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S H Contact us: e: [email protected] // t: 01777 818180 Goodbye The Summer… Blacksmith’s As I write, I sit gazing out of my Arms conservatory window, musing over the summer that is nearly past. Autumn, according to the BBC weather man, Halloween is officially upon us, and, as plants and shrubs adopt the look of that famous Welshman, “Dia Sunday Back”? I look back at what this summer has given us in our garden. The spookiest Sunday of the Apart from the norm of blossom and flowers year at the Blacksmith’s and leafy shrubs, not forgetting the grass, Please come dressed appropriately Oh the grass! Our fruit trees gave a modest - the scarier the better! harvest after the wasps and other critters There will be a prize drawn at 7.30 pm had had their share, but the apples were very for the most spooky costume disappointing this year, but hey ho! Even Monty Families welcome Don has problems. It will be the spookiest garden in Everton After a long vacation on the Costa del Sol it Prepare was good to come home and enjoy a, shall we say, varied summer season. to be The one thing that has been good is our scared !!! garden visitors, our chickens, as I call them. Let us entertain YOU At a count, I can confirm that our sparrow population has trebled in size, they having 01777 817281 continued on page 3 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS managed three broods this season and it two or three times each day to use the bathing seems the others have fared very well also. facilities or mutilate the feeding station while they fought and squabbled over the fat balls and bird seed. At sometimes thirty strong they made a wonderful display on the garden lawn. Butterflies were a little disappointing this year, many Peacocks and large and small whites, few tortoise shells and one Red Admiral, oh! and two toads (they are not butterflies). The one thing we most enjoyed were the Increases Buzzards from Harlow Woods who had two Native Breeds Butchery in the Goldfinch population, Blue tit, Great tit, young in the year and would soar above us, 28 day aged beef Green Finch, Long tale tit all very prevalent calling to each other as they wheeled around Longhorn and Hereford (x) raised on our conservation-grade in the garden this year. Our Blackbirds on the thermals high above Everton. A truly grazing, Everton/ managed two broods and we had the usual wonderful sight. “inhabitants”, wood pigeons, collared doves Roll on next summer! Home cured ham, bacon and home made sausages and pies all with young and an occasional visit from a using our own pork, lamb and beef Stock dove. Robins and wrens and the ‘heavy Marion & Michael Green Cold pressed Rapeseed Oil from our own crop mob’, the Starlings. They were always on hand Organic Veg from Everton Carr British Salads Christmas at Extensive range of British Cheeses Hand crafted Espresso, Cappuccino, Americano The Sun Inn Animals on show Join us this year for our Christmas fayre meals. Available from 25th November - 23rd December Come and experience our cosy Yurt ! ******* CHRISTMAS DAY NEW YEAR’S EVE Open from 10am every day Bookings are now being taken for See this New Year in at The Sun! except Tuesdays. Christmas Day. 2 or 3 course set meal along with Call in to reserve your table music to see us through to 1 am 8am early opening Fridays for bacon butties/breakfast. Book early to avoid disappointment. 7pm closing Thurs and Fri For more information We look forward to welcoming you Tel: 01777 817260

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4 5 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS I sense though that these next years will be a time of even greater change both in Vicars this nation and the world. I don’t know what exactly the future holds, because Harvest Celebration Viewpoint I’m not that clever and because, by its Church Services nature, change is surprising. I do think Looking at how Tearfund can help work with The dust is sort of settling after we are going to need help to navigate the poorest families helping to prevent child these years, and I would suggest that for trafficking. the vote to leave the EU and as individuals and the nation faith should Sunday 9th October I write this the news says that 9.30am All Age Communion 62% of UK citizens feel hopeful play a vital part. at St. Nicholas, about the future of the country. Christian faith is a big part of how we 11.15am Family Service have got to where we are. Many of our at Holy Trinity, Everton Many people seem to be willing There will be a Benefice Harvest Bring and Share values remain founded on Christian lunch at 12.30 in Everton Church to accept the result of the referendum and whether they principles – forgiveness, mercy, Sunday 16th October tolerance, the value of every human 11.15am Family Service voted yes or no to make the best being, generosity -those sorts of things. at John the Bapist, Misson of things. There will be collections of produce (dry and tinned Faith too brings strength to individuals to items) at all services for the Foodbank and M25 and I suspect that what worries or worried a cash collection for the work of Tearfund in helping get through difficult times, the storms of prevent child trafficking. most people is the prospect of change. life, helps us to be Christ like when our For those voting to leave an issue was inclination is to react with fear. that migration changing Britain. Those Something that therefore concerns me is Harvest Maze voting in preferred to stay with what they our loss of faith as individuals and as a Harvest knew, rather than a somewhat unknown nation. I hope and pray that one change future. What we seem to be realising as over these coming years will be many the months unfold is that change was Festival more people finding faith in Jesus Christ. I and is inevitable. Change is the one thing The Harvest Festival at Holy Trinity is on believe the seeds are sown already, that’s that is here to stay. If you are able to read Sunday 9th October at 11.15am. apparent in the lives of many churches this then you will have lived through a lot This will be a Family Service so we hope and Christians, and even in the institution of change already. children and adults will be there. The of the Church of where the talk harvest donations this year will be to the I was born into a nation where car is of reform and renewal. I pray those Bassetlaw Food Bank whose stocks are ownership was the exception, mobile seeds will flourish. phones, tea bags, cheese in plastic running low. They welcome tea, coffee, Change is often for the good! sugar, cereal, tinned foods, soups etc wrappers and computers didn’t exist, BUT PLEASE NO PASTA. holidays were to the east coast, we didn’t win medals at the Olympics and there Jonathan If you cannot attend the Service but was frost on the inside of my window in wish to donate some food there will the morning. Everything has changed and be a box at the back of church for any continues to change. Help us collect donations from 1st October. the pumpkins....

