Issue 70 Spring 22

ISSUE 70

Spring 2022

Est. 2003

Community

The Community Magazine for

KIVETON PARK & WALES

Including the Wales Parish Council Newsletter

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Welcome to the Spring edition of the

Community

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Unfortunately various factors have held up the publication of this edition, like everything these days, increased prices and delays with deliver are having an impact, however here we are at last. This edition carries news about various clubs, groups and organisations in the community as well as all the latest news from our Parish council.

The Magazine for the Community by the Community

Kiveton Park & Wales Community Matters For all advertising and editorial enquires Please call (01909) 773348 or e-mail kevin@kivetoncreative.co.uk The Old Colliery Offices, Colliery Rd, Kiveton Park Sheffield. S26 6LR

Whats inside page 4 First responders Borough Councillors update page 5 Food Bank Walking group & Coffee morning. pages 6 Waleswood Cricket Canal Society pages 7-10 Parish Council newsletter page 11 Wales Child Care page 12 Saxon golf society page13 Up the Kivo page 14 Community Woodland page 15 TAK Trustees retire page 16 St.John the Baptist Church page 18 Methodist Church page19 The History Society

The Mothers’ Union welcomed the New Year and along with many other groups we hoped to once again resume our meetings and activities.

AND WE DID START AGAIN, managing to have our AGM as our first meeting and at that meeting we made tentative plans for the months ahead.

We decided to wait until the Duke of Leeds at Wales had once again opened, to have our New Year social meeting there. This took place on Wednesday 16th February, when we all enjoyed a lovely lunchtime meal. It was so nice to be able to meet as a group in very pleasant surroundings.

Next month, we have a guest who has produced a cookery book to help people on low incomes. This meeting will take place at St Johns Church on Monday 7th March at 10am.

Covid and little inter-action with other people has had a big impact on families and children in the local community. So we were pleased, with the support of Mothers’ Union to restart Music Tots and we have welcomed many new members to the group. We meet on Thursday mornings between 10 am and 11am at St Johns Rooms. Come along for a sing song.

All welcome to come and join us, we meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 10;45 at St Johns Church, Wales. Come along and have a coffee, chat and meet the group.

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USEFUL NUMBERS Kiveton Doctors (01909) 770213 Genix Dentist (01909) 770162 Roth Gen Hospital (01709) 820000

TRAVELLERS TAXIS Old Colliery Offices, Colliery Road, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 6LR - Local Firm EST. 10 Years - Fully Insured - Fully Licensed - Fully Computerised -

www.travellers-taxis.co.uk

Lloyds Chemist (01909) 770214 The Village Hall (01909) 770357 Parish Council (01909) 515784 Development Trust (01909) 773348 Kiveton Library (01909) 771823

Minibuses: 6 Seater, 8 Seater, 9 Seater, 14 Seater

Available 24 hours with NEW Ring Back Service

(01909) 51-52-53

Rotherham Borough Council (01709) 382121 Kiveton Community Woodland (TCV) 01302 388 832 Kiveton Post Office 0845 22 33 44 Wales High School (01909) 771291 Meadows Juniors (01909) 771207 Kiveton Infants (01909) 770303 Wales Primary School (01909) 770236 Door to Door (01709) 517100 Dinnington Vets (01909) 562319 Killamarsh Vets 01142 470 828 Rotherham Heroes : 01709 807319 Victim Support S.Yorks 0300 303 1976 Mental Health Support 0300 123 3393 Rotherham Rise 0330 202571 Samaritans 116 123 Kiveton & Wales Food Bank (01909) 773348

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Kiveton and Harthill Community First Responder Scheme – covers Kiveton, Wales, Harthill, Todwick and can go out to South/North Anston, Dinnington, Swallownest, Aston and sometimes further afield if required. We have two active CFRs with the scheme – Brian and Helen who operate on an ‘on call’ basis.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) operates a Community First Responder (CFR) scheme where

volunteers are trained to use lifesaving skills in their local area.

In many medical emergencies the first few minutes are critical and if effective treatment can be provided at this time, lives can be saved and disability reduced. This is especially true for heart attacks and medical conditions that have caused someone to lose consciousness.

YAS CFRs are trained in basic life support (BLS) skills including cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), defibrillation and oxygen therapy and are equipped with an automated external defibrillator (AED) oxygen and a first aid kit.

When a 999 call is received in our Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), an ambulance response is dispatched. At the same time a CFR, on-call in the area, can be alerted and asked to assist at the incident to ensure help reaches the

patient as quickly as possible.

