1st September
Thursday 31 August 2023
Contact: 01427 891376
LIBRARY HOLDS TEDDY BEARS’ PICNIC (+ pic)
A Teddy Bears’ Picnic was the third event at Misterton Library this summer. The aim of the events, linked to the national Summer Reading Challenge, was to encourage children, young people, and families to enjoy visiting the Library and reading books.
There was a selection of games and activities for children (pictured) and families.
The Library is run on a day-to-day basis by volunteers, under the management of the
Parish Council. The team of volunteers, who plan and put on the events, are keen to ensure the Library remains at the heart of the village life, whether that’s providing a warm space and hot drink in the winter, somewhere to reminisce about the past, or free fun for bored children. More volunteers are needed – whether you can offer one session a month or several. If you have any ideas, call into the Library and pass them on. From Saturday 2 September, the Library will be open every Saturday morning from 9.30am - 12.30pm as well as Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons from 2.00 – 5.00pm.
The next event is Halloween-themed and is on Tuesday 31 October. Further details will be available nearer the time. But if last year’s ‘spooktacular’ was anything to go by, it was a good excuse to dress up!
Contact details for the Library are: tel 890646, e-mail mistertonlibraryvolunteers@outlook.com.
RIDE & STRIDE REGISTRATION OPEN
Registration forms for the annual Ride & Stride sponsored trip around local churches are now available in Misterton Parish Church. Alongside them are forms for the ‘treasure hunt’ – seven questions to answer by visiting seven local churches.
Ride & Stride is open to cyclists, walkers, car drivers, pram pushers, horseback riders – anyone with legs or wheels – and is organised by Notts Historic Churches Trust (nottshistoricchurchestrust.org.uk/ridestride/): half the sponsorship raised goes to NHCT, the other half to the churches of participants’ choice.
The treasure hunt forms can be picked up at any of the churches that are open (Walkeringham is closed but the answer to the question can be found from outside the building). Then leave the completed answer form in any of the open participating churches. The person who answers most questions correctly will receive a £35 voucher (or prize to the value of £35).
Alongside the Ride & Stride event is a photographic competition. Take a camera, take a picture, and send it in with your sponsorship paperwork. Prizes are £75, £50, and £25. Details of this and other competitions are at nottshistoricchurchestrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Competitions2023.pdf
SAY CHEESE! SPECIAL EVENT FOR ‘CHEESE-OHOLICS’!
Retford Market always has a great cheese selection – so these will feature in a special cheese festival on Saturday 16 September. Alongside this, cafes will have cheesy offerings, and Retford Arts Hub will feature cheese earrings and cheese boards. To decorate your own cheese plate, pop along to The Pottery on Market Square for sessions at 10.00am and 12noon.
The event coincides with Big Market Day with the regular craft and farmers’ markets, as well as the traditional Saturday market. There’s a circus skills workshop with stilt-walker and the Hathersage Brass Band.
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, BAC is 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
2nd Tuesday each month
Coffee morning, Church Room, 10.30am. Freshly baked goodies—and friendly faces! £2 plus raffle
Thursday 7 September
Coffee Morning in the Methodist Hall, 10.00-11.00am. Weekly - all welcome
Mobile community shop, 10.30am – 12 noon, outside the Parish Church
Saturday 9 September
Misterton Gardeners Club (MGC) Annual Show, Methodist Hall, Misterton. Exhibitors’ staging from 10.00-11.30am; open to the public 2.00-4.00pm, entry £1. Details on MGC Facebook page
Ride & Stride – sponsored cycle rides around local churches, 10.00am – 6.00pm, with local treasure hunt
Heritage Open Day with activities at most local churches
Sunday 10 September
Holy Communion, Clayworth Parish Church, 11.00am
Tuesday 12 September
Update on STEP at West Burton, Retford Town Hall, 4.00-7.00pm
Meeting of Misterton Parish Council, Granary Room, Grove House Farm, 7.30pm
Wednesday 13 September
Service of Morning Prayer, Parish Church, Misterton, 10.00am
Thursday 14 September
Information session on avoiding scams and fraud, Methodist Hall, 10.00am
Saturday 16 September
Big Cheese Festival, part of Big Market Day, Market Square, Retford, 8.30am – 2.30pm with circus skills workshop, stilt walker, and Hathersage Brass Band
Friday 1 December
Advance notice: Christmas lights switch-on, Church Meadow, and Christmas Tree Festival, Parish Church, 6.00pm
WEST STOCKWITH NEWS
Thursday 31 August 2023
Contact: 01427 891376
CHURCH RENOVATION CONTINUES
After completion of work to the church roof, the next stage of refurbishment of St Mary’s Parish Church continues with redecoration of the interior. The churchwarden is currently getting quotations for this specialist work, which will start as soon as planning permission (a faculty) is obtained.
● The village’s Remembrance Day service on Sunday 12 November, will start at the soldier memorial at the junction of Main Street and North Carr Road at 10.45am.
The joint Parish Council and Parish Church Christmas event is on Saturday 9 December.
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, BAC is 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
2nd Tuesday each month
Coffee morning, Church Room, Misterton, 10.30am. Freshly baked goodies—and friendly faces! £2 plus raffle
Thursday 7 September
Coffee Morning in the Methodist Hall, Misterton, 10.00-11.00am. Weekly - all welcome
Mobile community shop, 10.30am – 12 noon, outside Misterton Parish Church
Saturday 9 September
Misterton Gardeners Club (MGC) Annual Show, Methodist Hall, Misterton. Exhibitors’ staging from 10.00-11.30am; open to the public 2.00-4.00pm, entry £1. Details on MGC Facebook page
Ride & Stride – sponsored cycle rides around local churches, 10.00am – 6.00pm, with local treasure hunt
Heritage Open Day with display of old pictures and artefacts in St Mary’s Parish Church
Sunday 10 September
Holy Communion, Clayworth Parish Church, 11.00am
Tuesday 12 September
Update on STEP at West Burton, Retford Town Hall, 4.00-7.00pm
Wednesday 13 September
Service of Morning Prayer, Parish Church, Misterton, 10.00am
Thursday 14 September
Information session on avoiding scams and fraud, Methodist Hall, Misterton, 10.00am
Meeting of West Stockwith Parish Council, Village Hall, 7.30pm, with an open session for residents to ask questions about village matters at 7.15pm
Saturday 16 September
Big Cheese Festival, part of Big Market Day, Market Square, Retford, 8.30am – 2.30pm with circus skills workshop, stilt walker, and Hathersage Brass Band