Austwick

Covid-19 community support: For information, go to claphamyorksvirushelp@gmail.com, facebook.com/coronaCcN, 01524 805969. facebook.com/AustwickMutualAid. twitter.com/ AustwickNews.

Church news: Sunday, August 29, 10.30am, Messy Church at Austwick. Our weekly Wednesday Morning Holy Communion Services (Book of Common Prayer), 10.30am, at Austwick Church. All welcome.

Austwick WI: At the August monthly meeting, archaeologist Jamie Quartermaine brought some stunning video footage of the survey he has been carrying out with his Team, in Northern Saudi Arabia. They discovered evidence of ancient civilisations that have been undisturbed for thousands of years. The next meeting will be on Thursday, September 9, at 7.30pm, in the Parish Hall and will be baking with Mike Armstrong.

Austwick Parish Hall & Playing Fields: Volunteers and members are needed to run these important community facilities. The annual Street Market & Cuckoo Festival, which provides much-needed funds also has vacancies on the organising committee and wants helpers on and around the 2022 event. Local contacts posted on the Parish Hall information board.

Barnoldswick & Bracewell

Upcoming services and events: Our service this Sunday, August 29 (5th Sunday) is the All Age Joint Service at St Mary Le Ghyll Church, Barnoldswick. The service starts at 10.30am. There will not be any services at Holy Trinity or St Michael’s this day.

The Coach House at Ghyll will be open from 10.30am to 3.30pm for refreshments.

All are welcome at the service and if passing by at the Coach House.

Holy Trinity Church is open to visitors Monday to Friday, from 10am to noon, for you to come in for a chat or to light a candle, including on Thursdays, an informal service of Holy Communion at 10am.

On Wednesdays, from 10am to 1pm, in August, there is a Pop-up Shop inside Trinity and the Café will be serving refreshments. There will be a good quality clothes rail, bric-a-brac stall and food bank collections; bring what you can, take what you need.

Rev Sheena and Rev Claire will also be saying Morning Prayer at 9am Monday to Friday and Evening Prayer at 5pm in St James’ Chapel, Holy Trinity Church. These include short services of Bible readings and prayers for the day.

There will also be Prayer during the day at 12.30pm - Tuesday and Thursday in St Mary le Ghyll Church, Barnoldswick.

The Coach House at Ghyll Church continues to be open every Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, from 10.30am to 3.30pm, serving tea, coffee and cakes. Please stop by. Anyone is welcome to come in the churches and join in these prayers, services and events.

Night Prayer on Zoom at 9pm is continuing every evening. Please contact Rev Sheena by email at sheena.mcmain@leeds.anglican.org for the access code to the Night prayer or to speak to the Vicar phone 01282 812028 or Assistant Curate Rev Claire Honess on 01282 853510 or claire.honess@leeds.anglican.org.

Barnoldswick and Earby Rotary Club: How far can you pedal a bike – without actually going anywhere? You can find out in Barnoldswick Town Square on Saturday, September 18, in a Rotary Challenge Ride in aid of Prostate Cancer UK. Riders will saddle up on static machines supplied by Hope Technology, manufacturers of top cycling equipment, who have agreed to support the event. The organisers, Barnoldswick and Earby Rotary Club, has been seeking teams of four to see how far they can ride from 10am to 2pm. It costs £40 a team and anything riders can raise in sponsorship. There will also be a chance for individual riders to do a 10-minute stint for a small fee towards the charitable aim. And there’ll be prizes to be won. Come on cyclists, help to make it a big day for fun and in aid of a charity fighting a disease which has claimed so many victims and lives. Firms and the general public are invited to either sponsor or contribute to the charity. On the day just turn up to support the teams or individual competitors. To enter a team or for further information phone Eric Firth on 07778216585 or go to Barnoldswick and Earby Rotary Club on Facebook.

Cowling

Cowling Companions: Meet on Wednesday, September 1, at 2pm, in Cowling Village Hall. Mona Townson, “My Family in a Local Village”, £3 entry includes refreshments. All very welcome.

Farnhill and Kildwick

Graham Taylor – Correspondent@farnhill.co.uk

Farnhill Parish Council: The next meeting of the parish council will be held in the Institute tonight (Thursday, August 26), starting at 7.30pm. The first 15 minutes of the meeting will be set aside for public participation. All members of the village are welcome to attend.

