Ruddington Diary Sunday 17th February Tea, Coffee & Cakes at the Education Room (near February the lake), Rushcliffe Country Park from 10am to February 2013 FREE – MONTHLY Issue No. 37 Sunday 3rd February 3pm. In aid of FoRCP. Tea, Coffee & Cakes at the Education Room (near Wednesday 20th February the lake), Rushcliffe Country Park from 10am to and District Probus Club presents 3pm. In aid of FoRCP. 'A Very British Brew' by Harrie/Christine at Ruddington Parish Council Footpaths Walk – Ruddington Footpaths Ruddington Grange Golf Club. Ring 0115 921 4139 Preservation Group’s organised walk. Lady Bay to ext 22 if you would like to know more. Holme Pierrepont riverside walk. Meet on the Tuesday 26th February VILLAGE NEWSLETTER Green at 2.15pm (Note the new starting time). Amenities Committee Meeting at St. Peter's Tuesday 5th February Rooms, Church Street, commencing 7.30pm. (Note: Scrabble - Come along and have a game of this was planned for n Environment & Community St. Peter’s Church/War Memorial Improvements Scrabble in Ruddington Library. 2pm to 4pm - all Committee Meeting which is now postponed until players welcome. You may have noticed work going 19th March) on around St. Peter’s Church. The Wednesday 6th February Wednesday 27th February Ruddington and District Probus Club presents Ruddington Gardeners' Association presents Notts County Council Local 'Brain Waves' by Jolyon Smith at Ruddington "One thousand miles to Chelsea" by Sue Haywood, Improvement Scheme has funded Grange Golf Club. Ring 0115 921 4139 ext 22 if an award winning garden designer. See how an you would like to know more. this work and also work planned to award-winning Scottish Croft Garden was refurbish the War Memorial. "Spinster Of No Occupation?" - a talk by Dr constructed at the Chelsea Show at the Rowena Edlin-White at the Ruddington Local Hermitage commencing 7.30pm. Members (just £1 There is work to replace the paths, History and Amenity Society. The talk will be per year) and non-members with an interest in any handrails, and work on trees. Add followed by a social evening. Visitors welcome - aspect of gardening are welcome. Complimentary £2.00 per meeting including refreshments. to this the work by the Community tea and biscuits. Payback team tidying up the Commencing 8.00pm at St Peter's Rooms. Friday 8th February March grounds and painting the railings, The Western Front Association presents "46th Sunday 3rd March as well as the work being done to North Midland Division (TF) Memorial at Tea, Coffee & Cakes at the Education Room (near Hohenzollern Redoubt" at talk by Michael some headstones and the whole the lake), Rushcliffe Country Park from 10am to Credland. 7.30pm at St Peter's Rooms. Visitors area will be looking ‘spick and span’ 3pm. In aid of FoRCP. What is missing? Clue: See page 4 welcome with a donation of £3.50 including tea and Footpaths Walk – Ruddington Footpaths by the spring . coffee. Preservation Group’s organised walk. Colston Tuesday 12th February Bassett incl. ruins of St Mary's Church. Meet on the Finance & Policy Committee followed by Parish Parking Problems - Progress? Green at 2.15pm (Note the new starting time). Council meetings at St. Peter's Rooms, Church Tuesday 5th March Everyone in Ruddington seems to Street, commencing 7.30pm. These meetings are to Scrabble - Come along and have a game of have a view on the problems of discuss & confirm the budget for 2013/2014. (Note: Scrabble in Ruddington Library. 2pm to 4pm - all this was planned for an Amenities Committee parking in the Village. players welcome. Meeting which is now postponed until 26th The County Council have come up Note: The Finance & Policy Committee Meeting February) which was planned for this evening has been with a plan to make things a bit better Wednesday 13th February cancelled. and are asking for local views. "Life as a Ladies' Maid" by Jo Carter and the Wednesday 6th March 89th Anniversary Meeting of Ruddington Women's The plans are on show in the Parish 'Catherine Compton's Diary' by Stephen Finders Institute at St Peter's Rooms, Church Street Council office. Come and have a look presented by Ruddington and District Probus Club commencing 7.15pm. Visitors and new members at Ruddington Grange Golf Club. Ring 0115 921 and let the County know what you welcome. 4139 ext 22 if you would like to know more. think. Thursday 13th February Ruddington & District Ruddington Local History and Amenity Society - Ladies’ Probus Club Winter Lunch – venue to be The deadline for responses has been Annual General Meeting followed by Members th announced extended to 15 February. Evening. 8pm St Peter's Rooms.

