Aug, issue 52, The Haxey and Westwoodside Arrow

August 2010

Covering

Wroot, West Butterwick & The Parish of Owston Ferry

Issue 32

Community Police News Page 10 Haxey Parish Councils Newsletter Page 28 Where you Live, Your Local History by Mr A Catherall Page 32 and 33 Camera Club News Page 43 School News Business Directory and much more...

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Supplied by Steve Goulding of Epworth See page 32

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Editors Letter....

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The World Cup and Wimbledon has ended! What are we going to do?

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Perhaps enjoy the rest of the Summer enjoying outdoor life, spending time with the family, attending local events, holidays, day trips, the list is endless!

Thank you to Alicia and Edmund for submitting their kids page this month with wonderful ideas for the Summer holidays!

There are plenty of Summer Fetes to enjoy; Haxey Playing Fields, West Butterwick and further afield the Auckley Show. Also lots of coffee mornings for good causes, so please support your local events, I will be attending as many as possible.

Anyone with little ones, on Wednesday 4th August at 11am the Story Station is coming to Smartest, Baa None! in Epworth‘s Fountains Court. Also a supervised craft session and Steve Oatway photographer will be available.

This month on page 32 we have a special history article by Anthony Catherall. The photo was sent in by a local resident. If any one has any old photos/postcards with a little history of the area, please get in touch and let everyone know about it!

Again enjoy the read and enjoy the rest of the summer! www.arrowpublications.co.uk

Best Wishes and enjoy your read.

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Coffee Morning at Coronation Hall Owston Ferry, Thursday 12th August

10-11:30am in aid of ‗Wish upon a Star’ charity.

Coffee and homemade cakes, cake stall, tombola, sale of vegetables, bric a brac and general stall.

Everyone welcome! Come along and support this well worth charity.

For further details or if you would like to offer your help on the day or any donations please contact Mrs Carter 01427 728425

Coffee morning and cake stall to be held on Saturday 14th August in aid of the Alzheimer's Society.

Please come along and support us!

Everyone Welcome. Also raffle...

10.30 am Haxey Memorial Hall.

If anyone would like to donate or would like further details please contact Gillian Snow 01427 753039

Owston Ferry Smithy Museum and Heritage Centre is open every Sunday from 2pm until 5pm and August Bank Holiday. Entrance is £2.00. The museum can be found on High Street, Owston Ferry. See life how it used to be when the Smithy was a working forge and also see lots of photographs and memorabilia relating to the Isle of Axholme and Owston Ferry in particular Visits at other times by groups can be arranged by telephoning Don Clayphan on 01427 728361.

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All proceeds to Haxey Playing Fields Association

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Do you play an instrument and have no where to play? Well, Scunthorpe Concert band would love to welcome you into their happy band of players, rehearsing every Thursday evening in The Campbell Suite, Conservative Club, 42 Doncaster Road, Scunthorpe. We enjoy playing all sorts of music in the really friendly atmosphere, and afterwards, follow up with a drink and a chat in the bar! We are currently getting ready for our Summer bookings at various venues in the area, and later in the year, we will be introducing our new festive programme for Christmas. Interested? Then why not give us a ring on 01724 784494 to find out more, or email us at brookpage@btinternet.com Conversely, you could just come along and meet us! we start at 7.30pm - hope to see you there!

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West Butterwick Field Day takes place this year on Saturday 21st August starting @ 1.30pm on the Playing Field at Ulyett Lane.

Attractions this year include displays by the Batons of Steel, Taekwondo and a Fly Ball team.

Field Day starts with a fancy dress competition for children.

A variety of fairground stalls including a coconut shy, children‘s roundabout, bouncy castle, the Titanic slide (back by popular demand), hook a duck, wack a frog will be in attendance.

There will be many stalls including tombola, a children‘s stall, wood turning and jewellery to name a few.

There will be refreshments, burgers, a licensed bar.

Children‘s races will also be on the programme. At the end of the event there are goody bags for children still present.

We hope you will join us at West Butterwick on 21st August for a family afternoon out.

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St Martin's Church, Owston Ferry Sunday 1st August - Sung Eucharist Sunday 8th August - Sung Eucharist Sunday 15th August - Sung Eucharist Sunday 22nd August - Sung Eucharist Sunday 29th August - Deanery Communion Service at Epworth Church

Owston Ferry Women's Institute on the 12th August Sid Fielding will be giving a talk entitled Women do it better. All are welcome to join us and we meet in the Methodist Chapel School Room at 7.30 p.m. Refreshments will be served

On Wednesday 4th August at 11am the Story Station is coming to Smartest, Baa None! in Epworth‘s Fountains Court to tell the children an interactive story accompanied by musical instruments to encourage their interest in books.

