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Including Blaxton & Finningley Issue No. 90

March 2013

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Editor’s Letter …The planning permission has now been granted for the David Wilson Housing Development on Doncaster Road in Branton.

For more information on the Development visit www.dwh.co.uk/new-homes/unitedkingdom/H604201-woodlands-walk,branton/ Hopefully, as the Cantley with Branton Parish Council Newsletter explains in this month’s Arrow, we may get the crossing we were hoping for on Doncaster Road.

There were other ideas discussed in addition to the crossing such as bus shelters on Doncaster Road. Yvonne Woodcock, our Ward Councillor, is investigating all of these possibilities and will report back to the Parish council once more information is available.

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Well Done to The Harvey Arms in Finningley who has been voted CAMRAs pub of the season! All of our local pubs including The Harvey Arms will be offering Mothers Day bookings for Sunday 10th March, make sure you book early if you are hoping to make your Mother’s day!

The Easter issue of The Arrow will be earlier next month due to the Easter break, please make sure you send your articles and adverts before the deadline date below.

The deadline for the April issue for advertising and articles is Friday 15th March and will be distributed from Friday 22nd March 2013!

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Kilham Hall, Kilham Lane, Branton A belated Happy New Year to you all from Kilham Hall Management Committee! We are up and running and all activities are in full swing once again, following the Christmas recess and any cancellations due to the recent snow and general bad weather. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Hall this coming year, taking advantage of the many activities which run every week.

The Zumba and Keep-Fit classes are as popular as ever and run on several weekdays so there should be one to suit everybody who is interested in getting active. Mums and Toddlers on a Wednesday is an excellent group for young babies and toddlers and an excellent way for mums to get together for a chat.

Don't forget our Tuesday morning Coffee Club at the Hall. 10am while 11.30am. Everyone is welcome to join us for a chat over tea, coffee and biscuits.

We have our weekly Bingo, our Quiz and our Raffle and a warm welcome is assured. One of our regulars said recently: "I've come on my own today as there's always a friendly welcome and plenty of friendly people to sit with!"

A date for your diary: Tuesday 26th March. Our Easter Coffee Morning. Free tea, coffee and hot cross buns. An Easter bonnet parade plus our usual activities.

Everyone welcome!

The Hall is also available for private functions at the weekend. Excellent facilities; reasonable rates.

Contact Bev on: 07856221470 The Hall and adjoining field will also be hosting a Fun Day on Sunday 23rd June in aid of The Harry Matthews Bowel Transplant Trust. 11am-4pm. Look out for further details as advertised by the organiser of this fantastic, community Fun Day.

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FINNINGLEY WI

We meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month at the village hall and visitors are always welcome.

In February we tried our hands at decorating cup cakes with varying success!! Coming up in March is an introduction to Salsa dancing and in April we have a speaker telling us about the secrets of the Sand House.

Come along and give us a try. For further details contact Jayne on 01302 772539

DANUM PROBUS CLUB: The Club, which is aimed at retired Professional and Business Men, is now in its 34th year, and is once again, open for Membership. If you think that Meeting and enjoying friends, mild activities, informative talks, on a wide range of topics (and the odd “tipple”) is for you, then do come along – we meet on the lst and 3rd Mondays in the Month, at the Town Moor Golf Club (by the Racecourse Roundabout) at 10.am for about l.5 to 2 hrs. Slide talks coming up in the next few months include “Sheffield and the Battle of Trafalgar” by Comm.

Alan Yorke, ~”Australia” by George Fiddler and “Variety in War Time” by John Wallis, with the next Members and Ladies Luncheon on 21st

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Easter Coffee Morning Kilham Hall Community Centre, Kilham Lane, Branton Tuesday 26th March, 2013 FREE tea, coffee, hot cross buns

An Easter bonnet parade, open to both ladies and gentlemen Plus our usual Bingo, an Easter quiz and Easter Raffle There will be a small gift awarded to all entrants in the Easter Bonnet Parade

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Harry Mathews Bowel Transplant Trust

Charity Fun Day Sunday 23rd June 2013, 11am till 4pm at Kilham Hall/ Playing Field Kilham Lane, Branton

There is currently no other bowel transplant charity in the UK. The Trust’s main aim is to provide a financial crisis fund to families of bowel transplant recipients, as children have a slower recovery and poorer prognosis in comparison to any other organ transplant.

Due to lack of research, high risk of infection from the donor bowel and sheer lack of numbers, many children are struggling to survive the first year post transplant. In addition to this there are only two main centres, Kings College Hospital London and Birmingham Children's Hospital that can perform the transplant and both maintain complete control of care during the first year, requiring extensive travel for the child and their family. Post operatively it can be up to a year before you can use public transport (even a taxi), therefore families must drive to every appointment, some through central London and south of the river and pay daily parking charges of ÂŁ25 as the NHS can no longer afford to fund transport. Due to the added complexities of bowel transplant the children require 1/2 full time carers post op and generally one parent will have to cease employment.

