2014
Date	Event
Tuesday 30th December	Cinema in Arkendale Film Club - Frozen Arkendale Community Hall, 2.00pm See recent release films in high definition. This showing will be Frozen (cert: PG, 102 mins) When a princess with the power to turn things into ice curses her home to infinite winter, her sister, Anna teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather condition. Children should be accompanied by an adult Sound enhanced by Hearing Loop facility. There will be a bar with drinks, refreshments and ices on sale during the evening - opens 1.30pm.
Sunday 28th December	Staveley Village Review Staveley and Copgrove Village Hall, 7.30pm for 8pm Lots of people contribute to make a fun evening. Can you? Contact Catharine - 340351 Over 16s only.
Wednesday 24th December	Christmas Eve Crib Service St Bartholomew's Church, Arkendale, 5pm A service for all the family
Thursday 18th December	Carol Service St Bartholomew's Church, Arkendale, 7pm Do come and join us at our traditional Carol Service this year. Mince Pies and Mulled wine will be served afterwards, the perfect start to your Christmas celebrations.
Saturday 13th December	Christmas Fayre Staveley Village Hall, 10am - 12 noon Plants, gifts, cakes, preserves, tombola, raffle
Friday 12th December	Arkendale Wine Society - Christmas Dinner Arkendale Community Hall Members Only See the Wine Society web page for more information.
Friday 5th December	Teddy Church Arkendale Community Hall, 10.00am - 11.00am For the under 5's and carers. Come and find out for yourself and don't forget your teddy!
Thursday 4th December	Arkendale Community Hall AGM Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Serving Arkendale, Coneythorpe, Clareton and Ferrensby
Wednesday 3rd December	Community Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 11.45am £1 for coffee and cake/biscuits. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.
Wednesday 3rd December	Arkendale Women's Institute Christmas Celebration Click here for the meetings schedule and details Members are asked to bring a raffle prize for future meetings. New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier!
Wednesday 3rd December	A Month in the Country - by J L Carr Marton cum Grafton Village Hall, 7.30pm. Presented by North Country Theatre. wo men, an artist and archaeologist, recently released from the horrors of the trenches, find themselves working side by side in a North Yorkshire village. What they slowly uncover is an ancient village mystery, hidden passions and the healing power of a month in the country. This prize winning novel was made into a film with Colin Firth and Kenneth Branagh. North Country will provide wit, invention and imagination as this moving story comes to life on stage. Tickets: Linda on 325179
Sunday 30th November	Community Table Tennis Club - Taster Session Scotton Village Hall, 2pm - 4pm Open to all ages and ability in Scotton and Lingerfield For futher information, contact John Newsham on jn.brn@btinternet.com
Sunday 30th November	Bluebell Inn - Site Visit Bluebell, 3pm People from the village are invited to look round the Bluebell to see how work is progressing. It is now safe but it is still a building site, so the wearing of sensible shoes is recommended.
Sunday 23rd November	Ark Sunday Club Arkendale Community Hall, 10.00am - 11.00am All children over 5 are welcome.
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November	Sponsored Table Tennis Marathon Staveley and Copgrove Village Hall, from 9am Proceeds to charity For futher information, contact Ken Barker, 01423 340293
Saturday 22nd November	St Thomas' Christmas Fayre Scotton Village Hall, 2pm Stalls, refreshements. Admission free.
Friday 21st November	Cinema in Arkendale Film Club - The Book Thief Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm See recent release films in high definition. This showing will be The Book Thief (cert: 12A, 131 mins) While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents. Director: Brian Percival. Cast: Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson Sound enhanced by Hearing Loop facility. There will be a bar with drinks, refreshments and ices on sale during the evening - opens 7.00pm.
Wednesday 19th November	Parish Council Meeting Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm
Wednesday 19th November	Arkendale Women's Institute Group Meeting - Aldborough Village Hall Click here for the meetings schedule and details
Tuesday 18th November	Discussion Group The Old Post Office, Arkendale, 7.45pm Coffee meeting to learn more about what we believe by looking at the Creeds. Everyone welcome, from Arkendale and other churches in the Benefice. Any queries, please contact Sarah Shipman, 340515
Saturday 15th November	Wine "Call My Bluff" St Oswald's Church, Farnham, 7pm Tickets £15. Cheese, paté and biscuits. Contact Sophie 340881 or Anthony 340316
Friday 14th November	Wine and Canapés You're invited to a Wine and Canapés Evening at Lyn Court Arkendale by kind invitation of Eileen and Hubert Friday 14th November from 7.30 pm £5 per person, pay on the evening Raffle - prizes welcomed All proceeds to Arkendale Church
Tuesday 11th November	Act of Remembrance War Memorial, St Bartholomew's Church, 10.50am A time to reflect on the those who gave their lives for this country.
