Councillors John McGrath & Sue Paterson

28/05/2026

22/05/2026

Can you find all 8 Pencil Heroes? 🤔

The Stapleford Pencil Trail is now live!

Pick up your map from Stapleford Library, explore the high street and uncover the town’s fascinating pencil-making past through the QR codes at each stop.

Find out more at www.broxtowe.gov.uk/pencilworkstrail

22/05/2026

🌟Volunteer Open Day 🌟

We are now less than 2 weeks away from our upcoming Volunteer Open Day! 😁

Join us to celebrate the amazing work our dedicated volunteers do. You can also come along to find out more on how you can get involved. Everyone is welcome! 🌟

🗓 Wednesday 3rd June
🕛 11 AM - 1PM
📌 The Helpful Bureau, 145-147 Derby Road, Stapleford, NG9 7AS

We look forward to seeing everyone on what will be a fantastic day! 😄

21/05/2026

Working lunch talking all things Stapleford, sorting dates for surgeries and CAT meetings at Stapleford Community Pavilion

Sophie decided to nap on the job though… I may have to review her position as Admin Assistant.

20/05/2026

⚠️ Urgent warning for parents from Nottinghamshire Trading Standards ⚠️

❌ Please do not microwave squishy toys!

A dangerous social media trend is urging children to put silicone squishy toys in the microwave, to make them softer and more pliable. Please don’t let them do it.

‼️ The toys get dangerously hot inside, even though they remain cool on the outside. If squeezed they can explode, spraying boiling gel and leading to severe burns, hospital admissions, and lasting scars.

🗣️ Please talk to children about these risks and share this message to keep others safe.

19/05/2026

🏡The right to housing is a fundamental right. And yet, a shortage of social housing, inflated house prices and rising rent levels have undermined this right for many people in the UK.

Join us on Saturday, 30 May from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m in the Plessey Centre, Beeston Rylands for our first HOUSING WORKSHOP

📣 Hear from our local Broxtowe Alliance Cllr Vanessa Smith about the forward thinking social housing policies of Broxtowe.

🤝Engage with social scientist Isabelle Coldicott and her critical reflections about what more could be done.

🗣️Discuss with activists from ACORN Nottingham the plight of renters and how we can improve the situation on the rental market.

This is a workshop about developing progressive ideas of how to handle the increasingly pressing housing crisis in the UK today & what can be done.

All are welcome! Spread the word!

16/05/2026

Lovely to see so many people out and about in Stapleford today.

It was great to attend the community day at St Helen’s Church, which was a real hive of activity, followed by a felting class at Cliff Hill Community Centre, hosted by sarah Camplin.

Our town always has something to offer, and it’s wonderful to see so many local groups and residents coming together.

15/05/2026

We remember these names & our industrial history👇

* Elijah Bradley Kimberley (48) - 27-03-1868: Fall of stone

* Anthony Wilson (27) - 24-03-1871: Fall of roof

* Nathaniel Bower (45) - 27-01-1874: Shotfiring accident

* George Amedro (19) - 13-01-1875: Fall of coal

* Abel Martin (15) Edward Morley (33), William Lindsey (19), - 26-06-1876: Fall of coal

* Walter Gubbins (22) - 03-07-1876: Fall of coal

* William Bostock (14) - 00-05-1877: Knocked over by a pony

* William Pilkington (51) - 30-09-1879: Fall of roof

* Job Millership (21) - 19-12-1879: Fall of coal

* Joseph Mellors (37) - 09-10-1884: Fall of roof

Joseph Balf (25) - 20-06-1886

* Joseph Barnes (26) - 21-06-1886: Hit by coal falling down the shaft

* Lewis Calladine (69) - 17-02-1890: Crushed by tubs

* Thomas Lowe (55) - 07-05-1891: Injured elbow, died of Erysipelas

* Albert Enderby (21) - 06-07-1891: Run over by wagons on the surface

* Joseph Clifton (14) - 01-03-1895: Crushed by tubs

* Albert Scott (19) - 06-05-1895: Run over by tubs

* Enos Fretwell (41) - 23-05-1896: Fall of roof

* Walter Fawcett (20) - 21-08-1900: Fall of roof

* Michael Gallagher (67) - 15-02-1901: Crushed by wagons on the surface

* Henry Henson (32) - 02-03-1904: Pulled into winding wheel

* William Henry Bonnington (16) - 21-05-1907: Crushed by tubs

* William Harry Thompson (22) - 28-12-1907: Crushed by wagons on the surface

* Charles William Thompson (25) - 24-12-1908: Electrocuted on the surface

* Ernest William Archbold (33) - 05-02-1910: Fell from a locomotive on the surface

