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The voice of Hillam village, North Yorkshire. Delivered free to all residents. Volume 23, Issue 2. April — May 2011
Residents offer to run the Cross Keys The Cross Keys presents a forlorn sight at the centre of the village. No warm fire to welcome visitors, only a sign to say “Closed until further notice”. Will the recent fire which closed the Cross Keys be the last straw that results in its permanent closure? This is something that one group of villagers have become very concerned about and have asked the landlords of the pub about their intentions. In their approach to the pub owners they have even gone as far as floating the idea of making it into a “Community Pub”. Fear of demolition to make way for housing
Support from Nigel Adams, MP
In their letter to the owners of the pub the group stated - “There is no wish by the community to see the pub disappear, or the premises perhaps be disposed of for other uses, and should this be the intention the village would wish to try to continue with it as a community pub, but under its own direction.” There is good reason to fear that a village pub might be demolished because the demand for housing is so great and the site the pub sits on is in a prime position in the village. It is a common problem that buildings be allowed to deteriorate when they become un-occupied. Once they fall into a dilapidated state demolition often follows, although it might take years, during which time the building is simply an eyesore.
The group have made Nigel Adams aware of the problem and he has offered his support. The problem is not unique to Hillam or Selby District and Nigel Adams had already been active in dealing with this issue through a private members bill he submitted last year. He had started with the problem of pubs being demolished and this was part of the bill that he had proposed. The title of the Bill was the Protection of Local Service (Planning) Bill and it was designed to give local planning authorities in England the power to “opt in” to protect local services from conversion to another use or demolition without the need for a developer to apply for and be granted planning permission. Local services include but are not limited to pubs, post offices, community buildings, open spaces and local shops as defined in accordance with the Sustainable Communities Act 2007.
Encouraging response from the Landlords The response was brief but positive with the owners saying that as soon as the insurance is sorted out the pub will re-open as they see the pub as one with “great potential”. They also said that they had no intention of selling the pub for alternative use at this time. Hopefully the insurance payments will be sorted out soon and the repair work commenced. Having an empty building at the centre of the village is creating a run down appearance.
Also in this issue… Plans for 7000 new houses - find out how many might be built in Hillam.
Or 32 caravans on a field near you - Subject to planning approval of course.
How the problem started The Cross Keys has been closed since Friday February 18th when a fire, which began in a deep fat fryer, destroyed the kitchen and left the bar area badly damaged. Business owners Barracks Inns Ltd of Wakefield Road, Pontefract had replaced Lee and Chris with a new manageress five days before the fire occurred.
Mobile skate park coming in April
Come on , say what you think -
- another chance to do some grinding, and show off your ollies.
Hillam Parish Council ask what you want them to do for you with your extra money.
Sit back and relax - Bens dragon has been slain and there have been no recent sightings of the Hillam Common ghost.
The wires are down and the gulleys are up - latest trends on local crime, how
Grand plans for the post office -
Poo corner - hopefully a unique feature
more local organic produce.
article, enough is enough.
But it’s now too late to object.
Byram wind farm - Only a few days left to object to the test mast.
Selby get tough with illegal building Pied Wagtails arrive & Whoopers - so what will happen next? leave - by overnight flight to Iceland.
you can help to improve security.
On yer bike - cycling with a mission Charity bike ride to race Tour de France.
Editor for this issue - Howard Ferguson HILLAM NEWS is financed solely by advertising revenue and the generosity of contributors, photocopiers and distributors. The Editor is solely responsible for the paper’s contents. If you have a view you would like published, or if you wish to advertise, phone David Atkinson on 684577 or email at dsa99uk@yahoo.co.uk.
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VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PLANS Building Homes in Hillam and Monk Fryston – The next fifteen years Selby District Council (SDC) is finalising its policies for all forms of land development in the next fifteen years. It believes the district needs 7,000 houses. About 1,600 will be spread over 18 ‘designated service villages.’ As one of the largest such villages, Hillam and Monk Fryston could get 100 new homes. In a worst case scenario, Hillam could see as many as 150 new houses in the period up to 2026, if all possible sites are adopted and developed. Under the plans, which are subject to wide ranging consultation, 98 homes could be built on land bounded by Main Street, the Brickpond and Mill Close. Another 48 would fit into a block of land starting at Stocking Lane, including Austfield House and reaching as far as the eastern boundary of Hillam Nurseries. This block includes Meadowside across the road with a plot on the corner of Austfield Lane. New houses are not being built in any number right now but this is a fifteen year plan and by the time you read about it in Hillam News the local consultation period will already have ended. SDC will draft its plan and publish preferred options in July. Not all the houses will necessarily be built. That will depend on applications from developers, who may indeed identify additional sites.
behind the school and adjoining the Old Vicarage. Some of this was subject to a planning proposal for 40 houses, circulated three years ago by Dean McKeown of the Old Vicarage. 106 houses could now be built. Further options in Monk Fryston include the possibility to develop Deer Park (110 houses) extending as far as the railway, or building in the old quarry (13 homes). Also in Monk Fryston, 33 homes are an option on land to the east of Priory Park south of Fryston Common Lane. Interestingly in Hillam there are no suggestions to fill in between Bedford’s Fold and Austfield Lane or behind a number of houses with large gardens east of Lumby Hill. The proposals recognize that some of the sites could be used as industrial, offices (Monk Fryston Filling Station for example) and for leisure, recreation and infrastructure. These are all in Monk Fryston. The plan does not suggest anywhere in Hillam or Monk Fryston as uniquely suitable for affordable housing. It is unlikely that all the new sites will be developed in the next fifteen years. If they were, we would need another new school. In 1995 Hillam Parish Council endorsed planning consent for the demolition of farm buildings at Rose Tree Farm and this led to the building of Bedford’s Fold. In the same year, Victor Homes gained approval for the erection of twenty houses at Hillside Farm. Outline planning approval at Boundary Farm, Lumby Hill was renewed and Arncliffe Homes submitted a planning application for 23 houses on Hillam Hall Lane.
Now that the Monk Fryston bypass project is dead and buried, land reserved since before the war, can be released for housing. The Foundation Field could accommodate 21 houses. Land south of Monk Fryston Cemetery 51 and Fryston Filling Station, That was fifteen years ago. Who can say what development the with a field behind could take 30 houses. next fifteen years will bring to Hillam and Monk Fryston? Possibly more controversial are plans for former bypass land
Hillam News Property Correspondent
Nigel Adams asks PM about Targets for providing Traveller Sites The Selby Development plan for housing described above includes 60 sites for travellers. There are no traveller sites proposed in Hillam or Monk Fryston but there is one at Hambleton. This part of the local plan is proving the most controversial. Villagers across the District are uniting in a massive show of people power in objecting to the proposals. The problem has been highlighted by our MP Nigel Adams who asked the Prime Minister on 16 March what was being done about the targets set by the previous Government. This is what was said Nigel Adams : Hundreds of residents across the Selby district are up in arms at the prospect of having a Traveller site imposed on their villages. Can the Prime Minister tell me what can be done, and when, to remove the top-down Traveller site targets currently imposed on local authorities? The Prime Minister: I can tell my hon. Friend that we are abolishing the top-down Traveller pitch targets that were imposed on
local authorities, and instead local councils will determine the right level of site provision in consultation with their local communities. It is also important that we recognise that one law should apply to everyone in terms of planning policy in this country, Travellers included.
Hillam farmland not sold . The ‘For Sale’ signs are down on Betteras Hill Road but the twenty acres of grassland, offered for sale by agents Carter Jonas, failed to find a buyer. A local farmer has now rented the land. The three fields, with a guide price of £8,000.00 per acre had been offered subject to a thirty year, 30% development clawback.
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VILLAGE OPPORTUNITIES - DO YOUR BIT Update from Your Village Stores (and local bed and breakfast)
Skate Park
Dunce Mire Lane
The mobile skate park is coming back to Hillam and Monk Fryston on Friday 11 April and will be in the play ground at the school from 11am till 4pm— weather permitting. The event is free and has been arranged via the Community Engagement Forum. It was very popular last time and we hope for good weather on the day. As well as skate boards you can also come on blades or bikes. Helmets must be worn and children under 11 must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Arrangements for providing refreshments are still to be finalised but will depend on there being enough volunteers to help.
If you can help please contact Susie Newton.
