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VE Day stands for Victory in Europe day, a key event at the end of WW2.
On 8 May 1945 people all over the world celebrated Germany's surrender, which had been agreed the previous day. This year will be VE Day's 80th anniversary, with lots of exciting events planned.
Lots going on in The Isle to celebrate! On your doorstep, Haxey Memorial Hall are celebrating the day with a wonderful exhibition on the 10th May, FREE entry, make sure you give them your support.
Epworth Town Council have organised lots of events on the 8th starting with the flag raising ceremony in the Market Place Epworth at 9am and finishing the day with the lighting of the beacon at 930pm at Maw’s Mill, Off Belton Road, Epworth.
Belton Park Pavilion, in collaboration with Belton Parish Council are holding a spectacular VE Day 80th Anniversary celebration on Saturday May 10th starting at 11am. The event promises a day of community spirit, entertainment, and remembrance, transforming Belton Park into a vibrant hub of activity.
What ever you choose to do have a great day.
The June issue deadline for adverts and content is 9th May. The Arrow will be delivered by the 1st June.
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Community News
Owston Ferry Heritage Society
invites you to join us Wed 14th May 7.30pm Coronation Hall for an informal "Bring your own Village photos" session. People or places, we'd love to see them; we'll bring some along from The Smithy Museum, as well. £3 entrance includes refreshments.
News from the Smithy
The Smithy Museum will open from Sunday 4th May for our 2025 season. Please check out our facebook page for updates on events & times: "Owston Ferry Smithy & Heritage Centre"
Dementia Action Week
The Isle Dementia Friendly Steering Group will be in the Market Place, Epworth on Thursday May 22nd between 9.30am and 2 pm. If you are affected by Dementia in any way or interested in knowing more about dementia, please come and chat to us.
We would welcome any suggestions from the community for activities to reduce social isolation which can be a risk factor contributing to developing dementia.
Owston Ferry Bowls Club would like to invite you to join them on their Start of Season Open Days taking place on Saturday 26th April followed by Saturday 3rd May. After that there will be 'taster' sessions and roll-ups every Saturday at 2.00p.m.
We are situated at Mount Pleasant Farm at the end of Epworth Road before you leave Owston Ferry to go towards Epworth. Bowls is a sport that is suitable for all that enjoy fresh air, light to moderate exercise, meeting new people or playing against old friends, whilst at the same time enjoying the challenge of bowling to the 'Jack'. You may even want to play for the Club in our league matches.
We at Owston Ferry welcome any new members that would like to join us on our roll-ups every Saturday afternoon starting from the 26th April. We can provide the bowls and equipment but we only ask that you wear flat, softsoled shoes.
We may be a small Club but we pride ourselves on being one of the friendliest and most welcoming.
For further details please contact: Shani Boothman - 01427 728349
Crowle Peatland Railway News
Open Weekend
May 10th & May 11th
Father’s Day Train Cab Rides
Give Dad or Grandad the perfect Father’s Day gift — an exclusive train cab ride experience at Crowle Peatland Railway for just £5.00!
Your special someone will enjoy riding the full length of the track alongside our driver in the train cab, while family and friends follow along in our comfortable coach.
No booking required — simply arrive on the day to secure this memorable experience. Complete your visit with refreshments at our café and let the little ones enjoy our children’s games area, open throughout the weekend.
The perfect way to make Father’s Day special while creating lasting family memories!
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The Old Peatworks Crowle, DN17 4BL
FEMALE FIREFIGHTER CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Local farmer, Ella White, has been a firefighter in Misterton for almost six years and has brought a multitude of talents. She juggles her oncall commitments with full-time farming and is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to all things agricultural. Being in a rural area is a great asset to a station like Misterton. Ella originally joined the service to learn some new skills, and, like most on-call firefighters, a desire to give back to her local community, both of which she has achieved. Her organisational skills have come in handy, too.
Misterton Fire Station’s recruitment drive is live so, if like Ella, you've got existing skills to share, or want to learn some new ones, get an application in. Notts Fire & Rescue Service is looking for people, who want to make a difference in their community. Visit the online careers page (www.notts-fire.gov.uk) to see the type of activities firefighters could expect to be involved in, and further details about the recruitment process.
