Amber Valley Voice - Swanwick, Riddings, Leabrooks & Somercotes - May edition

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Welcome to Amber Valley Voice Spring has sprung and summer is around the corner and can’t you tell?! There is so much activity going on everywhere. There are some fantastic local events and activities to do that staying indoors is no longer an option! Isn’t it amazing what a bit of sunshine can do!

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Speaking of sunshine, this month AVV brought a little bit of sunshine to Claire Forrests’ life after she won the fabulous manicure competition with Heather at Body & Sole. She said that she never thought she would win and that she is very much looking forward to it. Congratulations again Claire, I really am very jealous!! Also, a big thank you to all the people who entered the competition, it was a great success and I will certainly look forward to running some more competitions in the future.

Voice HQ has been very busy this month developing plans for future issues. It is strange to think that just under 3 years ago, our little magazine was only going to 2500 homes and now we are delivering to over 10,000. We are working hard to develop this into a useful guide for you and we are constantly looking for more advertisers, local clubs, societies and not-for profit organisations and community news to deliver through your door. So please keep contributing, it’s a magazine developed by local people for local people, so please help us to support your community.

On that note, Mike sent me an e-mail this month to say that he had recently walked the December walk and the path has been blocked around point 8 & 9. This is something we will be looking into but please be aware if you walk that walk again.

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Coming to Alfreton on Thursday 13th June 2013 at 2pm.

If you’re in your Third Age, not if full-time employment and like having fun, come along!

In Christ the King’s Church Hall, 104 Nottingham Road, Alfreton, DE55 7GL - There’s plenty of parking!

“Last Night of the Proms” in Swanwick

Come to Swanwick's St. Andrew's Church on Saturday 22 nd June, 7.30 pm for an evening of brass band and organ entertainment with a rousing “Last Night of the Proms” finale. Tickets are £6 including refreshments – for tickets or information call 605291.

Pentrich Historical Society

Pentrich Historic Society meets on the third Tuesday of each month, September through to June, at Pentrich Village Hall. There is disabled access to the hall, plenty of off-road parking. Tea, coffee and light refreshments are also served all for the £2.00 entrance fee. The next event is on Tuesday 21st May at 7:30pm and is titled ‘Ashover Light Railway’ by Richard Booth. (please note, for some readers, this meeting may have passed due to the delivery schedule)

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7 Swanwick Baptist Church - Ladies’ Fellowship

Come along and share with us, alternative Tuesday afternoons from 2:30pm until 4pm. June meetings take place on June 4th and 18th.

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 26th May, Taddington & Deepdale, 8.5 miles. 9Th June, TBA. There are also some upcoming evening walks, Tuesday 21st May, Pentrich, 4 miles & 4th June, Hardwick, 3-4miles.

For more info call Terry on 01773 835437 or Dave 01773 835275.

St Martin’s of Tours Flower Festival

This event is being held from Friday 17th until Monday 20th May 11am until 5pm each day. It is FREE admission and has so much going on including Plant & Cake stalls, refreshments & more. On Saturday only there is a teddy bear descent from the tower and cupcake decorating. Everyone welcome, (Please note that some readers may miss this event due to the delivery schedule).

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Somercotes Community FLOWER FESTIVAL At Birchwood Methodist Church to celebrate 160 years 14-16 June 2013

Church open for viewing: Friday 14th June 11am – 4pm Light refreshments served th Saturday 15 June 11am – 5.30pm Lunches served Sunday 16th June 10.30am – 12.30pm with Closing service 3pm

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Summer has finally arrived and now is the time to start exposing those white arms and legs and getting our bodies, faces and nails in good order ready for hopefully a much brighter and longer summer than last year.

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Body and Sole kick started the Spring with a nail competition – thank you to all of you who entered. The winner of the competition is Claire Forrest from Alfreton. Lots of you rang in for our standard manicure reader offer at the Amber Valley Voice special price.

This month I am offering a Vinylux manicure for just £15-00 – a saving of £5.

Quote ‘Amber Valley Voice’ upon booking and bring this magazine to redeem. Offers valid until 20th June 2013

I have known that CND were releasing this product for a few weeks, and Body and Sole have been one of the first Salons to buy the product on May 6th – release date. I am sure in the next few weeks we will all hear a lot about the product in magazines.

