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With the excitement of the New Year long gone and resolutions maybe not working out as they were intended, February can be the hardest month. Indeed, February is rich in excuses and temptation, with the nights still long, dark and damp making any and every evening in front of a warm fire, eating comfort food with woolly socks on so much easier. I often wonder on those brave people battling against all weathers, cycling or running up and down the Wolds about our village, and question why and marvel at their motivation!

As with many I guess after the festive excesses, health and fitness are on my mind. I confess that the best I can usually do is some more vigorous dog walking and a deep dedication to never taking up jogging or wearing lycra. Walking the dogs is not a lot, and it would never impress the lycra-set, but small changes in what we do make a difference, and the hills of the Wolds become that little bit less challenging with some moderate application. And of course the dogs are super appreciative of an extra or longer walk. Not that they are in anyway understanding the motivation for my increased foot rate and erratic breathing along otherwise tranquil country lanes. Then there is always that rowing machine at home that my other half bought ‘the family’ last year – hmmm!

So thoughtful!February is very much a month that can be seen as a pint glass half empty, but with the bulbs emerging and early flowers already out, spring is on the way and the year is still young enough to kick start any lagging conviction.

Luckily, as always, we at the Handy Mag are on-hand with lots of local businesses and events in this month’s magazine at the ready to motivate and lessen the pain in making the year happen for you! Community events really get going this month after a short lull in January so have a look through our events listings as there is something for everyone.

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ith the JORVIK Viking Festival’s 2014 theme exploring Ragnarok – the Viking apocalypse – organisers of the annual event in February 2015 will continue the story with the two survivors and an epic reboot of the original Norse legends, played out against the backdrop of historic York.

“According to Norse mythology, time and the universe is cyclical, so even though we celebrated the end of the world with our Ragnarok theme last year, the whole cycle of life starts again for this year’s Festival with the two survivors of the apocalypse - Lif and Lifthrasir.

Our storyline will take them right back to the origins of Norse mythology to revisit the oldest legends – including the first ever battle of the Norse gods!” explains festival director, Danielle Daglan.

“Our 2014 Festival brought more visitors to York than ever before, so we are working hard to create an engaging theme for 2015 that will bring them back to the city!”

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This year’s festival opens on February 14 – Valentine’s Day – so the story of the two human survivors of Ragnorok will run throughout the event, picking up some more familiar characters from Norse mythology along the way. Exploring the romance of the characters, members of the public are invited to join their wedding celebrations on the evening of Saturday 14 February in a Viking banquet at the Merchant Taylor’s Hall. With Viking guests including errant bridesmaids, a rather opinionated mother-of-thebride and her unruly husband, and an outspoken best man, it will be clear why axes, shields and helmets might be required alongside the traditional wedding fare!

Combat themed activities continue throughout the week, with a legendary combat arena within York’s Guildhall recreating some of the infamous battles between fire and ice giants, a retelling of the rise of Odin as the greatest god of all, and the annual search for Jorvik’s strongest Viking, this year guestjudged by the city’s contemporary Mr Universe and owner of Ebor Fitness, Stuart Garrington.

Other highlights will include: • Literary events with talks and readings from authors including Jeremy Strong and Paul Atherton • Folk Festival at Barley Hall, with artists including Ruth Keggin and Ray Cooper • Poo Day! At Barley Hall (17 February), when younger visitors will explore how poo is one of the most exciting things

for an archaeologist to find, including making their own replica historic poo • Beowulf by Candlelight in St Helen’s Church – an atmospheric retelling of the classic myth by Peter Carrington-Porter – a sell-out which received rave reviews in the 2014 Festival.

The grand finale event of the 2015 JORVIK Viking Festival, taking place on Saturday 21st February, sees a return to the Eye of York for a sound-and-light spectacular packed with drama and excitement. Keeping the ‘Brave New World’ theme, the event will restore the mythical timeline to the origins of Norse legend, when the spirits are awakened and the worlds are created, culminating with the first ever battle that changed Norse culture forever!

Alongside the spectacular events featuring costumed re-enactors, experts in Viking archaeology from around the world will deliver a series of lectures and talks throughout the Festival, including Dr Soren Sindbaek and Dr Nanna Holm from Denmark with a fascinating insight into the discovery in September 2014 of a Viking age ring fortress from the reign of King Harald Bluetooth.

The full Festival programme is now available to view online at www. jorvik-viking-festival.co.uk, where you can also book tickets for paidfor events, talks and concerts.

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EMILY...

ON ROADS Being a learner driver is tough.

Like many people do, when I got behind the wheel of a car I expected to be able to drive immediately. Having grown up with both of my parents driving me everywhere, I naively thought that I had almost subconsciously picked up the ability and that my lessons would simply be a refinement of my ‘skills’.

My presumptions could not have been further from the truth. Five minutes into my first lesson, I stalled. Then, I stalled again. After two horrible minutes of me sitting in the middle of the road in a car that seemingly would not start, I had to swap seats with my instructor just so we could get going again. I had a lot to learn.

Firstly, there is the cost of lessons. There was a time where learning to drive was a rite of passage, with teenagers starting to work towards their licence straight after their 17th birthday. In the news recently, a report claimed that the cost of getting a learner road ready, including insurance and a car, comes to a whopping £5000! This cost came as a shock to my Dad, who when he takes me out driving insists his teaching methods are better anyway.

Typical!

As our family car is a people carrier, my Dad instead takes me out in his van. Compared to this, my instructor’s car feels like a luxury to drive, with the absence of rattling tools and a stiff gear stick!

There are many things that no amount of teaching can prepare you for. Driving in the dark terrified me at first, winding unlit country roads posing just as much of a hazard to learners in rural areas as things like traffic and busy junctions in big cities. This is only heightened in the winter months, when the weather adds to the dangerous road conditions.

With all these things combined, I have only recently realised that learning to drive does not end at passing your test. Driving is about gaining experiences and applying things you have learnt already to different scenarios. As my practical exam comes ever nearer, I look forward to finally being able to take to the road independently as a fully qualified driver. Hopefully this time in my own little car, and not my Dad’s rattling old van!

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WHO DO YOU CALL? There is often some confusion as to which organisation you should call or even in some cases which phone number you should use to contact them. With the availability of email, Twitter and other social media sites now there are also other ways to contact people without even using a telephone.

Everybody knows that to contact the Police or another Emergency Service that 999 is the emergency number. Despite numerous appeals to the public to only use this number in the case of an emergency it is still used on a number of calls that are far from an emergency. We would never discourage people from using the 999 service but would just stress that it is for emergencies only. If you genuinely believe that you need the Police with you immediately then this is the number to call but please use an alternative if your call is not urgent.

The non emergency number for the Police is 101. This number will offer you several options and the option to report an incident will put you through to the same Control Room as a 999 call. The only difference between the two numbers is that you may have a short wait for your call to be answered when using 101.

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The Committee want to express their thanks to all who have contributed and supported our fund raising activities. More than £40,000 has been raised in the first 12 months towards our £66,000 target and this has given us sufficient funds to complete Phase 1 with a small surplus going towards the next 2 phases.

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COUPLING Roses are red and violets are blue, most poems rhyme… but they say marriage is the end of romance, so this one doesn’t. We’ve put together a collection of books for the big V-Day celebrations that focus on what happens after you and your love have been together for a while. Is there really such a thing as ‘happily ever after’? Or this this the beginning of the end?