Monday 10th November	Staveley Historical Society Staveley and Copgrove Village Hall, 2pm. Gillian Hovell - "Roman Sacred Springs and Spas" Membership cards on sale for £10, visitors can pay £4 on the door.
Friday 7th November	Teddy Church Arkendale Community Hall, 10.00am - 11.00am For the under 5's and carers. Come and find out for yourself and don't forget your teddy!
Wednesday 5th November	Community Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 11.45am £1 for coffee and cake/biscuits. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.
Wednesday 5th November	Arkendale Bonfire Night Field next to the Vicarage, Westfield Lane, 6.30pm All welcome.
Wednesday 5th November	Arkendale Women's Institute Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Click here for the meetings schedule and details Members are asked to bring a raffle prize for future meetings. New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier!
Friday 31st October	Cinema in Arkendale Film Club - The Railway Man Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm See recent release films in high definition. This showing will be The Railway Man (cert: 15, 117 mins) The film tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him, and his haunting past. Director: Jonathan Teplitzky. Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård Sound enhanced by Hearing Loop facility. There will be a bar with drinks, refreshments and ices on sale during the evening - opens 7.00pm.
Wednesday 22nd October	Harvest Festival St Bartholomew's Church, 6pm Light refreshments served after the service. Offers of savouries and cakes welcome on the evening.
Wednesday 29th October	Table Tennis Club Staveley and Copgrove Village Hall, from 7pm Starts this Wednesday - all welcome.
Wednesday 22nd October	Discussion Group 20 Manor Park, Arkendale, 7.45pm Coffee meeting to learn more about what we believe by looking at the Creeds. Everyone welcome, from Arkendale and other churches in the Benefice. Any queries, please contact Sarah Shipman, 340515
Sunday 12th October	Raise the Roof Celebration Tea Scotton Village Hall, 2pm-4pm
Friday 10th October	Cinema in Arkendale Film Club - The Grand Budapest Hotel Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm See recent release films in high definition. This showing will be The Grand Budapest Hotel (cert: 15, 100 mins) Recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent Director: Wes Anderson. Cast: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric Sound enhanced by Hearing Loop facility. There will be a bar with drinks, refreshments and ices on sale during the evening - opens 7.00pm.
Thursday 9th October	Arkendale Wine Society Arkendale Community Hall, 7.45pm Mark Ryan from Yorkshire Vintners - with a selection of his personally sourced wines. A splendid evening is expected! £10 for members, £12 for non-members. Ideal for those who enjoy wine and want to learn more about it in an easy social setting. It is important that you let Alan Stokes know if you intend coming, so that the appropriate quantities can be provided - tel 340517 or topo@ajstokes.plus.com See the Wine Society web page for more information.
Friday 3rd October	Teddy Church Arkendale Community Hall, 10.00am - 11.00am For the under 5's and carers. Come and find out for yourself and don't forget your teddy!
Wednesday 1st October	Flowers for Fun - Beginners and Intermediate Staveley Village Hall, 10am - 12pm Flower arranging classes - course runs for 10 weeks from this date. For further details, contact Faith Dawson, 01423 340611
Wednesday 1st October	Macmillan Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 12pm Raffle prizes and cakes welcomed. Please give generously - all mones raised go to Macmillan Cancer Support. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.
Wednesday 1st October	Arkendale Women's Institute Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Click here for the meetings schedule and details Members are asked to bring a raffle prize for future meetings. New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier!
Tuesday 30th September	Flowers for Fun - Intermediate and Advanced Staveley Village Hall, 1pm - 3pm Flower arranging classes - course runs for 10 weeks from this date. For further details, contact Faith Dawson, 01423 340611
Saturday 27th September	Arkendale Community Hall 5th Anniversary, 2pm-4pm Cutting of our celebration cake and bubbly at 3pm. Relive some of our highlights on the new cine screen Meet some of our group users to find out about hall activities
Friday 26th - Sunday 28th September	Reaching for the Skies Copgrove Church, 10am - 4pm An exhibition and tribute to the airmen of World War 1. Admission free, donations to Copgrove Church and the Royal Air Force Benevolent Association.
