LOCAL ESTATE AGENT CAUGHT IN THE ACT
Jonathan Hammond of Bingham-based estate agency Hammond Harwood has been apprehended presenting the first donation of £25, following the re-launch of sponsorship for the award-winning Bingham Neighbourhood Watch. Making sure everything was above board Bingham beat manager, Pc John Kneale, made sure that the cheque was delivered into the safe hands of Gordon Sanders, chairmanof [...]
BINGHAM CHORAL SOCIETY NEWS
Bingham and District Choral Society’s spring concert takes place on Saturday 14th May at 7.30pm in Southwell Minster. The group will join with Southwell Choral Society to sing the German Requiem by Johannes Brahms. The soprano soloist is Katherine Fuge and the baritone is Simon Thorpe. Neville Ward will conduct this work and also the [...]
NEWS FROM BINGHAM U3A
The May meeting for Bingham U3A will be held in the Methodist Hall on Wednesday 18th May. Gillian Clark will speak about ‘Life at No. 11’. Call Maggie Kemp for more info on 01949 876 612.
MORE BUSES FOR PREMIERE ROUTES
Local bus company Premiere have announced extra buses running on some of it’s busiest routes from 1st May. The Red1 from Bingham and Radcliffe to Nottingham will see evening buses increased to run every 30 minutes on Mondays to Saturdays. Last buses are now later at five to midnight from Friar Lane Monday to Thursday [...]
BINGHAM’S BUDDING ARTIST WINS FIRST PRIZE
Seven-year-old Bingham youngster, Aston, has won the E.ON ‘Get Energy Fit this Winter’ art competition. Aston attends the Bingham Robert Miles Infant School. As part of its commitment to getting people energy fit, by giving people tips on using energy more wisely, E.ON invited school children from around the country to paint or draw a [...]
BINGHAM MODEL RAILWAY
Chris Trafford writes… The chairman has built a layout. It is based around an ironing board, kindly donated by my son. It has been worked on over the winter months and is now ready for the exhibition circuit. Due to work commitments, I won’t be able to show it at our exhibition this year but [...]
BINGHAM ROTARY CLUB CELEBRATES ANNUAL CHARTER
It has been busy times for Bingham and District Rotary Club. They had their Charter celebration back in January and have now moved back to their regular meeting location in Bingham. Publicity officer, Anthony Hall, said: “When the club was first formed 36 years ago, it was established at the then Chesterfield Arms but it [...]
KWIK CRICKET FOR BINGHAM
Bingham Cricket Club’s Kwik Cricket training sessions have got underway at Bingham Leisure Centre this month. The club, recently shortlisted for Nottinghamshire ‘Club of the Year’, have run Kwik Cricket for seven years and many youngsters that first played Kwik Cricket have now gone on to play for the club’s adult teams. Coached by Phil [...]
CHORAL SOCIETY PERFORMANCE
Bingham and District Choral Society are preparing for their next concert. These plans are now well advanced and singers who wish to join should do so in September 2011, unless they know and have previously sung the Requiem by Johannes Brahms. The Society will be joined by Southwell Choral Society to sing this great choral [...]
ANNUAL FUNDRAISING QUIZ BY HAMMOND HARWOOD
All of the entries have been marked and the winners are being notified in the post after the annual charity fundraising quiz by Bingham-based estate agency Hammond Harwood. The quiz raised a touch shy of £1,000 for ChildLine. The compiler, Jonathan Hammond, said: “I am grateful to all those who took the time to write [...]