Melbourne Village Voice October 2015

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Village Voice No 275 October 2015

Melbourne & District

by LUCY STEPHENS

l PROTESTERS celebrate a great result at the South Derbyshire District Council offices.

CHEERS, claps and whoops rang across South Derbyshire’s council chamber after plans for more than 100 extra houses for Melbourne were unanimously thrown out.

BELOW: Members of the Melbourne and King’s Newton Action Group present a petition to Councillors John Harrison and Jim Hewlett during their campaign.

The two separate neighbouring proposals – one for 58 homes and the other for 44 – would have seen the fields along Jawbone Lane extensively built up. In a nail-bitingly tense meeting of the council’s planning committee on October 6, councillors decided that the housing would bring together the villages of King’s Newton and Melbourne too much – where they have historically remained separate – as well as having too much of a negative effect on the King’s Newton conservation area. It was also argued that some of the houses would affect countryside views of Breedon Church, which have been enjoyed from a Melbourne vantage point for centuries. In a very rare turn of events in the current housing climate, committee members actually went against the recommendation of the council’s planning officers in refusing one of the proposals: that of Linden Homes, the developer who wanted to build 58 homes on either side of Jawbone Lane. Aston councillor and committee member Peter Watson was the first to

say he would be going against officers’ advice and rejecting the plans. Councillors took over an hour of painstaking debate in deciding that Linden Homes should not be allowed to build in that area of Melbourne – despite the fact that the developer had reduced its original application from 120 homes down to 58 and had also opted to build bungalows so as not to affect views of the church. It was pointed out in the meeting that even these efforts would count for nothing if home-owners decided to plant trees or high hedges on their properties – which planning officers admitted was outside their control. Historic England – the political arm of English Heritage – had objected to

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LAURENCE Rogers, Organist Emeritus at Melbourne Parish Church, gave an excellent concert at the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Staunton Harold. The audience was taken on a journey of Baroque and Classical music of the 17th and 18th centuries, well suited to the age of the organ. Composers included Haydn, Mozart and

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Hats the way for caring knitters

CARING Hands, a group of ladies that meets each week in the Melbourne Parish Church rooms to knit and crochet, celebrated its first birthday on September 7. The items knitted include jumpers/hats sent to Syrian refugee camps and knitted squares sent to Africa to make blankets for orphaned/AIDs victim children. Cardigans, blankets and hats for Special Care Baby Units around the country, as well as knitted Christmas stockings and chickens were sold and the proceeds donated to Pool Cottage. The ladies have been set a challenge to knit – by mid-December – 1,000 hats for babies in hospital, as well as 1,000 tiny bobble hats for AGE

UK, who will place them on individual bottles of Innocent Smoothie. Each bottle sold with a hat on will raise 25p for AGE UK. Hopefully, the group can contribute ÂŁ250. Incredibly, they have passed the halfway total on both challenges within eight weeks! The group meets every Monday (except Bank Holidays) 2-3.30pm in Church House. Everyone is welcome and for more information the Rev Plummer can be contacted on 01332 863592. The Rev Angela Plummer is pictured with a group of ladies at the 1st Birthday celebrations. The number "4197" is the staggering number of items that the ladies of Caring Hands have knitted in the last year.

n THE Revd Tony and Caroline Luke are pictured on their way to the medieval market at All Saints Church, Aston-on-Trent. The changeable weather forced many of the stall holders to move inside the heritage centre where Ann Adams was providing refreshments. This move actually enhanced the market, rather than ruin it, with many villagers staying longer, chatting and enjoying the refreshments. All the stall holders did well with an eclectic mix of goods for sale, including fresh home-grown veg and fruit, jams and cakes, plants, books, jewellery and cards.

P O S T B AG AT THE Melbourne Fete and Carnival presentation evening held at the Royal British Legion Club on September 16, the presentation was carried out by Tracey Ridley in a most excellent manner. A very large number of cheques were presented to various organisations and individual people who had helped on the day. I feel a very big thank you should be given to Tracey and her committee for all the hard work they do throughout the year organising the carnival. A wonderful buffet was provided followed by two local bands and an enjoyable evening was had by all. Melbourne resident (Name and address supplied).

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HALF-HOURLY buses are being introduced between Melbourne and Derby in a new timetable to be launched this month. At the moment, the number 61 service runs hourly from Melbourne to Derby between 10am and 4pm, with more regular buses before and after those times. But the new service will now run every half hour, as part of a raft of changes being introduced by Arriva across its Derby network. The Village Voice spoke to a queue of bus users in Melbourne where the new and faster service received a positive response. Kathleen Sims, who uses the bus to travel to Melbourne to see her daughter Catherine from her home in Heage, via Derby, said the increased service would be a big help. “It’s going to be much better,� she said,

adding: “When I get into Derby, it doesn’t matter if I miss one of my buses because there’ll be one every half hour.� Kathleen added that the bus service has up until now been so slow that it has been quicker for her to get from Heage to Whitby in Yorkshire than to Melbourne. The new Arriva timetable is set to be launched on October 25, with the number 61 service renumbered as 2, 2A and 2B. The change has come about after the operator undertook a large consultation exercise with passengers over the summer, in which many different suggestions and proposals were put forward. As a result of the survey, sweeping changes have been implemented across the whole of Derby. According to the operator’s website, the suggestion that it should provide a half hourly “direct� service to Melbourne was

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welcomed by passengers. General manager Claudine Molloy thanked locals for their feedback, saying: “We were delighted by the response to our consultation and it has helped us shape our exciting new network. “The new services are simpler to understand, introduce some new links and are more frequent in some areas. “These changes will make travelling round Derby even easier by bus and they build on the good work we have already been doing to improve our services.� Melbourne South Derbyshire district councillor Jim Hewlett said: “I welcome the return of the half-hourly service as it will be much more convenient for Melbourne people, reduce crowding on the buses and will improve our quality of life.� – Lucy Stephens

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Volunteer scheme a success

l Pictured at Derby Cathedral (l-r) are: Laurence Rogers, Lisa Gilchrist, Bishop Alastair, Gordon Hughes and Gary Margerrison. Insert Bob Wheat.

A SCHEME run by Derbyshire County Council offering free training and recognition to volunteers has been hailed a success. Since its launch, 1,502 people across Derbyshire have gained their Volunteer Passport. The scheme was set up in 2009 – in partnership with the voluntary, community and independent sector – to give people the skills they need to work with young people. In 2012 the county council extended it to include people working with adults. Volunteers are given five free half-day training sessions which cover important areas such as keeping children and vulnerable adults safe, how to spot signs of abuse, first aid and equality and diversity. People who complete the training successfully get a certificate and a Volunteer Passport ID

THE Bishop of Derby, Dr Alastair Redfern distributed ‘The Bishop’s Badge’ to people from across the Diocese at Derby Cathedral. The Bishop expressed his delight at the increase in the number of people who have been nominated to receive ‘The Bishop’s Badge’, which is made to people of all ages because of an outstanding contribution to their community or church through service, inspiration or witness. The Benefice of Melbourne, Ticknall, Smisby and Stanton by Bridge was well represented at the presentation which took place during a special choral evensong service. Amongst those receiving the Bishop’s Badge were: Lisa Gilchrist, Junior Church Leader at Melbourne; Gordon Hughes for many roles in Melbourne; Gary Margerrison, Churchwarden at Smisby; Laurence Rogers, Organist Emeritus at Melbourne and Bob Wheat, Churchwarden at Stanton-by-Bridge. The full list of all those nominated and the communities they represent will be published in the October edition of “Our Diocese�.

badge to show they have been approved to volunteer by the county council. The training is available to people whether they currently volunteer or would like to in the future. To apply for a Volunteer Passport to work with adults or children and young people go to www.derbyshire.gov.uk/passport and follow the appropriate links.

Garden talk

BOB Flowerdew, the well-known organic gardener, will be visiting Ticknall Garden Club on Tuesday, October 13, to give a talk called ‘Don't Listen to the Experts’. His talk starts at 7.30pm in Ticknall Village Hall.