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).

St Andrew’s Church: There will be no service at Kildwick on Sunday, August 29. A united service for the whole KCB parish will be held at St John’s, Cononley, starting at 11am.

Circuit Training: Training sessions restart on September 8.

Refreshments: The “Coffee & Crumb” refreshment van is providing takeaway hot drinks, cakes, etc, from 9am to 4pm, on Wednesday to Friday; and 9am to 5pm, on Saturday and Sunday. Located by the canal bridge in Kildwick, just up from the school.

Gargrave

WI: It was pleasing to read in this week’s Yorkshire Post supplement that Gargrave Village Hall was complemented, so too the ladies of the WI. Former Grassington resident Sue Woodcock writes a weekly Saturday column. She now lives in the Wolds and is a speaker at a variety of venues and groups. Sue was recently invited to address a Gargrave WI meeting. She writes in her column: “I had a pleasant drive, arriving very early at Gargrave, a place I have been to and through many times but never discovered their very fine village hall before. The group were a good audience and laughed a lot.”

Book fair: A mid-week book fair was held recently at Gargrave Village Hall, the event was well attended and will become an annual fixture in the North West book fair calendar. The new look cafe area which allows more space between tables was also a success with both the caterer and customers. Therefore the match room, which originally connected to the snooker hall, will now be used as a cafe area at further book fairs, craft fairs and flea markets. There will be two further book fairs this year, Saturday, September 25 and Saturday, December 4. The popular flea markets will return to the village hall this bank holiday weekend. There will be a double bill with Sheila Palmer from Selby organising the fair on the Sunday and the Gargrave Village Hall Management team arranging the event on Monday. Some stallholders will be selling on either Sunday or Monday with a small number there on both days. Admission is 50p on both days. A good variety of goods on for sale, antique items, vintage, bric-a-brac, books, jewellery and items from local crafters who have been hard at work over the past months. There will be a stall in aid of Manorlands and on the Monday a tombola will raise funds for the local Cats Protection. Light refreshments will be available until around 3pm on both days. The wearing of masks is optional, a wall mounted sanitiser is in place in the entry foyer and hand sanitisers will be available on most stalls. The hall has the added advantage in these difficult times that it is spacious and well ventilated too. Everyone involved looks forward to welcoming back customers, both old and new.

Gargrave and Malhamdale Community Library: It has some new revised hours which will commence from September 1. Monday 3pm to 5pm, Tuesday 10am to noon, Wednesday 2pm to 4pm, Friday 2pm to 4pm and Saturday 10am until noon. These hours are only possible due to the volunteers who so kindly give up their time to provide this excellent local service. Please phone 01756 749489 if you are interested in joining the team of volunteers, extra help is always most welcome.

Church: A Prayer book communion service will be held on Sunday in St Andrew's church at 8am followed by church morning worship at 10.45am.

Giggleswick

Giggleswick WI: Its next meeting is on Thursday, September 2, at 7pm, at St Alkelda’s church, Giggleswick. The speaker will be Dan Nelson - 2,000 years of shoes. Visitors and new members welcome.

Church: St Alkelda’s, Sunday, August 29. This will be the fifth Sunday of the month, and our three parishes will be holding a united service at 10am at this church. Our normal mid-week Communion service will be held on Wednesday, September 1, at 9.30am.

Hellifield

Flower club: The North Craven Flower Club will be meeting on the evening of September 9 at the Institute/Village Hall. The meeting, which on this occasion is for members only, is the first of four planned meetings for this year. The meetings include demonstrations from guests, and the club welcomes new members. For enquiries, phone Susan Fairhurst on 07811 742448/01524 251501.

Station songs of praise: Hellifield Methodists and Hellifield Station Shed 24 is holding a Harvest Songs of Praise with the Giggleswick and Settle Brass Band on Sunday, September 5. Come along from 2pm and enjoy the music and join in the singing. Enquiries phone 07931 511652.

