haxeydec2011

Covering Wroot, West Butterwick &

The Parish of Owston Ferry December 2011 Issue 49

Police News

Page 8

Haxey Parish

Council

Newsletter

Pages 16

Where You Live

Your Local

History

Page 26

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Editors Letter....

Christmas is upon us whether we

love it or hate it, we cant escape

it! Still looking for that special gift, pop into

Epworth town centre, late night shopping

starts from Thursday 7th December at 7pm

and continues throughout December. Go

on support your local shops you will be surprised

what they have to offer!

Im sure there are plenty of Christmas Fayres

In the Isle this year. Advertised in the Arrow we

have Crowle Christmas Fayre on December 10th.

On the same date the new market in Crowle will

be transformed into a Winter Wonderland for

their first Christmas Market. Make sure you are

there early, the market starts at 10am. Also

Epworth Christmas Market will take place in the

Imperial Hall, Epworth on Friday December 2nd at

12 noon.

Again if you have young children wanting to see

Father Christmas, The Smithy Museum at Owston

Ferry is open from 2pm until 4pm on Saturday 3rd

December and again on Sunday 4th December

from 2pm until 5pm. Again please support your

local museum.

Please note the deadline for January issue is

Tuesday 13th December

We wish all our readers and advertisers a

very Merry Christmas and again we hope

you enjoy the read.

Carolyn (Editor) 01302 532676 / 0791 264 3010

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News, News, News, News, News, News...

Haxey Playing Fields Association

are planning Christmas in the

Park again this year and would

welcome applications from stall

traders to join our event. Christmas in

the park will be held on Saturday 3 December

from 2pm and includes a Christmas market, craft

activities, Carole singing, Santa's grotto, a local

dance performance, Christmas lantern display and

much more. for more information please contact

Janine Llewellyn 07504983662

[email protected]

Come along and join in the festivities!

At the November meeting of

Haxey W.I. Mr. Norman Britton,

a former teacher, had members nearly

falling off their seats with laughter when he recalled

with actions amusing incidents of his teaching

career. Despite this frivolity it was obvious that he

had his pupils welfare at heart.

Shoppers meet at Haxey church on 30th Nov. at

8.30a.m. returning about 5.30pm. There are still a

few places at £11.Contact Diane on 752376

The Isle Group carol service is at Epworth Wesley

Chapel on 5th December at 7.30p.m.

The Haxey Methodist Autumn

Fayre raised a tremendous £1265 on Saturday November 5th. I was due to open the

fayre, which I was looking forward to. Sadly I was

unable to attend due to Shingles! I am glad the

event was successful and everyone had a lovely

afternoon.

Carolyn Grant

Westwoodside Pond Lights will be

holding it's annual Christmas

Lights switch on to be held at the

Westwoodside Pond on the 2nd

December at 19.30. Carol singing to the

band, hot sandwiches, mulled wine, and mince pies,

Santa will be in attendance on his sleigh, all

welcome.

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PM - CHRISTINGLE AND TOY SERVICE

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Tree and Crib.

Please bring an outgrown toy, a new toy or similar

gift which will be sent to needy children, also the

money which you have collected for the Children's

Society. This service will be followed by After-

noon Tea.

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Owston Ferry WI will be holding

their Christmas meeting on

Wednesday 21st December at 7.30pm

in the Coronation Hall. Entertainment for the

evening will be by 3 in Harmony followed by

Christmas themed refreshments. Visitors are very

welcome. The fee for non WI Members is £2.50.

St. Martin's Church, Owston Ferry Sunday 18th December there will be a Carol Service

at 4pm Saturday, 24th December at 6pm the Crib

Service will be held Sunday, 25th December -

Christmas Day Service will be at 10am.

Saturday, 3rd December the

Owston Ferry Christmas Tree and

Lights will be turned on at

7pm. Father Christmas will be in the Market

Square at Owston Ferry to meet the children and

take their letters so he knows what to bring them

for Christmas. Refreshments will be available and all

are welcome to come along and join in the Carol

singing.

Friday, 2nd December, Santa will

be arriving at the Smithy Museum

on the High Street, Owston Ferry

at 6pm. He will be in his cottage ready to

meet children until 8pm that evening. He will be

opening his cottage from 2pm until 4pm on

Saturday 3rd December, and again on Sunday 4th

December from 2pm until 5pm. There will also be

refreshments available in the Forge where you can

keep warm by the fire as well as taking part in the

raffle and tombola and buy those last minute

Christmas presents from the gift stall. If you

cannot make those dates, Santa will be opening his

cottage again to meet children on Sunday 11th

December from 2pm until 6pm. Entrance is £2.50

for each child who will receive a gift from Santa.

