ISSUE 68
Summer 2021 Est. 2003
Community
The Community Magazine for
KIVETON PARK & WALES
Including the Wales Parish Council Newsletter
matters
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The Magazine for the Community by the Community Welcome to our summer edition of the Kiveton Park & Wales Community Matters. After such a wet April and early May the sudden change to what we would normally call a summer in late May/June was a welcome change. As restrictions ease and some come to an end I am sure you will agree we need a really nice summer, so that we can get out and about and do all the things we have missed. So here’s hoping that we have some clear blue skies and nice warm sunshine. This edition carries news about various clubs, groups and organisations in the community including a look at Kiveton Park FC’s new facilities at their ground up at Wales High School, the recent achievements of their girls teams, as well as all the latest news from our Parish Council.
Whats inside pages 5 Community Garden & Orchard page 6 TAK pages 7-10 Parish Council newsletter page 11 Wales Child Care page 12 Saxon golf society page13 Up the Kivo Lets hear it for the girls page 14 Borough Councillors update page 15 Wales Methodist page 16 Wonderful wild flowers page 17 Its Cricket page 18 St.John the Baptist Church page19 The History Society
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Community Safety & Environmental Health Be aware of the dangers of inhaling nitrous oxide If you are worried about your own, or someone else’s, use of nitrous oxide then support is available through the local young people’s substance misuse support service, DIVERT, by calling 01709 917651, divert@cgl.or.uk or going to www.changegrowlive.org/divert-rotherham/info to talk to a member of staff through the webchat function. Confidential advice is also available at Talk To Frank via phone on 0300 123 6600 or www. talktofrank.com Reports of discarded canisters can be made anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Kiveton Community Orchard & Garden
We are working together to establish a community orchard and garden for the benefit of everyone in our community next to the old colliery offices in Kiveton Park. Ground prep work started recently when we cleared rubble and litter from the area so that the ground could be rotarvated. Our thanks go to Steve Land, Mark &, Dawn Whiteman and children and Michael Wright, who were all there on the day to help out, thanks also go to Kiveton Hire who donated time and machinery. Work is ongoing and many hands make light work so if you would like to join us and get involved then please get in touch via our facebook page, look for Kiveton Community Orchard & Garden A Huge thanks to BSC Recovery for the wonderful donation of a container so we'll be able to have easy access to water at the garden.
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www.takponies.org Todwick & Kiveton Pony rescue & rehoming centre Registered Charity 1191364 Well it’s been an incredibly long difficult year at Tak ponies rescue. We haven’t rescued any ponies this year but we have successfully re homed 31. Quite an achievement. It’s been mentally and physically exhausting but would I do it again, yes in a heart beat. I want to say Thank you to all my dedicated volunteers who have stood by me through this incredible journey especially my husband who has not only supported me but financially too. I feel incredibly proud in knowing that all these ponies are safe , healthy and want for nothing. We are also well prepared with our stables and have a medical
wing. My fields are totally transformed. I also started anything but tak/ charity shop to help sustain the rescue. Thank you all involved. The work and commitment has and is paying off. Finally Thank you so much each and every one of you who have donated and continually donate to the ponies in any capacity. I sincerely hope we can keep up what we are doing If you want to donate www.takponies.org
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ales W Parish Council NEWSLETTER
Summer Issue - 2021
Cllr Gill Shaw
Chairman’s Note
On Saturday 29 May, a group of six young boys around the ages of 9 to 14 came onto the recreation ground and verbally abused the attendants. When asked to leave they decided to throw rocks, bricks and glass bottles at them, some of which came close to going over the fence into the children’s play area where young children were playing. Parents and children were asked to leave for their own safety and the children’s play area closed. We have now lost two staff due to the anti-social and criminal behaviour of gangs of out-of-control teenagers high on drugs or drunk. The police were called to this incident but once again said that they were too busy to attend. What will it take before the police and powers that be show any interest in tackling this scourge of modern life?
BOUNDARY STONES The stones that mark the parish borders will shortly be replaced with the new Welcome to The Parish of Wales signs.
