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Hi Readers, This month I’m not going to talk about the dreaded ‘C’ word and I’m also not going to mention any bingo words, such as ‘restrictions’, ‘lockdown’, ‘rule of 6’ etc etc. It hasn’t gone away, it has affected everybody’s lives in one way or another, we shouldn’t be complacent but that said, I, like many of you, want my life back! And this month has seen the return of the shops. I’m sure that you’re all aware by now that I am passionate about small business and that it is synonymous with ‘Shopping local’, which has never been more important than currently. Many of our local businesses have been unable to open and as such trade. The stress that they have endured trying to keep the wheels on, has at times been too much to bear and many shops & businesses, big and small, have fallen along the way. Having felt the pain ourselves to some degree (although we were fortunate enough to limp along from home), the people in these industries are my absolute heroes. The adaptability, resilience and fortitude that every business owner has shown, should be celebrated and the very least we can do is support them in their comeback. Liam and I popped down to Alfreton Market during the opening week on a Saturday and met the traders, you can read all about our experience in our Alfreton & Swanwick editions and online. I may have mentioned this before, but when I was a kid, I had a stint on my cousin’s cheese stall and it proper gave me the bug! I love markets, car-boots, fairs etc and I really love trading on them. Having spoken with many of the traders, we found such a mixed bag between, longevity, products sold, whether they kept running throughout
lockdowns and how they had to adapt but what was apparent was the resolve of all these people to carry on. It was also wonderful to see a couple of start-up businesses which began trading through lock-down and are working hard to build a business from it. I truly think that through dark times, opportunities arise and sometimes, we talk more about what we’ve lost than the successes that we have gained. I would urge anyone who spots an opportunity, to grab it with both hands and with that in mind, Alfreton Market has some cracking deals for crafts and start-up businesses & I believe that most local markets have similar incentives – so if your dream is retail, why not give them a call! In other news and in the same vein, local elections – use your vote and use it wisely and don’t try and read anything into that other than – we only get a say if we turn up and vote, irrespective of your persuasion! We did want to run a feature about all the local elections etc but decided against it for fear of vitriol from the keyboard warriors who assume my position without question! I’m off to enjoy the sunshine and visit some local independent traders #shoplocal ….it’s our future!!
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THE RAILWAY THAT WAS & THE RAILWAY THAT WASN’T The Railway that Was and the Railway that Wasn’t An Alfreton mystery, or is it? The Railway Hotel was built on King Street, Alfreton, and opened in 1901, it is said on the site of an ale-house and farm owned by Thomas Painter. The original pub having been demolished in 1899. Certainly Thomas continued his occupation as an innkeeper and farmer, and is recorded as such in the 1901 census. That doesn’t help though in trying to establish why a pub would be named The Railway when there was no apparent railway connection. One popular theory is that The Railway Inn was built in preparation for a planned ‘Electric Tram Railway’ from Nottingham to Mansfield via Ripley, Alfreton and Sutton in Ashfield. It was the era of tramway construction of that there is little doubt but the nearest such a system got to Alfreton was at Ripley where the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Company service terminated. The line operated from 1913 until 1931 and the trams will be forever known as the Ripley Rattlers. The line was considered very dangerous and even D.H. Lawrence himself commented on the experience of taking a ride on them! Perhaps then, Alfreton was fortunate to escape!
Perhaps we need to go back to the Parish Church of St Martin of Tours on the 1st April, 1764, which saw the baptism of one Benjamin Outram, the son of Joseph Outram and his wife Elizabeth who resided on King Street, Alfreton. Benjamin began his career assisting his father, Joseph, who described himself as an “agriculturalist” but this covered many duties from arbitrating in the many disputes which arose from the enclosures acts to advising on land management and surveying for new mines. In this, he was scrupulously honest and well respected. When William Jessop was approached to design and build the Cromford Canal he therefore found an extremely able assistant in the 24 yearold Benjamin. Building the canal, particularly Butterley Tunnel revealed substantial mineral deposits including coal and iron-stone. This was the beginning of the Benjamin Outram & Co. ironworks, which began trading in 1790 and subsequently became known as The Butterley Company. Outram became the leading advocate in the construction of tramways using L-section rails, which were manufactured at his ironworks together with all the waggons. His first tramway was a line, just over a mile in length, to carry limestone from quarries at Crich to Bullbridge Wharf on the Cromford Canal for use by his works. Sadly Benjamin, undoubtedly, a well respected and accomplished Engineer was to die relatively young in May of 1805. Sadly Benjamin Outram’s Alfreton connection is largely ignored, save for the long demolished Outram Terrace, in itself a distant memory. Have we solved our mystery?