Saturday 10th December Crowle

Market Place will be transformed

into a winter wonderland for our

Christmas Market starting 10am


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AXHOLME SOUTH POLICE NEWS

Farmland off the B1396 Westwoodside

Theft, Criminal Damage, Anti-social

behaviour, off road bikes.

Calls for service to these areas have seen an

increase recently and centres in and around the

B1396 including Pelfintax, Wroot Road, Idle Bank

and Tindlebank and including private land owned by

local farmers and others.

The times of reports vary throughout the 24 hour

period. The calls include reports of theft, burglary, suspicious persons

with dog, criminal damage and off road bikes. A considerable amount of work and liaison has

been built between Neighbourhood staff and the owners and staff working on land to engage

them and to identify where offences and offenders are committing these acts and routes they use. UPDATE;

There has been a decrease in calls for service, however there is still reports being received including suspicious

males and vans being seen in remote locations with the intention of stealing metal, so anyone seeing anyone acting

suspiciously please ring it in immediately. It is far better that we know at the time in order that we can make

checks and also to forward onto surrounding police areas as they too are suffering similar offences and it is quite

usual for such people to frequent other areas during the course of them finding metal to steal or males and

vehicles being on land with the intention of hare coursing. In one weekend a total of 8 males were reported for

daytime poaching and summonses to be issued. Countrywatch is a group of landowners, farmers and other land

users who meet quarterly to discuss pertinent issues. We have now launched the Countrywatch membership

scheme which is open to all farmers, landowners and other land users. This membership also includes access to a

text messaging service which warns of information pertinent to those members which can be a priority concern of

theirs, for example hare coursers, deer poaching, and theft. Anyone wishing to join please contact PC 1839

Starbuck for further information and an application form. We have now also got members joining from just

outside the Humberside Police area and we encourage everyone to promote the scheme and new members are

always welcome. The October newsletter should have reached all members now, but if you have not received

your copy please contact Pc Starbuck.

[email protected] [email protected],uk

[email protected] [email protected]

Anti-social behaviour within the South ward during Halloween and Bonfire night period.

Historically this period of the year inevitably brings increased calls for service to not only the police but also other

partner agencies including the fire service. Reports during the period 30th October and 6th November can become

quite problematic including reports of anti-social behaviour, criminal damage, public order offences and other

environmental issues from bonfires and fireworks. This impacts on the calls for services for both police and

Humberside Fire and Rescue, but we would encourage anyone affected to ring in and report matters at the time to

the police on 0845 60 60 222, but if considered an emergency then 999 for police of Fire. Anti-social behaviour

and crime and disorder can cause significant problems for a community and we would encourage the co-operation

of parents to ensure their children are safe and behave in a considerate manner particularly at this time of the year.

Recent Issues Countrywatch update = 8 males over one weekend were summonsed for poaching offences

after calls were received about suspicious males on farmland with dogs. Each was found to be trespassing with dogs

and will be summonsed to explain their actions to a magistrate. This highlights to importance of the Country

Watch Scheme and how we can work in partnership with local farmers to tackle the issues surrounding hare

coursing.

Cable theft arrests = Officers on night patrol came across a vehicle with cable trailing behind it. The vehicle

failed to stop for officers who continued the pursuit. It ended up driving into the South Yorkshire area and after

some assistance from the police helicopter was stopped. Four males have been arrested and bailed pending

enquiries.

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Haxey Cricket Club’s Fantastic

Year 2011 proved to be an exciting and extremely successful year for

the club, who ended the season in first place of the Lincolnshire

Premier league, making Haxey CC the premier club in the whole

of North Lincolnshire. Next season they will be playing in the

Lincolnshire ECB Premier league, the highest level to which any

club side can aspire. Indeed, they will be the only village club in

the league, others being Skegness, Grimsby, Louth, Stamford and

the like..

Their success was very much a team effort, lead by skipper Mark

Atkins, who came fourth in the league bowling averages, taking

37 wickets at less than 13 runs per wicket.. Graeme Attenborough, pictured in the middle of the photograph top

left, was a fine signing from Doncaster Town, scoring 614 runs at an average of 38 and taking 35 wickets a 10.74,

thus coming second in the league averages. Top scoring batsman was Ian Leach, pictured top right, who scored 516

runs at an average of 57.33. This made him the winner of the league batting averages, achieved even though he only

started 55% of the matches. He missed some games because he was picked to play for England in the Indoor World

Cup in South Africa, where he was the second highest scorer in the tournament..

