Sprotbrough Arrow

December 2019

Issue 171

Sprotbrough

Christmas Lights Grand Switch On Sat 30th November at 5.30pm Live Music Mulled Wine More lights New Tree Village Green, Main Street.

St Mary’s Sprotbrough Christmas Fayre 10am- 3pm 1

Christmas at Holiday Inn Festive Lunchtime and Evening Menu

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Bring in 2020 with your loved ones at our New Years Eve family event.

Enjoy canapes & drinks on arrival followed by a scrumptious two course buffet.

The fantastic party band Superlicks & DJ will keep you dancing throughout the night.

If you need a break we have a Chill out Zone with games and colouring for the kids. £39.00 per adult, £25.00 per child (under 12’s) Family rooms available from £75.00 B&B p

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Welcome to the December issue of

The Sprotbrough Arrow.

Ho Ho Ho… It’s the month of mince pies! Oh how I love December (and mince pies). This month’s Arrow has all the latest information on what’s on this month.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park have their Christmas Fair over 2 weekends in December, starting Saturday 7th December and features live entertainment and music as well as a festive pantomime. Check their website for details www.yorkshirewildlifepark.com.

The recent floods have dominated the news recently, the communities affected have our thoughts and wishes for a rapid recovery. It’s great to see local people doing what they can to help with transporting donations.

The deadline for the January issue is Wednesday 11th December. The January issue will be distributed between Boxing Day and New years Eve. Look out for our Black Friday advertising deal which will appear on Facebook, Friday 29th November! facebook@arrowmags

Merry Christmas

Michelle

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29th November 2019

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Community News WARMSWORTH LADIES’ CLUB Forget the Christmas rush and then usher in the New Year at our relaxing meetings

Christmas

03 Dec 19 Diabetes 10 Dec 19 Christmas Keyboard Extravaganza

Coffee Morning

We return in the New Year on 14 Jan 20 Welcome Back and HAPPY NEW YEAR! 21 Jan 20 Our New Year’s Lunch 28 Jan 20 Shakespeare’s She Wolf

Sprotbrough Library Saturday 7th December 10am to 12 noon Please support your Library & thanks a million for your past and future support

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With time for a chat, some refreshment and a warm welcome

Tuesdays 7-9:00pm Warmsworth Community Centre, Low Road

The Parish Luncheon Club which meets on the last Thursday of the month at the Newton Arms, Sprotbrough 12 noon, will close following the Annual Christmas Dinner on 12th December after 8 years of sharing food, fellowship and friendship in the local community.

Les Francophiles de Tickhill Our Christmas Party is on the 4th December when we celebrate Christmas with a French flavour.

The first meeting of 2020 is on Wednesday 8th January (a week later than usual) when Marie Pierre Brown will be talking about the changing world of art in Paris with a talk entitled ‘La Belle Époque and Colette.

We meet in the Parish Room, Tickhill, at 7.30pm on the first Wednesday of the month. The annual subscription is £17.50. Non-members are charged at £4.00 per meeting but this is refundable if you decide to join.

For more information phone Jan Murray 01302 611415.

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DANUM PROBUS CLUB Danum Probus Club is an organisation for men who have retired or are semi-retired from their profession, business or other employment who want to maintain a social network with others who have similar interests. Danum Probus Club meets on the first and third Mondays of the month at Town Moor Golf Club, Bawtry Road, Belle Vue, Doncaster starting at 10 am. At this meeting we have a speaker, their subjects covering a wide variety of interests. (see www.probusonline.org/ danum for the ongoing programme). Ladies and guests are invited to the Club’s Spring and Autumn Lunches and also to the Annual holiday which is usually in late June or thereabouts.

Members also have their own lunches in mid summer and December. In the summer months the Crown Green Bowling Seaton play on the Armthorpe Community Centre greens.

