Handy Mag Ryedale May 2011

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This month’s features..

Homes & Gardens Kitchens for Living Gardening in May

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Health & Lifestyle

Books you must own p22 Get your skin ready for the summer p40

Food & Drink

Pasta with spring vegetables and lemon cream sauce p56

Motoring Most profitable cars

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Community

A special local charity is in need of your help p54 Local Groups p16 Events p60

Business

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Business Features

Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors Michael Magson Ltd Repair & Restoration Builders Ltd Ryedale Physiotherapy Wagabout

Travel

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Pets

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Puzzles

Puzzle pages Competition Local Useful Numbers

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Whilst I’m writing this the sun is shining, my other half is digging in the garden (as makes him happy), the children have finished school for Easter and all is well with the world. It’s amazing the difference a bit of sun makes to how you feel.

With all of the spending cuts this spring we are all worrying about our finances and what will happen in the months ahead. But hardest hit are our local charities who are really going to need our help so that they can carry on providing their valued service in our community. Ryedale Special Families (see page 54) provides a lifeline to families with disabled children. Please help them by supporting one of the events listed - or maybe hold your own event to raise funds for this very local and excellent charity.

By the time this drops through your letterbox, Easter will be over but of course we will still have bank holidays galore to look forward to! More digging in our garden! In my other half’s defense the garden is like a bog when it rains and I wade through mud to get to the washing line - yet I’m not convinced that these trenches are the solution. Who am I to question! And in the meantime (which could be sometime) the garden has become somewhat perilous!

The competition this month is to win a £25 voucher to spend on Lego at Ralph Yates and Sons who now stock a huge range. Test your powers of the ‘Force’ and spot Yoda in our adverts to win!

The winner of the March competition was Erin Foxton of Malton. Well done!!

Until next month...

Marianne

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By Chris Myles, Director and Head of Family Law at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors LLP

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rom 6th April 2011 the Ministry of Justice has confirmed that Mediation Assessments prior to the issue of any relevant family proceedings is going to be required with very few exceptions. Is promotion of Mediation by the Government a positive solution to family problems or another attempt by the Government to save money?

It is widely recognised by Lawyers, Mediators and the Courts that an agreement between the parties rather than one enforced by the Court is far more satisfactory and is more likely to last. The couple can feel that they have had greater involvement in the process.

Mediation in itself is not a new concept although initial participation in Mediation was perhaps a

little slow to take off. In recent years Lawyers have increasingly encouraged couples to attend Mediation to resolve their family disputes whether in relation to financial matters or children cases and it is now clearly recognised as a positive alternative to resolving family disputes.

Where the parting is not amicable and matters cannot be agreed, then mediation is a safe environment in which to explore issues in an impartial and practical way.

It can help retain a channel of communication between the couple and it gives the opportunity of setting out your own agenda, You can retain control over the outcome and it can be less expensive both emotionally and financially than ending up in court.

Under the new agreement between judges and the Ministry of Justice, separating couples who want to use the courts, will now have to consider mediation first. If mediation is not a

workable option, because one party refuses to take part in it for example, the case can proceed to court.

The Court however is expected to consider returning cases back to Mediation if the parties have not properly considered Mediation as an option.

As a trained Family Mediator and solicitor I have seen many Clients that have benefited from resolving their disputes through Mediation rather than through Court.

Mediation can help families to reach agreement that is suited to their particular family needs rather than having general settlement terms imposed upon them by a third party.

For more information on any aspect of family mediation please do not hesitate to contact Chris Myles at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors on 01904 624185. More information and an online family law enquiry form can be found at www. crombiewilkinson.co.uk

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Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors family mediators have the experience and expertise to empower you to make the decisions that will be right for you with regards to children, finances and property if you are separating or divorcing.

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Kitchens for living

What makes a good-looking, functional kitchen? Careful planning is the answer - plus a little bit of lateral thinking… by Katherine Sorrell

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hese days, kitchens aren’t just for cooking in, or even for eating; they’re for socialising, doing homework, painting, reading, chatting, catching up with the accounts, watching TV or simply hanging out. So how do you go about designing a space that really works for you?

First, assess exactly what you need from the kitchen. The panel on the right will give you a good start. Next, do plenty of research – read everything about kitchens you can get your hands on, and visit every showroom within reach. Then, before you get bogged down with the detail, think about the space as a whole.

If your kitchen is on the small size and you’re planning on investing in it, it might be worth, at this stage, considering either amalgamating it with an adjacent room or extending.

If that’s not possible, can you enlarge a doorway or knock through a ‘hatch’ to give a feeling of extra space, and better sight lines to what’s going on elsewhere in the house?

Perhaps you can create more room by moving the washing machine into the garage or under the stairs, or by fitting a fold-down dining table?

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the kitchen to put the crockery away, tripping over the dog and the child practising headstands on the way. In technical terms, experts recommend a ‘work triangle’ between the cooker, sink and fridge (in practice, this doesn’t always work, but aim to leave uninterrupted space between the areas you use more frequently).

An island unit is great for maximising space, but needs to be well designed – within one step of the other worktops, not so deep that you can’t reach across it and, ideally, positioned so that the cook can see what else is going on in the room.

In addition, room to cook in the way you want and enough cupboards and shelves to store everything tidily but accessibly are vital, while even seemingly small things matter a lot, like providing an area on which to dump shopping bags before unpacking, or ensuring that the bin is close to the chopping board.

Ultimately, of course, what defines a really great kitchen is much more than a set of guidelines. Avoid fashion fads, invest in quality and do your planning but, above all, go with what feels right for you. Instinct, inspiration and imagination are the secret ingredients in this recipe, helping create a room that’s comfortable and functional, as well as homely, hospitable and heart-warming.

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Local Groups AGE CONCERN RYEDALE

Information and advice for local pensioners. In the past year Age Concern Scarborough & District has helped local pensioners to claim £1.4million in benefits via a dedicated helpline service which can be reached on: 0845 603 0493

Barton le willows village hall

If you are looking for a clean tidy hall for birthday parties, meeting, etc. this village hall is available for bookings. Easy parking, functual kitchen. spacious. first 4 hours £25.00,there after £6.00 per hour. for more details contact Jayne Carr 01653 618255

BORDER COLLIE RESCUE

Voluntary Registered Charity 1128983 (UK) & SC040796 (Scotland) We run an Assessment and Rehabilitation centre in Ryedale, not far from Stamford Bridge, to rescue and re-home Border Collies and Sheepdogs. For information, visit our website at - www.bordercollierescue. org for details of local events where we have a stall and information about Open Days and Coffee Mornings visit - www. bordercollierescue.org/ events If you can volunteer to help at the centre, offer a home to a Border Collie as a pet or sheepdog or want further information, phone us on 0845 6044941 - 2pm to 5pm weekdays.

CANCER INFORMATION AND SUPPORT SERVICE

Cancer? We can help…

Ryedale Community House, Wentworth Street Malton 10.30-12.30 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month. Drop in sessions at Pickering Library 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month 10.30 - 12.30 Tel: 01723 356060

CARD CRAFT GROUP

the Christian Faith. Our members come from the villages from Malton along The Street to Hovingham.

We also meet socially and enjoy walks and meals together. All welcome to join --contact Kate Giles (628739) or Tim and Clare Rowe (628555)

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, RYEDALE

Confidential, impartial advice to help you solve the problem - no matter what it is. Opening hours are; Mon, Wed & Fri 9.30 - 12.30, Tue 9.30 - 12.30 telephone advice only, Thu 9.30 - 12.30 telephone advice and prior appointments only, Wed evening - 5.30 - 7.30 prior appointments only. Tel : 01653 692740. Community House, Wentworth Street, Malton

OUTREACH IN PICKERING

Tues 9.30am - 12.30pm at Pickering Library

DERWENT DIGGERS GARDENING CLUB

The Derwent Diggers Gardening Club is a social gardening club based in Malton and Norton, including the surrounding area. Meetings are usually held on the first Monday of each month at Community House in Wentworth Street car park, Malton.

Membership: a modest £6 per person per year or £8 for two people living at the same address. Contact 01653 697845

EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD RYEDALE BRANCH

We meet at Wrelton Village Hall on the last Saturday of the month. (Excluding August and December) Meetings start at 10 a.m. with a workshop and at 2 p.m. we have a business meeting and then there is usually a speaker. Coffee and tea are provided but we bring packed lunches.

Meetings are open to visitors at a cost of £5. You do not have to be an expert to join us. We welcome people of all abilities. If you are interested please come to see us or contact Janet Coe 01751 473875

We meet every other Thursday from 2-4pm at Rainbow Lane Community Centre Malton to discuss and demonstrate card making techniques. All materials are provided. Tea & Coffee 50p. For more details email jp.overfield@ btinternet.com

FRIENDS OF CATHEDRAL MUSIC

CELL GROUPS

FRIENDS OF THE CROFT

Meet on Monday evenings at various venues to share fellowship and to explore

Support our priceless heritage of cathedral music.

To find out more or to join please phone your local Representative on 01653 618479. We need your support. Thank you

The aim of the group is to befriend the residents of its

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six households in Malton and Norton by providing outings, six summer evenings of games, talks and slide shows, as well as presents at Christmas.

We meet 3 times a year to organise fundraising activities, and welcome new members to our meetings.

Contact Maureen on 01944 758448 for further information

HOPE CENTRAL CAFE XTALK YOUTH CLUB Term times Tue evenings from 7:30 pm - 9 pm. Young people aged 11-18 years are very welcome! XTALK FRIDAYS Term times from 4 pm - 6 pm. Young people aged 11-18. A friendly environment for young people to meet with their friends and have access to free Wi-Fi internet, laptops, Wii machines, music and lot’s more! STEPPING STONES (PARENTS AND TOTS) SESSION 1 IS FROM 10:00AM – 11:30AM AND SESSION 2 IS FROM 12:45PM – 2:15PM DURING TERM-TIME ON A TUESDAY.

HOPE DEBT ADVICE

By appointment only with our fully trained advisers.

Call on our dedicated, confidential 24 Hour phone line on 01653 692616

KIRKBYMOORSIDE AND DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB

First and Third Thursday at 7.30 pm. British Legion Club, Shaw Lane, Kirkbymoorside.You are welcome to come along to any meeting where you will find a group of friendly people, of all abilities and experience, with a common interest in photography.

For more details see www. kirkbymoorside-cameraclub.co.uk

LACEMAKING CLASSES

Lacemaking classes in the Pickering area are held on the third Saturday of each month in Middleton village hall from 10 am to 3 pm. If you are interested in taking up this craft or are already a lacemaker you are very welcome to join us. Details from Irene 01757 288656

MALTON & DISTRICT CAMERA CLUB

Every Friday at 7pm, Wentworth Street Community Centre, Malton.

Our yearly program is split into two halves Sept to Dec and Jan to Mar with events and exhibitions taking place through the summer months.

