Airton
Quakers: Quakers in Airton are holding their regular quiet meetings for worship every Sunday at 3 pm, in the ancient Airton Quaker Meeting House near the Green in Calton Lane. All are welcome in this the earliest non-conformist place of worship in the country, dating from the early 1600s. Our next meeting for worship will take place Sunday, April 30. The Meeting House remains open during the week if you are ever looking for a place of quiet when the world around us is so turbulent.
Austwick
Church news: Services. Sunday 30th April 10.30am Clapham Benefice Service; 7pm New Inn Church in the Pub Sunday 7th May Coronation Services 9.30am Austwick Holy Communion; 9.30am Eldroth Holy Communion; 11.am Clapham.
Our weekly Wednesday Morning Holy Communion Services (Book of Common Prayer) 10.30am at Austwick Church. All welcome.
Ingleborough Hall Coronation Service: A civic service for all followed by a bring-your-own picnic. Clapham Parish Council will be providing tea, coffee, and Pimms.
Coronation Picnic Lunch: Sunday 7th May. Come and join us on one of the village greens or with your neighbours from 12.30pm as Austwick Parish celebrates the King’s Coronation. Bring your own chairs, blanket and umbrellas. Bring your own picnic or food to share with friends. Limited seating will be available outside the parish hall or inside if wet. Austwick Parish Hall will be open for teas, coffee and cakes. If you can please come dressed in red, white and blue!
Afternoon Fellowship: Austwick Parish Hall, Wednesdays, 2pm-3.30pm The Afternoon Fellowship is a monthly meeting held at Austwick Parish Hall and open to everybody in our surrounding area.Each meeting features a guest speaker on a topic of interest, followed by a time for conversation with refreshments. Wednesday April 26th Philip Farrer - 'Our local environment and ecology'. There is no charge for admission but a voluntary collection of at each meeting helps to support our running costs.Come along; bring a friend; meet new friends. More information from our Churches Weekly Newsletters or from our Secretary Catherine Menday, 01524 251787, catherine_menday@yahoo.co.uk
Austwick WI: John Reid was the guest speaker at our April meeting. He spoke about Settle shops in the past and present and concentrated his talk on the Station Road area. This evoked many memories for several members. Our next meeting will be members night on Thursday May 11th at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall.
Street Market & Cuckoo Festival: Monday 29th May 2023 Fun for all the family from 9.30am-4.00pm. Volunteers and supporters very welcome.
Bolton Abbey
Rector’s Message: On this Third Sunday after Easter we hear from our Old Testament reading about Joseph being reconciled with his estranged brothers. We all know the story of Joseph and his “amazing technicolour dreamcoat” but the reality behind the story is that there had been a serious falling out among the family. However, Joseph found it within himself to forgive them. In this final week before the Coronation we can see that nothing has changed. However, the coronation of King Charles III might be an appropriate time to seek reconciliation within our own family and hope and pray that the Royal family might do likewise. We can all play our part.
The Wednesday Nighters: On Wednesday 3rd May, in Bolton Abbey Village Hall at 7.30 pm, Richard Walton will catalogue the events of The Rise and Fall of Addingham Railway. He is a resident of Addingham, a local historian and a keen railway enthusiast. He has researched this illustrated talk extensively from initially failed proposals from the 1860s, to its opening in the late 1880s until its demise and closure in the 1960s after 80 years of operation. Having heard this talk at the Addingham Civic Society I can say that it is a most interesting story, illustrated by photographs and maps of our local railway, well worth seeing. Everyone is welcome to join us, entrance is £3 and this includes tea/coffee and cake.
Modern Sequence Dances: There will be a modern sequence dance in Bolton Abbey Village Hall on Friday 5th May at 7.30 pm. Entrance is £6 and there is plenty of parking in the village car park.Fridays 7.30 pm to 11pm.
Carleton
Church news: St Mary’s. Each Sunday at 11.15am. 3rd and 5th Sunday – Bread, Wine & Worship. 2nd & 4th Sunday – Parish Communion. 1st Sunday of each month - 8.00am Book of Common Prayer. 11.15am Family Praise.
