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From the Editor Hi Readers Well, aren’t we all giddy at the prospect of relative freedom after Boris’s recent announcement?! Things are looking up, Spring is here and finally, at long last, we all have something to look forward to! I’m not being blasé about it – I am genuinely happy about the prospect of some normality resuming. My first question to anyone I speak to is (and it usually stumps them!), what will be the first thing that you choose to do? For me, I will drive somewhere remote with the dogs and go for a lovely long walk in the countryside, where hopefully we can stop in a lovely local café for a coffee and cake (probably still take away at that point!). Then in April a lovely haircut to look forward to – my barnet is developing its own personality daily! I’m extremely envious of all these gentlemen who shave it off…. many more months and I would be tempted! After that, I’m also looking forward to a nice meander around the shops and going out for a meal somewhere. Thankfully our esteemed leaders have created a lovely spaced-out roadmap, for obvious reasons. However, after 1 year of the most exciting place to visit being my own garage – it’s a good job, as the excitement of all that in 1 day could be catastrophic ,had they decided to unleash all at once! No, much better to space it out a bit! Oooh, holidays – I know we don’t exactly have an answer on this yet but sunshine and sandy feet are calling…..might have to be Skeggy in the interim but later this year, I have everything crossed!

on a Sunday night *eye roll*, emergency vets for us is in Derby. Long story short, looks like they had a taste of somebody’s left over cannabis and the vet said that they are basically stoned and they need to get it out of their system as quickly as possible but mostly, sleep it off! Honestly, it gave us such a fright and after doing 4 hour feeds supplemented with charcoal liquid for 12hrs, they are all fine. We can laugh about it now and particularly the bit where the Vet was trying to ask discreetly about whether it was ours (he asked in several different ways, about 6 times before the penny dropped!) ….. but I just thought that all our other 4-legged friends should be aware. The Vet said that there has been an increase in animal intoxication over the last year, which tells its own tale of how tough this last year has been on everyone! Fingers crossed for more movement at the end of this month,

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Anyway, in other news, Rafa and Flake had a bit of an incident this month – the Vet has booked her holiday to Barbados based on how much we’ve spent on those pair in recent months! Sooo, we fancied a change to the daily walk and took them to Riddings Woods, just off Church Lane – all fine, lovely walk – 2hrs later, Flake starts shaking like he is going to fit , Rafa can’t really be raised and neither of them can walk properly. I honestly thought they had been poisoned. Of course this is

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To advertise email info@voicemagazines.co.uk or call us on 01773 549 035 Printed by Image2Print distributed to 6500 homes in Kirkby area. Disclaimer: No responsibility is accepted by Voice Magazines Limited for claims, errors or omissions made in advertisements appearing in this issue. All advertisers are accepted in good faith and we are not responsible for views expressed by contributor or other sources. Reproduction of the contents of this magazine is not permitted without the prior consent of the publisher. Voice Magazines To advertise please callDerbyshire. 01773 549 035 in England & Wales No: 10550557 3 Limited, 81 High Street, South Normanton, DE55 2BP. Registered

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS IN KIRKBY & SURROUNDING PLACES. There were quite a lot of Churches and Chapels in Kirkby when it was a thriving town.

were lots of things associated with religion years ago. Harvest Festivals, Whit walks to name just 2.

The 2 main Churches are St. Thomas’s and St Wilfrid’s.

Most of the children went to Sunday school. After walking round on whit walks there was tea and cakes at most Church halls.

St Thomas’s is in the part of St Thomas’s Kirkby which is called the folly end. This is where all the shops are. It is a relatively new Church built early 1900s. Whereas St Wilfrid’s is an incredibly old Church built in the old part of Kirkby. There was a fire at St Wilfrid’s Church in the early 1900s Annesley Church was also targeted the same time.

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Two streets near this church are chapel street and Church Street where there are many very lovely old houses.

They also put plays or pantomimes on. I remember St. Wilfrid’s being in one when I was small. Some of the small chapels were turned into factories. It is so sad because some of them were magnificent buildings. Kirkby Woodhouse has St. John’s Church and Annesley Church is All Saints. There were also quite a few Chapels in Nuncargate Kirkby Woodhouse and Annesley. I think one of the oldest Churches is Annesley Old Church situated at the side of Annesley Hall. A lot of artifacts from this Church went to Annesley Church.

There was a St Andrews church not a church anymore. Roman Catholic Church and Spiritualist Church have all been rebuilt. There were a lot of Chapels. Methodist, Baptist, Gospel, Salvation Army. A lot of these chapels have been turned into other things and some have been demolished during redevelopment. There

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RAFA AND FLAKE RECOMMEND – local walks

Now that the Prime Minister has announced the easing of restrictions, we are all looking forward to days out with our dogs over the summer months. The everpopular Rambles with Rafa and Flake will be back in the magazine soon. Meanwhile Spring is on its way. Lighter morning and evenings are with us, the weather is improving, trees are budding, flowers beginning to bloom and we and our dogs are all able to get out more. One of the positive sides of walking from our own homes is discovering the plethora of attractive green spaces in our own area. Here are a few of our favourites, one of which is bound to be local to you.

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PARK, WILLIAMPTHORPE PONDS and HOLMEWOOD WOODLANDS. Plenty of benches along the way to have a quick break for a drink or sandwich. BLACKWELL TRAIL – parking Fordbridge Lane, Blackwell - 3.5 miles from Westhouses to Huthwaite. Attractive trail alongside a stream passing through Hilcote where there is now a new Wildlife Garden off Pasture Lane which is well worth a visit SILVERHILL TRAIL – parking at Teversal Visitor Centre (NG17 3HJ) or Blackwell Village A pleasant 4.5 mile trail from Blackwell to Teversal with lots of vestiges of the old railways for the enthusiast. This joins up with the TEVERSAL TRAIL which in turn leads to PLEASLEY PIT COUNTRY PARK (parking NG19 7EY) These are just a few of the many routes you can take from the Greenways. Enough to keep the most exigent dog walk for many a day. Other lovely local walking spots include PENNYTOWN PONDS - Parking Somercotes - https://www.ambervalley.

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