February 2017
Woodhouse writer pens children’s books
MANSFIELD Woodhouse author and grandmother Jackie Yelland has written four books for youngsters based on the adventures of three children visiting local beauty spots.
Jackie, (65), (above) said they were inspired by a friend pointing out that whenever she took her granddaughters to local places and visited the gift shops, she could not find books based on the venues for young children. The books follow the adventures of Emma, Eddie and Jack as they explore Clumber Park, Rufford Park, Sherwood Pines and Sherwood Forest. Illustrated by Kerry Wright, of Forest Town, the books — called Emma, Eddie and Jack Go To — are suitable for two to eightyear-olds. Jackie, who said she hoped other books would follow, said the four titles could be used for young children as picture books. “They are written in simple language, with repetition and rhymes,” she said. “They are also suitable for children who are beginning to read independently and as group readers in schools.” The books can be bought from Rowanvale Books on Amazon; Richmond’s Cards & Stationery, High Street, Mansfield Wood-
house; and Mansfield Woodhouse Post Office. The books will also be available in local libraries and at the attractions they depict. Jackie, who also wrote the Jimmy Twelvetrees books for children, was a teacher at Peafield Lane Primary School, Mansfield Woodhouse, for 20 years. The mother-of-three, who also enjoys painting, bowling and table tennis, said: “The children in my books are not based entirely on anyone in particular but they do have elements of my own children.”
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CHEMISTS Oakwood Pharmacy, 14 Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, 01623 423670, open until 10.30pm. Lloyds Pharmacy, 12 High Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, 01623 636391, open until 6.30pm. Rowlands Pharmacy, 36 High Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, 01623 623511, open until 6pm. CHURCHES The International Church, Albert Street, Mansfield Woodhouse NG19 8BQ, 01623 646750. St Edmund’s Church, 1 Welbeck Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 9JY, 01623 629665. Bethel Church, 61 High Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8BB, 01623 646750. Trinity Methodist Church, High Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8BD. SCHOOLS Northfield Primary School, Cox’s Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8PG, 01623 625589. Leas Park Junior School, Ley Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8LD, 01623 477629. Peafield Lane Academy, Litton Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 9PB, 01623 460366. The Manor Academy, Park Hall Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8QA, 01623 425100. Yeoman Park Special School, Park Hall Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8PS, 01623 459540. Saville House School, Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8AH, 01623 625068. The Bramble Academy, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8DF, 01623 635928. St Edmund’s C Of E Primary School, Church Hill Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 9JU, 01623 646624.
GENERAL Nottinghamshire Police, non-emergency — 101 Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue, non-emergency — 0115 967 0880. NHS non-emergency advice helpline — 111. Samaritans — 0845 7909090. Crimestoppers — 0800 555111. Report a gas leak — 0800 111999. Report a power cut — 0800 0568090. Report a water leak — 0800 7834444. Gamble Aware helpline — 0808 8020133. Citizens Advice Bureau Mansfield — 0844 8563411. Alcoholic Anonymous — 0115 9417100. 24-hour Domestic Violence helpline — 0808 800 0340.
Nettleworth School, Mansfield Woodhouse, 01623 455940. Cherubs Childcare Centre, School House, School Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 9LA, 01623 420940. LIBRARY Mansfield Woodhouse Library, Church Street, NG19 8AH, 01623 621781, http:// libraryopening times.co.uk/listing-2655.html DOCTORS Mansfield Woodhouse Health Centre, Church Street, NG19 8BL, 01623 420692. Oakwood Surgery, Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8BL, 01623 435555, The Manor Sport and Recreation Centre, Kingsley Avenue, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8JY, 01623 425116, www.manor-sportscentre.co.uk Debdale Park Sports Ground, Debdale Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 7NS, 01623 631747, http://sports-facilities.co.uk/ sites/view/6004394 OTHERS Friends Of Yeoman Hill Park, www.mans fieldwoodhouse.info/MWCDG/FoYHP.htm Mansfield Woodhouse Community Development Group, 53 Park Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8ER, 01623 429334.
