WHAT'S ON: Tickhill

PARTY TIME: The official 90th birthday of the Queen is being celebrated at a 1940s-themed street party at Tickhill Institute, Northgate, on June 11. Those attending the event are invited to wear fashions of yesteryear which reflect the wartime period. There will be music and dance with hit tunes of the era sung by Katie Mustang whose act pays homage to Vera Lynn. Food that reflects the years of rationing will be served 11am-1pm and 2-4pm. Tickets from KSM/Card Gallery and Castlegate DIY, Castlegate, priced £6 for adults and £4 for primary school age children.

CONCERT FOR QUEEN: Music spanning the Queen’s reign will be played in a special concert at St Mary’s Parish Church on June 11 6.30pm. The church choir, along with members of the public, have been practising for the big event for months. They will be boosted by the voices of children from Estfeld and St Mary’s Primary Schools. A celebratory service is being held at St Mary’s Parish Church on June 12 10.30am.

BIRTHDAY BEACON: Townsfolk will have an opportunity to attend the lighting of a birthday beacon on June 11 8.15pm to mark the official 90th birthday of the Queen. The lighting, which follows a short ceremony, will be held in the grounds of St Mary’s Parish Church. This is the second birthday beacon to be lit to honour the Queen’s birthday and follows the one at Tickhill Castle last month.

TOUR RETURN: Tickhill Town Council says that the town’s welcoming of stage two of the Tour de Yorkshire (TdY) cycle race was a success and was watched as it passed through the community by thousands of residents and visitors. There was disappointment that technical difficulties experienced by the TdY broadcasters meant that no live pictures were broadcast of the women’s inaugural race and very little of the men’s race. The council is to ask the TdY race organisers Welcome to Yorkshire  and French company Amaury Sports Organisation if they will consider including Tickhill on the route of future races.

VOLUNTEER WEEK: The Doncaster Volunteer Forum has encouraged local community groups, businesses and organisations to show their support for Volunteers’ Week. Entitled The Big Celebration, it runs from June 1 to June 12. Townsfolk have been asked to do something to celebrate the valuable contribution that volunteers make throughout their communities.

JAZZ NIGHT: Live jazz will be heard for the first time at The Lofthouse wine and coffee bar on June 8. Jim Carroll welcomes the quartet of Russell Henderson (saxophone), Nik Svarc (guitar), Colin Sutton (bass) and Nick Katuszonek (drums) to his Sunderland Street venue for the session of arrangements of classic pop and rock and tracks mixed with jazz-fusion standards 8pm.

QUEER FOLK: Speaker Ken Ball entitles his talk Now’t As Queer As Folk when he talks to members of Tickhill and Bawtry Probus Club on June 9 in the Millstone Hotel, Westgate 10am.

COUNTRYWOMEN: Lloyd Powell is speaker at the meeting of the Yorkshire Countrywomen’s Association on June 9. His talk Sheffield Castle starts 7.30pm in the schoolroom at the Methodist Church, Northgate.

LIBRARY CLOSURE: Internal repair and refurbishment work being carried by DMBC to Tickhill Library means that the building will be closed on June 10 and will reopen on July 4. All books loaned prior to the closure will be due back on July 11. Information about the closure can be obtained from Doncaster Central Library 01302 734314.

LINCOLN BOUND: Tickhill and District Local History Society members will visit Lincoln on June 10 on their annual summer trip.

MOTHERS’ FUN DAY: Members of Tickhill Mothers’ Union will be attending the family fun day in Rotherham on June 18 which will celebrate the Mothers’ Union’s 140th anniversary. The event is at the Garden House, Clifton Park 11am-3pm. Money raised on the day will benefit Mothers’ Union projects.