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The Grapevine SEAMER & TAME BRIDGE MAGAZINE
No. 138. April 2016 - May 2016
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EDITOR’S NOTES
Yes its time for another Grapevine! Thanks to the Parish
Council Community Fund (“Windfarm money”), who have
given it a grant of £200 to cover printing costs, it will have
sufficient funds to continue for the foreseeable future.
Thanks also, again, to those who collate and distribute
copies without whose time and effort the Grapevine could
not continue. Read on, as it’s a busy magazine this edition with lots of
useful information and events, including Seamer Produce Show Info,
which is removable for safe keeping.
Dave Campy
ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH Services at St Martin's in April and May fall on days that are different to
the normal pattern. There will be Eucharists on the following days :
Sunday April 10th at 11.15am
Sunday April 24th at 11.15am
Thursday May 5th (Ascension Day) at 7.30pm
Sunday May 15th (Pentecost) at 11.15am
Sunday May 29th at 11.15am
There are also some services at Stokesley Parish Church in this period
which may be of interest:
Sunday April 10th at 6pm: Farewell service for Revd Sarah Strand**
Sunday April 17th at 9.30am: Short Morning Prayer & Annual Church
Meeting
Sunday May 1st (Tour de Yorkshire Day): Eucharists only at 8am and 6pm
- no services between those times.
Sunday May 15th at 4pm: A service for the beginning of Christian Aid
Week with Annual Meeting of Stokesley Churches Together.
**We say farewell to Sarah Strand on 10th April, after nearly two years
with us: her husband Matt has been appointed as Vicar of Kirkleatham (St
Cuthbert's and St Hilda's), and they are expecting their first child in July.
Matt's first service in his new parish will be at St Hilda's on the corner of
Roseberry Road and Mersey Road in Redcar, on Friday 22nd April.
Please see advert for Coffee Morning and note that Jean Webster is a new
contact instead of Gwen Aston as she is unwell. [Editor: Gwen used to
distribute Grapevine so we wish her a speedy recovery.]
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St Peter & St Paul.s Church is holding a Quiz Night on 23rd April in
Stokesley Town Hall at 7.00 pm. Tickets £5.00. Please contact Marie
Groom on 01642 712138 for further details.
Revd Paul Hutchinson
PARISH COUNCIL NEWS
FLY TIPPING
This has become a problem in recent times around the village and along
the adjacent lanes and roads. It is the responsibility of Hambleton
District Council to remove any larger amounts of rubbish dumped at the
roadside. They can be contacted on 01609 779977 or online at
hambleton.gov.uk
Should you see any dumping taking place, please do not put yourself at
risk. Take the registration and make of the vehicle involved and report it
to the police and Hambleton District Council as soon as possible.
CONDITION OF ROADS AROUND SEAMER
The maintenance and upkeep of the roads in our area is the responsibility
of North Yorkshire County Council. Of concern, is the increase in the
number of potholes that are occurring in the area. These should be
reported to the County Council on 08458 727374 or online at
northyorks.gov.uk
We hope you will Come and join us at
St Martin’s Church Coffee Morning With Cake stall and Tombola
Stokesley Town Hall
Friday 29th April
9.30—11.45
Offers of help/contributions, please contact: Jean Webster 710088 Ann Startin 710162
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SEAMER QUIZ TEAM TRIUMPH!
An invitation was issued in January via the Village Hall Committee for the
village to send a representative team to participate in the Tees Valley Village
Halls Network quiz tournament - an annual competition. As previous
winners of our own village quiz, we accepted the invitation, assembled a
team of five and made our way to Middleton-St-George Community Hall in
mid-March. It was an excellent quiz, with something for everybody and with
interesting twists to several rounds, where answers linked to each other and
common threads had to be spotted. The final round was a true ‘decider’
round. Several teams, including ourselves, were neck and neck, but this
round, based on scoring points for correct answers - but losing all points if
an answer was wrong - was a true gamble. Fortunately our gambles paid off
and no-one was more surprised than us when we were announced as the
winners and were invited up to receive the Tees Valley Shield! Well done to
the Seamer team who were comprised of 3 members of the Taylor family
and 2 of the Murphy family. A real team effort! As victors, we will be
hosting the Tees Valley Network quiz next March.
G Taylor
PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS
It has been noted that over the past couple of years there has been a decline
in the amount of business coming before parish council meetings. This,
despite the claim made by various Governments to disseminate powers from
central control to the various tiers of local government. It is clear that the
powers given to parish councils involve time, effort, expertise and expense
that cannot possibly be achieved by residents performing the role on a part
time basis.
