Category Archives: Village
Eastoft Community Book Exchange
It was great to pop to Eastoft earlier with Cllrs John Briggs and Julie Reed to view the community book exchange we helped to fund.
The idea was the brainchild of Brenda Gleadle who contacted me a few months ago via Facebook asking for help to replace the plastic tubs that had been used as a public book and games exchange in the village.
We were able to secure funding from SSE’s Covid fund and I put in a small personal donation to make up the shortfall too.
Brenda’s husband made some modifications to make the shed a little more weather proof and painted it up nicely.
Thanks go to all those in the community who have helped with this and who have supplied books etc. John, Julie and I joined Brenda and local residents Stacy (complete with dog Holly) and Healthier to take a look today.
It was also an opportunity for us to thank Brenda for her work on this and other projects in the village.
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Crafty Advent Fun
Gift: Crafty Advent Fun for Families on Facebook Live.
Watch live on The Marshland Benefice facebook page on Saturdays at 6.30pm as Revd. Angela unwraps the gift of Christmas.
This will start on Saturday 28th November and finish on 19th December.
Each session will be around 30 minutes long and include prayer, a short bible story, and suggestions for related activities to do after each event.
If you miss the live action you can catch up later.
To receive activity sheets (optional) please email marshlandbenefice@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/The-Marshland-Benefice-914666378732518
No Brown Bins
Garden waste winter suspension brought forward
Brown bin collections will be suspended from the week commencing 23 November. This is slightly earlier than planned following a reduction in the amount of garden waste and staffing pressures due to the impact of Covid-19.
The eight household waste recycling sites across the region remain open but should only be visited if essential.
The brown bin collection will recommence in the New Year as previously planned –residents are asked to check waste calendars for details.
You can still replace your brown bin with a free composter – go to the home composting webpage for more details.
North Lincolnshire Mobile Library Service
North Lincolnshire Mobile Library Service
To follow any changes to this service, visit the Council Service Updates page.
From Monday 14 September, North Lincolnshire Libraries will be offering a new kind of Mobile Library service.
Route number: 35
Stop number: 4
Frequency: 3 Weekly
Next stop: 09/10/2020
Day: Friday
Time: 11.05am to 11.25am
Location: St Bartholomew’s Square
Customers will be able to collect a bag of Ready Reads from the Mobile Library at a pre-arranged time.
Ready Reads are a selection of books or audiobooks chosen by library staff, based on what the customer has told them they would like to read. The service has already been running in several of our libraries, where we have been unable to offer browsing for health and safety reasons.
If you are a Mobile Library customer and you have previously given us your contact details, such as a phone number or e mail address, the Mobile Library staff will contact you and ask you whether you would like to use this service.
They will take some details from you about the sort of books you would like, and then offer you a date and time for collection.
The Mobile Library will only visit a stop if there is an arrangement for customers to collect Ready Reads.
Customers collecting their Ready Reads will not be able to go on to the vehicle and browse, but they will be able to return their loans at the same time. Returned books will be quarantined for a minimum of 72 hours.
If you are an existing customer and you do not hear from Mobile Library staff, or if you would like to know more about this service, please contact us at library.enquiries@northlincs.gov.uk
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https://www.northlincs.gov.uk/schools-libraries-and-learning/mobile-library-service/
Village Hall Environment Improvements
ECWA Goes Green
We have taken steps to reduce our energy consumption, lowering our carbon emissions for our local community village hall. The Eastoft Community Welfare Association have invested in Infrared heating with full control. This will make a huge difference to the environment and heating costs and this is just the start of our sustainable journey.
£500 GRANT
To help us invest in these energy saving measures we had support from Smart Energy Greater Lincolnshire. Through this we received a grant of £500 to enable us to make these fantastic changes.
The £9.2 million Smart Energy programme has been part funded by the European Regional Development fund. This is enabling small to medium businesses across the Greater Lincolnshire area invest in energy saving technology.
Open For Bookings Again
Eastoft village hall is a small, compact facility with a bright, modern décor., however it can accommodate up to 70 people.
The hall has the following:
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Toilets including disabled facilities
- Wheelchair access
- 30 upholstered chairs
- 8 plastic molded chairs
- 12 trestle tables (adult height)
- Large wall mounted TV screen with HDMI input
- Audio system
- All portable electrical equipment is regularly tested and fire extinguishers and smoke alarms are also frequently checked. In addition, the Fire Service inspect the premises on a regular basis.
The hall is available for hire at the following rates:
£9.00 per hour
Tables and Chairs Hire
The tables and chairs in the hall are available for personal use away from the Village Hall, subject to availability at a donation cost of £2 per table and 50p per chair.
How to Book
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- Check for availability
- Email EastoftCWA@gmail.com about your requirements.
Eastoft Village Hall
High Street
Eastoft
Scunthorpe
DN17 4PA
What’s in a name
The Washing Hole
My great grandfather, Edmund Oates, Eastoft village’s boot and shoemaker had a small farm, Gaythorne Farm, Washing Hole Lane, Eastoft.
The powers that be stating,
“We cannot have a lane named after the place that the poor people of Eastoft did their laundry” have renamed it Washing Hall Lane. My father was highly amused when this happened.
The Washing Hole was a pond with firm clay bottom about 18 inches deep. It was where the farmers and farm workers took their carthorses after a days work in muddy field to wash their fetlocks before they returned to the stables.
The position of the hole is still there but it is now filled in, a square of grass on a 90-degree bend in the road.
Original Text Posted by Bill Goldthorp on www.crowle.org