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Thank you so much for the lovely feedback on last month’s front covers and articles. It’s always lovely to get such wonderful feedback – I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – it’s really easy to phone up irate and complain about something, but as a society we don’t bother to do nice things very often, seemingly. However, a few readers have taken the time to write to us and also call us this month and it’s been really lovely – so thank you, you are appreciated. It’s nice to be nice! This month we have the Macmillan Coffee Morning on our front covers with another funky new design style and Laura has written another cracking article. I had no idea about the history and what a wonderful legacy he set up –truly visionary & incredibly altruistic. He was clearly ahead of his Happytime.reading,

Emily x And all the VOICE MAGAZINES TEAM From the Editor Read our Magazines https://issuu.com/ambervalleymediaonlineCheck out our Facebook Group Printed by Phase Print Ltd and distributed to 5,200 homes in North Derbyshire. Disclaimer: No responsibility is accepted by Voice Magazines Limited for claims, errors or omissions made in advertisements appearing in this issue. All advertisers are accepted in good faith and we are not responsible for views expressed by contributor or other sources. Reproduction of the contents of this magazine is not permitted without the prior consent of the publisher. Voice Magazines Limited, 40 High Street, South Normanton, Derbyshire. DE55 2BP. Registered in England & Wales No: 10550557 VOICE LTD Upcoming Submission Deadline for Advertisers & Contributors: October ‘22 Edition - 9th September • November ‘22 Edition - 7th October To advertise email: info@voicemagazines.co.uk or call us on 01773 549 035 POST OFFICE LEISURE CENTRE CONTENT PS: Don’t forget to mention the ‘Voice’ when you use any of the companies in this magazine

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Dear Readers, I’m not the biggest fan of August, truth be told, so I’m quite glad to see the back of it in one way. Expensive holidays, lots of the team on hols, can never get a strong netball squad together! And it signifies the beginning of the end of summer. Throw in a few personal sadness issues this month and it’s taken over from Jan as the rubbish month this year! However, such is life, nothing is all bad and I went camping for the first time in probably 20 years. I mean, I say camping, I had a glamping wigwam bell tent thingy with an electric power point and a memory foam mattress but it still counts! Tell you what though, I could cope with most of it but the toilets…..I mean……do they do that stuff to their toilets at home or just turn into an animal when they are camping/going to festivals? I don’t want to cast aspersions here, each to their own but what is the maximum number of people you need in a group to turn feral, lol??! Anyway, a good time was had by all, have a read about it on pg 16-17. I also had a fandabbydosy time at the Commonwealth games for 1 full day of Netball games. Absolutely exhausting (and no, I wasn’t even playing!!) but I didn’t get to the 2012 Olympics so I’ve resolved, ever since then, to make sure I attend these sporting events. It’s great for the cities involved and I only wished that I’d managed to get tickets for some other sports as well – lt was so well organised and managed. So, I don’t want to be the first to say it, but as we’re promoting and giving away tickets to Matlock Illuminations this month – we are clearly on the downhill run to the man in the red suit month. I’m not sure what this year’s festivities will bring, bearing in mind the misery and the pinch we’re all experiencing amid this cost-of-living crisis, which is imminent but hopefully this month we’ll have an active Government in place. Whatever your ‘team’ you can’t be happy with it at the minute – so we all live in hope that they exact the power to work in our best interests, which we choose to bestow upon them….if not, is it revolution time yet?! Asking for a friend?

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In 1911 a young man by the name of Douglas Macmillan watched his father die of cancer; the pain and suffering he saw inspired him to found the “Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer”.

This year’s Macmillan Coffee Morning is scheduled for Friday, 30th September – will you be taking part?

Somewhat fittingly, Douglas used £10 that his father had given him to set up the society. That £10, equivalent to roughly £1200 today, was the start of the Macmillan story. In the early days, they hand delivered food and coal to people in need, as well as arranging holidays and trips for people with cancer (and their families).

Time for a quick history lesson…

Fast forwarding to today, Macmillan offers a wide range of support to individuals, employers and health care Financialprofessionals.grantsare available to help with the extra costs living with cancer can bring, as well as advice on claiming benefits and what to do if paying bills is difficult. And, of course, simply knowing that there are people on the other end of a telephone ready to help can bring great relief to someone newly diagnosed. Email and online chat services are also offered for those of us who prefer the written word.