The irony is that the workload on councillors and the parish clerk remains
the same. However, most information, consultation documents and
necessary paperwork now comes via email, is forwarded when relevant to
councillors for a comment or a decision. What we have also found, is when a
decision or response is necessary, the deadline has passed before it can be
brought before the scheduled meeting.
Therefore it has been agreed by the parish councillors to hold meetings
every two months (instead of monthly) as an experiment for 2016/17. The
meetings will take place in May, July, September, November, January and
March. They will be held as usual on the third Tuesday in the month and
commence at 7pm.
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The councillors have agreed that should an issue come before the parish
council that is urgent or requires a meeting of residents an extra meeting
will be called outside of the dates listed above.
COMMUNITY FUND UPDATE
Grants made from the fund so far;
£11,000 to the village hall - refurbishment in the main hall and supper
room and also tarmacing the parking area outside the hall.
£2,000 to repair the pavement near School Cottages and the road surface
on Bank Top.
The renewal of the railings besides the footpath at Bank Top.
The upgrading of three sign gardens and replacement of several life
expired flower barrels to brick structures.
Some smaller grants have been made to help enhance the look of the
village.
Residents are reminded that although the Parish Council administers the
fund, ideas and suggestions from villagers are always encouraged. There is
an experienced, independent chairman who oversees any requests put
forward, but in the first instance, please contact the parish clerk with your
ideas for use of the fund.
HIGHWAY MATTERS
On behalf of the parish council, the chairman met with a senior highways
engineer from NYCC to discuss various issues, particularly the residents’
perceptions of speeding through the village.
Disappointingly, due to a lack of funding the only way any money might
be found for traffic calming would be if Seamer was a proven accident
black spot, which fortunately it is not.
It was made clear that the parish council might support any NYCC project
to calm traffic using money from the community fund such as humps,
village gateway, (like those in Hilton and Maltby), rumble strips or road
narrowing at strategic places on Hilton Road or Stokesley Road. All these
were rejected for various reasons, the main one being the possibility that in
the future the whole cost of maintenance, upgrading or removal might fall
on NYCC and for which there would unlikely be any authorisation.
It was pointed out that with the housing developments taking place in
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surrounding areas that the problem will only get worse in the future. The
engineer suggested that we could install the kind of flashing speed
warnings similar to those in Hilton and Maltby and to contact the local
road safety partnership in order to try and increase the number of police
speed checks in the village.
This issue is not closed and the parish council will continue to look for
solutions to make the village a safe place to live.
FLOWER TUBS - ANY VOLUNTEERS?
The flower tubs are an important asset in making the village attractive
and residents’ help in maintaining them would be most appreciated.
Please email the Parish Clerk ([email protected]) if you can help
look after any near you. We are aware of several residents who already
maintain either tubs or the village sign gardens and we would be grateful
if you could also contact the clerk, to confirm which you look after and
whether you will continue to do so. Many Thanks.
RURAL WATCH Stokesley Police are still looking for more volunteers to join their Rural
Watch patrols. The patrols take place two/ three times a month involving
volunteers from the local farming and rural community. These can be run
locally or as part of a cross border operation with other police forces.
Each volunteer is double crewed in one of their personal vehicles and they
have a police radio which gives them direct instant contact with dedicated
police officers who are also conducting rural patrols. Anything suspicious
is reported straight to the dedicated officers who can then attend the area
and carry out any enquiries or enforcement that may be appropriate. It is
difficult to measure the success of the Rural Watch patrols, or to provide
any figures, as so much of it is proactive and it is very difficult to measure
the success of preventative work. They regularly get reports of suspicious
vehicles and people on rural land from members of our community and
there is a marked reduction in these reports on evenings when the Rural
Watch patrols are active. The volunteers are our eyes and ears on these
patrols and their help, enthusiasm and proactive approach is always
welcomed and very much appreciated. If you would like to be involved in
these patrols then please contact
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HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING
You should all have received a letter, leaflet and permit from North
Yorkshire County Council regarding the changes to Household Recycling
especially at Stokesley. Basically, from the 1st April, you will not be able
to use the “tip” at Stokesley, without paying, unless your vehicle displays
the permit proving you live in North Yorkshire (note disposal of non-
household waste i.e. rubble, tyres, etc will still incur a cost). Also, there
are changes to the times of opening as follows
April to September 8.30am - 5.00pm
October to March 8.30am - 4.00pm
And it is closed Wednesdays
If you need further information, contact Customer Services; telephone
01609 780780 or e-mail [email protected]
GREAT BROUGHTON & KIRKBY OIL CLUB The above Oil Club combines its buying power by taking orders from
surrounding villages as well as other places like Swainby and Appleton
Wisk. Last year it branched into Seamer gaining 22 extra members who
are now buying oil much cheaper thanks to Gordon Read who runs the
above club.
