May 2019 FREE - MONTHLY Issue No. 19 THE RUDD Ruddfest returns! Ruddington’s annual beer festival will make a welcome return over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Ruddfest 2019 will run from Thursday 30th May to Sunday 2nd June, with a full programme of events and activities taking place on The Green, at The White Horse Inn and at The Frame Breakers. The Victoria Tavern will also be taking part by offering a wider selection of beers and ciders than usual, although there won’t be an outdoor bar this year. On The Green, festival goers can enjoy more than 200 beers and ciders as well as 25 gins, prosecco and a range of wines. All these can be soaked up by food from various stalls including hot dogs, Italian food from Gino’s Ristorante, Indian delights from The Three Spices and wood-fired pizzas from Ape About Pizza. There’ll also be music, live entertainment, family fun and games and kids’ activities. Continued inside The Village Newsletter is sponsored this month by: Ruddington Grange Golf Club 0115 921 4139 ruddingtongrange.com 1 For extra comfort, there’ll be double We hope you enjoy everything the amount of toilets provided last Ruddfest has to offer and the event is year and more tables and chairs. And if another huge success! Please drink the weather proves unkind, two extra- responsibly. large framed marquees will provide Calling all young gardeners! shelter. It’s time for young gardeners and Meanwhile, The Frame Breakers will budding artists to prepare their entries be offering entertainment and extra for the Ruddington Horticultural Show drinks in the pub and car park across on Saturday 14th September. The the weekend. There’ll be extra seating categories are: and marquees outside, with around 40 cask ales and traditional and fruit • Animals made from fruit and/or veg ciders on offer, as well as German biers • A painting of flowers and British craft beers on draught and • A decorated wooden spoon the return of the popular gin and rum • A scarecrow - big or small bar. The Pilsner Urquell truck will also • A model made from recycled return. materials On Thursday evening, there’ll be entertainment from Evie M and the Dolphin Morris Men, as well as an open mic event featuring poetry and prose around a heritage theme. This event is put on in partnership with The Framework Knitters Museum and hosted by local legend, Adam Nightingale. On Friday, Joe Strange and his Band You can find more details about the will provide evening entertainment – Show on the Ruddington Gardeners’ hopefully outside if the weather holds Association website: www.ruddington up. And on Saturday, the pub will be gardeners.co.uk. open for breakfast with no other There are some fabulous prizes to be events planned as this is usually won – and lots of fun to be had – so get Ruddfest’s busiest day. Breakfast will busy in the summer holidays and show also be served on Sunday morning as “the world” how talented you are! the festival winds down. Dave Russell, RGA

2 The Grand Brewery & Museum first tour would take place on a Tour – are you interested? weekday afternoon / evening over the summer (although weekends are a The Framework Knitters Museum in possibility). The proposed itinerary is: Ruddington has been Brewery’s charitable partner since ● Meet at the Framework Knitters 2015. Museum on Chapel Street for a guided tour. There’ll also be the opportunity The connection goes way beyond to visit the museum shop, The Textile renaming the brewery-owned Emporium, and the tea room. Bricklayers’ Arms pub “The Frame Breakers”, as back in the days of the ● Walk over to The Frame Breakers for “old” Nottingham Brewery, framework a refreshing pint, then take a minibus knitters the length and breadth of to Nottingham Brewery in Radford. Nottingham would have drunk their ● After your guided tour of the ales. The brewery even revived one of brewery, you’ll be invited to enjoy a these recipes a few years ago – the buffet and further beverages in The still-popular “Frame Breaker” ale – to Plough (the Brewery Tap) before help the museum mark its 45th taking the bus back to Ruddington or anniversary. making your own way home. We’ve now come up with a joint Numbers for each tour will be limited initiative to further celebrate our to 12, so advance booking will be partnership and strengthen the required. existing links between Nottingham If this is something that interests you, Brewery and the Framework Knitters please contact the Framework Knitters Museum. Museum