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Inspirational Jill says her goodbyes
MUM of four Jill Edsall, who joined the village playgroup at Swinton as a parent helper, is leaving after 15 years as one of its leaders. The group, which meets at Swinton's former reading room every weekday, has been running for 20 years and today has
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The lions of Sherburn
A BOOK recalling times past in Sherburn was launched at the weekend, sparking off an appeal to raise up to £14,000 for a complete re-wiring of the village church. St Hilda's Church - whose interior is adorned with oak carvings of lions, birds of prey
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Spring can't be far away
Malton, February 6, and another cold day - but worry not, spring cannot be that far away. Which reminds me about the subject of sweeping or clearing snow from your own bit of footpath. This used to be considered to be good social behaviour. It meant that
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A new wash set for Malton market
LIKE many old gentlemen, the market water works are in need of attention and they have been under severe pressure, if you will excuse the pun, over the past couple of years. The foot and mouth disease crisis brought out the very worst in our bureaucratic
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Green foul smelling gunk
A SURPLUS of mushrooms gave me a rare domestic economic gesture. I chopped the mushrooms up in the food processor with every intention of freezing the result for a soup ingredient at some unspecified date. Three pound of mushrooms was quickly reduced
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Anti-war feeling knows no bounds
Although I always hold strong opinions on everything, I'm usually a bit too lazy to act on them. Emmerdale comes on telly and I'm much more likely to throw crisps at the screen than get up to find the remote. But for once I felt compelled to act on my
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I'm Glad I'm Me
I'D like to be a butterfly, With wings of glorious hue, And flutter in the bright warm sun And drink the morning dew. But when it comes to winter, I'd hibernate or die No more to feel the bright warm sun Or see the clouds on high. I'd like to be a blackbird
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The witch guide to brooms
WELL within living memory, virtually every household in rural areas would possess one or more besoms. Some people called them beezums, whilst others preferred the alternative pronunciation of bezzums, but these were handmade brooms with long handles tipped
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Clock is ticking on school's science bid
MALTON School is calling on the local community to help it raise £10,000 by the end of the month in its bid to become one of the first schools in the country to specialise in science. The school has already raised £40,000 since last September but must
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Blessed are the Cheesemakers (by Sarah-Kate Lynch (Black Swan £6.99)
In a remote corner of Ireland, there is a cheese making-enterprise that is the love of Corrie and Fee. But it is no ordinary factory because it is run on unusual lines. Highly successful in producing very special cheeses, Corrie and Fee are concerned
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Miracle at Sant' Anna by James McBride (Sceptre £6.99)
War in Tuscany around the tiny village of St Anna Di Stazzema is the setting for the story of four black soldiers of the 92nd Buffalo Division of the American Army. That division is made up of all-black soldiers commanded by white officers. The stage
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The Sweetest Thing by Fiona Shaw (Virago £12.99)
YORK author Fiona Shaw uses the background of her home city in the 1880s to give us a highly-readable novel. Friends Harriet and Mary leave the Yorkshire fishing village where they had been 'flither-lasses' for York, where they hope to find a new and
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Let's celebrate maternity unit
The following is a copy of a letter sent to Alison Guy, Chief Executive, Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust. I WOULD like to add my voice to the many who have already expressed concern about the future of the maternity unit in Malton