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HARVEST finished for us in the first few days of October which, although late, didn’t break any records. Beans were the last crop to be cut and this year saw a large increase in the acreage grown due to a policy change by our EU masters. Every farmer who grows over 80 acres of arable crops was made to grow a crop which fixed its own nitrogen and required no chemical applications. Peas, beans, lucerne and clover were some of the choices, the first two being the most popular. Peas are a fairly easy crop to grow but can be notoriously difficult to cut with a combine harvester. They can get to over four foot in height when they are green, but as they mature they can collapse to a few inches which can create a lot of problems for the combine. Having a very large acreage of these would be a very risky undertaking. So we opted for

Sticky Mix mums’ sweet taste of success

beans. Beans are very cheap to grow and easy to harvest but the major downside this year is that the price has collapsed. In fact it has halved but we do have the option of feeding them to our cattle for a cheap source of protein. Not sure if we’re going to do that though as if they are good enough they may be sold for human consumption, which commands a good premium. Time will tell. Our last crop of the year is maize which is going to be at least a couple of weeks later than last season due to some prolonged cold weather in the spring. If maize is cut too early the feed value of the silage made will be low in energy and starch and ideally wants to be cut before any frosts, which effectively stop it in its tracks. It’s fairly certain this year that many crops will not get to the desired maturity before that first chill.

TWO mums who have set up their own food company in Aston-on-Trent are riding high after winning a coveted award – despite having been going for less than two years. Nicola Read and Wendy Pritchard are the businesswomen behind Sticky Mix, an artisan baking mix company which also has a range catering for people with allergies. Sticky Mix is going from strength to strength, having won a much sought after Great Taste award for their gluten-free chocolate brownie mix, even though Wendy and Nicola only set up shop 19 months ago. Judged by more than 400 people including food critics, chefs, cooks, restaurateurs, producers and food writers, Great Taste is acknowledged as the gold standard award for artisan food producers. Nicola said the pair were “really excited” to have won the accolade.

Judges taste every product without its wrapper on, with around a third of this year’s 10,000 entries winning a Great Taste star. Herself a very keen baker, Nicola explained that she and Wendy wanted to have a line catering for allergy sufferers in their business, because Wendy and her family suffer with several allergies themselves. She said: “When we launched our range that was suitable for allergies, we thought that would be a sideline. “More and more people not only have an allergy but are choosing to have a diet that doesn’t including gluten, for many reasons. There’s not much out there that they can get, so this has ended up being our main line.” Sticky Mix sells products through its website, www.sticky-mix.co.uk / at food fairs and wholesale throughout the UK.

n THE Piecemakers are a group of volunteers who meet in Findern Parish Rooms every Wednesday evening to make quilts, comforters and blankets for the LINUS project. The project delivers about 2,000 quilts and other items to sick, disabled and disadvantaged children every month. Pictured are some of the Findern Piecemakers displaying a range of their work prior to it being presented to a representative from Linus (l-r):

Lynne Lee, Jane Kirk, Denise Gardner, Eunice Bell, Emma Collier, Anne Pyne, Keta Jones and Maureen Harrison.

No news on the floods update

AN early agenda item for the October council meeting was to receive an update to the flooding status in Melbourne from Severn Trent Water. However, no update had been received and there was no representative present. A member of the public was able to advise that dates for further Drop-In sessions have been planned by STW for October 30, November 27 and January 8. All dates are Fridays, 6.30pm at Melbourne Assembly Rooms. These dates will require confirmation. Two members of the public attended the meeting to express their distress over the parish council’s actions relating to them having placed some of their father’s ashes onto their mother’s grave in the Packhorse Road cemetery. There was no police presence, but the Clerk was able to inform the meeting that she had received an email informing the council that PC Victoria Centro, the local beat officer, will be moving on in October and taking up another post located in Derby. There has been no notification regarding a replacement beat officer. District Councillors John Harrison and Jim Hewlett had apologised for their temporary absence due to them attending the SDDC planning meeting where the Jawbone Lane planning applications were being discussed. When they arrived, it was with ‘Glad Tidings’ and news that both planning applications for a total of 102 houses had been turned down. A date for the annual Christmas in Melbourne, Late Night Shopping event has been set and will take place on December 4. The Market Place will be closed to traffic for the event and there will also be other road closures, details of which will be released later.

TOM MILLS reports from the October meeting of Melbourne Parish Council

Signs will be erected at the roadside a week before to give advance warning to motorists. Cllr Jane Carroll, reporting on the Neighbourhood Development Plan, said that the group continued to meet regularly with the next meeting planned for October 12. An invitation to join the group has been extended to Melbourne Area Transition. There has been much discussion about the Jawbone Lane planning applications; the community and leisure sub group has been meeting and members were pleased with the response to the business survey. Other points from the meeting: n It was reported that a new five-year lease has been granted for the Senior Citizens’ Centre. n The Infants School is going through the process to appoint a new headteacher. n The ownership of the public toilets was transferred to the parish council on September 15. n A letter has been received from a member of the public congratulating the parish council on its recent addition of new play equipment in the Lothian Gardens. n The council has made an application to The Safer Neighbourhood Fund to upgrade the CCTV system.

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Little stars dance to help sick children

THEY danced the afternoon away, helping to raise more than £1,000 to help sick children at Royal Derby Hospital. The “little stars” disco was organised by Melbourne’s Ali Staley – whose own story of loss and life was featured on ITV’s Super Hospital – to raise money for the hospital’s foetal medicine department and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The event, held at the Wesley Hall, has raised around £1,100 for the cause, thanks to a range

of different fund-raisers on the day including a raffle, Wish Upon a Star kids’ competition, lucky dip, face painting, homemade cupcakes, and a specially designed charity greetings card. Ali said she would like to thank all local businesses who had donated “such fantastic prizes”, but too many to identify individually. Thanks also go too to all of Ali’s helpers on the day, and to BBC Radio Derby’s Sally Pepper show for helping publicise the disco. There will be a special pres-

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DURING the summer months the Overseal Footpaths Volunteer Group organised two fundraising days and then used that money to construct a couple of 'prop' benches. These are now installed on the National Forest Way, the new 75-mile long distance walking trail through The National Forest, in Cadborough Hill Wood, Overseal. One is at a junction of paths providing a suitable resting place on a circular route from the village. The second is for those wanting a longer walk towards “Dead Danes Bottom” with its beautiful Broomfields Lake. The group has rebuilt steps over the disused railway line in Top Wood, Linton, and completed steps and reinstated the right of way parallel to Gresley Tunnel. If you would like to join the group contact the secretary, Dot Morson on 01283 760639 or email dorothymorson@btinternet.com The group is supported by Marion Farrell from Groundwork and is funded by Derbyshire County Council and the National Forest Company, and is an excellent example of how local people can make a difference to their local area.

OVER the last 12 months Kaye and Chris Nix, owners of The Staff of Life, Ticknall, have proudly worked with the local council with regards to their apprenticeship scheme. No fewer than three apprentices are currently working with Kaye, Chris and the team at the country inn. Maddy Booth and Matt Arnold are both coming to the end of their first full year at the pub, whilst Genna Savage is still in the early stages of her programme. This kind of experience is undoubtedly giving them a great start for their careers in hospitality with mentors Kaye and Chris, who are both now entering their 20th year at the pub and B&B. Chris said: “We have been thrilled

with our apprentices over the last 12 months and it has been wonderful to watch the individuals grow and develop in all areas of the pub business. They have learnt many new skills but there is still plenty to learn! One of the apprentices, Maddy, said: “It has been brilliant to be involved with the Staff of Life. I have learnt so much. I have mainly been ‘customer facing’ but have also assisted with housekeeping, and more recently helped with the client database. The apprenticeship programme has been organised and arranged with South Derbyshire District Council. Pictured (l-r) are apprentices Maddy Booth, Matt Arnold and Genna Savage.