CFRs are volunteers based within the community, they may only be a minute or two away from a medical emergency and often their role is to simply provide reassurance to patients and their families until ambulance clinicians arrive.

However, in extreme cases, such as a cardiac arrest, they can perform CPR or use their defibrillator to restart someone’s heart which can save someone’s life.

For more information on community first responding, or to apply to join the team, please contact the Community Resilience Team.

Website: http://www. communityresponders.yas.nhs.uk

Councillors Update Wales Bar Traffic Lights We have some early good news this year for our area as we are delighted to announce that during February it is planned to install a much-needed right turn arrow at Wales Bar to the relevant traffic light to give right turners (Mansfield Road onto School Road) the time and safety in which to manoeuvre the junction.

It has consistently been one of the most common issues raised with us over the years and after working with the Council’s Technical Transport Engineers they finally agreed with us that this was required.

For many years the issue of motorists turning right from

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Mansfield Road onto School Road has been a growing road safety issue. We now have more cars that use Mansfield Road for work and leisure than ever before. We’re sure this will be a vast improvement to the safety of the junction.

We are now holding regular dropin advice surgeries the details of which are below, and no prior appointment is necessary. We are looking forward to seeing people, in person again. Understandably if meeting in person is still a concern, we are always available on the phone or via email and please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Surgery Details Cllr Dominic Beck dominic.beck@rotherham.gov.uk tel: 07881 268 115 2nd Saturday of every month Kiveton Library 10am-11am Cllr Marnie Havard marnie.havard@rotherham.gov.uk tel: 01709 807959 1st Saturday of every month Kiveton Library 10-11am

Kiveton & Wales Food Bank

People in our community still need the help and support of our local foodbank. Unfortuately our stocks of basic items such as tinned beans, tinned vegetables, tea bags, breakfast cereals, jars of pasta sauce, butter or margarine, shampoo’s, conditioner, shower gel, ladies deodorant and washing up liquid are all dwindling fast.

We continue to receive some very generous donations, not only from our collection point, at Mcolls and the One The Old Colliery Offices Kiveton Stop but also very generous individuals bringing an array of items in.

Tel: 01909 773348

Donations are always welcome. Therefore if any one can help us out we and our food bank users would be very grateful. Items can be placed in our collection baskets in McColls and the One Stop shop or direct into the foodbank at the Old Colliery Offices.

Thursday Walking Group Meet at the Old Colliery Offices, from 10.00am Open to all ages, Come and join our hugely successful Thursday walking group, for a gentle walk in the local area with good company.

Walks organised by our Walk leader Derek.

Monday Coffee & Games Morning Join us at the Old Colliery Offices 10am -12pm Good company, friendly faces and a hot cuppa and a chat.

Colliery Offices Lunch Group The Old Colliery Offices, Kiveton Park

Come along and join us, meet old friends, make new friends

Tuesdays 12 - 2pm £6

A lovely two course hot lunch, lovingly prepared on the premises on the day by our wonderful cook Linda.

Aided by our equally wonderful group of volunteers.

If you are interested in joining then please give us a call on (01909) 773348

Waleswood Cricket Club Waleswood SCC a registered Charity Cricket Club will once again be fielding 2 Saturday teams in Div 2&3 of the Bassetlaw Cricket League along with 2 Sunday teams,one in the Premier Division of the Mansfield Cricket League and one in the Premier Division of the Allama Cricket League.

Throughout the winter months the clubs volunteers have been active in improving the social facilities with a refurbish of the pavilion interior and our security system.

We are also in working in conjunction with the Woodland Trust and Ciswo to plant over 400 saplings during

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the coming months which will more than offset the loss of trees due to storm damage.

Members of the club will also have training on the use of our portable Defibrillator in the event aid is required.

Our ground and woodland have been available throughout the Covid-19 outbreak for people to exercise safely and we will continue with this during 2022.

We know that many dog walkers “pickup” and dispose (thankyou) and would ask those that don’t and others who leave their poo bags for

Cricket Field Lane, Wales Bar, Sheffield.

us to clear up, please have respect for the facilities and do the same.

If anyone is interested in playing or just being a social member in our Registered Charity Cricket Club please contact any of the numbers below and they will be happy to advise.

Gen Sec Mrs S Long 01909 567365 Captains D Spotwood 07557802836 G Lomas 07419295953

www.waleswoodscc.sportsclubwebsite.com

Pull a boat and raise funds The Friends of Dawn Rose are once again organising boat pulls so that groups or organisations can raise funds in a unique way.

In past years, dozens of different organisations have raised many thousands of pounds for their own good causes. Many groups return every year. Even Matt Baker had a go when filming for Countryfile!

