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CAPTAIN COOK MEMORIAL MUSEUM, GRAPE LANE Open Daily 10:45 - 17:00. Last admission half an hour before closing. Admission fees apply - see www.cookmuseumwhiby.co.uk. Annual exhibition: Sea Peoples: Navigating the Pacific. Blue water sailing in the vast Pacific Ocean demands accurate navigation. Done poorly, it could be catastrophic, as many vanished ships and wrecks testify. This exhibition explores Pacific sailing with both Polynesians and Europeans. WHITBY MUSEUM & PANNETT ART GALLERY At Pannett Park Opening times: 10.00am – 4.30pm Tues – Sun. Closed Mon. Last admission 4.00pm. Museum admission: £7 adults, £5 students ticket lasts for a full year. Whitby residents (with proof) & under 18s Free. Current exhibitions: Scoresby’s Arctic opening 27th May. Celebrating 200 years since the publication of William Scoresby Junior’s ‘Account of the Arctic Regions’, the exhibition gives a glimpse of Scoresby’s Arctic and of his ground-breaking scientific discoveries and is decorated by the textile artworks of Caroline Hack. In the Costume Gallery Whitby Weddings continues until late November and includes the touchscreen ‘Wall of Weddings’ showing all wedding featured in the Whitby Gazette from 1950 to 1999. Art Gallery admission – free to all. Tea room Open 10am-3.30pm on Tues-Sat. EVERY DAY Whitby Whalers u3a. Day time activities throughout the week for those no longer in full time work: arts, languages, lectures, exercise, history, social groups and much more. Variety of venues. www.u3asites.org.uk/whitby EVERY MONDAY Tai chi for beginners Hawsker Village Hall 7pm. First lesson free then £4 pounds thereafter. Contact John 07434 833540 EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Whitby Tennis Club meets 5.30pm at Whitby Sixth Form College, behind Whitby and Esk Valley Astro Turf facility. A small friendly Club with a relaxed atmosphere. Current members as well as new members welcome. Cost: £20 for the season. No junior section at present. Check out Facebook page for further details. Monday & Wednesday evenings 5.30-8.00pm and Sunday morning 10am-12 noon. EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY Target Archery at Eskdale School 6.45pm to 8.45pm. Archery GB members welcome. New beginners course starting in May. whitbyarchers.co.uk/Home EVERY THURSDAY (AND OCCASIONALLY WED & SUN) Marske & Loftus Badminton Club at Loftus Cricket & Athletic Club, 7pm till late. Looking for new members. First night is free, contact Paul on 07702 756669. EVERY FRIDAY Sleights Village Hall every Friday evening 8.15pm to 10.30pm for ballroom, Latin and sequence social dancing. Basic for beginners 7.30pm. Tel: 07971 606360 WEDNESDAY MAY 25 ‘Rosebank at Night’ with Elaine Hoyle. Whitby WI meeting at the Northern Lights Suite, Spa Pavilion, West Cliff, Whitby YO21 3EN. Garden themed raffle. British Sign Language signing activity. Starts 7pm. Everyone welcome. Visitors: £3.00. (Whitby WI meets the 4th Wednesday of every month). SATURDAY MAY 28 Queen’s Platinum Jubilee coffee morning at Church House Sleights 10am-12.30pm. Sale of cakes and children’s toys. Saltburn Blues Club presents Five Points Gang with support from The Dustraisers at New Marske Institute. Tickets £10 from The Spar Saltburn, Ents24.com and 07960 935263. SATURDAY - SUNDAY MAY 28/29 Whitby Pavilion Northern Lights Suite. Dippy Craft & Gift Fair. 9.30-4.30 each day. Free entry. Over 40 Stalls. THURSDAY JUNE 2 Picnic in the Park. Pannet Park 11.00am-3.00pm. Celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Games including ‘Splat the Rat’, Royal-themed questions. Prizes including Jubilee badges. Picnic packs can be purchased from the Museum Tearooms.

