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elcome to the March edition.

It has been a challenging month moving into our new little office.

Notwithstanding BT and energy companies we are finally in and settled and able to get to work properly on the Handy Mags this spring. Nicky has been busy getting organised putting together a schedule of local events for the whole year and there is a scary amount of events coming up this spring and summer. Keep reading your Handy Mag to make sure you don’t miss anything important!

This month whilst you’re trying our puzzles or wondering if you need an eye test as you scour the pages for all 5 of our hidden cartoon characters, take time to look at all of the fabulous local businesses advertising in the magazine. Despite the national news telling us that things are looking brighter, every pound spent locally, whatever the business, really matters. And of course make sure you tell them that you found them in the Handy Mag! Do you live in or near Strensall? A group of Strensall residents are working to strengthen their community with a new group to organise events in the area.

THIS MONTH’S FEATURES

ANIMALS I’m Spartacus.................................................... 26 BUSINESS FEATURES Building for your family......................................... 6 Beautiful bespoke kitchens & bedrooms............ 13 Specialist podiatry............................................. 20 Confidence in your own skin.............................. 21 York Montessori Nursery.................................... 22 Saving ordinary folks millions............................. 33 What are the critical drivers in your business...... 35 COMMUNITY PCSO column: Property Marking....................... 49 FOOD AND DRINK Easy lamb rogan dhansak................................. 24 GENERAL Books: March on............................................... 10 A better life........................................................ 16 Ella’s column..................................................... 44 HEALTH Gum disease and how to prevent it................... 25 MOTORING First drive: Infiniti Q50 S Hybrid.......................... 36 PUZZLES Puzzle Page...................................................... 46 Competition....................................................... 43 TRAVEL Nancy City of Stanislas...................................... 38

The first event will be a ceilidh at the village hall on 29th March. The group are looking for more people to help make Strensall a more vibrant community.

YORKSHIRE HOME & PROPERTY SERVICES See page 51 for more details on how you can help with the first Strensall Carnival on 21st June.

ALL DIY WORK UNDERTAKEN IN AND AROUND THE HOME

Don’t forget that the clocks go forward on Sunday 30th March but most of all don’t forget to show some appreciation for your Mum on the same day!

- General Building Work - Painting & Decorating - All Tiling - Flat Roofing & Roof Repairs - Door Hanging & Joinery - Kitchen & Bedroom Fitting by time-served professionals - Gutters Cleaned & Repaired - Conservatory Roof Cleaning - Patios & Driveways Powerwashed

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MARCH ON Now the weather’s improving and spring has almost sprung, it’s time to head outside and explore the great outdoors. OK, so this might be taking the month of March a tad literally, but how about taking it literary? Here are some of our top tips for great reads about epic journeys.

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson Far from being a stroll among the bluebells, the Appalachian Trail is a two thousand mile route that goes right the way along the East Coast of North America, from Georgia to Maine. Bill Bryson’s hilarious account of all the things that will kill you along the way will have you longing for a bit of adventure. This is a trek that’s a journey into the wild.

Some don’t make it alive. Rest assured, if the bears don’t get you then the poison ivy will.

Walking Home: A Poet’s Journey

Simon Armitage Most walkers complete the Pennine Way by going South to North but Simon Armitage decided it would be more poetic if he did it the other way around. He made the 256 mile journey from Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish border to his native Yorkshire, and the village where he was born. True to form, Armitage decided not to look like he was on a Duke of Edinburgh expedition but to wander as a lonely troubadour, penniless on the Pennine Way and give poetry readings in village halls, churches and pubs.

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Henry David Thoreau According to Thoreau, in order to find happiness, we just need to spend more time outdoors.

More specifically, not only do we need to constantly reconnect with nature but we need to be moving and discovering and taking long afternoon walks. As a writer he took inspiration from his surroundings and revelled in the wild and the free. Here he did his greatest thinking and he remains a hero among environmentalists and fans of American literature alike.

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Doris Pilkington, Nugi Garimara In 1931 the Australian government dictated that all Aboriginal and mixed race children should be removed from their homes and put into settlements to assimilate into white culture. This is the true story of three little girls who followed the rabbit-proof fence 1000 miles across the harsh Australian outback, all the way back home. Doris Pilkington’s mother was one of those girls and here she tells her mother’s remarkable survival story. It’s an absolutely unbelievable account of the human spirit and its resilience.

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Harold Fry receives a letter from old flame and dear friend Queenie, who is now in a hospice and facing her mortality. Harold writes her a reply but then on a whim, decides he must walk the 600 miles to hand deliver it to her, leaving his wife upstairs doing the housework. It’s such an amazing and heart-warming story. Will Harold reach Queenie in time?

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J R R Tolkien If there’s one thing in life that hobbits enjoy more than anything, it’s comfort. From the sanctuary of his hobbit-hole, Bilbo Baggins is plucked by the wizard Gandalf and taken off on an extraordinary and most unexpected journey, deep into Middle Earth. Accompanying Gandalf and his band of thirteen dwarves, the world’s most reluctant hero must help them raid the treasures of Smaug the Magnificent, a dangerous dragon. Written for Tolkien’s own grandchildren, it’s the prelude to The Lord of the Rings and a fantastic odyssey into the unknown.