Bridge too far for walkers

DURING Melbourne Footpath Group's (MFG) very enjoyable Swarkestone walk in September, the group came across a walking party from Nottingham whose leader said that on realising it would be too dangerous to walk across Swarkestone Causeway as they had planned, they had to make alternative arrangements to cross the bridge. Pedestrians wishing to cross between Swarkestone and Stanton by Bridge cross the Causeway at their peril. Melbourne Civic Society has been working for an alternative route since 2008, before MFG itself was founded, and both

groups continue to work on this project. Derbyshire County Councillor Linda Chilton has also persevered with the cause. The proposed footpath is about 150 metres long and runs between Ingleby Lane and the Causeway, linking with the existing Stanton FP8. The proposed route crosses land belonging to the Church Commissioners, who are raising last-minute issues that are delaying the opening of the new path. Other problems have included Derbyshire County Council's Rights of Way (ROW) department having four different ROW officers for South Derbyshire in about seven years; at one stage all the

paperwork went missing and the process had to be started again from scratch. MFG chairman Paul Sturges says: “This is an appalling state of affairs and very frustrating for all those seeking a viable pedestrian route. “The lack of safe pedestrian access between Stanton and Swarkestone is a serious issue for the community as it is only a matter of time before a grave accident occurs while pedestrians attempt to use the causeway.” On a more positive note, MFG was glad to hear at its September meeting that there will be more frequent and faster buses services between Derby and Melbourne from October 25. MFG

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MARS landing its £125,000 funding

THE directors at Melbourne Assembly Rooms have been successful in a bid to South Derbyshire District Council to release funds for improvements. Approximately £125,000 was originally earmarked by SDDC from money obtained from the sale of Bretby Crematorium to assist the MARS board in making improvements through a larger Heritage Lottery funding bid. However, unsuccessful bids for landfill grants, a change in the board personnel and a subsequent review of priorities meant the present board believe a slightly different strategy is the best way forward. A proportion of the “Bretby” money has already been spent upgrading the boiler and heating system in the venue, leaving about £75,000 for improvements. The board has plans to convert the old school kitchen into a multi-functional room

which, as well as having modern catering and bar equipment, will also be able to house art exhibitions and a meeting/dropin space. In addition it is hoped that the main entrance lobby can be restructured to have an open welcoming area, rather than the present dilapidated facility. “We will now start the work of obtaining detailed plans and specifications,” said Phil Dobby, chairman of the directors, “although it is unlikely we will be able to start the work realistically before the middle of next year.” In addition the group has successfully obtained an award of £25,000 from the Community Partnership Scheme which can be put towards the project. The Assembly Rooms was one of 11 projects in South Derbyshire which were awarded grants. The Melbourne Sporting Partnership benefited from a grant of about

CARNIVAL CASH HANDED OUT

ONCE Upon A Time … will be the theme of next year’s Melbourne Fete and Carnival, organisers announced as they dished out thousands of pounds to local charities from this year’s traditional summertime bonanza. The committee for the Melbourne Fete and Carnival, which takes place each year on the junior school playing fields, held the annual cheque presentation ceremony at the Royal British Legion. Thousands of pounds in proceeds from the event were handed to 31 charities on the night, with beneficiaries including prostate and urology cancer charities, the Poppy Appeal and Melbourne Community Care. On the evening, committee chair Tracey Ridley announced that the date for next year’s carnival would be Saturday, July 9, with the theme of Once Upon a Time … which should see plenty of scope for some imaginative dressing up! The carnival committee will be holding its annual general meeting on Wednesday, November 18, at 7.30pm, upstairs at Harpur’s. If anyone would like to help organise next year’s event, do go along and join the committee.

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£25,000 to fit out the clubhouse and kitchen in the new pavilion. A similar award was made for Recreation in Aston to support the next phase of the pavilion development by increasing the number of changing rooms available, including referee facilities, and to support an increase in formal sports opportunities in the area. And £5,840 was awarded to Smisby Village Hall towards the costs of the provision of suitable audio visual facilities, additional sound and heating insulation (noise reduction and reduction of heating bills) and resanding and sealing the floor in the Main Hall. Finally, £5,560 was awarded to Weston on Trent Parish Council to contribute towards play equipment, targeted at young people over the age of eight. – Frank Hughes

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SPECIAL flu clinics are being held at both Melbourne and Chellaston medical centres and elligible people are strongly advised to attend for their free injection. To book your place, you should contact reception at either surgery – Melbourne on 01332 862124 or 862054; Chellaston on 01332 720077 or 721650. Both Melbourne and Chellaston practices are also willing to attend local community groups in order to administer vaccinations to those who are entitled to a free flu jab. Separate clinics will be held for children.

Magical night to remember Alan

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FORMER Melbourne resident Alan Fox, who died in February 2015, is to be remembered on an evening of magic. Alan was one of a group of 10 who expressed an interest in reforming the Derby Magic Circle in 1974. The Circle, originally formed in 1952 but sadly disbanded in 1965, once again flourished after its rebirth and continues today. Alan was a faithful member of the circle and served as president in 1983/84. Derby Magic Circle has members who specialise in every type of magic and they will be presenting an evening of Table Hopping Magic in a remembrance event for Alan at Weston Village Hall on Saturday, October 17, starting at 7.15pm. Alan’s widow Frances extends an invitation to all to attend the event. Tickets at £5 include refreshments and all proceeds are to be donated to Weston Parish Church.

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MILLIE Roberts is a very determined young lady, who has just taken over responsibility for getting the Athenaeum project back up and running in Melbourne. She is in the first days of her new role, having taken over from Kevin Moore, who returned to his native Ireland at the start of the summer. Whilst her title is café manager, that leaves a lot to the imagination, because there is a lot more to it than just running the tea bar facility. Millie is hoping she can re-energise the two “youth” groups – one for the ages 10 to 13 and another for those aged 14 to 16. She is planning to get the groups restarted by the end of October, meeting the demand for young people from the village to have somewhere interesting to go. “It will most likely run on Wednesdays from after school to no later than 9pm,” she said. “But there is also a high demand from the young mums too, for somewhere to meet.” A mum of two (Joshua 3 and Harry 1) herself, she is well aware that there is an unmet demand for toddler friendly places for mums to meet. So she is planning to set up “Little Wesleys” over the forthcoming months, which will give the venue a new lease of life as a drop-in café. Millie grew up in Melbourne, and attended the Athenaeum on Potter Street back in its “glory days” when it was first converted into the youth centre. After school in Chellaston she moved to Manchester and for six years worked for an organisation called “The Message Trust,” a Methodist faith based organisation which reaches out to some of the poorest and most deprived young people. The first headache is to get the venue redecorated, as the place has hardly changed since it was first converted and some of the fittings are badly in need of an overhaul. She is looking for volunteers to help her out, so if you have any spare time she would be happy to hear from you (https://www.facebook.com/TheAthenaeumMelbourne or email theathenaeum@outlook.com). – Frank Hughes

Back with a banger

AFTER many years of absence, the once popular Autumn Bangers and Brass concert was re-introduced onto the local concert scene by the Melbourne Town Band. It was again hailed to be a resounding success by those who attended at the Melbourne Assembly Rooms. Special guests of MTB were the Melbourne Town Training Band and members of the Leicestershire and Rutland County RBL Pipe Band. Playing to a packed and appreciative audience, all three bands entertained with a programme of music that crossed many genres. Soloists for the evening were Cathy Worrall and Emily Robinson, both girls playing with precision and talent. An arrangement of ‘Highland Cathedral’ for Brass and Pipes by MTB musical director Brendan O’Neill was possibly the highlight of the evening, with pipes, drums and brass all playing in perfect harmony. Special thanks were given to local butcher Wayne Spiers who most generously donated all the sausages in support of this fund raising concert. Now re-established, this is most definitely a concert to mark on your diaries for next year. Members of the Leicestershire and Rutland County RBL Pipe Band are pictured with Melbourne Town Band at the concert.

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THE Parish Church Autumn Fair will take place on Saturday, November 21, from 10am to noon at Melbourne Assembly Rooms. There will be a variety of stalls to entice visitors and the tombola will run until all the wonderful prizes have gone. Refreshments will also be on sale.

