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Postal Address: Stainforth Town Council, PO Box 797, Stainforth, Doncaster, DN7 5WZ. Tel: 01302 844903

www.stainforthtowncouncil.gov.uk Town Clerk- Email: pam@stainforthtc.plus.com Deputy Clerk- Email: kirsty@stainforthtc.plus.com

MAYOR: MRS. A. ABBOTT—Tel: 07824676241 DEPUTY MAYOR: MRS. L. CROSBY—Tel: 07525099005 MEMBERS Tel. No. Committees MEMBERS Tel. No. Committees Mrs. J. Bolton - 842220 R, N Mrs. I. Moore - 351016 C, N, R D.A. Cannon - 883837 F E. Nesbitt - 840014 C W. S. Q. Cook - 841604 C, F, N Mrs. M. Nesbitt - 840014 C, N Mrs. J. R.. Harvey - 840112 Mrs. P. Pilkington- 843944 C, N E. Hughes - 846749 F, R H. Riley - 844272 N. Hughes - 844217 C, F J. Thompson – 842857 F, N D. Moore - 351016 C, F, N, R C= Cemetery F= Finance N= Newsletter R= Recreation

Other numbers: CEMETERY - Church Road – Tel: 845158 Street Lighting Complaints - DMBC during office hours 736892. Safer Neighbourhood Team – 736000. FLAG – 736050. MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR AND LEADER EX OFFICIO ALL COMMITEES. MEETINGS - The third Tuesday in the Month except August & December in the Council Chamber commencing at 6.30 p.m. (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTIFIED) with 15 minutes public participation prior to commencement of the meeting. Public Participation – the Town Council welcomes input from residents, and to facilitate this, provides a period of 15 min-utes prior to the commencement of its meetings. Any subject you wish to discuss should be notified, in writing, and should reach the Clerk not later than 7 days before the meeting. It is also open to residents to raise any pressing issues with the Clerk between meetings.

COUNCILLOR SURGERIES…..To be held on the final Saturday of every month except August & December, at the Town Council office at 11am. The Mayor will be available at all surgeries along with the following Councillors: July - E. Hughes, D. Moore September - J. Thompson, Mrs. M. Nesbitt October - Mrs. L. Crosby, Mrs. J. Bolton November - W.S.Q. Cook, Mrs. I. Moore January - D. Cannon, Mrs. P. Pilkington February - N. Hughes, H. Riley March - E. Nesbitt, Mrs. J. Harvey April - Mrs. L. Crosby, D. Moore

If you wish to submit any articles for inclusion in the newsletter, please forward them for

consideration to the Stainforth Town Council Office. See above for address. All article entries will be scruti-

nised by the newsletter committee and edited where appropriate. The committee decision will be final.

Your Council

DID YOU KNOW…… Our first Mayor of Stainforth, Tommy Collins, went to the

USA to take part in the World Weight Lifting, Bench Press Veterans category. He

finished runner up just being beaten by a Frenchman on the final lift for the title.

Well done once again to Tommy!!!

Issue 7.

Stainforth Voice

In this issue:

Mayor’s Awards.

Plant a Tree.

Stainforth Bridge.

Remembrance Sunday.

Fun in the Li-brary.

St. Mary’s Lunch Club.

Firework Spec-tacular.

Advertisements.

Garden Comp Washout.

Mrs. Moore’s Parkin.

Deputy Mayor’s Dialogue,

Your Council contact details.

Councillor Sur-geries.

Date: Sept 2012

Stainforth Bridge DON'T go thinking you are having hal-

lucinations if you see frogmen diving for

stones from Stainforth Bridge any time

now. The frogmen are retrieving the his-

toric stonework from the riverbed where

it has lain since an accident closed the

bridge on 6th September. A farmer's JCB

displaced the parapet into the river be-

low. The attractive single file stone

bridge over the river Don has existed

since 1768 when it replaced a wooden

structure and is now a Grade II listed

building. Special cement is on order from

the National Trust. The bridge is a bus

route to Fishlake and Sykehouse whose

residents use the shops and post offices

in Stainforth and provides Stainforth folk

with a quick route to the motorway.

DMBC hopes to have the bridge open

by 15th October.

Plant a Tree for You and Me STAINFORTH Town Council would like to invite you and your friends to come and help plant 420 trees on the Welfare Ground off Church Road. The trees have been given to Stainforth by the Woodland Trust to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in what has been a memorable year for Britain. Trees benefit us all, be it as a home for wildlife, as a source of fresh air or as a means of improving the landscape. We

hope that schools, churches, clubs, other local organisa-tions, families and individuals will come along and follow the example of the mayor, Cllr. Mrs Arlene Abbott by planting a tree to have a stake in a greener future of Stain-forth. Parents and Grandparents may wish to plant a tree and see it grow over the years as their family grows. Come and join us on 12th November! Please contact the Clerk or Deputy Clerk at the Town Council.

ADVERTISING

SPACE.

If you would like to

advertise your

business or organi-

sation in this maga-

zine then Stainforth

Town Council are

giving you

opportunity to do

so. Please contact

the Town Clerk or

the Deputy Town

Clerk at the Town

Council Office for

details.