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A BETTER LIFE GREEN WITH ENVY by Derek Thompson Our Better Life has always been about cooperation. We try to work with Nature and the seasons; we swap produce and ideas with neighbours and friends. It’s never about competition...usually.

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 “You must come and see our new place,” a friend of ours simpered. “We’re still renovating, but the garden is looking lovely.”

In fairness, they’ve been renovating for months and months now and there’s no sign of the house surrendering yet. Anne was very keen to go, principally because she likes looking around other people’s houses - when they’re in, I hasten to add.

The garden was, to my emerald eyes, spectacular. They had six chickens, each one a different breed and with its own pedigree, a humungous vegetable plot with three types of potato already in the ground and enough fruit trees to have made 48 litres of cider last autumn.

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also showed us where the water butts will sit and how they plan to follow our example, by linking them to a Rainwater Hub up the wall under the main drainpipe.

I was quiet on the drive home, thinking about what we could do with more space. Anne, ever the practical one, knew just how to harness my ambitions. She drew up a list of things we need to do in March for our own little eco-paradise: 1. Take up more grass, so we can extend the mini-meadow to make it a midi-meadow.

We’ll also need more fine sand for the 50 / 50 mix before we sow last year’s wildflower seeds and it’ll be a chance to delve into a traditional seed catalogue to diversify.

2. Spread the love by spreading the compost. Plus, this year I really want to look at doing something with seaweed.

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3. Tend to the plants in the (world’s smallest) conservatory. I tend to think everything is pot-bound, but sometimes I am right. It’s also a good time to check the

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4. Generally, get busy. This covers a multitude of activities - everything from checking car boot sales for new old tools to turning over the veg patch and planting out onions and beans.

Naturally, we popped into a garden centre on our way home - for tea and cake.

“While you were looking at their wood store,” Anne caught me daydreaming, “Stephanie told me how much they’d been inspired by our garden.”

I smiled then, remembering how we’d agreed a tomato growing competition: Gardner’s Delight vs. Sweet Million - our conservatory vs. their leaky greenhouse.

And I recalled those words of Robert Louis Stevenson: “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” Mainly, it had to be said, because it was written in the seed catalogue.

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Easy Lamb Rogan Dhansak Makes 4. Ready in 40 minutes

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I’M SPARTACUS Celia Carr RVN Station House Vets

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Imagine my embarrassment when she summonsed me loudly from the back door, cooing ‘Mishy moooOOOOHHHh, where are yooOOOUUUUu? MOOOOOEEEEY!’ I would be happily strutting my stuff showing everyone what a fine specimen I was, when all of a sudden I would hear that! In horror I was forced to look around me and see who was about, if I was lucky, there was nobody and I could make a mad dash for the house before anyone realised she was talking to me. Other times I was less lucky and I would have to casually saunter around the cul-de -sac pretending she wasn’t referring to me, whilst looking accusingly at the other cats as though they were the one with the stupid name and hoping to goodness she would not come out of the house and TOUCH ME. Often by the time I had wandered around nonchalantly waiting for the coast to clear I’d get home to find the other cats had eaten all MY dinner.

Thankfully we recently moved to a house with cat flaps so I can come and go as I please and no longer need to be called. As a result I am now introducing myself to the new neighbours as Spartacus.

A down side to the move is that I have lost my six other dinners that I used to receive daily from our old neighbours, much to the relief of my owner. I

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love food but my owner says I love food too much and that I need to lose weight. I decided she may be right as I often got a bit stuck in the cat flap which has not been a very pleasant experience as my bottom was open to the elements whilst I tried to manoeuvre myself in a carefree manner so nobody noticed that I was in fact STUCK. As I result I have made a consented effort over the last couple of months not to eat the other cats dinners and I have tried to be more active and despite licking the empty food bowl longingly, I have lost weight.

This has not gone unnoticed by my owner. As a vet nurse she is never satisfied. First I was fat and needed to diet and now I have lost weight she has shipped me off to Station house Vets, her place of work, to be examined for weight loss!

I do not like cat boxes, nor do I like cars, or being refused breakfast. And I certainly do not like being weighed, prodded, put in a kennel, looked at and having people comment rudely on my weight!

They touched my feet. (A no no in any cats language) checked my blood pressure, took my heart rate, checked my TEMPERATURE which I will not ever ever be having done again, all I will say on that little humiliation was it was far far worse than having my feet touched or getting stuck in the cat flap!

I had blood taken from my neck, urine taken directly from my bladder (I say taken as I did not consent to this). They took blood from my ear by pricking it to check my glucose levels and then palpated my abdomen, (another no touch area).

Apparently I needed a full health check due to my recent weight loss, my age (I’m eight, which is rudely classed as mature) and the fact I’m always searching for food, (I’m hungry and dissatisfied as I’m on a diet!!!)

