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For my family one of the highlights is camping. As a child, I always spent my summer holiday under canvas. The camping fields of Talybont and Barmouth in Wales, along with the canvas ridge tent that leaked along the pole, are ingrained in my memory. The story of our car being towed off a field at Harewood House after a muddy camping weekend and my dad threatening to throw the tent in the bin, vowing never to camp again (we did) is funny now but we were all crying at the time! Despite this we have been taking our family camping since our children were very young!

You can’t beat a camp breakfast on a warm sunny morning overlooking the Yorkshire countryside.

Finding reasons to spend time outside this July should be easy. Maybe much needed after a month of football! This month’s magazine is packed full of good reasons to get out and about.

We have festivals, fetes, summer celebrations, gardens, sporting events, Mad Hatters tea parties, fancy dress parades and ice creams!

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Rumour has it that there will be lots of cyclists around this month dressed in stretchy multicoloured lycra; and the colour of Yorkshire will be yellow! Do you know the difference between a maillot à pois and maillot jaune? I’m sure many of us will be bemused by all the fuss surrounding the Tour de France but it will be a great showcase for Yorkshire. It will be a fantastic spectacle whether you battle through the crowds to watch the peloton race past or enjoy it at home.

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And if you are the adventurous type, then this UK-based, national charity is looking for you!

The Jack Raine Foundation was established with just £500 donated from the local police authority.

The organisation focuses on positive support and encouragement for vulnerable children and young people in the local community through helping communities stand up against child abuse.

A volunteer at the charity, Ryan, explained: “We believe that every child and young person has the right to be healthy, safe and have a happy, bright future. We strive to help every child and young person who has been victim of sexual exploitation, neglect or abuse. We also help and support troubled young people who have become disengaged from their community.”

The foundation has five key points which work in tandem with the principle that ‘Every Child Matters’. These five points form a crucial guide for volunteers and community workers at Jack Raine, and state that every child should be: HEALTHY - Enjoying a good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle.

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Ryan continued: “Our core work is focused on early intervention, prevention and after-care support in three key areas, which include Child Sexual Exploitation, Alternative Learning Provision and engagement through sport.

“These guiding principles are achieved through various projects in the community. One of the most effective projects has been engagement through sport. We encourage young people to engage in a sporting activity which they enjoy. Meeting up as a team provides a safe environment for youngsters to socialise, practice teamwork while becoming fit and healthy at the same time. We have seen children and young people gain confidence, and trust themselves and others. For young adults, there is a programme through which they can mentor and coach other children, helping them develop and gain confidence.”

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HAXBY CARNIVAL SATURDAY 12 JULY 2014

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The Carnival Procession with the Carnival Queen (Rose Campbell) and her two Attendants (Gemma Cooper and Charlotte Maude) will leave the Village Green at 12.45 to arrive on the field by 1.00 pm for the Official Opening, which we are delighted to announce will be carried out by Vale Radio’s own Chris Marsden and Dougie Weake.

Come and see the St Andrew’s Church Lads’ and Girls’ Brigade Band, La Classique Majorettes, the Shotokan Karate Club, the Brownies and Cubs and York’s top children’s entertainer, The Magic Hatter who will lead the procession and the fancy dress competition entrants. We are also delighted that The Farmer’s Cart, The Co-operative Funeralcare, Stoneplan Ltd, the Dutch Nurseries and The Parvin Restaurant are sponsoring the 2014 Carnival. The Farmer’s Cart will be selling some of their produce, including barbecued food. Come and watch the RAF fly past with Tucano aircraft! There will be a mobile climbing wall and a penalty shootout.

Apart from the various stalls, the Go-Karts and a small fair, there will be a performance of ‘Fame’ by the Joseph Rowntree Vaudeville Players and performances by the DB Big Band and a live Band playing popular music. We will have the traditional fancy dress competition which is always very popular with the children. The North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service will be on the field to give advice. Please visit the Haxby Town Council Tombola Stall for superb prizes.

Proceeds from the tombola will go to Local Groups and a selected Local Branch of a Charity.

Everyone is welcome to come and join in Haxby’s fun day. Enquiries - please ring Jenny Bell at the Council Office on 01904 750378.

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This has also proved to be a delightful venue for the Art exhibition which has sustained interest among the artists of Poppleton, and attracted an increasing number of visitors from further afield each succeeding year. The exhibition is a most enjoyable social event for the village offering an opportunity for artists to publicly exhibit their work.

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Usually over 200 pieces of art work are on show and for sale. A percentage of all the art sold at the event is donated to the Tithe Barn. After expenses, any balances are given to the Tithe Barn and over

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A BETTER LIFE THE JOY OF CAMPING

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e Better Lifers love to bask in the reflected glory of a productive garden, water butts and compost bins all present and correct, and a house that whispers, “Eco-friendly.” However, come the summer (when we get one) a mania overtakes us; we succumb to the notion that leaving it all behind for a week or two under canvas is just what the doctor ordered.

First there’s the frantic search for all the equipment you swore you’d never need again. The same equipment you helpfully dispersed into as many cupboards and rooms as possible. Then, when you’ve located everything you draw up a to-do list for your neighbour: tend to the cat, irrigate the garden (much more accomplished than ‘water’) and fight the good fight against marauding molluscs.

After that, with a clear conscience and greentinted glasses, you can pack up and head into the wilderness. Well, a wilderness with a toilet block, shower facilities, recycling area and an Internet café. Okay, I may have exaggerated about that last one.

pair of walking boots – or an unexpectedly warm summer evening, turning your camping fleece into a water-retaining sauna, you can be sure that the heady scent of sweat and disdain will linger in your nostrils for days to come.

Making tea on an incline is like participating in a health and safety film. The groundsheet, thankfully, is waterproof, though not, alas, melt-proof. Still, it’s all part of living among the elements. There’s plenty of wildlife too and most of it is set on getting inside your tent.

The days of alfresco eating (or wasp ballet), donating blood to the local mosquitoes and accidental nettle stings effortlessly blend and before you’re ready the last day arrives.

The rubbish is removed, along with any litter you see on the way and the tent wrestled back into its bag. Then, as you survey the pallid grass where your temporary home used to stand, one of you will amiably suggest that, all in all, it was great fun – same time again next year? Why not, the other will agree, adding an extra touch of citronella for the journey home, why not indeed?

What could be more relaxing than the peaceful sounds of the countryside? Although the dawn chorus – from nearby tents – of snoring and hayfever is like a trumpeting ensemble to the gods. Those same delightful neighbours may wander back late from the village pub, drunk and incoherent, whispering louder than a jet engine.

And what camping experience would be complete without the melodic drone of someone on a mobile declaring, “I’m in a tent – go on, guess where?”

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YELLOW YORKSHIRE - 3RD JULY 2014

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orkshire Air Ambulance – we’ve all heard of this amazing charity, and are familiar with its two bright yellow helicopters which patrol the Yorkshire skies.

Since the charity was set up in 2000, the YAA has carried an incredible 5,500 people across the Yorkshire region. A vast array of individuals have benefitted from the YAA, from premature babies to those involved in a road traffic accident.

And like any organisation, the YAA requires funds to operate its two aircraft- and to the tune of £9,990 a day, or £3.6m a year!

While Yorkshire has some of the UK’s most varied terrain, including remote rural spots and major motorways such as the M62, thanks to its charitable funding, the YAA is so effective, its two helicopters are always 10 - 15 minutes from the most relevant medical treatment centre.

