Talk of the Town March 2020

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MARCH 2020

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SALTBURN’S TOWN TALK Letter from the Editor

It breaks my heart to watch the news these days, after the them. Another worrying item revealed in the news is that racist recent storms, to see how floods have ruined people’s homes. and profoundly ignorant government ‘advisers’ have been It must make those people very angry that not only has the appointed to provide their vile opinionated nonsense to those government done next to nothing to help prevent these who are clearly too stupid to think for themselves. I fail to inevitable tragedies, but their own MPs had voted against understand why anyone would want to listen to such absurd, providing extra funding in their own constituencies for unscientific and prejudiced rubbish, and even pay for it too, improved flood defences. They certainly don’t deserve to be out of public funds of course. Do we really no longer live in a re-elected after failing to serve the very people who employ meritocracy? Is everyone eventually promoted to their level of Saltburn Farmers’ Market Saturday, 14th March sees incompetence? Is Britain becoming an idiocracy? Love, Ian Saltburn Town Centre transformed into a hive of activity with Send letters, adverts and contributions for the next issue (by the farmers’ market back to full strength! This month, Friday, 20th March 2020) to: The Editor, Talk of the Town alongside fabulous food, drink and craft the focus is on c/o Jackie’s Saverstore, 8 Station Buildings, Saltburn, gardening! The allotment association will be running their Cleveland, TS12 1AQ. Telephone: 01287 623903 (or email: stall from their town centre ‘allotment’ - hidden away in the talkofthetownsaltburn@gmail.com).

Secret Square, Dark Star Plants will be back with beautiful Talk of the Town can be found on a new Facebook foliage plants for your garden, Garth Cottage will have the address at www.facebook.com/talkofthetownsaltburn.

UK’s best selection of kitchen herbs and Saltburn Countryside Volunteers will be showing us what they get up Saltburn Studios and Gallery: Our Studio Artists are busy to while raising money for the wild flower meadow under the being creative in their Studios. Our Gallery will open again in Viaduct! The market runs 9 till 2 - but the early birds bag the March. Here following are the dates for our Open Studios for best bargains!

2020 (there may be more). Saturday, 25th April 12-4pm, for the Random Stitchers of Cleveland: Random Stitchers of opening of our Spring Show. Saturday, 1st August 12-4pm, for Cleveland are holding their monthly meeting on Saturday 7th the opening of our Summer Show. Saturday, 21st November 12 March, 2020 in Sunnyfield House, West gate, Guisborough -4pm, for the opening of our Winter Show.

TS14 6BA at 2pm. Our speaker is Kate Slaughter and is a Craft Club Busy Fingers: 2nd and 4th Thursday of each Creative Journey with Colour and Texture. Kate uses hand month, 1.30 till 3.30pm in the Coffee Room, Saltburn dyed fabrics, threads and mixed media to create pieces of Community Centre. work that reflect her love of nature through its colours, Saltburn Traditional Music Workshops: will be meeting on patterns and textures. Her work is inspired by Fridays 13th and 27th March in the Coffee Room at the Northumberland and Cumbria. Visitors are welcome whether Community Hall, Saltburn. If you enjoy traditional music, you are a stitcher or not. Admission £5.00 (includes come and join us. We play tunes at a slow and steady pace for Stitchers of Cleveland (Embroiderers’ Guild) are refreshments). See our website for further information Random everyone to join in. Further info from Dave 01642 316255. in Saltburn this month on 12th June at 2.00pm. See (www.randomstitchers.blogspot.co.uk) or contact Gill on WI Report:Library Itonwas a cold evening, but there was a good Library article page 10 forwet further details.

01642 480344. Our speaker on the 4th April will be Janet turn out for our February meeting. We started the meeting with Barker and her subject is Experiment and Create. Janet is a two visitors asking for help in the community. The first was Jan local artist whose work is primarily concerned with the Leaver who was looking for volunteers to help turn the town natural world we see in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside. yellow and blue for the Tour de Yorkshire. She is knitting She uses a range of fabrics, materials and techniques. bunting in the form of blue and yellow jerseys and left us some Emmanuel Church Hall Table Top and Collectors’ Sale: sample packs of wool and patterns to start us off. The second We will be back for our normal sales on 7th and 21st March visitor was from Saltburn food bank telling us about their aims then April 4th and 18th. We are really taking off as we are and the way it is run. We then went on to the social part of the using all three rooms and it’s really busy. It’s nice that we evening. Tonight this was a quiz requiring us to match photos have a lot of people just wanting a clear out. In this sale we of members to photos of them as babies. Wine and cheese was are using three rooms full of stall holders and we have also let served as we poured over the photos, not an easy task! some charity people in like different church groups, cancer As well as our usual monthly activities we also have an charities and more. It’s helping a lot of people. We are outing this month to Boundary Mill at Shiremoor. Shopping is looking forward to seeing you all again and thank you all for one of our favourite things. Our next meeting is on Thursday, your support. We are also doing our usual lunches and all day 12th March, when one of our members will be talking about the breakfast, fresh home baked cake, pies and scones. Home neo-natal unit. Visitors are always welcome so if you like to made refreshments and light lunches are on sale all day. visit we meet at 7pm at the Saltburn Learning Campus. You FREE ENTRANCE and a warm welcome to everyone. With can be sure of a warm and friendly welcome.

Full details of all our activities can be found at over 26 stall holders, selling lots of bric-a-brac, books, toys, baby goods, and all sorts of collectables, there is something www.saltburnbytheseawi.wordpress.com or take a look at our Facebook page. for everyone. Contact Denise Marshall on 07929 589538.

Diane Falla Cover Photograph: Milton Street 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, Mercury House, Grove Lane, Hemsworth WF9 4BB. Website: www.dcprintyorkshire.co.uk Tel: 01977 642331. Proprietor/Editor of Talk of the Town: Ian Tyas c/o Jackie’s Saverstore, 8 Station Buildings, Saltburn, TS12 1AQ. (Ian Tyas tel: 01287 623903.)

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Saltburn-by-the-Sea Images from our Archives

Emmanuel Church Choir - someone may be able to date this for us.

1929 Rotary International meeting at the Zetland Hotel. 400 members attended the meeting, visitors included members from Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Switzerland.

An event in First Fairy Glen in connection with the opening of the Woodland Centre.

Tree planting on Glenside using money which had been collected during a failed attempt to save Saltburn Youth Hostel. Circa 2001.

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An evening bat watch in the Valley Gardens.

A group of Sea Scouts adjacent to the Coastguard lookout station on Marine Parade. Circa 1920.

Traction engine during Victorian Week driven by Tom Colledge of Guisborough.

Victorian Week a horse drawn bus doing a u-turn supporting the theory of our Victorian roads being so wide.

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A Covenant with The People

On August 13th, 1902, Saltburn Banks - basically the area covering all of the banks up to Hazel Grove - were conveyed to the Urban District of Saltburn (UDC) by the Owners of the Middlesbrough Estate Ltd (OME). The OME are the administrators of the estates and legacy of Henry Pease, the founder of Saltburn-by-the-Sea. The UDC was paid £1500.

The indenture for this transaction contains a restrictive covenant which the UDC agreed to be bound by.

In the Covenant the UDC “covenants with the Vendors... that the Council... will hold the said piece of land... for the use and benefit of the public generally.” Specifically, it covenants that “the top of any erection shall not be above the level of Marine Parade” and further “the said land shall be kept always as open spaces to be used and enjoyed by the public freely.”

In 1921, the UDC sent a detailed drawing to OME of the Saltburn Banks. The drawing shows the work to be performed putting in paths and siting the shelter and viewing platform. The layout of the banks area is broadly unchanged today. The drawing is annotated to indicate that the only things above ground level will be hand rails and dwarf rockeries. Everything else will be “below adjoining ground level.” This is clear evidence of acceptance of the terms of the covenant.

In spite of this, plans are being promoted to develop the shelter and the viewing platform into a full bar/ restaurant operating until midnight 7 days a week. The structure will be above the level of Marine Parade and will be clearly visible along Marine Parade, from the beach and from the cliffs in both directions. It will further exacerbate the serious problems which exist with parking and access to the Jewel Streets and it will put at risk the much-loved and greatly valued children’s park and play area (the legacy of the late Jackie Taylor).

This development is clearly undesirable in a Conservation Area and will detract from the sweeping vistas and the Victorian legacy for which Saltburn is famed. It is clearly in breach of the Covenant and could easily lead to further destructive development of the Upper Promenade.

The proposal needs to be seen alongside other proposals the most significant of which is that for a Caravan and Camping site on Huntcliff. These proposals indicate a clear lack of understanding of Saltburn’s heritage.

Whilst so many local people work tirelessly and in a voluntary capacity to make Saltburn a great place to live, work and visit, a predatory council seems solely interested in generating income.

Residents of Saltburn - and those visitors who treasure it - need to unite to prevent developments which are damaging to our town. The Pease family (through OME) made a sacred covenant with the people of the town; the current local authority (RCBC) has both legal and moral obligations to respect the Covenant and indeed to recognise its own covenant with the electors and tax payers of Saltburn and beyond.

A public meeting to raise awareness of these issues has been arranged for Monday, 9th March at 6.30pm at the Conservative Club.

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Children Outdoors with Nature

Oh.... how things have moved on. Saltburn is heaving with families visiting at weekends and school holidays and that’s in winter! Children are now suitably kitted out for the cold weather with boots or wellies on, gloves, hats and four layers of clothes to keep the heat in. The place is looking more Scandinavian by the season. They are running, jumping and dancing through our beautiful valley, catching a swing, slide or climb on our park areas and heading towards the beach for some pebble throwing in the sea or the beck. It is great to see our local children emerging into our lighter evenings, after school, with skate boards, scooters and new Christmas bikes along our wide promenades and cycle paths.

The families joining Saltburn Beach and Forest School for sessions in the Wildlife Garden are engaging with nature, encouraging the bird life with understanding their needs for nest building and listening to their bird calls. Four families, are new, proud occupiers, of allotments and another has recently purchased hens for their garden. These families are keeping the Sustrans lane and Cattle Bridge free of litter on a weekly basis, picking up as they pass by.

The linking up of children from various sections is enhancing their commitment to looking after the planet.

Sir David Attenborough has made it quite clear, that each and every one of us, is responsible for caring and preserving our beautiful outdoor space is essential. The Cubs and Beavers have been busy planting bulbs and trees on the Millfield Meadow and look forward to more involvement as their ‘environmental badges’ encourages them to do so.

Saltburn Countryside Volunteers have supported our Primary School in the Early Years and Foundation Stage outdoor space and clearing of the pond area and look forward to organizing a litter pick of the Learning Campus before the end of term. Watch out for their stall at the Farmers’ Market on March 14th and support the fund raising in a small way by purchasing bird boxes, bird feeders, bird food or a tombola ticket.

People working with children are clear about the need for them to be outside with nature in all its forms.

They need to engage with trees, soil, forests, streams, sand, seaweed, tides, waves, wind, rain and sunshine. Enabling them to feel, touch and respect nature is so important.

Physical challenges in the outdoors result in learning, resilience, a determination to succeed and solving their own problems. They will have difficulty arguing with nature and the recent flooding has reminded us all, that the elements will win every time!

Saltburn children are incredibly lucky to have so many opportunities to play outside with all the above facilities. They just need opportunities to be taken there, supervised, and for the child to lead the learning as well as carrying their own bag!

