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CONTENTS Monthly Fact One of the most remarkable physicists of the 19th century was miller and self-taught mathematician Photo Competition 3 George Green (1793 – 1841) of Sneinton, whose 1827 essay on electricity and magnetism has 8-year-old runs 65km raising Coronavirus memorial garden Your Local News 4 been described as the beginning of over £1200 for charity planned for Gedling Crematorium mathematical physics in England. On his historic visit to Nottingham Page 6 Page 7 in 1930, Einstein paid him homage. What’s On TV 11 Green’s mathematical techniques are still regularly employed in nuclear and solid-state physics Pets 12 today. He’s buried in St. Stephen’s Churchyard, Sneinton.
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Calverton & Burton Joyce photo competition winner! photo will be published in next Did you know that we post our too? We also repost photos if you The July Local News photo month’s edition. Good luck! winners on our Instragram page tag us. Follow us: @nottslocalnews. competition winner is: John Flynn from Burton Joyce.
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Burton Joyce Scarecrow Competition a huge success You may have come across some map was produced and sold for van plus the Little Schnauzer Pictured far left: Scarecrow by Sally weird and wonderful scarecrow £1 from the Co-op post office on Coffee Company available at the Fletcher-Titterton. characters in your neighbours’ 29 Main Street, 70 Main Street and Cross Keys car park. Rhubarbs Pictured middle: Room on the Broom front gardens whilst wandering 127 Church Road. Café also made themed cupcakes scarecrow by Karen Steven. around Burton Joyce in June... and kids goodie bags were made Over 50 Scarecrows were displayed up and sold from 70 Main Street Pictured below. Winning pirate Well don’t worry, it wasn’t a cult... around the village by 12noon and throughout the day. scarecrow by the Crawford family. It was the Burton Joyce Scarecrow judged by Trent Valley Councillors Competition! Michael Adams and Sam Smith. Crochet master Sally Fletcher- Pictured bottom: Judging commences Titterton from Burton Joyce, whose The event was organised by They said, “We were delighted to scarecrow is pictured bottom far Girlguiding leaders Emily Jephson judge the competition. It was great left, said “The scarecrow festival and her mother Jane Jephson along to see our village community come was an amazing day with a really with some other members, plus help together, whilst abiding by social nice buzz in the village, a real from the Brownies and Rainbows, distancing, and get involved with community event helping to raise in order to raise money for the the creations. much needed funds for the local Girlguiding Units in the village. “The winner was the Crawford groups. Well done to the people In early June, locals began family on Padleys Lane for the who organised it, here’s to next planning and designing their own pirate scarecrow and scene. Not year!” Scarecrows – the more bizarre the only did they make a scarecrow, Congratulations to the Crawford better! they decorated a scene with a sail, family for winning the competition flag and treasure chest!” Saturday 13th June soon came, overall and all the great runners up. and the Scarecrows were up. A There was even and ice cream Let’s hope it happens again next year!
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8-year-old runs 69km raising Youth swimming club secures over £1200 for charity builder’s donation Anna Markowski from Calverton Her mother, Sarah Markowski said, Calverton and Bingham decided to dedicate her time to “The challenge she set herself Swimming Club has secured raising money for charity during was not an easy one for her, but a £1,000 donation from lockdown. she set out every day with a smile housebuilder Persimmon Homes. on her face and battled through The 8-year-old, who is in year 3 With more than 180 young intense heat and sometimes rain to at St Wilfrids School, set herself a members, the club will use the complete the 21 runs.” steep challenge to raise money for funding to help cover membership local Nottingham charity, Forever Anna ran approximately 69km, and sponsorship fees, which have cancelled. Persimmon Homes’ Stars. which is equal to around 43 miles been previously supported by local financial support will ensure that over the weeks. fundraising events. Anna aimed to run 3km every day our members will be able to return over the period of 3 weeks with Her bravery and dedication didn’t The swimming club, which to the sport, once the pandemic a target of raising £100 for the go unnoticed by friends, family and attracts swimmers from Calverton, has eased.” charity. locals as she smashed her original Bingham, Cotgrave, Southwell as Building Futures will see £1million target. So far, she has raised an well as Nottingham, was selected given away across Britain to astonishing £1280, with the total for the donation from Persimmon’s regional charities, groups, sports still rising today. Building Futures scheme, which clubs and schools to improve local aims to support community groups Sarah continued, “Our family and facilities and the delivery of vital working with under-18s across all her friends are so proud of her!” community projects. three categories – education & arts, Forever Stars is an East Midlands health and sport. In addition to hundreds of local based charity that is dedicated donations of £1,000, 96 initiatives Kath Needham, from Calverton to supporting families who have will go on to compete for top prizes and Bingham Swimming Club, suffered a stillbirth or infant loss. of £100,000 through a national said: “We are delighted to have online public vote. The overall For more information on the charity received this generous donation. winners will be named at a gala and their mission, visit www. Due to the pandemic many of our dinner for finalists in October. foreverstars.org usual fundraising activities were
