CROPTON
Cropton is a small village at the southern edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. It is an excellent location for reaching many of the local attractions. Whitby, Scarborough, Castle Howard and York are all driveable within an hour. Flamingo Land Zoo, Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton-le-Hole and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway are very close by. On the door step is the popular Cropton Brewery, where you can do a tour of the brewery and sample of the many excellent ales that are produced on the premises.
The photos pages are a few local photos, with a few descriptions of local landmarks. If you visit or stay near Cropton it may help you! The rest of the page is about local coming events and a few reports about local news in the village. The villagers are more than delighted to welcome visitors to any of the published events. The local village hall, the venue for most of the events, has recently been refurbished and is second to none in the area.
LOCAL NEWS
CHARITY TRACTOR RUN
A number of tractors passed through the village on Sunday 28th June. All for a good cause. Starting at Hen Flatts Farm around 10.30 a.m. the Tractors were a fine sight as they came down the main street. This year they did an about turn as they went around the village Chestnut Tree and back up the village before heading over the moors to Goathland. The beneficiaries of the Tractor run were the Pickering & Kirkbymoorside surgeries. Hopefully a few photos will be posted on this site.
CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY
The Newton Choir entertained a packed Chapel at the Chapel Anniversary on Friday 5th June. The choir was in good voice. Mrs.Cass delighted everyone with a Yorkshire dialect story. A lovely supper was served after the service. Lots of thank yous to the helpers.
PUDDING NIGHT & CONCORDE NIGHT
The village hall was the venue for a "Pudding Night" on Saturday 30th May. The Marquee was erected outside the hall where drinks and nibbles were served. Soon afterwards those present had two sessions of pudding tastings. The puddings included trifles, tiramasu, apple crumbles and were prepared by some local ladies.
In between the pudding tastings a talk was kindly given by Mrs.Barbara Macpherson, about what life was like as Head Stewardess onboard Concorde. Mrs.Macpherson delighted us with details about Concorde and brought along a lot of memorabilia including a Concorde menu that had been signed by the late actor Peter Sellers.
The Pudding Night was very sucessful. Many thanks to all helpers. A long walk was arranged, for the following day, for those that had eaten too much pudding. :)
STALL ON THE GREEN
The annual bank holiday 'Stall on the Green' raised a total of £200 for church funds.
SPRING FAIR
The annual chapel "Spring Fair" was held in the village hall on Saturday 2nd May. The fair was well attended and everyone enjoyed a delicious cream tea. Many enjoyed browsing the number of different stalls at the fair. A total of £478.24 was raised for chapel funds. Many thanks to a good number of helpers and all those people that made contributions to the event. A big thank you to all those people that attended. See the Spring Fair Photos.
ITALIAN EVENING
The ladies of the Women's Institute organised an Italian Themed Evening in the village hall on Tuesday 28th April. The evening started with a sumptious 3 course meal, which included some lovely variations of pasta dishes. Afterwards a local villager, Jane Patterson, gave a slideshow presentation and talk about her visits to Italy. The slides shown were from her Uncle's collection and they showed views from the 1950's. Coupled with Jane's knowledge of Italy it was a very interesting presentation. Top notch all round. Thank you ladies!
PEACOCK SPRING QUIZ
The Peacock Spring Quiz was held in the village hall on Friday 24th April. All quizzers were served with a Pie and Pea Supper. The winners of the quiz were Vic & Jenny Worrall, Pauline Slaughter and Moira Taylor. As ever it was an extremely enjoyable night and many thanks to Pat & Richard for all their efforts.
FILMS OF RYEDALE PAST
The Yorkshire Film Archives presented a number of old Yorkshire films in the village hall on Wednesday 15th April. Local places were featured, including the opening of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and footage from seaside trips to Filey. You can visit the Yorkshire Film Archive online and view hours of local films. It was a very interesting evening. Many thanks to the Village Hall committee and the Heritage Group for the joint presentation.
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RO:TORO Concert
Hailing from Estonia RO:TORO had an interesting range of musical instruments. The Estonian Bagpipe was combined with the modern saxophone and a self-made water-bowl percussion instrument. They played traditional Estonian music and a number of thier own original compositons. It is appreciated that a talented group of musicians are able to be seen at small village venues due to sponsorship received from Rural Arts.
80th ANNIVERSARY - WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
The ladies of the Women's Instute had a lunch to celebrate their 80th anniversary at Scarborough Technical College. Established in 1929, the Women's Institute have given an enormous amount of support to village events over the years. Long may it continue and happy anniversary to them.
VILLAGE HALL MEETING
On Wednesday 4th March the village hall committee held their annual meeting. The year proved very satisfactory. Use of the hall has been excellent and the financial statemet was profitable. Chairman Vic Worrall thanked all members for their efforts.
THE DUCHESS
There was another film show in the village hall on Friday 27th February. The Duchess, starring Keira Knightly,was featured. The film became quite a topic of conversation in the village when some viewers saw a little more of Keira than they were expecting! Well done to the village hall committee for bringing another top class film to the village.
Please contact Sue Coombes or Yvonne Pethullis, from the Heritage Group, if you have any interesting photos of the village. Join the group for their regular meetings in the village hall. Everyone is very welcome to come along.
Check the News Archive for previous news 'events'.
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Coming Events
Wednesday 1st July - BROWSING THE ARCHIVES - Heritage Group - Village Hall - 2 till 4 p.m. - Bring along your old photos of the area.
Tuesday 7th July - COFFEE MORNING - Village Hall - 10.30 till noon - You are all welcome to come along for a coffee and a chat.
Saturday 25th July - CHURCH GARDEN FETE - Village Hall - Starts 2 p.m. - Entry £2 includes Tea & Scones - Why not come along!
Sunday 23rd August - VINTAGE CAR RALLY - Village Hall - After a brilliant day last year the Teeside Yesteryear Motor Club are making a welcome return to the village - More details to come!
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COFFEE MORNINGS are held in the village hall on the first Tuesday of the Month at 10.30 a.m.
YOGA sessions are on most Monday mornings 'Iyengar Yoga' - Marian Cambridge (01751) 477267 &
Monday evenings in the village hall at 7 pm till 8.30pm - Telephone (01751) 477233
CROPTON HERITAGE GROUP meets fortnightly, usually in the Village Hall. The meetings are expected to be on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in every month. The Heritage Group is an ongoing project to learn about the history of the village and the surrounding area. Please bring along any interesting photos of the area.
The local WOMEN'S INSTITUTE meets the second Wednesday in every month. The meetings normally start at 7pm. See the W.I. notice board at the village hall for details. Visitors and Ladies from outside the village are welcome to come along to the monthly meets.
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
The Neighbourhood watch coordinators are Philip Coombes (01751) 417395 & John Pethullis (01751) 417568
The NORTH YORKSHIRE CRICKET TALES are mainly humorous stories about the local cricket club. You can read them in the Cricket Section.
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