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Town Councillor Sylvia
Nixon presents Brendon King and Maderson Briscoe with their fancy dress
prizes
Tickled
Pink:
At a
recent Halloween garden party held at the home of Katrina Hare at 1
Hillside Crescent, £83 was raised for the Asda
stores Barnsley “Tickled Pink” campaign which is in aid of research
into women’s breast cancer. The events have been organised by
Katrina, Michelle King and Kaeran Vaines. A children’s fancy dress
competition also took place, which Town councillor Sylvia Nixon who
stepped in at the last minute for Councillor Alex Vodden judged. The
winner of the boy’s fancy dress was 10 year old Brendon King and 13
year old Maderson Briscoe won the girls prize. All the entrants received
a gift. Brendon, along with his sister Jaymie aged 13 and Alex Hurd also 13, also
did an escorted sponsored walk from Hemsworth to Brierley and raised a
further £102. The girls
campaign will finish of on Friday with an auction in the Three Horse
Shoes starting at 8.30pm. Anyone who wishes to donate any items to
auction can bring them on the night or
email
Gary. The proceeds from all three events will be presented to
Sue Hall from Asda stores Barnsley after the auction. There will also be
a prize for the best-dressed person in a pink outfit on this
night.
Ladies Recreation:
There will be ladies recreation evening every Tuesday in the Methodist
Church Hall at 7.30pm.
St
Paul’s Church: The Sunday
Mass will be at 9.30am. Daily Mass will be taken on Monday at 10am and
Friday at 3pm. Father Peter Needham will conduct the services. Marriage
or Baptism enquires to be made to Father Peter Needham at St Luke’s
Church Grimethorpe on Friday between 6.30 and 7.15pm
Methodist
Church:
The Reverend Terry Keen will take the Sunday morning service at 10.15am
while in the evening at 6 there will be a circuit service at Staincross
Methodist Church. The welcoming steward this week will be Joan. Adele
will provide flowers. Will anyone who has a collection box, or a
donation for N.C.H please hand them in to Elizabeth as soon as possible.
Pop In:
The next pop in club will be held
on Thursday 16 November in the Methodist Church Hall from 9.15 to
11.15am where everyone is invited to pop in for a cup of coffee or tea
and biscuits. Proceed for the Church fund.
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Remembrance
Sunday Parade
:
On
12 November after a short Remembrance service in the Methodist Church
taken by Edwin Hambleton, members of the Boys Brigade will parade to St
Paul’s church to join the British Legions Remembrance Sunday service
at approximately 10.50am. The two minutes silence will be at 11am.
Women’s
Fellowship:
The
ladies meet every Monday at 2pm in the Methodist Church Hall.
Bonfire: This years Town
council Bonfire display will take place on Saturday night in the Dell.
THS
Quiz: There is a general knowledge quiz at the Three Horse Shoes every
Thursday at 9.30pm and music quiz on Sunday starting at 8pm. Last week, Father Peter Needham won the Thursday night quiz with 17 out
of 20 correct. Ged won the nearest too question and a few beers while
Bodgit and scarper won the bottle of wine.
Spiritualist
Church:
There will be a healing in the sanctuary on Friday from 6
till 6.45pm followed by a demonstration of mediumship taken by Janet
Hart and Kim Watkins from Brierley. Ann Sharpe and Joanne Pollard from
Pontefract will take the Sunday evening service at 6pm till 7.15pm.
Refreshments will be served afterwards.
Line Dancing:
Line dancing will take place in the Methodist Church Hall on Monday and
Friday starting at 7.30pm.
Boys
Brigade: Both the Junior Boys and Company Section meet on a
Wednesday night in the Methodist Church Hall. The 7 to 11 year olds
meeting will take place from 6.30pm till 8pm and the older boys will
meet from 7pm till 9. Edwin and Elizabeth Hambleton lead the boys.
Social
club
:
Colin Priest won the quiz, which
is held every Monday starting at 8.30pm.
Audience
with the Fox sisters: There are still a number of tickets left for the audience
with the Fox sisters at the Spiritualist Church on Wednesday 29th
November starting at 7.30pm till 9.30pm. The event will include a talk
on the start of modern spiritualism, clairvoyance, trance, healing
demonstration and lots more. Tickets, which are £3, are available from
the church.
Annual
Enrolment:
Members
of the Boys Brigade are asked to attend the Parade service on Sunday at
10.05 where the annual enrolment service will also take place. All
Brigade members will receive their membership cards and a number of boys
will receive certificates and badges.
Autumn
Fayre:
Mr
and Mrs R Watson will open the Autumn Fayre at the Methodist Church on
Saturday at 3pm.
Brierley
Cubs FC: The under 9s continued their unbeaten run to six matches
when they beat
Worsborough Common 5-2 away in the Sunday Millennium league. Goal
scorers for Brierley were Ryan Smith, Jason Dench, McCauley Haigh and
Tyler Leese who scored twice and who was also the man of the match. On
Sunday they will play at home to Darfield Dynamo’s. Players are asked
to meet at 10.30am for an 11am kick of.
Evening
of Clairvoyance: At a recent evening of clairvoyance with Dina Birks from
Wath at the Spiritualist Church, £155 was raised for the PDSA.
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