Mayors Awards The Mayor, Cllr. Mrs. Arlene Abbott, has pre-sented 2 awards recently to Mr. Jack Cheadle and Ms. Christel Wood, in recognition of their services on behalf of the Royal British Legion within the Stainforth community.

REMEMBRANCE

SUNDAY

This year’s Remembrance Sun-

day service is scheduled for

10:00am on 11/11/12 at St.

Mary’s Church, followed by a

parade to the Cenotaph in time

for silence at 11:00am and the

laying of wreaths. The Mayor

would like to invite you to par-

take of light refreshments in the

Chapel following the wreath lay-

ing ceremony. This year we will

have the pleasure of a

cornet player for the

’Reveile’ and the ‘Last

Post’ from Markham

Main Band.

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Would you like to share a meal with others each Monday lunchtime and enjoy their

friendship? St Mary's Community Lunch Club is looking for new members. Why not come along and

try it out? You'll be sure of a warm welcome and we'll give you a voucher for your first meal free!

Just telephone our cook Anne Sylvester first on 07868 756495.

It's in St Mary's Community Centre at the back of St Mary's church on Field Road, Stainforth, opposite the doctor's surgery.

It's on from 11.30am to 1.00pm every Monday except Bank Holidays.

The cost is £3 per person for a two course meal, including tea / coffee and squash.

Everyone is welcome, from Stainforth or surrounding areas.

FUN IN THE LIBRARY

STAINFORTH RECREATION GROUND SUNDAY 4TH NOVEMBER

4PM ONWARDS

HOT FOOD AND DRINKS AVAILABLE

ALL WELCOME!!

ARTS AND CRAFTS FAYRE

Stainforth Community

Resource Centre, Church Road,

27th October,

10am-4pm.

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GARDEN COMP

WASH OUT!

The Town Council organised the biennial

Garden Competition for judging this sum-

mer. Unfortunately, due to a lack of interest,

only 1 entry was received

which has been awarded 1st

prize by default. It is hoped

that future events will be bet-

ter subscribed to.

MRS MOORE’S PARKIN

1 Cup of Wholemeal Flour

1 Cup of Self Raising Flour

1 Cup Medium Oatmeal

1/2 Cup of Brown Sugar

4oz of Margarine

1 tsp of Ginger

1 tsp of Bicarbonate of Soda

1 Cup of Syrup

1 Cup of Boiling Water

Put all dry ingredients into a large bowl and mix well. Add the

margarine and syrup and water last. Mix thoroughly until all

the margarine and syrup has melted . Pour into a greased and

lined tin and cook on gas mark 3 or 4/160-180 degrees for 1

hour. Once cooled cut into 12 squares.

DEPUTY MAYORS

DIALOGUE The Mayor, Mrs Arlene Abbott and myself recently attended a coffee morning at

Hatfield Woodhouse Methodist church which was organising a fundraising morning for SSAFA( Soldiers, Sailors and Airman's Families Association). SSAFA is an organisation which helps families of servicemen and ex servicemen who are having financial problems or who need help purchasing items for their homes or help with mobility products. The Mayor presented them with a cheque. I also presented a small donation, my hus-band being a former member of the Territorial Army for 30 years and knowing the work that SSAFA do. A good morning was had, with plenty of tea, coffee and bacon sandwiches. This, along with a raffle, sale of cakes and chutney and a tombola raised about £300.00 for this worthy cause. Should you need any help from SSAFA, please contact their office in Thorne on 01405 812291.

Can you spot your Local Councillor?

We all have memories of our days at school, some good and some bad. A day I can clearly remember was the May Day celebrations at Junction Road Girls School in 1964. Letters were sent to parents when their daughters had been chosen as either May Queen, attendants or the May pole dancers informing that white dresses must be worn on the day. If letters were sent to their homes on a FRIDAY, everyone knew by Sunday who the select few were who had been chosen. Local press? No. A flurry of mums shopping at Connie Hopkin-son's or George Wilsons for Pump or shoe whitener, Robins starch and the trusty boxes of Omo or Oxydol to get the dresses whiter than snow. Some even ventured into the heart of Stainforth to shops that sold dress patterns and materials in the hope that some family member with a Singer sewing Machine could become Mary Quant overnight and make the ideal dress. Did my mum have to endure this commotion? Afraid not! My role in the celebrations was a proud, outspoken Mexican farmer called Augustus. This

year the school did a play about the eruption of the Mexican volcano Popocatepetl and how it affected the life of farm-ers in the area. No beautiful white dresses for those in the play. Our attire was dark trousers, a blouse or shirt, poncho, Mexican hats and colourful blankets around our shoulders. One farmer, played by Jayne Wigam had to wear a swim-ming cap under her hat to create a bald effect, and we all had cream on our faces to give us a tanned look. This was the day of an Indian Summer, plus the heat reflected from the glass windows from the quadrangle, making everyone tired and wishing that the play would soon come to an end. Still, it was a fun day, awash with colour, as some pupils in the play were dresses as tropical birds, trees and some in bright colours representing the volcano. We may not have had the leading role in the day's celebrations, but our par-ents still sat in their seats with wide smile, full of pride.