Hatfield February 2015

HATFIELD

February 2015

Issue No. 109

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Editors Letter…..

Welcome to the February 2015 issue of the Hatfield Arrow.

If you are looking for a special Valentines Day Gift, the magazine includes details of where you can buy flowers, chocolates, wine and other lovely gifts, all of which will show that special person in your life just how much you love them. I might have to leave the magazine open in front of my husband as a reminder??!

Also, don’t forget mothers day next month. The March issue will include information of where you can buy lovely presents for your Mum. Please remember to use local businesses as much as possible. And don’t forget to mention the Arrow magazine when using any of the businesses that advertise.

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News, News, News, News, News….

68th Hatfield Scout Group have had a fun time over Christmas. We had a stall at the Hatfield Village fayre to raise funds for equipment. Thank you to everyone who supported us and raised £165.

We went to the District Scout carol service in town and enjoyed singing carols accompanied by the scout band.

We had a Christmas crafts evening and made different stars to go onto our tree in the St Lawrence Church Christmas tree festival. Our chosen carol was Away in a Manger.

The scouts also tried glass engraving, and made some beautiful tumblers for Christmas gifts.

If you would like to join our beaver, cub or scout group please contact Sue Lloyd, Beaver Leader, on 01302 351203 or email paul@mrosbottom.freeserve.co.uk.

Beavers are 6-8yrs, Cubs 8-10yrs and Scouts 1014yrs. All sections are for both boys and girls and meet at Hatfield Woodhouse Village Hall on Wednesday evenings.

For more information see our website: 68hatfieldscouts.org.uk Jeebi

HATFIELD AMATEUR SOCIETY

WOODHOUSE GARDENING

For the first meeting in the New Year the Society had the pleasure of welcoming Mr David Parker as its Speaker. As usual, the meeting was held in Hatfield Woodhouse Working Men’s Club on the first Tuesday of the month (January 6th).

David told us about his love of travel, and mentioned a number of countries which he has visited. For the subject of our meeting, and as change from the cold weather outside, David took us to the warmer climes of Uganda where we had a look at the country’s beautiful landscapes, flora and fauna.

We were treated to some fine pictures of lions, hippos, buffalo, zebra and many other animals and birds.

These were set against some massive landscapes featuring a variety of African vegetation and plants. This was an excellent presentation which members thoroughly enjoyed.

The Society’s Chairman (and President), Mr John Brown thanked David for his excellent presentation. He then reminded members that the 2015 Spring Show is fast approaching, and that it will be on Saturday 21 March in the Working men’s Club. As far as the Show is concerned, all classes in the Spring Show are open to non-members, who are eligible for class prizes but not for trophies.

At the next meeting on Tuesday 3 February at Hatfield Woodhouse Working Men’s Club, we will have the pleasure of welcoming Sandra Crabtree as our guest Speaker.

Sandra is the Chair of Friends of Sandall Park, and she will be telling us about how the Friends have supported the Park in their short history, and their plans for the future. Everybody is welcome to our meetings.

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Hatfield Town Cricket Club

wish to invite boys and girls interested in taking up cricket to come along to train with their newly formed under 11s team. Training starts on Monday 5th of January 6-7 at Hungerhill School and we are looking for children from school years 4, 5 and 6.

For any more information please call Richard Platt 07740215350 We are holding a Race Night and disco at Hatfields on Saturday 28th March, everyone is welcome to come along and have good night out, you don't have to be a club member. For further details and to obtain tickets visit the club website or contact Richard on 07740215350 Hatfield Town CC are looking for a couple of players to add to their squad for next season in the Pontefract League. Indoor nets run through February and March, if you wish to join the team contact Andy Cutts on 07740941556

I would like to say thank you to “The Difference” for my number eight placing in his Top 10 for 2014, in the Hatfield Arrow, issue No 108, January 2015. I would just like to point out why I have held a “peaceful protest” since April 2014 each weekday morning approx 7:00 till 9:00. At the beginning of 2014 I was horrified to find Hargreaves lorry’s were being diverted along Doncaster Road, onto Manor Road and finally onto the totally unsuitable Station Road.

