Rosedale
Abbey

We have had advanced notice from Santa’s PR staff in the Ryedale Lions that he will be visiting Rosedale Abbey again this year and landing in his sleigh near the school gates on Wednesday 14 December at around 4.30pm.

A Service of Remembrance will take place at 10.45 am on Sunday 13 November at the Rosedale War Memorial in the churchyard in Rosedale Abbey. The service will include prayers, the reading-out of names of Rosedale’s fallen, The Invocation, a minutes silence then the Kohima Epitaph followed by wreath laying and the National Anthem. All are most welcome.

The Wool Board truck turned up in Rosedale Abbey on Saturday 5 November 2022 to collect the dale’s wool clip for the year.

AND PLEASE REMEMBER THIS WILL BE THE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THE GREAT ROSEDALE 2023 CALENDAR AT £10 A COPY IN AID OF THE SAVE ROSEDLE CHURCH APPEAL!

The beacon that was used for the HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee has been galvanised and placed in a temporary location on the village green in Rosedale Abbey before it is sited as a permanent memorial to the late Queen Elizabeth’s outstanding 70 year reign.

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.

A Coffee Morning in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research will be held in the Coach House Inn on Saturday 3 September from 1000 to 1200am. There will be a cake sale as well as the ever popular raffle. Also the 2023 Rosedale calendar will be on sale. Entry is free.

The quarterly Rosedale History Society Tea and Chat meeting will be held in the Updale Reading Room on Sunday 4 September from 1400 to 1600pm. Research material on family and social history will be available as well as internet access, along with excellent tea and cakes! Entry is free but a donation to the RHS would be appreciated. Also the new 2023 Rosedale calendar will be available for sale.

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!