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Local Crayke 11-year-old Odin Dawson competed in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Marital Arts Yorkshire Open held in Leeds on Saturday 13th March, and came away with both a gold and a bronze medal.
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Pupils from Year 3, 4 and 5 from Outwood Primary Academy Alne have taken part in the Brownlee Foundation Triathlon event at York Sports Village.
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A new “Wildflower Woodland” is being planted in Shipton-by-Beningbrough , with funding help from the Friends of St Monica’s Hospital (FOSMH).
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This months meeting was opened by our President Joan Baram. It was well attended. Joan welcomed members and visitors.
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On the 13th May over 160 children attended the in-house annual football tournament held at Easingwold Town football club.
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Last Sunday the 14th May our two local clubs met for our long standing yearly competition at our Easingwold green, not only to play bowls but raise funds for charity.
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Rain stopped play
Back in 1953 Freda Pearson was gifted a tablecloth to embroider as a wedding present, as this was the same year of the Queen’s coronation.
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Rain stopped play
When local freemason – Chris Parr – visited Stillington Cricket Club to make a donation to support their Dynamo Players Initiative for 8-12 year olds he took his bat along.
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On Sunday 7th May, Easingwold and surrounding areas gathered in Easingwold Market Place to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III.
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The U9’s ended their 2022/23 season with a Presentation, which started with some fun football games, followed by a picnic and medal presentation.
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On Sunday 7th May, at Easingwold Parish Church there was a well attended special service held to commemorate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III led by the Revd. Margaret Young.
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Tollerton Tennis Club opened their tennis season with a mixed doubles competition playing for the Hailstone Cup.
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On Saturday 29th April over 50 Easingwold Running Club (ERC) members took part in “Run for Roger” in memory of Roger Nicholls.
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Easingwold Hawks U11s vs Brooklyn Lions U11s, Sunday 30 April, kick-off 12.30pm.
Easingwold Hawks U11s played their league trophy final against Brooklyn Lions U11s on Sunday afternoon at Poppleton.
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Apple Class: Stop Food Waste Day & Coronation Preparations
Did you know that on April 26th it was ‘Stop Food Waste Day’? We learnt about how food is wasted and the impact that this has on the environment.
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Easingwold welcomed local rivals Huby, hoping to get their challenge for the title off to a good start.
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When I pulled into the Market Place on Friday 21st April I was excited to see that overnight the Easingwold Craft & Natter group had been out and decorated the Market Place in Coronation style yarn bombing.
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This month’s edition of Business Briefcase is somewhat of a double header.
On Saturday 22 April 2023, the Easingwold and District Volunteering Fayre took place in the Galtres Centre. If you missed it, it is not too late to volunteer with the 16 local organizations who had a stand - volunteers are always needed and welcomed for.
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This month’s edition of Business Briefcase is somewhat of a double header.
In 2029 Easingwold Cricket Club will celebrate 200 years as a Cricket Club, formed at the same time as Thirsk, Sessay and York cricket clubs in 1829; and for the last 100 plus years there has always been at least one member of the Skilbeck family in the team.
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Pupils from Years 1, 2 and 3 from Outwood Primary Academy Alne have taken part in All Stars Cricket sessions with Tom Bates from Yorkshire County Cricket.
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Last week two hybrid wickets were installed at Easingwold Cricket Club, this is a process where 2,500 leaves of plastic grass per sq. metre, are stitched into the existing grass playing surface to give it strength and durability.
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The Year 5 children from Easingwold Primary School took part in a three day residential trip to Liverpool before the Easter holidays.
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What an intense weekend! It was everything we wanted it to be but in a slightly different way!
The Scouts were in teams of between four and six people and walked routes totalling 30km (18miles) over two days on their own, using maps and notes they had made themselves.
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A couple of weeks ago, we took on the challenge of running the London Landmarks Half Marathon.
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On Monday 3rd April, the school Easter holidays were kicked off in style with an uplifting movie musicals session as part of the Musical Bridges project, which aims to build bridges through song.
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You may have seen a mysterious tank on the Galtres centre lawn on Easter Sunday and wondered what on earth it was there for.
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A large crowd gathered on Good Friday at the gaunt, bare cross on the Market Green for a service arranged by Christians Together Around Easingwold (CTAE, formerly CTED).
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Easingwold Methodist Church welcomed 14 children on Maundy Thursday for our annual Easter workshop.