Also due to bed limitations even the children who are doing relatively well are finding their families are having to book hotels for their hospital admissions and foot the bill. For a hospital stay longer than 3 months, all statutory benefits will stop.

These families are quietly struggling and the charity aims to help wherever it can. The Trust has close links with a family liaison officer who will assess in depth any family that applies for help. A grant application form is completed and submitted to the Trust for a final decision.

If you would like to hold a stall at the fun day or know someone who would, please contact Emma at emmajane.entertainments@yahoo.co.uk.

More details on the Fun Day will follow in later issues of the Arrow.

Tickhill Music Society Friday, 15th March 2013 at 8 p.m., St. Mary's Primary School, St. Mary's Road, Tickhill Operatic Scenes and Arias with excerpts from Carmen, The Magic Flute, Peter Grimes etc. to be performed by; Kristina James (soprano) Lucy Appleyard (mezzo-soprano) David Condry (tenor) Philip Wilcox (bass) accompanied at the piano by Daniel Justin.

Friday, 19th April 2013 at 8.00 p.m. in St. Mary's Primary School, St. Mary's Road, Tickhill An entertaining talk on 'Music of the West Riding'

by Dr. Simon Lindley, organist of Leeds Parish Church, conductor of Doncaster Choral Society and Sheffield Bach Choir etc.

The talk will be preceded at 7.00 p.m. by the Society's AGM. Good news! Following the cancellation of their concert in January, the Mark Ellis Jazz Quartet will be coming to Tickhill Primary School, St. Mary's Road, Tickhill on Friday, 17th May. The performance will start at 8.00 p.m.

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Awaken Village Interest in Dance Folk dance (Live band) in Finningley village hall on Wednesday March 13th at 8pm £1 entry, all ages are welcome!

Doncaster Choral Society are singing the Haydn "Stabat Mater" and the Mozart "Solemn Vespers" and "Splendente Te, Deus" with four well known soloists and the National Festival Orchestra.

The date is Saturday 9th March at 7.30 pm in the Priory Place Methodist Church. Tickets( £12, concessions £10, School Pupils FREE) can be obtained by tel 01302 840728.

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Do you worry what would happen to the person you care for if you had an accident or something unexpected happens? For instance, your car breaks down or bad weather conditions prevent you from getting home or visiting the person you care for?

If you joined the Free Carers Emergency Contact Scheme and carried a Carers Emergency Card you do not need to worry as support will be put in place immediately for up to 48hrs week days and up to 72hrs weekends and Bank Holidays.

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Newsletter March 2013 2013/14 Annual Precept After careful consideration the parish council determined that the annual precept for 2013/14 should be increased by £600 (in line with inflation) to cover all households in the parish. The increase will be used towards the purchase of picnic tables at Kilham Lane Recreation Ground and to maintain existing facilities. The total precept will be £27k and will on average add no more than of £1 per annum onto the cost for each household.

Parking on Grass Verges Consideration is being given to measures to discourage the parking of vehicles on the verges and to improve the appearance of those verges that have been damages due to continual parking.

Residents are again asked to refrain from parking and driving over the verges in order not to spoil the appearance of the parish.

Improvement to the Fork Junction at Whiphill Top Lane At the time of writing DMBC are intending to undertake road improvements at the fork junction of Whiphill Top Lane by creating a right turning lane on the approach from Auckley. The work is scheduled for April 2013 and as a result there may be temporary traffic lights in place whilst the work is completed.

Request for a Pedestrian Crossing on Doncaster Road Following the decision to grant planning permission for the building of 83 houses on land off Doncaster Road and The Close the parish council has requested that some of the money that is required to be given by the developer for the benefit of the area (Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act) is used to fund a pedestrian crossing. The parish council is liaising with DMBC Ward Councillors and the outcome is awaited.

Christmas Carol Singing Thank you to all the residents who again attended the very enjoyable Christmas Carol Singing event at Kilham Hall on Wednesday 12 December. A special thank you also goes to Mr Littlewood for volunteering to play the organ and to Father Christmas for his visit. If anyone wishes to give feedback or has ideas for this year’s event please notify the Clerk to the Council. The proceeds of the raffle along with a donation from Kilham Hall have been shared between the two local cancer charities Aurora and Firefly.

The Parish Council would like to wish everyone a very happy Easter.

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Speed Up Your Internet Connection!

