Spotlight On Tuxford, Nottingham, September 2016

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Contents

Ghostly Goings On

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Bats About Bats

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Click Homeshare

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Local Charity Updates

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Toffee Apples 14 The Sun Inn

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Local Football News

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Puzzle Pages 20 Get The Study Habit

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A Good Read

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Kids’ Page 26 Prepare Your Car For Winter

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Index of Advertisers

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Editors Message Welcome to the Octobers edition of Spotlight on Tuxford & the surrounding areas.

Firstly may I say from the Spotlight team a massive thank you to all the local businesses and readers for the overwhelming support of our magazine and the positive feedback we have had regarding all aspects of the publication.

You’ve been fab!

At Spotlight our aim is to make the magazine a community read and not just about advertising like some magazines.

Our community is important to us all and we have discovered there are some great businesses in our villages trying to make a positive difference offering affordable trustworthy services, so lets support these businesses and bring the Community together as we lead towards the season of goodwill.

If you run a local group, want to publicise a family members birthday, wedding or anniversary then please email us and we will advertise the events free of charge.

We are trying to forge good working relationships with all groups, church, schools etc so the Community benefits within the magazine.

I sit here putting the last touches together of the magazine on the first day of the Autumn Equinox, 22nd September and wonder what this actually means.

The word equinox means “equal night”; night and day are about the same length of time. During the equinox, the Sun crosses what we call the “celestial equator” (just imagine the line that marks the equator on Earth extending up into the sky) from north to south.

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At this point, the amount of night time and daytime are roughly equal to each other.

From here on out, the temperatures begin to drop and the days start to get shorter than the nights and that then leads us towards the cosy nights in, children tucked up in bed and the anticipation and excitement of Christmas.

This edition features on the start of the winter months, October bringing us Halloween, and the beginning of November with Bonfire night and Remembrance Sunday.

I have featured St Nicholas Church in this months edition after a truly enlightening meeting with Revd Greg Price who I really could of listened to for hours.

As mentioned above, the people trying to make a difference in this village are amazing and the Revd is to add to that list.

See article on Page 26.

Well I hope you have as much enjoyment in reading this edition as I have finding out new stuff about Tuxford and the surrounding villages and meeting new people along the way.

I look forward to hearing from you if you want some information adding to the next edition.

Dawn Johnson

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Ghostly Goings On

A bit of fun for Halloween – an anthology of things that go bump in the night…

Boggarts Made famous by Harry Potter, boggarts are shape-shifting spirits. They are said to be placated by families leaving them offerings, but can cause plenty of mischief if they feel slighted!

Boggart Hole Clough, a park in Manchester, is said to take its name from the boggart that haunts it. In Harry Potter, boggarts are able to change their shape to whatever the person looking at them fears the most, from spiders to Professor Snape.

Will o’ the wisps Ghostly lights seen at night, will o’ the wisps are believed to lure travellers into danger. Resembling a flickering torch, the will o’ the wisps lead people into bogs, swamps and far away from the safety of the path.

the scene is visual, other times it can be auditory – the sound of someone crying for example.

The ‘spirit’ seems to have no awareness of the people watching it, and does not interact with them.

Intelligent hauntings Intelligent hauntings are very different to residual hauntings. In these cases, the spirit is not merely a ‘recording’.

It seems to have consciousness and may try to communicate with people. This type of spirit is believed to be that of a person who has died but not ‘moved on’ either because they have unfinished business, or because they don’t realise they are dead.

Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon is said to be haunted by two intelligent ghosts – known as the Blue Lady and the White Lady.

Poltergeists German for ‘noisy ghost’ a poltergeist moves objects around a home, creates loud noises, and generally makes a bit of a nuisance of itself.

The Blue Lady is believed to be a portent of death, who tries to get people lost within the castle. The While Lady is thought to be Margaret Pomeroy, who starved to death in the dungeons.

From smashing plates to levitating beds, its main aim seems to be to get noticed, rather than to cause harm. Poltergeists are believed to haunt people, rather than houses.

Visitors have reported tales of the White Lady waving to them in the dungeons.

Have a spooky Halloween!

By Kate Duggan

Lemures Not the cute fluffy animals you might be expecting, lemures are restless or vengeful spirits.

They are often found in Roman mythology, and may have lent their name to the primate lemurs.

