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CONTENTS Monthly Fact The MRI scanner was invented in Nottingham by Sir Peter Mansfield, Your Local News 4 a physics lecturer at the University of Nottingham. Bygones 14 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), uses magnetic fields and radio Broxtowe Towns are happy Attenborough Nature Reserve waves to provide detailed images to talk lifeline appeal surpasses target Your Local Motors 15 of organs inside the human body. Page 7 Page 8 In 1976 for the first demonstration Business Focus 22 of live human anatomy, Mansfield scanned the finger of a PHD student and later completed his first full Home 23 body scan in 1978. Sir Peter Mansfield of Beeston was What's On 24 awarded a Nobel prize in 2003, and he even has a Nottingham Tram named after him. He passed away in Gardening 25 2017 at age 83. Beeston school children Competition: Win £150 voucher plant 700 trees to spend at Roxy Ball Room Crossword 28 Page 12 Page 29 Monthly ha-ha A huge thank you to my neighbour Contact us Editor (news & features): Competition 29 for allowing me to borrow her Call: 0115 981 9200 [email protected] large sheet of plastic covering… Address: 121 Canal Street, Advertising: Diary 30 - TA PAULINE! Nottingham, NG1 7HB. [email protected] WWW nottinghamlocalnews.com Leaflets: @Nottslocalnews 25,000 copies of The Beeston Local News are delivered to homes and businesses in Beeston, Beeston [email protected] Rylands, Chilwell, Toton and Bramcote every month. Copies are also available in libraries and public Digital Media: places. The Local News is a totally independent publication. The format, all editorial and advertisers’ April published: Thurs 26th March 2020 artwork is copyright and must not be reproduced without permission from the Nottingham Local News. Deadline date: Friday 13th March 2020 [email protected] No responsibility is accepted for comments or claims made by advertisers or contributors.

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March Local News photo competition winner The March Beeston local news photo competition winner is: Gill Hartley from Toton.

Gill's photograph was captured at Attenborough Nature Reserve during a frosty morning in January.

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New play area opens in Bramcote thanks to funding Children in Bramcote were the equipment is made from Robinia, first to try out a new play area at a very durable hardwood grown King George V Park in Bramcote, sustainably in Europe, with the Thanks to £120,000 of funding from fencing, gates and seats made Broxtowe Borough Council and locally from recyclable steel. Even FCC Communities Foundation. the rubber surface is 70% recycled, – with the area using around 30 The play equipment was sourced tonnes of old car tyres! from a number of manufacturers and is predominantly made from "Finally, 3000 bulbs and 6 trees sustainably grown European were planted as part of the hardwood, which complements landscaping, with further to add the rural feel of the park. The this autumn.” installation was carried out by For more information, contact Nottinghamshire based SPG Broxtowe Borough Council on construction and features an 015 917 3507 or email grounds@ impact absorbing rubber surface. broxtowe.gov.uk. As well as play equipment for the simply want to explore the park and be achieved. FCC Communities For more information about FCC youngsters a fitness station has enjoy the natural environment. Foundation is always happy to Communities Foundation funding, been provided, with activities to consider grant applications for The improvements are the latest as contact Cheryl Raynor at cheryl. help keep the local community projects that make a difference to part of the Council’s Pride in Parks raynor@fcccommunitiesfoundation. fit and active. Paths, steps and local communities.” programme to invest £500,000 in org.uk or visit the website at: www. access points have also been improving parks and open spaces Councillor Helen Skinner, Chair fcccommunitiesfoundation.org.uk improved to provide for visitors who across the Borough. The Council of the Environment and Climate committed £70,000 towards this Change Committee added: “The project, with FCC Communities improvements have been made in Foundation, a not-for-profit keeping with the Council’s Green business that awards grants for Futures programme as part of community projects from funds our commitment to protecting the donated by FCC Environment environment for the future. All the through the Landfill Communities wood, concrete and steel from Fund committing £50,000. the old play area was taken away for recycling, the redundant bark Cheryl Raynor, FCC Communities surface was re-used to surface Foundations local grant manager paths in the woodland on the park says: “We are delighted to have and all the earth from digging the supported the Borough Council to new area was kept on site and bring this project to fruition, this is landscaped. a fantastic facility for local children and a great example of what can The majority of the play