In 2002, I sat in the Eagle and Child in Auckley with an old College friend and we discussed how we could improve the Internet Connectivity in the Finningley / Auckley / Blaxton area. Both working in IT with a passion for online gaming, it seemed only fair that we could enjoy the same Internet connectivity as the most part of Doncaster was already enjoying.

At the time, the best we had was BT Home Highway running a whole 64kps! (think over an hour to download a single music track from Amazon).

By working with BT, we were able to set up a Website and run a local campaign to register interest for Broadband. The campaign was very successful and gave BT the information it needed to know that if they invested in the area and brought Broadband to Finningley, it would be successful. In 2003 ADSL capability was introduced into our exchange and it changed the face of local internet access forever (so now the same music track from Amazon would take minutes).

This has stood the test of time but technology moves on and there is now a new service – Super Fast Broadband. Super Fast Broadband will see most people’s Internet connection speed increase more than 20x. You will no doubt have seen the adverts on TV for ‘BT Infinity’ and the like (the same music track from Amazon in seconds!) and it’s already in many of our neighbouring villages such as Branton, Cantley and Armthorpe but without your help – it will likely take an age to come to our area.

We’ve setup a new website to help register interest for Super Fast Broadband on the Finningley Exchange and if you want to let BT know that their investment will be worth their time and money, please visit our site and follow the link. http://GoSuperFast.co.uk Wayne Sutton & Paul Turton

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Hayfield Lane Primary School News The Kingfisher class have been finding out where Spiderman would like to go if he visited Doncaster.

They went on a mystery tour all around the area calling at the airport, the Dome, St. George`s Minster and other places. They took lots of photographs. The class stopped to explore and have lunch at Astrabound and then had a good walk around the lake at Lakeside. All of the class said they had a fantastic time and agreed that Spiderman`s favourite places to go would be Astrabound and the lake.

Hawk class To help them answer their Learning Challenge question ‘Why is Britain an attractive place to settle? our Hawk class visited the ever popular Jorvik centre and Dig in York. It was a very cold, frosty and foggy morning as we headed off to York with 32 very eager children who could not wait to experience firsthand what Viking life was once like. The class was excited as they journeyed through the reconstruction of Viking-Age streets, as they would have been 1000 years ago. They encountered the old-Norse speaking citizens, saw inside their houses and back yards, experienced a blast of smoke from the blacksmith’s furnace and enjoyed the smell of home-cooked stew inside the home of an amber worker. Next, we went on to The Dig where we became archaeologists for the afternoon. We had fun digging in four replica excavation pits finding artefacts based on Roman, Viking, medieval and Victorian Britain.

Hawk class had a very enjoyable day and took some valuable information back to school to help them with their Viking work.

Owl Class As part of their Learning Challenge ‘What is it like to live in Africa?’ our Owls class took part in an African dance and music workshop with African artist Tongesayi Gumbo. Tongesayi taught the class first some easy-to-follow dance moves that got progressively harder as the session went on, which then ended with a 10 minutes long dance sequence. Although quite tiring, the class tried their best to keep up with Tongesayi and had a lot of fun at the same time. Next, the class took part in a drumming and percussion session. They used African bass drums and small items of hand percussion, bells, shakers, wood blocks and tambourines. Everyone learnt to play some easy rhythms.

At the end, Tongesayi held a question and answer session where the children asked him about his life in Africa. They found out lots of interesting facts that they could use in their work and he taught them some African words.

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Young Voices On Wednesday 23rd January our school choir, Hayfield Harmonies headed off to Sheffield Arena for the annual Young Voices concert. We had been very worried earlier in the week as two concerts had already been postponed because of the snowy weather, but were very relieved when we had it confirmed that the concert we were attending was going ahead. Again, the choir had worked so hard during the autumn term to learn the songs and dance moves and the concert was the reward for all their efforts. The choir gets so much from the experience of being part of such an amazing event. This year we were privileged to share the stage with the likes of Connie Talbot from Britain’s Got Talent, Urban Strides, a vibrant dance company and the African Children’s Choir. In school, we are extremely proud of our choir, their enthusiasm and behaviour on the day was incredible. They are a credit to our school.

Breakfast Club At the beginning of the new school year back in September, Hayfield Lane started their own Breakfast Club. Up to now, the breakfast club has become quite popular. We have children attending from reception right up to our year 6 class. The children come and enjoy the company of other children while eating their breakfasts.

We have enjoyed some themed mornings of a French breakfast where the children enjoyed croissants, brioche and French bread. We even had a ‘spotty’ breakfast for Children In Need and pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.

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Branton St Wilfrid’s School News Year 3 Greek Day Achilles the Ancient Greek hero travelled through time to tell Class 3 his story. It was a story of battles, disguises, love and tragedy. Mary the puppeteer helped Class 3 to make puppets to re-tell the story and everyone made their own puppet. The children then used these to perform the story to the Reception and Kat Stage 1 Classes who thoroughly enjoyed the event.