Restoration of our war memorial Over the past eighteen months the PCC at St Wilfrid's Church has been working emtremely hard to raise funds for the restoration of the War Memorial that honours the dead from our three villages (Monk Fryston, Hillam and Burton Salmon). The restoration project will cost £4,700 and will involve placing new stone tablets in the memorial that will hold the names of those from our community who laid down their lives in the First and Second World Wars as the present tablets are unreadable in many places. The restoration will also repair and reface other areas that are in need of attention. A significant amount of funding has already been acquired from a number of sources (both nationally and locally) and we are presently some £500 short of reaching our target. If you would like to make a donation towards this work (this can be 'GiftAided' to allow us to claim back tax on your donation if you are a tax-payer) then please get in touch with the Rector on 01977 680777 or email at
hetherington556@btinternet.com
With a full year of trading under our belt, we would like to say thank you to all our customers. It’s been a year of steep learning curves and long, but rewarding hours spent with our customers. We need to keep you all informed of recent changes and make sure you are all aware of the 2pm closing time on Sundays. (This may be reviewed in the summer months however and we will definitely keep the shop open until 5pm during community events such as the Village Fair and the Scarecrow Event etc.). Improvements we intend to make are new lighting and new flooring, creation of more space in the shop by use of new upright freezers. We plan to stock more unusual hand made and locally produced food stuffs. including a variety of European and local cheeses, and other deli items, more hand baked cakes, a greater variety of handmade preserves, locally produced chocolates and ice cream, locally produced frozen meats and prepared meals. If any of you have items you would like to see us stock, please let us know and we will try our best to oblige! On that note, we would like to let you know that we already stock locally produced organic milk. This year will hopefully see the Post Office able to offer cash withdrawal facilities from even more high street banks, and we will of course continue to offer cash back facilities at the till. Some of you will now be aware that we currently have a planning application with Selby for the conversion of our barn in to a two bed roomed guest house facility. We are awaiting a decision on this. (This will not change the number of cars parking outside the shop as we will have designated parking to the rear of the shop for the guest house.) Finally we would like to let you know that despite the new twenty percent VAT rate increase, we have lowered the price of several wines and kept the others at the same price. Again, if you have any particular requests as to new types of wines, spirits or beers, please do let us know and we will do our best to oblige!
Faye and Kevin Coles
BURTON SALMON METHODIST CHURCH Minister - Rev Wayne Grewcock Tel: 519496. Church Steward - Peter Wadsworth Tel: 676188. Sunday Club - Sandra Sargent Tel: 679541
Sunday Worship - New time Starts at 10.30am until 11.15am. This will be suitable for all ages and will be followed by coffee. Coffee Morning - Thursdays 10.30-11.30am everyone welcome for a friendly chat.
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ON YER BIKE Charity Bike Ride - London to Paris Ray O’Connor from Bedford’s Fold, is taking part in the London to Paris Bike Ride organised by leading children’s charity Action Medical Research. The challenge takes place in July, and is the biggest event of its kind in the charity sector. This year, around 800 cyclists are expected to tackle the 300 mile trip. All arrive in Paris a day ahead of the final stage of the Tour de France and ride in convoy down the Champs Elysees to finish at the Eiffel Tower. A father of two small children himself, Ray understands the challenges and concerns of raising a young family, and doesn’t take for granted their health and well-being. Having raised sponsorship for major charities before such as Cancer Research, he was also keen to help a new cause close to his heart. The clock is ticking, and a strict training regime is underway for the next 20 weeks or so – you may spot him out and about around the village in one of his fluorescent lycra outfits. To sponsor Ray, please visit
http://www.action.org.uk/sponsor/rayoconnor. If you are a local business willing to sponsor him, your support will be returned with free press and online advertising – website, press releases, T-Shirts etc. Alternatively, why not get involved? It is a must for any cycling enthusiast regardless of riding ability For information please contact: Ray O’Connor on 07909878267, ray.oconnor1@btinternet.com Action Medical Research is determined to stop the suffering of babies and children caused by disease and disability. For almost 60 years the charity has been instrumental in some of the most significant breakthroughs in medical history, beginning with the polio vaccine in the 1960’s that has protected millions of children from this disease.
Two for the road 1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. 2. I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
Another one liner Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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PARISH COUNCIL SEEK YOUR COMMENTS Hillam Parish Council - What do you want them to do for you? What exactly do we want from our Parish Council? This question, posed in the last issue of the Hillam News, was one which your Parish Council constantly asks. Diverse, often directly opposing views are proposed and strongly debated. At all times, your councilor’s are endeavoring to best guess the wishes of the villagers we represent. Consistently, our most contentious issue is the financial relationship the Parish Council has with the Community Association. With the exception of grass cutting, the cost of maintenance and development of the Community centre and the surrounding grounds and play areas is borne by the Community Association. Parish Council mandatory responsibilities include supporting recreation grounds and community centres. The extent and avenues by which we as a Parish Council choose to do this by financially supporting the Community Association is invariably the nub of the debate. The debate ranges around the following issues. Should we, as suggested in the recent Hillam News article, raise the precept, the local village tax you pay, to give regular ongoing financial support to the Community Association? Is it reasonable to expect a voluntary group to constantly work financially unaided to supply and maintain facilities which are part of Parish Council responsibilities, and which enrich the fabric and quality of village life? Should publicly raised funds be transferred to be managed by a private non accountable group? If so, how should this use of public funds be administered and monitored? Is it our role to facilitate positive village developments generally, or to micro manage how every £ is spent? This is your money we are talking about. What do you think we should do? How should we do it? Please e-mail your opinions to Hillam News, bev@jack-son.com
Hillam Lights100 Club January winners :1st - £20 - Diana Arey (No. 46) 2nd - £10 - Tracey Maeer (No. 57) 3rd - £5 - Margaret Woodhead (No. 62
February Winners :1st - Marjorie Webster (No. 86) - £20 2nd - The Sadler Family (No. 49) - £10 3rd - Hilary Sampson (No. 71) - £5
Why has the precept gone up? Some villagers have queried why the only increase on the Council tax bill refers to the precept. Anyone who has looked closely at the war memorial will know that it is badly in need of renovation. Knowing last year that plans were afoot to renovate it, we agreed to increase the precept to ensure that we had the funds to underwrite our share of the renovation costs. We are confident that you will be happy with this decision. We have also earmarked £500 as a potential contribution to the Community Association. Whether this is used for this purpose and if it is, the terms and conditions attached will substantially be influenced by what you tell us you want from the PC. As we have stated elsewhere, this is your money we are spending. Let us know how you want it to be spent.
Vacancy for a Parish Councilor Do you have the well being of our village at heart? Are you regularly available on the 1st Wednesday of the Month? There has not yet been a response to our appeal for a new Parish Councillor, so the vacancy is still un-filled. It can be a personally rewarding if thankless role. Once again we need to co-opt another member. Elections take place only when there is a surfeit of interest. Perhaps you welcome the opportunity to be directly, actively involved and make a difference in the running of village affairs. If so, please step forward. Interested? Contact Parish Clerk, Malcolm Walton at malcolm_walton@btinternet.com or Oakwood, 52A Ainderby Road, Romanby, Northallerton, North Yorks, DL7 8HG.
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Précis of PC Minutes for the Meeting 2 February 2011 ment costing £2,329.60 Cllr Lorriman – CEF Minutes and meeting notes. Cllr Robertson informed the meeting that SDC – Media release on the planning conthe resident who had shown an interest sultation exercise for the next fifteen years. previously has declined to apply. Clerk Hillam Light Committee – thanks for supreported no other applications received. Cllr Sheppard advised the Public Creation port and help. Agreement for Dunce Mire Road had been MFPC - informing of grass cutting conexamined and amendments recommended tract organiser put forward. Clerk to write to NYCC reCorrespondence out questing the agreement be amended to NYCC requesting grit re-fill of bin on incorporate the required changes. Betteras Hill Road Cllr Wright suggested that Hillam News be Hillam and MF advising that HPC was used to encourage residents to express their withdrawing funding from the grass cutting views of what they want from the parish in the area of the Community Centre council and for the village. Agreed. MFPC advising them of HPC intention to
Minutes approved Matters Arising
Stationery £299 Hire £10 Grave Digger £330 Clerks fees £40 Volunteers sought for cemetery tidy. Hillam News to print a request. Guidance notes for the cemetery have now been completed and will be made available to applicants. Refurbishment for the gates still awaited.
