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New Chairman appointed for Parish Council
Pam Brown was elected as Chairman of Bishop Monkton Parish Council in the short term at its Thursday meeting. She was previously Vice Chairman.
She succeeds Emma Oates whose resignation from the post of Chairman and role on the Council was formally announced at this meeting.
The Council also agreed to advertise for a new Clerk and for two further councillors.
David Taylor will resign from his existing post as Clerk on February 28.
To read the full agenda go to Parish Council/agenda,minutes.
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Back to where it all began 92 years ago
Members of Bishop Monkton WI held their January meeting in the Masons Arms, the place where the village group was first formed 92 years ago. After a short business session a delicious meal was enjoyed by 19 members. A good time was had by all.
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Boost for cricket in Bishop Monkton
A well attended 'meet and greet' meeting was held at the Village Hall on Friday to mark the impending relocation of some 40 young players and support team from Newby Hall to become part of Bishop Monkton Cricket Club and to share the use of our ground starting in the coming season.
For more go to CRICKET CLUB/Newby Hall Juniors.
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Voted the sweetest picture from Christmas
Few would dispute that the picture of the Crib Service at the Parish Church on Christmas Eve took the title. What a happy picture to mark the end of the Christmas season.
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Church faces big repair bills
As many of you will be aware, an exclusion zone has been established round the front door of the Parish Church. This is necessary because of the risk of masonry falling from the tower. The repairs will cost about £7,000 and work will be undertaken in the next few months. In the meantime access to the church is via the back door so services and events will continue as normal. In addition, because parts of the building are not watertight, another £8,000 will need to be spent on putting this right. In the longer term the inspectors said the whole roof would need to be completely stripped and retiled with new underlay and battens installed at a cost of up to £250,000. An appeal fund for the repairs has already been opened and donations will be welcomed by Stuart Newsome, Sue Hargreaves, Maggie Wood or Rev. Sheila.
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Hazel turns down offer from Dragon
Hazel Reynolds, eldest daughter of Lucy Cottrell, ventured in to the Dragons' Den on Sunday in an attempt to get backing for her games business. Hazel received an offer for funding from Dragon Jenny Campbell but (surprisingly?) decided to decline it.
To read her story go to NEWS/Dragons' Den.
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The time Val made news herself!
Val Ellis-Beech, who reported Bishop Monkton news for the Ripon Gazette for many years, is shown here making news herself when she retired from the Lunch Club after running it for many years, having help set it up in 2002. Val died recently at the age of 90.
Go to In MEMORIAM/Val Ellis-Beech
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A new sport soon for the village
Exciting plans for the Village Hall and Playing Fields were revealed at the group's AGM this week. Among them is that the French game of boules will be added to the six other sports currently being played in the village.
For full AGM report go to NEWS/Hall AGM.
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