We should not fail to mention that newly signed, Dale Coy, won the prestigious league wicketkeeping award, amass-

ing 42 dismissals, of which 31 victims were caught and 11 were stumped. Other batsmen, who had a fine season

were Oliver Tonks, Tom Wraith and Nick Bisby. The other successful bowlers included Tom Scott and juniors

Aaron Moody, Joe Scott and Damon Hughes, all of whom came through the club‘s junior section. Whilst mentioning

the junior section, indoor nets are continuing throughout the winter months (see picture below) on Saturday after-

noon for the under 11s, 13s and 15s and anyone interested in joining in should contact Peter Drew on 753400 dur-

ing office hours. Equally, if anyone thinks they are good enough to play at ECB league level, or would just like a game

of cricket, please ring Don Lange on 752394.

The facilities at the club are the

best in the Isle and the square is

the envy of many visiting teams.

However, our Groundsman, Ken

Layton, regrettably feels that it’s

time to call it a day and we would

be very pleased to hear from any-

one who would like to get in-

volved with the upkeep of the

playing area (the square). If you

are at all interested in keeping

our village team playing on an

excellent wicket, please ring Don

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Wroot Travis School

News

Before half term a gentleman named Dave Allison

rang from London where he lives. His mother had

died and, looking through her things, he found an

envelope labelled ―My Life in Wroot‖. The

envelope contained photos of his mother as a

child and as a young woman. His mother‘s maiden

name was Ethel May Young and she was born in

1921 attended school in Wroot and married in

Finningly in 1945 before moving to London.

Mr Allison sent us copies of the pictures and our school building was

recognisable from the group photos. We took our children to the same

place and took a photo of them which we sent to Mr Allison with a copy

of the old register with his mother‘s name and the dates she started and

left school. She was 14 years old when she left school.

Mr Allison wrote back to us and was thrilled to have the photo of our

children pictured at the same place as his mother had been. It appears

that Mr Allison works in a museum as he sent us a picture of a dinosaur

which is a new addition to their collection. As you can see the dinosaur

is holding the picture of our children and has a hat with a label that says I

♥ Wroot Travis School. They had been calling him Big Al as he was an

Allosaurus but there is already a famous Big Al in America who starred in

his own documentary ―The ballad of Big Al‖ Mr Allison said he may call

his dinosaur Travis. The children were delighted. Mr Allison also sent us

a piece of dinosaur egg which is 120 million years old. You can imagine

how impressed we were with that.

Mr Allison also told us some of the stories his mother had told him of her

childhood of the day some big world war 2 bombers first came into Finningley and her friend Cathy Barlow ran up

and down the road shouting ―Look, look they‘re settling‖ and of the day when a world war 2 bomber struggled over

Wroot and Blaxton with engines on fire just missing the rooftops and eventually crash landing at Finningley.

Mr Allison may come to visit us next year and we are looking forward to hearing more about his mother‘s life in

Wroot and about the dinosaurs in his collection.



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us ....... in him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the

darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. God makes his home within believers and,

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understands what it's like to be in our shoes, he is not distant but very near. That is one of the

amazing results of the first Christmas.

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HAXEY AND WESTWOODSIDE HERITAGE

SOCIETY MEMBERS MEETING - 10TH. NOVEMBER

At the opening of the November meeting of the Heritage Society members were invited to contribute

part of their evenings attendance fee to the British Legion Poppy Appeal this was agreed unanimously

and raised the sum of £36.

Continuing the meeting details of the forthcoming Coffee morning to be held in the Haxey Church Hall

on Saturday 19th. of November were given, all of the Society‘s publications and video would be

reduced, items suitable for Christmas gifts, a book stall, a cake stall and a raffle along with hot mince

pies served would make this an event to enjoy.

Invitations to the Christmas party were handed out which this year included the opportunity for

members to invite their own guest to the party.

The chairman then welcomed the return of the Leader brothers to the Society with their presentation

of ‗Yet another Box‘ a melange of mysterious items which members were invited to identify and

describe their use. Typical amongst the articles demonstrated was a square cup like pressed glass object

which had been made in a cast iron mould ( a technique invented in Newcastle) these objects came in

various colours were used in sets of 4 or 6 in the home during Victorian times and over time their

purpose became reversed.

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Throughout the presentation another nine items were displayed and discussed with the majority of

these eventually being identified by the members.

Giving the vote of thanks for an entertaining evening Mrs Sylvia Hook recalled some other half

forgotten artefacts.

The meeting then closed with refreshments served.

The next meeting will be the Christmas party to be held in the Westwoodside Village Hall at 7.30pm on

Thursday December 8th.

