Talk of the Town August 2020

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AUGUST 2020

SALTBURN’S FREE MONTHLY MAGAZINE 1

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SALTBURN’S TOWN TALK Letter from the Editor

Special thanks this month go to Saltburn, Marske and New Marske Parish Council who have given Talk of the Town a grant towards ongoing expenses. It enables me to pay July’s printing bill more quickly than I would otherwise have been able to. Times are very difficult financially at the moment for the magazine, with most advertisers having not paid me since March because of the coronavirus lockdown. It is too early to say that things are getting back to normal but we do see the beginnings of that process. It still remains absolutely necessary for us to keep our distance from each other and to take seriously the advice we are given to stay safe.

Ahead of our dithering government’s advice, last month I started wearing a mask when I went into shops and other buildings. I don’t know why the government has been so slow to make this compulsory when it has already been so in Scotland, who have got their virus outbreak under control.

In England, people continue to get infected and although most survive, far too many people still die and bring their families much pain and loss. When we had the examples of France,

Spain and Italy staring us in the face, there can be no doubt that the lockdown came far too late and as a result very many more people have died here than in those other countries.

However, on a more positive note I’d like to share that during the lockdown I have felt my level of health and vitality improve greatly and I’m sure it has been because, since my only exercise for the day was taking my dog for a walk, I made the most of it and gradually took him on longer and longer walks, always at a brisk pace and always wary of keeping my distance from other walkers. The extra exercise has left me feeling quite ‘fit’! I’d like to invite readers to write of their own experiences in the months since March and email me.

How was the lockdown for you? Make it an article or a letter to the editor. It is of interest to us all. Love, Ian Send letters, adverts and contributions for the next issue (by Friday, 14th August 2020) to: The Editor, Talk of the Town, Jackie’s Saverstore, 8 Station Buildings, Saltburn, Cleveland, TS12 1AQ. Telephone: 01287 623903 (or email: talkofthetownsaltburn@gmail.com).

Talk of the Town can be read online at Saltburn Farmers’ Market: Thank you to everyone who www.saltburnbysea.com and found on a new Facebook came to our first market in July since complete lockdown. address at www.facebook.com/talkofthetownsaltburn.

The market went really well, with lots of customers spread out around the three market areas, following our colourful one Solution suggested to rail delays: Ways of speeding up trains way system and using lots of hand sanitiser! We’ve been told from Darlington to Saltburn have been outlined by a railway it was one of the best in the north, both in terms of range of historian. Martin Wooff, of Willington, Durham, said in a letter produce and organisation! We are holding another Farmers’ to the Northern Echo that times of trains to and from Saltburn Market on Saturday, 8th August. A chance to fit food were now probably longer than in 1895 because trains have to producers in that we couldn’t fit in in July, due to our socially cross two lines of track at Darlington. He called for money to distanced layout, and a chance to catch up with market be spent on upgrading Darlington station and so cut operational favourites again! Many of our food and drink producers have costs. Mr Wooff suggested the 200th anniversary of the railway adapted well and you can pre-order many items so they will line being opened in 2025 should be marked by making the Stitchers Cleveland (Embroiderers’ Guild) are be ready for collection at the market between 9 and 10am. Random multi-million pound of changes needed. in Saltburn Library this month on 12th June at 2.00pm. See Check out Saltburn Farmers’ Market Facebook page for the Craft Club Busy Fingers: We have cancelled our normal Library article on page 10 for further details. latest information. sessions on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, in the Saltburn Studios and Gallery: If you’re passing, take a peek Coffee Room, Saltburn Community Centre until further notice. at our ever evolving Gallery Window Exhibition, with artwork Saltburn Traditional Music Workshops: Unfortunately we from all of our 17 Studio Artists. You can also keep updated are cancelled until further notice but we hope to resume again with what our Studio Artists are creating in their studios on as soon as we can. our Facebook and Instagram pages.

Blackberry time: Ripened blackberries have been seen - and Random Stitchers of Cleveland: Random Stitchers of picked - at Black Bridge, Marske Mill Lane, in early July, at Cleveland (Embroiderers’ Guild) are cancelling all meetings least a month earlier than usual. Thanks to our late spring? with immediate effect. These meetings usually take place in WI Report: As is the case with most other groups, at the Sunnyfield House at Guisborough. Members will be kept up moment we are still unable to hold our monthly meetings. We to date with any changes as they arise. Any further info from are still, however, keeping in touch with our members via Gill on 01642 480 344. email, phone calls and zoom. Our weekly challenges are Emmanuel Church Hall Table Top and Collectors’ Sale: continuing and we have had another successful zoom quiz We cancelled the sales in the last four months and there are night. One regular activity we have been able to restart is our still no changes. As soon as we know anything we will let all Friday stroll which we have enjoyed so much on the last couple our customers know but we aren’t opening till we feel it is of Fridays that we are extending to add a Tuesday stroll as well. safe to do so. We look forward to seeing everyone when we If you would like to follow our lockdown activities please do. We are missing you all lots! I have managed to cater for a check our website www.saltburnbytheseawi.wordpress.com and few customers that I had phone numbers for, but if any of you on our Facebook page. We look forward to being once again need to contact me for anything please ring Denise Marshall able to meet and to welcome new members, hopefully in the on 07929 589538. Everyone stay safe and take care! not too distant future.

Diane Falla Cover Photograph: Saltburn Viaduct through the trees by Margaret Grant Disclaimer: Talk of the Town tries to make sure the articles and announcements made on its pages are accurate, but views expressed in letters and articles printed in Talk of the Town are not necessarily those of the editor. Any offers in adverts included in Talk of the Town are made by the advertisers; details should be confirmed with them. Always confirm event details with the organisers, in case of alteration or error. Talk of the Town is printed by DC (Yorkshire) Print, Mercury House, Grove Lane, Hemsworth WF9 4BB. Website: www.dcprintyorkshire.co.uk Tel: 01977 642331. Proprietor/Editor of Talk of the Town: Ian Tyas c/o Jackie’s Saverstore, 8 Station Buildings, Saltburn, TS12 1AQ. (Ian Tyas tel: 01287 623903.)

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Saltburn-by-the-Sea Shops in the Past A selection of images of shops from the past.

Eden Street.

These premises eventually became a Doctors Surgery.

Dundas Street East No 1 Coates Bootmaker Upleatham Street Don Hibbert’s first shop in the town on the corner of Cambridge Street.

Dundas Street East No 1 Victoriana Antiques The office of the Prudential Assurance Company Ltd. This eventually became a Doctors Surgery and is now a private residence.

Dundas Street East Saltburn Pet Centre

Upleatham Street corner of Oxford Street.

One of Medd’s bakery shops.

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Councillors’ Column Reopening of commercial premises has seen risk assessment and investment in health and safety top the check lists. Retail and restaurant trades have been given encouragement, although some of the measures, such as extending pavement capacity by using part of the highway, have not been without challenge. Who would have thought that barriers would be seen erected on the highways to allow residents to social distance and businesses to continue to trade. Are more pedestrian areas nearer than we think?

During Lockdown shopping on line has continued ever upwards, away from traditional outlets, perhaps because they have not been open, but perhaps because of the undoubted convenience. The latest reported statistics show over thirty percent of retail being conducted on-line and many, having found this source of supply, may not return to traditional shopping.

As with many matters there are down sides. One is fraud. ÂŁ16million of on-line fraud has been reported during Lockdown. If electronic shopping is to be the norm so must precaution. We do need secure passwords, regular checking of bank statements, not opening of spurious emails, and to make payment by credit card which does offer some protection.

Work starts this month to reinstate the eroded east bank of Skelton Beck, North of Saltburn Gill. Since the major flooding of September 2013 and the major sea surge in December of that year, the bank side was left weakened and has suffered sustained erosion, bringing water almost to the edge of the car park. Bankside preservation will begin not a

moment too soon. Many tons of rock armour will be used to provide a new solid wall to withstand any future predicted flooding. The solidity provided will allow the car park to be extended, increasing its capacity, providing additional much needed parking space. All work will be completed by the end of September conforming with Environment Agency guidelines.

The whole country has seen a welcome increase in the population taking an interest in improving fitness. Cycling in particular has seen an encouraging upsurge. However, this has increased a previous difficulty where cyclists and pedestrians attempt to use the same pathways. The Highway Code advises against cyclists using pavements. Woodland walks have traditionally been reserved for pedestrians. Several instances have been reported of near misses on the Lower Promenade and in the valleys, particularly Hazelgrove and Riftswood, when cyclists have sought priority over pedestrians. Signage has been introduced on the Lower Promenade requesting cyclists to dismount if they choose to take this route. Other considerations are being given for the valleys with safety a priority.

Meetings of Saltburn Neighbourhood Action Partnership have been on hold since the one postponed on the 18th of March. In the interim, a SNAP Newsletter has been introduced to keep in touch with residents. The publication has been well received and has maintained links within the community. If any resident has not received copies, past editions are available to view on www.saltburnbysea.com and in the display board in Station Square.

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Saltburn Community Response Community Cupboard scheme You may have noticed some community cupboards popping up around Saltburn. There are 5 cupboards across the area and are located on Coral Street, Wilton Bank, Leven Street, Hob Hill Postbox and Laurel Road. So, what is a community cupboard?

The idea for the community cupboards came from Barefoot Kitchen CIC. During the lockdown there was a surge of interest in people growing their own veg, but many were unable to get to the shops to buy the things they needed.

The cupboards provided a socially distanced way of sharing seeds and plants. Alongside their original purpose, some folk have turned their cupboards into a mini library/ book exchange for people in their area. The cupboards were made by local handymen Ron Downie, and Keith Chambers, who was shielding but still wanted to help out.

