WHAT'S ON: Anston

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

NORTH ANSTON METHODIST CHURCH HARVEST CELEBRATION OF POPULAR MUSIC: 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 at 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. Macmillan Cancer Support coffee morning on Wednesday 9.30-11.30am. Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice craft fair on September 26 1-4.30pm, admission £1, U16 free.

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 month 8am – service of BCP 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 cost £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 on Fridays 1.30-3.30pm. £2 a session. Contact Kathryn Wild 01709 910699, [email protected], www.ageuk.org.uk/rotherham.

ANSTON HISTORY SOCIETY: Talks on first Monday of month until May. On September 7 Peter Hall gave a talk on The Revolution House in Old Whittington. On October 5 7.30pm in Anston Parish Hall the talk is by Peter Machan on White Peak, Dark Peak Landscape of the Peak District. On November 2 7.30pm, the talk is by John Taylor on The Life and Times of Col W F Cody (Buffalo Bill). On December 7 7.30pm, the talk is by Doug Bradbury on The Life and Times of a Farrier. On January 4 2016 7.30pm, the talk is 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: September 7 – the walk to Langold Lake was attended by seven members who recorded 27 species. These included great crested grebe, heron, mute swans, gadwall, male tufted duck, kestrel, great spotted woodpecker, chiffchaff, nuthatch and a treecreeper. A large flock of hirundines were mainly swallows and a few house martins. Also present was a small (lesser) canada goose. Field trip to Spurn Point on September 27 7am, meet in Anston Parish Hall car park, led by Mick Clay, contact him 01909 566000 by 6pm the day before at the latest if interested in joining the trip. Evening indoor meetings (last Wednesday of month) resume on September 30 7.30pm in Anston Parish Hall with a talk by Pete Brown on New Zealand. The next Monday birding walk around Langold Lake will be on October 12 10am, meet Andy’s Park Café off A60, contact Geoff Facer 01909 563108. www.sk58birders.com.

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

DINNINGTON AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW: Held on September 12, there were entries for chrysanthemums, pelargoniums, fuchsias, pot plants and flowers and the potatoes grown in a bucket also did well. Lots of jams and chutneys and fine fruit and vegetables and pictures portraying autumn in junior classes also exhibited. The presentation of the trophies was made by Pat and John Morgan. The next evening talk will be by Stephen Gay on Railways in the Yorkshire Landscape on October 12 7.30pm. The Autumn fayre is on October 24 2-4pm, admission 20p. The evening talk on November 9 7.30pm is by Alicia Barker on Clifton House Museum and the evening talk on December 14 7.30pm is by Gerry Kersey on 47 Years in Radio. All 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. The choir is available to sing at functions or charitable events, contact secretary 01909 568216.

ANSTON WI: Next meeting in Anston Parish Hall on September 28 7.30pm, subject Antiques. On October 26 7.30pm the subject will be Edible Mini Christmas Crackers.

CLLR JO BURTON SURGERIES: Anston Parish Hall, third Monday of month 6.30-7pm. Woodsetts Pavilion, last Wednesday of month 6.30-7pm. Woodland Drive Family Centre, second Thursday of month 10.30-11.30am. South Anston Community Centre, third Wednesday of month 5.30-6.30pm. No appointment necessary. If unable to get to a surgery, contact 01909 562698.

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 a surgery, contact 01909 564647.