March 2010

Before slipping into well-earned retirement, Sherlock Holmes has prevailed upon his long-time companion Dr Watson, to join him in a farewell tour of the
British Isles.

For the first time ever they will re-enact one of the detective’s most baffling unrecorded cases – The Case of the Prime Minister, the Floozie and the Lummock.

Welburn Village Hall Friday 12 February, 7.30pm

Tickets: £7 
Available from: Dominic Goodwin: 01653 648424 
or on the door

Well worth seeing Colin Wells

What made Yorkshire famous quiz

Over 60 quiz sheets were returned for the quiz in aid of the Village Hall. 15 had all correct answers. The winners will be drawn from a hat at the Tea and Talk on Feb 3rd.

The answers are on the Village Hall web page.

Film Society in Welburn

If you are interested in being a member of this proposed new Society please email Sylvia atsylvia.haines@hotmail.co.uk or call 01653 619764. The idea is to run regular film shows in the Village Hall.

New Year's Eve Party

The party in the village hall was a great success and about 60 revellers enjoyed dancing to Roger Dunning on accordion and members of the York Ceilidh Club on guitar and violin. The caller was Ros Batchelor. An excellent ‘bring and share’ supper was enjoyed and the profits of the evening which included a raffle were donated to Church funds. Thanks to Sylvia Haynes for organising this event.

Pilates

Pilates continues on Mondays in the Village Hall. Jill Hall plans to offer a beginner’s class as well as the established group. If you are interested in joining a beginner’s class please contact Jill Hall 01653 658210. The intermediate class is fully subscribed.

The Groanbox Boys are on tour...

with Rural Arts and will be visiting Welburn Village Hall on the evening of 8th May. Don’t miss this lively North American trio playing with all the guts of Rock ‘n Roll and soul but with other influences informing their music. ‘Utterly enthralling. This is music that goes deep into the roots of popular music. Mixed in here is West African Griot songs, Deep South blues, Nashville harmonies, East European gypsy dances, even a touch of English Morris Dancing.

It’s not a show – it’s life’ Ben Chu – The Independent

December 2009

Wed Dec 2nd

Tea and Talk Christmas Party Village Hall 1.30pm.
Entertainment featuring the first (and possibly last) performance by Welburn Players.

Sat Dec 5th

Christmas Spirit Village Hall 2pm
Stalls- Cakes, Jewellery, Avon cosmetics, Cards, and many more ideas for Christmas.
Refreshments, tombola and entertainment

Sun Dec 6th

Christingle family Service 9.30am

Wed Dec 16th

Carol Singing round the village. 
Meet outside the reading room at 7pm. All welcome and will be rewarded with glorious food and Gluhwein

Sun Dec 20th

Carol Service in Church 3pm

Mon Dec 21st

Carol singing at Pattacakes 7.30 pm.
Gluhwein and refreshments. No charge but with donations to Welburn Church.

Thu Dec 24th

Christmas Mass in church 11pm

Sun Dec 27th

Benefice Communion Service Bulmer 10am

Radio Fun

Following a Nationwide tour, and sell out performances at Terrington, Dominic Goodwin is bringing a new show to Welburn Village Hall on Thursday December 10th at 7.30.

Fun and frolics from the history of the BBC Light Entertainment Department, 1938 – 1968

Join Dominic Goodwin and friends and relive some wonderful memories from the golden age of radio: ITMA, The Goons, Hancock’s Half Hour, Educating Archie,Take it from here, Round the Horne and much much more!

Tickets are £6 from 01653 648424, or pay at the door. Please bring your own refreshments.

New Year's Eve Party

If anyone is interested in having a party in the Village Hall this can be arranged. The party held on 31st December 2007 was a great success with adults and children attending.

To make a viable party, we need at least 48 people to cover the cost of Hall hire and a ceilidh band. The party would be ‘bring and share’ food and drink (no licence). Tickets will be sold by table of 6 adults for £30 and a deposit of £10 made out to Welburn Village Hall is required by Saturday 21st November to Sylvia at Fir Tree House, Main Street, Welburn or ring 01653 619764 or emailsylvia.haines@hotmail.co.uk. Your deposit would be returned if the party doesn’t go ahead. Get your friends together to form a table (or two if you’re very popular).

