July 2016 AIR • EARTH • FIRE • WATER Warsop Carnival 2016 The Elements WARSOP CARNIVAL 3rd July 2016 THE ELEMENTS Please Note: All information contained within this programme is subject to change depending on The Elements circumstances. The theme for Warsop Carnival 2016 is based around ‘The Elements’: air, earth, fire and water. This ever popular event will be held at The Carrs Showground Grove 66 on Sunday 3rd July and promises a full day of great entertainment for all the family. The traditional Carnival Parade is due to leave Robin Hood Avenue Other attractions and side shows include: Mad Drop (a free fall stunt at 12 noon, led by the Seaforth Highlanders Pipe Band, traveling act which encourages audience participation for free but a donation through the streets of Warsop and arriving at the Carrs showground is appreciated), Joker Entertainment, Sue Fee (fire artist), The Rotary at around 12.45pm with floats from a wide range of local groups, Duck Race (see below), Warsop in Bloom Flower Show (see page 3), charities and schools including: Scouts, Hetts Lane Holiday Club, Birds of Prey, Classic Cars, and of course everyone’s favourite, the Birklands Primary School and Netherfield Infant School, Fairground. Plus much more! to list but a few. For more detailed information pick up the Warsop Carnival After the parade has reached the Carrs, the fun starts with a full Programme which is available in local shops for a donation. line-up of entertainment in the main arena with our main attraction, Dangerous Steve and his thrilling show. Steve is one of the most experienced outdoor attractions on the circuit - he started presenting his motorbike stunt show aged six! It’s non-stop, thrill-a-minute with Dangerous Steve’s Fire and chainsaw juggling, giant unicycle, ladder balancing and blindfold motorcycle riding in an hilarious and dynamic act full of sensational stunts and with brilliantly funny audience participation, knockabout comedy, crazy balancing and a thrilling fire-juggling finale - it’s a real crowd pleaser! Outlines Ferocious Dogs PLEASE NOTE Copy deadline for the August 2016 issue is: Monday 4th July 2016 Anything received after this date may not be included. Please email your advertising or editorials to The Editor at the new email address below: This year’s Music Stage offers a great ine-up of entertainment [email protected] headlined by The outlines with supporting acts from Groove 66, or for further information telephone: 01623 846011 Blind fever and Kenny and Dan (ferocious dog). Page 2 July 2016 www.warsopparishcouncil.co.uk GARDENING MONTHLY... Editor’s Letter Every Thursday We’re a week early with this issue 8am - 2pm so that we can let you know about this year’s carnival. By the time you read this, you may or may not have voted in the European referendum. This paper is available from June 22nd (the day before the polls) so if you are yet to vote - please use your vote wisely. Referendum aside, whatever the outcome, one General Tasks and garden maintenance thing is certain - It’s Carnival Time! The theme Water thoroughly once or twice a week rather than little and often - this encourages this time is ‘The Elements’ and is reflected in our plants to put down roots in search of water rather than coming up to the surface. banner on the front page and hopefully in the Remember, though, that containers and hanging baskets need watering every day bright and colourful floats that join the parade. and sometimes even twice a day if it is hot and windy. Full details of the event on July 3rd can be found in the official programme, which this year is available For recently planted large shrubs or trees, leave a hose trickling around the base for Your Local Market for a donation as opposed to a fixed fee. The an hour. The same goes for established plants in very dry periods - pay particular carnival costs in excess of £10 000 each year and attention to camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas and hydrangeas which will abort next offering high quality produce relies on funds generated through donations, stall season’s flowers if they get too dry. Mulch around the roots when moist to help avoid at affordable prices this. Recently planted hedges are best watered with a trickle hose (a length of old hose holders fees, car parking and the street collection. Wilkinson Ad.pdf 1 02/08/2015 14:37 Please do support your carnival by obtaining a punctured with little holes) left running for an hour or so. Come along and grab yourself a bargain!! programme - if it doesn’t generate the funds -it Ensure trees or