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Attenborough Nature Reserve lifeline appeal surpasses target An appeal to safeguard namesake due to its close proximity to the nature reserve backed by Sir cities of Nottingham and Derby. It David Attenborough, surpasses an is considered as one of the best ambitious £1million target in just places to see kingfisher and its 10 weeks. Thanks to a major grant accessibility means that it provides from Biffa Award and thousands of a connection with nature for individual donations, £1,133,000 hundreds of thousands of visitors has now been raised, a figure that each year. continues to rise daily. In addition to individual donations, The Attenborough Nature Reserve the local community has thrown Lifeline Appeal, endorsed by Sir its backing behind the appeal, David, was launched on 25th with people taking on sponsored November. In December the charity challenges and organising events. announced that an application Lucy Briggs 45, a mother of two for support from Biffa Award had from Chilwell, has committed to been successful to the tune of walking 1 million steps to raise £750,000. This news triggered a funds for the appeal. To date well over 4000 individual generous £75,000 contribution from surge in private donations due donations, ranging from a few Broxtowe Borough Council we can Many donations have been made to confidence that the ambitious pounds to £10,000, have been now complete the negotiations to in memory of lost loved ones whilst target could now be reached. The received from as far afield as The buy this special nature reserve with others have cited the importance of appeal has been further boosted Isles of Scilly and Shetland. confidence.” visits to the site in maintaining both by a donation of £75,000 from physical and mental wellbeing. Broxtowe Borough Council. Speaking about the appeal The campaign to secure the future Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Chief of the reserve, which has been Visit: nottinghamshirewildlife.org/ Sir David, who has close family Executive Paul Wilkinson said: “We managed by Nottinghamshire lifelineappeal to donate and support links to the village where the continue to be overwhelmed by Wildlife Trust for over 50 years, the Attenborough Nature Reserve. reserve is located and an the generosity of the response to was launched following the end association with the site stretching our call for funds to acquire and of commercial sand and gravel back to 1966 when he visited to look after Attenborough Nature extraction which helped shape the open it, has previously described Reserve. With thousands of site for almost a century. Since the nature reserve as “a lifeline individual donations now received being opened by Sir David in 1966 to the natural world” and ahead on top of our amazing £750,000 Attenborough Nature Reserve has of the appeal launch said the grant from Biffa Award, as part of become one of the best loved site was “a symbol of hope in a the Landfill Communities Fund, and nature reserves in the UK, in part challenging world”. Premier Paving Paving from £60 per sq mtr. All work guaranteed for 10 years No obligation FREE quotes YOUR LOCAL Call Tony on PHOTOS WITH US 0115 952 4034 or 07736 391 971 Email them to us at editttigalale WEST BRIDGFORD APPLIANCE SERVICES Repairs to most makes of • Washing Machines • Cookers • UPVC WINDOW & DOOR REPAIRS • Hobs & Ovens • REPLACEMENT: ROGER FARRAN YOUR LOCAL ENGINEER MISTED OR BROKEN GLASS UNITS BUILT IN APPLIANCES SUPPLIED AND FITTED DOORS & WINDOW HANDLES, PROMPT & FRIENDLY SAME DAY SERVICE LOCKS AND HINGES AEG • ARISTON • BAUMATIC • BELLING • BOSCH • CANNON CDA • CREDA • ELECTROLUX • HOOVER • HOTPOINT 198109 INDESIT • LEISURE • NEFF • RANGEMASTER • SMEG • ZANUSSI 198109 NO NO CALL OUT CALL OUT CHARGE! 0115 923 5544 CHARGE!

