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THE MANIFOLD VALLEY By Brian Spencer

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wo major Peakland rivers, the Dove and Manifold, begin their lives a little over a mile apart, high up on the gritstone moors of Axe Edge, between Buxton and Leek. They both ow south west, almost parallel to each other, separated by limestone ridges, before joining below Thorpe village; here they continue, now known simply as the Dove, southwards to enrich the waters of the River Trent.

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The river and its valley we are exploring is the Manifold. Unlike the Dove whose birthplace can be identified by a well that once provided drinking water for a farm at Dove Head, no single place can be identified as the true birthplace of the Manifold. Several streams rise from the bleak shales of Axe Edge, but they soon join to make the Manifold. But if one source must be identified then perhaps being the most northerly,


LEFT: The Mainifold River at Ilam BELOW: Throwley Hall, above the Manifold

it is the stream which rises near the Traveller’s Rest close by Flash village. Few if any tributaries join from the east, but several including the Hamps, the Manifold’s major side stream, flow in from the west. At one time there were plans to flood a wide shallow basin below Longnor, but fortunately they were abandoned in favour of Carsington Reservoir. The underlying rocks are shales as far as Hulme End. Here the river starts to meet limestone, a rock so porous that further down the dale, the Manifold frequently disappears underground, only to surface at a well in the grounds of Ilam Hall. Tiny farm-based villages dot the moors, with Longnor traditionally their focal point. The village sits on a high ledge above the Manifold and is where until recent memory that farmers brought their produce and animals for sale. Overlooking the cobbled square, the market house with

its scale of charges on a board above the entrance, is now a craft workshop and café. Classified as a Conservation Area, Longnor is one of those places where quiet wandering down narrow side alleys leads the traveller to the discovery of attractive cottages and scenes. The village was once part of the Crewe and Harpur Estate, a fact highlighted by the name of the inn opposite the old market house. Although Longnor church was rebuilt in the 18th century, it stands on foundations at least 8oo years old. Look for the tombstone of William Billinge, who, if we are to believe records of the day, was 112 when he died in 1791. He was a soldier who fought under the command of the Duke of Marlborough and faced death so many times in action, that he believed it had overlooked him. A complex pattern of moorland roads run west then south above the

headwaters of the Manifold’s higher tributaries. One of them leaves the Buxton/Leek road beyond the Royal Cottage pub where Bonnie Prince Charlie is supposed to have rested on his march south. This side road, never dropping much below 1400 feet, winds its way south across the Morridge moors where the remote Mermaid Inn is the only habitation for several miles. As befits such a remote spot, a nearby pool is said to be the haunt of a mermaid who drags the unwary to their doom. The inn once looked after the needs of coal miners who worked shallow pits on the surrounding moors, but is now much more upmarket. For several days on either side of midsummer’s day, the sun when viewed from the Mermaid Inn appears to set twice when it passes behind Hen Cloud to the north-west. Warslow is on the Leek/Hartington road, a focal point for the surrounding

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farms. Again like Longnor, Warslow was a Crewe and Harpur estate village where the Calke Abbey dwelling family had a shooting lodge nearby. Moving east along the B5054, limestone appears at Hulme End, continuing south towards Ashbourne. Engine sheds and station buildings are now an information centre at Hulme End using what was once the northern terminus of a light railway that joined the standard gauge Leek-bound line at Waterhouses. Intended to find most of its trade carrying milk, it was also popular with passengers who travelled in its yellow-liveried coaches hauled by

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locomotives resplendent with massive headlamps; they came this way seeking the delights of the Manifold valley. Never profitable The Manifold Valley Light Railway became known as the railway that went from nowhere to nowhere, it was opened in 1904,but only ran until 1934. Since then the track has been converted to a cycle and walking trail. A large round hill dominates the landscape immediately to the south of Hulme End. This is Ecton Hill, a hill which gives little hint of the fortunes won and lost beneath its green slopes. Copper and lead were mined here for over three centuries, and

although at one time its profits paid for the Duke of Devonshire’s plans to develop Buxton as a spa town, all that is left upon the surface are overgrown spoil heaps, the outflow from one of the mines close to the valley road and the restored Agent’s House (privately owned), with its green-coloured copper spire peeping through the trees. While the Manifold Valley Trail follows the old railway, the riverside road leaves the valley at Wetton Mill. There is a small car park and café here, making it easy to venture further afield by climbing up to Thor’s Cave where our ancestors dating from pre-historic to Romano-British times


LEFT: The view of Thorpe Cloud from Ilam Hall Gardens.

1947, tragedy struck when an aircraft crashed while attempting to drop emergency supplies, killing all of the crew. A steep hair-pin-bended road links the villages above both banks of the Manifold, crossing it at Weag’s Bridge. Set back from the lip on the eastern side of the valley, beyond Thor’s Cave, Wetton is a delightfully laid-out village surrounding its award winning real ale pub. The village was once the home of Samuel Carrington, who, together with his friend Thomas Bateman of Middleton-by-Youlgreave discovered many Romano-British and Neolithic remains throughout the Peak District. once sheltered. Earlier still, the shallow cave became the lair of hyenas and sabre-toothed tigers. At Wetton Mill, the river makes the first of its disappearing acts beneath the fissured layers of limestone, only reappearing finally at a ‘boil hole’ below Ilam Hall, about seven miles downstream. A waterwheel once powered Wetton’s mill by water carried along a leat that can be still traced from where it took water from the main river about a mile upstream. Three villages sit high above the valley. To the west is Butterton and across the fields, its neighbour, Grindon. Both are peaceful, little known places, but during the Great Blizzard of

The light railway, now the Manifold Valley Trail left the main valley a little way beyond Weag’s Bridge in order to follow the Hamps Valley upstream to Waterhouses. Downstream along the Manifold there is no valley-bottom road or track from below Beeston Tor. This is where a dig in 1924 yielded a hoard of Saxon coins and two silver brooches; the coins have been dated from about AD871. More or less opposite on the valley side and connected by a minor side road running from above Waterhouses to Ilam, the ruins of the original Throwley Hall stand beside its later version as a farmhouse. The defensive pele tower, a rarity in the Peak District can still be seen from the road. Pele towers, mostly found around the Scottish Borders were places where animals

BELOW: A walk down ‘Paradise Walk’ Ilam

and humans could sheltered when under attack. Castern Hall a mile or so further down the dale dates from the sixteenth century and has been owned almost without interruption by the Hurt family for at least 370 years. The river gradually flows, devoid of the light of day before it reaches Ilam, with odd stretches running on the surface before joining with the last resurgence at the boil hole below Ilam Hall. Here the valley begins to widen, especially where the two dales join and it becomes more pastoral. Ilam Hall and its estate village of Hansel and Gretel houses was built by Jesse Watts-Russel, a rich London merchant who erected it on the site of a Tudor mansion. The Tudor-Gothic styled building is now owned by the National Trust and is run as a youth hostel; along with a café in the old stable block. Abandoned in the 1930s, the demolition squad moved in and had pulled down the section between the house and church. Fortunately this act of vandalism was stopped by Sir Robert McDougall, a Manchester flour merchant who had the remaining part of the hall stabilised before handing it over to the National Trust. The hall’s grounds are open to the public, along with the tree-lined path known as Paradise Walk.

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BRAILSFORD HALL

The rebuilt hall from the SE photographed by Richard Keene c. 1860, from J. C. Cox, The Pedigree of Cox (Derby 1889), frontis. [M. Craven]

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is a long and distinguished one going back to the period of the Norman conquest. Then the manorial estate was held by one Elfin (as Domesday Book renders his name) or Aelfwine, clearly a man of Saxon descent. In 1086 he held not only Brailsford but also Thurvaston, Osmaston-by-Ashbourne, Culland and Bupton, the latter an estate were the settlement was later deserted and which was divided between Brailsford and Longford. None of these estates were in his hands prior to the conquest, so he must have in some way impressed his Norman masters.

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Above: The drawing room, west window, photographed by Richard Keene jr. 1898 [George Cash]

Above: The portico with family group, photographed by Richard Keene c. 1860 [George Cash] His son, Nicholas, a benefactor to the new priory at Tutbury, seems to have established a house in the manor, although there is no hint of its appearance other than charters attesting to his having a ‘capital mansion’ there. Two generations on his successor also held part of Wingerworth (with its lucrative coal) and had married an heiress who brought him Bradley and Mercaston, too. Various younger sons were settled on these properties – giving rise to the Culland and Osmaston families, amongst various other branches which kept the Brailsford name – but the senior line ended in 1356 when the daughter and heiress of Sir Henry de Brailsford carried the estate to Sir John Basset of Cheadle in Staffordshire. Their son Thomas was described as ‘of Brailsford’, but he, too, left an only daughter and heiress, from whom the estate passed to the Shirleys. The site of the Brailsfords’ house was presumably on the site of a large moat

recorded in the 18th century south east of the former vicarage, all trace of which had vanished entirely by 1949, when a survey failed to locate the least trace of it. As the Brailsfords were knights of the shire and produced Sheriffs of the county (then held in tandem with Nottinghamshire) their house was likely to have been fairly impressive; a two courtyard house of some pretension in all probability but we have, alas, no evidence as to its appearance otherwise. Furthermore, with the death of Thomas Shirley in the early 15th century, the family had no use for the house and it was probably dismantled for its materials, unlike the family’s original home at Shirley nearby which was retained, much reduced, and adapted as a farmhouse. From then until the 18th century there was no capital mansion at all in Brailsford, bar a couple of neat Georgian village houses, still extant, despite the baleful effects of having to live on the A52. Then in 1771 a local man, William

Cox, purchased much of the land in the parish from Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers, who was keen to raise money to pay for the rebuilding of the family’s main seat at Staunton Harold. When he was 81, old William Cox wrote smugly that ‘I was one month under thirty years of age when I purchased the Brailsford estate.’ His grandfather, also William, had been schoolmaster in the village and tutor to Lord Ferrers, although as Staunton Harold is really quite a long way from Brailsford (in 18th century terms) one has always harboured doubts about this. His son, another William, made his fortune trading flax and hemp, however, which is how the third William managed to buy the estate. He himself had already bought the Virgin’s Inn in Derby Market Place as a town residence (1763) and later established the lead works on the Morledge. The estate in 1771 contained an old farm