Manager & Curator, Jim We’re proud to announce: The Grand Grevatte, at jim.grevatte@ Museum & Brewery Tour. It’s the frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk so perfect opportunity to combine we can make a note of your details. interests in history and heritage with We’ll then contact you with suggested sampling a few of the finest beverages! dates and prices for the first tour. At the moment, we’re just putting out Of course, we’d d also welcome any feelers to find out if there’s enough feedback on our ideas and anything interest to start running these tours. you’d like to see in addition to, or done So there are no dates to put in your differently from, the above itinerary! diary yet, although it’s likely that the

3 “Stories and Objects” – your new people, broaden your summer exhibition experience, develop valuable skills At Ruddington Village Museum, we’re and have your say. always keen to get local people Along the way you’ll learn how involved. Our new project aims to do exhibitions are created and share your this in an exciting way. As one of three ideas on how to do things differently Museums involved such as exploring exciting new ways to in the “Stories and Objects” project, tell your stories including video, audio we’ll be showcasing a diverse range of and live storytelling. Don’t worry if it objects owned by members of the sounds a bit daunting, you’ll get all the Ruddington community. help and support you need to bring These objects will form a unique the story of your object to life. exhibition which will also feature the unusual stories and interesting backgrounds to all of the objects. These objects could be of significance to an individual, a family or a whole community group. Some objects have never left the area; others have been brought to Ruddington much more recently – but they all help tell the story of the community. We’d like to invite you, the If you’d like to get involved in this community and object owners, to innovative project, you can find out lend items for display at the exhibition more by visiting us at the Ruddington and also to be involved in helping us Village Market on Saturday 4th May or tell their stories drop in at the Village Museum on Thursday 16th May between 10am To create the exhibition, you’ll be and 12 noon for a chat and hands-on working as a group with other fun family activities. members of the community, supported by staff and volunteers To find out more, contact Gavin from the Village Museum and Walker on 0115 914 6645 or 07865 Nottingham Trent University. 013 857, or email enquiries@ ruddington-museum.org.uk. The project is free to take part in and offers an opportunity to socialise with

4 The “Stories and Objects” project is At the Fair, wildlife pond plants will be led by Nottingham Trent University in on sale, with free information on how partnership with Ruddington Village to create a pond to make your own Museum, Bassetlaw Museum, garden more wildlife-friendly. Museum and their local You’ll also find a wide range of communities. You can visit the project perennial and annual plants, website at https://storiesandobjects homemade cakes, and wildlife craft .weebly.com/. items at the event. Visitors can win Gavin Walker prizes at the tombola and enjoy a Ruddington Spring Fair to relaxing drink at the café. support wildlife The wildlife craft stall has become famous for its fabulous knitted wild Looking for inspiration to support woolly creatures and painted pebbles. wildlife on your doorstep? Then come An army of volunteers have been to the annual Spring Fair at St Peter’s producing bees, butterflies, Rooms in Ruddington on Saturday hedgehogs, owls, robins and the 18th May, between 9:30am and 12 iconic badger, which is the logo of noon. This popular event is organised Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. by the South Notts group of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust to If you have any plants, craft, cake or raise vital funds to support local tombola items to donate, please wildlife. contact Gordon Dyne on 0115 8784842. Part of the “Wild About Gardens” partnership with the Royal Crime figures for Ruddington Horticultural Society, this year the Fair For March, these were as follow: will highlight the value of garden • 1 x criminal damage ponds. During the past century, nearly 70% of ponds have been lost from the • 1 x attempted theft of vehicle UK countryside, meaning garden • 3 x burglary from an outbuilding ponds and water features are • 1 x burglary from a dwelling increasingly importance for wildlife. • 1 x burglary from a shop Even small ponds can support a • 1 x theft from a shop wealth of species such as waterlilies, • 1 x theft of number plates frogs, newts and dragonflies, as well • 1 x assault as providing water for bees and butterflies. • 1 x arson

