Edition No. 1 December 1991

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A newspaper for North Skelton & .Leyland

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This is the 1st Edition of our own newspaper 'The Key'. Ihope there will be a 2nd and 3rd etc, this can only beaccomplished by giving your services, any help at all willbe very gratefully received. We cannot manage without you.If you have any skills at all, ie typing, story-writTil'g,poe try, compu t er studies, in teres ting topics - even if youhave no skills at all but are interested in helping - pleaseget in touch with me, ': Templeman, 7 Bolckow Street,North Skelton.

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Annie Leeks, Eva Gosling,Lizzie Harrison,Nora Teasdale, Hilda Beadle,Alice Cooper

The above ladies were allschool dinner ladies in NorthSkelton old Chapel which. isnow Hislops showrooms. At thetime this photo was taken theladies were practising settingup a field kitchen in c a s e afuture emergency arose. Neveragain was North Skelton to be

~ caught on the 'hop !

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Many thanks toSandra Himsworthof Village Arts andVeronica Chambers ofCleveland CountyCouncil, withoutwhose help I wouldnot have been ableto publish thisnewspaper.

Suppported by

Skelton

andBrotton

Parish Council

On page ( 6 ) youwill see our ownminer character DavyLamp, who has beencreated and drawn by

Emma Burluraux

Can you spot himthree times more inthe maga zine l l !

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This is an a t tempt to bringyou up to date with some ofthe projects work so far. Itis only a brief outline, lotsof things are going on in thebackground, bu t I hope thesewill be of interest to you.

A local company has verygenerously donated eightsalt/grit bins. These will bekept full by volunteers. Allthat Action North Skelton askis that you use this facilityto ensure North Skelton is asafer place this winter,especially for the elderly.

The. company donating the binsand the salt (which representsan investment of over £1000 inthe vi llage) has reques tedtha t we do no t name them inany publicity material, butthe thanks of ANS steeringgroup, and I am sure thevillage, go out to them.

In Phase 2 of the campaignAction North Skelton intend tofit smoke alarms in the homesof the elderly. We are nowactively seeking funding forthis pro j ec t ,

Xmas Fayre

The recent Xmas Fayre held inthe village hall was verysuccessful due mostly to thehard work and enthusiasm ofthe ANS members, but also tothe generous donations fromlocal business and privateindividuals.

£500 was raised on the day togo towards the village imp­rovement fund.

Thanks

I would also like to extendvery best wishes for Christmasand the New Year, and I hopewe can all look forward to abetter North Skelton.

I am now about half-waythrough my years secondmentfrom leI and I would like totake this opportunity to thankall the people who have helpedme over the last few months.

Co-ordinator

Sponsored through

C&P CHEMICAL PRODUCTSAdult Develop.ente

Peace of Mind Campaign

By the time you are readingthis we are very hopeful thatPhase 1 of the Peace of MindCampaign will have alreadystarted. Cleveland Housing AidTrust, the sponsors of thescheme, will be installing topclas s househo ld s ecur i ty freeof charge in the 32 homesalready identified.

A further grant has been madeavailable from a fund jointlyfinanced by the RuralDevelopment Commission, Lang­baurgh and Cleveland Councils.This will allow the project tocarry out essential repairs inthe homes of the elderly ordisabled to ensure that theirhomes are better protectedfrom household break-ins.

WORKING TOGETHER

POLICE AND US

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communi ty police of ficer Tomnoticed on his rounds that a lot

of you are leaving your car wind?ws open, dayand night. Wi th the increase in car theftplease make sure all are closed.

..... TAKE WASHING IN'"BEfORE DARK

hy bother washing yourclothes . if you are goingto leave them on the lineafter dark invi ting thetheives to steal them?

Is your house easy meatfor the xmas thief? Nolights, no sounds are adead give away . THINKSECURITY. When gOing outafter dark leave a lighton upstairs anddownstairs, and how aboutleaving a radio playing.

CHRISTMAS MUSIC QUIZ

1) Who wished it could be Christmas every day?2) Which two TV personal i ties sang "What are we gonna ge t for

her indoors"?

3) Which film does Aled Jones hi t "Wa lking in the Air" comefrom?

4) Which two artists wrote the Band Aid song "Do They Know It'sChristmas"?

5) Which year did Slade Firs t have a hi t wi th "Merry XmasEverybody"?

6) / According to her 1963 hit, what was all Dora Bryan wantedfor Christmas?

7) Mel Smith and Kim Wilde teamed up on the song "Rockin Aroundthe Christmas Tree" but wh i ch charity wa s it for?

8) Which Christmas song have Harry Belafonte and Boney M got incommon?

9) ~ ~ h o did David Bowie duet with in 1982 for the song "Peace onEarth - Little Drummer Boy"?

10) The Goodies had two Christmas hits in the 1970's - what werethe titles?

