by Gainsborough Heritage Centre | Jan 7, 2022 | Community Focus, Education and Learning, Gainsborough, Hobbies, Social Group
Gainsborough Heritage Centre would like to wish readers a very happy New Year and look forward to a brighter 2022. Hopefully standard opening times will resume; keep your eye on the Facebook page for further information. The Centre’s new year exhibition is a...
by Retford Community Singers | Jan 7, 2022 | Community Focus, Environment, Group meeting, Hobbies, Music, Performing Arts, Retford, Social Group
With anyone else but me! Retford Community Singers recently sang to a newly planted tree, which was certainly a ground-breaking event in community involvement. Leader Janet Wood had a big birthday some months ago and, knowing she wasn’t one for conventional gifts,...
by Retford Lions Club | Jan 7, 2022 | Community Focus, Group meeting, Hobbies, Lions, Local Charity, Retford, Social Group
A cold Sunday morning in winter is perhaps not the best time to be out and about with a spade and a tree to plant, but this does not deter the hardy souls of Retford Lions Club. Together with helpers, the team set out to plant some 40 trees of various species at...
by Dukeries u3a | Jan 7, 2022 | Education and Learning, Hobbies, Sherwood, U3A
Dukeries u3a’s Rambling group did not let inclement weather stop them enjoying seven- to nine-mile walks in the Ollerton, Walesby, Rufford and Budby Heath areas. The Whatsapp Walkers also stayed local, with walks in Clipstone and Walesby forests. A very informative...
by Rotherham u3a | Jan 7, 2022 | Community Focus, Education and Learning, Group meeting, Hobbies, Music, Rotherham, Social Group, U3A
In 1858, Hawaii welcomed large numbers of Portugese immigrants, from the island of Madeira, to work in the fast-expanding sugar cane plantations. They brought with them small, acoustic instruments with four metallic strings, called ‘machete de braga’. This became, in...