Cox (1764-1846), set up home in the Brailsford house and, on marrying Gainsborough heiress Elizabeth Nettleship in 1813, had the house rebuilt and enlarged, although the resulting mansion – the new Brailsford Hall, still owed much to its mid 18th century rebuild; presumably Edward was as careful of his money as his father! Yet the extra room created would have been vital as the couple went on to have a son, William, and five daughters. William Cox’s original rebuilding had created a two-storey brick house with rusticated lintels and quite a high slate roof, and it faced, like the Farmhouse that preceded it, largely SE. What Leaper did was to create a new range facing the lane of three bays, still two storeys, but each taller with the roof hidden behind a plain coped parapet. The windows were

Above: A view of the park and garden, photographed by Richard Keene, jr. 25/8/1898 [George Cash]

shielded by cast iron sliding jalousies made by Thomas Glover’s foundry in Derby (later Weatherhead & Glover of Duke Street). The entrance was placed to the left of the façade, to ensure that the main reception room, entered right from the hall, could be as spacious as possible. This was really a conceit normally confined to town houses where there was a restricted site – one thinks of 36, St. Mary’s Gate, Derby, where the superb saloon occupies the entire façade with an entrance, similarly, to one side. The accepted practice for country villas (as built by Leaper himself ) and seats, was a central entrance and a spacious room either side, but it may be that E S Cox, mindful of the relative newness of the house, forbore to knock the lot down and start again.

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Left: Postcard view dated 1905 of the short-lived 1901 Brailsford Hall [M. Craven]

house on the site of the present hall SE of the village, which Cox rebuilt in brick in unpretentious and rather old-fashioned Georgian style, and began to improve the estate. His switch from flax and hemp dealing to lead smelting is partly to be explained by his marriage to Mary, daughter of Gilbert Soresby, a successful local lead trader.

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The rebuilt hall from the SE. A similar view to the first page, photographed by Richard Keene, jr. 25/8/1898 [George Cash] The Doric portico itself was stone, and was flanked, left, by a single storey wing but with similar fenestration to the rest of this front, so clearly it held some kind of reception room. In fact the photographs taken by Reichard Keene in the 1860s suggest that it was a drawing room with a projecting tripartite bay to the west with sashes to terrace level. The angle between the 1771 house and the new façade was also occupied by a further bay, but containing two superimposed plain sashes (without shutters) indicating lower ceilings and presumably disguising rooms set aside for some more workaday function. The whole of the new wing was covered in Brookhouse’s Roman cement (made from ground alabaster/gypsum on the Morledge at Derby) grooved and painted to resemble ashlared stone work, but with the 1771 part only painted to match. The grounds were clearly landscaped as a small park but the only clue we get to the quality of the interior is the one of the drawing room, suggesting that the Cox family steered clear of ornamental plaster ceilings, contenting themselves with decoration only on the cornices. They here also dispensed with a dado, went in for floral wallpaper and seem to have re-furnished with furniture inspired

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by the Great Exhibition, apart from a pair of very refined Regency elbow chairs near the window. The Richard Keene photograph of a family group standing in the portico seems to depict, left to right: Anne Mrs. Henry Moore Mosse (3rd daughter) holding baby William George, her brother William standing with Mrs. Mosse’s daughter, Anne sophia (later Mrs. Cadman), stood at his feet with Anne’s husband to the right. The date is remarkably early, c 1860. With the death of William Cox in December 1900, however, his executors, finding no-one amongst his nephews and nieces wishing to live in the house, sold it and much of the estate to the philanthropic George Herbert Strutt of Bridge Hill House, Belper and Makeney House. He decided that Edward Cox’s old house was too much of a hot-potch to live in and, having almost unlimited financial means, promptly had it demolished and replaced by a fairly straightforward Jacobethan mansion designed by his favoured architect Col. Maurice Hunter of Belper, which having been completed was promptly let in 1902 to Herbert Strutt’s friend Col. H C Holland, then the chief constable of the county.

Not long after Strutt’s death in 1928, the house was severely damaged by fire ( July 1930), and the replacement was similar, but larger and spikier (also by Hunter). It was sold in 1936 to the Daltons and in 1980 to the Clowes family, who still live in it. Little or nothing of the Cox family’s short-lived and slightly wayward house, however, survives.

The Cox family armorial (to which they seem never to have established title!) [M. Craven]


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Modern Collectibles by Maxwell Craven

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eing the sort of universal hack that I am (when it comes to writing history), in the days before the internet I always needed a handy guide to various counties which would give me a little local colour combined with compressed highly reliable fact. I always found Arthur Mee too cumbersome and The King’s England series likewise. Instead at an early age (by liberating a couple of volumes from the shelves of a relative) I came to realise that the perfect combination was to be met with in Shell Guides. The series began in June 1934 with Cornwall, which the publishers, the Architecture Press, selected John Betjeman to write. The sponsor was the oil company Shell; whose slogan then was ‘Shell: the Key to the Countryside’, in essence explains their willingness to underwrite the series. Although the 1934 Cornwall was pretty simple: spiral bound, 62 pages, and not a few errors and omissions, the format stabilised the following year with its revised edition as hard backed 7x9¼ inches with colourful dust-wrapper, glossy paper, an introduction, pace-by-place gazetteer and a lot of excellent black & white photographs. The series was continued until 1984, by which time about half the country had been covered. The series was sponsored by the oil company Shell. The original guides were published on a county-by-county basis, under the editorial control of the poet John Betjeman and (later) his friend the artist John Piper. There were 13 pre-war titles,

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Cornwall: cover of the 1964 revision, also by Betjeman. [M Cravan] the publisher changing fairly soon to B T Batsford and then in 1939 to Faber & Faber who continued until 1984. In 1939 all the previous twelve titles were re-issued and one new one in the same format: David Verey's Gloucestershire. The next one planned was Shropshire to be co-written by Betjeman and Piper. However, the Second World War intervened. Postwar, every bit of Wales was covered in five different titles. But it was not until 1951 that the series re-started with Shropshire. Jack Beddington, Shell’s advertising manager, was long involved with the Shell Guides and his influence led to the employment of so many artists: John and Edward Piper, John and Paul Nash and so on. From the late 1950s to the early 1970s, a series of general titles under the Shell Guide banner were also produced, covering most of the countries in northwest Europe.

Devon, 1935: first guide in hard back. [M Cravan]


Four of Henry Thorold five Shell Guides, all signed. [M Cravan]

Paperback version of the; last ‘true’ Shell Guide: Nottinghamshire (1984). [M Cravan] Above Dorset: an original spiral bound 1st edition guide, 1934 [Private collection]

Guides to subjects such as rivers, islands, viewpoints, archaeology, gardens, flowers, history, wildlife and museums were also published, but these rather lie outside the collectors’ ambit.

and off various hobbyhorses as he takes you, in the most gentle and civilised way, round his beloved Cornwall. As editor, his view was that the guides were all about

In 1987, Shell issued a final series of New Shell Guides, published by Michael Joseph and generally covering rather larger areas (e.g. Northern Scotland and the Islands) than in the earlier series. Whilst the original Shell County Guides are now highly collectible, the later titles (published by Faber & Faber, Ebury Press or Michael Joseph) tend to be shunned by collectors and book dealers alike, as supply exceeds demand. Also, since 2012 the Heritage Shell Guide Trust has been set up to re-start the series, beginning with West Yorkshire by William Glossop in 2012, a complete revision (due to boundary changes of the 1974 West Riding volume. It is too early to say whether these will become collectible, but all those I have seen are in paperback, are unlikely to be much sought after.

‘Readers will want to know what a place looks like now. Is it ruined with poles and wires? Has an old bridge been destroyed and a concrete one put in its place?’”

The real joy of the original series, apart from the photographs, are the authors. You can see John Betjeman clambering on

Another regular author of the guides was the late Revd. Henry Thorold, whom Carole and I got to know well. He, too was a friend of John Piper (who landscaped his garden at Marston Hall, Lincolnshire) and of Betjeman, although his circle of acquaintances was staggeringly wide. He too, writes like Betjeman, amusingly, perceptibly, heart on sleeve and, like Sir John, his intimate knowledge of the five counties he wrote up was astonishing. Henry’s first effort was (with Jack Yates) Lincolnshire; on seeing which Betjeman wrote gleefully: ‘It is far the best of the Shell Guides so far and the text is really good too. We have got Pevsner on the run.’

