News from around Craven

Austwick

Church news: As the government Covid-19 restrictions are gradually reducing so we are looking to re-start a pattern of church services over the coming weeks. All being well, from May 17 we will be re-opening our churches all day every day. Until then, Clapham, Austwick and Eldroth Churches continue to be open for individual prayer on Sundays and Wednesdays during daylight hours.

For up to date details please see church noticeboards and websites: bit.ly/austwick-church and bit.ly/eldroth-church, or our weekly newsletter available in church porches or online at: bit.ly/churches-weekly-newsletter.

Prayers in remembrance of His Royal Highness Prince Philip are being displayed on our church noticeboards and websites. The Church of England has opened a Book of Condolence for His Royal Highness Prince Philip. Your message can be submitted here: bit.ly/Condolence-PrincePhilip.

Parish News: The new edition can be found on the link below or from the village website:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lLD4YaMwMxFiXWKeqE_O8NVJIZ8xsv8I/view?usp=sharing

Austwick W I: We began the first meeting of the year with a zoom presentation. Sarah Lister had been our last speaker in March 2020 and she returned in April 2021 with her talk about the surprising revelations from the Settle graveyard. Her excellent talk about two Settle families, the Ellis family and the Slinger family, revealed her findings about their very interesting lives. Fourteen members joined the meeting and we hope that more will join us in May.

Cross Leigh Stores & Post Office: Following the government announcement from April 12 businesses will be able to open again. We are continuing to coordinate deliveries of prescriptions from Settle and Bentham surgeries.

Barnoldswick and Bracewell

Church news: There will be a short service of commemoration at St. Mary le Ghyll Church on Friday, 16th April at 7pm in remembrance of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Our church bell will be tolled. Everyone is welcome to come and also remember their own lost loved ones at this time.

Sunday Worship will continue to be held each week until further notice in Holy Trinity Church, Barnoldswick at 10am with a Zoom service following at 11:30am.

Please note that all continuing safeguarding Covid measures will be adhered to before, during and after each service.

There will also be Night Prayer on Zoom at 9pm every evening.

If anyone is interested in the Zoom service and/or Night Prayer please contact Rev Sheena by email at: sheena.mcmain@leeds.anglican.org for the access code.

We would like to thank all those who have placed and continue to place ribbons on the gates of our churches for the National Day of Reflection.

Bolton Abbey

Rector’s message: This weekend we will all probably watch the funeral of Prince Philip at Windsor Castle on Saturday. Despite the divisions across our country we will come together as a nation in our grief, just as the Royal Family will, hopefully, be united once again despite its recent differences. With remarkable resonance, this Sunday we reflect on Christ the Good Shepherd. We remind ourselves, once again, that God has come to gather up his flock which has become scattered and that Christ will shepherd us, even being prepared to lay down his life. Above all our differences, let us all remind ourselves this weekend that that Christ is our Shepherd and we are the sheep of His pasture.

Church news: Bolton Priory. There will now be a 10.30 am service of Holy Communion in Church each Sunday. Services will be on-line each week at 8 am for Holy Communion and the 10.30 am Sunday service. To attend a service in the Priory Church please book your place with the Church Office at 01756 710587. Due to an impending operation of one of the team the on-line services will be audio only. If you would like the hymn words they are on the back page of the weekly sheet which is available on-line at www.boltonpriory.org.uk where you will also find the Parish Magazine and services.

The church is now open every Sunday for the 10.30 am service. Places have to be booked via the Church Office. The Tower remains open for private prayer but the church is closed during the week. For the audio services, the weekly sheet and magazine please look at: www.boltonpriory.church

Dales

DalesBus: Summer services return to the Yorkshire Dales starting on Saturday, April 17 with the return of the popular Saturday 74 service.

This year the 74 service will run from Bradford calling at Ilkley, Addingham and Bolton Bridge and then divert via Embsay, before climbing up over Halton Moor with panoramic views across Barden Moor and surrounding dales to Simon’s Seat, before descending to Barden Tower, Burnsall and Grassington.

Services leave Ilkley Bus Station at 10.15, 12.45 and 15.45. Return services from Grassington National Park Centre leave at 11.30 14.30 and 17.00.