A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon

The secrets, hopes and disappointments of our ordinary lives come into question in Haddon’s great novel about one family and the couples within it.

George and Jean have been married for decades, but their daughter Katie, divorced, is now getting remarried, to someone who has ‘strangler’s hands’, according to her brother. Jean’s trying to keep her affair under wraps and George has discovered a strange lump or lesion and decides he’s definitely on his last legs. It’s all a bit of a pickle really and a highly amusing game of who’ll end up with whom.

Couples - John Updike

It’s a bit naughty, this one. But it’s a classic, so you can’t be frowned upon for reading it! It focuses on the promiscuous lives of ten couples living in a small Massachusetts town during the 1960s and reading it is like stepping back into the decade of free love and experimentation. It’s full of historic references and mixes fact and fiction incredibly well. The group of married, fairly well-off thirty-something year old couples are taking full advantage of new methods of contraception and more liberal attitudes. Updike’s novel questions whether it’s a new utopian society, or whether they’re actually in a hell of their own making.

Us - David Nicholls

Women marry men thinking they can change them; men marry women hoping they’ll never change.

Douglas would be quite happy to grow old and die together, but for Connie, that sentiment means their relationship is already dead in the water. She announces she’s going to pack her bags and leave him, but is persuaded by Douglas to make one final trip together. He’s got a master plan to reignite the spark and is pinning everything on this one holiday.

Sounds like a fool-proof plan…

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her. Her husband’s asked her if they can have an open marriage and it doesn’t go down all that well.

When he leaves, she is left questioning her own belief system and what it means to be dignified and respectable. On the work front she’s tackling the case of a teenage boy whose parents won’t permit a medical procedure that could save his life, because of their religious beliefs. She’s struggling to get a grip while her world falls apart around her and it’s truly compelling writing as she battles in the courtroom and on the home front.

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When you’ve been around the block and back again, several thousand times, perhaps it’s time to move on. Annie’s been playing it safe and settling for Duncan and now she’s getting restless for some of that dramatic love she’s always dreamed of; the kind that sweeps you off your feet. The only trouble is she’s more likely to end up blown off her feet in the windswept Northern town of Gooleness. Does the excitement she craves lie with the American rock star who emails her… or does she need to look elsewhere?

The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion

Ok, so here’s a last one that’s been thrown in because we think it’s absolutely marvellous and because it features 39 year old Don Tillman’s ‘Wife Project’: the most scientific approach to finding a missus that you’re ever likely to come across. If you thought eHarmony asked a lot of questions, wait until you fill in Don’s questionnaire. He’s tall, dark and handsome, but he also seems to have undiagnosed Asperger’s Syndrome. This professor of genetics hasn’t found his ‘other half’ and so devises a series of questions designed to filter out the undesirables.

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ork has a complex and diverse history, from the Roman walls that surround the city, to the Norman fortress of Clifford’s Tower. Yet it was the Viking’s who left their mark most notably on our landscape. Over 1,000 years Jorvik, as it was then known, was ruled by the Viking. Yet there was little evidence of this time until the Coppergate excavation began in 1979. York Archaeological Trust spent two years uncovering over 300,000 artefacts, providing us with our modern knowledge of Viking-age York.

It is no surprise then, with York being the City of Festivals, that each year we throw a special event to revel in our Viking history. During February the JORVIK Viking Festival transforms our streets into bustling centres for helmet-clad warriors.

This year, the annual event will take place between 14th and 22nd February and will be the perfect celebration of our rich heritage. Last year over 40,000 people took part in the weeklong festivities, as the event celebrated its 30th year.

The festival focused on Ragnarok, or ‘Dooms Day of the Gods’, which accordingly to Norse mythology welcomed the world to be re-born in its aftermath.

So, it seems appropriate that this year’s celebration is entitled ‘Brave New Viking World.’

The festival will comprise of family events like treasure hunts and Viking longboat making, as well as live performances and street parades, all with a theme of rebirth, just in time for spring!

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A BETTER LIFE MAKE DO AND SPEND

by Derek Thompson Derek Thompson is a writer and humourist based in the West Country. His writing blog can be found at www.alongthewritelines.blogspot.com and he is also a regular at www.strictlywriting.blogspot.com

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ebruary isn’t quite spring, but there’s still plenty to celebrate because our local National Trust gardens are once again open for business. Forget the telly and the Internet, when you really want to get inspired

by Nature you need to be out there amongst it.

Obviously, you also need to be dressed for the part, which was how Wellygate came about.

For those of a more rural disposition, wellies are a way of life. We pop to the shops in ours – you learn a lot about customer service by the reception your footwear receives. This time of year people are generally forgiving, unlike Anne’s wellies.

When she noticed a split along one boot, she wasn’t unduly concerned; she even took my suggestion of a bicycle repair kit well. She improvised for a while with a plastic bag (a tad sweaty, I gather) and finally, accepting that 10 years is a good innings for boots, we checked for replacements online. The same brand (no names no pack drill) is now manufactured overseas – a sign of the times and, apparently, terrible customer reviews. I was delighted though because this gave us more reason to repair them, apart from my fondness for saving money.

We went into town for some sealant and on the way back we detoured to the National Trust, where I gallantly lent Anne my wellies and trusted to my weatherproof boots.

The sight of a few daffs, a smattering of cyclamen and a good show of snowdrops will gladden the heart of any gardener; it’s as if Nature is whispering that spring is definitely on its way, meantime here’s something to tide you over. Our walk completed, we bought some discounted cyclamen and retired

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to the tearoom, where I discovered my supposedly weatherproof boots had come out in sympathy.

Luckily for us, we’d bought a large tube of sealant.

Back home, we learned that a couple were moving out of their rented cottage soon – something to do with the landlord, upcountry, ringing in the changes (and the till). This was sad news indeed, as we’d bartered with them several times and our battered aluminium greenhouse was enjoying a new lease of life there. They grew the best rhubarb and, thanks to them, I saw my first tayberry in their garden.

Villagers had been invited to pop up the following day if they wanted any cuttings and seeds, or to buy some of their stock. Next morning at 10 o’clock sharp we trundled up the lane (there are no proper roads), Anne carrying a tin of home baked scones. As we rounded the bend we joined a trail of neighbours who had all decided to put in an appearance – an event somewhere between community spirit and plant envy, with a whiff of the Boxing Day sales about it. There were people already milling about in the garden, secateurs and plastic bags in hand.

Anne delivered the scones, while I went on a plant hunt worthy of the Bolithos. February is not the ideal time to take cuttings, and I’m not sure I agree with one neighbour’s advice of, “If in doubt, plant out,” but I’m delighted to have 10 rosemary cuttings in the house. Thanks to the cineole compound in our Rosmarinus officinalis, and along with our new rhubarb plant, what better way to remember your neighbours?

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE HANDY MAG READERS FROM ALL OF THE CATS AT YORK CATS PROTECTION ADOPTION CENTRE! As always the last few weeks of the year have been a bit of a blur and many of our residents have bagged themselves new homes for the New Year and are now looking forward to starting their new lives.

people don’t want to take on a new cat. Sadly Florence also has kidney disease which, despite being relatively easy to treat with a special diet, means even less people are interested in adopting her.