Friday 26th September	World's Biggest Coffee Morning Manor Farm, Staveley, 10am - noon Coffee and cake. All welcome - proceeds to Macmillan Cancer Support
Thursday 25th September	The Daily Bread - a riotous night of clowning, comedy, Machiavellian subterfuge and live baking! Marton cum Grafton Village Hall, 7.30pm. Presented by Badapple Theatre. The Daily Bread follows the story of August de Ville, a master baker, and his tiny village bakery which is the talk of the town, as the WI ladies flock for miles to sample his sumptuous sponge and beautiful buns. 'Couldn't meet a nicer feller', the village proclaim. But does the cheery facade hide a dark secret? That he shares the same name as the hated newspaper magnate- responsible for hiding the truth of the Bottledale bank crash- is, August claims, just a sad coincidence. Tickets: Linda on 325179
Wednesday 24th September	Discussion Group May Cottage, Arkendale, 7.45pm Coffee meeting to learn more about what we believe by looking at the Creeds. Everyone welcome, from Arkendale and other churches in the Benefice. Any queries, please contact Sarah Shipman, 340515
Saturday 20th September	Children in Church Community Event Arkendale Community Hall, 1pm - 4pm Please join us to share views on how best to provide for and involve children in the life of the whole of the Benefice. Drop in for coffee and cake, fill in one of our questionnaires or speak to Rev. Camilla, or the current Sunday Club leaders. For more information, contact sharmcken@yahoo.co.uk or ring 860534
Wednesday 17th September	Parish Council Meeting Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm
Tuesday 16th September	Arkendale Women's Institute Group Meeting Click here for the meetings schedule and details
Thursday 11th September	Arkendale Wine Society Arkendale Community Hall, 7.45pm A special evening of CHOCOLATE plus Wine of course! Azra Sadiq our professional Chocolatier will be leading us through the world of chocolate. We will taste different chocolates and learn about specialist chocolate making, then make our own hot alcoholic chocolate with a choice of alcoholic additives. Chocolate cake will accompany this. Wine and other alcoholic drinks come next accompanied by chocolate samples. Finally a quiz! This is a rather special evening and as you can imagine the 'ingredients' of the event are expensive, we will maintain the usual £10 per head for members and £12 for visitors, but on this occasion will you please pay in advance – cash or cheque (payable to Arkendale Memorial Hall) For this meeting there has to be an upper limit on numbers, so BOOK SOON! It is important that you let Alan Stokes know if you intend coming, so that the appropriate quantities can be provided - tel 340517 or topo@ajstokes.plus.com See the Wine Society web page for more information.
Wednesday 10th September	FREE Heartstart course Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm - 9.30pm (approx.) The course is designed to teach adults how to perform Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to adults, children and babies, and how to deal with choking in a domestic emergency. This is a hands on demonstration please dress appropriately. For more information please contact John Brook on 01423 862577
Friday 5th September	Teddy Church Arkendale Community Hall, 10.00am - 11.00am For the under 5's and carers. Come and find out for yourself and don't forget your teddy!
Thursday 4th September	Arkendale Community Hall Committee Meeting 7.30pm
Wednesday 3rd September	Community Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 11.45am £1 for coffee and cake/biscuits. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.
Wednesday 3rd September	Arkendale Women's Institute Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Click here for the meetings schedule and details Members are asked to bring a raffle prize for future meetings. New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier!
Sunday 24th August	Songs of Praise St Bartholomew's Church, Arkendale 4pm FAVOURITE HYMNS & ORGAN MUSIC played by Chris Campling-Denton If you wish to choose a hymn, please contact Brian or Sarah Shipman, tel: 340515 or email: shipmansb@gmail.com, with the reason for your choice
Wednesday 20th August	Arkendale Cake & Produce Stall at Knaresborough Market The annual market stall is to be held on Wednesday, 20th August, in the morning at Knaresborough market. We're asking for donations of home made cakes, preserves, chutneys and garden produce. All baking (wrapped) and produce to be taken to: Jean Stokes 340517 The Old Post Office, Eileen Houseman 340531, Margaret Horner 340493 or Sarah Shipman 340515 afternoon/evening 19th August. Hope to see you at the stall any time from 9.00 am on the 20th! All proceeds from the stall will be donated to St Bartholomew's Church Arkendale Church.
