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The Grapevine SEAMER & TAME BRIDGE MAGAZINE

No. 139 June 2016 - July 2016

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EDITOR’S NOTES

Let me first apologise for the poor quality printing of the last

edition. Problems with compatibility of different Windows

(10!) versions caused the printing to be done at 90% of the

correct size and thus left bigger margins on the right hand

side of each page. This meant when folded the centres were

misaligned. We hope we have sorted the problem out now. However,

technology problems are something most of us ‘suffer’ from, often with-

out understanding why. I hope you enjoy this edition! The Seamer Show

is the main thing to look forward to, and prepare for, so read on quickly

and get busy!!

The next edition will be August/September and submission of articles to

me by 26th July, please.

Dave Campy

ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH Eucharists at 11.15 on

June 5th and 19th

July 3rd, 17th and 31st

Revd Paul Hutchinson

PARISH COUNCIL NEWS

NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE WARNING

On Wednesday 11th May, door to door sellers were in Thirsk and they

stated they were working for the Police. This was not the case. If you see

something suspicious in your area, call 101.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

We have been asked to circulate the volunteer opportunity below by North

Yorkshire County Council.

Volunteers are being sought to help guide the business of policing in

North Yorkshire and York. Voters have recently re-elected Julia Mulligan

as the North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner and over this next

term, the North Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel will be tasked with

providing an important check and balance on her plans for policing. The

panel is now offering an exciting opportunity for two people from North

Yorkshire or York to join it as co-opted independent members in this next

phase for a four-year term from October 2016. This will include re-

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viewing the commissioner’s budget for policing, the level of council tax

to be set and key appointments such as for a chief constable.

Further information about the role and an application form are available to

download from www.nypartnerships.org.uk/pcprecruitment or by calling

01609532750.The closing date for applications is Friday, June 10th, 2016.

Sheena Spence Yorkshire Local Councils Associations, York House, Outgang Lane, Osbaldwick,

YORK, YO19 5UP. Tel: 01904 436622. Email: admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk.

Website: www.yorkshirelca.gov.uk

HAMBLETON BUSINESS AWARDS

Good Luck to Labman in the Apprenticeship Category.

'POND PARTY' The next stage of uplifting the village pond is to restore its plant world.

With the go ahead from the Parish Council, I have ordered Aquatic plants

from a recommended source, (in excess of 500) for delivery on the 8th

July. Therefore, I am trying to organise a 'Pond Party' on the 9th July in

order to get this large amount of plants to be placed in their rightful

positions. There is also bulbs and seeds to be planted around the borders,

for those who do not wish to wade.

As, by the law of averages, July should be summer!! so about lunch-time

there will a tin of beer or a glass of wine along with snacks, to make this

event a bit of a social gathering too.

Anybody who could offer their services for a couple of hours or for as

long as it takes on this date, would be massively appreciated, could you

please let me know. We have a few pairs of waders available but more

would be more than welcome.

Note that we will be using 25th June as a tidying up day to prepare for

the arrival of all of those plants. So please try to help on one of those

days. Contact me for more details. Thanks

Gill Burton. tel: 713985

[Editor. A big thanks to Gill for all her efforts. Please come and support

her party!]

VILLAGE HALL NEWS AND EVENTS GREENFINGERS (Seamer's Garden Club)

The weather has played havoc with our schedule for the last two months.

We kept arranging to go and see the Daffodils. On the first two attempts

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they were late in opening so it was pointless going; then at the 3rd attempt

the weather was so bad we hid in Cherryhill nursery and had a meal!

Because of the attempted trips to Farndale, we cancelled the May meeting,

In June, we were going to be included in the trip to the Forbidden Garden,

which has had to be cancelled due to lack of interest.

So now the Pooled Supper and Plant swap is the June meeting on the 14th.

JULY WE WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCE SHOW SO DUST

YOUR ROSES AND FEED YOUR VEG.

September ? Visit to the Transporter and 'Salthome' - to be arranged.

October 11th Pumpkin carving

November 8th Pooled Supper and Quiz.

December 13th Christmas Wreath

You do not need a Garden to join 'Greenfingers', the outings are all plant

orientated but are chosen by the group. Club Membership is £10 with

meetings held in the Hall priced at £2 which includes a glass of wine.

Where a member's car is used for an outing a donation of £2 towards petrol

is suggested.

ZUMBA GOLD

Will start again on Monday 13th at 12 o'clock, this gentle Exercise will help

keep us fit! (See separate advert)

BADMINTON

The official night for Badminton is moving to Friday night. The Equipment

is all there, it's a shame it is not being used.

SEAMER PRODUCE SHOW

Copies of the schedule and entry forms are available from the Village

Hall, off the website, or if you ring me

Margaret Smith 01642 710611

SEAMER VILLAGE HALL 100+ CLUB

March winners were: (140 members)

1st £20 23 Gwen Aston, Stokesley

2nd £17 150 Don & Hilary Spencely, Tame Bridge

3rd £14 54 Kathy Mark, Tame Bridge

4th £11 81 Colin Wormald, Stokesley

5th £8 20 Edmund & Pam Philips, Tame Bridge

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April winners were: (140 members)

1st £20 130 Dave Swales, off Hilton Road

2nd £17 71 Mike Walton, Stainton Road

3rd £14 80 Jean Webster, Tame Bridge

4th £11 19 Audrey Reeve, Tame Bridge

5th £8 111 Mike Bollands, The Green

Due to the Bank Holiday, the May draw will be in the next Grapevine.

