Melbourne Village Voice April 2010

Village Voice No 209 April 2010

Melbourne & District

MAUNDY TREAT FOR MARGARET WHEN Margaret Loydall received a letter from the Queen inviting her to the annual Maundy Money ceremony she thought it was an April Fool joke.

"I got the letter from Buckingham Palace at the end of January," she said.

"At first it was a joke as the ceremony was to be on April 1.

"I was totally surprised, couldn't believe it - but I soon realised that it was a great privilege, and I was very proud to be asked."

Margaret was selected to be one of the recipients of the traditional Maundy Money, the first such recipient from Melbourne, as far as is known.

The ceremony at Derby Cathedral was also the 800th anniversary of the first such charitable ceremony, when King John went to Knaresborough, on April 15, 1210, to distribute his Maundy alms to the poor of that town.

Margaret does not know who recommended her for this honour, but the Palace guidelines are that the recipients should be generally over the age of 70 and have done good service for the church and the community.

Margaret said she thought she was "one of the youngest there".

It is clear that Margaret was being honoured for her long service to the Melbourne United Reformed Church, where she has been church secretary for 46 years, and started as church organist 50 years ago.

The United Reformed Church is renowned for being very active socially, and has a long record of charitable giving.

The fortnightly lunches have been a regular event in the town for many years.

Margaret was summoned, with all the

other recipients, to a briefing session in March when the background and history of the ceremony was described, and the participants were told what would happen on the great day.

On April 1, the weather was glorious.

Margaret, with her friend Janet Crawford, had an early start. They were in the Pride Park stadium by 8.30am.

The Maundy Money recipients were taken from Pride Park by buses, with a police escort, and were seated in the cathedral by 10am.

"It was like a dream, the colour of uniforms of the 'beefeaters', the lovely choir of boys from the Chapel Royal - it was wonderful to see how well organised the whole morning was. I suppose that is one thing the ceremony and the tradition - that we do so well."

The actual service was interdenominational with Roman Catholics as well as non-conformists having a part to play, as well as Church of England clergy. Melbourne's vicar, Rev. Dr John Davies, an honorary canon of the cathedral, was also present.

As for the Queen, Margaret said "she had a beautiful smile, and was remarkable for her age".

Margaret was impressed that she walked not only down the centre aisle, but also visited the side chapels, and walked the side aisle. After lunch, the Queen went to the Derby Royal Hospital for an official opening ceremony. A good day's work for an 84-year-old.

Margaret was honoured for her long service to the community in Melbourne and to her church. She said: "It's quite humbling to know so many people were so pleased for me."

After the service, 400 people sat down to lunch at Pride Park.

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ALAN Dennis, a soldier in the Mercian Regiment who lives in Melbourne, has been awarded a top medal for his brave actions in Afghanistan.

Alan is a family man who now lives in The Woodlands with his wife, Teresa, and two sons, Martin and Liam.

His father, Patrick Dennis, is gamekeeper at Melbourne Hall Estate.

Alan is a Colour Sergeant in the Mercian Regiment and won glory for himself and brought honour to his family by being gazetted on March 19 with the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, for an act of outstanding bravery in an action in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross is second only to the Victoria Cross.

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Police swoop nets over 100 cannabis plants MORE than 100 suspected cannabis plants were seized when police targeted a house in Melbourne.

Officers originally visited the property, in Pack Horse Lane, after reports of suspicious activity. They found that a window was open and, suspecting a burgulary, officers entered the property and discovered the cannabis plants and hydroponic growing equipment there.

Witnesses, or anyone with information, should contact police on 0345 123 3333 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

■ Blackwell Lane, Melbourne, was the scene of a crime between 8.30am on Saturday, March 20, and 7.10am on Monday, March 22. Offenders cut a padlock to the main gate, gaining access to an open plan building site.

They then cut a flap into the side of a metal storage container and stole a Stephill generator and a JCB rock breaker from inside.

The crooks then replaced the flap and concealed it with crates, and also stole a heavy duty CAT roller worth £8,000, which would require a truck to remove it from the site.

The offenders secured the gates with a new padlock, to give the appearance that all was in order, before making their getaway.

If you have any information contact police on 0345 123 3333.

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VOLUNTEERS and staff attended a tea dance at Calke Abbey to celebrate 25 years of the National Trust at Calke.

Later in the afternoon Ashby Concert Band played works composed for Henry, the seventh baronet at Calke Abbey around the year 1780.

Adrian Ashton, the leader of the concert band, had a woodwind arrangement recorded specially for the event.

Pictured (left to right) are Jean Harris and Peter Harris, Sue Christian and Jim Freeman, Lewen Owen and Betty Cawte and Derrick Hood, the Master of Ceremonies.

‘give us more time to respond’ – appeal MANY local parish councillors are very unhappy with the consultation processes so beloved of both district and county council.

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At the South Derbyshire District Council Melbourne Area Forum, held in Stenson Fields, there was an outburst of irritability from several local councillors about the time given to local parish councils to respond to complex consultation documents.

The very short notice given for instance for councils and public to come and view the major exhibition on the forward plan about housing until 2025 was raised by Councillor Cunningham, from Ticknall, who is also a district councillor at Stenson Fields.

Similarly, at Barrow Parish Council, too little time had been given to respond to another major consultation process, on the Big Choices regarding the forward strategy on waste disposal.

Councillors from other parishes agreed that they welcomed the opportunity to comment on plans and strategy- but this required time for a proper perspective to be made.

There was even some sugestion that the inadequacy of the consultation process seemed to indicate that the whole consultation process was a sham, that the senior

councils did not really want a valid and considered consultation process." Is consultation taken seriously", asked one councillor.

Councillor Cunningham, in fact, had struggled to get a second exhibition so that the people of Stenson Fields - who could well be affected by the plans - could come to see what was being proposed. "It is vital that the people of Stenson Fields have a proper opportunity to see the draft plans, so they can make their views known", said Cllr Cunningham.

The Head Of Corporate Services, from the District Council, Jayne Jones, accepted that there was a problem, often not of the district council's making. She promised to look at the dissemination of council information to local parishes, through parish bulletins, and other local channels.

She recognised that it was important to get information about meetings and consultations out to the people in the many villages, and she admitted that this was an area that the district would need to improve.

Other matters raised: ■ Councillors from the parishes were very critical about the Barrow/Sinfin road, where a revamp to the fencing had made it "more dangerous than ever", and a "disaster". The speed limit is apparently 60mph, with opin-

ions expressed that it ought to be 30 or 40.

■ A police spokesman asserted that crime had dropped by 27% in 2009, compared to the previous year, with a 44% drop in violent crime, and anti- social behaviour incidents had dropped by 15%.

STOP PRESS: An extension to the deadline for making comments on the future planning strategies for South Derbyshire District Council and Derby City Council has been announced, together with further public exhibitions.

The initial consultation was due to end on March 31, but, following strong public interest in the plans to find room for around 21,000 new homes up to 2026 in Derby and on land in South Derbyshire, the deadline for making comments has been extended to the end of May. Cllr Heather Wheeler, leader of South Derbyshire District Council, said: “This is probably the most important set of consultations that the people of South Derbyshire have been asked to be involved with, which is why we have extended the deadline. This is your chance to have your say.”

The proposed options can viewed at South Derbyshire local libraries and at Willington, Repton and Chellaston Post Offices.

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Maria had been visited by Paul Ragan, a secret millionaire during his undercover stay in the Derby area. He went along to a fund-raising event in Ticknall Village Hall organised by Maria some weeks before Christmas.

