Melbourne Village Voice November 2015

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PARISHES POISED FOR 6,000 HOUSES

Village Voice No 276 November 2015

by Lucy Stephens

THREE South Derbyshire parishes are in talks on how to cope with 6,000 extra houses scheduled to be built there over the next 13 years – and most likely sooner. The talks between the parishes of Barrow-uponTrent, Stenson Fields and Twyford, and South Derbyshire District Council were sparked by a request for a boundary change.

As reported in The Village Voice last year, Barrow-uponTrent Parish Council asked to have its boundary with Stenson Fields moved so that the thousands of houses planned for north of the A50 would be in Stenson Fields and not Barrow. Parish councillors in the small community of Barrow fear that so much extra housing will radically alter both their size – potentially multiplying the population tenfold from 450 to around 4,500 – and their rural way of life. The parish council also has assets such as 18th century cottages which they are keen to protect. Frank McArdle, South Derbyshire District Council’s chief executive, told The Village Voice that a working party was being formed which would enable representatives from all three parties

to sit with him and work out the best way forward. He said a report would be prepared as to how the three parishes would handle the 6,000 houses, to be presented to the council no later than May next year. He said: “It’s important that we look to the future of those people who will be looking to live in these areas, as to how it will affect the parish.” Asked whether it was likely that an entirely new parish council would be created to represent the new homes, he said: “I would rule nothing out and nothing in. It’s a matter of consultation within the parishes that exist as to the future planning for those sites. “No-one is looking to abolish a parish council or throw away what’s already there. Six thousand houses over three parishes is a considerable increase – it needs to be researched as to how it should be governed.” But Anne Heathcote, chairman of Barrow-upon-Trent Parish Council, said there was local frustration that the plans were not moving quickly enough, and that the original request for a boundary change had been put back. She said: “We’re a small rural village; we want to stay that. I’m frustrated that we seem to be making progress and then permission (to change the boundary) is taken away from us. I’m sure at some point it will happen, but it may be too late.”

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L COMMITTEE members and friends of King’s Newton Social Group gathered for the Hallowe’en party held at the Scout & Guide HQ, Packhorse Road. Many people dressed for the occasion and a full evening’s entertainment was provided, culminating with the excellent magic of Jack Dent. Food served during the evening was described as Bats’ Blood Soup, Ghoulash followed by Hallowe’en cakes. More Hallowe’en pictures on Page 6.

At least 10 years of cemetery life

MELBOURNE cemetery has between 10 and 15 years left before it may be full up. Melbourne Parish Council has been given figures from the latest audit into plot space at the town’s cemetery on Packhorse Road. Councillors were told that the timeframe for Melbourne was, when compared with many other facilities in the area, not too worrying. Clerk Jacqui Storer said: “Melbourne has 10 to 15 years estimated. We’re looking well

planned and in control compared to other areas.” Some burial grounds in this area will be full up by the end of this year, while others have many years left. Findern cemetery, for example, is thought to have 195 years left. The meeting heard that burial plots in Melbourne were sometimes being bought up by people not from the village but from neighbouring Derby, where they are more expensive.

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THE Milton Harvest Supper held on Friday, October 9, was a sell-out. A delicious supper of ham with jacket potatoes and all the trimmings was followed by a dessert of Polly’s famous apple pies. Milton’s own inimitable live scarecrow attended and was an impressive sight, presenting the children with a small gift for the pictures and scarecrows they had made. Harmony Plus were welcomed to the stage for a very special brand of entertainment. Excellent music and singing was interspersed with some comic pieces, their rendition of ‘let’s do it’ will be remembered for a long time by all present. The mix of contemporary music with the more theatrical ‘risquÊ’ pieces were all skilfully performed, with the music being appreciated and the comedy giving rise to a great deal of laughter.

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n THE Probus Club of Melbourne held its 39th ladies’ lunch at the Littleover Lodge Hotel. Members entertained their wives and partners, as well as members from neighbouring clubs at Ashby and Castle

MOURNERS in Melbourne will be able to have the use of the historic cemetery chapel for the first time in nearly 70 years, after it was given a muchneeded wash and brush-up. The work was done by Melbourne Parish Council sexton Robert Holman, who has been hard at work de-cobwebbing, painting and mending pews so the building can be used once again for graveside burial services. It is thought the last time the building was used for its original purpose was in the late 1940s, although the parish council would love to hear from anyone who knows of services having taken place there since that date. For many years it has been too full of wheelbarrows, mess and cobwebs to be used, which is why the parish council wanted to see it restored to its original purpose. Council clerk Jacqui Storer told The Village Voice: “It has had the most wonderful spring clean that anybody could ever imagine! “We just felt that it was a facility that has not been offered to anybody for a while – we’ve brought it back into use.� The chapel, which dates from the 1850s, has three pews and holds around 30 people. It is envisaged it will be particularly welcome for burial services in bad weather, or just as a meeting place for people to congregate at a sad time in their lives.

