Tag: Journalism

Tributes to a Ruddington Legend

Barbara Breakwell

Ruddington has recently lost a stalwart of our community with the death of Lorna McCullough. In November 1991 Lorna and her friend Joy Murray launched the first edition of ‘The Rudd’. It was to be an “informative vehicle that kept villagers updated on events, happenings, gossip, etc.”  It was produced fortnightly and cost 20p an issue. She edited it for 17 years until publication ceased in November 2008. In response to public requests, Ruddington Parish Council launched the ‘Village Newsletter’ in January 2010. Despite its new name, many villagers still referred to…

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U3A March Meeting & Journalist Speaker

The guest speaker at this month’s meeting of Ruddington and District U3A is Andy Smart.  Join the retired local newspaper journalist and radio broadcaster as he shares stories about his career from The Nottingham Post to Radio Trent at the monthly Monday meetings, run by our local U3A – University of the Third Age. The group is for “retired and semi-retired people to make new friends, keep active and learn together. Of course it’s not a university in the usual sense. It’s a university of life” says the Ruddington and District U3A. The Ruddington &…

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