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Spotlight Magazine

What’s happening in your area

This is a free page to publicise your local events and
information. We would love to hear from you if you know
of any event in or around the West Bridgford area; copy
deadline is the 25th of each month. Please email: info@
spotlightlocal.co.uk
St. Edmund’s Parish Church, Holme Pierrepont
Will be holding their annual Coffee Morning & Open
Spring Gardens on Saturday 21st March 10.00am –
12.00pm. Various stalls. Admission is £3.00 incl. tea/
coffee/squash & biscuits.
Children under 16 free.
West Bridgford WI
will be meeting Monday 23rd March at St Pauls Church
Hall, Boundary Road when Louise Bennett will talk
about Mercy Ships. Doors open at 7.15pm and new
members are always welcome.
The South Notts Flower Club
The next meeting is Tuesday 12th May from 7.30pm at
Edwalton Church Hall, Wellin Lane, Edwalton NG12 4AP.
The title of the meeting is “Bon Voyage” a demonstration
by Jo Smith from Grimsby.
Visitors are welcome. £5.00 to include refreshments.
Contact Gail for more details Tel. [phone].
Framework Knotters Museum
is looking to recruit volunteers to help with the running
of the site. We also need costumed volunteers prior
to the season opening April 1st. If you would like more
information please contact the manager on 0115 984
6914 or email [e-mail]
The Poppy Folk Club
Sunday 15th March is concert night at The Poppy & Pint
with a visit from American folklorist, singer, musician
and all-round great entertainer, Jeff Warner. Tickets are
£7.50. Please telephone Julie and Phil 0115 9812861,
Dave 07790 943893, email [e-mail]
or visit the website at www.poppyfolkclub.co.uk. The
next meeting of the club will be Sunday 19th April for a
singaround and music session. All are welcome.
Trent Valley Sailing Club
has an active junior fleet. Sailing takes place on Friday
evenings between April and September for children aged
7 to 16. We have several places available this year for
new junior sailors. Come and have a go on the water. All
enquiries to Angela [e-mail]
Our first junior sail will be on Friday the 24th April 2015.
The price per child for the year is £42 plus £20 for one
adult per family. Payment is not required until the second
week so the children can make sure they do enjoy it first.

FRIENDLY BADMINTON CLUB seeks players. We

play Wednesday evenings throughout the year in West
Bridgford. For further information please contact Cherry
on 0115 8461634 or Richard on 07967384491

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The popularity of Scouts is going from strength to
strength and with that success we need to recruit more
volunteers to lead Beaver Scouts (aged 6-8) and Cubs
(aged 8-10). We’re based in Edwalton on Alford Road
and are looking for people aged 18+ to become leaders
on Monday, Tuesday or Friday evenings.
Volunteers will need to be CRB checked and able
to attend most weeks (term time) but in return get
to inspire a generation and (if you wish) free training
accredited by the Institute of Leadership and
Management to boost your CV.
The Beaver motto is ‘make friends and have fun’ and
that’s a really good description of my experience.
If you’re interested please email me, Kerry, on
[e-mail]
Just Friends West Bridgford
is a very friendly club for anyone aged 55 + who is
lively minded and unattached. Club night is on the last
Thursday of every month at 8pm in a private upstairs
room at The Wolds pub next to ASDA. 25+ varied
events each month. Check out our website
www.justfriendswestbridgford.wordpress.com or
contact Lillian 8462225
The Nottingham Astronomical Society are a
friendly group of amateur astronomers from all walks
of life. Whilst providing regular guest-speaker events,
we encourage active observing. The Society owns and
operates an observatory near Cotgrave, which houses
our 24-inch large reflector telescope.
If you are interested in astronomy, you are welcome to
come along to our meetings. Most meetings include an
illustrated talk by a guest speaker, and admission is free
to occasional visitors. More information on the website
at www. nottinghamastro.org.uk
The Edwalton, Gamston and District U3A is going
from strength to strength. It has a steadily growing
number, with new members at every meeting and is
currently approaching 100 - not bad considering it only
opened this autumn.
There are interest groups set up in a wide range of
subjects - art appreciation, bird watching, bridge,
crafts, creative writing, gardening, history, IT,
meditation, music appreciation, photography, poetry,
scrabble and walks (2-3 miles and 4-7 miles). Some
are established and meet regularly, some are starting
in the new year. Wine tasting is another group setting.
No expertise required. You can learn together the U3A
way and if there is an interest not covered, then create
your own.
If yo