Hatfield February 2016

HATFIELD

February 2016

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Issue No. 120

With Red Roses Fresh Flowers Champagne Wine & Chocolates.

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Editors Letter…..

Welcome to the February 2016 Issue of The Hatfield Arrow.

I can’t believe its been 10 years since I started the magazine!! Initially called ‘The Hatfield Flyer’ the magazine has been distributed to homes in Hatfield, Hatfield Woodhouse and Dunsville every month for 10 years!!

This would not have been possible without the many local businesses that have given their support and have advertised in the magazine.

I would like to say a huge Thank you to Jay Miller, J J Miller Skip Hire and Jan, J.R.O Furniture, who have advertised in the magazine, every month since the first issue!

I would also like to thank all the local businesses, the people who send in regular articles, readers, distributors and anyone who has at any time contributed to the production of the magazine.

Thanks also to Peter Wright who miraculously thinks of something new to write every month.

There are so many people in the community that help make the magazine a success, who I am truly grateful to. I would like to list everyone individually but as usual the

magazine is full and I am having to squeeze in what I can.

Thank you!!

Contact Details: The Oaks, Huggin Carr Road, Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster, DN7 6BY

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BARN REGENERATION, HATFIELD CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL UPDATE The 2015 Christmas Tree Festival in St Lawrence Church, Hatfield was another resounding success, even more successful than in 2014 with the 2 bonus events, The Wheatsheaf Singers Concert & the Puppet Power Shows plus the arrival of Doncaster Lions sleigh & fabulous golden reindeer, complete with flashing lights & music! This time we had 3 more sponsors, 27 in all & all the trees were cleverly decorated with clues to Christmas Songs.

The Wheatsheaf Singers looked lovely in their black & turquoise outfits at the opening concert & sang a delightful, varied programme of Christmas songs to over 80 guests, including some of the songs chosen by the sponsors for their trees. The 2 Puppet Shows were enjoyed by over 70 people & I think the adults loved them as much if not more than the children! The ducks blowing bubbles were quite something & the Barber Shop Quartet with a later appearance from Elvis was brilliant plus the camels, cow, sheep & singing snow flakes of course. In all we received 52 entries to the free Quiz with 8 being 100% correct & Bex of ‘Teen’s & Twenties’ was drawn as the lucky winner of a large tub of Celebration chocolates.

Special thanks to everyone who sponsored, donated & helped in any way, a fantastic total of £2,117 profit was made for the Barn Project.

Dates for your diary – Coffee Morning for Barn Regeneration in the Barn, Hatfield behind the Bay Horse on Sat 30th Jan 10-12pm plus The Queen’s 90th Birthday & St Georges Day Celebration Tea Party on Sat 23rd April. Tickets available in the near future. Tina O’H

HATFIELD WOODHOUSE AMATEUR GARDENING SOCIETY Tuesday 5th January marked the start of the New Year for the Society. Meeting as usual at the Hatfield Woodhouse Club, the Society was entertained by Meryl Wilson, who gave a presentation about her grandmother entitled “Grandma Absom’s Baking”.

Grandma Absom was Meryl’s Grandma, who was a very keen baker, and passed her knowledge and expertise on to her granddaughter. We were told about the many and varied recipes that Grandma Absom collected from books, relations, friends and well-wishers and that she liked to source her raw materials from the garden where possible. Apparently, Meryl had to sort out lots of small pieces of scrap paper with recipes and baking notes on them when she inherited her Grandmother’s ‘Archive’, and she has used these records to write a recipe book.

After the vote of thanks, the assembled audience were treated to some of Grandma Absom’s freshly baked, and these were much appreciated.

We’re back to full-on gardening at next month’s meeting. Once again we will welcome Lee Plevey, who will be talking about the points he looks for when judging at our Shows. As usual, this will be at Hatfield Woodhouse Club on Tuesday 2 February commencing at 7-30pm. Everybody is welcome, including non-members

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ANIMAL CARE FOR THE FUTURE

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North East Doncaster Citizens Advice Bureau Can you still get credit if you have a low credit score?

If you have a low credit score, a lender may ask for a guarantor. A guarantor is a second person who signs a credit agreement to say they will repay the money if you don't. This can be a way you can borrow money or get credit when on your own you might not be able to.

