Hillam News January February 2004

Volume 16, Issue 1 January /February 2004

HILLAM NEWS is financed solely by advertising revenue and the generosity of contributors, photocopiers and distributors. The Editor is solely responsible for the paper’s contents. If you would like to advertise, Display or Classified, contact Bev Jackson on 685923. If you have an article to submit or a view you would like to have published, telephone Kay Webster on 680917

Yes! We have got News for YouYes! We have got News for You

All I did was go to a meeting about Hillam News which was held in Manor Court. Lo and behold, I end up taking on the job as first guest editor. If I had time I would of course come up with some controversial news items, but I have spent the last week or so learning how much time and effort Geoff Hall must have devoted to producing the Hillam News. It has been a very hard act to follow. However I would like to thank all the contributors and the team who have helped to put this edition together. They say that the first is the hardest and I feel that we should all be proud of the result. Yet the publication is only as good as its readership. In the words of Geoff Hall, “Is there any-one out there?” If so we would like to hear from you so that we can make the next issue even better. In this issue you will find many of the familiar articles and some new ones. As guest editor it has been my job to se-lect what goes in and to edit much of the content. I have even written the odd article on things about which I know very little and I suppose that’s all down to the infectious enthusiasm of the team involved. Howard Ferguson Guest EditorHoward Ferguson Guest Editor [email protected]

Have we got News for You! Have we got News for You!

Hillam News is here again after missing an issue following the untimely death of Geoff Hall. When Mary Little handed him the reins, Hillam News took on a style all of its own. From his campaign against the parking of a puce car on a bus stop, albeit in a different village, to his cajoling of villagers to support their community, no one could be quite certain what Geoff would come up with next. Geoff recently pointed out that a villager who telephoned him about bus timetables could have found the information in Hillam News, which was where his caller got his phone number. But there have always been lots of people out there who read the News - and from cover to cover. After his death, Geoff’s group of supporters sent out an appeal to Hillamites to help continue his dream. He would have been delighted at the response. Over twenty people crowded into Hillam’s only temperate meeting hall, with many new faces. Some of them might even have been encour-aged by Geoff’s exhortations to get involved with community affairs. And Hillam News is back. Like Private Eye, it is going to have ‘guest editors,’ so watch out for some interesting opinions in our pages and let’s hear yours if you feel strongly about something. It is going to be true to Geoff’s memory and hopefully continue to be eagerly picked up when it drops on the village’s doormats.

David Atkinson Chairman

The Voice of Hillam village, North Yorkshire. Delivered free to all residents.

2 Tribute to G Hall 3 Parish Ponderings 4 The Parish Pump 5 Hillam Historians 6 Art Club 7 Advertisers’ Features 8 Money Matters 9 The Dr Calls 10 PTA and Ski Report 11 St Wilfrid’s 12 Night Sky

13 Manor Court 14 Community + Youth Club 15 Birding and Broadband 16 Methodists 17 Animal Sanctuary 18 Police and Football 19 Gardening 20 More Gardening! 21 Classified 22 Clubs & Groups 23 Letters

In this Issue

Tribute and Thank you to Geoffrey Hall

It is not possible to pay adequate tribute to Geoff Hall. What a character! Larger than life, full of enthusiasm, full of ideas for everything in which he was involved – which over the years included most of the organisations within our villages. He was a man of action, a man of great good humour whose hearty laugh enlivened many meetings and social gatherings. My first close encounter with Geoff typifies him. He had heard that we were to be in Australia at the same period. He asked the name of the hotel in which I would be staying and said he would look me up. His message went in one ear and out of the other. It’s akin to meeting people on holiday and vowing to remain in touch – but we rarely do! I should have known better. In Australia, at 8.30 one evening, the phone rang just as I had pre-pared for bed ahead of urgent business the following day. “Geoff Hall here,” he boomed, “I’m in Reception. Let’s meet in the bar.” We duly did and many “snifters” were downed as he put the world to rights! Geoff’s drive, organising ability and achievements are legendary. But he also possessed great warmth and sensitivity. He was prepared to help anyone in need, whether with personal problems or with recalcitrant computers!

It was a privilege to know him. The packed attendance at Geoff’s Service of Thanksgiving spoke for itself. Our thoughts, prayers and support are with Meg and the girls as they and we in the wider community seek to come to terms with this loss. May he rest in peace.

Phillip LowePhillip Lowe

HILLAM PARISH COUNCIL

Vice Chairman Charles Vickers The Manor House, The Square, Hillam. Tel: 684912

Chairman Mrs Jean Collinson The Cottage, Betteras Hill Rd, Hillam. Tel: 682391

Nick Tinker 12 Hillam Hall Lane, Hillam. Tel: 684908

Miss Julie Taylor 2 Bedford’s Fold, Hillam. Tel: 680482

Mrs Allison Garner 2 Hillam Gates, Betteras Hill Road, Hillam. Tel: 682575

Mrs Donna Tonks Rose Tree Cottage, Main Street, Hillam. Tel: 681729

Mrs Betty Wright 11 Bedford’s Fold, Hillam. Tel: 682361

Clerk to the Council Malcolm Walton Oak Lodge, Chapel Street, Hillam. Tel: 685186

The Council meets on the first Wednesday in the month, 7.30 p.m. in the Community Centre. District Councillor, Robert Collins Ashleigh House Lumby Lane, South Milford District Councillor, John Mackman, 107, Main Street, Monk Fryston, 689221

North Yorkshire County Councillor, Jim Snowball 6, Orchard Close, South Milford, 683679 M.P. John Grogan, Selby Office, 58, Gowthorpe, Selby 01757 291152

Selby Conservative Association 56, Gowthorpe, Selby YO8 4ET 01757 700026

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Parish Council PonderingsParish Council PonderingsParish Council Ponderings

Present: Councillors Collinson (Chairman), Vickers (Vice-Chairman), Wright, Tinker, Taylor and the Clerk to the Council. Apologies for absence: Councillors Garner and Tonks. Minutes of November meeting : Approved. Matters arising: The grass cutting contract to start Sept 2004 was re-ferred to the Joint Services Meeting. Finance: Balances at 3 December: Current a/c £599.72. Dep £7,597.34. Correspondence in from Note of thanks from Mrs G. Hall. SDC -Notice of intention to adopt Selby District Local Plan. - Confirmation of tree preservation order no 18/2003 at Rose Lea Close, Hillam Hall Lane. - Reply from planning officer regarding the alleged breach of height restric-tions placed on banking at Shiraz, Betteras Hill Road, Hillam. MF Parish Council – letter advising £319.74 due for 2003 grass cutting. Correspondence out to SDC - Request for the planning office to examine construction works at Hill-top Farm, Main Street, as no notifica-tion has been received by the Parish Council. NYCC – re damage to bollards at the entrance to Hillam Hall Lane: request for remedial action. Direct Line claiming for repairs to the street light on Betteras Hill Road hit by a motorist on 16 Oct 2003. Mr Kingsbury of Hillam Gardens- reply concerning the planting contract with the parish council. Chief Constable, NY Police, Della Cannings – request to have Selby Police Station cell re-opened. Planning Applications Applicant SDC - Consent to fell ash tree within TPO 7/2003 at Hazeldene, Chapel Street, Hillam. Applicant Mrs J. Master: Proposed erection of a detached house and dou-ble garage at Botany Bay, Common Lane, Hillam. No objections at the meeting.