Coniston Cold and Bell Busk
Church news: St Peter’s Church Coniston Cold. On Sunday 30th April there will not be a service at St Peter’s, but there will be a service at 10am at St Michael’s Kirkby Malham (Communion), and a service at 11am at St Andrew’s Gargrave (Café Church). Services are normally at 9.30am on the second and fourth Sunday of each month (BCP Holy Communion), and at 4pm on the first and third Sunday of each month (Compline Evensong). Looking ahead to the Coronation weekend, we have a Coronation Compline service at St Peter’s on Sunday 7th May at 4pm, followed by a bring and share supper in the Village Hall. All are welcome. For any enquiries about weddings, baptisms, or funerals please contact Revd Andrew Steer on andrew.steer@leeds.anglican.org
Cononley
Scarecrow Festival: This weekend is the amazing scarecrow festival. Scarecrow Trail open all weekend with main event in Cononley Village Institute on Monday 1st May including refreshments served from 10-4pm.
Cowling
New 2U: Unfortunately, due to us having excess stock and limited storage space, we are unable to accept any donations of goods at New2U for the foreseeable future. We are grateful for your help and understanding regarding this, and respectfully ask that no goods are left on the church doorstep, as these will not be able to be processed. Thankyou.
Earby
Tinnitus Support Group: We had a very good April meeting when we carried on the discussions from the previous meeting in March discussing the relationship between stress and tinnitus. We looked at the main types of life stress and discussed how these could feed into the Tinnitus Stress Cycle. We went on to discuss the ways of relieving stress. The next meeting is pencilled in for the May 30. The meeting will need to be at the Community Centre as the Parish Rooms will still not be ready.
Earby Astronomers: All Saints Church. On Friday April 28th, Earby Astronomers will be meeting in the Church at 7.30pm. Admission £1.
Church news: On Sunday April 30th is the first of our new monthly services, a service with prayer for healing. This is at 9.30am and will be led by Rod Geddes. Everyone is welcome.
Farnhill and Kildwick
Graham Taylor – Correspondent@farnhill.co.uk
Coronation Events: Join your friends and neighbours in the Parish Rooms on Saturday May 6 to watch the Coronation on a big TV. Refreshments provided and a glass of Prosecco to toast the King. Book your place by calling Bill McDonald on 01535 637727. Local transport can be arranged.
Come and join in the celebrations on Sunday May 7, including “The Big Picnic” at White Lion Farm. Bring a picnic; join in the games; follow the coronation trail; enjoy live music; and enter the cake competition. Also church history tours and “Ring for the King”, at St. Andrew’s. Full details next week.
Farnhill Parish Council: The next meeting of the parish council will be held in the upstairs room of Institute on this evening (Thursday 27th), 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.
Church news: There will be no service at St. Andrew’s on Sunday (30th). Instead there will be a service of Holy Communion for the whole KCB parish at St. John’s Cononley, starting at 10.00am. There will be a mid-week Holy Communion service, in the Parish Rooms, starting at 1.30pm on Wednesday (3rd). St. Andrew’s is open to visitors on most days, when the building is not in use, from about 10.00am until about 2.00pm
Gargrave
caroline@sandjsthomson.co.uk
Film Night: The widely acclaimed film “ See how they run” will be shown at Gargrave Village Hall on Friday evening. This comedy mystery is set in the 1950s when plans are afoot to make a film version of the successful play The Mousetrap. Progress comes to a halt when a pivotal member of the cast is murdered. The classic and humorous Whodunnit stars Sam Rockwell, Saorise Ronan, Adrien Brody and Ruth Wilson. The customary Cafe style seating will be in place so please bring along your own refreshments. The village hall doors open at 7pm with the film starting at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5 on the door with accompanied under 16s free.
Coffee morning: Gargrave Village Hall Management Committee together with Gargrave Library will be holding a coffee morning in the village hall on Saturday. Bacon sandwiches, toasted teacakes and lots of homemade cakes will be on the menu. A book and bric a brac stall will raise funds for the village hall and a raffle will aid library funds. The library 100 club draw will take place.
Flea Market and Craft Fair: This will be held in the village hall on Sunday from 9.30am until 3.30pm. Light refreshments will be available until 3pm. There will be a good variety of stalls selling vintage, collectables, bric a brac, books, jigsaws and crafts. Further enquiries call Sheila on 01757229805.
Coronation: A small number of tickets are currently available for the coronation celebration which will take place at the Village Hall on Sunday May.7 Local group Silhouette will be providing the live music for the event and they will be playing lots of popular and iconic tunes . A homemade afternoon tea will be served in the interval. The event commences at 2pm.Admission is £12.00 per person by pre booking only please. Space is now pretty limited due to the high demand for tickets so please call 01756 749235/ 07989585564 as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. A Royal raffle will be held with all prizes related to monarchy or patriotism.
