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Welcome to Amber Valley 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 AVV. Heather from Body & Sole has provided us with a fabulous ‘how to’ guide for a home pedicure….please remember to send in your beauty questions for Heather to answer. I’ve been going to Heather for years now and she really is the go to expert for all beauty queries.

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There are some new ‘things to do’ including the child reach charity gig which looks like it’ll be a great night. I’d like to extend a warm welcome to all our new advertisers too but we’ve also got some of the usual suspects in this month, namely our Gary….who is considerably less controversial this month but continues to walk the line expertly between cheeky and outrageous! I personally love it...I can only equate the monthly e-mail unveiling to what I imagine it would be like to walk through a car wash …a plethora of emotions during but always refreshing upon reflection!!

We had a sad report from last months dog walk from a reader that had come across some loose dogs which caused them to 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, 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 keep the ideas flowing!!

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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.

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Amber Valley Rugby Club - Summer Campout

Starting from 3pm on Saturday 20th July...but remember your kit, as there is training the following morning!!

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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It’s always nice to come into the salon and have a good manicure so that you can check the health of your nails and select suitable treatment products, keep cuticles in good order and also get advice on suitable shades that are both in fashion and suit your skin colour. Between times it is also very relaxing to be able to give yourself a manicure. This can be a calm, stress free bit of me time, if you have a simple guide to help.

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Using an emery board, shape the nail, filing away from the corner of the nail to the center on both sides.

Soak your hands in warm, soapy water for a few minutes to remove all dirt. You might like to add a little oil to the water to soften your cuticles. Now, clean under the edges of your nails with an orangewood stick.

Gently push the cuticles back with a clean orange stick covered in cotton wool.

If time permits, gently polish your nails with the three way buffer using first pink, then white, then the grey surfaces.

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Remember all Mavala and Vinylux products are available from Body and Sole in small affordable quantities. Why not pick up the telephone and get some expert advice?

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Swanwick & Riddings Neighbourhood update

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Your local Safer Neighbourhood policing team is reminding residents to be security conscious over the summer months. Police have also noticed that the number of house burglaries tends to rise during the summer months as opportunistic thieves take advantage of people who leave their homes insecure while in the garden or in another part of the house. They are asking people to help reduce the opportunities for a thief to sneak into homes and officers will be holding crime prevention events throughout the summer months.

Summer time security tips include:  Making sure doors and windows are locked.

 Not leaving car keys or ID documents near doors, letterbox or windows.

 Keeping windows are closed at night time, even when you are in bed and investing in window locks for ground floor windows

 Security marking any valuables and registering them. You should also record any serial numbers.

 Keeping any side or rear garden gates locked at all times.

 Tiding away any garden tools after using them and always keeping sheds and outbuildings locked.

 Installing an alarm and security lights around your home to help deter burglars.

Remember that while we do live in a safe place, and the number of burglaries has fallen over the last 10 years, that taking a few moments to prevent your home being at risk could protect you from suffering the distress of someone stealing from your home. For advice on crime prevention visit the website: www.derbyshire.police.uk

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12 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 ader e R e hill as the track bends round to the right Off 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.

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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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Book Review - The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald 15 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 flappers, wild parties on Long Island, excess and decadence.

The story of millionaire Jay Gatsby and his love affair with the shallow, self absorbed Daisy Buchanan is narrated by Nick Carraway, a young man who comes into their rich, pampered circle - so we always get an outsider’s view of the

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The book is one which has grown in stature since its publication in 1925 – in the first 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 book before it was published. Originally it was going to be called Trimalchio in West Egg. – can’t see that becoming a blockbuster movie...

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Out and About

A daily guide to some of the local clubs and groups in your area Monday St. Andrews Baby & Toddler Group. The Old School House, Swanwick. Term time - 10am 11.30am & 1.30pm - 3pm. From young babies to school age. Contact Sara t: 01773 608083 m: 07736 927854 (current waiting list applies) Tots & Toddlers - Somercotes Children’s Centre, Nottingham Road, Somercotes, DE55 4LY - A fun range of activities for children aged 1-3 years.