During the Christmas season, a remembrance tree will be installed in the newly refurbished chapel, with tags for people to write messages about their departed loved ones. The right-hand chapel at the ceremony is currently used by the sexton, but the parish council is now looking to attract further funding so it can undergo restoration and have a new office installed. To this end, the parish council is looking

to set up a Friends of Melbourne Cemetery committee, and anyone interested in getting involved is asked to contact Jacqui at melbourneclerk@aol.com or 07734 939292. Anyone who would like to book the chapel should call Robert Holman on 07966 461416. The Rector of Melbourne Parish Church, The Revd Dr Mark Powell, has said he would be happy to conduct services in the chapel. - Lucy Stephens

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THEY say charity begins at home – but animal lover Henry Hastings went above and beyond when he took in an abandoned dog he spotted on holiday. Not only did he pay for it to be rescued but also pet passported and shipped back to Britain to live with him! Henry, who was born and bred in Melbourne, was visiting his niece in Corfu in September when he spotted the stray animal chained up near a rubbish tip and close to death. Being a warm-hearted canine enthusiast, he tried to take the poor animal to a local sanctuary, but it was full to the seams with other abandoned dogs whose owners could not afford them due to the country’s austerity measures. They had no room to take in another. Unable to bear the thought of leaving the dog, Henry forked out just over £500 to get the animal spayed, jabbed and given a pet passport. Now it has been flown over to Britain, having been put on the plane by his niece and met at Manchester Airport, and is living with him and wife Valerie. “It’s money well spent!” he said. The couple have named the dog, who is two years old and whose breed is something like a Jack Russell terrier, Ella – which means “come here” in Greek! Henry, 80, said: “We saw this ball of fluff – another day and it would have had it. It had been chained up and left. I couldn’t let this dog die over there.” He said that Ella had at first been unwilling to go to him, leading him to suspect

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2016 CALENDAR she had been previously maltreated by a male owner, but was happy with his wife and, after a fortnight of living with the couple, is equally comfortable with both of them. Henry and Valerie owned dogs for many

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this crop, which enjoys warmer weather usual for the southern hemisphere. Plant breeders’ work over the years has enabled strains to be produced which have allowed us to enjoy the benefits of this crop, but we are still very marginal in some years. Maize can be harvested earlier, but you will produce a feed which is low in energy and this is what most farmers grow the crop for – to compliment the low energy of grass silage. Some areas further north will see maize never reaching proper maturity as the first sharp frosts will kill the plant and stop it in its tracks. Luckily for us we had an early variety next to the river which we cut at the beginning of October for some of our area. We still have two thirds to cut at Ashby which I calculate is 150 feet higher than the early stuff, which also delays maturity. Short days and wet soil could give us some problems with this.

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n MELBOURNE Parish Church parishioners are pictured enjoying a choral evensong with a difference. To celebrate harvest festival, and in the spirit of worship and hospitality, the choir offered a beer tasting and medieval bread tasting after the service. Beer drinking has been practised throughout Europe and Britain for more than 1,000 years. Adults and children were encouraged to drink beer as a way of avoiding diseases

associated with drinking unclean water. Monks, in particular, have traditionally raised funds by brewing and selling beer. The parishioners tried several beers provided by Tollgate Brewery, from Calke, and horsebread made from wholemeal flour and split peas. Usually eaten by horses, the bread was given to the starving poor of the parish and was delicious.

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“THANKS for the Memory” will make a welcome return to Melbourne Assembly Rooms where they will perform their current edition of olde time music hall on Saturday, November 21, at 7.30pm. The show charts the change in popular music as a consequence of World War One, when the population eschewed the somewhat parochial nature of music hall, in order to embrace the jazz age. With a fascinating supportive commentary, the MC sets the scenes, as the show takes you from the frivolous world of Edwardian London, with typical costume of the period, through

to the drab khaki of WW1, and its subsequent impact on everyday life. Show-stopping songs include “Are you lonesome tonight” (at least 30 years before the advent of Elvis Presley) and “Roses of Picardy” (which many will remember as a hit in the 1960s for Vince Hill, but actually came to prominence during the war years). Those attending are invited to dress in period costume, and wave a union flag in a demonstration of patriotic fervour. Tickets are available from Melbourne Assembly Rooms and all the usual outlets.