Answers Page (6)Mark Thirkettle

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Jrat-OJfood Leader in Charge - North Skel ton You th Club

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I took over asleader in charge ofthe Youth Club inearly October 91,the membership atthe time consistedof a round 12, nowin mid November 91,the membership isexceeding 30 whichis very encouragingfor the Youth Club,the community and ofcourse myself. Theage range is fromaround 10 to 21years with both maleand female members.

The Youth Club isopen each Sundayfrom 6.30pm to 10pm,the day and time mayalter occasionallyas I am a shiftworker, . but I doalter my shiftsaround to lessenthe inconvenience tomembers. If I dochange a day Iconfirm this wi thJohn Holliday so asnot to clash withany other - users ofthe hall.

Facilities include asnooker and pooltable, which were ina bad s ta te when Itook over the clubbut I am glad to saythat both tableshave been fully .recovered at a totalcost of £300: £150grant from -ClevelandYouth & Community

I was approached bythe Village Artsteam (Jozefa) whowa s as ked to c r ea tea Santa's Grotto forthe Christmas Fayre.Between Jozefa, my­self and the chil­dren of the YouthClub the beautifulGro t to was created,which was veryrewarding to me tosee my Youth Clubmembers getting ac­tively involved insuch a t worthwhileproject and creditmust go out to eachand everyone of _t hemwho was involved.

I am trying to makethings better forthe hall as well asthe Youth Clubitself. I am a bigbeliever in keepingthings Clean, Neat &Tidy. I have startedto voice my opinionson that, and justhope that othergroups tha t us e thehall can followsuit.

Dept, the other £150 .from the Youth Clubs 'small funds. Thereare two table tennistables, Dart Board,Board Games, Tele­vision, Music Centrewhich I have justr epa i r ed , 4 sets ofdarts, table tennisbats, Dominoes andCards have just been

Future plans includewalks, . ice skating,visits to otherYouth Centres, andmore creative work.

And the final word 'always goes down tocost. I am pleasedto say that theYouth Club does notget charged for theuse of the hall, buton the other handnor does the clubget any funds fromany ou tside source.We are totally selffunded, our moneycomes · only from thetuck and membership(lOp per person), soas you can imagineit takes a long timeto build up ourresources.

-pur cha s ed . We have- -atuck shop withsweets, crisps anddrinks, and short lywe are having abeefburger / hotdognight once a month. ·The members of theclub involve them­selves in mixedcompetitions, withsmall prizes for thewinners.

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We are stilllooking forsenior ci t i.z eris

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Anyone interes tedplease contact

Action Nor t h Skel t"on.

Anyparent interestedin their children

learning toTapdance

in North SkeltonVillage Hall

would theyplease contactNorma Templemanwith a view to

getting aclass starte

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Xmas Music Quiz IAnswers1) Wizzard2) Denis Waterman

and GeorgeCole

3) The Snowman4) Bob Geldof and

Midge Vre5) 19736) "All I Want

for Christmasis A Beatle"

7) Cornie Relief8) "Mary's Boy

Child"9) Bing Crosby10) "Make a daft

noise forChristmas"

"FatherChristmas do nottouch me"

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North Skelton's oldest inhabitant isstill living life to the full, eventhough he has recently beenhospitalised for a fortnight andtold to take it easy whendischarged.

One of 8 children born in thene.i zru.ourLng village of Brotton 94yenp; ago , Bob Laker lef t schoo1just ar cer his 13th birthday.

His first job was with a localmarket gardener, and even thGughthis was only for 2 years, gardeninghas played an important part of hislife. But for a 15 year old ladthere was more money to be earned atone of the local ironstone mines,and more leisure time to help thelocal farmers with the harvest,turnip "snagging" etc. But miningwas a high risk occupation with manyinjuries and fatalities, Bob was noexception and when he was badlyinjured at Lumpsey Mine Brotton hedecided to surface and soughtempl.oymentat Skinningrove IronWorks. After a couple of years atthe ' Grove' he was called in to theregular army in which he saw activeservice on the Somne in France,coming through the First World War

. unscathed. This 5 year engagementended in Northern Ireland, keepingan eye on IRA terrorists.

Back in civvy street he went back tothe Iron Works where his stockyardduties, and later on the Hot Bank ofthe li t t Le mill, saw his eventual,retirement at the age of 66 years.

After a year of jobbing about onfarms and digging numerous gardens,he decided it was time he had a"proper job" a gain, and as -he livesin North Skel ton the obvious placeof employment was Tees Components, -aLight engineering firm on the oldmine site in the village. Sincestarting there he has become alegend, making 2 birthdayappearances on television, thisgiving him the opportunity to showhis prowess as a singer, dancer andreciter of monologues. Bob says therecipe for his longevity 1:S plenty

of hardwork and being a non-smokerand a moderate drinker.

His eyes still shine with pride atthe mention of his sister, AnnieLeeks, who recently died in thevillage after reaching her lOOthbirthday.

Whilst . not a religious man, Bobspeaks with some affinity of hisdays in the church football team andthe church choir, the late WillCarver and Tommy Batterbee are twosingers he holds in high esteem andhe will often give you a renditionof one of their "old tyme"favouri tes.