Community Assn
Cllr Robertson informed the meeting of extensive plans submitted for extension and refurbishment of the Community Centre. CA funds of £30,000 will be used to fund the re-development project South Milford Bonfire might not take place withdraw funding for their share of grass Finances cutting costs around the community centre. in 2011 H & MF Comm Assoc. £500 donation Letter sent to HPC re grass cutting Cllr Sheppard to be third signatory. Planning Matters Carpets and upholstery to be cleaned Applications Correspondence In In light of their planned £30000 expendiMr Batty High Gables To prune a Beech Tony Hudson CA –advising of the forthture, the CA requested a review of the Tree (TO3) No objection coming expenditure relating to the Comdecision to stop contributing to the grass Decisions munityCentre extension and new play cutting around the Community Centre. Mrs Maher Chantries Cottage to carry out After lengthy discussion it was put to the equipment works to trees NYCC – requesting return of the Public vote that HPC contribute to seven cuttings Approved Path Creation Agreement re Dunce Mire a year. Cllrs Tuddenham and Lorriman Environment Road voted against, Clrs Wright, Robertson, Windfarms Consultation on Library proposals. Sheppard for. Ongoing reports in Hillam News Footpaths Officer re Roe Lane footpath Western Community Forum blockage. Clerk to report back the problem Showmen’s Site Cllr Lorriman reported that the minutes of Ongoing reports in Hillam News is ongoing. the CEF had been distributed to all memHighways agreed to replenish the grit salt Burial Committee bers. stock in the bin on Betteras Hill Road Payments made in January CA – request for previously agreed £500 Next meeting 2nd March. £1200 grass cutting financial assistance towards Play EquipClerks salary £240
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Précis of PC Minutes for the Meeting March 2010 Minutes of previous meeting
Environment
Showmans Site - Additional information to support Matters Arising planning application for Discussion abut the role of the change of use Parish Council will be developed Cllr Lorriman reported that through the Hillam News edrains in the village need responses received will be cleaning. Clerk to contact incorporated into the next issue. NYCC Highways to instigate Duncemire Road Bridleway work. amended documentation received from Cllr Wright reported grass cutting contract NYCC was agreed and will be returned. for 2011 has been set up. No responses received in connection with Cllr Collinson informed members that Councillor vacancy. interest had been shown by a Housing Association in the potential small scale Finance development specifically for local people C/A £371.41 in part of a field opposite Hillam Hall H/I A/C £6,252,06 Lane. The housing association work in Cheques drawn H and MF Com Assoc - £42.00 hall hire conjunction with SDC. They suggested we Monk Fryston PC - £304.76 Grass cutting instigate a survey to investigate local need. Clerk asked to advise the interested parties Correspondence in that the Parish Council are not in a Community Association - e-mail advising position to give an opinion at this time. they will consider a contribution to war SADP public meeting held requested memorial refurbishment costs. further consultation via leaflet response. Cllr Lorriman - copy e-mail from to SDC Cllr Wright to get leaflets printed and core illegal development on Roe Lane ordinate distribution via other Parish Copy email to SDC planning re building Councillors. Replies to be returned to the debris on Honeypot Field PO. Cllr Sheppard suggested that a SDC planning - re. lodging of appeal response setting out the Parish Councils about planning decision at Minoru objection based on the in adequacy of the Nigel Adams MP— requesting display of school, drainage and sewage faciliies to posters cope with the impact of the proposed development. He advocated the need to Correspondence Out put on record that the infrastructure would MF Parish Council - advising that Hillam PC have reconsidered and are prepared to not be able to cope without substantial improvement. Cllr Sheppard to prepare pay for seven cuts per year at the draft response. Community Centre. NYCC - confirming that the PC want the Reports salt bin on Betteras Hill Road to be filled Community Association each winter season No report received in the absence of Cllr NYCC footpaths officer - requesting Robertson. Cllr Lorriman proposed that in footpaths officer re visits the site where future the Parish Council should be they believe a gate has been erected advised before making donations to the through an unlawful fenced footpath. Community Association of explicitly Approved
Planning Mattters Application Mr C. Johnson – additional information re change of use of land to show peoples quarters. Requires NYCC Highways approval
what the donation would be spent on. Proposal accepted.
Next meeting 7.30 Wednesday 6th April and Monk Fryston and Hillam Community Centre.
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JUST ANOTHER CLOUD? Late last year at an assembly at Monk Fryston School one of the pictures in my presentation depicted the route of a cloud across Europe. ‘Anyone know what this picture is?’ I asked. Several hands were raised and I was genuinely surprised that they had the correct answer. It was a picture of the Icelandic volcanic cloud that caused so much chaos last April. It was not that these bright kids were into studying volcanic activity it was that their holidays and those of many thousands had been screwed up when air traffic was so badly affected as a result of the ash emitted from the volcano and they well remembered their disappointment.
An interesting ‘alternative’ report has been written by Ian Fairlie PhD and David Sumner DPhil UK. Google: Chernobyl Report or www.chernobylreport.org/?p=summary .
So here we are 25 years on – the 26th of April 2011 being the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl explosion. In our local villages many people are familiar with the visits of the Belarusian children each summer since 1997 when the late Angela (Margaret) Paul of Hillam formed the Monk Fryston Group that now includes members from most of the local villages. In 2011 the group is stronger than ever under the chairmanship of Margaret A similar cloud crossed over Europe in the April of 1986 caused and Alan Miles from Church Fenton. On March 4th some 130 by an explosion at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in members and supporters enjoyed a Chinese Banquet at South Ukraine. The resultant fire burned for 10 days emitting radioacMilford as their latest fundraiser towards the cost of this sumtive material that was carried by the prevailing winds across most mer’s visit of another group of children. of Northern Europe, where over 40% of the land was contamiThe national charity – Chernobyl Children’s Project (UK) also nated in varying degrees. The World Health Organisation operates humanitarian aid convoys from its base on the Campey (WHO) estimated that the emissions from Chernobyl were 200 site at Thorpe Willoughby. We make four journeys each year and times greater than that of the combined Atomic bombs dropped in the past 12 years over 150 trucks, with over 1500 tonnes of a at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1945. wide range of aid, have delivered to institutions and organisaThirty six hours after the explosion, thousands of families were tions working to relieve the problems of sick and disabled chilgiven instructions to leave their homes in the nearby town dren and their families. The aid is donated by companies, local of Pripyat – for ever. 1100 buses arrived and the instruction organisations and individuals and the cost of the convoys is was ‘take only what you can carry’. I asked the schoolchildren raised through fundraising activities and donations. On Friday what would they have taken? April 1st four vehicles with eight volunteers leave from Hillam In the UK high levels firstly of Iodine and then Caesium 137 for Belarus on our first convoy of 2011. were identified in many areas especially Cumbria and North Wales and even today, in 2011, the hill farmers of North Wales Mike Allison. April 2011 have to test their sheep for radio active caesium 137 before they can enter the food chain. Belarus, then part of the Soviet Union www.chernobyl-children.org.uk and situated to the north of the Ukraine, received the major part of the radioactive fallout from Chernobyl resulting in over 25% of its land being contaminated. The incident of thyroid cancers in Belarus alone rose by 100 times and in the passing years the effect of Caesium137 contamination has caused many problems to the health of children and adults alike caused by having to eat their home grown fruit and vegetables grown on poisoned land. On my visits to Belarus and in discussions with doctors and directors of institutions for sick, disabled children and adults there is a reluctant admission and acceptance that the scale of Chernobyl related illness and deaths are considerable. When told that the explosion also affected the UK food chain they are totally bewildered as this information has never been communicated in Belarus. Reports on the explosion by such bodies as the WHO and the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) have never been considered as independent, without bias or vested interest. The Belarusian government would rather ‘play it down’ for obvious commercial reasons.
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SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD INITIATIVE Watch out there’s a thief about. While this is a relatively low crime area there have been some alarming trends over the last few months. The number of incidents has increased and there have been more reports of attempted break-ins. The advice from the police is that we should all take extra care and ensure that we do not make it easy for criminals to gain entry to our homes and outbuildings. It is equally important not to leave valuable items on view. Theft is not a random event. Burglary is most often done by people with some knowledge of the area. They may have been around beforehand to spy up suitable properties. They may have been before and conducted other burglaries. The problem at the moment is that it appears that we are on the map as an area with rich easy pickings. To prevent the situation becoming any worse everybody needs to be more diligent in their efforts to prevent crime. Outbuildings should all be locked, and if possible fitted with a simple intruder alarm. Garages should be locked. Valuable items should not be left on view and certainly not left in vehicles. But the most important thing we can all do is to keep an eye out for people and vehicles which appear out of place. If you spot an old transit van or tipper truck driving around slowly, maybe with the windows wound down you should get the number and report it. If you are visited by somebody and when you answer the door they give you a strange response as to why they are there you should report it. The strong possibility is that they are checking the area out and may come back later to commit a crime.
A few recent events Bird bath stolen from garden. Stolen between mid morning and mid afternoon from a property in School View, Monk Fryston. It was a heavy item and would require two persons to lift it.
