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Local History Group Meeting

The next Local History Group meeting will take place in the Village Hall Committee Room at 7.30 p.m. on the Tuesday 16th April.  It is open to all, but we ask those who attend to contribute £1 towards the cost of hall hire.  More details can be found in The Triangle.

 

 

Forthcoming Local History Dates

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After a very successful history day on local businesses we are now planning our forthcoming meetings. Many will examine the topic of Slingsby in Wartime, culminating in an event on this in 2014, which will be the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. The Group’s work will cover a wider war and battle theme, bearing in mind that the Slingsby Castle site dates from medieval times through to the Civil War, and the village felt the effects of war in both the 19th and 20th Centuries.

Local History Group meetings will be a mixture of working meetings, comparing and presenting work that the Group is aiming to carry out, and more formal talks. All meetings take place in the Village Hall Committee Room at 7.30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. They are open to all, but we ask those who attend to contribute £1 towards the cost of hall hire.

Details of talks etc. will be confirmed in The Triangle and on the Slingsby Village Website. Dates for your diary are as follows: Tuesday 16th April, Tuesday 21st May, Tuesday 18th June and Tuesday 16th July 2013.

All Saints Church Matters – Friends of Slingsby Church

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The church tower was repaired last year with the help of Heritage Lottery funding, much support from the local community and a great deal of hard work on the part of the Parochial Church Council. The PCC is now looking ahead and is considering ways of meeting the terms of the Heritage Lottery Grant for looking after the exterior of the building over the next ten years, under the supervision of English Heritage.

Internal improvements are also now needed to make the building more usable, such as better lighting and heating, and a toilet. Another aim is to create archive space for retaining records of village history for future generations. There is also the need for help with regular cleaning and other simple maintenance tasks.

The church has a small regular congregation, and raising money to pay for maintenance, heat, light and insurance for this large building is a big effort. There is no financial support at all from the Church of England, and the congregation has to raise money itself to pay for church expenses, clergy wages and pensions. This itself is a significant sum which has not been managed in full now for some years.

Changes in the management of the four parishes, which cover seven churches along the Street, are planned this coming year. All four Parochial Church Councils aim to join as a single unit for easier management. The Archbishops’ Council has already approved in principle an application to do this, subject to local agreement next month. This should help to attract a new priest. The post is still being advertised due to the retirement of Beryl Bowes, and to date there have been no applicants. The Bishop has warned the PCCs that priests wanting country parishes are in very short supply, so there may be a long wait. In the meantime, The Street Parishes are extremely grateful to have the Revd. John Warden looking after them on a temporary basis.

The new system will leave the small individual village groups to look after their buildings and to organise local fund raising. The same amount of money will still have to be raised by the same small group of people. The PCC is seeking support from the village to give more regular help to look after this historic landmark, which contributes so much to the local character and history of the village. A leaflet will shortly be sent to every household in Slingsby, South Holme, and Fryton giving more information and outlining the various ways in which practical or financial help may be given.

Please become a Friend of All Saints Church. All help given in this way will be used exclusively to maintain and develop the building separately from other church activities.

Local History Dates for your Diary

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After a very successful history day on local businesses, we are planning our events over the next few months.  Many of the events will examine the topic of Slingsby in Wartime, culminating in an event on this in 2014, which will be the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. The Group’s work will cover a wider war and battle theme, bearing in mind that the Slingsby Castle site dates from mediaeval times through to the Civil War, and the village felt the effect of war in both the 19th and 20th Centuries.

Local History Group meetings will be a mixture of working meetings, comparing and presenting work that the Group aims to carry out, and more formal talks. All meetings take place in the Village Hall Committee Room at 7.30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. They are open to all, but we ask those who attend to contribute £1 towards the cost of hall hire.

Details of talks etc. will be confirmed in The Triangle and on the Slingsby Village Website. Dates for your diary are as follows:

Tuesday 16th April
Tuesday 21st May
Tuesday 18th June
Tuesday 16th July

Parish Council Vacancy

Would you like to be more involved with your community? Do you have an interest in local issues?  Then a role on the Parish Council may be for you.

To find out more about the current vacancy on the Parish Council, including details about what being a local councillor entails, please contact Mrs Dinah Farley 48, Sycamore Close Slingsby York YO62 4BG Email [email protected] 01653 628858. Applications before May 6th 2013