Coffee and Cake against Cancer Macmillan Coffee Morning 2022

Finally, when we think of Macmillan, most of us will picture the nurses. These specialists have experience and qualifications in cancer care and are able to help individuals through diagnosis, treatment, aftercare and with ongoing support. Within this group of extraordinary individuals are palliative care nurses who help manage the symptoms of advanced cancer. They are experts in managing symptoms such as pain, sickness or breathlessness and can also help and support family members.

The first home visits, offering practical support to those in need, began in the 1930s, and by the 1970s, Macmillan nurses were established, enabling people to stay in their own homes whilst undergoing Douglastreatment.

Since that inauspicious start, the annual coffee morning has raised a staggering £290million for Macmillan - £11million last year alone, but what does that money fund? How will the price of your coffee and cake on 30th September help people in the UK?

Macmillan had envisioned “homes for cancer patients”, and although he sadly died of cancer himself in 1969, Macmillan played a key role in the creation of the hospice care system in the 70s and 80s.

It seems like the Macmillan Coffee Morning has been around forever, doesn’t it? But would it surprise you to know that the first one was held in 1990, and on a very small scale? It did me.

After 111 years, the charity’s ethos has never deviated from Douglas Macmillan’s original statement – “we stand for Betterness”, and has sought to overturn the stigma and dread surrounding a diagnosis of cancer. With an estimated 50% of us expected to experience cancer at some point in our lives, perhaps that destigmatisation has been Douglas Macmillan’s most important legacy.

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Michelle & Family, Danielle & her son, Lisa & Family and Neil and his Family all arrived on the Thursday afternoon/ early evening and made the most of it. They pitched up their tents and headed straight for THE BIG GIN (that’s the main stage, not the bottle!). They all emersed themselves in the music of The Kooks for the evening and soaked up the Sarahatmosphere.&herhusband arrived next, for Friday lunchtime for a bit of afternoon chill with Gabrielle before Emily & Liam arrived in the evening, just in time for the Manic Street Preachers and the Stereophonics

It has been 3 Years in the waiting, but Voice Magazines hit the festival scene at long last!

Back in the day, 1 year BC (Before Covid), YNot invited Voice Magazines to come and join them as VIP guests at their famous Peak District festival at Pikehall. Always happy to oblige, the Voice Team set about promoting the festival and preparing for a weekend of music and fun.

This invite was put on hold whilst the world mourned their social lives but then we got the call, YNot 2022 was ON, the cheers were heard throughout the Midlands from our office! As the line up grew so did our excitement. Bell tents were purchased by the Directors (Emily, not the camping type) and festival tents by the masses.

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Saturday Morning, not entirely bright eyed and bushy tailed!, saw the Voice Team on tour, when we all fully embraced the 80’s films themed fancy dress for Saturday by donning our Care Bear t’s and tutus for the day! Who doesn’t love the ‘Care Bear Countdown’?! Most of us (mentioning no names of those not attending Emily & Liam!) made the morning workout with the wonderful Mr Motivator (what an honor), which was truly fabulous and he set us up for the day, ready for a day of music and dancing, rounded off with the Levellers and the Courteeners.

There were stages aplenty with a myriad of talent for all tastes but between the 17 of us we visited all the stages and were truly entertained for the whole weekend. The days flew by with band after band never failing to get us up dancing and singing, swaying, and laughing. Even Mr Blobby made an appearance with the show stopping “Raised by Owls” performing in the Giant Squid. What a weekend. What an atmosphere. What a festival. Only Lisa’s husband and daughter stayed til the Monday morning as the rest of us are clearly lightweights! However, the whole extended Voice Team recommend attending the 2023 YNot festival – if it is even a patch on the comeback of 2022 – it should not be missed!!

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3PB Barristers were instructed in this appeal by Hopkins Solicitors LLP to act on behalf of clarinet and saxophone teacher Mrs Lesley Brazel, who teaches at the independent Bedford Girls’ School run by the Harpur Trust. She was supported over several years of legal action by the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) and ARAG who provide legal expenses insurance to the ISM’s Mathewlandmark-brazel-case/https://www.3pb.co.uk/3pb-employment-barristers-win-in-members.GullickQCof3PBsaidtoday:

Partner Carl Wright at Hopkins Solicitors commented: “We are obviously delighted with both the outcome of the appeal and to have been able to clarify the law for the benefit of all of those workers who, like Mrs Brazel, work on term time only contracts. As a consequence of this decision, term time only workers will be entitled to the same minimum annual holiday as those that are contracted to work all year round”. You can find a copy of the full judgement on the Supreme Court website.

