Niki Rutland
@rutlandniki.bsky.social
📣 Richmond Passion Play’s launch night is 18th October 7pm at Richmond Operatic Society.
Do you want to take part in this promenade theatre on our streets next Easter?
Seeking 66+ actors aged 18 and up. Audition nights are Sunday 25th October and Sunday 1st November.
#RichmondSnippets 📣 Richmond WI’s monthly meeting is tonight Tuesday 13th October. We are being joined by Carol from Goosewing Studios who will be talking to us about jewellery making.
Feel free to invite any non-member ladies who may be interested.
See you at Richmond Town Hall at 7pm!
#RichmondSnippets 📣 The next Richmond Remembers Poppy Activity Session at the Green Howards is being held this Friday 16th October. Come and join us!
We must have sewn on close to 2000 poppies so far thanks to all those who have been knitting and crocheting 🥳 🥳
Details below.
#RichmondSnippets 📣 Northern Soul Nights now being held at Richmond Cricket Club.
Next event is Friday 30th October. From November they will be held monthly on the last Saturday of the month. Playing across the board - Northern soul, Motown and and Modern 70s classics.
Details below.
#RichmondSnippets 📣 Richmond Station Singers are looking for:
🎶 Tenors and Basses 🎶
If you have some experience of singing and would like to join the choir, they would love to hear from you. For info about Platform 1 and Platform 2 choirs go to
richmondstationsingers.co.uk
#RichmondSnippets 📣 Help needed this coming Saturday at Richmond Bike Park 10-4pm and possibly Sunday too 🙏🙏🙏
Volunteers needed to help take down construction fencing, install route and safety signage and any final touches ready for opening to the public on 24th October 🥳
#RichmondSnippets 🥳🥳 A huge well done to all of the runners who competed in yesterday’s Richmond Castle 10K run. A particular shout out to Tracy our Town Crier who finished in her socks 🤣 Fantastic atmosphere and beautiful weather! What more could you ask for?
#RichmondSnippets Come on down to The Batts. It’s already buzzing with people getting ready for the Richmond Castle 10K run. Starts at 11am at The Batts.
#RichmondSnippets 🎭 Richmond Operatic Society needs your help for their Matilda Jr production! 🎭
Volunteers needed for Backstage and Front of House teams! No experience needed.
📅 27–31 October
📍 Influence Church
Interested? Drop them a message!
www.richmondoperatic.co.uk
#RichmondSnippets Did you know that John Blenkiron and Sons hold a monthly Grief Cafe in the Richmond Methodist Church lounge? The next one is being held on Tuesday 13th October.
Refreshments provided.
Pop along for a coffee and a biscuit, make new friends.☕🍪🍰
#RichmondSnippets 🧶 Another great Knit & Natter session at Greyfriars this morning. Come and join us on Friday mornings 9.30 - 11.30am. Bring whatever you’re working on and enjoy some great company.
#RichmondSnippets 🧁 Cakes at the ready!!! 🧁
Come along this morning and support the Mayor’s Charities Coffee Morning at the Town Hall. Only £2 which includes tea/coffee/biscuits. Cakes sold separately 😊 We are here 9am to 12 noon. Raffle & tombola too. See you soon!
#RichmondSnippets 🏃🏃♀️🏃♂️ This Sunday 11th October come along and cheer on the runners of the Richmond Castle 10K Race. Starting and finishing down at The Batts. Start time is 11am. Looks like it’s going to be a dry day 🥳 Details of the route below.
#RichmondSnippets 🙏 Keep the poppies coming 🙏
Only another few weeks before the poppy covered netting will be going up in Richmond for Turn Richmond Red for Remembrance. We are so grateful for all of those who have been helping knit, crochet or sew. Please drop any off to the Green Howards 😊
#RichmondSnippets 📣 Reminder…
Richmond Camera Club’s first free tuition session is tonight at Richmond Rugby Club. Even if you just use a smartphone as your camera you can learn photography skills from the camera club. Details below.
#RichmondSnippets 🥳 Well done to the Richmond Operatic Society for winning 2 awards for their Little Shop of Horrors production!
💚 Best Individual Supporting Actor in a Musical for Scott Edwards in the role of Audrey II.
