The Gedling Club have moved 7 points clear in the Lowdham & District Village Men’s Darts League with a 5 – 1 win away against their nearest rivals, The Gleaners from Calverton.
Calverton Working Men’s Club draw against the Cross Keys, Epperstone was enough to move them into second place, on leg difference. The battle for second place is currently a very tight affair with four teams sitting within two points of each other.
The Gedling team continue to dominate the league while also having the five highest finishes of the league.
The Knock Out Cup Semi Final is on Wednesday February 8
Old Ship v Rodney @ Nags Head
Gleaners v Gedling Club @ Green Dragon
Finals & Presentation Night is on Friday March 24 @ CWMC
Five of the eight teams are based on the borough so if you want to get involved or know more, you can visit the league Facebook page here .
You can’t walk around Arnold town centre for long without seeing the name ‘Richard Bonington’ popping up somewhere.
He has a school, theatre and even a popular social club named after him – but what do we really know about the man who lent his name to so much in Arnold?
So, who was Richard Bonington?
Richard Parkes Bonington was born in the town of Arnold on October 25, 1802.
He was the only child of Richard Bonington and Eleanor Parks.
Bonington was reputed to have been skilled at drawing from a young age and to have loved acting. Very little is known about his schooling.
In 1817 the Boningtons emigrated to France and set up a lace manufactory in Calais as a result of the social unrest affecting business following the introduction of the factory system into the Nottingham lace and hosiery industries. The family moved to Paris the following year.
Landscape near Quilleboeuf, c. 1824–1825. (Courtesy of Yale Center for British Art)PICTURED: The Bonington theatre and Arnold Leisure centre named after the famous Arnold-born painter (PHOTO: Gedling Eye)
Bonington learned the art of watercolor painting from Louis Francia, a native of Calais, who had worked for sixteen years in England; he studied at the studio of Baron Gros at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, from 1819 to 1822, where he was taught precision drawing and developed a taste for coastal scenes.
In 1821 Bonington made an extended tour of Normandy in the company of a fellow student, Alexandre-Marie Colin, and exhibited his watercolors in Paris.
Bonington toured Belgium in 1823 and spent much of 1824 at Dunkirk, exhibiting his first oils that year.
Bonington traveled in Italy for eleven weeks in 1826 with Baron Rivet, a wealthy patron, spending a month in Venice where he worked with feverish energy. The rest of his short life was taken up with handling a mounting pressure of work, much it commissioned, in the face of increasing weakness caused by tuberculosis.
Bonington made visits to London to see his dealers in 1827 and 1828, exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts in both years and first showing his courtly history subjects there and and at the Salon in 1828.
In late 1828 his tuberculosis worsened and his parents sent him back to London for treatment. Bonington died of the illness on September 231828 at 29 Tottenham Street in London, aged just 25. He was buried in the graveyard of St James’s Chapel Pentonville and in 1837 his remains were transferred to Kensal Green Cemetery in West London to be re-interred with his parents.
His legacy lives on…
A statue to him was erected outside the Nottingham School of Art by Watson Fothergill, and a theatre and primary school in Arnold are named after him. In addition, the house in which he was born (79 High Street, Arnold) is now named ‘Bonington House’ and is Grade II listed.
Delacroix paid tribute to Bonington’s talent was referenced in a letter written by French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix in 1861. He wrote “No one has possessed that lightness of touch which, especially in watercolours, makes [Bonington’s] works a type of diamond which flatters and ravishes the eye, independently of any subject and any imitation.”
Richard Parkes Bonington – a proper Gedling borough legend
Iceland has been named the UK supermarket with the fastest rising prices.
The frozen food chain, which has stores in Arnold and on Carlton Hill, has increased prices by 10.1% increase since January 2022, new research shows.
According to data from Trolley.co.uk’s Grocery Price Index, Morrisons was close behind at 8%.
While Asda, Co-op and Sainsbury’s saw prices hiked by 6.5% since this time last year, Aldi saw a rise of 6%, with 5% for leading retailer Tesco.
Online-only supermarket Ocado rose its prices the least, with a 4.7% difference.
This comes as the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching a supermarket pricing review as part of an ongoing programme of work to help shoppers spot the best value for their money.