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Beeston restaurant review Community stands together Foodie Trevor Langley of Long For the main course, Chicken, for Holocaust Memorial Eaton visits and reviews local Lamb, Prawn or Fish Bhuna are The Broxtowe Community 'stood restaurants. This month he visited favourites, there is something together’ at a short ceremony Yak & Yeti on Wollaton Rd, Beeston. for everyone. I opted for Grilled to mark the Holocaust Memorial Sea Bass. This East Indian dish Dining out – Yak & Yeti annual event on 27th January in the is often selected by diners and Yak & Yeti (opened 2019) quickly Walled Garden at Bramcote Hills has fillets of succulent Sea Bass became a favourite Beeston Park at 11am. being enhanced by splendid restaurant. Indeed, local residents combinations of flavours. Stand Together was the theme for frequent this venue – always a Presented with excellence, I send Holocaust Memorial Day 2020. delivering readings to reflect good sign in my book. Pristine ‘Compliments to Chef’, which are This year also marked the 75th the theme of this year’s event. table settings have crisp, white truly deserved. Desserts complete anniversary of the liberation of “Standing together makes us linen. Offering Indian and Nepalese the dining experience, perfectly. My Auschwitz and the 25th anniversary stronger against hate and the cuisine, starters can include Yak & selection of Pistachio Ice Cream of the Genocide in Bosnia. Holocaust Memorial ceremony is Yeti Mixed Grill, through Tandoori was ‘just right’ to draw to a close a a fitting opportunity to think about Paneer Sholay (Indian cottage Mayor of the Borough of Broxtowe, g e n u i n e , m o s t e n j o y a b l e o c c a s i o n . how we can come together within cheese cooked with freshly mixed Councillor Michael Brown was our communities and how we can peppers, onions), to Lamb Chops, Wines/drinks offer very good joined by representatives of faith each do our bit to stop the spread Fish and Chicken dishes. My quality beverages. 10% discount is groups, Youth Mayor Grace Li, of division and hate. I am always choice of Prawn Puri (Lightly- offered for takeaway or collection students of Alderman White School moved to see so many people spiced prawns served with special orders plus you can conduct online and Leader of Broxtowe Council, attend our annual event and it was puri bread – a Yak & Yeti speciality), reservations and ordering too. Councillor Milan Radulovic MBE great to see people from all ages was an excellent start to this dining Thank you to Ram for impressive and faiths in attendance” said occasion. service and information about the Councillor Brown. dishes and to Head Chef Rabin For the past 20 years Broxtowe and chef Top for providing splendid Borough Council has held a cuisine. Highly recommended. ceremony at Bramcote Hills Park to As always, enjoy! – Trevor Langley mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

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One hundred years of history from KH Hair "The business would not be the main trainers, sharing her skills here today without Mr Keith in a small attic room in a semi- Hall's foresight and vision. He detached house in Long Eaton has remained a constant figure before expanding to what is now of inspiration and guidance KH Hair's head office and award- throughout our careers and those winning academy. of all 300 staff we have at KH Hair". Mr Hall retired in the mid 1980s - Darren Messias and Tim Fee and, under his guidance, Stephen KH Hair Group is celebrating one and his joint managing director, hundred years of history which Brian Gosnell, turned the business began with a single salon opening into a more workable franchise on a quiet corner in Long Eaton format in 1985. Keith Hall became in 1920 and has since grown to KH Hair in 2014 following a further comprise 21 award-winning salons re-brand. situated in the East Midlands. KH Hair Group is, today, run by The first salon, 'Halls', was a had been called to duty in WW2. Mr commitment to bringing the best joint managing directors, Darren modest establishment comprising Keith Hall joined the Royal Air Force knowledge and expertise back to Messias (Stephen's son) and Tim six gentlemen's chairs downstairs in 1941, later becoming a flying the Midlands region. Fee (both former apprentices with and, in accordance with his instructor. In 1943, he was awarded the company). The 'Keith Hall' business grew forward-thinking entrepreneurial an MBE 'for gallantry not in the face steadily, the duo embarked on Centenary celebrations will be in spirit, owner Mr Arthur Hall, of the enemy'. improving their creativity and full swing throughout 2020 with installed eight ladies' cubicles In 1946 Mr Hall returned to the building pioneering educational events and offers including the upstairs, forming the very first family hairdressing business. programmes to create skilled, giveaway of 100 free haircuts which unisex salon outside of London. Inspired by the likes of Freddy professional hairdressers and will be handed out as surprise In 1939, Arthur's son, Keith, joined French and Raymond Bessone, managers. KH Hair has always random acts of kindness. For more the business when, aged 18, he he moved to London for a year to been proud to provide exceptional about KH Hair’s 100 year history, was brought in to fill the gap left train with the finest hairdressers and forward-thinking training. Mr please visit: https://khhair.co.uk/ by four of the salon's barbers who of the day, beginning a lifelong Hall's daughter, Sally, was one of newgroup-news/khhair100years/