"We had some fund-raising stalls and several of the children who have had treats were there including Edward Bright, who had arms and legs amputated as a result of meningitis. The young people from the new Ticknall youth club were there carrying out a fund-raising car wash and Paul gave them a hand," said Maria.

These scenes were featured in the TV programme.

"During the days I spent with Paul, I had been led to believe that he was filming for a show called 'Who Cares' and that I would lead the film crew to carers through the treats I was giving through 'me&dee'.

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Pictured with Paul Ragan – the Secret Millionaire – are (from the left) Maria Hanson, Dawn and Carl Finn with children Liberty Rose and Destiny Mai. made a substantial financial gift of £10,000 to my charity. He and his wife are going to be involved in the running of 'me&dee' and a remarkable thing – his wife is also called Dee!" Maria and Paul visited the home of Liberty Rose, who had a brain tumour, and her family.

Maria had set up a treat of a stretch limo for Liberty and her twin sister Destiny for their

third birthday as their first and second birthdays had been spent with Liberty having chemo treatment.

Through her charity Maria has now become involved in giving many treats to children with cancer and the large donation from Mr Ragan will mean many more very poorly children and adults can benefit from special moments.

With an increase in the number of treats being requested, fund-raising is still of significant importance and any external contributions, however small, will be very much appreciated.

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AirPOrt nOise ACtiOn PlAns nOt HittinG GOvt tArGet EAST Midlands Airport produced their draft Noise Action Plan in July 2009 and arranged a series of public consultations.

The draft plan drew considerable public comment - both the late MP David Taylor and MP Mark Todd were very critical. The most formidable criticism of the plan came from a closely argued, point by point refutation paper written with technical expertise by Dr. Paul Grimley.

Dr Grimley's standing as a technical expert has been now confirmed by his recent invitation to visit London to discuss the whole environmental situation at the airport with senior officials at the Dept. of Transport, and the Dept.of the Environment. He went to the meeting as an active member of the Aviation Environmental Federation, a national organisation overseeing airport impacts on the environment.

It appears that all the UK airports, including East Midland, have produced final Noise Action plans which are not meeting the requirement of the directives laid down by the EU and by the UK government.

Dr. Grimley, who is the Melbourne Civic Society's representative on EMA's Independent Consultative Committee, has recently presented an analysis to that committee of the trends for growth and employment, air transport movements and noise levels.

In 2009, passenger numbers fell 17%, to 4.6million and in January 2010, passenger numbers were down by 25% against January 2009. Dr Grimley believes that the 2006 Master Plan targeting 6.9million passengers by 2010 "now seems unlikely to be achieved”.

Freight tonnage remains static at under 300,000 tonnes per annum, a failure to deliver the high growth rates of the 2006 Master Plan. Dr Grimley believes the target of 1.2m tonnes now is "wholly unrealistic".

Night time aircraft movements reduced by 8% in 2009, and night noise levels seem unlikely to increase greatly in the next two years.

Airport employment fell by almost 600 in 2009, and at 6,500 employees, the numbers are down 2,500 compared to forecasts made in 2006 Dr. Grimley believes that the 2006 Master Plan – due for revision

in 2011 – will need to take account of the evidence. "The revision in 2011 offers the opportunity for revised assumptions for passenger and cargo growth .... which will drive the opportunity to reassess environmental impacts"

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SPRING 2010 will go down as a late starter. As I write this on April 7, the daffodils are just about coming to their best and the hedges and some trees can now be seen to have some evidence of green.

Compare this to all of the last 10 years when some hawthorn would be showing leaf at the end of January and it’s plain to see we are very late this time.

Growth in the fields is catching up very fast and I think all arable crops are just about up to average. Grass is lagging behind but now is in overdrive, which is good news as most farmers want to see livestock out of doors after this lingering winter.

The absence of leaves has shown up something that has been happening for several years but has got much ‘worse’ recently, if that is the right word.

Have you noticed how a lot of hedges and hedgerow shrubs have become increasingly covered in moss or lichen, to the point where they look diseased?

I don’t know if this is of detriment to shrubs

and woody plants but somehow it just does not look right.

If you examine branches that are covered with it, some of them do seem to be dead or dying and if this gets any worse we would soon be in a disaster situation.

Hedges seem worse affected, particularly older hedges and I seem to draw a blank from anyone who knows anything about it. Is this getting worse because our air and atmosphere is getting cleaner, because of less pollution? I believe mosses and lichen are a sign of this.

■ The date of the election has just been announced and if you are like me you are already exhausted and bored at the thought of a month of political ‘war’.

It concerns me that the turn-out is predicted to be so very low after all the problems and corruption of the last decade. One big advantage of a spring election is that at least with the light nights we can escape into the outdoors and do some gardening or some overtime.

I would urge everyone, though, particularly the young, to get out and vote.

MELBOURNE Infants School held its Easter bonnet parade and celebration at the school on Maundy Thursday. There was a full hall of parents and grandparents for the celebration, with Easter songs and hymns being sung and time for the children to showcase their home-made bonnets.

A small group is pictured wearing bonnets.

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trent lane action is ‘high on the agenda’ DISTRICT and County Councillor John Harrison described the recent site meeting on Trent Lane with Chris Jackson, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, “a very useful visit with a good turnout from the local community”.

The planned visit was to discuss problems and concerns expressed by residents on HGV traffic movements to the depot at the end of Trent Lane.

Cllr Harrison advised that while there is absolutely no power to stop depot activities, greater sympathy to putting improvements in place is high on the agenda, citing the prevention of vehicles using Jawbone Lane via new signage and consideration of a pathway to allow walkers, cyclists and residents to access the local bridle paths / walkways safely.

Similar transportation issues were raised at public questions, with increasing concern about larger vehicles using Potter Street to access the Industrial Estate and how to prevent them taking direct access through the town centre. Vehicles parked on

Potter Street in recent weeks have been damaged and the views were these incidents would increase. Chairman Smith agreed to review at Highways Committee.

Moving down to Castle Street and Castle Lane to the Wash Pit, a void beneath the surface of the road had been identified and urgent action and road closure was necessary. Severn Trent had been quick to advise ‘it had nothing to do with it’ so the County Council will explore the issue, claimed Cllr Harrison.

Closure of the Road would impact on Arriva and the Fire Station but would be kept to a minimum.

The road works and improvements theme continued with Cllr Harrison pleased to announce that £130,000 has been made available to improve the Derby Road - Kings Newton junction in this next financial year. Cllr Jackson commented “this is great news, as the junction continues to be an accident hotspot”.

Local kerb repairs at the top of Potter Street are temporary in nature with the Council looking to replace in the future with granite ‘hard wearing’ kerbs.

Similarly the road patch repairs

in the Market Place are to minimise danger and road surfacing would be prioritised, but not in the financial plans for 2010.

Mrs Hardy, commenting on the road and transport agenda, showed a copy of the April 1988 District Council minutes and the uncanny resemblance of many issues that remain open today.

A local resident also requested the Parish Council to advise who was responsible for the Parish Plan recognising that there were many hours of effort and cost invested to publish such a document. Chairman Smith advised “the plan is by the people for the people, it’s up to the people with the help of this Council to push things forward”.

Commenting on a report from Police on local crimes in March, Cllr Smith reeled off a list of thefts or potential thefts of vehicles and incidences of anti-social behaviour on Derby Road, Huntingdon Court and the Market Place areas. He further commented that this was disturbing and he would not want to see an increasing trend now the lighter nights were here.

