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Welcome to the December issue of the Arrow! Tis the season! Wishing you a wonderful Christmas filled with memories you’ll always treasure. Merry Xmas wishes to you! This months issue is packed with ideas to enjoy the festive season! Boston Park Farm have their annual grotto including a tractor ride. Book early to avoid disappointment. There’s donkeys at Holmes and Garden in Epworth; Epworth Candlelight tour at the Old Rectory; Christmas fayres and Christmas concerts. Also don’t forget Santa @ the Smithy in Owston Ferry for a more traditional visit. Enjoy the read and please note the deadline for the January issue is Friday 7th December for distribution by the 5th January.
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Community News Axholme Camera Club News:
Team Verrico charity update
Wed 5th Dec Image Assessment Clinic with Guy, David and George Tues 11th Dec COMPETITION – Ladies v Gents – Open, Prints Wed 19th Dec Christmas Social 2019 Wed 2nd Jan Pechakucha – 20 images maximum 20 seconds per image
It seems hard to believe that it is now 5 years ago since my own young family was locked into a struggle with adversity in which there were no winners, each tiny victory weighed against the inexorable march of a rampant disease hell bent on destruction. Anna died on the night of 19 November 2013. Since that date, the small group of trustees with friends and people we have met along the way has raised money to support over 70 families with second opinion to potentially improve their prognosis; we have funded over 750 counselling sessions, paid for 8 research grants into statistically less significant cancers (i.e. fewer people get them) and assisted those undergoing treatment by providing 183 travel support packages and 136 hotel rooms in that period. I would really like us to be able to hit the magic half a million mark by the time we hit the fifth anniversary on 19 November 2018. If you can host a coffee morning, ask work to hold a dress down day, do an event or come up with another way to help us, then now is the time. Thank you Paul
We meet weekly in St Nicholas Church Hall, Haxey starting at 7.30 pm to approximately 9.30 pm. We are a very friendly club and welcome any newcomers. The annual subscription is £10.00 plus £2.00 for each meeting attended (reduced for under 18s) which includes tea/coffee and biscuits. Feel free to contact any Camera Club member you may know or give Joyce Hooley a call on 01427 752323 or just turn up on the night.
Isle Group of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Thursday December 6th Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve Kevin Wilson Stephen Jones Hall (rear of the Methodist Chapel), Low Street, Haxey On Thursday December 6th we will take a look at the Trust's largest nature reserve which is on the coast just outside Skegness. The reserve has extensive sand dunes and salt marshes but also fresh water areas and other habitats which attract many different species of birds, plants and other wildlife. Kevin Wilson has been the reserve manager for many years and knows the reserve inside out. Gibraltar Point is a great place to visit so do come along to find out more, everyone is welcome, you don't have to be a member of the Wildlife Trust. Our meetings are always on the first Thursday of the month from October to May in the Stephen Jones Hall in Haxey. For further information about the local Trust group and their meetings please contact Tony Lee on 01427 753831 or Chris Trinder on 01427 872051. Details about the group are also on the Lincolnshire Trust web site under area groups.
