FREE COLLECTIONS RETURN

Free Community Household Waste Collection return to Erewash this month following their previous success with residents. The first collection will be on Saturday 25th June, with collections scheduled across the borough up until Saturday 25th March 2023. All collections take place between 8am and 11:30am with council staff on hand to assist residents. Residents can dispose of small bulky waste items free of charge at locations across the borough, with the first two collection points at Recreation Ground Car Park, Doncaster Avenue, Sandiacre. and West Park Recycling Centre, Wilsthorpe Road, Long Eaton

Over the course of the service there will be collections in Kirk Hallam, West Hallam, Long Eaton, Little Eaton, Sawley, Borrowash, Breadsall, Ilkeston, Stanley Village, Sandiacre, Petersham,Risley, and Draycott. The collections are for small bulky household waste items, including small items of furniture, carpets, textiles and bagged soil. Small household electrical waste is also accepted such as kettles, irons and toasters. Councillor Garry Hickton, Erewash Borough Council’s Lead Member for Refuse and Recycling, says:

“Erewash Borough Council is delighted to offer this brilliant service once again. It has been popular with residents in previous years thanks to the variety of collection point locations and the convenient Saturday morning time slot. We hope that the service proves just as helpful over the rest of this year and the beginning of 2023.”

For full details on dates, locations and accepted waste items visit erewash.gov.uk/wastecollections

CROWNING GLORY

Erewash Museum will celebrate this jubilee year with a 1950s family fun day this week – a salute to the decade of the Queen’s coronation. The fabulous fifties party is on Saturday 25 June from 11am to 3pm, giving visitors the chance to rock ‘n’ roll the day away. There will be live music throughout the day with vintage entertainer Johnny Victory singing 50s tunes and local band, Cranberry Flick, performing a mixture of jazz, blues and rock ‘n’ roll. There will also be a chance to learn how to dance to the rhythm with jive demonstrations, while some classic cars from the decade will be parked outside the museum. Councillor Carol Hart, Leader of Erewash Borough Council, says:

“It was the decade of the jive, some fabulous fashions and the music definitely rocked. So we hope people of all ages will join us at our award winning museum and enjoy the music, activities and celebration of the decade that saw our Queen crowned.”

Erewash Museum is just a short stroll from Ilkeston Market Place. Admission is free. Contact 0115 907 1141, email museum@erewash.gov.uk  or visit facebook.com/erewashmuseum for more information. 

UFO

Residents in Long Eaton reported seeing a 'UFO' hovering in the sky on Thursday evening on June 9th. The UFO was caught on camera by Bill Pearce a Long Eaton resident. The footage which lasted 5 minutes shows an object hovering with flashing red and green lights. The sighting came around the same time as planes were said to have been unable to land at East Midlands airport.

Local aviation enthusiasts reporting that multiple planes had been prevented from landing at the nearby airport. Airport security believes that the object might have been a drone launched from the Download Festival, the UK's largest rock festival, which started on Friday.

SAWLEY PARISH CHURCH JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

Pauline Smart organized the Jubilee event on Sunday 5th June. Long Eaton Silver Prize Band, the church choir and the local residents enjoyed an evening of music and hymns. Sawley Youth Club who had designed the front cover of the program were in attendance and gave out the programmes. The Mayor and Mayoress of Erewash Cllr John Sewell BEM and Maggie Throup the Erewash MP were in attendance.

STEAMPUNK EXRAVAGANZA

The show-stopping Steampunk Extravaganza returns to the award winning Erewash Museum this weekend. The  event will see non-stop steampunk activities and performances on Saturday 11th June, from 10am to 4pm in celebration of Steampunk – a  subgenre of science fiction inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery. The popular event is free to attend and delivered by ‘Steampunks Always Welcome in

Lincoln’, in collaboration with Erewash Museum. 

 Everyone is welcome to explore the steampunk markets or try their luck in a charity raffle as well as a tea duelling competition in which participants can dunk a biscuit in a cuppa and see who can take a bite without it breaking. There will also be several shows throughout the day, with the Black Pig Border Morris group showcasing a traditional Morris dance and musical performance. There will be a demonstration from Fire breather St. John Le Fox, Lincoln ‘skiffle’ band Daisy Roots will play some toe-tapping tunes, and the event will be rounded off with the mystical T & V magic show. Councillor Carol Hart, Leader of Erewash Borough Council, says:

 “The steampunk community stretches far and wide – I’m thrilled for both local enthusiasts and those travelling to Erewash to see the wonderful event the Museum has plannedIt is set to be a wonderful day for both people already invested in steampunk and those completely new to the genre”

 Erewash Museum is just a short walk from Ilkeston’s Market Square. Admission is free. Contact 0115 907 1141, email museum@erewash.gov.uk  or visit the Facebook page facebook .com/erewashmuseum.