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ROTARY SANTA FLOAT DATES. The Rotary Santa Float will be in Sutton Bonington on Thursday, December 21, starting at Charnwood Fields at 6.15pm and travelling through the village.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT. Sutton Bonington will welcome a real Christmas feeling on Saturday this weekend, December 9, when the Sutton Bonington Symphony Orchestra and the Sutton Bonington Singers who will be joining forces to perform once again their annual Christmas Concert in the Barn on the village Campus of Nottingham University.
The evening is expected to attract a capacity audience, and it provides an early Christmas celebration which will include popular Christmas classics, famous film music and even, we are promised, a little jazz, to ensure there will be something for everyone.
The performance will start at 7pm, with doors opening thirty minutes before that. Tickets are £5 (which includes refreshments) and can be purchased at Sutton Bonington post office or at the door.
There is no charge for children under twelve if they are accompanied by an adult.
CHRISTMAS MARKET. The annual Christmas Market held in aid of the parish churches of St Anne’s and St Michael’s at Sutton Bonington was held as usual in the village hall, Father Christmas being the star visitor. Youngsters queued to visit his Grotto and to talk to him.
There were countless gift ideas on the various stalls with the white elephant stall organised by Margaret Newham and Barbara Dyson being weighed down with scores and scores of a very wide variety of items.
There was a super array of home made cakes on the stall headed by Joyce Winton and Rosy Hopkins
The crafts and toiletries stall looked very attractive and once again the books stall was absolutely full with a massive variety of styles of books. Tea, coffee and cakes were served in the library room.
PLANNING APPLICATIONS. Plans to use part of 12 St Anne’s Lane at Sutton Bonington for bed and breakfast purposes have not been objected to by the parish council.
The plan is for two bedrooms to be used for letting purposes and Rushcliffe Borough Council planners have been told the parish council don’t object to the idea.
The council have also not objected to plans for a farm machinery store at Hall Farm on
Landcroft Lane nor to an extension to a detached garage at 42 Park Lane at Sutton Bonington.
Parish councillors at Sutton Bonington will not object to plans for the erection of two industrial buildings (Using Classes B1, B2 & B8) to create three new units and change of use of existing offices/store to Class B1, B2 & B8 uses on land containing a goods shed at the Kegworth Station Yard on Station Road in their parish if Notts County Council support the plans.
The parish council were minded not to support the application because of their reservations on the traffic impact on the access to Station Road which is adjacent to the new railway bridge and they feel now has impaired visibility.
The Parish Council say they would be happy with the application if Nottinghamshire County Council have no objections or concerns.
BAPTIST CHURCH. Sutton Bonington Baptist Church have a number of special Festive Season events at the Church and have a special Coffee Break with Carols for Christmas. Wednesday next week, December 13, starting at 10.30. The morning will be offering favourite carols and some festive treats as well as the coffee, and everyone is welcome.
An International Students from the Sutton Bonington campus of Nottingham University Christmas Party. Is planned for Saturday December 16 at 6.30pm which wioll offer a multinational celebration of Christmas with food, party games, carols and the Christmas Story.
The church has its annual Carols by Candlelight service the following day on Sunday December 17 at 6.15pm. ASK Club will be taking part in this traditional carol service that is family friendly.
The Christmas Day Family Service will be a short on to tart at 10.30am to set those attending on the right track for Christmas Day.
On New Year’s Eve there will be a short service at 10.30am for all ages to prepare your heart and mind for the year ahead.
DANCE FOR VILLAGE HALL. More than £600 was raised from the recent dance held in aid of Sutton Bonington village hall proposed refurbishment continuation programme.
The event attracted a full house to the hall itself and organiser Mr Rob Ereminowicz said the event had been a great success with everyone attending have a great time.
“The final total of money raised from the event was £610,” he told the Echo.