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8 9 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS Rob’s Agri-Blog spring malting barley, this was sown quite into North Africa, so it will be trucked direct So, now for our usual helping of rural late in the spring and on heavier soils, so from the farm to New Holland port to be humour… ‘Farming all it was later to ripen than normal, so when loaded straight onto the boat for onward A young farmer named John received wheat was finished, we had time to get shipment to its destination. So who knows, a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad around us’ the oilseed rape drilled again for next year. you could be on your holidays somewhere attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Already the nights are drawing in and the Rape is the crop that spends the longest in North Africa next year, drinking a local Every word out of the bird’s mouth was heavy autumn dews are descending in time in the ground – being drilled in mid/ beer, brewed with grains grown in your own rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. the evenings – so it is a great relief that late August and harvested in late July/early village! John tried and tried to change the bird’s we have finished harvest – ‘all cut and August – so a couple of weeks after it is So, now we start the whole farming cycle attitude by consistently saying only polite dried’ as we say. The harvest started with cut, we are drilling next year’s crop again! I again by starting to prepare land for drilling words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to “clean up” the bird’s the winter barley first, which yielded a am happy to say that now (mid-September) next year’s cereals. Drilling will begin in vocabulary. reasonable average, nationally however, the new rape crop is well established and early October this year, as nationally we barley yields and quality have been very looking good – volunteer cereal plants have major problems with grass weeds in Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at poor indeed, with specific weights of many that have grown in the rape from seed left cereal crops, so a later drilling date will help the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier samples being near record lows. The on the ground from the previous barley in the fight against this problem. and even ruder. oilseed rape crop was next and again yields crop, have now been sprayed out and On other farms, the potato harvest is John, in desperation, threw up his hands, have been well below average across the are dying off and the new rape plants are now well under way and this will carry on grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. country ours faired much the same, with looking good – good establishment is through to the end of October. Carrots and For a few minutes the parrot squawked and one block of land yielding very good and critical with rapeseed; and yesterday I put Onions are harvested from now onwards another a low average, so on the whole a small application of Nitrogen fertiliser kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there also. (I love to smell the onions being lifted!) was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for it ended up being a bit below our 5 year on the crop, to ensure that the plants go Maize harvest will begin shortly and will over a minute. average. Nationally, the poor yields of these into the winter as strong as possible in also finish around the end of October, so Fearing that he’d hurt the parrot, John two crops has been put down to a lack of order to fend off the low temperatures and let’s hope it doesn’t get too wet so that sunshine at the time of grain fill, as the increased pest risk, especially Flea beetles, quickly opened the door to the freezer. neither the fields, (nor the roads) don’t get The parrot calmly stepped out onto John’s plants were bulking up their seeds and so that cannot be as effectively controlled too muddy! outstretched arms and said, “I believe I may smaller and lighter grains were produced, since the banning of neonicotinoid seed The next harvest campaign for us will be have offended you with my rude language lowering overall yields. As we moved on to dressing that protected the plant for most the sugar beet. The British Sugar factory at and actions. I’m sincerely remorseful for the wheat crops, then things did change for of its growth cycle – but there has been a Newark opens its doors to deliveries this my inappropriate transgressions and I fully the better; wheat ripened on time around question mark over whether the product year on the 4th October and our beet will intend to do everything I can to correct my is having a detrimental effect on the here, albeit a little later than normal, and be lifted in two batches, starting around rude and unforgivable behaviour.” yields were quite good for us on our mixed bee population, so the EU has, rightly or the middle of October. Our loading sites John was stunned at the change in the soil types – so on the whole wheat didn’t wrongly, banned it as a precaution. are yet to be agreed with British Sugars’ bird’s attitude. As he was about to ask the break any records, but was a reasonable So, back to the spring barley then, this haulage contractor, but we will endeavor, parrot what had made such a dramatic harvest. Further across into Lincolnshire yielded quite well, but quality was variable, as always, to try to keep local disturbance change in his behavior, the bird continued, and further north, then wheat was much some has met the specifications for Malting to a minimum, but do expect some flurries “May I ask what the chicken in the freezer later ripening and harvest dragged on much and some hasn’t, and this will just go for of activity with beet lorries during October/ did?” longer than for us, but thankfully for those feed – what has met the grade will be November. Thanks in advance for your On that note… till next month! farmers, it is pretty much ‘in the barn’ by stored on-farm until November, when it will cooperation. now. Our final crop to harvest was the be uplifted to go to fulfill an export contract Robert Troop

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12 13 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS Helicopter flight Everton Bowls Maureen and Mick Boulby wish to thank the donor of the 1st prize at Everton sports and Club school’s summer fayre. Everton Bowls Club has now finished its The prize was a half hour’s flight in a four- season with the weather mostly in our favour FOOTAID seater R44 helicopter. We took off at 3.30 with only two games cancelled. We finished ROBERT WASTENEY on Saturday 10th Sept. with granddaughter with our last game at Welbeck only finishing Dip.CFHP, MPS Pract, MVR Nancy, from Everton’s Manor Farm Nurseries in time before having to put head torches Foot Health Practitioner and flew over Gringley, Beckingham, W.Burton on!! This years Pensioners League saw us power station, Wheatley, Clayworth and other coming first (Yipee) with a considerable points • Home Visit Service villages towards Retford, past, not over, Ranby lead over the second place club so we are • Nail Cutting, prison and on to Worksop, where we hoped to feeling extremely elated. • Corn & Callus Removal, spot where grandson Adam was playing cricket We also had our usual inter-club competitions for Everton. the results are as follows: • Verruca Treatment, After seeing several empty green patches, we Pairs Trophy Tom Aris/Kevan • Diabetic Foot Care. spotted one with white dots, and Adam later Latimer said he’d seen our ‘copter in his text reply to Plate Trophy Robin Jaques For an appointment call Nancy’s one-upwomanship text to him. We flew at up to 120mph at believe approx. 2000ft. Open Singles Trop Tom Aris 01777 7100000 Visibility was good but with cloud cover and we Jean Whittington Trophy Pauline Harris managed to evade a few showers to maintain We would like to thank the Metcalfe Recreation good viewing. Committee and also the groundsman for his Thanks again for a great experience. hard work this season. If anyone is interested in joining we usually have our A.G.M. in March details of which will be in Heds, or you can get in touch with me direct (my telephone From your PCO number is in HEDS) or any member of the I have been having issues with my works bowls club. mobile as such I will now be reachable on the However, I would like to finish on a sad note following number, apologies if any of you may and that is to say we had our last day of For all your Plumbing and Heating Services have tried to contact me recently on the old bowling ruined as we have had our green number and haven’t had a response • Gas and Oil Specialist vandalised. The benches that we have around • Breakdowns My new number is 07825 104680 the green had been thrown on and had left • Servicing Please be advised that all incidents MUST be deep imprints also someone had been walking reported through to the control room via the what looks like on their heels leaving gorges • Replacement Boilers 101 or 999 system as I can’t record incidents in the middle of the green. It seems such a • Safety Certificates and crimes on your behalf shame as we have never had any trouble like You may also find it useful if you use social this before. • Central Heating Systems Pauline Harris Email: [email protected] media to add Notts police on your facebook, Penryn East Bassetlaw and Rural page do post good Tel: 01777 817888 Leys Lane new stories and appeals. Mobile: 07973 697271 Steph Jones PCSO 8185 POLICE STATION

