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COVID-19 vaccinations for patients of Melbourne and Chellaston Surgery have begun.

The surgery told the Village Voice on January 6 that as of that date, 139 patients had so far received a vaccine.

These were given at Royal Derby Hospital to surgery patients who were either admitted or at-

tended an outpatient appointment.

As of Thursday January 7, a vaccination programme was due to start at Derby Arena, in which Melbourne and Chellaston Surgery is participating.

The first priority group for those vaccines is people aged 80 and over.

The surgery said staff had started to ring elderly patients living in their own home to invite them to attend the Arena for their vaccine.

“We are delighted that our eldest patient still

living independently, aged 99, is attending for his vaccine at the Arena tomorrow,” said practice manager Alison Coomer on January 6.

Melbourne and Chellaston Surgery has not been sent vaccines itself, so cannot administer any at its own surgery premises.

Surgery clinical staff will be helping out with the Arena vaccination programme.

Derbyshire and Derby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said: “We will shortly be sharing more detailed information with regard to the vac-

IT’S the end of an era at the Village Voice as this edition marks the first without Robert Parker’s Country Living column.

After 28 years of continuous contributions Robert (pictured right at his farm) has decided to put down his pen.

See Page 5 for a look back at this popular feature.

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“This has been the subject of very stringent rules and regulations and you can be assured that the NHS is working around the clock to finalise the details. We are very confident that most vaccination hubs will be in place by early to mid-January.

“The vaccines storage requirements have severely limited the locations from which the vaccines can be stored and given. We now have the approval of the Astra Zeneca/Oxford vaccine and this will enable us to plan for many more vaccination centres, because this vaccine is easier to transport and store.

“Patients aged 80 or over, care home staff and healthcare staff are the first priority groups for vaccinations, and these will be broadened once more vaccine becomes available.

“Patients will be contacted when their vaccine is available and we are asking everyone to avoid contacting their surgery in the meantime. It is possible that people are hearing of neighbours or friends receiving their vaccination, but this will only be because they are registered with a GP practice that is in the first round for the vaccination programme rollout, or are a member of NHS or adult care staff.”

Meanwhile, at its meeting on January 5, Melbourne Parish Council voted to formally complain about the service offered at Melbourne Surgery to the CCG. The meeting heard how a representative from the surgery had attended an extraordinary meeting of the parish council to discuss various issues raised over recent months, saying that efforts were being made to improve communications.

The majority of councillors voted to take the matter further with the CCG.

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Church project is finally completed

A HUGE project to transform Barrow-upon-Trent’s ancient church was finally completed in time for 2021.

The work on the 10th century St Wilfrid’s Church was carried out by Matlock firm HA Briddon Ltd during lockdown in 2020.

Church warden Anne Heathcote said: “They worked on it as though they were working on their own house.”

She added: “We are delighted with it. We can’t wait to open the doors.”

The project to transform St Wilfrid’s began in 2014 with an emotional plea in the village newsletter that funding was needed to save the venerable building from potentially having to shut.

Heritage Lottery funding to the tune of more than £500,000 was granted three years later but the project in fact cost more than £800,000, with significant local fund-raising to see the work done.

“It’s been amazing,” said Anne. “People have been so generous, not just the grant funders, people locally have been so generous in supporting us.”

The aim of the project was to turn the church into a multi-use

community centre where worship could still take place.

The Victorian pews have all been removed, and many have ended up in the homes of local people.

Underfloor heating has been put in, plus wooden flooring, LED lighting and stacking chairs so that the space can be widely used for things like dance classes.

There are also interpretation boards outside telling visitors about the church’s history.

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RUNNING water has been finally installed at Swarkestone village’s church after building works were completed.

The new extension to St James’ Church means congregation members benefit from mod cons such as a toilet, disabled facilities, kitchen and meeting room for the first time.

When services are able to resume after current restrictions are lifted, it means parishioners will be able to brew themselves a cup of tea without water having to be transported to the church first.

Assistant church warden Pauline Sims said the extension was “beautiful”.

She said: “It will be wonderful not to have to carry water for flowers and cleaning and making

cups of tea after services.”

The extension to the church has been named The Harpur Room.

It features a kitchen that can be screened away if not needed.

Facilities, including the disabled access toilet, will be available for hire by small groups once Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) said members were looking forward to furnishing the room in the coming months.

The extension was funded by grants and other sources.

St James’ Church dates back to the 12th century, but was substantially rebuilt in the Victorian era.

THE ELF SERVICE

Village Voice January 2021 3 THESE elves were busy before Christmas delivering afternoon teas prepared and donated by Melbourne Tea Rooms to elderly people in the community.

Lou, owner of Melbourne Tea Rooms, said she had wanted to do something to spread a bit of festive cheer in 2020.

At Christmas time the previous year, the tea rooms had supported a special festive lunch put on for the elderly at The One Off, on behalf of Melbourne Community Care.