Of course not all the cats in our care have been so lucky and we still have some lonely cats desperately seeking loving new homes to call their own. One such cat is a lovely older lady called Florence. Florence was brought in because she wasn’t happy in her previous home, where she had to share her space with 2 other cats. Cats are not a social species and generally prefer to be the only cat in a household, and Florence in particular was feeling decidedly stressed being in such close proximately to other cats.

Poor old Florence! On the positive side senior cats like Florence do make wonderful companion animals – they tend to enjoy staying indoors more often, perhaps sharing your favourite armchair, or even your lap if you’re lucky! We think Florence will bring a huge ray of sunshine into someone’s life, so please consider adopting a super older lady if you are looking for new cat for the New Year.

Luckily Flo is not quite so bothered by us human folk and she loves nothing more than some quiet one to one time with people. She enjoys being fussed and has a lovely gentle purr, almost inaudible, but it’s definitely there! At 10 years old Florence is unfortunately now in an age bracket where many

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TRAVEL

By Solange Hando

The Spirit of Bagan - Myanmar where tourists gather, the wilderness is yours, shared only with unruly goats, oxcarts and horsedrawn carriages. Ruined or restored, ancient structures pop up wherever you look, here a lonely pagoda, there a cluster of spires fiery red in the midday heat, a crumbling tower where creepers cling to the walls, a forgotten temple where children play in the sand. The best way to explore is to walk, hop on a cart or hire a bicycle, though this is likely to get stuck in the sand from time to time.

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n a bend of the Irrawaddy river in Upper Burma, over 2000 pagodas and temples glow on the red plains of Bagan. Only thorn bushes and a handful of palms grow on the desert sand but across the river, the Rakhine mountains look down from afar on the world’s highest concentration of Buddhist heritage.

From the 9th to the 13th centuries, Pagan - as it was called - was the prosperous capital of a new kingdom, uniting the regions which form the basis of modern Myanmar. They say that 55 kings reigned in Pagan, a city reputed for its religious and academic studies and a place of pilgrimage where donations from devotees financed thousands of religious buildings from monasteries to stupas (pagodas) and temples.

Representing the Buddhist cosmos, stupas were designed as relic chambers graced by ornate brick pediments, often guarded by ogre statues and later developing into bell-shaped pagodas.

On the other hand, temples were used for prayer and meditation and characterised by pointed arches and vaulted chambers. The 11th century technique proved so strong that early temples survived the massive 1975 earthquake, unlike later structures when the know-how had been lost.

Weakened by Mongol invasions, Pagan’s golden age came to an end in 1287 when a new kingdom was created. Yet, the city remained a popular pilgrimage and temples continued to be built to express devotion.

But beyond the abandoned ruins, two temples embellished through the ages attract pilgrims as they have done for centuries. The splendid Shwezigon pagoda defies imagination. Today it is covered in gold leaf, its finely sculpted terraces topped by a dazzling dome.

At the other end of town, near the city wall, the Ananda Temple boasts precious wall paintings and carvings and a revered Buddha image whose smiling face appears to change as you approach.

There is little doubt that Bagan’s vast heritage is unrivalled, even by the crowded Angkor Wat, yet the site has not yet achieved UNESCO status.

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GARDENING Preparing for Warmer Weather By Pippa Greenwood Start by clearing up any remaining fallen leaves, broken twigs. Twigs and woody debris are best binned or burned or perhaps even heaped up in the corner of the garden to act as a sheltering spot for wildlife, but fallen leaves, and the top growth of herbaceous perennials, can be added to the compost heap.

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Use a stiff brush to clear off surface debris from your terrace or patio and then once it is clear, if it still looks in need of a bit of a facelift, use the stiff brush or yard broom to scrub it over thoroughly. Provided freezing weather is not forecast, wash it over with a few buckets of water.

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MOBILE MOTORING MADNESS

By James Baggott, editor of Car Dealer Magazine (CarDealerMagazine.co.uk) You can spot them easily, like rule-breaking beacons. With music streaming services like Spotify working through car audio systems, social media streams constantly pinging away with notifications, not to mention text messages and emails, the temptation to not touch the phone is too hard for most to resist.

Can you honestly say that you’ve never touched your phone while driving? I can’t.

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>> or emailing too and 42 per cent admitted to doing it themselves.

The official advice is to turn it off, but the problem with that is phones have become intrinsically linked to our cars. Most modern models offer Bluetooth connectivity that lets you take calls at the wheel, stream music from your handset, while some even let you access the web from the car using your phone’s signal.

While I can’t deny all these features are handy, could it be the case that car manufacturers are sending out the wrong message? Are they condoning the use of a mobile phone behind the wheel by implementing all this technology?

A report from Canada found drivers talking on handsfree devices were ‘far more likely to make errors on the road’.

And, come on, admit it, when you’re having a conversation on

handsfree are you REALLY paying attention properly?

I contacted the Association of Chief Police Officers to ask them what would happen to a driver who had an accident while talking, perfectly legally, on a handsfree kit. A spokesman said the likelihood was that the driver would be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention or, in more extreme cases, for dangerous driving.

And it’s already happened. One case in 2008 involved lorry driver Mervyn Richmond, 49, who had been talking to his mother for 23 minutes using Bluetooth in his cab when he ran into back of a Transit van, killing its passenger.

He was jailed for four-and-a-half years for dangerous driving.

Roger Vincent, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, told The Daily Mail at the time: ‘When you are using

any mobile while driving you are four times more likely to have an accident.’ FOUR times.

So here’s my idea. I think it’s time for a manufacturer to introduce a device that stops your phone working when the engine is on.

A sort of enforced airplane mode that means no calls, texts, emails or data can be received, but music can still be played if it’s plugged in. It would take a brave manufacturer to make the move, but marketed correctly it could be a winner.

With mobile phone use behind the wheel increasing, despite the threats of points and fines, now has to be the time to take drastic measures. But is there a car maker brave enough to make the move first? Who knows…

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FLAXTON GARDENING CLUB

Tablet Sessions

Third Monday of the month 10am - 12 noon. Try out a tablet or e-reader.

members of York Against Cancer.

Please note that unfortunately there is no disabled w.c

Explore Haxby Library Learning Centre, Station Road, Haxby, York, YO32 3LT. Tel : 01904 552660, haxby@exploreyork.org.uk

For further information contact Jim Whitehead on 07919 22 88 25 or email saltyseadog2984u@hotmail. com

16 FEBRUARY Meeting

Tony Harding - The Spirit of Japanese Gardens. Tony will explain the ethos, history and horticultural differences of Japanese gardening. Indoor meetings are held in Flaxton Village Hall and commence at 7.30 pm. Visitors are always welcome.

Entry charge at the door (£1 for members and £3 for nonmembers)) There is a small raffle at every indoor meeting.

CAFE NELLI 4, 11, 18, 25 FEBRUARY

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

HAXBY LIBRARY 5 FEBRUARY Harry Potter Night at the Library

4pm-6pm. For ages 6-12. Pop in or phone for details on 01904 552660 .Ticket only, available from the library for £2.

REGULAR EVENTS Coffee Morning

First Monday of the month 11am - 12.30 midday

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU EVERY FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY MORNING

Sessions at the Old School, Mill Lane, Wigginton. Appointments are not necessary.

