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From the Editor Happy New Year Readers! Or is it? At the time of writing (due to printer close downs over the holiday season), we aren’t actually at Christmas yet and everything hangs in the balance once more – Omicron! I, like many of you I’m sure, was hopeful that the worst of the pandemic times are behind us but, as it currently stands, we do not know how this variant is or isn’t going to transpire – anyway, shoulder shrug, see what happens and onwards we move! Following from our covers this month I’ve already made my New Year’s resolutions but they are toned down massively on normal - as what I’m really wanting is a nice long break, in the sunshine, preferably with lots of books! I love reading but barely get chance these days, so I’m going to see if I can stick to this one – 1 book per month, no excuses! What’s your plans for 2022? In terms of the mags, I am loving seeing all the articles/contributions, especially the heritage articles. Across all the magazines, they are absolutely fantastic and so interesting for each area – I’m very thankful to all the people that make the effort and send these articles over each month to us, we love printing them and I hope you all love reading them as much as I do? With that in mind, we’re hoping to bring you even more content next year, with some big household names, all being well. We’ll keep our

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powder dry until everything is fully confirmed but safe to say it’s very exciting if it does happen. Obviously, creating new content will no doubt bring some more magazine launches – so watch this space on Voice Magazines reaching even more people in 2022! Although, it is a much more difficult juggle this year with paper prices increasing so substantially and showing no signs of slowing down (13% increase so far!! Eeek!!). Final note to mention, thank you to everyone for bearing with us in terms of delivery last month and possibly the coming few months. In between storms, covid & other illnesses and holidays, we do have to extend a little extra time to our fabulous distribution team at this time of year as sometimes it isn’t safe or they simply aren’t well enough to deliver, but we massively appreciate your patience on this. Once more unto the breach……. See you in the Feb edition, Happy Reading,

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History of Watchorn Church (Part One) Robert Watchorn was only 22 years old, yet had already spent half his life at work, when he glimpsed the Statue of Liberty in New York harbour on 25th May, 1880. Just eleven years later he became the first secretary of the United Mine Workers of America and was awarded the organization’s gold medal for leading a rescue party at Dunbar, Pennsylvania, following a mine explosion there. A mere fourteen years later President Theodore Roosevelt named Watchorn Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island. Robert Watchorn was born on April 1, 1858 at “Shank End” Alfreton. He was the second of nine children born to John and Alice Watchorn. His birthplace became the precise spot where in 1929 he would dedicate the Watchorn Church, Sunday school, manse and adjacent property in memory of his mother. From the age of four years, he attended the Church of England day school leaving at the tender age of 11. He commenced work at Morewood’s deep colliery and subsequently also worked in the Swanwick and Shirland collieries. During this time, four evenings a week. he attended a night school kept by a kind-hearted and successful lawyer named Ernest Edgar Bone.

In 1880 he decided to emigrate from England, realizing there was not much prospect of advancement in an industry where employment was hazardous, irregular and poorly paid. He sailed from Liverpool on May 14, 1880, on the Cunard line steamer Bothnia and reached New York May 25, 1880. In Pennsylvania he found work in the coal mines. In 1881 he sent for his parents and family, and they joined him in April of that year. Sadly, his father was to later die in a mine accident. By sheer grit and determination Robert became President of the National Trades Assembly and later became the first Secretary/ Treasurer of the United Mineworkers of America. “That was a turning point in my life,” he later wrote. “I made a greatly enlarged circle of friends and acquaintances and, best of all, it was there that I met my future wife, the dearest and most delightful of companions. At the time I write these lines, she has for 40 years been the apple of my eye and for 38 years she has been my wife. During all that time, she has been the very essence of my endeavours, the consummation of my achievements, the sharer of my disappointments, the helper of the helpers, and the sweetest of mothers to our children, Robert and Ewart. That unexpected and not wholly undreaded election at Cleveland, in that far-away day in September, 1888, was truly a great day for me.”

In 1876, became associated with the Primitive Methodists on Derby Road and has been identified with Methodism ever since.