One of our volunteers and soon to be Directors, Rowan McLaughlin talks about her reasons for getting involved in the scheme: “When lockdown started I was in the middle of sowing seeds for my garden and allotment so I thought I’d sow extra so that I could share them with others to cheer people up in these tricky times. When I posted that I had seedlings to give away in the Saltburn Community Response Facebook group, people were so enthusiastic. I had to be very careful to maintain social distancing when the nearly 20 different families came to pick up tomato, strawberry, courgette and kale plants. So, when someone else in the group offered to build community cupboards for people to share 8

seedlings, books and other useful items I immediately said I would be happy to have one outside my house on Wilton Bank. Since it was put in place I have personally given away loads more seedlings and a dozen baby Aloe Vera plants and a couple of books. There is a big bottle of hand sanitiser in the cupboard too so that people can make sure they are not catching or spreading germs. The best thing is that other people in the neighbourhood have been making donations of books and plants and other small items including a beautiful pair of child’s pink wellingtons which have made the cupboard busy and a focus point for our whole street. Apparently, someone also left a child’s scooter by the cupboard but someone claimed that so quickly I only heard it had been there from a neighbour.”

There are 5 community cupboards around Saltburn and a map can be found in the Files section of the SCR f ac eb o o k g ro u p ( ww w . fac eb o o k . co m/ g ro u p s / saltburnresponse). Saltburn Community Response is still available to provide help and assistance to those with ill health (for any reason) or in need of assistance with shopping, or connecting with other community members.

We are able to do this thanks to our amazing volunteers. The helpline number is 01287 658133 if you would like to find out more. We will also be hosting our ‘BIG community conversation’ in August. If you would like to get involved and have your say about what matters to you please do get in touch on the number above.

Cons Club: Moving Towards Opening Welcome to my monthly article from Saltburn Conservative Club.

I once again hope this finds you all safe and well as we continue to have our lives turned upside down with Covid-19. It has been a long time now since we all moved into a world nobody could ever have dreamed of.

As you may have noticed, the July issue of Talk of the Town suggested that we had every intension of opening the club on Saturday 4th July. I put my article in to editor Ian and he forwarded all the paperwork to the printers over the weekend of 20th/21st June. The following Tuesday, June 25th we received a 48 page guideline which gave us all the information we would have to abide by regarding the opening of Pubs, Clubs and Restaurants. After reading the regulations it became obvious that there were many more rules that would make it impossible for us to open. With this in mind we quickly called a special committee meeting for the following evening, Wednesday 26th June, where it was unanimously agreed that we remain closed until further notice to keep our members safe.

Following this meeting I rang Ian in an attempt to make alterations to the article but unfortunately, by this time, Talk of the Town was in the process of being printed and we were not able to make the changes.

The new guidelines that were issued would have meant the club running at a loss every time we opened due to having to employ extra staff to handle the cleaning of tables, toilets etc every 15 minutes, taking customer contact information at the door and having to use a waitress service for all tables.

Further easing of the lockdown restrictions has since taken place in July meaning that there is now a good chance we will be in a position to re-open sometime during August.

With this in mind another special committee meeting will be held during the week ending July 24th when we will discuss all matters relating to reopening and a decision will be made. As this meeting will be after the date when all information for articles has to be at the printers I cannot give you any further information on this matter in this article.

All information will therefore be published on the club’s Facebook page including the temporary opening and closing times, new regulations that we have to work to and what contingencies the club will have in place to protect our members, whose safety is paramount, should we decide we can open. The Facebook page address is Saltburn Conservative & Unionist Club.

Regarding the alterations and refurbishment of the downstairs toilet to incorporate a unisex toilet I can report that the application has been received by the Council’s Planning Department and we should be hearing their decision, hopefully, before the end of July.

No further progress has been made on the decking which we are hoping to install in a small area of the garden. Further improvement plans intended for next year will include a new small bay window in the snug, as mentioned in the previous issue of Talk of the Town, using appropriate materials to comply to planning regulations on the club which is part of a conservation area. The present window, especially from the outside, looks awful and we feel that the work we envisage will improve the look of the club on the inside and outside. All work within the club will be dependent on club finances and how quickly we can get back to semi-normality and just pray that there is no second wave of Covid-19 in the winter.

Another thing you may have noticed when walking past the club is that we have happily agreed for Chris, a club member and owner of the next door neighbour ‘Taste Coffee Shop’ to allow his customers to use the club garden as his business is still only serving takeaways. Safe distancing regulations are being used. Chris and his staff are absolutely fantastic and it’s a pleasure to call in each morning, early doors, for a cup of the best coffee in town where you can meet up with friends and get the day off to a great start. The club have created a big friendship and working relationship with Chris and it’s been a pleasure to help him out during the present situation we all find ourselves in.

It’s been a difficult year following the club’s most successful year ever in 2019 with losing out on so many events such as Saltburn Folk Weekend, Gay Pride Weekend, private parties, wedding receptions etc. but I know that the friendship and support of all club members will mean we will all return to the fantastic place we had before the pandemic which made it feel like a second home to so many people.

Please, please stay safe and look out for each other. There is sunshine at the end of a long dark tunnel that has affected so many lives and I want you all to be able to rejoice and enjoy the moment that we finally break free from the shackles we have been in for such a long time.

My very best wishes to you all, David David Rigg, President email: davidrigg21@ yahoo.co.uk Article financially supported by Saltburn Conservative Club 9

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Health and Happiness: If Thoughts were a Virus Imagine if thoughts themselves were a virus. They could get into your system, infect every part of your body, eating you from the inside. You could pass it to others if your voice is heard on the street or through online followers or you’re a national newspaper or a TV news company that beams round the world. The virus could be spread globally, instantly, spat out aggressively by a very small group of people.

Like a lie can be, the information left out can be just as harmful as the thoughts put in. And as when you lie to yourself or you try to convince yourself of something that you don’t wholeheartedly believe, well the virus can see through the act and can tell your true thoughts and feelings and reacts appropriately.

It feeds off your discomfort, your stress, your anger, hatred and most of all fear. Like this it’s a poison. It can feed off your bitter racism and criticism of others. It can feed off your homophobia and non-acceptance of anyone who is different from you. It thrives off your irritation of injustice. It is strengthened by a sense of guilt or shame about your body or about something you feel bad about in your past. Most of all it harms you when you fall into selfhatred or even feeling sorry for yourself, when your self esteem drops and you don’t feel worthy or balanced inside.

It is manifested in material things through your beliefs about food and what ends up going into your body.

It doesn’t care if you do no research into the harm that fizzy drinks and alcohol or anything else you consume does to you. It has no maliciousness of its own but it reflects directly in your body. In your flesh it reflects your beliefs about drugs, whether illegal, legal or prescription, the virus doesn’t distinguish. It reflects your beliefs about how much exercise is healthy for you and what you actually do. It reflects how you choose to structure and prioritise your life.

It reflects how much time you take to know yourself and to cope with stress. It reflects your beliefs about the importance of regular sleep. It reflects your thinking patterns and if they create discomfort inside you or if they create good feelings.

Thought is potentially a virus. One that infects your system with poison like an acid that burns your insides and that kills you much younger than you need to die.

Yet thoughts can be a healthy virus too.

You have the power in your thoughts to create wellness in your system, to think in positive patterns, with appreciation for yourself and for others. You can affect the physical cells of your body through the way you construct how you think and how you prioritize your well-being.

It is up to you how much support you reach out for and how much research and interest you take to find out what is healthy for your mind and for your flesh.

Through your thoughts you can train your emotions to feel good. You can train yourself to think well of others and to be resolved with the past and optimistic about the future. And then you take those thoughts and those words and that feeling behind them and you spread them. You spread them talking to others, you spread them online and you spread them physically loving other beings. You spread them with good intentions and when your disposition is genuinely happy you infect yourself with something healthy and it’s contagious.

You are carrying a virus; it’s in your thoughts; it transfers to your feelings and your actions. It is up to you what virus you choose to create and what you choose to spread.

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Saltburn Cricket, Bowls and Tennis Club At the time of writing, we have arrived in the middle of Summer. We are pleased with the two weeks in which the clubhouse has been open. Our attempts at providing all aspects of safety for staff and members have been appreciated by returning customers. Positive feedback about procedures have been well received. Thank you for your support in returning and renewed membership fees.

Coming out of lockdown has been slow and tentative for each and everyone of us, in every aspect of our lives.

Those of us who love sport have missed it, participating in it and watching it and most of all the sociability, which goes hand-in-hand at every level.

As our bowls and tennis clubs were allowed to restart and progress, members have been overjoyed to return, to be with friends and simply play their game. The outdoor cricket nets have been adapted and Markers are placed on the floor for distance bowling. The first recreational cricket games begin July 18th and 19th and we welcome the opposition, players, officials and supporters

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the club. The game itself will look different, with running lines, two metres apart, on the square. There is a new ban about ‘spitting’ on the ball! Players will be sanitising their hands every 20 minutes, having arrived ready to play, as changing rooms continue to be closed. Sadly, there won’t be any English cricket teas for the moment.

Picnics are back in fashion thankfully. All these adaptations have been achieved with hard work and commitment to the sports at the club. We have learned to look down at the lines on the floor, in our ‘new normal’ life style, to gauge, where to go, in which direction and in which order.

The sea view and sunsets continue to be unrestricted, unchanged by Covid-19 and beautiful. The prices at the bar remain pre-Covid. Besides the safety procedures in place, you will receive the same warm welcome and the same range of drinks with some new real ales. Do join us and enjoy the summer outdoors with our permitted sports.

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August Family Fun Make a bucket and spade list of fun filled activities for the rest of the summer and why not include some of these ideas?

1st Yorkshire Day Promotes the historic English County the date alludes to the Battle of Minden, so why not have a Welly Wanging battle, “who can throw the welly the farthest”.

4th Owl Awareness Day Try and visit an owl/bird sanctuary and make up a quiz on what you have learned, see Twit Twoo Who the wise owl is in your household.

31st Summer Bank Holiday (last Bank Holiday before Christmas) Have you completed your bucket and spade list yet?