Lead from Church roof -On 21 February lead was stolen from the roof of St Wilfrid’s Church at Monk Fryston. This is the third time lead has been taken during the past two years. Heating Oil - There is an increase in the number of complaints from householders that heating oil is being stolen from tanks in gardens and isolated agricultural premises. Be on the look out for small trucks with tanks or oil drums on the back. Scrap metal including gulley grates - Gulley grates were stolen near to Gateforth leaving a risk to drivers and their cars. Please report any sightings of vans carrying scrap or acting suspiciously. You will need the registration number and a description of the vehicle.
Tools in a van - On 26 January a man was disturbed breaking into a van on Main Street, Hillam. He ran off but still had time to steal a black and yellow Dewalt jigsaw in a black box and a blue Makita drill also in a box. He was described as slim, about 5ft 10ins tall wearing a balaclava.
Garage break in - On the same day the lock was prised off a garage door in Church Lane, Monk Fryston and a black and white GT Agressor XC2 mountain bike was stolen. It had a clip on the handlebars for a trip computer and a black pump.
Suspicious event reporting Get a vehicle number if at all possible and a description of the vehicle. If possible get a description of the people nothing fancy, any info about what they are wearing is helpful. If the vehicle leaves and you see which way it went that is also useful. Ring 08456060247 and then key 2 to be put through to the switchboard. When you give the police the details including vehicle number they will check their records of the vehicle. If it has been previously associated with a crime they will know immediately and respond accordingly. If you see a crime being committed it is best not to try to intervene, and if you can get a photo then you should do so, but you should not put yourself at risk..
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PLANNING APPLICATIONS & LAND SALES Showmens planning application No decision has yet been made about the planning application to permit up to 32 caravans, fairground equipment and catering vans to be based on a field near to Monk Fryston. The application was submitted last year but a decision was deferred because Monk Fryston Parish Council submitted a traffic survey report which showed that the exit for the large vehicles onto the A63 would be dangerous. The site is on Lowfield Road and the junction with the A63 has poor visibility. This stretch of the A63 has seen a number of serious accidents in recent years including two in the last 6 months which required an air ambulance to attend. The Showmen responded with a plan to widen the road but it appears that they could only do this if adjoining land owners were prepared to allow them to take some of their land. Selby Council gave people the opportunity to make comments on the application and the new information provided by the applicant. Monk Frystom Parish Council submitted a very comprehensive objection after commissioning consultants to do a further study of traffic on the A63. Councillors John and Carol Mackman have also submitted a robust objection letter, as did a number of local residents and landowners. The farmer is particularly concerned about the disposal of sewage from the site and the risk of flooding and pollution of his land. The plans for the development include an on-site sewage treatment facility. The application will be decided by Selby District Planning Committee when the planning officers have concluded their review of the application and all of the comments that have been submitted.
Monk Fryston field sells for £33k In Monk Fryston 4.3 acres of farmland off Lowfield Road have been sold in a highly competitive auction for £33,000.00 (£7,600.00 per acre). The auction was conducted by Auction House Stephenson and Son of York on behalf of Aviva, following confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act (2002). The eventual buyer was a neighbouring farmer and the guide price was £30,000.00. The buyer plans to put the land back into productive use. The move is welcomed by Hillam News because it prevents yet another local field becoming a small holding with caravans, roadways and other eyesores built on it. The previous owner had been convicted of money laundering offences related to an insurance fraud. The field adjoins that owned by the Showmen who have applied for planning permission to put up to 32 caravans and fairground equipment on it– as reported above. A small piece of woodland, 2.94 acres, west of Hillam Gates, with a guide price of £8,000.00 for 2.94 acres is ‘Under Offer’ at a price well in excess of the guide.
Selby Planners get tough on illegal development - two reports Honey Pot Field Road - Appeal rejected A planning inspector has upheld the decision by Selby District Council that the road built across a field on Hillam Common Lane should be removed. The road was built without planning permission and is in the Green Belt. The Inspector said “ The works which have taken place have introduced a constructed hard surface into what was originally an undeveloped field in open countryside, albeit that there might have previously been a less formal track. As such, the appeal development reduces openness, in conflict with the fundamental aim of Green Belt policy set out in PPG2 to prevent urban sprawl by keeping land permanently open.” Removing the road and storing the site will not be an easy task.
Lowfield Road illegal stables - Appeal Last year Selby Council had served an enforcement notice on the owner of a field on Lowfield Road demanding that stables which had been constructed without permission should be removed. The owners of the stables did not comply and with only a few days to go before the date by which the buildings had to be removed an appeal was lodged. At the appeal hearing for which the Planning Inspector had to make a long journey, the owner of the stables failed to turn up. The Inspector adjourned the hearing and it has been rescheduled for 31st May. The Inspector said if the owner does not turn up then he will determine the outcome in their absence. We await the outcome of the appeal hearing with interest.
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A VIEW FROM THE BOUNDARY WHAT WE DO NEED ARE VOLUNTEERS ON THE DAY, HELPING WITH BAR WORK, CRICKET TEAS, LOOKING AFTER OUR SPONSORS, RUBBISH CONTROL AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. We want to encourage the youth of the village to help along with their friends. Contact Kate Vaks of ITV Fixers on 07747 045060.
When you read this article the start of the cricket season will not be too far away, Saturday 16th April to be exact. The 1st X1 will be playing cricket in Division 3 and the 2nd X1 playing in Division 6 of the Wetherby Cricket League. Good luck to both teams for this coming season.
Open day Sunday 10TH April On Sunday 10th April 2011 a friendly game of cricket between Hillam and Sherburn is being arranged as a lead in to the start of the season. The club enjoys its relationship with Sherburn and it promises to be an enjoyable game of cricket. On that day the cricket club will hold an “Open Day” of the new pavilion for our local villagers, clubs, and organisations inviting them to come and have a look at the facilities we have to offer. This new pavilion has been built with funding from Grantscape , the funding arm of Caird Bardon who operate landfill sites in the area and in particular the site at Micklefield. We also do not forget the efforts which include the Sportsmans Dinner and the Centenary Dinner of club members to raise funds and we also rely on a lot of voluntary help which is a testament to the goals the cricket club are trying to achieve. We would like you to come down and have a look at our new Pavilion and consider it to be a future venue for your next meeting, tea dance, birthday party, whist drive, bingo etc. for the future. The new Pavilion will still be work in progress but you will be able to see what has and will be achieved, “Strictly Comes Dancing” springs to mind! We are also keen that Monk Fryston Junior FC’s and Intercrown FC make use of the new facilities. On the day you will be able to meet some of our committee members and players, have some refreshments and discuss your requirements and even watch a game of cricket. We look forward to meeting and greeting you then.
Sunday 24TH July The cricket club is staging a Grand Opening of the New Pavilion on Sunday 24th July 2011, and there will be a T20 game of cricket against a guest side; many side stalls including face painting, pets’ zoo, tombola, bouncy castle, photo’s, cake stalls, coconut shy, hog roast, BBQ, bar and much, much more. We are also hoping to have some players from Leeds United FC attending the event. Posters will go up nearer the time. A competition is to be run to discover what our younger villagers consider to be a traditional cricket tea and a cake competition. Details to be announced later. The new pavilion will be opened by Nigel Adams our local MP for Selby and MC for the day will be John Cundy (Look North journalist)
Sponsors
What we need are people to sponsor equipment needed for the club. We have a sponsor for the Pavilion Clock and a sponsor for the Weathervane. So why not sponsor a chiller cabinet; a trophy cabinet; a microwave or even a hob and oven, and tiles for the shower rooms? If you are feeling really flush why not sponsor Roll On Roll Off Wicket Covers to help protect the wickets when it rains. These would have your details on the covers. There are many things the club needs. Can you help? Please help support our cricket club. Many thanks
Tonu Vaks , Chairman -Hillam & Monk Fryston CC
For all match facts and latest information see www.hmfcc.co.uk
Vandals drive over Burton Salmon Cricket field. Burton Salmon Cricket Club has had a fence destroyed by what look like lampers. They then drove round the outfield, causing substantial damage. This occurred the same week as outbuildings at the Plough Inn were broken into. As a result the cricket club has now installed a steel gate to restrict access to a parking area adjoining the field and this will unfortunately inconvenience walkers and other recreational users of the car park. In a separate incident a container at the cricket ground was broken into and a tractor mower stolen. The thieves cut a chain holding the padlock. Thieves returned several weeks later and took a small petrol roller. They had tried to get into another container but failed! Security on the first container has now been improved.
