ackworth arrow march 2015

March 2015 Issue No. 13

Ackworth

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92 Wakefield Road, Ackworth, WF7 7BD 01977 619944 www.ackworthflowers.co.uk

Debbie Harrod @ ACKWORTH FLOWER SHOP

Free Delivery Within 10 mile

Radius of Ackworth

Sunday 15th March

Taking orders now for

Mother’s Day

Ackworth Flowers Workshop Days At Ramsden Hall, Thorpe Audlin, WF8 3HB

10am—2.30pm £45.00 includes all

Materials, Flowers and Refreshments

Gift Vouchers Available

If you are interested in learning how to arrange flowers, then this day is for you. We hold these workshops throughout the year so there is sure to be a date to suit you. Everything is included and you take home all your designs.

11th April Spring is in the air 9th May Roses, Roses 13th June Candles and more 11th July Flowers and Fruit

Contact the flower shop to book or to find out more dates.

Editor’s letter... Welcome to the March issue of the Ackworth Arrow.

As you will all know, Mother’s Day is just around the corner and this month’s issue has just what you need... Ackworth Flowers! As well as dates throughout the year for flower arranging workshops, Ackworth Flowers offers a range of gifts from the expected beautiful flower arrangements to candles and trinklets. Call in and speak to one of the Debbies’, I am sure they will be able to help you find that special something.

Well Done to all the runners from Ackworth Road Runners Club who participated in the Snake Lane race on Sunday 22nd February. I was there (I was one of the non club runner’s) and set my pb however, still managed to come 108th out of 113 in my category—maybe some room for improvement! Ion a more positive note, there was a good atmosphere and we missed the worst of the weather thank goodness!!

The Arrow will again be delivered to Badsworth village from this month onwards, please keep in touch and let me know what is happening in your villages so I can keep everyone informed through the Arrow.

School articles are always welcome so if any of the local primary schools wish to share their school news, please contact me on the details below.

The deadline for the April issue for advertising and articles is Wednesday 25th March. The April Arrow will be delivered the first weekend in April.

Best Wishes Michelle Sidebottom Tel: 01302 534256 / 07795 387937 Email: [email protected]

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Debbie Harrod the Owner of Ackworth Flowers has seen the business grow and flourish over the past two years and believes the Arrow, which goes into over 3000 local homes, has assisted in publicising her shop and all she has to offer.

The shop is a virtual treasure house of delights offering a wide variety of homeware and gifts, supplying the extra individual items to support and enhance the floral tributes they create. The variety of homeware on sale would complement any house, whatever the decor or style.

Fresh flowers are delivered 3 times a week, direct from Holland. The shop has a purpose built, air-conditioned, temperature controlled flower store and preparation room to ensure flowers are kept as fresh as possible. Debbie Harrod and her shop manager Debbie Braidley have, between them, almost 50 years of experience and produce a wide range of spectacular floral decorations, bouquets, wreaths etc to suit every taste and pocket.

Debbie is currently awaiting a delivery of new stock to replenish her shop after a very successful Valentine’s Day weekend. Her excellent gift assortment will be available for Mother’s Day and many of her floral tributes will, this year, have a Vintage theme. This month, once again Debbie will be hosting a flower demonstration at The Kings Croft Hotel Pontefract. Tickets £17.50 including a hot buffet, proceeds towards Dr. Jackson’s Cancer Trust.

Debbie has her own web site and delivers flowers locally and nationally through the e-florist network. She gives talks and demonstrations to local ladies’ groups. She will also be running flower workshops throughout the year, to be held at the Ramsden Hall in Thorpe Audlin.

For further details and information consult the web site, call in at the shop on the Wakefield Rd. or ring 01977 619944.

ACKWORTH FLOWERS

‘Advertising in the Arrow has proved very successful’ says

local businesswoman Debbie Harrod

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Do you have a story to share, or need some support for fund raising?

If so, please let me know and we will do our best to publish your

information. Email [email protected]

St. Cuthbert & All Saint's Churches

‘Little Friends' Mother & Toddler Group, held monthly at All Saints Church on the first Thursday in each

month, between 14.00 & 15.30 hours, attendance is free.

Fathers are also welcome!

Home Conservatory cleaning inside & out

Frames, Doors, Soffits & Facias cleaned & revived

Painting Internal & External Floors cleaned and polished

Garden

Seasonal Tidy Up Decking & Garden furniture

cleaned and restored Patios, Paths & Block Paving

cleaned & Refreshed Fence staining or painting


ACKWORTH SOLICITORS Philip & Robert Howard Solicitors

9 Bell Lane, Ackworth, WF7 7JA Call in at our Ackworth office on Tuesdays or ring for an appointment.

551320 or 07803 276780 (24 hr helpline)

Power of Attorney & Accident Claims

Wills, Trusts & Probate

Elderly Care Home Fee Advice

Tel: 01977 800427 Mob: 07507 589224

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BRACKEN HILL AUTO ENGINEERS

Wakefield Road, Ackworth, Pontefract WF7 7AZ

Telephone (01977) 611860 Established over 30 years in Ackworth. Total quality workmanship over 35 years.

Local Recovery within a 5 Mile Radius Reliants, Cars & Light commercials, Petrol, Cats & Diesel Testing PRICE MATCH MOTs

No Re-Test

Fee

FREE Car Loan Service Pick Up & Drop off facilities

Tyres & Exhausts Tracking SOLUS PRO Diagnostic Equipment Brakes Hydro Suspension Pump Up All Types of Service & Repairs Including Vehicle still with a Warranty

Half Price MOT’s With this voucher

Phone Garry for a FREE

Quote!

