Ryedale | Archive | 2003 | July
GAMEKEEPER Michael Richardson is to receive two long service awards. more...
MARK Rothko became one of America's most celebrated painters. Born in Russia in 1903, his family moved to America ten years later. His early work was figurative but he became an early force in the development of abstract expressionism. more...
LOUIS XIV, the Sun King, wants his palace at Versailles to be the envy of the world. The pinnacle of this achievement is to be the great Hall of Mirrors, but only mirror makers from Mirano in Venice are capable of undertaking the work. more...
William is well on his way, to be grown up he'll have his say more...
JOHN is off for a week's fishing in Scotland. I have been told which ducks are hatching off, the calves that need keeping an eye on and not to forget to watch out for sheep with twitchy bottoms, as they are bound to be showing the first signs of maggots. And I thought they had been watching the latest pilates video and toning their rear ends to ensure a firm posterior for appreciative tups in the autumn. more...
Re: A64 - Section between Welburn and Malton. more...
SOME interesting information to hand from Gordon Feaster, of Scarborough, on the subject of Empire Day, amongst which he has written out three verses of the Empire Day Song, which was sung each year at an Eastbourne School and, I expect, at many more. It was last celebrated, at Norton School, as far as my memory takes me, in possibly 1934, and I wondered if we actually sang it also. It begins: "What can I do for England/That does so much for me." Does it ring a bell with anyone? more...
THE 2003 Thirsk Festival gets underway this weekend with a nine-day programme of events. more...
A LUTTONS father is to lead a coast-to-coast walk to aid two cancer charities in gratitude for treatment he received as a victim of the disease. more...
A PROPOSED multi-thousand pound study into the building of a sports centre and athletics track in the Malton and Norton area has been delayed until funding is found. more...
WARM afternoon sunshine embraced Scampston Park as if to bestow a blessing upon the return of livestock to the Malton Show. more...
AN HISTORIC village is launching a protection group to maintain its ancient parish church. more...
KIRKBYMOORSIDE Town Band is celebrating the continuation of its remarkable record of success by becoming the overall winner of the Yorkshire and Humberside Brass Band Association's Marching Contest, held last weekend in Easingwold. more...
WORRIED residents have spelled out their health fears over RAF Fylingdales to Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram. more...
WAR has been declared on the state of footpaths in Malton and Norton by one of the new members of Ryedale District Council. more...
CELEBRITY cook, countryside campaigner and "Fat Lady" Clarissa Dickson Wright will be at Castle Howard on the weekend of July 19-20 for filming of BBC's One Man and His Dog. more...
THE only certain outcome from last week's 24-hour-a-day negotiations in Luxembourg has been a welcome windfall to its hoteliers and restaurateurs who enjoyed an unprecedented boost in their income at our expense. more...
AMATEUR dramatists in Ryedale will have audiences rolling the aisles this week - and helping to buy facilities for their local communities. more...
THE National Farmers' Union has welcomed what it calls a "historic" deal to reform the Common Agricultural Policy. more...
TWO cases of potato blight have been confirmed in the district, reports the British Potato Council. more...
ONE of the NFU's newest appointments in North Yorkshire is looking forward to the challenge of swapping the car industry for CAP reform and other farming concerns. more...
AN Australian university farming expert gave advice to Ryedale farmers at a leading dairy farm on the edge of the North York Moors National Park last week and encouraged them to re-think their grazing system. more...
ANTI-GM campaigners have welcomed the agreement by Ryedale councillors that the district should become a "GM crop-free zone". more...
VIRGIN boss Sir Richard Branson and the Red Arrows will be paying tribute to the "father" of aeronautics, Sir George Cayley, on Saturday at a day of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the first manned flight which happened at Brompton-by-Sawdon. more...
ONE of Ryedale's best-known and liked figures, Alan Farnaby, has died. more...
THE lack of affordable housing in Helmsley is hampering businesses in the town because staff are having to be employed from well outside the area, say councillors. more...
ANCIENT churches in Ryedale have become a major new tourist attraction in the district in a new multi-funded scheme being pioneered by the Yorkshire Tourist Board. more...
MALTON and Norton Golf Club member Andrew Shipley shot his first hole-in-one recently, while playing in a national competition with fellow Malton member Eddie Ruddock. more...
A marvellous week for the Wombles saw them cruise into the final of the Welford Cup and brush aside second-placed Seamer to maintain their stranglehold at the top of the table. more...
Ryedale Beckett League - Division Three, Ryedale 153 for 5 bt Westow 131 all out by 22 runs. A REMARKABLE occurence took place last week when Westow were reduced from 131 for 3 to 131 all out thanks mainly to two hat-tricks in the space of nine balls from two Ryedale bowlers. more...
SIR Sandrovitch, who last week registered a remarkable three wins in five days, will bid to extend his sequence at Beverley on Saturday. more...
York and District Senior League round-up. PICKERING kept in touch with the front runners last Saturday when they produced the biggest win of the day in the premier divison, beating Clifton Alliance by 115 runs at home. more...
THORNTON-le-Dale Primary School is celebrating after it won the Yorkshire Schools Orienteering Championship in what was very much a family affair. more...
Deuce! Orange, please. Let! Let what? Love! Oh I'm flattered. more...
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