I spent the rest of the day making my thoughts known and only perked up when I received my belated breakfast.

My owner came bounding in happily to share the good news that I was all healthy and what a clever puss I was for losing weight.

I did not share her enthusiasm for telling me what I already knew. I turned my back on her lifted my tail in the air, gave it a good flick (cat swear word!) and left the room making it absolutely clear I would not forgive her until tea time!

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rom the day you have a baby or adopt a child, your life changes forever. People tell you this when you’re pregnant, but it’s only when it happens that you really understand what they mean. Suddenly there’s someone who depends on you entirely. Every decision you make from now on will be based on their needs or desires.

Being a mother can be the best of jobs and the worst of jobs. For every heart-warming moment of pride and loveliness, there’s a blazing row or slammed door (but hopefully with a hug and a sorry afterwards).

Mums have to take on every role in the family – carer, teacher, agony aunt, sergeant major, personal assistant, taxi driver… And it doesn’t stop when the children leave home. Now approaching 40, I still rely on my mum for advice, friendship, help with childcare, emergency loans and the occasional kick up the backside to get things done.

It’s only as you get older, especially if you have children of your own, that you realise how your parents felt as you grew up – why they made you do your homework, go to bed, stop fighting with your brother, eat properly, save money and above all, be careful!

Mother’s Day gives us the perfect opportunity to say thank you to our mums for everything they have done and still do for us.

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Mother’s Day in the US, Anna Jarvis, eventually regretted campaigning to get the day recognised because it became so commercialised. She hated the fact that people would buy a card with a printed message rather than writing a letter.

It’s lovely to buy or make a card and give flowers and chocolates. You can also do something special to show you care – maybe take on a job that she hates or treat her to a day of pampering.

But this year, why not go beyond the message in the card and write a few personal lines of your own to tell your mother how much you love her. Make sure she knows that she really is the best mum in the world (like mine).

Mother’s Day is celebrated all around the world, usually in March or in May. In the UK, it is a mixture of a Christian tradition, and the celebration of motherhood that began in the USA in the early 20th century. During the 16th century, people in service would return to their home or ‘mother’ church on the fourth Sunday in Lent – Mothering Sunday.

Mother’s Day as we know it became a regular event in the 1950s, largely thanks to businesses keen to exploit its commercial potential.

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Nancy City of Stanislas ducal palace now houses the Lorraine Museum while the ‘Rue Gourmande’ beckons with the aroma of quiche Lorraine or traditional Mirabelle plum tart.

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kindly gaze of the “Benefactor” and the view takes your breath away, the elegant City Hall, the Theatre-Opera House, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Triumphal Arch bearing a medallion of Louis XV.

In 1737, sixty year old Stanislas sought refuge at the French Court where his son in law, Louis XV, placed the newlyacquired Duchy of Lorraine in his care. Overwhelmed by gratitude, Stanislas devoted his personal fortune and the rest of his life to his new subjects, feeding the poor, encouraging the arts and planning an architectural showcase, a “royal town”, on former wasteland. He died aged 89 after falling in his fireplace.

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But just steps away from the 18th century city, the old medieval district leads you through a jumble of winding lanes, old-fashioned shops, flower stalls and private mansions festooned in sculpted balustrades and stone staircases. The old

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Wide-eyed visitors gaze at the ornate villas sprinkled in the suburbs, or the opulent Brasserie Excelsior at the heart of town, before strolling down to the river Meurthe or enjoying a cruise on the canal. But when the sun sets over the hills, it’s time to return to the square where golden lights twinkle all around and the dark silhouette of Stanilas the Benefactor keeps watch over his flock. This is just as it should be, a unique and enchanting sight, for no other city in France owes so much to a Polish king.

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“The Japanese style is largely very simplistic and aims to create a relaxed, calm environment”

Thinking of water, why not create your own ‘deer chase’? All you need to set up is a source of water powered by a pump, then allow the water to pour out from a bamboo spout and then into another hollowed out piece of bamboo. As the weight of the water increases in the hollowed out bamboo it causes it to tip and to swivel around slightly. Once filled up it then tilts downwards and pours its water into the basin or bowl beneath. When empty it clunks back into position. If you want something even simpler, then buy some wide diameter bamboo canes, hollow one out, cut the end at an angle and simply create a trickling water spout.

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ON HAVING A NAP Back in nursery school, “nap time” was specifically timetabled into the day; we got tucked up after a long hard hour of finger painting to rest and collect ourselves in preparation for tig, perhaps. Naps were the best.

Sadly, for most of us these days are long gone, and having reached maturity our workaholic western culture expects us to man it from morning to evening on full alert. For any normal adult who isn’t retired or ill, napping during the day is immediately assumed to be a sign of laziness and lack of ambition. Strange, considering that insomnia and sleep deprivation are increasingly prevalent in modern times, and are shown to be highly detrimental to health and stress levels.