And you can get involved with raising funds for the YAA by wearing yellow on July 3rd, which is the day prior to ‘the Grand Depart’. The ‘Yellow Yorkshire’ campaign involves wearing something yellow on July 3rd, and donating £1 to the YAA to help save lives.

If you are a business or organisation, you could organise a bigger, ‘yellower’ event! The YAA would love to hear from you, phone number below.

But did you know that there are some things the YAA won’t do to raise funds?

For example, YAA doesn’t operate any doorknocking procedures, such as door-to-door calls

asking you to sign up to a lottery, textile recycling or requesting regular donations to the YAA via your bank account.

The YAA also gets reports of door-knockers who claim to be collecting for the YAA. If this happens, ask for clarity as to which Air Ambulance they are collecting for, and also ask to see their official ID. YAA does operate a very successful recycling scheme, collected through textile recycling bins located throughout the Yorkshire area, in partnership with BIUGroup. Therefore if you get a recycling bag through your letterbox claiming it’s for YAA, this is not the case.

YAA does not operate a cold-calling service, nor does it get involved with third party organised charity events. You can still support YAA through regular giving or their lottery by going to the web site or contacting the office.

Have you heard of chugging? Well, so has YAA and again it’s not a tactic the charity uses.

Chuggers are charity collectors who approach shoppers in town centres and ask them to sign up for donations or join a fundraising scheme. While our volunteers and staff attend countless events throughout the year, they will not be chugging in your nearest high street!

So now you know how to raise funds on July 3rd, and also how not to go about it! Call YAA on 01422 237900.

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The St Andrew Society of York is affiliated to the Robert Burns World Federation, Yorkshire District which provides us with further social opportunities.

Our President, and Council Members, all of whom are elected by our members, put together and run our excellent programme of events. If you might like to join us, do contact our Secretary on info@ yorkscot.org.uk who can answer all your questions and give you further details.

Our Coffee Morning on 28th June is a fundraising event for the President’s Charity, which this year is Age Uk’s ‘In Safe Hands’ and held at Haxby Memorial Hall. The Ladies Circle will be providing refreshments and there will be all sorts of games, activities and stalls where you can buy home grown produce, all in aid of a very good cause.

The entry fee is terrific value at just £2, which includes a cuppa and scone!

This year’s BBQ is on 9th August and will be held in Temple Lane, Copmanthorpe. Old favourite games like slinging the wellie, boules, putting will all be there but this year there will be an entirely new game to play! Sorry but you’ll just have to come along to find you what it may be. It is always a good way to enjoy a summer’s day and the monies raised from the raffle and games will all go to support this year’s charity.

We are holding a Referendum Soiree on 18th September. Whichever way the vote goes, and we won’t know that as we enjoy our soiree, there will be many who are delighted and many who are devastated by the result. We aim to have a lively, but good natured evening of debate as we wait to find out the result. Whether you are pro or anti do come to the wake and help celebrate this important event in our lifetime.

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LIFESTYLE 2014 The Lifestyle Project 2014 challenges young people to think up and carry out a project that is of benefit to someone or something in their community.

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The project itself can be anything, it can benefit the wider community such as clearing a park, the local community such as planting a community vegetable garden or an individual, perhaps helping a housebound person with their shopping.

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You spend a lot of time and money on your hair, your skin and your makeup. But are you letting your image down by not giving the same attention to your nails?

We’ve taken a look at three of the most recent and popular - nail services.

CND SHELLAC NAILS Shellac has definitely been one of the most popular nail services of recent years. Its simple application, smudge-proof finish and effective staying power have secured legions of loyal followers.

Applied much like a regular nail polish, Shellac only requires a few minutes of curing time under a special UV lamp between coats.

When you leave the salon you can enjoy chip-proof, glossy, lasting colour that stays looking great for at least 14 days.

When you are ready to have the Shellac removed, a set of foils soaked in acetone are wrapped round your fingers. This soaking process takes about 10 minutes and then the old polish is gently scraped off and nails buffed to prepare for the new coat.

There is no ‘infill’ option – when it has grown out you’ll need to start again.

Removal is easy - the product is heated up, the seal is broken and the Minx is peeled off.

LONG LASTING NAIL POLISH There are several reasons you might still opt for traditional nail polish. You might want a shade for a special occasion or to go with a particular outfit, without wanting to keep the same colour for weeks.

It’s quicker to put on normal polish and much quicker to take it off. This not only saves time, but will usually be a lower price. Particularly for a pedicure, when normal polish will often last weeks anyway, this might be a better option.

Some of the new salon polishes dry very quickly too (such as CND’s Vinylux).

MINX NAILS If it’s statement nails you’re after then Minx Nails are the perfect choice, offering a vast choice of designs in show-stopping colours, patterns and prints.

Minx ‘foils’ work on both natural and artificially enhanced nails. Before application nails are given a basic manicure. Minx is a solid film with an adhesive backing that is heat activated allowing Minx to take on the natural curve of the nail and bond to the surface effectively.

While still underneath a special infrared lamp, the Minx is smoothed and filed to fit with the nail. The process is very gentle on natural nails and with a waterproof seal, they won’t get damaged when you swim, bath, wash-up or do any other day-today tasks. The seal is only broken when they are removed. They’ll last around 14 days.

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You might have thought that the glittery promise of sunshine and opportunities lying at the end of the long dark exam tunnel would be something to inspire, and spur all us weary students onwards – yet, sadly, the tunnel is guarded by the big friendly monster known as ‘Procrastination’.

Procrastination is kind to you, it lets you stay up until 4 in the morning watching entire series of TV shows back to back. It lets you take the morning off, and as many tea breaks as you like, and when it gets to 6pm, Procrastination whispers softly into your ear “It’s a little late to be doing all this hard work now, don’t you think?”

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Of course, the more you put things off, the longer and narrower the tunnel gets, until something that would have been easy if you’d started it a month ago becomes a serious struggle to get through.

Despite being more fun than those things you’d really rather not be doing, procrastinating ultimately results in more stress, not less. Nothing can truly be enjoyed if you’ve constantly got that niggling knowledge that you should really be doing something more productive right now.

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TIME They say that time flies when you’re having fun, but anyone under the age of 18 who has a seemingly endless summer holiday stretching ahead of them is going to be praying that isn’t the case. However you’re spending the summer, these timely titles will certainly make the minutes and hours pass you by, almost in an instant.

The Time Traveler’s Wife

Audrey Niffenegger Art student Claire first met librarian Henry when she was six and he was thirty-one, and then again when she was twenty-three and he was thirty-one.

Henry has Chrono-Displacement Disorder and so lives out his bizarre life leaping between time and space, meaning Claire has no idea where or more specifically, when, the love of her life will reappear again. Though constantly torn apart and then thrown back together again, they try and hold onto some semblance of a normal life. It’s a heart-wrenching book that will leave you hoping that somehow and somewhere you will be able to catch up with Claire and Henry once again.

A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki

A teenage girl in Tokyo plans to take her own life.

Nao is suffering at the hands of bullies, but before she ends it she needs to finish writing the story of her great grandmother, an ancient Buddhist nun.

When a Hello Kitty lunchbox washes up on a beach in British Columbia, novelist Ruth finds Nao’s diary, and a new obsession. She believes it to be debris left over from the Japanese tsunami of 2011 and is determined to find out how both Nao and her great grandmother’s stories end.

