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Hello readers and welcome to the August/ September edition.

Summer holiday time is upon us and after a very wet start to the season, surely we’re in for some glorious weather in the weeks to come – I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

Despite the recent soggy weather conditions, we’ve managed to get out with our tent for a couple of camping expeditions already. We don’t tend to venture very far and with such picturesque countryside right on our doorstep, we really don’t need to. Every time we take a trip out with the tent, we remind ourselves how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful part of the country. The first ‘camp’ of the season is always a bit daunting; have we packed everything we need and more importantly, can we remember how to put our canvas house up before it’s time to decamp and return home?

Fortunately, we seem to have the whole process finely tuned now. If you’re off camping or caravanning over the coming weeks, have fun and embrace our beautiful region. There are so many campsites to choose from in Derbyshire, you really should be able to find something to suit your needs. If you’re travelling further afield and have opted for more luxurious accommodation with almost guaranteed sunny weather, have a wonderful time and please bring us campers some sunshine back!

Many thanks to the owners of The Bulls Head at Denby Common who have supplied us with a 2 course Sunday lunch for 2 people as this edition’s crossword prize. It’s in its usual spot on page 6.

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Winners’ Corner

CONGRATULATIONS Mrs Jill Cope of Ripley who has won a bottle of Champagne.

CONGRATULATIONS Gill Bale of Ripley who has won a 2 course Sunday Lunch for 2 people at The Coach & Horses, Horsley.

Thanks also to The Derby Hotel in Blackpool who are offering one reader a voucher for £100 off a minimum 2 night break. All you have to do to enter the draw is complete the Wordsearch Puzzle on page 23.

I wish you all a very happy couple of months and I’ll see you again in October.

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Helen Young – Editorial Copywriter & Coordinator.

Contents

Competitions & Puzzles Prize crossword – Win a 2 Course Sunday Lunch for 2 at The Bulls Head, Denby Common Champagne Sudoku

Wordsearch – win a £100 voucher off a stay at The Derby Hotel, Blackpool Children’s Puzzles

Friendship Blooms – FREE FLOWERS!

6 19 23 76 81

Business & Professional 2 Lifestyle

11 Food, Drink, Entertainment 21 Health, Beauty, Fitness

26 Motors

34 Home & Garden 39 Children & Education 72 Community 78

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Prize Crossword

Win a 2 Course Sunday Lunch for 2 People at The Bulls Head, 17 Denby Common, Denby Village DE5 8PW. Drinks excluded.

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Celestial body (4) Part of a flower (6) Shrieks (7) Higher up (5) Pinched (6) Tossing (8)

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Hacking (8) Order (7) Keep (6) Examined (6) Fixes (5) Regrets (4)

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BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL Business & Professional Legal Matters Shacklocks Solicitors

Legal Matters:

In each edition legal advisors from When Opportunity Knocks…

Shacklocks deal with important legal topics. This month Marion Vesey

Shacklocks LLP’s commercial property (pictured) invites us to think about team discuss the opportunities presented making a decision that will benefit to landowners by renewable and ‘clean’ future generations. energies.

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Business & Professional

Money Matters: Post-Retirement Financial Planning Predicting all of life’s outcomes can never be totally accurate. A few things in life are certain though apparently – death and taxes are two, as Benjamin Franklin once famously quoted.

How long we live is one consideration that makes financial planning post-retirement potentially very tricky indeed. Are we saving for a 30 year life after 60, or a 35 year after 55? I am often asked how much money should we have to ensure we live a comfortable retirement. To give a single, accurate answer is impossible. Many factors contribute such as how much do you need, and how much do you want? How long will you need the money for? This then links us back to life expectancy. Standards of living tend to correlate to lifestyles established during a person’s working life. Most allude to a sustainable lifestyle: higher earners seeking more and lower earners seeking less.

Taking a look at this further, we point towards the need for essential, important, optional and occasional expenses. This is no mean feat to quantify. Overlay these categories with the unpredictable matters such as health issues in retirement. Statistics* point to a 65 year old male living only 9.2 years in healthy retirement; so this could mean as many years in unhealthy retirement!

Unsustainable demand on care services is likely to result in more privately funded domiciliary care before future residential or nursing home costs come into the equation.

The u-shaped model of expenses (higher in early and late retirement with a slow-down in between),

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once fairly predictable in retirement, no longer seems as likely. People today seldom turn 60 or 65 and then retire fully. Phased retirement is increasingly popular as a way of entering later life as 60 is arguably the new 40! Mark Twain said “Age is an issue of mind over matter; if you don’t mind then it doesn’t matter!”

The point behind all of this is the need to aim and plan but to be flexible and to have finances which help to plug the gaps when the ‘troughs’ come along. Retirement advice is not a one-stop shop or just about receiving guidance on the very day you retire (whatever ‘retire’ means!). Maintain lifelong advice as your life, your income needs, health and interests change. You may slow down but it may not be when you plan or want to. Many modern retirement products have flexibility to tolerate changes in your needs and there has been an evolution since the pension reforms of April 2015.

So put down your surf board or bingo ‘daubers’ and get some advice.

By Kevin Glover, Belper IFS This information is general only and is not intended to address your particular requirements. The data above should not be relied upon in its entirety and shall not be deemed to be or constitute advice. No individual or company should act upon such information without receiving appropriate professional advice after a thorough examination of their particular situation. * ONS March 2014

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Lifestyle

Just a Thought...

What’s in a Name?

This article comes with an enormous disclaimer that I am absolutely not a guru of the music scene and never will I claim to be, so please take what I say with a large pinch of salt all ye whom are indeed far more knowledgeable than I on this subject. Right, I’m glad that that’s out of the way.

‘Music genres’ is where my pondering takes me this month. I’ve always been intrigued about where the names for these genres comes from but I believe that recently, I have worked out this much coveted secret. Somewhere, probably in the darkest depths of a wood, or a cave, or at the foot of a mountain, there are two bags. Yes bags.

In one bag there are many pieces of paper with traditional music genres written on them, like ‘Rock’, ‘Pop’ and ‘Blues’. In the other bag there

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are also many bits of paper.

These however, have written on them adjectives with seemingly no connection to music, nor indeed to each other. Each year, a magical music man who may or may not come from down your way (but he can play!) takes a piece of paper from each bag, lifts them aloft and proudly pronounces the birth of a new music genre.

The likes of ‘Gypsy Jazz’, ‘Art Rock’ and ‘Hair Metal’ are such wondrous creations. While I don’t claim to know really what any of it means I literally cannot wait for the day the planets align and we are presented with the joy that will be ‘Thrash Barndance’ ... maybe?!

By Fliss Goldsmith of Belper

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Lifestyle

The Better Life All Change!

The arrival of each new season is a constant reminder that change is the only constant. Well, that and the increasing cost of birdseed.

For enthusiastic eco-amateurs like me, the garden is a living, breathing thing – plants need to be replaced, borders occasionally reclaimed from the wilderness and, sometimes when we least expect it, losses faced.

Having said farewell to three trees in the past (a withered willow that seemed to subsist solely as a home for honey fungus, a neglected ash that our predecessors left pushing against a neighbour’s garage for years, and a Lawson’s cypress whose trunk had begun to split in two), I did not relish the loss of a fourth. Even Anne reminding me that it was a leylandii after all, growing so close to the house that it tapped on the roof in strong winds, failed to reassure me. But gardening is sometimes about doing what is necessary and not just what looks pretty.

The tree feller (our third, ironically) was given three simple instructions: 1. Avoid the phone line to the right and the electricity cable to the left. 2. Reduce the tree to log-sized pieces or slices that I can hatchet up once they’ve seasoned. 3. Don’t drop any branches on our neighbours’ garage roofs. In any other circumstances, two out of three would have been a reasonable result.

seeds out of the freezer quite late this year. They like partial shade and dislike the heat. I suppose the clue is in the name!

Mint is once more flavour of the month, with the addition of apple mint to the set.

This is mainly because we visited a Lebanese restaurant that uses mint in its wonderful pressed juices, which I hope to emulate.

Meanwhile, indoors, Anne made an executive decision (i.e. while I was out at work) and took down the curtains.

These have now been converted into a rather fetching pair of Roman blinds and the remaining material left over was used to reupholster the ottoman. Ever the competitive one I rose to the challenge, finding someone who could use the carrier bags of old bubble wrap that I’ve been storing in the attic for longer than I care to admit. Now, I just need someone who’s desperate for 25 used Jiffy bags!

By Derek Thompson

The damage wasn’t extensive, limited to just a couple of corrugated plastic panels. I suppose it was an opportunity to meet our new neighbour, and for her to meet her new open-air garage roof. Thankfully, she took it in good spirits and our lumberjack extraordinaire took responsibility for the restoration. We plan to drill holes in the leylandii stump and insert mushroom plugs to see if we can grow them (it’s amazing what you can find on the Internet).

Other parts of the garden have also changed. The mini meadow experiment has been extended, but rather than use seed-impregnated paper sheets again, we opted for yellow rattle to control the grass last year, scattering collected wild seeds in the spaces once the rattle had died back. That was augmented with some heritage seeds, including cowslip, lady’s bedstraw, wild carrot and musk mallow. And yes, I did read that off the packet.

Not that we’re solely traditionalists. Last year’s nursery bought Himalayan blue poppies were a great success (and the envy of our neighbours), but we took the collected

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Lifestyle

Days out with Dennis Go by Bus? Why Not??

Today, we are off into Derbyshire’s beautiful Peak District: to Bakewell to be precise and then on to Chesterfield, from where we return in due course.

For those intending passengers who do not have a bus pass, then a ‘Derbyshire Wayfarer’ covers all the journeys detailed.

The first bus of the day then is Trent Barton’s The Sixes (6.1) from Belper Bus Station at 10:18.