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GARDENING - COLOUR IN THE GARDEN One of the influences we can use in garden design is colour. Natural plant associations give us colours which combine well - There are no clashing colours in nature. Purples and yellows combine to give a striking picture, so do reds and blues. This approach to planting is however a fairly recent innovation. Gardens in the past reflected the prosperity of the garden owner. Those who did not primarily need the garden to provide their food could indulge in the fashions of the day which extended from the interior of the house to the outside space. Updating your garden space was as much an indication of your financial state in the past as it is today. Those gardens which remain today showing previous fashions, exist because their owners may not have moved in fashionable circles or had the wealth to get the garden changed.
Planting in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was very controlled and bound by edges and hedges. These formed the background against which flowers were displayed. Illusion was created by manipulating space with green in all its tones. Hedges were clipped and unclipped and may have been used to indicate a change in level. Lawns were used in a similar way and may have been mowed, flattened or left unflattened. Formality was the predominant style. The late eighteenth century saw a move away from formality to an expression of a naturalistic approach in garden design. However these 'natural' landscapes owe more to land movement and population evictions than to an understanding of plants and plant combinations.
The Victorians adapted styles from their past, drawing on formal elements from the Italian, French baroque and Eliza-
bethan to create private and public spaces. Public spaces became increasingly important as mass building in small towns swallowed up the countryside. Public gardens and parks also became places where fashions in gardening could be displayed and bedding out became a popular feature of Victorian parks.
Colour started to play an important part. Developments in glasshouses meant that tender plants from Central and South America could be raised and planted out in the spring after the danger of frosts had passed. Startling colour combinations and patterns were created with plants. Flower and foliage were used to form ingenious displays. Another feature of the Victorian garden which had
lasted from the eighteenth century was the mingled flower garden where shrubs and herbaceous plants were combined in what we would now call a mixed border. However flower bed shapes were still formal rather than the organic shapes we prefer now.
The contemporary approach to colour and planting can be traced back to two influential gardeners of the late nineteenth century. William Robinson took his inspiration from nature and used plant combinations found there to form his planting style. The other gardener who had a lasting influence had trained as an artist and embroiderer but had turned to garden design when her eyesight had become too weak to continue. She was Gertrude Jekyll.
Victorian bedding schemes had relied heavily on startling primary colours with combinations of red, blue and yellow. Gertrude Jekyll used her own experience with artists’ colours to create her own garden at Munstead Wood in Surrey. She linked a simple architectural structure with subtle colour combinations but still with an underlying formality of yew hedges and brick walls. She introduced the colour wheel which had been discovered by Isaac Newton and later expounded by Michel Chevreul, a French artist. The colour wheel gives us the colours of the spectrum and explores colour relationships. Within this can be found contrasting colours, those which are opposite on the wheel - and harmonious colours which are adjacent or close on the wheel.
Colours described as 'hot' or 'cold'. Hot colours appear to be nearer and cold colours appear to recede so may be used to extend and give an illusion of more space. Gertrude Jekyll has been recognised as one of the first designers to use colours in this way to create illusions of distance and space in a border. We can still use these colour theories in our twenty first century gardens to create distance and mood.
Susan Scott, Hillam
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ST WILFRID’S CHURCH Message from the Rector How significant is Easter for most people today – apart from a few days off work to go shopping or flying off on holiday or perhaps to visit the family somewhere in the UK. Well, as you might imagine with being the Rector, Easter is fairly significant to me, but believe me when I say that it wasn’t always so. Some people assume that if you’re a clergyman, you’ve always been the religious type – in my case nothing could be further from the truth – but I won’t say too much about that now, in case you quote me at some point in the future. Years ago I had a very negative attitude towards Christianity and towards the Church in general, but even though this was the case, there was also something else going on in my life at the same time, something of which I was much less conscious at the time. That something else seemed, with hindsight, to centre on the fact that I never really enjoyed the present for the present’s sake. Like so many other I was always looking forward to the next stage of my life. And when I reached that stage of my life it was then that I’d find out what life was really all about. I remember asking my father when I was in my mid-teens, “Dad, why am I here?” And to this day I can remember his answer: “Son, don’t worry about those kind of questions, life will all make sense in due course. You’ll realise what life is all about when you have some responsibility, when you get married and have children. Life will all make sense then.” He couldn’t have been more wrong. Some people spend their time at school looking forward to the next thing: being a prefect - then they become one and the novelty soon wears off. Leaving school, that’s when life really begins - the novelty soon wears off. Maybe a girlfriend or boyfriend can bring some meaning to my life - remember when you met your first one - I bet like me it wasn’t long before you were saying, “there’s got to be more to life than this!” But some people go all the way through their life always looking for the next goal. And when they achieve it, it doesn’t satisfy them. And they’re looking constantly to the next and the next and the next. It was about this time that someone gave me a quote from the Good Book – where Jesus said: “I am the bread of life.” My initial reaction to was ask the simple question – great, so who the heck is the butter But I very quickly came to realise that he was actually saying that he was the one person who can satisfy that deep hunger that is in every human heart. – Well I accepted that and the rest they say is history! That’s why Easter is so significant – not only to me, but to many millions of people across the world – perhaps it worth putting aside your prejudices and looking a little more closely at it!
Easter Blessings, John
Services at St Wilfrid’s 1st Sunday of each month 8am Holy Communion at St Wilfrid’s, Monk Fryston 9.30am Parish Communion at St Mary’s, South Milford 11am Parish Communion at St Wilfrid’s, Monk Fryston 11am Sunday Club in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall (Ages 2-8)
2nd Sunday of each month 9.30am Family Communion at St Mary’s, South Milford 11am Parish Communion at St Wilfrid’s, Monk Fryston 6.00pm Evensong at St Mary’s, South Milford
3rd Sunday of each month 8am Holy Communion at St Wilfrid’s, Monk Fryston 9.30am Parish Communion at St Mary’s, South Milford 11am Family Service St Wilfrid’s, Monk Fryston
4th Sunday of each month 9.30am Family Service at St Mary’s, South Milford 11am Parish Communion at St Wilfrid’s, Monk Fryston 6pm Holy Communion at St Mary’s, South Milford
EASTER SPECIAL EVENTS AT ST WILFRID’S Sunday 17th April - Palm Sunday 11am Family Service with Blessing and Distribution of Palm Crosses (Service to be led by the Youth Fellowship) Monday 18th April & Tuesday 19th April 9.45am – Holy Communion for Holy Week Followed by light refreshments Friday 22nd April – Good Friday 2pm – Devotional Service St Mary’s Church in South Milford Sunday 24th April – Easter day 5.30am Sunrise Service followed by breakfast (A traditional Easter Service from the 6th Century) 11am Easter Communion First Parish Communion of Easter
Further details about St Wilfrid’s on our website
www.stwilfridandstmary.org.uk
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HILLAM HISTORIANS www.hillam-village.co.uk
Spooky places in Hillam General discussion at one of Hillam Historians’ meetings last year took an unusual turn, prompted by a phone call we had received from Gillian Alford. Gillian reported a ghost sighting at 2 East View in the early hours of 19th July. She described a woman of average build, not old, all in greys, dress below the knee, nurse’s or baking pinny, hair in a bob or tied back, dark eyes or empty sockets. She also told us about ghost sightings by other villagers – at Arthur Warren’s, at Peter Kelly’s, and at a house near Hillam Hall.
This came as no surprise to Roy Hill, who told us of a particular corner of a field on Hillam Common near Bower’s House Farm which he rigorously avoids when alone, and which totally discomfits him and other farmers. His comment to Valerie, ‘You know the one I mean, don’t you?’ was responded to with a definite nod. In this area there is, apparently, a constant eerie chill. Going about their tasks in twos was the way the farm workers bolstered their courage enough to work there.
In Roy’s own yard, a frequent unexplained aroma of Condor pipe tobacco drifts about, and is quite regularly experienced by No one in the group could give any further information to Gillian Roy, his family and visitors. The arrival of the distinctive, punabout her own experience, but we did, through discussion, degent smell is now generally greeted by the comment, ‘The old velop her further point: were there any other reported ‘ghost’ bugger’s here again.’ sightings in the village? The initial, apparently sceptical, non-response of our members tentatively gave way after one person gave evidence of a family event elsewhere in the county, which she believed illustrated an extra sensitivity in some people to tune in to different time dimensions. Several members then, somewhat self-consciously, recounted a range of village-based strange personal experiences. Jenny Todd, who lives in what was part of Rose Lea School, sensed troubled children about her. Valerie Richardson recounted experiences at both Austin Cottage and Austin Farm. In Austin Farm, after her father died, their dog used to go and sit in front of his empty chair, look up expectantly and wag his tail as though greeting someone who was there. In Austin Cottage they used to see a little girl, aged about four or five, sitting at the top of the stairs. At first they thought it was Elaine who had woken up and got out of bed. They went up to take her back to bed but the child disappeared, and when they checked Elaine’s bedroom, they found her to be sound asleep. On the little girl’s subsequent visits, they found that she was visible only from certain angles: change your viewpoint and she disappeared. Shirley Sutcliffe reported sightings at the Coach House, where sometimes a presence was felt in a particular bedroom, and on occasion the air turned chilly. Cyril Pickup recalled that in the days when he cycled along Hillam Common Lane to school in Monk Fryston, he often had the feeling that he was not alone.