In November the 100+ Club was 1 year old. We now have 140 members.

For those members who joined last June/July, this means that you are due

to join again. If you wish to do so, please get in touch with me on 01642

710294 or by e-mail on chris_cooper1@hotmail.com.

New members can join at anytime - £1 per month/£12 per year.

Full details are on the village website: seamervillage.co.uk

I look forward to hearing from you.

Christine Cooper

HALL TIMETABLE

Monday Pop-In 10.00am

Zumba Gold

12.00 Art Group

1.30pm

Beginner’s Pilates Class

6.00-7.00pm Craft Club

7.00pm

Tuesday Carpet

Bowls 10.00am

Improvers and Intermediates

Pilates Class

6.00-7.00pm

Hall Committee meeting

(1st Tuesday in month)

Greenfingers

7.00pm (2nd Tuesday)

Seamer Parish Council (3rd Tuesday)

Wednesday Table Tennis

7.00pm

Thursday Zumba Class

5.45-6.30pm Bridge Group

7.00pm

Friday Metafit

9.30am

Badminton

6.00-9.00pm

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

June 12th Queen's Birthday Celebration . Final details from the

board on the railings outside the Village Hall - see later

(or from Mark Murphy 01642 712371)

June 25th Bus trip to Forbidden Corner - Cancelled

Sunday July 24th Seamer Produce Show

August No Event planned

September Games night and Indoor Car Boot

October 7th Harvest Supper with the Fishermen's Choir.

November Quiz

December Candlelit Supper with Carols

New Years Eve Old fashioned Party night (pooled supper)

2017 Burns Night

QUEEN’S 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

HM Queen’s Birthday Celebrations at to be held at Seamer Village Hall,

Sunday 12th June 2016. Music, tables and chairs provided. Please bring

your own food and drink and join in the fun! Hall open from 16.30, meal

eaten together from 17.00 onwards. All from Seamer welcome. Please

contact Mark for more details on 01642 712371.

Mark Murphy

JAM JARS WANTED

It is now a year since I told you about my friend Jenny Firman who in her

spare time makes jams, jellies, chutney's and pickles of every description

to sell to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

In the seven years' she has been doing this, she has raised the amazing

sum of £15,600, which includes £3,700 for the last year ending on April

30th.

To achieve this sum she has required an awful lot of jam jars and produce

to fill them with. Many of you have been saving them for her and she

would be grateful if you could keep on doing so. Please save any glass

jars varying in size from the small breakfast jam/marmalade ones and

baby food jars – to put samples in – and others in-between up to 1lb or

454g.

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As it will soon be the season for soft fruits and later on other fruits and

vegetables, if you have a surplus of any produce and don’t know what to

do with it, she will be glad to take it off your hands and is willing to pick it

as well.

The glass jars can be left at the village hall when it is open for activities or

they can be left at Lowfields Farm, Stainton Road, Seamer – by the gates,

or you can contact Jenny and she will collect them and/or any produce

from you.

If you would like to see what she makes and wish to place an order, or if

you have an outlet where you could sell her preserves, look on her

Facebook page.

Her details are:

Jenny Firman: Phone: 01642 723934 / 07725207515

Facebook: easby charity preserves

e-mail: easbycharitypreserves@yahoo.co.uk

With your help I hope she will be able to raise a lot more money for this

very deserving charity.

Many thanks

Christine Cooper 01642 710294

APRIL’S JUMBLE SALE

Seamer take a bow!

A big thank you to everyone who donated and helped out at this now

popular annual event - where would I be without you!

The turnout was as good as ever with many staying back for a cuppa and

homemade biscuit before heading off laden down with bags. We raised

£380 on the day, then £56 for 'rags' and more money from furniture; the

final figure being £532.15.

Last year's you may recall made over £600 though £272 of that was from

two special donations we listed on Ebay. This year there was only one

such lot and that made £25. Suffice to say the 2016 jumble sale was the

best ever. Then add the feedback from our regulars: "I never forget the

jumble sale", "what a happy event this is", "how many black sacks have

you got?" and from the student who kits out himself and most of his year -

"they all love what I bring back from here".

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A real feelgood day brought to you by the people of Seamer and this year

Daisy Chain, an autism charity that supports Christine Cooper's

grandson, has also benefited from everything we had left.

Please start saving for next year :)

Jo Batey 01642 713143

SEAMER METHODIST CHURCH The next few weeks will, undoubtedly, be dominated by the referendum on

whether to stay in the European Union or to withdraw. The problem with

the debate so far is that there has been far more dark

than light upon this very important decision. Whilst I

have my own opinion, I am not going to go into print

with it. What I do ask is that we try to avoid an

emotional response to the headlines and scare tactics

but seek a calm and considered response.

