that he walked to where the internet indicated was the centre of Argleton to check that there was definitely nothing there. “A colleague of mine spotted the anomaly on Google Maps, and I thought ‘I’ve got to go there’,” he said. “I started to weave this amazing fantasy about the place, an alternative universe, a Narnia-like world. I was really fascinated by the appearance of a non-existent place that the internet had the power to make real and give a semiexistence.” When Mr Bayfield reached Argleton he found just acres of green, empty fields. A spokesman for Google said: “While the vast majority of this information is correct there are

occasional errors. We’re constantly working to improve the quality and accuracy of the information available in Google Maps and appreciate our users’ feedback in helping us do so. People can report an issue to the data provider directly and this will be updated at a later date.” The data for the programme was provided by Dutch company Tele Atlas. A spokesman said it would now wipe the non-existent town from the map. He added, tightlipped: “Mistakes like this are not common, and I really can’t explain why these anomalies get into our database.” So mystery solved. Or was it? For one last inquiry sent me 180 degrees straight back to Braygate. I put a poser to the man who has the ultimate map for this area the guy in charge of what Redcar and Cleveland Council call their “Geographic Information System” or GIS, something that guides our planners, our traffic bods and underpins the databases used by the emergency services and delivery companies. Intrigued and initially accepting it was most probably a Google trap device, he inputted Braygate into the mighty machine that powers the GIS system. What came out was unexpected, and I quote him. “We do indeed have a Braygate in our Local Street Gazetteer where Google describes it. “Very interesting that it’s not known locally as Braygate as the section is annotated as such on a OS map we have going right back to 1856.. However a quick look at the road on Google Streetview reveals a lack of nameplates. It’s possible that the lane was once commonly known as Braygate and the OS correctly annotated their maps, but over time the name has been forgotten. It’s also possible that the original OS annotation was an error from the time. Is it also possible that some people still know it as Braygate? Or, indeed was this one of the original OS deliberate errors…?” So was it a Victorian OS trap? Doubt it. The Ordnance Survey, as its name suggests, was then a part of the military and as such and in those days would not think that anyone could have such low morals or be as so un-British to snaffle crown property. So, if it did exist, why has the name faded out? And too, it is, fascinating that a commonplace bit of techy kit that everyone sports these days could rescue a long lost bit of local history. And that history could go back a long way, as “Gate” as a name for a street, (think Westgate and Northgate in Guisborough)

harks back to the Danish Viking name of “Gatas” for a highway. So Bray whoever he, she or it was, was a long time ago. The only other angle is that there is a town just a few miles South of Dublin called Bray - and that name, I found after another Google search, comes from “Bri” - Celtic for a “Hilly place”. Certainly, that part of Mill Lane, high over the sea, is hilly. So could we have a collision between Celtic and Viking here? I just don’t know. And I suspect the only person who might know - the ghostly “White Lady” who is supposed to haunt Kilton Lane and the area around the ruins of Kilton Castle is in no position to give us any

clue (although I think she’s no ghost but one of these fabled mums in nighties, just back from dropping her bairns off at school). So if a ghost can’t help, can a Coastal View reader ? Hollie Bush Hollie Bush can be contacted directly if readers want to comment on articles, or to suggest topics (the odder, the better) that help to define the East Cleveland we all live in. Email: holliebush@gmx.com

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New Year’s resolution working out for slim line Margaret

hat a difference a year makes when it comes to fulfilling a new year’s resolution! Many people make them, but for 60 year old Margaret Maclaren from Guisborough hers came true. Margaret who is mother of three and grandma of two says: “I wanted my big birthday to be spent in The Big Apple and I wasn’t going to be wearing my big clothes. I really wanted to do something about my weight before it came round so I joined Slimming World to have a chance.” Margaret had heard from friends that they were losing weight at Slimming World and that they were able to eat proper meals and were never hungry so she decided to give it a go. “I had nothing to lose except weight and I really wanted to be celebrating my birthday in clothes a couple of sizes smaller if I could,” says a delighted Margret who went on to lose 2 stone 10 pounds and went from size 16 clothes to size 12 just as she wanted to. The weight loss has made such a difference to Margaret who has spent most of her adult

life working with the elderly and vulnerable people. She currently runs a non-profit community café in Nunthorpe offering low priced meals to vulnerable people. “I went along to Slimming World in January last year, a bit nervous at first but I was feeling better very quickly because of the welcome I received from Jen the consultant and the other members of the group in Guisborough. I thought it was great that the eating plan was explained to me right at the beginning of the group so I knew what people were talking about straight away. I found out that I needed to make small adjustments to the way I was cooking as much as anything and that reassured me that I could lose weight with this because it was just ordinary food.” Margaret has gone from eating lots of pastry and takeaways to more meals cooked from scratch and her favourite meals cooked differently. “I’ve always loved vegetables, dinners and curries and now I cook them so that I can have as many as I want so I’m never hungry.” Margaret enjoyed the group so much that she was inspired to become a consultant herself. “Some people might think that stating a new career when you’re sixty is a bit of a risk but I’m really looking forward to it all. I’ve been given so much by Slimming World and it feels right for me to give something back. I could never have lost over two stone by myself.” Margaret started a new group in Redcar on Friday 29th January at 9.30 am in St. Hilda’s Church Hall. Roseberry Road. She can be contacted on 0776192508. She would love to help as many people as she can to get rid of the misery of being overweight. “I know how I hated being over two stone heavier and how losing weight has changed everything for me. My New Year’s resolution last year came true and it would be great if I could help others who’ve made a similar one to get theirs too!”

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FORCEM Maintenance Group in action

By Joyce Charlesworth

he Friends of Redcar Cemetery have a maintenance group in action and for the last two years we have been lucky to have Paul White, an ex steelworker, leading the team. He has generated interest from a small group of younger men who are actively involved. The images show some of the work carried out in 2015. As more people become involved, the more we can achieve. Paul is willing to meet and show any interested men (and women!) around the cemetery and in particular the work that has been carried out to date. His contact details are 07792 541411 /

dadsville@hotmail.com. The group meets in the cemetery on a Tuesday between 10-12 for some work but more importantly for the enjoyment and camaraderie and the knowledge of a job well done with the good feeling of helping others. If you can hold a paint brush, sweep up or do more of the challenging work, we need you. We would like to take this opportunity to ask if anyone has any gardening tools that they no longer use that the group may benefit from. The Gardening group work alongside the maintenance team and anyone who would like to join us working on the many flower beds would be very welcome, please don’t hesitate to get in touch either via Paul or by ringing Dot on 01642 478349.

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 67 - March - April 2016

Wayfarer’s Travels

Kathmandu - Nepal

athmandu is one of the most charismatic cities I`ve been to. It has a bit of everything and there`s lots of fascinating places worth visiting within a half hour`s drive. Best time to go is October to April to avoid the monsoon season and when temperatures are a comfortable 25C to 29C. Food is very good, if different from what you`re used to. The staple diet is dal baht. It’s a spicy stew comprised of lentils, beans and rice and it’s very good. Beer (or rather lager) is also quite good, the most common being the appropriately named “Ghurka” or alternatively “Everest”. They both come in 660 ml bottles which gives me a great excuse to indulge in a bit more than my usual pint. The river Bagmati splits Kathmandu into two halves, the main part, Thamel to the north and little sister Patan to the south. The first place most people head for is Durbar square and with good reason. As you can see in the picture it’s very colourful and the temples there are quite beautiful. This time last year the square and surrounding areas would have been packed but since the earthquakes and the petrol shortage, there are almost no tourists which is a great shame for the country`s economy, but makes travel and photography much easier for the likes of myself. A visit to the Boudhanath Grand Stupa (Budhist temple) is also a must. The stupa was badly damaged in the earthquakes but the main part and most of the ornamental surroundings still stand. The huge circular street surrounding the stupa is also quite fascinating with lots of unusual sights and plenty of colour.

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Next on the list has to be the Pashupatinath temple – another fascinating area where you should see quite a few colourful Sadhus. These are hindu priests from the highest caste, the Brahmins. At one side of the river are the burning ghats where you`ll see dozens of open air cremations taking place along the banks or ghats as they`re known. Beware the monkeys though. There are literally hundreds of them running loose all over the place. One of the most interesting places to visit outside of Kathmandu is the old city of Dhulikhel. A wander through its ancient streets is like turning the clock back a thousand years. The beautifully old carved wooden buildings look down upon the hustle & bustle of the streets where everything is happening from market sellers, locals washing

ur 20th Anniversary since SARA was founded O has just ended. It has been a good year with some special events that will be repeated this year. We look forward to meeting you.

Chain reaction! How swiping a VIP card led to a substantial donation

By John Fuller

ets at Home run a VIP scheme that gives members money off offers etc. Each time a customer visits the store they swipe their VIP card and a percentage of the spend is credited to their chosen animal charity by Pets At Home. At certain periods throughout the year the chosen charity gets a donation. We work closely with the

their clothes, flailing and drying of rice everywhere you look and potters pottering. There are lots of old Hindu temples scattered around and from the lovely Bhagwati (Kali) Temple at the top of the hill you get a superb view of the snow-capped Himalayas. Next but not least in the “must sees” is the beautiful old city of Bhaktapur, the cradle of the silk industry. Bhaktapur also has a Durbar Square and it can only be described as stunning. Bhaktapur was the worst city hit by the earthquakes but fortunately, as in Kathmandu, most of the lovely old temples remain more or less intact. Most of the damage was in the outskirts of the city where the poor live and where the buildings weren`t so well constructed. I had hoped to cover another charismatic city

Events for March Saturday 12th Community Centre 10 - 4pm Saltburn Saturday 26th Easter Fayre 10 - 1pm Marske Hall Funds raised at the Marske Leisure Centre amounted to £179.40 Thank you to everyone who attended and made it a pleasant and successful event.

Middlesbrough store and in the winter of 2014/15 with this donation we purchased a set of dog coats for all our dogs to keep them warm and dry when they went for their walks. A volunteer then got all the coats lettered with ‘SARA’ on one side and ‘I NEED A HOME’ on the other. Each weekend this volunteer takes a different SARA dog to a caravan she owns for the weekend. On one of these weekends she met up with a lady who turned out to be from a charitable trust and later we received a cheque for £5000 from the charitable trust. On a later visit our volunteer went to the lady’s house to let her know how we had spent the

money. Some time later we received another cheque for £10,000 from the same trust. We are now one of their selected charities. It just shows how unexpected things happen. From customers swiping their VIP cards, buying coats and a chance meeting to substantial donations.

Mimosa is a black 18 months old domestic short haired cat. She is very affectionate and can live with other cats and children over seven years old.

Jet is a lovely seven year old lab cross collie who would love a home where she can chase a ball all day and get lots of TLC. She is very, very affectionate and well trained and will make a wonderful companion. Mimosa Jet These are just some of the lovely animals looking for new homes at SARA. For more information call Monday to Friday 10am to 2pm 01642 488108 The Foxrush centre is open to the public from Tues to Sun closed Monday 1pm to 3pm. Foxrush Farm, Kirkleatham Lane, Redcar TS10 5NJ. Check out the website at http://s-a-r-a.org.uk

– Pokhara, and also the Chitwan jungles but unfortunately I`m running out of space and so you`ll have to wait for future issues of Coastal View. Wayfarer For any further information on this or any other destination, e-mail :- Wayfarer@ntlworld.com By the time you read this, Wayfarer will be touring Ethiopia where another catastrophic famine is expected this year. In our next issue he`ll report back on how bad things are there and what steps are being taken to avoid the terrible scenes we saw in the Bob Geldof/Live Aid era.

Seared Halibut with a blood orange sauce Just for the Halibut Wandering through the supermarket and spotted a couple of halibut fillets. This one is very easy; have all your ingredients ready, as once the fish is cooked the sauce will take but a couple of minutes. Ingredients... 2 x 8oz halibut fillets 1 sml knob of butter for the fish Sauce 1 small red onion or 4 shallots finely diced. 1 large blood orange. Zest and juice, separate 2 tsp of small capers 2 oz butter 1 spring onion finely diced 3 oz white wine Method... Oven set at 200c , Small oven dish for fish. Small frying pan with a lid that will fit fish. Make sure you turn on your extractor full as searing fish will cause a bit of smoke. Heat pan and put dish in oven Rub your knob of butter on the fish both sides, season with a little sea salt. Place fish in hot pan and cover cook 30 secs. Turn fish, cook 30 secs Place fish in oven in dish and in pan add onions and capers Fry and when sweated add wine and orange juice, reduce by 2/3 then take off heat Add butter and move pan in circular motion until butter melted then add spring onion Take fish out of oven and place on plates. Spoon sauce onto fish Chef ecret Great with asparagus or fine beans and baby potatoes The S Works well with swordfish or even salmon Bon Appe Tito as the say in Belgrade.

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SALTBURN COMMUNITY &www.saltburnarts.co.uk ARTS ASSOCIATION Albion Terrace Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS12 1JW Tel: 01287 624997

Friday 11th March in the Theatre SC&AA fundraiser

Wed 16th March to Sat 19th March in the Theatre ‘53 Drama Group

Sunday 27th March - Wednesday 30th March Saltburn Rotary Club presents

A welcome return to the Saltburn stage for Flossie All tickets £12 Doors and bar 6.45pm Starts 7.30pm

A series of one-act plays. Tickets £7 Concession £5 Weekly ticket £18 Concession £12 Doors 6.45pm Bar 6.45pm Curtain up 7.30pm

Sunday Blues Night, Monday Mix, Tuesday Mix, Wednesday Big Band Night Tickets £8 Doors & Bar 6.30pm Starts 7pm

FLOSSIE MALAVIALLE with PAUL DONNELLY

DRAMA FESTIVAL

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MONDAY 11TH APRIL-7TH JUNE DURING OPENING HOURS

UNTIL 6TH APRIL DURING OPENING HOURS

MUSICAL PATTERNS

OLD SHADOWS - NEW PEPPERS Shaun Cook’s remembered photographs have been created by using pin-hole and low-tech cameras.

GRAND OLE OPREY

The world-famous folk singer, Martyn Wyndham-Read, has toured the globe for over 40 years. Here he exhibits for the first time his intricate, delicate and obsessive coloured patterns.

Friday 1st April in the Hall Saltburn Jazz Night presents

Saturday 9th April in the Hall Justice First persents

Sunday 17th April in the Hall SC&AA fundraiser

An outstanding trio playing across the spectrum of jazz, with bebop, American songbook & some originals Tickets Early bird £8 On the door £10 Doors 6.30pm Bar 6.45pm Starts 7.30pm

Live music with a country twist. In aid of the Tees Valley charity working with local refugees Tickets Early bird £10 On the door £12 Doors 6.30pm Bar 6.45pm Starts 7.30pm

A performance of Quartets by Haydn and Mozart All tickets £10 Doors and Bar 2.30pm Starts 3.00pm

DEAN STOCKDALE TRIO

Monday 9th May 7pm SC&AA

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2016 All welcome.

UNCHAINED

Come and hear what has been happening at the Community Theatre and Hall and have a chance to get involved in preserving this iconic building and playing your part in its future.

THE KILDALE QUARTET

Saturday 23rd April in the Theatre Brookfield Knights presents

LAURA CORTESE & THE DANCE CARDS Traditional and contemporary American roots music Tickets Early bird £10 On the door £12 Doors & Bar 6.45pm Starts 7.00pm

FILM SOCIETY Thursday 10th March in the Theatre

BROOKLYN

Thursday 24th March in the Theatre

THE LADY IN THE VAN

SUFFRAGETTE

Cert PG-13 The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground by an increasingly brutal State For all films: Doors 6.30 Screenings 7pm Members £3 Visitors £6

Cert PG13 BAFTA winner of Outstanding British Film a tale of an Irish immigrant to America

Cert PG13 Maggie Smith plays the lady parked outside Alan Bennett’s house in Hampstead

TABLETOP SALES IN THE COMMUNITY HALL SCAA is a Registered Charity 1113704 Company Registration No. 05719152

Thursday 7th April in the Theatre

Every Saturday 10am – 4pm

Tickets at the Box Office and online at www. saltburnarts.co.uk

Free Entry – Refreshments available

BOX OFFICE OPEN WED 2–4pm THURS & FRI 11–1 & 2–4pm 01287 624997

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Forthcoming Events

Loftus Town Council is pleased to confirm that there will be a free illustrated talk in Loftus Town Hall on Monday March 14, doors open 7 for a 7.30pm start, tea and coffee availble. Learn about the fascinating and sometimes unusual wildflowers practically on our doorstep, from botanist Martin Allen. An exhibition of photographs from Tees Valley Wildlife Trust’s Coastal Wildflower competition, will then be on display in the Town Hall from Tuesday 15 March to Friday 29 April (if the Town Hall door is locked, try ringing the door bell or call 01287 641000 to make sure we can let you in).

Guided Walk, Loftus in Wartime, 26 March 2016

Local Historian Stuart MacMillan will be leading a free guided walk in Loftus on Easter Saturday, 26 March, on the theme Loftus in Wartime. Meet outside the Angel at 11 am - stout footwear and suitable clothing needed.

Loftus Town Assembly, 22 April 2016

The Loftus Town Council Annual Assembly will be held on Friday 22 April at 7pm in Loftus Town Hall. Report of the Town Council and the various committees will be available, and there will be an Open Forum for residents to raise questions of the Council. There may also be presentation of grant and donation cheques. Agenda and programme for the evening available nearer the date - see the Town Hall Noticeboard and the Town Council website www.loftustc.co.uk.

Nominate your Loftus Annual Citizens

Loftus Town Council has opened nominations for its Annual Citizen Award for 2016. Do you know an unsung hero who lives or works in Loftus, and makes a real difference to community life? Nominate your Annual Citizen, and the Junior Citizen (under 21 years), by 31 May, presentation to be made in September - keep it secret till then! For more details and nomination forms, ring 01287 641000 or drop in at Loftus Town Hall.