At this stage, a word of caution: I deliberately use the 6.1 because of High Peak Buses who also cover the journey from Belper to Bakewell and beyond with their Transpeak service. Whilst they DO accept bus passes, they DO NOT accept Derbyshire Wayfarer tickets.

The 6.1 travels via Shottle and Wirksworth before rejoining the Derwent Valley at Cromford. Arrival in Bakewell is at 11:28 or thereabouts depending on traffic etc. There is much to see and do in Bakewell – tea shops, cafés, gardens, all manner of other shops and, of course, there is the River Derwent. I can think of nothing better on a nice summer’s day than sitting by the river with a fish and chip lunch. No doubt that the ducks and other birds will be delighted to share it with you!

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The next bus from Rutland Square stand C is Hulleys of Baslow’s service 170 to Chesterfield which leaves at 10 minutes past every hour until 3 o’ clock, after which it leaves five minutes later. Which bus you catch depends on how much time you want to spend in Bakewell.

The journey to Chesterfield takes approximately 50 minutes. Toilets and even more shops are available in Chesterfield town centre up the escalator and you should have plenty of time to catch Trent Barton’s Comet service back to Ripley at 20 past and 10 to the hour, with the journey taking around 40 minutes. Leaving the bus in Ripley, it is a simple matter to cross the road where, from outside the old Hippodrome, Trent Barton’s The Sixes once more at 02 and 32 minutes past the hour will take you back to Belper.

People who might be interested in the buses used are invited to try my transport ‘blog’ on http://railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk.

By Dennis Basford Please note: All details and timings are correct at time of going to print and the author/publisher accept no responsibility should any details/timings change after publication.

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Lifestyle In a prime location on Raisina Hill, the President’s Residence, formerly the Viceroy’s House, rises above the city in near grandiose isolation. Built with 700 million bricks, it claims vast interior courtyards and over 350 rooms, is larger than Versailles, and has a subtle mix of East and West. There are stone elephants and classical columns, Indian bells, a copper dome and a Jaipur column carved with oak leaves and topped with a lotus. Other government venues include Baker’s secretarial buildings and the circular Parliament House, 173 metres around, enclosed by colonnaded verandas.

There, independence was hailed by a bugler in 1947 and the new constitution was drafted.

Travel New Delhi New Delhi takes you by surprise, an almost European city with all the exotic colours of India but a world away from the hustle and bustle of Old Delhi and much of the country. As a final gift from the British Empire, it’s a pleasant city of tree lined avenues and stunning vistas with elegant buildings, vast open spaces and a fair share of museums and historic sites.

In December 1911, the British had announced that India’s capital, then in Calcutta, would return to Delhi, a more central location where a new city would be built, worthy of the Raj. King George V laid the foundation stone but controversy raged for almost two years, plagued by bad omens and a difficult choice of site. Work was finally handed over to top English architect Edwin Lutyens, renowned for his extravagance. Lutyens was seconded by Herbert Baker and though the two men often disagreed, they designed a grand capital in ‘imperial style’, spacious, symmetrical, with a few elements of Indian architecture to pay tribute to local tradition.

It took 20 years to complete.

From Raisina Hill, the ceremonial Rajpath, or King’s Way, leads through Lutyens’ great plaza to the massive sandstone arch of India Gate. Rising 42 metres above the ground, India’s national monument commemorates those who died in the British Indian army and guards the eternal flame.

The Rajpath is at the heart of celebrations on Republic Day but with its water features, trees and lawns, it’s always a favourite haunt of tourists and locals. The canopy which sheltered a statue of George V is now empty, but chipmunks run across the grass, children splash in the boating lake and stalls sell candyfloss, coconuts and ice cream.

It’s a great place to stroll in the cool of the evening when India Gate stands all lit up against the darkening sky.

Not so far away, the great sweep of Connaught Place showcases a fine Georgian style reminiscent of the Royal Crescent in Bath. Designed by Robert Tor Russell, a lesser known yet prolific architect, it’s the capital’s top commercial hub with three concentric circles of shops opening on colonnaded arcades and roads radiating in every direction, busiest of all the famous Janpath. The area has shopping venues for everyone, from pavement stalls to luxury outlets. There are cotton shirts and pashmina shawls, raw silk and cashmere, carpets, antiques, costume jewellery and tribal craft. The central park hosts cultural events while all around, food stalls and restaurants serve a wide variety of cuisines from India and beyond. After a challenging tour of the ‘real India’, it’s the perfect place to bargain for those last minute souvenirs before heading home.

By Solange Haldo

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Lifestyle

Book Reviews: Holiday Reads For many of us, the best thing about a holiday is the opportunity to get lost in a book without feeling guilty about unread emails, dirty dishes or the other 1001 daily chores that rudely interrupt our reading. If you’re looking for a novel to get lost in, we have plenty to recommend.

Magruder’s Curiosity Cabinet H.P. Wood In 1904, the tavern beneath Magruder’s Curiosity Cabinet has become a haven for the many ‘unusuals’ who call Coney Island their home.

There’s Rosalind, who’s as likely to wear a suit as a dress; Zeph, who lost both his legs in a childhood accident; eight year old P-Ray, who never speaks and collects fleas; and any other number of characters. After finding herself alone and penniless, Kitty Hayward finds solace at Magruder’s, but her peace may well be short-lived. Anarchy is in the air, and the plague is sweeping through the streets. These characters will stay with you long after your holiday is over.

Dear Amy Helen Callaghan When a newspaper agony aunt receives a letter claiming to be from a kidnapped girl, she assumes at first it’s a hoax. After all, Bethany Avery has been missing for years. But then more letters arrive, seemingly with information only the girl could know.

Throw into the mix another recent abduction, and you have an enjoyable psychological thriller with plenty of twists and turns, a great storyline and appealing characters.

Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All Jonas Jonasson After three stints in prison for murder, Hitman Anders decides to go straight. Well, less crooked anyway.

An unlikely alliance between the hitman, a lapsed priest and a hotel receptionist sees the trio embark on a trek across Sweden; lying, cheating and swindling as they go. A great novel to escape into for fans of dark humour, it’s possibly best suited to villa holidays, or

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other locations where holidaymakers won’t get annoyed by your snorts of laughter.

The Last of Us Rob Ewing On a remote Scottish island, a pandemic has killed most of the population. There are no adults left, just five children, trying to survive on the tinned food they find in neighbouring houses.

There’s Rona, the narrator, along with little Alex and their leader, Elizabeth, who makes sure they brush their teeth and carry on with their school lessons. And then there’s Calum Ian and Duncan, who are starting to resent Elizabeth’s authority. A beautiful, heart-wrenching story.

Woman on the Edge of Time Marge Piercy It’s been four decades since the release of this classic feminist dystopian novel, yet the writing still feels just as original and relevant. Wife and mother Connie Ramos has been branded as mentally unstable and now lives alone, ostracised by most of society. She starts escaping to a future, happier time – where equality is accepted as the norm. But Connie is also shown an alternative future, where women are little more than commodities. Which one becomes reality may be down to Connie herself. If you’ve never read it, or worse, were made to analyse it for an English Literature class, now is the time to pick up the 40th anniversary edition.

Fishbowl Bradley Somer All of life’s highs and lows are played out in one apartment block by its many inhabitants.

There’s ‘the Villain Connor Radley’, ‘the Evil Seductress Faye’, ‘Stoic Jimenez’ and agoraphobic ‘Clare the Shut-in’, amongst others.

And then there’s Ian – a humble goldfish, who’s about to take a plunge from the twenty-seventh floor. In the four seconds it takes him to fall, he’ll discover more about the apartment’s inhabitants than perhaps they even know about themselves. Insightful, original and entertaining.

By Kate Duggan

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Lifestyle

Routine Adventures

However, as you can see from the long-winded example above, maybe a bit of both is a better idea.

August is possibly one of the most anticipated months of the year. After December, of course. Students and teachers are perhaps more excited than most. They generally start looking forward to the next summer holidays from around the beginning of September after the new school year has started.

Many routine tasks are particularly important in life. For instance, the routine of brushing your teeth every day. Then, maybe while you are brushing your teeth a fabulous adventurous idea pops into your head: NOW is the time to learn how to play the ukulele! As a result, a happy half hour can be spent attempting to learn songs with the help of the great teacher they call YouTube.

The month of August represents freedom, a time for adventure and fun. With perhaps some nice weather thrown in, although this isn’t guaranteed.

Summery weather tends to arrive just as we get back into the old routine of work or school.

It is a similar state of affairs to the strict weather rule that applies to bank holidays. The rule that decrees it must always rain but barbecues must forge on regardless. Then, the following day there shall be glorious sunshine which can only be appreciated through a dismal office window.

A nice break from work can be a glorious and carefree time. You are able to make plans from day one. Plans to do lots of exciting activities and put off all those boring but important things that you actually do need to do.

Again, that might just be me. Perhaps it really is all about the idea of balance.

Not just the balance needed to play the ukulele whilst making a cup of tea but a balance between routine and adventure.

By Jessica White

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All too soon it’s time to go back to work. It is then that the realisation hits. Yes, you really did need to do those things after all. And you’ve missed an appointment. And forgotten to take your library books back. And the garden looks like an overgrown jungle.

That means you have to catch up on all your tasks and it all gets a bit wearying. Now you have to go to work as well as do all the things that you postponed; if only you’d done them when you had ample time when you weren’t at work. Those long days spent wearing your pyjamas all day or having fun in the sun believing that the holidays really will last forever.

Or maybe that’s just me?

Paulo Coelho, the inspirational writer, apparently said: “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It’s lethal.”

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Pauline Latham OBE MP I was deeply saddened and shocked about the murder of Jo Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen.

It is heart-breaking to think that her two young children will grow up not knowing their mother, something no child should have to do. Jo was ruthlessly murdered because of her political views - an attack on our democratic society. My thoughts and prayers are with her family at this very sad and terrible time.