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SAINSBURY’S customers in Melbourne seem to have accepted national new laws on plastic bags without a murmur – and frequently without a bag. The 5p charge for single-use plastic bags was launched nationwide on Monday, October 5, leaving shoppers across Britain facing the prospect of either remembering their own bag, being charged for one, or going out on the streets with their purchases un-bagged. Launched by The Department for Food, Drink and Rural Affairs (Defra) in a move to clean up Britain’s streets, the 5p bag charge only affects stores employing 250 people or more. l Kelly Duffy (left) and Janelle Leslie from Sainsbury’s Defra figures show that 7.64 model the new bags. billion single-use bags were given out by UK supermarkets Melbourne’s Sainsbury’s would be put towards in 2014. the shop’s charity, the Derbyshire, Leicestershire Similar charges in Scotland and Wales have and Rutland Air Ambulance. seen a dramatic reduction in their use – down by Plastic bags are well known for causing major nearly 80 per cent in Wales in three years. environmental problems, with around eight milMelbourne Sainsbury’s store manager Gary lion tonnes of plastic ending up in oceans every Dunne said: “We’ve had a great response from our year where it does much damage to marine life. customers. Most of them are now declining the 5p The 5p charge is also set to have a positive imbag and managing themselves. pact on good causes, with an estimated £730 mil“We’ve also been seeing customers bringing in lion donated to charities and not-for-profit their own bags in the build-up to this.” businesses over the next decade. Gary added that the money from the 5p bags in – Lucy Stephens

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George's Tradition of Chellaston supplied an excellent fish and chip supper and also kindly donated two very generous raffle prizes. Proceeds from the event will go towards the Aston Recreation Centre. The winning team – ‘Auf Wiedersehn’, comprising Tim Lemon, Karen Denchai, Benjamin Denchai, Andrea Lemon,

Elizabeth Wilson and Gerry Evans – were presented with the David Smith Memorial Trophy by Cllr Neil Atkin, chair of South Derbyshire District Council. Also pictured are Mrs Kathy Slater (Cllr Atkin's consort), together with quizmaster Robin Sedgewick, Barbara James and Sandra Bayliss of Recreation in Aston.

MP launches new boat house

MP Heather Wheeler joined Staunton Harold Sailing Club (SHSC) members to officially open the club’s new boat house and refurbished training facilities. The newly completed boat house has been built thanks to a Sport England, Inspired Facilities grant of £56,000.

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Getting in the digital world

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PEOPLE from South Derbyshire – and beyond – are being given an opportunity to brush up on their digital skills, thanks to a unique Lottery-funded project. The “Dig-It” project from South Derbyshire’s Citizens’ Advice Bureau (CAB) was kick-started by research which showed that 20,000 people in the county had never been on the Internet – a worrying statistic in today’s information age. Having undertaken their research and secured Big Lottery Funding, the Swadlincote-based CAB team has launched Dig-It, which offers free sessions throughout the area. These sessions give people the opportunity to learn about a range of digital skills, including online shopping, using a smartphone, doing job searches, Skype and Microsoft packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher. Two sessions have already been held in Melbourne Library, with more planned, and the team is also able to visit people in their homes. Dig-It lead Jane Swindall said that a lack of digital skills was becoming an increasing problem in today’s world, where lots of vital information – such as benefit forms – is now only available online. Skills such as composing emails and attaching documents are also key for

young job applicants, and there are many problems of social isolation brought about by an inability to connect digitally. Jane said that the Dig-It scheme was already hearing from people suffering a range of different types of digital exclusion, such as wanting to Skype relatives who have moved away but being unable to work out how, or older people being given tablets by their families but having no idea how to use them. She said: “You have got to be able to use a computer and have some idea of digital equipment. What we are trying to do is give people those skills to avoid them getting even further down the chain. “So many services are going online – not many people are aware that everything is starting to go on to the Internet. “We have got a lot of people who are housebound, for whatever reason, and it’s very isolating if you haven’t got that contact to the outside world.” The Dig-It scheme is open to all, with people already coming to the sessions from East Staffordshire and other places further afield. The next Melbourne session is being held in the library on the morning of Friday, October 16. To find out more, ring the CAB on 01283 210 109. – Lucy Stephens

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Burglars’ ‘high value’ haul

BURGLARS broke into a Melbourne home and stole thousands of pounds worth of goods, including diamond wedding rings. The criminals smashed a window at the back of the Station Road property between 12.50pm and 3.35pm on Wednesday, September 30. They stole what police have described as “high value items” including diamond wedding rings, two MacBook Pros and two iPads, along with a Canon camera and cash. Police want to hear from anyone

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FURTHER possible sites for a new South Derbyshire secondary school are being mulled over by county education planners. A large consultation exercise was launched in the spring of this year to ask people their views as to where a new secondary school should be built to cater for the educational needs for around 1,500 children brought about by large numbers of new houses in this area. The original document put forward four suggested sites, of which Melbourne and Findern were ranked joint last out of various selection criteria. Top of the list was Stenson Fields, despite its being in a flood-risk area, the main reason for which was that the suggested site at Wragley Way would be the closest to most new homes. The Village Voice reported in March the fact that Melbourne looked unlikely to get a new secondary school, but since then no results of the consultation have been made public. When the Village Voice asked Derbyshire County Council for the latest news on the plans, it was given the following statement: “We had an excellent response to our consultation and would like to thank everyone who took the time to give us their views. “The responses included some suggestions for other sites which meant further work taking place to evaluate the possibilities. “Once this work is finalised, we will be bringing a report back to cabinet.”

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Legion’s open air Remembrance service

MELBOURNE Royal British Legion will be holding the annual ‘Open-Air Service’ at the Memorial, Church Square, on Remembrance Sunday, November 8. It is planned that the service will begin at approximately 11.45am. The parade will muster at the RBL, Derby Road at 11.20am before making its way via Derby Road and Church Street to Church Square. In preparation for the service, any individual wishing to lay a wreath is invited to contact David Worrall on 01332 863547 as soon as possible. This is to ensure that the wreaths and those presenting them can be correctly positioned in the order that they will be laid. Following the service, the parade will return to the RBL club via Castle Square, Potter Street, and Derby Road where an informal concert will be given by Melbourne Town Band. Everyone is welcome and hot food will be available. A rehearsal regarding procedure for the open-air service will be held at 10.30am on Saturday, November 7, in Church Square and anyone who intends to take part, or who wishes to know more about the parade is invited to attend. A short service commencing at 10.55am will be held at the Memorial, Church Square, Melbourne, on Remembrance Day, Wednesday, November 11, allowing for the two minute silence to fall at 11am.

WI’s autumn country market

TICKNALL Women’s Institute held the annual Autumn Country Market in the village hall and pictured are satisfied customers with their purchases and WI members staffing one of the stalls. They are (l-r): John Wright, Gill Smith, Elizabeth Freeman, Rosemary Mumford, Mrs Brenda Jackson and Denise Mackie.

Development Plan is moving forward

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THE local Neighbourhood Development Plan is progressing towards its ultimate aim of having a clear set of guidelines for the longer term development in Melbourne. The next step, due this autumn, is to distribute a questionnaire to all residents of Melbourne and King’s Newton. Jane Carroll, who chairs this working party, overseen by the parish council, explained that, although the work of the group is not very visible, it is moving forward. She said: “There has been a survey of local businesses, we are looking at the infrastructure issues such as drainage, we have been in contact with a number of community groups to shape the emerging findings and the residents’ questionnaire. “We are doing some spot checking on car parking availability at different times and on different days. We have also had a scoping exercise to see how the village might sustain the demand for housing under Part 2 of the South Derbyshire District Local Plan. “There will be a number of options emerging which will then need much wider consultation.� The group also hopes that a member of the local area Transition group will join their numbers as the longer term sustainability of any development will be a key factor. – FH

Magical talk

MELBOURNE Civic Society members had an entertaining start to their autumn talks when local magician Keith Christie baffled a bemused audience with his magical prowess. The next meeting will be on Monday, October 12, at 7.30pm in the Melbourne Assembly Rooms when Dr Paul Sturges will be talking about “1950s Derby�.

