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Hi Readers, You all know by now that we’re animal mad at Voice Magazines! So with that in mind, I set our chief designer, Lisa, a bit of a challenge this month. As we now have 10 magazines in total and we have 10 dogs between us, it made sense that for International Dog Day on the 26th August, I thought it’d be nice for Lisa to draw and paint each of our dogs and then place them on a picture with a caption that suits their personalities.

I know that really, really, really deep down, and wayyyy after the fact when the task has been achieved, she loves it when I come up with these challenges but I’m not going to lie, it has not been easy, even for a talented painter like Lisa. I think you’ll all agree though, what a truly fantastic job she has done! I’m super proud of what she has created and now she’s back speaking to me again now, so all is good in the hood!

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Whit Walk - Part Two On the day, everyone dressed in their smart new clothes.

Most were wearing bonnets or hats. Children would go to their Sunday Schools. The respective Choirs would be there dressed in their choral robes. The Clergy, the Vergers, Churchwardens, Sunday School Teachers, Children, and Adult Congregation would all take part.

Among the Churches involved would be Chatsworth St; St Bartholomew’s, Congregational Churc, Forest Side Methodists, Leamington Drive Church, New Cross Methodists, Outram St Methodists, Priestsic Road Methodists, Reorganised Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Salvation Army, St John’s Churc, St Joseph’s Church, St Mark’s Church, St Mary’s Church, St Michael’s Church, St Modwen’s Church, United Reformed Church, Victoria Street Baptists, and Zion Baptists.

Typically held yearly in late May or early June, Sutton held its own Whit Walk, with Huthwaite and Skegby Churches each having their own separate gatherings.

People would line up outside their respective Churches.

At the front of each Church Procession, their unique processional banner was held high, ready for leading the march round the streets. In front of the procession, a uniformed Brass Band. Lyres attached to the instruments held the music which they would need.

Sunday School Teachers watched over the younger children. Some children carried flower baskets or flowers on streamers. Sometimes, ribbons or ropes were placed at the side of the youngsters which they could hold on to as they were walking. They lined up in pairs close to the front of the parade. Following behind them were teenagers, and finally adults. St Johns Ambulance Brigade were there, often kept busy with people fainting in the heat. Marshalls walked alongside and looked for any problems.

One procession would start from the bottom end of the town, Outram Street area, and the other at the opposite side of the town, usually St Marys.

The Brass Bands played as they were walking along the streets, and as they met with another Church Procession, they would join together in sequence.

The roads around the Old Market Place would fill with spectators long before the processions reached there, although some people would walk alongside them as they

made their way towards the Market Place. It was an occasion all looked forward to.

Known as the Walk of Witness, it is thought that the idea was brought back to Sutton by William Bonser around 1840, after he had seen it happen while on a visit to Manchester.

The Police co-ordinated both processions to make sure they arrived together, although sometimes it meant holding one side back to wait for the other to catch up. The columns filed on to the Market Place in rows, and waited for everyone to get into place. Banners were leaned against a wall in the Market Square. The platform was waiting for the officials to arrive.

The Market Place was packed to capacity and spectators were looking from windows and balconies, as well as covering the pavements around the area.

Hymn sheets were given out, and collecting tins were rattled.

The Clergy mounted the podium, the Conductor was in place, and the Band got ready to play.

As the service began, the Ministers took turns introducing the hymns, and of course the National Anthem. The crowd joined in enthusiastically with the singing, accompanied by one of the bands.

Afterwards they walked via King Street, Woods Hill and Low Street back to their Church Halls/Sunday Schools where they received a Whitsuntide bun.

When the collection tins were gathered and money counted, after the costs were taken out the remaining donations went to a charity like Save the Children Fund.

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The Voice Magazine team were incredibly lucky to be invited for the unique experience of a 90-minute Alpaca trek which includes the opportunity to meet and feed all the lovely Alpacas.

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Everyone was amazed at how big she was and how steady she was on her feet. They were all so cute staying close by their mothers. Happiness is a baby Alpaca!

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FOCUS ON LEARNING Voice Magazines recently had the pleasure of chatting to Sandra Smith, a secondary school maths teacher of 29 years standing. Sandra, who hails originally from Nottingham, has created a series of exercise books aimed primarily at 11 to 16 year olds but also suitable for a younger age range.

