The Sprotbrough Arrow

The Sprotbrough Also covering Warmsworth, 4900 distribution monthly

November 2018

Arrow Publications

Issue No. 158

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Welcome to the November issue of The Sprotbrough Arrow.

What a fabulous 2018 we have had with regards to the weather! It’s late October and I am looking out of my window at a beautiful blue sky and a sunny, warm morning. Climate change or just chance… who knows? I am hoping it’s just chance, it has been a treat unlikely to be repeated for some time.

Last month I asked for information on local 24 hour defibrillators. If you are aware of any please let me know so I can keep a permanent feature in the Arrow on the whereabouts.

The deadline for the December issue of the Sprotbrough Arrow is Wednesday 14th November. The December issue will be delivered the last weekend in November.

Best wishes Michelle Sidebottom Mobile: 07795 387937 email:michelle@arrowpublications.co.uk www.arrowpublications.co.uk

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Community News Friends of Sprotbrough Library

Are holding a Christmas Coffee Morning Saturday 1st December 10am-12noon

You can help to save a life by sharing this information

Everyone welcome, come for a chat a coffee and a cake And help to support the Library Seasonal Craft stalls in plenty And THE BIG CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

A defibrillator is located at the Scott Practice Main Street, Sprotbrough DN5 7RH

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Community News What do you do with the clothes you and your children grow out of?

Well here’s a great idea!

We are holding a clothes sale at The Scout Hut on Anchorage Lane in Sprotbrough on Sunday 25th November 2018 from 11am until 2pm. This is a great opportunity to either buy or sell good quality clothes, there are a few more stalls available and we welcome anyone who would like to come along for a browse and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and have a slice of cake too!

There will be somewhere to try clothes on before you buy.

We are asking for a small donation from the stall holders towards the scouts.

For more information please contact Lynsey Chambers on 07779715898

WARMSWORTH

LADIES’ CLUB Beat the November chill at our warm hearted meetings

06 Nov 18 A Victorian Scandal 13 Nov 18 The History of the Police Force Part I 20 Nov 18 My Dad’s Diaries Part I 27 Nov 18 The Author Behind the Line Everyone is made very welcome.

Join us and bring a friend on Tuesdays 7:00-9:00pm Warmsworth Community Centre, Low Road

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Richmond Hill Primary School News from Sept/Oct 2018

Welcome to the Richmond Hill Tea Room!

We recently held the first ever Richmond Hill Macmillan Coffee event and celebrated the creation of the Richmond Hill Tea Room, which raised a whopping £566 for Macmillan Cancer Support!

Staff and ambassadors worked together to create our tea room, which was stocked with all of the gorgeous cakes, biscuits and buns that our pupils/families had donated.

We are incredibly grateful for the support we have received and have been delighted by the response to the event, which would not have been possible without the hard work of our pupils, staff and community.

Our ambassadors were absolutely wonderful throughout the day, putting all of their energy into making sure our guests had the best time possible and doing the school proud!

Thank you to Mrs Hutton, who donated beautiful floral centrepieces for our table decoration, and to everyone who donated their home baking, money and time to the cause!

Bloomin’ Lovely Creations for St. Mary’s Our pupils recently made some lovely paper plate flowers for our good friend Rev. Barraclough, of St. Mary’s Church, which were to be included on a beautiful float made for Creation Fest!

We would like to thank Rev. Barraclough for inviting our Year 6 classes to come and learn all about her work in the church.

Alongside learning about the church, pupils took part in a scavenger hunt and art activities, and thoroughly enjoyed their visit!

We’re also very excited to start another year of assemblies with St. Mary’s fabulous ‘Open The Book’ group, who have a long standing tradition of providing fabulous stories and assemblies to assist in our RE topic work!

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Choir Dazzle at the Racecourse A small group of choir members were recently selected to perform at the Doncaster Research Conference, held at Doncaster Race Course. The group joined with choir members from Woodfield Primary, Town Field Primary, Bawtry Mayflower, Bessacarr Primary and Hungerhill School to create the Doncaster Research Choir. The newly formed group had attended two rehearsals at Town Field Primary prior to the event and performed at the beginning of the afternoon, garnering amazing praise and comments from all in attendance, who all commented on how fantastic they were!

Well done, Doncaster Research Choir Time for Tea! We recently had our first ever Afternoon Tea with the Principal, in which a group of pupils were invited to have tea, biscuits and a catch up with our very own Mrs. Secker.