YORK CHARITY MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION 21 - 22 FEBRUARY Organised by The EBOR Group of Railway Modellers, York.

Held at The Memorial Hall, Melrosegate, Heworth YO31 0RL. Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 10am-4pm Adults £3, Children £1 Featuring 10 layouts of various gauges, including model layouts of local railways, children’s model railway, trade stands.

Demonstration - ‘Painting 1-76 Figures for your Model Railway’. Tombola.

Refreshments provided by

SHERIFF HUTTON JUMBLIES 21 FEBRUARY Jumble Sale

At Sheriff Hutton Village Hall starting at 2pm. In aid of Sheriff Hutton School PTFA

COFFEE ON THE GREEN, POPPLETON 28 FEBRUARY

10am- Noon in Poppleton Methodist church hall. Serving fairtrade teas, coffees, hot chocolate, juices and homemade freshly baked cakes and scones.

Raising money for the Tear fund in Kenya

N.E.L.L.I VISION 13 FEBRUARY Community Cinema‘Special Valentine Event - Mama Mia’ 7.30pm at New Earswick Folk Hall. There will be greek nibbles and optional dancing! Contact The Folk Hall 01904 769621

Do you run a local club? Do you have an event in March or April?

for further details and to book tickets for the film.

contact Anne Parkinson 01904 760037 or email a.parkinson@ wilberforcetrust.org.uk

YORK RESIDENTS FESTIVAL 31 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY

WILBERFORCE TRUST 18 FEBRUARY ‘VI Cafe and Catch-Up’ for Adults with Sight Loss

Meet other people with sight loss for coffee and cake in a friendly informal setting.

Information and advice about sight loss services will be available to help you. Drop-In anytime between 10am – noon Coffee, tea, cake available for a small donation. At the Conference Room, Wilberforce Trust HQ, Huntington, York For further information please

Annual event organised by Visit York, the city’s official tourism organisation, as a thank you to the residents of York for the warm welcome they give to York’s 7 million annual visitors and the support they show for the city’s tourism industry.

Residents can gain free and discounted entry to many of the city’s attractions and exhibitions as well as enjoying special rates at some superb restaurants and shops.

For more details telephone 01904 550099 or email yorkevents@visityork.org oe visit www.visityork.org

Join us for any or all of our February walks.

4 FEBRUARY

10.30am. 10 miles circular .

Starts at Pickering roundabout car park.

4 FEBRUARY

10.30am. 7 miles circular.

Starts at Saxton Church

7 FEBRUARY

10.20am.10 miles linear.

Terrington to Strensall.

Public transport (Catch Stephensons bus 9.10

14 - 22 FEBRUARY Half Term Activities

Paddington Bear™ will be here for the February half term so grab your duffle coat and marmalade sandwiches and join us for lots of family fun. You’ll have the chance to meet him at various times throughout the day and dress up like the bear himself. There’ll also be lots of other fun activities taking place including steam rides*, science shows, hands on activities* and more.

Free entry but a small charge applies for some items.

NRM York, Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ. For general enquires please telephone 08448 153139

from Station Ave; 9.23 from Stonebow)

at Ampleforth

10 FEBRUARY

10.30am. 8 miles circular.

Starts at Sinnington Green

10.30am. 8 miles circular. Starts at Wass Village Hall car park

YORK RAMBLERS

NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

11 FEBRUARY

24 FEBRUARY

25 FEBRUARY

10.30am. 10 miles circular.

Starts at Hutton le Hole car park

10.30am. 11 miles circular.

Starts at Cliffe sports field car park

11 FEBRUARY

25 FEBRUARY

18 FEBRUARY

28 FEBRUARY

10.30am. 7 miles circular. Starts at Spofforth Cricket ground 10.30am. 11 miles circular.

Starts at Warter car park near school

18 FEBRUARY

10.30am. 10 miles circular.

Starts at Ripley car park

18 FEBRUARY

10.30am. 7 miles circular. Starts

10.30am. 7 miles circular.

Starts at Yearsley 9.45am. 8 miles linear.

Harrogate to Pannal.

Public transport. (Catch 9.11 Northern Train from York to Harrogate)

Further details on yorkramblers.org.uk or eastyorkshirerambers. org.uk.

Please send in your event by email to nicky@thehandymag.co.uk before Tuesday 3rd February

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JOSEPH ROWNTREE THEATRE Haxby Road, York, YO31 8TA www.jrtheatre.co.uk 6 - 7 FEBRUARY Cinderella

Cinderella ballet with a Charleston twist in Jazz & Tap Patricia Veale School of Dance.

An enchanting show for young children and all ages.

14 FEBRUARY Trip The Light - YSJ Dance Competition

groomed for Oxbridge.

Hector, the eccentric English master, teaches the boys poetry that he hopes will prepare them for the ‘long littleness of life’.

But the league-table-obsessed Headmaster is not willing to leave them in Hector’s hands alone, and to complement him and the much put-upon history teacher Mrs Lintott, the Head employs Mr Irwin, a young teacher with a unique view on history, and how to get into Oxbridge.

As if soaking up Auden, Housman and understanding the causes of the Second World War weren’t taxing enough, the boys have also to try and unravel their emerging sexualities, and discover what school, university and education are really about.

Universities from around the country come and join us at the theatre to compete in categories including Tap, Ballet, Street and Contemporary at intermediate and advanced levels. A fun day to be had by all those involved.

21 FEBRUARY TO 28 FEBRUARY Our Day Out - Pick Me Up Theatre

20 - 28 FEBRUARY The History Boys

In a Northern town in the late 1980s, eight boys are being

A massive TV hit when it was originally written in 1976 – and in 2009 Willy Russell re-worked the script and added some fantastic songs (the songs and music cowritten with director Bob Eaton) to create Our Day Out – The Musical.

Our Day Out is playing alongside

Alan Bennett’s The History Boys in a school-themed Pick Me Up Theatre season at York’s Joseph Rowntree Theatre.

26 - 28 MARCH The Wiz

He’s The Wiz and he lives in Oz! He’s also the man Dorothy needs to help her get back home to Kansas! But in this modern, urban version of the much-loved ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ by L.Frank Baum, Dorothy’s journey through the surreal Land of Oz to the Emerald City is told through amazing rock, gospel and soul songs and energetic dances. Flying Ducks Youth Theatre are very proud to present this spectacular awardwinning musical adventure written by Charlie Smalls and William F.Brown. The Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion all join Dorothy on her quest, and there is still the matter of the Wicked Witch of the West to contend with!

7.30pm. Sat Matinee 2.30pm Tickets £10, £8 concessions Contact Michael Whyte 01904 768963 or York Theatre Royal Box Office or www. flyingducksyouththeatre.com

Do you run a local club? Do you have an event in March or April?

JORVIK VIKING FESTIVAL 14 - 22 FEBRUARY Explore a Brave New Viking World

ST ANDREW SOCIETY 21 FEBRUARY Fun Quiz Night

At York RI Bowls Club.

All information regarding the Society’s activities can be found on our website info@yorkscot. org.uk. We are always keen to attract new members so would love to hear from you.

All events are entry by ticket only, so if you are interested please contact Secretary, Dorothy Hounam, via the details on the website.

JORVIK Viking Festival returns to York, taking the city back to a time when Vikings ruled the land!