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Half-term activities

Blues concert and jazz cabaret Festival delights

NO sooner is summer over than it’s time to think about half term. There are at least two activities arranged locally to entertain children during the week. On Tuesday, October 27, the SDDC Sports Mobile will be at Ticknall Recreation Ground between 10am and 12pm. In Melbourne on Thursday, October 29, at the Junior School, 10am-11.30am, there will be a Rugby taster session with Melbourne RFC and Melbourne Minxes. To ensure that children can participate, a consent form for each child must be completed at the start of the session by a parent/guardian although up to date play passes are acceptable. The events cater for 8-16 year olds. (Under 8s can attend with a responsible adult).

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THE National Trust has teamed up with their partner Panasonic to give visitors the opportunity to win a fantastic Lumix DMC-TZ70 camera in an autumn photography competition. As the summer brightness fades, the gorgeous glow of autumn begins and it's the perfect opportunity to wander round a National Trust place nearby, with a camera, to capture the essence of autumn days. Images entered should illustrate the theme of an 'autumn glow', but the interpretation is entirely up to the individual. To enter, simply take a photo at one of the Midlands National Trust places that illustrates the interpretation of ‘'autumn glow’ and then either: n Post it to the National Trust Midlands Facebook page www.facebook.com/NTMidlands http://www.facebook.com/NTMidlands; n Submit via Twitter or Instagram using #NTMidsglow; or n Email it to midlandsautumnglow@nationaltrust.org.uk. Entries are limited to one per person and the closing date is November 9.

MELBOURNE Assembly Rooms was briefly turned into a Lousiana nightclub for the Festival’s ‘Stomp and Holler’ concert. Stomp and Holler is made up of six talented musicians from the Midlands who created an evening of New Orleans style blues. They captured the fun, colour and diversity of the New Orleans sound and the audience were foot tapping if not exactly hollering, and dancing to the rhythms of the Deep South. In keeping with the southern theme, Jambalaya was served at the interval, featuring Wayne Spiers’ homemade chorizo. The evening lived up to Melbourne Festival’s reputation for putting on a wide range of different and exciting performances.

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AMALFI White hosted a cabaret evening for Melbourne Festival in the elegant white ballroom. The crystal chandeliers, beautiful table settings and delicious two-course meal were the perfect background for Emily Kent and Ruth Duxbury. Emily, who is only 18, has a smoky jazz voice with a fabulous range as she sang classics such as Summertime and Can’t help loving that man of mine. Ruth was reminiscent of Jane Horrocks in ‘Little Voice’ as she introduced her songs in a quiet Lancashire accent, then filled the room with her opera trained voice as she sang classics from the musicals. They were accompanied by Paul Marshall, the musical director of A Choir’d Taste, who also performed a jazz solo with his usual musical flair. It was an evening of fabulous food and music and a perfect way to start the Festival trail weekend. Pictured are Emily Kent, Paul Marshall and Ruth Duxbury.

Autumn at Calke Abbey Fifty things walk

Wednesday 21 October 1.30pm – 3pm Whether you are young or young at heart, join us on a walk through the park and get to tick off a few things on your ‘fifty things to do before you are 11¾’ list.

Fine food fair

Sunday 25 October 11am – 4pm Celebrate local food that’s grown, raised, baked or caught within a 30-mile radius of Calke. Also enjoy cooking demonstrations and tastings with our Calke chefs.

Pumpkin party

Thursday 29 October 11am – 4pm Buy a pumpkin or bring your own. Decorate it in your own style and add it to our fabulous display. A garden ticket is required.

Vintage fayre

Sunday 1 November 11am – 4pm Browse original and vintage style in the Riding School. From fashion to homeware there’s something for all tastes.

Lecture lunch

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Honeymoon had to wait 60 years

DIAMOND Melbourne couple Marie and Jim Glynn enjoyed the honeymoon of a lifetime – 60 years after they first walked down the aisle! Irish-born pair Marie, 82, and 84-year-old Jim tied the knot in Dublin in the August of 1955 but were unable to have a honeymoon together at the time. As Marie explains: “We were married on the Wednesday and my husband had to go to work on Monday!” Marie and Jim first met in Ireland when they were teenagers, but Jim then moved to England to find work. He returned to Dublin to get married, but barely had the newly-weds blown out the candles than they travelled to England on the very same day, with the princely sum of £5 to their name. Astonishing as it may seem nowadays, at that time Marie was unable to work in Ireland having got married – no sooner had a woman exchanged rings with her husband than she was forbidden from having a job. So Marie and Jim started their married life together in London, before moving to Norfolk. Jim spent his career in textiles, before moving into engineering, while Marie worked in Woolworths for many years. In their spare time they both enjoyed cycling, finding it an easier pastime on the flat roads of Norfolk than in the hilly lanes around Melbourne – where they finally retired to be near their daughter Janine. The Glynns also have two sons, one in Australia, and the other in Norfolk, along with four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. They belong to the Wednesday Group which

meets in the Assembly Rooms, and Marie also volunteers for the Alzheimers’ Society. To celebrate their diamond wedding, Marie and Jim enjoyed a family celebration in the Canary Islands. As for the secret of such a long and happy life together, Marie says: “I can’t believe how quickly it has gone! We don’t argue, we’re very compatible, but we do like a drink every afternoon!” After tying the knot with Jim in Dublin, she remembers saying to her mother – from whom she had never previously been parted – “Wherever Jimmy is, I’ll be happy – that’ll be home for me.” – Lucy Stephens

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THE children at Weston-on-Trent Primary School have been presented with 10 new iPad minis to use at school. Over the past year, Rachel Longworth, the PSFA chair, has helped organise several successful events, including a wonderful family fun day. The events have been run by parents and have raised the £2,000 needed to purchase the Apple tablets. Each class now has three iPads. Weston-on-Trent Primary School recently won the Church Video competition with a movie created with iPads. Pictured (l-r) are: Rachel Longworth, Rev Tony Luke, Ben O’Connell (headteacher) with pupils Phoebe, Katie, Finn, Molly, Emma, Emily and Spencer.

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TOP ROW (l-r): Rebecca East painting at the Classic Car display in the Carriage Circle; A Roger Davies Reindeer is admired by a visitor on the lawn at Chantry House; Pat Flynn displays some of his wood turnings; Busker Frances Gibson played her part; Hazel Atkinson, jeweller, with busker Phil.

RED Riding Hood, Jack and his Beanstalk … just two of the interesting sights parading around Melbourne over this year’s fairy tale Arts Festival trail weekend. Around 5,000 visitors descend on Melbourne over the arts festival weekend held every September and, with glorious weather and a host of attractions for young and old alike, this year was no exception with almost exactly the same number of trail guides sold as in 2014. Organisers spend months putting together the spectacular event, in which 125 artists exhibited their wares this year. Chellaston School pupils showed they were true sales people in the making by selling a whopping £5,400 in trail guides, of which festival organisers donated 10 per cent to the school’s 2016 Uganda appeal. Over the weekend of September 19 and 20 there was a parade of fairy tale characters through Melbourne on both festival days, with children dressing up to take part. And the fairy tale theme continued in the beautiful vicarage gardens with giant games and artfully laid trails to entertain the