In addition it is all FREE to be experienced and enjoyed. Our duty is to leave the space in a better condition than when we found it.

Have fun in the great outdoors this springtime.

Rosalyn and Claire

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Councillors’ Column The simple pen has held rule in recent days after the computer systems of Redcar & Cleveland Council were hacked into. Great efforts have been made to recover and ensure that service is as normal as possible under the circumstances. When the trend is to make everything ‘on line’ this demonstrates the vulnerability of IT. The world is a place of challenges and every day unscrupulous persons are attempting to invade one’s privacy. Anyone with a computer is advised to have adequate security systems in place and lessons must be learned from any such breaches.

Watch this space.

The mysteries of Compulsory Purchase Orders were unfolded at the Public Enquiry held in South Bank when the South Tees Development Corporations sought to acquire various parcels of land held on to by Thai banks after the failure of SSI. Progress on regeneration had been impaired by the inability to redevelop. Hopefully progress can now be made in achieving the 20,000 jobs aspired to in the Master Plan.

The Tees Valley Transport Strategy now unveiled is key to achieving a similar ambitious job creation programme, which has so far not materialised but this should not be a surprise given the uncertainty over medium and long term investment.

The Government has thrown in another initiative and is considering the establishment of Freeports, making them attractive to domestic and international investors looking to start or grow their UK operations. One such entity could be established at Redcar, with the idea of promoting new

business and job creation. Full details are on the Gov.UK web with a consultation document allowing comment ‘on line’, open until the 20th April. It is a comprehensive and informative piece of work.

Families and friends continue to enjoy Citizenship Ceremonies held all over the UK and particularly in Redcar.

Congratulations are extended to all residents who have participated and become fellow citizens.

The next Saltburn Neighbourhood Action Partnership meeting will be held on Wednesday, 18th March, starting at 6pm in the Library. The full agenda includes updates on motions passed recently on safer roads and pavements. All residents are made welcome and encouraged to attend. There may be news on Saltburn Police Station.

The post of Police & Crime Commissioner is up for reelection in May. A new incumbent with fresh ideas and ready to work with the new Chief Constable in addressing the demands of neighbourhoods The appeal by the applicants for the proposed development at Saltburn Lane has saddened all those who felt that public opinion and reasoned argument had won the day.

Much work still now needs to be done to convince the Planning Inspector of the merits of the case put together by hundreds of objectors. Saltburn was not built in a day.

Not a day passes without thought being given to addressing Climate Change. One suggestion in support of Redcar’s target of being carbon neutral by 2030 is to require all vehicles to be renewable energy powered, both on road and rail.

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Rotary News

Let’s start this article with an update. Together with our fantastic Rotakids Club and thanks to the support of our wonderful Saltburn Community we were able to raise £877 on our chocolate tombola for the Salvation Army Homeless at Christmas Appeal. A special mention should also go to Brendan Manship for the usual magnificent donation of chocolate prizes.

Speaking of our Rotakids Club, following their very successful TFM Toy Appeal for Christmas, they have been busy planting Crocus & Daffodil bulbs around the Huntcliff School Campus. and continue to be a force for good in helping their community in any way they can.

Recent speakers to Saltburn Rotary have been excellent and have raised our awareness on Dementia and Parkinson’s Disease, to which we donated the proceeds of our February Tombola Stall.

At the time of writing we are looking forward, to our annual Race night at Saltburn Cricket, Bowls & Tennis Club and once again all funds raised will be distributed to charitable causes at home and abroad.

January and February also saw the launch of the 2020 Howzat Music Festival, which this year will take place on Sunday, 20th September between 1.30pm and 10.30pm at the indoor nets building at Saltburn Cricket, Bowls & Tennis Club. Seven fantastic acts will be performing and the funds raised this year will be divided equally between the Butterwick Children’s Hospice and Zoë’s Place.

Dave Sadler

What’s on at Marske Hall

There’s lots planned for 2020 at Marske Hall.

Look out for: Easter Fair on Monday, 13th April; VE Cream Tea weekend on Friday, 8th May (Bank Holiday) and the Family Fun Day on Saturday, 27th June.

We need YOUR help to make these events a big success. If you have any unwanted gifts that would make lovely prizes for our winbolas or if you are able to donate larger items for our grand raffles, please get in touch with the Hall 01642 482672.

The Hall is open during office hours, Monday to Friday, to take donations – every little helps! All proceeds from these events will help to improve the lives of our residents.

Follow Marske Hall on Facebook for news.

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Redcar Area Foodbank opens ninth foodbank centre in Saltburn Redcar Area Foodbank has recently opened its ninth Foodbank centre at Saltburn Evangelical Church. The foodbank first opened its doors in December 2019 and now runs every Thursday afternoon from 2-4pm, during the regular church drop-in session.

Redcar Area Foodbank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust and sharing their procedures and best practice. Redcar Area Foodbank has been established for over 7 years and works with a wide range of local care professionals, such as doctors, health visitors, social workers and other charities, to help identify people in genuine crisis and issue them with a foodbank voucher. Clients can then bring their voucher to any of Redcar Area Foodbank’s centres where it can be redeemed for three-days’ emergency food. Up to four foodbank vouchers can be redeemed in any six-month period.

All clients who visit the new Saltburn foodbank centre will be given a warm welcome by their dedicated team of trained volunteers and offered a warm drink and a listening ear, whilst their food parcel is prepared. They can be signposted to other agencies and projects who provide help to people in crisis. Redcar Area Foodbank are happy to work alongside other independent foodbanks and charities in Saltburn to ensure local people receive the support they need. Members of the public can make donations of food and toiletries for Redcar Area Foodbank in Saltburn at Sainsbury’s, the library and at the Evangelical Church.

Redcar Area Foodbank also benefits from being part

of Footprints in the Community, a local umbrella charity.

Footprints run a number of projects dedicated to reducing poverty and isolation, which foodbank clients may benefit from. For example, Footprints also run a Next Step Shop in Redcar, which is a subsidised members’ shop for people who are still struggling after they have received all of their foodbank vouchers.

Redcar Area Foodbank Manager, Helen Hedges, pictured above, said, “As part of Footprints in the Community, Redcar Area Foodbank is dedicated to reducing poverty in Redcar and East Cleveland. Our new Foodbank centre is one way we are growing our service to provide help to anyone facing hunger in Saltburn and nearby villages.”

For more information on Redcar Area Foodbank you can find them on Facebook, visit the website www.redcararea.foodbank.org.uk (or email info@redcararea.foodbank.org.uk).

Saltburn Scouts News Welcome to 1st Saltburn Scout Group. We would like to tell you a wee bit about who and what we are.

The Group is made up of Beaver Scouts who are age 6-8, Cub Scouts are age 8-10 and Scouts aged 10-14.

Each Section works towards activity and challenge awards, not by sitting exams but by having fun with games, experiments and experiences.

All adults are volunteers who are DBS checked and receive training in safeguarding, how to run meetings and really interesting things like GDPR! We are not restricted to indoor activities, as we get outdoors as much as possible. You may have seen us exploring Saltburn, on our way to sailing at Yarm or gathering to practise bushcraft skills.

The Group have been a registered charity since 1967. As a charity we are dependent on donations. Parents and Carers pay subscriptions termly to help cover activities and insurances and the building has been upgraded (but there’s always more to be done) thanks to extensive grant applications.

At the moment we are building up for camping season and are in dire need of camping equipment. So if

you have a tent languishing at the back of a cupboard or season 3 or 4 sleeping bags that no longer get used please let us know, as our young people will make excellent use of them.

We will be letting you know in the coming months about what all three Sections are up to but if you were a Scout in Saltburn in years gone by, we would love to hear your experiences.

If your child would like to join Saltburn Beaver Scouts, you would like to share a story from your Scouting days or have a question you would like to ask, please contact us on saltburnscouts@hotmail.com.

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Saltburn in Bloom We are gearing up to another blooming year with storms, floods and all sorts. There has been only limited gardening to date but, as the Tour de Yorkshire comes through at the end of April, there will, as usual, be lots to do and little time to do it so, if anyone can help us in any way, do get in touch via facebook or email.

On 11th March it’s the Northumbria in Bloom spring meeting. This is an opportunity for all Northumbria entrants to meet up and get tips for 2020. We will also get the dates for spring and summer judging (April and July).

I’m hoping that spring judging will be as close as possible to the Tour de Yorkshire event as the judges will be able to see what we come up with to mark the occasion.

Northumbria is the only Britain in Bloom region that still has spring and summer judging and I feel it’s really useful that we have the opportunity to meet judges in spring on a more informal basis, get to know them a bit and explain to them what our intensions are for the summer. This year there’s an extra element in spring. There will be a trophy for the best spring entry. For this, we are all in it together, so to speak. We will be judged against Durham, Morpeth, Alnwick, tiny villages, everywhere in the Northumbrian region in fact. All the more reason why we need all the help anyone can offer.

Sponsorship letters were sent out at the end of February so should have hit your doormat by now, if you sponsor a basket, tub or barrel. If you haven’t sponsored anything before but would like to do something special to mark 2020, you can sponsor a hanging basket and have the words of your choice (within reason!) written up on the big town sponsorship sign that goes in the notice board near the entrance to the railway station platform. You might want to remember a loved one, promote your business or simply wish Saltburn the best for the coming decade. The world is your oyster, as long as you say something appropriate.

I’d like to say “huge congratulations” to Stanghow for re-entering Northumbria in Bloom. The village had won so many accolades in the past and it’s great to see them back. Of course we know that keeping a place florally lovely is done for residents, visitors and our businesses but being recognised for doing what we do well is lovely too.

Some of you will have heard of the ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ part of In Bloom. It’s not competitive and is open to any community that cares for a patch of land, however large or small. If you have an In Bloom group but don’t enter the actual competition, you could still have a go at It’s your Neighbourhood too, as it might whet your appetite. Anyone out there who is reading this and who is part of a community group, whether in Saltburn or in another village or area and who would like to know more, again, get in touch (email us at saltburn.in.bloom@gmail.com).

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Annual Drama Festival welcomes back old friends March is traditionally a month of high drama at Saltburn Community Theatre! And this year is no exception…

From the 17th -20th March, with the Awards Evening on the 21st, the Saltburn Drama Festival will host 4 nights of the best One Act Plays that our region has to offer. This is a qualifying first round of the All England Theatre Festival, now in its 8th decade, which is the only countrywide, competitive festival of one act drama in England. The six month long competition is organized regionally and, after a series of preliminary and semi-final rounds across the country, it culminates in a Grand Final in which the four ‘Area’ winners compete for the title of English Champions.

After a lean year in 2019, this year’s Festival sees a very healthy nine plays battle it out for the right to go through to the Area Final in May (also to be held in

Saltburn). We are delighted to welcome back old friends, Bananadrama and Cresta from Scarborough, Allerton Players (Northallerton), Nunthorpe Players (with two entries), Holmside Productions and Matchbox Theatre, (both from County Durham). Saltburn’s own community drama group, the ’53, will also be presenting an adult and a youth entry. There will be a wide variety of themes addressed and a good mix of established and new writing.