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The Isle of Axholme

Where You Live Your Local History Adapted by Anthony Catherall

AGRICULTURE IN THE 19th CENTURY (continued from last month)

The artificial warping of the land is a fairly modern innovation. It is limited in extent; mainly to the areas near to the tidal reaches of the Trent, Ouse and Don rivers. It was also carried out in the Val di Chiana in Italy. The word warping may possibly, come from the Anglo-Saxon ‘Weorpan’ meaning to turn aside. The first artificial warping appears to have taken place at Rawcliffe on the Humber by a man called Barker between 1730 and 1740. His work was continued by Richard Jennings of Howden. The practice soon spread to the Isle of Axholme. Land suitable for artificial warping must fulfil certain conditions. The land must be above the low water line of the river; otherwise once flooded the water will not naturally flow off. The land must be below the water level line; otherwise the water will not reach the land. The river obviously must be tidal. A great difference between high and low water makes a river particularly suitable. The method of artificial warping was as follows. The land to be warped (usually 400 to 500 acres at a time) had to be linked to the river. In the isle, this was either the Trent or the Ouse. The drain needed to be about 50 feet wide. The bottom of the drain needed to be at the low level of the river. A sluice was built at the entrance to the river to control the flow of water. The whole area to be

warped had to be embanked. From the drain must be dug minor ‘cuts’ out across the land in a dentritic pattern. When all was ready for the flooding the sluices were opened at low tide and as the tide rose so the silty water rushed up the drain and spread itself evenly over the embanked fields. As the tide ebbed, the water retreated and left behind a layer of silt about one eighth of an inch thick. This process was carried out twice a day spring and summer. The small tides were not utilised. The winter tides were disregarded because they contained too much fresh water. A dry summer with little fresh water in the river produced the best warping. The warp is in layers. With each warping the heavier sand particles settled first to form a thin layer then the lighter clay particles settled to form a layer. The process took about three years to produce three feet of warp soil. This land is called ‘New

Warp Land’. Throughout the process the developers had to satisfy the Court of Sewers. The early attempts at warping usually undertook only 60 or 70 acres and managed without sluices at river entrances. The enclosure Act of 1795 allowed for some warping to be undertaken in the parishes of Haxey, Epworth, Owston Ferry and Belton. The Enclosure Act of 1813 did like wise for Crowle parish. The cost of warping depended upon the individual conditions. The average cost during the 19th century would be approximately £20.00 an acre that included the cost of the drains, the sluice, the floodgates, banking, rent of the land during warping and other expenses. The sluice gate was a very costly item- as high as £2,500. The cost of warping was very much reduced by the constructing of public warping drains at the time of enclosure. The names of these can be seen on Ordnance Survey Map (two and half inches to a mile). Anyone with land adjoining the drains was allowed to cut a channel to link up with the drains. By this method, the cost was reduced by two guineas (21/- 20/- equalling one pound) an acre. In 1854 a private company bought Snow Sewer for £5,000 and charged the fee of £21.00 an acre for warping land adjoining it. In 1861 the fee was increased to 25 guineas. Cart warping was also practised, that is spreading warp soil on existing land by hand. Usually one needed about 400 loads an acre. The charge for carting this warp soil was 0.5 pence per load per mile. Sometimes trams on specially laid tramways were used. Cart warping, however was a small-scale operation. Before 1800 only about 1,500 acres of land had been warped. By 1850 practically all land within 3 miles of the River Trent had been successfully warped. No artificial warping has taken place since 1912. The new warp land was not immediately ready for arable cropping. The first crop was usually white clover to provide humous and its roots helped to knit the soil together. (To be continued)


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and creating a circuit so the cars will move forward.

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Trust Allan Rowsell will be entertaining us at our

December meeting with photographs taken on his

visits to California. Allan is a well known local

photographer so, with his many wonderful images

accompanied by music and tales of his travels,

means we are in for a treat. This will take place on

Thursday December 1st at 7.30pm. As this is

our Christmas meeting there will be Christmas

cards on sale and there will be seasonal

refreshments.

There will be a work party on Sunday

December 4th at 10am. The venue has yet to be

finalised but this will be confirmed at the

December meeting or you can ring Geoff for

details. There are going to be work parties on the

first Sunday of the month during the winter.

Our January meeting will be on Thursday

January 5th when we have our annual slide and

digital evening. This is always a popular meeting

when various members show us a short selection

of photographs on a wide range of subjects, not

necessarily natural history. If you have some

photographs to share with everyone please let

Geoff or any committee member know before the

evening and then the programme and equipment

can be organised. You don‘t have to be a brilliant

photographer, we just like to have lots of people

sharing their interests with us.

All our indoor meetings are held in the Stephen

Jones Hall at the rear of the Methodist Chapel,

Low Street, Haxey on the first Thursday of the

month and everyone is welcome, you don‘t have to

be a member. There is a small admission charge of

£1 and there is a raffle and refreshments.

Don‘t forget that bird food is always on sale at our

indoor meetings and at Geoff‘s house in Belton, at

very competitive prices, just ring if you need

anything. For further information about the local

Trust group and their meetings please contact

Geoff or Chris Trinder on 01427 872051. We look

forward to welcoming all regular members and

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Westwoodside Playing Field Wins Award

Westwoodside Playing Field has won a top award in the CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) Best

Kept Village competition judged across the whole of North Lincolnshire.