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THE following is an appreciation of the book ‘In Memoriam’ published by Adrian Earp and Melbourne Historical Research Group, commemorating the men of Melbourne who died in The Great War. THE First World War began in August 1914 and by the Armistice of 1918 nearly a million soldiers, sailors and airmen from Britain and her colonies had been killed. Their names were recorded on memorials across the land but gradually faded towards obscurity. One hundred years later, in 2014, historical groups began to reflect this turning point in British history with commemorative publications. Most were worthy. Some were dull and methodical. A few were inspiring. These successful few contained a combination of outstanding historical research and a tangible sympathy for the men who served so loyally and paid such a price. In Memoriam is such a book. It seeks to provide the reader with a historical context for the long lists of recorded deaths, to flesh out the brief memorials in churchyards or in the military cemeteries of Flanders. It tries to tell the sad, short stories of these men and recreate and explain the world they left. It has an immense amount of research documenting the peacetime lives of those who died and a sure grasp of historical detail which brings alive the Melbourne of 1914, a place of boot and shoe factories, market gardens, domestic servants, tradesmen,

quarries and farms. We glimpse a steady, traditional England of hard work, social hierarchy, patriotism and order, a world before the military butchery and social upheaval which were to follow. We see the "boot clickers", lime workers, domestic servants, gardeners, quarrymen and tradesmen. We see Melbourne as a place of established family names, steady industry, gardening and agriculture. Melbourne men married their sweethearts, rented their houses and raised their children in the same town we recognise today. Their names are familiar. They lived in the streets we know, worked at places we half-remember and many of their surnames are still on the electoral register. Mr. Earp describes our own people before they marched off to die for King and Country. This book dignifies the memory of these men by giving them real lives, real homes and real families. The tragedies of their deaths are thus more tangible, particu-

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larly in the case of those who survived the bloody trenches only to succumb to the Spanish Flu epidemic or who died from their injuries after the war had ceased. A name taken at random from the book is Wallace Hatton, a market gardener living with his wife and baby son in Commerce Street before joining the one million men who volunteered for the Army in 1914. He joined a local battalion of The Sherwood Foresters and went to Ireland during the Easter Rebellion of 1916. From there Private Hatton went to the Western Front and the blood tub of Passchendaele before being seriously wounded and captured in the last, desperate German attacks of March 1918. He had suffered shell splinters in both eyes, his shoulders and arm. He was operated on initially by a German doctor when a prisoner of war. Repatriated to hospital in Leicester after the Armistice, it seemed like Private Hatton might survive his terrible ordeals. However, septicaemia from the splinters in his eye killed him on December 2, 1919. In an awful tragic irony his son, also called Wallace, was old enough to be ready to leave Melbourne for the next war. He was killed in 1940 in France. Adrian Earp and the members of the Historical Research Group are to be congratulated. The authors have produced a poignant and beautifully illustrated tribute to our fallen people. – John Williams

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THE sun shone down and many, many cakes were eaten – all in memory of loved ones and for the best possible cause. There were plenty of people who got behind this year’s Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee morning across South Derbyshire on September 25, helping contribute funds to pay for nurses caring for those suffering from cancer. In Breedon, Simon and Vanessa Jones’ beautiful garden at The Old Chapel was the setting for the ninth annual coffee morning put on by the Breedon Coffee Ladies. Event co-organiser Roddy Lott said this year’s fund-raiser was particularly poignant, after the village had recently lost “three very special people” to cancer. The coffee morning – together with a further event in the evening – raised £1,600 for the cause. Roddy said: “All the people who came, from Melbourne, Wilson and Breedon, made it all so very special – it was a very good morning.” Meanwhile, at Kings Newton Bowls Club, Gayle Summerlin put on a coffee morning in memory of her mother

Kathleen, who passed away last year. The morning – the first Gayle had hosted – raised £405, and even boasted guests from Australia who were visiting Melbourne and had spotted a poster advertising the occasion. Gayle said: “It was a very successful morning. We wanted to raise money for a charity that does so much for people in their hour of need.” A few streets away, in Melbourne’s Wesley Hall, Tracey Ridley from preschool group Music Time was also hosting a coffee morning. Around 30 people turned up to sample home-made cakes and biscuits – helping boost Macmillan’s coffers by a further £150. In Aston-on-Trent, mother and daughter Sally and Maisy Hayward hosted a pair of events – one in the daytime and a further “prosecco and puddings” fund-raiser in the evening. Together the events raised £500 for Macmillan. Sally said she would like to thank everyone who attended the events, and who donated cakes and prosecco. She said: “You can’t necessarily support the person suffering but you can always support the people who support them, and that’s what makes the difference.”

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SLIGHTLY later than planned after an extended stay in the Cask and Pottle in Tutbury, Richard Reeve arrived at the Chip and Pin on September 12 to a warm welcome which naturally included a pint of ale. Well into his quest to visit 100 micropubs across the country on his bicycle, he has raised in excess of £3,700 for charity and, according to latest reports, is presently on micropub number 94 with 2,077 cycling miles covered. His day in the East Midlands took him from Melbourne onto the Chequered Flag in Castle Donington, the Little Chester Green Ale House in

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A GROUP of locals aged between 53 and 68 have recently been ‘on their bikes’ doing something special. The seven cyclists from Egginton and Barrowupon-Trent have ridden nearly 1,200 miles from Egginton to Nice and raised over £3,000 for Cancer Research, Macmillan Cancer and Parkinsons UK. The route took them through South East England crossing at Tilbury then to Dover. In France they continued through Arras and Dole, the Jura Alps and onto the Route de Grande Alpe. It took in the major ‘cols’ in the Alpes, many of which are used in the Tour de France with some over 9,000ft. The weather was mainly kind except for the odd damp start and on the Col de Bonnette, the highest paved road in the Alps at 9,200ft, two of the team were blown off their bikes and others were hit by scree being blown across the road. The team averaged 65 miles per day over 18 days with some Alpine days having a total height gain of 8,500 to 9,300 ft. They had pre-booked small hotels and were supported by one car to carry their gear and to help when required. They were also interviewed by a French ‘Village Voice’ (pictured) and the item

has been published this week. The team pictured on their arrival in Nice are (l-r): Kathy Carmichael (Egginton), Nichole Stewart (Egginton), Preston Sheldon (Cardiff), Christine Johnson (Barrow-on-Trent), Paul Stewart (Egginton), Stephen Wilshaw (Barrow-uponTrent) and Hugh Carmichael(Egginton).

Uganda trip ‘most successful yet’

“THE most successful trip yet.” That is how Richard Karran described the Chellaston Academy Uganda project trip for 2015 … ”and I probably say that every year; but in many ways it really was.” He added: “We did the biggest project to date, we raised £35,000 in the year – the most we have ever done – we took the most year students and we took the most important step of handing over the ownership to MLisada Organisation.” Building on the work done last year, when the John Dickens House was rebuilt as a purpose-built orphanage, this year saw the completion of a second floor, complete with two girls dormitories to house 32 girls, a further medical facility, a library and a classroom. It was phase two of a three-part project. The important step of handing over the ownership of the project was brought forward a year to coincide with the retirement of Chellaston headteacher Ray Ruszczynski. This is how the event was reported locally in Uganda: On Sunday 2nd August 2015, M-LISADA Organization officially took possession of the children’s home from Chellaston Academy. The receipt of the M-LISADA Children's Centre courtesy of Chellaston Academy is a historical landmark for MLISADA Organization, and to the vulnerable children served by M-LISADA. This is indeed an extraordinary gift by Chellaston Academy. It is not only a tangible example of M-LISADA Organization’s passion to extend love to vulnerable children, and to

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create an enabling environment for them to enjoy their rights and unleash their potential; but it is also a positive response to the aspirations of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Thank you so much, dear Chellaston Academy. This precious gift to MLISADA will forever remain engraved on the hearts of the precious children of M-LISADA and to M-LISADA Organization.” The handing over ceremony took place in the presence of British Deputy High Commissioner Mary Shockledge, who coincidentally, Mr Karran mentioned, is from Derbyshire. “We will continue to support M-LISADA financially this year, by covering maintenance costs, but the aim was always to transfer it to local ownership to be sustainable in the longer term,” said Mr Karran. Twenty-seven pupils, six staff and a teacher from Chellaston Junior school participated in the trip this year. It was as eventful as ever, with a Safari trip, a bunjee jump day, and a white water rafting experience to reward the long days of hard graft. “There was also the opportunity to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, whilst we were there which helped to broaden cultural knowledge, and to visit the Christian community there.” And no sooner is one trip complete, but planning starts for Uganda 2016 with another year group of students. – Frank Hughes

ABOVE: The team in front of their finished project. LEFT: Eve Coffey begins work on her dormitory wall. FAR LEFT: British Deputy High Commissioner Mary Shockledge and Mr Karran open the new buiilding.

