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INTRODUCING NEW EDITORS APPEAR ON TV ALTERNATIVE ADVENT
Contact: Emma Shellard, 07903 632590 emmashellard@outlook.com
Advertising Index Accountants Gillbeck Assoc Peter Howard Alarms PGK Security Animal Care Clifford Moor Farm Fosters Dog Grooming Architects McNicholas Architects Bed & Breakfast Four Gables Building Materials Kirbys
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Computers The PC Crew
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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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Ironing Services The Ironing Service
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Kitchens Aberford Interiors
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Newsagents Supershop
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Decorators Mark Hatfield Oliver Willard The Decorating Centre
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Elderly Support WiSE
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Business Support Small Business Marketing Coach
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Carpet Cleaning Wetherby Carpet
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Electrical services PC Collier Edmunds Electrical
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Opticians Andrew Morgan Cameron Beaumont
Estate Agents Beadnall & Copley
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PA/Secretarial Concierge David Bransby 27
Flooring Services Thorner Flooring Floor Design Wetherby
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Plumbing and Heating Peter Norman 30
Funerals Tony Barker
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Restaurants Fox and Hounds
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Retail Parks Thorp Arch Retail Park
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Tree Services Bardsey Tree Services
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Cars/MOT Boston Spa Garage Westmoreland Cars
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Furniture Hue Interiors
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Chimney Sweep Mooring Brothers
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Gardening Lawn Keeper MK Landscaping
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Chiropody Boston Spa Chiropody
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Hairdressing Ian Blakey
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Front Cover - Thorp Arch Bridge Š Rachel Bentley Causeway - Chair Ian Hall | Editor Rachel Bentley | Designer John Pendleton | Advertising Emma Shellard Distribution (Thorp Arch) Jane Clayton (Walton) Gay Childe and David Spencer. 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.
Emails please to causeway.editor@gmail.com
Dear Reader, Yes, this issue of Causeway marks the year end and also marks the time for me to finish my stint as Editor. From early next year, Causeway will have two new Editors: Lisa Sherratt and Victoria Etherington. As it happens, they are both Waltonians but only met for the first time at the Causeway AGM. You will get to know them over the coming months, but meanwhile take a look at the Notice Board in our centre pages for a little more about them. Over the past few issues I have said my thank yous and acknowledgements so I won’t do an Oscar Winner’s Speech here (and go on and on!) Suffice it to say your community magazine would not arrive on your doorstep ten times a year without an amazing team. Please support it, our advertisers and our volunteers. When you’ve picked this magazine off the door mat, please do pass it on to friends or colleagues after you’ve read it… Causeway is an award winning magazine after all! One of our former contributors David Mitchell said of our work here, “I must say your magazine is very professional. I can easily compare its quality with that of the Stony Middleton Mag (down near Eyam) and that was put together by an ex-editor of the Yorkshire Post. Thank you for all your work.”
Though we will be ‘between Editors’ during December, please continue to send your wonderful contributions to causeway.editor@ gmail.com and no later than 10 January for the new team to consider for the February 2020 issue, the first of the year as we don’t publish in January. The Causeway inbox may not be being monitored for December and the first week or so of January, but I am sure the world will keep on turning! That just leaves me to say, on behalf of all the team at Causeway, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Over - and out…
Now available online at issuu.com/causewaymag and LARGE PRINT VERSION AVAILABLE BY EMAILING CAUSEWAY.EDITOR@GMAIL.COM. Causeway is a community magazine produced and distributed by a team of dedicated volunteers which is published 10 times a year (monthly except for January and August). Contributions are considered by our Editorial Team and are invited to be emailed to causeway.editor@gmail.com by 10th of the month prior to publication.
I think that sums it up in a nutshell, don’t you?
Advertisers’ Index Editor’s Letter The Repair Shop News from our Churches Letter from the Clergy Sunday Services and Occasional Offices Local News
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Village Diary and Notice Board Anne Watts Autobiography Light Up a Life Alternative Advent The Birds in Your Garden Village Contacts 3
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News from our Churches All Saints’ Thanks
Festive Flowers event. Margaret Fiddies kindly shared her expertise which will have inspired those who were there.
All Saints’, Thorp Arch, has held two fundraisers recently.
Mince pies were a welcome addition to the evening.
The Harvest Supper on 18 October was a successful evening assisted by the generosity of all those attending, and the help provided by Mrs O'Donnell for the use of the LEH school hall and also Sykes House Farm who supplied the lovely meat.