From Sunday, April 18 the all-year round Cravenlink 884 service between Ilkley and Skipton will be extended for the summer months to start from Bradford calling at Shipley and Guiseley to Ilkley and to continue from Skipton to Gargrave, Airton and Malham.

Buses leave Ilkley Bus Station at 10.15 and Skipton Bus Station at 10.45, 12.30 and 15.30. Return services from Malham National Park Centre depart at 1145, 1450 and 1630.

Sunday, April 18 will also see the return of the 874 DalesBus service from Wetherby, Leeds, Ilkley, Bolton Abbey and Grassington to Buckden and also the 875 DalesBus service from Leeds, Otley, Ilkley, Cracoe, Grassington, Buckden and then up over Kidstones Pass to Bishopdale and Wensleydale calling at Aysgarth and Hawes.

The 875 service will once again be a double decker providing wonderful views through Upper Wharfedale and over into Wensleydale, as it makes its way to the bustling village of Hawes.

The 875 services leave Ilkley Bus Station at 1015 and Grassington National Park Centre at 1100 and 1200. Return services from Hawes Market Place depart at 1425 and 1535.

Further DalesBus Summer services are planned to return from Saturday, May 15.

Full details of the timetables, calling points and service updates can be found on the DalesBus website at www.dalesbus.org or follow @DalesBus on Twitter or Facebook.

The availability of printed timetable booklets is currently limited whilst some outlets are subject to restrictions on opening. Leaflets should be available from Ilkley Rail Station, Skipton Rail Station, Grassington, Hawes and Malham National Park Centres. It is hoped printed timetable booklets should become more widely available during May and June.

DalesBus services are managed by Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company, and made possible with funding support from the Bramall Foundation, Duke of Devonshire’s Charitable Trust, Friends of DalesBus, Friends of the Dales, Kirkby Malhamdale Parish Council, North Yorkshire County Council’s Locality Fund, West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Wharfedale Charitable Trust.

Farnhill and Kildwick

Graham Taylor – Correspondent@farnhill.co.uk

Church news: St Andrew’s church: There will be a lay-led service of Morning Prayer on Sunday (April 18) at 11am. In order to attend you must wear a face-mask and abide by social distancing guidelines.

Farnhill Parish Council: The next meeting of Farnhill Parish Council will take place on Thursday April 22 starting at 7.30pm. The meeting will be held by video but members of the public may attend remotely. Anyone wishing to join the meeting should contact the Secretary of the Council, Sue Harding-Hill, by emailing suehardinghill@tiscali.co.uk for login details.

Gardening on the Peggy Wilson Field: People are invited to come along each Saturday between 2pm and 4pm to help work on the School’s wildlife plot on the Peggy Wilson field (opposite the school).

No experience necessary, but any horticultural wisdom would be welcome. The aim is to support the School and get the garden bursting into bloom. Many tools will be available on site, but you might want to bring your own gardening gloves (if you think you’ll need them).

Standard Covid restrictions such as rule of 6 and social distancing will apply.

Refreshments: The “Coffee & Crumb” refreshment van is providing take-away hot drinks, cakes 9am to 4pm, on Wed to Fri / 9am to 5pm, on Sat and Sun. Located by the canal bridge in Kildwick, just up from the school.

Kildwick and Farnhill Institute Calendar 2022: The Institute is currently closed but hopes to be opening again soon. However, the annual Institute Calendar will be back in 2022.

The competition to find photographs of Kildwick and Farnhill for possible inclusion in the calendar is now open. Submissions should be made to kandfinstitute@gmail.com before the closing date of 31st May 2021.

For full competition rules go to www.farnhill.co.uk then click on the picture of the Institute. Please read the rules, as many pictures are rejected for failure to adhere to them.

You do not need to live in either village to get a picture selected.

Gargrave

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Church news: A Prayer book communion service will be held in St Andrew`s church on Sunday at 8am, followed by a church service of the Word at 10.45am.

Giggleswick

Church news: St Alkelda’s, Sunday, April 18, 9.30am. Holy Communion.

Hellifield

200 Club: The winners of the Institute 200 Club for April are:

1st. No 87. Ann Hodkinson

2nd. No 43. James Webb

3rd. No 66. Geoff Northin

Station Cafe: Shed 24H the Station Café is open again. Initially, outdoor platform tables only. Takeaways are available.