Individual evening tickets are £8, £6 but why not treat yourself to a weekly ticket and see all 9 plays? This also entitles you to vote for the coveted Audience Award which will be presented, along with the other Awards, on Saturday evening. Weekly tickets are £25, £20 and all tickets can be purchased from Spar Gosnays in Milton Street, online at www.saltburnarts.co.uk, or from the Theatre Box Office

Friday Night Live Music: Simply Classical Concert Saltburn Theatre, Friday, 3rd April at 7.30pm Saltburn Arts is delighted to host another in the series of ‘Simply Classical’ concerts showcasing some of the most talented, up-and-coming young musicians in the North East. Those who came to last year’s concerts were blown away by the performances of these young singers and players. Saltburn is very fortunate to be able to experience an evening of high class music making from these stars of the future!

As in previous concerts, the slippery label ‘classical’ will be interpreted loosely, with a varied programme

featuring both traditional ‘classical’ works and also ‘classic’ jazz and music theatre numbers in the second half.

Put April 3rd in your diary! You can be sure of a very special and inspiring evening to usher in the Spring!

Performance starts 7.30pm. Doors & Bar open 6.45.

Tickets £8 & £6 concessions from Saltburn Arts Box Office (01287 624997) or online at www.saltburnarts.co.uk .

Andrew Pierce

Help wanted – Discover the fascinating world of moths Have you ever wanted to help with wildlife conservation but never thought you had the time or the right experience? The Tees Valley Wildlife Trust is looking for volunteers who could spare a few early mornings each month during the summer to help survey for farmland moths. It may be a surprise but in the UK there are over 2,500 species of moths found in a wide range of habitats.

They are exceedingly important in the ecosystem as adult moths and caterpillars are food for a wide variety of wildlife: other insects, spiders, frogs, small mammals, bats and birds. Moths are also important pollinators of plants which is important for seed production of both wild plants and crops.

For the surveys, light traps are used to collect moths overnight. Volunteers are needed to help record the different species and number of moths found in the trap. Recording is done in the early morning light before the moths warm up and fly away. You just need to have a camera on your phone and access to the internet.

Training will be given to introduce volunteers to moths and the traps. Trap checking, by groups of volunteers, will occur at various locations across East Cleveland, at

weekends and during the week so you will need your own transport to reach survey sites.

If you would be interested in starting a fascinating new hobby and helping with this important baseline survey of the biodiversity and distribution of different moth species in East Cleveland then please register your interest at info@teeswildlife.org or telephone 01287 636382.

This project is supported by funding from National Lottery players through the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Northumbrian Water’s Branchout Fund.

Pictured here are the Marbled Green and the Leopard moths.

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Emmanuel Church Hall, (off Windsor Road) Saltburn

Tuesdays at 3.30pm, 5.30pm or 7.30pm.

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Saltburn Charity Crafters

Saltburn Charity Crafters will be meeting on Wednesday, 4th March in the Coffee Room at Saltburn Community Hall from 2.00pm to 4.00pm. The aim of our group is to enjoy traditional crafts and, at the same time, help local charities. If charity crafting also appeals to you, please join us at our monthly meeting or, if you would like more information, contact Kath on 01287 205242 (or email: kath.west45@virginmedia.com).

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Workshop Space and Gallery Arts based workshops and artwork by local artists for sale.

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

Articentric Community Interest Company

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

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

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

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

Saltburn Photographic Society Wednesday, 4th March: results of the fourth monthly “The Natural World” competition. Wednesday, 11th March: “The Art in Architecture” excellent architectural photography by Les Forrester. Wednesday, 18th March: “Greenland a land of icebergs and Inuit” by Richard and Jane Burdon.

Wednesday, 25th March: Frank Sanderson Knock Out competition. Wednesday, 1st April AGM. A selection of members’ work is on display in Saltburn Library; this is changed every two months.

Practical night 7.00pm on Monday, 16th March: How to create a slide show (digital).

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 information, visit our website www.saltburnphotographicsociety.co.uk or contact Tony Lynn on 01287 622519.

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Saltburn Athletic FC The weather has played a big part recently and looks likely that this will continue as teams struggle to get games played.

Fortunately some games have survived the weather and the U12s Sharks beat Nunthorpe 6-1 and now are up to fourth in their division.

The U12s Seahawks have managed to play three games winning two by comfortable margins of 10-1 versus Linthorpe Accies and 6-0 against Bedale. However, a 4-2 loss was recorded when losing to league leaders Prissick Rovers 4-2. The team are fourth in their division.

The U13s managed a 2-1 win away at Eaglescliffe Elementis and maintain the second position in their division.

The U15s Falcons played two games losing 3-0 to Linthorpe Clarets but winning easily against Riverside Juniors by 6-0.

The U15s Dolphins are having a very difficult season after winning promotion to division one and finding this is a step too far and now are bottom of their league and suffering a 6-0 loss to Redcar Athletic Reds.

Both the U9s and U11s continue to make progress and the U11s team unofficially near the top of their division. The U9s are improving but realising life is not so easy in competitive games.

This season it is likely for most teams to last into late April or even May so fingers crossed for better weather.

Andy Croll, Club Secretary, CWO, Coach

Saltburn 500 Club Congratulations go to the following winners in the February Saltburn 500 Club draw - £100 J Garvey, £50 J Powell, £25 A Benoliel and £15 D Whitwell.

The work to raise funding for Saltburn Christmas lights is a never-ending task and I would like to thank the Monday at 8 Group for their kind donation of £62. I have arranged four fund-raising events in the Community Centre and the dates are 4th April, 20th June, 8th August and 10th October. Please come along and buy refreshments and/or have a go on the tombola. I have already attended meetings to discuss the possibility of adding extra Christmas lights, for the 2020 display, and we are already discussing the Christmas lighting-up parade. I am aware of the fact that there are people on social media criticising the lights and all I can say is that there are volunteers in the town who give of their best. If you feel you can do a better job, or would like to help, please let me know.

You may have noticed that the model loco, at the approach to the town, has had to have a new roof put on the cabin and I would like to pass on our sincere gratitude to Robert Proctor and his team at Saltburn Miniature Railway for doing the work for us. We are hoping to have it totally repainted to repair the damage caused by children climbing on it. As this is not exactly a cheap job, could I please ask you to try and stop your children from climbing on it.

The 2020 Bandstand Schedule has been completed and copies are available from Saltburn library. Of course, we are always looking for new volunteers to join the team we have and help to set out the seating and store it away after each performance. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Councillor Philip Thomson or myself.

Saltburn 500 Club have recently provided funding towards the replacement of a new hot water boiler for Friends of the Valley and towards the cost of planting up the flower bed around the back of the war memorial. The committee decided that both applications were worthy of support and we will be looking to offer financial support towards other applications in the near future. If you have any views on what could be done to improve the appearance of the town, please let us know.

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

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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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Love Your Being

A very warm welcome to d.a.n.i.delights’ new monthly ‘love your being’ column and recipe highlighting key nutrients essential for vibrant health.

Our first month shines the spotlight on magnesium.

Magnesium is a key mineral required by our bodies in over 300 biochemical reactions and is vital for every one of our body’s systems.

Some of magnesium’s main functions are to

Keeping It Clean At Saltburn Thank you so much to all who braved the February winds for the monthly beach clean. Fifty plus people turned up and together we made a huge difference. Some of the volunteers, led by Moo, the dog, pictured, and her Dad, cleaned the top of the banks on Marine Parade. Lots of litter blows from the town and gathers on the bank tops; best to get it before it blows down onto the beach.

I want to say a huge thank you to the Wombles of Hambleton, a litter picking group from Northallerton, for coming all the way to Saltburn to join in our beach clean.

Our next beach clean is Saturday, 7th March. We meet at the new Victorian Shelter, lower promenade, next to Marshall’s Beach Huts. 11am start until noon. All welcome.

We provide adult and child sized pickers, buckets and gloves. Follow us on Facebook.

Together we KICAS !

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maintain normal nervous system function, to help in muscle function, to support a healthy immune system, to regulate our heartbeat and to assist in strengthening our bones.

Reference Daily Intake (RDI)is 400mg Food sources high in magnesium are cacao (raw chocolate), fruits: avocados, bananas, dried apricots, nuts: brazil nuts, cashews, almonds, legumes: beans, peas, seeds: pumpkin, flax, chia, wholegrains: oats, buckwheat, brown rice, quinoa and leafy green vegetables: kale, spinach. d.a.n.i.delights magnesium boosting recipe A recipe for superhero hot chocolate! Ingredients: 500ml boiled water, 1 tablespoon organic raw cacao powder, 1 teaspoon organic raw carob powder, 1 teaspoon organic maca powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 tablespoon organic raw coconut oil, 1 tablespoon xylitol and a pinch of Himalayan pink salt. Simply combine all the ingredients in a blender and serve immediately.

Our range of d.a.n.i.delights organic raw vegan chocolate bars are naturally high in magnesium and can boost your levels due to their high cacao content and other ingredients included in the list of food sources high in magnesium.

Our bars and most of the ingredients used in our recipes are available to buy from our retail stockists: Real Meals Delicatessen in Saltburn, Organically U in Redcar, Alkaline Kitchen in Middlesbrough, For Goodness Sake health foods in Guisborough, Coulby Newham & Middlesbrough and also directly from d.a.n.i.delights at our Saltburn Farmers’ Market stall on the second Saturday of every month in Saltburn Square.

SARA Fundraising Success For the month of December 2019 Pets at Home in Middlesbrough invited SARA to help collect for their SantaPaws appeal raising money to help give an animal in a rescue centre a Christmas dinner.

The joint efforts of Pets at Home staff and SARA volunteers raised £5,125 (10,250 meals) which was divided between Support Adoption for Pets and SARA. There was a big surprise when the cheque was presented by two members of staff, Liz Parnell and Rachael Bowler, and SARA’s total turned out to be £3,923.

“Timeless Pieces they’ll love to wear” Here at Gladrags we love different and individual pieces, that are as unique as the children that wear them!

As we approach our 2 month anniversary, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to tell you a little bit more about us!

We are situated on Dundas Street West, amongst a row of 4 other lovely shops, with a passion of bringing our customers brands and one-off pieces that they simply cannot access anywhere else.

Myself, Faith, and my Mum, Kelly, saw a gap in the market for a baby & childrenswear boutique that offers customers a shopping experience- one that they will remember & hopefully return for!

With our craft corner and friendly environment, we try to be as inviting for children as we are for parents, as we understand that as much as we love them, shopping with little ones can be a challenge sometimes! We range from premature to age 14, offering a vast range of fashion and gifts throughout the store.

Opening on the 14th of December seemed a daunting prospect with it being so close to the festive period, but nevertheless we received a fantastic response from customers that has only grown from strength to strength since opening! We would love to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers, for your continued support and enabling us to continue our dream!

Over the next few months you will see some very exciting editions to Gladrags, and we don’t just mean new brands!

From flat caps & blankets, to tutus & outfits, we really do have something for everyone, so pop in, say hello, and join the GR crew today!

What does the number 108 mean to you?

Do you have a lucky number?

Is there a number that occurs often in your life?

It was astronomer, mathematician, and physicist Galileo Galilei who said the universe is written “in mathematical language” — that the mysteries of creation itself could be unravelled through numbers and equations. For the mystics, such numbers offered more than a scientific explanation — they offered a code for awakening, a code to our own nature. And for the yogis, that code is 108.

The number 108 has many important and symbolic meanings ranging from mathematics to religions and spiritual practices, martial arts and yoga. For me it represents journeys that I have taken, either mentally, physically or spiritually. At the change of each season I like to mark it with a physical journey of 108 sun salutations. Clearing the way for new journeys and adventures, thanking the past for the lessons I have learnt and celebrating the now for being able to physically do all the things I love.

