What's On at Sneinton Market - This weekend!

Not only does Nottingham now have social eating, but we have Social Shopping too! At the Nott's Nosh event last week people came together from Sneinton, St Ann’s and all over town to celebrate local food.

We don’t have enough space here to really do justice to the day but checkout this link for a guy that does http://mutherbored.com/post/nottsnosh-at-sneintonmarket-roaring-success. Thanks to Phil ‘dm’Campbell for his fantastic write up, to Shona, Penney and everyone involved with Nott's Nosh to say nothing of the digging, weeding, peeling and baking involved with bringing us such lovely food.

To quote Phil again, ‘If we could just maintain the energy and culture of our connectedness that worked for the people and brought them together like that I’m sure we could do that at least every fortnight or monthly’. Yes, it costs money to make events like that happen, but we know that Sneinton Market will only be completely sustainable when you can come down every week and know you will find cheese, bread, meat, cakes and even cleaning stuff. We’re not quite there yet; this week we have people on holiday – small producers that need a break- but that’s the aim, and we’re growing organically!

Our special offer this week – free stalls for new food producers to maintain the momentum from last week.
On the market on Saturday we can confirm Beccy’s Global Kitchen (vegetarian), Bake Off and Pie, Cakes by Maine, and Joyce Killowe, local organic grower of veg, fruit, herbs and flowers as well as our traditional fruit and veg, cleaning stuff, Avon by Penny, clothing; It’s only Tuesday, so the list will grow.

Don't forget, the 10th August will be the Crafty Cats, the 17th Nottingham Fixers, and the return of the Rummage Lounge! Lots of ideas and stuff to sort through.

Our website is changing, so in the meantime, find us on Facebook for up to date info.

 

Each Saturday & Monday, the market is 8am-1pm

Specials:
Every 2nd Saturday         Crafty Cats                9am - 2pm
Every 4th Saturday           Nott’s Nosh Market    9am - 2pm
Stalls £15. We put the stalls up for you! Introductory offer £10.
Getting about and parking: 
At Aberdeen Street Car Park, parking is free for the first hour and just £1 for the 2 hours after that.
You can park all day in the old Market Buildings Car Park for £4.
Parking meters are available on Bath Street
The market place is accessible, and disabled parking bays are available on Bath Street opposite the market.
Buses that pass close to the market are: 43, 44, 39, 24, 25, 27, 100
If you would like to promote your community activity on the market,
or for more information, call us on 07793389323

Written by the Sneinton Market Marketing Team

Traffic calming measures – just cosmetic fun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The triangular brick traffic calming measures along the new sections of Dennett Close Road & Blake Close where originally set in place nicely and their levels were adequate to prevent cars travelling at speed along these new roads. However, once the tarmac surfaces were put in place, these calming features became ill-effective because their levels became the same as the surrounding road surface. Therefore they are just cosmetic and provide no useful purpose.

I brought this important point to the attention of Andrew Gregory, Head of Development Management and Regeneration at Nottingham City Council.

In response Mr Gregory said: “Your letter outlines concerns you have about the safety of the road proposed as part of Asra’s development [in Limmen Gardens]. These stem from concerns you have regarding the new roads that has been constructed on Blake Close/Dennett Close. I have spoken to our Highways team and have been informed that the road has been constructed in accordance with the approved design and has been through a full technical approval process, including 2 Road Safety Audits to date, the findings from which helped inform the final approved design. The height and format of the features is for a visual and textural contrast, but due to the number and spacing of driveways these had to be kept low to not prohibit access or manoeuvres into/out of drives.

“The proposed access road to be constructed on in Limmen Gardens will be of a similar design to previous phases, but of course takes the form of a cull de sac arrangement, and therefore the amount of traffic using it will be limited. This new road will have a raised build out at its entrance to reduce its width, however as with previous phases any further feature within the road layout will need to be kept low to allow residents to enter and exit their drives.”

