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From the Editor Dear Readers, Well, it’s all doom and gloom at the moment, isn’t it? Except the weather (at the time of writing at least!) A summer of discontent, a cost-of-living crisis, war in Europe and a rumbling pandemic that just won’t go away. It’s starting to feel like we’re on season 2 of the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”! (I’m claiming the rights on that one Netflix & I need a big budget to hire 1 of the Hemsworth’s please!). Our time to do something about this will come if you want to but for now, if you’re anything like me, my time is preoccupied with just trying to balance the books and effectively stand still. Sad times at the minute. Onto far more cheerful things though. I hope you all love our bright and beautiful front covers this month. Our team spend a lot of time coming up with creative ideas, working with our sister company, Artliff Design and Print. And this month is a cracker in my opinion. If you haven’t figured it out, to celebrate World Emoji Day (more on that on page 4) we have created an emoji for all of the people who work on the mags. My Emoji is obviously the one with the stunning shoes and is shrugging her shoulders and rolling her eyes as I try to figure out how to keep everyone facing forwards… (I am known for being a bit of an eye roller!) Each of the Emoji’s reflects the personalities of the team and as you can see we’re quite an eclectic bunch! It was great fun doing

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them so, as a giggle, why don’t you have a think about what your own emoji would look like. If you’re really creative you could even draw it. We’d love to see them! I ended last month on a cliff hanger (not really, but I do like to big up my part sometimes!) with the crutches for the wedding. Needless to say, despite my protestations, the cousins would not delay the wedding for me (rude!), so I crammed my trotter into a beautiful shoe (of course!) and hobbled down the aisle with a massive wincing grin – job done! And in true Cinders style, once I landed at the reception, I whipped the shoes off and donned some slippers for the rest of the evening. Staying classy to the end! Next month, I’ll tell you all about my camping experience with the team…..at Ynot festival…..eeek! Who’s joining us! See you next month, ,

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Smile it’s Emoji Time! Emojis - love ‘em, loathe ‘em, use them or not; I would imagine that most of us know what they are by now. Do you know how long they’ve been around for though? It’s perhaps longer than you may think… Not unsurprisingly, emojis first surfaced in Japan. Japanese has a pictorial based written language (like Chinese) and the word “emoji” itself actually derives from three Japanese characters (or kanji). (“e,” picture, 文 (“mo,” write) and 字 (“ji,” character). The first set of emojis were developed in Japan in 1997 for a mobile phone named the SkyWalker DP-211SW. There were 90 designs, including ones we would recognise today, “thumbs up”, for example, but they were basic. 1999 saw the development of symbols that were more pictorial for use on another Japanese mobile phone service. This set of 176 emojis kickstarted the widespread use of emojis. Their creator Shigetaka Kurita had only 144 pixels in which to design the emojis, meaning they look clunky and awkward when compared with the ones we see today.

Today people use emojis constantly; in fact, you could (if you were so inclined) probably create an entire sentence using the images. There’s even a TV show which features a game where emojis are used to describe TV shows, films and books; contestants have to guess the answer based on a set of emojis created by one of the other players. The accuracy of the emoji use varies tremendously though - it seems one person’s translation can be very different to another’s! It’s funny, isn’t it? The world’s first written languages were highly pictorial - think Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Archaic Chinese, Linear B (Mycenaean Greek), Linear A (Minoan Crete) and the Cuneiform scripts of the Sumerians; it appears we are coming full circle!

MSN messenger, the online computer based messaging program (anyone remember that?) created 30 “emoticons” for use on the platform in 2003. But emoji use on phones was mainly confined to Japan until 2010, when emojis were incorporated into Unicode (an international encoding system which gives every letter, digit or symbol a unique numeric value across different programs and platforms - basically, it means that just about every language can be assigned and identified using the system). 722 emojis for both iPhones and Android phones were released that year. There are now close to 3,000 emojis listed in the official Unicode list and even an online Emojipedia (created in 2013). The creator of this reference website also established World Emoji Day, held on July 17th each year (www.worldemojiday.com).

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@ The Watchorn Restaurant at The Abraham Lincoln Library Voice Magazines were invited for lunch at The Watchorn Restaurant at Abraham Library Restaurant, Alfreton (DE55 7AQ) this month. This beautiful historic building is now open to the public, serving lunches on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between 11am- 3pm. The Watchorn Restaurant has ramp access making the restaurant wheelchair friendly. It boasts a lovely outside seating area for those sunny days and has a spacious car park directly opposite. We were met with such a welcoming atmosphere with a menu choice for everyone. All the staff were wonderfully attentive and they held a well-stocked bar! (unfortunately, being on a work lunch with the boss means it was soft drinks only for the Voice team! Sad times!). The food served is all homecooked to order, there are hot and cold food choices offering vegetarian and vegan options. There is something for every palate whether you were wanting a light lunch or a full meal, they have plenty of choice on offer. Voice Meals Emily and Jude each enjoyed a traditional Cottage Pie, served with carrots, peas, Yorkshire puddings and jug of gravy. Liam and Danielle both opted for the crispy fresh Scampi, served with triple cooked chips, a choice of peas or dressed side salad and tartar sauce on the side. Michelle had a warm Sweet Chilli Chicken Wrap packed full of filling, served with triple cooked chips, and dressed salad.

THE WATCHORN RESTAURANT DERBY RD, ALFRETON, DE77 7AQ Lisa’s choice was Lasagne served with triple cooked chips, dressed salad and garlic bread. As most of you might already know, the Voice team all seem to have a bit of a sweet tooth and the dessert menu soon caught our eyes. After the usual debate – Do we have room? Should we really be eating more food? Will we still be productive this afternoon after all this lovely food? The answers were a swift YES YES YES to all and our desserts were ordered and on their way. All desserts were served with pouring cream, accompanied by fresh strawberries and raspberries as a side garnish. • Carrot Cake • Red Velvet Cheesecake • Black Forest Gateau • Warm Chocolate Fudge Cake • Lemon Meringue Pie • Profiteroles All our staff went back to work in the afternoon with a contented smile and full bellies, we all really enjoyed our food and the trip out and, of course, we were still really productive that afternoon, honest!!!!!

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If you ever needed proof of the valuable service that your Voice Magazine brings to the community, I have it. You’ll recall that last month I introduced you to George’s wife, Gill, a former teacher. Within days of the last edition being distributed, I received a number of emails from local people who were convinced that I was referring to someone who had taught them. I was able to confirm that she was – sorry, but ‘data protection’ forbids me from being more specific – and in every case, they had fond memories of ‘Miss’. Many of the youngsters that Gill had taught in a career, beginning in 1971, were now grandparents themselves, and in some cases, their own offspring had gone on to benefit from her teaching. As a result of this development, a WhatsApp and Facebook group has been created – who’d have predicted that back in 1971? – and former teacher and pupils are now in regular contact, and happily reminiscing on ‘the happiest days of their lives’. Remembering that these were 7/8 year old pupils attending a Roman Catholic primary school and living in more innocent times, here are some of Bridget’s memories

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We used to have school dinners in the hall, with the older pupils going in first as they required minimum supervision and were better able to help themselves. In your class, we were about the middle group to join the queue. On one particular day, we passed a large crate of apples on the counter before moving down to collect whatever hot food was on offer. The lady supervisor had written a note saying ‘Please take one, but only ONE, as God is watching.’ Being good boys and girls in your class, we did as we were told of course, and just took the one. However, when we got to the end and saw that that day’s choice of sweet was an individual chocolate mousse, one of the older boys (don’t think it would have been a girl as we were too well behaved) had scribbled a note saying “Take as many as you like. God’s watching the apples!”

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