Melbourne Village Voice July 2011

A MELBOURNE woman is heading up the Government task force handling the jobs crisis at Derby rail firm Bombardier.

Margaret Gildea OBE, who lives in Penn Lane, has been asked to lead an Economic Response Task Force, which will draw on representatives from Derby City Council, Derby City College and the Skills Funding Agency.

The train-making firm is planning to shed more than 1,400 jobs after losing out on a £1.4bn Government contract.

Margaret's broad brief will be "to mitigate the economic impact of job losses at Bombardier, its supply chain and the local communities".

Vince Cable, the Government Business Secretary, said: "I have asked Margaret Gildea to set up this task force. Margaret is a well respected local business leader and has plenty of experience, having worked at Rolls-Royce and been a board member of SEMTA."

Mrs Gildea (pictured), speaking to Village Voice, confirmed that she had received the invitation to take on the job of chair of this task force, and was very pleased to be involved.

"I will be starting straight away," she said the day after she had received the Government's invitation.

"I was involved in this area when at Rolls-Royce during the 9/11 crisis. It's really about helping people to be re-employed, and finding job opportunities, arranging appropriate training, and helping them into new employment."

Mr Cable said: "Margaret Gildea is an HR and Change Management consultant with over 20 years' experience at senior management and director level at Rolls-Royce. She has worked with the Health Service, and various other organisations, including Manchester City Council and the BBC."

Margaret now runs Organisation and Change Solutions and was awarded her OBE for services to business in January, 2008

She has been very active for many years with Melbourne's St. Michael's Players, for whom she is both a talented actress and an inventive and witty writer. She was a founder member of the mixed choir, A Choir'd Taste.

● Winners of the decorated float competition at Melbourne Carnival, Oakden School of Dance with their trophy and (left) Miss Melbourne attendants Katie Dolman and Darcey Milton. More pictures and report on the centre pages.

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New Bible boosts for junior school

MELBOURNE Junior School pupils were recently presented with new Bibles at one of their regular assemblies.

Rachel Coupe, of Melbourne, who is author of the Scripture Union Bible Timeline, had heard of the charity Bibles for Children when attending a conference and contacted the school, inviting it to apply.

The Bibles were provide free of charge with the parish church contributing towards the postage and packing. The charity provided 215 for children plus copies for members of the teaching staff.

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Jessie Spare's son, Stewart, wishes to thank everyone most sincerely for the cards, owers and to those who attended the funeral on 14th June. Also, to all at HomeCare, the GPs, the District Nurses and JP Springthorpe, plus Reverend George Lee for such a lovely service and the ladies at the United Reformed Church for the refreshments.

Rachel, who was delivering the sixth of eight assemblies on 'A History of the Bible in 16 Objects', was joined at the assembly by Ros Bell and Margaret Brackenbury from the parish church, who assisted in the assembly and in the distribution of

‘The Children's Bible’ to year six pupils and the ‘Rainbow Good News Bible‘ to pupils in other years. Since the charity was founded 13 years ago, more than

1,200 primary schools have received presentations and over 280,000 children now have a copy of The Children's Bible or the Rainbow Good News Bible.

Pictured with their Bibles are

Another chance to have say on future

A PUBLIC ‘drop-in’ event has been set up to talk about the future of Melbourne and the surrounding areas.

South Derbyshire District Council is drawing up its new Local Plan to shape where potential homes, jobs and community facilities go.

Similar events were held with communities in February and March to listen to residents' views about neighbourhood priorities.

Area profiles have been drawn up to highlight what residents would like to protect and their hopes for change.

The process has now moved on a stage and a further round of drop-in events will take place this month to discuss the options for the amount of new housing people think will be needed over the next 15 years and where it should be located.

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Cllr Peter Watson, chairman of the Environmental and Development Services Committee at the district council, said: “Ensuring development is properly planned and well managed is essential to ensure that the necessary infrastructure is in place for future generations, and we are encouraging local people to get involved every step of the way.

"The district needs to build large numbers of new homes to help meet the needs of its fast growing population and we want to hear the views of residents about the levels of growth we need to plan for and the places it can be best accommodated.”

The Melbourne event will be on Tuesday, July 19, at the Bill Shone Leisure Centre between 3pm and 7.30pm and the Aston event covering the villages in the Aston ward will be held on Thursday, July 21, starting at

3pm and ending at 7.30pm.Everyone is invited to attend the sessions and have a say. The last consultation in February attracted 26 visitors to the Melbourne event, and 65 to Aston.

The plans will go through extensive further clarification during 2012 and, following submission to Whitehall, will be finally adopted by the end of next year.

SOUTH Derbyshire Citizens Advice Bureau is providing a specialist employment service funded by Derbyshire County Council that will run initially for a 12-month period.

Although the CAB has always provided employment advice, it has not had the resources available to support clients with complex employment issues. This new project will offer South Derbyshire residents the opportunity to access high quality specialist employment advice.

The services provided by the CAB are free, which is a real bonus for people experiencing employment issues who are on low incomes or unemployed. The additional funding will enable the CAB to support clients through grievance procedures and with the preparation of submissions to Employment Tribunal. Appointments are available by contacting South Derbyshire Citizens Advice Bureau on 01283 210107

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children from years 3, 4, 5 and 6 (back row) James Luckett, Tom Pearce, Shannon Hill, Rachel Matthews; (front row) Tom Jackson, Anna Gilchrist, Naomi Lister and Zac Parkinson.

Blue Plaque bid for the Hardinge Arms

THE HARDINGE Arms at King’s Newton – reputedly home of the Newton Wonder apple, developed by William Taylor in the 1880s – has been nominated to have a blue plaque put up in its honour.

The blue plaque scheme, now in its second year, was set up by Derbyshire County Council to celebrate important people and places of Derbyshire.

Nominations were invited from the public covering a variety of themes, which included buildings of historic or architectural importance. A shortlist has narrowed the list to 12 and voting by the general public is now open to select the final six.

To vote, go to www.derbyshire.gov.uk/blueplaques. All votes must be in by Monday, August 8.

Last year’s winners were Lady Baden-Powell, Sir Joseph Paxton, Richard Arkwright junior, Jedidiah Buxton, Arthur Lowe and George Stephenson.

Coincidently, the ‘Hardinge’ now has new owners Mark and Alison Constable, and on hearing about the blue plaque scheme they said: "We were delighted to hear that we are in the final 12 and we are hoping that the Hardinge will receive lots of votes."

The new owners are not new to the area, having been regular visitors to both the Hardinge and Melbourne, having lived in Elvaston for many years since moving from Hertfordshire.

Alison was in catering in her younger days, having trained as

a cordon bleu chef, but she has pursued other career choices and they have chef Craig Tyrrell supporting them in their new venture.

Mark is new to the catering business having been in the cycle trade for many years, but they are both determined to make a success of their new career. Son Jonathon and daugh-

ter Emma have both been involved with the business for the first few weeks but will now be leaving to pursue their own careers.

The Hardinge has been refurbished internally and Mark has put his skills as a furniture maker into practice during the refurbishment. Alison is hoping that a blue plaque will be

awarded to the Hardinge and that she will be able to locate a source of the Newton Wonder apples to include in the dessert menu.

Denys Collyer, a long-standing resident of Melbourne, nominated the Hardinge Arms for the award. He said he was delighted that his nomination had been put forward.

