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YOUR GUIDE TO WHAT'S ON THIS CHRISTMAS IN YORK AND VILLAGES CAN YOU HELP MARIE CURIE? LOCAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

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elcome to our December edition.

The Handy Mag office was becoming all a bit too stressful for Nicky and me to handle by ourselves and we urgently needed more help. Holly started work with us in early October and it has been great having an extra pair of hands.

Nicky and I used to have separate offices but we got a bit fed up of walking from one to the other to ask simple questions so removed the partition.

This has worked well as we can now shout to each other across the office without leaving our desks! I’m not sure what Holly thinks of this but deadline weeks are just too busy to move far from our screens! I’ve always preferred the chat in an open office as I’m not one for working quietly but the main issue has been whether to have the radio on or not. Nicky likes background music to help her concentrate but I find it irritating – especially the current music charts that I can’t sing along to.

Oh dear I’m sounding so old! We agreed on ‘easy listening’ as both of us could just about bear it but with Holly now there as well I’ve been out-voted and a more up-to-date music station is usually playing! Perhaps Dubstep, EDM or even Grime will help us all work more efficiently but I expect we’ll be listening to Christmas carols and songs this month along with our daily mince pies!

What is Santa bringing you this Christmas? I never thought I’d say this after many a wet and soggy camp with young children, but we’re thinking of buying a new tent to take on holiday next year – just me, my husband and the dogs. I’m sort of missing the waking up on a campsite and breakfasts in the open air. We just need to find the good weather next year!

Well done to M Walker for winning our October competition.

A very Happy Christmas to you all.

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CONTENTS 58 6 The festive season by PCSO Andy Smith 12 Puzzles 16 Christmas traditions 18 Help us to help others – Marie Curie 24 Short Story – Christmas on Yarrow Avenue 28 Books – Indulgent escapes 30 Travel – Glimpses of Toronto 36 The Perfect Christmas Gift by Howardian Dental Practice 40 Christmas services in York 42 What’s on in your area this month 55 The magic of a handmade Christmas at Burton Agnes Hall 62 Motoring - Mercedes-AMG GT C Coupe Edition 50 65 Gardening – Get real this Christmas 71 Preparing your pet for anaesthesia 73 Local groups to join

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Every year the Police reinforce the message about not drink driving but there are always individuals that continue to drive with excess alcohol in their systems. A conviction for drink driving will have a massive impact on anybody’s life. Many of us will drink more over the Christmas period than we usually do but this is no excuse for getting behind the wheel of a car having had too much to drink.

You should always consider the most appropriate way to get to and from any Christmas party, or to have one designated driver who will not drink and transport other guests.

It is important to remember that if you have to be at work the morning after a party, to consider how much alcohol will still be in your system. If you are in any doubt whatsoever then you should make appropriate arrangements to get into work. Many people are caught over the limit going to work or taking the children to school the next day.

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Try wherever possible to stay in groups so that you do not find yourself alone in unfamiliar locations with people that you do not know. Whilst the vast majority of people will be out at parties simply looking to enjoy themselves, there will be people who will be out looking for any opportunity to take advantage of you, and putting yourself into a vulnerable position just increases the risk of becoming a victim.

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Christmas Traditions YULE LOGS

Today, Yule logs have been mainly superseded by log-shaped chocolate cakes here, but neither are connected to Jesus’ birth. Yule logs were part of the Scandinavian Yule celebration, beginning at the winter solstice and running into January. Yule logs were burned to mark the return of the sun and festivities continued until they burned out.

Celts also burned a Yule log, believing it persuaded the sun to return and bestowed good luck on those who dragged it from the forest.

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very year, some people mourn the loss of traditional, more faith-based Christmas celebrations. Yet most December 25th traditions are far less Christian and much more recently adopted in the UK than they may think.

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Evergreens were used in winter solstice festivals to bring good luck and signify the coming spring. The tradition of hanging mistletoe in the house is an ancient Druid custom to ward off evil spirits, but in Norse mythology it’s also a symbol of love (hence kissing under the mistletoe).

Jesus’ birth date isn’t documented and the gospels of Matthew and Luke, written long after his death, give contradictory clues. Some scholars say the sheep on the hillside and the census suggest good weather, indicating spring to early autumn.

So why is Christmas celebrated on the 25th of December?

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Midwinter festivals abounded by the time Christianity took hold. There were winter solstice celebrations such as Yule and Koleda, and the Roman festivals of Saturnalia (which included decorating your home with evergreens – sound familiar?) and Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, ‘birthday of the unconquered sun’, on December 25th. It was easier for early proponents of Christianity to introduce it into these longstanding festivals than to persuade people to give them up.

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The first Christian Roman Emperor, Constantine, began celebrating Christmas on December 25th in 336. A few years later, Pope Julius I declared it the official date to celebrate Jesus’ birth. Some scholars believe he also chose this date to honour Hanukkah and Jesus’ own religion, Judaism.

Orthodox and Coptic Christians celebrate Jesus’s birth on January the 7th - the ‘original’ December 25th. Our December 25th moved when we adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752.

The original ‘Christmas pudding’ was frumenty, a thin 14th century porridge containing raisins, currants, prunes, wine, spices, beef and mutton.

However, by around 1650, people ate plum pudding, and by Victorian times, it was similar to the modern-day Christmas pud.

Evergreen fir trees have been used in winter festivals for thousands of years to symbolise the coming spring and everlasting life, although they were often hung upside down from the ceiling rather than stood upright. ‘Christmas trees’ emerged in the 1500s in town squares but took time to come into people’s houses. The Royal Family had one from Georgian times, but an 1848 photo of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their family gathered around theirs popularised the idea.

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Christmas wasn’t celebrated widely in the UK until the Middle Ages, when it was predominantly a time for merrymaking and feasting on animals too expensive to feed through winter. It was later banned for many years by the Puritans for its Pagan origins. It began to recover in Georgian times with a focus on charity and gift-giving, paving the way for the idealised Victorian Christmas described by Charles Dickens.

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I’m looking for people to be part of a new Fundraising Group in and around York, covering postcodes YO23, YO24, YO26 & YO30. Our Fundraising Groups are invaluable to us, helping us to raise awareness and money in their local communities, through things such as: • Helping with our public collections at local supermarkets and shopping centres • Placing and emptying collection tins in local shops and businesses • Organising events and encouraging other people to fundraise for us • Being the friendly face of Marie Curie at all events and collections you’re involved in Within the group I am also looking to fill three key roles: Chair, Secretary & Treasurer. Would you be happy to go through the agenda at monthly meetings as the Chair? Maybe you’d rather type up the minutes of the meetings as the Secretary? And if

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Christmas on Yarrow Avenue “What took you so long?” Gladys dragged Jean, heavily laden with shopping, through her front door.

She thought she could trust Jean to do this one simple job. Naturally, she couldn’t do it herself.

She had to wait in for a delivery of champagne and smoked salmon - her Christmas treat to herself after a very trying year.

“The traffic was awful,” Jean said, mopping her forehead, “and the queue for Santa’s grotto seemed endless.”

This stopped Gladys in her tracks.

“Who’ve you been taking to Santa’s grotto?”

“No one,” Jean said cheerfully, unwinding her scarf. “I went on my own.”

Gladys shook her head; this was definitively a conversation for another day.

“Was there any sign of the carol singers?”

“Yes,” nodded Jean, “they’re just outside number six.”

“You’re really cutting it fine,” Gladys tutted. “Tell me you’ve got the refreshments?”

“You bet.” Jean held up a bag. “It’s all here.”

“Good,” Gladys sighed with relief. “I’ve got paper plates ready, let’s get cracking.”

It had been a troubling few months for Gladys in her self-appointed role as Chair of the Friends of Yarrow Avenue. After distributing all her admonishing leaflets concerning wheelie bins, barbeques and inconsiderate parking, she’d assumed her mantelpiece would be heaving with Christmas cards. But there was just one solitary one of an Easter chick from Jean. It rankled that her neighbours didn’t realise how important she was to them.

But she’d found her chance to reinstate herself.

Every year a dozen of the more musical residents went carol singing round the avenue on the Friday before Christmas. They were rather good. Last stop was always the Dawson’s next door, who would invite everyone in for mulled wine and mince pies. For some reason, Gladys noted, everyone thought this was marvellous.

Two days ago, Gladys got it on very good authority that the Dawson’s would be away for this year.

Apparently, they’d got a late deal on a Nordic cruise that was too good to refuse, so Gladys saw her chance to provide some refreshments of her own.

“Have you bought something festive like I asked you?” she asked.

“Yes indeed,” said Jean, opening the bag.

“I thought carefully about what you said.”

“So, what have you got?”

Jean reached into the bag with a grin. “Two litres of cherryade and a jar of pickled walnuts.” Gladys was horrified. “What on earth were you thinking?”

“Everyone likes cherryade,” Jean protested.

“It hardly yells Seasons Greetings!” Gladys said.

