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KEYWORTH & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
THE E NEWS LETTER
No 105e COVID19 SPECIAL 2020Further information is available at our website: www.keyworthhistory.org.uk
Contact the Society [email protected];
Contact the Archivist at [email protected] ;
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We have a twitter account https://twitter.com/KeyworthHistory
This 10 page edition is a Coronavirus Covid19 “special” distributed to the membership by email:
Please circulate to friends and family who may be interestedContributions to the news Letter are welcomed from both Society and non-Society members.
The News Letter is to be issued three times this year. Ordinarily our Deadline dates are:
1st Friday of March (at the AGM); July (to be issued September); November (to be issued in December (at the Society Social) or January meeting when Subscriptions are due.
Items can be submitted as a typed or manuscript document; pictures, drawings or diagrams are welcome and are copyright to the authors of articles and illustrations; no part may be
reproduced in any form without prior permission of the editor and authors. Any opinions are those of the author, and are not necessarily those of the Editor or members of KDLHS Committee. Your contribution can be sent to the News Letter Editor (Sheila Barton) :
1 Parkside, Keyworth NG12 5HF or sent by email (in Word, with pictures in JPEG format, please): [email protected]
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There are less images in this e.newsletter - Including more pictures in an email may make it difficult to send and for you to receive. You may also notice that the headings are simplified, so that if you wish
to print this edition, it is more likely to be compatible with your operating system.
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Welcome to issue 105e the FIRST e-News Letter of KDLHS(COVID19 SPECIAL March 2020)
CONTENTS pageKDLHS Committee 2020 – 202I and contact details 2
COVID19 Coronavirus advice, cancellations 3
Chairman’s Remarks [Dave Clarke]; REPORT 27th Annual General Meeting 4
Editorial [Sheila Barton] 5
Meeting Reports: including “Windmills of the East Midlands” [Chris Hough] 7
Associated Organisations 8
Held over for the next issue, 106e. Let me know if you would like it sending to you
BOOKCASE:
Review: “the Making of the British Landscape” Nicholas Crane [SMB]
KDLHS Publications in progress
Crime and Punishment: Murder 1843
Amended KDLHS PROGRAMME (as far as we can tell): April - December 2020
KDLHS Committee 2020-2021Chairman: Dave Clarke 0115 937 7341 [email protected] Chair: Peter Harding 07917 632 636 [email protected]: Wendy Chaplin 07710 496 561 [email protected]: Chris Hough 0115 846 3924 [email protected] Wendy Chaplin 07710 496 561 [email protected] Letter: Sheila Barton 0115 937 3068 [email protected]: Jackie Williams 07941 368 622 [email protected]: Dave Clarke 0115 937 7341 [email protected] Barton 0115 937 3068 [email protected] Butler 0115 937 3734 [email protected] Murfet 0115 937 4607 [email protected] Team: Sue McCabe 07555 569748 [email protected]
and Wendy Chaplin 07710 496 561 [email protected]
Publications Sub Committee Keith Barton 0115 937 3068 [email protected] Adcock 0115 914 3012 [email protected] Charles 0115 937 4392 [email protected]
In these difficult times, it is proposed to send a more frequent e-news sheet out –at no cost to you if you read it on your screen, at no cost to the Society as we are not able to print our usual format at present. Please acknowledge receipt of the e.news sheet; e.mail Sheila Barton: [email protected] Let me know if you would like to receive future editions by email…
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Keep safe, keep well, keep in touch!
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COVID19 ADVICE AND CANCELLATIONS:The latest government information on coronavirus is on the Department for Health and Social Care’s website. Follow the link below:
Department for Health and Social CareOrganisations are cancelling public events reflecting the national picture in the light
of official advice. It is now believed that the peak of the pandemic (when at its worst, before cases start to significantly reduce) is thought to be in mid-July. KDLHS
Society meetings, committee meetings and proposed visits are now cancelled until further notice.
Stay in, stay safe, wash your hands
Inspire Library Services All venues closing until further notice:Click on the links here, for more information: see
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at- home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/coronavirus/
Inspire Online resources a number of virtual services available at inspireculture.org.uk/online including Learning, eResources such as eReading, eAudio and eMagazines, See inspireculture.org.uk/eresources. These services will be reviewed and increased, providing other eServices during this time.