5 Peppa Pig’s For more details, contact Jane Piggott Muddy Puddle Walk at [email protected]. This popular event returns to Jane Piggott Country Park on Saturday Bowls Club Open Day 18th May for Save the Children’s On Sunday 12th May, the Ruddington Centenary year. Bowls Club will be having its annual Open Day. Starting at 2:30pm, it will be held at the bowling green at Elms Park. Whether you’ve played bowls before and are looking to join a new club, or you’re a beginner and have never played bowls before, we’ll do our best to make you feel welcome. We’ll provide all the bowls and we only ask that you wear flat, smooth-soled If you have little ones in your family shoes if you wish to try your skills on who are fans of Peppa, bring them the bowling green. along in their wellies to have fun The Ruddington Bowls Club is jumping in muddy puddles, whilst regarded as one of the friendliest in raising money for Save the Children. the Nottingham area and we always Don’t worry if the weather is dry; we try to make visitors feel welcome. have our very own “puddle maker” There’ll be several of our members who’ll make sure there’s plenty of present to explain the game, give you water around. the opportunity to try bowling for There is no fixed charge for entry but yourself and then give you some donations are much appreciated. information about how to join the There’ll be a certificate and sticker for Club. every child taking part. Refreshments If you’d like any more information will be available all afternoon. Other about the Open Day and the activities include a children’s lucky dip, Ruddington Bowls Club, please contact Peppa Pig stall and a children’s trail. the Secretary, Brian Tolley, on 0115 There’s no need to register in advance; 921 2844 or 07790 959 943. just come along to the Visitor Centre We look forward to seeing you at the any time between 2pm and 5pm. Open Day. 6 The Great Get Together Ruddington Traders – have you Turn off the news and forget Brexit! got news for us? It’s time for us to celebrate all that we On Wednesday 15th May, Ruddington have in common. Plans are in motion Village Centre Partnership are inviting for another Ruddington “Great Get small businesses and traders from Together” on Saturday 22nd June, so across Rushcliffe to join them for a put the date in your diary. special event at Jubilee Clubhouse, Like last year, we’ll be having a family where they can learn the inside secrets picnic on The Green from 12 noon until on the best ways to raise their profile 2.30pm, and there’ll be a tea party for with effective press releases. older residents at St Peter’s Rooms Renowned public relations expert from 2pm until 4pm. More details of Louise Third, MBE will be hosting this both events will follow in the next special workshop, where attendees edition of The Rudd. will learn why small businesses need to If you’d like to help out at the Tea Party raise their profile, the various options or donate a cake, please contact Jill for profile-raising, the role of social Reedman at jillreedman.rpc@ media, and the right way to put a press gmail.com. Alternatively, if you’d like release together. to provide an activity on The Green, From the role of the journalist, to what please contact Paul Reedman at reporters look for in a good business paulreedman.ruddingtonpc@gmail. story, and what happens to a press com. In either case, you can also release once it reaches the news desk, contact the Parish Council Office on Ruddington traders are encouraged 0115 914 6660. not miss this exciting opportunity to Please check out the Ruddington learn the best ways to get their Parish Council Events page on business story noticed! Facebook for pictures of last year’s The fee to attend the workshop is £15, event and for details of forthcoming but traders participating in the Ruddy activities. Good Loyalty Card scheme can attend “We are far more united and have far for free. more in common than that which For further details and to request divides us.” tickets, email the Ruddington Village - Jo Cox. Centre Partnership at [email protected]. Paul Reedman Ruddington Village Centre Partnership 7 Ruddington Diary Community