Please mention “The Arrow” when responding to advertisements
Welcome to the Epworth and
Belton Arrow
Epworth joined in the nationwide commemorations of the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a beacon lighting ceremony. Across Doncaster, beacons were lit in various towns and villages, including Epworth, to mark the occasion. The Mansion House in Doncaster was also illuminated in red, white, and blue as part of the tribute.
Why travel far when there’s so much to enjoy right here on the Isle?
Support your local attractions and make the most of what's on your doorstep.
Visit the Crowle and Peatland Railway, Epworth Old Rectory, and The Smithy at Owston Ferry—each offering something special this summer.
Take a look at their social media pages to see what's happening!
The deadlines for articles and adverts for the July issue is 11th June. Please ensure they come in plenty of time.
Enjoy the read.
Isle of Axholme News
EPWORTH & DISTRICT WI
TUESDAY 10 JUNE IMPERIAL HALL
7.30 (small hall)
At our meeting in June we are very fortunate to welcome Kevin Leahy a British Archaeologist and Small Finds Specialist. Kevin is a very popular local archaeologist and he is going to give a talk about things that have happened to him over the years in Lincolnshire archaeology. This promises to be an entertaining evening with a few funny stories along the way.
Visitors are welcome at £5 to include refreshments. A raffle will be held Free to members
At our meeting in May a representative from Hope House, Scunthorpe accepted a cheque for £500 from Epworth & District WI. The funds were raised at our Fashion Show which was held in March. Hope House is a much valued support centre for all cancer sufferers and their families offering vital help to the whole family including children. This support includes counselling, relaxation, beauty treatments or just a chat with people who understand. They also deliver a cooked meal every week to the families registered with them, not just for the person undergoing treatment but for the whole family. This is all run by volunteers and the centre depend on charitable donations.
High Levels WI
Members of High Levels WI met for their April meeting at The Reindeer Inn, Sandtoft on their usual meeting night of the third Wednesday of the month. After the usual business and a rendition of Jerusalem, a representative of the Lincolnshire Rural Support Network was welcomed.
Peter Cornish, a volunteer case worker with the organisation had been asked at the last minute, to stand in and give a talk. He listed a number of statistics relating to the farming and horticultural community and these gave an insight into the work of the organisation. He highlighted farming issues of health and well-being, weather, animal diseases, retail power, rural crime and the long hours involved in the industry. These and other factors often lead to stress, mental and physical health issues.
The organisation is volunteer-led and provides help and support for families and individuals struggling in any way and a confidential helpline is open every day of the year.
An interested audience was soon involved asking many questions related to the work of the organisation and the role of the volunteers.
As usual there was a raffle and an opportunity over refreshments for some friendly conversation and further discussion on the topic.
On June 18th High Levels will host Elizabeth Hallet when she talks on Life as a District Nurse and on July,16th members will learn about Dementia Friends. Both meetings will begin at 6.45pm. You may wish to join us as a guest or become a member. We consider ourselves to be a friendly bunch and we try to offer a varied programme. Have a look at our website www.highlevelswi.co.uk and you will see what we have to offer.
Owston Ferry Smithy Museum & Heritage Centre DN9 1RE
2025 season dates
Sunday 8th June
Sunday 22nd June
Sunday 20th July
Sunday 3rd August
BH Monday 25th August
Sunday 14th September
Sunday 28th September
Scan Me
Adults £4 Children £1 (cash/card)
We welcome group visits please call 01427 728325/01427 728169
For more information of blacksmithing demos please follow us on Facebook.
Strawberry TeaSunday 6th July 1pm-4pm
Please mention “The Arrow” when responding to advertisements
Isle of Axholme News
Crowle & District WI meeting on Thursday 5th June 2025 is Holy Trinity Handbell Ringers of Messingham. It will be a musical evening and we will be able to have a go at Bell Ringing. The meeting starts at 7pm at Crowle Community Hall, Woodlands Avenue, Crowle. DN17 4LL. We also hold a Welfare monthly for members who just want a chat or are feeling a bit lonely and want a cuppa and chat at Joy's house and we have a members sub group, Crafty Bees, which members can join for a small fee. Please come along to any of our main meetings, you will be made very welcome. Non Crowle WI members and visitors £4.50 For more information contact : Trish Hindley on07894318013,
Haxey & Westoodside Heritage
Society's next meeting sees a welcome return of former beefeater Keith Hanson RVM with a talk on the Crown Jewels. Keith was primarily responsible for the security, presentation
and the warding of the Crown Jewels held in the Tower of London. Come along and discover why
23,568 precious stones have become the world renowned collection and what lies behind these ancient symbols of monarchy. Thursday, 12th June, 7.30pm in Westwoodside Village Hall. All welcome, £3 including refreshments.
Please
Fits Alarms
Isle of Axholme News
Romeo and Juliet – Passionate
love, serious violence and heartbreaking tragedy
.
Crowle Entertainers’ summer
production this year is a modern take on Shakespeare’s classic love story –Romeo and Juliet.
Performances will take place at Crowle Community Hall on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th June at 7.30pm. Tickets, priced £5, are on sale at Crowle Regen shop, by calling 07966 315733 and are also available online at https://timeforashow.com/crowle-entertainers or on the door.