MELBOURNE Footpaths Group (MFG) is leading a walk on Thursday, November 26. It's a five-mile circular walk between Hartshorne and Smisby, which features in Melbourne Civic Society's “Further Afield” book of local walks. Walkers will set off at 10am from the car park by Hartshorne's Dethick Hall on Manchester Lane, near the Bull's Head. This is an easy, varied walk in peaceful countryside, with a short stop in Smisby. MFG asks for a donation of £2 from walkers to help towards the group's running costs. For more information go to w w w. m e l b o u r n e f o o t p a t h s group.org.uk

Lighter, brighter Christmas time

LET there be light – Christmas in Melbourne will be as magically lit as ever, thanks to the purchase of new LED lighting to adorn our festive trees. The new lights are for the two main Christmas trees in the town, as well as the 50 extra firs which line the central shopping streets at first floor level. The parish council will have to spend a bit more (£825) in order to purchase special adaptors for the new LED lights to function, but they will bring benefits in longevity and saving electricity. In further festive news, Melbourne’s Christmas shopping night will be going ahead this year on Friday, December 4. The Market Place will be closed to traffic to accommodate the event, set to last from 6pm to 8pm. Father Christmas himself will grace the town with his presence to switch on the lights, and there will be music, carol singing and lots of festive feasting available on different food stalls. But it wasn’t all about Christmas at the latest meeting of Melbourne Parish Council, held in the Assembly Rooms. Amongst an extensive agenda, the meeting heard the feedback from the latest meeting with officials from Severn Trent Water about the town’s well-documented issues with flooding and drainage (see also Page 14). Members of the public were urged to go along to the next meeting with Severn Trent, or risk further public meetings with the water provider not going ahead. Derbyshire County Councillor Linda Chilton told parish councillors that the next meeting was taking place on November 27 at the Assembly

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IT was amazing weather for the 55 witches and wizards who turned up for the Whistlewood Hallowe’en Gathering. There was lots to keep them all busy, making witches’ brooms and other 'spooky' decorations including bats and owls (both of which are encouraged at Whistlewood) and spiders’ webs from sticks and wool. Plenty of refreshments were available including pumpkin soup. The children listened to spooky stories, ran wild in the grass and played in the amazing willow dragon. Marshmallows were toasted over the fire before everyone went home as it got dark! Whistlewood Common's catchphrase “food, fun and friends" was spot-on with everyone going away even more excited about Hallowe’en. The Gathering raised about £77 for Whistlewood Common funds, and some new people were introduced to the site. In the last two years 3,000 trees have been planted at Whistlewood, many of which are fruit trees.

l The Hallowe’en party at the White Swan, Melbourne, saw these scary characters enjoying the festivities. They are: Mabel Gill-Maguire, Amy Kelly, Claire Hadley, James Duffield, Sam Millen, Chloe Tuley, Nat Stevens and Dougie Marr.

Derby in the 1950s

MEMBERS of Melbourne Civic Society were treated to a look back in time when Paul Sturges talked about the social background to life in Derby during the 1950s. The next meeting will be on Monday, November 30, at Melbourne Assembly Rooms at 7.30pm when a talk by Richard Spowage on Willington Nature Reserve will be followed by a social evening.

Gemma takes over police role

PC GEMMA Thursfield will be replacing Victoria Centro in working alongside PCSO Emma Guest as the officer for the Melbourne Safer Neighbourhood Team, an area which covers Melbourne plus Aston and Weston-on-Trent. PC Centro has a new role working with victims of domestic violence. Her replacement was introduced to the area at the most recent meeting of the Safer Neighbourhood Forum, held in Melbourne, by Sergeant Graham Summers. He paid tribute to PC Centro’s work in this community, saying: “As a police officer, she did a very good job, and I know that PC Thursfield will do as good a job.”

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by Lucy Stephens

A CONTROVERSIAL decision to pay out a £6.20 “efficiency dividend” to South Derbyshire Council Tax payers, which involved spending a quarter of a million pounds from reserve funds and a further £46,000 in admin costs, has been criticised by external auditors. The decision to pay the dividend was debated by councillors in March, with ruling Conservatives voting in favour and Labour opposing. The option to provide the dividend, paid to Council Tax payers this summer, was on the table because of the healthy level of unallocated General Fund Reserves for the financial year 2015/6. Current projections put the council’s reserves level at around £1.75million by 2020. Councillors were given several other choices as to how £250,000 could be spent, including: n Supplementing capital projects, such as the Melbourne Sporting Partnership; n Improving the council’s civic offices or town hall; n Upgrading the council’s ICT network, for which it is unlikely there will be enough budget elsewhere; n Improving customer access to the district council, by implementing an electronic post system or refurbishing the reception area; and n Supplementing the discretionary housing budget which is used to help vulnerable people affected by welfare cuts – a budget which has already been reduced from £102,000 in 2014/5 to £70,000 this year. But they decided instead to spend the money in paying the dividend of £6.20 per eligible household – effectively paying back around five per cent of the council’s proportion of Council Tax. The decision has come in for criticism by auditors Grant Thornton, who said in their October report that they had discussed with the council’s management “our concerns about the way in which this decision was reached”, saying it was a “last minute decision” and that the £6.20 paid back to households was “a benefit which appears relatively small” considering the £46,000 it cost to administer. Admin costs included changes to the IT system to make the payment and sending out 38,000 leaflets to householders explaining what it was

