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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 powder dry until everything is fully confirmed but safe to say it’s very exciting if it does happen.

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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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.

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Shortly after, they reached the electric coal cutter in the left-hand bank and found the bodies of John Marriott (38) and Willis Lambert (45).

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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ASHFIELD THERAPY CENTRE Once upon a time...well in 2008, Your Feet First Foot Health Clinic opened in Kirkby-in-Ashfield. It was a small, one Practitioner clinic, which thrived over the next 11 years. We're Lyndsey and Dave and in late 2018, we took over the family business and set to work looking after Kirkby's feet! Like everyone else, we could never have imagined that 18 months later, we'd be navigating our way through the Covid-19 pandemic as a small, healthcare business.

employ a virtual reception service to handle the overwhelming number of calls regarding treatment, screening patients for Covid-19 and to handle the volume of reschedule requests. We spoke to colleagues across health and wellbeing and found that we weren't alone. We were all struggling to navigate the new rules and what they meant for our businesses and the future. This is when the idea of Ashfield Therapy Centre was born.

We wanted to create a space that not only And it was rough! worked for our business, but that would work for It became clear very other health and wellbeing quickly that our space was businesses and no longer big enough. We practitioners who were had to close our waiting looking for space. area, create time buffers between patients and It's been a long journey,

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While we settle in, we've mostly been alone in the space.

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to opening, but in October we moved our busy foot health clinic permanently into the space.

Our move has enabled us to grow our business and hopefully will help others to do the same.

That will all start to change in the New Year though, when we will hopefully be fully ready for Lyndsey is currently business. studying for a Masters in Podiatry to widen the scope We've already had some of treatment that we can taster sessions with offer in our Clinic. We're holistic practitioners, and hoping to expand our team even a psychic medium! in the coming months as demand increases, so keep From mid-January, we're an eye out for some new hoping to open the Centre faces! fully for bookings. We are aiming to provide safe, high quality spaces that can be booked on a truly flexible basis (no contracts, just pay as you go!).

If you are a practitioner who thinks that our Centre could be the place for you, drop us an email to register your interest at hello@ ashfieldtherapycentre.co.uk

More than that though, we're hoping to create a great space, where local people can access excellent health and wellbeing practitioners without having to travel to Nottingham or Mansfield!

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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.

5 1/2 MILE CIRCULAR WALK FROM MORTON VIA PADLEY WOOD

A moderate walk with a varied terrain. The route should take around 2 1/2 hours. There are some stretches along country roads, so take care. And of course, as usual at this time of the year there are some uneven and muddy parts so a good pair of boots or wellies is highly recommended.

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Begin at the church on Church Lane in Morton. 2. On street parking is normally available nearby. With the church on your right head along Church Lane, before following the road around to the right to continue along Higham Lane.

Walk along this country road for just under 600 meters, taking care to watch out for traffic as there are no footpaths. The road bends right then left twice, on the second time take a footpath sign for ‘Mickley Lane’ on your right, between a road sign and a gate.

Follow this path into a field a cross the stile and pass through a gate, keep ahead to pass through another gate. Continue ahead past a pylon on your right and at the corner of the field pass through the hedge and carry on ahead to cross three fields via the stiles available. At the end of the third field go through a gate and keep ahead, with the hedge on your right. Cross a stile and then at the corner of the next field pass through a gate before turning right to pass through another gate. Carry on ahead towards a metal gate marked ‘footpath’. Walk straight ahead through the farm yard following the clearly marked ‘footpath’ signs in white paint. Take caution here as there may be a loose, barking dog in the farm yard. Carry on ahead through a field with a caravan park on your left to reach a wooded area. Join the path straight ahead of you and follow this to reach Morton Road. Pass through the gate and cross with care. Carry on ahead following the footpath sign. Keeping to the main path until you reach a stile at a cross roads with a rough farm road. Carry on ahead with the wooded area on your right then turn right at the first opportunity to keep the wooded area on your right and solar panels on your left. Follow this track straight ahead to cross a stile, then keep to the right-hand path to cross the rail bridge and pass into Padley Wood. Keep to the main track and cross a small footbridge. When you meet the fields join the path straight ahead with the hedge on your right and follow it uphill.

the path alongside a field with the hedge on your left. (Take care not to take the path downhill and through a gate.) 8.

At the corner of the field turn right and continue with the hedge on your left. At the next corner pass through the hedge, take a gate on your right and turn left along a farm track. At the bottom of the track you meet Padley Wood Lane. Turn right here.

Carry on along the lane as it bends left and then follow it ahead until you get close to a farm. Take a path on your left straight ahead as the lane bends right towards the farm. Follow the path, keeping the hedge on your right. Part way down the side of the field keep to the right and follow the path into another field and continue ahead.

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. Cross the road and turn left on the road and follow it back towards the church. Turn right after a red brick house to pass through the Church Yard and bring you back to where you began.

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

Carry on along this path for a fair distance entering into the edge of a wooded area. After leaving the wood carry on the corner of a field. Here you will meet a crossroad of paths. Take the gate on your right and follow

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Teaching new tricks Teaching your dog some new tricks is an opportunity for you to not only spend some quality time together, but it can also help to burn off some energy too. It’s a great way for your dog to get some all-important exercise in a fun, focused and enjoyable way. Improve mental wellbeing As your dog may be in the house more than usual during the winter months, a walk could really help to lift their mood. Afterall, physical activity releases endorphins which create a feeling of happiness. The community Walking your dog means you are much more likely to meet other dog owners within your community who are also out and about walking their dogs. This provides a great opportunity for your dog to enjoy some social interaction with new and familiar dogs.

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