Most of you will be aware that Courtaulds has recently gone into administration. This has been awful news for the employees, some of whom have been employed by Courtaulds for several decades. In Parliament, I asked the Minister of State for Business, Anna Soubry MP, to investigate the closure of Courtaulds, in particular, the process which the company went through before closing. Several businesses came forward expressing an interest in buying Courtaulds but were unable to do so because there were apparently no assets left in the business for them to buy. At the time of writing, this is something that I am in the process of pursuing.

In addition, it has also been very disappointing to learn that Belper-based Abru Ladders, which is located at the Derwentside Industrial Park on Derby Road, will end all production at the site by September this year and will move its manufacturing to its Essex plant at Maldon. This, together with the closure of Courtaulds, is very sad news for the people of Belper and the local economy.

I was very pleased to be able to host an Apprenticeship and Graduate Fair at the University of Derby in May. The University kindly allowed the use of their Atrium which was perfect for this type of event. I was also grateful to DeltaRail, Rolls-Royce, Enterprise Rent-a-Car and Severn Trent who sponsored the publicity for the Fair. There were over 30 companies who exhibited at the Fair which had a variety of

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opportunities on offer as well as a CV Clinic.

Apprenticeships have been a central part of the Government’s drive to boost the skills and employability of young people. They provide tremendous opportunities for those looking to get on-thejob, paid experience, as well as a qualification that is attractive to employers. I hope those who attended the Fair found it useful.

In Parliament, I have spoken about the Dying to Work Campaign. A constituent, Jacci Woodcock, was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2012 but at that time did not want to stop working as it gave her dignity, stimulation and normality. She needed to work to be able to pay the bills. Unfortunately, the company she worked for tried to put pressure on her to resign and although it should, the disability discrimination legislation does not currently cover terminal illness.

The Dying to Work Campaign, pioneered by Jacci, calls for terminal illness to be recognised as a ‘protected characteristic’ so that an employee with a terminal illness can enjoy a ‘protected period’ where they cannot be dismissed as a result of their condition.

The Campaign has the support of all the UK’s trade unions, headed by the Trade Union Congress (TUC), more than 45 MP’s to date, the President of the European Parliament and the Prime Minister has also promised to look closely into this. E-on have also signed up to the Campaign.

Finally, if you ever have a personal matter that you need assistance with, please do not hesitate to contact my Spondon Constituency Office on 01332 676679 or email pauline.latham.mp@parliament.uk.

Mrs Pauline Latham OBE MP pauline.latham.mp@parliament.uk

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Beer Beers of the Month: August

early apples are ready for picking, and the field boundaries are pocked with big white puffballs.

To me, that’s autumn.

Britain is – in case you hadn’t noticed – in the grip of a so-called craft brewing revolution.

In the last decade the number of small independent brewers has grown threefold to nearly 1,500.

Autumn means rich food: the blast of cordite is sounding the pheasant’s death-knell, the stubblefed pigeons are at their best, and the goose is ready from Michaelmas onward (why wait for Christmas?).

And rich food calls for rich beer. Two, both from traditional English family breweries, spring instantly to mind.

Many hop varieties contain exactly the same volatiles that give fruits their individual flavours – farnesene, for instance, which helps give the orange its taste, is also found in many hop strains – but green fruit flavours can be derived from certain combinations of malt; and peardrop-flavoured esters are a by-product of particular fermentation techniques.

This summer, then, I offer you a couple of fruity beers that actually contain no fruit!

Caledonian Deuchar’s IPA at 4.4% abv is almost as pale as lemon, and lemon is the note that dominates the sweetish aroma. The mouthfeel is creamy but the palate has a sharp bitterness more reminiscent of grapefruit than anything else. The finish is long and dry with more than a hint of bitter lemon. In the case of Deuchar’s IPA the fruit character comes from the hop grist of Fuggles, Styrian Goldings, and Willamette, along with a wee bit of wheat in the malt grist.

Badger’s Tanglefoot (5% abv) is just as fruity but in a different way. A light gold in colour, the nose is all malt – grassy, biscuit, almost earthy. But berry fruits come through in the soft, rich palate, and there’s more soft fruit in the finish – although whereas the brewery cites flavours of melon and peach, to me it’s more strawberry and blackberry.

Beers of the Month: September

Hook Norton Old Hooky (4.6% abv) has a richness and complexity that make it a great choice as an accompaniment to game.

A deep copper colour, it has a biscuity aroma of quite startling intensity.

This richness, though, is balanced by a fruity roundness and a tang reminiscent of old-fashioned marmalade; and the aftertaste, at first almost buttery, is similarly balanced by a bitter smack of hop.

Stronger than Old Hooky at 5.7% abv, and perhaps one to savour after a long bracing walk, is the rich, warming Badger Poacher’s Choice from Hall & Woodhouse. A deep reddish-brown in colour its aroma is both sweet and sharp, because the flavourings are liquorice and damson.

And they work! The flavour is an alloy of luscious fruitiness and pear-drop acidity.

There’s more balancing fruit and acidity in a lingering finish that’s short on traditional hop bitterness. So: rich and warming yet at the same time piquant and tangy – in short, a Madeira of a beer.

By Ted Bruning

September – does it still count as late summer, or is it autumn yet? It’s a half full-half empty question, really; but the blackberries should be well ripened,

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Salmon and Broccoli Quiche A rich and creamy quiche packed full of succulent salmon flakes and broccoli. Serve warm or cold with a crisp green leaf salad.

Serves: 6 Ready in: 1 hour 30 minutes, plus chilling and cooling Ingredients: 250g shortcrust pastry 300g salmon fillets 200g small broccoli florets 4 large eggs 250ml double cream 100ml milk Salt and freshly ground black pepper 50g Cheddar cheese, finely grated Method:

Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line a 20cm loose-based flan tin (it should be at least 4cm deep). Trim off the excess pastry and prick the base all over with a fork. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/Gas 6.

Place a baking sheet in the oven to heat up.

Line the chilled pastry case with baking paper and baking beans. Place the flan tin on the baking sheet in the oven and bake blind for 15 minutes. Remove the paper and beans and bake for a further 5-6 minutes until the pastry is crisp and pale golden. Reduce the oven temperature to 190C/170C fan/Gas 5.

Place the flaked salmon and broccoli in the pastry case. Whisk the eggs in a large jug then whisk in the double cream and milk.

Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Gently pour the egg mixture over the filling then scatter over the grated cheese. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until the filling is set and golden brown. Serve warm or cold.

Replace the salmon with flaked smoked mackerel for a change of flavour and add a handful of fresh chopped dill or parsley to the egg mixture.

Meanwhile, place the salmon fillets in a deep frying pan and cover with water. Bring to the boil then simmer gently for 5-6 minutes until just cooked through. Remove with a slotted spoon and leave until cold. Roughly flake the salmon, discarding any skin and bones. Steam the broccoli florets for 1-2 minutes until almost tender.

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Footnotes First Aid for Summer Feet

I hope that by the time you’re reading this it will be summer or maybe even beach holiday weather – you may even be tempted to walk around barefoot.

If you do and happen to get a cut or graze on your foot, here are a few tips on how to deal with them.

Small wounds on the feet of otherwise healthy people heal best if the wound surface is thoroughly clean and protected from pressure.

Small, clean wounds where there is little or no tissue loss are best simply covered by a dry dressing such as a plaster.

Dirty or infected wounds require application of an antiseptic. Creams should not be used on moist wounds, since they will cause further wetness. For these, use dry powder or alcohol solution medications.

A good option is to use a small piece of cotton wool to apply a coat of Friar’s Balsam to the wound; this may sting initially until the alcohol evaporates but it is a very good antiseptic and, as a happy side effect, makes plasters and dressings stick very well to the skin.

Dry, clean, simple wounds normally heal quickly and easily. Deeper or infected wounds may well take longer and may need redressing at early and frequent intervals. Healing may also be slow in people with diabetes or poor circulation, or the very elderly. If you don’t feel that a wound is healing as it should or is becoming painful, hot or showing signs of swelling or discharge, see a doctor or practice nurse in case antibiotics are required.

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And Another Thing...

Where Tom Stops Commuting My Dearly Beloved’s face fell as the true horror of my announcement sunk in.

“So what you’re saying is that from now on, you’ll be working from home?”

“Yes. Nigel is cutting costs. It’s actually great news because they are paying for a broadband upgrade, and I get a desk.”

“You’ve got a desk.”

“And no more commuting - hurrah! I thought I could move into Evan’s old room.”

“Well I’m not getting rid of that divan; it’s never been slept in.”

Monday morning 7am. I leapt into my work trousers and after slurping my coffee was on the drive, keys in hand before I realised. Of course, I don’t have to do this anymore! So, sitting at my new desk an hour early, I took the first conference call of the morning: a very important discussion about our national marketing strategy.

“Hi Tom, Nigel in Basingstoke here and Marty in Seattle.

What’s your take on this? I was just about to launch into my best corporate blather when – MMMMNNNMMNNNNN! “Sorry Tom, there seems to be some interference on the line?”

Apologising, I opened Evan’s bedroom door (sorry, branch office door) and was promptly bashed on the big toe by the Hoover. “Darling - I’m in a meeting!” I hissed. The Henry fell silent.

“Well this house won’t clean itself – darling. Anyway that’s me done, I’m going out.”

So, while Marty droned on about performance indicators, I looked down from the bedroom (branch) window as Sarah, Bags for Life in hand, set off to do the dreaded Big Shop.

At last, some peace! Or so I thought. I was in the middle of composing my umpteenth electronic missive of the day when I heard a scratching at the door. It was Ollie, demanding to know what I was doing at home this time of the morning.

To stop the whining I relented and in two bounds he was over the desk and onto the window sill, where he settled down for a mid-morning snooze. So, with my best friend asleep next to me, I beavered away at my spreadsheets. The new phone buzzed once more and, as Ollie raised an inquisitive eyebrow, I took my second conference call of the day. I was just about to set out in no uncertain terms why Basingstoke couldn’t escape restructuring when next door’s cat decided to run across the porch roof.