District Councillor Jim Hewlett updated the Parish

stUArt BlAtCh reports from the April meeting of melbourne Parish Council Council on allotment provisions.

Discussions with David Calvert of the Allotment Association revealed that some of the larger plots have been split to aid the waiting list but additional land was being sought elsewhere.

The Parish Council will continue to consider. However, Cllr Jackson commented “allotments were more supportive of recreational activities these days, like sailing and questioned why the Parish Council should provide them at all”.

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Other highlights Of the meeting ■ The first report of the Melbourne Feasibility Study for Leisure and the Performing Arts is being published for review by the Council in April.

■ Norman Hill, Clerk to the Parish Council returned to the top table and was welcomed back by councillors. Council members sent their best wishes to Cllr Reg Moore who is recovering from a recent illness.

■ The SDDC Core Strategy Issues and Alternative Options consultation has been extended to the end of May. Cllr Collyer suggested that the Parish should look to provide an input to this document based on the Parish Plan findings. Three councillors, Collyer, Freeman and Boston agreed to provide an initial recommendation to the Parish Council. The Core Strategy looks at requirements for house building in the South Derbyshire area over the next 15 years.

■ It was agreed to donate £100 to the Royal British Legion as a contribution towards a memo-

rial plaque to be located on the wall of the Senior Citizens building in memory of eight Royal Engineers who lost their lives in Melbourne during World War II. ■ The planning application for the “importation of inert soils and drainage improvements at Melbourne Recreation Ground on Cockshut Lane” was declined. The application considers the raising of the sloping football pitch. Cllr Collyer advised that 48,000 cubic metres of soils would be brought to the site with access and traffic implications.

Drainage details were not explicit, neither quality of soil infill, leaving Cllr Collyer to state “plans are just not adequate”. Chairman Smith advised additional information and meeting will be sought.

■ The Parish Council clearly doesn’t want to let the damage last summer to the Recreation Ground Pavillion fence go unresolved. Cllr Jackson gave authority to pursue the matter via the County Court, subject to further invetsigation.

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Wright man for job AT the 36th Annual General Meeting of Melbourne Civic Society, Ian Turner stood down as chairman – as is customary after three years in office. Neil Wright is his successor.

In his final report Mr Turner said that 107 planning applications had been reviewed during the past year during which time SDD Council had required a changeover from postal communications to the accessing of planning applications via e-mail links. "It is regrettable that those without computers are now excluded from the planning consultation process," he said.

He added that the Society had made representations to SDDC on its 20-year Local Development Framework proposals and urged that some attention be given to the need for affordable homes and housing for the elderly, in line with the Parish Plan proposals.

Although there will be no Civic Award this year due to lack of nominations, Mr Turner said he was pleased to see that progress was being made on the restoration of the Tithe Barn.

He spoke of the benefit to the Society from the presence of Dr. Paul Grimley on the committee in his role as vice-chair and ICC Officer (Independent Consultative Committee, East Midlands

â—? Melbourne Civic Society comiitee officers are Paul Grimley, Ian Turner (retiring chair, but remaining on the committee), Neil Wright , Pam Adams and Dave Calvert (treasurer).

Airport) and thanked the committee for their hard work and support. He expressed the view that Melbourne Civic Society is an active community group contributing to improving the quality of life in the town and he wished it a prosperous future.

The secretary, Pam Adams, thanked Mr Turner for his hard work and dedication throughout his three years in office.

She went on to detail activities which had involved the younger generation including children at Melbourne Junior and Infant schools again planting bulbs and Athenaeum Youth

Club members being invited to join the November Litter Pick.

The stone plaque at the Holy Well had been cleaned and the Guides plan to do a well dressing there on May Day. All the committee members were reappointed for another year of office and Mr Wright presented the outgoing chairman with two clematis plants for his garden and a tubtrug for use in his allotment.

The AGM was followed by an illustrated talk from one of its members, Malcolm Taylor, who told the fascinating tale of the research he had done on his

house in Bondgate in Castle Donington. He discovered a cruck frame construction dating back to 1553.

He traced the history of one of its occupants, that of a well known Quaker, Ruth Follows.

She lived from 1717 to 1808 and pursued her ministry as far away as Ireland leaving her husband, George, to look after their children.

The next meeting of Melbourne Civic Society will be on Monday, April 26, at 7.30pm in the Leisure Centre when Jo Carter will talk about the Life of a Lady's Maid.

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THANK YOU Trish and the family of Anthony (Tony) Roger Maffin would like to take this opportunity to say a sincere thank you for all the prayers, cards, flowers and kind words, both before and following the death of Tony.

A true gentleman.

Thanks also for the donations to the 'Treetops Hospice' and the 'Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund'.

With temptation everywhere how the fudge cake is anyone supposed to stick to a diet?

COUNTY councillors met with Kings Newton residents at Trent Lane in March to discuss the issues raised regarding the number, size and frequency of vehicles using Trent Lane as an access route to the caravan park and industrial premises.

David Hagues, spokesman for the residents, said: "It was a good meeting. We all walked the route and the visitors

promised to go away and discuss the situation and come back to us. However, it was agreed that the Tarmac footway should be cleared and refurbished."

The group is pictured holding the on-site meeting at the junction of Main Street and Trent Lane when proceedings were interrupted by a large lorry and trailer trying to negotiate the turning past the stone cross.

Following in the steps of last year's guests Sid Gregson and Sheila Blood, the organisers have invited Joe and Paddy Laban to be guests of honour and open the 2010 event.

Joe and Paddy have been major contributors to the carnival from its outset right up to the present day. Since anyone can remember, their vehicles have been available to groups taking part in the procession. Paddy is probably the country’s oldest lady trucker. She passed her Class 1 Licence in 1988 at the age of 52 and she hasn't looked back since – except (of course) when changing lanes.

She still regularly hits the road driving a 44tonne, 60-foot rig but on carnival day she will be

taking a literal back seat in the lead car at the head of the procession together with husband Joe and going on to formally open the carnival.

Carnival secretary Rose Boston said: “Having Joe and Paddy is an honour for us and we were delighted when they agreed to be our guests for the day.”

Charlotte Heath will reluctantly give up her crown as Miss Melbourne on Friday, May 21, when the 2010 competition takes place at the British Legion Club on Derby Road.

Children from school years 7 to 11 are eligible to be Miss Melbourne and this year six attendants will be chosen from those attending infant and junior schools. To be eligible to enter contestants must live within the parish boundary of Melbourne.

Entry forms will be available from the middle of April (and are in this edition of Village Voice.)

For further information contact the pageant organiser, Tracey Ridley on 01332 863519.

GeaRinG up foR election day NOW that the General Election date has been fixed for May 6, there will be a flurry of activity from the prospective candidates.

The Returning Officer for South Derbyshire has held a meeting with the candidates and their agents, nominations for prospective candidates was delayed until after Parliament was dissolved on April 12.

Prospective candidates now have until 4pm on Tuesday, April 20, to submit their final nominations to the Returning Officer at the South Derbyshire District Council, in Swadlincote.

As the Village Voice went to press, the Returning Officer could not identify the nominations, but the BBC's Election website has named the following candidates so far: Flying Brick - Monster Raving Loony Party Alexis Diouf - Liberal Democrat Michael Edwards - Labour Heather Wheeler -Conservative Electors who wish to cast a postal vote must submit a registration application form with the District Council by April 20.

