Haxeyjuly2013

Including Misterton, Wroot, & Owston Ferry

July 2013

Issue 68 Everything you need for your Garden!

Police News Page 12 Where you live your local history Page 16 Haxey Parish Council Newsletter Page 21

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Editors Letter…

At last the Summer months have arrived, full of long sunny days and warm evenings! Well we can but dream!

Let’s hope its an improvement to the rainy months of July last year when many events had to be cancelled. Rescue Day is on Saturday 13th July at 7 Lakes Country Park . If you remember last year it had to be cancelled, all the hard work put into it for local charities as well! Let’s make it a bumper event this year and raise as much money for charity as we can!

Let the sun shine!

Don’t forget there is also the Smithy Museum at Owston Ferry open every Sunday and Bank Holidays until September. Travel back in time and support your local history!

The deadline for the August issue is Wednesday 10th July. Keep your articles coming in and if anyone is interested in advertising please give me a call.

Enjoy your read.

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Dunroamin K9 Dog Rescue- We are now based at Croft House Kennels in West Stockwith , and have many rescue dogs of different breeds looking for loving homes.

We are also grateful for donations of dog food, toys & treats, along with any items we can re-sell to raise much needed funds to help care for and feed our dogs.

If you are considering adopting a rescue dog, or are able to help us in any way, please call us on 01427 728705 or email us at info@dunroamink9rescue.org.uk and arrange to come along to see our lovely dogs for adoption.

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The Smithy, Owston Ferry High Street is open Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays until the end of Sept 2pm - 5pm.

Adults £2, children 50p, We open outside these times for Group visits: contact Don Clayphan 01427 728361

CAR BOOT SALE ON THE 1ST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH! Starting Sun 7th July - Epworth Thurlow Playing Field Fundraising for Epworth Primary Academy and Thurlow Pre-school 1-3pm (Set up from 12 noon) £5 a car, £10 for Trade.

Limited parking onsite. Contact 07864594905 for more info.

We are delighted to award Haxey Pre - School with the Communication, Interaction Charter Mark. All of the staff work hard to promote and develop the communication skills of all their children. It has been a pleasure to work with the team to achieve this. Well done Haxey Pre - School!

Tracey Evison ( School Improvement Officer for Literacy, North Lincs Council)

Be’dazzled Theatre School are performing a version of the hit musical Les Miserables ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ at Gainsborough Trinity Arts Centre. The performance takes place on Saturday 13th July 2013 at Gainsborough Trinity arts 2:30pm and 6pm.

The Friends of Owston Ferry WI are holding a coffee morning on Thursday 25th July at 10am in the Coronation Hall, Owston Ferry when the proceeds will be donated to Cancer Research. There will be a £1.00 entrance charge, a raffle, various stalls and refreshments will be served.

St. Martins Church, Owston Ferry Services for July:7th July 9.15am Sung Eucharist 14th July 9.15am Sung Eucharist 21st July 9.15am Sung Eucharist 28th July 9.15am Sung Eucharist

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CELEBRATING BAPTISM AT ST NICHOLAS CHURCH HAXEY. Baptisms at St Nicholas are held as part of the Morning Service and on these occasions there is a larger congregation and often a few extras for the Sunday School. Too often we do not see the family of the baptized child in church until the next child arrives!

It was decided to invite families who had had children baptized during the last year or two to a special Sunday afternoon get together. Invitations were made personally and a number of families were pleased to attend. Other church members

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attended and helped in various ways. Having greeted our special families the children were soon busy cutting pasting and colouring at a craft table.

Photographs of baptism celebrations were projected onto the screen and our organist played some cheerful background music while adults chatted.

Nigel North our Church Warden asked everyone to assemble for the short service of Songs, Prayers and a short talk by the vicar, the Rev Jeremy Green.

The Mothers’ Union main aim is to support family life and bringing children to church for baptism is part of Christian Family Life. The two regular M.U. publications Families First and Families Worldwide concentrate on supporting parents. A recent article about the importance of Dads in the spiritual development of the child advertised a small leaflet – What Dads Add- these were given to the fathers present at the service.

