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Welcome to the

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June 2019 edition

“You may not be able to control every situation and its outcome but you can control your attitude and how you deal with it” Allen Klein June already and the summer months are upon us. Exam season is almost over and you can find a summer fair, gala or other outdoor event to go to most weekends. You will find details of several such events on these pages.

Following the success of our Rita Ora ticket giveaway, this month we have a pair of tickets for Madness performing after racing at Doncaster Racecourse this summer. Look out for the Giveaway details on page 13 of this magazine for your chance to enter.

I thought it was about time I updated my photo across the magazines – people have been starting to notice that the previous image taken quite a few years ago was just a little out of date! Perhaps now if you see me out and about delivering magazines, or visiting local businesses you will recognise me! Thank you very much to Di Fisher at The Photo Den for offering everyone present at a recent networking meeting the opportunity to have a new headshot taken. Di is an experienced Business Photographer, who also offers Photo Walks, Workshops and social events for those keen to improve their photography skills. Visit www. photoden.biz to find out more.

The July issue will be delivered to you early in July. If you would like to have something included in this, please make sure details are with me

by Tuesday 25th June. Don’t forget to let me have details in good time if you have an event to publicise this summer.

Enjoy June and I will be back in a months’ time with your July magazine.

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All residents of Woodfield Plantation and Carr Lodge will soon receive a leaflet giving details of the proposed Community Council T If you support the formation of the Council, please place your vote in the week of Monday 17th – Sunday 23rd June 2019. You can do this by completing the petition form on the leaflet you receive and posting it in one of the ballot boxes, which will be situated in Tesco Extra, Morrisons and the One Stop shop at Woodfield Plantation during that week.

Further information is available on the website www.woodfieldcarr.co.uk. *Please note that Woodfield Carr is a working title. Final decision on the name will be made by a residents’ vote once the Community Council is formed.

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Welcome to this month's news, letting you know the current activities and plans for the Menes Group, Doncaster. We have had a fairly lean month due to annual holidays, so we do need some new members to make up the numbers. Audley has been on his regular travels and will, no doubt, be relating his stories in the coming days.

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A trip either on the Wyre Lady down the river, or a trip to Cleethorpes has been suggested for early September. In the past we have enjoyed both trips, so the choice is yours.

The group meets every Wednesday in the St James Church Hall, Hexthorpe Bridge, at 12.30. We can be contacted for information on: Rob on 07710473301, or Audley on 07882492881.

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In July 2018, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would introduce an Environmental Bill to underpin its 25 year environmental plan. It hopes to ' leave the environment on a better state than it found it'. All Wildlife Trusts, including Yorkshire welcome this recognition that new laws are needed to slow and reverse the decline of wildlife.

The Wildlife Trusts, along with other organisations form the Greener UK Coalition. Together they are campaigning for a new Environmental Bill to benefit nature and our own health, wellbeing and prosperity.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust manages Potteric Carr Nature Reserve in Balby. Recently, staff and volunteers met Dame Rosie Winterton MP to discuss working towards any new Environmental Bill. If you are interested in promoting wildlife and enjoying nature you can visit Potteric Carr, Mallard Way, DN4 8DB which is open daily from 9an to 5pm. If you would like more information about the Wilder Yorkshire campaign you can find details on the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website.

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Arts Review & what’s going on - JUNE 2019 •

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Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery open Wed to Sunday Exhibition: Until 30 June. TERENCE BENNET: A RETROSPECTIVE exhibition of paintings and drawings by this Doncaster artist. This is a show by a skilled and accomplished artist who has worked all over, the show includes pictures painted locally, in Connemara and County Clare, in Devon and the north.

Many works are for sale (and very reasonably priced) and a number go back to the start of Bennet’s career and have been loaned to Doncaster for this show. In September 1967 Terence Bennett became the first artist to hold a one-person exhibition at Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery.

