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From the Editor Hello Readers!!

So, we’ve done explosive fireworks front covers for the November edition for years, so we fancied a change this year and have gone for ‘World Nursery Rhyme Week’.

It is my thought that parents and kids of all ages haven’t had it easy over the last year or so and nursery rhymes promote the importance of childhood development and education in the early years of education & who doesn’t love to cast their minds back – I wonder, can you name them all? Check out our Facebook page to see the others.

Here at Voice HQ we’ve got our Christmas spirit going this month! Check out our handmade wreaths on Facebook!! Now, don’t judge us too harshly, as some of us are more creative than others and some of us follow the rules more than others!

Nevertheless, it was great fun to do and I’m sure you’ll all be surprised to learn, we all got a little bit competitive with each other over this one. Why not have a go yourself; based on the next panic buying situation being toilet rolls (again!), we should all have plenty of tubes left over!!!

Whilst we’re talking Christmas, the next edition is the last one of 2021 – thank crikey for that – how many more years can we say ‘next year will be better’?! Although,

in fairness, 2021 was significantly better than 2020 for many of us, but I am splitting hairs! Anyway, I digress – this is your last call for any community notices or events or anything Christmas related to be posted. If you have anything you want to tell people about, now is your time, get in touch today.

Oooh, I also forgot to mention last month that we launched our 11th Magazine in the Clay Cross area. Eleven mags for eleven years, each year is beyond my wildest expectations, and I am thankful for our lovely readers, fantastic advertisers and contributors and the best team in the world. I think we might need to recruit some new team members next year at this rate with the plans I have in mind but we’ll need some special people to fit in with this crowd!

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RIPLEY & DISTRICT HERITAGE TRUST

A HOME FROM HOME John Marshall is well known in Ripley as the owner of the Hippodrome, jewellers and hardware shops, and the originator of Ripley Zoo. Less well known is that In 1902 he had built the New Century Workmen’s Home in Booth Street.

As with most of John Marshall’s ventures, it was a combination of the profit-making and the philanthropic: there was obviously a need for cheap, clean housing for men who arrived in the town seeking work, (Ripley was something of a boom town at the time) or travelled the country selling various goods.

and a third tradesmen – housepainters, joiners, bricklayers, even a tailor.

Employment was pretty insecure in those days, and apparently particularly so for middle-aged men without family. In spite of the promises made in the advert, it must have been a pretty bleak kind of life living in the Workmen’s Home.

Unfortunately, the gig economy is not new.

He advertised the home with a bit of verse (shown here) and the words “Cleanliness Our Motto”. He added the mysterious claim of “Good Cover for Organs &c., Free” The lodging house offered separate rooms at sixpence a night, or cheaper accommodation in dormitories at fourpence or fivepence. A hot or cold bath, with a towel, was twopence, and there was a dining room with a “special cooking range.”

The 1911 census gives us a clearer idea of just who these men were. On the day of the census there were 47 men living there.

Very few were young: only 2% in their twenties and 6% in their thirties, most being aged between 40 and 70. Two thirds of them were single, a further 11 being widowers. About half were working, the other half being unemployed, and presumably looking for work. Only 7 of them were born locally; the majority came from all over the country, including 2 from Scotland and 5 from Ireland. There don’t seem to have been any travelling salesmen by then; about a third were labourers, a third miners or ironworkers

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Example 6 - £53,000

Mr G. from CHESTERFIELD worked on the bins for DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. After he was made redundant in 1991, he was persuaded by an independent financial advisor to transfer his pension to STANDARD LIFE. When he retired he noticed he was getting less than his friends who kept their LOCAL GOVERNMENT pension. Compensation £48,000.

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When he retired he realised he was getting less than his friends who kept their BRITISH COAL pension. Compensation £119,761.

Mr P. from MANSFIELD worked at THORESBY. In 1992 he was persuaded by a sales agent from PRUDENTIAL to transfer his miners pension to them. He was promised a better pension. When he retired he realised he was getting less than his friends who kept their miners pension. Compensation £89,359.

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Example 8 - £67,000

Mr G. from STOCKSBRIDGE worked at BRITISH STEEL. After he finished in 1990, he was advised by a salesman to transfer his pension to STANDARD LIFE. When he retired he realised he was getting a much lower pension than his friends who kept their BRITISH STEEL PENSION. Compensation £55,372.