14 15 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS Everton Parish Distributors of GARAGE SERVICES Neighbourhood Plan Heds Unipart Car Care Centre October Update A very special thank you to all the people listed below for ensuring that HEDS is We are a local independent garage serving Doncaster and By the time you receive this edition of HEDS the drop in session advertised in last delivered to you. the surrounding area month’s edition and on the Parish website Long Meadows - Joy Bacon • FREE Collection and delivery service (www.evertonvillage.org.uk) at the Village Church Street - Mick Boulby Hall on Saturday 24th September will have • Tyres, Batteries, Exhausts, Clutch, Cambelts Church Lane - Anne Hufton been held. At the session there was an • MOT’s Free Retest opportunity to look at an Issues and Options Ferry Lane & Chapel Lane - Steve Belshaw • Low cost Servicing document drawn from the responses to the Pine Close - Ann Hickman • Code Reading and Diagnostic Equipment Neighbourhood Plan Questionnaire. This Carr View - Pearl Cook document included draft policies put forward High Street - Lin Leighton • All types of Accident Repairs Undertaken for consultation as part of the next stage of • Special Rates for OAP’s the process in the development of the plan. Windy Ridge - Chris Mahoney Members of the Steering Group were there to Roe Lane - John & Chris Dunn J&S AUTOMEK LTD answer questions and note comments. Brewery Lane & Old Post Office Street - Mollie Call Jim on 07759 777580 or 01302 719036 The Issues and Options document will be Hall posted on the Parish website in October. Croft Way, Croft Farm Close, Gainsborough Further responses to the consultation can be Road and Drakeholes - Tony Ballarini made to Ann Ballarini, Chair of the Steering Scaftworth - David Boyne Group, at [email protected] before 31st October. Harwell - John Ray Cheeky Monkeys Some parishioners may not have or use Mattersey Road - Pauline Harris Internet access. Unfortunately, the analysis Bawtry Road North (West of High Street) - of the questionnaire is over 40 pages and Nigel Clark Play Group the Issues and Options document is of a Bawtry Road South (West of Mattersey Road) similar length. This makes printing and - Val Kirby distribution to each household in the parish Sluice Lane - Julia Smith at Everton Village Hall prohibitive. So, we intend giving parishioners Fridays 9.00am - 11.00am a further opportunity to view the documents Advertisers and Sponsors - Tony Hercock. (during term time) and comment between 6-7 p.m. at the Blacksmith’s Arms on Wednesday, October Children 0 - 5 years 12th, prior to our next Steering Group £2 per child meeting. £1 for under 5’s or extra child Also a copy will be available to read in Holy Trinity Church and Manor House Nurseries Healthy snack provided for the children Cafe (Everton Nurseries, Gainsborough Road). Hot drinks and biscuits for the adults Ann Ballarini Chair, Everton Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group • Toys for all ages including Baby Corner • Craft Activities • Music & Singing

16 17 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS Roman chariots in space be familiar with 2, namely The Great Wall Tony’s Topics A far-fetched headline? Well no, there is a of China and The Pentagon. The least Continuing from last month`s theme, we link so stick with me. well known is the Romanian Parliament. boldly go where no man has gone before Roman chariot designers worked on Built at the behest of Nicolae Ceausescu EVERTON W.I. ! Or simply put, space the final frontier multiples of a unit equivalent to the width it is the largest and heaviest civilian but in this case more like, WHAT PLANET administrative building in the world. The of a horse’s backside. A 2 horse chariot MONDAY 17TH OCTOBER ARE THEY ON? therefore had a specific axle width which Pentagon falls out of this bracket as it is Parking ticket from outer space gave the chariot its optimum stability. a Military establishment. VILLAGE HALL - 7.30 P.M. This story concerns a legally enforceable Consequently, the 2 horse bum width Originally conceived and built to notice issued by a Metropolitan Authority. evolved into something of a standard accommodate 1100 rooms. Its FIT & HEALTH Some may argue it was a parking ticket, unit. The optimum for this standard was extravagant construction included 1 others may contend that it was a ticket 4 feet 8.5 inches. million cubic meters of marble and with Liz Clews for littering. However, legal opinions We now warp forward to the late 220,000 square meters of carpet. Now aside, here are the facts. 20th century and to the design and 70% of the building is unoccupied yet it New members and guests welcome sill cost £6 million a year to heat. Ann Hickman 818993 A $400 fine was formally presented by an construction of the Space Shuttle. official of the town of Esperence, Western Vital to the successful launch of the The palace is currently valued at £4 Australia to NASA Representatives who Shuttle were the 2 Solid Rocket Boosters billion and remains in State ownership, came to Australia to collect debris from (SRBs) strapped to the side of the mother heavily subsidised indirectly by the EU. In the doomed Skylab project. The space vehicle. The SRBs were constructed by 1990 there was one prospective buyer, a station had ceased to be a viable vehicle Thiokol at their factory in Utah. Engineers Mr Rupert Murdoch. However, his bid of Villages Together £1.3 billion was rejected. and was left in an ever decaying orbit. had favoured a fatter design than the 1.45pm Mattersey Eventually it broke up on re-entry with final specification but 4 feet 8.5 inches it So Nicolae Ceausecu’s legacy lives on most of the components falling into had to be! and it is yet another monument to a Village Hall the Indian Ocean. However, numerous failed politician (Communist Dictator First Why? Well, the rockets had to be 4th Oct - Visit to sizeable chunks rained down on the transported by rail, through a narrow Class)! WHAT PLANET WAS HE ON? remote Australian town, some 320 miles tunnel which was only slightly wider Oil syndicate Gainsborough Old Hall west of Perth. The project had cost a than the railway track. Therefore the To more mundane matters, the next 18th Oct - Alwyn Varley staggering £1.4 billion but the trifling limiting dimension was the ancient order will go in on Monday 10 October. My life with horses $400 was left unpaid for 3 decades. roman standard (and railway) of 2 Followed 5 weeks later by Monday 14 Finally, a Californian radio station did horses backsides and that is how Roman November. the only honourable thing and cleared Chariots got into space. December`s order will be on Monday the Further information - the debt (less interest of course). In Can be seen from the moon 12th. This should give breathing space Sue Hughes 01777 818880 recognition of this act of decency, the There are 3 buildings on Earth that can before the Christmas rush. town of Esperence granted all DJ’s of the be seen from the Moon. Most of you will station the Keys of the City. Tony Richardson