We are a friendly club that welcomes anyone with an interest in any aspect of photography whether they

are a beginner, an expert, or a newcomer to digital technology and computer manipulation of photo’s. Call 01653 619181 or 01653 628982 for details

MALTON AND DISTRICT FLOWER CLUB

3rd Tuesday of the month at 2pm. Old Malton Memorial Hall. Flower arranging demonstrations, workshops,talks, outings New members welcome For more information contact the secretary, Maggie TateSmith on 01653 698741

MALTON AND NORTON MUSICAL THEATRE (MNMT)

The former Malton & Norton Amateur Operatic Society is open to performers young and old and has staged hundreds of pantos and shows since it was founded in 1949. Call Chairman Gemma Williams on 07828 038495

MALTON DISTRICT MALE VOICE CHOIR

30 strong and with a wide repertoire it has helped raise money for good causes at many concerts in Ryedale.

Meet Fridays 7.45 - 9.30 pm in the Methodist Church, Saville Street, Malton. No previous singing experience is necessary but an ability to sing is! Contact Secretary David Ackroyd on 01944758693 or Chairman Tom Todd on 01653-692362.

MALTON BRIDGE CLUB

Wednesdays at 7.15pm at Furlongs Avenue Community Centre. Details 01653 693501 or 01653 693553

MALTON CANCER INFORMATION AND SUPPORT SERVICE

Ryedale Community House, Wentworth Street Malton 10.30-12.30 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month.

Tel: 01723 356060

MALTON LADIES LUNCHEON CLUB

Meet at the Forest & Vale Hotel for lunch and a speaker once a month. For further details, please call the secretary Cath Taylor on 01653 692601.

MALTON, NORTON AND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS

Successfully supporting Malton Hospital since 1977.

Always happy to welcome new members. More information from 01653 698183

MALTON WHITE

STAR BAND

A friendly non-competition band. Practices are on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.45 pm in the Bandroom in Old Maltongate. Players of all ages and ability welcome. Instruments may be provided. Contact the Bandmaster Mr Cliff Hicks 01653 693599

MARTON & NORMANBY GARDENING CLUB

Meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month in Marton & District Village Hall, Marton at 7.30 pm Varied programme of speakers, and visits; as well as the annual Produce Show in August. Monthly competition for the Cross Cup. Discounts on orders above £10 with six local plant and garden centres.

For details of events: 01751 433105

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS LOCAL SUPPORT GROUP

Charity No 1046443. We can help you to access information, support and you can talk to fellow sufferers. You are not alone if you need any help pr advice just get in touch. Newly diagnosed?

Not a member? Call Ron Middlemass Chairman for more information on 01904 679939 or 07715 943406 or e-mail ron.middlemass@ o2.co.uk

NATIONAL TRUST - RYEDALE CENTRE

Meet every month at the Kirkby Misperton Village Hall, presents lectures of common interest. Also organises fund raising events to aid projects for the National Trust in the Ryedale Area. Open to all.

New members welcome.

Contact Janet Bailey 01653 693638 for fuller details, see also www.nationaltrust.org. uk/ryedalecentre.

NEXT STEPS

Ryedale’s resource centre run for and by people with mental health problems.

The Centre aims to provide a friendly, informal atmosphere in which people with a wide range of mental health difficulties , and their carers, can meet together.

Tel: 01653 690854

NOMADS (NORTON & MALTON DRAMA SOCIETY)

A society of approx 30 members, usually meeting every Wednesday and Friday in Norton. We welcome people of all ages to help in all aspects of theatre. Other activities include theatre visits, social

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May 2011 • issue 66 evenings and an annual Xmas dinner/dance. Please contact Peter Corrigan, 8 Mulberry Court, Huntington, York YO3 9TU Tel 01904 761960

PARKINSON’S DISEASE SOCIETY

Ryedale Support Group.

Meets at Community House, Wentworth Street Car Park, Malton Second Thursday in each month. 2.15-4pm. Call 01653 694251 for details

PICKERING ACOUSTIC MUSIC

Pickering Acoustic Music welcomes singers, musicians and listeners who would like to play and/or listen to folk, blues, jazz, classical or any kind of acoustic music. Wed 14th Jan and fortnightly Weds from then. 8pm-11pm.

Occasional guest nights with invited artists. Upstairs at The Bay Horse, Market Place, Pickering. All welcome (and it’s free!) For further information contact David on 01751 474696 or Alison on 01751 472827

Pickering & District Flower Group

Meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm in the WRVS Hungate Centre.

Come and join us for flower arranging demonstrations, workshops, practice classes and outings. We are just a small friendly group and would welcome new members or come as a guest. For more information, please call Val Weighell on 01751 472902

PICKERING IN BLOOM

The group fosters interest in the appearance of the public areas of the town by tending planters and gardens. Members get together at 7.30 in the evening on every second Tuesday of the month at The Station Hotel, Pickering to project plan. New members would be most welcome and can either attend one of the meetings or contact Janet Howard at The Design Centre, Market Place, Pickering or ‘phone her on 01751 475354

PICKERING MUSICAL SOCIETY

If you are interested in joining the society - in any capacity - we welcome anyone aged from 8 upwards! For more details about what we do and how you could become involved, please ring Linda Tester Publicity Manager on 01751 471553 or visit our website at www.communigate. co.uk/ryedale/pms or email pickeringmusical society@

hotmail.co.uk

PICKERING SCRABBLE CLUB

Meet every Thursday at 2pm at Crossways Hotel in Pickering. Why not join us.

For more details, please contact Wendy Hutchinson 01751 475412

PICKERING WORKING MEN’S CLUB Southgate, Pickering YO18 8BL tel: 01751 473534 Every Mon Quiz from 9.15pm, Every Thu Bingo from 7.30pm, Every Sun Bingo from 8pm, Every Sat live entertainment from 9.30pm. (See events section for details)

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We offer a confiential counselling service for couples and individuals who need help with their relationships, regardless of marital status or sexual orientation. We also offer family therapy, a ‘time to talk’ young person’s service, and sex therapy. To register please call 0800 980 5907.

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RILLINGTON VILLAGE HALL

Rillington Village Hall is available to hire for parties, meetings, etc. A choice of two rooms or the whole hall, with kitchen/cloakroom facilities. Please phone Helen on 01944 758719 to discuss

ROSEDALE HISTORY SOCIETY

Our informal Tea, Chat & History meetings are held on the first Sunday of every month, 2-4.00p.m. at Updale Reading Room, Rosedale. Large research archive, internet access and an excellent opportunity to find out about your family and local history. Tea and home-made cakes are available. See our web pages at http://rosedale. ryedaleconnect.org.uk email rosedalehistory@ hotmail.co.uk Tel. Secretary 01751 417071

RYEDALE CARERS SUPPORT

We need volunteers of all ages and varied experiences to sit with older people to enable their partnet or family carer to have a little time off. If you have an hour to spare each week or fortnight, we would like to hear from you. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please call Claire Hall, Annette Major or Vicky Taylor on: Tel: 01751 432288 Ryedale Carers Support, The Old School, Tinley Garth, Kirby Moorside, York,

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tickets £4.00. For a full programme, please contact Alison Lawson 01751 472827 or Frank Rock 01751 477 484.

RYEDALE CHORAL

The forum is open to all residents aged 50 and over, and membership is free. A varied programme of events is arranged, including talks about issues particular to the over 50’s, outings to a variety of places, concerts and theatre, and coffee mornings. Transport to enable people to attend many events is often organised. To find out more about the Ryedale Forum 50+, please contact Judith Denniss - Membership 01653 697077 or Anna Salkeld - Hon. Sec 01944 759123

Rehearsals are in Pickering Methodist Church Rooms, Potter Hill on Fridays 7.309.30, from September with a summer break. There are two different concert programmes in autumn and spring and sometimes a Christmas concert of carols and readings, performed at different venues around Ryedale to reflect the fact that members are drawn from all over the area. Fees are payable per person either for the whole year in September or per term.

New members are always made welcome, whatever their experience. Contact Grahame Walker (01723 850640) or Jim Dye (01751 431945) for further details

RYEDALE CROQUET

Ryedale Sports Club, Thornton Road, Pickering.

Play Short Lawn Croquet, Mixed Association and Golf Croquet April to end of September. Mondays and Tuesdays 2-5pm and Wednesdays 2-8pm. Tel: 01653 694595 for more details

RYEDALE DOG RESCUE

Reg Charity no 1117972 We are local volunteers in the Ryedale, Scarborough and York area and re-home all types of dog wherever possible. We pay kennel fees and have foster homes to help long or short-term needs. For details of our work, fund-raising events, to adopt a dog or simply make a donation please contact Mr John McKenzie 01653 694369 or see our website www.ryedaledogrescue.com

RYEDALE FAMILY HISTORY GROUP

The Ryedale Family History Group holds monthly meetings at various locations in Ryedale on the third Wednesday of every month. Details are to be found on the website at www.ryedalefamilyhistory. org. The Research Room at Hovingham Hall is open every Thursday from 10am to 3pm for family history research with expert help.

Open by arrangement by contacting Janice Wood on 01653 628952

RYEDALE FILM SOCIETY

Films take place at Friends Meeting House, 19 Castlegate, Pickering at 7.30pm. Season tickets (for 12 films) £30. Half season (for 6 films) £18. Guest

RYEDALE FORUM 50+

RYEDALE FRIENDSHIP GROUP

We meet on the second Monday evening of each month at the Memorial Hall in Pickering. A social group for retired or over 50’s local people There is a mixture of social activities, speakers, lunches at local venues, short strolls, theatre visits, holidays and more.

Please contact Martin or Liz Redgard on 01751 473 077 for more information

RYEDALE MEN TOGETHER We are a

small informal group of about 15 men who meet for a chat and a meal each month at the Market Place Restaurant Malton. After dinner our visiting speaker kicks off a discussion on a theme that he is passionate about and has experienced.

New members are very welcome, contact eddie. james@cvmen.org.uk or phone 01944 758807

RYEDALE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BRANCH

Ryedale Branch Multiple Sclerosis members come from all parts of the Ryedale area. We are people affected by MS, families, friends, carers, who enjoy social outings, shopping trips, therapy sessions and fun with fundraising.

We have a Support Officer who can offer information, advice and support. There is a members’ monthly newsletter and an annual lunch for everyone. Our Charity Shop on Smiddy Hill in Pickering holds information, or for more details contact our Support Officer, Mrs Lindsay Ward on 01653 695310. New members and volunteers are always welcome.

RYEDALE SPECIAL FAMILIES Supporting families of

children with disabilities and special need.

Ryedale Special Families is an independent charity founded in the early 1990s by a group of parents of disabled children. Our objectives are the relief of children and young adults with disabilities and special needs, their families and/or carers, in particular, but not exclusively, by the provision of information, advice and support service. 121 Town Street, Old Malton, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 7HD. Tel: 01653 699 000

RYEDALE TALKING MAGAZINE

This small charity based in Pickering provides a free monthly magazine recorded on tape for those who are visually impaired and who live in Ryedale. It is sent out by freepost through Royal Mail. The aim is to provide interest and entertainment rather than news or local information. Do you know anyone who is visually impaired who might like to recieve the magazine. We can arrange for one to be sent on a trial basis: For further information contact Valerie Bulidon, 01751 476499

RYEDALE U3A

U3As (Universities of the Third Age) are charitable, self funded, democratic organistaions which provide all types of educational, creative and leisure activities for older people at minimal cost, by making use of the knowledge, skills and experience of their members. The members voluntarily run the groups.