Road restrictions near school KEEP-CLEAR restrictions have been placed outside Melbourne Infant and Junior School campus to make it safer for pupils.

The measure has been introduced on Packhorse Road and Station Road and request drivers to

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A council spokeswoman said the changes are to "prevent parking near the school and make it safer for pupils arriving and leaving and safer for the crossing patrol".

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A TEAM of eight, aptly named as 'Melbourne Walkie Talkies' , will be taking part in the Playtex MoonWalk in Hyde Park, London, on May 15. They will be walking the moonlit marathon with another 15,000 walkers in decorated bras to raise funds for breast cancer.

As part of their fund-raising they held a Pink and Black Party night at Ticknall Village Hall on March 13. Over 100 supporters paid to be entertained by live band The Limit, eat supper by local caterer Kate Jackaman and dance the

night away. The hall was appropriately (or inappropriately) decorated to keep the fund-raising effort in mind.

If you missed out on the party but would still like to sponsor their efforts go to www.walkthewalkfundraising.org/melbournewalkietalkies or contact any of the team on 01332 863841.

Pictured (l to r) are Jane Radcliffe, Gina Walker, Wendy Flint, Rebecca Lee, Michelle Lewis, Heather Lowson, Jo Pearce and Dianne Holling.

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60-year marriage started on April 1 PETER and June White first met in 1946 and began their long life together. They became engaged two years later and in 1950 they married.

Their wedding took place at St Michael and all Angels at Elvaston on April 1, 1950, and they assured me that they were no April Fools, waiting until the afternoon before tying the knot.

They both lived in Derby with their parents and Peter was a fireman on the footplate of LMS locomotives following in his father's footsteps, who was an engine driver. June worked in accounts for Hulme Electrical Engineers and also helped her father organising the payment of wages for staff at the Alvaston Hotel, better known as the Round House, which he ran.

After their wedding they set up home in Derby and June went to work at Qualcast with Peter joining her in 1953. Peter became a bomb inspector on three inch and four point two inch mortar shells before moving onto lawnmower engines.

They moved to Breedon in 1954 where they took on board the running of the Holly Bush, although Peter continued working full time at Qualcast until 1963 when he left his post as chief inspector for a career change. Their son Paul was born in 1955 and two years later they left the pub and moved back to Derby where they stayed until moving to Barrow on Trent.

Peter had become a self-employed agent for an industrial cleaning company, a job that he continued to work at until he retired at the age of 68. June had returned to work and was employed by British Road Services but when they moved to Barrow she resigned and took on the running of the newsagents business from home.

They moved to Wilson and then to Marchington Woodlands in 1977. The move to Marchington resulted in Peter taking on more work in addition to his full time job, this time looking after 75 sheep on their 13-acre plot.

The sheep were yielding some 100-plus lambs each season and going to Uttoxeter Market became a regular trip before going off to do his real day job.

June, meanwhile, had taken

on board a short term,12-month auditing post for a marketing company but she enjoyed it so much she carried on doing it for 33 years.

The couple finally put down some permanent roots when they moved to Melbourne.

They continued to work in their respective jobs until they retired, Peter in 1996 and June in 1997.

They have both been busy people all their lives and with more house moves than most families, seven permanent adresses, you could be forgiven for thinking that they had little time for hobbies and pastimes but you would be wrong. June has been very active and involved with the Derby City Hospital fund raising committee, Draycott in the Clay agricultural society and dog show, Amateur dramatics, the WI at Newborough, Melbourne and Staunton Harold. She has been the Treasurer for The Harpur Crewe group of WIs for 16 years.

June is also an enthusiastic baker of cakes and has made the whole range of special celebration cakes to order. June took up sugarcraft in 1990 and became a committee member for

the Derby and District British Sugarcraft Guild. She also made their 60th Anniversary cake and decorated it demonstrating that she hasn't lost the knack.

In addition to working often at two jobs, Peter still found time for his passions, deep sea fishing and rifle shooting. He was a member of several shooting clubs including the RollsRoyce Gun Club for many years.

He has been a keen gardener and a member of Kings Newton Bowls Club but he now suffers from macular degeneration which has limited his ability to continue playing.

The couple are lively, outgoing, have lots to say and still enjoy each other’s company which, after 64 year, is both a blessing and a real achievement.

They celebrated the big day opening their special card from The Queen and lots of other cards from friends and family well-wishers before being treated to dinner by son Paul.

On the following Sunday they were joined by friends and family for a celebration lunch at the White House, Kegworth, with June's cake taking prime position.

– TM

Help . . . the Beavers need YOU THE Scout and Guide movement has been in existence for over 100 years and still continues today, providing young people with opportunities for personal development unparalleled by any other organisation.

What a shame that its continuation is often stymied because of the lack of leaders.

Local groups regularly need to appeal for support to enable the organisation to continue and that is the situation currently in Aston on Trent.

Unless a new Beaver Leader can be recruited within the next few months, this popular starting point for 6-8 year olds will have to close down.

Beavers in Aston meet on Tuesdays between 5.45pm and 7pm.

If you are able to help please do so now and contact Group Scout Leader Mick Lynch 01332 799519 or Group Chairman Ken Clamp 01332 792374.

Calke Abbey Forthcoming Events Calke Alive 20th Century

Monday 12 April 12.30pm – 4.00pm Come and meet some wartime characters from Calke in the 1940s.

Help the war effort with some make do and mend and then join us for a tea dance in the Riding School at 2.30pm.

Calke Abbey Fine Food Fair

Sunday 25 April 11am - 3.30pm Come and enjoy local food and produce grown, raised, baked or caught within a 30 mile radius of Calke. Our very own Calke chefs will demonstrate some culinary delights using the fresh local produce available on the day! Come and taste, see and buy from a wide variety of local producers.

Bank Holiday Weekend Craft Show

Saturday 1, Sunday 2 & Monday 3 May 10am – 5pm Adults £3.50 Child £1 (normal park admissions apply) High quality crafts and demonstrations of traditional skills. Face painting, Archery and Jelly Bean Juggling. For more information and advanced discounted tickets visit www.easternevents.com or call 01263 734711

Family Activities in Squirt the Stallion’s Stable Every weekend March to October 11.30am - 3.30pm Fun for the children every weekend with lots to make and do Our restaurant and shop are open everyday 10.30am - 5pm Normal Admissions Apply.

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Stars put on peak performance WHEN Julie Long, Melbourne Army Cadet Force Leader, asked a favour of an old friend, top Midlands cabaret star Marc Bolton, it was quite a simple request: “Is there any chance of you putting on a fund-raising cabaret event for the cadets’ Everest expedition?”

Julie was astounded when not only Marc turned up at the event held at the newly refurbished British Legion Royal Suite, but he brought five friends with him to perform.

And not just any old cabaret stars either; all of them perform regularly at top cabaret spots throughout the country.

They included Julie B, a former West End performer. The other performers, all headliners in their own right, were Kirsty, Mitch Corner, Marc

Bolton, Ricki Daniels and David Iliffe, who sang songs ranging from Michael Buble and Pavarotti to Elton John and Tina Turner.

They all took turns in performing for the 90 strong audience who had gathered to support the fund-raising evening. It seemed that the artists were enjoying the show as much as the audience.

Getting the singers to stop seemed to be the only problem for compere Marc.

The event raised a total of £300 for the Everest fund.

At the end of the night Julie thanked all the stars and the audience for their support.