This willinvestigate confusing unit pricing practices both online and instore across the UK grocery sector. Unit pricing helps shoppers compare how much a particular product costs by the cost per unit (for example per 100g or 100ml), which helps them identify the best deals.
Last week, Kantar’s latest data revealed that grocery price inflation hit a record 16.7% in the four weeks to 22 January 2023, the highest level since is started tracking the figure in 2008.
As a result, as much as £788 has been added to the average annual shopping bill.
New data from the British Retail Consortium and NielsenIQ also found that food inflation reached the highest rate in the food category on record in January 2023 to 13.8%, up from 13.3% in December.
Commenting on the figure, BRC chief executive, Helen Dickinson OBE said “prices are yet to peak” as “retailers still face ongoing headwinds from rising energy bills and labour shortages.”
Do you think you’ve captured a Gedling borough moment in a photograph that other readers would like to see? If so then send it in to be featured on our Gedling Eye readers’ gallery.
Supply your name and a brief description of where and when the photograph was taken, or perhaps a funny caption.
We only feature photos taken locally in the borough.
The deadline is Friday at 5pm and photos will be published on the website on Saturday morning.
As we continue to feel the pinch from the cost of living crisis, it’s no wonder many of us are thinking twice about where we do our big shop (that’s still what we call it!) in Gedling borough.
The cheapest supermarket has been revealed after research by consumer champion Which?.
The cheapest? No surprise – It’s Aldi, of course! The German discount supermarket has been named as the UK’s cheapest for the eighth month in a row.
Lidl was just over £2 more expensive than AldiA weekly shop at Morrisons was nearly £15 more expensive than Aldi
This latest announcement is based on Which’s January research, which compared the prices for the same basket of items across the UK’s major supermarkets.
Which? found that, at a total of £82.03, Aldi was around £13 cheaper than Sainsbury’s and Asda, which sat in the middle at just over £95 each, and nearly £12 cheaper than Tesco, which cost £93.80.
Lidl was a close runner-up, though, costing only £2.04 than Aldi – so if Lidl is closer, don’t bother getting into your car to travel to Aldi.
Julie Ashfield, managing director of buying at Aldi, said: “We know just how important it is for families up and down the nation to find ways to cut costs anyway they can, and at Aldi we are dedicated to keeping prices low and quality high across all our products.
“The latest findings from Which? show that customers can save themselves over £25 on just one basket by choosing Aldi – that’s not just pocket change.
“The fact that Which? have found Aldi to be cheapest for eight months in a row is a testament to our commitment to our shoppers.”
Gedling Eye contacted The Lambley owners Star Pubs and Bars who told us ‘they hadn’t been informed that the pub was closing’.
PICTURED: The Lambley pub on Main StreetPICTURED: The Beacon Hill on Burton Road in Carlton
When first contacted they said: “The Lambley was leased to an independent operator to run as their own business.
“We are keen for it to reopen as quickly as possible.”
The chain has now provided Gedling Eye with a new update, confirming they want to get the pub trading again.
A spokesperson for Star Pubs & Bars says: “There is interest in taking on The Lambley from a number of parties because it is a great pub in a great location.
“Until an agreement with one of them is finalised we can’t provide further information.”
The firm also provided an update on the Beacon Hill on Burton Road in Carlton.
The pub is still trading but without a permanent management team in place – but this could be changing soon.
“The Beacon Hill at Carlton is open and trading with a temporary publican,” a spokesman for the pub chain said.
“We should have a new operator in place by the end of February. We’ll be able to confirm all the details and their plans for the pub once the recruitment process is finalised.”
“Once the plans are definite, we’ll be happy to share more details.”
Lidl is offering shoppers at their Gedling borough stores the chance to win £10,000 by buying fruit and vegetables.
The German discount supermarket has stores in Arnold and Netherfield .
Customers must complete a digital Fruit and Veg stamp card via the Lidl Plus app to be in for a chance of winning the huge cash prize.
Every £5 spent on fresh fruit & veg at the discount supermarket until March 1 earns one stamp, with four stamps needed to complete a card. Each completed card offers customers one entry into the prize draw.