8th-17th August	FEVA Knaresborough Festival of Entertainment and Visual Arts Art, Music, Street Entertainment, Spoken Word, Activities, Theatre, Dance, Food and more. www.feva.info
Wednesday 6th August	Arkendale Women's Institute Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Click here for the meetings schedule and details Members are asked to bring a raffle prize for future meetings. New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier!
Monday 4th August	First World War Centenary Commemorations Monday, 4th August, marks 100 years since the commencement of the First World War. A Vigil for Peace and Remembrance You are invited to spend some time in ARKENDALE CHURCH in quiet reflection and prayer between 10am and noon. There will not be a set service, but there will be SILENCE, some music, a few relevant readings/poems, and candles to light. Please walk in and leave as you wish.
Sunday 20th July	Aldborough and Boroughbridge Agricultural Show Dishforth Airfield, from 9.00am Further details from www.boroughbridgeshow.co.uk/
Saturday 19th July	Arkendale Community Hall's Summer Extravaganza The Big Green Barn, Arkendale (on the way out to Coneythorpe, opposite South View), 12.00pm - 4pm. NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE Bring your own Picnic and chairs. There will be some tables, but your own picnic table would be welcome. Live entertainment from "The Bandits" Tickets £2.50 per adult, to include strawberries, cream & shortbread £1 (under 12's). Pimms, Wine, Beer & Soft Drinks Bar, Raffle. Tickets are required in advance - available from Jean (340517) or Caroline (340240). Please check the website in case of inclement weather.
Tuesday 15th July	Staveley Nature Reserve Guided Walk Bob Evison will lead a dragonfly/botanical walk Please phone Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, 01904 659570, to book or for further information regarding start times and where to meet.
Sunday 13th July	Staveley Village Summer Garden Party The Grange, Main Street, Staveley, 2pm - 4pm Raffle, children's games, tombola, plant stall, and much more - including the famous cream teas! Music from Tewit Youth Band.
Wednesday 2nd July	Community Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 11.45am £1 for coffee and cake/biscuits. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.
Wednesday 2nd July	Up a Gum Tree A demonstration and talk on Australian flowers by Pauline Hooper Arkendale Women's Institute, Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Open to all (non-members £3) New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier! Click here for the meetings schedule and details
Saturday/Sunday 21st/22nd June	Copgrove Through The Ages Copgrove Church, 10am - 4pm An exhibition in Copgrove Church by Robert Addyman. Free admission.
Sunday 22nd June	Staveley Stampede This is a 10km fun run on the lanes and tracks around Staveley. Staveley and Copgrove Village Hall, 11am - 2pm See www.staveley-yorks.org.uk, for more details and entry forms. Runners, spectators, marshalls and catering help will all be needed.
12th - 21st June	Northern Aldborough Festival 2014
Friday 20th June	Cinema in Arkendale - Celebrating le Tour de France - "A Day Out" and "Velorama" Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm A Day Out - Alan Bennett's first television play, directed in black and white in 1972 by Stephen Frears. A charming comedy set in Edwardian Yorkshire, it follows a cycling club on a day out. In 1911, a Halifax cycling club has a day trip to the ruins of Fountains Abbey, on the way discussing their lives and concerns, blithely unaware of what will happen to them and their country over the next few years. The most telling example of the latter comes when Boothroyd explains why there will never be another war, as the play is set three years before World War I cut swathes through a generation - and, as the 1919 coda implies, many of the club's members as well. It features a fantastic cast including Brian Glover, who was still a professional wrestler at the time, and Paul Shane, who was then a club comic. Velorama - celebrates the Century of the Bicycle, made by Leeds based filmmaker Daisy Asquith with BFI and Yorkshire Film Archive footage. Created using over 100 different titles from the BFI National Archive (including footage from Mitchell & Kenyon, Topical Budget, COI and British Council), and footage from the amateur and home movie collections housed at the Yorkshire Film Archive, it shows a Century of the Bicycle on film, from the invention of the modern bike to the gruelling pursuit of Le Tour, all set to dreamy electronic music by Bill Nelson and the legendary Yorkshire tones of Chumbawumba. Velorama will take you on an unmissable two-wheeled journey. These films are presented in partnership with Sheffield Doc/Fest and Cine Yorkshire as part of Tour De Cinema in the Yorkshire Festival, the first ever arts festival to precede the Tour de France, the world's biggest annual sporting event. Tour de Cinema was commissioned by Yorkshire Festival 2014 with support from Arts Council England, Yorkshire Water, Welcome to Yorkshire and Yorkshire Local Authorities. £5 admission, pay on the door. Sound enhanced by Hearing Loop facility. There will be a bar with drinks, refreshments and ices on sale during the evening - opens 7.00pm.