events & activities Saturday 11th May Saturday 4th May Wildlife Watch Group (8 to 13 year olds) Interested in nature exploration and Ruddington Village Market - 9:30am to discovery, games and practical activities 12:30pm at The White Horse Inn. Stalls with other young people? Then come and offering quality crafts, produce and join in the fun. Members and non-members provisions to take away. welcome. Children under 8 are welcome Sunday 5th May but must be accompanied by an adult. Café Church - 9.30am - 10.50am at St. Suggested donation £2/3 per session. For Peter's Church, followed by Holy info, contact Geoff East on 07804 297 041 Communion for those wishing to stay. or at rushcliffewatch@ Come and join us for Café breakfast, nottswt.co.uk. alongside games, a short talk, discussion, with options for quiet reflection, prayer, Councillor surgery drama, art, crafts, liturgical service and Saturday 11th May music. Something for everyone. County & Borough Councillors' Surgery - Ruddington Baptist Breakfast Church - 10am to 12 noon at St. Peter's Rooms. 10.30am St Peter's Rooms. Meet and enjoy This is your opportunity to speak with croissants, drinks and activities. For more your Borough and County Councillors information visit www.ruddingtonbaptist about local issues. A Parish Councillor will .org.uk. usually also be present. Footpath Preservation Group - Ruddington Moor to Gotham and return. Meet on The Sunday 12th May Green at 2.15pm. Bowls Club Open Day - see article. Tuesday 7th May Monday 13th May Ruddington Methodist Church Women's Ruddington Craft Group - Handbags. St Fellowship - Lyrical Songbirds. 2.30pm, all Peter's Rooms 10.00am - 12.00pm. Tuition, are welcome to join us. materials and refreshments are included in Mindfulness Course - Start of 8wk course, the £3.50 cost. You may like to bring your 7pm - 8.45pm, Chapel at FWK Museum. For own basic equipment such as pencil, ruler, bookings of more information please visit colouring pencils and scissors. Newcomers www.exercisemindfulness.co.uk are welcome to come and learn a craft. Wednesday 8th May Tuesday 14th May W.I. Meeting - "Resolution Meeting" - Rattle Rhyme & Roll - Ruddington Library, Make your voice count! At St Peter's 11am - 11.30am. Free half hour fun session Rooms, commencing 7.15pm. for babies & toddlers. Scrabble - Ruddington Library. 2pm - 4pm

8 Wednesday 15th May Ruddington Colts Pie, Mash & Quiz Night - PR Workshop for local traders - Jubilee see back page. Clubhouse. Organised by the Ruddington Thursday 23rd May Village Centre Partnership. See article. Family History event - see article. Thursday 16th May Sunday 26th May The Ear Foundation - Do you wear an NHS 'Bubbles' - 10.30am St Peter's hearing aid? Come to our FREE walk-in Rooms. Group for the under 5s provided by hearing aid clinic. In St Peter's Rooms Ruddington Baptist Church, all children between 11.30am & 12.30pm. No must be accompanied by an adult. Play appointment required. area, singing, bible stories, craft and a little "Insurrection at the Framework Knitters lunch for the children. For more Museum!" - see article. information call 0115 984 3523. Ruddington Rhythm - 8pm - 11pm at The Wednesday 29th May Cottage Hotel, Easthorpe Street. All styles Ruddington Gardeners' Association - of music and song. Raffle. "Garden and Allotment Composting" with Friday 17th May Rod Weston at The Hermitage. 7pm for Ruddington Business Partnership – FREE 7.30pm. networking today and every 3rd Friday of Thursday 30th May to Sunday 2nd June the month, at The Ruddington Arms, 8am to Ruddfest - see article. 9am. No booking required. Every Sunday Saturday 18th May Ruddington Baptist Church at St Peter's Ruddington Spring Fair - see article. Rooms. 10.30am. An opportunity to Save the Children Peppa Pig Muddy Puddle worship, pray and explore what God is Walk - see article. saying to us together. Monday 20th May Spiritual Light Centre at Framework Ruddington Craft Group - Mixed Crafts. See Knitters Museum Chapel. 6.30pm - 13th May. 8.00pm. Divine Service with a visiting Medium. Healing during service. Ruddington & District U3A Monthly Refreshments afterwards. Meeting - 2pm Ruddington Methodist Church. Guest Speaker Graham Hayes "Story of Lavender" plus time for notices, reports, discussion, questions and Parish Council meetings socialising. Tuesday 14th May Tuesday 21st May Annual Parish Council Meeting - at St Ruddington Methodist Church Women's Peter's Rooms commencing at 7.30pm. All Fellowship - AGM. Cake & Poems. 