Sutton Bonington

Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com

SUTTON BONINGTON

SHOW. Show officers are already thinking about this years event in September, and making plans for the annual event which has become the major social activity in the village, attracting as it does several thousand people each year.

The 2018 show was a great success and chairman Mrs Chris Littledyke told the annual awards evening that it had been possible to hand out over £9,000 to local good causes as a result of it.

The award recipients this year were: Nottingham Breast Institute £1,500, St Michaels Church £1,500, Scout & Guide Headquarters £1,000, Hayward House £600, Mayor Charity £500, Cancer Self Help £500, Ear Foundation £500, Air Ambulance £500, Peter Le Marchant Trust £500, Macmillan Nurses £500, Bowel Screening £500, Playgroup £500, Lunch Club £350, Playscheme £150, SB Greening Group £150, Village News £50.

The annual meeting of the Show committee will be held in the Sutton Bonington Village Hall Library Room on Tuesday February 19 at 7.30pm and anyone interested will be made very welcome. Further information or available from the chairman or the secretary,

LUNCH CLUB. After more than 30 years of operating, Sutton Bonington Lunch Club continues to be very popular.

As all current members know, the Club is still going strong and each month they meet and enjoy a two-course lunch for £2.50.

Organiser Sue James says it is easy to join them, just give her a ring on 01509 673460.

The club meet on the second Thursday of the month in Sutton Bonington Village Hall. Coffee or tea is available from 11.30 and lunch is served at 12 noon. Any seniors in the area are very welcome. Here are the dates for this year: 14th February; 14th March; 11th April; 9th May; 13th June; 11th July; 8th August; 12th September; 10th October; 14th November; 12th December, with the final meeting of the year being their hugely popular Christmas meal.

MUSIC. Music and singing continues to play a big part in activities at the Sutton Bonington campus of Nottingham University, with it this year having reached a new crescendo with nine members going off to the United States of America to take part in a concert there later this year.

The President of the Sutton Bonington Music Society, Cameron Dee, speaking to the Echo, explains they have four very active groups, consisting of students from the Campus as well as a good number of local residents. The four groups within the Society are the SB Symphony Orchestra, SB Singers, SB Big Band and SB Folk Band, with them all being based on the Campus.

Society general secretary Issy Buxton says they always looking for new members for their ensembles and adds they are particularly keen to get the community from their area involved.

“Why not try something different this New Year and give one of the groups a try?” says Issy. “We aim to accommodate all standards of playing and singing so do come and give it a go!” Issy can be contacted at svyicb@ nottingham.ac.uk and she will be pleased to give more details.

The SB Big Band is again to host a Jazz in the Barn event on Saturday February 16, with this taking place in The Barn, at the Sutton Bonington Campus. It will be starting at 7pm and the ninety minute programme will be over at about 8-30pm.

Jazz lovers are happy to know that the event in the Barn is back and will be Showcasing the talents of the SB Big Band, with the addition of strings and their fantastic singers, with a promise it is going to be a lively evening of swing classics, jazz and funk!

The invite is for everyone to join them for what will be a relaxed, informal evening of jazz and swing, showing the very best of what the Sutton Bonington Big Band can do. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start. Tickets may be purchased at the door for £3 with free entry for under 16s.

The SB Singers are to stage their popular annual Songs in Spring show on Saturday March 16 at 7.00pm in The Barn, with refreshments being included in the £4 ticket price and which will be available at the door. (svyicb@ nottingham.ac.uk). The SB Singers will also be performing with the SB Symphony Orchestra at the annual and popular SB Fest on May 19.

OBJECTION. Parish councillors at Sutton Bonington have objected to plans for the erection of a three/four bedroom bungalow on land within the curtilage of 10 Landcroft Lane. The application to Rushcliffe Borough Council was in outline.

The parish council said the proposal is in open countryside and therefore any new building would be an urbanisation and a reduction in the extent of open countryside and have a negative impact on the character of the area.

The previous approval for a building to the east of the current house was approved only on the basis that it was a conversion of a previous stable / holiday let and therefore cannot be used as a precedent for further new development.