Environment * Councillor Wright to prepare an article for Hillam News relating to dog waste bins. * The occupier of Boundary Cot-tage reported concerns about road drainage. Councillor Tonks to advise the resident to contact the Highways Department of NYCC about the problem. * Resurfacing of some pathways in the village reported to be of poor quality. * Request to be made to NYCC to replace the missing sign for Hillam on Betteras Hill Road. * Discussion of the benefits of extending speed restrictions to cover all of Betteras Hill Road . * Councillor Vickers would remove the mattress dumped on Betteras Hill Road. * The Chairwoman requested the clerk write a letter of thanks to Miss J Coote, NYCC, for the prompt attention in having the re-placement footbridge constructed off Burton Common Lane, and the replacement of the footpath sign on Betteras Hill Road. Mr. Warren, who initially reported the state of the bridge, sent his personal thanks to the Parish Council for arranging for the work to be done. Reports Burial Committee - Next meeting 6 January 2004. Community Association – Coun-cillor Taylor reported on the meet-ing of 19 November 2003. The meeting was saddened to hear of the death of its Chairman, Geoff Hall. Mr Kevin Mullins agreed to take up the position of Chairman until a more permanent ar-rangement could be made. * The bonfire celebra-tions were a success and raised in excess of £700 for Community Centre Funds. * The Brownies under-took spring bulb plant-ing on 26 October near the Community Centre and in front of the church.

* Jazz night on 7 February 2004. * Spring Craft Fair on Sunday 14 March 2004. Invitations have been sent to stall holders. School Governors - No update. Councillor Tonks was not present . Joint Services Committee * The chairwoman gave a brief re-port of the meeting held on 25 Nov. * Councillor Twidale and Councillor Vickers agreed to supervise the ex-isting grass-cutting contract in Monk Fryston and Hillam. * SDC confirmed regular pavement sweeping for the two villages and checks concerning litter removal. * The report also referred to flower displays, potholes and the financial standing of the Burial Board. Next Meeting Wednesday 4 February 2004 at 7.30pm at the Monk Fryston and Hillam Community Centre.

Précis Report of theParish Council Meeting December

2003

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Round the Parish Pump As guest editor I wasn’t really too sure what to put in here. It would be nice to have topical local news and what could be closer than an update about Hillam Lights. That’s the good news, there is also much going on that we all probably need to know more about. I just heard this morning that there is a boundary change debate going on and we could all end up moving to East Yorkshire. Does anybody know about that then ? How about the new asphalt plant on our doorstep—see the letter on P 23. Or the plans to develop Hillam Gardens into a leisure park with tea room, miniature railway, craft workshops and country market stalls. Personally I’m not too impressed with the state of Church Lane with the mud created from the building work and I don’t even live down there. These are the things we should all be concerned about, these are the things we want to bring to your attention via Hillam News.

Christmas lights bring brightness to HillamChristmas lights bring brightness to Hillam I hope you enjoyed the Hillam lights and the visit by Santa and his wife. I would like to thank everyone who helped to make the evening of December 6th a success. It is amaz-ing how much effort and organisation goes into the hold-ing of this event. Thank you to the Church choir and or-ganist, the Brownies, the Youth Club and Elmet Lions for their contributions - also the householders round the Square who allow us to put small trees on their properties. We are thrilled again to have the support of Lee and Lisa Furness of Hillam Hall, whose help with the children’s presents is an inspiration to us all. I would like to book a brass band for the 2004 ceremony. If anyone has a contact number for a local band or group, please get in touch. Mary Little Big footnote from the treasurer Thank you… to everyone who contributed to the funds and helped at the switching on ceremony. Many people donate their time and skills to make the evening a success – the soup makers, the grotto provider, the mulled wine makers, two people in red who remain nameless, to men-tion a few. However I would like particularly to thank

Gordon Little, who has for many years decorated and put up the small trees. This task takes days – he even makes the tree stands – and more time is spent taking them down. Magically there seem to be more trees each year – but magic does not enter into it. Summary of Income for December 6th 2003 Bucket collection £299.76 Donations £232.50 Total £532.26 Donations include contributions from the pub quiz team, Defibrillator Group and Crown raffle. Expenditure for the whole event £701.47 This brings us to the 100 Club, which has been 102% successful. Thank you to all who joined and helped to ‘sell’ the numbers. January winners were 93 and 51. The draw is made in the Cross Keys at 7pm on the last Sunday of each month, and the first draw was made by Gail’s daughter, Becky-Jo. Winning numbers are dis-played in the pub and on the village notice board.

Barbara Atkinson Treasurer

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Coldwell Family History going back to the 1940sColdwell Family History going back to the 1940s

It was such a pleasure to get a response about memories of the Coldwell family to pass on to Barbara Lumb. Malcolm Leach rang to say that he remembers as a small boy seeing Barbara’s granddad, the preacher, riding around South Milford on his bike. He also remembered that two of the Coldwell girls, Annie and Minnie, married brothers Thomas and Henry Bedford. They all moved to Castleford, but Annie and Tho-mas’s son Harry returned to the area and now lives in Sherburn. Annie Tinkler (née Wood), now of Mill Close but originally from Hillam, phoned to say that she knew all the family well. She has particularly fond memories of Esther and her kind-ness. She remembers, as a young child, Esther making her a new dress for the Methodist Sunday School Anniversary celebrations. Annie was in the NAAFI during the war and stationed at Kirkbymoor-side. Imagine her surprise when one day, walking down the street

she saw Mary Coldwell who was there in service with the Methodist minister. During her time at Kirkby-moorside Annie regularly visited Mary. Mary was also visited for the August Bank Holiday weekend by one of her sisters from Castleford - was it Annie or Minnie, I wonder? That was the very Monday when a German bomber breached the coastal defences and attempted to bomb the army camp. The whole area was strafed with machine gun fire, and the bombs intended for the army camp ended up, thankfully unexploded, deeply embedded in a nearby banking. Mary met and married her hus-band at Kirkbymoorside and re-mained in that area. Even after Annie's return to Hil-lam they kept in touch. Annie asked that a photo which Mary sent to her of her two eldest children, Margaret (named after Barbara Lumb’s mother) and Daphne, be passed on to Barbara.