Thank you to all those who helped make these evenings a success. KATHLEEN SANDERSON
On a cold wet night on 7 November, the interior of All Saints’ church was brightened by the
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Letter from the Clergy December is the season of Advent when we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus on 25 December, and it is traditional, of course, to respond to God’s generous gift of God’s very self to the world by giving gifts to one another. However, in the Bramham Benefice (the Church of England’s four village churches in Boston Spa, Bramham, Thorp Arch and Walton) we have been thinking in recent months how we might respond to God’s generous love all the year round, and in a way which involves more than just one-off gifts.
At Christmas, God showed commitment to the world and to humankind in sending Jesus: an act of extravagant, lavish love. Christians believe that this requires a response from us: for us to say, “Yes” to God – to say an impulsive, reckless, “Yes” before we even know what God’s question was, trusting that God will ask us to do something which will make us and others flourish, and make a wonderful difference in the world. Mary said, “Yes” to God’s plan for her to bear God’s Son. Indeed, each of the characters involved in the Christmas story said, “Yes” to playing their part.
One Sunday when all four churches were worshipping together we made pledges to do something specific in response to God’s love. These pledges were written on apple-shaped sticky notes and attached to a vine (see photo) – a symbol of how we want to grow in our faith, to grow in generosity of spirit, and to help the love of God grow in our communities.
So how will you play your part in making the generous love of God more evident in your life, and in the life of our village and the wider world? If you’re up for exploring that, then do join others who are on that journey in churches over Christmas and beyond. You will be most welcome.
Examples of pledges included: to visit sick and needy friends; to be more kind and helpful to others; to encourage others every day in some way; to be kinder in all that I do; to be more committed to worshipping at church; to give more time to others; to support people in prayer when they have a need; to pray for healing; to volunteer to help at church; to support my family more; to be braver about sharing my faith with others; to attend the Bible Course and encourage others there; to help with Brownies and Guides; to consider others more; to pray for direction in how I use my gifts in the service of others; to pray for peace and for different communities in the UK; to remember the Lord every day and help spread the word to others; less self, more for God; to be a good guardian of this wonderful planet in practical, local ways.
Wishing you and those you love a blessed, peaceful, and generous-hearted Christmas. THE REVEREND NICK MORGAN
Is there anything among those pledges which resonates with you, I wonder?
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Services Time
Date
Sunday Service, All Saints’, Thorp Arch
Coffee
9.30am
1st Dec
Lay Led
S Spurr
10am
8th Dec
Holy Communion Joint at Bramham
4pm
8th Dec
Lay Led Christingle @ Walton
9.30am
15th Dec
Lay Led Carol Service
4pm
15th Dec
Benefice Carol Service @ St Mary's
4pm
22nd Dec
All Age Children’s Christmas Service
11.30pm
24th Dec
Midnight Service Joint @ Thorp Arch
9.30am
25th Dec
Holy Communion Joint @ Walton
10am
29th Dec
Benefice Service @ St Mary Boston Spa
9.30am
5th Jan '20
Holy Communion
Time
Date
Sunday Service, St Peter’s, Walton
9.30am
1st Dec
Lay Led
10am
8th Dec
Holy Communion Joint at Bramham
4pm
8th Dec
Lay Led Christingle @ Walton
9.30am
15th Dec
Lay Led Carol Service
4pm
15th Dec
Benefice Carol Service @ St Mary's
4pm
22nd Dec
All Age Children’s Christmas Service
11.30pm
24th Dec
Midnight Service Joint @ Thorp Arch
9.30am
25th Dec
Holy Communion Joint @ Walton
10am
29th Dec
Benefice Service @ St Mary Boston Spa
9.30am
5th Jan '20
Holy Communion
M Smyth
J Warren
J West
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Thorp Arch News
Causeway/Walton Road >> Thorp Arch Park and The Village will become 20mph
Thorp Arch Parish Council
>> The area outside the School will be 20mph
November/December 2019 News Bulletin
For more information and a map of the area highlighting speed limits, please see the website: www.thorp-arch.org.uk
The following is a summary of some of the work the Parish Council (PC) has undertaken over the last few weeks. Please see our website for more information about the Parish Council, including minutes from meetings and agendas: www. thorp-arch.org.uk
Homes England (HE) Ground works on the Homes England application (18/07278/FU) for 26 dwellings appears to have commenced. Development work is expected to get underway within the next three months, in line with a draft Order from the Department of Transport, authorising the stopping up of two parts of Rudgate Park, to enable development permitted under 18/07278/FU planning consent. Residents can make objections to this Order up to midnight on 19th December 2019. We will publicise further information as and when we receive it.