The inaugural group were comprised of Year 6 pupils, who had all gone above-andbeyond in their home learning for their current WW2 topic. Pupils had baked traditional treats from the 1930’s, created Anderson Shelters and even done some family research, uncovering exciting artefacts from their family trees. One pupil even brought in a family member to give a first-hand account of life as an evacuee!

Well done to the pupils involved!

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Viv McLean (piano) Our solo piano recital this season is given by the distinguished Viv McLean who after attending Chetham’s School went on to the Royal Academy where he was made an Associate. Having appeared on the concert platform with many famous orchestras we now welcome him to Sprotbrough for a recital of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

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Community News People Power!

Local resident Dave Glover joined forces with Warmsworth Parish Council to do battle with the ongoing problem of HGV lorries taking a ‘short cut’ when the A1 was closed or busy.

The HGV’s were passing through Sprotbrough village and over the bridge to Warmsworth. The bridge, a 150 year old structure that is grade 2 listed and has a maximum weight limit of 7.5 tons was slowly crumbling due to the bombardment of lorries. This became a real problem last year, so Dave started a campaign to try and stop the lorries altogether.

A group was set up on Facebook where locals who spotted a HGV sneaking over, would take photos and post them on the group. Dave would then contact the owner of the lorry and point out the weight restrictions on the bridge as well as the Warmsworth Parish Councillor Clarissa Jackson and issues of broken tree branches caused by the Sprotbrough resident, Dave Glover in front of a new sign lorries as they traversed down Mill Lane on the Warmsworth side of the river. Dave says “most were very helpful and they promised to advise all their drivers”. Unfortunately, this did not improve the situation so Dave decided to join forces with Clarissa Jackson from Warmsworth Parish Council, and Cynthia Ransome from Sprotbrough Parish Council.

Between them all a plan was hatched to have all the signage brought up to date as the current signage was 25 years old and out of date making it difficult for drivers outside of the UK to understand.

Clarissa worked on the signage on the Warmsworth side (A630) with her Parish Council, with Dave and Cynthia looked after the Sprotbrough side.

Numerous meetings with DMBC followed until finally an agreement was made to change all the signs from the A1 junction at Warmsworth, and new signs from the Barnsley road Turn off on the A1 (A635) into Sprotbrough Village. The new signs would follow right up to • • Wallpaper Hanging Boat lane. The new signs Specialist would sport the latest • • Emulsion & All ‘International picture’ type Est. 1988 information making it much Paintwork clearer for HGV drivers to • • Clean & Tidy Work see and understand.

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Hopefully this work will put • an end to the HGV problem and the bridge and local roads will be free from the heavy lorries coming through.

Now the signs are in place, we all hope the old bridge over the River Don will stand for another 150 years.

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Doncaster Cancer DetectionTrust Is a local cancer charity, founded In 1946. We raise funds for cancer related equipment for local hospitals, primarily Doncaster Royal Infirmary.

We are currently fundraising for another CT scanner for DRI As the one we donated in 2012 has reached full capacity.

We have almost reached our goal and need a final ÂŁ50,000.

We will have a Memory Tree stall in Frenchgate Centre from 26th November to 21st December selling Christmas tree ornaments to hang on your tree at home in memory of a loved one. We will be there from 10am to 3pm each day, excluding Sundays. We are all volunteers - there are no paid staff.

If you would like to find out more about us our website is: dcdt.co.uk or telephone us on 01302 325029 (answering machine if not in office).

Please come along for a chat - it will be great to see you.

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School News from Copley Junior School Harvest Festival at St Mary’s Church It was lovely to see so many parents and relatives at our Harvest Festival. Our theme this year was ‘A pizza as big as the sun’ and children recited the poem, with each class adding their item to the pizza, e.g. tomatoes, mozzarella, olives and telling us many fascinating facts about them, including the food miles taken to transport these foods to the UK. As usual the children’s singing was fantastic, especially for our favourite ‘Harvest Samba’ song!

We are very grateful for the huge number of donations given on both days, which were displayed on every table and ledge all around St Mary’s. All our donations were taken to Doncaster Foodbank, where they will make a big difference to many local families. I know helpers at the Foodbank are very grateful for our support.

Young Shakespeare Company – Children in Year 5 and 6 thoroughly enjoyed a performance and workshop session of ‘Macbeth’ led by the Young Shakespeare Company. This provided children with a really inspiring and engaging first experience of Shakespeare.

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Cross Country Success Well done to our cross country teams, as they competed with great success at the Keep Moat Stadium.

Year 3/4 girls - Congratulations to Isobel L who came 4th out of 90 competitors. Our team came 4th and go through to the South Yorkshire Finals.

