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THIS COMING WEEKEND 21st and 22nd JUNE!I am delighted to announce that 38 young soldiers from22 Platoon at the Army Foundation College will be hosted here todo 'good works' around the village towards their Duke of Edinburgh Award.Please welcome them, thank them, and if you wish, join them!They will be working 1030hrs - 1530hrs around Feast Field on Saturday,followed by Memorial Hall then Village Centreand ending at the churchyard on Sunday.Our Community PayBack Team have kindly loaned several gardening tools,we have sourced others, but if you are able to loan any, especially clippers,trimmers, shears, forks or half moons etc. that would be very helpful.Please label them bring along to leave in the Memorial Hall Foyer
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Local planning authorities need to regularly identify and update their supply of sites for housing development as part of their adopted local plan. North Yorkshire Council is currently drawing up a new county wide local plan and a new consultation (Issues and Options) is about to begin.
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Our Memorial Hall was built to honour the fallen in two world wars and give thanks to those who returned. It is appropriate therefore that we play our full part in the national celebrations and village activities are planned for May 8th VE-Day and Saturday May 10th 2025
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Remembering Hampsthwaite’s Blind Joiner - an article by Shaun WilsonLike the market town of Knaresborough, who had ‘Blind Jack’ – John Metcalf, the road builder of Yorkshire in the eighteenth century, the small rural village of Hampsthwaite had it’s blind hero also, almost a century later – Peter Barker who became known as ‘The Blind Joiner of Hampsthwaite.’ Though there are some similarities between John Metcalf and Peter Barker’s lives, these are purely co-incidental and each fulfilled a life, character and career in their own right.
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Arsenic Poisoning in Hampsthwaite - The Execution of Hannah Whitley
In 1789, Hannah Whitley of Hampsthwaite used a pie as the delivery medium for a fatal dose of arsenic, with the poison concentrated in the crust. She claimed She had been coerced into the act of poisoning by her employer, a local linen weaver named Horseman, who was involved in an on-going feud with the intended victim.
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JANE RIDSDALEAged 33 years, born at Hampsthwaite, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, her height is 31 ½ inches.She is remarkably chearfull & enjoys very good health.Published July 1st 1807 by Jane Ridstale, at Harrogate where purchasers of this Print will have the opportunity of seeing and conversing with her
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Joshua Tetley was the founder of Tetley’s Brewery in Leeds, and he retired with his wife Hannah to Hollins Hall on the outskirts of Hampsthwaite (Hollins Hall Retirement Village).
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SCRUBBERS & STONES - Sat 29th June 10.30am - 2.30pm - Entry FREE!
Explore the Memorials at St Thomas a'Becket
Memorials Treasure Trail - for children if all ages
Self-Service / Self-Checkout BBQ from 12 noon (inc. veg option) Food £2, Drink £1, Donations? - yes please!
Hot & Cold Drinks
Laptop & Screen to show Mapping Hampsthwaite’s Past
Use a Bucket & Brush to help reveal Inscriptions on the older memorials
. . . or just Sit & Enjoy CORPUS CHRISTI BRASS BAND . . . from 11.30am
. . . followed by Afternoon Tea & Cakes at the Memorial Hall!
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Hampsthwaite Open Gardens - Sat 29th June 12.30am - 5.00pm - Entry £5.00 (accompanied under 15's FREE)
Tickets on the day from Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall
Plant sales - many named varieties of plants
Delicious homemade refreshments
Afternoon tea and cakes served from 12.30pm at the Memorial Hall
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Free genealogy websites will help you start your family history research at no cost as listed by the 'Who Do You Think You Are' magazine.
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Feast and Show Brochure : 2018
Hampsthwaite Feast and Show 2018 will be held on 21st and 22nd July 2018 Theme : 'The Movies' Feast Programme - general structure| Pre-Feast | | Indoor competition details | Distributed via school and The Village Store early-June | | Feast Grand Raffle | Tickets available via school and The Village Store early June. | | Feast Quiz | Available from school and The Village Store from early June | | Scarecrow Competition and Trail | Details available via school and The Village Store mid-June, Scarecrows to be displayed from early-July | | Brochures delivered and start of Treasure Hunt | Delivered free to all Hampsthwaite residents and pupils of Hampsthwaite School - voluntary donations and sponsorship welcome | | Saturday morning | | Judging of Show and Indoor Competitions | All entries to be on display in the Memorial Hall by 10.30am | | Judging of Pet Show | 11.00am in front of Memorial Hall | | Saturday afternoon | | Feast Parade | Accompanied by marching band, entertainers and classic cars
Assemble on Brookfield Green from 12.30pm | | Opening of Feast and Fancy Dress judging | 1.30pm at front of Memorial Hall | | Viewing of Show and Indoor Competition entries | From 2.00pm in Memorial Hall | | Entertainment in Memorial Hall car park | Including for example: Teas, Ice Cream Van, Fun Activities
| | Cross-country run | 2.30pm start from outside the Memorial Hall | | Hampsthwaite Show prize giving | Show Cups and prizes presented from outside the Memorial Hall from 3.15pm | | Saturday evening | | Family Picnic | 4.00pm to 7.00pm on Feast Field
Free entry - Games and Sports
Licensed Bar available
| | Family Evening | From 7.00pm on Feast Field
Free entry - Hot food served until 9.00pm
Live music until Midnight | | Sunday morning | | Feast Service | Ecumenical service alternating annually between St Thomas a'Becket church and the Methodist Chapel | | Sunday afternoon | | Feast Sports and Games | 12.00pm on Feast Field | | Entertainers | Including for example: displays, demonstrations and the Feast Challenge
| | Air Show | Subject to availability and weather permitting! | | Feast prizes and trophies | Awarded at 4.35pm on Feast Field | | Post-Feast | | Exhibition of Feast and Show photos | On this web site
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