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welcome to the FEBRUARY 2013 edition of Tickhill Today.

“How do you spell ‘love’?” asked Piglet… ”You don’t spell it... you feel it.” answered Pooh.

What a lovely quote! And so totally true. With Valentines Day coming up it got me thinking about love and what it actually means. Not just in the context of partnerships but also with people around us; our children and friends. It doesn’t take much to show someone you love them, and it’s your thoughts and efforts that go a long way.

So even if you don’t have a special someone in February, just have a go at extending some love to a person close to you. As Piglet says, you don’t even need to be able to spell it.

The next issue will be delivered from 1st March, anything that you would like to be included must be with me by Thursday 14th February – Valentines Day!

Best wishes, Paula x

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The Snow Queen WADWORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL pupils last week witnessed an amazing production performed

by Quantem Theatre Company.

Based on the classical tale by Hans Christian Anderson, The snow Queen has been a world wide sensation for many generations and generations to come. This production was made by just three people and although there were only three people, they managed to play the roles of over 21 different characters between them.

Here are some of the characters: Gerda, a loving village girl who cares about everyone and everything good, Kay, a kind-hearted boy who suddenly turns cold, and the one and only snow Queen, the cold-hearted queen who is willing to destroy anything that stands in her way.

We really loved the fantastic costumes, particularly the snow Queen and the Crow. The staging arrangements were very well organized, as it allowed them to go behind the screen to change character between scenes. In our opinion, our favourite part was when Gerda threw her shoes into the river and stepped in. It was

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clean and simple, as the river was only made out of a blue satin cloth, and yet it really made you feel as if you were really there, by the river.

We are truly grateful to the

theatre company for coming in and performing such a masterpiece to the whole school and we thoroughly enjoyed it.

By Alison and Angel. Y6 

The Parish Room

BY THE 1ST of February I’m into spring

mode and looking forward to new events and classes in the Parish room. We have - hopefully - got over the worst of the weather and can start planning for slightly warmer weather (I am ever hopeful!).

February is going to be a very busy month in the Parish room with the following bookings: on Thursday mornings we have a Zumba class, new to us, from 9.30am - 10.30am with Debra Wednesday 6th February is the regular WI meeting at 2pm, they are with us on the first Wednesday of the month - everyone welcome.

The Francophiles also meet on the first Wednesday of the month from 7.30pm - 9.30pm. Non-members and visitors are always welcome.

From 7th February slimming World will be starting a regular Thursday evening class, from 7.30pm. Chris is fairly new to slimming world, but is a real success story herself with her weight loss. Do come along and see how she did it!

There is a Lenten Lunch on the 13th February, from 12.30 - 1.30pm.

organised by the st marys Church mothers Union members. This event is free but donations are welcome to the mU Literacy Project in malawi. on Wednesday 20th the YCA Charity Coffee morning will take place (originally booked for the 23rd January but postponed because of the snow) with toasted teacakes and a raffle.

Tickhill Flower Club are meeting on the 27th at 7.30pm. The Lavender Lady is visiting - come along and learn how make a lavender bag! on the 28th February (from 4pm - 8pm) and the 1st march (from 9am - 12noon) Tickhill Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Days will take place.

Come ALoNG AND HAve YoUr sAY! other regulars are the Nellie stagles school of Theatre and Dance every Tuesday from 4.30pm, the Yoga class follows from 7pm - 9pm with the Coffee morning every saturday from 10am - 12 noon.

If you want to book the Parish room for any of your own classes, coffee mornings, charity events, parties, etc., please ring me on 07840 419763.

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Lighthouse Laser celebrates fourth anniversary YOUR LOCAL LASER clinic Lighthouse Laser is celebrating four years as the leading provider of Laser services in the area. During this time they have helped a large number of clients, realise their dreams of being rid of unwanted hair and veins!

Just imagine, no more waxing, shaving or plucking and never having to hide legs away in the summer due to being embarrassed about unsightly leg veins. Permanent hair reduction and thread vein removal aren’t the only services Dr Brownson available though, skin tightening and rejuvenation is also becoming increasingly popular as is the removal of a variety of skin blemishes and imperfections.

GP Tony Brownson who many of you may recognise as the senior GP at misterton and Gringley on the Hill medical Practices has been a Doctor for

nearly 30 years but back in 2008 he decided to develop his interest in laser therapies and embarked on the extensive training in the use of Lasers. Dr Brownson now carries out all the consultations at the private clinic, as well as many of the treatments. so why not find out what Lighthouse Laser could do for you? Free, no obligation consultations mean you have nothing to lose, give them a call today! 

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Tickhill St Mary’s C of E Primary a New Beginnings

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Well that came round quickly - but probably not qu struggling for activities to keep their children amus variety of weathers we encountered!

Every-one is back with enthusiasm for the new sch staff and many new pupils starting ‘proper school’, Nursery too. All are settling well into their new env The walls are very quickly filling with new and beau The Tickhill Horticultural Society Show, was well su school, with winning entries in many different class which is donated to Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.

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Mrs Mossop on 01302 742937.with  Staying the gardening theme, the Jubilee Woo getting established and becoming a lovely addition field. We are again collecting Morrison’s Gardenin develop the school’s grounds, if any-one would like them to the school, they will be gratefully received and in aid of st JohnsThe Hospice.

Annual Duck Race will be held on Sunday 30 Se Tea, coffee and cakes or theTicket sales are going well and we thank all p 2p.m. bar will be open if you would their kind support. We look forward to reporting o like something stronger! successful afternoon next time.

Afternoon tea in memory of Gerry Porter & Rita Harper PLEASE JOIN US on saturday 9th February between 2 - 4pm at Tickhill Cricket Club. When we will be serving afternoon tea, in memory of Gerry Porter and rita Harper,

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School visit to Cusworth Hall

BEFORE CHRISTMAS YEAR 1 went on a school trip to Cusworth Hall as part of their topic, “There’s No Place Like Home”. The children had been waiting with excitement and anticipation for this trip and when we got there, they weren’t disappointed.

All day, the children were able to take part in exciting activities which reinforced the work they had done in their topic. After the children explored the museum, they went for a walk around the gardens.

When Hariss was talking to mrs robertshaw about their trip, he said, “We went to Cusworth Hall on a coach with all the people in Year 1. We went in the Church upstairs. We did washing up. We went to look at the statues.”

Charlie also decided to share his experience with mrs robertshaw and said, “Yesterday I went to Cusworth Hall and I did washing and I went to the museum and I saw it. I saw the statues.”

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I HAVE JUST been reading my

entries for Tickhill Today during January/February over the last few years; over half of them refer to our annual ‘Chip Walk’. obviously, I know what the chip walk is, we have been doing them for over ten years, but how would I explain them to someone else?

