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Beeston Local News photo competition winner The August Beeston Local News plus the area you are from. Our photo competition winner is: favourite photo will be published Doroftei Gavril Drago from in next month's issue so keep your Beeston. eyes peeled, good luck!
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Beeston could host its very own light night this Autumn Organisers of Beeston Street Art are event called #alightinBeeston. we can afford it! Light Night cost in excess of £100k aiming to put together Beeston's so we are ambitious yet realistic They would also like to buy What will the event involve? very own light night event this about what we can achieve here. a permanent neon style light Autumn called #alightinBeeston to Jeanie: We want to be able to installation to be hung by Broxtowe Jeanie said, “I hope you will support lift everyone's mood and highlight afford one permanent light artwork Council and also host a light night this new attraction idea, which will Beeston’s creativity and vibrancy. on the wall facing the Interchange event incorporating projecting be free for everyone to enjoy - if and expand on that for the launch In association with The Beeston and community made creative films on you just donate the cost of a coffee with a projection wall plus we District Civic Society, the Beeston the building facing the trams and each, we can bring another much hope to attract local light artists Street Art group on Facebook have buses' route through Beeston town. needed creative boost to Beeston.” to display temporary installation organised over 30 art attractions Local News Editor Dani caught up works around the town centre, in To get involved please contact in Beeston since 2018. These with organiser Jeanie Barton to the square and in Beeston Parish [email protected]. To colourful artworks have brought chat about the event: Churchyard. Again, it depends on donate to the project visit: www. much joy during recent dark funds - we are asking for corporate crowdfunder.co.uk/alightinbeeston- times and breathed life into our Who came up with the idea of the sponsors now! a-light-night-event-for-beeston community and high street. Beeston Light Night? Have you got a design for the When the clocks change this Jeanie: My colleague, drummer Ian permanent neon sign? autumn and we lose our daylight Beestin came up with the phrase Alight again, they would like to bring an in Beeston, when I made it a hash tag Jeanie: We have had a proposed extra lift and another type of art (#alightinBeeston) I realised it could design but nothing has been attraction to the town - a light night be read both ways - having visited confirmed yet. Nottingham Light Night and organised How much are you aiming to raise? Beeston Street Art (40 artworks so far), I thought hosting a light night as an Jeanie: We have just over £1000 extension of our existing project and thanks to a crowdfund and a calling it that would be cool. donation from C P Walker and son. We need to reach at least £3K to When will it take place? do anything this year. The more Jeanie: It depends on funds but this we raise the more we can do - for Autumn/winter ideally - as soon as reference the 2020 Nottingham
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Beeston care home resident knits for baby unit at QMC Beeston & Chilwell A resident at MHA Queenswood of the items she was making. and blankets they are wearing – red Garden Trail update care home in Beeston has been being ‘very poorly’, yellow ‘poorly’ Her daughter provides her wool by What a Buzz! Beeston and busy putting her knitting skills to and green ‘OK and ready to come sending it to the care home and Chilwell Garden Trail was a huge good use by creating items for out of intensive care.’ enabling Cindy to craft everything from success this June 2021. premature babies at a local hospital. bonding blankets and arm bands, to Cindy started knitting at a young Sunny weather and over 693 visitors Cindy, aged 75, started knitting for various sizes of hats in ‘traffic light’ age, after learning from her mum. meant that this year’s Beeston and the baby unit at QMC hospital in colours for the intensive care unit. By 15, she’d taught herself how to Chilwell Garden Trail was buzzing! Nottingham after staff noticed she knit using patterns and would often It was great to hold our popular These ‘traffic lights’ help nurses to knitted regularly for her grandson create items such as scarves and local Garden Trail again this year on identify a baby’s health condition and suggested that she send some cardigans to sell at local fairs. Cindy 12th & 13th June, a popular annual based on the colours of the hats said: “I always enjoy knitting for my event which started 25 years ago! grandson and have done since the In the light of recent times this day he was born. It makes me happy year’s event was particularly knowing that these tiny gifts brought enjoyable for both gardeners and into the world have something to keep visitors alike and we received many them warm while they stay in hospital.” appreciative comments. We had Samukaliso Marozo, Home Manager some visitors coming from as far away said: “We’re so proud of Cindy for as Chesterfield, Sheffield and even making these beautiful items. It’s London to see our ‘Gardens Galore!’ fascinating to watch her working – A big thank you to all those who you can see how much she enjoys it.” supported us by visiting our gardens and helping to make this year’s Garden Trail a success. The money from ticket, plants, refreshments, craft sales etc totalled to a fantastic £6019, all of which will go to a variety of charities – a great achievement all round!
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New Mother & Daughter venture a thing of beauty for Notts duo A Nottinghamshire mother and the opening of NK Beauty Lounge, The mother of three sons aged taking space in other people’s daughter team have fulfilled in Woodstock Road, Toton. between 12 and 18 and a 26-year- salons, I sat there and thought I a lifetime dream by opening a old stepdaughter, Nikki decided could do this myself. And I really Teresa, a long-time fitness beauty salon together, after the early on to focus her treatments want my experience to help other instructor and qualified hospital pandemic encouraged her to and products on being as natural people.” theatre practitioner, had recently take the plunge. and eco-friendly as possible. taken early retirement. But she’s NK Beauty Lounge is not the sole Beauty Therapist, Nikki Knight (37) now gained a new lease of life by For facial skin treatments she domain of women though, as Nikki found herself without steady work working alongside her daughter uses Eve Taylor products, which has plenty of men booked in for when lockdown first hit in March in Nikki’s first permanent beauty, are renowned for their green treatment, particularly massages. 2020, and considered a career cosmetic and personal care credentials. She also uses Footlogix As a result, the interior has been change, but loved the job she business. products for pedicures, which is the designed with a calming pink and does, so she had a talk with her first medical pedicure treatment on blue colour scheme throughout, to And it’s truly a family affair, with mum, Teresa Faux about opening a the market. appeal to both men and women. Nikki’s Step Dad and Husband beauty salon, which has now led to working hard to help finish the But, having worked in the same line Teresa said: “I am so proud of decoration and final touches. of work all her life, Nikki’s driving Nikki’s achievement. To get this passion is to be in a position to lovely business off the ground in The business, which provides guide and advise younger female such a challenging time is quite anything from massage, waxing beauty workers who are just remarkable. And, despite having and facials to tanning, pedicures starting out. come out of retirement for this, I and manicures, had its opening am thrilled to be working with my launch on Sunday, and, by Monday, “I want to help young girls get the talented daughter for the first time.” the order book for the first week most out of their career, and run was completely filled. their own business,” said Nikki. To book an appointment at NK Beauty “I want to see lots of successful Lounge, call 0115 8375990, email Nikki said: “It’s a dream come true. business women out there. [email protected] or To work with my mum, and for her download the app at nkbeautylounge. to be able to enjoy my vision, is just “Given the Covid situation, this book.app/. Alternatively, you can visit amazing. More than anything, I’m venture was a massive financial Facebook page NK Beauty Lounge or really excited to be working again gamble for me. But after years of nkbeautylounge20 on Instagram. NG HALF DISCOVER-NO-PRICE-OL-HR.pdf 1 17/12/2020 16:12 after a year and a half.” offering mobile treatments and NOTTINGHAM CAR KEYS
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