“So, Tom what you are saying is…”

“Grrrrrrr…”

“Oh, sorry Tom, don’t you like Marty’s idea?”

“Woof! Bark! Woof!”

“Tom, is that a dog I can hear?”

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I heaved Ollie out onto the landing, nearly strangling myself with my headset in the process.

I coughed. “Sorry guys. New ring tone.”

After ending the call I spotted Sarah returning from the Big Shop. “I thought you were ‘at work’?”

“I can’t just sit up there watching you struggling. Here, let me.”

“Look, I’m perfectly capable of putting away the shopping – no Tom, the bleach doesn’t live in there! Just go back upstairs and leave me to it.”

As Sarah unpacked everything my stomach reminded me that lunchtime was almost upon us. So, nestled on the sofa next to Sarah with my bag of Quavers and my ham bloomer, something told me that turning the TV channel over to check on England’s progress at Trent Bridge was not a good idea.

I decided instead to join in with the catch up.

“And who’s she?”

“That’s the mother, she lives in the garage, and that’s the daughter and she’s pregnant to the drug dealer.”

“And which one’s he?”

“The one under the bed.”

“Is he hiding?”

“No, he’s dead.”

“Hasn’t anyone noticed?”

“He’s encased in concrete.”

“I see...”

Finally it was time to return to work. But I shouldn’t have had that second Eccles cake because around three forty-five both Olly and I began to flag.

The phone rang, the computer bleeped, my mobile buzzed.

Eventually the racket drew Sarah to see what was happening inside Tom Hughes Towers.

“Hello, Tom’s phone? I’m sorry, he can’t come to the phone right now he’s…in a meeting with Oliver. Of course you can’t hear snoring, that’s…his new ring tone.”

By Tom Hughes Follow Tom @groomsdaybook

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Derbyshire Walking: Walking Festival Steps Out...

If you enjoy walking in our beautiful local area, then join in with the Autumn Footprints Amber Valley & Erewash Walking Festival. Set in the heart of picturesque Derbyshire, you can enjoy sixteen days of walks from Saturday 10th to Sunday 25th September.

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learn some fascinating facts about your local area from our enthusiastic volunteer walk leaders.�

All the walks are free of charge, and will take place in areas of local heritage and natural history interest, taking walkers alongside rivers and canals as well as through towns and villages. The walks are of varying lengths and gradients, ranging from one mile to ten miles, offering something for everyone no matter what their interests or abilities. They are all led by knowledgeable local people who are keen to show off their local patch.

The Walking Festival, which offers a range of 39 free guided walks over the sixteen-day period, has proven to be very popular in the past with both inexperienced and experienced walkers. Led by volunteers and staff from over 20 organisations, the walks will take place in Amber Valley and Erewash: two areas well known for their natural beauty, superb scenery, industrial heritage and attractive towns and villages.

Autumn Footprints begins on Saturday 10th September with a launch event at Shipley Country Park Visitor Centre at 9.45am; everyone is welcome. This is followed by a circular walk (3.5 miles) at 10.30am, which looks at the history of Shipley Country Park.

One of the Walking Festival Co-ordinators, Marion Farrell, from the charity Groundwork, says: “Walking is such a good way to improve your health and on these free guided walks you will

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This ever popular festival is jointly organised by Erewash Borough Council; Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council, several parish councils, community groups and Groundwork Creswell, Ashfield & Mansfield.

Autumn Footprints provides a varied programme of walking activities, from gentle family rambles, to more strenuous hill walks for the more experienced walker.

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Health, Beauty & Fitness Heritage Walks including: Launch walk (3.5 miles) on Saturday 10th September In the Footsteps of the Pentrich Rebels of 1817 (5 miles) on Tuesday 13th September Risley - Ockbrook Circular Heritage Walk (4.5 miles) and A Nutbrook & Maggies Coal Walk (3.5 miles) on Wednesday 14th September Long Eaton Revealed (3.5 miles) Monday 19th September Loscoe and Codnor Castle (7.5 miles) on Tuesday 20th September Butterley: A Walk Through Industrial History (2 miles) on Saturday 24th September Risley Historical Walk on Sunday 25th September.

Wildlife Walks including:

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Stanley Loop (5 miles) on Saturday 10 September Belper to Kilburn (7.5 miles) on Sunday 11th September Belper to Blackbrook (7 miles) on Friday 16th September Wildlife Walk (2 miles) on Sunday 18th September at Trent Lock Alfreton, South Wingfield & the River Amber (6.5 miles) on Sunday 25th September

Health Walks and Short Strolls including: Old Hall Loop on Monday 12th September Draycott Field and Old Derby Canal Path on Friday 16th September A Clifftop Path & Woodland Stream on Saturday 17th September Crich Walking for Health on Tuesday 20th September Stainsby Estate Walk Smalley to Morley on Wednesday 21st September

Country Walks including: Ilkeston, Shipley & Smalley (8 miles) on Sunday 11th September Rambling Round Ripley (7.5 miles) on Monday 12th September

By Stanton By Dale (8 miles) on Thursday 15th September Ambergate Station (5 miles) on Friday 16th September A Round of Shipley Country Park (7.5 miles) on Saturday 17th September Smalley Common and Morley Circular (8.5 miles) on Sunday 18th September Towards the Northern Border (7 miles) on Wednesday 21st September Pick up a free comprehensive guide detailing all the walks and events from Shipley Country Park Visitor Centre or Telephone 01773 719961 to request a guide through the post. Alternatively, visit www.autumnfootprints.co.uk to download the full leaflet from the bottom of the homepage.

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Motoring MINI Countryman vs Skoda Yeti All MINIs have a distinctive and instantly recognisable look to them, and the Countryman range carries this identifiable image into a stockier frame to give you more space and practicality.

The stylish bodywork helps to make the Countryman a tantalising option in the CUV sector and with great additions and features to match it’s difficult to see why you wouldn’t choose it.

whole range, you can personalise your Countryman as much as you wish. Also you can fit satellite navigation, stereo system, leather trim and ‘Run-Flat’ tyres to your model; great options that can be added to any of the range.

Good options aren’t as easy to come by on the Yeti, as the better choices to fit are only available further up the Yeti model range, whilst almost all are compatible with every Countryman model.

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For starters, both models have had recent redesigns to create more space and alter their looks to be more modern and up-to-date. It has to be said that the Countryman certainly looks better than the Yeti, with the distinguishing features of the MINI range, such as the shape, the headlights and front grille, to make it truly stand out on the road.

To compete with the Yeti’s off-road capabilities in the Yeti Outdoor and more expensive models, MINI offers the ‘All-4’ all-wheel drive system throughout the class. With a higher ride height and great grip on offer, the Countryman All-4 system will give you confidence both on and off road, with only a small premium on top of the two-wheel drive versions.

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The size of both models also makes them very practical, with the smaller Countryman offering 350 litres of space in the boot with the seats up, whilst the Yeti has only 66 litres more in a car 20cm longer and 10cm taller. This means you can get more for your money space-wise in the Countryman, especially as the range starts off cheaper than the Skoda.

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The Remorse of the Aristocracy “I can’t allow you to eat that in here,” Violet said curtly to the lady who had just stepped through the door, “because of the sculpture.”

Apart from the shrieks of children down by the lake, and the whistling of Ted the porter in the courtyard, her afternoon volunteering in the Coach House Gallery had been pleasantly undisturbed until now.

The lady looked longingly at the choc ice she was holding.

“I just need to cool down for a minute,” she said, and then, “I’m sorry, what sculpture?”

“This, obviously.” Violet pointed to the installation by the hall’s artist in residence that filled half the room.

The lady looked at the sculpture frowning.

“What’s it called?” she asked. “There’s no sign on it.”

“Not yet, it’s brand new.” Violet smiled patronisingly.

“It’s called ‘The Remorse of the Aristocracy’.”

The Coach House Gallery, while sounding very grand was just a converted stable barn, and prone to pigeons roosting in the rafters. Despite that, it was the coolest place to be on such a hot day, and probably the only place to successfully eat a choc ice before it melted. However, Violet’s role was to protect the artwork from sticky fingers and she took that role very seriously.

The lady walked around the sculpture slowly and sniffed.

“This just looks like a pile of old canteen chairs.”

“The artist’s saying something important about the aristocracy.” What Violet most liked about art was telling visitors what to think about it, “And their value in today’s society.” The lady raised her eyebrows. A drip of melted ice cream fell from her choc ice.

“You really need to take that outside, madam,” Violet said.

“You’re making a mess.”

“But the floor is rather dirty already,” the lady observed.

As though to prove her point a flurry of pigeon feathers fell from above.

“This is a very valuable sculpture,” Violet said, “we can’t have melted ice cream on it.”

“But some of the chairs in this so-called sculpture have tea stains on them,” the lady said, and pointed, “and that one’s got a lump of chewing gum under the seat.”

“If it has…” Violet hadn’t noticed the chewing gum before, and this lady was starting to annoy her, “it’s because the artist intended it. What he didn’t intend was for it to be covered in choc ice.”

“I can hardly see how it’s going to make much difference,” the lady said.

“Well, that just goes to show what you know about art,” Violet replied tartly. Honestly, sometimes she thought the hall would run a lot more smoothly with no visitors at all.

With his trademark whistle, Ted backed into the gallery wheeling a sack trolley.

“Afternoon ladies,” he said, and began dismantling the sculpture.

“What on earth are you doing?” Violet cried, “The artist will go spare if he sees you meddling with that.”

“He certainly will if I don’t get this lot shifted before five,” Ted said, grunting over a pair of particularly tangled chairs, “he needs this space cleared.”

“But this is ‘The Remorse of the Aristocracy’!” Violet was mortified.