Stay in touch, stay inspired, Ask Inspire2020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020
All local events are postponed until further noticeCollaboration with other local groups: Family History
If you are using this enforced “leisure” to follow up your family history, Clare Franklin (U3A Family & Social History Group leader) has circulated some details which may be of interest. I can email you the document if
you wish….. Clare is happy to share (thanks!)“Family history on a budget WDYTYA magazine (April 2020).
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KEYWORTH & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETYSociety Meetings 2020 POSTPONEDJackie says: I confirm I have postponed speakers Bob Massey and the Field Detectives for April and May, and Whissendine Mill, pub and church and Arnott Hill visits. I have informed Tuxford Mill and museum we are unable to confirm at the moment, and will get back in touch re June and July meetings in the next week or so. Wishing everyone well in these difficult times. Best regards JW
Society Visits 2020 POSTPONEDWednesday 29th April 2020 UPTON HOROLOGICAL MUSEUMSociety Visits 2020 MAYBE……
Tuesday 29th September NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM All English Heritage and National Trust sites are closed and public events cancelled until further notice. See their online sites to plan your visit when we can all get out and about again with family and friends….
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ English Heritage cares for over 400 historic places, bringing the story of England to life for millions of visitors each year.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ We look after the places you love, from houses, buildings and gardens to coast and countryside. Join us and help protect them.
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And now for something completely different……You may be glad of something different to read, so we are attempting to maintain what we laughingly consider to be “normality” by offering you as much of the content and detail which you would have had in the conventional News Letter.
If you read it on your screen then there is no cost to you, though of course you may wish to print it (this will print as A4, I have kept the page numbering for your information) as your record of our Society’s activities, even in these strange times.
It might be useful if we issued a more regular e-newsletter - What do you think?
Send me material and I can compile additional editions more frequently, if you wish
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Chairman’s Remarks Dave Clarke
Report of the 27th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 6th March 202039 Members and two visitors attended; five members sent their apologies; the Committee are delighted to welcome Chris Hough as Secretary. No nominations were received from the membership. Two minor changes to our Constitution which were agreed at last year’s AGM were explained and now come into force.
Following the business meeting, Richard Pincott presented the THIRD Bob Hammond Memorial Talk: A tribute: “The Field Detectives – Us and Bob”
(see separate attachment).
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KDLHS Chair Report to AGM 2020 Dave ClarkeThe society has had another reasonable twelve months since the last AGM. We had another year of varied and interesting talks and there were successful visits to Staunton Harold and two outings on the red London bus into the depths of Nottinghamshire. Other notable events were the Keyworth Show and the two census events, including a celebration of 125 years of parish councils in November. Being an active society, we also attended Home Farm Barn for Heritage Open Day (the first HODs festival week of events in 2019), and at Avenue Farm at Normanton, when we had to battle awful weather. We held four Saturday mornings in Keyworth Library and received new information, new contacts and a few new members. We also attended for the first time the Great Nottinghamshire Local History Fair in Mansfield where we rubbed shoulders with like interested societies and members of the public, again making a few useful contacts. We intend to do more in 2020.
2019 was also the year when the location of the site of a second windmill in Keyworth was revealed, when a member of the public armed with a copy of a 1903 map pointed it out to me. On checking an 1897 OS map there it was. David Charles’ new book came out and complements the ever-increasing titles we publish as a Society. Margaret Wright’s publication “Two Centuries of Farming and Conservation in Keyworth 1800 -2020” is about to be published; we hope to launch it at Keyworth Show, on 4th July. On the negative side we made a small overall loss on the year and the treasurer will highlight finances in more detail. We are affiliated to Nottinghamshire Local History Association (NLHA), the British Association for Local History (BALH), The Council for British Archaeology - East Midlands (CBA-EM) and this year the whole Society benefits from being “Friends” of Nottinghamshire Archives (FONA). We will renew affiliation with Nottinghamshire Buildings Preservation Trust (NBPT), and Sheila Barton is our representative on the Council of Management. It just leaves me thank everyone on the committee for all their efforts to making everything run smoothly, all individuals who have helped on teas and coffees and to Alan Clarke for scrutinising our accounts.
KDLHS Archivist Report to AGM 2020 Dave ClarkeSince the last AGM most Monday’s have been spent in the KPC archive cupboard recording and boxing for departure to NAO. This is continuing but nearly at an end. Otherwise regular contributions are being made by the local population (in the main our members) and are these welcomed and added to our ever-growing archive.