There are up to 100,000 fruit and veg coupons to be won as well as the big cash prize, but customers could also choose to pay it forward and translate their coupon into a £1 donation to Lidl’s Community redistribution partner Neighbourly.
Customers are able to enter the Prize Draw multiple times.
The promotion applies only to fresh fruit & veg, including prepared fresh, with no stamps earned for buying frozen or tinned produce.
The news comes as Lidl is set to make a £4 billion investment into the British food industry this year to support suppliers across the country.
Additionally, the discount retailer announced last year that it will be supporting its suppliers by selling stunted fruit and vegetables in a bid to reduce food waste.
Pensioners in Netherfield have had their ageing bathrooms converted into wet rooms by Gedling Borough Council so they can live independently at home for longer.
15 properties in the town were identified as meeting the criteria to have their standard bathrooms converted into accessible wet rooms.
Standard baths will be removed so that walk-in shower spaces can be created. It can allow elderly people to live in their own homes for longer and potentially delay the need to move into supported accommodation or NHS care.
Councillor Jenny Hollingsworth, left, with resident Robert Watling (and Sandy the dog) in a newly converted wet room,
The council worked in partnership with local housing providers, Longhurst Group, to identify properties where there was a need for adaptations.
The scheme has been entirely funded by the Better Care Fund, a programme launched in 2015 to join up the NHS, social care and housing services so that older people, and those with complex needs, can manage their own health and wellbeing and live independently in their communities for as long as possible.
PICTURED: Before, above, and after, below, photos of a wet room conversion
The cost of the scheme totalled £105,000 but it is estimated that each adaptation could save up to £73,000 per person when compared to the cost of a resident having to move into residential care or the cost to the NHS where help is needed following a fall.
The scheme was designed to improve the facilities for both existing and future residents, and as well as having wet rooms installed, properties have had additional safety improvements such as new sinks, rails and seats fitted.
The council is now looking at ways to build on the success of the scheme and will consider other areas and housing providers in the borough which could benefit from the innovative use of the council’s Better Care Fund allocation.
Resident Yvonne Lee said; “I’m absolutely delighted with this new shower and wet room, it’s much better suited for me than my previous setup, especially after I fell in the bath and had to call for help last year.
This new wet room is an absolute life saver, it’s helped me to be able to look after myself again and given me back my confidence after my fall.
I’m incredibly grateful for the work that’s been done under this scheme, it’s made such a difference for me.”
Netherfield resident Robert Watling said: “All the teams involved in this did a fantastic job, everyone was so polite, on time, friendly, tidy; you couldn’t ask for a better group.
I’m so happy with the work they’ve done, I had an accident with the old bath here and this new wet room has helped me get back my independence.
My only complaint was there was too much choice for tiles and floors, there were so many options! It’s a fantastic scheme and I’d highly recommend it to anyone who’s eligible for future projects like this.”
Joe Taylor from Longhurst Group said: “This was an amazing and life changing project, enabled through collaborative working and aligned thinking, all with the goal of improving the lives of our mutual customers.
What an outcome and achievement to deliver these adaptations in such a timescale, to such a standard, thank you to Gedling Borough Council for enabling this project and thank you to my colleagues in the independent living team, planned works team and at Lindum for their huge and sustained effort over the course of the project.”
Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Growth and Economy, Councillor Jenny Hollingsworth said;
“This is a fantastic scheme and something which is going to make a real difference to the lives of our residents.
A priority for the council is to improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities for our residents, and that’s exactly what this scheme is about.
This campaign not only means residents can benefit from new, safer and accessible facilities right now, but they can also benefit from the long term impact, helping to improve their quality of life and live independently.
I’d like to thank our officers and partners involved in organising this scheme and for securing the finding to help improve the lives of our residents.”
Many of our readers will have known Chris Woodward who passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 7 following a short illness.
Mr Woodward, who lived until he was 92, was a much loved member of the Netherfield Community and many will remember him from the famous ‘Woodies’ sign on Victoria Road that directed customers to his premises to the rear of the now vacant TSB bank in the town.
Woodies store sold everything from birdseed to picture frames when it was open every Thursday to Saturday without fail and his passing is a loss to a community that he was firmly at the heart of.
