Issue 58 ( June 2018) by Kiveton& Wales Community Matters Magazine

Communitymatters ISSUE 58

June 2018 Est. 2003

The Community Magazine for

KIVETON PARK & WALES

For the community - by the community

s r e m su m r e he INCLUDING THE WALES PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER

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Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School 2018 Marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of Kiveton Park Meadows Junior school.

Next Meeting Mon 30th July 2018 7.15pm The Kiveton Park & WalesVillage Hall 2

The school are looking to hold a celebration event later in the year and are looking for anyone with any old photographs, memorabilia or memories they can share with the school. If you can help then please contact the school on 01909 771207 or through their website www.kivetonparkmeadows juniors.co.uk

SUSPECTED ARSON ATTACK A CARAVAN was recently destroyed in a suspected arson attack in Kiveton Park. Firefighters from Aston and Birley Moor were called out at 11.30pm on Friday 27th April to tackle the blaze just off Wales Road. The fire, is believed to have been started deliberately and destroyed a caravan, domestic white goods and rubbish at an allotment site. Fire crews eventually left the scene just after midnight.

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Communitymatters The Magazine for the Community, by the Community Welcome to our s u m m e r edition of the Kiveton Park & Wales Community Matters magazine now into its fifteenth year. With clocks altering we are now finally in British Summer time. The mornings are lighter much earlier, the birds are chirping out their dawn chorus and with the longer lighter evenings its all looking and sounding good. Only a few more weeks now until the schools break up for the summer, so lets hope we get some good weather for the holidays and of course good luck to anyone taking exams before the end of this school year If you would like to place an advert, share your news or feature your club, group or society then please give us a call. Or maybe you would like to join our trusty band of volunteers who help bring the magazine to your door. If you think you can help then please get in touch.

Kiveton Park & Wales Community Matters For all advertising and editorial enquires Please call (01909) 773348 or e-mail kevin@kivetoncreative.co.uk The Old Colliery Offices, Colliery Rd, Kiveton Park Sheffield. S26 6LR

Contents

page 5 Memory Cafe Pink is the new Black pages 7-11 Wales parish council newsletter page12 Double Champions Kivetons season draws to a close pages 13 11th Ryder cup Rother Valley Caravan plans page 14 Bucking the trend What a washout page 15 Canal news Kiveton Community Woodland page 16 May the force be with you. Mothers Union. page 17 Whats On. page 19 Memories of Wales Church

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Guests attending the Kiveton and South Rotherham Memory Café in May were treated to a different form of entertainment when magician Paul Kay attended. He performed on the stage and also baffled the guests with close up card tricks at the tables. There will be musical entertainment at the next two cafés on June 11th and July 9th. After the café, the group held its Annual General Meeting. Chairman John Wadsworth reported on a successful year but emphasised the need to keep spreading the message about the café. Treasurer Peter Gibbons reported on a healthy bank balance thanks mainly to generous local fund-raising organised by Rotherham Rotary. New ideas to add to the interest of the cafés were discussed. Anyone wanting details of the cafés should phone John on 01709 372442 or Mike on 01709 541420

PINK is the new Black! Thirty one per cent of voters went for pink in the Rotherham borough council poll to decide the colour of Rotherham’s new general waste bin, Purple was second with 28 per cent, followed by blue 22 percent and orange 19 percent. The new smaller general waste bin will begin arriving at all 116,000 households across the borough later this year, under the council’s new rubbish collection scheme. It will be a quarter smaller than the current black bin at 180 litres. The current black and green bins will be retained for paper, card, glass, metal and plastic

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Nursery: Here at Wales Childcare Partnership we offer a range of sessions to choose from between 8:00am and 6:00pm (dependent upon availability), for 2, 3 & 4 year olds. (8:00-6:00, 9:00-3:05, 9:00-12:00, 12:05-3:05, 8:00-12:00, 8:00-3:05, 8:00-4:30, 9:004:30, 12:05-6:00, 12:05-4:30). We offer a hot dinner service or the option to bring along a packed lunch. Fresh fruit, milk and water are available throughout every session. (Including funded places for 2, 3 & 4 year olds)

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Breakfast Club and After School Club: Both clubs are very popular with our Nursery children and children attending Wales Primary school. Breakfast club begins at 8:00am and After School Club finishes at 6:00pm.

