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Date this page was last edited 05/05/2008

The 2008 Cuckoo Festival

and Street Market

Friday 23^rd May to Monday 26^th May

Friday 23^rd May. 'Race Night' to be held in Austwick Parish Hall at 7.30pm. (With grateful thanks to     Martin Pettiford)

All the fun of the races with licensed Bar and food. Tickets will be available at the Austwick shop or from any of the Committee members.

Saturday 24^th May. 'Village Sports and Barbeque' at Austwick Playing Fields from 4.00pm.

Races and games for children and adults with small prizes. To be followed by a Barbeque with licensed Bar. We hope that whatever your sport, Bowls, tennis, cricket rounders or athletics you will enjoy the day. Everyone welcome to a village occasion!

Sunday 25^th May 'Walk with Wes' Starting from Austwick Village Cross at 1.30pm. Adults £1 Children 50p. Then from 4.00pm. preview the Art Display and perhaps help with putting up stalls ready for Monday's Street Market.

 Monday 26^th May 'The Famous Austwick Street Market.

All Day entertainment from 10.00am. including:

'Boskats' jazz band; small animals; Punch & Judy Show; Stalls; Jukalo the juggler; Games; Donkey rides; Bouncy castle; Fell Race Plant Stand; Grand Lottery Ticket Draw; Dray Horses; the famous 'Hog Roast provided by the Austwick Traddock Hotel and Restaurant (Best Organic Restaurant 2006 Award judged by the Soil Association); the Austwick Amble Fell Race starting from the village centre. Seniors start at 1.00pm. Juniors at 12 noon; an exhibition in Austwick Parish Church 'Seasons of the Church'; a barbeque at the Gamecock from 4.00pm.

Notes for Village Residents

Collection Nights.

Grateful thanks for donations of saleable items for the stalls; a suitable stall can usually be found for anything you have to give; Bric-a-Brac, Furniture, China, Clothes, Glass, Books, Tombola Prizes, Crafts, Toys, Plants, Cakes, Jams, etc. All unsold clothes remaining after the Street Market close, will be sent to the 'Great North Air Ambulance with proceeds to the School PTA. (Please note no electrical items or beds can be accepted).

We will call to collect any articles you wish to donate on Thursday 15^th and Tuesday 20^th May from 6.00pm. Please call Andy on 015242 51766 to arrange a specific collection of bulky items.

Cuckoo Theme

This years theme will be 'Food & Drink'  Please have a go, however big or small. For those living away from the centre of the village, cuckoos may be displayed outside Austwick Parish Church so that everyone can enjoy them. There will be prizes for the best cuckoos. Please get them out on display by Friday the 23^rd and do not forget to register your entry at the Village Shop.

New initiatives.

There will again be a cuckoo merchandise stall with Tee-shirts, mugs, whistles so please support this stall. Lots of children's' activities are held in the village including a merry go round, donkey rides games and children's entertainers. To help alleviate parking problems, we shall be operating a 'shuttle bus' and hopefully, we will have some off street parking.

Road Closure.

For safety, Austwick will be closed to through traffic from the Village Cross to Austwick Primary School on Monday the 26^th May during the     opening period of the Street Market. We hope that this will not inconvenience anyone.

Programmes & entry.

As in previous years, we will encourage adult visitors to the event to buy a programme on entry for 50p. Previously we printed free entry slips for all village residents but last year only three were used, so we felt that these were not necessary again this year.

Your help is needed.

Car and window stickers will be posted to each household. We really need your help in displaying publicity for the event.

We are also looking for people to kindly bake scones to sell on the day; your help is greatly appreciated. Volunteers are still needed for a number of tasks on the day. If you can help then please call Andy on 015242 51766.

Thank you

Thank you for your generous support, it is much appreciated. The event is a community effort, we

hope it is fun and not just hard work. Special thanks to the Gamecock for supplying bottles for this years 'Spirit Diary' (some dates are still available; please ask a committee member.

The Street Market Committee Members with Telephone Numbers.

Each has the area code 015242

Andy Lewis 51766, Lizz Cook 51868, Bob Duckworth 51647, Roger Moore 51637,

Alec Rigby 51422, Mark Hutchinson 51228, Rick Smith 51649.

The 2007 Street Market

In the early hours with the village only just beginning to wake up

the Hog Grill was already turning

The Hog Roast was again  one of the star attractions. It is not an everyday

event to be able to enjoy food prepared by first class Chefs. The Hog Roast was provided by The Austwick Traddock Hotel, cooked by and carved by staff from the hotel and supervised by hotel owner Bruce Reynolds. The 'hog' was from a local organic  and free range source.

