A NOTABLE change to the Lowdham Book Festival from previous years is the absence of the stalls and marquees in and around the village hall on the closing day of the event (Saturday 30 June 2012). In a brief note…
Lowdham Pre-School raises funds
FUNDRAISING has been going on apace at Lowdham Pre-School this spring, the organisers report, including the 21st staging of the ever-popular quiz ‘Brains of Lowdham’, to an Easter crafternoon. The money raised from Brains of Lowdham was instrumental in the development of the…
Cowslip Sunday photo gallery now online
LAMBLEY’s Cowslip Sunday celebrations on 6 May 2012 were widely regarded as a huge success, boosted by a welcome improvement in the weather. Local photographer Mel Smith has kindly shared many excellent high-quality photos of the Cowslip Procession and the…
Weather will not dampen Cowslip Sunday in Lambley
SUNDAY 6 May 2012 sees the return of Cowslip Sunday, Lambley’s ancient and now world-famous celebration of springtime and its native flower. Event organiser David Longford, director of the Lambley Arts Festival, tells dumbles.co.uk that this year’s festivities will be…
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…