Fun summer activities

LOOKING for activities during the summer holidays? The QUAD in Derby offers young people’s workshops and family friendly film screenings from August 5 to 26.

There will be fun arts activities, workshops for young people and family friendly film screenings. Places are limited and booking is essential.

To find out more about all these workshops and to book, call QUAD’s Box office on: 01332 290606, or go to www.derbyquad.co.uk/family-activities .

PINDER'S Circus returned to Melbourne for a threeday run in June and was met with an enthusiastic response.

Pictured are some of the performers (l-r) Erika Pinder, Edward Pinder, Misha Mingazova, Jordan the Monkey, Karina Mingazova, Kristine Bennett and Mike Lea, circus impresario.

MISSION Rescue is the name given to this year's holiday club organised by Melbourne Methodist Church. Open to 5-11 year olds, the club will run from 10am to noon each day during the week of August 1 to 5. There will be a

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Hoping for funding award

THE NEW office of Melbourne Community Care was the venue for a series of face-to-face interviews between Matthew Rowe, Regional Policy and Partnership Officer of the Big Lottery Fund, and representatives of local voluntary groups.

In a meeting organised by South Derbyshire CVS, nine members from four local groups were able to discuss their ideas, projects and hopes for the area, and find out if these were likely to qualify for Awards for All funding of up to £10,000 or even other strands of Big Lottery funding.

If the meetings are followed up with successful applications, project funding could be coming to Melbourne, to make a difference to local people and the local community.

Also present to observe, advise and offer continuing support to local groups were Eric Clayton, Community Development Worker for South Derbyshire CVS, who had organised the event, and Ian Hey, Community Partnership Officer of South Derbyshire District Council.

In the afternoon the process was repeated in Aston on Trent, for a further eight people from another six groups.

Summer time at Calke

Enjoy the garden and pleasure grounds are now open everyday 11am 5pm until the end of October. The house is open Saturday to Wednesday, Calke Park shop and restaurant are open daily 10.30am 5pm. Forthcoming events

Summer Fine Food Fair

Sunday 10 July, 11am 4pm

Come and celebrate local food and produce grown, raised, baked or caught within a 30 mile radius. Our very own Calke chefs will demonstrate some culinary delights using the fresh local produce available on the day! With a wide variety of local producers providing foods to taste and for you to buy, come and celebrate all that is great about local food in our Riding School.

Hidden Acoustics – in the Riding School at Calke

Saturday 16 July, 7.30pm

A fantastic opportunity to hear Ruth Palmer, one of the country’s finest violinists, as she performs a programme centred on music composed by Bach. See our colour ad!

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A Calke Bear Treasure Hunt

Wednesday 20 & Thursday 21 July 11am 3.30pm

Come and search for the Calke Bear and discover some wildlife along the way. Bring along your own bear and an adult.

Calke’s Live Archaeolo Week

Sunday 24 Sunday 31 July

Starting on Sunday 24th with a ‘Live Archaeolo Day’ in The Riding School with something to interest everyone from new 3D technolo to show the different phases of the building of Calke Abbey to ‘di ing for ‘treasure’ in our giant sandpit. This is followed by Family activities in Squirt the Stallion’s Stable, everyday from Monday to Friday. For those interested in Geophysical Survey there is a practical Study Day on Friday.

This exciting week culminates in a ‘dig’ in the Pleasure Grounds to unearth the 18th Century pond and gardens. Join professional archaeologists and Calke Abbey Family Archaeolo Club on Saturday 30th And Sunday 31st July in the Pleasure Grounds and have a go with a trowel!

Visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke for more of our exciting programme of summer events!

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OPEN FARM Sunday went ahead at Standleys Barn Farm as planned –even though the weather was not as expected.

It was very wet but there was still a good turnout with lots of people taking part in the farm walks.

The 20 entries for the Ashby Vintage Tractor Club Ploughing Match persevered

Power of the Church

WHAT happens when you put a churchman on a bicycle and hook him up to an electrical generator?

A “Spirit and Creation” day held in Melbourne gave the answer as Bishop Humphrey was persuaded to power a radio, using pedal power alone.

Melbourne Curate David Railton (whose legs also provided Radio 2) said: “It’s hard work to do even basic things like turn on a radio without the cheap energy from fossil fuel. With the world now beginning to run short of cheap energy, our relationship with the natural world, sustainability and good stewardship of the resources around us is critical – and the churches are beginning to get that message across.”

With a cosmic walk in the Wesley Hall, talks in the Methodist Church, practical displays in the Catholic Church Hall and in the parish church, the day provided people from Melbourne and beyond with knowledge and insight into the impacts of climate change and

to demonstrate their skills and, in the afternoon, the lucky visitors were able to witness a cow giving birth to twin calves. The home-produced food went down well and the takings for the day were donated to the DLR Air Ambulance.

resource depletion as they will affect this area in the near future.

Meanwhile, Melbourne Area Transition group (www.melbour-

netransition.org) which provided the cycle generator for the day, is launching a Solar Buying Group to help local people interested in installing solar panels.

Ruth heads new business group

JULY has seen the Melbourne Business Association's committee resign and a new association and committee formed. The new association will be known as Promote Melbourne and has appointed Ruth Malloy, of Cream Interiors, as its new chair.

Ruth told Village Voice: “We are hoping that with our new committee and new businesses now involved in the association, we will not only be able to deliver the Christmas Shopping Event, but we will also be able to look at the wider promotion of Melbourne as a visitor destination.

"We would like to look at a variety of options to increase the footfall into Melbourne and we would like to encourage all businesses, whether or not they are customer facing, to come and get involved. We are keen to see all types of businesses thrive in Melbourne to ensure a strong local economy and healthy trading environment.”

During its first official meeting, the Promote Melbourne Committee decided that this year’s Christmas Shopping Event will be held on Friday, November 25, from 6pm.

This year’s event is set to take on a more quintessentially English feel with the group feeling that it would like to support more traditional street entertainment, losing the Fair element of previous year’s events.

There will still be stalls in the Market Place, however. The committee will be allocating stalls through an application process to ensure a varied mix of local businesses are able to sell their wares.

If you would like to get involved with Promote Melbourne, the next meeting is at 6pm on Wednesday, August 3, at The Gallery.

Alternatively you can contact Ruth via email ruth@cream-interiordesign.co.uk

Daniel Hallifield and Gemma Gibson are pictured with daughter Mathilde Hallifield.

Behind-closed-doors meeting under fire

THE MELBOURNE Community Group's presentation to the Parish Council behind closed doors last month resulted in some forthright comments from Councillor Cliff Crawford, who wanted answers on the legitimacy of locking the public and Press out of the ongoing leisure centre management debate.

Chairman Nigel Collyer, backed by Cllr Jane Carroll, explained that the meeting was a means of providing councillors a greater level of information and understanding to enable them to make an overall informed decision.

The general consensus was that the community group had offered more details on its proposition and greater robustness on finances with Councillor Howard suggesting “a growing confidence to a position where the community group can take over the running of the facility”.

Cllr Crawford, not convinced, suggested that the council, with some real enthusiasm, could do just as good a job and highlighted that a 200-300 strong petition wanted the centre to remain under parish council control. He said: “It provides the parish council an interaction with the community”.

