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Dronfield Police Safer Neighbourhood Team

February crime figures:

Criminal damage: 1, theft: 1, burglary: 1, Total: 3 (–3). Dronfield SNT team continue to attend and plan crime prevention and community engagement events. This is a great opportunity to come and talk to the team get information and crime prevention advice or book a crime prevention assessment of your home. This is where you can get additional information about home security and additional crime prevention information tailored to your home.

Dronfield SNT attended 3rd Holmesfield Cubs and Beavers in early March. They were keen to learn more about the police and also how the police work within the community to keep people safe. The young people were keen to explore the police car and some of the kit and equipment the team use.

There are definitely some budding Police people of the future!

Rural crime prevention – Dronfield SNT are working closely with Derbyshire

Police Rural Crime Team. The main focus of this work is currently around crime prevention. Dronfield SNT are keen to build further links within the rural community if the council know of any rural events we could attend to promote this ongoing work, please get in touch and let us know.

PCSO 12853 Jonathan Flower, Dronfield SNT

E-mail: Jonathan.flower@derbyshire.police.uk

Use Of Public Rights Of Way

There have been a number of complaints over the misuse of footpaths in the Parish by cyclists and horse riders. The designation of each right of way is integral to who can use:

• Footpaths: for walking, running, mobility scooters or powered wheelchairs

• Bridleways: for walking, horse riding, bicycles, mobility scooters or powered wheelchairs

• Restricted byways: for any transport without a motor and mobility scooters or powered wheelchairs

• Byways open to all traffic: for any kind of transport, including cars (but they’re mainly used by walkers, cyclists and horse riders).

Hatch A Plan For Growth This Spring

My garden at present is an Easter scene. On the one hand a great branch of crab-apple tree lies stricken having been felled by the snow. It awaits me to come, saw it off and dispose of it. Something that once brought great fruitfulness is now dead. This reminds me of the Cross of Christ, the wood and nails of dying; something fallen and wounded – but not without promise... Shoots of new life still spring from this dead tree and all around it. A reminder of the resurrection. We’ve also been blessed by the regular visit of a pair of nuthatches to our nut feeder. I remarked to Sarah, “I wonder if we’re going to get some baby nuthatches soon?” The promise of a new life?

The nuthatches have become regular visitors ever since we moved the other bird feeder, giving the nuthatches space to feed uninterrupted. It made me think, that often we only see new life and new growth when we actually put a bit of work in to create the right conditions for that growth to happen. Many of us would like to see good qualities growing and flourishing in our lives, things like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

This list of qualities comes from the Bible, from St. Paul’s letter to the church in Galatia (part of modern day Turkey) and they are called the ‘fruits of the Holy Spirit’. These things and this Spirit can come to anyone and they are certainly not restricted to church folk. But there are things we can do, postures we can adopt, that make it more likely that these things will grow in our lives. When we put the work in, create the right conditions, till the soil for those things to grow. Why not begin by coming to church this Easter Sunday or by developing a daily pattern of quietly asking for God to send his Spirit upon you when out walking or in a quiet moment at home? And there might also be things we need to move out of our lives (like the bird feeder I moved) in order to see growth in goodness. St. Paul mentions a few such things a little earlier in Galatians chapter five, things like jealousy, anger, quarrels, envy, and er... drunkenness, carousing...

On that note, have a very Happy Easter and may you be blessed with a fruitful Spring!

Every blessing,

From The Parish Registers

Baptisms:

12th March – Arabella Cooke & Louisa Hargreaves

Funerals:

1st March – Nora Arnold

Rev. Ian

May Newsletter

All copy for the May Newsletter must be received by 18th April to ensure inclusion in the magazine.

Holmesfield Parish Council welcomes the submission of articles pertinent to Holmesfield by residents for publication in the Parish Newsletter.

Any thoughts and opinions are those of the individual(s) and may not necessarily be shared or endorsed by Holmesfield Parish Council. Any submissions must include full name and contact details before publication can be considered by the editor.

