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EVENT CANCELLED _ Village meeting about May Day

Thursday 6th February, 6pm, Methodist School Room (by the Green)

This year May Day will be celebrated nationwide on Friday 8 May, to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day. All are invited to this meeting to help the Maypolers decide what should be added to Slingsby’s traditional celebrations to reflect the VE anniversary.

Your ideas and support are essential if we are to make a success of this most important day in Slingsby’s calendar.

Arboretum newsletter and closure Sat 1st Feb for high winds

The Yorkshire Arboretum was due to open on Saturday 1st February to members only, but has announced today that it will be closed owing to the forecast high winds for this Saturday.

The Arboretum will open to general visitors (i.e. non-members) from March.

The latest (January 2020) Arboretum newsletter can be read here.

Talk: A woman surgeon amongst the Palestinians

Friday 31st January, 2 to 4pm, Gilling East Village Hall, Pottergate, YO62 4JJ

Dr Ang Swee Chai is a Royal London Hospital leading consultant orthopaedic surgeon who has given her time and medical expertise over many decades to Palestinian refugees in camps in Gaza and Lebanon and has quite a story to share. Come along and meet this remarkable doctor.

Entry Free (donations to raise money for refugees in the camps)

Enquiries to Heather Stroud [email protected]

Parish Council Meeting 20 Jan

Monday 20th January 2020, 7pm in Slingsby Village Hall (Committee room). 

A regular meeting of our Parish Council. As always, residents are more than welcome to attend. The full agenda is below:

The accounts to date, and the minutes of the last meeting can be found on our website on this page: https://www.slingsbyvillage.co.uk/parish-council-and-community/

A new invitation to tender for grazing part of the Parish field has just been published on the Parish Council Notices page of our website here.