Part-time music teacher wins landmark case in the Supreme Court on holiday pay calculations for ‘part-year’ workers

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Hopkins Solicitors on 20th of July 2022, saw a landmark judgment in favour of their music teacher client, Mrs Lesley Brazel, by the UK Supreme Court. This decision today follows her case being heard before an employment tribunal (in 2017), the Employment Appeal Tribunal (in 2018) and most recently the Court of Appeal (in 2019).

“This judgment gives clarity on the method of calculating holiday pay for people in Mrs Brazel’s position working on permanent ‘zero-hours’ contracts and who are not required to work every week of the leave year. The judgment will be of particular interest to termtime workers at schools, colleges and universities, as well as many other types of workers whose working patterns do not fit the traditional ‘full-time’ model.”

Our client Lesley Brazel, the part time music teacher said, “After an eight year legal process I am pleased to have finally secured a basic employment right in accordance with the law and as stated in my employment contract. I would like to thank the Incorporated Society of Musicians, ARAG Insurance, and the legal teams at Hopkins Solicitors and 3PB Barristers, for their outstanding professional, legal and financial assistance throughout. I am an alumna of the Harpur Trust and I have worked for them as a visiting music teacher at Bedford Girls’ School and it’s legacy schools for 20 years, pursuing a career which I am passionate about. Emotionally it has not been an easy journey. I am indebted to my family and friends for giving me the self-confidence to see this through and for their continued encouragement and support throughout this time.”

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Thanks to the judgement, it will no longer be possible for employers to argue staff who don’t work all year are only entitled to pro-rata holiday based on the hours they work. Today’s decision is also good news for anyone working irregular hours or on zero-hours contracts. From now on, all workers will be due the same legal minimum of 5.6 weeks (28 days for full-time employees), even if there are months during the year when they don’t work.

The UK’s highest court confirmed the rights of part-year and zero hours contract workers to the full 5.6 weeks’ statutory paid holiday provided for under the Working Time Regulations 1998. They rejected the argument from the school that the entitlement of such workers, should be reduced on a pro-rata basis.

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TUESDAY 8th April 1941 RAID IN NORTH MIDLANDS PLUCKY RESCUES ONE DEATH FROM SHOCK

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The Newspapers of the day describing an Air Raid on a North Midlands Town (due to the strict wartime censorship rules in place at the time, the location of the raid wasn’t given out) but it was Alfreton and the surrounding villages of Riddings, Somercotes, Westhouses, Stonebroom and Morton that were the target, intentionally or otherwise. What do we know of this raid?

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One resident described the scene as like thousands of fireworks exploding, and the sky was lit up for some time.

The raid took place on the evening of 8th April 1941, starting around 10.30pm. There was no “Alert” warning for the town and the Air-Raid Siren, which was on the roof of Alfreton House, remained silent throughout. Indeed, it was at 3am the following morning when a “Raid Alert sounded and this proved to be a false alarm! So it was that hundreds of mixed type incendiary bombs rained down on the area and the first indication the people had was when houses and other properties were hit. The German bombers responsible were known to be flying north and it is possible that the bombs were jettisoned when the bomber force had failed to locate their intended target or for some other reason. Certainly the Clyde area of Scotland and Coventry were on the agenda for the Luftwaffe that night but we will never know for sure where the intended target was. Of course, it was no consolation for Alfreton and the surrounding area. Sadly Mr John Henry Wetton was to die on the 10th April, 1941, the second fatality of the raid. Next Time – the aftermath and personal recollections.

Two persons, Mr J H Wetton and Mr J Vasey, were taken to hospital after treatment at a first aid post. Mr Wetton was in the act of dealing with a bomb when it exploded and he received head and abdominal injuries. Mr Vasey received injuries to his arm through coming into collision with a vehicle.

A North Midlands town and adjoining countryside was the scene of an enemy raid on Tuesday night, when hundreds of incendiary bombs were scattered over a wide area. Thanks to fire-watchers, incendiaries were quickly put out, and in most of the country areas there were no casualties and little damage. In one town an elderly man died from shock. A house occupied by Mr and Mrs W H Bullimore was wrecked and an adjoining house occupied by Mr and Mrs Druckley was damaged. There was one death as a result of shock, Mr H M Ollerenshaw, an elderly undertaker who lived in a house in the centre of the bombed area.

