Talk of the Town February 2018

EDITION 200

CIRCULATION 4,600

FEBRUARY 2018

SALTBURN’S FREE MONTHLY MAGAZINE 1

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SALTBURN’S TOWN TALK Letter from the Editor

Welcome to this 200th Edition of Talk of the Town. To have of the usual 15x15 crossword grid I created an unusual 16x16 kept going all this time is quite an achievement, although my one and decided to make one of the answers the magazine‟s personal 200th magazine will be in November this year. Talk distant origin. To find out what it was, solve 39 Across. The of the Town‟s predecessors were Saltburn News, which went answer is spread over a few places. It was not easy to compile to, I think, 30 issues, and Saltburn Journal, which went to 19 such an unusual grid and it took 4 attempts after realising I‟d issues. Talk of the Town‟s very first, earliest incarnation is made an embarrassing mistake. February is also the the answer to one of the clues in this month‟s crossword so I anniversary of my taking over the magazine in 2002. Due to won‟t mention it here! During the last few weeks of the the crossword, I had got to know the previous editor and was Saltburn Journal, not knowing that it was about to fold, I available to meet the challenge. One of the advertisers rang me volunteered to do a feature in the magazine: I would commit up to thank me for having the courage to keep the magazine myself to compiling a Saltburn Crossword every month, going. Little did I know how true that was! Love, Ian which is why it appeared in the very first edition of Talk of the Town. It is therefore also the 200th Saltburn Crossword Send letters, adverts and contributions for the next issue (by and I wanted to do something different to celebrate it. Instead Friday, 16th February 2018) to: The Editor, Talk of the Town c/o Jackie‟s Saverstore, 8 Station Buildings, Saltburn Farmers’ Market will be taking a break in Saltburn, Cleveland, TS12 1AQ. Telephone: 01287 623903 February but will be back on Saturday, 10th March. (or email: talkofthetownsaltburn@gmail.com).

Early daffs: The first daffodils to be spotted in Saltburn Talk of the Town can be found on a new Facebook appeared on 24th December at The Ridge, Marske Mill Lane. address at www.facebook.com/talkofthetownsaltburn.

This was the second earliest seen there in recent years - two Craft Club Busy Fingers: 2nd and 4th Thursday of each years ago they appeared on 19th December. month, 1.30 till 3.30pm in the Coffee Room, Saltburn Saltburn Studios’ Gallery is closed until Spring when we Community Centre. look forward to seeing everyone at our Open Studios day.

The Guisborough and District Branch of the Embroiderers’ Remarkable story: Emmanuel parish is inviting people to a Guild are holding their monthly meeting on Saturday, 3rd free breakfast with a difference at Signals on Saturday, 24th February in Sunnyfield House, Westgate, Guisborough. TS14 February when Peter Gladwin, who left a life of crime, 6BA at 2pm. Our guest speaker is Karen Parry and her talk will gambling and drugs to become a practising Christian, tells his be about John James Needles and she will also have needles for story. Free admission at 8.30am, a drink and bacon and egg sale On Saturday, 3rd March we will have our guest speaker bun are offered with what vicar the Rev Adam Reed calls a Janet Barker and her talk is on „Don‟t Be Afraid to „remarkable story.‟ See page 23.

Experiment‟. Visitors are welcome whether you are a nonRedcar’s Visual Presentations: We will be resuming our stitcher, a beginner or more experienced stitcher. Parking is free Programme of Visual Presentations on Tuesday, 13th on Saturday in the Council car park behind Belmont House.

February at 2.15pm in the Redcar East Community Centre on Contact telephone number 01642 314860.

Durham Road. We welcome back Saltburn‟s Cath and Tony WI Report: A New Year and a new venue for our first meeting Lynn to give to us an enticingly titled Visual Presentation, of 2018.

We are now holding our monthly meetings at the „Home and Away‟. The „Home‟ part will in all likelihood be Huntcliff Learning Campus on Marske Mill Lane. The room the Saltburn area but the „Away‟ part could be absolutely looked warm and inviting as people started to arrive and was anywhere. So come and discover with us exactly where it is. soon filled with chatter as people caught up with friends after A fortnight later, on Tuesday, 27th February, at the the Christmas break. same venue and time, we welcome back Bill Ferguson, who A busy meeting as we are at the start of a new WI year. this time will be taking us across the Channel to France for Our speaker tonight was talking about nutrition and the value of his Visual Presentation entitled, „Images of Alsace‟. a healthy diet for our physical and mental well being. Plenty of Tony Crow food for thought!

Emmanuel Church Hall Table Top and Collectors’ Sale: If you would like to join us, please come along to our We will be back on 3rd February and 17th February 2018. next meeting on February 8th starting at 7.00pm. Visitors are and then 3rd, 17th and 31st March. If anyone is interested in always welcome. As well as our monthly meeting we hold a booking a stall to have a clear out contact me on the number wide range of activities each month, everything from flower below. We are also doing our usual lunches and all day arranging to weekly strolls. breakfast, fresh home baked cake, pies and scones. Home Why not visit our website at made refreshments and light lunches are on sale all day. www.saltburnbytheseawi.wordpress.com and there you can FREE ENTRANCE and a warm welcome to everyone. With find full details of all our activities, reports and photos of what over 26 stall holders, selling lots of bric-a-brac, books, toys, we‟ve been up to and a calendar of future events, or follow us baby goods, and all sorts of collectables, there is something on facebook. for everyone. Contact Denise Marshall on 07929 589538.

Diane Falla Cover Illustration: Saltburn Playhouse in the Snow by Heather Lofthouse 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, Unit 34a, Lidgate Crescent, Langthwaite Business Park, South Kirkby, West Yorkshire, WF9 3NR. Website: www.dcprintyork shire.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 Valleys CIO (Charitable Incorporated Status) The Saltburn Valleys organisation has finally achieved Charitable Status and has received a Registration certificate in recognition. The first charity trustees of the CIO are Philip Thomson (Chairman), Pam Bennett (secretary) Paul Spight (treasurer), Robert Proctor, Anthony Lynn and Jim Wingham.

There are also ex officio members representing Saltburn Marske and New Marske Parish Council, Skelton and Brotton Parish Council, Tees Valley Wildlife Trust, Tees Heritage Trust, Historic England, and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Membership is invited from the general public (you do not have to be a local resident to become a member).

Membership is free, forms for application are available from Saltburn Library or request by email. The constitution is available to read in the library. Briefly the CIO promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the land, gardens, woodlands, walkways, wildlife and natural environment, historic monuments and properties in the Saltburn Valleys, which include The Valley Gardens, Riftswood, Saltburn Gill and Hazelgrove. The trustees would welcome constructive comments. Email contact is Saltb urnvalleys@ gmail.com and the registered office address is Saltburn Valleys CIO, c/o The Conference Centre, Saltburn Learning Campus, Marske Mill Lane, Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS12 1HJ.

Italian Gardens following restoration work 1980s

Hazelgrove and Bandstand circa 1939 4

Pam Bennett with charitable Status registration certificate

Entrance to Saltburn Gill 1960s

Cath and Tony Lynn

Same chef and owner for over 6 years

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Saltburn Councillors’ Surgeries Saltburn Councillors‟ Surgeries, each month - all on Saturdays 1st Sat. Library 11-12 Cllr. Craig Hannaway 2nd Sat. Library 11-12 Cllr. Philip Thomson 3rd Sat. Outside Sainsbury‟s Cllr. Stuart Smith 9.30-10.30 and 11.30-12.15 4th Sat. Library 11-12 All Councillors Cllr. Hannaway: 07787 880613. Cllr. Smith: 07557 540628.

Cllr. Thomson: 01287 624883.

MID WEEK MEETINGS Monday at 8 Ladies meeting Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Mums & Toddlers At 1.30 p.m.

Prayer Meeting At 2.05 p.m.

Discussion Group Thursday at 10 a.m.

Mums & Toddlers COFFEE MORNINGS Wednesday at 10 a.m.

Saturday at 10 a.m.

SOUP AND BUN LUNCHES 1st Tuesday the month at 12.30 p.m.

COME AND WORSHIP With us on SUNDAY AT 10.45 a.m. and 6 p.m.

And Mid week worship WEDNESDAY AT 10 .a.m.

Anyone is welcome At any service Our Church is open From 10 a.m—noon Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.

For Prayer or Sit and have a cup of tea with us.

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Once Upon a Time in the Wapentake I will begin with some lines of verse, from „A Shropshire Lad‟ by A E Housman.

“What are those blue remembered hills, / What spires, what farms are those? / That is the land of lost content, / I see it shining plain, / The happy highways where I went / And cannot come again.”

Why do these lines affect me so much? Is it because I now realise that I have spent my life looking for that land of lost content, glimpsed once out of the corner of my eye in the far, far distance and never seen again, a land that never really was and never can be, an imagined land?

It is easy to forget the power of the imagination. This magazine you are reading only exists because someone once imagined that it could. This town of Saltburn by the Sea was built because Mr Pease had a „kind of vision‟ of a Golden City on the hill he saw before him as he walked from Marske. (That the Pease family had money and connections helped to make the vision real, of course.)

Nations, peoples, call them what you will, also have to be imagined into existence, a process that, for most, really began some two hundred years ago, and accelerated in the Twentieth Century.

It often begins with a dictionary and a book of grammar, because you need a national language before you can have a nation. One way of doing this is to base the language on some classic work of literature. When the Kingdom of Italy came into existence in 1871, the language adopted was that of 14th Century Florence, as used by the poet Petrarch. (The power of Poetry!) Perhaps 5% of the population understood it. As someone said, “We have made Italy, now we must make Italians.” Another way to make a language was to find out what was actually spoken. So, for example, before Norway could become independent, a language called Ninorsk was constructed from the dialects used in the most remote parts, as an alternative to a kind of Danish that had been used for centuries by educated Norwegians. That survived as Bokmal, so the Norwegians now have two national languages, one of which has two genders, the other three.

How do you collect words? Not by asking, “What words do you know that I don‟t?” It wouldn‟t work, would it? Imagine what you would say if someone asked you that.

Rather, the usual method was to ask, “Tell me a story.”

When telling an old story, people will use the old words that had been used when they first heard the tale as children years ago, rather than the words they now used when talking to strangers. The consequence was the word-collectors became story collectors, the most famous examples being the Brothers Grimm. Sometimes these stories could be strung together to make a myth, the story of how the nation came to be the way it is. Then the painters and poets could work this myth into art. Musicians too: Wagner in Germany, Sibelius in Finland, for example.

Probably, the earliest example of such a thing was a work called „Ossian‟, a collection of ancient Scottish tales translated from the Gaelic by James Macpherson in the 18th Century. It made Scots aware of their heroic, romantic past, and the rest of the world aware of the Scots. The discovery that it was a product of Macpherson‟s imagination, and not a 6

translation from a language he barely understood, hardly seemed to matter; after all, nobody expects myths to be „true‟.

So what has this to do with us? For the last few months I have been imagining what a future Yorkshire might be like, and I hope, eventually, to get down to the practicalities of politics and economics, but first I have to imagine the place into existence, at least in my own mind.

The language has already been sorted, I think. Over the last two centuries words from the many different Yorkshire dialects have been collected, the dictionaries published, the grammar (in some ways more complex and sophisticated than „Standard‟ English) described. Unfortunately, few people speak Yorkshire nowadays, and I‟m reminded of what was said in Ireland in the last century: “Nobody speaks the old language now the Government has made it compulsory.” But, to me, there is an intriguing possibility.

Listening to young people talking I hear something very different from what their ancestors might have spoken.

There are, of course, words and phrases from international Youth-Speak, but it sounds somehow distinctly local.

Perhaps a new Yorkshire dialect awaits discovery?

After the dictionary, we need a map. Where is Yorkshire exactly? A few months ago we were in Barnard Castle, in Upper Teesdale. With its proper shops, a haunted but hospitable Inn where we stayed, and an excellent Indian restaurant, it seemed the perfect Yorkshire market town.

However, since 1974, it has been part of County Durham.

Perhaps one day, when such things are decided by local people, rather than arranged in Whitehall and Westminster, we might try to get it back, peacefully, of course, perhaps by negotiating with whoever is in charge in Durham. (The Prince Bishop, perhaps?)

Further down the Tees we have a different kind of problem. One of the things that a Yorkshire with control over its own finances could do is upgrade public transport, a Teesside Metro, for example. But that would only make sense if it operated on both sides of the river. A favourite project of mine would be to electrify the railway to Middlesbrough (and perhaps on to Teesport and Saltburn).

As part of that I would suggest electrifying and upgrading the line from Norton Junction, just north of Stockton, to Ferryhill, just South of Durham City. This would give Teesside direct access to Newcastle and Edinburgh, avoiding Darlington. But, as with the Metro project, it would need cooperation with those living North of the river. Ever since coal from South Durham was brought together with Cleveland ironstone and limestone from the Dales to make steel, the two sides of the river have been inextricably linked. It shows in the speech (see above).

They talk in Middlesbrough very much the way they talk in Stockton, and very differently from the way they talk in Leeds. Redcar folk probably have more in common with those in Hartlepool than they do with those in Harrogate.

Perhaps we need to develop multiple loyalties. We could belong to Teesside, to Yorkshire, and to a wider Northern Land. Just, as John Lennon, once sang, „Imagine‟.

Tim Beswick

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Councillors’ Column Throughout its long life, formally opening in 1884, the Cliff Lift has undergone several refurbishments. The latest is an extensive refit of the infrastructure which bears the carriages and transports them up and down countless times during a season. Replacement of sleepers, rail track and associated parts is being undertaken. Improved access to the track and carriages will assist in maintenance and improve safety of operation. The cost will only finally be known at the completion of the project which is scheduled for the end of March. A current guesstimate is £550,000.

Whilst the housing development on the outskirts of the town continues apace, the highway is still in a state of disrepair. Efforts are being made to encourage the developer to fulfil the contractual commitment and carry out the works as soon as ever possible. The inevitable disruption to traffic movement will then ensue.