“No duck, this is just a pile of old canteen chairs for the skip.” Ted looked up and snorted, “If you’re on about the new sculpture, it’s coming later.” He wiped the sweat from his forehead. “There’s been a delay, what with the heat.”

The lady had been watching from the back of the gallery, a triumphant smile forming on her face.

“Then I don’t suppose anyone would mind,” she took a large bite out of her choc ice, “if I eat this in here after all.”

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Local Belper based engineer providing a professional, friendly reliable service to help with all your plumbing and heating requirements including: • Boiler installations, servicing and repairs • Bathroom installations • Full gas central heating systems • Gas cooker installations

• Gas safety inspections • Landlord gas safety certificates • Domestic legionella risk assessment • Leaking taps.

Faulty toilets

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ELECTRICAL • All aspects of electrical work from an extra socket to a full rewire.

• Fault finding and repairs.

• Showers repaired or new ones fitted.

• Burglar alarms & telephone points installed.

• No job too big or too small.

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''I have over 10 years experience in tiling and bathroom installations. My work is of high quality without costing you the earth'' Please call to book a free quotation with no obligation

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Holtams If you’re thinking of replacing your kitchen, or want stylish fitted bedroom or office furniture, then don’t head straight for a DIY superstore or large international retailer ... think local, and make Holtams your first port of call!

Holtams have been designing, building and fitting kitchens and bedrooms for over 30 years, developing an enviable but well-deserved reputation for quality and value, leading them to become the area’s largest independent retailer.

The business was established in 1985 by Harry Holtam and is now run by his son Graham, who also employs his son – the third generation within the family business. Most of their work is carried out locally; a sure sign of a good job. In fact, when work does take them further afield it’s usually for previous customers who have moved away and insisted on using Holtams again for their new homes – these ‘repeat custom’ jobs have taken the team to London, Edinburgh and even Spain!

Manager Richard Newton has been designing kitchens and bedrooms for over 25 years, the last 13 of which have been with Holtams. He uses his experience to come up with carefully planned designs that tick all the boxes for customers – whether they want a good looking kitchen at a budget price or an ultra-modern finish bursting with the latest gadgets. “We use state of the art CAD software, which helps customers to visualise exactly what their kitchen or bedroom will look like. Over the years the choice we can offer has increased immensely – we’ve gone from having two styles of doors in 1985 to over 600 now!

With so much choice and many layout options we spend a lot of time ensuring everything’s exactly as the customer wants it – in terms of cost, practicality, and style.”

A visit to their extensive showroom reveals the stunning range of kitchens and bedroom furniture, from traditional to high-gloss or contemporary matt shades, and worktops in many different materials including wood, granite, quartz,

and Corian; there’s something to suit every taste and budget.

Richard adds: “People often assume that because we’re an independent family-run business that we’ll either be old-fashioned, or expensive, or both – but we’re neither!

We have a price promise and will beat any ‘like for like’ quotes. And, as for the modern range, we’d encourage people to come to our showroom and have a look!”

The quality units and worktops are complemented with a range of top brand appliances, again to suit customers’ varying requirements. Holtams are proud to be Neff master partners, and currently have a special offer of a free Neff ‘Slide and Hide’ oven (as seen on the Great British Bake Off) for customers spending over £6000 on kitchen goods.

All members of the team are friendly and knowledgeable and, whether you’ve gone in for a full kitchen or just a replacement door, you’ll be welcomed in, offered a drink, and well looked after. They offer free site surveys with no pressure selling whatsoever.

And, Holtams have a special surprise as an extra ‘thank you’ to their customers ... you may be wondering what the hot air balloon pictured has to do with kitchens and bedrooms? Well, Graham Holtam is a qualified hot air balloon pilot and has his own balloon so, when weather conditions permit, he will give someone from his customer list a call to see if they would like to take to the skies with him!

To see the vast array of kitchens and bedrooms visit the showroom at Random Ridge, Pickard Lane, Heage DE56 2BD, open from 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday and 9am – 4pm Saturday. To speak to an expert about your requirements call 01773 852683 or for further information or inspiration visit www.holtams.co.uk.

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Ian Wilson Carpets est. 1979

“Our choice is hard to beat and so are our prices” Supplier and fitter of top quality carpets, laminate flooring, vinyls, and decorative vinyls.

• Massive range in stock • Quick turn around • Excellent service • Covering all of Derbyshire • Free samples • Choose from our excellent range at home • Own team of dedicated fitters for carpets and hard flooring

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Contact: Mob: 07971 437901 www.ianwilsoncarpetsbelper.co.uk 10 Openwoodgate, Belper DE56 0SD Tel: 01773 880398 14c Town Street, Duffield DE56 4 EH Tel: 01332 843989

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Extractor Fans, Kitchens & Bathrooms.

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SCOTT PLUMBING & HEATING All types of plumbing and heating work undertaken including · · · · ·

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Claxton Plastering The British summer may be a law unto itself, but there are a few jobs that can only be done when it’s warm and dry – and rendering is one of them.

Rob Claxton, of Claxton Plastering, urges homeowners who may be thinking about having their home rendered to contact him during the summer months. “Unfortunately it’s one of those seasonal jobs that can’t be done when the weather’s cold, wet or frosty, but rendering can make a big difference to your home. As well as improving the visual appeal, it can protect, insulate and add value to your property.” Rob offers both traditional sand and cement rendering or Monocouche, a water-repellent silicone based product which is coloured throughout, meaning there’s no need for painting.

When the weather’s not on side Rob provides many other services, helping local homeowners with home improvement projects of all shapes and sizes: “I do all kinds of plastering from skimming and finishing to dry lining, stud partitioning, over-boarding, damp proofing – you name it, I can do it!”

Having worked in the building trade since leaving school, Rob soon discovered his talent and area of specialism, and has been a self-employed plasterer since 1999. With his building background he has the knowledge and experience to oversee whole projects using his network of reliable local tradespeople. “No job is too big or small” says Rob, “I can do anything from patching up to moving walls, building stud partitions to separate rooms, garage conversions, or whole home renovations.”

• Tree Surgeon - Insured & Qualified.

• Hedges Trimmed or Removed.

• Fencing - Installation & Maintenance.

• Other work includes, Jet Washing, Decorating, Gutters & General Handyman.

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Recently, Rob volunteered his time and expertise to work on a Help the Heroes project in Derby. “I wanted to do my bit to help this cause, so when I heard about a property that had been acquired by the Royal British Legion for ex-service personnel, I offered to go along and plaster it throughout. It was great to be part of the project, along with many other trades. It’s good to know that it will make a difference to someone who deserves it.”

To discuss your project needs or for a competitive quote contact Rob on 07929 206777 or email claxtonplastering@hotmail.com. Quotes are free and without obligation, and all work is fully insured and guaranteed.

Remember – for rendering, don’t delay! The good weather often only makes a fleeting visit!

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I have been in business since 1976, one of the oldest roofing companies in Derbyshire.

All works are carried out by myself (no subcontractors) ensuring the very best in personal service from start to finish.

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Homes & Gardens

Gardening Plan Your Planting Although gardens are now looking a little tired, the drier soil means it is not a good time for planting shrubs or trees. So, do what you can to perk up flower beds and borders and then start to plan ahead for spring, as garden centres are starting to take delivery of bulbs which will get your garden looking fabulous early next year.

Many bulbs start to put down roots at the end of summer and into autumn, so prompt planting is advisable, though tulips are best planted in October.

Another option is mail order catalogues which have a bigger choice of bulbs, often including more unusual varieties. Time is of the essence, however, so send off for these as soon as possible so that you can choose some delightful bulbs ready for planting in the next month or so.

Before buying, decide where in the garden you can cram in a few bulbs. As they are often in flower before the rest of the garden gets going, they can be used to under-plant existing trees, shrubs and herbaceous flowers. Bulbs are an excellent way to make the most of every square metre of soil, and to ensure that your garden looks lovely as early as possible in the year.

Many bulbs do well in containers, so if you have a permanently planted up container this too can be under-planted with several layers of spring flowering bulbs. Use a transplanting trowel to minimise damage to the existing plants’ roots.

If you are unsure which bulbs go together, don’t feel frightened to experiment. Alternatively, many catalogues and garden centres offer mixed selections of bulbs for specific purposes and there are also some lovely packs of bulbs following colour themes. These usually represent good value for money too.

If you have a dull patch of lawn, brighten it up in the early months by planting some small bulbs. Crocus

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or miniature narcissus are particularly useful, as once the flowers have faded you don’t have much deteriorating foliage to cope with.

In larger areas, consider planting up drifts of full-sized daffodils, but make sure you don’t want to mow the grass beneath these trees or shrubs regularly, as you can’t safely remove the leaves of the daffodils until at least six weeks after flowering.

Check that bulbs are in good condition before you buy, avoiding any which show even the slightest signs of deterioration such as sunken brown spots, excessive softness or patches of bluish mould.

Larger bulbs generally seem to do better than smaller versions of the same variety.

For large quantities of the same variety, buy a net of bulbs from your garden centre or direct from a mail order specialist nursery.

If you can’t plant your bulbs promptly, keep them in a cool and well ventilated spot before planting, as this is essential to reduce the risk of them deteriorating.

By Pippa Greenwood Visit Pippa’s website www.pippagreenwood.com for Pippa’s ‘Winter thru’ Spring’ collection of vegetables for planting next month, a really useful selection of Pippa’s favourite gardening items including Nemaslug to control slugs, pop-up crop covers, SpeedHoes, SpeedWeeders, ladybirds to control greenfly, pull-out mini tunnels, signed books and lots more besides.

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Property Matters

glazed roof providing the maximum amount of light to the room below.

Glazed Timber Extensions – A Versatile Addition to Your Home Jon Pilkington suggests how you can transform your property with a timber glazed extension.

