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Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
On this day in 2015: Treske's six-figure Abu Dhabi church order
On this day in 2015, the York Press reported that a North Yorkshire furniture maker had secured a major overseas order. Thirsk-based Treske was commissioned to design and supply £100,000 worth of bespoke church furniture for St Andrew's Church in Abu Dhabi, including 425 solid oak chairs, an altar table, a solid oak pulpit, a wall cross, and a credence table. The St Andrew's cross was hand-carved into some of the furniture. The furniture was being shipped to St Andrew's Church, in individual crates from Felixstowe, during the week of reporting in 2015. Justin Bartlett, managing director of Treske, said: "This was a very significant order from us, strengthening our presence in the Gulf region." The Abu Dhabi order followed an £80,000 contract to furnish the first Christian crematorium widely open to expatriates in the United Arab Emirates, at Al Foah. More information about Treske is available at
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Wedding show celebrates 900 years of church
A church has been "buzzing with laughter and memories" with the arrival of a wedding show to commemorate its 900th year, its organisers have said. St Andrew's Church in Haughton-le-Skerne, Darlington, had its first recorded marriage in 1569 and is one of the oldest churches in Darlington. Organiser Carol Atkinson said she got the idea for the show, which runs until Sunday lunchtime, "many years ago" after both her grandmother and mother got married at the church. Sarah Beavis, who was among those to share her wedding attire, said she also had "strong ties" to the church, as she got married there in 2010 and her parents did in 1979. The exhibition includes more than 30 wedding garments, photos and snippets of memories of marriages at St Andrew's. Mrs Atkinson said the show had been a "wonderful success" at "our beautiful church". She said St Andrew's had been "buzzing with laughter and memories, with many visitors bumping into friends they haven't seen for decades". Mrs Beavis, from Darlington, said the church was "the centre" of Haughton-le-Skerne. "I chose the church because my parents got married there on 11 August 1979." The 40-year-old said she "couldn't have asked for better" of her special day on 29 May 2010. "My husband, Michael, is in the navy and it was a semi-military wedding with a mix of lads from the SAS and royal marines," she continued. "It's meant be good luck to have a sailor at your sure what it means to marry one though." She added everyone was "quite shocked" by her dress, because she had "always been a bit of a tomboy but I chose a 'Disney princess' was the polar opposite to my personality". Meanwhile, a group of knitters picked up their needles once again to add to the celebrations. The Haughton Ladies Who Knit group stitched a range of wedding-themed characters for the exhibition and decorated parking bollards in the village green. Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Festive knitters return with Dickens theme
BBC News
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Wedding show celebrates 900 years of Darlington church
A church has been "buzzing with laughter and memories" with the arrival of a wedding show to commemorate its 900th year, its organisers have Andrew's Church in Haughton-le-Skerne, Darlington, had its first recorded marriage in 1569 and is one of the oldest churches in Darlington. Organiser Carol Atkinson said she got the idea for the show, which runs until Sunday lunchtime, "many years ago" after both her grandmother and mother got married at the Beavis, who was among those to share her wedding attire, said she also had "strong ties" to the church, as she got married there in 2010 and her parents did in 1979. The exhibition includes more than 30 wedding garments, photos and snippets of memories of marriages at St Andrew' Atkinson said the show had been a "wonderful success" at "our beautiful church".She said St Andrew's had been "buzzing with laughter and memories, with many visitors bumping into friends they haven't seen for decades". Mrs Beavis, from Darlington, said the church was "the centre" of Haughton-le-Skerne."I chose the church because my parents got married there on 11 August 1979."The 40-year-old said she "couldn't have asked for better" of her special day on 29 May 2010. "My husband, Michael, is in the navy and it was a semi-military wedding with a mix of lads from the SAS and royal marines," she continued."It's meant be good luck to have a sailor at your sure what it means to marry one though."She added everyone was "quite shocked" by her dress, because she had "always been a bit of a tomboy but I chose a 'Disney princess' was the polar opposite to my personality". Meanwhile, a group of knitters picked up their needles once again to add to the celebrations. The Haughton Ladies Who Knit group stitched a range of wedding-themed characters for the exhibition and decorated parking bollards in the village green. Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Gargrave prepares to welcome hundreds of visitors to open gardens event