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LORRAINE was born on October 1, 1961, in Derby Hospital to parents Gill and Graham Bradford. She grew up in Melbourne, living on Station Road with her younger brother Jason, and attending Melbourne Infants, Juniors and then the Senior school. She was among the first pupils to transfer to Chellaston when that took Melbourne children. After school Lorraine went to the Wilmorton College to acquire secretarial qualifications. She enjoyed a working life at many local establishments including Dennis Warren’s shop, The White Swan, Bates Foston, Eddowes Waldren, Pipes and Co. and Budgens. Along the way she formed many longstanding friendships with her colleagues, being a good communicator with an engaging smile and a sincere interest in other people. She married Tony in March

1987 and son Bruce was born in 1992. For the first two years of married life she and Tony lived in Aston on Trent, and these were the only years she lived outside of Melbourne. Among many activities Lorraine was a Sunday school teacher, a Brownie leader and a member of the Old Time Music Hall group. More recently she joined the local choir, A Choir’d Taste, where she sang soprano and took on the responsibility of collecting monthly subscriptions, with an engaging and charming way of telling people they had

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Despite the Parish Council not meeting in August, it has been a busy few months. The cemetery chapel has been cleaned up and is now available for memorial services. This is part of a larger project to improve the facilities at the cemetery and to carry out much-needed repairs to the chapel. The Council has also agreed to purchase a remembrance Xmas tree which will be situated in the chapel and on which people can place messages of remembrance this Christmas. Work has finally started on the new sports facilities at Cockshut Lane, new play equipment has been installed in the Lothian Gardens and the Parish Council have now taken over ownership of the High Street toilets from SDDC. The Neighbourhood Development Plan continues to progress and a good response was received to the survey which was sent out to the businesses in the parish. Work is underway on putting together a residents’ survey which will hopefully be issued shortly in order to extend the consultation into the wider community. Severn Trent have agreed to hold regular monthly liaison meetings in order to fully understand the issues surrounding the recent flooding problems which have been experienced and to keep everyone up to date on the progress that is being made to combat the problem. The Summer Play activities which this year took place in the Junior School grounds were a great success, with a much greater attendance than in previous years. A free rugby-themed sports session will be taking place at the Junior School during the half-term holidays. The Parish Council would also like to thank the organisers of both the Melbourne Fete & Carnival and the Melbourne Festival for their excellent organisation of both these events which, once again, were a great success. For information, the refuse freight will be in Melbourne Market Place on Saturday 17th October between 7.30am and 11.00am and the ‘Melbourne at Christmas’ event, including the switching on of the Xmas lights will take place on Friday 4th December. Wendy Earp, Chair, Melbourne Parish Council

Gardens of delight for the kids

MELBOURNE Parish Council is pleased to announce that some new play equipment has been installed in the Lothian Gardens. The new facilities which include swings, a see-saw and a rocker are for younger children and are located outside the toddler area. The council successfully applied for a grant from Awards for All to finance the project and Streetscape supplied and installed the equipment. Streetscape also realigned the fencing as a good will gesture to separate it from the toddler area. Lucy Harndon and Zac Parkinson are pictured trying out one of the new items.

in 1958 and they brought up their three children there. Work was hard in those days and starting with a few milking cows, he gradually built up the herd to around 100. At that time, silage-making took at least 10 days – making the same amount with modern machinery is done in less than a day.

not paid their dues! She made more friendships through the choir, and enjoyed numerous concerts. She will also be very fondly remembered for her starring appearance in last year’s King’s Newton pantomime. She had many hobbies and particularly enjoyed walking, socialising, reading and music. She was diagnosed with leukaemia earlier in 2015 and had to undergo prolonged periods of difficult treatment. Throughout her illness, family and friends spoke of her great dignity, her positive attitude and bravery. She passed away on September 16 at the City Hospital, Nottingham, with Tony and Bruce by her side. Her funeral took place on September 29 at a packed Melbourne Parish Church and both fittingly and sadly, family and friends gathered afterwards at the Tea Rooms, where Tony and she had held their wedding reception in much happier times. She will be very deeply missed by many local friends and relatives.

Dick loved farm life; he was most content walking around the fields tending the livestock, appreciating the changing scenery, and the wildlife throughout the seasons. In retirement, he joined Kings Newton Bowls Club and new friendships were forged. He was also a member of the Indoor Bowls Club, the Garden Club, the Historical Society and the Archaeological Research Groups in Ticknall, as well as Melbourne Probus Club. He was a keen season ticket holder of Derby County, and a sidesman at St George’s Church for several years. He leaves his wife, Dorothy, two sons and a daughter – a much respected man who will be missed greatly by his family and friends.

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LOCAL patients have said goodbye to a well-known GP who has retired after practising in the area for a quarter of a century. Dr Marilyn Horner, a former partner at The Surgery in Castle Donington, has finally hung up her stethoscope after joining the practice in 1990. Since then, she has seen huge changes in the way general practice medicine operates in the UK – including the advent of many more women doctors, and a shift in out of hours’ provision from GPs to 24hour drop-in centres and hospital casualty departments. But for Marilyn, one of the greatest pleasures has been meeting the babies she once treated come back to the surgery with their own little bundles of joy a whole generation later. “I did the baby clinic,” she says. “I saw people and I’d done their check-up when they were six weeks old and then they’d come back with their own babies for their six week check – to come through those generations is very satisfying.” The daughter of a nurse and farmer, Marilyn – who now lives in Aston – did her training at St George’s Hospital in London after completing her first degree in botany. “In quite a corny way, I thought general practice would be the best way I could help people,” she says. She first practised as a GP in Long Eaton, before moving to Castle Donington

Drop-in sessions

THE first of the ‘drop-in’ sessions for Melbourne residents and hosted by Severn Trent Water took place at Melbourne Assembly Rooms. The session was on this occasion more of a formal meeting than a casual drop-in with a team of three from Severn Trent and three representatives from Derbyshire County Council in attendance. The parish council was represented by Cllr Robert Parker, and county Cllr Linda Chilton was also present. Six members of the public attended and heard Mark Heysmond, of STW, give an update on what work had been undertaken since the team visited the parish council meeting in July. A County Council representative confirmed that drains are the responsibility of DCC Highways dept but that work is subcontracted to SDDC, who in turn subcontract the work out. However, the representative did commit to investigating the number of drains reported by a local resident to be blocked and ineffective. Follow on ‘drop-in’ meetings are now planned for October 30, November 27 and January 8, all to be held on Friday nights, 6.30pm, at Melbourne Assembly Rooms.

where she spent the rest of her career. The surgery treats patients from across this area, including Melbourne, Breedon, Shardlow, Weston and Aston-on-Trent – with its doctors also working for many years for patients at the now demolished Grove Hospital in Shardlow. During Marilyn’s time in Castle Donington, one of the biggest changes to have swept through the NHS is that of out of hours’ provision, which used to be provided by GPs. With no mobile phones, the bleeping of the pager was a common sound in doctors’ households – and Boxing Day was notorious for being one of the busiest on the calendar.