In contrast, both a garden room and orangery will feature a semi-glazed roof. Typically a garden room will feature a tiled roof to blend with the existing lines and style of the property to which it is attached. This design can create amazing vaulted ceilings which can also feature roof glazing to the gables, increasing the amount of natural light to the room.

Timber glazed extensions such as a garden room or An orangery roof will usually be flat, finished with lead orangery are a chic addition to any home whether or a modern alternative such as single ply polymeric roof traditionally styled or contemporary. When designed membrane, and can feature a striking roof lantern sympathetically to the property and built using modern providing natural light to the room below. manufacturing techniques, a timber-glazed extension will Your questions answered by Jon outlast, outperform and be far more attractive than any All extension types typically feature brickwork to different “off the shelf” UPVC conservatory. extents, withJon conservatories often using low level walls Ltd Pilkington, Pilkington Architecture to support the main structure. There is usually more These extensions can be integrated into the existing variation with garden rooms and orangeries as these room structure and will give a natural flow out into the can be predominately made from brickwork, or a garden to enjoy all year round. As well as being properly combination of brick and timber framing. insulated and ventilated, these types of extension can also BEDROOM CAN LIFT part VALUE or simplytimber to extend kitchen. beNEW as physically secure as any other of theBY home.

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average price by as much as 23%!

Bearing in mind that moving up the property ladder from a three-bedroom to a four-bedroom house costs an average of £40,000 (not including legal fees and other moving costs) a two storey extension or loft conversion can be accomplished for around £30,000 - £35,000.

Not much difference you may say but consider this……..with a two storey extension you also gain the floor area downstairs.

This could be for that much-needed study/home office, family area for the kids,

As the number of homeowners prepared to put their homes on sale is falling, extending an existing home is becoming increasingly attractive to many.

Many contractors are still quoting competitively, while a surge in re-mortgages, confirmed by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, suggests many homeowners could have raised finance for building work.

So….if this type of project has been something you’ve been considering then take advantage of the free initial consultation offered by Pilkington Architecture.

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School Information Belper Long Row Primary Belper School Codnor Community Primary School C of E Controlled Denby Free C of E Primary

Ecclesbourne School Frederick Gent School Fritchley CE (Aided) Primary Heage Primary Heanor Gate Science College Herbert Strutt Primary Holbrook C of E Primary Horsley C of E Primary Horsley Woodhouse Primary John Flamsteed Community School Kilburn Infant & Nursery School Kilburn Junior Langley Mill C of E (Controlled) Infant School & Nursery Little Eaton Primary Lons Infant School

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Baby Sensory Babies need stimulating experiences. The newborn’s brain is only a quarter of adult size, but by the end of the first year it will have doubled in volume.

This growth is a direct result of the events and experiences encountered from birth. An environment full of interesting sounds, sights, smells, tastes and textures builds and strengthens connections between brain cells, which ultimately shapes behaviour, memory, emotions, intelligence and other essential mental skills.

Baby Sensory is a learning and development program devised

by Dr Lin Day and is proud to be celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year. 25,000 babies attend Baby Sensory classes in the UK every week and the program is now available in 28 different countries worldwide! Dr Lin Day is a renowned expert and published author within the fields of sensory and childhood development. What makes the program unique is that every activity is carefully designed with your baby’s development in mind, based on years of educational and scientific research. Classes give parents the chance to spend quality time with their babies, to interact warmly with them on a one-to-one level and to enjoy a wealth of rich sensory experiences. Activities are accompanied by developmental theory to illustrate perfectly the stage at which a baby is functioning. This helps parents understand what to expect

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from their babies and how best to facilitate their play and learning in the most important year of their lives.

With an exciting new theme each week, the rich and varied sensory experiences and activities enable babies to develop in every possible way. The fun classes offer activities from fibre optic light shows to glowing bouncy balls, music and dance, bubbles, bells, rainbows, tickly feathers, puppets, silky scarves, water play and lots more. It’s no wonder that Baby Sensory is an award winning program, scooping the What’s On For Little Ones 2016 Best National Baby & Toddler Development Activity Award.

To find out more about classes running in Derbyshire, please contact Marie on 07989 443734 or visit www.babysensory.com (booking essential). Classes run at the following venues: Little Eaton Village Hall (Tuesdays), Ripley Leisure Centre (Tuesdays), The Venue, Ashbourne (Wednesdays), The Lion Hotel, Belper (Fridays).

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The Diary of a Local Mum Jolly Holidays Family holidays can come in all shapes and sizes. Maybe you’re cramming the whole family’s worldly belongings into a 20kg suitcase and jetting off to the sun, or perhaps you’re packing the car with everything but the kitchen sink ready to brave the elements on a camping trip.

Whatever your holiday holds you’re bound to have lots of fantastic family time, creating happy memories and taking holiday snaps that you and your kids will look back on in years to come. No disruptions from phone calls or emails, no hectic schedule, no being ruled by the clock – just endless fun and relaxation. Until you take the rose-tinted specs off...

If you’ve not yet embarked upon your summer adventure I don’t want to burst your bubble, but I’m sure you know as well as I do: happy as they may be, summer holidays do bring their fair share of stress and may not turn out exactly as advertised...

Packing At the risk of a sweeping generalisation, the whole family’s packing is usually mum’s job. Apologies to the dads out there who do their bit when it comes to holiday prep, but in my experience, and for the majority of people I know, it’s all down to mum. Cue endless lists, shopping, loads of pre-holiday washing, renewing passports, catering for every eventuality (sun, rain, snow, storms; beach, day in town, night out...) and then, the inevitable blame when you arrive at your destination and unpack, only to be told that Fred wanted his other green t-shirt, dad doesn’t like those swimming trunks, and Flo’s grown out of her sandals. And, relax.

The Journey In order to maximise the number of days at your destination, the holiday journey invariably begins at some ludicrously early hour. Pre-holiday excitement meant the kids couldn’t get to sleep and you were up late checking and double checking the bags, cleaning the house so it’s spotless for your return, then lying

awake running though lists of things you may have forgotten. The alarm sounds just as you’ve drifted off and the journey begins with slightly hysterical bleary-eyed excitement. The mood is buoyant; you make it as far as Derby before somebody needs a wee. This is going to be a long day.

The Beach Whether you’ve flown south to warmer climes or you’re taking your chances with the British summer, we Derbyshire folk do like the opportunity to see the sea – it’s such a novelty. So, we trundle off with a beach bag that’s almost as big as a suitcase. And it’s everything we’d hoped for... for a while. You all have a splash in the sea, play a game of beach volleyball (without causing any great injury to surrounding sunbathers), the kids bury dad in the sand (an essential part of the beach experience) and, as they set about building the world’s best sandcastle you manage to snatch a few minutes with your book. Bliss. But then, reality kicks in. There’s sand everywhere including many places where your kids would really rather not have sand – as they announce loudly to anyone who’s listening. The ‘sandwiches’ you’d brought for lunch take on a very literal meaning. Your youngest won’t stop gawping at the lady nearby who’s showing a little more flesh than is socially acceptable. You insist on plastering the kids in sun cream but you’re aware it’s more of a hard-core skin exfoliation procedure, as their cries of pain confirm. The inflatable lilo gets a puncture. The spade snaps. The beach ball has been washed out to sea. There will be tears; they’ll most likely be yours.

Wherever your holiday takes you or whatever trials it throws at you, remember this: the kids are probably having the time of their lives, regardless. It may not be picture-postcard perfect and the practicalities may be a little trying to say the least but, no matter what’s happening, kids can find fun in any situation. I have very fond memories of a childhood holiday that was largely spent playing cards under the tent’s awning, sheltering from the rain. I’m sure my parents’ reminiscences of that trip are a little different though...

Happy holidays everyone!

By Helen Young

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Your Horoscope August and September 2016 The Cosmos during August and September August: This month brings the dynamic sign of Leo the lion into the spotlight; summer is here and the days are golden! Although this is traditionally the holiday month, Leo is also the sign of creativity and the Leo new moon on the 2nd kick-starts the month with an abundance of inspirational ideas.

Diligent Mercury spends the whole of August in industrious Virgo; careful planning will allow time for productiveness and plenty of time to party afterwards. Venus joins Mercury in Virgo on the 6th, giving an extra push for some hard work before the holidays. Mars, the planet of energy and motivation, arrives in adventurous Sagittarius on the 3rd – the heat is on and wild destinations beckon!

September: As the Autumnal Sun moves through the more serious sign of Virgo, our attention is turned to learning new things and acquiring new skills. Schools and colleges start their new term and the focus is on hard work. Energetic Mars is lively and enthusiastic in fiery Sagittarius and brings grand ideas and vision to the surface. Jupiter, the planet of abundance and optimism, leaves the sign of Virgo on the 9th after a one-year stay; Jupiter will then remain in the sign of Libra until October 2017. Balancing the scales of justice should be a major theme during this time. Relationships and partnerships are favoured as Venus, the planet of love and romance, remains in Libra until the 24th.

ARIES: MARCH 21 - APRIL 20 Mars, your ruler, bursts into fiery Sagittarius on the 3rd – it’s all change this month as new adventures come calling.

The sector of your chart concerned with travel is now buzzing and a long held dream may come to fruition. The Leo new moon on the 2nd is particularly revitalising. September: Creating firm foundations on which to build your future is the main energy for you this month. Expansive Jupiter and communicative Mercury are assisted by the Virgo new moon on the 1st. Make sure that you pay attention to any professional opportunities that come your way.

TAURUS: APRIL 21 - MAY 21 August shines the light on your home and family as the Leo Sun puts you in a generous and light-hearted mood.

Venus joins Mercury in Virgo on the 6th bringing some important decisions to the forefront. As Mars enters Sagittarius on the 3rd your finances may need some revitalising. September: The time is fast approaching for you to be open and honest about your goals and ambitions. Venus, your ruler, illuminates important work issues and abundant Jupiter moving into Libra on the 9th shows that building firm foundations for your financial future is now your main concern.