The iconic building on the South-East corner of the junction of Windsor Road and Albion Terrace was completed in 1910 as the Primitive Methodist Church, incorporating a chapel and school room, together with the usual vestries and ancillary rooms. In 1969 the two Methodist congregations in Saltburn decided to amalgamate and chose to meet in what had originally been the Wesleyan Chapel on Milton Street. The Albion Terrace building became a community hall and 150 seat theatre.

By 1996 the building and site were owned by the local council and it was decided to establish the Saltburn Community and Arts Association (SC&AA) as a charitable trust to maintain and operate the Grade II listed building for the benefit of the community of Saltburn and beyond by providing facilities for performing arts of a variety of kinds as well as community facilities in the form of a hall and meeting room for the use of a variety of groups, organisations and charities.

Over the years a number of developments and improvements have taken place; for example, the installation of film projection equipment in the theatre to enable it to become a cinema serving the local community and the fitting out of the kitchen/bar to provide refreshments for those using the building.

As with any building of its age, there is a constant stream of repair and maintenance that needs to be done as well as planning for the future to improve the service that SC&AA can provide for the community. The current Trustees have a number of plans in hand to enhance and develop the Centre and the facilities that it provides. As a mark of the confidence that exists in the wider Community and Arts world in the future of SC&AA, a number of significant grants have been obtained in the past few months from such bodies as Arts Council England and the Garfield Weston Foundation (amongst others) to enable the Centre not only to survive the current enforced closure but to emerge from it even stronger and better equipped to continue to serve the community.

At the forthcoming AGM of SC&AA a number of the current Trustees will be standing down after, between them, several decades of dedicated service to the Association in a variety of crucial roles. It is largely thanks to their endeavours that the Centre is still functioning in any form and, in particular, that it is in such a strong position to move forward in the future.

Consequently there will be vacancies for new Trustees to come onto the Board and to bring renewed vision, energy and enthusiasm to the next stage of the Association’s life. These are exciting times in which to be involved in the organisation. We are looking for Trustees from across the community with a variety of experience and expertise, or none. If anyone is interested and would like further details then please get in touch with me on grahamcottam@yahoo.co.uk or 01287 201083.

Maria

Graham Cottam, Trustee

7th Sea Serpent Day Recognised from a sea serpent sighting from the crew aboard the HMS Daedalus in 1848. There has been countless sighting of strange creatures which are still being reported today. Are they myths or are they real?

The idea is to have a discussion with family and friends. What is their overall opinion, TRUE OR FALSE? 8th International Cat Day Is to celebrate our feline friends “What greater gift than a love of a cat” by author Charles Dickens. You could see if a local cat shelter needs help, knit a cat blanket, take a photo of your cat and send to family & friends or display the photo on the town’s bandstand for all to see.

9th Rice Pudding Day Make some home made rice pudding.

10th World Lion Day Protect And Save. Learn more on their website then have a catnap.

13th Left Handed Day To promote awareness of the inconveniences faced by left handed people in a predominantly right handed world. Why not try for a time to use your left hand instead of your right, that’s if you are not left handed of course.

19th World Orangutan Day see website. Humans share nearly 97% of the same DNA with orangutans. I would suggest watching The Jungle Book animation film 1967 version or at least watch King Louie while listening to the song “I Wanna Be Like You” on the internet, then do some monkeying around.

29th International Bat Night Bats play an important role in our world. Some plants depend partly or wholly on bats to pollinate their flowers and spread seeds. They also keep down many pests. Just before dusk take a bat walk near some trees, stand still, look up and watch and wait. They fly very quickly.

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Unit 9 Lexington Buildings, Longbeck Estate Marske-by-the-Sea TS11 6HR Lucy Gibbs has launched her new exciting business and opened up her own Beauty Studio in Marske. Having originally come from Saltburn and studied at Huntcliff School, getting her GCSEs, she furthered her education at Redcar and Cleveland College and Middlesbrough College gaining her Level 2 and now level 3 in beauty therapy. It was always her passion to try her hand at going it alone and opening her own salon. Now, at the age of 18, she has gone for her dream.

Lucy says “I absolutely love my job and the best part is making people feel good about themselves. It’s a risk to go it alone but then if I don’t take it I’ll never know! So please support me in my new and exciting adventure. It’s my passion to make people feel happy within and I can’t wait to meet new and interesting people!”

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The TS12 Podcast: Fitness & Wellbeing Explored There’s a new podcast in town! We’re 2 friends and fitness professionals who live in TS12 and we’re bringing you a weekly conversational podcast. We chat about eating, exercise, living well and anything else that makes us happy.

We were always getting asked questions about how to live a healthier lifestyle and the conversations always led onto exploring new things, for us and our clients.

The podcast is a great way to do this, to help people better understand themselves, to explore all that we see and hear in the media, and (very importantly) quash the rubbish.

We don’t want to just inform and tell people what they should be doing because it doesn’t work like that...we want to explore options, explore our minds, our bodies and our choices to be healthier.

We hope that listening to the podcast makes you laugh and helps you to find your inner badass to achieve whatever you want...with some helpful tips and tricks to do it!

A new episode is released every Thursday morning on iTunes, Spotify and Libsyn, and it’s free to listen and download. Find us by searching ‘The TS12 Podcast’.

Vicky Rees is the owner of Studio 21 Saltburn, a Yoga and Pilates Studio on Amber Street (http:// www.thestudio21.co.uk).

Maricarmen Jaramillo runs a private PT studio in Skelton and an online Pre and Postnatal Exercise Hub (http://www.phbp.co.uk).

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Workshop space available to hire articentriccic@gmail.com 07910 682695 1 Dundas Street West, Saltburn TS12 1BL

Articentric Community Interest Company

Workshop Space and Gallery Articentric is a new community interest, not for profit, company in Saltburn. We have workshop space to hold a variety of arts based classes and will be selling artwork by local artists.

Why not call in and see what we have on offer?

Open Monday to Saturday 10am – 4pm at 1 Dundas Street West, Saltburn TS12 1BL. Workshop space is available to hire at very reasonable prices and we have some gallery space left for artists to display work for sale. Articentric is committed to providing services for artists, enabling them to connect with each other and those interested in coming along to workshops and viewing artwork.

For more details emai l articentriccic@gmail.com, drop in or call 07910 682695.

Saltburn Councillors’ Surgeries

Redcar & Cleveland Council has cancelled all its meetings in the short term and requested that Councillors suspend surgeries until further notice. Accordingly Saltburn Councillors are withdrawing from holding surgeries but can still be contacted as follows.

Cllr. Craig Hannaway 07561 467168 craig.hannaway@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk Cllr. Stuart Smith 07557 540628 stuart.smith@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk Cllr. Philip Thomson 07747 044858 philip.thomson@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk 16

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There is a box in Saltburn Library for used postage stamps which are a valuable source of income to a number of charities. Please drop your stamps in the library, when it reopens. Many thanks for your support. There is also a box in Marske Library.

Eric Matson (volunteer), 25 High Street, Skelton, Tel: 07985 767587

Saltburn 500 Club The Saltburn 500 Club committee have decided to resume the monthly draws, as the majority of the members have managed to get subs paid. The draws for April to August will be getting made at the start of August. We have decided to have a special one-off draw as a gesture of thanks to all members who have stood by us through the horrible months of this pandemic. If you are not a member, application forms are available at Jackie’s Saverstore.

We are continuing to have to cancel bandstand performances on a monthly basis, however, and the situation has not changed sufficiently for us to believe that there will be any performances this year, but I will certainly be looking to have some of the bands playing Christmas music in December, Covid allowing.

The committee who organise the Christmas lighting-up parade believe that the 2020 parade will not be able to take place. If Government policy changes drastically, and we still have time to organise the event, we will endeavour to stage some type of parade, within the restrictions that we have to follow.

I will be contacting the volunteers, who help with the erection and dismantling of the Christmas lights, some time in October as we will be looking to bring the lights out of storage and erected at the start of November. We think this can be achieved whilst observing social distancing rules. However, dressing the trees to put around the town may present a problem as it is almost impossible to dress the tree and maintain a social distance. There will definitely be a Christmas tree in the bandstand, which I believe I can have dressed and erected whilst obeying current restrictions. Please let me know if you would like to become a volunteer.

As most of you know, the cost of the lights is raised by various fund-raising events during the course of the year. The pandemic has meant that no such events have been allowed to happen this year. I am conscious of the fact that Saltburn businesses have had a difficult time during these months and I am reluctant to ask the businesses for financial support this year. Some of the businesses have said that they are prepared to donate and I am hoping to raise funding from some of the big employers in the area. However, the harsh reality is that we are up against many charities who are facing the same problem with lack of funds.

I remain confident that Saltburn, Marske & New Marske Parish Council will again be supporting the lights and I am in communication with Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council to establish if there is any financial support that could be offered.

I am currently getting collecting jars ready to put in the businesses who have volunteered to have one, so please donate generously! I remain optimistic that the lights will be shining!

Trevor Welburn Secretary, Saltburn 500 Club/Friends of Saltburn trevor.welburn@btinternet.com 17

Brotton Library Knit and Natter Group We are a small group making items for charity whilst sharing skills and friendship. It is free to come to the group. We have a few regular members and would welcome more. Thursday afternoon 2pm till 4pm in Brotton library (attached to Freebrough Academy).

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The Past is a Foreign Country My Great Aunt Madge had the biggest domestic cat I have ever seen in my life. It is true that at the time I was very much smaller but even so this was a feline of epic proportions. The cat was called ‘Matchka’, though I am by no means sure of the spelling. Supposedly as a kitten it was a present from some Polish soldiers who had been stationed in Saltburn and I was always told that Matchka meant ‘little girl’ or something similar. The cat had a distinctly strange disposition and in many ways remained basically wild to just about everyone apart from Aunt Madge. It was extremely well known in the neighbourhood, was an excellent mouser and on a night patrolled the cliff top – its bright eyes shining in the dark.

By the time I remember the cat it was already coming up to twenty years of age and I seem to recall that it lived to an unbelievable twenty-one or twenty-two years.