The Time Machine

H.G. Wells Long before Doctor Who started fighting Daleks and regenerating, H.G. Wells gave the world his view of the future, through the eyes of a Victorian scientist.

The Time Traveller invents a time machine that sends him to the year 802,701AD and discovers a peaceful people called the Eloi. But these descendants of man live lives of unspoken terror, the Morlocks. The time traveller must escape post-haste…if only he can relocate his missing time machine.

Hard Times Charles Dickens

Domineering headmaster Thomas Gradgrind is the personification of the Industrial Revolution. He is a man of facts and the hard truth and he banishes free-thinking, creativity and freedom of expression from his home and from his classroom. His utilitarian regime dominates Coketown and it is little wonder that his son rebels and falls into a life of crime, 34 • info@thehandymag.co.uk

whilst his obedient daughter marries a man she doesn’t love. Enter the carefree circus performer Sissy Jupe to spice the world up a bit, along with the weaver, Stephen Blackpool. It may be there could be a chink of light in this otherwise drab, industrial prison of a town.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon Chris doesn’t make for the most likely of detectives in this ‘whodunit’. He’s fifteen years old and he has Asperger’s Syndrome. He likes facts and order, routine and mathematics. When Chris finds his neighbour’s dog has been murdered he must rise to the challenges that life has thrown to him. The story has been published in a version for adults and another for children and isn’t, says Haddon, a book about Asperger’s. It’s a story about what it’s like to be on the outside looking in; and how varied the human mind is in interpreting what’s going on around us.

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popular Chinese tradition can be seen in full flow in York on Sunday 13th July.

The 12th annual York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge will take place on the city’s famous River Ouse, during which 36 teams will battle it out between Scarborough Railway Bridge and Lendal Bridge.

Since its inception in 2003, the race has raised an incredible £720,000 for worthwhile causes, and this year’s nominated charity is the Jack Raine Foundation.

Club President of York Rotary Club, Nigel Naish, said: “The beauty of Dragon Boat Racing is that it’s a sport that attracts ‘grass-root’ participants.

“The York race includes crews from public companies, armed forces, clubs and educational organisations to name a few.

“Each crew is made up of around 16 paddlers, paced by a drummer at the bow and guided by the helmsman at the stern. The idea is power and rhythm are combined to achieve maximum acceleration and speed over the 250 metre course.

It’s an exciting, fast-moving event!”

For the teams taking part, the York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge provides a chance to motivate, integrate and inspire the teams. Crew members learn very quickly to work as a team, while at the same time raising funds for worthy causes.

And to create a festival atmosphere, activities and various stalls will be placed alongside the River, with visitor numbers hopefully hitting a few thousand.

York Rotary Club, who organise the event, was set up in 1921 and has around 80 members who are very active in the York district, raising funds for charities throughout the year.

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Rice and sugar cane glow all shades of green on the banks but for the Inthar people, the lake is the soul of the community. From morning to night, lonely fishermen ply the waters, standing as still as herons in their tiny skiffs, rowing with one leg now and then so they can cast and pull the net with both hands. Placid or choppy at times, the lake is a bustling highway where tourists in long-tail boats bounce in showers of spray, children paddle their canoes to school, red-robed monks make their

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way to secluded shrines and women sheltering under conical hats head for the floating market to sell beads and T-shirts to visitors or fresh vegetables to the locals.

For it isn’t just the fishermen who make good use of the lake. The hard working Inthar produce much of their food in ingenious floating gardens which they build with silt and weeds. Anchored deep down, long bamboo poles keep the allotments in place but they can be moved around, extended, strengthened with an extra layer, and best of all, there’s no need to worry about watering crops.

All sorts of vegetables and fruit are grown on the lake but the small Inle tomatoes are said to be the sweetest anywhere and come spring or summer, great swathes of flowers bloom on the water.

Meanwhile, a housewife scrubs her laundry on a rickety pontoon, children shampoo their hair at the water’s edge and a buffalo waits for its turn to have a bath. Huts and gardens mingle

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The people of the lake are devout Buddhists and many shrines and pagodas peep along the shore, the most important being the glittering Hpaung Daw Oo with its stepped roofs and golden dome mirrored in the water.

Devotees have covered the Buddha images with so much gold leaf you can no longer see their shape but once a year at festival time, they are gloriously paraded all around the lake on a magnificent golden barge resembling a holy bird. There are devotions and prayers, leg-rowing races and traditional dancing and for a few days, Inle comes into its own as one of the most colourful places in the land.

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Muscle and Potato Chowder Makes 4. Ready in 45 minutes

This filling meal-in-a-bowl makes a lovely weekend supper that’s ready in less than an hour. Most supermarket fresh fish counters sell bags of fresh mussels all year round, but if they are unavailable you can use 2 x 500g packs of mussels in white wine sauce and just reduce the fish stock to 300ml and omit the white wine.

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cracked or do not close when lightly tapped.

Pull away the ‘beards’ from the sides of the shells. Place in a bowl and set aside.

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INGREDIENTS • 1kg fresh mussels • 1 tbsp olive oil • 15g butter • 4 shallots, peeled and finely chopped • 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed • 100ml white wine • 2 baking potatoes, peeled and cut into small chunks • 350ml fish stock made with ½ stock cube • 200ml crème fraiche • 4 tbsp fresh chopped flat leaf parsley • Warm ciabatta or sour dough bread, to serve

shallots and fry gently for 5-6 minutes until softened. Stir in the garlic and fry for 1-2 minutes then pour in the wine and cook for a further minute

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For a spicy Thai-style chowder, add 1 6. deseeded and chopped red chilli to the fried shallots and 1 bruised stalk of lemon grass to the simmering liquid. Replace the crème fraiche with 150ml coconut milk and the chopped parsley with coriander. Serve with steamed jasmine rice.

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The night before the show, Ford chopped one up and rebuilt it on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, recreating a stunt they pulled off with the original back in 1954.

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY CONCEPT It was launched on an aircraft carrier, next to a spaceship, with the Manhattan skyline as a backdrop - this launch is a massive deal for the manufacture.

It’s only available in blue or white, has a retro four speed auto box and chrome detailing. Under the “hood” is a 5.0-litre V8 producing 414bhp.

It’s packed with tech, including augmented reality that can project sat nav directions onto the smart glass windscreen, gesture controls that open doors without touch and the ability to remotely drive the car using a tablet or smart phone. How much will make it into production is unclear, but it’s exciting stuff.

MERCEDES S63 AMG COUPE The world’s chief executives are sure to make their next meeting on time thanks to this luxury missile.

With 577bhp under the bonnet, the monster S63 AMG Coupe can hit 60mph in just 3.9 seconds.

It has a 5.5-litre turbocharged V8 engine and an interior that’ll please those used to five star hotels.

Air suspension, an imaginatively-titled Magic Body Control system and other trickery helps keep caramel lattes from spilling on Saville Row suits. On sale in November it will cost £100,000.

BMW M4 CONVERTIBLE Convertible? Cabriolet? We’re not sure which term the Germans prefer, but all we know is the BMW M4 looks absolutely stunning with its roof chopped off.

KIA SEDONA At last, Kia’s not-so-pretty Sedona MPV has been given the same plastic-surgery treatment as the rest of the range. The new model might still be a little bit van-like, but with the trademark Kia tiger nose and smart headlights, it looks a lot more stylish – and it needed it.