Ryedale U3A currently has around 400 members and, as well as a regular monthly speaker meeting at Kirbymisperton Village Hall on a wide range of subjects, there are over 20 groups in such subjects as local and family history, music appreciation, gardening, walking and painting etc. Anyone interested should contact the membership secretary Anne Hebblethwaite on 01653 696211

RYEDALE VOLUNTARY ACTION (RVA)

A registered charity working across Ryedale providing voluntary and community support.

We exist to help the many varied voluntary and community groups in Ryedale. These include charities, self help groups, and any group which is led by volunteers or by the community. We provide a number of services including: information,

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RYEDALE WALKING GROUP

The group is affiliated to the Ramblers Association. We walk as a group all year at weekends - locally and throughout Yorkshire. We meet at Pickering swimming pool on Saturday or Sunday mornings. Most of our weekend walks are 5-12 miles in length. In addition during the summer months at 6.30pm on Thursday evenings, we enjoy walking on public footpaths in the Pickering area. These walks are 4-6 miles in length and we meet at 6.30pm.

Full details are in the programme on our website at www.ryedalewalking. co.uk . Group members receive 10% discount from three local walking shops.

SAMARITANS OF SCARBOROUGH

Confidential emotional support to anyone in distress or despair or at risk and self harm or suicide. www.samaritans.org.uk tel 08457 90 90 90. We are always available for phone calls and visitors 8.00am 10.00pm. Samaritan House, 40 Trafalgar Street West, Scarborough. Tel: 01723 368888

SCARBOROUGH AND RYEDALE CARERS RESOURCE

For information about where carers can find help and support. 01723 850155

Sight Support Ryedale

Do you know someone who is experiencing sight problems, and is finding daily life difficult? We aim to help by providing activities and support for blind and sight impaired people.

We offer fortnightly social meetings in both Malton and Pickering, excursions, an annual holiday, information and support, walking group, Yoga group, book group, computer training, and loan or supply of aids and equipment. All our activities are speciallytailored for those who are sight impaired, and fully supported by our volunteers. We also provide door-to-door transport.

Many of our members are registered either blind or partially sighted, but you needn’t be registered to join us. Our office number is 01653 698860, or email

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THE CHANTICLEER SINGERS

This is a friendly, Maltonbased chamber choir of around thirty voices. We meet on Wednesdays in term-time at St. Leonard’s church rooms, from 7.30 - 9.30 p.m. to rehearse, and sing 4 - 6 concerts in the local area and beyond each year, featuring a wide-ranging repertoire.

A vacancy occasionally arises, and the Musical Director is happy to audition people with good singing experience and some sightreading ability. For further details, please contact the Musical Director on 01904 706437

WEA PICKERING BRANCH

Meet on Tuesdays at 7.15pm from October to March in the Methodist Schoolroom at Sinnington.

A friendly ecumenical mixed group of men and women. There is a varied programme of musical evenings and speakers.

Everyone is assured of a warm welcome and each hour long meeting concludes with a cup of tea and refreshments!

STAMFORD BRIDGE SINGERS

We are a friendly, community choir of approx: 40 voices aged 13 to 70 which rehearses weekly throughout term time in Stamford Bridge School. We are available for Concerts, Church Services and Weddings.

To hire us or to join the choir please email: info@ stamfordbridgesingers. co.uk Further details on our website: www. stamfordbridgesingers.btck. co.uk We look forward to hearing from you.

STAPE SILVER BAND

Pickering. Practice Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Constantly recruiting new and old members wanting to return. Offer individual tuition on Monday evenings.

For more information contact the Band Master Mr Mike Breckon 01751 472224

SUE RYDER CARE

Sue Ryder Care is a national charity which helps seriously ill people to enjoy the best life they can. We have 14 care centres across the UK, 4 of which are in Yorkshire.

Local to York is holme hall at Holme-on-Spalding Moor and Wheatfields Hospice in Leeds. We provide the care that liberates lives but we need to raise at least £15 million a year so if you would like to organise an event or help us with our fundraising please call Jackie Sedgewick on 07769 671786 or email: york@ suerydercare.org We’d be delighted to hear from you!

SWINTON EXCELSIOR BRASS BAND

People of all ages and abilities welcome. Practice nights Mondays and Wednesdays 7.30pm 9.30pm. Learners Saturdays 6pm - 8pm. Everything is provided. We just ask for your commitment. The Band Room, Middle Street, Swinton. Please contact Dorothy Ratcliffe on 01653

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THE VALE OF PICKERING ART CLUB Beginners and interested non-painters welcome!

Meetings are held in the Memorial Hall on the 2nd Thursday of each month, 79pm. During the year these include 8 Demonstrations by professional artists, the Annual Painting Challenge, a practical evening and the AGM. Annual membership of £15 gives free entry to these and the right to show work at the prestigious and highly successful Annual Exhibition in September. We also organize two one day workshops and four outdoor painting days per year and Monday evening practical sessions.. Membership Secretary: Renee Clark 01751 431834

The Vale of Pickering Probus Club

Meets the second Tuesday of the month at the Forest and Vale in Pickering. More information from David Billett 01751 472879.

THORNTON LE DALE PLAYERS

The Society has been putting on regular productions in the Village Hall since the early 1940s.

We now perform at least one major production each year, usually in November.

We also occasionally provide entertainment for other organisations and charities in the village. If you are interested in any aspect of amateur dramatics please contact Mr J Walker 01751 475001 or Mr G Hunt 01751 476283. You will be made very welcome by this happy band of thespians!

THORNTON LE DALE SCRABBLE CLUB

Meets on Tuesday afternoons at 2pm at The Institute in Thornton le Dale.

Tel: Wendy Hutchinson on 01751 475412 for more

The branch of the W.E.A organises courses and day schools on a variety of subjects during the daytime and evenings, sometimes including trips out. Contact the programme secretary Rev. David Clark on 01751 476118. They also hold a series of talks from September to March on the second Friday of every month at The Friends Meeting House, Castlegate, Pickering. The WEA Theatre Group organises trips to theatres and concerts, travelling to the venue by coach, which picks up at Kirkbymoorside, Sinnington and Pickering. For details please contact Oulton Walker on 01751 477597

WELBURN VILLAGE HALL

The ideal venue for parties and celebrations, meetings, exhibitions. Newly built in 2007. Large hall and smaller meeting room. Convenient location off A64, 4 miles south of Malton. Well equipped kitchen. Catering available. Fully accessible for disabled visitors.

Competitive prices. More details, please call Sandy Hill 01653 619576 or Yvonne Myers 01653 618610

WRVS

Our volunteers and employees work together to support people in need who might otherwise feel lonely and isolated whether at home , in hospital, or in times of crisis. The Hungate Centre is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and at the weekend from April to October. We offer a variety of activities including our Wednesday Social Club. It starts at 2pm and we host various different activities at this event. All are very welcome to come and join.

It is free to join and just £2 per session which includes refreshments. For more details please call Sue Clark on 01751 472681

Playgroups BARTON LE WILLOWS PLAY GROUP

Barton le Willows play group meet twice a week, with qualified friendly staff, Mondays age 2-school, 9.30 -11.30am, where parents drop their children off to a relaxed morning of learning and fun, following the guide lines of Ofsted and EYFS, £4.50 per child, includes snack. Friday mornings mother and toddlers meet 9.30-11.30am, birth-school age, £2.00 per child.Lots of

interesting activities to enjoy.

For more details contact Catherine Bell 01653 619304

BROOKLYN PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP LIMITED Large indoor and outdoor learning environment. Early Years qualified staff. Good Ofsted report (May 2010) Value for money fees and free Early years Funding for 3 and 4 year olds. Brooklyn Preschool Playgroup is registered for children aged 2 years to 4 years 11 months. For more details contact us on 07792369468 during session or on 01653 696603.

CHATTERBOX PLAYGROUP

Friendly Qualified Staff, Places for 2 year olds to school age children. Safe outside play area. Ofsted registered. Funding for 3 & 4 year olds. Opening Times Mon - Fri 9.05 - 12.05 Lunch Club twice a week.

Village Hall, Barker’s Lane, Snainton, Contact Janet on 0776 5557020

FIRESTATION PRESCHOOL

A community run playgroup in safe comfortable surroundings. Wide variety of activities. Members of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Sheepfoot Hill, Castlegate, Malton Tel: 01653 694768

MUMS AND TOTS

Trinity Chapel, Malton.

Meet every Wednesday in termtime. 9.30am 11.30am. Open to all Mums and tots in the area. Call Linda Stannard on 01653 691068 for more details

PICKERING PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP (HALLGARTH) We provide a wide range of activities. Friendly qualified staff. Ofsted registered. Members of PLA. Teddy Bear club is on a Wednesday morning from birth onwards. Intro session is on a Tuesday morning from 18 months to playgroup entry.

Playgroup sessions from approximately 2 ½ years to school age. Telephone number 07910147095 Parish Hall, Hallgarth, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7AW Registered Charity Number 1038039

POTTER HILL PLAYGROUP

. Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 9am - 11.30 am. For children from 2 years to school age. £7.00 per session for non funded children. Fu nding available,

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Contact: 01751 472015 or 07837 306460 Wednesdays - Potter Hill Tiny Tots & Tiny Tots plus. From birth. 9.30am - 11am. £1.50 for babies. £2.50 for children over 14 months. £4 for 2 children.

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Contact: 01751 472015 or 07837306460 Reg. Charity No. 1025256

RILLINGTON PLAYGROUP

Rillington Village Hall..

Opening times Monday - Wednesday 9.00am till 12.00 noon. Thursday Friday 9am-12pm lunchclub 12.00-12.30 afternoon 12.30-3.00pm. Term-time only. Pre-School Sessional Care - 2yrs to School Age. Highly qualified Staff with Early Years Professional status. (EYPS equivalent to Teaching status). We are registered with Ofsted..

Toddler Group Wednesday & Friday 9.15-11.15 £1 a session pay as you go.

Playgroup mobile Tel; 07704289080 session time

SINNINGTON PRESCHOOL

Sessions are; Toddler group- Tuesday 10am - 11.30am, Pre School - Mon 9.10-11.40am, Wed 9.10-11.40am, Thu 9.10-11.40am, Fri 9.10-11.40am. For more information contact Kerry or Suzanne on 07799727656.

SWINTON PLAYGROUP

Why not come and join us in a happy, friendly, safe environment.. The staff are fully trained and we are OFSTED inspected.

Opening times: Mon-Fri 9.15-11.45am The Reading Rooms, Main Street, Swinton Tel: 07879 834975

TERRINGTON PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP

A happy caring environment, qualified staff, OFSTED inspected.

For children 2 years old to school age. Serving Terrington, Malton and surrounding villages.