I will be doing 108 repetitions of a sun solution on the beach at the spring equinox to raise money for Parkinson’s and celebrate being outside.

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Saltburn, Marske and New Marske Parish Council At the recent Parish Council meeting Linda White, from The Big Local gave a presentation on the future of the Klondike Bike Race. It was noted that the event would take place in 2020 but in order for the event to run in subsequent years, significant funding needed to be secured. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, 19th April and will once again pass through Saltburn and New Marske.

It has now been confirmed that the Tour de Yorkshire will come through Saltburn on Thursday, 30th April. The bikers will set off from Beverley around midday and finish on Redcar Stray, passing through Saltburn and Marske around 4.30pm. The support vehicles will come through approximately an hour before the racers. Residents and businesses along the route are encouraged to turn the area blue and yellow and the Council has several bikes available for anyone who would like to decorate one in the Tour colours to display on their property.

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litter pick to support the Great British Spring Clean - this will take place on Wednesday, 25th March 10am to 11.30am in Saltburn Valley Gardens. Volunteers should meet at Cat Nab Car Park at 10am - litter pickers and bags will be provided. If you have an hour to spare please come and join us.

The Annual Parish Assembly will take place at 7.15pm on Wednesday, 25th March at Saltburn Community Centre. Daryll Tomlinson, Detective Chief Inspector of Cleveland Police, will be giving a presentation on Serious and Organised Crime in the Community.

Members of the public are very welcome to attend.

Light refreshments will be served.

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

or email: simon.robson1@ntlworld.com

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Friday Friends Friday Friends is a drop-in group for adults over 18 who have special and additional needs or are at risk of social isolation. We are a diverse group who meet on Fridays at the ECHO centre, Emmanuel Church, McNay Street, Saltburn.

We are open from 10am until 3pm, with activity sessions, should you wish to join in with them, running from 10-12 and 1-3. Arts/Crafts, games, refreshments and a good chat are available all day.

We ask for a donation of £2 per session or £3 for the whole day – if you prefer to stop in for a quick cuppa and a chat we only charge for your refreshments. The first session and Carers are always free.

Friday 6th March – Seated Keep Fit - 10-12 Friday 20th – Singalong with Makaton – 10-11 Friday 27th – Bowls – 10-12 (Please book) For more information please email admin@thefridayfriends.co.uk or call 07921 855242.

Registered Charity No. 1177967

Saltburn Library News DIARY DATES: Every Monday at 11.00am is Chatter and Play Group.

Toys for children to play with and a great chance to meet other people, sing songs and brighten up your day!

Every Friday from 2 till 4.00pm Tea in the Afternoon.

Have some tea, biscuits and home made treats.

5th March is World Book Day. Join our reading revolution, and celebrate stories for the love of reading.

Collect tokens (valid from 27th Feb till 29th March) to swap for free books. WBD is a charity funded by publishers and booksellers in the UK and Ireland.

25th March 2020 10:30-11:30am Saltburn Library Reading Group. March’s book is The Gift by Celia Ahern. Step into a magical world!

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SALTBURN BLUES CLUB

The gig for March has very much a ‘Water Theme’ going on with the main Band being Deep Blue Sea and the support called When Rivers Meet. I hope it doesn’t mean we will get one of our severe Saltburn-by-the-Sea storms. What we will get though is a storm of the finest of UK Blues/Rock yet again.

Deep Blue Sea hail from London and in 2019 signed a record deal with Razor Edge Records releasing their first album Strange Ways. Their music has been described as punchy and aggressive with absolute style, a funky mix of rock and roll, rockabilly, blues and soul, Jagger and Hendrix and so many things between. Fronting the Band is a young lady by the name of Dregas, an astonishing vocalist originating from Los Angeles. Tickets for this gig are £10 and are available from Milo’s Cafe in Saltburn, the Cricket Club and from www.yorkshireticketshop.co.Doors 7.30pm.

As if Deep Blue Sea are not enough we have supporting them a fast rising duo When Rivers Meet (see what I did there?) comprising Grace and Aaron Bond a Blues/Roots duo from Essex. Their soulful vocals lock into harmony with a natural chemistry. Aaron’s bold driven guitar is grounded by his solid kick drum and Grace’s unique slide mandolin and fiddle combine to create a wall of sound. With a combination of well crafted self penned songs and re-worked traditionals their performances are fearless.

The combination of these two acts on one night is going to make for a very special musical experience. It’s one I can’t wait for.

Also coming up in March at our other enterprise the Balmoral Acoustic Blues Club at Saltburn Cons Club are Whitby based Band Tuppenny Blue. “A curious but fabulous little group from Whitby” BBC Introducing and “Fantastic laid back Blues/Jazz fusion” Radio Jorvick. These small intimate gigs are proving extremely popular, selling out quickly on each occasion. Seats can only be reserved directly with me. First come first served. Doors 7.30pm tickets £8 for SBC members and £10 for guests.

Oh and before I forget my radio show Still Got The Blues on Zetland 105FM and online at Zetland FM Listen Live is on every Monday night 7-10pm where you can hear all the latest releases and some classic Blues standards. Hope you can join me.

Harry Keep diggin’ the Blues folks!

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Tribal Belly Dance at Brownlee Court

U3A Saltburn American Tribal Style (ATS) belly dancers were invited to dance at Brownlee Court Care Home in February.

Residents, their families plus staff filled the room to watch and many photos were taken. We enjoyed it very much. It was a great afternoon and hope it won’t be too long before we return.

Redcar’s Visual Presentations Our 63rd Season is now coming to a close as we have just two more meetings before we take our Annual Summer Break.

On Tuesday, 10th March at 2.15pm in the Redcar East Community Centre on Durham Road, we have a return visit from Trevor Taylor and he will be showing us the huge efforts that were made by both the men and women of Great Britain to keep the home fires burning twice in the last century. His Presentation is called ‘Munitions Workers in the Great Wars’.

A fortnight later on Tuesday, 24th March at the same time and venue, we shall welcome back another popular Presenter from our 63rd Season, Jack Wood, who has had more than a ‘finger in the pie’ in the World of Popular Entertainment. This time his Presentation is entitled, ‘Excuse me, I dropped a Name’. It promises to be a fascinating experience discovering Which Names!

At the end of his Presentation, we shall have a short AGM to find out (1) which Presenters you would like to see again and (2) to enlarge our very small committee, so that we are able to continue for a 64th Season to bring you the Best of local Presenters.

Admission to each Presentation is £2.50 and visitors are most welcome at any of our Meetings.

Tony Crow

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Podology celebrate 15 years in business by launching medical grade skin tightening treatments Business owner Laura Dicken says “For 2020 our focus is on clinical skincare and results driven treatments. We will be launching Endymed, for those clients wanting a non surgical answer to skin tightening and rejuvenation. We have listened to what our clients want and are excited to bring this kind of technology to Saltburn and the surrounding area.”

ENDYMED treatments provide the solution to every skin ageing concern. From crows feet and eyelid hoods, to tired, sun-damaged skin and drooping jowls, whatever your area of concern, there’s an ENDYMED treatment for you.

Each clinically proven treatment delivers truly remarkable, natural and long-lasting rejuvenation results. ENDYMED is a cutting-edge, FDA approved, clinical device that uses the most sophisticated form of radiofrequency energy, 3DEEP Skin Science, to deliver treatments that target every layer of your skin. From deep within the skin, where the energy stimulates collagen production, to tighten, firm and improve your skin structure, all the way up to the skin’s surface, to smooth wrinkles, improve skin tone and restore radiance.

ENDYMED offers multiple treatments, using specialist handpieces, which use radiofrequency energy in different ways, to safely and effectively address specific skin ageing concerns and target your problem areas. Treatments vary in levels of intensity, so whether you’re looking for a completely pain free treatment with no down time for skin tightening and lifting or a high intensity treatment for skin with more advanced ageing and sun damage, there will be an

ENDYMED treatment to suit you. Every ENDYMED treatment stimulates your skin’s own natural rejuvenating processes, so the results you’ll see will not only be outstanding, but natural looking and long-lasting too.

As collagen takes time to remodel and form full effects of the treatment will typically be seen after 3 months or more following your treatment course. Some treatments, however, also deliver short term results with an immediate lift and a healthy glow, the perfect pick-me up before a big event! ENDYMED has been featured in top publications such as Tatler, Vogue, Marie Claire and Glamour. It’s a treatment of choice for celebrities, with fans including Kim Kardashian, David Beckham and Anna Kendrick.

Sound too good to be true? Be rest assured as ENDYMED treatments are endorsed by doctors and dermatologists worldwide, and clinical studies have revealed that 100% of patients would “definitely recommend” the treatment to a friend.

We are so excited to be launching this world renowned treatment platform here in Saltburn! Our launch event is on Thursday 26th March, there will be two workshops taking place, the first 2-4pm and then again 57pm. Tickets are £20 which is redeemable against any treatment course purchased on the day. Pop in store to pick up your ticket or call 01287 622280 (www.podology.info).

See also the two page feature on the previous pages.

Robb After its Winter break, Seaside Folk returns on Friday, March 27th with a man who Mike Harding described as “One of our best singer-songwriters ever”. Actually, you are spoilt for choice for people from the folk scene saying more or less the same thing.

If you were to judge a man by the company he keeps, Robb is obviously a formidable character having worked with: Roy Bailey, Leon Rosselson, Dennis Skinner, Maggie Holland, Tom Robinson, Miranda Sykes… Perhaps that company suggests a certain allegiance but he is more a commentator than an evangelist.

His own version of Who Do You Think You Are was to make his father into an Ordinary Giant by releasing a triple CD in 2018 about him and the social and political events faced by extraordinary people during the last century. Not content with having already recorded over 40 albums in his career, he released another two last month; one by himself and the second with The Irregulars who will not be appearing with him in Saltburn. Instead we will have the pleasure of listening to his very special personal angle on contemporary life; its joys and joylesses.

As well as performing his own songs he has become something of a Jacques Brel enthusiast and his album Ne me quitte pas received the same sort of accolades that we have come to expect for his work. He is a complex character and his musical influences and fans are as likely to be found in a Chamber Orchestra as they are in a Punk Rock Band.

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Robb’s songs and his performance combine to give a thoughtful but highly entertaining survey of Britain as it enters this third decade of the century. To paraphrase Eugene O’Neill – the present is the product of its past and also the start of the future – I think that Robb would agree but why not come and decide for yourself.

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Cleveland Diving Club The official date for the beginning of spring is the 20th March, however, it would seem that the current display but vibrant spring flowers and sprightly, chirpy birds are declaring that spring is already here. In the marine world creatures are also doing their ‘spring thing.’

For example, emulating the migratory habits of birds, the common European squid, found in many European waters, as far down as the west coast of Africa, is currently migrating via Portugal and France to the North Sea to spawn, where our local divers are hopeful of encountering squids such as the one in photo 1. Although a member of the same mollusc family as octopus and cuttlefish the squid has a number of differences, in particularly with octopuses. For example, having the same number of arms (8) a squid has a further two tentacles near its head, (arms have suckers, and tentacles have hooks and / or suckers.) Octopuses are bottom feeders piercing crustaceans with venom and eating by dissolving them with saliva. Squid and cuttlefish catch fish or shrimp in open water, using tentacles, and eating them in chunks. Octopuses find swimming extremely stressful preferring to haul their cumbersome, boneless hulk across the sea bed (photo 2).

