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Flower Festival
Our Flower Festival this year at St George’s Church, Ticknall, will have the theme of World War 2. On May 3, 4, the festival will be open from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Homemade cakes and drinks will be on sale. On 5th May, the opening hours will be between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm,…
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The Orton & Spooner Story
Labour of Love: The Orton & Spooner Story. These days, there are not that many companies in the fairground game that manufacture rides and shows—and those that do are not exactly household names. But one company is just as famous now as it was in its heyday, in the first half of the last c…
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Milton Open Gardens 2025
The hamlet of Milton looks forward to welcoming visitors to the Open Gardens event on Sunday June 1st between 1pm and 5pm. A diverse range of gardens will be open to view, from small courtyards to very large gardens, traditional and modern, flowers, veg, ponds…… something for everyone. T […]
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Out of Control
‘Totally out of control” would be a perfectly reasonable description of The Dower House garden in Melbourne this coming May when, on 17th and 18th May, the garden is next open for the National Garden Scheme. ‘No mow May’ will be in its stride in parts of the garden; the leafy growth of spr […]
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The Salvation Army
Danny Wells will speak at the TPHS April meeting at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, 29 April 2025. Catherine Booth was fortified with the spirit and convictions of early 19th-century rural Methodism in the Midlands. Having met a kindred spirit in William Booth of Nottingham, they were to take their p […]
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Locality
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Walking
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Village Hall
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Local History
Amazing facts and stories from way back in Ticknall time.
Nanny Hawkins, baptised 16 October 1767 at East Grinstead Sussex. Born to Charles Hawkins 1729-1789 and his wife Ann nee…