all about. Council leader Bob Wheeler, defending the decision, said there were one-off costs which would not need paying again if councillors chose to pay the dividend another year. He added that the council had already been able to finance all funding bids it had received, so “it isn’t as though there was a huge unmet demand”. He said: “We wanted to ensure South Derbyshire Council Tax payers receive the best value for money that we can and also minimise the burden of Council Tax – this was the only way. “We had no choice – officers advised us that it couldn’t be done without changes to the software in our computer systems. “We have cut no services at all.” Councillor Kevin Richards, on behalf of the Labour group, said the opposing party had felt the dividend was a last minute “off-the-cuff” decision reached outside the normal budget setting process. He said: “We could not accept that the council would be issuing a Council Tax demand to residents one day and then offering a refund another, therefore incurring further administration costs.” Furthermore, he added that the £6.20 was an “insignificant sum to return to the tax payer and was not value for money as it incurred an extra cost of £46k just to administer it,” and “the total sum of £250k could have done much more good if utilised in various needs of the community. “Given the uncertainty of future government grants we felt the council needed to be prudent and cautious with its finances.”

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by Lucy Stephens

PROTECTION for historic churches is being stepped up under a new police scheme, following a spate of vandalism and lead thefts causing many thousands of pounds worth of damage. The Village Voice has reported several incidents of vandalism to churches in this area this year, including stones thrown through historic church windows in Aston, Swarkestone and Weston, plus lead thefts to St James’ in Smisby causing around £50,000 of damage to the church which inspired Walter Scott to write Ivanhoe and parts of which date back 1,000 years. Now police have started a new Church Watch scheme to try to stop offenders. The project, from Safer Neighbourhood officers and the Safer South Derbyshire Partnership, will involve various measures including signage and stickers displayed in the community. In addition, police have advised church wardens in the area to implement extra security including: n Making sure buildings, church yards and cemeteries are well lit and considering investing in energy efficient dusk to dawn lighting with movement sensors;

n Considering setting up CCTV; n Ensuring doors and gates are locked and possibly using bolts or security screws on hasps or hinges; n Keeping ladders and tools away from view; n Marking property with security marking fluid or UV pens, then advertising this has been done to put off vandals, and n Painting hard-to-remove anti-climb paint on roofs. Gary Margerrison, church warden and treasurer at the Grade 1 listed St James’ in Smisby, said there had been two incidents of lead being stolen from the roof this summer – one being particularly unfortunate because it had been followed by heavy rain, which led to damage inside the church as well as out. He said: “We were all absolutely devastated, of course, not just because of the theft but because of the desecration of the heritage as well. “It’s not just a straightforward case of repairing a roof, it’s all the damage that was done in taking it off and now it can never be put back as it was.” PCSO Kerry Waite, from the Mercia Safer Neighbourhood team, said: “Often churches are located in quiet, rural settings and away from overlooking properties leaving them exposed to vandalism or theft without offenders being seen or heard.

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“Lead theft from roofs, broken windows and graffiti are all too common occurrences at churches, unfortunately. “We hope that by setting up this Church Watch scheme, we can support local residents in making sure

churches are as secure as possible and help to put preventative measures in place to reduce the risk of crime.” For more information, or to contact your local Safer Neighbourhood team, call 101. You can also follow @MelbourneSNT and @MerciaSNT on Twitter.

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CHILDREN at Melbourne Junior School will be able to swing like monkeys during play time and burn off valuable energy – thanks to a brand new ‘trim trail’ paid for by parents. The junior school’s Parent Teacher Association spent two years raising ÂŁ8,750 to build the trim trail, which includes monkey bars and a climbing wall to keep children active. Parents and children were able to see the new wooden trim trail being built, and enjoyed it for the first time after the October half-term. Year six pupils Jessie Sread and Natalie Townsend – chair and vice-chair of the school council – thanked everyone who had supported

the fund-raising for the trail in a speech opening the new facility. Decisions on what to include in the trail were made by representatives on the school council at the planning stage. PTA chair Andrea Joyce said: “We are delighted to see this project come to fruition. The children have been waiting for this for a long time.� School head teacher Jane Whirledge said she wished “to thank everyone involved in supporting the project which further enhances outdoor allweather play activities at the school�, adding that she was also pleased to see the old trim trail reused at Melbourne’s Whistlewood Common.