Mr D. from ARNOLD worked for BRITISH RAIL. In 1994, after privatisation, he was advised by an agent from SUN LIFE (now AVIVA) to transfer his pension to them. When he retired he realised he was getting a much lower pension than his friends who kept their BRITISH RAIL pension.

Compensation £67,149.

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Method:

Ingredients:

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• 500g floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper or King Edward, chopped

2. Simmer for 3 minutes, then add the chicken breasts, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the leek, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, then remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly.

• 2 carrots, diced

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We are excited to share an interview with Jess Hammond, a 15 year old Mixed Martial Arts competitor from Mansfield Here at Voice Magazines we like to shout about the up and coming sports people in the area, and this month we’d like to introduce you all to Jess Hammond a 15 year old mixed martial art (MMA) competitor from Mansfield. Jess trains at the Alliance Derby gym in Riddings with her coach Lee Bown and, following MMA try outs at Birmingham NEC on Saturday 2nd October, has qualified for a place on the EMMAA team (English Mixed Martial Arts Association) which will see her compete next year in the World Championships. Jess fought twice and was the only girl on the day to win both her fights, the first by decision and the second by a submission in the second round.

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How did you first get into fighting?

I was introduced to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the age of six and I really enjoyed it, and then a couple of years ago I discovered Mixed Martial Arts - MMA, which incorporates boxing, kickboxing, and Muay Thai (a Thai martial art).

With MMA I learned how to strike an opponent which I’d never done before and I am also able to bring in my Jiu Jitsu grappling skills. I now prefer MMA over other fighting disciplines as it has a variety of martial arts combined so there is more to learn and master.

How much training do you put in each week?

On average I train at least five days a week, unless I’m training for a competition then I would train every day. Some of the days I do an hour and half session of kickboxing, followed by an hour and half session of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I also help coach the junior team which I enjoy very much.

What sort of things do you do in training sessions and do you enjoy it?

At the start of the sessions we do warm up and fitness training, followed by technique and lastly, we have sparring where we can practice the new techniques we’ve learned. I really enjoy my training and coaching although sometimes it can be quite tough, especially when training for a competition but the support of my team at Alliance Derby pushes me through!

Tell us why you think more young people your age should become more involved in sports.

I think more young people my age should do more sports as it helps them form a routine and something to work towards and it also helps with overall fitness and discipline.

A huge well done to Jess for qualifying for the World Championships, we’ll follow her progress and who knows, we could be reporting on her successes for a long time to come! As Jess’s career progresses, she will be looking for sponsorship to help her fund her development, if you’d like to help let us know and we’ll pass on your details.

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This month we go back 4 years to October 2017 to revisit a perfect autumnal walk. This walk has a bit of everything. We begin walking through a country park with some great views before looping round to pass the historic and picturesque Annesley All Saints Church and then onto the pretty Annesley Forest.

A mid length walk which should take you and your dog around 2 1/2 hours to complete. There is a mix of terrain, with some uneven and muddy bits, particularly depending on the weather so please wear appropriate footwear. There is one particularly busy road so be careful, keep dogs on leads if unsure and as always, follow the countryside code.

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Standing with your back to the car park entrance, walk straight ahead to pass through a large wooden gate, pass by a signboard reading ‘Newstead and Annesley Country Park’ on your right and then continue along a wide and well laid path.

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After a short distance you will pass a lake and a building on your right. Pass through a gap, continue straight ahead along the wide path climbing gently uphill, to pass a second and then a third lake on your right.

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After the third lake you will begin to descend for quite some distance until reaching a large metal gate. Pass by the gate and then pass beneath an arch bridge. After some distance pass by another large metal gate and continue ahead to reach a road.

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Continue along Moseley Road to the very end and then turn left along another road. Follow this road to the very end and then turn left once more onto ‘Byron Road’. After a short distance turn right along a road signposted for ‘Parish Hall’. After a short distance pass the Parish Hall on your right and then continue straight ahead along a tarmac footpath.

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After a short distance pass through a metal width restrictor and then continue straight along the path going uphill. Near the top of the hill pass through some concrete post and, almost immediately, turn left along a footpath opposite a bungalow (No.9) to pass between some houses.

Continue straight ahead to walk across the top of a cul-de-sac and then towards a block of garages.

Thread between the garages and pass through a metal chicane to continue along a footpath. After a short distance pass by a graveyard on your right and then a church on your left.