THURSDAY JUNE 2 CONTINUED Goathland Village Hall. Lighting of Jubilee beacon by Goathland volunteer fire service. Starts at 8.30pm. Beacon lit at 9.15pm. Staithes Lifeboat Station. Lighting of Jubilee beacon at 9.15pm. THURSDAY - SUNDAY JUNE 2-5 Craft Fair at Goathland Village Hall 10.00am to 4.30 pm celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. New crafters welcome for our successful and longestablished Craft Fairs. Contact Elsie on 01947 896333 or e-mail elsie.goathland@gmail.com. FRIDAY JUNE 3 Village walk & talk from Ugthorpe to Mickleby and back. Hot food, children’s disco and games 6.30pm; adult disco, karaoke and bar 7.30pm at St Anne’s Hall Ugthorpe. Admission: £10 adults, children free. A 40’s themed Jubilee dance at Sleights Village Hall. Ballroom, Latin and sequence dances. 7.45pm till 11 pm Tickets £7.50 pp. - contact Jane 07971606360. FRIDAY - SUNDAY JUNE 3-5 Whitby’s 60s Festival at the Northern Lights Suite, Whitby Pavilion. (Rescheduled from 2020 & 2021). From Friday night to Sunday night, enjoy a full weekend of sixties music, featuring some of the biggest names of the 1960s. Tickets: £90 (Full Weekend), £30 (Evenings), £14 (Afternoons) - plus booking fees. All tickets from 2020 & 2021 remain valid. Visit www.whitby-live.com/

SATURDAY JUNE 4 Tea party at Goathland Village Hall to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. 12 noon to 4.00pm. Live music, stalls, craft fair, refreshments, fancy dress and a Jubillee bonnet competition. SUNDAY JUNE 5 Jubilee Garden Party in the Conservative Club garden, Flowergate Cross, Upgang Lane (rear Harrison’s Garage). Starts 2pm. Free entry. Music, bouncy castle, afternoon teas. Plants, cakes, books, bar. All welcome. Big Jubilee Lunch at Lythe school grounds 12 noon to 3.30pm (in the Village Hall if bad weather). Games and stalls. Music from Dire Staithes. Bring your own picnic or BBQ/bar from The Stiddy. WEDNESDAY JUNE 8 Tea Dance celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at the Royal Hotel, West Cliff, Whitby. 2.00pm-4.30pm. Hosts Steven and Sharon Conroy. Patriotic dress. Raffle. Everybody Welcome. £3 to include tea, coffee & biscuits. Proceeds to Whitby Lifeboats. Supporting Carer’s Week. An event for Carer’s from Staithes, Egton and Danby Surgeries hosted by Staithes Surgery Patient Participation Group at Staithes Athletic Club, Seaton Crescent, Staithes. Starts at 2pm. Come along for Coffee, Cake and a Chat. Information about support for unpaid Carers looking after friends and family, well-being activities, prize draw, free parking. FRIDAY - SATURDAY JUNE 10-11 Robin Hood’s Bay Folk Weekend. A weekend full of concerts, music sessions, dance and singarounds. Watch out for the Acoustic Café Dash - accomplished musicians and singers going round the villages pubs and cafes during the day raising funds for the RNLI lifeboats. For further information, please visit https:// folkweekend.rhbay.co.uk SUNDAY - MONDAY JUNE 12-20 Scalby Fair 2022. Please turn to the next page for summary of events. Further details at scalbyfair.org.uk SUNDAY JUNE 12 Balmoral Acoustic Blues Club presents Trevor ‘Babajack’ Steger at Saltburn Conservative Club. Tickets £10 from 07960 935263 MONDAY JUNE 13 “Looking for Rounton Grange”Hinderwell WI meeting at St Hilda’s Old School, Hinderwell. Starts 7.00pm. An Illustrated talk by Mrs Sue Parker on the family home of the Bell family - Gertrude Bell the first lady to attend Queen’s College University of Oxford. Competition: Item beginning with the letter “J”. Visitors welcome: admissiom £3.50 includes refreshments. For further details please ring 840343.

MONDAY JUNE 13 Sleights Yorkshire Countrywomen Association are having an outing. Meet at River Gardens (Perry’s Plants) at 2pm, bring a folding chair if possible for a sociable afternoon. For further details contact 01947 811827 TUESDAY JUNE 14 Whitby Civic Society: ‘Whitby West Side Treasures’ An illustrated talk by Peter Craggs 7-9pm at The Coliseum. Entrance £1 members, £3 guests. Correct change appreciated. WEDNESDAY JUNE 15 Whitby Dairy Discussion Group Summer Trip toWildon Grange, Kilburn Road, Coxwold, York, YO61 4AF by kind permission of John Banks and family. Cost £10. Please note change of date to Wed 15th June at 11.00am. Please text/email the Secretary to book a place – members only. Joyce Stangoe, Secretary, WDDG. Mob: 07868 956919. Email: joyce.stangoe@gmail.com

