23 May 2012. Tickets for the concert in All Saints Church Slingsby on Monday 16 July at 11am, along with tickets for all the Ryedale Festival events (13-29 July), went on general release at the start of this week. Please be aware that many festival events book out early, so don’t delay. Full details, including how to book can be found here.
Slingsby Village website, supporting the arts.
Leigh and Catharine Spooner are the new owners of your village pub. They moved to Slingsby in January with their two children Alfie (aged 9) and Bea(aged 7) – and Lotti the dog. Before moving here they lived just outside Coulton, which is where Catharine grew up on the family farm.
There is a lot of work that needs to be done at the pub before it can re-open, but everyone is working as quickly as possible. The hope is that it will be up and running again at the beginning of August and we’ll keep you informed.
If anyone can assist with supplying local produce, has any old photos or knowledge of the pub’s history, has experience working behind a bar and would like a job, then please get in touch with either Leigh or Catharine. Call in at the pub or ring 01653 628076 / 01653 628025
Leigh and Catharine very much look forward to welcoming you all back to ‘The Grapes’ in a few weeks time.
We can also be contacted by Email:
UPDATE: The Grapes Inn is now open and has its own page on the Slingsby Website that can be found HERE
18th May 2012 – Contrary to what we reported on 11th May, we are now told that the scaffolding will be coming down on Monday (21 May). The new weather vane is likely to be put in place at this time. So, not the best time perhaps for a contemplative visit to All Saints and its churchyard, but we shall be watching carefully to see if the new weather vane points to a brighter outlook.
Hovingham is having a music festival on the 30th June 2012 located in the fabulous location of the old Wath quarries. Four bands are booked to play in this first festival described as ‘family orientated, with a bouncy castle, face painters, 4 live bands, beer tent & BBQ. Free parking & camping (limited space on camping)’.
The organizers state on the festival website:-
‘We are proud to announce the 1st super chilled Hovingham Quarry Festival. Our line up of laid back & funky bands is booked and ready to play on Saturday 30th June 2012. The Freewheel , Three Quarters Burden of Paradise (with vocalist Helen Watson of the Snake Davis Band), and The Trucks are all welcomed in for our 1st summer event of 2012.’
For more details, to grab a listen to the bands taking part and to buy tickets… go to www.quarryfestival.co.uk
Deliverance from the exhausting and exhaustive process of permissions and paperwork has been granted. Margaret Mackinder is relieved to report the good news at last:
“The broken section of the church boundary wall which was pushed over 18 months ago by the very large sycamore tree will be repaired very soon. The Church Council has obtained LEADER funding for Small Scale Heritage Enhancements to replace the missing section of stone walling with a short section of iron railings. These will be less damaging to the roots of the large sycamore tree, which is such a key feature in this part of the village.
Matthias Garn who has been carrying out the church tower works has given a competitive and affordable price enabling this work to be done using grant funding with the balance of the cost being covered by Ryedale District Council, who take main responsibility for the care of the churchyard, which was closed for burials some years ago. Without this funding the work could not have been done as neither the Council nor the PCC have the funds to pay the full cost at the present time.
Other news for this area of the village is that as the present ashes burial area in the churchyard is full, an application has been made to the Diocese of York to dedicate a new ashes area to the north side of the church for future ashes burials. The PCC hopes in due course to make this a quiet memorial area with a seat under the trees when funds are available to do it.”
