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May 2012
Issue No. 51
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Editor’s letter... 3rd May is
polling day and Doncaster residents are being asked to vote in the referendum on change in Governance arrangements. Do we want to choose our Mayor or do we want elected councillors to choose our Mayor? Whatever your opinion, be sure to make it known and visit your polling station on Thursday 3rd May 2012! The deadline for the June issue will be Wednesday 16th May. The June issue will be distributed from Friday 25th May 2012.
Best Wishes Michelle Tel:01302 534256 Mob:07795 387937
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News, News, News, News, News, News.. RACE NIGHT Sprotbrough Park Playgroup and Toddlers are holding a Race night to raise funds for the Playgroup. (Reg Charity 1026781) They welcome everyone to come & join them on this fun evening! The Race Night is on Friday 11th May at Sprotbrough Country Club and doors open at 7:30 p.m with the first race at 8 p.m. Tickets are £4 in advance or £5 on the door and are available from Playgroup / Toddlers Mon-Fri a.m. plus Weds p.m. At the Methodist Church Hall in Sprotbrough, or call 07884 381194.
Sprotbrough W I Spring Fayre You are welcome to join us at our annual Spring Fayre with some exciting new stalls.
Saturday, May 12th 2012,
10.00am – 12 noon
In St Mary’s Church Hall Browse our stalls including ‘Scents and Soaps’, Children’s Stall, Cakes, ‘Rainbow Stall’, Jewellery and Crafts, Bottles, Books, ‘Kitchen Garden’ or try your luck on the Raffle or Tombola. Admission £1 including refreshment.
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St Mary The Virgin Sprotbrough
Flower Festival 2012 With an Olympic Games Theme ‘May we run the race before us’ Come and visit our historic church, see the flowers and hear the organ playing. Refreshments are available throughout the three day festival Friday 22nd June 10-6pm Saturday 23rd June 10-6pm Sunday 24th June 12-6pm Admission by programme, at the door
£2.00 per adult
Proceeds towards St Mary’s Roof Appeal Fund Enquiries 01302 853031
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Sprotbrough Cricket Club Supports and encourages young people in sport. This would not be possible without the support of parents and local businesses. Winterset Butchers in Sprotbrough continues to support us providing us with first classs quality meat and produce for prizes.
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A History of Sprotbrough Hall, Doncaster. Part 2 It is improbable that Sir Godfrey was inspired by any particular specimen of
French architecture, and the tradition that the house is a copy of a wing at Versailles cannot be corroborated by fact. No doubt Versaille brought home to the Yorkshireman’s mind the grandeur of that style, but when he got back to his native county, little more than vague impressions would seem to have remained with him. These, confused in the mind of the Master Mason with English Carolean tradition, combined to produce Sprotborough. We may, perhaps, attribute to Sir Godfrey’s French recollections the segmantal arched windows – which are familiar in the ground floor at Hampton Court and in scores of houses built during and after the last decade of the 17th century, but uncommon before 1690, except in isolated examples such as Honnington Hall. Again, the slightly projecting piers in which the windows are set were as yet uncommon in England, while the 2 turrets in the angles of the wings are of French suggestion. Very uncommon are the 2 large area courts between the wings and the main block. A comparison of the north front and the south front will at once show the purpose of the basement for they are built on different levels (a hill). To the north, owing to the slope of the ground, the surface level has been banked up to the horizontal, so that these courts are necessary to light the basement, which itself is necessitated at the south side to give dignity to the upper storey’s. There, however, the basement does not form, as is usual in houses of this date built on a slope, a ground floor, but is concealed by a wall and hedge, with the result that the house appears to stand higher than in reality it does from this aspect. Except for those features, the house is mainly Jacobean. The balustered skyline and the miniature entablature formed by 2 little strapwork scrolls and a piece of masonry above the central windows is reminiscent of pre-Inigo Jones taste. The gate piers on either side of the north front, with the pinnacles that surmount them, are again Jacobean. The excellent simple ironwork of these gates are, however, of more patently French feeling, though it is doubtful whether Sir Godfrey brought back the design. Ornamental ironwork was largely under the influence, at this time, of Frenchmen working in England, such as Tijou, and it is, therefore, more probable that the design was procured in England. The exterior seems originally, from paintings by Knyff and others, to have been Ashlar in whitish-grey limestone, which is still visible in the rusticated quoins and elsewhere. The greater part of the surface however, had been stuccoed over, probably during the 2nd quarter of the 19th century, at which time all the reception rooms on the south side were redecorated in a plain and ugly manner. The general aspect of the house is not materially altered by this complexion, and, from whatever point it is viewed, presents a stately appearance, with the grace which was the one only importation of Sir Godfrey. The great ornamental importance of the heavy barred windows may have damaged, though not ruined, the scheme by the insertion of windows with thin bars. The effect of this substitution made the building look poor and flat. The broad flight of steps on the Pontack’s in Abchurch Street, at that time the only ‘French’ ordinary in London. In a letter written in 1703, Copley thus speaks of Dr. Hooke: “Your old philosopher is gone at last to try experiments with his ancestors. He is dead and had, they say, only a poor girl with him, who, seeing him ill, went to call somebody, but he was quite gone before they came……., I wonder why he did not choose rather to leave his £12,000 to continue what he had promoted and studied all the days of his life, by that, I mean, mathematical experiments, than to have it go to those he never saw nor cared for. It is rare that virtuosos die rich.