The story will last for approximately 20 minutes which will be followed by a supervised craft session in the courtyard. Steve Oatway will also be taking photographs of the children having fun.

Please feel free to attend or call Jane on 01427 875975 for further information.

Congratulations to Mrs A Willis from Haxey who was the winner of Junes competition held by Parti Animals. Enjoy your party bags!

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These are the current Neighbourhood Action Team priorites for the South wards of the Isle of Axholme;St Martins Church, Church St/East Lound Road, Owston Ferry: Anti-social behaviour, Underage drinking and Criminal Damage.

We have received reports of youths congregating in the grounds of St Martins PC Constable 1839 Tina Police Community Support Church in Owston Ferry. This tends to be mainly on an evening and due to it‘s Starbuck Officer 7574 Sue Fahy location it is not easy to see them from the main road leading up to the church.

This makes it an ideal area for groups to gather and evidence of empty bottles of alcohol and other litter have been found. There are also reports of damage the roof of the church and flowers being cut and removed. The Neighbourhood team are making regular patrols of the area and several youths have been spoken to regarding the reports received and have been moved on.

Blackmoor Road/Lowcroft Ave/Marlborough Ave, Haxey: Neighbourhood issues, nuisance scooters.

There have been reports in the past of youths behaving in an anti social manner at the above locations. There are also reports of youths on scooters riding in an erratic manner. Any persons found committing any offences will be dealt with and where relevant, there is the opportunity to police staff to seize scooters at a cost to the owner. Neighbourhood staff will continue to patrol the area and would encourage anyone with any information to contact us. There has been a report of young persons throwing ‗water bombs‘ at a local resident‘s address, enquiries identified those responsible who have been advised regarding their conduct.

A 161, Low Burnham, caravan site: public order, criminal damage.

Low Burnham is awaiting confirmation whether a caravan site is going to commence just off the A161. Police will monitor the situation and respond to any public disorder or criminal offences until the matter is finalised.

There has been on-going work between the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre and Facebook after concerns about the safety of many young users of the site and to highlight other issues. Working together CEOP and Facebook have developed an application which will enable users to download a ‗ClickCEOP‘ button and place it within their profiles. It would be ideal for users of Facebook to add the ClickCEOP app to their profiles. Visit www.facebook.com/ceop to do this, and enable you to have direct access to advice and guidance should you ever need it. The app will be live from Monday 12th July 2010.

I have visited all schools within the area and delivered the Lifestyle presentation and I would like to wish all the participants the best of luck. I will be in touch during the summer break to see how you are doing. You still have time to enter just go to www.humberside.police.uk/lifestyle or contact 01482 220700.

The On Target football for boys and girls aged 8-19yrs – FREE – has started on Friday nights at Epworth Leisure Centre Multi use games area. 7-15pm to 8-15pm for years 5-8, then 8-15pm to 9-15pm for years 9+. Please come along and participate. Members of the neighbourhood team endeavour to make some of the nights to give support and encouragement.

Officers continue to work with the local authority and youths to support diversionary activities for youths to prevent them offending. This includes support of the playing field associations in fundraising activities.

Neighbourhood officers when duty times permit will actively engage with Neighbourhood watch meetings.

PC 1839 Starbuck has organised dates with local schools within the ward to present the Lifestyle Project to the pupils, which is aimed to encourage the children to participate and possibly win some great prizes, anyone wishing to take part should take a look at the website, www.humberside.police.uk/lifestyle or contact 01482 220700.

The Neighbourhood team has attended several events run by the local community and have enjoyed our time engaging with the community. PC Starbuck has also made visits to various schools within the ward and given a variety of talks on subject like, stranger danger, cyber-bullying and racism.

You can contact Humberside Police on 0845 60 60 222 for non-emergency calls. If you feel uncomfortable in calling the police with information about crime, then please consider contacting Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity working to fight crime. They can also be joined on Twitter, Facebook and Bebo or if you go onto the Crimestoppers website you can also fill an on-line form. When contacting Crimestoppers you do not have to give your name and you may be eligible for a cash reward.