History of Hillam PublicationHistory of Hillam Publication

We, as a group, were struggling with the tasks involved in editing, designing and publishing our efforts, feeling that we lacked the requisite skills and knowledge. We were re-lieved, therefore, when Malcolm Birkenshaw suggested that we ask his friend Brian for help and support. We were delighted when he ac-cepted our appeal. Thus we were very fortunate, during a special meeting in October, to be addressed by successful and well respected local author Brian Lewis, founder member of the re-nowned Castleford based Yorkshire

Art Circus. He has, for many years, been involved in the design, publica-tion and production of a wide num-ber of local history and social history books. He guided us through a host of decisions which we need to make, and brought to our attention many of the stumbling blocks along the way to the successful production of a well designed, succinctly edited publica-tion. After a fascinating and informa-tive evening, we departed with a much clearer idea of what we need to do to achieve our aims.

November 26th MeetingNovember 26th Meeting

Motivated and directed by the input from our last meeting, we were able to move our publication a cou-ple more steps along the way. Peter Watkinson had taken and used the advice received last time and pro-duced a very impressive, profes-sional looking mock-up of our pro-posed format. A title was chosen, and the various chapters collected for collation and forwarding for a more rigorous external edit. Thank you Roy Holland for agreeing to un-dertake this task for us.

We then had the pleasure of look-ing at a vast range of documents relating to the Dower House, kindly loaned to us by Colin and Maxene Wells. Such was the range and inter-est of this treasure trove that we did not have time to explore it fully. Thus we have deferred this pleasure until future meetings, which are on

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400 attend Art Exhibition400 attend Art Exhibition After the huge success and resultant euphoria of our first major art exhibi-tion, held at Monk Fryston Hall in November, we are now settling into our new programme for 2004. With our newfound zeal and enthusiasm the programme has been designed to encourage and nurture the talents and abilities of everyone, whether beginner or accomplished artist, so that our second exhibition will be even better! Many visitors to the exhibition ex-pressed their appreciation of the venue, having enjoyed the paintings along with the ambience of the Hall. On behalf of the Art Club, I would like to thank Mrs Smith and indeed her staff, for all the help they gave us in both the planning and the prepara-tion on the day. At such a busy time for the Hall, visitors were also pro-vided with endless cups of tea and coffee throughout the entire day, which added to the enjoyment of the occasion. Approximately 400 peo-ple viewed the exhibition, more than our wildest dreams could have hoped for! In addition to paintings by members, other artwork also by members was on display, ranging from cards, egg-craft, silk painting and collage. A lot of hard work over many months had gone into staging the exhibition and whilst I thank everyone who helped, a special word of thanks must go to Marjorie Webster and Rod Ward who co-ordinated the whole thing. And again, we all thank Mrs Smith for her help and guidance and for the idea in the first place. Working up to the exhibition it be-came evident that we needed a “proper” committee. The following members were elected: Francis Kretchmer (Chairman), Janet Scott (Secretary), Maureen Elsworth (Treasurer) and Sheila Mugridge. I came back from holiday to find that I had been “elevated” to President and I think that means I will have less to do!

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Art Club Calendar of events for 2004 There will be open demonstrations in both February and March, which any-one is welcome to attend. Demonstrations are given by practising profes-sional artists who are well worth seeing and you’ll get tea and biscuits! If you have an interest in joining the club, please come along any Monday at 1.00 pm to Monk Fryston Church Hall where you will be made most welcome and will be able to talk with members and see the work they are doing. February 9th Techniques with instruction – Jean Fern 16th OPEN DEMONSTRATION – all welcome: Seascapes with boats. Watercolour. Alan Smith 23rd Workshop led by Alan Smith March 1st Free painting 8th Techniques with demos, with Jean Fern 15th Free painting 22nd OPEN DEMONSTRATION – all welcome: Wax painting, demo and workshop, led by June Drake. Please bring a towel and, if you have one, a travel iron. 29th Paint-along with Alan Smith, probably line and wash April 5th Techniques with demos, with Jean Fern


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First of all I would like to pass on my deepest sympa-thies to Geoff’s wife and family. Geoff’s death is a huge loss to the village and he will be missed by all. What a difference a few months make - after my last two articles we now have Standard Life announcing that they are considering demutualisation and floating the company on the stock exchange. Take that as “We will demutualise,” I would suggest. Even though I will benefit from windfall cash or shares it will be a sad day for me when Europe’s largest mutual society becomes a PLC. A reader contacted me recently and asked me to talk about so called “precipice bonds.” As they have re-cently been talked about in the press I thought it would be a good idea. “Precipice” is a name given to these bonds by the sensationalist press, so from now on I will refer to them using the correct term of High Income Bonds. This type of bond, usually marketed by insur-ance companies and investment houses, guarantees a certain level of income throughout the term of the bond (usually 3 or 5 years). The income is always more attractive than that which a bank or building society will pay, and the tax treatment is very different. In fact many people have enjoyed good returns and have had no tax to pay at all. The income is taken either monthly, quarterly or annually, or can be reinvested into the bond (the income is usually higher if reinvested). The capital however is not guaranteed and is usually linked to one or two indices such as the FTSE 100 and the Dow Jones. A typical bond would state that the capital would be returned only if one or both of the indices fell by no more than 15% over the period of the bond; so the higher the fall the higher the loss to the client. These bonds gave good returns to clients for many years, but from December 1999 to March 2003 the markets went down by 45% on average. In some cases where bonds were linked to high risk indices such as the American NASDAQ, which is predominantly tech stock, clients have lost most or all of their money. Only the income has been returned. The biggest problem here is that some banks’ and in-surance companies’ advertising misled clients on the risk involved. Lloyds TSB were fined recently regarding the sale of the Scottish Widows bond. My recommen-dation as ever is ALWAYS seek independent advice before purchasing any financial product. My opinion? These bonds have given good returns for many years and there is nothing wrong with the product provided you are happy to take some risk with your capital; oth-erwise steer clear. If you are happy to take some risk, now could be a good time to invest. In the next issue I am going to reveal my Fund for the next financial year and tell you how last year’s recom-mendation fared. Richard Wright of Godfrey Pearson & Partners is an Independent Financial Adviser and a member of Sesame, a network for Independent Financial Advisers. He may be contacted in confidence for free advice without obligation on 01977 678066.