Traditionally, I like to do at least three outdoor walks with the Brownies, one in each term; the spring term is ‘The Chip Walk’, so called because we always stop at the chip shop on the way back to the scout hut. But more importantly it is about going out for a walk in the dark, in a safe environment, to give the girls a sense of adventure and a bit of excitement. The older girls know the route, the younger ones follow on and get caught up in the magic of a night time walk! This year we had snow, and as the main idea is just to get out in the dark, monday Brownies this year went to the fields behind the castle with the intention of building a snowman and maybe having a snowball fight. Unfortunately, it was the wrong kind of snow! At least for snowman building, but we had great fun making snow angels and having a snowball fight, with the majority of the snowballs being thrown at my husband, who had kindly come along as an adult! Poor man! (He thoroughly enjoyed it, and got a few good shots in himself!) The snow was turning to sludge on the Tuesday so Tuesday’s Brownies went for the normal walk, just as much fun, and they still managed to jump in quite a lot of muddy, sludgy puddles and throw a few snowballs along the way.

We always put our order in to the chip shop so they are prepared and it is a military operation to get up to 18 brownies plus hardy volunteers fed with chips and the occasional sausage (‘I don’t want chips, Brown owl, can I have a sausage?’). This 14 TICKHILL TODAY

enjoy annual ‘Chip Walk’ fun & frolics!

year the schools were closed on the monday, so I had several text messages during the day asking ‘Is Brownies still on, are they still going on the walk?’ The answer is always the same, ‘of course, and wrap up warm, the Chip Walk will go on!’

I am very pleased to report that I have had the offer of help from a fully qualified Brownie leader who has recently moved into the area. I welcome Hannah (snowy owl) to my team and as ever, I thank sam, Laura and olivia for their continuing help.

Katy my other qualified leader is away on a training course for the next six

months, but when she returns we shall be a team of three leaders which will enable us to do so much more with the girls, so watch this space.

Also a big thank you to the parents who came with us on our chip walk, your help is much appreciated.

In February we will be attending an International Day in Doncaster with rainbows, Brownies and Guides from the Doncaster area.

Clare Carr, Brown Owl 07780 703012 

Bus service updates serviCe 205 HAD THe FOLLOWiNG CHANGes FrOM 28TH JANUArY : mon - Fri - From Tickhill (Westfield road), the times will be: 0752-0952-1127-1357-1807 sat - From Tickhill (Westfield road), the times will be: 0752-09521127-1557-1807.

From Doncaster will continue as previous.

The only changes have been with the 1127/1357/1557/1807, to run slightly later. service 205 (Tickhill Wong Lane - Doncaster via rossington) The 0752 Tickhill - Doncaster no longer calls at Harworth. service 22, 200, 304 stay as they are. service 22 (Worksop-Doncaster): roadworks in Worksop, until 8th Feb 2013 Bridge Place and part of Watson road, Worksop will be closed at the following days/times. sunday 3 February from 17:00 and monday 4 February to Friday 8 February from 19:00.

For the duration of the closures, services will be diverted as follows:

services 4, 7 & 7c will be diverted to/ from Newcastle Avenue via memorial Avenue, Priorswell road, eastgate road to re-join their normal routes. services 19, 22, 21/25 & 42/43 will divert to/from Hardy street via Newcastle Avenue, The A57, sandy Lane and Babbage Way to re-join their normal routes.

Please be patient as stagecoach drivers will do their best to keep your service running on time, however, delays may occur due to traffic congestion.

Please keep sending in your comments regarding a connection to Bawtry, Harworth/Bircotes and Maltby to myself at the following: Dean sadler, 2 rawson road, Tickhill, Doncaster. DN11 9NG email: d.b.sadler@hotmail.co.uk 

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Business unusual

TERRY GORMLEY, local entrepreneur and business growth advisor, has packed an awful lot into his life so far.

A former miner and Firefighter, Terry has used his skills and experience to found The Fire Training Academy - a company that delivers fire safety training to businesses, schools and organisations across the country.

Terry then developed his communication, life and business skills by studying NeuroLingusitic Programming (NLP), reaching the ultimate levels of master Practitioner, Trainer and Coach.

He has used a combination of all these to help him develop his businesses and raise thousands of pounds for his chosen charities; money raised in the most challenging of ways.

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As Terry says:

‘Taking yourself out of your comfort zone can bring the most rewarding results – learning something new is energising and inspiring. over the last few years I have sky dived, run several marathons including the New York and climbed to everest base camp. All these challenges have helped me focus on getting things done in all areas of my life, with the added bonus of helping in a small way some of the people and charities that inspire me.’

As a business growth advisor he now also runs the south Yorkshire branch of the entrepreneur’s Circle, a national network of business workshops; structured local meetings that combine action and aspiration with the emphasis very much on learning not networking.

For 2013 Terry will continue to help local businesses to move forward as well as his own, whilst finding the time to organise his next charity challenge – more important than ever as the recession has hit many charities and some are even struggling to survive. if you would like to find out more about The entrepreneurs Circle and how Terry can assist you and your business during 2013, please visit www.ec-southyorkshire.co.uk For more details about The Fire Training Academy visit www. firetrainingacademy.co.uk 

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Moving on?

AS 2013 PROGRESSES and we

start to look forward to the spring ahead of us, you may find yourself considering making a fresh start and fulfilling your dreams of moving to a new home. Whether you are moving to a bigger home, downsizing, staying local, moving across the country or moving to another country, it is unlikely you will be able to avoid the need to market your home to potential purchasers.

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property touched up and the all those little jobs are done before you ask an estate agent to prepare a brochure. Don’t be afraid to ask for help, call in expertise for those jobs that you have been meaning to do for months but have felt that they were a little beyond your abilities.

3) see your home through other people’s eyes Be brave, ask your friends and family to cast a critical eye over your home, it will give you a good idea of how other people see your home. remember to listen and if possible act on their comments. Try to detach yourself from the house, and view it through the eyes of potential purchasers, remember you want to move on and the sooner you find a buyer the sooner you can do so.

4) show off your space wisely maximising the potential of each room is so important to show buyers how they can work for them. Clearing away toys from a lounge will create a

more relaxed area or taking a spare bed out of a box room and creating a home office or hobby room can bring tremendous benefits to potential buyers. Buyers need to be able to see how they would be able to use space – and not all of them have the imagination to see how it could look, they need you to show them.

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Bassetlaw means business BASSETLAW’S FIRST BEXPO

event will be on Tuesday, 14th may 2013 at retford Town Hall, bringing with it a unique forum for businesses in and around the region to meet, trade and conduct business.

A non-profit event, Bexpo aims to raise awareness that Bassetlaw is a great place to do business whilst also providing local companies with high profile exposure.

Plus, with free entry and a variety of stand sizes available at sensible prices for exhibitors, it’s an event providing opportunities to businesses of all sizes.