Class 3 children have been left with some wonderful memories of the day and an increased understanding of their Ancient Greeks topic and puppets.

Year 6 Athletics Final at the Dome As we reported in the last article our year 6 team of athletes were successful in qualifying for the indoor athletics final at the Dome on 8th February. Representing the school and Pyramid of Schools were Matti, Joseph, Lewis S, Lewis H, Harry, Kieron, Thomas E, Thomas G, Charlie, Georgina, Freya, Alice, Saskia, Shae and Brooke. Accompanied by team managers Mrs Neville and Mrs Roberts our very excited and somewhat nervous pupils took part in a variety of field and track events. Despite failing to win overall the team had a very enjoyable afternoon and showed great sporting attitudes throughout. Well done!

Netball A big Well Done goes to our team of netball players who came runners up at the Hayfield Netball Tournament!

Thank you Georgina, Alice, Isabelle, Janelle, Jemima, Gracie, Emily C and Harriet!

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Class 5 and 6 Astrosphere Visit

On Wednesday 7th February, Class 5 and Class 6 enjoyed a visit from the Astrosphere, a giant inflatable dome. Inside the Astrosphere we met Steve, who told us about the Earth, Sun and Moon. He showed us a video of how the Earth moves around the Sun. Then, he made the Astrosphere dark and showed us what the night sky looks like. He showed us where the different constellations are, and told us stories about them, like the story of Perseus, Medusa and Andromeda. He also showed us where constellations such as the Plough, the Great Bear and the Little Bear are, and taught us to find Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, and planets such as Jupiter. Finally, Steve showed us videos of the other planets in our solar system, and we also watched a film about space tourism. Classes 5 and 6 learnt a lot in the Astrosphere – you could say that their morning was out of this world!

Class 5’s Henry VIII Visit

On Friday 9th February, Class 5 had a very special day at school. As part of our Tudor History topic, we enjoyed a visit from King Henry VIII! The children spent a thoroughly enjoyable day learning about King Henry, his wives, his friends and his enemies! During the morning, they learnt about one of Henry’s hobbies, which was hunting with birds of prey, and made their own paper ‘owls’ to hunt with. They also learnt how to write with a quill and ink, and enjoyed doing some Tudor art activities.

During the afternoon, Henry VIII showed us how to walk like a king, and we practised walking with a ‘swagger stick,’ which Tudor kings and queens used to do to make them look powerful and important. Henry VIII also taught us a Tudor dance. There was just enough time for some questions and answers at the end of the day too!

JUBILATE at ‘YOUNG VOICES 2013’ For the eighth year running, JUBILATE represented St Wilfrid’s school at this event at Sheffield Arena. Over 5000 children took part, and the concert was the culmination of many weeks practising the twelve songs and four dance routines we had been given to learn September.

We were joined by famous singers and dancers from television and stage and all the money raised was donated to children’s charities. We took 49 family and friends with us, and they enjoyed the concert as much as we did!

We felt that this year both the behaviour and the level of commitment shown by the 28 Jubilate children who took part was exceptional. Well done!

Mrs Dilks and Mrs Thompson would like to thank Mr and Mrs Woodward, Mrs Atkinson, Mr Dilks, Mrs Shephard and Catherine Shipley for all their help. Roll on Young Voices 2014!

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Auckley School News Sporting Events

On Tuesday 15th January we took a team of Year 5 & 6 boys and girls to an indoor athletics competition. All the children gave 110% as we didn’t have a full team to compete against other local schools in fields events which included speed bounce, vertical jump, standing long jump, javelin and sitting ball throw as well as sprints, hurdles and relays. They all worked well as a team encouraging each other and making sure everyone got a chance to compete. Overall we came third in this competition but well done to everyone for taking part.

On Wednesday 6th February we took a team of seven girls from Years 5 and 6 to an indoor netball competition. The girls had only had 4 hours of practice from Carlene Farmer before this competition but they all worked really well as a team. Overall the girls came joint first with three other local schools so in the end it came down to goal difference where we were placed third. I know Carlene, Mrs Bowling and Mrs Barass were very impressed by the girls determination and team work at this competition and we would like to say a big well done for all their hard work.

Foundation Stage This half term our topic has been ‘Traditional Tales’ and each week we focused on a different story. One week we had been looking at Goldilocks and the three bears so in literacy we designed our own flavour of porridge.

On the Friday we followed our design sheets, making porridge then adding our chosen ingredients and tasting them. Some of the ingredients we added included: banana, apple, chocolate, honey, golden syrup, sprinkles and raisins. They were all delicious and we enjoy porridge now.