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Alfreton Male Voice Choir After almost 2 years without a public performance, October 16th was a very welcome ‘come back’ to the stage. An enthusiatic audience enjoyed a variety of songs from the choir, some virtuoso trumpet from John Barker and a little comedy from the Saga Louts. The objective of this concert is to raise money for charity and we are pleased to have donated £1,000.00 to AQUABOX in support of their International efforts to supply humanitarian aid to disaster areas worldwide. It’s now time to look forward to 2022 and start thinking of next years programme. We need to recruit new members to help us move forward and present a modern repertoire. It is well known, and documented, that singing is good for your health and we have several members who are testament to that fact.

So if you would like to help us whilst helping yourself, please join us on Thursdays between 6.30 and 8.30 at Palmer Morewood Social Club, Hall Street, Alfreton or contact John on 07535 359 424 Chairman Mick Mullarkey said, ‘’It’s a great feeling to sing and entertain as a choir but we need to recruit new members to ensure that our repertoire stays relevant and entertaining’’.

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“The body is in the library” sounds like the start of an Agatha Christie, or a game of Cluedo. And Snow, by Irish writer John Banville has strong echoes of the traditional murder mystery – run down country house, aristocratic family – police inspector looking for clues, and yes a dead body, though one mutilated in a way which Miss Christie might not have risked writing about. But this novel is so much more. John Banville knows Irish society. His earlier novel The Sea also set in rural Ireland won a Booker Man prize and in addition to a lengthy catalogue of novels he’s also written crime stories under the name Benjamin Black. Snow is set in a ferociously cold Irish winter, and the frozen landscape is reflected inside Ballyglass House by a 1950s society frozen in social and religious intolerance. It’s a heady and compelling mix. This story is only partly about the murder. It’s a clever take on the whodunit, well written and with wit. But it tells another story about a time and place which is engrossing. And it’s a good read for a chilly time of year.

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Happy New Year! In the 21st Century, we see January 1st as the start of a brand new year - but did you know that this wasn’t always the case? In fact the month of January didn’t even exist until around 700 BCE when it and February were added to the Roman calendar. At that point in history the start of the new year was widely regarded as being March 1st - to coincide with the start of new life in spring. In about 45 BCE Julius Caesar (yes, the one who invaded Britain, lusted after Cleopatra, and was stabbed to death by the members of his senate) introduced a new calendar to the Roman empire - one based on the movement of the earth around the sun, and much more accurate than the old lunar based system. This calendar became known as the Julian Calendar and it was decreed that January 1st be recognised as the start of a new year throughout Roman territories. It doesn’t end there though… New Year was still a moveable feast right up to the acceptance of (another!) new calendar system in 1582 - the Gregorian calendar, which is still used today. The day was celebrated 25 December; 1 March; 25 March and also on the movable feast of Easter; depending on where you were in Europe. Very confusing! Even more confusing if you were in Britain because, believe it or not, until 1752 Britain (except Scotland) and its Empire had retained March 25 as the official start of the year. Now we’ve established when January 1st became recognised as the start of a new year, let’s take a look to see when ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ became common. Historians tell us that Babylonians were the first to make new year resolutions

around 2000 BCE, although their new year was in springtime when they held a big festival lasting for 12 days. Citizens swore to pay off debts to their gods, and promised to return borrowed goods. It sounds a bit ‘resolutionary’ but not much! The actual phrase ‘New Year Resolution’ was first used in a Boston newspaper in 1813 according to Mirriam Webster (a website, not a person) “And yet, I believe there are multitudes of people, accustomed to receive injunctions of new year resolutions, who will sin all the month of December, with a serious determination of beginning the new year with new resolutions and new behaviour, and with the full belief that they shall thus expiate and wipe away all their former faults.” Now that sounds familiar! It would be even more appropriate to add “And the resolutions will be broken within the month”! Personally I think spring is a much more sensible time to set new intentions - the days are getting longer and everything feels so much more alive with possibility than dark cold January! What do you think? Will you be making (and breaking) any resolutions this year? 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 351 341