Sessions to choose from: 9:00am-3:30pm = £20.00 9:00am-4:30pm = £23.00 (Includes tea) 8:00am-3:30pm = £23.00 (Includes breakfast) 8:00am-6:00pm = £28.00 (Includes breakfast and tea)

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Parish Council

NEWSLETTER

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Issue - June 2018

CHAIRMAN’S NOTE I’m not of the generation drawn to Facebook but I know that it is very popular with the younger generation and a great way of keeping in touch with family and friends. However, in common with other forms of social media such as Twitter and Snapchat it has begun to get the reputation of being the disseminator of fake news. So when I was shown a post from a lady resident informing her “followers” that this year’s council tax had gone up by £23 a month, of which only £6.50 was going to Rotherham Council and the rest to Wales Parish Council, my first thought was, “Where is this extraordinary mansion in the village in which I have lived all my life”? Then I came back to reality and using my little grey cells worked out for myself – no electronic aids required! – Wales Parish Council’s share of this year’s council tax increase. I can imagine people saying, “It’s been on Facebook so it must be right”! But before blithely accepting everything you read on Facebook, please check the facts or do the maths. I live in a Band B property and my council tax has increased by £8.00 per month for ten months. For a Band D property, WPC’s share of the council tax has increased by £4.34 for the year and the increase for my Band B property is £3.66 for the year. The increase in council tax for the several budgets have been: 3% to RBC; 3% to Social Care; 7.6% to the police and 3% to the fire service. 3% of a lot is more than 5% of a little. On a lighter note, I would ask you all to judge the clerk on your experience of him and not rely on hearsay and the gossip mongers. In a previous life he was a senior lawyer at Rotherham Borough Council and appointed to the statutory position of deputy monitoring officer and monitoring officer with responsibility for conducting or arranging for the conducting of investigations into alleged breaches of the code of conduct that all councillors are required to sign up to when taking office. In that role he investigated allegations against two WPC councillors, who were found to have breached the code, and appointed an investigator to investigate complaints of breaches of the code by other WPC councillors. Wales was one of the three local councils in the borough in which complaints to the monitoring officer were regularly made that councillors had fallen below the high standards expected of them. The story of the wooden horse in Troy gave us the saying, “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts”. Could we now have one saying beware of residents bearing grudges?

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Make a difference by influencing decisions that effect the community

We currently have five vacancies

on the council and would welcome applicants to fill them. A commitment to the community and capacity for hard work are desirable qualities and you will have the support and assistance of the other councillors, so why not come along and get involved. All you have to do is attend two council meetings then tell us about yourself. Parish councillors are typically non-political volunteers, who do not represent a political party. Their main purpose is to represent the views of all residents in the parish and make a difference by influencing decisions that affect the community. The position is voluntary, unpaid and lasts for four years at a time. Parish councillors are responsible for running local services, which they are empowered to provide by law, for example open spaces, allotments and play areas. They also decide how much to raise through the council tax in order to deliver local services; seek to influence and shape the long-term development policy for the parish;

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comment on planning applications in the parish as part of the planning process; seek to improve the quality of life and the environment; and work to bring about improvements through local projects, lobbying other service providers and working in partnership with other parishes and agencies. To be eligible to stand as a candidate for election to Wales Parish Council you must be at least 18 years of age and –

• be a UK or Commonwealth citizen; or • be a citizen of the Republic of Ireland; or • be a citizen of another Member State of the European Union; and • be an elector of the parish; or • for the whole of the previous 12 months have occupied ( as owner or tenant) land or other premises in the parish; or

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• during the previous 12 months have worked in the parish (as your main or only place of work); or • for the whole of the previous 12 months lived in the parish or within three miles of the parish boundary. This may seem complicated but it’s not; just ring the clerk to the council if you are unsure. On taking office parish councillors are required to sign up to a code of conduct. The best way to find out what it’s like to be a parish councillor is to talk to someone who’s doing it now. Come along to a council meeting, or speak to one of our councillors and find out what they think of the job.

