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From the Editor Dear Readers, What do I have to talk to you about this month? Lots has happened but I can’t fit it all in!

Well, firstly, the whole team (with the exception of Paul, who had it in January), fell foul of the dreaded Covid. We all said that we’ve done so well to dodge it up to this point but we’ve all had varying levels of illness with it; our golden oldies from the over 50 club were hit with the worst symptoms and we lost them for 5 days (alongside our young gun, Hayleigh). Danielle made a valiant effort but fell at Beeches Brook and took to her bed from Tuesday to Friday! However, despite sharing a small little portacabin and van with them, our distribution team swatted it away like a fly and had no ill effects whatsoever. Liam and I had, what we thought was a cold! It was only when everyone else went down that we realised that it may not have been a cold!! Anyway, we’re all back & fighting fit now, which is a far cry from what the words ‘we’ve had covid’ used to do to us all 2yrs ago!! We’d have had a plague cross placed on the outside of building!

Anyway, now we’re all covid free, we thought it was time to expand our team a little. But firstly, we lost Maggi to retirement! I didn’t question her decision based on the fact that she was so busy in her day-to-day life that she barely had time to work! So, I don’t worry about her falling foul of the sofa & tellybox as she was last spotted mushing some huskies somewhere in the UK!

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Sarah has joined our Voice and Artliff team this month on our customer account management side and, as we haven’t scared her off yet, I think she might quite like us! Lisa has already scheduled some time to work on her little avatar, so that’s it now, no backsies!

In other news, May brings about my youngest cousins wedding. He is about 7yrs younger than me and I can remember holding him when he was newly born.

Cute as a button he was, age isn’t always kind to everyone (only joking ) but he has bagged himself the loveliest partner in crime as his soul mate and as self-appointed chief bridesmaid, I can’t wait to share their special day – it’s been a long time coming!!

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With a wedding and the holiday season beginning, I’m hoping for a quieter May but somehow, I doubt it!!

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Platinum Celebrations Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth on 6 February 1952 following the death of her father George IV. Although King George had been ill for some time, his death whilst Princess Elizabeth was on a tour of Kenya with her husband Prince Philip, must have shaken her to the core. She was a mother of two young children (Charles and Anne) and her father was a mere 56 years old when he died, in normal circumstances she could have expected him to reign for many more years, but instead she was thrust into the spotlight as Queen at the tender age of 26.

The Queen’s coronation took place in Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953. The ceremony was conducted by Dr Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury and, at the Queen’s request, it became the first televised coronation, viewed by more than 20 million around the globe.

This coming June we are celebrating her Majesty’s 70 years as Queen, making her the longest reigning monarch not only in the UK, but placing her at number 4 in the list of the world’s longest reigning sovereigns. By the time of the Jubilee Bank Holiday on 3 June she will have moved into 3rd position, only a few days behind Rama IX of Thailand who reigned for 70 years, 126 days. To put things in perspective Rama, and the first placed long time monarch, Louis XIV of France (72 years, 110 days as king), ascended to their thrones at the age of 4 and 5 respectively!

There have been momentous changes in the way we live since her Majesty became Queen. In 1952 the world was still very much living in the shadows of World War II, in the UK sugar, butter, cheese, margarine, cooking fat, bacon, meat and tea were all still rationed. TVs were still uncommon in the average household; men were very much the breadwinners (after the war years of women in the workplace); homosexuality was illegal; decimalisation hadn’t yet happened; the

death penalty was still in force; the race for space hadn’t yet begun; Watson and Crick hadn’t yet published their discovery of the structure of DNA, and foods like spaghetti and curry were unknown to most people!

Houses had no central heating, no double glazing, no fitted kitchens with shiny time saving appliances, and owning one’s own house was not taken for granted. The average cost of a new house around 1952 (lots of house building was taking place to replace homes destroyed during the war) was £1,891 (around £65,224 in today’s money) and the average salary was £10 a week (roughly £339). In 2022 we take so much for granted, don’t we? Warm houses, hot water at the turn of a tap, a huge variety and choice of foodstuffs, eating out, holidays overseas, etc. etc… are our lives anymore content though?

The only thing unchanged since 1952 is her Majesty Queen Elizabeth - raise a glass in celebration of her record breaking reign!

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My Mess is a Bit of a Life – yes you did read that correctly – is how author Georgia Pritchett described herself to a friend – meaning of course to say it the other way round.

