News and Information Archive for 2006

Bird-ringing Bird-ringing (supervised by the British Trust for Ornithology) took place in the gardens at Shandy Hall during October and November. Children from Husthwaite Primary school were involved.
Voices at the Door: Midwinter Songs and Carols A words and music programme of regional and historical carols. With Coope, Boyes and Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya and Georgina Boyes St. Michael's Church Coxwold Friday 8 December 7.30pm Tickets in advance £10 Shandy Hall, Coxwold, York Yo61 4AD 01347 868465 shandyhall@dial.pipex.com For centuries, voices echoing through frosty streets heralded the arrival of midwinter with joyful and vigorous, darkly resonant or sublime village carols. Catching the spirit of this older Christmas, Voices at the Door brings together the outstanding acappella singing of Coope Boyes and Simpson, Fi Fraser, Jo Freya and Georgina Boyes with stories of squabbling choirs, composers, collectors and controversy in a words and music programme of regional and historical carols. With superb unaccompanied harmonies and lesser-known traditional carols, Voices at the Door captures the essence of the season – and is the best possible start to Christmas
A Bitter Draught: Sterne, the Starling, and Slavery This exhibition in the gallery at Shandy Hall heralds the forthcoming 200th anniversary of Parliaments' abolition of the slave trade in 2007. Focusing on the starling it includes information on the bird’s natural history, and with museum specimens, DVD, stained-glass, text, poetry, screenprints and installations by contemporary artists, it explores literary and artistic references and the themes of social justice, citizenship and slavery. Alison Wilding, Tom Phillips, Helen Whittaker, Peter Coates, Patrick Hughes, Thomas Newton, Carolyn Thompson and Carry Akroyd are among the artists exhibiting. For more information click here.
Cyslist Service The 80th Cyclists Service was held at St. Michaels on Sunday May 14th 2006. The Rev. Kitchen was away, so the service was conducted by local Licensed reader Heather Tisbury (left) with colleague Brenda Silcock of Bishopthorpe near York, as the guest speaker. They are holding the floral bike wheel, which is traditionally placed on the grave of Canon Gibson Black. As Vicar of Coxwold he founded the annual Cyclists Service in 1927 One Sunday each May, the church is packed with a sea of multi coloured lycra, as cyclists descend on the village from across Yorkshire and Teeside.
The BBC - Where I Live, North Yorkshire - Archaeology Exciting finds at Coxwold - BBC Radio York's Elly let us into a secret - she hated history at school. So how come she returned from visiting a dig at Coxwold fired with enthusiasm for archaeology? Click here to find out more.