Haxey is very hot on refreshments and these were enjoyed alongside more chat and children’s craft. It was really good to have our young families in church for this celebration.

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News, News, News... £1,858 51 RAISED FOR CHRISTIAN AID We had our final Hunger Lunch raising funds for Christian Aid in 2013 during Christian Aid Week. £256.90 was raised which added to the £761.91 raised during Lent is £1,026.81. Very many thanks to the organizing team, the regular weekly workers and those on the rota for making these occasions happy get togethers. The soups have always been delicious thanks to Phil and Carol Arscott. We do appreciate having the professionals on the job.

Our other effort to raise funds for Christian Aid was courtesy of ‘Take Note’. The choir gave an excellent concert at St Nicholas Church on Saturday May 18th. The choice of songs was varied and the singers and audience enjoyed every item, from the serious ‘Say a Little Prayer’ to the delightful ‘Do Re Mi’ sung by the Notelets.

Conductor – Ruth Bruce is to be congratulated on the standard achieved by the Take Note choir, which was very ably accompanied by Nicole Lewin.

Again the professionals were on the job. £831.70 was raised for Christian Aid .

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On Saturday 25th May a Big Breakfast, Cake Stall and Car Wash took place at Wroot Village Hall . This event was part of the North Lincolnshire Festival Weekend, which was organised to showcase facilities funded by the Leader Project. We were pleased to welcome Shalon Perkins, coordinator of the Leader Project (photographed with the car washers). £272.10p was raised during the morning and the money will be put towards the continuing maintenance costs of the hall, a facility used regularly by the local community for a host of events and entertainment.

The morning's event was very successful and greatly encouraged by the long awaited return of sunshine. The ladies in the kitchen (Terri' Brownbridge, Kate Wilson, Liz' Viles and Clare Hopkins) were kept very busy preparing snacks and beverages and of course the very popular Wroot Full English Breakfast. Cakes were also entered into competitions and judged by Betty Bayes. The overall adult winner was Julie Noble with Libby Goodwin winning the children's section. Outside, in the sunshine, Neil Sanderson and his three female assistants Lucy Hopkins and sisters Eleanor and Libby Goodwin were busy all morning washing cars.

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Isle of Axholme Where You Live

Your Local History

Amateur Dramatics The Epworth Mowbray Players No. 13 by Anthony Catherall

Christopher Buttrick a schoolboy made a refreshing debut to the Imperial Hall stage on 22nd March 1961 playing William (Bill) Harvey in “Dear Octopus” a comedy drama written in 1938

by Dodie Smith. Conversely to the last production a huge cast of 17 players crammed the dressing room behind the stage. There were many new faces joining Christopher on the boards that month. (a month when the USSR had just put a dog into orbit, a prelude to the first man in space Yuri Gagarin three weeks later on April 12, the space age had begun), including, Barbara Bennett, Angela Robinson, Dorothy Johnson, Margaret Selby, Ann Bell (schoolgirl) and Barbara Bennett.

The plot, ‘It is the weekend of Charles & Dora Randolph’s Golden Wedding, Four generations meet in the crowded house when the whole family is present. It is time for celebration when hopes and memories come back, a time to face old fears and anxieties a time for love…. Over the course of the weekend, the family members have to come to terms with their own inner quarrels, their jealousies and attitudes towards the family. It was certainly a box office winner: Bookings for the four-night presentation were well up on last year and apart from two back rows there was a full-house first night on the Wednesday. The play however had not been produced without travail-travail beyond the ordinary for amateur dramatic societies. One big handicap had been that the producer, Miss Gertrude Lees, had been ill during much of the rehearsal period, and even in the late stages of preparation had been able to supervise just once a week. On Miss Mary Housham, her deputy, therefore had fallen a great responsibility for what went right or wrong, according to good luck and good management, she was quite well satisfied. After the celebrations, at two-am on the Saturday night, the clocks went forward for British summertime.