Police Report Four crimes reported for September: Theft from a steel shipping container on Walton Road – tools, a wheelbarrow and fuel removed. Criminal damage on Flintmill Lane. Two burglaries from the trading estate. Register for a community alert: For daily crime updates in your area please register for community alert. Here you will receive updates about crime in your area, and crime prevention advice. Please visit https:// www.wypcommunityalert.co.uk/
New Noticeboard on Walton Road A new noticeboard purchased by the Parish Council will be located on Walton Road opposite Woodlands Drive. The noticeboard will display information from the Parish Council and will also be available for use by community groups in the ‘Woodlands area’.
For non-urgent issues and to pass on information, call West Yorkshire Police on 101. In an emergency (if a crime is in progress or you think the offenders are nearby), call 999.
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To give information anonymously, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Sustrans have now submitted a planning application: 19/06324/FU/NE to enable completion of the southern end of the existing route alongside street 1 within the Thorp Arch Trading Estate, through an area of scrub vegetation and onto the disused railway alignment to the new bridge at Newton Kyme.
Remember you can report crimes and ASB online at https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/ report-it New Speed Limits in Thorp Arch As part of the planned roll out of new speeding limits across the city, Leeds City Council Highways will shortly be introducing new speed limits in Thorp Arch. These will include the following:
The Parish Council fully support the proposal and look forward to the cycle path completion. Speed Indication Devices SIDs The SID near Walton Chase is still out of action. We have reported the matter to LCC engineers and continue to pursue officers regarding its repair.
>> Thorp Arch Bridge will become a mandatory 20mph >> The proposed 30mph on Dowkell Lane will be extended to its junction with Church 10
Walton News
North Lodge Green The PC now own the title on the section of land at North Lodge, renamed North Lodge Green. At their last Parish Council meeting, Cllrs agreed to restore the fence with a chain-link fence similar to the one surrounding The Green.
Parish Council News Traffic Calming Contractors have started installing the 20mph scheme in Thorp Arch, and Leeds City Council have advised that they will be moving across to Walton in the next few weeks once they’ve finished the Thorp Arch area.
The Village Society has kindly planted the area with bulbs which should produce a lovely Spring display. Congestion at the Bridge
Village Hall News
Congestion at the bridge continues to cause concern for residents. The Parish Council plan to build a library of photographic evidence demonstrating chaos around the bridge. Please take photos and email them to us, stating the date and time the photograph was taken. Please do not send us any photographs where occupants in vehicles or pedestrians are visible.
The new interim Village Hall committee met for the first time on 30 September. The committee comprises Brian Eldred (Chair), Mark Wake (Deputy Chair), David Taylor, Stephen Sharp, William Keag, Sue Noble, Gilbert Thompson-Royds and Anthony Farrimond. Three of the committee members are also Parish Councillors, and we are also lucky to have the services of Helena Buck as Secretary.
Website A reminder that minutes and more details about the work of the Parish Council can be found at: www.thorp-arch.org.uk
It must also be remembered that the Trustees of the Village Hall are St Peter's Church vicar and church wardens. So synergy between the various village organisations is ensured!
Happy Christmas and a Peaceful 2020
We have concentrated initially on handover of documents and information, house-keeping matters and prioritising and allocating our action task list. However, we've also managed to get some stuff done including:
The Parish Council wish you a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. Date of Next Parish Council Meetings The next meetings will be held on Monday 9 December 2019 – 7pm and Monday 13 January 7pm at All Saints’ Church.
>> Updated Health and Safety signage and procedures >> Installed external power sockets
Thorp Arch Village Society
>> Agreed spending priorities (toilets refurbishment high on the list!)
Despite the damp and gloomy weather on the evening of Saturday 2 November the Village fireworks were a glorious and sparkling triumph. Many thanks to Will West and Sam Dove for volunteering their time and expertise to set the fireworks up and to Tom Kilby for lending his field and organising the bonfire.
