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Book your party at Butterfingers for the best party you will ever have.

www.butterfingersharrogate.co.uk

Parties are for up to 30 children for 2 hours with the exception of Skateboard/Scooter parties which are for up to 15 children for 2 hours.  We pride ourselves on making sure your child gets the party they want so if they have a special interest in juggling, diabolo, stilts or anything else, we’ll make sure they get to do it.  Always wanted to learn balloon modelling?  No problem.  We’ll tailor all our parties so they feel individual and special.  Our parties aren’t just for kids though….fancy doing something special for your 40^th, 50^th or 60^th – we can help make your birthday unforgettable!

Circus Party – We’ve got spinning plates, diabolos, hoola hoops, juggling balls, pedalgos, big balancing balls, devilsticks, in fact, everything you can imagine that’s circussy and fun – even a tightrope!  With trained staff to show you how, we guarantee you’ll have a brilliant party.

Pirate and Fairy Parties – dress up in our fairy and pirate costumes and have your faces painted.  Walk the plank, follow our trail t the golden treasure chest, capture some pirates and rescue the fairies from the shipwrech.

Juggling Craft Party – Make your own flowersticks or juggling ball then learn how to use them with one of our trained staf and take them home afterwards – more suitable for 7 years +.

Skateboard or Scooter Party – Bring yor own or hire one of ours.  Safety equipment essential (available to hire if necessary).  Music and skate ramps included.  Up to 15 children for 2 hours.  At least 2 parents required to stay.

Bouncy Castle Party – includes room hire, bouncy castle, music and member of staff to supervise.

Party Food is charged per head.  Themed lunch boxes containing sandwiches, crisps, fruit juice carton, chocolate biscuit and sweets.

Face Painting – free for fairy and pirate parties.  Otherwise please ask when you book.

Party Bags – themed party bags available.  Please see display in the shop or ask when you call.

All you need to bring is the cake!

Visit Butterfingers on Harrogate Online or at their own website – www.butterfingersharrogate.co.uk

3M Ventureshield in Harrogate provided by PDA Car and are now anApproved £m VenutreShield Installer.

3M VentureShield is a paint protection system for any part of your vehicles painted surfaces. 3m VentureShield protects against Rock Chips, Bug Acids and Sand Abrasion.

To contact PDA visit their website www.pdacar.com

What is VenureShield?
The tough properties of 3M VentureShield Paint Protection Film means that it will protect the most vulnerable painted surfaces of your vehicle from damage caused by stone chips, environmental elements, bugs, scratches and minor abrasions. Car bonnets, wings, bumpers, car and motorbike headlights, motorbike tanks and even motorbike helmets will benefit from 3M VentureShield Paint Protection Film.

Zumba Classes for Kids hits Harrogate.

Harrogate Zumba with Gaynor Robinson are now providing Zumba classes for children in Harrogate. There are 3 types of classes running Tot Mania, Dance Mania and Zumbatomic®.

For more information on Zumba Classes for Kids in Harrogate visit the website of Harrogate Zumba.

Ever watched television shows like DIY SOS and wished you had the know-how or confidence to whip out a drill and put up a shelf? For many, it’s a case of knowing how to get started – and now a Harrogate hardware store is coming to the rescue.

Wrayways, based on Franklin Road, is running a series of ‘Introduction to Power Tools’ workshops to show people how simple it can be to become a bit more DIY-savvy.

The first one will take place on Wednesday, February 22 from 10am to 2pm. Participants will get their hands on a sander, jigsaw, mitre saw and router and, after being shown how to use them properly, will make a bread board with fitted brass handle that they can take home afterwards.

Kevin Davies, owner of Wrayways, said: “There’s a sort of mystique around using power tools – people seem to have a fear of them when really they are quite simple to operate.

“This course is aimed at those who are absolute beginners. We decided to run it in the daytime to fit in with school hours, so parents and those who have to drop-off or collect children can still join us.”

Places cost £50 per person, including VAT, with all materials, tuition and refreshments provided. To book or for more information, contact Wrayways on 01423 560739 or email info@wrayways.co.uk.

THANKS TO FORMER RUGBY INTERNATIONAL

A former international rugby captain has teamed up with a Harrogate travel company to offer his expertise in helping people discover the hidden delights of Africa.

Brian Currin – who led Zimbabwe’s squad to the 1991 Rugby World Cup scoring two tries against the Scots – now runs Africa in Style and has joined forces with the triple award-winning Langford Travel Services.