1.30pm - 3pm. Contact - 01773 604843

Tuesday Under 1’s Group - Somercotes Children’s Centre, Nottingham Road, Somercotes, DE55 4LY 10.30am - 12.00pm. Contact - 01773 604843 Weekly Child Health Clinic - Somercotes Children’s Centre, Nottingham Road, Somercotes, DE55 4LY - 1pm - 2.30pm. Drop in for health advice and baby weigh. Contact - 01773 604843 Breast Feeding Group - Somercotes Children’s Centre, Nottingham Road, Somercotes, DE55 4LY 1.30pm - 2.30pm. In the quiet room - available to all breast feeding mothers. Contact - 01773 604843 Over 50’s Club - Riddings Community Centre, West Street, Riddings, DE55 4EW - 10am11.30am. Come along for friendship, raffle, bingo and refreshments. Contact 01773 607907 for more information.

Coffee Morning - Swanwick Baptist Church, Derby Road, Swanwick, DE55 1BG, hosts coffee, chat and crafts from 10am until 12pm.

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 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

Wednesday Watchorn Tots Parent and Toddler Group Watchorn Church, Derby Road, Alfreton. Term time - 10am - 11.30am Contact Judith - 01773 526012 Childminding Network - Somercotes Children’s Centre, Nottingham Road, Somercotes, DE55 4LY. 9am - 11.30am. A chance for local childminders to meet in the centre. Contact 01773 604843 PEEP’s for 1 year olds - Somercotes Children’s Centre, Nottingham Road, Somercotes, DE55 4LY. 1.15pm - 3pm. (term time only) Helping parents and carers with ideas to support their children’s early learning through play. Contact - 01773 604843 Over 50’s Sequence Dancing - Riddings Community Centre, West Street, Riddings, DE55 4EW. 2pm - 4pm. Small friendly group enjoying light exercise and friendship. Raffle tea and biscuits. Contact 01773 607907 for more information.

Thursday Crafty Crew - Somercotes Children’s Centre, Nottingham Road, Somercotes, DE55 4LY. 10am - 11.30am. . Contact - 01773 604843 Leabrooks Cougars FC - Training sessions for U13’s. 6-7pm at Swanwick Hall School. Contact Kirt 07866 350585 or Paul 07535 453471.

Friday Swanwick Cygnets Toddler Group Meet at the Old School House, Swanwick.

Term time - 9.15am - 10.45am. Contact Angela - 01773 606329 Swanwick Absolute Beginners (jogging group) - Swanwick Primary School at 9am. (term time only) Contact Jackie on 07966 603710. (www.activederbyshire.co.uk/jog/) Alfreton Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Parent & Toddler Drop in Session.

Alfreton Nursery School, Grange Street, Alfreton., DE55 7JA - Term time -1.30pm 2.30pm. Contact Angela Stanton 01773 520031

Saturday A.D.A.S.C Football Club - various training sessions for 5 - 16 year olds. Availability for 5 year olds to start training next season and 6 & 7 years olds required for the summer league. Contact Barry on 01773 836017 Children’s Bowling Lessons - Somerlea Bowling Green, Somercotes. 10am - 12pm.

Run by members of Jacksdale Bowls Club.

Free to children aged 10 - 15. Free squash and biscuits. All welcome.

Sunday 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.

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Greenwood Archery - Meet at Swanwick Pentrich Road Football Club on Highfield Road at 10am. Call Simone on 01773 602605 for more details.

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 14-25yrs If you or your daughter would like to know more about Joining visit www.girlguiding.org.uk/interested or call 0800 1 69 59 01

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE YOUR NON-PROFIT MAKING GROUP IN FUTURE EDITIONS, 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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This month Gary is back to being his noncontroversial self discussing the finer points of the modern menace…….

A modern menace in City centres has to be the phenomenon of 'chugging'. It's usually young fun bunnies jumping up and down in front of you asking if you're having a great day and could you spare a few minutes to answer a few questions.

Well, 'no I haven't so leave me alone for God's sake'. It's virtually impossible to walk through a town without some clown shaking a bucket at you and pretending to be the long lost best friend that you never really liked that much anyway.

shocked at the number of people who gave him the change from their quid. As I got to the front of the queue I'd counted, and he'd collected over £5 in less than ten minutes, £30 an hour back then was a Banker's wage, so he was on a good screw. He got nowt of me of course. A few weeks later the fare went up to a £1 and I had to giggle and comment on his misfortune, he was a broken man.

