LAMBLEY Historical Society is working with the Media Archive for Central England (Mace) to secrure the heritage value of home movies and videos from the local area. Mace is the screen archive for the Midlands, and is part of a…
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Lambley Arts Festival gets BBC mention
BBC Radio Nottingham yesterday discussed the availability of Nottinghamshire County Council grants for community groups and artists in the county, using Lambley Arts Festival as an example of what can be achieved. On the Alan Clifford show, Lambley Arts Festival vice-chair Russ…
Jungle Book comes to Lambley
LAMBLEY’S next professional theatre presentation will be The Jungle Book, performed by touring company the Oxfordshire Theatre Company. This new adaptation of the famous Rudyard Kipling stories presents the thrilling and heart-warming tale of Mowgli, the boy brought up by wolves.…
The low-down on the hoe-down
LAMBLEY’s recent barn dance brought a bucking bronco, ten-gallon hats, and even a stray polar bear to the unlikely venue of Cottage Farm, here in the wilds of southern Nottinghamshire. Held on 2 July 2011 and organised by the Lambley…
Summer sports gets go-ahead
GEDLING BOROUGH Council has confirmed that its summer sports scheme for children in Lambley and Woodborough will go ahead again this year. The future of these free activities had been in doubt due to the budget cuts that are affecting…
Green Day showcases eco products
LAMBLEY’S FIRST ‘Green Day’, held on Saturday 25 June 2011, attracted a range of exhibitors showcasing environmental products and technologies from biodiesel to ground-source heat pumps. Organised by the Lambley Parish Plan Group and local MP Mark Spencer, the event…
Rimington raises the roof
FORMER MI5 boss turned novellist Stella Rimington spoke about her books, her former career as a spymaster, and her local connections to a packed house at the Lowdham Book Festival this week. The sell-out crowd at Caythorpe Cricket Club on…
New orchard for Lambley
FOLLOWING our report last week on the erection of a new fence crossing an existing footpath in Lambley, the landowner Mrs Katja Watmore has outlined her plans for the newly-divided field. The land, purchased from local farmer John Hardy a…
Speed sign on Green Lane
A NEW VEHICLE-activated sign has been installed on the upper part of Green Lane, Lambley, in the last couple of days. The Westcotec device is of a simpler design than the signs installed at the other two entrances to the…
Pearson victorious at sports day
LAMBLEY PRIMARY’s annual school sports day resulted in a very close victory for Pearson, one of the school’s four houses. Held on the playing field this afternoon, Wednesday 15 June 2011, the sporting celebration was unaffected by the rain which…