A festival of different sorts occurs from Saturday 28th May to Sunday 5th June 2011.  The small Yorkshire village of Wetwang will once again welcome 1000's of visitors for its 9th annual Scarecrow Week.

In 2010 the Festival raised over £5,000 for the community's Village Hall ensuring the essential upkeep for the Village Hall for another year. Big thanks must go to the many scarecrow makers, volunteers and visitors who help support this festival.

This years Wetwang Scarecrow Festival promises to be another cracker. They have some classes and categories for everyones enjoyment.

8 years ago the scarecrows arrived in Wetwang and the Village Hall Committee, as a fundraising activity for the newly-erected Wetwang Village Community Hall, decided to hold a festival. 8 years later it has grown to become the most important event in the villages calendar.

It isn't just a heap of scarecrows for you to look at, the enthusiastic residents will display them in gardens, open spaces, hidden corners and even on rooftops. In fact if you drive too slowly through the village, you may find one sneak into your car !!

Over 60 scarecrow graced last year’s festival and over 100 are expected for this years Wetwang Scarecrow Festival.

There appears to be no end to the creative talents of our scarecrow makers and their hiding places - and 2011 will surely see another imaginative bunch of inventions...

So why not pop in and help raise some much needed funds, even if it's just a quick visit on your way to the Yorkshire Seaside.

Wetwang Village Community Hall is a registered charity (no. 523308)

The address is:
Southfield Road
Wetwang
East Yorkshire
YO25 9XX

Telephone number :
01377 236572 - answerphone out of hours

Website : http://www.wetwangscarecrows.co.uk/

Who’s who:
Chairperson:  Reena Scrowston
Secretary:  Bill Buckle - 01377 236222
Booking enquiries: Sue Davidson 01377 236787

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With over 200 individual and unique buildings, working harbour and train, set in an acre of landscaped garden. Bondville must be seen to be appreciated by young and old alike.

Bondville Miniature Village is a masterpiece, surely the finest model village in the country, renowned for its incredible attention to detail. There are over 1000 handmade and painted character figures, over 200 individual and unique buildings, and carefully crafted scenes of everyday life, all set in a beautifully landscaped 1 acre site.

Take a leisurely stroll around Bondville and see its little inhabitants going about their daily lives. Watch the steam train pull its carriages round the track, crossing the river and passing the harbour, where fishing boats and cruisers and moored

Look out for the humourous and unexpected - you may miss something the first time around!
What caused the playground fight?

Who are the celebrity visitors to the Dog & Duck pub?

And why is a certain dog in hot water if he's caught?

Address: Main Street, Sewerby, Bridlington, YO15 1ER
Telephone: 01262 401736
Email: m.eckles@hotmail.co.uk

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Come and see the famous stars who trod the boards at Bridlington at Beside the Seaside, watch Punch and Judy, see the thrills of the switchback railway, go on a `trip around the bay`, find out about the crazes of Bridlington`s heyday and much more....

Take a promenade through Bridlington`s resort heyday and sample the sights, sounds and characters of the seaside - whatever the weather!

• Guess the smuggler`s contraband.
• See if you can win at the local Trivial Pursuit.
• Watch all the five films in the Edwardian Theatre.
• Collect your pennies and play on the slot machines.
• Sit in the Victorian railway carriage and listen to the visitors chat excitedly about their visit to Bridlington.
• Stop off at the 1950's Lodging House and experience grumpy Len's breakfast banter.
• Experience the traditional seaside favourite "Punch & Judy" even have a go yourself.
• Learn about our coast and how to recognise the many different seabirds which frequent the area.
• Take 10 minutes to relax in our Theatre and take in the film of the day.
• For the brave at heart, the opportunity to place your hands into the tubes of mystery where you can try to guess which sea creature you are touching.
• For those of you who miss the innocence of the slot machines  of yesteryear we will provide you with sufficient old pennies to enjoy a gamble on our collection of classic slot machines.
• If it has all been too much you can sit and take in the breathtaking views of the Harbour and South Beach. Once you have regained your composure you can;
• Sample the smells of genuine smugglers booty.
• Experience the thrill of a trip around the bay with you at the wheel of our replica wheelhouse, Be careful not to bump the harbour walls on your way back.
• If you prefer to keep your feet on dry land why not listen to a selection of the many Stars who have appeared at Bridlington's Spa Theatre, how many voices can you correctly recognise?
• Not to be missed is our nostalgic look back at the holidays of the 20's, 40's and 50's look for your favourite product of the period within our displays while you listen to the many reminiscences of the visitors of the year.