The idea is very simple. You get your group together and book a date. You pay the Friends of Dawn Rose £50 and then raise as much as you can for your cause through sponsorship. Several groups have raised four figure sums.

There are dates available in April and May. For full details search for Chesterfield Canal Trust.To book or for further information, please email dawnrose@chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk or ring 07972 287793.

Dawn Rose weighs about ten tons, so it sounds impossible to pull it. In fact, it is surprisingly easy. There is a special harness which means that two people can comfortably pull the boat. Pairs usually pull for about half a mile before swapping to the next pair, but some do much less whilst others do several miles.

The course is two miles from Shireoaks to Worksop or the return journey. It will take between two and three hours.

The Dawn Rose crew will look after everything and will ensure that you will be safe and have an enjoyable time.

Dawn Rose is a replica Cuckoo boat – unique to the Chesterfield Canal. It was built using hand tools only be a group of volunteers because all the old working boats had rotted away. It is moored at Shireoaks Marina and does demonstration horse boating, pulled by Charlie the horse, on some summer Sundays from the Lock Keeper pub in Worksop. The Friends of Dawn Rose look after the boat. They are part of the Chesterfield Canal Trust which is campaigning to get the canal fully restored by 2027, which is the 250th anniversary of its opening.

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Wales Parish Council NEWSLETTER

Spring Issue - 2022

Chairman’s Letter I was not around when Queen Elizabeth succeeded to the Throne on the 6 February, 1952, Counsellor Mike Brabbs was and he shared the following with me. “Doesn’t time fly when you are enjoying yourself? One minute you are listening to the wireless announcing that Edmund Hilary (Sir) and Tenzig Norgay have climbed Mount Everest without oxygen and a couple of days later, if you are lucky you were watching Queen Elizabeth II being crowned in Westminster Abbey and now it’s the Platinum Jubilee.”

Absolutely tremendous how things change during our life time, and how things move forward, some for the better, and maybe some not so good, but it is good to remember the former years whilst looking forward to the future.

In the Parish we put on a couple of events towards the end of 2021, the Bonfire and Christmas Lights switch on. The Bonfire was extremely well attended, and hopefully all had a great time.

The weather spoiled the Christmas Light switch on, but many still came along. Thank you all for your support of the Parish.

Looking forward, we are trying to put on some festivities on the 4th June. There will be no street parties as the paperwork to close a road is formidable. It will all happen at the Recreation Ground.

We are planning an afternoon of activities and any group, organisation or individual is invited to join us in the planning and operation on the day. Anyone with photographs or memorabilia from 1952 who is willing to loan it out for an exhibition in the Parish Rooms we welcome.

We are contactable on 01909 515784 or email at office@wales-pc.org.uk.

Wales Parish Council

01909 515784

office@wales-pc.org.uk

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Bonfire Night It seems like only yesterday, but by the time that you read this, we shall be a quarter of the way through 2022!

The weather treated us well for this year’s Bonfire, and with other Bonfire events around the Borough being cancelled left right and centre, 2021’s turnout must have been one of the busiest yet, and it is fair to say everyone seemed to leave with a huge smile on their face after another cracking display! Thanks go to Reaction Fireworks for the display and Joe for the music, plus thanks to all the green space attendants, Paul Brookes, Tony Fowkes, and Neil Baxter and the team

for sorting out all the electrics.

Thanks also to Elaine Hancock for first aid, Mr Whiting for the fair, Zara Reed, Little Yorkshire and Fired Pizza for selling food and drinks and all the stall holders!

We also had great feedback on the Guy this year, thanks to Mr Stuart Blackwell, who has made the guy for the bonfire for the last three years and has done

an excellent job. This time Stuart excelled himself beyond our wildest expectations. The effects on the night were amazing. It was a pleasure to hear the children’s (and the adults) squeals of delight! A great big THANK YOU to Mr Blackwell on behalf of the Parish Council and the community.

Family Fun Day in celebration of the Queens jubilee.

As already mentioned by our Chair in his opening note, we are planning an afternoon of music and entertainment and other activities, and if any group, organisation or individual is interested, then you are invited to join us in the planning and operation on the day.

Also, anyone with photographs or memorabilia from 1952 who is willing to loan it out for an exhibition in the Parish Rooms we would welcome it.

Unfortunately, there’ll be no bread and ‘scrape’ (have you seen the cost of beef dripping these days?), but if there are any businesses who would like a stall selling food, beverages, or products (that complement the theme of the event), then please do let us know.

We have teamed up with our partner Active Regen to put on activities during the next school holidays. All of the programmes are free but there is a limit to the number of places on each programme to maintain the correct ratio of children to coaches, so it is a case of first come, first served!

