Jul
13
The Borrowash Methodist Church has celebrated 220 years of involvement in village life. On June 7th 2015, a service at the Nottingham Road church marked the occasion and an anniversary cake was cut by Brian and Jean Moore.
Jul
12
2014 was a landmark year in the life of the nation because it marked the centenary of the outbreak of World War One. For June Martin, long-standing resident of the Priorway estate in Borrowash it bore an added personal significance because on 3rd of June, 2014, she reached the age of 80. Her children, Jeff, Janet and Nicola orchestrated the celebrations, beginning with afternoon tea at Hollies Farm and culminating in a memorable Sunday lunch in the Gun Room at Breadsall Priory restaurant:
Jul
4
‘ Unexamined Lives’ is delighted to announce that we have been awarded ‘second tranche’ funding from The Heritage Lottery Fund having satisfied their requirements.
We are particularly pleased to note that the range and variety of the project was commended as was the quality and accessibility of the website and the clarity and precision of the accountancy provided by our Treasurer, Peter Ball.
Jul
1
My parents saved family photographs. Images of holidays, weddings and christenings were pasted into albums and stored in a drawer of the lounge sideboard where they lay undisturbed, year on year.
The more significant ones (my graduation, my mother’s retirement presentation) made it out of the drawer and onto the top of the sideboard. The top of the piano was reserved for just one item; a framed black and white photograph.
