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.

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We have a new Vicar !

Rev. Michael Sinclair will be formally sworn in as our new ‘vicar in charge’
on
24th June 2013 7pm at Lastingham Church.

Everyone is welcome to this special service.

Tea and coffee served afterwards.

Any queries please contact Anthea on 417156

Sweet cicely

The warm weather has really brought the flowers on after a slow start.  This Sweet cicely is a lush addition to our verges.  It is similar to Cow parsley but is much more luscious and prefers damper ground but it is it’s aniseed smell that really gives it away.  This picture was taken on the approach to Farmhouse Fodder Tea Garden.  Updale Natural History Recorder
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Sponsored Walk for Ward 16, York Hospital & Stoma’s Nurses

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My daughter Caroline Simpson has organised a Sponsored walk around the old railway track 13.5 miles this Sunday 26th May to raise money for “Ward 16, York Hospital and Stoma’s nurses” 

My Granddaughter Charlotte 9yrs old is walking with mummy and is looking for sponsors. If you could sponsor her for as little as £1-00 for the total walk she will be very grateful.
Thank you.

Kind Regards  Ena Dent ” Grandma Ena”
 
tele. 01751 417506

Primroses or are they?

 Great showing of primroses right now but look closer and some are not what they seem.  Primroses are quite short with open pale yellow flower heads.  A close relative is cowslip, upright on longer stems with almost closed deep yellow flower heads which droop.  And where the two grow together they hybridise and you will find false oxlip, best described as a primrose on a long stalk.  Some great examples on Moor Lane verges south of Hartoft.  image(9)
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Rosedale Church Easter Services

Church services for Easter  are as follows:
 
24th March Palm Sunday 10.30am, coffee etc after service

28th March (Maundy Thursday) 10.30am,

29th March (Good Friday) 3pm

31st March (Easter Day) 10.30am coffee served and easter egg hunt for children

An Updale walk from the Orange Tree

Dale Head Farm

A 3+ mile circular walk along the disused railway, down through a farm and back along the road.

Turn right out of the front door and after 100 yards, turn first left up the farm track. (footpath signposted)

Proceed straight up through the farmyard, through the gate and following the limestone chippings track, past the old engine shed, turning left then right onto the level of the old railway line. (You can see The Orange Tree and the road down to your left)

Follow this track for about a mile and a half.

You will shortly pass 2 sets of kilns where the iron ore was purified before being taken away by rail to Teesside. During the walk you will see other remains of the mining industry which was active in Rosedale between 1860 and 1927, when over 3,000 people worked and lived here. (There are now less than 300!)

The row of 8 cottages coming up the hillside is Florence Terrace and was originally 52, where over 1,000 people slept in shifts.

Look for the wood running down from the path to a farm with lots of old vehicles in the field. Stay on the path until you have passed the trees (you will cross a ravine with steep drops each side) and you will see a rutted track to the left heading down to the farm, alongside the wood.

Follow this keeping to the fence at the left, down the side of the farmyard to the road.

Turn left and follow this road back to The Orange Tree.

After about a mile look for “The Stables”, which was home for the Pit Ponies when the mines were in full swing.

The Protected Status of National Parks is Under Threat

HM Government E-petition
The protected status of National Parks is under threat. Please sign our e-petition to show your support for keeping our National Parks safe.

National Parks are designated to provide protection to our most beautiful and cherished landscapes. They provide spaces for nature and people to thrive and connect.  We believe they should be protected and enhanced for people to experience and enjoy.

The Government has recently presented the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, which includes proposals to suspend the protection afforded to National Parks for the installation of broadband infrastructure, mainly through the installation of overhead telecoms cables, for a period of five years.

The Government claims that the current protection is delaying the installation of broadband, but they have failed to demonstrate that this is the case. On the contrary, there are plenty of examples of how superfast broadband is being delivered to the most remote locations in ways that are sympathetic to the environment and our most precious landscapes.

We are calling on the Government to remove Clause 8 from the Growth and Infrastructure Bill.  The proposal represents a dangerous precedent, and implies that protective designations are only for when times are good.  We believe that during the tough times, those of pressure and uncertainly, that the protection of National Parks is more important than ever. The Bill is progressing quickly through the parliamentary process, already in the House of Lords, and we need your urgent support to ensure new laws removing National Park protection are not passed.  We want to stop the installation of unnecessary and unsightly overhead telecoms cabling in National Parks.

Communities have worked closely with regulators over many years to fund and implement programmes to underground unsightly overhead power lines.  Ofgem has recently announced £500m to underground electricity transmission lines in National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and £60m has already been allocated to putting electricity distribution lines underground.   The Government’s proposals are a false economy.  Resources saved now represent huge costs for future generations to repair the damage.

There are a number of other things you could do to support our campaign:

1. Post a link to our e-petition on your social networks or blog.
2. Forward this email to people that you know, who will want to help too.
3. Raise the issue with your local Member of Parliament.

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White Horse Farm Inn is OPEN !

Chimney Bank is closed above the White Horse Farm in.

Yorkshires Pub of the Year is accessible from the village.

Winter Opening Hours as follows:-

Monday & Tuesday – Closed all day
Wednesday – Open from 5pm
Thursday – Open from 5pm
Friday, Saturday & Sunday – From 12.00 noon Open all day

EXCEPT

Monday 24 December -  From 12.00 noon Open all day
Tuesday 25 December – Open from 12.00 noon to 3.30pm

and

Monday 31 December – Open all day from 12.00 noon
Tuesday 1 January – Open all day from 12.00 noon

Then back to winter hours.

We have a pre – christmas party  booking on Saturday 15th Dec and the customers have booked Foxy DJ!! Everybody welcome, please come along and help them celebrate with a real Rosedale tunout!