Home Visit Will Service 7 days a week.

We come to you,, show you a draft copy and return with

the final Will. All for £75 pp. Wills are insured for up to £1m.

Wills * Trusts * Power of Attorney * Home Protection

01977 611833 or 07733377413

We are only satisfied when you are.

John Alder BA, BA (Hons), M.Ed

Phoenix Avenue, off Green Lane, Featherstone, WF7 6EP


City & Guilds Qualified

All work guaranteed Interior & exterior decorating Call for a competitive quote

Ackworth & District Rotary Club

The “horses” were provided by Mark and Chris Lovett who also ran the tote. The Ackworth Rotary Club provided an excellent hot supper, followed by delicious puddings.

The event raised over £700 for the Ackworth Riding for the Disabled.

The Rotary Club Committee and members would like to thank everyone who supported them and helped make the evening such a success.

Anyone wishing to find out more about the work and activities of the Ackworth Rotary Club, which welcomes both ladies and gentlemen, should contact Liz Thring on 01977 795843

On Feb 6th the Ackworth and District Rotary Club held, a very successful Fun Race Evening at the East Hardwick Village Hall. It was a really enjoyable fun evening for all ages.

The Ackworth 74 Club

Ladies!

If you have been thinking about joining the Ackworth 74 Club, our active, enjoyable and very welcoming ladies group, then

this could be your chance. Come along and find out more!

Just £10 a year membership fee!

Enjoy meeting new people, try your hand at various crafts, listen

to talks on a wide range of subjects and Join us for meals out

and day trips.


All Saints

St Cuthberts &

Durham It may seem strange to be writing an article about Durham, in a magazine devoted to Ackworth. But there is an obvious connection, which many people will know. St Cuthbert. The Parish Church is St Cuthbert’s Church. The body of St Cuthbert resides in Durham Cathedral.

I have recently visited Durham, and the cathedral there, and of course visited the shrine to St Cuthbert, along with many other displays around the cathedral. On arriving at the Cathedral we were met by several guides who were more than willing to tell all about the cathedral, and its history. They were obviously very proud of a building which they considered to be their own. When I mentioned York Minster, they became very defensive and eager to tell us that Durham is a much older building and a fine example of Romanesque architecture, except the later developments which are in the gothic style. As a past minor student of church architecture, I knew what he was talking about. And indeed Durham cathedral is a fantastic example of architecture, and I was able to appreciate that, and also much more.

There was a sense of spirituality about the place. The shrine of St Cuthbert was given greater respect than the rest of the building, and I noticed that the people who visited and walked through there were silent, as I sat silently and watched the candles flickering gently, and looking at the artwork on the banners which display something of Cuthbert’s life. The shrine is much simpler than it used to be before the reformation, something that Cuthbert, who desired only to live a simple life, would have approved of. Although he probably wouldn’t have wanted a shrine at all!

However, the thing that caught my imagination was the opportunity to build the cathedral in lego. Part of the fundraising efforts of the Cathedral staff is to build a scale model of the Cathedral in lego. You pay a pound, and you are given a brick, and told where to put it. At my visit, I was able to place a brick contributing to the construction of the north tower. It’s a great and fun way to raise money. But my imagination was caught in the vision of hundreds of thousands of people all working together to build a church. Albeit a lego church.

I believe that is what church is all about, and probably society too. Everyone contributes their own part and builds the whole. It doesn’t matter what others are doing elsewhere in the building,, just as long as the whole works together. It doesn’t matter if someone else is a decorated Romanesque arch in the nave, but you are a plain faced pillar in the crypt. It doesn’t matter if someone else is the slab coving St Cuthbert’s tomb, but you are a stone tile in the vestry. What matters is that you are part of something, and without you, that something is not complete. Everything and everyone is important. We should all value what others do more than valuing ourselves. Rev Paul Fox Revpaul.fox.gmail.com

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YOGA IN ACKWORTH

Experienced British Wheel of Yoga Teacher

14 years teaching experience Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs trained

Held at

Ackworth Community Centre, Bell Lane

Mondays 10- 11.30am Tuesdays 7.45- 9.15pm

NEW CLASS Tuesday 6 - 7.30pm

for beginners!! All abilities welcome

Call Linda on 01977 235587 or 07870 294412

Ackworth Community Library is celebrating its second birthday!

We are hosting...

A Cheese and Wine Evening & Art Exhibition courtesy of Pontefract Art Club!

Please come and join us in the library on

Friday 6th March from 7.00pm!

Tickets are £6.00 each to include a glass of wine and nibbles and can be bought in

advance from the Library.

Pictures may be purchased on the night. Also, raffle tickets may be bought for a chance to win a picture donated as a

raffle prize!

Charity number 1152172

Ackworth Road runners Had their largest turnout ever at the Snake Lane Race in Pocklington on Sunday 22nd February with 25 runners taking part.

Despite cold (and eventually sleety) conditions with a cold wind breeze blowing down Snake Lane itself, there were some superb performances - many off the back of marathon training. Sarah Rose put a marker down for the most improved this year knocking almost 15 mins off her pb. This was bettered by Clare Hill who knocked an unbelievable 17:58 off her best - pity she didn't do a 10m last year! Andrew Parkes improved by 8:14, Diane Widdowson by 6;38, Vic Adams by 3:14. Other excellent pbs by Richard Smart - our first home, John Knowles, Jeff Denton and Karen Youel (decade pb). Aleks Kubasiak and Nicola Holmes set pb’s for their first runs - both excellent times. Well done to everyone.

Ackworth Road Runners Club

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