I’m afraid there isn’t a great deal to report this time as
the November flood is still taking its toll.
My husband and I were evacuated from our house and spent 4 weeks in a
Premier Inn before going on a long arranged holiday and returning to temporary
accommodation. The whole event has been
quite traumatic and picking up the pieces has been very difficult.
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Volunteers
However, our volunteers have continued to turn out on their
regular sessions and have been hedge laying on the Trans Pennine Trail or
working in the woodlands. The Weirside
project, ie wall building near the fish pass, has had to be halted because of
flooding, but we have been given an extension by Groundwork for Tesco Bags of Help and hope to finish it by the end
of the Summer, fine weather prevailing.
Free Trees
The Woodland Trust have donated 105 trees to plant near the
fish pass and they will be arriving by the middle of March and we expect to
have a planting day early in April. So
check it out with me nearer the time.
Co op Community
Fund
We have been very lucky to be chosen as one of the three
main recipients of the Co op’s Community Fund this year and so far over £700
has been raised for us. This is 1% of
members shopping bills who have chosen to support us, so if you would like to
join them by becoming members and choosing us, it only costs £1 to join and you would
be doing us a great favour. The nearest
shops to us can be found at Mexborough on Adwick Road, Wheatley, Woodlands and Askern. There is also a Co op
Undertakers at Edlington which might be something to remember as that would
count as well.
“Sprotbrough Oral
History: From Rural Estate to Real Estate”
Our monthly meetings have been going really well, with the
Christmas Party on the last Friday in November before the Christmas break. Food was provided by Meryl White, writer of
Grandma Abson’s Cookbook, and fruit cordials by Cllr Cynthia Ransome. Quite a number of personal interviews have
been held and we are hoping the book will be ready by early Summer.
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Community Group AGM
This will be held prior to our next meeting on Monday 9
March 2020 at 10 am at Martinwells Centre.
We do not have any members as such, but anyone is able to attend as an
observer. Nominations for officers and
committee should reach me by 2 March.
Liz Reeve
Secretary
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