REMEMBRANCE Sunday is this Sunday, November 10, and a full programme of events will be held at St Andrew’s Church throughout the weekend.

On Saturday, November 9 there will be an exhibition - Coming Home and poetry reading put together by ex-service personnel featuring poems that have helped soldiers through difficult times (2pm).

The Remembrance Service will be on Sunday (10.30am) along with the Last Post and wreath laying. Following all this, on Sunday evening (7.30pm) Sedbergh Town Band will give a Remembrance day concert. 

SEDBERGH Orchestra is performing on November 14 (8pm) at St Andrew’s Church.

The programme is entitled European Favourites and conducted by Roland Fudge, and leader Val Snelling. Doors will open at 7.45pm and light refreshments will be available.

Any surplus monies made will go to the Pepperpot Fund to support young musicians locally.

 

CLAPHAM...

CLAPHAM cum Newby Parish Council welcomed five members of the public at its October meeting.

There was no police representative in attendance, but a written report was received setting out details of eight incidents that had occurred in the parish between September 26 and the October 18, 2019.

These included a theft of wheelie bins, a theft of sheep and a farm accident. The police also reported that there had been six arrests in connection with thefts of quad bikes with inquiries ongoing.

The council noted that a blocked culvert carrying Silly Sally Stream under Old Road above Clapham had been reported to North Yorkshire County Council.

The clerk was asked to report further issues, namely, the accumulation of water on Lawsings Brow adjacent to the railway and defective road markings near to the New Inn corner in Clapham together with regular instances of dangerous parking at that location.

It was noted that a letter had been sent on behalf of the parish council urging the Co-op to consider the installation of electric car charging points at the newly refurbished garage at Whitefriars, Settle. 
Updates were received in relation to ongoing projects. The council was informed that it was hoped that progress can be made in the near future to complete the re-connection of the ornamental drinking fountain on Riverside, Clapham.

It was noted that further ditching works had been carried out in the Keasden area to be funded from the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty grant.

In relation to the neighbourhood planning initiative, the council was informed that potential sites for affordable housing had been identified in a meeting with the Ingleborough Estate and that the various required policy documents had mostly reached the draft stage. 
Consideration was given to a proposed draft budget for the financial year 2020-21 and this would be finalised at the meeting on December 3, 2019.

In relation to planning matters, the council had no comment to make with regard to a proposed extension to the rear and construction of a new porch at Beckansgill, Henbusk Lane, Newby.

This application replaced an earlier application for the same address that had included an application to extend at the front of the property and which the council noted had been withdrawn.

The council also noted that a certificate of lawful development had been granted by Craven District Council in respect of a development at Brock A Bank House, Keasden. It was noted that BT had applied to remove the telephone box near to the New Inn, Clapham, and the council decided to look in to the possibility of adopting it.

Among its correspondence the council received a letter of thanks for its donation to the Friends of Clapham School and a communication indicating that Clapham had been placed as runner up in the Yorkshire Village of the Year competition. 
For more information on the work of the parish council, click on the parish council information link at claphamyorkshire.co.uk. 
Parish council meetings would generally be on the fourth Tuesday of each month. There will be no meetings in November. The December meeting will be on the first Tuesday of that month. The next meeting will be on December 3 (7.30pm) at Clapham Village Hall. 
The parish clerk and responsible financial officer Nigel Harrison can be contacted by email: njhar1957@gmail.com or telephone 015242-51165. 

THERE will be a coffee morning at Clapham Village Hall on Saturday, November 9 (10am-noon). The event will be raising money for Derian House Children's Hospice and Bentham and District Pet Rescue. It will include stalls, tombola, raffle and homemade refreshments.