Our Mayor Cllr Tina Combellack is calling on knitters and felters across the Borough to make non-plastic red poppies that can decorate wreaths for this year’s Remembrance Day events and reflections. Her Remembrance Day Appeal has now begun ahead of events in and around Armistice Day on Friday … [Read more...]
Two local siblings take part in 70 mile cycle ride
Two siblings, who attend Abbey Road School in West Bridgford have recently undertaken a huge cycle challenge to honour the Queen's Jubilee earlier in the year. Evie, aged 5, and Finn, aged 8, cycled between 31st August and 3rd September for consecutive days on four popular cycle routes in the … [Read more...]
West Bridgford schools raise over £3,100 for Guatemalan students
Both Lady Bay Primary School and Rushcliffe Spencer Academy celebrated the end of term this July with Spanish themed festivals in aid of The School of Hope in Guatemala. At Lady Bay many local organisations lent their support to produce a two day non-uniform fiesta of Spanish themed learning, … [Read more...]
Local History: One Loughborough Road
Developers are currently busy at the corner of Loughborough Road and Bridgford Road, but can you recall the earlier buildings on that site? While the stone wall remains on Loughborough Road, you can make out the entrances to the houses that were there: numbers one and three Loughborough Road. A … [Read more...]
Gresham Sports Park proud to be the new home of The East Midlands PAN Disability Football League
A competitive disability football league has secured Gresham Sports Park in West Bridgford as its new home for the forthcoming football season bringing 250 players from across the region together to compete in over 200 games throughout the tournament. The East Midlands PAN Disability Football … [Read more...]
The u3a celebrates 40 years!
It’s exactly 40 years since the University of the Third Age welcomed its first “students”. But these were not students in the conventional sense - there’s very little studying done and nobody comes away with a degree! u3a was set up in 1982 to give retired and semi-retired people (plus those who … [Read more...]
Nature Tour Fundraising Thank you
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust was delighted to have the wonderful opportunity to connect some amazing fundraisers with their local reserve – Wilwell Farm Cutting. As a thank you for generously raising £584 towards our Ancient Woodland Appeal, Volunteer Warden Gordon Dyne took the 2nd Lady Bay … [Read more...]
Local History: The Friary Church
As people moved to live in West Bridgford in the late 19th century many of them wanted an alternative to the parish church. The Congregationalists were one such group and in September 1897 the Friary church was formed with 25 members, most of whom came from the Friar Lane chapel in Nottingham – … [Read more...]
‘Ay Up Me Duck’ take part in Red Bull Soapbox race in London
After months of building and planning, a group of friends from West Bridgford took part in the Red Bull Soapbox race at Alexandra Palace in London on the 3rd July 2022. After competing in the race in 2019 (with a soapbox called Defender which was themed around an arcade game console) the team, … [Read more...]
Electric Vehicle Event at Notcutts Wheatcroft Garden Centre
Join us at Notcutts Garden Centres Wheatcroft, Nottingham this weekend (10th & 11th September) for our Electric Vehicle Event. See the latest range of electric vehicles from Volkswagen, Kia, Honda, Lexus, Ford, Nissan, MG & Toyota and get useful tips on owning & running an electric … [Read more...]
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