Here at the village website we are always looking to engage new audiences and it’s with this thought in mind that we proudly announce the launch of the Slingsby Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/slingsbyvillage

There isn’t very much on there at the moment but that will soon change as we add material and the website is now also linked into Facebook. Any news and events posts will be published on the Facebook page too. So if you love Facebook, why not go over to the new village page and like us 🙂

Kevin Rushby, writing in the Travel section of last weekend’s Guardian, describes an enjoyable visit he made in February to the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. To get around he used the excellent long-distance footpaths, such as the Centenary Way and Ebor Way. He particularly liked Slingsby Bank, it seems   “…on the Centenary Way we headed north to Slingsby Bank, an east-west ridge that gave us fine views of the North York Moors. This was my favourite part of the walk. The ridge is gnarled with ancient earthworks, some perhaps thrown up by the Celtic Parisi tribe, who moved here from Gaul in pre-Roman times (Paris was named after them). Now it is a wonderful natural hideaway for wildlife. This was where the deer popped out on us …”

He visited places of interest in the area, including Castle Howard (“the most fascinating slice of parkland in Britain), Kirkham Priory and Hovingham.

For the many fascinating places to visit around Slingsby, check out SlingsbyVillage website’s Tourism Information page.

If you are inspired to pull on your walking boots, check out our Geoff’s walks, where the latest March offering is now available.

To read the Guardian article in full follow this link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2013/mar/01/walking-in-yorkshire-howardian-hills?INTCMP=SRCH

The winners of the crossword competition which appeared in the February Triangle can now be revealed.

Carolyn Boots drew the winning entries on Tuesday 19^th February at the Local History Meeting (in the presence of independent observers).

The winner was Les Hodgson of Sherburn (one of a growing number of out-of-area readers of the popular local rag).

The runners up were: Marjorie Piercy, The Green Crescent and Pat Thompson, Railway Street.

Les receives a Castle Howard Annual Pass (organized by the website team’s Rachel Underwood).

Now, of course, the website team is not at all biased, but it would be nice for a resident of this parish to win first prize next time. Your next opportunity to win a valuable prize will be dropping through subscribers’ letterboxes at the start of April.

By the way, the deadline for submitting copy for that issue of Triangle is Monday 25^th March.

Good luck!

Just a quick reminder the Slingsby Local History Day will take place on Saturday 9th March in the Slingsby Village Hall and All Saints Church.

The focus this year will be on local business and how Slingsby made a living; before the railways were invented, few people ever went outside the villages of Slingsby, South Holme and Fryton unless they could walk long distances.  The village businesses met all needs and also provided jobs for those who did not work in farming. This year’s local history event is about the large number of non-farming businesses.

Come along and find out where and what the businesses were, and enjoy the small exhibition and film.  Refreshments will be on sale throughout the day, and will include coffee, tea, cakes, scones, soup and roll at lunch time.

Recording of memories of Slingsby (by invitation) will take place at 10.30 a.m. in the Village Hall.  Please contact Margaret Mackinder on 01653 628303 if you would like to take part. Dr. Kate Giles  and Margaret Mackinder will lead an open discussion and summary of the recording session at 2.30 p.m.

Admission to Slingsby Local History Day is £2.00.