A Service of Prayer and Thanksgiving for her late majesty The Queen will be held in St Mary and St Lawrence Church, Rosedale Abbey, on Sunday 18 September at 8.00pm. All are most welcome.
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HM THE QUEEN – SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2022
Rosedale Show
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.
Rosedale Abbey is part of the “This Exploited Land of Iron” Project. Click for more info.
Rosedale Community News
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.
Archive for the ‘History’ Category
ROSEDALE CALENDAR 2023
The popular Rosedale Calendar, in aid of the Save Rosedale Church Appeal, is now available for sale at £10 a copy from Abbey Stores and the Rosedale Caravan Park/camp site shop. Copies will also be available at the Coach House Inn during the coffee morning from 10.00 to 12.00am on Saturday 3 September and also at the Rosedale History Society Tea and Chat in the Updale Reading Room on Sunday 4 September from 14.00 to 16.00 pm.
Don’t delay as these are popular items, ideal as Christmas presents and to send to friends and family living away from Rosedale!
ROSEDALE ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL AND CONCERTS – 1 TO 9 JUNE 2022
A quick summary of events over the Jubilee period as a reminder:
ROSEDALE ART & CRAFT FESTIVAL AND CONCERTS at Rosedale Abbey church in aid of the Save Rosedale Abbey Church appeal.
Wednesday June 1, 7pm, Festival Launch with concert by The Dalesmen Singers. £10 at the door. Refreshments.
Thursday – Sunday June 2-5, 10.00 – 4.00, Art & Craft workers selling a wide range of hand-made quality pieces, workshops and displays. Free entry. Workshops can be pre-booked. See further details on facebook, twitter and www.rosedaleabbey.com
Thursday 2 June 9.45pm – Beacon Lighting on Chimney Bank
Thursday June 9, 7.00pm Concert with jazz musicians John Lane and Richard Haynes, and professional singer and guitarist, Ross McWhirter. £10 at the door. Refreshments.
ROSEDALE HISTORY MEETING on Sunday 5 June, 2.00-4.00 at Updale Reading Room village hall. Our informal, quarterly meetings are open to all for research and discussion. Our large archive covers both social and industrial heritage with photographs, documents and maps. Internet access provided. Refreshments available. Contact rosedalehistory@hotmail.co.uk with any enquiries.
THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE PROGRAMME 2-5 JUNE 2022
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Timetable of Events
‘Royal’ Scarecrows displayed in gardens etc by the weekend of May 28th/29th – See posters around the area.
Bunting decorations around the village and outlying areas. Decorate your windows, gardens, fences.
Thursday 2nd June. Milk Street to be blocked off for safety whilst activities take place centred in the Turret Field.
- 2 pm Meet in the village Turret Field (in fancy dress if you want) with Union Jacks
- Sing the National Anthem
- Design a Crown activity
- Victoria sponge competition (Recipe from the Bero book made from two cakes). Entries by 2:30pm. Judged at 3pm.
- Face Painting
- Treasure Hunt
- Photo Booth style frame
- Teas and Cakes stall. Manned by the WI ladies, but donations of cakes very welcome.
- 9:45pm Beacon lit on Chimney Bank (Beacons lit all over the country). Watch from a vantage point – on the Rigg Road – by the cattle grid on Heygate Bank or wherever you can see. Celebrate!!!
Bells to be rung to herald the event.
Friday 3rd June
- 5pm Cricket Match on the Milburn field. Updale v village. Teams to be organised.
- BBQ at the Coach House afterwards plus music night.
Sunday 5th June 2pm on the Milburn field
- Picnic (Bring your own)
- Sports to start at 3pm
- Awards given out after the Tug of War
Art and Craft displays in the church throughout the Bank Holiday weekend. Please see their posters for details.
‘Where are you today’ Community Record Project. Leaflet handed out to all residents. Date for completion 20th May. PLEASE TRY TO DO THIS AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS SO WE HAVE A RECORD TO KEEP.
ROSEDALE HISTORY SOCIETY MEETINGS 2022
The first of our now quarterly Tea, Chat & History meetings takes place in early March. Please make a note of the dates for 2022: 6 March, 5 June, 4 September and 4 December.
These informal meetings are between 2.00 – 4.00pm. on Sunday afternoons at the Updale Reading Room, Rosedale. The archive will be available to browse and research, and we look forward to welcoming our regulars as well as new visitors.
Any regulations due to the ongoing Covid situation will, of course, be observed. Please contact rosedalehistory@hotmail.co.uk for further information.
PAINTING FOR AUCTION
A chance to win a striking original artwork of Rosedale!
This lovely painting, by professional artist Jo Wiley of Whitby, is offered for auction to raise money for the Save Rosedale Church Appeal.
If you would like to make an offer by sealed bid, please drop your bid price, your name and email/phone number off at The Oaks or Phoenix House, both on Gill Lane or at Thorgill House. The painting has a reserve of £140.00.
The result of the auction will be made at the Moorland Voices choral concert in the church this Friday, 29th October. If you are at the concert, sealed bids can be taken on the night.
Rosedale Abbey Church Fete – 15 August 2021
Rosedale Remembrance 2020
Some twenty five people from around the dale attended a simple, socially distanced Act of Remembrance at the war memorial in Rosedale Abbey churchyard on Sunday 8 November 2020.
After prayers, the names of Rosedale’s Fallen in the Great War, the Second World War and the Korean War were read out, The Last Post and Reveille were sounded and wreaths laid on behalf of the Church, the Parish Council and The Women’s Institute.
The Churchillian Spirit!
Rosedale’s VE Day Commemoration – 8 May 2020
A socially distanced crowd of Rosedale residents attended a short commemoration of the end of the Second World War in Europe, at the war memorial in Rosedale Abbey churchyard. Some scenes from the event (photos by Linda Chambers):
A very special thanks to Charlotte Tomlin for her excellent playing of the Last Post and Reveille (on a bugle she had never played before) and to Rev Christine Haddon-Reece for the Blessing at the end of the ceremony.
It is hoped by the time of VJ Day in late August/early September this year that a proper celebration of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War can be held in the dale, which would also make up for the loss of the show – watch this space.
