Inside Yorkshire

The Inside Yorkshire Podcast is a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire. In today's episode Susan talks to Helen McQue about her experiences studying and now practising as a traditional chinese acupuncturist.

Helen has set up and now runs a busy practice in Richmond, North Yorkshire. She also devotes her time to supporting local charities, most recently the SSAFA Armed Forces charity where she demonstrated and gave taster sessions in aid of the charity.

In this episode, recorded on World Acupuncture day, she and Susan discuss the misconceptions surrounding acupuncture and talk about the benefits that can be achieved with treatment.

About the Guest:

Helen and her husband Dean, who is also an acupuncturist, travel to Nepal as volunteers supporting the Thrangu Monastery bringing healthcare to remote areas of Nepal. They give their time and expertise helping Wangchuk Rapten Lama, and his team at the monastery, treating locals who often have to walk miles to reach the medical care they need. Helen and Dean often treat up to 40 people each day whilst they are at the Thrangu Phende clinic working alongside the Tibetan monk. The clinic is within the grounds of the Thrangu Monastery in Nammo Buddha, Karve. Between visits to volunteer overseas Helen raises funds to send out to support the clinic's continuing work. 

Valuable Resources:

Helen McQue Acupuncture

20 Trinity Church Square, Richmond, North Yorkshire.  DL10 4QN

Contact Number: 

Acupuncture – Helen : 07825 212 463

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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Welcome to the Inside Yorkshire Podcast, a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire. In today's episode Susan talks to Joe Willis, founder of Richmondshire Today, a news service provided online and in the monthly magazine.

Joe realised that there was an increasing demand by consumers for online news and so began his internet news business with Richmondshiretoday.co.uk. His aim is to provide comprehensive coverage of community news, incidents and events, as well as producing interesting features and thought-provoking comment.

Recent developments have seen him start up another news site covering Northallerton, Bedale,Thirsk and Stokesley. This is called Hambleton Today, featuring news items and events in the Hambleton district.

About the Guest:

Joe is a Richmondshire resident and former North-East Journalist of the Year. His work has been in regional press for more than 15 years. Initially he trained in Northampton ,writing for the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph and then returned back to the area he grew up in,working on the Northern Echo and the Darlington and Stockton Times.

Valuable Resources:

www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk

www.hambletontoday.co.uk

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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Welcome to the Inside Yorkshire Podcast, a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire. In todays episode Susan talks to Mike Sparrow about his debut book "Native".

This is a fictional story about the American Indian's fight to sustain their traditional way of life and is the first of the Manifest Destiny trilogy. "Native" is an epic tale that tells about the plight and destruction of the American Indian, the trials and tribulations of the pioneers that travelled the vast landscape and cruel and corruptible men in power.

About the Guest:

Mike's passion is to draw attention to conservation and the preservation of indigenous cultures.He lives with his wife, Adele, in their seventeenth century farmhouse in the Yorkshire Dales and travels extensively to research material for his books.

Valuable Resources:

www.mikejsparrow.org

His book can be purchased on Amazon www.amazon.co.uk and also at Waterstones shops or via their website www.waterstones.com 

It is available in hardback and also on kindle.

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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Welcome to the Inside Yorkshire Podcast, a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire. In todays episode Susan talks to Sharon Davis who is the founder of the Dales Business Womens networking group.

Dales Business Women is a network for professional and entrepreneurial women within the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding areas. “Yorkshire Dales” is used fairly loosely, as women as far as Northallerton to the east, and Kendal and Kirkby Lonsdale on the west, are engaged in the network. DBW are passionate about helping businesses to connect and achieve their goals, and offer networking events across the Dales. From 2019 DBW will also be providing a range of business and marketing services.

About the Guest:

Sharon is a former journalist and she is the director of Dales Marketing, providing PR, communication and marketing services to small businesses, as well as running social media courses.Sharon is the face behind Dales Business Women, and started the network in December 2017 having moved to Hawes from London 18 months before that.

Valuable Resources:

www.dalesbusinesswomen.com

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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Welcome to the Inside Yorkshire Podcast, a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire. In todays episode Susan talks to Heather Ritchie about the success of the TIGHR conference and we have testimonials from some of the lovely ladies who took part in this triennial event.

The International Guild of Handhooking Rugmakers (TIGHR) was founded on December 4th 1994 in London, England by a group of international friends who decided to establish a world wide group involved in rugmaking.

About the Guests:

Heather Ritchie has been president of TIGHR over the last 3 years and has spent that time organising the conference. 150 people arrived into swaledale from all over the world to take part this year and have been entertained admirably. Workshops were held and trips out to enjoy the local scenery and culture, have been a great success. Heather has now handed over responsibility to the new president who will organise the next conference in Newfoundland in 2021.

We have had testiminials from some of the lovely ladies who took part:-

Dana Ray from Washngton

Linda Bishop from Dallas, Texas

Miriam Miller from Milton, NSW, Australia

Ti Seymour originally from Uk now resident in Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Diane Hodder from Canada and 

Kay Lewis from Ottowa, Canada

Valuable Resources:

The International Guild of Handhooking Rugmakers

www.tighr.net

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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Welcome to the Inside Yorkshire Podcast, a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire. In todays episode Susan talks to David Edwards who is a master dry stone waller and landscape gardener. David is the owner of Northern Walls & Landscapes. A Master Waller, David belongs to the Guild of Master Craftsmen as well as the Yorkshire Dry Stone Walling Guild.