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ART GROUP 6 Sessions Fri 28 February – Fri 4 April 10am – 12 noon £50 for all 6 sessions (incl. materials) Conference Room, Wilberforce Trust HQ, Huntington, York Sessions will be based around bold colours and textures

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he Yorkshire Cajun & Zydeco Festival is fast establishing itself in the calendar for enthusiasts from all over Britain and Europe. It is also introducing this fabulous Louisiana music, dance and entire culture to a local public who may otherwise not come across one of the best kept secrets of the music and dance world.

After two highly successful festivals, this year’s promises to be bigger and better still with great bands, dance and music workshops and Cajun food. Plus, new for this year, the chance to experience an authentic Louisiana Mardi Gras celebration as the Milton Rooms will be transformed on the Sunday (16th March) with banners, bunting and beads and festivalgoers will be encouraged to dress up and wear costumes and masks!

The line-up of live bands is now complete: Visiting us from Europe is fabulous young Dutch band - FRONT ROW ZYDECO. After their brilliant performance last year, Phil Underwood brings his band COLIN AND THE CRAWFISH back to Yorkshire.

British Cajun & Zydeco star Gavin Lewery makes his debut at our festival with two of his bands LITTLE EASY and CHANKY CHANK. Returning again is our very own local band THE WANDERING ACES. Performing on our special Mardi Gras Sunday we have the highly visual and entertaining ROUGH CHOWDER. Finally, something of a scoop, making their UK festival debut – a brand new Cajun band from Scotland we have BLUEBELL CAJUN DANCE BAND. Once again a ‘star’ of the festival will be the Milton Rooms itself, with its great sprung dance floor and plenty of room for dancers and those who like to sit and watch the bands and the dancing.

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8 APRIL “Spring Forward”

YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH 28 FEBRUARY Fashion Display

11.30am – 2.30pm. Ladies’ and Children’s’ clothes fashion display and coffee/light lunch at St Mary’s Priory Church Community Centre in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research.

28 JUNE Midsummer Madness

Have a picnic and listen to music. Further details soon

6 SEPTEMBER Jumble sale

At Sheriff Hutton, in aid of YCR

HAXBY & WIGGINTON FLOWER CLUB 11 MARCH “Large Pedestal Arrangement”

Flower Arranging Workshop by Madeline O’Beirne. Wigginton Recreation Hall, Wigginton, York YO32 2PL at 7.30pm.

Participants must pre-book.

Visitors very welcome £5 on the

Flower Arranging Demonstration

by Jan Faulkner. Wigginton Recreation Hall, Wigginton, York YO32 2PL at 7.30pm. Flower Arrangements will be raffled at the end of the evening and tea/coffee on sale.Visitors very welcome £5 on the door.

More details for all events available from Janet Pepper – 01347 823601.

WIGGINTON & HAXBY WI 13 MARCH Monthly Meeting

“Georgian Life and Times in York” by Julia Mander.

Competition: A Small Antique Curio. St Mary’s Church at 7.30pm.

FLAXTON GARDENING CLUB 17 MARCH Meeting

Speaker - Sjaak Kastelijn on Increasing Wildlife in the Garden Sjaak will explain how it is not necessary to live in a field-like garden to increase wildlife. Also he will speak of the different rhythms in the garden.

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 £2 for nonmembers).

There is a small raffle at every indoor meeting.

SHERIFF HUTTON JUMBLIES 22 MARCH Jumble Sale

SOUTH BANK COMMUNITY CINEMA 14 MARCH The White Ribbon (2009) cert.15

8pm. Directed by Michael Haneke. Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.

28 MARCH The Long Good Friday (1980) cert.18

8pm. Directed by John Mackenzie and starring Bob Hoskins, this is a tough but brilliant British gangland thriller.

With an introduction by John Beecroft, who worked on the film.

Doors open 7.30pm at Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York YO23 1BW. Tel 01904 466086. Tickets £4 Guests / £3 Members. www. sbcommunitycinema.co.uk 2 -4 pm at Sheriff Hutton Village Hall. Jumble sale in aid of Treasure Chest

BLOOD DONOR SESSIONS 3 MARCH Wigginton Recreation Centre 2-4pm and 5-7pm

Please send in your event by email to nicky@thehandymag.co.uk by Tuesday 4th March

WHAT’S ON: Local events in York.

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12 – 15 MARCH SHOUT! The Mod Musical

It’s time to return to the 1960s with the West End juke-box musical SHOUT! With crazy costumes and groovy hair styles, SHOUT! charts not only the music of the decade but also the changes in the lives of women throughout the 50’s. including songs by Petula Clarke, Nancy Sinatra, Shirley Bassey and many more this is a fun night for all featuring five sensational vocalists and live band.

16 MARCH York Remembers David Bushby

Join us for this special show in tribute to David Bushby, former manager of the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, featuring many performing groups from the York area. Proceeds of this concert in aid of the Renal Unit at York Hospital.