This Easter, there will be activities running on the 11th to the 14th April (inclusive) at the recreation ground.

For more details, and to make a booking, please contact Active Regen on 01909 510775.

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01909 515784

office@wales-pc.org.uk

Christmas Lights Switch on If only the weather had treated us better for the Christmas light switch-on! A very wet evening in December meant the festivities were a little shorter than we would have liked this year, but the people of Kiveton Park and Wales still turned out in their numbers for the switch on. Thanks go to Neil Baxter and the team for putting a lot of hard work in to getting the display ready, Elaine for first aid, Bob Memory for the trailer, Mr Whiting for the fair, Fired Pizza and (Mini Me’s?).

Finally, a huge thanks to Mary Ivell and her family for switching on the lights last year. Mary was really pleased to have been chosen to turn on the Christmas light display for Kiveton Park, and was humbled to be chosen for her community work litter picking in the village.

The evening was wonderful (albeit it, wet!) and she enjoyed being part of the celebrations and evening as a whole. It was great to see such a good turnout for the event and Mary was a bit nervous about being given such a big responsibility, but managed the situation well. Mary appeared on stage with her mum and dad, Sara and John Ivell along with representatives from Red Road FM and she was treated like a star by all the organisers.

Mary continues to collect litter in the park and fields when out walking her dog Lola, as does her sister Dee who has also assisted in litter picking since Mary started a few years ago.

It’s also great to see the addition of more litter bins on the main street which she feels has made a great improvement and would like to see more in the park area or on streets away from the main road. The village is everyone’s to enjoy and the simple task of throwing rubbish in a litter bin, or taking home is an easy way to keep the village tidy, clean and a pleasant place for all.

Peter Turner It is with sadness that the Parish Council learned of the death of Peter Turner. Peter died last November and was cremated at Retford. Peter was a Parish Councillor for many years and contributed to the parish and local affairs in a quiet caring manner. His calm and thoughtful way helped steer the Parish Council for over 3 decades. Peter was also the Postmaster at our local Post Office for many years. Peter was well known and well respected in the village. It would be remiss of the current Parish Council not to acknowledge Peter’s many years of service to our villages. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Wales Parish Council

01909 515784

office@wales-pc.org.uk

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Wales Parish Council 133B Wales Road, Kiveton Park Sheffield, S26 6RB Tel:(01909) 515784 email: office@wales-pc.org.uk Attendants Office Tel: (01909) 515037

Cllr Ronald Grayson (Chair) 4 Wales Road, Kiveton Park Sheffield, S26 6RD. Tel: 07725 685192

Cllr Paul N Martin (Vice Chair) 92 South Terrace Wales Bar Sheffield, S26 5QL. Tel: 01909 774199

Cllr Carolyn Ogden 17 Chapel Way Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 6QT. Tel: 07766 411110

Cllr Lindsey Turner Tel: 07854 511787

Cllr Christine Carswell 17 Chestnut Avenue, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 5LN. Tel: 01909 515607

Cllr Jodie Flynn 23 Stoney Bank Drive, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 6SJ Tel: 07463 882488

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Cllr Mike Brabbs 72 School Road, Wales, Sheffield, S26 5QJ. Tel: 01909 771113

Cllr Peter H Blanksby 8 Littlemoor Avenue, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 5NZ. Tel: 01909 772627

Cllr David Carswell 17 Chestnut Avenue, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 5LN. Tel: 01909 515607

Cllr Mark Whiteman 102 Wales Rd, Kiveton Park Sheffield, S26 6RD Tel: 01909 773558

01909 515784

Cllr Steven B Webster 5 Lestermoor Avenue Kiveton Park Sheffield, S26 5NX Tel: 07305 346102

Cllr Christopher Batty 29 Stoney Bank Drive Kiveton Park Sheffield, S26 6SJ Tel: 01909 770180

Cllr Colin Jordan Tel: 07732 913389

office@wales-pc.org.uk

Wales Childcare Partnership Located in the grounds of Wales Primary School

Our aim at Wales Childcare Partnership is to provide children with a safe, happy and stimulating environment in which everyone is included, respected and valued, where they can grow in confidence, independence and develop to their full potential in preparation not only for school, but for life.

January of this year, 2022, marked another year as an ‘OUTSTANDING’ nursery, making it 7 years and counting!

As we soon move into spring our outdoor area and woodland begin to transform back to it’s leafy, green, flowery self! The woodland that we are lucky enough to be surrounded by has so much to offer our children throughout every season and provides us with endless learning opportunities.

