Who's who

Alan Rabjohn (: 01439-771583

Alan’s parents and grandparents were Yorkshire folk, but he himself was born and raised in London. He was educated at Sloane School in Chelsea. He served as a regular soldier in the Intelligence Corps in Borneo where he gained a campaign medal and was subsequently transferred onto the intelligence staff of the C-in-C Far East, in Singapore, returning to England two and a half years later. After a number of years in industry he returned to education, graduating in English and Education from Lancaster University, and then spent thirty years as a primary school teacher. His final post was as Headteacher of Twiss Green School, in Warrington.

After retiring Alan and Dorothy moved to Helmsley, where he quickly became involved with All Saints Church, as well as assisting Helmsley in Bloom and the Yorkshire Cancer Research charities for a number of years. Alan currently supports and crews for the Jubilee Sailing Trust, which helps disabled people of all ages to experience the challenge of tall-ship sailing on long ocean voyages.

Alan is responsible for the maintenance of the church, alongside his colleague Mark Willshaw. He has two married daughters and four grandchildren.

Mark Willshaw (: 01439-770033

Born and raised in Leeds, Mark was always a faithful member of his church congregation and on leaving college moved on to become a member of the Scargill House community in the Yorkshire Dales. Here Mark not only ministered to many guests but also helped to run the estate and also volunteered on the local cave and fell rescue team. However his greatest achievement whilst being at Scargill House was meeting his wife Lucy.

Mark and Lucy moved to Helmsley in 2001 and quickly became involved in the church and community, with Mark becoming Church Warden in 2002 - which he has held since then apart from taking a year off in 2008 but then became Lay Chair of the Deanery Synod instead (not much of a year off!).

Mark used to volunteer regularly at Helmsley Arts Centre both on stage and behind the bar but, unfortunately this has not been so frequent since the arrival of daughter Tabitha. In the last year he has been part of the Helmsley in Bloom team. Whenever possible he enjoys working in his own garden, getting out into the hills, or out and about on his bike. Mark is a full time fire fighter based in Scarborough, and also enjoys serving his local community as a retained fire fighter in Helmsley.