News: December 2008 Archives

St Andrews Trust that owns and manages the old riverside church has issued an updated report
that can be downloaded in PDF here.

 York Young Peoples Services (formally the Youth Service and Connexions) are running a weekly URBIE sessions in Bishopthorpe, with  funding contributions from the parish council.

URBIE stands for Urban Rural Bus for Information and Education, and the two URBIE's are the services mobile youth clubs.  URBIE is an alternative, mobile resource of information and support, for young people aged between 11 and 19, based within their communities.

URBIE provides a comfortable, safe environment, to deliver planned, purposeful work which has been identified and developed with young people.
The buses are equipped with a laptop to access the internet, television and DVD, art material, board games and refreshments.  The youth workers who staff the buses can also deliver workshops to young people on a variety of issues, including substance misuse and sexual health.  They also carry up to date information on a range of issues relevant to the young people.

URBIE can be visited in Bishopthorpe on a Wednesday from 7-9pm at Bishopthorpe Village Hall Car Park.

For more information about URBIE and the other sessions we run please contact Elle Tovey on 07795 645835 or eleanor.tovey@york.gov.uk
 

Match Of The Day commentator Guy Mowbray is to star in the Ebor Players pantomime, Snow White.

You can read the full story here.

The Royal Mail web site lets you work out how much a letter packet or parcel will cost to post.

Just weigh the item on the scales in the kitchen, then log on to the Royal Mail site and type in the weight. You then get the prices of the various options.

Then of course put on stamps, or go to the Post Office and buy them knowing in advance how much to pay. This will save time in the queue at this busy period.

You can of course buy the stamps online to print yourself, but much better to support your local post office!

The St. Andrew's flag flutters gently in the breeze celebrating the church's patron saint.  In parts of England the festival, on 30th November, was also one of the traditional days when schoolchildren indulged in locking their teachers out of school.  It's not very likely that this happened in Bishopthorpe.  During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the pupils were expected to attend a special morning service in the church on St. Andrew's Day.

 

The saltire also seems to have heralded winter's arrival. On Tuesday morning (2 December) we woke to find the village had a layer of snow; the sun's gradual ascent providing a positive glow.  As I walked into the churchyard, having decided to take a photograph or two, I was alarmed to find the head and shoulders of a man emerge from a grave.  Thankfully, I soon established he was from the land of the living and that a new plot was being prepared.

On Sunday 30th November two wheelchairs were taken from Brunswick Organic Nursery. If anyone sees them or has any information about their whereabouts could they contact Brunswick on 701869. Thank you.