On Monday 21 October, Dave Adgar, who in his spare time is Chairman of the Friends of Doncaster Museums, gave this very informative talk about life in the Old West Berlin before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It included the time before the Wall when Berlin became a divided city as a result of World War 2. Dave described how the City had been divided up between the Allies (some of them) and that the then USSR has not wanted France to be included, And the only way that they were was by the British giving the French some of their allocated territory. Dave spoke from experience, having lived in Berlin when he was a teacher to the children of Births Forces based there. This gave the presentation a distinct 'you were there feel'. This was a very interesting talk about a time when there was a very different political climate.

The Ladies’ and Guests Lunch was held at the Old Bell, Barmby Moor on Thursday 24 October.

It was a very enjoyable occasion as usual.

Then on 4 November Mike Burdis (retired Chief Superintendent of Police in South Yorkshire) made a very thought provoking presentation about the “Stephen Lawrence Enquiry”. After outlining the facts about the murder of Stephen Lawrence, Mike then went into the details of the police investigation which followed and the mistakes which were made. Many of the mistakes were apparently because of poor recording of the information gathered and lack of communication between the investigating officers. Mike noted that the Yorkshire Ripper enquiry had highlighted similar shortcomings and it had said that police forces should adhere to a strict protocol when faced with cases in which lots of information is gathered. It appeared that these lessons had either been forgotten or ignored during the Stephen Lawrence investigation.

On 2 December Jane Breach will be giving a presentation about Drax Power Sation and the Members’ Christmas Lunch will take place on 16 December, both at Town Moor Golf Club.

Any interested men who would like to come to these meeting as a visitor to see what we do, with a view to joining if you like us, please call either Des Parks (01302 856188), George Kirk (07808191211) or Geoff Firth (01302 849734) for more information

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December is usually a time of reflection (in between the hectic preparations for Christmas!) and we look back on a very busy year. With your help we were able to inform DRI at the beginning of the year that we had the money for another CT scanner. The new CT unit should be operational by March 2020 and we will keep you updated. In April we launched our prostate cancer appeal for a £150,000 biopsy machine, which at the time of writing (beginning of November) had reached £40,000.

We are very fortunate to have the continuing support of so many groups, organisations and individuals who fundraise and offer help in many ways. Also our lovely friendly volunteers (we have no paid staff) who do so much during the year, without whose unstinting loyalty we would not be able to function.

Our annual Memory Tree event in the Frenchgate Centre continues during December until Friday, 20th December. We are downstairs outside Boots from 10am to 3pm Monday to Saturday. Please come along and see us, have a chat and buy a token in memory of your loved one.

If you would like to get in touch with us our contact details are: 22 Wood Street, Doncaster DN1 3LW (entrance by the side of Kerry Gough Florists), second floor (lift available), Room 209. Tel. 01302 325029. Email: info@dcdt.co.uk. Website: dcdt.co.uk.

Thank you all so much for your generosity, friendship and help. Our charity strives to raise funds to help faster detection and improve cancer treatment for local people.

We wish you all a very happy Christmas and hopefully a healthy New Year.

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Arrow Publications are the proud sponsors of Bessacarr Blues u13’s football team. The team train and play at Cantley Park and were promoted to the Premier League this season.

The team has welcomed a few new players this year, but many of the boys have been together since they were 6 and 7.

We wish them all the very best for the rest of the season.

C’mon Bessacarr Blues!

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Sprotbrough Music—Live!!

Thursday 5 December at 7pm St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough Welcome everyone to our annual Christmas event—a great opportunity to embrace the Festive Season along with friends and family—be sure to bring them along.

This year for your entertainment Sprotbrough Music Society are delighted to present

THE BARNBURGH VILLAGE SINGERS

£10 admission (non members) include wine and seasonal refreshments Students in full time education and children FREE For further information. Please contact sue Ekins, Membership Secretary on 01302 853469/email susan.ekins@gmail.com

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School News from Copley Junior School Year 5 Get It Wrapped!