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ROYAL AIR FORCE LINDHOLME Adapted and Edited for publication by Anthony Catherall acknowledgement to Margaret Draper It is around this time that the Station Farm began to receive increasing publicity. It was official policy to encourage all forms of cultivation and even in 1945 the station was still playing its part in the wartime ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign. Group Captain Clelland, who was himself a Herefordshire farmer’s son, was determined to increase the eight acres already under cultivation. By July 1946 he had persuaded the Acting Station Warrant officer, one Flight Sergeant Eric Graville, to become Farm Bailiff upon his demobilisation. Mr Graville’s original task was to ensure the clearance of barbed wire, concrete standings and gorse bushes from the camp area. At first, Italian prisoners of war from Sheffield were used for the job but their work rate, predictably slow, was proof against the offer of cigarettes and similar bribes. Their replacement by German prisoners of war changed everything. Not only was the clearance completed but German bricklayers built the piggery that still stands at Lindholme today. The Station Commander also took the precaution on ensuring that this new Station Administrative Officer had a farming background. Squadron Leader Lester Davies, now Warden of the Ullswater Outward Bound School, had spent a year before the war as a student at Wye Agricultural College. It was he and Mr Graville who did most to ensure the success of the project and to gain for Lindholme’s farm a reputation second to none throughout the Royal Air Force. Station farms were common in those days; food was scarce, rationing was in force and the farms provided a supply of fresh vegetables to the Messes and profits to PSI. Lindholme was the first Royal Air Force station to exhibit at the Royal Show and this was reported in the national press. The Daily Mail report was under the, ‘But No Wings’ (1), and told of the success of two members of the station Wessex Saddleback pig-herd, ‘Luffenham Perfect’ and ‘Luffenham Rosalind’. In the show; the former gained 3rd prize in his class and the latter was highly commended in hers. The station farm had bought three sows from Royal Air Force North Luffenham when that station closed in 1946 and ‘Perfect’ was a son of Luffenham Princess, one of these sows. 1948 began with the visit to the station of the Right Honourable Tom Williams, the local MP, who had ten years before raised the question of the Irish labourers in the House of Commons. He was now Minister of Agriculture and his main purpose was to visit the station farm and model piggery. Thirty or forty pressmen accompanied the Minister and the next day the Lindholme farm was mentioned in nearly every national paper. The reports show that the Royal Air Force had over 2,000 acres under cultivation at the time and that at Lindholme nearly 47 acres were being farmed and that a profit of over £700 had been made in the previous year. The success story continued, Luffenham Perfect being placed first in his class in the 1948 Royal Show and subsequently sold for 350 guineas, a record national price for a pig. One could continue to chronicle the station farm’s successes in great detail, for they were many and frequent. Throughout the decade between 1946 and 1956, when the last Royal Air Force Horticultural Show was held, Lindholme consistently won first, second or third place in the Unit Farms competition and frequently won the Sherwood Cup for the best vegetable display. In 1948, Squadron Leader Davies appeared on Joan Gilbert’s TV show to talk about the Lindholme farm after the Sherwood Cup had been won the first time. The Lindholme farm outlived the Royal Air Force Show by one year; as prosperity and plenty returned the need for intensive cultivation was deemed to be over. In 1957 the farm was sold to Mr Graville, the man to whom the station owed so much of its success. The farm must be seen in a proper perspective, for it was only in the background of the station’s story. However, since it gained the station so much publicity any station history must record its prowess. But life on the station was continuing all the while. (1) DAILY MAIL – 25TH JUNE, 1947 To be continued next month
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On Sunday 9th September a 9 year old pupil from Epworth Primary Academy walked the Humber Bridge both ways to raise money for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice and Lexi’s Legacy. Annabel Amy Malam told her Mum she would like to help children less fortunate than herself and decided she would walk the Humber Bridge both ways. Within a few days she had asked for sponsorship from local businesses and set up a Just Giving website. Within a few days she had raised £300 for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice and £187 for Lex’s Legacy. Although still recovering from tonsillitis she bravely finished her walk in style wearing only her socks as her trainers had rubbed her little toe!! Annabel is a very kind and caring little girl a real ‘star’ and her Mum, Sister and grandparents (who accompanied her) are so very proud of her. Annabel is now planning her next ‘venture’ !!
