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Editor’s Message Christmas is over for another year and 2017 begins! It’s good to reflect on what has gone and be excited about the possibilities of what the future holds. 2016 has been a fairly historical year for everyone with Brexit and the US Presidential election, whilst this has left us all in a state of uncertainty….Richard Branson also says that there is plenty of opportunity to be found during periods of uncertainty! Lots of developments are planned in for this year, both personally and professionally. I’m hoping to make lots of changes to the magazines and I’m also in the process of making this year’s bucket list including more travelling (so keep your phone on Mandy – TC!) and probably some more adrenaline stuff but I’ll keep you posted on how it goes as I start to tick them off!
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Out & About
A daily guide to some of the local clubs and groups in your area
Monday
south normanton striders (intermediate jogging group) - meet at 6.30pm at Frederick Gent School. Call Rob on 07962308933 (www.activederbyshire.co.uk/jog/) dog obedience classes Vacancies for this continuous class at Pentrich Village Hall, 7pm until 9pm. Call Margaret for more info on 07917 854486 soroptimist International amber Valley The Women’s International Service Organisation - a global voice for women. Meets every 2nd Monday, 7-30 pm at Firs House, Firs Gardens, High St. Alfreton. Contact 01773 745082 or 748606 south normanton gardeners association Friendly group that meets on the 2nd Monday of the month at the Post Mill Centre, SN at 7:30pm. Call Nigel on 01773 811429 for more info. adult st John classes are held at Dunniclffe House, Hilcote Street, South Normanton from 18.00 - 19.30, if anyone is interested in becoming a member contact the St John Ambulance Regional Office in Chesterfield or visit the St John Ambulance website for further details. e.m.J.J.a Jiu Jitsu & kobudo cub Monday at Alfreton Community Hall, Mansfield Road, Alfreton. 7.30pm -9.00pm. £5.00 per lesson. First lesson free. Contact Sensei D Kershaw on 07840 327134 or email darrenker@sky.com new toddler group Monday mornings at Church of Christ, Colledge Street, Riddings, from 10am starting on Monday 2nd November. Places may be limited, so contact Chris on 01773 779839 to register your interest. the Base youth club 5pm - 7pm School Years 6 - 8 Entry Fee 50p Contact : 01773 510882 www.snapyouth.org the Base sports Pinxton Welfare 5pm - 7pm School Years 6 - 11 Contact : 01773 510882 www.snapyouth.org
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Breast feeding group Pinxton, Pinxton Youth Centre, 10-11:30am & Alfreton, Children’s Centre, 1-1:30pm, contact Katherine 07976 212652 or Sarah 07972 019345 little ones group Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - 1.30pm to 3pm. Contact 01629 533066 forest gump Joggers (beginners jogging group) - meet at Frederick Gent School at 6.15pm. Contact Heather on 07983 51273. (www.activederbyshire.co.uk/jog/) West Ashfield Rotary Club Meet at The Derbyshire Hotel, Carter Lane East, S.Normanton.DE55 2EH at 6:45 for 7pm start. Call Mike on 01773 609942 for more info. nras chesterield (national rheumatoid arthritis society) On the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm until 8pm at Bridge Street Methodist Church, Bridge Street, Pilsley. S45 8HE. J28, the common Contact 01773 810410 / j28church@btconnect.com / www.thejunction28church.com Parent & Toddlers 9.30 – 11.30am. £1.50 per session, term time only Zion methodist, market street Coffee Club, 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month, 10 – 11.30am Contact: Freda Ludlam 01773 811875 community church, cyber café, market street Prayer Meeting, 7.30 Contact: Stuart Reynolds 07816 853551/ reynolds.stuart1@sky.com the Base youth club Who do you think you are project 3.30pm - 5pm School Years 6 - 11 No entry fee but have to call to book on Contact : 01773 510882 www.snapyouth.org messy kidz St Helens Church, Church Street East, Pinxton, 4-6pm, £2 (snacks and drinks included) Email: messykidzpinxton@gmail.com or contact Zynell Callaghan 07866 029978 for more information
