DISTRICT NEWS: DINNINGTON

DINNINGTON BY THE SEASIDE: Saturday/Sunday, June 11-12, 11am-7pm, bus station car park, funfair rides, donkey rides, Punch and Judy, seaside food and ice cream, free sandpit.

BIRDERS GROUP (SK58): Record the bird life of the single SK58 10km square between Sheffield, Rotherham and Worksop, please view the website www.sk58birders.com or contact 01909 563108.

LITTER PICKERS: Thursdays, meet 9am-9.30am, volunteers wanted. June 9, Doe Quarry Lane/Leys Lane junction; June 16, Monksbridge Farm on grass verge next to roundabout; June 23, Church Lane/Athorpe Road junction; June 30 Dinnington Market and car parks near bus station entrance, contact Linda 01909 565319.

MIDDLETON HALL: (DART) Barleycroft Lane S25 2LE, general contact 01909 567439.

ART SOCIETY: Practice sessions, Tuesdays, 6.30pm-9pm, in the Lyric Theatre, 62a Laughton Road, Dinnington, S25 2PS, contact 01909 562961. Thursdays, 9.30am-12.30pm, in Firbeck Village Hall, New Road Firbeck, S81 8JY. Demonstration evenings: June 14, Paul Talbot Greaves Creating distance in a watercolour landscape; July 19, Amy Jones portraying animals with painterly pastels.

DINNINGTON COLLIERY BAND: Rehearsals Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7.30-9.30pm, at the market square bandroom next to the bus station S25 2PS, contact Joanne on 07967 026277 or Joan on 01909 566594 or 07870 534266. All beginners accepted no age limit.

DINNINGTON METHODIST CHURCH: Laughton Road, Dinnington, S25 2PS Sunday services 10.30am, Rev Angela Pothecary, 07399 606166. Room Bookings: Graham Thomas 01909 563574. Website www.trinitycircuit.net/churches/churches-in-rotherham-south-yorkshire/dinnington.           

OPERATIC SOCIETY: The Addams Family October 4-8 in The Lyric Theatre, 62a Laughton Road, Dinnington, S25 2PS, continuing our 100th birthday celebrations, please view the website www.dinningtonoperatics.org. Tickets - contact the box office on 01909 569340 or www.ticketsource.co.uk/dinningtonoperatics.

DINNINGTON RESOURCE CENTRE: 131 Laughton Road, Dinnington, S25 2PP, Dinnington Library opening hours are: Monday and Wednesday, 9am-5.30pm, Tuesday and Friday, 9am-7pm, Thursdays, 9am-2pm, Saturdays, 9am-1pm, Sundays closed.

RAOB: (The Buffs) Sundays, 7-8.30pm, in the Dinnington Resource Centre 131 Laughton Road, S25 2PP, contact 01909 567554.

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION: Wednesday, June 29, at 7pm for 7.30pm start (last Wednesday of each month) in The Lyric Theatre, 62a Laughton Road, S25 2PS, new members are most welcome. Contact [email protected]

ST LEONARD'S CHURCH: Church Lane, Dinnington, S25 2PQ, Garden Party, Saturday, June 18, 10am-1pm at 6 Borrowdale Crescent North Anston. Plants and cakes on sale, tombola and refreshments. Summer Fair on Saturday, July 2, Jubilee themed. Parent and Child Group every Monday 10.30am-noon. Are you free on Monday morning? Then why not come along and enjoy the company of other parents with young children. There will be coffee, lots of chat, Little Lenny’s Story Time, music making and crèche facilities with toys and books. Everyone welcome. Coffee morning every Thursday and Friday 10am-11.30am.

LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOODS TEAM: Contact Andrea Peers, senior neighbourhood coordinator for South Rotherham, email [email protected] or Tel. 07717 450973

TOWN COUNCIL: Monday, June 13, town council meeting at 7pm in The Lyric, Laughton Road, S25 2PS, email [email protected] or ‘phone 01909 564169. Planning applications can be viewed on the website dinningtonstjohns.org