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His cotton spinning factory at Lumford Mill was built around 1782 and employed about 350 people at its peak, mainly women and children. 1779 saw riots in the town during a period of conscription into the militia. Rumours circulated that the residents of Bakewell were being asked to contribute more than their fair share of men. Six men were ultimately imprisoned, and the damage caused by the riots and looting was said to be considerable. In the 19th century a redevelopment of the town was undertaken; what we see today is largely the result of that period. Rutland Square was created, and the Rutland Arms replaced the old White Horse Inn. It’s claimed that Jane Austen stayed in the Rutland in 1811 and that she based Lambton in Pride and Prejudice on Bakewell, and Pemberley on Chatsworth House. Local ‘legend’ also says that the now famous Bakewell Pudding was created by a happy accident (the cook read a recipe wrongly) in the kitchens of the same inn. Bakewell is now a thriving tourist destination with a resident population of around 4,000 who contend with an influx of visitors throughout the year.
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Golden brown, red and yellow – The autumn leaves spectacular The annual cycles of nature are part of the joy of the natural world on our doorstep. They keep us in touch with our sense of place and of time and increasingly are recognised as being Cherry Leaves therapeutic. That most of our trees and shrubs are deciduous i.e. they open their leaves in spring and drop the dead ones pretty much all at once in the autumn, is just one part of this process. Phenology, which is the where and when of these natural processes and how they change, is also fascinating and can inform our understanding of things like climate change.
If summer has been dry then expect to see an early hint of gold and brown on trees across the region; and the same if there is an unexpected early frost perhaps. However, some trees have been showing stress all summer long and many have suffered from a mix of fungal diseases or blights and tiny ‘micro’ moths or leaf-miners. One of the more familiar of these affects the horse chestnut tree which suffers from both a leaf-miner and a fungus or ‘leaf blotch’. Both are new to the UK but then the conker tree, though deeply embedded in our culture, is also not a native either. However, I do get a lot of enquiries from concerned readers when they see trees affected by these attacks but generally they don’t do much longterm damage. The nasty-sounding ‘weeping canker’ on the other hand is a killer. Another fungal disease affecting a familiar tree is the ‘tar-spot fungus’ of sycamore which appears as unsightly black growths on the leaves, and which again is relatively benign. In fact this is a good indicator of improving air quality as like back spot on roses Oak Tree the fungus is killed off
by sulphur in polluted air. I first came across this disease on sycamore leaves when I left Sheffield and its polluted air in the 1970s and went to Lancaster University on the west coast. I Beech Tree was appalled to see all the sycamores covered in black spots but relieved when I discovered the cause.
However, as temperatures fall through autumn and especially following a series of sharp frosts, then the leaves across the countryside will ‘turn’ to produce a glorious show of yellow, brown, red, and gold. Particularly if autumn is late and there have been no strong winds, then this can make for a tremendous effect; one last throw of the dice before winter sets in. For trees and shrubs the process is important in the annual cycle as this is time to extract vital nutrients from the leaves, release or excrete waste chemicals back into the dying leaves. They undergo the process of abscission whereby the leaf stem is closed off from the living tree and the living leaf dies and then falls. We gain the experience of viewing the wonderful autumn colours and then the childhood magic of kicking through piles of fallen leaves with their unique fragrance; the stuff of memories.
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