The product has been created for clients who want a 7 day manicure with no chipping. Vinylux weekly colour delivers a superior adhesion to the nails with no base coat needed , no staining, fast drying time and a high gloss finish. The weekly top coat with Pro-light Technology features a powerful network of cross-linked polymers preventing staining and yellowing and protecting the colour coat. The formula’s photo initiators deliver increased durability

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with exposure to natural light making your manicure last longer. In consumer tests, it is said that 80% of clients had no chipping after 7 days! There are 62 colours in the range, and 30 of them match the popular CND Shellac colours. Vinylux is a natural nail system with a fast drying time of about eight and a half minutes using no curing lamps. The product can easily be removed at home using a traditional varnish remover, and can also be bought from Body and Sole for home application, £9-95 for each colour and £9-95 for the top coat. What are you waiting for?

Why not ring Body and Sole today and book your special price salon treatment - be one of the first to try this new concept in manicures.

Summer Waxing Package half leg wax, brow tidy, foot file and paint for £20 a real bargain and a good start to the Summer days ahead.

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Remember to also book for your St Tropez tan or a gentle he-shi leg treatment to get rid of those white legs. Happy Summer girls!!

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51/2 mile circular walk From Tibshelf Ponds via The Blackwell Trail This is a relatively gentle walk for you and your dog with the opportunity to walk some of the fantastic trails in this area. The route will take around 3 hours. There are some hills and the terrain can be a little uneven so as usual a good pair of boots are essential.

1. Park in the free car park at Tibshelf ponds, which can be accessed off Sunny Bank road, which leads off Shetland Road.

2. Exit the car park and turn right before taking the bridle path on your left beside a house. Follow the track until it meets the road crossing over to the pavement.

3. Turn left and pass under a bridge, after a short way take the signposted ‘Newton Link’ path on your right. At the end of the path cross over the road and turn right, heading into Newton.

4. At the roundabout turn right down Cragg Lane and walk for 1/2 a mile before taking Church Hill on your right. After about 30 meters take the footpath on your left, through a gate and walk down the path past Blackwell Church.

5. At the bottom of the path cross & turn right for 20 meters and then cross over the road to take the path through a gate.

Carry on down the track until it brings you to the Blackwell Trail, turning left. der Reaffer 6. Walk along the trail past Hilcote.

O Before you reach the industrial estate at Huthwaite and immediately after passing through the second horse stile take the steps on your left.

7. Walk along the path by the stream , When you meet a fork take a left, then keeping left and cross the bridge over the stream and into the fields.

8. Turn right and walk along the outside of the field before crossing a stile and with every purchase of continuing along the outside of the next Millers Complete Dog Food field. with this coupon 9. Cross the stile on your right and cross the bridge. At the road cross over and turn left. When the road bends to the left take the bridleway on your right.

10. Cross the stiles and at the end of the track pass through a gate and walk on a short way before passing through another gate.

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11. After the gate walk straight across the next field and cross a stile. Turn right, walking around the outside of the field. After the first corner of the field pass through a gap next to a tree and continue to your left around the outside of the next field.

12. Continue until you reach a stile on the second side of the field. Cross directly across the field on the path to reach a stile that will bring you onto the Silver Hill trail.

13. Turn left on the trail. Continue on under two bridges before reaching a signpost.

Take the path on your right that leads to Tibshelf.

14. Walk along the path, keeping to the left as you meet a junction that has three choices. This path takes you through the Tibshelf Ponds area and onto the car park 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 - Quiet by Susan Cain

An unusual sort of book made its way into the bestseller charts last year which probably says quite a lot about how we like to ponder what makes us tick.

even that refusing invitations to a night out doesn’t make you weird or anti-social.

As Susan Cain points out, introverts gave us the theory of relativity and the Apple computer so there’s no shortage of achievers amongst them. And It offers reassurance, for instance, that it’s okay to slope off to spend time by yourself, or be bored by small talk -

simplistic ideas – that introverted people can negotiate times when they “go for it” and present a different face to the world, but that they don’t have to feel guilty when they can’t or don’t want to turn it on. If you are an introvert, it’s the kind of book you could happily spend a few quiet hours with

It’s not a psychology book, nor a self help book and because Cain is American, quite a Quiet. The power of introverts in a world that few of the examples she uses relate to the can’t stop talking by Susan Cain (an American experience; but introvert) aims to take a look at the nevertheless there’s a lot of insights way the Western world tends to value to be drawn if you think you are extroverts – the kids who speak up in introverted and want to understand class, the fun people at parties, the yourself a bit better - or even if people who actually enjoy giving a talk you’re the partner/parent/boss of an to a roomful of people while introverts introverted person who frustrates are often pushed towards feeling you with their need for quiet there’s something lacking or “wrong” downtime. with their desire for less stimulation.