28 MARCH Roger McGough and Support

York Literature Festival One of the UK’s most famous and respected poets, Roger McGough, has been confirmed as one of the headline acts at York Literature Festival 2014.

McGough is well known as a champion of poetry, and is the current presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please. He

was one of the Mersey Poets, alongside Brian Patten and Adrian Henri. As a member of pop group The Scaffold, he penned the lyrics for number one hit Lily The Pink in 1968.

He also contributed to the script for The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine Film. His work has appeared in over 50 books, and has included writing for children and autobiography.

He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University, fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of the Poetry Society. McGough was made an OBE in 1997 and a CBE in 2004.

31 MARCH – 5 APRIL Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love

Aspects Of Love tells a story of passion, love and loss across three generations of a family and their companions, set against the background of the cobbled streets of Paris to the mountains of the Pyrenees, Italy and Venice. It centres on Alex Dillingham, a young student travelling through France, who falls in love with the alluring actress Rose Vibert.

As the pair embark on a passionate affair, the unexpected arrival of Alex’s uncle George, changes their lives forever as they come to appreciate how love changes everything.

27 MARCH New Earswick Folk Hall 2-4pm and 5-7pm

HOVINGHAM VILLAGE MARKET 1 MARCH

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

HAYLEY SISTERS 8 MARCH

At Huntington Working Men’s Club, York. Tickets £5 on 01904 769101 or from the club All proceeds to Multiple Sclerosis Society, York Branch.

Organised by ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Book early to avoid disappointment!

ST NICHOLAS FIELDS 1 MARCH Eco- Active Day

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. Eco-Active Day is a great opportunity to be doing something useful outdoors, get lots of fresh air, maybe learn a new skill, get fit, meet like-minded people and drink cups of tea! Free entry, no booking necessary for individuals. If you’re planning to bring a group, please let us know.

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

23 MARCH Picnic with ‘Art Tea on Tour’

11:30am-3:30pm at York Environment Centre, St Nicholas Fields, Rawdon Ave YO10 3ST Bring your picnic and work with Derbyshire recycled media artist, Nicky Ward, and her ‘Art Tea’ team to create an amazing artwork using all the stuff you would ordinarily throw away!

The artwork and a film of its creation will be exhibited at the renowned Wirksworth Festival in Derbyshire. It’ll be fun for all ages, so get involved and don’t be put off by bad weather – we’ll be indoors if need be and there’ll be other activities for the whole family.

Entry: free, donations welcome.

More info: www.stnicksfields. org.uk, 01904 411821

PARKINSONS UK (YORK BRANCH).

3 MARCH Parkinsons Monthly Meeting

Held at York Sports Club, Shipton Road, at 7pm. The meeting will take the form of AGM followed by a social evening. For further details ring 01904 490987

HOWSHAM MILL 3 – 9 MARCH Climate Week

The Climate Week Challenge is the biggest environmental competition in Britain, backed by major organisations such as the National Association of Head teachers and Girl guiding UK. It helps develop knowledge of sustainability,

and skills of innovation and working to a deadline. It is completely free and requires no preparation. At Howsham Mill we will be working with schools throughout the week and then display the work completed at the weekend.

If you are a school and are interested in taking part on either the 5th or 7th March please email Jen Wakefield on edu.howshammill@gmail.com.

EXPLORE HAXBY LIBRARY EVERY SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Drop in Session York and District Dyslexia Association will be hosting drop in sessions at Explore Haxby Library. A series of teatime sessions entitled:- ‘A chat around the table’. The aim is to provide a place for people to come and drop in with their own questions and speak to a member of Y.A.D.D.A.

Bad Seed and Brass Castle, are putting together an eclectic menu of cutting-edge cask and keg craft ales from far and wide, with the emphasis on range of beer styles and flavour combinations. There will be some great music and street food too but the beer will be the star attraction. Tickets are now on sale.

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS, YORK LOCAL GROUP. 11 MARCH Illustrated talk

7.30pm - “Birding North Norfolk” by Alan and Susan Parker.

Temple Hall, York St. John University. , Lord Mayors Walk, York, YO31 7EX. Non-members welcome.

Entrance £2.50 Group members, £3.00 non members.

HAXBY AND WIGGINTON TRANSITION GROUP 8 MARCH Sharing Event

BEERTOWN 21 – 22 MARCH Beer Festival

With the launch of the first BEERTOWN event, Malton will re-assert its beer credentials and embrace the beer revolution, bringing to town some truly outstanding ales. At the Milton Rooms, Malton.

The town’s two new breweries,

“Emphasis on seeds” at Haxby and Wigginton Methodist Church. Bring your surplus or just come along and share some of ours if you haven’t any yourself – there is always more than enough for all.

Phone Tim on 01904 760659.