The previous approval for the conversion of the property to the east appears to have been based on the applicants desire to downsize from his current adjacent property. It appears that the same reason is being given for the outline application.

PRAISE. West Bridgford’s Friary Drop In Centre have given thanks to Sutton Bonington for the food and toiletry gifts sent to them after the 2018 Harvest service.

Founded in 1988 by Ann Bremner MBE, the Friary is a well-respected registered charity with a distinctly Christian foundation which operates in the Nottingham area. The Friary’s mission is to empower homeless and vulnerable adults to rebuild their lives by offering practical services, advice and emotional support. Every year the charity caters for 15,000 visits from local people who are suffering the effects of homelessness, substance misuse, financial destitution and social isolation.

The service was first commissioned in 1988 to address a specific local need and initially was run entirely by volunteers opening one day a week. Since 1988 a combination of heightened need for the service and continued dedication to addressing more complex needs of local people has produced today’s widely known and respected charity.

The Friary now delivers a wide range of services with open access drop-in sessions being delivered three times per week, 52 weeks of the year. Each drop-in is accessed by over 100 local people in need of support. The Friary is passionate about people and about tackling poverty caused by homelessness and unemployment. The charity is committed to offering personcentred advice and support which is accessible and free to all those who require it.

Churchwarden Mrs Beth says they sent about 15 carrier bags of food and toiletries to the Friary and these have been acknowledged in a letter: “Thank you very much indeed for your kind donations for our Harvest Appeal 2018, these contributions at harvest time are relied upon to ensure our food stocks are plentiful to cope with the anticipated demand for food from local homeless and vulnerable adults we know will need our services this year. Your thoughtful gifts will be used to provide nutritious snacks and healthy hot lunchtime meals at our Café or alternatively it will be used in the food parcels given out to service users. Everything is appreciated by those who need it and nothing goes to waste.”

HISTORY SOCIETY. The next meeting of Sutton Bonington Local History Society takes place on Wednesday next week, February 13 when Chris Weir’s will be a talk under the title ‘Nottinghamshire in Jane Austen’s Day in which the speaker will be revealing how the county was one of contrasts, gripped by rapidly changing society that had one foot in the past and another in the future. Meetings are held at 7.30pm in the Methodist Church Schoolroom, Main Street and visitors are very welcome.

U3A. Soar Valley U3A are still open to new members and say in a message to anyone interested if you’re retired you are welcome to join them. Refreshments are provided at their meetings.

They assure would-be members that Soar Valley U3A (University of the Third Age) provides relaxed learning and leisure activities for retired people in the area. For more information, phone Membership Secretary Lorna Orton on 01332 811030 or visit the website - http:// u3asites.org.uk/soar-valley

INTERREGNUM. The parish churches of St Anne’s and St Michael’s at Sutton Bonington have not moved into a period of interregnum following the retirement of the Rev Michael Brook.

Churchwarden Beth Clarke says during the period of no Minister their aim is to keep the pattern of their services as it has been with the help of visiting clergy, replacing Communion with extended Communion if they can get a Reader, or Morning Prayer if they can’t.

CRICKET. Sutton Bonington CC is on the look out for an away fixture on Saturday, April 20. If any teams in the Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire or Derbyshire area can help, please get in touch.

TEA AND GAMES. If you enjoy a game of cards, chess, scrabble, or just a chat over a cup of tea and piece of cake, then come along to the Village Hall between 2pm-4pm on Thursday, February 7.

WHIST. The whist drive organized by Sutton Bonington Bowls Club started the year with a special drive on Monday 14th of January. A few extra players made the evening, and the buffet supper was enjoyed by all the players.

Last week’s drive winners were: Pat Knight, Bill Kyle, Dorothy Winfield, Doreen Wright and Brian Tipper. The best half was Joan Ball and the consolation prize, a haggis, was won by Shealagh Stafford. Raffle winners were: Doreen Wright, Shealagh Stafford, Bill Kyle and Brian Tipper.

Whist drives are held every Monday (except the first in each month) at 7.30pm in the Sutton Bonington Village Hall. Entry is £2.50 including refreshments and new players are very welcome. Why not give it a try?