Litter Picking

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Once again the litter pickers have been busy clearing litter from our environment. In February the ‘grot spot’ was The Ranges in Hucknall where 2 members collected 7 bags of rubbish and a tarpaulin – and they could have collected a lot more had they not run out of bags. They had to leave behind a duvet which due to the rain was too heavy and bulky to carry and weirdly most of the ‘rubbish’ they collected consisted of small bags of single bananas, lots and lots of unopened packets of crisps and other ‘party’ litter. Its an area to keep our eye on.

Val Gant

Jigsaw Puzzlers

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Sorry to say this group will not go ahead.  Only one person came for the inaugural meeting – so it’s a No Go.

Maureen Newton

History Group

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Usually the History Group meets on the third Wednesday of the month but in  February it was the fourth Wednesday the 25th.  We always meet at Central Methodist Church at 2pm to about 4pm.  

Unfortunately the speaker was unable to come due to a hospital appointment so it was, as The Good Old Days Music Hall master said, Chiefly Ourselves.  Members learned and were reminded about lots of things such as David Attenborough has family links with Hucknall, calling occasionally at Sawly to chat with one of our members.  What do you know about who used shears, shawls and school pinafores; do you have an autograph book because there may be interesting names inside?  Did you enjoy visiting Papplewick Lido before the land was sold or discover a little about Portugal’s history?  Even Samuel Pepys got a mention.  Very well done to everyone who took part.

Next month on March 18th (back to our normal day) our old friend Robert Mee is coming to tell us about the History on the Erewash Trail. We missed him last year due to Covid and look forward to seeing him again with his excellent presentations.

Maureen Newton

Easy Walkers

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A walk along the bottom of the Ranges onto  Black Pad and back to Linby was enjoyed by 15 Easy Walkers.

Obviously a coffee at the end of the walk (2.5 miles) at  Brooke Farm was much appreciated.

Thanks to those who walked with us.

Strollers

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A shorter but dry walk around Titchfield Park was the venue for the Stollers Group.

A point of interest were the well maintained Polish War Graves, which, those of us who had been at the last General Meeting heard that these are maintained by the War Graves Commission.

A leisurely coffee break in the very busy Park cafe ended our morning.