If you are interested in becoming a candidate speak to one of us or contact the clerk to the council, Richard Waller, on (01909) 515784 or by e-mail at wales.pc@ onetel.net We would love to have you join us. wales.pc@onetel.net

Roads, Secret Meetings and Fake News Talking of Facebook and fake news, we recently received a post on our Facebook page from a resident of Storth Lane, Mr B, who berated us for the condition of the roads through the village and suggested that the money spent on the new council building should have been invested in road repairs and not just to keep “[our] arses warm and comfy”. He added that there are a number of places in the village in which the council could hold its “secret meetings” even though our meetings are “supposed to be public not private”.

Council Meetings Mr B says he was born and bred in Kiveton but apparently walks around wearing blinkers. If he took them off he might see that there are 5 notice boards throughout the village and the public notice board in the library on which all council meetings are publicised.

such as a resident’s application for an allotment plot. The council meeting is always at 6.30pm on the last Tuesday of the month and members of the public are welcome. We would love to see you at our meetings, Mr B. As for the state of the roads, regular readers of the newsletter will recall that, in the March 2018 issue, we set out some of the council’s powers and duties.

Local roads, including the footway or pavement, are the responsibility of Rotherham Borough Council, which is the metropolitan district council for the borough of Rotherham and the local highway authority. Until recently, when RBC disbanded it, Cllr Blanksby regularly attended meetings of RBC’s Traffic Management Group and argued

strenuously for urgent repairs to the carriageways and footways of the roads through the village. But at the end of the day, it is RBC’s decision where the element of its budget for highway works is spent each year. We suggest therefore that residents raise the condition of the roads with Cllrs Beck, Watson and Whysall of Rotherham Borough Council. We have been informed that the stretch of road from the miniroundabout at Chapel Way to the McColl’s store at Walesmoor Avenue will be resurfaced this summer during the school holidays. Lastly, Mr B says that it is about time younger residents ran things. We would welcome their involvement, not least because unless younger members of the community get involved in community affairs, organisations like the council, Kiveton Park & Wales Village Hall and Kiveton Park Community Development Trust will eventually wither away.

Council meetings are open to the public except where it is in the public interest for the item under discussion to be discussed behind closed doors. In those cases the chairman of the council gives the reason why the public and press are required to leave the meeting while the item is discussed. Typical reasons are discussion of staff matters, consideration of quotes or tenders for council contracts and items containing personal data,

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Doctor Say Retires Many of you will have been treated by Dr Say over the years and no doubt hold him in high esteem and with great affection. Here are his reflections on a career practising medicine in Kiveton Park & Wales. “When I joined Kiveton Park Medical Practice in 1986 I came because I liked the area and respected the work already being done here. We worked from a prefabricated building on Walesmoor Avenue and Harthill branch surgery, which had two rooms and a cupboard for the dispensary (and was more often than not freezing cold!). Thirtytwo years later, as I leave, we have new purpose built surgeries in both Kiveton and Harthill, ten doctors and almost forty staff in total. How things change! The village had a working colliery in my early days. It fascinated me, especially driving past it on night calls, illuminated and busy,

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dominant in the landscape. I never found it unattractive; it was part of the soul of the village. It was in decline then but still such an important part of the lives of many who lived here. It produced a strong community feel but was however responsible for many of the commonest health problems in our patients at that time – knees or lungs worn out by hostile underground conditions. As time moved on new doctors came to join me as the “old guard” retired having served the practice well for many years. We have had a settled team with few changes. Generally it has been a feature of this practice that people stay…and those that are here for short term posts often return. It is a welcoming working environment with friendly staff and nice patients. It takes many different sorts of skills to run a practice successfully, to manage its resources and staff, keep constantly up-to-date, manage developing technology and, of course, to provide the best quality patient care. The surgery is full of very talented, committed individuals who together can provide all of this and who would be welcomed in just about any other practice I know. I am proud to have worked with them and commend them to you. I have always felt that the surgery is well connected with its community being, as we are, quite selfcontained in our little patch of South Yorkshire. Patients here don’t have much choice about the surgery they join (!) and we similarly accept all comers. I like to think this has created as sense of interdependence and co-operation. Certainly we are aware of the trust placed in us, and forbearance when we cannot do everything for everybody all at once, or sometimes get things wrong. We cherish our role and responsibility. No one in my time at Kiveton has taken that lightly.

