Causeway Magazine April 2018

APR 18

Inside:

Official Secrets - hush hush filming comes to Boston Spa Egg-citing Easter Facts What Sellotape has to do with a good read Local groups and activities

Advertising Index Accountants Gillbeck Assoc Peter Howard

Contact: John Clayton, byeck.again@gmail.com Convenience stores Costcutter

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Hardware Douglas Yeadon

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Curtains, Furnishing Lou’s Threads

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Holiday Cottages Priory Cottages

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Decorators Mark Hatfield Oliver Willard The Decorating Centre

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Kitchens Aberford Interiors Granite Transformations

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Elderly Support WiSE

Newsagents Supershop

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Bed & Breakfast Four Gables

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Electrical services PC Collier Edmunds Electrical

Opticians Andrew Morgan Cameron Beaumont

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Butchers Sykes House Farm

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Pilates Kate Sellars

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Building Materials Kirbys

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Physiotherapy Tadcaster Physio

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Alarms TI Security Animal Care Clifford Moor Farm Fosters Dog Grooming Architects McNicholas Architects

Carpet Cleaning Wetherby Carpet Cars/MOT Boston Spa Garage Westmoreland Cars Chimney Sweep Mooring Brothers Chiropody Boston Spa Chiropody Computers The MAC Service The PC Crew

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Estate Agents Beadnall & Copley Flooring Services Thorner Flooring Floor Design Wetherby

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Funerals Tony Barker

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Restaurants Ali’s Kitchen Fox and Hounds Pax Inn, Thorp Arch

Furniture Hue Interiors

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Retail Parks Thorp Arch Retail Park

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Gardening Harris Landscapes Lawn Keeper MK Landscaping

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Roofing Trelfa Roofing Ltd

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Solicitors Steel Switalskis

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Tree Services Bardsey Tree Services

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Hairdressing Ian Blakey

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Front Cover - © English Heritage, Brodsworth Hall, Near Doncaster Causeway - Chair Ian Hall | Editor Rachel Bentley | Designer John Pendleton | Advertising John Clayton Distribution (Thorp Arch) Nicola Midgley and Susie Seldon (Walton) Gay Childe. And big thanks to the entire distribution team. Please refer to the Contacts Page for contact details.

The Editor and Management Committee do not endorse any content of articles or advertisements in this magazine nor shall they be liable directly or indirectly for any damages which may arise from information or views contained in these pages.

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Hello to all Causeway readers.

In my last Editor’s Letter I said how I was looking forward to Spring, well, springing! As we all well know, March came in like a snow-lion and as I write there’s sub-zero temperatures and a serious wind chill factor as the Mini-Beast from the East popped up. Brrr!

With a 6 month old Working Cocker Spaniel to keep occupied there is no avoiding the great outdoors (even when suffering a very heavy cold and bronchitis).

Causeway - it’s a mouthpiece for YOUR local community and that means YOU! It is run entirely by volunteers in their ‘spare’ time (I use that term advisedly) and supported financially partly by the local Parish Councils, mostly by our advertisers. Please support them when you can and always let them know you saw them in Causeway Magazine. Thank you.

My dog walking coat is luckily a wind proof ski jacket and my woolly pompommed hat has come in very useful, and both have been permanent fashion fixtures since pup arrived via Dog’s Trust in November. So much so that when I met a neighbour (and fellow dog walker) in Morrisons this week, I think it was difficult to tell it was me as I had my civvies on - and hair!

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My favourite exercise option in the big snow was taking my 1972 super fast metal and wood light weight sledge to a local field and letting the puppy off the lead to run with me as I swooped down the slope. I wish I’d had a GoPro to record her at my side, at identical head heights and ‘running’ together at exactly the same speed.

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Advertisers’ index Editor’s letter The Birds in Your Garden News from our Churches Letter from the Clergy Sunday Services Thorp Arch Parish Council Thorp Arch News Walton News

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Egg-citing Easter Facts Village Diary and Notice Board Around the Area LCC update - new waste charges Fauna Facts Sellotape and a good read 'Secret Filming' in Boston Spa Village contacts 3

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The Birds In Your Garden - Spring Migrants

the UK as well as in continental Europe, witness the spread north of Little Egrets which are now to be seen regularly in Yorkshire.

Our regular feature from Mike Gray of BTO Garden BirdWatch takes a look at which garden birds are part of the global spring migration.

At the other end of the journey, both climate change and population growth are affecting our migrants’ summer quarters. Increased populations need more food and fuel, so forests are rapidly being eroded and land use is changing, with farming becoming more widespread and intensive. All of which reduce the availability of food for wildlife.

The more I learn about migration the more unbelievable I find it. The number and variety of birds which travel vast distances to breed is staggering. From humming birds flying between Mexico and Alaska, to gulls which circulate between Newfoundland and Chile, returning via Africa.

Food is key to migration: birds consume a vast amount of energy flying long distances, often across hostile terrain such as the Sahara. To do this they must fatten up before their journey, and then refuel on the way. Climate change produces ever more extreme weather conditions, which often mean insufficient food is available to migrants at their point of origin and en-route. We know that this is one of the major causes of migrating Cuckoo mortality through Spain, where droughts and wildfires have caused major problems recently.

Many garden birds take part in these epic voyages too. Cuckoos are probably the best known, but Swallows, Swifts and House Martins make much the same journey and are a lot smaller. All these species are now on their way back, many of them already in southern Europe, and are being tracked by the BTO, using a range of data loggers, to help understand better where they migrate to, and by which routes, and maybe learn why their numbers are in decline.

During these early months of the year, we see shortrange migrants moving through our gardens. Birds such as Siskins, Chaffinches and Goldfinches are moving northeast towards their breeding grounds, having spent the winter in the south and west of the country. So far this year most of the numbers reported are lower than usual, suggesting that fewer birds came across the North Sea in the first place.