>> Built and launched new website waltonvillagehallwetherby.org (special thanks to Anthony) >> Developed new online booking and invoicing system soon to be integrated with the website >> Relaunched our Facebook page www. facebook.com/waltonvillagehallwetherby/
We are already looking forward to next year’s display and promise that more hotdogs will be available as they were extremely popular! GABY MORRISON 11
Bonfire night
If you wish to reserve a ticket please phone David Spencer 843360 or Gay Childe 845519.
On 2 November we held Walton's second Bonfire Night party, in conjunction with the Parish Council. It was a great success: 175 people enjoyed spectacular fireworks, a massive if somewhat damp bonfire, chilli or hot dogs to eat and light sabres for the kids. Oh and I noticed a few beverages being partaken. It even stopped raining!
Village Hall AGM On Tuesday 21 January 2020 Walton Village Hall will hold its AGM. It will be an opportunity to put forward your views on how you see the future of the village hall, and to decide upon a new committee to take the Village Hall forward.
Many thanks to Richard Prudhoe and his team for the organisation, and to the cooks, helpers and clearers up who made it such a roaring success.
Other News Boston Spa Men’s Forum On Wednesday 30 October, John Gilleghan returned to give an illustrated talk on a river cruise he had taken through Provence and Burgundy. He started in Arles and went upstream to Chalon sur Saone. His slides showing the many places of historic and modern interest along the two rivers.
Village Hall Events Walton Christmas Party
Vincent Van Gogh took most of his interest in Arles, and one intriguing fact emerged. Van Gogh’s self-portrait, bandage over his ear after he had cut it off, shows as though it was his right ear that was removed but in actuality it was the left ear which he destroyed. Why? Because the self-portraitist invariably employs a mirror!
Walton Village Hall is planning a Village Christmas Party on Saturday 14 December 5-11 pm. Tickets are priced at £6 each and all ages are welcome. This ticket will include food and your first drink! We will be serving hot dogs for the children and chicken curry for adults with a vegetarian option. Christmas would not be Christmas without mince pies!
Avignon, Tain Le Hermitage were portrayed and Lyon at the confluence of the Rhone and Saone are all well worth a visit, then on eventually to Chalon, where John introduced us to someone most of us had never heard of, Niecephore Niepce, the man who, only nine years after Waterloo, invented the earliest form of photography, plus the camera. The house from which he took the earliest images still stands and is now a museum to his invention. All in all a delightful presentation of a pleasant and still relatively unspoilt part of the world.
There will be a large marquee with dance floor, carpet and bar, but for those who don’t like a lot of noise there will be a quieter hall and bar. At 6pm there will be a live wind band accompanying carol singing under the Christmas tree outside. We've just heard that the Elizabeth Hastings School Choir will be joining us! The children will be kept amused with an entertainer, face painting and of course a visit from the man in a red suit!
We meet regularly and start at 9.30am for a warming cuppa with the talk at 10am at Clifford Village Hall. All retired gentlemen welcome. ROY HOLLINGWORTH 12
Community Catalysts
Thorp Arch & Walton (YCA)
Community Catalysts is a Social Enterprise and Community Interest Company and they are seeking to recruit people in the Wetherby area.
Thorp Arch & Walton (YCA) ladies group continues to grow from strength to strength with lots of trips and activities.
They help local people to create and grow a small community enterprise offering care in their own neighbourhoods. They have experience in supporting people to set up their own care enterprises. Their advice is free (funded by Leeds City Council.) They work closely with community groups, local councils, health trusts, CCGs, policymakers and other voluntary and private sector organisations. We held a very successful winter fair at Boston Spa Methodist Church on Saturday 9 November and were delighted to have people queuing out of the door when it opened! We had 16 local crafters and artists selling their wares plus a cake stall, tombola and raffle. The event was a great success and we would like to thank everyone who attended for coming.
Visit their website for more information or contact elaine.davin-jones@ communitycatalysts.co.uk 07423 667 694 or see www. communitycatalysts.co.uk Recycling at Bramham School Bramham Primary School is a Community Recycling Point for a number of hard-torecycle waste streams, such as crisp packets, biscuit wrappers, confectionery packaging, toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes, pens and felt tips. Information can be found here: www. bramhamprimary.co.uk/parents/fobs-our-pta
The group visited Allerton Park Waste Processing & Incineration Plant in October. Anyone who gets a chance to visit this new waste processing site should go as it’s absolutely fascinating. We had a brilliant tour round with a knowledgeable guide and spoke with several staff on the site too who helped answer all of our questions! After the tour we headed into Boroughbridge for lunch at The Crown. We’ve had a visit from Wetherby & District Food Bank and learnt how their operation works and all the additional services they offer, such as school uniform support and benefit application support.