Email:hwtransition@gmail.com. www.haxbyandwiggintonccc. org.uk

FLYING DUCKS YOUTH THEATRE 15 MARCH 1950’s and Grease Night De Grey Rooms, York. 7.30 – 11pm. Free Dance Class 6.30 – 7.30pm. (numbers

Please send in your event by email to nicky@thehandymag.co.uk by Tuesday 4th March

WHAT’S ON: Local events in York. are limited so please book) Optional 1950’s dress. Live music. Tickets from Michael Whyte on 01904 768963, £25 per couple. More details from flyingducksyouththeatre.co.uk

10 – 12 APRIL “Grease”

At the Joseph Rowntree Theatre. 7.30pm. Saturday matinee 2.30pm. Tickets £8£10. Contact Michael Whyte on 01904 768963 or visit www. flyingducksyouththeatre.com

STRENSALL COMMUNITY EVENTS 29 MARCH Ceilidh

7.30pm at Strensall Village Hall. Live music, dancing, pie and pea supper. Tickets: Adults £7.50, Child £5. Family (2 adults and 2 children) £20.

All proceeds raised from this event will go towards supporting future community events.

ST ANDREW’S SOCIETY 10 MARCH Theatre Outing

‘Hot Mikado’ at York Theatre Royal

15 MARCH Ceilidh

7.30pm. Joint Ceilidh with York Scottish Dance Society at Stockton on the Forest Village Hall.

For more details please see the website www.yorkscot.org.uk

STAMFORD BRIDGE SINGERS 2 MARCH Evensong

6.30pm at the Parish Church of St John and All Saints, Easingwold. The music will include the Batten Introit O Sing Joyfully, William Smith’s Responses, the Canticles by

HAXBY LIBRARY Competition throughout March

During March we will be hosting a competition for the local Haxby and Wiggington Art Group, Studio 58. They’ve been tasked to produce a piece of art entitled ‘My library’ to reflect what their library means to them. We’ll be displaying the work through March, and invite local residents to pop in and cast a vote for their favourite piece. The winner, which will be announced in April, will be put on permanent display in the library here on Station Road.

HAXBY MEMORIAL HALL 22 MARCH Coffee Morning and Table Top/Car Boot Sale

10am – 1pm at Haxby Memorial

Walmisley in D minor and the anthem How Lovely are the Messengers by Mendelssohn.

This is a free event as it is a service and we do hope you can join us for this occasion.

Further details on our website: www.stamfordbridgesingers. co.uk or from Rosemary on 01904 787181.

Hall. All proceeds will go to the Raise The Roof Appeal. Tables inside £8.00, outside £7.00.

Set up time 9am for event to start 10am. Close at 1pm.

To reserve a table please ring 01904 768100.

SHERIFF HUTTON HISTORY GROUP 11 MARCH Open meeting

2 - 3.30pm at Sheriff Hutton Village Hall. An opportunity to share any documents, memories of Sheriff, and to view archives. £2 with refreshments.

Contact Meg Ashbridge on 01347 878136 or Margaret Thompson on 01347 878465

28 MARCH Fundraising Event

Sheriff Hutton Village Hall – ‘Treasures of Sheriff.

Speaker John Hendry 7.30pm. Admission £5 with refreshments.

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

WILBERFORCE TRUST 19 MARCH VI Café

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

Information and sight loss will be available to help you. Drop in anytime between 10am – 12 noon.

Venue : Conference Room, Wilberforce Trust HQ, Huntington York. For further information please contact Anne Parkinson 01904 760037 or email liz@wilberforcetrust.org.uk

STRENSALL LIBRARY 7 MARCH A Chocoholics Party

7.30pm at Strensall Library. Looking for something different for Mothers Day, Easter or just for yourself? All the chocolates are to order and not available in the shops with prices from 20p. Easter cards and decorations also on sale. Please come along – no obligation to purchase.

Teas, coffees and soft drinks are available. A fundraising event for SHOPMOBILITY YORK

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CEILIDH

Live Music Dancing Pie & Pea Supper Saturday 29th March 2014 Doors open 7:30pm Strensall Village Hall Northfields, Strensall , YO32 5XP Tickets: Adult £7.50, Child £5, Family (2 Adults, 2 Children) £20 This is a ticket only event, tickets are available from Lynette on 07817 649616 or Sam on 07920 786162 All proceeds raised from this event will go towards supporting future Community events

YOUR SCARECROW COULD HELP THE MARTIN HOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE

Good Night’s Sleep Appeal

AND OUR LOCAL ORGANISATIONS! You supported our Scarecrow Festival brilliantly last year - will you help us again this year, please?

The Haxby and Wigginton Methodist Church Scarecrow Festival will be held on Saturday 3rd May, Sunday 4th May and Monday 5th May 2014. There will be trails of varying lengths (£2.00 per trail, not per person!) around Haxby and Wigginton and these will be on sale in the church 10.00 am to 4.30 pm.

All proceeds from the festival will be shared between the Martin House Childrens Hospice and our local voluntary organisations. For more information about the event, please contact Dave Sleet on scarecrows@ haxbyandwiggintonmethodistchurch.org.uk or 01904 761262, To register to make a scarecrow and include it on one of our trails (closing date 11th April 2014), you can either complete our online registration form at: www.haxbyandwiggintonmethodistchurch.org. uk/scarecrows/scarecrow-registration/or obtain a form from the Aroma Coffee Shop, 30a The Village, Haxby.