A 2018/19 highway resurfacing programme for the town is currently being prepared. If any resident has views to express on streets, or sections of, that need resurfacing, please advise. There is no guarantee any particular works will be done in the coming financial year, but at least it will be on the list.

Further developments are to be considered at the East and West boundaries of the town. More houses on one hand and a touring caravan park on the other. Residents have rightly been asking about these possibilities and the effects on Saltburn. Before either can commence, planning approval will be required. This would be an opportunity for any concerns to be expressed and representations made.

As developments continue in and around the town the demand for car parking space continues to increase. Efforts are ongoing to improve traffic management and maximise highway space, particularly with the introduction of Park and Ride and limited waiting. There are no plans to introduce any additional areas where car parking charges would be levied, although the land beside the pumping station, if remediated, would be considered.

Surfers Against Sewage and Keep it Clean in Saltburn are pressing for a Plastic Free Coastline. This campaign received unanimous support at last month‟s full Council meeting. The Council will cease to dispense single-use plastic items on its premises once existing stocks are used up and will encourage contractors and partner organisations to do likewise.

Over recent years the number of children who require to be looked after has increased. For the moment numbers seem to have reached a plateau but it still means in practice that 254 children are not living with their natural families.

Redcar & Cleveland is responsible for child safeguarding and the provision of a secure and caring environment. This particularly entails finding caring adults who can give that support.

If you were to consider becoming a foster parent, you may wish to read the Council website. The section under Fostering provides a very helpful back ground. A direct line is available on 01642 444087 allowing immediate contact with the very supportive fostering team.

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Saltburn Beachwatch Great British Beach Clean 2017 Results At the Great British Beach Clean on 16th September 2017 almost 7,000 volunteers, including 53 in Saltburn, removed 255,209 pieces of litter from 339 beaches throughout the UK. On average that meant that 718 items of rubbish were removed for every 100 metres surveyed.

Sadly this figure represents a 10% rise compared with last year.

The most numerous items found were once again tiny pieces of plastic which are almost impossible to identify and where they have come from. Litter from single use food and drink containers made up 20% of all the plastic rubbish picked up. On average 138 pieces of “on the go� litter were found for every 100 metres surveyed. Specifically here in Saltburn during 2017 we conducted 4 seasonal litterpicks and surveys and the results show that over the 4 sessions a total of 306 volunteers removed 37,832 items of rubbish with plastic items averaging 69.7% of the total. This last figure does not take into account the tens of thousands of plastic pellets (nurdles) which litter our beach and are just recorded as being present. Sewage Related Debris (SRD) is also recorded as being high on our beach at 21.6%.

This is because plastic items like cotton bud sticks and tampon applicators are being flushed down the toilet and are being counted as SRD. In fact over 60% of SRD on our beach is due to these two items being present.

Hopefully if manufacturers and retailers change over to biodegradable materials as they said they would do by the end of 2017 we should start to see a reduction in the numbers found on our beach although because of the massive amounts of these items already in the ocean I am afraid we will be picking them up for many years to come. It would be a great help if people remembered to only flush pee, poo and paper down the loo.

Our oceans are now under unprecedented pressure from the effects of the way we humans choose to live. We are making the oceans sick and not a day goes by without new scientific evidence making the headlines regarding the plastic menace that is enveloping our seas.

Throughout the planet we are finding stranded starved animals with their stomachs filled with plastic. Plastics in the ocean are not just mistaken for food and eaten, they represent a toxic threat to us all. Man-made chemicals cling to plastics in the ocean acting like a toxic sponge to carcinogenic and endocrine disruptive chemicals like PCBs, PBAs and pesticides. Research has shown that these chemicals have reduced reproduction in some seal populations and are linked to spontaneous abortions in other sea mammals.

We can all help by refusing single use plastic bottles, cups, cutlery, straws, lids and stirrers when visiting fast food chains and suggesting that they use biodegradable or re-useable alternatives. In some parts of Britain public drinking water fountains are being proposed/installed and I would encourage our local authority and or water company to consider installing at least one of these in our town to give the public the opportunity to use our own re-useable drinks containers.

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Friday Friends We are an independent, inclusive friendship group, based in Saltburn, for people of all abilities over 18. We are a friendly group and welcome new members.

Sadly, we have recently lost two members, Lesley and Colleen. Our thoughts are with Tanya, John and their families. You will both be missed.

On a happier note - thank you to all who made the Christmas party such fun, and all the volunteers who helped on the day. Also thanks go to Bowling Bob and Alan for their wonderful raffle prizes. Also thank you to Norma, Christine, Marjorie and Titch for their fantastic festive fundraising, altogether raising over £140 for group funds! We enjoyed the Friday Friends and Building Bridges joint Christmas Show and it was lovely that party guests joined in with the carols. Thank you to Building Bridges for your continued support and friendship.

February Friday Friends 2nd - Seated Keep Fit with Taylor. Bingo. The afternoon‟s arts and crafts is making a beautiful piece of decorated driftwood.

9th - Games. 11-12 Timothy Edward‟s Folk Tales. Sewing a lacy pot-pourri heart.

16th - Sing along with Ian on guitar. Paint around a photo.

23rd - Indoor Bowling at Saltburn Bowls Club. Back to the Hall to make a pop-up card.

We meet at Emmanuel Church Hall on Fridays.

Macnay St, Saltburn TS12 1LE. Activity mornings are 1012.30. Arts and Craft afternoons by Caroline 1-4.00pm.

First taster session is free then £2.50 a session or £4 all day to help cover costs. Door money helps to cover costs as we are non-profit making and volunteer run. Carers are always free. Tea/coffee and board games/colouring-in too. We are a friendly group and you‟d be more than welcome!

For more info please contact 07833 895 501 (or Thefridayfriends@outlook.com).

Anjee Charman-Clark, chairperson

Notice from Saltburn Station Gallery Thank you to all our customers over the last year who have supported us in raising money for our nominated charity „Children with Cancer UK‟. We have raised £329 last year. We will continue with fundraising efforts again throughout 2018.

Please note that we will be running another competition this year and would like to invite the talented people of the area to participate.

The theme is „GO WILD in the north east!‟ covering wildlife/weather/scenery/people. Accepted mediums for the competition will be fine art and photography. Submissions can be sent from Monday, 19th March and closing date is 23rd April. Accepted entries will have a £10 fee per artwork. Accepted entries will be displayed in the competition from 1st May till 31st May. Entry forms will be available from the Saltburn Station Gallery.

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Saltburn Evangelical Church Saltburn Evangelical Church (Leven Street Mission) Following Jesus - the Bible our guide Here for you: WELCOME! Sundays 10.30am & 6.00pm www.saltburnevangelicalchurch.org.uk _________________________________

One month into 2018 … Have we been to that gym we joined? How‟s the diet? Was January as dry as we‟d planned?

Resolutions go in one year and out the next…

Meanwhile, looking for inspired wisdom with a twist of humour as winter drags on? Tucked away in the Old Testament are some tasty bites of wisdom that won‟t pile on the calories: “Never get a lazy person to do something for you; he will be as irritating as vinegar on your teeth or smoke in your eyes.”

“When a fool is annoyed, he quickly lets it be known.

Sensible people will ignore an insult.”

“Watch out for people who grin and wink at you; they have thought of something evil.”

“It is better to meet a mother bear robbed of her cubs than to meet some fool busy with a stupid project.”

“Those who are sure of themselves do not talk all the time.

People who stay calm have real insight. After all, even a fool may be thought wise and intelligent if he stays quiet and keeps his mouth shut.”

“If you answer a silly question, you are just as silly as the person who asked it. Give a silly answer to a silly question, and the one who asked it will realize that he‟s not as clever as he thinks.”

More wit and wisdom from the Book of Proverbs on our website, including what to do if you‟re tempted to grab a dog by its ears…

Ken Lightfoot – Thanksgiving service A thanksgiving service in memory of Ken Lightfoot is going to be held at Saltburn Evangelical Church (formerly known as “The Mission”), which Ken faithfully attended and served as an elder for many years.

The service is to be held on Saturday, 24th February starting at 1.30pm, with refreshments afterwards. Ken was well known and liked in the town, and all are welcome to come.

Saltburn 500 Club Congratulations go to J Bashford who won the £100 First Prize in the Saltburn 500 Club January draw. What a start to 2018! I hope the rest of the year is as successful for you!

In theory, this should be a quieter part of the year but there is no peace for the wicked – or volunteers in Saltburn. The 2018 Bandstand playing schedule is almost ready for distribution: it just requires the final couple of dates to be resolved. Given the popularity of the weekend performances, I thought it may be worth mentioning that one of the band leaders has suggested a mass Brass Band concert during the Spring. I‟m not sure how we would fit it in but please let me know your views. We are constantly looking for funding towards various events in the town and, perhaps, something could come from the publicity created by a gathering of Brass Bands.

The town‟s Christmas lights are now tucked away but the work has not stopped! There are a few electrical jobs to be done around the town during the warmer months. The 2017 lights highlighted the fact that some of the external sockets and cabling are now past the sell-by date. I would like to thank those businesses that supported the Christmas lights and do appreciate how difficult it is to carry on donating. The overall donations were down from the previous year and this is partly down to the fact that my wife and I were fighting off the dreaded bug doing its rounds and, also, a reflection of how the businesses are struggling to compete with the internet and retail outlets.

Saltburn prides itself in offering a wide diversity of small businesses and these businesses need your help to survive.

The loco, at the Marske entrance to the town, will be getting refurbished as soon as the weather permits. It has been a few years since it was given a coat of paint and it is starting to show. We cannot start straight away as the cold weather would have a detrimental effect on the special paint that has to be used.

The housing development at Larkfields was not widely appreciated among Saltburn residents but I would like to thank Taylor-Wimpey for the kind donations they have made to the town. They presented me with a cheque, which enabled us to have all of the Christmas lights equipped with LED bulbs. On top of this, I have just been informed that I will soon be receiving further monies which will pay for equipment to be used by the Beachwatch team, when doing litter picks.

Here‟s hoping that spring is just around the corner!

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

Baby Congratulations to Danielle Danielle, the Big Issue seller, who mans the spot outside Sainsbury‟s, gave birth to a baby boy in early January.

Boy friend Alex, who took over the post after she gave birth at the James Cook Hospital, said mother and baby boy Lucas were both „all right.‟ Danielle, who has sold the weekly magazine for the past year in Saltburn, was born in Dublin. Her family are from Romania. It was her first child.

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Saltburn in Bloom Here we are in mid-January with dreary grey days, making us look forward to the lighter days of Spring. Saltburn in Bloom has been busy making plans for the year ahead and we have some important things to report to you.

After much discussion the Committee decided that Saltburn should enter the Northumbria in Bloom competition in 2018. We feel that this gives us an idea of how our work in the town is going and also gives us a boost when things are well-received. It is a town entry and it is an opportunity for groups and individuals in the community to show what they do. The NiB judges will visit in April and July, when a route is planned to showcase the town in its best light. We are so lucky here to have so many individuals and groups who care. One of the ways you can help is by not dropping litter and by picking up any near where you live. It would be great if everyone could take responsibility for their own patch instead of relying on Chris from the Council to pick it all up. His job is to pick litter all over Saltburn every weekday and I think it is a great pity that someone needs to be employed to do this. If only people would not drop the litter in the first place.

The letters for sponsoring hanging baskets and other floral displays will be delivered in late February. If you would like to sponsor a hanging basket or simply make a donation, please contact us: saltburn.in.bloom@gmail.com or tel. 01287 209518 or visit our Saltburn in Bloom Facebook page.

Remember our volunteers put up the hanging baskets not Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.

On Thursday, 22nd February at 8.00pm we are holding a quiz in the Cricket Club. This is a social gathering as well as a fundraising event. Entry is by ticket ÂŁ3 each, including supper, and preferably teams should be in fours. Tickets are available at Brambles in Station Street or at the Cricket Club.

On Tuesday, 20th February at 6.00pm we are holding our AGM in Saltburn Library, to which you are invited. I have made the decision to stand down as Chair of Saltburn in Bloom, after having worked hard for 5 years in the role. I will be continuing as a committee member and also organising the Gardening on Wednesday mornings, so you will still see me about. I could not have done so much without my husband Dave, who has been a great support to me. It has been a great pleasure to get to know so many Council and Parish Council employees and develop a great working relationship, but the greatest satisfaction comes from talking to members of the public who enjoy what we do and actually tell us this. It has been a privilege to hold this role, a voluntary role that benefits our community.

We would certainly welcome new people to our committee or to join us gardening, and if you have a little time to spare perhaps you would consider it and come along to the AGM to meet us. We hope to see you there.

Lynda Parkes (Chair) 12

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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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Saltburn’s Independent Bookshop

Fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, and bargain books.

Opening Times: 10am – 4.30pm (Closed Sundays and Wednesdays) 24 Milton Street, Saltburn, TS12 1DG

01287 348010 www.bookcornershop.co.uk

Coming Soon to Book Corner We have two events for children happening over the next few weeks.

On Thursday, 15th February we will be holding an Isadora Moon Day, based around the books by Harriet Muncaster. Free activity sheets will be available in the bookshop throughout the day. And wear your very best Isadora Moon fancy dress for your chance to win a prize!

More information can be found on our website: www.bookcornershop.co.uk.

It‟s World Book Day on 1st March, and we will be stocking the special £1 books. You can spend your £1 World Book Day Tokens with us from Monday, 26th February – Saturday, 24th March.

Please contact the bookshop on 01287 348010 for more information about either event.

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Friends of Saltburn Library Due to unforeseen circumstances our February talk has been temporarily cancelled. In place of this we have Pauline Davies coming and demonstrating “Flower Arranging for Beginners”. There will be three arrangements which we will be offering to our audience, in raffle form, at the end of the talk. As usual, tea and biscuits will be on offer. Pauline explains flower arrangements need not cost a great deal, but with a little knowhow can be very effective at a low cost and still give much pleasure, Everyone is welcome on Wednesday, February 14th at approx. 1.45pm so come along to what will be a cheerful respite from the dark February days.

We will still, at a later date, be presenting the cancelled February talk which was to have been given by Tatiana Aitken on D.N.A. Further Library News During February, at 11.00 – 11.45am every Friday, Diane and Kelly will be holding a craft session for the under fives.