In my opinion these so called traffic calming measures provide no useful purpose whatsoever and will remain ill-effective. It is a shame because the Stonebridge Park scheme has proved very popular with all the new residents who have moved onto the Stonebridge Park Estate in recent months, and their children are at risk of injury from fast moving vehicles.

By Richard Pearson

Time Shift: Chase Neighbourhood Centre 2008

Report by Alan Lodge 22 October

On visiting this afternoon, we asked staff about the rumours that we had heard about closure. It turns out it had been an intense week at the Chase Neighbourhood Centre in St.Anns.

Much of the good works being conducted there are drawing to a close. Over 30 redundancies, notified at very short notice. Some paid positions and many volunteers. It is uncertain how this came to be, but we hope to provide a little more in-depth reporting of the background to this situation shortly. In the meantime however, suffice to say that urgent help is asked for and needed. It is an iconic building, there in the centre of the community at Robin Hood Chase.

One of the first projects down was the Youth Inclusion Project. An inspiration to those challenged by education, lack of employment opportunities and lack of self-esteem.

Awat Aziz from St.Ann's said: "I joined the YIP in 2003 and learned how to make cloths, which lead to a voluntary job at Urban Fashion  http://www.urbanfashionhouse.co.uk. "I'm running my own business now making tee-shirts. Before I went to the YIP I didn't know anything about fashion, but now I am able to make my own clothes. I also learned computing".

Some went on from the advantages that such projects give them, to become a mentor to help and inspire other youngsters. It is obvious when this happens that the whole community can only benefit. It is apparent the projects like YIP are so important in engaging with young people when they have more limited educational opportunities and if they have been excluded.

In addition to youth projects, it is the whole community who are about to suffer with this loss. Mother and baby groups, social groups where people can gather and share their experience, isolation for many is about to get more extreme. There is / was a large computing suite, this being so useful to get folks more skilled and hence employable. It seems such community provision has been so much more effective than anything the job centre had been able to offer to the unemployed.

In an area of deprivation, it was great to see efforts of so many people to engage and assist each other in life in general. A sense of community, ownership and sharing of problems and assets obviously follows from such a space.

I am sure that the lack of funding and support being offered to such community enterprises is very short-sighted and will inevitably result alienation, increased health costs, social exclusions in many forms and in increased policing costs. Thus in due time, you can expect demand for increasing funding from those authorities to cope with the fallout.

© Nottingham Indymedia

Celebrate Remembrance Sunday at The Westminster Pub

In St Ann’s The Westminster Pub is the place to be on Sunday 11th November who are hosting their own Remembrance Celebrations from 2pm onward.

During World War I (1914 – 1918) St Ann’s Churches recorded that 923 soldiers died in battle.

St Ann's church 387
St Catherin's 64
St Emmanuel 123
St Bartholomew's 154
St Marks 95
St Luke 100

Poster Designed by Pete Loft

Photo update: The Robin Hood Chase

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These photographs were all taken in October 2012 and show the commercial units which form part of Zone 3 of the Robin Hood Chase Master Plan 2011.

The Chase Laundrette (Closed), Chase Fish Bar, St Ann’s Post office, a clothes shop, The Pink Elephant Store, The Co-op and St Ann’s Library (Closed). The Co-op store has now announced it is to close on 17th November 2012.

None of the shopkeepers in this block have been consulted by Nottingham City Council since July 2011.

Zone 3 is set aside for Residential use – The development is seeking to establish the principle of developing the northern part of the site for between 12-18 family houses. No layout plans have been submitted for this zone. Access to these new social houses would be by Aster Road vie Hunger hill Road.

The night sky: November 2012

With the dark nights now upon on us, the starry sky remains dominated by the Great Square of Pegasus & the nearby constellation of Andromeda. Look out for M31 (Mag +3.4) the great galaxy in Andromeda which is easily visible in a pair of 10 x 50 binoculars, as is M33 (Mag + 5.7) in the star pattern of Triangulum.