Under the umbrella of Bassetlaw Business Focus, local businesses Createinn, Focus Accounting and The Best of retford and The Best of Worksop, have collaborated to organise an event

that will transform retford Town Hall into a one stop business shop consisting of: • Over sixty exhibitors, including a dedicated food hall for local food producers and retailers.

• Free seminars from four keynote speakers on the stage.

• A breakfast networking event with retford b4b Business Club.

• Free speed networking events throughout the day.

• One-to-one Q&A sessions held in ‘The Lounge’.

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• Competitions, awards, prizes and a goody bag.

• A viP evening drinks reception with entertainment.

”We’re absolutely delighted to be able to announce that Bassetlaw’s first Bexpo will be taking place in may, as usually local businesses have to travel to cities for expo events of this kind,” explains Alison Leckenby from The Best of retford & The Best of Worksop.

“Bassetlaw plays host to so many well respected businesses, so we thought it was about time they were acknowledged and celebrated right on their doorstep to show that we mean business here too,” Claire Weingaertner, of Focus Accounting,continues.

Jon rogers of Createinn adds: “We’ve worked hard to make sure that free entry for visitors, reasonably priced exhibitors’ stands and a range of sponsorship opportunities means that there are a variety of ways that businesses can take part.”

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Celebrating 8 years of Today Publications . . .

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know that many of you will have been readers of Tickhill Today since our launch in 2005, however many more will have joined our journey along the way and won’t remember the early black and white issues with just 24 pages. so as we approach our 8th birthday (Tickhill’s anniversary issue next month) I thought now would be a good time to reflect on the changes over the years and look forward to the improvements to come.

I can’t quite believe that it has been 8 years since I came across the magazine publishing business opportunity and with Tickhill having just lost its newsletter ‘Tickhill News’ and I was looking for local work ideally from home, after returning to live in Tickhill with my young family. It seemed like the ideal time to launch ’Tickhill Today’.

Like many people starting a new business I lost sleep in the early days worrying whether I was wasting my time and money.

People told me that Tickhill News had folded because there was no money in it and too much work for a whole TeAm of volunteers.

I met with a positive response when I started speaking to people and from the day that I nervously set out to deliver the first issue I have never looked back! rossington Today started a year later, and Bawtry Today a year after that. Harworth & Bircotes was a later addition when I was asked to take over the production of ‘village voice’ and redesigned it to fit in with the ‘Today’ brand. I think my husband thought I was mad as every time I got comfortable with what I was doing and how I could fit it into the month—I started a new magazine!

For a long time I did pretty much everything myself; sold the advertising space, designed 22 TICKHILL TODAY

the adverts, wrote the editorial, sourced the local content, found regular contributors, and put it all together into a printable format. Not forgetting the admin of invoicing, chasing payments, completing vAT returns and everything else that comes with running a business.

For the first 6 months we even went out and delivered all the magazines ourselves (we includes me, my husband, my Dad and anyone else we could rope in to help). over time I have taken on help along the way. Firstly and most importantly a team of distributors to help get the magazines into people homes. We now deliver to 15,700 homes every month—not something I could do by myself!

The biggest and most recent change however, is the move to professional design of many of the adverts and the magazines themselves. I put this off for a long time but finally towards the end of last year the time was right to take the big step of letting someone else take on the design

The first ever issue of Tickhill TODAY March 2005 work. I remain in full control of the content etc. but someone else takes the strain of building the magazines ready for print and in giving them a far more professional style. so what changes are to come?

Don’t worry its nothing too drastic and none of the local content that you tell me you love will be adversely affected! However I will be adding more articles, and having themed sections, kicking off this month with a gardening feature, a property feature and a recipe!. I would also like to reintroduce the restaurant review - what better excuse to try out some of the many local restaurants and eateries!

If there is something else that you would like to see featured then do let me know.

I am looking forward to what is still to come with Today publications - I hope that you will join me on the next stage of the journey.

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Tickhill Neighbourhood Plan OPEN INVITATION TO all residents

– Neighbourhood Plan Consultation in the Parish room, Northgate, when you will have a chance to see the work done so far and to comment on the possible options for action in response to the issues raised in our initial consultation.

Dates and times – Thursday February 28 (4 to 8pm) and Friday March 1 (9 to 12 am) Be there! We need to know your views before we move on to the next stage, when we will be putting together a draft of the plan our working groups are making good progress covering these broad areas – Traffic and road safety, Car Parking, Community Facilities, Heritage and Planning, environment and Flooding. each group has prepared a draft set out with the following sections: • Concerns and issues raised • objectives in tackling these concerns • options for action • Advantages and limitations of each option The working groups do not pick up every issue raised, some we will have to look at separately while others are outside our remit.

There is more work to be done on all areas before the planned public consultation event advertised above.

The group doesn’t claim to have all the answers, your views are important. At the same time we will be distributing a summary of work done so far to local organisations and invite them also to make comments. overall the aim is (obviously) to achieve the highest possible degree of consensus that we can across the whole community on the aspirations and policies for Tickhill. The Town Council will want a Neighbourhood Plan to which everyone (or at least nearly everyone!) can subscribe.

We have one major advantage compared with a number of parishes 24 TICKHILL TODAY

in that there is no requirement in Doncaster’s Local Development strategy for us to allocate land for a specified number of houses or employment land.

However, that doesn’t mean that the task is easy! on issues such as parking and road safety, it will be difficult to satisfy everyone while cost and land availability are the challenge where community facilities are concerned.

John Hoare. 

Horticultural Society

AS I WRITE this report in advance of the AGm I am pleased to advise that membership at the end of the year was up to 147.

We are in a financially sound position and the annual subscription will remain at £7 – many thanks for the continued support for our raffles etc.

The first speaker meeting of the year will be held in the methodist schoolroom on Thursday 28th February starting at 7.15pm and will see the return for the third consecutive February of Dr steve Furness of Calver, Derbyshire. many of you will remember ‘sex among the flowers’ in 2011 and ‘How not to build a rock garden’ last year. This time his subject is ‘Troughs and trough gardening’ and he will be bringing plants to sell. visitors welcome. £3 Phil Thomas

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for all ages every monday night (including bank holidays) in the New Hall in Bawtry. £2.50 at the door which includes tea, coffee and biscuits plus a free raffle. 8pm until 10.15pm All welcome. For more details call Celia Arrowsmith on 01777 818642 

Mother union

OUR FIRST MEETING of the

New Year at the Library was very well attended. Later in the month our new Branch Leader eluned Foulds was commissioned on sunday 20th January during the 10.30 am communion service.

A contingent of mU members were there to support her. our next event will be on Ash Wednesday 13th February, which will be our simple Lenten lunch.

This will be in the Parish room from 12.30pm to 1.30pm No tickets needed, donations will be gratefully accepted. Proceeds will be given to a mU Literacy Project in malawi. everyone welcome!