He also wrote, Derbyshire, Durham, Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire (the last of the original series published), photographs mainly by Piper. The series was pulled by Shell in 1984 with Bedfordshire not quite ready for the press: it never appeared. Although many were reprinted in paperback, the original spiral bound card or hardback ones are those that are collectible. Even more so if you were lucky enough the get the author to sign you copies; I have never been pushy like that, but on a visit to Marston I later discovered that he had signed the two I’d brought and given us three others I had not even got round to buying! Likewise, when I lived in London, a friend who knew Betjeman well got Cornwall (1964 revision) signed. These signatures are the key to value, as some authors like Betjeman, Piper, Thorold, David Verey, Professor W G Hoskins, and so on were very well known in their own right. A Piper or Betjemansigned pre-war edition is going to soar past £300 and do almost as well if it is a later edition (condition being right). The

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Below Flyleaf of 1978 Staffordshire signed by Henry Thorold. [M Cravan]

Left Devon, 1935: frontispiece and title page. [M Cravan]

Below Oxfordshire: cover of another early spiral bound edition. [Private collection]

Above Condition is important: torn dust wrapper of Jim Lees-Milne’s excellent Worcestershire (1964). [M Cravan]

Right Ockbrook and Friar Gate Bridge: from 1972 revision of Derbyshire

Above Author’s collection, including some taller post-1987 versions, edited by Lord Norwich. [M Cravan]

lesser, but still well-known, authors are probably going to command a premium of £30-40 over the value of an unsigned one. Largely speaking, signed copies are extremely rare. Prices for the unsigned pre-war spiral or comb-bound card covered editions (which frequently fail to survive) are upwards of £50 today, but a really good one could go for over £300, but the hard bound copies can still be had for around £30in reasonable condition. Pre-war Faber editions are scarce because war interrupted their re-issue, so they can go for £75-£200 depending on condition. Post-war, Piper and Betjeman collectors tend to vie for copies, pushing the price of early ones up: Shropshire to £60-100, Oxfordshire (1953) £120 plus. Rutland with only 52 pages might make you pause before paying out £50 plus, but it is very scarce, despite its slimness. Strangely enough, these slim but delightful guides rarely come up at auction. Here at Bamfords when we have seen them, they have been lotted together in a general sale, but I think that is beginning to change now. Were

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some desirable ones to appear now, we would assign them to one of our very popular Library, or Gentleman’s sales, which would certainly do them justice. Nevertheless, they do still appear in jumble sales, bring-and-buys, and the less elevated type of antique fair, so keep your eyes peeled: you can still find them, if a little tired, for under a fiver, but leave the post 1984 ones alone if you’re a collector

Caricature of Revd. Henry Thorold, c. 1985 [Daily Telegraph]

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ith an introductory splutter, the public address system announced, first in Norwegian, then in English and German, that we were summoned by King Neptune to assemble on the after-deck to receive our icy baptism. During the night a few hours previously we passed a small island at exactly 66°33’51’’ north, marked by a globe tilted on its axis. This indicates the position of the Arctic Circle where the sun doesn’t rise above the horizon for at least two months in winter, but makes up for it in summer.

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e were travelling by the Hurtigruten (‘coastal express ferry’), that links the coastal towns of northern Norway with the rest of the country, with two vessels, north and south, calling every day summer and winter at 34 ports along the way. Some stops are for only half an hour, or during the night, but others are longer, stopping for anything up to six hours and where shore excursions are possible. One of the interesting advantages of the trip is that the ferry is also used by locals making short journeys and as a result new faces appear all the time. Ports visited during the night in one direction are called at during daylight on the return journey, missing none of the fascinating towns and villages. Starting at Bergen, Norway’s second city, where North Sea oil activity has beaten deep sea fishing into second place, we had already called at the art nouveau town of Ålesund and Trondheim, once the capital of Norway and where its kings are still crowned in a

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dual ceremony with Oslo. There is a royal palace tucked away without fuss behind the main shopping streets. Our floating home for the two-week-long voyage was the MS Nordstjernen (North Star), a 2,196 tonne veteran built in 1956. Being so old and small means it doesn’t have the refinements found on its 15,000 tonne big sisters. Refinements such as stabilisers as we later discovered while crossing the Barents Sea, were not available in 1956, but what it lacks in modern amenities is certainly overcome by the friendly oldworld atmosphere, and more than made up by the excellent standards of its on-board catering. Not only do the Hurtigruten ships carry passengers, but all carry goods such as the pallets of cement, rock wool and other bulk cargo we watched being loaded into the hold, plus six kayaks lashed down as deck cargo. Our worries that these were alternative travel arrangements disappeared when they were off-loaded one night. Unlike the bigger ships where cargo is

loaded through a massive door in their sides, Nordstjernen does not carry cars, but it still serves as an essential link, the life-blood of towns along the way. In return ferries collect such things as the dried fish still popular with Italian and African markets. The Norwegian coast is lined by thousands of islands, some with fairly large towns, but others supporting only a handful of houses, or even none. As a result much of the voyage is along sheltered channels where the calm waters make it almost like sailing along a canal. Here the captain can show off his skills by navigating tricky sections such as the man-made Risøyrenna cut where the sea bottom is only a metre below the ship’s hull, or by making 90° turns through the seemingly impossibly narrow gap of the Stokksundet where German Kaiser Wilhelm II tried to grab control of his yacht. Not surprisingly this annoyed his pilot so much that he pushed the Kaiser aside saying ‘I’m in charge, so leave me alone!’ Realising his mistake the


Roald Amundsen Arctic explorer who reached the South Pole before Scott.

monarch apologised and afterwards gave the pilot a specially inscribed gold watch. Keeping well to the seaward of the awe-inspiring white mass of the Svartisen glacier, the second largest in Norway, we reached the important oil and gas servicing town of Bodø. Beyond is the first open water crossing where a line of jagged peaks make up the Lofoten Wall. The ‘capital’ of Lofoten is Svolvær where racks of cod dry beneath the towering craggy sides of the ‘goat mountain’, named from the twin horns of its summit. Beyond is narrow Raftsundet, lined by peaks rising to over 3,000 feet, it is the longest stretch of difficult water, but one the captain nonchalantly steamed through at a steady 15 knots. Snow down to sea level even in late March reminded us that we were now well into the arctic zone, sailing towards Tromsø, the largest city of the far north. With its evocatively designed Arctic Cathedral and memorial to the explorer Roald Amundsen it reminded us that we were entering latitudes level with the northern coast of

One of the many fishing villages along the way.

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mainland Canada and the top of Siberia; if it wasn’t for the warming effect of the Gulf Stream, the sea and land would be covered by ice a mile or so thick. Hammerfest is a few hours sailing further north and while a night stop is made, it is during daylight on the way south that gave us more time to explore its links with the other arctic explorer, Fridtjhof Nansen. A sculpture version of his sturdy cockle-shell of a boat the ‘Fram’ (Strong), stands as though fixed in ice as it was on his courageous attempt to drift with the ice across the North Pole; in theory it was possible and the Fram’s unique design withstood the massive pressure, but while currents at first took him well towards the pole, they changed direction and he ended in northern Siberia.

Leaving the ship at the tiny port of Honningsvåg, a snow plough took us in convoy to the North Cape, at 71°10’21’’ north, the most northerly point of Europe. A huge globe stands on top of the high cliff of the cape and an underground visitor centre for those who don’t want to endure the sub-zero temperature. Standing on this point it was difficult to realise that there were very few other humans between us and the North Pole. It was hard to tear ourselves away from this evocative place, but as we did my eyes drifted westward towards a spit of land about a mile away where Knivskeloden Point seems to jut further out to sea, but being almost at sea level, the Norwegians can be excused for ignoring it in favour of the more dramatic North Cape.

We were now starting to sail east and into the Barents Sea, where the only land between northern Norway and the North Pole is the bleak isolated archipelago of Spitzbergen, home of polar bears and hardy Russian coal miners. It was about here that we passed our sister ship ‘Lofoten’, a mere 25 years old against our 54. Whenever Hurtigruten ships pass they always salute each other, a charming custom, but this time some younger members of Nordstjernen’s crew decided to attack it with powerful jets of water. In theory this was fine, but what they hadn’t allowed for was the wind and it all came back soaking everyone who expected a little fun.

The advantages of stabilisers or at least our lack of them became apparent while crossing the Barents Sea that night. Considered to be one of the wildest stretches of water in the world we soon realised that not only were we in open waters, but we were experiencing one of the forty-odd storms the area gets each year. Fortunately all thoughts of rough weather disappeared as we steamed through thin ice into Kirkenes, the turning point of the journey. Snow six to eight feet deep still lined the roads of this little frontier town a mere five miles from Russia and where road signs are in both Norwegian and Russian. Unlike most of Eastern Europe, the people who live in

North Cape, the end of Europe.

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this part of Norway have a great respect for the Russians. It was they who liberated Kirkenes in 1944, long before southern Norway, but unlike the rest of Europe the Russians left as soon as possible, and the only record of their ever being in the town is the statue of a Russian soldier erected by the grateful community. Things military but of a gentler nature can be found in the little fishing town of Vardø. There is an earth banked fort dating from a time when Czarist Russia set their eyes on the ice free ports along the coast, but its guns were never fired in anger. However, one gun is still fired and it marks the reappearance of the sun each year and also a day’s holiday for the local school children. Vardø fort is also the home of the most northerly tree in the world, a mountain ash that is carefully wrapped in protective sacking before winter and unwrapped in summer. The days seemed to go much faster as we steamed south, but there was no hint of boredom. Certainly we had previously stopped at places like Stokmarknes in the night, but this was the birthplace of Hurtigruten, where the incongruously high and dry old MS Finnmarken is set above a modern museum devoted to the history of the company. Steaming down narrow Raftsundet towards Svolvær in the Lofotens, we were met by a small boat and by a little


careful manoeuvring, foot passengers were able to take a side cruise into the even narrower Trollfjord where sea eagles ever hopeful of a fishy handout swooped down. Further on we passed the stately Seven Sisters ridge made up so the story goes, of seven troll princesses turned to stone at daybreak while fleeing the evil troll Prince Hestmannen who fired an arrow at them in anger. It missed but pierced neighbouring hat shaped Torghatten Mountain, leaving a hole which can still be seen to this day. Norway’s oil-based industry becomes more and more apparent as the ship sails south. The major oil-fields are too far out to be seen from sea level, but shore based gas terminals and a refinery together with monster tankers and liquefied gas carriers are all too evident, a reminder that unlike other European countries Norway is investing its oil-based wealth in such important things as a well funded state pension scheme. Kristiansund has a statue of dried fish of all things, but this once important industry is very much overshadowed by the strangely shaped supply vessels waiting to service oil and gas platforms out in the North Sea. With a night’s sleep behind us the last leg of the journey went in a flash with the Nordstjernen acting like a homing pigeon on its way back to Bergen, its final destination and for us the end of an epic journey. It was hardly a cruise, more an adventure.

This narrow fjord was too dangerous to enter.

Fishing boats at rest.

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he Talk on Life series of articles which appeared in County Images were inspired by a mouse in the loft in January 2008. Following an operation for throat cancer and radiotherapy linked with chemotherapy, sleep was hard to come by but not helped by the resident rodent whose incessant scratching wasn’t a comfort in any way shape or form. It did have its good points though as I was sent a most lovely stuffed mouse by two kind readers.