Saturday 14th June & Sunday 15th June	North Yorkshire Open Studios Over 2 weekends in June, 126 artists will open their studios in stunning locations across North Yorkshire. A chance to meet artists and buy original artwork from a range of inspiring studios and venues. A free event and a fantastic day out with a range of stunning locations to get around and explore along the way. See www.nyos.org.uk for a full list of the artists and studios, or contact info@nyos.org.uk / 01756 748529.
Saturday 14th June	Vision for Mission Harrogate, 10am 'til Teatime It is a fun, free day out for you and your church community in beautiful Harrogate town centre with a varied programme of "church-out-there" experiences. You and your group can dip in and out of the programme, also enjoying Valley Gardens park with its attractions, the famous Stray for a picnic and a game of rounders or the café culture and shops of Harrogate. You can bring whole families, including the people who don't normally come to church. See visionformission.info/ for full information
Saturday 7th June & Sunday 8th June	North Yorkshire Open Studios Over 2 weekends in June, 126 artists will open their studios in stunning locations across North Yorkshire. A chance to meet artists and buy original artwork from a range of inspiring studios and venues. A free event and a fantastic day out with a range of stunning locations to get around and explore along the way. See www.nyos.org.uk for a full list of the artists and studios, or contact info@nyos.org.uk / 01756 748529.
Wednesday 11th June	Farnham Ladies Nidd Hall, 2.30pm, for afternoon tea All are welcome.
Tuesday 10th June	Staveley Nature Reserve Guided Walk John Gandy will lead a wildlife walk Please phone Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, 01904 659570, to book or for further information regarding start times and where to meet.
Tuesday 10th June	Charity Clay Pigeon Shoot A Clay Pigeon Shoot to raise money for Church Funds will be held at Knaresborough Gun Club, starting at 6.30pm. No advance tickets, just turn up on the night. Prizes will be awarded in each section. There will also be a raffle. "Regulars" for shooters with frequent experience - 1st prize: £50 "Seasonal" for shooters with less experience - 1st prize: £25 "Beginners" 12-16 years old - 1st prize: £15 Shooters will be required to bring their own gun and conform with regulations. There will be 50 sporting birds and entry is £12 per card. The organisers would be grateful for donations towards the raffle and towards the prizes for the shoot itself. Contact: Mr J. Green, 01423 340880 Knaresborough & District Gun Club Hazel Bank, Boroughbridge Road, Knaresborough, HG5 0ND Entrance opposite Knaresborough Golf Club entrance
Saturday 7th June	Strawberry Tea Village Green, Staveley, 2.30pm - 5pm Plant sale, competitions and games for all ages.
Wednesday 4th June	Community Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 11.45am £1 for coffee and cake/biscuits. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.
Wednesday 4th June	Arkendale Women's Institute Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Click here for the meetings schedule and details Members are asked to bring a raffle prize for future meetings. New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier!
Wednesday 4th June	Staveley Reading Group Hayway, Staveley, 7pm We will be discussing the "The Little Coffee Shop in Kabul" by Deborah Rodriguez For further information, please call Pat on 340442 to let her know you are coming.
Saturday 31st May	Coffee Morning & Bedding Plant Sale Village Hall, Staveley
Thursday 29th May	Arkendale Community Hall Committee Meeting 7.30pm
Friday 23rd May	Cinema in Arkendale Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm See recent release films in high definition. Courtesy of Cine Yorkshire This showing will be Philomena - based on a true story about an elderly Irish woman searching for the toddler son she gave up for adoption as an unwed teen living in a convent. Most of its pleasures come from the way it confounds expectations. From its odd-couple partnering of the usually stately Judi Dench and acerbic jester Steve Coogan (also co-writer and producer) to its remarkable cliché-avoiding yet still-emotional conclusion, the movie defies pigeonholing. What appears to be a simple sob fest eventually reveals itself to be a multi-faceted affair: part buddy comedy built upon class distinctions, part road trip adventure, and even part intriguing mystery. £5 admission, pay on the door. Sound enhanced by Hearing Loop facility. There will be a bar with drinks, refreshments and ices on sale during the evening - opens 7.00pm.
