Notton Village Community

2010 Notton Gala

chrispilkington — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:57:03 +0000

The 2010 Notton Gala will take place on Sun 13th June from 1pm to 5pm.

Highlights this year will include the Wakefield Fleur de Lys Majorettes marching group, SPICE and entertaining flag display , the Yorkshire Traction Brass Band and a dog display team (K9 Kapers). In addition some 40 stalls will offer a variety of different produce and there will be amusements for both younger and older children including face painting and donkey rides. Refreshments will be available in the Village Hall and on the Green and there is designated parking on the cricket field.

The charity being supported by the Gala this year is ‘Help for Heroes’.

If anyone would like a stall at the Gala or would like to advertise their company in the programme then please contact Gala Chair, Michael Tate, on 01226 709399.

2009 Notton Bonfire & Fireworks Extravaganza

chrispilkington — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:49:11 +0000

SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2009

One of the best firework displays in the Yorkshire area!

A great evening of entertainment for all the family

on the Sports Field – behind the Village Hall

Licensed bar, soft drinks, pie and peas and hot dogs in the Village Hall.

Children’s rides and bouncy castle.

Bonfire will be lit at 7.00 pm.

Fireworks will start at 8.00 pm.

Admission: ADULTS £3.50: CHILDREN £2.50.

FREE CAR PARKING

Tickets can be purchased from Notton Post Office –

Opening hours Mon – Sat 7.00am to 7.30pm and Sunday 8.00am to 1.00pm

Don’t forget to purchase your tickets early as last year was a complete sell-out!

As we have done for the last few years we will be donating some of the monies to local charities (yet to be decided) and the rest to the upkeep of the Village Hall.

Any queries, please contact Alan: 01226 724513.

Sep 09 Notton Newsletter

chrispilkington — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:22:26 +0000

Dear All,

Please click on the link below for the September 09 edition of the Notton Newsletter.

Regards

Chris

Notton Newsletter May 2009

col — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:34:39 +0000

Here is the May 2009 Notton newsletter for download

may-09-newsletter

2009 Notton Gala (Sun 14th June)

chrispilkington — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:21:15 +0000

The 2009 Notton Gala will take place on Sun 14th June from 1pm to 5pm.

Highlights this year include the Wakefield Fleur de Lys Majorettes marching group, the Barnsley Youth Jazz Orchestra , the Yorkshire Traction Brass Band and a dog display team (K9 Kapers). In addition some 40 stalls will offer a variety of different produce and there will be amusements for both younger and older children including face painting and donkey rides. Refreshments will be available in the Village Hall and on the Green and there is designated parking on the cricket field.

Charities supported this year include the MacMillan Nurses Cancer Support and Haven Breast Cancer Support.

If anyone would like a stall at the Gala or would like to advertise their company in the programme then please contact Gala Chair, Michael Tate, on 01226 709399.

We look forward to seeing you on the 14th.

Chris Pilkington

Notton Newsletter March 2009

col — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:54:28 +0000

mar-09-newsletter text

mar-09-newsletter Word doc

here are the original Word version (large file – longer to download with a dial-up connection) and a smaller text version where some of the formatting may not line up.

White Ford Transport Van (GB56 VND)

chrispilkington — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:27:32 +0000

Dear All,

At the Notton Parish Council meeting on 2nd April Police Inspector Helen Brear reported that a white Ford Transport Van with false plates (GB56 VND) had been spotted on Mill Lane in Notton on 7th March. The vehicle in question has apparently been involved with thefts elsewhere and the police are keen to track it (and its owners/drivers) down. If anybody does spot it then please contact the Wakefield Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team (see link below for their contact details)

http://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/npt/area.asp?id=398

Regards

Chris

Carol singing before Christmas 2008

jan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:08:50 +0000

carol singing 2008

A big thank you to everyone who sang, collected, provided wassail or made donations for our annual carol singing event on December 22nd. We raised the wonderful sum of £375.13 for Cancer Research UK.

We were lucky this year to have a dry, mild evening, resulting in an almost 100% retention rate of singers! Or maybe it was the mince pies and mulled wine (thanks to June Clarke, Lynne and Guy Cattell) hot sausage rolls (thanks to June and Brian Farrar) and an end of sing supper at Chris and Michael Weir’s house that kept us going?

Santa made his usual appearance, delighting the younger residents of the village. Older residents were no doubt delighted by our musical ability, according to the generosity of donations.

An additional £20.55 was raised by donations in lieu of Christmas cards to a community card in the Village Shop. Thanks to Eleanor Turner for arranging that.

A cheque rounding the total amount up to £400 has been sent off to Cancer Research and the receipt will be posted in the Village Shop shortly.

Once again, thank you to everybody for supporting us in what was our 17th year of fund raising for Cancer Research.

Jan Bryant and the Notton Songbirds

ps copy of ‘thank you’ letter uploaded

copy of 'thank you' letter

Burglary Alert

chrispilkington — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:22:49 +0000

Dear All,

Would residents (particularly in the Bleakley Area) note that a garage on Bleakley Lane has been broken into and systematically looted. In addition a neighbour has seen hooded men looking into her windows in the early hours of the morning. Please report anything suspicious to the police and join the Neighbourhood Watch scheme if you have not already done so.

Chris Pilkington

Past Notton News

admin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:37:04 +0000

Dec’ 08 Notton news is attached to a previous post.
Here are back numbers for reference.
The original word documents are quite large files so I have included plain text files which are much smaller and which will be much quicker to download for those without broadband – but images and formatting will be lost so some of the text may not line-up.
oct-07-newsletter small text file