Romance and violence both take their part in this tale, set on a council estate where knife crime and gang warfare play out against a backdrop of poverty and food banks. The story follows the fortunes of the two star-crossed lovers, who find love and ultimately, tragedy, amidst the ongoing family feuds between the Capulets and the Montagues on the estate. Selfmade man Capulet wants to rule the roost and improve his social prospects by marrying off his daughter Juliet to the well-connected Paris, but once Juliet meets Romeo, (a Montague) she has other ideas.
Edited and directed by Gill Vickers, with a current and edgy soundscape and a vibrant urban setting, this is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it before. Whether you’re a Shakespeare fan or are new to the works of the Bard, this is a production which you can’t afford to miss!
After another great day last year, live music is back in town for this year’s Epworth Music Day on Saturday 21st June!
With less than 1 month to go before this year’s Music Day, we’re putting the final pieces together for another great day of celebrating live music. In the daytime there’ll be over 90 hours of free music from 10am to 5pm in 13 venues around Epworth, featuring over 60 different groups and performers of all types of music. All this is free; no tickets are needed.
We will again be closing the roads to traffic in the centre of Epworth from 9.30am to 5pm on 21st June.
As well as the daytime programme, The Queen’s Head, The White Bear, and The Old School Inn will be putting on their own music in the evening, and this will round off a fabulous day’s music and entertainment.
At 7pm there will also be a concert with 5 different groups – again of all types of music –performing in St Andrew’s Church – and the Folk Dance group of the Yorkshire Camping and Caravanning Club will be putting on a ceilidh in the Imperial Hall, starting at 7.30pm.
Again, all the evening music and the ceilidh are free; no tickets are needed.
Full details of the performers and the daytime and evening programmes will be available at www.epworthmusicday.com and will be available on the day. You can also follow us on our Facebook page.
We would still welcome a few more stewards to help on the day – for however much time you can give. If you think you could help, please contact John Lambert on jrlambert@doctors.org.uk
Epworth Music Day 2025 - it should be another grand day out! Spread the word!
Please mention “The Arrow” when responding to advertisements
Please mention “The Arrow” when responding to advertisements
The historic town of Epworth will host another Open Gardens event this year, thanks to the many owners/guardians who are opening the gates to their glorious grounds in 2025, and our sponsors Holmes and Gardens, garden centre.
There are several new venues for this year and some that opened in 2024, around 12 in total. Large and smaller gardens will be available to view. One has sections of beautiful flowing streams and ponds with scenic views towards the countryside; another with mediterranean vistas and stunning acers and cordylines. Others have innovative ideas for compact spaces and the creation of living roofs. Manicured topiary hedges and edges are featured whilst large cottage style perennial borders with a fairy garden can also be seen. The Old Rectory’s reopened primitive physick garden will welcome our guests and the celebrated St Andrew’s church will be filled with delightful displays of garden flowers. Just a few miles out of Epworth, Field Good Flowers will be open for our visitors too.
Whilst some gardens are for viewing only, others have additional fundraising activities such as homemade cakes and refreshments, plant stalls including one with an aeonium display/sales, live entertainment by the renowned Sue Hollingsworth, quizzes, a raffle and more. ‘James Bond’ might even make another appearance!
Fundraising for Lindsey Lodge hospice and St Andrew’s church, we would really appreciate your support at this year’s event as we aim to raise as much as possible. 2024 saw the phenomenal sum of £3600 raised which, according to a representative from Lindsey Lodge hospice, was the most any open gardens event had raised on the Isle to date. We sincerely hope to see you over the course of the weekend, thoroughly enjoying yourselves amongst the wonderful array of gardens.
Alison L. Tinsley On behalf of the Epworth Open Gardens team
Fieldside Nursery Crowle N17 4HH
01724 710520
A large
selection of Perennials
& Summer Bedding Plants
Hanging Baskets
Compost & Tomato Plants
We are a local nursery with over 40 years growing experience
Opening times: Monday-Saturday 9 til 5pm Sunday 10 til 4pm
TRENT
All General Building Work
- Walls removed - Modernisation - Alterations
- Roofing repairs
- Re-roofing
- Chimney Stack repair
- Fibre glass and rubber re-roofing
- Plastering
- Landscaping
Established over 30 years
The Hall, Station Road, Owston Ferry, DN9 1AW
07766 688111 (evening) 0800 0689969 (day) info@tvm.ltd
Epworth Bowls Club
We are a small, friendly and active club, founded in the 1930's. Our playing season is from 1st May to 30th August approximately. Our activities vary from league matches, internal competitions and friendly matches. We enjoy some very good fun days with our members, which are held on a monthly basis. Also, we meet up socially at the clubhouse every month during the winter for fun-filled afternoons. Bowling is not just for the elderly and we would like to welcome and encourage new members to join us, male and female, all age groups (children from age 12 yrs). Our weekly roll-ups, which are on a Sunday afternoon at 1pm, are well supported. People walking by will often stop to watch and have a chat, then end up joining our club.
This is a good opportunity to learn a new sport, make new friends, to exercise according to your own ability, all at a very reasonable cost. Social membership is also available if you prefer not to play, but would like to be part of our club. Why not come and have a go, you will be made very welcome and bowls are available to borrow initially.
Annual Bowling membership £35, Social membership £15.
Contact Anne or Fran who will be pleased to give you any further information you require.
Anne Hill
Mob: 07758 220261
Fran Glynn
Mob:07597 870891
Please mention “The
Age Concern
375 675
111
1242424
009966
1111 Neighbourhood
1234999 NHS
875752
752355