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Gardening in April Mark Smith with

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ne of my favourite months of the year, you start to see a lot more people gardening plus this month sees the start of the “grow your own” season, again with many new varieties of vegetables.

With the allotment gone now I’m going to start doing a lot more vegetable growing in containers – I had great success with carrots in deep pots so I’m going to experiment a lot more with all sorts of containers and pots. I sprayed less insecticide last year because of the companion planting I used (blackpepper mint and basil) to keep away greenfly and whitefly. Also another tip, is to use white alyssum (the summer bedding plant) in containers near plants or vegetables. Thrips are attracted to the alyssum and not the plants or vegetables. Once the alyssum is swamped with thrips simply dispose of them in the green waste wheelie bin.

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The reason I love the open garden scheme is because these are “real” gardens that easily relate to our own gardens. So pick up a yellow booklet for dates and locations from any good plant nursery or garden centre and also look out for the yellow posters – the open gardens are a great source of inspiration.

Allotment or Vegetable Patch: • Still a good time to sow green manure • Buy vegetable plug plants (approx Easter weekend onwards) • Fertilise spring cabbage with a high nitrogen feed • Plant new asparagus “crowns” • Potatoes, shallots and onion sets should still be available to buy • Feed fruit trees and bushes with sulphate of potash • Crops to sow directly outside or under cloches are peas, mange tout, mixed salad leaves, radish, cauliflower, turnip, lettuce, carrots, beetroot, cabbage, Brussels, broad beans, leeks, rocket, Swiss chard and spinach. • Also sow in your vegetable plot Tagetes and poached egg plant to attract beneficial insects.

In the Greenhouse: • Protect any seedling from cold • Water any seedling trays or pots with copper fungicide to help prevent damping off disease • Remember to increase ventilation on warm days • If too hot, put up shading to protect plants • Buy plug plants to grow on for pots, bedding displays and baskets • Sow French and runner beans in pots • Sow melons, cucumbers, marrows and courgettes in a heated propagator • Check plants regularly for signs of pests or disease • Plant tomatoes in grow bags or large pots

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Gardening in April with

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Look out for new varieties of trees and shrubs this month but here are some that are old favourites. Japanese Maples: My most favourite of all shrubs these stunning shrubs/trees are ideal in containers and make a great feature plant in the garden. The choice of variety is vast, with red or green, finely cut or palmate leaf. Pick a variety like Acer palmatum Sango Kaku and you also get colourful stems in winter. Acers like a moist but well drained, neutral to acid soil in a non exposed windy position. Despite what you read in some books, Acers with sensible care are easy to grow. My personal favourites are: Acer palmatum Sango Kaku (coloured stems) including a new variety called acer palmatum Bi-Hoo – look out for this great variety, acer palmatum Bloodgood (the best upright red leaf maple) acer palmatum dissectum Greenlace (very finely cut, green leaf maple), acer palmatum dissectum Garnet (very finely cut, red leaf maple) and Acer shirasawanum Aureum (bright yellow leafed maple). Spiraea x cinerea Grefsheim: or “bridal wreath” currently mine at home is full of flower bud so this will look fantastic at this time of year, long flower racemes of pure white hang down almost weeping. Very easy to grow likes most soils in full sun to part shade. I wouldn’t recommend this for a pot but planted in a border or an informal hedge makes a good feature. The R.H.S has given this plant the Award of Garden Merit.

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Please keep contacting me with your gardening problems (If you can please include a photo or as much detail as you can think of as this will help a lot) garden.guru@virginmedia.com or 07817 651216 Or listen out for me on BBC Radio Derby on Wednesday afternoons once a month.


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Reflecting on 25 years and more in business! Haydn Stanley Furnishings Bank Road, Matlock T: 01629 583 584

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erbyshire retailer Haydn Stanley first got involved in retail at his parent’s shop when he was a boy. Haydn used to run errands and generally took an interest in how things were done. After the war he worked at Eyres in Chesterfield. He became Manager in Heanor with Greaves and was then asked to run the Matlock branch. Haydn was finding his feet in Matlock as business developed . Greaves decided to sell the company with Haydn buying the Matlock business in 1982. It was quite a gamble as he had a family and a disabled wife who’d sadly got M.S. Life was hectic but with help from Jackie Jackson and latterly Carl Gregory, the shop has forged ahead. “The customer is first and foremost as far as we’re concerned and we do everything we can to make those that visit feel at ease,” states Haydn. Haydn Stanley Furnishers is fiercely independent. With all their experience the company is well-known in the Derbyshire Dales and beyond and still does good business today. “I’ve had a very rewarding and fulfilling career, dealing with many, great people from various parts of the country”, concludes Haydn.

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tarting with just 7 staff in July 1998, current joint managing directors and owners Paul and Angela Hamilton, have, along with more recent family members Gemma Hamilton (daughter), Peter Morgan (son-in-law) and Jamie Barke (son-in-law) developed Alpha Heating into a highly-reputable, well-established business. Primarily a central heating installation company, Alpha has progressed dramatically and has expanded into the design and installation of bathrooms and kitchens, including full project management. Alpha also supplies and installs fireplaces, gas and electric fires and multi fuel stoves. The latest addition is the installation of electric vehicle charging points. Alpha Heating has been owned and run by the same family for 20 years. Says Paul, “Regardless of whether a customer is looking to revamp or replace an entire bathroom or kitchen, update a central heating system or, install a new fireplace, we are here to help. We give good honest advice, based on years of experience and backed up by our reputation as one of the area’s most respected companies. Visit the stunning showroom and meet the team who give the personal touch.www.alpha-heating.co.uk

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is a family run business established in 1976 originally fabricating replacement chassis parts for Series Land Rover such as rear crossmembers and outriggers, moving on shortly afterwards to supplying replacement parts and accessories. Also within this initial expansion a workshop facility was also established. The supply of parts and accessories locally, inevitably led to the mail-order and export nationwide and abroad. At this time, a move to more suitable premises was made from Tansley Derbyshire to not far away in Matlock. An increasing demand for affordable parts and accessories world-wide contributed to the rapid growth of DLS and again the company had to find larger premises and in 1986 moved into the current location on Water Lane Wirksworth. Our fully equipped workshops have all the latest specialist tools, including the new diagnostic touch screen computers that enable us to diagnose and rectify faults on the new Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Freelander, Defender and Discovery.


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Maxwell Caulfield

“It’s always good to come back and connect with your roots”

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henever anyone lists the finest actors who originated from Derbyshire, names such as the late Alan Bates and John Hurt usually crop up, closely followed by current heavyweights such as Robert Lindsay and Jack O’Connell. It’s rare that Maxwell Caulfield is included. Born in Duffield, Maxwell can genuinely be described as a Hollywood superstar. He was playboy Miles Colby in the blockbuster series Dynasty and the spin-off The Colbys, he’s made more than 40 films, played Mark Wylde in more than 150 episodes of Emmerdale and has appeared as lawyer Billy Flynn in the long-running musical Chicago on Broadway and in London’s West End. He’s back in this country in The Lady Vanishes, a high-profile production based on the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which is touring the country for most of this year. The bonus for Maxwell is that his 77-year-old wife Juliet Mills, sister of Hayley, is also in the cast. She’s 18 years older than Maxwell. They met on stage and fell in love. Critics said the marriage would never last. Last year they celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary. In a wide-ranging conversation Maxwell told me about his Derbyshire roots, why he loves coming back to this country so much and how he’s hoping to perform with his “English rose” Juliet in a play that features only the two of them.

The play is set on a train hurtling through the Austrian Alps in the late 1930s on the eve of the Second World War.

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There’s no sign of pretentiousness with Maxwell. He sounded genuinely pleased that Country Images wanted to give publicity to The Lady Vanishes and he gladly gave up his time to be interviewed. And throughout our chat his love for Juliet shone through. He signed off with “the home-grown lad is proud to be coming back to the county and showing off with his beautiful bride.” In The Lady Vanishes Maxwell plays Austrian brain surgeon Dr Hartz. The play is set on a train hurtling through the Austrian Alps in the late 1930s on the eve of the Second World War.

“The show is a bit of a runaway train in itself,” says Maxwell. “It’s got laughter, there are a couple of demented cricket fanatics who seem oblivious to everything that’s going on around them – they’re so hell bent on getting to the Test match at Old Trafford. “And there’s a burgeoning romance at the heart of it, the young heroine who’s haunted by the disappearance of the lady who befriended her at the train station in Austria before it set off.” The play is being produced by Bill Kenwright’s Classic Thriller Theatre Company and, according to Maxwell, Kenwright has spent “good money” on the set and costumes. “It’s a first-class production and we’ve got a very strong company. We think we’re delivering a good couple of hours’ entertainment, hopefully for a fair price. The price of a cinema ticket these days is the same price as a theatre ticket, so why not come and see something live and something that you’ll really remember.

“I’ve always maintained that live performances stay with you, more so than a movie that’s knocked you out. All kinds of stuff happens in live performances. Guns jam, train compartment doors don’t close when they have to, actors playing multiple parts come on wearing the wrong costume. It keeps us all on our toes. Based on the curtain calls we’ve been taking, everybody seems to have enjoyed themselves which is the name of the game.” Strangely Maxwell and Juliet don’t have any scenes together in The Lady Vanishes. “It’s probably a relief for her not to have to deal with me for a couple of hours! I just love being on the boards with her. Because we’re in each other’s pockets all the time when we’re on tour, it’s a very intimate experience. If you’re not driving in the car you’re moving into the digs together and then into the theatre.” Maxwell Newby was born on 23 November 1959. His parents divorced when Maxwell was very young. His father lived in Chesterfield for a long time and died there, so Maxwell is delighted that The Lady Vanishes will be visiting the


Pomegranate Theatre in the town. Although his mother took Maxwell and his brother Marcus to live in London, they would spend a lot of time in the summer holidays with their grandparents, Tom and Mavis, in Littleover.

