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BENTINCK PIT DISASTER

On Wednesday June 30th1915 there was an horrific accident at Kirkby Bentinck Colliery. Nine men lost their lives and 7 were injured in this accident.

old Harold Brown of Sutton who was described as a lovely youth.

Mid shaft the two cages collided at a combined speed of more than 80 mph. 7 men were instantly flung out or fell from the bottom. 2 more men died inside from the impact.

One-man, Robert Walker from nearby Sutton-inAshfield described how a miracle had saved his life. His trousers caught on the bottom rail and he was suspended with his head hanging downwards, swinging like that for 20 minutes unconscious. His hand touched the rail on the bottom of the cage, he caught hold and pulled himself up to stand on the rail.

This was above a 660 foot drop to a certain death.

The survivors, some being severely injured had a 2 hour wait before being brought to safety.

6 doctors had gone to the bottom of the shaft but there was nothing they could do for the men there.

The fatalities were: Ferdinand Wright (45), Amos Allen (32), George Simpson (54), Willis King (25, John Fletcher (39) all from Kirkby. William Syson (18), Harold Brown (14), of Sutton, Percy Staton (23) of Ripley, William Bacon (40) of Selston.

The injured men were Ernest Ainger, James Smith and Charles Simpson of Kirkby, Robert Walker and Harold Sheltonof Sutton, W. Bacon (60) and C. Bacon of Selston.

The disaster numbed the local mining community as well as the surrounding communities.

There was a local inquiry into the disaster which was held on Thursday July 22, 1915 at the Limeburners Inn (now called The Countryman).

8 hours after the accident the bodies were eventually brought up. There was a huge crowd waiting in the pit yard and relatives were called for identification.

Several women fainted and had to be revived by the Red Cross nurses.

The youngest victim of this awful disaster was 14-year-

The official verdict was the deceased were accidently killed by reason of two cages coming into violent contact.

There were sadly many accidents in the local pits and many young people were amongst the victims.

There is a detailed report of this accident and the inquiry into it at Kirkby Heritage Centre.

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Pop into the Heritage Centre on Kingsway for a brew and a warm welcome from the Centre volunteers.

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In Parliament I keep local issues at the heart of my work, prioritising a range of issues including: improving our high streets, increasing local mental health and social care provision and modernising infrastructure.

I am extremely proud to represent the area I was born and bred in, it is a great honour to be elected as your MP and I will continue to serve all constituents no matter how they voted.

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Now that we are able to get back out there and enjoy the countryside we thought we would bring you one of our favourite walks in the Peak District. The views on this walk are incredible and Rafa and Flake absolutely love it!

Normally I would recommend a pub or eating place but for now I would take a nice picnic - and don;t forge to take your rubbish home with you.

The walk starts in the National Trust car park check out www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting/places-to-visit/car-parkstatus to make sure the car parks are staying open. From the car park the walk takes you out along Baslow Edge, past the Eagle Rock before descending into Baslow village. You then walk along the river Derwent before edging Calver and then up through Curbar and climbing back up to Curbar Edge.

5-mile circular walk from Curbar Edge Car park A mid-distance walk which should take you and your dog around 2 hours to complete. The walk is mostly on trails and paths but there are a few short stretches of road so please take care. There may be some uneven and muddy terrain, so please wear appropriate footwear and as always, please follow the countryside code.

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short distance the path splits in two. Keep to the left staying close to the stone wall on your left.

When the wall ends continue straight ahead for some distance and pass by a large rock (Eagle Rock) on your left.

Standing in the car park facing the road, follow a

footpath out of the far right-hand corner of the car park, signposted for ‘Baslow Edge’. Cross straight over the road and continue along a farm track going uphill running parallel with the road.

Pass by a large metal gate on your left and continue with a stone wall on your left. After a very short distance pass through a wooden gate.

Continue along a footpath with open views on your right and a stone wall on your left. After a

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Continue straight ahead for some distance until reaching a small marker post with blue arrows on your left. You will have open views directly in front of you and at this point follow the path to the right, going downhill. After some distance pass through a wooden gate and then continue along a lane going downhill with a stone wall on both sides.

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Continue along the lane for quite some distance to pass by ‘Ladywell Farm’ on your right. Immediately after the farm follow the lane sharp around to the right and then after a short distance follow the lane around to the left. Continue downhill along the lane until it turns into a road and you begin to pass houses on both sides.

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Continue until reaching a road junction and pass a red letter-box on your right. Continue ahead along the road passing the ‘Village Store’ on your right, then passing a school on your left, eventually reaching a mini island on a main road.

