As we are heading into the usual Christmas busy period it would be useful to have some dates in your diaries to help plan for the season:

Saturday 29 November, from 8.00 pm – Christmas Charity Auction, Coach House Inn

Sunday 30 November, 8.00pm – Pub Quiz, Coach House Inn

Saturday 6 December, 10.00am to 12.00 am – Coffee Morning, Coach House Inn, in aid of the Rosedale History Archive

Sunday 7 December, 2.00 to 4.00pm – Rosedale History Archive Tea and Chat, Updale Reading Room

Sunday 7 December, 8.00pm – Pub Quiz, Coach House Inn

Tuesday 9 December, 4.00pm – Father Christmas Visit to Rosedale Abbey, School Gates

Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12 to 14 December – Christmas Tree Festival, Rosedale Abbey Church from 11.00am to 7.00pm each day. Light refreshments will be available in the church throughout each day and the festival will culminate with a carols service on Sunday at 5.30pm accompanied with mince pies and mulled cider.

Sunday 14 December, 8.00pm – Pub Quiz, Coach House Inn

Friday 19 December time TBC – Church Carol Service, Rosedale Abbey

Sunday 21 December, 8.00pm – Pub Quiz, Coach House Inn

Sunday 28 December 8.00pm – Pub Quiz, Coach House Inn

If you have any other major dates you think need including email hpmc27@hotmail.com

The first planning meeting for the Rosedale Christmas Tree Festival 2025 will be held in Abbey Stores on Wednesday 24 September at 7.00pm. All who are interested in helping and/or exhibiting are most welcome. Enquiries to Sam Dring on 01751 417237.

The coffee morning in the Coach House Inn on Saturday 6 September from 10.00 to 12.00am will be in aid of the Rosedale Church Appeal.

There will be a cake and produce sale as well as the ever popular raffle, along with good coffee and company so Dave and the team at the Coach House look forward to welcoming you.

The new Rosedale calendar has just been published, containing landscapes, people and wildlife of the dale taken by seven local photographers and is sold in aid of the Rosedale church appeal fund.

The calendar is available in Abbey Stores in Rosedale Abbey at £10 a copy and will be on sale in the Rosedale History Archive tent at Rosedale Show on 16 August. Further sale outlets will be notified here shortly.

The appeal stands at around £100,000, an outstanding achievement for such a small parish, and work on stabilising the roof is expected to start shortly once architects plans are finally approved; however, the total cost for all the works necessary is thought now to be over £200,000 so bids are being placed with the appropriate finding bodies. As the advert says ‘every little bit helps’ so your contributions will be very welcome!

Calling all Rosedale residents, past & present.

A Rosedale Recipe Book ….

Can you help by providing us with a recipe or two of your favourite dishes, savoury and sweet, to be included in a recipe book? All funds raised will go towards Rosedale Abbey Church Appeal. To request full details please go to: rosedalerecipes@outlook.co

The Make, Bake and Grow Show and the Sheep Show were held on the Turret Field, in the church and on the Milburn Field on Saturday afternoon, 20 August 2022. Blessed by warm weather, all parts of the event turned out to be very well attended by local folk and visitors alike.

The church element is expected to make a substantial sum for the church repair fund (Afternote: £848.00 was raised, an excellent result ).

The Bake, Make and Grow organising group would like to thank everyone who helped at or attended their event held in the Turret field on Saturday 20th August. 

The amazing support from both the local community and visitors helped to make the day a wonderful success. 

After paying expenses, monies raised will be donated to the Reading Room, the school, the church, the community fund and to mountain rescue. 

Thank you!

Heartfelt thanks to all who organised, helped out and donated to this very successful event. With luck and a strong community effort it is hoped that there will be a full Rosedale Show again in 2023.

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 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.