“Is that all they had?”

“Oh no, they had plenty of things,” Jean said. “You told me to use my initiative.”

“More fool me,” muttered Gladys. “Wait, what’s that?”

It was unmistakeably a dozen singers cheerfully bringing Good King Wenceslas up Gladys’s drive.

“Quick, Jean.” She crouched behind the coat stand. “Turn off the lights - we’ll pretend we’re not in. Tell me no one saw you coming up the drive?”

“They all saw me,” Jean frowned. “I said, ‘See you round at Gladys’s for refreshments.’”

“What am I going to do?” Gladys shrieked. “I can’t give them this, they’ll get indigestion. I’ll never hear the last of it.”

“Have you got anything else in?” Jean asked hopefully.

Gladys groaned. If she was going to get back into the neighbours’ good books she realised she would have to make the ultimate sacrifice.

So, the carol singers enjoyed well-deserved glasses of champagne with smoked salmon.

Meanwhile, Jean sat at Gladys’s breakfast bar with a tumbler of cherryade and a jar of pickled walnuts, which, coincidentally, was exactly what she’d asked Santa for.

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Books

Indulgent Escapes Looking to escape the in-laws for a couple of hours? We may have found you the perfect book to indulge in.

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Imagine a world where a simple DNA test can help you to find your one true soulmate. Would you take it, even if you think you’ve already found love? The One follows five people in their search for their DNA match. One is desperate to start a family. One is head of a global company. One is already engaged.

One is prepared to travel to the other side of the world to meet her match. And one is a killer. A real page-turner that will keep you reading until late into the night.

ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN - JO FURNISS

A family wild-camping trip turns into a fight to survive in this gripping debut novel. Marlene and her sister-in-law have taken their children to a forest for a short holiday before the start of term. When they spot columns of smoke in the distance, and not an electric light in sight, they start to suspect something has gone badly wrong. As the enormity of the situation unfolds, and Marlene finds more children in need of protection, she needs to decide how far she’ll go to protect her family. Gripping.

THE PRIME OF MS DOLLY GREENE - E. V. HARTE Dolly lives in a tiny house in London, with her 21 year old daughter. So far, so ordinary. But the way Dolly makes ends meet is anything but ordinary.

Dolly is a tarot reader and when she hears about the discovery of a dead body, she can’t help but remember a recent client she had a very bad feeling about. But will the police listen to her suspicions?

A light-hearted read that combines crime, humour, fantasy and romance in one engaging tale.

HOW HARD CAN IT BE? - ALLISON PEARSON

Teenage kids, ageing parents, a next-to-useless husband, menopausal woes – Kate Reddy has them all. And now she needs to get back into working

life – a decade after leaving her stressful job as the manager of a hedge fund. No easy feat when you’re approaching 50. This is the sequel to the bestselling I Don’t Know How She Does It, but works just as well as a stand-alone novel. A brilliant read, it’s laugh-out-loud-funny in its depiction of the trials and tribulations of the sandwich generation.

THE BETRAYALS - FIONA NEILL

Sometimes there are four sides to a story. Daisy has just got her life back together after battling through years of OCD. But then a letter arrives addressed to her mother, which threatens to open old wounds and reveal the secrets Daisy has tried so hard to keep hidden. The Betrayals was awarded the Richard & Judy Book Club 2017 Thriller award, and it’s easy to see why. An emotive novel about the complexities of family life, mental illness, betrayals and the fallibility of memories.

DARK MATTER - BLAKE CROUCH

Jason Dessen hasn’t achieved all he planned to with his life, but on the whole he’s content. So when he’s kidnapped and escapes to find his home has changed, his wife isn’t his wife and his son doesn’t exist, he’ll stop at nothing to put things right. But is he the college professor he believes himself to be, or the genius scientist others seem to think he is?

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Canada - Glimpses of Toronto later replaced by the British, who bought the land from the First Nation for the princely sum of £1,700 plus merchandise. Yet it was only with the arrival of the railway in the mid-19th century that the city truly blossomed.

Toronto, CN Tower and Rogers Centre on Harbourfront, seen from the lake.

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hrough the leafy gorge of the river Don the city rises like a mirage on the horizon, a gleaming cluster of buildings dwarfed by the slender silhouette of the CN Tower. At just over 553 metres, Toronto’s communication tower is the tallest free-standing structure in the Western hemisphere and the city’s most iconic landmark. Lifts take you to the observation platform with its glass floor said to withstand the weight of 14 hippos and provide access to the SkyPod 100 metres above. The view takes your breath away, from the wooded ravines and sprawling city to the meandering shore of Lake Ontario and the lush ribbon of islands where town folks can escape and connect with nature.

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But before making your way to the Falls, as most visitors do, it is worth spending time in this ‘most lovable’ North American city with record temperatures of highs and lows but on the same latitude as the French Riviera. Trams glide through the streets at a leisurely pace, tulips nod in the parks and hundreds of rooftop gardens, now compulsory in all major developments, freshen up the air.

The original settlers, known as First Nation, had long lived in the area when Europeans arrived in the early 17th century. The French set up a fur trade but were

According to BBC Radio, Toronto is ‘one of the world’s most diverse cities’, home to 230 nationalities, speaking 160 languages and accounting for an inner city population of 2.8 million. So Ontario’s provincial capital is larger than Ottawa or any other Canadian city. But laid out as it is on a grid pattern, it is surprisingly easy to explore on foot, from the business centre to Little Italy, China Town, Portugal Village or the bustling Dundas Square on Yonge Street, the place for casual eating, nightlife and cheap theatre tickets. Old and new mingle effortlessly: here the historic Parliament and University buildings, there the old City Hall with a clock tower reminiscent of Big Ben, the stylish harmonious complex of the New City Hall, just steps away, the multi-purpose Rogers Centre, home to the Blue Jays baseball team and concert venue - think Madonna or the Rolling Stones - or the Union Station opened by the Prince of Wales in 1927. Markets beckon with local colour, St Lawrence for fresh produce, Kensington for all things hippy, arty and cool, while the ultimate shopping therapy is found in the vast Eaton Centre. For top designer wear or celebrity spotting, however, it’s the Mink Mile in the Bloor-Yorkville district. Then you can wander the cobbled lanes of the Distillery Historic District, lined with bakeries and micro-breweries, visit the Royal Ontario Museum or the Ripley’s Aquarium where you can pet a stingray, or chill out under pink parasols on the imported sands of Sugar Beach.

Then there are restaurants and ice cream parlours, coffee and cake shops, but sooner or later the lake calls you back with ferries to the islands and boats cruising nonchalantly along the harbour front, past the mighty CN Tower which dominates the skyline wherever you are in Toronto.

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St Nicholas Church, Dunnington 4pm Christingle Service SUNDAY 10 DECEMBER Holy Trinity Church, Holtby 4pm Nine lessons & carols Holy Trinity Church, Stockton-on-the-Forest 6pm Nine lessons & carols SUNDAY 17 DECEMBER St Nicholas Church, Dunnington 6pm Carols by Candlelight

SATURDAY 23 DECEMBER 11am Christmas Service, Grimston Court Care Home, Dunnington 12.30pm Christmas communion for the Elderly & housebound, St. Nicholas Church CHRISTMAS EVE St Mary’s Church, Warthill 3pm Crib Service Holy Trinity Church, Stockton-on-the-Forest 4pm Crib Service St Nicholas Church, Dunnington 5pm Crib Service Holy Trinity Church, Holtby 7pm Communion Holy Trinity Church, Stockton-on-the-Forest 11.30pm Midnight Mass St Nicholas Church, Dunnington 11.30pm Midnight Mass CHRISTMAS DAY St Mary’s Church, Warthill 9am Christmas Day Communion St Nicholas Church, Dunnington Christmas Day 10.30am Communion, Holy Trinity Church, Stockton-on-the-Forest 10.30am Christmas Day worship NEW YEAR’S EVE St Mary’s Church Warthill Carols by candlelight

Please see the What’s On pages for details of carol services and other events.

Please note, these details were correct when going to print.

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What's On

Local events in the York area this month MARIE CURIE CHRISTMAS COLLECTIONS

Sign up to collect for Marie Curie for just a couple of hours at the following collections.

Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 December Poppleton Garden Centre Saturday 2 December Monks Cross Shopping Park

Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 December McArthur Glen Designer Outlet

Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 December Waitrose, Foss Islands Road

Thursday 14 December York Street Collection

Please visit www.mariecurie. org.uk/collect to find your nearest collection and sign up, or contact Jennifer on 01904 755260 or Jennifer.carmichael@ mariecurie.org.uk. See page 18

Friday 15 December Tesco, Askham Bar Saturday 16 December Morrisons, Foss Islands Road

Our small team of experienced, friendly staff are focused on you. You’ll see the same faces each time you visit, allowing us to really get to know you and offer truly personal service.