Church news: A Prayer book communion service will be held in St. Andrew`s church on Sunday at 8.am A service of Morning Worship will be held at 11am.
Giggleswick
Church news: St. Alkelda’s Church: There’s another busy weekend ahead in the life of our three churches in Giggleswick, Rathmell and Settle. On Saturday from 10am to 1pm the ReCreate: Art and Well-being workshop is taking place in Holy Ascension, Settle. In the evening folk from our parishes are being Confirmed in their faith at a service in Giggleswick School Chapel. April 30 is the 5th Sunday in the month and the 4th Sunday of Easter. There will be a said service of Holy Communion at St. Alkelda’s at 8am. Other opportunities for worship are a joint Holy Communion, in Holy Ascension, at 10am, when we will also be marking the retirement of Rev. Paul Fisher, and Songs of Praise in Holy Trinity, Rathmell, at 3pm.
Glusburn
Community and Arts Centre: Friday 5th May, 7.30pm (doors and bar 7pm). Cinema: The Railway Children Return (U). Tickets £6. Saturday 13th May, cancelled: Ilkley Chamber Orchestra Saturday 20th May, A Celebration of Simon & Garfunkel. Tickets £15. Monday morning Wellbeing Café with free art activity will continue to run on all the bank holidays throughout May. Open 10-12 every week, no need to book, just come along.
Weekly What’s On: We have about 30 different sessions running weekly, for all ages and interests. Dance, drama, fitness, wellbeing, art, cooking and social activities. For more details, visit our website or pick up a copy of our timetable. Contact www.gicac.org.uk or 01535 630 223.
Hellifield
Kenneth Leak, email: stanier@aol.com
Parish council: The next Annual Parish Meeting will take place on Wednesday May 17 at 7 pm in the Yorke Room of the Institute. This will be followed by the Hellifield Parish Council meeting at 7.30pm. The July meeting of the HPC has been changed, and will now be held on Wednesday July 26 at 7.30pm in the Yorke Room of the Institute.
Wesley Centre: There will be a drop-in lunch today from 12 noon. The community pantry will be held tomorrow from 2 to 3 pm. The chapel service is from 2 pm on Sunday. Kettlebells is held on Wednesdays from 6 till 8.30pm. Contact Josephine Elsmore on 07813 792191.
Music session: The next music jamming session is tomorrow night from 8 pm in the Black Horse. There will be a Scottish music theme to the event, and musicians are welcome to join in.
Coffee morning: There will be an Institute coffee morning this Saturday from 10am. All welcome.
Bingo: Bingo will be held at Hellifield House this Sunday from 6.30pm All welcome.
Art class: Heli-Arts will meet in the Institute on Tuesday May 2 from 2 till 4 pm.
Mothers' union: The M.U. will meet in the Yorke Room at the Institute from 2 till 4 pm on Wednesday May 3
Messy monkeys: Messy Monkeys Children’s group is held in the Institute in Term Time on Wednesdays from 10.30am. Contact Amanda Belt on 07398 284126 for details.
Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Caroline@sandjsthompson.co.uk
Church news: A service of Holy Communion for the combined parishes of Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Stainforth and Langcliffe will take place in St. John`s church at Langcliffe on Sunday at 10.30.a.m.
Coronation: The Villagers of Horton-in-Ribblesdale will be celebrating the Coronation on Monday May 8 from 2 pm. Please bring your own picnic and drinks to Horton School. Cakes, bakes and savouries can be brought for sharing and there will be a competition for the best homemade crown. There will be music and a raffle will be held to cover expenses.
Kelbrook
Church news: St Mary’s Church. On Sunday April 30th Morning Worship is at 11.00am, led by Hugh Fielden. Everyone welcome.
Kirkby Malham
Church News: St Michael’s Kirkby Malham. On Sunday 30th April we have a service of Holy Communion at 10am to which everyone is welcome. On Sunday 7th May we have a Special Service for the Coronation at 10am, a celebration of community, faith, and service, to which all are welcome. There will also be a BCP Communion service on that date at 8.30am. St Michael’s welcomes enquiries about Weddings, Baptisms (Christenings), and Funerals; please see our website https://www.kirkbymalhamchurch.org for more information or contact Revd Sue on sue.mcwhinney@leeds.anglican.org St Michael’s is open every day of the year for visitors from 9am to dusk.