Working with Pc Tina Starbuck is your Police Community Support Officer Sue Fahy, who regularly patrols the Central area of the Isle and will be happy to discuss any community issues with you. Please feel free to stop and speak with him or alternatively contact either of us via 0845 60 60 222. The next Surgery is with our Media Bus visiting Haxey between 10am and 12 noon on Monday 16th August parked outside the Library, and then between 1pm and 3pm on the same day parked at the Hall, Owston Ferry. PC Starbuck, PCSO‘s Fahy and Pearson will be on the bus and this is an ideal opportunity for the community to come and have a chat with us. We do our utmost to make these visits, however I have to say that if our services are required at short notice for a priority then we apologise for any inconvenience this causes. The police station at Epworth also provides a front counter service for two days a week, Mondays and Thursdays, between 9am and 3pm.

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Haxey Parish Councillors invited all Over 70’s to the Parish Party held in Haxey Memorial Hall on Thursday, 3rd June 2010 at 4.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. There was an excellent attendance, as there usually is, with well over 100 people enjoying an excellent meal, catered by Sandra Bishop and her staff. The Chairman of Haxey Parish Council, Cllr John Smedley, who was present, thanked Mrs Jennie Eckhardt for, once again, organising the event. The Vicar of Haxey Rev Jerry Green and Mrs Green. were also present.

This annual party has become a very popular event and is looked forward to as an opportunity to meet and chat with old friends in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. There was also, as usual, some friendly rivalry as to who would be found to be the oldest Lady and Oldest Gentleman in attendance. This year they were Mrs Doris Glew, who was presented with a bottle of brandy, and Mr Wilf Lindley, who received a bottle of whisky, from Cllr John Smedley on behalf of the Parish Council.

One of the features of this annual event is the evening entertainment, traditionally provided by local singers or musicians. This year was no exception in that respect, but the entertainment itself was an opportunity to enjoy the exceptional talent of Marina May, otherwise know as Chloe Dance, whose grandfather, Reg Dance, also present to enjoy the event, is a well-known local singer who has entertained the audience in the past. Marina May sang a programme of songs from the Forties and Fifties. Her lovely voice brought to life not only the beautiful songs, but also the wonderful memories they held for many of those present.

Best Wishes Jennie Over 100 people enjoying ‗The Parish Party‘ at Haxey Memorial Hall

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Through our network of local services, we touch the lives of over 30,000 people every week, providing practical services and support for people with dementia and their carers. Every year, more than a million people make use of the information we provide.

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COFFEE MORNING & CAKE STALL SATURDAY 14TH AUGUST 10.30am HAXEY MEMORIAL HALL In aid of The Alzheimer’s Society Gill Snow a local resident hopes as many people can come to the event to support this worth while charity.

Gill has been involved with the charity since her mum, Pam Golland died of Alzheimers a year ago.

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Ben Warburton and Frasier Howard who with the help of some fellow scouts have completed a sponsored fire engine wash. They were sponsored to wash Misterton fire engine. They completed it with some encouragement from a member of the fire crew who let them use the station hose to wash of the suds. This was all done to further raise money for them to attend the World Scout Jamboree.

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Westwoodside Church of England School Looking back over another busy year at Westwoodside Church of England School, there have been so many wonderful opportunities for the children. Having Mrs Judge on a job share basis i.e. Class Teacher for 3 days a week and Sports Coordinator through South Axholme for the other 2, which attracts funding from the School Sport Partnership, means that the children have benefited from a wide variety of sporting events which would not have happened otherwise.

During the Summer term these have included a Golf Day, transport to the Triangular and Triathalon Sports and football coaching during School hours. The picture shows some of our pupils at the Corus Triathalon event.

On 18 June we held a whole School Creativity Exhibition where each class displayed a wide variety of work that could be seen as part of learning through creativity. All the children had the opportunity to enjoy looking at work form other classes and several adult visitors were impressed by the range and standards achieved.

Small groups of children from each class were chosen as ‗experts‘ to explain their work to our visitors.

Our Homework Reading competitions have continued in appropriate classes. The picture shows winners from Year 4, who managed to read at home the most regularly. We firmly believe that extra practice reading aloud to an adult at home not only helps the children‘s reading but also supports their progress in writing.

Our emphasis on reading and writing in School, reinforced at home, has led this Summer to our best Year 6 SATs results in reading and writing (as well as Maths!) for several years. Well done to all the children and adults who have contributed, in partnership, to this wonderful achievement.

Wishing you a lovely Summer. Roger Marshall Headteacher

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West Butterwick Community Led Village Plan Update The Village Plan group met on 6th July to finalise the arrangements for the Launch Party which went ahead on the evening of Friday 9th July.