(You can now drop off all your used pens at Joon, on Boston Spa High Street. These are then taken to Bramham school who are collecting them to raise money for the school.) Poppy Appeal 2019 In Thorp Arch and Walton, The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal raised £1,304.07.
We are busy organising some trips for early 2020 as well as finalising the latter part of the 2020 programme. Our next meeting will host the Yorkshire Film Archive who will be showing some historical clips of the local area.
Thank you to everyone who gave so generously to this very worthwhile cause. Thank you also to Ian and Bobbie Barker, Kate, Daniel and Matthew Richardson, Kathleen Sanderson and Janette West who helped with the house to house collecting as well as Sheila Humphreys who helped to count the collections.
The group meets every third Tuesday of the month at Boston Spa Methodist Church and we will welcome any new members or visits to our meetings. For more information, please check our Facebook page @tawyca or email tawyca@ outlook.com
Thank you once again for your wonderful support. JENNY BENTLEY 13
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Village Diary
Things change so please check with the organiser before setting out. Have you an event to list? Please send brief details to causeway.editor@gmail.com and remember we need details well in advance thank you.
DECEMBER
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PLEASE ALSO SEE PAGE 9 FOR SERVICES IN OUR LOCAL
JANUARY 2020
CHURCHES AT THIS FESTIVE TIME
19 January Vision Action Board Workshop 10am-4pm, Walton Village Hall. Take positive steps to increase your motivation and attract what you want in life. Contact Lisa on 07729529926 for more information or to book. Refreshments provided, bring your own lunch, £25 per person, all materials included.
6 December Songs & Arias Concert in Aid of St. George’s Crypt at St. Mary’s Church at 7.30pm by final year Leeds College of Music.Tickets £10 to include a glass of wine from Parish Office 844402, Terry and Emily Gaussen 844345, Yeadon’s hardware shop or on the door. 6 December Travel Talk organised by Wetherby Choral Society, Church Rooms, St James’ Church, Wetherby 7.30 pm. The Silk Roads from China to Turkey across the then known world, tickets £10 inc a glass of wine and a light supper from tickets@wetherbychoral.org.uk, 07788 837872, proceeds Wetherby Choral Society.
FEBRUARY 15 February Churches Together presents a Ceilidh with music from Lairum Rise, 7-10.30pm at Bramham Village Hall. Tickets £12:50 including Pie & Pea Supper with bar and raffle. Emily Gaussen 844345 or gaussen@ntlworld. com. Proceeds to charities supporting Refugees.
6 December Yorkuleles at St Helen’s Church Bilton in Ainsty YO26 7NN, 7.30pm. An Evening with the York Ukulele Band, including Mince Pie and Festive Beverage, tickets £5 available from Susie 01423 358340 and Joyce 01423 358124.
MARCH 6 March Quiz Night in St. Peter's Church with more details closer to the date.
14 December Family Christmas Party at Walton Village Hall 5-11 pm. A real family-focused party, with music, face painting, entertainment from Big Events for Little People, food and special guest appearance from Father Christmas www.waltonvillagehallwetherby.org.
MAY 8-10 & 16-17 May Artists Around Wetherby 10am-5pm each day. Handpicked artists and artisans within a 6 mile radius of Wetherby will open their studios for the public to visit for free to view and purchase original artworks, cards and gifts. Refreshments available at all venues in return for donation to armed forces charities as it’s the anniversary of VE Day on 8 May.
14 December Wetherby Choral Society presents Handel’s Messiah Part 1 and Carols St James’ Parish Church 7.30pm, tickets £18 (18s and under free) available from the Ticket Manager 07860 454894, tickets@wetherbychoral.org.uk, Nicolla Florist 01937 585233, Chorus members or at the door on the night.
JUNE 28 June Strawberry Cream Tea & Scarecrow Trail at St Peter's Church with more details closer to the date.
22 December Thorp Arch Carols on the Green from 5.30pm, with the Wetherby Silver Band will again be providing the musical accompaniment to our village carols. Father Christmas will be popping along whilst the grown-ups can enjoy mince pies provided by the Village Society. A collection will be taken for
NOVEMBER 12 November Fashion Show at St Peter's Church with more details closer to the date. 16
Notice Board Introducing your new editors!