If you are using a guarantor to borrow, they'll also have to give information about their personal details so that the creditor can check they're credit worthy. Try to pick a guarantor who is likely to have a good credit score.

The guarantor is responsible for paying the money back if you don't and they have the same rights as you under the credit agreement. For example, the guarantor should get the same information before and after signing an agreement.

If you are thinking about agreeing to be a guarantor for someone else, make sure you understand what you are agreeing to. Read all the small print in the agreement before signing it.

Since payday loans became more controlled there has been an upsurge in lenders requiring a guarantor. Loan applicants are being asked to get friends or family to guarantee their borrowing.

Many friends and family will find it hard to say no but do they really understand the risk they may be taking? Does the person wanting to borrow actually understand the potential risks they are asking of their friends or family?

The average payday loan is £260 and they are short term, up to 12 months. Guarantor loans can be up to £7,500 and can last between 12 and 60 months.

1. The extent of guarantors’ responsibilities are often unclear. For example, one guarantor who came to Citizens Advice had been led to believe they were doing no more than providing a character witness for their borrower. In our cases it is not uncommon for guarantors to be entirely unaware of their responsibilities.

2. Misleading or pressurising practices take place at the point of sale. For example, our cases show a number of serious instance of duress between the guarantor and borrower.

3. Basic affordability is a problem due to the combination high interest rates and a longer loan period. For example, one client came to us having taken out a loan for £5,000 and made payments at £197 month. After payments of £7,000, only £1,000 of loan capital had been repaid.

4. And enforcement tactics are aggressive. For example, in the circumstances that a borrower dies, a number of large lenders will enforce the debt against the guarantor.

If you need further information or help regarding this or any other issues please contact: NORTH EAST DONCASTER CAB, OPENING TIMES, THORNE OFFICE, MONDAY 10:00 – 14:00 WEDNESDAY 10:00 – 12:30, STAINFORTH OFFICE TUESDAY 10:00 – 14:00 TELEPHONE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE Mon & Tuesday 10:00 – 16:00 & Wed 10:00 – 12:30 ON 0844 499 4137 E MAIL advicecabthorne@fsmail.net CAB WEBSITE: www.citizensadvice.org.uk

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Hatfield Community Library I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year from the library volunteers. (This will probably be the latest New Year wish you have received.) The library reopened on the 4th of January and 95 people came in to return their library books -mainly in the morning! This was because the computer had to allow for the Christmas break so everyone who took books out in the couple of weeks before we shut had the same return date. The volunteers who were in on that day said that time flew by as they were so busy. But that of course is a good thing. We have slightly changed our opening times for 2016 to remain open all day on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The library will be officially open throughout lunchtime on those days so people can come in to use the computers as well as borrow books. We need a volunteer to help to cover on Friday afternoons, if anyone is able to help please contact the library.

Opening Times Monday 10:00-1:00pm Wednesday 10:00-1:00pm Friday 10:00-5:00pm

2:00-5:00pm

Tuesday Thursday Saturday

10:00-5:00pm 10:00-5:00pm 10:00-12:00am

All the courses will have started in the 2nd week of January including the two new beginners’ Family History courses. We are hoping to have another free beginners’ I-pad course and a follow up to the first one we had last year. We are already booking Kimmo and Science Boffins which will be amongst our free children’s activities in the New Year.

Monday Lingotots 4:00-4:45pm Yoga 6:00-8:00pm Tuesday Art Class 10:00-12:30 Pre-School Storytime 2:00-2.30pm (inc. Nursey age children) Yoga 6:00-8:00pm Readers’ group (last Tues of the month) 5:00-5:45pm Wednesday Chair Yoga 3:00-4:00pm Gentle Yoga 4:30-6:00pm Yoga 6:00-8:00pm Thursday Family History (beginners) 2:45-4:45pm Friday Family History beginners 10:00-12:00am Readers’ Group (last Fri of the month) 10:30-12:30 Needle and Pins (twice a month) 10:00-12:00am Watch out for the Councillors Surgeries which will be in the library on the last Friday afternoon of the month (DMBC) and one Saturday morning. (HTC) If you have any concerns or queries about what is happening in your area, this is the time to talk to your councillors.