Tickhill Methodist Pop-In Centre SUE CLIFTON IS coming to talk

to us on February 6th. she will speak about stitching up the Family.

This will begin at 2pm. You are all welcome to attend and there is no charge. refreshments are provided.

The centre is held in the methodist Church lounge on Northgate every Wednesday afternoon from 1.30pm – 3.30pm. Please drop in if you would like a chance to make new friends with a cup of tea and a chat. There are table top activities for those who like to play cards or scrabble etc. Transport is available within Tickhill. For further details ring rosemary Cornish Tel. 744768

TICKHILL METHODIST CHURCH Coffee morning for Church

& Charity on the first Wednesday of the month – the next one is 6th February - from 10am to 12noon.

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New year resolutions ON OUR RETURN to school each

year we usually ask the pupils to set their own individual resolutions – something that they would like to improve during 2013. We ask them to think about resolutions not only for themselves but also for their class and for the whole school.

This year our whole school resolution is to make our school a happier place in 2013. each class has had their own ideas and the school council has decided that the three most important things that we can do collectively are: To listen carefully to what others have to say.

To share things with others; school property belongs to everybody.

To be considerate; to remember our manners and to think about how our actions affect other people.

These are things that we are able to do and should do all of the time.

They are not difficult to achieve but they do require each and everyone of us to be thoughtful and considerate and to remember that whilst everybody is important, nobody

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is more important than another.

We believe that everybody has a right to be happy and that we are all responsible in ensuring that this happens.

Happy New Year from everybody at estfeld. 

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Pet OF THE MONTH Name: Sex: Approx age: Good with dogs: Good with children: Good with cats: HERE AT THE sanctuary January seems to go on forever particularly when the weather is really horrid with snow and ice. All our residents have under-floor heating in their bedrooms with snug blankets and duvets. We also get through a massive amount of towels and our dryers are on constantly in the winter months.

This also means huge electricity bills, which are a drain on our resources.

Fund raising is always a priority, we want to be here for the future but without your help we will not survive.

The people of Doncaster gave generously when we did our usual Christmas street collection. This took place the saturday before Christmas we met some lovely people and would like to thank everyone for coming to say hello.

Another fund raiser took place at Ye old Bell Hotel in Barnby moor, Nr retford we organised a French Night which was lots of fun & everyone had a fantastic time. A big thank you to everyone that donated auction and raffle prizes, also Ilbello from Harworth for donating table decorations once again.

Another fun evening is all set to go with a bang is a ‘Wild West Night’ (Cowboys and Indians). This will take place again at Ye old Bell, Barnby moor on the 8th June so please put this on your calendar, come and have some fun and raise money for a good cause. There will be disco, auction, 28 TICKHILL TODAY

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If you are considering I would love a home wh adopting a pet, please call ere I get lots of attention and exercise and see us. We have lots of and an owner to show me they are the head lovely dogs and cats, many of the house. I have that have come to us over the lived with teenagers before so like kids but I may be a bit big and Christmas period wondering bouncy for little childre n, what they did to make their I do get on with some other dogs but I am owners give them away. quite dominant so wo uld get on better with Unfortunately sometimes a submissive dog if any . it is unavoidable, finances, If you thin k you have space for me partnership breakups etc. in your home, then please do n’t hesitate to talk We would like to wish to one of my carers. everyone a Happy New Year and thank you to everyone that has helped us throughout 2012. Particularly the ladies that run our Charity shop in manton, thank you to all the workers and volunteers. reni that makes sure all our residents have warm bedding and not forgetting our sanctuary manager Jennie who works 24/7 for the love of The sanctuary. one last thought if you would like to donate just £1 per month by Direct Debit or for the future remember us in your Will please call us we will be happy to forward our leaflets to you.

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3- season with salt and pepper, Bring

back to the boil and simmer for a further 15 minutes. strain and remove the bay leaf leaving a thick mushy mixture (hand blend if necessary).

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4- Add the milk to the mixture and bring

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5- serve as a thick soup in bowls with chunky crusty bread.

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Boutinot Rhȏne’s ‘Les Coteaux’ is part of the Fide et Arte range. A blend of Grenache Noir (and a little Syrah) from the best selection of wine of the 17 Côtes du Rhône Villages, ‘Les Coteaux’ is enriched with a small proportion of barrel-aged wine from Sablet, Séguret and Cairanne.

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Congratulations to Emily Walker, Year 12, who won the first heat of the RIBI Young Chef competition with her tasty menu of Thai fish curry accompanied by fragrant basmati rice, and then honey & spice poached pears with homemade ginger ice cream. Runner up Bradley Dewsnap, Year 11, tickled the judges tastebuds with his menu of Cajun spiced chicken breast with paprika potato wedges accompanied by a homemade chive dip, then Sicilian lemon cheesecake. Emily and Bradley will now represent our region in the District Finals being held this month.

Our “Golden Oldies” tea party, held just before Christmas, was once again a huge success! Money had been raised by the students before the event so that each guest was presented with a goodie bag after watching outstanding performances by the students.

We are now looking forward to the Easter Tea Party on 27 March!

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We Will Rock You sees Sir Thomas Wharton Community College transformed into the battle ground between The Resistance and Planet Mall’s Dates for your diary Ga Ga World, a safe place full of boy bands and girl 13 Feb – Yr 9 Options Evening bands, where instruments are banned and music is for Hilltop Students 3.30-6.30pm mass produced. The Resistance want to rock. They 18–22 Feb - Half Term reminisce about the Rhapsody; a time when musicians 27 Feb – Public exams start 13 March – Friends of STW 7pm formed their own bands and wrote their own songs.

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Bad Habits THOSE OF US who are

chronologically gifted, that is to say, older folk who are getting on in years, can look back and survey how times have changed over their lifetime. Lots of things have improved, or at least got more complicated, but one area strikes us as being in decline. This is in the drift towards being much more casual and relaxed about appearance.

The cynic would say that people are more careless and untidy about the way they dress. Trainers have taken over from black ‘oxford’ men’s shoes,

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Friday 8th February 11.00 - 12.00 scarbrough Arms, sunderland street, Tickhill. Friday 8th march 13.30 - 14.30 White Hart, main street, Wadworth. 

Les Francophiles de Tickhill

MANY FOLK IN Tickhill will remember Guy richeux. An active Frenchman , who lived here for some years, he now holds public office in his native Brittany. His wife, Judy, was a founder member of our association. on Wednesday,6th February, Guy will be speaking on “The role of the mayor in a Breton town” on Wednesday 6th march, Chris Phinn and Barbara Harrison will present “The music of the living French singer, Georges moustaki”.