Indeed, on one December 26th, Marilyn remembers being called out for no fewer than 26 visits! On another memorable occasion, while driving her Fiat 126 through a boggy farm track to see a patient, she got stuck. Calling the farm for help, she expected to be pushed out with the aid of a tractor, but was startled to find herself and the car being bodily lifted out of the mud by strong-armed farmers. As for the influx of women into medicine over the past 25 years, the change has been truly startling. When Marilyn joined the Castle Donington surgery she was its first woman GP, as well as the first female provost for the Vale of Trent’s branch of the Royal College of General Practitioners. Now women make up more than half of Britain’s GPs, a change that meant many ladies found the courage to voice female-specific medical complaints to their doctor for the first time. After her varied and interesting medical career, Marilyn plans to spend her retirement gardening, travelling, playing bridge and spending time with her partner and two children, Rosie and John. In a letter to her patients before leaving the surgery, she wrote: “Thank you for your trust and loyalty as patients over the years, I know that I shall miss being your GP but I will enjoy adapting to a different pace of life with more time for myself and my family.” – Lucy Stephens

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United back on home territory

AFTER a year ‘in exile’ at Castle Donington, Melbourne United returned to Cockshut Lane for their home matches and graced the new pitches in style. On the billiard table that is the Guadala-Cockshut pitch the first two matches have shown that, with the right surface, the passing game of United will flourish. First up were the Under 14s who, after a difficult summer in the transfer market, showed that the grass is certainly greener in Melbourne. An impressive 4-1 demolition of the Aztecs from Ashbourne brought a big smile to manager Brendan Jackaman’s face and numerous shouts of praise from the assembled home crowd. It was such an impressive win that the team took the following weekend off to recover from the celebrations. The second weekend of action brought the young men of the Under 17s onto the “big pitch”. Having won their first match away at Heanor, they arrived with an air of trepidation having seen half the Draycott United side drive themselves to the game. The under 17s decided the best thing to do was score after 27 seconds and then hijack the number 61 bus and park it in front of the goal. It worked a treat and the bus was not for moving. And so the

game ended 89 minutes and 33 seconds later with no further goals and a glorious home victory – perhaps not the spectacle the capacity crowd had come to see, but a display in character and togetherness. So two wins in the first matches played on the new pitches is Roy of the Rovers stuff. Just another 60 or so games to go and no pressure on the others who have not played there yet! Pictured above (l-r) are: back row – Mark Dale (coach), Joe Dale, Ollie James, Adam Lomas, Michael Rennocks, George Simpkin, Sam Adcock, Marcus Radcliffe (manager); front row – Fraser Shelley, Greg MacDonald, Ellis Radcliffe, Matty Read and Liam Chapman; below, the new pitch gets its first taste of action.

Comfortable cup win for the rugby club

MELBOURNE played Belper in the NLD Cup last 16. With coach Matt Derbyshire rotating the squad the side was not as clinical as it should have been but still came out 45-0 winners. Tries came from Andy Martin (2), debutant Dan Cox, Euan Holden, Rob Foster and Tony Day (2). Holden converted five. John McEntee sponsored the match ball. The first league game of the season saw Melbourne travel to Market Bosworth. The sides had finished third and fourth in the table last season. Melbourne was much changed again, with multiple unavailabilities. The pack struggled a little against a huge Market Bosworth pack. Melbourne started brightly with a converted try from Tommy Howard, before Market Bosworth exerted their forward dominated game for a while, establishing a 17-7 lead after 44 minutes. Melbourne fought back with a Rob Foster converted try and a Euan Holden penalty from virtually the halfway line. The final score was a 17-17 draw with

Tony Day awarded MOTM. Next up was the short trip to West Bridgford, with multiple changes again. Starting slowly, Melbourne were soon 17-0 down after a couple of mistakes. They fought back with a try from Kier Biggins, converted by Holden, but soon conceded again. Despite having a good 20 minutes of play, Melbourne could not take their chances with three going begging. WB scored again, before Tommy Howard scored after a kick chase and favourable bounce. Theo De Vies converted as Holden had gone off with a nasty looking knee injury. WB scored again to make it 34-14 at the final whistle. The first home game of the season was against Notts Casuals. Theo De Vies became the new fly half with Holden and Fish’s injuries and there were debuts for Sigley and Ashton. Jake Oxspring was match ball sponsor. Sincy returned from London for a game and Joe Bryant was on the bench. Ash

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debted to Russell Allaway (31) and Jason Lander (30 not out) as they held on at 122-8. Melbourne Town 2nd team’s fortunes changed dramatically in the final two weeks of the season as they sensationally saved themselves from relegation thanks to Allestree 2nds conceding their league game against Melbourne. Going into the last weekend Town needed only six points and claimed five of them in a six-wicket defeat away to Ockbrook 4ths as Melbourne scored exactly 200 all out with Humpidge (68) and Scrimshaw (54). The home side eased home despite 3-25 from Georgie Harrison. The following day at home to Sawley 3rds, Melbourne bowled them out for 189, claiming the bonus l MELBOURNE Town Cricket Club’s junior section presentation afternoon took place points Dan Marshall's men needed. at the Royal British Legion club. Mark Hirons led the way with a season's best 5-32 This year the junior section included two kwik cricket teams – one U11 hardball team supported by two wickets for Harrison. Melbourne’s and one U13 team. reply was held together by opener Simon Fletcher. Next year, along with the above teams, the club will also be fielding an U15 team.

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MELBOURNE Town Cricket Club held its end of season awards presentation at the Royal British Legion. The award winners (pictured l-r) are: Back row – Simon Fletcher (2nd Xl Most Improved), Bruno Rost (3rd Xl Batsman), Sam Adcock (1st Xl Most Improved), Sam Barker (3rd Xl Bowler & Players’ Player), Ian Roberts (1st Xl fielder), Georgie Harrison (2nd & 3rd Xl All-rounder), Jim Jenkinson (Debbie Dore Memorial trophy), Mark Rossi (1st Xl Batsman & Players player). Front row – Alex Slater (1st Xl bowler, All-rounder & Players’ Player), George Slater, Sam Jenkinson (3rd Xl most improved), Paul Scrimshaw (2nd Xl Batsman), Harry Potts (3rd Xl fielder & Mike Starkie Award) and Dan Marshall (2nd Xl bowler).

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28 Village Voice October 2015

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l Melbourne Dynamo 1st team 2015-16. Back row (l-r) Paul Swallow, Jack Goodband, Adam Dolman, Callum Cocker, Dave Brough, Ben Dale, Jack Stanley, Andrew Smethurst, Ryan McLaughlin and Lee Scott. Front row (l-r) Matt Fitchett, Paul Lakin (coach), Vinny Hallifield, Gavin Salisbury (general manager), Mark Croake, Greg Salisbury (manager), Jak Ward, Eddie Dale (assistant manager) and Niall Worrall.

l MEMBERS of Melbourne Bowls Club are seen enjoying the last game of the season on their green at the Senior Citizens Centre. The club had another successful year and members celebrated its 45 years of existence by all going for a meal at a local restaurant.

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TICKNALL Cricket Club 1st XI have followed up on their T20 success by securing the 2015 Premier Cup for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire after beating local rivals Quarndon CC. Scott Chilman and his team scored 218 in 50 overs and then dismissed Quarndon for 151. Tom Wood was named man of the match following his 71 runs. “It was brilliant to see so many of our members at the ground celebrating the team winning the trophy,” said Scott Chilman after the game. “We received such amazing support today and I'm sure this helped us across the line. It is absolutely brilliant for the club and today really is the culmination of a super team performance and lots of hard work throughout the year.”

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MELBOURNE Dynamo Football Club has begun the 2015/16 season well after a difficult summer which saw the club lose many its first team with some players choosing to play elsewhere or retire. This resulted in last season's Reserves team stepping up to become Dynamo's first team in Division One of the MRA. To replace the reserves Melbourne Dynamo has started a Colts Under 18s playing on a Sunday morning. The first team began its campaign with a hard fought 1-0 away win against Newhall United Reserves with new signing Niall Worrall getting the all-important goal. The following week, away to Ripley, Dynamo, showed their class coming away with a stunning 7-0 win. Veteran striker Dave Brough led the way with a hat-trick aided by fellow strike partner Paul Swallow, who weighed in with a double. Ben Dale and Worrall again completed the rout. Melbourne were bought back down to earth in the last game of the month as a strong Matlock United side beat them 4-1 at home with Brough getting the consolation. Dynamo Colts, under the management of former Dynamo player Mick Poynton, began their season with a remarkable 22-1 away win against Holbrook Sports with Toby McCabe leading the way with an amazing 12 goals. Charlie Edmondson scored a hat-trick and there were doubles from Nathan Ceiley and Toby Foxon along with goals by Finley Charles and Conor Fowkes. The manager’s son, Conor Poynton, completed the goal fest. Mirroring the adult side, the Colts came back down to earth in the last game of the month with a 6-0 away defeat to a strong Duffield Dynamo team which included the sons of Derby County legends Nigel Clough and Garry Rowett.

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