“This new venture takes me two-thirds of the way towards realising my passion,” explained Brian, who grew up on a farm in Zimbabwe, then Rhodesia. “I was extremely fortunate with my sporting and work background to travel extensively and tour much of Africa and decided I wanted to do that again.

“With my African ancestry dating back to the 1652 Dutch settlers, I have immense pride in my country and the continent and want to help more people discover it. I don’t just mean the obvious destinations – Africa is a mix of countries of such diverse cultures and spectacular environments and I’d like to help bring them to the forefront. Tourism helps so many people by bringing money and employment into their communities and there are some relatively unknown areas that could really benefit.”

 

Brian moved to the UK nearly nine years ago with his wife Camilla – also from a farming family – to escape the increasing hostility and unrest surrounding white farmers in Zimbabwe and the subsequent demise of the economy. He set up a home repairs business before deciding to follow his dream of a bespoke travel service – and contacted Michael Langford to see if there was any mutual interest.

“We’re very careful about joining forces with associates – we need to be absolutely sure that they operate to the same high standards and hold the same values that have helped Langford Travel Services grow so successfully over the past 24 years,” said Mike, whose recent successes include topping a ‘mystery shopper’ survey by Travel Weekly, the travel industry’s leading online resource, for his expertise and personal service.

“When Brian got in touch I was immediately interested in his rugby background and, as we talked, it became clear that his immense knowledge about the whole of Africa was something that could really add to our ethos of offering our clients the very highest quality service and creating outstanding trips for all budgets.”

Brian is currently arranging a series of talks throughout Yorkshire ‘Travel in Africa’. The first focuses on South Africa and takes place in Harrogate on Wednesday, February 29. Anybody who would like to attend should visit www.africainstyle.eu/contact-us/ or telephone 01423 531383.

 

Sixth Form students from Rossett School in Harrogate have been making friends with the older generation, thanks to an initiative that sees them visiting some of the town’s care homes.

One group spends time at Heath Lodge, on Pannal Ash Road, twice a week to read poetry and short stories, while Food Technology students have enjoyed discussing what kind of food residents ate when they were younger and learning more about their diets in days gone by.

As a result, they’ve put together a selection of recipes which they plan to publish and will also recreate to share with those who inspired them.

“We think it’s very important for our students to be part of the local community and it’s lovely that they genuinely enjoy spending time with the people they’ve met through this initiative,” said Mrs Pat Hunter, Rossett School’s headteacher.

“The experience is a valuable part of their further education studies and also a great way of promoting understanding and friendship between the generations.”

Students’ successes and achievements were celebrated at Rossett School’s recent annual awards evening.

As well as highlighting the good work being done in school, the parents, teachers and guests present heard from Mark Allison, the British man who made national headlines after running 3,100 miles across the United States for charity earlier this year.

Mark, known as ‘Run Geordie Run’, averaged 31 miles per day over 100 days on his route from California to New York City, covering 13 states and through extreme conditions from heat to snow.

“He’s a great role model and I was delighted when he agreed to come and talk at our presentation evening,” said Rossett School’s deputy headteacher, Mr Paul McIntosh.

“We held a raffle on the night which, along with our school contribution, raised £650 which we’re giving to The Children’s Foundation – Mark’s chosen charity. Special thanks must go to Restaurant Bar and Grill in Harrogate for their prize donation of a meal for two.”

Mr McIntosh added: “I’d also like to thank David Morgan and his team at the Holiday Inn in Harrogate. They very kindly put Mark up in the hotel free of charge so that he could be with us – we very much appreciate their support.”

Mark Allinson also spoke about his next challenge – a 2,600-mile ‘jog’ across Australia in 2013.

List of Prizewinners

• Headteacher’s Special Award for Outstanding Academic Performance – Polly Ash
• Robert Pullan Award for Outstanding Progress in Adversity – Ben Freeman
• John  Whittle Award for Outstanding Contribution to School Life – Abigail Marshall
• Year 11 Achievement Coordinators Award – Sophie Fowler
• Sue Bell Award for Literature – James Noble
• Art – Amy Hull
• Business Studies – Sophie Helsby
• Child Development – Emma Corbett
• Drama – Alice Barrott
• English – Jennifer Scott
• Food Technology – Hannah Shepherd
• French – Jade O’Connor
• Geography – Richard Riseley
• Health & Social Care – Leana Taglietti
• History – Jacob Packter
• ICT – Andrew Hastings
• Languages – Jessica Walmsley
• Mathematics – Beatrice Hill
• Mathematics (stats) – Sam Longbottom-Smith
• Music – Will Cook
• Philosophy & Ethics – Polly Ash
• Product Design – Cameron Ogg
• Resistant Materials – Jonny Day
• RS – James Noble
• Science – Nyasha Nyakudya
• Biology – Laura Phillips
• Chemistry – Kieran Chana
• Physics – Alex Hoang
• Spanish – Beatrice Hill
• Sports – Jordan Emsley & Zoe Wotherspoon
• Textiles – Megan Howard
• Vocational – Jake Taylor
• Economics – Ben Longbottom-Smith

Printers in Harrogate can provide some excellent printed material. But which one to use.

