We celebrate Yorkshire Day with news of a book showcasing our little slice of Yorkshire in days gone by. The 4^th book in a series published by Slingsby Local History Group (SLHG) has recently been released. Entitled “101 photographs, 101 years”, it contains 100 old black and white photographs, (plus one on the cover) taken from 1864 to 1965. The photographs have been digitally restored in the last few months. The book is available from David Thornley on 01653 627210 at the price of £9, and is also on sale at Tony’s shop. All proceeds go to SLHG and are then ploughed back into village projects.

We show one example from the book: men with carts and horses delivering logs by the Green.

Also recently released by SLHG, the full lists of birds identified in the area by the Revd. St Clair Brooke (1845) and Dr Michael Thompson (1996): https://www.slingsbyvillage.co.uk/history-of-the-parish/opening-weekend-of-local-history-centre/175-years-of-bird-spotting-around-slingsby-and-fryton/

Visits by the Supermobile library will resume on Friday 31 July 2020 (by the Green, 10am to 12 noon) offering “select and collect”. NB. You must not board – the driver will try and find the books required and pass them out.

More details available here: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/library-and-record-office-services-during-coronavirus-covid-19

The next scheduled visit appears to be Friday 28 August.

Triangle subscribers – Please be ready with your money!

We will be collecting the £6 subscription with this coming edition of the Triangle (issue 59 Aug/Sep 2020).

It should be delivered from Friday 31 July. Please have your correct money ready when your deliverer calls, to aid safe distancing.

Subscribers will know that, although we have continued to deliver through the pandemic, we have deferred collecting the sub which was due in April, for the sake of everyone’s safety. Thank you for your cooperation.

If you have some time on their hands, you may be interested in this project to support volunteers in providing help at home. For more info, please contact Kathy Peacock at [email protected] or phone 07503800094 or through Facebook https://www.facebook.com/communitycatalystsryedale

If you are looking for support, this website may be of interest: https://www.smallgoodstuff.co.uk/north-yorkshire/

Please note that the Slingsby Support Group is still active and available to help folk in Slingsby.