Please visit www.jorvikviking-festival.co.uk for more information

YORK LIGHT OPERA 3 - 14 MARCH York Light Opera Present South Pacific

At York Theatre Royal. Tickets from the box office on 01904 623568 or book online at www. yorktheatreroyal.co.uk

10.30 - 11.30am. Seed and plant share at Haxby and Wigginton Methodist Church Hall. Bring your surplus plants/ seeds or just come along and share some of ours - there is always more than enough for all. Phone Tim on 01904 760659. Email hwtransition@ gmail.com or visit www. haxbyandwiggintonccc.org.uk

NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY 14 – 22 FEBRUARY Teddy Bear Week

For more information please visit www.nymr.co.uk

SINNINGTON POINT TO POINT 15 FEBRUARY

At Duncombe Park. Admission to the meeting is £10 per person and everyone is welcome to this action packed, fun day out in a beautiful rural setting. The first race will take place at 12.30pm and the postcode for satellite navigation is YO62 5EB.

WIGGINTON & HAXBY WI

HAXBY & WIGGINTON TRANSITION GROUP 7 MARCH Sharing Event

spicy chicken. Meals cost £6.

Please book directly with the pub on 01904 492919. There will also be bingo and a raffle.

Proceeds to the Lifeboats.

12 FEBRUARY Meeting - Decades through the Century

CHURCHFIELD OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE 2 FEBRUARY Annual General Meeting

7.30pm at Wigginton Recreation Hall. All welcome to come along and find out what we have done in the past year and what the plans for the future are. Your views on the Open Space are important.

R.N.L.I 30 JANUARY S.O.S Day Supper

Served from 6pm at the Half Moon in Strensall. Scampi or

1920’s - 95th Birthday Surprise Competition: A Birthday Card in any medium. At St Mary’s Church Hall at 7.30pm.

24 FEBRUARY ‘95th Anniversary’

95th Anniversary Lunch

STRENSALL & HUNTINGTON WI 17 FEBRUARY Talk

‘A woman in a man’s world’ by Olivia Lambert. Competition : A much loved little prayer or poem. Hostesses : Mesdames Goodwin and Wileman. Held in Strensall Village Hall at 7.15pm.

Please send in your event by email to nicky@thehandymag.co.uk before Tuesday 3rd February

WHAT’S ON: Local events in York.

ST NICKS FIELDS 1 FEBRUARY St Nicks Open Day

10:30am-3pm Explore the green heart of York!

Free guided tours of St Nicks Nature Reserve and Environment Centre start at 11am, 12:30pm & 2pm, and include demonstrations of coppicing and green woodworking skills. Plus eco crafts display and sale, information on green living and volunteering, light refreshments and more.

This event is part of York Residents Festival 2015. Free entry.

13TH FEBRUARY Ceilidh Dance

7:30-11pm at Tramways Club, 1 Mill Street, York, YO1 9PY. Have a great night out while supporting St Nicks charity. Enjoy the live music

by Fiddlers Wreck, bar, raffle, cakes and more!

Tickets: £6/£4 concessions/£2 children

25TH FEBRUARY Hedge Laying course

10am-3pm Come and learn to lay hedges. This is a very “hands-on” course taking place in St Nicks nature reserve. Suitable for complete beginners and those who wish to further practice their skills. Entry: £40/£30 concessions. Advance booking essential, gift vouchers available.

Unless indicated otherwise, all events start at St Nicks Environment Centre, Rawdon Avenue, YO10 3ST. Booking/ more info: www.stnicks.org.uk, 01904 411821

ASKHAM BRYAN COLLEGE GARDENING CLUB 10 FEBRUARY Meeting An illustrated talk entitled “Sweet Peas at Kew Gardens”

by David Matthewman.

7.30pm in the Conference Hall, Askham Byran College, Askham Bryan, York, YO23 3FR. Members free admission, visitors £5 on the door.

An invitation is extended to everyone to join us at these monthly meetings which are held in our Village Hall. Contact Meg 01347 878 136 or meg. ashbridge@hotmail.co.uk if you require further information.

WELBURN VILLAGE HALL 14 MARCH Fake Thackray

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS, YORK 11 FEBRUARY Illustrated talk “Sketches of Ampleforth and around” by Jonathan Pomroy.

Temple Hall, York St. John University, Lord Mayors Walk, York, YO31 7EX. 7.30pm. Non-members welcome. Entrance £3.

Group members, £3.50 non members.

SHERIFF HUTTON HISTORY GROUP 25 FEBRUARY Meeting

2pm. Presentation by Gareth or Chris from the Borthwick Institute for Archives. Entrance on door £2 with refreshments.

7.30pm at Welburn Village Hall “An Evening without Jake Thackray” is a heartfelt celebration of the genius that was Jake Thackray. Funny, witty, satirical, irreverent and gloriously un-PC songs combined with Jake’s story in his own words.

John Watterson has been highly acclaimed as Fake Thackray at a wide variety of venues across the UK including the Edinburgh Festival. For tickets priced £8 contact Elaine on 01653 619276 or e-mail welburnvh@ gmail.com

MARGARET BERG SCHOOL OF MUSIC 18 APRIL Grand Gala Concert

In aid of NSPCC. Songs from the Musicals. Performed by Margaret Berg School of Music.

Produced by Julie Christie.

7.30pm at Joseph Rowntree Theatre. Tickets £12. Email julie@pchristy.freeserve.co.uk or telephone 01904 766227 or 07811 242184

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SOUTH BANK COMMUNITY CINEMA 6 FEBRUARY Folie à Deux: Madness Made of Two 101 mins (Kim Hopkins, 2012)

8pm. In a joint screening with Clements Hall, we are delighted to present Folie à Deux - Madness Made of Two and to welcome both its protagonist as well as its director for a question and answer session afterwards.

Shot over five years at York’s

Gray’s Court, this film is an intimate portrayal of a large, bohemian family with all the ups and downs of daily life: an intriguing insight into England’s history and current obsessions.

13 FEBRUARY A History of Violence 18 cert. 96 mins (David Cronenberg, 2005)

8pm. Now a decade old, Cronenberg’s (Maps to the Stars, Crash) take on middleAmerica and what can happen when a mild-mannered man’s act of violence makes him a ocal hero is just as intriguing and compelling today as it was on first release. The Clements Hall bar will be open after this film— we hope you will stay for a drink!

Beningbrough. Contact Rachael at 247activehealth@gmail.com or telephone 07741 145777

HAXBY & WIGGINTON FLOWER CLUB 10 FEBRUARY Meeting- Members Practice Night.

FREE 4 WEEK FIT CAMP STARTS MID FEBRUARY

Join the Free 4 week fit camp.

Get results and have fun doing it! · 12 Fitness Sessions · Fitness Evaluation · Wellness Coaching & Nutrition Education · People of ALL Ages & Fitness Levels Welcome Tuesday and Thursday mornings and evenings. At Shipton By

Visitors are welcome to watch members make up floral arrangements.Entrance £5 on the door.Tea and coffee available. New members welcome.Contact Janet Pepper 01347 823601. Held at Wigginton Recreation Hall. Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start. www. haxbyandwiggintonflowerclub. com for more details.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON PROBUS CLUB 3 FEBRUARY Annual General Meeting

27 FEBRUARY High Noon U cert. 85 mins (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)

8pm. On the day of his marriage to Grace Kelly (Rear Window), Gary Cooper (Meet John Doe) is the retiring marshal who has to face some returning ne’er-do-wells. One of the great Westerns, High Noon will keep you on the edge of your seat.