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Wednesday alfreton nursery school and children’s centre, parent & toddler drop In Alfreton Nursery School, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - Term time - 9am - 10am - Contact Angela Stanton : 01773 520031 Baby group Held at Pinxton Nursery School, Kirkstead Road, Pinxton. NG16 6NA. 1 – 3pm, All under 1’s welcome. Call 01773 863105 for more info. oakwood royal British legion Meet at the Oakwood Community Centre, 8:30- 10:30pm. All welcome for socials & branch meetings. Call 01332 679282. alfreton town Juniors u14’s 7-8pm at Somerlea Park astro pitch, call Ben on 07972 927236. aVrufc senior section Training during close season takes place at Amber Valley RUFC, Lower Somercotes (opposite Pye Bridge Ind Est.) starts at 7pm - 8.30. Contact Stuart Artliff 07966 867946 or Gareth Pilkington 07772 366157. south normanton wI We’re a friendly group with a wide variety of ages. We meet every 3 rd Wednesday at the Post Mill Centre, 7:30pm. For more info call 07580 635589. Breathe easy group A friendly group for people who suffer from lung related illness and the people who support the COPD suffers. Meeting on the 3rd Wednesday each month. 1:30pm - 3:30pm at the Post Mill Centre, South Normanton, Contact Phil on 01773 782875 south normanton dramatic society We meet at the Post Mill Centre in South Normanton, 7:30pm until 10pm. Contact Ian at sthnormds@gmail.com or FB www.facebook.com/SNorDS for more information. e.m.J.J.a Jiu Jitsu & kobudo cub Wednesday at Alfreton Leisure Centre, Church Street, Alfreton. 7.00pm – 8.00pm. £5.00 per lesson. First lesson free. Contact Sensei D Kershaw on 07840 327134 or email darrenker@sky.com J28, the common Parent & Toddlers 9.30 – 11.30am. £1.50 per session, term time only Wednesday Club 6.30 – 7.30 pm School Years 1-5, term time only Contact: 01773 810410 / j28church@btconnect.com / www.thejunction28church.com salvation army, market street Wednesday Night Fellowship @ 7pm Contact Ruth Sheppard 07855 455093 / Joan Mellors 01773 783386 the Base youth club 6pm - 8pm School Years 8 - 11 Entry Fee 50p Contact : 01773 510882 www.snapyouth.org
Thursday top tots Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 1.30pm - 3pm. Fun play session with arts, crafts and song time aimed at children ages 1-3 years. Contact - 01629 533066 child Health clinic Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 1pm - 2.30pm. Come and have your baby weighed and see someone from the health team. Contact - 01629 533066 stay and play Pinxton Youth Centre, Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, NG16 6NA. 10am - 11.30am. Age 0 - 4 years. Stay and play with your child and meet new parents.
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Thursday (cont...) Breastfeeding group The Hub, Shiners Way, South Normanton, DE55 2AA. 2pm 4pm. Make new friends, share tips and discuss any issues you may have. Contact - 01629 533735. alfreton society of painters 7pm- 9pm at Pennytown Court Community Rooms. Visit www.alfretonsocietyofpainters.com for more info. alfreton & district u3a Meet every second Thursday of each month at Christ the King Church Hall, Nottingham Road, Alfreton at 2pm. Contact Gill on 01773 608863, email gilldawe.egd@gmail.com alfreton male Voice choir rehearsals 6:45pm at Palmer Morewood Social Club, Hall Street. New members welcome- no audition, just a love of singing. 01773 833391 ripley poetry reading group, Meet at Ripley Library, Grosvenor road,2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, 2pm to 4pm. Contact Janet Dawson, 01773 513247, for further details. salvation army, market street Drop-in Centre / Café 9.30 – 12.30 Contact Ruth Sheppard 07855 455093 / Joan Mellors 01773 783386 Zion methodist, market street Youth Club for ages 5-11 @6.30pm Contact: Freda Ludlam 01773 811875 J28, the common Platinum Seniors, 1st Thursday of the month Contact: 01773 810410 / j28church@btconnect.com / www.thejunction28church.com the Base sports South Street Recreational ground 4.15pm 5.15pm, School Years 6-11. Free Entry. Contact : 01773 510882 www.snapyouth.org the Base youth club @ pinxton youth centre 6pm - 7.30pm School Years 6 - 11 Entry Fee 50p Contact : 01773 510882 www.snapyouth.org newton toddler group 1pm until 3pm (term time only) in Newton Community Centre. Contact Kathryn on 01773 872031 for more information.