Victoria Etherington
Arguably our most important NOTICE ever! May I introduce you to our new Editors from 2020. (You can see us hard at work on our handover in my kitchen!)
Apart from a short spell in the US, Andrew and I have lived in Walton with our daughters Anastasia and Rosalynd for almost 15 years. If I look familiar to you, that maybe because I was youth worker for what later became the Benefice of Bramham. Some of you may even remember, or have helped run, Saviours Circus at St Peter’s church many years ago!
Lisa Sherratt Hello! I live in Walton with my partner Anthony and daughter Connie who was born in the dining room of our cottage in 2016 - yes it was planned! I work for a professional marketing college organising the students and teaching Digital Marketing. My hobbies include baking, sewing, cooking and gardening (although not enough to ever keep on top of the garden!) and I will mostly be found chasing after Connie!
I am still a youth minister now working for the Yorkshire North and East Methodist District. This is a similar role to that Diocesan Youth Advisor in the Anglican church. The district is large and the role involves travelling around it, so I find it difficult to get involved with village life as much as I would like. Although I am quite nervous about taking on the role of joint editor, having never done anything like this in the past, I am hoping that this will provide the opportunity for me to contribute and get involved with the community in Thorp Arch and Walton.
We first fell in love with Walton when we visited our house on a grey December day and enjoy the community feel to the village and how friendly people are. As a family we enjoy daily walks around the village looking out for the seasonal changes and spotting rabbits.
Please join me and all the committee and volunteers in welcoming Victoria and Lisa to the team. I am very excited to see the next stage of our wonderful community venture.
I am really excited to take on the role of joint editor for Causeway and get to know more of the village members in Walton and Thorp Arch whilst sharing the developments and exciting news in the area.
RACHEL BENTLEY
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Book Preview:Blue Plate Journey (The Cooking Gene) by Annerose D. Watts
I was a good Mormon girl until I figured a few things out for myself (notably that there are other religions which claim the ‘one and only truth’), and shortly before my 21st birthday I moved to California. It was the 70s, a freewheeling time. Then my father died in a car crash during my parents’ first visit back to East Germany in 1980. I had to go and pick up my mother – and try to mend our difficult relationship. That is, the thread of the motherdaughter conflict is one of several that runs through the book, along with the culinary aspect. Most chapters end with a recipe that I found or developed along the way.
David cleared out the greenhouse which yielded two more buckets of tomatillos. He helped me to hull them, and they’re cooking now, thickening into a mild green salsa to serve with tortilla chips for David’s birthday party. The pot requires stirring every few minutes. I’ve also got a load of laundry on the go, and some guests just checked in to the Garden Cottage. In between I’m checking e-mails to see if anything else has come in from Siobhan, my copy editor, who is making the final changes to the PDF (typeset copy) of my manuscript. And as I flit from this task to that, at the back of my mind I’m thinking: how in the world can I write a review (or preview, as it stands) for Causeway of my autobiography?
As I write, it’s a few days before the 30th anniversary of the Wall coming down - which would turn out to have big consequences on my life. So we’re making the final changes to my manuscript before it goes to Amazon for publication in paperback and Kindle format. John Pendleton, our talented Causeway designer, has come up with a lovely cover for me. By the time you read this, it will be available for purchase from Amazon, which I hope you do…and even better if you can leave me a good review!
It could be described as a ‘culinary memoir’ (notwithstanding someone telling me that only famous people get to write memoirs). It has been three years in the making, one of which was taken up with peddling it to agents. Then I met Imogen Clark, the best-selling author who spoke at our Literary Lunch in July, and she encouraged me to self-publish – and has been very generous with advice.
Meanwhile, my green salsa is nearly ready. Oh wait, here’s the e-mail from Siobhan: she’s finished the PDF! Woo hoo! Sooncome…
One of the cardinal rules for writers is to, “write what you know.” In short, I decided I may as well just write my own story, straight and true (98% or so).
ANNE WATTS
Here goes. I was nine years old when we escaped from East Berlin, with just hours to spare before the Wall was begun on the night between 12 and 13 August 1961. In West Germany, two young men knocked on our door and turned my mother’s head: they were Mormon missionaries. My dad had been a prisoner of war in Virginia (he was captured early on in North Africa, part of a unit flying glider planes behind enemy lines), and it had always been at the back of my parents’ mind to emigrate to America one day. Well, when they joined the Mormon church, that clinched it, and we moved to Provo, Utah. From the Iron Curtain to the Zion Curtain. 20
Light up a Life for Martin House this Christmas
Their loved one will also be included in the Martin House Books of Dedication, which go on display at St Mary’s Church, Boston Spa; Beverley Minster; St Mary’s Church, Whitby; Holy Trinity Church, Skipton, and Bradford Cathedral.