We offer easy access with free parking right outside. The number 1 and 13 bus routes are directly opposite too, just hop off at the Ryedale Court Shopping Centre.

Haxby Opticians, 6 Ryedale Court, Haxby YO32 3SA (01904) 761216

Info@HaxbyOpticians.co.uk www.HaxbyOpticians.co.uk

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10:30am to 1:30pm

www. hovingham -market. org. uk CAFE NELLI

Every Wednesday Opens every Wednesday morning between 10am and 12 noon at New Earswick Folk Hall.

YORK ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY

3rd Wednesday of the month 1.30-3.30pm. Forget Me Not Memory Cafe, Tang Hall Last Tuesday of the month 1-3pm. Acomb Memory Café, Acomb.

1st Wednesday of the month 2-3.30pm. Boccia/Easy Sport, New Earswick

HOVINGHAM VILLAGE MARKET Saturday 2 December Christmas Market opens 10.30am-1.30pm.

Saturday 16 December Special Christmas Market www.hovingham-market. org.uk

Last Wednesday of the month Younger Peoples Group.Various venues York Thursday Afternoons Singing for the Brain.1.30-3pm at The Folk Hall, New Earswick Contact York Alzheimer’s

society on 01904 567701 or email yorkservices@

alzheimers.org.uk

NEW EARSWICK SHARING TOGETHER Wednesday mornings 10-12 noon at the Sleeper Path Community Garden and Allotment. (2-4pm on Sunday) Weather permitting.

PARKINSONS UK DANCE CLASS

Fridays weekly (during term time) Dance Class for people with Parkinson’s.10.30am at Wiggington Recreation Hall.

There are a range of dance styles and classes are run by specially qualified teachers. www.danceforparkinsonsuk. org/ or contact Angela Kirkham, info@kirkhamhenry. co.uk

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ST LEONARD'S HOSPICE

Light Up a Life in memory or in honour of a loved one St Leonard’s Hospice would like to invite you to dedicate a light in memory of a loved one or as a gift in honour of a friend or relative. Our Christmas trees in St Helen’s Square, York, Selby Abbey, the Hospice grounds and Easingwold Market Place will all bear hundreds of twinkling lights, each one representing the life of someone special.

Each name will be recorded in our Book of Honour which will be placed in the Chapel at the Hospice and also in Selby Abbey and displayed over the Christmas period. The lights will shine until Twelfth Night.

The trees will be illuminated at very special Carol Services: Wednesday 29 November Easingwold Village Green at 7pm Sunday 3 December St Helen’s Square, York at 6pm Sunday 10 December 4.30pm Selby Abbey, Selby.

You are warmly invited to join us at any of these services. www.stleonardshospice. org.uk

HAXBY & WIGGINTON PROBUS CLUB

First Monday of each month We meet at Haxby Memorial Hall. Coffee at 10am and the meeting at 10.30am.

Any queries phone Val on 01904 761282

COFFEE AND TEA ON THE GREEN Tuesday and Fridays Every Tuesday morning from 10am to 12noon and Friday afternoon 2 - 4pm for coffee, tea and home made cakes. At Poppleton Methodist Church, Upper Poppleton.

CARDS FOR GOOD CAUSES

11 October - 16 December We will be selling Charity Christmas cards from St Helen’s Church in St Helen’ s Square and St Martin’s in Coney Street, from 10am till 4pm, and once again we will have eight local Charity Cards and 26 National Charity Cards.

We do depend totally on our volunteers and if anyone would like to volunteer please ring Janet Wilson on 07979 267301

WILBERFORCE TRUST

Saturday 25 November Christmas Fayre. 2pm - 4.30pm at The Folk Hall, New Earswick.

Come and enjoy some family fun and meet Santa! Help us raise funds for our vital work helping people with sight and hearing loss.Stalls include Tombola, Cake Stall, Grand Raffle, Santa’s Grotto, Christmas Crafts, Jewellery, Bottle Tombola and more. Something for all ages.

Come along.

Wednesday 13 December Christmas Carol Service.

1.45pm - 3.15pm at All Saints Church in Huntington.

See page 26 for more information.

The Wilberforce Trust Christmas Cards are available to buy from The Wilberforce Trust

01904 760037 or St Helen’s and St Martin’s Church card sales in York. £3.50 per pack of ten cards (Includes two designs) www.wilberforcetrust.org.uk

DEMENTIA FORWARD WELLBEING CAFE

Tuesdays 10.30am- 12 noon at Easingwold, Methodist Church, Easingwold. £3 per person includes cake and hot drinks.

If you would like to join us please contact 01904 692473.

EVENTS AT EXPLORE HAXBY LIBRARY Saturday 16 December Christmas carol crafts.

2pm-4pm at Oaken Grove Community Centre. £2 per person. Crafts and activities suitable for children aged 5-12yrs. www.exploreyork.org.uk

Wednesdays Jigsaw Club. 2.30pm-5pm at Wigginton Recreation Hall.

Jigsaws available to use or feel free to bring your own puzzle or jigsaw board. Refreshments available. All welcome.

Fridays Boccia Club. An all inclusive game played from a seated position. Come along and make new friends. 1.30pm - 2.30pm at Oaken Grove Community Centre. Its free and refreshments are provided.

To book, contact Haxby Library on 01904 552660 or haxby@exploreyork.org.uk

SHERIFF HUTTON HISTORY GROUP MEETING

Friday 1 December We shall have a ‘Trip down

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Memory Lane’ presented by Richard Haste. 7.30pm in the Village Hall. This promises to be another informative and entertaining evening by Richard on the subject of some railway curiosities within 20 miles of Sheriff Hutton. All aboard for a mystery tour of our locality!

Members £2. Visitors £3 inc refreshments.

HAXBY AND WIGGINTON FLOWER CLUB Tuesday 12 December “ The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” - A flower arranging demonstration by NAFAS national demonstrator Andrew

Grisewood. 7.15pm for 7.30pm at Wiggington Recreation Hall, Wigginton, York YO32 2PL. Visitors welcome. £6 on the door. The flowers will be raffled at the end of the evening.

Refreshments available.

Contact Janet Pepper for more details on 01347 823601.

CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL, HUNTINGTON

Friday 1 December to Monday 4 December At Huntington Methodist Church. Open from 10am to 5pm on Friday and Saturday, 2pm to 5pm on Sunday and 10am to 3pm on Monday.

There will be 18 trees sponsored and decorated by local businesses and organisations on the theme of Christmas

Around the World. Homemade refreshments will be available all day, and there will be stalls selling gifts, crafts, jewellery and bulbs. Admission is free, and all proceeds are for Church funds.

See page 27

CHRISTMAS FAIR

Saturday 2 December At Sheriff Hutton Primary School PTFA and Sheriff Hutton PreSchool Playgroup. Come and join us at our Christmas Fair!

Refreshments, stalls, raffle and lots of family fun from 1pm until 4pm. All money raised will go towards supporting our school and playgroup.

MALTON TRADITIONAL WEEKLY MARKET Saturdays 9am – 4pm.

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HAXBY SINGERS PRESENT THEIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT STRENSALL LIBRARY

Throughout December until Saturday 13 January 2018 We will be running a free Blood Axe History Reading Challenge for children. Children register first in Strensall Library and then read any four history related books. They are then encouraged to come back into the Library to tell staff a little bit about the books that they have read. They are then rewarded with four stickers, a completion certificate and a free entry ticket to the Jorvik Viking Centre!

Friday 8 December Free Christmas craft session.

3.30pm-4.30pm. For children aged 5-11years. Please pre-book your child’s place in advance. We will be making/ painting Christmas tree decorations.

Tuesday Mornings U5 Story Time from 11am11.30am.

Bringing The Library Service To You For customers that are currently unable to visit Strensall Library, we also offer a free Home Library Service. Once a month, our volunteers can deliver and collect books of all kinds to anyone that is unable to visit us. We can deliver fiction, nonfiction, stories on audio CD as well as books in large print.

For more information contact 01904 552677 or visit www.exploreyork.org. uk

Saturday 9 December 7.30pm at Haxby Memorial Hall.

Musical Director Maggie Fayers.

Accompanist Joe Christie Tickets available on the door £6 adults, £3 children, includes refreshments.

ST NICHOLAS FAYRE, YORK

Thursday 16 November Friday 22 December Meander through the magical market stalls of St Nicholas Fair and delight in a truly special shopping experience. Wander inside traditional chalets adorned with twinkling lights and follow the aromas of mulled wine and tempting treats to the new Yorkshire Barn for a taste of yule themed Yorkshire fodder. www.visityork.org

ROYAL LIFESAVING SOCIETY 'SAVE A BABY'S LIFE' WORKSHOPS Wednesday 13 December 10.30am at The Community Room, Tesco, Dringhouses.

Wednesday 17 January 2018 11am at The Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington.