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To be a doctor is a wonderful calling…all I have ever wanted to be and I have not for one moment regretted that choice. A job full of interest, challenge, meaning and satisfaction. To choose to be a GP brings rare privilege, the opportunity to become a valued part of a community, to get alongside patients over a long period of time, to be welcomed into the lives of others and to share their joys and sorrows as well as the challenge of dealing with the full breadth of illness and disease in all of its stages. I have had the pleasure of seeing my patients be born, grow to adulthood and have children of their own. I have been an observer of all that life brings, good and bad, and been there at the end when no more could be done. What I have learned from my patients is more than any textbook could teach. Lessons in bravery, selflessness, loyalty, acceptance and resourcefulness, and cheerfulness, sometimes in the face of overwhelming difficulties. I have learned too that these qualities are to be found in equal measure through all walks of life from the humblest home to the grandest house. I have been made welcome in people’s homes and lives and treated with respect, affection and courtesy. And experienced unexpected degrees of gratitude, even when my efforts to help have been to little avail. I have much to ponder, much to celebrate and much to be grateful for as I look back. “I have been greatly touched by the large number of good wishes, cards and gifts I have received on my retirement. I am extremely grateful for each and every one and rather overwhelmed. I have loved every minute of being one of your GPs. I leave with a deep sense that I have belonged here.”

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EASTER B ONNET PARADE This year’s Easter Bonnet Parade at Kiveton and Wales Nursery was on Thursday 22 March and, as in past years, was a delight to judge. Councillors Christine Carswell, Wendy Fowkes and Gill Shaw felt honoured and privileged to have been invited to act as judges and were blown away by the children’s creations.

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Flynn Cranswick Harry Joe Dilks The pride and pleasure on the faces of doting parents and the children’s enjoyment and excitement in parading their Easter bonnets was a pleasure to see, and participants and spectators had a most enjoyable afternoon. As in past years, all the children received an Easter egg with the worthy winners getting a special prize.

ROD BARKER We are saddened to have to report the death of Cllr Rod Barker after a short illness. Rod was born on Wesley Road and was devoted to supporting and furthering the interests of the people of Kiveton Park and Wales. He was a big man with a big heart, who loved to make people laugh with his zany sense of humour and embellished tales, usually with himself as the butt of the joke. He was especially fond of regaling listeners with tales of his national service days in the army and time as a fireman. A steel worker who was also a volunteer fireman, school governor and parish councillor, keen cricketer and footballer, utterly loyal and quick to help anyone in need, he was an example to all of us and will be sorely missed by his wife Shirley and everyone who knew him.

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Wales Primary retain trophy The G4S Trophy schools trophy Final was held on April 21st during the Rotherham United Vs Bristol Rovers match, where Wales Primary and Rawmarsh Rosehill Primary went head to head. The match was very open considering what was at stake. Both teams clearly wanted to attack and go for the win. Rosehill went a goal up with a composed finish when a nice through ball was played to their striker. But Wales Primary swiftly equalised with an outrageous goal when their goalkeeper launched the ball forward which ultimately ended up in the net to make it 1-1 Rosehill Primary’s Goalkeeper pulled off some great saves to keep Wales out and to keep their hopes of winning the title alive, but Wales Primary eventually went ahead which relieved the pressure. This then enabled Wales to play some quality football and score another 2 goals. Rosehill fought hard to get back into the game but couldn’t quite manage to score again. Wales eventually ran out 4-1 winners to

clinch the trophy and become the first team to retain the trophy. Rotherham United Community Sports trust would like say a massive well done to both teams for making it to the final and commiserations to Rosehill. Both Rosehill and Wales have played quality football throughout the tournmant

and are a credit to their school. Also to thank everyone who took part in the competition, and if anyone would like to enqure about opportunities with Rotherham United Community Sports Trust, please contact; gwebb@ rotherhamunited.net.

The season draws to a close

We would like to thank all sponsors, parents, grandparents, volunteers, coaches and committee members for all their efforts and commitment over the last season. Congratulations to our U14s Reds, who gained promotion to the Division A of the Sheffield & District Junior League, which is a fantastic achievement. Well done to coach Paul Brookes and all of the squad. The club is delighted to announce a new two-year kit sponsorship deal with SteelPhalt of Rotherham.