Heritage Open Days in Loftus September 2016

Loftus Town Council will once more be opening the Town Hall on Saturday 10 September as part of the national Heritage Open Days project. As everyone can come in and see the Town Hall regularly, we will again be putting on a Heritage Display to entice you to visit!

Street Eats

In March we will be working outdoors sowing vegetables. Dormanstown – Monday 21st March from 12.30pm till 2.30pm. Meet at Westfield Farm, the Green, Dormanstown, TS10 5NA. Loftus – Wednesday 30th March from 12.30pm till 2.30pm. Meet at Loftus Youth and Community Centre, Duncan Place, Loftus, TS13 4PR. No booking is required for this event In April we will be running spring wild food and foraging walks your local areas. Lingdale – Saturday 2nd April – 10am till 12 noon. Meet in front of Lingdale Youth and Community Centre, High Street, Lingdale, TS12 3EP. Dormanstown – Saturday 9th April – 10am till 12 noon. Meet in front of Westfield Farm, The Green, Dormanstown, TS10 5NA. Loftus – Saturday 16th April – 10am till 12 noon. Meet in front of the Old Co-Op building, High Street, Loftus, TS13 4HW. No booking is required for this event. However if you are planning on attending please let us know so we know how many people to expect.

This year’s theme is to be “The Queen’s Ten Decades” and we are hoping to have 10 separate displays starting with the 1920s and moving right up to date with the 2010s. We’ve already started assembling some material, but we are also looking for help from readers of Coastal View. Firstly - what would you like to see included in the displays? Would you prefer local interest, or national, or Empire/Commonwealth, or international? Secondly have you any exhibition material that we could borrow to form part of the displays? Contact the Council on 01287 641000, e-mail: office @loftustowncouncil.co.uk. as soon as you can if you have ideas or can help in any way (more details in a later edition).

St George’s Day Coffee Morning

Why not pop into Loftus Town Hall for a bacon butty and a cup of tea while you are doing your shopping on Saturday 23 April? Open from 10 till 12 noon, also cakes, a raffle etc -proceeds towards the cost of running the 2016 Loftus Wool Fayre. If you are a community group based in or around Loftus and would like a free stall at this event (for your own fundraising, or just to let people know about your group), or for more details, ring Alison on 01287 641000, e-mail: office @loftustowncouncil.co.uk.

Loftus Wool Fayre 2016 - Woollier Than Before?

LCSEG are going ahead with plans to make Loftus Wool Fayre slightly bigger, better and woollier every year. Plans so far for 2016 include:Hunt the Woolly Jumpers in shop windows A Sheep Drive (like a Beetle Drive - but woollier!) on 15 June The Wool Fayre itself on Saturday 18 June - run in conjunction with St Leonard’s Church Summer Fayre; and with sheep shearing in the churchyard, Children’s activities, craft demonstrations and more. Afternoon Concert with the Cobweb Orchestra on Sunday 19 June (new for 2016). We are looking at the possibility of sheep bunting outside the Town Hall and other community venues and maybe even a trail of sheep scarecrows (with clues) around the town. If you are interested in any of these (or want to know about what else we are looking at - or have some ideas of your own), initially contact Alison on 01287 641000, e-mail: office @loftustowncouncil.co.uk.

Marske Cricket Club Entertainment Band Nights

Friday 11th March - MOONDOGS 60’s Tribute Band Admission £3.00 Saturday 16th April - SOUL REBELS. Admission £3.00

Country & Western Nights Friday 25th March Friday 8th April Admission £1.00

Irish Nights

Tuesday 29th March - John McHugh Tuesday 26th April - Declan Gaynor. Admission £2.50 Every Sunday at 1pm Bingo including running Jackpot and Tote. Every Sunday Evening Quiz Night in the Lounge Every Wednesday Bingo in the Lounge

Gain a Day and make it pay

A few dates for your diaries from Loftus Town Council Wildflowers of the Cleveland Coast, 14 March 2016 and to the end of April

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any associate Leap Year with a marriage proposal. This year Leonard Cheshire Disability and Marske Hall are proposing something very different. They are asking people to come forward with ideas on how they can make their extra day pay and raise much-needed funds for the Hall. Ideas for fundraising range from climbing a mountain, abseiling off buildings, walking on fire, running a marathon, hosting a bake sale, doing a car wash or anything they fancy that will raise money for the residents of Marske Hall. People can come sign up for an existing event or make a pledge to raise money on their “extra day”. All who complete a challenge up will receive a certificate of recognition. Ruth Hebden, event organiser and Volunteer Co-ordinator at Marske Hall, said: “This is an excellent chance for anyone to get involved, have some fun and help raise money for new assistive technology equipment for our residents.

“Everyone always says that there are not enough hours in the day, or days in the week to fit everything in. This year we all get a whole extra day. The challenge is to make your extra day count by ‘Leaping into action’ for Marske Hall. We have lots of exciting opportunities and ideas that means there will be something to suit all ages and fitness levels, we even have a few spaces left for the Great North Run. Help and advice will be on hand to help people organise their own fundraising event. I urge everyone to pledge to join us - it could prove to be a life-changing decision.” If people are interested in joining us then please contact Ruth Hebden on 01642482672 and discuss all the exciting opportunities. Funds raised at these events will enhance the lives of people living at Marske Hall. Registered Charity No: 218186. For details of these and other events call 01642 482672 or visit: www.facebook/marskehall.com Marske Hall, Redcar Road, TS11 6AA.

As 2016 is a Leap Year, Leap into action for Marske Hall

This year we are challenging you to make your ‘extra’ day count. You could • • • • •

Climb a mountain Zip wire off a bridge Abseil of a building Walk on fire Run a marathon • • • •

Have a bake sale Do a car wash Hold sponsored silence Host a coffee morning

Gain a Day, Make it Pay To pledge your extra day, or for more information, contact Ruth Hebden on 01642 482672 or email ruth.hebden@leonardcheshire.org

All proceeds are going to Marske Hall to provide amazing assistive technology for the people who live there . Leonard Cheshire Disability: 66 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL. Tel 020 3242 0200 www.leonardcheshire.org Registered charity no. 218186 Marske Hall 01642 482672 www.facebook/marskehall.com

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Skelton History Group Heritage Walks Skelton History Group organise a programme of Heritage Walks each year. These are open to members of the public as well as members of the Group. Anyone wishing to have details of this year’s programme of walks should send an e-mail to skeltonhistorygroup@gmail. com. Details of the next walk are given below. A small charge of £2 per person will be made on each walk. This is to help pay the costs of the Public Liability Insurance. Tuesday 19th April 2016 – Boulby We meet at 10:30am in Boulby lane (NZ 760187), where there is ample roadside space to park cars. We will head over to the Cleveland Way coastal footpath and then turn left and walk along it towards Loftus. After a couple of miles, we then leave it and take field paths across to the Street Houses road and follow this back to our cars. The walk will take about 3-3½ hours. Along the way will pass sites relating to the alum industry, ironstone mining and WW1 air-raid warnings. There are no facilities of any kind on this walk.

Coffee Morning for Diabetes UK

Skelton Methodist Community Church would like to thank everyone who supported their Coffee Morning on Wednesday 17th February. The sum of £227.48p was raised for Diabetes UK.

Skelton Labour Councillors Ward Surgery

Skelton Labour Councillors David Walsh and Helen McLuckie will be holding a Ward Surgery on Saturday 19th March from 11.00 to 12.30 at Skelton Library, Coniston Road, Skelton

Tea Dance with George and Marie Every Wednesday afternoon, 2pm - 4pm at Skelton Civic Hall, Coniston Road, Skelton. Everyone welcome. Suitable for beginners - you don’t even have to dance, just come and listen to the music. Refreshments served! £2.00

What’s on at the Gleneagles Centre, New Marske Monday 10:30 to 12:30 Carpet Bowls Monday 3to 4 Tai Chi Monday 6 to 9 New Marske Dragons (Aikido) Tuesday 9:30 to 11:30 Quilting Bee Alternate Tuesday 2 to 4pm Friendship Group Tuesday 7 to 8:30pm Men’s Self Defence Wednesday 9:30 to 10:30 Healthy Living Group Wednesday 6:30 to 7:30 Pilates Thursday 10:30 to 12:30 Carpet Bowls First Thursday 7 to 8:30 pm Yorkshire Countrywomen Second Thursday 7 to 8:30 History Group Friday 10am to 12 noon Beginners Bridge Friday 2pm to 4pm Carpet Bowls Sunday 10:30am to 12 noon Tribal Masquers Sunday 12:30 to 1:30 Dog obedience Training Bookings Secretary 01642 483234 vera.rider@ntlworld.com

Skelton Men’s Group At present we meet in the Bull’s Head, North Skelton, on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, starting at 7.30p.m. There is an annual membership fee of £5.00pp and subs of £1.00pp each time you attend a meeting. We round off indoor meetings with a cold buffet supper. Some events are subsidised from our funds. Our programme for the next three months is as follows 15th March Illustrated talk about Classical Italy 19th April Games night—Pool. Dominoes, Darts A warm welcome will be extended to anyone who wishes to join us. For further details contact the Group secretary, Stuart White Tel 01287 654132 or just turn up on one of the above dates.

Liverton Village News

We are thrilled to share some of the exciting plans we have in store for 2016, a very exciting year as we celebrate 80 years of our village hall. The workshops we organised last year were very popular—our first workshop this year will be a chocolate making session on March 18th where people will make their own easter egg.This will be part of our Easter weekend. We will be holding our Easter fun day on Saturday March 19th. There will be something for all the family, games, competitions, a tombola and the usual refreshments. We will be holding a plant sale where Mary will be selling her fantastic plants—always popular—date to be confirmed but you will be the first to know! 2015 was a great year here in the village—so hold on tight 2016 is going to be even better!

Easter Event

The Friends of Redcar Cemetery are holding an Easter Event in Laburnum Road Library on Friday March 18th from 10am to 3.30pm. There will be refreshments, a cake stall an Easter stall, a raffle and an Easter egg tombola. Everybody will be made most welcome.

Loftus Tradesmans Reform Club. Est 1861

Meetings held 3rd Tues each month at 7:30pm at Grinkle Park Hotel

New members and guests welcome.

Guest Speakers 2016. March 15th Ted Parker. Action Tv & Video Productions. ‘Crossing China By Train.’ April 19th David Dance. ‘ Forensic Archeology.’ May 17th Lee Jackson. ‘About the R.L.N.I. And stories from Staithes Lifeboat Station.’ June 21st Major Andy Burbidge. Big guns, Ballistics, and barrack room banter. Sept20th Mike Pratt. C.E.O. Northumberland Wildlife Trust. ‘Wild Northumberland.’ Oct 18th Steve Thompson and Barry Hunt (to be announced) Les Franks (Hon Sec) 4 Meadowlands Close Easington Saltburn TS13 4PF

For further information contact 01287 640959 (Answerphone available if no one is in) 07814436470 (Mobile & Texts) Les@franksl.plus.com

Redcar Lecture Society

By Tony Crow Almost at the end of our current Season, we have just one more Visual Presentation to go. On Tuesday 22nd March at the Redcar East Community Centre on Durham Road, the Presentation is entitled ‘Italian Delights’ and will be given by Doug Worton. Immediately after the Presentation, we will be holding our A.G.M. when among other things we hope to fill the one vacancy on our Committee. The Committee meets just three times annually. Ideas for Presenters and Topics will be very welcome, too. Admission at the door is £2.50 and the meeting is open to all. We plan to return with a new set of Presentations from the end of September

Redcar and Cleveland Twinning Association

By Ruth Bryan Redcar and Cleveland Twinning Association is holding their AGM on Thursday 17th March at the Redcar Heart. The meeting will begin at 7pm with light refreshments being served from 6:30 onwards. It is hoped that as many members as possible will attend. We are always looking for new members and our current annual subscription is only £5 for individuals and £7 for a family /household membership. If you are interested in Germany and international links you might like to come and join us. For more information about the association please visit our web-site at www. redcarandclevelandtwinningassociation.org.uk We are currently planning our next visit to Troisdorf which will take place in the October half term 2016.

Winkies Castle Folk Museum

162 High Street, Marske by the Sea, TS11 7NB 01642 775086 We open for the season on Saturday 26th March MARCH – MAY Saturday 26th March to Monday 30th May (incl) “BEE-CAUSE”: An Exhibition by Tees Bees Including Information Posters and equipment. Learn about the fascinating world of Bees. Bees are some of the hardest working creatures on the planet, and because of their laborious work ethic, we owe many thanks to this amazing yet often underappreciated insect. Experts will regularly be on hand to answer any questions. There will be regular special event days including Candle making, a cut away hive and an observation hive with live bees so you can quite safely see them close up inside the hive. For the dates of these Special event days Please check our Notice board, phone the Museum, visit our web site www. winkiescastle.co.uk or our Facebook page Winkies Castle Folk Museum.

Upcoming events for Marske Hall

Easter Coffee Morning, March 28th 10 – 12.30. A wonderful way to spend the Easter bank holiday. Entertainment, children’s activities, Raffles and Tombolas. Free entry. Coffee Morning at Marske Leisure Centre in aid of Marske Hall - Saturday 2nd April 10 -12 Refreshments, bric-a-brac, stalls, cakes, Winbola and much more.

Loftus Flower Club

By Rosemary Brown Loftus Flower Clubs next meeting is on Monday 21st March, in Loftus Town Hall. It is the clubs AGM, and afterwards the Demonstration is by Audrey Foster, “Area Demonstrator” from Lealholm, entitled “Coast To Coast”. Audrey has done the cycle ride a couple of times, so will no doubt, have a good tale to tell, while making up the flower arrangements. Doors open 18:15, to begin 19:00. Can members please be reminded that “Membership fees” are due on this evening. Visitors are welcome, entrance £3. For more information contact Mrs S Hall, 01287 676269. The April meeting is on Monday 11th, (a week earlier than usual) again in Loftus Town Hall. “Area Demonstrator” Susan Hall is giving the demonstration. To begin at 19:00. This evening is free to visitors, so please come along and see how Susan works with flowers and greenery. There will be an opportunity to win the finished arrangements in the Raffle, while having refreshments. For more information, contact Mrs S Hall 01287 676269.

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Tocketts Bridge Car Boot

ocketts Bridge Car Boot recommences on Easter Sunday 27th March. This long established well attended booty is held in a lovely setting just outside of Guisborough every Saturday & Sunday. Sellers at 1pm and public at 2-30pm. David & Chris who operate the Boot sale work very hard to make it a pleasant experience for both buyers and sellers. Their prices have remained the same as previous years - £10 per car & £15 per van. Children and dog friendly, stress free and a good burger van to boot. We all are looking forward to a good season with plenty of sunshine and seeing faces old and new. So if you are doing a bit of spring cleaning in a house, loft or garage clear out, why not bag it up and come along, you would be made most welcome. Charity stalls are made very welcome and concessions are made for these. For further information contact

us via our Facebook site at Tocketts Bridge Car Boot or by telephone on 01287 637307 or 07580 146224.

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The world of theatre

See Nature in Detail at the Inspired by… gallery

t’s that time of year again, to come out and support your local community theatre players at Saltburn Theatre as the Drama Festival opens on By Kate Bramley Weds 15th March, through to Friday 17th. The culmination of a lot of hard work and effort will be on display so book your tickets now and enjoy some talented local performers of all ages. www.saltburnarts.co.uk Also this month my own theatre company make a brief stop north of the Moors region with a new one-man show ‘The Daily Bread’ that features the extraordinarily talented Colin Moncrieff playing the disgraced baker, August de Ville. ‘The Daily Bread’ comes to Elwick WI hall on 10th March at 7.30pm and there are a handful of seats available as we go to print. The performance was written specifically for this actor who is a seasoned performer, a trained clown-doctor –think of the Robin William movie Patch Adams and you’ll be closeand a professional baker. Described as the ‘comic, live baking extravanganza... with physical sequences Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton would be proud of’ by the York Press, so I’m sure you’ll have a fun night out in our company! www.badappletheatre.com Further afield I notice that Billy Elliot The Musical is making a welcome return to the North-east with a set of performances at the Sunderland Empire, after ten successful years in London’s West End. It runs from the 6th-30th April and there are still more reasonably priced tickets on sale at the moment, so it’s well worth a look at the website http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/sunderland-empire/ More next month!