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20 21 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS a ledge or shelf about ten inches deep had So you are back been formed as far as we could see. And on the shelf, almost as if they had been Everton Village home after your placed by human hand, were shoes and boots! Yes footwear, pairs of every kind of Community Coffee ladies and gentlemen’s and wellies…. It was holidays…. as if the sea had flooded a shoe shop and the We trust you had a good time. Do you have a goods had been placed for inspection as the holiday story to tell? How you lost the car keys Orchard Morning tide went out. half way up a mountain or caught the ferry Years 3 and 4 had a great afternoon Please do not forget the VIlage Coffee with seconds to spare, or all your luggage was I thought at first a ship carrying them had working with Chris Campbell of Campbell Morning which is the second Monday of the put on the plane to Timbuctou? There will be been wrecked, the crate burst open and its Designs, Mattersey, designing plaques to be month at Manor Nurseries. something dramatic, fortunate, scary, some contents neatly lined up by unseen hands cast in metal and incorporated into the lovely Everyone is welcome - just turn up. unseen hands. But no. gazebo/ seating area Chris is planning to extraordinary coincidence worth telling? The next one is on Monday 10 October, build in the heritage orchard area. HEDS invites you to write this story and submit These were not old boots; they were hardly 11.00 a.m. onwards. it for our consideration - no guarantee we’ll worn except by the exposure to the elements. I’ve just has another look through Alan publish but try to keep it as short as you can How had they got there, who would want to Berry’s documents and it was Mr John without losing interest. do this miles from the road, miles from an Barnes, ex-head teacher of Everton Primary footpath, if it was a footpath. School who kept bees in the orchard. “He Here’s a holiday story from Alan Berry just to was one of the youngest headmasters in start the ball rolling. We told our landlady.; I don’t think she believed us the county. Under his guidance, gardening We rented a cottage in the northern end of and rural studies flourished. The school I remain to this day totally flummoxed. Skye. It was, of course, lonely and remote, had its own greenhouse; children kept bees There was no explanation. Was it a joke, an there were very few staying in that part, no and rabbits; the headmaster organised elaborate expensive joke done in stealth and caravans, no campers, hardly any walkers. night school for young farmers and local serving no purpose? We found good spot to sit, then began to farmers lent their equipment for lessons and explore the rocks and pools. After a little while All the footwear was at shoulder height and all discussions.” the toes pointed outward. I realised there was something extraordinary, Thank you Alan for that – we are making Everton curious and utterly unexpected about the Verna will confirm all this and I should add we slow progress towards getting your life’s work cliff. The strata was horizontal, worn evenly had not visited the Island’s famous distillery. digitised, catalogued and archived but we Garden by centuries of pounding by the waves, so that Alan Berry will get there soon! The orchard is providing a real impetus. Holders Our Apple Day plans are developing well and Parish Party we have also fixed dates for two community Monday 10th October sessions with Clifford Cain, fruit adviser 7.30pm Village Hall to the RHS, who will deliver two two-hour Dinner evening sessions on 6th and 13th October. We’re coming round to that time of year once 6.30 – 8.30 in school. Garden Holders’ again and am pleased to say that the Parish Party Dinner will be held on Thursday 24h Details to be advised on posters and on Supper November in the Village Hall. If you are new to the school and village websites. Please put those dates in your diaries and contact Sue Details from Val 816840 the village or recently matured, i.e. 70 or over, Ann - 818993 please contact Anne Hufton on 818480 to 01777 818880 / 07921 132889 or Bev receive an invitation. 01777816661 if you’d like to come. Visitors and new members welcome Anne Hufton Sue Hughes Secretary - Val Kirkby 816840