The Yorkshire Pantry and Yorkshire Sleeper has availability during the summer months. All welcome.

Coffee Shop: Hazy Dayz Coffee Shop will open again on Tuesday, May 18. Covid rules in place with the rule of six and two households being observed. All welcome.

Playground: Unfortunately there have been further instances of vandalism at the children’s playgrounds. Please contact the police if you witness vandalism and feel free to take any pictures of damage to equipment. Continuing vandalism puts at risk any further instance of investment in children’s play equipment. Please help in reporting any issues. The ongoing instances of dogs being exercised on the fields still continues, and the resulting residue of dog faeces is a health hazard to all children in the playgrounds. Please do not walk or exercise your dogs on either of the playing fields at Station Road or Thorndale Street.

Wesley Centre: The Community Pantry is open on Fridays between 2 and 3pm. Donations of food items welcome. Also books and jigsaws in good condition. The ‘Helikids’ group has re-started and will be held on the 2nd Sunday of the month going forward. ‘Helibabies’ continues on Wednesdays. Contact Pauline Wright on 07931 511652 or check the website/facebook for details.

Horton-in-Ribblesdale News

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Church news: At the time of going to print there is a possibility that there will be a pop-up Marmalade Festival in St Oswald’s churchyard on Saturday from

noon until 4pm. This will be a great opportunity to stock up on homemade marmalade, jams and preserves. Please remember to follow social distancing rules.

Thanks are extended to everyone who cleaned the church and bought or arranged flowers for Easter. They brought colour and warmth after an austere Lent. It was also joyful to be able to sing a hymn after the journey through the village with the cross on Easter Friday; albeit it outdoors but thankfully in the sunshine

There will be no service at St Oswald’s on Sunday, the third Sunday of Eastertide, but there will be a service of Holy Communion at St. Peter`s church at Stainforth at 10.30am for the combined parishes of Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Stainforth and Langcliffe.

Ingleton

Parish Council: Report of Ingleton Parish Council meeting held on 6 April 6 by video conference.

Annual Meeting 2021: It was agreed to hold the annual meeting at 6.30pm, half an hour prior to the regular May parish council meeting at 7pm on May 4.

Casual Vacancy: Mrs J Walker has been appointed to fill the casual vacancy.

Public Areas: The Clerk reported that anti-theft screws had been secured on the war memorial and the brass plaque painted with Smart Water solution, which had been provided by the manufacturers free of cost. The Pump Track was reported back open and being well used.

Community Centre vaccine clinic: The clerk commented that the vaccine sessions were working very well, staffed 100 per cent by volunteers, including several councillors.

Village Map Draft: It was agreed to add in Mealbank Hall, the Bowling Green, the climbing wall and an indication of the one way system as well as all the defibrillators.

CDC Licensing: – It was agreed to support the licence application from La Tavernetta to use the pavement for small tables.

Swimming pool work: It was proposed and seconded that a donation towards Tarmacking work at the swimming pool of £2,500 be made.

Tree-work: The PCC had requested a community donation to help cover the costs of urgent tree-works in the churchyard. After discussion it was agreed to donate £200 towards the work.

Long Preston

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Church news: St Mary’s Church, Sunday April 18 at 11am, Morning Worship with Rev Canon Ian Greenhalgh. Everyone is welcome.

Childminding group: The children at Cheeky Little Monkeys Childminding have had great fun during the week of Easter helping Easter Bunny to spread joy and happiness.

The children, hid 10 wooden eggs per day - Monday to Friday around Long Preston. Fifty wooden eggs in total were hidden for other children to find, take home and decorate. Children were asked to post a photograph on our Facebook page, Long Preston Hunts & Trails of exactly where they found the egg. Once decorated, the wooden eggs were return to Cheeky Little Monkeys Childminding Long Preston, where they were judged by a resident of the village. Three beautiful Easter chocolate hampers were donated by Cheeky Little Monkeys Childminding as prizes. As we had so many entries for our competion, we had to split the entries into three categories for judging. The 0-3 year old category was won by Harry Knowles, 2. The 4,5,6 year old category was won by Henry Hammond, 5. Finally the last category 7,8,9+ years was won by Noah Hodgson, 10. Winning the Easter hamper was very welcomed news for Noah as it was also his birthday. Thank you everyone who helped to make this event so much fun. Watch out for Cheeky Little Monkeys Childminding summer event ‘Hunt a Bear & Teddy Bears’ Picnic. Details will be posted on our Facebook page Long Preston Hunts & Trails nearer the time. For more details about us view our Facebook page: cheekylittlemonkeyschildminding