People have the chance to remember their loved ones while helping to support Martin House Hospice Care for Children and Young People with its annual Light up a Life appeal.
Dedications can also be made online at www. martinhouse.org.uk/lightupalife, which will appear on its virtual memory tree.
Light up a Life gives people the chance to make a dedication in memory of family or friends, in return for a donation to the hospice.
Martin House will also hold three Light up a Life services, at St Mary’s Church on Tuesday 3 December, Bradford Cathedral on Wednesday 4 December, and Holy Trinity Church on Thursday 5 December. All services start at 7pm.
Mark Clayton, chaplain at Martin House, said, “As the year draws to a close, with all the festivities that brings, it’s a natural time for us to remember both the children and adults we love who are no longer with us.
Dedications can be made online, by calling 01937 844569 or by filling in a dedication form, available from Martin House or one of its 13 charity shops around the region.
“Making a Light up a Life dedication is a way to celebrate the life of a loved one, while making a difference to the children and young people supported by Martin House.”
The picture shows Lizzie Philpott, regional fundraiser at Martin House, with a Light up a Life keepsake card and tree decoration.
Martin House cares for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions from across West, North and East Yorkshire, along with their families. Its care includes respite stays, emergency care, end of life care and bereavement support for families. Everyone who makes a dedication will receive a personalised Light up a Life keepsake card, with a pop-out bauble to hang on their Christmas tree.
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Alternative Advent What’s your preferred way to mark Advent? Traditional calendar, or one filled with chocolate - or I quite liked the idea of the mini gins until I saw the price! Or what about an advent candle either at Church or home? I’ve put together some alternative things to do as a family and other noncommercial or charitable ideas to mark the 24 days to Christmas. RACHEL BENTLEY
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Take a walk to see how your Christmas. There are some quite w residential houses and
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Read Xmas Stories - Libraries and charity shops have great seasonal children’s books.
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Learn how to say Happy Christmas in a new language every day from now to Christmas. Google translate is very useful for this…
Donate (don’t dump) kids’ old toys and adults’ unwanted quality items to charity.
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Take a winter woodland walk and look for animal tracks. Frost or snow helps show up little wild footprints - and decorates spiders’ webs beautifully.
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Make a Xmas family video clip with your smartphone to send to friends. Upload to YouTube, add URL to Xmas cards.
Donate to a local foodbank - check what is needed and WHEN (now rather than nearer Christmas).
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Get the family making Xmas Cards - even the youngest can stick on festive stamps.
Go to church! Take a look at page 9 for the services and page 21 for the Light up a Life services.
Fill a shoe box for a charity look online for schemes, what they want and deadline dates.
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Make a tradition to choose your tree together - or cut down one yourselves. I discovered there are cut your own trees at a beautiful estate in Methley. They provide a saw and you’ll need wellies!
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Go carolling. Walton Village Hall Xmas Party 14 Dec. TAVS Carols on the Green 22 Dec.
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Visit the cinema or watch a family Xmas movie TOGETHER on cable/satellite.
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Make gingerbread shapes. Keeping it simple use cutters or make templates and create your own shapes. Use a drinking straw to make a hole for a ribbon before bakingto hang as a Christmas decoration.
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Local Community Xmas Shopping at independents, craft fairs and markets!
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Hold a tech-free board games night - buy jigsaws and trad games from a local charity.
Help your garden birds, fill feeders with RSPB approved food and provide unfrozen water.
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Make junk mail snowflakes. Make a circle, fold into 6 even ‘slices’ and cut shapes out of the edges.
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Make recyclable gift wrap from recycled paper! MANY Christmas gift wrap rolls are made with at least some plastic. Buy a roll of recycled Kraft paper (try locally first, online otherwise). It is simple to print or dress up with ribbons and little treasures.
Create a Spotify playlist (or similar free apps) of your favourite Xmas carols/songs.
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Make a Xmas Eve Box for a loved one for the Big Day (new Pyjamas, hot choccy set, treats!)