Sessions are free to attend and last approximately one and a half hours and aim to give those who attend the confidence to cope in the unlikely event of a baby emergency To book for either of these sessions, email Marie on m.taylor058@btinternet.com

SANTA AT AROMA COFFEE SHOP, HAXBY

Saturday 9 December & Saturday 16 December Come and visit Santa, with a twist! Santa will be in Aroma Coffee Shop, 30 The Village, Haxby, from 10am to 12pm then 2pm to 4pm on each day. No need to book, just turn up - but the twist is that we ask that you bring a gift, as well as receiving one from Santa. The gifts will be given to the Children’s Ward at York Hospital - gifts need to be new, and gifts for all ages, but especially babies and teenagers would be very welcome.

WIGGINTON AND HAXBY WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

Tuesday 5 December Noel Nostalgia with Jenny Speaker. Competition: an Original Vintage Christmas Decoration. 7.30pm at Wigginton Recreation Hall. Visitors very welcome £4 on the door www.wiggihaxbywi. wordpress.com

ASKHAM BRYAN COLLEGE GARDENING CLUB MEETING

Tuesday 5 December An illustrated talk entitled “The Drunken Gardener” by Doug Stewart, well known lecturer and broadcaster. 7.30pm in the Conference Hall, Askham Bryan College, Askham Bryan, York, YO23 3FR. Members free admission, visitors £5 on the door, all are welcome For more details about the club please visit www.abcgardeningclub.org.uk

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December Christmas Advent Window Trail.

Maps will be available from Friday 25th November from Café Refresh, Poppleton Post Office and Cardlands newsagents. £2 a map. www.poppletoncentre.org.uk

Tuesday 5 December 6 miles from The White Swan Ampleforth – Christmas Lunch Wednesday 6 December 10 miles from Middleham 10 miles from Wharran Percy CP 6.5 miles from Heslington, The Outgang

Saturday 30 December 9.5 miles Public Transport walk.

TransPennine Express from York to Huddersfield to catch bus to Holme Full details can be found on our website yorkramblers.org.uk or eastyorkshireramblers.org.uk

Wednesday 13 December 10 miles from Sutton Bank VC CP Tuesday 19 December 8 miles from Whitwell-on-theHill, opposite Church

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Saturday 2 December 6 mile Public Transport walk 8.43 Northern Rail from York to Hull

Wedneday 20 December 9 miles from Howsham Bridge Wednesday 27 December 9 miles from Gilling East, outside Feversham Arms

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6:30pm to 8:30pm Huntington Secondary School Entrance fee: Adults: 50p, Children Free Everything you need for a great Christmas with all the fun of the fair If you would like any information about this event, please contact Joanne Olsen on 07790 837855 or friendsofhuntingtonschool@gmail.com

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CASTLE HOWARD

Sat 18 November to Sat 23 December Christmas at Castle Howard: Angels on High. This Christmas a host of angels will descend on Castle Howard. Inspired by its architecture, interiors and art collections these fabulous creatures, classic and contemporary, will populate the grand state rooms to spectacular effect. Together with glorious floral creations and inspired decorations, Angels on High will surprise and delight.

For a professional friendly local service using the latest in cleaning technology. All operatives fully insured and trained to European recognition

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Saturday 18 November Friday 22 December Festive afternoon tea.

Combine a visit to the House and Gardens with an indulgent Castle Howard Festive Afternoon Tea experience in the elegant Grecian Hall.

Friday 8 December Friends of Castle Howard: Christmas Carol Concert. Join us for carols by candlelight in the Chapel at Castle Howard, surrounded by the exquisite William Morris stained glass angels. Enjoy a glass of warm mulled wine and a homemade mince pie after the concert.

The concert will begin at approximately 6pm and will finish at approximately 8pm.

See website to book tickets www.castlehoward.co.uk

Tel: 01904 529 529 www.fccsltd.com

STAMFORD BRIDGE SINGERS CHRISMAS CONCERTS

Friday 1 December Readings and Music for Christmas.

7.30pm at 17 Blossom Street York. Tickets £12 includes a glass of wine and mince pie. Please book in advance. To book tickets call 01904 643 238.

Saturday 16 December “Merrily on High” 7.30pm at Stamford Bridge Village Hall.

Raffle proceeds to St Catherines Hospice. Tickets available from Take a Leaf Florist or email info@ stamfordbridgesingers.co.uk £12 adults £10 concessions £5 child.

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DALBY FOREST

Saturday 2, 9 & 16 December Dry Stone Wall Maze Stone Craving Workshops. Led by sculptor Charles Smith you can learn how to carve your own initials in to a stone, and your stone will then be built into the maze wall, leaving your own mark on the maze. Booking is essential.

Friday 8 December Stargazing – Deep Sky Exploring. Booking is essential.

For more information visit www.forestry.gov.uk/ dalbyforest

FILM AT THE FOLK HALL, NEW EARSWICK

Sunday 17 December ELF (PG) showing at 2pm - Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman.

After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results. Expect fancy dress and festive surprises for this modern classic! www.filmfolkhall.com

YORK CEMETERY

Friday 15 December Annual Carol Concert. In the beautiful grade 2* listed cemetery chapel, Drama, traditional carols and readings, a musical performance by Quodlibet, homemade mince pies and fruit punch. A wonderful evening to get you into the Christmas spirit! Starts at 7.30pm (gates open 7pm).

Free. www.yorkcemetery.org.uk

NEWBURGH PRIORY CHRISTMAS FAIR

Thursday 30 November, Friday 1 & Saturday 2 December Newburgh Priory is situated within the picturesque landscape of the Howardian Hills near Coxwold, North Yorkshire.

A drinks reception opens the fair on Thursday 30th, 5 - 9pm tickets are £10 to be purchased in advance. Over 25 exhibitors from across the UK will take part in the Fair which is run in support of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. JIA affects around 15,000 children in the UK. The Fair is open 10am-5pm on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd £5 entry on the door.

YORK SECOND SUNDAY CEILIDHS MEETING

Sunday 10 December We meet every month at 7.30 –10pm at St Aelred’s Church Hall, Fifth Avenue, York Y031 0PN. (off Melrosegate - 5 minutes from York University) Live Band. All Welcome - no partners needed and all dances walked through and “called.”

Call Ros Batchelor on 01904 624216 or visit www. yorkceilidhclub.org.uk

Saturday 2 December Christmas Swing and Song The Sam Johnson Big Band and guest singers will get you into a festive frame of mind with Christmas carols and Christmas classics all given the big band treatment. All profits from this show will go to York Against Cancer.

Saturday 9 December to Saturday 16 December Aladdin - It’s time for yet another rollicking romp of a panto and this year Rowntree Players are whizzing you off to Peking to enjoy the perennial favourite Aladdin. See page 42 for more details.

Sunday 17 December A Christmas Cocktail - Enjoy a relaxing and heart-warming cocktail of a classic mix of popular songs, show tunes and Christmas music performed by a live band with soloists from the York musical theatre scene.

Friday 22 December to Saturday 23 December Gala Christmas Concert -. An evening of festive music featuring all five of the Shepherd Group Brass Bands, to get you in the mood for Christmas. www.josephrowntree theatre.co.uk

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SHERIFF HUTTON VILLAGE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

Tuesday 19 December Christmas Lunch

Sunday 17 December 2.30pm at St Helen’s Church.

Come and start your Christmas Celebrations by joining in with singing lots of carols, having mince pies and mulled wine.

The singing will be led by a folk singing group – The Drummers who have been involved with the Christmas Celebration for the last 2 years. Everyone Welcome

HUNTINGTON PARISH CHURCHES

Sunday 10 December Carols at the Folk Hall (New Earswick). 6pm. Gather with friends from other local churches for the annual Churches Together Christmas celebration.

Sunday 17 December Carols by Candlelight. 6.30pm at All Saints Huntington.

A creative celebration of Christmas with music, drama and interactive prayer, followed by mulled wine and mince pies.

Invite your friends and family!”

CHRISTMAS FAIR AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, STOCKTON

Saturday 9 December 10am – 12.30pm at Stockton Hall.Super Duper Raffle, Children’s Activity Area, Brica-brac, Books, Stalls,100 club draw, a cuppa and a mince pie.

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Saturday 2 December 9.30am - 12.30pm. Come and buy wonderful gifts.Take part in the tombola. Enjoy delicious refreshments. Free entry and free parking available too.

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STRENSALL CHURCHES POPPLETON COMMUNITY RAILWAY NURSERY CHRISTMAS OPEN DAY AND SALE

Saturday 9 December (including collection of orders) From10am-3pm. On sale will be a selection of tree and table decorations, indoor wreaths, garlands and bowls of hyacinths. Fresh wreaths will also be available, and can be made to order by contacting the Nursery (email pcrn.info@ yahoo.co.uk/tel 01904 797623).

Visitors will be able to explore the historic nursery and view its narrow gauge railway and interesting railway memorabilia.

Tea, coffee and homemade cake will also be available.

