THE good folk and true of the Calverton Real Ale & Plough Play Preservation Society (Crappps) will undertake their annual tour of local village pubs this weekend, performing the unique Plough Play and raising funds for charity. Plough Plays, or Mummers…
FOR the past two years, The Woodman has collected and recycled christmas trees around Ravenshead and surrounding villages. The trees are made into garden chippings and donated to local allotments, homes and community projects. This is done for a donation of £3 to…
THE FOOD Doctors cover band will be playing their ‘May Bash’ at Lambley Village Hall on Friday 10 May 2013, from 9pm to midnight. Doors open 8.45pm. This local group plays music from the 1960s through to the present day.…
CALVERTON Woodborough and District Royal British Legion is looking for a Poppy Appeal Organiser. You will work with a small group of local volunteers and raise funds towards the Poppy Appeal. For further information please contact branch secretary Michael Lloyd…
THE NEW landlord and landlady of the Robin Hood in Lambley have scotched rumours that the establishment is to become a bistro, telling dumbles.co.uk that it will remain a village pub. Vicky Pemberton, who with husband Geoff is taking over…
LAMBLEY resident Jamie Read-Tannock has claimed victory in a national competition to find the UK’s Youth Chancellor. The 17 year-old beat off hundreds of rivals to scoop the title, and will travel to London this week to deliver his victory…
THE ANNUAL Calverton Plough Play has announced the dates and venues of its performances in January 2013. A traditional ‘mummers’ play, whose origins are lost in the mists of time and hangovers, the current Plough Play dates back to 1979 and…
WOODBOROUGH’s long-distance walker Marion Smith has completed her epic journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats, raising thousands of pounds on the way and winning praise from a national newspaper. Smith set out from Land’s End in March with two ambitions:…
WOODBOROUGH resident Marion Smith is making good progress on her epic walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats, despite a few injuries and mishaps along the way. Having set out from Land’s End on 11 March, she has currently walked…
DURING the last 12 months, the Nag’s Head in Woodborough has been the focus of fund raising activities for the charity When You Wish Upon A Star, which treats children who are extremely sick or terminally ill to once-in-a-lifetime experiences. The…