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Chain Lane
By Geoff Scruton
Phone: 01423 863996
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
News from Eastfield
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Contrib from Knaresborough East. Geoff Scruton. Tel: 01423 863996.
A HAPPY New Year to you all.
What a start to the year with all the snow. I was snowed up for over a week. However, it has all gone and I took the opportunity to do some walking. Down to Chain Lane and into Eastfields. There are no houses on Eastfield which is the main road leading to all the other roads. There are three roads - Farndale, Garsdale and Widdale, all the others are Drives, Mounts, Rises, Closes, Avenues, Groves and Ways. All named after the Yorkshire Dales and it took me some time to find all the dales on the North Yorkshire map. The houses were built in the 1970s and are easy to walk round. Bilsdale Grove backs onto Short Hill playing field, a very large expanse of grass which I never knew about. You can walk through this field and come on out on Park Lane (which I explored some time ago). The Forest School is situated on Park Lane and from the roundabout you return to Chain Lane.
Community Centre - The Centre on Chain Lane has a full programme.
Monday - Yoga Class from 9am till noon. Keep Fit from 1.30pm till 3.30pm in the top room. There is also Bright Horizons and the Youth Club from 7pm till 10pm.
Tuesday - Youth Club 7pm till 10pm.
Wednesday - Social Services use the main hall from 8.45am till 3.45pm for activities and meals for the disabled. Kung Fu sessions are held in the top room from 6pm till 9pm and there is dancing classes in the main hall from 6.30pm till 10.30pm.
Thursday - Keep Fit classes in the main hall from 10am till 11.30am and from 1.30pm till 3pm in the top room. Paint & Go is from 12.30pm till 3.30pm and dancing takes place in the evening in the main hall and Karate classes in the top room.
Friday - Socatots classes are held in the top room from 9.30am till 12.30pm whilst Social Services use the main hall from 9.30am till 3.30pm. French classes are between 9.30am till 12.30pm and the Youth Clubs meets in the evening from 7pm onwards.
The Centre is available for birthday parties, group meetings and small conferences.
For further information, please contact Sharon Grainger (Centre Manager) on 01423 867811.
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008
News from Chain Lane.
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Contrib from Knaresborough East. Geoff Scruton. Tel No: 01423 863996.
Roads - My notes on the names of the new roads off Halfpenny Lane resulted in a letter from Joyce Watmough regarding the fact there is no mention of the original owner of the site, namely Batchelor.
I, too, obtained my plants from their greenhouses especially tomato plants for my greenhouse. I said in my report that the original road which led to the nurseries still has two houses on the left hand side numbered one and two, it would be a nice idea to call this Batchelor Way as Joyce suggests.
Also, there is a walkway round the rear of the houses which I believe leads on to Brearly Flat Lane and connects to Water Lane.
Town Windows - Last Wednesday, I took our youngest grandson, Oliver aged nine to see the market. He is on holiday with his parents who now reside in Lanzarote and they were spending a few days visiting friends.
As well as the market, I also had with me a copy of the ‘Town Windows’ leaflet which I obtained from the Tourist Information Centre. Oliver wanted to walk to see them in chronological order but I said we would be going backwards and forwards so we started on Gracious Street (Ginger Lacey) and then to Briggate (Guy Fawkes). On to Castlegate - three windows (King John, a window cleaner and Mother Shipton) then back to Blind Jack’s in the market and a few folks following us. Lastly down Kirkgate and just over the railway line with a double window depicting the Civil War and finally back on to the High Street opposite the bus station to see ‘The Zoo’ - a good 45 minutes walk.
Oliver has taken the leaflet back to Lanzarote to show his school pals there.
I have to applaud all the artists for a wonderful display of some of the interesting happenings in Knaresborough.
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