A lot of work was directed towards our November 2019 event ‘125th Anniversary of Parish Councils’. There was enough material from that to fill a storage box – now in the archive. This can be rolled out and used at a future event. KPC held no records of past Chairmen/Councillors – this is an omission that Sue, Sheila and I have rectified although there are still a few gaps in the 2000s mainly due to the period between the end of hard copies and modern electronic records (floppy disc era). KPC now have this record.
Most notable acquisition is the permanent transfer of the newspaper cutting/scrap books (collected and managed by Daphne Butler and Pat Adlington) from Keyworth Parish Council - now archived as KYBX111 &112. In the main the cuttings covered the period 1987-1999 with a few other items. There are fifteen items in total. In addition, we gained Parish Council Journals from the 1890s, and a copy of Arnold Baker (1964) Amendments. (AKA the Parish Councillors’ bible, or “the Yellow Book”)
KDLHS News Letter Editorial Sheila BartonIn the current Coronavirus Covid19 pandemic, we are all wondering how the next few months will pan out. We are suddenly deprived of our usual contact with friends and family, and the committee hope that this News Letter might help inform Society members of the impact the restrictions will have over local events, not least our Society meetings, and offer contact if (as so many of us are doing) we are “self-isolating”. This is a time of many unexpected changes. We currently have not managed to arrange a printer for this edition of the News Letter, and if we had we would find that we could not collect and distribute one, so have suggested that members and others might like an email News Letter for a while….Let us know what you think. It is a way of keeping in touch with the Society.
I have edited the News Letter since summer 2015; this is my eighteenth edition. There was a ‘break in transmission’ in January: apologies for the erratic distribution of News Letters at the start of this year. The Print Room at South Wolds Academy closed facilities for community groups at short notice in December. Fortunately it was possible for issue 104 to be printed when SWA reopened in January.
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Sadly this community service will not be resumed (interestingly nor would it have been, as schools and “non-essential” businesses and services are now closed for an unspecified period because of Covid19). The Print Room staff gave us a wonderful and inexpensive service for several years, for which they have been thanked.
I have enjoyed editing the quarterly KDLHS News Letter, following in the inspirational footsteps of Alan Spooner and Howard Fisher. Other projects demand my attention, so I will be stepping down from this role at the next AGM (March 2021), after 21 editions. Might you take it on? It is intended to continue to produce a KDLHS News Letter, and soon as “normal service” can be resumed, we hope to support a local business in the process; we are seeking quotations for the future editions if members do wish to resume the “old” format when services return to what we think of as “normal”.
Please discuss with any committee member suggestions about changing the layout or content in the future…. This excursion into an edition which can be emailed to you might make us reconsider the format in future – it is less expensive to the Society, though I know many members like to have a physical copy to hand/by the phone/on a shelf (I know I do!). before Covid19, copies were produced for the membership (one per household, to keep costs down – each issue costs about £1.70 to be printed, accounting for £6.80 of your annual subscription). Additional copies were ordered for contributors who are not Society members; Keyworth Library Local Studies Section displayed a reference copy, others were sent to associations with which we are affiliated – British Association for Local History [BALH], Friends of Nottinghamshire Archives [FONA], Nottinghamshire Building Preservation Trust [NBPT], Nottinghamshire Local History Association [NLHA], and Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum [RFWKM].
We previously anticipated opportunities to promote the Society by ordering spare copies to offer to potential members at meetings and to sell at promotional events: Under “normal circumstances” KDLHS participates in regular events with the Conservation Area Advisory Group (CAAG), Keyworth Parish Council, Keyworth Show, Open Gardens and garden fetes to which we are invited, Heritage Open Day festival (HODS), and we go to the annual Great Nottinghamshire Local History Fair.
These are now all cancelled or postponed. We will update you as and when….Watch this space, look on our facebook or website pages for details of resumed activities, or
email committee member with queries. Meantime, keep safe, keep well, keep in touch.