Please send your articles typed via email if possible. This is especially important for images you wish to include.

Please email any articles to: holmesfield-newsletter@hotmail.com

HOLMESFIELD FLOWER ARRANGING CLUB: ‘SEASONAL FLORAL WREATHS & RINGS’

We will be showing you how to make floral wreaths and rings this month, demonstrating how different types of materials can be used for the framework, from metal rings to natural twigs and vines. How foliage, flowers, fruit and even vegetables can be used in a variety of ways to create different designs.

For those of you who would like to create a wreath or ring after the demo please bring along the following:

Floral metal ring, Oasis foam ring or pliable plant material to create your ring, e.g. silver birch twigs, vine, pussy willow.

Sphagnum Moss (if using metal ring)

Reel Wire

Stub Wire

Some Foliage – Ivy and short stem foliage (enough to cover your base)

Small seasonal bulbs, flowers or both ,(dried or fresh) to decorate your ring. Any additional decorations you may wish to add.

All visitors welcome and metal rings / wires can be purchased on the night. Meeting on Wednesday 19th April at 7.30pm in Holmesfield Village Hall, Vicarage Close, Holmesfield, Dronfield. S18 7WZ. Visitors Welcome - Pay on the Door £5.00.

For further details of the club, please contact Diane Sheldon on 0771 8925514 or email: Diane.sheldon1@btinternet.com

Holmesfield Gardening Association

On 1st March we had a very interesting talk by Trish Khon assisted by her husband Peter using photos of South African flowering plants in the wild with a geography lesson on the various climates in the east, south and west of South Africa linked to the plants growing in each area. We were then transported to the Botanical Gardens in Sheffield where Trish and Peter are prominent friends of the Botanical Gardens. Trish took us through the process of developing the South African garden with close-ups of the flowers planted.

Our next meeting is on Wednesday 5th April at 7.30pm in Holmesfield Village Hall where Camilla Anderson will give us an illustrated talk on “Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement and Edwardian Gardens with a focus on the gardens of Harold Pete”. Guests are welcome to join us. There will be a charge of £4 for both members and guests towards the cost of our speaker.

Several evening garden visits have been arranged in the local area this summer. The first one is at Horsleygate Hall which is at the very bottom of Horsleygate Lane. Mr. & Mrs. Moor have kindly invited us to visit their lovely garden – light refreshments will be served and the cost is £4. The visit starts at 6.30pm on Wednesday May 3rd.

As ever, all enquires should be to our garden visits and social organiser, Hilary Olsen, on 0114 2890927. Robin Greetham

2023/24 PROGRAMME

Meetings are the first Wednesday in each month at Holmesfield Village Hall from 7.30pm

5 April: Gardens of The Arts and Crafts Movement and Edwardian Gardens with a focus of Harold Peto – a talk by Camilla Anderson.

3 May: Garden visit to Horsleygate Hall, Horsleygate Lane, Holmesfield. 6.30pm. £4

21 June: Day trip to Wollerton Old Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire. Ellenders coach to leave Holmesfield at 9.30am. Total cost is £25pp (includes coach and entrance fee).

5 July: Garden visit to Hilary Hutson’s garden at 90 Bents Road, Sheffield. S11 9RL. Meeting at 2pm; £4.00 admission for NGA.

2 August: Gardening in Troughs – a talk by Hilary Hutson.

19 August: Holmesfield Gardening Association Annual Show (Saturday). Costs per entry to increase from 10p to 20p.

6 September: Exploring the winter garden – a talk by Carl Leaman.

4 October: Nerines, Amarines and Agapanthus – a talk by Colin Hickman, holder of the National Collection, Hoyland, Barnsley.

1 November: Pea and Pie Supper with entertainment by The New Orleans Strollers.

6 December: Talk and Demonstration of making Christmas wreaths by Diane Sheldon of Holmesfield Flower Arranging Club.

3 January ‘24: Gardening Quiz and games.