The MPV has seating for eight as well as some clever trickery that can fold seats away and remove them.

BMW X4 There were a number of models that didn’t make our top cars of the show cut, and this X4 was very nearly one of them. Let’s face it, the crossover fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

The maker has form here - apparently 240,000 people bought the equally visually-challenged X6.

Borrowing engines from the X3, the X4 will go on sale priced from £35,590 – that’s a lot of money for a car only a mother could love. So why’s it included here? Well, we like manufacturers being brave – and revealing this with a straight face was certainly that...

The M4 features a clever three-piece folding metal roof and some not-so-subtle design tweaks. These include quad tailpipes, a larger front bumper and a tweaked kidney grille.

The convertible will go on sale in September costing £60,730 with a 3.0-litre turbocharged six cylinder.

The 0-60mph time is now down to 4.6 seconds.

FORD MUSTANG 50TH ANNIVERSARY It wouldn’t be an American motor show without some muscle, and thankfully Ford has been taking its protein shakes and come up with this.

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by Pippa Greenwood The truth is that producing useful quantities of your own vegetables doesn’t take up as much space as you might imagine. There’s a lot you can plant out or grow from seed right now that will give you some super-tasty, succulent salads in just a few weeks’ time and salad leaves grown in ornamental pots can be as decorative as they are nutritious.

If you can’t get away this year, how about creating your own Mediterranean hotspot in your garden? Even if you do manage to escape to the sun for a week or two this year, you’ll still have the rest of the summer at home and a little slice of Italy, France or Greece outside your back door will bring happy memories flooding back.

Before you get sowing or planting, choose the right containers. Big ones are easier to maintain than small ones; and of course bigger pots mean more produce. Go for something of at least 30cm (12in) in diameter and whether seriously stylish or lowbudget they’ll do fine.

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YORK • JULY 2014 • ISSUE 103 a fortune. Growing-bags give perfectly acceptable results and you can save yourself a lot of money in the process. I find the quality of the compost in these isn’t all that brilliant, but for the time you need it it’ll be quite adequate.

Salad leaves are all the rage and if you grow your own you can get precisely the mix you like best.

There are plenty of eye-catching lettuces such as the frilly Lollo, either a gorgeous bright-green standard Lollo a burgundy-tinged Lollo Rosso or a mixture of both. If you treat them as cut-andcome-again crops, snipping off the leaves as you want them but not cutting into to the base, they’ll put out new shoots and keep cropping for longer.

Baby beet leaves are a popular salad ingredient, too. Choose a variety like Bull’s Blood for the prettiest leaves or grow any of the standard varieties, and you’ll also get a great-tasting root crop later on. I generally harvest the young leaves a few at a time but let the plant produce a root too.

There are still plenty of tomato plants in the shops now, but you want to hunt carefully to find the ones that are still in top condition. If you choose an outdoor variety it can be grown in a pot on its own, and if you have a big enough container you

I find the quality of the compost in grow-bags isn’t all that brilliant, but for the time you need them they’ll be quite adequate. can grow some other salad ingredients around the edge of the container too – perhaps a rim of salad leaves, compact lettuce, or even a few herbs?

If you’re after some fire in your cooking, a chilli pepper thrives in a pot in a warm and very sheltered spot. Sweet peppers also do well in pots, but again you need as warm and sheltered a spot as possible.

Fresh herbs will not only transform your cooking but can make a salad something very special too.

Choose your favourites and either grow them in a dedicated herb pot with extra grit in the compost for good drainage, or even consider popping a few in with your main crops.

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Vegetables, like most plants, do best in a relatively warm spot with plenty of sun, so site your containers carefully. It’s more important to ensure they’re sheltered from the wind but still get enough sun.

You can make your salad pot using crops raised from seed and sown directly into the compost – root crops such as carrots don’t much like being transplanted, and so are perfect for direct sowing.

If you’re growing beetroot for its sweet juicy root, it too tends to perform better if direct-sown.

Just make sure that the compost is kept moist at all times: As long as the container has plenty of drainage holes in it you shouldn’t have any problems with over-watering.

You may prefer to raise some of your crops in pots and grow them on a bit before planting them out.

The advantage of this is that the containers out in the garden will always be full and looking their best, even while you’re harvesting them. The new plantings will very quickly blend in with the old, and all summer long you’ll have a garden that’s as pleasing to the eye as it is to the tastebuds.

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The York panel of volunteer experts uses a referral system under the jurisdiction of NHS occupational therapists and Social Services staff. The volunteers make tailormade pieces of special equipment for disabled clients whose needs cannot be met from the commercial market. New volunteers are always welcome to use their skills for this worthwhile charity. Please contact the chairman for details of recruitment and local meetings.

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The Tour de France is the most watched annual sporting event in the world, and on the 5th and 6th July, all eyes will be on Yorkshire. The 101st Tour will start in Leeds before visiting Harrogate, York and Sheffield and heading down south to Stage 3 in Cambridge. This is the first time Le Tour has visited the north of England having previously only made visits to the south coast and the capital. With the recent success of British riders in the Olympics as well as Le Tour, notably Chris Froome in 2013 and Bradley Wiggins becoming the first Briton to win Le Tour in 2012, the popularity of cycling has never been higher.

You don’t need tickets to watch the race but you do need to get your place early as roads will be closed early in the day. In York itself, roads will be closed from midnight. The caravan of sponsor vehicles will leave York Racecourse at 9am followed by the Peloton at 11am. By 12pm the race will have left York centre and be heading off towards the Dales and the majority of roads will be open from 1pm.

Saturday 5th July

The 101st running of the Tour de France will begin outside the 19th century Town Hall in the heart of historic Leeds. From the steps of the concert venue the riders will head northwest out of the city centre and into the Yorkshire countryside.

They will pass Harewood House, home of the Lascelles family for over 250 years, before they head to Skipton, gateway to the spectacular Yorkshire Dales National Park. Up to this point the route is fairly flat, but once they enter the iconic Dales the terrain gets steeper as the riders race a semi-circular route across the contours of the valleys.

They leave at the north east edge of the National Park sweeping southeast through Leyburn and the cathedral city of Ripon, rejoining the flat roads to the pretty spa town of Harrogate.

It is here at the end of a long straight line finish that we will discover who will be the first rider to wear the famous yellow jersey of the 2014 Tour de France.

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York is the venue for the start of stage two.

After starting at Clifford’s Tower the peloton will head west passing through Harrogate once again before turning south and heading to Huddersfield via Haworth, home of literary sisters, the Brontës. From here the cyclists will be able to stretch their legs on a number of steep sections before they arrive at the gateway to the Peak District, on the edge of the Pennines. The slopes start to get steeper here especially the stretch leading to Holme Moss, renowned as one of the toughest climbs in the whole of Great Britain. There are still a few hills to cross before the cyclists arrive in the UK’s first city of sport Sheffield. The last hill climb of the day is less than five kilometres from the finish in the northeast of the city next to the Don Valley Stadium.

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3.5 billion people will be watching worldwide 15 million spectators along the route 3600 kilometres (km) covered 2200 vehicles involved 2000 journalists from 35 countries 200 riders taking part 188 viewing countries 22 teams competing 9 helicopters covering from the air

“We are honoured to have been chosen to stage the Grand Départ of the 2014 Tour de France and we are confident that the riders will find our spectacular scenery both challenging and exhilarating. We love to meet new people and to make them feel at home in the place which has the nickname of God’s Own County. We know that the millions of Yorkshire men, women and children who turn out to cheer on the riders as they pass through our city streets and country lanes will give the Tour de France the warmest welcome ever.”