“This year, obviously, I thought they can’t do their lunch,” said Lou. “I suggested that they might like an afternoon tea.”

So Lou prepared 40 boxes of afternoon teas which were delivered to elderly people on December 22, by willing volunteers.

Maggie Dobby, from Melbourne Community Care and the Senior Citizens Centre, said: “Those who received them were absolutely delighted by her thoughtfulness and generosity, particularly when it has been such a difficult year for them.

“All agreed what a lovely supportive community we are privileged to live in.”

One recipient of an afternoon tea was Pauline Sims, of Swarkestone, who has recently lost her husband, Brian.

“It was a complete surprise,” said Pauline. “It was beautifully presented. The food was beautiful. I’m certain other people would have appreciated it as much as I did.”

Early vaccine jabs for Pool Cottage staff

l Elves Robyn Lawton, Charlotte Thompson, Jane Bland and Laura Gerrard with (right) Alison Thornhill from Melbourne Community Care.

CARE home staff at Pool Cottage in Melbourne were amongst the first people in the UK to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

Manager Emma Salt has told how she received her first shot of the BioNTech Pfizer vaccine on December 19.

Emma said that she had been contacted

by Derbyshire County Council on December 18 with the offer of receiving the vaccine.

Care home staff have been among the first people to be offered the jab, as they work with elderly people.

Emma said she signed up immediately and went to the Royal Derby Hospital the next day to be given the first of two shots, with her second due on January 12.

unwell.”

Working in a care home during 2020 has been tough on staff throughout the country.

But Emma said that early adoption of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) was definitely a good move.

She said: “As you can appreciate, it has been quite an ordeal for us, as it has been for everybody, but more so for us in care home settings, due to unfortunately things getting a little out of control in some care homes in the first wave in March and April.

“We are dealing with some of the most vulnerable in society, obviously.

“The one thing that really has done us a favour is we quite quickly and promptly started to wear masks in the home. We took temperatures when signing in and washed hands. area.

“Our staff all wore masks But in the Aston area, which includes Barthroughout. I’m a strong berow, Weston, Swarkestone, Chellaston, part liever that that is what has of Boulton Moor, Shardlow, Great Wilne, Amhelped us to be able to get baston and Elvaston, numbers grew to 44 through this.” cases in the week leading up to New Year – more than doubling from the week of DecemDeputy care home manager ber 19-25, when there were 18 cases reported.

Matthew Buckley, who has also The Village Voice asked The University received the first shot of the vacHospitals of Derby and Burton how many pacine, added: “The quicker we tients were currently on their wards with can get out of this the better.

Covid-19.

We’re only doing what we can.”

At that time, which was January 4, there – Lucy Stephens

She and deputy manager Matthew Buckley, and other staff at Pool Cottage, are among the first wave of more than half a million people in the UK to be offered the BioNTech Pfizer jab.

For Emma, it was an easy decision to make. “I’ve always said that I would go for it,” she said. “I see myself as quite privileged. I know people have worked very hard to get it (the vaccine). I don’t want to have to continue wearing a mask to work every day and I think it’s only right that I should have it.

“At the moment, they are saying we need to continue to take precautions. I believe it doesn’t stop you getting the virus but it reduces the effect of you becoming seriously

n VIRUS cases in South Derbyshire have seen a sharp rise recently, the latest available figures show.

Figures from Derbyshire County Council record that in the week leading up to New Year, from Boxing Day, there were 409 positive cases across the district. That was significantly higher than the previous week, when 266 cases were recorded.

But it was slightly down on the week between October 24-30, when there were 433 reported cases.

In the Melbourne area, which includes Kings Newton, Staunton Harold, Ticknall, Calke and Smisby, the picture has remained static with 11 cases reported in the week of December 26-January 1. Interestingly, the previous week, between December 19-25, there were also 11 cases reported in this

were 269 patients being treated with the virus at Royal Derby Hospital, and 150 at Queen’s Hospital in Burton.

Around 5,000 people had been administered with the Pfizer vaccine by the hospitals trust.

Festival shop needs new home THE Melbourne Festival gallery shop is looking for a new home!

The short-term lease on 2 Market Place, taken on in October 2019 while the owners were looking for a permanent occupier, lasted longer than anticipated enabling the festival to trial workshops, other new ideas and promote a wide range of local artists.

“It is disappointing to see the gallery close, of course, but I think we can be proud of our achievements during the last 12 months or so particularly in light of the pandemic,” said festival director Sharon Brown.

“Promoting local artists was one of the original objectives and, through the gallery exhibitions, retail sales and workshops many had an outlet

for their work they would not have had otherwise,” she said.

Another positive has been the level of support, not just from regular customers, but from the voluntary helpers who have given up time to work in the shop.

“We certainly could not have run it without their invaluable assistance,” she added.

