Diary Dates for May Wellow Maypole Day Monday 29Th May 12 Noon to 5
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Thank you to those who have Punch and Judy, fairground sent in their bluebell photos. organ, stationary engines and Pictures of bluebells always Ollerton Town Drum Corps! raise my spirits and these are Much of the hard work in no exception. We obviously terms of planning has been have some accomplished done, but as ever we appeal for photographers in the village. your help and support in Diary dates for May We’ve reproduced the photos several ways: so you can choose your Bric-a-brac / books / plants / 1st: May Day Auction, Jubilee favourite and let us know. They tombola prizes – the month of Hall are numbered 1 to 9. Please May in Wellow is a good time 2nd: Maypole Court Bring and select your favourite, complete for a turn out! Please search Buy Coffee Morning, 10.30am, the return slip under the your cupboards for good Maypole Court Community photos and return to Di at High quality bric-a-brac, books, Centre Lawn Cottage by 20th May, for jigsaws, toys, CDs, etc. and 4th: County Council Elections your choice to be included in items for the tombola. (Please 8th: Oil Cooperative, 7pm, the judging. If you prefer, you remember – no clothes or Memorial Hall can email your choice to electrical equipment.) All these 10th: Book Club, 7.30pm, High [email protected] by may be brought to the Lawn Cottage the same date. Memorial Hall on Tuesdays 11th: Red Lion Quiz Night, Don’t forget you can access the between 5.30 and 7pm. Plants 7.30pm newsletter on the village can be accepted over the 13th: Cemetery Tidy, 10am website (www.wellow.me). weekend immediately before 17th: Ladies’ Circle, 7.30pm, Just ring Di for the password on Maypole Day. Memorial Hall 01623 861006. Raffle tickets and programmes 20th: Village Litter Pick, 10am, – will be available before the Bus Shelter Wellow Maypole Day big day, so please come over to 27th: Cemetery Tidy, 10am Monday 29th May the Memorial Hall when the 28th: Maypole Service, 6pm, St 12 noon to 5 pm children are practising in the Swithin’s Church week beforehand to purchase. 29th: Maypole Day, from Cakes – our homemade cake 11.30am stall is justly famous, all thanks to Wellow’s answer to ‘Bake Off’! We know that some Deadline for articles for June people come to our maypole issue is 20th May celebrations especially to purchase these delights! So we [email protected] Time flies and Maypole Day is are appealing again for your There are still a few unpaid almost here again! All the efforts in the kitchen, and if subscriptions outstanding. If children taking part, and you are a natural at scone you haven’t paid yet please let especially our May Queen Elect making – this is your us have your subscription of £4 Imogen Cove, are looking opportunity. We’ve decided to asap by dropping off your forward to the big day. This offer cream teas as well as all completed subscription form year there are some different the delicious cakes, so please with the payment at High Lawn attractions including gun dog get baking ahead of the big Cottage on Eakring Road. displays, vintage tractors, day! Acorn Roots folk rock band, Unlike most events, we do not appreciates everyone’s like to thank all their charge for parking or cooperation. customers for their continued admission. This makes the job Finally, our aim is that Wellow’s support. We, in turn, would of fundraising for the following Maypole Celebrations provide like to thank them for their year even more challenging. fun and enjoyment for all, support for village The raffle, tombola, whatever age. Good weather is organisations through their programmes, cakes and teas always a bonus, but rain or bonus ball draw and for all are the mainstays that help shine, we look forward to their help with the Celebration tremendously, so please welcoming you to Maypole Day committee, cemetery tidy and support us if you can. 2017! litter picking. Stewards and general help – we are always extremely Village tidy St Swithin’s Church Our next village tidy will be on The PCC will be having its usual grateful for all the help offered Saturday 20th May. We meet bottle stall on Maypole Day. beforehand, on the day and at the bus shelter at 10am. Any bottles you can spare (plus afterwards. If you haven't Please come along and help us their contents!) will be volunteered before but would – you’d be surprised how many gratefully received. Please let like to lend a hand, our bags of rubbish we collect from Jean Crofts or Lyn Welsh have Volunteer Coordinator Lisa the roadside verges around the them asap so we can start Hollingworth would be very village. Most of this is