Paintings by Andrew Hutchinson; Andrew at work in his studio near Pickering

n artist whose work is familiar to tea drinkers worldwide is showing exquisite wildlife paintings at the Inspired by… gallery, Danby, Friday 18 March to Monday 11 April 2016 Andrew Hutchinson is best known for his highly detailed portrayals of the natural world, taking inspiration from the unspoiled beauty of the North York Moors. He has undertaken commissions for many major companies and organisations, including Marks & Spencer, the Automobile Association, Bacardi, Reader’s Digest, Penguin Books, Harper Collins, Land Rover, Barclays Bank, Sainsbury’s, Royal Canin and the New York Botanical Gardens. He also produced a series of paintings for Taylors of Harrogate used to illustrate the packaging for Yorkshire Tea, including the iconic Dales cricket match image used in 2012. Paintings on display at the Danby gallery in March and April will include his portrayals of much-loved moors wildlife such as the tortoiseshell butterfly, kestrel,

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goshawk, goldfinch and bullfinch as well as familiar farm animals from the area. There will be a special ‘meet the artist’ event at the gallery on Saturday 19 March from noon until 3pm. Born in Guisborough, North Yorkshire in 1961, Andrew Hutchinson completed an apprenticeship in joinery before taking a Diploma course in graphics and illustration. During a spell working as an archaeological illustrator he met his wife and in 1991 they headed for the Highlands of Scotland where he had always found inspiration in the dramatic and unspoilt beauty of the Cairngorms. A decade later, however, they and their daughter returned home to his beloved Yorkshire. Andrew has exhibited his work among the world’s top wildlife artists and each autumn stages a one-man show in his home town. He has been made an associate member of the prestigious Royal Society of Miniature Artists, Sculptors and Gravers after receiving awards at their 2014 and 2015 exhibitions at the Mall Galleries, London. Andrew says: “It seems a long time

since I first exhibited at Danby as a struggling young artist back in the early 80s. My inspiration for this exhibition is my native Yorkshire countryside and the amazing wildlife that is all around us. I find I’m drawn to the Yorkshire forests and working as a volunteer warden studying adders gives me access to some fantastic and remote habitat. “While I love to produce my own paintings in recent years I have had the honour of working on illustrations for the iconic Yorkshire Tea boxes for Taylors of Harrogate.” The Inspired by… gallery at The Moors National Park Centre hosts changing exhibitions of work by artists who draw their inspiration from the landscape, life and colour of the North York Moors. Admission is free, and the gallery is open, until 24 March, daily from 10.30am to 4pm, then from 25 March, daily 10am to 5pm. For more information on the North York Moors National Park and forthcoming exhibitions and events, go to www. northyorkmoors.org.uk

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Sunjay

aining critical acclaim from the national press and his peers, Sunjay is one of the UK’s brightest young stars. “An amazing picker, a must see.” - Terry Reid “He’s a wizard on the guitar!” - Vin Garbutt You could be forgiven for thinking at first listen; singer/guitarist Sunjay is older than his 21 years. With a relaxed and confident manner, vocal style and mastery of his instrument he walks onto a stage and addresses the audience as though he is sitting down to play music with a group of close friends; a completely natural approach for a young man who picked up the guitar when he was just 4 years old and hasn’t put it down since. Sunjay’s style has that natural drift between folk and blues and both camps have recognised his obvious flair. There have been a clutch of award nominations, including winning the Wath Festival Young Performers Award. He also made the final selection for the BBC’s Young Folk Award in 2012, had three nominations at the Exposure Music Awards

Foodie fans set for seaside treat

Saltburn Farmers’ Market ready for brand new season

t’s a sure sign that spring is in the air …. And foodie fans are in for a tasty seaside treat, when Saltburn Farmers’ Market returns for a brand new season on Saturday 12 March. Fresh from its annual winter break, the popular monthly market celebrates its eighth birthday after its debut during a freak Easter blizzard in 2008. The first ever Market saw a dozen trailblazing local foodies set up their stalls in the snow, a number that has since trebled in size as the Market quickly became a firm favourite with shoppers and local food producers alike. It’s since gone on to become one of the most popular Farmers’ Markets in the country, and was shortlisted as National Farmers’ Market of the year in 2014. Now, over 35 stalls plus special guests the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust are looking forward to another busy year in the seaside town. Market Manager Lorna Jackson said: “The first Market of the year is always a really exciting day for us, and we’re really pleased that the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust are joining us this year. “They do a lot of great work to help protect wildlife and improve the natural environment throughout Teesside and East Cleveland, and shoppers will be able to chat with them and find out more about their work at all our Markets this year. “I live in Saltburn and obviously know what a great place it is,” added Lorna, “But there’s always an extra special buzz around the town on market day. “It’s great to see so many people exploring the

town while they’re here and discovering their new favourite shop or café. “And our visitors always tell us that two of the things they like best about the Market are the fantastic family atmosphere and the chance to buy good local food that’s often hard to find elsewhere. “That’s exactly what we set out to achieve when we first started the Market, and that’s exactly what we still do today. “But more than just food, our market is about people – the people who actually make or produce the food itself and, obviously, the people who come along and enjoy the day. “Our stallholders are always happy to chat with shoppers about the food or art they produce, and a lot of friendships have been forged over the years. “So, we’re looking forward to another really enjoyable year and catching up with everyone, and we can’t wait to add to that Saturday morning buzz around the town again.” • Saltburn Farmers’ Market. Sat 12 March. 9am-2pm. Based just outside Saltburn Railway Station, a tasty mix of over 35 stalls includes a wide range of locally produced sausages, meat & game, fresh fruit & veg, wild mushrooms, garden herbs & garlic, freshly baked artisan bread, handmade cheese, Skinningrove Wines & locally brewed beers, cakes & biscuits, ginger wine & gingerbread, gourmet scotch eggs, a glutenfree bakery, hot street food, chilli sauces, fresh coffee bar, hog roast, plus local art, crafts and much more besides. For further info, visit www. saltburnfarmersmarket.com

What’s on at the Cutty Wren

With The New Album Black & Blues, Sunjay Tours The UK in 2016 2014 and was also recognised by the 2014 British Blues Awards. Drawing from a rich, musical and cultural background it is hardly surprising that Sunjay has quickly become recognised as one of the UK’s rising stars. His performances have been described as “mature & confident”, while his guitar playing has been hailed as “superb, brilliant, experienced, intricate & faultless”. Nov 2015, welcomed Sunjay’s latest release ‘Black & Blues’. Returning to New Mountain Music Studios with producer Eddy Morton (The Bushbury Mountain Daredevils), ‘Black & Blues’ was recorded in a single day on 25th August 2015. The album, comprised of 10 traditional blues songs, interpreted and arranged by Sunjay, showcasing his powerful vocals and his intricate, masterful guitar playing. “Black & Blues, is a testimony to the skill and talent of Sunjay who is without doubt one of the slickest dudes to sit behind a guitar. He sounds cool, plays cool, looks cool so much so you almost expect a little light to come when he opens his guitar case.” Folkall.Blogspot. “For such a young performer, Sunjay shows real confidence, maturity and ease on stage that it seems like he has been doing nothing else all of his life.” – Folk All Magazine “A great voice.”- Blues Matters Magazine “Listen, watch and take note.” - FATEA Magazine BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Nominee 2012 Wath Young Performers Award Winner 2012 Exposure Music Awards Triple Nominee 2014 British Blues Awards Nominee 2014 For more information and the latest tour news, please visit: www.sunjay.tv https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSunjay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qCODl46aF0 For all media enquiries, please contact Jill Lerner on 07702 230856 Email http://jill@jameshsoars.com

What’s On - Music & Events

Every Tuesday at The Redcar Borough Park Bowling Club Kathryn Craig & Brian Willoughby

Anni Fentiman & Dave Webber

i, all - first, a reminder that the young singer/guitarist Sunjay is to be our guest on March 15th. He’s recommended not only by Club members who’ve seen him, but by Vin Garbutt as well! This has got to be good. We’ve one of our regular “Singers and Musicians” nights on March 22nd. This is when Club members get up and perform. There are some very gifted singers, players and song writers in our club these days, and there’ll usually be the less-regulars and visitors to add some spice. There’s a great atmosphere and plenty of humour, so come along and sample it. And why not have a go yourself if you do anything “folky”? It’s a very wide field. Dave Webber and Annie Fentiman will guest on March 29th. Both were in the much-missed quartet “Beggar’s Velvet” and since those days they’ve forged an enduring career as a duo. They tend to perform traditional-based material as well as folk songs proper, so you could say they expand the tradition with great, singable, meaningful songs. They’ve got great voices too and we’re going to have a wonderful night’s singing! April 5th will be “Singers and Musicians” again, while April 12th brings a special Charity Night. This will be in aid of the Parkinson’s disease charity and will also be a tribute to loyal club members Bill and Felicity. Felicity’s courage as she battles the disease is an example to us all, as is Bill’s tireless support of his wife. Basically it will be a singers’ and musicians’ night, but there’ll be some input from Bill and Felicity as well. Come and support them - it’s a more-than-worthy cause. We’re in for a real treat with Kathryn Craig and Brian Willoughby on April 19th. Kathryn is an American singer with a serious background in real US folk song while Brian is a stunning guitarist who has spent time as a backing musician in Nashville. They’ve also a lovely warm stage presence, and you’ll enjoy them whether you think you like American music or not. And if you’re any sort of guitarist you won’t even want to miss this night! We e n d t h e m o n t h o n t h e 2 6 t h w i t h “Remembering Mike”, this being the greatlymissed Mike Gardiner who meant to much to the

Club. The evening will be the usual singaround (another term for Singers and Musicians!) and the proceeds will go to the Leukaemia charity. Again, it’s a very worthy cause. Looking ahead, we’ve a Hot Spot on May 3rd with musicians Dave and Anne Coulter, together with guitarist Stewart Tonge, followed by the popular duo of singer George Welch and demon fiddler Stuart Hardy on May 10th. More on them next time! Looking back naturally brings to mind another superb year’s beginning with Marie Little, which included her duet with our Di Henderson singing “They Don’t Write ‘Em Like That Anymore” as a tribute to the late, great Pete Betts, whom we lost not long before Christmas. The next week’s theme of “January Man” might have proved tricky, but we sang wintry songs instead! Job commitments prevented our planned Hot Spot with the two Ian’s on Jan 26th, so we then had a couple of singarounds, but they were on top form when we finally heard them on Feb 9th! In between we had the wonderful singer-songwriter Anna Shannon, and it was one of those special occasions when you don’t want the evening to end. Great songs, great stage presence and a great night. So - if you want to hear the best of folk-based music, get along. You’ll find us every Tuesday at the Redcar Borough Park Bowling Club, Thwaites Lane, off Redcar Lane, Redcar TS10 2FD. Basically, just go up or down Redcar Lane and turn in at the big red Racecourse sign on the west side of the road. The Club’s at the bottom of Thwaites Lane to the left with plenty of parking. Doors open about 7.30pm, singing starts about 8pm and we finish around 11pm. There’s a good, friendly bar, too. For more info. you can ring our ever able organiser John Taylor on 01287 622623 and we do have a web site. Obviously, it’s best to check with John if you’re coming from a distance. Thanks as ever go to John and our kind hosts at the Bowling Club. See you soon! George F

Railway Arms Brotton Sat 12 Mar - The Persuaders

Sun 27 Mar - Tom Jackson

Sat 19 Mar - Drew Gerrard

Sat 02 Apr - Brand New Cadillacs

Fri 25 Mar - Andrew King-Elvis tribute

Fri 08 Apr - Big Sister

Sat 26 Mar - Big Sigh and the Yawns

Sat 09 Apr - Highway Train

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Sunday Services for Marske Methodist Church March services

13th March 10-30am Rev T Haigh 6-00pm Rev A Harbottle Holy Communion 20th March 10-30am Mrs J Rogers 6-00pm At Zetland Park 27th March 10-30am Rev B Bell holy communion 6-00pm At Zetland Park 3rd April

April services

10-30am Mr S Bee 6-00pm Rev A Harbottle 10th April 10-30am Rev A Harbottle 6-00pm Own Arrangements 17th April 10-30am Mrs R Taylor 6-00pm At Newcomen 24th April 10-30am Circuit Service At Guisborough 6-00pm At Zetland Park

Services at St Mark’s Church, Marske-by-the-Sea Every Sunday: Holy Communion 8.00am Parish Communion 9.30am Every Wednesday: Holy Communion 10.00am All are welcome to attend our services. Coffee is served after Parish Communion on Sundays and on Wednesdays.

Messy Church

This is held every second Saturday of the month in St Mark’s Church. Families are welcome to come along to try activities (some messy) hear a story and enjoy something to eat. We start at 4.00pm and finish at 5.30pm. There is no charge but donations are welcome. Everyone welcome!

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Around The Towns & Villages Redcar

Skinningrove

Skelton

Guisborough

East Redcar Residents` Association. Our next meeting will be on Thursday 7th April in the upstairs meeting room of St. Peter`s Church, Redcar Lane, Redcar. The meeting will start at 7pm and finish by 8.30pm. Everyone welcome to come along.

Skinningrove Village Hall Weekly Events Mon – OAP Bingo 6pm-7pm Tue - Free for hire Wed - Breakfast Club. Doors open 9am. Served 9am-12pm Thur – Kid’s Craft Night 5pm-6.30pm Fri - Breakfasts 10am-12, Bingo 5pm-6pm Sat - Free to hire Sun - Free to hire

A coffee morning is held in Skelton Civic Hall every Monday morning from 9.30am until 11.00. Why not come along and enjoy tea or coffee and some real home baking. All proceeds go to Skelton Villages Civic Pride towards environmental improvements and floral displays. Skelton Library holds a ‘Sharpen your mind’ cake and cuppa session every 4th Friday 10.30am - 12am with a short quiz, reminiscence information and a sing-song to finish. Come along, make new friends, have fun and exercise your brain. Everyone is welcome. ‘Knit & Natter’‘Crafts & Chatter’ Join our friendly group at Skelton Library every Monday 2pm-4pm For more information: Tel: 01287 650487 Email: skelton_library@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk

Guisborough & District Friends of Cancer Research UK. April 30th Apollo Choir. Methodist Chapel 7pm. Tickets or info from Wendy 01287 634571 or Viv 01642 472134. The next meeting of Guisborough Floral Art Club will be at 7.30 pm on Wednesday13th April in St Nicholas’s Parish Hall, Guisborough. Margaret Earl is the demonstrator and her title is “Spring Celebrations”. For up to date information visit our Facebook page. Search “Guisborough Flower Club”.

Footprints Community Cafe held every Wednesday at East Cleveland Baptist Church, Park Avenue, Redcar. Excellent food at good prices. All profits from the cafe are fed back into Footprints projects including Redcar Area Foodbank. Men’s Shed ... every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 9am - 1pm at 17 Queen Street Redcar. Parkinsons Friendship Group Social/Drop In. Would you like to join us? Then come along. We meet on the first Thursday of the month in the lounge of the Coatham Lodge, Redcar 2 - 4 pm. On the second Thursday of the month we meet up for lunch (usually in a pub) For both carers and the cared for. It’s a chance to relax with a cup of coffee/tea, piece of cake and to talk to people in the same position. Long term friendships can and do happen. For more information please contact Ann on 01642 482066

Redcar Area Foodbank Donations can be made at Tesco Redcar and South Bank (and they top up by 30%).Any Redcar & Cleveland Library. Co-op at Marske. Halifax Bank on Redcar High Street. Circles on Life, Queen Street, Redcar. Any Foodbank Centres i.e. St Hilda’s Church Redcar; Park Avenue Baptist Church, Redcar; South Bank Baptist Church; Old Co-op Building in Loftus. St Peter’s Church, Redcar. St Georges Church, Normanby All Saints Church, Dormanstown. Sainsbury’s Ennis Square Dormanstown and The Ings Redcar. St Augustine’s church, Warwick Rd (mornings except Mon and Sat which are evenings), Sacred Heart, Lobster Rd (mornings except Sat 6pm-7pm ) Friends of Borough Park - Friday Coffee morning from 10.30am at Redcar Borough Park Bowls Club, Thwaites Lane, off Redcar Lane. Proceeds to Borough Park Rose Garden Fund. All welcome

Saltburn Friday Friends is an inclusive friendship group open to all over 18, we welcome people with different abilities. We have activities inc bowling, drumming, keep fit, singing, bingo, quizzes and arts and crafts. We meet Fridays 10-4, at Emmanuel Church Hall, Macnay Street, Saltburn. 1st session is free (Carers always free). Then £2.50 1 session/£4 all day. Ran by volunteers. 07833895501 Thefridayfriends@outlook. com All welcome! Craft Fair Sat 12th March and Sat 9th April 10 - 3pm - Saltburn Methodist Church Hall

Loftus British Legion outreach sessions held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the Old Co-op Building in Loftus. The sessions are run on a drop-in basis between 10am-12 noon and are open to any veteran and their family. The British Legion can also be contacted using our free helpline number 0808 802 8080 every day between 8am - 8pm or on our easy to use website at: www.britishlegion.org.uk. Loftus Town Hall Is host to a Tea Dance on the first Tuesday of every month. Doors open at 1.30 for an informal practice session with dancing from 2.00-4.00. Entry is only £1 and this includes a raffle and light refreshments. Loftus WI - Ladies, why not come along and make new friends. Meetings every second Tuesday of the month ( except August ) at 7pm in Loftus Town Hall. New members welcome. For details telephone 01287 644661

Riverside Building New Company Row Skinningrove hosts the following each week. Healthy Eating Club – Mon 10.45am. Keep Fit Club – Tue 12.00pm – 1.00pm. Gardening Club – Wed 10.00am - 12.00pm. Choir – Wed 7.00pm – 9.00pm. Over 60’s Luncheon Club – Fri 12.00pm. All newcomers welcome. Monthly Film Club featuring a Big Screen, Surround Sound HD Experience. Check notice board for details. Open Monday to Friday, 10.00am to 3.00pm and provide access to computers with internet and office applications free of charge. We also provide full colour Photocopying. Garden Café – Teas and Coffees, cold drinks, light snacks and sandwiches. See us on Trip Advisor. To find out more or book a room (£5 to £15 per hour) call in at the Riverside Building or call 01287 642508, e-mail at slu@btconnect.com or check us out on Facebook at Skinningrove Riverside. Ladies Knit and Natter Group In Skinningrove Village Hall on Tuesdays 1-3pm. We would invite anybody to join, come and have a cuppa and a natter. We are short of wool and are wanting to knot hats for the homeless so if you can help with any spare wool this would be much appreciated. Contact Jacqui on 07419 989786

Skelton Methodist Community Church, on Castle Grange at Skelton Green, holds a coffee morning on the first Saturday of each month from 10am to 11.30am. An Open Church Charity Coffee Morning is held on the 1st Friday every month from 10.00 am - 11.30 am at All Saints’ Church, Skelton. Pop in and enjoy homemade cakes, scones, etc. Skelton History Group meets on the second Friday of each month at 9:30am in Skelton Library. Anyone with an interest in the history of the Skelton villages, or in family history, will be warmly welcomed. Skelton Weight Management Group - The original Group has now disbanded, but some Members are meeting the first Thursday of the month, at 10am, in Skelton Library for a cuppa, and an informal chat. A weigh in is available if required. New Members welcome!

