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Malton Museum – Summer Activities 2016

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Especially for parents and grandparents – there’s lots for children to see and do at Malton Museum during the 2016 holidays.
 Thursday 28th July 1-3 p.m.  BUILDING BRIDGES
Could you become a Roman Engineer for the afternoon?  – a hands-on workshop, suitable for 7 – 11 year olds,  exploring why Romans were successful in building bridges.
 Thursday 4th August 1-3 p.m.  ALL SHOOK UP!
Could you make butter? – another workshop, suitable for 7 – 11 year olds, learning  how to make your own butter – and finding out what it tastes like.
 Wednesday 10th August 1-3 p.m. SHARING THE SHEEP
Do you know what we can make from sheep’s wool?  Learn many new skills e.g. weaving, spinning, felting etc. and take home your finished article.  Suitable for all ages.
 Wednesday 17th August 1-3 p.m.  TALES FROM THE CASTLE
An interactive story of knights, dragons and princesses.  Get into character by making your own mask, then whizz back to medieval times with our troubadour! Suitable for all ages.
 Wednesday 26th October 1-3 p.m.  HOARDS OF COINS
Can you identify coins? Handle our Roman coins – how long have we used coins? If you’ve found any coins, bring them along to show our expert.  Design your own coin.Suitable for 5 – 11 year olds
 Ring 01653 691262 or call at the Museum to book your place on all or any of the workshops.   If there is no one there – please leave a message (with your phone number) and we will get back to you.
There is a token charge for the workshops to cover the cost of materials of £1 per adult and £1 per child
Malton Museum is on Yorkersgate, Malton (opposite the Nat West Bank).  Access is by 3 stone steps from Yorkersgate.

Event

Parish Council Agenda – 18th July 2016

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Monday 18th July 2016, 7pm, Slingsby Village Hall. A meeting of the Parish Council. Members of the public and press are invited to attend.

AGENDA

1.            Apologies for Absence.

2.            Declarations of Interest on Agenda Items.

3.            Items raised by members of the public.

4.            To agree and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 16th May 2016.

5.            Co-option to fill two vacancies for Parish Councillors.

6.            Exchange of information and items for the next agenda.

7.            Vacancy for Clerk to Parish Council.

8.            Planning. (To consider and make comments on planning applications received.)

16/00442/LBC – Approval

16/00441/FUL – Approval

16/00605/HOUSE – Approval

16/00871/FUL – Approval

16/00311/HOUSE – Approval

16/01095/ADV – Application

9.            Village Items.

·       Street Lights.
·       Highways Issues.
·       Renewal of Parish Signs.
10.         Reports (For information only)

Chair’s Report.

Clerk’s Report.            (Circulated)

11.          Finance.

(Date of next meeting: 26th September 2016)

 

 

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Tom Nesfield’s bike ride for Alzheimer’s Society – July 2016

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Tom Nesfield London to Paris Bike Ride

From 20th to  24th July 2016 Tom Nesfield, who has lived in Slingsby all his life, will be cycling 328 miles from London to Paris to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society.  This is a cause that is close to Tom’s heart, helping this excellent charity which does such great work for people affected by dementia.

Donations can be made either through Tom’s Just Giving page www.justgiving.com/tomlondontoparis  or by texting TOMN48 followed by the amount you would like to donate to 70070 (i.e. to donate £10 text “TOMN48 £10” to 70070).  Alternatively if people would like to make cash donations they can do so to Byways, The Green, Slingsby.

(Tom’s initial hope was to raise £1,500 – his generous supporters have already exceeded that sum, so now the sky’s the limit! We recall that when he was 14, Tom raised over £400 towards our Church Tower Appeal, so he has a track record of successfully supporting good causes. We wish him every success this time.)

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Farming Column – Malton Show July 2016

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We are in the midst of the Agricultural Show season and there are so many to choose from with The Great Yorkshire Show which is Englands premier show at one end of the scale and small local shows like Farndale and Rosedale at the other.  On Sunday 3rd of July we went to the Malton Show held at Scampston Park, a truly magnificient setting with The Hall on one side and the beautiful lake on the other.  It was an interesting day with so much to see and do for all ages.  It was great to see children zooming round a race track on mini quad bikes and lots of bouncy castles for them to get rid of some energy.  The sheep and cattle numbers are improving again after going through a steady decline. I was particularly impressed with the Beef Shorthorns which not long ago were in the rare breed category but now are really thriving.  Morrisons Supermarket offer a special contract for Beef Shorthorn cattle because the quality and flavour of their meat is so good.  The only local people we saw with livestock entries were Robin and Ann Lacy from Airyholme with their Leicesters and Rare breed sheep and they had a successful day winning several prizes.

One of the highlights of the show is the “Vintage Section” with old stationary engines, tractors, classic cars and motorbikes.  It was good to see Mick Dixon exhibiting his vintage David Brown tractor. It is one of the best vintage tractor shows anywhere around.

Horses are a very important part of Malton Show with dozens of classes for all types of horse.  It is always good to see the heavy horses in the main ring and there were three entries pulling different types of wagon including the well known Wolds Wagon.  The grand parade of cattle in the main ring was very impressive.  The parade of sheep consisted of the champion ram which was driven round the ring in the back of a pickup truck.

On our way out we paused to watch the sheepdog trials which was very interesting.  The dog we saw didn’t believe in going too far round to fetch the sheep in fact more often than not it took the shortest route which was straight through the middle, scattering sheep in all directions.  When it came to the final penning a battle ensued between the sheep and the dog and the sheep won and refused to be penned.  It reminded me of a sheep dog we had years ago called Tip who also had a habit of running straight through the middle of the flock scattering sheep everywhere.

The Malton School Jazz Band was there entertaining the crowds.  Rachel Conyers and Ryan Perry from Slingsby were playing in the band and they all played brilliantly.  It was a real pleasure to stand and listen to them.

All in all a Grand Day out and the weather was kind to us as well.

Stephen Prest

Event

Slingsby Duck Race and Family Fun Day 16th July 2016

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Saturday 16th July 2016 from 11 am to 3 pm at Slingsby Sportsfield. Annual Duck Race and Family Fun Day. Free admission. (Satnav use YO62 4AW)

Face painting, inflatable slide, bouncy castles, coconut shy, hook-a-duck, bbq, raffle, tombola.

Duck Race at 2pm. Tickets to enter a duck in the race available from Slingsby School, or on the day.

This event is put on by the Friends of Slingsby School, please come and support them and have a great day out at this major aquackit event.