The Stable Centre, Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, NG19 8AH, 01623 659625. Sherwood Forest Foodbank, Stable Centre, Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse NG19 9JY, 01623 629665. MANSFIELD DISTRICT COUNCIL Neighbourhood warden — Woodhouse, Park Hall and Manor 07976 405320; Yeoman Hill, Maun Valley and Peafields 07976405335. Mansfield dog warden, 01623 463189. Housing repairs, 01623 463500. Anti-social behaviour, 0800 555111. Community safety, 01623 463185. Environmental health, 01623 463189. Grimebusters, 01623 463463. Sports development, 01623 463371. Parks and open spaces, 01623 463463. Town centre management, 01623 463073. Community engagement, 01623 463372. Property services, 01623 463728. Parenting practitioner, 01623 463529. Housing benefits and council tax reduction, 01623 463463. Benefits, 01623 463463. Planning and building control, 01623 463207. Planning appeals, 01623 463207. Mansfield District Council, 01623 463463. Learning and development, 01623 463486. Council tax enquiries, 01623 463144.
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Work of conservation volunteers highlighted A MANSFIELD conservation group has been thanked for its work by a council chief.
Anthony May, chief executive of Nottinghamshire County Council for more than two years, visited the town to see the work of the Maun Conservation Group. He wrote in his leadership blog on the council website: “One of the things I’ve always been keen on is visiting the various aspects of the council’s work. “I know from making these visits that we offer support to many voluntary and independent organisations, which do sterling work in our communities. “A good example of this was a recent visit to Quarry Lane Nature Reserve, Mansfield, where members of the Maun Conservation Group (Sarah Spurry and Colin Etches) showed me the outstanding work they do to maintain and develop a valuable community resource. “I was particularly impressed with the focus on educating children and young people about the local environment, and the work the group does with schools. “This include activities such as pond dipping and the use of the River Maun to teach children about how such natural assets are important, especially in an urban environment. “The conservation group works under the umbrella of the Greenwood Forest Partnership,which is hosted by the county council and provides support to a diverse range of community groups aimed at protecting the environment. “In these days when climate change is such an important issue, it is good to know that this council is playing its part in protecting the local environment. “It gives new meaning to the phrase ‘think local, act global’. “I want to thank Sarah and Colin and all the other volunteers who work with us through the Community Forest Partnership — they give up their time freely to help keep Nottinghamshire a pleasant and sustainable place to live.”
ANTHONY May with Colin Etches and Sarah Spurry.
Backing Mansfield Woodhouse team
A MANSFIELD Woodhouse barbers has backed a football club in the town. ZAZA Barbers will sponsor Central Midlands League side Sherwood Colliery.
Based on Station Street, ZAZA Barbers offers traditional Turkish hairstyling and shaving seven days a week. Sherwood Colliery secretary Phil Kirkland said the sponsorship was a fantastic gesture.
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Woodhouse project lands the jackpot A MANSFIELD Woodhouse children’s community allotment project has been awarded £105,568.00 from the Big Lottery Fund to continue its work.
Little Roots, which is part of the Longyard’s allotment site, off Slant Lane, gives youngsters the chance to experience healthier lifestyle choices, and take part in energetic play and physical activity outdoors. A spokesman said: “Children gain an increased awareness of food choices, including availability, sustainability, the food journey and the changing seasons. “Their outdoor learning promotes independence, builds confidence and increases self-esteem.” The five year Reaching Communities grant will fund existing allotment co-ordinator Richard Tucker as well as general running expenses and sessional workers to develop fork-to-fork experiences, grow-your-own courses and residential care home visits. It will also provide for gardening equipment and a refurbishment of the site, including replacing fencing, creating an additional classroom space, the development of food preparation facilities, additional storage and the installation of easy access, compost toilet facilities. Little Roots runs a regular after-school gardening club for five to 11-year-olds every Tuesday from April. There are also special events during school holidays. Anita Dean, Little Roots trustee and volunteer, said: “‘We are delighted to receive this fantastic news. “It is vital we convey just how much this award means to us. The Big Lottery Fund grant means that our service can continue to provide an engaging and stimulating outdoor learning environment. “We are looking forward to implementing the exciting service developments we have planned. “Little Roots has been delivering services for more than 10 years thanks to the hard work, enthusiasm and commitment of our allotment co-ordinator and a group of dedicated volunteers. “We are very grateful to the Tudor Trust, our last grant provider, and all the individuals, businesses and organisations that have supported us over the years.” For more details on the children’s club call Richard Tucker on 07748 990509. lRIGHT: Fun at a summer gardening club.