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From Munchbox to Matthew’s “I wanted to offer quality food in his acts of generosity towards the village You may have noticed an extensive Ruddington but at competitive prices” went unrecorded, but he is credited with recent refurbishment at 24 High Street – says Mathew “and we’ve had good giving Ruddington the playing fields on which included adding an extra floor with support in the first couple of weeks Wilford Road. pitched roof for new residential despite the terrible weather. For now accommodation above the retail premises we’re opening Monday to Saturday but Churchill estate and two brand new shop fronts. also hope to open on Sundays soon. And This area of the village was being built One of those businesses also changed I’m planning a ‘Pancake Special’ for around the time of Winston Churchill’s hands back in November – and has now Shrove Tuesday. Please call in and give death, so it was decided to name both the been remodeled and rebranded as us a try!” estate itself and each of its roads in his Mathew’s Café and Deli . It reopened on (By Graham Wright) honour: the 14 th January with a stylish new look • Churchill Drive – self-explanatory! Charity Fun Run at Country Park and a new menu – focusing on eat in or • Bladon Road – the village in The annual Rushcliffe 10k and Fun Run If you want to find out more about take away food freshly made on the acupuncture, perhaps wonder what the Oxfordshire where Churchill is buried premises. Old favourites such as roast returns to Rushcliffe Country Park on needles are like (people are generally • Blenheim Close – his ancestral home pork cobs are offered along with a new Sunday 3 March. The event aims to raise funds for Cerebral Palsy Sport (CP Sport) surprised at how fine they are); what was Blenheim Palace range of soups, pastries and exotic treatment involves; what conditions sandwiches including home cured – a charity that helps people with • Chartwell Avenue – named after his Cerebral Palsy to achieve their full acupuncture can treat and more, here’s salmon, and much more. And there’s a your chance to find out. It’s free to drop house in Kent full complement of frothy coffees, teas, potential through sport. Last year, the 10k • event attracted 666 runners and a great in, and a no-obligation opportunity to chat Westerham Road – the village where etc, if you’re just popping in for a drink to Fiona about acupuncture, other Chartwell is located and a cake. day was had by all, despite torrential rain. The chip-timed 10k course involves two therapies available at the Clinic, to meet • Spencer Close – Churchill’s middle circuits of the Country Park. Everyone the staff and see this friendly Clinic name was Spencer, which is his located in the heart of Ruddington. taking part receives a souvenir, and mother’s maiden name. As part of the Acupuncture Awareness prizes will be awarded to top runners in the various categories. The 10k and Fun Campaign, enjoy 10% off the acupuncture initial consultation/first Packman Drive Run are open to runners of all abilities Named after the Packman Brook which aged 15 and over, and there’s also a 2k treatment price between 25 February and 31 March 2013. runs nearby. The brook got its name from circuit that’s open to everyone – even the the bridge over which packmen used to tiny tots! The Castle Clinic is at 5a High Street, pass when travelling on the Nottingham £1 of each entry fee will be donated to CP Ruddington (entrance to the right of to Loughborough Turnpike Road. Sport and entrants are encouraged to Kellams furniture store) (By Faye Stenson) request a sponsorship form and raise as More information can be found on Fiona’s much money as possible for the charity. If website www.keyacu.co.uk or call her on Ruddington’s Notice Board you’d like to take part, you’ll find more 07816 842249 and The Castle Clinic The Notice Board on The Green is in information and a link to the online entry www.castleclinic.co.uk 0115 9211455 form at www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/10k/ . The serious need of restoration and the Parish Council wonders if there is someone out closing date for entries is Friday 15 Street Names February. there who would like to take on this task. Ashworth Avenue (By Faye Stenson) This local centrepiece is in danger of Named after the Ashworth family. One of being replaced with a modern one unless

Thanks these, Major Ashworth, lived at the Parish Council can find someone who The man behind the makeover is Mathew Ruddington Hall and was known as a is willing to undertake the task of Thanks to Chloe Hailes for her help in Mountain. It is his first solo business colourful character with a striking replacing the glazing and restoring the laying up this edition of the newsletter in venture but he has many years’ handlebar moustache. He served as a JP paintwork. the temporary absence of Linda Cooke, experience in the trade working as a chef and Mayor of Nottingham. Are you interested? Do you know ‘a man Deputy Clerk, who normally edits the at venues such as Tom Brown’s in who can’? There are funds available for newsletter. Gunthorpe. He currently employs four Sellors Avenue this project – just come and talk to us in Gary Long, Clerk assistants at the café – Lydia (pictured Named after local benefactor Mr Fred the Parish Council Office. with Mathew) , Faye, Helen and Dom. Sellors, who died in the 1960s. Many of 2 7 health and life expectancy, employment, Looking For Sports