Tag: fame

Telly Fame For Our Framework Knitters!

Graham Wright

Ruddington will feature on national television again this week – after a well known presenter and her camera crew secretly dropped in on one of our village’s heritage attractions earlier in the year. It was at the start of February that BBC1‘s Bargain Hunt came to Nottinghamshire, where host Natasha Raskin Sharp and experts Ben Cooper and Izzie Balmer brought the two teams antique hunting. During the morning of Friday February 4th Natasha visited Ruddington’s Framework Knitters’ Museum on Chapel Street to discover how a 16th-century curate revolutionised the world of knitting –…

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‘Ruddington Rose’ Recruited for Rock City!

Graham Wright

A well known village vocalist is hitting ‘the big time’ this month when she takes to the main stage of an internationally renowned music venue. Joanne Mather, well known for her appearances in Ruddington with husband James Mather in their duo Lady Rose, is to sing for world famous American act Post Modern Juke Box. They discovered her after the band’s creator, Scott Bradlee, saw a video of Joanne covering ‘All About The Bass’ in their classic swing style. They invited her to perform with them on ‘The Grand Reopening Tour’ –…

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A Ruddy Fine Gin for Jacob?

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Gin made here in Ruddington may soon be stocked in bars and restaurants across Parliament if our local MP gets her way. Please see the update below!* Ruth Edwards, who is also the co-chair of the ‘All Party Parliamentary Group for Geographically Protected Foods’, raised the issue in a letter to the House of Commons Commission – which is responsible for overseeing its day-to-day running. She pitched for British food and drink to be put at the heart of our democratic institutions, and she wants the change to start with Ruddy Fine…

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The King’s Cat Calendar

Graham Wright

Just when you thought Ruddington’s famous feline couldn’t achieve any more notoriety, Wilbur the Cat now has his very own calendar! It’s certainly been a busy year for Wilbur – starting over the summer when some of The King of Ruddington‘s subjects decided to throw him a Tenth Birthday Party! Although it seems our nomadic and nonchalant village pussycat has been largely oblivious to his global fame throughout (not even showing up for his own birthday bash in July) this hasn’t stopped thousands of Wilbur worshippers, here and around the world, celebrating…

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