The Parish Church of St Michael the Archangel, Kirkby in Malhamdale

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The Parish Church of
St Michael the Archangel,
Kirkby in Malhamdale
Vicar: The Rev'd. Geoffrey Spencer
e-mail: [email protected]. tel: [phone]
Church Website: www.kirkbymalhamchurch.org
Contact Numbers:
Church Officials
Churchwardens Mrs Maureen Dore 830437
Mr. Ted Ellis 830513
Mr George Parker 825597
PCC Secretary Mrs Sue Bailey 830766
PCC co-Treasurers Mr Chris Darling 851452
Mr Ian Ballard 830885
Mothers’ Union Mrs Shirley Rycroft 830278
Tower Captain Mr George Parker 825597
Music
Organists Mrs Maria Gledhill 830208
Mrs Margaret Ellis 830513
Mr Lawrence Denholm
Children & Young People
Sunday Kids Club Mrs Gill Petrucci 840548
Parish Youth Group Mrs Bridget Slater 830559
Parish Hall Bookings Mrs Muriel Bland 830277
MALHAM METHODIST CHAPEL
Minister Rev Janet Clasper 01756 752607
[email protected]
Steward Mrs Susan Simpson 830423
Treasurer Mrs Carol Newhouse 830487
QUAKER MEETING HOUSE, AIRTON
Voluntary Friend in Residence Mr Simon Watkins 830263
[email protected]
Clerk to the Airton Meeting Mrs Laurel Phillipson
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THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH
It was one of the foulest smells I’d encountered and so strong I can almost
conjure it today, more than seven years later. A combination of a musty
dankness with a sharp acrid bitterness like the rotten fruit of something big that
was never sweet. I asked the guide what it was. He simply said ‘it’s because of
what happened here’.
His diagnosis of the deathly odour hanging in the dungeons of the slave fort at
Elmina in Ghana may have been a prosaic attempt to draw the events of history
into the present; but regardless of whether the stench of human waste and
sickness overflowing in a dark cavern crammed with bodies could really last 2
centuries is academic. Any one of my other senses confirmed that this place had
been the site of depraved human atrocity too deep to describe; and any reading
of history confirms that the long-abolished atlantic slave trade left its indelible
mark on the way the world has developed since.
Another slave fort, the same weekend. The guide at Cape Coast Castle is clear
about his purpose: to inform, not to accuse, instead simply relating what is known
about what happened here. Looking smarter than Elmina, with its whitewashed
ramparts and pristine halls, its underbelly nonetheless remains dark and close like
a shameful secret. My moment of horror here is provided by a small grilled hole
in the ceiling of a dingy passage leading to one of the dungeons. In the rooms to
the side of this passage, slaves awaiting sale would be crammed together for up
to a month, standing or lying in their own waste whilst week after week the
traders and owners would look into the grill on their way into the chapel directly
above, cautioned by this picture of sin and hell as they prepared to pray.
It's said we can’t judge history. Perhaps not – we weren’t there after all. But it
might be natural to be revolted by images of ‘the faithful’ going in to sing hymns
within arms-length of the poor souls on whom they themselves are inflicting
diabolical suffering. Unless, regardless of context, we’re baffled by how it’s even
possible for a person with any conscience not to see the wrong in it, we might not
begin to look critically at our own times to consider whether there is suffering in
which we might inadvertently be complicit.
It may be that inequality is not so extreme in our experience, or perhaps is much
more removed than arms-length but it still exists and globally speaking it is still
extreme. Does our over-use of fossil fuels worsen this inequality by intensifying
climate change? Are our taxes invested via pensions funds in sales of deadly
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weapons used by repressive regimes against civilians? Are we satisfied that the
cheap food we eat and the clothes we buy are not produced by indentured
labour or at least in a way which impoverishes the environment and controls the
destiny of poor communities elsewhere in the world? Do we know that slavery
itself has in fact been abolished – or is it just hidden?
This autumn Airton Friends Meeting are looking at just a small but important
part of the inequality in the world. With dramas, readings, talks and crucially a
discussion by experts about the reality of contemporary slavery, the events
fortnightly from 17th September to 29th October will be revealing, thought-
provoking and perhaps even hopeful. After all, the slave trade was abolished,
officially speaking, and slaving in the US came to an end some decades later. In
an era when ‘all lives matter’ - black, white, every shade- we can be
encouraged by the ‘moral arc of the universe’ and apply ourselves to the task of
bringing it home to justice.
Simon Watkins
Voluntary Friend in Residence, Airton Meeting House
THANK YOU
A big thank you to everybody who baked cakes, biscuits etc. for the church
cake stall at Malham Show, and to all who bought them. Thanks also to all
those who helped man the stall on the day.
We had a fantastic range of goodies to sell, which raised a total of £202 for
church funds.
Carol Ballard