Activities? Village Hall Improvements and History Ruddington Parish Council be asked to crime rates, weather, and even good “Rushcliffe Together” aims to promote accept the Village Hall along with all its Broadband internet access. diversity, acceptance and participation in assets. The top of the league table is dominated order to develop a cohesive community in After nearly 3 years of discussion and by local authorities in London and the Rushcliffe. correspondence with solicitors and the south east, so it was great to see As part of that aim this group has Charity Commissioners, the transfer was Rushcliffe flying the flag for the East produced a useful resource sheet which completed in December 1955. Midlands at number 22. focuses on sports and physical activities Following the Parish Council’s (By Faye Stenson) for people with particular needs. appointment as Trustees, structural A reference copy is available at the alterations were made in the late 1950 ′s Youth Centre And Sure Start Parish Council Office or you can view it at in order to cater for increased lettings and www.rushcliffecvs.org.uk . modern catering equipment, with a further (By Barbara Breakwell) £20,000 spent on refurbishing the hall in 1998. Why Hasn’t Anyone Done Anything? Users of the Village Hall should be Anyone wishing to hire the Village Hall, St Have you spotted something wrong in the pleased to hear that the building work at Peter’s Rooms or any of the Parish village? Perhaps graffiti on a wall or a the entrance to the hall is now nearly Council venues, please contact street light not working? complete. Wheelchairs, pushchairs and Ruddington Parish Council Office. Why not report it yourself rather than prams now have much easier access to assume someone else will. The more the Hall using the ramp and will also have Traders’ Twitter reports that are made the quicker it might easy access to the new wheelchair be sorted. accessible toilet. These works, along with recent Litter or graffiti - contact Streetwise on improvements to the kitchen and the re- There are exciting developments at the 0115 981 9911 or email polishing of the Hall floor, have made the Ruddington Youth Centre. Work is going [email protected] premises much more user friendly. ahead so that the building can be used during the day by the local Sure Start Faulty street light or traffic light, A Brief History: Children’s Centre and to improve the excessive weeds or plant growth on Ruddington Village Hall was constructed outside space. pavements, damaged pavements, in 1912 at a cost of £800 on land donated The building will be more accessible and flooding or drainage problems on by the Misses Paget, who also used more, providing services for young roads - contact County contributed £400 towards the construction If you’re on Twitter you may be interested children and families in Ruddington. Council on 08449 80 80 80 or via costs. The remaining funds were raised to know that our own independent village This will not impact on the valuable work www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk by public subscription and the hall was news and information service already being done in the Youth Centre. opened to celebrate the coronation of @Ruddington_info has created a list (By Barbara Breakwell) King George V. called “Ruddington Traders” . Water Leaks – contact Severn Trent on It was declared open on 15th March 1913 It is hoped that villagers will subscribe to 0800 783 4444 or www.stwater.co.uk Ruddington Driver Fined £1000 by Lord Henry Bentinck, brother of the this list to get targeted Tweets on all the

No, it hasn’t happened yet. But it could! Duke of Portland. latest news, products and offers from Free Acupuncture Day If you have a photocard driving licence During the 1939-45 War the building was their local businesses. Fiona Lee (pictured below), is hosting a did you know they are only valid for 10 taken over by the Civil Defence Currently there are 27 members – free Acupuncture Open Day at The years? As they started to be issued in st Committee of the County Council for comprising the known village traders Castle Clinic on Friday 1 March 1998 yours may have run out. possible use as a rest centre for the already on Twitter. 10:30am – 3pm in support of the British Section 4b on the card tells you the expiry homeless but in the meantime it was Even if you’re not signed up to Twitter Acupuncture Council’s (BAcC) date. It is worth a quick check as driving used as a recreation room for troops yourself you can view this list by visiting:- Acupuncture Awareness Week 25 without a valid licence can invalidate your stationed in the district. https://twitter.com/Ruddington_info/ru February – 3 March 2013, insurance and there are possible fines of With increasing costs of maintenance, it ddington-traders/members Fiona is the BAcC Acupuncturist at The up to £1000. was difficult to introduce modern If your village business is missing, or Castle Clinic. amenities and the management you’re just starting on Twitter, then please committee proposed to the trustees that let @Ruddington_info know (either via a 6 3