However, cuttlefish (photo 3) and squid have structural stiffeners such as a unique internal cuttlefish bone or in the squid a flexible backbone, ‘pen,’ making both of these good swimmers.

However, being sleek and more aerodynamically shaped a squid is the ‘Usain Bolt,’ of the mollusc world being the fastest swimming invertebrate, as any divers trying to photograph them will testify. So well done the diver who managed to capture this shot of a squid (photo 4).

It is estimated there are over 500 species of squid from giant sized squids to very small squids such as the lesser known vampire squid measuring about 30 cm and found deep (½ mile) in warm waters. Its name comes from its webbed arms that look like a vampire cape, which when upturned offers predator protection as it lacks the usual ink jettison and camouflage technique of its family members.

However, it boasts the largest eyes (relative to body size) in the animal kingdom. Amazingly it uses light-producing body organs (photophores) to attract prey feeding on larger fish, whales and sea lions. Sorry, no photo of this squid available but a visit to YouTube is highly recommended. For scuba divers the sea and its creatures is as fascinating and captivating as our earthbound creatures and being scuba divers we have the best of both worlds.

Photos are by kind permission of Island Watersports Centre, Lanzarote.

Cleveland Divers can be contacted us Facebook, ‘The Diving Club-Cleveland’ or on 07960 608529.

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Not going to the Dentist is one thing (you can always eat with false teeth) but neglecting the Opticians is another (you can’t see with false eyes!)

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Zetland Lifeboat Museum opening for the 2020 Season At last the longer days are with us, and the Easter Holidays are fast approaching. The volunteers at the Zetland Lifeboat Museum and Redcar Heritage Centre are very busy getting the Museum and exhibits into readiness for the start of the 2020 season: starting on Saturday, 4th April, the Museum will be open from 11am to 5pm, at weekends and weekdays 11am to 4pm.

The centrepiece of the Museum is the Zetland Lifeboat, the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world, which was built in 1802 and which saved more than 500 lives in her long career.

As well as the historic lifeboat, the Museum houses many exhibits relating to the lifeboat service, the town of Redcar, its maritime and fishing heritage and its days as a popular holiday resort. There is a model gallery with a number of finely-crafted model boats and ships, including some new exhibits this year.

The Museum is volunteer-run, and is a free-to-enter attraction on Redcar’s sea-front esplanade. The exhibits are accompanied by detailed information boards, and there is always a team of friendly volunteers to help with any questions relating to the Zetland Lifeboat or any of the other exhibits, or to help visitors with a free guided tour of the Museum, should they request it.

The picture shows the Zetland Lifeboat on display outside the Museum in Spring 2019 by Martyn Johnson.

Touching the Void Mountaineer to visit Saltburn

Internationally acclaimed mountaineer, Simon Yates, is visiting Saltburn this month to present the visually stunning and hugely entertaining My Mountain Life. Best known for his harrowing expedition to the Andes documented in ‘Touching the Void’, Simon is one of the most famous and accomplished exploratory mountaineers of his time.

‘Life and death’ is a common phrase used to express a difficult decision, but few people ever really have to face the reality of that choice. Simon is a man who had to take such a decision, whilst trapped on his descent from Peru’s Siula Grande with climbing partner, Joe Simpson. Believing Joe to be dead on the end of the rope, Simon was slowly being pulled off the mountain whilst losing all feeling in his hands.

Simon was forced to make the stark decision to cut the rope that joined them in order to save his own life – a story retold in Joe’s best-selling book, the BAFTA award-winning film

and the recently adapted West End stage play, that made both men household names.

Since this fateful expedition in 1985, Simon has gone on to climb in some of the most remote and rarely explored mountain ranges of the world. From the Arctic to the Antarctic, Alaska to Central Asia, there is hardly a significant range he has not visited. His three books (Against the Wall, Flame of Adventure and The Wild Within) not only chart over 30 years of mountaineering exploits, but also provide personal reflections on topical issues of the time such as how digital communication has changed the experience of mountaineering.

Simon will be presenting My Mountain Life at Saltburn Arts on Tuesday, 24th March. Speaking about his visit to Saltburn, Simon says: “I’m really looking forward to coming and sharing my mountain adventures with an audience at Saltburn Arts.”

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Shorty’s Gins Wins Bronze at the World Gin Awards 2020 On the 15th January 2020, founder of Shorty’s Gins Limited, Rachael Conisbee and her mum Kathleen, travelled down to Glazier Hall near London Bridge, in the heart of London. They attended the World Gin Awards along with the world’s leading gin producers.

In fact, Rachael, now more widely known as ‘Shorty’, found herself sitting next to one of the Award judges and Senior Ambassador of Bombay Sapphire, Sam. The cream of the industry was in the hall that day from all around the world, along with the one-woman business from the north east, Shorty and her mum Kathleen! It was such a buzz. Large round tables seating ten were loaded with trays of gin samples for everyone to judge. Then the overall winners were announced.

“I will be honest, I felt somewhat deflated when we didn’t win overall. But then again, I didn’t quite grasp just how big this awards ceremony was in the industry and around the world. There were over 600 entries this year. We were all then handed a booklet containing the gold, silver and bronze award winners.

Leafing through I held my breath. And then there it was, halfway down the page in the hardest fought category London Dry Gin, Bronze for Endeavour Gin!” Started in April 2017, the obstacles placed in front of Shorty’s Gins have been many and some colossal. And yet, each one was effectively dealt with and overcome. From real fruit gin liqueurs to world acclaimed Endeavour Gin in 2.5 years is some achievement.

It all really started to take off when Saltburn’s Conservative and Unionist Club’s Stewardess Michelle Gilley showed her support for Shorty and her wares and stocked every fruity liqueur and now Endeavour Gin. “I would like to say a massive thank you to Michelle. Your faith and continued support has never wavered, even when mine did,” said Shorty.

Endeavour Gin is about more than just Captain Cook, Shorty’s childhood hero, and his ship Endeavour. The word endeavour is such a powerful, strong and positive word. To endeavour is to aspire… believe…. achieve. Shorty’s endeavour was achieved against the odds. If you have a dream and you truly believe in it, you WILL ACHIEVE. If Shorty can do this, anyone can achieve their own special goal.

You can find Shorty’s Endeavour Gin in many of the bars and cafés in Saltburn and Gosnay’s Spar on Milton Street, most of the pubs in Whitby, some in Redcar and many more over the moors and in the surrounding areas. It has even been taken abroad by Shorty’s faithful followers and friends and photographed in Bali, the Philippines, Australia and New York!

Shorty’s plan is to take Endeavour Gin to the four corners of the world…..after all, it is one of the world’s best gins according to the judges at the World Gin Awards 2020.

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The shoulder is an anatomically complicated region and so, requires a careful examination and assessment in order to work out what is wrong and what treatments are most appropriate. To complicate things further, the shoulder region is closely linked with the structures of the neck, which when injured, damaged or sensitised, can refer pain to the shoulder and upper arm.

Our approach to dealing with persistent and recurrent cases of shoulder pain is to advise on effective self management strategies. We augment this where appropriate with hands on treatments such as manipulative therapy and soft tissue massage and mobilisation. This patient centred approach to managing shoulder pain has a growing amount of science to support its efficacy. ll of the treatments that we deliver are underpinned by non technical explanations and education so that our patients have a good understanding of their condition and how to deal with it. We have written a number of health related articles which are freely available on our website and we hold occasional talks and presentations on health related issues. Our next event is “Running Injury: Prevention and Performance� at 7pm on Monday, 16th March 2020. Admission is free but as places are limited we ask that you call or email us to reserve a place.

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Talk of the Town’s monthly Pride of Saltburn Award The winner of this month’s bouquet of flowers is Ann Wright.

Ann was nominated by Rosalind Dransfield. About her, she says, “I would like to nominate Ann Wright for the Pride of Saltburn award. Ann has lived in Saltburn for over 35 years.

She is always helping all her friends and family and supporting good causes. Several years ago she did the cycle India and raised a lot of money for cancer research. She supports Eva Women’s aid in Redcar. Last year she collected toiletries for them and this year she collected cleaning materials. Each time she has donated 29 bags. She sings at local folk groups with her husband Ian and the members have donated each time for her. She supported me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 years ago and her sister in law who was also diagnosed with breast cancer. She is now knitting Joey and Koala bags for the injured animals in Australia and continuing to support her sister in law who has now been diagnosed with Dementia. I am very proud of what she has achieved and how many people she’s helped.” Thank you, Ann, for being you, the pride of Saltburn.

SARA Salutes Generous Family You may have seen articles in this publication written by Joy and Mandy of SARA. Well, the charity wishes to acknowledge Mandy and her family by writing an article highlighting their involvement.

Mandy has been a volunteer at the charity for over ten years, involved in a variety of roles including, home checker, dog walker, cat socialising, stall holder, phone line, inductions for new volunteers, farm tours at events, PR officer to name a few. Recently Mandy has been involved in an exciting new venture along with two other longer term volunteers (Elvire and Alison) at the Barn Owl Antique Rooms where vintage goods are for sale in one of the units, funds raised on behalf of SARA. The generosity of time and enthusiasm, along with support for the animal charity also extends to Mandy’s family whose lives are interwoven with animal welfare. Her mum, sister, niece, brother, aunt and uncle are all involved with the sanctuary in one way or another. Mum visits Foxrush Farm regularly to walk dogs, sister Sue spends time with the dogs and cats when she is not making sure the farm reception areas are spic and span. Sue also recently adopted an energetic adorable spaniel for a companion to their puppy Murphy.

Imogen, Mandy’s niece, braved the Redcar seas for the Boxing Day Dip raising a commendable £550 for SARA through sponsors. In 2019 two beautiful greyhounds were taken in at Foxrush separately and who immediately bonded so the staff wished to get them homed together but chances looked slim. Guess what: Yes, Mandy’s aunt and uncle fell for them both and being previous greyhound owners adopted them together where they are spoilt, happy and inseparable.

Last but certainly not least, Mandy’s brother Russell who owns a small family business along with Martin, Tees Valley Machining Ltd, handed over a cheque in February 2020 for £1000 towards a much needed Cat Isolation Unit. Russell having already adopted three SARA cats (one of whom is a

lovely little cat called Lily who has a grade 5 heart murmur and is on borrowed time but is spoilt rotten every day).

2019 saw more kittens than ever born at Foxrush to cats who were only young kittens themselves or young mums who had had multiple litters. Cats with medical problems have also been prevalent this last year, so a new Cat Isolation Unit was decidedly high on the progress agenda. Naturally funds are needed to make this a reality but Russell and Martin’s donation is a huge boost and a healthy start for the project. Should anyone wish to contribute to the new build please contact SARA at Foxrush Farm on 01642 488108 (or email sara.foxrushfarm@gmail.com).

So to Mandy and family, SARA wish to extend their sincere gratitude and appreciation for all your support and in helping the charity continue to offer the best of care to the animals within.

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Health, Happiness and Feeling Down I have felt down lately. The last ten days, two weeks or so.

Not an overwhelming crushing low but an undercurrent of self-disappointment which brings with it a kind of weakness.

A weakness in my body and a kind of mental fragility, like a lack of courage or confidence or emotional strength.

It is unusual for me and I watch it as if watching myself from outside. It surprises me as if it doesn’t match who I am or who I believe myself to be, as though it’s not me. And yet I feel held under by it, weak and disempowered. As if both myself and me watching myself are both under this spell.