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This is the first time I have written a piece for the Hillam News, so it is great to be published in such an esteemed paper. The PTA is as busy as ever with lots planned for the year. We have already had great success with the Disco, Bonfire and the various Christmas events. The last meeting was mainly to organise the Chil-dren/Parent evening on the 24th Jan and I hope this was a great event as we felt it was important to have families to get together rather than adult only or children based things. Forthcoming EventsForthcoming Events 24 Feb – PTA Meeting at 8p.m. in the school—all are

welcome 6 March – Wine Tasting Evening 11 May – Health and Beauty Night 26 June – Summer Fayre/It’s a Knockout. There is also a provisional booking of a Race Night on the 2nd October. If you are unable to come to the meetings then the class reps will be more than happy to help you with any queries you may have, or just to have a chat about what the PTA does and how you can help. I am always around the school at the usual pick up times and will be happy to talk about anything you think we should be doing or events that we should hold. Class RepsClass Reps Reception – Bev Wilson, Fiona Walker, Bev Jackson, Tracey Purdy Year 1 – Kay Jones and Cathy Preston Year 2 – Jane Steer and Paula Bracken Year 3 – Shirley Lawrence, Joanne Atkinson and Honor Kirk Year 4 – Sandie Johnson and Gillian Thompson Year 5 – Lesley Venables Year 6 – Gail Trouten and Penny Cripps

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There has been a light fall of snow almost every night since October so the slopes all have an excellent snow covering. All lifts are running and the snow condition is excellent. I am of course talking about the new indoor skiing at Xscape in Castleford. If you haven’t been yet I can recommend it. They seem to be strong on teaching technique both to absolute beginners and to experienced skiers. I have done lessons on both ski carving and snowboard carv-ing. There are special ski lessons for children from 3 upwards. They also run sledging sessions. It is proving popular and if you plan to go I would sug-gest you try to avoid weekends and holidays, and book in advance if you can. If you are a beginner I would try to learn to ski first, but I do know that snow-boarding has tremendous appeal.

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Parish Walk Saturday, 21st February 2004

A gentle walk, with opportunity to observe the variety of wildlife in this area and one of the attractive local villages

Meet at Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve, 10.15am for a 10.30am start.

Bring stout walking shoes/boots and waterproofs Bring sandwiches and something to sit on. Bring a friend! Ring Susanne (01757-706719) or Susan and Cyril Standley (683252) if you’d like a lift or someone to go with.


R ector: The Revd Canon Gwynne Richardson,

The Rectory, Main Street, Hillam. Tel: 01977 682357

C urate: Revd Susanne Jukes. Tel: 01757 706719

A rrangements for Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and any other pastoral matters may be made with the Rector.

Y our church is here to serve you. Please make full use of St Wilfrid’s on Sundays for worship and on other occasions. Monk Fryston is part of a United Benefice with South Milford.

SUNDAY SERVICESSUNDAY SERVICES 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Methodist Service in the Church Hall 11.00am Parish Communion Rite A 6.00pm Evensong (in St Mary’s, South Milford) First Sunday in each month there is a First Sunday in each month there is a Family Service at 11.00am, and Holy Family Service at 11.00am, and Holy Communion in St. Mary’s, Communion in St. Mary’s, South Milford at 6.00pmSouth Milford at 6.00pm

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The Pontefract and District Family History Society will start work soon (probably during February) on re-cording the monumental inscriptions in Monk Fryston, in both the church-yard and the burial ground. This will produce a numbered plan of the graves, an alphabetical list of names and a transcript of the wording on each stone. In the burial ground, a great deal of this work has already been completed by Tony Hudson, and in the churchyard by Barbara Atkinson.

The result will be published for the benefit of us all, and copies will be given to the Church and the Burial Committee. Anyone who would like to help for a few hours on site will be most wel-come. Volunteers will receive their own copy of the findings. For more details please phone Peter Milner Tel: 702889 or Jenny Hoare Tel: 683332.

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You may remember last summer being asked to take photographs of three views of Hillam which could be used to make up a village postcard, following the success of the Monk Fryston version. Choosing the win-ning photographs was an extremely difficult task, but the winners were Mandy Withers, Phillip Boothroyd and Geoff Hall, although thanks go to all of those who submitted entries. The postcards, which will be on sale shortly for 49p each, will probably be sent all over the world and the selec-tion criteria were to show the local

landmarks and at the same time give a flavour of the colour and life in the community. We are very pleased with the result and hope that you will be too! The pictures show � The Ring Tree � The Cross Keys Pub � The Village Pump � A Village Sign � The Wooden Bridge Kevin Pease, Postmaster

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Not too much to report on from the previous issue, due to each event being clouded out, so let’s hope we have some better weather and clear skies for this year’s events. Apart from the moon, the brightest object in the sky at present is Venus, now the “evening star” shining like a beacon in the south western sky for a few hours after sunset. Venus will get brighter over the next month or two and will creep ever higher in our evening sky. Strangely enough, as it brightens there is less of the disc to see through a telescope, and it will eventually become a thin crescent and look like a smaller moon . I feel this is the best time to view our nearest neighbour. Jupiter and Saturn are still wonderful to view, Saturn with its wide open rings and Jupiter with its bands of swirling clouds and Galilean moons strung out like beads . Jupiter is at its best in early March and reaches opposition on March 4th: well worth a look through a scope, or come on down to Poole if you haven’t got one! Later in the year we may just have a naked eye comet to view; also there is a partial eclipse of the moon on May 4th at moonrise. On June 8th will be the biggest event of the year, when the disc of Venus will transit over the Sun’s face. Special equipment is needed to view this; never attempt to look at the Sun directly. This event can be viewed on the internet, so watch this space for more information. In December I witnessed two wonderful fireballs. These are very bright meteors which can leave long smoke trails behind them, sometimes lasting many seconds. The first was at 1.15am in the southern sky on December 9th. The second, which was one of the best I’ve seen, was on the 18th at about ten past nine in the evening. This was in the northern sky, and I can only describe it as a distress flare falling from the sky and disappearing over the trees at the bottom of my garden. If you saw these, or anything else you are un-sure of, please give me a ring on 01977 676779.

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With Christmas put away again for another year, we are now looking forward to spring. Already the snowdrops are in flower and so far we haven’t seen any snow, apart from a slight flurry on New Year’s Eve. But what a lovely time of year; Christmas always seems to bring out the best in everyone. Families get together, long lost friends send greetings, and if you have a romantic husband you might just get a Christmas card from him (oh, for a romantic husband!). Our gardener friend is now well on his way to making a good recov-ery. Well done, Arthur; we are all rooting for you. It’s so good to see you up and around again. We are all very happy that a small group of people has got a team together to continue the publishing of the Hillam News after the sad loss of Geoff Hall. We wish them every success. We look forward to Jean (affectionately know as Granny Jean) com-ing back home. She has been staying with relatives in Richmond since just before Christmas. Two of our ladies, Joan and Mary, have just treated themselves to a recent innovation to help them walk, namely three-wheeler trolleys which they push and lean on at the same time. These seem to be much better for them than a walking stick, distributing their weight more evenly. All power to their elbow, I say! Last week we had a lunch on in the common room to celebrate the birthdays of Mary Green and Meg Dyson. It was greatly enjoyed by everyone and afterwards we had a good old chinwag about anything from politics to current affairs, even about life hereafter. You wouldn’t believe the hilarity that subject creates! We are planning a lunch at Milford Country Club as no one wants to go very far at this time of year in case of bad weather. Personally I love the snow, though of course I realise that it’s bad for getting about, especially for the elderly, but whatever the weather we get, we can’t control it, so we just have to make the best of it. Ruth Laycock

On the 3rd Saturday of each month, at 10.00 am, Hillam residents are invited to the Common Room at Manor Court for a cup of tea or coffee and a chat. We have no shop, no church, or any other meeting place, so try the Common Room for coffee. You’ll be amazed how much you will enjoy yourself meeting old and new friends!