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KIRKBY IN MALHAMDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL
After a lovely summer we all returned refreshed to school. It is fabulous to
have 9 new starters in school they are: Connie Thompson, Benjamin Presley,
Archie Mitchell, James Eddleston, Daisy Hargreaves, Harriet Burrow,
Vincent Cartman, Annabelle Wright and Mia Hart. They are all settling in
really well.
As we start our collaboration with Gargrave Primary School staff have
already enjoyed two training days getting to know each other and working
on school priorities. We also welcome to Kirkby Malham school new
members of staff. Mr John Bell as Class 2 teacher, Miss Sarah Harrison as
teaching assistant and Mrs Christine Eccleston as part-time administrator.
Some exciting things are planned for school in this coming term. Next week
children in Class 2 will be visiting Hill Top Farm in Malham for the day and
learning about all things agricultural.
We are supporting Macmillan Cancer and on Friday the 6th October we are
having a Coffee afternoon followed by our Harvest assembly. Everyone is
welcome. 1.30pm onwards
There are many sporting activities lined up too, cross country (one of our
favourites) and some orienteering.
At the end of last term we
proudly unveiled our
fantastic outdoor artwork
that local artist Stephen
Waterhouse came into
school to help us create. It
now looks amazing hung on
our wall and the children
enjoy looking at it and
picking out their beautiful
drawings.
We are very much looking
forward to the upcoming
busy term.
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ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL FABRIC FUND 200 CLUB
DRAW PRIZE WINNERS
August 2017
1st Prize £100 Michael Sharp
2nd Prize £50 Doreen Sharp
3rd Prize £25 C. Cribb
th Prize £15 Wendy Hoare
5th Prize £10 Andrea West
Well done everyone! Any more prospective members please contact:
Joy Schofield 830463 Ali Milner 830588
Rachael Caton 830250 Bernadette Schutte 830322
And a gentle reminder that subscriptions for 2017/18 are due before 31st
October. It greatly eases the work of the organisers if payments reach them
well before this date. Thank you!
The 200 Club is open to all and we attract members from outside the area as
well as local residents who respect and love this special building. The draw
takes place every month and is enjoyed with anticipation. £50 enters you for 12
draws commencing in November 2017.
We hope you will continue to support us and we welcome new members.
You can drop cheques (made payable to Kirkby Malham Church 200 Club) or
exact cash with Joy Schofield (830463), Ashley & Rachel Caton (830250),
Bernadette Schutte (830322) or Ali Milner (830588)
or pay by BACS - Bank details: Yorkshire Bank
Account name: Kirkby Malham Church 200 Club
Account number: 17805512
Sort code: 05 09 09