22 23 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS judges required to run the actual 3-day Event. Cross-country day was a very early start with Imagine our surprise when we got back to people in place from 6.30 am onwards; and Deodoro to find that all the original people anticipation building as 11am loomed and the had been transferred elsewhere and we had first horse was due on course. Once again, to start again! This time, there were more the course looked to be true test of horse and officials with many years of experience to help rider and with most fences being different to shape the teams and all of us who had been the test event it was sure to be challenging. in 2015, at least knew what to expect and People soon settled into their roles and were where things would be sited. Officials came tested almost immediately as horses 6, 7 & 8 from all over the world, many at their own fell on course - the systems worked and there expense, as did the volunteers. Our sports were no real injuries thankfully. Chaperones rely so heavily on volunteers who are willing to escorted horses and riders off the course give both time and money in order to help the and safely back to the shade of the cooling sports take place. areas and stables. Some eliminations were Again, intensive training was undertaken with contested and the Ground Jury were tested all of us working from 5am to around 10pm watching the play-back of the riders round each day. Sun, mosquitos and the heavy via the latest ‘hawk-eye’ technology to check military presence all impeded us at various judging decisions but the volunteers had times but at least we felt safe. Interestingly, done their jobs really well and, on the whole, decisions stood. 4 knew eventing and 3 had operated a radio the numbers of volunteers varied each day so Road to RIO 2016 so it became an interesting task. Olympic it was a lottery as to how many people would Sadly for Team GB, their cross-country be on each ‘team’ so all volunteers became rounds were not good enough to put them in In 2015 we were invited to help with the language is always English but only 10 spoke adept at picking up extra work and doing all medal contention but an exciting finale was Equestrian Test Event in Rio de Janeiro. english so we had to work with translators available jobs. anticipated between France, Germany, New Our official roles were as National Technical which intensified any gaps in knowledge. Zealand and Australia; with France winning Officials with, as then, unspecific duties. The Eventually, overcoming language barriers The volunteers were mostly South American, the gold medal. Our job, however, was done aim was to train a core of volunteers to be and a certain amount of reluctance everyone with a handful of people from the UK; all apart from the final debrief so following that able to run a successful test event and then worked together to move towards test day very willing and excited about their roles. The we were free to watch a few other sports carry those skills over to the actual 3 Day - with real horses and riders as opposed to whole cross-country course and work area that were in Deodoro - namely the rugby Event in August 2016. We would be based at quad bikes and buggies. The course looked became a sea of green and yellow as the sevens and field hockey - all very exciting to Deodoro military base about an hour’s drive magnificent; it had been built by the Willis volunteers in their uniforms scurried around. watch, and involving Team GB. We also took from downtown Rio. brothers from England, with assistance from Competitors arrived quite early and the bus to the Olympic Arenas at Barra; and 2 American and 1 Brazilian course builders. excitement rose as the horses arrived Training plans duly made, the tickets and some managed to go touristing to Sugar Loaf The competitors had done dressage the day following their long journeys from around accreditation arrived and off we went. There Mountain and Christ the Redeemer. were to be four NTO’s and various other before and were eager to complete the testing the globe. It’s difficult to convey just how big After saying our goodbyes to our teams officials; all concerned with the correct and cross-country course before the sun became the whole operation is - doctors; vets; riders; and fellow officials we came home to watch safe running of the event. (A test event is too unbearable.All horses completed the grooms; officials; volunteers; catering crews coverage of the games on TV - no mosquitos, run under exactly the same conditions as course, testing the systems and the judges - all needing accommodation, feeding and stray bullets or chaos for sure, but much less the actual competition, and only Brazilian we had in place. No major incidents, a couple work space. Despite the lack of a common exciting! It has been an honour to work at two horses could compete because of quarantine of refusals and all equipment worked well - language, hard working translators made Olympic Games; 2012 and 2016 and we do conditions) success! our jobs considerably easier and helped us pick up some Portuguese words too. The consider ourselves to be very lucky - 40 years Work started as soon as we arrived - no room We all learned valuable lessons and looked atmosphere was always a happy and excited experience has culminated in a great reward! for jet lag - and our first job was to meet the forward to renewing friendships and meeting one, with an air of confidence that the event volunteers (all military). We had hoped that our volunteers in 2016. Nigel & Jane Clark would take place in a safe and controlled people would have some level of knowledge of 2016 came and we were invited back to manner. equestrian events but out of 79 people, only help train the increased numbers of fence

24 25 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS DECORATORS Two shillings EVERTON FLETCHER & SONS a week, four VILLAGE Professional Decorators of Distinction Established Family Business pounds of bread PLAYERS Father & Sons Old Richard Raynes had lived on Parish relief • Interior & Exterior as long as anyone could remember. Two shillings a week and four loaves of bread I Thought I • Paper Hanging Specialists were all his lot but he never complained. • Domestic & Commercial John Bower, the Relieving Officer, would come Heard A Rustling over from the Retford Union Workhouse and • Insurance Claims undertaken A strikingly good play try to persuade the old man that it would • Over 30 years Experience, all be best if he joined the 60 other inmates comes to Everton work guaranteed. in similar circumstances, but Raynes What do you do when the Local Council always said no. “I said he would be more is threatening to close down your much Mob: 07713 484728 comfortable there” said Mr Bower. loved public library? You take strike action – that’s what you do. And in Alan Plater’s or 07901 878817 But Raynes doggedly refused to go. He “I Thought I Heard a Rustling” an unlikely Tel: 01302 783666 preferred his cramped and insanitary hovel trio find themselves on the picket line as Recommendations from respectable in one of the yards in Everton to the rigid they attempt to persuade a group of rather residents available disciplines of the Workhouse. In Everton he ineffectual Councillors that they need to had been born and in Everton, where he stay open. could be visited by his niece, Eliza, he would die. With the perfect comic script, we see Ellen the dedicated librarian, teaming up with Eliza did his washing. Eliza brought him the ex-miner Bill, a poet who is actually no poet occasional treat. Be it ever so humble, at all! And Nutley an aspiring writer with no it was home. idea of how to write a book. Death came suddenly, as he lay in his bed, Unfortunately the planned strike isn’t having one night in 1872. There was no one with much effect mainly because they forgot to INSTALLATIONS, PLUMBING, him. They found him in his tiny room next day. tell anyone they were going on strike. And as One of the loaves, and his last two shillings, SERVICE & REPAIR Ellen says “ We sent away for some donkey given him a week earlier, lay on the table. The jackets and a riot squad, but they quoted 10 facts in this little story appear my “All Poor days for delivery”. No call out charges • Gas Safe Registered • All Aspects of Plumbing Men” and are from Everton Parish records Will they succeed in keeping Ellen’s beloved Free Quotes • Boiler Installation Expert • No Job Too Big or Small in the County Archives. Historically it was the monasteries which cared for the poor, sick library open? You can find out by coming to 24 hour Emergency • Boiler Service & Repairs • Power Flushing/Sustems see this hilarious comedy performed by the Cleaned and destitute but when they were “dissolved” Call Out • Bathrooms Fully Fitted the Church took over and administered Poor Everton Village Players from 26th – 29th Reliable Small Family • Radiators Supplied & • Grants for Over 60’s Law, two Village laymen being chosen to October. Tickets are now on sale, by calling Run Business Fitted work within a union of parishes. The dreaded the Box Office on 01777 817395. And why All enquiries please call Mitchell on workhouse was the last resort. not ask about our special pre-theatre meal at The Sun Inn. Mobile: 07725 009741 Home: 01427 881175 Alan Berry Email: [email protected]

