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Lost and
found
The
March and April meetings attracted a good number of new members,
who are warmly welcomed. The well-received talks showed how the
Doncaster area lost an extraordinary part of its heritage – the
Sand House, but has found a folk hero, Robin Hood, who was
active to the north and west of Doncaster rather than in
Nottinghamshire. Illustrated summaries of both talks are now
available in the Local History section of our website.
Engrossing talks are in store for the 2007/8 programme arranged
thanks to Pam Mills.
New TDLHS
Publication
Eastfield
Farm 1925-1955 is the topic of our new, extensively illustrated,
Occasional Paper 3.
Find out all
about the Newborn family’s life on the farm when farming
depended on hard work
by men, women, and sometimes children, as well as horses, until
the Second World War brought
a shift to mechanisation. As with the first two papers, the new
one is on sale at KSM Dry Cleaners who
are not charging commission
Thanks
The
Society is particularly grateful to Frank W. Newborn for making
available many of the photographs and notes about Tickhill’s
history in general and Eastfield Farm’s history in particular
made by his late sister Jessie Newborn. As well as being the
basis of the new Occasional Paper, some of the other material
the Society has been able to copy is included in this Newsletter
and the Supplement (compiled by Steve Payne). Jessie is shown in
the Supplement beneath a whale’s jawbones on a path between
Eastfield Farm and Common Lane. Two other sets of whales’
jawbones were also once to be seen in Tickhill. Many thanks are
also due to Miss Maud Ashmore who has similarly allowed us to
copy many photographs and other documents. One example is on the
back page of this Newsletter. Thanks also go to all those who
have contributed information during presentations about the HLF
Project photograph collection.
Estfeld
School Spring Fayre
For the
first time the society had a stand at this Fayre and showed
pupils and their families some of the photographs digitised as
part of the HLF Project. Thanks to Claire Brown and Maureen
Dossor for staffing the stand.
AGM on
Thursday 20 September 2007 and Membership Renewal
The AGM
will occupy the first part of our September meeting. The AGM
will be followed by TDLHS member Tony Sheridan’s talk on ‘The
Merry Wives of Doncaster’. With such an intriguing title, we
hope to see as many of you as possible at the meeting.
Membership subscriptions are due for renewal at the AGM.
Existing members will not need to complete a form. Anyone
wishing to renew their membership who is not able to be present
at the AGM is asked to send the subscription fee (cheque/PO
payable to TDLHS) to the Membership Secretary (leave in a sealed
envelope at Tickhill Library with a note of your name, address
and membership category). As last year, the Committee has
decided on behalf of the Society that the subscription rate will
remain unchanged for 2007-8. Members will be asked to ratify
this at the AGM. The fees are £5 full membership, £4
concessionary rate, £7.50 family rate. Full time students have
free membership.
Future Programme
20
September 2007 AGM
Tony Sheridan: The Merry
Wives of Doncaster
18 October
2007 Julie Harrop: Cusworth Hall – The
Refurbishment
15 November
2007 John Cowie: Tickhill’s Missing Men?
December 2007 Social event,
date t.b.a.
17 January
2008 Howard Smith: The Story of the English Inn
21 February 2008 Garry
Swan: History of
Doncaster Infirmary
20 March
2008 Malcolm Dalby: The Contents of the English
House 1500-
1750
17 April
2008 Steve Payne: Tickhill - Then Now and
Future: Our Website
15 May
2008 Christine Greenwood:
Clumber Park & the Newcastle
Family
The talks will be held in the
Methodist Schoolroom (entrance behind the Methodist Church,
Northgate),
start at 7.30 pm and finish by
9 pm.
Entrance fee (including
refreshments): £1 members, £2 non-members
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