💚 The District 8 Commendation Award for the Creative Team and Puppeteers.
#RichmondSnippets ♟️Anyone for chess??♟️
The Castle Tavern have been running a Chess club for nearly five years now and are looking for new members. It doesn’t matter how good or bad you are, you will be made very welcome. They meet each Wednesday in the Castle Tavern at 7.00 pm. All welcome!
#RichmondSnippets 📣 The Mayor’s Charity Quiz Night is coming up. Fancy a quiz and pie & peas supper? Bar & Raffle too.
Mayors's Charites supporting:
•MIND in Hambleton & Richmondshire
•MayFest
•Dementia Activities in Richmond
•Richmondshire Cricket Club Juniors
Richmond Rugby Club Juniors
#RichmondSnippets 🧁☕️😊 Richmond Methodist Church are looking for volunteers for The Welcome Hub on a Monday or Friday morning. Details below. Can you help?
#RichmondSnippets 📣 Announcement 📣
Richmond Passion Play - Good Friday - March 26th 2027
Time to go to the website and register your interest in any of the following areas:
* auditions
* costume making
* set design & building
* stage management
* admin
* stewarding
www.richmondpassionplay.org.uk
#RichmondSnippets 🦮🐾🦮 Great turn out today by the community to support the Town Hall Coffee Morning raising funds for Guide Dogs. The usual crowd were there supporting as well as lots of new faces! Puppies in training also made an appearance 😊
#RichmondSnippets 🎶🎶 Richmond Station Singers are offering free taster sessions. They would love to see some new singers join their choir as they start to rehearse for their Christmas Concert. All musical abilities welcome. For details go to their website.
richmondstationsingers.co.uk
#RichmondSnippets Another fab Knit & Natter session at Greyfriars Cafe. Numbers are continuing to grow. Come and join us on Fridays 9.30 - 11.30am. Bring along what you are working on. We are a friendly welcoming group 😊😊
#RichmondSnippets 🧶🪡 🧵 Date for your diary!!!
Please join our community project and help turn Richmond Red for Remembrance.
The next session at the Green Howards is Friday 16th October - details below. Come along and lend a hand. And keep the poppies coming!! A huge thank you 🙌 🥳
#RichmondSnippets 🧶🪡 Still sewing poppies to nets for the Green Howards’ project Turn Richmond Red for Remembrance.
Please keep the poppies coming. There is still a lot of netting to be covered 🤪🤪 Please drop any you’ve knitted/crocheted into the Green Howards. Thank you 🙏🥰
#RichmondSnippets Went on an interesting walk and talk about the history of the Wynds and Lanes of Richmond as part of the Walking and Book Festival. If you missed it come along this Sunday 27th September as the walk is being repeated. Meet outside the Town Hall at 2.15pm. Free - donations welcome.
#RichmondSnippets 💚 Macmillan Coffee Morning💚
Tomorrow- Tuesday 22nd September at The Fleece. 9am until 12pm. Why not pop along and support this important cause! There will be a fab range of cakes and treats to choose from 🍰🧁
#RichmondSnippets 🍁Richmond Methodist Church are having their Harvest Festival service this coming Sunday. Donations welcomed for the community. Details below.
#RichmondSnippets 🧸🖍️🎨🎶 Trinity Playgroup for the under 5’s starts again tomorrow - Monday 21st September at Trinity Academy. Every Monday 9.30 - 11am. Cost: only £1 donation per family. Details below.
#RichmondSnippets Richmond Bowls Club’s last game of the season today. They have a fabulous green and clubhouse. Look out for their
open day next April/May to find out more/try a game. Info will go out nearer the time 😊
#RichmondSnippets 👀 Do you want to learn about the history of Richmond’s Wynds and Lanes?? Today - Sunday 20th Sept as part of the Richmond Walking and Book Festival there will be a guided walk starting at the Town Hall at 2.15pm. Free. Donations welcome. See info below.
#RichmondSnippets 🧶 Reminder 🧵🪡
Please pop along to the Green Howards Museum this Friday 18th Sept in the morning between 10 and 12.30 to support their Turn Richmond Red for Remembrance project - attaching knitted poppies to netting or knitting/making poppies. No experience needed. All welcome! 😊
#RichmondSnippets 🍁 Harvest Festival 🍁
Influence Church are inviting businesses, churches, schools, and other organisations to join them in making a difference across our community by collecting food or giving financial support. Resources/stickers available.