Wales Parish Council
01909 515784
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MY LAST EVER I am no longer the parish council chairman so I would like to say a thank you to all those who have advised and helped me through my years of tenure. Together we have achieved a great deal, including the building of our own parish rooms. The retiring clerk has enabled a great deal of funding being drawn down from Sports England, the Lawn Tennis Association and Rotherham Council to upgrade the 1950s tennis courts with two adult ones and two under 10s children’s courts. One court is also marked out for netball. The whole facility is superb and proving very popular. We have upgraded the changing rooms and have regular adult and junior football teams making use of them. Cllr Mike Brabbs
AMANDA STEVENSON A beautiful bench has been donated and placed in the recreation ground. The bench is in the memory of Amanda Stevenson. Freda Flynn, along with friends of Amanda, donated and helped organise the placement. Thank you, Freda and friends – the bench is a lovely addition to the park.
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FUTURE EVENTS Let us hope 19 July is truly the end of lockdown and the country can get back to some kind of normality. Last year, we had to cancel the VE Day 75 celebrations due to the pandemic. The work and bookings have not been wasted however as we shall be having an event to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in June 2022. The annual bonfire will be held on Friday 5th November, the Christmas lights switch-on will be on Saturday 4th December 2021 and the Golden Jubilee event on Saturday 4 June 2022.
PLANTERS There are a few more planters to place around the village. If any local business wishes to sponsor a planter outside their premises, please contact the office.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW COUNCILLORS Welcome to our new councillors: Chris Batty, Louisa Barker, Mark Whiteman, Jodie Flynn and Keith Bamforth. And congratulations to Peter Blanksby, who has continuously served as a councillor for the parish of Wales for 25 years.
Peter Blanksby
Wales Parish Council is made up of fifteen elected members (see contact details overleaf), who are unpaid. There are two committees each of which is comprised of six councillors. The Finance Committee oversees the council’s finances and the Recreation Committee manages the council’s recreation facilities and the programmed litter picking of estate roads throughout the village. The council meets on the last Tuesday of the month at 6.30pm, and we should like to invite members of our community to come along and take part in the 15 minutes set aside for public participation at the start of the meeting. You can raise any issue with us in relation to parish matters. The Finance Committee meets on Wednesday in the middle of the month and is followed by the Recreation Committee, which meets irregularly as and when required. We welcome applications from local community organisations for small grants – please contact the office for information. We work closely with Rotherham Borough Council, and our borough councillors (Cllr Dominic Beck and Cllr Marnie Havard). So, if we can't help you on a community matter, we can and do raise issues with Rotherham Council. We take very seriously our obligation to spend the council’s share of your council tax bill wisely, and welcome your involvement in, and scrutiny of, our decisions, too. Rotherham Borough Council, Tel: 01709 382121 – repairs, council tax queries, rent enquiries, potholes/road repairs.
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Wales Parish Council 133B Wales Road, Kiveton Park Sheffield, S26 6RB Tel:(01909) 515784 email: office@wales-pc.org.uk Attendants Office Tel: (01909) 515037
Cllr Gillian M Shaw (Chairman) 32 Walesmoor Ave, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 5RG. Tel: 01909 771317
Cllr Ronald Grayson 4 Wales Road, Kiveton Park Sheffield, S26 6RD. Tel: 07725 685192
Cllr Louisa Barker 99 Stoney Bank Drive Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 6SB Tel: 07934 6700927 6700927
Cllr Wendy Fowkes (Vice-Chairperson) 7 Limetree Avenue, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 5NY. Tel: 01909 772992
Cllr Paul N Martin 92 South Terrace Wales Bar Sheffield, S26 5QL. Tel: 01909 774199
Cllr Carolyn Ogden 17 Chapel Way Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 6QT. Tel: 07766 411110
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Cllr Christine Carswell 17 Chestnut Avenue, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 5LN. Tel: 01909 515607
Cllr Mike Brabbs 72 School Road, Wales, Sheffield, S26 5QJ. Tel: 01909 771113
Cllr Peter H Blanksby 8 Littlemoor Avenue, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 5NZ. Tel: 01909 772627
Cllr David Carswell 17 Chestnut Avenue, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 5LN. Tel: 01909 515607
Cllr Jodie Flynn 23 Stoney Bank Drive, Kiveton Park, Sheffield, S26 6SJ Tel: 07463 882488
Cllr Steven B Webster 5 Lestermoor Avenue Kiveton Park Sheffield, S26 5NX Tel: 07305 346102
Cllr Christopher Batty 29 Stoney Bank Drive Kiveton Park Sheffield, S26 6SJ Tel: 01909 770180
Cllr Keith Bamforth 2 Beeches Rd Wales Sheffield, S26 5RR
Cllr Mark Whiteman 102 Wales Rd, Kiveton Park Sheffield, S26 6RD Tel: 01909 773558
01909 515784
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Wales Childcare Partnership Located in the grounds of Wales Primary School