I chose to protest outside Hatfield Church, on the corner of Station Road, purely because of the corners proximity to local schools, I challenged DMBC on why they had sent Lorries on a detour of some 3miles per lorry, per trip, when it was clear Station Road was not a fit choice for 40 tonne lorries to use, I then learned no “Swept Path Analysis” had been carried out, this is a test to see if Lorries could safely circumnavigate this corner, I also discovered there had been no “Air Quality Control” carried out in Hatfield, which beggars belief.

June 17th 2014, as a member of Hatfield Town Council, I attended a Colliery liaison meeting at Hatfield Pit, I brought up the matter of the diverted Lorries and why they were not taking the shortest route which would be Broadway, to my astonishment a DMBC Councillor who was also at the meeting said “I live on Broadway and I don’t want these empty Lorries coming past my house at 6 in the morning” by chance I had discovered why so many Hatfield residents had been made to suffer the Hargreaves Lorries?

Now may I come to the real reason for wanting to thank “The Difference” it was his number (10) placing of the McDonnell twins Gavin and Jamie, and their outstanding success in the world of boxing, lets not lose sight of the fact that Jamie, has achieved something no other human being will never be able to achieve again ever, he is Doncaster’s first ever world boxing champion and will always be in the record books as such, and believe me this in no way distracts form his brother Gavin’s achievements being an outstanding boxer in his own right.

I was bitterly disappointed when Jamie, won his first world title and Doncaster Council’s failure in my humble opinion to give him the recognition I believe he truly deserved, a “Freeman” of the borough maybe? The twins are an inspiration to the youth of Doncaster and they have made a lot of people in Hatfield and Dunscroft very proud of them, maybe number (10) in the Hatfield Arrow, but certainly number (1) in the world of boxing Also Fit Alarms and thanks to the Hatfield Arrow, and the Difference for giving them a mention.

Mick Glynn, Hatfield Town Councillor, 78 Doncaster Road, Hatfield, DN7 6AT/01302884565

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Hatfield Library News I hope you all had a good start to the New Year. Everyone must have done a lot of reading in the holidays as Monday 5th was a very busy day in the library. 107 people came in on that day with books to return and exchange. On Thursday six boxes of requests and returns from other libraries arrived which kept us out of mischief for an hour or so. Some of the groups began again this week so the library was bustling again after a very quiet week before Christmas.

There were some difficulties on Jan 5th when we opened due to illness and holidays but the volunteers rallied round and covered the gaps so we could provide a full service. We still need volunteers to work on the desk or help with tidying, making tea etc so if you are looking for a way to fill your time in or enjoy company in a warm environment ring me or the library. (Yes the boast that we had the heating under control was short lived. We have resorted to opening the windows!!)

The usual groups will be using the library.

The art class. We use a variety of media and are taught by an artist, Graham Hanks. If you would like to learn to paint or rediscover your skills then ring the library to find out more.

Needles and Pins. Do you like to sew, knit crochet then come along to this group? It is a social occasion and everyone helps each other with new techniques.

Reading groups. The Friday one is on the last Friday of the month in the morning. It is a fairly large group but would still welcome new readers to join their discussions. The Tuesday group is smaller and meets at 5pm on the last Tuesday of the month. The books are supplied by the library service so no cost is involved. The groups are made up of people who enjoy reading and sharing their views.

Pre-school story time. This is run by a small group of volunteers (mums and grandmas). There is usually a list of stories and activities in the children’s section of the library. My grandson attends and really enjoys the stories and activities. (as well as the biscuit and drink!)

The family history groups are not open to new members as they have been running a long time but don’t despair Shirelle, who runs the group, is hoping to start a beginners group after Easter. I listen in when I am working in the library and it is very interesting and she knows exactly where to look and how to help if you reached a dead end.(No pun intended) If you prefer to do your own research, Ancestry . com and Find my Past are available for free on the library computers.

Computer Classes. The I-pad/tablet (£20) and Internet for beginners (£40) start on Jan 19th and Jan 21st respectively. So if this technology still baffles you come and join these classes.

Yoga class. This is a beginners group which is going well. If you are interested there may be some floor space left.