We would appreciate any local voluntary organisation wishing to make a claim for funds to submit their request to Martyn Holman, 29 Moor Lane, Haxby, YO32 3PQ with details of the amount and the reason for the submission by 6th April 2014 please. Come on then - let’s be having those scarecrow registrations!

Please send in your event by email to nicky@thehandymag.co.uk by Tuesday 4th March

SHORT STORY THE SECRET ADMIRER

by Jackie Brewster

“Can you be trusted to mind the café while I nip next door?” Aunt Carol asked solemnly as though she was leaving Becky in charge of the country. It was a big responsibility, and this was only Becky’s third day. The lunchtime rush was over, and there had been no customers for nearly an hour.

While Becky was grateful to Carol for giving her a holiday job, she found that buttering cobs was not as easy as they made it look on television.

She suspected Carol wasn’t convinced she had what it took to be a success in catering.

“Whatever you do,” Carol warned her, “don’t let that rat chap in.” Which seemed both a strange and reasonable request.

Left alone, Becky practised folding napkins until she heard the café door open. An elderly gentleman, smartly dressed, sat down at the table by the window. Becky took a deep breath, picked up her order pad and walked briskly over to him.

“What can I get you, sir?” she asked. He was wearing a jacket which appeared to be wriggling.

A small furry nose popped up between the lapels.

Becky nearly dropped her pencil.

“Oh, don’t worry about him,” the man said. “He’s fine.”

“Pets aren’t allowed in the café,” Becky said nervously. She was almost certain this was true because she’d read a sign in the window.

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replied, browsing the menu.

“He’s a guide dog, and they’re perfectly welcome everywhere.”

“But you’re not blind,” Becky said, a little embarrassed.

“Of course everyone immediately thinks of guide dogs for the blind.” He closed the menu as though he found nothing appetising within it.

“Roland’s an allergy guide dog.

Have you heard of that?”

Becky confessed she had not.

“I am allergic to parma violets,” the man continued confidentially.

“Roland has to sniff my food to confirm it’s safe to eat.”

“Allergic to parma violets?”

Becky repeated blankly.

“Dangerously.” The man nodded sagely and tapped the menu.

“Can you recommend anything that doesn’t include parma violets?”

Becky was confused. Parma violets were little purple sweets - she had no idea they were also a cooking ingredient.

“I don’t think there’s any in the tea,” Becky said hopefully. The man frowned, “Can you guarantee it?”

She shook her head.

“In that case, it’s a good job I have Roland here.” He pulled Roland out of his jacket and sat him in his lap. He was a funny looking dog, with short legs, a pointy nose and a long body.

“What type of dog is he?” Becky asked.

“He’s an allergy dog, we’ve been through this.” The man waved his hand dismissively.

“Be quick with the tea dear, I’ve a plane to catch.”

Becky hurried back behind the counter. Something didn’t feel right about the man and his allergy dog. She hoped he would drink up and go before her aunt returned. After all, the nearest airport was a two hour drive.

She was not in luck. Carol bustled into the café carrying a box of crisps.

“Any customers?” she asked.

“Not really,” Becky lied as she overflowed the teacup.

“So who’s that for?” Carol asked dubiously.

“The gentleman over there.”

Carol turned round and almost exploded.

“Not you again,” she screamed.

“Get that rat out of here!”

The man scooped up Roland protectively. “He’s not a rat,” he said indignantly. “He’s a ferret, and they’re very clever animals.”

“He sniffs parma violets,” Becky added to explain the situation.

And with that, her fate in the world of catering was sealed.

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YORK • MARCH 2014 • ISSUE 99 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 In Wigginton Recreational Hall, Wigginton YO32 2PU. Contact Janet Pepper on 01347 823601 HAXBY & WIGGINTON GARDENING CLUB. Contact Ginny, Secretary: 01904 768516.

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

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.

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

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

STRENSALL DINING GROUP Contact: 01904 490987.

BREATHE EASY YORK Contact Sue: 01904 410 003 or visit www.breatheeasyyork. co.uk.

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

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

Contact: 01904 721166.

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

CITIZEN ADVICE BUREAU Free and confidential advice.

Contact: 0844 826 9705 or visit www.yorkcab.org.uk.

YORK BONSAI SOCIETY. Contact: Andy 01757 268145.

HALVES Lost your other half? If so, we meet for a friendly chat over refreshments? Trinity Methodist Church, Monkgate, York. Contact Margaret: 01904 415894

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

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 email , Ernie Young, Tel: 01904 760698 or visit www.ycsgt.org.uk YORVIK GATEWAY CLUB. Contact Club Leader Debbie: 0791 9191372.

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.

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 768071 or visit www. riverfosssociety.co.uk.

YORK ROTTERS Contact: 01904 412861 or email rotters@stnicksfields. org.uk.