Now, over 50 years later, as the Museum prepares to move to its new site at the top of Chequer Road, he is to be the last. www.doncaster.gov.uk/museums Art at the Deli: JO CHEUNG has the walls this month. Jo was a student at Doncaster college and now works as an illustrator. www.artatthedeli.com Harley Gallery Welbeck until 17 June SYLVIE FRANQUET who reworks found tapestries combining classical imagery and a punk aesthetic. ROMILLY SAUMARES SMITH another artist 10

who reworks old discarded materials. 29 June – 22 September IN MY SHOES a show of selfportraiture including the not so young YBAs Tracy Emin and Sarah Lucas with Grayson Perry to contribute some quality www.harleygallery.co.uk EARTH & FIRE at The Harley Gallery 21-23 June: a bustling potter’s market with over 130 stalls: £6 entry www.earthandfire.co.uk Roots Music Club at the Ukranian Centre 14 June – JAMES TAPLIN. 21 June – THE PATRICK WALKER TRIO. 28 June – THE DAN WEBSTER BAND www.rootsmusicclub.co.uk Cast in Doncaster 12 June you will find Ian McKellen on an 80th birthday tour which will eventually take him to Orkney. It’s a fundraiser and in Doncaster he is raising those funds for CAST’s work with children and vulnerable adults. Lots of other good stuff including dementia friendly film and ensemble 360, Bollywood Brass band and Everly Brothers’ story. www.castindoncaster.com Museums Sheffield Graves Art Gallery until 6 July mixed painting exhibition called THIS LIFE IS SO EVERYDAY: The Home in British Art 1950-80. Some super work including paintings by Ann Redpath, John Bratby and Helen Chadwick. At Weston Park to 28 July exhibition called NORDIC BY NATURE an exhibition of craft

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and design inspired by Nordic landscape and environment. www.museums-sheffield.org.uk Yorkshire Sculpture Park Until 16 June in the Longside Gallery is a show curated by the British Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CRIMINAL ORNAMENTATION, which promises colour and pattern in 100 works from the Arts Council Collection, V&A, Crafts Council and the William Morris Society. www.ysp.co.uk Firbeck Village Hall 21 June 7.30 PHIL BEER, who is one half of the Devonshire folk duo Show of Hands, but is also fantastic on his own. He will arrive with a plethora of strung instruments and much merri-making. It will be a joyful night. Tickets: £15 nwilson33@hotmail.com Savoy Cinema Worksop Live events 11 & 16 June ROH: ROMEO & JULIET. 13 June EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE (for those of you who missed this when it was on in the Crucible) www.savoyworksop.co.uk Gardens everywhere: The NGS open garden scheme is now in full swing with gardens opening up and down the country and many in our locality throughout the summer. All proceeds go to charity. You will find the yellow NGS booklets in your local libraries or visit www.ngs.org.uk

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Madness celebrate being one of the top 20 selling UK groups of all time, with seven top ten albums to their name. The band have reached the UK Top 20 charts twenty-two times, with over six million album sales.

Madness promise to play all the hits and fan favourites including ‘Baggy Trousers’, ‘One Step Beyond’, ‘My Girl’, ‘Our House’ and ‘It Must Be Love’, plus some brand new tracks too.

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Swimstars and Dolphins opened the doors to their brand-new boutique Swim School last year.

Sara Pegden and Sue Fynney, mother and daughter who ventured into Swimstars and Dolphins in the year 2000 have transformed the way children learn to swim with their own unique progressive swim scheme which is highly recommended by families.

The pool opened within Marrtree Industrial Estate in Wheatley, Doncaster in April 2018. After an initial battle for planning permission the pool has gone from strength to strength with hundreds of children attending and learning to swim every week. The custom built pool has provided a space where families, children and schools can enjoy the exclusive use of the swimming facility making it a more personal and friendly experience. This is one of the many reasons why over 30 Primary Schools in the surrounding area are now using Swimstars to deliver lessons as part of their swimming provision. Other activities such as Aquafit also take place at the pool.

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Every month we undertake a variety of walks with something to suit all abilities. A look at the list below for the month ahead will show you that some are more local than others, and that we meet week in, week out.

To find out more about all of the above walks and how you can join us as well as more information about the Doncaster Ramblers and future activity please visit our Home Page and download a copy of our walk programme

www.doncasterramblers.org.uk/walks/ walks-programme-printed-version.html And follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ doncasterramblers/ where GPS Maps of many of our walks can also be found

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Following the success of Quest Parks first year a site is already earmarked in BAWTRY with the plans to develop another model due to high demand.

Please use contact details below if you need to contact us at any time.

Sara Pegden, the director of the business believes they have a unique plan that has already proven itself to be successful and can be replicated with Swimstars main aim in mind – ‘Enabling more children to take part’

07933 158629 nigel.cannings@doncaster.gov.uk

Councillor Martin Greenhalgh

Sue said: “This year has been everything we envisaged and more. It is so uplifting to see families and children attending our pool week in week out with smiling faces. This is the start of great things for Swimstars and we can only thank everyone for their continued support and for following us on this journey”

We hold a Local Ward Surgery at Tickhill Community Library on the First Saturday of each month 11:00 -12:00. We operate a sit and wait system so there is no need to book an appointment.

