by Retford Lions Club | Apr 10, 2020 | Lions
Wild February weather holds things back in our gardens but spring flowers are determined and appearing in places. Chances are Daffodils along the road verges in our locality were planted by Retford Lions at some time. It’s estimated about 75,000 bulbs have been...
by Nottinghamshire County Council | Apr 10, 2020 | Notice, Retford, Sherwood, Worksop
Local school children, foster carers and social workers gathered at Sherwood Forest County Park to urge more people to become foster carers to help give Nottinghamshire’s looked after children much-needed roots. Launching the new campaign, 60 Edwinstowe children from...
by Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance | Apr 9, 2020 | Gainsborough, Local Charity, Retford, Sherwood, Worksop
Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance is launching an urgent fundraising appeal as the charity anticipates losing up to £3million and the capacity to fly at night. The initial impact of Coronavirus left the charity no other option than to cancel their fundraising activities...
by Retford Lions Club | Apr 8, 2020 | Lions, Retford
Retford Lions member and former president Roy Baines recently “passed to higher service” after a short illness which he bore stoically. Always the person to volunteer for Lions activities, Roy had been a member of Retford Lions club since 1989 and was noted for...
by Community Focus | Apr 8, 2020 | Heritage, Retford
An epic history of the people who laid the foundations of the Christian faith in a Viking-ravaged land, then rebelled against what they saw as corruption of their Faith and Church has been published in a book by local author Adrian Gray. ‘Restless Souls, Pilgrim...