Long Eaton Chamber of Trade

c/o Erewash Voluntary Action
Granville Avenue
Long Eaton
Derbyshire
NG10 4HD

Tel: 0115 939 1071

info@longeatonchamber.org.uk

NEWS & EVENTS

COMPETITION RESULTS:  Name the Musical

Thank you to everybody who took part in this years competition. We had over 50 entries and around 60% of them were correct. Of the others most had just one or two incorrect answers.

The winners were: Ruby Etchells of Long Eaton who received a £25 voucher, K Bingham of Draycott who received a £15 voucher and Jake Friend of Long Eaton who received a £10 voucher to spend at any of the participating shops.

We have received many thanks from those taking part saying it was a great idea to link it into the Long Eaton Carnival theme and others said they were impressed with the Long Eaton Town Centre.

We enjoyed some wonderful quality food and service as well as having lots of fun and laughter along with some in-house entertainment on Thursday 11th December. Our thanks go to Neil Atkinson who produced the place settings in the form of a wooden plinth trophy with the logo, date and name printed onto it. Neil was also part of the entertainment when he gave a most amusing epistle about many of the members present. This  was also printed in the Ilkeston Advertiser, Long Eaton Website Extra and finally in the Derby Telegraph on December 30th.

FREE Christmas Parking in Long Eaton 2014 

Erewash Borough Council are offering five weeks of 24-hour FREE parking in Erewash in a major Christmas bonus boost for shoppers and traders. The “FREEcember” scheme will run from Monday 1st December through to Saturday 3rd January inclusive – the most extensive free festive parking offered by the council so far.

All the council's car parks are part of the scheme, with the exception of the Long Eaton Railway Station commuter's car park.

The President of the Rotary Club of Long Eaton George Mounsey (right) meets up with Ray Terry from the Long Eaton Chamber of Trade just prior to the Remembrance Sunday Service in Long Eaton. Also photographs of the wreaths laid in memory at the Long Eaton War Memorial.

The Long Eaton Chamber of Trade played its part again in this year's Long Eaton Carnival with two events.

The four week long challenge of "What's not my Line" (see article below) for shoppers in the Town Centre to spot items in 17 independent traders windows resulted in many entries with well over half getting the item that is not sold within each shop / business.

The winners (and the answers!!) can be viewed below. The picture shows Long Eaton Chamber secretary Ray Terry announcing the winners. 

Also at the Carnival the Chamber ran 3 Orienteering challenges which consisted of a Children's Challenge, Compass Challenge and Explore West Park.  This was organised by Michael Lucking the Chamber's Chairman with support form its members.

Whilst many took part in all three challenges by far the most popular was the Compass Challenge, which is an intellectual challenge to navigate around 9 posts set  in a 3m x 3m grid and electronically timed. 

Times varied from a low of 44 seconds by Adam Hurt Brown to most in the 1 to 2 minutes range.

All who entered learn a little more about the challenges that Orienteering.

What's Not My Line competition 2014 - RESULTS

The answers for this years “What's not my Line” competition are as follows:

• 1          Advert for Car

• 2          2 small figures of Lego

• 3          Sophie Kinsella Book

• 4          Knife & Fork in a cup or Nail

• 5          Brown Duck

• 6          Crete Pocket Guide

• 7          Packet of Hot Chocolate

• 8          Silver Paper Clip

• 9          Small tube of Super Glue

• 10        Fresh Brew 80 tea bags

• 11        White Razor

• 12        Sellotape

• 13        Black reel of cotton

• 14        Pick N Mix

• 15        Hand cream

• 16        Silver Paper Clip

• 17        Harmonica/Mouth Organ

1^st Prize £25 voucher – Laura Beverley.

2^nd Prize £15 voucher – Elise Swain.

3^rd Prize £10 voucher – Eva Pagdin

The £10 vouchers to spend at Andersons in Long Eaton went to Kayla Hye. All the above winners were from Long Eaton. Thank you to everybody who took part.

EVENTS

Neil Atkinson arrived with his challenge of "I bet you can't ride this bike for 5 yards" and no one succeeded. See photograph.

Long Eaton Chamber of Trade Christmas Meal 2013

The Long Eaton Chamber of Trade held its December Christmas meeting at The Railway Station Restaurant, Long Eaton when a party of 20 enjoyed a wonderful 3 course festive meal. A little in-house entertainment added to the success on the evening. Thanks go to Jennifer and staff for ensuring that everyone enjoyed quality food in wonderful surroundings.

Many of those present had not been to this local venue before and would certainly be returning in the near future. The Chamber of Trade always welcomes new members and all details on its activities and achievements can be found on our website.

Football Team Sponsorship - April 2011

The Long Eaton School recently asked the members of the Long Eaton Chamber of Trade if they or a member would consider sponsoring their 6th year football team.

Within days a member, Richard Oakes of Oakes Insurance on Derby Road Long Eaton came forward.

The photograph below show a very happy and proud team in their new kit.