For further information about courses etc. please ring the library. (I will put the right phone number in this time!)

It always amazes me how quickly we settle into the normal routine after a holiday. This time it is slightly different as there are the dreaded New Year resolutions to adhere to. Mine are the usualdieting (not much success so far!) and going to the gym (when I find the time!) I hope you are all doing better than me.

Contact details.

Tel. Hatfield Community Library 01320 842064 E-mail hatfieldcommunitylibrary@gmail.com

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Resolutions at Thorne Camera Club Club members were busy up to New Year with various celebrations.

A 'Christmas' exhibition in the Methodist Church Hall coincided with the Yuletide Fair. With seasonally themed photos, visitors voted for their favourite. Kev Barwell's 'Santa Express' was voted most popular, and the winner of the draw received a copy of the Camera Club calendar. Copies of these limited edition calendars are still for sale at Thorne Times office and Thorne Library, there are just a few left.

At an evening of members' audio visual presentations, everyone excelled themselves, even newer members had a go at this interesting and creative way of showing photographs. In commemoration of the last flight of 'our Vulcan', enthusiasts produced terrific photographic sequences, with other aircraft featuring as well. Also, a moving sequence featured the poor of Bangkok, plus a life story, club outings and a clever 'Story of a Match'. Well done everyone, it was an enjoyable evening.

A Christmas card themed competition led to a variety of hand crafted cards featuring photos of children, animals, snow scenes and decorations, taking hours to produce. Member Jim Howard picked his favourites, choosing John Hookway's a collection of photos of decorations, Louise Barwell's simple but effective bauble, and Kev Barwell's as his overall favourite, for the humour of his 'Baa Humbug' ( a sheep with humbugs ).

New members, the Barwells, are becoming a force to be reckoned with and an asset to the Club. There was also a Christmas raffle, prizes donated by members, won by Tom Ley, and a pie and pea supper, with scrumptious pies from P. Walker Butcher, and peas delivered by Golden Cod. Later in December, members, family and friends, enjoyed a celebratory meal at the Punch Bowl with an entertaining picture show by Andy Lynch, professional photographer from Misterton. He talked about his experiences, including being chased by police when he and his friend staged a remake of the Abbey Road zebra crossing made famous by the Beatles, except that his friend was naked, which caused quite a stir and a chase through London streets.

An extended break followed in the New Year as a new committee was being formed after an unsettled period leading to vacant roles. David and Lynda Ulyett formed the club almost three years ago and have worked very hard to make Thorne Camera Club a great club. Covering several committee roles each, aided by a few loyal committee members,they have put Thorne back on the photographic map after a gap of 20 years, but the time has come for more members to play their part and help this Club to continue being a great club. Members should make contact, to offer their services in any way, to carry the club forward into 2016.

Happy New Year everyone!

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Hatfield Woodhouse Primary

Hello readers!

We have decided to approach our article in the Arrow slightly differently this year by focussing on activities in two classes each month in a little more detail. I hope you enjoy reading about Year 3 and Year 6… and also about the Sports Hall Athletics at Ash Hill Academy! Congratulations to Travis St Lawrence for winning the heat and good luck for the next stage of the competition. Mrs Acton Focus on Year 3 In year 3 here at Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School our spring topic is called ‘Scrummdiddlyumptious.’ The topic lets us tuck in and enjoy yummy journey of discovery, tasting fantastic fruits, venerable vegetables and tantalizing treats. We are studying ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roald Dahl and completing our Talk for Writing English work on this.

After the half term holidays we are going on a school trip to Thorntons’ Chocolate Factory which is in Alfreton in Derbyshire, which we are all looking forward to:- especially the teachers. Each week in our class we are making a different recipe. The photo above shows our week 2 recipe which is sunflower twist pizza which we all enjoyed making.

During the rest of the term we will be researching food miles and fair trade foods as well as finding out all about our significant individual this term:- who is James Lind. Do you know who he is? Also we will be sculpturing different foods from clay and investigating all about nutrition in science.

By Year 3 - Grasshopper Class Focus on Year 6 A Launch Party at Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School.

