Hatfield Arrow November 2016

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November 2016

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Welcome to the November issue of the Hatfield Arrow.

This year is just flying by, I can hardly believe its November already and it’ll soon be Christmas!

Don’t forget to send details of any festive events that are taking place or any special Christmas news items.

There are lots of events happening locally, Autumn Fayres, Christmas Fayres and other charity events.

Please send any Christmas news or event details that you would like including in the December issue before Friday 11th November.

As yet I haven’t planned anywhere to go for Bonfire night, but I’m sure that I will be attending a fire or firework display somewhere. Just remember to stay safe and enjoy the fireworks!

Best Wishes Julie Morrell

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Community News Barnardo’s Children’s Charity Following our grand opening, Barnardo’s Children's Charity is now open at Abbey Shopping Centre in Dunscroft.

On behalf of all the staff at Barnardo’s I would like to thank all the community and our fabulous volunteers for their fantastic support for helping us make our opening day such a success. With a special appearance from Carl Hall CEO Doncaster RLFC and two rugby players Jordie Hedges and Jason Tali we were able to raise a fantastic amount for the charity.

With a range of stock to suit everyone from designer dresses, to amazing bargains and not to mention new stock added daily. Including our bespoke new Christmas collection all designed especially for Barnardo’s.

We are open Monday to Sunday so why not come on in and meet our fabulous team.

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FURRY FRIENDS & FIREWORKS! With Bonfire Night and The New Year fast approaching many owners dread the effect that loud bangs and flashes have on their pets, with an estimated 80% of animals becoming stressed and fearful. As it is difficult to ask for quieter fireworks it is advisable to prepare in advance and try to make the experience as stress free as possible.

HANDY HINTS

Take your dog for a walk before the fireworks start, keeping them on the lead just in case. Ensure you pet is safely inside with the doors closed. Restrict access to dangerous items such as open fires and glass doors. Close windows and draw the curtains. Put on music or the TV to mask outside noises. Prepare a den in advance where your pet feels safe and protected. If your pet has a favourite place to hide, leave them alone and do not try to coax them out. Plug in Adaptil/Feliway. Similar to an air freshener it releases pheromones into the air and is very successful at calming animals if plugged in 2wks prior to the fireworks starting. Don’t punish your pet, this only confirms that there is something to be afraid of. Act as normal as possible this will help your pet feel more settled. We highly recommend that your pet is microchipped. They may panic, escape and get lost. Ignore any fearful behaviour. Do not try to comfort your pet, they will pick up on your anxiety and this may make the problem worse. NEVER take your dog to a firework display, even if they don’t appear scared.

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So please remember your furry friends this Bonfire Night and plan in advance!

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Community News Doncaster Activity Centre gets Special Autism Award An activity centre in Doncaster has been presented with a special award from a charity dedicated to helping improve the lives of children with autism.

Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre has been given an ‘autism friendly award’ following a visit from Scunthorpe-based charity, Magic Moments for Autistic Kids.

A group of 25 children and parents/ carers from the charity recently visited the centre, which is managed by Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust (DCLT), for a fun-filled break and were so impressed with their experience they gave it the honour in recognition of it being an ‘Autism Friendly Organisation’.

Pat Ebbs, chair and founder of Magic Moments for Autistic Kids, said: “We came to Hatfield last year to try it out and the kids absolutely loved it so we came again this year and our visit surpassed all our expectations. We felt it was only right that we presented them with a special award from the charity in recognition of how well our children were looked after during our time at Hatfield.

“So far this year, we have given out ten awards to organisations who go above and beyond by welcoming and looking after people with autism and we are delighted Hatfield is one of them.

“Our children enjoyed water sports, kayaking, canoe treasure hunt, raft building, high wall climbing, archery and bush craft and they were treated wonderfully throughout, especially by the two young staff members who were with us. They made the effort to remember everyone’s names and we were treated with the upmost respect. We will definitely be going back again.”

Magic Moments for Autistic Kids was set up 15 years ago by Pat, who has seven autistic grandchildren, after she felt disheartened by the lack of local funding and support. The charity aims to raise money to fund holidays, short breaks, day trips and recreational activities for autistic kids, their families and carers in North Lincolnshire. Magic Moments is also there to offer support to all families and allow the siblings of autistic families to, for a short period, have a taste of a normal childhood.

