Wednesday 10th February sees old friends New Perspectives Theatre Company make a welcome return to the village. “Those Magnificent Men” by Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon tells the hilarious heart-stopping story of ALCOCK and BROWN and the first ever non-stop transatlantic flight. The performance itself creates a bit of local interest as the writer and his son (who is in the play) reside locally.

Tickets are on sale now and are available from all the usual outlets, further details can be had from Fred Payne on 01777 707562 or visit the Village Hall site.

The Gate Inn is offering a Valentine's Day lunch menu for Saturday 13th February. Click here for details.

Following a prolonged stand off between Nott’s CC Highways and the Parish council, the new weight limit has now been applied to the parish and all signage changed.

The new limit prohibits any vehicle capable of weighing 18tonne or above from passing through the village to destinations beyond the parish boundary, i.e. Daneshill landfill or Tarmac.

Any lorry with more than the standard two axles should be regarded as unauthorised and in breach of the regulation. The weight limit is in force to protect the environment of the parish and reduce any environmental impact on its parishioners, i.e. Noise nuisance.

Members of the public are being asked to make a note of lorry registrations, where the lorry has more than the standard two axles, and report the vehicles presence in the, giving date and time the registration was seen, to either the Police, Nott’s CC Trading Standards dept or the Parish Clerk.

The new 18tonne limit replaces the old 17tonne limit in line with European legislation passed in 2002. This work should have been completed by Nott’s CC by Dec 2006, but a stand off occurred when the Parish Council sought to secure a 7.5tonne limit and give the maximum protection to the community from environmental impact from these heavy vehicles. The Parish Council are still pursuing the lower 7.5tonne limit, and hope to be included in the next County review on weight limits.

The main areas of concern are the main approaches and the main road through the village, where vehicles are regularly seen driving well in excess of the 30mph limit. The Parish Council have successfully won a grant from Bassetlaw Council to fund these signs, so they are able to offer these free of charge to any household wishing to take part and support the campaign to reduce the speed of vehicle passing through the village.

It is hoped that residents on Mattersey Rd, Town St, Sutton Lane, and Station Road will all choose to support this campaign. The signs will be allocated on a first come first served basis whilst stocks last. Anyone wishing to take part should contact the Parish Clerk, Peter Roberts.

Nott’s County Council Highways don’t use speed limit reminders within the limited area for any road less than 30mph, therefore it falls to the Parish Council and concerned individuals to take this proactive step to drive the on-going education of motorists passing through the village.

Use our message boards to make your point. Please use these sensibly.

You can do this here.

The Parish Plan Steering Group Committee would like to thank those of you who took the time to complete and return the Parish Plan Questionnaire.

Of the 313 questionnaires that were delivered, a total of 112 were returned which equates to a 36% return rate. The comments and contact pages have been removed from the document and will be kept by the Committee for future use.

The completed questionnaires went to Notts. Rural Community Council to be analysed further. The results of which will form the basis of the Parish Plan to be produced in 2009.

For those not present at the event on the 16^th October 2008 the prize draw was won by Mr & Mrs F Bradley, who kindly donated the £100 prize to the Village Hall Charity.

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You can find Church service times for villages in the area either by following the left-hand Church link, or by clicking  here.

William Brewster's brother James Brewster was vicar of Sutton cum Lound from 1594 to 1614. See more here.

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