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Beeston school children plant 700 trees 700 trees were recently planted at Beeston and District Civic Society, Nottinghamshire County Council, Hetley Pearson Recreation Ground. who donated £1,000 towards Beeston and District Civic Society providing 10 large oak trees and and local young people.” Mayor of the Borough of Broxtowe, protective fencing around the Councillor Michael Brown joined “It was great to see the enthusiasm area and Nottinghamshire County children from Trent Vale Infants of the children planting the trees Council’s Greenwood Team, School to plant a mixture of native and I am sure they all went away who provided plant material and trees, including cherry, hazel holly with a greater appreciation of the organised the school involvement. and hawthorn, with another group importance of looking after our of children from Beeston Rylands Chair of the Environment and natural world. The tree planting was Edwinstowe village. An additional School attending in the afternoon Climate Change Committee, originally planned for November sapling was taken to Gutersloh, to help complete the task. Councillor Helen Skinner said: “This last year, to coincide with national Germany last summer and gifted is a fantastic partnership between tree week, but the extremely heavy The event was in partnership with to the local community as part Broxtowe Borough Council, rain we experienced all through Broxtowe’s twinning links with the autumn made the ground too wet town. to work on.” In terms of numbers of trees, this “Hopefully if we all work together to is the largest planting event in reduce emissions and plant trees Broxtowe this year and as the trees to remove excess carbon from the grow, they will help capture and atmosphere future generations will store carbon along with providing not have to deal with the extreme habitat for many species of birds, consequences of climate change.” insects and small mammals. Amongst the trees were two The Council’s Green Futures saplings from the Major Oak in campaign is a programme of Sherwood Forest that were donated projects which will be delivered by the RSPB (Royal Society for the to help the Borough become Protection of Birds). carbon neutral by 2027. For more These were collected as acorns information, visit www.broxtowe. and grown on by children in gov.uk/greenfutures

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Big in Japan As the current side strives to horribly cheated when he saw it. why can’t anyone do something along the home straight was high regain top-flight status, DUNCAN straightforward like grow a blade of and incredulous, as if witnessing a There wasn’t a tuft of turf on the HAMILTON looks back to a grass?’ human miracle. pitch. The bare, corn-coloured high-noon showdown in Tokyo earth was gritty and uneven. The This was the Olympic Stadium, Clough had reluctantly brought when Nottingham Forest were ball would bounce haphazardly. where in 1964 Lynn ‘The Leap’ Forest here to face the Uruguayans, on the brink of being crowned A stud could slip. The flesh might Davies and Mary Rand each won Nacional, for what the organisers champions of the world... The be ripped raw in a fall. Clough Gold in the Long Jump and Ann described as The Intercontinental beginning of the end in so many was aghast. ‘The Japanese are Packer claimed another in the Cup and everyone else called The ways. capable of making a radio the 800m with an outside burst so World Club Championship. Forest BRIAN Clough stared across the size of your thumb and a TV the improbable that the excited pitch were still Champions of Europe; parched ground and the banks of size of your hand,’ he said. ‘So of David Coleman’s commentary Nacional had lifted the Copa empty wooden seating. It was a Libertadores. bright, cold Tuesday in Tokyo and The neutrality of Japan was Nottingham Forest were about to necessary to bring them together begin a training session. The sky because no British team had was an unblemished, hard Delft been willing to journey to South blue. Clough, arms folded tight America since Manchester United against his chest, stood on the were physically savaged by the touchline, which had been freshly Argentinians, Estudiantes, in the marked. He dug the toe of his right autumn of 1968. A year earlier trainer into the ground and a billow Celtic had been similarly roughed of dust came up, rising as high as up by Racing, also of Argentina. his ankle. Clough glanced down Warfare with a ball instead of and then twisted his face into an bullets, those matches were... expression of contempt. He looked like an exasperated traveller, who’d Read more in the latest edition of trekked far to glimpse something NOT SO HAPPY TOGETHER: Bygones - On sale at local retailers the guide book had sworn was an The two protagonists line up in unison disguising a general including MSR Newsagents and unmissable splendour and now felt disdain for the competition held by Forest manager Brian Clough online at nottinghamlocalnews.com