Residual hauntings Residual hauntings aren’t spirits as much as they are imprints.

Believed to be impressions left by emotional events, they are characterised by their repetition.

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Bats About Bats

Bats are strongly associated with spooky castles, witches brews and all things Halloween. But there is so much more to this mammal.

One fifth of all living mammals is a bat!

They’ve been around for some 64 million years. They are the only mammals which can truly fly (other ‘flying’ mammals such as flying squirrels actually use skin flaps to glide short distances).

Most bats navigate by emitting a sound from their larynx out through their mouth and nose. The projected sound wave is reflected off objects in their environment. A bat hears the echo and forms an acoustic image of its surroundings.

Because of this a bat can navigate in complete darkness. They are perfectly developed for this type of navigation, with huge ears, nose flaps and tiny eyes.

The small subset of bats known as flying foxes navigate by sight and have large eyes and much smaller ears accordingly.

In the West bats have been demonised in the form of Dracula, most likely because they are nocturnal creatures and humans are not generally creatures of the night. In ancient history darkness was scary and potentially dangerous.

Historically demons are characteristically pictured with bat wings while angels are depicted with bird wings. Not all cultures treat bats in this way though. They are considered auspicious creatures in China, possibly because the Chinese words for ‘bat’ and ‘happiness’ are very similar.

Bats play an important role in the ecosystem. Some pollinate plants. Others eat fruit and disperse seeds. Most eat insects. An ordinary brown bat can consume up to 100% of its bodyweight in insects in a single night.

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It’s hard to overestimate the importance of bats in controlling the insect population and thus protecting food crops.

The U.S. bat population is currently under threat from disease and scientists estimate the number of extra insects in the environment as a result of this is around 1500 tonnes!

In order to control so many more insects we will be forced to use vast quantities of insecticides> far better to take care of the bats, who do it naturally.

Scientists studying deafness and blindness have found studying the genetic code of bats incredibly useful, giving them insights into which areas of the human genome to monitor when looking to prevent disease.

One of the most interesting things about bats is that for their size they live an incredibly long time. Most small mammals tend to live fast and die young.

Mice live only a year or two and voles a matter of months. Some species of bats can live nine times longer than expected, sometimes more than forty years!

Of the 19 species of mammal who live extraordinarily long lives for their size, 18 are bats, so scientists how that by studying they may be able to unlock the mysteries of age-related diseases, such as cancer and dementia. Maybe they hold the key to everlasting youth!

I hope I’ve given you an insight into these amazing little creatures and shown you that there’s so much more to them than Halloween!

By Louise Addison

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Click Homeshare

Click Homeshare is an innovative new service open to residents in West Bridgford and the surrounding areas.

It is a model which works all over the world and is now available in Nottingham. The project is supported by the Big Lottery Fund.

Homesharing matches older people wanting practical support in the home and some companionship with a younger person looking for affordable accommodation.

It focuses on connecting people to help each other.

People have so much to give at every age and Homeshare facilitates this.

Homesharers are usually mature students or younger professionals who provide around 10 hours of practical support each week to the Householder in exchange for their accommodation.

“We offer a new, affordable option for older people who would like to stay living independently in their own home but need a little extra support with the day-to-day tasks of running a home like the weekly shop or mowing the lawn” says Homeshare Coordinator, Megan McFarlane.

Homesharing also offers regular companionship and the sense of security of having a trusted person in the home overnight.

We recognise people’s strengths, whether that’s opening your home and welcoming someone into your life or sharing your skills and experiences.

Click Nottingham carries out a thorough assessment process, including reference checks, so you can have confidence in a successful match.

Householders and their ‘Sharers’ are very carefully matched on a personal and practical level in order to offer both individuals what they need.

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Local Charity Updates

Editor Dawn held a MacMillan coffee day at her house raising £119.00 on Tuesday 27th September, not the official day we know, but she was busy with the magazines deadline looming.

An eventful day especially when the gazebo took off in the wind but it all added to the fun. Friends and family donated cakes and a great turn out throughout the day supported the event.

Mars Bar Man, Jon Yarwood completed his Robin Hood Half Marathon raising over £1,100 to date with more donations coming in.

Injured he soldered on to complete in a respectable time whilst being pushed around with the thought of his grand daughter and of course the mars bar in front of his face.

