News: NN Spring Clean 2008
Nailsworth's Environment needs you....read on to find out how you can help in the NN Spring clean on the 5th April. Help out and your community may win £250
READ: NN Spring Clean 2008 More News in Nailsworth
Sports: Sport 'n' Stuff
Find out more about football, rowing, junior cricket, the equine black lady and more...
READ: Sport 'n' Stuff More Sports in Nailsworth
Sports: Playtime In Nailsworth
Sporting activities in and around Nailsworth
READ: Playtime In Nailsworth More Sports in Nailsworth
News: Geocaching
Find out about the latest Country Craze - Geocaching...
Will you be hooked?
READ: Geocaching More News in Nailsworth
Columns & Features: The Mayor's Tale
Norman Kay, Nailsworth's mayor, looks back at the at the last month.
Includes news about post office closure, our youth worker and a possible green agenda for Nailsworth.
READ: The Mayor's Tale More Columns & Features in Nailsworth
News: Nailsworth Festival - The Silver Jubilee
The Nailsworth festival is 25 years old next month!
This article looks into the past of the wonderful event...
READ: Nailsworth Festival - The Silver Jubilee More News in Nailsworth
The Editor writes
It was in 1966 that The Times decided to stop using its front page for classified advertisements and to print news there instead. Most people had by now, two years into Harold Wilson’s Labour government, resigned themselves to the old order changing and yielding place to new, but that didn’t stop the diehards from protesting vehemently. Just so with abolishing the Clock Tower from the front page of this paper. As expected, we have had complaints, but neither of them was from a Nailsworth resident.
The bird that now graces our masthead is the Dipper (not a robin, as one of the complainants claimed). This delightful creature’s natural habitat is by swift flowing streams in hilly areas – just like Nailsworth folk’s. Stand on the fine new footbridge by the bus station in a quiet moment, and we are assured that you will soon catch sight of one with his characteristic white throat and chestnut-coloured belly dipping for titbits near and under the water.
The dipper has been a constant – if shy – feature of the front page for many years. We have now chosen to give him the prominence he deserves. Who says our emblem should be an artefact?NB
Contact the Editor
Joyce Affleck, 832619
or Barley Hill, Watledge, Nailsworth, GL6 0AS
or c/o And Clothes, 4, Market Street, Nailsworth
For other Nailsworth News contacts, visit the 'Contact & Feedback' section and click on 'Editorial Information'