Added Pat: “Children with autism are just like any other children who want to have days out, experience different activities and have fun. It makes such a difference when there are organisations like Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre out there who understand that and do what they can to look after our children and their families and give them an experience that most children take for granted.”

Kraig Kelly, head of leisure at DCLT, said: “We are so pleased that Pat and the children from the Magic Moments for Autistic Kids charity had such a positive experience at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre. We work extremely hard to make sure our venues are accessible and welcoming to everyone and this award is real testimony to our staff who work tirelessly to make sure that happens. We look forward to welcoming them all to Hatfield again soon.”

For more information about the charity please visit www.magicmomentsforautistickids.org and for more detail about Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre visit www.hatfieldoutdoor.co.uk.

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Community News HATFIELD WOOODHOUSE AMATEUR GARDENING SOCIETY The October meeting of the Society was on Tuesday the 4th at Hatfield Woodhouse Club. This was the occasion of our annual plant sale. This year, as a change from our usual practice, this sale was held in Autumn to take advantage of plants and shrubs which are being lifted and divided as part of the annual tidy up of gardens. So the sales tables were full of mature plants and shrubs which had been recently growing in members gardens, and had been deemed surplus to their requirements.

Most of the plants on display were sold, with profits going to Society funds. The sale concluded with the auction of a large pot chrysanthemum, our President and Chairman, Mr John Brown, acting as auctioneer.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 1 November at Hatfield Woodhouse Club commencing at 7-30. This will be our Annual General Meeting which will be followed by a “slide show” of photographs of the recent Autumn Show. These were taken by Alan Taylor of TTL (Through the Lens) Camera Club of Doncaster. At the Show, Alan and a colleague took shots of the exhibits, and also judged some of the classes.

The Doncaster Santa Dash The Doncaster Santa Dash Will take place on the 11th December at Sandall Park, to raise funds for local charities.

Entries can be made on-line through the website at https://doncastersantadash.wordpress.com by downloading the entry form and sending it in, or in person at Ready Steady Store on Wheatley Hall Road.

The charities to benefit this year are the Aurora Centre (cancer palliative care); Sandall Park Rangers Junior Football Club; Mayflower Animal Sanctuary at Bawtry; Rossington Hall Riding for the Disabled; St Leger Rotary Club Charities - including Pilgrim Bandits; Macmillan Cancer Support and for the first time - Friends of Sandall Park.

As always there will be a Best Dressed Dog Competition and a Best Decorated Buggy/Wheelchair competition. Further information can be obtained by emailing sandallpark@gmail.com or by looking on the Doncaster Santa Dash website.

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Back It Up! We frequently get customers coming to see us because they have lost their treasured information. This can consist of photos, videos, documents and music in the case of private customers, or accounts, spreadsheets, and invoices for business customers. The first question we generally ask is “do you have a backup”, to which the reply is often a blank look.

It is vital to protect any information that is important to you. Such information is stored inside your computer on a ‘hard disk’; hard disks can and do develop faults which in the worst case mean that the data on them cannot be retrieved except by a specialist firm who will charge several hundred pounds. Apart from faulty equipment, viruses can also encrypt data and render it illegible and effectively gone forever.

So how to protect yourself? Simply by backing up your important data. There are several ways to do this, each with good and bad points. For example, services like Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive, iCloud and Dropbox include a fixed amount of free ‘cloud’ storage with additional amounts available at a cost. Also some internet security packages include an amount of online storage.

However, an easy way that does not involve signing up for online services is simply to use a USB memory stick to copy your valuable files onto.

These are available in sizes up to 128GB for a few pounds – more than enough for most people. For larger amounts of information, you can use an external hard disk instead, these are more expensive but can store much more data.

However you decide to protect your data, the important thing is that you do it!

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A Day in Whitby On Monday 12th September 2016, the year sixes of Travis St Lawrence Primary School went on an adventurous trip to Whitby.

We arrived to school for an 8am start and an 8:15 departure. When we boarded the bus we got ready for a two hour journey – which is what we were told in the classroom. Throughout the journey, most of us played games like: eye spy, Eddie Stobart (when we got on the motorway) and 21. Some of us sang and some of us complained at it.

Nearly all of us nagged ‘Are we there yet?’ Soon we stopped; a sigh of relief washed over the bus.