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The Alne Music Club Concert Programme continues to gain in popularity with our 7th event being our biggest and best yet in terms of audience numbers and participation.
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Local resident, Jonathan Parrott from Alne, near Easingwold is embarking on a challenge of a lifetime by walking the length of the 1914-18 Western Front, from the Swiss/French border to the Belgium coastal town of Nieuwpoort; a total distance of 652 miles.
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The three year 3/4 classes, from Easingwold Primary School, had a wonderful visit to the Etz Chaim Synagogue in Leeds, where they learnt lots about the Jewish religion.
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Town grabbed 3 points in a thrilling game at Bull Hill.
In an amazing opening 10 minutes, Town found themselves 3-0 up.
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Saturday night saw local quizzers come out in force to support a community-led event. With over sixty people attending, the atmosphere was lively and fun and a great time was had by all.
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Easingwold Primary School took part in Comic Relief last week and raised money by wearing red and bringing their favourite jokes into school to share with each other! We managed to raise £203.56.
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We held a charity coffee morning at Peter Thompson of York @ Sutton on the Forest on Saturday in aide of 'The June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund charity.
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Easingwold District Lions visited Sutton on the Forest Primary school to present a batch of litter pickers to the children as part of their environment project.
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Last November, the Oulston Parish Meeting decided that we should lift the crowns of a beech tree and lime tree on the village green and repair or replace the wooden seat that surrounds the beech tree.
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The children at Easingwold Primary School love to read and recently celebrated World Book Day with a variety of events.
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Recent new members John Hetherington and Selwyn Roberts took home trophies that were presented at the Easingwold Camera Club AGM at the Galtres Centre on Monday night.
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Stillington Squash Club has had a great season in the York & District Squash Leagues this year. With the season almost over, the men’s 2nd team has reached the final of The Riley Cup – a handicap competition that pits teams from across all five divisions against one another.
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This months meeting was opened by Joan Baram (President) happy to be in charge of the wooden gavel for the coming year.
The meeting was well attended and Joan warmly welcomed members and visitors. Joan enthusiastically informed us of the future meetings (programmes were provided) and the many various outings that she has organized if members would like to attend.
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Snow or No Snow
Stillington’s tennis courts are back in play after a full resurface with synthetic grass.
Contractors were delayed in starting before Christmas and wet weather stopped work in January.
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Some walkers in Millfields on Tuesday 7th March may have noticed some people with their bottoms in the air.
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The final game of the season for the Easingwold U12 Harriers was completed on Sunday 12th March.
It produced a loss to Brooklyn Lions, but this does not detract from the progress of what has been the first full season of football for many of the squad.
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We have tried some different activities recently, as well as our usual selection of games, chance to charge your phone, chat to your friends or play pool or table football, we have had fun pizza making.
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As part of their learning on animals, children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 from Outwood Primary Academy Alne had a visit from Joe's Exotic Animals.
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The members of the Easingwold Ladies Club had once again unanimously decided to support the York women’s refuge, part of IDAS.
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Nine local businesses are celebrating after taking top prizes at Hambleton’s last ever business awards ceremony.
They were honoured for being the top in the district for everything from championing apprentices and family businesses, to providing the best customer service.
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On the back of their recent victory against Stamford Bridge the Hawks travelled confidently for a match against Old Malton.
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Pupils from Outwood Primary Academy Alne, were among those to take part in Young Voices 2023 at Sheffield Arena.
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It was wonderful to welcome 'Music for Life' back in to school yesterday. The very talented Janet started our day with a whole school demonstration sharing a range of percussion instruments which the children really enjoyed.
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Residential experiences start in Year 2 at Easingwold Primary and the Year 2 children had their first one very recently when they enjoyed a sleepover at school!
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Every week new visitors and runners come to Millfield Park at 9am to have a go at running the 5K course.
This week people came from Guildford, Norwich and Northumberland.......
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January – Start of the new year with high hopes and new challenges set. It certainly was a chilly day in January to be stood outside watching the show jumping, but parents, guardians, friends and family accepted the challenge in order to support the riders.......
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The Saturday morning Studio Cycling group celebrated their 10th year of cycling with balloons.......
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Easingwold Warm Space has been building on its January success, to the extent that it will continue even as temperatures rise, and we have renamed it “Welcome Space”.......