Some of the cast members

Back row; Margaret Archer - Gordon Fletcher – Ann Bell – M. Clifford Trimingham – Barbara Bennett.

Front row; Freda Matthews – Christopher Buttrick – Ella Dempster – Dora Armitage.

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North Warren House Care Home is a traditional building set in a third of an acre of well maintained grounds and gardens in a peaceful setting. Our home from home is tucked away off the main road yet close to the town centre, community amenities and bus routes.

We have been providing care for older people for over 30 years. We are registered to provide day care, respite and long term care. Our home is over two floors with spacious lounges, a quiet room and a dining room that overlooks the garden. You will be encouraged to join in with social activities if you wish and live you preferred way of life. We pride ourselves on providing care that meets individual needs in a relaxed and homely environment.

Our team are dedicated and committed to help make our residents happygoing the extra mile to ensure their comfort. Staff are NVQ trained and take part in ongoing training. We work together and support each other to ensure best practice is achieved at all times.

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In the Bible, life is described as being a bit like participating in a race. Derek Redmond, a young British athlete in the 1992 Olympics, had dreamed all his life of winning a gold medal in the 400 metre race. His dream was becoming a possibility when he succeeded in getting into the semifinal. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his leg and he fell to the track with a torn muscle.

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Derek struggled to his feet. He started to hop toward the finish line on one foot in an attempt to finish the race. Suddenly, a large man came out of the stands and ran to Derek's side. It was Derek's father, who then helped him to finish the race. At first, the crowd watched in silence.

Then they rose to their feet, cheering and clapping.

Of course, Derek Redmond finished well and truly in last place, but he walked away with the incredible memory of a loving father who, when he saw his son in pain, left his seat in the stands to help him finish the race.

We may struggle with difficulties at times in our lives, but we can have a heavenly Father who loves us and will help us. And we have Jesus who came to earth to show us how best to run the race of life.

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Rated outstanding in all areas by 0fsted, the re-school is located in the Memorial Hall, Haxey We accept children from 2 years of age and are happy to announce that from September 2013 funding is available for 2 year olds up to 15 hours per week.

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Westwoodside Church of England School Buddies One of the strengths of our school is older children helping the younger ones. For example, there is a rota for our Year 6 School Councillors to be ‘Buddies’ by helping the younger children, in Foundation Stage and Years 1 and 2, during playtimes. In the photo, pupils from Mrs Harris’ class are taking part in ‘Buddy’ training by completing activities with Year 2 pupils in the hall. There are many examples of older children helping the learning of younger pupils in different ways.

Kwik Cricket Sometimes our older children benefit from the support of pupils from South Axholme Academy. On 21 May, we sent a ‘Kwik Cricket’ team of Years 5 and 6 children to South Axholme for a coaching session where some the Academy’s Sports Ambassadors supported our players. Our team went on to a tournament at Brumby Hall Sports Ground in Scunthorpe on 06 June and almost made it into the final!

Gardening As part of their learning about ‘Growth’ in Science, all the children in year 2 are growing a plant in the School’s greenhouse. To develop Literacy and Maths, the children are keeping a diary of their plant’s progress.

Passport Days It has become an established tradition that two days per term are allocated to Passport Days. At this time, the normal timetable is suspended and the children, in a pair of classes, learn about a different part of the United Kingdom or a foreign country – hence ‘Passport Days’. The emphasis is on active learning and valuing diversity in people and places. Often pairs of classes will collaborate in their learning. Recently, Year 1 and 2 learnt about life in London.

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THE TRENTSIDE FEDERATION (ST MARTIN’S AND WEST BUTTERWICK C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOLS) SCHOOL NEWS Following on from our last School News, I am pleased to report that our planting troughs are now in situ at West Butterwick School and we are growing our first crop of sugarsnap peas! Following this, the children have already expressed a wish to add strawberries and purple carrots to the seasonal planting plan as it moves through a full cycle over the next 12 months or so. Mrs Marshall, a local resident has kindly donated some leeks and so we should have a good variety all in all!

