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Welcome to Bolsover Voice Well, we had some beautiful weather at the start of the month, so roll on the next instalment! There is lots going on in this edition of Bolsover Voice. We have some new advertisers and new ‘things to do’ including the child reach charity gig, which looks like it’s going to be a great evening.
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We had a sad report from last months dog walk from a reader that had come across some loose dogs which caused them have an accident. Therefore, please take care when doing any of the dog walks, there will always be dangers that we cannot legislate for, so please do take care. Finally, if you would like to submit anything to the magazine, questions, dog walks, articles, recipes, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are always open to new ideas and we want to keep the content, fresh, local and readable...so please the keep ideas flowing!! Specifically, we have the summer holidays coming up shortly, so if you know of any local events or activities or groups that it would be useful for parents to know about...help us spread the word and share the knowledge!!
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Flower Festival at The Junction 28 Church This event is being held from 27th until 29th June, 10am until 4:30pm on the 27th & 28th and 10am until 5pm on the 29th at The Junction 28 Church, The Common, South Normanton, Alfreton. DE55 2EP. This event is FREE and there will be a Café . For further details contact Julie on 01773 810410.
Upcoming walk with Alfreton and District Rambling Club We walk on alternate Sundays and meet in the car park near Alfreton Library at 9:30am. Bring a drink and packed lunch. Suitable footwear and clothing required. New faces made welcome. Sunday 23rd June, Eyam, 8 miles. Sunday 7th July, Great Longstone, 9 miles. There are also some upcoming evening walks, TBC. For more info call Terry on 01773 835437 or Dave 01773 835275.
Multiple Sclerosis Society Drop-in Evenings These bi-monthly meetings are for anyone who is affected by MS - whether they are a sufferer, carer, relative or friend. Come along for a coffee (tea or squash) and chat at Firs House, Alfreton on 4th July from 6-8pm.
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Charity Gig A host of local bands performing at Alfreton Town Supporters Club on Friday 5th July. All proceeds to Childreach International, an organisation that works in genuine partnership with local communities in the developing world to improve children’s access to health, education and protection. Tickets: £3 advanced booking/ £4 on the door. Tickets available at: Studio 43, King Street, Alfreton & Windmill News, Riddings. E-mail - alfretoncharitygig@gmail.com for tickets & more information.
‘Sealed with a Loving Kiss’ by Alfreton Drama Group Presented by Alfreton Drama Group at Alfreton Wesley Church in Ellesmere Avenue on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th July at 7pm. Laughs-a-plenty are in store as a struggling playwright’s childhood sweetheart turns up with marriage in mind—just as he’s about to wed his second wife! Admission will be free and there will be a charity collection. For more details, ring David Hopkinson on 01773 833627.
Alfreton Ladies Football Club Are looking for new players for the 2013/2014 season. We play on a Sunday afternoon and train on a Tuesday night at Swanwick Hall School from 7 - 8:30pm. Contact colin. daybell@tiscali.co.uk
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This month we have a lovely walk with some excellent views of the Amber Valley. As usual there will be plenty of chances to let your dog off the lead but take care on roads and around livestock. We have walked around a large part of the local countryside in the past year or so but if there are any hidden gems you think we have missed please let us know. This month we had a request for a disabled access walk, so if you know of any please get in touch. Email us at info@ambervalleyvoice.co.uk or by calling Emily on 01773 604178 or 07891 639638. 5 mile circular walk From Pentrich via Wingfield Manor A medium difficulty walk for you and your dog with some uphill sections and a few short stretches on country roads. The route should take around 3 hours. The terrain can be a little uneven so as usual a good pair of boots are essential. 1. Begin at St Matthews Church, Pentrich. Exit the churchyard through a stile located in the back left corner and follow the path that cuts across the field. 2. Cross the stile in the hedge and continue on the path diagonally across the next field. Pass through a gap in the fence on your left before the corner of the field and walk ahead with the hedge on your right. At the corner of the field cross a stile and turn left. Keeping the hedge on your left continue along the path across two more stiles and through a gate located next to a house. 3. At the road cross and turn right, taking care as you walk along the grass verge for a short way before taking the path on your left that takes you down the bank and across a bridge. After the bridge follow the path around to the right as it runs alongside the River Amber. As you reach some trees take the path that branches of to the left and follow it through the field, keeping the river on your right. Join the bridle path and carry on ahead. 4. Walk past Lodge Hill Farm, keeping to the r main bridle path. At the bottom of the a d e r e R hill as the track bends round to the right e O ff take a stone stile on your left and cut across the two fields on the path. 5. At the road turn left and then take the next turn on your right. Follow the track around to the right then after passing through a gate before taking a track on your left. Pass through the gate and follow the path across the field. Cross a stile and keep ahead on the path along the next field. 6. Cross a stile and turn right onto the path. with every purchase of Continue a short way before taking a stile Millers Complete Dog Food on your left by a metal gate. Follow the with this coupon path ahead to a stile by a tree. Follow the path around the pond then after the pond keep right and follow the path past a ruined building. Cross a stile and keep ahead on the path passing through two gates as you walk past the buildings to the road
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7. Cross the road and turn right. Almost immediately on your left, beside the building, take a stile and walk up the hill on the path towards Wingfield Manor. Keep on the track past the Manor and at the cross roads turn right, passing through a gate and head down the bridle path. At the bottom turn right onto the paved lane and then turn left when you reach the road. 8. Carry on along the road, under the rail bridge. After the junction and as the road bends to the right follow the footpath sign on your left. Cross the stile and walk up the fields crossing the stiles. 9. At the road turn left and after only a short way take the footpath sign on the other side of the road. Cut diagonally across the field to a gate and turn left following the farm road up the hill. At the top turn right and follow the bridle path that will take you back to Pentrich, continuing on to the Church where you began. This walk is for illustrative purposes only. The Amber Valley Voice 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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10 Book Review - The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald If you haven’t seen the movie of The Great Gatsby (or even if you have), it’s worth taking a look at F Scott Fitzgerald’s original book, to see what all the fuss was about. It’s been described as the Great American Novel and it may well be somewhere in the running – certainly it vividly recreates an almost mythical world which is beyond most people’s memory – the Jazz Age of lappers, wild parties on Long Island, excess and decadence.