Pictured from left to right, are Kirsty, Mitch Corner, Marc Bolton, Ricki Daniels, Louise B and David Iliffe.

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Young musicians show their skills

Adjudicators Mrs Margaret Eades and Philip Eley are pictured with winners of the Melbourne Young Musician competition. From the left : Matthew Jankinson, Katie Jankinson, Bethany Caswell, Joseph Jankinson, and Joanna Holroyd with Melbourne Rotary President Simon Leech.

THE Rotary Club of Melbourne held its 11th annual Young Musician of the Year competition at the Bill Shone Leisure Centre. The competition was sponsored this year by EMA, Melbourne Business Association and the Rotary Club of Melbourne. Foulds of Derby provided an excellent piano free of cost.

The afternoon session for beginners and Grades 1, 2 and 3 got off to a great start with the youngest ever contestant, Melbourne’s Toby Peart, only five and belying his age won the Beginners Section with his excellent piano rendition of War Drums.

The Grade 1,2 and 3 competition was won in convincing style by Chellaston's seven-year-old Bethany Caswell, beating Toby’s brother Bailey into second place.

The evening session was another triumph for excellent music with the Jankinson family from Aston on Trent featuring largely in both 5–6 grades and 7–8 grades.

Joseph Jankinson aged 13, competed in four different categories – vocal, piano, saxophone and oboe. Katie, his sister, aged 12, competed at grade 6 piano and at grade 8 violin, younger brother, 10year-old Matthew, competed in three different cat-

egories in the grade 5–6 competition, playing piano, violin and trombone.

Swarkestone’s Tom Osborne, aged 13 and now playing regularly with Newhall Brass Band, played a quality rendition of Buster Strikes Back on his trumpet and 15-year-old Joanna Holroyd, of Repton, who had won this competition for the past two years, played a Rachmaninoff Sonata on her cello which was superb.

The adjudicators, Margaret Eades and Philip Eley, had the most difficult job and stated that there was very little between the winner and runner-up and that the standard of the music played by all competitors was extremely high.

They finally awarded first prize to Joseph Jankinson for his playing a section of a Mozart Concerto on the oboe, narrowly beating Joanne Holroyd into the runner-up spot.

Katie Jankinson was awarded the Liz Burney Trophy for the Best Under 15 performance for her violin playing of Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise.

Rotary President Simon Leech praised the musical skills and general behaviour of each and every competitor and stated that the Rotary Club was proud to be associated with such an excellent group of youngsters.

– R Webb.

OBITUARY TONY Maffin was born at home in Station Road, Melbourne, on May 29, 1945. He was subsequently educated in the village and, on leaving school, worked at Melbourne Engineering.

Known throughout the village and beyond as an accomplished sportsman, Tony played football for both Breedon and the successful Melbourne Town team of the 1970s (as featured in the January edition of the Village Voice). He was voted player of the year in 1979.

He always kept close to his roots in Melbourne and, due to his love of horse racing, he was a regular attendee of the Melbourne Racing Trips run from the Holly Bush Inn, in Breedon, to the Scottish Grand National in the early 1990s.

Tony worked for Rolls-Royce for more than 25 years and, more lately, he was employed by Pete Hawkins Limited.

Tony enjoyed attending the

theatre and was a fan of the musicals.

He also enjoyed travel, in particular to the Mediterranean. People knew Tony as a friendly, positive man with a sharp wit and an encyclopedic knowledge of Melbourne characters past and present. A true gentleman.

He suffered from a short illness and passed away peacefully at home. His funeral was held at a full United Reformed Church followed by a private cremation at Bretby and a gathering at the Melbourne Royal British Legion.

Tony leaves his wife Trish, daughters Maria and Joanna and sister Pat. He will be sorely missed by his family, friends and work colleagues.

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Memorial gate for norman A SHORT service was held at Calke Park for the dedication of a gate in memory of Norman John Clarke.

Norman was Farm Manager at Calke for many years and when the National Trust took ownership he became Head Warden.

During his stewardship from 1956 to 1997 he transferred the rundown estate improving it beyond recognition.

Among his various innovations and improvements, he will be remembered by many for introducing a marquee to the estate and inviting the public and their children, pupils from Melbourne schools and others, to observe the lambing at Calke.

The location for the positioning of the gate has been chosen with this memory and it is close to the lambing area.

A keen rotarian and a member of The Rotary Club of Ashby Hastings, the gate has been commisioned by his fellow Rotarians in his memory.

Pictured at the dedication are Joe Slater (grandson), Chris Clarke (son), Eve Clarke (wife), Jamie Wilson (grandson), Ray Stevens (joiner) and Sally Slater (daughter).

A guest at the dedication, Jill Cable, was moved to write the following poem:

Underfoot disturbed earth smells damp under dry leaves.

Old oaks, twisted and bulbous at their root, stand Among their dead limbs. Some lay wrapped in moss, Others stretch out naked, smooth as bones.

A small group in barbour blue and green, has gathered By a gate, honey rich and smelling sweet of newness.

One figure discretely slips from navy fleece to snow-white Cassock. Swan among ducks, he requires attention.

All fall silent. Speech concealed in tiny prayer book, He dedicates the gate. He who cared for woodlands, Is now remembered. He tended all these trees and in His later years, he wept at their neglect.

The gate will open to the lambing pens.

He liked to wait here at the start of spring, To watch the wriggling blooded life, on faltering legs, Deny the domination, of the dying trees and carrion crow.

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FOR week after week of this long winter the silence of the valley b Staunton Harold Hall has been rive the whirr of chainsaws and the splin ing thud of falling trees. Not plea sounds, distressing to many people, maybe calling for some words of expl tion.

Since mediaeval times this valle both sides of the Serpentine Lake known as the Little Deer Park; its la cousin lay near to Lodge Farm ove Breedon on the Hill. At the time of First World War, as my father told me, the deer escaped and there was ther manpower or money to re-im them. Thereafter the tenant farme the Home Farm grazed his cattle o western side of the lake, but the eas slope was fenced out.

The result was that the parkland t and especially the sycamore, colon much of the bankside while bracken vaded the northern slopes.

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PIANO / CLARINET TUITION Theory of music Contact: Janet Moorhouse in Diseworth Telephone: 01332 812330 THE lambing at Calke Park was a popular visitor attraction again this spring. Jennie Lloyd, warden, Dot and Ray Thompson with grandson Harry Thompson of Aston on Trent and Bill Cove, Head Warden, are pictured below in the marquee.

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The Salon will be open for business on Friday 16th April and will offer hairdressing for ladies, gents and children.

Senior Citizens will be given discounts on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

silenT g cold below en by interasant e, and lanaey on e was arger er by of the d it to s neimpark mer at of the astern trees, nized en inplan of the early

photograph and the 1901 Ordnance Survey map informed their scheme. It detailed a phased programme of clearing the adventitious trees and scrub starting from the northern end. This proved harder to carry out than we anticipated. We could not find local farmers to graze the first cleared section and nine years later it had to be cleared again. The answer has been to import our own farmer, in the shape of son-in-law Andrew Large. Andrew's cattle and sheep maintain the parkland herbage and prevent the trees re-growing, and this winter we have made the last great push to complete the 15-year-old scheme. Several of the grand old giants are still there, oak and lime and sycamore, and we have retained younger specimens, mainly oak, to maintain the parkland appearance.

Some holly and lakeside birch have also been kept for their scenic contribution.