Matchka lived with my Great Aunt Madge and her husband, my Great Uncle Arthur Elwood in their bed and breakfast establishment very close to the bottom of Pearl Street. As a child I went there regularly with my family and then by the time I was eleven or twelve I would go there frequently in the summer with a cousin or a friend. In those early years my parents would put us on a bus in Leeds and we would undertake what seemed like the epic journey to the coast. The welcome was always warm – apart from the somewhat less effusive attitude of the cat and I was always housed in one of the attic rooms that had a wonderful view of the sea.

Saltburn was a very different place back then. It wasn’t until the 1970s onwards that it slowly began to acquire the much more middle class persona it enjoys today. Everything was just a little jaded and many of the large terraces had been turned into cheap flats and bedsits.

Young people often hung about in and around the subway that led from one side of the railway track to the other (before it was possible to walk right through the station).

The subway was eventually filled in but its cast iron lintel can still be seen on Dundas Street if you know where to look. It always smelled slightly suspect and passing through it late on an evening was somewhat nervy on occasion.

One of the chief delights in those early days was the almost daily fishing sessions on the pier with Aunt Madge.

Matchka the cat was only really happy to eat fresh mackerel heads. If there were no mackerel running at the time she would condescend to munch on the heads of other species but one could tell that she was far from happy with the situation. Why the cat only relished fish heads I have no idea but this was a deeply idiosyncratic animal and very particular. For example, if I put the cat’s food down, it pointedly refused to eat it until Aunt Madge lifted it from the floor and then put it down again, at which time Matchka would tuck in with vigour.

As a title for this article I chose a saying by L P Hartley ‘The past is a foreign country – they do things differently there’ because it seems to so perfectly reflect the difference between the world of ‘now’ and the very different planet we lived on ‘then’. In my mind the many

weeks I spent over the years in Saltburn have become a blur of playing games in the Valley Gardens, rock pooling on the beach, running up and down endless alleys, going back and forth across the Halfpenny Bridge, catching wheezing buses to places like Roseberry Topping and generally living wild like little foxes.

There were some moments of order. Aunt Madge had a huge collection of old miner’s lamps from all over this part of the North. I can remember sitting on the kitchen linoleum surrounded by sheets of newspaper, armed with large tins of Brasso and endless pieces of cloth, fascinated by the dates and names on the brass plaques of the lamps and thinking about my grandfather and all the other miners who worked away their lives in those dangerous shafts. Aunt Madge also had a good collection of fossils. She was an inveterate beach comber, a fascination that once nearly cost her life. She had been searching under Huntcliff when she had stumbled and broken her ankle. She was there for several hours until the crew of a fishing boat returning with the tide happened to see her and organised a rescue before the waves reached her.

Another frequent pastime when the weather and tides had obliged was collecting sea coal on the beach.

There seemed to be much more of it then than is the case now and there were years in which this black harvest supplemented the fuel bills at the Bed and Breakfast. We would also sometimes go out with one or other of the fishermen who operated from the beach, lifting crab and lobster pots or dangling multiple hooked lines for the ubiquitous mackerel, small cod and other species that were sometimes weird and quite unknown to me.

During these slightly dark days of the pandemic I have spent many hours sitting by the seashore, gazing out at our grey sea and thinking about those carefree years when children were only really expected to be what they were – children. True, it did not last all that long because at fifteen years of age I went to work and almost everything changed overnight.

My second and adult love affair with Saltburn did not come along until I was in my thirties, when I found a very different but equally fascinating town perched on the cliffs. With a short and necessary break for a few years in Bridlington I have lived here ever since and though I have been lucky enough to travel the world there is not one other spot on the planet where I would rather be. If only Hinton’s was still present in the town, where we would buy everlasting strips of liquorice and sherbet fountains or black bullets and Yorkshire mixtures. Hinton’s is now Alessi’s.

Reading back through this article I have to admit that what percentage of all these memories is an accurate reflection of what actually took place I have very little idea because memory is a strange thing and there is a great deal of truth in the saying “Even nostalgia is not what it used to be”.

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Saltburn Scouts News Everyone at 1st Saltburn Scout Group hopes that you and all your friends and family are keeping safe and well.

Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts are zooming all over the place! Learning new skills, being with friends (virtually of course) and having fun. After the success of the scavenger hunt at home, quizzes were solved along with code breaking Lego: this activity earned Beavers their communicator award. Cubs made cakes in a mug using the microwave. This was also done at home - thankfully, as when Scouts did this activity at the Scout Hut, they made an incredible mess too!

Hike to the Moon badges have been given out for all Scouts who hiked at least a mile at home which, added together with Scouts from around the country, would have reached the Moon. And in the process raised almost £350,000, which the Government has pledged to match, for Children In Need and Comic Relief. This activity was promoted by Astronaut and Scout Ambassador, Tim Peake and Chief Scout Bear Grylls. A little known fact is that 11 out of the 12 people who have walked on the Moon were Scouts.

Can I take this opportunity to thank Saltburn, Marske and New Marske Parish Council for kindly agreeing to fund new industrial, vinyl flooring to the entrance hall of the Scout Hut. This will not only make the floor non-slip and safer when wet, but ensure the longevity of the wooden

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floor.

Our Beaver Scout Leader, Lindsey, has devised a ‘what3words’ trail for Scouts to complete in Saltburn during the summer break. This is an app where every three metre square of land on earth has a unique three word code. If you are lost, this code will help the emergency services find where you are. But do it backwards ie have the code, look for the square in Saltburn, find the hidden letters then solve the anagram and you have an activity for Scouts. # skills for life.

By the time this edition of Talk of the Town is published, Scouts will have finished for the summer break.

Hopefully when the autumn term arrives Scouts will be having face to face meetings again and getting out and about as Scouts should be and we are heading back towards the ‘old normal’.

To contact 1st Saltburn Scout Group, please email: saltburnscouts@hotmail.com.

Keeping It Clean At Saltburn The KICAS Ethos Blame, according to Brene Brown, is the discharging of pain and discomfort.

When looking at litter left on the beach or the street it’s so easy and compelling to blame others for it. Often, it’s kids, youths, visitors and the council who bear the brunt of this.

It might make us feel temporarily better while we rage, but it doesn’t actually improve the situation. If anything, it just adds toxicity to an already stressed world.

When KICAS first formed as an official group we decided to focus on the positives. To shine a light on those who do something about the litter that drives us mad. It’s a strategy that has worked well for us. Despite record numbers of visitors, the beach is benefitting from huge numbers of people cleaning up after the minority of people who litter. The ‘2-minute beach clean’ boards are fabulous and encourage everyone to do their bit. Regular cleaners include locals and visitors who love the beach and town.

We have missed the connection of our monthly group beach clean. They are usually held on the 1st Saturday of the month from 11-12, meeting at the Victorian shelter on the lower prom. We’ll be posting our return to these on our Facebook and in Talk of the

Town. Hopefully soon!

In the meantime, please stay safe and keep doing your bit!

The KICAS crew PS Link to Brene: https://www.thersa.org/discover/videos/ rsa-shorts/2015/02/brene-brown-on-blame

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Cleveland Police Tackle Fraud Over 50% of crime is fraud, says the Office for National Statistics. Much of it is perpetrated from abroad and is difficult to investigate, but this doesn’t stop Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner, Barry Coppinger, funding initiatives to crack down on it and support local victims through VCAS, the Victim Care and Advice Service.

He says: “Between £5,000,000 and £10,000,000 is stolen through fraud each year in the UK. 53% of over 65s have been targeted by scammers, but it’s thought that only 5% of scams are reported to the Police. The average scam victim loses over £3000, so it’s a significant area of crime.”

Support for local victims is one of Barry’s five priorities. Fraudsters have already taken advantage of the Covid-19 crisis to send dubious emails, pretending to be the Government’s Track and Trace Service. A recipient in Marske reported that he’d been asked to pay £500 for a testing kit and to hand over his bank details. Fortunately, the man decided it was a scam and informed Cleveland Police, who circulated a warning to the public. The Force advises people to be alert to attempts to take them in on the doorstep, by telephone and by email.

“I also support Friends Against Scams, a national Trading Standards team initiative and have become a SCAMbassador to highlight the fight against this crime,” Barry adds. “We welcome calls to the specialist Action Fraud line for the public to report scams, which Police will respond to: 0300 123 2040.”

Barry draws my attention to the work he has promoted with Police Cadets and his office staff, all of whom have been trained in fraud awareness. He has funded PCSOs to act as School Liaison Officers. They run Cybersafe sessions, mainly in primary schools, but also in secondaries on request.

Dave Mead, VCAS Manager, confirms that the Police Cadets are very good at getting the message across and that many are tech savvy, able to help any older people access online information. Working in close partnership with Cleveland Police, VCAS has delivered Friends Against Scams sessions to 3000 people in various locations, such as Saltburn Methodist Church and the White House at Marske, and continues to be available to talk to community groups.

“We promote a Tell2 campaign to increase awareness,” Dave says. “If we talk to 30-40 people and they tell two each, then up to 100 people will be better informed.”

VCAS has been responding to reports of online romance scams too. Some people have lost thousands to scammers, who’ve preyed on their belief that they are developing a genuine online relationship. There are many instances of doorstep crime, where fraudsters convince residents that they need urgent building work and of mail crime and telephone fraud.

“It’s a myth that only stupid, greedy people get taken in,” explains Dave. “Honest, decent people become victims and the young are very vulnerable. Some send unwise images of themselves on social media or get caught buying things they shouldn’t online. We advise everyone to step back, take ten minutes and check with someone else: “What do you think?”

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phone 0303 040 1099 (or visit the website www.victimcareandadviceservice.uk).

DC Lee Houchen works on Cybercrime for Cleveland Police. He’s contacted daily by Action Fraud, who give him a list of victims and of advice-seekers. He’s found his seven months in the job to be an eye opener. He agrees that young people are at particular risk, because many parents can’t keep up with what’s happening on devices and exercise guidance.