Maxwell can’t say much at this stage about the play he and Juliet want to do together but he feels the time is right for him to do it. “Hopefully you get better as an actor and funnily enough you realise you don’t have to work so hard.

Maxwell’s aunt Margaret and uncle David live in Littleover and they’ll be meeting up when he and Juliet return to the county.

“When the profession’s good it’s great and when it’s giving you the cold shoulder it’s tough. But this is a purple patch we’re in now – we’re enjoying it.”

“The connections to Derbyshire are very strong even though I didn’t spend a lot of time there in my youth.

Maxwell is looking forward to playing the Pomegranate, especially as it’s a theatre he’s never been to.

“It’s always good to come back and connect with your roots. Juliet and I both elected to live in America but it does come at a bit of a price. You get the sunshine although there’s a bit of a disconnect living all the way over on the west coast.”

“Sometimes touring in England, particularly in the dead of winter, may be taking it a bit far – lugging suitcases up five flights of stairs or on your day off driving 300 miles to the next date. You look for the light at the end of the tunnel but we’ll be full of beans for the Chesterfield date, that much I know – still full of enthusiasm and esprit de corps.”

Maxwell is grateful that he can return to Britain on a regular basis. The first three UK tours he did all stopped off at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham: in 2010 he and Juliet were in the Alan Ayckbourn play Bedroom Farce, then musicals Singin’ In The Rain and Guys And Dolls. Maxwell even did a few dates at the Theatre Royal in The Rocky Horror Show, playing the Narrator. “I remember playing to an absolutely packed house. I’ve never heard such a torrent of abuse. I didn’t realise that part of the show has the audience barracking the narrator throughout. It was quite a shock. It was just like I’d missed a sitter at Pride Park!” That was one of the few occasions he wasn’t appearing alongside Juliet. They met in 1980, a couple of years after Maxwell had moved to the States, when they both performed in the play The Elephant Man.

After being on stage in Hollywood and enjoying life at the top, why did Maxwell sign up for the tour of The Lady Vanishes? “Frankly, it’s a living. I was reading in a newspaper about how automation is going to erode the workforce by 20 to 50% in the years to come. So what the hell are people going to be doing? I don’t know. “Thank God I’m in a profession that, as long as British theatre remains as healthy as it appears to be, I can stay gainfully employed.”

The Lady Vanishes is at the Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield from 1 until 6 April and at Derby Theatre from 7 until 12 October NEXT MONTH: one of the world’s finest pianists who is living in . . . Belper!

The boy from Duffield who made it big in Hollywood should have no worries about that.

“That was a wonderful experience and we fell hook, line and sinker for one another,” says Maxwell. “We would like to work together more but it’s rare that you get cast in the same film or TV project. “They say that show business couples don’t work very well together, the sparks don’t fly because they know each other too well. In the plays that we’ve done together people have said they really enjoy watching us and there’s real chemistry. And I certainly love acting opposite her.”

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IMAGES ANNIVERSARY WALK: Pentrich to Crich 10 miles (16km): Moderate trails, field-paths and country lanes. With some muddy sections. RECOMMENDED MAP: Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale OS Explorer, Chesterfield & Alfreton. CAR PARKING: Parking on the main road in Pentrich . REFRESHMENTS: Various pubs, cafes and shops along the route.

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hen Country Images magazine was first launched in 1994 we were pleased to be able to include walks from ‘not so’ Old Perce. Over the following months he traversed the Amber valley and provided delightful walks that, as all walks should, start and finish at the local pub. With many village pubs closing that has become harder to do but in true style for 2019 ‘a little older and wider!’ Old Perce is back. Yes, he’s still around and walks incessantly around Amber Valley which is great news for us. So this month he shares with us one of his favourite walks.

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1. From The Dog Inn Pentrich go up the main road towards Swanwick, then turn left onto Riley Lane, signposted Fritchley and Crich. 2. At the bottom of Riley Lane cross Chesterfield Road onto Park Lane to Wingfield Park, past Weir Mill farm and eventually turn left onto Lynam Road signposted Fritchley and through the hamlet of Boden. 3. Go past Boden House and Boden Farm and straight up the steep lane that veers to the right. A short walk up the lane gives fine views of Wingfield Manor to the right. 4. Go to the top of the lane and follow the beaten path through the woods. At the stile follow the directions on the yellow arrow left as it marks a pathway through the second part of the woodland. 5. Eventually you will reach a stone stile to cross. Turn immediately left and go through Pets, Portraits, Scenes, Still Life, Executive Caricatures, Victorian Life.

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the yellow arrow on the post. Follow the metal sign marked Chadwick Nick and continue on this pathway for approximately half a mile. The views to the right show spectacular views of the Derwent Valley. The pathway via a set of stone steps leads to the tarmac road of Chadwick Nick where we turn right. 9. After 200 yards turn left at the signpost with the orange sticker on it. At the end of the pathway turn left. 10. Continue on the pathway ahead, don’t be tempted to veer off to the right or left. This pathway slowly meanders through some beautiful woodland for about a mile and leads to a stone bridge that crosses the Cromford Canal. Go over the bridge and cross back under it as though heading for Ambergate 11. Follow the towpath all the way to the end and cross a white painted bridge. Follow the path ahead keeping close to a wired fence all the way until it goes through a canopy of trees then follow the path inclined upwards.

12. After 3/4 of a mile or so the path will lead to a stone stile with barred wooden gate . Cross onto the lane which leads to Chadwick Nick and turn left up the lane. 13. Follow the lane to the top up the stone steps on the right and turn right on the pathway which leads us back into Crich. (At this point I recommend a pint or two in the Black Swan or coffee and cake in The Loaf and then wander our way back). 14. Turn left out of the Black Swan or straight out of The Loaf and walk down Dimple Lane and follow it to the end where it forks left and then turn left.

becomes ill defined, so at the property marked The Hall Gardens cut left over the fields and follow closely the contour of the river 17. At the end of the path, cross a small bridge and turn right onto a busy road. A few yards ahead on the left is a signpost and a path to Pentrich which we take. 18. A gated stile needs to be crossed ahead at the right hand side on the top of the field. Continue on by the side of the hedge and cross the next gated stile. At the very end of the hedgerow turn right and follow the footpath veering left through cemetary yard and back to the Dog Inn.

15. After half a mile or so ahead cross the stile on the right, marked Buckland Hollow and cross the field through the gate to the stone wall on the left. Cross here and turn right. 16. Follow the lane through the farmyard and left down the hill. At this point the pathway

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Diary of Events diary@imagespublishing.co.uk Royal Centre Nottingham & Concert Hall 0115 989 5555 www.trch.co.uk APRIL 1 UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro 1 Croft and Pearce: Double Take 2-6 Rock of Ages 5 WillNE & Stephen Tries 6 Theatre Royal Heritage Open Day 6 Classical Music The Hallé - April 2019 8 Sing-a-long-a The Greatest Showman 9-13 Doctor Dolittle 9-13 Turn of the Screw 9 Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Masters 10 Puppet Workshop 10 An Evening with Alfie Boe: As Time Goes By 11 Michael starring Ben 12 Into the Groove 13 14 Hello Again - The Story of Neil Diamond 15-20 Rough Crossing 15 National Youth Boys’ Choir of Great Britain 16 Spark Sensory Baby Sessions 17 Family Drumming Workshops 17 Back to the Future In Concert 18 The Solid Silver 60s Show 20 Michael Ball 23 to May 4 Motown The Musical 26 Simon & Garfunkel Through the Years 26 Apr 2019 27 Classical Music. Philharmonia Orchestra 28 George 29 The Third Stage - A Write Royal Performance 29 Apr 2019 MAY 1 The Vamps: Four Corners Tour 3 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 3 After Hours: Richard Uttley and Kate Whitley 3 The Third Stage - John Hegley: Peace, Love & Potatoes 5 The Kingdom Choir 6 Marc Almond 7-11 Mack and Mabel 7-8 Strictly Come Dancing The Professionals 12 Danny Baker: Good Time Charlie’s Back Buxton Opera House & PavilionArts Centre. 01298 72190 www.buxtonoperahouse.org MARCH 29 Kast Off Kinks 30 Samantha Wood Theatre Academy Come Alive 31 to April 1 Breakfast At Tiffany’s APRIL 2 The Royal Opera Live - La forza del destino 4 The Bootleg Beatles 5 Royal Northern College of Music Dolce Flute Quartet 5 Speakers From The Edge - Conrad Anker Hold Fast: Yosemite to Everest to Meru 7 Grand Gala Concert 7 The Dream of Gerontius 9 Waymaking - An Evening of Women’s 9 Delving for Copper Lead and Coal over the Devonshire Dome 11 The Carpenters Story 66 | CountryImagesMagazine.co.uk

13 The Solid Silver 60s Show 13 A Life with Elephants 14 Stewart Francis 15 Milkshake! Live - Milkshake Monkey’s Musical 16-17 Claire Dobinson School of Dancing Fascinating Rhythm 17 Swimming in Opium 18 The Take That Experience 19 Let’s Hang On 20 Tom Paxton & The DonJuans 21 The Drifters 26 Russell Kane 28 That’ll Be The Day 30 The Royal Opera Live Faust MAY 2 Remembering The Movies 3 Puss in Boots 3 Buxton Buzz Comedy Club - May 4 Wet Wet Wet 5 Julian Clary Derby Live. Box Office 01332 255800 www.derbylive.co.uk APRIL 6 Alfie Moore - In his latest stand-up tour show former Detective Sergeant Alfie Moore, and star of BBC Radio 4 comedy ‘It’s A Fair Cop’Sun 7 Derby County Community Trust Derby 10k 10-13 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 12 Sergei Podobedov 13 Brass For A Cause 13 The Joys of Spring 16 The Selfish Giant 17-20 Dick Whittington 17 Sinfonia Viva - Searching for Tchaikovsky 20 Malcolm Stent + Mad Jocks & Englishmen 27 Wendy Kirkland 28 Cycle Derby Sportive Spring Classic MAY 1-2 Two 2 3 Cara Dillon 4 The Bump to Five Derby Show 4 Bedazzled by Broadway 4 Paul Kerensa 5 Resolution Run 5 Sarah McQuaid Derby Theatre Box Office 01332 59 39 39 www.derbytheatre.co.uk APRIL 5-20 The Jungle Book - Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s magical stories, with brand-new original songs, The Jungle Book promises to be the perfect adventure for all the family this Easter. 12 Mission Abort 12 An Indian Abroad - Pariah Khan’s debut one man show takes the trope of white adventurers exploring ‘foreign’ lands and spins this concept on its head, asking that all important question: what if a student from India took a gap year to Britain? 18-19 Derby Youth Theatre Double Bill: Second Person Narrative & Skellig

