Upcoming events for your cycling diary:
Wed May 7th – Malton Wheelers evening time trials start. Every Wednesday. For full details see www.maltonwheelersrc.co.uk
Fri 16th May till Sat 12th July Barnsley Bike Show at The Gallery. See www.barnsleycivic.co.uk Admission free.
Sun 22nd June Malton Town Centre Cycle Racing. A free sporting spectacle. Events for all, children through to top amateurs.
Once again the residents of Slingsby have come up with a range of characters for the annual Slingsby Scarecrow Trail.
Commencing at 12 noon on Saturday, 3rd May Scarecrows will be on display around the village raising funds for the Friends of Slingsby School. Chairperson Rebecca Palmer-Bunting says “The designs are becoming more creative year after year. Families put such a lot of hard work into their scarecrows and having had a sneaky peak at a couple of them it is safe to say this year’s will not disappoint”
In recent years over 25 scarecrows have been entered into the annual competition. Trails are available for £1 from Robin Hood Caravan Park, Tony’s Village Shop and Slingsby School Reading Rooms from 12noon on Saturday 3th May until 4pm on Monday, 5th May. Refreshments will be available 12noon – 4pm in the Reading Rooms on Saturday and Sunday.
This year, there will also be a prize draw for all those that vote for the winner of the scarecrow competition so you could win a £10 voucher just for voting for your favourite scarecrow.
Contact: Rebecca Palmer-Bunting Tel: 01653 628391 Mob: 07545 120831 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
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The Friends of Slingsby School raise money for fun projects for the kids. This year money has been donated to cover swimming lessons, days out and equipment for the classroom
Last year’s competition was won by Andrew Watson’s CheeseString Man.
Saturday 26th April 2014, 1030am to 4.30pm, Slingsby Village Hall
A reminder about Slingsby’s foremost local history event of the year.
Slingsby Local History Group presents
Saturday 26th April
Come and find out about Slingsby’s wartime associations; from the Wars of the Roses, the Civil War, and preparations for war in the village from the Napoleonic wars up until the second world war, when the village was a centre for troop training and munitions storage, and welcomed evacuees.
[Above: Troops assembling in Slingsby High Street during WW2]
Exhibition, photographs, artefacts, film etc:
All day in the Village Hall, 10.30am to 4.30pm.
Coffee, light lunches, afternoon tea served all day.
1.45 pm Memories recording session (by invitation) in the Village Hall Committee room.
3 pm in the Village Hall. First world war songs by Slingsby School pupils and anyone else who would like to sing.
*Copies of our recently published book about Slingsby businesses “Slingsby Then and Now’ will be available for sale and for collection by those who have previously ordered them.*
Entry to Exhibition : £2.50
The Yorkshire Arboretum at Castle Howard has a full programme of events for spring.
For Easter Bunny trails, guided tours, themed walks and more coming up soon, see the Yorkshire Arboretum’s latest events leaflet: Spring events list
For more about the Arboretum, see http://www.yorkshirearboretum.org
The dates for the car boot sales on Slingsby Sportsfield are now available:
5th May and 26th May
15th June and 29th June
13th July and 27th July
10th August and 25th August
7th September
(subject to weather and ground conditions)
Further information will be published on the Sportsfield page as we receive it. You’ll also find there a contact telephone number for the Sports Club.