Final note….mars bar eaten and well deserved!

Denise & Rachel from Retford Auto Electricals took the left over cakes to their work place and helped bumped the final total to £175.00.

Dawn has now signed up for the London Marathon on the 23rd April 2017 in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Gary, Sue & Stacey at the Sun Inn also had a coffee morning in aid of Macmillan and raised over £300 from cake & coffee sales and a raffle.

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Worksop Half Marathon The Worksop Halloween half marathon and fun run is an annual event which runs through the scenic routes through Clumber Park and surrounding villages.

Our races are a key sporting event in the region that appeal to experienced athletes and as a challenge for beginners in longer distance running.

The race is starting and finishing at the Outwood Portland Academy on Sparken hill this year and the course extends to the south and through Clumber park.

We have been voted in the top 10 Runners world magazine ‘most scenic half marathons in the country’ in recent years.

Now in its 35th year, we have a long and unbroken record for staging this event.

Entries are doing well for our 2016 race

being held on 30th October and are around 10 % higher than the 2015 entries.

We anticipate entries of 2700 for the half marathon and 350 for the fun run.

Our 2015 event raised £ 9,500 in contributions by entrants to three local charities, with many thousands of pounds more raised by the individual runners gaining sponsorship.

The race also supports Worksop Harriers with facilities, equipment and training support, all of which is reflected in the excellent record within the community achieved by our Junior and Senior teams.

Spotlight’s Editor Dawn Johnson states: ‘I have entered this race for many years now and find it one of the best half marathons I run each year, great organisation, scenic routes and of course the benefit of being local.’

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The Sun Inn Tuxford community and has been trouble free since the new management have taken over.

A great family run pub centrally located in Tuxford with all amenities.

Six months ago the Sun Inn in Tuxford was a different place than today. A new management team, Gary Sue and Stacey arrived and the start to turn around this public house to a more desirable established began, and boy have they made an impact!

Offering a sports bar, beer garden, childrens play area, darts, dominoes, pool table, home made food, great beers, sky & BT sports to feature all the great sporting events.

There are even cake and coffee mornings for the pensioners will soon be announced, what more does a village want?

Christmas is soon around the corner and the Sun Inn have lots of events taking place leading up to the big day and over the festive season, so come and have a great time locally.

The Sun Inn is now a great family run pub with a fantastic family atmosphere covering every ones entertainment needs.

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The visit was a friendly experience, amazing food, we will be definitely visiting again. Local people really need to get behind supporting this pub and don’t judge on past reputation” States Keely Marriott from Bathly.

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Local Football News

Laxton Football Team Laxton 1 V Sutton On Trent 1 11/9/2016 First game of the season saw a local derby with Laxton and Sutton On Trent which proved to be a game of two halves giving us almost every thing possible but resulted in a 1-1 draw with 2 own goals.

Laxton started off very well with many chances in the first 45 minutes with only one going in from a very well taken corner from Daniel Hempsall finding the head of a Sutton On Trent player putting it into his own net!

After half time Sutton put on the pressure with a few chances and hitting the bar, Laxton then started to find their feet again with the two long range shots hitting the bar, with 2 minutes to go a mix up with the goalkeeper meant Laxton conceded.

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Second game of the season gave RHP the home advantage, Laxton started off well with a quick goal from Scott Hennell, RHP then scored 3 quick goals before half time.

After a half time team talk from Manager Neil Randall, Laxton came out fighting.

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With a quick goal from Joe Gibson, after numerous chances Laxton finally got a equaliser by Craig Jewitt.

Laxton then carried on pressuring RPH to find a winner but the whistle came too soon. Final score 3-3 Players signed on.

Gavin Billings (captain) Anthony Davies Robert Densley James Dobson Ricky Eadson James Flynn Joe Gibson William Hammilton Daniel Hempsall Scott Hennell Matt Iddon Craig Ingram Craig Jewitt Ryan Sampford Jason Varney Mark Varney Paul Williams If you have any local sporting achievements you would like to feature in the next months Spotlight magazine please email us to: dawn@spotlightlocal.co.uk

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Crossword Clues Across 7 Nocturnal black and white mammal (6) 8 Our nearest continental neighbour (6) 9 Deceased (4) 10 Alumnus, former student (8) 11 Entertainment with music and dance 13 Tickly, needs a scratch (5) 15 Cheat, deceive (5) 17 Lack of belief in God (7) 20 Non-acceptance, repudiation (8) 21 Playthings (4) 22 Lowest position (6) 23 ______ Christie, mystery writer (6)

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Get The Study Habit

The kids have been back at school for a month and you may have noticed old battles over homework and study resurfacing.