PEOPLE OF KEYWORTH ARE STEPPING UP! Lots of volunteer help has been offered already and Keyworth Parish Council is compiling a database and are in touch with volunteers to organise support in the
community. Thank you for stepping up in this hour of need. If you need help, Telephone: 0115 9372185 and leave a message. Please post letters through the office door. All messages and letters will be checked on a daily basis. See the
leaflets included in the March edition of Keyworth News , or visit https://www.keyworthparishcouncil.org/
DUE TO COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) THE KEYWORTH PARISH COUNCIL OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Staff are working from home and all services will be provided as normal, as far as possible. All council meetings are cancelled until further notice
To contact the council please email: [email protected]
The Isolation 2020If you feel moved to keep a diary or journal of some sort during this period of restricted contact with others, please consider donating it to the Society for archiving in due course. This can be entirely confidential, but a record will make interesting reading of different experiences in the future, during this unprecedented time. You are welcome to send material by email to ([email protected]) who is happy to store your journal electronically for the archive, anonymously if you wish.
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We will need a Meeting Reporter when we get back to meeting again….No meeting reports were received for meetings in October, November, or for the Christmas Social in December. Our meetings are well attended and appreciative remarks are received regularly. We would very much welcome a volunteer (or three) to report on our interesting and varied speakers throughout the year, to record them for our archives and for the benefit of those members who have been unable to attend. Please help in any way you can, when “normal service” resumes: an offer of once a year would be a start! Any remarks, copy, diagrams or pictures welcomed.
Meeting Reports Sheila Barton
6th December 2019 Mark Dawson “Eating out of House and Home”. An interesting presentation, which would only have been enhanced with freshly cooked examples, but we were content to have the recipe sheets and enjoy the splendid buffet arranged by Pat Murfet and a glass or two of wine or soft drinks.
Did you try any of the historic recipes Mark shared with us? …such as that from Gervase Markham, (the English Housewife, London 1615) for Mince Pies (“Take a leg of Mutton…”), or the Wiggs “Take half a peck of flower…” (William Ellis, the Country Housewife’s Companion, 1750), or Darby Cakes (from the Geary family house handbook, about 1717) the civic event quantities helpfully reduced for the modern household.
3rd January 2020 Stephen Flinders “The Life and Travels of Robert Bruce Napoleon Walker'' the Battle of Trafalgar, Princess Ikoutou of the Gabon; delving into family history….. This excellent and interesting presentation about Stephen’s wife’s great grandfather: adventurer, trader and bigamist was extraordinary and worthy of being transcribed into a soap opera, though it is likely it would be deemed entirely unbelievable as a fiction. The evening was kindly summarised in the editorial of Keyworth News (February 2020) for all to see! Thanks Mark.
7th February 2020 Cara Simmonds’ presentation has been rebooked for 2021. Unfortunately Cara Simmonds was unable to attend to present ''Life in Stuart Times/The English Civil War'' Thanks to Jackie for arranging an excellent substitute at short notice, with
Mark Temple’s presentation on “The Lost Windmills of the East Midlands”This coincided with Storm Ciara….Latest news: onlookers watched in horror as the blades were torn off Dobson’s Mill, splintering as they crashed to the ground in Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire. 200 years of history came clattering down during 70 mph winds during Storm Ciara.
Thanks to Chris Hough for her report of the February meeting, text only below. Her report (with more pictures) can be sent to you on request.
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/storm-ciara-burgh-marsh-windmill-3827308
Mark Temple “The Lost Windmills of the East Midlands” Chris Hough
Although Mark usually talks about the windmills of Leicestershire, he adapted his talk to include Nottinghamshire. Some of the earliest illustrations of windmills are in two psalters, where the shape is instantly recognisable. Windmills have been recorded in brass rubbings, misericords, and the pew ends of churches. They have been used throughout history and our early modern times and some are still working. The earliest practical windmills were the horizontal mills of the Middle East, whose sails rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis. This design never really caught on in the West because the wind has to be in a constant direction for efficiency, and winds in Europe are always variable. Some were built in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. Hooper’s Mill in Margate is an example. [For the image of Margate Hooper’s Mill, see Hoopers Mill Margate: british-towns.net]. In the Middle East, this design of mill survived for a long time but most have now been destroyed. The earliest type of European windmill was the post mill named after the upright post on which the body of the mill was mounted.
The whole top of the mill could rotate to face the wind direction; they could easily be destroyed by storms. Sails could commonly be of cloth, or shuttered and some mills had both sorts of sails.