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This is a great walk for the summer months ahead.

We originally featured it in 2015 and there have been a couple of small changes but the route is great and there is a lovely mix of countryside with some cracking views. The dogs also loved this walk and even found a stream to splash around in and there was plenty of opportunity to go off lead so it got their double paw of approval.

5½ MILE CIRCULAR FROM GRASSMOOR COUNTRY PARK.

A gentle walk for you and your dog. This medium length walk should 2 1/2 hours. There are some sections of uneven terrain and a number of stiles to cross. There are a couple of busy road sections, so please take plenty of care and make sure you wear appropriate footwear for the conditions.

START: GRASSMOOR COUNTRY PARK, BIRKIN LANE, OFF B6039 BETWEEN TEMPLE NORMANTON AND GRASSMOOR. 1.

From the car park standing with your back to the road and keeping a pond on your right, continue straight ahead to join a trail. Bear right and pass a second pond on your right.

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Locally, he was better known as the milkman; he and his wife ran a dairy business. He relinquished the business when he was elected as Chairman of the County Education Committee, as the office called for a greater use of his time. In 1944 he played a major part in the introduction of changes to the educational system brought in under the 1944 Educational Act including the building of many new schools.

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Some Interesting Revelations

Having had numerous conversations with George over the years, latterly concerning his grandad, Horace Twigg’s time as a stalwart of the once famous Hilcote Hacademicals, I asked him one day if Horace had always worked at the B Winning Colliery. It came as no surprise to hear that he had.

Apparently, Horace was born in 1877, a couple of years after the pit was sunk. His dad, who had worked in a number of jobs prior to then, including Leech Collector, Lamplighter, Tosher, Chimney Sweep and Mudlark - go on – check them out - was one of the first to be employed by the Blackwell Company when B Winning opened. He so enjoyed his work as a collier that, from the day he was born, and despite his mother’s best wishes, the young Twigg (perhaps the original Twiglet?) was destined for a working life underground.

Like his Dad, Horace was a contented collier, but was determined that his own children would have an education giving them the opportunity for a career with minimum danger, and in particular, eliminate the need for a scrub in an old tin bath in front of a roaring fire at the end of the working day.

In George’s case, he became an EO (Executive Officer) in the Civil Service working for the Ministry of Labour, a forerunner of the modern day DWP, Department for Work & Pensions. I was intrigued on hearing this and suggested he must have a few tales to tell of his time working in that role.

You’ll not be surprised to read that he didn’t let me down! Be warned - this might be one of many.

“Well Mike”, he began, “there was the time I was working in one of the Derbyshire offices to the

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north east of here. Confidentiality prevents me from saying exactly which, but in anagram form it’s Sir, Rob, He Ok”. Not too difficult to work out then?

“A woman came in for an interview one day as she was concerned about the amount of benefits she was receiving. A single mother, the conversation went as follows”.

Me – “So Chardonnay, it says here that you have ten children?

Woman – “Yes”.

Me – “Ten? Gosh, they must be a handful”.

Woman – “I manage”.

Me – “Can I have their names please?”

Woman – “Darrell, Darrell, Darrell, Darrell, Darrell, Darrell, Darrell, Darrell, Darrell & Darrell”.

Me – “All named Darrell? Surely that can’t be right?”

Woman – “It is, and It’s really very convenient. If I want them to come inside for their tea, I simply yell ‘Darrell, it’s teatime’ and they all come in. If they’re playing with their food, I just need to say ‘Darrell, stop messing with your tea’ and they all eat up. When it’s bedtime, I just yell, ‘Darrell, get to your bed’ and off they go”.

Me – “......but what if you want to talk to them individually?”

Woman – “That’s no problem at all. I just use their surnames”.

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Gardens full of song birds Wherever you are across the region this is a great time to be a wildlife gardener. Of course the flocks of birds visiting the wintertime feeders have dropped away but if is still worth keeping food out if you want to attract a variety of species into the garden.

Where your garden is does of course make a big difference to what you might expect, but anywhere can be made attractive with a little effort. Now, as winter has eventually ended the spring is a good time to reap the dividends of a little forward planning. Things do change but at present the best foods seem to be sunflower hearts for finches and titmice, and fat-balls for long-tailed tits, but also jackdaws and magpies.

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