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 Ruddington 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 Flower 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. Ruddington Parish Council, A LARGE PRINT COPY OF THIS NEWSLETTER IS St. Peter’s Rooms, Church Street, Ruddington, Nottingham NG11 6HA. Tel: 0115 914 6660 Email: [email protected] AVAILABLE TO READ IN THE LIBRARY Fax: 0115 914 6646 Website: www.RuddingtonParishCouncil.gov.uk For copyright information, please contact Ruddington Parish Council or visit the website above 8 1 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 – a charity that helps people with • Chartwell Avenue – named after his sandwiches including home cured acupuncture can treat and more, here’s salmon, and much more. And there’s a Cerebral Palsy to achieve their full house in Kent potential through sport. Last year, the 10k your chance to find out. It’s free to drop full complement of frothy coffees, teas, • Westerham Road – the village where event attracted 666 runners and a great in, and a no-obligation opportunity to chat 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.