The car park is a bit tidier thanks to the efforts of volunteers and the Thorne Social Centre. The problem seems to be an invasion of weeds and trees from outside the library grounds. Again any help with gardening would be great. You don’t have to an Alan Titmarsh or Charlie Dimmock just good at cutting things down/back.

If there is anyone who would volunteer to some hoovering in the mornings between 9.15 and 9.45am this would be greatly appreciated.

Remember the library is here for your use. If the book you want to read is not on the shelf, we can order books and pre-order new books. The “Which” magazine is available to read in the library. We also sell a variety of paperback and hardback books for a small charge. These cover a variety of genre-historical, mystery, crime, romance, fantasy and a combination of all these.

Contact details.

Tel. Hafield Community Library 01320 842064 E-mail hatfieldcommunitylibrary@gmail.com Sue Lowndes secretary/volunteer co-ordinator 07721559356/01302 350844

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Happy New Year

We hope you had a lovely Christmas and a relaxing New Year. We have just started back into our Spring term and we are engrossed in our history topics; such as The Great Fire of London in Year 2 and decades work at upper site. This report will tell you about how the Year 6 s are working on their boosters preparing for their SATs, Year 5 will be reporting on our new technology in school and then Year 4 and 3 will be writing about after school clubs and how we thank our volunteers in school.

Success at Doncaster In Bloom

We realise that we mentioned in a previous report that we would tell you about our achievements in Doncaster in Bloom. We are very sorry but we forgot to include it! In October 2014, our school was invited to Doncaster In Bloom Awards at Doncaster Mansion house; Mrs Jordan and Mrs Cousins along with 2 children attended. We have entered the competition for many years because we are so proud of our school’s outdoor learning environments, particularly our school gardens.

This year, we entered the Schools Award and the Best Wildlife/ Sustainable Award. We were absolutely stunned when it was announced that we had won Gold for both awards. The judges commented on how we use gardening throughout the different year groups and that we garden all year round. They were also very interested in our new Anderson Shelter. Thank you to Mrs Jordan and her team for all their hard work.

Boosters

This week, the year 6 pupils have started their revisions and boosters ready for when the SATs come in May. The boosters target writing, reading and maths to revise on. They’ve started this week and are there to help year 6s to achieve the best they can in their SATs. They are happening before school, after school and during certain lessons in school time, such as celebration and prayer and praise. Olivia said “I hope to get a 4b+ in maths with help from my boosters.” Harvey said “I hope to improve my reading so I can get better at comprehension.” We wonder if any other schools are starting boosters, since SATs are coming up. We actually like boosters especially because you get juice and a biscuit (the biscuit is only in the afternoon). We would like to thank all the adults who have given up their time to help us to achieve our potential. Harvey and Olivia.

Exciting new Technology

Recently at Travis St Lawrence, we have had new iPads delivered for use during lessons and golden time. The year 6 pupils were the first to use them, followed by year 5. We are not sure who are more excited about them, the children or the teachers!! We would like to keep them as new as possible for as long as possible so we have to follow some rules. The rules for using the iPad are: Always use 2 hands to hold them, sit down when using them, turn the screen off when an adult is speaking, be gentle with them and use the application or website you have been told to go on. We are extremely grateful that we have them because they will help us with so many parts of our learning. We think the incredible iPads will have a big hit on the school and also help the Travis pupils learn! Every person I have spoken to has enjoyed and learned lots on the new iPad. Year 5 reporters

Young Voices and Choir

We have many after-school clubs at Travis St Lawrence CE Primary School but two we would like to share our news about are: Young Voices and Choir. Choir takes part on a Friday after school and is taken by Mrs Teasdale. We sing all sorts of songs and then include these in the whole school Prayer and Praise lessons.

Young Voices is on a Thursday but only until next week as the event is only around the corner.

Next week, we are going to the Sheffield arena to perform infront of thousands of people and alongside hundreds of schools. We are very excited! Hopefully we can tell you all about it in our next article. Alfie and Milly

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The New Year’s feast Before Christmas, the year 3 pupils created a stunning invitation linked with our work on Christmas Angels. The invitation was sent to people who help in and out of school. We used our most neatest handwriting to create these stunning invitations.