It enables our children to connect with nature and develop their knowledge and understanding of the world around them.

Here’s what we have to offer here at Wales Childcare Partnership…………

HOLIDAY CLUB Do you have the school holidays covered? Could we help, even at short notice?

Our holiday club is all about having as much fun as every child could possibly imagine.

And we don’t even have to look far…… within the grounds of Wales Childcare Partnership and Wales Primary School we have a park, a woodland, playing field, huge outdoor area, willow domes and trees for den building, along with a huge range of resources, games, activities and outings to local parks and attractions! We offer a flexible system to make holiday periods as cheap as possible!

Sessions to choose from: 9:00am-3:30pm = £20.00 9:00am-4:30pm = £23.00 8:00am-3:30pm = £23.00 (Includes breakfast) 8:00am-4:30pm = £25.50 (Includes breakfast) 8:00am-6:00pm = £28.00 (Includes breakfast and tea) Snacks, milk and water are also provided throughout the day.

However, children are required to bring a packed lunch when attending holiday club.

Playgroup & Nursery Here at Wales Childcare Partnership we offer a range of sessions to choose from between 8:00am and 6:00pm (dependent upon availability), for 2, 3 & 4 year olds. (8:006:00, 9:00-3:05, 9:00-12:00, 12:05-3:05, 8:00-12:00, 8:003:05, 8:00-4:30, 9:00-4:30, 12:05-6:00, 12:05-4:30).

Fresh fruit, milk and water are available throughout every session.

(We also offer 15 hours FREE early education funded places for all 3 & 4 year olds, 30 hours FREE early education funded places for eligible 3 & 4 year olds and 15 hours FREE early education funded places for eligible 2 year olds).

For any further information or to book into our holiday club (ages 2 to 11 years), playgroup (age 2-3 years), nursery (age 3/4 years), or to put your child’s name down on our waiting lists, please call Leanne on 07425134515 or Email: enquiries@wccp.org.uk

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The Saxon Golf Society Before we move on to the events planned for this year, let's report on the conclusion to those relating to 2021 and the final outcomes.

The winner of the Aggregate Monthly Medal Trophy was Rob Gorman, with runner up being new member Mike Hassall.

The hotly contested Aggregate Days Out Shield went to the wire with Lee Marshall taking the win over Captain Neil Murray.

The last day out at Messingham Grange near Scunthorpe (Turkey Stableford competition) was won

by Paul Joynes; Paul was also the winner of the best round of the year when he shot a 6 under par score in July at Rufford Golf Course.

The overall medal team winners over the 2021 year resulted in a comfortable success for Paul Joynes, Lee Marshall, Wayne Calvert, Dave Shaw and brothers Steve and Brian Hicklin by a margin of 278 points to 235 points.

Our annual presentation night took place in the Saxon, and those who attended had a great evening with trophies and prizes presented, along with some fundraising activities which included a raffle.

Our AGM was held in early February, and it was officially declared that our charity fundraising for 2021 raised an amazing total of £1,500. to be given to Yorkshire Brain Tumour Charity, for the Sheffield hospital region. At our March meeting we welcomed Janet, one of their volunteer ambassadors who spoke to us about the main activities of the charity. In the photo she can be seen accepting the handover of the cheque for £1500 It should be noted that the inception for the charity fundraising which commenced 22 years ago back in 2000 was in relation to Brain Tumour Research.

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Our chosen charity for 2022 will be for Prostate Cancer, and we are already off to a great start in raising money. The generosity of our golf society members over the years is to be praised, and no doubt that their efforts to realise a substantial amount this year will be no exception.

Any donations that we could auction off that may help to further increase our levels of fundraising would be very much appreciated.

All interested. parties should contact Paul Joynes on 07990 616545 Our 2022 calendar of events will include Erewash, Mapperley, Selby and Newark Golf Clubs.

Days out from the month of March right through to November have all been booked, and this year a determined effort has been made to include golf clubs not previously visited by the society which is now in its 37th year. This has not been an easy task particularly when these are all weekend dates!

Our monthly medal venues have been declared, and the draw for the singles and doubles competitions made, along with monthly medal teams determined,

Payment of membership subscriptions (which includes a charity donation), along with competition entry fees and deposits for the golf days were taken during the meeting.

Our membership is scheduled to increase with some new members joining at the March meeting, so anyone who might be interested in joining a very well established and efficiently run society, then just come along to our meetings held in The Saxon pub on the first Sunday of each month commencing at 7pm.

Spring is around the corner, the summer months beckon, and so do those picturesque courses where we can enjoy friendly but competitive golf. Go on, you know you want to!!