Staying on the theme of food, the Foundation Stage pupils (Nursery and Reception) of both schools have held medieval banquets recently. As an extension to their learning linked to castles and castle life, our youngest pupils had the chance to come to school dressed in costume (Knights and Princesses were popular themes) to participate in jousting, medieval dancing and period games of the time. It was very enjoyable. No horses were injured in the jousting as we used inflatables!

A medieval banquet is to now lead on to fish and chips, as our Key Stage 1 children (Years 1 and 2) will enjoy an educational visit to the seaside towards the end of June, linked to their geography work. Our ‘Infant Geographers’ have been comparing and contrasting regional seaside/coastal towns such as Cleethorpes, Skegness and Mablethorpe. In terms of gaining an awareness of the wider world, a regional comparison led to developing their global knowledge looking at coastal features of such far-flung places as Bondi Beach, New South Wales in Australia. The children are now looking forward to exploring some of these coastal features first-hand although not on Bondi Beach, but at Cleethorpes! Key Stage 2 pupils at West Butterwick visited Idle Valley near Retford, a few weeks ago, to carry out some pond dipping and really enjoyed learning about the variety of wildlife and how the habitat of a pond supports their existence. Junior pupils at both schools have continued to extend their knowledge of the Vikings and learned more about the Viking way of life, through a visit from Helga, a Viking Time Traveller who happened to call in to St Martin’s Owston Ferry! She told them all about Viking raids, longhouses, food, clothes and religious and cultural beliefs. The children were fascinated and asked lots of insightful questions.

The special Viking Week at St Martin’s ended in an authentic Viking meal of rye bread, vegetable stew and rice pudding, which the children had a hand in making.

Bringing ‘School News’ back to the present day now, we had a ‘football’ focus in both schools for our School Councils as the West Butterwick Juniors Football Club Chairperson (Noreen Smith) and Treasurer (Alan Jones) generously donated £245 to each school in our Federation and told them all about the history of the club, that now sadly no longer runs. This money was raised by the Club over the time it started, approximately sixteen years ago. The two football kits that remain are being sent to Uganda for the benefit of children who play football in East Africa.

The School Council at St Martin’s welcomed a Dog Warden in to school on Friday 7th June to talk to the pupils about being a responsible dog owner.

Presentation of Football Club cheque from Noreen Smith.

Paul McCurragh did an impressive job in answering all of the children’s questions and will be visiting West Butterwick School next to give his talk. Competition entries for ‘Scoop the Poop’ were judge by Paul and Cllr Jan Williams during the visit to St Martin’s. First prize went to Brooke McKenna with three runners up :- Travis May, Sarah Sellars and Jackson Swales. Congratulations to these children. Thanks also to Cllr Jan Williams for donating the prizes. We are now looking ahead to everything that June and July brings to the school year....

Sports Afternoons and Leavers’ Services. I am sure we all remember the intense rain we experienced last June, so let’s hope that the weather is kind to us this year, for Sports Afternoon in particular!

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Axholme Camera Club News Letter Tuesday 28th May 2013 the Camera Club held its Annual General meeting in the Church Hall Haxey. The attendance was good and the business was concluded reasonable quickly. The chairman gave a special thank you to Ken Thompson who after many years has decided to stand down from his position on the committee.

Following this the committee was then re-elected with the chairman expressing his thanks to all its members for the hard work through the year. The chairman also emphasised that many of our Judges and Speakers through the year had openly made reference to the friendliness and the enjoyable atmosphere of the club. There was then time for questions from the members, after which the AGM was closed.

There was then a print knockout competition organised by our Treasurer with each member entering four images of any subject, size or colour. Four images were displayed at a time and the members then voted by a show of hands, the one with most votes went on to the next round. This went on till there was only four images let standing. The overall winner was Simon Knight with a great monochrome images of his pet dog. Well done to all who entered and congratulation to Simon.