Then we sent the invitations to the office so they could be sent to people who help in our school; infact 27 people were invited! We have had some lovely comments from the people who received them saying how beautiful our writing is and they were pleased to receive the invites. The New Year’s Feast is on Thursday 22nd January 2015 and we hope to speak with some of the visitors to report to you next time.

Ava and Mackenzie

We hope you enjoyed our report and we look forward to telling you about many more activities at Travis St Lawrence.

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Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School We hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Our school choir has been working really hard practising songs and dances for the Young Voices concert at Sheffield Motorpoint Arena on Monday 19th January. It will be an amazing experience for everyone involved and we can’t wait. Some of the songs have been really easy to learn while others have been quite tricky as they are sung in different languages. The Choir’s favourite song that is not in English is Tribute to Mandela and their preferred song overall has to be Pop Medley. They love it!

We welcome our new teacher, Mrs Macintyre, who is Scottish as was Mr Ross, the teacher she has replaced. She is a lovely teacher and is really looking forward to getting to know the children and staff in our school and teaching Year 4’s topic - Burps, Bottoms and Bile. This is a topic where children will be learning about what food does it has been eaten!

FS2 and Year 1 went on a trip to the York Museum on Wednesday and learnt about lots of new things about dinosaurs.

This is one of the dinosaurs that Daisy Bond Upton and Helena Bradbury spoke to us about.

FS2 and Year 1 loved their school trip. They saw lots of things and they learnt quite a lot including that flying or swimming dinosaurs are not actually dinosaurs even though lots of people still call them dinosaurs.

Last November, Year 1 and Year 5 had a wonderful opportunity to work with Natural England and Serendipity Art on an animation project. In December, parents were invited into school to see the films both classes had made and very much enjoyed them. To make the project even more memorable, Year 5 braved the weather back in November to visit Hatfield Moors and then write a story about the crash of a Wellington bomber in WW2. Year 1 are sensibly waiting until warmer weather to visit the site!

Thank you for reading.

The Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School Year 5 Reporters.

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Some Crimes Do Pay….

Readers are familiar with my escapades growing up in Hatfield Woodhouse. The experiences, adventures and, frankly, the danger made my childhood an eventful one that’s for sure. However, there is a slightly murkier side to my beloved South Yorkshire village. I ask the jury to consider events somewhere between the late 70s and early 80s – which happened to be my first experience with ‘organised crime’. My foray into the Hatfield underworld has laid undocumented and consigned to memory until now where guilt has me in a vice grip of shame. It’s time for a confessional.

I cannot remember the exact identity of the person who introduced me to crime but I can vaguely recollect his name contained the following letters – Scott Mu_r_y. It was a summer’s afternoon like those we like to reminisce only happened in the days of dodgy sideburns and bad jeans. It was tarmac-softening sunshine and I was hanging around Lol Harpers’ fish shop when I noticed Scott lurking around the back of the village Working Men’s Club. He was casting a flock’s worth of sheepish glances at anyone passing by, man, car, dog, empty crisp packet and seemed to be biding his time before making a move. Low and behold, in a flash he was gone, vanishing from view quicker than Debbie McGee at bedtime. Caught between intrigue and the curiosity of a tom cat I crossed the road and crept towards the rear of the club. I peered around and down a small passage, the entrance blocked by a steel mesh gate with barbed wire lining the top. As I peered along the passage I could see Scott crouched down, fiddling with what looked like a wooden crate. Once he had picked up as many objects as he could carry he moved towards the other end and placed them just far enough away to reach them through the other gate. As he turned around to make a quick getaway he saw me stood there agog, still trying to piece together just what he was up to. Sensing he was now at the risk of being rumbled, Scott simply raised a finger to his lips and gestured for me to remain silent. He got back to the task at hand, picking up all of his booty after a couple of return trips. I suppose some of you are still wondering what it could have been that saw him taking such a risk. Well ladies and gentlemen, the contraband in question were empty pop bottles.