The Pre School runs on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 12:30. Contact Amanda Welch 01653 619870 or

Jenny Smith 01653 628683 for more details.

THORNTON DALE PRE SCHOOL

Offering places for children from 2 years old to school age. Ofsted registered.

Friendly qualified staff.

Situated within Thornton Dale School with a secure outdoor play area. We run sessions Mon-Fri from 9am-11.30am with lunch club on Mon, Thu and Fri and also FULL DAY CARE from 9am-3pm Mon,Thu and Fri. Contact Tracey Toes on 07887663996 for further details.

TOTS PRAISE

Saville Street Methodist Church, Malton. Every Monday in term time. 10am - 11.30am Play and praise for preschool children. £1 per family.

Sports Clubs Amotherby & Swinton Football Club Mr Thistleton Tel: 01653 658565 philip@pthistleton. fsnet.co.uk. www.freewebs. com/amotherbyfc.

Amotherby Table Tennis Club Andy Seed Tel 01653 696704 andy@cannybooks.com

Badmington Club

Sandburn Hall, Flaxton.

Fridays 2 - 3.30pm All ages welcome. tel: Stephen Marshall 01904 490440 for more details

Brooklyn Junior Football Club

Mr C Lloyd Tel: 01653 693682 info@brooklynjfc. co.uk www.brooklynjfc. co.uk.

Derwent Swimming Pool 01653 693407

GKR Karate Club Richard Flynn Tel: 07956 251580

Heslerton Bowling Club

Mr J Pease Tel: 01944 738632

Heslerton Cricket Club Mr Nutt Tel: 01723 859616 www.nutt@farmline.com.

Heslerton Football Club

Mr Driver Tel: 01653 693598 driver_edward@yahoo. co.uk.

Heslerton Junior football Club

Tracey Armstrong Tel: 01944 768387 tracey.armstrong@ aol.com www.heslertonsport.co.uk

Malton and Old Malton Cricket Club Mrs Hudson Tel: 01653 692223 john.hudson37@ ntlworld.com.

Malton Outdoor Bowls Club

Mr Smith Maltonbowlsclub@ btinternet.com www. maltonbowlsclub.co.uk/

Pickering Cricket Club

Thornton-Le-Dale Cricket Club

Pickering Town Community Football Club

Thornton-le-Dale Football Club

Mr Mansfield Tel: 01751 475442 mansfield_ glaisdale@btinternet.com.

Senior Section: Mr Keith Usher, Tel: 01944 711448 email: usherso8@btinternet. com Junior Section: Mr Hood Tel: 01653 697724 www. communigate.co.uk/york/ juniorpikes.cfc.

Secretary Mr Pool 01653 699624

Ryedale Leisure Centre

Westow Cricket Club

01751 476726

Ryedale sports club

Marton Short Mat Bowls Club

Mr K.W. Sales 01751 473348

Norton United Football Club Mr Johnson Tel: 01653 693241

Old Malton & St Marys Football Club

Mr Wilson Tel: 01653 692193 oldmaltonstmarysfc@ yahoo.co.uk. www. oldmaltonstmarysfc.com

pickering athletics club

Sue Lawal 01751 472877 www.pickeringathletics. co.uk

Pickering Bowling Club Geoff Lloyd Tel: 01751 472566 glloyd@pcxinternet. com

Wedding Dress and Wedding Photographic Exhibition

Tony Dyas 07956 612667 unitedmartialarts@btinternet. com

Ms Wright Tel: 01653 600016

Ryedale Table Tennis League

Newitts.com Beckett Football League.

United Martial Arts

Welham Bowling Club

Matthew Enticknap Tel: 01653 694571. E-Mail: maltonwheelersrc@ tiscali.co.uk. Web: www. maltonwheelersrc.co.uk

Mrs Jean Bell 01751 472137

Mr Barnes Tel: 01751 475134 maadi@btinternet. com.

Ryedale Indoor Bowls Club

Thornton Road, Pickering.

Tennis - tel: J. O’Donnell 01751 473101, Croquet - tel: G Timms 01653 694595.

Cricket - tel: A Hardy 01751 476924. Table Tennis - tel: J Wardman 01751 477778.

Football - tel: S Walker 01751 473390

Malton Wheelers Road Club

Mr Calvert Tel: 01751 472533 martin@calvert213. wanadoo.co.uk.

Ms Price Tel: 01653 658338 Julie@pricewelford. freeserve.co.uk.

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Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers. Please contact Roger Thomson on 01653 696789 or 07950 558216

Andy Seed Tel 01653 696704 andy@cannybooks.com www.ryedalett.net

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1ST NORTON SCOUTS

Mr K.W. Sales 01751 473348

Settrington Bowling Club

Mr Croser Tel: 01653 692522 maureencroser@ yahoo.co.uk.

Swinton Sports Centre

Contact Derek Cuthbertson on tel: 01653 690807

Thixendale Cricket Club

Contact Angela Kneeshaw 07976 748299

Beavers, Cub Scouts, Scout and Explorers. Please contact Mr Ian Appleby on 01653 694900 for more details

1st Vale of Pickering Scouts

Beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers. Please contact Ray Bowman on 01751 476918 for more details

RYEDALE BROWNIES AND GUIDES

Ms Anstey Tel: 01377 288272

Contact Alison Hutchinson (District Commissioner) on tel: 07816 847271

Thornton-Le-Dale Bowling Club

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alling out a plumber is stressful – but Michael Magson is the kind of plumber who can put your mind at rest.

He has offered a friendly, reliable service with no call-out charges since he set up his company, Michael Magson Ltd, in 1986 to offer plumbing, bathroom installations, heating and boilers.

He’s a trusted plumber to customers of all sizes – in fact he and his two-man team are currently installing new toilets and heating in Malton Bus Station. He has also developed a good reputation over the years with builders and is many firms’ plumber of choice for installing heating and bathrooms to newly built homes.

He’s fully registered with Gas Safe, Oftec, Corgi MCS, as well as REAL – The Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd scheme, and most boilers he installs come with a five-year warranty.

And what’s more, Michael is fully set up for the future, not only to help bring efficient new green heating technologies into your home, but to get you paid for doing it.

Michael is registered with the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) which means he can help you access government grants towards

renewable energy systems in your home.

Whether you’re thinking of having a solar panel on Log cabins are heated by a ground source hea the roof, investing in high- pump feeding underflo t or heating and solar ther mal hot water. Installed by tech air or groundsource Michael Magson Ltd. heat pumps, highly efficient underfloor heating government’s or the latest oil or gas boilers, Green Deal, an annual payment using an MCS-registered for up to 23 years will be installer brings two main available. This will be back benefits. dated, so any installations fitted First, you’ll have peace of mind after July 2009 will qualify. from knowing that anyone And as an added bonus, by registered with the MCS has using a renewable energy been through a rigorous source, you can look forward procedure, in which everything to potential savings on your from their workmanship to energy bills and lowering your their administration systems carbon footprint. Solar energy, are thoroughly checked and for example, can provide up to regularly re-inspected. You’ll 70% of your hot water for free. receive a full handover pack for As the government works your new heating system and a towards generating 15% of the full guarantee. nation’s power from renewable Secondly, by using an MCSsources by 2020, and our registered installer will you be reliance on fossil fuels becomes eligible for premium payments more and more risky, making from the government as follows: an investment in green energy • Solar Thermal: £300 for your home is, more than ever, the best choice for you, • Air Source heat pump: your pocket and the planet. Call £850 Michael Magson on 01751 477 • Biomass Heating: £950 537 to find out more.

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ears of experience make R&R builders the best option for those improvements that make your home a more spacious or comfortable place to live.

If you’re going to have an extension or a conversion in your home, who better to do it for you than the local experts in high-quality building who have transformed hundreds of buildings of all shapes, sizes and ages?

R&R builders have been busy recently installing a cosy logburning fireplace in a customer’s home, and constructing extensions and garden walls.

They can even carry out complete installation of new kitchens and bathrooms.

One of the more creative jobs they’ve completed lately is a stunning cedar wood-clad extension mounted on stilts over a bungalow.

With fully qualified and accredited electricians and plumbers on the team, and trusted sub-contractors for back-up, R&R can plan and run

your project from start to finish, including the decorating.

The company has built up a range of specialisms in the 20 years since it was set up by John Towse and Michael Caffrey. The customer care and honesty you’d expect from a family firm is allied with a huge collection of skills among its 20 staff, who include John’s own sons, Stephen and John Towse.

In the on-site joiners’ workshop they can create bespoke windows, staircases and box windows to your specifications, which is great for when you want something a little bit different, or you’re in an older house with non-standard dimensions.

Work on old buildings are another speciality, from pointing and roof repairs to full-scale conversions. Not only will R&R carry out the job to a high standard, they are also fully competent with older joinery, masonry, roofing and stonework methods, ensuring whatever they do fits perfectly with your home.

are based, and beyond. They are known for their attention to detail, professionalism and honesty. This means the customer pays what they were originally quoted, and because the building, plastering, electrics, plumbing and decorating are run or managed in-house, any project run by R&R is hassle-free for the customer.

R&R are members of the Federation of Master Builders and the European Builders’ Confederation and Sovereignapproved contractors, and their electricians are accredited by the rigorous NAPIT. They were also the winners of the North and East Yorkshire Building Excellence Award for Best Housing and Small Development 2009.

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TRAVEL

Travel to

Cappadocia Framed by the Taurus mountains to the south, the high plateau of Cappadocia lies in central Turkey, a land bristling with volcanic features, known as ‘fairy chimneys’, and carved with ancient underground cities and rock churches.

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or early Christians and others who farmed the surrounding land, living underground was safe, cool in summer, warm in winter and whenever you needed extra space, you could just dig another room in the relatively soft stone. Stables were near the top, accessed down a ramp, while further down was a network of communal kitchens, sleeping quarters, stores, niches for oil lamps, wine cellars and chapels. The cities ran seven floors deep, often more, with air shafts, wells and millstones (complete with peepholes) which could block the tunnels in time of danger.

Many such cities remain undiscovered but 36 have been identified, a few partially opened to visitors who file through narrow passageways, stooping right down at times with the occasional moment of panic but rarely a chance to turn back. The largest city is Kaymakli, the deepest Derinkuyu. Both are on the tourist trail.

Meanwhile above ground,

nature has shaped the most fantastic fairyland, eroding the soft tufa layer left by eruptions to uncover tall columns of hard rock marching through the countryside like a giant army.

Some, capped with basalt, look like overgrown mushrooms, others come to a point like pixies’ hats, many are pierced with the dark holes of troglodyte dwellings. Large or small, these so-called fairy chimneys come in twos or threes, or familysized groups, while here and there sculpted ridges cling to curving slopes the colour of cappuccino.