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A NEW venture for Melbourne Assembly Rooms brought more live theatre into the village with a production of Marie Jones’s “Stones in His Pockets” by Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company. Remarkable performances by the two-man cast, Ian Currie and Mathew Shepherd, told the story of a small village in Co. Kerry, Ireland, where a blockbuster US movie production has intruded into the lives of the locals. Director Lorna Kirkland and her crew made the production both accessible and wholly engaging. Melbourne can look forward to the next theatre production of He Wore a Red Hat, on Friday, November 20, from the New Perspectives theatre company. – FH

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MELBOURNE school parents are being urged to take greater care while parking their cars at pick-up and drop-off times. The October newsletter sent out to parents at the Junior School voiced concerns about “the number of near misses we have on the road outside school”. It went on to say: “Sadly, many of the problems are caused by parents parking opposite the zig zag lines which causes problems for buses and large vehicles. “Governors are considering the action that can be taken to prevent injury to one of our children or other members of the community.” Parents were asked to park “with courtesy” to n IT WAS an evening of advice with laughter at Ticknall Garden Club as Bob Flowerdew entertained all with his talk entitled "Don't listen to the experts". The club members were told that what works in huge gardens is not necessarily applicable to the average gardener. Grow what is tasty and special and forget the boring veggies which can easily be bought. He suggested hanging up buckets full of strawberries rather than planting in the soil, therefore escaping slug damage on the fruit. An idea that may not appeal as a garden feature to many! It was a very enjoyable evening.

neighbours and not block driveways on Packhorse Road. Meanwhile, the latest Melbourne Area Forum meeting heard from county councillor Linda Chilton, who reported that the problem of parents parking at the school gates had now become “horrendous”. “With all the housing that’s coming in, it’s going to get worse,” she said. Councillor Chilton said efforts would be made at the junior school to work with children on designing posters, in an attempt to get messages through to parents about the necessity for considerate parking. – Lucy Stephens

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Still no solution for town flooding

THE wedding of Cathy Worrall to Luke Lester took place at the Melbourne Baptist Chapel on Saturday, October 24. Cathy, the youngest daughter of David and Susan Worrall of Melbourne, is a teacher at Woodville Infant School. Luke, originally from Borrowash, is a Capability Acquisition ME working at Rolls-Royce, Derby. The service was performed by Pastor Jackie Birnie and the bride was attended by bridesmaids Karen Worrall, Demi Ballard and flower girls Polly and Edie Hill. Luke had invited three lifelong friends Greg Muddeman, Llewellyn Rees and Nelson Gonzalez to stand beside him as his best men. During the service a unique vocal duet, written by Phil Baggaley was performed by members of ‘The Open Road’ and sung by David Worrall and Janet Peck. The marquee reception was at Donington Park Farmhouse Hotel, with transport for guests by a double-decker red London bus. The couple planned a short honeymoon in Venice before returning to work.

NO FINITE solutions have been identified for the flooding problems that have been experienced in Melbourne, a meeting to discuss the situation was told. Chairman James Biddlestone, an environmental officer from Derbyshire County Council, opened the meeting by introducing his colleagues Simon Tulley from DCC Highways, Zelia Lyne and Mark Heysmond from Severn Trent Water (STW). He stated that the team looking into the problems was still ‘information gathering’. A representative of STW reported that the cause of the ‘smells’ in King’s Newton had been identified and action will be taken to address the problem. Resulting from investigations into the manhole covers in the twitchell from Derby Road, uncharted sewers have been identified and will need further investigation. Responding on behalf of Derbyshire CC with regard to blocked drains reported in August by a member of the public, eight of those reported have since been jetted. This action has been taken in addition to the planned gulley clearing actions that took place in January with some in March. Problems identified in Dunnicliff Lane have been programmed for jetting in November. The county council representative requested that all incidents should be reported to STW by individuals affected and should not be left for just a single person to report. Since April, DCC is now a statuary consultee on planning matters with regard to surface water and drainage issues where planning applications involve 10 or more properties. However, STW is not a consultee but has a responsibility to accommodate surface water and foul drainage resulting from whatever has been approved. The chairman asked those present if the current meeting format for reporting on problems and progress made is the preferred format. It was agreed to continue as is at least for the next meeting on November 27 at Melbourne Assembly Rooms starting at 6.30pm. A further request was made to encourage anyone affected by the issues to attend that meeting. – TM

Village hall date for Blair

MILTON Village Hall is proud to announce that the award-winning British singer, songwriter and guitarist Blair Dunlop will be performing on Saturday, November 14, through the auspices of Live and Local. Winner of the Horizon Award at the 2013 Radio 2 Folk Awards, Blair Dunlop was described as ‘fluent, lamentatory and accomplished’ by the Independent on Sunday, and ‘an increasingly adventurous songwriter’ by The Guardian. Doors open at 7.30pm with the performance starting at 8pm. Tickets are available from The Swan, Milton, or by calling 01283 703075 or via www.miltonmatters.org.uk

THE wedding of Greg Salisbury, son of David and Lydia Salisbury, of Melbourne, and Stephanie Faulkner, daughter of Stephen and Wendy Faulkner, of Chellaston, took place at Melbourne Parish Church on October 17. The bride was attended by Jenna Ward, Emily Baker, Aimee Bradley and pageboy Dylan Faulkner. The best man was Gavin Salisbury and the ushers were Drew Baker and Vinny Hallifield. The couple held their reception at The Quorn Country Hotel and honeymooned in Hawaii.