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Easingwold was alive with the sound of Ukrainian song on Saturday, as nearly 50 singers came together to sing under the leadership of Svetlana Ryadchenko from Odessa, Ukraine as part of the Musical Bridges with Singing For All project organized by local singer and singing leader Jessa Liversidge.......
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Last Saturday, two residents from Shipton by Beningbrough spent an enjoyable few hours in the Long Street (Easingwold) branch of the Co-op.......
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The first meeting of the Flower Club in 2023 took the form of a solo demonstration of “New Year, New Start” by our Chairman, Margaret Jackson.......
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On Saturday 11th February our 6th Alne Music Club gig rocked the village hall.
We saw our largest audience to date of 50 enjoy a fantastic show from Miles and the Chain Gang.......
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Sunday 5th February 10am
Both teams started brightly with the first goal coming early on scored by Rhys off a quick-thinking throw-in from Kayden.......
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NSPCC Number Day
The children look fantastic today in their various numbers or clothing with countable items! Much appreciation for supporting this initiative.......
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The York Handmade Brick Company has invested £1.5 million in brand-new machinery which will transform how the company makes bricks.
York Handmade, who are now the UK’s leading small independent brickmaker, is confident this investment will open a new chapter in the company’s illustrious history.......
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For Newton Allotments, sited on Back Lane, the year follows a seasonal pattern and 2022 was no exception.
As the weather started to improve digging and planting began in earnest in order to be ready for the annual judging of plots in July.......
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The Curious Coffee Company in Easingwold raised an amazing £2,458.10 for St Leonard’s hospice on Thursday 26th January.......
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To those who have lived in Easingwold for most of their lives there has always been a Thornton’s, with a shop in the corner of Marketplace and Little Lane and the abattoir opening onto Chapel Street; and for the last four years a modern shop and bake house in Chapel street.......
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At ECPS we love to read and we want to encourage reading for pleasure within our community.......
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The glorious 30 acre park at Hawk Hills is a breathtaking countryside treat that envelops The Hawk Creative Business Park Ltd. Since the 1830s, the old farmhouse and surrounding areas have been slowly developed into what they are today.......
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Staff and volunteers from EDCCA were under the Buttercross in the Market Place on Friday giving away free soup.......
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We have a wonderful new exhibition in Easingwold Library by local amateur artist Cathrine Hall and invite everyone in the community to come along.......
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Seniors Lunch – Oak
Oak Class excelled last week at this wonderful community event and we were so proud of the way they spoke to the local residents, served the food and sang so beautifully. Well done children.......
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With so many events that we organize the weeks seem to fly by. The time had come around for our January Tea and Tarts gathering.......
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What a great night our first meeting of 2023 turned out to be. January 2023 is the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of Brandsby WI which was held in 1923.......
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The end of the year is a busy time in the Air Cadets calendar. The most important of all is the Sqn attendance at the Remembrance events in Easingwold and in York. On the evening of Friday 11th November the Sqn attended the York Normandy Veterans Remembrance Service held at St Lawrence Church, York. It was an honour to be invited and to attend.......
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2023 and a new year of running lies ahead of us. However, before we focus on a new Championship Series, the possibility of new PB’s and the undoubted commitment of those braving cold winter evenings, it seems prudent to review the end of 2022, and celebrate the achievements of the Easingwold Running Club members.......
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Joan (President on the left of the above photo, Secretary Di on the right hand side) started the meeting by wishing everyone Happy New year, with the immediate, resounding response of Happy New year.......
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Last Saturday saw 1st Kyle Valley Scouts out in force collecting Christmas trees from around the District. It was a very wet but not particularly cold day.
The Scouts were out and about bright and early in their respective towns and villages gathering the pre-booked trees and piling them on village greens.......
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York RI vs Easingwold Hawks, kick-off 9.30am, Sunday 8 January 2023.
Easingwold Hawks U11s were back in action on Sunday morning following the festive break.
York RI were the opponents and started the game brightly. Their early pressure paid off in the first few minutes with an early goal from outside the Hawks’ box.......
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Our judge visited all of Easingwold to find the best Christmas displays this year and was impressed by the sheer number of lights and the effort that residents had made to make the town look festive and cheerful.......
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The Easingwold District Lions Club are very grateful to all the residents of Easingwold and the surrounding villages for the tremendous support given to the Sleigh as we transported Father Christmas across our district.......