Settle

Rotary Club: Andy Wilson, from Yorkshire Cancer Research, will be giving a talk in two parts (of approximately 30 minutes each) on Zoom to Settle Rotary Club. The talk will be on the ‘History of the Tobacco Industry’ and will be on consecutive Thursdays, 22nd and 29th, both evenings starting at 7pm.

The presentation will tell the history of the tobacco industry from the first gathering of wild plants in South America hundreds of years ago through to modern times. The main focus will be on the way the tobacco companies covered-up what they knew about the dangers of smoking and how this was eventually exposed by whistle-blowers and court case evidence.

Anyone who would like to join these meetings would be most welcome, and is invited to contact the club secretary, David Blackburne on dhblackburne@btinternet.com and he will forward to you the log-in details for the meetings.

Church news: Holy Ascension. As our priest Revd Julie Clarkson was having a few days’ well earned break we were pleased to welcome Revd Jules Cox to lead our service of Holy Communion at 11am last Sunday. Thanks also to Revd Paul Fisher for his thoughtful sermon. Prayers were said for Prince Philip and the Royal Family at this time of national mourning. Holy Ascension’s tower captain, Paul Clarke, joined with bellringers throughout England as he tolled the tenor bell 99 times on Friday and Saturday following the announcement of the death of Prince Philip.

On Sunday, April 18 there will be two services in church - 8am Holy Communion (BCP) followed by Morning Worship led by Stephen Hogg (Lay Worship Leader) at 11am. If you prefer to follow the live stream of the Morning Worship service, from home, go to: www.settlechurchestube.org.uk

As more shops and businesses begin to re -open members of our church council are considering the reopening of the church building during the week to visitors and for private prayer. As always the Covid health and safety measures will be a major consideration in the re - opening process.

Burial records: After months of research and hours of typing, by Sarah Lister and her team, we are thrilled that Holy Ascension’s burial records from 1839 to 2010 are now available online. If you have any queries about forebears buried in the ancient or old churchyards go to www.settlechurch.uk/hagryd where you will find many interesting details of gravestones, inscriptions and much more. There’s also a link to Sarah Lister’s fascinating research into the lifestories of Settle folk from decades past. It’s a wonderful resource for anyone interested in local history.

Swimming Pool: The Settle Area Swimming Pool 200 Club April was made by Brian Craven.

1st Prize - No 62- £50 Elizabeth Towers

2nd Prize - No 97- £30 Kath Fish

3rd prize - No 14 - £20 Jean Lonsdale

Winners have been notified

Skipton and Carleton

Church news: Services held in Christ Church, Skipton, and St Mary’s, Carleton, have now resumed, as well as on line services as follows: Saturday Story for younger people can be found on You Tube, search for Christ Church Skipton, St Mary’s Carleton.

Saturday night prayer is live at 9pm and can be found via the Facebook page, Christ Church Skipton or St Mary’s Carleton, on alternate weeks.

Italian Circle: The next meeting of the Skipton Italian Circle will be held on Thursday, April 22. Our speaker Richard Woolf will give a talk entitled “When Medicine met Art in Renaissance Italy”. At the present time our meetings will be done virtually on Zoom. The meeting will start at 7.30 pm and invitations will be sent to people on our mailing list. If you would like to be on the mailing list or would like or attend one of our meetings, please contact: www.skiptonitaliancircle.org

Upper Wharfedale

Family History Society: The next Zoom meeting of the Airedale and Wharfedale Family History Society will take place at 2.30pm on Saturday, April17 when the speaker will by John Lyte and the subject of his talk ‘Saving Chapel Row from Demolition by the Lyte Family’. This meeting is free and open to anyone. For details of how to register for the meeting and to learn more about the society please visit our web site: www.awfhs.org