In half-term week, besides the regular Friday sessions for the younger ones, there will also be a craft session for older children on Thursday, 15th from 1.00 – 2.00pm held by Diane and Kelly.

Barbara Chaffer

Houses for riding school site?

An outline planning application has been made to build up to 75 houses on the site of the former riding school at Marske Road, Saltburn.

This would be adjoining the Larkfield estate now being built and would bring the total number of houses going up in that area to nearly 200.

Jessica Hill, co-owner of the riding school site, said she could confirm the proposal covered „the whole of our site on that side of the road.‟ “The family business is one that we‟re proud of and one that we would like to rebuild in the future should planning be granted. The site is still very much our own and has neither been sold or is in any process of selling at the current time. The talk of us selling/having sold to a supermarket chain is in fact just rumours - of which there have been very many!”

The riding school, which was started by the Hill family in the middle of the last century, was closed last spring. A livery business continued and an equestrian shop run on the site, which was a former isolation hospital.

An early report said the 75 houses were proposed at Guisborough Road, opposite the golf course, but this was later denied by the council.

There is a suggestion among some longstanding Saltburn residents that no more houses should be built in large numbers in the town because services like the doctors and schools are already full.

Mike Morrissey

Watercolour Class There are a couple of places available at Watercolour Painting Class in Saltburn. We are a fun and friendly art class. We meet on Monday and Thursday Afternoons 13pm at the Methodist Church on Milton Street, Saltburn.

I‟m an experienced and qualified teacher, and have been painting in watercolour for about 50 years.

I have specialised in teaching complete beginners, but the class would also suit returners to the medium.

If you would like to book a place please ring Kathryn Harrison on 01947 897803.

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SALTBURN CRICKET CLUB

SALTBURN BLUES CLUB

Marske Mill Lane, Tel 01287-622761

I guess I‟m just a glutton for…no, not punishment… a glutton for great live music! Hence, two gigs this month because I couldn‟t pass up the opportunity of promoting one of THE bands of the moment, CATFISH. They‟re performing for us on 10th February. Their debut album went straight to No 1 in the IBBA Blues Airplay Chart in 2015 as did their Broken Man album released last January. Blues in Britain magazine cited this second album as a turning point for the band, stating „not only is Catfish one of the best live bands on the blues circuit at the moment, but…the calibre of their songwriting matches that‟. Many award nominations have followed along with appearances at the most popular blues festivals including Colne, Bluesfest and Oxford Street‟s 100 Club.

Frontman/guitarist/vocalist, Matt Long, is phenomenal.

The range of blues played goes from epic prog anthems to stripped back piano ballads. With three European tours and a USA gig already booked, 2018 is looking busy.

We‟re lucky to have netted this band for Saltburn, no question.

Acoustic guitarist, CLAUDE BOURBON, supports.

Then on 24th February, the hot-blooded Caledonian blues band fronted by LEWIS HAMILTON returns. This band is deeply rooted in the blues and musically right on the money. It‟s immaculately played, powerful, passionate, the music of a mature blues band.

Nearly all the numbers have been written by Hamilton.

From hard-driving blues rock to softer ballads, there‟s a broad spectrum of blues on display. These guys have talent, originality, youth and a deep love for what they do.

Their status is confirmed and, here at SBC, we‟ve watched them grow.

Venue: Saltburn Cricket Club. Doors: 7.30pm.

Tickets: £10, available from Destinations Cafe, Saltburn, www.yorkshireticketshop.co.uk, www.saltburnbluesclub.co.uk and 07960 935263.

Don‟t forget, my radio show, Still Got The Blues, is on Zetland FM every Monday 7pm – 10pm, on line, or you can catch it later on Mixcloud at a date and time that suits you. Just visit the website, www.zetlandfm.co.uk and scroll down to Mixcloud. It‟s 3 hours of the very best Harry of the blues.

BINGO – Wednesdays 14th & 28th February – eyes down 8.00pm Play FLOODLIT TENNIS all winter – contact us for details SUNDAY NIGHTS – WEEKLY QUIZ – be in it to win it! Teams of up to 6, everyone welcome SALTBURN BLUES CLUB Sat 10th February: CATFISH with support Claude Bourbon.

Sat 24th February: LEWIS HAMILTON BAND with support Angelo Palladino & The Street Hawks - all ticket nights, £10 (10% discount for club members) Saturday 17th February: Football Match fundraiser in memory of GAREN INGLEBY Thursday 22nd February: QUIZ NIGHT for SALTBURN IN BLOOM

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Snowdrop Sunday in Gisborough Priory Woodland Gardens With the Christmas decorations stored away and the elves down from their shelves it‟s time to look ahead to the new year and a new season. So why not wrap up warm and come along to the Gisborough Priory Woodland Gardens on Sunday, 25th February, between 1pm and 3pm, when you can join the Gisborough Priory Project volunteers to welcome one of the first signs of spring.

Even though the thermometer is still saying winter the sight of hundreds of beautiful snowdrops flowering under old trees is enough to lift the spirits and make you realise spring is just around the corner.

After the dark days of winter it‟s amazing to see the woodland floor transformed by the arrival of these delicate flowers.

Hopefully, as well as admiring the fabulous display of snowdrops, you can be tempted to try some of the homemade cakes and warming drinks that will be on offer.

All funds raised will go towards the continuing restoration work in the woodland gardens.

To join us for Snowdrop Sunday come through the Gisborough Priory entrance, next to St Nicholas‟ Church or via the Bow Street Centre car park, between 1pm and 3pm and head for the woodland gardens. Entrance is free.

What’s On at Saltburn House in February Sat 3rd Feb Lost in the Woods Day of Music, Featuring 7 bands & 6 DJs from 3pm-midnight Ticket Event £7.

Sat 17th Ukulele Festival of Music.

All Day Event. Ending on the evening with The Cornshacks.

Sun 25th Tom Jackson is our afternoon entertainment this month.

We will also have bingo & a raffle. 4-7pm.

Hire out one of our Function Rooms for £20 an hour or £100 for the whole day. We have a choice of three very different Function Rooms, providing you with the versatility your company or party requires.

We are now serving our popular Sunday Lunch 12-3pm.

We also do Takeout/Delivery upon request.

Accommodation Prices: Single Room only £30.00. Double/Twin Room £55.00.

Single Half Board £40.00. Double Half Board £75.00.

All Stay Types include a Complimentary Full English Breakfast!

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01287 622008

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Joint Replacement: It’s Not As Straightforward As We Once Thought Hip joint replacement surgery has been common in the UK since the 1960s with knee replacements becoming commonplace a decade or so later. Around 160,000 hip and knee replacements are performed each year in the UK and this is set to rise to an estimated 200,000 per year by 2035.

The cost to the NHS is significant, with each case currently costing around £7,000. For most people who undergo hip or knee replacement, the results are excellent with improved function and significantly reduced pain.

However, 1 in 5 people who undergo knee replacement have ongoing pain, long after their surgery. This is despite having their damaged joint surfaces replaced with shiny new metal and plastic. It seems that for some people, it‟s not just damaged joint surfaces that cause their pain.

Clinicians have for many years known that the seemingly obvious link between joint damage and pain, in reality doesn‟t exist. It is common for some people to have severe osteoarthritic (OA) changes to their joints (confirmed by X ray & MRI scanning) and have little or no pain. The opposite scenario is also frequently encountered.

So the decision to replace a troublesome hip or knee joint, shouldn‟t be made purely on the results of X rays or scans.

This is because the degree of pain and disability that is attributed to either a hip or knee, is in some cases being caused by a number of issues. Issues that simply won‟t be sorted out by replacing sub standard joint surfaces. These include systemic inflammatory disorders, that should be dealt with by addressing diet, activity levels, lifestyle choices and social issues.

Another factor that can produce pain is “central sensitization” of the nervous system. This is where the volume switch in the nervous system is set too high, and as a consequence, disproportionate pain is experienced. If someone with a combination of these issues undergoes hip or knee replacement surgery, then the outcome may not be as good as expected.

There is a growing amount of evidence that suggests the best way forward is to be more selective in deciding who should benefit from joint replacement surgery and not to base the decision solely on X ray and scans that reveal joint surface changes. There is also good evidence that

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You can find more information about hip and knee joint replacements on our website. Also, see the advert on the opposite page.

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Keeping it clean at Saltburn Thank you to the 136 enthusiastic people who turned out for keeping it clean at Saltburn‟s first beach clean of 2018.

Together we removed a lot of single use plastics and litter from the beach, plastics that can take over 400 years to break down or simply never go away.

It feels good to be the “someone who does something about it”. Awareness is being raised, helped by the media attention, of the problems caused by waste in our seas and oceans to the environment and wildlife. It‟s evident to us, when we do our beach cleans in Saltburn, that people want to do something positive to help.

January has been a productive month, as KICAS also put out the call for help with a “Flash Clean” of the upper promenade. Twenty-six amazing volunteers turned out! We focused on the area starting from Rose Walk and in one hour we worked our way, with our pickers and bags, along towards the bottom of Emerald Street. The haul yielded over 100 drinks cans and 66 glass bottles which were recycled - as well as at least 14 full bags of litter and plastic waste.

KICAS hosts a one hour beach clean on the first Saturday of every month. We meet in the lower promenade pier car park at 11am - look out for our banner, everyone‟s welcome. We do provide litter pickers, gloves and bags, but encourage people to bring their own collection buckets and reusable gloves to be environmentally friendly. If you use one of the three 2 minute beach clean boards on the sea

front promenade, two of which were funded by ICL UK and one by Shore Projects, please tag us on your image. #kicasaltburn #2minutebeachclean Let‟s KICAS!

left to right (not everyone): Toby Strickland, Jo Lloyd, Michelle Dickson, Vic Tosh, Barbara Helen, Jo Yarldren.

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Cleveland Diving Club Cleveland Divers would like to offer the people and visitors of Saltburn their many thanks for supporting their RNLI fundraising event at Saltburn‟s Farmers Market on Saturday, 9th December 2017 which raised £227.13 with particular thanks to the market organisers and J.E. Smiths butchers for their greatly appreciated donations. Now winter draws and it is said that, “Even though February is the shortest month of the year, it can seem like the longest,” and this is particularly true for people whose sport is affected by poor weather conditions for example: golfers, hill walkers and of course scuba divers.

To keep in touch with sea-linked activities, at this time of year, some club members engage in rock pool identification exercises. Their findings are then forwarded to the North East branch of „Cocoast,‟ a national organisation set up to monitor and protect the UK‟s coastlines. As one might expect this involves spending some time rooting through what is known as the „middle zone‟ of a rocky shore or beach. At first glance the shore line can appear to be just a dreary, wet, soggy heap of sorrowful-looking seaweed. However, under this liberal covering of seaweed, exposed during low tides, small shy marine life such as this little sea slater (a type of isopod crustacean - last photograph below) take shelter from the elements. Nevertheless, these innocuous masses of seaweed are in fact a high-value treasure chest of booty that is essential to the well-being of our seas, our planet and subsequently the human race. Technically, apart from shallow-water green seaweeds, seaweeds are not plants that live in the sea. They have no roots and do not flower. They are (at the risk of being pedantic) plant-like alga that grows in the sea. Although, like land plants they all contain chlorophyll and need sunlight to survive which is why they usually grow closer to the edges of oceans. Considering there are over 10,000 types of seaweeds it is hardly surprising that some scientists make a life-long career of studying them and as such have made some surprising discoveries. They have found that the qualities of seaweed are varied and numerous for example: they contribute about 70% of the world‟s oxygen; they are a prolific, primary producer of the sea‟s food chain (due to a variety of reproductive systems they use) and they are the single most nutritious food humans can eat.

Apparently a seaweed variety grown in America tastes like bacon!

In addition, seaweeds are increasingly being recognised by the medical profession for their various properties that help fight diseases such as cancer and not to mention their skin rejuvenating virtues promoted by the health and beauty industry.

Scuba divers, however, generally have a love/hate relationship with seaweed depending on where and why they are diving. Kelp is the largest of the brown seaweeds and can grow into dense masses forming „Kelp Forests,‟ which can be problematic for divers who need to rise above them to move forward. On the other hand kelp also acts as host to other species of seaweed and small sea creatures such molluscs, crabs or small fish seeking protection from predators. Even a solitary kelp specimen can play host and give a helping hand to a sociable urchin and closer to shore hiding amongst the bladder wrack is a well camouflaged rock fish. Also, shallowwater loving species often create stunning, picturesque and diverse scenes of a garden of colour, enchanting and 22

enthralling appreciative divers.

Scuba diving our local, and further afield, coastal waters frequently reveals many of nature‟s wonders so if you are interested in taking the first steps in learning to scuba dive, contact is on 079 6060 8529 or pop in any Monday night 8pm at Saltburn Leisure Centre to find out about our 4 week introductory „Try Dive‟ courses or if already qualified how to join the club.

June Coomber

Hear Peter Gladwin’s remarkable story Peter grew up in a very rough part of Halifax and he remains a down -to-earth Yorkshireman. He was seriously burnt in a house fire as a baby and still has some disfigurement and disability from that. His growing up was marred by neglect and by crime. He left school at fifteen and got a job as an apprentice cutter in an upholstery factory. For the first time, life began to seem promising. But then he fell victim to a knife attack which almost killed him, and put him into hospital for six weeks. The tendons in his right arm had been severed which meant that for many months he was incapacitated. He lost his job, and his girlfriend, and depression set in. Drink, drugs and gambling became his life. A hit and run accident in his twenties left him with further severe injuries, and once again there was a long spell in hospital. It seemed that every time he managed to climb back up he got knocked down again.

Soon after that his father committed suicide, and Peter too was on the verge of taking his own life. Standing on a bridge, plucking up the nerve to climb the railings and jump, he thought of his mother in a nearby flat, and went and poured out his grief to her. His mum didn‟t know what to say, but made him a cup of tea and put him on the phone to his older sister, who told Peter that just eight weeks before, she‟d become a Christian and her life had been changed.