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The winners of a competition to find the best dressed window and lighting displays for shops and businesses in Easingwold have been found.
Organized by Hambleton District Council’s Vibrant Market Town Team in partnership with Easingwold Town Council and the Wold Class Business Network, it aims to enhance the Christmas spirit in the town and make it look really welcoming to shoppers.......
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Same Difference Arts theatre company visited Stillington Village Hall on Friday 27th December with their eco-friendly production of the pantomime Cinderella, with Cinders and Buttons more concerned with saving the Forest than bagging a prince, although they did get Prince Cosmo on side.......
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Recently, Morning Coffee Afternoon Tea at the New Inn held an event of Coffee, Cakes and Carols.
It was very well attended and everyone enjoyed the robust carol singing and the delicious cakes and coffee that were served.......
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A Christmas wreath making workshop run by Easingwold volunteers has raised more than £1,000 for Yorkshire Cancer Research.
Organized by the charity’s Galtres Volunteer Group, the sell-out event gave attendees the opportunity to create their own traditional Christmas wreath while enjoying some festive treats.......
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On Saturday 17th December the Carols in the Market Place took place once again with Easingwold Town Band providing the music.
It was pleasing to see so many in attendance despite the bitterly cold evening.......
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One of our readers Ian Bousefield has kindly given us these photographs to share.......
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Political leaders in North Yorkshire have been urged to capitalize on the prospect of delivering a wave of new jobs and improved education after a generation of young people has been lost in the county.......
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The EDCCA staff and our visitors to these events always look forward with anticipation to the monthly get togethers that we arrange. The November meeting was no exception.......
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We have had a wonderful last week of term with lots of fun happening each day. The children and staff had an absolute ball with Dave from Skip2bFit, enjoying the high-impact sessions and gaining a new found love of skipping.......
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The Methodist Church lounge rang out with songs and laughter on Monday 12th December, as Singing For All welcomed a class of Year 6 children from Easingwold Community Primary School as part of the Musical Bridges with Singing For All project, funded by the Co-op community fund.......
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We have been taking part in the local pumpkin and Christmas trails for the past few years, and this year was no different. Any excuse to get creative and crafty is right up our street.......
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Despite the winter chill, a good crowd assembled for our annual Crib Blessing service on the Market Green last Friday, arranged by Christians Together Around Easingwold (CTAE, formerly CTED).......
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Another successful children’s workshop was held on 10th December with the theme this year being THE JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM.......
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On Tuesday at about 8.00am a large Yorkshire Water main burst at the Manor road end of Church Hill, lifting tarmac and paving.......
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Easingwold Hawks U11s vs Haxby U11s
Sunday 11 December 2022, kick-off 10.30am.
The Hawks’ match was one of the few able to take place on a freezing Sunday morning, thanks to the first-class 3G pitch at Outwood School.......
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The festive season was kicked off in style on Saturday 3rd December by Jessa Liversidge and her singers at the annual feast of festive song, Easingwold Community Christmas.
Over 70 singers aged 6 to 95 gathered at Easingwold Galtres Centre together with a large, appreciative audience, to sing and enjoy seasonal songs old and new.......
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Members of the Sutton on the Forest Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association, Barbara Jacobs (Chair), Irene Martin (Secretary) and Judy Cliffe (Publicity and Outings) met with charity leaders to hand over cheques of £425.......
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Despite the rain, the Easingwold Hawks started brightly, putting Poppleton Tigers immediately under pressure.
Seven minutes of play saw the first corner for Poppleton which was calmly defended and Easingwold broke giving Rhys a penetrating run which was well-saved.......
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A lovely sociable time was had by all at Stillington Village Hall when a super mix of stall holders set up amidst the aroma of mulled wine and mince pies for another successful Christmas Fair.......
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This month EDCCA is celebrating its 35th anniversary, which for those who are keen on such things, the celebration or present for such an anniversary is coral and the colour is orange.......
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The first event in the series: “YOU AND ME – bringing people together”, arranged by Easingwold Parish Church, was held in the church last Saturday afternoon.......
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As part of their Diploma, children in Year 5 and 6 from Outwood Primary Academy Alne have been creating a commemorative wall hanging with local textile artist, Donna Cheshire.......
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The ladies of Jubilate have been rehearsing steadily for our concert “Good News, Great Joy”. No rehearsal is complete however without the obligatory warm up, as pictured.......
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