The deal will see all of our teams from Under 7’s to senior level (Male and Female) supplied with a new home kit, with the SteelPhalt brand emblazoned on the front of each shirt and on the back of each coach's jacket.

On behalf of everyone at Kiveton Park Football Club, we thank SteelPhalt for their generosity and continued support.

11th Annual Ryder Cup On Saturday 12th May, the Saxon Golf Society held its 11th annual Ryder Cup event, with the venue being Oulton Hall Hotel near Leeds. This is one of the highlights of the Saxon Golf Society calendar, and the two teams battling it out as usual were the Seniors vs the Juniors (although the cut off age for the Juniors for the eldest member of their team was Kev Hull at 52, so not so young!) The morning competition consisted of 9 holes played in singles format with 1/2 point for the win, and with 10 matches there was 5 points up for grabs. The Juniors came out on top with 3 1/4 points to the Seniors 1 3/4 points, with a notable performance from Lee Marshall who won his match convincingly, but not surprising as he had 23 points on the individual stableford score. So after lunch and a wee refreshment in the bar, it was back out for 18 holes on the main course in a doubles format match play. Head to head for the first of 5 matches ( with 1 point for each win), was Captain of the Seniors Paul Joynes and his

partner Ray Hicklin, vs Captain of the Juniors Kev Hull and his partner Andy Wellwood. This proved to be an exciting and close match, being all square after 17 holes, but under the pressure the Juniors pairing crumbled and the Seniors coolly took the win on the 18th. Two more matches proved to be just as close, but bringing in the victory on the last match was a convincing win by Danny Hallam and Kev Newton to secure a good result for the Juniors in a final score of 6 1/4 vs 3 3/4. So an exciting and enjoyable day was had by all 20 participants, in mostly glorious sunshine, with the spoils and bragging rights going for the second consecutive year to the Juniors. However, in the overall total of victories to date, the Seniors still hold the upper hand as it now stands at 6 triumphs to the “ Old ‘uns” and 5 to the “young

‘uns”! The old guys will get them next year though! A photo of the winning team in their colour coordinated team shirts shows them gathered together before the tournament commenced. The Saxon Golf Society is a friendly and welcoming group of people who meet usually on the first Sunday of every month at 7pm in the Saxon at Kiveton Park. We are open for new members at any time, so if you want to join or come along to see what we’re about then please either come along to one of our monthly meetings, or ring Paul Joynes on 07990 616545 for further details.

Rother Valley plans approved Plans for a caravan site at Rother Valley Country Park were recently given the go ahead. The overnight accommodation of a 129 pitches and 34 tent spaces completes an original 1980s aim for the park to cater for caravanners. The plans include alterations to widen Mansfield Road to avoid queues caused by traffic turning right onto the caravan site access via Delves Lane. Additional parking spaces will also be added on South Terrace, near the site entrance, to offset the loss of 22 spaces at the front. Cllr Jenny Whysall, who represents Wales ward, said she had concerns about traffic and parking at the crossroads. She added: “If the site’s full, there’s going to be a lot of traffic,

and big, unwieldy traffic at that.” RMBC’s senior highways officer, said: “We don’t anticipate the traffic would increase the potential capacity of the junction beyond its design capacity.

Work on Gulliver’s is set to begin this summer and the council hopes to have its caravan park ready before the theme park opens.

Jubilee Club bucking the trend

Wales Jubilee Club in Wales continues to buck the trend for working men clubs and goes from strength to strength. New roofs on the main rooms and a major redecoration program shows the club is investing in the premises to provide its members an excellent venue to watch live artists every Saturday and Sunday night, cash bingo Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday evenings, a lively bar with TV’s, pool and darts and an excellent upstairs lounge. Guests can rent the concert room or lounge free of charge when they are not in use as above, ample car parking, the bus stops right outside and a warm and welcoming committee

make this a venue that provides quality drinks in a comfortable environment a must visit place. The club has hosted numerous charity events, is used by local groups such as Morris Dancers to practice and local bands have used the full-size stage to practise and get the feel of playing a large venue. Its membership continues to grow weekly with guests between 18 and 65 paying just £6, over 65’s paying only £2 and serving military free. Interested

in seeing what the club has to offer? Then you can sign in for 3 visits for free before deciding whether to join. Allin-all an exciting venue offering great entertainment with low membership fees.