Also, the Milky Way is at its best arching high over-head from east to west with its numerous star clusters & nebulae, while the Winter constellations are rising in the east: Orion (The Hunter), Gemini (The twins), Taurus (The bull) and Aurigae (The Charioteer). This means that the beautiful star cluster of the Pleiades M45, (The seven sisters) is reasonably high up in the eastern sky, which is always a lovely sight in binoculars.

Look out for the ‘W’ of the constellation Cassiopeia high over-head, which lies in a dense part of the Milky Way; and the Plough asterism (Ursa Major) lying almost on its back close to the northern horizon.

The brilliant planet Venus is visible in the south-eastern sky before dawn 2 ½ hours before sunrise, and lies in the constellation of Virgo. It remains a brilliant morning star throughout November shining at magnitude -3.9. By the end of November Venus rises around 2 hours before the sun, and remains a splendid sight. On the morning of November 27^th the ringed planet Saturn will be only 0.6 degrees north of Venus as it reappears in the dawn sky.

The giant planet Jupiter lies in the constellation of Taurus (The bull), and is visible throughout the night in the south-eastern sky just after sunset. Jupiter looks like a bright yellow ‘star’ of magnitude -2.8. Binoculars will show the planet’s four major moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede & Callisto, as they move around the planet in their daily journey. A telescope will begin to show the planet’s horizontal cloud belts

SKY DIARY 

Nov 01th 08:41 - Hyades 3.7°S of The Moon
Nov 02th 01:05 - Jupiter 1.4°N of The Moon
Nov 06th 19:38 Last Quarter of Moon
Nov 11th 19:55 - Spica 1.4°N of The Moon
Nov 12th 20:47 (universal time) - Saturn 5.0°N of The Moon
Nov 13th 17:08 (local time) New Moon

Nov 13th 17:11 Eclipse of Sun
Invisible from current location
Eclipse type: Total, Central
Eclipse begins
Nov 13 19:37(UT) 04°28'S 150°11'E
Greatest eclipse
Nov 13 22:29(UT) 39°57'S 198°42'E
Eclipse ends
Nov 14 00:45(UT) 22°12'S 262°28'E

 

 

Nov 14th 10:18 - Mercury 0.2°S of The Moon
Nov 16th 09:42 - Mars 3.2°S of The Moon
Nov 16th 23:18 - Pluto 0.4°N of The Moon

Nov 17th 11:49 Mercury at inferior conjunction
Nov 20th 09:31 First Quarter of Moon
Nov 21st Brilliant Venus is in line with Saturn & Mercury in the southeast at dawn
Nov 27th 05:12 - Saturn 0.6°N of Venus
Nov 27th 17:24 - Pleiades 5.0°N of The Moon
Nov 27th Brilliant Venus lies below the fainter planet Saturn low in the east at dawn 

Nov 17th Meteor shower Leonids
Parent body Comet Temple-Tuttle
Radiant at maximum: RA 10h 12m, Dec +21°
Meridian passage 01:33, altitude 59°
Active dates Nov 14 - Nov 21
Average zenith hourly rate at maximum 20+
Moon illumination 11%
Moonrise 05:20, Moonset 13:49(local time)

Nov 28th 09:34 Eclipse of the Moon
Eclipse type: Penumbral
Middle of eclipse: Nov 28 09:34

Nov 28th 09:46 Full Moon
The Moon rises in the east around sunset and is the smallest of 2012. It is called the  “Beaver moon,”  which according to North American weather folklore, is the first full moon which occurs in November. The moon may also be called the Frost moon or the Frosty moon.

By Richard Pearson

Stonebridge Park Halloween party is ‘a great success’

The Blue Bell Hill Community centre ‘rocked’ on Friday evening when they held their annual Halloween Party. Children from all over the estate, and St Ann’s, joined in the fun by dressing up as their favourite spooky character. The evening was seen to be a big success …showing that the ‘community spirit’ was very much alive in our neighbourhood.