Whilst Westwoodside picked up the award for the Best Kept Play Area, Belton also won the award for

the Best Kept Large Village.

Over recent years, the playing field, off Akeferry Road, has undergone a complete transformation with

almost £200,000 of investment in a new play area and a floodlit multi-

use games area (MUGA). The transformation was mainly funded by the

Big Lottery but was also heavily supported by Haxey Parish Council (and

ultimately the parishioners). HPC not only provided grants to help

secure the main funding but also provide ongoing financial assistance to

the playing field the form of an annual maintenance grant.

Richard Carter, chairman of the playing field association was delighted

with the award and said, ―This is the result of a lot of hard work both

by the PFA committee and the people who use the playing field, helping

to keep the area as clean and tidy as possible.‖ He went on to say that

he had done a number of surveys for North Lincolnshire Council and,

―People say it is really nice now to have somewhere to take the kids

after school‖ and ―Before the improvements, people only went down

occasionally but now there is much more there and some say it is the

best play area on the Isle and travel quite a long way to use it‘.

Haxey Parish Council chairman, David Knowles said, ―I would like to

thank WPFA for all the tremendous hard work they‘ve put in over the

years, these are superb facilities and I often bring my grandson down

here.‖

In addition to the award, Fenland Leisure, the sponsors will provide the

winners with a free piece of children‘s play equipment, so there will be

even more to attract people down to the field.

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Haxey Church of England Primary School

We have had a very successful start to the new academic year. All the new children have settled in very

well and have quickly got into the routine of school life.

Our harvest festival at St. Nicholas Church went well and congratulations to everyone who took part. All

the food collected went to senior citizens in the parish and the collection of just under £120 went to Save

the Children.

A sponsored walk from the school to Epworth via High Burnham and back along the railway nature path

raised £1400. Half is being used to buy books for the school and the rest is being given to PHASE a charity

we support and have connections with that works in Nepal.

We have held a photograph competition for all pupils. It was split into three categories, People, animals

and general, with KS1 and KS2 being judged separately. And the winners of each category entered for the

overall prize. The standard was very high and

judging was extremely difficult, thank you to the

judges for their time and making difficult decisions,

as everyone deserved a prize. In KS1 Maisie

Thompson won the animal section, Charlotte Smith

won the People section and Logan Llewellyn won

the general section.

In KS2 Robyn Burdett won the animal section, Emily

Young won the people section and Joseph Hanson

won the general section. They all received a mug

with their picture printed on it. Robyn Burdett

won the overall prize of a digital photo frame,

and the remainder of the entry money bought a

camera for the children to use when on

educational visits. Arthur Franks




Trentside Federation School News – St Martin’s Church of England Primary

School, Owston Ferry and West Butterwick Church of England Primary

School

As usual, both schools have been very busy….. St Martin‘s classrooms have recently been transformed through our

staff focus on ‗vibrant learning environments‘. We now have an Egyptian Mummy in Class 4, a rocket flying through

space in Class 2, a horse and chariot in Class 3 and another rocket being launched overhead in Class 1. Further-

more, Years 5 and 6 pupils have been challenged to decipher an Egyptian curse using actual hieroglyphs, so they are

becoming mini-experts on all things Egyptian!

St Martin‘s School Council has been very proactive in seeking views from the school community in connection with

‗litter in the locale‘. Litter surveys were returned with them being entered in to a prize draw. Charlotte Thornton

was the lucky winner and won a box of Heroes chocolates! Having then analysed the litter surveys, School Council-

lors summarised that the vast majority suggest ‗more bins in more obvious locations‘ as well as ‗producing guidance

for children and parents in order to raise awareness of litter and bins available‘. The vast majority believe that the

Recreation Ground is not littered (good news) although the disposal of chewing gum needs to be addressed. This

information is now going to be shared with Owston Ferry Parish Council and there is a competition in the pipeline

to create a sculpture out of ‗recycled rubbish‘! St Martin‘s school has also being invited by Owston Ferry Sports

Club to design a logo that will feature on their sign in the village – we look forward to seeing the results of this.

Indeed, Community links are going well for both schools at the moment……

The School Council at West Butterwick was very pleased to be presented with a cheque for £500 following a suc-

cessful Grant application made to West Butterwick Parish Council during the Summer Holidays. The money has

been awarded to our school in the Parish Council's support of local projects and will be used to buy resources for

the new learning room extension at West Butterwick school.