Immediately after the church cross over a crossroads of footpaths and continue straight ahead along a footpath into some trees. Continue downhill until you reach a road. Turn left along the road for a short distance and then turn right onto a lane going uphill passing a sign on your right reading ‘No unauthorised vehicles’.

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At the top of the hill the lane bends sharp right. At this point continue straight ahead to pass through a gap onto footpath heading into the trees. Ignoring all the other paths to the left and right, continue straight ahead along this path. Eventually the path bends around to the right. Continue for a short distance to pass by a large metal gate and to a main road.

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Cross straight over, pass by a large metal gate and then continue along a well laid path. Follow the path around to the left and then continue straight ahead going through woodland. After some distance you will reach a major junction of paths. Take the left option going gently uphill and then continue straight ahead.

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Continue on the main path for some distance and then pass by a metal gate to reach a main road.

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Ignoring all other paths to the left and right, go straight to the very top of the hill and then drop back down the other side. At the bottom of the hill and at a crossroads of footpaths turn right along a well laid footpath. After a short distance pass by a large metal gate and to a road.

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15. Turn left to follow the main road, ‘Tilford Road’, with terraced houses on the left and then after some distance pass’ Newstead Centre’ on your right. After a short distance cross over a railway line and then after a very short distance turn left back into the car park.

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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Winter Weather Tips for Dogs Despite the dangers winter can sometimes present, winter walks with your dog can be safe and enjoyable providing you take the necessary precautions.

Take a look at our nine top tips to keep both you and your dog safe while walking during the winter months.

Consider a coat for dog During the winter months, it’s important to keep your dog warm. Let your dog’s coat grow and for short-haired breeds, senior dogs and puppies, it may be worth investing in a winter dog coat.

ID tag and microchipped It’s important to ensure that your dog is wearing a collar, ID tag and is microchipped. It’s also vital to ensure your microchipping database is up to date with your address and contact details.

Winter walks Walking your dog during the cold, dark mornings and nights can present its challenges; poor visibility being one of them. If you’re walking when it’s dark, it’s a good idea to make sure your dog is visible either with a flashing collar light or a highvis jacket.

Returning from a walk When you and your dog return from a winter walk, remember to wipe your dogs’ legs, feet and stomach. The grit from roads and dampness from rain or snow can irritate their skin.

It’s important you’re also dressed for winter. Think about your own footwear when you’re venturing out with your dog and make sure you’re just as visible as your dog.

Beware of deep snow The British weather is often unpredictable. Keep your dog on a lead if it’s snowing. There could be some deep pockets of snow or snow which maybe covering up some unsafe areas.

Don’t leave your dog in a car Leaving dogs in cars is dangerous all year round, even in winter. You should never leave your dog unattended in a car.

Frozen ponds Don’t let your dog walk across frozen ponds. The ice may not be thick enough to take the weight of your dog.

Anti-freeze is poisonous Even the smallest amounts of anti-freeze can have a very harmful and it can often have a fatal effect on your pet. Keep anti-freeze well out of pets’ reach and clean up any spillages right away.

Check leads, collars and harnesses It’s a good idea to check items such as leads, collars and harnesses are all in working order. They can often get damaged by the winter weather e.g. wet weather may make metal clips rust.

If you’re having difficulty choosing the correct sized harness or coat for your dog, please visit our pet care retrial store at Pride Veterinary Centre where our friendly retail team will be able to provide advice.

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The Dark Side of Nursery Rhymes Nursery rhymes…nonsense for kids, or coded messages containing dark undertones? Read on to see why the latter may be closer to the truth than we would maybe like to think!

“Nursery rhymes”, with their distinctive sing-song rhythms and melodies; date back centuries, as far back as the 14th Century in fact. Modern childhood psychologists believe they can help a child’s mental development and spatial reasoning, but it is doubtful our antecedents were thinking in those terms when the majority of the ditties were composed. Let’s have a quick look at a few of the best known rhymes: Baa Baa Black Sheep refers to the wool tax imposed by Edward I, when new rules said a third of the cost of a sack of wool went to him, another went to the church and the last to the farmer. In the original rhyme, the ‘little boy who lived down the lane’ ended up with nothing!

The phrase ‘black sheep of the family’ stems from the fact that the wool from black sheep could not be successfully dyed and thus had less value.