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Leabrooks Interiors, together with Leabrooks Gallery and Gardens, is anticipating the arrival of summer and bright, cheerful days when we can begin to develop a more expansive, creative approach to our environment – both inside and out! It’s a time to either refresh or renew: to revitalise the spirits!

There is something here to complement all interiors and suit every taste! The displays are stunning and the prices inviting!

In addition to the frequently changed, regular exhibitions, special events are held throughout the year, ranging from Fairs to Coffee Mornings. At the end of May, during the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, (25th, 26th and 27th May, 2013), six artists will be demonstrating their LEABROOKS G A L L E R Y skills and selling Home Furnishings their work as part of & Interiors the county wide NOW OPEN! Derbyshire Arts weekend. Tea, OPEN: MON-SAT 10AM - 5PM, SUNDAY 11AM - 4.30PM WEDNESDAY BY APPOINTMENT coffee and cake will be served in the Coffee Shop or Secret Garden, depending on your preference, the LEABROOKS HOUSE, 36 LEABROOKS RD, weather or both!

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In the Interiors section, which offers some carefully resourced, unique pieces for your home, there are several new items, generally of a quirky nature but which attract the inner artist in each of us. There are some unusual rope dogs, some sparkling mosaic lizards, some cute doorstops, (very necessary as the ‘breezes’ of our It is to be hoped that TEL: 01773 602961 English summer gust carol-barton-jones@lineone.net the weather will be through our houses), www.leabrooks-interiors.com fine enough to allow some metal art for leisurely walks walls, the stunning pyrography of Elaine through the garden to look at the Thompson, the moody pencil portraits specimen acer trees, to review the of Antonio Bosano – and so much more sculptures or inspect the new kitchen that will inspire you! garden with its salads and herbs, There is also much to inspire you throughout the rest of the Gallery too: there are three large exhibition rooms and a Conference Centre featuring a number of artists who deal with a variety of themes in styles which range from the traditional to the abstract.

designed by horticulturalist, James Peach.

It’s time to welcome and celebrate Summer, with its infinite possibilities; why not begin by a visit to Leabrooks Interiors, Gallery and Gardens!

Your May accounting questions answered

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With the new tax year in full flow, here are a few more FAQ’s from our friendly neighbourhood accountant ‌...

new business and you are willing to involve other investors, you may be able to use SEIS to fund that business. But please talk to us first, as there are a number of trades that can't use SEIS, and other conditions to meet.

Q. I am employed by my company M Ltd, and

my wife's company T Ltd. M and T have completely separate trades and operate Independently. I currently take no salary from M Ltd and have a modest salary from T Ltd. Q. My company has been trading since 1 March However, HMRC have split my personal 2013, but my first sales invoices haven't been allowance 2/3 to the PAYE code issue to M Ltd paid yet, so there is no cash available to and 1/3 to T Ltd. Can I get this changed, and if reimburse me for the expenses I've incurred so how? personally. Do I have to complete a P11D for A. All you need to do is ring HMRC on the 2012/13?

A. The annual form P11D reports expenses

reimbursed to, and benefits in kind made available to the employees and directors. As you haven't been paid any expenses by the company, there is nothing to report on the form P11D. If you have any benefits in kind provided by the company such as a car a P11D would be required.

number shown on your PAYE code notice and ask them to change your PAYE codes. You will need to have your NI number to hand, and estimates as well as the expected level of dividends, interest or other income to be received in 2013/14.

Q. I've heard about the great tax breaks available under the SEIS scheme. Is this something I can use for my business?

A. The seed enterprise investment scheme

(SEIS) provides investors in small companies with 50% income tax relief, and an exemption from tax for 50% of the gains they reinvest in SEIS shares (for 2013/14).

However, you can't use SEIS to invest in a company you control, as the investor and his associates (basically close relatives), must not own more than 30% of the company. The trade undertaken by the company must also be less than two years old, so to use SEIS the company has to be undertaking a new venture, and be a new clean company. If you have an idea for a Do you have a tax question that you would like answered? If so e-mail james.boler@smithcraven.co.uk

Out and About

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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 604277 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. Have fun with messy and creative play activities with your child. Contact - 01773 604843

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

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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.

Sunday 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.

KLEEFORD COIN AUCTIONS Regular monthly sales of Coins, Medals, Bank Notes, Tokens, Small gold and Silver items

Do you have unwanted coins, banknotes or medals in a box at home?