Right there and then, on the phone, Peter prayed to Jesus and

heard him say, “Come to me and I will give your rest.” Peter didn‟t understand it, but he knew something had happened – pain and misery had receded and been replaced with calmness and peace.

In the thirty years since that happened, he has worked in a drug rehabilitation centre and then as a probation service officer. Later he joined his wife in running a café in the town where they lived, telling his story to anyone who would listen. One customer told a publisher about it, and that led to Peter‟s story being written as a book, “Out of the Ashes – the restoration of a burned boy”.

In the foreword to that book, Carl Beech, director of Christian Vision for Men, says that it is, “One of the most compelling biographies I have ever read... I finished reading this book feeling encouraged, full of hope, and in awe.”

There will be two opportunities to hear Peter‟s story locally on Saturday, 24th February: 8.30am Men’s Breakfast at Signals Bistro (upstairs), 1a Station Square, TS12 1AQ. Free cup of coffee/tea + bacon/ egg roll. This event is being organised by Emmanuel Church.

For further information ring the church office on 01287 622251 (or email emmanuelsaltburn@hotmail.co.uk).

7.00pm at Skelton Civic Hall, 20 Coniston Rd, TS12 2HP. Free admission, refreshments included. Further information: geoffbland2009@gmail.com / 07432 654567.

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Men wanted - to serenade 28 women Jeanette Wainwright, musical director of the 100 voices choir, is busy recruiting men for the daytime choir who meet on Mondays at the Earthbeat Centre in Saltburn.

Says Jeanette, “There is no need to be able to read music and no need to have sung in choirs before. I hope that by the end of coming to try the Saltburn singing session you have had an uplifting, fun experience…. ” Jeanette is particularly looking for more men so that she can add some additional deep tones to the sound of the choir. Of course, there is always a need for sweeter, feminine voices and women are very welcome too.

Since February 2000, when she first moved to Saltburn, Jeanette‟s choirs have steadily grown in size. It‟s not uncommon, at the end of term final concerts, to hear 160 voices singing together in glorious harmony. The sound they produce is both inspiring and uplifting - not only for the audience, but also for those taking part in the concert.

One of the men, Norman Lant, had this to say about his experience of being in the Saltburn choir: “I‟m a retired electrician and I‟m a part of Jeanette‟s choir. I didn‟t want to be but my wife had other plans! She‟s not a woman you can easily refuse. How was I to know that it would be so enjoyable and that I would meet so many nice people? I‟m sure there‟s lots of men like me who just need to give it a go, try it - or I can always get the wife to have a word.”

If you want to „give it a go‟ - call, text or email Jeanette. Tel : 07884020031.

Jeanette.wainwright1@outlook.com www.jwainwrightsinging.co.uk

Saltburn Photographic Society

Wednesday, 7th February: Results of Jarvis, Lynn and Ladies competitions. Wednesday, 14th February: Gerry Adcock an entertaining presentation of his work. Wednesday, 21st February: NYSDPA Interclub prints and PDI‟s competition results. Wednesday, 28th February: 4th monthly competition results “The Natural World”.

Next practical night: Monday, 19th February. Practical nights will be held frequently, more details available from contact number or web site.

Members‟ photographs are displayed in Saltburn Library and are hanged monthly.

Meetings are held in the upstairs hall, Saltburn Milton Street Methodist Church TS12 1EB at 7.30pm. Visitors are welcome to any of our meetings; there will be a small charge.

For more informa tion, visit our web site www.saltburnphotographicsociety.co.uk or contact Tony Lynn on 01287 622519.

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Saltburn Athletic FC The new year is upon us but the weather has been unkind resulting in many postponed games throughout the TJFA league.

The under 10 Sharks had not played for six weeks and it showed when they were beaten for the first time when losing to South Park Rangers Reds.

The result was close but their rustiness showed and a poor first half cost the team dearly, although we nearly snatched a draw with a late onslaught.

The under 10 Dolphins have played only one game also and this was a draw versus South Park Rangers Blues. After a good first half they were unable to hold on for victory.

The under 13 Seagulls are having a very difficult year in the league and two recent defeats have left them towards the bottom of their division.

Losses versus Nunthorpe Athletic by 7-2 (goals by Tennant and King) and a better performance against the league leaders but still lost 3-2 versus Richmond Town (goals by King and Russell). The good news is that they have reached the semi final of the league cup.

The under 13 Dolphins continue to impress with a challenge cup win 10-1 versus Stranton with goals from Warnes 7, Robinson, Cuthbert and Mitchell. This was followed by a 3-1 victory over South Park Rangers by 3-1 with goals from Cuthbert, Cree and Mitchell. However, top goal scorer Warnes has an injury that will keep him out of the game for a few weeks.

The under 13 Falcons narrowly lost to Brompton Juniors by 2-1 with Baker scoring.

The under 14 team continue also to impress and a narrow victory 2-1 against Northallerton with goals from Mitchell and Carkett keeping them firmly in second place in their division but with three games in hand over the current leaders. They are also still in the challenge cup and one game away from the quarter finals.

The under 11 team have only had one game and that was a victory by 3-1 over Ferryhill. This keeps them firmly at the top of their division.

Andy Croll

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The Countryside Ranger and Volunteers, February 2018 Welcome to our latest edition of news and sightings from within the Valley.

February can be a challenging month for many residents of the Valley: the ground is still hard with frost and the new shoots of spring are still a long way off for many trees. But do not despair, there is still plenty of activity to be seen if you brave the cold and carefully negotiate some of the more remote footpaths.

We all know that trees become bare and lose their leaves over winter, but not many people know how trees keep themselves alive during the bitter cold. Trees go through a process similar to hibernation called dormancy, and that‟s what helps them through even the most bitter of winters.

During the spring and summer the leaves are where most of the foods necessary for the tree‟s growth are produced through photosynthesis. This food-making process takes place in the leaf in numerous cells containing chlorophyll, which gives the leaf its green colour.

Chlorophyll absorbs from sunlight the energy that is used in transforming carbon dioxide and water to carbohydrates, such as sugars and starch.

The changing colours of the leaves during Autumn is caused by a withdrawal of chlorophyll and other proteins found within the leaf; this slow decay is what provides any woodland with one last stand before the winter months.

Dormancy is similar to hibernation in that everything within the tree begins to slow down. The first part of dormancy is when trees lose their leaves.

They don‟t make food in the winter, so they have no use for masses of leaves that would require energy to maintain. When it‟s time for trees to lose their leaves, a chemical called Abscisic acid is produced at the tip of the branch that connects to the leaf (also known as the terminal bud). The terminal bud is where the leaf breaks off, when large quantities of Abscisic acid gather at the terminal bud,

this triggers the leaf to be shed.

Within the Valley this is the time of year when we can „get stuck in‟ and do tree works in the knowledge that we are not overly stressing the tree in question. These activities include planting, pruning and hedge laying.

The Volunteers have been once again working within the Community Orchard, clearing invasive Blackthorn and encroaching Bramble.

A few sapling trees have been planted within the Orchard, and also several saplings have been planted within a rather damp area of the wildflower meadow. It is hoped that as they grow they will help reduce excess surface/standing water.

The Volunteers will continue to meet throughout the year on Fridays at 10am near the Woodland Centre. Their wor k can be seen on the website: www.saltburncountrysidevolunteers.btck.co.uk.

If you would like any information regarding volunteering opportunities either within Saltburn Valley, or the wider Saltburn area please feel free to contact: Karen.preston@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk, Sophie.Lyth@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk or myself paul.murphy@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk.

Simon Clarke MP Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland With so much to look forward to in 2018 it‟s disappointing to have to write an article against a backdrop of a further 200 plus job losses at Boulby and an uncertainty effecting several companies and employees locally who had contracts with Carrilion.

By the time you read this I will have lobbied the Prime minister for support, questioned ministers on ensuring small suppliers to Carillion get paid and hopefully secured an agreement from the government to extend the SSI fund for the impacted Boulby employees. This means, that with the support of Amanda Skelton who is Chair of the SSI taskforce, we hope to be able to offer extended training options and potentially financial support for other business that recruit ex-employees.

For Saltburn and the wider East Cleveland area to flourish we must fight to secure every job opportunity whilst pushing for companies to invest in our towns and our people. Body blows like the ones we‟ve seen in early January hurt but we are resilient and we know there are plenty of opportunities in the pipeline. The future investment into the old SSI site will impact enormously and a bid for free port status at Teesport could prove to be the most important change to our industrial heritage in a generation, not to mention the new polyhalite mine from Sirrus minerals. These are opportunities we must grasp as soon as they come along.

I promise that I will leave no stone unturned in doing the best I can for our residents. Regardless of whether that be cross party working, supporting the Tees Valley Mayor or lobbying ministers I will stand up for what I believe you want, and need, to make our area a destination of choice for business, tourists and residents alike.

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Befriending service expands A Teesside AGE UK befriending service is seeking more volunteers to visit people who are living alone in their homes in Redcar and Cleveland. Some 30 have been recruited so far with three living in Saltburn.

Ross Newton, befriending coordinator, said nearly 200 lonely and isolated over-65s had been referred to the service since it was started nearly two years ago.

“The idea is for volunteers to spend time - usually an hour or so a week - in conversation with the client in their own home,” he told me. “They could share a cup of tea or coffee, help with small, daily living tasks or go for a short walk or an outing.”

Mr Newton, who lives in Saltburn, said local volunteers would normally be linked with someone in Saltburn or the immediate area.

“Like all our befrienders, our three Saltburn volunteers are doing brilliantly visiting four ladies aged over 80 living alone in their own homes. We offer company and friendship.”

Mr Newton said would-be volunteers (minimum age 18) or people and families seeking visits could ring him for further information on 07921 464114.

“The recruitment process is straightforward and we have a lot of flexibility. It usually takes three weeks to process an application, which includes a criminal records check. We reimburse travel expenses. The service is free.”

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TV star joins the celestial line-up for February Dark Skies Festival A children‟s TV presenter will join the stellar line-up in the 2018 Dark Skies Festival organised by the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks.

Over 30 new events and locations will feature in the Festival, which takes place 9-25 February, including a „Stories under the stars‟ storytelling evening hosted by actor and former Cbeebies presenter Alex Winters in the conservatory of the Spa Hotel, Saltburn.

Visitors can go starry eyed in the company of expert astronomers at new locations including the Buck Hotel, Reeth in the Yorkshire Dales; or Byland Abbey, Ryedale Folk Museum and Chapelgarth Estate at Great Broughton in the North York Moors.

Those who are keen to satisfy both their cosmic curiosity and culinary cravings can eye the skies while tucking into tapas at The Churchmouse, Barbon near Kirkby Lonsdale, eating canapés at Wensleydale‟s Bolton Castle, or simply sit outside and look at the stars with a loved one after enjoying a romantic meal at Saltburn‟s Spa Hotel on Valentine‟s Day. For runners, walkers and cyclists there are plenty of new events to choose from. These include a 3.5 mile guided night walk through the Land of Iron at Rosedale, bike orienteering at Hawes or an early morning social run up Great Shunner Fell, the third highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, in time to enjoy the sunrise.

Adrenaline-seekers can also hurtle into the darkness on a zip wire at Go-Ape in Dalby Forest or venture underground at Crackpot Cave in Swaledale to see caving‟s answer to the stars with the sparkling calcite formations in the cavernous roof.

There are more sessions with photographers enabling visitors to master night time photography at scenic spots such as Settle, Bolton Abbey, Malham Cove, Sutton Bank and Whitby.

The North York Moors fishing villages are even more atmospheric at night when there are opportunities to go on ghost walks at Robin Hood‟s Bay or a candlelit stroll through Staithes to learn more about tales of smuggling.

Wildlife watchers can explore the nocturnal goingson in the countryside with the Tees Wildlife Trust at Saltburn, rangers from Forest Holidays, an owl prowl at the National Centre for Birds of Prey at Helmsley or a

Senses by Starlight Forest Schools evening in the woods at Aysgarth Falls.

Children can immerse themselves in the universe by making rockets, telescopes and planet pom-poms. For the first time this year the YHA at Whitby is lining up a crafting evening and the Animated Objects Theatre Company is holding lantern-making workshops at Sutton Bank and Danby. Kids can also become star bakers, making intergalactic biscuit decorations at The Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes.

For crafters and art appreciators there is a night sky print workshop at Broadrake in Chapel-le-Dale, Ingleton and a starry-themed felt-making session in Hawes while the Inspired by… gallery in Danby will be showcasing how artists and jewellery designers interpret the beauty of the National Parks‟ dark skies.

Even if the weather doesn‟t quite play ball, visitors can still imagine they are in space with indoor evenings at the Lime Tree Observatory at Grewelthorpe in Nidderdale and the cosmos planetariums in Skipton, Hawes and Ryedale Folk Museum.

Tracey Lambert, tourism officer for the Yorkshire Dales National Park comments: “We‟re delighted with this year‟s programme as even more businesses have got behind the Festival to showcase the myriad ways that people can enjoy the National Parks after dark.”

Mike Hawtin, Outdoor Activities Tourism Officer for the North York Moors National Park Authority adds: “Whether visitors want to feel as though they‟re careering into the cosmos, sedately studying the stars or being wowed by the world of space, the Festival has an event for them.”

Each National Park has three Dark Sky Discovery locations where skies are sufficiently dark to potentially view the Milky Way with the naked eye. The North York Moors sites are at The Moors National Park Centre at Danby, Sutton Bank and Dalby Forest.

The Yorkshire Dales Dark Sky Discovery locations are at Hawes, Malham and Buckden.

Full programme information and booking details can be seen on www.darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk A number of events will be free while others will have a small charge attached. See further information on the Spa Hotel Valentine‟s event on this month‟s inside back cover.

Piano Lessons with

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You can start from the beginning, improve your skills, or work towards the ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) Exams (Grades 1 to 8).

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Saltburn, Marske and New Marske Parish Council The Parish Council have agreed to host a public meeting regarding the proposed traffic light scheme at the railway bridge on the A1085 into Marske, following concerns from residents about the impact and disruption this would cause to village life. The meeting will take place at The White House, Marske on Friday, 9th February at 6.30pm. You can also have your say on this matter by taking part in the survey on our website.