rubbish wrapping them for the big day. pleased to hear from you. Tasks jettisoned from passing cars. Thank you in anticipation of are many and varied, and We have some litter picking your support. certainly do not all involve sticks you can borrow but Our Maypole Service will be on lifting and carrying. One area please bring your own gloves. Sunday 28th May at 6pm. It’s a that you may like to consider is Newark and Sherwood District very special start to the to be a steward – keeping a Council provide us with black Maypole Celebrations. We general eye on proceedings sacks and then collect the bags invite all of the Maypole and being a point of first of rubbish afterwards. Your dancers, principals and Wellow contact for the general public. help will be very much Jack performers to come along Lisa (07436 802768) can give appreciated if you can make it. and be together as we you more details of specific celebrate this wonderful jobs, and our Chair Laura Cove tradition in our village. Do (07505 361376) is also more come along and join us to help than willing to talk to you. to get the Maypole festivities Road closure – please off to a good start. remember that Eakring Road between its junction with Cemetery tidy From St Swithin’s Newark Road and with Potter Our next cemetery tidy will be Bellringers Lane is officially closed on Saturday 13th and 20th Ringers' tribute to George between 11am and 6pm on May at 10am. All helpers are Bartle (Rufford) Maypole Day. Potter Lane must welcome to join us. We could There will be tribute ringing on not be obstructed because it is do with someone with another 13th May, the centenary of the the official diversionary route, strimmer to tidy round the death of Private George Bartle so ‘no parking’ cones are grave edges as we mow. For of 1st/6th Battalion North placed along the length of this more information ring Di on Staffs Regiment. George was road. Police have the power to 861006. the second child of nine born issue parking tickets for non- to Henry and Edith. He was The Olde Red Lion compliance. The road safety born at Everton, but the family Congratulations to Michelle measures apply to all lived at Ompton for over 10 and Carl Bartle who completed residents, as well as those years, before moving to 10 years as proprietors of the visiting for the day, and are for Wellow by 1911. By this time Red Lion on 29th April this the safety of us all. The George had moved out and year. Michelle and Carl would Maypole Committee was working as a hoseman at Inkersall Grange Farm at at the bus shelter near the Red Speedwatch initiative but as in Rufford. Subsequently Lion. If you wish to join us let Di Wellow, lack of volunteers is George’s parents moved to know on 861006 so that we affecting the efficient Kitchener Drive, Mansfield. can arrange car shares. monitoring of speeding George’s war service took him vehicles. The 30mph speed to Flanders in France, and it Wellow Parish Council sign has finally been moved was in Boulogne that he died of Chairman’s Report, April further up the Newark Road wounds sustained. 2017 closer to the edge of the village Together with 5576 others, he The eleven meetings of but the PC have asked that it is buried in the Wellow PC have been well be moved to outside the Commonwealth War Graves attended not only by my village. section of the Boulogne colleagues but also by District In June, accompanied by Eastern Cemetery, which was Councillor Linda Tift and our Councillor Young, I attended a used for the dead from the outgoing County Councillor licensing hearing at Kelham chief hospital area of Bruce Laughton to whom we Hall regarding Wellowfest Boulogne. George was 25 years express our sincere thanks for 2016 on behalf of some old – he is commemorated on his support for Wellow over residents who had expressed the Men of Rufford War the past years. We wish him concerns about possible public Memorial in St Giles’ Church, well in the forthcoming safety and nuisance. Following Ollerton, the Roll of Honour elections. Unfortunately, open and honest discussion, a plaque now in the Savile District Councillor Mark license was granted. Restaurant at Rufford Country Buttery has not attended any In October I attended the Park, St Michael’s Church War of our meetings. Andrew Annual Parish Conference Memorial, Farnsfield and St Baugh stood down as where discussion took place on Peter’s Church War Memorial, Chairman in May and on behalf devolution of services from Mansfield. of us all I would like to thank District to Parish Councils. RIP him for his commitment to the Wellow PC does not believe Wellow Ramblers Parish Council and the village that this would be in the over many years.