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The impact of Coronavirus restrictions on businesses has been severe. The effects have been particularly felt on small local enterprises with modest profit margins. Somercotes Parish Council urges everyone to shop and use local businesses where they can. Please show your support for your community as we emerge from this difficult time.
MEETINGS As the Pandemic has affected how we conduct meetings, the Annual Parish Village Meeting is deferred until later in the year.
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Ingredients: • 500g dried fusilli pasta • Low-calorie cooking spray • 4 skinless and boneless salmon fillets, cut into bite-size chunks • 2 peppers (any colours), deseeded and chopped • 1 garlic clove, crushed • 300g green beans, trimmed and halved • 100g fat-free natural fromage frais • 1 large unwaxed lemon, zested and cut into wedges • Small bag of watercress, a few sprigs reserved, the rest chopped
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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HIGH STREET! Welcome Back!
Your local non-essential retailers are
Visitors can be assured that the
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market towns of Amber Valley and
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to keep shoppers safe. Many local businesses have also changed their business model and now offer click and collect or reserve and collect services, so you can truly maximise your shopping experience in a way that best suits you.
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Alfreton Market Back open and ready to give you a warm welcome!
This month we were contacted by Katie from Alfreton Bluebells, who have a regular stall on Alfreton Market. She invited me along to meet the traders and see how they are adapting to live after lockdown. I was really impressed by the mix of great value highstreet staples, such as the fruit and veg stall, butchers and cafe alongside the stalls offering unique products,
gifts and crafts and hat really impressed me was the quality and price of the goods on sale. We were shown around by Vicki, the market manager, who explained the measures they have taken in light of covid restrictions, including implementing a oneway system, and she introduced us to the stall holders:
Meet the Market Stall Holders: friendly are a genuinely Katie and Sarah mad keen on all are o wh o du and helpful experts they really are the things floral and over 20 years’ th Wi g. gin an at flower arr can help een them they experience betw ily flowers to big da m fro ng thi you with every between, d everything incelebrations an d occasions, an ms ite l ria including memo and anniversaries. such as birthdays
t day (Tuesdays, there each marke The Bluebells are and the stall is ys) da ys and Satur Thursdays, Frida Clay Cross, so at s ll in s and Balloon eds from the sta part of Bluebell k after all your ne loo them to le ab ing et days. Contact ark n-m as well as be no on ve that back-up Alfreton, they ha online. or ok bo on Face reton Bluebells of Alf Judiths stall is a gre at example of the uni queness the market can off er. Her items really cannot be found anywhere els e as they are handm ade, by Judith, who often uses her spare tim e at the stall to do her crafting. Judith and Sid are lovely too. They obviously lov e what they do and it shows in the quality of their craftwork - There can be over 25,000 beads in one picture! As well as the art work, they also sel bookmarks and nov l cards, elty display items. They also do commis have a particular pic sions if you ture you want creatin g. Find them on Fac online at www.made ebook or byjudith.org
Stuart and Phil turned their passion into a business when they started off selling the excess plants they grew in their garden and now they have a stall each day of the marke t as well as selling plants on Facebook. The friendly and knowledgeable Stuart told us that they work really hard to make sure the plants they sell are not available elsewhere. They also sell a range of aromatherapy diffuse rs and attractive household items such as faux leather animal doorstops (we couldn’t resist
and picked up a very fancy fox for ourselves!)
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Run by Judith and Leslie this stall offers everything you need for a fun filled party! Now that we can all start to get together again to celebrate those important occasions, shouldn’t we all start making up for lost time? The Ladies are friendly and helpful and have everything to get your party off with a bang!
Tee only started running the Market Café in October and has struggled through lockdown offering a takeaway and delivery service but now she is clicking into gear and will soon be able to offer a seating area. Tee is proud of using local products, including fruit and veg from Denise. As well as a enticing range of breakfasts, lunch items, pannini’s and specials, cooked from scratch, Tee also sells a range of cheesecakes and cakes, which can be ordered.