Contact: harvest@influencechurch.co.uk
#RichmondSnippets Had a lovely welcome from St Mary’s Church this morning. Time Together Tuesday’s wellbeing cafe is one of their charities of the month so I was asked to go along and tell people about it. Thank you St Mary’s for supporting us and thank you also to our our wonderful volunteers 🙏🥰
#RichmondSnippets Thank you to Yorkshire Cancer Research, Oxfam, Age UK and the ladies from Knit & Natter for donating huge amounts of denim for Richmondshire Museum’s community art project which is being based on the River Swale. It’s great the see the community coming together to support! 🥳
#RichmondSnippets First Fruits will now be held in the Town Hall due to the weather. Lots of produce has been entered into the competition! 😊
#RichmondSnippets I’ve just seen this - how amazing and heartwarming! On Yorkshire Day Emma and her gang held a Zumbathon in Market Place and raised over £2000 for a Yorkshire charity that supports anyone who has experienced domestic abuse and sexual violence 🥳🥳🥳
#RichmondSnippets Don’t miss the The First Fruits of the Harvest Ceremony tomorrow which has been performed for centuries, with its traditions rooted deeply in the town's medieval origins when Richmond was a major corn market.
Come along in the morning to witness this centuries old tradition.
#RichmondSnippets 🧶Knit & Natter group continues to grow 🥳 so as from next week we will be meeting in the Greyfriars Cafe. Same time 9.30 - 11.30am every Friday. Come along as usual. Pls buy a drink or more to support the cafe as they are letting us meet there. The bacon butties are delicious! 😊
#RichmondSnippets 🧶 Friday tomorrow. Knit & Natter at Greyfriars 9.30 - 11.30am. Come and join us and bring whatever you’re working on. It’s a lovely friendly group 😊
#RichmondSnippets ☕️🍳Just had a delicious breakfast at the new Greyfriars Cafe! Great menu choices and a warm welcome from the team. Very good value!
Everyone is welcome to the cafe - it’s not just for Greyfriars residents. Will definitely be going back. Cake, lunch or dinner next time?? 😁
#RichmondSnippets 🥳🥳 Had a great night at Richmond’s WI meeting. A very entertaining cookery demonstration with recipes from the new WI cookbook. And we had 7 visitors - thanks Snippets!
We meet 2nd Tues of every month. Richmond Town Hall. 7pm. Women visitors very welcome. Come and meet us.
#RichmondSnippets Thanks to the Age UK charity shop in Market Place for donating some denim clothing which has gone to the Richmondshire Museum for their community art project based on the River Swale. Please take along any denim clothes you no longer want. Zoe will be very grateful.
#RichmondSnippets Calling women in Richmond and the surrounding areas…
Richmond WI have their next meeting tomorrow evening. Why not come along and see what the WI is all about. You will have a warm welcome 😊 If you would like more info just email nikirutlandwi@gmail.com or call me on 07375 944032
#RichmondSnippets There was a great turn out for the Mayor’s Civic Service at the Methodist Church this morning, including attendance by neighbouring dignitaries. The parade there was followed by a wonderful service acknowledging & thanking local groups, charities and residents and those in office.
#RichmondSnippets ☕️ Here’s the list of Town Hall coffee mornings for September ☕️
Where else can you get a cup of tea/coffee (and refill) and biscuits so cheap, as entry is usually only £2. It’s a great opportunity to meet friends and catch up whilst supporting local charities.
#RichmondSnippets 👀 Just seen this:
Rufus Woods are working together with Just the Job and the Richmond Bike Park to transform an abandoned barn nr Whashton Rd into a community cafe.
Take their survey and help them build upon their idea. Details below.
#RichmondSnippets 🧶 Word continues to spread. Another addition to Knit & Natter at Greyfriars - welcome Kim 🥳
We are very lucky to have the new Greyfriars restaurant on site where you can get a bacon butty & tea for only £3.50! Join us Fridays 9.30 - 11.30am. Bring whatever you are working on.
#RichmondSnippets 
