WHAT’S ON: Dinnington

KIVETON PARK INDEPENDENT ADVICE CENTRE: A drop-in session, with no appointment necessary, will be held on Tuesday 10am-noon at the Community Library in Dinnington. To contact (office hours) 01909 773966.

BLUEBELL WOOD CHILDREN’S HOSPICE OPEN DAY: September 20 10.30am-3pm.

JACK AND JILL’S PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP: Every Tuesday and Thursday at Resource Centre, Dinnington 9.15-11.15am for 0-5 year olds, £2.50 for 1 adult and 1 child, under 6 months old free. Contact Kate 07581 411056 or Tracy 07702 891996.

SK58 BIRDERS: Field trip to Spurn Point on September 27 7am, meet in Anston Parish Hall car park, led by Mick Clay 01909 566000, contact by 6pm day before at latest if interested in joining trip. Evening indoor meetings (last Wednesday of month) resume on September 30 7.30pm in Anston Parish Hall with talk by Pete Brown on New Zealand. www.sk58birders.com.

1325 (DINNINGTON) ATC SQUADRON: Meet every Tuesday and Thursday 7.30-9.30pm at Sycamore Centre. Young people aged 12-17½ welcomed. Contact 01909 550750 on parade nights, [email protected].

DINNINGTON RESOURCE CENTRE LUNCH CLUB: Meet Mondays, ring contact 01909 518555, www.dinningtonresourcecentre.com.

DINNINGTON METHODIST CHURCH LUNCH CLUB: Thursdays 11.30am-2pm, contact 01909 563574.

TEA/COFFEE/FILM: Last Tuesday of month in Middleton Hall 2pm and 7pm, contact 07583 225496.

ST LEONARD’S CHURCH SERVICES: Sunday Services 1st, 2nd, 4th Sunday 10.45am parish communion, 3rd Sunday 8am holy communion (said-traditional), 3rd Sunday Service 10.45am for all ages with thanksgiving for the gift of a child. Weekday services 9am Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning prayer, 9.30am Wednesday holy communion. Church open and refreshments available Monday-Saturday 10-11.30am. Heritage Day tomorrow and St Leonard’s will be looking at Dinnington and the surrounding area on VE Day. Go along and look at the marriage register and baptismal register for that period. There will be artifacts on show from that period along with work produced by Y4 children at Anston Park Junior School in connection with VE Day. Church will be open tomorrow 9.30am-2pm, Sunday 10.45am-1pm, Monday-Friday 9.30-11am. To mark the end of Heritage Week on September 18 there will be An Evening of Fun and Games 6pm. Tickets £5 each, children free, contact Caren Turner 07980051794 for tickets.

DINNINGTON COLLIERY BAND CONCERT: 6pm on last Sunday of every month in The Squirrel Inn on Laughton Road, Dinnington. Tickets on door £4 adults and £2 concessions, or £3 and £1.50 respectively if pre-paid. Contact Joanne 07967 026277, [email protected].

DINNINGTON AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SHOW: 2-4pm tomorrow in Anston Parish Hall. Exhibitors with entries welcome to enter show, contact 01909 567326 for a show schedule and information. Set up of exhibits takes place this evening 6-9pm and tomorrow morning 8-9.30am, judging commences 10.15am. The evening talk on October 12 7.30pm is by Stephen Gay on Railways in the Yorkshire Landscape. The Autumn Fayre will be on October 24 2-4pm, admission 20p, there will be craft stalls, a raffle and tombola and bric-a-brac, books, cakes, plants, toys and refreshments. The evening talk on November 9 7.30pm will be by Alicia Barker on Clifton House Museum and the evening talk on December 14 7.30pm will be by Gerry Kersey on 47 Years in Radio. All events held in Anston Parish Hall. 

DINNINGTON AND DISTRICT ART SOCIETY ART EXHIBITION: Free admission September 18 10am-4pm and September 19 10am-3pm in The Lyric, demonstration by Julie Jenkinson and Sarah Moss: Portrait: Watercolour and Acrylic. Non-members welcome to demonstrations (£4 admission). Contact Ian 01709 367782, http://dinnington-and-district-art-society.org.

DINNINGTON AND DISTRICT BRIDGE CLUB: Meet Mondays (except bank holidays) 7-10pm in Dinnington Resource Centre, contact 01909 562802.

RAOB (‘THE BUFFS’): Meet Sunday 7-8.30pm in Dinnington Resource Centre, contact 01909 567554.

CLLR IAN FINNIE’S SURGERIES: Middleton Institute in Barleycroft Lane, every Thursday 6.15-7.15pm. Monksbridge Hall, last Wednesday of month 11am-noon. Laughton Village Hall, first Monday of month 6.30-7.15pm. No appointment necessary. Contact 07740435728 for a home visit.

CLLRS JEANETTE MALLINDER AND SIMON TWEED SURGERIES: Monksbridge Community Centre, first Saturday of month 11.45am-12.45pm. Lyric Hall in Dinnington, second Monday of month 6.15-6.45pm. Dinnington Resource Centre, second Tuesday of month 2-3pm. Laughton Parish Hall, third Wednesday of month 6-7pm. Contact Jeanette Mallinder 07717 224657, [email protected] and Simon Tweed 01909 518134 or 97887 778926, [email protected].