26 27 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS better, which could clearly be heard in It’s what Goodbye Everton Gringley, we’ll never know. makes The best laid plans….. after 18 years, we have •The patience of many for putting up with had to leave Everton in more of a hurry than three blokes having their musical midlife you we expected (but not running away from the crisis across 10 years, aided and abetted by unique bailiffs or after any unfortunate incidents). a few younger talents, aka The Dave Parkes Having decided to downsize, the sale of our Five. We just needed a better getaway driver. house went through more quickly than we •Friday nights in 2008 and 2009 in The Sun Business cards expected and a long holiday in the meantime with Colin Karaoke: please forgive “Everton’s designed and meant we did not get to say goodbye to own Mr Brightside”. printed to make everyone we would have liked to. So this is •All the brave souls who braved the atrocious you stand out by way of a goodbye to all the good friends, weather to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee from the crowd. neighbours and nodding acquaintances we under a dazzling array of tents and gazebos Call now… have made in the village since we arrived in in the pouring rain on the playground, to the 1998: we’ll try not to name names (you know mellifluous strains of the Dinington Brass t: 01777 816784 m: 07858 207756 who you are) for fear of missing someone out Band, who got absolutely soaked. McGUIGANDESIGN e: [email protected] in our haste. • Our first caller about an hour after we Some specific memories we will be taking moved in: a lady of a certain age who was away with us….. “looking for young men”. Turns out she was •A few of the many French exchange trips to casting for a production of Macbeth. David Wright Pet Micro and from Bouy in our early years here: the We’re only going to Leeds so will be back from kids acquired the taste for champagne at Chip time to time. Dog Grooming Service an early age and a later highlight was the Springwell House, Chapel Lane two French coach drivers joining a certain Special thanks to all our neighbours for their Everton, Doncaster DN10 5BH local band on stage for a storming version of help and support in oh so many ways. And to YMCA after discovering an English delicacy all the dog-walkers, pedestrians, gardeners, Fully insured for your pet not available in France (Smirnoff Ice). cyclists, drinkers and other passers by, to Tel: 01777 816073 fellow Village Players, book club members, All breeds groomed to a •The long summer of 2005 when a group Councillors and Neighbour Plan members, high standard of like-minded souls managed to hold Mob: 07778 554123 who have always had a few minutes to stop more than 50 barbecues. Also several Email: [email protected] and chat, thanks for everything and we huge garden parties out of all proportion hope you make the new owners every bit as To be the best dressed dog in town to the size of the village: how we never welcome. Thanks, Everton. got complaints about the highly amplified • Wash & Shampoo • Nail Clipping Charlie and Anne Stephens (and Rachel version of Eskimo Nell by two pillars of the • Ear Cleaning • Hand Stripping and Tom), Croft Way local community who should have known

28 29 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS “Frozen”– special family screening – The Sun Inn comes to Retford Free House FROZEN – the Sing Along Version everyone’s favourite family film is coming to The Screen at Gainsborough Road, Everton DN10 5BW Retford Little Theatre. This special screening SING-A-LONG will be shown during October Half Term on Sunday 30th October at 2.30 pm. A warm welcome awaits you at the Sun Inn. Sit back and relax SUNDAY Tickets are £5. 2:30PM 30 OCTOBER in front of one of our open fires. We are a traditional family A spokesperson for the Screen said, “We friendly pub with a fantastic home cooked menu and our ever promised extra films for families and this is our changing special board! first offer. Please support us. The more of you that support us, the more films we can show.” 3 Real Ales on every day from £2.50 Tickets can be prebooked by emailing [email protected] or calling the special hotline which opens on 20th October, on £5 PER PERSON 07504 717931. TICKETS CAN BE BOOKED FROM 20TH OCTOBER - Food Served - - Quiz Nights - Tel: 07504 717931 or Email: [email protected] Tuesday to Saturday every Tuesday 8.30 pm 12.00 noon to 9.00 pm With your host DDD Dave Sunday 12.00 noon to 8.00 pm £1 entry - Free Supper Cash Snowball to be won! John Mann Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw Deals for you and every Friday Tuesday all day 2 meals for £12 With your host Jeanette If you would like to contact me or make an appointment for one of Wednesday Steak Night £1 entry - Free Supper, Cash my surgeries, regarding any matters in which I may be of assistance, 2 meals £19.95 Snowball please do not hesitate to get in touch. Friday all day 2 Fish and Chips £15 Sunday Lunch from £8.95 Tel: 01909 506200 Fax: 01909 532447 In a hurry? Ring and pre-order your food to take away! Email: [email protected] We look forward to seeing you all soon! Postal address: 68A Carlton Road, Worksop, Notts S80 1PH Tel: 01777 817260 or visit my webpage: www.johnmannp.co.uk