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This is a true saying, though Copley himself was among their number, making a very fair collection of secondrate Dutch pictures and first-rate replicas, a great number of engravings, books, and instruments, such as Napier’s Bones – an early species of calculating machine. Unlike Hooke, moreover, he left a sum to the Royal Society to endow mathematical research, which after some years, produced the fund awarded with the Copley Medal, an honour that is still awarded today. Recipients include Michael Faraday and Charles Darwin. When Sir Godfrey died of a quinsy (a form of tosillitis) at his house in Red Lion Square off Holborn in 1709, his son was already dead, so that Sprotborough passed to Lionel Copley of Wadworth, the representative of that branch of the family who had adopted the Presbyterian side in the great rebellion. Commissary-General Lionel Copley, his grandfather, had been in times of peace, an ironmaster. His adventures in politics and war were, on the whole, distinctly unsuccessful. Having at different times suffered imprisonment, whether for embezzlement or treason, in 1649 he was finally incarcerated, after Pride’s Purge, when the Presbyterian majority in favour of a settlement with Charles were excluded from the House by the Independant majority. Forty one of the 160 members thus debarred were temporarily committed to an eating house called ‘Hell’. Copley, however, with General Richard Brown, Sir William Waller, Sir John Clotworthy and Sir William Lewis, continued in gaol for 5 years without trial. The portraits of these men were painted by the same artist before being hung in the main hall at Sprotborough. They are fellows with honest, rubicund faces, white lawn collars and black coats. In the top left hand corner of each is a sketch of the White Tower at Windsor, where for a time they were imprisoned, with the years of their languishing beneath. There s a similar series at Weald Hall, Essex, the seat of Mr Christopher Tower, though there, Lewis’s picture is missing, while that of General Massy – who escaped at the beginning of the period – is substituted. In addition to the above “imprisonment series”, are a very similar, but lacking the Windsor device, of Sir Philip Stapleton, who died at Calais in 1647, and the well known Denzel Holles. Finally there is an excellent portrait of Secretary Thurloe, Cromwell’s Chief of Intelligence, a greatgrandaughter of whom married a Copley and brought his portrait with her. Part 3 in next month’s Arrow
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What’s On In Sprotbrough? Day
Activity
Meeting Place
Time
Mon
Mums & Toddlers
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
9.30-11.00am
Mon
Breast Start Breastfeeding
Sprotbrough Childrens Centre
9.30-11.30am
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
Hatha Yoga
St Mary’s Church Hall
2pm—3pm
Mon
The Reading Club 0—5yrs
Sprotbrough Library
1.30-3.00pm
Mon
Brownies
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
6.15-7.45pm
Mon
Beavers (6-7yrs)
Scout Hall, Anchorage Lane, Sprotbrough
6.00-7.30pm
Mon
Slimming World
St Mary’s Church hall, Sprotbrough
7.00pm—8.30pm
Tue
Playgroup
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
9.15-12.15pm
Tue
Sprotbrough Starz
Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough
9.15-11am
Tue
Coffee Morning
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
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
Mums & Toddlers
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
1.30—3.00pm
Wed
Dancing
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
4.00-7.00pm
Wed
Taekwondo
Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough
5.30-6.30pm
Wed
Playgroup
Sprotbrough Methodist Church Hall
9.15—12.15
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
7.15-9pm
Thurs
Coffee Morning
St Mary’s Church Hall
10—11.30am
Thurs
Little tykes (childminders drop in)
Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough
9.15—11.00am