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Five council workers total 185 years’ service FIVE Mansfield District Council members of staff have been recognised for their long service in local government. Phil Cook, Simon Dutfield, Steven Clarke, Steve Chappel and Elaine Wharmby have worked in local government for a total of 185 years. At an award certificate presentation, where they were thanked for their service to the authority and the community, mayor Kate Allsop said: “Local government has changed greatly over the years and these colleagues have adapted and changed with
it to continue to provide important services to local people.” Phil Cook, development services manager, has 40 years’ service. He started at Ashfield District Council and has been at the Mansfield authority for 27 years. Simon Dutfield, from development control, also has 40 years’ service. He started his local government career in Scunthorpe, and has been at Mansfield for 30 years. Steven Clarke, IT systems and project
manager, was at Ashfield for eight years and spent two years at Gedling Borough Council before coming to Mansfield District Council in 1986. A fourth member of staff with 40 years’ service is financial adviser Steve Chappel. Elaine Wharmby, who has 25 years’ service, worked at Water Meadows when it opened in 1991, and has been at Mansfield Palace Theatre since 2000. l ABOVE, from left, Steven Clarke, Stephen Chapell, Elaine Wharmby, Simon Dutfield and Phil Cook.
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You say bus station is just the ticket
BUS passengers in Mansfield have praised services and facilities at the town’s bus station.
Latest survey results revealed 92 per cent of passengers in the town were happy with their local services compared to 60 per cent before the bus station was built. The annual survey findings highlighted the success of the Bus Quality Partnership, an agreement launched in May 2013 between Nottinghamshire County Council and bus operators to improve the quality of county bus services and facilities. Other survey results revealed the majority of bus passengers (98 per cent) continued to rate the appearance of the bus station highly by saying it was good or very good. The standard of information — via staff and an electronic timetable — was rated
highly with 95 per cent of those asked saying it was good or very good. Nottinghamshire County Council has invested more than £9m in local services, including the state-of-the-art bus station that opened in 2013. There was a £4.8m investment by bus operators Stagecoach East Midlands, Mansfield Miller and Trentbarton’s Threes, which came as a direct result of partnership working with the council. A further £4.9m has more recently been invested by operators to upgrade several key routes. “These are very encouraging results for passenger satisfaction, particularly the 92 per cent of passengers who said they were happy with the town’s bus services. This is the annual survey’s highest ever rating for that question,” said Pete Mathieson, team manager of the county council’s environment and resource team.
“Providing excellent facilities for local people who are using the bus to get around Mansfield and the rest of the county is really important to us. Working in close partnership with bus operators has helped in being able to secure funding and help make the passenger experience even better. “The bus station — which we often hear is the envy of many other towns — is a real transport hub thanks to its high-tech facilities and the footbridge linking it to Mansfield’s train station. “Working with Mansfield District Council, we have continued to maintain and invest in this station to a high standard — which is reflected in its very positive public rating “We want to encourage even more people to use the great bus service in and around Mansfield and the wider county.”
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A MANSFIELD pensioner who has had two full hip replacements is to run the London Marathon for a fourth time. Derek Ward, (70), will be competing on 23rd April in support of SENSE, a national charity that supports people who
are deafblind, have sensory impairments or complex needs, to enjoy more independent lives. Derek finished the 2012, 2013 and 2014 London Marathons in aid of AGE UK, Rainbows Trust and Rainbows Hospice, and the Jigsaw Support Scheme. He must raise a minimum of ÂŁ1,500 for
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MANSFIELD District Council has put together a series of offers for traders on Mansfield Market.
Reduced rents offer to market traders TRADERS can take advantage of reduced rent for market stalls on Mansfield Market until 31st March.
Mansfield District Council is offering new and existing traders the chance to trade for as little as £6 per stall. Stalls in A and B positions on the Market Place can be rented with a saving of £5 per stall and those who take up more than one stall can receive a further discount of up to 20%, depending on how many stalls are taken. Products available on the market include
fruit and vegetables, cosmetics, toys, clothes, bags and plants. Traders in new product lines can take up extra incentives too, including the offer of free rent for a year in the market’s business incubation unit scheme. Those products could include crafts, household and gardening goods, haberdashery, hair, beauty and health products, crockery, soft furnishings and party goods. New traders who stand for up to three months’ continuous-paid trading can receive one week of free trading each month.
