by Retford Lions Club | Oct 11, 2025 | Community Event, Community Focus, Lions, Retford, Social Group
It may seem strange to be thinking about springtime when summer has barely passed, but Retford Lions are already planning their latest additions to the daffodil displays that bring so much colour in the spring. This year’s planting, taking place in October, will be in...
by Gainsborough Free Christmas Day Lunch | Oct 11, 2025 | Community Event, Gainsborough, Local Experiences, Social Group
The Gainsborough Free Christmas Day Lunch will be going ahead again this year! Anyone who would otherwise be spending Christmas Day alone is warmly invited to join the Gainsborough Christmas Day Lunch Committee for a free Christmas Day meal, turning what might have...
by Zachary Minard | Oct 10, 2025 | Gainsborough, Local Experiences, Music, Social Group
Missing the Proms already? Have no fear – the Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire Concert Society is here to promote classical music in all its glorious forms. Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, part of the extraordinary Kanneh-Mason family of seven siblings who have been making...
by North Wheatley History Group | Oct 10, 2025 | Community Focus, Gainsborough, Group meeting, Heritage, Social Group
North Wheatley History Group will hold their final meeting of the year on Monday 17th November. There is a change of speaker from that previously advertised, and the group now welcomes back Chris Hewis, who will give a talk titled ‘Within Sight of the Gibbet’....
by North Wheatley History Group | Oct 10, 2025 | Community Focus, Group meeting, Heritage, Retford, Social Group
North Wheatley History Group will hold their final meeting of the year on Monday 17th November. There is a change of speaker from that previously advertised, and the group now welcomes back Chris Hewis, who will give a talk titled ‘Within Sight of the Gibbet’....
by Edwinstowe Historical Society | Oct 8, 2025 | Community facility, Local Experiences, Mansfield, Social Group
In Mike Jackson’s booklet Story of a Forest Village, mention is made of a two-day fair in Edwinstowe held each year towards the end of October. In the 14th century, this fair took place in the churchyard, where a small cluster of stalls and booths brought variety and...