While this has been going on we have also rebuilt the last 200 yards of stone deerpark wall, another victim of war-time neglect. All in all this winter has seen the greatest improvement works of any in our family’s tenure, but it is sobering to reflect that we have only put things back to how this valley looked 100 years ago.

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Three workers from the youth service join the team at the Athenaeum each Friday evening during term time working in partnership organising different activities for the young people such as competitions, quizzes and interactive discussions on different issues.

When the café closes the youth workers engage in outreach youth work. This work is primarily about engaging young people in a programmes of informal educational activity – designed with them to promote their personal and social development.

In March, local beat officer PC Deborah

Croxall and her colleague PCSO Chris Bromily visited the Athenaeum so the young people could ask any questions they may have had for them.

It was also an opportunity for the young people to get to know the police working in the community and it was well received.

The Athenaeum also hosted a course for youth workers, looking at the basics of working with young people in a church setting providing support and guidance for leaders from churches in the county.

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The birds in your garden

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Photographs will be taken during the evening and be used for promotional purposes by the Melbourne Fete and Carnival Committee. Please sign below (parent or legal guardian) that you have read and understood the details contained in this form and you give permission for the person named above to enter the competition.

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Entry Forms to the box at Melbourne Royal British Legion, Melbourne Post Office or 52 Queensway DETAILS ● Miss Melbourne and her 6 attendants will be chosen by a panel of judges specifically selected as they have no connection with Melbourne and live outside the area. ● Entry to the evening is £1 per person payable on the door, entry to the competition is free. There will be a disco on the evening. ● Entrants to the attendant’s competition must be accompanied by an adult ● Judging will take place at 8pm onwards, the evening will conclude at approximately 10pm.

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WHEN David Tideswell visited the Ticknall Garden Club in March to take “A seasonal look at Birds” he questioned the members about what birds they had seen in their gardens during the winter months. All the usual visitors were mentioned, and these were what he spoke about.

David described the habits of these birds, where they like to nest and sleep, the cover they like and their preferred food. He gave advice on situating bird feeders in the garden and what food various species prefer. Red mesh peanut containers will attract some birds – worth noting.

He has found it best not to mix foods as each bird will only take what it likes and the rest will be wasted and probably grow in your garden. The need for cleanliness was stressed – bird feeders should be cleaned thoroughly at least every two weeks to avoid disease among the birds.

David concluded his talk with a slide show of birds found in our gardens. He had brought with him his booklet on garden birds together with various bird feeders all of which were for sale and much appreciated by his audience.

The next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 13, when Linda Smith will speak about bog gardens. On Sunday morning, April 18, the club will hold its bumper plant sale in the village hall. – PB

SCOTT Parsons and Lucy Russell were married at Disney World in Florida attended by their family. The marriage was blessed at Melbourne Parish Church when they returned.

Scott is the grandson of Reg Moore and works as a PE teacher at Melbourne Infant School and coaches the children in Melbourne who play for Melbourne United Football Club.

Scott and Lucy pictured on their wedding day in Florida.

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Maurice’s book continues our sporting links LINKING Melbourne to sporting moments, especially soccer, has been a feature in the Village Voice over the last couple of issues and this month the links continue.

Melbourne News currently has a window display for a new book on soccer legends Peter Taylor and Brian Clough. The book has been launched by Maurice Edwards, the former chief scout for the pair during their careers at Burton Albion, Hartlepool, Brighton and Nottingham Forest and Taylor’s return to Derby.

Entitled Brian and Peter - A Right Pair, the book was launched at Burton's Albion Pirelli Stadium on March 22.

The occasion included a book signing by Maurice and was also a great opportunity for autograph hunters with many former players from Derby and Forest present.

The connection with Melbourne is through Melbourne News. Maurice took over the newsagents from former Derby favourite Willie Carlin before handing on to the current proprietor Margaret and Michael Wheatley 10 years later.

The time spent in Melbourne was described by Maurice in a letter to the Village Voice as being “the happiest period we had spent in the retail newspaper business for both myself and my wife Edna".

Wednesday Group’s new programme THE Wednesday Group will start the new six-week programme on April 21 with a visit from Don Watson, who will be talking about “The Jersey Occupation Remembered”.

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Hall’s well for £90k facelift VILLAGERS in Aston on Trent are delighted that work has started on the refurbishment of a small community hall thanks to a £45,000 grant from Biffaward – an environment fund managed by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts which uses landfill tax credits donated by Biffa Waste Services.

The project is a partnership activity between All Saints’ Parish Church Parochial Church Council and the Local History Group with the Biffaward grant covering the main phase one construction costs.

The dilapidated building in the grounds of All Saints’ Parish Church is being given a £90,000 extension and facelift to meet the residents’ requirements for a venue suitable for meetings and social group activities. The refurbishment will also incorporate a local heritage centre within the building for the storage of, and public access to, historical archives and artefacts.

Three years of local fund-raising activities have

been topped up by the Biffaward grant enabling the building to have a new roof, additional storage and meeting space plus accessible modernised facilities, fixtures and fittings suitable for all users.

The venue will cater for the needs of over 30 village social, leisure and learning organisations that require an ambient environment for their members.

The project has also been supported with a £5,000 award from the Lafarge Aggregates Landfill Communities Fund.

Bob Read, project chairman, said: “Raising substantial funds to support the community is always a mammoth task, but the Biffaward and Lafarge grants have been fundamental elements of the jigsaw; their support means we can now look forward to a superb venue of lasting benefit to Aston on Trent.”

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New wood is taking shape CHILDREN from Melbourne Infants School, friends and family planted the last of their English oaks in the new Roundlet Wood, at the top of Cockshut Lane, Melbourne.

In total, almost 2,600 British native trees have been planted, a new pond dug out and the old Hessle pear orchard has been given a new lease of life with fruit trees such as Newton Wonders, Blenheim Orange, conference pears and greengage plums.

The woodland will be a riot of colour in years to come: over 2,000 English bluebells and snake's head fritillaries have been planted and new meadows sown.

Roundlet Wood was created by Gillian and Peter Innocent of Melbourne as a part of the National Forest’s Changing Landscapes Scheme (CLS).

“The help and advice from the team at the National Forest Company has been invaluable,” says Gillian, “but special thanks go to Angus Hancock of Cameron Forest and Garden Ltd., who listened to our ideas, drew up this brilliant plan and, as project manager, was second to none.

“The wood will take a few years to establish,” said Peter, “but we have a great diversity of wildlife already including, for example, redwings, lapwings, red-legged partridges and buzzards. We are still waiting for a barn owl to take up residence in its box.”

Roundlet Wood should be open to visitors by mid-April with parking available at the Melbourne Recreation Ground.

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‘Faster daddy’ is inspiration for Simon’s marathon effort ONE local athlete has been identified as an entrant for this year's Virgin London Marathon.

He is Simon Durston-Smith, who will be running for the second time and hoping to beat his 2008 time of 3 hours 43 minutes.

Although he is not on a bonded place, Simon has decided to run in aid of Cancer Research UK and sponsorship donations can be made via his Virgin Money Page – uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SimonDurstonSmith.

With a generous gesture, Simon's employer DHL/NHS Supplychain has committed to double whatever money raises through sponsorship making a great incentive for Simon to secure lots of monetary support.

Simon is a member of Shelton Striders and regularly takes part in local runs. He can often be seen on his training runs around Melbourne with his three-year-old son Oliver in his pushchair and if you listen carefully you may hear the words "faster daddy" as he demands more speed.