We asked her what had inspired her and how these books could help children succeed both at school and in life.

Talking to Sandra it is crystal clear that she is absolutely passionate about teaching and helping children to learn and grow…this is her WHY, her driving purpose and is what led to the creation of the books. The original idea of blank books with a contents page at the front, came to her back in November 2015 after she had asked the class she was teaching to locate a particular piece of work and saw how difficult that was for the children. Sandra jotted down that germ of an idea in a notebook, but it was November 2019 before she began to think about it again, and this time she realised that adding simple motivational quotes to each page would make the concept even stronger. In her own words, “it only takes one word or key phrase to inspire a child and sow the seeds for them to take charge of their own learning.”

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They are very different to the traditional plain exercise books children currently use to write up their work, being A4 in size with striking covers, a contents page to enable the pupils (and teachers) to keep track of their work, and lined pages to assist with handwriting. The pages feature inspirational and motivational quotes such as, “Simple little daily habits create big success.” and “It’s OK to make mistakes, you can learn from them.” Sandra has used the books within her own teaching and says they make the children want to learn.

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We reached deep into the archive to pull out a walk from 2013. This walk takes you along the Betty Kenny Trail and is perfect for our four legged friends.

Although there is one section where you need to be careful as their is a sharp drop-off.

The story of Betty Kenny is a local legend dating back to the 18th Century. It is claimed that Betty (actual name Kate Kenyon) and her husband Luke were charcoal burners who often lived in the Shining Cliff Woods under the shade of a particular Yew tree. It was in this tree that Betty used to rock her children to sleep singing them ‘rock-a-bye baby’ and it is often puported that this is where the nursery rhyme originated.

4 mile walk along the Betty Kenny Trail in Shining Cliff Woods, Ambergate A lovely walk for you and your dog along a well established trail that offers a piece of local history and some lovely views across the Derwent Valley. The route will take around 2 hours There are some moderate climbs and the terrain can be muddy and uneven so a good pair of boots are a must. The path is well marked by posts with a white stripe.

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Head back down Holly Lane and turn left before the bridge and down a rough road into the woods. Carry on along this road for around 400 meters looking out for a sign on the right which indicate the Betty Kenny Trail, beside a metal gate.

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Take the footpath and carry on through the old wire works site. Pass the White Peak Distillery and continue with a metal fence on your right and into the woods.

Pass through a barrier and take the path uphill into the woods. This path will take you roughly parallel to the A6 and the River Derwent.

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After around 400 meters, when you reach a fork in the path keep to the right and follow the path as it goes downhill. The trial is marked by posts with a white stripe.

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After around 800 meters follow the main path, which is marked by white striped posts, as it bends off to the left and uphill.

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Follow the path uphill. When you reach a wall follow the path as it bends to the right.

To continue uphill to the remains of the Betty Kenny Tree. The tree is surrounded by a fence on your right.

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Make your way back down the same path to the bend by the wall. Take a path straight ahead to continue into the woods with the wall on your right.

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Follow the path, over the boardwalks and continue as it climbs up through the woods. At a split in the path by a gate, ignore the gate right and the path left and take the middle path marked by the white striped posts. Y0u will near the edge of an old stone quarry so take care, especially if your dog is ‘enthusiastic’ as ours.

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Carry on along the path marked by the white posts as it leads you up to the top of a hill where you have great views across the Derwent Valley. Continue on along the path downhill through the woods.

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Ignore paths off to reach a Map Board and take the path to the left. Head downhill to a T-Junction of paths with a signboard. Turn left turn left to keep going downhill. This will bring you pack to where you entered the wood near the wire works, retrace the route back from here to wheere you entered the wood near the wire works, retrace the route back from here.

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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CHESTERFIELD SHOP MOBILITY The only hire service in Chesterfield and the surrounding areas disability organisations in the Derbyshire area and was a real value add to the Charity. Both Colin and Christine can empathise with their customers as they have direct experience of the barriers people with a disability face as they both manage their own disabilities.

Chesterfield shop mobility offer workshop repairs, long term, and short-term hire of scooters, they carry out regular checks and services on all scooters. The long-term loans of scooters have no time limit in fact, the longest long-term loan a customer accessed so far is 25 years.