Scalby Fair 2022

12th-20th June 2022

Sunday 12th Barons Scalby Fair Fun Run 10.15am. Barons 5k multi terrain run 11.15am Enter online at www.scalbyfair.org.uk. Register from 9.30am at Nags Head. Free Entry Monday 13th ACOUSTIC FOLK NIGHT From 7.30 at Nags Head. Free entry Tuesday 14th TREASURE HUNT. £2 entry. Register at The Plough from 6.30pm Wednesday 15th WINE TASTING AT NAGS HEAD 7.30pm start. Tickets £10. Food available Thursday 16th BEER FESTIVAL AND GIN BAR AT THE NAGS HEAD From 3pm. Food available Friday17th SOUL RIDA AT THE NAGS HEAD From 7.30pm. Free entry. Food available Friday 17th 7.30pm to Mon 20th 3pm FLOWER FESTIVAL at St. Laurence’s church Saturday 18th FAIR DAY from 12pm to around 4pm

Whitby Library Events

JUBILEE TEA PARTY Join us on Wednesday 1st June for our Jubilee tea party 2:30-4pm. We will have cream teas, cakes, savouries and we are sure everyone will have a right royal time! This is a FREE event but booking is essential so we can cater for the number of people attending. Spaces are limited so book early by calling 01609 534350 or email

whitby.library@northyorks.gov.uk

NEW EVENTS: Thursday Craft Club - Thursdays 1pm-3pm. Bring your craft along and have some company while you work, a great place to share ideas and swap skills. Everyone Welcome. £1 per session and tea/ coffee provided. Lego Club - Drop in and spend some time building and creating with lego, Term time Tuesdays 4:306:30pm – FREE. USUAL WEEKLY ACTIVITIES. Baby Rhyme Time - Monday during term time 9:45am-10:15am ideal for 0-18 months - FREE. Story Tots - Monday during term time 10:30am11:15am ideal for 18 months-5 years - FREE. IT Buddies - FREE sessions available with our IT buddies, usual days available are Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Booking in advance essential, either pop into the Library or call 01609 534350 to arrange your appointment. We can help with Bus Pass, Blue Badge applications, online forms, setting up email, basic IT skills etc. Lounge area available for young adults with sockets for technology and free Wi-Fi Printing and photocopying available 10p per A4 B&W sheet. 50p per A4 colour sheet. Rooms available to hire for small groups or meetings. Volunteering Opportunities - Can you spare some time to help in your library? There is so much that we do here, we would love to get more local people on board to help out and keep the library running smoothly for the community. Please check our facebook page for more information and to keep up to date with all library events.

TUESDAY JUNE 21 Make Music Day Big Sing for participating schools at Whitby Pavilion. For further information, keep an eye on social media or contact Flowergate Hall Community Arts Centre at flashcompanyarts@gmail.com. Whitby Antiques & Fine Arts Society lecture. ‘Gertrude Bell’ by Lynne Lamport. Meeting starts 7.30pm at Whitby Rifle Club, Crescent Avenue, Whitby YO21 3EW. Meetings monthly on the third Tuesday of each month. Visitors always welcome: £3.00. WEDNESDAY JUNE 22 Line Dancing with Kerry Swales. Whitby WI meeting at the Northern Lights Suite, Spa Pavilion, West Cliff, Whitby YO21 3EN. Summertime themed raffle. British Sign Language signing activity. Starts 7pm. Everyone welcome. Visitors: £3.00. (Whitby WI meets the 4th Wednesday of every month). SATURDAY JUNE 25 Staintondale Country Market at the Village Hall 10.30am-2.30pm. Delicious homemade food served throughout the day. Tombola and lots of stalls. All welcome. Enquiries to secretary.svhc@gmail.com ‘Some Guys Have All the Luck - The Rod Stewart Story’ at the Whitby Pavilion. Capturing the excitement, energy, charisma and the hits that have made Rod a true rock icon! Starts 7.30pm. Tickets now on sale - available from the Whitby Pavilion Box Office (01947) 824770 and via www.whitbypavilion.co.uk Saltburn Blues Club presents Mike Bowden & The A917 at New Marske Institute. Tickets £10 from The Spar Saltburn, Ents24.com and 07960 935263. SUNDAY - TUESDAY JUNE 26-28 Craft Fair at Goathland Village Hall 10.00am to 4.30 pm. New crafters welcome for our successful and longestablished Craft Fairs. Contact Elsie on 01947 896333 or e-mail elsie.goathland@gmail.com.

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