Welcome to the Rosedale blog. This is where we share news and information about events in Rosedale and the wider community throughout the year. You’ll also find news about the village timetable, our micro enterprises, school events, clubs, and lively socials.
A number of events around the dale are taking place to celebrate HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Most of the events are in aid of the Save Rosedale Abbey Church Appeal and you can contribute directly during the week at the events or by BACS payment to Save Rosedale Abbey Church, account no 35397892, sort code 05-05-70 at Virgin Money.
Some images from the celebrations in the dale are below:
The Rev David Haddon-Reece opening the week of events and celebrations – I June 2022The Opening Concert, with the Dalesmen Singers – 1 JuneCrafting in the Church with Jo Tomlin – 2 JuneSinging The National Anthem – 2 June John Lane at the spinning wheel, 2 JuneHappy Souvenir! 2 June 2022The Tea Tent with a very colourful spread on show!Sue Turner, winner of the Victoria Sponge competition, 2 June .Clare Haynes leading the Moorland Voices choir on Thursday 2 JuneThursday 2 June, late evening and waiting expectantly on Bank Top for the Jubilee Beacon to be lit …… and Ignition! Thanks to the great design and engineering skills of Anthony Davies and Richard Dent.The Beacon Crew – Anthony Davies (electrics), Richard Dent (metalwork) and Harry Wilson (rigging)Arts and Crafts Festival – 3 June 2022Arts and Crafts leaf printing workshop, led by Linda Blackburne – 3 JuneDemonstrating spinning yarn on a hand reel, 3 June.The Moorland Voices choir performing again on FridayRichard Haynes from the Moorland Voices explains the workings of the hurdy-gurdy to some visitors – Friday 3 JuneUnusual Cricket Pitch Markings!The Updale versus Downdale Cricket Teams – 3 June 2022Cricketing Action, 3 June – an Updale batsman gets a hit and it is believed that Downdale were the eventual winners!Arts and Crafts, 4 June – Button Making ClassArts and Crafts, 4 June – Linda Chambers and Lorraine Dale’s Jewellery WorkshopProsecco and Pizza in The Park, 4 June – The Bar Team – Anne Brown, Margaret Bradbury and Jen Black – with some thirsty customersProsecco and Pizza in The Park, 4 June – margherita, meat feast, pepperoni or mediterranean?Prosecco and Pizza in The Park, 4 June – The charity cake stall for the sweeter toothed!Arts and Crafts, 5 June – CrochetingJubilee 22, 5 June – Picnic and Sports, The Dean Parker family with Julie AldersonMore hardy picnickersThe Mitchells enjoying the drizzle!The rain made the ground slippery for some!Sack Race LevitationParental assistance in the Egg and Spoon Race!The Finale to The Sports Events – Sam Raw umpires the Tug-of-WarCheers! Arts and Crafts Festival Committee with some volunteers celebrating a job well doneArts and Crafts Festival Concert 9 June – John Lane and Richard Haynes providing some soothing West Coast jazzArts and Craft Festival Concert 9 June – Trevor Dale helping out with the raffleArts and Craft Festival Concert 9 June – Ross McWhirter raising the volume levels!
The excellent concert on 9 June in the church was a fitting finale to a very successful Platinum Jubilee week in Rosedale. Congratulations and thanks to all who organised the many events and to all the volunteers who helped run them so well. Many visitors commented on on the bright and friendly atmosphere in the village throughout the period and Rosedale can be proud of its tribute to HM The Queen and its efforts in raising much needed funds for the church’s restoration. The Church Treasurer is now drawing breath and will publish the financial results shortly. Remember, you can continue giving at any time to this vital effort, either in the boxes in the church itself or by BACS to Save Rosedale Abbey Church at Virgin Money account number 35397892, sort code 05-05-70
Afternote: the final amount for the church appeal raised after costs is a magnificent £4,530! Again, well done to all involved.