Whatever the weather, come wind, rain, snow or sunshine, we are always having endless fun both indoors and outdoors here at Wales Childcare Partnership. Our outdoor area is beginning to transform to it’s green, summery self! Flowers and plants are beginning to blossom and the fruit and vegetables are beginning to grow. The children have recently spent lots of time transforming our fruit and vegetable garden…… digging, planting seeds and bulbs, watering them everyday and watching as they begin to grow. Over the upcoming weeks, we will be giving the rest of our outdoors a bit of a revamp! With the help of our very creative and imaginative children! ‘Rabbits, squirrels, birds and bugs visit us most days, There’s lots of nature to be seen in lots of different ways! Birds singing in the trees, squirrels playing nearby, Creepy crawlies in the mud… and not forgetting all of those mud pies! Lots of colours to be seen, from flowers and butterflies alike, Counting spots on ladybirds, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! Digging, planting, building, discovering the great outdoors. Lots of fun come rain or shine, of that we can be sure!’ Our Easter activities went down a treat throughout Nursery and the fun continued into the Holiday Club over the Easter Holidays. The children thoroughly enjoyed
their Easter egg hunts and time spent in the woodland, creative and baking activities, sharing their very creative Easter bonnets made from home and having Easter bonnet parades! We also have many things planned for the upcoming Summer term and the Summer Holidays too!
Summer Holidays Our holiday club is all about having as much fun as every child could possibly imagine. And we don’t even have to look far…… within the grounds of Wales Childcare Partnership and Wales Primary School we have a park, a woodland, playing field, huge outdoor area with climbing frame, willow domes and trees for den building, along with a huge range of resources, games and activities! We offer a flexible system to make holiday periods as cheap as possible!
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-4:30pm = £25.50 (Includes breakfast and tea) 8:00am-6:00pm = £28.00 (Includes breakfast and tea)
Playgroup & 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, 9:00-4:30, 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. (We also offer 15 hours FREE early education funded places for all 3 & 4 year olds, 30 hours FREE early education funded places for eligible 3 & 4 year olds and 15 hours FREE early education funded places for eligible 2 year olds). For any further information or to book into our holiday club (ages 2 to 11 years), playgroup (age 2-3 years), nursery (age 3/4 years), or to put your child’s name down on our waiting lists, please call
Leanne on 07425134515 or Email: enquiries@wccp.org.uk
Snacks, milk and water are also provided throughout the day. However, children are required to bring a packed lunch when attending holiday club.
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The Saxon Golf Society Well the weather might not have been at its best during April and May but we are thrilled to be able to get out on the golf courses again, even if it has meant wearing winter woolies and waterproofs! The season has finally got underway with our first day out at Norwood Park, which was a stableford competition that was closely contested with two scores tied for first place. After a countback on the back 9 the victor was Wayne Calvert, with Captain Neil Murray the runner up. In May we visited Buxton and High Peak for only the second time since the society started back in 1985. The course certainly tested some of the lads, with April’s winner at the other end of the “pecking order” on this occasion. It’s a funny old game is golf; one day at your best and the next you have no idea what you’re doing wrong! The deserved winner at Buxton was Kev Newton, though he too had a nightmare of a round on the next monthly medal outing at The Lincolnshire Golf course, reaffirming the earlier point. Conversely, it can apply to the best professionals in the world of golf when we consider events in the recent PGA major championship. Who would have thought that having drifted into being classed as a non contender after being in the wilderness for a lot of years, not
only did he defy the bookies odds of 200/1, but Phil Mickelson became at almost 52 years of age the oldest winner of any major golf tournament. Remarkable, and it shows that some of our older members who are over 20 years senior to Phil can still push the youngsters in our golf society! (Ted and Russ take note). At the third time of asking after cancellation from November last year and March this year, the Texas Scramble competition at Ramsdale Park is now scheduled to take place in June with 6 teams of 4 competing. This is a great team competition and eagerly awaited at last. The 3 day golf break in Skegness is also back on a year later than planned as this was a casualty of the covid pandemic. The trophy winner gets awarded the Gold Coast Cup and goes to the golfer with the best aggregate score over the 3 courses played. The outcome of these two events will be reported in the next community magazine. The resumption of monthly medals began in April with the first one held at Bondhay which is a very tough course. The winner was Darren Brown, but as usual the best score was still above the par for the course, even though some of the society members are also members at Bondhay.