As Bing Crosby would say, "It went straight down the middle"---or maybe not!!

It was the annual Kivo Christmas Charity Match on 27th December, with players drawn at random into two festively named teams - Sackrington Stanley and Sleighton Orient - and we even had a Robin refereeing for us!

It took a while for both sides to settle into the game, but eventually we saw some glimmers of quality among the rabble that had turned out. Highlights included goal of the season contenders from Joe Bass and John Hallam, a poacher’s performance from David Jonas (we’ll not mention the overhead kick), a penalty horror show from Matt Blackwell (he’ll claim he was being sporting but we don’t believe a word) and a world class goal-line clearance from Emily Rowles.

The game ended with a scoreline of 6 - 4.5 - one of Sleighton Orient’s goals being hotly disputed (it went six yards over the line).

After the game, it was back up to the clubhouse for a few post-match refreshments and a presentation to our U12 player Luke with all the funds raised from the game going to Sheffield Childrens Hospital. Luke has spent some time there recently and has decided to embark on a bit of fundraising for the charity - well done Luke!

Finally, a big thank you to all who took part and all those who came to watch. Thanks also to Robin Lester for waiving his referee fee for the game, our friends at AFC Kivo Rec for the use of their goal nets, and Wales Parish Council for the use of the pitch.

Kiveton Park Football Club would like to say a huge thank you to Greencore.

They’ve generously sponsored our Under 10 girls. This money is appreciated by the club, especially the players who are looking forward to being kitted out.

Another thank you goes to local construction company Marvel Projects Ltd (represented by Managing Director Ashley Hibberd) who have kindly sponsored the men’s section for

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source of nectar for pollinating bees, butterflies, moths, hoverflies, and even beetles.

Planting Fruit Trees for Wildlife… and People Too

By Tom Marshall

Planting trees is a very popular subject at the moment. It’s often done in vast numbers by companies and organisations that are keen to show off their commitment to fighting climate change.

I should probably point out that The Conservation Volunteers has an initiative called I Dig Trees, which has helped community groups and volunteers plant over two million trees in the past seven years.

Of course, Kiveton Community Woodland has thousands of trees already, most of which were planted over the past twenty years. Saplings and plants in their twenties are only at the early stages of their lives.

Silver birch, ash, and oak, which make up the majority of trees on the community woodland, can live around 140, 350, and 900 years respectively!

It is when trees reach an advanced age that they become most ecologically valuable. Veteran trees with dead and gnarly limbs, flaking bark and rotting holes, are host to many more species than fresh green saplings.

Wounds in bark provide access for fungi. Nooks and crannies are safe homes for insects. Holes in trunks make nest sites for birds, and twisted root hollows make safe places for small mammals, and hibernating amphibians.

One way to create this veteran tree habitat, and skip the hundred-year wait, is to plant fruit trees.

Fruit trees age much more quickly than other trees, reaching a ripe old age in decades rather than centuries. They also produce lots of blossoms which are a valuable

What’s more, they produce large fruits which are a valuable food source for birds and mammals. Not to mention good for cakes, pies, crumbles, jams, jellies, juice, and cider!

With all of this in mind, the community woodland’s Green Gym volunteers have been hard at work preparing and planting a small orchard – five apples and a plum tree.

The hope is that over the years to come, these trees will grow, and a new community orchard will grow with them. Creating a rich habitat for wildlife, new community events and activities, and hopefully lots and lots of delicious treats along the way.

If you would like to take part in the care of the new community orchard, or if you have any queries about Kiveton Community Woodland, volunteering opportunities, or upcoming events, please contact The Conservation Volunteers: southyorkshire@tcv.org.uk, 01302 388832 The Conservation Volunteers manages Kiveton Community Woodland on behalf of the Land Trust.

Pastures New for As a trading arm of the Community Development Trust Kivo e-biz has been trading online, selling peoples unwanted goods for close to 17years. Although not a registered charity itself any profits it made was donated to the community development trust which is a charity.

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After many years at the wheel its founder Steph Hryschko along with long standing volunteer Arthur Whiteway took the decision to retire and its sole member of staff moved onto university.

It was initailly decided to close the business altogether at the end

of March. However a couple of people have expressed an interest in trying continue the business, so it may yet continue in pastures new as it will no longer be part of the community development trust and will instead operate independently if it continues.

TAK

www.takponies.org Todwick & Kiveton Pony rescue & rehoming centre Registered Charity 1191364

It's been a tough time recently both mentally and physically for everyone here at TAK but I'm so blessed to have amazing dedicated volunteers.

Unfortunately due to circumstances ponies Corky and Louise recently returned home to us.