Just after we arrived in Whitby, we ambled over the bridge (or ran to keep pup with Mrs McAllister) to the Captain Cook Museum. When we entered, we were greeted by a variety of different maps. We were taken around the whole place by Trevor; including the attic. After we had lunch, we were introduced to Harry – our tour leader.

Harry led us on a guided tour around Whitby. He also told us the phrase ‘The right way, the wrong way and the Whitby way’ which stood for all of Whitby’s residents quirky ways. To start off our journey, we departed from the courtyard of the museum. He took us down cobbled, shop-filled streets and thin, dingy alley-ways. On a platform overlooking the sea, Harry told us the story about Henry Freeman. This person survived the ‘Whitby Lifeboat Disaster’. Henry’s ship began to sink in a thunderstorm. On his ship, there were 13 men and only he survived. He survived due to the fact that he was wearing a corkbrick lifejacket!

Following this, we meandered up to West Cliff. After we had climbed up many stairs, we laid eyes upon the whale jaw bone where we got a group picture in front of it. After, we sat on a nearby hill to look out onto the beach. We had a conversation about why there were big clusters of rock around the path. We concluded that it was due to erosion and to save the path from it.

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Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School is proud to share the news of our successful Harvest Festival. Firstly the School Council’s 15 members followed a democratic value and held a vote in order to make the decision as to which charity our proceeds would go to.

After making the decision that this year Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School would like to raise money for charity, opposed to having a food collection, our School Council members took a second vote and it was concluded that all proceeds were to be donated to ‘Clic Sargent’. They wrote letters to parents and carers and made posters which were displayed around school to advertise this, kindly asking for food donations which would be added to the ‘School Grown’ produce donated from the Gardening Club, for a food sale which occurred prior to the Harvest Festival or monetary donation in advance, ready for the grand total to be announced at the end of the Harvest Festival.

All year groups from FS2 to Year 6 have worked hard to create a memorable Harvest Festival for all parents, carers, friends and family who joined us. Following Nadiya’s success last year in the ‘Great British Bake Off’ she released a cookery book called ‘Bake Me a Story’, which matches stories with recipes. FS2 and KS1 worked together on the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’ and presented a Talk for Writing style adaptation for the Harvest Festival whilst also baking Blueberry and Orange Soda Bread as 3 individual classes in the style of the ‘Bake Off’, which was filmed and broadcast during the Harvest Festival. Year 1 were the worthy winners. KS2, again from Nadiya’s book, presented a modern adaptation of Cinderella and all 4 classes in KS2 went head to head, again in true British ‘Bake Off’ style and baked Pumpkin and Spice Flapjack. Year 6 were ecstatic to have won.

Alongside many seasonal songs Mrs Acton made the announcement that Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School had raised a staggering £230 to donate to Clic Sargent, a fabulous effort by all, with huge gratitude going to all who donated, supported us and came to watch our annual Harvest Festival. We are hoping to as successful in our next upcoming event.

History at Hatfield Woodhouse

On Friday 7th October, we had a very exciting and unusual visitor to our school. A lady called Sherelle Hawes came to school to collect our school log books. At first we were not really sure why this was such a special event, then our teacher and Sherelle went on to explain to us. Sherelle was from the Doncaster archives (a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people), she brought with her a very large brown box. Then Mrs Chesney – our teacher – went on to explain what the school log books were. We had 3 in school, one was very old and was from the 1800s, we had to be very careful handling this, it had started to fall apart a little bit, but Sherelle said that it could be restored. We looked inside and we were amazed to see such beautiful handwriting, the log book was kept by the Head teacher of the school and had information about when the school was closed and why, so for celebrations, or

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teachers deaths. It also kept a record of money owed to the school. Sherelle explained that this log book could be studied and the information used to understand the history of Hatfield Woodhouse, we felt like we were being real life historians. The other 2 log books, were slightly more modern, but just as interesting to read.

We handed our school log books over to Sherelle, who placed them delicately into the brown box, which she said protects the artifacts and can even protect it from fire! We were really impressed by that. The log books still belong to school and we can go and look at them anytime we would like, but they are now with other log books and are creating a picture of what life was like in 1800’s in Hatfield Woodhouse and Doncaster. If you are reading this and you have some historical log books in your school, please contact the Doncaster archives.

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Hatfield Communty Library

Nearly two thirds of the children who began the Summer Reading Challenge finished, which was very good. We will hang on to the medals and certificates for the children who completed the challenge so that Parents/Carers can collect them when convenient. As the summer activities were so successful, we are arranging more activities for half term.

