Regular events
and meetings:
Brierley Historic Photographic Society
Meets
on Monday and Friday 10am till 12 and Thursday night 7pm till
9pm when Jean Mann will be available to answer any Genealogy
questions.
Garden and Allotment Society;
Meet
the first Wednesday in every month in the Three Horse Shoes at
9pm.
Brierley Labour Party;
Meet
the last Sunday in every month in Brierley Social club at 10am.
Brierley Village (Community) Partnership;
Meet
every second Tuesday in the month in their offices at Brierley
Hall at 7pm.
Quiz Night
Every
Thursday in the three Horse Shoes starting at 9pm.
Brierley Village club.
Artistes Friday and Sunday. Bingo with cash prizes Tuesday and
Thursday.
Hillside Tara
Coffee
morning every Tuesday with bingo and raffle. 10am.
Boys Brigade
The
boys Brigade Juniors will meet on Wednesday while the senior
boys will meet on Thursday at 6.45pm.
Girls Brigade
Meet in
the Methodist Church Hall on Monday at 7.15pm.
Audition night
Young
hopefuls from around the region will show of their talents at an
audition night, which will be held in Brierley Village club on
Wednesday.
Football
There
will be training for Brierley Lions and Cubs on Sunday morning
at 10.15am in the welfare park. The team are looking for local
teams to play friendly games. If anyone is interested please
telephone the team coach Dave Henstock on 01226 713592. It is
hoped that they will start training indoors at Willowgarth
school on a Thursday night in the near future.
Grange House
Hilda
Hall won Monday nights raffle at the Grange House social
evening. Rita Ford won on Thursday while Mrs Swift claimed
Friday’s prize.
Spiritualist
On
Sunday at 6pm Ann Sharp from Pontefract will take a service of
hymns, prayers and clairvoyance. The service next Sunday will be
taken Craig Martin from Rotherham. To ease traffic congestion on
Church Street visitors are asked to use the Brierley Hall car
park.
Tabletop sale
The
winning raffle numbers, which were drawn at the Methodist Church
tabletop sale on Saturday, were Pink 530, and 372. Yellow 479,
497, 428,and 446. All the prizes were claimed and the lucky
winners were, Pam Fewster, Elsie, Mrs Hobson, Pearl McQueen, Mrs
Wright and Mrs Pickard. The event was organised by Mrs Margaret
Watson and over £200 was raised for the new building fund.
Historic Photographic Society
Jean
Mann from Grimethorpe holds an informal genealogy class on
Thursday from 7pm till 9pm. Volunteers meet on Monday and Friday
morning from 10am till noon.
Clairvoyance Special
There
will be an evening of clairvoyance at the Spiritualist Church on
Wednesday 6 November at 7pm. Morag Bence from Leeds will take
the service and tickets which will be available from the church
are priced at £2. Refreshments will be provided.
Social Club.
The
winning numbers in the Sunday night tote for £100 were 25 and
26.The winner was Sandra Chaplain. Tonight Friday the artist
will be Sue Carroll while Denni will provide the entertainment
on Sunday. Bonus ball winner on Wednesday was Jock Hinks while
Angela Gillespie won on Saturday. Wayne Sheard won Friday’s
raffle. Albert Taylor won the gallon of beer. Next Monday is
games night and bingo will be played Thursday.
Girls Brigade
At a
recent social and dance evening the Brierley Girls Brigade
managed to raise £30 for the Guide Dogs for the blind.
Concert
Members
from the Hillside TARA are hoping to arrange an outing to see
the popular Brierley band Fruntslide at the Pinfold Hotel on
Friday 15 November. The coach will leave at 6.40pm and return at
9.40pm. The cost of the trip is £4 for adults and £3 for
children, which will include tickets. To enable them to know
what size coach to book, the closing date is November 5th and
the trip must be paid for in full by the 10th November. The trip
is open to all residents of the village and if anyone would like
to book seats they can telephone Pat Goddard on 01226 713464.
Autumn Fayre
The
Methodist Church annual autumn fayre will take place this year
on Saturday 2 November and will be opened by Councillor Alex
Vodden at 3pm.
Quiz
At the
Three Horse Shoes quiz, which is held every Thursday night at
9pm, Mick Pointon won the general knowledge and a prize of £10.
Steve of the Wage Warriors cashed in on his knowledge of the
Ming Dynasty winning £5.50 for the nearest too question.
Boys
Brigade
The
Annual enrolment service will take place on Wednesday at 6.30pm.
All boys will receive their membership cards and any badges or
promotions they have earned. Parents and friends are invited.
Company photographs will be taken afterwards and boys should
arrive at 6.20pm in uniform if possible. There will be no
meeting on 6 November.
Hillside TARA
There will be a
coffee morning on Tuesday at 10am followed by the management
committee meeting at 12.30pm. On Thursday 31 October at 6pm
there will be a Halloween fancy dress night with a prize for
both the best child and adult witch and warlock. Pie and peas
and Hot dogs will be on sale and tickets are £1.
Women’s Fellowship
Readings were offered at the weekly meeting of the Brierley
Women’s Fellowship on Wednesday. The ladies meet every week in
the Methodist Church Hall at 2pm.
Ladies Recreation
There
will be a ladies recreation evening in the Methodist Church Hall
on Tuesday at 7.30pm.
Methodist Church
Mr G
Senior will lead the Sunday service on at 10.15am while Miss K
Megeary will take the evening service at 6pm. The cleaning
steward’s this week are Mr and Mrs B Ryalls and Mr and Mrs R
Baxendale will provide the flowers.
Pie
and Peas
There
will be a pie and pea supper for residents and friends of Grange
House on Tuesday October 29 at 6.30pm till 9pm. Bingo. Games and
a raffle will be held. All proceeds towards the residents
Christmas fund.
Clean up
Volunteers are asked to attend the Methodist church on Tuesday
at 9.30am to assist in general cleaning up of the Church
grounds. Jobs will include hedge planting, fencing and the
removal of a dangerous unused wall.
St
Paul’s
Father
John Baskerville will lead the Eucharist service on Sunday
morning at 9am. Beverly Kenworthy will read the lesson.
Coppins
The
bonus ball winner on Wednesday was Christine Hanwell. Julie
Cross won on Saturday
Choir
The New
Mill Male Voice Choir will give a concert at the Emmanuel
Methodist Church on Saturday 9 November at 7.30pm. Tickets are
£5 and proceeds will go towards the Brierley Methodist Church
new building fund.
Labour Party
There
will be a Labour party meeting in Brierley Social club on Sunday
morning at 10am. Last months New Centenary club winner for £50
was Joe Hayward.
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