Welburn Lucky Numbers Club

Improvements to the Village Hall are supported by a Lucky Numbers Club.

A maximum of 100 numbers are included in the monthly draw and half the subscriptions are returned as prizes. The last draw took place on Saturday 3rd October and £175 was distributed in prizes. Each number costs £5 per month.

The Village Hall Committee is grateful for residents’ support which has put the finances of the Hall on a firmer footing. If you would like to subscribe to the scheme please contact Sylvia on 01653 619764 or Sandy (01653 619576).

You have to be in it to win it!

November 2009

Please let Sylvia know so that a table can be booked no later than Monday 16th November 01653 619764.

The next meeting would be Friday 18th December and we can then review the success of the venture for the New Year.

An afternoon of Christmas Spirit

This will take place on Saturday 5th December at 2.00 – 4.30pm at Welburn Village Hall - Don’t miss our very popular annual event with teas, cake stall, Avon cosmetics , Phoenix cards, other stalls with lots of gift ideas for Christmas together with live entertainment.

New Year's Eve Party

If anyone is interested in having a party in the Village Hall this can be arranged. The party held on 31st December 2007 was a great success with adults and children attending.

To make a viable party, we need at least 48 people to cover the cost of Hall hire and a ceilidh band. The party would be ‘bring and share’ food and drink (no licence). Tickets will be sold by table of 6 adults for £30 and a deposit of £10 made out to Welburn Village Hall is required by Saturday 21st November to Sylvia at Fir Tree House, Main Street, Welburn or ring 01653 619764 or email sylvia.haines@hotmail.co.uk. Your deposit would be returned if the party doesn’t go ahead. Get your friends together to form a table (or two if you’re very popular).

Welburn Lucky Numbers Club

Improvements to the Village Hall are supported by a Lucky Numbers Club.

A maximum of 100 numbers are included in the monthly draw and half the subscriptions are returned as prizes. The last draw took place on Saturday 3rd October and £175 was distributed in prizes. Each number costs £5 per month.

The Village Hall Committee is grateful for residents’ support which has put the finances of the Hall on a firmer footing. If you would like to subscribe to the scheme please contact Sylvia on 01653 619764 or Sandy (01653 619576).

You have to be in it to win it!

Welburn Art Group

We now have 2 trained teachers in watercolour and acrylic painting who give free tuition.

See Societies and Groups page for more details.

Free range eggs – FREE delivery

Harriet (8) and Edward (6) Lyon, of Greets Farmhouse, Welburn, have started a little pocket money business selling free range eggs. £1.25 per half dozen – free delivery to homes in Welburn. 01653 619453

Welburn and District Oil Syndicate

Why not try to save a penny or two a litre on your heating oil purchases by joining the Welburn and District Oil Syndicate?

The scheme works as follows:

I order oil on behalf of the syndicate 6 times a year, the minimum order quantity is 500 litres. You let me know how much you need by the deadline I set and any days in the two weeks following the deadline when you can’t accept delivery.

I phone around for quotes, choose a supplier and order on your behalf and let you know who will deliver at what price and when. It is then up to you to arrange to pay them in advance of delivery. No obligation to buy on every occasion, or to always buy through the syndicate.

I’m happy to accept orders from Welburn, Terrington, Bulmer and Huttons Ambo but could add other nearby villages if oil suppliers will include them.

The next ordering deadlines are, 10th December, 14th January, 25th February, 8th April. Please contact Elaine Gathercole on 01653 619276 for more information.

October 2009

Welburn Village Hall

The Dot Smith room has been decorated with pictures painted by members of the newly formed Welburn Art Group. Have a peep next time you visit the hall.

Details of the Group are on the Societies page.

Reduced Green Bin Collections

Thousands of pounds would be saved and carbon emissions reduced if garden waste bins were only emptied monthly over winter, Ryedale District Council has said.

The council has proposed cutting collections of green waste from fortnightly to monthly over December January and February.

In a report to the community services committee, Phil Long, head of environment at the council, said there would be fewer carbon emissions plus savings on fuel, mileage and overtime.