Making the trip to London to support Simon on April 25 will be his wife Fiona, Oliver and seven-month-old Leo. Simon is pictured with Oliver setting out on one of his training runs.

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AnoRAkS not So SAd now THE Melbourne Quiz has once again proved to be a winner, confirming that the social calendar for Friday nights in January and February would not be the same for the hundreds of competitors and supporters without it.

This year’s quiz provided an increased number of exciting competitions week by week as the 32 teams fought it out for a place in the final with several dead heats requiring additional questions to be added on for sudden death results.

Surprisingly, there were no byes this year and very few walkovers. Are the standards improving?

Reigning champions and multiple winners Kings Newton Bowls Club opened the door for a new name on the trophy

when they bowed out in the quarter-finals to The Sad Anoraks, previous winners, and who went on to win this year's competition. In the final they triumphed over St Michael’s Players by one point in a closely fought encounter.

Sick Club Row took on The Rest of the World and won to take the third place slot.

Dr Joanna Hocknell, head of McMillan Continuing Care – this year's chosen charity – was presented with a cheque for £1,300, the proceeds of the quiz.

The winning team members are (left to right) Frank Hughes, Vickie Hughes, Dr Joanna Hocknell, Steve Hollingsworth, Joe McAleese with quiz master John Elliott.

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THE latest gig at the Royal British Legion’s refurbished Royal Suite saw headliner Miles Jupp take the accolades for another good evening of comedy.

His upper-middle class parody of life drew the audience into his world of apparent indecision and fatherhood. His act was well timed, well delivered and highly professional.

Mancunian compere Phil Ellis was also a big hit with the crowd. Highly entertaining, his quick

wit and banter with the audience carried the other two acts. He also carried some of the audience – quite literally Skye High!

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MELBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL QUARTERLY REPORT MARCH 2010 Cemetery The process of transferring the burial records to an electronic format continues and the cemetery continues to be well maintained.

Highways The condition of the roads, particularly the number of potholes is of concern and representations have been made to the County Council to carry out essential and urgent repairs. The gritting provision is also being reviewed. Dog fouling complaints are often received and a request is made for dog owners to clear up after their dogs.

Leisure Centre A public meeting was held on January 18th to consider the proposal made by a Community Group to manage the Centre and discussions are being held between the Community Group and SDDC General The Parish Council welcomed a new member, Cllr Rose Boston.

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It looks all over bar the shouting for Old Plough THE Old Plough at Weston on Trent seems doomed to be demolished. Closed by Punch Taverns in March, 2009, the property is scheduled to be redeveloped by a Staffordshire property developer, JVH Town Planning Consultants, if the South Derbyshire District Council planners give the planning application the thumbs-up, The controversial planning application, issued on April 1, is to demolish the existing long established pub, and build 11 "modest cottages", four for two-bed homes, and seven for three-bed homes. Parking spaces are planned for 22 vehicles, and a new entrance onto the Main Street, it is claimed, will reduce the hazards which the pub had suffered from.

The application is not welcomed by some villagers, unhappy to see the end of a pub which has been a local focus for well over 100 years. There was a parish council open meeting on March 15, when several local residents proposed listing the building, to retain the village landmark.

But it seems unlikely that a listing could be arranged within the time span of the planning application. The planning consultation ends on April 22.

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The application, if granted, will seal the fate of the pub.

The Old Plough has had an increasingly difficult time under the ownership of Punch Taverns.

Within the application is a statement that each of the three tenants had made significant losses – a figure of £70,000 was

quoted as the losses made cumulatively by the last three landlords – and "trade had diminished to an eventually unsustainable level".

The housing proposed is stated to be in character with other recent developments.

The developers believe that the pub should be demolished "on grounds of health and safety", because the empty building has suffered from vandalism and theft.

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A CONCERT was held in the Weston Village Hall to celebrate and induct the new stage which has been bought with a grant obtained from the Co-operative Society Community fund for £1,962. Those taking part in the concert were from various local community groups representing the whole village.

Members of the village hall committee are pictured at the event together with John Crouch, from the Co-op Community Fund: Daryl Dawson, Chris Scott, Nikki Goddard, Rev. Michael Rogers, Vanessa Hurt, Bev Chamberlain, Charlotte Williamson and Ian Chamberlain.

Festival workshops up and running MELBOURNE Festival is back in business for 2010 and is once again organising workshops for the spring.

On offer is a full day workshop on Saturday, April 24, which is being run by Cheryl Wilbraham, an artist who regularly exhibits at the Melbourne Festival. The workshop is aimed at either beginners or those wanting to brush up on their skills.

The cost is £45 for the day and anybody interested should contact Helen Saunders on 01332 865342.

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FOLLOWING the failed attempt to bring F1 to Castle Donington and the collapse of the business Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd there has been a remarkable upswing of interest to restore the circuit and bring motor sport back to the region.

There have been a number of campaigns but the latest website-led initiative promoting a rally that took place on March 7 worked wonders.

Thousands of Donington Circuit supporters turned up for a bumper day out with Auto Jumble, trade stores and classic and vintage enthusiast clubs all at the circuit. The current owner of Donington, Kevin Wheatcroft, also offered a discounted entrance fee to the magnificent museum.

The event, a major occasion that may impact on the future of the circuit was organised by Lee Coombs, who on the website said "a huge thank you to everyone for turning up and making it such a fantastic day".

Lee is also encouraging people to join the Facebook group which already has over 11,000 members. For more information visit the website: savedonington.co.uk Donington is still to be the venue for the 2010 Download event which will be held in June. It will be the 30th anniversary of the event which started in 1980 as Monsters of Rock with Download taking over in 2003.

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New tree for old A SHARP-EYED Melbourne resident has contacted the Village Voice to draw attention to the disappearance of the oak tree and metal guard from Castle Square. He questioned if this was the council's answer to Melbourne's parking woes!

We are pleased to report that Melbourne Civic Society is responsible and has told us: "We have replaced the tree in Castle Square because, although the oak tree had been in the ground more than 15 years, it had never grown well.

"The hole has been enlarged and edged with granite setts. A London plane tree has been planted instead as it is more resistant to pollution and the metal guard has been refurbished. It all looks rather smart and we hope this tree will flourish."

Fun run for Haiti IT has been decided by the organisers that all surplus funds from the Melbourne Fun Run event will go to the Haiti Earthquake Appeal.

There is still time for competitors to get their entries in for either the 11.4km race for the keen runners or the 5.6km “Funny Bunny Run” for less serious participants. The Fun Run is taking place on Sunday, April 18. Entries in advance, by April 11, at £10 (with under-16s £5), but competitors can enter on the day, at £12 and £6 respectively.

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Question Time is the answer for young Lee EACH Thursday evening Chellaston School pupil Lee Allen returns home after a three-hour shift at a local store and settles down for his weekly fix of political confrontation. That’s right, he switches on TV to watch Question Time.

Lee loves the show saying: "It never fails to captivate me. The colourful panellists, the topics discussed and the energetic audiences almost always make for great viewing, even on arguably the blandest evening of the week."

In the run-up to last year’s European Elections, Lee quickly became more informed on the topics debated on the show and found himself joining in from the safety of home. On a whim, he decided to apply to be a member of the audience for the pre European Election broadcast.

Lee received a phone call informing him that he’d been selected to attend the show taking place the very next day.

"The show was jaw-dropping," said Lee, " and I even contributed to the debate, questioning the European Union and our membership of it."

After his 'great experience' Lee decided to produce a version of the show at school with a group of local politicians.

