by Community Focus | Nov 1, 2025 | Community Event, Community Focus, Local Experiences, Retford
Since the last update in Retford Life regarding Bassetlaw District Council’s decision to proceed with changing the use of the Buttermarket to a food hall, there have been several developments – not all of them positive. On 9th September, the Save Our Buttermarket...
by Retford District MS Society Support Group | Nov 1, 2025 | Community Focus, Local Experiences, Retford, Social Group, Support Group
The Retford District MS Society Support Group invites anyone affected by multiple sclerosis to its monthly Coffee, Cake and Chat session on Friday 7th November at The Well, Hospital Road, Retford, DN22 7BD, from 10.30am to 12.00pm. Visitors will receive a warm welcome...
by Retford Civic Society | Nov 1, 2025 | Community Event, Community Focus, Local Experiences, Retford, Social Group
Despite the hot and dry start to the year, 2025 proved to be another flourishing year for Retford in Bloom, with many new front garden entries, returning high achievers and continued enthusiasm for the Waterside Gardens category, introduced four years ago. Local pubs...
by Dovecot Gallery | Nov 1, 2025 | Art, Community Focus, Local Experiences, Retford
The Dovecot Gallery (Poplars Farm, Styrrup, DN11 8NB) will once again host The Great Little Picture Show and Handmade for Christmas 2025, open across six long weekends from Saturday 1st November to Sunday 7th December. The gallery will be open on Fridays, Saturdays...
by Hayton Village Hall | Nov 1, 2025 | Local Experiences, Music, Retford, Social Group
Witty, irreverent and brilliantly virtuosic, Songs in the Key of Sea is a cabaret gem from veteran entertainer Jon Barker. With just one man and a piano, audiences are taken on a musical voyage through Gershwin, Fats Waller, Sinatra, Billy Joel, Elton John, Neil...
by Voglia d Italia | Nov 1, 2025 | Group meeting, Local Experiences, Retford
‘Byron and Italy’ is the title of the talk at the next meeting of Voglia d’Italia (the Italian Society for South Yorks and North Notts). Anne Amison talks about Byron’s life in Italy (1816-1823), during which time he wrote some of his most famous works. He developed a...