South Bank Community Cinema, Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road York, YO23 1BW Tel 01904 466086 www. sbcommunitycinema. co.uk

Followed by an “Audio Visual Miscellany” entertainment provided by Peter Stanhope.

Meet 10am for coffee/tea.

Prompt start at 10.30am. Haxby Methodist Church Hall, The Village, Haxby (opposite the duck pond). For details please call Peter Stanhope on 01904 760467

MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP 4 FEBRUARY Support Group

Meet others and share experiences. Open to patients, carers and family. Talk over concerns and ideas to access support and information. We meet on the first Monday of each month at the Cancer Care Centre in York Hospital from 1.30pm to 3.00pm. Feel welcome to come along and meet us. Contact Lesley Ogle for more information 01347 822919 or lesleyandderekogle@ hotmail.com

Please send in your event by email to nicky@thehandymag.co.uk before Tuesday 3rd February

ACTIVITIES & HOBBIES CLAXTON & SAND HUTTON KNIT AND NATTER GROUP Contact Rachel: 07970 956022.

CRAFT AND CHAT GROUP Contact: 01904 762255.

EWENIQUE MACHINE KNITTING CLUB Contact 01904 399697.

FLAXTON GARDENING CLUB Indoor meetings are held in Flaxton Village Hall and commence at 7.30 pm jands.chambers@zen.co.uk.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON FLOWER CLUB Contact paulinewatkins@ hotmail.co.uk or visit our website www. haxbyandwigginton flowerclub.com HAXBY & WIGGINTON GARDENING CLUB. Contact Ginny, Secretary: 01904 768516.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON KNIT AND NATTER GROUP Contact Clare: 079800 26690.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON PROBUS CLUB Peter Stanhope on 01904 760467 HUNTINGTON PETANQUE CLUB Call Dennis Woodcock on (01904) 762698 or Sheila on (01904) 768849.

HUNTINGTON BRIDGE CLUB Contact Marianne: 01904 761892.

HUNTINGTON OVER SIXTIES CLUB Contact Sonia: 01904 632782.

NEW EARSWICK BRIDGE CLUB Contact: 01904 760639.

NEW EARSWICK CAMERA CLUB Contact: www. communigate.co.uk/york/ newearswickcameraclub.

NEW EARSWICK SWIMMING 74 • info@thehandymag.co.uk

CLUB Contact: 01904 768163 or visit www.newearswicksc. co.uk. or ring Coaching enquiries: 01904 765397 or email memberships@ newearswicksc.co.uk.

NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY GROUP Contact Bryan: 01904 764648 or email: www. yorkareagroup.co.uk.

SHERIFF HUTTON ANGLERS www.shanglers.wordpress. com For futher details contact either of the following. Mr Mike Kirby - Secretary Tel 01904 415932, kirbym@ btconnect.com or Mr Phillip Wileman (Treasurer) Tel: 07983300068, phillipwileman@hotline. co.uk SILVER SONG BOX Contact Thea Jacob on 01904 634390 STRENSALL ST MARY’S ART GROUP Telephone 01904 492217 or 01904 490079 STRENSALL BRIDGE CLUB Strensall Village Hall, Thursday at 7pm For nonserious bridge.

Contact John: 01904 769618.

STRENSALL DINING GROUP Contact: 01904 490987.

STRENSALL READING GROUP Contact Sarah: 01904 490876 or Pam: 01904 764518.

STRENSALL STRIDERS Meet every Wed at the Ship Inn in Strensall at 6.15pm. Please just turn up on a Wednesday evening or contact us through Facebook or Email strensallstriders@outlook. com.

YORK & DISTRICT SPINNERS, WEAVERS & DYERS Contact: 01904 794795 or 07598 929912

YORK AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Meets each Thursday at 8pm at the Bishopthorpe Social Club in Bishopthorpe.

YORK BONSAI SOCIETY. Contact: Andy 01757 268145.

YORK CAVING CLUB Contact: 07747 063181 or visit www.yorkcavingclub. org.uk or email: info@ yorkcavingclub.org.uk.

YORK GARRISON WAR GAMING CLUB Contact Lee on 07990 544365 or www. yorkgarrison.co.uk YORK LADIES CIRCLE See our website www. ladiescircle.co.uk/York. We are also on Facebook & Twitter YORK MODEL BOAT CLUB Contact Ray 01904 702480 Contact Steve: 01904 424155 or www. yorkmodelboatclub.co.uk YORK PHILATELIC SOCIETY Contact 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.

YORKSHIRE MINIATURISTS ASSOCIATION Contact Ann: 01757 288974 or Elizabeth: 01904 795361.

YOUTH CLUBS AT OAKEN GROVE COMMUNITY CENTRE 01904 769176. info@oakengrove.org.uk YORK SCRIBES York Scribes was formed in 1990 to encourage enthusiasts and practitioners of calligraphy to increase their understanding, knowledge and skills. For details of workshops and membership please contact Judith England (j.england. bunter@gmail.com).

Our annual taster Day will be held on Sat 17 Jan 2015. Details from Margaret Beech (margaret@ beeches13.freeserve.co.uk).

Places are limited. Prebooking is essential.

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

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

IT Centre, York Science Park, Innovation Way, York YO10 5NP. SAVE A BABY’S LIFE Workshops Held throughout the City. Contact Tel. 01904767452 BREATHE EASY YORK Contact Sue: 01904 410 003 or visit www. breatheeasyyork.co.uk.

CANCER CARE CENTRE The Centre is open Mon to Fri 9.30am - 4.30pm.

Contact: 01904 721166.

CITIZEN ADVICE BUREAU Free and confidential advice. Contact: 0844 826 9705 or visit www.yorkcab. org.uk.

EBOR LIFESAVING CLUB Learn lifesaving skills with qualified RLSS trainers.

Contact the secretary on eborlsc@hotmail.co.uk or Tel. 01904 767452 HALVES Lost your other half? If so, we meet for a friendly chat over refreshments.

Trinity Methodist Church, Monkgate, York. 1st Sat each month at 12pm.

Contact Margaret: 01904 415894 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY YORK BRANCH Contact: 01904 758577 or visit www2.mssociety.org. uk/York

Copy deadline for the next edition is Tuesday 3rd February

YORK • FEBRUARY 2015 • ISSUE 109 MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP Contact Lesley Ogle for more information 01347 822919 or lesleyandderekogle@ hotmail.com OAKEN GROVE SURFERS Contact: 01904 769176.

OLDER CITIZENS ADVOCACY YORK – OCAY Contact: 01904 676200 or e-mail ocay@btconnect. com.

PARKINSONS UK Contact Jayne, Information& Support Officer: 0844 225 36 32 or Kate: 01904 758355.

REFLECT Gateway centre, Acomb, Contact: 01904 676710 or visit www.reflectyork.co.uk or www.careconfidential. com.

SAMARITANS OF YORK & DISTRICT 89 Nunnery Lane, York YO23 1AH. Contact: 01904 655888 or 08457 90 90 90 or visit www.samaritans.org.uk.