Tuesday 20th May	Arkendale Women's Institute Group Meeting Click here for the meetings schedule and details
Wednesday 21st May	The Thankful Village - an original comedy-drama by Kate Bramley with music by Jez Lowe. Staveley Village Hall, 7.30pm. Presented by Badapple Theatre. Set against the backdrop of World War I, the quiet village backwater of Bottledale is changed forever by the advent of the Great War in Europe. But the roll of honour stone in the village square remains empty and un-etched as the years pass, and folk start to wonder. This is a story of hope, humour and humanity, about the men who went away, and the women left behind, and the eccentric twists and turns of daily life that led to their re-uniting, for better or for worse, in the winter of 1918. The thankful villages were those that lost no men in the Great War because all those who left to serve came home again, and there were some 52 settlements in England and Wales that could claim this honor at the end of the conflict.
Tuesday 20th May	The Thankful Village - an original comedy-drama by Kate Bramley with music by Jez Lowe. Marton cum Grafton Village Hall, 7.30pm. Presented by Badapple Theatre. Set against the backdrop of World War I, the quiet village backwater of Bottledale is changed forever by the advent of the Great War in Europe. But the roll of honour stone in the village square remains empty and un-etched as the years pass, and folk start to wonder. This is a story of hope, humour and humanity, about the men who went away, and the women left behind, and the eccentric twists and turns of daily life that led to their re-uniting, for better or for worse, in the winter of 1918. The thankful villages were those that lost no men in the Great War because all those who left to serve came home again, and there were some 52 settlements in England and Wales that could claim this honor at the end of the conflict. Tickets: Linda on 325179
Monday 19th May	Annual Parish Meeting and Parish Council Meeting Arkendale Community Hall, 7.15pm (PC meeting), 8.00pm (AP meeting). Click here for the meeting agenda This is an open meeting for all electors in the Parish so if there are any items you would like to raise please do come along and have your say! The Parish Meeting, which all parishioners are encouraged to attend, provides a very valuable opportunity to raise matters of concern or interest to all. The Parish Councillors will welcome a good attendance and also the chance to meet new people in the village who may as yet not know how the Council is run. This is a much more informal meeting than the usual Parish Council meetings and it provides a much-needed opportunity for the electors in the parish to come and discuss matters of their choosing. Free tea and coffee will be provided.
Thursday 15th May	Arkendale Wine Society Arkendale Community Hall, 7.45pm David Unsworth from Cartmel - with a selection of his personally sourced wines and a selection of Cumbrian cheeses. His set up in Cartmel is really special - wine shop, micro brewery and cheese shop. A splendid evening is expected! £12 for members, £14 for non-members. Ideal for those who enjoy wine and want to learn more about it in an easy social setting. It is important that you let Alan Stokes know if you intend coming, so that the appropriate quantities can be provided - tel 340517 or topo@ajstokes.plus.com See the Wine Society web page for more information.
Wednesday 14th May	Farnham Ladies Punch Bowl, Marton cum Grafton, 12.30pm, for lunch To reserve places, please call Mary Cawood on 340528. All are welcome.
Wednesday 7th May	Community Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 11.45am £1 for coffee and cake/biscuits. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.
Wednesday 7th May	Arkendale Women's Institute Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Click here for the meetings schedule and details Members are asked to bring a raffle prize for future meetings. New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier!
Wednesday 7th May	Parish Council AGM St Bartholomew's Church, Arkendale, 7.30pm. Click here for the meeting agenda, notices and accounts
Tuesday 6th May	Staveley Nature Reserve Guided Walk Colin Slator will lead a bird walk Please phone Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, 01904 659570, to book or for further information regarding start times and where to meet.
Tuesday 29th April	Institution and Induction of Rev. Camilla Campling-Denton All Saints Church, Staveley, 7.30pm By James, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds Followed by light refreshments in the village hall
Friday 25th April	Cinema in Arkendale - Captain Phillips Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm See recent release films in high definition. Courtesy of Cine Yorkshire This showing will be Captain Phillips (cert: 12A, 134 mins) Based on a true story, this is an enthralling and beautifully made action-drama driven by an absorbing lead performance from Tom Hanks. The story begins in April 2009, with Captain Phillips discussing kids and home life as his wife drives him to the airport. Meanwhile Somali captain Muse chooses his crew for his skiff to set out to look for a ship to attack. The tiny four-man pirate boat manages to attack the mammoth ship, and the Kalashnikov-wielding pirates take over. A a clever and memorable real-life drama. Director: Paul Greengrass. Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed £5 admission, pay on the door. Sound enhanced by Hearing Loop facility. There will be a bar with drinks, refreshments and ices on sale during the evening - opens 7.00pm.