At over 1000 metres, the little town of Ürgüp is a convenient place to stay, with its share of fairy chimneys, its rock-hewn houses turned into cave hotels and on the doorstep, a whole flotilla of hot air balloons offering the ride of a lifetime. Every morning, they rise above Red Valley, packed with wide-eyed tourists, gliding high above it all or dipping down for a close-up view. Back on land, the astonishing moonscape stretches as far as you can see, Pigeon Valley, Hunters Valley, Uchisar, and when you reach the best viewpoints, cameras clicking all around, you almost forget to browse the souvenir stalls brimming with pottery, turquoise and pashmina.

But there is more to this land than caves and fairy chimneys.

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Not so far away among the vineyards, the Göreme Open Air Museum preserves some of Cappadocia’s finest rock-cut monasteries and churches, dating back to the early days of Christianity. Footpaths and steps lead you from one chapel to the next where wall paintings and frescoes in earthy tones depict scenes from the New Testament, or St Theodore and St George slaying the dragon.

Most decorations are from the 11th to 13th centuries but there are earlier examples.

Carved into rock or cliff, every chapel has a story to tell. Sandals is named after mysterious footprints, the Dark Church was a pigeon house, and you find a Snake Church, home of the dragon, an Apple Church, once near an orchard, Santa Barbara, where red lines were drawn on the vault to imitate brick, and the beautifully restored Tokali, with gleaming lapis lazuli in its newer section.

At the entrance to the complex, the Nunnery rises on several floors, church and cells cut into the towering rock and just like in the underground cities, connected by tunnels with millstone doors. Cappadocia is indeed like nowhere else in Turkey, equally stunning above and underground.

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MOTORING

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Car companies turn over billions of pounds every year and bank millions in profits – but which cars are the most profitable?

It’s a question we’ve been pondering for some time. All car manufacturers can flog a car, but what makes the difference between a bumper profit margin and a tiny one? Well, we asked a host of industry experts, professors and insiders to help us come up with this list. They told us cutting costs and maximising returns in the automotive world is all about sharing expertise and platforms – do that and car manufacturers can dramatically increase their profits. Here are some of the cars that our experts believe are real cash cows for their makers.

It’s the salesman’s milemuncher, but its premium price and relatively cheap production costs mark the 3-Series out as a winner for the marque. Our experts said it was mostly down to excellent cost control, the fact cars are often highly specified and usually sold for a premium over similar-sized cars like the Ford Mondeo.

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Ford Transit

It’s not just cars that add substantially to a manufacturer’s bottom lines – vans do too! The Ford Transit is sold in markets around the world and our experts believe it is one of the most profitable vehicles on sale in Europe. Low production costs and decent volumes help keep the cash flowing for the Blue Oval.

By James Baggott, editor of Car Dealer Magazine (CarDealerMag.co.uk)

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One of the shock cars to emerge from our research was the new McLaren. Although development costs are high, the actual car is relatively inexpensive to make in relation to the high retail price. Our experts said the carbon chassis could be the cheapest to produce ever while many physical components have been replaced by more cost-effective electronics. If they sell the numbers forecast at between £160-170k it could be one of the most profitable cars ever!

a huge array of Seat, Audi, Skoda and other VW models. Many are sold for a premium but cost no more to make, adding a healthy balance to VW’s bottom line every year.

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Range Rover Sport

The Range Rover Sport benefits from all factors that make a model profitable: It’s based on an existing chassis (Defender) which keeps build costs low. It’s sold for a premium with lots of added extras. And it’s been kept on sale for a long period of time without a major redesign. All these add up to a holy grail in terms of profitability.

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May 2011 • issue 66

Changes to Self Employed NIC (‘stamp’) payments.

by Andrew Walker, White Kite Chartered Accountants

If you are self employed you will have got used to paying your Class 2 NIC payments by monthly direct debit or by quarterly bill from the Tax Office. This year will see some changes to this arrangement.

Simplification?

HMRC believe the payment of NIC should be aligned with the Income Tax payments in July and January each year.

What this means is that no direct debits will be collected from April to July 2011 and monthly collections will then restart again in August 2011.

This year is the only year that there will be a gap in payments. HMRC will no longer issue quarterly bills but

will issue two bills each year, in October and April, for the NIC due.

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The option to pay quarterly is no longer available but there is now the additional option to pay your Class 2 NIC electronically by two payments in July and January.

For the year 2011/12 this will be payments of £65 in both January and July 2012.

Deadline for Employers’ 2010/11 end of year PAYE Returns.

Could this be the start of the possible merging of NIC and Income Tax that was announced in the recent Budget? Watch this space.

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Make Cash in your spare time It’s always nice to have a bit of extra cash set aside each month for savings, emergencies, or just a little treat now and then. Here, we’ve listed eight easy ways to put some money back in your pocket, without doing overtime.

Ebay Start by selling any unnecessary clutter around the house, then see if any neighbours or friends have anything which they don’t need and offer to list it for them for a small commission. If you don’t mind doing the leg work, you could be on to a nice little earner whilst helping your friends out too!

Hobbies Do you make great cakes? Enjoy crafting your own greetings cards? Have a passion for photography? You can make money by hiring out your services. Birthday cakes, wedding invitations and family portraits can be a great way to do what you love and get paid for it.

Mystery shopping Shopping in disguise and providing feedback on the quality of service and customer care of retailers is a great way to earn vouchers, discounts or cash.

Babysitting It’s not just a job for teenagers. Get paid to sit in somebody’s house and watch television, read or surf the net and earn around £8 an hour, which can mount up on dates like Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve. Houses and pets need sitting too when their owners are on holiday, so there’s plenty of demand!

Party planning There are lots of companies who need representatives to host parties which endorse their products, such as Pampered Chef and 36 • info@thehandymag.co.uk

Ann Summers (not for the faint hearted!). Check there isn’t already a representative in your area when you enquire.

Count votes Register with your council’s election office and earn a nice sum when the next election comes around.

Life modelling Feeling brave? If you don’t mind standing still in your birthday suit for an hour or so, this is a great way of increasing your bank balance and your confidence! Sign up to a reputable agency and enquire at local art colleges. All shapes and sizes are welcome, all you need is the ability to hold a pose.

Get online Blogging, reviewing or becoming an online researcher can bring in the pennies, which soon mount up. If you’re into photography, many sites will take photographs and you’ll receive royalties each time they are used.

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Hands on help for your back Back pain doesn’t have to be one of those things that you just have to put up with.

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Working with a qualified physiotherapist allows you to explore lots of extra options to ease your back pain, neck pain or sports injuries.

Taking responsibility for your own health often means seeking professional advice – and being prepared to work with them and follow their advice to help your own rehabilitation and recovery.

Ed Jowitt, who has run and manned Ryedale Physiotherapy Clinic for 13 years, has a wealth of tricks up his sleeve that could have you back up and running sooner than expected.

A lot of cases he treats are the result of those occasions when the back ‘just goes’ after the patient has lifted something heavy, moved awkwardly, fallen or tripped.

Repetitive work, static or bad posture and mattresses more than eight years old can also create back pain.

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Ed’s experience and a patient-focused approach will help put you at ease as soon as you walk through the clinic door. A course of treatment begins with a consultation when he’ll ask you to describe what you’re experiencing, investigate the history of your problem and carry out some simple tests.

Then Ed will make his suggestions as to how he can help you – and how you can help yourself. Patients remain involved in their own treatment throughout every session, and Ed says the best work is done through effective collaboration between himself and the patient.

He said: “A typical course of treatment for back pain involves a blend of handson therapy which involves massage, stretching and mobilisation to encourage the joints. Often I’ll recommend some regular exercises for patients to do at home.

“Once the treatment is finished, we can discuss lifestyle changes that will help prevent any future problems.

It may be that you need to continue the exercises I’ve provided, or take up an exercise class like yoga or Pilates.”

Physiotherapy is so beneficial, a number of patients return to Ryedale Physiotherapy Clinic for follow-up ‘maintenance’ treatments with Ed. Whatever the problem, help is quite literally at hand.

To find out more about how physiotherapy could help you, give Ed a call on 01653 690808 or visit him at 18a Market Place, Malton.

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HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Spring Events at The Feversham Wednesday 4th May Harrogate Aesthetics

Wednesday 25th May Chef’s Kitchen!

Sunday 8th June Forage for your own food!

Get all the answers to popular questions about anti-ageing treatments, including botox, and the wonder creams that claim to turn back the effects of time.

With Sharon Bennett RGN, NIP Director of Aesthetics.

New recipes, cooking tips and the answers to all your cooking questions from our Head Chef, Simon Kelly and our Michelinstarred Food and Beverage Director Chris Staines.

Find out about our latest meetings with our suppliers and what to do with this season’s produce.

Join us on a walk to Rievaulx Abbey, with Robin Smith our experienced food forager who survived in the army eating only what he had around him!

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Get your skin ready for summer

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t last! The weather has warmed up and we can shed our winter layers and expose our bodies to the fresh air.

Only, all these winter months with no natural light and under layers of clothes may have left your skin looking dull and dry. This needs more than a quick rub of body lotion.

First of all, you do need to exfoliate.

Your body sheds skin cells all the time, but without some friction to remove them, many dead cells will just cling to the surface. Body scrubs are aplenty in your nearest chemist or supermarket, along with body brushes. Allow yourself a good 10 to 15 minutes in the shower or for even better results book yourself in with your beautician.

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On the subject of beauticians, as you move down your body it definitely becomes easier and more efficient to ask someone else help with the skin maintenance. You can shave the hair off your legs, but it’ll be much smoother – and last longer – if you wax, particularly if someone else is doing it for you and has a better view of what needs doing.

Likewise with your feet; unless you are a contortionist, a home pedicure is always going to be a tedious and back-aching job.

Having prepared the surface, a good moisturiser will not only make your skin glow, but will immediately make you feel more summery. If you are naturally very pale, buy a body lotion that has also offers a light self-tanning ingredient.

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Or you can send your dog to Jenny’s country cottage for the day – she’ll have facilities to take dogs in for longer periods by this summer – where it will be cared for in the company of her own three dogs, Jack, Monty and Fly. It could mean a new lease of life neither you nor your dog ever expected. Jenny said: “I’ll often send a picture by text to a dog’s owner while it’s with me, to show how we’re getting on. One lady who brought her dog to me mentioned he never enjoyed getting wet, under any circumstances.

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Does your pet have pets?

- Know your parasites!

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parasite is an organism that takes it’s nourishment from another organism. Worms are an example of an endoparasite that live within the host, and fleas are an example of an ectoparasite that live on the host. Some parasites can be life threatening to both animal and human, however most can be prevented or treated by using flea and worm treatments on a regular basis.

The products Rear guard and f10 spray can be applied to the skin and act as a repellant and the later also has antibacterial properties.

Fleas and ticks are often

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seen but people are not always aware that ticks can carry diseases such as lymes disease and pets can become affected via a tick bite. Fleas are known as a hyperparasite meaning that they carry another parasite within them, in this case, the tapeworm. If your pet ingests a flea through grooming or eating a rodent with fleas it can get tapeworm. Some pets suffer with a flea allergic dermatitis which can be controlled if the fleas are eliminated. Using frontline every 5 weeks for cats and 8 weeks in dogs will keep your pets free from ticks, fleas and biting lice. During the summer in areas with a high tick population use frontline every month to kill ticks.

