Dear friends,
Forthcoming services
Mid-week, Wednesday: 10.00 am Lastingham Crypt, Holy Communion
Next Sunday, July 14th.
9.15 am Appleton Holy Communion (me),
with Banns for Daniel Feaster and Maura Partridge (to be married at Cropton on August 10th)10.45 am Lastingham Holy Communion (Revd Christine),
with Banns for Steven Brace and Linda Ann Blackburne (to be married at Rosedale on August 3rd)6.00 pm Cropton Evensong (Reader Mike Stallybrass)
Please remember the wedding couples in your prayers as they prepare.
TONIGHT
7.00 pm Cropton: Concert by Clare’s Choir Moorland Voices. She promises an eclectic programme with some audience participation
And two dates for your diary:
August 17th Rosedale Show
August 27th 2.00 pm Cropton Annual Garden Fête in the Village Hall in aid of church funds
With blessings and prayers,
Revd David
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 ‘Social Events’ Category
COFFEE MORNING AND TEA AND CHAT – 1 & 2 JUNE 2024
Just a reminder that the Coffee Morning in the Coach House Inn in aid of the Reading Room/Village Hall is on Saturday 1 June from 10 to 12am with the usual cake sales and raffle and that the Rosedale History Archive quarterly Tea and Chat Meeting will be in the Village Hall in Updale from 2 to 4pm on Sunday 2 June where a host of historical archive material; will be available to peruse and also some excellent tea and cakes will be available! Both events are free to enter but donations would be appreciated to help the annual running costs of both organisations.
COFFEE MORNING – 4 MAY 24
The Coffee Morning to be held in the Coach House Inn, Rosedale Abbey, on Saturday 4 May from 10am to 12am will be in aid of our local Search and Rescue Team
The team will have one of their vehicles on show and members will be able to demonstrate some of their rescue techniques.
All are welcome to come and support this essential service to our community and, of course, for the usual excellent coffee and biscuits provided by the Coach House Team and for the cake sale and raffle to follow.
ROSEDALE OWLS TALK – 6 MARCH 2024
Over seventy people attended a very interesting talk on Rosedale’s barn owls, held in St Mary and St Lawrence Church on Wednesday 6 March. The event was in aid of the Save Rosedale Church Appeal and raised the magnificent sum of £978 from donations and an auction of a print of owlets on an owl box.
Heartfelt thanks to the volunteers who set up and hosted this very successful evening.
BROWNIE’S 80th BIRTHDAY!
Coincidently, around 80 people from the village and dale gathered in the Coach House In on Friday 19 January 2024 to celebrate Ian ‘Brownie’ Brown’s 80th birthday. It was a well kept surprise and Brownie took a few minutes to recover after his arrival!
Thanks to Dave Oakey and his team in the Coach House Inn for their splendid hosting of the event and to Jan Baker for her coordination of all the details.
CAROLS ON THE GREEN ’23 – 22 DECEMBER
Around 40 locals and visitors joined in singing carols, encouraged by mulled cider and mince pies, on Friday. As a result over £270 was raised for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, for which heartfelt thanks to all for your generosity.
Also our thanks to Graig and Helen at Abbey Stores for their help with setting up the event and to James at Graze on The Green for his ever excellent mince pies!
And finally, best wishes for a Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year to all our readers, here and abroad.
ROSEDALE SHOW SOCIETY DINNER – 8 DECEMBER 2023
Fifty four members of the Show Committee and their guests sat down to a delicious pie and pudding supper in the Coach House Inn on Friday night, 8 December. Mr Arthur Yeoman, this year’s President, was the guest of honour. Sam Dring, the Committee Chair, gave a summary of the 2023 show and thanked all who had helped make it a most successful event after an enforced gap of three years.
Planning is already well underway for the next show which is due to be held on Saturday 17 August 2924. As ever, the Committee asks that people note the date and if they can help out in any way prior to and on the day of the Show to contact any member of the Committee.
Finally, thanks again to the staff of the Coach House for hosting us all to an excellent evening.
NRAS COFFEE MORNING – 2 DECEMBER 2023
The following letter was received from the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Association regarding the funds raised at the Coffee Morning on Saturday 2 December:
Thanks again to all who contributed and donated raffle prizes, coffee money and other donations and to all who helped run this very successful event.
A message from NRAS –
I am delighted to confirm that £550 was received into our charity bank account on 5th December 2023.Please pass on our grateful thanks to the Rosedale residents and coffee morning regulars for their generosity. It looks like it was a very successful event and such a lovely way to honour the lives of your friends Ann and Linda.
Your support will make a real difference to the lives of those living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Wishing you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.
Kind regards.
Helen Saich
Senior Trusts and Company Giving Fundraiser
National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS)
CHRISTMAS AUCTION – 25 NOVEMBER 2023
As has become a tradition in Rosedale, the auction in aid of the Rosedale Reading Room/Village Hall was a noisy, crowded and joyful occasion which raised around £3,500 thanks to the outstanding generosity of the donors of auction lots and the uninhibited, highly competitive bidding of those in the audience!
As always huge thanks to Dave Oakey and the team at the Coach House for coping with the onslaught, and to Sue Foster and the auction helpers for an outstanding evening – a great start to Christmas.
CAROLS ON THE GREEN 2023 – 22 DECEMBER 2023