Address: at Beside the Seaside, 35 Queen Street, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO15 2SP
Telephone    01262 674308     Fax    01262 608890
Email : lordsfeoffees@btconnect.com

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Europe's largest open air theatre re-opens in grand style in the summer of 2010, the historic site situated on the Yorkshire coast in the beautiful town of Scarborough, will once again see the finest national and international line-up of acts performing. Featuring live music, opera, sporting events, family productions, comedy and much, much more.

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The main spectacle of this year's event will be a very unique homecoming parade that includes the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment who will march through the town to exercise their Freedom of the Borough of Scarborough. On this occasion they will be joined by the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards who are also celebrating their recent return from a six month operational tour of duty in Afghanistan where the two battalions served side by side.

This will be a unique opportunity to see both battalions parading in one town together. The parade led by the Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band will be one of the largest the town has seen, with an estimated 400 soldiers taking part. The parade is planned to start at 2.30pm and will march through town to the South Bay (full details of the route will be available nearer the event).

There will also be fun filled attractions to entertain the young and old alike taking place in Scarborough's South Bay including a tug of war competition, paintball range and climbing wall. There will also be a selection of military vehicles, weapons and exhibitions to inspect.

HMS Explorer, one of Yorkshire's Universities Royal Naval Unit training ships which has a specific role in providing training opportunities for midshipmen from Yorkshire's Universities of Hull, Bradford and Sheffield will also be taking part in the afternoon's activities.

The day's programme additionally includes a Spitfire display from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and The Band of Yorkshire Volunteers will be on hand to entertain the crowds. A large parade of Standards will head up a veterans parade and will be supported by local cadets and uniformed youth groups.

In addition to the main event on Saturday 26 June, a special flag raising ceremony will take place on Monday 21 June at Scarborough Town Hall to officially commence a week of celebrations in honour of the armed forces.

Other events planned for the week include an Armed Forces Day fundraising concert on Wednesday 23 June which is being organised by Scarborough Concert Orchestra and Scarborough College and a 'Party in the Park' which will be held on Sunday 27 June by the Friends of Peasholm Park in Peasholm Park, Scarborough.

Scarborough welcomes all veterans and serving troops and we are playing host to service families and their children by offering a range of complimentary activities, rides, rock and ices etc.

Scarborough is home to the Heroes Welcome scheme, which has now been launched nationally and supports Armed Forces personnel by giving discounts, service upgrades or special acknowledgement in various retail outlets and restaurants.

For more details please visit the event website: http://www.heroeswelcome.co.uk/

All the events are free - more information will be published as and when events/activities are confirmed so please visit their website for up-to-date details

Contact Rowena Marsden, Event Organiser Phone: 01723 383615 Email: rowena.marsden@scarborough.gov.uk

John Senior, Co-ordinator of Heroes Welcome, host for Armed Forces personnel Phone: 01723 364042 Email: captsen1@aol.com

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Folk Weekend Robin Hoods Bay

June 11th/12th/13th

A Free Weekend of Music Sessions and Singarounds in and around the 'famed city of Robin Hood's Bay' on the beautiful Yorkshire Coast.

Outline Programme

Take place in the Big Room of the Dolphin:
(Except the Last Survivor's Session)

Friday : Club Night from 8.30 -ish - MC Jim

Folk Weekend Robin Hoods Bay 2

Saturday : Lunchtime Session - from around Noon
Evening Session with Ken - from 8.30 - ish

Sunday : Lunchtime Session with Bill Adair - from around Noon
Last Survivor's Session - from 8.30 - ish
* * N.B. This session is in the bottom bar of the Bay Hotel * *

Website : http://folkweekend.rhbay.co.uk/

Photos Courtesy of Burton House

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Amen Corner

It's time to relive the grooviest decade on the 50th anniversary of the swinging sixties.

A full weekend at the 60s Festival, featuring the sounds of some of the top sixties groups live on stage at Whitby Pavilion.

See and hear Hermans Hermits, Marmalade, Union Gap, The Dreamers, The Ivy League and Amen Corner, plus many more, including additional tribute shows to The Beatles, Elvis, Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Gene Pitney and others.

