COFFEE MORNING: The next Coffee Morning to be held in the Village Hall is scheduled for Saturday 17th October. Regular hosts Brian and Kathryn Seddons invite villagers and friends to join them and fellow residents for Coffee/tea and cake and conversation. A £2.00 cover charge will get you refreshments and the chance to catch up on all the latest news and views from in and around the area.
Please come along and relax in convivial company between 10:00am and 12:00noon.
The final coffee morning of the year will take place on Saturday 28th November. This will be incorporated in the Christmas market event which will be held from 10:00am to 4:00pm. During this session the annual Village Hall Seasonal Draw will take place. A cash prize of £100 is one of the many prizes on offer.
Any offers of goods or donations of prizes for this fund-raiser will be gratefully accepted. Contact any member of the village hall committee.
Tickets for the draw will be available in due course.
ST.BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH: A “Family Service” will take place at the local church on Sunday 18th October. Please come along and bring the family.
The service starts at 9:30am and everyone is welcome.
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE: The next meeting of the local W.I. will take place on Wednesday 21st October in Sutton Village Hall at the usual time of 7:15pm.
On this occasion the ladies will be gaining knowledge of Grandma Absons’ Traditional Baking with Meryl White. New members and trial visits are always welcome. For further details contact: Jackie Payne on (01777) 707 562.
SPONSORED PYJAMA WALK: A “Sponsored Charity Pyjama Walk in aid of Bassetlaw Hospice Retford on 24th October at 9:00pm. Approx. 1.5 mile planned route with marshals around Retford town with hot drinks and refreshments afterwards.
Fancy dress is optional (but fun!). £6.00 adults, £4.00 under 16’s (sorry no entries under 11yrs and children must be accompanied by an adult. No entries on the night).
For information and entries please contact Bassetlaw Hospice Appeal office on (01777) 710 444, email: helen@bassetlawhospice.org or village resident anne-marie.hamerslag@virgin.net
YARD SALE & CAR BOOT: This event will be held in aid of Village Hall funds, on Sunday 25th October from 10:00am to 12:00pm in Sutton Village Hall.
Donations of goods can be brought to the hall on Saturday afternoon 24th October from 2:00pm till 4:00pm. The car boot will take place on the hall grounds – £5 per car with gates open for traders from 9:30am.
WANTED!: Do you have any unwanted cuddly toys that require a good home? Then the Village Hall committee are waiting to hear from you!
In fact anything cuddly will be considered as we plan our theme for the Christmas Market taking place on Saturday 28th November. Ring (01777) 705 060 for collection.
NETWORK RAIL: Network Rail give advanced notice that the Barnby Moor/Sutton level crossing on Station Road will be closed over the next few weekends.
The crossing will be closed between the hours of 21:00 and 07:00 on the following weekends in October:
- Saturday/Sunday 3rd and 4th October
- Saturday/Sunday 10th and 11th October
- Saturday/Sunday 17th and 18th October
All the closures will be at weekends. The closure is necessary for essential maintenance and repair work to take place, including replacing sections of the track which has now become life expired. Network Rail apologise for any inconvenience caused.
SUTTON CUM LOUND WELCOME PACK: The Parish Council are producing a village Welcome Pack with a view to issuing it to all village residents and thereafter to new arrivals. The target date for the first edition is 1 January 2016.
The design is based on a wallet with inserts. The main insert will be ‘An Introduction to Sutton cum Lound’ and others have been invited (mid October deadline) from the School, church, pub, shop, Village Hall, annual report from the Chairman of the Parish Council, and all clubs/regular activities in the village such as the April club, Art Group, Burns Night, Flower and Garden Show, Gardening Club, Meet the Neighbours, Neighbourhood Watch, Village Fayre, Coffee & Cakes, and WI.
SIGN OF THE TIMES: As winter approaches and with the harvest safely gathered in observant villagers will have noticed that local farmers in line with Parish Council requests have once again made a start in clearing Ditches/Dykes on some of the village boundaries. This helps stop surrounding land becoming waterlogged and is an aid to possible flood prevention should weather conditions deteriorate rapidly.
GARDENING CLUB: Twenty Five members attended the excellent October talk on Small Scale Vegetable Production by Dave Newman of ‘Sage Gardener’.
Small scale vegetable growing was never so interesting in this wide ranging exposition from a very experienced gardener who illustrated all his point with photograph’s of his own endeavours. He covered the use of flower borders, small and medium sized containers and raised beds for all manner of produce, and moved on to compost production, pest control and companion planting.
If you did not attend you missed out.
The next meeting is on 3rd November when Patrick Harding will address and inform the group on the ‘Medicinal Properties of Plants’. It’s one not to be missed.
Further details of the club and its activities are available from D. Mowthorpe on (01777) 709 809 or email gardeningclub@suttoncumlound.net
MEET THE NEIGHBOURS: The group met as scheduled on Tuesday 12th October at the Gate Inn and a full report will follow.
SUTTON ART GROUP: The group meet every Friday morning in the Village Hall and will continue throughout the season. Further details of the group and their activities are available from either:
- Maggie Beare on (01777) 710 589, mags@maggiebeare.co.uk
or
- Joan Reiter on (01777) 702 137, joan.reiter@tiscali.co.uk
COUNTY COUNCILLOR: If you have any issues or concerns then your County Councillor Mrs Liz Yates can be contacted at any reasonable time on 01777 860 219.
DISTRICT COUNCILLOR: Tracey Taylor, District Councillor for Sutton Ward can be contacted at any reasonable time on 01777 816 781 or mobile 07771 629 380.
PARISH COUNCIL: The Parish Council normally meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm in the Village Hall. There is a public participation period and all residents are welcome to attend. For further information please contact the Clerk at clerk@suttoncumlound.net or call the Sutton Central number: 07092 985 871.
POLICE: The local Beat Team for the BERL beat ( Bassetlaw East Ranskill / Lound) are as follows:
PC 3258 Jason Fellows Telephone: 101 ext. 8077 364, Mobile: 07525 226 893
VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS: Enquiries with regard to the booking of the Village Hall should be made by contacting 07092 985 831. Anyone making enquiries please note that the number is not manned on a permanent basis, but calls are re-routed to one of three points for their attention and will be dealt with as soon as possible. Please be patient and your enquiry will be dealt with. Thanks for your cooperation.
The Village Hall web site is available at www.suttonvillagehall.net or email: bookings@suttonvillagehall.net.
POSTAL SERVICES: The Post office operates in the Village Hall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week.
Opening times are as follows:
- Tuesdays from 11:30am to 2:00pm
- Wednesdays from: 9:00am to 12:00 noon
The local office can supply residents with: Pensions, Foreign Currency, Travel Insurance, Car insurance, investments and Savings.