Cllr Andrew Jackson noted that from a funding perspective the community group was much better placed to access finance and, longer term, the vision for a new leisure centre would therefore be more probable.

Cllr David Smith expressed concern that the issue had been dragging on for too long and “needs to be settled once and for all”.

A further parish council meeting was proposed for August 8 at 7.30pm with the public once more excluded, before potentially being put on the Parish Public Agenda in September.

Cllr Collyer reminded councillors of their obligations and clarified that where they have a declaration of interest in any matter, the rules of the council are upheld. This is particularly important with there being a greater level of outside bodies involved in the wider development of Melbourne’s sports and leisure facilities.

In public questions Mrs Eileen Hardy made reference to the serious accident at the new Derby Road/Kings Newton Lane corner. Cllr Collyer noted it was one of the key focus areas that the council would monitor. District councillor Jim

Hewlett advised that district and county councillor John Harrison would not be drawn into making a statement until the police report had been issued. Mrs Hardy also requested an illuminated speed limit sign for Kings Newton which would be referred to the Highways Department.

On road works, Cllr Crawford raised the issue of poor planning for Virgin's fibre optic work on Packhorse Road, saying that “just waiting a few more weeks until the schools had broken up would have been the ideal solution”.

The perennial problem of overhanging trees and bushes was raised with Jawbone Lane an issue. Cllr Collyer reminded the meeting that the council can inform the owners of trees and hedges to take necessary action with details received from the public.

Commenting on issues raised in June by Cllr Sheila Hicklin on removal of swing seats from Grange Close park, Cllr Hewlett advised that the reasons were entirely down to Health and Safety requirements which stipulated specific dimensions for gaps between swings that must exist. For example the council could be found negligent and subject to a claim if a child was injured.

Cllr Rose Minifie advised that having attended a recent course on park safety, further improvements could be considered for the Lothian Gardens and will be tabled at the next recreation committee meeting. Cllr Minifie highlighted an awareness that hydrochloric acid marker pens are being used in graffiti (no incidents in Melbourne as yet) and requested the committee to remain vigilant, as this can be a real danger to young children.

Following some concern on the use of disabled parking in the main car park, Cllr Hewlett had observed that people were utilising the disabled parking areas without displaying blue badges –but the parking restrictions are not currently enforceable. The county council will review enforcement and future attendance by parking wardens. Similarly, the county council had received requests from local residents to consider lifting the parking restrictions in the Market Place and Church Street areas and the parish council has been asked to comment. The general consensus was that the parking restrictions work and the council would respond following the next Highways meeting.

Other items

■ Cllr Hewlett advised that the potholes on Castle Street and Derby Road will shortly be improved through road metalling (stone chippings) and wet tar patching.

■ Cllr Harrison had recommended a £500 award from the Community Leadership Allowance to provide furniture for the new Community Care premises.

■ Kings Newton Jubilee committee has requested a contribution to its Golden Jubilee celebrations, recalling last month's decision to use £2,000 to support the event covering Melbourne and Kings Newton. Cllr Collyer tasked clerk Norman Hill with looking at a proposal for the council to consider.

■ Melbourne Neighbourhood Watch has secured a further £500 of funds from the Safer Neighbourhood Partnership to support advertising and communication with aims to extend the membership.

■ The parish council has been requested to provide feedback by July 31 on Derbyshire County Council's street lighting proposals, where on certain selected streets the lights would go out between midnight and 5.30am

STUART BLATCH reports from the July meeting of Melbourne Parish Council

WAS Teddy Bears Picnic time for brother and sister Lucy and Ben Glover at the Music Time Under-5s event in the Wesley Hall.

Melbourne has TV ap-peel

A BBC film crew has visited Melbourne to capture some footage of the parish church and the bell ringers for the popular TV series ‘Escape to the Country’.

Househunters Robert and Fiona are relocating to South Derbyshire from Bristol, Fiona being a bell ringer at St James Parish Church in Mangotsfield.

She had identified her interest in bell ringing to the film makers, who in turn contacted the Rev David Railton and steeple keeper Bob Smith to make arrangements to film

the Melbourne band of bell ringers in action.

It was an early start for the visitors who were filmed meeting up with Bob Smith and his wife Ruth, who is the ringing master in Melbourne. The church has 12 bells and a band of 22 ringers, including both adults and children. There were enough ringers present to ring changes and Ruth offered her bell, number five, to Fiona to enable her to join in. Pictured are Bob and Ruth Smith welcoming visitors Robert and Fiona.

THE BUILDING known as the Liberal Club or the Public Hall on Derby Road, Melbourne, has been in the hands of estate agents Andrew and Ashwell since it was reported in the Village Voice in May that it was in the hands of the receivers.

A spokesman for the estate agent has confirmed that the property has generated good interest. A sale has been agreed for the building and the gardens at the rear of the property and it is currently in the hands of the solicitors.

There has been no statement on who the buyer is or what the future use of the property will be.

Youth cafe to close its doors

THE ATHENAEUM Youth Internet Cafe is to close on July 31.

The management team from the Methodist church has made a formal statement announcing the closure following a review that has been taking place over recent months.

It is felt that the current vision has run its natural course and the decision to close is the most appropriate action at this time.

The falling number of young people attending the Athenaeum’s regular openings, especially on Friday and Saturday nights, has been a major consideration for the management committee and youth worker Zoe Dean, giving rise to the review.

While funding is still available and is not considered an issue for the continuance of the Athenaeum, to continue in the present manner is not considered to be the best use of current funds.

The Athenaeum has provided an excellent resource for the young people of Melbourne and the surrounding villages since it was first opened as an internet cafe in (2004) and was the most ambitious project undertaken in the town for the benefit of young people in decades.

The Methodist church leadership is to embark on a period of careful reflection and evaluation on the work of the Athenaeum and consideration of how best to use the resources for the benefit of the young people and the community of Melbourne.

The future of the current Wednesday evening activities for children in year six held between 4pm and 6pm is also under review and will be confirmed soon.

Youth worker Zoe will be a victim of the closure and will leave on July 31 with the thanks and best wishes of all those involved with youth work and the church. There will be a farewell and thank you evening for Zoe in the Athenaeum on Sunday, July 17.

AN ACCIDENTat the junction of Derby Road and Kings Newton Lane on June 24, involving two vehicles – a Range Rover and a Renault Megane – will no doubt spark more debate about the controversial alterations introduced earlier this year.

Members of the public have recently raised concerns with parish councillors about the lack of visibility for pedestrians at the junction due to the positioning of the arrowed road signage.

The Melbourne Fire and Rescue team attended the incident along with police and ambulance. A woman was taken to hospital.

A diversion was put into operation closing Kings Newton Lane between the Olde Packhorse Inn and the Derby Road junction and there was disruption to traffic flow on the main Derby Road for some time.

Pictured are members of the Melbourne Fire and Rescue team and the Renault nose down in the ditch.

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Village briefed on hill work

A PUBLIC meeting has been held in Breedon, hosted by the parish council, to brief the community on work taking place on Breedon Hill.

Colin D’Oyley, representing Breedon Quarry, together with Ian Evans from Natural England attended and answered questions.

A set of archive documents was presented detailing the registration of Breedon Hill as Common Land in 1965. In 2003, the quarry owners applied for permission to extend the quarry and re-route 'The Platchetts' road linking Breedon and Melbourne, 150-200m towards Tonge Station.