The following week the members took the opportunity to bring their camera to have a roam around the outside of the Church. Unfortunately we could not get access to the inside on this occasion however this did not stop most members from enjoying the evening sunshine in the church grounds.

Following this short photo shoot the members Storm over Balmoral Castle were treated to a Cream Tea with Scones and Pavlova including strawberries etc. During the Cream Teas we presented the trophy's to the winning members, these are the Emlyn Perrit Trophy and Several Money Gifts Certificates supplied by our sponsors “Tom Dennis of Scunthorpe�, these are awarded for the highest points scored for competitions through the year.

It was a clean sweep with Jean Goodburn taking the prize money and Trophy, the runner up was George Fiddler followed by David Livsey. Well done and congratulation to Jean.

The committee will be meeting over the next few weeks to ensure we have a interesting programme for next season.

Flower of creation

Meeting on the beach

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Co-op Support First Responders as ‘Community Champions’ MISTERTON based Five Villages First Responder group have been chosen by Lincolnshire Co-op as the beneficiaries of their ‘Community Champion’ scheme this summer.

‘Community Champions’ is Lincolnshire Co-op’s way of sharing profits with the community. Every time a member shops at Misterton Co-op and uses their dividend card between 2nd June and 7th September, a donation from the company will go to the voluntary First Responder team.

Nominated Champions change every 3 months so hundreds of charities throughout the area can benefit.

The group are asking everyone to remember to use their dividend card when they shop at the store to help them raise as much money as possible.

Anyone who has not got a dividend card can apply for one and forms are available in store.

The Community First Responders (CFR) give their time to be on call and are dispatched by the ambulance service following a 999 call involving a medical emergency in the local area.

Because the CFR is nearby in the community, they can proceed straight to the scene and begin to give care to the patient until the arrival of the ambulance. The scheme is run on a voluntary basis and funded by local donations and fund raising events. Therefore the support of the Co-op will help to boost the funds of this vital local organisation, helping to ensure it is able to continue it’s good work.

If you are interested in finding out more information about the Five Villages First Responder team, then please get in touch via e-mail contact@fvfr.co.uk, visit the website for more details www.fvfr.co.uk or telephone 07909 001226 and leave a message.

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What’s On In Your area in the Isle of Axholme Activity

Meeting place

Time

Mon

18th Haxey Cubs

Scout hut Behind Haxey Church

6:30 - 8:30 pm

01427 752250

Mon

Isle of Axholme Wolf cubs

Westwoodside Village Hall

6.00-7.30 pm

01427 754120

Mon

Isle of Axholme Scouts

Westwoodside Village Hall

7.00-9.00 pm

01427 754120

Tues

All Stars Tae Kwon Do

Coronation Hall, Owston Ferry

6.00 - 8.00pm

01427728162

Tues

Isle of Axholme Beavers

Westwoodside Village Hall

6.00-7.30 pm

01427 754120

Tues

Line Dancing

Westwoodside Village Hall

7.30-9.30 pm

01427 873778

Wed

Mother and Toddler

Westwoodside Village Hall

9.00-11.00 am

Mon/Thur Isle of Axholme short mat Bowls Club Coronation Hall (September—April)

Contact

1.30—3.30 pm 01427 752344

Wed

Social Club—over 60’s

Westwoodside Village Hall

Fri

Tae kwan Do

Westwoodside Village Hall

2.00-4.00 pm 01427 752524

Tues

18th Haxey Beavers

Scout hut Behind Haxey Church

6:00 - 7:30 pm

01427 752250

Fri

18th Haxey Scouts

Scout hut Behind Haxey Church

7:00 - 9:00 pm

01427 752250

Mon

Preschool— Playgroup 2.5—5 years

Memorial Hall

9:15-:3:15 pm

01427 754330

Mon

Ballroom Dancing Classes

Memorial Hall

3:00-10:00 pm

01427 873532

Tues

Preschool Playgroup 3—5 years

Memorial Hall

9:15-3:15 pm

01427 754330

Tues

Bingo

Memorial Hall

7pm—9pm

01427 752636

Wed

Preschool– playgroup 2.5—5 years

Memorial Hall

9:15- 3:15pm

01427 754330

Wed

Sunshine Yoga

Epworth

1:15-2:45pm

01427 873730

Fri

Tae Kwan Do

Memorial Hal

5:45-6:45 pm

1st Wed

Haxey Woman's Institute (WI)