I watch it with intrigue and it begins to effect all parts of me. I reach out and admit it, which is quite new for me, but friends seem unavailable or unwilling and that confirms to me that I am not worthy. I feel disappointed with my friends in a similar way that I feel disappointed with myself and I feel unloved. I feel sexually unimpressive, flat and out of passion and out of spontaneity. I feel less attractive physically. I have no surprise that others don’t find me attractive either. I feel weaker and the body feels more fragile and breakable than ever before. Of course I am getting older but this feels less about age and more about this mist that has come in as if with the tide, choking the view until all that is beautiful is faded out of sight.

I’ve had a day or a few days before when I’ve felt down but this is the first I remember of feeling it sustained.

It crosses my mind that maybe I’m deeply sad underneath and that’s why I am so involved in happiness work. Though then I reflect if that’s true at least for the last ten years the techniques have kept me afloat and they've worked.

Maybe the winter doesn’t help but I don’t think that has been much of an effect over me. I genuinely get some rise in enjoyment from being out in it, rain or shine, warmer or colder. A walk in nature always feels fresh and helpful to me, if I can just drag myself out to commune with it.

I notice my propensity to drop my attention into my laptop or my phone and to separate myself and sit alone. I trace what is going on for me, what is the thinking pattern

behind the emotions and I see something. What is in my subtle thoughts is something about not feeling good enough, or successful enough, or competent as a person and as a therapist. I have a project I wrote about a year ago to support groups with a programme of ten weeks that combines physical health and mental health and yet I feel unworthy perhaps or unsure if I can approach organisations with it.

Perhaps I worry they will reject me. Perhaps I worry I will have to find energy and positivity when I speak to them and I don’t know if I can find it at the moment. I fall into doubt and the doubt wraps itself in doubt.

Then I catch something in my thoughts. I recognise the pattern of thinking from somewhere. I recognise that I feel (potentially incorrectly) that this is how my parents have viewed me in my life. Never impressed with me, never praising anything I think has been an achievement. They feel constantly critical and unsupportive of me and then I realise, that is how I am feeling towards myself. As though I’ve picked up what is not mine but theirs. As though being seen like that has seeped into me. I sit with this realisation for a few days. I notice the strong pull of it, like a hole that is drawing me in. I remind myself it is not me. I remind myself that thought is a choice and I choose to think positively about myself and to see myself as attractive and competent and kind and skilled and brave.

Maybe it was because however hard it was, however low my energy, I didn’t stop doing my morning and evening exercises and meditation. Maybe it was because however lethargic I felt I never stopped going for runs, even if they were slow and short. Maybe it was just because change always eventually happens. But one day I realised that the mist had thinned and there was more light, the weight felt less and my mood rose. I felt stronger and ready to go back out and make something new happen.

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Does anyone remember Kathleen Ord? I was born in Saltburn in 1949, attended the Primary School in Upleatham Street and then went to Sir William Turner’s School in Redcar. But I have not written to give you my life story, but to ask if any other readers attended or remember an art teacher in Hilda Place called Kathleen Ord. Since retiring, I have lived in Cornwall. One of my interests is collecting old postcards of Saltburn, and I have acquired several hand-painted cards produced by “K Ord”. I attach scans of 3 of the cards painted by “Miss Ord” (as I always called her). I suppose I was about 10 years old when I visited her for watercolour painting lessons. If memory serves, she lived with her sister, whose name escapes me. Miss Ord taught me how to paint trees in a way that I have never forgotten, even though my future career took other directions.

Any further information about Kathleen Ord would be most welcome, and I am happy for you to publish this letter with my email address and the attachments.

Tony Clifford, late of Irvin Avenue, Saltburn (1949-1970), now Leedstown, Cornwall (my email address: tonyclifford32@gmail.com).

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March into the Cons Club Welcome to the monthly article from Saltburn Conservative Club.

Regarding membership payments for 2020 I have to inform you that if you have not renewed by the time you read this article your membership card will not register and you will no longer be a member. Reminders have been in my article and on the club’s Facebook page for the past 3 months. As I write we have a waiting list of 63 people wanting to join and these people will replace the members who have not paid, subject to approval by the committee.

Late payments may be taken but only after new members have been registered and we still have places available. Once the maximum number of members has been reached late payers will have to fill in an application form to re-join and go on a waiting list until openings become available.

Looking back on functions held in February I have to report that the ‘Blues Night’, organised by Harry Simpson, was another great night with Mike Bowden & the A197 Trio playing to another full house. I am also pleased to report that Harry has arranged further gigs in April and May before a summer break and on his return further gigs have been arranged for September, October and November. Further information to follow in future editions of this magazine.

The Quiz, Bingo and Pie & Pea Supper will be taking place after I write this article but I know that it will be another great night once again with all tickets for this event selling out two weeks before the date. The February ‘Open Mic Night’ follows the January event which brought in a near capacity audience which created a fantastic atmosphere which was thoroughly enjoyed by all in attendance. Come early to get a seat.

Before moving on to events taking place in March I have to report that during late January/February we lost three club members, Christopher Basanek, Roy Wallace and Terry Cordon. Chris & Roy had not been in for a while owing to their illnesses but we remember them with great memories over the years and we send our condolences to their family and friends. With regard to Terry Cordon I find it very difficult to express my feelings. He was a person who always had a smile on his face, was so very positive and he fought to the very end. His personality endeared him to so many members and his loss will be felt by everybody. He was supported by his wife Anne who was an anchor for him in a very stormy sea. It was an honour to have known him. He was a good man and he will always have a place in the hearts of all his family and friends. The turnout at the Church for Terry’s funeral filled every seat, showing the popularity he had and I was proud to see a very big turn out from his many friends from the Cons Club. Terry, you will be so badly missed by us all. God bless.

Moving on to events happening in March and we start on Tuesday 3rd with the monthly SLUG meeting (Saltburn Line Users Group). This will be a special meeting with the

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen as the guest speaker, starting at 7.15pm upstairs in the Balmoral Room. The evening has been organised by the Saltburn Line Users Group, which is now in its 3rd decade of looking after the interests of travellers on the Saltburn/Darlington line. Ben will be giving his annual update on matters which affect the residents in the town who travel either by public transport or by their own means, car or cycle. The Tees Valley Strategic Transport Plan has been out for consultation and is now being finalised. This meeting is a good opportunity to ask questions and is open to all those interested in the future of transport on Teesside. The next event of the month is on Monday, 9th March when a meeting has been arranged in the upstairs Balmoral Room to discuss the Resubmission of Planning Application for the former shelter & viewing platform on Marine Parade. At this meeting residents can air their views on what is a very contentious issue which has divided some opinions. The meeting is from 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start. This is a public meeting and all are welcome to attend. On Sunday, 15th March we are hosting another ‘Blues Night’ featuring ‘Tuppeny Blue’, a curious, but fabulous band from Whitby with original songs and ballads who have received glowing reports from such organisations as York Barbican & Musicpool Festival. They are a great band to listen to and the evening starts at 7.30pm. Tickets for SBC members £8, Guests £10. Tickets are only available via Harry Simpson on 07960 935263. Limited tickets are available for this event. Upstairs bar will be open for this event. On Friday 20th we will be holding the ‘Open Mic Night’ hosted by Liz Bishop & friends. Names to play or sing taken from 7.30pm and the music starts at 8pm. Entry is free in the upstairs Balmoral Room. Please support Liz & live music in Saltburn.

On Saturday 21st and Friday 27th we are hosting two private birthday parties and on Saturday 28th we are hosting a Graduation Party. It pays to be a club member as you can hire the club’s facilities free of charge.

Early information for you of another visit from Clairvoyant ‘Eddy Quinn’ which will be on Sunday, 26th April from 7.30pm to 9.15pm. It was a tight squeeze at last year’s event, which sold out, so we are reducing the tickets this year with a limit of 40 to help create a better atmosphere in the room. Tickets are now on sale in the club but will sell out quickly, so act fast to get a ticket, priced at £4 each.

Further news to report is that we have had drawings made for the new ladies toilet downstairs, had discussions with the Council regarding planning and hopefully work will start in the very near future. More updates next issue.

Once again I have run out of space as once I start I cannot stop! My enthusiasm runs away with me.

Best wishes, look after your loved ones and watch over friends who need support at this moment in time. David David Rigg, Club President Email: davidrigg21@yahoo.co.uk Article financially supported by Saltburn Conservative Club

Saltburn Cons Club: Future Events to Entertain in March Every Tuesday: Club Draw Nights for Meat Voucher, Wines & Chocolates… 10pm.

Every Sunday: Drinks Draw & Cash Rollover. Increases by £25 each week if not won. Currently standing at £725 … 6pm.

Saturday Afternoons: A get-together by ‘The Conmen’ Americana Musicians Jam Sessions... 3pm.

Tuesday 3rd: SLUG Meeting (Saltburn Line Users Group) with special guest Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen… 7pm Monday 9th: Public Meeting (Saving Saltburn’s Heritage)… 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start Sun 15th: Blues Night featuring ‘Tuppeny Blue’ Tickets available from Harry Simpson on 07960 93526 from 7.30pm. Limited Tickets.

Fri 20th: ‘Open Mic Night’ hosted by Liz Bishop & friends. Come and support live music… 8pm Sat 21st & Fri 27th: Private Birthday Parties & Sat 28th : Graduation Party

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Saving And Re-homing Animals THE ANN PROSSER FOUNDATION

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, dear readers. We are Effy, and Misty. Effy is a beautiful brindle Greyhound girly who is 4 years old. She came to us after retiring from her racing career. Effy loves going for long walks with our other sighthounds, Lenny and Zebo. She also enjoys playing in the exercise pen, chasing toys and enjoying her retirement. Due to the training racing greyhounds receive Effy is looking for a home with no small animals or young children. We do feel that Effy could live with another Greyhound of similar temperament.

Misty is a gorgeous eighteen year old girl, and she is such a sweetie. Misty came to us after her owner sadly passed away, and is now looking for her new loving

forever home, where she can live out her golden years.

We are looking for a quiet household where Misty would be the only pet. She would also need to be an indoor cat.

We are hoping to find Misty a home very soon.

SARA fundraising events during March Monthly meetings for SARA supporters and the general public are held in the Cleveland Bay, Ings Road, Redcar on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30pm. Bar open, friendly atmosphere, everyone is welcome, dogs too!

Please join us on the next one on Tuesday, 3rd March for a pleasant evening and hear all the recent news about the animals and the charity’s progress Future SARA Events Clearance Sale – Saturday, 21st March 10am – 4pm at Foxrush Farm, Kirkleatham Lane, Redcar. Everything

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The Caravan and Camping Club appeal against the Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Regulatory Committee decision to reject the planning application is still with the Planning Inspectorate awaiting to be assigned to an Inspector.

Only when this takes place will we know the format of the hearing or have any idea of timeline.

We will keep you informed via this article but request you review Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council website for updates that may occur between publications.

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A Walk in Riftswood It was a lovely warm sunny day in August. September’s Talk of the Town had just gone to the printers and I was taking our dog, Jasper, for a walk in the woods. Despite the beautiful weather I was stressed to bits, because of all the effort required to finalise the magazine, and the walk was a necessary therapy to burn off those stress hormones and find some happier change of mood.