You can follow them on facebook – Swimstars and Dolphins Swim Schools

Councillor Nigel Cannings

07484 243560 martin.greenhalgh@doncaster.gov.uk

However, we are always happy to organise a more local meeting should you require one, please contact one of us and we will be happy to help.

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You may have seen our posters "Giving Prostate Cancer the Boot" which is our latest fundraising appeal for a much needed biopsy machine for the Urology Department at DRI. We are so grateful to everyone who has already made a donation to this very worthwhile cause. If you are planning to hold a fundraising event or joining in an organised event on our behalf please do get in touch with us. We can provide you with leaflets, sponsor forms, T-shirts and include your photo taken at the event on our website.

We will have a stall at Bentley Gala on Sunday, 14th July from 1-5pm where we will be selling new and donated jewellery as well as lots of other goodies. Do come along - this is always a popular event and there is something for all ages.

We are still collecting scarves, jewellery and other items for tombola/raffles. We do try and collect wherever possible, but alternatively you can drop them off at our office in Wood Street which is where some of the buses now stop.

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Our annual Fun Dog Show takes place in Sandall Park on Saturday 15th June. Registration opens at 10.30am. It promises to be a great occasion for all the family, with a fun Dog Show, craft stalls, face painting, food and refreshments and a special appearance by local flyball team the Doncaster Bellestars.

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• Best Junior Handler

• Agility Course

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Last year, the RSPCA South Yorkshire Animal Centre re-homed over 890 animals. Our mission is to rehabilitate and re-home vulnerable animals and this rehabilitation and re-homing work relies on kind donations from the public. Proceeds from events that the RSPCA South Yorkshire Animal Centre organises, provide the necessary funding so that the vital work can continue.

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IN THE GARDEN

Watering and Wellies NURTURING NATURE NURTURING How to encourage wildlife into your garden, and keep them there.

When there is an absence of nature, our souls will struggle and the land will feel like a sad place. But when the birds fly in, singing their happy songs, and the bees can pollinate the flowers, I guarantee you’ll start to find a connection that many of us have lost.

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garden, and keep them there.between 2 and 4 metres A box for a tit should be placed up a tree or a wall. Avoid strong sunlight and wind A garden doesn’t just have to be about plants. It’s where possible. By tilting the box slightly forward, totally OK to grow a wilderness or cottage style garden any driving rain will hit the roof and bounce clear. if it suits you. Or a manicured, Italian style space can Nestboxes are best put up during the autumn since also work well. Whatever your choice, there are things many birds will check them out during this time. Tits you can do to make sure that you encourage ittle birds will start to seriously investigate nesting sites during and animals into our open spaces once again.

February and March you’re a little late in sorting When there is an absence of nature, our souls attract them to your garden by keeping your these little birds instead. so TheifRSPB website will struggle and the land will feel like a sad garden diverse with a wide variety of habitats useful tips on nesting boxes. Visit out ahasbox during the autumn then you can catch these It’s not hard to do either. Remember that looking after a place. But when the birds fly in, singing their such as ponds, log piles, hedges and a good www.respb.org.uk for further information. little birds instead.

The RSPB website has useful tips garden should be a journey.

Every gardener worth his happy songs, and the bees can pollinate the variety of different plants.

MOTHS AND DRAGONFLIES flowers, I guarantee you’ll startis to never find a finished and encouraging on nesting boxes. Visit www.respb.org.uk for further salt knows a garden BEE HOTELS connection that many of us have lost.

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to lay their eggs. The reeds you use must be free of splinters inside, have the end closed and allow moisture to exit. Reeds, or rolled up paper, tend to be better than drilled wood as they can be easily replaced each year, reducing the chance of spreading disease. Make sure there is an overhanging roof so that the nesting bees stay dry and out of the wind.

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EXERCISE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS Monday morning at 10.30 am to 11.30 am For Fitness, Strength, Mobility, Balance and Fun! Do come and join us. £4 per session.

Contact Sharon 07958 156388 YOGA CLASSES Monday evenings 5.15 pm to 6.45 pm For more information, please contact Deborah on 07539 600640 ART CLUB The Art Club is held each week on Tuesday afternoon. The class is now full and there is currently a waiting list. Please contact Angela on 01302 852297 for more information.