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SENIOR CLUB This past term has been busy. We have been using the Endeavour Youth Bus, parked at the Community Centre. The bus has a generator from which we can run music, telly, theoretically a computer etc. It is furnished with bean bags and little else. We may like to use a hall in the next term because it is cold on the bus, but we will decide on the activities we’re going to do first. Our Autumn Term EventsOur Autumn Term Events Connecting Youth Culture came to the church hall to ask our local young people (on behalf of Selby District Council) what improvements they would like to see in the Selby area. We had trips to the opening night at Xscape and to the Ikon and Diva nightclub in York. Some of the female members went to a Hair event at Selby College in October. Plus a Sleepover in the Church Hall. Next term we will be starting a Youth Achievement Group, probably for an hour after school once a month. This award is given for completed challenges (similar in principle to Duke of Edinburgh). Anyone over 14 can take part in this activity.

Ben and Adam have asked to go to play football on some astroturf – so we’ll be getting teams together to do that. Gokarting is another idea for a trip. Also going on an Activity Residential, maybe in Spring or Summer. We will also run a Babysitting Course again from anyone over 12, probably in April. Finally we would like to pay our respects to Geoff Hall, who was always very supportive of young people and worked to improve the village amenities for them. Julie Sadler and Liz Hey Youth Workers

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JAZZ EVENING Friday 6 February

For those of you who missed the last one, or those who enjoyed it so much last time, you will be pleased to hear that we will be hosting another Jazz Night on Friday 6th February. Look out for our posters for further details. Supper will be included in the price of the ticket. Tickets available from Monk Fryston Post Office.

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Broadband has been working in Hillam for a couple of months. How-

ever did we manage without it! If you haven’t got it yet, the extra speed more than makes up for the toils and tribulations of getting connected. My modem arrived on a Saturday afternoon and that was the end of domestic harmony for almost a week. My advice is to read the instruc-tions and follow them to the letter.

If you can, get a young relation to do it for you. To youngsters com-puters are second nature even if they do refuse to read the manual or use the helpline. Be meticulous in connecting the filters to all the exten-sions (I am not sure what they do, but broadband won’t work without them). Make sure too that all the plugs are firmly inserted in the back of the computer. If it fails to work, the cause might be the cable linking your exchange socket and the computer in your office. It was with me.

And don’t panic if you have only Windows 98, because you can still get broadband going. The broadband installation CD will ask you to insert your Windows 98 disk to get several files. Don’t decide to do this later as you might, as I did, end up having to reload Windows all on your own on a Sunday night. My experience was worsened when I was asked for a ‘key code’ to allow the installation to complete. At first I could not find it anywhere. After I was accused by a Microsoft message of being a computer pirate, someone suggested I look for it on the top of my computer casing.

Users with operating systems preceding Windows XP will need a firewall to keep out nasties like Trojan Horses! If you are still with me, you can get that from Nortons or McAfee. The firewall comes as part of the package with Windows XP.

I know broadband costs almost double a typical ‘anytime’ service and you have to sign up for at least a year. For those in doubt about whether it will work, there is at least one supplier who will let you have the modem and filters free for a month. If it’s not for you, just send eve-rything back and pay nothing. Beware of another supplier who adver-tises broadband at half other people’s prices – it’s not nearly as fast.

Finally, apart from the speed, which is a tenfold improvement, there is the advantage of being able to use the phone whilst you are on the net. I used to divert my phone to a mobile when I was online. Unfortu-nately, that did not work very well because mobile signals are so bad in Hillam. Which brings us to Geoff Hall’s Hillam News campaign for a phone mast in the village, and the referendum, which went against him. But that is another story.

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I always enjoy reading Graham Todd’s Birding column, but unfortunately Graham is a bit under the weather so I thought I would see what I could come up with myself. Now I’m no birdwatcher but I do like to see the birds in and around the garden, so off I went with binoculars and book in hand to see what was going on out there. Well, I must have picked a bad day or the wrong time or something. All I could come up with were two pairs of Carrion Crow , five Blackbirds and two Robins. However I did see a flock of seven Lapwings in the field opposite which was very gratifying. It has been noticeable this year that there have been fewer Thrushes in the garden and many more Blackbirds. Our crab ap-ple tree was commanded by a Mistle Thrush last year but this year it has been the source of food for seven or eight Blackbirds. Often we get the upper tier of the tree full of Blackbirds and then smaller birds, especially a Robin, lower down. Last week we did seem to have a lot more activity in the garden with many bird songs and also the characteristic tapping of a Woodpecker. However what a difference a few days make ! I wrote the above on Monday and by Wednesday we have had snow. I look out and, lo and behold, I have eight Mistle Thrush in the crab apple tree. So what I would like to know now is where have they been for the rest of the winter.

Odd Billie 28 Jan 2004


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MONK FRYSTON & HILLAM METHODISTS

Our first coffee morning of 2004 got off to a good start, raising £140 for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Thank you to everyone who contributed in any way. Our next one, for the Leprosy Mission, is on Saturday 7th February. Please come and join us. As usual there will be stalls, including homemade cakes, books and fancy goods. Tea and coffee with biscuits will be on sale and there will be a raffle. Admission is free. We hold our coffee mornings in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall, Monk Fryston from 10 am to 11.15 am on the first Satur-day in the month, except December, in aid of 11 different charities (the full list can be seen on the notice board in the Church Hall). The Methodists worship in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall on most Sundays at 9.30 am – everybody is welcome. Our minister is Rev Rory Dalgliesh (682230).

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News from Selby Animal Sanctuary 01757 228216

We spent a lot of time during the very cold spell just keeping the drink-ing water unfrozen. Before we even got to the last one the first needed doing again. Luckily there were milder days in between. Our main casualties have been hedgehogs which were brought in too late for us to save them in some cases. Hypothermia and de-hydration seem to be the main prob-lems, but we were kept busy. If only people would bring them in before it is too late instead of thinking they will leave it until tomorrow and see if things have improved. At this time of year, and especially with small hedge-hogs, things only get worse.

Chrissie the new donkey, who came to us last Christ-mas, seems to be having problems with her teeth again, so we have ar-ranged for treatment for her as soon as possible. We hope for her sake that this problem will not be c o n s t a n t l y recurring as it is uncomfortable for her and makes her irritable with Bridget and with us. I hate to see any animals suffering even on a temporary basis.