Having pursued our normal route past the Woodlands Centre I opted for a more extended walk and popped down the steps to First Fairy Glen, always an enchanting area and Jasper likes it too. I pulled up some Himalayan Balsam, as one must, for Fairy Glen is one of my areas of zero tolerance towards this very bad plant. I mused over whether it was ‘species-ist’ of me, after all any life form must surely have a right to exist and we’re all just trying to survive. I concluded that it was nothing like racism because Himalayan Balsam actually causes a lowering of genetic diversity by crowding out native species as well as soil erosion. We went on our way.

It had been over a year since I had explored down ‘bottom path’ through Riftswood to return via ‘top path’ so we really were having a longer walk than usual and it occurred to me that we could visit the other Fairy Glen too, always another favourite with Jasper.

As we approached the place where an oak tree grows right in the middle of the path, I noticed a mosscovered fallen branch rotting on the ground, but out of a crevice in its upper surface a baby oak tree was growing.

An acorn must have by chance landed there. I was quite moved by this simple sight of growth and renewal. Was there something quite profound about it? Something along the lines of the young taking over from the old, a new generation surviving into the future. Maybe. Or maybe just life trying its best to grow and develop and reproduce. Although I am not a very good photographer, I took its picture and walked off down to Second Fairy Glen. I looked for Yellow Pimpernel (relative of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel) which I had found there once before but failed to see it this time.

My mood was improving. What a joy it was to see this other enchanted glade again. I removed some more Balsam and remembered how once, over twenty years previously, I had disturbed an embarrassed couple here!

I mused how nice it would be if we really did have fairies in our woods. The little magical people! But I like to think about science and evolution and there is so much ineffable wonder in nature already that we have no need to invent more, sad though that might be.

We climbed back up the hill, resumed the rest of ‘Bottom Path’ and then turned left, back through ‘Top Path’. Jasper met a few other dogs on the way, but every one was happy and friendly and tails were wagged. It is not always so, as every dog walker knows!

The next thing I wanted to look out for was the Field Maple that I knew grew along here. Field Maple is a native British tree but the species may find it difficult to reproduce in the future because of global warming, as 44

its seeds will only germinate after a long period of intense cold. I succeeded in growing two of them once but I had had to put the seeds in my freezer for six months!

I found the Field Maple but couldn’t help noticing something else. In the adjacent tree was a little window with two pixies looking out! Of course I photographed it, so you can see that I jest not! There are those little magical people after all! What a nice walk we were having!

We walked on past the ornamental benches and I wondered if there was a story for the magazine behind them but I wouldn’t know who to ask. Yes, that was a hint if anyone knows or would like to write an article!

We reconnected with the normal path and walked up the Rose Walk, having burnt off those stress hormones with some gentle exercise. I was feeling much better, but I’m totally aware that this is no way to live. Although I am lucky to have the magazine to do, and I don’t work as hard as anyone with a proper 9 to 5 job, I still suffer stress tremendously and must look after myself. I always get the job done but it feels like it gets more difficult every month.

I’m too young to retire yet.

So what’s life all about then? That is a profound question but does it have to be about something? I’ve already said there’s so much ineffable wonder and the Universe is utterly vast and Eternity is so long! They might actually go on forever. That’s a lot of space and a lot of time. I don’t believe in Dark Matter and Dark Energy.

Science admits that the concepts were only invented to make the equations work and that there is still no evidence whatsoever. It shows that we don’t really know and don’t really understand anything. That’s great, actually! How small our beliefs become when we stare at the Universe and ponder the nature of reality, whatever that is. As our planet, with its unusually large Moon, circles the Sun in our fantastic Solar System, a ‘Goldilocks’ region where everything is ‘Just Right’, we can only be amazed. Things are not ‘just right’ in our human worlds where we all have our problems, medical, mental, physical, financial etc. But Jasper knows what life is all about. As he runs and plays for the simple joy of being alive, he knows that life is for living, and that there is nothing more profound to say about it than that!

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The Future Focus Project: Meeting Young People’s Mental Health Needs “I’m delighted to have been given the opportunity to be part of a project which can truly make a difference to young people,” says Hannah Moloney, who is leading Future Focus for the mental health charity, Mind, in Redcar and Cleveland. She brings ten years’ experience of working with children and young people to this programme of support for 16 – 25 year olds, who are moving on from children’s mental health services towards adulthood.

Between 2015 – 2018, there was a large increase in referrals to Redcar and Cleveland Mind of young people aged from 18 - 25 and a gap in support for them was highlighted. Most children’s services stop at eighteen and staff at Redcar and Cleveland Mind wanted to offer continuity. So Future Focus was launched in spring 2019.

Hannah continues: “The young people need an age appropriate approach and must feel safe, before they fully engage with us. To encourage this, we have been working to set up a young person-friendly space above our cafe, Something in Mind, (6 – 8 West Dyke Road in Redcar) which aims to provide a safe, relaxed environment.”

The emotional well-being of some school leavers is fragile, as they leave the tight social structures of school and have to adapt to the different styles of college, apprenticeships and work. They may not have the social and life skills to cope with the new level of independence and sometimes have on-going mental health difficulties.

Future Focus aims to reduce these barriers and ensure young people are able to reach their full potential.

The project team consists of Hannah, Rory, Katie and volunteers Kate and Mike. Rory and Hannah offer solution focused, person-centred one to one emotional support. Katie is busy getting groups up and running at the cafe; these feature developing budgeting, resilience building and communication skills, including making appointments and becoming more confident in making phone calls – which group members said they found difficult. A twelve week programme began last autumn, in which young people also practised mindfulness and explored creative art. Hannah adds: “Each course is based on the needs of the group members who will ideally be ten in number. We are flexible and respond to what they tell us.”

The young people usually move into a group after they’ve had one to one support. Staff spend time building relationships and tailoring support to individual needs.

They adopt a holistic approach, taking into account everything in the young person’s life. Trust is developed and staff strive to achieve a balance between promoting independence and giving the youngsters a sense of belonging.

Hannah explains too that plans for outreach are well under way. “We want to go out to East Cleveland, including Saltburn, Skelton, Loftus, Carlin How and Easington. We’re arranging to offer one to one sessions in safe community spaces,” she says. The service is putting into place ideas which were voiced by the young people in Focus Groups and is constantly kept under review.

Future Focus is part funded for three years by the

Ballinger Charitable Trust, which provides grants and funding to north-east charitable causes. Funds have to be raised for the remainder of the project and Mind is grateful for donations from the families of Paddy McMahon, a former Connexions (a careers advisory service) personal adviser from Marske who died suddenly in 2019 and Lee Smee, a young man from Redcar who lost his life to suicide in 2014. “The Smee family are huge supporters of ours and we couldn’t make the impact we do without their ongoing fundraising,” says Hannah. “Future Focus is very mindful of the devastating impact of suicide and works actively with our young people to look at ways of reducing self-harm.”

Future Focus staff have been into all Redcar and Cleveland secondary schools to promote the service and have been well-received. They plan to visit again before this year’s Year 11 students leave to offer support across the long summer holiday and beyond. “We aim to stop young people, who’ve experienced mental health difficulties in the past, falling through the net,” says Hannah. “We want to work more closely with the secondary schools, moving forward.”

Hannah is very enthusiastic about the project: “I love working for Future Focus. I believe it has the potential to make a real difference. I welcome the opportunity to be able to go out to consult young people, their families and professionals about the difficulties that are being experienced and to develop our service to meet those needs.”

As one young participant confirms: “This service has given me hope when I felt there was no support out there for me. I feel happier and am starting to feel excited about life!”

Referrals to the service can be made by professionals or young people can refer themselves. A check will be made to see if they meet the criteria; they must be aged 16 – 25, live in Redcar and Cleveland and have already accessed children’s mental health services.

Readers can get further information or make a referral by contacting 01642 296052 (or emailing: cyp@rcmind.org).

To raise funds for Future Focus, Hannah asks volunteers to email fundraising@rcmind.org or call on the number above and ask to speak to her or Nick.

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It is about twenty years since my personal war against packaging companies began. It was a Monday morning and I had a fearful headache. Having taken myself to the shops I came back with a plastic container of Paracetamol tablets and armed with a glass of water I proceeded to open the bottle. I am of course very much aware that we need to do everything we can to ensure that children cannot gain access to dangerous preparations of all kinds but in the case of the Paracetamol on that morning nothing I could do enabled me (or I suspect anyone else) to access the tablets.

The whole episode took a good ten minutes – using every implement the kitchen had to offer and whilst all of this was taking place, my headache was getting worse and worse. In the end, and in a mixture of desperation and anger I hurled the plastic container onto the floor and jumped on it with both feet. There was a loud pop and when the dust cleared the floor was covered in tiny pieces of Paracetamol.

This incident served to alert me to the way the world was developing in terms of packaging and it began to seem as though someone, somewhere, was doing all they could to make our lives more difficult and to abandon methods of wrapping all manner of products that had been perfectly adequate and logical since humanity began its long road towards consumerism.

Just as one example, why did we ever abandon glass milk bottles with more than adequate foil tops that could be opened in a second? Instead the supermarkets were soon filled with ugly plastic milk containers that sported screw tops that often refused to be opened at all. If that wasn’t bad enough, inside the plastic lids was a second seal, which also invariably defied all efforts to remove.

Meat was soon to be found bound tightly to hideous black trays by means of yards of plastic film that was and remains impervious to all attempts to remove it. I admit that this was an immediate godsend to those who were seeking to lose weight because more calories were burned in trying to gain access to the food that was contained within it. Useful and reusable brown paper bags became an endangered species and then finally disappeared altogether and cheese began to arrive in packets that boasted their ability to be re-sealed time and again. More hours must have been expounded on trying to align the sealing strips on the cheese packets than it had taken for early man to get from hurling rocks at prey species to creating all manner of other useful tools that set our species apart.

The final straw for practically all of us came when it was necessary to replace our kitchen scissors. We would pick our preferred pair from the displays in the shops and arriving home we would seek to unpack the shiny new scissors – only to discover that this simple task was impossible. A dotted line was invariably printed around the edge of the pack, with pictures of scissors indicating where the package should be cut. The problem was, and in most cases remains, the fact that the very utensil necessary to free the scissors from their imprisonment was the scissors themselves! Thus one of the greatest conundrums of the 21st century was born. Maybe a brown paper bag would be the solution but they would probably be supplied in packs that required a sharp pair of scissors to deal with!

Alan Butler

The Saltburn Profile by Rosemary Nicholls Kerry (Willis) Thompson “Taking part in the Great North Run was my way of saying thank you to the people who saved my life,” says Saltburn’s Kerry Thompson. She raised £2,700 in sponsorship for James Cook Hospital to thank the staff who helped her recover from a very challenging illness. “And along with the run, I did a zip slide off the Tyne Bridge to raise funds for the hospital neurosciences.”

Kerry was born in Guisborough to parents Alan and Sheila Willis, who were teachers at Saltburn Juniors and Ings Farm Primary for many years. She has one brother, Andrew.

After attending Saltburn schools, Kerry went to Stockton and Billingham College to do a two year course in Performing Arts. There, stage management became her forte. While attending, she was offered a place at the London School of Speech and Drama. However, she decided to stay local.

She first volunteered at Radio Cleveland and then worked at Arena in Middlesbrough, which was then a music venue. “I did promotion and organised acts,” she remembers fondly. But when it closed, she moved into retail. A temporary Christmas position at H Samuel Jewellers, Redcar, led to a job at Warren James Jewellers in Middlesbrough. She became Deputy Manager of its Stockton branch and stayed there for six years. Kerry met her husband Scott, a marine engineer, during that time. “I met him through my friend Sophie Medd, who married Scott’s younger brother!” she says.