On the brighter side though, now is the time to keep your eyes peeled. You never know what might choose your garden to rest and refuel in on its way back home! Particularly if we have some strong winds to blow them off-course.

Pete Curran

Blackbirds from Fennoscandia and northern Germany also spend their winters here and move back east in early spring. I’ve seen Redwing and Fieldfare in my garden recently, possibly forced away from their usual feeding locations by the snow, but also starting to make their way back north-eastwards to breed.

As you may have heard, The Yorkshire Arboretum, near Malton, still hosts a flock of around a hundred Hawfinches, a very rare event. They will presumably be returning to their breeding grounds soon, though there is always the hope that a few may stay and breed.

MIKE GRAY If you would like to join in and count the feathered (and other) occupants of your garden, please contact me or visit the BTO Garden BirdWatch website (www.bto.org/gbw). If you know of a local organisation who would like a talk on garden birds call: Mike Gray 07596 366342 or gbwmike@ gmail.com.

Migration habits are changing everywhere. Climate change allows many species to overwinter closer to home, as exampled by German Blackcaps wintering in southwest England rather than around the Mediterranean. Ever more species are breeding in 4

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News from our Churches

theme is ‘Children’s Books or Nursery Rhymes and it is part of St Peter’s Church Flower Festival on the weekend of June 16-17.

Mothering Sunday Special Joint Service

What you'll need 1 sturdy stick or bamboo cane, about 2m long 1 sturdy stick or bamboo cane, about 1m long 1 sturdy stick or bamboo cane, about 30cm long Old clothes – shirt or jumper, trousers, hat Old pair of tights String Straw or leaves What to do Make a frame Tie tightly the 1m stake to the 2m stake about 15cm from one end, in a cross shape and then tie the other stake in the same way about half way down. This is the frame for your scarecrow.

The Mothering Sunday service on 11 March was joint lay-led at St Peter’s, Walton, welcoming All Saints’, Thorp Arch. There was a treat for the packed Church, with the choir from Lady Elizabeth Hastings school, singing and leading the prayers.

Make a head Cut one leg from the tights and fill with some straw.

Many thanks to Mrs O'Donnell and Mrs Sawyer for encouraging the children to take part.

Push the straw firmly to the end and make it into a head shape. Tie a piece of string around the tights to stop the straw from falling out.

Flowers were given to all the ladies, with refreshments afterwards for the children.

Paint a funny or scary face on it; you could make some glasses and maybe a beard.

Apologies went to the adults as their usual coffee and biscuits were not able to be served as the team couldn't get to the kitchen, so full was the Church!

Now tie the head on to the top of the frame.

Make a Scarecrow for St Peter’s Church Flower Festival Weekend

Dress your scarecrow You can design your scarecrow to look like a favourite book or film character.

Placing a shirt on the top crossbar and the trousers on the smaller bar is the standard scarecrow design but you can clothe your scarecrow as you wish to make the character.

Tie off the bottom of the legs of the trousers with string and stuff them with straw or leaves.

Button up the shirt and tie the ends of the arms then stuff the sleeves with straw or leaves.

North Leigh Scarecrow Festival

Push some straw under the hat and leave it dangling out to look like hair.

Children bored over the Easter Holiday? Set them a task of choosing a character and register their interest in making a scarecrow! (See across for contact details.) They will have no end of fun in making it! You don’t have to live in Walton to enter a scarecrow. The

Now you are ready to display your scarecrow on the Scarecrow Trail around Walton Village and Churchyard! Register your interest with Anne Kilby 01937 842561 or email kilbyanne@googlemail.com.

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Letter from the Clergy around the subject? How nervous would you be, and would you be sure of giving the correct answers to all those soul-searching questions?

Wrestling with Questions and Belief I had hoped to be writing to you with the glad news that we had been successful in appointing a new incumbent to our Benefice but it is not to be‌ just yet. After the interview process the panel reported that they felt that neither candidate was suitable for our Benefice. We will just have to be patient and wait until God puts the right candidate into the process.

I wonder how many of us would be given the position?!!

The joy of the situation is that the founder of the company is not divisive. He will accept all who come to him with enquiring minds. Training will be given on the job and skills will come with practice. This Chief Executive Officer, (God by name) will be accessible to each of his people at any time of day or night and will not differentiate by race, rank, intelligence or colour. All are allowed to apply without prejudice or preference.

Answering questions from an interview panel is not an easy thing to do. Any of you readers who have applied for jobs or promotions will know what it is like to sit in front of a panel and try to be truthful in your replies whilst trying to glean what they wish to hear from you!

The job would require you to tell as many people as possible of the company mission statement and interest them in joining too. Your demeanour would need to be loving, giving and kind to all you meet.

Before the interview you must do your homework and investigate the role you would be called to work in. You would look at the company or organisation and consider what you could give to them to enhance their present position. If you are hoping to be in the role for a considerable amount of time, there is a level of honesty and integrity that is necessary for you to be able to function well for a prolonged period. No one is able to live and work a lie for long!

Optimum practice would be achieved if you met together with other members on a regular basis (possibly once a week) to share the shortcomings of your performance and join in adoration and love for the CEO and his team. You would be given inspirational texts to listen to and reflect on. They will recharge your motivation and send you out with renewed vigour.

I wonder what it would be like if we had to apply to God to be a Christian? Would we hear of the opening through the local community or would there be an advertisement in the local paper:

‘Wanted:- a well-motivated person of any age required to join a global community of faithful people. You would be required to love your CEO with all your heart, mind and strength and your neighbour as yourself.’!

