THE FRIENDSHIP HUB

The Friendship Hub has grown out of 884 Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association, It is associated with Mental Health First Aid England and is still run by the original 7 volunteers from RAFA Erewash Branch. It is a not for profit organisation and provides a comfortable community centred meeting place where a wide range of activities can be enjoyed. Just a drink and cake, a day out at a place of interest within easy reach on a lift assisted wheelchair friendly coach.

We are open to all the community and serving and ex-serving persons from all forms of military service. Membership is £12 a year and this entitles a member to come to all events and activities. Apart from regular activities we have coach trips out, event days, beetle drives with fish and chips. Notice is taken of what our members would like to do and we endeavour to please members. We are ideal for you to make new friends and meet up with old ones.

Just pop in for a coffee or tea for only £1. Open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10.30 – 3.30. For more information ring 07933 236 227

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 You can read the latest edition of the Website Extra, Issue 318 June 30th 2022, by clicking on 318 in the box top right.

SUMMER SOUNDS

Top hits by tribute acts covering Gary Barlow and Michael Buble along with sing-a-long classics from Elvis ‘The King’ Presley will be helping get the party started when the popular Summer Sounds returns next month.

The family-friendly event takes place on Sunday 24th July and will celebrate its 12th year. It is expected to draw a big crowd again in the scenic setting of Victoria Park, Ilkeston. A Soul and Motown show is also lined up, while there will be activities for children running alongside the music. The afternoon is free and does not require booking. The Mayor of Erewash, Councillor John Sewell, and Mayoress Mrs Rose Sewell, will officially open the event at 3pm before the entertainment gets underway at 3.10pm and will close with the Elvis tribute between 6pm and 7pm. Councillor Carol Hart, Leader of Erewash Borough Council, says:

“I am so pleased to see the return of our Summer Sounds event. It is a fabulous afternoon for families and a wonderful opportunity for the community to get together in in the lovely setting of our Green Flag park. I have no doubt everyone who attends will have a wonderful time.”

The programme is as follows:

3:10 – 4:10pm           Soul and Motown show from Alan Becks
4:10 – 4:30pm          Trevvy Sings
4:30 – 5:30pm          Garry Barlow from Dean Barrett and Michael Buble from Ben Murphy
5:30 – 6:00pm         Trevvy Sings
6:00 – 7:00pm         Elvis Tribute by Adam Richard Carter

LANCASTER FLY PAST

The Lancaster Bomber from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is to fly over Erewash at around 2.30pm on July 2nd. Terry Hall, the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer for the Derbyshire Submariners, had requested the plane fly over the annual Stanley Village Gala in memory of the crew of W5795 - a Wellington Bomber which crashed locally, killing all of its crew on 12th July 1942.

CAMPAIGN TO SAVE TICKET OFFICE

Cllr Alan Chewings, Chair of Sawley Parish Council is backing a campaign which has been launched to stop the closure of Long Eaton train station ticket office. Campaigners say passengers will be put at risk with no staff on hand to deal with emergencies and that passengers with mobility issues would find it difficult to access the platforms if the lifts were not operating. Cllr Chewings said: “We were promised a better rail service locally, now we are seeing services cut and there is a threat to close our ticket office.”

The Department for Transport say that the number of passengers using ticket offices over the last nine years has dropped from 34% to 12% which is only one ticket in eight. East Midlands Railway say there are no plans to close the ticket office at Long Eaton.