The shop also provided a link to the festival even though the trail could not go ahead this year; the project “Little Memories of Melbourne” had a great response from local people; and the “Grasp” video produced what subsequently will be an enduring memory of the most unusual of times.

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MEMBERS of Derby Rowing Club paid their respects to a longstanding former colleague by raising their oars in a guard of honour at his funeral at Melbourne Cemetery.

Peter Rowbottom, formerly of Melbourne, had been a club member for more than 50 years.

He was 83.

Derby Rowing Club captain Martha Nutkins said: “I have been honoured to hear many happy memories of Pete and his family from his peers over the recent weeks – and it is evident for all that he was a lovely man who had a tremendous impact on everyone he met.”

It was a sad day indeed as the occasion was also the funeral of Peter’s only child, Matthew, who passed away just a few days after his father.

Peter was born in Repton to Raymond and Hilda. There were three children in the family: Peter, Jed and Janet.

Having been educated at St Mary’s Catholic School in Derby, he left school to spend a year in the coal mines, before joining the Navy.

Perhaps Peter’s time in the Navy inspired his lifelong love of the water and rowing. It took him twice around the world and he spent time on HMS Belfast, which he loved. Peter made many lifelong friends during his time in the Navy.

Shortly after he left the Navy, Peter (pictured) met Elaine, of Melbourne, at a dance hall in Derby, which later became The Spot. The couple were engaged for a year and married at St Mary’s Church in Derby on Feb-

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The total amount of the precept has been set at £82,100, which represents an increase of 2.99 per cent.

Currently, people living in a Council Tax Band D property are paying £38 a year. This will increase to £41 a year under the rise.

Melbourne Parish Council’s responsibilities include the cemetery, Lothian Gardens playground, the Christmas lights and the hanging baskets.

Parish council chair Sheila Hicklin told its meeting on January 5 that other areas were raising their precepts by a considerably higher amount.

“We are quite low compared to other areas,” she said.

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Peter embarked on his next career, working at the power station at the old railway in Derby, where he stayed for 30 years.

He and Elaine moved to a newly built house in Castle Mews in Melbourne.

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28 years of Robert Parker’s columns

“AT THIS time of year, farmers can be seen looking skyward to try and get some indication of the future weather … ” So began the very first Country Living column penned by local farmer and Melbourne parish councillor Robert Parker back in December, 1992.

It was the month when the first edition of our newspaper was printed and distributed, and Robert has been writing his column for us every month, ever since.

But all good things come to an end and he has now decided that his ink well has run dry.

The time has come, he says, for someone else to contribute their thoughts on country living for Village Voice readers once a month.

“I’ve written myself out!” says Robert. “I’ve started to repeat myself!”

Robert started writing the Country Living column for the Village Voice after his father, Andrew Parker, wrote one for the Melbourne Mercury.

Robert is a third generation farmer who looks after around 1,000 acres of land, a lot of which he undertakes on a contract basis. His father farmed at Derby Hills outside Melbourne before him, and his grandfather, Robert William Parker, was a hobby farmer whose main trade was in the boot and shoe industry – a prominent trade in Melbourne at that time.

Over nearly three decades of writing his column for us, Robert has documented the changes in farming that have been seen over that time along with observations on another topic of fascination in the UK: the weather.

In his first piece for the Village Voice, Robert told how the prevailing feature in previous years had been drought but, “now we don’t go for more than two days without a downpour”.

He also reported at that time having never seen so many berries on shrubs before.

Over the years since Robert has been farming, for many of which he has been writing his column, he has seen huge changes in the industry, with a shifting emphasis from food production towards looking after the environment. that there was a lapwing nesting somewhere,” he Robert says: “It’s changed astronomically. It’s says. changed out of all recognition,” adding: “When I But if Robert is stopping writing his regular started, we were still taking hedges out. We were column for the Village Voice, at the age of 68, he being paid to take hedges out, we were being paid has no plans to stop farming itself. to plant pasture out and improve it.”

“I’m quite happy working,” he says. “I like what Of the wild creatures that Robert has observed over the years, some populations have increased, I do. I’m lucky to have a job where I walk to work out of doors.” while others seem to have declined.

Canada geese, magpies, crows, rooks, badgers and wood pigeons seem to be abundant, says Robert Parker’s regular column will be Robert, while one of his favourite birds, the lapmuch missed by all of us at the wing, has become much more elusive than it was Village Voice. when he was a child.

We are very grateful to him for writing it “One of my greatest joys as a child was to know for us for 28 years.

GENEROUS residents have been warmly thanked for contributing to the 2020 Poppy Appeal, despite the pandemic having stopped many of the charity’s usual fundraising activities.

Brenda Sharratt, organiser of the Poppy Appeal in Melbourne and Ticknall, said that a grand total of £3,243.64 had been raised in the area last year.