Myosis (fly strike) mainly

affects rabbits who are not cleaned out regularly this attracts flies to lay their eggs on the rabbit which hatch into maggots and eat away at the flesh. However it can affect any animal that cannot clean itself properly. The maggots multiply very quickly and can kill the rabbit by the time the owner notices the rabbit is unwell. In order to prevent this owners should be clean the hutch regularly and check the rabbits bottom is clean on a daily basis.

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Ear Mites affect some animals and cause a thick black wax to form in the ears, they are very itchy and the animal will scratch at its ears and shake its head a lot. Using Stronghold or Advocate spot ons every month will treat ear mites.

spaghetti and if allowed to multiply they can cause an intestinal blockage leading to constipation and possibly death.

These can also be passed to humans and cause blindness.

Hookworms are small thin

parasites that penetrate the skin via through contaminated soil then fasten to the intestine and suck blood. These can cause a dermatitis in humans.

Whipworms are not visible to the naked eye and are hardest to treat. Symptoms include heavy diarrhoea, flatulence, weight loss, fatigue and poor condition.

Tapeworm are long, flat and

their slime can become infected with lungworm as they carry the parasite. Dogs then spread the parasite in their faeces.

Lungworm can be prevented by using advocate spot on every month.

Milbemax treats Roundworm, hookworms, tapeworm and can prevent heartworm ( a disease transmitted by mosquitoes seen on continental Europe). For cats that are difficult to give tablets, a spot on preparation is available called Profender.

Worming is recommended every month up to 6 months of age then at three monthly intervals thereafter to ensure regular treatment. However it is worth noting that apart most wormers will just clear out the worms that are present in the animal at the time of treatment therefore if it then goes on to eat a rodent or faeces that is carrying the parasite they will become reinfected. In animals that hunt regularly, monthly worming may be advisable as the worm cycle take a month to complete so your pet will stay worm free.

segmented and attach to the small intestine, segments of the Celia Carr, Registered Veterinary body break off and pass out in Nurse at Station House Vets the faeces. These often present like small grains of rice around the anus.

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Andrina & Arista are two young sisters who are in need of such a home. Born to a feral mum they were placed with a fosterer to begin socialisation. At five months old they were brought to us along with their two sisters, Adella & Atina. It was a nervous start for all the girls and they kept tight to their beds and remained hidden under blankets. After further socialisation by staff and dedicated volunteers the girls started to come out of their shells and Adella & Atina found themselves new homes. Andrina & Arista are still looking for their new home where they can live together and gain more confidence. Arista is the more confident of the two and loves playing with her toy mouse but both will demand attention when food is around!

A lady who certainly doesn’t require confidence building is Ellie. Ellie is now our longest stay cat and is getting rather fed up of adoption centre life. She’s a chunky lady full of personality who would be great with a new owner who likes a cat with character.

If you think you could offer our shy girls, Ellie or any of our other cats a new home, please contact the adoption centre on 01904 760356.

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Gardening

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It’s great to be joining you on a regular basis, especially when the subject is gardening! I’ll be giving you some hints and tips for what to be doing in your own gardens, letting you know what I’m up to in mine, and in the process hopefully inspiring you to get out in to the garden more, enjoy everything it has to offer, and achieve some pretty impressive results yourself.

elcome to May, one of the fastest moving months in the gardening year. May is the month when plants just keep on and on growing and developing.

New transplants, recently allowed to enjoy the ‘great outdoors’ after an early start in a greenhouse, wait a week or two and then POW! they’re off, and showing you their potential.

Old established garden friends, their roots well down in the soil, put on new leaves, stem growth, flower buds maybe even flowers and enjoy the fact that whilst the weather has warmed up, they’ve not yet been hit by growthrestricting drier conditions of summer.

It’s a month when it is hard not to feel a regular desire to grab a trowel (or perhaps a fork, spade or cultivator) and get out there and enjoy yourself while at the same time giving the garden and its plants the TLC that’s deserved. What better way to spend an hour or two….or perhaps even a day or two?

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it a go. Even if time is short or space at a premium, it really is worth growing a few crops – the feeling of self-satisfaction when you make that first harvest is just SO good....not to mention the taste of the crops themselves.

At this time of year you can sow seeds of many vegetables direct into the soil or large pots of multi-purpose compost. Try your hand at climbing French beans, dwarf French beans, runner beans, carrots, salad leaves, spinach or peas.

I also adore home grown sweetcorn; this too can be sown direct now, but make sure you sow the seed in a square e.g. four rows of four seeds, formed in to a square (it is a wind pollinated crop and this is the way to get good, well-filled cobs). It is a bit late to raise your own courgettes, squash, tomatoes or peppers from seed, but there should be plenty of young plants available in local nurseries or garden centres – just make sure you buy a variety of tomato or pepper suitable for growing outdoors if you don’t have a greenhouse (the label should make this clear).

It is worth spending a few minutes to check flower beds and borders, however small or

large, as at this time of year they are a hive of activity.

I just have masses of twiggy pea-sticks (well branched prunings will do) and have driven them in around the edges of several herbaceous perennials.

So many of these lovely plants are inclined to flop disastrously later in the year, but supported subtly now, they’ll remain upright. As I do this I always spot a few other things that need seeing to as well.

All the lovely lush growth means that (in my garden at least) slugs and snails are having a fantastic time devastating the tender new leaves. When I put new plants in the ground I scatter oyster shell around the soil beneath the plants. It is readily available from local suppliers of chicken feed, and is by far the best barrier to slugs and snails that I know....and bought in this way, it does not cost a fortune either.

Early aphid (greenfly and blackfly) infestations are also likely to be building up now, and dealt with promptly they are unlikely to cause too much damage – a gentle but firm squash between finger and thumb works a treat, or for those less partial to direct action like

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May 2011 • issue 66 this, spray with a fatty-acid or soap-based spray late in the day when bees are no longer about.

With most of the gardening year ahead feeding makes sense too. So whether you have a wellstocked compost heap, or prefer to use fertilisers from the garden centre, apply them now so that your flowers, fruits and veg have a chance to make best use of them.

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Tomatoes in containers need regular feeding with a liquid tomato food.

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Treat yourself to some summer bedding for a really lively terrace-container, but check the forecast carefully before planting them out.

Pippa Greenwood is a gardening writer and journalist and regular panellist on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Gardeners’ Question Time’. Visit www.pippagreenwood.com and sign up as a ‘Friend of Pippa’ to receive a free e-book and regular updates and bulletins. Up until early June you can also order ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ – garden ready veg plants plus weekly advice emails from Pippa.

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COMMUNITY

A special local charity is in need of your help

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charity founded in a living room is now turning to the community to help it carry on providing a lifeline to families with disabled children.

Ryedale Special Families offers a unique range of services to people in Ryedale who are bringing up children with disabilities.

The charity has now grown from a small group of parents who, 20 years ago, shared a need for extra facilities in their local area, to a busy organisation with 25 part-time staff. Its incredible success story is a model for other start-up charities across the country, who often call on Ryedale Special Families for advice.

However, the credit crunch followed by the recession and public sector cuts means it now needs local people to join in with fundraising activities, to ensure disabled children and their families across Ryedale continue to receive support.

The charity enjoys finding ways to have fun while raising funds – a ‘Zumbathon’ recently attracted 110 people who wiggled their way to making £2,700 for the charity, and a 146-mile cycle trip around the new Yorkshire Wolds cycle route is scheduled for July. Individuals, families and groups are all welcome to sign up.

One of the main benefits users of Ryedale Special Families receive is a friendly welcome and a network of support from other families who understand all the joys and the difficulties of bringing up children with special needs.

Chief officer David Brewster said: “We recently had an excellent day out at East Barnby Outdoor Education Centre, with nearly 70 people enjoying tobogganing, canoeing and a climbing wall.

The laughter and smiles on people’s faces was tremendous, but there was also a lot of serious discussion going on about very real challenges.”

Special needs often means very varied needs, and Ryedale Special Families caters for a great deal of them. From a simple break for parents to days out in huge groups, or support for dealing with schools to help with tribunals, the charity is always giving a little bit extra.

David said: “For example, we don’t want anyone to be excluded from an event simply because they don’t have a car, so we’ll send a minibus to pick people up from wherever they are. In Ryedale, going the extra mile can quite literally mean going an extra mile!”

Get involved ...how you can help

Saturday 7th May – Stape Silver Band Concert, Thornton le Clay Village Hall Saturday 2nd July – Four Quarters & Friends in concert, The Bandroom, Farndale 54 • info@thehandymag.co.uk

To find out more about Ryedale Special Families or sign up for a fundraising event, call 01653 699000 or email enquire@ryedalespecialfamilies.org.uk Saturday 9th July – “Me And My Friends” in concert, The Milton Rooms, Malton

Saturday 10th September – Edwina Hayes, Holly Taymar & Andy Stones in Concert, Terrington Village Hall

Saturday 16th/Sunday 17th July – Yorkshire Wolds Cycle Challenge, Norton College. Visit www. yorkshirewoldscyclechallenge.org. uk/ for more details

Saturday 24th September – Harmonia Ladies Choir, Helmsley Arts Centre

Saturday 17th September – York Community Gospel Choir, Pickering Methodist Church

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ake the most our wonderful local asparagus in this simple recipe for pasta and spring vegetables (I buy it from Sand Hutton Asparagus at Low Moor Farm). It’s best to use wide ribbons of pasta like fettuccine or tripoline to make the most of the sauce. You can if you prefer a lighter version, leave out the sauce and just toss the vegetables with some melted butter and olive oil. Frozen peas and broad beans are fine.

Ingredients (serves 4)

400g pasta 200g fresh asparagus 200g peas 200g broad beans 4 large handfuls of fresh spinach leaves

For the sauce

250ml double cream Juice and zest of 1 large lemon 1 tbsp each of finely chopped mint, chives and basil Grated Parmesan cheese to serve 1. Mix all the ingredients for the sauce in a large pan and season to taste with salt and black pepper. . Blanch the peas in salted boiling water until they are just cooked, drain and keep to one side in a bowl.

3. Blanch the broad beans for 2 or 3 minutes until tender, drain and refresh with cold water to cool them down. Gently remove the beans from their skins although this isn’t essential it does improve the appearance of the dish.

Reserve with the peas. . Wash the asparagus and snap off the bottom of the stalks. Cut off the top 2” of the tip and then slice on the diagonal. Blanch until tender, 2 – 3 minutes, then add the spinach leaves.

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The spinach will wilt immediately, drain and add to the peas and broad beans.

5. Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of salted water following the pack timings. . When the pasta is cooked, drain it quickly and return to the pan with a little of the cooking water (alternatively, take out about a cup of water before you drain it). Add the vegetables and the lemon cream sauce and gently toss until combined. Cook gently for a minute or two to heat through.

7. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.

8. To make a more substantial meal serve it with chopped chunks of pan fried chicken breast or cubes of bacon.

Coffee Morning A Event to help various charities at Thornton Dale Methodist Church

Monday 2nd May Cakes, Jams and Produce, Coffee and Biscuits with ‘Backroom Bargains’.