On the day of the interview (if you were shortlisted) would you turn up with a portfolio to prove your loving capabilities, a list of charitable giving, and maybe a Bible to show your breadth of reading 8

The retirement plan is unique. All previous members are sustained for ever in a place of love and joy. There will be a performance management appointment (a day of reckoning) at the end of time when each member will be able to stand before God and discover the merciful qualities of that CEO and his team, when their performance as a Christian is reviewed.

in another light to save ourselves from becoming complacent. We have the best job in the whole of creation and it is good never to take it for granted. It is worth sharing with as many people as possible that Jesus, as one of the three founding members of our Company, loved us so much that he died on the cross for all our shortcomings. He is worthy of our loyalty and love.

It sometimes helps to look at our lives as Christians

REV TRISH

Services Time

Date

Sunday Service, All Saints’, Thorp Arch

Coffee

9.30am

1st April

Easter Day Holy Communion

J Clayton

8am

8th April

Group Holy Communion @ Walton

10am

8th April

Benefice Service

Y Hetherington

9.30am

15th April

Lay Led

J Bentley

9.30am

22nd April

Holy Communion

J Leonard

9.30am

29th April

Holy Communion Joint followed by AGM

S Spurr

9.30am

6th May

Holy Communion

M Smyth

Time

Date

Sunday Service, St Peter’s, Walton

9.30am

1st April

Easter Day Holy Communion

8am

8th April

Group Holy Communion

10am

8th April

Benefice Service @ Thorp Arch

9.30am

15th April

Holy Communion

9.30am

22nd April

Lay Led

9.30am

29th April

Holy Communion Joint @ Thorp Arch

9.30am

6th May

Holy Communion

Occasional Offices All Saints’ Thorp Arch and St Peter’s Walton BAPTISMS No Baptisms WEDDINGS No Weddings FUNERALS No Funerals

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Thorp Arch Parish Council March News Bulletin

• Do you have adequate locks on ground floor and upper floor windows that are accessible?

Please see our website for more information about the Parish Council, including minutes from meetings and agendas: www.thorp-arch.org.uk.

• Have you got a burglar alarm? Does it work?

Do you set when leaving your home unoccupied and before you go to bed?

Police Report One crime reported for the month of February – a bicycle was stolen from the trading estate.

• Have you got euro-cylinder locks on your doors? If yes, do they meet the very latest standards – TS007 (3 star rating) or SS312 (Sold Secure Diamond Standard).

There were 51 crimes committed in the Wetherby ward, 6 of these Burglary Residential. There were 34 crimes in the Harewood ward, 20 of these Burglary Residential.

• Do you leave items such as car keys, money, jewellery, mobile phones or laptops on view?

Would it be easy for an offender to look through your window and see such items on show or within reach of a letterbox or cat flap?

Burglary residential crimes were higher than usual in both the Wetherby Ward and Harewood ward last month. Most of these were snapping the euro profile lock, gaining entry to the house and taking the car keys.

• Always lock doors and windows even when at home.

• Shut windows. Always take the key out of the lock and keep in a safe place.

Here are some simple steps that everyone can take to improve their home security:

• Make sure items such as car keys, laptops, tablets, phones and cash cannot be seen through a window.

• Have you got high hedges to the front of your property that may prevent someone from being seen if they are attempting to get into your home?

• Do not leave power cables or charger units for laptops and tablets plugged in and on show.

• If you have gates within the perimeter do you use them and keep them closed and locked?

• If you are out, try to make your home look occupied by using a timer switch to control lights.

• Is fencing in good condition and well maintained? Are fencing panels fixed to the posts to prevent them from being removed or lifted from their position?

HCA Planning Application The Parish Council (PC) has now submitted a formal and detailed objection to the HCA planning application, which can be viewed on the website on the news and events page www.thorp-arch.org.uk.

• Are there any gaps in the perimeter that someone could simply walk through?

Discussions and negotiations between LCC and HCA concerning various matters are still ongoing so it is likely that the application will be reported to members after the May elections.

• Do you have adequate external security lighting that illuminates your garden? Is it in working order and sufficient for your needs?

• Are your doors, windows and the frames they are fitted within in good condition or are they deteriorating? If you are replacing doors and windows ensure that they meet the latest standards

Neighbourhood Plan The Plan is now part of the statutory development plan and a sub group has been formed to carry out quarterly reviews of the plan, which will involve monitoring of planning applications concerning residential developments. They will also look at how projects and aspirations can be implemented.

• Is any glass in doors and windows damaged in anyway?

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Defibrillator at The Pax Inn The PC will take over ownership of the defibrillator.

It will be retained at The Pax, but maintenance will become responsibility of the PC. Training on use will be considered for residents in the Thorp Arch area.

regarding our village, please send your email address to Gaby.Morrison3@gmail.com. Your email will not be distributed to any other organisations and will remain confidential.

Wine Tasting Event On Friday 27 April, our village wine experts Tony and Helen from 'Champagne Warehouse' have generously offered to host a fabulous wine tasting evening, which will be held at The Barn, Mulberry Garth.

Boston Spa Academy Future The PC remain concerned about the absence of a full and proper consultation. The drop-in events at Boston Spa Village Hall and Wetherby Town Hall will ask residents to complete a questionnaire and the PC encourages all residents to attend and make their views known.

The evening will include a glass of fizz on arrival, a wine tasting with fizz, whites and reds and then a quiz. Cheese and biscuits will be served throughout the evening. Tickets are £10 a head and numbers are limited. Please contact Janette West on 07952 462029 or Gaby Morrison on 07947 390617 for tickets to this fabulous evening.

Annual Parish Meeting – Save the Date The PC’s Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Monday 23rd April 7pm at the school. Please put the date in your diary. As usual, there will be a range of speakers and of course refreshments including wine, beer and soft drinks. Please join us.