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Wednesday 2nd July: opening of the reception office and press centre in Wellington Place Thursday 3rd July: presentation of the 2014 Tour de France teams at Leeds Arena Saturday 5th July: first stage, Leeds Harrogate, 190 km Sunday 6th July: second stage, York Sheffield, 200 km Monday 7th July: third stage, Cambridge London, 170 km

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WHAT’S ON: Local events in York.

DO YOU HAVE AN EVENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADVERTISE HERE?

Contact Nicky on 01653 690859 or nicky@thehandymag.co.uk PRODUCE SHARING EVENT 19 JULY

Sharing event by Haxby and Wigginton Transition Group Emphasis on produce at St Mary’s Church Hall. Phone Tim on 01904 760659 or email hwtransition@gmail.com or visit www.haxbyandwiggintonccc. org.uk

WIGGINTON & HAXBY WI MONTHLY MEETING 10 JULY

“My Journey/The Rise and Fall of the Bustle” by Wayne Martin BA (Hons) Competition: An Interesting Piece of Costume Jewellery.

At St Mary’s Church Hall at 7.30pm.

BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS 10 JULY New Earswick Folk Hall

2pm – 4pm and 5pm – 7pm

17 JULY The Reading Rooms, Dunnington

2pm – 3.45pm and 4.45pm and 7pm

28 JULY Wigginton Recreation Centre

2pm – 4pm and 5pm – 7pm

JOSEPH ROWNTREE THEATRE SOUTH BANK COMMUNITY CINEMA 11 JULY The Straight Story U

112 mins (David Lynch, 1999) This take on the road movie sees a man travelling across America by tractor to visit his ill brother. Visually beautiful, Lynch’s (Mulholland Dr., Blue Velvet) film explores family life and community by taking us on a journey at four miles an hour.

Doors open 7.30pm at Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York YO23 1BW. Tel 01904 466086. Tickets £4 Guests / £3 Members. www. sbcommunitycinema.co.uk

MYAESTHENIA GRAVIS, YORK BRANCH 30 JULY Charity Stall

In the Foyer at York Hospital 9am – 4.30pm.

HOVINGHAM VILLAGE MARKET 5 JULY

Markets open from 10.30am. www.hovingham-market.org.uk

Haxby Road, York , YO31 8TA. Tel : 01904 658197

5 JULY Showcase 2014

A showcase of dance and musical theatre performances by pupils from Anna’s Academy of Dance Tickets from Anna’s Academy of Dance — 07977 625393

6 JULY Sunday Night is Music Night

The Tuesday Singers and soloists Jo Pears, Yvonne Garside, George Horne, Ken Humphries and Adrian Clay will be performing in our July Concert. Tickets from York Theatre Royal Box Office — 01904 623568

12 JULY Razzamataz Theatre School York’s Annual Summer Showcase

An exciting variety show, where the West end meets with Eastern Mysteries.

Singing, dancing and acting performances by our students aged from 4-18 years. Tickets from York Theatre Royal Box Office — 01904 623568

Do you run a local club? Do you have an event in August or September?

WHAT’S ON: Local events in York.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON PROBUS CLUB 1 JULY Meeting and Speaker

“A Room with a View” - Muriel Daniels. At Haxby Methodist Church Hall (opposite Haxby Pond) at 10am for coffee before a prompt start at 10.30am.

Membership costs only £15 per year and new members are always welcome. For details of PROBUS in Haxby & Wigginton call Peter Stanhope on 01904 760467.

wine and strawberries on a warm summer’s evening. Enjoy a wonderfully relaxing evening with the Stamford Bridge Singers at St John’s Church, Welburn. Directed by Michael Wiles, and accompanied by York Minster Organ Scholar, Nick Haigh, the Singers will perform both new and wellloved songs to suit every mood. To round the evening off in fine style, the ladies of the church will serve strawberries, homemade shortbread and a glass of wine or soft drink.

Tickets, price £10, available from Helen (01653 618564), Mandy (01653 618662) or Rosemary (01904 787181) or by sending an email to info@ stamfordbridgesingers.co.uk

Sensory Sessions

STAMFORD BRIDGE SINGERS 28 JUNE “The Rhythm of Life” concert

Music, laughter, friendship,

8 JULY Stable Courtyard Market 19 JULY Mausoleum Tour

Join storytellers on the lawns for a picnic and entertainment.

Mad Hatter & Alice in Wonderland fancy dress encouraged.

Must be pre-booked.

1 – 22 JULY Sams Safari Session

For further information and to sign up for either of the above please contact Anne Parkinson, 01904 760037 or email liz@wilberforcetrust. org.uk. All classes are held at the Wilberforce Trust HQ, Huntington, York

www.castlehoward.co.uk Information on 01653 648333

23 & 30 JULY Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

WILBERFORCE TRUST

7 July– 10am-noon and 2-4pm 25 July– 10am-noon and 2-4pm

CASTLE HOWARD

26 – 27 JULY Castle Howard Triathlon

HAXBY & WIGGINTON FLOWER CLUB 8 JULY Member’s Workshop

By Janet Hayton at Wigginton Recreation Hall, The Village, Wigginton, York YO32 2PL at 7.30pm.

More details for all events available from Janet Pepper – 01347 823601 or from our website www. haxbyandwiggintonflowerclub. com

Must be pre-booked, charges apply

27 JULY Music in the Long Gallery Kate Galloway as she plays the Bösendorfer piano in the Long Gallery.

31 JULY & 21 AUGUST ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ Outdoor Theatre

An interactive tale of childhood and imagination as Alice meets White Rabbit, The Mad Hatter and the March Hare.

Must be pre-booked, charges apply.

Please send in your event by email to nicky@thehandymag.co.uk by Tuesday 8th July

WHAT’S ON: Local events in York.

WHEATLANDS WOODLAND, POPPLETON 27 JULY Butterfly Walk

11am at the Woodland.

Held in conjunction with the Butterfly Conservation and led by Joy Jones. At the most colourful time of year, enjoy an educational walk using the wildlife discovery trail leaflet – see the many wildflowers, birds, moths, bees and insects.

Find us behind Poppleton Garden Centre. www. wheatlandswoodland.co.uk

7.30pm. Cookery demonstration with Sue Nelson.

Brian Bates

5 JULY Adders, butterflies & birds

For more information visit www.robertefuller.com or contact 01759 368355

10am-12pm Walk

5 JULY Wharram Wildlife - walk to Wharram Quarry 1.30 – 3.30pm. Walk.

17 JULY Stall

6 & 21 JULY Badger watching & Owl safari with Robert E Fuller

19 JULY Alverton Brass Band

7 – 9.30pm. Tickets: Adults £6 Children £4

6 JULY Fly a Falcon

10am – 11am. Tickets: Adults £6 Children £4

12 JULY Yorkshire Food Finder trail

21 JUNE – 13 JULY Wildlife Art Exhibition: Darwin’s Galapagos.

Open daily 11am to 4.30pm.

Free Admission. An exhibition of wildlife art featuring the fabulous fauna of the Galapagos Islands. Wildlife artist Robert E Fuller turns his extraordinarily detailed eye on exotic creatures such as bluefooted boobies and marine iguanas in this remarkable show.

