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RUDDINGTON DIARY April 2012 FREE – MONTHLY Issue No. 27 Sunday 1st April Tea, Coffee & Cakes from 10.00am to Wednesday 18th April 3.00pm in the Education Room (by the lake) Ruddington & District Probus Club Ruddington Parish Council at Rushcliffe Country Park. In aid of FoRCP presents "Hatching & Dispatching" at Footpath Walk - Ruddington Footpaths Ruddington Grange Golf Club. Phone 0115 VILLAGE NEWSLETTER Preservation Group's organised walk. 921 4139 ext 22 for more information. Gamston - Grantham Canal Linear Walk. Police Priority Setting Meeting at West Meet 2.30pm on The Green . Bridgford Police Station 1pm to 2pm RMS TITANIC Wednesday 4th April Ruddington Gardeners' Association . An Dabble at a game of SCRABBLE - at the open meeting at the Hermitage with Mike One hundred years ago, in the White Horse Inn, Church Street comm 2pm. Davey giving a talk on "A suburban garden early hours of April 15th 1912, the "Dead Men Talking" a talk presented by throughout the year". Start time 7.15pm RMS Titanic sank in the North Ruddington & District Probus Club at Friday 20th April Atlantic following a collision with Ruddington Grange Golf Club. Phone 0115 Ruddington Business Partnership - An an iceberg. Of 2223 passengers 921 4139 ext 22 for more information. opportunity for local businesses to meet and and crew on board 1517 perished. Saturday 7th April network. Call in to Philo's on the High Street One family in Ruddington was Celebrate Easter at the Ruddington between 8am and 9am. New businesses particularly affected by this Framework Knitters' Museum's Easter Fun welcome. Day. Find lost bunnies, face painting, guess Spring Fashion Show – See page 4. tragedy. The only sister of the weight of the cake, children's crafts and Saturday 21st April Thomas Andrews Jr, the chief much more. Normal entrance charges apply Spring Fair in aid of Riding for the Disabled designer at the Belfast ship or free entry for any child with a bunny or at St. Peter's Rooms. Tombola, cakes, raffle, builders Harland and Wolff, lived wearing an Easter Bonnet. 11am to 4.30pm books, jam & pickes, bric a brac and more. in the village. He was lost on the Wednesday 11th April 10am to 12noon. Entry 50p which includes fateful maiden voyage. Ruddington W.I. Annual Meeting - Choose refreshments. Eliza Montgomery Andrews was married to the team to run your W.I. Also entertainment Sunday 22nd April Lawrence Arthur Hind, a Nottingham solicitor by Attenborough Handbell Ringers at St. Road Transport Event - Springtime road Peter's Rooms, Church Street comm 7.15pm transport collection event at GCRN and son of Jesse Hind of Edwalton Hall. The Thursday 12th April Ruddington. Trucks, buses and cars from Northern Whig , April 27 1906, reported that "On The Buses" - a talk by Peter Hammond yesteryear are displayed plus trade stands. their wedding at Comber, Co Down was presented by Ruddington & District Ladies' Miniature railway and train services also attended by a “very large and fashionable Probus Club at St. Peter's Rooms commencing available. Ring 0115 940 5705 or see congregation”. On the 1911 census the family 2pm. New members welcome. www.gcrn.co.uk for details. are living in Manor Park with their two young Saturday 14th April Tuesday 24th April daughters Eileen and Edith. Parish Council Surgery - Meet with your Annual Parish Meeting see page 1. Lawrence Hind MC, 38 year old Lt. Colonel of Parish, Borough and County Councillors to Saturday 28th April discuss local issues. Also Safer Brownies' Coffee Morning – see page 7. 1/7th Sherwood Foresters, is remembered on Neighbourhoods – your local officers are also Spring Diesel Gala at GCRN Ruddington. A the War Memorial in Ruddington and at present to discuss local issues. 10am to 12 selection of trains operating from the 1960's, Comber. He died on 1st July 1916, on the noon in the Hall at St. Peter's Rooms. 70's and 80's, as well as a very special guest Somme battlefields in Northern France. Tuesday 17th April locomotive. - Also Sunday 29th April. Photos – Wikipedia. Above: Titanic. Right: Andrews Family 1895. Eliza Montgomery (known as Environment & Community Committee Nina) standing behind her brother Thomas. (By Kay Steer) Meeting at St. Peter's Rooms, Church Street commencing 7.30pm ANNUAL PARISH MEETING On Tuesday 24 th April, the Annual Parish Meeting will take place at St. Peter’s Rooms Ruddington Parish Council, starting at 7.30pm. This meeting is only open to electors from the Parish and provides St. Peter’s Rooms, Church Street, Ruddington, Nottingham NG11 6HA. an opportunity to raise concerns and hear about the work undertaken by the Parish Tel: 0115 914 6660 Email: [email protected] Council during the previous 12 months. Refreshments will be