Thank you very much indeed.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES:
A final contribution concerning the church’s restoration in 1879-80 . . .
Coming to the subject of ways and means, it is unnecessary to tell any of
those for whom this report is meant that the principal promoter and main
contributor is Mr. W. Morrison. We should have had no restored Church
without him. I am quite sure every Churchman in Kirkby-Malhamdale will be
pleased to acknowledge this. And I cannot use the word ‘Churchman’
without remembering that we have received very generous help from some
upon whom, as Dissenters, we had no claim. The total cost has been £3,556;
of which Mr. Morrison has given £1,600, besides several special
contributions, not the least pleasing of which is the alteration of the fence on
the West side of the Churchyard. The new pulpit is given by the Architects
(Messrs. Paley and Austin of Lancaster); the old Norman font, probably
turned to base uses a century ago, has been re-erected at the cost of Mrs.
Morrison; and the vestry screen is a present from Mr. Perkins (the clerk of
works who supervised everything). The financial state of things now is that a
sum of £458 15s. 10d. is due to the Craven Banking Company, from whom
we have had to borrow to pay off the contractors. I leave this fact to speak
for itself.

p.s. In the next Annual Report this money had been repaid by Mr. W. Morrison
and he had also donated four new seats, a bronze eagle lectern and various
additions to the chancel furniture.
Jen Darling
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MALHAM WI
As I missed the deadline for last month’s edition here's a brief round-up of what
we've been up to over the summer period. We’ve kept ourselves busy in July
and August what with trips, the Great Yorkshire Show and our annual barbecue.

In July Hazel and Joyce did their volunteering stint again in the WI tent at the
GYS. Joyce was extremely pleased that she had been promoted from last year's
position of ‘teapot polisher’ to the dizzy heights of Trolley Dolly. Muriel and I
supported from a distance by entering produce for the WI competition, and
actually we didn't do too badly at all!

Also in July we had the annual barbecue at Margaret and Roger’s. The weather
proved to be extremely kind and we got away with not having to wear our
woolly pullies. We have some good photos for our album not least the one with
the men crowded around the barbecue; what is it about men and a fire? For our
annual jaunt, it was a slightly cooler day in August albeit bright with sunshine
when we visited Bolton Castle. The day was perfectly organised as always by
our trip advisor Muriel; we had an excellent guided tour and falconry display
followed by lunch in the castle. During the guided tour around the grounds we
were informed by the guide that when it was built, the castle had all mod cons
including a number of great fireplaces heating both ground and upper floors. I
should imagine they needed it as we discovered it was rather windy round the
ramparts!

Sadly one of our members, Jean Broadey, died very suddenly over the bank
holiday weekend. Jean was a hugely talented crafts woman and an excellent
baker. Earlier this year she kindly taught us how to make beaded jewellery at
one of our meetings. She was patient and thoughtful helping each of us as we
struggled to mirror her skills. And of course we have all enjoyed seeing her
work winning the craft categories at a Malham Show. She will be much missed
by all of us.

Tracey Baron
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ASHLEY'S FARM
As I write we have just finished two days at Hawes gimmer lamb sale, where
30,000 mule lambs were sold through one small ring in what remains a
fantastic traditional Dales auction market. Farmers and buyers come from all
over the country to what is arguably the premier sale for the female mule
lambs in the country. Our two sales of gimmer lambs at Skipton and Hawes
have gone well and I have been pleased with how the lambs have finished up
this year. Trade i.e. prices have been healthy and both buyers and sellers
have been satisfied, which is helpful towards a sustainable and level market
for breeding sheep sales year on year. Preparing for the sales is always hard
work, but has been particularly challenging this year with all the wet
weather we have had in the lead up to the sales. I love to see the lambs
come in spring but it is always a huge relief when they are sold, safe in the
knowledge that they have all gone to good homes.
My attentions now turn to preparing rams or tups for the pedigree Blue
Faced Leicester sales which take place in late September / early October.
The biggest of these sales is again at Hawes, in what is an epic sale which
starts on the last Thursday in September but never finishes until the early
hours of Friday. The order of sale for all of these sales is determined by a
pre-drawn ballot and in such a big sale it can have an impact on your sale.
Last year we had an unlucky late turn and were not sold until nearly
midnight, having left home at 5am! Preparing the tups for sale is very similar
to preparing a gimmer lamb in that they have their neck wool and belly wool
trimmed and are dipped to colour their wool, followed by a final wash.
Because they are a pedigree, each Blue Faced Leicester has an individual
breed identifier, which is made up of your personal flock number and name,
a letter (which changes each year) and a number e.g. our first registered
lamb this year will be 3253 K1 Otterburn Lodge. The parentage of every
lamb has to be recorded and an annual flock book detailing every registered
Blue Faced Leicester in the country is produced. At the ram sales there is
much studying and discussion about the breeding and blood lines that are
available for sale. Whilst we breed our own tups to be used on the Swaledale
sheep, we still need to buy in a new blood line every couple of years, in
order to prevent inbreeding in the Bluefaced Leicester Flock.
The purpose of a BFL is to be crossed with a Swaledale ewe to produce a
quality Mule lamb and it is this potential that everyone is searching for when
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selecting a ram. A large proportion of the tups available for sale are tup lambs,