In 2006 planning permission was granted by Leicestershire County Council with the proviso of a 106 Agreement under which the quarry company had to address the deterioration of Breedon Hill, which was overgrown with scrub.

The quarry sought expert advice from Natural England, who agreed to help with the management of the site. When a new company took over the quarry, it was decided work needed to be done urgently.

English Nature drew up a management plan to regenerate the ancient pasture on the hill. The best way of keeping down weeds, bracken and bramble and maintaining the pasture is by using sheep to graze the hill. The hill had to be fenced to keep animals safe and footpaths were created to give access.

The fencing caused concern among some resi-

dents, who believed they were being locked out of an open space which they had long been using.

Mr Evans explained that Breedon Hill was an important site nationally – one of the last two areas of "limestone grasslands" in the county, which is why it has been allocated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest .

The Iron Age Bulwarks are a scheduled "Ancient Monument" and cannot be touched without specific permission of the Secretary of State. The Saxon Church is protected and this, together with the recent designation of the hill as a SSSI, meant that the area will be well protected for the foreseeable future.

Mr D’Oyley said that the fencing was to keep sheep off the road. Residents have free access but dogs need to be on short leads when sheep were on the hill. Kissing gates have been installed and an area of scrub has been removed outside the fence for anyone who does not want to walk dogs through the grazing area.

When the grazing period is over, notices will be put on parish notice boards, in newspapers and possibly in The Link and the Parish Magazine to let parishioners know.

Jane Edmonds, chair of the parish council, said the council planned to establish a commons committee in partnership with residents to ensure that all open land and footpaths were protected and to see that any emerging issues are promptly identified and dealt with.

MELBOURNE Women's Institute has purchased a bench in memory of the late Dorothy Malone.

Dorothy, who lived in Castle Mills and was a very active member and treasurer of the WI, had requested that any donations received should be passed on to Melbourne WI, who decided to buy a bench in her memory.

The bench has been sited at the Melbourne Senior Citizens Centre so members of Dorothy’s family, her ‘adopted’ family, friends, the Senior Citizens Club and bowls club (Dorothy was an active member) as well as her fellow WI members could sit , reflect and remember a much-loved lady of the community.

Pictured are members of Melbourne WI and friends toasting the late Dorothy Malone at the installation of the bench.

Sunny holiday trip

THE TICKNALL Garden Club annual holiday this year was, by popular request, to Devon. With 46 members taking part, the first port of call, en route to Devon, was Knightshayes Court and garden.

During their five-day stay at the Passage House Hotel in Newton Abbot, club members enjoyed fine sunny weather for their trips to Coleton Fishacre, the Garden House, the Cider House at Buckland Abbey and Helen Brown's garden at Fenny Bridges.

There was also time to explore Exeter before the homeward journey, taking in a visit to Spetchley Park Gardens near Worcester on the way. All this was made possible by Pat Chinnery, who was thanked by the group for such an interesting programme.

Pubwatch now online

PUBWATCH, a voluntary initiative promoting responsible drinking in licensed premises, has gone online in South Derbyshire.

Licensees have instant access to photographs and detailed police descriptions of problematic individuals who have been banned from pubs. The new website, already in use by several Pubwatch schemes across the country, has been funded by the Safer South Derbyshire Partnership to the tune of £500 for the next year.

THERE have been a number of incidents of grass fires in Melbourne and Kings Newton over the last few weeks, requiring the attendance of the Fire and Rescue service.

In most instances the Melbourne crew has turned out, but the most recent case –a fire in a field on Kings Newton Lane –was attended by two appliances, one from Derby and one from Swadlincote.

The blaze was soon brought under control by the Derby crew, the first to arrive on the scene.

airport runway extension lift-off

NORTH WEST Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) has granted planning permission for a runway extension at East Midlands Airport.

In 2000 the airport lodged a planning application with NWLDC to extend the runway by 180 metres (30 metres at the Kegworth end, 150 at the Melbourne end) to 3,083 metres, making it the third longest civil runway in the UK, after Heathrow and Gatwick.

At the last Independent Consultative Committee meeting on June 24, airport managing director Brad Miller was unable to give definite confirmation that EMA would actually build the runway extension, though he thought it likely. He explained that, unlike other airports, EMA operates 24 hours a day, and this presents particular problems to any runway work.

Decisions will be taken after detailed technical feasibility studies on runway maintenance and possible extension. It was agreed that the ICC will be kept informed of progress.

The extension would, for example, allow a B747 freighter an extra 6-7 tonnes take-off weight, en-

New Family Mediation Service Launched

Fishers Solicitors, which has offices in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire and Swadlincote, Derbyshire are one of the first solicitors in the area to provide a Family Mediation service.

The service is led by Andrew Robinson, a long standing Resolution accredited family law solicitor and a Resolution qualified Family Mediator.

Andrew said: “We are ardent believers that Mediation provides couples with the most effective opportunity of resolving a family dispute without the need for drawn out court proceedings.”

“Mediation encourages constructive communication and allows those involved to make their own decisions, rather than having a third party impose them. By reducing conflict, couples are more likely to reach a solution that both parties are happy with.”

family law disputes. It frequently advises the government on policy issues in the family law arena.

Charles Killin, Managing Partner at Fishers Solicitors added: “Mediation allows for a wider discussion about issues impacting upon families experiencing a relationship breakdown. This can provide for a more rounded solution particularly where children are involved.”

abling a heavier payload or a longer range if the extra weight is carried as fuel. The additional weight would require more power at take-off and thus marginally more noise.

After 10 years of technical submissions and discussion, NWLDC planning committee agreed the extension in November 2009, subject to conditions. The conditions have now been legally agreed and full planning permission was granted in February this year.

There are two major conditions:

1. EMA voluntarily provides noise insulation grants to residential properties affected by high levels of night noise. This would become a legally binding obligation.

2. Total night noise would be legally limited to the 2002 level – midway between the current noise level and the airport’s aspiration, set out in the 2006 Master Plan, to return to much higher noise levels.

The conditions would allow some expansion in night operations, but would provide legally binding backstops on night time noise increases. The conditions would come into force when the runway extension is built. – Paul

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Painting numbers best yet

THE ASHBY Guild of Artists held its annual Spring Bank Holiday exhibition at Ticknall and, although the weather was poor, the visitor attendance was the best yet.

The public response to the variety of styles and painting media on offer was very complimentary to guild members' work. This year the guild held a 'Name your Favorite Picture' survey and, with a 95 per cent visitor response, the choice was 'Looking back' by Jackie Adshead. Picture sales and the sale of cards did well over the event weekend. The exhibition entrance fee this year was donated to the charity ' Fishing for Heroes'.

The guild holds workshops at Ticknall each month on a Saturday and details about them and other aspects of the organisation can be found at www.ashbyguildofartists.co.ok.

The guild would like to thank the public for their continuing support.

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Scrutinising one of the exhibits at Ticknall are (l to r) Elizabeth Harris, Nicky Keep and Ursula Kay.

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Bikers’ epic trip raises £10,000

HAVING covered about 940 miles in a riding time of just under 64 hours over 12 days, Melbourne resident Rob Smith and his colleagues from E-On have completed their epic journey from Land's End to John O'Groats. The ride was completed largely to plan with some minor changes to allow for traffic conditions.

