by The Arts Society Dukeries | Oct 24, 2020 | Art, Hobbies
If you have an interest in the arts and would like to learn more, join the Arts Society Dukeries. Usually, they have monthly lecture meetings (most first Wednesdays of the month) and two extra, Special Interest / Study Days. They have trips out to places of interest,...
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 | 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 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 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...