As part of their creative learning project on the ‘Pharaohs’, Year 5 visited Weston Park Museum in Sheffield. As well as touring the museum, children took part in a workshop to find out about the mummification process! Did you know that the Egyptians used to bury their slaves alive alongside their mummified bodies so that they would have a slave in the afterlife? This didn’t last long because the slaves would run away every time someone in the family fell ill. This is why they began making a ‘shabti’ (a small model of a slave) to be buried alongside their mummified remains. All of the children decided that making a ‘shabti’ was much kinder than being buried alive.

National Anti-Bullying Week The theme for this year’s National AntiBullying Week was ‘Change Starts With Us’.

To launch the week we invited all children and staff to wear odd socks – as bright and oddly matched as possible! We used this theme to celebrate our individuality and to reflect that being different is ok.

We enjoyed an Anti-Bullying Magic Show and showed a whole school ‘stop’ sign to show our commitment to ensuring there is no bullying in school. Well done to our Y6 Anti-Bullying Ambassadors who prepared a pupil-friendly antibullying leaflet to give to every child in school.

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Express Events We invite parents/carers to regular ‘express’ events through the year when the children present (‘express’) their learning. So far this year, Year 3 parents have been invited to the Scrumdiddlyumptious café where they sampled the tasty fruit smoothies designed and created by the children; Year 4 showcased their Vikings project work, demonstrated how Viking guards led an attack and even encouraged parents to have a go and Year 5 led a very active and competitive event that challenged children's problem solving skills as they made rockets using limited materials in a given timescale.

For our next express event, Year 6 will open the Copley Museum to share their learning about World War II. We look forward to sharing more school news soon.

Best wishes, E.A. Crayton Head teacher

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Doncaster Pathfinders Walking Club.

Doncaster Pathfinders Walking Club were out again on Sunday 3rd of November. The walks were really well attended with over 50 of us travelling to the Damflask area of the Peak District.

A couple of walks were on offer, the A walk was around 11 miles and started at Lodge Moor, on the outskirts of Sheffield, we headed for the tree line above the Rivelin Valley and then went west along a path which runs very close to a steep edge above Fox Hagg. We soon reached Wyming Brook Nature Reserve to cross Ash Cabin Flat and New Hagg moor. Easy paths took us on a pleasant stroll to emerge later at Damflask Reservoir. From here we made our way to Stacey Bank and The Nags Head for a pint or two of Bradfield Brewery's locally brewed beer. Our thirst having been satiated, we continued along the north eastern flank of the reservoir to Low Bradfield and our awaiting coach.

Our B walkers followed a very similar route but at a slightly lower level and shorter distance of just over 7 miles. They also took the opportunity to sample some of the excellent beers on offer at The Nags Head and had the added bonus of coffee at the Schoolhouse Cafe in Low Bradfield at the end of their walk.

We are in the process of planning our 2020 programme of walks so if you are interested in joining us in the future and want to enjoy fresh air and exercise with like minded people, please check out our Facebook page or visit our website www.doncasterpathfinders.org.uk

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What’s On In Sprotbrough?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Mon

Rainbows

Scout Barn in Sprotbrough Village

Time 5.30pm

Mon

Rising 2’s play session

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.00-11.30am

Mon

Rising 2’s play session

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

12.30- 3.00pm

Mon

Brownies

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

6.15-7.45pm

Mon

Beavers (6-7yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

6.00-7.30pm

Mon

French Conversation Group

Sprotbrough Community Library

6.00—8.00pm

Mon

Seniors ‘Dancercise’ Keep fit class

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

10.15—11.15am

Mon

Adult Ballroom/Latin Dance

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

2pm –3pm

Mon

Adult Ballroom/Latin Dance class

St ary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

7.30-8.30pm

Mon

Scottish Country Dancing (term time)

The Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

7.45—9.45pm

Tue

Sprotbrough Starz

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-11am

Tue

Coffee Morning (Term time only)

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

10.30-11.30am

Tue

Tuesday Club

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.30-4.00pm

Tue

Painting Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

2.00-4.00pm

Tue

Dancing

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

4.00-7.00pm

Tue

Story time & Activities (term time)