That total was achieved despite the fact that collection tins had to come out of pubs when they were shut under November’s lockdown; no fund-raising events could take place; and there was no collection around the cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday this year, which in 2019 raised around £1,000s alone. Nor were there any door to door or face to face collections undertaken by Poppy Appeal volunteers.

But donations for items like wreaths and metal badges have at least meant some money has been raised.

“People have been so generous,” said Brenda. “They have been marvellous.

“We have been doing no fund-raising because we weren’t allowed to mix or gather.

“Everybody has given what they can and when they can.

“It’s been difficult, but it’s been good, and everybody has been in the same boat. Thank you to everybody.”

Assembly Rooms shut

MELBOURNE Assembly Rooms has closed during the current lockdown. The latest meeting of Melbourne Parish Council on January 5 heard how a decision had been made to shut the Assembly Rooms, following the announcement by Prime Minister Boris Johnson that England would once more be put under lockdown.

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A WELLBEING initiative based at Whistlewood Common has won a prize for helping people connect with nature.

Anne Bramley and Helen Saunders received the first Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT) Green Therapy Business of the Year 2020 award for cofounding Wellbeing at Whistlewood.

The initiative helps people connect with nature and each other in a year-round series of experiences at Whistlewood.

Due to Covid-19, the award was presented remotely to Helen and Anne at an online ceremony.

Wellbeing at Whistlewood is an off-grid enterprise at Whistlewood Common, 10 acres of community-owned woodland between Melbourne and Ticknall.

Therapists offer people activities such as retreats, wellbeing classes, creative workshops and forest bathing.

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l Anne Bramley (left) and Helen Saunders with their awards.

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Anne said: “This award is a celebration of the positive partnerships that helped us create a community for health, where people connect to nature.”

Helen said: “We are so delighted to receive this award and look forward to sharing our ‘Green Recovery’.”

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VISITS to loved ones who are residents at Pool Cottage in Melbourne have been made much easier thanks to a specially built pod.

Pool Cottage managers received infection control funding from the Government to create the safe and secure pod in the front room.

Installed by Clive Toon Joinery of Melbourne, the fully sealed pod is accessed from the outside. It means that residents can receive visitors they are able to see and hear in safety, thanks to the intercom system.

Manager Emma Salt said that the pod system was fully booked out on Christmas Day. “We have had to have restricted visiting through the pandemic,� she said. “Thanks to a Government fund we have been able to access, we have had a visiting pod built, which has been added into our front ground floor lounge of the house, which means that visitors can access it from outside directly into the pod without entering the main areas of the building, to enable them to access and visit their loved one. “It’s just been really lovely to see the faces on the residents being able to see their loved ones.�

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Residents have particularly enjoyed seeing young relatives for the first time.

Anne Cook, 90, said: “My son and his granddaughter, who was born in February, visited. It’s the most wonderful thing that’s happened to me. It’s wonderful to be able to see your visitors. I’m so proud of Pool Cottage for making sure we got that.�

Jayne Charles, of Melbourne, has been using the pod to visit her mother, Doreen White. She said: “It’s wonderful. It’s really good to be able to see mum because she only went into Pool Cottage in August and at the time I was able to see her in the garden. “I was aware that it would be very restrictive. “With the opening up of the pod, it’s been wonderful just to be able to see them again. The grandchildren went to see her yesterday and her face was wonderful. They sang to her – it was lovely, it really was. It’s made all the difference. “I’m just so happy with the care my mum gets there.�

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AS YOU may (or may not) know Whistlewood Common started in 2013 as the largest project of the Melbourne Area Transition group.

MAT started in 2010 with a bunch of locals who have been involved in lots of environmental projects locally, including initiating the installation of solar panels on the St Michael and St Mary’s Church near Melbourne Hall and starting a forest garden at the Junior School.

Whistlewood has taken up quite a lot of time of the Transition group folk, who as people are still interested in a really wide range of environmental issues – climate change, waste and recycling, sustainability, food growing, wildlife and tree health etc.

As a group we still want to support the local and South Derbyshire community to start other eco projects.

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We’ve also been given a grant to enable us to grow our Transition group too; we will be running several ‘What If‌’ visioning events (some online, some in person).

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We’ll be taking a trip to the future in the Transition Time Machine. What will we see?

Will there be more safe cycle paths, community compost sites, wildflower areas in the village, community shared electric vehicles, collective food growing and sharing?

The events will be an exciting way to connect with our future and give ourselves time to really think about what we want our street, village, area to look like and how it will feel to live there.

Change is coming but it doesn’t have to be doom and gloom; we can lead that change for the better.

If we want to have a greener cleaner environment the first step is to imagine what that might look like. Only then can we start the journey towards that vision.

Maybe you already have an interest in green issues or would like to know what you can do to reduce your carbon emissions.

To keep up to date with our activities, Melbourne Area Transition has a Facebook page; please like and follow us on that if you can – and we’ll keep you informed in the Village Voice too. – Katherine Parrish

It’s ale and hearty at the craft centre

LOCKDOWN has undoubtedly changed many of our lives, but it was the spark for a new local business set up in Melbourne Hall Craft Centre.