Tweet or by emailing History Corner Want To Be A Train Driver For A Day? transitional grant from the government for [email protected] ) and they’ll add you Ruddington Ordnance & Supply Depot Following the success of its first ever the next financial year, and this is being on. was commissioned in 1940 by the ‘Drive a locomotive’ packages in 2012, passed on to parishes. Alternatively there is another list called Ministry of Defence, along with a bomb Great Central Railway Nottingham This will still mean that Ruddington will “Rudd Groups and Charities” for non- factory and ammunition bunker. It took (GCRN) is running a further programme not get as much from the Borough next profit making organisations and groups 4,000 workers just 18 months to construct of Driver Experience Days in 2013. year as it did last time. based in Ruddington to get yourselves more than 200 buildings on the site. Train enthusiasts are being offered the Looking ahead, it is clear that the listed and promote your activities via The site was divided into two parts. One chance to spend a full day driving a Borough will not get the transitional grant Twitter:- was used as the filling factory and the heritage diesel or steam locomotive along in the same way for 2014/15. Ruddington, https://twitter.com/Ruddington_info/ru other to store supplies. Around 6,000 GCRN’s 10 miles of railway, which run like other parishes, may find itself looking dd-groups-and-charities/members people worked at the site, which was from their station base in Rushcliffe at a situation where it gets even less, or One of the newest members of this list is designed to be almost completely self- Country Park across Ruddington Moor to nothing, from the Borough. St. Peter's Church – which has joined sufficient with its own reservoirs, heating the outskirts of Loughborough. The Parish Council is monitoring all of Twitter using the name @StPetersRudd . and sewage plants, generators and this very carefully so that we can It's Tweeting information, thoughts and medical facilities. prudently plan for the future. photographs of events and people in the Although local people no doubt knew .( By Nick Tegerdine, Chair of Finance community. what the site was used for, they were and Policy) given no official information and security staff patrolled the perimeter 24 hours a Ruddington’s Forgotten Past Replies day. Thank you to June McConnell who The Ruddington Depot was responded to the ‘Ruddington’s forgotten decommissioned after the War ended in past’ piece in the last newsletter by 1945, but the buildings remained standing supplying the missing information. for 41 years in total. The site was used for Prices for the Driver Experience Days The photo we printed is Mrs McConnell’s auctioning former military vehicles and start from £230 per person, with drivers and she has many others as well. equipment that were no longer needed, guaranteed ‘ an amazing day out with She has identified the two people in this until its closure in 1983. After that, maximum time in the chair .’ one as her grandmother and another Rushcliffe Country Park was created So if you’re a heritage railway fan, why relative. which covers most of the Depot’s original not treat yourself or a friend to a unique We’d also like to pass our thanks onto site. experience and find out what it’s really John Carroll who has contributed to the (By Faye Stenson) like to drive a train? piecing together of Asher Lane’s history Contact GCRN for more information by with an anecdote from his childhood. The church already has a good number of Burrows Yard He lived at number 36 in the 1950s; a Twitter followers, many of whom live in emailing [email protected] , or call 0115 Recently, I had a visit from a couple of couple of decades after Mrs McConnell’s the village. But one of the first followers 940 5705. Please note that age and people, who having been married in mobility restrictions apply. photo was taken. He got his head stuck in was an ex-Ruddington resident who now 1946, lived for a period in No. 3 Burrows the iron railings at the school and was cut lives in Australia. (By Faye Stenson) Yard. free by the fire brigade! 'I love Twitter' , says Nikki Parkinson, who This I believe was part of a complex of administers the church account. 'Anyone Council Tax Changes cottages off Distillery Street numbering A Great Place To Live can find out about what we are doing, see This Year And Future Years six in total. No. 3 comprised of a one-up photos of services and get to know about The part of the Council Tax levied by the Did you know that Rushcliffe is the best and one-down with no running water or the new things that are happening. Parish Council is being calculated now. place to live outside the south of toilet facilities but did have electricity and It's also a great way of linking up people, This year the situation is complicated by England? Our area was the top-rated of was rented from Mrs. Leverton. places and businesses in Ruddington. new arrangements for Housing Benefit just six non-southern boroughs to make The lady explained that it was very handy Lots of people are on Twitter and it brings and other changes. the top 50 in a recent quality of life to live there as she worked as a us all together.' The effect of these changes for 2013/14 survey. And overall, Rushcliffe achieved hairdresser at a shop on the High Street nd To follow St Peter's Church on Twitter, would mean that the amount of money an impressive 22 place out of the 405 which doubled up as a bank on some search for @StPetersRudd. that Ruddington gets from Rushcliffe local authorities in England. days. Can anyone add to the story? (By Graham Wright) Borough reduces significantly. However, The survey, carried out by Halifax, looked (By Allen Wood) at a number of areas including residents’ Rushcliffe have the benefit of a

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