Wesley Centre: A new group ‘The Welcome Mat’ will meet at the Wesley Centre from Monday, September 6, from 2.30pm to 4pm. The group will meet every first and third Monday of each month. Entry will be £2.50 and the group represents a new meeting point in the community for social gathering activities and refreshments. Covid guidelines are still applicable so booking is advisable. Phone Pauline on 850802. Helibabies, a small support group for parents and babies under one year and mums to be will be restarting in September. From 1.30pm to 2.30pm. Helitots, for babies and toddlers will meet in term time on Tuesday mornings from 9.30am to 11am. The Helikids group will meet on Sunday mornings from 10.30am to noon from September 12. Free entry and from ages five and upwards. Contact Pauline on 07931 511652 for info on any of the above.

Mothers’ Union: The group will meet on September 1 at 2pm. The meeting will be held in St Aidan’s Church.

Parish council: The parish council meets in the Institute/Village Hall at 7.30pm on the September 2.

Craft day: A Craft Day will be held in the Institute Yorke Room on Saturday, August 28, from 9am and 4.30pm. The Krisbendale Craft Day workshop event has been included on the Hellifield Community Website. The ‘workshop’ attendance fee of £20 includes a buffet-style lunch, and the bookings have been going fast. Phone Lynn Nolan on 01524 251599 or email lynnnolan14@outlook.com for details of this fun and instructional event.

Coffee morning: St Aidan’s will be holding a coffee morning on September 4, from 10am to 11.30am, in the Institute/Village Hall. Includes refreshments and a raffle. All welcome.

Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Church news: Last Sunday Langcliffe Institute was the venue for St Oswald’s first afternoon teas since 2019. Thanks to all who brought, bought, washed up and waited on – a job that now includes sanitising all the tables. With the help of Linda and Gillian’s preserves, and a raffle, a splendid £623 was raised for St Oswald’s church funds.The hardworking team will be back at the Institute on Sunday, September 12.

A service for the combined parishes of Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Stainforth and Langcliffe will be held on Sunday in St Peter’s Church at Stainforth at 10.30am.

School: The governors of Horton-in-Ribblesdale Primary School Exhibition Foundation are prepared to consider applications towards grants for full-time courses of advanced study. Applicants must be currently resident in Horton-in-Ribblesdale and to have lived there and attended a local school for not less than two years. Application forms may be obtained from Mrs P Swainson, Little Barn, Studfold, Settle. BD24 0ER, and the applications must be returned to Mrs Swainson no later than September 24.

Langcliffe

Sale: Over the Bank Holiday weekend (August 28 to 30), Langcliffe Church will be holding a grand bric-a-brac sale in church from 10am to 4pm each day. If you have any bric-a-brac to donate please take up to church or phone 01729 822875 for more information. We hope to see you there.

Long Preston

Over 50’s: Free cake and coffee on Thursday, August 26, in village hall, from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Also free taster session of Nordic walking on Monday, September 6, at 1.15pm in Chapel car park for a 1.30pm start. Walking round the village with Jo Wilfred (qualified leader) for approx an hour. If interested phone 07966 981985 to book a place. This could be a weekly event in LP Sticks can be provided.

Settle

Settle Graveyard Trails: It is the last trail of the summer and we are going out with some incredible tales of ‘Rags to Riches’ including Walter Morrison MP and ‘Gentleman Jack’ Ann Lister from Shibden Hall. It’s next Wednesday, September 1, at 7pm, with tickets £3 (to charity) from The Folly in Settle or online from the-folly.arttickets.org.uk. Thanks to everyone who has come along to this summer’s graveyard trails at Settle Church.

Parish church: Giggleswick with Settle Mothers’ Union members are hoping that the ‘Stepping Stones’ group for families with children from 0 to 4 will be able to meet in church on Thursday mornings this autumn. Plans are being made for the usual activities to take place, as safely as possible, within the most recent Covid guidelines. Last week Mothers’ Union members in the Manchester Diocese were appealing for warm, winter children’s coats for Afghan refugees. They are now asking for donations of men’s coats and shoes. Please get in touch with Rev Julie Clarkson on 01729 825955 if you are able to donate suitable garments. Your gifts will be most appreciated and very useful. On Sunday, August 29, Rev Stephen Dawson leads the 8am Holy Communion Service. Rev Julie Clarkson leads the service of Holy Communion for all of her three Parishes at 11am at St Alkelda’s, Giggleswick. Please note that there will not be a service at Settle at 11am. We look forward to meeting together at St Alkelda’s.