Memorial Hall

Wed

Swing Band Rehearsal

Stephen Jones Community Hall, Haxey

Thurs

Owston Ferry Bowling Club

Owston Ferry Bowling Green

Thurs

Sunshine Yoga

Coronation Hall, Owston Ferry

Thurs

Preschool—Playgroup 3—5 years

Thurs

5.00-7.00pm 01302 311174

01302 311174 01427 753062

7:30-930 pm 2.00-4.00pm

01427 728590

7:00 - 8:30 pm

01427 873730

Memorial Hall

9:15-3:15 pm

01427 753162

Happy Circle (over 60’s)

Memorial Hall

2:00—4:00 pm

01427 752636

Thurs

Bambi—Playgroup 1—3 years

Memorial Hall

9:30-11:00 am

01427 754830

Thurs

Boxercise

Haxey Church Hall

7:00—8:00 pm

01427 753269

3rd Thurs Ferry Folk Group

Crooked Billet, Owston Ferry

8pm start

01427 728643

Fri

Ashby Concert Band

Ashby Wesley Hall www.ashbyconcertband.webs.com

19:30 -22:00

01724 784494

Thurs

Kick Boxing

Memorial Hall

6:00 - 8:00pm

01427 875051

Fri

Preschool—Playgroup 2.5—5 years

Memorial Hall

9:15-3:15 pm

01427 754330

Fri

Isle of Axholme short mat Bowls Club Epworth Leisure Centre (September—April)

3.30—5.30 pm

01427 752344

Memorial Hall

10:3012:noon

01427 753787

3:00 10:00pm

01427 873532

Fri

Musical Monkeys 0—5 years

Fri

Ballroom Dancing Classes

Memorial Hall

Fri

Nordic Walking

Epworth Garden Centre

Thurs

Epworth & Isle of Axholme Rotary Club

The Red Lion , Epworth

Thurs

Musical Movement - Toddlers 12months +

(Roll Up & Drives)

10.00-noon 01724 297280 6pm start

01427 875540

Epworth Thurlow Pre School

9:00 - 10:00 am

01427 875016 01427 875016 01909 480087

Thurs

Musical Movement - Baby Group

Epworth Thurlow Pre School

10:00 - 11:00 am

Sat

Slate House Market & Carboot

Nr Messingham, Scunthorpe

1pm start

The Stephen Jones Community Hall - Pam Layton (Bookings) Bookings of the Memorial Hall

Joanne Mottram

01427 752783 E mail joannemottram@live.co.uk

0784 0032 062

Bookings of Westwoodside Village Hall

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Bookings of West Butterwick Village Hall

Beryl Ash

01724 783125

Dear readers, Park on the left-hand side of the road if possible – make it always if it’s at night.

In a car park you should reverse into parking spaces. This will make it safer when you’re driving out and more fuel-efficient as you’ll be manoeuvring with a warm engine. Also, it’s easier to steer into a small space backwards rather than forwards – steering effectively with the rear wheels is better for manoeuvring.

If reversing into a space, try to start by manoeuvring the car so that the space is straight behind you the less turning you have to do backwards, the easier most people find it to judge.

Some buildings have signs saying to park nose in, because of where air intakes are for the ventilation and where car exhaust pipes will be when parked backwards – look for the signs so you don’t gas the occupants!

Car sides are often not straight, so watch other things than just the car next to you when lining up in a space.

A higher seating position inside the car makes it easier to manage knowing where the corners are when in a tight space.

Use your mirrors as well as looking over your shoulder to check how close to things you are, and how straight your vehicle is. And there’s no shame in peering out of an open window to get a better look.