served after the meeting Fax: 0115 914 6646 Website: www.RuddingtonParishCouncil.gov.uk and you will get the opportunity to meet and talk to your Parish Councillors. For copyright information, please contact Ruddington Parish Council or visit the website above 8 1 LITTLE SEEDLINGS Street and The GET WILDLIFE GARDENING family and friends all of whom were Green now incredulous that such a high standard remaining lit whilst could be achieved in such a short ever it’s dark. This time. Special congratulations go to is in addition to our Joe Owen who sang the lead in Bob other main through- Marley’s One Love , backed by the routes along Wilford choir singing in 3 parts. The choir was Road, Easthorpe joined in the concert by the Mirabilé Street, Kirk Lane Ladies ensemble , who performed a and Loughborough Road. Certain selection of songs they are preparing Little Seedlings Child-minders, other clusters of overhead lights are for the Sangerstevne International established in Ruddington in 2009 by th unaffected where they are along Thinking of making your garden more Festival on May 12 and their tour of Jane Garner, has gone from strength public footpaths, away from roads or wildlife friendly or want some ideas to Italy in June. The concert concluded to strength now looking after 20 in areas of sheltered accommodation. go further ? Worry not - help is at with the combined voices of the children each week. Recently Jane However nearly all our estate roads hand from various sources. Local Ruddington Community Choir and and her assistant Sam were joined by are now going dark in the early hours. Laura Turner is creating a film on Mirabilé singing the highly appropriate 25 Little Seedlings children, past, Lamps with part night operation have wildlife gardening - “The Wildlife ‘Thank You for the Music’ . The whole present and future, their parents and been clearly labeled for information Gardening Project” - supported by a event was a huge success with over some grandparents at Rushcliffe (see photo). But there’s also a web site containing practical video £300 raised for the Ngora charity. To Country Park. They all had a great Ruddington map available, showing clips on a variety of topics. find out more, e-mail musical director time running, walking and toddling a all the street lights affected, which can www.wildlifegardenproject.com. In [email protected] mile for Sport Relief, followed by a be downloaded from the addition the Notts Wildlife Trust`s - picnic in the park. Over the past two www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk web site. South Notts Local Group also has a years Little Seedlings has raised over (By Graham Wright) set of wildlife gardening booklets £750 for charity with Sport Relief including specialist topics about birds being the latest beneficiary, well done VILLAGE BUTCHER CELEBRATES and butterflies. If you want one of everyone! For more details about Ruddington Village Butchers’ those sets please send your address BROWNIES COFFEE MORNING Little Seedlings please contact Jane celebrated its first year of trading on to G Dyne (NWT), 6 Lyons Close, The 3 rd Ruddington Brownies are on 07748 025 281. rd 23 March and put on quite a show. Ruddington, Notts NG11 6BQ or E holding a coffee morning at St. Peter’s Stuart White wanted to thank Rooms on Saturday 28 th April to raise RUDDINGTON GOES DARK! Mail to [email protected]. residents for their support and did so funds for their pack holiday. There will You might not have noticed yet - by putting on a spread of sandwiches, CREATED IN AN AFTERNOON! be a cake stall, tombola, craft stalls unless you’re up or awake in the early crisps, pork pie, wine and soft drinks On Saturday 3 March, 51 singers of and much more. Come along between hours – but a large part of Ruddington for everyone who visited the shop on all ages, abilities and experience, from 10am and 12 noon - entry 50p which now goes DARK during the night! the day. He and Shane were so the anxious to the expert, came includes tea or coffee & biscuits. It follows a consultation with village rushed off their feet that they didn’t together at St Peter’s Church for the residents late last year on plans to even manage to take any photos of very first time in a charity event to switch off many of the street lights in COFFEE MORNINGS the event! They just hope that the raise funds for the Ngora Hospital our village overnight. Notts. County Are you in the village on Wednesday village continues to support them. Charity through the Teso Council was aiming to save 25 per or Thursday mornings? Come to St. Development Trust. After an cent of previous energy usage by Peter’s Rooms for a hot drink and ACTIVE KIDS COUPONS exhausting but enjoyable afternoon, turning off some lighting between some good company.