2 JULY Flat Cap Cook: A take on Yorkshire Recipes

ST MARYS CHURCH STRENSALL

5 JULY Bat Walk with Dawn Leonard

6.30pm-10pm.

ROBERT FULLER GALLERY

11.30am with Brian Bates.

Adults £6 Children £4

11am. Unique trail of Yorkshire’s food producers.

12 JULY Desert Animals with Sam’s Safaris 10am & 1.30pm Meet, and hold reptiles, snakes, chinchiilas and pygmy hedgehog. Fun family event.

Adults £6 Children £4

13 JULY Jungle Animals with Sam’s Safaris 10am. There will be stick insects, giant millipedes, tree frogs, geckos a yellow tortoise and even a python to hold or touch. Adults £6 Children £4

13 JULY Jungle Bushcraft with

at St. Crux church in York.

Please come along to enjoy a cup of tea and browse the stalls

from Ripon will be performing at Strensall Village Hall, 7.30pm.

Tickets £10 (£8 concession) including refreshments, available from Strensall Post Office or on the door

6 STEPS TO BUILDING A GREAT BUSINESS 16 JULY

4-6.30pm Forest Business Park, Fulford YO19 4RH. Business Owners join us for this seminar which follows the ‘6 Steps to a Better Business’ model. It is designed for every business and will take you through each step to climb the ladder of business growth and achieve a ‘Commercial, Profitable Enterprise That Works Without YOU’. Each year thousands of business owners trust ActionCOACH to help them build better businesses.

We use simple strategies that lead to massive results in our clients’ businesses. To attend email mandyhildred@ actioncoach.com or call 01904 499618

Do you run a local club? Do you have an event in August or September?

ST MARY’S CHURCH, STRENSALL 19 JULY Brass Band Concert

The Alverton Brass Band from Ripon will be playing at Strensall Village Hall. Tickets £10 or £8 concessions, includes refreshments. Tickets available from churchlane325@btinternet. com or 01904 491123

NEW EARSWICK FLOWER CLUB 1 JULY Summer Opulence

An evening with area demonstrator Sue Maddox at the New Earswick Folk Hall.

Enjoy watching the skilful art of arranging beautiful flowers and the opportunity of winning the results in a raffle.

Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm.

Tickets £10. Call 01904 758265 for more details.The club would love to welcome you.

FREE DEMENTIA FAMILY DAY 12 JULY

MALTON SHOW 29 JUNE

At Scampston Park, Ryedale.

There will be all the usual agricultural attractions, horticulture displays, farm exhibits and class entries that form the backbone of the show, as well as many other things to appeal to the whole family.

SHOPMOBILITY YORK 29 JUNE Garden Party

10.30am – 3.00pm. At the Old Surgery, 18 The Village, Strensall. Join us and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee with some home baking in the garden (if fine). Cakes, Jams, chutneys, marmalade, books, bric a brac and more for sale. £2.50 entitles you to entry together with drink and scone or cake.

More details and tickets from 679222 or 490522. All proceeds to Shopmobility, York.

10am – 12 noon at New Earswick Bowling Club, Huntington Road, York, YO32 9PX. Do you have a loved one living with dementia and are unsure of what to expect? Want to know how to help? To book a place, please email familyday@ helpinghands.co.uk or call 0808 1611628

FRIENDS OF HUNTINGTON SCHOOL 5 JULY The Grand Depart Family Fun Day.

11am-2pm. A French and cycling themed day with fun for all the family. Bring along your decorated bike to enter into one of the age related categories and use your bike to enter our slow bike races! Refreshments, groups, stalls, games and lots of fun. Bags2School collection also on the day. We are raising money for our new Modern Foreign Language block which is to be built in the summer.

Contact Jo Olsen on 07790 837 855

YORKSHIRE ARBORETUM 8 JULY Wildflower Walk

Our director, John Grimshaw leads a walk to explore and learn about the arboretums wildflowers and meadows

13 JULY Bushcraft

Learn basic shelteringbuilding skills. Great fun for families. Min age 5 years

20 JULY Fun Willow-weaving: Sculptural Flowers

Adults and children can learn to weave a willow flower.

23 AND 30 JULY Wild World Wednesday Children aged 4-11 can discover the natural world during these sessions.

26 JULY Dragon & Damselflies

Enjoy a walk into the arboretum to find and identify dragonflies and damselflies

27 JULY Hawk Walk

Enjoy a walk with a hawk flowing through the trees and flying to your gloved fist and owls flying to you from perches.

For more information, course prices and to book any of the above please call 01653 648598 or email visit@yorkshirearboretum. org or visit www. yorkshirearboretum.org

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WHAT’S ON: Local events in York.

HAXBY MEMORIAL HALL 5 JULY An Evening with the Foresters

HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HALL 19 & 20 JULY Scarecrow Trail

11am – 5pm both days

26 JULY Céilidh 7pm

27 JULY Treasure Hunt and Scavenger Trail 1pm – 5pm

28 JULY River Foss Society Treasure Hunt and buffet supper 6.30pm onwards.

26 – 28 JULY First World War Centenary

Huntington Memorial Hall Trustees are arranging a three day exhibition to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. There will be an exhibition of WWI memorabilia at the Memorial Hall. If you have any items that you would like displayed, please email: info@hmh.org.uk or telephone Dave Jobling on 07775 951 202.

For further details about any of the above events please email info@hmh.org.uk.

The Foresters will be entertaining everyone with their great mix of music and humour.

This concert is to help Haxby Memorial Hall raise funds for their Raise The Roof Appeal. A bar will be available. Tickets are £7.50 and available from Denise on York 761825.

2 AUGUST Service of Rededication

At Haxby Memorial Hall There is to be a Parade from Grey Firs on the Village Green to Haxby Memorial Hall and all veterans are welcome to join that Parade. If you feel you are unable to take part in the Parade but would like to attend the Service you would be most welcome. The Parade starts at 10.30am and the Service of Rededication will take place at the Hall at 11am.

then 10am - 4pm on Mon 25th August. Tickets for the preview are available from 01904 797217 at a cost of £5 which includes wine and canapes.

ST ANDREWS SOCIETY 28 JUNE Coffee Morning 9 AUGUST BBQ More information at www. yorkscot.org.uk or email info@ yorkscot.org.uk

YORK & DISTRICT SPINNERS, WEAVERS AND DYERS 18 JULY – 1 AUGUST Travelling Exhibitions

At Old St Stephen’s Church, Robin Hoods Bay

18 – 26 AUGUST

At St Mary’s Church, Boston Spa

TOTS 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 20 JULY

POPPLETON ART EXHIBITION 22 - 25 AUGUST

Open to artists living in Poppleton. The exhibition begins with a preview evening on Friday 22nd August from 6.30pm - 9pm. The exhibition will then be open 10am - 6pm on Sat 23rd and Sun 24th and

We are celebrating 25 years of Tots at St Andrews with a special birthday party at 2pm at St Andrew’s Church, Huntington Rd. There will be toys and activities for tots, activities for older children and drinks and cakes. If you go to tots now or have done in the past as a parent, carer or even a tot we would love to see you.

TOUR DE FRANCE 5 – 6 JULY www.letouryorkshire.com

Do you run a local club? Do you have an event in August or September?