Our meetings take place at the Parish room in Northgate, Tickhill, between 7.30 and 9.30pm on the first Wednesday of the month. visitors are welcome at a charge of £3. refreshments are provided.  36 TICKHILL TODAY

carefully polished, or sturdy brogues.

Anoraks have taken the place of Burberry raincoats. one seldom sees an overcoat these days. Denim jeans, sometimes frayed, patched or even with holes are more in evidence than neatly pressed, knife edge creased trousers. Woolly cardigans or jumpers take the place of tailored jackets. Ties have been discarded in favour of the open necked shirt.

It has been well known for a long time, even from as early as 1600 when shakespeare in his play ’Hamlet’ arranged for Polonius to declare that ‘Apparel oft proclaims the man’. Later mark Twain added that ‘Clothes make the man’. It was put even more cleverly by an American physician and lawyer, Thomas Dunn english (1819-1902) who wrote: ‘The sense of being well dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquillity which religion is powerless to bestow’.

How true that is! one feels different and better when smartly dressed.

These observations refer mainly to the male, of course. The ladies take much more trouble to be tastefully dressed, neat and well groomed.

There are clear signs that people do not dress up to go to the theatre or a concert these days. There were times when attending such events was an occasion that warranted a certain degree of more formal attire. Today it is common for audiences to be more casual, comfortable and informal. of course many people do dress up for special occasions like a wedding or funeral, a visit to a courtroom and especially for an investiture in the presence of Her majesty.

If those writers are correct, and I believe they may well be, then there is a link between how well people dress, how they see themselves and how they behave. Perhaps we would see better manners, more respect and rather less unsocial behaviour if more of us took a bit more trouble over our appearance.

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Wadworth Community Centre QUIZ WITH PIE and Peas supper Friday, 15th February at 7.30pm Quiz £2 Pie and Peas £4 (optional) A fun evening - everyone welcome. Telephone Maureen on 852874 or ruth on 215921. 

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A frosty reception AS WE PROGRESS through

the year our thoughts are drawn to spring. The days are gradually getting longer, though it’s hardly noticeable because the temperatures are still very cold. People think of February as ‘nearly spring’ but in fact it can be a much colder month than December or January at times.

That said, the cold weather is just the stimulus some bulbs need in order for them to burst into bloom. Take the snowdrop for example: this tiny flower with its delicate head looks its best this month, especially when planted in large drifts. Galanthus (snowdrops) naturalise and spread quite rapidly when happy, and over 5-10 years will form the most beautiful carpet of white.

month and you’ll see what I mean.

Choose a clear day when the sky is an intense blue. Take a waterproof rug to lie down on and see the world from the woodland floor, just like a snowdrop would. It’s a beautiful place to be (and to take photographs from). If it’s not frozen solid, the earthy smell of the humus rich soil is wonderful and there will often be a layer of crunchy leaves still remaining from autumn, partially decomposed which add to the aroma.

When you get up close and personal with plants in this way it really gives you a chance to appreciate their beauty. Lift up the little nodding head and see the loveliness within.

If you are inspired by these wonderful

scenes, now is the perfect time to buy and plant snowdrops, so why not add some to a tub, or plant a swathe by the front door? That way even when it’s icy outside you’ll be welcoming guests with a less frosty reception. 

Try and visit an open garden this

TOP TIPS

Other jobs to do this month include: CUTTING DOWN – I’m not talking about the post Christmas calorie intake, but about the herbaceous perennials.

Chop them down now, as far as you can go so that the new shoots will be free to grow next month.

HeDGe YOUr BeTs – overgrown evergreen hedges can be cut at the end of the month. Do one side this year and one in a couple of years time. It will look pretty awful 38 TICKHILL TODAY

until it re grows (in about 2 years) but it will be worth the wait.

Compost all the waste you create in the garden, but remember to chop it up well. Consider investing in a shredder if you create a lot of bulky waste. You’ll be impressed with the quality of compost you can produce.

Use last year’s compost to lay on the top of the soil around shrubs and roses (known as mulch).

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WHY NOT JOIN OUR 100 CLUB? St Marys Church have started a 100 CLUB, which will give you the opportunity to take part in a monthly draw for three prizes whilst assisting with the upkeep of our beautiful medieval church here in Tickhill for generations to come.

A donation of £5 per month will entitle you to a number in a monthly draw with half of the income being paid out in prizes. With a full 100 subscribers, here’s the prizes:

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You can request a preference for your ‘lucky’ number, and providing it hasn't been already taken, its yours. It’s really easy to join, all you have to do is simply complete the forms below, put them in an envelope and pop them through the vicarage door...That’s all there is to it.

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If you would like more information, then please call Phil Thomas on (01302) 744946 There will be a monthly draw with three prizes amounting to 50% of the money collected. The more people who play the higher the prizes! The cost is £5 per month per number, which can be collected yearly by cash or cheque, or monthly, quarterly or yearly by standing order.

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Music Society’s December concert

IT IS TO BE EXPECTED that an

event close to Christmas should have a seasonal flavour and so it proved for Tickhill music society’s December concert. on this occasion the fairy on the musical Christmas tree was a return visit from Phillipa Thomas, the elegant, richly chocolate-voiced mezzo soprano with her regular accompanist michael Neaum at the piano.

Traditionally at the Christmas concert the audience expects to sing a few favourite carols. With the soloist this year being a singer it was possible to sprinkle the audience participation items throughout the programme and this worked very well indeed.

And what a varied programme it was, ranging from the expected extracts from ‘messiah’ and Bach’s ‘Christmas oratorio’ to more modern and less well known items such as those by Peter Warlock and michael Head. There were also Negro spirituals and the almost inevitable ‘White Christmas‘.

The songs and carols from the audience alternated with piano solos vigorously played by michael Neaum, including mazurkas Nos. 43 and 45 by Chopin and three ‘Christmas Pieces’ by mendelssohn.

The seasonal atmosphere continued

strongly during the interval with wine and tasty mince pies for refreshments and the bumper raffle ably organised by Gilian Harries.

With introductions by the Chairman Adrian Hattrell the whole package formed a fitting, festive end to the first half of the society’s season. 

Yorkshire Country Women AT OUR MEETING on January

10th sixty two members and two visitors watched a presentation about the History of Doncaster with particular reference to the fire which consumed the Parish Church. our next meeting will be on Thursday February 14th at 7.30pmin the methodist school-room and will be entitled “The Last Laugh...epitaphs “ and will be given by Jean Townsend.