William the sheep is getting fed up with the cold and wet, and the two Soay sheep keep going off their food in spite of us trying all ways to tempt them to eat.

Swanny is fed up when her ponds get frozen over and she becomes really irritable, but we pour hot water on them so that she at least gets a little swim around. She is always ready to go to her little bunk next to Adam as soon as it gets dusk. When we had that real downpour just after the frost, it made this top paddock look just like a swimming pool, and it was funny to see Swanny sharing this bo-nus with Goosy and Desmond the duck. We have a new shed for Goosy and Desmond instead of the igloo which we built of bales of hay. They like their new quarters and we can be sure they will stay warmer and drier.

We have been adopted by a pheas-ant which comes for food and then stays around for a while. We think it sleeps in the empty shelter on the wild

side, but it looks well and eats well and is friendly, so whether it will stay like lots of the other animals, or whether once the weather improves it will fly off we shall have to see.

We have had someone design a

website for us, and so later this month we shall be on the internet. Well, we have to move with the times and we hope it will promote more interest in our activities. Later, when people get

used to it, we are hoping to use it as a news sheet to tell people what comes in and what goes out, what is poorly and what is recovering, what is being released and what has to stay. The idea for the design was mine and I am hoping it will give the impression of peace and tranquility, which is what the Sanctuary is about. Your criti-cisms will be welcome.

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There is still room for YOUR waste paper in the paper bank and your bottles in the bin.

The Community Association receives cash for every piece of glass you bring. It must be worth the effort and you can feel environmentally saintly. The bins are in the car park at the Community Centre. Because of the Selby Council paper and glass collection scheme, some people no longer go to the village bins. This is a shame, as reduced quantities mean a longer delay in providing further amenities. The cash from rubbish provided the new seat in the play area and a fridge in the kitchen.

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HillamHillam 8 Jan, overnight ~ Lilac Oval. A car window was smashed and an untidy search made of the car, including the boot. The car jack and locking device for the wheels was stolen. 9 Jan, 4.22 pm ~ Hillam Road, Gateforth. A male knocked on a rear door, waited a short time and then attempted to break in with an implement. He is described as slim, white with balding hair at front, a pony tail at rear and was wearing blue jeans and blue fleece. He made off in direction of Selby in a dark coloured Vauxhall Astra estate with the vehicle registration plates obscured by a black plastic bag. 16 Jan, 5.25 am ~ Hillside Close, Hillam. Two males were shining a torch into the windows of a house and were also seen to be showing interest in cars. Complainant believed they were disturbed and they then made off in an old style Vauxhall Vectra , dark in colour, possibly an SRI. No vehicle registration mark was obtained. Full area search made by police officers, but no gain. 16 Jan, overnight ~ Betteras Road, Hillam. Damage done to a hand rail on the bridge, a wooden fence, signpost, and gate damaged by sawing the wooden slats in half. 22 Jan, Rose Lea Close ~ a boy's bicycle, which appeared to be undamaged, was found pushed into the hedging around a garden.

Monk FrystonMonk Fryston 27 Dec, 2.33am ~ Church Lane, Monk Fryston. A brick was thrown through a rear window of a property. 28 Dec, 12.57am, Community Centre car park. Report that persons inside a vehicle appeared to be using drugs. No further information given. Area checked by police but vehicle had gone. 10 Jan, overnight, Monk Fryston. A property in the village was burgled, access gained through a small kitchen window. House keys and car keys were taken from inside the property and two motor vehicles were then stolen from the drive.

At a recent meeting called by Monk Fryston Football Club, treasurer Mike Walker outlined the current situation and gave an update on a number of issues which included the football teams, the proposed move to a new site, work needed at the existing ground, the role of the committee, vacancies, finance and finally the need for support from parents and friends for the club. A great deal of work has been undertaken in establishing the future location of the football club and a decision has now been taken, fully supported by those attending the meeting, to concentrate on improving the existing football pitches, facilities and surrounding areas. Work starts on Sunday 1st February with volunteers helping to clear the area of debris. Andy Stuart has announced that he intends stepping down as Club Chairman and Kevin Maloney was elected as the new Chairman. In addition Allan Ford has decided to step down from the post of Club Secretary and will be replaced by Andrea Siberry. Both Andy and Allan have done a su-perb job for the club and will retain supporting roles. Attendance at the meeting was encouraging and proved that there is strong support for the future of the club. The 3 team coaches are Steve Night (Under 8s), Mick Toolan (Under 9s) and Mick Finan (Under 10s). They do a first rate job as results show but need the regular ongoing sup-port of parents with refreshments, pitch marking, transport, etc. Everyone is asked to ‘do their bit’. There is a regular nucleus of helpers but the club needs more help and in-

volvement from everyone. The club is currently seeking assistance in a range of ac-tivities including fund raising, ground maintenance, electri-cal and building work, etc. If you can provide help, no mat-ter how limited it may be, or know of someone who may be willing to help, please let one of the committee or team coaches know as soon as possible. There will hopefully be lots going on at the club over the coming weeks and you will be kept fully updated. Further information ~ Allan Ford Tel: 685735

We did better than usual this year because of the in-creased number of helpers. Thank you for assisting with the appeal, which raised £167.59. Without your help the vital welfare and benevolent work could not be continued. I am very grateful to all the ladies who went round on dark, wet afternoons/nights, rattling their tins to get this money. Many thanks once again.

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The Garden in Midwinter By our Garden Correspondent

An Early StartAn Early Start

When the weather is kind spend an hour or two in the garden getting a head start on your ‘things to do’. If there is not much of interest in your garden at this time your first job is to find some nice things to grow to en-tice you out there.

Coloured StemsColoured Stems

In my garden as I write (early

January) the brightest spots are my winter stems; these are mainly from cornus and willows. The brightest cornus is ‘Midwinter Fire’ which is the colour of a flame in orange and red: if you require your shrub to earn its keep through the year, cornus ‘Elegantissima’ is lovely with red stems and silver varie-gated leaves in summer. Both these look good set against a green back-ground, especially a shiny green like laurel. There are willows with stems of orange, red and purple but they can make a very big plant and are better as the background to a border in a larger garden.

Both willows and cor-nus need to be hard pruned for the best stems; prune willows every year and cornus every other year, or take out half the oldest stems every year. Prune the stems in March right back to 2-3 inches

from the ground; use the cut stems as cuttings or in flower arrange-ments.

Scented FlowersScented Flowers

I have a selection of fragrant

shrubs in sheltered spots to scent the garden on fine days and I also pick them to enjoy the scent in the house. Easily obtainable is viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ with shiny brown stems covered in pink scented flowers from November to spring. Even if the flowers get frosted there are always more to come. This shrub looks good so can be given a prominent spot; you can also grow a late flowering clematis through it to provide extra colour in summer.