Find them on Facebook for more info. J’n’L D.I.Y Party Pieces
and ality meats nge of qu a wide ra t. rs ke fe ar of m r e day of th This butche open each ucts and is Tee’s Café meat prod Meats Holbrook Pauline has been running her stall for 17 years and specialises in a range of cards, cake making , artificial floral decorations and ladies. This stall is open Affectionally known as the egg haberdashery (her display of buttons alone is worth the on Fridays trip!) Pauline also sells hand knitted baby items, which are specially made so that they can be sold to raise money for Ashgate Hospice. What a star! Pauline’s Greeting Cards
THINKING ABOUT TAKING ON A STALL ? Now is the perfect time!
Maybe you have started a new business? Maybe Covid has led you to close your shop and you are looking to get going again? Maybe you have a great idea and you want to give it a try? Whatever your reason, this is the perfect time to give a stall a try. To encourage new traders, with new products the Council is offering stalls at ½ price for 3 months for traders meeting these criteria. Normal prices start from approx. £58/week with no service charges and coin operated meters are available if you require electricity. With business expansion incentives, including reductions for 2nd and 3rd stalls, there is room to grow.
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Normal prices start from approx. £58/week with no service charges and coin operated meters are available if you require electricity. With business expansion incentives, including reductions for 2nd and 3rd stalls, there is room to grow. Call Vicki on 07971126363 or email vicki.england@ambervalley.gov.uk
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to kill pathogens in the air, and I’m pleased to say
tours. At the beginning it was just Clair driving
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summer last year when the restrictions were lifted
of the spanners, Pam (Clair’s mum) answering
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the phone and not forgetting Matthew (Clair &
coaches throughout this period, all of the hotels
Grahams son) who likes to remind his mum of the
did a stunning job of keeping us safe and we are
commentary she should be giving. Since then, we
very grateful for those 3 months that we got to
have added more vehicles to our fleet and we get
spend doing what we enjoy so much. We are very
a helping hand from Matt who loves to take happy
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“A great year for the Peak Mortgages and Protection Clan Peak Mortgages and Protection in Milford, Belper have had few big changes over the last few months! We have recently allowed clients back into the office and we are still Derbyshire’s top rated mortgage and protection company when it comes to Google reviews which is fantastic. We are still offering zoom appointments for our appointments as this has proved to be easier and preferred by most of our clients, but we are also allowing people to come and see us in our office now – socially distanced of course! Most of us are back in the office full time which is great, as we can finally see each other properly rather than just over a screen. Probably the most exciting thing which has happened recently has been the fact that the Peak name has set up a wills and estate business which has been created by Sam and Rhys! This means we are now running two main businesses under the Peak name; the original Mortgage and Protection business, and now Wills and Estate Planning. Each business is on both Instagram and Facebook so why not give them a follow! We also have our Peak communities page on Facebook which every month celebrates two local businesses with an award to support them during a year of hardship and to recognise their hard work.
Rhys featured in The Times newspaper in April as part of vouchedfor’s Guide To The UK’s Top Rated Financial Advisors and we were also awarded with a trophy! Furthermore, to stay on the topic of awards, we were excited to find out that we have won two awards at the 2021 UK Enterprise Awards, which are: Mortgage Advisors of the Year 2021 – Derbyshire and the Distinction Award for Client Service Excellence 2021! We are still donating money every month to our 2021 chosen charity, Lauren’s Legacy, and have plans for an outdoor cinema event in August at the Rugby Club in Belper. So, when it comes to deciding on who to go to with queries relating to mortgages or protection (and now wills and estate planning), why not go to the local business who you know support your local community and consistently deliver for their clients?
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INVESTING IN YOU After working in the business for over 20 years Laura Woodward came to realise the simple mistakes most estate agents are making today. Without the restrictions of corporate rules and shareholders to please she can give you not only the best marketing proposition but the best of herself. Laura says “I recognise that moving house is the biggest investment of many people’s lives, not only financially but emotionally too. By challenging the norm I can support the entire process of moving by offering a modern, interactive and open approach to your move. I believe that although the marketing is a massive part in selling your home, what’s also important are regular contact, updates and honesty from me as your agent, which really does make the whole process easier and more enjoyable. Stand out from the crowd with our free enhanced marketing.” FREE PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY Our local professional photographer knows how to capture images to ensure your property looks at its best. From knowing how to showcase your space to digital enhancements, your home will have never looked better.
