Ron hangs up his paper bag

ONE of the Village Voice’s dedicated deliverers has decided to give up his round after 10 years of putting our paper through letterboxes in Isley Walton

Ron Warren has given a decade of loyal service to our illustrious publication having been persuaded to get involved through his lifelong friend, the late Andrew Jackson

Now 79, he has decided to pass on the round to the next willing person

Isley Walton is one of the Village Voice’s more spread-out delivery areas with Ron (pictured right, on his round) getting in his car once a month to take copies of our papers to addresses within the hamlet

He said he had enjoyed his trips out to local houses such as Langley Priory

“I’ve met some nice people,” he said “I’ll miss the cups of tea and chatting to people! It has been an enjoyable experience meeting them ”

Born and bred in Melbourne, Ron was friends with Andrew Jackson for all his life as fellow members of the town’s well-known market gardening community

Having moved to Isley Walton in 2010, he was asked by Andrew if he would deliver 38 copies of our paper to homes in the area every month

The Village Voice is very grateful to Ron and to all our willing army of deliverers for taking 6,200 copies of the paper to households in many villages including Melbourne, Ticknall, Breedon, Smisby, Aston and Weston on Trent

If anyone would like to take on the Isley Walton round, please do get in touch with us on ads@melbournevillagevoice co uk or news@melbournevillagevoice co uk, or you can leave a message for Lucy Stephens on 01332 863181

UNIVERSITY of Derby researcher Dr Carly Butler is asking Village Voice readers if they would like to take part in a treesrelated project For her research, Dr Butler is running focus groups and would like to hear from people who live in, near, visit of use the National Forest These will ask people their experience of local trees, will be held online and last up to an hour Participants must be 18 and over and there will be a £10 gift voucher for taking part

For information, contact Carly Butler: c butler2@derby ac uk by Lucy

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