In our publication Life in Edwardian Tickhill, two extracts mark the founding of Tickhill’s Drum and Fife Band in 1910 by the Revd. F. H. Hammond, who was standing in during the absence of the Vicar, the Revd. A. D. Alderson.

Flower Shows are part of a long tradition in Tickhill, although earlier ones usually combined the output of local gardens displayed in marquees with a range of outdoor activities more in the spirit of present-day Galas.

Among all the news of church activities, local servicemen fighting in the War and fund raising projects, Tickhill’s Parish Magazine in April 1917 carried an unusual feature headed ‘Cinema Commission’...

Tickhill’s annual Autumn Fair was celebrated with attractions such as roundabouts and sideshows clustered near the Buttercross. Some of the attractions were provided by the Tuby family. One of the early founders of the business was Mr George Thomas Tuby who settled in Doncaster...

Hedley Higgins remembers table tennis at Tickhill Boys Club...

Doncaster has had a racecourse owned by the Corporation since at least 1600, but in the early days, at least, all did not necessarily run smoothly...

In our presentation about the Tinsley Rolls it was revealed that the lord of Tinsley Manor was obliged to send a bird, possibly a hawk, to Tickhill Castle as payment in kind for rent. This is confirmed in Tom Beastall's book Tickhill: portrait of an English country town, where he notes 'Henry of Tinsley held his land there in return for training a hawk from Michaelmas through the winter...

1932 was a significant year for radio broadcasting. On 14 May the BBC moved to its new headquarters at Broadcasting House, although the first radio broadcast came from there on 15 March. At the end of the year, on 19 December, the forerunner of the BBC World Service began; it was known as the BBC Empire Service. A few days later King George V made his first Christmas Day Broadcast.

Now that the Tickhill Institute has become The Tavern Community Hub it is worth noting the main features of the Tickhill Institute as described in Tickhill News, July/Aug 1989

In the 1960s ‘ART’ was on the back burner. Two World Wars had left country houses neglected and facing demolition, churches unaware of what treasures they held and a lack of specialist heritage skills to stop the degradation. Gradually, however, as the hedonistic decade swung on, a growing number of enthusiasts were on a mission to support our national treasures and most importantly take positive action.

While we know little or nothing about the beginnings of music in Tickhill, we can imagine, bearing in mind the town’s importance in medieval times, that minstrels entertained the Castle garrison, the villagers amused themselves with folk dancing, and hymns were sung in the Parish Church of St Mary’s.

Handbell ringing continues in Tickhill. The photograph shows handbells laid out with music ready for a performance in the Library last year.

Tickhill Library was opened on Wednesday October 7, 1908 by Lord Scarbrough of nearby Sandbeck Hall who praised the new building.

A number of homes locally would have had copies of the Be-Ro Recipe Book, first published in 1923 to help promote the use of this brand of self-raising flour.

Pictures showing all the stages in the making of oatcakes (also known as haver-cakes) and a recruiting sergeant for the 33rd Regiment of Foot, known as the Haver-cake Lads

A page focusing on the types of fashions which could have been or were seen around Tickhill in the 1940s.

The attached PDF gives a brief outline of the story of knitting while we await the talk on "The Secret Life of Knitting" once the Society's meetings recommence

Unlike troupes of actors who travelled to theatre buildings around the country and stayed in digs, travelling theatres had their own portable premises, scenery and props conveyed in wagons with actors travelling and living in caravans.

Foot races for women could at best be described as rustic amusements 'affording much diversion'. In part this was because the races were designed for 'old women', typically over 50

David Miller tells the story of the beginnings of Tickhill's modern annual Gala in July 1974

Bathing at the east coast resorts in the Georgian period - bathing machines, ladies fully covered - men in the buff, but further along the coast!

The aim of this game was to see who could hit a wooden ball, the nurr, furthest with a long stick, the spell.

A rose grown by William Green in his Tickhill garden was painted by Albert Houthuesen, a Dutch born artist.