Bedale Events Diary 2010
The day by day diary is after the regular events listing.
REGULAR EVENTS:
Other car boot sales in the area:
Thirsk Racecourse – Sunday mornings
Ripon Racecourse – Sunday afternoons from 1.30pm
Scorton – every Sunday morning and every Wednesday from 5pm (all under cover)
Catterick Sunday Market – all day
Ripley – 2nd & 4th Sundays,
Chantry Hall – Craft & Gift Fairs, Tuesdays & Bank Holiday weekends
Wensleydale Country Market, Leyburn Methodist Hall, Thursdays 10am-12.30am
Farmers’ Markets:
Richmond – 3rd Saturday of the month
Leyburn – 4th Saturday
Northallerton – 4th Wednesday
Ripon – 3rd Sunday
Stokesley – 1st Saturday
Skipton – 1st Sunday
Settle – 2nd Sunday
Grassington – 3rd Sunday
MARKET DAYS
BEDALE Tuesday
MONDAY Thirsk Darlington
TUESDAY Bedale Hawes
WEDNESDAY Northallerton Masham Knaresborough
THURSDAY Richmond (indoor) Ripon
FRIDAY Leyburn Reeth Easingwold
SATURDAY Northallerton Masham Richmond Thirsk Darlington
A list of the main agricultural shows and country fairs can be downloaded here.
TUESDAY Bedale Hawes
WEDNESDAY Northallerton Masham Knaresborough
THURSDAY Richmond (indoor) Ripon
FRIDAY Leyburn Reeth Easingwold
SATURDAY Northallerton Masham Richmond Thirsk Darlington
A list of the main agricultural shows and country fairs can be downloaded here.
Whist drives:
Every 2nd Saturday Hackforth Village Hall 7.30pm 01677 423320
Every 3rd Saturday Booth Memorial Hall Catterick Village 7.30pm 01748 811397
Most Fridays and some Sundays Town Hall Richmond 01748 825668
Monthly Domino Drives - all at 7.30pm:
1st Saturday Hunton Village Hall
2nd Saturday Hackforth Village Hall
3rd Saturday Scruton Village Hall
4th Saturday Patrick Brompton Village Hall
1st and 3rd Mondays Newton le Willows Village Hall
2nd Thursday Thornton Steward Village Hall
4th Thursday Leeming Village Hall
The County Record Office has a series of workshops and lunchtime talks.
A list of the Northallerton History Society and Wensleydale Fine Arts Society meetings can be found here.
AUGUST
27 - 29 August
Limetree Festival at Limetree Farm Grewelthorpe 3 days of live music £35 day ticket £80 weekend
28 August
Wensleydale Show
Police Open Day outside Bedale Hall 9am - 1pm
28/29/30 August
Craft and Gift Fair Chantry Hall
28 August - 5 September
Well Scarecrow Trail
29 August
Thorp Perrow Pirates' Day 11am - 4pm
Spennithorne & Harmby Sports Ass Car Boot Sale 8am
30 August
Car boor Sale Masham Sports Ground 8am
Feast of Food & Music Hornby Castle 10am - 12 noon £5 in aid of Ripon Choir School
Snape Textile Group Exhibition Old Joiners' Workshop Snape
31 August
Coffee Morning and Information Event Age Concern Chantry Hall 10am - 12 noon
SEPTEMBER
1 September
Muker Village Show
4&5 September
Black Swan Fearby British Festival of Ales
5 September
Dolls House & Miniature Fair Bedale High School 10am - 4pm
Ripley Car Boot Sale from 8.30am Ripley Cricket Club www.ripley-cc.co.uk
Thorp Perrow Fairy Day
7 September
Bedale Archaeology & History Society Masham's Lost Cemetery Kevin Cale Community Archaeology Ltd Bedale Hall 7.30pm non-members £2
Bedale Archaeology & History Society Masham's Lost Cemetery Kevin Cale Community Archaeology Ltd Bedale Hall 7.30pm non-members £2
9&10 September
Heritage Open Days - Aske Hall Richmond Tours 10am, 11am and 12 noon, pre-booking essential. Contact Mandy Blenkiron on either 01748 822000 or mandy.blenkiron@aske.co.uk . For security purposes, all visitors will be required to provide ID which will be photocopied and stored.
10 September
Heritage Open Day - Coverham Abbey pre-booking necessary 01969 663096
11 & 12 September
Hunton Steam Gathering
Heritage Open Days - Holy Trinity Church Coverham 10am-4pm Guided tour at 3.30pm on Saturday
- Holy Trinity church Wensley Guided tour 2pm
12 September
Heritage Open Day - Clifton Castle Tours at 12 noon and 3pm. Must pre-book by giving name and address to Robert Frewen, The Estate Office, Leyburn, DL8 5EW, Tel 01969 623109, Email robert.frewen@jghills.com .