2.30pm, meetings are open to the public, you can all are welcome to join us. share your views on any agenda item. 9 Insurrection at the Framework whole story of the Pentrich Rebellion Knitters Museum! in the chapel at the Framework Knitters Museum. By the summer of 1817, weavers, spinners, framework knitters and Tickets cost £5 and are available from ironworkers in Nottinghamshire and the Museum or by calling 0115 984 Derbyshire were experiencing mass 5375. unemployment due to wars with Kathy Powis France and the United States. Open Day at Wilwell Cutting Pentrich, a small Derbyshire village, became the unlikely setting for Nature Reserve 's last revolution. An Open Day will be held at Wilwell Cutting Nature Reserve on Road on Saturday 1st June, from 10am to 4pm. You can enjoy the early summer wildflowers, including Southern Marsh Orchids, which are labelled up around the reserve. There’ll also be some guided walks taking place. Wilwell Cutting is recognised as one of Angry at Lord Liverpool and his the finest wildflower sites in government's lack of sympathy with Nottinghamshire with more than 230 their situation, on the evening of 9th species recorded so far. Around 20 June 1817, several hundred armed species of butterfly have also been men marched 14 miles to Nottingham recorded, as well as over 60 grasses, expecting to find more supporters sedges and rushes, and a large there. number of tree species. It didn’t end well for them as 45 were The road entrance to the Nature tried for treason, three hanged and 30 Reserve is on the left as you approach transported. Pentrich village itself the ring road underpass, going suffered when the Duke of towards Wilford. Car parking is Devonshire, the local landlord, got available. The NCT 3 bus passes the involved. entrance – get off at Wilford Industrial On Thursday 16th May at 3pm, Estate just past the Nature Reserve. Or Professor Richard Gaunt will tell the why not make the most of the fresh air

10 and walk down from Ruddington? generally been left open for ease of You’re welcome to bring your dog, but entry and exit for the last 17 years. please keep it on a lead as grazing A spokesperson for Premier Pets told animals are often present at the site. us: “The antisocial behaviour we are For more information about Wilwell experiencing includes fly tipping, the Cutting and the Open Day, please taking of drugs, and the racing of stolen contact Gordon Dyne on 0115 878 4842 cars, to name but a few. We fully or [email protected]. support our neighbours in their With thanks to Gordon Dyne decision, and now the first access gate will only be left open between 9am and Asher Lane gates closed 1pm then 3pm to 6pm.” It seems the antisocial and criminal The owners of most of the land behaviour of a minority will once again accessed from the private road, which impact our wider community after it includes two farms and five residential prompted a decision by landowners to properties, have told RUDDINGTON. close and secure access gates to info that they have not taken this premises which had been left open for decision lightly. More serious criminal villagers’ and visitors’ convenience for activity and antisocial behaviour have almost two decades. precipitated their move. Recently a As of Easter Monday, following advice whole bathroom suite was deposited from Rushcliffe Police and along a private section of Asher Lane. Nottinghamshire County Council, two Fridges, freezers and other household of the three security gates onto the waste have also been fly-tipped there, private section of Asher Lane have and even sheets of hazardous asbestos been padlocked again, meaning visitors dumped in a field of crops. Illegal hare must now contact properties beyond coursers and their dogs have been them in order to be let in and out. A spotted in the fields and “joyriders” in third gate, allowing access to Premier stolen cars have also been plaguing the Pets Hotel, will only be left open during area – driving through farmland and their business hours. breaking through fences in fields containing livestock. The repairs and This unadopted stretch of road has substantial clearing up costs after such always been private – with notices incidents are all at the landowners’ clearly stating that all vehicle access is expense. to premises only – but gates have RUDDINGTON.info via Graham Wright