The portfolio holder for cultural services, town and district centres, David Smith, said: “If you are thinking of starting your own business, now is a great time to use the offers available and join Mansfield Market.
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“We want to see our market grow and can only do this with support from local businesses and local people.” To book a stall or to find out more about what’s on at Mansfield Market, contact the markets team on markets@mansfield.gov. uk or call 01623 463818.
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Pupils rise to the cooking challenge
SEVEN students competed in the fifth Mansfield Rotary Club Young Chef Competition, hosted by All Saints’ Academy in the town. Young people had to cook and present a two-course meal for two people, within an allocated budget. A Rotary spokesman said the standard was high and gave the judges
— John Pugh, the professional chef from Sherwood Forest Golf Club, and Rotarian Mike Neville — a challenge when choosing the winners. First place went to Samuel Hickling, (14), from The Brunts Academy, ahead of second-placed Charlotte Emmerson, (13), from Garibaldi College, Forest Town.
Joint third were Callum Fuller, (12), from All Saints’ Academy and Elizabeth Eastwood, (13), from Garibaldi College. Samuel will compete in the Rotary district competition in March. l PICTURED above are the winners and judges at the Mansfield competition.
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VOLUNTEERS at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust, which runs Mansfield Community, King’s Mill and Newark hospitals, have been commended for their support after carrying out a total of 915 years’ volunteering between them.
Three award ceremonies were held to thank the volunteers for their dedication and long service. Awards included long-service medals and certificates, which were given in appreciation of service ranging from five to 40 years and were presented to 73 volunteers by trust chairman Peter Marks. King’s Mill volunteer Dianne Kerry, who has been volunteering for 40 years, said: “My 40 years have been so happy and it has been a wonderful way to meet people from all walks of life. “I have found working in the Welcome Treatment Centre rewarding and I have enjoyed the opportunity to work with the brilliant staff and patients on the unit.” Jane Packman, who has been volunteering at Mansfield Community Hospital for 25 years, said: “I have enjoyed my time at the hospital. It has been a great way for me to meet new people and help others.” Peter said: “It was a great honour to present the awards to our volunteers, who have provided much appreciated support to our patients across the trust, as well as providing valued support to our staff, enabling them to deliver a range of highquality patient services. “Our volunteers are involved in a wide variety of services and such tremendous support does make a great difference to our hospitals. “They should all be proud of their achievements.” l ABOVE RIGHT: Jane Packman, centre, with Peter Marks and Barbara Joule, chairman of the Hospital League of Friends (Mansfield and Sutton). l RIGHT: The chairman of King’s Mill Hospital volunteers Jill Smallwood, left, with Diane Kerry and Peter Marks.
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VISION Studio School students at King’s Mill Hospital, where they have started training.
Healthcare cadets leading the way HEALTHCARE extended diploma students at Mansfield’s Vision Studio School are to embark on clinical training and ward placements at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. An innovative new programme, which will enable the teenagers to experience real-life on hospital wards, as well as learn a range of clinical procedures, is being launched this month as a healthcare cadet scheme. The scheme was welcomed by students at an induction day at King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton, where they got to know the trust’s values and discovered the importance of infection control as well as data protection and management. The extended diploma healthcare students will be joining newly-recruited hospital healthcare support assistants
in the trust’s education centre to learn techniques, such as how to take blood pressure, using a catheter and how to insert a cannula. Advanced resuscitation dolls will be used for practical training and the hands-on learning will be backed up with theory lessons. Approximately 20 students from the studio school will begin the training, which will be coupled with ward-based experience. Kelly Hopley, subject area leader for health and social sciences, said: “These students have recently been studying health and safety at work and equality and diversity as well as care values and life stages. “This practical experience in the hospital will give them a chance to put their learning into practice and understand how
it’s applied. “It’s a fantastic opportunity, which is only normally offered to university students. It will mean they can learn alongside nurses and consultants, and get meaningful and real experience. “It will pave the way for them to begin working in the healthcare sector on apprenticeships or higher-level studies.” Jessica Arnold, (17), said: “Eventually I want to work in mental health and this experience is vital. I already work in a care home so I’m getting some good grounding in the industry already.” Sixteen-year-old Sam Downs said: “Eventually I’d like to work in healthcare. “I’m looking forward to the work experience on the ward once we start placements as this will be my first step towards this career.”