Owner of Stable Ales, Roger Lowe said that during the first period of restrictions he noted that he enjoyed great access to good wines, but there was nowhere locally selling craft ales, so felt there was a gap in the market.

He said: “And when we heard that the unit we were looking at in the Hall estate used to be its brewhouse we were just sold on it!�

It was the brewhouse from 1710 until 1904, when it became the stables. “We have restored many of the features in the building and put in some new features, like the light in the roof and cleaned up much of the ironwork.�

Roger has stocked the shop with beers sourced locally and right across the Globe. “As well as Dancing Duck and Blue Monkey, from Derby and Nottingham, we have Nest

from the Hitachino brewery in Ibaraki, Japan, and ales from several countries.�

Originally from Nottingham, but now resident in Melbourne, Roger was previously commercial director at Donington Park and worked for three years as a project manager for The Wheatcroft Group. “During my time at Donington I got to know a lot of people in the trade and running bars, so made some useful connections,� he said.

The intention is to stock craft beer and real ale from independents, which you do not find in supermarkets, and to offer advice akin to that you would normally expect in a fine wines shop. “All of them have been tried and tested by me,� he grinned, “so I am able to help customers make an informed choice. If, say, you like a zesty pale ale, I can point you to several similar brews to choose from.�

His wife, Nicola, is also involved in the business, although she is still working full-time at a local nursery. – Frank Hughes

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Senior citizens centre’s future in doubt

THE Senior Citizens Centre in Melbourne faces an uncertain future, with worries that this could be the final year of operation.

The centre on Church Street remains closed and, with the restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic, it is likely to be late spring or early summer before it can re-open to host events and classes.

Delivering gifts in the runup to Christmas, the charity’s committee was able to meet many older residents (at a safe distance) on the doorstep and hear how much the centre was missed.

As chair Maggie Dobby said: “It was impressed on us how the activities at the centre have been missed over the last year and how much the members look forward to congregating again as soon as it is safe.�

With the possibility that the land could be sold for housing development, and without any alternative provision secured, there is no assurance that this important community facility will be able to operate beyond the expiry of the current lease.

Last March, we reported how Melbourne Parish Council had been told that landlord Melbourne Hall & Estate had indicated they may not renew the lease when it was up, either this year or in 2022.

At the time, efforts were being made to designate the land where the bowling green currently is as a formal “local green space� which would prevent it from being built on.

But later last year, a report from a Government Planning Inspector revealed that the bowling green would not be given this protection.

Objections to the designation had been made

GOOD SIGN ... Roger Lowe at the craft centre.

WORKS to complete the new drainage system from the Melbourne Sporting Partnership (MSP) are likely to involve the closure of Robinsons Hill from February 1.

The installation of a new surface water sewer system will connect the new drainage under the rugby field to an outflow into the existing watercourse near Melbourne Pool, a distance of just under 1,000 metres.

The notification of the closure for the work shows that it is likely to take eight weeks and Robinsons Hill (the B587) is likely to be shut for a considerable part of that time, although it is indicated that the road will reopen as soon as the work is finished and may be earlier than currently advertised.

The alternative route will be via the B587 through Lount, then the A511 through Smisby and Ticknall, along the Common back towards Melbourne – roughly an 18-kilometre diversion. Emergency access and access to properties will be maintained whenever possible, it is advised.

As part of the same roadworks there will be a temporary closure of Ashby Road adjacent to the corner with Robinsons Hill towards Calke Road.

Further information about the work is available from Call Derbyshire on 01629533190.

Meanwhile at the MSP, construction work for the three new tennis courts is anticipated to begin this month and should be completed before the start of the new season.

The bar and function room remains closed and, while football has continued, no rugby is allowed at the present time.

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These included that the lease was of limited duration, and that the use of the bowling green was ancillary only to the use of the site for senior citizens, and therefore demonstrably not special to the whole community, which is what the designation would require.

Maggie added that it is â€œâ€Ś such a shame to face the loss of this central and essential facility, particularly when at the outset of the pandemic it was becoming a vibrant hub evidently so appreciated by its usersâ€?.

The land which is now home to the Senior Citizens Centre and the bowling green has been previously built on. It was bombed in the Second World War, destroying the buildings that were situated there and killing nine soldiers.

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In Barrow-upon-Trent, meanwhile, residents were asked to light up their windows to create a “Winter Wonderland” for people to enjoy.

Churches Together in Melbourne also started something new to make Christmas entertaining for children: a festive trail featuring 25 local properties whose windows were specially decked out to represent a different carol.

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When Brian was made redundant he turned his hobby into a full time job when he and Pauline started selling reproduction manuals for engines and tractors, along with parts, paint, videos and books. He had a large van full of merchandise and would visit agricultural shows around the country.