We also spent a week on the Gingerbread man story and enjoyed retelling the story and creating wanted posters to help find him. In the story we began to wonder ‘Why didn’t the gingerbread man want to get wet?’ as he went on the foxes head instead of swimming across himself, so we did our own investigation. We predicted what might happen to the Gingerbread Man when he got in the water. Then using one we had baked that week we put him in some water and watched what happened. At first he floated and then when we tried to pick him up he had gone all soggy so he broke into pieces and sank. So now we know why the Gingerbread Man didn’t want to get wet.

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The Art of Africa This term Years 1 and 2 have been carrying out a creative topic on Tinga Tinga tales and the art of Africa. We have had a fantastic time learning about Africa and how it is different to our country and we have really enjoyed our messy art work.

So far we have looked at Tinga Tinga patterns and tried to create them on the computer. We have also made 3D sculptures of African animals using modroc and have painted them with Tinga Tinga patterns.

We are looking forward to creating animations of Tinga Tinga stories and then making and selling jewellery to raise money for the Happy House Orphanage in Kenya.

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Doncaster Advanced Motorists

Block Gear Changing & Crash for Cash Scams Dear readers, Block-changing means choosing and changing gear once, instead of working through all the gears.

Missing unnecessary gears saves on fuel, as well as wear and tear and saves driver effort. Use your gears to go and your brakes to slow.

When slowing on approach to a roundabout or junction, use acceleration sense and/or brakes to decrease speed, and then select the right gear for the speed you are travelling at.

This may mean skipping out several gears at once. Gear changes should be made after braking but before turning the steering wheel.

Block-changing contributes to a calm and planned driving style.

It requires less driver input and so allows more time for other things like looking for problems or reading road signs.

A good driver will use the brakes or their acceleration sense to slow down, not the gears. Brake pads are cheaper to replace than clutches, so use the brakes if you need to.

When increasing speed, you can save on fuel consumption by skipping out gears, for example perhaps going straight from third to fifth.

Crash for cash scams.

Crash for cash scams are staged collisions. The one to watch for is when someone deliberately drives dangerously to force a crash so they can make an exaggerated insurance claim. How to avoid them: Always look ahead and anticipate hazards.

Keep a safe following distance from the car in front and watch traffic overtaking you so that you are not surprised if it pulls across and brakes in front of you.

Beware of tailgaters. The car behind you will try to get your attention so you don’t concentrate on the driver in front. Pay attention to the vehicles around you and if you feel threatened by a tailgater, pull over somewhere safe to let them past.

Keep an eye out for local news – criminal gangs doing this tend to use the same locations a lot.

Local news can suggest where it is. If you are involved in one, remember: If you’re suspicious, don’t ask them directly about it at the scene.

Try to take photos of the damage – discreetly if possible, get a description of the driver and count the number of people in the other vehicle. Take photos discreetly, if possible.

If you need the emergency services, call 999.

Stay calm. You’ll need to swap details with other drivers.

If you are interested in the courses we offer, you’ll be able to find this information on the Institute of Advanced Motorists website at www.iam.org.uk Or Tel: Doncaster 01302 886 276 Safe Driving Paul Tuke. Doncaster Advanced Motorists Senior Training Observer.

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Quality Day Care 0-5 years  15 hours FREE  Flying Start Pre-School  Holiday Club 5-11 years

8 Church Street V d u feeling strained?

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830168 To advertise please call 07795 387937 or 01302 534256

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S T Hughes

Plumbing & Heating All gas work undertaken Boilers to full heating.

Bathrooms & kitchens designed & installed, Landlord certificates, all appliances fitted.

Extensions Conversions Home Improvements Roof Repairs

Free quotation.

Reliable and friendly service.

Gas Safe registered, Nat gas/LPG

Woodburning Stoves Supplied & Fitted Phone Sean 01302 370005 / 07988 148514

TICKHILL RUNNING AND ATHLETIC CLUB We are a friendly sociable running club on your doorstep. We cater for all abilities over the age of 16 years.

We meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 7.15pm at the Tickhill Cricket ground For more information please go to: www.groupspaces.com/tickhillrunningathleticclub/ or contact Steve on 07785 114901

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St Saviours, Auckley

St Oswald’s & Holy Trinity, Finningley

40 Days of...

I'll begin by posing a question. How many days belong to the year? You might think the answer is around 365 but no! The answer is 325 because, of course, 40 of the days are Lent!

So it's a bit of a lame joke but, as I'm writing on Shrove Tuesday, Lent is on my mind. I remember learning about Pancake Day at school and discovering that the reason we celebrate it was because it was a tradition that people were expected to spend Lent denying themselves the richer, fattier food for 40 days so they made pancakes to use up those particular foodstuffs. Over time of course, like other celebrations, Shrove Tuesday has become somewhat commercialised and currently we're not too far from saying 'Pancake Tuesday sponsored by Jiff Lemon'.