11 Keep well this hay products in our pharmacies are fever season steroid nasal sprays. You may have been prescribed these by your GP in Across the country the NHS is the past. If you use these regularly, reducing prescribing for medicines they work to prevent you from that you can buy over the counter. getting symptoms. Some people tell This may include hay fever us that nasal sprays also ease their medicines. As hay fever affects eye symptoms. around 2 in 10 people in the UK, we expect that many people will need to Eye drops relieve red, itchy eyes that buy hay fever medicines this are often a problem for hay fever summer. Look out for unbranded sufferers. One of the most popular medicines as these are often best eye drops is sodium cromoglicate – value for money. Many of these are you might have seen this under the the same as those that you would Opticrom® brand. have been prescribed by your GP in So whatever your symptoms, call into the past. Also check for offers. For your local pharmacy to find out which example the pharmacy in Ruddington hay fever medicines will help you. has an offer of three products for Emma Anderson, Evans Pharmacy £10. RVCP celebrates first year So what are your treatment options? Last month saw the first birthday of The most commonly used treatments the Ruddington Village Centre are antihistamines, nasal sprays and Partnership (RVCP), which was eye drops. formed in response to the rising Antihistamines come as either number of key retail closures on the tablets or liquid medicines. Older high street. antihistamines cause drowsiness but Prompted by the closure of the sorely now there are several non-drowsy missed Thomas' Greengrocers, a antihistamines available. Do check special Parish Council meeting took with your pharmacist if you want to place last spring to discuss what the take antihistamine tablets with other Parish Council, businesses and the medicines. Did you know that you community could do together to can buy packs of 30 antihistamine support and encourage the high tablets from a pharmacy? street economy – and RVCP was Nasal sprays work to reduce sneezing formed on 23rd April 2018. congestion. The most popular 12 The steering group included The Black Got FWK in your DNA? Cat Café, The Frame Breakers, the A Family History event will run at the Parish Council, Phoenix Flowers, Framework Knitters Museum and volunteer residents, Ruddington Mums, Ruddington Library on Thursday 23rd Ruddington Post Office, May from 11am to 4.30pm. RUDDINGTON.info, St Peter's Church and The White Horse Inn. With more than half of Ruddington involved in the knitting industry in the In its first year, the partnership has Victorian era, many people are finding launched a number of successful the initials “FWK” – which stands for initiatives including the Ruddy Good “framework knitter” – in the census Loyalty Card and Ruddington Village records of their ancestors. Market. We’ve also received encouraging reports from businesses on the positive impact these have had on trade and gained welcome support from Rushcliffe Borough Council's Economic Development team. "We're immensely proud of all that RVCP have achieved in its first 12 months," said Mike Ader, Chairman of RVCP. "The group is looking forward to more exciting projects in the year In partnership with Ruddington Library, ahead, with the expansion of the the Framework Knitters Museum are Market, ambitious plans for the next helping people discover more about phase of the Loyalty Card scheme, and their family’s past and what life was like a series of workshops and seminars for for framework knitters. You can visit the traders with key speakers. museum for free on 23rd May if you “But the high street can only survive have FWK in your DNA. To find out with the most important RVCP partner more about your family history, you can of all - the shopper!" book a free half hour research session. Call 0155 981 6914 or email So, the message from RVCP is: "Shop [email protected] local, shop Ruddington!" .uk to book. Mark Pinks Alice Flear