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Tower mills were built later, where only the top cap rotates rather than the whole body and there were different styles of caps- conical, half-moon, pointed, boat -shape etc. Tower mills could be made taller and stronger. e.g. Coningsby (Lincolnshire) windmill, (demolished 1970). Most wind mills turn anti-clockwise but a few turn clockwise. The position of sails had a language of its own - when a miller died, the sails were at 5 past the hour. The great storm of 1895 destroyed 40 mills in the Midlands. There was a decline in wind mills in the 1900s as more flour was imported, men went off to war, and machinery was used for armaments. Mark then went on to show many photographs of old or destroyed mills in our area. Loughborough had 4 mills, one stood on the site of the car park at the station. Bradmore had a single post mill owned by Sir Thomas Parkyns and was thought to have originally stood at Flawforth, but Parkyns had it transported to high ground at Bradmore. It was a clockwise mill and burned down in about 1880. Castle Donnington had a mill that was destroyed because it was thought it would be a pointer to Rolls Royce for the Germans. Plumtree had a mill some way from the village and there was probably another between Plumtree and Keyworth. It was built wider than normal to accommodate 2 sets of stones. Wymswold had 3 mills. One, a ruin in 1951, had 2 storeys and clockwise sails. Cotgrave had a wind mill and an infamous miller. Bottesford had 3 or 4 mills and the mill at Woodhouse Eaves had both sorts of sails. Redmile, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Kibworth, Costock and East Leake all had mills and a few have now been converted to dwellings. Keyworth mill which was standing in 1910 but a ruin by 1934, had an almost pointed cap. There was another mill on Nicker Hill. [located on the map acquired by Dave Clarke for the archive, see p. 18, issue 104]. Mark mentioned the great work done on Green’s Mill at Sneinton after it was gutted by fire in 1947, now a Science Centre and key tourist attraction, milling and selling flour. E also mentioned two other mills which can be visited: Hough’s Mill at Swannington, Leicestershire, on which restoration was started 25 years ago, has a boat shaped cap and now has the frames for sails but no shutters. It is not a working mill.
However, Whissendine in Rutland is fully restored and produces flour; a visit is to be arranged when we can all get out and about again…..
see The Mills Archive: www.millsarchive.org for images of lost local mills, such as Newton, Notts; Coningsby (Lincs), Keyworth. Other sites have images you might like to see, such as that at Green’s Mill and Science centre www.greensmill.org.uk . Others can be found on other sites, why don’t you go to Google (other search engines are also available) and exploresites such as PicturethePast, PicturesofEngland; e.g. Hough Mill www.picturesofengland.com/England/Leicestershire/Swannington/Hough_Mill/pictures
KEYWORTH VILLAGE QUIZ 45th anniversaryUnique in the UK, Keyworth Village Quiz is a University Challenge style event where competing teams from the village face each other on the Village Hall stage. Teams of up to 4 people from local schools, churches, pubs and community groups answer questions over 4 rounds, the final one being a “fastest finger” round where teams press Bells or Buzzers to have the chance to answer. 27 teams entered the 2020 Quiz and the first two rounds of matches were completed in January and February. [See Rushcliffe Local News for the full report]. Results so far and information are available: https://www.keyworthparishcouncil.org/keyworth-quiz.html
ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONSHave postponed events for the foreseeable future, some offer online contact/ activities
THE FRIENDS OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ARCHIVES [FONA]For information about events and services visit https://fona.org.uk/
KDLHS members share benefits as an affiliated “institution”:
Research Service: https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/heritage/archives/research/;
You may explore NAO online catalogue at nawcat.nottinghamshire.gov.uk
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE LOCAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION [NLHA]will publish any news or events, from individuals or groups, regardless of whether or not they are NLHA members, if the topic relates to Nottinghamshire local history. Please send material by email to: [email protected] See www.nlha.org.uk
RUDDINGTON FRAMEWORK KNITTERS’ MUSEUM [RFWKM]Closed to visitors. If you are into social media, the Museum are thinking of devising a number of creative activities, to keep us involved during the closure, which will be posted on their web-site and Facebook page. Naturally the Committee wish you all the very best and hope that we all weather this crisis successfully and that life soon gets back to normal! See Youtube Framework knitter Nottingham
NBPT NOTTINGHAMSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUSTNOTTINGHAMSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST
Protecting and enhancing Nottinghamshire’s built environment Charity Reg No 894094 Registered in England Company Reg No 897822 VAT Reg No 873 6778 70
Minster Chambers, Church Street, Southwell NG25 0HD telephone: 01636 819 555Website www.nbpt.co.uk Email [email protected]
The Nottinghamshire Building Preservation Trust was founded in February 1967, following the passing of the Civic Amenities Act which established the concept of Conservation Areas in the town and countryside. Prominent members have included Prof. Maurice Barley, Harry Johnson, Ernest Lester, Jack Lowe, John Severn, Dr. Norman Summers and Keith Train.