At the January meeting representatives from Surfers Against Sewage attended to seek Members‟ support on the “plastic free coastlines” initiative which aims to reduce the amount of plastics which end up on our beaches. Everyone was encouraged to replace 3 plastic things that they currently used with sustainable alternatives. The Council agreed to support this initiative and details about how you can get involved and dates of local events will be published

on our website in due course.

The budget for 2018/19 has been set and Members are pleased to note that there would be no precept rise for residents for the forthcoming year.

It was noted that the Parish Council carol service had once again been a huge success with over 200 attendees. Approximately £146 had been raised which had been split between St Mark‟s Church, Marske and Marske Hall (Cheshire Homes). Thanks are extended to Rev Tembey and his team at the Church for overseeing the event.

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

Saltburn and District Group for Visually Impaired People As the deadline for last month‟s edition was before our last session, we did not put in a report. However, due to the low turn-out on the day we decided to postpone the talk. Thank you, Jack, for being so understanding and agreeing to come back in February!

On January 10th we were joined by Lynda from Saltburn in Bloom. Lynda told us the history of the charity, founded by well-known resident, sadly no longer with us, Jackie, in the 1980s. At its heights up to 1000 hanging baskets were on display in the town – a massive amount of effort by all involved.

Lynda is now coming to the end of her fifth year of Chairperson – which has turned into an almost full-time job for her and her husband!

With a team of around 20 volunteers they continue to provide hanging baskets in the town centre. Up to 100 fully laden baskets which are part sponsored by local

businesses and individuals, erected by volunteers and then watered for 10 – 12 weeks by an employed „waterer‟.

The charity also tend rose beds on Marine Parade and the beds near the cliff lift and the fossil garden which has been terraced recently. This is as well as litter picking and keeping things tidy around the station and Sainsbury‟s. Through grants and fund-raising, they manage to secure enough per annum to keep us „In Bloom‟, and proud of Saltburn. Please keep supporting them in any way you can.

Please join us on Wednesday, February 14th in the coffee lounge, Community Centre, Saltburn, from 2pm. We would welcome any newcomers to our group as we are dwindling in number!

For any further information please contact Chris Ferguson on 01287 204170.

Rosedene Ormesby becomes second Outstanding Private Day Care setting in Redcar and Cleveland Borough Rosedene Nurseries Ormesby has been rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The nursery is the second Outstanding private day care provision in Redcar and Cleveland, both of which are Rosedene Nurseries.

Fourth Outstanding setting for the Rosedene Nurseries group, Rosedene Nurseries Ormesby, has been graded “Outstanding” by the Education, Children's Services and Skills authority Ofsted. Significantly, the setting is only the second private day care provision in the Redcar and Cleveland Borough to be given the accolade and both of those nurseries are part of the Rosedene Nurseries Group.

Rosedene‟s Ormesby nursery joins their Guisborough, St. Paul‟s Billingham and Hemlington Initiative settings as outstanding childcare provisions. Of particular note was the knowledge, care and teaching of the “inspirational, highly skilled, experienced and well-qualified staff team.”

The Ofsted report went on to compliment the children‟s behaviour and self-development as well as the nursery staff‟s exceptional relationship with other providers and parents.

What‟s more is the continuous improvement at the nursery, thanks to the rigorous company procedures and “highly targeted improvement plans” the nursery will continue to develop best practice in the future.

Providing care for babies from 6 weeks old and children up the age of 8, Rosedene Ormesby has been in operation for over 11 years. Rosedene‟s opening hours are 7:30am to 6pm with full day, half day and flexible care as well as school wrap around services.

Rosedene Nurseries have 16 registered settings across the Tees Valley area and have a reputation for excellent service. To find out more about any of the nurseries and book a nursery tour, visit the website www.rosedenenurseries.co.uk.

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Expecting the Unexpected Some people genuinely belong to Saltburn and for others it just feels as if they do; Marty Craggs is one of the latter. He hails from Newcastle and came to national attention when he joined Lindisfarne, the folk/rock band, in the mid 80s.

More recently, he is best remembered at Saltburn as the man in charge of The Happy Cats who have played to enthusiastic full houses at SC&AA for a number of years.

He is returning this year on Friday, 23rd February, with his new band of Unexpected Guests. These guests we can expect to include Flossie Malavialle who has adopted the North East as her spiritual home and although she doesn‟t live in Saltburn, she would be most welcome if she wanted to move here.

The one thing that you can be sure to expect is a lively evening and an enthusiastic audience.

If some performers have Saltburn wrappers, Sarah Paterson has it written through her. Her career as a harpist since leaving the Royal Northern College of Music has seen her performing at major classical music venues, playing challenging pieces in prestigious museums, winning acclaim

in competitions and working as part of a theatrical ensemble.

In some ways her changing roles have been more unexpected than Marty‟s guests. She has also combined her recording and performing activities with a commitment to teaching and an endeavour to make the harp a more accessible and better understood instrument.

For her performance on Sunday, 18th February in the theatre at Saltburn she will be joined by Jeremy Harbottle, a Great Aytonian, on ‟cello.

This concert is one of two Winter Sunday Lunchtime concerts that SC&AA are presenting in partnership with the local Estate Agent, Selwyn Hedgley. It is a most welcome initiative which is helping to ensure that live performances, of the quality that we have come to expect, continue to happen at the centre.

It is also an opportunity to see the theatre used more on a weekend and the showing of the film about the artist David Hockney, early in March, is another occasion when Sunday afternoon will be a chance to do something unexpected in Saltburn.

Childhood Memory Walks The Tees Valley Wildlife Trust has organised a series of walks for the New Year. These walks, funded by National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, are part of the Where the Wild Things Were Project. Some of you may have seen the Countryfile Programme recently that highlighted the projects‟ focus on memories of the countryside and outdoor childhoods. Each walk looks at a different area within East Cleveland and is built around memories recorded as part of the project. Participants will be able to listen to different voices talking about their childhood experiences and look at how the countryside has changed since the 1940s through maps and archival photos.

Places on each walk will be limited so you are required to book by calling 01287 636382 or by email info@teeswildlife.org.

Please wear warm clothing

appropriate for winter weather and suitable footwear. Paths can be muddy and slippery and there are steep sections.

Bring a hot drink and a snack and don‟t forget your camera. All walks begin promptly at 10.00am and end by 1.00pm (or earlier).

The schedule for walks is as follows: 1st February, Coastal Loftus, meet at Loftus Market Place; 15th February, The Narrows, meet at Loftus Leisure Centre; 1st March, Skinningrove Valley, meet at Skinningrove jetty car park; 15th March, Skelton, meet at Skelton Library; 29th March, Clarkson‟s Wood, meet at Liverton Mines Chip Shop.

For more details visit the Tees Valley Trust‟s website events page http://www.teeswildlife.org/events/

Uni honour for Saltburn expert Wendy Shepherd, of Saltburn, who worked for Barnardo‟s children‟s charity for 25 years as a social worker, has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree at Durham University.

“I received the honour at a fabulous ceremony in Durham cathedral and dinner in the castle,” she said.

Ms Shepherd, who has lived in Saltburn for the past six years, is an expert on problems linked to sexual violence and exploitation. She is currently doing work for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as an expert on gender-based violence.

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“I am also a trustee for the Cohen Trust and we are setting up a new programme of work on bullying extremism and exploitation on and off-line hopefully in Middlesbrough (working across Cleveland)” said Ms Shepherd.

The group is trying to find a building which will be used as a hub for voluntary sector groups and to house the trust‟s future work.

Michael Morrissey NEW DOCTOR: Wendy Shepherd smiles as she receives an honorary doctorate award from Durham University.

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Rotary News Since our last report before Christmas, the Rotary Club of Saltburn by the Sea has maintained its fundraising, fun and celebrations with family and friends.

A suitable place to start would be to thank, Rotarians Anne & Elspeth, together with Miss Barton of Saltburn Primary School for the fantastic effort of the Rotakids, in raising over £100 for the „plant a tree Africa appeal‟ at the Huntcliff School Christmas fayre.

Saturday, 9th December proved to be a busy day where members of the club helped sell over £200 worth of raffle tickets for Cancer Research at Sainsbury‟s in Saltburn. This was then followed by a mad dash to spruce up for our Christmas night out at Cross Butts, Whitby which proved to be a fantastic night with great food and excellent company. Well done to our members Julie, Lou and Elspeth for bringing it all together.

Saturday, 16th December saw the club hold our annual Christmas Chocolate Tombola. Thanks to Rotarian Les Manship who organised all the prizes, and with the wonderful support of the Saltburn Community (again) we raised over £400 towards the Salvation Army Homeless at Christmas appeal.

Sunday, 17th was the day Santa came to town for our Christmas party, held at Saltburn Cricket Club.

It was again a fantastic team effort with big hearted members of the club providing and serving the food, organising the games, buying and wrapping presents, providing raffle prizes and of course Santa (who tells me he too is a Rotarian). Thanks also to Marske Band and the staff of the Cricket Club who generated a wonderful atmosphere. Rotakids raffled some fabulous prizes obtained by Rotarian Julie and raised a magnificent £170 toward the club‟s Salvation Army homeless appeal. In total, the club, with Rotakids generously donated £500 to the Salvation Army Homeless at Christmas appeal.

In addition, Club members donated goods, which were distributed on Christmas and Boxing Days to the homeless, and food and gifts for Maxi‟s Mates for rescue dogs over Christmas. Again, thanks go to everyone involved for their generosity and thank you Julie for organising the collection and delivery.

Our last meeting of the year had over 30 members, friends and family join us for the presentation to Dave Sadler of the „Avenues of Service Citation‟ and the Paul Harris Fellow Sapphire award. The special award was given in recognition for his many years of service to Rotary International and to the community, both, locally, nationally and internationally. President John Wilby said, “it was an honour and privilege to be able to present this award on behalf of the Rotary Organisation. It was also the first time I have ever seen Dave stuck for words!”

Due to renovations at Saltburn Golf Club, our meeting venue, members were out and about during January, including visiting other local Rotary Clubs as well as two social nights at Holey Moley‟s Mini Golf at Skelton and Indoor Bowling at Saltburn Leisure Centre.

Finally, our next big fundraiser will be our BlackTie Charity Ball, being held on Saturday, 24th February at the Treebridge Hotel, Nunthorpe. This will be the climax of months of fund-raising for Cancer Research. Over 140 tickets have been sold and it promises to be a wonderful evening, with many fabulous raffle prizes intended to increase our total raised. A full report of our efforts will appear here in due course.

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Put the FABULOUS into FITNESS in 2018!!

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This dance fitness class is EASY TO FOLLOW, TONING and a great OVERALL WORKOUT. Watch out for ‘bums & tums’ targeted dances!

Mondays 6pm - 7pm @ ECHO, Saltburn - £4 Thursdays 10am - 11am @ Saltburn Community Hall - £4 (DISCOUNT! £6 for both Zumba Gold & Sosa on Mondays)

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This pleasantly refurnished self catering cottage offers a modern well equipped kitchen, lounge and 2 bedrooms, comprising of a double room, bunk beds in the single room, sleeps 4 comfortably (6 if needed with a sofa bed in lounge). WiFi provided and a private parking space.

Bookings now being taken.

Contact Carol for further information on either 01287 651896 or 07817 506784.

Saving And Re-homing Animals A small charity seeking to rescue and re-home cats and dogs, Tel: 01642 488108 (weekdays only, 10am to 2pm).

SARA has many dogs and cats that need new homes. All are clean, healthy, neutered, vaccinated and microchipped.

Hello! We are Charlie the dog and Rhubarb and Custard the two cats.

Charlie is about 6 years old, and he is a very sweet natured staffy cross, a handsome boy with a brown and white coat. Doesn‟t he look nice seen here with his brown coat against the green background of the field? He came to live with S.A.R.A. following a change in his owner‟s circumstances.

Charlie enjoys going for walks with our volunteers almost as much as he enjoys relaxing in his bed with a chewy treat! Charlie behaves well with other dogs, and although he will walk well alongside another dog we feel he would be better rehomed as an only pet.

Rhubarb and Custard are a very charming and sweet natured pair of cats who came to live with S.A.R.A. after their person sadly passed away. You can see from their photographs how cute they are.

Rhubarb is a white female cat, seen here on the right; she is around 6 years old and Custard is white with black markings. He is a slightly younger lad at 5 years old, seen here on the left.

Custard is very confident and will spend his time enjoying himself climbing on the cat tree, waiting for our volunteers to come and give him a fuss. Rhubarb on the other hand is really a little more shy and reserved and she enjoys snuggling up in her bed, cosy and warm near the radiator.

Rhubarb and Custard would like a home where they can stay together, and where they will get all of the attention they truly deserve.

Love from Charlie the handsome and playful staffy cross, and Rhubarb and Custard, the adorable and charming cats.

SARA fundraising events during February The next monthly meeting of SARA will be held in the TocH premises, Albion Terrace Saltburn, on Wednesday, 7th February 2018, at 7.30pm. New members are very welcome.

There are no events planned for February.

For more information ring Foxrush Farm Monday to Friday from 10am to 2pm on 01642/488108 (or visit our website www,s-a-r-a.org.uk).

SARA held its New Year‟s Day Dip, a sunny but cold day. A number of very brave dippers participated. On the day £336 was raised with more sponsorship money to come in. Thanks to all who

participated and those who supported their efforts. This enables us to carry on the work with so many animals that so desperately need our help.

We are still appealing for funds to help building 4 new kennels to help more dogs and refurbishing our existing kennels. This is going to cost £120,000. We have opened a Charity Choice appeal so if you would like to contribute please follow the link on our website or go to our charity choice page. Thank you.

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150 Years in the Life of Emmanuel 1902 onwards The Victorian world that gave birth to the town and Emmanuel has progressed into the Edwardian era. The monarch had visited in earlier times and an existent villa bears reference.

However, it is not a time of splendour for all. Although the town itself boasts many thriving individual shops there are many challenges in the community in which it sits.

