Due to COVID19, the planned ‘tea dance’ could not go ahead but lots of residents took the time to put up bunting and decorate their houses for the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Here are a few pictures. If you took more around the village, please do send them on so they can be added here for posterity!
If during the current shutdown, you are self-isolating or require assistance, there is a village group that can help with shopping, collecting prescriptions, access to the Post office, obtaining urgent supplies or even just a friendly chat, or more. If this applies to you, please don’t struggle – just contact the group coordinators who can help!
Sarah Walker sarahwwalker@icloud.com 01723 850703
Sharon Smartt sharonmlane@yahoo.co.uk 01723 859836
General Links
A huge effort is being made to organise and coordinate volunteers during the COVID19 shutdown across our area, and local information will be compiled here. The Ebberston village noticeboard will also be updated with crucial information. Other sources of information and help can be found via
Community First Yorkshire – guidance for carers, organisations, community groups
Gov.UK Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to do
North Yorkshire County Council – Coronavirus (COVID-19) community support
NHS – advice for everyone
If you have Facebook then there is also the Ryedale Covid19 Help Network group who are a great source of information and local knowledge. They are also on Twitter @HelpRyedale and they have a website which carries business, volunteer and community advice.
Volunteering
If you would like to volunteer assistance in Ebberston and immediate surrounding area, then please contact any of the village group contacts (above).
Further information can also be found at:
Community First Yorkshire – guide for volunteering
Coronavirus and volunteering: how can I help in the UK? (The Guardian)
Prescription Collection
Volunteers can offer a twice weekly collection service from West Ayton surgery or an additional collection in the case of an urgent need. If you need a prescription collecting, please contact any of the village group contacts (above).
Saturday Newspapers
Wardills have kindly agreed to make a weekly delivery each Saturday from 4th April to a drop-off point in Ebberston. If you would like a Saturday newspaper/weekly TV guide, please contact Wardills on 01751 474335 to arrange an individual account. They will bill you monthly and you can pay by phone, internet banking or by cheque.
Newspapers will be available for collection in a box outside Ebberston chapel. A volunteer will drop off newspapers to anyone who is unable to collect. If you need someone to deliver to you, please contact any of the village group contacts (above).
Businesses who are Delivering Locally
Chocolate Factory (Thornton le Dale) now has an online shop
Glaves – for enquiries about deliveries and orders, ring 01723 859523/859850
Hardwick’s sell dog/horse food and can also deliver gardening kit and tools/paint. 01723 859698 / 07534 245252
Rogers are reinstating their (free) home delivery service for compost, seeds, plants, gloves, pots for min orders of £25. Place orders by phone 01751 472226 or sales@rvroger.co.uk
Many Malton-based businesses will deliver to our area. See http://www.maltondelivers.co.uk/
There is also a list for Pickering businesses compiled by the Ryedale Covid19 Help Network.
Unfortunately this event has been postponed but we will bring it back later in the year.
As noted in the most recent parish newsletter, there will be an Epiphany Lunch on January 8th in the village hall from 12 noon. This will be stew, mash & veg with a pud to follow.
Bookings to Joan Peck please on 850214. £5 per person.
As part of Ryedale District Council’s Tree for Free initiative, Ebberston & Yedingham Parish Council were offered a tree along with other parishes in the area. The Parish Council have planted two trees at the foot of the village and young resident Joe Wood helped to plant them.
As well as offering trees to each parish, RDC gave 100 households in Ryedale a free tree to plant in their garden. They also cleared a small overgrown piece of their land in Helmsley and planted it with trees.
Given the climate emergency, we all need to make better decisions about our activities and encourage others to act responsibly and go greener. Well done Joe!
As with all the villages along the A170, Ebberston suffers its share of litter being thrown from cars at speed as they pass along the roads that top and tail our village. A few times a year, a dedicated litter picking team collects what amounts each time to over 10 bags of rubbish from the verges which is then collected by the council.
This month’s pick has reflected the shift by fast food restaurants to paper and card packaging, and so plastic and polystyrene have been found in much fewer quantities compared to this time last year. The card and paper degrades quite quickly which is better of course, but still not as good as taking your litter home with you and recycling it.
The “interesting” haul from earlier this year is still hard to beat: a combo which included two car wheels, a pair of long black high heel boots, a pair of black gloves and a DVD case for an X-rated film – probably trumping the separate find of a pair of men’s pants! But this time round the awesome haul included more car wheels, bits of a caravan, a packet of Viagra and a £5 note! That’s a good night out…
The note was filthy and almost discarded but was spotted, cleaned and given to the village hall who are using it to buy a new biscuit tin for the newly refurbished kitchen.
Other people’s rubbish and discarded items are the bread and butter of archaeologists, but what on earth would all this say about us in the 21st century?
