What a fabulous evening - delicious mince pies and mulled wine and stimulating fun questions all professionally run by the Entertainment Committee team.
Lovely atmosphere - we are so lucky to have such events on our doorstep.
Helen Humpheries
If you have travelled along Nottingham Road over the past few months, you can't have missed the sight of building work taking place around the Cheese Shop at the Creamery.
You may even have shopped there and seen builders at work in the space adjoining the shop.
Well, now you will be able to appreciate all the effort that has gone into making the, already stylish, shop much bigger and stocked with even more cheese – as well as associated foods and drinks.
And, if you are looking for a unique gift to give to family or friends this Chistmas, then here is the opportunity to put together a hamper of goodies.
You might even want to give one yourself!
These photos
Tony Jarrow
Lindsay Thorpe, of Cropwell Bishop, has been named the Rushcliffe Sportsperson of the Year.
Lindsay was presented with her award at a showcase celebration event at Rushcliffe Arena last week.
The annual awards ceremony celebrates the Borough’s wonderful volunteers, businesses and environmentalists, clubs, organisations, and the best of its health and wellbeing, sport and food and drink sectors and local enterprise.
Lindsay won the Sportsperson of the Year award after an impressive season in paracanoe, winning silver at the European Championships in the women’s KL3 event.
On winning the award, Lindsay said:
"I'm so pleased to have won – still in a bit of shock to be honest. Rushcliffe is full of sporting talent and the other nominees are so inspirational."
She added:
"It was amazing to see all the incredible community work that happens in Rushcliffe being celebrated at the awards."
Tony Jarrow
Don’t forget to get your tickets to the Senior Citizens Christmas Party on Wednesday 13th December.
£2 a ticket from Gary Jowett Butchers or from the Clerk at The Old School.
Lovely Buffet Lunch, Free Raffle with some great prizes, the School Choir with some Christmas Carols – and a Film.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Cropwell Bishop Parish Council
(NB: see full-size poster on Events page)
Thanks to Mel Stanley for the photos.
It was the Parish Council Meeting this evening. The winner of the 'In the News' Quiz, which appeared in the September edition of Cropwell Bishop News, was drawn from the pile of correct entries.
And the winner is .... Joan Kimpton.
She will receive a £20 voucher, donated by the Parish Council, for use at Gary Jowett's Butchers.
Tony Jarrow
Once again the weather was kind to us this evening. Just like last year, a week of torrential rain followed by a perfect night for our free fireworks night.
There was a big crowd with lots of children there to enjoy the flashes and bangs – and their free bag of sweet treats provided by Cropwell Bishop Council
Many thanks to Cropwell Bishop Parish Councillors (many of them were working at the event) for a another great night out paid for by the Parish Council.
Tony Jarrow
NB. Three photos supplied by Mel Stanley.
Following the church floor refurbishment, it seemed fitting to refurbish the well worn seat in the ringing tower.
The seat was kindly upholstered by Hollygate Upholstery, Curtains & Blinds Ltd. at Ranch House, Bingham, NG13 8GF.
All done with the help of Sandra, Jim and Colin.
Here, Lesley, one of the Wednesday morning ringers, finds the seat very much to her liking.
Also, the church clock had it's long overdue service this week.
It was carried out with the help of Nick and John from the Upton Horological group. The clock's autowind, electricals and Bell chime were also brought up to scratch by Colin Bryan.
Tony Jarrow
Thanks to Colin Bryan.
It was the annual 10k Stilton Stumble last Sunday.
In the years before Covid, almost every Run seemed to take place in pouring rain, but since then it has enjoyed lovely sunny weather.
It was a little cooler this year but most runners will have welcomed that – most had a big smile on their face as they passed by.
There were 361 finishers (184 male, 177 female) and they ranged from teenagers to over 80 years of age.
Here are a few pictures of them. You can see all at:
Tony Jarrow
Thanks to Mel Stanley for the photographs.
The Cropwell Bishop Entertainment Committee would like to know what sort of events you would like to see being held at The Old School.
Please would you take 5 minutes of your time to complete the survey by clicking on this link: Entertainment Survey.
Thank You
Today was the Celebration of St Giles Re-Purposing project service. The churchyard look great in its Autumn colours.
Mel Stanley
The 'Big Clear' of the St Giles churchyard took place yesterday and, as the photos here show, volunteers were putting their back into the jobs.
Other volunteers spent time last week planting in the Jubilee garden.
Thanks to Mel Stanley for the photos.
Thanks to Derek Tabron for this lovely photo that he took in the Village.
It was the "Growers and Gardeners" AGM this evening.
In no time at all, the official business was duly completed and all the committee members were unanimously re-elected.
Then it was on to the main event for the evening, a talk and slide show by Mike Davey.
Mike is a highly-qualified, and experienced scientist who, for many years worked for Nottingham University at its Sutton Bonington Campus.
For around 8 years, up to Covid-19, we had a Village Show in Cropwell Bishop and Mike was our judge for all the exhibits that had been grown.
It was during those years that Mike worked alongside the Show Committee each September to endeavour that all went off smoothly – and it always did.
Judy Thomas was a member of the committee and Mike maintained contact with Judy during the years of her illness which took her life earlier this month.
Mike put into writing his memories of Judy and has given me permission to repeat them below:
As a fellow gardener, I first met Judy when the newly formed Cropwell Bishop Gardening Club invited me to talk at one of their meetings and shortly later when your members visited our garden in Ruddington for afternoon tea.
Judy and others invited me to give subsequent talks to your gardening club. I always enjoyed the way Judy chaired the meetings in her organised and friendly way, encouraging everyone to take part to improve their gardening interests.
It was always a pleasure judging at your Horticultural and Village Shows and to discuss with Judy and colleagues the entries. Judy’s baskets of vegetables were always delightful; they reflected her artistic skills and her attention to detail.
She led by example and was full of encouragement for everyone, especially children, as she recognised them as our future gardeners.
I especially enjoyed seeing her wild-life cottage garden with its wonderful display of insect-friendly flowers.
I last met Judy when she visited our garden again during the summer of 2022 with members from Cropwell Butler and Cropwell Bishop.
In a quiet moment we talked about health problems; Judy emphasised the need to keep pressing ahead, to initiate new projects and to keep as active as possible even during very demanding times.
Clearly, a lady of immense courage and determination. Everyone will miss Judy so much, but I know we will retain fond memories of the time we spent together.
It was a great privilege to have had the opportunity to know her.
Thank you Mike for your kind words.
Back to this evening. Mike could have happily talked about plants, but he has a wide range of interests and is forever involved in village projects in his own village of Ruddington.
This evening he shared his passion for country walks in this area of South Notts that we all live in. With numerous slides and an informative commentary, we were treated to a tour of off-road routes and sites that I, or one, never knew existed – and all within half-an-hour of Cropwell Bishop.
Here are a few pictures captured from the show.
Tony Jarrow