Spring Term at Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ Primary School

Date of Next Parish Council Meeting The next meeting will be held on Monday 9th April – 7.00pm at: All Saints Church, Thorp Arch.

Michele O'Donnell, Headteacher at Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ Primary School, Thorp Arch, gives the first of her termly updates.

This term at Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ Primary School, during this season of Lent, we are focusing on the theme of Forgiveness.

Thorp Arch Village Society News Gaby Morrison, Chair of TAVS, reports on an eventful tidy up session and a future event.

We are exploring the importance of forgiveness in sustaining our friendships and relationships. We are trying hard to understand that everyone needs forgiveness at times so we must remember to apologise and try to make amends. In our school, each day, we are offered forgiveness by others which ‘wipes the slate clean’ and enables us to make a fresh start. We are also practising demonstrating forgiveness towards others by developing our Christian qualities of strength and compassion.

Most importantly, during this Lenten season, we are learning that offering forgiveness can also benefit the person forgiving.

Village Litter Pick On the last Sunday in February some hardy residents of Thorp Arch donned their thickest gardening gloves and armed with grabbers and industrial thickness bin bags set off for the annual village litter pick. The usual collection of beer cans and fast food wrappers were discovered plus the odd bits of car that must have dropped off in transit. Whoever threw their shoes in that tree must have walked home in their socks!

Many thanks to everyone who helped and thanks to everyone who picks up the litter they come across in their daily walks round our lovely village.

In March we launched our ‘Retreat Garden’ project.

All of our local community was invited and it was an opportunity for the children to share their plans for developing the wildlife area into a new Retreat Garden.

Village Notices and Diary Dates Many village notices are sent electronically and often important information is sent out on behalf of the parish council with regard to refuse bin emptying, road closures and other day to day issues.

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Accessible crossings and footpath improvements in Walton

Walton Parish Council Meeting dates for the rest of 2018 are as follows:

You may have seen markings at corners of Main Street in Walton and elsewhere - here Melvyn Wood updates us on some news on why they are in place.

14 May & Annual Parish Meeting 2 July 3 September 5 November

Contractors have been to the Village, including our Thorp Arch neighbours across the road, and marked up the locations for planned works. No doubt a number of our Walton residents and neighbours have noticed these markings and wondered what they mean.

For more information see www.walton-pc.gov.uk including minutes for previous meetings and future agenda.

Walton Village Work Day 21 April

Approximately a year ago, as part of the progression of work in improving the Village and its infrastructure as envisaged in the Village Plan I, as a member of the steering group, prepared a survey of requirements.

I then contacted Nick Fletcher at Leeds City Council and a meeting was arranged to go round the village together to agree the works to be done. It was explained that these things take time, which was understood, and that time has now arrived as promised.

Though the 3 March Work Day did not go ahead due to poor weather it was rearranged for the end of March and, rest assured, there is another planned for Saturday 21 April, this one focussing on the Churchyard. Richard Prudhoe is again acting ‘gang master’ and the meet up is at 9.30am, Holly Cottage, Main Street where bacon sandwiches and coffee will be available on arrival.

Please let Richard know if you are interested in getting involved in what has become a fun village event by emailing richard.prudhoe@gmail.com.

A lot of the works are in relation to dropped kerbs to enable our disabled residents to safely cross the roads in their wheelchairs or ‘motorised chariots’, as I like to call them, and will enable links around the village and to connect across Wighill Lane to the Thorp Arch Village and beyond to the British Library and the Trading Estate.

In conjunction with the dropped kerbs, footpath extensions have been agreed: across Wighill Lane at the top of Smiddy Hill, so now our residents won't have to triangulate across from Walton to the shortfall of footpath on the other side of the road, a bit like the chicken run at present. Also at the end of Main Street down School Lane and at the bottom of School Lane/Wetherby Road to link up with the cycle track. There is also an additional extension at the end of Hall Park Road.

Some of the work will be carried out later, due to other service works requiring to be done first, but rest assured that the work will be carried out and we are very grateful for the input and co-operation of Nick Fletcher at Leeds City Council in enabling this work to be carried out for our Walton Residents.

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Walton Curry and Quiz Evening one wished that wouldn't it be nice if the whole world was to join in and smile...just once in a while.

Richard Newman reports on the lively Quiz evening in aid of St Peter’s, Walton

Julia, Doreen, Gay, Fiona, Sue, Anne and Janet were, as ever, the planners, the workers, the cooks, the servers and the clearers up, amply aided and abetted by the men who stacked the chairs and tables so that the women could get home a little earlier. It is what life is all about to this writer.

Bhuna gosht is a romantic sounding term - the curry which many of us love, so much so it has overtaken roast beef as a favourite of ours.

It also means happiness, enjoyment, contentment and well-being, at least, when 66 people come together in Walton Village Hall to raise money for St.Peter's Church.

Three curries, mangoes on kulfi and liberal libations were integrated into a 'quiz,' where minds were tested to the ultimate.

We had a winner in the end, Table Four, The Blues, were head and shoulders above the others who were all fittingly named also in the colours of the rainbow.

The Reverend Trish was very good in not helping her table when there were questions on religion, and Bill Kilby stepped forward quickly when Richard Newman - Quizmaster - ran out of voice as he attempted to talk over the prattle and prate of the assembled congregation whose voices were louder than the Tower of Babel.

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Egg-citing Easter Facts

• The first chocolate Easter egg was produced in 1873

by Fry's.

With Easter being very early in April you’ll no doubt be already tucking into the kids’/your Easter Egg hoard. Enjoy some non-calorific Easter treats below!

Credit goes to www.eauk.org for the Egg-cellent information…

• The most famous decorated Easter eggs are those designed by Peter Carl Faberge. In 1885 the Russian Tsar, Alexander III, commissioned Faberge to make a special Easter gift for his wife, the Empress Marie.