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Write a letter to Father Christmas - make sure you’re on his NICE list!
Help a local homeless shelter such at St George’s Crypt with funds, food or warm clothes.
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Make old gift wrap paper chains. Cut strips 20x2cm, make chains of 6 loops, use a spare strip to glue chains together. 25
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The Birds in Your Garden The Bullfinch
this they have developed special food sacs in the floor of their mouths, allowing the parents to bring back food to their chicks. They are the only species of finch to have such sacs.
The Bullfinch, a large striking finch found all year throughout the UK, has a black head and face, grey back, black tail and white rump. Their underparts are bright pink-red in males, and greyish-buff in females. In flight the white rump patch and broad off-white wing bar are fairly obvious. Their name may describe the bull-like appearance of the bird: a compact, neck-less body shape and short, deep bill.
They feed on seeds and shoots of fruit trees, ash and elm as well as Common Nettle, docks and Dog's Mercury, taking insects only when feeding young. During the spring they can be a pest as they feed on and damage the buds of fruiting trees. Bullfinches used to be controlled by culling under licence, though this is no longer the case. Flower buds are chosen rather than leaf buds because they are nutritionally more rewarding, with cultivated varieties being their favourite - humans having selectively bred them to give a higher yield, and inevitably making them more appealing to the Bullfinches! It’s claimed that they can eat up to 30 buds a minute!
In Victorian times Bullfinches were a popular captive bird because of their beautiful plumage and their call, a quiet, fluted ‘phu’ note. They are a skilful mimics leading to the popular passtime of playing a special flute to them. In the wild you are much more likely to see a bullfinch than to hear one, even the male’s breeding song is very quiet, consisting of a repeated descending series of notes.
If you find the lives of our garden birds to be of interest, and would like to join in and count the feathered occupants of your garden, please contact me Mike Gray via mikegbw@ btinternet.com or visit the BTO Garden BirdWatch website (www.bto.org/gbw).
The UK Bullfinch population has declined by a third in the last 50 years probably due to agricultural intensification and reduced diversity in woodlands, though there have been signs of a recovery in recent years. They visit around one garden in ten, being seen most often in June, with a notable absence in October. Records from some 11,000 BTO Garden BirdWatchers indicate that they are seen in gardens more than ever, so keep a look out! Although Bullfinches favour deciduous woodland, they have been making increasing use of garden feeding stations. Small groups have been reported across much of Britain, with rural and suburban gardens favoured over those of a more urban nature. This reflects a preference for cover, especially for nest site selection, and it is those gardens that are connected to small areas of woodland or scrub by thick hedgerows that seem the most attractive. They rarely breed in gardens though, preferring to nest in thick cover, though they will travel a long distance from the nest due to the patchy distribution of their favourite food. To allow
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CONTACTS FOR THORP ARCH AND WALTON ORGANISATIONS 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. Walton Village Hall Booking: Helen Naylor 07721 413016, helen@naysoft.co.uk
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THORP ARCH All Saints’ Church Rev. Tricia Anslow 844789. Priest In Charge for Bramham Benefice, Rev. Nick Morgan 849471, 07387 728009, revnjmorgan@gmail.com. Parish Office 844402 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 Lady Elizabeth Hastings School Head: Michele O'Donnell, secretary@thorparch-leh.co.uk Friends of the School Chair: Hayley Cullen 07712 175178 TABS Cricket Club Chair: Adam Gough 07725 047555 Thorp Arch Community Association Secretary: Ian Hall 842665, ian.m.hall1@gmail.com Thorp Arch Parish Council Chair: John Richardson, Clerk: Tina
THORP ARCH & WALTON Wetherby Ward Councillors Norma Harrington 01133 788 557. Alan Lamb via The Fox and Hounds. Gerald Wilkinson 07748 941127, gerald.wilkinson@leeds.gov.uk. Causeway Magazine Chair: Ian Hall ian.m.hall1@gmail.com. Editor: Rachel Bentley causeway.editor@gmail.com. Design: John Pendleton jlp@proportionmarketing.co.uk. Advertising: Emma Shellard 07903 632590 emmashellard@outlook.com. Secretary: Jane Clayton 843153 Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association (YCA) Chair: Judith Symonds 541799. Sec: Fiona Spence 520271 tawyca@outlook.com, Treasurer: Fran Bowers 01423 880112 Leeds City Council general.enquiries@leeds.gov.uk
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