SHOPMOBILITY IN YORK Second floor of Piccadilly Multistorey Car Park in York Centre.

Contact: 01904 679222.

THE ENCEPHALITIS SOCIETY 32 Castlegate, Malton, YO17 7DT. Admin Line: 01653 692583. Support Line 01653 699599. Email: mail@encephalitis.info. or visit www.encephalitis.info YORK AND DISTRICT PAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Contact Gordon: 01904 491141 or Jill: 01904 708490 or visit www.ypmsg. co.uk.

YORK CORONARY SUPPORT GROUP TRUST For more information please visit www.ycsgt.org.uk YORVIK GATEWAY CLUB. Contact 07593

380973 or visit www. yorkvikgatewayclub.co.uk

692550 or Helen: 01904 693027.

YORK LIBRARIES Contact: 01904 552660.

YORK RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SUPPORT GROUP (YORKRA) Priory Street Centre, 15 Priory Street, York.

Contact: 01904 642227.

FRIENDS OF YORK HOSPITALS. Contact Friends Office: 01904 726762 or email friendsofyorkhospital@york. nhs.uk.

MUSIC & THEATRE

ANIMALS & WILDLIFE

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS LOCAL SUPPORT GROUP Contact Ron, Chairman: 01904 679939 or 07715 943406 or email ron. middlemass@o2.co.uk.

HEARING DOGS FOR DEAF PEOPLE Contact: 01844 348100 or email info@hearingdogs. org.uk or visit www. hearingdogs.org.uk.

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS YORK LOCAL GROUP Contact: 01904 794865 or visit www.yorkrspb.org.uk.

YORKSHIRE MAMMAL GROUP Meets for fascinating talks on the first Tuesday of the month Oct-May at the Bay Horse Marygate, York at 7pm. From June-Sept there are monthly field trips. Please see our website www. yorkshiremammalgroup. org.uk or join our Facebook page for updates and more information. Professional and amateur naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts all welcome!

ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS FIELDS York Environment Centre, Rawdon Avenue, York, YO10 3ST. Contact: 01904 411821.

HAXBY AND WIGGINTON YORK IN TRANSITION Contact: 01904 760659.

RIVER FOSS SOCIETY. Contact the Secretary: 01904 760871 or visit www.riverfosssociety.co.uk.

Most of our events listed in the ‘Whats on’ section are open to non-members as well.

FUNDRAISING BRITISH RED CROSS Contact Linda: 01904

RNLI GALTRES FOREST BRANCH Please contact Sue Lowe on 01904 491133 or antheahirst99@yahoo.com HISTORY CITY OF YORK AND DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Contact Mike: 01904 767013 or visit www. yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Contact Ian: 01904 768516.

STRENSALL LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Monthly meetings, hear a variety of speakers or to participate in workshops held in Strensall Village Hall on the last Wednesday of the month at 7pm.

SHERIFF HUTTON HISTORY GROUP We are a new group of 18 months that has fund raised to build and equip our own Archive store in the Village Hall. We would like to meet up with other like minded people. To this end we have planned a full year of illustrated talks which will be listed monthly in the ‘What’s On’ pages of the Handy Mag.An invitation is extended to everyone to join us at these monthly meetings which are held in our Village Hall. Contact Meg 01347 878 136 or meg.ashbridge@hotmail. co.uk if you require further information.

CITY OF YORK PIPE BAND Contact Laura, Pipe Major: 01904 763243 or John: 01423 879519.

FRIENDS OF YORK THEATRE ROYAL. Contact Membership Secretary/York Theatre Royal, St Leonards Place, York YO1 7HD or visit friends@yorktheatreroyal. co.uk.

GENERATION GROOVE COMMUNITY CONCERT BAND in Haxby. Contact Martin Leach 07790 566492 or visit www. generationgroove.org.uk for details of membership and forthcoming concerts.

HAXBY SINGERS. Contact Bob or Edna on 01904 769136 IN-2-ACTING Contact 01904 769176 or admin@oakengrove.org.uk STAMFORD BRIDGE SINGERS To hire us or to join the choir please email: info@ stamfordbridgesingers. co.uk or visit www. stamfordbridgesingers.co.uk THE MONDAY PLAYERS, ESCRICK A local amateur theatre group based in Escrick.

We are on Facebook and Twitter. Please ‘like’ and ‘follow’ us for all the latest news, information and photographs from within the Group - Facebook: search ‘Monday Players’.

Twitter: @MondayPlayers or visit our website www. mondayplayerscom THE SHEPHERD GROUP BRASS BAND Ring Charles: 07802 190250.

YORK CONCERT BAND .

Contact the Secretary, Jill: 01904 629065.

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YORK FAMILY CHOIR A brand new singing group for the whole community.

For details visit www. singingcommunities.co.uk YORK LIGHT ORCHESTRA Contact the secretary: 01904 870759 or visit www. ylo.org.uk.

PLAYGROUPS EARWIGS, NEW EARSWICK Centre information champion, on 01904 552646.

HAXBY PLAYGROUPS Contact: 01904 768966 or email manager@ haxbyplaygroups.org.uk or visit www.haxbyplaygroups. org.uk LITTLE FISHES Hurst Hall, Strensall. 9.30 11am. Contact 490683 for more information THE WONDER YEARS Contact: 01904 758717 HUNTINGTON PRESCHOOL & TODDLERS Contact Lynne: 01904 765017 or email enquiries@ huntingtonpreschool.org.uk.

MARYGATE PRESCHOOL at Clifton Methodist Church, Clifton, York.

T: 07922 538027. marygatepreschoolyork@ yahoo.com marygatepreschoolyork. co.uk ORCHARD PARK PRE-SCHOOL Contact Sandra: 07407 700315 or 01904 626361.

POPPLETON UNDER FIVES For more info visit www. poppletonunderfives.org.uk or call 07530 342716 SHERIFF HUTTON PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUP Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 9am3pm during term time.

Please visit www.sheriffhutton-playgroup.org or telephone 07717 799646.

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Thurs 9:45-11:45am during term time at Sheriff Hutton Village Hall. Contact Margaret 01347 878314.

SHIPTON PRE-SCHOOL & TODDLERS. Contact: 07546 571089.

SINNINGTON PRE SCHOOL Contact Kerry or Suzanne: 07799727656.

STOCKTON LANE PLAYGROUP Contact Fiona: 07746 806426.

STRENSALL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Contact Sarah: 01904 492937 or email sarahsmithpg@btconnect. com.

STRENSALL TINY STEPS TODDLER GROUP Contact Stepping Stones Pre-school on 01904 442826 STRENSALL STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL Contact Vicki on 01904 442826 TREASURE CHEST Contact: www. treasurechest.org.uk or helpline:support@ treasurechest.org.

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

SCOUTS & GUIDES DUNNINGTON SCOUTS, CUBS & BEAVERS Contact Group Scout Leader, Brian Prince: 01904 489364/07552 353571 or bjprince56@yahoo.co.uk Always on the look-out for leaders!

HAXBY MOOR DISTRICT GIRL GUIDING To register visit www. girlguiding.org.uk/ interested. Contact District Commissioner: Emma Uttley 01904 760258 1ST HEWORTH SCOUT GROUP Contact Matthew on 07974901386 or visit www.1st-heworth.org.uk for more info.

