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NORTH NOTTS BID has introduced touching, immersive audio-visual experiences in Worksop and Retford town centres to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms and our very way of life - before the region stands still to honour veterans as part of its Remembrance Sunday tributes on 14 November.

Southwell Music Festival returns this December for a one-night-only Christmas Celebration in the exquisite surroundings of Southwell Minster. Gather with family and friends on Monday 20 December for an evening of seasonal words and choral music performed by Southwell Festival Voices, conducted by Artistic Director Marcus Farnsworth with readings from stage and screen actor Philip Franks. The Festival team can also reveal that the programme is set to include Benjamin Britten’s ever-popular A Ceremony of Carols to be performed with harp accompaniment. Tickets a...

The Trust is teaming up with local horticulture project Feel Good Gardens in a plan to set up a community tree nursery near Sherwood Pines Forest Park.  The Trust will hold ‘seed hunts’ each year to collect seed, and service users at Feel Good Gardens CIC will tend and grow them into baby trees, ready to be planted out in Nottinghamshire. The team was thrilled that their project was chosen for support by this year’s Aviva Community Fund.  The project’s page, complete with a video about what’s planned is now live:   https://www.avivacommunityfun...

Location Location Hockley and the Lace Market are the oldest areas in the city of Nottingham. Making up part of the Creative Quarter, these districts each have their own unique character, and today the area merges history with independent culture, revealing the spirit of modern Nottingham. They are easy to find in the heart of the city, close to the shopping districts and served by tram and bus links. 

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As we reach a new season, thoughts turn to the change in weather, daylight hours and of course the oncoming change in habits.  Many uncertainties abound still with what we can expect from coronavirus but the one thing we can all address is our health. 

With over 100 years combined experience, our small team of specialist craftsmen are able to work with Quartz and Natural Stone to create unique worktops, surfaces and memorials of the highest quality. We are proud to have been awarded Best in Masonry Services for Central England last year and have recently been nominated again.

Dovecotes, also known as pigeon lofts, largely date back to the Roman times, although the oldest known in Britain dates to around AD1000 and the oldest in Nottinghamshire to about the 14th century. There are believed to be around 20,000 dovecotes in England, and of these an impressive 400 can be found in Nottinghamshire. Originally only the rich and/or powerful were allowed to build them, such as Lords of the manor, clergy, substantial farmers and monasteries, although over time the rules were relaxed. 

The Victorian Society is the only charity dedicated to championing Victorian and Edwardian buildings in England and Wales, and works tirelessly all years round to raise awareness to the plight of precious examples of architecture that are in desperate need of rescue and restoration. It fights to save buildings that people still value and protect them from demolition or careless alteration so that future generations can enjoy them. Some of its most famous success stories include St. Pancras in London and the Albert Dock in Liverpool and its Conservation Advisers help local planning authoriti...