What a washout The new season has been a washout in terms of the amount of rain which has led to cancelled games and has been a total nightmare for the volunteer groundsmen trying to prepare the ground. Waleswood SCC 1st team have lost quite a few players due to work commitment and personal reasons which has left the club calling up players from the 2017 successful 2nd team who are looking forward to the challenge. After a number of years of continued success both on and off the field. We are running 2 teams on a Saturday in Divisions 2 and 5 of the Bassetlaw League and 1 team on a Sunday in

Divisions 2 (North) in the Mansfield league. The Bassetlaw 1st team is again led By Tom Young and Adam Russell and the 2nd team has new captain Gary Lomas with Martin Grayson as v/ capt. The Mansfield 1st team is led by Nissar with Haider Jawad as v/capt. “We are always open to new players joining this friendly, forward looking club and if interested please contact any of the people named below and they will advise you”. The club is again hosting “Last Man Standing” games in mid-week which is a short version of “T twenty”cricket covering the Rotherham area and played by teams of 8 players. Outside practice night is held on a

Cricket Field Lane, Wales Bar, Sheffield.

Tuesday evening commencing at 6pm. We are aiming to have our end of season family cricket day in September details of which will be published on our web site. We have added a pool table and dart board for the coming season as we look to utilise the excellent facilities we provide. If you are interested in becoming involved either as a player, volunteer, sponsor or just socially, in a friendly cricket club that encourages junior players and promotes both the playing and social side of cricket then contact us on the following Gen Secretary/Child Welfare Officier Mrs Sue Long 01909567365 Cricket information Tom Young 07790 071 965 Gary Lomas 07708 646 322

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As ever, we have a very full programme lined up for the summer; highlights are: 30th June and 1st July we will have our Festival at Staveley Town Basin. This will be a fantastic event with all four of our tripboats in action, entertainment all day in the marquee and by the lock, Drive a Digger, dozens of stalls, rides, A Lancaster and Dakota flypast,canoeing, Newfoundland dog water rescues, street theatre, food & drink etc. On the Friday night we have a special concert featuring the Swing Commanders and on the Saturday night (30th) we have Some Antics and Judy Dunlop & Jon Scaife. £10 for each concert. You can book on our website – just search for Chesterfield Canal. On the Monday after the Festival (2nd July), we will be having a flotilla of all four tripboats up to Tapton and back, stopping at Hollingwood Hub and

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Tapton Lock. 10 miles, 10 locks. £10 return or £5 one way. Ring 07925 851569 to book. Hugh Henshall will be doing trips from the Lock Keeper pub in Worksop every Sunday with 20% off food in the pub for all who go on a trip. On 16th June and 14th July, Hugh Henshall will be running Shireoaks to Turnerwood return cruises; £10 per person. Booking

Kiveton Community Woodland

By Leon Hayward

Managed by The Conservation Volunteers for the Land Trust.

Balance Trail, Bluebells and Bushcraft After the months of snow and heavy rain Kiveton Community Woodland is now looking green again. We hope that as many of you as possible have been out on site, enjoying the wonderful views and wildlife on offer. If you have been onto site, you may have noticed a new ‘Balance Trail’ near to the Colliery Road entrance. Constructed out of hardwood logs the trail provides another fun way for young and the young at heart to test their balancing skills and spend time active and outdoors. TCV are very grateful to the Land Trust for the additional funding to install this ‘natural play’ equipment. Bluebell Walk Making the most of the beautiful time of year, Kiveton Green Gym ‘volunteers and friends’ strode out to Shireoaks to enjoy the Bluebells. 14 walkers enjoyed the sights, sounds and smells of spring on what everyone agreed is a very picturesque route. The Green Gym volunteers take regular walks in addition to their schedule of volunteering sessions on the Woodland, for details

of future walks and events please contact TCV. Bushcraft and Survival Skills – Free Taster Day TCV, in partnership with the Green Angels training courses, will be holding a FREE one-off Taster Day

essential, ring 0114 360 0460. Finally, we have just launched our first Chesterfield Canal Walking Festival. We have 51 walks covering the whole length of the canal ranging from 2 miles to 16 miles. There are also lots of Boats & Boots, where you combine a walk with a cruise. All the walks are on our website and can be booked online or by phone, starting on June 4th.

