2nd – 4th March 2012

Local Heroes► An evening with Billy Ivory► Quiz night► Robin Hood Storytelling► Byron Brunch► Local Artists’ stalls► Lowdham History walk

…plus talks on Nottingham Lace, Raleigh,Nottinghamshire artists, and local war veterans

TicketsTickets are available from The Bookcase, 50 Main Street, Lowdham NG14 7BEover the counter, by mail or by credit card over the phone (Festival Box Office: 0115966 3219 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday) or, subject to availability, on the door atevents. If ordering by post please enclose a first class SAE and include a contactphone number. Cheques are payable to Lowdham Festivals Ltd. There is a 75psurcharge for postage on credit card telephone bookings.

AccessVillage Hall: slight ramp, wide doors, wheelchair accessible with w/a toilet, inductionloop, two parking places for badge holders. Methodist Hall: steepish ramp, widedoors, wheelchair accessible plus w/a toilet but with limited turning, induction loop.Old Ship Inn: some steps – ring0115 966 3049 for details.

TravelLowdham is off the A6097(Bingham to Doncaster) and A612(Nottingham to Southwell) betweenNewark and Lowdham. Lowdhamrailway station is a brisk ten minutewalk from the Village Hall.Pathfinder 100 buses drop offONLY at the bottom of Main Streetby the cricket ground/warmemorial, seven minutes from theVillage Hall.

Cateringmm...deli will be running a cafe10.30am - 4.30pm (betweenevents) on Saturday and Sundayin the Viillage Hall, serving theirusual great mix of delicioussandwiches, panini, cakes and hotdrinks.

Car ParkingThere is car parking at the VillageHall and on and off Main Street.There is limited car parking at theMethodist Chapel.

Friday 2nd March

Their Names Will Live On 2.00 – 3.30pm Lowdham Methodist Chapel, Main St, LowdhamNottingham Evening Post journalist, Andy Smart, has interviewed many war veterans,gathering awe-inspiring stories of bravery and commitment. Illustrated.One of our First Friday series of talks.Tickets: £5 full, £4 concessions, £3 Festival Friends (including tea & cake)

Quiz Night – Down Our Way…7.30 – 9.30pm The Old Ship Inn, Main St, LowdhamTest your Nottinghamshire knowledge at our quiz night – questions ranging from food, artand books, to local history and characters. Tickets:£3 each, £10 for team of 4, £15 for team of 6(includes interval chip butties for a touch of local flavour!)

Saturday 3rd March

But Is It Art? 11am – 12.30pm Lowdham Village Hall, Main St, Lowdham Bob Sparham, vice-president of the Nottingham Society of Artists, will talk about majorfigures, past and present from Nottinghamshire’s art world, including Harold and Laura Knight,John Arnesby Brown, Arthur Spooner, Edward Seago, and Evelyn Gibbs. Illustrated.Tickets: £5 full, £4 concessions, £3 Festival Friends

Local History Walk 1.45 – 3.00pm Lowdham Village Hall, Main St, LowdhamMeet at the Village Hall for this circular walk to learn about Lowdham’s colourful past.Tickets: £3 each

On Your Bike – 125 Years of Raleigh Bicycles – with writer andhistorian Tony Hadland3.45 – 5.15pm Lowdham Village Hall, Main Street, LowdhamFounded in a Nottingham back-street, and turned into a huge enterprise by a ropemaker’sson who became a baronet, Raleigh was once the biggest bicycle company in the world.The firm has also made motorcycles, cars, munitions and gears for bicycles and motorcycles.This talk introduces some of Raleigh’s key personalities and products and gives an insightinto the massive industrial enterprise that meant so much to the city. We look at Raleigh’striumphs and failures and get a glimpse of what the company is doing today. Illustrated.Tickets: £5 full, £4 concessions, £3 Festival Friends

An Evening with Billy Ivory7.30 – 9.30pm Lowdham Village Hall, Main Street, LowdhamBorn William Ivory in Southwell, Notts, and educated at the Minster School, Billy Ivory ispassionate about the East Midlands, and his writing is heavily influenced by living andworking in the area where he was born and bred. Once working as a dustman on thestreets, today he’s better known as one of Britain’s leading television and theatre writers.Amongst his well known and loved work is ‘Journey to Knock’ (1991), ‘Common as Muck’(1994-1997) and ‘Made in Dagenham’ (2010). Billy will talk about his life, his work andhis local roots. Illustrated with film clips.Tickets: £10 full, £8 concessions, £7 Festival Friends

Byron and Brunch: Lord Byron – 200 years on11am – 12noon Lowdham Village Hall, Main Street, LowdhamChristy Fearn celebrates the 200th anniversary of both Lord Byron’s maiden speech in theHouse of Lords about the Luddites, and the publication of his poem ‘Childe Harold’sPilgrimage’, accompanied by music, images - and of course brunch available to buy frommm...deli (probably with a more modern twist, as Byron is said to have lived for days ondry biscuits and white wine…)Tickets: £5 full, £4 concessions, £3 Festival Friends

Sunday 4th March

Lace, Slums and the Occasional Riot – the making of VictorianNottingham 2.00 – 3.15pm Lowdham Village Hall, Main Street, LowdhamNottingham had it all – the slums of the Narrow Marsh, long destroyed, a thriving laceindustry of which now only the buildings remain, and the occasional riot to live things up.Historian Chris Weir guides us through the history that created Victorian Nottingham, andwhich has a lasting influence on the City of today. Illustrated.Tickets: £5 full, £4 concessions, £3 Festival Friends

Tales of Robin Hood – with storyteller Amanda Smith4.30 – 6.15pm Lowdham Village Hall, Main Street, LowdhamWe finish our weekend with the most legendary of local heroes, Robin Hood. Enjoy atraditional storytelling performance of Robin’s bid to outwit the wicked Sheriff ofNottingham – told with humour, energy and a touch of pathos.Suitable for a family audience, refreshments on sale during the intervalTickets: £7 full, £5 concessions, £4 Festival Friends

Saturday 3rd March (continued)

Local artists’ stalls: Nottinghamshire artists will be exhibiting and selling their work on Saturday and Sundaybetween 10.30am and 4.30pm in the Village Hall. See www.lowdhambookfestival.co.uk for information.