Chris operated his business for over 50 years and his original sign that was self made started to deteriorate over time. It was then that the Facebook group ‘Spotted by Netherfield’ donated a new one to the shop owner back in 2021.
Pictured: Notice on Woodie’s Gate (Picture by Gedling Eye)
Chris was married to Peggy and locals will be happy to know that she is doing well during a difficult time for her and the family, as per a sign posted on the now closed Woodies.
Sadly ‘Woodies’ will not be re-opened.
Chris’s funeral will be held at 4.00pm on Wednesday February 15 at Gedling Crematorium, Catfoot Lane, Lambley, NG4 4QH.
People in Gedling borough are being urged to be extra vigilant amid a spate of reports that fraudsters are impersonating police officers.
The crime, known as ‘Courier Fraud’, has seen elderly victims hand over thousands of pounds in cash after being told they must cooperate with an undercover police investigation into their bank.
Fraudsters posing as cops have told the victims their bank has been issuing fake bank notes – and that as a customer they are required to withdraw bank notes and hand them to a courier, so that the notes can be checked by police.
PICTURE: Deposit Photos
They are told they will be reimbursed but in reality the person who collects the cash is a fraudster who then disappears with the money.
During a two-week period in January, Nottinghamshire Police received 34 reports of courier fraud attempts, with six people losing a combined £72,900.
The heaviest loss was one couple in their 80s who were coerced into handing over £24,000. The couple were initially contacted by a man claiming to be from BT, who claimed he was calling due to an overdue payment. When the couple advised they had paid the bill, they were put through to another person, who claimed he was a detective sergeant – and the scam went on from there.
Nottinghamshire Police’s fraud protect team is now helping the victims submit reimbursement claims as they seek to recover their losses.
Following the spike in reports, officers are urging people to pass on the information about bogus callers to relatives, friends and neighbours who may be at risk to such scams.
Dale Richardson, fraud protect officer for Nottinghamshire Police, said: “We really need the public to be on their guard against this scam.
“If you know anyone who might be susceptible to this type of fraud, please let them know that no police officer or legitimate bank/building society will ever phone you to ask you to give them your bank details, your PIN, or hand over cash to a courier.”
In Nottinghamshire, targeted residents have been contacted by a cold caller purporting to be a police officer.
In many of the reported cases, the bogus cop told the person a bank card in their name had been found in the possession of a relative, who had been arrested.
They also told the person counterfeit money was found on the relative, which had led to suspicions the person’s bank was issuing counterfeit notes.
Victims were then persuaded to withdraw cash from their bank so that a ‘police officer’ could come to their address and collect it, as part of a supposed police investigation.
To verify what they were being told was true, victims were advised to hang up and ring 191. However, that number is also not genuine and has led to victims speaking to another fraudster who is part of the scam.
Detective Inspector Ashley Xavier said Nottinghamshire Police is doing everything possible to trace those involved in the scam.
She said: “I want to reassure the public that these cases are being investigated and we are providing safeguarding support and helping victims submit claims to recover their losses.
“We don’t want anyone to suffer the emotional effects of a major financial loss and so I urge the public to get in touch with friends and family to warn them of this scam.
“These fraudsters can be very elaborate, very convincing and cruel. If you think someone is trying to scam you, hang up and tell someone straight away.”
Here are some tell-tale signs of courier fraud:
Courier fraud usually starts with an unsolicited telephone call to the victim.
Typically the suspect will pose as a bank official, police officer or a computer or utility engineer.
Courier fraudsters will usually request the victim purchases high value items such as a Rolex watch and gold bullion, withdraws cash or provides a bank card for collection from a courier.
Fraudsters will instruct victims not tell any family or friends about what they are doing.
When carrying out courier fraud, criminals will request the victim hangs up the phone to ring their bank for confirmation while keeping the line open. The suspect then purports to be a bank official and provides false confirmation.
Fraudsters will also make arrangements for a courier to meet the victim to collect the item they have purchased.
A number of services exist to help combat nuisance calls, including the trueCall system which lets calls from friends and family straight through, but which asks unrecognised callers to identify themselves, and blocks unwelcome callers. Anyone interested in obtaining a trueCall system should call Nottinghamshire Police on 101 and ask to speak to Dale Richardson.