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Singles and Doubles match play knockouts are underway with the doubles winners from last year knocked out in the first round. Again, it’s all about how you play on the day which makes for surprises and sometimes unexpected outcomes. Captain Neil Murray has picked his vice captain , and this was enthusiastically accepted by John Wilkinson. A warm welcome has been extended to new members for this year, Paul Robinson and Dan Higgins take membership numbers up to 44 now. We hope it is only a matter of weeks before we can return to holding the monthly meetings in the Saxon pub on the first Sunday of the month at 7pm and look forward to this in due course where new members are welcome to come along and see what we are all about. It is great to be out and about again playing 18 holes on a varied selection of golf courses, and we are now allowed to “wet our whistles” afterwards at the popular 19th hole too!. Until next time, stay safe and well, and keeeeep swinging!
Introducing... the KPFC Bar and Cafe!
After an interview on BBC 5 Live in March, U11s girls coach and senior women’s player Emily Rowles was invited onto the BBC News TV channel to discuss the return of grassroots football. She was joined by one of her players, Evie, who made an amazing TV debut! Well done to both on representing our club so well in the national spotlight!
Over the course of the last year we have been hard at work on a number of projects to help our club flourish further, and we are now thrilled to be able to announce the opening of our very own Bar and Cafe! For the first time in the club's history, we have a new indoor seating area, and an outdoor beer garden to the rear of the clubhouse too! These are exciting times for our club, and we can't wait to welcome you in! We are located opposite Wales High School, just before the railway bridge at the top of Storth Lane.
Lets hear it for the GIRLS We're finally approaching the end of another strange football season, and a few of our teams have now played out their final games. Taking centre stage recently were our U11s and U9s girls, who had both worked wonders to reach their respective Sheffield & Hallamshire Girls League Shield finals, which took place at Shelley, near Huddersfield, on Saturday 19th June The U11s, managed by sisters Emily and Eve Rowles found the going
tough against a strong SJR Worksop side early on and found themselves 1-3 down by half-time. When Worksop increased their lead soon after it might have appeared that the game was gone, but the Kivo girls never stopped working and amazingly pulled it back to 4-4 by the time the referee blew for full-time. A tense period of extra-time was played, and just when it seemed that penalties would be needed to determine a winner, Worksop popped up in the very last minute to put on the winning goal and break Park hearts.
The U9s, under the watchful eye of Steph Sargent and Dani Flinders, were also beaten in their final, but will have taken a lot from the experience of playing on cup final day. While the results didn't go as we'd have liked, everyone at the club is so proud of the way the players represented our village, and we're sure that this taste of defeat will spur them on to go one better next time round! Well done girls! The women's first team are now the only team at the club with a competitive fixture to play (and it's a big one, a CUP FINAL.
