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New attraction opens at Netherfield Lagoons Saxondale Strings: On Saturday 7th September, the “It has become a designated nature the south of Nottingham and are “Autumn Sounds” Netherfield Lagoons hosted an reserve due to the number of reed a valuable resource for the local Last year the Saxondale Strings open day unveiling their newest beds.” population of Netherfield. In the held an open rehearsal of their attraction of a reed bed safari path. past they have been used as Mark added “It is a wildlife haven, orchestra in Carlton, it was a huge pasture land, for gravel extraction success so they’re doing it again Open to wildlife lovers of all filled with common, rare and very and as settling lagoons by the local this year and are hoping to make it ages, the path enables visitors to rare species of birds and insects. colliery. The surrounding residents an annual event! immerse themselves in the reedbed Some of which have never been have used the site for recreation, habitat and see its inhabitants up seen in Nottinghamshire before. You’re invited to experience an fishing, camping, walking and close. A new interpretation board The reed beds attract butterflies open rehearsal at the recently more recently as a place to explore was also unveiled on the day. and dragonflies in particular” restored Sacred Heart Church on wildlife. Carlton Hill, NG4 1FP. The Lagoons are managed by Mr Glover is one of six trustees who Visitors can access the nature The event will take place on charity organisation, the Gedling look after the site as part of the reserve by starting near CEM Press Wednesday 16th October from Conservation Trust. Gedling Conservation Trust, which at the Victoria Retail Park. From 7:30pm – 9pm. is a registered charity that receives Chair of trustees, Mark Glover there, you can walk along the north donations for upkeep. Come and listen, to hear great said: “Netherfield Lagoons is a 55 bank of the Ouse Dyke until the music and see how an orchestra hectare site covered in reed beds The Netherfield Lagoons, local footbridge, where you can cross rehearses and how it works. which are habitat concerns across Nature Reserve is situated on into the reserve. Entrance is free and refreshments Nottinghamshire and nationally. the Trent Valley Flood Plain, to A volunteer group also patrols and will be served during the interval. maintains the site, but the Trust is The money raised is going towards always looking for more, so please the Parish Community Centre get in contact with the Gedling development fund. Conservation Trust if you would like to volunteer to help maintain the nature reserve.
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Charity Golf Day raises funds for Portland College ‘Tea and Tour’ at Portland College would like to the Pirate Golf Course. changing the lives of individuals, Lowdham CofE thank Clifton Lodge for their and Clifton Lodge is pleased to Clifton Lodge is very supportive generous support over the last support such worthwhile causes. Primary School of local charities, and every year twelve months. We know that the funds we raise they vote to choose two charities Come and join us for a tea or coffee today will make a real impact on The college were delighted to to support for 12 months. Portland and a chance to see our school on the lives of the people that both of be involved in the Charity Golf College was fortunate to be Thursday 14th November at 2pm. the charities support. We started Day that took place at Ramsdale selected this year alongside the If you have a child who will be planning the event back in February Golf Course in Calverton on 6th Friary, a charity that provides starting school in Reception year and we have been overwhelmed September, which raised over £800 tremendous support for homeless in September 2020, this is your by the support that we have for Portland College. people within the region. The funds opportunity to meet us and have a received from the local business raised will make a huge difference tour of Lowdham CofE Primary. The Golf Day, which was organised community.” to Portland College, they will be put Our reception teacher and EYFS by Clifton Masonic Lodge, included towards the purchase of a 2-seater Damon Musgrove, Fundraising lead, Mrs Greaves, will talk you an 18-hole game, a tombola, a wheelchair accessible vehicle - a Manager at Portland College through a ‘day in the life of a child BBQ and a silent auction, made up much needed addition to their fleet commented “We would like to in Reception’ then our Y6 pupils will of generous prizes donated by local of accessible transport. say a huge thank you to Clifton proudly take you on a walking tour businesses. The event received a Lodge and all the surrounding around the school. tremendous amount of support, Eric Lovatt, Freemason and long- communities of Mansfield and with 12 teams taking to the course term supporter and volunteer for Deciding which school you want to Ashfield who have come together to show off their skills. The teams Portland College commented, “The send your child to is a big step and to support such an enjoyable consisted of local businesses, work that both Portland College one in which we want to support fundraising event.” masonic teams and friends and the Friary do is fundamental to and guide you, so come and see us and family. and what we have to offer. If you have any questions, please Lowdham’s Motors sponsored contact us via email at admin@ the event, and local businesses lowdham.notts.sch.uk or call us on including Veritas, Ben Horton 01159 663358. Builders, Crowd Pullers, Orston Shooting Club and Hoot Security Looking forward to meeting you, all sponsored holes around the Ben Waldram, Headteacher. golf course.