Friday alfreton nursery school and children’s centre, parent & toddler drop in session. Alfreton Nursery School, Grange Street, Alfreton., DE55 7JA Term time -1.30pm - 2.30pm. Contact Angela Stanton 01773 520031
tiddlers and toddlers group Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 12.30pm - 2.30pm. Run by parents and open to all. Contact - 01629 533066
tiny & toddlers Pinxton Village Hall, 3 Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, NG16 6NA. 9am - 11am. Age 0-3 yrs alfreton rendezvous group (over 60’s) The Rendezvous meets 2nd and 4th Fridays at 2 p.m. at Firs House, Alfreton. Autumn Session starts 9th September. A variety of speakers and entertainment will be joining us. New members are most welcome. Further information if required 01773 834281 or 01773 747072. J28, the common The Zone. School Years 6 – 11. 7.30 – 9.30. 50p entry plus tuck shop. Contact: 01773 810410 / j28church@btconnect.com / www.thejunction28church.com
Saturday
coffee morning Held on the last Saturday of the month at St Michael and All Angels Church from 10am until 12noon. There are cakes and goods for sale to raise money for the building fund. Everyone Welcome. salvation army, market street Drop-in Centre / Café 9.30 – 12.30 Contact Ruth Sheppard 07855 455093 / Joan Mellors 01773 783386
Saturday (cont...) st michael & all angels, church street Coffee Morning. 1st Saturday of the month 10-12noon in the main church building. Contact Stephen Potter: 01773 811273 / stephen.potter55@gmail.com
Sunday amber Valley Junior rugby Coaching for kids from 4yrs to 16yrs at Lower Somercotes (opposite Pye Bridge Ind Est). Sundays 10am. Contact Stuart 07966 867946 or Gareth 07595 520537. alfreton Heritage trust The Heritage Chapel on Rodgers Lane is open between 2 & 4pm. Visitors are welcome to browse & test the knowledge of Trust members. Contact Rachel Walker on 01773 832349 or visit www.alfretonheritage.org.uk table top sales on the 4th September, 2nd of October, 6 th November & 4th December. At the Riddings Park Community Centre. West St. Riddings DE55 4EW. All starting at 10am until 12.o clock. entrance 20p. Sellers from 9am. at £5 a table to book Ring PAT on 01773 541794 st michael & all angels, church street Café Church in the church hall @ 10.30am Traditional service @ 4.30pm in the main church building First Sunday of the month @ 9.15am Holy Communion. Contact: Stephen Potter 01773 811273 / stephen.potter55@gmail.com Zion methodist, market street Morning Worship @ 10.45am Contact: Freda Ludlam 01773 811875 J28, the common Morning Service @ 11am with ‘Energise’ children’s club Evening Service @6pm Contact: 01773 810410 / j28church@btconnect.com / www. thejunction28church.com salvation army, market street Sunday Worship @ 10.30am followed by refreshments in the Drop-in Centre / Café Contact: Ruth Sheppard 07855 455093 / Joan Mellors 01773 783386 community church, Birchwood room, postmill centre, off market street Worship @ 10.45am First Sunday of the Month: Family Service @ 10.45 with Kids’ Time Third Sunday of the Month: Gospel Service @ 6 pm Sunday Club for 3-10 year olds during all meetings Contact: Stuart Reynolds 07816 853551 / reynolds.stuart1@sky.com
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Guiding offers opportunities in the following sections: Rainbows age 5-7yrs • Brownies aged 7-10yrs Guides aged 10-14yrs • Adult Leaders 18yrs + Senior Section aged 14-25yrs If you or your daughter would like to know more about Joining visit www.girlguiding.org.uk/interested or call 0800 1 69 59 01 amber Valley gymnastics club monday, wednesday and friday evenings and saturday afternoons. Sessions range from beginners to competitive levels. For information or to join please email ambervalleygymnastics@outlook.com stonebroom pre-school We are open monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday & friday, term time, 9.00am - 12.00pm. We offer places for children aged 2 - 5 years. Stonebroom Village Hall, Cleveland Road. Tel: 07971 804 936 south normanton cricket club is recruiting new players of any standard from the ages of 13 upwards. We play most saturdays/sundays at the Jim Simms Memorial Ground in South Normanton (next to the Boundry Pub) Meeting from 12.30. For more information please call 07984 316020
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Rambles with Rafa This month we complete our Homesford tearooms double with another short but sweet walk beginning at the tearooms car park. As I suggested last month it is possible to join these two walks up if you like a bit more of a leg stretch or even split them up with trip to the tearooms in between, making use of the voucher on page 10. Thanks again to David Hallam who continues to provide the best local walks to our lucky readers. Rafa is firing on all cylinders again so get ready for more great walks in 2017. Speaking of which if you have any suggestions where Rafa should ramble to next please send them in as David is always looking for good ideas.
