the MAGAZINE For Norton, Campsall and Sutton # Issue 16 : Winter 2014 Winter 2016 Issue 21 Norton Parish Council Fancy joining a group? A New Local Over 50s Exercise Group Bus Service is introduced See page 3.... Badminton Club The group meets every Tuesday from 9.45 to 10.45 in Campsall Village Hall. Enjoyable exercise and activities to share - keep you supple and better able We are a local friendly non-league to cope with the gardening, cleaning or Badminton Club, playing at Campsmount just going for walks! It’s a busy group More School, Ryecroft Road on Monday but there are 4 places available – Christmas evenings from 7-9pm. ‘phone Elaine on 01302 709600 to reserve yours. Trees for the We are looking for new members of all Parish this ages to come along and enjoy a friendly game. All abilities are year! welcome. We play all year round except Get your exercise Bank Holidays, when the school is planned for the closed. Shuttles are provided and racquets New Year! can be loaned - all you need are suitable trainers and light clothing. A small charge is made to cover the cost of the courts. No joining or annual fees. So come along for an enjoyable HAPPY evening. CHRISTMAS Hope to see you soon! EVERYONE ! See page 5... 20% OFF FIRST 18 TREATMENT HIGH STREET ASKERN NOW OPEN MONDAY S Waxing * Facials * Shellac Manicure Pedicure * Massage * Spray Tanning LvL Lashes NOW GIFT 01302 700099 VOUCHERS OPEN IN AVAILABLE ASKERN www.claire whitfieldbeauty.com Plans drawn for planning and building S We now offer the non-surgical Facelift Treatment : control approval Silhouette Dermalift For a free quote, contact: Liz Oliver (BSc Hons) C. Build E MCABE 3 Hall Lane, Norton, Doncaster DN6 9GB e-mail: [email protected] Recommended Local Businesses Tel: 01302 376682 Mob: 07723317685 2 S ERVING THE VILLAGES OF SUTTON, NORTON AND NORTON HEALTH WALKS Hello again, The walking holiday at Llandudno was first class. The weather for our first walk from Llandudno to Conway was very nice, we strolled along the beachside path having to take to the beach when it was blocked. A lovely summer day, sea air and good company, what more did we want! Five miles and we arrived at Conway to view the castle and quaint town. We were not so lucky on our walk on the Isle of Anglesey. Rain was not the word, it never relented from start to finish. But you take the rough with the smooth. The Marlborough Hotel was first class, on the doorstep to the pier and the great Orme. All in all it was a good holiday. Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat….. see you next time. Johnny Atkins New Local As we come up to Christmas the group is busy making a few items to sell at the Village Hall Christmas Fair: Christmas crackers, gift bags, tree Bus Service decorations, favour boxes, hand puppets and more. introduced The Christmas lunch will take place at the Schoolboy this year as we look to support local business. Activities have included making felt New Services 51 and 51A have been introduced. These flowers, improving our expertise in gift wrapping, mind stretching quizzes services operate between Doncaster, Woodlands, Carcroft, and memory games, exercise sessions and Beetle drives. Skellow, Burghwallis and Askern. Remember - everyone is welcome. Every Wed, 10.30 – 12.30 Norton Community Hall Both the 51 and 51A operate hourly providing an approximately 30minute service between Doncaster and Askern. Both services operate from Carcroft via Skellow Road, Hampole Balk Lane, Crabgate Lane, Grange Lane to Burghwallis. From Burghwallis, the 51 operates via Sutton to Askern, Instoneville Estate. The 51 operates via Campsall, Askern High Street to Askern, Instoneville Estate. The new 51 and 51A restores a bus services to Burghwallis and AROUND also provide local links between Skellow/Carcroft and Askern. THE THE LITTER SQUAD! VILLAGES WELLINGTONIA CENTRE Needless to say, CAMPSALL there was a fair amount of litter to pick. It is of course, an offence to drop litter, but enforcement of such laws and bye-laws is very difficult, given the very limited funds available to Local Authorities, who have many concerns with greater priority. Come and join us for a coffee and some friendly So, pleased to report that we chat! Every WEDNESDAY from 10.00-11.00am have people who share the Parish Council’s pride in our villages and in keeping them as BINGO - every Thursday at 1.00pm tidy as possible. If you would rd like to help, we provide hi-vis BEETLE DRIVE – every 3 Tuesday at 1.00pm jackets (marked ‘NORTON PARISH COUNCIL’), pickers These are some members of the and the company of the squad. recently-formed Parish Council Litter Squad, led by Councillor Wendy Grant, If you care and can spare an with volunteers (Keith, Gill and John) at hour or so once a fortnight, give the end of a litter-picking session near Wendy a call on 01302 708563 Campsall corner. 