However compared to the size of the village it is a very small number and
consequently with increased membership we could buy cheaper still.
Remember there is no charge to join, Gordon and his son Joe run it on a
purely voluntary basis. Oil order deadlines are.
10thMay, 10th September, 10th November, 10th January, 10th March
The contacts are as follows:
Gordon Reed. 01642 711495 or [email protected]
VILLAGE HALL NEWS AND EVENTS SEAMER VILLAGE HALL 100+ CLUB
February winners were: (140 members)
1st £20 99 Stuart Milner, Tame Bridge
2nd £17 17 Walter Pattison, Stainton Road
3rd £14 93 Trevor Gooding, Croft Hills
4th £11 52 Wendy Marsden, Seamer Hill
5th £8 60 Claudia Miller, The Green
The winners of the March draw will be included in the next edition.
In November the 100+ Club was 1 year old. For those members who
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joined last April/May, this means that you are due to join again. If you
wish to do so, please get in touch with me on 01642 710294 or by e-mail
on [email protected] members can join at anytime - £1
per month/£12 per year. Full details are on the village website:
seamervillage.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you.
Christine Cooper
TEAGOWNS AND TEATIMES
With Lucy Adlington was, 'top hole', with several people asking if we
intend to ask her back to do another one of her talks for us. Thanks go to
all the Events Committee for all their hard word work on the Catering.
Mark for his help with the setting out, etc. The Waiting Staff did a sterling
job, they tackled all the washing up as well. If they ever need a reference
Starting 1st April
Seamer village Hall
Fridays 9.30am
£2.50 With Helen, Enquiries ring 07502 566054
Metafit™ is the original 30 minute, non choreographed, bodyweight
only HIIT workout. Its tough, that’s why it gets results!
It combines latest HITT training techniques with traditional "old
school" bodyweight exercises to set the metabolism on fire. It is the
workout that keeps on working.
Come along and get involved! Anyone fitness level welcome. Come
and try it out
www.metafit-training.com
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they know where to come. It was felt that even if Lucy's prices are high
she gives good value for money. We did not get quite the numbers we
would have liked but we were not out of pocket, so let a member of the
Events group know if you would like us to ask her back.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
April 18th New Exercise Class straight after ' Pop-In', on a Monday at
twelve, specially for those who find other Exercise Groups that are run in
the Hall too hectic. You can even do this one sat down, if that suits you
better. They are aimed at helping balance and flexibility. Do not worry
about dressing for the occasion (NO leotards please) just slacks and non-
slip shoes, simply come and join in the fun with Alex. £3.75 per session
April 23rd Jumble Sale
May 14th Quiz
June 25th Bus trip to Forbidden Corner
June Yet to be arranged, Treasure Hunt
Sunday July 24th Produce Show see more information elsewhere in
Grapevine.
August No Event planned
September Games night and Indoor Car Boot
October 7th Harvest Supper with the Fishermen's Choir.
November Quiz
December Candlelit Supper with Carols
New Years Eve Old fashioned Party night (pooled supper)
2017 Burns Night
Ideas and offers of help would be appreciated if the village would like to
hold a party to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday in June.
Tel:- Margaret Smith Events Co-ordinator on 01642710611
ART GROUP
A glance at the pictures on the walls of the main hall will show you the
diversity of our Group. The members enjoy the support of being with
other Artists, there is no formal teaching, but there is always someone to
discuss and admire your work in progress. A few weeks ago, we went on
a trip to Bishop Auckland to see an Embroidery Exhibition and the
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Zurbarin Paintings. In the next few weeks we are going to see the Matisse
prints at the 'Hub Gallery', on Redcar Seafront, before sketching and
painting at South Gare.
GARDEN CLUB (GREENFINGERS)
The Garden Club's visit to Greatham to see the Snowdrops was a great
treat; thanks Angela for arranging it for us, it certainly cheered up a
gloomy Winter. Even the weather was perfect. Other dates are :
Tuesday 5th April, Our next jaunt will be to see the Daffodils in Farndale
April 21st to 24th (date to be chosen) will see us on a trip to Harrogate
Flower Show.
May 10th Pooled Supper and Plant swap unless we are lured off on a
further trip to see Tulips or Bluebells.
