WHAT'S ON: Anston

JIMMY’S BABY AND TODDLER GROUP: Every Monday during school term time 1.15-2.45pm at St James Church meeting room, free entry/donation. Newborn to pre-school. Contact Julie 01909 809288 or 077540765129.

NORTH ANSTON METHODIST CHURCH: Girls’ Brigade (4 years old and upwards) meet every Monday 6.15-8.30pm (term time only) at The Wells, North Anston. The Shoebox Drop-In meets every Tuesday 10am-noon. Messy Place 2-4pm on second Saturday of month, contact 01909 564774. 

SOUTH ANSTON METHODIST CHURCH: Mondays – adult exercise class 10-10.45am, beavers 6.15-7.30pm, scouts 7.30-9pm. Tuesdays – brownies 6-7.30pm, guides 7.30-9pm. Wednesdays – coffee morning 9.30-11.15am. Thursdays – Anston Parish Friendship Club 2-4pm, cubs 6.30-8pm. Fridays – sequence dance £2 7.30-9.30pm. Saturdays – Men’s Breakfast Club 8.30-10.30am. Contact 01909 560233. 

ST JAMES’ PARISH CHURCH: Sunday services 10am – 1st family service for all ages with communion, 2nd morning service with thanksgiving and baptisms, 3rd traditional communion service with choir, 4th liquid worship informal creative service with music group, 5th informal communion with music. Last Sunday of every month 8am – service of holy communion. Sunday services 6pm – 1st church open until 7pm for quiet space and interactive prayer, 2nd communion service with music group or piano, 3rd taize, celtic or meditation service, 4th said communion no music, 5th no service. Weekday services third Wednesday in month – said communion noon followed by fellowship lunch £1; morning prayer Thursdays 9am in choir stalls. The parish surgery is held on first Thursday of month 6.45-8pm. Contact Rev M Caunt 01909 563447, stjamesanston.co.uk. Bell ringing practise evening 7.30pm every Thursday in church.

AGE UK ROTHERHAM COFFEE AFTERNOON: At Todwick Church Hall, Lindleys Croft, S26 1HN on Fridays 1.30-3.30pm. Contact Kathryn Wild 01709 910699, [email protected], www.ageuk.org.uk/rotherham.

ANSTON HISTORY SOCIETY: November 2 – 7.30pm in Anston Parish Hall: talk by John Taylor on The Life and Times of Col W F Cody (Buffalo Bill). December 7 –  7.30pm: talk by Doug Bradbury on The Life and Times of a Farrier. January 4 – 7.30pm: talk by Suzanne Bingham on The Anti-Slavery Movement in Sheffield. Contact 01909 807404.

FRIENDS OF ANSTON BURIAL GROUND: Meet in Anston Parish Hall 11am on second Thursday of month. Contact 01909 567338 or 566133.

ANSTON PARISH FRIENDSHIP CLUB: Thursdays 2-4pm in South Anston Methodist Church Hall. Contact 01909 560233.

SK58 BIRDERS: October 12 – six members on the walk at Langold Lake recorded 30 species which included three great crested grebe, five mute swan plus six juveniles, 102 Canada geese, eight tufted duck, one kestrel, six buzzard, one kingfisher, one green woodpecker, one great spotted woodpecker, one song thrush, two nuthatch, one treecreeper, six siskin and two bullfinch. The next Monday birding walk around Langold Lake will be on November 9, meet 10am at Andy’s Park Cafe off A60, contact Geoff Facer 01909 563108, www.sk58birders.com. October 28 – evening meeting: Ben Keywood will talk on Wildlife of Vietnam 7.30pm at The Loyal Trooper, Sheffield Road, South Anston. www.sk58birders.com.

INDEPENDENT BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION SOCIETY (IBIS): Meet every Wednesday 12.30-3.30pm in Anston Parish Hall. Contact 01909 564891. 

DINNINGTON AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: November 9 – evening talk 7.30pm by Alicia Barker on Clifton House Museum. December 14 – evening talk 7.30pm by Gerry Kersey on 47 Years in Radio. Events in Anston Parish Hall. Membership £4 per year. Contact 01909 567326.

ANSTON MALE VOICE CHOIR: Practise at Anston Parish Hall most Thursdays 7-9pm. No audition necessary. Contact Mike West 01909 566919, http://www.anstonmvc.co.uk/.  

ANSTON LADIES VOICE CHOIR: Practise at Anston Parish Hall most Tuesdays 7.30-9.30pm. No audition necessary. Choir available to sing at functions or charitable events – contact secretary 01909 568216.

CLLR CLIVE JEPSON’S SURGERIES: Anston Parish Hall, first or second Wednesday of month 6.30-7pm preceding parish council finance meeting. South Anston Methodist Church (Oak Room), first Wednesday of month 10-11am. Woodsetts Village Hall, third Saturday of month 9.30-10.30am. No appointment necessary. If unable to attend or for a home visit, contact 01909 564647.

CLLR JO BURTON AND CLLR ROBERT TAYLOR SURGERIES: Woodland Drive Community Centre - first Thursday of the month 9.30am to 10.30am, St James Church Hall - second Thursday of the month, 10am to 11am South Anston Methodist Church (The Oak Room) - third Wednesday of the month, 5.30pm to 6.30pm, Woodsetts Pavilion - last Wednesday of the month, 6.30pm to 7pm. No appointment necessary, if you cannot get to a surgery, contact Cllr Burton 01909 562698  Email: [email protected] or Cllr Robert Taylor 01709 255718 Email: [email protected].