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Reverend Mike Arnold: Here’s to new beginnings How do you cope when things many of have recently been, it the role demands that I get to know God has made everything beautiful take an unexpected turn? takes me time to adjust. a lot of people quickly. in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can Do you fall apart at the seams, Twelve years ago, I experienced a Of course, I need not have worried fathom what God has done from go into a panic or take it in your massive change, as I moved from as the church and the community beginning to end. stride? There was a time when I South Wales to Calverton to take opened its heart to welcome would worry, after all like so many, I up my first pastorate here at the me. Over the years I have been I point this out now because my hate change. Don’t get me wrong, I Baptist Church. At that time, I was privileged to work alongside so time here at Calverton has come don’t mind if I know what’s coming excited to start a new chapter in many of you and have always done to an end and it is time for me to and can make the appropriate my life but also apprehensive- not my best to support anyone who move on and so, by the time you plans, but if I’m blind-sided, as knowing how I would be accepted; asked for help. read this, I will be well advanced in my preparations to move to Long I have celebrated the best of times Eaton, where I am to become the and upheld you at the worst, my minister of Baptist Church. intention always, to reveal to you the love of Christ. I’ve not always I find myself upset, because I will managed and often got it wrong, leave behind so many people I have but I pray I have made a difference. come to love and respect, a little apprehensive because again, I find Why do I write like this? I must get to know a lot of people Well, because I am once again quickly, having to start over in a facing a major upheaval. new place, but also excited by the new opportunities that the move The Bible tells me that there is a will bring. time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a And so I want to thank you for time to be born and a time to die, a all your support. I hope you will time to plant and a time to uproot, a remember me with fondness, I time to kill and a time to heal, a time know I will you. And I pray the to tear down and a time to build, a Lord will bless you mightily as you time to weep and a time to laugh, a go into the future. Calverton is a time to mourn and a time to dance, fantastic community and I have a time to embrace and a time to loved being here. refrain from embracing, a time to THANK YOU, - Mike search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, Calverton Baptist Church, a time to tear and a time to mend, Main Street, a time to be silent and a time to Calverton, speak, a time to love and a time to NG14 6JH, hate, a time for war and a time for Telephone: 0115 965 5795. peace.
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A 'just for fun' crossword! Welcome to the Calverton & Burton Joyce Local News crossword, it's just for fun! Currently there are no prizes as our favourite coffee shops aren't open fully at the moment, but we thought you may still want to tackle a crossword to keep yourselves occupied. So here it is! We will be sharing the answers in next month's issue. Enjoy!
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1. Kettledrums (7) 1. Gesture of approval (6,2) 8. Planet in our solar system (7) 2. Slogan (5) 9. Spoke (7) 3. Spring month (5) 10. Unlawful (7) 4. Blue-violet colour (6) 11. Sold illicitly (7) 5. Milky gemstone (4) 14. Oath (3) 6. Underground cell (7) 16. Cowl (4) 7. Part of ship (4) 18. Faithful (4) 12. Exhaust (4) 19. Biblical garden (4) 13. Smooth (4) 20. Trim, shave off (4) 15. Unwelcome plant (4) 21. Born as (3) 16. Hades (4) 23. Worship (7) 17. Protected (8) 26. Brochure (7) 18. Foot lever (7) 28. Bargained (7) 22. One or other (6) 29. Throb (7) 24. Should (5) 30. Revolved (7) 25. Stile (anag.) (5) 26. Long-striding run (4) 27. Rich soil (4)
June 2020 answers Across 1 Mares-nest; 9 Charge; 10 Gash; 11 Liar; 12 Repose; 13 Alimony; 16 Crossword Facts & Trivia - Did you know? Fête; 17 Soft; 18 Bag; 20 Lam; 21 Song; 23 Else; 25 Guilder; 26 Ebbing; • Crossword aficianados are called “cruciverbalists”. 29 Doll; 30 Sump; 31 Cinder; 32 Restraint. • The first crossword puzzle, as we know it, was written by Arthur Down Wynne, and was published in New York World in December 1913. 2 Arable; 3 Exhume; 4 Nylons; 5 Scar; 6 Threats; 7 Argo; 8 Beleaguer; 13 • Crosswords were banned in Paris during the second World War in Affluence; 14 Item; 15 Young; 18 Bald; 19 Asunder; 22 Gullet; 23 Elisha; case they were used to pass secret messages to the enemy. 24 Sermon; 27 Bend; 28 Gore. • The Guinness Book of Records lists the largest ever crossword as 7′x7′ in size, 91,000 squares and 28,000 clues. For a full list of free downloadable activities for adults and children, visit https://nottinghamlocalnews.com
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