Scott clambered onto the Hudson’s garden wall that lay adjacent to the club, circumnavigating the barbed wired gate, dropping himself in front of me with the dexterity of a ballerina and the grin of a cat burglar who got the cream. All the while he had been weighing up whether to let me on to his ruse. I remember he looked just like Eli Walach at the end of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’ as he wrestled with giving up such valuable information. He eventually blurted out that each bottle was worth the princely sum of 5p and that he would hot foot it round to the papershop of my then employer, Colin Baxter, where they could be cashed in. Then the spending spree could commence.

He asked me to accompany him and in doing so I became complicit in the crime, a crime that as far as I was aware could result in either a long stretch or possibly a kick up the backside from Mr Hutchinson, the club steward. We entered Baxter’s, our jumpers full of bottles clinking as we nestled them on the counter. Mr Baxter counted them out without hesitation before opening his till and handing Scott the princely sum of 50p! Now, you must understand, in today’s money 50p may hardly be the price of a pint of milk, but back in the days of Donna Summer it made Scott the Rockefeller of the village amongst his peers. He was what is now termed ‘loaded’ - even John Holt would have raised an eyebrow.

Scott wasted little time, claiming all manner of sweet delights as his pockets bulged. Scott, realising he had yet to buy my silence, offered up three Refreshers, a couple of fruit salads and a Curly Wurly, explaining this was our secret and that we needed to ensure no-one else could muscle in on our golden goose. So readers, what do you suspect I did with this valuable information? Did I keep it to myself, satisfied with my reward? Or did I branch out on my own, cutting out my partner and going straight to the supplier? Yes, you guessed it, the very next weekend I was up with the lark, heading straight to the club with a clear intention of making some dodgy money to purchase more than just a couple of chews and a bendy chocolate. This little racket went on for

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months. On some weekends there would be no bottles left (Scott having beaten me to it), but on others there would be loads and I had to ensure to limit my theft. One weekend I purchased so many sweets that I considered a direct line to Dr Cryan, things were getting out of hand. However, like all good things, it had to come to an end. I knew the writing was on the wall when one summer morning as I waited for my paper bag to be filled, the local pop man paid a visit to the shop to drop off a fresh supply of full bottles and collect the ‘empties’.

As I stood there, innocently minding my own business but lending a keen ear to the conversation, the puzzled pop man explained to Mr Baxter that something was causing him concern. With lots of jibber jabber and pointing at his notepad he explained that over the last 12 months he had delivered 732 bottles of pop to the shop, but had somehow collected 1354 empties. I could then see Mr Baxter doing his own mental maths of the money he had paid out over the last 12 months and also how much confectionary had left his shop. Not long after this conversation I assumed Mr Baxter had put two and two together as the club no longer left its empty pop bottles outside and Mr B no longer allowed large quantities of bottles to be returned unless you had a bona-fide reason. And so my life of crime was over.

However, as I have grown older I have realised that the real losers in all of this were the club, after all I got the sweets and Mr Baxter got the money in his till.

So I would now like to take this opportunity to apologise to the committee and hope that you decide not to pursue retrospective damages. Scott eventually moved on to bigger and better things and after briefly selling ripped out copies of page 3 pictures from the school waste paper shed, he has now established his own building company.

As I get older in life, I have to admit that never since and probably never again will a packet of Jelly Tots taste as good as when they have been purchased by some ill-gotten gains.

PW AKA The Difference

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Focus on Christmas at Thorne Camera Club The Camera Club’s December programme began with an informative talk and Question and Answer session with expert Rod Gunn LRPS entitled “Getting the Best from your Camera”. He explained many technical details about digital cameras, including aperture and speed settings. Although many of the club’s members already have a great deal of technical knowledge, everyone agreed that they had learned something new.

As the nights grew longer and Christmas approached, members got into festive mood, preparing photos with a Christmas theme for the exhibition mounted to coincide with the Macmillan Nurses Christmas Coffee Morning which was held in Thorne Library.

The club’s final Friday meeting of 2014 took the form of a Christmas party with a sumptuous buffet supplied by members, music and a quiz hosted by member Graham Linley . There were questions on quite a mixture of subjects, even involving some tricky maths puzzles, such as “How much money would a poorly sea creature be worth?” (Answer at the end of the article).