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary is believed to be about Queen Mary (aka Bloody Mary) and concerns the torture and murder of Protestants, the garden being an allusion to graveyards full of Protestant martyrs, whilst “silver bells” were thumbscrews and “cockleshells” are thought to be instruments of torture which were attached to male genitals. Nice. Not! Oranges and Lemons describes a condemned man’s journey towards his execution in London, passing various churches on his way.

Rock-a-bye Baby alludes to the rumour that the son of King James II was actually another man’s son, smuggled into the delivery room in order to ensure a Catholic would once more ascend to the throne of England. An early recorded version of the rhyme ends with the footnote “This may serve as a warning to the Proud and Ambitious, who climb so high that they generally fall at last.”

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Ring a Ring o Roses, we’re all familiar with the idea that this rhyme, and the associated little dance so beloved of kids, is connected with the Great Plague of 1665. The ‘rosie’ being the distinctive rash that developed on the skin of sufferers, and the ‘posies’ referring to the scented flowers required to camouflage the hideous stench of decaying flesh and rotting bodies.

Even the seemingly innocuous ditty Ladybird, Ladybird, fly away home, may refer to the persecution of Catholics in the 16th and 17th century, when Catholic priests were often burnt at the stake. Whilst Lucy Locket is actually connected to an argument between two prostitutes in the 18th century!

So much time has elapsed since these nursery rhymes were first written that modern day mothers singing them with their children can be forgiven for not realising the death, destruction, and darkness so many of them allude to. And anyway - who really cares these days, they’re fun, kids enjoy then and they’re part of our heritage and tradition.

These articles are researched and written by Laura Billingham, a local content writer and author. Laura moved to the Peak District several years ago to pursue her passion for writing.

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There’s been lots of promotion of this novel over the last few months and it might be fair to say it’s marmite. You’ll either love the mystery, the mind-games and the maze-like quality of the story, and there’s a lot of that to love, or you’ll be irritated and bored.

Without giving too much of the story away – no spoilers here – it’s about Piranesi, who lives in the House, a huge world-like labyrinth of halls, full of statues, crashing tides, birds – and one other living human being, appropriately called The Other.

They’re in search of Truth – or at least a version of it, but while that is going on the reader realises this is a book about things maybe not being what they seem.

The descriptions are lovely and the story intriguing and all the time it leaves you questioning your understanding of what’s going on. Whether you will enjoy it probably depend on whether you enjoy puzzles and the sort of magic which messes with your perception of things. It’s certainly interesting.

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Frosty mornings, the fresh air, sparkling cobwebs, the long shadows as the sun dips… there are so many beautiful things about Winter.

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The festive season

Sending cards or letters to those you love, watching Christmas films, spending time with family and friends, or simply wishing someone a ‘Merry Christmas’ in the street – it all gives you a sense of warmth and hope during the Winter.

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5. Paint the inside and outside of the toilet rolls with your choice of colours, 3 rolls in each contrasting colour, and set to one side to dry. I didn’t paint mine until after I cut the strips which is time consuming.

6. When the rolls are dry squash them flat and cut them into approximately 1 cm strips – I got 10 strips from each roll i.e., 2 flowers.

7. Put a small amount of glue (approximately ½ to 1cm ONLY) on one side at the bottom of one strip, stick another strip to it, and repeat to stick another strip, 3 in total. If you have a spring peg or a bulldog clip it will help to clip them together to dry. It saves you having to hold them. N.B. Make sure you are only sticking a small section at the bottom of each strip. PICTURE 1.

8. Do the same with 2 strips. Each flower will have 5 strips (petals) so carry on and glue all your flowers as described above.

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Remember, Remember… …the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason, and plot. We see no reason, Why gunpowder treason, Should ever be forgot!

We’ve all heard the opening verse of that nursery rhyme before, haven’t we? And we know it refers to Guy Fawkes, the” gunpowder plot” and the “celebrations” on Bonfire Night. But how many of us know the real history behind the lighting of bonfires and the unleashing of fireworks each 5th of November?

