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Youngsters help
decorate old police station
Nottinghamshire Police would like to thank Rushcliffe Positive Futures for their work within the Brilliant Bingham project. Local youngsters showed off their talent during the hot weather and spray painted the hoardings around the old police station in Grantham Road, Bingham. We invited the seven young artists to come up with a concept that could be used to decorate the hoarding. The group did some researched on Bingham and learnt about the growth of the community, before linking in with Rushcliffe Borough Council who informed them of the “Brilliant Bingham” project. They then worked with James, a local artist, who helped them come up with some concepts. The painting then took them two days to complete. Neighbourhood Inspector Craig Berry said: “The artwork is fantastic; the young people have done a great job and they should be proud of themselves. I’m so glad that we had the space to be able to incorporate their artistic visions to help make Bingham look brilliant.” Mark Clifford, Community Projects Manager – Positive Futures said: “It was great to see the young people engaged in the project, it was tough at times due to the heat but they persevered and the finish speaks for itself. “It was also great to see so many members of the public taking an interest in what they were doing either when passing by or on social media and the vast majority have stated that it has improved the boarding. Bingham is Brilliant!” “It’s fabulous to see these young people getting involved in the local community and the artwork they have created is brilliant.” said Cllr Debbie Mason, Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Community and Leisure at Rushcliffe Borough Council.
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Sun shines a light on Nottinghamshire’s past
Nottinghamshire County Council’s Heritage team is appealing to people taking to the skies to share aerial images of local landscapes to shine a light on the area’s past. The combination of dry weather and ripening crops has meant that buried features, such as wall foundations and ditches, show up in fields as cropmarks. Cropmarks and parchmarks form best when there is a long spell of dry weather, while buried features, such as walls or ditches, create different conditions for the plants growing above them.
Crops growing over a buried wall will have less soil, so will grow shorter and ripen more quickly. Crops growing over buried ditches will have deeper and wetter soil, allowing them to grow taller and ripen more slowly. The result is lines and dots of different colours within a field which are best seen from the air. Locally, the conditions have meant the former house at Clumber Park has shown up as parchmarks in the grass. The outline is so clear that it can be matched to old plans of the building and for a brief moment visitors can imagine themselves walking around
the long-destroyed house. At Rufford Abbey similar parchmarks have revealed not only foundations of the grand house, but of the Medieval abbey it was built upon. Councillor John Cottee, Chairman of Communities and Place Committee at Nottinghamshire County Council, said: “The last time there were conditions like this was 1976 and it took the archaeological community over a decade to sift through and study all the new sites that were discovered. The current conditions mean we have the same opportunity to expand our knowledge.
“We want to appeal to anyone who spends time up in the skies during this hot spell to consider taking a camera with them and share any images with us. Similarly, if you have drone footage and think you might have spotted something unusual, please let us know – although, remember there are specific regulations about what you can do with a drone. “The more we know about the archaeology and heritage of the county, the better placed we are to help to research, interpret and protect it. And you might be the first person to see an archaeological site for centuries!” The County Council holds a database of archaeology, called the Historic Environment Record, and any new sites will be added to that database. If you have photos of cropmarks you would like us to take a look at please get in touch with us at heritage@nottscc. gov.uk