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You will be very welcome at the next meeting of Hillam Historians: Wednesday 25th May, 7.30 pm. Come and join us at Hillam Nurseries. Further details from Jenny Hoare, 683332 or hoarehsandj@btinternet.com.
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NEWS FROM CLUBS AND GROUPS Church Walking Group
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On March 17th Linda Flannagan led a very enjoyable workshop. Incredibly skilled in a wide range of crafts, Linda chose to focus We welcome you to an easy and picturesque 7 mile walk in the on card making for this particular workshop. She brought with Yorkshire Wolds. her a fantastic range of resources and accessories for us all to Starting at Market Weighton we walk over grass paths to use. It was like a trip to Aladdin’s cave. Londesborough Park, then to the village of Londesborough.We Initially she demonstrated the whole card making process givreturn through the village of Goodmanham, with fine and ing clear explanations every step of the way. Then, under her extensive views over the wolds and the vale of York. watchful eye we were all soon confidently designing, guillotinMeet at the central car park in Market Weighton at 10.15am for a ing, embossing, and sticking our own cards with great pleasure 10.30am start. and enthusiasm. Please bring food and water. The evening flew by, and we went home proudly clutching our Travel towards Selby on the A63, take the by-pass, then A19 to diverse creations; cards personally and individually made for the A163. On the A163, continue to Holme-on-Spalding Moor, specific people. We had between us produced a wonderful join the A614 at the roundabout. Turn off the A614 after 2miles, range of cards for birthdays, mothers day, new baby’s arrivals just after the "cafe", take the straight [Minor Road], to Market and wedding anniversaries. How rewarding. Weighton. Allow 45 to 50 minutes. An additional bonus was generated through Liinda generously Any queries please contact Paddy or Stuart on 684180 donating the contributions we had made for materials used to the Milawi project. Women With Interests who meet on the 3rd Thursday of the month are based at the Community Centre have a wide range of activities and visits planned for the coming year. We have no membership requirements. Anyone who chooses to join us will (Performed by the Library Theatre Touring Company) be made very welcome. th
Saturday April 23rd 2011 - Market Weighton.
THEATRE LUNCH AT MONK FRYSTON HALL Sunday 12 June 2011 Weekend Break by John Godber
Martin is staying in the Lake District to write his Hollywood Blockbuster with all the peace and quiet he could hope for, except that he has invited his parents along for a cosy weekend! When Len & Joan turn up, it's raining, cold and they're falling apart, with a pill for every complaint!!. The stresses & strains of family life are played out with bittersweet humour and some unexpected revelations make it a weekend never to forget. A superb example of Godber's unique, incisive humour! 2 Course Luncheon, Coffee and the Theatre Presentation £22.00 per person. (1.45p.m. - 5.45p.m. approx)
Recycling at the Community Centre Income from the recycling bins at the Community Centre over the last year was £688. This is a valuable source of income for Community Association funds. A big thank-you to all who bring their recyclable items to the banks.
Remember the Community Centre is available to hire for private gatherings and parties (contact Becky on 689230). If it’s chairs, tables, marquees, gazebos or even crockery you want to borrow, give Kath Ratcliffe a call on 683590.
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FOR THE COMMUNITY Dreams can come true! After ten years of fund-raising by the Community Association, two major developments can start. Planning Permission has been granted to enhance the Play Area and for the extension and improvement of the Community Centre itself. The Community Association has long held the ambition to extend the Community Centre and it is now hoping to start a phased extension to the Centre and also to enhance the facilities making the Centre more attractive in its role as a community resource within the villages. It is anticipated that the final cost of this project will exceed £35,000 and tenders will shortly be invited for the first phase to extend the Centre and provide larger and improved kitchen and storage facilities. The work will be completed this summer. Whilst the Community Association has raised sufficient funds to start this project it will need to raise some £15,000 in order to complete it and it will therefore be continuing its fundraising efforts and seeking the support of villagers to fund the later phases of the project. The Play Area Enhancement project has taken almost three years of planning and will be funded by a grant of £18,000 from Eggborough Power Station, a bid for some £9,000 of Section 106 monies (developers contributions) from Selby Council which was supported by Monk Fryston Parish Council, as well as a grant of £500 from Hillam Parish Council, with the remainder of the costs falling upon the Community Association. Whilst it is accepted, that when completed, these projects will drastically improve both the Community Centre and the adjacent Play Area they are only part of the on-going enhancements which the Community Association has funded from its fundraising efforts over recent years.
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Funerals Last year I attended the funeral of a relative at a crematorium in Shropshire. My aunt had died of Alzheimer’s in a home near to where my cousin lived. The service was taken by a duty priest who began his address with the words, ‘I wasn’t personally acquainted with the deceased….’ I queried with my cousin why they had not asked their own priest to officiate and he replied that the home where she died had made all the arrangements with the undertakers and he had not liked to interfere. It was clear he was not personally acquainted with the duty priest! I reflected how fortunate we are in Hillam and Monk Fryston (and Burton Salmon South Milford). If someone dies we can contact John Hetherington direct or one of the church wardens and be sure of sympathetic attention and support before, during and after the service. John told me he wants parishioners to know he is available at all times to deal with bereavement, with a service either in church or at a crematorium and this means to everyone. I got the impression people should not allow an undertaker to steamroller them into having an ‘off the shelf’ funeral. A recent acknowledgement published in the Yorkshire Post following a memorial service for a local farmer, who had died abroad, ended with the following words: A special thank you to the Rev. John Hetherington for the beautiful service, and his comforting words.
Traffic calming for Monk Fryston Another dream comes true. After many years of lobbying by Councillor Mackman, strongly supported by Monk Fryston Parish Council, the County Council have agreed to make £45K available to reduce traffic speed through Monk Fryston. It is expected that the plan will include Matrix Signs and possibly a pedestrian crossing to assist people, especially older residents to cross the busy A63. Once NY Highways have finalised their proposals they will be subject to further consultation with the Parish Councils and the District Councillors. During evidence gathering it was noted that the speed of traffic along the Hambleton to Monk Fryston straight sometimes exceeded 90mph and that in the 5 year period between 2005 and 2010 seventeen accidents occurred on this stretch of road with 3 fatalities in the last decade. Recent improvements to the parking arrangement around the Post Office and store have also been completed to ease the situation for local people when visiting the store which is located on the A63 adjacent to the busy junction with Water Lane.
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WINDFARM PLANS NEVER JUST GO AWAY Byram wind farm test mast
Wind farms never just go away.
A planning application has been submitted by e-on for an 80metre high test mast 2km south of Hillam. This is the first step in the planning process for the 9 turbine wind farm that they showed at their exhibition in May2009. If approved they would dominate the view south from Hillam.
Here we are again, two months have passed and we have no more information about when a decision will be made about Woodlane wind farm. The only certainty, as other recent events have shown, is that wind farm applications never simply go away.
Test mast - Application ref number 2011/0222/FUL
1.Send in a letter objecting to the proposed test mast. Include the above ref number. Choose your own words. Suggestions test mast is in Green Belt, test masts kill birds which fly into the cables holding them up, test mast is only there to provide data for a wind farm which you do not want, on shore wind turbines are ineffective, the area is not suitable for wind turbines. 2.Include your name, address and post code. Your post code is very important. 3.The address to send it to is : Development Support, Civic Centre, Porthome Road, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 4SB. Or send by e-mail to Developmentsupport@selby.gov.uk or on line at the Selby Planning portal.