Currently, Ryedale District Council collects about 900 tonnes of green waste through the summer months, but this drops to about 200 tonnes from December to February.

Staff who would usually work collecting green waste would be redeployed to other duties like gritting and leaf collection. Ryedale Council’s community services committee will discuss the proposal at a meeting on Thursday, September 24.

Article in The Press 23rd September.

September 2009

This historic record provides many facts through a time-line of events and an impressive archive of old photographs. The ‘Personal Memories’ page gives a great in-sight into local social history.

This is an on-going project and the website creators are keen to hear from anyone who might have more information, documents, photographs or personal memories that would add even greater depth to this fascinating online resource.

New Art Group

A new art group has been started in Welburn Village Hall on Thursday mornings starting on Sept 10th.

Full details of this, and all the other groups that are starting up again after the summer break, are on the ‘Societies and Groups’ page. This page now includes details of some groups in the surrounding area that you might like to join.

If you belong to a group that is not listed, please send details to contact@welburn.info and we will include you next month.

Village Hall 'Garden'

The bank alongside Welburn Village Hall needs more plants to stabilise it and to make it more attractive.

Pupils from the village school have planted bulbs along to top of the bank and we were given some plants from Bulmer open Gardens plant stall, but more are needed.

When you are splitting your perennials please bring any surplus to the hall and plant them in the bank. No permission is needed- just use your gardening expertise to choose the best locations.

If you would like to take responsibility for, say, a metre of the bank please contact any member of the committee- details on the Village Hall page.

New local business directory

A new addition to the site this month is the local business directory powered by Brownbook – the FREE directory that ANYONE can edit. If you run a business that serves the needs of Welburn and Crambeck residents please take a few minutes to add your details.

As a customer if you've received exceptionally good service write a review on any business on Brownbook.

In these challenging times we can all help our local micro-economy survive and thrive.

August 2009

Village fights expansion plans

A record number of villagers attended the Parish Council meeting on July 6th to protest at proposals to build a large number of new houses in the village.

The Council had to reply to a Consultation Document on the proposed Ryedale Local Development framework. The large attendance was to ensure that the response reflected the views of the majority of the residents. Opinions varied, but the majority view reflected that expressed in the survey for the parish plan, that only limited organic growth of the village was acceptable.

The chairman, Cllr Michael Cleary, proposed that the council held a special meeting to formulate the response, and a further meeting would be held to table the result. This was accepted.

The council reportedly held an extensive discussion meeting and reconvened formally on July. At this meeting the lengthy reply was read out. No amendments were proposed and the reply was accepted.

Thanks were expressed on behalf of the observers for the diligent work done by the councillors on this crucial topic.

The minutes of the meetings and the text of the response are on the Parish Council page.

Welburn goes online with new community website

Welburn and Crambeck join the growing number of forward-thinking communities that use the internet to communicate to and serve the local population.

Whilst there is no intention to replace traditional newsletters and notices at any time in the foreseeable future your new website will provide more news and useful knowledge of local interest. Some of the content is new but there is a great deal of related information that already exists elsewhere and this will be channelled through this site as live feeds.

This web project is very much a ‘work in progress’ and will evolve over the coming months. To help us deliver an online resource of real value to your local community we ask your help to shape its future. Please take a few minutes to complete a simple online survey and add your ideas and comments. Everyones opinion counts and the results of this survey will tell us what really matters to you.

If you have a news story or wish to contribute text/photo content please e-mail: contact@welburn.info

The site was created by local graphic designer Steve Serowka who with his wife Stella run Welburn Lodge Bed & Breakfast. Steve moved his graphic design business Shoepepper from London to Welburn Lodge four years ago where he now works for a number of large multi-national clients in the south and mainland Europe. 

Crambeck Village

A part of Welburn parish, but separated from the main village by the A64 is Crambeck Village.    

Once the home of Castle Howard reform school, Crambeck was converted to a housing development in 1989.  New houses were built on some parts of the site, whilst existing buildings including the Chapel, classrooms and dormitories were converted into homes. The village has a tennis court and paddocks and has exceptionally well tended gardens and communal grounds. A few original cottages are nestled at the bottom of the hill close to the railway line and River Derwent.  

Further information is on the village web site www.crambeckvillage.com