This first Faberge egg was an egg within an egg. It had an outside shell of gold and white enamel which opened to reveal a smaller gold egg. The smaller egg, in turn, opened to display a golden chicken and a jewelled replica of the Imperial Crown. The Tsar and Tsarina were so impressed with their gold that they ordered the Faberge firm to design further eggs to be delivered every Easter. In later years Nicholas II, Alexander's son, continued the custom.

• Eggs were traditionally used in pre-Christian festivals as the symbol of new life, purity or fertility.

Later customs concerning eggs were linked with Easter because the egg provided a fresh and powerful symbol of the Resurrection and the transformation of death into life.

• The tradition of wearing Easter bonnets is also related to the celebration of new life and the coming of spring. The first bonnets were actually circles or wreaths of leaves and spring flowers but the tradition eventually developed into the wearing of extravagant hats often decorated with spring flowers.

• The Real Easter Egg, a Fair Trade Easter egg that explains the Christian meaning of Easter is on sale again for Easter 2018. There are six eggs or sets in the range this year plus a chance to donate to a food bank see meaningfulchocolate.co.uk/collections/realeaster-egg.

• Decorating and colouring hen, duck or goose eggs for Easter was the custom in England during the Middle Ages. The household accounts of Edward I, for the year 1290, recorded an expenditure of eighteen pennies for four hundred and fifty eggs to be goldleafed and coloured for Easter gifts.

• A previously unaccounted for Faberge egg was found by an American scrap metal dealer in 2013.

It sold for £20 million. He had bought it for its scrap metal value of $13,000 and had been trying to sell it for a while before he realised it may be a Faberge egg.

• Papier-mache Easter eggs started being produced in England in the 18th century and then the first chocolate eggs appeared in the 19th century with the earliest ones being completely solid

• Approximately 80 million chocolate eggs are sold annually in the UK. • The record for the largest Easter egg tree was set by Rostock Zoo in Germany who decorated a tree with 76,596 painted hen's eggs on 8 April 2007.

• The most expensive egg on sale in 2016 cost £25,000 and was available from Brighton Chocolatiers Choccywoccydodah.

• The most popular chocolate egg worldwide is Cadbury's Creme Egg, which first went on sale in 1971. The Bourneville factory can make 1.5 million 16

Declining Religious Importance Of Easter

Creme Eggs every day, 500 million are made each year with one third being exported overseas. They are introducing a white chocolate version!

A ComRes survey carried out in 2012 found that the majority of Christians feel there is a disassociation between the religious traditions of festivals and the way they are perceived today.

• Easter chocolate sales make up 10 per cent of Britain's annual spending on chocolate.

• In 2016 the UK’s Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) estimated that the country would discard some 3000 tonnes of packaging from around 80 million Easter eggs.

Some other findings from the survey were: • 90%t of Christians think children today know less about the crucifixion and resurrection than children did 30 years ago.

• Dietitians have warned that eating five Easter eggs (the average given to most children) plus the bars included with them, could see youngsters doubling their recommended calorie intake for a week, risking becoming hooked on chocolate and seeing their weight increase by several pounds within days. The

• 95% of Christians believe that Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion.

• 77% of practising Christians believe Easter is a more important festival than Christmas.

• 63% of Christians think that Easter egg hunts or egg painting and similar activities are a good way of engaging children with the Easter story.

• The 2015 www.talkingjesus.org survey conducted

by Barna and ComRes on behalf of the Evangelical Alliance, Church of England and Hope found: • Only 43% of people believe in the Resurrection…

Children’s Knowledge Of The Easter Story A survey conducted amongst children aged 8 to 15 in 2014 on behalf of biblesociety.org.uk found that: recommended daily amounts are around 2,000 calories a day for an average 11-year-old boy and 1,500 for a girl, but many could be eating up to 10,000 calories over the Easter period.

• 28% think the Hare and the Tortoise feature in the Easter story.

• The world's biggest handmade Easter egg was unveiled in Argentina in April 2015. It was made using 8,000kg of chocolate.

• 90% knew that Jesus was nailed to a cross.

• One of the most expensive eggs on offer in 2006 was the unique Diamond Stella Egg - a chocolate egg laden with diamonds - which came with a £50,000 price tag.

Church-Going At Easter

• 29% did not know that God raised Jesus from the dead.

• 80% knew that it was Judas who betrayed Jesus.

Statistics, published in Oct 2016, from the Church of England gives the attendance figure of 1.3 million for Easter services in 2015. Cathedral attendance on Easter Sunday in 2015 was 54,000 and Holy Week (Palm Sunday to Good Friday) attendances have been increasing dramatically in recent years from 68,800 in 2013 to 92,500 in 2015.

• Easter Eggs 2018 were seen in shops just in the Christmas period of 2017!

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Please check with organisers, especially if you are making a special journey, as things can change.

Thursday 19 April 7 for 7.30pm Fashion Show

by Life and Soul of Wetherby, St Peter's Church

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Tickets £5 including a glass of wine and nibbles from Gay 845519 or Doreen 842344.

Tuesday 3 to Mon 16 Apr 10am-4pm Children's Craft at Swanley Grange, Fountains Abbey, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3DY

Saturday 21 April 9.30am Walton Village Work Day Meet at Holly Cottage Main St. Walton.

A National Trust free event but normal admission charges apply.

Monday 23 April 7pm Thorp Arch Parish Council Annual Meeting See thorp-arch.org.uk.

Thursday 12 April 2pm Trefoil Guild, Clifford Methodist Hall

MAY Monday 14 May 7pm Walton Parish Council Annual Meeting At Walton Village Hall - see www.walton-pc.gov.uk for details.

Call Chairman, Glennis, on 845348.