At the supermarket, try and park away from trolley parks and corners to avoid your car being damaged.

Think about which bit of the car you need access to when you get back to it – so if you have heavy items to lift into the boot, park so it is easily accessible.

When reversing in a space, the rear wheels are the point where a car “pivots”, so watching where they are relative to the corner of a wall/other car is really useful. Once they are past the corner, the way you steer relative to it to avoid the corner changes.

Parking is now a staple part of the L-test, and it can be quite surprising to see how often people struggle with it, and see the task as particularly stressful. It’s important that you take your time and don’t succumb to pressure by other drivers around you when you are parking – it’s far better to do it right than to do it quickly. Practice is the real key – if you do it often you should be able to do it well.

If you are interested in further information regarding the courses that we offer you will be able to find this information by contacting.

Paul Tuke, Doncaster Advanced Motorists.

01302 886 276 Safe Driving.

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Advice

Business Directory

Pensions Helpline

0800 991234

Electricity Emergencies

0800 375 675

Transco - Gas Leaks Yorkshire Water

080 111 999 0845 1242424

Care in the Community Age Concern

0800 009966

Childline

0800 1111

£30 + VAT for 12 months Contact Carolyn

01302 532676

Boarding Kennels/Training Croft House Kennels & Cattery

01427 890235

Business/Finance/Accountants Sterry & Co Chartered Certified Accountants

01427 752958

Hurstons Accountants & Bus. Advisors

01427 873737

Health/Fitness /Swimming

Neighbourhood Watch

01482 444466

Minnows Swimming Club, Misterton School Pool Catherine 01427 754240 or Annette 01427 754772

Health Visitor Team for under 5’s

01427 871181

Pilates classes covering the Isle with Jill Allen

SSAFA Forces Help www.ssafa,org.uk

, 01476 569764

NSPCC

0808 80050000

RSPCA

08705 555999

NHS Direct

0845 4647

Owston Ferry LIVES (information only)

01427 728324

Community Crime Stoppers

0800 555 111

Carers Support Centre

01652 650585

Isle of Axholme Lions

01427 752139

Isle of Axholme Osteoporosis Support Link—Anne Broster

01427 875752

0790 338 4065

Quality Lifestyles Personal Training Consultancy Paul Seaman ACSM HFI 01427 753591 / 07714 318958

Funeral Directors Fields Funeral Service, Westwoodside

01427 874424

R Butoid Funeral Service , Misterton & Dist

01427 890317

Local Taxis Axi Private Hire up to 8 passengers www.axiprivatehire.co.uk

7866 859963 01724 798877

A & H Taxi (based in Westwoodside) up to 8 passengers 07817 068199

Executive/Chauffeur Driven/Wedding Transport EX-ZEC Travel Services www. exzectravel.co.uk

01302 820137 078 765 955 74

Trade/Craftsmen Holgate’s Home Improvements and Maintenance

Education and General Epworth Country Primary School

01427 872345

Haxey C of E School

01427 752294

Westwoodside C of E Primary School

01427 752355

Westwoodside Mobile Library

01724 865675

EPG Roofing Ltd

Haxey Library - Memorial Hall

01724 753239

C M Developments Building Services

Willows Dental Practice—Belton

01427 872106

Chris Yeardley Roofing services 01427 754197 / 07974 140344 J M B Plastering—Haxey

01427 752200 / 07785 735984

Axholme wood recycling (suppliers of firewood) 01427 874324 07711 254113 01427 420184 / 07850 976791 01302 770216

Complete Fire & Security Systems Ltd 01302 511050 / 07917 766922

Home and Garden

Leisure

Axholme Pest Control

01427 873608 / 0776 6747245

Epworth Leisure Centre

01427 873845

Fountain Court florist

Ashby Concert Band - Rehearsals Fridays—Mr B Page

01724 784494

Entertainment/Children’s Care

Haxey Cricket Club

01427 752394

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0745 6524 004

Brooks Homecare Improvements 01427 875314 /07973142963

01427 874831

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