About the Guest:

David learned to build dry stone walls at the age of 16 when he was working down the pits. Walls were used to support the coal seams whilst the miners worked down there...a hard life for a young lad.

David has had a variety of other jobs since then, however his building expertise has created a flourishing business. He creates and maintains the dry stone walls that define the characteristic dales scenery. He also works as a landscape gardener, out in all weathers, with no two days the same.

Valuable Resources: 

More information about David can be found on his website http://www.northernwalls.com/

Telephone :07951 481 239

Email : [email protected]

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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Welcome to the Inside Yorkshire Podcast, a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire. In todays episode Susan talks to Caroline Hewlett who is vicar to Swaledale with Arkengarthdale,the largest geographical parish in England. She discusses some of the challenges involved in managing a rural parish.

Key Takeaways:

• • Caroline started her Yorkshire life in Ripon and eventually ended up in her current parish in Swaledale
  • She made a personal promise to be involved in ministry from the age of 30 and studied at theological college in Durham
  • Her first ministry was in Leeds, at St Georges, working with homeless people.
  • She then moved to Boroughbridge before eventually ending up in Swaledale.
  • She is involved in tackling rural loneliness through with the national Germinate project.

Valuable Resources: 

Germinate: The Arthur Rank Centre,
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, CV8 2LG

Tel: 024 7685 3060
Email: [email protected]

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

About the Guest:

Caroline has been vicar of Swaledale with Arkengarthdale parish for over 12 years and has just celebrated her 50th birthday. She was given a surprise birthday celebration provided by her local parishoners who helped her celebrate in style. 

A personal bucket list includes learning to drive a tractor and also managing a geared car. Caroline learned to drive in America and currently drives an automatic car.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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Welcome to the Inside Yorkshire Podcast, a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire.

Key Takeaways:

• So many of our great buildings have been lost, yet still many survive. Ed seeks the standing and the fallen and in turn aims to create images which look at the very fabric of our identity.
• "I am fascinated by the past. Our architectural heritage is a huge source of inspiration for me. The great edifices of the realm, past and present, have always conveyed a sense of power, which fails to dwindle with the passing centuries. Even the overgrown foundations of a long demolished country house hold a melancholic power, as does the shattered body of a great abbey"

Valuable Resources:

Ed Kluz:The Lost House Revisited 

www.amazon.co.uk/Ed-Kluz-Lost-House-Revisited/dp/185894662X

Place Makers exhibition is at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh which runs from the 3rd to the 27th of October. This is a joint exhibition with Vicki Ambery Smith and they are giving an informal talk in the gallery on 13th October 11-12.

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

About the Guest:

Ed grew up in Swaledale just outside of Richmond  and he attended Richmond school where he was inspired by his art teacher Christopher Moss. They have recently had a joint exhibition at the Lotte Inch Gallery in York.

Ed's next big event is a talk at Chatsworth House with author Kate Hubbard, and after that a lecture in New York in November on lost country houses as part of the Hamilton Lecture series. His latest exhibition Place Makers is at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh which runs from the 3rd to the 27th of October. This is a joint exhibition with Vicki Ambery Smith and they are giving an informal talk in the gallery on 13th October 11-12.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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Welcome to the Inside Yorkshire Podcast, a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire. In todays episode Susan talks to Gary Martin Davis from AJ Productions about their forthcoming pantomime season.

Key Takeaways:

• AJ Productions hold school workshops around the county
• Stage schools are run in Yarm, Guisborough, Northallerton, Leyburn and Darlington where youngsters can get the opportunity to appear in the pantomime performances
• Halloween Wicked workshops are being held in Leyburn and Stockton
• Cinderella will be showing at Tennants Garden Rooms in Leyburn
• Gary is performing as Cassandra, one of Cinderella's ugly sisters
• Danny Posthill. impressionist finalist from Britains Got Talent, will also be performing in this years production as Buttons

Valuable Resources:

www.AJProductions.tv

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

About the Guest:

Gary Martin Davis has worked with the AJ team for 7 years touring the north east with workshops and productions. He is full of information about the forthcoming events and introduced us to some of the characters he is playing.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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Welcome to the Inside Yorkshire Podcast, a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire. In todays episode Susan talks to Josie Kyme about how the two dales first responder team is important to life in the community.

Key Takeaways:

• It can take an ambulance 20 mins to reach villages up in the dales so a first responder living locally can therefore be a vital resource
• Volunteers have local knowledge and are trained to respond quickly in times of emergency
• One responder had her life saved by her husband whilst she was on duty
• The training that responders receive is a valuable life skill
• At present there are 11 active responders in the team and they respond singly or in pairs
• New responders are always needed

Valuable Resources:

www.yas.nhs.uk

YAS trainer Patrick Murphy

Telephone: 07824 407955

Email: [email protected]

Josie Kyme Two dales Coordinator

01748 884824

About the Host:

Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire' and the tales that people have to tell.

About the Guest:

Josie has been a responder for some time and has now been promoted to become coordinator for the two dales team. She talks about the team who provide support in the two dales and how there is always a need for more volunteers.

Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire 

Susan Baty-Symes

• www.insideyorkshire.co.uk
• [email protected]

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