Ryedale | Archive | 2002 | February
WHO are these optimists who keep insisting Malton's Roman heritage will become a major tourist attraction? There is absolutely no evidence it would or could attract even a trickle of visitors (or a few big spenders) to boost the town's ailing economy. more...
I had a patient, a young fresh-faced lad, called Johnathen who had given up a good job in journalism to become a Buddhist monk. more...
A HOST of top drivers are set to descend on Pickering for the 2002 Kall Kwik National Rally this Sunday. more...
THE PRINCE of Wales has expressed his delight at the saving of a Ryedale pub. more...
For a bit of informative light reading the Highway Code is always a good bet. It is a useful little booklet to carry in the car should you ever need to while away some enforced waiting time. I was trying to find the criteria for 30mph and 40mph restrictions insofar as street lighting is concerned, for I have never quite agreed with the necessity of the tiny 40mph stretch between the railway bridge at the Orchard Fields and its other end near Hardcastle's Pit on Old Malton Road. I believe it's something to do with the spacing of street lamps, but couldn't find exactly what. However, now that my stop-watch has come back from adjustment, I have been able to do a little testing, and this raises an interesting point. Leaving Malton at the proper 30mph, one is allowed to increase speed to 40mph over this short distance, to the outskirts of Old Malton, where one must drop back to 30mph. Doing this without any conflicting traffic takes, in round figures, 35 seconds! more...
MOST of the family is suffering from coughs, colds, sneezes and diseases, and that includes many of the animals on the farm. more...
"As soon as I could toddle, I would take myself off and sit on the line-side fence and watch the trains go by. I was the archetypal trainspotter, I think, with my pencil and notebook." more...
I love `Reader's Letters more...
PICKERING residents packed the town's prestigious Memorial Hall last weekend to mark the first anniversary of its re-opening following the £847,000 redevelopment. more...
A RYEDALE businessman who has opened two successful fashion shops in Malton since moving into the town six months ago, and this week launched a new enterprise, scooped the award for entrepreneur of the year for the twin towns of Malton and Norton. more...
A GIANT street party being planned for the Market Place in Pickering aims to get into the Guinness Book of Records. more...
THE PLIGHT of Norton's beleagured town centre shopping could soon be improving with the launch of a new business enterprise scheme. more...
SCARBOROUGH'S Shrove Tuesday celebrations which date back several centuries, attracted thousands of people taking part in the seafront skipping festival and the now annual pancake races through the town centre. But town centre manager Margaret Inglesant gave this year's races a novel new look - using woks instead of frying pans, because the day coincided with the Chinese New Year. Some 23 teams took part in the Pancake Olympics after being started by the Mayor, Coun Lucy Haycock who had earlier rung the ancient pancake bell to signal the time when the pancakes were traditionally cooked. more...
PLANS to build houses in an idyllic Ryedale village have been cautiously approved by councillors. more...
I AM sorry if the ongoing saga is getting tedious but despite Lord Whitty's belated announcement that markets could open from last Monday, February 11, I am afraid there will be relatively few that are willing and able to do so. more...
A NEW scheme with £3.4m in funds to help farm community businesses has been established by North Yorkshire County Council. more...
BATA has recently appointed Steven Clarke as chief executive. Mr Clarke, who is based at BATA's new offices at Amotherby, succeeds Colin Coates who retired in January after more than 30 years service. more...
A LUCKY school pupil is proving his worth around his family's farm - and it's all thanks to his new "toy". more...
RYEDALE residents are being urged to protest against proposed increases of 10pc in their council tax bills. more...
Parking charges look set to go up for the first time in three years. But a bid to ditch parking discs in the district should be abandoned, say members of Ryedale council's community services and licensing committee. Members slammed fellow councillors sitting on the policy and resources committee which, last month, voted to abolish short-stay parking discs. more...
FLAMBUOYANT television personality Clarissa Dickson-Wright spent two days with the Saltersgate Farmers' Hunt last week filming for her television series Clarissa and The Countryman. more...
A £1.5M scheme to give a new life to the Milton Rooms in Malton has been agreed by the building's committee. more...
SCHOOLS in Ryedale are being urged to put forward ideas to boost sporting facilities and cash in on a £3.4m handout. more...
THE Malton Racing Association Stables Open Day, abandoned last year because of the foot and mouth epidemic, is back on schedule. more...
FOLLOWING a long period of inaction due to the foot and mouth outbreak, Malton Motor Club drivers are raring to go in this year's Kallkwik Rally in Pickering. more...
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PIKES boss Jimmy Reid has confirmed that the club will not be applying for membership of the UniBond first division should they earn promotion this year. more...
OLD MALTON skipper Mike Dunkley believes his side's next game against Wakefield on Saturday is crucial in their bid for promotion to Yorkshire Four. more...
RYEDALE'S Ian Austermuhle could only finish sixth in Eboracum MC's National Colonial Trial at Rosedale Abbey last Sunday. more...
PUPILS at a Ryedale primary school were over the moon when they learned that they had won a major award in a country-wide wildlife competition. more...
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