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The Burton Joyce Players are Live at Gunthorpe Village Hall definitely on a roll ‘Sunjay in Concert’ The Burton Joyce Players have Performances are at 7:30pm Sunjay is an extremely talented seen great sell-out success from running from Thurs 24th October – blues-folk guitarist and singer/ their previous events such as their Sat 26th October. songwriter reminiscent of Ralph pantomime in January and their McTell, John Martyn and early Tickets are £8 and available from: production of Agatha Crusty and Tim Buckley. Bluebird Café on Main Street the Village Hall Murders in May, Burton Joyce, Rhubarbs Café on Well known on the UK folk scene, which was seen by over 300 of their Church Road Burton Joyce and The Sunjay is an artist with exquisite supporters. Bookcase on Main St. Lowdham. vocals combined with a superb, Now the Players take on one of the and intricate acoustic guitar You can also purchase them online most successful of Ray Cooney’s style. He also offers entertaining at www.ticketsource.co.uk/bj.p farces. Run for Your Wife concerns and often hilarious stories and John Smith, a very ordinary man anecdotes. Sunjay plays to his young talent, remaining true to his with a very ordinary name doing a audience as though he is sitting musical roots, at the same time as very ordinary job as a taxi driver. down to play music with a group of creating a unique path. Not so ordinary is the fact that he close friends; a completely natural has two wives!! approach for a young man who ‘Sunjay is nothing short of being picked up the guitar when he was hailed a musician’s musician.’ He manages to keep this a secret just four years old and hasn’t put it Liverpool Sound & Vision until an unfortunate bang on down since. the head makes his life rather ‘One of the UK’s finest young Blues complicated. This play ran for Sunjay keeps busy both as stars.’ Iain Anderson, BBC Radio eight years in the West End, headline performer and as support Scotland transferred to Broadway, and has for the likes of Martin Simpson, The event is taking place at been performed thousands of times Passenger, Phil Beer, Steve Tilston Gunthorpe Village Hall on Saturday since. The Players promise you an and Terry Reid. From national 12th October 2019 at 8pm. (Doors evening of laugh-out-loud comedy. radio play to main stage festival will open at 7:15pm) So please do come along! appearances Sunjay is a major Digital Accounting for Your Business
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Planting projects creating thousands of new trees across Notts A major programme of green help to improve the quality of our an initiative to plant more than projects to plant tens of thousands air, cool the warming planet, reduce 100,000 small and large trees in of new trees in Newark and flood risks as well as absorb carbon urban areas in England. Sherwood is being considered by dioxide from the atmosphere. In addition, the council has pledged members of the district council’s “These tree planting projects follow to work with local businesses economic development committee. on from our highly successful including Newark-based Bakkavor, If approved, one of the projects Cleaner, Safer and Greener community-based organisations set to launch is a free tree scheme, campaign and in particular, the and local schools in selecting handing out 10,000 two-year- Greener element of that initiative. appropriate sites and sourcing trees old trees to households across By increasing the number of trees to plant across the district. the district, as part of Newark in the district, not only are we It is also proposing to submit and Sherwood District Council’s making our communities more expressions of interest in further strategy to protect, promote and attractive, greener places to live national tree planting schemes, enhance the natural environment. and work, we are assisting the including The Woodland Trust’s government in meeting its crucial Households will be able to apply MOREwoods campaign and the target of planning 11 million trees for up to two trees at no cost, government-backed Northern between now and 2022.” which are approximately 60 to 90 Forest Project. centimetres high, by submitting an The council is also proposing In July, the district council, along application