Friday 15 December 6.30pm Carols at the Ship Inn with the Salvation Army Band.

Sunday 17 December 4pm Village Carol Service at the Garrison Church

RSPB, YORK LOCAL GROUP

Tuesday 19 December Illustrated talk on “Birding In Assam” by Tom Lawson.

Tom Lawson, stalwart of the group, needs no introduction and tonight he will be transporting us to Assam. This province in North East India, is a land of mighty rivers and fertile plains situated in the foothills of the Himalaya. Remarkable for the richness of its flora and fauna, its natural history represents a melting pot of east and west -

many of the species found here being either at the westernmost or easternmost points of their range. Assam is home to more than half of about 1200 varieties of avifauna recorded in the Indian subcontinent and provides shelter to 3107 species of flowering plants, 192 species orchids, 185 species of reptiles, 190 species of mammals and hundreds of species of insects & butterflies. Come and see and hear about some of them in this fascinating talk! 7.30pm at Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York. Map and further information at clementshall.org.uk. Nearest public car park is Nunnery Lane.

Entrance £3 Group members, £3.50 non-members. Nonmembers welcome. There is an interval with free hot and cold refreshments.

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EVENTS AT ST NICKS

Saturday 2 December Coppicing Course.10am-4pm.

An introduction to the heritage skill of managing woodland and increasing biodiversity. After a short theory session on the why and how, you will have a go at coppicing in St Nicks woodland.

Entry: £25/£20 concessions.

Booking essential.

ST LEONARD'S HOSPICE SANTA DASH

Sunday 3 December 10am for an 11am dash at Allerthorpe Lakeland Park See page 38 for more details.

Fridays 1, 8 & 15 December Family-friendly Drop-in Volunteering Events:Greening Up Heworth Holme. 10am-1pm at Heworth Holme, Bad Bargain/ Tang Hall Lane entrance YO31 0RE. Help with seed sowing, developing wildlife scrapes and improving access.

Saturday 9 December Eco-Active Day: Scrub Management. 10am-1pm

Join us for a new phase of our rotational management of large scrub patches in the nature reserve to improve their biodiversity.

All events start at St Nicks Environment Centre, Rawdon Avenue, YO10 3ST unless specified otherwise. www. stnicks.org.uk

EUPHONICS LADIES CHOIR CAROLS AND CHRISTMAS SONGS

Saturday 2 December 7.30pm at St. Nicholas Church, Back Lane Wigginton.

Admission by Ticket/s or at the Door: £5 Light Refreshments.

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Friday 8 December 6.30pm to 8.30pm at Huntington Secondary School Adults: 50p, Children Free. Everything you need for a great Christmas with all the fun of the fair.

If you would like any information about this event, please contact Joanne Olsen on 07790 837855 or friendsofhuntingtonschool@ gmail.com See page 48.

CAROLS AT YORK BARBICAN

Sunday 17 December 2.30pm at York Barbican. In aid

Grange Park, Wetherby, LS22 5NB. Entry starts at £20. In aid of BTRS (Brain Tumour Research and Support across Yorkshire) For more information or to sign up visit www.btrs.org. uk/bbr2018

STOCKTON ON THE FOREST PRIMARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS FAIR

BIG BIKE RIDE 2018 Saturday 2 June At Grange Park Sports Club,

Friday 1 December 3.15 - 5pm at Stockton on the Forest Primary School. Grand Prize Raffle. Fantastic prizes including; Family days out, hampers, gift vouchers and luxury treats. Also Tombola, Cakes, Seasonal Games and Stalls and Refreshments.

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(£1 for members and £3 for non-members). There is a small raffle at every indoor meeting.

FRIENDS OF HUNTINGTON LIBRARY COFFEE MORNING

FLAXTON GARDENING CLUB December Christmas Dinner

15 January 2018 Chris Small - Climbers: the Beauties and the Beasts. Chris will expound on the shy and the bullies of the plant climbing world in his usual enthusiastic way. Indoor meetings are held in Flaxton Village Hall and commence at 7.30pm. Visitors are always welcome. Entry charge at the door

Monday 4 December 10am - noon & 2pm - 5pm at Huntington Library, Garth Road. Drop in for coffee and cake and discover the events happening at Huntington Library and the wider Explore York family of libraries. We also have a book sale, free wifi and a Hudl Session!

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CHRISTMAS FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS AT DUNNINGTON METHODIST CHURCH

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Saturday 9 December The Green Lane Growers (Green Lane Allotments) invite you to join them for a festive evening with The Foresters. From 7pm at the Severus Club, Milner Street, York YO24 4NJ. Tickets £5, includes a light buffet. Children under 16 free. from Mary on 01904 789576, Colin on 07758857943 or The Severus Club.

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Simon and Olivia Cunliffe-Lister, with the keen help of their five children and a small army of local supporters, decorate their Elizabethan home to create a magical wonderland with traditional and contemporary handmade decorations. ‘We love thinking of creative ways to embellish the Hall, and spend many months dreaming up and handmaking quirky, original decorations including a Christmas tree made from books, glorious knitting, a rainbow room, geometric paper baubles and crochet angels.’

Young visitors can find homemade snowman dolls, hidden in each room! When dusk falls, Christmas cheer is plentiful: with the topiary bushes strewn with lights, the warm glow of the fire in the Great Hall, visitors leave full of the joys of Christmas. Enjoy festive treats in the café and unusual decorations and gifts in the courtyard shops. Little ones can also visit Father Christmas in our new courtyard grotto every Christmas opening weekend. For more information about these events and visiting Burton Agnes at Christmas time, visit www.burtonagnes.com

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THE EBOR SINGERS

Sunday 17 December A Ceremony of Carols. Few pieces capture the joy and expectation of Christmas quite as well as Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. This striking setting in eleven movements is scored for upper voices and harp. Britten began work on his Ceremony of Carols in 1942, after three very successful years in America.

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Britten set some medieval poems from a book he had come across while berthed in Nova Scotia. Alongside Britten’s sequence, The Ebor Singers will ready you for Christmas with a tasting tray of seasonal music, with an aperitif of medieval carols, a main course of popular song arrangements, and a dessert of exotic contemporary sacred pieces. 7.30pm at National Centre for Early Music, Walmgate, York. Tickets: £15, £12 (concessions), £5 (students). Telephone 01904 658338 www.ncem.co.uk

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Bring a (new) toy to be given to a needy local family Sunday 17 December 4pm Messy Church. Fun, Food and Faith: Crafts, Games and the Christmas Story Saturday 23 December 4pm. Carols on the Lawn. The York Railway Institute Band will accompany our singing Seasonal Refreshments will be served.

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A cold cot allows parents to spend more time with their baby and is said to help with the grieving process.

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Motoring Mercedes-AMG GT C Coupe Edition 50 sports car than this. The GT C is muscle; more raw power and less finesse.

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WHAT'S NEW? The engine steals all the headlines, but technical refinements include active rear axle steering, electronically-controlled locking differential and a wider track than its lesser powered GT and GT S siblings.

WHAT'S UNDER THE BONNET? All GT models feature the same 4.0-litre V8 with a ‘hot inner V’ – a compact engine design that places the turbos on the inside of the engine’s ‘V’, so they spool up quicker. Power output for the GT C is a whopping 549bhp backed up with 670Nm of torque, which means 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds and a top speed of 197mph.

WHAT'S IT LIKE TO DRIVE? On the road, it feels big and wide. Visibility isn’t great and placing it takes practice. It’s got fantastic levels of grip though and despite those tyreshredding performance figures, it puts those huge lumps of power down impressively well, aided smoothly by a quick seven-speed auto gearbox.

The steering feels heavy, perhaps even a little slow at times, but it’s communicative. As the name suggests, this is definitely a performance GT rather than a lithe and supple sports car. On paper, it might be a rival to an Audi R8 or Porsche 911 Turbo S, but both of those would feel far more

That muscle car look might be exactly what buyers are looking for, though. Its long, blunt nose, tight rear and low stance will win the most buyers. It’s a unique look – something that’s pretty unrivalled on the road – and one Mercedes is pegging a lot of the GT’s success on.

WHAT'S IT LIKE INSIDE? Inside the driver is surrounded by a focused cabin.

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WHAT'S THE SPEC LIKE? Standard spec on the GT C includes 19-inch front and 20-inch rear alloy wheels, Burmester sound system, parking sensors and camera, keyless go and an AMG performance steering wheel finished in nappa leather. It’s topped off by red brake calipers with AMG lettering.

VERDICT If you can see past the complicated naming strategy to pick the right model, you’ll be rewarded with a technologically advanced, blisteringly fast and characterful GT. It’s cramped inside for taller drivers, and some of the multimedia system can be infuriating, but there’s no denying the GT C is staggeringly quick, exciting to drive and looks the muscle car part. Buyers will have a tough choice between this and the very capable alternatives from Audi, Porsche and McLaren, though – while Mercedes will be hoping its AMG heritage and booming soundtrack will pull in the punters.