GEMINI: MAY 22 - JUNE 21 With Mercury and Venus passing through the domestic area of your chart this month you’re being asked to make some important decisions concerning your family. Pay attention to dreams and coincidences, as it is here you’ll find the best clues about how to proceed. September brings love and romance into the spotlight; Venus is in a favourable position and as abundant Jupiter moves into Libra on the 9th anything can happen! Mercury, your ruler, returns to direct motion after the 22nd; tensions and conflicts start to ease as important breakthroughs come to the surface.

CANCER: JUNE 22 - JULY 22 The Sun and Venus occupy the wealth corner of your chart during the first week of this month, leaving you feeling successful and prosperous. As the month progresses you’ll be considering just what you want from your working life. Mars entering Sagittarius on the 3rd expands your intellectual horizons. The communication sector of your chart is in the spotlight for September. The Virgo new moon on the 1st helps you to see your situation, and your options more clearly. This is the perfect time to stand back and see the bigger picture by trusting your intuition to bring greater rewards your way.

LEO: JULY 23 - AUGUST 23 August is your birthday month and the new moon in your sign on the 2nd ensures that this will be a month to remember. Abundant Jupiter, still strong in your financial sector, is joined by Venus and Mercury this month emphasising an excellent time for innovative money-making schemes. Love and romance are a big focus during September. Stern Saturn and Dynamic Mars are highlighting this area of your chart. Don’t be afraid to break free from a situation that you find restrictive. Mighty Jupiter’s move to Libra on the 9th allows you to see things in a different light.

VIRGO: AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 22 August looks like an extremely busy month as Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are all in your sign. This could be the month for a

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Community makeover on all levels as you move towards a new phase of action. Dynamic Mars arrives in Sagittarius on the 3rd, bringing your home and family into the spotlight. September: Abundant Jupiter has been in your sign for a year, hopefully with positive results. Plans and solid foundations for your financial future are ready to be laid down now, particularly after the 9th as abundant Jupiter moves on into Libra for a one-year stay.

LIBRA: SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 23 August: Jupiter, Venus and Mercury all reside in a very introspective part of your chart this month; it’s time for some serious contemplation about your ultimate goals. You should find some answers to what is holding you back, particularly around the Aquarian full moon on the 18th. September: Abundant Jupiter enters your sign on the 9th for a ‘lucky’ one-year stay. You should have learnt many things during the last year and now you can reap the rewards with your stronger sense of purpose and clarity. Venus, your ruler, remains in your sign until the 24th.

SCORPIO: OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 22 Dynamic Mars leaves your sign on the 3rd and arrives at your financial sector for the rest of the month.

Innovative new ideas for earning potential are evident, and these could involve travelling abroad. The Leo new moon on the 2nd highlights your creativity. September heralds a new beginning as optimistic Jupiter arrives in the most introspective part of your chart for a one-year stay. Your gift of intuition will become more powerful as you begin to trust your judgement, increase your confidence and go after what you want.

SAGITTARIUS: NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 21 August is an action packed month for Sagittarians, Mars charges into your sign on the 3rd bringing enthusiasm and drive. With the emphasis on broadening your horizons through travel and education, there won’t be a dull moment. The Aquarian full moon on the 18th favours communication. September: Your goals and ambitions are the focus of this month. The Virgo new moon on the 1st sets the pace for new areas of development and as mighty Jupiter, your ruling planet, moves into Libra on the 9th you realise the need for better understanding and open communication.

CAPRICORN: DECEMBER 22 - JANUARY 20 Money, assets and shared resources are the focus for August. The Leo new moon on the 2nd brings some important issues to your attention, facing facts professionally or personally will eventually make life easier. Mars joins Saturn on the 23rd; this is the best time to focus on restructuring. September brings plenty of planetary action to the travel and adventure sector of your chart. The new moon on the 1st signals new beginnings as you prepare for a fresh and more positive phase of existence, drawing original and interesting people into your circle.

AQUARIUS: JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 18 Jupiter, Venus and Mercury reside in meticulous Virgo and occupy an important sector of your chart this month. Focussing on the realities of your financial situation will stand you in good stead. Mars highlights your social circle on the 3rd, bringing help from unexpected quarters. September brings innovative new projects and exciting new people into your circle. Communication is highlighted and you are able to get your ideas across to others and expand your contacts with the world. Jupiter entering Libra on the 9th pushes for successful group endeavours.

PISCES: FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 20 The Leo new moon on the 2nd emphasises the area of your chart concerned with work and daily life. Mars arrives in Sagittarius on the 3rd providing a massive cosmic boost to your career zone. Use these positive energies to get really clear on what you want for yourself. September: This month begins with a powerful Virgo new moon and turns your attention to your relationships and partnerships. Jupiter’s move into Libra on the 9th helps you to take stock of your true feelings, bringing what you really want in all areas of life into sharp focus.

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Useful Numbers Doctors & Hospitals, Emergencies Post Offices Appletree Medical Practice 01332 842288 Arthur Medical Centre 01332 880249 Amber Pharmacy 01332 782844 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 Drug Helpline (24 hour) 0800 776600 Heanor Memorial Hospital 01773 710711 London Road Community Hospital 01332 265500 NHS 111 Out of Hours (24 hour helpline) 111 Police (non emergency) 101 Ripley Hospital 01773 743456 Ripley Medical Centre 01773 303591 Riversdale Surgery 01773 822386 Royal Derby Hospital 01332 340131 RSPCA Emergency 0300 1234999 Samaritans (24 hour) 08457 909090 Severn Trent Water 0800 7834444 Water Floodline 08459 881188 Whitemoor Medical Centre 01773 880099

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Friendship Blooms Show your appreciation for a fellow member of the community; it may be a friend, a family member or maybe someone you’ve come into contact with who provides a wonderful service or who works hard to Beverley Kennedy, Floraline make a difference.

Let All Things Local surprise them with a fresh bouquet of flowers.

All Things Local has joined forces with Beverley Kennedy (pictured) from Floraline, Gregory’s Way in Belper, to offer readers the chance to show their appreciation for a fellow member of the community.

The recipients of this issue’s bouquet are the staff at Wilko on King Street in Belper. The team was nominated by Sheila Brinkworth of Belper. Here’s what Sheila wrote: “I would like to nominate all the lovely shop assistants at Wilko on King Street. Since the autumn of 2012 I have become increasingly disabled, and use a wheelchair for shopping. I have demolished displays, knocked items off shelves, and been a nightmare for the staff. They never lose their patience and are always happy to find things that have evaded me, rebuild what I’ve knocked over, helped to pack my bags, and generally done whatever they can to make my life easier. I cannot imagine any shop having kinder, more understanding employees, and I’d just like to let them know how much their efforts are appreciated.” Sheila Brinkworth Note from Editor: Since making the nomination, Sheila has been admitted to hospital. We would like to wish her all the very best for a speedy recovery.

Nominate someone to receive the next bouquet.

All you have to do is state, in no more than 100 words, who you are nominating. Include their address and the reasons why you are nominating them. You can nominate more than one person if they are living/ working at the same address… and remember – flowers don’t just have to be for women!

The only rule is that the person receiving the flowers must live or work in Belper. Just write your nomination on a piece of paper and send to Friendship

Members of the Wilko team receive the Friendship Blooms bouquet!

Blooms, All Things Local, 74 Woodhouse Road, Kilburn, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 0NA or e-mail your nomination to helen@allthingslocal.co.uk putting ‘Friendship Blooms’ as the subject. Please include your full name, address and daytime telephone number on your nomination.

Closing date for nominations for the next issue is Wednesday 24th August 2016.

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Upbeat Summer Security Advice As the weather starts to get warmer and people start taking their holidays, taking trips out in the car and enjoying their gardens, we would like to remind local residents to think about their security during the summer months.

Inspector Pat Howitt, who is in charge of policing throughout the Amber Valley area, said: “As people take advantage of the nicer weather, we also find that they are more likely to leave doors and windows open so we would like to remind residents to not be too relaxed about their security, at home, in the garden and also around their vehicles.”

Top tips for security include: • Ensure windows and doors are locked when leaving the house, going to bed, or sitting outside; • Keep valuable items including computers, laptops and car keys out of view and away from easy access via doors, windows and letterboxes; • Security mark property so that if it is stolen and recovered by the police, it can be reunited with its rightful owner; • Keep an eye on nearby properties, paying attention to any alarm sounds. Report any suspicious activity to police immediately to help stop a crime from happening;

• Security mark gardening tools and equipment and, when not in use, store them securely inside a shed or garage with a good quality padlock; • Secure your vehicle with windows up and alarm activated before leaving unattended; • Wipe away any visible marks left behind by a phone cradle or sat nav; • Where possible, try to remove all valuable items (including wallets, bags, even loose change) from the vehicle completely. If this isn’t possible, always keep them out of view.

If going away on holiday, consider using timer switches on lights, radios or televisions to make it appear as though someone is home. Arrange for a neighbour, friend or relative to look after your property while away, cancel any milk or newspaper deliveries and avoid putting your travel plans on social media.

Insp. Howitt added: “Taking these steps can really help you to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of crime during the summer months.”

For more advice and information on home security visit the Derbyshire police website, www.derbyshire.police.uk, or contact your local Safer Neighbourhood policing team on 101.

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WASPI

Women Against State Pension Inequality WASPI is a national campaigning group created to ‘fight the injustice done to women born in the 1950s (on or after 6 April 1951) regarding the changes to their state pension age.’

The campaign, which does not ask for the pension age to revert back to 60 but rather aims ‘to achieve fair transitional state pension arrangements for women born in the 1950s’, began with just 5 ordinary women. In a single year the campaign has gathered momentum and support from all over the country. Four debates have been held in Parliament on the WASPI issue, evidence has been given to the Select Committee on Work and Pensions, an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been formed, and many local campaign groups have been created, including one in Amber Valley.