Stanghow

New Marske

Stanghow Community Centre Coffee morning 10am – 12noon First Saturday in each month – Bingo Fortnightly Wednesday evening 7:15 start. For further details of any of the above please phone 01287 650098

Carpet Bowls held at Gleneagles Centre, New Marske are looking for new members. They meet three times a week, are a friendly group and they have lots of outings. For more info see the main ad on events pages.

Lingdale

Moorsholm

Lingdale Community Art - We are a group of people from East Cleveland who meet weekly to paint for pleasure. Approximately once a month we have a “ master class” with a variety of art teachers. We meet each Thurs at 2pm until 4pm at Lingdale Village Hall. If you are interested in joining us please contact Jim Marvell on 01287650485 or Anne Lake on 01287 650671

Moorsholm WI, every 2nd Monday in month, 7.15pm at Moorsholm Memorial Hall. Guest speakers, crafts, outings, fun and friendship. All welcome. For more info call Lily on 01287 660641.

Easington All Saints Coffee Morning. Village Hall – 2nd Saturday in every month. 10am – 12pm. All welcome

Church Hall activities Don’t sit alone at home come and join us at our Social afternoon for bingo, dominoes a good natter and some tea and biscuits. Alternate Thursdays. Craft Class - Weaving, knitting, rag rugging, dye and crafts every Wednesday 7pm-9pm. Carpet Bowls every Tuesday in Moorsholm Memorial Hall 2pm-4pm. All welcome.

Afternoon Tea Dance St Nicholas Church Hall Bow Street Guisborough each Thursday 1pm to 3.30pm with interval for tea/coffee & biscuits. Sequence dancing with music provided by Kevin & Val with tuition when necessary. £5 per person. Friendly atmosphere with newcomers welcome. Enquiries: Rita & Tony Morris 01287 281737 Hutton Lowcross WI meets on the second Thursday of the month at 7pm in Sunnyfield House, Guisborough. We have a monthly guest speaker, crafts, computing, outings, and much more. Come along and see what we do. Visit our web-site huttonlowcross-wi.co.uk Guisborough Craft Fair, from 10am to 3pm, in the Parish Hall, Bow Street, Guisborough, to be held on March 12 and April 16.There are free craft activities for children from 11am to 1.30pm. Entry to the Craft Fair is free, with very reasonably priced refreshments available all day.

Brotton Brotton Library hold a ‘Knit & Natter’ every Thursday at 2pm-4pm. We would invite anybody to join, come and have a cuppa and a friendly natter. For more information: Tel: 01287 676342 or e-mail: Brotton_library@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk Coffee morning Brotton Methodist Church every Tues & Sat 9.30 - 11.30 Thurs 10-12 A Coffee Morning is held every Wednesday morning 10.00am - 11.30am in St. Margaret’s Church, High Street, Brotton and also a Prize Bingo in aid of Church funds is held at KTS+ site, St. Margaret’s Way, Brotton every Tuesday commencing at 7.00pm. Brotton Village Hall. Every Thursday Prize Bingo 1.15pm Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month Tea Dance 2pm - 4pm

Liverton Mines Cake & Chat at St Hilda’s on last wednesday in the month from 3pm to 4pm all are welcome Coffee Morning at St Hilda’s held on 1st Tuesday of the month from 10am to 11am next coffe morning will be held on February 2nd

Coastal View & Moor News Issue 67 - March - April 2016

Gisborough Priory trees for Stewart Park

By Ann Roe

ince Winter 2011 Gisborough Priory Project volunteers have been working with the Wildflower Ark in Middlesbrough to propagate over a hundred apple trees from 19 old apple and three pear trees found on and around the Priory site. The neighbouring market gardener also gave permission for volunteers to take cuttings from the trees on his land. Some of the ‘parent’ trees have subsequently been lost in bad weather or from sheer old age so the propagation happened just in time! Once they were big enough to be allowed out of the nursey bed the successful saplings were offered to

local groups and the public over the past year, in exchange for a small donation to project funds. As shown in the picture a group of students from Askham Bryan College came to the woodland gardens this week and worked with their tutor Mike McQuade and GPP volunteers to dig out the remaining batch of trees and transport them for planting in Stewart Park. Carol Robinson ,volunteer supervisor with GPP said: “We look forward to seeing them grow and fruit in the years ahead in their elegant new home.” This work was supported by a grant towards half the costs of materials from the Yorkshire Gardens Trust.

Wartime Guided Walk

ome on a free guided walk around Loftus and the surrounding area with local historian Stuart McMillan on Saturday 26 March. Titled Loftus in Wartime, the walk will explore the impact of both world wars on the town and its vicinity and Stuart will take you to some key sites in the area. This circular walk starts at the Angel cafe in Loftus Market Place at 11.00am and is due to last up to three hours. Please wear clothing and footwear suitable for a country walk and bring refreshments; dogs under proper control are welcome. There’s free parking at South View, off North Road (TS13 4JL); Loftus is on Arriva bus routes X4 and 5. There’s no need to book a place; for more information please phone 01287 641000 or email office@loftustc.co.uk

What’s on in Saltburn Spiritualist church Toc H,Coach House, Saltburn (For further information please contact the booking secretary Jean on 07776331333)

March

Monday sevices: Healing 6.30pm (free) Open Circle 7pm (collection) Classes 8.45pm (costs vary please ask for details) Saturday Divine services all begin at 7pm. 12th Mrs Ann Phoenix (from Brotton) 19th Christina Jackson & Beverly Thomas (from Birtley) 26th Closed Bank Holiday.

April

Saltburn spiritualist church are proud to host our first experimental evening of Ribbonaura. With Demonstrators Mr William Hunter & Mrs Shirley Hunter csnu from Scarborough. Friday 8th. £3 on the door. Begins prompt at 7pm. Saltburn spiritualist church are proud to host an evening of mediumship with International demonstrator Mr Billy Cook from Paignton in Devon. Monday 11th. £7 on the door begins at 7pm. Billy is a very popular demonstrator & seating is limited so please arrive early. (Door’s will be open from 6.30pm) Monday services: Healing 6.30pm (Free) Open Circle 7pm (collection) Classes 8.45pm (costs vary please ask for details) Please note once a month specials replace these services. Saturday Divine services all begin at 7pm. 2nd Mr Ellis Ruddick (from Leadgate) 9th AGM (please note there is NO service this evening) 16th Mrs Barbra Bradley Lsnu All are welcome to all our services. We welcome applications for membership please ask for details. Please note the church closes for bank holidays. All service details are correct at the time of printing.

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Coastal View & Moor News Issue 67 - March - April 2016

Guisborough DMC - 14 February

By John Watson

biting cold day and snow flurries added spice to Guisborough DMC`s trial at Charltons near Guisborough and Skelton`s Tom Aﬄeck, aboard the MRS Cloburn Sherco sealed the expert win by seven marks from Tom Hick of York and Yarm`s Dan Ferguson beat Middlesbrough Trucktech rider Chris Brown by just one mark to win Intermediate class. Northallerton`s Mark Smith had an outstanding ride on his beautifully prepped Ariel to win the newly introduced Twin Shock award. A good entry of seventy five riders included a group of thirteen in the ever growing conducted trial run by George McGee, helping riders, whatever their age, ease into the sport. The B, C and D Youth honours went to Zac Collinson, Richard Pulman and Connor Watson respectively, Pulman having a storming ride on the difficult and greasy third section, only a five last lap spoiling it. A poor entry in experts, but no taking away the consistency of Affleck, only one mistake all day, fiving the series of rock steps of the second first lap, everything else he just levelled. Hick also had a shaky first lap before settling, but fives on two and four did the damage. This time it is the observers who would like to thank the tender hearted Clerk of Course Gary Ferguson for keeping the trial to three laps or all would have been found three month later, all perfectly preserved. Also the club would like to thank Guisborough`s Mia McGee for helping out in the plush Secretary`s office for taking entries and Sarah Lishman for being George McGee`s best friend and observing the conducted. Results Expert: Tom Affleck (MRS Cloburn Sherco) 5, Tom Hick (Acklam Beta) 12. Intermediate: Dan Ferguson (Gas Gas) 19, Chris

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Mark Smith Brown (Scorpa) 20, Shane Monkman (Beta) 40. C/man A: Dale Whittaker (Gas Gas) 7, Alan Carr (Scorpa) 17m/c`s, Aidrian Harrison (Sherco) 17. C/man B: Gary Bloodworth (Beta) 2, Kian Dawson (Gas Gas) 6, Paul Pulman (Scorpa) 7. Twin Shock: Mark Smith (Ariel) 10, Chris Barnett (Yamaha) 21, John Pattinson (Mfield) 50. Youth B: Zac Collinson (?) 44. Youth C: Richard Pulman (Gas Gas) 23. Youth D: Connor Watson (Oset) 6, William Lishman (Oset) 31, Matilda Arbon (Mechatechno) 58. Lucky Observers draw: Pam Lees, Peter Simpson, Barry Overy

Northallerton DMC - 7th February

By John Watson

orthallerton DMC held a tough `Chequers` trial at Osmotherly on Sunday and Clerk of course Nigel Rooksby used the natural terrain to full advantage for a two lap, eighteen section course. Skelton`s Tom Affleck on the Cloburn sponsored Sherco just couldn`t match the consistency of Richmond`s Richard Sadler on the day and both he and Dan Peace had to give best, finishing in second and third place. Affleck put some great rides together, matching Sadler on the full blooded climb of four, but dropped back with six lost on the rocky gully of the tenth. Danby`s Ian Hopley grabbed runner up in Intermediate class and Guisborough`s Rick Jackson and Middlesbrough`s Steve Currey put solid rides in to finish second and third in Twin Shock Class, Currey especially, on the little Moto Gori borrowed from his father Bill. Results Expert: Richard Sadler (Beta) 9, Dan Peace (Gas Gas) 18, Tom Affleck (Sherco) 21. Intermediate: Chris Barnfather (Gas Gas) 53, Ian Hopley (Gas Gas) 70, John Benton (?) 71.

C/man A: Philip Alderson (Gas Gas) 6, Roger Williams (Yamaha) 11, Richard Fawcett (Sherco) 20. C/man B: Paul Sadler (Beta) 19, Mark Summer (Beta) 32, Dave Wardell (Beta) 34. Twin Shock: Andy Keel (Fantic) 36, Richard Jackson (Fantic) 52, Steve Currey (Moto Gori) 55

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King George V Bowls Club, Howlbeck Road

Speedway Redcar Bears

ur new outdoor season starts with our Open Day on Saturday 9th April. For people of all ages wishing to try bowls we hold social bowls sessions on Sunday evenings 6-8pm and Tuesday morning 10am-12 noon, or taster sessions can be arranged. Experienced bowlers are also welcome as we play in ladies, men’s and mixed leagues throughout the summer.

Our clubhouse has a fully licensed bar and is available for private parties and functions, contact our Bar Manager, Norman Smith, 07943 416830. To view our facilities and contact details see: www.guisboroughkgvbowls.co.uk or contact our Club Secretary, Les Oakley, 07731 695207 or Ladies Secretary, Anne Bowcock, 01287 638921.

By John Gallon

he Redcar Bears seven man team is now complete and ready to ride. Starting with the old man of the team, (well he is 29!!) LEE PAYNE, Almost a local, Lee was born in Wigan, Lancashire in 1986 and has ridden for Stoke and Belle Vue. SIMON NIELSEN, From Stenlille, Denmark, born in 1990 in Britain Simon has ridden for Workington, Leicester, Plymouth, Newcastle and Sheffield. HUGH SKIDMORE, With what must be the most apt surname in speedway Hugh is from Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Born in 1990 Hugh has ridden for Sheffield, Belle Vue and Redcar 2013-16 Although he had a season ending injury early in 2015 Hugh is now back to full fitness for the 2016 season (a tough breed these speedway riders). Congratulations to Hugh who has just become the proud dad of new baby daughter, Harper, maybe in a few years she will take daddies place, it has been known!! JONAS B. ANDERSON, Born 1992 Copenhagen, Denmark, Jonas made his British speedway debut with Redcar in 2015 and almost instantly became a hit with fans. DAVID BELLEGO From Marmande, France David was born in 1993 and has ridden for Glasgow, Berwick and Sheffield. LASSE BJERRE Born 1993 Lasse comes from Esbjerg,

Denmark and has had a very experienced career riding for Kings Lynn, Ipswich, Peterborough, Swindon, Leicester, Wolverhampton and last season Redcar where he suffered a bad hip injury which would make many a lesser man say enough is enough but as I said earlier they are a tough breed and Lasse is raring to go again. JACOB BUKHAVE From Denmark born 1993. Redcar will be his first British club so very little is known about him but that was said of Jonas B Anderson and he was an instant success so fingers crossed. JAMES COOK HOSPITAL VISIT On Thursday 24th March at 3pm a group from the Redcar Bears will visit the childrens’ ward at James Cook Hospital with Easter eggs and presents donated by supporters (maybe even an egg or two for the nurses!) The group will comprise of Brian Havelock, Jitendra Duffill, Ian Drinkel, Claire James, Janice Jackson and most important a couple of rider who have yet to be named. Not sure if they allow bikes on the ward? START OF 2016 SEASON The 2016 speedway season roars into action for the Bears at home on the 24th March at 7:30 with the Tees Tweed Trophy against the Berwick Bandits. The following Thursday, 31st, it’s the turn of the Newcastle Diamonds in the Tyne Tees Trophy. If you’re coming along to witness the action don’t forget to wrap up warm, the South Tees Motor Sports Park isn’t the warmest place in March but you can be sure of a warm and friendly atmosphere from both the home and away supporters.

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Jeff Stelling’s Men United March Ten Days. Ten walking marathons. One cause

21st March 2016 Jeff and friends will begin with a fanfare at Victoria Park, the home of Hartlepool United. They’ll head to the seafront, through West Meadows and Cowpen Bewley, over the Transporter Bridge to the Riverside and along Tees & Lazenby Bank before finishing on the coast at Marske Football Club. We will be collecting along the route, join us on the coast road Redcar then onto Marske High Street, past the Co-Operative store and on to Marske Football Club, GER Stadium, Mount Pleasant, TS11 7BW

Show Your Support Peter Collinson Marske United FC, Commercial manager I was asked if I would do the first leg of the walk with Jeff and we are asking supporters, family and friends to support my just giving page if possible for this fantastic cause. This can be found at www.justgiving.com/peter-collinson1/ Alternatively you can text my personal code PCOL99 with your donation amount to 70070 free of charge, you will receive a text back asking if gift aid can be added and also if you wished to leave a message on the just giving page. Any support is greatly appreciated -- Peter C.

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At Marske Football Stadium, Childrens Fun Time • SPEEDBALL • BEAT THE GOALIE • 5 ASIDE• TOMBOLA • REFRESHMENTS Distance: 37.8km 07:00 Registration / breakfast, Hartlepool United 08:00 Depart Hartlepool United 12:40 Arrive Middlesbrough FC 13:00 Depart Middlesbrough FC 17:45 Arrive Marske United

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Guisborough rollercoaster rugby By Jeff Lillystone

Strong Start

Sunday 21st February saw a return game away to Acklam for Guisboroughs under 14s squad. On the back of a narrow defeat against two weeks previously, with Acklam fielding a strong well drilled team, it was going to be a tough morning. Weather was bright and cold, and with a soft pitch, it was with an air of excitement that the Guisborough visitors started the game. Acklam kicked to start, with a high ball being caught well by Guisborough, and after a scything run by fullback Tommy Laing-Taylor, a surprised Acklam were a try down in the first minute. George Lillystone kicked the restart after a difficult conversion attempt, and in true form Acklam returned the favour with a try of their own after only a few more minutes – a succesful straight kick put Acklam ahead, 7-5.

Rollercoaster

The first half continued in what could only be described as end to end, rollercoaster rugby – with both teams notching up points, in a tough encounter. Bursting through an Acklam defence, Matthew Dingwall touched, down, followed by a hugely appreciated rolling maul over try by Callum Holian, which involved the Guisborough forward pack edging forward like a machine, which was hugely applauded by the crowd, on both sides. Adam Robinson, Callum Holiam and Finlay Sullivan exerted pressure in the vital scrum phases,

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and rucking was fast and frenzied, with scrum half duties shared between Ewen Cameron and Byron Skipsey, alternately.

Fast Paced Power

Luke Atkinson and Quillam Crowhurst gave great supportive work in the second row, and assisted at the breakdowns, with great commitment and ‘leadership by example’, Team Captain, Nicky Taggart exerted pressure in the tackle zones, assisted by fellow enforcer Matthew Dingwall. Acklam continued their fightback – with more tries being scored, and the score was pushing the watching crowd into a sense of disbelief. Excellent refereeing, by Peter Corner, was keeping a fast paced game flowing, with Vice Captain, Scott Armstrong showing hIs athleticism, and speeding into space for his first of three times on the day.

2nd Half Non Stop Action

The second half didn’t disappoint with the lead being taken by both squads, as the points increased. Fly half George Lillystone directed play as the lead shifted between the two teams, and great play continued, Harry Deluce kept his wing running tight and offloaded well to assist his team, and driving out opposition, to win Guisborough some line out possession. As the last minutes came close, Acklam edged forward making the score 36 – 34, but Guisborough hit back, with a hard fought break out and scorching sprint by Scott Armstrong, taking Guis ahead 39 – 36, and in the dying seconds, Connor Robinson, converted and Guis’ ended the game as the ref blew the final whistle, a victory for Guis, 41 – 36, in a well played, good spirited game. Debut Player - Gets ‘Man Of The Match’ The referee praised both teams for sportmanship and a clean well supported game, Man of the Match was awared to Guisborough newcomer, Jacob

Fly half - George Lillystone kicking points for Guisboro Best, who played number 8, in his first outing for Guisborough. Jacob has already has found his feet, despite playing the second half with odd boots, a size too small, after his own became ripped, with his sole flapping about as he ran, his floppy ‘circus clown boot’, was returned to him after the game as a ‘trophy’ for his outstanding work in his debut.