A rather untidy shrub but very good for picking is a shrubby honey-suckle, lonicera purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’, with cream flowers which will open in the house and are very sweetly scented; it will grow in sun or shade so tuck it away behind a rose or something. Both these shrubs are

hardy and easy and can be pruned hard at any time if they get too big. Sarcococca will never get too big; it is an elegant evergreen shrub about

2 feet high which is happy in shade, produces scented tiny flowers fol-lowed by black berries, and looks smart all year.

Winter ColourWinter Colour

To complement the shrubs I have the best winter clematis, called cir-rhosa. There are a number of culti-vars, ‘Freckles,’ ‘Wisley Cream,’ and all are good. It flowers in a fairly sheltered spot in my garden right through deepest winter with dainty bells, which are chequered inside like a fritillary, and has ferny ever-green leaves. It needs no pruning but can be cut back hard after flow-ering if it gets too straggly. By the time you read this I will have helle-bores and snowdrops and prim-roses, tiny iris reticulata and early crocus.

Pruning and Tidying Pruning and Tidying While you are admiring your gar-

den do a little gentle tidying. Tidy up your clematis before they produce new growth; prune late flowering ones to a pair of buds 6-12 inches above the ground; don’t prune the spring flowering ones and just tidy up those which flower in early sum-mer. However, if your clematis is a hopeless tangle or you don’t know which it is, don’t be afraid to cut it back as hard as necessary. It won’t harm it; established clematis are very tough.

The ‘Sparks’ in Hillam has gone out to Barlow, but he

will still fix your fuse.

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The Garden in MidwinterThe Garden in Midwinter Continued from page 19

Check your borders and make sure the crowns of your herbaceous plants are not covered with wet leaves or foliage; this will rot them and is a great place for slugs. Cut down anything that is not looking good.

Roses and ShrubsRoses and Shrubs By mid February you should start pruning your roses, especially your climbing roses, which should be tied into place while the stems are still pliable. Pick a nice day and take your time; take out any dead wood and the oldest stems. Keep looking at the shape; you are aiming for plenty of air round the stems. If you have old, overgrown shrubs in your garden you can tackle them now while you can see where the stems are. You will need a slim pruning saw, a pair of sharp loppers and secateurs. Always take out the oldest, thickest stems from the base; you can remove up to half the wood on a tough bush such as weigela, for-

sythia or philadelphus. Even if it isn’t the right time to prune them you will do them no harm, at worst losing some flowers this year, but next year they will flower really well and you can start a proper pruning regime.

Pick a nice DayPick a nice Day My final piece of advice is to pick your day; if the weather is nasty, wet or frosty, you will harm your gar-den by treading on it, so stay inside and read a garden-ing book instead. Save the work for a nicer day when it is a pleasure to be outside.

Susan Ferguson 684922

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CLUBS & GROUPS If you wish to make any changes to the information about your organisation, please phone 683332

Group or Club Location Timings and Dates Contact

Monk Fryston & Hillam Community Association Community Centre 3rd Wed (bi-monthly) 7.30pm

Bookings: Ivy Smales Tel 683486 Sec: Tony Hudson Tel 682693

Ring Tree Lights Committee Cross Keys 1st Tuesday of month, 7.30pm Mary Little Tel: 683372

Women with Interests Church Hall 1st Thursday of month, 7.30pm Carolyn Popham Tel: 684008

Hillam & Monk Fryston Ladies’ Lifeboat Guild Coffee & Chat Morning

Manor Court Centre, Hillam

3rd Sat of month 10.00am All welcome Liz Blaza Tel: 683719

Monk Fryston & South Milford Mothers’ Union Church Hall Apr-Sept : 3rd Tues 7.30 p.m.

Oct-Mar : 3rd Wed 2.00 p.m. Barbara Richardson Tel: 682357

Manor Court Luncheon Club -For anyone of retirement age

Cross Keys (Manor Court once a month) Tuesday 11.30 – circa 3.30pm Ruth Laycock Tel: 01757 709455

Monk Fryston & Hillam Senior Youth Club (12+) Community Centre Tuesday 7 - 9pm

(term time) Julie Sadler Tel: 685795

St Wilfrid’s & St Mary’s Youth Fellowship 8-15 yrs Church Hall 2nd & 4th Sats 7-9 pm

(term time) Mandy Rhodes Tel: 671600

Monk Fryston Playschool Church Hall Mon-Fri 9.15 – 11.45 am Tue & Thurs 12.30 – 3pm

Pennie Taylor Tel: 681050 Playschool hours only

Monk Fryston Parents & Toddler Group Community Centre Thursday 9 – 11.30am Liz Hey Tel: 682814

Rainbows—girls 5-7 yrs Community Centre Friday 5-6pm Julie Bottomley Tel: 682097

Hillam & MF Brownies Community Centre Thursday 6.30 - 7.45pm Julie Bottomley Tel: 682097

South Milford Guides Church Hall, SM Friday 7.30 – 9.00pm Wendy Youngs Tel: 685557

Sherburn Cubs Scout Hut, Church Hill, Sherburn Thursday 6.30 - 8pm Deryck Sayers Tel: 680401

Sherburn Scouts Scout Hut, Church Hill, Sherburn Monday 7 - 8.30pm Jim Ainsworth Tel: 680511

Air Cadets (ages 13-17) RAF Church Fenton Mon & Fri 7.00 – 9.30 pm Tel : 01937 557340

Chernobyl Children’s Project, Monk Fryston Group Nicola Holland Tel: 683054

Monk Fryston, Hillam & Burton Salmon Defibrillator Group

Crown Inn, Monk Fryston

Alternate Tuesdays 7.30 pm Amanda Shaw Tel: 683304

Hillam & MF Cricket Club Tonu Vaks Tel: 685227

MF & Hillam Football Club Allan Ford Tel: 685735

MF & Hillam Striders Community Centre 2nd Sunday 10am Kath Ratcliffe Tel: 683590

Circuit Training (children & adults)

Monk Fryston School

Mon 8 – 9pm Thurs 8 .15 – 9.15pm Neil Lineham Tel: 683383

Dancing (Tap, Modern, Ballet; Ages 3—adult) Church Hall Tuesday 4 – 7.30pm

Wednesday 4 - 6.30pm Class Details – Lucie Fox Tel: 01757 228841

Yoga Church Hall Wednesday 7 - 8.30pm Marilyn Bates Tel: 01757 707515

Tae Kwon Do Ages 5 – 17 Community Centre Saturday 9 - 10am Simon Wooffindin Tel: 685387

Selby Model Aero Club MF football pitch old / new as available

Sun 2 – 4.30 pm some weekday meetings

Peter Theasby Tel: 01757 638719

Hillam Historians Community Centre 4th Wed (bi-monthly) 7.30 pm Jenny Hoare Tel: 683332