Each day was divided into around four sections with breaks for refreshments and lunch, cake consumption (a major feature) and other breaks at points of interest along the way. With generally favourable weather and a tail wind the group were

pleased with their progress, although they did experience some problems in the Peak District, the Lake District and in central Scotland.

One set of gear shifters failed and couldn't be fully repaired despite the best efforts of Halfords on a Sunday in Carlisle, leaving one team member to complete the trip without the full range of gears. However, the largest delay was caused by a stomach bug, but no embarrassing details. Rob said: "It’s been a great experience to ride this route and see the extremities of the country. We’ve received plenty of support from friends and

families, including being joined on our journey through Lancashire by three additional riders and met at other locations by supporters.

"It was especially pleasing to be greeted by familiar faces with champagne on arrival at John O’Groats."

The ride raised more than £10,000 for Cancer Research and the web page at justgiving.com/ride-on is still open for any additional donations. More details and photographs can be seen on the same web page.

Meanwhile it's back to work and a significant reduction in cake consumption for Rob and his team.

Town’s old Whit Monday photos on parade

OVER THE 2011 Whit weekend, June 11 and 12, a display of photographs of the 1950s and ’60s Whit Monday parades was on display at Melbourne Parish Church.

The Derby Evening Telegraph estimated at the time that around 3,000 people attended the church, chapel and Sunday School parades in the 1950s, which were followed by races in local fields and teas. Archivist and organiser of the display, Roy Dunnicliffe, said: “We had over 200 people come and visit

the display and many remarks were overheard, identifying people - ‘That’s me’ ... ‘That’s our so and so’ ... ‘There’s your father’ and then somebody else giving a different identification. Even the dating of the photographs was challenged: "I don’t look anything like aged 14 in that photo" and "ladies were not allowed in the choir until September 1953".

The dating was carried out by ploughing through past copies of the Derby Evening Telegraph for Whit Tuesday until the Friday. The newspaper had about six editions during the day and a picture edition on the Friday. Many of the Castle Square pictures were similar but not all were published.

Additional photographs were provided by Ken Hatton, Tel Potts, John Chetwyn, Margaret Cooper and Seymour Bell.

A thank you also to Reverend David Railton and the Melbourne Parish Church wardens for allowing the display to be in church on what was a busy weekend.

Why did the Whit parades stop? Was it a combination of the change to Spring Bank Holiday and cost of the bands?

By the way, for those who said it was always sunny on Whit Monday – it rained in 1954.

ABOVE: Mrs King, Steve Webster and Roger Kington. BELOW: John Chetwyn, Joe Laban and Richard Heath.

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THE CROWDS turned out in their thousands for Melbourne Carnival.

Dark clouds overhead threatened rain during the morning while the floats were being decorated but the rain didn’t come and the carnival went ahead with the weather getting better and better as the day passed by.

The floats looked magnificent with more taking part than in recent years and the procession worked its way through Melbourne from Castle Square to the school field on Packhorse Road.

The formal opening of the afternoon’s events was conducted by Norman and Rosemary Jackson, who had taken pride of place in the procession.

The colourful Ambassadors Showband from Borrowash led the procession and later provided an entertaining performance for the crowds in the main field.

The entertainment on the main stage took place throughout the afternoon with everyone receiving well deserved applause for their contributions. There were performances from The Oakden School of Dance, The Melbourne Town Practice Band, Melbourne Infant School, Mel-

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bourne Town Band and Melbourne Junior School with the final act, The Pet Shop Boys tribute band aka George Simnett and Rob Mansfield.

The organisers were confident that numbers attending were greater than last year and they were delighted with the event. They expressed their thanks to everyone who had contributed to make it so successful especially to United Biscuits of Ashby and the other major sponsors EMA, Pirelli and Davidsons.

With this year's theme As Seen on Screen the entrants for the best decorated float did what was asked of them, providing a splendid collection and making it difficult for the judges.

The Oaklands School of Dance took first place with Britain's Got Talent. Scallywags Toy Story came second with Melbourne WI in third place with The Last of the Summer Wine.

Winners of the Doves Garage Trophy for the best dressed window went to The Welcome Cafe.

The Tug of War event organised by James Cripps attracted large crowds and the final saw a team from Picture of Health victorious over Melbourne Rugby Club with the minor placings going to The Lamb Inn and The Alma. Joanne Iliffe received the trophy on behalf of the winners from chair of the carnival committee, Rose Minifie.

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APPROXIMATELY 70 walkers took part in the June 2011

Walking Festival organised by Melbourne Civic Society as part of its contribution to National Civic Day. Seven walks took place during a weekend of variable weather – damp and drizzly on the Saturday and a heatwave 24 hours later. The walks covered a wide area from Wilson to Foremark and Stanton to Smisby and participants came from Derby, Leicester, Ashby, Burton, Swadlincote and East Staffordshire as well as Melbourne. Feedback on the festival was very positive with many requests by participants for more guided walks in the area. The Civic Society hopes to offer several walks next year as part of the 2012 festival.

New minister Jane on the way

one son in their late 20s/early 30s, and three grandchildren.

Jane comes to South Derbyshire from three churches in Marple, Marple Bridge and New Mills, where she has been the minister for over 12 years. Prior to becoming a minister, Jane worked as a speech and language therapist in the health service for 24 years.

Jane's induction service will be on Saturday, October 8, at 2.30pm at Melbourne United Reformed Church.

Jane says she is looking forward to moving to the area and getting to know the people of Melbourne and Little Eaton.

THE Revd Jane Barron arrives in October to be the new minister of The United Reformed Churches of Melbourne and Little Eaton.

The Melbourne church has been without a minister since the Revd Chris Willis retired in 2009. Jane and her husband, Nigel, have two daughters and

Adam and his team have designs on delivering a top class service

"I'M not a designer," said Adam Devey-Smith, who is 45 and the senior partner in a cutting edge design business, centred in Melbourne. A surprising remark indeed for a man who started and has successfully developed an expanding design business.

Called ‘The One Off’, it now has a formidable client list, across many areas of business. Barclays, George, Nokia, as well as Primark and Speedo, and a host of businesses – national and global – come to Melbourne for the vision and expertise that this young and fast growing business can deliver.

The business was started in Adam's home in Station Road, Melbourne, branched out to premises on Derby Road, and then found that those premises were too cramped.

Adam moved his 35 employees across the road to the old 19th century factory vacated by Doncasters. He also employs a dozen people in London, but the core of the business is here in Melbourne.

The old factory has been transformed. The large entrance hall, in a soothing light grey, with modern lighting, is relaxed - a coffee bar with stools on the left.

To the right, a long dining table, and a relaxing low table and soft modern sofas for informal discussions.

The actual designing is done in the two upper floors, splendidly bright and airy, packed with Apple computers, and bright young men and women. There is a photographic studio, run by his daughter, Georgia, who is a past student at Chellaston School.

Adam read political philosophy at Leicester University, followed by a year's course in marketing in Slough. He was brought up in Huntingdon. He is married for the second time, and has five children.

He says that his training in politics has given him an analytical view of business. He is not into the 'Punch and Judy' of old style business, and he recognises that to get the best results from clients and from employees it is necessary to be open, to listen and to practise active collaboration.