From 9.45am

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cinema Forthcoming Wine Tasting Thursday 19th May 7.30 - 9.30pm “A journey through Spain.”

Paul Tate-Smith will guide you through the many and varied wines of Spain, from Sherry to Rioja with other stops along the way.

Thursday 30th June 7.30 - 9.30pm “In the Pink!”

Gear up for summer with an evening of Rosé.

The above events will be held at Derventio.

Tickets £10 each to include a welcome drink, wine samples and a selection of cheeses.

Numbers are restricted and tickets must be purchased in advance from Lyn Reed on 01653 602037 or l.reed@tatesmith.com Enquiries to info@tatesmith.com or 01653 693196

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Walt Disney Pictures and producer Jerry Bruckheimer present the fourth instalment in the swashbuckling Pirates of The Caribbean saga, with Johnny Depp returning as Captain Jack Sparrow on an all-new adventure.

Priest PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic sci fi thriller, is set in an alternate world -- one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest (Paul Bettany) from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece (Lily Collins) is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on an obsessive quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend (Cam Gigandet), a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess (Maggie Q) who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.

X-Men: First Class Following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men. www.thehandymag.co.uk • 01653 658776 • 57

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COMMUNITY

LOCAL EVENTS 29 April - 8 May 175th Anniversary of the WhitbyPickering Line.

A 10-day cavalcade with locomotives reflecting the history of the railways and our line, including Tornado, Rocket and Planet. More information will follow shortly - please see the website www. nymr.co.uk

30 April Saturday night entertainment at Pickering Working Mens Club 9.30pm. Stevie K. May Weekly entertainment Pickering Working Mens Club Every Monday:

Quiz from 9.15pm. Every Sunday & Thursday: Bingo from 7.30pm

1 - 2 May Medieval Reenactment Weekend at Ryedale Folk Museum.

York City Levy Medieval Re-enactors will be on site all weekend demonstrating medieval life with authentic costumes, cooking, entertainment etc.

1 - 2 May Wedding Dress and Wedding Photographic Exhibition by the 9

Churches in the Benefice of Buckrose carrs in St Hilda’s Church Sherburn and Sherburn Village Hall 10am - 4pm each day. No charge. Refreshments will be served in the Village Hall

1 - 2 May East Yorkshire Kite Festival.

Driffield Showground - Come and join us at the York RSPCA Companion Dog Show as part of this very popular festival. Lots to do for all ages so come along,bring your canine

friend as well to enter our show, which will be judging personality not good looks ….maybe a few lessons to be learned here? For more details of the festival seehttp://www. kite-festival.co.uk

2 May Event to help various charities at Thornton Dale Methodist Church. An effort for various charities at Thornton Dale Methodist Church. Cakes, Jams and Produce,Coffee and Biscuits with ”Backroom Bargains”. From 9.45am

2 May May Day Celebrations

at Ryedale Folk Museum As well as Medieval re-enactors on site there will also be traditional Maypole dancing on site for May Day. Come along and join in the fun!

4 May Harrogate Aesthetics - All

the questions about anti ageing you’ve ever wanted to ask at Feversham Arms Hotel.

Sharon Bennett RGN, NIP is currently on the European working committee at the British Standards Institute for Aesthetic Surgery Services. She will give inside knowledge and answer questions about popular anti-ageing treatments, including botox, treating wrinkles, and the wonder creams that claim to turn back the effects of time.

Tickets: £35 per person to include 3 course lunch and coffee. 12 - 12.30pm.

Tel: 01439 770 766

7 May Hovingham Market. Open

at Ryedale Folk Museum Children’s Activities = Calligraphy with quills, family trees, colouring in, craft fairies, story telling, seal making, free folk lore trail and Elphi the hob trail. Family History - Societies and History Groups: look through local photographs, census and parish records, artefacts, books and other resources: Free access to the 1911 census in Fat Betty’s.

Beggars Bridge short film: showing times 11.30am, 1 & 3pm, Talk to film maker Andrew Davies and take a look at his research. Harrison Collection: A chance to speak to the Harrisons and take a look at some of the collection as well as viewing some Ryedale Folk Museum’s collection of books and archive materials including trade directories.

9 - 14 May Spring Show Pickering Musical Society - Mr Cinders 9 - 15 May Exhibition at Beck Isle Museum. In search of William Marshall.

10 May Craft and Produce Market at

Castle Howard Over 20 stalls selling a mix of handmade crafts and delicious local produce in the Stable Courtyard.

Open from 10am until 4pm with free admission.

14 May Saturday night entertainment at Pickering Working Mens Club. 9.30pm

10:30am until 2:30pm at Hovingham Village Hall.

‘Something Nasty In The Woodshed’, Top Band

7 May Saturday night entertainment at Pickering Working Mens Club. 9.30pm - Steve

14 - 15 May Eighteenth Century Election Weekend at Ryedale

Parkes, Male Entertainer

7 - 8 May Family History Weekend

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Folk Museum. Recreation of an 18th Century Hustings Re-enactors will be representing the election process in Yorkshire during the General Election of 1761, including candidates, returning officer, ancillary

civilians and appropriate support of regiment of foot to keep order!

13 - 14 May York Round Table Charity Beer Festival . York

Round Table’s second Charity Beer Festival opens at 6pm at York Brewery on Toft Green, York and continues all day on Saturday 14th May. The Charity Beer Festival will raise funds for St Leonard’s Hospice.

Tickets for the event (£6) include venue entry, a beer tasting guide, commemorative glass and the first two beers. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 07970 354728 or 07725 946772.

Alternatively tickets will be available on the door.

21 - 22 May The 2011 Malton Food Lovers Festival at Malton. For

the first time the Malton Food Lovers Festival will be held over two days with Local Producers Market, Famous Cooks and Chefs creating appertising dishes in front of your very eyes and taste buds.

FoodCentric, Beer and Wine Festival plus a whole weekend programme for foodies. More information to follow.

21 May Saturday night entertainment at Pickering Working Mens Club. 9.30pm - ‘Mark

Winter’ Male Entertainer

27 - 30 May Ryedale Folk Weekend Live Music

Concerts, workshops, sing-alongs and all round family fun in the fantastic 16th century manor house of Ryedale Folk Museum.

A fantastic festival featuring great acoustic singers and musicians in a magnificent and picturesque setting for tickets and further info see www.festivalonthemoor. co.uk

28 May Saturday night entertainment at Pickering Working Mens Club. 9.30pm - ‘Dave

England Trio’ - Quality Male Trio

29 - 30 May Myths and Monsters Storytelling at

Castle Howard. Listen to Castle Howard’s magical tales from myths and legends. Follow the monster trail through the grounds... but beware you never know who or what you may meet along the way! All activities are included in your entry to Castle Howard.

Helmsley Arts Centre Box office: 01439 771700

5 May Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Lady Constance Chatterley is trapped in a loveless marriage. Injured in battle, her husband Clifford is unable to satisfy her sexual desires and so Constance finds herself drawn towards a man she meets in the woods...

7 May Isambarde.

Isambarde are a young folk band with tremendous energy and enthusiasm.

They perform their own interpretations of traditional folk music with dynamism and an infectious sense of fun - they are good to listen to, good to look at and it’s very obvious that they enjoy performing. They play a great set and are an asset to any festival and concert platform.

19 May Frankenstein Live Angus And Ross

Theatre Company In Conjunction With The Georgian Theatre Royal Present. Is a monster born or made? Where does our responsibility lie?

Based on the classic horror story by Mary Shelley, this gripping new adaptation explores the extraordinary attachment between Dr Frankenstein and his creation - an attachment, they both grow to realise, that only death can break.

Written specially for this increasingly successful company by Tom Needham, whose TV credits include Cold

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May 2011 • issue 66 Blood, Silent Witness, Dalziel & Pascoe and over 60 episodes of The Bill. His plays include The Wreckers and Won’t Be Long, both performed with great success at the Arts Centre

24 May Exhibition of paintings by Robert Wilson & Margery Shotton.

26 May Badapple Theatre Company

Presents: The James Herriot Story. ‘An Honorary

Yorkshireman’ This light hearted oneman comic theatre show from Badapple Theatre continues the long lineage of biography-based dramas that the company has amassed since its first tours in 1998. Set in a Yorkshire pub in the farming heyday of the 1940s, The James Herriot Story sets off the early biography of the late Alf Wright - better known under his pen name of James Herriot - against a myriad of local characters

inspired by the All Creatures Great and Small novels. Jonny McPherson gives an entertaining performance as the local vet who comes down from Glasgow and finds himself in an altogether different world, giving a poignant yet funny look at one of England’s best loved writers.

29 May Paradise Steel Band The Paradise

Steel Band of 5 members was first formed in 1962 and is well-known as the North’s most experienced Steel Band. They use a

wide selection of steel pans ranging from tenor pans (lead pan) double second, guitar/bass pans, keyboard, bass and drums; they will play traditional Caribbean, English and vocalist themes.

Blood Donor Sessions

23 May

Norton Ryedale Bowls Club. 2 - 4pm and 5 - 7pm

Have you got an event to publicise? Send details to community@ thehandymag.co.uk or call 01653 658776 to see it on these pages.

11 May

The Royal British Legion, Kirbymoorside 1.30 - 3.45pm and 4.45 - 6.45pm

The Vale of Pickering Art Club Become a member of your local ART CLUB! Beginners and interested non-painters welcome!

Meetings are held in the Memorial Hall on the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7-9pm.

During the year these include 8 Demonstrations by professional artists, the Annual Painting Challenge, a practical evening and the AGM. Annual membership of £15 gives free entry to these and the right to show work at the prestigious and highly successful Annual Exhibition in September. We also organize two one day workshops and four outdoor painting days per year and Monday evening practical sessions.

Membership Secretary: Renee Clark 01751 431834

Derwent Diggers

Strictly Come Gardening

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he Diggers have been wrestling with various ideas for revitalising the Best Kept Garden competition for 2011.

As you drive around the Malton, Norton and the surrounding villages there are lots of really colourful and attractive displays to be seen in residents’ gardens and on business and public premises.

They are a tribute to the efforts of the people who create them, who clearly get pleasure and satisfaction from doing so. But they also lift the spirits of those who pass by and make our locality a more attractive place to live in or to visit.

This years event will be

a Community Gardening competition called “Strictly Come Gardening”. The aim is to attract as many as possible to join in so that we can compile a portfolio of photographs that will be put on display in September to celebrate the enthusiasm and skill and pleasure that local gardens embody.

Entry forms will be available at Yates’s Garden shop, The Tourist Information Centre and Dickens of a Deli in Malton marketplace. Entry is free with a closing date of Saturday 2nd July.

Judges will visit to view gardens in mid-July. Modest prizes will be awarded in each

of the following categories: • Most attractive front garden • Most attractive back garden • Most attractive courtyard garden • Most attractive business/ hotel/pub display • Most attractive Hanging Basket or Patio Pot Derwent Diggers hope that this event will prompt many more residents in the area to join in and show what they can do with their gardens - whatever the size or shape.