30 31 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS The Blacksmith’s Arms steve stanton Raymond Harrison LAWNMOWERS for your fresh fruit and veg and farm fresh eggs Open Mic Night for all your lawnmower and garden machinery needs 1st Tuesday of every month. Hosted by Jack of Harps •SALES •SPARES Everyone welcome •SERVICING •REPAIRS Come along and show your talent Free collection and delivery Be here by 7.00 pm to join in the evenings events Lawnwood Farm, 01427 810945 Harwell We look forward to seeing YOU www.stevestantonlawnmowers.co.uk Open 8am to 6pm Established 1989 Phone: 01777 817281 Tel: 01777 817548

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32 33 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS The MISSING CAT Nature Watch Large, slim built tabby and white neutered Christine Walkden says that green fingers do exist (hormones “leak” when you are sticking male. Tip of left ear missing, short haired and Blacksmith’s your fingers in the soil for cuttings!). They can long tail. Very nervous. Answers to the name be a curse if you’re short of space and can’t Arms “Put a spring back of H or Horatio. bring yourself to discard plants you’ve no room into your step” for. Last seen Long Meadows 4th April 2016. Has Village Hall People do sometimes take stuff out of buckets gone missing before. etc left at the end of the overgrown “drive” and Tuesdays If you have any information please contact:- I’m not ashamed to waylay unwary passersbys with “Have you any room for….?” Now taking 7.30pm - 8.30pm Suzanne 07808613915 and leave a voicemail If you have spaces to fill, please come round if I am unable to answer, thank you. Christmas the back of Midwinter and talk to me! Everton Village Hall Birds don’t help much, chucking seeds out of bookings. Wednesdays feeders so that grows too. From the Parish Families of birds just now. Eight long tailed tit Menus available 7.30pm - 8.30pm fledglings and at least seven gold finches. No Registers red faces at this stage but the gold wings are shortly Baptism Arlen Bjorg on 11 September really bright. 2016 Hula Hoop class I’ve not seen the thrush who broke open a Everton Village Hall Marriage Robert William David GOODALL snail, hammering it on the path, again recently. and Amie Louise RIGBY There are a few blackbirds, mostly young and a New menus produced by Wednesdays on 11 September 2016 lot of cock sparrows, hardly any hens. our new Executive Chef 6.30pm - 7.30pm There’s plenty of cover and none of the visiting cats seem to get lucky, thank goodness, and Kai Fleetwood Phone Sharron 07810 833526 seed and nut feeders are really popular. Blue Macmilllan tits are obviously taking aphids too, and most Zumba is an effective, easy birds are so used to me washing up inside the to follow, latin inspired, Coffee kitchen, I get a good look. calorie burning dance fitness An enormous thank you to everyone who There is still a toad living here, I’ve not see it Special events taking place workout. supported our Macmillan event. recently but the window cleaners have! Christmas Eve, You helped us to raise the fantastic amount Mollie Hall Christmas Day, Beginners always welcome. of £520 on the day Boxing Day Thank you so much and New Year Judith Miller, Christine, Sophie and Katie Poppy Appeal Thank you to all who came to the Poppy Tea and signed up to do slots in the supermarkets. We look forward to seeing YOU If you missed the tea and will help, please ring me. Also if you have not helped before but Phone: 01777 817281 could do so, I would be delighted to hear from you. Ann Hickman

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Gift Vouchers are Available Sunday 30th October Diane on 07768 267694 Get into the spirit of Halloween 01777 817639 [email protected] at The Blacksmith’s Lots of scary fun! Discounted Accommodation AWARD WINNING FRESH JERSEY MILK Rates for Village Residents FOR SALE Tom and Claire have a milk vending machine where you Open 7 days a week for can buy your fresh delicious Jersey milk, produced from Drinks and Fabulous Food their very own herd of Jersey cows. This is situated in an outbuilding at the King William Inn, Scaftworth, DN10 6BL, which is less than a mile from Bawtry. New Children’s Menu available Our milk has recently won the Channel Island Milk competition at the Great Yorkshire Show 2016 and then One child eats free with one adult eating from went on to win Best Overall Liquid Milk. We are open 7 days a week from 7.30am to 10.00pm the Main Course Menu ZERO FOOD MILES For more information please visit manorfarmjerseys.co.uk or follow us on Let us entertain YOU facebook or twitter @manorfarmjersey Phone: 01777 817281