All residents in the village of West Butterwick were invited and made welcome with free refreshments and displays showing ‗Past‘ photos (kindly donated by Nick Coggan) and a ‗Present‘ display with photos of areas of the village today. Then there was the ‗Future‘ board which enabled visitors to make comments about their hopes for the future of the village.

A big thank you to all those people (about 80) who went to the trouble to attend, give suggestions and ideas to the Group.

It was decided at the follow-up meeting on 14th July that further consultation is required with the residents, so the Village Plan Group hope to attend the Field Day with the ‗Village Plan Gazebo‘ so more residents will have the opportunity to have their say.

PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE HELP US BY PUTTING THEM IN THE SUGGESTION BOX WHICH IS TO BE PLACED IN THE VILLAGE SHOP. Thanks are extended by the Village Plan Group to West Butterwick Stores, The Three Horseshoes, and The Ferryboat for their kind donations for the raffle at the above event.

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Wroot Travis School News Letters This has been a very busy month on 17th June our year 6 children took part in the Church School‘s Festival at Lincoln Cathedral.

We are thinking of having some chickens but we didn‘t know which sort of chicken to have. Reverend David Lees brought some of his chickens to show us including a very pettable bantam cockerel named Fred. The children were so taken with Fred, whose crowing made them laugh, that we‘ve put our name down for two of his offspring.

On 22nd June the children visited the Methodist Chapel in Epworth. They were very keen to meet Fred again, who comes out to meet visitors. The children thoroughly explored the chapel including the vestry, pulpit, balcony and a they had a chance to play the organ.

On 23rd June our year 5 and 6 children went on their annual three day residential visit to the PGL centre at Caythorpe Court near Grantham.

They children enjoyed lots of different activities including archery, climbing the Jacob‘s ladder and raft building. They all came back very tired and it was noted that some of the bathroom wash kits they took hadn‘t been used.

On 28th June we had a Tudor workshop in school called A Taste of History.

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The 16th Annual Lions Charity Golf day took place at The Lincolnshire Golf course, Hirst Priory on Friday 18th June and a very successful day it proved to be. The day started overcast and gloomy and it looked like we were in for a miserable cold rainy day. However we were proved wrong and the day brightened up allowing the players to do their best. The course was in excellent condition and some very good scores were returned. More than seventy players arrived during the day and the overall Men‘s winner was John West of Sheffield with a score of 42.

Second was Daryll Pidd of Crowle on 41 and Mark Hill of Crowle on 40.

The Ladies victor on a score of 35 Margaret Baker ,Janet Taylor second on 41 and 3rd Liz Thomson on 33.

We would like to thank all those who supported us by playing and an especial thanks to our sponsors for the marvelous support we get from them every year. Without these we would not be able to raise a fantastic ÂŁ1600 for our funds. Thank you all once again and please look out for our next fundraiser which is a dinner in October with great speakers to keep you laughing while we raise money.

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Haxey Parish Council, Newsletter, August 2010 Parish Clerk - Deb Hotson Email: haxeypc@live.co.uk Telephone: 01652 618306 / 07800 569 589 Website: www.haxeyparish.org.uk

A161 Major Roadwork’s North Lincolnshire Council intends to carry out major roadworks on the A161, Station Road in the vicinity of the railway level crossing. The work will commence on the 27th September lasting for approximately 3 weeks. The work will include replacing and re-profiling the existing road surface and improving the existing drainage in the area. Please see the website and notice boards for further details.

Ropewalk – Westwoodside Calling all residents of Haxey & Westwoodside. The Parish Council are trying to register the Ropewalk on to the North Lincolnshire Council Definitive Map and to do this require evidence forms to be completed by local residents using this walk for the past 20 years plus. If that is you please collect a form from the Library and return to the Parish Office or contact the Clerk.

Allotment Open Day The sun shone down on the Allotment Open day accompanied by homemade cakes, tea and coffee prepared by the tenants of the Allotments. Produce was growing well including a European influence in the form of grape vines.

North Lincolnshire Council Leader Grant representatives attended and the official opening was a great success. Well done to the Allotment Association for a grand looking site. Please contact Steve Brown the Chairman of the Association if you would like to put your name down for a plot.

Pictured (left to right) Steve Brown – Chairman of the Allotment Association, Jenny Couch – NLC representative, Cllr David Knowles – Haxey Parish Council Vice Chairman, Christine Edwards – NLC representatives. Back row (left to right) Cllr John Maw, Deb Hotson – Parish Clerk, Cllr Pauline Booth and Cllr Ron Allcock.