Design is 99 per cent perspiration, and one per cent inspiration, he says.

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It is a rational process, needs clear thinking, calls on many disciplines, and thus requires team working of a high order. And, as he says, "you can't be in a team without listening".

He differentiates art, which is aesthetic, and design, which demands analysis and focussed thinking on the client's business and product and the environment that the client operates in.

He believes the cultural environment is changing from the confrontational and the master/servant, client/supplier relationships of earlier times.

With the current business climate of extreme volatility, which increases caution, the secret is "to listen and collaborate". His business credo is well illustrated by his web site: "We listen well, have strong opinions softly held and 'let the client hold the pencil'."

The multifaceted business of design is apparent on the informative web site, which shows the wide spread of businesses –from lin-

gerie makers to Cazenove, from Hape, who make ecotoys for John Lewis, to Millies Cookies.

Adam sees himself as the conductor of his many talented team; he does the strategy and creates the tone and the modern aura of the business.

"We love innovating and challenging the status quo ... our work does not have our signature on it - it is a manifestation of the brand we are working with."

● Adam Devey-Smith.

Talking to Adam is refreshing and demanding, but he is unstuffy and has an inquisitive mind.

He dresses informally in striped cotton top, and serves good coffee and ice cold Pellegrino.

● All the staff outside their new design studio in Melbourne on the day they moved in in May this year.

Well-dressers beat off the clouds

ASTON on Trent Welldressing Festival weekend opened with dark clouds threatening to spoil the atmosphere of the crowd gathered at the main well dressing on the Green. But the clouds disappeared and everything went ahead as planned.

Hayden Wheeler, chair of the parish council, welcomed everyone as he opened the event. Before the Blessing, John Holloway, representing the Aston Local History Group, spoke briefly about the annual Junior Historian Award and announced the winner, Charlotte Luke.

Three members of the clergy conducted the short service preceding the Blessing of the Wells, the Revd Dennis Smith, Methodist Minister, the Revd Tony Luke, Vicar of Aston and the churches of the Derwent Benefice, and the Revd Paul Hygate, parish church curate.

The main well dressing this year was designed

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by Hilda Norton and titled Memories of Childhood. Hilda has been involved with the well dressing festival since it was started and this was the 15th. She was delighted to be invited to design the well dressing and worked with Robin Gibbard, who painted a representation of the design for the well dressing team to work from.

The main dressing took a year to plan and nine days to assemble – not counting the time taken digging the clay before work could start. Hilda chose the theme as a topic that children could relate to, especially as they will be the well dressers of tomorrow. She also chose the name of the boat featured in the well dressing, Emily Jane – the name of her granddaughter, who lives in the USA.

Other well dressings were on display with contributions from Aston Primary School from a design by Hollie Parker. The First Weston Guides created two dressings, Squirrels and Hands, with

the Derby 107 Scouts producing Camp Fire.

Over The Rainbow was the contribution from Aston WI and there was a collection of individual mini dressings from Aston Pre-School. A portrait of Pavarotti was also displayed without a name.

The village was full of residents and visitors alike and things were really buzzing with stalls set up in the street and in the yards of the two pubs, the White Hart and the Malt Shovel.

The church was also well decorated with the theme of food and all things related to it. One of the displays included menus from Royal Wedding breakfasts and special Royal Jubilees dating from Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887 through to the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten in 1947.

Music from Brookside Jazz entertained the crowds, with a magician, a stilt walker and fire eater entertaining the children.

ABOVE: Organisers, clergy and designers at the opening of the Aston Well Dressing Festival, and entries from Aston on Trent Women’s Institute, Weston on Trent CE Aided Primary School and Aston on Trent Primary School.

PUPILS at Melbourne Infants School have been receiving safety training on the use of scooters.

More younger children are now seen to be using scooters as opposed to bikes. Following the training the children will be encouraged to scoot to and from school with the outcome, hopefully, of a healthier lifestyle.

The day was thoroughly enjoyed by the children and also by the staff who took an active part.

Pictured with their scooters are (l to r): Alex Walsh, Farris Key, Lois Hamer and Fay Martin.

Eye, eye ... Tom is a winner again

LOCAL man Tom Davies has for some time been making a big name for himself in the field of Designer Eyewear.

And last month Tom received for the second time the prestigious Product of the Year Award from The Optician magazine. The award was presented to him at the NEC by Chris Hollins of the BBC.

Tom, formerly of Barrow on Trent, attended Chellaston School before going off to the University of East Anglia where he specialised in film history as his major, and film and television set design. After graduation Tom went to Hong Kong to work for six months before the handover but stayed for three years.

When asked "Why designer Eyewear?" Tom's response was: "That's the number one question I get asked and it's a long story, but briefly, it seemed to be more interesting than the other jobs I was offered.

"It was also the fact that it was a new company, a new factory and I was part of the start-up that got me excited."

The rest is history you might say as Tom now runs an internationally successful company selling designer eyewear.

Tom is married and lives in Richmond with his wife and two children. In 2008 he opened his own factory in China and now offers ready to wear and a full bespoke service through his global network of exclusive opticians.

He keeps his finger on the pulse visiting the factory on a regular basis, travelling the world to optical shows and to visit the shops which stock his glasses.

GUN FUN FOR MP

HEATHER Wheeler, MP for South Derbyshire, took some leisure time to join members of the Ockbrook Gun Club to celebrate the fifth annual National Shooting Week. Mrs Wheeler spent the morning at the club, based at the Derby Flying Club site off Egginton Road, taking time to join in the fun and shoot some clays herself.

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THE MELBOURNE Art Festival is being held during two weeks in September but workshops for local children and young people are already underway in the lead-up to the big event.

The festival committee has decided to continue with the workshops, even though the application for an Arts Council grant has been turned down this year, thanks to sponsorship from East Midlands Airport and Derbyshire County Council.

The programme got off to a fantastic start with a series of three Bollywood dance workshops for young people held in the evenings at Chellaston Academy.

Melbourne Festival is working in partnership with Derby-based Surtal Arts and others to create a three-minute Bollywood dance choreographed by Nisha Nath. For a sneak preview the Bollywood flash mob will be at South Asian Arts Festival on July 23 at Arboretum Park, Derby, and then at Melbourne Festival on September 17/18.

This year's art programme started in June when local artist Laura Donaldson, ably assisted by a group of students from Chellaston Academy, were adding “A Splash of Colour” to local landscapes with the year six pupils from Melbourne Junior School.

Derbyshire County Council is supporting Melbourne Festival's work with young people, and 10 talented young artists took part in a one-day masterclass led by two local artists using a variety of mediums to create pieces inspired by reflections.

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Following the rst contested election for many years, one of only three in the whole South Derbyshire district, I welcome new Councillors David Carpenter, Sarah Dunnicli and Andrew Hea eld to the Parish Council.

The new council is pressing ahead with a number of strategic initiatives. These include:

• Support for Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June 2012

• Completion of a scheme to restore the Castle Square monument

• Conclude the long-running uncertainty regarding the future of the Leisure Centre

• Support for the Melbourne Sporting Partnership with its plans for new facilities

• Provision of additional grit bins in the village before the winter

• Supporting the new Trader’s Association to hold a Christmas shopping event

Any member of the public is very welcome to raise issues at the Council’s regular monthly meeting, on the rst Tuesday of the month at 7.30PM (no meeting in August). Any immediate issues relating to street lighting, road defects, litter etc. can be reported to the helpline numbers below.

