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BRADFIELD VILLAGE NEWSLETTER View from High Bradfield BRADFIELD, IN THE PEAK NATIONAL PARK 44 VILLAGE HALL EVENTS PROGRAMME CHECK Sat 11th November 3.00 pm : Bradflix 7.30 pm : Bradfield Dance Big Band Night Sat 11th November (see page 5) 9-3 pm : Farmers Market Sat 18th November 7.00 pm : Bradflix 3.00 pm : Bradflix Sat 9th December 7.30 pm : Dance Night with Jane Atkinson TRADITIONAL CAROLS Fri 15th December (see page 20) 9-3 pm : Farmers Market Sat 16th December 7.00 pm : Bradflix LOCAL CAROLS with Malcolm Nunn Mon 18th December (see page 20) PANTOMIME (Oh, yes it is !!) Sat 6th January ALADDIN 1.00 pm (See page 3) 3.00 pm : Bradflix Sat 13th January 7.30 pm : Dance Night with Jane Atkinson 9-3 pm : Farmers Market Sat 20th January 7.00 pm Bradflix 3.00 pm : Bradflix Sat 10th February 7.30 Dance Night with Jane Atkinson 9-3 pm : Farmers Market Sat 17th February 7.00 pm : Bradflix 2 43 GROUPS THAT MEET REGULARLY IN THE VILLAGE HALL YOGA:: 10.00 a.m. Contact: Grace 285 1271 BRADFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY: First Monday: 7.30 p.m. Contact: Malcolm Nunn 233 7463 RHYTHM & RHYME: 9.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. (Parents and Toddlers) Contact: Amanda Cheetham 286 2981 TAI CHI: 6.30 p.m.— 7.45 p.m. Contact: Grace 285 1271 BADMINTON: 7.30 p.m.: Contact: Mark 285 1227 MOTHER AND CHILD GROUP: 9 a.m. - 12 noon Contact: Lynn Denton 229 4786 DANCE LESSONS: Contact: Jane Atkinson 0114 285 1886 MUSIC BUGS: Family Bugs: 10.10—10.50 am : Baby Bugs: 11.10—11.50 am Contact: [email protected] FARMERS MARKETS: Third Saturday, 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. BRADFIELD DANCE: Second Saturday, 7.30 p.m., with Jane Atkinson 0114 285 1886 BRADFLIX: Second Saturday : Children at 3.00 p.m. Third Saturday : 7.00 p.m. (check certificate rating) (see page 12 and/or website for programme details) 42 3 Sun 21 Jan - Wadsley and Loxley Commoners, Work Day With thanks for the support of all our sponsors … (birch scrub removal) on the Common, 10am to 3pm, tools and Bradfield Brewery P.2 Laundry P.27 gloves provided, 2348425 Bradfield Parish Council — Loxley Silver Band P.19 Sun 11 Feb - Wadsley and Loxley Commoners, Work Day Bradfield Tennis Club — The Nags Head P.15 (birch scrub removal) on the Common, 10am to 3pm, tools and gloves provided, 2348425 Bradfield Village Hall P.5 The Old Horns P.44 Carpet Cleaning P.27 P & W Automobiles P.36 Sun 25 Feb - Wadsley and Loxley Commoners, Work Day (birch scrub removal) on the Common, 10am to 3pm, tools and Flask End & Post Office P.12 Padley Farm, B & B P.26 gloves provided, 2348425 Hollow Meadows P.34 PJN Roofing P.36 Home Instead P.34 The Plough P.32 Smithy Garage p.26 Sponsored barrel in field Low Bradfield Troughs, Hanging Basket Low Bradfield Please send notices and articles to The Editor, Mrs Evelyn Cauwood, 30 Chase Road, Loxley, Sheffield S6 6RA Tel: (0114) 234 3385 :: email: [email protected] Deadline for next Newsletter :: Saturday 17th February 2018 Bradfield Village Newsletter does not endorse comments made in articles or statements made by contributors and/or advertisers to the newsletter The Newsletter is printed by: Jenkinson Marshall Neepsend Lane, Tel: 0114 272 1311 Fax: 0114 276 6240 ** The composite picture on page 6 is by Brian Hodkinson from the Facebook group ―Pictures of Sheffield Old and New‖ ** 4 41 OTHER LOCAL EVENTS BRADFIELD VILLAGE HALL Website: www.bradfieldvillagehall.org.uk Sun 12 Nov - Wadsley and Loxley Commoners, Work Day (heather sowing) on the Common, meet at Long Lane at 10am to 12 noon, tools and gloves provided, 2348425 Sun 12 November - Friends of Wardsend Cemetery, Remembrance Service, meet at the end of Livesey Street near to Sheffield College, Hillsborough, S6 2ET. 07932846773 Thurs 16 Nov - Hillsborough and Owlerton Local History Group, ‘Woodhead Railway, Penistone to Sheffield, by Stephen Gay’, 7.45pm, Hillsborough Sports Arena, Hillsborough Park, free parking at the Arena, 2863017 Mon 20 Nov - Wadsley and Loxley Commoners, AGM, 7.30pm Sun 26 Nov - Wood Lane Countryside Centre, Wood Lane, Stannington, Christmas Fayre, 11am-5pm. Thurs 7 Dec - Hillsborough and Owlerton Local History Group, ‘Local Carols led by Malcolm Nunn’, 7.45pm, Hillsborough Sports Arena, Hillsborough Park, free parking at the Arena, 2863017 Sun 10 Dec - Wadsley and Loxley Commoners, Work Day (birch scrub removal) on the Common, 10am to 3pm, tools and gloves provided, 2348425 Sun 10 Dec - Friends of Wisewood and District, Christmas Celebration, 3.30-5.30pm, outside the RIVA Building and Wisewood Sports Centre, Carols, music, stalls, visit from Father Christmas, festive refreshments Mon 11 Dec - Wadsley and Loxley Commoners, Annual Carol Concert with Robin Garside and Humble Swain, Wadsley Church, admission £4, £3.50 for members ( includes mulled wine and mince pies), 7.30pm 40 5 ST. NICHOLAS’ CHURCH, [I have obviously had this stored for a number of years … ]: THE CREDIT CRISIS HAS HIT JAPAN BRADFIELD Sunday worship every week ‗Following the problems in the sub-prime lending market in America and the at 10.