Category: Lambley

Clarification on crematorium planning

FOLLOWING our reports on dumbles.co.uk about the proposed crematorium on Catfoot Lane, Lambley, we have been contacted by a planning consultant for Westerleigh. Matt Hubbard, principal planner at Basford-based town planning and development consultant Antony Aspbury Associates, tells us that…

Crematorium plan attracts opposition

PROPOSALS to build a crematorium on Catfoot Lane in Lambley were met with almost universal disapproval at a public exhibition held yesterday. Cemetery developer Westerleigh held the exhibition at Mellish rugby club, distributing leaflets and showing how its plans would…

Poetry to be seen and heard in the dumbles

PART of Lambley’s forthcoming Cowslip Sunday celebrations (6 May 2012) will see a novel poetry installation by local artist Alex McKenzie. ‘Poetry Seen’ will involve the installation of around 16 large banners at Bonney Doles, an area of the dumbles…

Lambley crematorium details revealed

AHEAD of tomorrow’s (Thursday 26 April) public exhibition at Mellish RFC, cemetery developer Westerleigh has given dumbles.co.uk an exclusive preview of the case it will make to support plans for a new crematorium at Catfoot Lane, Lambley. In a four-page…

National coverage for Lambley event

COWSLIP Sunday, Lambley’s revived annual celebration of its native flower, has attracted national press coverage. Country Living, a major glossy lifestyle magazine with a circulation of over 200,000, devotes three pages to the event in its May 2012 edition, published today. The…

Jubilee logo winner announced

AS PART of their preparations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June, Craig and Gaynor Smith from the Four Bells Inn, Woodborough, enlisted the help of Woodborough Woods school by asking the children to design a new logo for the…

School reports: a mixed bag

LOCAL primary schools have had a mixed report in the latest government league tables, published today. While Woodborough Woods school has among the highest scores in the county, and Lowdham Primary has also achieved some respectable results, Lambley Primary is…

End of the line for D3 bus

THE D3 bus service, which travels from Nottingham to Newark via Lambley, Woodborough, Calverton, and Oxton, is to be axed next week. Centrebus, which took over operation of the route just last month, has confirmed that next Wednesday’s bus will be the…

Trophy winners at Lambley Show 2011

LAMBLEY’s annual village show was held on Saturday 3 September 2011, attracting an eclectic range of produce and handicrafts and providing a welcome social event. The following are the trophy winners for 2011: Harry Backhurst Trophy (most points in Show): Barry Henshaw…