Guisborough Domino League By D. Jones League Secretary 14/01/16 Marske beat the T.A. Club 7-2 to put them in a commanding position in the A League, Guis CC are starting to pick points up beating G.T.F.C. 6-3. In the B League the Fox beat The Bowls Club 7-2, which puts them in an unassailable lead. 3 Fiddles kept in touch for second spot by beating Globe A 6-3. T.A. Club hosted the G. May Trophy Finals on Wednesday 20th Jan, Station beat the T.A. Club 6-3 in the 1st SemiFinal and in a close match, Fox edged The Wharton 5-4. Fox beat The Station 7-2 in the Final to win the Trophy. 21/01/16 Globe B joined Marske at the top of the A League after thumping G.T.F.C. 8-1, T.A. beat The Ship 5-4, and Guis CC beat Station 5-4. In the B League the Fox beat Abbey 5-4, Globe A beat The Wharton 6-3 and threw their hat in the ring in the race for second spot. 28/O1/16 Guis CC hauled themselves off the bottom of the A League with an 8-1 mauling of the T.A. Club, Ship beat G.T.F.C. 6-3 and put themselves in with a shout, as they have the top teams to play. Marske remain top, but went down 5-4 to The Station. 3 Fiddles put themselves in contention for second spot, defeating The Fox 6-3, thus inflicting their first defeat in the League, Abbey won 5-4 at The Globe A. 04/02/16 In the 1st Round of the Knock-Out Cup, Station beat The Wharton 7-2, Fox won 6-3 at The Ship, T.A. won 5-4 At G.T.F.C. ; also Abbey won 5-4 at The 3 Fiddles and Globe B beat The Globe A 5-4. 11/02/16 In the A League, Globe B halted Marske’s title run defeating them 6-3; G.T.F.C. went down again 5-4 to the T.A. Club, Ship could have a say where the title goes beating Guis CC 6-3, and have Globe B and Marske to play. 3 Fiddles beat Bowls Club, 5-4 and keep in contention for 2nd Spot. In the B League ,Wharton beat Abbey 5-4, to keep themselves in the promotion hunt. 18/02/16 In the A League T.A. Club guaranteed their A League

status for next season by beating The Station 6-3, which could be a spanner in the works for them to retain the title. Ship put themselves in with an outside chance of the title by beating Globe B 7-2. Marske top the League by beating Guis CC 6-3, thus relegating them to the B League along with G.T.F.C. In the B League Fox won the League beating Globe A 6-3, 3 Fiddles went down 5-4 to the Abbey, whilst Wharton won 5-4 against the Bowls Club. The final game next week between The Wharton and the 3 Fiddles will see who accompanies The Fox into the A League as both teams have 41 points. In an outstanding game, Station beat The Globe B 6-3. Going into the last match of the season anyone of four teams could win the A league, Marske on 57, Globe B on 55, Ship and Station on 54. On Wednesday 24th Feb G.T.F.C. hosted the doubles’ finals. After some very close matches, last year’s runners up G. Grout & J. Atkinson, Globe B played R. Taylor & P. Taylor T.A.club and in another close match G. Grout& J .Atkinson went one better winning 2-1 in the final. 25/02/16 Marske secured the A league title with a 5-4 win over the Ship, Station snatched 2nd spot beating G.T.F.C 5-4, Globe B crashed 6-3 at Guis CC, leaving them and the Ship in joint 3rd place one point behind the Station. In the B league Wharton all but secured 2nd spot winning 5-4 against the 3 Fiddles. Mathematically Abbey could gain 2nd spot but need to win 10-0 in their last game against the Bowls Club. Thanks to everyone for another great Season. G. Armstrong Mini-League, Starts On Thursday 10th March.

Guisborough seek new players of all ages, shapes and sizes, and have players from far and wide, from Staithes to Redcar, from Marske to Stokesley, players from all areas welcome- for contacts via www.pitcheroguisboroughrugby, or if born in 2001, or 2002 call or text Jeff on 07505 878059 (after 5pm)

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n January we were sad to hear of the passing of Carl Radcliffe on the 27th December, aged 80. Carl was born in Lancashire and joined Marske C.C. in 1968 from Henley On Thames C.C. and Wargrave C.C. upon taking a teaching position in Middlesbrough. Carl soon became a very popular member of the side that gained promotion from the old NY&SD ‘B’ division and won the ‘A’ division the following year. He played 162 games for the 1st XI scoring 846 runs from 99 innings at an average of 12.6 and a highest score of 50 away to Seaton Carew in 1969. His bowling performances were overshadowed by the deeds of David Halfyard, David Steele and Rich Walker, but he still managed 878 overs with 212 maidens, taking 176 wickets at 12.9 with a best performance of 7 for 53 at Stockton in 1970. On leaving Marske he joined Market Drayton C.C. playing there until he was 50, he then helped to reform a Crown green bowling Club which went on to top the local Leagues. Local group Forever Sunday entertained the players at the Annual Presentation evening. Main prize winners on the evening were: Johnathon Pickard for services to Marske C.C., Jozef Wing Club player of the year, Jonathon Burke won the performance of the season for his 163 at home to Seaton Carew on his 2nd XI debut. The 1st XI batting award was won by Ullrich Boshoff with the bowling by Johnathon Pickard. The 2nd XI batting was won by Jordan Carroll and the bowling by John Mains. The 3rd XI batting award went to Scott Pearson and the bowling to Sam Puckrin.

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North Riding Tees Valley Girls League

By Ian Enderwick

U14’s Challenge Cup Semi – Final Redcar Town FC 9 – 0 Skelton United FC

ur Girls produced a scintillating display of football to earn their place in the Challenge Cup Final. On a wet and miserable Saturday morning, credit must go to both teams for producing an excellent game of football in trying conditions. Redcar took the lead with 10 minutes gone after a pass from Jodie Thorpe set up Sophie Appleyard to score and we then doubled our lead on 18 minutes with a superb free-kick from Charlie Turner that flew in over the keepers despairing dive. Then straight away from Skelton’s kick off, we won the ball and Jodie ran passed three players to fire home and make it 3-0. Charlie made it 4-0 on 22 minutes with a long range shot and then Charlie turned provider with her corner falling nicely for Finlay Ashby to slot home on 26 minutes. Then on 33 minutes Jodie beat three players and shot past the keeper to make it 6-0 at half time. The second half saw Skelton come out fighting and were unlucky in the 2nd minute not to pull one back when Ellie

hit the post. Aisha Ergul scored our 7th in the 16th minute after Sophie Appleyard set her up and 2 minutes later Finlay’s 25yard shot went in off the post to make it 8-0 and in the 22nd minute Jodie wrapped up the scoring by beating the last defender and netting in the bottom corner to make it 9-0. Our thoughts and best wishes go out to Holly Wharton from Skelton who badly damaged her ligaments in the game, everyone at Redcar wishes Holly a speedy recovery.

Redcar Town Fc would like to thank Labour MP Anna Turley for providing our U18 Girls Team with a Teenage Cancer Trust sponsored football strip.

Carcare Marske Eskvale and Cleveland League Review

By Luke Hodgson

League Secretary

ver the last month or so it has been the weather that has had the upper hand as a lot more games have been postponed due to waterlogged pitches causing even further disruption to the league and cup programme. In the North Riding Saturday Challenge Cup, Stokesley Sports Club are the league’s remaining representatives after their home win over Bedale and they will now meet Redcar Town in the semi-final at Mo Mowlem Park, Redcar. In the Scarborough Harbour Cup Lealholm have also reached the semi-final stage and they will be at home to Seamer Sports while in the Scarborough Junior Cup, Brotton Railway Arms fell at the quarter final stage as they were beaten by the odd goal in three by Kirkbymoorside but Loftus Athletic took their chance to make the semi-final when they visit Seamer Sports reserves and after a tight first half that ended all square with Seamer taking the lead inside five minutes before Loftus equalised with a penalty five minutes before the interval. The second half was tight with Loftus eventually taking the lead with twenty minutes to go. This proved to be a turning point as the visitors then took control and scored three more times to secure a home tie in the semi-finals against Wombleton Wanderers. In the domestic Cup competitions, there is still one outstanding quarter final tie to be played with playing host to Brotton Railway Arms with the winners of this tie joining Loftus Athletic and Redcar Athletic and Boosbeck United in the semi-finals. Boosbeck made hard work of their semi-final against Hinderwell with the visitors taking a first half lead as they dominated the first half but missed a series of chances. The second half opened with Boosbeck equalising inside the first minute and then on the hour they took the lead. With the game looking as though it was going the home side’s way Hinderwell grabbed a last minute goal to send the tie into extra time. The added time saw both sides have chances and with the game heading for penalties, Boosbeck scored to send Boosbeck into the semi-finals. In the UPVC Suppliers Knockout Cup, the semi-finals will see Lealholm entertain Great Ayton United Royals

while Loftus Athletic will host Stokesley Sports Club. The draws for the Eileen Hodgson Bowl and the Whitby Benevolent Trophy have been made and these competitions will get underway in due course. We would like to thank the Whitby Advertiser for their kind sponsorship of this year’s Whitby Benevolent Trophy. Since the turn of the year the league has unfortunately lost one of its members as Nunthorpe Athletic U21’s have had to resign from the league due to a lack of players. This resignation had an obvious impact on the league table however as things stand the top three teams, Great Ayton United Royals, Redcar Athletic Reserves and Loftus Athletic are separated by just two points. A five point gap then exists to the fourth placed team, Dormanstown and then two points separate the next two teams, Brotton and Stokesley. There is then a gap of three points to the next team and again three points separate the next three teams with then a large gap to the bottom two clubs, Hinderwell and Lakes United. Despite the disappointing season these Clubs are having great credit goes to them as they continue to turn up week in week out and play their part in what is a very competitive league this season. Results this season taking league and cup games into account show that just about anyone can beat anyone again showing how good and competitive the league is as we move towards the business end of the season with quite a lot still to play for. March 2016 fixtures; 12th March; Scarborough Harbour Cup Semi-Final; Lealholm v Seamer Sports. League fixtures; Brotton Railway Arms v Boosbeck United, Dormanstown v Great Ayton United Royals, Great Ayton United v Hinderwell, Redcar Athletic Reserves v Lakes United, Stokesley S. C. v Loftus Athletic. 19th March; Scarborough Junior Cup Semi Final; Loftus Athletic v Wombleton Wanderers. League fixtures; Boosbeck United v Lakes United, Brotton Railway Arms v Lealholm, Great Ayton United v Redcar Athletic Reserves, Stokesley Sports Club v Dormanstown. 26th March; League fixtures; Boosbeck United v Stokesley Sports Club, Brotton Railway Arms v Great Ayton United Royals, Hinderwell v Dormanstown, Lealholm v Lakes

United, Loftus Athletic v Redcar Athletic Reserves. January 2016 results; 23rd January; D & G Trophies League Challenge Cup; Boosbeck United v Hinderwell postponed; Great Ayton United v Brotton Railway Arms postponed; Nunthorpe Athletic U21’s v Loftus Athletic postponed; Redcar Athletic Reserves 4 Great Ayton United Royals 2. 30th January; Scarborough Junior Cup; - Brotton Railway Arms v Kirkbymoorside Reserves postponed; Old Malton St Marys 3 Loftus Athletic 3 (Loftus won 4-2 on pens). League fixtures; Great Ayton United 1 Great Ayton United Royals 2, Lealholm 6 Hinderwell 1; Lakes United 1 Boosbeck United 4; Nunthorpe Athletic U21’s v Stokesley Sports Club postponed; Redcar Athletic Reserves 4 Dormanstown 1. February results; 6th February; - North Riding Saturday Challenge Cup Quarter Final; Stokesley Sports Club 3 Bedale 1 League fixtures; Brotton Railway Arms 5 Dormanstown 7; Great Ayton United Royals 5 Hinderwell 1; Lealholm v Lakes United postponed; Loftus Athletic 5 v Great Ayton United 2.

13th February; Scarborough Junior Cup; - Brotton Railway Arms 1 Kirkbymoorside Reserves 2. UPVC Suppliers Knockout Cup; Lakes United 2 Hinderwell 10, Stokesley Sports Club v Boosbeck United home walkover. League fixtures; Dormanstown 2 Lealholm 2; Loftus Athletic v Redcar Athletic Reserves postponed. 20th February; UPVC Suppliers Knockout Cup; Brotton Railway Arms 1 Great Ayton United Royals 3; Hinderwell 0 Lealholm 5; Loftus Athletic 4 Great Ayton United 2; Stokesley 12 Dormanstown 0. League fixture; Boosbeck United 1 Redcar Athletic Reserves 4. 27th February; Scarborough Junior Cup; Seamer Sports 1 Loftus Athletic 5. D & G Trophies League Challenge Cup; Boosbeck United 3 Hinderwell 2 a.e.t. League fixtures; Brotton Railway Arms v Redcar Athletic Reserves postponed; Dormanstown 3 Lakes United 0; Great Ayton United 0 Stokesley Sports Club 2; Lealholm 1 Great Ayton United Royals 2.

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Great Ayton United Royals

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Loftus Athletic

Dormanstown

*Stokesley Sports Club

Brotton Railway Arms

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Boosbeck United

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Lealholm

-7

Great Ayton United

Hinderwell

-62

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Lakes United * - 3 points deducted

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Marske recover well from double setback

By Moss Holtby

orthern League champions Marske United have recovered well after suffering a double setback when they crashed out of the FA Vase and also lost influential skipper Craig Gott the same weekend. The road to Wembley ended for United at Newton Aycliffe, with the home side comfortably reaching the last 16 following a 2-0 win at Moore Lane. And the following day the Seasiders were dealt a second blow after hearing the news that popular midfielder Gott had decided to join Evo-Stik North side Spennymoor Town. Regarded as one of the very best players in North East non-league football, the 26-year-old joined Marske in October 2013 and was a key figure in recent successes, scoring the winner at St James’ Park in the 2014 League Cup final, and captaining the club to their first ever Northern League title last season. In all he made 123 appearances for the club, netting 45 goals. B u t C a r l J a r r e t t ’s s i d e l o o k e d unaffected by the departure, going on to win five of their next six fixtures. Jamie Owens, Adam Preston and Nathan Mulligan all scored to beat Seaham Red Star 3-0 at the GER Stadium, then three days later Preston and Mulligan both netted again to reach the quarter-finals of the League Cup by beating Penrith 2-0. Mulligan took his tally to four goals in three games by scoring twice in the first

half against Penrith in Cumbria. Owens scored after the break to make it 3-1, but despite Penrith pulling back a second goal, United hung on for the win. Next up, Marske stayed in touch with the leading pack with a good 3-1 win at Jarrow Roofing. They had to come from behind though, because Roofing took the lead when former Marske player Kerry Hedley ran from his own half and beat Robert Dean in the Marske goal with a low shot that went in off the post, but United soon replied when Luke Bythway’s header was saved but Liam O’Sullivan tucked away the loose ball. Marske took the lead six minutes into the second half when Reece Kelly rounded the keeper to score, and nine minutes from the end Kelly set up Preston to score his 10th goal of the campaign with a low shot. United manager Jarrett said: “I’m a very pleased manager. We made a few changes and they worked. The lads never stopped all game and it’s a great three points at a hard place to go to.” Marske’s only recent defeat came from a midweek trip to FA Vase holders North Shields. A poor first half from United saw them go 2-0 down by the break, but despite an improved second half, a rare goal by Josh Myers, his first in 44 appearances, wasn’t enough to avoid the clubs first league defeat since October. Finally, the Seasider’s moved up to sixth in the table with a 2-1 against Durham City at Consett. Reece Kelly ran through to score with

Guisborough Town stay in second spot after successful run of games since start of year

Recent signing Lee Brockbank in action against Durham (By Jaime Grace) the very last kick of the first half, then after the break Owens scored from the penalty spot following a foul on Mulligan. But Durham kept battling away and pulled a goal back when Harvey Saunders controlled a long ball and tucked it past Dean. City had some good

chances late on but the Marske defence stayed firm. Manager Jarrett said: “It was an awful game to watch. We didn’t play anywhere near what we can do, but at least it was a win”. Meanwhile, there are still a small number of tickets left for the clubs 60th

another four goals in their next game at West Allotment Celtic, winning 4-2 this time with a brace of goals from Jonny Helm and one apiece from Chay Liddle and Earl. A 2-0 home win against Ashington followed with Earl and Snaith the two men on target this time which was a great tonic ahead of the big North Riding Senior Cup clash against York City on 9 February. York to their credit fielded a very strong side with no fewer than seven players with league experience and three full internationals – two from Northern Ireland and one from Scotland. By Bill Perfitt After a tremendous tussle which ended in a uisborough Town have maintained 0-0 stalemate, the Priorymen edged through their Northern League Division One to the semis with a dramatic 4-3 win on title challenge with only one defeat up to the Ste Snaith tucking the ball home cleverly to put the penalties. Guisborough were delighted with beginning of March in the eight games they Priorymen ahead 1-0 against Norton & Stockton the generosity of York, who took no match have played since start of the New Year. Ancients in the 68th minute. fees from the game which was a much-needed As of 27 February, they stood at second Pictures kind courtesy of Yvonne Barker. financial boost to the Priorymen. in the table but 13 points adrift of leaders In their next game in the league at muchShildon and with a posse of rivals breathing improved Newton Aycliffe, Guisborough were goals – a tremendous feat with at least games down their necks with several games in hand – left to rue a first half in which they dominated notably Newton Aycliffe, Washington, Morpeth to go, depending on further progress in cup but spurned several goal-scoring opportunities competitions. No less than a third of those goals and Marske. and Aycliffe hit back in the second half to win 2-0. Since winning 3-2 at Seaham Red Star on 2 have been scored by leading marksman Danny It was a bitter disappointment for Guisborough Earl, who has bagged 31 goals with Ste Snaith on January, Guisborough have gone on to win five and they looked to make amends in their next 16 goals. The rest have been spread throughout of their next seven matches with one defeat and game at Whitley Bay and looked set for victory one draw, with an impressive 13 goals scored and the team, with Curt Round having contributed 11. when a scorching Snaith goal gave them a 1-0 After the pre-Christmas programme had been 9 conceded. half-time lead but the Bay rallied in the second During that excellent run they have also taken decimated by one of the wettest winters on record, half to force a 1-1 draw. Guisborough finally resumed playing the day the notable scalp of a strong York City side, The next game at home to neighbouring rivals whom they beat 4-3 on penalties in the Quarter after New Year’s Day with a very well-earned 3-2 Norton & Stockton Ancients on 27 February Final of the North Riding Senior Cup after a victory at Seaham Red Star, with goals from Peter gave Guisborough a golden opportunity to get Bulmer, Earl and ‘super-sub’ Connor Smith. goal-less first 90 minutes. Then there were further postponements due to back to winning ways as they avenged a shock That memorable victory has earned the 3-1 league defeat at the hands of the Ancients last Priorymen a plum semi-final tie against arch the continuing wet weather before the Priorymen October with a deserved but ultimately close-run local rivals Marske United at the KGV Stadium resumed their winning ways with a thrilling 4-3 2-1 victory. win at Jarrow Roofing, goals coming from Snaith, on Wednesday, 9 March (KO 7.45pm). For much of the game Guisborough dominated In all competitive matches so far this season, Round (2) and Smith. their bottom-of-the-table opponents but found it And the free-scoring Priorymen bagged Guisborough have scored no fewer than 99 hard to convert their superiority into goals, with

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anniversary dinner to be held at Marton Country Club on Friday 29th April. Over 520 tickets have already been sold for the night which features former Manchester United, Middlesbrough and England captain Bryan Robson as guest speaker. To book tickets, please contact Peter Collinson on 07736973181.