This week I went along to shop mobility to meet the fantastic team. After getting slightly lost, I finally arrived on the ground floor of the multi-story car park on New Beetwell Street where Chesterfield Shop Mobility is based. This base is in the town centre of the beautiful market town of Chesterfield. As you can see from the picture, Chesterfield Shop Mobility have many scooters on offer, which they have all set out for you to view.

35 years ago, 3 people with the same disabilities met with Chesterfield Borough Council as they noticed that there were people struggling to get around Chesterfield and surrounding areas (Derbyshire being a very hilly place to live). They wanted a service for people to be able to accesses scooters when purchasing was out of their reach. Christine, along with two others, decided to set up shop mobility to assist the locals and visitors of Chesterfield and surrounding areas in their endeavours to circumnavigate Derbyshire and its varied attractions.

Chesterfield & District Shop Mobility Charity started with 3 scooters opening 6 days a week. The services Shop Mobility provided become very popular very quickly. Shop Mobility worked together with Chesterfield community transport for many years, but separated into two Charities in 2005.

They also offer Tracks and trails, where they take special scooters for people to use on days out when the terrain is not suitable for none specialised scooters. They offer guided days out and a drop off / collection service. These services are currently used by Queens Park, Chesterfield Canal, Holmebrook Valley Country Park, and other venues.

To find out more please go to the Shop Mobility Facebook page or call Shop Mobility for more detail.

Christine, seen here on power chaired, says “this is far more comfortable than a manual wheelchair” for people who are in wheelchairs for most of the day this offers a more comfortable alternative. This power chaired even has a recline feature.

Colin is seen here on the tracks and trails scooter, just as its name says, it is a specialised scooter for use on track and trails where other scooters would struggle.

Shop Mobility Chesterfield can drop your scooter to you at the start of your trail and collect it when your all finished. Even if your finish line differs from your start line.

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Elaine is seen here on the boot scooter; this scooter is ideal for holidays and days out. It folds to fit in most boot spaces and is the perfect addition to any day trip or holiday.

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Peak Damsels on the rise

If the weather is good, then from springtime onwards local ponds and lakes become the haunt of a delightful group of insects called ‘damselflies’.

These delicate creatures are the smaller cousins of the much bigger and indeed more butch ‘dragonflies’. The two types of ‘odonata’ are in fact easy to tell apart. The damsels are much smaller and more delicate with thin pencil-like bodies and when at rest their wings lie lengthwise along the body. The dragons on the other hand have much bigger, heavier bodies and cannot close their wings; instead, these stick out sideways when resting. These insects spend most of their lives as aquatic nymphs and during that time they grow and periodically burst out of their old skin to expand into a new one.

Having gone through up to fifteen moults before the final event from which they subsequently hatch as adults, the process takes a variable amount of time. Depending on the species and the location, the aquatic phase of damsels and dragons can be from as little as two months to up to three years.

These water-dwelling larvae are voracious predators though the smaller damsel larvae with characteristic external gills at the end of their ‘tail’ or abdomen, take proportionately lesser prey such as mosquito larvae and other ‘minibeasts’ of the pond or stream. Interestingly, unlike other winged insects such as butterflies and moths, dragonflies and damselflies do not pupate to undergo a process called complete metamorphosis. Instead of this radical process they undergo ‘incomplete metamorphosis’ which means they transition directly from larva into adult.

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Some species like common blue damselflies and large red damselflies for example, may be abundant in your garden pond but you can easily overlook them. There are different ‘blue’ damsels and the key to identification is in the patterning of blue and black down the ‘tail’ or abdomen. Of course, this may be hard to spot when they are in flight! Another group of damsels that is currently spreading across our region is the ‘demoiselles’ and these are absolutely stunning. There are two main species nationally, the ‘beautiful demoiselle’ and the ‘banded demoiselle’. It is the latter which we now see along riversides and streamsides in lowland areas. So watch out for these on riverside walks along the Derbyshire Wye or Derwent for example.

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You can still eat split toms, just harvest them fairly quickly as they may start to rot if the flesh is exposed.

Tomatoes which have started to change colour will ripen on or off the vine. As the trusses grow – ideally about five or six per plant - remove the lower leaves of the plant to prevent disease. All a bit of a faff, but worth it when you taste them just-picked.

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