Christmas tree festival

ALL Saints’ Church, Findern, will be holding a Christmas tree festival from Saturday, December 5, to Wednesday, December 9. The church will be open for the viewing of the trees from 10am-noon and from 2-4pm each day except Sunday when the times are 24pm only.

Milly does her bit to help refugees

A MELBOURNE mum who saw the tragic image of the drowned Syrian refugee child in the national media, thought enough was enough and decided to take action. Joining with People to People Solidarity UK via Facebook, Milly Roberts, who has a threeyear-old of her own. set up a collection point in the Athenaeum on Potter Street for people to deliver much needed supplies. Soon people from Melbourne and the surrounding area came to donate clothing, food, hygiene products and household items to be taken down to the refugee camp at Calais. "The generosity of people in our community was completely overwhelming. People were desperate to help and this opportunity came just at the right time,� said Milly. “In the space of three days, the Athenaeum was filled with boxes and bags of donations.� Naomi Lister was a brilliant help over the course of the weekend, getting stuck in to sorting and packing. Naomi said: "I watch the news every day and see these people who have already suffered a great deal still suffering when they get to Europe. I couldn't help them in person because I have to go to school but was really happy when I had the opportunity to help from a distance.

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It wouldn’t be Christmas without Calke Christmas craft show

Saturday 5, Sunday 6, Saturday 12, Sunday 13 December 11am – 6pm Calke will be hosting a craft show in the Riding School featuring ďŹ ne crafts and unique Christmas gifts to buy. Normal park admission applies.

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Saturday 5, Sunday 6, Saturday 12, Sunday 13, Saturday 19, Sunday 20 December 12noon – 6.30pm (last entry to trail at 6pm) Last entry to Father Christmas Grotto 5.30pm Experience a starlit Christmas at Calke. Explore the house and follow the star trail up to the candlelit church. Visit Father Christmas in his magical grotto, enjoy some children’s crafts in the stables and buy some last minute gifts in the shop. As darkness falls experience Calke in all its Christmas starlit glory as this unique property is illuminated. Adult ÂŁ3.50, child ÂŁ2, family ÂŁ11 (National Trust members free) Father Christmas Grotto ÂŁ4.50 (includes present) “I hope the little things we sent will make the world seem a better place.â€? The initial request was for a few volunteers to drive the donations to a larger collection point in Derby. However, it became clear quite quickly that more than a couple of cars would be needed. It was then that Dave and Liz Guilford contacted Milly, offering the use of their services from DG Light Haulage based in King’s Newton. Dave delivered the huge collection to Ashbourne where it was packed up ready to be driven down to the refugee camps. Pictured are Milly Roberts and Naomi Lister with Dave Guilford loading the truck.

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MELBOURNE Male Voice Choir sang at a concert in De Montfort Hall, Leicester, with the Chilwell Military Wives Choir and the famous Welsh Choir, The Fron, to raise funds for Loros and Rainbows Hospice. During a conversation with a group of the Military Wives at the impromptu singing “Afterglow� event, Peter Dawn, chairman of Melbourne MVC, discovered that the Military Wives Foundation now has 75 member choirs. Gareth Malone formed their first choir in 2011 for a popular TV series which gave the whole country a reminder of our great choral tradition and it has grown from that. Since then, Peter has seen a number of articles about why we should sing and its benefits. He said: “According to a scientific study, singing is as good for you as yoga because the breathing patterns can regulate your heartbeat. When choir members sing together their heartbeats become synchronised, growing faster and slower at the same time as they breathe in and out in unison, researchers found. “The study found that choral singing is good for your health, because reducing the variability of

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be here this year for Remembrance Sunday with the Grenadier Guards and friends from Melbourne Royal British Legion. Malcolm Stockill, Sheila Hicklin, Yvonne Young, Simon Twells and Kevin Iliffe are pictured at Melbourne RBL where they met in memory of Sgt Matthew Telford, one of the Legion’s friends, on his birthday.

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WITH Remembrance time very much in the public mind and the association with the Royal British Legion, the following are extracts from the Derby Mercury in 1922 regarding Melbourne.