Year 3/4 boys - Congratulations to Jacob T who came 4th and Joe W who came 5th out of 90 competitors. Our team came 4th and go through to the South Yorkshire Finals.

Year 5/6 girls - Well done to our girls' team as they all completed the course, competing against 108 runners.

Year 5/6 boys - Congratulations to Luke B who came 5th, Charlie L who came 7th and Luke C-S who came 8th out of 1 07 competitors. Our team came 1st overall and go through to the South Yorkshire Finals.

Miss Hull and Miss Newton would like to congratulate all the children who represented the school so well and also to thank all the parents/ carers who came to give such fantastic support.

Lego Club We are very grateful to members of the local community who have helped us to build up a huge collection of Lego. Our new Lego club has proved very popular and the children’s models are getting bigger week by week! Thank you to all families and neighbours who have donated Lego to us.

Best wishes, E.A. Crayton, Head teacher

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Dog training – rain or shine!

Thanks to a generous grant from Support Adoption For Pets, the local RSPCA Animal Centre can offer dog training and behavioural support all year round in all weathers. The new canopy completes a big investment in training facilities at the South Yorkshire Animal Centre, Bawtry.

Over the summer, the Doncaster, Rotherham and District RSPCA Branch held a very successful six-week training programme open to the public. Now sessions can be held rain or shine.

Support Adoption For Pets – a charity established by Pets at Home – has been very supportive of the work of the RSPCA Centre to rehabilitate dogs rescued from cruelty or neglect.

Laura Messenger, Grant Funding Coordinator at Support Adoption For Pets, said: “It is a real privilege to help an organisation that works so hard to care for and re-home pets in need. They are doing a superb job, and the effort the Rescue Centre puts in is an inspiration.”

There are many ways to help the Animal Centre’s mission to rehome and rehabilitate animals. You can volunteer, donate cash or goods, sponsor an animal pen through Safe Haven and support events. There are charity shops at Bawtry, Rotherham, Rossington and Thorne and now an eBay shop. The Animal Centre has a pet shop on site for all your requirements, and provides a pet cremation service and a memorial garden for your beloved pets. – find out more at www.rspcadoncasterrotherham.org.uk

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Doncaster Community Arts (dart) are running a project to share Doncaster’s cycling memories, can you help?

Doncaster Cycling Stories aims to encourage people to share their memories of cycling in Doncaster.

Do you remember cycling to work for your first job? Balanced on a friend’s handlebars as a kid, or taken a date out cycling? Did you ride the red shale track in Brodsworth, or visit Uppadines Cycles in Balby? What was your first bike? darts (Doncaster Community Arts) is looking for submissions for their project Doncaster’s Cycling Stories. It wants to hear about people’s most memorable or challenging trip on a bike, their greatest achievements, funniest stories or fondest recollections.

You don’t need to live in the borough or be a serious cyclist to contribute – as long as the story has a connection to Doncaster, darts would love to hear it. Submissions are open to everybody.

The project will run over 2 years, and a new film will be designed at the end of the project to bring people’s memories to life in a creative and engaging way. This will serve as a legacy of the project, and tour in summer 2019 to ensure as many people as possible have the opportunity to discover Doncaster’s cycling stories.

You can find out more about the project, read some existing submissions and submit your own stories at www.cyclingstories.org. Alternatively, stories can be emailed to cyclingstories@thepoint.org.uk.

The idea for the project came about from Doncaster Wheelers Cycling Club’s desire to preserve and record cycling memories for future generations. It is funded by the Heritage Lottery fund and managed by darts with support of Heritage Doncaster and Doncaster Council.

Amy Knowles, Projects Coordinator for darts, says: “We are really pleased to have received support from Heritage Lottery Fund to create a new film celebrating Doncaster's Cycling Stories. We can't wait to find out more about this interesting part of Doncaster's heritage and would encourage anyone with a tale to tell, no matter how big or small, to come forward and share

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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 Beginners Ballroom/Latin Dance

St Mary’s Church Hall, Sprotbrough

2pm –3pm

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

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

6.00-9.00pm

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

5.30-6.30pm

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 Fri

Explorer Scouts (14-18yrs) Sprotbrough Starz

Scout Hall, Centre, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough Goldsmith Sprotbrough

7.30-9.30pm 9.15-11am

Fri

Tea Dance

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

1.00-4.00pm

Fri

Taekwondo

Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough

6.30-9.00pm

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

Last Thursday of month

Parish Luncheon Club

Newton Arms, Sprotbrough Rd

12 noon

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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