Kerry was finding retail quite demanding, with little opportunity to be creative. She knew that she worked well with children, having been brought up in that environment and so moved to Highcliffe Primary School at Guisborough, firstly as a receptionist and then as a teaching assistant.

Highcliffe supported her to do a part-time degree in Education at Teesside University and while there, she married Scott and in 2010, they moved to Saltburn.

When she was thirty-three, Kerry gave birth to her son, Drew, but when he was just three and a half months old, she suffered a brain haemorrhage.”It completely came out of the blue,” she says. “I had an aneurysm and it burst. I was in intensive care at James Cook and had only a thirty per cent chance of survival.” So she was very lucky, but she had to learn to swallow and walk again and Scott had to come home from sea to look after Drew full-time.

The illness struck when Kerry was putting her final dissertation together, so her family and friends rallied round to get it in on time. Six weeks after leaving hospital, Kerry heard that she had been awarded a first class degree, the only person in her year to achieve this. She was thrilled to be able to attend the ceremony, even though still very ill.

She needed another operation to have a titanium plate inserted and then facial reconstruction and has had seven operations altogether. She found all she wanted to do was to get well enough to be a full-time Mum to Drew, not to return to teaching. “I found noise and multi-tasking difficult and had bad fatigue, so I decided to concentrate on getting better,” she says. “The support of my Mum and Dad was pivotal in my recovery and Drew is now a very chatty, confident boy in Year 2 at Saltburn Primary School.”

During that time, Kerry applied for a place on the Great North Run to raise funds for James Cook Hospital and learnt only eight weeks before the event that she’d been successful. Intensive training followed and she completed it

in two and a half hours! By chance, her surgeon was taking part too and the Gazette did a spread on her story. “It was a good way of saying thank you to the hospital staff for what they’d done for me,” she says.

Kerry has continued to take her health very seriously.

She goes to Saltburn Leisure Centre to lift weights in the gym and she has done several Mud Runs. Last July, she completed the Three Peaks Challenge. She still loves dancing and goes weekly to Inspire Dance, an adult commercial dance class at the Earthbeat Centre.

Kerry and Scott’s latest project is getting a three bedroom holiday bungalow in The Crescent ready to let from February/March. Kerry is organising the contractors. It has a wonderful garden with a huge willow tree, so they’re going to call it ‘Willow View’. She intends to fill the bungalow with ‘Saltburn soul’ and use local tradesmen, retailers, artwork and photography. Kerry believes Saltburn is a great place for families and their four-legged friends to explore!

She enjoys walking their Shihztu dog, Maggie, on the beach or in the woods each day. As well as honeymooning for three weeks in Australia, when Andrew lived there, she has travelled to New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Qatar, Florida and Europe. She enjoys time with friends and family and her music: “I like all kinds, but my favourite artist is Richard Ashcroft,” she says. About once a year, she and Scott go to see live music and last time they saw DJ Pete Tong play with the Heritage Orchestra at Leeds.

Kerry enjoys baking. She finds cake making quite cathartic and makes a mean caramel shortbread!

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Saltburn, Redcar & Cleveland Philatelic Society GEOFF GETS GOLD IN ADELAIDE Geoff Reynolds, our society secretary, achieved a Gold medal for his entry in Adelaide Aeropex 2019 Philatelic Competition.

Geoff was up against stiff competition with entries from around the world when he submitted 80 sheets of Aerophilatelic material consisting of Zeppelin flown purely commercial mail.

Commercial mail covers and material are much harder to locate as they are usually discarded once opened.

Adelaide Aeropex 2019 was staged to commemorate the 100 years anniversary of the Great Air Race, the First Flight from England to Australia in November 1919 (see next month’s Talk of the Town - meet the pilots - see the aircraft).

Geoff has been involved in philately for almost 70 years and is a member of Germany & Colonies Philatelic Society, chairman of the Postal History & Aerophilatelic Group and Secretary of Redcar & Cleveland Philatelic Society. He gives regular talks and displays around the area. Among his collection, he has a scorched cover (envelope) which survived the Zeppelin Hindenberg crash and fire at Lakehurst, New Jersey on 6th May 1937.

On display, a splendid Zeppelin flown cover from the Vatican (very scarce) to Brazil, South America. The superb cancellation strikes indicate its progress leaving the Vatican on 8th September 1932 via Rome to reach Friedrichshafen, Germany 12.9.32, boarding the Graf Zeppelin flight (green strike) and arriving at Recife (Pernambuco) Brazil 15.9.32, a journey of 8 days.

We meet at Redcar East Community Centre Durham Road, Redcar TS10 3SB, from 7.00 till 9.00pm.

Our next meetings: 4th March Auction Night at 6.30pm, 18th March Local Postal History, 1st April Fakes, Forgeries & Fantasies Propaganda of WWII.

Saltburn Line User Group Next Meeting: Tuesday, 3rd March 2020 at 6.30pm.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen as the guest speaker

Meetings at Saltburn Conservative Club are held on the first Tuesday of the month, and our starting time is now (permanently) 7pm.

As always, all welcome.

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Saltburn Allotments Association Spring has arrived and we can start to grow so many things now. I germinate things in the warm at home and move in to the greenhouse or cold frame pretty quickly to stop them getting leggy. You just have to be ready to cover with fleece if it gets chilly.

I am planting peas, cabbage, broccoli, caulis, salad crops, herbs and root crops. Lots of these can go in to a seed bed or grow in pots ready to be transplanted in a few weeks to their final growing position. (Read seed packs to check what varieties are good to plant now.) Always label, as you are likely to forget if you have a few pots; I always end up with a small lucky dip plant section!

You can start to put in your seed potatoes this month unless your soil is very cold or wet, in which case wait until the end of the month. I usually start off the early ones around Eastertime; they need about 12 weeks growing before picking.

You can now plant asparagus crowns if you intend to in weed free ground, and if you already have some you should hand weed (roots are close to the surface) well now and mulch to feed for the new season and suppress new weeds.

Get supports ready for plants you are planning to grow; wigwams and frames need to withstand the strong winds we are getting more of!

The Allotment Association is starting a project.

Due to the high turnover of plots (some only lasting weeks) we are dividing one of the allotments in to starter plots available to inexperienced gardeners. Next to my allotment and close to other experienced gardeners we can provide support giving them an introduction to allotments and veg growing. We worry that people underestimate the work involved and plots a quarter of the normal size will be taken for one year, giving them an idea of the work involved. If they are successful and happy then at the end of a year they can take a full plot.

We hope this will foster more prepared and confident plot holders and stabilize the allotment population.

Unsuccessful members are leaving us with a number of what end up as hard to rent sites due to being overgrown and neglected.

Next month is our AGM and we have a professional gardener with links to the area coming to give a talk for us! Venue to be confirmed.

Rents are due. If you can’t get to the container get in touch and we can arrange ways to pay. We have seed potatoes, seeds and compost including peat free available to purchase too. Come and check out the stock.

We will be having our first farmers’ market stall of the year this month (Saturday, 14th March) and will be making use of the town garden for this again so come in and see us and have a look at our little oasis in the centre of Saltburn.

Julia

The Muses of Jim

I said before that even years are usually good for me, apart from 2018 when I had my heart attack. But I must say that 2020 is turning out to be all right. I am feeling quite well at the moment and a lot of people are expressing how well I look.

I have been thinking about why I like Saltburn. I quite like the town but it is the people that make a community, not bricks and mortar. I will give you two examples: even though I am a poor pensioner, I can save up and every nine weeks I have my toenails trimmed etc and I use Podology because it is in Saltburn. They provide additional services like Laura who usually looks after my feet pointed out that I was having trouble with my shins and one was leaking water. She contacted my GP surgery as I said I was seeing the doctor and I had my shins treated which was actually life saving as I had got an infection and I had to go into hospital to be drained, not dried out, I hasten to add! Another example: I am an avid reader and once I find an author that I like I usually consume the rest of their work. Being a poor pensioner, of course, I have to use the charity shops. My latest author that I have discovered, who I am keeping secret, seemed to be hard to find until I suddenly discovered Book Corner on Milton Street. Jenna offers a superb ordering service and gets the books within a very short time and I shall continue to use her. Her next task, although she doesn’t yet know it, is to find an English translation of Croucher’s book of Selby.

On Thursday mornings, for the last three weeks, I have been attending a cardiac rehabilitation exercise programme at Redcar Primary Care Hospital. It is made up of us wrinklies undertaking simple exercises to the instructor’s taste in music, which is rubbish. But I must admit, I do feel better even though my knees still give me a lot of trouble and the company is great. I am starting to look forward to it. Only another four weeks to go.

Spud has developed a habit of jumping up on the television in my study and I have learnt that it means he wants to be groomed with an expensive grooming device I bought from the pet shop that used to be on Station Street. Once one side has been done, he automatically turns round for the other side to be done, as witnessed by Megan. (Megan says “It’s true! Very impressive!”) Spud has also been training me to go in the front room to have a lie down and I am beginning to recognise that when he pesters me, this is what he wants.

Everybody knows that I am a Parish Councillor but I write this as Jim Wingham, private individual and as an individual I recommend to the people of the Parish that it is worthwhile attending the Parish of Saltburn, Marske and New Marske annual parish assembly. Held on Wednesday, 25th March 2020 at 7.15pm at the Saltburn community centre where the speaker is Daryll Tomlinson, Detective Chief Inspector, Cleveland Police who will be discussing tackling serious and organised crime in the community. I have heard him speak twice at various committees, and he is very informative and interesting.

Jim Wingham (typed by Megan, again!)

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The Saltburn Crossword no 225 set by Mandrake

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Across 1 Local town has The Queen back carrying card about (6) 5 Artists need them for Eastern sales about (6) 8 Music drama in hope raging (5) 10 They grow by the lake concerning abbreviated editors (5) 11 Every game needs them surely breaking without why we hear (5) 12 Composer of Rule Britannia of far, nearly found (4) 13 Get rid of drainage trench (5) 14 Abbreviated Victorian consort (4) 16 King of Arthurian legend causes it anger (7) 17 Cute animal only feline by the sound of it (7) 18 An aircraft makes a safe one up in a two-storey house (7) 19 Having a moral standard, Gareth I call within (7) 21 Chair for an MP? (4) 23 She sounds like she’s blushing (5) 24 What might be one’s 20 Down in a pub (4) 26 Overweight but in the New Year’s honours list for the South-East (5) 27 Spike on 23 Across? Norse god before North (5) 28 Used to measure a short distance or to lord it over us (5) 29 Fattening food is father’s attempt (6) 30 To tangle in a net finds seven, me shuts out (6) Down 2 Mistake of the three Rs? (5) 3 Local road makes a clever test lend (9, 6) 4 Local children’s service makes sorry need ensure (8, 7) 5 Local amenity makes each a better rent (9, 6) 6 Local team effort makes no burst lion balm (8, 2, 5) 7 Light ray in there’s a lucky content going back (5) 9 Not full of anything initially excited, more pleasing than yesterday (5) 12 Saltburn hairdresser’s sang about ale? (7) 15 One who gossips idly removes the alternatives than to tall earn (7) 20 Normal firsts up, second up, at last (5) 22 Virus returning to earlobe after removing first and third (5) 25 Cat Nab ice cream sold here after returning sand to the east (5)

Solution to Crossword no 224

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