District Councillor Surgery
District Councillor Denise Depledge will be holding her council surgeries on the first Saturday of the month from 9:00am to 10:00am in the Village Hall. The next surgery will take place on Saturday 5th March. If you have any outstanding issues or require guidance or advice then please call in and see your councillor.
Parish Council
The next meeting of the Parish Council is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 9th March at the usual time of 7:00pm in the Village Hall.
Parish Councillor Vacancies
The Parish Council have a number of vacancies and would like to co-opt new councillors as soon as possible. If you are interested in joining the Council and serving your community, then please contact the Clerk to the Council for further information.
The Parish Council normally meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm in the Village Hall.
You can discover more about the Parish Council on the Sutton website here, and more topical information may be available on the Parish Council Facebook page here.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Meeting
The Parish Council has organised a second meeting to look for further volunteers to help organise a weekend of celebrations in aid of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations between the 2nd and 5th June 2022. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 10th March 2022 at 7:00pm in Sutton Village Hall.
St Bartholomew’s Church
On Sunday 27th February (Sunday next before Lent) “Songs of Praise” was held at the local church at the usual time of 9:30am. The officiant on this occasion was Lay Reader Joan Herrington, assisted by church wardens Janet Webb and Dylan Boddy. The service itself was one of hymns, prayers and readings.
The service on Sunday 6th March is a “Family Service”. Please come along and bring the family. Everybody welcome.
Parish Lunches
The popular Parish lunches are hopefully being reinstated, and the church is inviting residents to join them and their peers in a communal lunch at the Gate Inn. The date of the proposed lunch is scheduled for Friday 11th March. For further details of the event or to book a place, please contact Janet Webb or Joan Herrington in the village.
Community Litter Pick
As part of Bassetlaw District Council’s Spring Clean 2022 event, the Parish Council are organizing a Community Litter Pick to take place on Saturday 26th March 2022 from 10:00am. Gloves, litter pickers, high visibility vests and rubbish bags will be provided. Following the litter pick, Bassetlaw District Council will collect all the bagged rubbish. Anyone wishing to take part in this event should register their interest by calling (01777) 854 410 and leaving their name and contact details. Everyone who joins in will receive complimentary refreshments in the Village Hall at the end of the event.
If you want to help make your local area a nicer place to live and visit, then why not do your bit by joining in.
Gardening Club
Sutton and Barnby Moor Gardening Club held their AGM on Tuesday 1st March at Barnby Moor village hall at 7:30pm. A report will follow next week.
Village Hall News
Live and Local Performance
On Friday 22nd April 2022 the hall will be hosting its first Live and Local performance, Forget Me Not – The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit. This is a one-man murder mystery with a poignant twist. The show creator and performer, Rob Gee, has achieved the rare feat of combining serious and potentially upsetting subject-matter and remarkable comedy into a respectful, considerate, entertaining piece of theatre.
Tickets will be £13.50 each in advance.
Visit the Village Hall website for more details.
Funhouse Comedy Club
Following on from the successful Funhouse Comedy Club event last October, compère Spikey Mike will return on Friday 20th May 2022 to introduce a further 3 comedians.
Tickets will be £20.00 each in advance and include pie and peas.
Tickets for all events can be reserved by calling (01777) 854 392 and leaving your contact details (please note this is an answerphone service only).
Visit the Village Hall website for more details.
More About …
District Councillor
Your District Councillor for Sutton Ward is Darrell Pulk. Please see here for contact information.
Gardening Club
You can discover more about the Gardening Club on the Sutton website here.
Meet the Neighbours
You can discover more about the Neighbours group on the Sutton website here.
Visit the Village Hall website for more details.
Mobile Library
The mobile library van normally visits the village on a monthly basis on Mondays.
You can discover more about the Mobile Library service on the Sutton website here
Nottinghamshire County Councillor
Your Nottinghamshire County Councillor for Sutton is Tracey Taylor. Please see here for contact information.
Police
You can discover more about the Police on the Sutton website here.
Post Office
The Post Office will operate in the Village Hall on Wednesdays from 10:00am to 12:30pm.
Please call in and support this much needed facility operating for the benefit of all.
St Bartholomew’s Church
You can discover more about the church on the Sutton website here, and more current information may be available on the church Facebook page here.
Sutton Art Group
You can discover more about the Sutton Art Group on the Sutton website here.
Sutton Parish Council
The Parish Council normally meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm in the Village Hall, but please see the Village Hall calendar for confirmation.
You can discover more about the Parish Council on the Sutton website here, and more topical information may be available on the Parish Council Facebook page here.
Sutton Spotlight
The Sutton Spotlight is funded by Sutton cum Lound Parish Council and is produced and delivered by volunteers.
You can discover more about the Sutton Spotlight on the Sutton website here.
The W.I.
You can discover more about the W.I. on the Sutton website here.
Village Hall
You can discover more about the Village Hall on the Sutton website here.
See a full description of the hall and all its activities on the Village Hall website here.
Want something publicising?
Don’t forget, if you have any event or item of interest for the village, just email it to webmaster@suttoncumlound.net and our resident website monitor will do his best to accommodate you. All posts go out to our increasing list of email update subscribers as soon as they’re published.
We also have the Sutton Spotlight, which goes out to every house in the village on a quarterly (ish) basis. Space is sometimes limited, so try to get your entry in early.
We’re also lucky to have a village Journalist who collates news and updates for the Retford Times on a weekly basis. Get your copy in on Monday morning for the Thursday issue.
All our website updates are also sent down the village Twitter feed, @SuttonCumLound. So, follow us there for these and other items in and around our area.
The Parish Council has a Facebook presence for all things of a council nature. Contact the Clerk if you want anything on this feed.