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Come and meet us at these informal gatherings at The White Lion 🙂 BDCC Coffee Mornings Poster all dates

We will be based at Bartons all weekend, here is the full schedule of attractions across the area: final HOD booklet 2018 Beeston Town Hall also opens to the public this Friday: Town Hall HOD Poster Friday. There is also a Heritage walk on the 16th September: Heritage walk 16 Sep Poster JIM

Jeanie Barton led this project for us and much was achieved over the festival weekend 16-17 June; the action has continued with artists returning to complete their pieces plus more artists starting subsequently.  We raised around £3000 through sponsorship and a crowdfund in order to make it all happen and the flurry of activity garnered … Continue reading Beeston Street Art

We are proud to be supporting the community/facebook group Beeston Street Art Festival this year.  We have set up a Crowdfund page to help cover the costs of visiting artists who want to create attractions around our town.  Do please give what you can - the FREE event begins at our coffee morning on National … Continue reading Beeston Street Art Festival 16-17 June 2018

There will be three heritage walks over the summer: 28 June 2018: Attenborough Park on Long Lane and walk to the church. Assemble in the churchyard at 6.30. Approximately 2 hours. This evening walk is one of the events commemorating the centenary of the explosion at the Chilwell at the Chilwell Shell Filling Factory (now … Continue reading Heritage Walks 2018

DISCUSSION, FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER 2017, IN REFURBISHED BEESTON LIBRARY The 45 minute reports and discussion chaired by Stan Heptinstall took place immediately after the Beeston and District Civic Society AGM 2017.  The Society undertook to report progress at the AGM when we met for the ‘Vision for Beeston’ event on Friday 7 April 2017 in … Continue reading LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: A VISION FOR BEESTON UPDATE by Peter Robinson

We have been petitioning to save this 1936 Art Deco building from proposed total or partial demolition.  Please sign to protest the council via this link. Our Chair Judy Sleath is presenting the petition to council on January 31 and we want as many people to be there as possible - meet 6.45pm at the … Continue reading Save Beeston Town Hall from Demolition

I have to report that the Tour to Chetwynd Barracks as part of Heritage Open Day Weekend is now fully booked. Eileen Atherton