Pancake Tuesday has outlived many other traditions, such as May Pole Dancing and Bog Snorkelling (yes that is a genuine English Tradition) and remains a firm favourite with children an adults alike. Is this perhaps just because pancakes as so tasty or does this reflect that we still have an underlying feeling that sometimes giving something up for a short period could actually be quite good for us. I certainly have non-Christian friends who wouldn’t come church who still give something up for Lent each year.

But do we have to? I, like many others, used to give something up for Lent every year. At the time I was a teacher and I would give something up that I knew I would find difficult to go without (typically chocolate or tea) and I would also make sure I told my colleagues and students that I was doing so and as Lent wore on just how hard I was finding it. Looking back now I realise firstly what a pain in the neck I must have been to work with in March but more importantly that my ‘giving up’ had stopped being about God and had become about me.

As a Christian I believe in fasting as a discipline. Jesus did it and The Bible encourages us to do it. However to fast in private without making a fuss about it is really the key to connecting with God. I’m much more likely now to do something more positive for Lent like start a new Bible reading programme or increase my giving to my favourite charity. I think whatever we’re doing to mark Lent we should do it cheerfully and for the glory of God. Revd. Louise Tinniswood St Saviour’s, Auckley and St Oswald’s & Holy Trinity, Finningley

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What’s On In Branton And Auckley?

Day

Activity

Meeting place

Time

Mon

Pre-School from 2yrs 6 months

Auckley Nursery School Building

9.00—3.30pm

Mon

Weight Watchers

Auckley Parish Centre

9.30am

Mon

1st Doncaster Brownies

Auckley Parish Centre

5.30 - 7.00

Mon

Re hab Pilates

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

2.00—3.00pm

Mon

Friendly Society

Auckley Parish Centre

2.00 - 4.00

Mon

Zumba Gold

Auckley Parish Centre

12—1.30pm

Mon

Line Dancing

Auckley Parish Centre

7.30—9.30

817124

Mon

Simply Singing

Auckley St Saviours Parish Church

10.00-11.30

571874

Mon

Spotlight Dance Studio (Street Dance)

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

4.15—6.15

Vicky 07899980870

Mon

Zumba

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

6.30-7.30pm

Vicky 07899980870

Tue

Coffee Morning

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

10.00-11.30

Sheila 538542

Tue

Art Group

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

1.00-3.00pm

Eddie 537480

Tue

Cubs 8 - 10yrs

Scout Hut, Auckley

6.15 - 7.45

770838

Tue

Pre-School from 2 yrs 6 months

Auckley Nursery School Building

9.00—3.30pm

865405

Tue Tue

Music Bugs Clinical Pilates

Auckley Parich Centre Auckley Parish Centre

1.00—2.00pm 2.30—3.30pm

07827816175 07787158180

Tue

Parent and Toddlers

Auckley Parish Centre

9.30 - 11.00

07815 666068

Tue

Ridgeway School of Dance

Auckley Parish Centre

4.00 - 9pm

Tue

Zumba

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

6.30.7.30pm

Debbie 07952756422

Wed

Parent and Toddlers

Auckley Parish Centre

9.30—11.00

07815 666068

Wed

Gentle Exercise

Auckley Parish Centre

2.00 - 3.30

Wed

Soft Play for under 5’s

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

9.45—11.15

Simone 771101

Wed

Pre-School from 2 years 6 months

Auckley Nursery School Building

9.00-3.30pm

865405

Wed

Beavers 6 - 8yrs

Scout Hut, Auckley

5.30 - 7.00

Wed

Table Tennis Club

Hayfield Community Sports Centre

7pm

Wed

Chunma Tae Kwon Do (Dave Sutherill)