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Saturday 7th March meet in the Beeston Royal British Grove Avenue in Chilwell. Please Every first Thursday Quiz night, 7:30pm at Bramcote Legion, (NG9 1EL) at 7:30pm. Ex- contact Nora on 0115 973 1579. Beeston U3A’s open meeting Memorial Hall (NG9 3HD). Tickets Sherwood Foresters & ex-WFR are Every second Wednesday takes place at 10am at Beeston £10, call David on 0115 9251492. welcome. Call John 07733 458971 The Hive WI meet in Beeston Methodist Church, Chilwell Road, Friday 13th March or [email protected]. between 7:30 & 9:30pm in the Beeston. Are you retired or semi- Run, walk, jog, raise money & dress Every second and fourth Monday Assumption Church Hall on Foster retired? Looking to broaden your up for the Sport Relief Fun Run at Bramcote Women’s Institute Avenue. Email before attending: horizons, make new friends and join Bramcote Hills Park. £3 entry, goes meet at Bramcote Memorial Hall [email protected]. with like-minded people to pursue hobbies and interests? 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Happy 5th birthday to AquaStars Schoolboy raising Congratulations and Happy from strength to strength in both swim more recreationally. There funds for families Birthday to local Synchronised numbers and achievements.” really is something for everyone.” A local schoolboy is raising Swimming Club, the Bramcote The AquaStars currently have over The Bramcote AquaStars compete money towards supporting and AquaStars. 60 swimmers ranging from ages all over the country and both the helping families in Cambodia, The AquaStars are an extension of 6-18 including boys and girls. Starlets and AquaStars have the here is what he said: the successful and long standing, Swimmers follow an established opportunity to compete at local, My name is Jacob Sutcliffe and Bramcote Swimming Club. The pathway, from our Intro to Synchro Regional and even National Level. I’m a pupil at Chilwell School, AquaStars are thrilled to be beginner class, to Starlets and Nottingham. I am fifteen years old In July, we will once again compete celebrating 5 years since the first then into the AquaStar competitive and in August 2020 I am going to at the Combo Cup, at the Queen set of swimmers donned their nose squads. Lenka Tanner says, “We volunteer as part of a team from my Elizabeth pool in London, which clips and quite literally took the have seen so many boys and school, in order to help build basic we saw host the 2012 Olympics. plunge to dive into the world of girls stay active by falling in love homes for Cambodian families with March 2020 will also see our Synchronised Swimming. with this unique sport and we are children who have nowhere to live. 12&Under and 13-15 Free Teams always keen to introduce it to more The volunteering will take place in Head Coach Lenka Tanner says, “I debut at the National Age Groups swimmers!” the summer 2020 and I will need to can’t quite believe it’s been 5 whole Championships in Manchester. raise £4,000 so that I can venture years already. It has been hard Parent Lorna Middleton says, The 13-15 Free Team Squad has to Cambodia and help the families work, but very rewarding to be able “AquaStars are a fantastic club, within it Eve Young whom recently and children in need. If you would to realise my dream setting up a catering for the super competitive qualified for the England Youth like to help me on my fundraising Synchro Club and watching it grow to the swimmers whom want to Development Squad. Lenka says, journey, please visit my Go Fund “We couldn’t have been more Me page: gf.me/u/rb72rv to kindly proud when Eve swam her heart donate anything you can. out to hit the qualification criteria.” I would really appreciate any help April 2020 will see the AquaStars towards my goal, thank you so 15-18 Free Team debut at the much. - Jacob Sutcliffe. National Championships hosted at Harvey Hadden - Nottingham, competing against the highest standard of synchro swimmers.

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