August 2009 Archives

There's a small but thriving Karate club in Bishopthorpe that has been surprising some of the more established clubs with the success its members have been getting at National Championship events.

 
The senior instructor at the club, Sensei Brian Williams, invited Bishopthorpe.net to have a look at the club and see what goes on there. The club meets at 6:30pm on Mondays and Thursdays in St Andrew's Church Hall, so your intrepid correspondent went down to the Church Hall a couple of weeks ago to meet Brian and the team.

 

 

Seventy Years ago, on 3rd September 1939, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made his historic radio announcement that Britain was at war with Germany.  To commemorate this event, Bishopthorpe Local History Group has prepared a display of photographs in Bishopthorpe Library.  For further details, click here.

Having been out of action since April, the Village Hall will re-open for business in September.

Lisa Thornton, Vice Chairman of the Parish Council, announced details of what will be happening at the Hall.

"To celebrate we are holding an Opening event at 11.00am on Saturday 5th September 2009. Everyone is welcome to attend and we hope lots of people will come along to see the revamped Hall and let us know what you think!

In addition to the many groups who have supported the Hall over the years we are pleased to announce two new activities that will start immediately:

New Youth Club - the Youth Club will meet on Wednesday evenings in the Hall. City of York Council Youth Service are providing Youth Workers to run the new Youth Club - see the Village Hall noticeboard for more details in the next few weeks.

Community Archive - At last Linda Haywood and the rest of the Local History Group will be able to clear out their lofts and garages as the new Hall will be home to a permanent Community Archive. More details about how you might use the Archive will be available soon.

Those of you who helped paint the Community Mural will also be able to view your efforts - it promises to be a true community treasure!

We hope that everyone will enjoy using the Hall for many years to come and that we see as many of you as possible on the 5th."

 

There was a break in attempt at Brunswick Organic Nursery late last Tuesday evening, 4th August.

The locks and padlocks in the workshop and storage areas were forced, and unfortunately the thieves managed to get away with 3 lawnmowers.

The details of the missing lawnmowers are:-

• Green SABO professional mower
• Red Rover Honda rotary mower
• Grey/black Mountfield mulcher

If you have any information about the break-in or see any of these mowers offered for sale please get in touch with the nursery on 01904 701869 or email admin@brunswickyork.org.uk

 

June 2009 saw the 65th anniversary of the D Day landings, a crucial turning point in World War II.

Among the veterans who travelled to Normandy to take part in the commemorative events was Roy Rowbotham of Keble Park South. Roy was accompanied by his son Robin, who has written a great account of their experiences exclusively for the bishopthorpe.net website.