The Trust has successfully restored many buildings, both in the City and in the wider County, and now acts as an “enabler” or catalyst to spur others into making decisions on the future of threatened buildings, finding new uses for historic structures and establishing 'conservation deficit' for Lottery funding and encouraging developers – historic structures becoming economically viable when the Trust has displayed interest, encouraging developers to take positive action with the support of expert guidance. Trust involvement has resulted in developers taking an interest in threatened buildings which might otherwise be lost, enabling renovation and new business uses being found.
Students, Under 21’s – FREE; Ordinary Membership – £15.00 p.a. (£25.00 for couples); Town and Parish Councils/Local Groups – £25.00 p.a; County, Borough and District Councils – £50.00 p.a; Businesses and Institutions – £100.00 p.a. Patrons – on application.
KDLHS is affiliated to NBPT. Society members are welcome to attend the AGM in November each year. You might also consider becoming an individual member: enquire through the email address [email protected], contact The Secretary, NBPT Ltd, Minster Chambers, Church Street, Southwell, Notts, NG25 0HD or go to the “contact us” tab on the newly relaunched website: https://nbpt.co.uk/
You can sign up for the free newsletter, see the Home page for information about the Trust, past and present Projects, discover dovecotes, see past events, get notice of upcoming events, see the records of the biennial Harry Johnson Awards, explore the history of the Trust, and delve into the extensive NBPT archive records.
KDLHS meetings are cancelled until further noticeWe hope to resume our usual meetings as soon as is advised. KDLHS usually meets on the first Friday of the month (except in August) at 7.30pm in the Centenary Lounge,
Keyworth Village Hall, Elm Avenue, NG12 5AN
Guests will then be most welcome, for a small entrance charge. Bring a friend!
Refreshments and a bookstall are usually available after our guest speaker.
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NEWS & NOTICES: COMMUNITY EVENTS Events confirmed as postponed or cancelled
[It is hoped they will be rearranged when COVID19 is behind us….]3rd May Great Nottinghamshire Local History Fair (Mansfield Library)
8th May 75th anniversary of V.E Day (nationally and locally)
7th June Home Farm Barn and Open Garden for NGS
Visit National Garden Scheme website https://ngs.org.uk/
Events not yet confirmed as postponed or cancelled
Details to be updated as events unfoldCONSERVATION AREA ADVISORY GROUP (CAAG) and KEYWORTH & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY (KDLHS)
Saturday 4th July 2020 10am – 5pm Keyworth Show “Rural Theme” on the Rectory Field
KDLHS annual “shop window”: if the Show is going ahead, please come and support your Society. We hope to be launching Margaret Wright’s
new publication “Two Centuries of Farming and Conservation in Keyworth 1800 – 2020”CONSERVATION AREA ADVISORY GROUP (CAAG) and KEYWORTH & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY (KDLHS)
Saturday 18th July 2020 Avenue FarmNormanton-on-the-Wolds
KDLHS & CAAG have again been invited to attend this charity fund-raising event. Last year the event coincided with a Beer Festival at The Plough, Normanton, just across the road…. . We took a bookstall and KDLHS & CAAG information – if we are able to go this year, any offers of help would be welcomed.
Lorraine Levell said: “Thank you for coming to support my garden party on 20th July (2019). We moved to Avenue Farm Christmas 2002. My husband Gary enjoyed farming and made a good job of it until his death in 2005. Since that time we have held a garden party every year in his name to raise funds for research into brain tumours. We involve other charities as well and RDA (riding for the disabled) do a dog show at this event. My two sons and their families are also involved, the in-laws run the Pimms tent. I married Chris last October. He has been the gate man for the last three years. We received a certificate from the Brain Tumour Charity to say that we have raised £20,000 to date, but that was before I had sent off the cheque for this year’s event, which was for £1,540.00. All of this goes to research only and I hope one day they will find a cure for this terrible disease. Hope to see you and the KDLHS at the next event, 18th July 2020”
CONSERVATION AREA ADVISORY GROUP (CAAG) and KEYWORTH & DISTRICT LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY (KDLHS)
Keep safe, keep well, keep in touch
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