3 mile circular walk from Homesford Tea Rooms, on the A6 near Whatstandwell A short but picturesque walk for you and your dog! There are some uphill sections on this walk so should it take around 1½ hours to complete. There is a range of terrain, which can be muddy and uneven, especially during winter so make sure you wear appropriate footwear. There are also a couple of sections of road, so please take plenty of care.
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10. Continue along the path downhill and then pass through a gap in a fence. Continue straight ahead and pass through 2 metal gates. Upon reaching a road, cross straight over the road and continue downhill along the footpath. 11. Eventually the path begins to level out and curl around to the left. Look out for a footpath with a footbridge going off to the right. Take this path, cross over the footbridge and then at a T junction of paths turn right along a path signposted for’ Cromford’. 12. Continue along this path with a canal on your right for a long distance and then pass through a long tunnel. Immediately after the tunnel turn left along a footpath signposted for ‘Homesford’. 13. Continue along this path crossing over a river bridge, down some steps, and then underneath a railway bridge. Follow the tarmac lane back to the main road and then turn right along the road back to the tea rooms.
This walk is for illustrative purposes only. Voice Magazines takes no responsibility for anyone who chooses to follow this route and encourages all walkers to obey all byelaws and signs and to respect the area they are walking in, ensuring they pick up all dog mess and obey the countryside code at all times.
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Cooper’s Corner Follow Barry on Twitter @bazdjcooper Nottingham Forest writer at the Nottingham Post We all want success but must it come at such a high price? That’s the issue that Barry tackles this month with his take on football ticket prices. Should fans pay for success before it arrives or do clubs have to earn the right to charge the higher prices? And should fans even have to pay such high prices at all with the amount of money with the amount of money from televising games. I’ll leave you in Barry’s capable hands…
FOOTBALL has a problem.
OK, I’ll rephrase that: football has a number of problems and many are well documented. But reading recent comments made by the chief executive at Sheffield Wednesday sparked a degree of anger, and not for the first time this season.
On Boxing Day, the Reds visited Huddersfield Town and, despite recent praise for the Terriers and their “low prices” for home fans, Reds were still expected to pay £30. £30 at Huddersfield – yes, you’ve read that correctly. That’s as much as it costs to watch a game in the Premier League. How can that be right?
There is one thing in particular that is incredibly frustrating, and that’s the continued rise of ticket prices, especially in the Championship. Joe Palmer, the CEO at Hillsborough, scoffed without a care in the world, that if fans want their club to challenge for promotion to the Premier League, they should expect to pay for it with increased ticket prices.
Well, Joe, this, as you rightly point out, is the Championship. But for the game against Forest in September, you were charging some fans £43 and there is no justification for that. And before the Wednesday fans start whining again, I know that was a match-day price for more desirable seats – but that doesn’t make it right. There are few subjects that anger supporters quite like the cost of the product and Forest are suffering like any other. Just over 21,000 were there last month to see Philippe Montanier’s side beat Newcastle, and that attendance was boosted by the two previous wins at Ipswich and Barnsley. Had Forest not won those two games, then the crowd may not have exceeded 18,000, which for a clash against a big name in the Championship, is disappointing.
Forest’s £27 adult price wasn’t too bad for a game on television. It’s not great, but it’s a darn sight less than £32.50 at Ipswich, £30 at Barnsley (when it was £15 for home fans) and £29 at Derby in the big East Midlands clash. The game at Portman Road was watched by a measly crowd of just over 15,000. Well, that was the official attendance – I’d be amazed if there were that many actually inside the stadium.
