Category: Lambley

Continuity promise for Robin Hood

THE latest couple to take on the Robin Hood in Lambley say that their contract with the brewery will offer stability to the village. The appropriately-named Paul Brew and partner Cheryl Hitch moved into the pub on 13 February, just…

Lambley history in the year ahead

LAMBLEY Historical Society has published its programme of events for 2015. The society meets on a monthly basis, with meetings held indoors in autumn, winter and spring at which guest speakers are invited to give talks on a range of…

In comes the 2015 Plough Plays

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…

Lambley fireworks success

LAMBLEY’s annual firework display attracted record crowds tonight, marking a triumphant return for the event. Community fireworks were absent from the village in 2013, to the disappointment of many, after changes in Lambley Primary School PTA left nobody prepared to…

Lambley to lose popular hair salon

After several months under threat of eviction, Hair Sculpture hair salon in Lambley is to close this week. A message received from owner Sally Melbourne confirmed that the hairdressers will have to leave the premises on Wednesday 8 October 2014.…

Lambley resurfacing this week

IT CANNOT have escaped the notice of anyone travelling through Lambley in the last few days that roadworks are scheduled for the coming week. Along with notices attached to lamp posts along Main Street, the road surface has been sprayed…

Crematorium intervention fails

THE BID by opponents of crematorium development on Catfoot Lane Lambley to have the planning approval overturned due to apparent procedural irregularities has failed. Opposition group CCOG had appealed to the National Planning Control Unit (NCPU) to intervene and prevent…

Robin Hood “will succeed”

THE NEW management at the Robin Hood Inn, Lambley, have asked dumbles.co.uk to pass on their appreciation of the warm welcome they have received which have “given us real encouragement and a determination to make it succeed”. Vicky Pemberton and…

Crematorium development halted

THE PROPOSED crematorium and cemetery at Catfoot Lane Lambley has run into trouble with the announcement by Gedling Borough Council that it will not ratify last week’s planning committee decision.   This latest twist is in response to a move by…

Flood meeting re-arranged

LAMBLEY Parish Council has re-arranged a meeting about flooding problems in the village, originally scheduled for April. The meeting will now be held on Thursday 27 June 2013, starting at 7pm at Lambley Village Hall. The council invites all residents and…