Haxey Library North Lincolnshire Council are looking at different ways to run the local library and customers of the Library will be receiving questionnaires from NLC asking for comments on the options that they are suggesting. One option being the future running of the library could be the role of the community rather than the Local Authority and the other option could be a mobile library service which would visit different parts of the village.

Please ensure that you complete the questionnaire when received and promptly return them to the address provided at North Lincolnshire Council.

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The Isle of Axholme

Where You Live

Your Local History

Adapted by Anthony Catherall THE DRAINAGE OF THE ISLE OF AXHOLME (continued) The most successful drain was from Tudworth to Althorpe because it carried no water from a river. Vermuyden however made some fundamental mistakes. He took two drains and the New River Torne to Althorpe instead of following the lie of the land to Adlingfleet four feet lower. In the case of the New River Torne he merely made raised banks on the surface of the land to contain the river instead of excavating the hard rock and gypsum. The lands of Vermuyden around Hatfield and Thorne seemed to have been fairly effectively drained, but surrounding areas were still flooded which were not previously. The high embankment on the Dun’s right bank protected lands to the east, but lands to the west around Snaith, Stainforth, Pollington, Sykehouse and Fishlake were flooded whereas previously they had experienced no flooding. In 1630 Richard Bridges wrote to the Lord President of the Council of the North describing the scene around Sykehouse: “ I rode with great difficulty and danger of water; where I was, and yet am, a woeful spectator of the lamentable destruction of my native soil and country. All sorts of people in pitiful distress; some to save their lives; some their goods and cattle; some to get food for their hungry bodies”.

He also wrote how mothers were trudging middle deep in water, how the floods had carried corn and hay both cut and standing away. The waters of the New River Torne proved too much for the embankments and much of the land west of Epworth was heavily flooded. The outfall at Althorpe was too small; this also helped to cause flooding.

Opposition to the drainage by the local people seems to have been very extensive. The Islonians claimed that their common lands were being taken away despite the Deed of John de Mowbray granting them free use of the commons. The Islonians would also loose their fishing and wild fowling activities. Compensation of £400.00 was granted to cover this. The Islonians were allocated the lowest and therefore the wettest land in the share up. The Court of Sewers dealt with grievances about the drainage and sometimes they compelled the Participants to make improvements.

The work seemed to go ahead despite their protests.

Violence soon broke out. Dutch workmen were assaulted and their carts and barrows burnt. Vermuyden didn’t help matters by saying that anyone who petitioned the Privy Council in London, against him would be hanged.

An embankment near Haxey was broken down fifty times says Sir Philibert Vernatti, one of the participants.

Workmen were thrown into the drains and held under with long poles. Mock gallows were set up to terrify the workmen. This damage along with unforeseen difficulties and improvements left the Participants gaining little financial reward from their adventure.

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The Commoners attack the Dutch and French workers in their settlement at Sandtoft

Now & Then – Then & Now

By Anthony Catherall Here is Haxey in bygone days and compare to today’s images!

I was delighted to receive this rare card from Steve Goulding of Epworth; he will receive a voucher to enjoy the delights of Jonathan David’s at High Street Epworth.

Being an ex Royal Engineer myself, the card was even more poignant to me. Here we see a detachment of 46 men and officers from the 4th West Riding Territorials who formed the Firing Party led by Lieut. Yates of Doncaster.

They headed the procession at the funeral of Sapper 50954 Thomas Eustace Preston 15th Signal Company Royal Engineers. Sapper Preston died on duty at Aldershot following a 14-mile route march on 19 February 1915 aged 28 years. He was the son of local Haxey Headmaster of the Church of England School close by Mr John Thomas Preston, (known locally as Tommy) and his wife Clara. The funeral service was conducted by the Vicar (Rev. J.W Shepherd, M.A.), at the graveside in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church Haxey.

Special thanks go to Gavin & Liz Berry of Haxey who helped in my research and led me to Thomas’s grave.

In the lower picture taken on 15 May 2010, the trees are in full leaf now almost covering the same house as above (but much altered now. Notice also the wall that has been halved in the picture below taken on 15 May 2010. A fuller report of the Sapper Preston’s funeral can be found in the Epworth Bells dated Saturday, February 27, 1915 in the Mechanic’s Institute in Epworth.

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SEEING THINGS THE OTHER WAY ROUND My parents lived for many years in Eastbourne on the Sussex coast, and so we visited them in that seaside town on a regular basis and loved to walk along the promenade.