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Part of Forest’s problem is that the club has been away from the Premier League for nearly 20 years, and that’s bound to have an effect. The continuing ownership problems will also have an impact, but I don’t believe thousands are staying away because of Fawaz Al Hasawi. Maybe I’m wrong, but I’d be amazed if there was an extra 3,000 or 4,000 following the takeover.
The more fans I speak to, the more say there are disenchanted with the game, with the greed, with the cost, along with a lack of progress – and that’s why they are not going. Quite frankly, the prices being charged by clubs are daylight robbery. And if Mr Palmer thinks fans will just keep paying it out of blind loyalty; he might have a little shock coming his way. There is a tipping point, and it won’t be too far away. Attendances across the Championship are dropping, as they are elsewhere but, until the Football League stops burying its head in the sand, nothing will change.
The Twenty’s Plenty campaign is great, but primarily focuses on the Premier League and, as more and more foreign owners come into the game chasing the riches of the top flight, it will be as Mr Palmer says, be the fans that are expected to foot the bill without much thought from officials. But it must be the Football League who have to develop a degree of courage and stop the great and greedy rip-off.
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Gardener’s Calendar ~ January 2017 January is mostly about care and nurturing in the garden, though there are some jobs available if it’s not too nitheringly cold. You can plant bare root roses now. Just not in the same spot where other roses have grown. Newly planted shrubs of all kinds can sometimes have their roots, which won’t be firmly established, lifted by frost. It’s worth checking up on them and re-firming by treading in gently. Tender shrubs can be packed with straw around the crown and wrapped in fleece. The growth on last year’s ornamental grasses will probably be looking a bit straggly by now. Cut them down to about an inch from the ground before they start growing again. Remove old hellebore leaves so the flowers are more visible. And even in winter the deadheading mantra still holds firm, so if you’ve put winter pansies in to make the garden look a bit more cheerful, snip off faded flowers so they don’t set seed and think their job is done leaving you with fewer flowers.
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July – The Lions beat New Zealand 2-1 but are taken hostage by the Samoan Republican Army who are looking to gain independence from the invading refugee European zombies made homeless by the nukes on France.
January – Deep in the Trump bunker, just ten minutes after the inauguration the new President presses the button and obliterates Mexico, China and France, luckily for us the westerly winds take the fallout over Italy, Greece and the Middle East.
August – The Government discovers that Alfreton is not on the coast and is, therefore, not much use as the port for a shipping canal, oil drops to $23 a barrel and they decide to go with HS2 again. Sooty is released with all charges dropped. Sweep and Soo are given life.
February – The Daily Mail reports that after Prince Harry’s intended takes a DNA test, its discovered that she is in fact the secret love child of Princess Diana and Harry’s father. The marriage goes ahead with full Royal pomp and ceremony. March – Russia invades Scotland and sets up new customs posts on Hadrian’s Wall. The locals make a killing swapping Levis and Beatles CD’s for Kalashnikovs. April – Sooty, Sweep and Soo are arrested in a new child abuse scandal. Trump passes legislation, incarcerating anyone with a beard or tattoo. Anyone with both is sent to the Russian – German no fly zone to repaint the borders. May – Oil reaches $10,000 a barrel and so HS2 is scrapped, the new plan is to build a ship canal from London to Alfreton. Leicester win the champion’s league, Chelsea the League and Sheffield Wednesday beat Derby County in the championship play off final. June – Teresa May is caught up in a bizarre love triangle with Trump and Putin and is given two weeks to decide which one of their babies she should have.
September – The nuclear winter begins and Mandy from the Steampacket has to put on an extra jumper. A concrete wall is proposed along the east coast stretching from Sunderland to Brighton to keep out the zombies and the channel tunnel is filled in on the French side. October – Bonfire night is cancelled by the new Trump-Putin world alliance, Christmas is also in doubt unless the name is changed to mid-winter gift giving day. November – Nicola Sturgeon states that the Russian invasion of her country was not democratic and that they should go back to where they came. The BBC suggest a second European referendum, which is ruined by ITV and Sky who explain that there isn’t any Europe left to leave. December – Nicola Sturgeon is shot in mysterious circumstances, chief inspector Yuri Karakin of the Scottish KGB promised a full investigation. Cliff Richard is set to perform a Christmas concert in Trump Tower. ‘Four years of grumbling’ is still available at the Gate, Steampacket and Booths in Swanwick.
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