The Council has received a number of complaints about overgrown hedges which obstruct pavements and signage; householders and landowners are asked to keep their hedges in good order.

The Parish Council is being asked for its views on the potential County Council decision to switch-o certain streetlights between the hours of midnight and 05.30. Anyone who wishes their views to be taken into account in the Parish Council response is asked to contact our Clerk, Norman Hill.

SDDC Rubbish Collection, Castle Square on Saturday 6th August.

Nigel Collyer - Chairman, Melbourne Parish Council

East Midlands Airport sponsored the 2011 Melbourne Festival Workshops at Melbourne Infant School, which was transformed for a day on July 7 into a hive of creative activity with everyone joining in with a workshop entitled ‘The Little Prog’ led by artist and illustrator Victoria Brown and writer Vicky Yates.

MELBOURNE Civic Society held its annual Midsummer Evening at Melbourne Hall. Despite threatening rain showers, members and their guests enjoyed the convivial atmosphere and were treated to a delicious buffet prepared by committee members Claire Sturges and Barbara Simpson.

Chairman Neil Wright presented Lady MarieClaire with her certificate as winner of the Civic Award for 2011 for the restoration of the Tithe Barn in Church Square. She praised the outstanding contribution made by the architect, Mike Hey-

wood, and building contractor, Alan Staley. It had been judged "an excellent renovation and preservation of one of Melbourne's historic buildings".

A special award was also presented to Mr and Mrs Dobby for their striking contemporary rear extension at 56 Potter Street, which had been judged as "a satisfying blend of old and new and a jewel in the heart of Melbourne".

Pictured from left to right are Mike and Angie Heywood, Alan Staley, Lady Marie-Claire, Neil Wright, Mrs Liz Walker (judging architect), Phil Dobby and Lord Ralph.

PLAYERS and officials from Melbourne Town Cricket Club are busily preparing for the greatest day in the club’s 150-year history when it takes on the might of the Marylebone Cricket Club in a one-day match being held to celebrate the Melbourne club’s founding in 1861.

The match is on Sunday, July 31, at the Cockshut Lane ground, Melbourne, and is a full-day match with a declaration expected mid-afternoon from the team batting first.

The MCC, as they are universally known, have filled their team with players from all over the country, all of whom play, or have played cricket at the highest level. They will be led by Chesterfield stalwart and former 1st XI captain, Tim Kirk, who said: "Cricketing anniversaries are few and far between and not many have reached the milestone of 150 years.

"I was approached by MCC last year to manage and skipper this fixture and gladly accepted. Having seen the amount of work

that has been going on over the last few months by Andy and his team at Melbourne I have no doubt it will be a hugely successful day.

"Hopefully we have a balanced side that will prove a match for Melbourne on the day. MCC are extremely proud to be flying the flag alongside Melbourne’s and hope the weather is kind to us."

Chris and Carol Icke from the Wilsonbased gymnasium, Icke Fitness, are the major sponsors for the match and Chris said:

“Some of my clients are cricketers and I thought this was a great opportunity for Icke Fitness to be involved in a local sports event that has a national appeal. The club deserves the day to be a great success and I am proud that my company can be a part of their anniversary celebrations.”

With a crowd of over 1,000 expected to watch the match, Andy Heafield, Melbourne team manager for the day, said:

“The MCC coming to town is a huge

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sports event for Melbourne. People still talk about crowds of hundreds watching the club in the 1950s. I hope people will be talking about this match for years to come.”

The Melbourne team is led by 1st XI captain Alex Slater, who –along with his fellow selectors –has picked a team that is hopeful of matching their more experienced opponents.

Melbourne head groundsman Ken Grant is working hard to prepare a batsman friendly wicket that will ensure a game lasting all day.

Play starts at 11.30am and entry is free.

Melbourne Town Band will play during the lunch interval and the club’s young kwik cricketers will be entertaining the crowd during the tea break. In addition, there is a licensed bar, bouncy castle and catering on site.

Souvenir programmes are already on sale at £2 and the club is raffling a signed Derbyshire bat donated by Derbyshire County player and Melbourne resident, Paul Borrington.

THE 10th Weston Scarecrow Trail attracted huge crowds of people on the Saturday to enjoy the trail, cream teas and stalls on the village green. At night a scarecrow party was held in the Coopers Arms and a fantastic time was had dancing to the band Dammit Jack. Sunday saw tsunami-like floods in the village, but undaunted trail addicts could still be seen braving the weather to view the scarecrows.

The best scarecrow this year was Eddie the Eagle, but once again it was a closely fought contest between Donald where’s your Trewsers – where you could pay 20p to lift his kilt and view underneath – and Thomas the Tank Engine, made from hay bales and assorted farm equipment by farmer Peter Bird.

As usual the Guides, Brownies and Rangers supported the trail with a stunning variety and number of scarecrows. The trail supported Prostate Cancer UK and a cheque for £1,500 was presented at the awards night. Additionally, £700 was awarded to Weston Village Hall and £150 each to the Guides, Brownies and under-5s group.

FOR THOSE who enjoy classical violin music, there is a treat in store when Classical BRIT Award-winning violinist Ruth Palmer performs in concert at the National Trust’s Calke Abbey.

The concert on Saturday, July 16, at 7.30pm will see Ruth Palmer explore the hidden and undiscovered acoustics of the Riding School at Calke Abbey as part of her

Hidden Acoustics solo tour with a programme centred on Bach.

Ruth said: “Bach’s solo violin music has its own hidden acoustics in its counterpoint, and I have found that solo violin allows me the purest link to the space and acoustic of the building in which I am playing.

“To me, when the piece of music and the building match in spirit, something magical

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Ruth has already performed a number of Hidden Acoustics concerts both nationally and internationally.

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Town’s flaming June

MELBOURNE Town Cricket Club (MTCC) had a superb June with the first team sitting poised in fourth spot and the seconds currently in third place with both having big aspirations for promotion.

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The 1st XI began the month with a losing draw away to Aston on Trent 2nd Xl. The home side posted 207 all out with Julian Humpidge taking 5-32 along with two wickets apiece for Alex Slater and Marc Towell.

In reply, a knock of 51 by Humpidge plus 34 by Mark Rossi put Town in the driving seat but a dramatic collapse saw them fall to 133-7 before 33 from Joe Storrar gave Melbourne a losing draw.

The following week at home to Littleover Centurions 1st XI, the batting let the Melbourne team down again as they fell to a 31run defeat. Littleover reached a below par 178-8 with Matt Briers taking 4-63 along with 2-23 by Slater and 2-49 by Towell causing the problems. But, despite 46 by Rossi, 36 by Briers and 30 by Slater no-one else got double figures as the home side was shot out for 147.

Away to Clifton 2nd team the home side amassed 213-3 off their allotted overs with two wickets to Shahid Qaisar and one for Briers. Melbourne comfortably knocked off the runs for just five wickets down. Leading run-scorer Rossi hit 57 not out, helped by 55 from Humpidge and 43 by Briers seeing Town home.