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Almost everyone who walks through the doors of our clinic comments on their own posture and how they feel they need to improve. It is a tricky one, because although we can do treatments to help with posture, it is largely up to you to do the exercises we prescribe and with so many people leading such hectic lives, fitting it all in can be difficult.

clean my teeth without standing against a wall and doing a posture exercise, and over time that has meant I have gone from being what I initially thought was congenital ‘round shouldered’ to feeling happy wearing strapless clothes which expose my now ‘good-postured’ shoulders! Roll on summer!

Posture is not just about how you stand, but also about how you sit. Look at how long you may be slouched in your sofa – a few cushions can make the difference between back or neck ache or not. Those who spend more time driving or in an office environment often have unnecessary strain and as I observed recently – opticians are another example of people who could relieve the strain Help! with some modifications to their working Many people who are in pain can gain environment, and we have treated a relief by making some simple postural number of dentists for the same reason. changes which can also help prevent it We spend so much time at work, it is a reoccurring. As osteopaths and shame to have pain which can affect the physiotherapists we treat the area which rest of our life! is under strain then look at why this has If you would like an on-site work assessment or advice occurred and with stretches and and exercises for posture with or without treatment, contact strengthening exercises can help ‘re-mould’ the body to be overall more balanced and less likely to break down in the future.

However, this can be made easier by creating habits such as the ‘cleaning teeth exercises’ or waiting for kettle to boil’ exercises, or – if your PC isn’t as quick as you would like then you may get a number of exercises done just waiting for it to boot up/download...or even just work…!

Also good is the ‘Alexander Technique’ which may seem detailed but it can make the difference between ongoing pain or not and demonstrates how we can often create or relieve our own discomforts and niggles which can lead onto further strain. Again, it is about creating habits which we get used to and then become normal –for instance, I would struggle to

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Having had a little time to reflect Gary has decided to share his thoughts on Margaret Thatcher! As a figure that divides opinion across the land I’m sure you will all have your own thoughts on what Gary has to say...

I didn't really want to touch this subject in this column, as the magazine should be apolitical, but I need to discuss the legacy of Mrs Thatcher. I'll try and steer clear of the extreme views from both sides and not dissect the Falklands war, the miner's strike, the unions or the poll tax. What I want to do is to try and articulate the emotion behind those who have an anti-Thatcher stance. The arguments are thirty years old, and I've been surprised that on both sides there are people who weren't even born holding very stringent views, but a free society entitles everyone to an opinion.

When they came to power in 1979 The Conservatives implemented monetarism, which would reduce the deficit and inflation through controlling the money supply. The outcome of the policy was recession and unemployment, it is a matter of record that the Government never denied that this was the price of achieving lower inflation and future economic stability.

Over the next few years, thousands of people were laid off In the Industrial areas of the Country in the steel works and the manufacturing industries. Many areas of the north, Wales and Scotland suffered devastation to their local economies and became wastelands without shops and services. It wasn't just young people who suffered; the job losses were across the generations and left families without hope,

prospects or dreams. Most of us realised that radical solutions were needed to reform the economy, the powerful unions and poor management, but we didn't get reform we got destruction. There was nothing offered to fill the gap, no help at all, only the mantra that free enterprise would create employment. This is where the anger comes from, we were left without a future, and not even the slightest inkling that things would get better. The Labour party for many reasons was unelectable and the unions did not hold the answer. Hard working Britons suddenly became 'the enemy within'.

This all happened before the Miner's strike, which many people saw as their last chance to save their communities and futures, they failed, hope drained away and cynicism and hatred took hold. The BBC, Police, Press and Politicians were all seen to be untrustworthy and at war with their own people, it was a truly awful few years. I was there and part of it, but eventually took Tebbit's advice, got on my bike and moved to London, many people for whatever reason couldn't or wouldn't take that option.

When aspiration and dignity have been stripped away from people do not be surprised if there is a reaction. For me this has re-opened raw memories, to those who would say 'get over it', well I can't and sadly, I doubt I ever will.

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It may be getting warmer and the temptation is to rush bedding plants into the ground to make up for the cold colourless Spring, but take care. Don’t plant straight from a garden centre into your own garden until you’re sure the risk of frost is past – usually the end of May for most of us. It’s best to put them in a greenhouse or cold frame and allow out during warm times of day at first so they don’t get the “shock” of going from warm to cool. If you have planted early and it looks like there’s going to be frost, cover plants with fleece.

If you’ve got rambling roses a good way to encourage more flowers is to tie them in as near horizontal as possible. This restricts the sap flow, which means more side shoots and more flowers.

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