Local Councillor Miss Jackie Shadlock came in to present our School Councillors with this £500 cheque. The School

Council thanked the Parish Council and also requested that they might meet up soon with the Parish Councillors to

ask questions about their role in serving the community. It is wonderful to feel supported by our local community

and we are really grateful for their generous grant allocation as this will help us to finish our new learning room

extension off to a high standard.

We are also looking forward to showing the Parish Councillors around our school in the near future and learning

more about their valuable voluntary role in our local community.

West Butterwick School has also been very busy building global education links with Chandeshowri School in Nepal.

This school link was established through West Butterwick residents Gary and Jill Allen who have spent time trekking

in Nepal and have visited the school, which is situated on a mountain side.

At first the school had no roof and no water. However, through steady fundraising Mr and Mrs Allen have raised

enough money to buy the school a water tank and a roof and also to improve the toilet facilities. West Butterwick

school has now established a 'twinning relationship' with Chandeshowri and all of our pupils have learnt about the

area the school is situated in and a little bit about the culture of the families who live in the school's village.

The main religion is Hindu and West Butterwick children are looking forward to establishing 'pen friends' and hope-

fully communicating by webcam at some point in the near future. This is a great step forward for our school in

terms of bringing an awareness of 'Global Education' to our children here in West Butterwick.

It is not about the 'haves and have-nots', it is about the different cultural and educational experiences of children

who live in the various parts of our world.

We are grateful to Mr and Mrs Allen for introducing Chandeshowri Primary School to us here in West Butter-

wick. Mr and Mrs Allen came in to deliver an inspiring powerpoint presentation based on their visits to Nepal, with

some amazing and thought-provoking photos of how education is delivered in other parts of the world.


Our pupils have now all written about themselves with pictures and these are getting sent over to Nepal, in order

to introduce ourselves. Our children have raised £40 to send over to Chandeshowri School and this will go to-

wards buying new resources.

We look forward to developing our relationship with this interesting school from a distant part of our shared

Earth!

For more information on both schools please visit www.trentsideconfederation.com

Mrs Josephine Buckle, Headteacher, Trentside Federation of St Martin‘s and West Butterwick Church of England

Primary Schools.

West Butterwick Councillor

Miss Shadlock presenting £500

grant allocation to

West Butterwick School

Council

West Butterwick School

Council presenting Mr and

Mrs Allen with £40 cheque

for Chandeshowri

holding up some work they

are sending to the children in

Nepal

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Westwoodside Church of England School News

Building a Strengths Based School

‗Celebrating Strengths‘ is when staff and pupils

use storytelling, celebrating festivals and noticing

and building on children‘s strengths to develop a

flourishing school community.

A few weeks ago we were delighted to

welcome Belinda Catt a ‗Celebrating Strengths‘

consultant to lead a special assembly and to

celebrate an Advent Spiral Festival with Year 4

pupils. Belinda will continue to work with us

this coming year to develop the philosophy of

‗Celebrating Strengths‘. The activities, stories

and celebrations complement the existing

curriculum and ethos of our school. They will

encourage the children to foster a love of

learning, build strengths of character and

encourage them to take time for reflection.

The Advent Spiral Festival

Here are some thoughts from the Year 3/4 class

teacher and pupils after taking part in the festival

with Belinda.

‗The darkness of the hall and the contrast of

the glowing candles helped the children

to experience and enjoy a moment of

calm, which allowed them to think

more deeply and to appreciate a feeling

of peace‘.

Mrs Collett – Year 3/4 teacher

‗When I stepped into the spiral I had this

magical feeling. Suddenly I just believed

I could do anything! The atmosphere

was very relaxing and quiet‘.

- Natasha – aged 7

‗When I was outside the spiral I felt relaxed and

we were all sitting in a circle. In the spiral we

took our candle and Belinda lit it for us. It

felt like we were in a place we had never

been before. Like the only time you would

be there in your life‘. Ben – aged 8

Each class is looking forward to celebrating their own

Advent Spiral Festival this month and as we move into

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a ‗Celebrating Strengths‘ community.

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On Monday, 7th November a large audience enthusiastically welcomed

Andrew Mason, an Area Demonstrator, to the Christmas meeting in

the Memorial Hall in Haxey. Included in the audience were several loyal supporters from St

Lawrence‘s Scunthorpe Flower Club, who in turn invited visitors to their Christmas Demonstration on

Monday, 28th November. Andrew introduced his completely new demonstration, ―never previously seen‖

entitled ―Dreaming of a White Christmas‖, beginning with a door garland into which he put a variety of

greenery, silver apples ―so that the paperboy didn‘t pinch them‖ and white roses, completing the tasteful

wreath with a large silvery white bow of ribbon ―tied on securely‖.