COFFEE ON THE GREEN, POPPLETON 6 JULY

Open 10am-4pm providing tea, coffee, scones, cakes and sandwiches for anyone out and about watching the Tour de France

SHERIFF HUTTON HISTORY GROUP

DRAGONBOAT CHALLENGE 13 JULY

The 12th annual York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge will take place on the city’s famous River Ouse, during which 36 teams will battle it out between Scarborough Railway Bridge and Lendal Bridge. A great day for all the family – not to be missed!

26 JULY Grand opening of the new archive store

1pm to 4.30pm in the Village hall. Free admission with a small charge for refreshments. There will be an exhibition of selected items from the archives on display. Contact Margaret 01347 878465 or Meg 01347 878136 for further details.

HAXBY CARNIVAL 12 JULY

On the Ethel Ward Playing Field, Haxby. The Carnival Procession will leave the Village Green at 12.45 to arrive on the field by 1.00 pm for the Official Opening. Entertainment, local groups, stalls, mobile climbing wall, penalty shoot-out, live band, go-karts, small fair, Tombola, local produce. Come and watch the RAF fly past with Tucano aircraft! There will also be a performance of ‘Fame’ by the Joseph Rowntree Vaudeville Players and performances by the DB BigBand and lots more!

Everyone is welcome to come and join in Haxby’s fun day.

Enquiries - please ring Jenny Bell at the Council Office on 01904 750378.

ST NICKS FIELDS 5 JULY Planting a hedge - EcoActive Day

10am - 2:00 pm at St Nicks Environment Centre, Rawdon Avenue, York, YO10 3ST. Help with a conservation task in the nature reserve. Tasks vary from path maintenance to planting, balsam bashing, pruning, scything or anything else needed on the day. You will get a warm feeling and free lunch in return.

DUNNINGTON ART GROUP 1 - 2 AUGUST Art Exhibition

At the Reading Room, Dunnington. 9am - 5pm each day.

Original Art Works for Sale.

Refreshments. Supporting ‘Help for Heroes’. No 10 Bus from Merchantgate stops at the door.

THE FARM SHOP WIGGINTON 25 AUGUST

BBQ 1.30-4pm.

Wigginton Road, Wigginton, York YO32 2RH. Call 01904 766822 for more details.

DUNNINGTON FAYRE 12 JULY Comedy Night

Dunnington Reading Rooms Ivan Brackenbury, Steffen Peddie and MC Danny Deegan Licensed bar. £12.50 including a hot meat roll. Tickets available from The Greyhound, Dunnington. www. dunningtonfayre.org.uk Over 18s strong language.

All acts subject to change.

Doors open 7.30pm. Show at 8pm. Further info on 07890 230778

26 JULY Fayre Day

11am - 4pm Family disco 4.30pm - 7pm All at our new venue Farmers Field, YO19 5ND (Walking - public footpath off Horsfield Way at the end of Petercroft Lane. Driving - Off Eastfield Lane.

Lots of displays, Birds of Prey, Children’s Fair, Exotic animals, Refreshments, Traditional stalls, Climbing wall and much more!

27 JULY Family Charity Chill Out Afternoon

12pm - 7.30pm With live music, children’s entertainment, refreshments. Free glass of Bucks Fizz for first 100 adults to arrive!

Fundraising for research into Brain Tumours in children, in memory of Oscar Hughes.

Tickets available from The Greyhound, Dunnington or www.dunningtonfayre. org.uk

Please send in your event by email to nicky@thehandymag.co.uk by Tuesday 8th July

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.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON FLOWER CLUB Contact Janet Pepper on 01347 823601 or visit our website www. haxbyandwiggintonflowerclub. 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 CLUB Contact: 01904 768163 or visit www.newearswicksc. co.uk. or ring Coaching enquiries: 01904 765397 or email memberships@ newearswicksc.co.uk.

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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 non-serious 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 We meet every third Saturday of the month at Murton Farming Museum 10am 3.30pm. Open to new people to learn new skills. T: 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

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

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE SOCIETY Road, Heslington, York YO10 5BN Contact: 01904 658106 or 01904 799773 or visit www. alzheimers.org.uk/york or email: AL.york@tesco.net.

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 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 Club Leader Debbie: 0791 9191372.

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YORK • JULY 2014 • ISSUE 103 YORK RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SUPPORT GROUP (YORKRA) Priory Street Centre, 15 Priory Street, York.

Contact: 01904 642227.

ANIMALS & WILDLIFE 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.

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 meet in Sheriff Hutton Village Hall on the second Tuesday of every month . Please contact Margaret Thompsom 01347 878465 for further details.

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. Contact Claire: 01904 499684

YORK LIBRARIES Contact: 01904 552660.

THE WONDER YEARS Contact: 01904 758717

ENVIRONMENTAL

MUSIC & THEATRE

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

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

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

HAXBY AND WIGGINTON YORK IN TRANSITION Contact: 01904 760659.

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

RIVER FOSS SOCIETY. Contact the Secretary: 01904 768071 or visit www. riverfosssociety.co.uk.

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

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

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

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.

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 SHEPHERD GROUP BRASS BAND Ring Charles: 07802 190250.

YORK CONCERT BAND .

Contact the Secretary, Jill: 01904 629065.

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

ORCHARD PARK PRE-SCHOOL Contact Sandra: 07407 700315 or 01904 626361.

SHERIFF HUTTON PLAYGROUP Contact: 07717 799646.

SHERIFF HUTTON BABIES AND TODDLERS GROUP. 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 Preschool on 01904 442826 STRENSALL STEPPING STONES PRE-SCHOOL Contact Vicki on 01904 442826

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 as well.

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

HAXBY MOOR DISTRICT GIRL GUIDING Rainbows age 5-7 Brownies age 7-10 Guides age 10-14 Senior Section age 14-25 We also welcome new adult volunteers. 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

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

HAXBY & WIGGINTON PROBUS CLUB Contact Mike: 01904 769507.

YORK FAMILY INFORMATION

HAXBY & WIGGINTON U3A

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Contact John: 01904 769618.

STRENSALL WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Contact: 01904 490758.

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.

COMMUNITY CENTRE Contact Paul: 01904 769176.

WIGBY WALKERS Contact Joyce: 01904 762605.

ORCHARD PARK HALL Ring Peter on 01904 640632

YORK RAMBLERS Visit the website www. yorkramblers.org.uk or phone 01904-628134.

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 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.

OAKEN GROVE YOUTH AND

GRAND OPENING

Sheriff Hutton history Group invite you to the grand opening of their new archive store on Saturday 26th July 1 to 4.30pm in the Village hall.

Free admission with a small charge for refreshments.

There will be an exhibition of selected items from the archives on display.

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SPORTS CLUBS BADMINTON CLUB Contact Nick: 01904 481039 or Keith: 07770 874996 or nick.roberts@ dunningtonsportsclub.com or keithmayhew@hotmail.com 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

A GARDEN PARTY

SUNDAY 29TH JUNE AT THE OLD SURGERY 18 THE VILLAGE, STRENSALL JOIN US AND ENJOY A CUP OF TEA OR COFFEE WITH SOME HOME BAKING IN THE GARDEN (If fine) CAKES - JAMS - CHUTNEYS - MARMALADE – BOOKS – BRIC A BRAC and more for sale

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW £2.50 entitles you to entry together with drink and scone or cake.