Monk Fryston Art Club Church Hall Monday 1-4 pm (term time) Jean Dearn Tel: 682611

Other Local Classes Community Education Sherburn High School Jane Austin Tel: 683120

Sherburn Library Has a list of local societies covering a wider area Tel 682306

Hambleton Guides Hambleton School Thursday 7.30—9pm Sara Nix Tel: 681162

St Wilfrid’s & St Mary’s Parish Walks

Variable –usually local

Monthly on Saturdays 10.15 a.m Susanne Jukes Tel: 01757 706719


Letters Bring your news and views to the attention of Hillam

Dear Sirs POLLUTION: PROPOSED PLANNING APPLICATION BY AGGREGATE INDUS-TRIES LTD TO CONSTRUCT A FIXED AND A MOBILE ASPHALT PLANT AT FERRY-BRIDGE POWER STATION

The smaller one is mobile and can be put any-where; it can make 120 tonnes of tarmac per hour. This would be enough tarmac for our new A1, and could move with the roadworks. The larger one is permanent and can produce 320 tonnes per hour. This tarmac is to be used for other motorways and roads all over the country. We don’t need it here. They plan to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There could easily be at least one extra lorry every minute. There will be much more air pollu-tion, industrial pollution and noise pollution. There will be more horrible smells and dust day in, day out. The chemical cocktail made from the gases could spread for miles and miles, affecting the health of everyone. Did you know about this? We have got to stop them – our children’s future and our health matter. Do you care enough to make your feelings known? As a resident of Hillam, I care. If you feel as I do, please write your objections to:

Mr T Reeves, Wakefield MDC, Housing & Regen-eration Services, Newton Bar, Wakefield WF1 2TX. Application number 03/00/10784/BQ. The closing date for objections has been extended to 20th February 2004

Maxene Wells

DANGEROUSLY HEALTHY

by Malcolm Birkenshaw Review by Sylvia Brown, BSc

This humorous and entertaining autobiography follows the ups and downs of Malcolm's life from the time of his diagnosis with MS in 1974 and his adamant refusal to accept the decline that doctors intimated would 'inevitably' follow.

Malcolm graduated with a BSc from Hull University in 1958, despite having many confusing MS symptoms. He went on to become a lecturer and comedy scriptwriter, got married and had two children.

We live through the turmoil of his diagnosis, and the devastat-ing effects on his professional and personal life. But through-out Malcolm remains determined to beat MS and begin his search for answers. He adjusts his diet, develops a regime, and gradually starts looking and feeling better. His next step is to try to tackle the muscles which have wasted through inactiv-ity. So he also decides to try bicycling, somewhat to his wife's trepidation!

Gradually Malcolm finds his strength building. He takes up tennis, starts playing cricket again and even climbs Mount

Snowdon! The following year he cycles to London to raise funds for research into MS.

Despite his wife's affair and being left to bring up his two chil-dren, he manages to remain fit and active. We travel with Mal-colm on the all too familiar MS rollercoaster, while being

reminded to stay positive and keep a real sense of humour at all times!

Be prepared for some hearty 'Yorkshire' dialect, a good dose of down to earth Yorkshire wit, and plenty of scandal. It made me cry as well as laugh my socks off!

Malcolm wrote 'Dangerously Healthy' in 1997, the idea being to raise money for MS research. But the publishers let him down big time, every copy delivered to the shops containing misprints. These do not detract from the truth of his story, but the bookshops were not mighty pleased. Three years of stressful litigation and financial hardship then caused the MS to flare up, but he is on the way back up again, as stubbornly determined as ever, despite now being 71 years old.

But he now needs extra space, and is busy writing a humor-ous novel, so reckons the remaining copies of "Dangerously Healthy" would be of more use given away, free of charge, than stuck in his exercise room.

Contact Malcolm at [email protected]

or phone 681355

Two very different letters in this edition , a book review and a plea to villagers about the potential for a new nasty smell around the place. Why not send you letters in for the next edition. Have your say, raise you voice; lets hear what you have to say. You can send letters in at any time and we will hold them for the next issue. Send letters or E-mail to Kay Webster [email protected] or give Kay a call on 680917.


LOCAL SERVICES If you know of any amendments or additions to the information below, please phone 683332

Monk Fryston Post Office (Tel: 682252) Post Office Counter

Mon – Fri 8am – 8pm; Sat 8.30am – 7pm; Sun 9am – 7pm. Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 9am –5.30pm; Wed & Sat 9am – 1pm

Last Postal Collections

Hillam Square Mon-Fri 4.30pm, Sat 9.30am Monk Fryston PO Mon-Fri 4.15pm, Sat 11am, Sun 11.30am South Milford PO Mon-Fri 6pm, Sat 11am, Sun 12 noon Pontefract, Trinity St Mon-Fri 6.30pm, Sat 1pm, Sun 1pm

Public transport – local bus & train timetables & enquiries Tel: 0113 245 7676

Micklefield Station Link & Village Bus Tel: 685555

South Milford Surgery – Dr A Janik & Partners Tel: 682202

Mon – Fri 9 –11am and 4.30 – 6.30pm; Sat 9 –10.30am (emergencies only)

Monk Fryston Surgery – Dr D. James & Partners Tel: 683452 Mon 11-2pm & 3-6pm; Tues 5-7pm; Wed & Fri 8-12 noon

Selby War Memorial Hospital Tel: 01757 702664

Pontefract General Infirmary Tel: 600600

Visiting Scheme for the Elderly (Books on wheels, hospital transport, social events for the housebound, etc.). Volunteers also required.

Enid Taylor (Tel: 681828)

St Wilfrid’s Church, Monk Fryston Rector: Rev’d Gwynne Richardson - Tel: 682357 Curate: Rev’d Susanne Jukes - Tel: 01757 706719

For Service times, see St Wilfrid’s Church News page

Monk Fryston & Hillam Methodists Minister: Rev’d Rory Dalgliesh – Tel: 682230

Services: most Sundays 9.30am Monk Fryston Church Hall Coffee morning: 1st Sat every month 10am – Church Hall

Mobile Library (Sherburn Library, tel: 682306) Hillam Square, every 3 weeks: Tuesday 10 – 10.30am

Hillam Parish Council 1st Wednesday of month 7.30pm Community Centre. Clerk – Malcolm Walton (Tel: 685186)

Selby District Council Tel: 01757 705101

Refuse Disposal Removal of bulky items (domestic items free) Selby District Council (Tel: 01757 292113)

Police Tel: 01757 702596

Neighbourhood Watch PC Mike Welsh (tel: 01757 704039)

Gas Emergency tel: 0800 111 999

Yorkshire Electricity Supply failure – emergency tel: 0800 375 675

Yorkshire Water Helpline Sewerage & leaks (24hrs) Tel: 0845 1242429

Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Selby Tel: 0845 1203718

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Hillam News January February 2004