Now is a great time to introduce good study habits to your child, which will pay off throughout their educational journey.

Routine: Get into a homework routine as soon as possible. Immediately after school is good, after they’ve had a snack and a drink, as they will still be in the right frame of mind.

Find out what works best for your child though. Some may need to expend pentup energy first, others may need to chill for twenty minutes.

‘Worst first’: When mental energy is high work on the most difficult subject. Don’t try to cram too many subjects into one session.

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Talk: Encourage your child to talk through the project with you first.

Your child is then more likely to get the work right and won’t get frustrated. Gently ask questions about any areas they seem unsure about.

Study station: Designate an area for home learning. Make it as uncluttered and distraction-free as possible. Ensure all equipment required is nearby, so there’s no stalling.

No TV: Switch off TVs and phones until after studying. Use it as a bribe if necessary. No games, texting or TV until homework is completed!

The earlier your child gets into a routine the easier homework will become, for the whole family.

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A Good Read

The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill Susan Hill is best known as the author of Woman in Black and this short novel is in a similar vein.

It certainly is short, at just 145 pages, and this makes it a perfect story to occupy a dark evening approaching Halloween.

Oliver is a Cambridge graduate who is returning to his old college to visit his old professor, Theo Parmitter.

The professor is well into his eighties but still attracts the attention of his old students and the younger fellows at the university.

There is just something about him. It is during this visit, sitting in the old man’s college rooms on a dark January night with a fire burning in the grate that Oliver hears a story that will irrevocably change his life.

In addition to teaching at the university, Dr Parmitter spent his younger years as an art collector, travelling auction rooms buying known and unknown works.

It is on one of these trips that he encounters a mysterious painting of a Venetian carnival, complete with gondoliers and revellers in costume and masks. As soon as he sees it he knows that he must have it.

After winning the auction he is approached by a man who insists that he must have the painting and tells Theo to name his price.

He turns down the offer and the painting enters his life forever. A chance photograph of the professor in a newspaper brings a mysterious old widow into the story.

It is from the widow that Dr Parmitter learns the full horror of the painting: a painting with the power to trap and horrify you.

For this is no ordinary painting and Theo will find himself drawn into the story told within it, as others have in the past.

Who is the man in the picture and why is he screaming and pleading with the viewer?

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Like Woman in Black this story is told in the first-person as Oliver learns about the painting. The narrator switches during the novel to allow us to hear directly from the professor and the Countess.

Using the story-within-a-story device, allows the narrative to unfold at a leisurely pace but one which still drives the reader on to learn more.

The true horror is revealed at the end and it is guaranteed to leave you wanting more, with so many questions still unanswered.

Goosebumps: Be careful what you wish for by RL Stine

Keeping with the Halloween theme for the children we have a classic Goosebumps book.

Samantha is a bit of a klutz: she trips over, drops things, and despite being tall, can’t manage to shoot on the school’s basketball team.

As if that weren’t enough she is picked on by the popular star of the basketball team, Judith.

One day Samantha decides that she has had enough and a chance meeting with a strange little woman in the rain gives her the opportunity to get her revenge.

Granted three wishes in return for helping the woman Samantha thinks she knows exactly what she wants to wish for.

But, as the title says, she learns that you do indeed need to be careful what you wish for as the outcome may not be exactly what you imagined it to be.

A great scary read for pre-teen readers this is another instalment of the successful Goosebumps series.

The chapters are short with plenty of cliff hangers to keep you reading and a spooky ending that reveals revenge can never be sweet.

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St Nicholas Church

An historic yet lively church in North Nottinghamshire……what an understatement !I stand outside St

half ago and not knowing much about the history I found the stories fascinating and could of listened to the Revd all day.

It made me wonder how many more people have moved into this wonderful community and know nothing about it.

Revd Greg Price welcomes everyone into Gods house at any of his serving Churches, Tuxford, Weston, Marnham, Normanton-On-Trent and Markham.