18th - 26th April	Easter Walking Festival Boroughbridge and Lower Ure Walks present a series of walks, talks, music, film and dance. For details see the website.
Saturday 12th April	Easter Fayre Village Hall, Staveley, 10am to noon. Plants, cakes, preserves, raffle, easter egg hunt, games, refreshments.
Monday 14th April	Staveley Historical Society Staveley and Copgrove Village Hall, 2pm. Member from the Trussell Trust organisation Membership cards on sale for £10, visitors can pay £4 on the door.
Saturday 12th April	Copgrove Evening of Local Talent Copgrove Church, from 7.00pm A fun filled family evening. Tickets and information from 340453, 340568
Wednesday 9th April	Farnham Ladies Ripley Castle Tearoom, 10.30am To reserve places, please call Mary Cawood on 340528. All are welcome.
Wednesday 2nd April	Community Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 11.45am £1 for coffee and cake/biscuits. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.
Wednesday 2nd April	Arkendale Women's Institute Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Click here for the meetings schedule and details Members are asked to bring a raffle prize for future meetings. New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier!
Tuesday 1st April	Lent Group Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm
Monday 31st March	Lent Group Manor Farm, Staveley, 2.30pm
Saturday 29th March	The Stones - Be There Scotton Village Hall, 7.30pm Tickets £15 from Sue Wray 862079
Thursday 27th March	Arkendale Wine Society Arkendale Community Hall, 7.45pm Mark Ryan - Yorkshire Vintners £10 for members, £12 for non-members. Ideal for those who enjoy wine and want to learn more about it in an easy social setting. It is important that you let Alan Stokes know if you intend coming, so that the appropriate quantities can be provided - tel 340517 or topo@ajstokes.plus.com See the Wine Society web page for more information.
Sunday 23rd March	Coneythorpe Village Spring Clean Volunteers are sought to help clean up the village, and spare a couple of hours to improve the local environment. The Parish Council have arranged this day in conjunction with Harrogate Borough Council, who will provide appropriate equipment, for example picking arms, plastic bags and thick gloves. The more help there is, the quicker the task will be completed - so please join us!
Saturday 22nd March	Arkendale Village Spring Clean Volunteers are sought to help clean up the village, and spare a couple of hours to improve the local environment. The Parish Council have arranged this day in conjunction with Harrogate Borough Council, who will provide appropriate equipment, for example picking arms, plastic bags and thick gloves. The more help there is, the quicker the task will be completed - so please join us! Meet at Arkendale Community Hall, 10am.
Friday 21st March	Cinema in Arkendale - Le Weekend Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm See recent release films in high definition. Courtesy of Cine Yorkshire This showing will be Le Weekend (cert: 15, 93 mins) A beautifully observed, funny and poignant story about the nature of love and commitment where husband and wife yearn to recapture their youthful fearlessness, lack of responsibility and idealism. Married couple Meg and Nick (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) revisit Paris to revitalise their marriage, and run into an old friend (Jeff Goldblum) who acts as a catalyst for things to come. Meg feels she deserves a better life, but at crucial moments we see how life might be without her husband. Director: Roger Michell, cast: Jeff Goldblum, Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Olly Alexander £5 admission, pay on the door. Sound enhanced by Hearing Loop facility. There will be a bar with drinks, refreshments and ices on sale during the evening - opens 7.00pm.
Thursday 20th March	Arkendale Community Hall Committee Meeting 7.30pm
Wedesday 19th March	Parochial Church Council A.G.M. Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm
Tuesday 18th March	Lent Group Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm
Monday 17th March	Lent Group Manor Farm, Staveley, 2.30pm
Wednesday 12th March	Parish Council Meeting Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm
Monday 10th March	Staveley Historical Society Staveley and Copgrove Village Hall, 7.30pm. Chris Rainger - Fishergate - Postern gate and tower Membership cards on sale for £10, visitors can pay £4 on the door.