“Overall, people become victims because of a lack of knowledge, so we aim to raise awareness of the threat from overseas fraudsters,” says Lee. “For example, we emphasise the importance of using strong, different passwords for all accounts. If hackers crack a simple, multiply-used password, they can easily get access to lots of personal data, with potentially very expensive consequences for the victim.”

Adele Dack is an Intelligence Researcher for the Cybercrime team at Middlesbrough. She works with VCAS and is an affiliate of Cleveland Police. She’s been working with Action Fraud data since September 2016. There are about 170 reports of fraud each month in Cleveland and Dave and Adele respond to the victims, offering support and inviting them to an open Friends Against Scams presentation, which will help them to protect themselves in future.

“A common trend is investment fraud and online shopping scams,” she explains. “Hacking and ransomeware show up in Cybercrime. I create an email monthly newsletter for victims and businesses, highlighting local trends and the national picture.” Newsletters include reviews on new games for children, which let parents know if they’re safe and advice on online security. People are encouraged to keep software updated and to back up their personal data on a different server.

Also available are four online booklets on general fraud and Cybercrime originally developed by the Metropolitan Police. Adele is able to send these out by post if necessary. To contact Adele: phone 01642 306870 (or email cyber.crime@cleveland.pnn.police.uk).

Beating the fraudsters is an ongoing challenge for Cleveland Police, but Barry has ensured that it remains a priority and resources are being assigned to supporting the victims.

Rosemary Nicholls

Saltburn Photographic Society All meetings suspended until further notice due to precautions against the spread of Coronavirus.

What’s on at Marske Hall

Thank you to everyone who has shown wonderful support to Marske Hall under these difficult times. Residents and staff have really appreciated the wonderful Easter gifts, cards, paintings and messages of love sent over the last month. Follow Marske Hall on Facebook for the latest news.

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SALTBURN BLUES CLUB

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As I write things haven’t changed much from the last edition of Talk of the Town with the pandemic restrictions. Outdoor music events are starting to appear here and there but indoor gigs are not yet allowed unfortunately. We do have two gigs booked in September, the first being at the Balmoral Acoustic Blues Club on the 13th September (Cons Club) with the second visit of Fran McGillivray and Mike Burke to Saltburn.

Then we have on the 26th September The Head Hunters Band supported by local Band The Little Criminals at the Community Hall (so that depends on whether that venue is reopened by then as well). I must admit it’s not looking positive for either of these gigs as yet. However, I might have something else up my sleeve by then particularly regarding the Balmoral Club gig. Watch this space in the September edition of Talk of the Town.

In the meanwhile please all stay safe and don’t forget you can get your Blues fix from my radio show Still Got The Blues on Zetland 105FM every Monday night 7-10pm and online. Also on catch up via Mixcloud website.

Keep diggin’ the Blues, folks.

Harry 07960 935263

Dancercise Class Resumes

Saltburn Library News All the Redcar and Cleveland libraries are closed during April as a precaution against the spread of the Coronavirus. We hope to be open again soon but at the moment we do not know when.

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Maur een’ s back! My lockdown started way back in February, on Valentine’s day. I suddenly collapsed but luckily I was in the safe place of The Earthbeat Centre.

Many thanks to Diane and Tony for looking after me.

After I was rushed to A&E, I was diagnosed as having diabetes 2, irregular heart beat rhythms and very high blood pressure. I thought that was quite enough! With treatment under way I was feeling really well and ready to start my dancercise classes in April, when, as we all know, the big lockdown happened. Now after many weeks we are slowly venturing out and learning about the New Normal. I feel it’s time to (gently) stretch these limbs and start feeling alive again. I’ll be starting the Friday class 11.00am to 12.00 Noon at The Earthbeat Centre, where a safe environment will be in place, on September 4th. When other venues also open I will be continuing other classes.

Please call me on my mobile for more information, on 07940 856409. I look forward to seeing you all.

Maureen

Saltburn Athletic FC All six teams have been training under the FA guidelines of social distancing and await new instruction as to being able to start contact training in preparation for the new season hopefully starting on September 13th.

This year all teams will again be run by the same coaches. The Under 10s by Tim Raynes, Under 12s by Mark Grayson, Under 13s by James Kesterton and Andy Croll, Under 14s by Ron Campbell, Dan Bennett and Gary Summerfield, Under 16s Falcons by Rick Day and finally Under 16s Dolphins by Kev Robinson.

We understand that this will be a difficult time for business but if anyone wishes to sponsor any of our teams we would be truly grateful.

We have had a recent meeting with the Huntcliff Campus which was very positive and we will be playing our games at Huntcliff and our field at Hob Hill. Our field at Hob

Hill has seen a lot of work done to it by members of the club and looks in very good condition though there is still the problem with a few rabbits digging the odd hole now and then. The clubhouse is currently going through a makeover and this will be finished soon. Thanks to all club members and other volunteers for the help in preparing the ground and facilities.

A reminder that next to our ground is a community field which can be used by local children to play football on.

Please also, a message to all, that our ground is private and no one other than club members are allowed on the area.

Some damage has been caused yet again resulting in the police being involved. Anyone caught causing damage etc will be prosecuted.

Andy Croll SAFC Club Secretary 07779 648877

After the interval…

Saltburn ’53 Drama Group here again – and yes, we are still here, even though we are having a longer interval than we would normally plan for! Last month saw the first of our #SociallyDistancedDrama projects, with the audio play, Mr Loveday’s Little Outing and we enjoyed ourselves so much in this enterprise that we have recorded another. This time it is a gentle comedy, adapted from an existing one act play and renamed The Fisher’s Tale. We hope that you will be able to enjoy it too, once we publish our new website (at www.saltburn53dramagroup.com). This is still very much a work in progress but thankfully, is nearing completion and will be our space to showcase all our lockdown work, and more besides.

We have two more audio plays in the pipeline – an adaptation of one of our past drama festival entries – Federico, based on the last days of the Spanish poet, Lorca, and our version of Nicholas Nickleby, which will be a longer work and involve a cast of thousands! It is a very interesting (and challenging!) process to adapt a play that was written for stage presentation, so that it works aurally. Sound effects, and what I believe in the business is known as ‘atmos’, become hugely important to denote where the action is taking place. Thank goodness for ’53 technical geniuses, Pete Martin and Bill Colombi, who manage this, and more besides, superbly! And lacking the support of the visual element, the dialogue needs to signal what is going on, without sounding too artificial. I know this is probably akin to heresy, but I haven’t enjoyed some of the ways in which one of my favourite series to listen to - The Archers –has adapted to current constraints. It seems a rather pallid version of itself, somehow… clearly a personal opinion, with which I cheerfully invite you to disagree!

I realize that I’ve been keeping you up to date with what is happening during the interval, rather than afterwards – but the reality is that, even with the lifting of some of the restrictions, it is difficult to predict when we will be able to bring you all back into the auditorium to commence the second Act. As a community drama group, our raison d’être is live performance, with the audience at the heart of what we do. We need your presence to energise us and we perform so much better when you are there. So – keep the faith, look after yourselves and please – join us again when it is safe to do so.

Sue

GRAND PRIZE DRAW 2020 To raise funds for our work in the Gardens and Woodland Centre.

Star Prize: A Week’s Holiday in a 5-Bedroom Holiday House in Amble, Northumberland.

Other prizes to include Bottles of Whisky, Chocolates, Vouchers from Local Shops.

Raffle will be drawn on September 12th, 2020 at 4.00pm at The Saltburn Woodland Centre.

Tickets £1 each or £5 a book.

Tickets available from volunteers at Saltburn Woodland Centre and Gardens from August 1st 2020 Charity Registration 1155787 Company Reg. 8682692

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Classic Vintage Cars restored Classic vehicles are being brought back to life at the former Hawman’s Garage, Marske Road, Saltburn, but it is for former customers of restoration specialist David Ferguson only, writes roving reporter John Rock.

He said he had bought the premises and done a lot of remedial work on it, too, because he wanted something to do in his semi-retirement.

Mr Ferguson, 58, of the Hazelgrove park home ‘village’ in Milton Street, previously worked at Hutton Rudby, Sedgefield and Thornaby restoring classic vehicles. He told Talk of the Town a lot of people had asked if he was repairing cars, but the answer is he is working only for previous customers. Among visitors was former garage owner Brian Hawman.

Mr Ferguson is particularly trying to trace a photo of the garage from before around 1970 when it served petrol from outdoor pumps.

DOUBLE RENOVATION: Mechanical expert David Ferguson stands proudly with a classic car he is restoring at his refurbished garage in Marske Road, Saltburn. He is only working in retirement on former customers’ vehicles, not for the public.

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Cleveland Diving Club The undersea world, sometimes referred to as ‘the wilderness that lies beneath the waves,’ has much to compel and captivate scuba divers wishing to explore its ever changing wildness, time and time again. Returning to diving, after lockdown, however, is not without its challenges, as staying safe guidelines at dive sites and aboard diving boats are quite strict. Nevertheless, determined as ever, our members are grasping every opportunity, one way or another, to take to the water. For example a simple call out for a snorkelling buddy received an enthusiastic response (photo 1 taken at Runswick Bay) and as can be seen social distancing rules were definitely observed. Good weather and calm seas off Redcar’s South Gare have also attracted groups of divers and despite the poor visibility our undaunted photographers managed to capture not only the usual posers, crabs, starfish and lobsters, but also a couple of more tricky customers (photo 2 a butterfish and photo 3 a shanny). Having a continuous dorsal fin along their elongated tapering bodies the butterfish and shanny are in the same order of fish known as blennies. However, the butterfish is not classed as a true blenny due to its serpentine appearance and its habit of raising its head in a snake-like pose to check out what is going on. Its name derives from its very slippery skin and it is easy to see why it can be confused with eels. Butterfish may be slippery customers but unlike other fish in the blenny category they make excellent parents, as the female stays by her man and shares the babysitting duties, each taking turns to wrap their bodies around the eggs for protection.