American dream. The narrative is a strong one – it’s a good read; but the real strength in the book is the atmosphere and a growing sense of the emptiness of wealthy America – at least in that period, but maybe there’s echoes of it in the canyons of today’s celeb-land.
The book is one which has grown in stature since its publication in 1925 – in the irst year it sold only 20,000 copies and had very mixed reviews. One thing we should be grateful for - Fitzgerald changed the name of the The story of millionaire Jay Gatsby and book before it was published. Originally his love affair with the shallow, self absorbed Daisy Buchanan is narrated by it was going to be called Trimalchio in Nick Carraway, a young man who comes West Egg. – can’t see that becoming a into their rich, pampered circle - so we blockbuster movie... always get an outsider’s view of the
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South Normanton Safer Neighbourhood update
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The South Normanton and Pinxton Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team have a new face on patrol. PCSO Becky Davis, who has been a PCSO for four years, has swapped areas with PCSO Vicky Hill, who is now covering the Heanor, Smalley and Shipley areas. She joins PC Pete Wilbourne, PC Chris Wilkinson and PCSO Marrion Jeffery, who cover the South Normanton, Pinxton and Broadmeadows area. Before becoming a PCSO, 23-year-old Becky worked in the force control room for a year and volunteered as a Special Constable. Since moving onto the South Normanton and Pinxton Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team, PCSO Davis has been out on patrol, getting to know the local community and visiting local schools. PCSO Davis said: “It is great to be working on such a positive, proactive and community focussed team and I have been busy getting to know the local residents. I hope to be able to use and build upon my skills and experience as a PCSO to help target the issues and concerns that matter to the residents of South Normanton and Pinxton.” You can contact PCSO Davis and her colleagues by calling 101, the non emergency number for Derbyshire police, or emailing: alfreton.neighbourhoods@derbyshire.pnn.police.uk. Pictured: PCSO Becky Davis (right) with PC Pete Wilbourne, PC Chris Wilkinson and PCSO Marion Jeffery
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Gardeners Calendar - June We’ve got summer – the season’s ofHicially here! No matter what the weather, the amount of light means everything in the garden is going mad – and this year it all seems to be happening together. If you’ve got gaps in Hlower beds it’s not too late to plant fast growers such as calendula and nigella. Hellebore seed can be gathered – split ripe seed heads and plant immediately – after a cold winter they’ll burst into life – but they’ll almost certainly turn out a different colour to the parent plant. Cut oriental poppies back to ground level after Hlowering. This encourages new growth – and possibly new Hlowers and creates space in borders. You can also take out Hlowering heads of euphorbia once they’ve Hlowered – cut back to the ground – to prevent mildew.
Top Tip This is a good time for pinching out to get better growth – both tomatoes and plants such as chrysanths and even surHinias and begonias beneHit. It means you have a bit less Hlower immediately but a much bushier and more heavily Hlowering plant as the summer progresses.
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A daily guide to some of the local clubs and groups in your area Monday
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Baby Massage - The Hub, Shiners Way, South Normanton, DE55 2AA - 2pm - 3pm. Ages birth - 4 months. Contact the children’s centre on 01629 533735 for information on the next course.
Stay and Play - The Hub, Shiners Way, South Normanton, DE55 2AA - 10am - 11.30am. Age 12 months and upwards. Contact 01629 533735
South Normanton Striders (intermediate jogging group) - meet at 6.30pm at Frederick Gent School. Call Rob on 07962 308933 (www.activederbyshire.co.uk/jog/)
Baby Play - Pinxton Nursery School, Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, NG16 6NA - 1pm - 3pm. Contact 01773 863105 for more details.