Setting up this year was very testing as dark clouds hovered casting a shadow

on everything but there was no stopping, "the show must go on"

The Street Market was officially opened by Councillor David Ireton

who then went a walk about with Street Market Secretary Sheila Bowker.

The organisers always give a lot of attention in keeping younger visitors occupied.

Punch and Judy is always very popular with young and old and never goes out of fashion

;Punch and Judy made their first appearance over three hundred years ago.

Brian Gore, a regular artiste at the Austwick Street Market

worked extremely hard at keeping kids thoughts away from the rain

that kept on with regular outbreaks. It must be hard to remain funny with water

running down ones neck. A real trooper...

With or without rain coats it can be fun having a traditional

donkey ride.

  One of several guiding cuckoos from the

newly instigated 'Cuckoo Trail'

 The theme for this years Cuckoo Competition was 'Music'

Part of the annual festivities includes a competition for the best cuckoo display. This is open to residents and the winner receives a prize of £25.

  Some of the many entries in this year's

Cuckoo Competition.

Judged by the Street Market visitors

"Cuckoo on the Fiddle" by Joan Butler

Voted Winner. Joan is a previous'

winner.

Settle Voices Go Cuckoo by Sheila Bowker

The Thieving Cuckoo by Rooksini

(The Woodview Guest House)

The Cuckoo Waltz

 The Webmaster extends his thanks to all those feeding him with news and photographs,

 in particular Joan Butler, Ian Smith and Mike Clarke and also to all the officers and

helpers involved in staging this years event.

2007 AUSTWICK STREET MARKET AND CUCKOO FESTIVAL ORGANISERS

 It's been a hectic, fun and action-packed weekend in Austwick! First

event was the disco dance on Friday night with the fancy dress theme of the letter 'C'. Costumes included chefs, cyclists, cowgirls, Clint Eastwood,  cricketers, Charlie Chaplin, Chicago Girls and construction workers. Winning outfits in the different age categories resembled, with  alarming likeness, a cucumber, a cockerel and Compo (from 'Last of the  Summer Wine').

 Thanks to members of Lawkland Young Farmers for their great organisation. The poor weather didn't deter Saturday's Playing Field Association > games, races and sports event which was followed by a barbecue and  social, however Sunday's showers did keep the numbers low for the traditional Wes's Walk.

 Those who did brave the cold had a wonderful walk over Oxenber and  enjoyed the spring flowers which were in their prime, and hot drinks  and biscuits in the Parish Hall afterwards were much appreciated. 

Bank Holiday Monday saw an even worse turn in the weather, but it  didn't stop crowds in their thousands thronging round the village  greens which were > jammed with a multitude of entertainment's at the annual Street Market/Cuckoo Festival. The event was officially opened by Councillor  David Ireton, who wished the event every success. There was the usual  street market where everything from china vases to 3-piece suites were  bought at bargain prices. Live music was provided by The Boskats and > included jazz and rock n' roll numbers. Children enjoyed bouncy  castles and slides, donkey rides, Jukalo the juggler, Punch and Judy, tombola, bran tub, skittles and a coconut shie, whilst older visitors  browsed over the stalls selling books, food, clothes, cuckoo T-shirts  and mugs, an art exhibition and displays by Cave Rescue and Yorkshire  Dales National Park. The owls and  birds of prey display by Corio Raptor Rescue Centre were a huge  interest to all, as was the array of food available including, cream scones, ice cream, bacon butties,  pie n' peas, hog roast, and teas and refreshments in the Parish Hall.

The Austwick Amble Fell race attracted a good number  of entrants in all ages, even though they had to be warned before  setting off to take a warm jacket with them due to the low temperature. The Cuckoo Trail was a big success with many families walking the  pretty route over the Little Bridges whilst finding lots of hidden  'cuckoos', and many of the houses had made and displayed cuckoos,  following this year's theme of music. Hence, there were  cuckoos resembling Elvis, Chris  de Burgh, "the Cuckoo Waltz", "Bye bye blackbird", "All things bright and  beautiful" and 'Settle Voices'.

The organising committee would like to thank everyone in and around  the village for their tremendous hard work over the weekend.

 Sheila Bowker

Street Market Organising Committee

The Austwick Annual Amble (Fell Race) had a large number of entrants represented from clubs all over the country. The results are published further down this page.

AUSTWICK AMBLE FELL RACE RESULTS 2007