Thurs
Mums & Toddlers
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
9.30-11.00am
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
St Mary’s Church Hall
7.00—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
Thurs
Music Bugs 6mths-4yrs
St Edmunds Community Hall
10.00-11.00am
Thurs
Starlight Dance Studio
St Edmond’s Church Community Hall
4pm—6.45pm
Fri
Playgroup
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
9.15-12.15pm
Fri
Sprotbrough Starz
Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough
9.15-11am
Fri
Tea Dance
Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough
1.00-4.00pm
Fri
Taekwondo
Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough
6.30-9.00pm
Fri
Fun Club
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
7.00-8.00pm
Sat
Sequence Dancing
Royal British Legion Club
7.30—10.30pm
Sat
Dancing Class
Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough
9.15-3.15pm
Sun
Fun Club Extra
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
Sunday School
Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough
10.00-12.00noon
Sunday School
Goldsmith Centre, Sprotbrough
6.15-7.45pm
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Activity
Meeting Place
Time
3rd Monday
St Mary’s Mothers Union
The Stable, Main Street, Sp’boro
7.30pm- 9.30pm
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Sequence Dancing
Royal British Legion Club
7.30-10.30pm
1st Wednesday
Sprotbrough Wives
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
8.00-10.00pm
2nd Thursday
Lunch Club
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
12noon - 2.00pm
2nd Tuesday
Sprotbrough WI
St Mary’s Church Hall
7.30—9.30pm
4th Thursday
Chatroom
Sprotbrough Methodist Church
1.30-3.30pm
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Advice
General
Citizens Advice Bureaux - Advice line
01302 735225 Doncaster Council - General
01302 734444
Electricity Emergencies
0800 375 675
Doncaster Tax Office
0845 3667802
Transco - Gas Leaks
0800 111 999
Sprotbrough Post Office
01302 853187
Robin Hood Airport
01302 801010
Care in the Community Age Concern
0800 009966
Childline
08001111
Medical AKS, High Melton Ltd
01709 583121
NSPCC
0808 8005000 Doncaster Royal Infirmary Hospital
01302 366666
RSPCA
08705555999
0845 4647
NHS Direct
Weldricks Pharmacy, East Laith Gate, Doncaster Mon—Sat 9am—10pm, Sun 10am-10pm, 01302 369699 Bank holidays 10am-8pm, 365 days per year.
Community Sprotbrough and Cusworth Parish Council
01302 788093 Sprotbrough Village Pharmacy
Safer Neighbourhood Team, Edlington.
01302 385488
Business Directory
Sprotbrough Children Services, Melton Rd
01302 786457
01302 534256
Doncaster Childrens Information Service
0800 138 4568
Goldsmith Centre
01302 788093
S Yorkshire Fire Service (non emergency)
0114 272 7202
S Yorkshire Police (non emergency)
0114 2202020
Education
01302 855622
Accountancy Riverside Accountancy Services, Sprotbrough
01302 570018
Carpet/Upholstery Cleaning RUGBUSTERS, Sprotbrough. www.rugbusters.co.uk
01302 857300 07879456557
Copley Junior School, Sprotbrough
01302 856445
Orchard Infant School, Sprotbrough
01302 853655
Richmond Hill Primary School
01302 782421 Meteor Security Solutions Ltd., Auckley
01302 623427
Ridgewood School
01302 783939 IT To Go, Computer Services W: www.ittogo.co.uk E:sales@ittogo.co.uk
01302 352352
Doncaster Council - Education
01302 737222
Doncaster Mobile Library
01302 873456 D@J Plasterers, Sprotbrough
Sprotbrough Library
01302 782436
Doncaster Central Library
01302 734305
Leisure Adwick Leisure Centre
Security & IT
Tradesmen/Craftsmen
Health & Fitness
01302 721447 Slimming World, St Marys Church HallSprotbrough
My Vue Cinema
08712 240240
Odeon
08712 244007
The Dome Leisure Centre
01302 370777 C Cabs, Sprotbrough
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Taxis & Driving School’s
Business Directory List your business for £2.50 per month
01302 811646 07885 615209
L2P Driving School, Sprotbrough
07973 706560 07767438267
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