The following week at home to second placed Rolleston 2nds, Melbourne hit 201 with new signing Lee Tallis smashing 54 supported by Humpidge (30), Slater (30) and Rossi (26). In reply, a superb spell of 5-37 by Marc Towell reduced Rolleston to 70-6 but they held on for the draw on 156-8.

Town ended the month with another morale-boosting victory away to Lullington Park 3rd XI winning by five wickets. Matt Briers took 5-62 plus two wickets for Slater and Lee Tallis to keep the home side to just 210-9 on a good track. Melbourne were reduced to 32-3 but Joe Lacey (33) batted through along with Russell Allaway (60) before an explosive innings of 52 not out by Matt Briers off just 16 balls ended the game in style pushing the 1st team into fourth place.

Melbourne 2nd team began June with a comfortable six-wicket victory at home to Alvaston & Boulton 4th XI. A brilliant spell of 4-8 by Paul Scrimshaw plus 3-14 by Colin Wakefield helped bowl the away side out for just 100 while an unbroken stand of 67 by Matt Heafield (33) and James Heafield (28) saw Melbourne home.

The following week the second team fell to its first defeat of the season away to Trentside 3rd XI, who hit 233-3 with Jason Lander taking two of the wickets to fall. A batting collapse with only James Smith standing firm with a superb 46 saw Town shot out for just 92.

A losing draw away to Derby Congs 3rd XI saw the home side amass 213 all out with Lander taking 3-48 plus two wickets apiece for Matt Heafield and Chris Lancaster. In reply Lancaster (63) and Joe Lacey (64) gave Melbourne a chance, but they fell short on 192-8.

The second team was back to winning ways at home to Swarkestone 3rd XI with Melbourne posting 187-7, Andy Stanley hitting 50 and Matt Heafield smashing 37 not out at the end.

A spell of 3-13 by Ben Newton and 3-22 by Heafield saw Swarkestone bowled out for just 73, giving Town a comfortable 114-run win.

Melbourne got another 27-point win away to Uttoxeter when they hit a below par 134-8 but it proved enough as a brilliant spell of 5-13 by veteran Colin Wakefield plus two wickets apiece for opening bowlers Ben Newton and Jason Lander saw the home side all out for just 116.

Ken Grant's men ended the month holding on for a losing draw against league leaders Burton 2nd XI, who hit 177-9 with Jason Lander taking 5-57 and Newton 3-35. Melbourne struggled from the start and had to hold on at 92-6 for the draw and securing third place in the league.

The club would like to thank all its ball sponsors for the month of June: Quill International, F.E.Toons & Sons, Newton Self Storage, P.B.Landscapes and Austin Property Management.

Ticknall hold on to fifth

JUNE saw some mixed results for Ticknall Cricket Club's 1st XI.

Losses in very tight games against Chesterfield and Ockbrook and draws with Chesterfield (away) and Spondon together with a good win at Rolls-Royce keep Ticknall in fifth place in the Premier League.

Derbyshire's Paul Borrington has maintained his brilliant form with the bat this season, having hit five centuries.

In the cup competitions the Grange outfit has gained a quarter final place in the Premier Cup and has reached the final in their defence of the Breweries Cup. The semi-final win against Alrewas was

achieved courtesy of a blistering 89 not out from Shahid Khan.

In the junior ranks both the under12s and under 14s have reached their finals in the Derbyshire Collard Dawn Cup.

■ ON the social side, the club held its annual "Summer Bash"at The Grange. Despite the cool and very wet conditions, a splendid evening was enjoyed to the music of the Terry Peters Big Band. Trombonist Kevin Holdgate provided one of many highlights with his soulful rendition of "I'll Never Smile Again" dedicated to the recent dental work carried out on groundsman John Marriott. A brilliant night!

Naomi Fry BDS & Associates, Helen Baker BDS

Touch rugby sessions

FREE touch rugby sessions are taking place at Cockshut Lane on Wednesday nights from 7pm to 8.30pm throughout the Summer.

Up to six games are run to accommodate ages from five to 50 and it is proving to be very popular with around 70 turning up each week to play in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

The objectives are to have fun, to promote the game for girls and women (separate games and coaching are provided for them). maintain/develop skills and fitness through the Summer and offer the chance for new players to sample rugby.

Each game has at least two qualified coaches supporting it.

Everyone is welcome to go and have a try. Touch rugby is a great non-contact game that is perfect for having fun as well as maintaining fitness and skills.

All-weather nets open

COUNCILLOR Michael Stanton, chairman of South Derbyshire District Council, cut the ribbon to officially open the new allweather cricket nets at Melbourne's Cockshut Lane recreation ground.

Vic Brownett presented a cheque for £3,000 to the cricket club on behalf of the Lords Taverners at the same occasion.

A kwik cricket festival was also held on the same evening with eight local teams taking part.

Members of the under11s team are pictured with officials at the ribbon cutting. Left to right are: Dave Brown (South Derbyshire Cricket), Richard Heath

(MTCC president), Tel Potts (MTCC chairman), Michael Stanton (SDDC chairman), Mrs Stanton, John Harrison (County Councillor) Vic Brownett (Lords Taverners), Malcolm Roseburgh (SDDC leisure and recreation) and Andy Heafield (MTCC development manager).

Jamie strikes gold

ASTON on Trent Primary

School pupil Jamie Spencer-Pickup and the rest of the Nottingham County Judo squad were invited to compete in a large European Judo tournament in Belgium.

Jamie fought three fantastic bouts against competitors from Belgium, Germany and France, beating off some very aggressive moves from his opponents. The strong display and well executed throws saw Jamie get into the final where he met a strong Belgium youth.

The final was hard fought with neither player giving way. Jamie finally attacked with a big hip throw, which gave him the score, the win and a gold medal victory in his weight category.

simon snaps right back into racing action

MELBOURNE photographer Simon Parkinson came out of motor racing retirement in June to compete in a round of the Priory Park Kart Circuit ‘Rotax Max Championship’ held at Tamworth.

Having been active in motorsport since the age of 16, Simon had recently been enjoying a sabbatical to concentrate on his photography business and family life but with over 20 years of motor racing and rallying experience at international level it was only going to be a matter of time before the bug once

again bit.

Having previously competed in Hot Hatch Saloons, National Formula Ford and the prestigious Formula Renault UK Championship supporting the British Touring Cars, Simon had originally bought a kart for a bit of fun and something to enjoy as a hobby without the huge budgets that motor racing usually entails.

“A few of us bought karts to race against each other but after a year of playing about and getting used to the driving style, I knew I would end up getting the urge to compete in at least one race at club level. While practising at Priory Park a couple of months back, I saw a notice giving details of the championship and when a friend of mine said he had already entered I thought I might give it a go to see if I would be on the pace."

Racing in three 10-minute heats to determine his grid position for the final, Simon's karting debut wasn’t quite how he had planned.

“In my first heat, the throttle cable jammed with the accelerator full on, which resulted in me ending up in the tyre wall with another kart on top of me, causing damage to both the front and rear of my kart.”

Despite not finishing that race he went on to win the next heat and finish second in the last, putting him on pole position for the final. A lights-to-flag victory with a best lap time some eight tenths quicker than his previous visit to the circuit sealed a fantastic first meeting racing in Rotax Max karting and surely bodes well for meetings in the future.

HOT WHEELS ... Simon Parkinson steers his kart to a winning return.