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Councillors Update
I was delighted and honoured to be re-elected to serve our proud local community once again at the recent Rotherham Council Elections. I promise to continue to work hard for you and for our area and repay the trust many of you showed in me working alongside my colleague, Marnie Havard. We are already working hard to ensure that our community is heard in relation to improving our local roads, promoting road safety schemes, and tackling anti-social behaviour. Just a few of the local priorities we have. Moving forward I hope to return to holding face to face advice
surgeries in the Library and holding ad-hoc street surgeries where we will be talking with residents on specific streets at specific times. So, watch this space! As ever, if you have anything you would like to raise with me in the meantime, please get in touch on the details below. I hope everyone is able to have a fulfilled, healthy and happy summer period as we hope to return to a degree of relative normality. Cllr Dominic Beck 07881268115 or dominic.beck@ rotherham.gov.uk
Rotherham Council Local Election results – Wales Ward Dominic Edward Oliver Tatton Marnie Anne Paul Neville Barbara Mary Gary Steven Benjamin Emily Rose
BECK BODDYE HAVARD MARTIN MORRIS SMITH WEBSTER WEST
Labour Party Liberal Democrats Labour Party The Green Party Conservative Party Conservative Party Independent The Green Party
1,190 Elected 81 835 Elected 432 793 786 125 241
Plans for 197 New Houses in Kiveton - Refused I am delighted to offer this update further to the recent decision by the Planning Committee at RMBC to refuse the plans by Strata to develop 197 houses at the end of Chapel Way and Lambrell Ave. I attended to the Planning Committee as I said I would to speak in opposition to the plans and I am pleased that the Committee agreed with me. The vote was 5-4 against the proposals. All the issues that residents formally highlighted were raised, including: the impact the development would have on traffic in the village, the extra pressure on our schools and doctors, and the destruction of biodiversity and the natural environment. Unfortunately, the applicant does have the right to appeal this decision, and this is something they may choose to do. However, the Council has in my view done its job in the way I had hoped by ensuring the voices of local residents have been heard. The Council have backed the
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overwhelming feeling within the village and supported residents by objecting to the plans. If the decision is overturned, this will be a decision made by the Government’s Planning Inspector and that is out of the control of the Council. I will be keeping my fingers crossed this is the end of the matter and at least we can
breathe a small sign of relief for the time being. Thank you for everyone who contributed to this campaign. Dominic Beck Councillor for Wales ward on RMBC
Wales/Kiveton Methodist Church As we are all abundantly aware, since the beginning of the covid pandemic back in March 2020 our lives and freedoms have been severely curtailed in many ways. Businesses, shops, employment and social and family gatherings to name but a few have been drastically affected, and our churches and religious centres were closed for the majority of the last 12 months. The great news is that we have reopened again with covid precautions in place, and our first service of 2021 was held on Sunday May 23rd at 3pm, which was taken by our circuit superintendent Julie Coates. It was however tinged with extreme sadness because our designated minister Jen Mullis OBE (who was taking over from Geoffrey Clarke our previous minister) suddenly and unexpectedly passed away just weeks before. Jen was no stranger to us at Wales/ Kiveton and we were all so looking forward to having services with her, sharing her with the ministry at Whitwell where she also preached. Jen involved herself in supporting lots of other organisations and will be missed by many, not just her friends at Wales/Kiveton Methodist Church. Our thoughts and prayers have been very much with her husband Phil and family. Whilst the church is primarily a place of worship, for the first time ever it was chosen to be one of the polling station venues for the recent local elections taking over from Wales Junior and Infants school which had been used for many decades in the past. As the two polling clerks on the day are also members at Wales/Kiveton, it was truly uplifting and heartwarming that so many of the community who came to vote wanted to make reference about their past associations with what is fondly known as “Wales Chapel”. It was amazing to listen to different generations talk about their personal experiences and wax lyrical about “the great times we had back then” with
smiles on faces without exception. Some hadn’t been in for many years, and although the majority of the pews have been taken out and replaced with comfy seating and the floors carpeted, it was still felt that the full church character had been retained. References to the history of the Sunday School Queen and Captain (which is framed in chronological order on the wall) took some down memory lane to when they had in fact been part of that annual event and/or their daughters/ sons too, dating back to 1946 when the first Queen was Marlene Ramsden, and in 1947 the inaugural Captain was Bill Parker with his Queen Jean Sampson. Without exception the overriding feelings of the abundantly happy times enjoyed by so many were all attributed to one person who holds a very special place in the hearts of so many of the community, and that person is Roy Staniforth MBE. . Spanning 7 decades Roy dedicated himself to Wales Chapel and the local community, and on polling day various reminisces of antics at the youth club, the infamous Oughtibridge camp, holidays on the Norfolk Broads, MAYC weekends in London, spectacular Wales/Kiveton carnivals and of course the pantomimes he wrote and produced himself for over 60 years that so many of us have taken part in or been to watch.
It would be lovely to welcome back to our services anyone who has past association with Wales/Kiveton Methodist Church and of course any who have thought about coming in but never quite got round to it. Everyone is welcome, and our services are normally held every 2nd and 4th Sunday each month at 3pm as soon as the covid restrictions are more fully relaxed. The members at Wales/Kiveton Methodist Church would like to convey their thanks and appreciation to local housebuilder company Redmiles who have very kindly provided us with our new signage that details when our services are held and other contact information. Maybe we might see you sometime soon? Just pop your head round the door and come on inside; you will receive a warm welcome.
