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Hi Readers This month marks the 1-year anniversary of the first lock-down. I saw one comedian on Twitter write ‘I haven’t heard anybody say, where did the last year go’. Beyond the joke I think they may have missed the point. For many of us the last year has been a year lost. Lost experiences, lost jobs, lost businesses, even lost loved ones. With the roadmap in place there are reasons to be optimistic as we want to reclaim our lives but I think we are all feeling the same caution. My own thoughts are that we have to be brave. Embrace the changes we need to make, with vaccines, social distancing, masks and hand sanitising that will allow us to embrace the opportunity to reclaim our lives. As they say, hindsight is a wonderful thing but I suppose this toll has caused us all the be a bit grumpy, maybe it’s the social distancing we have had to maintain but it seems like there is growing gaps in our ability to empathise and understand each other. But what I would say to that is, it was only just over a year ago when #bekind was doing the rounds as a reaction to Caroline Flack losing her life so tragically. Nobody knows what anybody else is going through behind closed doors – so it’s very simple, just be kind to each other – kindness never hurt anyone.

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ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS WWI WAR MEMORIAL. On Saturday 15th August 1921 full honours were paid to the war dead of St Michael and All Angels parish at the unveiling and dedication of the handsome octagonal foliated cross erected in front of the church. Over 300 people attended the service. Fast forward to October 2004 when the redundant church was approved for retail, residential or commercial use and the building and land passed into private ownership. The memorial remained in the ownership of the Diocese of Southwell with no guarantees of a viable future given by the new owner of the site. The memorial designed by Mr Louis Ambler was in a forlorn and sad state. A site examination in 2007 showed atmospheric damage, organic and lichen deposits and significant damage to the capital. All of the names on the memorial base were illegible, due to erosion of the particularly soft sandstone. Joints in the plinth steps were beginning to open and weeds were starting to flourish with paper and bottles littering the site. Not entirely forgotten over the years, the Royal British Legion had regularly laid a wreath of remembrance during November each year. Fortunately people cared about the memorial and the men whose names appeared on it. A partnership was formed comprising of The New Cross Residents Association, The Diocese of Southwell, Notts County Council and Ashfield District Council who worked towards the relocation of the memorial, funding and planning permission. Three possible sites were considered for the re-siting of the memorial and the junction of Stoneyford, Mansfield and Priestsic roads was chosen as this offered a better choice for the memorial to be seen and for large groups of people to gather on Remembrance day. Work eventually started on 26th May 2009 when scaffolding arrived to encase the memorial in poles and sheeting ready for it to be dismantled and taken

to the workshop of Mark Stafford, Stonemason and Conversation Ltd for cleaning and renewal of the eroded capital detail. New Welsh slate memorial tablets were to be carved with names of the 227 men whose names had originally been on the existing memorial base. The memorial came home in July and work began in earnest on the 27th when work began to rebuild the three-stepped plinth. Torrential rain, swine flu and holidays played their part in stopping work until August which brought with it dry, sunny weather. The restoration came on by leaps and bounds and the column, collar and foliated cross were ready to be fixed in place. The end was in sight when the five newly engraved slate panels were fixed in place. Ashfield District Council arranged for up lighters to be fitted and the paving to be completed around the base of the memorial. On Sunday 25th October 2009 the renovated and relocated memorial was finally rededicated and the 227 men of the parish again remembered for the sacrifice they had made. A service took place at the site of the memorial and was well attended by local dignitaries, members of the public and relatives of the men whose names appeared on the memorial. Many wreaths were laid, including that of Mr Joseph Henry Fisher whose father James had died on his first birthday 27th October 1918. Work continued at the site with the erection of a fence and the burial of a time capsule. The restoration of the memorial and the lives of the casualties have been recorded in the book ‘A Living Legacy’. They live on and have not been forgotten.

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Pensions usually fall into two different types: occupational or private schemes. Private pensions, such as a stakeholder pension, personal pension or self invested personal pension (SIPP), are money purchase schemes. Occupational pension schemes are further divided into defined contribution and defined benefit schemes - but pension freedoms only apply to defined contribution pensions. Defined benefit pensions - also known as final salary pensions - are seen as the Rolls Royce of pensions as what you receive depends on your earnings when you retire and is not dependent upon investment performance and growth. They are set up by your employer and provide you with a percentage of your final salary at retirement. While final salary pensions do not qualify for pension freedoms, it is possible to convert them into a pot of cash - but beware this is area targeted by scammers and is a high-risk strategy as you will be giving up valuable guarantees. Pension freedoms also do not apply to your state pension.