Let’s spin back over 400 years to a time when British Catholics were persecuted for not adhering to the Protestant religion imposed by Henry VIII. In 1603 British Catholics rejoiced when James II replaced Queen Elizabeth I (Henry’s daughter) on the throne of England; born a Catholic and allegedly married to one, the assumption was that life for followers of Catholicism would improve - they didn’t, if anything King James cracked down even further. English Catholics were furious and several plots to overthrow the King, the Protestant Church, and the Government were hatched, including the now infamous “Gunpowder Plot.” The plot was hatched in a pub called “The Duck and Drake” in London, Robert Catesby, Guy Fawkes, Tom Wintour, Jack Wright, and Thomas Percy met, and Catesby proposed a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

Fawkes was born in York in 1570; by 1605 he was using the Spanish name Guido following 10 or more years spent fighting Protestants in the Netherlands for Catholic Spain. The plotters leased a cellar which ran under the Houses of Parliament and Guido (Guy) Fawkes, under the alias John Johnson, acted as its caretaker overseeing the storage of barrels of gunpowder. On November 5th, 1605, during the state opening of Parliament, when the King, his son and the elected MPs would all be present, Fawkes was to light a fuse to the stockpiled gunpowder before fleeing by boat across the Thames. The other

plotters were to kidnap the King’s daughter and in due course marry her off to a Catholic consort.

Sadly for the conspirators, someone tipped off a Catholic sympathiser advising them not to attend the state opening and thus the authorities were alerted. Fawkes was caught red handed in the cellars with 36 barrels of gunpowder and matches in his pocket.

He was taken to the Tower of London and tortured. All but four of the others were also arrested, tried, and sentenced to death by hanging, drawing, and quartering. Catesby, the real ringleader, avoided arrest but died in a shootout with the military.

So, where did the tradition of ‘burning a guy on the bonfire’ come from? In 1606 an Act of Parliament was passed naming 5th November as a day of celebration; Londoners began to light bonfires and in keeping with the anti-Catholic sentiment of the time, would burn an effigy of the Pope. Over time, this changed to become an effigy of Guy Fawkes and the day became known as “Guy Fawkes Day.” Hero, villain, or martyr - it’s a question of perspective, isn’t it?

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The Peak District Eastern Moors especially Big Moor have become well known for their feral populations of red deer – our largest and most magnificent British land mammal. Numbers have grown since the 1980s and with management culling on the core site of Big Moor there are probably somewhere between 200 and 300 animals across the estate. However, in the wider region beyond Big Moor, animals have dispersed over a considerable area; probably in part due to disturbance through the cull, which naturally makes the animals very nervous. Overall, the numbers are still rising and the area over which the red deer now roam has increased eastwards into Sheffield and Dronfield, northwards too, and Photo by Steve Smith west towards Eyam.

Of course, there is a further western Peak population around the Roaches and the Staffordshire Moors.

Historically the other main deer species you might see in and around the Peak was the back (melanistic) herd from Stanton deer park, and down into Matlock and Darley Dale. This is a medieval herd and well documented.

However, things are changing and there is another deer now spreading and increasingly commonly reported. This is the roe deer. Occurring mostly in smaller groups than the other two and considerably smaller, roe can be mistaken for young or female red deer and so wherever possible, records are best supported by a photograph. Twenty years ago, roe deer were very uncommon in the Peak but increasingly seen in the eastern lowlands both north and south of the area. Nevertheless, since then the roe deer have spread often unnoticed but to a point where they are now rather common.

Tending to feed in fields and to hide away in woodland and scrub, the roe can be around but not detected. They are quite frequently observed around woodland

edges such as near the Grouse Inn at Froggatt, but are also penetrating deep into urban areas such as in the heart of Sheffield.

In both town and country, they will turn up in back gardens and along roadsides and seem quite bold and unaffected by disturbance.

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We’re largely getting to the stage of making things ready for next year’s garden, while still looking forward to some over-winter colour and looking after the most vulnerable areas.

If you have parts of the lawn which get waterlogged during winter you can spike the area properly now and brush grit or sharp sand into the holes to help improve drainage. You’ll also help the lawn by raking up fallen leaves which block out light and harm grass growth. As much as possible also take piles of leaves away from bushes and shrubs otherwise slugs and snails might use them for overwintering.

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Roses planted in exposed spots, should be pruned now to stop windrock over the winter. Cut off most of this year’s growth and if there’s any sign of blackspot, don’t put cuttings in the compost as it will transmit the disease.

Tulip bulbs should be planted by the end of November. And hopefully there will be a good bit of colour this winter if you plant outdoor cyclamen, (not the big showy ones, they’re not usually hardy enough to survive the cold), hellebores and winter pansies.

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