* Edwin Spoulton (31) and Edward Gladstone Clarke (32) - 15-08-1913: Electrocuted by a coal cutter

* Edward Smith (39) - 21-05-1915: Run over by tubs

* Samuel Rowley (62) - 19-01-1917: Fall of roof

* Albert Cherry (25) - 18-08-1915: Fall of roof

Arthur Grainger (50) - 20-02-1917

* Horace Beresford (17) - 22-05-1917: Run over by tubs

* Arthur Mottram (32) - 06-01-1922: Caught in a coal cutter

* George F Mills (61) - 24-12-1921: Hand injury on surface, died of Septicaemia

* Thomas Hollingsworth (33) - 13-11-1922: Fall of roof

* Arthur Granger (50) - 10-02-1923: Electrocuted by a coal cutter

* Harold Greensmith (14) - 21-09-1923: Fall in a roadway

* Arthur Hill (22) - 29-07-1924: Fall of coal

* James William Dobbs (37) - 01-07-1924: Fall of roof

* Charles William Hemsley (38) - 10-11-1924: Injured falling onto a rail

Sam Martin (37) 11-01-1925 -Fall of roof

William knighton (19) 24-04-1925 Fall of coal

Edward Whitehouse (14) 01-05-1925 Run over by Tubs

Reuben Rockley Hemsley ( 14) 24-04-1926 Fall of roof

Micheal Milligan (39) 01-11-1929 Crushed by wagons

George William Robinson (54) 04-11-1930 Fall of roof

Thomas Bible (66) 06-11-1930 Crushed by derailment

Thomas Bradley (49) 19-12-1930 Crushed by a derailment

John Francis (35) 11-11-1931 Run over by wagons

Herbert Harwood (49) 18-01-1933

William Meakin (46) 21-03-1933 Fall of roof

John Thomas Parnham (46) 29-05-1939 Run over by tubs

John Hopkins (48) 12-01-1940 Run over by locomotive

Sidney John Wilcockson (35) 12. Run over by locomotive

Cyril Cook (44) 12-05-1941 Fall of roof

Ernest Ball (54) 30-06-1941

Albert Clay (15) 09-02-1943 Crushed by the cage

William Rooth (50) 18-10-1943 Caught in a conveyor

William Anthony (48) 22-10-1943 Fall in a roadway

Albert Lowe (55) 22-10-1943 Crushed by Tubs

James Graney (52) 25-08-1946 Caught in machinery

Albert Padley (50) 25-08-1946 Crushed by tubs

Arthur Rowley (56) 19-04-1952 Crushed by tubs

Ernest Smithurst (30) 14-08-1952 Fall of roof

Frank Bentley (39) 07-01-1952 Run over by wagons

Mark Russell (58) 27-05-1957 Hit by concrete strut

Raymond Teagle (30) 07-07-1959 Fall of roof

Cyril Martin (35) 08-08-1960 Fall of roof

Harry Rowland (29) 01-01-1960

Boleslaw Paszek (36) 22-08-1961 Fall of roof

Thomas McDaid (31) 01-09-1965 Crushed by powered support

Newell Wardle (58) 11-10-1966 Crushed by tubs

Allen Draper (48) 12-03-1967 Caught in armored conveyor

Thomas Sloman (63) 16-06-1967 Hit by machinery

Frank O Dowd (61) 1978 Hit by machinery

This week we unveiled the plaque to remember the 76 miners who lost their lives at Moorgreen Colliery between 1868–1951

Moorgreen was a significant pit in the Eastwood area, with 25 pits operating within 3 miles at one time. The pit finally closed on July 19, 1985.

The site was transformed into Colliers Wood, which now acts as a nature reserve and memorial site to the mining community.

Leader of Broxtowe Borough Council, Councillor Milan Radulovic said, “Reclaiming Colliers Wood and converting it into a local nature reserve was one of my first projects after I became Council Leader in 1995, and it’s been such a joy to see it through to what it’s become today. As we approach 30 years since the site was reopened, it’s important that we continue to recognise and preserve the site’s industrial heritage

13/05/2026

Statement from Broxtowe Borough Council and Councillor Vanessa Smith, Portfolio Holder for Housing:

We are aware of a fire related incident at Fishpond Cottage last night. Officers have visited the site and arrangements are being made to make it secure. There was minor damage to an external door.

There have been a number of similar incidents at vacant Council sites recently and we are working with partners including Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue and Nottinghamshire Police to monitor the situation, including the installation of monitoring equipment to deter future incidents.

The incident does not impact on the existing plans for the site to construct two flats to provide homes for Council tenants.