HAROLD SOAR 27th September, 1946 – 5th October, 2020 ALTHOUGH Harold lived in Kings Newton for 43 years, following his marriage to Annette, his roots were always firmly in Ticknall.

His interest in local and family history knew no bounds, and he was always ready to share his knowledge and assist with research projects.

“He’s left us stacks of photos and notes to sort out!” said Annette.

A founder member of Ticknall Archaeological Research Group (TARG) he readily agreed to the excavation at Ivy Leigh in 2010, an invaluable contribution to the history of the village, and tremendously exciting.

At Kings Newton Fields he leaves a legacy of caring for the land and environment, creating ponds, planting hedgerows and trees, including a wood in the ‘West Field’, and replanting two old orchards. This year the pear trees were so laden with fruit, almost as though they made an extra effort to give him a good send-off.

He installed several nest boxes – the kestrels nest every year.

Visiting his son, Will, in Norfolk, he discovered the North Norfolk coast, returning home with a collection of shells, a festoon of seaweed and a mummified dogfish.

Locally he was the voice commentating on the tractor displays at Elvaston Steam and was on the event committee for many years.

Anyone who knows him will know he had a “get it done” attitude. Some years ago a local quarry started vehicle movements in the middle of the night which would wake everyone up. Complaints to the quarry made no difference. He found the personal home phone number of the chairman and the next time it happened at 3am in the morning he immediately phoned the chairman. Brian told him that every time he was woken up by the quarry, the chairman would be woken up with a call. The vehicle movements stopped.

Around 1980 he started the Swarkestone Parish Meeting, acting as chairman in the early years. He also helped re-establish Barrow Club as a viable business. At home he kept Koi Carp (subject to the local heron population) and had a large vegetable garden. Initially his cottage was rented from the Harpur Crewe estate but when the estate was broken up, he was able to buy the house and Pauline continues to live there.

The funeral and burial was held round the corner from his house at St. James Church Swarkestone. Pauline wishes to thank family and friends for all the good wishes and donations to Treetops Hospice.

– Andrew Lord, nephew

He leaves his wife, Annette, and son Will, also Sarah, the latest member of the team, who he had quickly got to know and love.

Annette said: ”He was loath to leave us – there was so much still to be done – there always would have been – but he knows we will continue his good work.

“I would like to thank Melbourne Medical Centre for their care during the last few weeks of Harold’s life.

“Although we only had two GP visits, for obvious reasons, they were on the case all the time; the district nurses were there for us 24/7; the carers came morning and evening but would have come more often if needed.

“Also J P Springthorpe & Co. for organising the funeral in their usual impeccable and sensitive manner. Heaths and Wayne Spiers for their deliveries. Our vicar, Steve Short, for his lovely service – just what Harold would have wanted.

“Also all our friends and family for cards and words and help – I didn’t realise there were so many of them!”

Harold died at home, surrounded by the people and things he loved. He will always be around in spirit.

As was his wish, he was buried in Ticknall churchyard, alongside his Great Great Grandmother, Eliza (Grannie) Soar, of the Staff of Life.

PUBS BOOK IS A SELL-OUT

MELBOURNE’S Pubs Past and Present books arrived in Melbourne from the printer midDecember and this publication is now fully sold, thanks to Village Voice articles, social media, one day at Melbourne Assembly Rooms Market and word of mouth.

With the planned launches in pubs and at the group’s annual exhibition and talk having been prohibited by the pandemic restrictions, pre-publication orders were taken and Melbourne Historical Research Group’s elves delivered locally to people

unable to collect; postage and packing was arranged at cost for those further afield.

Intensively researched and written by Barry Thomas, Sue Webster and Philip Heath, the well-illustrated publication contains a history of Melbourne’s pubs, beerhouses, breweries, off-licences and maltings.

Jean Grimley is compiling a waiting list of people wishing to purchase a copy if the group decides to reprint later in the year.

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WHILE it arrived just a few days too late for a white Christmas, there were still some wintry scenes in the local area when snow fell in December.

The white stuff made its appearance on Tuesday, December 29. It continued to fall for a few hours in the morning, resulting in around an inch of snow carpeting the ground.

Children took advantage by hauling sledges to Barehills in Melbourne, standing apart in family groups as they enjoyed speeding down the hill – some with canine companions also enjoying the fun.

Jed Messer, 70, was there with grandchildren George and Wilf.

He was carrying on a tradition lasting through the generations, having remembered being taken sledging on the neighbouring Browns Field on snowy days when he was at school.

“It’s lovely seeing people out,” he said.

Meanwhile, at Elvaston Castle and Country Park, our photographer Tina Baker was on hand to take pictures of people having fun in the white stuff.

According to our records at the Village Voice, the last time it snowed in Melbourne was in December 2017, but we would be glad to hear from anyone who has any record of snow in this area more recently than that.