Marcia J Lingard[ secretary ] 

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Opening February 15th HARWORTH & BIRCOTES

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The Village Players (Everton) Next Cabaret Evening

ON SATURDAY 9TH MARCH everton village Hall will be transformed into an intimate cabaret setting when, by arrangement with Nottinghamshire village ventures, we present “oh La La!”, a top professional acoustic band whose repertoire includes classic jazz, ‘musette’ (Parisian folk), ‘Chansons realistes’ (made famous FRIDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY 2013 at 8pm, by edith Piaf), and a st. mary’s Primary school, st. mary’s road, selection of French Tickhill Castalian string Quartet Glamorous favourites and pop tunes. international quartet performs works by Haydn, Beethoven and mendelssohn. “oh La La” have performed at venues subscription members are admitted including ronnie scott’s, free. All others pay £10. Accompanied the royal opera House, children (under 16) and students (16Wilton music Hall, the Queen 19) are admitted free of charge.

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The Tickhill & District Lions Club DID YOU KNOW ‘The Lions’ • Full title is ‘Lions Clubs International’ • It was founded by melvin Jones in 1917 in the United states.

• Is a world wide organisation and has 46,000 groups.

• Have over 1.35 million members.

• Head Quarters are in oak Brook, Illinois, United states, • Currently have projects in 207 countries including China, Brazil, Belize, Nepal and Peru just to name a few.

• motto is ‘We serve’.

• since 1968, the Lions Clubs International Foundation has awarded more than Us$700 million in grants to support Lions humanitarian community projects around the world.

Did you know ‘The Tickhill and District Lions Club’: OUR DAY SERVICES operate throughout the year at community • Was formed in 1978 locations across Doncaster. They are • Have about 35 members. great places to meet and socialise, • The Tickhill and District Lions area have a fresh cooked two course meal covers Tickhill, Bawtry, rossington, and join in a range of activities, or Harworth, Bircotes, stainton, just have a chat and read the papers, Wadworth and the Woodfield it’s up to you. We have centres Plantation and areas in between. at the following locations every • meet each week to plan and monday excluding bank holidays: organise fund raising activities and consider cases for donations.

Tickhill methodist Church & • receives generous donation rossington memorial Hall. from individuals, business and If you would like to come along other local organisations. for a ‘taster’ day, or require more • Are helping information, please contact Age UK Doncaster on 01302 812345.  Local schools, community centres & youth organisations Hospitals, hospices, air ambulance, specialist schools & care homes The local elderly residents individuals in great personal need THE ITALIAN SOCIETY for south • organises the loan Yorks and North Notts) presents: and the use of motorised “Ischia by Twilight”.Comedian and public speaker wheelchairs.

John slater shares with us his own perspective • Distributes ‘message on visiting Italy on Friday 1st February 2013 in a Bottle’ within the “Pasta making Demonstration”. sicilian chef local area.

Gianluca etiopia demonstrates pasta making, • support other rolling and shaping. This will be followed by a groups and organisation tasting of pasta dishes on Friday 1st march 2013 by providing resources 7.45pm, Tickhill Pavilion, Tickhill as and when required.

Admission: £3 non-members Your on-going support is Further information: very much appreciated.  01909 481136

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Thanks

THANK YOU TO Tickhill &

District Lions for the wonderful gift of my mobility scooter.

I was very pleasantly surprised when I received a phone call asking me if I would like a mobility scooter (would I)!

I already knew they did some super work as they have taken several of us oldies out for dinner and on trips, but this was totally out of the blue.

I have already been shopping on it, so if you see me out and about, think of Tickhill Lions, and the great work that they do.

Once again, thank you. rose K 

Tickhill Methodist Ladies’ Fellowship HOPEFULLY BY THE time you read this we will have enjoyed our January Lunch together. In February we have two meetings. on Tuesday February 12th our minister rev.

John Hartley is coming to speak to us and then on Tuesday February 24th Graham and I will be giving a visual presentation...the Good...the Bad and the Ugly...or an American roadtrip. Both meetings start at 2.30pm and all ladies are welcome.

Marcia J Lingard. [ secretary ] 

Tickhill Together ENTRY FORMS FOR those wishing to take part in the scarecrow Festival on saturday 4th may are now available from Ksm card shop. our music and Dance Festival, t-fest on saturday 21st september promises to be a great day of fun and activity for the village. There will be music to suit all tastes in a dozen venues. Tickets – price £10 for adults and £5 for children are on sale at Ksm, Castlegate DIY and Deli 28.

Two great events to plan and prepare for. Book the dates now!

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Welcome news from TBA TICKHILL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (TBA) continue

to work collectively for the benefit of all who make use of our towns many and varied shops and services. They have studied the mary Portas report on healthy high streets and have identified key areas where improvements can and must be achieved.

Tickhill has an abundance of free parking spaces. Unfortunately, these are not always available at peak times. The TBA are working with Tickhill Town Council and DmBC to improve availability of parking spaces for the use of residents and visitors to our town.

The provision of Public Toilet facilities is another project that the TBA believes to be vital for Tickhill. The TBA have met with our local councillors and came up with numerous suggestions on how this can best be achieved. The old public toilets, close to the market place have been closed for a number of years and are in a very poor state of repair. The cost of refurbishment is not considered to be the best use of local rate payers money.

Hopefully a solution has been found. The library currently has toilets which are available for public use but

Key areas for improvement are identified

the opening hours would need to be extended and signs installed for this to be viable. The TBA are therefore supporting our council in its attempts to secure funding from DmBC to be able to provide this service.

The TBA website www.tickhill. org is a source of information not only about Tickhill but for Tick hill. Any future planned events can be promoted, free of charge on the site. Please follow the links for more information. 

Doncaster Concert Band at St Mary’s TICKHILL RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION welcome back

Doncaster Concert Band on saturday march 16th at 7pm.

Tickets £7 including light refreshments. venue st mary’s church. Tickets on the door or from June Havenhand on 743392.

The Sheffield singers THANK YOU TO all of you

volunteers from Lost Chord..

who supported our Concert of Carols and Christmas music on 20 December. We were able to send a cheque for £500 to ‘Lost Chord’.

special thanks go to Patrick Andrews and his team for providing us with our interval refreshments - always most welcome on these cold evenings!

We are grateful too for the practical help on the day - from John marsden and the PCC, and the extra

We look forward to seeing you next year.

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Janet Bower 

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• Length of time waiting in the practice to be seen – not being seen at the appointed time • How to increase the number of appointments through reducing the number of DNAs Thank you to all the patients who completed a survey form.

The PPG committee will be addressing all the issues raised including the above over the coming months.

For more information go to the practice website www.thetickhillsurgery.co.uk orwww.thecollierysurgery.co.uk Jan Hart secretary Tickhill and Colliery surgery PPG 

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Chequer road, Doncaster, DN1 2Ae. many exhibitors representing a wide range of local history and heritage subjects. For further details telephone 01302 734307. 

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ALMOST SIXTY PEOPLE enjoyed a” pie and peas and puds” supper at our social at the millstone on December 13th. entertainment was provided by Patrick Harding who gave an amusing talk on “The History of Christmas. We learned much about Christmas including that the most likely year for Christ’s birth was 7BC when there would have been a very bright star in the sky caused by the relative positions of certain planets.