Hook Moor - 5 turbines proposed near Lotherton Hall. Leeds City Council rejected this in July 2009. The Developer appealed and after a Public Inquiry the Inspector rejected the appeal in November 2010. The Developer demanded a judicial review which over-turned the Inspectors decision. There will now be another Public Inquiry later this year. The Developers are prepared to spend almost unlimited sums of money until they get their own way. Profits from wind farms are huge because of the indirect subsidy they receive. Byram - It is nearly two years since e-on held their exhibitions in Byram and at the Community Centre. Nothing further was heard until suddenly there is an application for a test mast. This wind farm plan has definitely not gone away. The plan is for 9 x 125 metre high turbines, some within 2km of Hillam. Combined with Woodlane this would put 23 x 400foot high turbines close to the village.
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Woodlane - Ultimatum letter sent to Prowind.
Closing date for objection letters 4 April 2011. Decision Date - Not yet known - If you register for our e-mail updates we will let you know as soon as we have further information.
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Further details including a map with the proposed turbines and the test mast are available on our brand new website. Please register for our e-mail updates which let you know whenever something significant happens about any of the proposed 200 or so turbines. www.stopwoodlanewindfarm.co.uk
On 4 February Selby Council sent a letter to Prowind, the developer, giving them 14 days to respond to outstanding questions. As far as we are aware no response has been received. This is classic wind industry behaviour. When the residents at Rusholme had cracks in their walls caused by vibration from construction they were simply ignored. It is now nearly two years since the Woodlane application was submitted and the developer has still not provided answers to a few simple questions. What hope is there that they would respond to any problems if the wind farm was to be built.
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THE BIRDING COLUMN Pied Wagtails It is now mid March, and there are the usual signs of spring, although our summer migrants have not yet started to arrive, apart from the odd Pied Wagtail, the male resplendent in his startling black and white spring plumage, alongside the somewhat dowdier female. As I write this, the female is preening on the gable end, whilst the male sneaks up behind her, no doubt trying to take her unawares!
Black birds Jenny has been anxiously awaiting the return of her tame Blackbird family this spring, and in the last week of January the garden was inundated with Blackbirds, about twenty in total, all in bright, fresh plumage, the males outnumbering the females. Over the next couple of days, the number of Blackbirds thinned out, leaving about four males and three females. One of the females stood out, as it had a low, stooping run that seemed familiar to us both. After making the customary clucking noises to her, this particular bird ran towards Jenny and stopped at her feet, no doubt looking for the chopped dates that we put out for her last year. She was back! Over the next week she overcame all her initial timidity, and so did her mate and they now come running to our front door upon seeing any signs of any movement in the house. There is also another male who is very tame, and we are now wondering if this is one of their offspring from 2010?
Whooper Swans On 4th March, the wintering flock of about 25 Whooper Swans was in the fields behind the Vyners Station to the east of the village, slap bang in the middle of the proposed wind farm site! That night, they were joined by about a further 40 or so birds, and on the following night, when it was dark with a clear sky,
they moved off , presumably continuing their northward migration to their Icelandic breeding grounds. Some further birds have returned to the same area, and it seems fairly clear to me that the fields to the east of the village are not just important as a wintering site for Whoopers, but also as a staging post for migrating birds.
Yellowhammers Again, on 4th March I paused to survey an area of unploughed stubble at the junction of the West Haddlesey to Birkin and Gateforth roads, and was astonished to count a flock of no less than 38 Yellowhammers feeding, and this number may have been even higher, because there were no doubt more birds feeding in the furrows that I couldn’t see.
Skylarks Today, I’ve had a walk in the lovely sunshine from Newthorpe to Hartley Wood and back. I had hoped to see and hear a few Skylarks in the fields, but I suppose it is a bit early yet, and there may yet be another twist in the weather before the warmer weather arrives. There were quite a few birds of prey about though, with Common Buzzards displaying over the woods, their plaintive cries echoing across wooded slopes.
Graham Todd
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MONK FRYSTON SCHOOL REPORT We have had a busy start to the New Year with lots of things happening as well as a lot of absences due to the sickness bug. We hope that all children (and staff!) will soon regain full health! The choir finally got to Sheffield Arena for Young Voices – a great experience they will all remember for a long time. Years 5 and 6 visited York Minster and Year 3 experienced life as Vikings at Murton Park in York. The Disco was a great success and many of the children came in fancy dress; I didn’t recognise some of them! They danced all evening complete with light sabres, fancy wigs and even a headless body! We hosted some teachers from Spain and Germany for a few days in January. They visited every class and the children found out about their schools and also learned some Spanish and German. The purpose of their visit was to prepare an application for a new Comenius Project to start in September. If we are successful there will be seven schools working together for two years. The schools are from Italy, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and Slovakia. Just before half term the children experienced a real recording studio as we made a school CD for Red Nose Day on 18th March. Every class sang and told jokes to entertain the family for years to come!
Carole Middleton
Burton Salmon CP School “Happy Learning for a Healthy Future” We have enjoyed a busy half-term with plenty of exciting activities and projects throughout school. Pupils in Years 3 and 4 have had the opportunity to join Mrs. Huntington’s craft after-school club where they have made many interesting items and learnt how to use felting techniques. Years 3 and 4 also took part in the tri-golf festival in Selby where the children had the chance to try many golf activities and challenges. We are grateful to PC Himsworth and colleagues from North Yorkshire Community Policing Team for coming to talk to our KS2 children about internet safety – a very important issue. In February, our pupils in Years 1 and 2 had a very exciting and stimulating day at the STEM Fair in Ricall where they took part in workshops relating to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Our pupils joined with many others from the region to design protective egg carriers, build bridges with North Yorkshire railways and get to know all about unusual animals like a giant cockroach. On 16th February pupils in KS1 took part in the Sherburn Area Dance Festival. We had learned two dances – “Ice and Water” and “Fire” which the children performed beautifully. Class 2 have enjoyed a session from Sherburn High School with the Rollo Lab, a programme which uses control and monitoring equipment which links science and ICT. I am proud to say that on all of our trips and when we have had guests into school to help with our learning the children have represented our school superbly. Within school we have been learning about the Great Fire of London in Class 1 and children have taken part in a controlled burning with help from Leading Fire Fighter Steve Newton from Tadcaster Fire Station. The children helped to pass the buckets of water and learned about the importance of teamwork. Class 2 pupils have been learning about Ancient Greece and produced some magnificent art work depicting fantastical gods for their Greek myths project. We have entertained parents and friends from children in Class 2 to lunch who enjoyed Mrs. Jones’ fabulous school dinner so much that Hollie and Daniel O’Brien’s grandparents presented Mrs. Jones with flowers! Over half term we replaced the floors in the dining hall and kitchen which now reflect the school colours and look very smart as well as keeping us all safe from slips and falls. We are pleased to welcome 4 new pupils to our school; all are settling in and taking part in our activities. We have settled back into the second part of the spring term; Class 1 is very excited about their new Ancient Egypt project and Class 2 will be visiting Tadcaster as part of their studies on places. Class 2 is also beginning a tag rugby course and they are continuing with their music project. We are looking forward to celebrating the Royal Wedding in April with a traditional style street party and we hope the weather will be kind enough for us to eat outside.
Mrs. D. Andrews Head Teacher
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IN DAYS GONE BY - 217 YEARS OF PICKUPS A Double Century of Pickups Pauline Pickup, Hillam News’ Facebook friend from Cornwall was stuck for long enough on 199 Pickups in her family tree, but after prompting by Cyril Pickup she has made the double ton. Pauline has impeccable local credentials. There is a William Pickup in the Monk Fryston Enclosure Award dated 1794. It was Cyril who came up with the two hundredth Pickup. His uncle George (born 1894) ended his days with Rosetta in Mill Close, Monk Fryston. She died in 1967 and George followed her in 1968. Those who remembered them would have concluded that they had never been blessed with children, but Cyril had an idea that there was a child who died in infancy. Pauline got to work and discovered that, after marrying in 1918, George and Rosetta (Abbishaw) had a son Robert in 1920 but he died the same year. Nevertheless they all count and Pauline had 200th Pickup, Robert. George did not fight in the First World War but Cyril’s dad, his younger brother Frank (born 1898), was in the trenches and could tell some stories. Monk Fryston Tribal Pages can be found at http://monkfryston.tribalpages.com/ and Pauline Pickup’s family tree is at http://www.mumsiep.tribalpages.com/ . A recent check revealed 217 Pickups! Anyone who can add to Monk Fryston’s archive should contact the Time Team
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POO CORNER, LETTERS FROM READERS Editors Note
Dog Walkers Please Take Note
By popular demand we have for one issue only a special feature page on dog poo.
