The annual show (every August) is run by the Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society. This year will include Cattle, Goats, Heavy Horses, Ponies, jumping, local produce, Rabbits, Vintage Tractors & Scarecrows and much more. More details to follow soon on the Rosedale Show’s website.
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On 15th April (Monday) Archbishop Sentamu is coming to Lastingham and will conduct a service in the Church at 11.30am. Everyone is welcome and there are refreshments afterwards in the village hall.
He is a very charismatic figure and does a jolly good service.
Twenty intrepid carollers sang all the old favourites by the village Christmas Tree on a drizzly Saturday evening, fortified by quantities of mulled wine and mince pies.
Carols in the misty drizzle.
Ding Dong Merrily On High!
Don’t forget there is the traditional Midnight Service in the Church of St Mary and St Laurence on Christmas Eve starting at 11.30pm.
A film crew were operating in the churchyard on Saturday. Apparently our church was substituting for Selby Abbey. No other detail as everything was supposed to be hush-hush, so if anyone else has got information please comment below!
The tea boy in action – nothing changes.
For those in the village who may have wondered what all the noise was in the graveyard today, the NYMNP conservation volunteers were carrying out the annual clearance of the conservation section of the site in preparation for the re-sowing of wild flowers.
Clearing the site in preparation for resowing.
For anyone interested in joining in the valuable work of the National Park conservation volunteers please contact Jo Leckenby, Volunteer Service Assistant on 01439 770657 or j.leckenby@northyorkmoors-npa.gov.uk
Two very well known harpists gave an excellent concert in St Mary and St Lawrence Church on Friday 17 August, the eve of the Rosedale Show. In the first half, Fiona Katie Roberts played exciting, rhythmical African and Arabic inspired pieces, manly composed by her husband David, on her unique quadruple harp. For more information see www.tripleharps.com
Fiona Katie and her quad harp.
In the second half Mark Harmer, the most ‘visited’ harpist on the internet, played a selection of traditional Welsh and Swedish pieces, two modern Italian compostitions and ended with four pieces by the legendary Irish harpist Thurlough O’Carolan. See Mark on www.youtube.com/markharmer
Mark Harmer and his Elysian Harp
Also many thanks to Penny Leask and Anthea Reid for organising the excellent refreshments enjoyed by an appreciative audience at the interval. A great start to the Show!
The Two Harpists
Unlike the river pageant in London yesterday, Rosedale Abbey was blessed with wonderful sunny weather for our festivities at the Turret Field on Monday 4 June to mark HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. There was a scarecrow competition, bouncy castle along with tea, plants, tombola and cake stalls as well as face painting and biscuit decoration stands along with the usual raffle and all organised with excellent efficiency by Kath Wallace and Nicola Johnson and their team. The Rosedale History Society had an extensive exhibition in the church and the good weather also brought out the crowds of visitors from the the caravan and camp sites as well as day trippers using the Moorbus service.
The Royal Family with retainers, made by the Abbey Stores team
The crowd enjoying the sunshine and the tasty teas from the WI tent
John Ronald Myers, at two weeks old the youngest inhabitant of the dale, with his mother Steph. He was presented with his Jubilee Mug by Mary Boddy whose family have lived in the dale for at least seven generations
A very regal Queen, made by No16 Rosedale, took first place in the scarecrow competition
A pensive Prince of Wales in second place - made by the Rosedale Art Group
Not to be out done, the pets featured in third place in the scarecrow competition, made by the team from Abbey Stores
Lots of research in the Rosedale History Society exhibition
Almost like being at the dentist - a young visitor about to be painted up for the day.
Linda Blackburne at the plant stall, doing good business now that proper gardening weather has arrived
Mary Boddy presenting a Jubilee Mug to John Dent, the village caretaker, with Sam Dring looking on.
Four new trees, a yew, silver birch, rowan and a holly are being planted in the Rosedale Abbey church yard to replace two other trees that were cut down some years before.
The Rev Alastair Ferguson, vicar of the Lastingham benefice and Anthea Read, the church warden
Kevin Atkinson admiring his handiwork, having planted and staked up a silver birch
For visitors to this site from outside the dale, we’ve had our first proper frost of the winter. Showing the St Mary and St Lawrence churchyard with the war memorial centre right.
The Village Churchyard with War Memorial
Congratulations
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| OCTOBER: this autumnal image ”York Minster from the North East” was taken from the city walls and comes from the portfolio of Patrick Chambers of Rosedale Abbey. More of Patrick’s work can be seen at www.flickr.com/photos/hectorpatrick |