June 25th 'Forbidden Corner', Angela Forrest (07891097649) is taking
bookings now.
July 24th 'Produce Show', who will be this years Village Champion?
September * Visit to the Transporter and 'Salthome'.
October 11th Pumpkin carving
November 8th Pooled Supper and Quiz.
December 13th Christmas Wreath
You do not need a Garden to join 'Greenfingers', the outings are all plant
orientated but are chosen by the group. Club Membership is £10 with
meetings held in the Hall priced at £2 which includes a glass of wine.
Where a member's car is used for an outing a donation of £2 towards
petrol is suggested.
KITCHEN REFURBISHMENT
With the installation of an 'Instant', boiling water tap for Tea and Coffee
making, the kitchen refurbishment will be complete. Thanks again to
‘Save our Stokesley’ fund who donated money for a new microwave.
Margaret Smith
EASTER WORKSHOPS
We had a lovely afternoon with our best ever attendance. 22 children
came with their family and enjoyed our usual activities - Decorating
Eggs, making Bonnets, Cakes and Chocolate nests as well as learning
how to blow eggs, planting sunflower seeds ( how tall will they grow
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before the Seamer SHOW in July ?) , having a go at the Raffle, guessing
the weight of the cake and How many eggs in the jar? What A lot!!
Of course we all enjoyed strawberries and marshmallows from the
Chocolate Fountain and tea and biscuits from the kitchen
Although we don't plan to raise Village Hall funds we actually made over
£90!
Lots of thanks go to all our helpers for their time and effort. Watch our
for our next one!
Ann Thomas
HALL TIMETABLE
Monday Pop-In 10.00am
Exercise
12.00 Art
Group 1.30pm
Beginner’s Pilates Class
6.00-7.00pm Craft Club
7.00pm
Tuesday Carpet Bowls
10.00am
Improvers and Intermediates
Pilates Class
6.00-7.00pm
Hall Committee meeting
(1st Tuesday in month)
Greenfingers
7.00pm (2nd Tuesday)
Seamer Parish Council (3rd Tuesday)
Wednesday Table Tennis
7.00pm Badminton
6.00-9.00pm
Thursday Zumba Class
5.45-6.30pm Bridge Group
7.00pm
Friday Metafit
9.30am
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Seamer Memorial Hall - AGM
Tuesday 19th
April at 7.30 Nominations for new & existing committee members/
officers and Chair of committee urgently needed.
Please contact Christine Campy for more details
on
01642 710320 or [email protected]
Everyone welcome – please come along!
JUMBLE SALE - SATURDAY 23rd APRIL
Please keep all your unwanted clothes, bric-a-brac, furniture, toys , bikes
etc. for this annual event. Last year’s was our best ever raising £678 for
Hall funds.
Donations can be left in the Village Hall from the 9th April. If anyone
needs me to open up or help lift please get in touch. Thank you as always.
Jo Batey 01642 713143
SEAMER METHODIST CHURCH SEASON OF EASTER
I trust that you all had an excellent Easter weekend at the end of March.
How many Easter eggs did you receive?
In the Christian calendar the period now through to Pentecost (we used to
call it Whit Sunday) is referred to as the season of Easter. It is a period
when Christians concentrate upon what it means to believe that Jesus rose
from the dead on Easter Sunday. The following thought for the month is a
reflection on living our faith in times of social change.
THOUHT FOR THE MONTH
Isn’t it interesting watching very young children copying their parents or
guardians? We sometimes refer to an ‘old head on young shoulders’ when
a child utters statements that appear to have come from an adult. Part of
growing up is copying the adults around us but real growth is when we
seek to discover who we are as individuals – that is true maturity. In an
age of exceeding rapid change, especially socially, there is sometimes the
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desire to long for the perceived consistency and conformity of the past.
Alternatively, we sometimes want to conform to the society in which we
live. Our Resurrection Faith is one that challenges us to be ourselves and
respond to and live out our faith in our changing society. This may
sometimes be uncomfortable, especially when we find that our faith
requires us not to conform but to be transformed as individuals seeking to
discern the will of God in our lives.
Many of us have sung and danced ‘The Hokey Cokey’, where we
eventually ‘put your whole self in’. I consider that my whole self is who I
am and not who or what I would like to be. Linking with others as their
true selves – what a dance!
We are encouraged to use our faith as a Christian and live out that faith
whatever the social changes that arise.