Also known as a ‘common blenny’ a shanny definitely looks like a fish and are more common in our northern waters than other species of blenny. They can generally be found in shallower water ducking and diving amongst the sea bed rocks, crevices and seaweed, hunting for small invertebrates. The shanny is a master of camouflage so a good pair of eyes is needed to spot these little fellows if snorkelling or diving.

As an alternative to shore diving some club members took full advantage of relaxed restrictions in Scotland and travelled to St Abbs Head for a boat dive into deeper waters. Following the skipper’s ‘staying safe’ briefing the day got off to a good start as harbour porpoises were spotted before anyone even entered the water (photo 4). Unfortunately, underwater sightings of the porpoise were not achieved although exploring and encountering other creatures of the wilderness such as urchins and dead-man’s fingers made for an agreeable and successful day. Cleveland Divers are looking forward to further relaxations of restrictions and will be taking up training as soon as government and BSAC guidelines allow. Cleveland Divers can be contacted through Facebook, ‘The Diving Club-Cleveland’ or on 07960 608529.

June Coomber

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Save our Saltburn

Lacking Appeal

The planning appeal for the caravan park on Saltburn Lane overlooking Cat Nab is now in progress with The Planning Inspectorate, who are based in Bristol.

The developers and the Camping & Caravan Club were given the option of three different types of appeal.

They chose the written submission option to argue the points of the rejection decision made by the Regulatory Committee last November for Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council.

WYG on behalf of the Camping & Caravan Club submitted an extensive number of documents in support of their appeal, and they can still be viewed on the Redcar & Cleveland planning portal. In our opinion they are trying to overwhelm the Planning Inspectorate with reiteration and quantity, most of which is superfluous, and the 440 pages are certainly a great cure for insomnia. This was a good opportunity for C&CC to address some of the issues that concern the people of Saltburn and all the other objectors.

However, they obviously did not think that necessary, even though they purport to work with the community. Their aim certainly is to gain a foothold within the Saltburn area regardless of exasperating an already busy, and at times congested, tourist destination.

The agents acting on behalf of C&CC were in our opinion instructed to try and overwhelm The Planning Inspectorate with documentation, swamping them with as much information as possible, relevant or not. In the same manner as their original planning application last year.

Big Issue is back

The Big Issue, the magazine which supports the homeless, is back in Saltburn.

The special ‘We’re back!’ edition contains a good question-and-answer interview with Tanni Grey-Thompson, the paralympian champion, who used to live at Loftus.

Big Issue seller Gary Philips, seen here on the right, is welcomed by Peter Jones, a volunteer with the Emmanuel church shop, outside Sainsbury’s.

Gary said he had been helped to a limited extent (understood to be only £25 a week) during his lockdown absence by the Big Issue’s charity arm.

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All those who were initially invited, or chose to submit comments on the original planning notice, were informed of the appeal in May, and invited to comment further if they so wished. As mentioned in our previous article this window of opportunity closed at noon on Monday, 13th July.

We know that those interested parties that presented in person at last November’s planning meeting submitted further responses to the planning appeal with information that had come to light following their formal objections made earlier last year. Quite a number of residents have also submitted additional comments to The Planning Inspectorate. This shows that opposition to the scheme is very much alive and is not going away.

These, along with the 360 initial comments, the 1,700 signed petition, invited comments from national organisations which include English Heritage and The Campaign To Protect Rural England, as well as the R&C BC planning report have also been submitted to The Planning Inspectorate.

Thank you once again to those that have continued this long, hard fought battle. We will update you further as to the outcome of the appeal, which could take between 2 and 4 months before The Planning Inspectorate reaches its decision. As ever, in the meantime information will continue to be posted on the Save Our Saltburn Facebook page.

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Forgotten Heroine Elizabeth Pease Most people in Saltburn have heard of Henry Pease, the Quaker founder of our lovely town. How many people have heard of his cousin, Elizabeth Pease, who was born just five months before him in Darlington in 1807?

Henry and Elizabeth attended a school together in Darlington with other siblings and cousins, where Elizabeth was one of only two girls.

During the 1820s and 30s women’s antislavery groups grew up in Birmingham, Leicester, Sheffield and many other cities. Inspired by the leading light, a woman called Elizabeth Heyrick, Elizabeth Pease set about founding Darlington Ladies Anti-Slavery Society.

These women’s groups were much more militant than the official anti-slavery movement led by William Wilberforce. They organised boycotts of Caribbean sugar and coffee. They were also very impatient for an immediate end to slavery and not a gradual and managed end. Leading light, Elizabeth Heyrick, described the policy of gradual abolition as ‘The very masterpiece of Satanic policy.’ To be fair to Wilberforce, who was MP for Hull, he did have the tricky job of getting the abolition of slavery bill through Parliament and he did eventually manage it, after long years of trying, in 1833.

Although slavery was abolished in British territories, it did of course continue to exist in the USA and elsewhere. In 1838 Elizabeth Pease wrote a pamphlet addressed to the women of Great Britain which was a call to action, asking women to speak out in public and form their own anti-slavery organisations. This, of course, was at a time when women were still almost 90 years from getting the vote.

In 1840 Elizabeth attended the first world antislavery convention in London. There were delegates from the USA, France, Haiti, Ireland, Jamaica and Barbados.

She can be seen in a group portrait of some of the delegates which hangs in the National Gallery. The presence of women at the conference was referred to as ‘an insane innovation’ and ‘this woman-intruding delusion.’ As a result all the women attending the conference were required to sit in segregated areas out of sight of the male delegates!

In 1853, Elizabeth eventually married Dr. Nichol, a professor of Astronomy and went to live with him in Glasgow. After his death, Elizabeth eventually remarried and moved to Edinburgh, where she died aged 90. A few

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years ago there was a campaign in the city for her to be recognised as a forgotten heroine. She had not only campaigned against slavery but also for votes for women.

She may have been forgotten by history, but there is no doubt that her cousin Henry, who was himself very much involved in the peace movement, would have been aware of her activities and doubtless was proud of his cousin and old schoolmate.

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Saltburn Station Gallery We are glad to announce that the gallery is back open after the lockdown closure. We are glad to see our customers back and safe. With our return we introduce a new exciting range of gifts and products. Now more than ever local businesses need the support of their communities to get through this difficult time. We hope to see you soon.

We wish everyone the best of health in these troubling times.

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Saltburn District U3A Reaching Out to Members During this challenging lockdown period Saltburn District U3A (SDU3A) has been keen to maintain contact with its membership, currently comprising 900+ drawn from Saltburn and its environs.

SDU3A recognised from the outset that many of its members would be isolated from friends and family and the committee wanted to ensure that no one was left totally without support. But, how to stay connected when so many of our usual activities are face to face, sociable events? How to support our most vulnerable, lonely, or isolated members? How to keep the infrastructure of our organisation intact so that there is something for us all to return to when Covid-19 finally loosens its grip?

With these questions, and many more, awaiting answers, the committee moved fast; embracing previously untried technology, sending texts and emails, making telephone calls, hand delivering letters and flyers offering advice and support, and a dedicated Crisis Help Membership team was established within a couple of weeks, whose sole aim was to maintain contact with those needing it most.

Subsequently a new members-only Facebook Group page was created, offering information and updates, both local and national. Regular challenges are posed, such as ‘best scone’, ‘recreate an artistic masterpiece’, or ‘ideas for upcycling a plastic milk bottle’. A choice of prizes is offered for winners too. Hand sanitiser, a bag of flour, or even a toilet roll!

The existing SDU3A website is updated at least weekly to highlight national guidelines and keep members informed (use this link: https://u3asites.org.uk/saltburn/home).

Committee members currently hold weekly ‘Open’ update meetings each Tuesday morning at 11:00am over Zoom - this is completely informal - there’s no agenda but it is a great opportunity to catch up with friends over a virtual coffee, ask questions and get information. Any members wishing to join can do so – if help with this, or any other issue is required, committee members can be contacted via the website as always – clicking on a ‘contact’ button will generate an email, a response to which will be made as quickly as possible (use this link: https://u3asites.org.uk/saltburn/events).

A number of interest groups have already adopted new ways to continue to meet, ranging from Facebook pages to keep members updated, ‘Zoom’ meetings for interactive sessions, emailing, and good old-fashioned telephoning for those enjoying a chat. As restrictions begin to be eased, the committee is already looking into ways to re-start some groups, albeit gradually at first.

The monthly quiz has now moved online and embraced Zoom. Open to all SDU3A members, the next one will be held on Wednesday, 19th August at 7:30pm. A link to join will be sent out very soon.

SDU3A Committee recently held the AGM online and are keen to thank all members who took the time, braved the technology and participated in this historic ‘virtual’ meeting.

Although the situation this spring has been anything but positive, hopefully SDU3A’s intentions and actions have made a difference to its members, especially those in particular need.

With luck, the time will soon arrive when we will all be able to meet face to face once more.

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Saltburn, Marske and New Marske Parish Council

The Parish Council is holding all its meetings remotely and will be for the foreseeable future. Planning Committee meetings have also resumed and will be held every 4 weeks. For further details please see our website.

At the recent remote full Council meeting grants were approved to Saltburn Community & Arts Association, Saltburn Valleys, 1st Saltburn Scouts Group, Great North Air Ambulance, Talk of the Town and Saltburn In Bloom. A grant had also been awarded to Rotary Club of Saltburn towards the Howzat Music Festival. However, due to the current situation this event has since been cancelled and the grant application withdrawn. Details of how community groups can apply for a grant are available from our website.

Unfortunately, it is looking very unlikely that the annual Christmas parade will take place. It is hoped that the main tree will still go up but this depends on the Government guidelines in place nearer the time. Hopefully the town will still be lit up and although this will be a quieter festive period we look forward to restoring the parade in 2021.

The allotment waiting list continues to grow and patience will be required for those on it. We are getting reports of some untidy plots and would urge anyone who is isolating and not able to get to their allotment, to telephone or email the office so we can make a note on your tenancy agreement.