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When Christmas is over and it is time for the tree to come down, complete the green loop and make sure you recycle it - they're not the easiest thing to recycle or compost at home, but many councils and garden centres now offer a re-cycling and Christmas tree chipping service. dark green pointed needles and that unmistakable Christmassy aroma, but sadly it is the most likely to drop its needles. Having said that, if you treat it well it won’t perform badly and you can enjoy the lowestpriced of the real trees complete with the traditional look.

The Serbian Spruce (Picea omorica) is quite similar to the Norway spruce and has long been the favourite festive tree in central Europe, with a distinct blueish tint to the underside of the needles. As it is fairly slender it is a good choice for smaller sitting rooms,

and is good-looking with decent needle retention… but of course no Christmas-tree smell!

The Nordmann fir (Abies nordmanniana) has become increasingly popular in recent years and is now the biggest-selling Christmas tree in the UK. As its shiny green broad needles are quite soft (making it a good choice if there are small children around) and are almost impossible to shift, it is certainly a good choice for those who hate any mess!

The Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) is less widely available, but the combination of its good looks and needleholding ability makes it well worth considering. It has a narrower base than the Norway spruce so is also useful in smaller houses.

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Local Groups ACTIVITIES AND HOBBIES

NEW EARSWICK CAMERA CLUB

CLAXTON & SAND HUTTON KNIT AND NATTER GROUP Rachel 07970 956022.

newearswick.cc@ btinternet.com or martinstubbsyork@hotmail. com

CRAFT AND CHAT GROUP 01904 762255.

NEW EARSWICK FLOWER CLUB

01904 400315

www.newearswick flowerclub.org uk or 01904-763090.

EWENIQUE MACHINE KNITTING CLUB

NEW EARSWICK SWIMMING CLUB

CUPPA IN THE LOUNGE

01904 399697.

FLAXTON GARDENING CLUB jands.chambers@zen. co.uk.

FNT

01904 768163 or www. newearswicksc.co.uk.

Coaching enquiries: 01904 765397 or email memberships@ newearswicksc.co.uk.

wwwfntyork.orgor email fnt@gmail.com

NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY GROUP

HAXBY & WIGGINTON FLOWER CLUB paulinewatkins@ hotmail.co.uk or www. haxbyandwigginton

SHERIFF HUTTON ANGLERS

flowerclub.com

HAXBY & WIGGINTON GARDENING CLUB

Bryan 01904 764648 or www.yorkareagroup.co.uk.

Mr M Kirby 01904 415932 or Mr P Wileman 07983 300068 or www.shanglers. wordpress.com

SILVER SONG BOX

YORK & DISTRICT SPINNERS, WEAVERS & DYERS www.yorks-guild-wsd. org.uk Madeline 01904 784274 or m.evans104@gmail.com

YORK AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Thurs, 8pm at the Bishopthorpe Social Club

YORK BONSAI SOCIETY. Andy 01757 268145.

YORK CAVING CLUB 07747 063181 or www. yorkcavingclub.org.uk or info@yorkcavingclub. org.uk.

YORK FLOWER CLUB For information please call Elaine on 07706 119435 or email elainesectan@yahoo. co.uk

YORK GARRISON WAR GAMING CLUB Lee on 07990 544365 or www.yorkgarrison.co.uk

YORK LADIES CIRCLE

info@oakengrove.org.uk

YORK JAPAN SOCIETY Are you interested in Japan? Are you Japanese or do you speak Japanese? The York Japan Society holds monthly meetings to promote intercultural understanding and language exchange.

For details: email yorkjapansociety@ outlook.com or find us on Facebook.

YORK RI SPEAKERS CLUB Peter Jensen at yorkshirecomic@gmail.com

YORK SCRIBES www.yorkscribes.co.uk

ADVICE & SUPPORT AGE UK YORK 01904 627995 or visit www.ageukyork.org.uk.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE SOCIETY 01904 567701 or yorkservices@alzheimers. org.uk or www. alzheimers.org.uk.

Ginny Mason 01904 768516

Thea Jacob 01904 634390

STRENSALL BRIDGE CLUB

www.ladiescircle.co.uk/ York.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON KNIT AND NATTER GROUP

John 01904 769618.

YORK MODEL BOAT CLUB

STRENSALL CAKE CLUB 3rd Wed mthly. 7-9.30pm at Durlston Drive Community Centre, off Barley Rise, Strensall

Carol 01904 766691 or Richard 01904 766691 or www.yorkmodelboatclub. co.uk

SAVE A BABY’S LIFE Workshops Held throughout the City.

01904767452

YORK PHILATELIC SOCIETY

BREATHE EASY YORK

STRENSALL DINING GROUP

Richard Billinge 01904 411455 or richard. billinge@btinternet.com or Tony: 01904 411378 or aew6@york.ac.uk or Trevor 01904 764140 or trevorcollins834@ btinternet.com.

CANCER CARE CENTRE

Clare 079800 26690.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON PROBUS CLUB Val Whitcher 01904 761282

HUNTINGTON PETANQUE CLUB Dennis Woodcock 01904 762698 or Sheila on 01904 768849.

HUNTINGTON BRIDGE CLUB Marianne 01904 761892.

HUNTINGTON OVER SIXTIES CLUB Sonia 01904 632782.

NEW EARSWICK BRIDGE CLUB 01904 760639.

01904 490987.

STRENSALL READING GROUP Sarah 01904 490876 or Pam 01904 764518.

STRENSALL STRIDERS Facebook or Email strensallstriders@outlook. com.

WRITERS TOGETHER Betty 01904 701972 or Linda 07484 180696.

YORKSHIRE MINIATURISTS ASSOCIATION Ann 01757 288974 or Elizabeth 01904 795361.

YOUTH CLUBS AT OAKEN GROVE COMMUNITY CENTRE 01904 769176.

Sue 01904 410003 or www.breatheeasyyork. co.uk.

01904 721166.

CITIZEN ADVICE BUREAU 0844 826 9705 or www. yorkcab.org.uk.

EBOR LIFESAVING CLUB Marie 01904425751 or email eborlsc@hotmail. co.uk

HALVES 01904 345870 or email info@arkchurch.co.uk

74 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY YORK BRANCH 01904 758577 or www2. mssociety.org.uk/York

centre.co.uk. 01904 715490 enquiries@ yorkcarers centre.co.uk

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS LOCAL SUPPORT GROUP

YORK CORONARY SUPPORT GROUP TRUST

Ron 01904 679939 or 07715 943406 or mail ron. middlemass@outlook.com

MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP Lesley Ogle 01347 822919 or lesleyandderekogle@ hotmail.com

OAKEN GROVE SURFERS 01904 769176.

OLDER CITIZENS ADVOCACY YORK – OCAY 01904 676200 or ocay@ btconnect.com.

PARKINSONS UK Jayne 0844 2253632 or Kate 01904 758355.

REFLECT 01904 676710 or visit www.reflectyork.co.uk

SAMARITANS OF YORK & DISTRICT 01904 655888 or 08457 909090 or www. samaritans.org.uk.

SHOPMOBILITY IN YORK 01904 679222.

THE ENCEPHALITIS SOCIETY

www.ycsgt.org.uk

YORVIK GATEWAY CLUB. 07593 380973 or www. yorkvikgatewayclub.co.uk

YORK RACIAL EQUALITY NETWORK 01904 642600 or info@ yren.co.uk or www.yren. co.uk

YORK RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS GROUP (YORKRA) Meet on the 2nd Saturday of every month at Priory Street Centre 3-5pm. Visit www.yorkra. org or email susan. blore@btinternet.com or call Susan on 01904 642227

ANIMALS & WILDLIFE HEARING DOGS FOR DEAF PEOPLE 01844 348100 or email info@hearingdogs.org. uk or www.hearingdogs. org.uk.

Admin Line: 01653 692583. Support Line 01653 699599 or mail@ encephalitis.info. or visit www.encephalitis.info

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS YORK LOCAL GROUP

THE WILBERFORCE TRUST

YORKSHIRE MAMMAL GROUP www.yorkshiremammal group.org.uk or join our Facebook page for updates

49 North Moor Road, Huntington, York, YO32 9QN 01904 760037. www. wilberforcetrust.org.uk

YORK AND DISTRICT PAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Gordon 01904 491141 or Jill 01904 708490 or www. ypmsg.co.uk.

01904 639853 or www. rspb.org.uk/groups/York.

RIVER FOSS SOCIETY 01904 766206 or www.riverfosssociety. co.uk

FUNDRAISING BRITISH RED CROSS Linda 01904 692550 or Helen 01904 693027.

FRIENDS OF YORK HOSPITALS. 01904 726762 or email friendsofyorkhospital@york. nhs.uk.

YORK CARERS CENTRE

01904 411821.