Every time someone comes up to me and asks me to lend them a fag I ask them when they're going to let me have it back, I think I actually prefer the Professional my ears sting with the foul language that beggar, I travel by train so I've come comes my way, but there you go. There across more than one in my life. As I was a man at Nottingham station who walked from work to Sheffield railway told me he was 57p short for his fare station the other evening having byhome and could I help him out, I told him passed the chuggers , the Sky salesman that he wasn't very good at this as he'd and the worst busker in Britain, I was asked for exactly the same amount the enticed into conversation by a drunk day before, 'You'd have been home by who said to me 'I'm going to be honest now if you'd walked it' I said, adding that with you, can you lend me 50p for a can he was letting himself down by not of cider', whilst I appreciated this new collecting a single penny in the preceding approach I declined to give him anything. 24 hours. He gave me that look that Tot What it did do was bring back memories Pilgrim and Rob Travis give me at 5-a of some of my favourite begging side when I've nutmegged them, the one techniques, years ago I lived near Brixton that says 'I want to pull your kidneys out, and used to catch the tube to work, the through your throat'. fare to zone 1 was 90p and there was a Finally a note to my old mate Steve Boot, bloke stood near the ticket machine did that tarmac chap ever get in touch? asking for a spare ten pence, I was If on the off chance, you would like Gary to write about something in particular, feel free to contact either Emily on info@ambervalleyvoice.co.uk or 01773 604178/ 07891 639638 or Carla on Carla@ambervalleyvoice.co.uk, 07896294512.

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Gardeners Calendar - June

We’ve got summer – the season’s officially 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 flower beds it’s not too late to plant fast growers such as calendula and nigella.

Hellebore seed can be gathered – split ripe seedheads 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 flowering. This encourages new growth – and possibly new flowers and creates space in borders. You can also take out flowering heads of euphorbia once they’ve flowered – cut back to the ground – to prevent mildew.

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Flower Festival

Children’s Rhymes and Stories theme Friday 12th July to Sunday 14th July Open 10am to 4pm, daily

Free - Everyone welcome Stalls and Refreshments Saturday 13th July, from 7pm Concert in the Church with Alfreton Male Voice Choir £6 Proceeds to church funds / backroom development funds

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Alternative Therapies Electrical Goods Rachel Honman 21 Safeway Electrical Events/Community Services Oxfam SNAP Offices 10 St James Church

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Auctioneer Kleeford Coin Auctions 14 Beauty Body & Sole Builder DB Builders J Morton Building Services R.H. Building services Butchers Owen Taylor Ltd Dentist Glendair Drive Clean Extreme Drive Clean Electrician MKS Electrical & Alarms

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Gardener / Handyman 14 Jobs 2 Do 6 Cutting Edge 20 11 5 Home/Interiors & Design Arctic Interiors 4 Leabrooks Interiors 19 17 Insurance Broker Binsured 11 21 Joiner/Joinery N Gibson Joinery & 14 Interiors 8

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Mobile Foot Clinic S Doherty

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Osteopath/ Physiotherapist Your Body Painitng/Decorating David Draper Duffield Decorators

Roofing Derbyshire Rubber 15 Roofing ST Roofing

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7 Tree Surgeon 17 Tom Cooper

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Pet Care & Supplies Weight Loss Pawz 15 Slimming World 19 Seals Fodder Room 12/13 Will Writing JH Legal 22 Plastering Complete Plastering 5 Windows & Doors Andrew Revill Glazing 4 Plumbing & Heating Amber Valley Plumbing & Window Wizard 9 Heating 8 B.Sole Plumbing 5 Flowfayre 2 Property Services AJS Property Services Removals 2 Men 1 Van

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USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS Alfreton Library Amber Valley Borough Council Amber Valley CVS Childline Citizens Advice Bureau Domestic Violence Helpline Jessops Medical Practice (Leabrooks) ( Ripley) National Grid NHS Direct Police (non emergency) Ripley Hospital Samaritans Social Services Ripley

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Somercotes Medical Centre Tax Credits

- 01773 602141 - 0845 300 3900

Riddings Infant & Nursery School - 01773 602767 Riddings Junior School - 01773 528031 Somercotes Infant School - 01773 602849 Somercotes Parish Council - 01773 603810 Somerlea Park Junior School - 01773 602258 Swanwick Hall School - 01773 602106 Swanwick Primary School - 01773 602268 Swanwick Pre-School - 01773 607885 Swanwick Parish Council - 07949 392136

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