Benjamin Irvin, now in his fourth decade of serving as Vicar, living as close to his church as might be imagined at 24 Hilda Place, has continued in his pastoral work. His service on the Urban District Council, Chairman of the Local Health Board and representing Saltburn as a Guardian of the Poor are recognition of his reaching out to his parish and its people.

Saltburn Sick Benefit Society, branches of The C of E Temperance Society, and The C of E Waifs and Strays Society were but some of the organisations that he encouraged and worked with church members to support.

Saltburn was active in many ways and the presence of the Girls‟ Friendly Society, Mothers‟ Union, North Riding Needlework Guild and the Church Lads‟ Brigade serve to illustrate. The Brigade was so successful in recruiting that a Town Brass Band arose from its ranks under the leadership of Lieut. Elgey. Residents were canvassed for 1d per week to fund it.

Church organs do not last for ever. The first instrument, installed in 1874 was replaced in 1909 and H. Woledge, organist, gave an epic recital of welcome including Mendelssohn‟s Sonata No 6 in D Minor and Mozart‟s 36

Andante in F. The Cemetery Lodge was built.

The new Parochial Hall opened in Diamond Street, accommodating the Sunday School among other activities.

Mr. Geo. King, a local jeweller, presented Lady Barnard with a gold key as a memento after the formal opening.

This was indeed a decade that still reflected division in society although a change would be round the corner. A sign of that might have been the hundreds of Territorials and Brigade members mustered at Knaggs‟ Farm and Windy Hill Farm that summer.

This was a period that saw the first car number plate (A1) issued to Earl Russell, brother of Bertrand, who camped outside the London County Council issuing office overnight to be sure he got it, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful man-powered airplane flight, Ford Motor Company introduce the Model T and the world‟s largest naval yard built in a bay called Pearl Harbor.

For Saltburn residents travelling on business and visitors arriving for pleasure the rail system offered much.

Nineteen trains ran to Darlington daily, departing from 5.10am until 10.15pm. Nine trains ran to Loftus, five to Scarborough and seven to Guisborough.

Emmanuel 150 Celebrations continue in ECHO during February. All members of the community are invited to share in the painting and embroidering of a silk commemorative banner on Thursdays, 11am to 1.45pm, with meeting dates of the 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd. These will be followed on Saturday, 24th with a celebratory Coffee Morning, 10am to Noon, when all residents are invited.

YOUR LABOUR IS NOT IN VAIN

BY REV ADAM REED It’s easy to think that the worship of God is only about the 1 hour a week spent at church for a service. But this one hour is the visible tip of the iceberg of a week of 168 hours, and all of it is worship in one form or another. Put simply, worship is giving your attention to what you think is worthy or worthwhile.

You will probably have a hierarchy of what you think is more and less worthy… family, friends, work, volunteering, sports, hobbies, etc. But include God in your hierarchy and things can quickly change; and especially when you acknowledge that God is more worthy of your attention than anything else, yourself included. And God is not only interested in the attention you give Him for 1 hour a week, but also for the remaining 167 hours.

So, for example, your work can be lived as an act of worship, where God is glorified and honoured by the way you conduct yourself. Alongside earning a living, your work fits into a bigger picture and story. And work done within the love and ethical framework of Jesus will never be work done in vain. Such work can bring so much more than financial reward. With this in mind, you might like to take some time this month to reflect on the words of the following song

by The Porters Gate Worship Project, a version of which you can hear online.

The refrain echoes Jesus’ wonderful promise at the end of Matthew’s Gospel, “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Your labour is not in vain though the ground underneath you is cursed and stained.

Your planting and reaping are never the same But your labour is not in vain.

Your labour is not unknown though the rocks they cry out and the sea it may groan.

The place of your toil may not seem like a home but your labour is not unknown.

REFRAIN: For I am with you, I am with you.

I am with you, I am with you For I have called you, called you by name Your labour is not in vain.

The vineyards you plant will bear fruit the fields will sing out and rejoice with the truth, for all that is old will at last be made new: the vineyards you plant will bear fruit. (refrain)

Services Times

Sundays 9.00am traditional communion 10.45am contemporary worship

Tuesdays 9.30am said communion

Morning Prayer 9.00am Mon-Fri in ECHO Morning Prayer is open to everyone. It is an informal and friendly gathering.

We read from the Bible, share any thoughts that arise and offer to God our prayers for Saltburn and the wider world.

It is a precious time of peace at the start of the day.

Please come along and find out for yourself.

Contact Details A 150th Celebration

Coffee Morning Saturday 24th February from 10am to 12pm at ECHO (Emmanuel Church Hall) Come along and meet up with friends & family

tel 01287 622251

email emmanuelsaltburn@hotmail.co.uk

web www.emmanuelsaltburn.co.uk

The houses you laboured to build will finally with laughter and joy be filled.

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Talk of the Town’s monthly

Pride of Saltburn Award

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Grasers 07703 884184 The winner of this month‟s Pride of Saltburn Award is Andy Croll. He was nominated by his son Gav. About him he says, “I would like to nominate Andy Croll for this month‟s award. The reason being he and other fellow police officers started up Saltburn Athletic Football Club in 1998.

Their main aim was to get kids off the streets. Throughout the years he has put in a lot of hard work, which paid off a few years ago with winning the league! He does a lot of work in the background to make sure the club runs smoothly, his roles include being vice chairman, acting club secretary, child welfare officer, as well as being manager of a team. He has been instrumental in the acquisition of their own football pitch and recently renovated changing rooms, in which long hours have been put in on the phone and sending emails back and forth to various companies. He also has a major role in setting up the gala days for the club which raise the funds to keep the club running for another year. With nearly 20 years as a volunteer, I feel it is right to get the recognition he deserves. Well done, Dad!” Thank you, Andy, for being you, the Pride of Saltburn. See Andy‟s regular football article on page 26.

Every month, a £30 bunch of flowers, kindly donated by Ruby Lilly‟s Florists of Marske, is awarded to someone in Saltburn who has earned admiration, gratitude and love for whatever reason. Talk of the Town invites nominations from readers, to chose whom to receive recognition and a bunch of flowers.

Send your nominations to Talk of the Town‟s postbag at Jackie‟s Saverstore, 8 Station Buildings, Saltburn, Cleveland, TS12 1AQ or email Ian (talkofthetownsaltburn@gmail.com).

(Please include your name, phone number and the reason you are nominating the person of your choice.) Please also confirm with the nominee that they are willing to receive the award (many people feel shy about it). All the nominations will be read and kept for future use, so even if your choice doesn‟t win this month, they might do so next time.

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Jerusalem Artichokes

Jerusalem artichokes are actually a species of sunflower native to North America and have nothing to do with Jerusalem or with Globe Artichokes to which they are only distantly related through both being members of the dandelion family. There are various theories to explain their unusual name but let‟s concentrate here on the actual vegetable. The tasty root tubers are eaten boiled or fried and contain no fat but are rich in inulin, a polymer of fructose which gives them a sweet taste. They can be used as a versatile alternative to potatoes, but unlike potatoes can also be used as a raw salad ingredient when sliced thinly. They are a traditional folk remedy for diabetes.

Huntcliff Students win the Be the Change Award “I really enjoyed taking part in the competition and I was very surprised when we won, because so many schools in the area entered,” says Year 7 student, J J. Jacob agrees: “We had only a one in ten or one in twenty chance of winning, but it was a good project to do anyway, because we were making the school a better place by getting rid of all the rubbish.”

Surfers Against Sewage (www.sas.org.uk) are campaigning against litter and began the Be the Change programme in partnership with Clean Cornwall, with support from Greggs Foundation. The North-East SAS branch has enthusiastically embraced the challenge of bringing the campaign to school students and representatives came to Saltburn Learning Campus last October. They addressed an assembly of Years 5, 6, 7 and 8 and ran two workshops with twenty-five students in each. These included Eco reps from the Primary School, members of both School Councils and the Prefects from Huntcliff.

The team members encouraged youngsters to remember the 4 Rs: Refuse (say no to stuff), Reduce (use less stuff), Re-use and Recycle. In these ways, we can eradicate litter in our school grounds, on the streets, on the beach and in the sea. It is a fact that most litter is made from plastic, which persists in the environment for hundreds of years, breaking into smaller and smaller pieces. This affects wildlife and has consequences for people, further up the food chain. It is also very unsightly.

A regional competition was announced and students could form groups to develop Anti-Litter Action Plans for their school premises. Miss Laura Whaley, Huntcliff P.E. teacher oversaw the arrangements. The steps that were needed included identifying the problem, deciding how it could be tackled, using the new ideas about where an action plan would work best, drawing up a list of necessary resources and explaining the AntiLitter Action Plan to the expert panel of judges at Surfers Against Sewage. The winners would be awarded a trophy and £250 to make their plan a reality.

Jack says: “I liked how they came to this school in the first place and that students from Year 5, 6, 7 and 8 had the opportunity to enter the competition. We were allowed to pick our own groups and then we had fifty minutes to talk in a team and create a pamphlet.”

A variety of media was suggested to them, such as video-making, singing a song and writing an Anti-Litter report. Our winning team were quick to consider these: Jack, Joshua, Joe, J J and Jacob formed „The Five Js‟ and came up with two or three design ideas.

Laura says: “It‟s been great. The boys have been so keen to get started. They‟ve had the idea of going out in form time and have asked for tools to remove litter with.

They‟re working on the idea of getting a rota going, with volunteers from different forms joining it.”

The Five Js decided on a digital pitch and filmed the litter around the school grounds with a video camera.

The video incorporated a powerpoint presentation. They worked on it at lunchtimes and managed to complete all aspects before the deadline.

“I‟d like to emphasise that this project is really child -led. The students are so enthused and very passionate about getting rid of litter,” Laura continues.

The students carried out an experiment to see how much litter they could pick up in two minutes and collected fifty-four pieces, with still some left. Working with their groups, they picked up two sackfuls in all.

Joe confirms: “I felt excited that we were going to reduce the litter problem. I liked taking part because I like raising money for the school and also buying more bins.”

Laura chose the Five Js‟ entry as the one to go forward. There was a link to see all submissions and everyone could click on to see who‟d entered. Six of these entries made it to the judges‟ panel and the exciting result of their deliberations was that Huntcliff was the winner!

There will be a presentation of the trophy in an assembly when a mutually convenient date can be found and the boys are looking forward to the next stage of spending the £250. They are going to buy yellow highvisability jackets to wear and some litter pick tools.

Laura adds: “The students are going to try to enforce a sanction too. If people drop litter, the monitors will hand out a warning card, which will be very much like a penalty notice that you get in the community. We will be doing assemblies to introduce this new monitoring process.”

Joshua sums up the pride of the students in their school: “I liked helping the community in tackling the litter, because you can barely move outside without seeing it!”

What an excellent way to encourage young people to take care of their environment. Thanks are due to Surfers Against Sewage for bringing the initiative to the Campus and thanks to Laura for overseeing the competition. It‟s also good that to know that both schools are involved in such a worthwhile project.

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Health and Happiness

You are made up of what you do daily. So what do you do?

Momentum: it‟s the directional energy we‟ve built through our patterns of behaviour. The more we do something the easier it is to do more of the same. We grow in happiness and better health or we feed the opposite and things get tougher.

If you‟ve gone from one jog a month to running five times a week it gets easier and easier to go for a run. If you‟ve started noticing how often you criticise your partner and you consciously cut it out and replaced it with intentional compliments then you‟ve gained positive momentum. It will translate to feeling better in yourself, not to mention almost certainly supporting positive change in your relationship.

Now I would like to encourage you to keep an eye on what you do on a daily basis, because that‟s really where momentum is built: what you do regularly becomes you.

Momentum can be hard to see, unless for example you are timing yourself running, or you compare how you felt a year ago. Most of it creeps up on you incrementally.

Poor diet, unawareness of what E numbers you are consuming or what quantity of pesticides or unnatural preservatives you are taking in, it can be hard to see all these things building up inside of us. If you smoke the tobacco and the chemicals literally enter your bloodstream and attach to your lungs, they remain as part of you. E cigarettes may be lighter but they do the same. If you drink alcohol on a regular basis your bloodstream carries a percentage of alcohol all the time, it swirls through the brain and soaks every organ of your body in what is essentially ethanol. It absorbs into you and literally becomes part of you. If you get frustrated regularly you heighten your blood pressure and inject stress hormones into yourself until it builds up like a pressure. Until one day your body can‟t take it any more! You may have a sudden shock, a heart attack or you fall into full-on depression or a partner leaves because they‟ve had enough of you. But it‟s very rarely just happened in one incident; it‟s been building for a long time.

What I want to encourage here today is the awareness of how we literally become what we do on a daily basis. I would like people to think about creating what I call a daily practice.

We all have them already, think of cleaning your teeth, most people do that twice daily at the beginning and end of their day. You recognise the value of it because when you feel excruciating tooth pain it refocuses your mind to retain your daily practice. If you have a heart attack you are very likely then to be motivated to eat better and to appreciate your body much more. If you fall into depression you will do what you can to never go back. Yet we don‟t tend to wait for our teeth to give us severe pain before cleaning them twice daily. So why don‟t we treat the rest of our body and our happiness in the same way?

Why isn‟t it normal in our culture for everyone to start their day stretching their body or doing press-ups or yoga or meditation to calm our minds before setting off into our life?

Here in England the culture is to get up and do the minimum before charging headlong straight into our day. Some don‟t even make a point of having breakfast, or they have cereal full of sugar which then becomes part of them as they take a regular unhealthy hit every day. Or they fill themselves with the strong drug of coffee and get used to pumping it through their system to get going every morning.

Many people don‟t even support their mental health with as much daily care as they give to their teeth.

So I encourage you to have a think about what you do every day, particularly when you wake up. I encourage you to take some time to set your emotional tone, just to sit a while with yourself even just for a few short minutes.

Perhaps set an emotional intention for the day, breath and relax. It will make a massive difference to you if you do it regularly. You can do stretches or yoga or light exercises and do them every day with intention, because your body becomes exactly how you treat it regularly.

Your patterns are who you are, psychologically, physically and spiritually. Make those connections and strengthen those parts of yourself regularly and it will change your life subtly yet drastically, for the better.

