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Post Office opening hours

The Post Office will now open on Saturdays 11-1 instead of Fridays. Opening hours are:- Tuesday 1pm – 3:30pm Saturday 11am – 1pm

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Wymeswold Wildlife

Wymeswold is home to a wonderful selection of wildlife!  Take a look at our new Biodiversity and Wildlife section, with thanks to Lorraine Ellison.

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Village Project Fund Grant Application

Wymeswold Village Project Fund (the organising committee behind the annual Duck Races) makes small grants available to local clubs, associations, societies, community projects and charities. These grants are as a result of the profits realised on the betting races, bar and games. Grants will be awarded up to a value of £300. Applications are invited […]

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Wymeswold Parish Council Annual Report

Annual Parish Report 2021-2022  

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WHO News June 2022

View the latest updates from the Wolds Historical Organisation here, including Wymeswold Mothers’ Union teapot, Wymeswold School Class of 67, and Wysall Lane windmills enigma.

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Wymeswold Cricket Club Fixtures

Wymeswold Cricket Club SNCL, U13 and U15 Fixtures  – 2022 Season Click Here

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Centrebus 8 Loughborough – Melton

Centrebus has advised that regrettably they are having to reduce the Saturday service of the 8 to a 2-hourly service due to a driver shortage, a situation which is currently impacting bus operators on a national scale. Current Covid-19 registration rules introduced by the Traffic Commissioner at the start of the pandemic, allows operators to […]

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Wanted: Speedwatch Volunteers!

Vehicles are increasingly driving above the speed limit through the village, endangering children and adults, pedestrians, cyclists and other road users.  I have been asked again by the County Team to run the Wymeswold Community Speedwatch. Being invited to participate is a privilege for the village and took determination and enthusiasm to establish. This follows on from […]

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Come and Join Us – Wymeswold Cricket Club

Wymeswold Cricket Club is on the lookout for new players to join us for the 2022 season. We field two Saturday sides in the South Notts Cricket League and we’re looking for a few new faces to ensure the sustainability of both sides. Don’t worry if you’re not quite up Ben Stokes or Joe Root […]

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Your Church Roof Needs You!

The roof of St Mary’s Church needs a lot of repair. Dry rot has been found in the roof and we urgently need to raise £60,000 to fix it, so that our church remains part of our village community. St Mary’s is using up its reserves, we have some funds from fundraising from previous years […]

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Allotments available in Wymeswold! – December 2017

Fancy having a go at growing your own fruit and veg next year? Wymeswold Parochial Charities has four allotment plots available for 2018: one on the London Lane site and three off the East Road.

The rents are very reasonable (typically between £12 and £22 a year, depending on the size of the plot).

If you are interested please contact Jo Collington (Clerk of the Charities) on jocollington@icloud.com or phone 01509 880538.

Transcript of Lily Brown’s First World War diary – November 2017

Those of you who have read Discovering the Wolds may well have been intrigued by the selection of entries from a diary kept by Lily Brown between 1916 and 1918.  Thanks to Patricia Baker the whole diary has now been transcribed and is available as a PDF from the WHO’s web site (www.hoap.co.uk/who).  Do try to read this diary before or around Christmas as the description of her family’s celebrations is one of the more detailed accounts.

New WHO Book out – September 2017

The new book from the Wolds Historical Organisation, called Discovering the Wolds, is now available.

Copies have been supplied to G G Granville’s in Wymeswold and the petrol station in Burton.  There are also copies available from Joan in Burton (phone 880055) and Bob in Wymeswold (bobtrubs@indigogroup.co.uk) or 881342.  It costs £9.95.

For more information see the WHO’s web page.

 

Wymeswold Village Project Fund Community Grants 2017

The Wymeswold Waddle and Duck Races were held on Sunday 14th May and with great weather it was a superb community event for all.

The Duck Race committee raised around £1000 from the betting races, BBQ and games while the various local non-commercial organisations ran their own attractions and retained their profits.

Wymeswold Village Project Fund (the organising committee behind the annual Duck Races) is again making grants available to local clubs, associations, societies, community projects and charities. These grants are as a result of the profits realised on the betting races, BBQ and games.

Applications are invited from properly-constituted community and voluntary groups for activities not conducted for profit. Grants should be towards a new initiative or project (rather than general running costs) and there should be an identifiable benefit to people residing in the parish of Wymeswold.

The organisation or project must be based in the Parish of Wymeswold or carry out activities (other than fund-raising) within the Parish.

Further details of the criteria for grant applications and an application form can be obtained from Wilma O’Leary (Secretary of the Wymeswold Village Project Fund / Duck Races) at wilma.oleary@googlemail.com. Details and the application form can also be downloaded below.

Completed application forms should be forwarded to the Secretary (at 1 Marys Close, Wymeswold) by 31st October 2017, including details of the purpose of the grant requested and how such a grant would benefit the members of the organisation or the greater community.

Details of the awards will be posted on the Parish Noticeboard, the Christian Link and on www.wymeswold.com  later in the year.

Duck Race Grants Application Form as document

Duck Race Grants Application Form as PDF