The coffee morning at the Coach House Inn in Rosedale Abbey on Saturday 1 August raised the magnificent sum of £450 in aid the of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Jayne Scott of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service gave a short presentation on the duties of first responders, followed by some practical training:

Linda Dagg, our local CFR coordinator, thanks all who attended and contributed so well to the cake sale and raffle and also Daphne Hebron and the staff of the Coach House for hosting the event.

Anyone who would like to volunteer should contact Linda on ldagg@moorsweb.co.uk for more information on the CFR scheme.

From Anthea:

Another great day for Rosedale when Charlotte Seller, of the Old Police House, married Captain Kenneth Neilson of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment. After the wedding, the couple will be honeymooning in an undisclosed destination in Thailand, before setting up home in Andover where Kenneth is a staff officer in the Army Inspectorate, part of Army Headquarters there.

A group of fourteen artists from Grimsby and Cleethorpes were in Rosedale Abbey on Sunday 12 July, under the tutelage of Leslie Treacher of Leslie Treacher Painting Holidays, based at the Mustard Seed Gallery in Cleethorpes (01472 200338)

Fortunately for the water colourists in the group the weather was fine if a little blowy!

Ena Dent from Rosedale Parish Council holding the new trophy with Emma Towning from North Yorkshire County Council and Janet Frank form Ryedale District Council, at the Coach House Inn where the trophy is on display until midday Friday 17 April.

Hurrah for Butcher’s Row for their great display of bunting ahead of the festivities on 1 May! Now for the rest of the village?

Keep It Clean – just what Les Barker has been doing for us here in Rosedale for years and today, Friday 6 February, was his last day on duty before retirement.

We wish Les all the very best for his retirement and send him our grateful thanks.

He says he will be back for the show this year so there will be a chance to buy him a pint or two then!

All were in fine voice on Monday evening helped along by some excellent mulled cider and delicious mince pies. A sum of £105 was raised for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, so many thanks to all who contributed and to Diane Crawford and Linda Chambers for organising the event again this year. And, of course, to Ann Wright for the use of her facilities!

A Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year to all our readers.

Work is well underway to repair the water damage to the church ceiling. No firm estimate yet when all the work will be completed, but watch this space.

The Centenary of the outbreak of W.W.I was marked with a Remembrance Day service and laying of wreaths on behalf of the benefice and the community.  The church was full of people from all five churches.

Pic shows Rosedale & Hartoft W.I. with the Vicar, Michael Sinclair.