TIMES OF WORSHIP
April 3rd @10.30 am Service at Hutton Rudby
April 10th @ 10.30 am All Age worship led by Ron Kirk
April 17th @ 10 30 am Led by Rev Daniel Pratt Morris-Chapman
April 24th @ 10.30 am Led by David Sills
May 1st @ 10.30 am Led by Christine Campy
May 8th @ 10.30 am All Age Worship led by Rev Lisa Quarmby
May 15th @ 10.30 am Led by Rev Daniel Pratt Morris-Chapman
May 22nd @ 10.30 am Led by Katherine Atha
May 29th @ 10.30 am Led by Molly Locke
TIME FOR A SMILE
Headline in a newspaper – FIRE ON BUS . PASSENGERS ALIGHT
Notices on a menu – Steaks are grilled before our customers. Ron Kirk
THE HUB AT HUTTON RUDBY (AKA METHODIST
CHAPEL) Although we are still an active Church, now we open our doors on every
day of the week. We rally some 60 volunteers to man a community cafe
and assorted projects for local folk including internet cafe & free wi-fi,
book exchange service and play area for toddlers.
It will celebrate its 1st birthday on 14th May .Would you like to visit us on
our first birthday? We will be having a party on this date and a concert
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from children of Hutton Rudby's Primary School in celebration (times to
be confirmed).
Please visit Facebook page "The Hub at Hutton Rudby" for more info or
contact me to visit!
Annabel Young
(07510 243913 or email [email protected]).
Note: You can Come in for Coffee and Cakes from Zac's Coffee
Servery, to use the Computer Corner, to visit the Children's
Corner, to browse the Book Area and borrow a book, to visit the
Quiet Corner, or just to sit and chat at the following times:
Mondays 1 pm to 3.30 pm;
Tuesdays 9.30 am to 12.30 pm;
Wednesdays 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm;
Thursdays 9.30 am to 12.30 pm;
Fridays 9.30 am to 12.30 pm;
Saturdays 10 am to 4 pm.
Also, Computer Lessons, Story Times, the Knitting Group, Board
Game Session and Film Shows are available.
VILLAGE POND
A massive 'Thank You' to those who contributed to the 'Easter Raffle' on
the week leading up to 19th March. Also to the 'Farm Shop' for providing
two of the prizes and helping to sell tickets. The winners were:
1st - Easter Bunny & Egg. - Lily Ellis
2nd - Duck Family & Egg. - Janet Bainbridge
3rd. - Cowboy & Egg. - Cara Thorpe
4th. - Bottle of Whisky. - Andrew & Claudia Miller
5th - 2 trays of eggs. - Andrew & Claudia Miller
6th - Sack of Potatoes. - Joan Barnes
The next raffle will take place after the 'Produce Show' hopefully. We now
have reached a plan for 'The Pond' and are looking at plants to grow in the
pond and marginal blooms to brighten around the edge.
So if anybody wishes to donate any non-perishable items to make this
raffle more varied then please contact me, Gill Burton on 713985.
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TIME FOR A LAUGH PARAPROSDOKIANS are figures of speech in which the latter part of a
sentence is unexpected. Some examples follow:
1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.
2. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until
you hear them speak.
3 If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
4. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
5. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a
fruit salad.
6. They begin the evening news with 'Good Evening,' then proceed to tell
you why it isn't.
7. To steal ideas from someone is plagiarism. To steal from many is called
research.
8. In filling in an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, notify:'
I put 'DOCTOR.'
9. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
10. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the
street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they look sexy.
11. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a
successful man is usually another woman.
12. A clear conscience is the sign of a bad memory.
13. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.
14. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Nor is there any future in it.
15. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
16. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing
in your garage makes you a car.
17. I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it’s getting harder and harder
for me to find one now.
18. I am not arguing with you, I am explaining why you are wrong.
Submitted by Bryan Sykes.
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GRAPEVINE CONTACTS
Magazine Layout and Editor
David Campy, 5a Holme Lane, Seamer
E mail [email protected] 710320
Illustrations
Margaret Smith, 4 Bracken Hill Walk, Seamer 710611
Distribution
Derek Winterbotham, Kingsbridge, Hilton Rd. Seamer711617
St Martin’s
Rev Paul Hutchinson, The Rectory, Stokesley 710405
Rev Sarah Strand ([email protected]) 810690
Methodist Church Ron Kirk, 2 Rosehill, Great Ayton 722053
Seamer Village Hall Bookings: Christine Campy ([email protected])
710320
General : Christine Campy (Temporarily) 710320
Village News and Events
Margaret Smith 710611
Seamer Parish Council
E-Mail: [email protected]
Seamer Correspondent for Darlington and Stockton Times
Christine Cooper 710294
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