36 37 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth HEDS Bassetlaw Community Minibus Bassetlaw Community Car Day Trips Scheme Plus Useful phone numbers Our minibus is fully wheelchair accessible and If you want to get out and about but have difficulty BASSETLAW HOSPITAL Main Switchboard 01909 500990 picks up from your home across Bassetlaw. Prices using public transport, then Car Scheme Plus could BELL RINGERS Christine Dunn 818732 shown are per person. All information is correct at be the answer. A Peugeot Expert vehicle has been time of issue but is subject to change as our trips fully adapted for wheelchair users and offers a door BLUE SKIES (Community Orchard) Sue Hughes 818880 do book up quickly. For bookings or information to door service for people of all ages. BOWLS Pauline Harris 817375 please contact Bassetlaw Action Centre on 01777 The vehicle is also fitted with a Turney Seat that 709650, email [email protected] or comes right out of the car enabling the passenger BROWNIES Tracey Sullivan 818280/07933 525503 visit www.bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk to sit on and be lifted into the vehicle, this is CHURCH WARDEN John Dunn 818732 September 2016 particularly useful for people with limited mobility. CRICKET Chris Wood 07903 816479/707644 We can arrange transport for most purposes Downtown, Grantham - £15.00 - Wednesday 7th COUNTY COUNCILLOR Liz Yates 860219 September 2016 including shopping, access to local services or support groups, GP appointments and visiting DISTRICT COUNCILLOR Annette Simpson 01427 848844 Dukeries Garden Centre including Welbeck Farm friends or family. Shop, Harley Gallery and Portland Gallery which are DONCASTER ROYAL INFIRMARY Main Switchboard 01302 366666 all on site - £9.00 - Tuesday 13th September 2016 Membership and journey charges apply. For more information please contact Bassetlaw Action Centre EVERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL Office 817350 Yorkshire Wildlife Park (price does not include admission) - £11.00 - Wednesday 21st September on 01777 709650, FLY TIPPING REPORTING BDC 01909 533172 2016 email [email protected] GARDEN HOLDERS Val Kirby 816840 Crystal Peaks Shopping Centre, near - or visit www.bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk £11.00 - Wednesday 28th September 2016 HEDS Ann Hickman 818993 JOHN COUPLAND HOSPITAL Gainsborough Minor Injuries 01437 816500 October 2016 Bassetlaw Action Centre - Gainsborough - Marshalls Yard & Market Day - Volunteering Opportunities MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT John Mann 01909 506200 £10.00 - Tuesday 4th October 2016 METCALFE RECREATION COMMITTEE Richard Scott, Secretary 817352 Lincoln - £11.50 - Wednesday 12th October 2016 Bassetlaw Action Centre has a range of volunteering opportunities available across Bassetlaw. METCALFE TRUST Roger Eyre, Secretary 818530 Please contact us on 01777 709650, email NEWSPAPERS Mattersey Post Office 817231 Bassetlaw Community Car [email protected] or visit our OIL SYNDICATE Tony Richardson 817617 Scheme website for more information PARISH COUNCIL David Bardsley, Chair 818833 If you are unable to make your journey by public www.bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk transport or none is available, perhaps the • Befriender PLAYGROUP Tonia Evers 816241 Bassetlaw Community Car Scheme Volunteer • Driver - Car Scheme POLICE Worksop 01909 500999 Drivers could help. • Driver - Minibus All clients must register with the scheme and POLICE - Steph Jones PCSO 8185 Harworth Police Station 07825 104680 • Driver - Accessible MPV become a member. Full membership is £20 per POST OFFICE Mattersey 817231 • Staying Well Programme Tutors annum. Monthly membership is £5 and will allow PTA Tonia Evers 816241 you to use the scheme on a temporary basis for 1 • Administration Volunteers month. RAINBOWS Rachel Addyu 07765 881523 Carers membership is free of charge and is for SNOOKER/TABLE TENNIS Mick Boulby 817761 people who need to accompany another member of the scheme. SPORT & SOCIAL COMMITTEE Ann Hickman 818993 The cost of each journey is 30p per mile for every Copy Date TENNIS Mick Boulby 817761 mile the driver travels. There is a booking fee of £1 Due to changes in HEDS production, can VILLAGE HALL Mick Boulby, Bookings 817761 which is added to the cost of all journeys. you please note that all advertising copy VILLAGE PLAYERS Jane Bardsley 818833 For more information please contact Bassetlaw needs to be with Tony and Ann by the 14th Action Centre on 01777 709650, email VILLAGES TOGETHER Sue Hughes 818880 [email protected] or visit www. of the month WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Ann Hickman 818993 bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk Editorial Team If you wish to be inserted in our local contact list then contact us: email: [email protected] // telephone: 01777 818180

38 39 Harwell // Everton // Drakeholes // Scaftworth October 2016 November and on… 14th Nov - Oil Order Due Weekly Meetings - All Village Hall unless 24th Nov - BParochial Party otherwise notated 12th Dec - Oil Order Due Monday Brownies/Rainbow Tuesday Bread Van HEDS Editorial Team Patch & Quilt Ann Hickman - Editor Wednesday Fish Van, Zumba [email protected] 01777 818993 Village Plan, Sun Inn 7.00pm Tony Hercock - Treasurer Thursday Table Tennis [email protected] 01777 818180 Friday Cheeky Monkeys, Youth Club Ann Hercock - Advertising [email protected] 01777 818180 3rd PARISH COUNCIL - 7.15 p.m. VH Nigel Clark - Distribution 4th VILLAGES TOGETHER - 1.45pm [email protected] 01777 817878 Mattersey Church Hall - see ad Mollie Hall 01777 817275 6th APPLE DAY TALK School 6.30 - see article HEDS Together 9th HOLY TRINITY - 11.15am Advertising Rates Family Servicee/Harvest Inside Pages Followed by Bring & Share Lunch Full Page £12.00 per month in Church Half Page £ 6.00 per month 10th VILLAGE COFFEE MORNING 1/4 Page £ 4.00 per month 11.00 am Manor Farm 1/8 Page £ 3.00 per month Nurseries Front Cover 1/2 page £16.00 per month GARDEN HOLDERS - 7.30pm VH (Front Cover advert limited to 2 months in any 12 month period) As at present, advertisers paying annually in advance will only pay OIL ORDER DUE for 10 months advertising. 13th APPLE DAY TALK School To advertise contact: 6.30 - see article [email protected] 14th HEDS copy date tel: 01777 818180 16th HOLY TRINITY 1800 hours Print quality of advertisements Although we always try to ensure that our advertisements are Holy Communion well presented, unfortunately from time to time, some of our advertisements may be a little faint and lacking definition or clarity. 17th W.I. - 7.30pm VH - see advert This is because the printing process we have to use to produce HEDS Together works better where the original document is solely in black 18th VILLAGES TOGETHER - 1.45pm and white and with no background colouring. It would greatly assist the editorial team if, when submitting Mattersey Church Hall - see ad advertisements for publication, advertisers are able to use black and white with limited use of background wherever possible. 21st APPLE DAY - School May we thank you for continuing to support HEDS Together and should you need any assistance we will be only too pleased to help. 3.30 - 5.30 p.m. - see advert The Editorial Team 23rd HOLY TRINITY 11.15am Disclaimer & Copyright The views expressed within this newsletter DO NOT necessarily reflect the views Holy Communion of the Editorial Panel. We make every effort and take great care in the assembly and production of this newsletter. However, we accept no responsibility for matters or disputes arising as a result of errors, printing errors, stories, features or advertisements which appear in this publication. Submitted articles, pictures and advertisements are accepted on the understanding that the contents are true and accurate and that the contributor owns the copyright or has cleared the material for use and that HEDS Together has permission to publish all or part of that submitted material. 40