Melbourne British Legion Derby Mercury – Friday 3rd March 1922 The formation of a branch of the British Legion at Melbourne. In connection with the British Legion of ex-servicemen, a meeting was held in the public hall on Sunday afternoon the 26th February 1922 for the purpose of forming a local branch. Mr T Warren who presided explained the aims and objectives of the Legion and appealed for membership from the ex-servicemen of Melbourne. This met with a sympathetic response and it was unanimously decided to form a local branch. The following officers were appointed pro-tem. Chairman – Mr T Warren, Treasurer – Mr H Worrall, Secretary – Mr A Dallman, Committee – Mr J Crane, Mr H Baxter and Mr J Pass. Melbourne British Legion Derby Mercury – April 7th 1922 A branch of the Legion was formed in February and now Mr Warren has given up premises in Blanch Croft to be converted into a clubroom, and it is hoped that it will be opened in about a fortnight’s time. In response to appeals, they already had £11 and it was felt that the project would receive adequate support.

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S A I N S B U RY ' S Local in Melbourne supported an area wide event recently which saw colleagues from Sainsbury's stores across the Midlands take part in a series of bike rides, known as Big Bike Ride 3, to raise funds for their own local charities. The Melbourne Local is supporting the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance as this was the charity chosen by the customers of the store in Derby Road. Kay Cox and store manager, Gary Dunne joined their regional colleagues and cycled part of

Melbourne British Legion Derby Mercury July 21st 1922 Some little time ago an old army hut was purchased at a disposal camp, with the idea of reerecting it at Melbourne for use as a club room for members of the British Legion. A suitable spot for its erection has been secured on an old factory site on Derby Road, and plans for the building have been passed by the local authority. The contractor Mr Norman Barton has the matter well in hand and it is hoped the building will be ready for opening by the end of August. Brick foundations and a cellar are to be built, and on these, the wood and corrugated iron structure will be erected. There will be two rooms, one for the games room, with a full size billiard table, and the other fitted up for parties, dances, etc. An application for a full licence has been made. There are at present about 200 members. The officials of the Melbourne branch of the British Legion are: President – Major J D Kerr M.C Vice President – Lieutenant J W Salsbury Chairman – Mr T Warren Treasurer – Mr F Worrall Secretary – Mr A Dallman Committee: Messrs. L Demay, C Brown, O Tivey, G Baxter, C Ward, J Lyons and E Webster. With thanks to Gordon Foddy.

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JANET JONES (nee Watts) 1941 – 2015 JANET (known to most as Jan) was born in Barnsley in 1941 to Kathleen and Frank Watts. After education at Barnsley Girls High School, she had a long and successful career in nursing. Quickly promoted to ward sister, she had various roles in both adult and paediatric nursing at the Kendray Isolation Hospital and was awarded ‘Nurse of the Year’ and presented to the Queen Mother. In 1964 Jan married Philip Bostwick and they had two sons, Richard and Jonathan, now grown up and living in Australia, where she has spent most winters with them. Jan later joined British Coal as a nursing sister at Grimethorpe Colliery and rose to become Chief Nursing Officer for the entire industry. Her post involved organising occupational health training courses. Needing a lecturer on the ‘physics of noise’ she met Ken, a ‘long-haired, bearded’ physicist working in Scotland. They married in 1986. Jan moved on to become Chief Nursing Officer for the Post Office, based in Leeds, but when the travelling became burdensome she decided to move and work in General Practice in Ashby before retiring to travel and pursue her hobbies. A music lover with a great voice she was a founder member of Gem Connection Chorus in Long Eaton and later joined A Choir’d Taste in Melbourne where she was renowned for her sense of fun. Other hobbies included gardening, flat green bowling, watching cricket and cake decorating. She was also a founder member of Breedon Players. For the last 12 years she had volunteered at the LOROS Hospice shop in Ashby, little knowing that one day she would be in need of their compassionate services. Jan and Ken celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary this September. With five children and eight grandchildren between them, family life was most important to her. Most of their married life they have lived in Breedon where were active members of the community and the church. Latterly Jan was diagnosed with cancer but her faith and an incredibly positive attitude enabled her to get through three major operations. Her philosophy was ‘not dying from cancer’ but ‘living with it’. She was determined that they would never look back and say ‘if only’. In her last year she had changed cars, refitted her kitchen, and renewed her passport! She passed away on September 19. Family and friends gathered for a moving tribute at the Priory Church on September 24. She will be remembered as a truly remarkable wife, mother, and ‘Granny Jan’, and will be missed by many whose lives she has touched and enriched.