Norton often getting 10 or 11 men behind the ball to frustrate the Priorymen’s numerous attacks. As a result, it took Guisborough almost three quarters of the match before they finally took the lead in the 68th minute with a peach of a wellworked goal. Leading scorer Danny Earl turned the ball beautifully into the area where second top scorer Ste Snaith was on hand to neatly tuck the ball home from close in. Then in the 79th minute Guisborough substitute Connor Smith made an immediate impact when his persistence in the penalty area created an opening for himself and he lashed the ball under Norton keeper Ryan Braithwaite into the far corner of the net to make it 2-0 to the Priorymen. Plucky Norton refused to throw the towel in and battled right to the whistle and managed to reduce the arrears to 2-1 four minutes from time when Phillip Caley prodded the ball home from close range despite the brave efforts of Guisborough.

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Saltburn’s Huntcliff School boys are North East Champions S

altburn’s Huntcliff School KS4 boys’ badminton team become North East Champions recently at the regional round of the National Schools Championships held at Thornaby Pavilion.

The team, comprising four Year 11 students, William Hill, Sam Campbell, William Arch-Davies and Lachlan Kennedy, will now compete in the National Badminton Finals held at Milton Keynes in April.

Sam Campbell, Lachlan Kennedy, William Arch-Davies and William Hill.

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ystery surrounds has no record of it. the whereabouts of a “I’m wondering whether cricket bat - autographed by the bat might have been sent some of the sport’s biggest to the wrong house and it is names – which was going to now sitting on someone’s be auctioned off for charity mantelpiece. by well-known Bridgwater “So I’m appealing that if fundraiser Geraldine Warner. anyone does have it to come Cricket fan Geraldine acquired forward. I would dearly like the miniature bat while out in to have it back and raise some Barbados last year when England money for such a worthwhile were playing the West Indies. cause.” The bat was signed by some of To put the bat into context the most famous names in West – the four signatures are from Indian cricket – Viv Richards, cricket players who amassed Gary Sobers and Gordon nearly 30,000 runs in 424 Test Greenidge. match appearances between. Fundraiser It had been bought at an event Sir Garfield Sobers scored Geraldine Warner by Geraldine’s friend and fellow 8,032 runs in 93 Test matches cricket fan Terry Groves and he had presented it to at an average of 57.78 for the West Indies between her in order to auction it off for charity. 1954 and 1974. He also took 235 wickets at an Geraldine has raised around £10,000 for various average of 34.03. charities in recent years and was hoping to use the Sir Viv Richards scored 8,540 runs in 121 Test bat – plus some cricket shirts signed by the England matches at an average of 50.23 for the West Indies team – for Leukaemia Research. including 24 centuries between 1974 and 1991. When she returned to England she thought it Gordon Greenidge MBE scored 7,558 runs with would be great to get former Somerset and England 19 centuries in 108 Test matches for the West Indies legend Ian Botham to sign the bat as well. at an average of 69.98. All was going well and it was sent off to Sir Ian Botham scored 5,200 runs in 102 Test Botham’s representatives and the bat was returned matches for England between 1977 and 1992 and in October – but it has never reached Geraldine took 383 wickets at an average of 28.40. back home in Bridgwater. Geraldine said: “There can’t be too many cricket “I don’t know what’s happened to it,” she said. bats about signed by three Sirs and an MBE. “It’s very upsetting because that bat would be “I’m really upset that the bat has gone missing worth a lot of money for charity and I’d already had because I know I would have been able to have somebody make me an offer for it.” raised a good amount of money for charity with it.” Geraldine added: “I’ve been told by Ian’s people If anyone knows where the cricket bat is – that the bat was sent back to me in October, but please get in touch with the Bridgwater Press at sadly it wasn’t sent registered post so the Post Office bridgwaterpress@gmail.com .

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York and/or McArthurGlen

£14.00

12th

Hull City

£15.00

19th

Helmsley, Malton and Whitby

£13.50

26th

Barnsley Markets

£14.50

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Lakes Tour

£15.50

April 2016 2nd

York and/or McArthurGlen

£14.00

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Alnwick Castle & Gardens

£15.00

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Ripon and Skipton

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Lincoln City

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10th

Mystery Tour

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16th

Leeds Shopper

£14.00

23rd

Harrogate Flower Show (includes entry)

£29.00

30th

Beverley Market

£15.00

May 2016 7th

York and/or McArthurGlen

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Haworth and Bronte Country

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21st

Carlisle to Settle Railway (includes rail fare)

£32.00

28th

South Lakes Zoo and Safari Park (includes entry)

£23 adults, £13 children

29th

Holy Island and Seahouses

£15.50

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Freebrough awarded silver commendation for their Takeover Challenge

s part of our commitment to valuing Takeover Challenge 2015-2016. the views of young people, Freebrough With the commendation came the following message: Academy has received a silver commendation “Thank you for participating in the Children’s for developing and implementing plans to Commissioner’s Takeover Challenge, which gives engage children and young people in our work children and young people opportunities to showcase as part of national Children’s Commissioner’s their talents by getting involved in decision making

and working alongside adults. I do hope you will continue to build on the excellent work you have started with Takeover Challenge and please keep in touch about your work.” Anne Longfield, OBE, Children’s Commissioner for England Freebrough Academy took part in the national event, Takeover Challenge, on 20 November 2015. To find out more please read the article below:

Students takeover Freebrough Academy

akeover Challenge is a national event organised by the Children’s Commissioner. The event is a fun, hugely successful and exciting children and young people’s engagement project which sees organisations across England opening their doors to children and young people to take over adult roles. Our ten Head Boys and Girls took over the school for the day on Friday 20 November 2015. They worked with staff in almost every area of the school – including the Principal, teaching staff, support staff and admin. On the day, Head Boys and Girls were busy attending meetings (both at school and off site), planning and delivering lessons, making resources and working directly with younger students

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on their behaviour and attendance. Billy and Alex attended a meeting of the 14-19 Strategic Partnership and made a valuable contribution to discussions on improving transition from Year 11 to the next phase in their education. Takeover puts children and young people into decision making positions and encourages organisations and businesses to hear their views. Our students gained an insight into life ‘behind the scenes’ at school. “I have helped Mr Smith teach an English lesson. This involved supporting collaborative working and making sure that books were filed properly.” – Grace “The day has been a really good experience!” – Lucy “It was a really good opportunity and it has opened my eyes to teaching.” – Holly

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Enterprising stars heading to London

hen you are set a challenge by the Chief Executive of the Premier League you have to make sure you are at your enterprising best and that’s what four of our students have just demonstrated. In front of judges, guests and fellow competitors, team Riverside Social presented their solution to the 2015/16 Premier League Challenge. In partnership with Sports Relief, the challenge asked students to develop a fully costed proposal to increase the amount of time fans spend at the football stadium on a match day. The proposal had to include full financial projections and clearly show how the football club could get a return on their investment.After receiving great praise at the local ground of the competition and being chosen to represent Middlesbrough Football Club in the regional semi-finals, the team travelled to Newcastle Football Club to

compete with the other North East teams. Alex, Abbie, Katie and Megan have been working hard for months previous to the challenge on their ideas and plans, carrying out extensive market research and creating their solution to the challenge. Their idea is Riverside Social - a fan centred approach to combining fun, football and friends by the Riverside. Fans requested a more social environment and the team created an innovative solution which impressed the judges. The competition was superb and the team had to show determination, motivation and resilience to ensure they were prepared for the final pitch of the day.The team will now compete in the finals of the competition this month, aiming to be crowned winners of the challenge.Before the final in London on Wednesday 9 March 2016 the team will be working hard to perfect their pitch and write their full business plan.

A word from our Principal

elcome to the Spring 2016 edition of the Freebrough Flyer. As always there is a lot of fantastic work from staff and students happening at Freebrough, all contributing to the continual development of high quality teaching and learning with clear evidence that students are making good progress. We have featured on our website, and in earlier editions of the Freebrough Flyer, the work we have done through TEEP (Teacher Effectiveness Enhancement Programme) to ensure teaching is consistently good or better across all subject areas and that our students are well engaged in the learning process. Over the years we have invested heavily in the training of staff and can see the impact of how they have used the skills and knowledge they have developed in the classroom. This year we are working hard to develop LEEP (Learner Effectiveness Enhancement Programme). We know that if our students understand how they learn best and don’t give up when they find things difficult, then they can succeed in whatever they do. Just as TEEP was about training teachers to ensure teaching was the best it can be, LEEP will be about training our learners so that they can make the most of every opportunity they have for learning within the Academy. LEEP will be made up of four main elements: •Resilience – Celebrating mistakes, not being afraid of getting things wrong, understanding it is alright not to get everything right first time. Making mistakes is how we learn. •Grit – Self-management and effort. Keep going when the going gets tough. Working hard to master something and believing that with hard

work and effort you can achieve great things. •Language of LEEP – Feedback and praise. How to use feedback to improve your learning and the importance of praising effort to help students understand that the progress they make will depend on the effort they put into their work. •Brainology - Brain behaviour and brain building. Understand how the brain works, particularly the teenage brain, and how it might affect the way you learn. We will now invest in the training of our students. Training days will be held for students this term, like we do with staff, to give them the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge to ensure that learning across the Academy is consistently good and outstanding. We are also developing training and information sessions for our parents so they can continue with some of this work when our young people are at home. Watch this space for more details of LEEP and to hear about the impact from students. Congratulations to Year 11 on their preparations for their forthcoming GCSE examinations. Their attitude to learning is exceptional and they have consistently maintained 95% attendance. In addition to lessons they are taking the opportunities that staff are giving them for additional study after school and on Saturdays. I am sure you will join us to wish them every success in their exams and in their applications to their post 16 destinations. Linda Halbert Principal

Socks from Santa

The FAB team visit Handale Primary School

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he FAB team visited Handale Primary school on Thursday 19 November 2015 to work with 37 Y5 students during Anti Bullying Week. The students took part in an anti-bullying quiz led by the FAB team. Students were then asked to take part in our FAB competition in which they had to design a flyer for the students at Freebrough. It was extremely difficult for the FAB team to choose a winner as they were all amazing.

The winning flyer will be used in the Academy, given to students who have demonstrated the FAB values. We loved working with Handale Primary school and their students; this is our second visit to the school and we were very impressed with the new building. We were even more impressed with the student’s knowledge of bullying and how to deal with it. The FAB Team

ne of the tutor groups from Freebrough Academy, MSFD, started a campaign called ‘Socks from Santa Appeal’, which has been running in the Academy to raise awareness of the refugee crisis. Students have donated socks to send to them and so far Freebrough Academy has collected 150 pairs of socks. Tutor, Sarah Fenby-Dixon said: “I was amazed, but not surprised by the level of interest shown by students for those less fortunate than themselves.” This winter, thousands of men, women and children have been sleeping rough or sleeping in tents across Europe. Tutor group MSFD therefore decided to help by sending socks to

the refugees. They have been given to the One Ummah group in Stockton, whose warehouse, full of aid donations, was burned down in December. From there the socks will then be distributed to refugees in Europe. The tutor group asked everyone at Freebrough Academy to get involved with their campaign by donating one pair of new socks to help refugees through this terrible time. Best wishes messages have also been written by students that will be sent with individual pairs of socks. MSFD tutor group would like to thank everyone who supported the campaign at Freebrough. If anyone would like to donate socks or other items to help refugees they can contact Sarah Fenby-Dixon at sarahfenby@outlook.com

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Annual Year 6 Maths Challenge T

he maths’ team at Freebrough Academy were delighted to welcome 16 Year 6 students from Whitecliffe, Badger Hill and Skelton Primary Schools, for the annual maths’ challenge. The 2015 challenge saw students in groups of four, working with new friends and partners from different schools. Each group took part in four challenges, contributing to their final scores. The first challenge gave students a scenario with a question designed to ensure that the challengers think outside the box. There were many ways to solve the problem and each group came up with a unique way of reaching the solution. Challenge two involved groups using different skills important to maths – research, essential numerical skills, creativity and visualisation. The third challenge presented a task similar to a crossword but with calculations. Half the team had the across clues and the other half had the down clues. The final challenge asked students to create a 3D shape, with the aim to optimise the number of points they would get by including certain properties, such as having a prime number of faces, etc. Every student did extremely well and demonstrated the mathematical skills of resilience, creativity, logical thinking and teamwork. In the end the results were extremely close, with only five points between them (out of 180!). Each team was named after one of Freebrough’s small schools, and it was team Innovation that came out on top. It was fantastic to see so many parents and carers come to our celebration of achievement and see their child receive their certificate. It is always a delight to work with the wonderful

teachers from our feeder primary schools and especially children who, next year, could be our new Year 7 students. One of the challenges that the students were given is shown here. See if you can do it! Any entries from individuals, pairs, families, etc. can be sent to Mr Laverick either by email laverickr@freebroughacademy.org or through the school’s general office. Down

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1) 302 + 325 2) 13824 divided by 9 3) A palindromic number (the same forwards as it is backwards) whose digits sum to 20 6) The product of 1 DOWN and 5 9) The sum of the third and fifth prime numbers 11) 16 ACROSS backwards 12) The size of the angle of Down three quarters of a circle 14)2A square number 1) 30 + 325 15) A multiple of 23 ACROSS 2) 13824 divided by 9 16) The product of the digits are 3) A palindromic number (the same 1 less than 12 ACROSS forwards as it is backwards) whose 18) 3 ACROSS + the fourth digits sum to 20 triangle number 6) The product of 1 DOWN and 5 20) A factor of 1 DOWN 9) The sum of the third and fifth 21) The first three terms of the prime numbers sequence 2n - 2 11) 16 ACROSS backwards 22) Continue the pattern of 13 12) The size of the angle of ACROSS three quarters of a circle 14) A square number 15) A multiple of 23 ACROSS 16) The product of the digits are 1 less than 12 ACROSS 18) 3 ACROSS + the fourth triangle number 20) A factor of 1 DOWN 21) The first three terms of the sequence 2n - 2 22) Continue the pattern of 13 ACROSS

Across Down 2) The first prime number greater

than 100 325 1) 302 +product 3) The of 8 and 2 ACROSS 2) 13824 divided by 9 4) 2040 divided by 8 3) A palindromic number (the same 6) 1 DOWN - 577 forwards as it is backwards) whose 7) A square number digits sum to 20 10)The 6 xproduct 3 ACROSS 12 ACROSS 6) of 1 –DOWN and 5 + 6 12) Twice the sixth prime number 9) The sum of the third and fifth 13)prime 99999 – 65432 numbers 16)1680ACROSS degrees more than twice the 11) backwards Across 12) The size of the angle of total of the angles in a triangle Across a circle 17) three Two quarters thirds ofof753 2) The first prime number greater 14) square 18)AThe firstnumber palindromic number than 100 15) A multiple of 23 ACROSS (same backwards as it is 3) 16) TheThe product of of 8 and 2 ACROSS product the digits are forwards) greater than 6 DOWN 4) 2040 divided by ACROSS 8 1 less than 12 plus 1875. 6) 18) 1 DOWN - 577+ the fourth 3 ACROSS 19) triangle 43 - 33 number 7) A square number 20) AAfactor cube of number between 20 and 1–DOWN 10)20) 6 x 3 ACROSS 12 ACROSS + 6 60 The the firstsixth threeprime terms number of the 12)21) Twice 23) 12 x 9 = ?2n- - 43 sequence 2 13) 99999 – 65432 22) Continue the pattern of 13 16) 80 degrees more than twice the ACROSS total of the angles in a triangle 17) Two thirds of 753 18) The first palindromic number (same backwards as it is forwards) greater than 6 DOWN plus 1875. 19) 43 - 33 20) A cube number between 20 and 60 23) 12 x 9 = ? - 43

Across 2) The first prime number greater than 100 3) The product of 8 and 2 ACROSS 4) 2040 divided by 8 6) 1 DOWN - 577 7) A square number 10) 6 x 3 ACROSS – 12 ACROSS + 6 12) Twice the sixth prime number 13) 99999 – 65432 16) 80 degrees more than twice the total of the angles in a triangle 17) Two thirds of 753 18) The first palindromic number (same backwards as it is forwards) greater than 6 DOWN plus 1875. 19) 43 - 33 20) A cube number between 20 and 60 23) 12 x 9 = ? - 43

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French students experience working within Academy

What’s happening in PE? Golf and technology

uring core PE lessons a number of Year 11 students have had the opportunity to learn new skills outside of the school environment. For up to six weeks the students were attending coaching sessions at our local golf club, Hunley Hotel and Golf Club. Experiencing teeing off on the actual golf course and practising their golf swing on the driving range has enabled students to learn a whole new sport. Coached by members of staff from the golf club, this has been funded by Sport Academy. The Year 11 students involved

loved it and thought it was great to do something different, especially as it’s a sport they had never tried before! Also happening in the Sport and Health faculty, Year 7 PE students have been using technology to analyse each other’s performances. Using iPads they have been able to record each other’s movements and watch them back to analyse them. From this students have seen what they need to do to improve on their weaknesses and have been working hard to better their performances.