29TH YORK (HUNTINGTON ALL SAINTS) RAINBOWS Contact Stephanie Easton: 07875 541520 LORD MAYORS OWN SCOUT GROUP Contact Dave Petty (01904) 761206. Website www. lordmayorsown.btck.co.uk Vacancies for children 6 – 14 years.

CHRISTCHURCH SCOUT GROUP (STOCKTON LANE) Simon Errington Tel: 01904-430651 STOCKTON ON THE FOREST SCOUT GROUP Contact Kath Shapcott: 01904 421096.

AIR CADETS, EASINGWOLD Contact: 2487@aircadets. org

SOCIETIES HAXBY & WIGGINTON PROBUS CLUB Contact Mike: 01904 769507.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON U3A Contact John: 01904 769618.

DUNNINGTON RAINBOWS & BROWNIES Contact Karen Prince 01904 489364. Always on the lookout for new leaders!

STRENSALL & HUNTINGTON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Meet the third Tuesday of every month at 7. 15.p.m. in Strensall Village Hall. For more information please contact the Secretary, Dorothea Scarlett on 01904 761198

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

WHITE ROSE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION For more information and an application form please

contact our membership secretary Peter West at 5, The Paddock, Melmerby, Ripon HG4 5HW Tel: 01765 640409 email: peterwest33@yahoo.co.uk.

WIGGINTON & HAXBY OVER SIXTIES Contact Margaret, Secretary: 01904 760625 WIGGINTON & HAXBY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Contact Angela Bailey, 01904 763229

VILLAGE HALL HIRE FOSTON & THORNTON LE CLAY VILLAGE HALL Contact Fiona: 01904 468773.

HAXBY MEMORIAL HALL Contact www. haxbymemorialhall.org or ring the caretaker: 01904 764358.

HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HALL Contact the Caretaker: 01904 760044.

OAKEN GROVE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE Contact Paul: 01904 769176.

ORCHARD PARK RECREATION & COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Badger Paddock, Huntington, YO31 9EH. Charity No. 513935 www.orchardpark.org.uk e-mail: info@orchardpark. org.uk Bookings tel: 07759 126680 SAND HUTTON AND CLAXTON VILLAGE HALL Contact: 01904 468001 SHERIFF HUTTON VILLAGE HALL Call Steph on 07913 409 689 or email villagehall@ sheriffhutton.co.uk SHIPTON COMMUNITY CENTRE www.facebook.com/ ShiptonByBeningbrough or Call 01904 470586.

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YORK • FEBRUARY 2015 • ISSUE 109 STOCKTON-ON-THE-FOREST VILLAGE HALL Contact: 01904 400409.

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

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

WIGBY WALKERS Contact Dorothy 01904 767392 YORK RAMBLERS All the walks can be found on our website yorkramblers.org.uk or on eastyorkshireramblers.org. uk If you would prefer to have a booklet showing all the walks on offer from the York group and from the other Ramblers groups in our area, send a s.a.e. to Ramblers Membership Secretary, 11 Catherine Love Drive, Easingwold, York YO61 3GE

SPORTS CLUBS CAPOEIRA IN YORK Capoeira is an exciting Brazilian art form combining elements of martial arts, dance, music & acrobatics.

Email or phoneJohn Jobling on john@ciyc.org.uk or 07962963406 HAXBY SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB Contact Ian: 07909 991541or www. haxbykarate.co.uk or info@ haxbykarate.co.uk.

HAXBY TOWN JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB Contact Neil: 01904 761908.

HEWORTH TENNIS CLUB www.heworthtennisclub. co.uk or email info@ heworthtennisclub.co.uk

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

Contact Jason: 07714471271 NEW EARSWICK CRICKET CLUB Contact Paul: 07533655470 or paul. stimpson3@btinternet.com or Matt: 07885282937 or matty_noble@hotmail. co.uk HAXBY NETBALL CLUB Contact the secretary, Alison: 01904 612268 or 07751 984840 or Val: 07708 050307.

HUNTINGTON MILLERS NETBALL CLUB Contact Club’s secretary Pam: 07547 095 603 or junior section, Audrey Smith: 01904 761641.

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

Contact: 07951 920308 or strensallsa@tesco.net.

STRENSALL FOOTBALL CLUB. Contact Clare Inkster on 07932 392231 STRENSALL LAWN BOWLING CLUB Contact Annette, Secretary: 01904 492807 STRENSALL SHORT MAT INDOOR BOWLS Contact Jackie: 01904 492993.

STRENSALL THURSDAY EVENING BADMINTON CLUB For more details please call Stephen Marshall on 01904 490440 or stephen. marshall2@homecall.co.uk TERRINGTON LAWN BOWLS CLUB Contact: 01653 619276 emsg1967-bowls@yahoo. co.uk WIGGINTON & HAXBY TABLE TENNIS Meets Oaken Grove

Community Centre, Haxby on Tuesday 7-9pm. wiggintonhaxbytabletennis. co.uk WIGGINTON BOWLING CLUB Contact Colin: 01904 760877 or colin@cellis23. plus.com WIGGINTON GRASSHOPPERS Contact Richard, FA Level 1 instructor: 07814 266987.

YORK HOTSHOTS CHEERLEADING CLUB Contact Anna: 07507638804 or e-mail yorkhotshots@hotmail.co.uk YORK ROULEURS Visit yorkrouleurs.co.uk or email yorkrouleurs@gmail. com YORK VIKINGS BASKETBALL CLUB For more details contact Brian Prince: 01904 489364/07552 353571 or yvbc@yorkvikings.org.uk www.yorkvikings.org.uk).

PARTNERSHIP GYMNASTICS CLUB Contact Ruth: 07886926420 POPPLETON BADMINTON CLUB We play non-league badminton on Monday and Thursday evenings from 8.30 pm until 10.00 pm at The Poppleton Centre. For more details please contact Caroline Steel on 01904 787191 or carosteel@hotmail.co.uk” SANDBURN HALL BADMINTON CLUB. Contact Stephen: 01904 490440.

SHERIFF HUTTON BOWLS CLUB 01347 810233 STRENSALL COMMUNITY YOUTH AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION www.thehandymag.co.uk • 01653 690859 • 77

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WIGGINTON BOWLING CLUB situated behind Wigginton Squash Club

Come and play lawn bowls, a sport for all ages!

If you are looking for a pleasurable outdoor pursuit at a friendly local club then come down to Wigginton Bowling Club - no previous skills required.

We welcome beginners and seasoned bowlers alike and we can even lend newcomers a set of woods to see if they like the game – all that is needed are a pair of flat soled shoes, which can also be borrowed.

There is no joining fee. The adult playing membership age 26+ is £62 flat fee, £31 for the age group 18 to 25, free to juniors under 18 and you can play as often as you like. We would love to see a few young people enjoying the sport too!

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This season the green is open every day from Saturday 11th April to Saturday 26th September for social bowling and league matches. The club holds scheduled bowls drives and club competitions throughout the year for members.

The more experienced players can take part in competitive league matches both home and away in the York, North and East Yorkshire areas.

Why not take the opportunity of a month’s free trial or come along to our “Come and Try” day on Sunday 19th April anytime from 2 – 5pm.

For more details, please contact Colin Ellis, Club Secretary (760877) or email colin@cellis23.plus.com

www.wiggintonbowlingclub.co.uk

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