Supporting unpaid carers who live, or care for someone who lives, in York. www.yorkcarers

HAXBY AND WIGGINTON YORK IN TRANSITION 01904 760659.

friends@yorktheatreroyal. co.uk.

GENERATION GROOVE COMMUNITY CONCERT BAND Martin Leach 07790 566492 or www. generationgroove.org.uk

HAXBY SINGERS. Bob or Edna on 01904 769136

HEWORTH LADIES CHOIR Sheila 01904 704234 or

RNLI GALTRES FOREST BRANCH Sue Lowe 01904 491133 or antheahirst99@yahoo. com

johnallman189@btinternet. com

HISTORY CITY OF YORK AND DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

TRACK 29 LADIES CLOSE HARMONY CHOIR

TAKE A BOW 01904 769176 or info@ oakengrove.org

Mike: 01904 767013 or www.yorkfamilyhistory. org.uk.

Contact Polly on 01904 424902 or 07467 069476 or email geofft1944@ hotmail.co.uk or Denise on 01904 639126

HAXBY & WIGGINTON LOCAL HISTORY GROUP

STAMFORD BRIDGE SINGERS

Ian 01904 768516.

STRENSALL LOCAL HISTORY GROUP 7.15pm on last Wed of month in Strensall Village Hall.

SHERIFF HUTTON HISTORY GROUP Meg 01347 878 136 or meg.ashbridge@hotmail. co.uk

TANG HALL LOCAL HISTORY GROUP, YORK www.tanghallhistory.com 01904 345942 or emaill tanghallhistory@gmail.com

YORK LIBRARIES 01904 552660.

ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS FIELDS

FRIENDS OF YORK THEATRE ROYAL.

MUSIC & THEATRE CITY OF YORK PIPE BAND

info@ stamfordbridgesingers. co.uk or www. stamfordbridgesingers. co.uk

THE COBWEB ORCHESTRA (YORK GROUP) Wednesday evenings, Steiner School, Fulford Patrick 07733 266792; patrickcburnett@gmail. com http://www. cobweborchestra.org.uk/

THE MONDAY PLAYERS, ESCRICK www.mondayplayers.com

THE SHEPHERD GROUP BRASS BAND Charles 07802 190250.

YORK CONCERT BAND .

Jill 01904 629065.

YORK FAMILY CHOIR

Laura 01904 763243 or John 01423 879519.

www.singingcommunities. co.uk

EUPHONICS LADIES CHOIR.

YORK LIGHT ORCHESTRA 01904 870759 or www. ylo.org.uk.

Val 01904 758285

75 PLAYGROUPS EARWIGS, NEW EARSWICK 01904 552646.

HAXBY PLAYGROUPS 01904 768966 or email manager@ haxbyplaygroups.org.uk or www.haxbyplaygroups. org.uk

LITTLE FISHES Strensall 01904 490683 THE WONDER YEARS 01904 758717 www.the-wonder-years. co.uk

HUNTINGTON PRESCHOOL & TODDLERS Lynne 01904 765017 or enquiries@ huntingtonpreschool. org.uk.

MARYGATE PRESCHOOL 07922 538027. marygatepreschoolyork@ yahoo.com.marygatepre schoolyork.co.uk

ORCHARD PARK PRESCHOOL Sandra 07407 700315 or 01904 626361.

POPPLETON UNDER FIVES www.poppletonunderfives. org.uk or 07530 342716

SHERIFF HUTTON PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP www.sheriff-huttonplaygroup.org or 07717 799646.

SHERIFF HUTTON BABIES AND TODDLERS GROUP. Margaret 01347 878314

SHIPTON PRE-SCHOOL & TODDLERS. 07546 571089.

SINNINGTON PRE SCHOOL Kerry or Suzanne 07799727656.

STOCKTON LANE PLAYGROUP Fiona 07746 806426.

STRENSALL TINY STEPS TODDLER GROUP 01904 442826

STRENSALL STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL

29TH YORK (HUNTINGTON ALL SAINTS) RAINBOWS

Vicki 01904 442826

Stephanie Easton 07875 541520

TREASURE CHEST www.treasurechest.org. uk or helpline:support@ treasurechest.org

UKELELE SOCIETY The Fox Inn, Stockton on the Forest Bring your own ukulele and join fellow enthusiasts. Come and join us every other Wednesday evening at 8 pm.

For more details contact Paul on 400747

YORK FAMILY INFORMATION SERVICE 01904 554628 or text ‘info’ to 07624 802244.

LORD MAYORS OWN SCOUT GROUP

CHRISTCHURCH SCOUT GROUP (STOCKTON LANE)

HAXBY MEMORIAL HALL www.haxbymemorialhall. org or 01904 764358.

STOCKTON ON THE FOREST SCOUT GROUP

HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HALL

Kath Shapcott 01904 421096.

AIR CADETS, EASINGWOLD 2487@aircadets.org

CIVIL SERVICE MOTORING ASSOCIATION (CSMA NOW “BOUNDLESS”)

DUNNINGTON RAINBOWS & BROWNIES Karen Prince 01904 489364.

2ND HAXBY & WIGGINTON SCOUT GROUP Linda Parkinson 01904 769167.

HAXBY MOOR DISTRICT GIRL GUIDING www.girlguiding.org.uk/ interested. Emma Chester 01904 760258 or email chester.emma@btinternet. com

1ST HEWORTH SCOUT GROUP Matthew 07974901386 or www.1st-heworth. org.uk

socialclub.co.uk

Simon Errington 01904 430651

CHRIST CHURCH RAINBOWS, BROWNIES & GUIDES (Stockton Lane)

Brian Prince 01904 489364/07552 353571 or bjprince56@yahoo.co.uk

Fiona 01904 468773.

york@gmail.com. www. lmoscoutsyork.org.uk

SOCIETIES

DUNNINGTON SCOUTS, CUBS & BEAVERS

FOSTON & THORNTON LE CLAY VILLAGE HALL HAXBY SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB 01904 768300 www. haxbysportsand

Dave Petty 01904 761206.

Email: lordmayorsown.

SCOUTS & GUIDES

Contact Anne Tong 01904 425046

VILLAGE HALL HIRE

Open to all civil and public servants. Contact 01757 706981 or email janice.st@ tesco.net www.boundless. co.uk

HAXBY & WIGGINTON U3A Dorothy 01904 767392

MINSTER LIONS CLUB OF YORK Tel: 0845 833 9578. Email: info@minster-lions.org.uk

STRENSALL & HUNTINGTON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

01904 760044.

OAKEN GROVE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Catherine or Ellie 01904 769176.

ORCHARD PARK RECREATION & COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION www.orchardpark.org.uk e-mail: info@orchardpark. org.uk Bookings tel: 07759 126680

POPPLETON ROAD MEMORIAL HALL www.poppletonroadhall. org.uk. or 786008

SAND HUTTON AND CLAXTON VILLAGE HALL 01904 468001

SHERIFF HUTTON VILLAGE HALL Steph 07913 409 689 or email villagehall@ sheriffhutton.co.uk

Dorothea Scarlett 01904 761198

SHIPTON COMMUNITY CENTRE

WHITE ROSE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION

or 01904 470586.

Peter West 01765 640409 email: peterwest33@ yahoo.co.uk.

WIGGINTON & HAXBY OVER SIXTIES Margaret 01904 760625

WIGGINTON & HAXBY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Angela Bailey 01904 763229. wiggihaxbywi. wordpress.com

www.facebook.com/ ShiptonByBeningbrough SKELTON VILLAGE HALL www.skeltonvillagehall. co.uk. Bookings Secretary on 01904 470564

STOCKTON-ON-THEFOREST VILLAGE HALL For all enquiries and bookings please contact Jill Hawkins on tel (01904) 400442

76 STRENSALL AND TOWTHORPE VILLAGE HALL

HAXBY TOWN JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB

PARTNERSHIP GYMNASTICS CLUB

strensallvillagehall. co.uk Email strensallhallbookings@ yahoo.co.uk , or call Charlotte on 07562 398777.

Neil 01904 761908.

Ruth 07886926420

STRENSALL THURSDAY EVENING BADMINTON CLUB

HEWORTH TENNIS CLUB

POPPLETON BADMINTON CLUB

Stephen Marshall 01904 490440 or stephen. marshall2@homecall.co.uk

THE BOARD SCHOOL HUNTINGTON MEETING CENTRE 01904 760246 or 760044 or maureen@ huntingtoncentre.plus.com

THE OLD SCHOOL, WIGGINTON John and Wendy Jeffery 01904 760764 or email: clerk@ wiggintonparishcouncil. org.uk.

WALKING GROUPS 2ND SUNDAY RAMBLING CLUB Helen 01904 782891 or Hazel 01904 760897.

WIGBY WALKERS Joyce 01904 762605 or Sheila 01904 692519

YORK RAMBLERS www.yorkramblers.org.uk or eastyorkshireramblers. org.uk

SPORTS CLUBS CAPOEIRA IN YORK John Jobling on john@ciyc. org.uk or 07962963406

FUN SQUASH Dunnington. 5-8 years.