Thank you Patrick for some excellent pre Christmas entertainment and thanks to the millstone staff for their superb hospitality.

At our January meeting sylvia Atkinson gave a talk entitled “The second episode”. This was the concluding part of her extraordinary 50 TICKHILL TODAY

family history and drew together the threads of the Indian and British branches neither of which knew much about the other for many years. Almost 60 people braved the snowy weather to attend and enjoy an interesting talk. Thank you sylvia. on saturday 9th February Doncaster and District Heritage Association are holding a Local History Fair at Doncaster museum between 10.00am and 4.00pm. our society will have a display there and admission is free. This marks the start of a Local History festival with events on most weekdays during the following two weeks including talks on the History of Bawtry and Tickhill by David Hay and by the BBC’s Nick Barratt on “Who do you think you are?” Full details are available in Tickhill Library.

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Arts Review

& what’s going on - February 2013

Cupola Gallery in Hillsborough is having its Under the Bed sale. This will be almost finished by the time of ‘Today’ distribution, ( 15 January to 3 February) but there may be just time to catch the Charity Auction on sunday 3 February. All work is donated by the artists for the auction and this year it is in aid of st Luke’s Hospice www.stlukeshospice.org.uk and Yes To Life www.yestolife.org.uk/ Bag yourself a bargain and support some local good causes. www. cupolagallery.com Doncaster museum and Art Gallery’s exhibition Hot off The Press is small but with many treats. This show of prints from the museum’s collection is displayed by print type with an explanation about what a lithograph, etching, engraving etc. is and how it’s made. It contains many images 52 TICKHILL TODAY

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For all of you that weren’t there and there aren’t many of you...you missed a grand night out...it was all happening at the Ukrainian Club in Doncaster – yes - I speak true - that was a great evening 5th January .... the club was stuffed to bursting with a very upbeat crowd who all turned out to support the album launch of rita Payne who were supported by steve Womack (Bawtry based comedian and singer-songwriter, who is always good value, very funny and very irreverent – well I really mean - rude) and the boisterous band ‘13 women’ whose name is a little misleading – they were in fact three blokes and a wash-board. rita Payne are one of the best things to come out of Doncaster in 2012. I say ‘are’ because they are a duo, like 13 Women, their name is a bit misleading….a duo in the style of the Civil Wars, Mumford and sons (Americana / Country / new folk?) watch out for them in the future – they will be playing The rock, Maltby in the spring.

of race horses and also portraits.

Notable highlights are works by renoir, Chagall, Paula rego and Anthony Gross. edgar Holloway (born in mexborough in 1914) is represented by a couple of prints including an exquisite self portrait as an extremely handsome young man. A new exhibition ‘sparkle and spin’ begins on 16 February www.doncaster.gov. uk/museums An exciting new artist-lead venture is beginning in Doncaster calling itself ArtFuel, it will be providing studio space for artists and craft makers, running art-workshops for the public and providing an exhibition space and shop. ArtFuel is based in an office building on Trafford Way opposite the green and blue NHs surgery. Good parking. Arts Council supported.

Anyone wanting to get involved email sue@artfuel.org.uk www. artfuel.org.uk 

The stanley & Audry Burton Gallery.

Further afield at The stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds University (Ls2 9JT) is Christopher P Wood’s exhibition ‘Unseen Works’ – he is an intriguing painter who I particularly admire. His landscapes are full of strange, atmospheric and surrealistic occurrences, plus he works in beautiful colours. If you are in Leeds before 23 march it is worth a trip to the University Gallery.

http://library.leeds.ac.uk/art-gallery Graves Gallery in sheffield has a painting show Turner and the monro masters. Cottman, De Wint, Girtin and Turner all studied at the academy of Dr Thomas monro. Until 13 April www. museums-sheffield.org.uk

The rock in maltby Friday 8 February is Folk for a Fiver night and 22nd Feb – the old rock n roll star Dave Berry and the Cruisers. www.therock.org.uk Tickhill music society Friday 15 February at 8pm at st mary’s school Castalian string Quartet playing works by Haydn Beethoven and mendelssohn.  Ukranian Club on Becket road, Doncaster, saturday 23 February a mix of high calibre folk, roots and acoustic music www.ukrainiancentre.org village ventures is hosting performances County wide (Nottinghamshire) the closest to here will be Gypsy Fiddle Feast and Dance –Tatcho Drom at Gringley village Hall on saturday 23 February.

For all the concerts visit www.villageventures.org.uk To be added to the village ventures mailing list and to receive local arts information email me at cartmel. johnson@virgin.net

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Newsletter Tickhill Town Council - February 2013

DURING THE LAST few years

as Clerk to the Council I have been asked many far reaching questions, mainly relating to crime, dog fouling and parking.

If you see any crime being committed, no matter how small, please report it. If the police are not informed, they cannot act upon it.

A useful contact is Tickhill Bawtry sNT (safer Neighbourhood Team) on Facebook for all of those who have an internet link. The sNT telephone line is 01302 385338 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. If a crime is being committed please ring 999 or if it is less urgent, 101, is the number to call.

Dog Fouling is another issue. If you are a dog owner or walker, please ensure you are responsible. If your dog fouls anywhere please pick it up the excrement, take it home if there is not a bin available and put it in your own bin. We now have in Tickhill a D.m.B.C. authorised officer, Cllr Cannings, who can now report incidents of enviro-Crime. This covers, Litter, Car Litter, Dog Fouling, Graffiti, Fly Posting and Fly Tipping.

Litter is becoming a very much talked about issue too. D.m.B.C. does supply a litter picker for Tickhill, 5 days a week, and it is my immediate project to ensure this is done efficiently.

However, please do not take this as an opportunity to drop your litter, if caught it carries a hefty fine. D.m.B.C. are to carry out random on the spot fines so beware - you have been warned!

Parking is another issue. Please refrain from parking on foot paths and grass verges. If you have a drive please use it. Prams, push chairs and pedestrians have the right to use the foot path, not cars. Try getting together with neighbours and park on one side of the road if it is narrow. You may be surprised how convivial it could be. The one area of parking on grass verges which is of concern is opposite the Tickhill Fish Bar. It has a double yellow

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line, it is an offence to park there and the grass is looking horrid.

It is not a good welcome sight to our small Town. The Traffic Warden has been informed, so be aware it carries a penalty. many residents in Tickhill have signed the petition for 20m.p.h. speed limits to be instated outside schools and this looks very promising and could be up and running very soon.

I hope this year you have enjoyed our Christmas lights. The contract with our previous supplier had come to an end so the Council decided to move on to a company called Christmas plus, and it has proved to be a successful move.