CHILDREN'S PAINTING CLASS Tuesday tea time from 4pm to 5 pm Please contact Maria Higgins on 07980 275770 ZUMBA - DANCE FIT Thursday mornings at 9.30 am to 10.30 am All ages and ability levels welcome to make you feel healthier, fitter and happier. For more information contact Ali on 07717 376638 PILATES CLASSES Friday mornings from 11.00 am to 12 noon.

Cost £5 for an hour session. For more information, please contact Sharon on 07958 156388 LETTINGS If anyone is interested in hiring the hall, please contact Maureen on 01302 852874.

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Have you ever wondered what happens when you donate clothes into a charity clothes bag or a collecting bin at a super market? Or what happens when you put some extra food into a food bank trolley at work or a supermarket.

These were things I pondered a few years ago but something I never thought I would be involved in organising. In four years our Given Freely Freely Given initiative by local churches has grown from a small poorly attended coffee shop to a free coffee shop attended by 50-80 people a week with access to a series of alternative banks for clothes, toiletries, food and small household items.

I can now answer what happens when we donate clothes, food or toiletries; and would love to be able to share this information with you and also share some of the ways donations help people get through a crisis both short and long term.

On Thursday 20th June 7pm we will be giving a talk at Carr Lodge School about the work we are doing and how donations are used to help the marginalised in Balby. We are very grateful to the school for allowing us to use their building. We would love you to join us.

We would also love you to join us for a Free family fun afternoon on Saturday 6th July at St John’s Balby Church on Greenfield Lane between 1pm - 3pm when we will have games, sports, crafts, music, cafe and plenty more activities.

From your local churches in Balby, Loversall and Wadworth and for further information check www.blwchurch.com or find us on facebook or email wadwithlove@gmail.com

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Easter Egg Draw Late News

Many of you will have bought tickets for our Giant Easter Egg Raffle. We thank YOU and the following businesses for supporting this event:

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Donation Made

Treetops House is a ‘home from home’ for families travelling from our district to be with their seriously ill children 24/7 at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital. The hospital is an NHS centre of excellence but ‘Treetops’ is one of a number of homes dependent upon charitable donations. We are proud to have made a small donation on your behalf.

New Members

We have recently welcomed two new members from Harworth, Sonia Armstrong and Beverley Fear. This brings our growing number of lady members to four. Sonia and Bev are well known in the community. We now have 31 members, including four ladies. The more members we have, the more we can do to support local people and community groups. .

Lions Spring Beer Festival

Last month’s Beer Festival at the Scarborough Arms, Tickhill was a great success dispite the weather trying to put a dampener on it. Our thanks to all who attended and especially to landlord Steve Walters for his help in organising the event and for the generous donation. l During the event “FLASH” fe beer s ti va a close up magician was in action amazing young and old alike. A lot of people were putting there drinking abilities to good use raising money to help others.

Look out for August Bank Holiday Thank you to our Sponsors

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Community Fun Days

Summer is almost here and that means the Gala season will soon be upon us. We will be taking an array of family games to the Harworth Gala on the 29th June. Last year this free event in Harworth attracted over 1000 people and a similar number is expected this year.

The organisers still have a few stalls available for a small fee. If you are interested please contact Sonia Armstrong on 07477 807393.

Our club continues to grow If you would like to get involved or if you think we may be able to help you or a community project please get in touch. Call in to Rossington Welfare 4th June 8.30pm or Carpenters Arms 18th June 8.30pm to have an informal chat.

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Counselling The Counselling Lab. . . . . 11 Craft & Fabrics Crafting Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Estate Agents, Letting Services & Property Johnsons Estate Agents. . 4 Garage Doors The Doors Group Limited.21 Zap Garage Doors. . . . . . . . 9 Garden Centre Bridge Acre Nurseries. . . . . 3 Garden Services Creative Paving & Landscapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Forever Lawn Ltd. . . . . . . . . 17

Tickhill Lawn Care & Gardening Services. . . . . . 17 Gas supplies Yorkshire Gas Supplies. . . 23 Health & Fitness Yoga over 45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Home Improvements & Building C & L Property Services. . 21 Discount Roofing & Building Supplies Ltd. . . . 23 Locksmiths Doncaster Locks. . . . . . . . . 21 Metro Locksmith. . . . . . . . . 12 Memorials Keith Ashton Memorials. . 4

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