Andrew continued his demonstration using large basket containers, an enormous, gnarled piece if tree, a

very tall glass vase and finally some large pieces of bamboo creating a structure onto which he attached

containers of oasis to hold the arrangements. He also surprised the audience when he revealed dangling

baubles, stars and fairy lights hanging beneath a pedestal arrangement to add glitz and glamour.

Throughout the evening Andrew carefully used a variety of foliage, different white chrysanthemums, lilies

of different sizes and combinations, carnations, gerbera, roses and lisianthus. He kept his audience

entertained with little anecdotes and all of the time he gave helpful suggestions such as ensuring that

sprayed leaves should be sprayed only on one side, putting groups of one type of flower together and

remembering about balance and proportion. At the end of the demonstration Andrew was thanked by

Carolyn Drury before approximately a dozen lucky people claimed a raffle prize.

To conclude a lovely evening all in attendance were invited to enjoy the arrangements, a cup of tea or

coffee and delicious homemade refreshments provided by the committee.

The next event for the Flower Club members will be the outing to Doddington Hall near Lincoln on

Saturday, 10th December meeting in the car park there at 10.30.a.m. In the New Year the members will

celebrate with a meal at the Reindeer Inn at Sandtoft on Monday 9th January 2012.

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How to avoid a frosty welcome

A very Merry Christmas to all our readers

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clear condensation and dirt from the inside windows and one to clean lights and exterior windows. Check

that the windscreen wipers are off when leaving the vehicle the night before to avoid damaging the wiper

motor and blades when the engine is started the next day. Use external temperature gauges, if the vehicle

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Remember that ice on the windscreen could mean ice on the carriageway at some points, especially side

roads. Observe other road users reactions to conditions ahead as a pre-warning of what is to come

Stopping distances will increase in frosty or wet weather. Stay focused, look further ahead than usual and

allow for the extra time needed to stop by increasing the gap ahead. Where the road surface is likely to

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second gear, releasing the clutch and accelerating very gently.

If the vehicles front end begins to lose grip, a front wheel skid will begin. Reduce acceleration, consider

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What’s On In Your area in the Isle of Axholme

Activity Meeting place Time Contact

Mon 18th Haxey Cubs Scout hut Behind Haxey Church 6:30 - 8:30 pm 01427 752250

Mon Isle of Axholme Wolf cubs Westwoodside Village Hall 6.00-7.30 pm 01427 754120

Mon Isle of Axholme Scouts Westwoodside Village Hall 7.00-9.00 pm 01427 754120

Mon All Stars Tae Kwon Do Coronation Hall, Owston Ferry 6.00 - 8.00pm

Tues Isle of Axholme Beavers Westwoodside Village Hall 6.00-7.30 pm 01427 754120

Tues Line Dancing Westwoodside Village Hall 7.30-9.30 pm 01427 873778

Wed Mother and Toddler Westwoodside Village Hall 9.00-11.00 am

Wed Isle of Axholme short mat Bowls Club Epworth Leisure Centre (September—April) 3.30—5.30 pm 01427 752344

Wed Social Club—over 60’s Westwoodside Village Hall 2.00-4.00 pm 01427 753227

Fri Tae kwan Do Westwoodside Village Hall 5.00-7.00pm 01302 311174

Tues 18th Haxey Beavers Scout hut Behind Haxey Church 6:00 - 7:30 pm 01427 752250

Fri 18th Haxey Scouts Scout hut Behind Haxey Church 7:00 - 9:00 pm 01427 752250

Mon Preschool— Playgroup 2.5—5 years Memorial Hall 9:15-:3:15 pm 01427 754330

Mon Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall 3:00-10:00 pm 01427 873532

Tues Preschool Playgroup 3—5 years Memorial Hall 9:15-3:15 pm 01427 754330

Tues Bingo Memorial Hall 7pm—9pm 01427 752636

Wed Preschool– playgroup 2.5—5 years Memorial Hall 9:15- 3:15pm 01427 754330

Wed Sunshine Yoga Epworth 1:15-2:45pm 01427 873730

Fri Tae Kwan Do Memorial Hal 5:45-6:45 pm 01302 311174

1st Wed Haxey Woman's Institute (WI) Memorial Hall 01427 753062

Wed Swing Band Rehearsal Stephen Jones Community Hall, Haxey 7:30-930 pm

Thurs Owston Ferry Bowling Club Owston Ferry Bowling Green (Roll Up & Drives) 2.00-4.00pm 01427 728590

Thurs Sunshine Yoga Coronation Hall, Owston Ferry 7:00 - 8:30 pm 01427 873730

Thurs Preschool—Playgroup 3—5 years Memorial Hall 9:15-3:15 pm 01427 753162

Thurs Happy Circle (over 60’s) Memorial Hall 2:00—4:00 pm 01427 752636

Thurs Bambi—Playgroup 1—3 years Memorial Hall 9:30-11:00 am 01427 754830

Thurs Boxercise Haxey Church Hall 7:00—8:00 pm 01427 753269

1st Thurs Ferry Folk Group Crooked Billet, Owston Ferry 8pm start 01427 728643

Fri Ashby Concert Band Ashby Wesley Hall (opp. Aldi (Rehearsals) 19:30 -22:00 01724 784494