GEORGE EDMUND COOK (EDDIE) 1919 –2015 EDDIE was born on July 18, 1919, to George and Ethel Cook at 47 Commerce Street, younger brother to Horace. He attended Melbourne School until he was 14, and then went to Batterby and Hefford as an apprentice electrician. He met Eileen in Ticknall on his 19th birthday, sitting on an old tree by the arch. Their first date was a walk in Calke Park, over Jacob’s Ladder on August 2, 1938. He served in the Royal Signals from 1939, initially posted to Northern Ireland, then North Africa and Italy. He greatly enjoyed the camaraderie and meeting local people during those years, making friendships which lasted his lifetime. Eddie also appreciated the Army discipline which stayed with him into civilian life. He married Eileen whilst on leave, leaving for India immediately after. After being demobbed, he and Eileen joined the family market gardening business at King’s Newton Fields. By the time his father died in 1960 market gardening had declined. G. Cook and Sons was wound up and Eddie got a job as a laboratory technician at Lubrizol where he spent many happy years until his retirement. He never regretted giving up market gardening but continued to grow four acres of potatoes for some years, family and friends gathering to harvest them. A very sociable man, Eddie enjoyed drinking in the local hostelries with friends old and new, sharing a wealth of anecdotes and local knowledge. And, of course, Sunday morning in the old kitchen with the home brew and more friends. Eddie and Eileen had six children, five of whom still live at the family homestead. They lived to see eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren, all of whom have known many happy times at King’s Newton Fields. After Eileen’s death in 2009 Eddie continued to do most of his own cooking and gardening well into his 90s, remaining in his home until one week before he died. His death marked the end of a generation and the end of an era. He was not a religious man, but was deeply honest, often expressing frustration at a world so full of lies and distortions, where he longed for the truth. His mother had told him ‘If you can’t believe in God believe in love’, which, in his own modest way, he practised all his life.

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MELBOURNE RFC 1st XV won one and lost one of their October fixtures. Decimated by injuries, it has been a tough start to the season in a league which shows that anyone can beat anyone else on the day. Coach Matt Derbyshire is met with new problems every week and is selecting deeply into the Melbourne squad with nearly 40 players having been selected already this season. Melbourne travelled to newly promoted Southwell, gaining a try score bonus point in a 32-24 defeat. Two tries from skipper Rob Hollingsworth (standing in for the injured Euan Holden) plus one each from Foster (dislocating his shoulder in the process), and Howard gained the bonus point. Devon Iliffe stood in at fly half, converting two.

Chloe making waves

A YOUNG Staunton Harold Sailing Club member is continuing to make waves in her ambitions to become a top international sailor after securing first girl and second overall in the one-person Optimist class at the prestigious RYA North Zone Championships. Chloe Felton, 14, finished tied level on points with first placed Drew Gibbons (Redesmere SC) in the 40-strong Optimist fleet at Ullswater Yacht Club, only narrowly missing out on top spot as Drew had the higher result in the final race. This is the fourth year in a row Chloe has been on the podium at the Zone Champi-

onships. Another Staunton Harold SC sailor, Kamran Ewbank, was in action at the RYA Midlands Zone Championships at Rutland SC. Racing the Topper one-person dinghy Kamran came 17th.

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l The Melbourne Knights team: back row (left to right) Matt Derbyshire (Head Coach) Will Butler, Ed Ashton, Tony Day, Morris Hall, Jack Pearce, Al Hollingsworth, Dave Porter, Ed Whitten, Will Smith, Dale Bilson, Tim Wilbraham (Coach) Front row (left to right) James Webster, John Marchbank, Tom Cresswell, Will Cresswell, Ben Archer, Lawrence Traynor, Josh Topliss, Devon Iliffe

The next game saw the arrival of Spalding, relegated into the league last season and struggling this. Simon Moore sponsored the match ball. Matt Derbyshire again had selection worries, with Devon Iliffe dislocating his shoulder at university, and Will Cresswell getting concussed in training. Another new back line was introduced to each other during the warm-up. There were debuts for Crombie, Marchbank and Lamin. The first half was played in the rain and holding on to the ball was a bit of a lottery. The scrum was very strong and Sigley’s throwing into the lineout good too. Two early tries came from Hollingsworth and Crombie, but Spalding replied in kind with two and were actually 12-10 up at half-time despite only visiting Melbourne’s 22 twice. The second half was very different. Melbourne controlled the game for virtually the whole half, being more positive in attack with good decision making and solid in defence. Three further tries ensued from Hollingsworth, Joe Stuart and Tommy Howard with

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TICKNALL Rangers have made a mixed start to the 2015/2016 football season and began their campaign with a hard fought 42 away win in the Junior cup against Beacon Rangers. Goals from Matt Archer (penalty), Alex Slater, Mark Archer and substitute Fraser Hughes completed the win.

Two successive defeats followed – a closely fought 1-0 home loss against Donisthorpe and a 7-0 away drubbing to Premier league team New Inn Tutbury. These were soon forgotten as Ticknall entertained Kings Head and held on for a 3-2 victory with strike duo Slater and Archer again getting on the scoresheet along with

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