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It really is all happening at Haxey Tennis Club !
Following the success of our junior members, Emily and Molly, the club is now in the second, and most exciting phase of a 3 phase development project to transform the club and create an unrivalled, all-weather tennis facility in the area for the local Community.
The club has served Haxey Parish since it’s inception in the 1960’s in an area that has expanded enormously in recent years and it is still the only tennis club in the Parish.
With a strong membership of 90+ for a number of years, it became clear that the club needed to develop its existing 2 court facility with a rundown clubhouse that it still shares with the football club.
In 2020, a Business Plan was drawn up and the members and local residents surveyed to find out what would be the priorities and how much support there would be for developing the club. The majority of members expressed a wish for improved Floodlighting, a third court and a new clubhouse. In addition, a petition was raised to the wider local community as well as other tennis clubs & associations in the area and 120 supporters signed it in support of the project.
So, almost 5 years ago, an ambitious plan was presented to the landowners, Haxey Playing Field Association and, thanks to their forward thinking, their unanimous agreement was given and the real work of turning the plans into reality began.
Architectural drawings were commissioned and submitted to North Lincolnshire Council in an application for planning consent and the final design was approved in July 2023.
Initial costings of the project showed it to be in the region of £220,000 which meant obtaining the required funding was going to be a mammoth task. So, the decision was taken to split the project into 3 smaller phases:
Phase 1: new, improved LED floodlights for the existing 2 courts
Phase 2: build a new 3rd floodlit court with an all-weather surface on all courts
Phase 3: erect a new, modern clubhouse
In March this year, an application to UKSPF, (UK Govt Funding), for £20,000 was successful and new floodlights were installed by the end of September in time for the arrival of the darker evenings to complete Phase 1.
At the same time, thanks to the help of Cllr Julie Reed, who provided a vital level of support throughout, applications were made for Phase 2 and on 19th November, the club were delighted to receive confirmation that the requested funding had been awarded and our very grateful thanks go to all of the following funding organisations :
SSE Renewables SDF (Wind farms): £29,850
UKSPF (UK Govt Funding) : £40,000
Haxey Parish Council: £5,150
NLC Community Grant Fund: £59,972
Unbelievably, just a week later, the chosen Contractor, Sports Surfacing Solutions of Bingham, Nottingham were able to start the work for phase 2 and it will, hopefully, be completed in Spring 2025.
Opening night tournament under the new floodlights
Membership of Haxey Tennis Club is extremely reasonably priced starting at as little as £6 per month and with the extra court capacity the club is now able to accept new membership applications for what will be an exciting 2025 season.
To join this very friendly and family-oriented club, please go to our website at: https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/HaxeyTennisClub/Membership/Join or scan this code:
We also offer a Pay to Play facility for non members to come and try out the sport of tennis which has recently been recognised as being beneficial to both mental and physical health and can combat loneliness too.
You can make a whole new circle of friends, so, why not give it a go?
Your Bowls Club Needs You!
Haxey and Westwoodside Bowls Club situated next to the car park at Haxey Playing Fields, Haxey Lane, Haxey DN9 2ND
Come and see us some time !
We are always pleased to welcome visitors and new members to our Club. Haxey & Westwoodside Bowls Club would welcome new members, novices, or seasoned players to join them. Our practice evenings are every Wednesday commencing at 5:00pm from 16th April and every Sunday commencing at 11am from 20th April until September.
If you are in the area, just pop in one Wednesday evening or Sunday morning/afternoon throughout the summer to watch us play or join us! Bowling can be a challenging game, requiring concentration, a little skill and gentle physical application. Just the very thing to spend time with a few friends on a fine summer’s evening. The club is also looking into the possibility of having a French Boules/Pétanque facility available in 2025.
We are a friendly bowling club and we provide excellent facilities for our members and guests on a good lawn bowling green.
Free coaching will be available for men, women and younger players throughout the season. Equipment can be provided.