Due to the current coronavirus pandemic the Parish Council offices remain closed to the general public, although all staff are now operating from their normal place of work. If you need to visit the Parish Council office please knock on the door and stand back and if we are in we will come to the door. You can still contact the office by email or phone. Please note that as the school closes for the summer holidays the site will only be accessible from the main entrance near the Leisure Centre.

Stay safe and take care.

Tracy Meadows (Clerk and RFO to the Parish Council) 01287 623477 office@smnmpc.co.uk www.smnmpc.co.uk

Letter to the Editor

Lockdown is awful but I would like to mention some positives. I have found people have become much more friendly, saying hello when passing and moving over to allow social distancing. Many helpful people, in particular Rachael from Gosnay’s, cheerfully delivering orders. I do hope people continue to use this shop rather than going off to Redcar. I am very lucky having a lovely family close by and wonderful neighbours who I know are always there if I need them. Thank you to all of them. I’d like to say a particular thank you to someone I don`t know. My grandson was in Sainsbury`s asking for yeast, that I needed for bread making. When I was told they had run out, a very kind lady called Michelle asked where he lived and delivered a tub of yeast. This kind act not only aided my baking but lifted my spirits. Thank you so much Michelle, and I have your tub to return!

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Hello, lovely people! We hope you are all well, and coping okay with these strange times. We are Sinbad and Dibley the cats.

Sinbad is a stunning lad; he’s about 9 years old, black and white male with green eyes. Sinbad came to the centre as a handover, as unfortunately he was not getting on so well with the other cats in the household. Sinbad is super friendly and loving and he has settled well in the cattery. He seems to take everything in his stride as he’s very chilled out. We are looking for a home where Sinbad will have access to the outdoors and where he is the only pet in the household.

Dibley is an adorable 7-year-old boy; he is black with a white bib. Dibley came to us as a stray at the end of January. Since then he’s blossomed. He was terrified of

everything and everyone when he first arrived. But Dibley has now become much confident day by day, and now this shy little boy enjoys the attention of the highly trained cat cuddler volunteers, and has come out of his shell. Now he has turned into a little sweetie and a cuddle loving monster! This little boy is now ready for his next big adventure, a new beginning, in a new home. We feel he would be best suited to a quiet household, one where he has safe access to the outdoor world.

Our centre is currently closed to the public and volunteers. We will be reviewing this at the start of August. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support during such difficult times. All our wonderful animals say thank you so much for your donations https://www.justgiving.com/SaltburnARA

SARA fundraising events Monthly meetings for SARA supporters and the general public are usually held in the Cleveland Bay, Ings Road Redcar on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30pm but unfortunately are currently cancelled as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus. Hopefully we can all soon meet again.

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In the right hand column you will find one of Jesus’ most famous sayings. They are words that have had a particular resonance for me during the Covid-19 pandemic. As I ponder these words my thoughts keep returning to the beautiful icon commonly known as ‘Christ and his friend’. It’s a 7th century Coptic icon in which Jesus, holding the book of the Gospels, rests his arm on the shoulder of Abbot Mena, a Coptic martyr of the third century. For me this icon depicts something of the essence of Jesus’ words. It reveals visually the Jesus, whose heart is gentle and humble; the Jesus, who places his arm around the weary and burdened; the Jesus who gives a rest that is deep and satisfying, now and for all eternity.

Are you weary or burdened?

Are you concerned for your future?

Are you seeking a deep, satisfying and lasting rest?

Then Jesus invites you to come to him; to follow him and be yoked to him.

You may recoil at the idea of being yoked to someone or something, especially given the negative connotations of the word. But being yoked to someone who is gentle and humble of heart, who displayed such love towards others is so attractive.

But the truth of the matter is this: in this world we are all ‘yoked’ to someone or something. These yokes will include beliefs, ideas, people, institutions, influences. Some will be good, others less so. But an important question to ask yourself is, ‘Can these ‘yokes’ give me the rest I desire in the here and now of this life, and more importantly, for all of eternity?’ By being yoked to Jesus the answer is a resounding, ‘YES!’

Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Matthew 11.28-30 In these difficult days caused by Covid-19 please be assured of the support and prayers of the members of Emmanuel Church.

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Pain. What’s it to you?

As Physiotherapists who specialise in dealing with a wide range of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries, virtually all of our clients have problems with pain. Pain comes in many shapes and sizes. From the occasional annoying niggle to severe debilitating episodes of pain and everything in between. For most people, their pain comes and goes and life gets back to normal. For others, their pain becomes a part of everyday life, staying for months or years.

There have been some significant improvements over recent years in the way that Physiotherapists deal with pain complaints, and particularly those cases of pain which have become persistent. The key to successful management of any pain related complaint is to perform a comprehensive examination and assessment of the problem.

In addition to performing a physical examination, this process should also involve a comprehensive subjective examination. The “subjective” section of the examination is the part which involves the patient telling their story and how the pain impacts on their life and wellbeing. It is the most crucial part of the whole process and it enables the Physio to really understand the factors that need to be addressed.

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If you want to check out some educational videos related to a wide range of pain disorders, then check out the resources section of our website.

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Gardening has become very popular during quarantine and a couple of my friends, for different reasons, have made me think about why. One of them suggested I should share my growing experience with you and, although for us allotmenteers this will be like teaching granny to suck eggs, for those keen to give it a go, I hope I might confirm that it’s a good thing.

It can be quite a commitment to take on an allotment. Most of our allotments are 1/16th of an acre, which is good as this size will feed a family all year round.

It has been a joy and a relief recently to walk the dog to the plot each day. On my allotment I can talk to neighbours easily from a distance, enjoy fresh air and exercise well.

Okay, an allotment costs some £29 per year, very reasonable indeed, much cheaper than going to a gym.

I have been “growing my own” for a few years and still make plenty of mistakes, but I am just about self sufficient in fruit, herbs and vegetables, as are most allotment holders who are serious gardeners, as long as we eat seasonally and think ahead. I am picking broad beans and peas and freezing them and they taste just about as good as fresh. I’m picking a few spears of asparagus each day and cabbages and cauliflowers regularly, which I eat fresh.

Because we have had so much rain and sun, many things are growing well this year and I am digging up new potatoes now at enough for a few meals at a time. If we get blight, I’ll cut down the greenery and leave the potatoes in the ground for a few weeks before digging up and storing the unblemished ones in hessian or paper sacks. Ones that have been struck with a fork or nibbled by slugs can be edited and eaten straight away or, if too many, making mash and freezing it is one option. Last autumn’s onions are also out of the ground and being stored while the ones sown in spring will be ready for harvest soon and I’m taking one now and again to eat fresh.

My courgettes are late because I sowed my seed late but when they start to produce fruit I will be making chutney with them, onions and any windfall apples that are a decent size. If I have more tomatoes than I can eat day by day, I’ll make tomato sauce, or make and freeze ratatouille. I’m picking about a punnet of raspberries and strawberries every day; some I eat for breakfast or with my lunch time salads (I grow a range of leaves for different tastes); the rest I freeze and will make jam or cordial when I have enough.

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Saltburn, Redcar & Cleveland Philatelic Society WAR STOPS OLYMPICS !

Great Britain hosted the first Olympic Games after the end of WW2, the 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad and which were held in London from 29th July to 14th August, during the reign of George VI. Britain issued a set of four postage stamps to commemorate the occasion, each stamp having a different designer. The 21/2d two ultramarine was designed

by P. Metcalfe, 3d violet by A. Games, 6d purple by S.D. Scott and the 1/- brown

by Edmond Dulac, a Frenchman.

Several attractive FDCs (envelopes) were also issued to celebrate this event.

After a twelve year hiatus caused by the outbreak of WW2, these were the first summer Olympics held since the 1936 games in Berlin. The 1940 Olympic Games had been scheduled for Tokyo, and then for Helsinki, the 1944 Olympics had been provisionally planned for London - all had to be cancelled - because of the onset of WW2, and now the war on the Coronavirus is having the same effect in 2020.

The 1948 ‘Games’ became known as the ‘Austerity Games', as rationing was still imposed in the aftermath of WW2 and no new venues were built for the Games, with events taking place mainly at the Empire Stadium and the Empire Pool at Wembley Park. A record 59 nations were represented by 4,104 athletes, 3,714 men and 390 women, in 19 sport disciplines. Germany and Japan were not invited, the Soviet Union was invited but chose not to attend, instead sending observers to prepare for the 1952 Olympics.

One of the ‘star’ performers was Dutch sprinter Fanny Blanker-Koen, dubbed ‘The Flying Housewife’ the thirty year-old mother of two won four gold medals in the athletics. In the decathlon, American Bob Mathias became the youngest male ever to win a Gold medal at the age of 17. Great Britain was not so successful achieving only 5 silver and 1 bronze during the games. To see what Hitler’s Nazi Germany did for the 1936 Berlin Olympics make sure you see next month’s Talk of the Town, whether it be online at saltburnbysea.com or in print.

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The Saltburn Profile by Rosemary Nicholls John Pearson “I believe that being a Christian is about what we do, about taking time to be with people and about creating a space to listen to them,” says John Pearson, who with his wife, Vanessa, runs Doorways Youth Project for 13 – 25 year olds in Saltburn.

Although his ancestors come from Egton Bridge and Ugthorpe, John was born in Middlesbrough. His sister, Barbara, is seven years older than him and now lives at York.

Their Dad worked for the Gas Board and when John was eight, the family rented the Gas House in South Bank. This had been built for the manager and had an enormous garden with greenhouses and a tennis court.

After attending St Peter’s Secondary School, John became a trainee audio engineer at McKenna and Brown’s in Redcar. This led to a full apprenticeship in radio and TV engineering, with day release to Stockton and Billingham Technical College. “I remember I had to get a trolley bus to North Ormesby, then another bus to Stockton High Street and then walk, to get there,” he says. “But after I was seventeen, I passed my driving test and borrowed my Dad’s car!”

Having gained experience in TV servicing with a couple of companies, John was asked to go to Rotherham as service manager. By this time, he was married to Vanessa and they’d lived in Skelton for six years. After a while working in Rotherham and travelling around the country, he was asked to go to St Albans to be engineering manager in weighing and measuring technology. This was followed by sixteen or seventeen years working in a similar role in Leicestershire.