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2. Remove the lid and return the dish to the hob. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5-6 minutes until the sauce is thick. Remove from the heat, discard the oregano sprigs, then shred the pork in the dish using 2 forks. Season to taste and set aside.

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3. Bring a large pan of water to the boil, cook the pasta for 2-3 minutes, drain and return to the pan. Spoon in the ragu, then cook over a gentle heat for 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently, so the sauce properly coats the pasta. Divide between 4 bowls. Top with the oregano leaves, then divide the Parmesan over and serve. lean diced pork, visible fat

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1. The walk begins on Felley Mill Lane North, which can be accessed from the A608 (Mansfield Road) near Underwood and Junction 27 of the M1. At the bottom of the road there is limited parking but there are more opportunities to park further up the road.

This walk originally appeared in the magazines 9 years ago! We were all a little younger then, not least the eponymous Rafa but worry not he will return to these pages soon. In the meantime, his able deputy Baily Boo is here again. This is a walk has become a favourite of ours and it’s one we have done dozens of times, with a few variations as we discovered new paths. But this is the classic, in its original form, for you to explore and enjoy as much as we do.

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The third mum, laughingly acknowledging the coincidence, said that, remarkably, her boy had also been conceived in the back of a car. She hadn’t previously thought of the link but could now see why her husband had suggested Morris for a boy and she’d happily go along with that.

The fourth mother, again previously undecided, and without a hint of embarrassment, stated that conception had occurred in a bus shelter on the A38 in Derby, and for no other reason than she liked the name, her baby boy was to be called Well,Mark.my nephew, whilst still an infant returned to Scotland when my brother was offered a job in Kirkintilloch and has remained north of the border ever However,since.having recently turned 46, and now a proud dad himself, he was wondering if it might be possible to track down those three other babies that he met briefly on 7th/8th July 1976, and asked me to make enquiries. That’s where you come in dear reader. If anyone knows the current whereabouts of 46 year old Morris Oxford, Ford Cortina or Mark Eaton Park, can they please get in touch.

This is a bit of a long shot, but there just might be a reader out there who can put my nephew in touch with three people. Although they almost certainly won’t know him, it’s possible that they live locally, eagerly look forward to reading their copy of Voice Magazine, and crucially, .........were born on 7th July 1976. It’s quite a complicated story, so let’s take this in easy steps. My brother and his heavily pregnant wife, moved to Somercotes from Arbroath in May 1976. As a result – and don’t read too much into this statement as it’s merely a fact! - their child became the first English baby in our family. He, for indeed he was a boy, along with a number of other babies on that day, was safely delivered at the Kings Mill Maternity Unit. After all the usual physical checks, he was declared a ‘fit and bonny bairn’, and with his mother, subsequently transferred to a ward in which three other first-time mums were recovering from their ordeal earlier that day.

The midwife then asked the other mums and each said that they remained undecided.However, one of them, an Italian, said that my sister-in-law had given her an idea, and as her boy had been conceived in the back of a car, he’d be given the name Ford.

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Not long afterwards, the midwife popped around to check how they were all doing and asked if they had chosen names for the new arrivals. My brother’s wife, never one to knowingly turn down the chance of having a blether, said that as the child had been conceived in Scotland, it had been decided in advance that, if a boy, the baby was to be called Scot.

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So for the foreseeable future I look forward to sharing the planet with Elijah, Isaac, Ethan and Luca. I wonder if I’ll live long enough to welcome a baby Alan or Brian?

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I’ve written about the follies of fashion in a previous edition but it strikes me that nothing exemplifies the subject more than when it comes to naming babies. When I was young it seemed that all old men were called Herbert or Albert, middle aged men were called Keith and youngsters were called Terry. I defy you to find anyone aged 30 to 70 named Herbert today and good luck finding a baby named Keith. Baby boys used to be named after their grandfather’s.... not today. Show me a 60 year old called Zane, Mateo or Levi and I’ll buy you a pint next time I’m in The Dog at Pentrich. I find it interesting that biblical names seem to be making a huge comeback while at the same time the number of churchgoers is dwindling. I’m looking forward to meeting my first little Methuselah or Goliath. Where are the baby Clives and Garys? Where are the Colins and Grahams? It would seem that their time in the spotlight is over.

As I get older I’m starting to meet my first 50 year old Jasons. Is it just me or does that sound strange to other oldies too?

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