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Tiny & Toddlers - Pinxton Village Hall, 3 Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, NG16 6NA. 9.30am - 11am. Age 0 - 3 years.
Little Ones Group - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - 1.30pm - 3pm - Contact - 01629 533066 Baby Clinic - The Hub, Shiners Way, South Normanton, DE55 2AA. 1pm - 3.30pm (1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month) Drop in for health advice and have your baby weighed - Ages birth - 18 months. Contact - 01629 533735 Forest Gump Joggers - (beginners jogging group) - meet at Frederick Gent School at 6.15pm. Contact Heather on 07983 51273. (www.activederbyshire.co.uk/jog/)
Wednesday Alfreton Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Parent & Toddler Drop in Session Alfreton Nursery School, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - Term time - 9am - 10am - Contact Angela Stanton 01773 520031 Crafty Crew - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - 1.30pm - 3pm - Messy and creative play activities. Contact - 01629 533066 In-betweenies - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - 1.30 - 3pm. Group for children with mums, dads and carers up to the age of 25. Contact - 01629 533066
AVRUFC Senior Section - training during close season takes place at Amber Valley RUFC, Lower Somercotes (opposite Pye Bridge Ind Est.) starts at 7pm - 8.30. Contact Stuart Artliff 07966 867946 or Gareth Pilkington 07772 366157
Thursday Top Tots - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 1.30pm - 3pm. Fun play session with arts, crafts and song time aimed at children ages 1-3 years. Contact - 01629 533066 Weighing Clinic - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 1pm - 2.30pm. Come and have your baby weighed and see someone from the health team. Contact - 01629 533066 Stay and Play - Pinxton Youth Centre, Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, NG16 6NA. 10am - 11.30am. Age 0 - 4 years. Stay and play with your child and meet new parents. Cypress Parent Support Group - The Hub, Shiners Way, South Normanton, DE55 2AA. 10am - 11.30am. (3rd Thursday of every month) A support group for parents and carers of children and young people with additional need and/or disabilities. Contact - 01629 533735. Breastfeeding Group - The Hub, Shiners Way, South Normanton, DE55 2AA. 1.30pm - 3pm. Make new friends, share tips and discuss any issues you may have. Contact - 01629 533735.
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Alfreton Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Parent & Toddler Drop in Session. Meet at Alfreton Nursery School, Grange Street, Alfreton., DE55 7JA - Term time 1.30pm - 2.30pm. Contact Angela Stanton - 01773 520031 Childminding Network - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 9.30am - 11.30am. A chance for local childminder’s to meet. Contact - 01629 533066 Tiddlers and Toddlers Group - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 12.30pm - 2.30pm. Run by parents and open to all. Contact - 01629 533066 Tiny & Toddlers - Pinxton Village Hall, 3 Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, NG16 6NA. 9.30am - 11am. Age 0 - 3 years.
AVRUFC Junior Section Coaching - Starting 2nd June during the close season takes place at Amber Valley RUFC (opposite Pye bridge Ind Est.) starting at 10am. Contact Stuart Artliff 07966 867946 or Gareth Pilkington 07772 366157 . Ages from 4 upwards welcome.
Other Guiding offers opportunities in the following sections: Rainbows age 5-7yrs Brownies aged 7-10yrs Guides aged 10-14yrs Adult Leaders 18yrs + Senior Section aged 1425yrs If you or your daughter would like to know more
about Joining visit www.girlguiding.org.uk/ IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE YOUR NONPROFIT MAKING GROUP IN FUTURE EDITIONS, interested or call 0800 1 69 59 01 PLEASE E-MAIL carla@ambervalleyvoice.co.uk Please note that some of the groups listed incur a small charge and we would always recommend that you contact a group prior to attendance.
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Index of advertisers Your quick guide to everyone and everything in your magazine... Auctioneer Kleeford Coin Auctions 15 Builder J Morton Building Services 4 Cleaning Services Clean Away
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Pets Supplies/Services Pawz 14 Seals Fodder Room 8/9 Plastering Complete Plastering
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Jill Hallam is a quali ied lawyer with over 15 years experience of helping guide the people of Amber Valley through the legal mine ield of Wills, Probate and Power of Attorney. By offering no-obligation home visits at a time to suit you, including evenings and weekends, Jill uses her ability to cut through the jargon and help you ind the solution to put your mind at ease.
Although considering making a will can be a daunting prospect, it is important for those we love that we do - and that we get it right. When you lose a loved one, it is important that you have time to grieve and mourn the loss without having to worry about the administration and legal implications of organising a loved ones inal wishes and possessions. Jill has the knowledge and experience to resolve all these issues in the comfort of your own home, at a time and pace to suit you so you can achieve peace of mind and total satisfaction that all your wishes and your bequests will be fully carried out.. Wills From inancial and asset bequeathment to arranging the guardianship of children
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