On Tuesday 15th December all year 6 parents were invited into school to take part in a launch party. We had been studying space for that half term in our topic ‘Is there anybody out there?’, originally when we started we thought Mrs Chesney meant aliens or other life forms, then we quickly realised that there would be somebody out there – Tim Peake!

We have been fortunate enough to have taken part in ‘The Astro Science Challenge’, each week we have had our English and science lessons all taught around space, the planets, the ISS (International Space Station) and Tim Peake (the first British astronaut on ISS).

We have even done lots of our maths linked to this topic too. We all had to sign up to the project and become space cadets of UNSA (Unlimited Space Agency), then each week we took part in a mission that was set through a video by a funny spaceman called Jon. Once we had completed our work we uploaded it as evidence, we really enjoyed this and even did extra at home!

In total there were 6 missions to complete focussing on different areas of space, once completed and signed off we each received a digital space badge. Half way through we watched a video from Tim Peake himself encouraging us to continue with our hard work and to finish the cadet training. Well, on th15th December our class had all completed their 6 missions and had gained their digital badges and were ready to graduate as ‘agents of UNSA’. Mrs Chesney invited all of our parents in to celebrate and also to watch Tim Peake launch live into space…

What an amazing morning! We had helium space balloons around the classroom, alien cakes, real space food and our favourites – flying saucer

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sweets! To begin we all graduated, Mrs Chesney explained all the work we had done and showed examples and then we got to go to the front and collect our graduation certificate. Next, all the parents and pupils were split into teams and we had to make a rocket out of cardboard, cello tape and tinfoil. After that, we all watched Tim Peake launch safely into space, embarking on his amazing journey to the ISS where he will stay for the next 6 months. Finally, we got to go outside and launch our rockets. This was a fantastic morning at school and it was nice that our parents could join us.

I would highly recommend you investigating the ‘Astro Space Challenge’ go to http://www.astrosciencechallenge.com/ Year 6 Lion Class Sports Hall Athletics On Monday the 11th of January 14 students from Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School took part in the South East Sporthall Athletics qualifier which was held at Ash Hill Academy. Three local school took part in the event Hatfield Woodhouse, Crooksbroom and Travis. The event was run by Active Fusion who organise lots of primary school sport competitions across Doncaster. Sportshall athletics is a team event consisting of five field events including soft javelin throw, standing long jump and speed bounce. Also there are running events involving sprints and hurdles races. All the children from Hatfield Woodhouse took part in at least one field event and one track event and we had a number of 1st places.

At the end of the competition the results were tallied up and we were given the results. Crooksbroom finished third, Hatfield Woodhouse second and Travis were the winners who now qualify for the South East regional finals which are taking place at Trinity Academy at the end of January.

I hope you have enjoyed finding out about Year 3 and Year 6. See you next month!

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Happy New Year from Travis.

Welcome to our first report of 2016. We hope you had a lovely Christmas and a peaceful New Year. In this report, you will read about our new topics and about year 2’s secret mission!

Notorious Nineties.

In year 3, we are learning about the 1990’s. We are looking forward to finding out about all the different features. We all think it will be fun to learn everything to do with this topic. What do you remember about the 1990s? We think the Bright Ideas group will have a fun time doing the role play area. Owen and Evie Enigmatic Eighties.

In year 4 we are learning about 1980s. We have been learning about their fashion, football and what electricity was like; we’re also looking forward to finding out some more information about the 80s.

We are looking forward to dressing up on the last day in our decade’s clothing, I think there will be lots of shell suits. Cady and Cayden Sizzling Seventies Our new topic in year five is about the 1970’s. We are really looking forward to our new topic and learning about what it was like to live in the 70’s. We know a little bit so far like their fashion, music and what the transport was like. We will also be learning about money and how in 1971, Britain went decimal. Tom and Grace Swinging Sixties In year 6 we are going to be learning about the 1960s. All the children in the year group are looking forward to knowing more about this decade. We will be learning about the history, music, fashion and what it was like to live in Britain. The 60s were jam packed with fun, love and peace. This topic is going to be an enjoyable topic to learn about. Eve and Ender Helpful Hedgehogs and Rabbits.