The members’ Christmas Double Raffle prizes went to Alan Pickersgill and Sunday Akpan (joint 1st.), Allen Denby (2nd.), with Jim Howard and Sunday Akpan joint 3rd. Ticket number 570 remained unclaimed.

The following Saturday was the Christmas meal held at the Punch Bowl Inn in Thorne, attended by 38 members and guests. After delicious food, they were entertained by Tony Saxton with his “Confessions of a Press Photographer”. Tony’s tales of celebrities, royals and some of the hilarious incidents he got involved in during his career (including once almost being arrested for standing up for the rights of photographers), were greatly enjoyed by everyone.

The Club’s spring programme began on Friday 9th. January, when members of the public were invited to come along to their venue at Thorne Methodist Chapel for a “Digital Clinic” where club members, many of whom have a great deal of expertise, were on hand to answer questions on the subject of digital photography. If you received a new camera for Christmas and would like to make the most of your equipment, why not go along to a meeting. Meetings begin at 7.15pm on Friday evenings, refreshments available.

Coming up in the next few weeks are members' talks, competitions, visiting speakers and a portrait night. New members are always welcome.

If you have any questions about the club’s activities, you can ring or e-mail David or Lynda on thornecameraclub@yahoo.co.uk or telephone 07970895809.

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Problems With Slimming Pills increase eight-fold The number of reported problems with slimming pills has risen by more than 710 per cent in two years.

New figures from Citizens Advice, out today, finds that 189 problems with slimming pills were reported to the charity's consumer service in April to June 2012 but complaints have soared in two years to 1,531 in April to June 2014.

The warning comes on New Year’s Day when many people may be thinking of making losing weight this year's resolution and looking for ways to go about it.

Analysis of problems report to the charity's national consumer helpline finds the majority of complaints are about continuous payment authorities being used to take money from people’s debit or credit card without their permission.

Evidence from Citizens Advice finds people are losing, on average, £150 a time after signing up to 'free' or 'small fee' trials of pills. Despite debit or credit card details only being given for postage and packaging money is taken as a long-term subscription to the product. In some cases, when people try to cancel within the 14 day cooling off period, they can't.

One example analysed by the consumer body reveals the terms and conditions did state that buyers were signing up to a continuous payment authority for the products – but that was buried more than one thousand words into the document.

Citizens Advice analysis of 7,000 cases dating back to April 2012 reveals:  88 per cent were online purchases with a credit or debit card; compared to 8 per cent for all consumer queries to the helpline  73 per cent were assessed by consumer service advisers at as potential criminal breaches of consumer protection legislation; compared to 16 per cent for all queries to the helpline  Slimming pills are one of the top 20 problems reported to the consumer service in the last six months.  The majority of the slimming pill companies that Citizens Advice received complaints about are firms based abroad with distribution houses in the UK. Gillian Guy, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice, said: “People's bank balances are lighter following slimming pill dupes. Burying the actual cost deep into the small print is misleading customers into believing that the trial they are signing up to is free or for a small fee. Instead they are out of pocket by £150.

“The rate things are going people complaining about these products could together have lost £1 million within 12 months. It’s really important companies provide all of the necessary information so dieters know what they are signing up to. “Shoppers can protect themselves by looking through the small print carefully. Key words to look out for include continuous payment authorities, guaranteed payments, subscription and recurring transaction. Banks need to help their customers by fulfilling their obligations to cancel these continuous payment authorities when asked.”

Anyone who has experienced problems buying slimming pills can contact the Citizens Advice consumer service on 03454 040506 or get help online at www.adviceguide.org.uk or contact your local bureau:

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ST LAWRENCE CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL – DEC 2014

On Sat 6th Dec at 11am the red & gold satin ribbon was cut by The Rev’d Liz Turner-Loisel to open the Christmas Tree Festival in St Lawrence Church, Hatfield in aid of The Barn Regeneration Project. 24 real trees, all sponsored by local groups, businesses, schools & individuals had been beautifully & thoughtfully decorated to perfection. At 4pm a band of local musicians played & sang & at 5pm the Church Christmas tower lights were turned on.

Each of the Christmas trees had decorations depicting the Sponsor/Group plus a Christmas Carol so visitors could try to match the Carols with the Carol list in a free Quiz.