Saturday 14 April 10am-4pm Walton Group of Artists Contact Printing workshop, Walton Village Hall

Tuesday 15 May 7.30pm Thorp Arch & Walton Ladies Group (YCA) at Deepdale Community Centre

Anita Daniels ‘Contact Printing’ workshop. Nonmembers please contact Clare Dean 583399 to be placed on the waiting list. £35 fee applies.

Topic TBA. Visitors & Prospective Members Welcome. tawyca@outlook.com 01937 520 271

Saturday 14 April 11am-4pm Family Fun Day, Knaresborough Castle and Museum

Weekends 19-20 and 26, 27 & 28 May Artists Around Wetherby Open Studios

Enjoy a relaxing day of games, crafts and a chance to start your own Spring seedlings.

There will be discounted entry to the Castle, Museum and Sallyport. Games will be free, some activities may have a small charge. See www.harrogate.gov.uk and search events or call 01423 556188.

Twenty four local artists invite you to visit. Refreshments in aid of St Gemma’s Hospice. Download map from www. artistsaroundwetherby.com

JUNE Saturday & Sunday 16-17 St Peter’s Church Walton Flower Festival

Tuesday 17 April 7-9pm Walton Group of Artists Acrylic Misty Morning demonstration, Walton Village Hall

Including village scarecrow competition. At the Church, Churchyard and Village. Register your interest to make a scarecrow with Anne Kilby 01937 842561 or email kilbyanne@googlemail. com.

Nikky Corker Acrylic Misty Morning demonstration. £3 for non-members.

Tuesday 17 April 7.30pm Thorp Arch & Walton Ladies Group (YCA) AGM, Deepdale Community Centre

NOVEMBER Sunday 11 November Thorp Arch Village Society event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice

Members Only. Contact tawyca@outlook.com or 520271.

Wednesday 18 April 7.30pm Walton Village Hall AGM All Waltonians welcome.

Details TBC. www.thorparch.org.uk/aboutthorp-arch.

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Silent Danger - CO Arising from an unexpected incident experienced

by Causeway Chair, Ian Hall, here’s food for thought about a deadly killer we can all prevent.

Decision delayed on the HCA site north of Wealstun News from Peter Locke, Chairman TAG. The planning application for this site (17/07970) had a decision date of 6 March 2018. However it has been put back. TAG forecast that a delay was likely in the March edition of Causeway.

Following a suspected leak to gas pipework, which was traced and new parts fitted to an old system the fitter noticed the lack of Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarm. For peace of mind, all homes should have Carbon Monoxide alarms - one near the gas boiler and one in a suitable place inside the house.

The delay seems to have been due to the pressure we have been putting on the planners. As a result, additional studies are being undertaken by the LCC highways and greenspaces teams.

Because of the forthcoming local elections for Ward Councillors, the delay will now extend well into May, because of what is known as ‘purdah’. This is a convention that prevents any ‘political’ decisions being taken in the run-up to an election. LCC plans panels don’t consider contentious applications during the ‘purdah’ period.

CO is damaging to health and can be fatal. It is not visible and not smelled. In an emergency, ring 0800 111 999. Over and above that, gas appliances, boilers, gas fires and hobs, should be serviced/checked every 12 months by a qualified gas safe registered engineer.

Contact Northern Gas Networks for advice.

The delay will give us an even stronger argument that any decision should now await the outcome of the Trading Estate appeal. The outcome of that appeal should now be known around July, when the Secretary of State announces his ‘recovered’ decision following the Planning Inspector’s report. That report should be on his desk by early April, and his department is usually taking three or four months to announce his decisions.

The Trefoil Guild - Guiding for Adults Were you a Brownie or a Guide?

Boston Spa Trefoil Guild is a group of lively retired guiders who meet once a month in Clifford Methodist Church Hall on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 2pm for varied activities and outings, fun and friendship based around the philosophy of Guiding. The next meeting is Thursday 12 April. With members from Bramham, Clifford, Boston Spa and Thorp Arch the group would welcome new additions.

Meanwhile TAG is still working on trying to find yet more evidence of recent (say the last 5 years) use of the greenspace north of the prison. This evidence can help us make a case for ongoing community use of the former sports pitches and open green land.

Photographs, or just written information, will be very useful to us. Please send us anything that you can provide to tagactiongroup@gmailcom.

The Trefoil Guild is a non-uniformed section of Girlguiding UK open to anyone over the age of 18 who has been or still is a member of Girlguiding UK or the Scout Association. If you have not previously been involved in guiding you can still be a member supporting our aims and principles, to live in the spirit of guiding, to offer practical help to Girlguiding UK and to support Guiding worldwide.

With likely changes to LCC plans panel membership following the elections, TAG will wait until the election results, and committee memberships, are clear before formulating our strategy to influence the appropriate councillors. The strength of local opposition will certainly be a significant factor in the outcome, and hopefully rejection, of this application.

If you think you would like to join us please give Chairman, Glennis, a ring on 845348.

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Around the Area

general cheerfulness as we celebrate the arrival of spring with a glass of wine or two! A visit to the British Library in mid-March found out what happens in this large building on our doorstep - competition for the limited space on this trip was fierce, with a waiting list almost as long as the spaces available!

Thorp Arch & Walton YCA Ladies Group Fiona Spence reports on the success of the group and some of its recent activities.

The group meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm and any lady over the age of 16 from the local community is welcome to join us for friendship, support, interesting talks and activities and a low key but enjoyable night out. Our meeting dates and topics are in the Causeway diary, as well as being posted on the Parish Council Website and the Nextdoor app.

Potential members are always welcome, just bring your sense of humour and you’ll have a great time! If turning up unannounced is a bit too daunting then email us at tawyca@outlook.com or telephone 520271 to let us know you are coming and we’ll look out for you.