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VARIETY is the name of the game at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield, over the next few weeks.
One of the highlights for youngsters will be a performance of The Very Hungry Caterpillar on Tuesday, 14th March, at 1.30pm. The show, suitable for four-year-olds and upwards, is a stage show based on of the famous books, designed, illustrated and written by Eric Carle. Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, the critically-acclaimed production (right) features a menagerie of 75 lovable puppets, faithfully adapting four of Carle’s stories — The Artist Who Painted A Blue Horse, Mister Seahorse, The Very Lonely Firefly and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Tickets are priced £10.25/£8.20 children and £32.80 for a family of four. For older theatregoers, there is the chance to don the tartan of the 1970s that was a feature of chartoppers the Bay City Rollers. On Thursday, 23rd March, the lead singer from the group, Les McKeown, is bringing his group to the Palace. Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers will recreate the sounds and excitement of Rollermania, performing the band’s original hits like Bye Bye Baby, Shang-a-Lang, Remember, Summerlove Sensation and Give A Little Love, as well as introducing new songs from the upcoming new Rollers album. Tickets are priced £23.06. To book tickets for any Palace show, call 01623 633133,
Get hands-on at the museum VISITORS to Mansfield Museum are being invited to get hands-on with the artworks in AniMotion, a speciallycommissioned exhibition inspired by animation techniques. It will run until Saturday, 1st April. The museum is free to enter. Visitors can watch as their faces come to life as on-screen winged creatures, which flap and fly around; they can try out an Oculus Rift headset and enter an imaginary animated world; or transform the features of a huge Day of the Dead inflatable skull and watch its hypnotic animated eyes. They will meet Morph, celebrated early star of Aardman Animations, see their face come to life as it flies around with wings, watch friends become skeleton avatars and create their own animations with a
little help from the world-famous Aardman studios. The exhibition features several animation techniques, from Zoetropes through to CGI. Several commissioned artists have produced contemporary pieces of work that illustrate the different techniques and all pieces have been designed to be enjoyably interactive. There is a display featuring Morph, the animated clay character that made his TV debut in 1977 in BBC children’s art programme Take Hart. AniMotion is the second exhibition in a two-part project funded by Arts Council England. The first was an exhibition all about the well-known children’s illustrator and author, Nick Sharratt, and his work.
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Made in Mansfield — the importance of quarrying THE Made In Mansfield industrial gallery in the arcade at Mansfield Museum arcade looks at eight of the more wellknown industries that built Mansfield’s reputation for manufacturing — and reveals stories about the work and the social aspects of working for major companies in the past. The museum is bringing NewsJournal readers the story of the people and companies that made Mansfield a centre of industry — and reveals stories about the work and the social aspects of working for major companies in the past. Quarrying CONTINUING our look at local industries, we move on to quarrying. Mansfield stone has been highly valued for nearly 1,000 years. Finely-grained Mansfield freestone was so called because it was easy to cut and carve. Kings, nobles and churchmen chose Mansfield stone for their grand buildings and before railways and canals it was carried many miles by muscle power. Dating from 1108, Southwell Minster is the earliest building known to have been built of Mansfield stone. The minster includes stone from Mansfield Woodhouse, Warsop and Mansfield. Mansfield Town Hall, erected in 1835-36, was built of white freestone and Mansfield Woodhouse stone was also chosen for the new Palace of Westminster after the Houses of Parliament burnt down in 1834. However, the quarry could not supply all the stone needed and only the lower courses of the Palace were built from local stone. Mansfield sand AS well as the stone, local sand was also used extensively. It was so perfect for making moulds for foundries that Mansfield sand was famous around the world and has been exported as far afield as New Zealand. Modern foundries use other materials but a new product — fibresand — has kept Mansfield sand in demand as a foundation for tennis courts, football pitches and racecourses.
THIS photograph is of Gregory’s Quarry on Nottingham Road in 1996. It was the last quarry to be worked in Mansfield.