Concert: Callum Spencer in concert Saturday 6th May 7.30pm at Kirkby Malham Parish Hall. Tickets £12 in advance from Airton Farm Shop, H’s of Malham, and the Old Barn Tearoom in Malham, or £15 on the door. Ticket price includes Coronation Buffet, and the bar will be open. Any enquiries please email malhamdaleparishhall@hotmail.com
Long Preston
traceylambert@btconnect.com
Little Footsteps: The toddler group will not be meeting on the 1st or 8th May because of the bank holidays. We look forward to seeing you again on the 15th May.
Coronation tea party: We are having a pre coronation afternoon tea party in the village hall from 1.30pm - 3.30pm. Come along and join us. Everyone is welcome.
Postage stamps and empty blister packs: We are still collecting used stamps for the Hedgehog and Animal welfare group based in Settle. We are also collecting empty tablet packets/ blister packs that can be recycled. These can be dropped off on a Monday, Friday or Sunday morning at the Methodist Church or at 3 Ribblesdale Estate anytime.
Church News: St Mary’s at Sunday 30th April will be the Installation of James Rodley as Vicar with Archdeacon Jonathan Gough at 10am. The service in the Methodist Church will be with Mrs Lizz Harpa at 11 am.
Welcome space: Monday afternoons the Methodist Chapel will be open as a welcome space 1-3pm. There is also a free lunch. Come and have a chat, read the papers or play a game.
Strong and Steady: (gentle exercises) for those who wish to be more mobile and independent, Every Tuesday 1.30-2.30 in the Methodist Chapel followed by coffee and biscuits. Only £4 a session. Everyone welcome. If you would like a lift for this activity, please call Sandra at Age UK. 01729 823066
Craft Club: Every Friday 10.30am - 12pm in the Methodist Chapel. Come and learn a new skill, meet new friends.
Pilates: Continues in the Village Hall every Tuesday 2.45-3.30pm £5 per session.
Skipton Food Bank: The collection point is in the Methodist Church which is open to receive donations on a Friday morning from 10am - 12pm.
Salterforth
Salterforth WI: The president, Donna Martin, introduced Ray Couldwell, whose talk was entitled “Those were the Days”, and was a trip down memory lane for those members who remember life in the 50s and 60s. Everyone joined in with their own particular recollections of school days and growing up in a non-technology age. Mrs Martin gave a vote of thanks and then proceeded with the AGM which had been postponed from the March meeting when it was cancelled due to bad weather. The annual reports were read out by the secretary; Helen Smith, the treasurer; Fiona Robinson, the Flower Fund; Carol Wrigglesworth, and finally the president Donna Martin. Everyone agreed that our first year after the pandemic had been a good one, though membership has suffered, but hopefully we will be welcoming more ladies, young and old, in the forthcoming months.
In the meantime we look forward to the Salterforth Fun Day on Sunday, June 11, when we will have a tombola stall. Donations of prizes need to be handed in at the next meeting, which will be our Coronation Celebration Garden Party to be held at Bomber Farm, Gisburn, Janette’s House, on Thursday, May 11, at 6.30pm. It will be a Jacob’s Join supper, so bring along some food and enjoy this unique occasion.
Settle
Swimming Pool 200 Club: The April draw for the Settle Area Swimming Pool 200 club was made by Elaine Hiser, formerly of Craven District Council and now of the new North Yorkshire Council, at a special meeting of the pool trustees to mark six months since completion of the redevelopment work at the pool. The winners were: £50 Fay Heselden 168; £30 Matthew Brown 79; and £20 Veronica Meredith 77. Congratulations to the winners, who have been notified and thanks to all club members for their continuing support for the pool.
Community Library: Two talks in May. Jean Barr will talk about her fascinating memoir, The Legacy, on 3rd May 2pm. Kathleen Kinder will deliver her talk The Modern Book Scene on 12th May 7pm, via Zoom. This will be Kathleen’s 7th talk, full of great novels and interesting facts. Matthew Kelly has had to unfortunately cancel his talk on 19th May. Robin Ince’s talk has been rearranged for 4th July, 7pm. Tickets for Robin’s talk from Limestone Books. Pamphlet of Short Stories from our competition winners now available £3. Stay and Play on Fridays during term time, 11am welcome to all under 5s. Knit and Natter on 4th and 18th June, 10.30-12. Our groups are free, but we rely on your donations
Our Home Library Service continues to be available. Contact the library for more information. We will be closed for May Bank Holidays on May 1st and 29th, again on 6th and 8th May for the Coronation. Remember that books can be renewed and ordered online and there will still be access to e-books, e-magazines and audio books. Books can be returned via the box in Settle Co-op.