Supper Theatre at The Coach House Inn – 21 February 2018
Save Rosedale Abbey Church Appeal – 2018 Calendar
As part of the appeal to raise funds to save St Mary and St Lawrence Church in Rosedale Abbey, a 2018 calendar has been produced which will be on sale at Rosedale Show on 19 August in the Rosedale History Society tent on Row F and also in the Church Tea Tent by the entrance to the main ring, for £10 a copy with envelope.
A high quality, full colour calendar showing scenes of Rosedale throughout the year.
The calendar is a lovely reminder of Rosedale and will make an ideal Christmas present, so please make an effort to buy at least one to help us raise the funds for the urgent repairs needed to the church.
The calendar will also be on sale at the church repair appeal coffee morning at the Coach House Inn on Saturday 2 September between 10.00 and 12.00 am – please make a note of the time and date for your diaries.
Invitation – Andy Goldsworthy – Hanging Stones Project
The David Ross Foundation invites you to Westerdale Village Hall for a public talk by internationally renowned artist Andy Goldsworthy.
A chance to hear the artist speak about his wider practice and his ‘Hanging Stones’ project in Northdale Valley, North Yorkshire Moors.
Thursday 6th July 2017
6.30pm
Westerdale Village Hall,Whitby YO21 2DT
All welcome, seating available on a first come first served basis
The Tree House
The Burnt Tree
The Ochre or Okker Wall
Heather Heaven
Aine Howe Cross
A wonderful bloom of heather across the moors this year, but come soon as it wont’t last long!
Published in the Yorkshire Post on 26 August.
Ebenezer Cottage – Northdale
The annoying sea fret over the last few days has thankfully disappeared! Taken at Ebenezer Cottage in Northdale, once the home of a retired ironstone miner called Jack Spencely, and published in The Yorkshire Post of 6 June 2016.
Ebenezer Cottage in Northdale
Royal Scarecrows – Rosedale Community School
You are invited to enter a scarecrow in the
ROYAL-THEMED SCARECROW COMPETITION
at the QE2 Birthday Celebration
in Rosedale Abbey on Sunday 12th June
Scarecrows can be full-scale or miniatures.
Entries to be displayed on the Village Green
on the day.
£20 first prize and 2 runner-up prizes!
Artists In Rosedale
Artists in Rosedale, making the best of the fine weather.
A group of fourteen artists from Grimsby and Cleethorpes were in Rosedale Abbey on Sunday 12 July, under the tutelage of Leslie Treacher of Leslie Treacher Painting Holidays, based at the Mustard Seed Gallery in Cleethorpes (01472 200338)
Fortunately for the water colourists in the group the weather was fine if a little blowy!
Hillside Message – Tour de Yorkshire
Well, it’s up! The message is revealed as ‘North York Moors’ and can be seen on the hillside at Greenbank off the Knott Road, although a better view can seen from Daleside Road (on the way to School Row and Hill Cottages). Or better still with a private helicopter!
Welcome to the Tour de Yorkshire
The fragile beauty of luxury glass craft… Yorkshire style
Kate with one of the landscape bowls – picture by Tony Bartholomew
Kate Jones of Gillies Jones Glass, with landscape bowls which will be seen in the Crafted: Makers of the Exceptional exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts.
Work by Yorkshire glassmakers Gillies Jones will be seen in a showcase celebrating the work of the UK’s leading craftmakers.
Rosedale glassmakers, Stephen Gillies and Kate Jones, are appearing in the exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts, as alumni of the Crafted mentoring programme run by Walpole, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to further the interests of the British luxury industry. They are showing five large pieces of glass, each decorated with a landscape inspired by their surroundings in the North York Moors National Park.
The showcase, which runs from Thursday to Saturday, is free of charge to visit and open to all.
Ms Jones said: “We’re delighted to be selected as part of this prestigious showcase of contemporary craft, showing our work alongside 30 makers across the disciplines in a unique cultural organisation: a place where art is made, exhibited and debated.”
The Crafted programme was founded four years ago to
protect and promote traditional skills that are often forgotten
and overlooked in an era of digital design and mass production.