TAW YCA members Jane Clayton & Marjorie Carver

The ladies’ group continues to grow in membership and breadth of activities and we are enjoying our new venue at Deepdale after Thorp Arch School ceased evening lettings.

Artists Around Wetherby – Open Studios This annual event, now in its fifth year, is taking place over the last two weekends in May.

Another group of members visited the Royal Mail Sorting Office in Wetherby and enjoyed spotting their own house numbers on the racks as well as finding out how the large operation to deliver mail to the local area works; this was our second group to visit as demand was too large to just do one trip! We heartily recommend a visit if you get the opportunity as the staff made us feel very welcome and answered our numerous questions in great detail and showed us how much they enjoy their job.

Oil painting - Katie Leng, Boston Spa from Whins Lane

Recent speakers to the group have included an inspiring ambassador for Yorkshire Air Ambulance who gave us an insight to the behind the scenes work that goes on every day as well as providing us with fascinating facts and figures on how much it costs to keep this voluntary funded organisation fully equipped with trained staff and two aircraft to ensure the entire county is only 10 minutes flying time from a major trauma centre.

Twenty four artists within a six mile radius of Wetherby are opening their studios 19-20 May and 26, 27 and 28 May. Each venue offers free entry with donations to St Gemma’s in lieu of refreshments at every studio.

There will be demonstrations at many venues and several new artists have joined for 2018 so there will be something new even for seasoned visitors.

We’ve also had a visit from The Joanna Project in Leeds which helps to improve the health & welfare of the women working in the escort and prostitution business on the Leeds streets by providing access to healthcare, emotional and welfare support and legal and financial representation. This was not a comfortable talk and left many of us feeling very grateful for our secure and stable family lives.

This year Nicola Slater and Katie Leng (aka Katie Dawson) will be Thorp Arch's resident artists opening their doors to the public. Nicola will have handmade jewellery on sale at 20 Woodland Drive, Thorp Arch (open both weekends but not Bank Holiday Monday) and Katie will have original oil paintings and prints on sale at 1 Pear Tree Acre, Thorp Arch (first weekend only). Please visit www.artistsaroundwetherby.com to download a map and brochure to plan your route.

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LCC Update - New charges for waste

Not who, what? Bees worked it out!

Due to financial pressures, Leeds City Council is no longer able to cover the full cost of disposal of certain types of waste which are not considered to be regular household waste. These include building materials, plasterboard and tyres.

Honeybees have a complex language to tell each other where the best nectar is using the sun as a reference point. They can do this at night and on overcast days by calculating the position of the sun on the other side of the world. They can learn and store information although their brain is 1.5 million times smaller than a human.

Upon arrival, please see a member of site staff before unloading your waste, so they can assess the quantity and confirm the cost. Payment can be made by debit or credit card. Cash and cheques are not accepted. All charges must be paid in full prior to disposing of your waste.

They decide where to go within 5 seconds to fit local conditions. A bee will travel as far as 7.5 miles several times a day and it takes 12 bees to make a teaspoonful of honey.

What is the most dangerous animal that ever lived?

It’s the female mosquito which has killed half of all human beings…estimated at 45 billion.

Please display your Leeds Resident Permit clearly in your windscreen so the site staff can easily see it. If using a vehicle other than a car, people carrier or 4x4 without pick-up to transport your waste, you will need to show a valid Commercial, Large Vehicle and Trailer Permit.

The mosquito carries over 100 potentially fatal diseases including malaria, elephantiasis, yellow fever and encephalitis. This was not known until late in the 19th century when in 1874 a British doctor, Sir Patrick Manson, proved the case in respect of elephantiasis. Then, 17 years later a young doctor in India, Robert Ross, tested his theory for malaria on his own son, who recovered after a dose of quinine!

Full terms and conditions and FAQs can be found at www.leeds.gov.uk/recyclingsites.

Fauna Facts Our Chair, Ian Hall, enjoyed the QI spin off - the Book of General Ignorance. Here’s a couple of fascinating fauna facts highlighted by the hit tome.

Dr Manson was elected to the Royal Society and founded the London School of Tropical Medicine.

Ross won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902.

Who discovered that the world is round?

There are 2,500 known species of mosquito and of these 40 species are able to transmit malaria. The female use the blood they suck to mature their eggs which are laid on water. These hatch into aquatic larvae, known as ‘wrigglers’. The pupae are active and swim about. Male mosquitos have a higher pitched ‘u’ than females and respond to a B-natural tuning fork.

Females are attracted by moisture, milk, carbon dioxide and movement, placing ‘hot’ people and pregnant women at higher risk of being bitten.

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I have a guilty confession to make, so look away now if you are likely to be shocked.

My husband and I have a secret vice – we are paperback rippers. I know, it is shocking, but the truth is out now.

Most of our holiday reading is fiction, but I recently came across a fascinating biography called Eggs or Anarchy, by William Sitwell. Flipping through it I realised it was the story of Lord Woolton, of Woolton Pie fame, who was responsible for saving the British people and her colonies from starvation during the last world war.

It all started more years ago than I care to remember, on a beach holiday on a tiny island off Dubrovnik. Now, if I am going to lie in the sun all day, like a well-oiled fish on a slab, I need endless reading matter and there really are few things more annoying when you are trying to concentrate on your tan than your partner intermittently snorting with amusement or reading out titbits from their current book. Eventually Richard caved in: “Well, if it's that good you'd better give me the first 100 pages and I'll read it for myself,” he said, and so it started.

From the humblest of beginnings, Fred, later ennobled as Lord Woolton, rose to become the head of the Lewis retail empire. His first-hand knowledge of the workings of the business world stood him in good stead when he was persuaded, initially against his better judgement, to accept the government office of Minister of Food.