His motivations for organising this event were more than just selfish. His belief is that the vast majority of our youth are uninterested and uninformed in modern politics – perhaps because they feel alienated from or are unaware of those who represent them on a local, national and European level.

So earlier this year, the Chellaston version of Question Time took place. Ahead of a decent turnout of pupils from both lowerschool and sixth-form along with senior and general teaching staff, Lee took his seat at the centre table to the wholly unexpected ‘Rocky 4’ entrance music.

"The inclusion of this intentionally created both entertainment and tensionpumped build-up prior to the debate, keeping the atmosphere friendly, but showlike," said Lee. He was joined by UKIP’s Derek Clark MEP, Labour’s long serving South Derbyshire MP Mark Todd, local Chellaston Conservative councillor Matthew Holmes and Chellaston School head teacher Roman Ruszczynski before welcoming the crowd to the show and going to question number one.

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prove them wrong. Many of the jibes, though, were between the politicians themselves. Councillor Holmes proposed the impossible extension of the already vast Chellaston School.

Both Mr Todd and, particularly, Mr Ruszczynski responded with wry smiles and barely disguised laughter.

Mr Todd also found himself the recipient of Mr Ruszczynski’s entertaining pops, when he questioned if MPs should really be giving financial advice to constituents, given recent events.

UKIP MEP Mr Clark attempted to prove that his party does not hold wholly far-right views by responding in a varied and intelligent manner to each query.

Instead, it was Mr Todd who made the most controversial comment. Answering a question on the issue of strong leaders, he claimed that ‘there’s not one on the ballot paper’, obviously including Labour Party leader and Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

The programme concluded to a barrage of applause. A great success and already, plans for a second are in the works.

If you’d like to hear the show you might still catch it on the school website: www.chellaston.derby.sch.uk/joomla, where a link will be posted for the next few weeks.

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No cliff-hangers with Shaddows around FIVE wins out of six and in the latest game five goals scored – all by Joseph ‘Shaddows’ Shadbolt – left Marlborough Rovers the latest to leave the Melbourne Recreation Ground dejected.

This latest Wanderers' win was truly memorable for passion, skill, passing and defending as a unit and captivated the best allround team performance since the club was formed in 2006 when the lads were mere youngsters at under 11.

Four years on and at under 15 level Melbourne have talented individuals and a great team and work ethic. Defensively Wanderers have an increased reassurance and this win saw their first clean sheet this year. Jack Stanley, adopting a new central defence position in recent games, has complemented last season's player of the

year Alex O’Brien.

Marlborough themselves are no easy ride so a 5-0 score-line was a great achievement. After initially riding the Rovers' storm with the away team hitting the crossbar, on 14 minutes Thomas Jackson threaded the ball neatly through to Shadbolt, who slid the ball past the advancing keeper.

Twenty minutes later Daniel Toon took on the Marlborough defence and eased the ball across the face of the goal for Joseph to make it 2-0 at half-time.

Just after the break came the third and fourth with Joseph following up on shots from Daniel Toon and Jack Goodband respectively, the fifth tapped in from close range came following a Jack Goodband cross on 70 minutes. – SB.

Bloomin’ Blue Bell are up to fifth in table THE Blue Bell Inn football team had a good month which began with a stunning 5-0 win against FC Brookside.

Goals from Adam Birch, Adam Biggs and Dan Wileman and two from Jack Tivey did the damage.

A close game against Cavaliers saw the Bell go down 2-1 with Scott Williams getting the consolation. Williams then bagged a brace in their 2-1 victory over Darley Sports. This result put the Bell in fifth place in their encouraging first season with just a few games left.

STREAMLINE FC had just two games in March and began with an unbelievable 7-1 thrashing of Long Eaton Magpies. Lee Hoyle led the way with an amazing five goals with Luke Chamberlain and Daz Bray getting the other two.

A 5-2 loss followed against West Park with Lee Hoyle and Daz Bray again getting on the scoresheet.

CLERK TO TICKNALL PARISH COUNCIL Ticknall Parish Council requires a Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer to provide professional support and advice in all aspects of the Council’s work.

Candidates need to be computer literate, competent in all aspects of administration including financial management, and have an understanding of local government regulations governing the conduct of Parish Council business.

The applicant should preferably hold the Certificate in Local Council Administration, although this is not absolutely essential. However, we would expect you to train for and acquire this qualification in due course, at the Parish Council's expense.

Salary – Local Government Scale SCP15 £8.344per hour to SCP17 £8.747 per hour for a minimum of 4 hours per week. This pay scale could be subject to negotiation in the event of exceptional experience or qualifications. The Clerk will work from home for which an annual allowance of £100 is paid.

MELBOURNE Cricket Club has been running Saturday morning Kwik Cricket training sessions for youngsters at Melbourne Leisure Centre.

Pictured are Tel Potts, Jim Jenkinson, Mike Starkie and Barrie Stanton with a young group enjoying their morning.

Cricket fans out in Force . . .

TICKNALL Cricket Club was one of 1,500 nationally taking part in the Nat West Cricket Force 2010 event at the end of March.

This wasn't the start of the playing season but a DIY event involving members and supporters volunteering to get their grounds and club houses into shape for the season ahead.

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A 10-PLAYER under-8s squad, represented Melbourne RFC in the first tag Rugby festival fixture of the season, hosted by Ashby RFC. The hard work and commitment of the team as they took on Nottingham, Loughborough and Lichfield in their pool before beating Atherstone in the semi-finals, took them into a final that set up a rematch against Loughborough for the overall shield competition honours.

Having seemingly given everything they had to take the game to an 8-8 draw, and with the clock counting down to the final whistle, the players rallied to the calls of the coaching team and ‘Barmy Army’ of supporters to dig even deeper.

They repulsed a final Loughborough attack with solid defensive work, piling on the pressure to force an error and turn the ball over before running in a try from deep in their own half to win 9-8.

The team scored a staggering 48 tries in the five games played en-route to winning the shield, but just as pleasing was the subsequent award of the festival ‘Fair Play’ trophy in recognition of the spirit in which the team approached each game, interacted with the officials and conducted themselves throughout the day.

Separately, two fellow MRFC U8 players – Thomas Gaunt and Thomas Lloyd-Jones (who happened to be there supporting his brother in the U7s) – gallantly stepped forward to help out Lichfield RFC, who were struggling with depleted numbers due to illness. A true display of the spirit of rugby!

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This was followed by Melbourne's worst display of the season at home to Mickleover RBL Reserves, a team who are two leagues below them. Paul Swallow put the home side in the lead but a shocking second half performance allowed the visitors to claim a giant-killing 2-1 victory.

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Melbourne Dynamoes Reserves had just three games in March and started with a thumping 5-0 away win against Findern Reserves. An Adam Dolman hat-trick along with a stunning Vinny Hallifield strike and a Dom Hudson penalty racked up the goals.

This was backed up with a hard-fought 1-1 away draw at high-flying Wirksworth Town Reserves with skipper Dave Dunhill securing the point. Greg Salisbury's men lost the final game of the month with a 2-0 defeat at Sandiacre Town Reserves.

Matt finishes help Rangers TICKNALL Rangers came through a very tough month which started at home to third placed Whittington, a Matt Archer brace claiming a point in a 2-2 draw.

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The memory of a disappointing 71 away defeat with the consolation goal from Craig Hall was erased the following week as Ticknall ended March with a battling 3-1 victory thanks to another Matt Archer double, one a penalty, and an Alex Slater finish.

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