form. to apply for and match-fund a with other local authorities across government tree planting grant Deputy leader and chairman of the country, declared a climate project, which will allow for at least the district council’s economic emergency and pledged to work 6,000 small trees (100-125cm in development committee, Keith towards developing measures to height) or at least 15 large (3m or Girling, said: “Newark and offset global warming. more in height) specimen trees to Sherwood is home to the world be planted. In making the declaration, the famous Sherwood Forest and as council stated it would work with well as being an iconic part of our £10 million of central government others so that it can make its landscape, trees are vital in the funding has been allocated to the contribution to the UK’s Carbon fight against climate change. They Urban Tree Challenge Fund project, Reduction targets. Calverton Supreme Home Care Ltd enabling choice and dignity
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The end of the Line Now that was In its heyday, there was only smoke signal to be seen. GOING, GOING...: The impressive frontage in entertainment! standing room on its platforms the early 1960s. Along with the green Former local DJ STUART MILLS As the last passenger train pulled trolleybus, they would both be gone from as passengers headed off to all the city landscape within a few years out of Victoria Station early on a recalls some of his personal points north, south, east and sluggish Saturday evening in 1967, favourites and reflects on the west in search of sea and sun, the grinding of iron wheels on metal city's myriad of clubs that offered fun and football or the vagaries such diversity at their venues. tracks had long ago replaced the of war or peace. rhythmic shunting and chugging Variety is the spice of life so they Victoria Station was a pivotal link of a steam locomotive slowly say. Or is too much night life choice in the railway network for several gaining speed. just too much? Nottingham had birthday of the reigning monarch decades, a city centre landmark it all back in the day. Ballroom The power was not fuelled by from whom it took its name, the old that demanded attention and dancing at the Sherwood Rooms, stokers shovelling coal or any Victoria had all but disappeared off exuded a class and opulence from fun, fantasy, frolics and filth at combustible materials into a boiler, the city landscape by the end of a bygone age. GEORGE BRAMLEY the Musters Hotel and many the relative silence of electricity and the decade. traces its rise and tepid fall. famous acts at the Commodore diesel carted the three coaches To catch a fleeting glimpse and International. You could wine In the end there was a certain of the R1 train from Platform No.6 be reminded of the glory days and dine and be entertained at irony. And pathos of course. For bound for Rugby. of railways at the venue, diehard the Heart of the Midlands before a generation weaned on steam, One of the last of the great Victorian trainspotters and steam romantics dancing the night away... grown accustomed to its sight and Cathedrals of Steam, heralded had had to turn up with their Read more on the old club scene in smell, and in some cases almost amid huge fanfare, created with manuals, notebooks and rose- the latest edition of Bygones. addicted to it, there was scarcely a immense grandeur and style and tinted spectacles a year previously, built on a scale symptomatic of the almost to the day, when the last EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: An evocative snapshot of life on a station era, was bowing out with a guard's steam-powered Nottingham- overbridge, shadows cast by people coming whistle but without scarcely so to-London service departed the and going but to where and why? much as a whimper. station on September 4, 1966... OLDER GENERATION: It was September 2, 1967 and Read more on the Victoria Station The Heart of the Midlands, now Rock City, and the Commodore International, now demolished, though it had been a decade in in the latest edition of Bygones – on catered for a slightly older clientele wanting a the planning and construction until sale at many local retailers including sit-down meal and entertainment its official opening on the 81st all Nottingham MSR Newsagents.
