Category Archives: Chetwynd Barracks

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Chilwell Munitions Factory Explosion – Apology

Apologies as it appears that our automated mailer removed the YouTube link to the History Chap video in the Latest News edition that went out over the weekend. However it can be viewed via our website here. N.B. All previous … Continue reading

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Chilwell Munitions Factory Explosion

Many (most) of you will be aware of the National Shell Filling Factory explosion which occurred on 1st July 1918 on the site of the now Chetwynd Barracks. 134 people died (including some of the Canary Girls) and many more … Continue reading

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Heritage Open Days

Beeston and District Civic Society are hosting some Heritage Open Days see here for further details. At the event next Wednesday 14th September the Forum will have a stand detailing the heritage assets on Chetwynd Barracks, including some of our … Continue reading

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Nottinghamshire County Council Bid for Toton’s £40m Link Road

Update: This Bid Failed. See This link for more information. (Note the information in the article is not completely accurate, the 4,500 homes figure is the capacity of Chetwynd Barracks + The Strategic Land for Growth. Chetwynd Barracks has a … Continue reading

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Forum Digest 12th February 2022

A number of updates and items of interest in this week’s newsletter:- Forum Re-Designation Consultation The consultation to re-designate the Forum closed on 28th January. We understand that Broxtowe received a number of responses from individuals and organisations, the vast … Continue reading

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Forum Digest 15th January 2022

Happy (belated) New Year to you all and welcome to the first Forum newsletter of 2022! Following the Christmas break, the Steering Group have now started to wind ourselves back up for the challenges this new year may bring. Our … Continue reading

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Toton & Chetwynd Barracks Masterplan – Final Call

The 14th January 2022 is the last opportunity for you to make your comments on Broxtowe Borough Council’s Strategic Masterplan for our Area. Click on the image below to go to the display and make your comments Comments can also … Continue reading

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IWM Director General Meets the Forum Team

After much planning and a few false starts, the Director General of the Imperial War Museum Diane Lees visited the Chetwynd Station site recently. This was the first time Diane has visited the site and she was most impressed and … Continue reading

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Toton & Chetwynd Barracks Strategic Masterplan

We think its important that as many comments are made about the Masterplan as possible so we’ll be highlighting things we like/don’t like to help you find your way around it. Broxtowe admit in their review of comments received from … Continue reading

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Forum Digest 13th November 2021

Updates Just to bring you all up to date with a few things:- The Steering Group agreed the AGM draft minutes at our last meeting, and they can be found on the AGM Page for information. The application to re-designate … Continue reading

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