Sprotbrough Library

1pm—2pm

Tue

Cubs (8-10yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

6.30-8.00pm

Tue

Cubs 'Kestrels' (8-10yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

6.45-8.15pm

Wed

Rising 2’s Playgroup

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.00-11.30am

Wed

Sprotbrough Park Playtime (term time)

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

9.30-11am

Wed

Sequence Dance—Ian Sadler

Royal British Legion

1pm –3.30pm

Wed

Story Time & Activities Alternate weeks

Sprotbrough Library

1.30pm—2.30pm

Wed

Dancing

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

4.00-7.00pm

Wed

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

6.00-7.00pm

Wed

Sequence Dance Club

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.30pm—10pm

Wed

Cubs 'Falcons' (8-10yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

6.45-8.15pm

Wed

Scouts (11-14yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

7.00-9pm

Thurs

Coffee Morning

The Stable, Main Street, Sprotbrough

10—11.30am

Thurs

Little tykes (childminders drop in)

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15—11.00am

Thurs

Thursday Club

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.30-4.00pm

Thurs

Dancing Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

4.45-8.45pm

Thurs

Brownies

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

6.00-7.30pm

Thurs

Yoga Class

St Marys Church Hall

7—8.30pm

Thurs

Beavers (6-7yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

5.30-6.30pm

Thurs

Scouts (11-14yrs)

The Barn, Main Street

7.00-9.15pm

Thurs

Explorer Scouts (14-18yrs)

Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough

7.30-9.30pm

Fri

Sprotbrough Starz

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-11am

Fri

Tea Dance

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.00-4.00pm

Sat

Sequence Dancing

Royal British Legion Club

7.30—10.30pm

Sat

Dancing Class

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

9.15-3.15pm

Sun

Sunday Club

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

10am—11am

Sun

t-Time, Crafts, bible stories and more

St Marys Church Hall

4—5pm—check hall for dates

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What’s on in Warmsworth?

Day

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

Monday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Tuesday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Tuesday

Brownies

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

6pm-7.30pm

Tuesday

Ladies Club

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

Wednesday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Thursday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Thursday

Dancing Class

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

4pm-9pm

Thursday

Watercolours

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

10am-12 noon

Friday

Warmsworth Pre School

Warmsworth Community Centre (Front Hall)

9.05am-3.05pm

Sprotbrough Community Centre Bookings Tel: 788093 Methodist Church Hall Bookings Tel: 570036 (office hours 10am-12noon Tue & Fri) St Marys Church Hall Bookings Tel: 07891 813986 Warmsworth Community Centre Tel: 01302 858200

Monthly Events in Sprotbrough & Warmsworth Monthly

Activity

Meeting Place

Time

3rd Monday 1st & 3rd Tuesday

St Mary’s Mothers Union

The Stable, Main Street, Sp’boro

7.30pm- 9.30pm

Sequence Dancing

Royal British Legion Club

7.30-10.30pm

1st Wednesday

Sprotbrough Wives

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

7.30-10.00pm

2nd Thursday

Lunch Club

Sprotbrough Methodist Church

12.15pm - 2.00pm

2nd Tuesday

Jigsaw Puzzle library & Coffee

The Stable, main Street, Sprotbrough

9.30—11.30am

1st & 3rd Wednesday

Knit & Natter Club

The Stable, Main St, Sprotbrough

2—4pm

2nd Tuesday

Sprotbrough WI

St Mary’s Church Hall

7.30—9.30pm

2nd Monday

Ladies Club Committee

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

2nd Monday

Parish Council meeting

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

7pm-9pm

1st Thursday

Warmsworth WI

Warmsworth Community Centre

7—9pm

2nd Monday

Ward Councillors Surgery

Warmsworth Community Centre (New Hall)

6—7pm

1st Tuesday

Warmsworth & Edlington Lions Club

The Holiday Inn, Warmsworth, DN4 NUX

7pm

3rd Wednesday

Warmsworth Neighbourhood Watch

Cricket Club

7pm

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