Auckley Parish Centre

6.15 - 7.45

868431

Wed

Pilates

Auckley Parish Centre

8.00—9.00

01427 752548

Thur

91st Rainbows

Scout Hut, Auckley

5.30 - 6.30

770727

Thur

Explorer Scouts 14-18yrs

Scout Hut, Auckley

7.30 - 9.30

770838

Thur

Pre-School from 2 yrs 6 months

Auckley Nursery School Building

9.00—3.30pm

865405

Thur

Parent and Toddlers

Auckley Parish Centre

9.30 - 11.00

Thur

Coffee Morning

Auckley Parish Centre

10.00—11.30

Thur

Slim & Zumba Exercise

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

9.30-10.45am

Thur

Soft Play for under 5’s

Auckley Parish Centre

1.00-3.00pm

Thur

St John Ambulance, 5-10yrs

Auckley Parish Centre

5.30-6.45

535151

Thur

St John Ambulance 10—16yrs

Auckley parish Centre

7.00—8.30

535151

Fri

Scouts 10.5 - 14yrs

Scout Hut, Auckley

7.00 - 9.00

770838

Fri

Pre-School from 2 yrs 6 months

Auckley Nursery School Building

9.00-3.30pm

865405

Fri

Zumba

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

9.30—10.30am

Fri

Music Bugs

Auckley Parish Centre

9.30-11.30am

07827 816175

Fri

Art Group

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

10.30—12.30

Eddie 537480

Fri

BINGO

Auckley Parish Centre

7.00—8.30

770714

Sat

Circuit Training

Auckley Parish Centre

9.00-10am

770619

Sat

Art Class

Auckley Parish Centre

10—12 noon

Sat

Talegate Theatre (Drama)

Auckley Parish Centre

10.30am

Sun

Sunday Club

Auckley Parish Centre

11am

Auckley Parish Ctr Bookings Blaxton Community Hall Bookings

Contact 865405 07966 226073 773174 Suzanne 07787

158180 770097

07788262783

710889

771326

770838 530905 / 07703014818

07815 666068 771525 Debbie 07952

756422

Simone 771101

Vicky 07899 980870

Tony Byrne 728239 07784 560062 770240

Contact Margaret Ottewell

886811

Contact Kathleen

771921

Finningley Village Hall Bookings

Contact Elaine McNulty

Kilham Hall, Branton—Bookings

Contact Beverley

771699 07856 221470

What’s On In Finningley & Blaxton?

Day

Activity

Meeting place

Time

Mon Mon Mon

Finningley Babies & Toddler Group Good Companions (alternate Monday’s) See Saw Pre school 2-5yrs

Finningley Village Hall Blaxton Community Hall Finningley C o E School

09.45-11.15 771699 1.30pm—3.30pm 771921 9-12noon 771699

Contact

Mon

Scott Stevenson School of Dance

Blaxton Community Hall

5.00—7.15pm

Tue Tue

See Saw Pre school 2-5yrs Soft Play for under 5’s

Finningley C o E School Blaxton Community Hall

9-12 noon 9.45—11.15

Simone 771101

Tue

Indoor Bowls

Blaxton Community Hall

12.30—2pm

771921

Tue Tue Tue Wed Wed

Zumba 73rd Doncaster Brownies Weight Watchers Term Time Junior Youth Club See Saw Pre School 2-5yrs

Blaxton Community Hall Blaxton Community Hall Finningley Village Hall Finningley Village Hall Finningley C o E School

7.45—8.45pm 6.00-7.30pm 5-6.30pm 6.30-8.00pm 9-12 noon

07989 828850 01427 754896 07966 226073 772924 771699

Wed

73rd Doncaster Rainbows

Blaxton Community Hall

5.30—6.30

772737

Wed Thur Thur Thur Thur Fri Fri Fri Sun

Zumba Class See Saw Pre school 2-5yrs Art Club Scott Stevenson School of Dance Reach For The Stars-School Dance See Saw Pre school 2-5yrs Reach For The Stars-School Dance Zumba Church Sunday School

Blaxton Community Hall Finningley C o E School Finningley Village Hall Blaxton Community Hall Finningley Village Hall Finningley C o E School Finningley Village Hall Finningley Village Hall Finningley Village Hall

6.45—7.45 9-12 noon 1.00 -3.30 5.00-7.15pm 4.00-8.30pm 9-12 noon 4.00-9.00pm 9.30—10.30am 9.00-10.00

