Settle News July 8th

SETTLE PRIMARY SCHOOL RUGBY:

A team from years 4 and 5 from Settle Primary School were successful in representing Craven District in the School Games 2012, at tag rugby. They came away with a Silver Medal, after narrowly losing out to an older Year 6 team team from Hambleton District.

They were awarded medals by previous squad members from the British Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

THE FOLLY

Two new exhibitions open at The Folly this week. The first is ‘ ‘Time to Celebrate’ and the second is Victoria Cave Revisited’. Opening times: Tues. 10.30-4.30  Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun and Bank Holidays 12.30-4.30.For further information check the website at  ncbpt.org.uk/folly or ring 01729 822893 for more information. To complement the second exhibition there will be a talk by Tom Lord on Sat. July 14 7.30pm in the Folly  entitled ‘Victoria Cave: a Neglected Monument of Victorian Science’. Tickets for this event cost £6.00 from the Folly or 01729 822893

 

GALLERY ON THE GREEN

There is still time to catch the current exhibition at the gallery, which runs until 21 July.  Entitled “Celebrating Settle” it features memorabilia and photographs of past royal jubilee and coronation festivities in Settle from 1887-1953.

 

SETTLE VOICES:

Settle Voices Community Choir meets in the Friends Meeting House, Kirkgate on Monday afternoon from 1pm to 3pm. There is an annual fee of £5 plus £4 per session. New members are welcome. For more information please see website www.settlevoices.org.uk or ring (01729) 822771

 

 

SETTLE HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

Organisers for a reunion scheduled for students from Settle High School who were in the intake year 1958 and 1959 are seeking your help!  The event is  to take place at Settle Cricket Club on 29 September from 3pm onwards. A pie and pea meal is planned and the event will cost £5.  However, at present the organisers have not managed to contact everyone and have a particular problem tracing some of the girls as many have married and so the surname has changed. They are appealing to anyone who may be in touch with any ex-students from these year groups – they might be family or friends who have moved out of the area – to pass the message on so that as many as possible can come along to the event. The people in question will now be in their sixties and it thought that those who moved away may still have other  family members in the area. To find out more, pass on details or to reserve a place please contact  01729 822988 or 01535 692018.

 

VICTORIA HALL

There is a treat in store for rock music fans when Spacebats come to Victoria Hall on 14 July. Covering classic rock through to powerpop, the event starts at 7.30pm with tickets costing £6 in advance via the box office on 01729 825718. Over the summer months Victoria Hall, in conjunction with TRAMPS, will be showing films every week. The first film night will take place on July 18 when the film will be the cult spoof, “This is Spinal Tap”. This is a 15 certificate rock and roll musical mock documentary about the fictional heavy metal music band Spinal Tap which satirises the behaviour and pretensions of 1980’s hard rock and heavy metal musical bands. The film starts at 7pm and tickets cost £5. On July 25 the film is the U certificate 1954 musical, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”.

THE TOT LORD TRAIL

There will be an opportunity to find out more about one of Settle’s famous sons, by undertaking the Tot Lord Trail. This guided walk around the town will meet outside Lamberts at 6pm on 19 July. The walk takes around 90 minutes and costs £3.50 with proceeds going to the East African Famine Appeal. For further information contact 015242 42414.

 

SETTLE AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY

There will be a coffee morning at The Old Courthouse on Saturday July 21 from 10am to 12.30. All welcome.

 

 

BOWLING TOURNAMENT

Settle Bowling Club are running a “Non-bowlers” doubles competition on Sunday, 29 July starting at 11.30am. This competition will be known as “The Novice Shield” , sponsored by Settle Social Club, and is open to players of any age, but specifically non-bowlers only. Entry is £5 per pair. Cash prizes for first, second and third. Bowling woods are supplied by the club.  Anyone wishing to enter please contact: John Chambers on 01729 825783 or “Tiger” at Settle Social Club. This a fun competition and all are welcome.

 

WI

There will be a strawberry coffee morning between 10-12 at Friends meeting House, Kirkgate on 28 July. There will also be cakes and produce on sale. All welcome.

 

HOLIDAY CLUB

Chipmonks is running a holiday club during the summer based at Settle Primary School. The club will be open to children aged between 5-0 years and will run for 3 weeks from 6 August. There will be a range of activities during this period and costs will be £20 per day for the period of 9am- 3pm or £27.50 per day for the extended period of 8am-5.30pm. For further details contact 01729 822370.