by The Arts Society Dukeries | Oct 24, 2020 | Art, Hobbies
The Arts Society Dukeries’ Wednesday 7th November meeting will be a lecture by Gavin Plumley on ‘German Art and Culture between the Wars’. After World War I, artists and architects were in a state of flux, just like the world they inhabited. How could they create and...
by Community Focus | Oct 20, 2020 | Heritage, Retford
Despite the cancellation of the planned ceremony to honour Retford serviceman Dennis Noble, organisers Elizabeth and Michael Szarelis laid a wreath on his grave in Retford cemetery on Sunday 30th August at 11.00am. A very small group of people turned up to pay their...
by The Dukeries Singers | Oct 19, 2020 | Hobbies, Music
In this “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” I must add to the quotation, “and wind”. It has been responsible for leaf stripped runner and French beans, toppled sunflowers and hundreds of crab apples deposited for the delight of the local wasp population. I’m...
by The Dukeries Singers | Oct 19, 2020 | Community Event, Hobbies, Music, Performing Arts, Retford
The sun is shining beautifully today. Let’s hope June is as flaming as it should be and we can all get out and top up our vitamin D levels. We recently delivered a cracking good concert at Tuxford Church. I think the Choir enjoyed the performance as much as the...
by North Notts Local Group of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust | Oct 19, 2020 | Retford, Wildlife, Worksop
October already and Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s North Nottinghamshire Local Group members are heading for winter without their regular meetings to cheer them up! Needless to say, their planned talk for October, by Dr David Fox on the World of Spiders, has been...
