23rd September
MISTERTON NEWS
Thursday 22 September 2022
Contact: 01427 891376
PARISH CHURCH NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
Misterton Parish Church is now open for open to visitors every day from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Visitors may use the quietness of the Church to reflect on recent historical events; votive candles are available – they are often lit as a focus for prayer. There is a box at the rear of the Church for donations to Bassetlaw Food Bank, and the free paperback book exchange is back.
Once again, the Parish Church is supporting Operation Christmas Child. The charity invites gifts for children (and families) in a shoebox, covered with Christmas wrapping paper and filled with suitable toys, toiletries, etc. The shoeboxes will be distributed to the poorest people in Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, and Romania. Bring the box to the Parish Church (with £5 donation to cover transport) by 20 October and leave it at the back of the Church. From Misterton, the boxes will be taken to a regional collection point for onwards distribution in November.
TICKETS GOING FAST FOR AUTUMN CONCERT
Advance bookings for a big band concert in Misterton Parish Church are selling fast. All pre-paid ticketholders will have allocated seats at the front of the Church, but tickets will also be on sale at the door. Tickets are £7.50 (£3 for under-16s) and include a cream tea. Ring 891376 to book.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR DofE CANDIDATES
Organisations in Misterton can offer volunteer opportunities for young people wishing to embark on Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) awards. The Parish Council and Parish Church can offer short projects to fit with the awards timescales – projects that help to improve and enhance the community. To find out more, call 891376.
BIG MARKET DAY OFFERS CUSTOMERS BARGAINS
Retford is hosting another Big Market Day on Saturday 15 October in the Market Square and Buttermarket from 8.30am – 2.00pm. There are farmers’ and craft markets as well as the traditional market – all offering value-for-money goods and provisions as well as stallholders that are knowledgeable about their products.
There’s plenty for children, too, between 10.00am and 2.00pm. Attractions include Guiding Sparks Circus and Professor Paul Temple’s Punch & Judy Show.
DANGER OF TICKS IN LONG GRASS (+ pic)
A resident, who has been bitten by a tick and suffered years of ill-health, has asked that attention is drawn to the presence of ticks in all long grass. Ticks (one is pictured
but they come in different colours) latch onto the skin and feed on your blood. 60% of ticks are infected with Lyme’s Disease, and, as ticks live for 20 to 30 years, this problem is only going to get worse!
When walking through fields, or along the canal bank, it is important to protect yourself by tucking your jeans/trousers into your socks to stop the ticks crawling up inside your leg, If wearing shorts, use a tick repellent spray from all good outdoor camping and walking shops to spray on your legs/clothes. This gives good all-day protection. If you are bitten and the tick wasn't infected, then you shouldn't have more than a pin-prick mark on your skin. But if the tick carries Lyme's Disease then a large bullseye ring will appear. If you find this on your body, seek medical attention immediately, as it is important that you receive antibiotics within the first few weeks of being bitten.
Ticks also bite animals so check your dog's hair after walking through long grass!
BASSETLAW ACTION CENTRE: UPDATE
Bassetlaw Action Centre (BAC) is continuing to provide:
- community transport for essential journeys – health appointments and shopping, for example
- housing advice services, which are telephone-based primarily but face-to-face appointments are also available
- a menu of Befriending services – including group befriending, telephone befriending, face to face and peer befriending
- the Staying Well Programme (6-week self-management course for people with a long-term condition) available both virtually and face to face
- Get Out Get Active (GOGA) service encourages people to become more active and will continue to offer one-to-one support
- home support service – a domiciliary service to help people who are just starting to struggle at home (this is a paid-for service).
- minibus trips – including the newly launched lunch club trips.
BAC would like to hear from anyone with a few hours to spare, who would like to volunteer to support the Action Centre to deliver essential services to local older and vulnerable people. In particular, they are looking for more local volunteer drivers to help people to get to health appointments and for shopping. Volunteers are paid 45p per mile for every mile they drive on behalf of the scheme.
For further details on any of the above please contact BAC on 01777 709650 or by e-mail (enquiries@actioncentre.org.uk) Further information can be found on the website: www.bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk.