Thurs Kick Boxing Memorial Hall 6:00 - 8:00pm 01427 875051

Fri Preschool—Playgroup 2.5—5 years Memorial Hall 9:15-3:15 pm 01427 754330

Fri Isle of Axholme short mat Bowls Club Epworth Leisure Centre (September—April) 3.30—5.30 pm 01427 752344

Fri Musical Monkeys 0—5 years Memorial Hall 10:30- 12:noon 01427 753787

Fri Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall 3:00 - 10:00pm 01427 873532

Thurs Epworth & Isle of Axholme Rotary Club The Red Lion , Epworth 6pm start 01427 875540

Thurs Musical Movement - Toddlers

12months + Epworth Thurlow Pre School 9:00 - 10:00 am 01427 875016

Thurs Musical Movement - Baby Group Epworth Thurlow Pre School 10:00 - 11:00 am 01427 875016

Sat Slate House Market & Carboot Nr Messingham, Scunthorpe 1pm start 01909 480087

The Stephen Jones Community Hall - Pam Layton (Bookings) 01427 752783

Bookings of the Memorial Hall Mrs Anne Robinson 01427 752636

Bookings of Westwoodside Village Hall Vivien M’Itwamwari 01427 753856

Bookings of West Butterwick Village

Hall Beryl Ash 01724 783125


Advice

Pensions Helpline 0800 991234

Electricity Emergencies 0800 375 675

Transco - Gas Leaks 080 111 999

Yorkshire Water 0845 1242424

Care in the Community

Age Concern 0800 009966

Childline 0800 1111

Neighbourhood Watch 01482 444466

Health Visitor Team for under 5’s 01427 871181

SSAFA Forces Help www.ssafa,org.uk , 01476 569764

NSPCC 0808 80050000

RSPCA 08705 555999

NHS Direct 0845 4647

Owston Ferry LIVES (information only) 01427 728324

Community

Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111

Carers Support Centre 01652 650585

Isle of Axholme Lions 01427 752139

Isle of Axholme Osteoporosis

Support Link—Anne Broster 01427 875752

Education and General

Epworth Country Primary School 01427 872345

Haxey C of E School 01427 752294

Westwoodside C of E Primary School 01427 752355

Westwoodside Mobile Library 01724 865675

Haxey Library - Memorial Hall 01724 753239

Willows Dental Practice—Belton 01427 872106

Leisure

Epworth Leisure Centre 01427 873845

Ashby Concert Band - Rehearsals -

Fridays—Mr B Page 01724 784494

Haxey Cricket Club 01427 752394

Business Directory £30 + VAT for 12 months

Contact Carolyn 01302 532676

Boarding Kennels/Training

Croft House Kennels & Cattery 01427 890235

Sit Dog Training www.sitdogtraining.co.uk 07879 220715

Business/Finance/Accountants

Sterry & Co Chartered Certified Accountants 01427 752958

Hurstons Accountants & Bus. Advisors 01427 873737

Health/Fitness /Swimming

Minnows Swimming Club, Misterton School Pool

Catherine 01427 754240 or Annette 01427 754772

Pilates classes covering the Isle with Jill Allen 0790 338 4065

Funeral Directors

Fields Funeral Service, Westwoodside 01427 874424

R Butoid Funeral Service , Misterton & Dist 01427 890317

Local Taxis

Isle Take You 07975 591967 / 01427 752707

Axi Private Hire 01724 798877 / 07866 859963

Trade/Craftsmen

Brooks Homecare Improvements 01427 875314 /07973142963

Chris Yeardley Roofing services 01427 754197 / 07974 140344

J M B Plastering—Haxey 01427 752200 / 07785 735984

D Brown Joinery 0779 5321054 / 01302 350363

EPG Roofing Ltd 01427 420184 / 07850 976791

A.E.S. Tiling (Ceramic Floor & Wall Tiling) 01302 885401

www.aestiling.org.uk 07749519557

C M Developments Building Services 01302 770216

Complete Fire & Security Systems Ltd

01302 623427 / 07917 766922

G S Joinery - West Butterwick 07840 701447 / 01724 783181

Home and Garden

Axholme Pest Control 01427 873608 / 0776 6747245

Galerie des Fleurs 01427 872111

Fountain Court florist 01427 874831

Entertainment/Children’s Care

All Aboard Children‘s Club -Westwoodside 01427 753676

http://www.aestiling.org.uk


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