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South Normanton Colliery Disaster: 85 Year Anniversary Part 1 of 2 – Disaster strikes To mark the 85th anniversary of the disaster Roger West takes us through the events of the day, paying fitting tribute to those involved. South Normanton Colliery had been relatively free from major incident. Indeed, it was one of the hallmarks of the company that this coal mine had been so free of tragedy and accident since the shaft was sunk in 1893/94. That solid reputation of being a ‘safe pit’ darkened by the hour on the afternoon shift of Monday February 15, 1937. It was almost 9pm on that dreadful evening when Clarence Dye, a contractor, noticed weighting in the roof with a tremble underfoot in the Elevens District of the 180-yard-deep Waterloo seam. Without hesitation, Mr Dye immediately ordered all men from the coalface into the safety of the loader gate, a supply route from the coalface to the pit shaft. Under Dye’s instructions the mineworkers were hurrying to safety when, almost 25 yards up the loader gate, a powerful gust of warm wind sent the men flying in the thickest, blackest clouds of suffocating coal dust. Dye reacted instinctively, shouting for the power to be cut off before sending men for stretchers. He then telephoned the pit bottom for ponies and tubs, ordering the men to move further from danger. Jonathon Waltho and Clarence Dye, both unprotected, lacking in respiratory helmets and with minimum light, advanced bravely towards the coalface left bank where the explosion seemed to have generated from, knowing men would be in there. On their way inbound they met cutter operator John Johnson, John Thornley and Percy Ansell,

all badly injured, crawling over rock and coal and struggling for the relative safety of the loader gate; Dye instructed them of the best way to safety. Moving within 25 yards of the coal-cutter, Dye and Waltho were joined by pit deputy Bill Truswell. Holding up his safety lamp Truswell remarked: ‘It’s not fit for any man to go in there,’ and at that the three men turned back for the loader gate, meeting other miners’ still shuffling along the same route out to the pit shaft. The three men made 50 or 60 yards up the loader gate, some 100 yards from the coal face, when there came a second explosion ten times worse than the first, with men flung around the loader gate. Above ground Mr J. Gordon Mein, the colliery manager, had received the awful news at home by telephone and at 9.40pm, within five minutes of receiving the call, had arrived on the pit top while underground men were still fleeing the blast. Mr Mein rang the Mansfield Rescue Station, who in turn alerted the Chesterfield Rescue Station. The Mansfield team were down the pit by 10.11pm, followed by the Chesterfield team at 10.40pm, where they were met by a shaken deputy Truswell at the pit bottom.

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Truswell informed the teams about the state and conditions of the affected district while outlining the best way in towards the coal face left bank, where he was certain men were still trapped. Armed with breathing apparatus, safety lamps and a canary – taken down in such events as to ascertain whether poisonous gas is present – the team moved towards the face, reaching No. 4 engine house at 11pm. It was here they found the injured William Petts. Treatment was administered as best as possible and he was despatched to the surface for further attention. Between them, the two teams established a base at 11.25pm and were joined by Mr Mein the colliery manager and Mr Brown, manager of the rescue stations. It was Mr Brown who gave the order for the Mansfield brigade to proceed into the face in the hope of finding any men. With mouthpieces and breathing gear in place they noticed the ventilation was low and, further in, discovered tools, tool boxes, shovels, helmets, picks and lamps blown about from the two explosions. A few yards further they found Henry Willis (59) in a crouched position over the conveyor belt,

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Again, the spots were marked but further progress was hampered by a wall of dirt, stone and rock: it was impassable. This article will conclude in next month’s edition of Voice Magazines. Roger West will be giving a talk on the disaster on Monday 17th, January at 7.15pm at the Post Mill Centre, South Normanton, Admission £2 for non-members Do you remember the disaster? Perhaps you heard stories from family or friends? Or maybe you are a descendant of the persons involved in the disaster? If so, Roger would love to hear from you. If you can help, please contact him on: rogerwest1949@live.com Credit to Pinxton & South Normanton Local History Society for the photographs displayed in this article.

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This month’s walk first featured in the magazine nearly eight years ago! We re-walked the route in December and brought it up to date with a few minor tweaks. Rafa wouldn’t have even been five years old at the time of this walk, so it was lovely to take him back over old footsteps and to still see a spring in his step. There is nothing as wonderful as sharing a walk with your furry friend and this is a lovely walk to share.

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10. Pass through a gate and continue along the path as it takes you over a rail bridge and then back onto to a hedge lined track. Carry on along this track as it joins Evershilll Lane. Walk along the lane for a fair distance as it brings you back into Morton. Keep to the lane until you meet the B6014 Stretton Road. 11.

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FINISH: HOLY CROSS CHURCH, CHURCH LANE, MORTON, DERBYSHIRE, DE55 6GU

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