Why not have a go at growing your own fruit and vegetables in 2013!  We have a couple of vacancies on the Slingsby allotment site to be let on a first come first served basis to persons living in the Parish. If you are interested in renting one please contact Brian Clarke immediately on Tel 628625. If there are no takers, then they will be offered to others from outside the Parish.

Please be aware that road works will take place at Amotherby crossroads w/c Mon 3rd, including kerbing below the banking and railings, and resurfacing of all four arms of the crossroads.

The Amotherby Parish Council has received the following information from Highways:- Work is planned to occur over 3 nights–Mon 3rd to Wed 5th inclusive, from 6pm to midnight (the 6am on the notices is to allow for slight delays). If kerbing work is not completed it may be necessary to also close the C20 into the village on Thursday evening to complete this. The main B1257 will not be completely shut; there will be traffic lights in operation. The C20 down into the village will be completely closed for the 3 nights to allow for kerbing to be done–no access will be possible after 6pm (8pm on Monday to allow traffic for the school disco through).

Monday – kerbing on the C20 and preparatory work on the westbound B1257 (traffic towards Hovingham) and up Amotherby Lane, but not as far as the Parish Hall entrance. It will be possible to access the Parish Hall from the top of Amotherby Lane (Castle Howard road).

Tuesday – kerbing on the C20 and preparatory work on the eastbound B1257 (traffic towards Malton) and down into the village. It will be possible to access the Parish Hall from the B1257.

Wednesday – kerbing on the C20 and complete the surfacing on all four parts of the crossroads, so access to the Parish Hall is dubious from the B1257, but possible from the Castle Howard road. Highways have promised to notify us of any change to this schedule due to hold ups caused by weather.

For those of you who were children during the war and remember what went on in Slingsby at that time, or the period just after it, there will be another discussion to record your wartime memories as we did earlier this year about farming. This will take place in the parlour at The Grapes over a cup of coffee or tea and a scone, on Saturday 8th December at 10.30am.

Details of our meeting on Tuesday 15th January 2013 will be posted online soon, or please see the next edition of the Triangle.

Our Local History Day for 2013 has been arranged for Saturday 9th March. The meeting will take place in the village hall and church, and the theme will be ‘Shops and Businesses in Slingsby’. The February meeting will most likely be taken up with preparing contributions for this, as well as a possible assembly for the school. One idea already, is to create a village trail which would illustrate the extent of the businesses in Slingsby in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. We also hope to do another recording of your memories .

The theme for our Local History Day in March 2014 will be Wartime Slingsby.