Turn right along the main road and pass a church on your left. Immediately after the church turn left and cross over a river bridge.

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After crossing the bridge, turn right along a road keeping the river on your right. Continue along the road for some distance, passing all of the houses on your left and then continue into a no limits speed restriction zone. The road narrows and then begins to bend to the left. As the road bends to the left turn right to pass through a gate into a field along a signposted footpath.

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Pass by a marker post in the middle of the field and through a gap in a stone wall. Continue ahead to pass close by a telegraph pole and then continue with a stone wall on your right. A little further on pass through a wooden gate and continue with the stone wall on your right.

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Continue ahead until passing through a gap and then continue with the stone wall on your right.

When the stone wall ends continue with a river on your right. After some distance pass through a gap and then immediately through a wooden gate to continue with the river on your right.

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Further on pass through another gap into a field and continue with the river on your right. At the far side of the field pass through a wooden gate, cross a river bridge and then continue along a footpath with the river on your right and houses on your left. Continue straight ahead, pass underneath a road bridge and then continue until reaching a road.

10. Cross the road and take the path to turn right and cross over a river bridge. After a short distance ignore the sharp turning left for ‘Dukes Drive’ and take the road on the left, going uphill called ‘Curbar Lane’. Continue for some distance going steep uphill and cross a crossroads with a red telephone box on your right to continue straight

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ahead going uphill.

11. Continue for some distance until you have passed by all the houses.

Eventually the road begins to bend to the left at this point continue straight ahead through a gap in a wall into a field along a signposted footpath. Continue steep uphill with a stone wall on your right. At the far side of the field, pass through a gap and then through a wooden gate to continue uphill.

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12. After a short distance pass through a gap in a wall and then continue uphill until reaching some steps directly in front of you. Climb up the steps, pass through a gap and continue straight ahead. After some distance you will pass through a gap in a wall and onto a road. Turn immediately right just prior to reaching the road and continue going uphill on a footpath running parallel to the road. Continue to the top of the hill and the car park on your left.

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Local Super Heroes Mr Richard Waples This month’s local hero is Richard Waples, who has been nominated for his awe inspiring efforts during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, in particular for his help at Blackwell Primary School.

The nomination comes from Anna Huskinson a Teaching Assistant at the school. We’ve heard that Anna is a star herself, working tirelessly during lockdown to keep the school and children safe.

So Anna has been perfectly placed to see all the amazing things Richard has been doing at the school, collecting and delivering meals and food hampers for the children and dropping off home schooling packs. Rain or shine Richard has been there, often doing multiple trips, back and forth, dressed in his PPE equipment.

The headteacher of Blackwell Primary School, Rachel Boswell had this to say about Richard: “Mr Waples is so brilliant in getting things out into the community, which has helped the school enormously. The staff here just want to say a huge thank you for everything he has done for us” As well as being Super Duper School Courier, Richard is also part of the Notts 4x4 Response group. Which means he, along with his other responders, have been transporting carers, helping clear blocked roads and delivering PPE equipment to remote doctors surgeries, amongst other fantastic things.

Obviousy a dab hand with vehicles, Richard is also Mr Fixit. As a mechanic he has been helping local people with their cars so they can get by when the garages were closed.

Speaking to the school and his wife I was wondering how Richard has time to sleep, and then I fiound out he is also a registered carer for two of his children!

AND did I mention, his wife, Katrina, has suffered a shoulder injury, so he has been taking more of the load at home too, all whilst studying at college!

Wow! doesn’t even come close does it?

I think you’ll all agree Richard is massively deserving of the title ‘Local Hero’. What an example he is to us all!

Thank You Richard!

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Summer is the key time for butterflies and moths, although the latter are in the grips of a major crisis with numbers plummeting in recent decades. With Common warmer weather some Blue Butterfly formerly rare species are now turning up in the Peak but overall numbers are well down.

You might think so what, but there are knock-on effects on other wildlife species such as bats and nightjars for example which feed on night-time moths. Furthermore, this type of decline is also a barometer that marks a wider malaise in the environment.

The causes are probably the usual culprits of habitat loss, climate change and widespread use of certain types of pesticides which are also affecting bee populations. In the 1980s, I recall returning to Sheffield on my motorbike after an evening’s lecturing at Losehill Hall (then the National Park Study Centre) and having to pull off the road near Hathersage because I couldn’t see. The amount of moths hitting my visor, helmet and gear made visibility impossible. That is a lot of moths! But sadly no more, and some one-time common species such as the spectacular magpie moth and the garden tiger have declined sharply.