You can have the opportunity to play in league matches, internal competitions or just friendly “roll ups”
For further details you can contact the Secretary: Steve Brown (Tel: 07972 493750) or Chris Blackwell (Tel: 07470 299000)
Community News
Haxey & Westwoodside Heritage
Society
The Society was formed around 43 years ago with the aim of recording and preserving the history of Haxey Parish. It promotes interest through publications, trips and monthly meetings at which guest speakers are invited to talk on various subjects. At the meeting members are updated on events and activities planned before settling back to an entertaining and informative presentation by the guest speaker on subjects as diverse as Robert Fish – “Their Legacy, Our Axholme”, Evelyn Van Breemen from Scunthorpe Museum – “Boggins and Ploughjags”, and David Seymour – “Misterton and West Stockwith, the evolution of the two communities”. We look forward to our July meeting when David will give us a guided walk along the Trentside in West Stockwith to point out the historical buildings of interest.
The meetings are held on the second Thursday each month at 7.30pm in Westwoodside Village Hall, Membership is open to all and a monthly meeting fee of £3 to cover the cost of the hall and the speaker fees. To join the Society or to gain more information contact the chairman Kevan Smithey on 01427 753318 or the secretary Liz Berry on 07982756250, catch us on Facebook, or just come to one of our meetings where you will receive a warm welcome.
Coming up shortly on Saturday, May 10th “A Celebration of VE Day” in Haxey Memorial Hall with “The 1940s Home and Away Exhibition”, 1:30-4pm plus parish photos and mementos. Why not come along and join us? A chance to meet with friends old and new.
HELP NEEDED AT MISTERTON GALA
This year, the Gala is on Saturday 5 July from 12 noon and organisers are looking for volunteers to help for a limited period on the day – in exchange for free entry, a burger and a drink. If you can help with tasks such as taking money at the gate, please get in touch by e-mail to mistertongala@gmail.com
UP COMING EVENTS
10th May 25 VE Day celebrations at Willow Fields Campsite. (Watch out for the programme of events and timings.
Late May Early June (exact date tbc) Elderflower Champagne Brewing @ Pig Barn Brewery
28th May 25 Crown Green Bowling (Roll up invite) Haxey Bowls Club
25th June 25 Willow Weaving with Sarah (Bird Feeder)
23rd July 25 Wire Art with Helen (Tree Or Life)
Some of the above events will have an additional cost levied as well as meeting fee for none members.
Free refreshments will be served. Raffle with great prizes. Join our Facebook Page to keep up to date with all our exciting programme of events & projects
For more information please contact. (or just call in)
Andrea Rowbotham 07939 124026 ajrowbotham2019@yahoo.com Jenny Couch 07825 854145 jennifergcouch@aol.com
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Get ready for the ultimate automotive event on Sunday 1st June at Meadowhall!
From high performance supercars to vintage classics, motorcycles and tractors, there’ something for everyone-plus plenty of family-friendly fun.
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Roofing Repairs
Fencing
Chimney Repairs
Brickwork Pointing
Garden Clearance
Fascias, Soffits and Guttering and lots more…….
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Tel: Kelwyn 07412673658
DONCASTER CANCER DETECTION TRUST
April is such a lovely month, with the promise of warmer days and lighter evenings. We are very happy to report that, with your generous donations, we have purchased a USS lung machine for Doncaster Royal Infirmary at a cost of £19,500. This is a chest ultrasound machine (a non-invasive imaging tool) which will assist the Doncaster respiratory team who are planning on setting up a dedicated pleural service to do a ‘one-stop shop’ pleural clinic. There are more than 700 pleural effusion related admissions per year at DRI, many of which are cancer related.
Our main news is that we are changing the way we will operate as from 1st April. However, due to finalising legal details, it will take a little longer to inform you what is actually happening. Rest assured we will let you know as soon as possible.
In the meantime, should you wish to get in touch with us our contact details are: 22 Wood Street, Doncaster DN1 3LW (passageway to the right of “The Grumpy Goat Coffee House”), first floor (lift available), Room 104. Tel. 01302 325029. Email: info@dcdt.co.uk. Website: dcdt.co.uk. As the office is not fully manned it is best to Email or telephone in advance if you are thinking of coming to see us. As always, we really appreciate your support.