Oct 27th Half Term Children’s Activity. Lego Robotics. 7-9yrs 10-12:30, 9-11yrs 1-3:30. This very popular workshop is back to challenge children from the ages 7-11. (Children younger than 7 can attend if helped by an adult or older child.) Nick has some new equipment and challenges to excite the children so even if your child has been before, it is still worth coming again. Please ring to book a place.

The Library Service no longer subscribes to Overdriveone of their on-line borrowing services but there are alternative sites from which to borrow ebooks. Borrowbox and the Cloud Library have apps which can be downloaded onto a Kindle Fire.

The links for this are on the DMBC digital library and apps page or you could try these links. http://www.borrowbox.com/kindlefire/install/fire/ http://www.yourcloudlibrary.com/index.php/en-us/get-the-app/kindle-fire The Shakespeare evening was a great success as over 40 people attended and enjoyed Macbeth in intimate surroundings. There was an excited buzz of conversation over the half time refreshments as the audience discussed the action. In the second half, the Cast actors presented scenes from a variety of Shakespeare’s plays. How do they remember all those lines?!!

We are still collecting original CDs and DVDs to raise money. They must have a barcode on the box and not be newspaper freebies.

Hatfield Town Councillors’ surgeries will be held in the library at 10am on the following dates: Nov 12, Dec 3. Please come along if you have any concerns about what is happening in your village.

NEW. Rhyme Time. Has successfully moved to Monday morning at 10:30 and is more of a rhyme time session at times and other sessions will be rhyme, story and an activity. All this is free for adults with pre-school children to care for- including childminders. There will be time to look at books and have a chat with others before collecting children from nursery. Drinks and biscuits/fruit will be available as part of the session. The first sessions have gone down very well.

Tuesday, Art Class 10:00-12:30, Yoga 6:30-8:00pm, Readers’ group (last Tues of the month) 4:45-5:45pm Wednesday, Chair Yoga 3:00-4:00pm, Gentle Yoga 4:30-6:00pm, Yoga 6:30-8:00pm Friday, Readers’ Group (last Fri of the month) 10:30-12:30 Needles and Pins twice a month Relaxing Colouring group.2:00-3:00, Everything is provided. Come and have a stress free hour before the weekend.

NEW I-pad/tablet taster course. We are trying to arrange this course so please ring to book a place.

Christmas Fayre Friday Nov.25th. Hatfield Community Library will be continuing the tradition of having our Christmas Fayre on the last Friday of November. We hope you will support us. There will be a variety of stalls (including a cake stall!) and raffle. The money raised will be shared between the library, Weston Park Sheffield and the MS Society.

All our activities can also be found on Facebook and Streetlife. Please share the activities with friends and family to help us to advertise them. We also put posters in local shops which kindly promote the library. If anyone has any suggestions for advertising the library to people who do not receive the Hatfield Arrow or Thorne Times, please let us know.

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Thorne Camera Club Nights are drawing in, summer days out have gone for another year.

Time to reflect and take a look at members' summer adventures. Images shared were very varied, amazing where they all got to with their cameras this summer. The Camera Club is getting into second gear, as members improve their photography and become more confident, looking forward to another exciting year.

It was with great sadness that at this first meeting of the Autumn programme, came the news of the passing of member Tom Ley, and thoughts go to his family. His enthusiasm for photography and willingness to share his knowledge will be missed.

Mr Stephen Lloyd , visiting the club again all the way from Wales, brought images set to music, telling a story . A very different take on things, with the use of old family photographs, his granddaughter, ballet dancers and even The London Eye as some of the subject matter covered on the night.

He even used just one image, with the use of photo editing and colour effects , set to music to make up a short presentation, yes! just using one image! He starts with music which inspires him, with some wonderful editing and very different ideas. Thought provoking if nothing else.

From time to time there are friendly competitions - a great time to see other members' work and perhaps gain some new ideas, and share facts about the images, such as location, lens used, camera settings etc. It is amazing what you learn without even realising it. Through the eyes of our guest judge Christine Hartley, of Swinton, images of an industrial theme were scrutinised, and if that wasn't hard enough, after refreshments, the open section, where anything goes, had to be judged and all narrowed down. With many different images, the task wasn't an easy one.