AN open gardens event that started life 50 years ago as a church fundraiser is once again set to welcome hundreds of visitors to the weekend event. Gargrave Open Gardens - due to take place this weekend, Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22, - last year attracted a record more than 700 visitors and raised more than £8,000 for the church and hospices. People visited 30 gardens of all shapes and sizes, while also enjoying live music, artists in residence, quirky plant containers, and all-day refreshments. The event began in the 1970s when Margaret Green and a few other residents decided to open up their gardens to visitors to raise money for the village's Methodist Church. The event was handed over to St Andrew's Church when the Methodist church closed and has raised money for it ever since. It expanded from a single day to a weekend event when several gardeners said they wanted profits from the event to be shared with other good causes in addition to the church. This year's event, which will see the inclusion of new gardens, will for the second year see half the money raised go to the church, and the other half to Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice, and to Martin House children's hospice. A spokesperson for St Andrew's said: 'We chose our local hospices to be our long term partner charities as they are significant to our whole community. They have touched the lives of many of us through loss of a spouse, parent, friend, child or grandchild.' Duncan and Bee Faulkner, who have been running the open gardens event on behalf of St Andrew's Church, Gargrave for the last 16 years, said: 'We've been trying to make it more and more of a community event, with so many people pulling together to bring it off. "We encourage inclusion of a wide variety of gardens: tiny to huge, wild to manicured, new to mature. Visitors love a day out exploring places usually out of bounds. In 2025 we have some impressive extra gardens opening for the first time." The event will run on June 21 and June 22 from 11am to 5pm. Tickets are £6 in advance, or £8 on the day from Gargrave Village Hall where visitors will be able to pick up their garden 'passport' and a map of all the garden locations. Find out more at:
Telegraph
08-06-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
Goats deployed to clear overgrown graveyards
An overgrown Welsh churchyard has employed an eco-friendly method to clear gravestones – a herd of hungry goats. The goats are loaned from a nearby business to chew their way through brambles, weeds, and excess foliage at the 13th century church. The animals have been hired by Narberth town council in Pembrokeshire to work at St Andrew's Church and are monitored by GPS so they do not wander off. The council said the goats can provide a natural and chemical-free way of clearing areas and are trialling the method over the next two to three weeks. Locals have been asked not to approach the goats at work, supervise children nearby and keep dogs on leads. A spokesman for the council said: 'Narberth town council is continuing its work to enhance the grounds of St Andrew's Church as part of our ongoing biodiversity and environmental improvement programme. 'These goats will help clear excess growth around gravestones and across the site, enabling us to implement a longer-term ground management plan.' Clynderwen-based company Biogoats 2 Rent also hire the goats out privately to businesses, the national park authority and other churches. A spokesman for the company said: 'Bio Goats is an eco-friendly weed and brush control company. We hire goats out to the private, business, and agricultural sectors. 'Conservation grazing is the eco-friendly way of dealing with invasive weed, brush and knotweed. 'Goats are browsers first so leaves and a good old bramble bush, would be their first go-to, also once seeds have passed through a goat, they are generally non-viable. ' Goats are also generally very friendly and sociable animals so you might also make yourself a friend or two.' Richard White, who runs the business, said the goats are monitored by GPS rather than using collars in a process recently shown on Clarkson's Farm, the Amazon Prime Video series. Mr White said: 'I think he stole the idea from us. We're the only company in the UK to do this. We get inquiries from all over the UK, but the travel costs can make it unviable for customers from further away. 'We enjoy what we do and meet some nice people along the way.'