Congratulations to Gordon Harper & his Town Twinning Group for ‘bowling us a googly’ which puzzled almost everyone. The Memory Tree was sponsored by Hatfield Town Mayor & each star placed on it was in remembrance of a departed loved one. As well as the trees there was a raffle every weekend, a Craft Table selling hand-made items produced by the Crafty Women’s Group, teas/coffees & delicious cakes were for sale & all in a festive atmosphere with Carols playing in the background & helpers in Christmas jumpers! There was a Snow-woman, a big Christmas pudding, an Elf J, an occasional reindeer & even a Snow White.

It was a wonderful event & well worth all the planning, organising & hard work. It was well attended & enjoyed by all the visitors, young & old, judging by the Comments Sheets, most comments praising the refreshments firstly & then the trees! In total was raised £1866 for the Barn Regeneration Project, Hatfield. 67 Quiz sheets were returned – the prize was a model Jet petrol tanker, kindly donated by Mick of Barriecars & the worthy winner was Josh Chaplin (with the help of his parents no doubt). Josh is aged 7 & lives in Buxton, well done Josh!

We must thank so many people for their help & generosity – Jeff & Jenny Callison for providing expert advice, ordering the trees, wrestling them into the pots with some help & stewarding, Mo & Vera’s teams of ladies who baked & served scrumptious cakes, (surpassing our expectations of a few mince pies!), Teena & Janet who sold raffle tickets, ‘The Crafty Women’ who lovingly produced decorations to sell & all those who donated raffle prizes. We must also thank all the Sponsors who kindly sponsored & decorated the trees. Also, Peter Fowler Electrical Ltd who generously PAT tested the tree lights with no charge (no pun intended!) & to Plevey & Sons Ltd for supplying the lovely trees, at a discount price & with free delivery. Lastly but not least thanks to all the visitors who came along, even on the 27th & 28th after it had snowed but it was warm & cosy in Church for them. Also thanks to the Barn Regeneration Steering Group, especially Terry Raper & Brian Adamson who hardly had time to eat during all the weekends in December as they were in Church, opening up, sweeping up, DJ-ing, counting up & locking up.

My favourite things were - seeing so many people walking round enjoying the atmosphere & the 2 sets of magic glasses provided by the Callison’s which made the tree lights look like gingerbread men & reindeers & if you put them on together – gingerbread men with antlers J Santastic!!

Tina O’Halloran, Barn Regeneration Steering Group (fundraising) & Chief Elf.

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WHAT’S ON? FRIENDS OF HATFIELD CHURCH BUILDING TRUST The Friends Fashion Show & Clothes Sale is on Wednesday 18th Feb at Hatfield Woodhouse Village Hall, 7pm for 7.30pm start. All top quality clothes at bargain prices, no seconds from eg M&S, Next, Wallis, BHS, etc & you can try on before you buy. Tickets are £3, including a drink & biscuits, available from Anne on 840556 or Janet 849377.

Friends of Hatfield Church Building Trust AGM on Thurs 5th of Mar at 7:30pm. In the Barn, behind the Bay Horse, Hatfield. Election of committee and presentation of financial accounts.

Coach Trip to Stamford, the 'finest stone town in England' & 'one of the grandest houses of the first Elizabethan Age Burghley House' on Monday 18th May. Contact Tina 07873 340307 to register your interest. We have 50 seats to fill, first come first served, tickets £24 each including pick up & drop off in Hatfield & Hatfield Woodhouse.

St. Lawrence Church Hatfield Welcomes the return visit of the Scunthorpe Male Voice Choir on the 21st of February at 7pm Conductor Daniel Field, Guest soloist, soprano Laura Ayre. Admission £5 pay at the door.

Proceeds to Hatfield Church Barn regeneration fund.

COFFEE MORNING on Sat 14th Feb for Barn Regeneration Project, Hatfield in the Barn (behind the Bay Horse), Hatfield from 10am - 12pm. Home-made cakes on sale & a raffle. As it's St Valentine's Day you could wear something red, perhaps a rose? & we may have a bit of fun with a free 'Famous Couples' game There'll be a Juliet but will there be a Romeo??

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