Members found Christine very friendly and pleasant, appreciative of the effort made by all members submitting prints. She had words of praise and constructive criticism for everyone. Her chosen top photos were 'Wren' by Alan Denby, 'Water Lily' Frances McIntosh, and two of 'Drax Power Station' by Stephen Wall. Christine also Commended and Highly Commended the following: Patricia Woodward for ' New Zealand Landscape' HC, Alan Denby 'Goldfinch' HC , Terry Lockwood 'Empty Hall' HC, John Hookway 'Power Plant' HC, Lynda Ulyett 'Angel of the North' C, Colin Jarvis 'Inside Drax' and 'Spinning Wheel' C's, and Frances McIntosh 'Squirrel on Bird Table' C. Well done to everyone who entered prints, they were all good in their own ways and made Christine's job more difficult.

There are some talented members in the Club who keep their talents under wraps, but occasionally, with a little bit of gentle persuasion, these members share some photographic memories, stories, and knowledge with the rest, leading to another enjoyable

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evening with a variety of images. So thanks go to those individuals, you know who you are.

New faces are, of course, always welcome to the club, with something for everyone, as different things happen each week. For further information about any aspect of the club please contact David on 07463821182 or email thornecameraclub@yahoo.co.uk. Don't be shy, you're sure to get a warm welcome in this friendly club where everyone has an interest in photography, whether beginner or expert.

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Dogs must be kept under control…

Some Arrow readers will recall the summer tale of my and Mr Mole’s PIN Number adventures in the wilds of the Yorkshire Dales. Well since that adventure, believe it or not, my trusty mate has led me into another escapade, like a modern day Shaggy and Scooby Doo. This time I had to flee the Dales as I had become about as popular as Donald Trump at a Mexican Fiesta.

As a treat, and in preparation for the end of the summer, I took Mr Mole off to Grassington for a lovely Dales walk and an overnight stay in a local pub, something that he loves as it gives him the opportunity to work the crowd as discussed in previous issues. We caught an early bus in Grassington and then spent a lovely day walking the return trip from Kettlewell in the late autumn sunshine. To make the day even better it turned out our choice of lodgings was also perfect. The following morning I received a text from mum and dad telling me that they were off to Malham show and so, rather than heading home, I thought I would take a look as I like a good agricultural show as much as the next man.

Although we arrived fairly early I could see that the show was in full swing and there were lots of country folk enjoying the livestock competitions, show tents, vintage cars, tractors, sheep dog trials, show jumping and the various local food stalls that littered the field. As we walked around and took in the various exhibitions and competitions we stumbled upon what was a hotly-contested dry stone walling competition. I have never seen this live before but I was surprised at just how complicated and tense this art form is, particularly when there is a title at stake There were 20 blokes all bent over eagerly picking up various size lumps of limestone tossing them around as if they were chucking an apple in a shopping basket. It was as if the whole world around them didn’t exist and for next two hours nothing else mattered other than making the best dry stone wall in the Dales. As I stood there enthralled, I realised I was now part of quite a crowd who were all chatting amongst themselves while occasionally pointing fingers and nodding their flat caps in appreciation of a good placing. I turned to a smartly dressed old gent and enquired who the local favourite was and how such an art form was to be judged?

With a look of derision he pointed to his tie and tapped on a small badge, informing me he was part of an “expert judging team” and gingerly pointing his shooting stick to a fellow judge over the other side of the competitors. I asked him to identify who the competition favourite was and he pointed instantly towards a bearded chap bent over a large mound of rocks. “That fella, is a local legend me old cock,” he stated. “He goes by the name of Alan Parry, a master at his craft, been doing it nay on 20 years, won it about 10 of 'em, he’s goin' for record 11th title this year tha nos.” He took a breath, I nodded appreciatively. “And does tha know, when he’s finished walling he’ll be tekking part in th’fell race,” he added, turning round and pointing to a large hill in the distance. This man did indeed fit the bit of a Dales legend, there wasn’t an ounce of fat on the fellow, he was as strong as an ox, and would probably win an arm wrestle with one too. Not someone who you’d want to cross paths with I thought.

Bidding farewell I decided to have a walk around and then take Mole for a stroll in the hills to stretch his legs, then planning to come back to see how things were progressing. The sights, smells and sounds of the show were amazing. Now I have to say that as much as I love my trusty mate, he is known to drive me potty with his constant craving for scraps of discarded food. And is not afraid to stop me dead in my tracks if he there may be the end of an ice-cream cone or maybe a pork pie crust on offer. I’m sure I irritate him back in return but I admit he has had a good talking to on more than one occasion due to his ‘scrap habit’.