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Wonderful Wild flowers on Kiveton Woodland By Tom Marshall As Spring finally gives way to Summer, Kiveton Community Woodland’s grassland areas will be carpeted in the bright colours of wildflowers. At the time of writing, the cowslips and primroses, though still hanging on, are starting to be outgrown by the taller meadow buttercups. Our wonderful group of ‘Green Gym’ volunteers discovered lots of plant species that are starting to make an appearance, when they carried out a wildflower survey. The return to volunteering has been long awaited. Restrictions still limit the number of volunteers in a group, and the kind of work that can be carried out, but that’s not going to stop our eager and hard-working regulars! Speedwell, stitchwort, red campion, and black medick, were all wildflower species that were found during the survey. As they year rolls on, these will be joined by others such as lady’s bedstraw, bird’s-foot trefoil, tufted vetch, and selfheal. If you don’t know your herb robert from your ragged robin, but you’d like to learn more, the traditional route would be to consult an ID book. But then who wants to carry an ID book around with them all the time? More often you’d take a photo on your phone and consult a book, or more likely the internet, back at home. Another great place to start is with an app. There are many apps for identifying plant and animal species. One of my favourites is iNaturalist. Anyone can submit a photo – for wildflowers, try to include flowers and leaves – and the app will use an algorithm to attempt an identification. This is rarely spot on, but other iNaturalist members can see your observations and work together towards a more accurate ID. If you’re interested in seeing what plants and animals are found on Kiveton Community Woodland by iNaturalist
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members, you can check the project page online, at this address: uk.inaturalist.org/projects/kivetoncommunity-woodland Of course there are many other apps and websites for identifying wildlife: iSpot, iRecord, and Naturespot, to name a few. Learning to identify wildflowers can be quite addictive, and it provides a meaningful connection to the natural world, and our own history. These are the common plants that our ancestors knew the names of. Each with its own uses and folklore, that we
have largely forgotten. So, if you’re out walking the dog, and see an interesting flower: take a snap, learn its name, and re-discover a piece of our natural history. If you have any queries about Kiveton Community Woodland, volunteering opportunities, or upcoming events, please contact The Conservation Volunteers: southyorkshire@tcv.org. uk, 01302 388832 The Conservation Volunteers manages Kiveton Community Woodland on behalf of the Land Trust.
Big News The Mothers’ Union is planning to re-start in September During lockdown we have been keeping in touch with members by telephone as many, due to their age and medical conditions have been shielding. We help support Music Tots and we are again hoping to start this activity sometime during the summer at St.Johns rooms on Thursday mornings, although we will have limited spaces, so please visit Music Tots web site for details. All of the above will depend on the last step in the government road map, due in June. If you would like to join our group, we would be happy to welcome you, as our world opens up once again and we can have meetings, support one another and other local organisations that work within our community. Looking forward to seeing old and new members
Waleswood Sports Cricket Club Gen Sec Mrs S Long 01909 567365 Captains D Spotwood 07557802836 G Lomas 07419295953
After a cold but dry April followed by a very wet May all our 4 teams, 2 Saturday and 2 Sunday have been in action and have had a mixed bag of results. Wednesday night mid-week league team has commenced winning all its games. It has been a nightmare in May trying to get games on and our volunteer groundsmen have worked wonders to restrict the number of games lost to the weather. It has been rewarding seeing all the hard work done through the winter
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on the ground and facilities by our volunteers being acknowledged by visiting teams and umpires along with the general public who have had access to use our space to exercise during the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Hopefully we will get back to some sort of sanity in the coming weeks. If anyone would like any information on the club either as a player or social member please feel free to contact the numbers below. Our aim as a Registered Charity is to offer anyone, playing or non-playing, young or old an enjoyable experience.