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Candlelight and Supper in the Kitchen Have you seen Susanna's kitchen on a daylight tour? Or maybe even not seen it at all? If either of these fit you, then you need to join us on one of our candlelit tours. Come and see the house as the Wesleys might have lived in it. Picture an early winter evening, light gone from the sky, no street lighting or anything similar as there's no electricity. Darkness is the order of the day. You've spent time working outside, or maybe travelling back from market in Bawtry and you open the door to enter. You step inside to the warm glow of the candles on the table and dresser, and the welcome heat and flare of the blazing fire in the entrance hall with the smell of wood smoke and maybe something savoury emanating from the kitchen. Home at last to comfort and supper. All this and more awaits you on the candlelit tour. You'll be welcomed by a costumed guide with whom you wait until all the expected parties arrive, then you will be led by lantern light to the front door where you knock for entrance. The door is opened by another costumed guide who welcomes you in, just as you would have been had it been in the early 18th century. From there, with only candles to light your way, you are taken around the whole house and introduced to the story of the Wesley family and some of the activities that happened in the house, activities that changed the world almost as much as it has been changed by wars and conflict. Of course those changes are much less violent than conflict, but no less important. You will end your tour in the kitchen, and sit around the table in front of another welcoming fire and have the opportunity to talk to each other and to your guides while you enjoy your repast. Hot fruit punch and home made pies and cakes to tempt your palate. Hot water crust pastry filled with pork flavoured with sage and onion and a layer of Bramley apple, mince pies, fruit cake with butter and cheese, maybe sausage rolls, or mushroom tarts. Who knows what culinary delights await you. The only way to find out is to join us, and we'd love to share our evening with you. Booking is essential, and places are limited, so call the Rectory and stake your place. We can take payment by card over the phone so don't let anything delay you. We look forward to seeing you all on either the 6th or the 7th of December. Cath Fordham
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What’s On In Your area in Epworth and Belton Activity
Meeting place
Time
Contact
Mon
Keep Fit (Active Ageing)
Epworth Memorial Hall
12.00-13.00
01724 297255
Mon
Thurlow Playgroup and Preschool
Epworth Thurlow
9-11.30 & 12-3
01427 875016
Mon
Epworth YOUTH Club (juniors)
Epworth Com Wellbeing Centre, High St, Epworth
5.30-7.00pm
01724 29650
Mon
Epworth YOUTH Club (seniors)
As above
7.15-8.45pm
01724 29650
Mon
Epworth Mens Society (monthly)
The Red Lion Hotel, Eworth
19.30-21.30
Mon
Children’s Dancing
Epworth Imperial Hall - Main Hall
16.00– 19.00
Nicola
Mon
The Isle Choral Society
Epworth Imperial Hall
19.00-21.00
01427 873898
Mon
Stop Smoking Programme
Epworth Youth Club
17.30
Hille Harris 07876256185
Mon
Belton Short Mat Bowls
Belton Pavilion (Sept-April)
14:00-16:00
01427 875724
Mon
Epworth Youth Club
Epworth Youth Centre
19.00-21.00
13-19years
Mon
Army Cadets
Belton Park Pavilion
18.45-21.00
01724 858918
4th Mon Royal British Legion Epworth Branch
Old School Inn, Battle Green Epworth
7pm
01427 872223
Tues
Axholme Elite Taewondo
Epworth Leisure Centre
18.00-20.00
01427 873845
Tues
Epworth Rainbows
Epworth Thurlow
16.30-1730
01427 754009
Tues
Horticulture Society (2nd Tuesday)
Epworth Imperial Hall - Main Hall
19:00 -21.00
01427 872252
Tues
Epworth Town Council
Epworth Imperial Hall - Small Hall
18.30 - 21.00
1st Tuesday
Tues
Cubs and Scouts
Belton Park Pavilion
18:30-20:00
07966 072 499
Wed
1st Belton Rangers
All Saints Centre on Stocks Hill Belton
19.00-21.00
01427 872227
Wed
Jack n Box
Wesley Memorial, Epworth
10:00-11:30
Wed
Belton Brownies
All Saints Centre on Stocks Hill Belton
18:00-19:30
01427 872109
Wed