The weekend kicks off at 7.00pm on Friday and keeps on going until Sunday late

FRI 4th JUNE 7pm - 1 am Tickets - £12
HERMANS HERMITS, IVY LEAGUE, PERSUADERS

SAT 5th JUNE 12 noon - 4pm - Tickets - £12
Tributes to: SHADOWS, RICKY NELSON, BILLY FURY, BOBBY VEE, GENE PITNEY

SAT 5th JUNE 7pm - 1am - Tickets - £20
AMEN CORNER with CHIP HAWKES, STEVE ELLIS & MERSEYBEAT LEGENDS,

SUN 6th JUNE 12 noon - 4pm - Tickets - £12
Tributes to: THE BEATLES, ELVIS, CLIFF RICHARD

SUN 6th JUNE 7pm - 1am - Tickets £20
MARMALADE, UNION GAP, THE DREAMERS.

Whatever the weather the Whitby 60s Festival is always a big hit with fans of sixties music. Just £58 for the full weekend or individual sessions at the prices listed above.

Full details can be found at www.whitbylive.co.uk

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The Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum is about 15 miles from Whitby and around 4 miles from Saltburn.  The Museum offers visitors an opportunity to discover the skills and customs that built Cleveland's Ironstone heritage. It is the only Museum in the UK which tells the story of Ironstone mining; a key part of the local history of the social and industrial development of Cleveland and Teesside.

The Museum today offers visitors an opportunity to experience the underground world of a real ironstone mine and to explore the skills, customs and life of the Cleveland miner. It was these miners that helped make Cleveland the most important Ironstone mining district in Victorian and Edwardian Britain.

One of the Museum's strengths lies in its knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides, who accompany visitors around the site:

• through the discovery of rock in the area
• through the cavernous ventilation spaces
• into the North Drift of the old Loftus Mine

It was through this drift that much of the 6.2 million tons of ironstone extracted from Skinningrove was hauled.

Visitors have the opportunity to hear the story of a Trappy Lad on his first day at work underground in the darkness and the friends that he made there.

Finally the tour finishes with the chance to explore an underground working place and see how the stone was drilled, charged with explosives and FIRED!

While visitors are waiting for the next tour, they are able to browse the Museum Gallery. This displays photographs of Loftus Ironstone Mine (where the Museum is located), the Miners and the local area during the mining era.

The Museum is located on the site of Loftus Mine in Skinningrove, which was the first Ironstone Mine to open in Cleveland. At its peak the Ironstone Mining industry supported some 82 mines, and the annual production peaked at nearly 7 million tons.

The Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum (formerly the " Tom Leonard Mining Museum") first opened in 1982, as a result of the enthusiasm and commitment of Tom, whose dream it was to see the setting up of a Museum devoted to the memory of the Cleveland Ironstone Miners and their industry. Sadly Tom died before the Museum opened, but a dedicated group of volunteers have kept the Museum open and managed to extend the areas of the Mine operations open to visitors and also to improve the interpretation for the public.

More recently the Museum has been going from strength to strength. The Museum opened a new extension to their shop and visitor reception area in 2009, giving the museum a first floor education space in the Tom Leonard Gallery and a cinema for visitors.

The most recent improvements have also raised the profile of the Museum as a valuable local resource, and many more schools are now looking to the Museum to link with the teaching of local history.

Opening Times

• Open Daily: 1st April until 31st October, Monday - Friday 10.30am until 3.30pm last tour.
• Saturdays 1-3.30 last tour.
• Closed: 1st November until 31st March except for school visits and special bookings

Address : The Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, Deepdale, Skinningrove, Cleveland, TS13 4AP

Website : http://www.ironstonemuseum.co.uk

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This weekend sees Whitby host the "Spirit Of The 40s" weekend.  There is something there for everybody, as Whitby is transported back in time to the 1940's.  With re-enactments, singers, pipe & drum bands, dog shows, plus much much more, you surely won't be bored on any of the three days that the festival is held on.  There will also be a variety of fundraising events going on throughout the weekend in support of ‘Help For Heroes’ and a number of other charities.

With the weather looking promising in Whitby (no rain forecast), its surely worth a visit this weekend.

The weekend goes something like this (subject to last minute changes)

Spirit of the 40s Weekend at the West Cliff HQ and around the town

Fri 16 April 2010

Hangar Dance with Miss Lola Lamour 40s Dance,

Tickets £8. Starts 7.30pm, Whitby Pavilion Complex

Sat 17 April 2010
Town Centre: Shop window competition and displays, Whitby railway station: Whitby Army Cadets, also Ryedale Folk Museum Re-enactors
10.00am    Sleights Singers entertain
10.30am    Steam train arrival
10.45am    Pipes and Drums in nearby Wellington Road
11.00am    Parade assembles by St John’s Church, Baxtergate
11.15am    Parade of military personnel, civilians, evacuees and fancy dress characters departs via New Quay Road, Pier Road to West Pier for dismissal. Then on to the Pavilion on the West Cliff.
11.15am    West Cliff : Convoy of military and civilian vehicles departs from West Cliff, via Argyle Road, Upgang Lane, Chubb Hill, Bagdale, New Quay Road, Pier Road and Kyber Pass to the display area on the Spa Green, West Cliff.