For the past five weeks or so, we have been ‘dog-sitting’ our daughter’s border terrier and have had the dubious ‘pleasure’ of being responsible and dutiful dog walkers. On these daily excursions I have been able to meet up with fellow walkers and have had to make many excuses for ‘my’ dog’s belligerent behavior when he has attacked virtually every other dog he meets. During these walks he has done (all too frequently) what dogs do, and I have cleaned up after him religiously disposing of the filled plastic bags in the bins provided by the Selby District Council or at home in our own black bin. I find it not a particularly pleasant task (especially when two of my plastic bags were found to have holes in them!), but one that has to be accomplished so that other villagers do not have to suffer the indignity of soiled shoes, pram wheels, carpets, and other products of modern life that seem somehow to attract the offending mess like a magnet.
Two letters from disgruntled residents have been included and some information about how you can report sightings. Under the Dogs ( Fouling of Land ) Act 1996 it is an offence not to clear up the mess made by a dog which is in your charge. The maximum penalty for this offence is a fine of up to £1000. More information on reporting dog fouling is on the SDC website at www.selby.gov.uk and there is an on-line form you can fill in to report dog mess. If you need further information on reporting dog fouling you can contact the dog warden on 01757 292123. Your information will help to make Selby district a cleaner and healthier place. Hopefully we will not need to feature dog poo in future issues.
Its not just here Magistrates in Scarborough have handed out fines to two men convicted of dog fouling offences after prosecutions brought by Scarborough Borough Council. Robert Findlay, of Queen’s Terrace, Scarborough, was fined £65 and ordered to pay court costs of £60 and a victim surcharge of £15 after he admitted not cleaning up after a dog at the Gladstone and Falsgrave Recreation Centre, while Paul Edward Hepples of Colescliffe Road, Scarborough, was fined £350 and ordered to pay court costs of £120and a victim surcharge of £15 for failing to clean up after a dog in Barrowcliff Road.
Mrs Grumpy again
During the course of these walks and general movement about the village, it is obvious that a number of dog owners seem not to act in any responsible way in that piles of the offending mess are left about, particularly outside the entrances to properties. I am sure that all villagers would join me in asking that all dog walkers ensure the health, safety and well being of all residents. A further disturbing feature on this subject that I have noticed over the past few weeks is that some walker has been disposing of filled plastic poo-bags down the drains for surface water in Hillam Hall Lane, and by throwing them into the main dyke at the end of the lane. Residents will be aware that we who reside in the area live with the constant risk of serious flooding and any form of un-degradable plastic is likely to block the system leading to quite disastrous results. I would appeal to all dog walkers - Please - Enjoy your pets, but think always about the needs of and respect for other residents and visitors.
Neil Sutcliffe
I am sorry Hillam News didn’t get any letters for its last publication. But at least my favourite subject, dog shit got a mention. Mrs Middleton was right to complain of people taking their dogs on the school playing field and not removing the mess. She says having children coming back after a PE lesson with dog dirt on their trainers is unacceptable. That’s putting it a bit too politely for me.
Make it stick
Recently I was at the Community Centre play area and there it was just six feet from one of the roundabouts, a huge pile of dog dirt. The owner must have known what his or her dog was doing. It was an enormous pile of filth and would have taken a long time for the dog to deposit.
Like any other subject in the era of the internet a google search on dog poo came up with 2,270,000 hits.
Mrs Grumpy
If you do want to report an offence and you want to make it stick - the charge that is. You will need evidence of some form or other. A photo or a video is probably the best.
Even so I hope that we can avoid the need for the subject to be covered in such detail in future issues.
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IN-NEWS
Carnegie play in the Rugby Union Premiership when they were defeated by the Northampton Saints. Around 4000 spectators witnessed a dour, highly disappointing game which seems to have typified the season for Leeds. This was supposed to be the year in Unfortunately the one day team has not continued which they consolidated their position amongst the elite of England’s rugby fraternity yet they look destined to be relegated havin that rich vain of form as they have stumbled ing sacked their Director of Coaching in the process. People tell around the sub-continent in the latest World Cup tournament losing to Ireland and Bangladesh in the me that ‘Yorkshire is too big not to have a club in the Premierprocess. How a team can lose to such minnows yet ship’ but is that true? Leeds have been in and out of the top tier for the last 10 seasons and during that time have managed to debeat the mighty South Africans and tie with India velop a hard core fan base of around 4000. They have one of the is mystifying to say the least. The latest excuse is lowest average attendances in the sport and clearly struggle to that the team now play too much one-day cricket which is probably correct, looking at the cricketing make an impact on the field. On my visit it was evident that the calendar. Having said that ‘practice makes perfect’ width of the pitch had been reduced by at least a couple of metres which says everything you need to know about the attacking inso perhaps it’s just a case that we don’t have the players to deliver the goods. I am however writing tent of the team. I could partly understand the desire to reduce the size of the pitch if you have a good, strong pack of forwards but this before the tournament is over so it could be that the team return home victorious. Whatever happens, English Leeds were massively outplayed ‘up front’. The strategy clearly doesn’t match the ability of the team and with only 4000 people cricket should decide where it needs to be in terms of the team, to please perhaps it’s time to have re-think. If Yorkshire really is the tours they undertake, and the content of such tours. The curdeserving of a team in the top tier then why not take the game to rent squad have been away from home for the best part of sixthe county? Why not rotate home games so they are played not months which can’t be good for the players, their families and just at Headingley but may be go to Hull (KC Stadium), Huddersultimately their morale. Perhaps less will be more…. field (Galpharm) and Sheffield (Bramall Lane)? The football season is coming to a climax with the Pre- Yours in Sport miership all set to go down to the final few games of the Doug Hought year. The biggest surprise is probably the fact that Chelsea have stumbled during the winter months which has left Sir Alex once again leading from the front with his Manchester United red devils. May be this confirms that money can’t buy you everything although seeing Chelsea splash out over £70 million in the January transfer window, they are once again trying to confirm that money can buy you at least the Premiership title. Whether they do produce a grand stand finish to retain their title will not be known until May. However with the new FIFA rules coming into operation regarding the funding of teams, it may not be long before Chelsea (and other clubs who have rich benefactors) are pulled back into line. How long will it be before UEFA or FIFA decide to impose a salary cap? Just imagine if each club could only spend (say) £100 million per year on their squad of 20 players. What price Blackpool to win the Premiership in those circumstances?
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n the last column I mentioned the England cricket team and the terrific performance they produced to collect the Ashes.
I recently made the journey to Headingley to watch Leeds
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SOMETHING SPECIAL Ben’s Dragon Quest By Jacob Cockeram Once, a very long time ago, there was a brave warrior named Ben the Incredible. He strode up to King John of Hillam and asked for some sort of quest (he was a bit bored to be honest. He was meant to be a hero, but hadn’t done anything heroic for months!) The King thought for a moment. “You could slay the beastly dragon in Bluebell Wood. There has been terrible bloodshed. It has been eating the farmer’s sheep and cattle. “ “I’ll do it!” yelled Ben. He ran to the knight’s quarters and dressed in his special battle armour; with some help from the squires of course. Then, Ben strode to the stables to saddle his horse. He slung his sword onto his belt. This sword was no ordinary sword. It was Excalibur, the most feared sword in the kingdom. He strapped his shield onto his trusty stallion and rode off to Bluebell Wood. He was excited. He had never slain a dragon before. Soon, Ben got tired and stopped for a drink. Suddenly the dragon sprang out from the woods and spat out a jet of flames. Ben dodged the flame and pulled Excalibur from his scabbard. The dragon leapt forward and tried to swipe Ben with its razor sharp talons. Ben quickly jumped out of the way and ripped his sword through the dragon’s leathery wing. The dragon howled in agony. Ben took his opportunity and leapt onto the dragon’s back. The dragon tried to shake him off. It did not work! Ben lay his hands on the dragon’s throat and squeezed. After a few seconds, the dragon slumped onto the floor. Ben jumped off the dragon’s back. There the dragon lay, lifeless. Ben turned to his stallion and heaved himself up. He took one last look at the dragon and galloped down the dusty tracks towards the village. At last he rode through the village gates. “You do not need to worry about your livestock for I have slain the beast,” he boasted. The local farmers cheered him on. Soon he reached the castle. When King John heard the news he was delighted. “We shall have a banquet in your honour,” he shouted. The farmer’s sent some succulent steaks as a gift of gratitude. “It’s not the dragon eating the cows any more, it’s us!” Ben joked.
Jacob Cockeram, aged nine, attends Hambleton School and lives in Hillam.
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682252 682201 691940
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683452
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St Wilfrid’s Church, Monk Fryston
680788
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Burton Salmon Methodist Church
519496 676188
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01609 760345
Clerk: Malcolm Walton 1st Wed of month 7.30 pm, Community Centre
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01757 705101
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682693
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