shrubs planted in the last couple of years on lawns or in areas of rough can’t happen! grass have a circle of clear earth around them - this must be kept clear or grass will Fingers crossed for some fine weather and I hope prevent essential moisture getting through. Mulching with bark or compost will help. to see many of you on The Carrs on carnival day. Water is a precious commodity - instigate good practices such as using kitchen and C bath water (as long as it is neither too dirty, greasy nor full of detergent) for watering, Stuart Moody - Editor, Warsop & District News M collect rainwater in butts (available from the centre) and investigate ways to recycle water for your irrigation. Avoid using tap water for lime-hating plants such as Promote Your Business camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas - they will not thank you for it! Y by Advertising in The key to successful planting, whether it be a shrub, tree, perennial or bedding CM plant is to water in well. Soak the rootball in a bucket until no air bubbles come to the From general garden maintenance surface, dig the planting hole, fill with water and allow to drain away. Place the plant MYin the hole, fill with soil, firm gently and water well with a watering can - this will give the to bespoke garden creation, plant a huge advantage over one planted with a dry rootball in a dry hole and wateredCY we take care of all your garden’s needs. The best way to reach local people and promote only on the surface. your business is to advertise locally. Warsop Hoe beds and borders to get rid of annual weeds, like bitter cress and chickweed. CMY & District News is one of the largest free local publications in the area. If it’s dry, attack perennial weeds like ground elder and the like with systemic weed killer painted onto the leaves and trail tips of bindweed into jam jars full of the same. K 6,000 papers are printed Remember systemic weed killers are indiscriminate and will kill anything they contact. and distributed every month. If you don’t have time to do this, at least cut the culprits down to prevent them from Approx 5,700 are delivered to every household setting seed. and business in the Parish of Warsop, the rest are distributed in the library, Town Hall, health Keep your pond topped up with fresh water - a build up of algae in warm weather can centres, dentist, care homes, Meden Vale be toxic, if not fatal, for animals. R&S Lawnmowers Charity shop and Cuckney shop. Pests At a fraction of the cost of some other well known Service and Repairs publications you not only reach your target Pests love warm weather, so be on your guard! Caterpillar and aphid infestations can FREE collection and prompt attention audience but get value for money too. be dealt with by hand if caught early enough, but should the situation career out of control you will have to resort to insecticides or grin and bear it! Greenfly and blackfly Rates are as follows: especially love the heat and don’t forget aphids and other sap-sucking insects can Tel: 01623 842419 Run of paper Ads are charged at £6.00 per transmit viruses so don’t give in to the sympathy vote. Try to attract beneficial insects column cm. Columns are 8.5cm wide by growing a wide variety of plants - ladybirds and their larvae are consummate aphid (eg. monthly advertising cost for an 8.5 x 4cm = £24.00) predators, as are lacewings and even wasps. For in-house designed artwork please add £ 1 per column cm (eg. for an 8.5cm x 4cm Ad add £4 - this Birds is a one off charge for the design or re-design of your Ad) Cuckney As summer wears on and the ground hardens, it becomes more difficult for birds to Size Cost Artwork forage for food. So do please put out food to supplement their diet and help build ¼ page £95.00 £5.00 reserves for winter. ½ page £170.00 £10 .00 Garden Club Full page £290.00 FREE Flowers and containers A warm welcome is extended to all at the Cuckney With rates like these you can’t afford not to! Divide old clumps of bearded irises and replant. Chop oriental poppies, lupins, To book your space or for further details contact: delphiniums and geraniums right down to the ground once they have finished Garden Club, we meet every 4th Thursday of the flowering - be brave and be brutal - the new leaves will be an ornament and some month in Cuckney Village Hall at 7.30pm. For advertising prices and article may flower again. Support tall delphinium stems with individual canes. infromation please contact: Annual Membership is £12.00 Cheat and fill any gaps in your borders with container-grown perennials.