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. All welcome. run on Northern Rock in the UK, uncertainty has now hit Japan. In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up Founded 1109, rebuilt 1480. One of Sheffield’s few grade and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches. 1 listed buildings. Fully detailed printed guides, cards Yesterday, it was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely and postcards are available in the church go for a song while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived. Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that Sunday 5th November at 6.30 pm: All Souls Day there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff Memorial Service Choral Evensong, including an opportunity may get a raw deal.‘ to remember loved ones who have died. Technology: On a visit to my son and daughter in law, I asked if I could borrow a newspaper. ―This is the 21st century, old man‖ he said. ―We don‘t :: MONDAY & TUESDAY 6 & 7 NOVEMBER :: waste money on newspapers. Here you can borrow my iPad‖. PLOUGHMANS LUNCHES I can tell you … that fly never knew what hit it … ! at Bradfield Village Hall (see page 9) REMEMBRANCE “FLASK END” SUNDAY By Keith Willmot 12TH NOVEMBER Come to Bradfield and you‘ll see Remembrance People enjoying the company, Service In the Post Office, laughing and talking, Some before they go off walking ** p.4** at 10.30 a.m. A much nicer village than ‗Emmerdale‘ Rivers and streams flowing thru‘ the vale The beauty here will never end So call and see Heather at Flask End. Bacon Sarnies are a treat Tuesday 5th December at 7.30 pm: St Nicholas’ Day: When you call to rest your weary feet .Bradfield Handbell Group Sit and chat whilst you drink your tea Carols, mince pies and mulled wine. Enjoying everyone‘s company. Entry by ticket only 6 39 CHUCKLE CORNER DEAR MR MILKMAN A selection of messages that have cheered up, and perplexed, milkmen on their morning round: Sunday 17th December at 6.30pm Dear Milkman: I‘ve just had a baby, please leave another one. Nine Lessons and Carols by Please leave an extra pint of paralysed milk. Candlelight Cancel one pint after the day after today. Please don‘t leave any more milk. All they do is drink it. Milkman, please close the gate behind you because the birds keep pecking Christmas Eve at 4pm the tops off the milk. Christingle Service especially for Sorry not to have paid your bill before, but my wife had a baby and I‘ve families with young children been carrying it around in my pocket for weeks. From now on please leave two pints every other day and one pint on the days in between, except Wednesdays and Saturdays when I don‘t want Christmas Eve at 11.30pm any milk. Christmas Communion Sorry about yesterday‘s note, I didn‘t mean one egg and a dozen pints, but the other way round. Please leave no milk today. When I say today, I mean tomorrow, for I Christmas Day at 10.30am wrote this note yesterday. Christmas Communion Milkman, please put the coal on the boiler, let dog out and put newspaper inside the screen door. PS Don‘t leave any milk. My back door is open. Please put milk in fridge, get money out of cup drawer and leave change on kitchen table in pence, because we want to play bingo tonight. POINTS NOT TO PONDER Never test the water with both feet. If you lend someone £20 and never see that person again, it was probably For any enquiries concerning these events, worth it. baptisms, weddings or other matters, A closed mouth gathers no foot. please contact the Rector, the Revd Alan Isaacson: There are two theories on arguing with women: neither works. Never miss a chance to shut up. (0114) 285 1225 : [email protected] There is a fine line between hobby and insanity. www.achurchnearyou.com/bradfield-st-nicholas No matter what happens, someone will find a way to take it too seriously. www.facebook.com/stnicholas.bradfield If at first you don‘t succeed, skydiving is not for you.