In Year 2, we are learning about being helpful linking with our topic of Mary Seacole and The Great Fire of London. Mary Seacole was a nurse in the Crimean War and helped the soldiers who were wounded from the fighting. In the Great Fire of London, the firefighters helped to put out the fires but used very different equipment to what they use now.

We are setting up a helpful box where we are going to write down the people’s name who have been helpful around school.

This is a secret mission and everyday 6 of us will go out onto the playground and see who is being helpful.

At the end of the week, the box will go into celebration and a few names will be pulled out to share and celebrate with the whole school.

Helping makes you feel happy and proud. We would like a whole helpful school at the end of this week.

Wish us luck! Bradley, Emily, Harry, Maisie.

We hope you enjoyed reading our report.

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Yorkshire Tea – Part 1

They say that feedback is the breakfast of champions. I’m not sure who ‘they’ are but after my customary January top 10, I received some wonderful feedback via the editor who told me a reader had e-mailed in to advise me I stood more chance finding a woman with fab knockers than I did in expecting an end to the blight of fly-tipping. I have to admit this did raise a smile, not at the thought of the knockers, honest, but the fact that people out there actually take notice of what I write. Even if it is just a single stranger. Prior to that, the only feedback would be from family members or perhaps death threats from those aggrieved at my comments. As you will already know, I sometimes do a great deal of my thinking as I travel to and from work, sometimes challenging myself to verify my own thoughts and opinions. On one such morning I was contemplating how to explain to heathens what makes Yorkshire unique - and elevates it above other areas of the country (like Lancashire). After a while I settled upon the following true story which happened to me last summer as I holidayed in what we like to refer to as “God’s Own Country”.

Last summer in an attempt to have a budget holiday I decided to go camping at Pately Bridge, which as you probably know is a lovely small Dales town nestling as part of Nidderdale.

I borrowed a tent and blow up mattress from our Steve, chair and table from my lovely brother-in-law and various bits and bobs from friends. I was all set and duly arrived at my camp ground full of excitement of what lay in store. Naturally, I had carefully planned a week of picturesque walks with my trusty friend Mr Mole.

I awoke the next morning to the pitterpatter of rain dribbling down my tent like the saliva on a sleeping drunk’s bottom lip. However, I was determined that a small shower would not deter me from my upcoming expedition and so, after breakfast, I set off in the car with Mr Mole and my prospective route, which had been cut gingerly out of the previous week’s Yorkshire Post. The rain, however, continued to worsen and as I approached my destination in Malham - I decided that maybe my walk hadn’t been the best idea after all. I parked the car and thought about my options – pub for the day? The bookies? Back to a sopping tent? Was there a Plan B? After what seemed like an eternity, it must have been all of a few minutes, I realised I had another walk taken from the paper which started a few miles down the road, and just maybe the weather was a touch more tropical down there. I arrived at the next car park to find the rain had ceased and so after a few minutes of Jane Fonda-esque limbering up we set off on our eight-mile circular adventure. Within minutes we were into the open countryside and yes, you guessed it, the rain started. Not only did it start, it came with a vengeance. And it never stopped. I will admit that I am a stubborn man when it comes to walking and so I was determined to complete what we had started and so we traipsed over fields, paths and bridleways until we were dripping. After a few hours I realised I was wetter than an otter’s pocket and was damp in places that had never seen moisture. I got lost three times, adding miles to my trek and all the time my trusty friend was probably thinking dastardly thoughts about what I was putting him through.

My cut-out-and-keep map had evolved into paper mache in my pocket; I was walking from memory and raw instinct, like a South Yorkshire Bear Grylls, in an attempt to find my way back to my car.

We eventually stumbled upon a busy main road that dissected a small hamlet and spied a small bus shelter, complete with road sign indicating a four-mile hike back to the warmth of my car. The shelter was compact, sort of like a sardine tin, one of those you find in the countryside with two bench seats and a solitary timetable. And so we took our rest, sitting down both wet through, watching the traffic go by and looking positively miserable. Mr Mole was quivering like a jelly with as

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much of a look of total dejection upon the face of man’s best friend as I could ever imagine. I had no packed lunch, no hot drink, and my liquorice allsorts had run out and to make matters worse I had no idea where the footpath was to take me back. The traffic whizzed by and eventually a mini bus pulled up to drop off an elderly lady who, after saying goodbye to her friends, strode past the shelter with a look of first bewilderment and second pity etching upon her worn but friendly face. Peering from below her plastic headscarf she couldn’t help herself. “Hello”, she said, “you two don’t look very happy.” “Aye up”, I responded, “we are lost, soaked to the bone, fed-up, hungry and we are not talking to each other,” I replied”. The old lady smiled with a look of nervous acknowledgement at our predicament, walking off in the direction of the houses that lay behind the shelter.