13 Councillors and Co-options preferably on the Green. Petanque was one of these activities. Ruddington has 16 Parish Councillors across 4 wards of 4 Councillors. 9 Now, thanks to funding from the Parish names were put forward for the Council, a gravel petanque area has elections on Thursday 2nd May. Since been provided in The White Horse Inn no ward had more than 4 nominations, car park nearby. Five of the back car these 9 are “elected unopposed” and parking spaces leased by the Parish will take up office during May. They Council during the week will be kept are: free on Sundays for petanque. • Camelot Ward: Marion Pell • Easthorpe Ward: Sue Matthews, Ken Piggott, Chandler Wilson, Ian Wilson • Flawford Ward: John Hawson • Manor Ward: David Hall, Leo Lanzoni, Allen Wood The Parish Council will be looking for 7 more Parish Councillors during May / early June. If you’re interested, please contact the Parish Council office. 9 people have been put forward for the The playing area was installed by John 3 Borough Council places, so you can Adams Landscapes of Ruddington on also vote for them on 2nd May. Monday 25th March. Anyone can come Petanque at The White Horse and play and then, if they want to, relax in the pub afterwards. Ruddington has a new leisure facility – Petanque, or French Boules. The landlord, Andy Hunt, will keep some boules behind the bar for players. Over the last couple of years, the Village Plan group have carried out We have a number of existing players consultations, asking the whole village who can tell newcomers how the game what they wanted to see in is played. It’s really easy and everyone Ruddington. can do it, young and old. Petanque is the perfect pastime for a fine summer’s A recurring theme was the request for day, so come and give it a go. a greater variety of leisure activities, Peter Johnson-Marshall

14 Geoff Kelk experiences, pursued their interests and formed new friendships. 4th April 1938 – 16th March 2019 Monthly meetings are held at 2pm on It was with sadness that we learned the 3rd Monday of the month at the former Mayor, Borough and Parish Methodist Church. Various interest Councillor Geoff Kelk passed away on groups have been established and 16th March, shortly before his 81st enjoyed by members. A variety of birthday. speakers have also attended the Councillor Kelk represented monthly meetings. Ruddington as a Ward Councillor for If you are retired or semi-retired and 18 years and held the civic role of would like to join us, membership Mayor in 1997 and 1998. He was also costs £20 a year. You’re welcome to a member of Ruddington Parish attend our next meeting on 20th May Council from 1979 to 1999 and was or you can find more details by: Chairman between 1990 and 1995. During this time, he oversaw the • Visiting our website: www.u3asites. Parish Council’s acquisition of Vicarage org.uk/ruddington Lane Cemetery from the Church of • Liking our Facebook page: U3A England. Ruddington and District Geoff leaves sons Martin and Jonathan • Emailing [email protected] and a daughter, Wendy, as well as Barbara Breakwell grandchildren and great grandchildren. His funeral took place Note to members: Our Annual at Crematorium on General Meeting (AGM) will take place Tuesday 2nd April 2019. We pass our at our June meeting. condolences to his family and friends. Ruddington Methodist Church With thanks to Peter MacGowan Services are held at Ruddington Happy 1st birthday, Ruddington Methodist Church every Sunday at & District U3A 10.30am. Coffee is served after the service. On Sunday 6th May, there’ll On 21st May 2018, the inaugural be an evening service at 6pm. meeting of the Ruddington and District U3A (The University of the Third Age) The Church also holds a Coffee was held. Morning every Saturday from 10.30am to 12noon. A warm welcome awaits! Over the last year, members have enriched their lives with new skills and Kathy Powis 15 Support the Ruddington Colts! Please can you help make dreams come true for the Ruddington Colts under 13s team as they travel to Grenay in France, representing not only the team but the village of Ruddington for some “Entente Cordiale” with our European cousins? The aim of the trip is for the boys to experience playing in a foreign country and make some new friends across the pond. The tournament will see the team play as England against France, Germany, Morocco, Algeria and Ireland, to name a few of the nationalities involved.

The team have already completed a sponsored 5K run to raise money and run a car wash event at the Jubilee Club House on Sunday 28th April . There’ll also be a pie, mash and quiz night at The White Horse Inn on Church Street, on Tuesday 21st May. A Just Giving page (http://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/rcfcgrenay2019) has been set up to help raise funds so we can create memories of a lifetime for the young people and coaches who work so hard to build a fantastic club and make us proud, both on and off the pitch. Please support our local team and give generously!

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