Friends of Settle Victoria Hall: The group is hosting a book fair on Bank Holiday Monday, August 30, from 10am to 4pm. Entrance 50pm with accompanied children free of charge. Food available all day and all proceeds will go to the hall.

Skipton

Rotary Clubs: The two Rotary clubs active in Skipton enjoyed a beautiful summer evening together on August 3 at Skipton Golf Club to hear a talk by Dr Myfanwy Trueman entitled “Facing up to Environmental Challenges”. Dr Trueman’s information-packed talk to the joint meeting of the Rotary Clubs of Skipton and Skipton Craven left us all in no doubt there is plenty that we can all do locally in the battle to limit climate change and there is already a lot going on which we can find out about. She impressed upon us the importance of our individual choices in daily life. Setting by example she had purchased an electric car, installed solar panels and, recognising the importance of carbon capture and biodiversity, planted her piece of garden ground - left over by the developers - with a hedge and trees and installed a bee hive. Such simple actions (except the bee keeping) coupled with green spaces not only helped filter the air but also added to people’s physical and mental wellbeing. There is opportunity, she told us, to green up the many footpaths in the district and produce wild life corridors. She wondered if Skipton could build a green wall which would indeed add to biodiversity in the town because she showed us a chart of towns in Yorkshire showing that Craven was very low in its tree cover. Top of the list was Barnsley. She referred to what is going on in Craven. The district council is producing a Climate Energy Strategy Plan, Sandylands Sports Centre has become carbon neutral and there are at least 14 groups in Craven working in the environment. She showed us the cut-out leaflet produced by “Plastic Free Skipton” with its advice to “Reduce, Recycle, Reuse, Recover” and ultimately “Disposal”. With regard to the latter, she told us about the work of Veolia at its waste disposal depot in Leeds where even the burnt waste produces electricity. Myfanwy stressed the importance of people and inclusivity in the battle. Walking more where possible, sharing allotments such as the current U3A scheme, thinking about where we shop, what we buy and its carbon footprint and taking account of landowners needs in any schemes such as water management. She touched on the problems and opportunities facing change. The first is of course finance and secondly co-ordination of the many and various parties involved. She believed that the inclusion of young children is an important opportunity to create community connections and develop understanding of the issues. In giving the vote of thanks David Bradbury expressed the opinions of most of us taken from Myfanwy’s talk that we can make a difference, the responsibility is ours and it is already happening.

Parkinsons Support: Skipton and District Parkinson’s Support Group has teamed up with Anna Sheryn and Cerin Rees of Eat, Move, Be Happy to run an exercise class starting in September. They are inviting those affected by the condition to get involved.

The idea behind the new monthly class, which will be held in the Youth Room, Skipton Baptist Church, is to help people manage their symptoms through exercise.

The class starts on Monday, September 27, from 6pm to 7.30pm and will run at the same time every fourth Monday of the month after that. The exercise session runs for the first hour, after which there will be tea/coffee and biscuits and a chance to socialise. Places cost £7 each session, payable directly to Rees Fitness. Financial support may be available for people on very low incomes. Places are limited to 15.

To book on the classes, or for more information about them, visit eatmovebehappy.com/contact/ or 07813 703585. For information about the Support Group’s other activities, phone Sue Jackson on 01756 796967 or visit facebook.com/skiptonparkinsons.

Sorptimists International: The Skipton branch enjoyed their last meeting in the present of Lisa Holden, of Hearing Dogs for the Deaf along with her spaniel Horace. Lisa gave a very interesting talk and insight as to how these dogs can make a huge difference to the lives of their recipients. Our next speaker is Ryazan Al Sous. Ryazan fled the war in Syria and now lives in Hebden Bridge where she makes and sells her own Halloumi cheese. Ryazan will be speaking at the Soroptimist Rooms, Otley Street on Monday, September 13. Prospective members are welcome. The meeting starts at 7.30pm.

Thornton-in-Lonsdale

Church news: Due to unforeseen circumstances the fundraising coffee morning of Saturday, August 21, at St Oswald’s church was cancelled. Organisers will look again to set a date to raise the money needed for their church historic leaflet.