Harrogate Online can help you find printers Harrogate in our Harrogate Printers section.

So whether you need business cards or borchures, leaflets for a local fete or photo copies for a lost kitten poster there wil be a Printer in Harrogate that can help.

 

 

Harrogate Fireworks Display

Christmas Adventure Firework Displays 4 November 2011

Come to our magnificent Public Firework Display in Yorkshire, here at The Christmas Adventure, Stockeld Park, Wetherby, close to ‘Leeds’, ‘Harrogate’, and ‘York’ in ‘Yorkshire’.

Public Firework Display, Friday 4 November 2011, 6.15pm arrival time for 6.45pm prompt start.

Come to our magnificent Public Firework Display in Yorkshire, here at The Christmas Adventure, Stockeld Park, Wetherby, close to ‘Leeds’, ‘Harrogate’, and ‘York’ in ‘Yorkshire’.

Set in the beautiful parkland setting of Stockeld Park, the firework display will be set to music and uplifting. This will be a great event for all ages and we hope you will join us.

The cost of tickets for the Fireworks Display is £6.50 for adults and £5 for children under 12.

But it is not just the firework display that will be fantatic, you will also be able to try out our enlarged ‘Ice skating rink’, walk around our truly beautiful ‘Enchanted Forest’, or maybe have a go on our ‘cross country skiing trail’.

Why not try to lose yourself in our wonderful illuminated snowflake ‘maze’?

There is so much to do, all of it exhilerating, and all of it just so beautiful.

Pay per activity.

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2011 Charity Bonfire Information – Saturday 5th Nov

Harrogate Round Table are back again for their 40th successive year as organisers of the 2011 Charity Bonfire.

Being one of the few remaining bonfire events where an entry fee is not charged, Harrogate Round Table are reliant on the generosity of the public on the evening to donate as much as they can afford to this years supported charity which is Yorkshire Cancer Research.

This years’ community service chairman Paul Horner said:

“Wh around 11,000 people expected, this is by far the biggest single public gathering of the year in Harrogate. No Round Table volunteers get paid for any of the hard work that goes into planning this event, so the public can be assured that all the money they donate is going to a very worthy cause. Without those donations, this event would sadly disappear.

Celebrating our 40th anniversary of organising this event, we always try to ensure a great warm family feel where everyone can watch the display in safety. You sense a real community spirit and it’s great to see so many families enjoying the event”

This year the event timings are:

• Saturday 5th November
• 6.00pm – Stray FM buildup
• 6.30pm – Bonfire lit
• 7.15pm – Fireworks

Directions & Parking.
The bonfire is held on the grassy area known as the Stray directly to the south of the Empress pub which is HG1 4SP. The area can be viewed by typing the postcode into Google maps. There is limited parking in the immediate vicinity and this year we also have major road works on Oatlands Drive and York Place so the area is likely to be highly congested.

If you want to avoid being sat in lengthy queues, we strongly recommend leaving your vehicle in the town center (free parking after 6pm) and walking from there which is only around 15 mins, or take public transport where possible. Why not make an evening of it by having a bite to eat in one of the many local award winning restaurants?

PARKING ON THE GRASS AREAS OF THE STRAY IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

 

Firework Safety from Harrogate Police

Caravan Parks Knaresborough with Scotton Holiday and Home Park situated just outside Knaresborough.

Scotton Holiday and Home Park Knaresborough where  you will find peace and quiet and a happy atmosphere on this family run park which has been in the same ownership for the past 30 years. Scotton park Homes  has been carefully and sympathetically developed to offer a high standard of comfort and cleanliness for the most discerning of guests.

Set in Lower Nidderdale, it offers a gateway to the Yorkshire Dales and the many attractions of the whole of the North of England. The park, with its easy access over tarmac roads is surrounded by mature trees and hedges. It is sunny yet well sheltered.

To find out more information about caravan parks in Knaresborough visit their Harrogate Online page or their Knaresborough Directory page.

they can also be conteacted on 01423 864413 or through their own website www.scottonpark.com