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Tickhill Residents Association - Public Forum
By John Sweed
Nov 14, 2005, 22:15

Meeting 14^th November at the Pavilion, Tithes Lane.

Chairman .   Mr. John Hoare.

No Borough Councillors were present, neither were the Police represented .

A questionnaire and leaflets re. recycling and composing were distributed.

Mr. Hoare has written to the Planning Dept. of the MBC requesting that reasons for their decisions be given whether approval was given or not.   It seems they are required to do so.

Mr. Hoare informed the meeting that the scheduled traffic disruption at the centre of the town would be due to work to refurbish the Pelican Crossing.

A question was asked concerning the poor state of the road on Alderson Drive just south of the Cricket Ground.  For the guidance of motorists yellow lines had been painted round some of the pot holes, but a proper repair to that section of the road was needed.

It was asked what could be done about young people riding motor cycles on the playing field, children’s play area and the car park if the pavilion ?

It was asked who was responsible for the care and maintenance of Vineyard Lane ? It was not clear who owned it or what could be done !

The Chairman introduced Mr. Colin Howes of Doncaster Museum.

Mr. Howes said he would speak about Hedgerows. He prefaced his talk with some thing of the history of Doncaster Museum, which is larger and more prestigious than it ought to be for a town the size of Doncaster.  This is in some measure due to the work of it’s first curator Dr. H.H. Corbett, a man of many interests but particularly  in the Glacial history of the area.
Doncaster is particularly rich in natural history due to the great variation of its geological peculiarity.  Much antiquity is still reflected in Thorne and Hatfield Moors,  some of which has been preserved in its most natural state inspite of despoliation nearby.   There is a particular richness in the number of species of beetles in the area. The Western third of the Borough lies on a strip of magnesium limestone which runs from Durham to Nottingham.   Hedgerows existed  according the basic nature of the farming, arable or pasture.   There were less Hedgerows in the west of the MBC.    Tickhill in 1980 was 86% arable and 14 % pasture.  Hedgerow plants varied as to whether they were on the Limestone ridge or not.  This was illustrated by several diagrams showing the types of tree to be found most often in hedgerows.

( Look out for the small leaf lime tree !   It is most rare in this area--- inform Mr. Howes if you find one, just in case he does not know about it  !)

( This fascinating lecture illustrated the fact that Doncaster Museum is a bit like an iceberg; much more lies beneath the surface than is usually seen !   JWS. )