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or three weeks before Christmas we in England and in particular, with us at Freebrough welcomed to the Academy two French Academy and we wish them well with their studies. students who had been in England to Loic and Florian were asked to write a short experience the English culture, the way we paragraph to express the thoughts of their experience. live and enjoy our wonderful country and Notre stage en Angleterre “Durant nos trois semaines de stage au sein de all it has to offer. The students, aged 18 years old, named Loic and Freebrough Academy, nous avons pu découvrir Florian were both studying a BTEC Business Admin l’école en assistant à plusieurs activités ainsi qu’une participation aux cours de français pour qualification in their home country. We were very pleased to welcome them and were nous présenter aux élèves. “De plus, ce stage nous a apporté une expérience glad that their visit was not disrupted by the awful atrocities which occurred in Paris and affected très enrichissante autant sur le plan professionnel so many lives in France. Loic and Florian had a que personnel et nous avons pu perfectionner packed schedule; not only spending time in the notre anglais. Pour finir, nous tenons à remercier administration and finance departments, but also in toute l’équipe enseignante et professionnel de subject areas, drama, food technology (making their nous avoir acceuilli au sein de leurs locaux et plus own personal French crepe recipe and gingerbread), particulièrement à Eileen notre tutrice.” Loic and Florian Modern Foreign Languages, Engineering (making And for those of us who are not fluent in French: items with a laser cutter), maths and discussing the Entente Cordiale with Mr Houlgate in Humanities. “During our three week work placement at They took part in sports activities with Mrs Bell, Freebrough Academy, we really got to know the assisting her with an event at Lingdale Primary school by helping with various activities and also by School, attended a small school assembly and a participating in some French lessons by introducing cyberbullying activity with Mrs Porter. The students ourselves to the students. “This placement has been beneficial both on the also spent time in our Learning Resource Centre and in our Post 16 provision, Enterprise @Freebrough. personal and professional level and we have also Sharing in our festive activities, Loic and Florian improved our English. Finally we would like to thank had Christmas lunch on 16 December 2016 – Loic the students and staff of Freebrough for their very warm welcome, with particular thanks to Eileen, even tried a parmo! We hope that Loic and Florian enjoyed their time our tutor.”

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n December 2015, the Year 7 boys fivea-side school football team, competed against all the other secondary schools from Redcar and Cleveland. After winning the league section of the competition, the team qualified for the final, beating Laurence Jackson. The boys were terrific on the evening and they performed at a very high level, becoming district champions in the process. This success led to Freebrough Academy representing Redcar and Cleveland in the county competition which was held on Wednesday 6 January 2016.

Each district (Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Stockton and Hartlepool) had a school representing them and once again the boys were outstanding, but unfortunately they didn’t make it through to the next round. The Sport and Health faculty would like to congratulate them on their efforts and they are sure they will come back stronger next year. Well done to Mark, Luke, Bradley, Nathan, Connor and Jacob. Other sporting success includes; Year 8 girls five-a-side school football team who came second in their recent inter-school tournament.

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Brotton recruit passes Royal Navy training

Planning a music festival is a serious business

t might seem like fun and you might have just thought you could choose your favourite bands and artists but as our Year 9 students found out recently, that is not the case.

Working with the organisers of the Deer Shed Festival and our sponsors Teesside University, Year 9 students were set the challenge of designing their own festival to a budget of £1 million. This might seem like a lot of money, but when you start to pay for famous bands and musicians like Dolly Parton, Justin Bieber, One Direction and Fall Out Boy, plus all of the facilities, security and advertising it does not go very far. Working in teams of six, students were asked to create a theme that the festival would focus on and all of their plans had to fit to that theme. At the end of the working day students presented their work to the judges who included: Charles Allen and John McCue from Deer Shed Festival, Gary Crawley from Teesside University and our Principal Linda Halbert. The judges were impressed with the quality of the work students had developed in such a short

amount of time and particularly the work of the teams who were placed first and second. ‘Winter Wonderland’ festival which was developed by May, Charlotte, Caceyleigh, Abbie, Jade, and Mae was presented with first place, an extremely well planned winter themed festival. In second place was ‘Kendal Burning’, a Chinese themed festival developed by James, Jasmine, Amelie, Rya, Jodie, Tom and Kayleigh. Well done to all of the Year 9 students who worked incredibly hard and showed their determination to complete the challenge.

1 7 - y e a r- o l d f ro m B ro t t o n , w h o graduated from our Post 16 provision after following a course in engineering, has completed his transformation from a civilian into a Royal Navy sailor and is now one step closer to a career at sea. Trainee Warfare Specialist Kai Fishlock arrived at HMS Raleigh, the Royal Navy’s training base in Cornwall last November. During a ten-week course he has been given a thorough induction into the Royal Navy, learning skills that he will rely upon throughout his time in the Service. The course culminates with the passing-out-parade attended by families and friends. The former Freebrough Academy student previously worked in a factory. He said: “I joined the Royal Navy to have a sense of adventure, serve my country and to travel the world. The course has pushed me beyond my limits and I’ve made lots of new friends. I’ve learnt something new each day.” With the first stage of his training complete, Kai’s next port of call is HMS Collingwood in Hampshire. There, during a three month course, he will learn how to set-up and operate the systems that give the ship information about what is on the surface and in the air. Kai will also learn how to detect and report radar jamming and learn about data links and voice radio circuits to pass on vital information to the ship’s command team and others. The Royal Navy’s Initial Naval Training course is underpinned by nine Core Maritime Skills that are the foundations of naval life and underpin operational effectiveness. Recruits are taught the basics of Naval discipline and customs. They learn about navigation and are given the chance to take the helm of their own medium sized inflatable boat during a waterborne orienteering exercise. Royal Navy personnel can also be called upon to

play a vital role in land-based operations, so recruits undergo training in basic combat skills which includes survival in the field. Fitness is a key component of the training and is delivered using a disciplined method of military fitness which focuses on developing co-ordination and individual physical strength and endurance. As the course progresses the recruits take part in three extended exercises to test their skills and understanding of the principles they have been taught Details of career opportunities within the Royal Navy are available online at www.royalnavy.mod.uk or by calling the Recruitment Line on 03456 00 53 02.

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Handale in the community

Handale News Superstar performances at Handale

he very first production in our new building took place on Tuesday 8 December 2015; ‘A Miracle In Town’. Key Stage 1 and Early Years children worked really hard and we are all exceptionally proud of them. They learnt the story, their lines, numerous songs and made costumes. They were absolute superstars in their performances; we certainly have some budding performers amongst us! The children from Key Stage 2 also took to the stage to perform their Christmas play, Ebenezer. The children performed brilliantly, particularly

at the evening show, which was attended by over 180 parents, family and friends. Jamie as Ebenezer Scrooge, had no problem remembering over 200 lines and he was joined by many other solo singers, actors and dancers. The show was given a great start when dances from Year 3 and Year 4 pupils got everyone into the Christmas spirit and the choir sang beautifully throughout the show. It was clear that all the hard work at rehearsals had paid off. Well done to everyone involved!

e enjoyed our annual carol service at St Leonard’s Church. After Father Adam’s opening words, Zoe Y6 sang the traditional solo first verse of ‘Once in Royal David’s City’. Eleven readings throughout the service told the story of the nativity, read eloquently by children from Key Stage 2. During the readings, children from Key Stage 1, dressed as the characters from the nativity and placed their nativity figures on the manger scene at the front of the church. The choir sang ‘Pipe Little Shepherd Boy’ and the whole school joined in enthusiastically during congregational carols.

During ‘The Advent Carol’, a solo verse was sung by Lily Y6. The service was rounded off with a blessing from Father Adam and final thanks from Mrs Blakeley. We would like to thank the parents who attended and staff of both the school and the church for ensuring a smooth-running morning, particularly when travelling to and from the church. Thanks are also due to Mrs Ryan for her musical direction, Mrs Oakley for her support of the choir, and a final thank you to all the children, who through their hard work and commitment produced another memorable Christmas service.

100% attendance pupils go to Beamish

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Pupils in Y3 and Y4 to grow seeds from space

upils at Lingdale Primary School are preparing to become space biologists and embark on a voyage of discovery by growing seeds that have been into space. In September last year, 2kg of rocket seeds were flown to the International Space Station (ISS) on Soyuz 44S where they will spend several months in microgravity before returning to Earth in March 2016. The seeds have been sent as part of Rocket Science, an educational project launched by the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and the UK Space Agency. Lingdale Primary School will be one of up to 10,000 schools to receive a packet of 100 seeds from space, which they will grow alongside seeds that haven’t been to space and measure the differences over seven weeks. The pupils won’t know which seed packet contains which seeds until all results have been collected by the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and analysed by professional biostatisticians. The out-of-this-world, nationwide science experiment will enable the pupils to think more about how we could preserve human life on another planet in the future, what astronauts need to survive long-term missions in space

and the difficulties surrounding growing fresh food in challenging climates. Mrs Gallagher, Class Teacher at Lingdale Primary said: “We are very excited to be taking part in Rocket Science. This experiment is a fantastic way of teaching our pupils to think more scientifically and share their findings with the whole school.” Rocket Science is just one educational project from a programme developed by the UK Space Agency to celebrate British ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s Principia mission to the ISS and inspire young people to look into careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, including horticulture. Follow the project on Twitter: @RHSSchools #RocketScience

o celebrate 100% attendance for the school year 2014 - 15, pupils were rewarded with a trip to Beamish on Wednesday 18 December 2015. The weather was not good but it didn’t hamper anyone’s spirit as the children enjoyed all the usual attractions of Beamish plus a traditional Christmas at Home Farm, where they made traditional gifts, baked cinnamon biscuits, joined in a traditional tale and played old fashioned parlour games. All of the morning activities had

Sport at Handale

welve Year 6 children represented Handale at the East Cleveland basketball tournament in January. The children played six matches against East Cleveland schools and demonstrated great sportsmanship and effort throughout. Well done to Owen, Jessica, Joel, Callum, Mea, Zoe, Tia, Liam, Leon, Charlie, Chloe and Millie for representing our school.

worked up an appetite for a lovely meal in the Cookson restaurant. The staff treated the children like royalty and as usual for Handale the pupils’ behaviour was outstanding. Next, they set off to meet Santa and feed his reindeer, followed by a visit to the Frost Fare, during which we rode on the steam ‘Gallopers’, rode the ‘Suggy’ boats and enjoyed hot chocolate, before returning to the coach via the sweet shop and gift shop. It was a truly wonderful day and we hope more pupils can join us next year on the 100% trip.

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Whitecliffe News

Keep calm and have a carrot cookie!

Whitecliffe Pupil and Parent E-Safety education sessions

hile some of us were looking forward into the New Year, Year 6 were looking back in time - back to the eras of World War One and World War Two, gaining an understanding of how different life was. Through topic work and a literacy focus on ‘War Horse’, the children learnt how the Wars affected lives, especially children’s, and they tried to imagine how they would feel in their position. Although, on the trip to Beamish, the children

didn’t have to use too much imagination! They were transported in a time warp to a village, preparing for the imminent dangers ahead. The children took part in an evacuation, prepared rooms with blackout blinds, participated in drills and learnt (first-hand) the challenges that rations brought to the household kitchens - carrot cookies anyone? Our children not only engaged with these important historic events but they had the opportunity to experience it as well!

ur pupils have been learning how the growth of the internet has become a major part of our daily lives; from using it to learn, communicate and play, to even ordering our weekly shopping! We have recently taken part in an e-safety day, during which all pupils from Reception up to Year 6 took part in lively e-safety sessions focusing on how to use the internet safely, which were led by our school safeguarding consultant, Peter Davies. Parents were invited to attend the sessions and learnt valuable information about how they can help keep their children safe online.

Y2 and Y3 pupils visit Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum

Voices of angels? No, that’s just our choir!

his term, pupils in Year 2 and 3 are learning about our local area and how the discovery of ironstone led to the vast growth of our towns and villages. As part of our project we visited the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum in Skinningrove. During the day we were taken on a fascinating tour of the village by museum staff, to find out

t Skelton Primary, we know just how angelic our choir members sound. Their beautiful voices bring sunshine to a dark and frosty morning- even in the middle of winter! However, when others noticed their talent, we couldn’t keep them all to ourselves for much longer… they had to be shared! Where better to showcase these amazing talents, BBC Tees radio of course! Our choir was asked to join BBC Tees

radio for a very special performance, which was to be aired on Christmas morning! It’s not easy in showbiz and our choir had to work extra hard to get ready for their debut, even putting in the hours at weekends. However, the result was simply wonderful. Not only did it give us goose bumps but we were beaming with pride as well. Well done Skelton Choir!

This little light of mine

hristmas 2015 saw a very special visitor to our wonderful school. No, it wasn’t a little man in a red suit, but non-the less, it created just as much excitement and curiosity. The delicate, flickering flame of the Bethlehem Peace Light was brought into school along with its special messages of Christmas love and peace. Now in its 29th Year, the Bethlehem Peace Light was lit in non-other

than the birthplace of Jesus Christ and traversed the lands until it was brought over to England where the Scouts continued its journey. Luckily for us, we were able to witness the beauty of the candle first hand. We learnt about what the candle represents - love, peace and kindness. We all have a little light within us and as the candle showed, the best use of our light is to share it with others.

how the village has changed. Then we took part in an exciting mining experience at the museum where we learnt about the methods (and potential dangers!) of mining. The pupils and staff learnt so much about our local area with engaging practical activities and we express our thanks to the museum staff for such an enjoyable and educational day!

High Fliers with hat-trick of gold Kitemark awards!

h i t e c l i f f e P r i m a r y S c h o o l a re activity and competition within school and almost celebrating receiving a GOLD 100% of Key Stage 2 children have represented Kitemark award for a third successive year! the school in a wide variety of sports competition. The Kitemark award was designed by the Government to recognise schools who show outstanding commitment to, and development of; competition, school sport and physical education. Schools are assessed against bronze, silver and gold criteria. Whitecliffe was recognised for their promotion and provision of a wide variety of physical activities, sports and for their participation in many sports festivals and competitions. Whitecliffe’s pupils are heavily engaged in the leading, managing and officiating of physical activities and competitive sport within school. They are also given many opportunities to participate in extra-curricular sporting activity. All pupils have taken part in extra-curricular

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Our Primaries St Peter’s C of E News

Serving our local community

East Cleveland tradition being taught at St. Peter’s

he children in Year 5 and 6 are currently learning how to sword dance, which is being led by the Goathland Plough Stots. This is the second academic year running that they have visited St. Peter’s to teach the children how to longsword dance. The children have been really enjoying learning the dances and also finding out about the cultural significance of this local

traditional form of dancing. It has also encouraged teamwork, co-ordination and offers them opportunities to become involved in a traditional dance which could take them all over the world! The Goathland Plough Stots have participated in many folk festivals in Europe and in America. We are hoping our first public outing will be later this year as St Peter’s have been invited to Hartlepool Folk Festival in October 2016.

Lego champions once again

Senior Citizen’s Christmas Concert

- We held our annual Senior Citizens Concert again this year which was attended by over 50 people from the local community. Head Teacher Mr Unthank took on the role of bus driver for the occasion collecting our friends

from the White House Care Home, Brotton in the school mini-bus. Children from all ages performed for them, with acts ranging from nativities to musical performances including children who have been learning to play the guitar, flute and clarinet. Afterwards everyone sat down to an afternoon tea, which had been provided and prepared by the school staff, whilst the school choir performed Christmas carols. Everyone had an enjoyable afternoon and there were lots of lovely comments from all who attended. Supporting our Local Food Bank - The school council have worked tirelessly to support the Redcar and Cleveland Food Bank. They promoted and held a Christmas Jumper Day. Children across school were asked to donate tinned goods, cereals, biscuits, pasta, rice or UHT/powdered milk. On the final day of term, the school council visited the food bank in Dormanstown with the many boxes of items. They were greeted with congratulations from the volunteers including former school governor, Tim Myer.