For more information please call 01653 697845

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Crafts Workshop, The.......................... 41

Aerials & Audio Visual ADI Communications.................. 26 Aerial Services............................ 9

Department Stores R Yates and Sons Ltd................... 1

Art Galleries & Picture Framing Talents Fine Arts........................ 42 Architectural Services Prospect Design........................ 29 Bathrooms Bluewater Bathrooms................. 13 Watermark................................ 21 Blinds Low Blind Price......................... 26 Builders Eastgate Building Contractors...... 23 GJC Construction & Groundworks 46 PJB Build................................. 48 Repair & Restoration Builders Ltd 27 Rising Builders.......................... 29 Cars & Servicing BMC Motor Engineers................ 31 Kirkbymoorside Landrovers......... 30 Lowfield Garage........................ 31 Marshall Honda......................... 32 Pure Car Mechanics................... 31 Children’s Clothing Country Cradle, The................... 38 Chimneys GFP Chimney Care.................... 22 Cinema Palace Cinema.......................... 57 Cleaning Services Kevin Atkinson Carpet Cleaning.... 49 Ryedale Cleaning Services.......... 26 Computers & Web Design Computer FX............................ 34 Coppins Systems Services.......... 34 Malton Web Design.................... 34 tKnowIT.................................... 35

Dog Grooming Oak Tree Dog Grooming Spa....... 45 Electricians Haines Electrical........................ 46 Phoenix Electrical Services............ 8 Powerlink Electrical.................... 52 Wilson Electrical Services............ 26 Estate Agents & Homes Hunters Estate Agents Malton........ 7 Mark Stephensons Estate Agents... 3 Fencing Philip Mason Fencing Contractor.. 48 Acklam Fencing........................... 4 Festivals Ryedale Festival......................... 55 Finances Moneywise Financial Solutions..... 53 Food & Drink Derventio Wines........................ 57 Furniture Greens Furniture........................ 20 Pine Shop, The............................ 8 Gardens Ask King 4 Gardening................ 49 Borders Landscaping................. 51 CJ Hill Landscaping................... 48 Economic Landscapes............... 51 Howarth Timber......................... 24 Pave-a-way.............................. 51 Rock and Stone York Ltd............ 49 Swales Paving........................... 51 York Landscapes & Maintenance 49 Hairdressers Hairbox.................................... 41 Health & Beauty Ryedale Physiotherapy Clinic....... 39 Slimming world (Pickering).......... 38

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Hotels & Spas Feversham Arms Hotel & Verbena Spa......................................... 40 House Clearance House Clearance & Property Maintenance............................. 48 Interiors & Gifts Ebony Interiors & Gifts................ 55 Joinery Acorn Lofts & Joinery................ 47 Norman Banks Maintenance........ 53 Ryan McGinty Woodworking........ 47 S Elvidge Joinery....................... 49 Kitchens & Bedrooms Dream Doors Ltd....................... 13 Handmade Kitchen Company, The 47 Howarth Timber......................... 24 Instyle Kitchens Ltd.................... 11 Lingerie Lilies Lingerie............................ 41 Markets Hovingham Parish Council - Village Market..................................... 42 Mobility MV Mobility............................... 38 Music Mojos Guitar Fayres................... 55 Nurserys Flaxton Village Nursery................ 38 Opticians Specsavers Opticians................. 15 Painters & Decorators Decorators of Distinction............. 24 Les Harper Painting & Decorating 48 Pets Station House Vets..................... 45 Wagabout................................. 43 Wolds Way Canine Training.......... 45 Photography Alex Yoxall Photography.............. 42 Plastering Ian’s Plastering Service............... 24 JF Plastering............................. 26

Plumbing & Heating GW Plumbing............................ 23 MT Plumbing and Heating........... 53 OJ Gas Services........................ 46 P Marwood Plumbing & Heating Ltd .............................................. 24 Paul Chaplow Plumbing & Heating .............................................. 47 Plumbing - General Plumbing Plus........................... 21 Property Maintenance Handy Man Hewson................... 48 JDB Property Maintenance and Joinery.................................... 48 JF Property Maintenance............ 26 Odd Jobs & General Maintenance 48 Les Harper Painting & Decorating 48 Renewable Energy Michael Magson Ltd.................. 25 Peak Power Systems................. 10 Roofing & Guttering Pickering Flat Roof Company....... 10 Steve O’Neill Roofing & uPVC Fitters ................................................ 9 Scrap Metal Farrow & Sons.......................... 24 Soft Furnishings Rodgers of York..................2 & 14 Stitches Interiors.......................... 5 Solicitors Coles Solicitors Ltd...................... 9 Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors.......... 6 Surveyors Pinfold Building Consultancy........ 26 Timber Supplies Howarth Timber......................... 24 Transport Malton Driver Hire Services........... 4 Travel Perrys Travel............................. 29 Windows Fersina Windows....................... 64 Proline PVCu Ltd....................... 37 Window Distribution Ltd.............. 52

Crossword: Across: : 1 Path, 3 Clashing, 9 Oppress, 10 Chaos,

11 Encyclopedia, 13 Repair, 15 Asleep, 17 Contribution, 20 Photo, 21 Villain, 22 Treasure, 23 Gems. Down: 1 Pioneers, 2 Topic, 4 Lesion, 5 Successfully, 6 Imagine, 7 Gasp, 8 Descriptions, 12 Openings, 14 Promote, 16 Silver, 18 Irate, 19 Spit.

Pictograms: 1.Slow On The Uptake, 2.Topless Beach, 3.Blackmail Drop Down: Answers from left to right: Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Pegasus, Perseus Spot the Difference: 1. Alien Antenna 2. Hat Logo 3. Drinking Straw 4. Burger Picture 5. Alien thumb 6. Space Ship light 7. Hair colour 8. Alien ear 9. Teeth 10. Missing Finger

May 2011 • issue 66 MEDICAL

MALTON..........................01653 600069 RILLINGTON....................01944 758325 SHERBURN......................01944 710226 THORNTON LE DALE.......01751 474202 PICKERING.....................0844 815 1130 NHS Direct.............................0845 4647 Malton District Hospital...01653 693041 Scarborough Hospital......01723 368111 York Hospital...................01904 631313 Social Services...............0845 950 1555 Samaritans.......................08457 909090

PHARMACIES

FJH Wrothwell Ltd...........01751 472550 Pickering Surgery............01751 477555 Malton Pharmacy.............01653 692040 Beecham Pharmacy, Malton ........................................01653 692380 Beecham Pharmacy, Norton.................... ........................................01653 693264 Beckside Pharmacy, Thornton le Dale, ... ........................................01751 476968 Boots, Pickering, . ...........01751 474958 F Maltby Ltd, Maltongate, Thornton le Dale, ...............................01751 474542

GENERAL SERVICES

Domestic Violence Helpline.................... .......................................0808 2000 247 North Yorkshire Police (non-emergencies)..........0845 606 0247 Citizens Advice Bureau....01653 692740 Crimestoppers..................0800 555 111 Northern Electric (loss of supply)............ .........................................0800 668 877

BT Faultline.......................0800 800 151 Floodline..........................0845988 1188 Transco Emergency Service - Gas........... .........................................0800 111 999 Yorkshire Water...............0845 124 2424

COUNCILS & MPs

Ryedale District Council...01653 600666 Malton Town Council.......01439 748500 Norton Town Council.......01653 695348 Pickering Town Council...01751 476503 North Yorkshire County Council ............ ........................................01609 780780

FINANCIAL MATTERS National Debtline.............0808 8084000 Inland Revenue................0845 0109000 Tax Credits.......................0845 3003900

CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Childcare Link.................0800 2 346346 Childline................................0800 1111 NSPCC...........................0808 800 5000 Ryedale Special Families 01653 699000

TRANSPORT

Ryecat..............................01653 699059 AA Breakdown...................0800 887 766 AA Roadwatch..................09003 401100 Moorsbus ......................01845 597 000 Pickering Town Bus..........01751 473791 Yorkshire Coastliner.........01653 692556 Rail Enquiries...................08457 484950 Environment Agency.......0870 850 6506

ANIMALS

Pickering & District Horticultural Society

Plant Stall Saturday 28th May 8am - 2pm in Pickering Good variety of plants

For more information, please contact the secretary Sue Hine on 01751 477828. New members welcome

LOCAL USEFUL NUMBERS RSPCA............................0300 1234 999 Station House Vets...........01653 618303

SCHOOLS

Malton School.................01653 692828 Norton College.................01653 693296 Ryedale School................01439 771665 Malton Community Primary.................... ........................................01653 692582 Norton County Primary....01653 692104 Amotherby County Primary..................... ........................................01653 693675 St Mary’s RC Primary.......01653 692274 Rillington County Primary 01944 758402 Leavening County Primary 01653 658313 Langton Primary School..01653 658236 Settrington CE Primary....01944 768238 Luttons CP School...........01944 738232 Sherburn CE Primary......01944 710 282 Weaverthorpe CE School 01944 738 280 Heslerton CE Primary......01944 728 286 Pickering County Junior School ........................................01751 472873 St Josephs RC School.....01751 473102 Pickering Infant School....01751 472620 Pickering Junior School...01751 472873 Thornton Dale CE School........................ ........................................01751 474345 Lady Lumley’s School......01751 472846

LIBRARIES

Malton ...........................0845 034 9529 Norton . ..........................0845 034 9530 Pickering . ......................0845 300 5157

St Michaels, Malton ........01653 692089 St Mary’s, Old Malton .....01653 692121 St Leonards & St Mary’s, Malton............ ........................................01653 692128 Baptist Church, Malton ...01653 691802 Trinity Methodist, Norton 01653 692173 Saville Street, Malton ......01653 692173 Elim Ryedale Church, Malton . ............... ........................................01653 697796 Society of Friends, Malton 01653 658574 Salvation Army, Norton....01653 693344 Churches together in Pickering............... ........................................01751 472827 St Josephs RC Church, Pickering........... ........................................01751 472727 St Peter & St Paul Parish, Pickering....... ........................................01751 472983 Religious Society of Friends, Pickering... ........................................01751 472827 Methodist Church, Pickering.................. ........................................01751 472810 The United Reformed Church, Pickering ........................................01751 476844 All Saints, Thornton le Dale.................... ........................................01751 474244 St Andrew’s, Middleton....01751 474858

POST OFFICES

Beverley Road..................01653 692653 Thornton Dale .................01751 474234 Stamford Bridge ..............01759 371251 Helmsley .........................01439 770237 Malton ............................01653 600121 Pickering . .......................01751 472256

churches

St Peter’s, Norton.............01653 692741

Mini-Kickers Club Saturdays 10-11am for 5-7 year olds at Lady Lumleys Sports College

Girls under 12 team - Planned for the 2011/12 season Call now to register an interest.

Pickering Town Juniors CFC

For more information ring Barry Hood Youth Development Coordinator on 07854161339 or bkhood@sky.com.

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