Important as it was to stave off the pangs of hunger, Woolton recognised that his job required him to keep the people's morale high and it was to this end that he often frantically transported fresh food around the country so that housewives could always put a decent meal on the table for their families.

Over the years we have reduced countless books to neat little bundles of pages. I well remember shedding a tear over Brigid Keenan's Diplomatic Baggage - it was nothing short of sacrilege to tear it apart, but the book is so irresistibly funny I just couldn't contain myself from erupting with mirth and had to hand over the first instalment.

Dip Bag, as the author calls it, is the true story of her life as a 'trailing spouse'. Apparently this is the accepted term for wives and partners of members of the Diplomatic Service. Whilst their partners are warmly welcomed by the resident staff into a new embassy, the trailing spouses are left to unpack their belongings and attempt, under the most inauspicious circumstances, to create a home in which they can pursue their family life and entertain local dignitaries in style. After a few short years, the official residence transformed into

He championed the needs of expectant mothers and children, increasing their rations, and can be credited with producing a generation of people healthier than ever before. This book was so full of interesting facts and insights into the period that I'm afraid it fell victim to the large kitchen scissors, as I repeatedly read out excerpts at random.

So that's why we have shelves full of books held together with Sellotape. A word of warning – if you have a particularly favourite book, whatever you do don't lend it to one of us if you want it back in one piece.

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Official Secrets - Big Screen Filming in Boston Spa

Rachel Bentley writes about the recent exciting activities occurring on the South Bank.

Though we love our local celebs, it was with some excitement that it was announced that Keira Knightley would be coming to Boston Spa, the location for scenes for a new political drama, Official Secrets.

Electric cables, lighting rigs and a camera jib became part of the street scene for the few days of filming, as well as security ‘detail’ and production crew.

which Knightley’s character would buy a newspaper, a key point in the story!

Knightley was wearing a period navy blue midi length wool overcoat over her tall, slim figure and sporting a dark brunette, blow dried hair style similar to Kate Middleton aka the Duchess of Cambridge which served to cover her face between takes. Members of the Press with vast telephoto lenses were kept back during filming though locals were able to view proceedings a little nearer to the action including yours truly who discovered a friend of a friend had a rather handy garden and driveway with a perfect view of the Church St. filming.

Knightley, of Bend It Like Beckham, Love Actually, Atonement and Pirates of the Caribbean fame, plays the lead role in the political thriller which is based on the true story of GCHQ ‘whistle-blower’ Katharine Gunn.

Gunn had been a British translator concerned about US activities ahead of the 2003 Iraq invasion subsequently leaking secret documents to the media.

Though arrested and charged under the Official Secrets Act the case was dropped - perhaps because of the embarrassment a case might cause. Specifically it was her revelations about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq (allegedly) which caused consternation.

At the time of the case, Gunn was supported by famous names such as the actor Sean Penn, as well as the journalist Martin Bright, played in the film by Matt Smith, famous for playing Prince Philip in The Crown and the lead in Doctor Who. Ralph Fiennes Voldemort from the Harry Potter films and currently M in the Bond series - is also in the film as well as Game of Thrones stars Indira Varma and Conleth Hill and Episodes’ and the Archers’ Tamsin Greig, plus Matthew Goode of Downton Abbey and Brideshead Revisited fame who joins the cast of Director, Gavin Hood’s, spy thriller.

Filming took place around Church Street, Central Garage and St. Mary’s Church. Disruption was kept to a minimum but created a buzz around the freezing cold village. A Church St. cottage became a dressing area and the Boston Spa Scout and Guide Hall was transformed into a warm and dry haven for the cast and crew to grab a cuppa and bite to eat.

In recent years our area saw the Christmas film, Get Santa, shot in and around Wetherby. When that was screened at Wetherby Cinema there were many cheers as local vistas filled the screen. Roll on the release of Official Secrets when we will see how our neighbouring village looks in glorious ‘Technicolor’.

Church St. had a dusting of fake frost and was intermittently closed to traffic to allow Knightley to rush from the handsome duck egg blue doored Boston Spa cottage to a newly ‘defrosted’ VW hatchback from the period (accompanied by a rather dashing dark haired actor not known to the throng), to drive away down Church St. at speed towards Clifford, until the take had finished.

A number of local extras were recruited to appear in the movie was that you?

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St Peter’s Church, Village Church Council Clergy: See All Saints’, Thorp Arch. Church Wardens: Doreen Lister 842344, Bill Kilby : 842561. Secretary: Gay Childe 845519. Treasurer: Fiona Robinson 843338, fionarob@outlook.com. Flowers & Cleaning: Liz and Geoff Harrison 845978

All Saints’, Parochial Church Council Church Wardens: Kathleen Sanderson 844818. David Spurr 842772, david@ mulberrycroft.me.uk. Secretary: Georgina Squires 849747, Treasurer & Covenant Secretary: David Spurr 842772. Flowers: Margaret Smyth 841181

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Friends of the School Chair: Hayley Cullen 07712 175178

Walton Parish Council Chairman: David Aspland. Vice Chair: Brodie Clark CBE. Clerk: Helena Buck, secretary@walton-pc. gov.uk. Members: Stephen Sharp, Edward Simpson, Mark Wake, David Taylor.

TABS Cricket Club Chair: Adam Gough 07725 047555 or Dale Gibson 842642

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Thorp Arch Tennis Club: Chair: Rob Seldon 541797, Secretary: Jane Freeman 339307, Treasurer: Jane Clayton 843153 Thorp Arch Village Society Chair: Gaby Morrison 843376, gaby.morrison@virgin.net. Secretary: Sue Clayton 843181.

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Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association (YCA) Chair: Barbara Rivington 579833. Secretary: Fiona Spence 520271 tawyca@outlook.com, Treasurer: Judith Symonds 541799.

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