by Community Focus | Oct 30, 2020 | Heritage, Retford
November’s Sunday Remembrance Parade may be cancelled but we have, in Retford, over the years had an amazing turnout for the Remembrance Parade, and the number of public attending seems to grow every year. This year, will we do something different to pay our respects...
by The Royal British Legion (Edwinstowe Branch) | Oct 30, 2020 | Community Event, Heritage, Sherwood
The Edwinstowe branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) very much regrets that the traditional remembrance event on Remembrance Sunday will not be taking place this year. This means that the usual church service at St Mary’s, the parade in the village and the...
by Manor Farm Charitable Trust | Oct 29, 2020 | Local Charity, Sherwood
You may have seen Bilsthorpe’s one-legged duck Stumble in the media a lot recently, after he received a special duck wheelchair. The much-loved resident at Manor Farm Charitable Trust is an elderly duck, having been with the charity for six years and in another rescue...
by Community Focus | Oct 29, 2020 | Community Event, Community Focus, Heritage, Retford, Worksop
The Pilgrim Roots project is encouraging people in North Nottinghamshire and beyond to put a light in their windows on 26th November as a sign of thankfulness, solidarity and hope. Their usual lantern parades and Illuminate workshops for the Thanksgiving season cannot...
by Community Focus | Oct 29, 2020 | Community Event, Community Focus, Gainsborough, Heritage
This November, Gainsborough’s annual Illuminate event commemorating the town’s links to the Mayflower Pilgrims’ story will be a bit different, like so many other things that have changed recently. For the past three years, a fantastic parade of lanterns has taken...