The Council ran a competition, to guess how many lights there were in the trees outside the Parish room. There was one lucky winner who was presented with a small prize at the ever increasingly attended Carol service at the Buttercross on Christmas eve. There were 14,200 lights.

YOUR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS ARE:  PATriCiA BArTLeTT, Tel 01302 310575, email patricia.bartlett@ doncaster.gov.uk  BOB FOrD, Tel 01302 743804, email bob.ford@doncaster.gov.uk  BArBArA HOYLe, Tel 01302 742676, email Barbara.hoyle@doncaster. gov.uk YOUR LOCAL MP CAROLINE FLINT Meteor House, First Ave, Hayfield Lane, Auckley DN9 3GA. Tel: 01302 623330 Fax: 01302 755099 email: flintc@parliament.uk

Perhaps next year we can guess how many lights there are on the Dome.

At this time of year my work is mainly centred on finance and budgets.

YOUR COUNCILLORS Mr raymond (ray) L Hill 2 Pinfold Lane, Tickhill DN11 9Ns Tel: 743317 Mr Nigel J Cannings 24 vine road, Tickhill DN11 9eP Tel: 745372 Mr Derrick Hoyle 2 Lancaster Crescent, Tickhill DN11 9PX Tel: 742676 Mrs Margaret Marrison Chumlea, Crossland Gardens, Castlegate Tickhill DN 11 9QP Tel: 742688 Mr stuart J Millard 4 Pinfold Close, Tickhill DN11 9NP Tel: 743842 Mr Paul W rigley 38 Westfield road, Tickhill DN11 9LB Tel: 751025 Mr David Adgar 6 Winnery Close, Tickhill DN11 9JT Tel: 752195 Mr Brian Keith 6 Alderson Close, Tickhill, DN11 9HN Tel: 743996 Mr ian W Henderson 36 meadow Drive, Tickhill , DN11 9eT Tel: 744753 You can contact the council by:

Writing to:

The Clerk to the Council, Mrs Margaret Cannings-Clough Address: 24 vine road, Tickhill, Doncaster DN11 9eP Tel: 01302 745372 email: tickhillcouncil@gmail.com

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community Unfortunately as at the time of writing this I have not received confirmation from D.m.B.C. as to whether there will be local capping or levies on the Precept in the next financial year and these remain very much in the laps of our D.m.B.C. officers. our only source of income is from residents and lettings of the Pavilion. We have no contribution from Commercial rates. All their Council Tax goes to central government. on a final note I wish to mention the hard work which our Councillors have put in to the Community. Please remember they are not paid for this work and do what they do purely for the love of the Community. Please help them all you can. You may see over the next few weeks Councillors monitoring

the traffic and parking in Tickhill. This is work towards the Neighbourhood Plan.

As you are probably aware we do have a Website: www.tickhilltowncouncil. co.uk and i can also be contacted by email: tickhillcouncil@gmail.com OUR CARETAKERS; Beth: 07591 179659 Jamie: 07591 179658 if you have any issues to raise then please in the first instance write to me at the address below or by email.

Please try to phone in office hours 1pm -5pm Monday to Friday and if i am out at a meeting i will get back to you as soon as possible.

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index Accounting Bawtry Accountants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Aerials ADI Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Aerial & Satellite Specialists . . . . . . . . . .57 Appliance Repairs Castle Domestics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Bathrooms & Tiles A E Spink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 iHus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 The Ultimate Bathroom Company . . . . 1 Beauty, Therapists, Salons & Clinics Beauty by Steph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Courtyard Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Lighthouse Laser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Penelope’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Solace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 The Nail Boutique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 True Reflections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Beef Products D Brookfield & Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Careers Advice BB Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Care Home / Services Rose Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Carpets and Flooring All Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Carpets, Carpets, Carpets . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Cavlan Flooring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Distinctive Flooring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 J Rust & Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Phil Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Car Services Dave Mayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Harworth Motor Spares . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Mick Jackson & Co Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Vehicle Body Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Chiropractors Tickhill Chiropractic Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chiropodist & Footcare Practitioners Feet First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Lynne Betreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Cleaning Services Doncaster & Rotherham Chem Dry 59 Hobknobs Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Molly Maid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Samson Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Clothing Tights2U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Computer Services Cynetix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Mat & Mouse IT Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Conservatories Branton Garden Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 60 TICKHILL TODAY

Country Market Tickhill Country Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Country Stores Torne Valley Country Stores . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Design & Print Life Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Driving Instructor Driving Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Glenn’s Driving School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Electrical Appliances Boylans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Electrical Services Bereton Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 D M Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 P R Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Swift Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Tim Jackson Electrical & Property Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Estate Agents & Letting Agents & House Sales Johnsons Estate Agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rotherham Road. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 French Polishing Ken Hempsell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Funeral Services W E Pinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Furniture Repair Stooltops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Garden Design & Garden Services Green Stripe Garden Services . . . . . . .19 GreenThumb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Martin Daniels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Paul Winfindale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 The Lawnkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 The Real Greenhouse Company . . . . 19 Wheel Wrights Garden Services. . . . . 23 Gas Supplies Discount Roofing & Building Supplies Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Gates & Railings Briddon Gates & Railings . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Hairdressers Hair by Zilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Home Improvements & Building Arke Property Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 C.K. Property Improvements . . . . . . . . 51 Discount Roofing & Building Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Home Inspirations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 I M Home Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Three Oak Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Worksure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Homeware & Gifts Homeworks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Interior Design & Soft Furnishings Colourbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Homeworks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Sewing Rooms of Tickhill. . . . . . . 20 Joinery Saffron Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Kitchens/Bedrooms/Furniture A E Spink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 DC Interiors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Locksmith & Security Services Metro Locksmiths Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 SF Locksmith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Logs Tickhill Barn Dried Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Oven Cleaning Hobknobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Oven Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Painting & Decorating Andy White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Ken Shirtliff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Michael Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Paul Winfindale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Terry & Curtis Fletcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Paving & Resurfacing Doncaster Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 GB Surfacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Sanmet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 W Marsden & Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Pet Services Tickhill Dog Groomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Pharmacy Lloyds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Photography Temporal Photography & Art . . . . . . . 43 Plumbing &/or Gas Services A* Plumbing & Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Andy Bark Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 57 D Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 James Winfrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Sanderson Plumbing & Heating . . . . 49 Public Houses & Restaurants Styrrup Hal Golf and Country Club . . . . 7 The Taj Cottage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 ReCycling GA & M Schuller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Roofing PRS Roofing & Restoration . . . . . . . . . . 39 Torchmaster Roofing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Schools & Colleges Misson School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Sir Thomas Wharton Community College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Solicitors & Wills Andrew Isaacs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Jones & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Mayflower Wills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Susan Jubb Family Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Supermarket Taylors of Tickhill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Taxi & Private Hire Paddys Private Hire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Television Repairs Telefix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Travel Italy, apartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Wilson’s Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Website Design Cynetix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Windows, Doors, Conservatories etc MD Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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