Community
Lucy Blakeson & Robert Charnock
LUCY Victoria Blakeson married Robert Edward Charnock at The Royal York Hotel, York.
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FANCY a cash boost to set up or support a community project?
Car park makeover to begin
A £455,000 makeover of Burton Street car park will get under way in June to complete the regeneration of the town’s train station site.
Decision time for entrepreneur’s business village
AN entrepreneur will find out whether his vision to build a commercial enterprise village in Old Dalby will get the go ahead from Melton Council tonight.
Love Melton’s markets says national campaign
THE importance of Melton’s markets and their continued growth in the town are being championed thanks to a national campaign.
Community News
Hundreds mourn at popular Melton man Clive Dixon’s funeral
HUNDREDS of mourners packed into Melton’s St Mary’s Church for the funeral of well-known businessman and keen bowls and golf player Clive Dixon.
Yobs smash community wooden bench to pieces
VANDALS have destroyed a bench used by residents of Granby House flats and parishioners of Sage Cross Methodist Church in Melton.
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Melton Mowbray Town Estate has a long tradition of service to the people of Melton through its management of buildings, land and services and as an employer.
Cooker destroyed in fire
A COOKER was severely damaged after catching alight at a house in Tudor Hill, Melton.
First vintage tractor run is a big success
THE Vale of Belvoir Machinery Group provided an unusual spectacle for the public on Saturday by holding a vintage tractor run.
Announcements
Keith Ward : Memorial
Published in the Melton Citizen on 23 May 2013
Coddington Congratulations : Diamond anniversary
Published in the Melton Citizen on 23 May 2013
Dixon Eileen : Acknowledgement
Published in the Melton Citizen on 23 May 2013
Clive Dixon : Acknowledgement
Published in the Melton Citizen on 23 May 2013
Walker Davey (Jock) : Acknowledgement
Published in the Melton Citizen on 23 May 2013
Weddings
Joanne Everley & Malcolm Carr
JOANNE Mary Everley married Malcolm Carr at St Mary and All Saints Church in Willoughby-on-the-Wolds.
Obituaries
Hundreds mourn at popular Melton man Clive Dixon’s funeral
HUNDREDS of mourners packed into Melton’s St Mary’s Church for the funeral of well-known businessman and keen bowls and golf player Clive Dixon.
Obituary: Ann Botterill
ANN Botterill of Croxton Kerrial, whose family helped in reviving the Christmas goose market, has died peacefully in a nursing home near Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, aged 72.
Nostalgia
Gold watch honour for Holwell workers
A GLIMPSE back in time to when Holwell Works employed many hundreds of workers was this week provided by a Times Past reader, writes Nick Rennie.
The king who gave up his throne recalled
Edward VIII’s first meeting with Mrs Wallis Simpson in a hunting lodge near Melton Mowbray was described to nearly 100 local hunting enthusiasts who packed the lecture room at Melton Carnegie Museum.
Exhibition on village history
AN exhibition showing how people lived in Upper Broughton during the 1930s and 1960s will be held for three days from tomorrow.
Times Past picture: Long Clawson Primary in the 1950s
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? This picture, of Long Clawson Primary School in the 1950s, was displayed at a recent reunion of Coronation Avenue residents.
Roy recalls old fire station and its role in the war years
THE completion of Melton’s new fire station prompted reader Roy Beeken to bring in this picture from 1943.
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Weather for Melton
Friday 24 May 2013
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 4 C to 9 C
Wind Speed: 29 mph
Wind direction: North
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 6 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: North