Community News
Isle Group of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust-Lockdown and Lepidopteron by Matt Cox Thursday May 1st 2025 at 7.30pm
On Thursday May 1st 2025 at 7.30pm the local wildlife trust group will be having a talk by Matt Cox who works for the Wildlife Trust as the regional warden for our local area. Matt looks after the local reserves as well as those in the Scunthorpe area and has a wide ranging interest and knowledge of wildlife. He will be talking to us about what he saw during lockdown and about British butterflies and moths and showing us excellent photographs. Do come along and join us
This will be the last meeting before our summer break, but we start again on Thursday October 2nd.
We meet at Belton All Saints Centre (Church Hall), Stocks Hill, Belton, DN9 1PE Everyone is welcome, you don't have to be a member of the Wildlife Trust, so please come along and join us. Entrance fee is £2. There will be refreshments available and a raffle. For further information about the local Trust group and their meetings please contact Tony Lee on 01427 753831 or Chris Trinder on 01427 872051. Details about the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust can be found on their web site
Students and staff from St Martins School gathered at St Martins Church on Friday 4th April for a special Easter service, bringing the school and community together in celebration. The service, led by the children, included Bible readings, prayers, and traditional Easter hymns. Pupils shared the Easter story, reflecting on the themes of hope, new life, and the resurrection of Jesus. Parents, carers, and members of the local community were invited to attend, filling the church with warmth and support. The event ended with a joyful song and a message of peace and kindness to carry into the Easter holidays.
A large selection of Perennials and Summer Bedding Plants
Hanging Baskets available from Mid May
Compost and Tomato plants
1st Isle of Axholme BP Scouts April 2025
Welcome to spring in BP Scouts where we make the most of our traditional scouting skills by being out and about as much as possible. Beavers have been busy adding to their numbers with more investitures and finishing off their first footprint badge by working on friendship - learning what it takes to be a good friend, and helping others by arranging a generous donation to Axholme food share. They have also been finishing their road safety badge where we went outside and drew our own chalk zebra crossings to practise safe road crossing. Beaver of the week is hotly contested and “Goofy” the beaver goes home for the week for adventures with the most deserving beaver.
Cubs have been working on their guide badge, and also crime prevention badge which included a visit from the police. They have also been out helping the community by litter picking in the local Westwoodside area. We had our first sleepover of the year at West Butterwick Hall where we also completed our entertainer badge - with gymnastics, singing and dancing. Well done! Scouts and Senior scouts also had their first camp of the year in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire. We stayed in Summerbridge village hall, and scouts all helped with the catering. We navigated a planned hike to Brimham Rocks on Saturday, had a massive hide and seek game amongst the rocks before walking back to the hall. After cooking and clearing up from dinner, the evening was jam packed with games. Sunday morning was spent at a local activity centre doing archery and target air rifle shooting in teams. After lunch we enjoyed the inflatable session at the newly refurbished Knaresborough swimming pool. It was lovely to see the new scouts and older senior scouts getting on so well together. In our weekly sessions we have been finishing our observer badge (the traditional Kim’s game still intensely difficult, and trying to identify sounds), and continuing our cycling badges (having learnt how to do running repairs and maintenance, we are now planning for our 8km bike ride and carrying messages). Senior scouts cycling badge (called dispatch rider) includes basic car care too, and being able to write a report following an accident. They also all need to be familiar with road signs and symbols - primary school bikeability meets driving test! This term sees more cubs move up to scouts so we will be revisiting our bushcraft and survival skills: axe and knife work, camping and bivouac, outdoor cooking (open fires and stoves) and ropes and knots.
We are looking forward to seeing all four sections on parade, smartly turned out, for the Palm Sunday church parade on 13th April. Photos to follow.
For those interested in BP scouts, the website is www.traditionalscouting.co.uk
Sections all meet at the Westwoodside Village Hall: Monday (Cubs, Scouts and Senior Scouts) meeting at 6pm (Cubs), and 7pm (Scouts & Senior Scouts), and Tuesday evening at 6pm (Beavers). All enquiries about Scouts or Beavers should go to Gregor on: gagibb79@aol.com and Cub enquiries should go to Matthieu at: matthieu_maloigne@mentor.com.