Hardraw Scar Brass Band Festival
14 September
Street House Iron Age settlement, Saltburn, Steve Sherlock Northallerton & District Local History Society 7 pm in the Sacred Heart Church Hall, Thirsk Road, Northallerton
Street House Iron Age settlement, Saltburn, Steve Sherlock Northallerton & District Local History Society 7 pm in the Sacred Heart Church Hall, Thirsk Road, Northallerton
Masham Local History Group 7.30pm Masham Town Hall non-members £3 MASHAM SHEEP FAIR
Susan Cunliffe Lister will talk about the history of the sheep fair and how she restarted this old tradition
Susan Cunliffe Lister will talk about the history of the sheep fair and how she restarted this old tradition
17 - 19 September
Darlington Championship Dog Show at Newby Hall nr Ripon
Darlington Championship Dog Show at Newby Hall nr Ripon
19 September
Ripley Car Boot Sale from 8.30am Ripley Cricket Club www.ripley-cc.co.uk
22 September: Fiona Savine and Peter Roe, Highlights of New Research on Local Lead Mining, 7.30pm Swaledale Museum, Reeth
23 September
Bedale & Villages Community Forum AGM Bedale Hall 7pm for 7.30pm
25 - 26 September
Masham Sheep Fair
28 September
Masham Local History Group 7.30pm Masham Town Hall non-members £3 VISIT TO HEALEY CHURCH
Ian Whittaker and Ian Johnson will show us around Healey Church and speak about its history and its place in today’s worship
Ian Whittaker and Ian Johnson will show us around Healey Church and speak about its history and its place in today’s worship
OCTOBER
5 October
Bedale Archaeology & History Society Sutton Hoo in the 1960s Eric Houlder archaeologist Bedale Hall 7.30pm non-members £2
Bedale Archaeology & History Society Sutton Hoo in the 1960s Eric Houlder archaeologist Bedale Hall 7.30pm non-members £2
12 October
Paintings Inspired by Music and Music Inspired by Paintings Peter Medhurst Wensleydale Decorative and Fine Arts Society 2 pm at the Middleham Key Centre
Annual General Meeting for members, followed by Sir Thomas Chaloner, the excellent Tudor servant, Michael Chaloner Northallerton & District Local History Society 7 pm in the Sacred Heart Church Hall, Thirsk Road, Northallerton
Paintings Inspired by Music and Music Inspired by Paintings Peter Medhurst Wensleydale Decorative and Fine Arts Society 2 pm at the Middleham Key Centre
Annual General Meeting for members, followed by Sir Thomas Chaloner, the excellent Tudor servant, Michael Chaloner Northallerton & District Local History Society 7 pm in the Sacred Heart Church Hall, Thirsk Road, Northallerton
Masham Local History Group 7.30pm Masham Town Hall non-members £3 OLD PUBS OF MASHAM
Paul Theakston will make a welcome return to speak about the many pubs of Masham and how they managed to support the community
Paul Theakston will make a welcome return to speak about the many pubs of Masham and how they managed to support the community
20 October
Jane Hatcher, Timothy Hutton and Marske, 2pm Reeth Methodist Chapel Schoolroom
26 October
Masham Local History Group 7.30pm Masham Town Hall non-members £3 JERVAULX ABBEY AND ITS GRANGES Marion Moverley is an adult learning lecturer from Richmond and will talk about the history of Jervaulx Abbey from its monastic foundation to the Victorian Shooting Estate
27 - 29 October
Fountains Abbey 'It's a Monk's Life' 2pm
Fountains Abbey 'It's a Monk's Life' 2pm
NOVEMBER
2 November
Bedale Archaeology & History Society Swaledale Voices Janet Bishop local historian Bedale Hall 7.30pm non-members £2
Bedale Archaeology & History Society Swaledale Voices Janet Bishop local historian Bedale Hall 7.30pm non-members £2
6 November
BEDALE BONFIRE & FIREWORKS
9 November
The Splendour of Sovereignity in the Tudor and Jacobean Period Susan Rumfitt Wensleydale Decorative and Fine Arts Society 2 pm at the Middleham Key Centre
Late medieval Yarm & the Vale of Mowbray, Barry Harrison Northallerton & District Local History Society 7 pm in the Sacred Heart Church Hall, Thirsk Road, Northallerton
The Splendour of Sovereignity in the Tudor and Jacobean Period Susan Rumfitt Wensleydale Decorative and Fine Arts Society 2 pm at the Middleham Key Centre
Late medieval Yarm & the Vale of Mowbray, Barry Harrison Northallerton & District Local History Society 7 pm in the Sacred Heart Church Hall, Thirsk Road, Northallerton
Masham Local History Group 7.30pm Masham Town Hall non-members £3 COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES John Gabriel, whose father worked for the Commission will share his memories of growing up where dad worked. There will also be an update on the research that we are doing on the Masham War Graves.
17 November
Kate Trusson, Swaledale Quilts and Quiltmaking, 2pm Reeth Methodist Chapel Schoolroom
23 November
Masham Local History Group 7.30pm Masham Town Hall non-members £3 MASHAM STEAM RALLY
Flo Grainger will speak about the Masham Steam Rally, its small beginnings and its present popularity
Flo Grainger will speak about the Masham Steam Rally, its small beginnings and its present popularity
DECEMBER
4 December
Christmas Food and Gift Fair Bedale Hall 10am - 3pm
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON 6pm
7 December
Bedale Archaeology & History Society Historic Environment and Natural Environment : cooperation or conflict? Bedale Hall 7.30pm non-members £2
Bedale Archaeology & History Society Historic Environment and Natural Environment : cooperation or conflict? Bedale Hall 7.30pm non-members £2
14 December
The Great Cellini: a Window onto the World of Renaissance Goldsmithing Helen Clifford Wensleydale Decorative and Fine Arts Society 2 pm at the Middleham Key Centre
Defending the past: archaeology on Ministry of Defence estates, Phil Abramson Northallerton & District Local History Society 7 pm in the Sacred Heart Church Hall, Thirsk Road, Northallerton
The Great Cellini: a Window onto the World of Renaissance Goldsmithing Helen Clifford Wensleydale Decorative and Fine Arts Society 2 pm at the Middleham Key Centre
Defending the past: archaeology on Ministry of Defence estates, Phil Abramson Northallerton & District Local History Society 7 pm in the Sacred Heart Church Hall, Thirsk Road, Northallerton
15 December
Friends of Swaledale Museum Christmas Party, 6pm -10pm, Swaledale Museum