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As a child, food and home-cooking were a big part of life for David Atherton. Unbeknown to him, but that childhood in Ruswarp would stand him in good stead. The winner of the 2019 series of The Great British Bake-Off, David is still a health advisor for the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), has published cookbooks,… →
Read: Bake Off star David Atherton on why Whitby will always be home
A day off from the farm, a family day out, villages and communities coming together in the countryside – not to mention an award winning lemon curd or the best baked pie being shown with pride. The first agricultural and country shows to take place in Yorkshire date back to the late 1700s. Some 250… →
Read: Aislaby Show returns after 40 year hiatus as local village show season gets underway
“For every house we are building, we are losing three to second homes and holiday lets.” This, along with “an explosion in Airbnbs” has become a priority problem for the North York Moors National Park (NYMNP), which says it is, “for the first time”, looking at expanding its villages with developments of housing on the… →
Read: National Park having to build more houses because of second homes and holiday lets
“It flies in the face of the ointment with other ways of life”. Rural village life has changed over the years, churches close, post offices, shops and other local facilities fall by the wayside or under threat. Quaint cottages are now holiday lets and the old family names for so long synonymous with a place… →
Read: How a thriving Ruswarp Mart is bucking trend for livestock auctions
It has served fishing crews, the town’s workers and local folk going about their business with a quick glance up the east cliff for more than a hundred years. But, after almost three years of time standing still, plans are winding up to repairing the clock at St Mary’s Church – but it is going… →
Read: St Mary’s Church launches £60,000 fundraising appeal to reinstate 130 year-old clock
People from Ruswarp have rallied together to try and secure the future of the village hall. It is currently being managed by four trustees, some of whom are nearing their 80s, don’t live in the village and say they want to pass the baton on. There were fears expressed previously, that the village hall would… →
Read: Hope for future of Ruswarp Village Hall as locals rally amid closure fear
A recipe which has been passed on for years and carries its own price tag has proved to be the winning mixture as butchers, Jacksons of Ruswarp, were crowned winners of a national pork pie competition. They won a three star gold award for a traditional flat pork pie at the finals of Dalziel’s annual… →
Read: Passing the taste test – Jacksons of Ruswarp win best pork pie in country award
Works to repair and re-open Danger Bank have been put back until next year. An update from North Yorkshire Council (NYC) says further slippages and landslides on the back road between Larpool and Ruswarp over winter mean the repair scheme which had originally been drawn up is “no longer considered feasible”. A spokesperson says the… →
Read: Danger Bank closure to continue as road repair plans “no longer considered feasible”
A Ruswarp restaurant has added its backing to a scheme which aims to preserve the lobster population in the North Sea. The Waterside at Chainbridge has joined Whitby Lobster Hatchery’s ‘Buy One Release One (BORO) scheme’ where for each lobster dish sold from the menu, £1 is donated to the Hatchery. The money raised from… →
Read: Ruswarp restaurant gives backing to lobster hatchery releasesA second major landslip has occurred on Danger Bank, which remains closed as it awaits repairs for the first landslip two years ago. North Yorkshire Council has reiterated a tender for contracts will be going out soon for the works needed to repair Glen Esk road, known as Danger Bank, between Whitby and Ruswarp. However,… →
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