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HOW sad to hear that Robert Parker is giving up his regular piece in the Village Voice.

It has always been so refreshing to hear a farmer’s voice telling us what we should really know about the trials and tribulations of farming and of course the successes.

Robert occupies a large tract of land owned by the National Trust and I notice he has never commented on what sort of landlord they are. The Trust seems to have its own agenda these days, which seems to follow what the Government indicates is an environmental target. So in a small area we can all see the way farming is going with more tree planting taking good pasture out of service and limitations on the use of modern chemicals.

In his latest article Robert raises an important point about the Government wanting much more environmental recognition from farmers and that farming should be directed to preserving the environment. As Robert says there is no mention of producing food economically or sustainably (what ever that may mean – my words).

In the most recent edition of the Village Voice Christian Murray-Leslie suggests that we should eat less meat as meat production relies upon extensive areas of grain

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crops to feed the animals in the lean winter times and that there is sufficient land to feed everyone if only we didn’t eat so much meat!

Unfortunately, we import large quantities of meat already as we can’t produce enough at home, so eating less meat won’t work in the short term. The Food Security web site says that we already import 48 per cent of total food consumed and this quantity is rising. So it appears that we have to cut our food consumption in half to be “sustainable” otherwise we will just go encouraging the destruction of the rain forest to feed ourselves.

Surely it would be better to produce more of our own food, not cover 1000s hectares with trees (which will reduce food production) and also reduce all those airmiles (and carbon production) to carry food to us?

There has been no objective study of the relative environmental cost for the production of home grown food and imported food. This is what we need to balance, not just a UK environment that ignores worldwide realities and the need to feed ourselves.

Our other options to feed ourselves are the new synthetic food production systems currently being developed for meat produc-

tion, but we all know how tasteless supermarket tomatoes (grown hydroponically) are. Home grown tomatoes in proper soil develop far more flavour!

Will the new “synthetic” meat be as tasteless and who will want to eat it? Perhaps we will have to if that is all that is available!

Our other option is to reduce our population to a level where we can grow enough food for that population, but we are frequently told we need a larger population to support all the old people and all the entrepreneurs who are going to make our life so wonderful.

There’s no easy answer that will satisfy everyone.

However, I do agree with Robert that the environmental lobby seems to have taken over the government to the exclusion of common sense (my words), which suggests we should strive to produce more of our own food rather than rely on others and the destruction of a pristine environment, rain forest, rather than trying to recreate something that we have lost and don’t have the space to recreate anyway.

Colin Stewart Aston-on-Trent

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CHRISTMAS is traditionally a time for giving.

Like most other UK charities Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue (SBTR) was growing desperate as funds for the upkeep and medical support for these dogs, often found starving and critically injured, diminished and opportunities for fund-raising disappeared.

Over the Christmas period we asked Melbourne people to order Christmas wreaths for the door or dining table. A number of helpers helped in bringing the holly and ivy and the wreaths were made on time and to order.

The result is a magnificent cheque for £1,000 sent to Staffordshire Bull Terrier Rescue and some genuine relief for those who care for the dogs.

Our sincere thanks and best wishes to all in Melbourne and district who helped create or bought the wreaths.

On behalf of the SBTR charity we thank you and wish you a Happy New Year.

I AGREE with Brian Mayhew (Why free school meals matter, Village Voice, December 2020): free school meals do matter to many.

Surely, in whatever way is appropriate to the individual country, its government’s basic, simple duty of care is to keep all of its people provided with sufficient food.

The political colour of the government is irrelevant and the political creed of the government is also irrelevant here.

Should we even need to be discussing such obvious truths in the 21st century? I think not.

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I READ with interest in the Village Voice the recent exchanges by John Williams and doctors James Long and Keith Wolverson.

Since the pandemic started and the first lockdown commenced in March 2020, there have been big changes to how our GP surgeries operate.

Whilst I admit from personal experience, telephoning the surgery can mean a long wait to speak to ‘a real person’, Dr Long in December’s issue, has adequately explained the difficulty in getting additional staff and the training involved once you have them (Doctors working throughout the pandemic, Village Voice, December, 2020).

That said, I have nothing but thanks and respect for the way that ‘our surgeries’ have been there for us during these high-risk times in the last 10 months and over the years.

I personally have had need to contact the surgeries on a number of occasions during this period and, where necessary, have spoken via telephone to a doctor, had ‘face to face’ GP appointments

when required, been seen by care assistants and received treatment from practice nurses.

In November, I contracted Covid-19 and pneumonia and, due to being very poorly, was hospitalised twice.

When I returned home, I received full support from the GP surgery and was twice telephoned by a very caring, Dr Ulrika Artus to check on my wellbeing and arrange further tests through the district nurses.

Since the Melbourne Surgery was originally opened by Dr Brendan Freeman and then with the additions of doctors Iain Black and James Long, we have been privileged and very lucky to have such a professional, caring group of clinicians who look after our health needs on a dayto-day basis.