23-27 The Remains of the Day 25 intotheclouds - intotheclouds is a playful, sensory and highly visual experience for very young children and babies aged 6-18 months developed in partnership with the NHS’s Small Steps Big Changes and over 50 babies and their families across Nottingham. Nottingham Playhouse 0115 941 9419 www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk 22 to April 7 Skellig - Family Friendly:Moving house has been hard for 12-year-old Michael, and now his baby sister is ill in hospital, it seems his whole world has been turned upside down. APRIL 10 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2019. Get ready for an evening of inspirational adventure films coming at you from the wildest corners of the globe! 12 Mo Amer & Guz Khan 15-18 Family Fest 2019 - Family Friendly: Join us for a fun-filled week of family activities here at Nottingham Playhouse. We have something for all ages and abilities, and will be running... 16 The Boy and The Mermaid - A fishy tale of musical merfolk, menacing monsters and the town at the edge of the sea. 17 The Teeny Tiny Orchestra - Prepare to get noisy! A room full of instruments.17 David Baddiel’s ANiMALCOLM the Musical Easter Family Fest: Diving Dolphins Movement Session 18 The Horne Section 2019 That’s How I Like My Tour 23 Memory of Water Members’ Curtain-Raiser 23 The Long Walk Back - The Long Walk Back tells the epic story of an international sporting star’s catastrophic fall from grace. 25-27 NT Connections MAY 3-18 The Memory of Water - The Memory of Water is a hilarious and heart-breaking drama about what we fear most – losing someone both in life and death. Palace Theatre Mansfield www.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre APRIL 2-3 In The Heights - Expressions Performing ArtsMusical Theatre 4 Crooners 7 Dare To Be Different Tozer Studios Dance 8-9 Two 10 Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story 11 Someone Like You (The Adele Songbook) 11 Josie Duncan and Pablo Lafuente (Studio) 12 Some Guys Have All The Luck 13 Peter Pan - Easter Panto 14 An Audience with Cannon and Ball 24-25 Poppy’s War 28 Black Dyke Band MAY 7 Jason Donovan & His Amazing Midlife Crisis


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Saturday 13th April 2019 7:30 pm at Crich Glebe Field Centre DE4 5EU A magical evening of beautifully delicate string arrangements of both traditional and original folk music from this Conservatoire trained, Birmingham based string quartet. With sweet vocals soaring over shimmering strings, this impressively good group weaves together folk roots and classical influences to realise music that is as imaginative as it is beautiful. Drawing together musicians from Ashley Hutching’s Rainbow Chasers and The Old Dance School to spine-tingling effect, and with a diverse set of old songs and originals, this is an intimate and mesmerising evening of folk music. Helen Lancaster and Ruth Angell join friends Emma Capp and Charlie Heys to create a unique blend of intricate sounds from fiddles, viola, cello, guitar, harmonium and vocals, playing original self-penned music with traditional and classical influences. Helen (The Fair Rain) and Emma (Emma Capp) grew up together in Hampshire and moving to Birmingham to study music, met Charlie (McNeill & Heys, The Fair Rain) and Ruth (Ruth Angell, Peacock Angell Band, The Rainbow Chasers) at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Ruth Angell’s sweet vocals soar over weaving melodies and rich textures, often contrasted with sparse harmonies and magically inventive soundscapes. Their music has captivated audiences from folk clubs to festivals. Suitable for those aged 7 and over.

Swingin’ and Singin’ in the Jungle with Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book at the Derby Theatre April 5-20

Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s magical stories, with brand-new original songs, The Jungle Book promises to be the perfect adventure for all the family this Easter. Expect stunning sets and costumes, catchy music from Ivan Stott and plenty of magic in our spectacular new production of The Jungle Book. Award-winning writer Neil Duffield’s new adaptation is inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s magical stories, and is brought to life with brand new songs. Whilst growing up in the jungle and facing battles with the ruthless Shere Khan, Mowgli learns what it truly means to belong, thanks to friends Baloo and Bagheera. CountryImagesMagazine.co.uk | 67


Diary of Events diary@imagespublishing.co.uk South Wingfield Local History group. ‘Then and Now’ Exhibition on Saturday 6th April, 10am - 4pm in the Parish Rooms, Church Lane, South Wingfield DE55 7NJ. An exhibition illustrating the changes in the life of the Parish over the last 150 years. FREE entry, refreshments will be served. www.southwingfieldlocalhistorygroup.org Birdwatching for Beginners walks at Carsington Water. The next walk is on 7th April and should be full of birdsong as our spring migrants arrive. Meet at 10:00 in the visitor centre courtyard. Carsington Water. These FREE two hour walks are suitable for all and start from the Visitor Centre at 10am. Booking essential as they are always popular. Tel 0330 678 0701 FB Pocket Orchestra Friday 12th April 2018 7.30 pm West Hallam Village Hall The FB Pocket Orchestra A Live and Local show. A richly enjoyable night of hot jazz, blues, ragtime and popular dances that hint at jazz age 1920s and swing era 1930s Tickets £10.50 Box Office: 0115 930 334 Darley Abbey Historical Group Friday 19 April ‘Derby CAMRA WW1 Pubs Project Part 2’, by Marie Gibson. Meetings start at 7pm in Darley Abbey Village Hall, Abbey Yard off New Road, Darley Abbey, DE22 1DS. Charge of £1.50. Contact Maria Gibson on 01332 552837 https://darleyabbeyhistoricalgroup.wordpress. com/ Derby Wine Circle Friday 7th April – “Dry Stone Walling” – Guest Speaker – Andrew Brown-Jackson. The Evergreen Club, Allestree – 7.30pm for 7.45pm. Contact Julie@Thebelks.plus.com 01159 328217 Gilllian.wall@Ntlworld.com 01332 551447 Derby Chamber Music Society Friday 26th April at 7.30pm at the Multi-Faith Centre, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB A concert by the Marmen String Quartet Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op.74 No.1 Glass: String Quartet No.3 Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op.132 Tickets £15 and £14 (concessions) 01332 830585 or visit www.derbychambermusic.org Derby RSPB 7th April free Birdwatching Walk at Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottingham. Meet in the Barton Lane car park by the visitor centre at 9.30am. There should be plenty of wildfowl plus summer migrants arriving. Toilets and cafe on site, the walk will finish at approximately 12.30pm. More details on the RSPB Derby local group website www.rspb.org.uk/groups/derby Also 10th April at 7.30pm. Chris Ward with a talk “Wildlife Down Under”, the wildlife of Eastern

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Australia. We meet in the Grange Banqueting Suite, 457 Burton Road, Littleover, Derby, DE23 6XX. Admission for members is £2.00, for nonmembers £2.50 and juniors £1.00. RSPB Derby www.rspb.org.uk/groups/derby Music at Duffield presents A4 Brass Quartet. 13 April 2019 at 7.30. St. Alkmund’s Church, Church Drive (off Makeney Road), Duffield DE56 4BA Bates Toccata 3 Waespi South Uist Variations Grainger arr. Bates Molly on the Shore Sato arr. Bates Tsunangari Goedicke arr. Bates Concert Etude Scottish Trad. arr. Bates Banks and Braes Mendelssohn arr. Robertson Saltarello arr. Bates “Alone at the Opera” including: Pachelbel’s Canon; Locus Iste; Largo Al Factotum; Flower Duet; Faust (finale) A4 Brass Quartet are one of the UK’s leading young chamber ensembles. Based at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Adult £15, Concession £14, Student £7. Individual tickets at the door or from Caroline Morgan 01332 843191 www.musicatduffield.com Spondon Historical Society Spondon Village Hall, Sitwell Street, Spondon DE21 7ET April 8th at 7.30pm for the Annual General Meeting. Followed with a talk entitled ‘Wonderful Things’ - A History of Winter’s Photographers’ by Jane Middleton-Smith. All are welcome. Visitors £4.00, Members £2.50. Little Chester Local History Group April 18th at 7.30 p.m. in Chester Green Community Centre, Old Chester Road, Derby, James Major talks through, ‘The Faulds Explosion’, the military dump near Tutbury which exploded with dire consequences and is still partially visible to-day. Non-members £2. 01332 559615. Little Chester Heritage Centre, St. Paul’s Church, Mansfield Road, Derby. Reopens on the 1st Sunday of the month April-October 2-4 p.m. In addition to the on-going exhibition of Roman History, there will be a special display, re-telling the story of War Memorials, including that at St. Paul’s. Free admission, refreshments available. Group visits by arrangement. Tel. 01332 363354. Dalesmen Student Competition A competition for young Derbyshire musicians ton Saturday 27th April, at the Strutts Centre in Belper. The competition is for students in years 12 and 13 who have achieved grade 7 or above in their music examinations. Members of the public are welcome to come and enjoy the performances by Derbyshire’s talented musicians. Contact dmvcstudentaward@gmail.com for more information Dethick, Lea & Holloway Horticultural Society Annual Spring Plant Sale Saturday 11h May 2019 at the Florence Nightingale Memorial Hall,