MONEY FOR FRIARY. West Bridgford Friary were well supported by the parish churches at Sutton Bonington from their Harvest Festival services earlier this year. As a result of gifts taken to the service a total of seventeen carrier bags of tins, packets and toiletries were sent to be used to help disadvantaged local families and £75 to Water Aid from the auction of fresh produce to help provide clean water for marginalised communities around the world.
MINCE PIES AND COFFEE. A Christmas mince pie and coffee morning is being held at 6 Willow Poole Lane in Sutton Bonington on Friday this week, December 8, from 10am to 2pm.
There will be a range of handmade Christmas cards and crafts on sale.
FORMER COUNCIL DEPOT. Rushcliffe Borough Council have confirmed to the parish council at Sutton Bonington that they are monitoring activities and the use of the former Nottinghamshire County Council depot adjacent to Hathernware alongside the A6006 road., and will continue to do so.
The Parish Council said earlier this year it was noted by a number of people that work was being carried out at the former County Council site and which had previously been used to store fairground equipment.
A spokesman for the Borough Council says that as soon as the parish council made known their views the various activities at the site investigated and were checked on.
The Borough has said that following the checks made it appears that, to date, no contravention of the existing planning consent has occurred. It is understood that the site owner has told Rushcliffe Borough Council that the site will continue to be used for storage of fairground which is in line with the original planning consent granted over 35 years ago.
Both the Parish Council and Rushcliffe Borough Council will continue to monitor the site.
MORE FESTIVE EVENTS. Christmas nears, more and more special festive events are being staged in Sutton Bonington and one this weekend is always a popular one.
The United Choir presents Vivaldi’s Gloria at The Methodist Church on Sunday December 10 at 6.30pm. The retiring collection will be donated to the very good cause, Action for Children. Everyone is welcome to attend the event.
LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Sutton Bonington local history society’s meeting on Wednesday next week, December 13, will have Suella Postels as guest speaker and presenting a talk on George Africanus, giving the success story of a former slave who was brought to England at the age of three and who went on to become Nottingham’s first black entrepreneur.
George Africanus – From Slavery to Freedom and Citizenship” is a project of Belong Nottingham that has been made possible thanks to an award in 2013 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The aims of the project are to document the history of George Africanus as an inspirational local figure and bring it to a wider audience, and it already has.
The meeting will be held as usual in the Methodist Schoolroom and will start at 7-30pm. Everyone is welcome. Visitors pay £3 which includes coffee.
SING CHRISTMAS. The Anchor Inn at Sutton Bonington will again ring out the Christmas spirit when it stages another “Sing Christmas” event on Monday December 18.
The event will start at 7pm in the Anchor Inn, when everyone is invited to go and join in singing traditional carols as part of Radio Leicester’s annual broadcast. Song sheets will be provided.
This is always a lovely family-friendly event and is usually very well attended.
CHRISTMAS LUNCH. Festive feelings will be well to the fore on Thursday next week, December 14 when the Sutton Bonington Lunch club hold their annual Christmas lunch.
The normal meeting was held for November but the December one will see a special meal served.
Organiser Sue James says if anyone is a new senior and would like to join a friendly lunch club they have good food and company right in the village centre.
“Please come and join us,” is her message to the village.
Sue can be contacted on 01509 673460 for more information and if anyone thinks they may be able to help in some way, she would be delighted to hear from you!
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Sutton Bonington horticultural society’s members welcomed Alan Clements of Cascade Garden in Matlock to explain how he has developed his garden over the last twenty years to produce a garden that blends with the natural landscape of rocks, cliffs and woodland.. Please note that there will be no talk in December.
ANNUAL TOY SERVICE. Sutton Bonington Baptist Church got in to the festive feeling early with their annual Toy Service when a collection of donated toys – both of new and used -- were donated to be given to Birmingham City Mission.
Said Pastor John Hebblethwaite; “The purpose is to bless families who may otherwise have very little on Christmas Day.
“This service provides an opportunity to attend and donate toys and it was lovely to see you to join in”.
The service was a short one and was suitable for all ages.