3 NORTON PARISH PEOPLE - IN THE PARK Restoration of the stone bridge – making a major impact in Campsall Country Park The centuries-old stone bridge in Campsall Country Park – once part of a stately home’s grounds and no doubt a meeting place for both people ‘upstairs’ and ‘downstairs’ had not only fallen into disrepair, but had almost become invisible amongst overgrowth and trees. Collaboration by Doncaster MBC, led by Pat Hagan, Head of Community Services, Friends of Campsall Country Park and Norton Parish Council has enabled the re-building of the bridge to take place. Thank you to the unofficial ‘guardians’ of the work in the park – the A great deal of preparatory work has walkers who taken place to allow the building work to are being the progress but now that there is once eyes and ears again a clearing and lost or damaged to deter a stone blocks have been recovered, the small minority real restoration work has gathered pace. of vandals who seek to Any recent visitor to the park will have impede been impressed by the elegance of the progress new stonework and the meticulous through attention to detail given by the attempted stonemasons. vandalism. The Stonemason Team Led by Peter Moore (pictured above on the right) the stonemason team have dressed old stone and sourced new stone (magnesium limestone) from Hampole to re-create the bridge structure. Peter has 41 years of experience of stonemasonry and worked on many projects country-wide, as well as locally – the Hyde Park Cemetery in Doncaster being one example, plus at least seven bridges. His expertise is easy to see as the dressed stone interlocks to blend old and new. His knowledge and enthusiasm is shared by his colleagues, Carl Wood (left) and Steve Dalton (centre) who are enjoying the challenges presented to them to create what will be a striking structure. The stonework should be completed by the end of November and then subsequently metal handrails will be secured to the sides to reproduce the original look of the bridge. Plans are also in hand to dredge the stream beneath the bridge and seek to restore a steady flow of water beneath. We are also indebted to Senior DMBC Engineer, Mark Watson and his understudy, Simon Davies for the superb project planning that has taken place and especially to our DMBC Councillor, Austen White, who has relentlessly helped to drive the project. ....and also to As part of the on-going work within the park, Parish Councillor Colin volunteer Sue Wroe Wilson had the excellent idea of installing a TIME CAPSULE in the Park for being prepared grounds. Quickly taken up by Friends of Campsall Country Park and funded to lock and unlock by the Parish Council, Colin has masterminded the selection and collection the park entrance of the contents which will be sealed in a container to be opened perhaps in barrier every day 100 years time! The numerous contents include lots of THANK YOU to examples of contemporary life – Richard and ‘Boomer’ written accounts, artefacts such as a for their voluntary night mobile phone and a photographic watch in the park .... record of what the park and village look like today. 4 Norton Women’s Institute Village Craft and Produce Show 2016 Norton WI hosted the very first Craft and Produce Show at th Campsall Village Hall on Saturday 24 September and it was a huge success! So much so, that everyone wants it to be an annual event, rather than a one-off to celebrate three 90th birthdays – that of Norton WI itself, Campsall Village Hall and of course HRH the Queen. There were 50 classes to be entered, ranging from decorated cup cakes, scones and jars of chutney to cross-stitch and knitted items, to carrots, potatoes and gigantic onions. Anyone and everyone from surrounding villages was encouraged to enter. The Victoria sandwich class (á la Mary Berry) was very competitive, with 11 entries. First place went to Cynthia Hunt from Bentley. There were 19 entries for jam, with first prize going to Annette Brydon from Campsall. The prize for a misshapen vegetable went to Paul Mawson from Moss with an extremely ugly beetroot over 12” long and Joe Hartich and his granddad from Now we’ve made a start, it’s hoped lots more people Edenthorpe won first for a huge marrow over 3’ long! will think “I could do better than that!” and enter – the Lots of people came for tea and cakes in the afternoon and stayed more the merrier! Put the date in your diary for next for the highlight of the day – the Grand Auction of produce, expertly th conducted by the vicar, the Revd Richard Walton.