Yew Tree Hill, Holloway, near Matlock, DE4 5BD. A good selection of plants for sale, bedding, hardy perennials, tender perennials, salad, herb and vegetable plants. Plants suitable for wildlife as well as some plants from specialised growers. Entry is free – doors open at 10am until 12noon. Allestree Flower Group Tuesday 16th April 2019. AGM and Social Event. Time: 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm. The Evergreen Hall, Cornhill, Allestree Admission: Members free. Non- members £7. Telephone 07968 237457 The Heage Committee of Action Medical Research . Annual Garden Party Sunday 19 May 2019. 57 Ripley Road, Heage. Gates open 12.30 (£1 adults, 50p children). Opening ceremony 1pm with Associate Professor Nick Gee a longstanding supporter of Action Medical Research. Activities include a plant stall, Cream Teas, BBQ, Dance Display, AIM Excelsum Band, Toy stall, Raffle, Tombolas, Penalty Shoot Out, Skittles and many more stalls. Contact Liz on 01773 824442 or 07443464619 or Jean on 01773 744135. Ashfield Harmony, Kirkby-in-Ashfield’s local singing group, will be swinging into Spring for their next concert at The Ashwood Centre in May. The Choir have invited Ravenshead Swing Band to join them for the evening and together they will be singing and playing many popular big band numbers, some show-stopping melodies from favourite musicals and from hit-making stars such as Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble. The Ashwood Centre will have a more informal, relaxed café theme for the evening, with our audience invited to sit at individual tables for 6 or 8. ‘Swing Into Spring’ with Ashfield Harmony and Ravenshead Swing Band will be at The Ashwood Centre, Portland Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Notts on Saturday 11th May 2019 starting at 7.00 pm. Tickets £8 each and can be obtained from any choir member or reserved by calling Concert Secretary, Carolynne, on 01773775176. Derby French Circle (Cercle Francais de Derby) www. derbyfrenchcircle.org.uk St Edmund’s Church Hall, Kings Croft, Allestree, Derby DE22 2FN. Talks, quizzes, social and cultural events. Join us for conversation and games in French. All levels of French spoken. Friday 12 April from 7.15pm: An Interactive Social Event directed by Thierry Viennois. Derbyshire Dales Woodcraft Club Wyaston village Hall (DE6 2DR) on the first Saturday of each month from 10:00am to 2:00pm. We have a mixed programme of visiting demonstrators, hands-on sessions under the guidance of more experienced members and a monthly competition.


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A taste of nostalgia Step back in time to 1940’s Britain with Crich Tramway Village. Transport enthusiasts will love the historic war-time road and military vehicles, which will be on show and on the move, mingling with vintage trams, which visitors will be able to ride on as often as they wish. There will also be a replica Spitfire on display, so have those cameras ready. Events Manager, Candi Bell, said: “This is one of our most popular events. Visitors can expect air-raid warnings and the sound of low flying aircraft. You will need your identity card for a real taste of life during the Second World War.” There will be daily children’s activities including a ‘Bootcamp’ for those brave enough to face ‘Sergeant Major Marmite’. General Admission prices are £17.50 for adults, £14.00 for seniors (aged 60+) and £10.50 for children (aged 4 – 15 years). A family ticket is available for two adults and up to three children for £40.50. You can save 50p per ticket by booking online at least 24 hours in advance. Full priced tickets are valid for 12 months (excluding later World War II events) or you can take advantage of reduced admission prices for the event day by dressing in 1940’s Home Front costume. Crich Tramway Village is open daily until Sunday 3rd November from 10.00am. Closing times vary according to date. There is free parking. For further information Tel. 01773 854321 or visit: www.tramway.co.uk

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with Malcolm Stent, plus Mad Jocks And Englishmen. Saturday 20 April 8pm. Side splitting songs and stories, with great British Songs and Humour. Don’t come if you don’t like laughing! Old Bell Hotel, Sadler Gate, Derby Tickets £17.50, Derby LIVE Box Office 01332 255800, www.derbylive.co.uk, Ticket Hotline 01773 853428

Win Tickets for Sunday 5 May 6pm The Unfinished Violin. Sam Sweeney, veteran of the mighty Bellowhead, Artistic Director of the National Folk Youth Ensemble, and BBC Folk Musician of the Year, brings his new show to Derby based on the true story of Richard Howard’s unfinished violin discovered 100 years after his death. Sam came across the violin that was made but not assembled by Richard S Howard of Leeds 1915. In time Sam set about digging into its history, uncovering the fateful tale of Richard Howard, a Music Hall performer and violin maker called up in 1916, who lost his life at the Battle of Messines in 1917. Top musicians from the traditional music scene - Rob Harbron concertina, Jack Rutter guitar, Patsy Reid piano, and Ben Nicholls bass, join Sam on stage. Sensitive, fragile, emotive and extremely beautiful… Colin Irwin. Derby Theatre - Intu Car Park DE1 2PL Tickets £22.50, concessions £20.50 Box Office 01332 593939, www.derbytheatre.co.uk, or Ticket Hotline 01773 853428 Win 2 Special Guest Tickets by answering the following question: What instrument does Jack Rutter play in the show? Send your answers by 20 April, remember to include your telephone number, and post to Country Images Magazine Unit 5 Keys Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire. DE55 7FQ or email competitions@imagespublishing.co.uk

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he 88th Ashover Show will be held on Wednesday 14 August 2019. The Show is very proud of its reputation as one of the finest traditional agricultural shows in the country which regularly welcomes over 14,000 visitors. This year the Centre Ring will have entertainment throughout the day starting with the arrival of the President, Mr Fred Hall at 9.30am followed by the Barlow Red Barrows, The Guide Dogs for the Blind display, The Sheep Grand National, the very popular parade of hounds by the Four Shires Blood Hounds and The Barlow Hunt, the heavy horse classes, private driving, The Grand Parade, fancy dress and ending the day with the tug of war. The BSJA show jumping will take place in the Light Horse Rings with a viewing both from the Members enclosure and the new marquee gallery at the top of the ring. With livestock rings showing the finest cattle and sheep in the area, visitors can watch the excitement as the judges make their decisions. All our sections now have classes for the young people, something vital for the continuation of the Show. The Livestock Grand Parade will take place in the Centre Ring. Champion shire horses, cattle and sheep will parade around the ring with their colourful sashes and rosettes. The light horse section will run throughout the day. Championships from the local Ashover Riding Club will be held for horses

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and riders who have qualified at the club shows through the season, full details are on the Facebook page. There will also be the junior handler classes which have proved very popular since their introduction. Of course the highlight will be the fancy dress class which will be judged by the President, in the Centre Ring. There will be both affiliated BSJA and unaffiliated show jumping along with the traditional local classes so there really is something for everyone. The poultry section continues to grow and will host the ever expanding number of classes in what is an extremely colourful display. Next door will be the very popular dog show with classes for both pedigree and non-pedigree dogs. The crowds will be entertained by the Animal Magic Dog Display Team who will be performing in the ring throughout the morning in the lead up to the start of the dog show. The Vintage Tractor ring will showcase around 150 of the very best local vehicles along with a vintage car display, which is kindly put on by a local vintage owners club to create what is always a popular and stunning display. Visitors will be able to relax in the ‘Village Green’ area whilst listening to the Ashover Brass Band. The children can watch the traditional Punch and Judy Show or pay a visit to the popular rides and slides area. The Horticulture Marquee is a must for visitors with its absolutely stunning displays

which just get better every year, as does the appetising Ashover Marquee which will have over 30 of the very best of local food producers from around the area. A visit to the Craft Marquee was also not to be missed with over 50 exhibitors displaying the fantastic range of local talent on show. Out on the showground there will be approximately 200 trade stands, selling everything from farm machinery to bird tables, there really is something to interest everyone! When visitors have looked around everything the Show has to offer, they can simply sit and relax at one of the many and varied food outlets around the ground. Car parks surround the show ground and parking is free. This year traffic will be managed by a specialist team employed to ensure that cars can quickly and easily access the car parks and queuing is kept to a minimum. For up to date information and all of the contact details plus class schedules, please visit www.ashovershow.co.uk. Advance tickets and programmes are available to purchase on line at a reduced price to those on the day and we very much look forward to seeing you.


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Gallery Derbyshire Artists’ Guild - below:

Derbyshire Artists’ Guild is a group of eight professional local artists who recently joined forces with the aim of jointly promoting and exhibiting their work. They now combine their considerable creative talents to try and establish the Guild as a recognised artistic force in the cultural life of the county. To this end DAG stages four main group exhibitions throughout the year giving visitors the opportunity to see a wide spectrum of artwork at the same venue by artist members Patricia Lane, Martin Davis, Lynn Presland, Arwyn Quick, Angus Stokes, Carol Barton Jones, Susan Tracey and Maureen Laycock. Now in its second full year of existence the Guild continues to grow and goes from strength to strength, offering a rich and varied selection of gallery standard fine art at each of its events. Indeed visitors are encouraged to linger with their refreshments and, along with enjoying the art, spend some time in the relaxed company of the artists themselves-who are always happy to chat and discuss their work and inspiration! For its first major exhibition of the year this creative tour de force will be exhibiting at The Green Man Gallery, Buxton from 26th April – 22nd May. Then in quick succession at Baslow village hall as part of the annual Derbyshire Open Arts weekend 25th -27th May. For full details of their 2019 programme go to www.derbyshireartistsguild.com.

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successful artist who has achieved a national reputation as a landscape painter. He travels the country on painting expeditions and has produced sumptuously iconic paintings of Cornwall, the Lake District and particularly of the Derbyshire Peak District. His work is collected internationally and is in significant demand. We are delighted to be working with Rex curating the 2019 solo exhibition at Gallerytop. We are privileged to be Rex Preston’s primary representative gallery in Derbyshire. Visit our website at gallerytop.co.uk to see all of the paintings in the exhibition. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00 until 5.00 and on Sundays from 11.00 until 4.00 Gallerytop offers the Arts Council Own Art scheme, which encourages the purchase and collection of contemporary art through an interest-free loan scheme of up to £2,500

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The 13th Derbyshire Open Arts takes place 25th – 27th May. Over 200 artists in 133 venues throughout Derbyshire will exhibit their work, ranging from ceramics to mixed media and 3D, glass to bronze and watercolours to weaving. Some will be demonstrating their skills and all will be open free of charge. For more information, please visit www.derbyshireopenarts.co.uk

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and enjoy the view west to another country, which is South of here! Disoriented? I am, well try this for size- I also sat looking north at a country south of where I was sitting. Anyway back to the boot. I’m sure that I can hear an organ playing to my right or is that just my imagination. It’s finished now and I can concentrate on the views.

told us it would be over an hour.