Huge thank you to all who donated to our Crowdfunding, helping us to afford to keep our library warm and welcoming.
Email info@settlelibrary.org.uk, message via website www.settlelibrary.org.uk, Facebook, Twitter or phone us 01609 534535
Church news: Holy Ascension Church: A busy and exciting weekend ahead. This coming Saturday, on behalf of churches in the Bowland and Ewecross Deanery, we welcome artists, Linda Baines and Shaeron Caton Rose, who lead a workshop linking Art and Wellbeing. If you’d like more details or wish to take part please contact Revd Julie Clarkson (01729 825955) or Revd Sue McWhinney (01729 830293) as soon as possible. The workshop runs from 10am ‘til 1pm. Refreshments will be available.
On Sunday 30 April friends from all 3 of Revd Julie’s parishes, together with the choir from St Alkelda’s, Giggleswick, will worship together at Holy Ascension. This special service marks the retirement of Revd Paul Fisher. Revd Paul has worked across the 3 parishes, assisting Revd Julie in her ministry. The service starts at 10am and you are warmly invited to join the ‘Jacob’s Join’ lunch afterwards.
The Holy Ascension “technical team’ and ‘First Saturday Bacon Butty’ chef are gearing up for a ‘right Royal’ celebration on Saturday 6 May. Come along, have a butty or stay for lunch as you watch the live stream of King Charles III coronation in your own parish church, Holy Ascension. As well as delicious food, available from 10am, there’ll be ‘live music’ from the talented Passerini Brown Duo. You’re invited to sing a long with their version of “Last Night of the Proms” tunes, folk songs from the nations of the UK and “big, jolly celebratory hymns”. Perhaps you’d like to dress up for this right royal occasion too.
Skipton
Skipton Gardeners' Club: Members and visitors welcomed back Andrew Lay from ‘ Lay of the Land’ garden centre, at Settle, to the April meeting. We learned of the success of his family business over the last ten years despite gales, frost, rain and illness. Next meeting, Wednesday, May 17 at 7.30pm in The Soroptimist Rooms, when
Michael Myers, Lecturer in Horticultural and Countryside at Craven College will be presenter. His topic, ‘ Favourite Plant Associations’. Everybody welcome.
Church news: Christ Church: Sunday at 9.30am - Eucharist; Wednesday 9.30am – Eucharist.
Pinsuti’s Spring Concert: is at St Andrew's Church in Skipton on Saturday April 29, 7.30pm.This marks the changing season with a floral theme, showcasing two challenging but delightful modern song sequences: Lauridsen’s “Les Chansons des Roses” and Mealor’s “Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal”. A more uniform lightness of spirit emerges in madrigals from the reign of Elizabeth I: a stylistically varied selection from “The Triumphs of Oriana”, compiled and published in 1601. Each of these ends with the same couplet celebrating “Fair Oriana” (who may or may not have been Queen Elizabeth I). With Royal Coronations in the air, we take the opportunity to sing some of the spectacular pieces from “A Garland for the Queen”, commissioned from leading British composers to honour the new monarch at her coronation in 1953. Intended as a counterpart to the 1601 collection, this “Garland” emulates its predecessor in its variety of moods and vocal combinations. The music responds to every aspect of celebration, and the choir will sing a selection of the 10 part-songs, namely those by Bliss, Ireland, Finzi, Rawsthorne and Vaughan Williams.
It will be an evening of variety and depth, contrasting the lightness and pace of the madrigals with the power of Bliss’s “Aubade”, with the “wistful nocturne” of Lauridsen’s “Contre Qui, Rose”. We hope you will join us on Saturday April 29th at 7.30pm, St Andrews Church Skipton, Tickets are £12 on the door or from Eventbrite, (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shine-silent-flower-tickets-590392498857 booking fee applies). Free for under 18’s.
Thornton-in-Lonsdale
Church news: Service at St Oswald’s Church at 9.30am during the Interegnum: Sunday 30th April: On the fifth Sunday of the month St Oswald’s Church is trying out a Café Church with tea, cakes, biscuits in an informal style which includes all visitors and congregation. Led by Revd Colin Blake. All welcomed. St Oswald’s Church will be open from Wednesday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm for visitors and private prayers.
Town Band event: Fund raising event Saturday 20th May at St Oswald’s Church, 7.30pm Sedbergh Town Band. Tickets £7 from Rosemary Hartley 015242 41384
Jumble sale: Many thanks to all who supported St Oswald’s Church fund raising jumble sale in March which raised £827.81 for the church general fund.
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