Some 20 minutes later the rain hadn’t relented, we were still not talking and Mr Mole was still shivering. At that moment a head peered around the corner of the tiny shelter followed by the frail body of the old lady covered in a badly fitting plastic coat - complete with matching wellies. “Hello again, my name’s Pearl, I hope you don’t mind but I could see how miserable you both looked and I thought you could do with cheering up and so I have brought you a pot of tea and some biscuits.”

She produced a sturdy, yet fancy, teapot, a cup and a small plate complete with 3 digestive biscuits and 3 dog treats. I could have cried at this point but not because I was wet and miserable, not that Mr Mole was probably looking for new digs, it was at this random act of kindness from dear old Pearl. “Are you heading back to Gargrave,” she asked? I responded that we were but that we had lost the path and didn’t fancy walking along the busy main road. “I may be able to help you there,” she added, before producing a pencil and paper from her pocket like a magician would with a rabbit from a hat. She proceeded to sit down and draw a map of where we needed to go. “This should help you both,” she continued, handing me a scribbled yet expertly produced map. “And when you have finished your tea, just leave the tray, cups and plate on the wall of my cottage, it’s number 6, you will see it as you walk past.” And with that she toddled off, like some Cinderella at the stroke of midnight.

I can honestly say that never before had and never again will a cup of tea taste so good. This impromptu tonic revitalised us and before we knew it Mole and I were ready to complete the final leg of our soggy journey. As promised I left the crockery on the wall of Number 6 and gave Pearl a thankful wave as we set off. All the way back I whistled and sang happy songs, even though the rain continued to pour down. I must have been a changed man because even my soggy underpants couldn’t dampen my spirits (pardon the pun). As I walked along the path I realised that what just happened wasn’t only a lovely gesture it was the kind of thing that could only happen in Yorkshire.

And so, as I sat on the train watching the idle steelworks of Rotherham go by, I realised that this was a suitable example of what makes the county of Yorkshire quite unique. I realise that some of you may disagree and say that this could have happened anywhere and that there are kind ladies like Pearl all over the country. However, I disagree, after all only a person born in Yorkshire would have used one tea bag in that pot….

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Community Fund Open For Applications!

The Vulcan Renewables Community Fund is now open for applications for 2016.

The Fund from the local biogas facility was created to support local projects and community groups located within a onemile radius of the biogas facility.

The facility, on the A614 south of Hatfield Woodhouse, digests biomass, such as break crops, in a sealed tank in the absence of oxygen, to produce biogas. The gas is upgraded into biomethane and injected directly into the National Grid gas grid and distributed to local homes and businesses. £5,000 is available each year to support the local environment, educational, amenity or other not for profit initiatives/groups in the local area.

In previous years the fund has supported the Hatfield Woodhouse Village Hall and Old Peoples Centre for repairs to their heating system, the Hatfield Scouts were awarded funding for camping equipment, and the Redhouse Park Residents Association received a grant for a replacement marquee.

Other recipients include the Hatfield Woodhouse Amateur Gardening Society, the Working Men’s Angling Club, and also Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School for a sensory garden.

We would like to focus our funding on projects and organisations within a 1-mile radius of the biogas facility, however we will consider proposals within up to 3 miles.

For more information, please see our website www.vulcanrenewables.co.uk where you can find a map showing the area of support, or call Heather Jones on 01483 375920 for an informal chat.

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

7th February Mr Henry Curtis 14th February Mrs Joan Baxter 21st February Miss Sue Pickering (Lay Pastor) 28th February Rev Rom Read (Communion)

Coffee Mornings Saturday 10am - 12noon February 6th St Oswald’s Hospice February 13th, 20th, 27th all for Project 2000

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FRIENDS OF HATFIELD CHURCH BUILDING TRUST Pre-Loved Jewellery Sale at ASDA, Stainforth Fri 12th Feb 10am-2pm, with lots of fabulous reasonably priced jewellery in time for Valentine's Day gifts, even a selection of cuff links!

