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Another Minister on the Move!

Graham Wright

After less than three years in the post, the minister of Ruddington Methodist Church has revealed she’s being moved almost 300 miles to another circuit in Cornwall! Reverend Nichola Jones arrived in Ruddington during the first ‘lockdown’ in September 2020 – to replace Revd Simon Rose as our Methodist Minister – and did expect to be here for the long term. “It was a bit of a shock to be told by the Methodist Church that they needed me elsewhere!” she admits. “We serve ‘under obedience’ and the Church is…

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Goodbye Sam…

Graham Wright

One of Ruddington’s best known community figures has revealed he’ll soon be off to pastures new. In July 2014, at the age of just 22, Sam Hackett become the youngest ordained Baptist Minister in England and Wales. He was inducted as the Minister of Ruddington Baptist Church on September 13th 2014. Now, almost nine years later, Sam has decided it’s time for a fresh challenge. “It’s with a mixture of sadness, joy and excitement that I announce that I will be leaving Ruddington Baptist Church this summer to take on…

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Black Cat’s New Owner

Graham Wright

Not to be confused with Ruddington’s most famous feline, the legendary Wilbur (who mostly pretends to have no owner at all! – Ed), this Cat is the popular Café which sits at the corner of High Street and Parkyns Street. It may seem as if Julie Smith has been here forever, since she’s so quickly become a major player in our village community.  In fact, it’s only four years since she took over the Mathew’s Café and Deli business and rebranded it as The Black Cat Café. When RUDDINGTON.info spoke to…

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Gary’s Long Goodbye

Graham Wright

The man who has been Clerk to Ruddington Parish Council for the past five and a half years is retiring this month. Since March, Gary Long been working alongside his successor Claire Dorans, as she settles into her new role at St Peter’s Rooms. Gary says: “So, it’s time to retire. And, yes, I am looking forward to it! Being a clerk at a parish council like Ruddington is one of the most varied jobs you can have. I was warned by my predecessor that it ranged from drafting budgets to picking up dog poo; I have, so far,…

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