The Hatfield Arrow July 2022

Also Covers Hatfield Woodhouse & Dunsville

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July 2022

Issue No.196

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Welcome to the July 2022 issue of the Hatfield Arrow.

I hope everyone is enjoying the Summer! Although its raining as I’m typing this, I don’t think we’ve done too bad weather wise so far.

Maize Maze, at Boston Park Farm opens 16th July. Tickets must be booked in advance, See page 11 for more information.

Please keep sending any information you would like to see included in the arrow. This can be news, event details, special celebratory moments or any articles that people in the local community would find interesting or informative.

Also, please contact me if you would like to advertise in the Arrow. Prices start from as little as £30 plus vat for an entry in the business directory. My contact details are listed below and the deadline for the August issue is Wednesday 13th July.

Best Wishes Julie Morrell Tel: 07854 880882 Julie@arrowpublications.co.uk www.arrowpublications.co.uk Find us on facebook

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Community News Hatfield Woodhouse Methodist Chapel We are holding Saturday Coffee Mornings 10-12 noon and Coffee Afternoons every Monday 2-3.30pm. All welcome, please pop in Anniversary/Jubilee Service 6pm Pilates Held every Tuesday, 2.00pm – 3.00 pm Knit and Natter Group Held every Wednesday, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm : £1.00 per person, including refreshments Sugar Craft Group Held every Wednesday 1.00 pm -3 pm DN7 Food Bank Donations welcome, including toiletries, baby items - please place in the Box provided

HATFIELD WOODHOUSE AMATEUR GARDENING SOCIETY There wasn’t a Tuesday evening meeting in June because the Annual Outing took place on the following Sunday 12 June. The outing was to Burton Agnes Hall and Gardens, near Bridlington where in addition to the usual attractions a Special Plant Sale was also taking place. Thirty three members and guests had a very enjoyable day out, many returning with new plants for their gardens.

And talking of plants, flowering shrubs and trees have done very well so far this year.

Our Spanish Broom is back to its best after two bad years which seemed to mirror the covid lockdowns. In 2020 it was decimated by a plague of blackly which damaged all the flowers and a good deal of the foliage.

We hard pruned it after growth had stopped hoping that it would be revitalised, but although there was hardly any blackly last year it did not do well. So we hard pruned it again last autumn, and now it is back to its magnificent best, absolutely covered with yellow flowers. On another note, now is a good time to cut back annuals which have finished flowering, thus tidying up the plants and the garden, and maybe promoting a further flowering later in the year.

Next month we will be back to normal with our Tuesday evening meeting. On 5 July we will meet as usual at Hatfield Woodhouse Club at 7-30pm when our speaker will be Rachel Baraclough and her subject is “Summer Gardens”. Everybody is welcome to the meetings, members and non members alike. See you there!

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Hatfield Church Annual Garden Party 16th July at The Barn Field.

Opening Ceremony at 2 PM. Entrance: Adults 50p, Children Free Entertainment includes: Markham Main Brass Band, Displays by a number of Local Schools All the usual stalls & attractions including: Cakes, Preserves, Tombola, Raffle, Books, Plants, Bottles, Chocolate Tombola & Teddy Tombola, as well as all the usual smaller games of skill / chance.

Back by Popular Demand – Miniature train Rides.

Not forgetting of course our wonderful Afternoon Teas served throughout the event.

We look forward to seeing you there it’s a great Community event!

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Friends of Quarry Park It’s been a busy time for the Friends of Quarry Park. We held our Annual General Meeting on 30th May. This went very well and we had a good number of people attending, including an impromptu visit from HM Queen Elizabeth, who popped in just before her Platinum Jubilee Celebrations!

Unfortunately, there has been a number of cases of vandalism on the park recently, with fires being started and benches damaged or destroyed.

This has been reported to the appropriate authorities and we continue to monitor the situation.

Hopefully it is just a one-off occurrence by a small minority and will not lessen the enjoyment of the many people who visit the park.

There is now a Community Planter installed on High Street, Dunsville, outside the Londis store. The Friends have agreed to maintain this ensuring it is kept watered and weeded and generally looking smart.

Our monthly Volunteer Work Party took place on Friday 10th June. A week later than normal due to the Jubilee Bank Holiday. It was a beautiful, sunny day and we were joined by 2 new recruits. There were 13 volunteers in total along with our DMBC Ranger, Louise. There was plenty to do, the Orienteering Posts were badly overgrown so needed trimming and tidying up, ready for people to use during the Summer.

The two sets of steps were also weeded and trimmed, along with some of the benches and information boards.

We stopped for refreshments at 11, when we enjoyed cake supplied by one of the volunteers. After our break we started cutting back the overgrown vegetation around the car park and near the Post Office. Litter picking was also done, gathering 5 bags of rubbish including a broken sink that had been dumped!

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All in all a very successful morning thanks to our amazing volunteers.

Work parties are usually held on the first Friday of each month, weather permitting. There is always plenty of work to be done, from litter picking, clearing paths and cutting back vegetation. Equipment is provided but please ensure you wear suitable clothing and footwear. The next event is scheduled for Friday 1st July at 10am – 12 noon, meet at the Green Flag. Full details will be published on our Facebook page ‘Friends of Quarry Park’ or you can email us at thequarrypark@gmail.com or call us

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THORNE CAMERA CLUB We have had a fine choice of speakers throughout the year and this continued with our latest speaker David Couldwell.

David, a motor sport enthusiast, presented a varied selection of images in which he described some as a fluke and some as flawed, hence the title of his talk 'Fluke and Flaw' but many photographers in the club would wish their images were as good. As well as producing excellent images David had his own thoughts on the mounting and presentation of images in which he mounted images in away he viewed the scene prior to taking the shot and also produced images mounted in various shapes and sizes.

Following our guest speaker, we had a members presentation evening. The images shown by the members covered a wide range of subjects and included images that formed a 'Panel' which two of our members gained a qualification from the Royal Photographic Society.

The last Print Competition of the spring programme was a 'Knock Out' competition where the members voted for each image until the winners and other placings were found.

The competition had both a theme ' Distortion' and Open sections that provided some outstanding images. The members choice from the entries were for the Open Section, 1st Golden Arch, 2nd Pink Chair, 3rd Messing About in Boats and highly commended 'Gordale Scar' giving a clean sweep for Terry Gunnill – well done Terry! The theme section results were 1st Colin Jarvis with 'Fountains Abbey', joint second Bob Allen with 'Travellers' and Trevor Holt with 'Ribblehead Curves' and highly commended Bill Mitchell with 'Theory of Relativity'.

Thorne Camera Club's Exhibition is now at The Thorne Library and will be open until the 14th June 2022. All are welcome to view the excellent display of the member's photographs of Flora &

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Fauna, Portraits, Sports and Landscapes etc.

All photographers whether beginners or experienced are welcome to join the 'Thorne Camera Club' on Monday evenings at 7.15 pm at the Methodist Chapel Hall at the start of our Autumn Season in September.

For the full details our meetings, please email Terry at cameraclubthorne@gmail.com

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The use of a tripod and remote switch is recommended for slow shutter speeds. Do not be satisfied with your first image, try some different angles and positions for your image – a different perspective gives a different image!

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