Gary on 07739 808698 or email gs.crossland@ btinternet.com

DUNNINGTON SPORTS CLUB - TABLE TENNIS Tuesday evenings, 7.30 - 10pm. Angie 07919 577522 or Ron 01904 489046

HAXBY SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB Ian 07909 991541or www. haxbykarate.co.uk or info@ haxbykarate.co.uk.

www.heworthtennisclub. co.uk or email info@ heworthtennisclub.co.uk

HUNTINGTON TUESDAY MIXED BADMINTON CLUB Pauline Thompson 01904 653327

HUNTINGTON JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB Karl 07896 674299 or gafbr@rocketmail.com.

Jason 07714471271

HUNTINGTON SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB PETANQUE CLUB Kevin on 768381 or Sheila on 768849

NEW EARSWICK CRICKET CLUB Paul 07533655470 or paul.stimpson3@ btinternet.com or Matt 07885282937 or matty_ noble@hotmail. co.uk

HAXBY NETBALL CLUB Hannah on 07811 428731 HUNTINGTON MILLERS NETBALL CLUB Pam 07547 095 603 or junior section, Audrey Smith 01904 761641.

NEW EARSWICK INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Bowling Coaching Sessions. Every Friday Evening

Caroline Steel 01904 787191 or carosteel@ hotmail.co.uk

SANDBURN HALL BADMINTON CLUB. Stephen Marshall 01904 490440.

SHERIFF HUTTON BOWLS CLUB Jill Johnson 01347878545.

Email: jilljohnson878@ yahoo.co.uk or Roy Thompson 01347878644 email: thompsonroy5@ gmail.com

STRENSALL COMMUNITY YOUTH AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION 07951 920308 or strensallsa@tesco.net.

STRENSALL FOOTBALL CLUB. Clare Inkster 07932 392231

STRENSALL LAWN BOWLING CLUB Jenny 01904 491010

STRENSALL SHORT MAT INDOOR BOWLS Jackie 01904 492993

WIGGINTON & HAXBY TABLE TENNIS wiggintonhaxbytable tennis.co.uk

WIGGINTON BOWLING CLUB For enquiries, please contact Norma 01904765095 or email normacdavies@icloud.com

WIGGINTON GRASSHOPPERS Richard 07814 266987

YORK HOTSHOTS CHEERLEADING CLUB Anna 07507638804 or e-mail yorkhotshots@ hotmail.co.uk

YORK ROULEURS www.yorkrouleurs.co.uk or email yorkrouleurs@ gmail.com

YORK TENNIS CLUB Clifton Park. www. yorktennisclub.net or John Moore on 07896636173

STRENSALL AND TOWTHORPE LAWN TENNIS CLUB Ross Welsh strensalltennis@gmail.com

6.30 – 8pm Tel: 750230.

All new bowlers welcome

NEW EARSWICK TENNIS CLUB Joanne 07835 948593 HUNTINGTON MILLERS NETBALL CLUB Audrey Smith 01904 761641 / 07936 746 439 / 07547 095 603

TORASHIN KARATE CLUB Ian on 01904 490753 or ian.torashin@gmail.com www.torashin.co.uk

Our next deadline:

Friday 1st December For our January edition!

Telephone: 01653 690859

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX AERIALS & AUDIOVISUAL

COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Aerial Services.....................8 BLTV Aerials......................10

Computer Troubleshooters..50 NYCOM Ltd.......................64

JG Fielder & Son................52

ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

COUNSELLING

AP Design Services............64 Prospect Design.................60

Sarah Douglas Yoga...........53

ATTRACTIONS & EVENTS Burton Agnes Hall..............55 Castle Howard...................37 Haxby Sports & Social Club ........................................39 Hovingham Village Market..43 Yorkshire Arboretum...........51

CYCLING R Yates & Sons..................19 DENTISTS Howardian Dental Practice.. 36

FURNITURE & INTERIORS Classic Upholstery..............52 HCI Trading........................54 Interiors at Nine to Eleven...15 GARAGE DOORS & REPAIRS Hobman Garage Doors.......70 Premier Garage Doors........63 VSF Ltd ..............................9

DENTURES

GARDENING

Smile Denture Clinics.........35

AA Blinds..........................10 Artura Blinds......................61 Blind Image.......................14

Judge Electrical.................32

Astek Landscapes..............69 Colourfence York................67 Linear Fencing...................66 Oakwood Landscaping.......68 On The Fence....................66 R Verity Plant Hire .............69 Sharps World of Wood........68 Vertigrow...........................51 York Gardens Ltd...............65 York Landscapes Ltd..........68

BUILDERS

ESTATE AGENTS

GRAPHIC DESIGN

ALH Builders......................20 D Barker Building & Joinery ........................................64 Minster Roofing.................21

Hudson Moody...................80

Abell Design......................53

FASHION & CLOTHING

HAIRDRESSERS

R Yates & Sons....................7

Vision Hair & Beauty...........34

CARE

FENCING & SHEDS

HEALTH, BEAUTY & FITNESS

Barchester Healthcare........17

Colourfence York................67 Linear Fencing...................66 On The Fence....................66 Sharps World of Wood........68 York Landscapes................68

Sarah Douglas...................53 Stephanie Hackett Foot Health Professional............52 Vision Hair & Beauty...........34

BATHROOMS

DRAINAGE

Monks Cross Tiles & Bathrooms...........................8

Easaway Environmental .....70

BLINDS

CARPET CLEANING Clifton Carpet Cleaning.......20 Future Carpet Cleaning Services............................48 CARPETS AND FLOORING Acomb Flooring Company .. 22 CARS & SERVICING Autoservices York ..............63 DSR Cleaning....................64 Paint X..............................63 CHRISTMAS TREES & DECORATIONS Interiors at Nine to Eleven...15 Vertigrow...........................51

DRIVEWAYS ResinDrives.co.uk..............79 ELECTRICIANS

FINANCES IP Wealth Management......47 FIREPLACES & STOVES Focus Fireplaces................11

HEATING Power Heating...................33 JOINERY JW Joinery..........................6 Norton Joinery Ltd.............61

FOOD & DRINK

KITCHENS & BEDROOMS

Beechwood Close Hotel......53 The Fairfax Arms................13

Calladene’s Interiors.............8 Dream Doors.....................23 Instyle Kitchens & Bedroom Facelifts............................57 Instyle Kitchens & Bedrooms .........................................3

FUEL Dalby Firewood..................23

Kitchen Revive...................59 Moonlight Bedrooms..........45 MARKETS Hovingham Village Market..43 MOBILITY MV Mobility.......................50 OPTICIANS Haxby Opticians.................42 PAINTERS & DECORATORS AAA Decorators.................64 Dave Kavanagh Painting & Decorating.........................64 SP Essex Painting & Decorating.........................48 PEST CONTROL York Environmental Services ........................................60 PLANT HIRE R Verity plant hire...............69 PLUMBING & HEATING DJC Plumbing, Heating & Gas Engineers..........................61 Gas Servicing by Gemma...64 GW Plumbing......................2 Haxby Plumbing & Heating.60 HC Engineering..................26 Kenson Gas and Plumbing....5 Plumbing by Taylor.............64 The Direct Boiler Company ........................................22 TJS Plumbing Services.......32 TP Plumbing........................6 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Joinery and Property Services. ........................................64 JW Joinery..........................6 RMB Building Maintenance.61 Yorkshire Home & Property Services............................32 Yorkshire Loft Ladders........29 RENEWABLE ENERGY Peak Power Systems..........57

78 ROOFING & GUTTERING

TREE SURGEONS

Able Roofing......................64 DT Guttering & Roofing Services............................64 Minster Roofing.................21 Roofguard.........................32 Taylor & Sons Roofing Contractors........................70 Wetheralds Roof Systems...27

DRL Tree Services..............65 Tree & Woodland Services ........................................65 Yorkshire Tree Surgeons.....65

SOFT FURNISHING

UPHOLSTERY Classic Upholstery .............52 VETS

Classic Upholstery .............52 Interiors at Nine to Eleven...15

Battle Flatts Veterinary Clinic... ........................................72 Station House Vets.............71

SOLICITORS

VIDEO & AUDIO SERVICES

Mitchells Solicitors.............34

In Camera Productions ........................................54

TILES Continental Tile Studio........22 Direct Tile Importers...........20 Monks Cross Tiles & Bathrooms...........................8 TRAVEL Conexo Travel....................31

PUZZLE ANSWERS

PICTOGRAMS 1. No End In Sight 2. Beans On Toast 3. Part Of The Furniture

WINDOWS, DOORS & CONSERVATORIES Instyle Windows ................25 Norton Joinery...................61 Wetheralds Roof Systems...27 Window Distribution...........59 YO1 UPVC & Aluminium Solutions.............................6 Yorkshire Windows.............33

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