Apparently, Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, enjoyed doing the same. On one occasion he saw a man with a lady and a child walking a dog along the sea front. The man wanted to show off the dog‘s skill, so he put his walking stick and a large beach umbrella down on the ground and left them there for the dog to pick up.

First of all the dog picked up the umbrella, and wedged it between his back teeth, before trying to pick up the walking stick as well. Because the walking stick had wedged his jaw open too far, the dog couldn‘t get any grip with his front teeth, and the walking stick kept falling out.

The dog tried over and over again, and then decided the task was impossible. He put the articles down and then, as Lewis Carroll described it, the dog seemed to think the problem out logically until an idea occurred to the animal. Now the dog picked up the walking stick first, and then found it was perfectly easy to take up the umbrella as well.

Of course there will be somewhat more difficult tasks facing us this month, but before we get too despondent and give some of them up as impossible, it might be worth thinking about that dog on Eastbourne seafront.

That animal encourages us to utter a prayer for grace to see things the other way round and start again.

Rev. Jeremy Green – Vicar of Haxey & Owston Ferry

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THE TRENTSIDE CONFEDERATION – SCHOOL NEWS This academic year is now drawing to a close – both of our schools (West Butterwick and St Martin‘s, Owston Ferry) continue to be extremely busy! West Butterwick Infants performed ‗The Garden‘ – a 40 minute concert with lots of nature based songs, supported by information from their Science studies (growing vegetables and knowing what a plant needs to survive). A very interesting and entertaining way to share their learning with others through music and drama. Sport has featured heavily in extra-curricular activities this past month as pupils from both schools participated in Quad Sports with Belton and Wroot. A Multi-skills tournament for our Key Stage 1 pupils takes place on 15th July and we are fortunate to also have a visit from a ‗Golf Professional‘ who will provide us with an insight into playing golf as a job and all that it entails! Furthermore, it should be a very interesting end to theis Summer Term as staff from St Martin‘s take on the Year 6 pupils in the traditional Rounders Match.

There is some ambitious design and technology work happening with our older children at the moment. Years 5 & 6 (St Martin‘s) are creating their own fairground ride models and Years 3,4,5 & 6 at West Butterwick have a 2-metre long Titanic model in-the-making, looking absolutely fantastic!

We look forward to seeing the finished products and trying them out!!

In amongst all of this, our Key Stage 2 pupils visited Magna Science Adventure Centre – a wonderful place with over 100 interactive exhibits providing lots of opportunities to learn through investigation and play.

Looking back on a really productive and enjoyable year, we will be holding our Leavers‘ Celebrations on Wednesday 21st July at St Mary‘s and St Martin‘s Churches. We would like to thank all of our Year 6 Leavers for their contributions to our schools over the years and wish them all the very best for the future :- Destiny Wallace, James Whiteside, Maddison Scott, Hannah Hobson, Leah Smith, Luke Willerton, Ben Elliott, Ben Dance, Imogen Attenborough, Olivia Chatwin, Adam Brown, Ryan Duffy, Shane Harrison, Shawn Frost, Louise Reid and Sam Feane.

Enjoy the Summer and we look forward to bringing you more school news in the forthcoming new academic year.

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Mrs Josephine Buckle, Headteacher (The Trentside Confederation ; St Martin’s C of E and West Butterwick C of E Primary Schools)

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Doncaster Advanced Motorist Taking your Test Dear Readers continued, Mr Bean was the first person to pass the driving test in 1935… fact! But it‘s not that Mr Bean, it was Mr J Beene who paid a grand total of 37p (7d / 6p in old money) to take the test. there were no test centres in 1935 so you had to arrange to meet the examiner somewhere like a post office, train station or town hall. the test was suspended for the duration of World War Two and didn‘t resume until 1 November 1946.

In 1975, candidates no longer had to demonstrate hand signals The theory test was introduced in 1996, replacing questions about the Highway Code, during the practical test candidates could book their theory test online for the first time in December 2001 the pass rate in 1935 was 63 per cent compared to 46 per cent in 2009.