i.e. they were only born themselves this Spring and will be tupping sheep for the
first time this Autumn, which means finding a good one can be something of a
lottery!
Amongst preparing for the tup sales I will also be keeping up with routine
maintenance of the male wether lambs and starting to prepare the ewes for
tupping time which I will tell you more about next time.
Wet weather at this time of year is a concern to me, as the land soon becomes
wet on our clay soils at Otterburn and the cows soon start to make a mess of the
land and the grass can quickly disappear. If it continues the cows may have to
come inside which makes for a long winter in which a lot of silage and haylage
will be needed. We will keep hoping for that Indian summer!
Ashley and Rachael

NEWS FROM THE BELFRY.
Fortunately the work in the church has not affected the
bell ringing and we have been able to carry on ringing
for Sunday services and practice nights as normal.
Also we were able to accommodate a visit from the
Bellringers from Penrith on the 2nd of September and a
party from Lancaster on the 16th.
On Monday the 11th we were invited to take part in the filming of the Artisan
Food programme for BBC2 at the farm shop. Tom Kerridge the presenter came
to the bell ringing practice to talk about the produce and was introduced to the
ancient art of bellringing. If they show all of what was recorded it will be a
good episode.
As ever we are always looking to welcome new recruits and anyone who would
like to have a go please come along on a Tuesday evening at 7.30.
George Parker
Tower Captain
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CONISTON COLD YOUNG FARMERS CLUB
On Saturday12th August Coniston Cold Young Farmers held their 71st Annual
show at The Richard Tottie Memorial Hall at Coniston Cold. The rain stayed
away, making a pleasant afternoon with members exhibiting everything
from cakes, buns, flowers, handicrafts handwriting and preserves in the
indoor classes to sheep, cows and poultry in the outdoor classes.
The judges for the day were Mr. and Mrs. S. Chapman from Broughton, Mr.
David Airey from Crosshills, and Mrs. Joan Procter from Rathmell; Mr. John
Hall from Gargrave was the poultry judge. Club president Janet Bolland and
club chairman Will Throup presented the trophies and prizes whilst Gemma
Darwin thanked all judges and stewards and also Robin Schofield and Robert
Hudson as show organisers.

The results are as follows:
Trophy winners
Cattle
Major Yorke Tankard - Archie Allen
Levers Cattle Food Cup - Archie Allen.
Bolland Brothers Cup - Archie Allen
The Metcalfe Harrison - Archie Allen
Throup Trophy - Robert Capstick
James Mason Trophy - Archie Allen
Sheep
Preston Farmers Cup - William & MaryThroup
William Laycocks Trophy - Bolland Family
Norman Forster Trophy - Charlotte Lambert
Best Horned Ewe Trophy - Robin Schofield
Arthur Boothman Trophy - W & M Throup
Mr & Mrs Swales Trophy - Robert Capstick
Graham Challenge Cup - Robert Capstick
Black Horse Trophy - Aimee Beresford
Smellows Trophy - Mary Throup
MJR Bannister Poultry Trophy - Archie Allen
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