Nicholas Church on Lincoln Road in Tuxford looking up at this 900 year old historic yet beautiful building in anticipation of meeting Revd Greg Price for the very first time.

Having not been an active church attendee for some 7 years with my son when he was a lot younger I am apprehensive to say the least. Why did I ever stop going? I ask myself, as I always used to feel more at ease with life after the Sunday service.

Leaving St Nicholas today my feelings were very much changed, and this is why…….I have just found the heart of our Community!

If your religious or not St Nicholas is a valuable service to our community offering more than what I have ever known a church to offer.

From morning prayer, weddings, christenings to mothers and toddlers, coffee mornings, lunch club to boys and girls brigade., all under Gods roof, and Revd Greg Price was warm and welcoming and made me feel at ease.

The Revd gave me a wonderful guided tour of this fabulous structure educating me of the History around Tuxford and the part the Church has played within this history over the 900 years.

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Oct 2016 Services In The Benefice Sunday 2nd October 8.30am Holy Communion, All Saints Weston 10.00am Morning Prayer, St Nicholas Tuxford 11.30am Holy Communion , All Saints, West Markham 2.30pm Harvest Service, St WIlfreds Parish Church Sunday 9th October 8.00am Holy Communion, St Matthews Normanton-On-Trent 9.30am Morning Prayer, All Saints Weston 10.00am Holy Communion St Nicholas Tuxford 11.30am Harvest Service All Saints West Markham 6.30pm Service of Praise, Prayer & Healing St Nicholas Tuxford Sun 16th October 9.30am Harvest Service, All Saints Weston 10.00am Morning Prayer Methodist Chapel Tuxford 11.15am Harvest Café Church St Nicholas Church Tuxford Sunday 23rd October 9.30am Informal Service All Saints Weston 10.00am Holy Communion St Nicholas Tuxford 11.30am Holy Communion All Saints West Markham 5.00pm Family Service St Matthews Normanton-On-Trent Sunday 30th October 10.30am Benefice Holy Communion St Nicholas Tuxford Sunday 13th November Details to be announced.

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Prepare Your Car For Winter

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uring the winter months, dark evenings and wet, windy weather can make driving very dangerous.

Following these seven steps should help ensure your stay safe on the roads this season.

Winter weather conditions can cause havoc on the roads for motorists. As a result the number of car insurance claims made tend to increase around this time of year.

To help ensure both you and your car stay out of harm’s way this winter, here are seven safety steps you should carry out before you set off.

1. Get your car serviced The peace of mind a professional check could offer is well worth paying for.

Therefore before the winter weather gets any worse, it’s a good idea to book your car into a garage and have it looked over by a mechanic.

Fixing any mechanical problems now will hopefully reduce the risk you will break down at a later date.

before you drive. The current legal minimum tread depth is 1.6mm, but during the winter months it is a sensible idea to ensure your tyres have at least 3mm of tread depth.

This should also help increase your car’s fuel efficiency and lower your petrol costs as you won’t have to put your foot down as hard on the accelerator.

3. Look after your lights Dark mornings and dark evenings can make driving extremely dangerous. It is therefore crucial to ensure all your lights are clean and working properly. Always replace any broken bulbs immediately.

2. Pump up your tyres At this time of year, heavy rain, snow and ice can make the roads lethal for motorists.

If you don’t, you will not only find it difficult to see the road clearly, you run the risk of not being seen by other drivers. Make sure you know where your front and back fog lights are.

To help lower the risk of skidding, check both your car’s tyre condition and pressure are correct

4. Ensure you can see Winter weather can make it more difficult to see clearly when you are driving.

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To help lower the risk of having an accident always make sure the windscreen is clean and clear, you have plenty of screenwash and your wiper blades are in good condition.

When you’re warming up your car, never leave your car unattended with the keys in the ignition and the doors unlocked. You only need to turn your back for a second and an opportunist thief could jump in and drive off.

5. Drive safely Finally, make sure you take extra care on the roads.

Allow more time for journeys and try to avoid rushing. Keep a safe distance from the car in front, and leave more time to brake and accelerate in wet or icy conditions.

Be aware that not everyone on the road will be experienced in driving in these types of conditions so remain alert at all times.

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