1969 saw the first driving test set for an automatic vehicle since 1935 more than 46 million tests have been taken In 1935, when Leslie Hore-Belisha, became the new Transport Minister, he introduced the driving test – first in March as a voluntary test and then it became compulsory in June. During the 1930s safety glass was made compulsory for windscreens after terrible injuries had been caused by accidents in cars with ordinary glass. Seat belts did not appear until the 1950s but were not made compulsory in front seats until 1983. in September 2003. Arm signals out of the window were withdrawn from the test in 1975 and more modern additions to the test have included a theory test in 1996, the hazard perception section of the theory test in 2002 and questions about vehicle safety and maintenance Changes to the test and other safety initiatives, such as improvements to vehicles, have resulted in a reduction in road deaths in Great Britain, which now has some of the best road safety records in the world. In 2008 there were 34 million cars on the road and 2,538 people were killed in road £110 accidents When announcing the introduction of the driving test, Leslie Hore-Belisha said, ―Driving is an art in which those who are engaged should, in the interest of their own and of the public‘s safety; take the greatest pains to make themselves proficient.‖ If you are interested in further information regarding the courses that we offer, you‘ll be able to find this information on the Institute of Advanced Motorists website at www.iam.org.uk or Tel: 020 8996 9600 Safe Driving.

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As the summer recess approached members at Axholme Camera Club held their Annual General Meeting. Andrew Kershaw, Competition Secretary, was pleased to announce the winner of the Emlyn Perrot Annual Trophy for the highest scoring member overall. This year the winner was Andrew Kershaw of Low Burnham. Individual winners of the Tom Dennis Imaging of Scunthorpe Vouchers were, in Monochrome, Andrew Kershaw and in the Colour section Andrew Kershaw! A clean sweep for Andy, who has now resigned as Competition Secretary due to pressure of work starting a new business, Career Development Services.

David Ulyett, retiring Vice Chairman, presented the Picstop.com Prize to a valuable member who has consistently supported the Club and the Members over the last year in many different ways. Kenneth Thompson of Epworth was both surprised and pleased to receive this recognition.

The last club competition of the year was held earlier, the subject a projected digital image poster or promotion. The winners of this unusual competition were Jean Goodburne of Hatfield with 20 in both colour and monochrome sections, with Peter Webster, Judy Newton and Andrew Kershaw runners up.

There were a number of changes to the Committee at the AGM this year, although Allan Rowsell remains the Chairman for another year, with Peter Webster as Treasurer. George Fiddler takes on the role of Vice Chairman for a second time, with Geoff Trinder as Co- Vice Chairman, while husband and wife team, David and Jan Neale become Competition Secretaries handling both internal and external competitions. Charmian Roberts, Ken Thompson and Helen Turton form the rest of the Committee.

Work on the programme for next year and 2011/12 had already been started, and a good mix of speakers, workshops and competitions is planned.

The first meeting of the new session will be on Wednesday September 1st 2010 at 7.30 pm in Haxey Church Hall. Members old and new will be welcomed by this friendly club. Ring the Chairman, on 0142 752400, or just come along.

Everyone is welcome to attend what promises to be an very interesting evening on Tuesday 21st September when visiting speaker John Jones talks about 'Life in the Darkness' and shows his images from underground. Usual time and place, ÂŁ1.50 to include refreshments.

Vice Chairman David Ulyett presenting the Picstop.com Prize to Kenneth Thompson.

Photograph by Lynda Ullyett

Chairman Allan Rowsell presenting the Emlyn Perrott Trophy to Andrew Kershaw Photograph by David Ulyett