in Outdoor Survival Skills on Kiveton Woodland. If you’d like to spend a day in the woods, learning Bushcraft skills in a friendly setting, then please do get in touch. Led by a professional survival expert you’ll be in the woods making shelters, preparing food and picking up plenty of fun and interesting facts about woodland survival. At the time of going to press the date hasn’t yet been set but if you’d like to take part you need to register your interest with TCV by calling 01302 388832 or emailing us at southyorkshire@tcv.org.uk.

Dear Friends By Rev G.Schofield I’m looking forward to the annual Family Camp at Walesby this year with the church and uniformed organisations. We usually have a theme and this year it is all things Star Wars. I remember queuing to see the very first movie with my Dad. It was the most amazing experience from the effects which are quite dated now to the soundtrack. Star Wars was more than just a series of movies which I’ve shared in watching with my children as they’ve grown up into adults. It was and still is an alternative world that consumes me. The characters of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader and Han Solo remain iconic for so many. As George Lucas says, ‘Stars Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil ... the theme comes from stories that have been around for thousands of years.’ The Star Wars saga can serve as a useful metaphor for the Christian faith.

or unsure we look back in history to see a God who saves us. Star Wars shows us that there are good guys and bad guys. I believe Darth Vader is the greatest villain of all time. When he first appeared menacingly on our cinema screens I still remember feeling a cold chill and how the hairs stood up on my neck. He had the Death Star and all sorts of modern technology. The good guys were the rogue rebels with their antiquated equipment. Jesus was THE rogue rebel, a revolutionary

The movie invites us into an ancient story that begins with crawl text and stars, “long, long ago in a galaxy far, away.” Although it’s a sci-fi movie the worlds it moves through seem set in the past. As Christians we live within the ancient story of God, Israel, Jesus and the Church. While Star Wars shows us this truth in fiction, we live out our greater truth in reality. The past matters. Even Yesterday matters. The Christian story and our personal story shapes us today. When we are afraid

rabbi from a nowhere mountain town. His followers were from equally unimpressive backgrounds. The revolution Jesus launched is one of love, grace and peace against the Roman and Jewish states. As Christians we wage war against the dark forces of hate, violence and greed. Throughout Star Wars there is a mysterious force that pulls things together in the universe. There is more

The Mothers Union Showing their support By Andrea Bennett

Supporting family life is a big part of the Mothers’ Union. So we as a group are supporting the Scouts in their fund raising efforts to help three of them go to the Scout World Jamboree in the USA.

How quickly the year is passing, with summer nearly here. The Mothers’ Union in the Deanery of Sheffield is holding a Family Fun Day on Saturday 16th June in Doncaster and to support this event we have provided a lucky dip prize for children.

So far we have produced 222 poppies of various shapes and sizes, these will go towards decorating the four war memorials in the village, to commemorate the end of WW1. We also support Music Tots held every Thursday morning 9:30 – 11:30 at St

to that sci fi world than meets the eye. More than the material things that can be seen, heard, touched or smellled. Could there be a mysterious Force in our universe that pulls all things together? Our “Force” of course is none other than the mystery of God at work in the lives and hearts of those who believe. We can do anything through the power of the Holy Spirit the comforter who brings love, joy and peace to our lives. Star Wars is ultimately the story of one man: Anakin Skywalker. Anakin was destined for greatness as a Jedi Knight, but gave into the dark side becoming Darth Vader, more machine than human. However, before his life ends, Anakin defeats Vader by rescuing his own son, Luke, from the grasp of the evil Emperor. At the end of Return of the Jedi although Anakin dies, it is not before Vader does. Anakin turns away from darkness and lives even though he has died. This is the hope of Jesus and his gospel. Even though we die we will live eternally. It doesn’t matter what we have done if we are truly sorry nobody is beyond God’s forgiving grace. Redemption is available for all of us. We are all Vader and we are all Anakin. Will our daily choice be the way of evil or good. I love all the Star Wars movies not only for the nostalgia but also for the truth it contains, even in the latest releases. In scripture God continually tells his people not to be afraid. I’ll finish with a quote not from the bible but from Yoda. ‘Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.’