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HE Mansfield Museum Health and Wellbeing Festival will take place from Saturday, 25th March to Saturday, 8th April. It aims to offer visitors a whole host of displays, workshops and experiences that tackle a wide range of topics that have some bearing on our physical and mental wellbeing.
The free event will offer the opportunity to learn more about physical activity, diet, therapies, advice, creativity, community groups and charities. Visitors will have the chance to try their hand at an art session, sample a massage or take a ramblers-led walk. They can even walk through a 24sq metre inflatable colon.
A museum spokesman said: “If you have any desire at all to improve your quality of life, then come and check out the options. “You could be opening the door to a healthier, happier you.” For more information, contact Jodie Henshaw, museum development officer, on 01623 463088 or email jhenshaw@ mansfield.gov.uk
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Friends of hospital provide a real tonic
PICTURED are midwife Melanie Butcher, League of Friends trustees, Jo Disney-Spiers and Peter Marks.
THE maternity bereavement suite at King’s Mill Hospital, Sutton, has been given a £10,000 makeover thanks to a donation from the Mansfield and Sutton League of Friends.
The suite was officially opened by the chairman of Sherwood Forest Hospitals, Dr Peter Marks, and head of corporate affairs Shirley Clarke. The funding has enhanced home comforts in the dedicated room, providing parents who have suffered a stillbirth — or whose babies have survived for only a short time after birth — a private and less clinical area to grieve in and receive support.
The money was raised from fundraising events, donations and profits from three community charity shops. Senior midwife Jo Disney-Spiers said: “Bereavement care is extremely important to us. Improvements to the suite will make sure that staff can provide dedicated assistance and support in comfortable and private surroundings. “We know how sensitive and difficult these times are for families and parents, so for us to be able to provide a dedicated area is really good. “We give our heartfelt thanks to the League of Friends for their hard work and
support in improving facilities for parents and their families.” Trustee of the League of Friends and charity shop co-ordinator Barbara Glass said: “We are pleased we have been able to support this improvement project, which will make such a difference to the support offered. “Our fundraising team and shop volunteers work tirelessly to raise funds for our local hospitals. “We are grateful for the support that we receive from the local community. From the fundraising by Christmas school choirs to donations received by various fundraising events, it all makes a real difference.”
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ABOVE: The opening of the war memorial in Mansfield Woodhouse. BELOW: An outing from the Angel Inn in Mansfield Woodhouse.
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Woodhouse couple hit road for charity MANSFIELD Woodhouse couple Keith and Sylvia Johnson are gearing up for an annual driving event to again raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
For several years the couple have driven their 1993 Land Rover Discovery in the 600-mile Mac 4x4 UK Challenge, raising more than £10,000 for the cancer charity. The three-day event, from Thursday, 2nd to Sunday, 5th March, is a test of navigational skills, observation, on and off-road driving ability and endurance, by day and night, for a team of two people and one vehicle. The details will only be revealed when Keith and Sylvia arrive at each one. The couple hope to raise around £2,000 through sponsorship — companies can advertise on their Land Rover Discovery and individuals can back the drive — and at their annual curry night at the Naaz Indian restaurant, Mansfield Woodhouse, hosted by Mansfield mayor Kate Allsop, on Monday, 27th February. To sponsor the couple and have graphics on their vehicle, or to book tickets for the curry night, contact Keith or Sylvia by emailing mac4x4@johnsonhq.net or at www.johnsonhq.net Keith and Sylvia have an interest in vehicles of many types, but for the best part of a decade have been involved with 4x4 off-road driving.
KEITH and Sylvia Johnson’s 1993 Land Rover Discovery.
SYLVIA and Keith Johnson at a cheque presentation after a previous fundraising event. vehicles and their crew, but over its They have travelled thousands of miles around both the UK and Europe in their 10 years has raised more than £1m for Land Rover Discovery. Macmillan Cancer Support. From the ski slopes of the Alps to remote mountains in Portugal and the Pyrenees, they have avoided Tarmac to see the world and experience challenging driving. Often the pair travel alone when the all-terrain capability of the vehicle, careful driving and good maintenance are paramount in keeping safe and mobile — in places the RAC are unlikely to help. They have entered organised challenges such as the European Land Rally, which covers 3,000 miles in a week, as well as the Mac 4x4 UK challenge. The Mac is one of the biggest events of its type in the UK and not only challenges
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