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

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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.

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.

YORK LIBRARIES Contact: 01904 552660.

MUSIC & THEATRE 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.

HAXBY SINGERS. Contact Bob or Edna on 01904 769176 IN-2-ACTING Contact 01904 769176 or admin@oakengrove.org.uk

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STAMFORD BRIDGE SINGERS To hire us or to join the choir please email: info@ stamfordbridgesingers. co.uk or visit www. stamfordbridgesingers.co.uk

01904 492937 or email sarahsmithpg@btconnect. com.

THE SHEPHERD GROUP BRASS BAND Ring Charles: 07802 190250.

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

YORK CONCERT BAND .

Contact the Secretary, Jill: 01904 629065.

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. Contact Claire: 01904 499684

TINY STEPS TODDLER GROUP Contact: 01904 442826

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

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

HAXBY MOOR GIRL GUIDING Contact Helen Feeten: 01904 762926 1ST HEWORTH SCOUT GROUP Contact Matthew on 07974901386 or visit www.1st-heworth.org.uk for more info.

29TH YORK (HUNTINGTON ALL SAINTS) RAINBOWS

THE WONDER YEARS Contact: 01904 758717

Contact Stephanie Easton: 07875 541520

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

CHRISTCHURCH SCOUT GROUP (STOCKTON LANE) Simon Errington Tel: 01904-430651

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

STOCKTON ON THE FOREST SCOUT GROUP Contact Kath Shapcott: 01904 421096.

SHERIFF HUTTON PLAYGROUP Contact: 07717 799646.

AIR CADETS, EASINGWOLD Contact: 2487@aircadets.org

SHERIFF HUTTON BABIES AND TODDLERS GROUP. Contact Margaret: 01347 878314.

SOCIETIES

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

HAXBY & WIGGINTON PROBUS CLUB Contact Mike: 01904 769507.

HAXBY & WIGGINTON U3A Contact John: 01904 769618.

Contact Mrs Graves: 01904 750570.

SPORTS CLUBS BADMINTON CLUB Contact Nick: 01904 481039 or Keith: 07770 874996 or nick.roberts@ dunningtonsportsclub.com or keithmayhew@hotmail.com “CAPOEIRA IN YORK COMMUNITY” 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

SINNINGTON PRE SCHOOL Contact Kerry or Suzanne: 07799727656.

STRENSALL WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Contact: 01904 490758.

STOCKTON LANE PLAYGROUP Contact Fiona: 07746 806426.

WIGGINTON & HAXBY OVER SIXTIES Contact Lilian, Secretary: 01904 769993

HUNTINGTON MILLERS NETBALL CLUB Please contact Audrey Smith 01904 761641 / 07936 746 439 / 07547 095 603

WIGGINTON & HAXBY WOMEN’S INSTITUTE

PARTNERSHIP GYMNASTICS CLUB

STRENSALL PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP Contact Sarah:

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SANDBURN HALL BADMINTON CLUB. Contact Stephen: 01904 490440.

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

WIGGINTON & HAXBY TABLE TENNIS Meets Oaken Grove Community Centre, Haxby on Tuesday 7-9pm. wiggintonhaxbytabletennis. co.uk

HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL HALL Contact the Caretaker: 01904 760044.

WIGBY WALKERS Contact Joyce: 01904 762605.

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

WIGGINTON BOWLING CLUB Contact Colin: 01904 760877 or colin.ellis23@talktalk.net

ORCHARD PARK HALL Ring Peter on 01904 640632

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

STRENSALL FOOTBALL CLUB. Contact Clare Inkster on 07932 392231

WIGGINTON GRASSHOPPERS Contact Richard, FA Level 1 instructor: 07814 266987.

STRENSALL LAWN BOWLING CLUB Contact Annette, Secretary: 01904 492807

YORK HOTSHOTS CHEERLEADING CLUB .

Contact Anna: 07507638804 or e-mail yorkhotshots@ hotmail.co.uk

STRENSALL SHORT MAT INDOOR BOWLS Contact Jackie: 01904 492993.

TERRINGTON LAWN BOWLS CLUB Contact: 01653 619276 emsg1967-bowls@yahoo. co.uk

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.

SAND HUTTON AND CLAXTON VILLAGE HALL Contact: 01904 468001 STOCKTON-ON-THE-FOREST VILLAGE HALL Contact: 01904 400409.

Contact us on 01653 690859 or email nicky@thehandymag.co.uk to advertise your local group for free!

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.

The Stamford Bridge Singers will be making a return visit to sing Evensong at the Parish Church of St John and All Saints, Easingwold, on Sunday 2nd March at 6.30pm. The music will include the Batten Introit O Sing Joyfully, William Smith’s Responses, the Canticles by Walmisley in D minor and the anthem How Lovely are the Messengers by Mendelssohn. This is a free event as it is a service and we do hope you can join us for this occasion. Further details on our website:

www.stamfordbridgesingers.co.uk or from Rosemary on 01904 787181

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