Bob is the epitome of contentment,apart from his work he pays regularvisits to a daughter in Bratton, andwhen the mood takes him he will takethe bus to Guisborough for a haircutand do a bit of shopping, but as along time neighbour I still think heis happiest chopping through a backyard full of wood for his fire ordigging sombodies garden.

LONG MAY HIS FIRE BURN!

So will we have anoriginal ChristmasNo 1 or will Sladerelease "Merry Chri­stmas Everybody" forits ninth run?

But most popular isthe "pop" song likeGary Glitter's"Another Rock n'Roll Christmas" and-- ..Mud's "Lonely ThisChristmas". And notforgetting old fav­ourites like JohnnyMathis' "When aChild is Born" and"Walking i n a WinterWonderland" .

James followed a string of topbands appearing at MiddlesbroughTown Hall including The Farm inMarch and Blur iE . § ~ ~ ~ ~ ? e ~ ~_ .. ....

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carols --l i ke CliffRichards' "LittleTown" which is basedon the carol "0'Little Town ofBethl;m, »Then the res thenovelty records likeChris Hill's "RentaSanta" and "BionicSanta" or SpittingImage's "Santa Clausis on the Dole".

When James left the stage theaudience demanded more - chantingthe chorus of "Sit Down".Eventually they reappeared to playabout five more songs including"How Was It For You" and"Goldmother".

3rd November, James fans They left the stage again, andwere given a real treat when the again a chant of "Sit Down" cametop Indie band visited from the audience although nobodyMiddlesbrough Town Hall. "Thousand expec ted them to r eappe a r again.Yard Stare" the supporting band setthe mood for an all round brilliant To the !udience's surprise theynight out. came back for one mOl:'e song -

"Johnny M".James made their appearance atal:'ound nine o'clock and belted out At the end of the song Tim Boothall their best songs in front of an threw down his microphone and divedaudience that was going wild. The into the unsuspecting audience. Hehighligh ts were "God Only Knows", was helped back on to the stage by"Come Home", "Lose Control" and of the other membel:'s of the band -course their top ten hit "Sit minus a shirt - but ot herwiseDown"• a 1r i gh t , and then they lef t the

stage for the last time.

Theres the trad­itional Christmascarol like "SilentNight" by Bros in1988, and theres the

Christmas get-closer and

Adams finallybeing edged out ofthe charts the racewill now be on torelease a Christmashit and achieve thecoveted position ofNo 1 in the chartsover the festiveseason.

War seems to have

Jlta!t1G f!J/ti!tIGettte been linked in too,with songs like John& Yoko's "HappyChristmas - War isOver", Jona Lewie's"Stop the Cavalry"and Paul McCartney's"p. f P "songs based on 1pes 0 eace.

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Christmas recordsseem t o fall into anumber of cat-

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CARPET BOWLS

SPORTS

Stock, Aitken &'Waterman's LiverpudlianStarlet (5)Roy (7)Kenny Rogers hit of 1980(4)Swing Out(6)

Tina Turner says "You'reSimply the __" (4)She lost her Japanese boyin 1981 (5)"If Ithi t (7)

13) McLean (3)14) Group who's hits included

"Magic Bus" (3)15) Kenny who was footloose in

1984 (7)17) " Face" Paul

McArtney hit (2,5)18) Streisand (6)20) Sisters who had chemistry

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23) They had 68 guns in 1983(5)

24) (Anagram) One time memberof Clannad (4)

25) Claimed rockn' roll aintnoise pollution in 1980

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Graeme Burluraux has won aplace to represent Clevelandin cross -c ount r y .

J ef f ery Brown and Ian Duncanhave both passed the NorthRiding F.A. Referees coursefoe refereeing local footballrna t c he s , There is s till ashortage of referees for localmatches, anyone interestedcontact Action North Skelton.

Carpe t Bowls is now es t­ablished on a Wednesday nightat 7pm-9pm. A charge of SOpentrance fee includes tea andbiscui t s . We have recentlypurchased our own full sizecarpet and bowls, so why notcome along and have a funnight out.

Answers

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Kid Creole's Pigeon (5)BLack Rock Band (7)Yazoo's Diary (7)Marty Wilde had anendless one in 1958 (5)

"" Sprach Zarathustra(4)Sang "Shiney Ha\:>py People"(3)"You __" hit by Kim Wilde(4)These boys had a "Requiem"in 1989 (6)They covered U2's "StillHavn't Found What I'mLooking For" (6)Kool's backing band (4)Mud saw one creeping in;1974 (3)-They were at "Wa terloo II in1974 (4)Brothers who sang "ThisOld Heart of Mine" (5)Spanish female duo (7)Geoup who covered Zombieshit "She's Not There" in1977 (7)Eric Clai:>ton, Jack Bruce &Ginger Baker's Group (5)

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NOVEMBER2 9 16: 23 303 10 17 24

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