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Doncaster Council Community First

01302 736000

Yorkshire Water

08451242424

Child Line

0800 111

BT Faultline

0800800151

NSPCC

08088005000

DMBC

01302 734444

RSPCA

01302 719790

Crimestoppers

0800 555111

Hatfield Florist

01302 845597

Doncaster Childrens Information Service

0800 1384568

Hatfield Water Park

01302 841572

Vue Cinema

08712240240

South Yorkshire Fire Service

01142532509

South Yorkshire Police (non - emergency)

01142202020

Travis St Lawrence Primary Lower School

01302 840200

Travis St Lawrence Primary Upper School

01302 842164

Ash Hill Academy

01302 840961

Hatfield Woodhouse Primary School

01302 840448

Hatfield Sheep Dip Lane Primary School

01302 842464

Hatfield Dunsville Primary School

01302 882958

Hatfield Crookesbroom Primary School

01302 841337

Dunsville Community Centre

01302 882602

Hatfield Library

01302 842064

Home Library Service

01302 734304

Hatfield Woodhouse Methodist Church

01302 880450

Hatfield Church Parish Office

01302 350591

Hatfield Health Centre

01302 384200

Dunsville Medical Centre

01302 890108

Doncaster Royal Infirmary

01302 366666

NHS Non-Emergency

111

Weldricks late night pharmacy

01302 369699

Health Watch Doncaster

0808 8010391

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The Dome Leisure Centre

01302 370777

Hatfield Village Watch

01302 841527

CAB Advice Line

0844 4994137

Advertise in the Hatfield Arrow Business Directory for just £2.50 per month.

Kissimmee Florida 3 bed, 2 bath bungalow on a gated residential community with 24 hour Security 3 pools, gym, Jacuzzi & tennis courts on complex. Ideal location for all theme parks (Disney 15mins)

From £250 per week Tel: 01302 842607

Please mention “The Arrow” when responding to advertisements

BUSINESS DIRECTORY CAR Sales & Repairs Barry Gill Sales & Repairs, Hatfield

01302 842878

Ash Hill Crescent, Hatfield

Counselling

‘Established 1989’

Clouds Community Counselling, Free Client Line Confidential Counselling Service 07962 907053 COMPUTER SERVICES It To Go Computer Services

01302 352352

W: www.ittogo.co.uk E: sales@ittogo.co.uk Hair, Health & Beauty All About Me

Casanova Pizzeria

Hair & Beauty

01302 350888

Jessie Credland Foot Clinic 31 High Street Hatfield

01302 351545

Men Only Gents Barbers, Sheep Dip Lane, Dunscroft

07986 366246

The Willows Dental Practice

01427 872106

Home & Garden Blind Ideas, High Street, Hatfield

01302 842627

Sunnybank Garden Centre, Hatfield Woodhouse

01302 842954

Locksmith Locks & Blocks

07768 498668

www.locksandblocks.co.uk

Special Offers Available for Party Orders with Prior Notice OPEN 5pm - 11.30pm {Fri & Sat Delivery until 12pm} Now Open 7 Days a Week Open Bank Holidays

Fast & Friendly Delivery Service

Tel: 01302 843364

B. A. Wright & Sons FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Services / Trades

A Family Business Giving A Personal & Caring Service

A.E.S. Tiling (ceramic floor & wall tiling) Dunsville www.aestiling.org.uk

01302 350653 07749 519557

C M Developments (Yorkshire) Ltd Building Services

01302 351760

E P G Roofing

01302 532676

FISHLAKE - STAINFORTH

Longstaff Electrical Services, Hatfield, 07902 008118

01302 840500 07985 076500

covering all areas

Martin Johnson Plumbing & Heating Repairs, Hatfield

01302 845978 07817 300662

JJ Rowney gas & heating engineers.

Plumbing Heating Gas

07460 957017 Hatfield

Steve Blunt Electrical Contractor 07900188126

01302 350557

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To advertise please call 07854 880882 or 01302 351760

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