These were species that as children we knew well and it is sad that kids today won’t have that same experience.

However, with summer weather and the dry spring things are looking good for many butterflies. In grasslands, look out for the common blue butterfly which has caterpillars feeding on the pea family such as bird’s-foot Burnett Moth trefoil. If you spot a ‘blue’ in your

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Summertime Blues Across the Peak District garden or maybe in a woodland glade, then it is the other species which is reasonably common, the ‘holly blue’. This is almost silvery-white on the underside and lays its eggs on Peacock Butterfly holly (obviously from the name), ivy, and Berberis. So with these two species you don’t need to get a full identification because the habitat separation is very clear. If you look at a wildlife guide to butterflies you will notice several other species but you won’t find any of those in our Magpie Moth region.

Across the Peak though, whilst summertime blues may be relatively thin on the ground, there are plenty of quite spectacular butterflies to see along lanesides, hedgerows and in gardens. As plants like red valerian and buddleia burst into flower then watch for the evocatively-named red admirals, painted, ladies, small tortiseshells, commas, and peacocks. Garden Verbena is a magnet for butterflies and moths, especially hawk-moths on hot, sultry evenings. If the warm weather holds over the midsummer, then look out for hummingbird hawks and bee-hawks around these plants and on honeysuckle.

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One of the very few good things to come out of lockdown has been the way people have had time to appreciate the things around them, whether it’s watching birds out of the window or enjoying images on social media of sheep and deer wandering along roads and pavements while there’s been no traffic.

The record numbers of people watching Springwatch on TV also show how much people have got pleasure from seeing nature just getting on with life even in the most difficult of times.

So this month’s book review follows the trend by taking a look at Meadowland - the private life of an English field. It’s not a brand new book, but it’s a beautiful, warm and often humorous diary of a year in the life of a field

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Mr Lewis-Stempel seriously loves the countryside, that’s evident. But he’s got a magical way of writing about it. This isn’t twee descriptions of exotic birds and flowers. It’s dramatic and fun and full of character – he manages to make even the humble cuckoo pint plant sound like something out of Carry On Fielding.

At the same there’s an immense amount of understanding of the way things work together – or don’t as the case may be – there’s a fair bit of disputation going on between the inhabitants of his field on the border with Wales. The key to the book is Mr Lewis-Stempel’s passion for being curious and observing everything – and his sharp self-deprecating sense of humour. He also writes immensely well and there isn’t a boring moment.

There will be stuff in this book you couldn’t imagine. So even if it’s not your normal book choice, give it a go and prepare to have your eyes opened.

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How are you with Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook or whatever platform you use? Sadly, I’ve come to the conclusion that the 21st century phenomenon commonly known as ‘social media’ is, in practice, the exact opposite of what the name suggests and should be re-named ‘antisocial media’!

considered posh if you had a telephone. Life for most of us is much better in so many ways.

My gripe is that, paradoxically, modern means of communication have had the effect of making us appear, in public at least, entombed in our own little silo without being aware of life going on around us.

For example, am I the only one who

In short, we have slowly evolved into a less personalised socially interactive species and I reckon we’re the poorer for that. NB – those walking a dog are exempt from this observation.

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The ‘genie is out of the bottle’ and there is no way that I’ll be able to change that. However, from today, why don’t we all make the effort to smile (don’t leer as that will have the opposite effect!) and mouth a cheery “Good morning/afternoon or whatever” - providing the circumstances are appropriate - to a passer-by, person waiting at the bus stop/sitting opposite you on the train etc.

Go on, try it. You never know, it might result in a cheery conversation and I reckon the world will be a better place for that.

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Gardener’s Calendar The garden should be looking pretty good at the moment, and a lot of your work will be keep things ticking over.

Many gardeners decided to give tomatoes a go this year, in the spirit of grow your own. Things to remember for toms are feed and water, nipping out side-shoots, taking out the growing tip of the plant once you’ve got three to four sets of trusses and - if the fruits get shadowed by vigorous leaves - the leaves can go, so the fruits can ripen.

Watering is important for the whole garden at the moment, unless nature is doing it for you. Water at dusk so the plant keeps the moisture rather than it evaporating. Terracotta containers, while looking really pretty, soak up moisture. Try to keep them damp-ish or have the base of the pots shaded. Dahlias are also very thirsty, hungry, plants so give them regular liquid feed and don’t forget to stake tall versions so they don’t get damaged by freak bad weather.

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Keep deadheading, unless in the case of roses or honeysuckle you want pretty berries and hips later in the season.

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