Woodborough is county’s best kept village 2012

AFTER winning its category of best kept mid-sized village for the last three years, Woodborough has this year scored the top prize in the annual Nottinghamshire Best Kept Village competition. Woodborough has won the category B award, for villages with…

Plough Play dates for January 2013

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…

Gig raises funds for Lowdham Colts

AN EVENING of live music, good food, and great company is promised by Lowdham Colts Football Club on Saturday 24 November 2012. Local band The Beaten Tracks will perform a range of popular covers at the event, to be held…

A handmade Christmas in Lowdham

LOWDHAM Pre-school is holding a Christmas Craft workshop on Saturday 24 November 2012, at which children of any age can come along to make special handmade gifts for their loved ones. The event is at Lowdham Village Hall, from 10.00am-12.30pm.…

Hold the front page!

LOWDHAM athlete Richard Whitehead is featured on the front cover of this week’s edition of Athletics Weekly, the popular magazine for runners and athletes. Whitehead is a world class paralympic athlete with several national and international records to his credit,…

A celebration of the apple

LOWDHAM’s Apple Day on Sunday 21 October looks set to continue the tradition of successful events centred on the popular fruit. Starting at 11am and running to 4pm at Lowdham Village Hall, Apple Day 2012 will include displays of over…