Dock End: throughout the day:
Local history sketches with the Paul Nicholas School of Acting;
Pipes and Drums display; Miss Lola Lamour Entertains;
Blood Pressure Testing (in support of the Rotary Club Stroke Awareness Day).
Spa Green (Captain Cook’s Statue):
10.00am    Living History Displays: 4th Indian Regiment, Normandy Arnhem Society, Military and civilian vehicles display.
1.30pm      Fun Dog Show with Whitby Dog Rescue

The Bandstand (throughout the day):
Greyhounds Galore Tombola; Whitby Community Choir; Vintage Steam Bus rides.
Pavilion (West Cliff):
10.00am    Black Market in the Bunker
Traditional Pastimes displays in the Cafe area:
Queen Bee Quilters, Acorn Cards and pressed flowers, crochet, knitting and embroidery displays. Also Whitby Art Society painting demonstrations, Friends of Whitby Pavilion show stall and Stuart McMillan with illustrations from the book ‘Defence of the UK’ (Whitby area).
12.00     Fancy Dress competition judging.
All Ruzzit Buzzit Dance Classes:
1-2pm   Beginners 1940s Jive
2-3pm  Learn to Stroll (absolute beginners)
3-4pm  Intermediate 40s Jive
4-5pm  Foxtrot 40s Style
NB: All dance classes £5 / person.
7.30pm   Gala Dance with the Moonlight Serenade
Orchestra and Miss Lola Lamour. Tickets £15.

Sun 18 April 2010
Pavilion: 09.00 - 10.30am    Victory Breakfast and Singalong
Adults £5 Children £3.
10.00am    Black Market in the Bunker
Traditional Pastimes displays in the Cafe area:
Queen Bee Quilters, Acorn Cards and pressed flowers, crochet, knitting and embroidery displays. Also Whitby Art Society painting demonstrations, Friends of Whitby Pavilion show stall and Stuart McMillan with illustrations from the book ‘Defence of the UK’ (Whitby area).
12 - 1.00pm    Ladies Fashion Show with Re-enactors from WW2 North East
Spa Green (Captain Cook’s statue):
10.00     Living History Displays: 4th Indian Regiment, Normandy Arnhem Society, Military and civilian vehicles display.
1.30pm      Fun Dog Show with Greyhounds Galore
The Bandstand (throughout the day):
Inner Wheel Tombola, Pipes and Drums, Vintage Steam Bus, Street Entertainers.
2.00pm   Sunday Showcase Concert:
Music, favourite songs, audience participation in an afternoon of nostalgia.

Whitby and District Tourism Association hope you have a wonderful weekend in Whitby.

Spirit of the 40s Weekend is organised by :
Whitby and District Tourism Association in conjunction with Scarborough Borough Council.
Advance Ticket Sales from Whitby Pavilion, tel 01947 604855.

For details on how to get to Whitby, see our Travel page

Schedule courtesy of VisitWhitby.com

Photo Credit to kjl08

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Bayle Museum

The Bayle Museum has announced its opening times and dates for the 2010 season :

• Monday 5 April 2010 -Friday 9 April 2010 (inclusive).
• Sunday 2 May 2010 and Monday 3 May 2010.
• Saturday 29 May 2010 - Friday4 September 2010

Opening times 10am until 4pm.

Last admissions 3.30pm.

Adults £1-00. Children ( under 15) FREE  must be accompanied by an adult.

Special Event Days to look out for this year are :

• Old Town Festival 3 and 4 July and 11 July 2010.
• Archaeology Day - 1 August 2010. Free Admission. 11am - 4pm  Last Admission 3.3opm
• Heritage Day - Sunday 12 September 2010. Free Admission. 11am - 4pm  Last Admission 3.30pm.
• Lords Open Day Sunday 26 September 2010. 11am - 4pm.

It should also be noted that the contact telephone number has changed to 01262 674308

To find out more about the Bayle Museum, please visit the Bayle Museum page

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