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ateline 09:00 hours. Clear skies soon to turn cloud as our aircraft propels itself like an arrow into the sky and climbs rapidly from the runway with its twin propellers whirling rapidly. Propellers!!! Since when did anything other than a spitfire have propellers? And why only two? Surely four is best, and even better fit some jet engines.. But I’m not the aviator nor the mechanic. I’m just a humble passenger.

Looking down I can see herds of animals grazing lazily on lush green grass. Ah, halcyon days of the carefree traveller sipping a G&T and watching the world go by. Industry is scattered around, a concrete works I can see clearly right near a golf club but we are still climbing up and through the clouds into the clear blue sky. The captain, whose words I’m struggling to grasp due to his speed of speech and unusual dialect, has just informed us that we are at 22000 feet and, due to something or other beyond our control, we will be landing ten minutes early. Try as I may with my sat nav I can never shave ten minutes off my journey unless I go to the wrong place so I’m hoping his reason is either a tail wind, black coffee, better octane fuel or that he was lying in the first place when he

Peering down now through the patchy clouds I see water, lots of it and typically restless. “Man that looks rough” my travelling companion says. But since when wasn’t the ocean rough? The airport is small, friendly and mainly used for short flights. Moving swiftly through and singing Brown eyed Girl to myself, we emerge into bright sunshine and see our friends waiting for us in the car. “It’s not usually this sunny” they said, and, for the next four days they couldn’t believe the weather that we were experiencing. Visiting a strange country, only created in 1921, and being a passenger in the car afforded me the opportunity to look around, which is a rare treat. Having read about what to expect - glacial valleys, castles, golf clubs and mountains I was straining my eyes to see them but no, none to be seen. We passed the odd building with painted gable end, rows of houses, and industry but not a mountain in sight. Had I been sold a pup or a wild dream? Maybe everyone has moved away again.

We now travel a few miles east, with the sea to our left, to a small cove now made famous following a TV programme and through an atmospheric tunnel built in 1775. Our short trip must now come to an end and back to the airport named after a sporting giant who I have shared a drink with a few times. We are propelled back home, land smoothly and walk worry free out of the airport satisfied with a gem of a break.

So, where was I?

“Look on your right” says my friend “and you’ll see one of the largest freshwater lakes at 151 square miles”. A real fountain of knowledge my friend is, but living there does help. We now head due west and find a river which flows for 80 miles and is named after one of my favourite TV detectives, or maybe the other way round.

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Journeying north now through green fields we arrive at our destination and an overnight stay.

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Back on the road now which is straight just like the Romans built but I don’t think they ventured this far. At our destination we pay our dues which I am sure is for a good cause. I sit on a rock shaped like a boot that is possibly millions of years old

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Dashing west along the coast I’m now off past a derelict castle and a royal golf club to get myself an ice cream from this 1911 established ice cream parlour. That’s a red herring as I don’t like ice cream so I had coffee instead.

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is a brilliant concept; a meal served in a pub or a restaurant where cooked meat is freshly sliced to order for diners, served in a buffet style for a fixed price. It lends itself, in a casual way, to the traditional Sunday lunch. But all too often we associate it only with the large pub and hotel chains and their corporate style of cooking. Myself and Susan had been invited to try the Sunday lunch carvery at Alfreton Golf Club where everything is cooked from fresh and served by husband and wife team Steve and Sharron Slater. The Sunday roast dinners of my childhood were huge, drenched in gravy and always accompanied by Two Way Family Favourites on the radio. So, with the promise of home cooking, how would this, our first visit to a carvery, measure up? You don’t have to be a member to visit Alfreton Golf Club and it isn’t large. It’s only 11 holes, and for that reason it’s very friendly. The car park is in front of the entrance. A few paces up to the door, through the foyer and you’re into the club house bar. From the bar area there are pleasant views of the manicured greens. The carvery has it’s own space; beyond the bar area in more intimate surroundings. We had been greeted at the well stocked bar, where I ordered our lunchtime drinks, and shown to a beautifully presented table for 2. I noticed that the other tables were a mix of sizes catering for couples and families: small and large. Unhurried, we made our way over to the carvery counter and picked up our ‘proper’ size dinner plates. There were 3 meats on the carving platters: a boned out turkey joint that was all meat and very moist, a blush pink gammon joint with a roasted finish and, my choice, a large piece of roast beef, still a bit pink in the middle, complete with just enough dark yellow fat. Steve carved me 2 generous, thick slices. All the meats are supplied by local butcher, Owen Taylor. Next to the meats was a tray of pigs in blankets and sage and onion stuffing balls.

Susan chose the 4th mains option: a serving of beef casserole that was rich with meat and had a deep beef flavour. It was topped with a cheese, scone style, cobbler that was beginning to absorb the meaty juices. The cheese didn’t overwhelm the cobbler but lightly seasoned it.

served with lashings of gravy. They’d been cooked in beef dripping and were crisp on the outside with a soft inner that melted in the mouth. Something that big would fight for space with the vegetables on the plate and so, for that reason it adorned, like a crown, the very top of the meat and veg.

All the vegetables were beautifully cooked. The carrots still had a little bit of bite to them, the cabbage was green, vibrant and the flavour had not been washed away. There was cauliflower and broccoli in a tangy cheese sauce but my favourite was the cabbage and smoked bacon in a cream sauce. There was a hint of the smoky bacon in the savoury sauce that coated the tender cabbage and by the way the dish was disappearing it was a real crowd-pleaser.

There was a choice of 3 homemade puddings to finish the meal: a syrup sponge and 2 cheesecakes. We shared a slice of the fresh fruit cheesecake. It had a crisp biscuit base, a smooth filling and topped with a generous helping of fresh fruit.

There were two potato dishes on offer: a buttery mash that was seasoned with a hint of pepper and a large tray of roast potatoes; golden brown with crispy edges. The stuff a generous serving of beef is crying out for. And finally, the roast parsnips. A much maligned root crop that has attracted some unpleasant folklore; but not here. This sweet, healthy, nutritious vegetable had been roasted to perfection. Yorkshire puddings are the make or break ingredient of a good Sunday roast and these ticked all the boxes. They were whoppers and

It had been a ‘proper’ Sunday roast complete with all the ‘comfort food’ vegetables and lashings of gravy. The only things that were missing (for those who remember) were the voices of Cliff Michelmore and Jean Metcalfe. The restaurant service is available for most of the time that the golf club is open; with a later finishing time during the Summer. However, the carvery is only available on Sunday. For the rest of the week there’s a varied menu; from afternoon tea to the usual pies, salads, filled baguettes, steaks and of course, fish and chips. The Golf Club can cater for a range of events and special occasions: weddings, birthday parties, christenings, baby showers and is a peaceful setting for a respectful funeral reception.

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hoosing a place to take the grandkids for a meal can generally be quite a challenge for many of us. So when I said “we will go to the Sanam on King Street, Alfreton at 6pm for an early doors meal”, I’m not sure it was what they were expecting. It’s an Indian restaurant I explained. But they knew that, under normal circumstances their mum and dad regularly had an Indian takeaway and the grandkids usually had a pizza from across the road! Now I know they love their pizzas, pastas, chicken and roasties but how would this change of culture go down with them? When it came to ordering each one was asked by Iqbal “What do you like? Do you like fish, or chicken?” To our surprise the 8 year old opted for salmon. But she told us she wasn’t keen on Popadoms or naan bread. We encouraged them both to just try a little bite and from there on we didn’t get a look in. There was lots of “Can I try your chicken tikka and your korma?” and they went down well too. They did opt for some fries this time. All in all it was a resounding success and subsequent takeaways have now been embraced with great excitement and experimenting. The fries haven’t been mentioned since as the cheese Nan’s have gone down a treat and the salmon, in particular, has become the favourite choice. For us adults it was great to see that, whilst we know pizza, pasta and other foods will still be enjoyed by them, there’s a whole world of flavour out there to be tried and enjoyed; plus I get to go the Sanam, a popular place for the last 28 years for me, and have my traditional karahi chicken packed with succulent chicken, peppers and onions along with a cheese and garlic nan all washed down with a pint of Mongoose.

There’s everything on the menu you’d expect but straying onto the ‘chef ’s specials’ section if you fancy something a little more exciting will really tickle your taste buds. The sauces at the Sanam are rich in flavour and there’s plenty of substance to them. Our thanks to Iqbal and his friendly staff for continuing to make us welcome as a family and introducing the grandkids to a different cuisine. All in all a successful night out is assured. Advanced booking is always a good idea. Call 01773 830690

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he Rolex Submariner is without doubt the most famous diving watch produced. Introduced in 1953, this was the first watch to be water resistant to 300m (1000ft). Throughout its lifespan it has been continually updated with a series of Rolex innovations guaranteeing its reliability. This watch has undeniable prestige and a striking aesthetic. Featuring a Champagne Gold dial with date display, the dial is set with diamond dot hour markers and sapphires at 12 o'clock, 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock. Part of the John Stevenson Jewellers extensive pre-owned watch collection. John Stevenson Jewellers 2a Glumangate Chesterfield S40 1TO 01246 270706 johnstevensonjewellers.com

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The Hotel’s Dovedale Bar (open to both residents and non-residents) is open daily, all year round, from 9am to 11pm (food served until 9pm) and with the hotel being located just 5 minutes walk from the famous Dovedale Stepping Stones, it’s the perfect place to stop and rest those weary legs, whether it’s simply for a drink, or a bite to eat with breakfasts, cream teas, light lunches, bar snacks and Sunday Lunches available.

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