May the Force be with you.

John’s Room, (term time only) Helpers are always required, please pop in and see what happens at this lovely group! Our meetings are held on the 2nd Monday of the month, at 7.30pm and you are very welcome. We have just a couple left before our summer break, one of which will be a visit out with afternoon tea. So why not come along for a chat, a listen to what we do and most of all Friendship.

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Station Rd, Kiveton Park Saturday Mass 6.30pm Quiet Prayer & Reflection Tuesdays 11.30-12.30pm

Kiveton Park & Wales HISTORY SOCIETY MEETING Third Thursday in every month (Except December) 6.30pm The Old Colliery Offices

Wales Jubilee Club Jam Night Live Music Every Thursday from 8.30pm (No membership required) All musicians and bands welcome

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A peer support group for those between the ages of 25 & 55 experiencing mental health issues Thursdays 1-3pm The Old Colliery Offices £3.00 01909 770007

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THE VILLAGE HALL (01909) 770357) MON: Body Moves 9.50am-10.50am Pilates 9.45am-10.45am Memory Cafe 1.30pm-3.30pm (2nd Monday of the month) Kivo Bingo doors open 7.00pm (Start 7.30) Sewing Circle 7.00-9.00pm TUES: Line Dancing 10.00am-12.00pm Music Bugs 10am -10.45 am & 11am -11.45am Active Otago Exercise 1.00pm-2.30pm Self defence 6.00pm-7.00pm (7yrs Upwards) Pilates 8.00-9.00pm WED: Tumble tots 10.30am - 11.15am (up to 2yrs) 11.30am - 12.15pm (2-3yrs) 12.30pm-1.15pm (3-4yrs) Pilates 10.45am-11.45am The Over 60’s group 2.00pm-4.00pm Slimming World 3.00pm -5.00 pm, 5.30-7.00pm & 7.30-9.00pm

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Memories of Wales Church By Eric Chambers It might have been 1946 or 1947. Certainly it was Christmas time or just before. Wales Church was in darkness, yet a large number of people were sitting in the pews, hatted and hatless heads forming rows of oddly shaped silhouettes in front of me. All was silent, the atmosphere expectant. Suddenly a shaft of mellow light appeared as the vestry doors opened and the cassock and surplice clad Church Choir began their tuneful walk around the Church. One other sound shattered the silence at that point that night as the line of choirboys ended and the choirmen emerged behind them, a loud cry of “DADDY!” filled the Church, accompanied by “SHH!” from my mum, who was standing in front of the main doors with me in her arms so that I could see. My very first memory of Wales Church, particularly its Choir, played a huge part in my life until I reached the age of 20, when I left the area and went to College.

I joined the Choir at the age of 7, but even before that I was so impressed with it, particularly the carrying of the Cross, that I regularly played at carrying it when I was on my own at home, using a long handled cobweb brush as my cross and marching from under the stairs cupboard (the Vestry in my imagination) around the back and front rooms of 72 Station Road.

It was a large choir when I finally joined around 1950. Maurice Turner was the leading choirboy at the time. Other members then and just after were: Tom Chambers (my dad), Bill Cadman, Harold Waite, Harold Fenton, Hedley Snowdon, Les Spacie, John Gregory, Herbert Baugh, the Aldreds-Peter, Michael and David, Philip and Geoffrey Hodgson, Gordon and Gerald Robinson, Tony and Bill Cope, the Williams twins, Michael Brabbs, David Waite, Ron Canwell, David Wilks, Arthur Barnard, Alan Turner, Geoff and George Holland, Peter Burke and a number of others I can’t recall at the moment. Here I am (above right ) in front of the

Church on my first day unfortunately, I can’t find the photo of myself as the youngest and smallest member of the choir standing next to Philip Hodgson, by far the tallest member. Choir practice night was Thursday, 6.30pm until 7.30pm with organist and choirmaster, Harold Prestige in charge. I loved those Thursday nights in Summer when we all went early and played cricket on the lane leading to Brabbs’ farm. The History Society meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6.30pm in the Old Colliery Offices. All welcome.

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