A wonderful lady by the name of Chelsea Fletcher will be re homing pony Georgia and Molly Carson a professional horse lady will be working with Jay Blackmore in the coming weeks with our beautiful Lola and she will be ready for rehoming once the ladies feel she’s ready.

Thank you both for everything so far the transformation is visible already.

Our 2022 Calendars, full of amazing pictures is still Available if anyone would like to buy .

All our other ponies are fit and healthy. Thankyou each and every one of you who have donated and continually donate to the ponies welfare, we couldn't do this without you.

We are looking forward to welcoming 2 foals due anytime soon. Watch this space.

Don’t forget Tak charity shop is open and re stocked with amazing items. Pop in and see us and grab a bargain.

All proceeds go to the ponies upkeep and welfare.

At the December meeting of the Community Development Trust, three long serving trustees retired.

Long serving Trustees retire

Pictured from the left are

Rita Bullock who had been with the trust for six years.

Arthur Whiteway who was voted Rotherham volunteer of the year in 2010 and Steph Hryschko who was awared the BEM in 2013.

Both had been at the trust for close to twenty years.

Everyone at the trust thanked them for their hard work and years of dedication and wished them well for the future.

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be entitled to £350 per month in support funding.

Those wishing to explore this option and other ways of offering support may find the following links useful https://resetuk.org or its partner https://www.sanctuaryfoundation. org.uk Evil wins when we look away and pretend that the pain does not exist and that the wound does not weep.

Love wins when we follow Jesus into the needs and pain of the world and use all we have to say, ‘NO.’ God will use us and Love will win, when we honor and embrace the pain as if it were our own.

Dear Friends And standing by the Cross of Jesus his mother, and the sister of his mother, Mary, the wife of Clopas, and Mary, the Magdalene. John 19 v 25 Observing human pain through violent war makes everything different. It changes lives.

I had stuff that I was worried about before the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine. But after Putins chilling threats and the horrific way events are unfolding all my worries feel small and insignificant.

When we in the comfort of our homes look at the news, feeling sadder and more afraid, we have to fight the temptation to turn away and go back to the rest of our lives pretending it’s not happening.

We follow the example of the faithful women including his mother Mary, who stood at the foot of the cross, and bore witness to Christ’s pain.

We too in the UK must be witnesses to this suffering in Ukraine. For Jesus is surely being crucified once again in the violence amidst the screams and bloodshed.

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We must bear witness, we must pray and we must act. Keep up with events and pray like you’ve never have before. Name the evil that is taking place. For it surely is evil.

Pray for Ukrainians who are fighting for democracy and for women, children and the elderly who are fleeing.

Act on this unfolding humanitarian crisis. Donations can be made to British Red Cross. Red Cross teams are providing essential aid both inside Ukraine and in bordering countries. https://www.redcross.org.uk As a church we’ve also been collecting items for Support Ukraine, Rotherham. Many people have donated and we are extremely thankful for the generous response.

However, we are pausing practical donations of items for the moment and encouraging monetary donations to the British Red Cross.

You may wish to consider offering hospitality. Obviously you need to recognise and weigh up the risks and complexities of hosting.

‘Homes for Ukraine’ is a scheme to enable ordinary UK citizens to open their homes to refugees. Hosts will

Hold on tight to your loved ones.

With blessings and prayers.

Reverend Gary A prayer for the people of Ukraine.

God of peace and justice, we pray for the people of Ukraine today.

We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons.

We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them.

We pray for those with power over war or peace, for wisdom, discernment and compassion to guide their decisions.

Above all, we pray for all your precious children, at-risk and in fear, that you would hold and protect them.

We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Peace.

Amen.

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and constraints that were still widely experienced in 2021, the outlook for 2022 in the battle against Covid is looking much more promising. We pray that this encouraging trend continues so we can begin to carry on with our normal way of life and experience fewer restrictions .A huge debt of gratitude is owed to those who have been working tirelessly within the NHS and have helped us through the last 2 years, and no doubt for the foreseeable future.

Unlike 2020, Christmas 2021 was able to be celebrated with family and loved ones in the majority of circumstances which was such a blessing, though much sympathy goes out to those unable to due to a positive covid test preventing family gatherings.

At our Christingle service all those attending were kind enough to bring a large array of foodstuffs and other useful items that were donated to the Kiveton and Wales food bank, just as we did with all that was brought to the Harvest Festival.

As we move into the early part of 2022, sadly it is likely that our efforts to help others will continue to be needed with more donations at the food banks over the coming months as general costs rise, inflation increases, and the price of energy soars to ridiculous levels.