07899 980870 771699 771800

07787 521700

079180203703 079180203703 07899 980870 770607

Monthly Events in Branton, Finningley & Auckley 2nd Wednesday of the month

Auckley Parish Council Meeting

Auckley Parish Centre

7.10pm

770922

Finningley Village Community Group

Finningley Village Hall

7.15pm

770796

Branton Parish Council Meeting

Kilham Hall, Kilham Lane, Branton

7.00pm

772493

2nd Thursday of the month

Branton WI

Kilham Hall, Kilham Lane, Branton

7.30pm

537493

1st Thursday of the month

1st Tuesday of the month 1st Wednesday of the month

Auckley WI

Auckley Parish Centre

7.15—9.30 772065

Wednesday fortnightly

Mobile Library

Branton

1.40pm

873456

Wednesday fortnightly

Mobile Library

Auckley

2.15pm

873456

Wednesday fortnightly

Mobile Library

Gatesbridge Park, Finningley

4pm

873456

2nd Monday in Month

Church Friendship Group

Finningley Village Hall

1.30-3.30

Mrs Huxtable

Last Monday in Month

Doncaster Woodturning Club

Finningley Village Hall

6.00-9.00

832224

Neighbourhood Watch

Finningley Village Hall

7.00pm

770873

Monday 22nd October 2012 3rd Tuesday in Month

Finningley Parish Council

Finningley Village Hall

7.00pm

3rd Thursday in Month

Finningley WI

Finningley Village Hall

7.15-9.00

772539

3rd Tuesday in Month

Tuesday Club

Finningley Village Hall

1.45pm

770862

Advice

General

Citizens Advice Bureaux - Advice line

01302 735225 Doncaster Council - General

01302 736000

Electricity Emergencies

0800 375 675

Post Office—Finningley

01302 770228

Transco - Gas Leaks

0800 111 999

Post Office - Auckley

01302 770250

Yorkshire Water

0845 124 2424 Post Office - Branton

01302 536053

Care in the Community Age Concern Childline

Robin Hood Airport 0800 009966 08001111

01302 801010

Medical Auckley Pharmacy

01302 771392

Doncaster Council - Community First

01302736000

NSPCC

0808 8005000 Doctor Okleke, 41 Ellers Lane, Auckley

01302 770327

RSPCA

08705555999

Doncaster Royal Infirmary Hospital

01302 366666

NHS Direct

0845 4647

Community

Burns Medical Centre, Goodison Boulevard

08444 140726

Auckley Parish Council

Oakwood Doctors Surgery, Masham Rd, 01302 770922 Cantley

Branton Parish Council

Weldricks Pharmacy, East Laith Gate, Doncaster 01302 772493 Mon—Sat 9am—10pm, Sun 10am-10pm, Bank 01302 369699 holidays 10am-8pm, 365 days per year.

Safer Neighbourhood Team

01302 537611

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Finningley Parish Council Kilham Hall Community Centre, Branton

07856 221470

Auckley Parish Centre

01302 886811

S Yorkshire Fire Service (non emergency)

0114 272 7202

S Yorkshire Police (non emergency)

0114 2202020

Education Armthorpe Library

01302 833538

Auckley Primary School

01302 770701

Cantley Library

01302 535614

Doncaster Central Library

01302 734305

Doncaster Council - Education

01302 737222

Doncaster Mobile Library

01302 873456

Finningley C of E Primary School

01302 770330

Hayfield School Comprehensive

01302 770589

Hayfield Lane Primary School

01302 770427

Mcauley Catholic High School

01302 537396

St Wilfrid's C of E Primary School

01302 537344

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Domestic Cleaning Svs & Craftsman Campsall Cabinets (and joinery) Doncaster www. Campsallcabinets.co.uk

01302 701801

Grifftile, Tiling Services, Auckley, Doncaster

01302 770768

Poppies of Doncaster, Domestic Cleaning Svs.

01302 533663

Domestic Services/Plumbing/Electrician AJH Electrical Services

01302 535151 07793750884

Martin Johnson Plumbing & Heating Repairs

01302 845978 07717 300662

Executive/Chauffeur Driven/Wedding Transport EX-ZEC Travel Services www.exzectravel.co.uk

01302 820137 07876 595574

Funeral Directors W E Pinder & Sons, Bawtry, Doncaster

01302710285

Garages —Car Service & Repair James Motors, Cantley Lane, Cantley.

01302 370846

The Car Workshop, Armthorpe

01302 834825

General Convenience Stores Spar, Ellers Lane, Auckley

01302771187

Interior Fitted Furniture DC Interiors, Tesco Precinct, Edenthorpe

01302 886790

IT Solutions It To Go Computer Services W: www.ittogo.co.uk E:sales@ittogo.co.uk

01302 352532

Mat & Mouse IT Services Ltd info@matandmouse.co.uk

01302 534449

Medical Health Jackie Fletcher BSc Hons. Registered Hearing Aid Dispenser Tim Robinson/Perkins DIPCFHP Foot Health Practioner Willow Dental Practice www.thewillowsdentalpractice.co.uk Security Complete Fire & Security Systems Ltd.

For care and support when you need it the most Personal service 24 hours a day.

07784123480

Independant family business.

01302 770016 07950462317

Established for 90 years.

01427 872106 01302 511050

Taxis Auckley Private Hire, Auckley

01302770097

BJ7 Taxis 4,6,7 & 8 seaters, Cantley

01302531277

19 Thorne Road, Bawtry, Doncaster 01302 710285

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Why travel to town, can anyone beat our

Competitive Prices?

We offer a reliable service & exceptional value for money Take advantage of the convenience of a local garage you know you can trust MOT CENTRE MOTOR ENGINEERS DIESEL ENGINE SPECIALISTS BODYWORK & REFINISHING CENTRE

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01302 370846

for more information and an estimate.