More details from 679222 or 490522 All proceeds to SHOPMOBILITY YORK

Copy deadline for the next edition is Tuesday 8th July

YORK • JULY 2014 • ISSUE 103 HUNTINGTON MILLERS NETBALL CLUB Please contact Audrey Smith 01904 761641 / 07936 746 439 / 07547 095 603 PARTNERSHIP GYMNASTICS CLUB Contact Ruth: 07886926420.

SANDBURN HALL BADMINTON CLUB. Contact Stephen: 01904 490440.

SHERIFF HUTTON BOWLS CLUB 01347 810233 STRENSALL COMMUNITY YOUTH AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION 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.ellis23@talktalk.net 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 York Rouleurs is a group for cyclists in and around the York area who wish to ride with others. We are unique in that there is no expectation of riders.

Turn up if you can and when you can. 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).

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ACCOUNTANTS Yorkshire Wolds Accountancy.51 AERIAL & AUDIO VISUAL SERVICES ADI Communications.............24 BLTV Aerials.........................11

COMPUTERS & WEB DESIGN Computer Troubleshooters.....31 G-TEC..................................46 NYCOM Ltd..........................30

Malcolm Wells Contractors....57 Martin Chippendale Joinery & Property Maintenance...........59 Neil Jackson Joiner...............14

SM Maintenance...................47 Ultimate Plastic Solutions......14 Yorkshire Home & Property Services...............................22

DENTISTS Howardian Dental Practice.....31

KITCHENS & BEDROOMS Calladene’s Interiors..............14 CK Home Solutions...............16 Dream Doors Ltd..................19 Instyle Kitchens & Bedrooms...3

RENEWABLE ENERGY Adrian Smith Electrical Contractors Ltd.......................8 Peak Power Systems...............9

APPLIANCE REPAIRS Appliance Care.....................59

DRAINAGE Easaway...............................51

ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AP Design Services...............56 Prospect Design....................14

ELECTRICIANS Adrian Smith Electrical Contractors Ltd.......................8 C&S Electrical York................16 HC Engineering Ltd...............23 Judge Electrical....................50 Mark Smith Electrical............18 Wilson Electrical Services......14

LINGERIE Bella di Notte........................27

ESTATE AGENTS Ewe Move............................40 Hudson Moody......................80

MOBILITY MV Mobility..........................28

ATTRACTIONS, SHOWS & EVENTS Castle Howard......................35 Farm Shop, The....................39 Piglets Adventure Farm Park.. 37 Ryedale Festival....................32 BATHROOMS Bluewater Bathrooms..............7 Monks Cross Tiles & Bathrooms. .............................................4 BEAUTY Eve Rose Beauty...................27 Grace Glover.........................26 Nails of Beauty......................27 BLINDS AA Blinds.............................16 Blind Image..........................23 Hillarys Blinds.......................47 BUILDERS ALH Builders.........................14 Future Renovations...............51 Malcolm Wells Contractors....57 BUSINESS COACHING & ADVICE Action Coach Business Coaching..............................49 Make it Happen Mentoring....30 CARE Helping Hands Home Care.....28 CARPET CLEANING Clifton Carpet Cleaning..........18 Future Carpet Cleaning Services Ltd.......................................56 Kevin Atkinson Carpet Cleaning.. ...........................................24 Smart-Dry............................49 Ultraclean.............................59 CARS & SERVICING Auto Safe Clifton...................53 Hometyre.............................52 Paint X.................................53 CLEANING Smart-Dry............................49

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FENCING & SHEDS Apex Shed & Fencing............57 Galtres Fencing.....................55 Linear Fencing......................56 York Fencing.........................55 FINANCES Pen Life Chartered Financial Planners...............................29 FIREPLACES & STOVES Focus Fireplaces...................13 Hovingham Fireplaces...........47 FOOD & DRINK Castle Howard......................39 Farm Shop, The....................39 Farmers Cart, The.................37 GARAGE DOORS Hobman Garage Doors..........25 GARDENS Jim’s Mowing.......................54 Marks Garden Services.........56 Nature Station.......................57 York Landscapes & Maintenance.........................57 GRAPHIC DESIGN Number 23...........................18

LOCKSMITHS LockedOut............................59 MARKETS Hovingham Village Market.....49

NURSERIES & CHILDCARE Flaxton Village Nursery..........31 York Montessori Nursery........61

ROOFING & GUTTERING Able Roofing.........................59 John Pletts Roofing...............63 SOFT FURNISHINGS Elaine Johnson Fabrics & Interiors................................19 SPORTS Newitts.com.........................77 TILES Direct Tile Importers..............18 Monks Cross Tiles & Bathrooms. .............................................4

OPTICIANS Haxby Opticians....................61

TILING ABM Plastering & Tiling.........12 Ken Hamilton Plumber & Tiler.59

OVEN CLEANING Ultraclean.............................59

TRADE ASSOCIATION GiveBackWorks.....................65

PAINTING & DECORATING Dave Kavanagh Painting & Decorating............................63 Peter Riley Decorator............59 R Barker Painting & Decorating.. ...........................................63

TRAVEL Conexo Travel.......................43 Team Coordin8.....................30 Wold Travel...........................43

PETS Battle Flatts Veterinary Clinic.. 45 Local Dog Walker..................46 Station House Vets................46 PLASTERING ABM Plastering & Tiling.........12 PLUMBING & HEATING DJC Plumbing, Heating and Gas Engineers.............................34 DRS Installations Ltd...............9 Gas Servicing by Gemma......59 GW Plumbing.........................2 Haxby Plumbing & Heating....63 North East Heating Solutions.. 17

TREE SURGEONS Bartlett Tree Experts..............55 Tree and Woodland Services..54 Yorkshire Tree Surgeons Ltd..54 TYRES Hometyre.............................52 VETS Battle Flatts Veterinary Clinic.. 45 Station House Vets................46 WASTE Acomb Waste Disposal..........51 WILLS Richardsons Wills..................36

WINDOWS, DOORS & CONSERVATORIES Cloudy2Clear........................15 Crystal Clear Home HEATING Improvements.........................7 North East Heating Solutions.. 17 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Inceil....................................11 IRONING A Plus Property Maintenance.16 Instyle Windows......................5 Creases Away Ironing Service.... HC Engineering Ltd...............23 Regain Conservatory Solutions... ...........................................28 Martin Chippendale Joinery & ...........................................19 Property Maintenance...........59 Square Deals........................21 JOINERS Joinery and Property Services.... Ultimate Plastic Solutions......14 Joinery and Property Services.... ...........................................63 Window Distribution Ltd.........13 ...........................................63 RMB Building Maintenance....24 HAIRDRESSERS Jamm Hair Design................27

PLUMBING - GENERAL Ken Hamilton Plumber & Tiler.59 Plumbing by Taylor................59

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YORK • JULY 2014 • ISSUE 103

TOT

25TH

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Sunday 20th July, St Andrew’s at 2pm

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his will combine the annual tots (St Andrew’s & All Saints’ Tots) and thanksgiving/baptism party as well as celebrating 25 years of tots.

As well as inviting our regular tots families and thanksgiving/baptism families we would like to invite previous tots parents and children.

Have you ever attended the Tots mornings with your child at either of our churches over the past 25 years? We would love to see you again.

If you are you a Mum or Dad/Carer/Grandparent that brought your child to Tots, please let us know as we would love to invite you along.

Please contact the Parish Office on (01904) 768006.

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