Epworth Brownies
Methodist Church Hall
18:15-19:30
01427 754009
Wed
Belton Rainbows
All Saints Centre on Stocks Hill Belton
16:45-17:45
01427 754009
Wed
Belton Guides
All Saints Centre on Stocks Hill Belton
19:30 - 21:00
0753 951 6547 01427 873730
Wed
Yoga
Epworth Imperial Hall - Main Hall
13.00-15.00 18.00-20.00
Wed
Army Cadets
Belton Park Pavilion
18.45 - 21.00
01724 858918
Mon
Epworth Folk club
Jinksy's Wine Bar (The Red Lion)
8.15pm start
01427 873594
Wed
Epworth Short Mat Bowl Club
Epworth Leisure Centre (Sept—April)
3.30 –5.30 pm
01427 872445
Thurs
Keep Fit Active Ageing
Epworth Imperial Hall - Main Hall
10.00 - 11.00
01724 297255
Thurs
Epworth’s Ladies Society
(1st Thurs-monthly)
19.30 start
01427 873368
Thurs
Children’s Dancing
Epworth Imperial Hall - Main Hall
16.00- 20.00
Thurs
Whist
Epworth Imperial Hall - Small Hall
13.30-16.00
01427 873622
Thurs
Bingo
Epworth Imperial Hall
18.30-21.00
01427 873622
Thurs
Axholme Arts Club
13 Queen Street, Epworth - Juniors
16:15-1745
01427 873947
Thurs
Axholme Elite Taekwondo
Epworth Leisure Centre
18.00-20.00
01427 873845
Thurs
Epworth Thurlow Art Group
Thurlow Pavilion Station Rd Epworth
13:00-15:00
01427 872267
Thurs
Autumn Club Over 50’s
Belton Park Pavilion
14.00-16.00
Thurs
Keep Fit
Belton Park Pavilion
18.30-19.30
Thurs
Epworth & Isle of Axholme Rotary Club
The Red Lion, Epworth (1st & 3rd Thursday) 18:15 start
Fri Fri
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Epworth Garden Centre 9.30 start 01724 297270 Please mention “The Arrow” when responding to advertisements
Nordic Walking
Epworth Short Mat Bowl Club
Epworth Leisure Centre (Sept—April)
3.30 –5.30 pm
01427 874158
What’s On In Your area in Epworth and Belton Fri
Epworth Performing Arts Academy
Epworth Imperial Hall
15.30-19.00
07548 156258
Fri
Red Cross (Whist) monthly 3rd week
Epworth Imperial Hall
19.00-21.30
01427 873622
Sat
Belton Bowls Club roll Up
Belton Park Pavilion (May-Sept)
14:00– 16:00
01427 875724
Sat
Bingo
Epworth Imperial Hall - Small Hall
18.30-21.00
01427 873622
Sat
Saturday Night Sequence Dance
Epworth Thurlow, Epworth
19.30-22.00
01427 872848
Epworth Imperial Hall (2nd Tues-monthly)
19.30-21.30
01427 872405
2nd Tues Epworth and District WI Bookings of West Butterwick Village Hall
Bunty Harris
01724 782181
Bookings of the Imperial Hall, Epworth
Mary Addlesee
01427 873622
Belton Pavilion
Tony
01427-872400
Fits Alarms
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Business Directory
Advice Pensions Helpline
0800 991234
Electricity Emergencies
0800 375 675
Transco - Gas leaks
0800 111 999
Yorkshire Water
0845 1242424
£30 + VAT per year Beauty/Health/Fitness The Hair Shop Westwoodside The Willows Dental Practise-Belton
01427 752455 01427 872106
Care in the Community Age Concern
0800 009966
Home and Garden
Childline
0800 1111
Fountain Court florist Epworth
Neighbourhood Watch
01482 444466
NSPCC
0808 80050000
RSPCA
0300 1234999
NHS Direct
111
01427 874831
Taxi Service Pam’s Minibus and Taxi Service 1 to 4 passengers 1 to 8 passengers (change of no. for mobile no)
01724 711941 07707 036611
Trade/Craftsmen
Community
Brooks Homecare Improvements
Crime stoppers`
0800 555 111
Carers Support Centre
01652 650585
Isle of Axholme Lions
01427 752139
Isle of Axholme Osteoporosis Support Link
01427 875752
Health Visitor Team
0800 099951
SSAFA Forces Help www.ssafa,org.uk
01476 569764
Epworth & Isle of Axholme Rotary Club
07904 573405
Axholme Pest Control
01427 875314 07973 142963
01427 873608 / 07766747245
Axholme Decorating Centre 'Mixing Paint For You' sales@axdeccentre.co.uk 01427 238941 Chris Yeardley Roofing Services Michael Hazon The chimney sweep www.islechimneysweep.co.uk
01427 754197 07974 140344 07947 357 615
Business/Finance
Education and General
Hurstons Accountants & Business Advisors
Epworth Country Primary School
01427 872345
Belton All Saints Primary School
01427 872391
Westwoodside Primary School
01427 752355
Westwoodside Mobile Library
01724 865675
Haxey Library - Memorial Hall
01724 753239
Willows Dental Practise—Belton
01427 872106
01427 873737
Leisure
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