Pannal was a village but is it now that is the question. We who live here still call it Pannal Village but the Council and some residents say it is a suburb of Harrogate. The "village people" like to think it is a village. We have an ancient Church St Roberts, Pannal Hall ,Old protected cottages, a Village Green. Village Institute, Old School now Scout Hut, the wonderful Crimple Valley. Old Corn Mill and pond and very lucky to have a railway where steam trains flourished. A number of village shops now down to the Post Office and a new Co-op that replaced the pub in the centre. Spacey Houses was at the top of the village now sadly demolished so no pubs. A hairdressers that replaced the lovely Ken Walkers butcher and fruit and veg. We all miss Ken who retired to look after his wife. Lovely to think back to how it used to be. We used to have a village policeman Stanley Stukens who lived at the top of the village. When he retired we had a shared policeman with Huby. They were so good knew most people and stood no nonsense.
To us it is still a village apart from the traffic. Where are all the cars coming from. If one stands at the top of Church Lane one will know. Mostly Green Lane and also Leadhall Lane and goodness do they go fast. They fly down Church Lane sometimes slowing down for the Matrix then speed in up and they are never ever doing thirty miles an hour and when they reach the bad bend in Church Lane where the speed drops to twenty mph forget that they fly down Main Street. Interestingly a neighbour had to sell her bungalow as the noise from the traffic nearly drove her mental. It really did. If one is gardening at the front the constant swishing of fast cars up and down from Church Lane and Main Street could drive one mental if they let it. What can one do re traffic, flap all it seems until there is a terrible accident. Accident black spots bottom of Church Lane and approaching the bend by Pannal Green.
Cup of tea and bp settled I am now back. I am doing a walk for Heritage Week on Friday 19th September. Meeting at St Robert's Church at 11am. Shall walk up to the Mill and Mill Pond then up to the top of Main Street and Spring Lane/Woodcock Hill and see the old school. Then back for some chat and a sit down at St. Roberts. It is a fun walk some history and funny anecdotes - a lighthearted fun talk which I always enjoy and from the feedback my audience do to.
i have had my cedar deodora cut down as it was so near the house and if it did come down in the high winds it would fall on my house and fat chance I would have had claiming insurance as always happy to not pay claimant out they would have said "should never have been planted there - to near the house. So I am afraid I had to bite the bullet. Tree had a little baby tree so it lives on. Gary my very nice tree man asked if he could have it to plant on. Happy to do so and I am having an owl carving by Jonathan the great wood carver. So that will be really lovely. Left height on the tree so my very kind neighbours can see the owl.
What did Tigs think of all the noise not a lot. She gave me some very hard stares.