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

Meeting place

Mon

18th Gainsborough 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

Mon

All Stars Tae Kwon Do

Coronation Hall, Owston Ferry

6.00 - 8.00pm

Tues

Isle of Axholme Beavers

Westwoodside Village Hall

6.00-7.30 pm

Tues

Mother and Toddler

Westwoodside Village Hall

1.30-3.30 pm

Tues

Jo’s Dance Exercise

Westwoodside Village Hall

9.30-10.30 am

Tues

Line Dancing

Westwoodside Village Hall

7.30-9.30 pm

Tues

Boxercise

Haxey Church Hall

Wed

Mother and Toddler

Westwoodside Village Hall

9.00-11.00 am

Wed

Social Club—over 60’s

Westwoodside Village Hall

2.00-4.00 pm

Wed

Belly Dancing

Westwoodside Village Hall

6.30-8.30 pm

Thurs

Jo’s Tap Dancing

Westwoodside Village Hall

7.00-9.00 pm

Fri

Tae kwan Do

Westwoodside Village Hall

Tues

18th Gainsborough Beavers

Scout hut Behind Haxey Church

6:00 - 7:30 pm

01427 752250

Fri

18th Gainsborough 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

Wed

Sunshine Yoga

Epworth

6:30—8:00pm

01427 873730

Wed

Tae Kwan Do

Memorial Hal

5:45-6:45 pm

01302 311174

1st Wed of Haxey Woman's Institute (WI) each month

Time

9.30—10.30am

Swing Band Rehearsal

Stephen Jones Community Hall, Haxey

Thurs

Sunshine Yoga

Coronation Hall, Owston Ferry

Thurs

Preschool—Playgroup 3—5 years

Thurs

01427 754120

01427 753269

6.00-7.00 pm

Memorial Hall

Wed

Contact

01427 753062 7:30-930 pm 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

Thurs

Scunthorpe Concert Band

Conservative Cub, Scunthorpe (Rehearsals

7:00 –10:00pm

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

Musical Monkeys 0—5 years

Memorial Hall

10:30- 12:noon

01427 753787

Fri

Ballroom Dancing Classes

Memorial Hall

3:00 - 10:00pm

01427 873532

Thurs

Epworth & Isle of Axholme Rotary Club The Red Lion , Epworth

Thurs

Musical Movement - Toddlers 12months +

Thurs

6pm start

01427 875540

Epworth Thurlow Pre School

9:00 - 10:00 am

01427 875016

Musical Movement - Baby Group

Epworth Thurlow Pre School

10:00 - 11:00 am

01427 875016

The Stephen Jones Community Hall -

Pam Layton (Bookings)

01427 752783

Bookings of the Memorial Hall

Mrs Anne Robinson

01427 752636

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Advice

£30 + VAT for 12 months

Pensions Helpline

0800 991234

Contact Carolyn

Electricity Emergencies

0800 375 675

Boarding Kennels/Grooming

Transco - Gas Leaks Yorkshire Water

080 111 999 0845 1242424

Care in the Community Age Concern

0800 009966

Childline

0800 1111

Neighbourhood Watch

01482 444466

NSPCC

0808 80050000

RSPCA

08705 555999

NHS Direct

0845 4647

Owston Ferry LIVES (information only)

01427 728324

Community

01302 532676

Croft House Kennels & Cattery

01427 890235

Business/Finance/Accountants Sterry & Co Chartered Certified Accountants

01427 752958

Balance the Books Accounting Services Ltd

01427 873972

Hurstons Accountants & Bus. Advisors

01427 873737

Health/Fitness /Swimming Minnows Swimming Club, Misterton School Pool Catherine 01427 754240 or Annette 01427 754772 Quality Lifestyles Personal Training Consultancy Paul Seaman ACSM HFI 01427 753591 / 0771 4318958

Funeral Directors Fields Funeral Service, Westwoodside

01427 874424

R Butoid Funeral Service , Misterton & Dist

01427 890317

Local Taxis P T Taxis—Haxey

01427 754531 / 07790817691

Axi Private Hire - 6 seater

01724 798877 / 07866 859963

Crime Stoppers

0800 555 111

Carers Support Centre

01652 650585

Isle of Axholme Lions

01427 752139

Brookes Homecare Improvements 01427 875314 /07973142963

Isle of Axholme Osteoporosis Support Group

01427 875752

Chris Yeardley Roofing services 01427 754197 / 07974 140344

Education and General Epworth Country Primary School

01427

Trade/Craftsmen

J M B Plastering—Haxey

01427 752200 / 07785 735984

D Brown Joinery

0779 5321054 / 01302 350363

D B Topping Builder/Home Improvements In business for 20 years 07801 719482 / 01427 753587

Haxey C of E School

01427 752294

A.E.S. Tiling (Ceramic Floor & Wall Tiling) www.aestiling.org.uk

01302 885401 07749519557

Westwoodside C of E Primary School

01427 752355

C M Developments Building Services

01302 770216

Gary Brasher Local Tree Surgeon

01427 754965

Westwoodside Mobile Library

01724 865675

Meteor Security Solutions

01302 623427 / 07917 766922

Haxey Library - Memorial Hall

01724 753239

G S Joinery - West Butterwick

07840 701447 / 01724 783181

Willows Dental Practice—Belton

01427 872106

Simon White Building Cont.

01427 873446 / 07831 690591

Leisure

Axholme Pest Control

Epworth Leisure Centre

01427 873845

My Vue Cinema

08712 240240

Scunthorpe Concert Band (Rehearsals)

01724 784494

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Home and Garden 01427 873608 / 0776 6747245

Fountain Court florist

01427 874831

Entertainment/Children’s Care Ave Ago Bouncy Castle Hire

01427 848681/ 07930942901

All Aboard Children‘s Club -Westwoodside

01427 753676

Please mention “The Arrow” whenBelton responding to advertisements Bouncy Castles 07788 896988 / 01427 872215

Haxey Cricket Club

01427 752394

To advertise please call 01302 532676 or 07912 643010

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