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“I can unreservedly recommend Laura Woodward to sell or find the right home for you. Laura really does provide that attention to detail when marketing your home. For every home she sells Laura will bring the best out of your property from the description to the photography to her honest and positive marketing. If you are looking for your dream home Laura understands people and will get to know you and therefore find you the home you are looking for.” – Mr. D Taylor “We took to Laura as soon as she came to value our home and were over the moon when she sold it and found us our new place. We have kept in touch and will definitely be using her in the future.” – Mrs. C Start
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As a Derbyshire lass, this is something my grandparents always used to say. May is here. Its time to start thinking about delving into our summer wardrobe. How does that make you feel? After the year of uncertainty, we’ve all experienced, you’d definitely be forgiven if some of last years clothes are a little snug. We’d also be forgiven if when trying to lose a few pounds, finding it very hard work or even impossible. Through lockdown, our behaviours will have changed. Perhaps our activities levels have changed, eating patterns may have become erratic, maybe we’ve been emotional eating through stress or boredom. In the past, eating less, and exercising more may have worked for you, but when we’re chronically overwhelmed, worried, not sleeping, or not as young as we used to be, this approach doesn’t work as well. Weight loss can be slow, non existent, or in some cases, the extra ‘stress’ of a very low calorie diet can even lead to weight gain! Our biological systems work very closely with each other, so if the body feels chronically stressed, some of our hormones down regulate as a survival response causing all sorts of chaos. Things that we do to manage our weight can heighten this response. This includes severe calorie restriction and over exercising. For example, our hunger hormones Leptin and Grehlin can become unbalanced, meaning an increase in hunger and sugar cravings. This can lead to chaotic blood sugar levels and an increase in belly fat……..exactly the opposite of what you’re trying to achieve!! This is just one of the reasons diets don’t work in the long term. Furthermore, by developing ‘a sweet tooth’, sugar cravings, an afternoon slump of energy, inability to lose weight, or an increase in belly fat, we may
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be increasing our risk of diabetes, and many other chronic diseases further down the line. So what do we do? •
Become a sugar detective. Check packet food for hidden sugars, especially cereals, low fat foods and ‘healthy’ snack bars. 4 grams of sugar equates to 1 teaspoon. You’ll be surprised what you find!!
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FREE PRESCRIPTION DELIVERY SERVICE We are a family owned independent pharmacy and pride ourselves on a high standard of personal service to our local and surrounding community. Our reputation is built on our commitment to personal service and attention to details by our professional and experienced staff.
Our dispensing services include while-you-wait, collection and FREE DELIVERY options. For NHS prescriptions, nominate Riddings Pharmacy at your surgery and we deliver your prescriptions free of charge.
Please call us for any queries or more information on 01773 606222.
ARE YOU SUFFERING AND NEED HELP WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? Acid reflux • Back pain • Ear infections • Erectile dysfunction • Hives • Impetigo • Migraine • Period delay • Period pain • Throat infections • Urinary tract infections If so, our pharmacist provides private face to face or telephone consultation service and, if needed, can supply prescription medicines.
WE ARE SPECIALISED IN CARE,TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: Arthritis • IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) • Celiac & Crohn’s Fatigue and weaknesses • Recurrent UTI • Diabetic • Asthma and COPD
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THE HIGH STREET This month we wanted to welcome back all the businesses on our local high streets. They have had a rough year not only worrying about their health but also their livelihoods and as such ‘Shopping local’ and has never been more important than now. Our local shops, traders and businesses have been hit hard by Covid-19 and they desperately need our help if they are to survive. Please don’t assume that because lockdown is ending, they are out of the woods. This is make-or-break time for so many businesses. Local businesses are your friends, your neighbours, the parents of the kids at school, the guy from the pub and the nice lady who walks her dog down the park. They are your local community. And the money spent with local businesses stays in the local community, to be spent again and again. Rather than the money spent at the big shops, which mostly leaves straight away. So be brave and be impulsive. Pop down to your local shops, market or pick up that phone today and make that booking. It really is the difference between our local businesses surviving and disappearing, perhaps for good this time!
