Farm Fun Day Derek Thompson, welcoming everyone and enjoying the occasion 13-09-2015
It is over two and a half years since Derek was a long time in critical care after a cow crushed him. The event is in aid of the Friarage and James Cook hospitals, which saved Derek’s life. More pictures below.
Coming up …
More details in church gazette and separate wel-e-bulletins
Thu 17 Sep WI 7.30pm Village Hall
Fri 25 / Sat 26 Sep East Harlsey Play Penny Black 7.30pm E H Village Hall
Sat 26 Sep Macmillan Coffee Morning, 10.00-12.00 Village Hall
Sat 17 Oct churchyard hedge cutting and tidying day
Sat 24 Oct church cleaning day
Rose Nunn (nee Keeley)
One of Welbury’s longest residents, Rose Nunn of Homefield Farm died peacefully in hospital on September 3, aged 87 years. Rose came here on marrying Tommy Nunn and moving in to Homefield in 1954. A funeral Service was held at St. Leonard’s Church, Welbury, on Friday September 11, followed by interment in the churchyard.
Welcome …
Last month we mentioned Charlie Taylor would be moving in to Church View. A warm welcome to Charlie and his wife Wendy, daughter Sarah and grand-daughter Sophia. An equally warm welcome to Pauline and Bill Nesbit who have moved into Meadow Cottage temporarily while their home in Deighton has some serious work done on it.
Snippets …
Crab apple tree Mankin “Green” Lane 07-09-2015 (beyond the vehicle crash)
Vehicle stuck in lane: On Saturday Sept 5 three Teesside lads with lurchers ventured down Mankin (aka Green) Lane and got their vehicle stuck half way, sliding into the ditch.
The incident is recorded by the police and referred to NY Highways for repair.
Parish Clerk: Elizabeth Robson has kindly volunteered to act as (unpaid) clerk for a limited time. A person is sought on a more regular basis, for a modest honorarium.
Weather from Rod …
With six days over 25 °C and a maximum of 26.6 °C on the 7th, August was actually warmer than I remember it being. The average monthly temperature of 16.3 °C was
also more than 1 degree higher than August 2014.
However, it was more memorable for
being very wet! The total monthly rainfall of 98 mm made August the wettest month since November 2012 (103 mm) and the 31 mm of rain on the 14th made it the wettest day since 6 September 2013 (49 mm).
In the first week of September temperatures have been particularly low, with a minimum already below 4 °C on the 6th – temperatures we don’t normally expect until October.
Gun club: The Duke of Wellington finished their season on a high note on August 16, with the best score (193) of any team in the league, to finish in fourth place. Eric Hillary,
Tom Sheraton and Paul Williamson all scored perfect 25s. The 50-bird Sporting Shoot on Sunday 30 August was won by Mark Holmes with 47 and the Pool by Declan McVeigh with
8 out of 10.
Book of the month …
Falling Angels
by
Tracy Chevalier
This a novel by the author of ‘Girl With A Pearl Earring’, although its style is refreshingly different from that book and any other. In fact, it is so engaging that it becomes difficult to put down once one is engrossed. One of the main reasons for this, I think, is the atmosphere created within it.
The context is Edwardian England (just – as the book opens with the
death of Queen Victoria) and the beginning of a new century. Each chapter of the book is written through the eyes of one of the characters and this is one of the reasons why the story is so compelling – we are never bored with or complacent about what is to follow.
Maude Coleman and Lavinia Waterhouse are two young girls who meet in Highgate Cemetery in the immediate aftermath of Victoria’s death. Their families are very different – one stiff and traditional and the other stifled by the prevailing Victorian values and eager for change now that the era has come to an end. The girls’ friendship becomes very strong and the families are thrown together – we witness the tensions through the eyes of the girls’ mothers and various other characters with whom they come into contact. There are also chapters written through the girls’ eyes and those of the friend they have made at the cemetery, Simon.
The book is very revealing of life at the time; we are drawn into the world of the suffragettes, for example. The new century promises so much and innovations such as electricity arrive to change the lives of all the characters. The reader constantly feels as if a privileged glance is being allowed into the private world of the protagonists. An excellent read and a very clever novel!
Sarah Hoiles
WI Report (August)
From Dervor Hanson
Old clothes and aprons were worn by all ladies present to take part in a Crafty Evening organised by Trish Brown. Some dyed silk scarves; some made pictures with Japanese paper and paste. The results were impressive and we all enjoyed ourselves. The competition was for a
funny postcard.
Deighton History …
From David Coulthard, 31-08-2015
This bank holiday weekend a community archaeology group in Deighton completed a second dig in the gardens to the rear of houses off Waver Lane. The dig consisted of a 1×4 meter test pit, following up an earlier test pit this year, with the purpose of confirmation of features found in the earlier dig. During the excavation of the test pit a group of 15 medicine bottles / perfume bottles and some small items of jewellery were found grouped together in a clearly previously dug hole within the
test pit area.
Amongst the jewellery were the workings / back cover of a fob watch and within that fob watch was a picture of a lady in a 1920s style hat. (pictured left)
The dig took place near to a well that would have been used previously by the village and about 50 meters from the former Blacksmith building and Three Horseshoes Pub, now a dwelling house. The area was formerly an orchard until about the 1980s. The bottles appear to be Victorian; none are broken and they appear carefully placed within this hole.
This is an intriguing mystery and the group would like any assistance in possibly identifying the lady in the picture or any information as to the find as a whole
Welly sensation …
Welly wang at the Duke of Wellington 12-09-2015
Sarah Parsons and Scott Lincoln 12-09-2015
Welbury was graced by two top athletes when British Shot Put Champion Scott Lincoln and
discuss thrower Sarah Parsons lit up our welly event on Saturday. They each won the Open Challenge setting new World Records under Welbury Rules: 40.0 metres (men) and 29.0
(women). They also helped us handsomely defeat Wellington in Somerset in our head-to-head by
mobile phone. Wellies flew over walls and up trees like never before!
Although described as a ringer in a press report http://tinyurl.com/wellywang (with more pictures) Scott is a local lad working for his dad’s builders.
Other age group records included an amazing 21.2 by Poppy Layfield at 12 years, and records by Toby Layfield (11) and Sophie Taylor (13). Tracey
Taylor took her new age record at 20 metres while retaining her record of 21 metres from last year. Contact Mike O’Carroll to have a go.
Family fun …
at Lingfield Farm, Sat/Sunday 12/13th September