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Continuing to save into your pension until the time comes to retire is the default position for most retirement savers in the UK. You can contribute up to £40,000 of your annual earnings towards your pension pot in 2018/19 without paying tax, subject to taper rules which may apply to high earners and which reduce the annual allowance. This cap remains in place for 2019/20 at the time of writing. Doing nothing is usually the best option unless you need the money for something in particular, whether that's to pay off your mortgage or help your grown-up child get on to the property ladder.

Withdraw everything If you did take this extreme step, the first 25% of your retirement savings would be free from tax and the remaining 75% would be taxed at your marginal rate of income tax. This is still the case in 2018/19 - but be aware that doing so could nudge you into a higher income tax band and see you paying 40% as a higher-rate taxpayer or 45% as an additional-rate taxpayer.

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Begin the walk by taking the signposted path opposite Taylors Mill to cross a footbridge. Then cross the fields alongside the River Amber before crossing the edge of the playing field, over a footbridge and passing through a tunnel under the railway.

Turn right and follow the railway for some distance as it takes you beside Shaw Wood. After the wood carry on ahead and keep to the right of a large detached house, following signs to a wooden gate on your left.

For the extended walk carry on along Park Lane, past the turn for Fritchley and then uphill for about half a mile. Pass the first path on your right then after the road bends left then right take the stile on your right to walk alongside the field.

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Responsible Tourism – The Countryside Code Derbyshire, and in particular the Peak District, is full of pretty villages and stunning scenery, making the area a hot spot for tourism. Derbyshire, and in particular the Peak District, is full of pretty villages and stunning scenery, making the area a hot spot for tourism. Tourists are of course welcomed with open arms by those who directly benefit from the cash they bring with them. Many shops, cafes, hotels, pubs and B&B’s cannot survive without the visitor economy, a fact which has been highlighted by the disruption caused this year due to the Coronavirus and resulting lockdowns. Something else that has been brought to the fore by the events of 2020 is that many visitors to rural locations have absolutely no idea of how to behave in a countryside setting. A fact which has caused local residents in many areas to despair at the behaviour of (an admittedly small) number of people.

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Lighting fires and disposal BBQs in tinder dry locations; leaving behind mounds of rubbish for other people to clear up; allowing dogs to roam freely amongst livestock, and more. Residents in our picturesque villages have been left scratching their heads in disbelief.

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Many of us may remember the TV advert from the 1970s featuring Joe and Petunia, an inoffensive but clueless couple ‘enjoying’ a visit to the countryside and leaving chaos in their wake. The content of that particular ad was based on The Countryside Code, a public information document drafted in the 50s and updated several times since. Aardman Studios (of Wallace and Grommit fame) produced an advert featuring the creature comfort characters when the code was revised in 2004. For some inexplicable reason however, many visitors seem to be oblivious of the Countryside Code – or maybe it’s simply that a certain section of the public feel rules do not apply to them. Judging by the illegal parking that went on over last summer,

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Gardener’s Calendar You may have been tempted into sowing some seeds indoors – and why not - but annual flowers such as nasturtiums and foxglove can be grown from seed outdoors now – and you can start bring your indoor seedlings out (during the day) to get them hardened off. When putting seeds directly into the garden, it’s important to be sparing – about a finger’s width apart per seed in a shallow drill – you can use a cane to create the drill according to the depth instructions on the packet. If you over-fill the drill you risk the plants damping off due to overcrowding – and effectively you’re wasting seed. The earth should be crumbled to a fine tilth and not too wet. Cover with fine soil or a peat free compost and then with fleece. This will hopefully keep the soil warm, but also stop pigeons and other birds using your seed drill as a takeaway. You can secure the fleece with sticks or by spading the edge down.

If you want a head-start with planting it’s absolutely okay to go for plug plants from a garden centre or online – not everyone wants to grow from seed. Just make sure they’re kept in the right conditions on the container until it’s safe for them to go out. Daffodils should be deadheaded after flowering but allow the foliage to die back naturally – no tying it in knots.

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