Because your momentum will build, because momentum is all about what you do on a regular daily basis and that way being happy and being healthy gets easier and easier.

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Charity Crafters Saltburn Charity Crafters will be meeting on Wednesday, 7th February in the coffee room at the Community Hall from 2pm to 4pm. A warm welcome awaits anyone who would like to join us for a cup of tea and a natter to find out what we will be doing this year. Any ideas for new projects will be discussed as well as the continuation of our present ones. For more information please contact Angie on 01287 205153.

Saltburn, Redcar & Cleveland Philatelic Society February report We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the Redcar Community Centre. John Simms (shown) began his Presidential Display „In the Beginning‟ with his childhood collection which had been put aside until 2008 when his interests renewed. These now include Victorian line engraved GB, and unused British Commonwealth from the era of the two-colour recess printed issues. These items proved to be visually spectacular fine material, including seldom-seen high face values. He concluded with favourite thematic themes including birds and wildlife, and ephemera. John also included some mint examples of modern Commonwealth paper currency depicting superb engraving work.

On 7th March we hold our second auction of the 20178 season. Please note that all auction lots need to be displayed for viewing from 6:30pm and the auction will commence promptly at 7:00. On 21st March senior members of Durham Philatelic Society visit to display an eclectic mix

of stamps and postal history. SR&CPS will submit a competition entry in each of the Aerophilately and Postal History categories for judging during NEPA‟s Annual Convention in April.

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February Blues but Warming Days at The Cons Club Welcome to the monthly article from the Cons Club.

As I write this report it has been snowing overnight and the roads are very slushy which has me looking forward to the start of the barbecue season in May and the warmer weather. I must again mention that Subscriptions for 2018 are now overdue. We will extend the payment date to the end of February but please note that if current members have not re-joined by this time their membership will be de-activated unless there is a valid reason for this happening. Notification for payment has been in place since mid-December so nobody can say they have not been aware. If you lose your membership you will also lose all the benefits and advantages you receive at present and it could also mean you having to re-apply to join. We passed a record number of new members in 2017 with further 20 applications passed in January meaning we may have to put a limit on membership numbers. If this happens members paying after February may find membership has closed and they would have to go on a waiting list. Naturally, I don‟t want this to happen so please ensure you pay on time.

Regarding club modernisation and improvements during the coming year we have purchased more high posing stools for the lounge which are now in place. We will be re-covering the soft furnishings in the bar to make it more in-keeping with the new deco that we undertook last year, we will be soundproofing the function room to help soften the noise for our neighbours, we will be fitting a new bar in the function room into what is presently the office and we are in the process of fitting protective film on the windows in the bar and function room for extra safety measures.

With regard to the Quiz, Bingo and Pie & Pea Supper being held on Wednesday, 31st January the tickets at this present time are selling fast and we will have another full house. These are always fantastic nights of fun and laughter thanks mainly to Julie Towell who asks the questions and calls the bingo. Also a big thanks to Michelle for setting the quiz questions. During February we have three private parties where the club member has hired the room free of charge, which is the benefit of being a member. On Thursday, 15th February we welcome Ben Houchen, the Tees Valley Mayor. Ben will be at the club from 7-30pm until 9pm to speak on his achievements so far since his election, his ambitions for the Tees Valley and how Saltburn Conservatives can play a part in shaping that future. All members and guests are welcome to attend. We would like to see as many people as possible on what should be a very interesting and informative evening.

On Friday, 23rd February we are once again holding the „Open Mic Night‟, hosted by Teesside Steve & Liz Bishop. This is the best place in town on the last Friday of

every month to hear live music. Whether you want to sing, play or just listen it‟s the place to be. Names to entertain are taken from 7-30pm and the music starts at 8pm. Entry is free and all are welcome.

I also write to give you early notice of the first Cons Club Road trip of the year. We are going to Wetherby on Saturday, 14th April, leaving the club at 10-30am to test the beer, food & charity shops. As you know the coaches for these trips always sell out early and there is a sheet on the club‟s notice board to place your name should you wish to go. When placing your name on the sheet you must also pay £10 to Michelle to cover the coach costs. Remember, don‟t leave it too late as you may well miss out. A buffet will be available when returning to the club followed by a music night.

I would also like to give huge congratulations to Wendy Shepherd, one of our committee members, Philanthropist, Filmmaker, and Children‟s Champion who was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of Durham. Wendy has worked tirelessly over many years helping abused women, people sleeping rough on the street and the Barnardo‟s charity for whom she held a senior position. This award was very much deserved.

Looking further ahead here are some dates you may like to put in your diary.

Saltburn Food Festival takes place on Sunday, 29th July. Saltburn Folk Festival takes place on the weekend of 10th, 11th, and 12th August. Both of these events are very important to the club and I hope you fully support both events. The club barbecue will be working to the maximum on all the above dates.

Finally, just an update on regular events in the club.

Every Tuesday is the Club Draw night when you can win Meat Vouchers, Wines & Chocolates with the draw taking place at 10pm. Every Sunday we hold the Drinks Draw and Cash Rollover, which, at the time of writing, stands at £600.

Only members can win the money and the draw starts at 6pm prompt. Midweek „Happy Hours‟ are from 4-30pm until 7pm and at the weekend the times are from 3pm until 5pm. Only members are entitled to „Happy Hours‟ drinks.

I‟ll finish with a final reminder to pay your subscriptions for 2018 on time. You don‟t want to lose your membership because, as you can see from my article, there are so many advantages that you receive when you are member of the club.

May you all stay warm, healthy and happy, take care.

David David Rigg, Club President Email: davidrigg21@yahoo.co.uk Article financially supported by Saltburn Conservative Club

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The Saltburn Profile by Rosemary Nicholls Barbara Spight “I couldn‟t run our U3A Theatre Group without Paul,” says leader Barbara Spight. Her husband is responsible for entering all the financial details on computer spreadsheets and getting the accounts ready for the auditor. She also commends her diligent team of helpers, but the scores of members who attend the monthly planning meetings are equally sure that a great deal is down to her.

Barbara was born in Erfurt, Germany, where her Dad worked for an American company. When she was a toddler, they moved to Epping in Essex, where Barbara went to school. Paul was a fellow pupil, but they didn‟t get to know each other well till later when they both went to the same Youth Club.

After school, she worked at a Norwegian paper agents, but following marriage and a spell in a very damp flat in Harlow, Paul got a job with ICI Fibres and they moved to Saltburn in May 1965. They had never been north of Cambridge before, so they didn‟t know what to expect, but Barbara now says of Saltburn: “I wouldn‟t want to live anywhere else!” For thirty-two years, they lived in Sycamore Avenue and then moved to a detached house on Wilton Bank, where they have been for the last twenty years.

Barbara worked for a few months at ICI until their first daughter, Nicola, was born in December 1965. “Paul worked there for four years, until he retrained as a teacher,” she explains. “He became Head of Physics at St Mary‟s College and was there for twenty years. I stayed at home looking after Nicola, Carolyn, who was born in December 1967 and Andrew, who was born in April 1972.”

Barbara remembers the babysitting group as a particularly good way to get to know people in Saltburn. Then as the children grew older, she became first a volunteer and then an employee at Mrs St Vaughan‟s Playgroup at North Rifts. She worked there throughout the girls‟ childhood, then she and a friend, Judith, decided to retrain for a job which would fit in with school holidays.

In Judith‟s car, they travelled over to StocktonBillingham College and duly qualified as nursery nurses. “We were surprised when we got there that we were paid £40 a week to retrain, which was very welcome,” adds Barbara.

When Andrew turned five, she got a job at Millholme Special School at Brotton. She was part-time for four years and then full-time. Four further years later, she transferred to the East Cleveland Special School at Brotton. The two schools amalgamated to form Kiltonthorpe and in total, Barbara spent twenty happy years there, before taking early retirement in 1998 to spend more time with her Mum, who was not well.

While their own children were attending Saltburn Infants, Juniors and Huntcliff, Barbara and Paul gave lots of time to school events. They also volunteered to help at Saltburn Swimming Club, Brownies, Guides, Cubs and Scouts. They could be relied on to be there for jumble sales and coffee mornings!

After she retired, Barbara heard good reports of U3A groups in Stockton and Whitby and joined a number of likeminded people to form a committee to set up one in Saltburn.

With the support of Whitby U3A, our local organisation was soon developing and people were asked if they would consider leading a group.

“I volunteered to run a Theatre Group and Marjorie

Stam and I started it in October 2004,” says Barbara. “We had twenty-five initial members and met in the TocH building.”

Since then it has grown considerably. As well as attending plays, musicals, concerts and operas, U3A members have opportunities to visit stately homes, castles, outdoor events and go on river cruises in the summer.

Barbara goes to several other activities at Saltburn U3A: she is a member of a French Conversation group, a reading group, a walking group and a cycling group. In the past, she has learnt Italian and German, taken part in creative writing and practised yoga. “I‟ve appreciated the way the reading group has introduced me to authors I wouldn‟t otherwise have read, such as Khaled Hosseini,” she says.

Barbara always likes to have a book on the go. She enjoys Rosie Thomas, Rosamund Pilcher and Victoria Hislop.

Her musical taste includes jazz – (she and Paul go to Saltburn Jazz Club regularly,) light opera, Alfie Boe, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. When they first came north, they went to Folk Clubs and dancing at Coatham Bowl.

Keeping fit is important to Barbara. She and Paul belong to Teesside Trekkers and have been on walking holidays with members to Greece, Croatia, Austria, Majorca and Cyprus. Latterly, they have been on Cruise and Walk holidays with the Ramblers to the Caribbean, the Canaries and the Baltic. Closer to home, Barbara goes to Saltburn Leisure Centre twice a week for Legs, Bums and Tums classes and Pilates. Each afternoon, she takes their Border Terrier, Ellie, for a twenty minute walk.

She and Paul enjoy their grandchildren. Carolyn lives in Alsace and has three bilingual daughters. Nicola, who lives at Wetherby, has two children and Andrew, who lives in Sheffield, also has a boy and a girl. They all love to come to Saltburn to stay with Barbara and Paul.

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1st Saltburn Scout Group Into 2018, and completion of the Scout Association‟s annual census is complete: this record of the numbers of young people (by Sections) and adults is our first task of the year.

It is a useful exercise to have an idea of possible growth and areas to consider in the coming year.

The Beaver Section lead by Lindsey Snowdon continues to thrive with a Colony of 24 Beavers. They have been joined by Bobby, Kay and Thoren, with Darcy and Theo „Moving-up‟ to Cubs. It is a very active group of young people and there is an active term already planned, the first visit planned for this term is to the pantomime in Saltburn (with other Beavers from the District). Lindsey (despite being stricken over Christmas with influenza) has with assistance from Jo Hopkins; as well as several mums and dads has an active series of sessions planned and are also aware of other Beaver events planned within the District.

Cubs having been joined by Darcy and Theo („Moved Up‟ from Beavers) and we presently have a Pack of some 18 Cubs strong; this is slightly down on last year. But at times (particularly when the weather is blustery) it can seem a larger group; all are enjoying themselves and settling in well. Forthcoming District events already include Whitby and the Pantomime, the Quiz (which 1st Saltburn has achieved some success in previous years) ice skating in March and a District Camp in June. Cubs are well supported

by Jamie (who has moved up from Beavers), Sam (Explorer

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Scout Young Leader; with additional help from Peter and Aidan (Saltburn Scouts) who are undertaking DoE Silver and Bronze Community activities. The year looks to be a busy one!

Scouts spent their last night before Christmas with an evening dedicated to delivering Scout Post (great fun for the Scouts), are now working inside for several weeks, but hoping to get out as soon as possible. Numbers remain steady at 24, the Troop having been joined by James (who „Moved-up‟ from Cubs in November) and all are busy with work on various Challenge Awards devised by Karen and Sam. This has included various activities linked to Scouting‟s Ambassador, the Astronaut Tim Peake; some made a trip to the Transport Museum at Shildon to see the Space Shuttle.

December was a successful fund-raising month, a donation from our regular supporters the Caravan Park Social Group, also some £570.00 raised with Scout Post; this is a reduced figure on the previous year, but all Groups involved noticed that numbers of cards handled was reduced. Obviously less cards were being sent.

Thanks must go to: Co-operative Petrol Station, Sainsbury‟s, Saltburn Leisure Centre, Saltburn Library and the Echo building (a late replacement for the now closed Saltburn Store) for permitting placing of our collection boxes. Our parents and young people ensured deliveries before Xmas; a massive thanks to all involved.

Our parents continue to offer assistance in a variety of ways and must be thanked for their excellent support; but our recruitment strategy continues, so if you can offer assistance or are interested in joining us, please enquire.

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Super Brain My mother always told me that the first sentence I managed to string together represented a question and that most of what tripped out of my mouth henceforth was the same. It‟s true, I‟ve always been curious about the world and its workings and I suppose that explains my fascination for the New Cambridge Encyclopaedias (1934 edition). I grew up in a place that was a five penny bus ride from the nearest public library and in any case the library was shut on an evening and on Sundays.

Options for answering life‟s questions were limited back in those days and that was certainly the case for me – until the New Cambridge Encyclopaedias (1934 edition) came into my life.

I found these once elegant but by that time pockmarked, red bound volumes in Uncle Arthur‟s shed when I was cleaning it out during bob a job week. I asked him about them and he explained that a rich relative in Derbyshire had purchased them for him when he was a young man. Since Uncle Arthur no longer had any use for them, the volumes took a trip with me across the adjoining garden path to my house and took up residence in my bedroom. What a boon they would be.

There were ten of them and despite the fact that there had originally been twelve (the other two Uncle Arthur said had been victims of the blitz in Sheffield) five sixths of all human knowledge was certainly better on a Sunday than not knowing something that was of extreme importance to me at that particular moment.

What had not occurred to me at the time was that apart from the one sixth of all human knowledge that had fallen foul of the Second World War, a great deal had taken place in the world since 1934. I was a very sickly child and spent a great deal of time at home with asthma.