After a while we chose to depart to Gorsdale Scar which would give my friend the chance of a quick

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swim along the way. Upon returning we decided to have an ice cream, listen to the brass band and then head off for the final stages of the walling competition.

Upon returning I could quickly tell things were tense, you could cut the atmosphere with a knife, as each competitor was down to their final few rocks. Each would stand rubbing their chins deep thought as they eyed up which rock would be best suited to make their wall the best. Mr Mole was off his lead and would often stop to sniff at the grass, the promise of an old pork scratching or chip at the front of his doggy thoughts, while I was stood once again marvelling at how these lean looking men made handling these rocks look like marbles. Mr Parry, our pre-competition favourite, had completed the vast majority of his wall and was now musing over the last remaining rocks as an artist would over the final strokes of their masterpiece, reviewing every angle in order to ensure it was a perfect lay. Mr Mole was still off his lead and seemingly uninterested in the closing stages of the dry-walling and had now manoeuvred himself dangerously close Mr Parry’s area of operation.

At this point it was as if everything happened in slow motion! Mr Mole began cocking his leg over Mr Parry’s last five rocks. The two judges had horror etched across their faces, their mouths open but releasing no sound. Mr Parry continued to toss his rock seemingly oblivious, the brass band had cottoned on and had stopped playing, the dog show judge dropped his clip board, and then it happened. Mr Mole proceeded to pee. Not next to the rocks, or on one of the rocks but on all four remaining rocks. He even went up and then down for good measure, at one point I swear he turned and smiled at me, it was pay back time for his talking to about hunting scraps, and then some.

Imagine Robin Cousins and Christopher Dean in their prime…. But obviously with no wee…

I stood in shock as it quickly became apparent that all was not well in the dry stone walling community. The red-faced judges turned to me bawling and tutting their disapproval, the gathered crowd stifled nervous giggles (probably for fear of upsetting their champion) who incidentally had witnessed the whole thing. Would I now be responsible (or should I say Mr Mole be responsible) for his failure to be crowned champion for a record 11th time? And if I was, would I survive to tell the tale? With a look of disdain on his face he delivered the following instruction my way: “Get tha chuffin dog on a lead and away from me rocks or tha will find theesen runnin up that chuffin hill with me not far behind!” He then reached into his leather satchel and retrieved a pair of gloves in order to finish the job, the consummate professional.

I am afraid I couldn’t leave the show fast enough. I was about as popular as a trump in a lift. Even the Morris Minor enthusiast blanked me, that’s how bad things were.

And so, I never did get to find out the final result of the walling competition but as we both stood in the grassed car park watching the fell runners, I guess I had learned the very simple countryside advice - keep your dog under control. Or at the very least, its bladder.

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WHAT’S ON? Hatfield Woodhouse Methodist Chapel News Sunday Services at 6pm

November 6th Rev Christine Sutherby Communion November 13th Rev Andrew Mumford November 20th Mrs Ann Dyer November 27th Rev Frank Okai-Sam, 1st Sunday of Advent

Coffee Mornings 10am - 12noon

November 5th Project 2000 November 12th Project 2000 November 19th Autumn Fayre 10am to 1pm Lunches served from 12 noon.

Various stalls, games, raffle tombola etc November 26th Project 2000

Friends of Hatfield Church Building Trust Will be selling Pre-Loved Jewellery at the Hatfield Yuletide Fayre in Hatfield Library on Fri 25th Nov and again on Sat 26th Nov from 10am but times are still to be confirmed so please check opening times with the Library on 01302 842064.

We have had lots of new donations, all beautiful and extremely reasonably priced, in all colours, shapes and sizes - necklaces, bracelets, ear-rings, watches, rings and brooches, oh and not forgetting the cuff-links! - ideal for Christmas presents perhaps…..

Doncaster Cats Protection We will be having stalls at The Lakeside Shopping Village on Saturday 12th November 10am-5pm.

We will have tombola, cat goods, handmade goods, bric-a-brac, Christmas goods and much, much more.

Please come and get your paws on a bargain and support a local charity who keep every penny they raise in Doncaster.

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