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The Greatest Robin Hood Jurassic Kingdom Old Market ‘Scare’ Masquerade Ball Pageant Saturday 20th October to Friday 25th October to Saturday 19th October 2019 Saturday 19th and Sunday 4th November Thursday 31st October 7pm – Midnight Sunday 20th October Wollaton Hall Nottingham Market Square Colwick Hall Hotel 11am – 5pm Newstead Abbey Open Wednesday to Sunday from Nottingham’s Market Square is For a night of magic, ‘The Greatest 10am - 6pm daily with final entry transformed into a one stop spook Masquerade Ball’ will offer an This unique and immersive at 5pm. fest. Including a Horror Hotel, a live evening of entertainment with fire experience will take you back action scare maze and an array of performers, LED light artists, living to 12th Century Nottingham to Dinosaurs return to Nottingham scary Spooktacular family funfair tables, stilt walkers and magicians. witness the epic struggle between this Autumn as Wollaton Park is rides for the family. the Sheriff of Nottingham and transformed into a prehistoric There will also be live music and a Robin Hood. adventure. Meet over 30 different You can also enjoy a witch’s brew disco. Enjoy prosecco and canapés life-size Dino-breeds with an at Nottingham’s scariest bar along on arrival, wine on the table and a Eat, drink and be merry! You’ll also animatronic experience, watch as with some other ghoulish and eerie delicious three course meal. see an array of local characters, they come to life (try not to jump!) entertainment. you may even meet Robin himself! The Million Dreams auction will be A great, fun and educational Why not get a selfie with the giant taking place that night with TVs All arena activities will be included experience where children can pumpkin in the square! Charles Hanson! in the price of the ticket excluding learn all about how the dinosaurs food, drink and retail. On Halloween night from 6-9pm Organised by Nottinghamshire lived and even dig for bones in the you can show off your best Hospice and sponsored by Capital Tickets are available on the Visit excavation area. costumes and watch Halloween- One. Tickets are available at www. Nottinghamshire website: www. Food and drink will be available, themed entertainment including nottshospice.org/events/the- visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/whats- plus a shop to gather your Dino- giant dancing skeletons and some greatest-masquerade-ball/ on/robin-hood-pageant-p454861 themed merchandise. great live music.
Hockley Hustle The Sound of Nottingham Bonfire Night at 27th October 2019 Music - Musical Comedy Festival The Forest Multiple venues across Nottingham City Centre Tuesday 29th October to Friday 1st November to Tuesday 5th November www.hockleyhustle.co.uk Saturday 2nd November Sunday 10th November The Forest Recreation Ground Nottingham’s Theatre Royal Across various venues The Hockley Hustle returns in Nottingham’s biggest bonfire night October this year, featuring 100s of The Sound of Music remains one of The Comedy Festival returns returns to Nottingham’s Forest acts performing on stages across the top three most successful films to Nottingham for their 11th Recreation Ground. the City Centre. in history and could be the world’s installment. This year the festival is Enjoy a roaring bonfire, two most popular musical. set to produce even more laughs With the help of Nottingham's finest spectacular firework displays, than ever before, with a fantastic promoters and creative groups, The musical tells the heartwarming an array of food and drink and a line-up of comedians and more the venues and streets of Hockley and uplifting story of the Von Trapp selection of amazing fairground shows than in previous years. will be filled with fantastic music, Family singers, one of the world’s rides for all the family. performers, art, food and, for the best-known concert groups in the This is a great opportunity to Early fireworks which are great for icing on the cake, they’re raising era preceding World War II. experience many forms of comedy younger children and those who money to be donated to local and enjoy what the popular festival Now's your chance to come see want to avoid the crowds, begin at charities whilst they do it. has to offer. the show live at the Theatre Royal 7:15pm. General tickets have been released in Nottingham. Please visit the website to Lighting of the bonfire commences and the festival map will be browse all the shows and events Tickets available on their website: at 7:45pm, and the main fireworks available soon. For further info visit for the festival. http://www. https://trch.co.uk/whats-on/the- display is due to begin at 9pm. their website. nottinghamcomedyfestival.co.uk sound-of-music-2019/