As a result, for a couple of years at least my attendance at school was patchy and I blame this fact, together with the New Cambridge Encyclopaedias (1934 edition) for the terrible deficiencies in my knowledge. The strangest thing about the Encyclopaedias was that the answers to almost everything that had ever happened in the known universe (up until 1934) seemed mysteriously to be found in volume three (cam – emu) or volume nine (sen – tru) which were the two volumes that the Luftwaffe had managed to destroy. Even if the answer to my frequent enquiries took me to some other part of the Encyclopaedias, there always seemed to be a cross reference that referred me to volumes three or nine. As a result I was absolutely dense when it came to any fact related to William Shakespeare. Sadly the entire city of Cambridge, which was the point of origin of the Encyclopaedias was a total mystery to me; the intricacies of the manufacture of Emmental cheese remained always as elusive to me as the Holy Grail and the French diplomat, statesman and all round genius CharlesMaurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent might as well have never existed. What is more, because of the date at which the books had been produced I could not even gain anything other than a scant knowledge as to the

by Alan Butler

political and economic circumstances that led to two of them being incinerated.

A moment ago I was unsure how to spell Talleyrand or what his title was so I referred him to Google, and this is really the point of this article. The Google search engine went public in 2004, which of course is only 14 years ago.

At any stage it could only reflect the information that was available on the worldwide web, so at first it was like a hesitant infant. Because I spend my working life using a computer I was in on the developments almost from the start and I watched as the information available to search engines such as Google gradually increased. I saw how the cross references began to proliferate and how much deeper and wider the reservoir of potential knowledge became.

Right from the start the whole thing reminded me of the development of a human child – a child that has now grown to adulthood, with all that implies.

There are many complaints about some of the content on the web but of course that too is very much like a developing mind. We are all party to dark secrets and subconscious ruminations that never see the light of day and it has always struck me that in the main the less savoury side of the web can only really exist because people choose to take notice of it. According to some opinions we are all being fooled, indoctrinated and even having our very minds altered by all the information that is now available but that has not been my experience, except in a very positive way. Just as an example, type Saltburn by the Sea into Google and what appears are many pages of information about our little town, most of which paint the place in extremely positive colours and all of which contribute to more visitors and a boost to the local economy.

The most obscure facts are now available to anyone and to a person who collects something as obscure as widgets from the 1927 Flapmaster humbug wrapping machine there is bound to be access to like minded individuals and forums where they can vent their spleen and make new friends all over the world.

To me this can only be a good thing, though I am well aware that there are many people who disagree with me. I know such dissenters do exist because their comments are all over the internet!

The super brain that is the worldwide web grows month by month and year by year, allowing more knowledge to be added, which flows around the world as never dreamed of before. It‟s all a far cry from the New Cambridge Encyclopaedias (1934 edition), though come to think of it I could probably now find the one person in the world who has the two volumes I did not. Doubtless in no time I could actually acquire them and thereby complete my knowledge of life up to 1934. Unfortunately that would not help because the rest of the volumes were destroyed when my canal narrow boat sank near the town of Whitchurch in Shropshire in 1979 – turned to pulp by the murky waters of the Llangollen Canal. But that‟s another story...

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Saltburn Allotments Association No Dig Gardening As an allotment gardener I have always looked at how others gardened and tried other methods but in the last couple of years I found that there is an easier way! I started to read the books and check out the website and YouTube videos of Charles Dowding and realized his method just made sense.

No Dig takes some of the backbreaking work out of gardening, You use the natural world to cultivate the soil itself. Nature builds channels for drainage and aeration, The network of mycorrhizal fungi within the soil is employed to transport goodness around to the plants you are growing with the help of other life in the soil to break everything down. It sounds too good to be true but results show it‟s not.

The idea is to disturb the soil as little as possible.

So you do not rough dig or rotovate, you simply clear the spent crops from the surface and put on the compost heap, add a thick mulch of organic matter to the surface and leave the soil life to get on with the job. If you have a very weedy soil you can cover and smother out the weeds with a variety of mulches but land can simply be mown and you can build a raised bed on top and plant into the compost layer you add! You also reduce the weeding necessary with your smothering layer of mulch and the worms and other soil life love to take the goodness you add down in to the soil.

Take a look for yourself and start small … but I can guarantee that you will soon be benefitting from a reduction in work. By far the hardest thing to do is accumulate enough compost or organic matter if you cover your whole garden. So build yourself some extra compost bins and give it a go …. Read for yourself you will be glad you did.

Jobs for the month Priority is to clear your plot ready for the start of the season if you haven‟t yet.

Harvest your winter crops and make sure tall ones are supported against strong winds by drawing up soil around stems or staking.

Get your seed catalogues out now if you haven‟t and decide what you want to grow and order them! Make sure you have your seed potatoes on order ready to start chitting. Collect trays or egg boxes to stand them in. It allows them to grow some strong green buds (not long sprouts!) to be ready to go when you plant them.

You can make a few early sowings of Onions, Broad beans, Radish, Peas and early Carrots but ensure you protect them well if it gets frosty using fleece.

Check on your stored veg and fruit to be sure they are not rotting and remove any that are deteriorating as it will soon spread to the good ones.

Make sure you are ready for spring!

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Turning Ironstone into Silver: The 100 year History of the Bury Cup

by Colin Hart 2017 133 pages £10.00 Kilton Lane is a quiet road heading south from Carlin How towards the wonderful countryside we‟re privileged to have in East Cleveland. What you may not know as you pass along here is that, for more than a century, many rousing matches have taken place on the football pitch off this road.

Probably the most keenly contested and exciting games have been for the Bury Cup, an annual tournament of teams representing departments at the local iron and steelworks and, for many years, Loftus ironstone mine.

The tournament was held in late Spring and had a significant place in the social calendar around East Cleveland; the Final would be accompanied by local brass bands providing entertainment. Some of these matches attracted about 2,000 (yes, that‟s two thousand!) spectators and would live very long in the memory of those who were there.

Colin Hart‟s book is the outcome of several years‟ research, motivated by his experience and love of the Bury Cup both as a player and organiser.

The Bury Cup was inaugurated in season 1912-13 by Ernest Bury, a manager at Skinningrove Iron Company and it still takes place, though on a much diminished scale. The book documents the tournament from its beginnings up to 2012 with a blend of information and illustrations of team photos, key cards (programmes) and other memorabilia.

Certain names often recur and it‟s evident that family relatives and successive generations took part, perhaps due to sons following their fathers into similar occupations. Some years are missing due to the tournament not taking place or an absence of available records; however, as you take in the words and images you can develop a clear sense of social and economic change since the early 20th century.

There‟s much humour in this book, from wonderfully concise caricatures of players in key cards to the vivid memories of participants. What resonates most strongly with me is coming across familiar names from my childhood, reigniting memories of more benign times when, as the book demonstrates, a strong sense of community and shared experiences prevailed. Copies of the book can be ordered by phoning 07771 200765 (or emailing col.h9260@gmail.com).

John Roberts

The Muses of Jim It was the first day of the New Year and I was in Saltburn‟s The Ship Inn for lunch. The food was excellent, the service great and the company more than acceptable, been made of daughter number three Jill, partner Brian and Mollie and Charlie, Grandchildren. The food was superb, the service out of this world. Not surprising the place was busy, with groups of all sizes but all needs were quickly met with a smile. For some reason I can‟t understand why I offered to pay. Which unfortunately was quickly accepted. Me and my big mouth. I will never learn.

For Christmas I asked Santa for a DNA testing kit.

Which he did leave for me. Using it was quite simple, just a question of spitting into a vial to which you add a liquid, shake it well, seal the container and put it in the small cardboard box provided and then post it to Ireland and wait 6 to 8 weeks. All that done and now I have to wait for the result. I will let my curious readers know what it is all about in a future article.

Plans continue to be developed for the improvement of the Saltburn three valleys. The General Membership is rising but we need more of the general public to join. Membership forms can be found at Jackie‟s Saverstore at the old Station Buildings and whence completed can be returned there. If you care about the Saltburn Valleys it doesn‟t matter where you live as you can still be members and have a vote at our open meetings. Also we need your opinions about what you would like to see happen to the valleys. I have suggested that we could perhaps plant willow wands so that perhaps someone could start making baskets or hurdles or we could follow Formby‟s example of having a red squirrel reserve, which would certainly bring the people in. News that the Government has announced news of the planned Northern Forest could lead to extra funding been made available to the group. I do know that people have planted trees in remembrance of lost family members. So it does look like things are moving in our favour. All we need now is your support so please join us.

I have been told off by a neighbour for allowing Spud to spend nights out during the current cold nights.

Surely I have to allow him the right to self-determination as he is a young adult cat. With regards to Spud Santa brought him some special Christmas Cat Food, which he disliked. Ungrateful pussy. He is worse than my own children.

Another delightful present from Father Christmas was the Echo Dot. I believe it to be akin to Black Magic and I still have to come to terms with it. I should probably wear fresh garlic around my neck. I can get Radio four on it but nothing else at the moment but I will continue to try.

Betty used say I was very trying!

I am on the cadge as I have been sorting some of Betty‟s and my Father‟s belonging and I have found a lot of Audio cassette tapes and I haven‟t got a player. Has anyone got a spare one? I am willing to pay of course, but please remember I am a poor pensioner. Likewise I have a

faulty top box. Does anyone know someone that could have a look at it for me?

As an owner of a valued bus pass I have noticed how helpful our local bus drivers are in assisting their passengers, but I must admit that increasing number of lady drivers offer a smoother ride. Sorry lads. Now all I ask for is a decent timetable for East Cleveland.

I have got used to travelling to London for four times a year instead of twelve times as in the past. When I have been invited to join a National group to look after the interests of the older person. I am looking forward to making a positive contribution to its work. Clearly, the work I did on the Aging Well Board at Newcastle was considered to be of some value.

The news about the demise of the Riding School came as a shock as it has always seemed to have been part of the very fabric of Saltburn. Its loss means it is to be replaced by more housing which is demolishing the so called strategic gap between Saltburn and Marske. I know some of my children spent a many happy hour there. Lisa often used the Stable when she visited us from across the Pennines before David came along. It reminds me of the time that Marske Councillors were complaining of Saltburn Horses, from the Riding School travelling to the beach through Marske. Talk about been the font of local knowledge. Of course the Riding School was part of their own Ward. Such is politics I suppose. Not that I have much experience in that area.

The snow has almost disappeared now. On Thursday the footpaths were rather bad in Saltburn. Leven Street was rather bad for me with my dicey knees, due to playing much Rugby in my youth. I couldn‟t get to Dormanstown for a RCVDA meeting on Thursday but I did ring to say sorry for the fact I couldn‟t attend. Still feel bad about not being able to attend though. It always surprises me how we get caught out even with the briefest of snow falls. When I worked for the West Riding County Council Highway Authority things were rather different. All other work stopped. In those days there were no Gritters as there are now. A normal vehicle towed a spinner with a shute. And two men on the back of the open vehicle shovelled a mixture of salt and ash grit in the shute. The mixture was prepared during the summer months manually to a formula of a layer of ash then a layer of salt then finally a layer of ash which was then manually mixed by a line of workers.

The idea was that the ash would cut up the snow and ice and work with the action of the traffic to reduce the snow and ice after the vehicles had long gone.

Well, this is the first of my muses of an even year (2018) and my children appear to be doing rather well.

Molly is at the top of her game. I have to mention Molly otherwise she gets very upset. Charlie is his calm cool self.

David, who I only see a few times a year is doing well at school and in the sport he does outside of school and Megan, will do well when she finds her path in life. As I found mine after I met a certain Elizabeth Piercy from York and the rest is History.

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The Saltburn Crossword no 200 set by Dinosaur Across 1 7 9 10 12 13 17 20

Where we are, the best place in all the World (8, 2, 3, 3) Without direction and confused, adore way (4) Without direction and confused, mates become one (4) Unpleasant experience sounds part of straw man (6) Rains do this but sound like one that secretes hormones (4) See 39 Across Street cred sorting sud, OK? (5) Wheelless cart carried by handles which has fingers to drinking venue before argument (5-6) 23 Person who called ran back around me (5) 24 Smell double first around Read Only Memory (5) 25 See 39 Across 27 What we all do too easily in suspended sentence (5) 29 Flamboyant 1980s youth movement not old person from Italian capital with nervous twitch (3, 8) 34 Where the heart is within gung-ho melody (4) 36 After ten feel evens inside (6) 37 100% initially perfect unless really exempt (4) 38 Woe is me back in a salad (4) 39 and 13 and 25 Across Talk of the Town‟s very first incarnation in 1996.

Here‟s an anagram: swans butter lutes as I soon ban inert slices (8, 8, 11, 10)

Down Name___________________________________ Address_________________________________ ________________________________________ Telephone_______________________________

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Solution to Crossword no 199

The winner of last month‟s crossword was Sheila Drinkhall of Blackburn Grove, Marske.

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Jump when pale about (4) Prefix beyond the ordinary of tumult raised (5) Gets closer to saner change (5) Musical „all together now‟ in his tut tirade (5) Arabian of South African Unilateral Declaration of Independence (5) Saltburn road contains Venus Uni rake (6, 6) Extinct bird distinctly odd with zero (4) New Saltburn cul-de-sac for growing flowers? Or where Suzanna‟s end rang about hideaways (5, 7) Small beach crustacean, not an insect, but certainly jumps like one (4, 4) Indian bread for person at it backwards (8) After one but before… (3) Evil creature is undemonstrated within (5) Small mammal sounds like it emerges from mushroom almost (5) Makes loud noise when arrows flew after losing direction (5) Complete but sounding empty (5) Listener from Wearside? (3) Big cat upping up before mother (4) It turns in practice and in metaphor (5) Saltburn take-away to be kept in mind you hear? (3, 2) Big fat digit provides a rule (5) Game of two sides on board but not of two halves (5) Otherwise she lost me (4)

Send your completed crossword to: Saltburn Crossword no 200, c/o Jackie‟s Saverstore, 8 Station Buildings, Saltburn, TS12 1AQ

by Friday, 16th February 2018. First correct solution out of the bag wins a £10 voucher kindly donated by Tim and Sheila of Real Meals.

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