Cricket Field Lane, Wales Bar, Sheffield.
www.waleswoodscc.sportsclubwebsite.com
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Dear Friends Haven’t we needed our friends over the past 15th months or so? Indeed strangers have become friends in these testing pandemic times. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) wrote: “The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, it’s not the kindly smile or the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to me when you discovers that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you.” Friendship is one of the most valuable commodities of life and Jesus often refers to his followers as friends. The closest friends Jesus had were His disciples. These were the men and women He spent the most time with; the ones He took time to teach patiently and thoroughly. These were the people who cared for Him when He was weary and celebrated with Him in the times of victory. His friends never doubted him when many others did. I’m sure we’ve all been grateful for that kind of friend in one way or another.
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A true friend is someone who believes in you when others don’t and even when you have stopped believing in yourself, Jesus’ disciples believed in him.Jesus wanted to encourage them at all times rather than being critical. He wanted to spotlight the potential not the failure. He wanted His disciples looking forward, not back.
Do you understand that this is the way Jesus looks at you? The Lord sees what you CAN BE. He sees the potential and rejoices at what He can do through you. While we can wallow over present difficulties Jesus celebrates our future victories. While we are dragged down by past failures, Jesus is rejoicing over our future possibilities. Someone wrote, ‘If you don’t leave your past in the past it will destroy your future. Live for what today has to offer you, not for what yesterday has taken away. The future might be scary but you shouldn’t run back to the past because it’s familiar. Yes it’s tempting, but it’s a mistake. The only time you
should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come.’ Remember there is nothing better than a friend, unless it’s a friend with chocolate.’Friendships are some of the most precious things we have. You have no better friend than Jesus. He’s praying for you, just like He prayed for His disciples. Stay close to Him . . . He’ll stay with you for the rest of the journey and will make sure you make it home safe. Our Sunday Service is at 9.15am each week in church and it is also often on Facebook Live. Baptisms, Weddings and Celebration of Life funerals can be arranged through me via Gary.Schofield@sheffield.Anglican.org With best wishes and prayers Reverend Gary Schofield
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THE RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF DAVE FROGGATT. I was born in 1926, third in line of four children – all boys. What lean years these were, though, as children, we were sheltered from much of the poverty and despair that our parents knew. For us they were happy times and we were brought up to make the best of things and see the funny side when troubles and misfortune loomed. They were days of make do and mend, when no-one cared if your clothes were patched or if your shirt poked out from a tear in your trousers. It was still, to a large extent, the “children should be seen and not heard” era, but my mum and dad always seemed to have time for us. It wasn’t all play though and we had to muck in with household chores. We were all taught to cook, knit sew and help with jobs around the home
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out into the field, then mam went to work whitewashing ceiling and walls. I can still recapture the smell of a newly whitewashed room – a clean, sharp, tangy lime and disinfectant odour. Our fun came from mixing the quicklime with water, watching it bubble, smelling its acrid fumes and marvelling at the heat it generated as it slaked, then stirring in more water and disinfectant. Head protected with a knotted hanky, clothes covered with one of mam’s old pinnies, we’d be let loose with a huge brush to do the walls. We always ended up with drips all over the floor which were spread further by being trodden in, whilst the higher up you whitewashed, the more ran down the brush and up your arm.
on a “doorstop” – an oblong biscuit cum toffee creation which lasted us until the following Wednesday a day which always found us hurrying home from school at dinner time, because it was the day we collected rubbish from Prestidges. We salvaged anything edible, then weekly free gifts such as squirt rings. Old comics and magazines which had been used to wrap round other items were a bonus, though the stories did not follow on and you had to be quite inventive to fill in the missing bits – but it was worth it.
On Saturdays we were allowed to go to Lancashire’s shop at Firvale to spend a penny – usually we spent a half penny
I was born in Woodall, lived a brief time at Waleswood, then Carr Cottage – leaving Harthill towards Clowne, the road climbs past the old plantation. Just over the brow of the hill stands Carr Farm and Carr Cottage lies lower down the hill on the opposite side of the road in the corner of a field that sweeps down to Pebley Pond. Downstairs consisted of a small pantry and one room – a combined living room and kitchen. The stone and brick walls were covered in an accumulation of whitewash. Decorating was fun – the small amount of furniture was bundled
The History Society is aiming to resume meetings, covid permitting, on THURSDAY, 15th JULY at 6.30 pm in ST.JOHN’S HALL. Everybody, including non-members, is welcome. We will be observing social distancing and masks will be worn. For further updates see.
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