I came across the following quote by Robert F Kennedy:-

‘Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of

others, or strikes out against injustice, he or she sends forth a tiny ripple of

hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy

and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest

walls of oppression and resistance.’

The decision made in the referendum will have very deep and profound

implications for our future and for the whole of Europe and the world.

Don’t leave others to vote.

TIMES OF WORSHIP

June 5th @ 10.30 am at Hutton Rudby led by Rev Richard Bradshaw

June 12th @ 10.30 am All Age Worship led by Christine Campy

June 19th @ 10.30 am led by David Sills

June 26th @10.30 am led by Ken Hudson

July 3rd @ 10.30 am led by Elaine Wilson

July 10th @ 10.30 am at Hutton Rudby led by Elaine Wilson

July 17th @ 10.30 am All Age Worship led by Rev Daniel

July 24th @ 10.30 am led by Laura Atkinson

July 31st @ 10.30 am led by Peter Jackson

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THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH

Every day is a celebration because instead of waiting for happy endings,

we open our eyes to the wonder of life, to see the humour and magic in

each moment. Delighted in the way things turn out, amazed at the beauty

of it all.

TIME FOR A SMILE

A minister called at the home of one of the Church members. The door

was answered by a 10 year old boy smoking a cigar and smelling of

whisky. ‘Is your mother in?’ asked the minister.

‘What do you think?’ replied the boy.

Ron Kirk

INTERESTING FACTS 1. WHY do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's

clothes have buttons on the left?

BECAUSE: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and

worn primarily by the rich. Since most people are right-handed, it is

easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left. Because

wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on

the maid's right! And that's where women's buttons have remained since.

2. WHY do ships and aircraft use 'mayday' as their call for help?

BECAUSE: This comes from the French word m'aidez - meaning 'help

me' - and is pronounced, approximately, 'mayday.'

3. WHY are zero scores in tennis called 'love'?

BECAUSE: In France, where tennis became popular, the round zero on

the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called 'l'oeuf,' which is French

for 'the egg.' When tennis was introduced in the US, Americans

(naturally) mispronounced it 'love.'

4. WHY do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?

BECAUSE: In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to read

or write, documents were often signed using an X. Kissing the X

represented an oath to fulfil obligations specified in the document. The X

and the kiss eventually became synonymous.

5. WHY is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'passing the

buck?

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BECAUSE: In card games, it was once customary to pass an item, called

a buck, from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal. If a

player did not wish to assume the responsibility of dealing, he would 'pass

the buck' to the next player.

6. WHY do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?

BECAUSE: In earlier times it used to be common for someone to try to

kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. To prove to a guest that a

drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of

his drink into the glass of the host. Both men would drink simultaneously.

When a guest trusted his host, he would only touch or clink the host's

glass with his own.

7. WHY are people in the public eye said to be 'in the limelight'?

BECAUSE: In around 1825, light was produced in lighthouses and

theatres by burning a cylinder of lime which gave a brilliant light. In the

theatre, a performer 'in the limelight' was the Centre of attention.

8. WHY is someone who is feeling great 'on cloud nine'?

BECAUSE: Types of clouds are numbered according to the altitudes they

attain, with nine being the highest cloud. If someone is said to be on cloud

nine, that person is floating well above worldly cares.

9. WHY, in golf, is the term 'Caddie' used for the person helping the

player?

BECAUSE: When Mary Queen of Scots went to France as a young girl,

Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scots game 'golf.' He

had the first course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment. To make

sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis

hired cadets from a military school to accompany her. Mary liked this a

lot and when she returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long

run), she took the practice with her. In French, the word cadet is

pronounced ca-day' and the Scots changed it into caddie.

10. WHY are many coin collection jars shaped like pigs (piggy banks)?

BECAUSE: Long ago, dishes and cookware in Europe were made of

dense orange clay called 'pygg'. When people saved coins in jars made of

this clay, the jars became known as 'pygg banks.' When an English potter

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misunderstood the word, he made a container that resembled a pig. And

it caught on.

Submitted by Bryan Sykes.

Re-Starts Monday 13th

June

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AD HOC HANDYMAN REQUIRED A handyman is required to do occasional (on average around 2 hours per

week) for the Village Hall. £10 per hour. Contact Christine Campy for

further details on 01642 710320 or

by email to david.campy123@btinternet.com

GRAPEVINE CONTACTS

Magazine Layout and Editor

David Campy, 5a Holme Lane, Seamer

E mail: david.campy123@btinternet.com 710320

Illustrations

Margaret Smith, 4 Bracken Hill Walk, Seamer 710611

Distribution

Derek Winterbotham, Kingsbridge, Hilton Rd. Seamer 711617

St Martin’s

Rev Paul Hutchinson, The Rectory, Stokesley 710405

Methodist Church Ron Kirk, 2 Rosehill, Great Ayton 722053

Seamer Village Hall Bookings: Christine Campy (david.campy123@btinternet.com)

710320

General : Christine Campy (Temporarily) 710320

Village News and Events

Margaret Smith 710611

Seamer Parish Council

E-Mail: scapa20@hotmail.com

Seamer Correspondent for Darlington and Stockton Times

Christine Cooper 710294

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