“But we felt the pull of the north and our parents were getting older,” he remembers, “so when a Guisborough guy asked me to come and design some digital measuring equipment, we happily moved back to Skelton.”

From the days when he was in South Bank, John has volunteered with cubs, scouts and Church groups and he has run youth camps. Vanessa has years of experience working with children with behavioural issues and volunteered at Doorways before John joined as manager. “Young people have always been part of our life,” he says, “and when our children, Alex and Vicky, were still at home, we always seemed to have a house full of teenagers.”

Doorways, a development of Saltburn Christian Projects, is a registered charity, established in 1998. Its funding hasn’t always been secure, but John’s commitment to supporting young people made his move to be its manager the right decision for him. “We aim to meet their needs, whether they are related to mental health and their emotional wellbeing or very practical, such as pressing accommodation and employment issues,” he says. “Today we’re playing a bigger role in providing food parcels and working with the Trussell Trust to give out vouchers for food banks.”

John says that they help young people by giving access to a telephone at the Station Street premises, so that calls can be made by them to various authorities and he tells them that he’s always on the end of the telephone to listen and offer advice. He is inspired by his faith to show love to young people by giving them time: “I believe that Christianity is not a set of words and structures to adhere to; it’s about what we do,” he confirms.

John gets a sense of satisfaction pottering in his garden, but he is more enthusiastic about his writing. He has published one novel: Brother David: A Long Journey Home,

about a Franciscan Friar and is working on three more. He often skims other writers’ books, looking for simply expressed ideas and thoughts that can impact on his thinking when he’s responding to young (and sometimes older!) people.

John likes music, particularly pop songs of the 60s and 70s. He likes to listen to Vintage Vinyl on BBC Radio Tees on Sunday afternoons. He also admits: “I have a ukulele banjo, which I was given on my twelfth birthday. I can still play George Formby songs on it and recently I’ve bought a more modern one, as I’d like to encourage our grandchildren to play with me. Lockdown has brought this to a halt, but maybe we should try it on Zoom!”

He and Vanessa have five grandchildren, who live locally at Redcar and Loftus. The family play games and chat on Zoom and one of the granddaughters Facetimes them five or six times a day.

John enjoys drawing and would like to do it very well. Last summer, when Doorways hired a Marshall’s beach hut one day a week for young people to come to, he drew labyrinths on the sand, which they loved to walk or run around. He explains: “A labyrinth is a pattern layed down on the ground. We walk between the lines of the pattern and journey to the centre. It’s a vehicle that enables us to walk without worrying about where we’re going.”

John is proud of the recently upgraded Doorways website: www.door-ways.co.uk and encourages people to visit it. He reminds young people that he and Vanessa are still there on the end of a telephone (07548 650205) and ready to listen. They will also respond to parents confidentially too.

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The Saltburn Crossword no 230 set by Dinosaur Across 1 Saltburn 16 Across looking at The Marine (7) 5 To strive against rivals with short company Peter (7) 8 Star gazer? To a Saturn blast off (9) 9 and 5 Down Saltburn 16 Across got create tag sorted (5, 7) 10 Membrane structure in racy street (4) 11 Grown up with sad ulterior (5) 13 Priest using magic hiding wish a manager (6) 15 Saltburn 16 Across from Welsh town? (8) 16 For residential nursing and nurture disorderly cheer a mo (8) 18 Faith and confidence with conviction (6) 21 No odds breaking seven (5) 22 Want of pain? (4) 25 Name of rank? (5) 26 Extremely overjoyed US part our upheaval (9) 27 Monastery for women initially nothing under next November every recent year (7) 28 Pythagoras had one! More the merrier! (7)

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1 See 24 Down 2 Many practise these in crazy Saltburn minus bun Learner (4) 3 Describes words of opposite meaning and perhaps with a ferrous salt? (5) 4 Riches redesigned the law? (6) 5 See 9 Across 6 Describes a flow of charged particles or gadget using them (10) 7 Specimen to be imitated for former lover with plenty (7) 9 Have a moan to pull rug over Mel B? (7) 12 Saltburn 16 Across formed when I stone Raul mistakenly (10) 14 Succeed playing Bach I eventually conceal (7) 16 and 23 Down Saltburn 16 Across confused any lout chose (7, 5) 17 Ungenerously hording money puts student in unhappiness (7) 19 Unclaimed goods usually with jetsam (7) 20 Floor covering for a vehicle darling? (6) 23 See 16 Down 24 and 1 Down Saltburn 16 Across plays our sons safe before playing set of Vivaldi concertos (4, 7)

Solution to Crossword no 229 The winner of last month’s crossword was Mike Sidgwick of Fir Rigg Drive, Marske.

D. V. Townend & Co 8 Dundas Street East, Saltburn TS12 1AH

Country Outfitters Tel: (01287) 623754 Website: www.dvtownend.com Email: info@dvtownend.com Specialising in practical but stylish leisure and outdoor wear, we also stock a wide range of accessories, gifts and leather items from the most famous brands including Aigle, Magee, Seasalt and Tumble & Hide.

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Send your completed crossword to: Saltburn Crossword no 230, c/o Jackie’s Saverstore, 8 Station Buildings, Saltburn, TS12 1AQ

by Friday, 14th August 2020. First correct solution out of the bag wins a £10 voucher kindly donated by Real Meals.

The Muses of Jim There has been a slight change within the street, as more people return to work. We only come out at a weekend now, but we will still come out for birthdays. I am sure some people on the even side of the road have had at least two during the lockdown period and they all looked ever so nice. I truly do hope that the Government really knows what it’s doing, but it appears very strange to withdraw the membership of a party member who failed to win the chairmanship of an important committee.

It’s rather like a feudal king having a wife’s head cut off all because she didn’t give him a son. Or that the leading Christian leader would threaten an Italian scholar who stated that the Earth went around the Sun. History seems to indicate where the problem really lay. It appears that Ian Botham has been made a lord, because of his support of Brexit. Does that mean that people against Brexit are to be denied any honours at all?

On a lighter note, but a more serious matter, the opening of Lune Street Club. It was agreed that the club would reopen on Monday, 3rd of August 2020. For now the hours will be 2.00pm to 10.00pm, each day. To enter you must use your card to open the door. No card and you will not be allowed in, as we need the computer to record your details. For the moment no guests will be allowed in at the moment.

As things appear to be easing, it is pleasing to see the shops reopening in Saltburn and Redcar, which is breathing fresh life into both areas. What is not so pleasing is the fact that grass is really growing on the pavements in each of the townships. In my working life I have worked for five local authorities, the West Riding County Council (highway and bridges department), Castleford Borough Council, Pontefract Borough Corporation (500 year old Charter, the town, not me), Cleveland County Council and finally Middlesbrough Council. Starting off as an apprentice stonemason and ending up as a unit leader for social services. So I can say that I have never seen such a sight since before East Germany’s wall came down. Even my own street has gaps between imperial and metric paving slabs. Which of course, allows vegetation to freely grow and it will and it does.

On the other hand, today I saw two attractive young ladies admiring the scented lavender in the tubs outside of the delightful shop, Chocolini’s, another one of the town’s gems. Saltburn has started to open to delight our visitors. I would like to see the price of the beloved cliff lift be lowered to the same price as the cost of the bus fare. The bus ride down the Cart Track (the bank’s proper name) is far more exciting than a ride on the lift, and I can also use my bus pass. Passing buses are quite fun too.

These last few months in the main have shown the very best in most people and unfortunately the very worst in a few people. I feel in Saltburn we have stepped up to the mark. The shops that remained open and their staff have been superb, keeping their sense of humour. Can

you stop searching me every time I try to leave your shops? Please pretty please.

I am interested in family history and Wingham is a rather unusual surname so it is easy to trace my forebears.

We have a name which came over with the Angles and Saxons, but the people bearing the name were Jutes, that is they came from Jutland, the Danish peninsula. They settled first in Kent, which became the first of the seven AngloSaxon kingdoms, in an area now called Wingham, which I visited last summer. The Jutes then moved to Hampshire, settling in the Portsmouth area, where the name still survives to this day. Incidentally, since we are talking about history, the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, sometime known by the misleading term Heptarchy, were Kent, Sussex, Wessex, Essex, East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria.

My great grandfather Frederick and his older brother William both joined the army. I have traced William’s record and also tracked his travels by the birth of his children. With Frederick it is different. The army have no record of him, but I have a copy of his death certificate.

That clearly states that he was a colour sergeant in the Yorkshire Light Infantry, based at Pontefract Barracks. He died two days before he was due to retire with a pension, when he shot himself with his rifle, whilst at camp at York depot. His wife lost his pension, and had to remarry to survive. Her choice was not very wise but she had three children to look after. I still remember what Grandmother told me of what her mother in law had to cope with. This was confirmed by Grandfather’s step brother, my Uncle Clarrie. All this set as my internal value system for life.

Which is to speak my mind at all times, treat all with respect, be willing to stand up for what I believe to be right, always be prepared to put my name to the things that I do, and believe in, not to hide behind others. To treat everyone the same, to obey my wife always, and likewise my children. The last bit was to save my wellbeing before it became fashionable. Otherwise I surrendered for a quiet life as most men will do.

I think that I have come to terms with the state of the nation and I have developed a plan for my day. I do my shopping daily to replace what I have used so that I have my normal stock of supplies. Normally I tend to watch old films on YouTube on an evening, which brings back happy memories and also it is free.

Why is there a lack of information about local affairs? I would like to know about deaths in Saltburn. We need facts. How many friends have we lost? I’d rather know that than about the coming civil war between the east and west of the borough which would leave Saltburn clearly in the middle.

Finally, I can’t write this article without mentioning Spud. He is fine, enjoying the warmer weather so he can get out more, but doing his usual domestic duties, making sure that I am available to him at all times for food and opening the door for him when he pleases.

Please keep safe.

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