Update: Nottingham Energy Partnerships

Join us at the Broadway cinema Friday 26th October from 6pm

 

We are heading down to Nottingham's art house cinema to celebrate the release of our 'Greener Living Solid Wall Insulation' trailer...It will air before every film (including the highly anticipated Skyfall, Mr Bond's latest offering) for a whole week capturing the interest of thousands of cinema goers.
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Environmental impact of all UK care homes calculated

NEP has produced a ground-breaking report revealing the full carbon emissions of residential care homes in the UK.
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November 23rd - last chance to book in for FREE loft and cavity wall insulation

URGENT: the race is on to get your FREE* loft and cavity wall insulation before it is too late.
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It'll be a Super Warm Winter for Bulwell Hall residents

in September Bulwell Hall Estate became Nottingham's second Super Warm Zone. NEP is working with project funders Eon and partners Nottingham City Homes to deliver free home energy makeovers to the estate's 600 cold and drafty homes.
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New Recruits and away day

This Autumn we are very happy to welcome Jade Blair, Mai Nguyen and Mark Cureton to the NEP team.
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The new Robin Hood Chase

This is the proposed master plan for the Robin Hood Chase as published autumn 2011.

Zone 1: Joint Service Centre (4250 square meters gross) and associated 60 space car park.

Zone 2a: At present this area is occupied by the closed St Ann’s Health centre, car park area and retail units with maisonettes above the shops.

This will become a mixed use retail and commercial area with associated parking. The development is seeking to establish the principle of 835 square meters of retail space, a 400 square meter restaurant space, and 475 square meter office. This retail/commercial zone would be located in the south west corner of the site adjacent to The Robin Hood Chase green corridor. No layout plans have been submitted for this zone.

Zone 2b: The retained Chase Neighbourhood Centre and new parking area in the central area of the site.

Zone 3: Residential use – The development is seeking to establish the principle of developing the northern part of the site for between 12-18 family houses. No layout plans have been submitted for this zone. Access to these new social houses would be by Aster Road vie Hunger hill Road.

Video update: The Robin Hood Chase

This is the first in a serious of videos following the regeneration of the Robin Hood Chase shopping precinct in St Ann’s, which begins with an aerial view of Locksley house, health centre and the lower two commercial units.

Following an extensive slum clearance program of old St Ann’s beginning in 1973 the modern day estate was built in 11 phases by George Wimpey's, and the Robin Hood Chase was completed in 1975. It consists of Locksley House at the bottom of the Chase in the south eastern corner, the Well Spring Health Centre opposite, the Chase public house (since demolished), and the four shop units adjacent what is today Livingstone Street.

This video shows Locksley House, along with  Zone 2A ; the health centre and the first block of shops with the maisonettes along the upper level. Part of  Zone 2B  is also shown which will become a ‘community area’ and car park with 42 spaces (3 for disabled).

The unit which was formerly the St Ann’s Housing Office once belonged to the Nat West bank. In the latter half of the 1980s there was a very daring and well planned bank robbery in which £1m was stolen. Despite extensive Police enquiries the culprits have never been caught.

The inhabitants of Locksley House are now being re-housed and the block will be demolished early in 2013, and the residents in the maisonettes above the shops will be moving out from this December to allow the blocks to be demolished next summer.

By Richard Pearson

Halloween activities at Stonebridge City Farm

Stonebridge City Farm
Stonebridge Road, Nottingham NG3 2FR
Telephone 0115 950 5113
Email info@stonebridgecityfarm.com

Visit the Stonebridge farm website by clicking on the poster.

In September there was the patter of tiny trotters when the two female pigs gave birth to lots of piglets.

Admission is FREE so do go along and see them & the rest of the animals. Its a fine day out for all the family.

 

This poster was made by the Stonebridge Park Supporters group, I think its an amazing piece of artwork.

Richard P.