They continue to keep our surgeries safe from Covid-19, thus keeping patients safe.

Colin Barker, Melbourne

A TIME of crisis. When I wrote this phrase in a recent letter to the VV I wanted to ask some important questions about health provision in this village at a time of a health crisis unparalleled in recent history.

These were questions which very many local people were asking and which resonated strongly in our community, judging from the responses I have received since the publication.

Reading my letter it is clear that the import of it asks for information to be given to us so that we might support and share in efforts to conquer this abomination. I point out in my letter that tempers fray and mistrust grows when there is any vacuum of information.

There were two printed responses. The first came from the Surgery and from Dr Long in particular. He took it upon himself to explain the way that the Surgery had chosen to respond to the crisis and was gracious enough to say that better communication might be something to take for-

ward.

The letter was what might have been hoped for from a seasoned professional who was concerned to inform and educate the local people.

The second letter also came from a doctor but was in a very different tone. The writer takes the opportunity to attack me personally. Apparently I am to feel shame for having the temerity to ask questions about these issues and I should, he suggests, write a letter of apology (presumably to him) for my “odious� enquiries.

Yet, Dr Wolverson, the questions still remain. If my questions are odious they are shared by a large part of our community which still looks to your profession for information and explanation.

It is not shameful to ask for a closer understanding between doctors and patients. We will continue to ask questions and attempt to learn about this virus.

Your response does nothing to help us.

J Williams

Firefighters to horse’s rescue

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FIREFIGHTERS from Melbourne were called to help out when a horse got stuck in mud and snow.

Sebastian, an Irish Draught horse, had got into difficulties in his paddock on Melbourne Common on December 29.

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Carla told how two walkers had spotted Sebastian on the ground, unable to get up, and had gone to let her know. “He just wouldn’t move,� she said. “He looked as though he had been there for a few hours.�

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They have acquired two new meerkats, Frankie and Lola, to add to the menagerie, which currently also includes Shetland ponies, lambs and alpacas.

The new animal farm is a bigger version of their previous enterprise, over the road at Ivy House, which had to shut due to lack of car parking space. n Due to the fact they have not earned any income in 2020, Melbourne Animal Farm has an appeal for winter feed for its animals.

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Within 15 minutes, firefighters from Melbourne arrived.

Fortunately, Sebastian had managed to right himself and was led back to his warm stable by crew manager Dan Johnson and watch manager Andy Astle. “The fact that they came so quickly – that was brilliant,� said Carla.

Carla and Phil were given planning permission for their animal farm next to Whistlewood Common back in September 2019.

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DESPITE the most recent restrictions meaning that there will be no adult football for the next few weeks at least, Melbourne Dynamo Senior sides managed to get a bit of football in December to end the year.

The Saturday first team played just one match in the month. They finished 2020 on top of the table with five wins out of five as a brace from Isaac Gosling plus goals from skipper Carl Allsop, James Smith and substitute Matt Savage saw them run out 5-1 winners at home to Ripley Town.

Melbourne Dynamo Saturday Reserves also ended the year on top of the table, six points clear.

They began December with a convincing 5-2 home win against Sherwin as a Jacob Dussroth double along with finishes from Toby Foxon, Owen Morrell and substitute Dave Brough took the three points.

The Reserves backed this up with a hard fought 2-0 win at Little Eaton Reserves as goals from Dom Hurst and veteran Dave Brough made light work of a very heavy pitch a week later.

Adam Dolman’s men ended 2020 in disappointing style with a 5-1 away defeat to Willington, again on a heavy pitch, as Joe Shadbolt got the consolation.

But that still leaves the reserves with a comfortable lead at the top of division one.

Melbourne Dynamo Saturday Development side are putting in some fine performances but

making mistakes at the wrong time to see results go against them.

This showed in their first game of December as they led the visitors Derby Town 5-4 only to lose 7-5 in a remarkable game as goals from Scott Radley, Connor Poynton, Reuben Gosling, Tom Berrisford and Gav Spencer ended up being mere consolations.

They finished December squandering a 2-0 lead to lose 32 away to Derby Singh Brothers as Gavin Spencer and a superb Scott Radley volley got themselves on the scoresheet. It leaves the Development side near the bottom of division two going into the new year.

Melbourne Dynamo Sunday side ended 2020 in third place in Taveners division one. They won their last game of the month after starting December in disappointing style with a 21 home defeat to Alvaston Rangers. A Phil Mellors penalty was the only consolation and they failed to score the week after as a 2-0 home defeat at the hands of The Wilmot Arms was another poor team performance.

This was banished in the final game of the year. A comfortable 6-2 home win against Derby Town was thanks to a double from leading goalscorer Phil Mellors, tidy finishes from Harry Foxon and James O'Sullivan, a long range effort by Liam Orme and a two-yard Ash Smith tap-in to complete the scoring.

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