MIMA inspires young artists

t Peter’s have once again lifted the Lego League trophy for the second year running. The 2015 Trash Trek challenge saw 16 primary and secondary schools go head to head in the robot challenge at Teesside University. With some superb programming and nerves of steel the St Peter’s crew amassed a giant 407 points on the Lego board fighting off their nearest rivals St Paulinus Catholic Primary School with 307 points and Rye Hills School with 208 points. The group then impressed the judges with the wormery they had built at school to help improve the handling of waste in the kitchens.

St. Peter’s School Choir - Once again the school choir consisting of 35 children, have given so much pleasure to so many over the Christmas period. They have been practising on a Friday after school with Mrs Unthank, Mrs Torka and Miss Torka before visiting Brotton Village Hall, Hunley Hotel & Golf Club, Redcar Hospital and St. Margaret’s Church on two separate occasions. The children’s families have given excellent support at these events. Following a request from the family of a long standing friend of the school, a group of children, including her great grandchildren, sang for Mrs. Ivy Brown in her own home. It was one of the highlights of our Christmas festivities and I am sure it was for Ivy too! The children have been true ambassadors for our school and brought smiles to many faces.

The children were set to compete in the national finals at Loughborough University in February 2016 and we look forward to hearing about that soon.

t Peter’s art group had an exciting visit to MIMA, one of the UK’s leading galleries for modern and contemporary art and craft. The children viewed the current theme on ‘Localism’ a project telling the story of art in Middlesbrough from its beginning in 1829 to present day. Robin Y6 said: “As soon as I walked into MIMA it was great, I had finally got to see modern art! I loved looking at the Middlesbrough people’s gallery.”

It was also a special visit for a member of staff and a Y6 student because Learning Mentor and professional artist, Mags Hayden had a piece of her artwork exhibited, which she enjoyed describing to the children. Hannah Y6 pointed out to the rest of the art group a piece created by her mum. The children had a brilliant time appreciating the variety of artwork and exploring the building. It certainly inspired our future artists as they came away filled with exciting ideas to develop back in school.

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Our Primaries Badger Hill News Cooking up a storm

By Corey and Georgia

n Thursday 13 January 2016, Year 1-4 were lucky enough to have the chance to cook up a storm with a fantastic cook called Jill. After washing our hands, Jill and some lucky children had the chance to cook some delicious food from different countries. We started by making the rainbow Bolognese, first into the pan we added a tub full of onions, then crunchy peppers and red ripe tomatoes!

While the rainbow Bolognese was cooking, some more children were allowed to cook a healthy pizza. As the children got up to the front, Jill prepared the pizza base. Smelling the food, Jill spread the tomato puree across the pizza base and then sprinkled creamy cheese on the pizza. When she had finished, we started the paella. Interestingly, paella comes from Spain! Finally, we finished with glorious sausage rolls. Then we ate the delicious food!

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By Mr Tyreman

et me start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year. I’m sitting in my office writing this and the weather has started to become wintery, the ice is on the car and I’m looking forward to the future when the warmth of summer will return. Christmas seems a distant memory to me now. However, at Hummersea, over the festive period, it was the busiest we have had! We started December with a trip to the Panto, followed by party after party, school play after school play, a Christmas dinner for 450 people and ending the term with a school disco. Father Christmas also visited every child in school and handed lovely presents out. The highlight for me was the Panto. Watching the children boo and cheer at the ugly sisters was magical. The Spring term is one of the shortest terms of a school year, but here at Hummersea it is always one of the busiest. The main focus for the children

this term is reading. At Hummersea we read for a minimum of thirty minutes every day ensuring that all books are matched appropriately to the needs of the individual child. Once a child has read and understood their book, they take a quiz. All of the questions are designed to encourage the children to think about what has been read and develop their understanding. Quizzes are taken on an iPad with results showing what their percentage of pass rate was. We expect children to have a pass rate of 80% and above. Now for the best bit (well the best bit if you talk to the children) - the class with the highest percentage pass rate at the end of the week gets sweets! We are really surprised at how well the children have taken to the challenge. Up to now we have read nearly 6,000 books! This is a wonderful achievement. It equates to 60 books per child for the term, or four books read by each child every week! This has been a fantastic start to the New Year.

Students report

Lego Competition

By Kyle

n Saturday 5 December 2015, the Lego team went to Teesside University to compete in a Lego tournament against many other schools including St Peter’s, Lingdale and many more. Eventually, we arrived at the university and we were on the Lego board sooner than we expected. Hours past and we had been on the board a number of times. We also did our presentation for the robot and the topic we had been set, which

was Trash Trek. The robot presentation was quite easy because we only had to answer questions about the design and why we built it that way. In addition to this, the topic presentation was a bit more difficult because we had to fully explain everything about it and every detail. At the end of the day, we went in a big hall to see who won what prizes. We won the t-shirt prize and were also given some jelly babies as our reward. We also went home with another prize, for competing and trying our best. Everyone got on really well and had a great time.

Robinwood

By Callum and Neve

ear 6 spent three days at Robinwood Activity Centre in Cumbria. We had the most amazing time ever! Anxiously, we all had to face our fears to escape the piranha pool. Eagerly, we worked as a team to save people from the deep, dark caves. Cautiously, we even took a death defying leap on the trapeze. This was just the first day. Whilst we were there we learnt how to overcome our fears such as; heights, claustrophobia and the scary dark. Also, how to apply maths and

literacy skills in the Dungeon of Doom. In addition to this, we learnt how to take risks and work as a team, especially on the night line. But most of all we learnt anything is possible!

St. Peter’s clinch basketball title

ollowing success in football, tag rugby, athletics and gymnastics so far this year, the hard work during PE and after school club coaching sessions paid off in a recent Basketball Festival. Following qualification from the East Cleveland round of games, St. Peter’s competed against seven schools from not only East Cleveland but from Marske, Nunthorpe and Ormesby. The festival was organised by Pam Dodds, Ailsa Bell, Peter Buckby and dedicated teachers from the Cleveland School Sports Partnership. The standard of play from all representatives was impressive during the

evening. The St. Peter’s team will now go on to compete against schools from across the Tees Valley at Middlesbrough College.

e are Cole and Lexie and are Year 5 students at Hummersea. We will be informing you of our outstanding news and events. Peat Rigg - Peat Rigg was an amazing experience for Year 5/6s. We all completed tasks such as Jacob’s Ladder and had a magical time, although we were exhausted by day five. Corrie informed us that he enjoyed canoeing the most. He also said: “The whole trip was really fun, I loved it!” Christmas Service - We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who attended our stunning carol service at St Leonard’s Church. It was a beautiful service and yet again there was standing room only! Christmas Dinner - On the 16 December 2015, 450 people sat down to a delicious Christmas dinner here at Hummersea, lovingly prepared by Mandy and her amazing team. We enjoyed a

turkey dinner, then were spoilt for choice over which of the many desserts to try! Accelerated Reader - We have a new reading scheme here at Hummersea, called Accelerated Reader. The new scheme counts up how many books and words we’ve read. So far this year Key Stage 2 have read 3,658,082 words! Christmas Card Competition - As usual, lots of our very supportive parents, aunties, uncles, grans and grandads came and supported us by helping us create wonderful cards. Mr Tyreman loves glitter! We all had a lovely afternoon. Cinderella Pantomime - On 8 December 2015, Mr Tyreman treated all the children and staff to the spectacular pantomime Cinderella, showing at Durham Theatre. The children (and staff!) screamed, shouted and laughed as the actors sang, danced and joked their way around the stage.

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East Cleveland Children’s Council visits Parliament

tudents from the East Cleveland Children’s Council travelled to London to visit the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday 15 December 2015. This was an amazing opportunity for all of the students involved and they did the ECCC and their schools proud. Even though the journey to and from London was very long, the students loved the trip. They had a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament, and were lucky enough to go into the House of Commons to see MPs debating on climate change, spotting Ed Miliband on the benches! After their tour, they had a question and answer session with our MP Tom Blenkinsop. Tom Blenkinsop talked to them about issues in East Cleveland such as unemployment, and also about how the East Cleveland Children’s Council can help. Finally, the students took part in a workshop on how laws are made, and

Patricia wins Coast and Country Quiz

they tried to persuade the opposition group that the voting age should be lowered to 14! “It was a once in a life time opportunity! Lots of people have been to London, but there are not many who have actually been inside the Houses of Parliament!” – Eve, Skelton Primary School. “The buildings were absolutely huge and seemed to go on forever!” – Sam, Skelton Primary School. Leon and Millie, students from Handale Primary School told their teachers that their favourite parts were undertaking security checks with an airport style scanner and seeing the armed police. “It was a really fun experience and showed us what actually happens in Parliament.” – Sophie, Freebrough Academy. “It was really interesting to learn about the history of the Houses of Parliament” – Thomas, Freebrough Academy.

atricia, Y9 was the lucky winner of a competition run by Coast and Country, receiving a cinema hamper including a £20 cinema voucher, sweets and popcorn. On Tuesday 15 December 2015 students from Freebrough Academy attended the Tees Valley Skills Event at Teesside University, where Coast and Country were promoting apprenticeships, showcasing the possibilities of them as a career pathway. Patricia entered the quiz which was focused on apprenticeships and was the only one out of around 350 entries to answer three out of the four questions correctly. Students from all of the Tees Valley attended the event which was mainly aimed at young people aged between 14 and 19. Emma Tooth, Community Investment Officer at Coast and Country awarded Patricia with her prize, surprising Patricia in her class. Patricia said: “I was so surprised to find out that I had won, I am going to take my friends with me to the cinema to watch a film.”

Remembering the fallen

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n November, students at Freebrough Academy again marked the armistice with a series of assemblies within the school focused on local and national remembrance. The focus of the British Legion Poppy appeal was how the money raised from the poppy appeal is used and students from the Year 9 History group presented an assembly to other students to explain this. A number of Year 7 students including; Harvey, Kai, Kaitylin and Danielle wrote messages to the ‘unknown soldier’ to stand beside the permanent memorial. Located in the school, the memorial was designed by students and created at the centenary of the start of the Great War. Remembrance matters deeply to our students and two minutes silence was held as a mark of respect for the fallen.

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Active / Positive Citizen Programme Singing about staying safe online visit Cleveland Police Headquarters

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number of students chosen from Year 7 participated in an Active/Positive Citizen programme during the end of the autumn term. Working towards an ASDAN qualification, students discussed topics such as fire safety and awareness, bullying and internet safety. This programme has helped students to improve not only their knowledge, but skills which will help them in their Academy life and beyond. As part of the programme, the Year 7 students taking part in the course visited Cleveland Police Headquarters in Middlesbrough on Wednesday 20 January 2016.

The students had a tour of the headquarters including the control room, giving them an insight of how the police conduct their jobs and how their systems work. They also had the chance to meet the police dogs and their handlers, learning how they train them. Finding out about what happens at the Police Headquarters, the students really enjoyed the experience. “My favourite part was meeting the dogs.” – Courtney. “I liked how the dogs obeyed their handler.” – Zachary. “The dogs looked so powerful.”- Kian. “I found the control room really interesting, it looks exactly how it does on the TV.” – Corey.

ear 7 – 10 students were singing, clapping music to pupils in schools all over Devon before and dancing when Rich Cottell visited the performing to big crowds. Students had a terrific time, learning in a fun Academy to explain to students about staying safe online, cyberbullying and discrimination. way, taking part and interacting. Rich also signed He informed students, incorporating music to autographs and held a question and answer activity. get his message across, about the seriousness of Here are a few of the student responses; “Helpful information about e-safety” – Amber Y9. inappropriate photos and images online. Rich is a singer/songwriter from Devon, “Class!” – Shannon Y9. “Funny and informative” – describing his music as feel good indie pop – with Aaron Y9. “It was brilliant, I enjoyed taking part in a ‘life is just wonderful’ vibe. Rich’s personality the performance and I gained useful information is a perfect match for his music, he used to teach too!” – Skye Y7.

What’s been happening in the Performing and Creative Arts faculty?

Teachers’ Institute - Mrs Douglas aims for ‘Gold Ambassador’ status

Ta l e n t e d Yo u n g D a n c e r s a t Freebrough - Delivered as part of Dance

rs Douglas, a Pastoral Leader at Freebrough Academy, who runs the Student Academy Councils, has recently had the wonderful opportunity of spending three days in the Houses of Parliament, learning all about democracy in action at the Teachers’ Institute. The programme allows teachers and other educational professionals to experience an intensive, informative and unforgettable opportunity based at the Houses of Parliament in London. This will enable her to become a Teacher Ambassador. During her time there, Mrs Douglas attended a question and answer session with John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, viewed a debate in the House of Commons regarding education, went to a reception which was attended by Nicky Morgan (Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities), had a tour of the House of Lords and spotted lots of famous political faces! There were presentations from people who work at every level in Parliament

City’s CAT Recruitment Scheme in order to identify gifted and talented young dancers, students from Freebrough took part in a talent spotting workshop. The scheme is funded by the Department for (politicians, select committee staff, researchers, Education and has been running successfully special advisers to name but a few), that have given Mrs Douglas an incredible amount of knowledge for a number of years now. Students took part that she can now begin to share in the Academy. in technique exercises, learnt set material and Mrs Douglas said: “The Teachers’ Institute was completed choreographic tasks. All students the opportunity of a lifetime, I will never forget worked extremely hard and demonstrated sheer my experiences in Parliament. I look forward to grit and resilience throughout. Bang the Drum! - During November, Year sharing this with students and staff alike.” 7 students took part in a series of drumming With responsibility for the Student Academy workshops. Working with a professional Councils, and ensuring that the student voice is represented in the Academy, Mrs Douglas is already drummer they had the opportunity to use a working hard to ensure that the experiences she variety of percussion instruments. Students had in Parliament are used within Freebrough to worked on group rhythms and each session resulted in a whole group performance. The promote student understanding and experience enthusiasm, energy and thirst for learning from of democracy. Mrs Douglas is going to aim for ‘Gold Ambassador’ all students involved was absolutely outstanding! Redcape Theatre Company - The status, which involves sharing the work that Year 9 GCSE Drama group have attended a Parliament does with teachers, students and the performance by Redcape Theatre in Saltburn, wider community. The three key messages from the trip are that “Parliament is yours, Parliament ‘Be Brave and Leave for the Unknown’. In the is evolving and Parliament is relevant” – an ethos same week students also had the pleasure of working with the company at Freebrough in which will fit in extremely well at the Academy! a workshop, based on devising work from a

stimulus. The students gained knowledge and demonstrated real professionalism and maturity at both events. Christmas Concert - On Thursday 10 December 2015 Freebrough held its annual Christmas Concert. There were dance, drama and music performances from students in Year 7-11. What a fantastic evening it was, another opportunity to see just how talented students at Freebrough really are. The festive refreshments were more than tasty but the biggest treat of the evening was the visit from the big man himself (Father Christmas but shhhh it’s a secret!) Panto Trip! - Year 7 and 8 travelled to Newcastle in December to watch Dick Whittington the pantomime at the Theatre Royal. The performance was excellent and it was a superb way to get into the Christmas spirit and as always students represented the academy in an exceptional manner. Boys Dance Day - A number of boys from Year 7 and 8 took part in the boys dance day in January. This involved a series of workshops run by dance practitioners, with workshops focused around; contemporary, contact and street dance. The whole day was a brilliant experience for those involved and the boys thoroughly enjoyed themselves. They demonstrated superb energy, enthusiasm, grit and resilience.

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Superstar Students English – Tom Y9 Tom engages in each of his English lessons with enthusiasm and energy. Work is completed to a high standard and he is a pleasure to have in the classroom.

Maths – Beth Y10 Beth is working really hard in maths this year, showing good progress and grit - never giving up. She tries new questions with full effort.

Science – Kyle Y7 Kyle works extremely hard and always shows enthusiasm for science, he has many talents, including languages and art. However, his hard work and dedication ensures he excels in everything he does. He has a very impressive attitude and great enthusiasm.

Business and Enterprise – Amelie Y9 Amelie has shown determination to complete her first piece of BTEC coursework to an exceptional standard.

History – Amelie Y9 Amelie has made a great start to GCSE History and shown a real passion for the subject. She is great in discussion, working with other students and leads when analysing evidence. Her ability to explain and evaluate is making her an outstanding candidate for the highest GCSE grade.

Geography – Danielle Y9 Danielle has made a fantastic start to GCSE Geography. She is working well above her target grade, producing thoughtful and detailed explanations. Danielle is also very helpful to other students and is a pleasure to have in my class.

Dance – Riley Y8 and Kain Y8 Every lesson they have fantastic energy, enthusiasm and motivation. The students are keen to learn and always willing to get involved and try new things.

Drama – Jordan Y11 Jordan has been staying back after school and trying his best to complete his written work. Well done Jordan!

Art – Hannah Y10 Hannah’s love of art and determination to improve her skills has led her to try new challenges. She spends break, lunch and after school (including her own time) working on her projects with fantastic and individual results.

PE – Jodie Y10 Jodie has represented the school, in the netball team, since Y7 and has gone from strength to strength. She is reliable, committed and will go out of her way to help staff with younger students. Jodie is now representing a club and becoming an outstanding netball player.

Computer Science - Kieran Y10 Kieran shows a keen interest in computing outside the curriculum and consistently produces work of an excellent standard.

ICT – Caitlin Y11 Caitlin has shown a lot of grit and determination with regards to her recent ECDL examination.

Health and Social Care – Melissa Y11 Melissa has shown dedication, when completing coursework and during the preparation for her exam.

Textiles – Charlotte Y9 Charlotte has shown excellent design ideas and developed some high quality surface decoration skills. Charlotte always tries her best!

Positive Active Citizen Programme – Kelvin Y7 Kelvin engaged well and was very interested in all aspects of the course. He participated well on the trip to the Police Headquarters, asking several sensible questions.

Post 16 – Nina Y13 Nina always has a smile on her face and applies herself fully to all her studies. Nina also has excellent attendance and attitude and is always there for the other students.

Congratulations to all our superstar students