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Support Local Businesses! The ‘pandemic’ may not be over yet - actually it may never be completely over, as viruses are pesky wee blighters that continually adapt and change - but at least we can now get out and about with a little more freedom. Shopping is one of the things that many people say they have missed during the repeated lockdowns. Supermarket food shopping and online browsing doesn’t hold a candle to mooching round actual shops…well for some people anyway! Evidence of this ‘must go shopping syndrome’ (MGSS) was all over the news when the restrictions were lifted, with multiple images of people queuing to get in the likes of Primark, other city centre department stores and out of town retail parks. Great for those stores (and their shareholders!) but what about the small traders on your local high streets. The one man (and woman) bands who have struggled to survive during the crises, often with very little help from government. Some of these small local retail outlets may have managed to stay open during lockdown, the ones providing essential services anyway, please don’t let them down now the economy is reopening, by heading elsewhere! What about the cafes, hairdressers, barbers, beauticians, gift shops, and the myriad other small shops you can find in every town and village? Some haven’t survived, some may still find themselves unable to continue even though clientele is returning, and others will be testing the water - can they make up for the devastating losses of the last year, or should they give up? The people who run these businesses are our friends, often our family, they are the lifeblood of our local communities and we cannot afford to lose them and their businesses. According to website
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www.indieretail.uk, stats show that for every £1 spent with a local, independent business, between 50p-70p circulates back into the local economy. That same pound spent in a retail chain will see a mere 5p trickling down to local level, it’s a company’s shareholders who ultimately benefit. Don’t kid yourself that your small spend won’t make a difference - it will! An article in The Independent just before Christmas 2020 said that, according to Visa, if we all spent £5 extra per week with small businesses it would help to keep them open in the long term. It should be a no brainer really! Spend your hard earned cash in your local shops whenever you can. OK, maybe you have missed a little retail therapy in a shopping mall or large city centre - indulge yourself if you must, but remember that without your custom, local shops will close. If you don’t want to see your town or village denuded of its independent retailers and becoming a ghost town of boarded up shops, you need to spend your money there. Simples. So a fiver a week in your local shops, or a decimated local high street. Your choice.
These articles are researched and written by Laura Billingham, a local content writer and author. Laura moved to the Peak District several years ago to pursue her passion for writing. To find out more visit www.landgassociates. co.uk or contact Laura on 07736 351341
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This walk originally featured in the magazines back in August 2014. The walk is one of my favourites, which we do quite often. It makes great use of a number of different trails and has a great variety of scenery, not least the views from the ‘Miner’, which is the highest point in Nottinghamshire. The walk can be adapted, if you want to stick to the trails or if you want to shorten it. To shorten the route just jump from the end of point 5 to point 11, although you will miss out on the Miner!
6-mile circular from Brierly Forest Park A moderate and varied walk for you and your dog. The route should take around 3 hours. The route has a couple of decent inclines and there are stiles to cross. There are a few stretches of road so take care. The terrain is generally very good but as with all walks it depends on the conditions, so a good pair of boots are always advised.
START: Brierly Forest Park Visitor Centre, Skegby Road, Huthwaite, NG17 2PL. 1.
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My grandson Tom was going to write this month’s View again but he is too busy planting beetroot, turnips and lettuce in his raised bed in the back garden, as well as growing potatoes in containers. Raised beds are all the rage on the LBLAA site and I see that our Chairman has just built several on his plot. I hope he got their size right so he can easily reach across from front and back to access the whole surface. My success with carrots in a raised bed last year has convinced me of their benefits and I have planted parsnips in one raised bed this year plus radishes and carrots in another. The advantages of raised beds are fewer weeds, less strain on your back, better water retention in areas with light soil, better drainage if you have clay soil, no soil compaction from feet, warmer soil earlier in the season, easier to adjust soil pH and type to grow specialist plants and finally there is the happy thought of carrot flies zooming along at ground level bashing their heads against the sides of the raised bed unable to get up to the carrots 18” or so above them. I use 9” high raised beds which stack on top of each other. An extra advantage to growing veg like carrots or turnips in a smallish raised bed is that their fine seed can be sown by scattering it over the whole surface followed by covering it with fine compost before watering well. The major disadvantage of a raised bed is that the soil in it can dry out quickly in drought conditions stressing your plants - so water well when needed and don’t make raised beds of wood treated with old style heavy metal preservatives or of creosoted railway sleepers. Our plot bailiff Mick has only two plots left now so if you want to start experimenting with raised beds give him a ring on 07725402033 and check our website at www.lblaa.co.uk.
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