Category: Tollerton

The last thing Tollerton needs is a general convenience store. How tone-deaf must the people behind this venture be, to consider a shop selling items including tobacco and alcohol opposite the pub which we, the village own, would be well-received? It’s not needed and, I’d hazard a guess, is not wanted. The village post office…

Everyone who lives in the village knew Lou, ‘father’ to terriers for years, but best known as husband, father, carer, teller of bad jokes, owner of lightning wit. Lou was as much a part of Tollerton as the pinfold (though Lou was only 88 years old when he suddenly and unexpectedly died). His funeral on…

I’m new to this so excuse any mistakes I make. It’s ten to 6 on Saturday morning and I’ve been sitting outside with my first cup of tea of the day; watching a pair of hares boxing, watching a small family of deer grazing their way across the field, listening to the birds morning chorus…

In the area to visit friends and I see the notice by the side of the junction of Tollerton Lane and Cotgrave Lane. Tollerton Lane will be closed (between that junction and Medina Drive) for 2 months. Buckle up folks who use Tollerton Lane as a cut through, you’re in for a lot of queues!

I just want to state a few facts. These are incontrovertible and unarguable facts. Anyone who argues against these things is a dangerous, deluded person who is in desperate need of education. PFAS were extensively used on the southern end of the former RAF Tollerton. They were an ingredient in fire-retardant foams on a portion…

We see the floods of rainwater wash off the southern end of the airfield into the gutters, the drains, the brooks and, in turn, into the River Trent. We know that PFAS can’t be filtered out of the water supply by the treatment works. We know that PFAS don’t go away; they don’t break down,…

We have removed the post about water analysis at Bassingfield until those findings are made public.

Like a lot of Tollerton residents, this morning I received an email from Rushcliffe Borough Council about the proposed development of 200 new homes off Burnside Avenue. This was possibly the most ridiculous proposal RBC has ever received and, rightly, they rejected the planning application. But the grounds for refusal are interesting. Amongst the reasons…

Since I moved to Newark, my main sources of Tollerton news are the village magazine (which my daughter posts up to me), and my half-dozen Tollerton Ladies Circle friends who still live in the village and ring me up for a chat now and then. I miss them, I miss the Wednesday afternoon drop-in, cup-of-tea…

This article in the Guardian newspaper details a scientific study which has found 42 PFAS compounds in the umbilical cords of newborns. We know the southern end of Tollerton Airfield was a regular location for fire training. We also know the fire fighting chemicals were loaded with PFAS contaminants. The water run-off from the airfield…