DIARY DATES
Daily
Beckingham, Clayworth, Gringley, Misterton, and West Stockwith parish churches now open daily for private prayer, 10.00am to 4.00pm
2nd Tuesday each month
Coffee morning, Church Room, 10.30am. Freshly baked goodies—and friendly faces! £2 plus raffle
Thursday 29 September
Coffee Morning, Methodist Hall, 10.00-11.00am. Held every week - all welcome
Friday 30 September
District Councillor’s surgery, The Misterton Centre, 10.00-11.00am. Appointment necessary: call 890646 to book
Sunday 2 October
Holy Communion, Beckingham Parish Church, 11.00am
Wednesday 5 October
Midweek service of Morning Prayer, Misterton Parish Church, 10.00am
Saturday 8 October
Misterton Library open, 9.30am – 12noon (also on 22 October)
Wednesday 12 October
Conference for Council tenants, Retford Town Hall, from 11.00am
Friday 14 October
Family Bingo organised by Misterton Bowls Club. Eyes down at 6.30pm
Saturday 15 October
Big Market Day, Retford’s Market Square, 8.30am – 2.00pm
Room 21 swing band in concert, Misterton Parish Church, 3.00pm. Tickets £7.50 (under-16s £3) incl cream tea. Front rows reserved for pre-paid tickets, now on sale (call 01427 891376)
Saturday 19 November
Art & Craft Christmas Fayre, Church Room, 10.00am – 3.00pm. Original art and crafts for sale
Saturday 27 November
Christmas Bazaar, Methodist Hall. Details to follow
Saturday 14 January 2023
Lunch and entertainment for Misterton pensioners. Details to follow
WEST STOCKWITH NEWS
Thursday 22 September 2022
Contact: 01427 891376
LOCAL COUNCILLOR ATTENDS ROYAL PROCLAMATION (+ pic)
His Majesty The King was proclaimed at the Accession Council Saturday 10 September at St James's Palace, London. A local Proclamation was read around the country on the following day (Sunday 11 September), including in Retford’s Market Square. The Proclamation was read by Vice-Chair of the Council, Cllr Gillian Freeman (pictured with members and officers). Addressing a crowd of hundreds in front of the Town Hall, the Proclamation said that “the Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is now, by the death of our late Sovereign of Happy Memory, become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord Charles the Third…” Following the Proclamation, the National Anthem was sung, before a call for three cheers for the King.
Representing the Misterton Ward, District Cllr Hazel Brand attended the reading of the Proclamation.
BASSETLAW ACTION CENTRE: UPDATE
Bassetlaw Action Centre (BAC) is continuing to provide:
- community transport for essential journeys – health appointments and shopping, for example
- housing advice services, which are telephone-based primarily but face-to-face appointments are also available
- a menu of Befriending services – including group befriending, telephone befriending, face to face and peer befriending
- the Staying Well Programme (6-week self-management course for people with a long-term condition) available both virtually and face to face
- Get Out Get Active (GOGA) service encourages people to become more active and will continue to offer one-to-one support
- home support service – a domiciliary service to help people who are just starting to struggle at home (this is a paid-for service).
- minibus trips – including the newly launched lunch club trips.
BAC would like to hear from anyone with a few hours to spare, who would like to volunteer to support the Action Centre to deliver essential services to local older and vulnerable people. In particular, they are looking for more local volunteer drivers to help people to get to health appointments and for shopping. Volunteers are paid 45p per mile for every mile they drive on behalf of the scheme.
For further details on any of the above please contact BAC on 01777 709650 or by e-mail (enquiries@actioncentre.org.uk) Further information can be found on the website: www.bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk.
DIARY DATES
Daily
Beckingham, Clayworth, Gringley, Misterton, and West Stockwith parish churches now open daily for private prayer, 10.00am to 4.00pm
2nd Tuesday each month
Coffee morning, Church Room, 10.30am. Freshly baked goodies—and friendly faces! £2 plus raffle
Thursday 29 September
Coffee Morning, Methodist Hall, 10.00-11.00am. Held every week - all welcome
Friday 30 September
District Councillor’s surgery, Village Hall, 9.00-9.45am. Appointment necessary: call 890646 to book
Sunday 2 October
Holy Communion & Harvest Festival, Beckingham Parish Church, 11.00am
Wednesday 5 October
Midweek service of Morning Prayer, Misterton Parish Church, 10.00am
Saturday 8 October
Misterton Library open, 9.30am – 12noon (then on 22 October)
Wednesday 12 October
Conference for Council tenants, Retford Town Hall, from 11.00am
Friday 14 October
Family Bingo organised by Misterton Bowls Club. Eyes down at 6.30pm
Saturday 15 October
Room 21 swing band in concert, Misterton Parish Church, 3.00pm. Tickets £7.50 (under-16s £3) incl cream tea. Front rows reserved for pre-paid tickets, now on sale (call 01427 891376)
Saturday 19 November
Art & Craft Christmas Fayre, Church Room, 10.00am – 3.00pm. Original art and crafts for sale
Saturday 27 November
Christmas Bazaar, Methodist Hall. Details to follow