Wednesday 5th March	Community Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 11.45am £1 for coffee and cake/biscuits. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.
Wednesday 5th March	Arkendale Women's Institute Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Click here for the meetings schedule and details Members are asked to bring a raffle prize for future meetings. New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier!
Friday 28th February	Cinema in Arkendale - About Time Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm See recent release films in high definition. Courtesy of Cine Yorkshire This showing will be About Time (cert: 12A, 124 mins) At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life-so he decides to make his world a better place...by getting a girlfriend. Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally meets the beautiful but insecure Mary. They fall in love, then an unfortunate time-travel incident means he's never met her at all. So they meet for the first time again-and again-but finally, after a lot of cunning time-traveling, he wins her heart. As his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can't save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. Director: Richard Curtis: Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy £5 admission, pay on the door. Sound enhanced by Hearing Loop facility. There will be a bar with drinks, refreshments and ices on sale during the evening - opens 7.00pm.
Saturday 22nd February	Straveley Race Night Staveley Village Hall, 7.30pm Tickets £7.50 - include a pie and peas Bar
Tuesday 18th February	Arkendale Women's Institute Group Meeting Click here for the meetings schedule and details
Friday 14th February	Valentine's Pie & Pea Supper and Quiz Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm SOLD OUT (Locally produced Pork/Chicken, Bacon & Mushroom Pie) 3 Arkendale Celebrities in Mr & Mrs Quiz Pie, Pea & Romance Quiz, Raffle, Bar
Monday 10th February	Staveley Historical Society Staveley and Copgrove Village Hall, 7.30pm. Tony Powell - Rievaulx after the Dissolution Membership cards on sale for £10, visitors can pay £4 on the door.
Wednesday 5th February	Community Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 11.45am £1 for coffee and cake/biscuits. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.
Wednesday 5th February	Arkendale Women's Institute Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm Click here for the meetings schedule and details Members are asked to bring a raffle prize for future meetings. New members will be very welcome and are promised good company, a happy atmosphere and some very varied speakers. The more the merrier!
Wednesday 5th February	The Reading Group 7pm We will be discussing the "The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton" For further information, please call Sylvia Bagnall on 340248. All are welcome at The Reading Group.
Tuesday 28th January	Flower Arranging - Intermediate and Advanced Staveley Village Hall, 2pm - 4pm Flower arranging classes - course runs for 10 weeks from this date. For further details, contact Faith Dawson, 01423 340611
Wednesday 29th January	Flower Arranging - Beginners and Intermediate Staveley Village Hall, 10am - 12pm Flower arranging classes - course runs for 10 weeks from this date. For further details, contact Faith Dawson, 01423 340611
Friday 17th January	Cinema in Arkendale - The Great Gatsby Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm See recent release films in high definition. Courtesy of Cine Yorkshire This showing will be The Great Gatsby (cert: 12, 143 mins) Baz Luhrmann directs a star studded cast in this extravagant 3D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel. Set in the height of the roaring twenties, amongst the east coast aristocrats, Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire), a Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious and lavish lifestyle of his millionaire neighbour, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio). Slowly he is drawn into Gatsby's circle, bearing witness to all the glitz, glamour, obsession and tragedy of the age. Director: Baz Luhrmann, Cast: : Leonardo DiCaprio, Isla Fisher, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton £5 admission, pay on the door. Sound enhanced by Hearing Loop facility. There will be a bar with drinks, refreshments and ices on sale during the evening - opens 7.00pm.
Thursday 16th January	Arkendale Wine Society Arkendale Community Hall, 7.45pm Blind Tasting - led by Peter Thorndyke. £10 for members, £12 for non-members. Ideal for those who enjoy wine and want to learn more about it in an easy social setting. It is important that you let Alan Stokes know if you intend coming, so that the appropriate quantities can be provided - tel 340517 or topo@ajstokes.plus.com See the Wine Society web page for more information.
Wednesday 15th January	Parish Council Meeting Arkendale Community Hall, 7.30pm
Monday 13th January	Staveley Historical Society Staveley and Copgrove Village Hall, 7.30pm. Gillian Hovell - Pompeii - a product of its time Membership cards on sale for £10, visitors can pay £4 on the door.
Wednesday 8th January	Community Coffee Morning Arkendale Community Hall, 10.30am - 11.45am £1 for coffee and cake/biscuits. Come along and meet up with friends for a chat. All welcome.