The bible states that God loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7) and that Jesus taught it is better to give than to receive (Acts 20:35).

Have you felt that warm feeling and a sense of contentment when giving something to others, whether it be in material aspects or perhaps doing a good deed for someone, or sharing your time with someone who is lonely? It feels so much better that you have been able to help someone less able or fortunate than yourself. In the testing and unpredictable times ahead, if we can all give a little of something of ourselves to others then a song title

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Wales - Kiveton Methodist Church comes to mind by Louis Armstrong-”What a Wonderful World”. It;s a beautiful song, so give it another listen.

Our service for remembering loved ones at the end of January was a lovely gathering that enabled those present to light candles and be with their own thoughts on how precious family members and close friends no longer with us had been in our lives and still are. Treasured memories and fond reflections were also remembered with some smiles about the many happy times shared over many years together.

Our connections with local groups who utilise the church premises continue, and our congratulations go to the Wales Community Theatre Players who have worked extremely hard in difficult circumstances to bring their months of rehearsals to fruition and enabled them to successfully present and perform their pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk during January at The Montgomery Hall in Sheffield. If you didn’t get to see it, make sure you don’t miss the one they are planning for January 2023!

The Kiveton Park and Wales History Society meet up on the third Thursday of each month at 6.30pm, and have various articles of content

and guest speakers sometimes feature on specific topics.

Rotherham Borough Council have approached us again to be used as a polling station following the success of the church being used as a polling station venue for the local councillor elections in May 2021.

The date for the election of South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority will be Thursday 5th May. Whilst the month of May is still a while off we will soon be over the winter months; the nights are starting to get lighter and Spring is not far away, The flowers will soon be blooming in the garden, and the birds activity will be all too evident as they busily work to gather twine and twig to make their nests. These are all God’s gifts to us, and we thank him for these and so many other things that he brings to us with his grace.

If you would like to share in our services and friendship at Wales/ Kiveton Methodist Church then please come along and join us.

Our services are usually held on the second and fourth Sundays in the month at 3pm. it would be lovely to see you there, and you can be assured of a warm welcome.

Blessings to All

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THE YORKSHIRE LANCASHIRES FROM CORNWALL Ann Tomlinson (courtesy of Robert Tomlinson) POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE IN KIVETON The Lancashire grandparents eventually became installed in what I knew as the Chapel House, under the auspices of Kiveton Park Methodist Chapel which was next door. My parents, Nettie and her husband, John Shorthouse, a weighman’s clerk at the pit, moved into the terraced house opposite, in Wales Road. The Lancashires had acquired the job of cleaners for the impressive place of worship next door, divided from it by a low wall and long, red shale drive which led to their back door. Outside was a toilet and a coalhouse cum tool shed.

Grandpa Lancashire was in charge of the boiler house, which occupied most of his time between shifts down the pit. In hindsight, this must have been a godsend, bringing in a handsome addition to his weekly wage of around thirty shillings.

Daughter Ruby, did most of the sweeping and polishing in the main auditorium, with its wide stretch of shiny, dark brown pews, red plush pulpit, red carpet, twin flights of steps , each side, leading upwards from the altar table behind a row of short, carved pillars. I remember these supporting a splendid array of corn stoops and gleaming fruit and vegetables at Harvest Festival.

There was a huge multi piped organ and a four tier gallery where the choir members took their place on Sundays, resplendent in their Sunday Best, above the altar.

I was awestruck as I viewed these people from the ground floor pews, dazzled by the reflection of light from the row of “pince-nez” sparkling below the discreetly trimmed hats of ladies as they stood to render the “Anthem,” clutching their “ sol – fa” copies and conducted from one side by my father, John Shorthouse, his expression never varying from frowning concentration. The tenors and baritones, in dark suits and stiff, white collars, were less in evidence, occupying the more shadowy tiers behind the ladies Several vestries, Sunday School rooms, various cubby holes and even a toilet ranged each side of the tiled corridor running through the building behind the impressive pew filled theatre, with the towering rows

in the gallery presenting a daunting prospect week in, week out to those responsible for its upkeep.

My father lived in another world, silently brooding over his music.

Meanwhile, Frances’ lieutenants, Edith and Ellen, continued their ministry in Dalton In Furnace, Cumbria, where they lived for the rest of their spinster lives. A branch of the Salvation Army opened its doors on Station Road around 1932, livening up the rather solemn Sundays with its lively group of drum bangers and tambourine warriors. The flag waving and hardy chorusing had the effect of gathering together the spiritual floaters in the parish, filling a long felt need and a more permanent corps appeared in the village in the 1920’s.

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