Judi Hart, Group Coordinator for Amber Valley WASPI explains: “We are trying to raise awareness across the country of the injustice of a double State Pension Age hike (1995 and 2011) for ladies born in the 1950s, and the lack of notice. The government failed to notify any woman until

2012, 17 years after the first reform was introduced. This has pushed many women below the poverty line as they are unable to work for various reasons (ill health, caring for elderly parents, unpaid Members of Amber Valley WASPI sing the childcare to support WASPI anthem younger family), plus decent paid jobs for ‘ladies of a certain age’ are few and far between.”

Judi adds: “There are groups growing steadily across the UK and Amber Valley has its own group, currently with 34 members. We meet every second Thursday at 7pm at Sainsbury’s in Ripley – they kindly give us use of the cafeteria space after closing.”

At the time of going to press WASPI were organising their first National Rally in London, where they planned to entertain parliament with a choir of 200 women singing the ‘WASPI Anthem’ on College Green, followed by a lobbying of our own MPs during the early afternoon. There is also a WASPI Awareness Day set to take place across the UK in September.

For more information about the WASPI campaign, or to join the Amber Valley WASPI group, visit www.waspi.co.uk or email waspiambervalley@gmail.com.

Community Diary August/September 2016 August

7th, 14th, 21st, 28th: Larks in the Park at Belper River Gardens, 2-4pm. Free musical entertainment; open to all. Download a programme at www.belpertowncouncil.gov.uk.

13th: Derbyshire Branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild Annual Outing – to the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester and Hat Museum, Stockport. Leaving 8.30am from Derby Bus Station. To join in contact 01332 519538.

13th – 14th: Midland Railex Show, Midland Railway Centre, Butterley. Model railway exhibition. For tickets & info: www.midlandrailway-butterley.co.uk or 01773 570140.

14th: Codnor Castle Open Day, Castle Lane, Codnor NG16 5PQ, 11am – 3pm. All welcome; no parking on site.

See www.codnorcastle.co.uk.

27th – 29th: Vintage Train Event, Midland Railway Centre, Butterley. Step back in time. For details see www.midlandrailway-butterley.co.uk or call 01773 570140.

September

3rd: Ship of Fools Stand-up Comedy at No.28 Market Place, Belper DE56 1FZ. 7.30pm for 8pm; £7 – bring your own drinks.

To book: shipoffoolscomedy@yahoo.co.uk or 07804 563371. Info: Facebook ‘twentyeightbelper’.

4th: Harvest Festival at the Ripley Spiritualist Church, Argyll Road, Ripley, 6.00pm 10th: Derbyshire Branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild 10.30am talk “It’s Fantastic Stitching on Plastic” by Kathleen Laurel Sage, followed by member-led workshop. St Mary’s Church Hall, Darley Lane, Derby DE1 3AX. (Bring a packed lunch or go into Derby.)

Visitors most welcome. Contact: 01773 835995.

10th – 11th: Codnor Castle Heritage Weekend, Castle Lane, Codnor NG16 5PQ, 11am – 4pm. Re-enactments, guided tours, talks.

Free event (donations welcome), parking charges apply (parking available in field opposite for this event). See www.codnorcastle.co.uk.

10th – 25th: Autumn Footprints Walking Festival. A varied programme of free guided walks. See www.autumnfootprints.co.uk or call 01773 719961 for details.

17th – 18th: Duffield Arts Festival, taking place at various venues around Duffield. Something for everyone from performances to workshops, trails to competitions. See www.duffieldartsfestival.com 24th: An Evening of Mediumship with Alan Knows, Ripley Spiritualist Church, Argyll Road, Ripley. Starts at 6.15pm. £6.00 on the door.

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Local History Steam Locomotives Think of the first steam locomotive and you might imagine Stephenson’s Rocket. In fact there were many experiments before Stephenson’s, in which Ripley’s Butterley Company played an important part.

Trackways or tramways had been in use for over a hundred years, originally made of wood and later of cast iron, with trucks pulled by horses and then early steam engines hauling trucks up inclines by cables. In the early nineteenth century, though, engineers were doubtful whether metal wheels of steam locomotives would have sufficient grip on metal rails to pull heavy loads. Although Richard Trevithick had demonstrated his “Catch Me Who Can” locomotive to a paying public in 1808, other solutions were being tried.

It appears that the Butterley Company had been making stationary engines (for pumping water out of pits) and cast-iron rails before 1812. It was probably this that led William Chapman, a Newcastle engineer, to commission them to build for the Heaton Colliery in Newcastle his design for a chain driven steam locomotive which hauled itself and its load along by winding itself along a fixed chain.

It wasn’t a success: the chain kept breaking and the colliery was reputed to have lost £3000 (a great deal of money then) in the experiment.

The following year, perhaps inspired by the Chapman, Butterley’s Chief Engineer, William Brunton came up with his “Mechanical Traveller”, a steam locomotive that used two “legs” to push it along, thus avoiding the problem of friction on the driving wheels. Although it is regarded as a curiosity now, it did apparently work for a while, pulling empty trucks up the incline from Bullbridge to Crich quarry to be filled with limestone and then lowered down the incline by gravity. A second model was sent to Newbottle Colliery in the North-East and worked for a while until a new boiler was fitted in 1815. The engineer overcharged the boiler and it exploded, killing 14 people.

Chapman continued to design steam locomotives, including the “Steam Elephant”, a replica of which now runs at the Beamish open air museum in County Durham. Butterley also continued to build stationary steam engines and to supply cast iron rails. Much later, from the 1880s, the company even built steam locomotives for its own use.

It was left to George Stephenson and others to develop the steam locomotive; on 27th September 1825, Stephenson’s “Locomotion” pulled the first public passenger train on the Stockton and Darlington railway. It was not until 1829 that Robert Stephenson built the “Rocket” which won the Rainhill Trials and operated on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

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Chapman’s chain-driven locomotive 1812 We can only wonder what might have happened if the engineer on the “Mechanical Traveller” had not been so keen to show off his new boiler, or if William Brunton had remained at Butterley after 1815. Perhaps Ripley would be known as the birthplace of the steam locomotive!

By Ripley and District Heritage Trust The Ripley and District Heritage Trust meets at Ripley Town Hall on Thursdays from 2 – 4pm. New members are always welcome. Contact Tim Castledine on 01773 746954.

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Some Memories of the Early War Years Recording the memories of people who lived through historic events is of great value.

They add an extra dimension to the account by the historian, and illuminate the daily life of the ordinary person, to which we can all relate.

The late Arthur Bellaby deposited with Belper Historical Society his recollections of his life in Belper.

This extract looks at some of his childhood memories of the Second World War. ‘In September 1939 we lived close to Park Foundry entrance in Becksitch Lane, then called Foundry Lane.

My father, a copper repousse craftsman, had died eight years earlier, so there was my mother and four of us. My elder brother was eighteen and the right age for military service, but he had a heart defect and was turned down. Anxious to serve, he joined the “Dad’s Army” as soon as it was formed. Originally the “Local Defence Volunteers”, their uniform was an armband. Later on it was renamed “The Home Guard” and they were issued with “chip-bag” side hats. Eventually khaki battledress came along as did the fourteen inch bayonets, Canadian World War One rifles and tan leather equipment.

I was in my ninth year, attending the Fleet Boys School. Some of the Fleet old boys were already regular members of the armed services, and were some of the first troops into France prior to Dunkirk.

As the war progressed, my schoolmates had brothers and eventually fathers in the services. The first year of the war saw many serving sailors torpedoed, and some of the old boys were killed, wounded and taken prisoner. We were kept up-to-date with these events, and bought savings stamps towards the war effort and to help the old boys.

In the early years of the war, the old Belper clog came back into fashion. I suppose they were easier to get hold of than proper shoes. So many things vanished out of the shops (“You can’t get ‘em - there’s a war on!”), that things were patched up and re-used.

We lived across the road from Clan Foundry which

The entrance to Park Foundry, Becksitch Lane

used to make small fireplaces and manhole covers in the 1930’s. Early in the war this foundry became Rolls-Royce Car Division, transferred from the Derby works which had gone over entirely to aero engine work. The engines made at Clan Works included those for armoured cars and Valentine tanks. They actually kept one or two of these enormous things for testing purposes, and when they swung out of the gate to go down the road, the caterpillar tracks chewed up all the pavement edges; they were like that for years after the war.

Clan Foundry had its own air raid shelters sunk down into the fields and these were used for their own staff, but close neighbours were welcome to use them, particularly at night. When the sirens went off, my mother insisted on us getting out of bed and down into these cold, wet, corrugated iron shelters, where we sat on old chairs counting the frogs hopping about, and waiting for the all-clear to sound.’

The Society’s next talk is on September 7th, 2016 at 7.30 pm at St. John’s Heritage Centre, and will be about nail making, given by Mary Smedley. The AGM on October 5th is followed by a presentation about the Mill Workers’ project given by Belper North Mill Research Team. All are welcome. Visitors are charged £3. St John’s Heritage Centre, The Butts is open on the last Saturday each month from 9.30 am to 12.00 noon, and members are there to help with queries.

By Pat Marjoram Chairman, Belper Historical Society

To advertise contact Ruth: T: 01332 883140 M: 07545 261034 E: ruth@allthingslocal.co.uk

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Clubs, Societies, Groups, Classes Belper

1st Alton Manor Scout Group Beavers, Cubs and Scout group – More details from Group Scout Leader Darren Barnes: 01773 880019.

1st Belper Rainbows Belper Lane, Belper, Thursday evening, for girls 5 to 7. Details from belperrainbows@hotmail.co.uk 1st Belper Scout Group Belper Lane, Belper. For young people aged 6 to 14, male & female.

Contact: www.firstbelper.org.uk or Group Scout Leader Sandra Nix 01773 829373 1st Openwoodgate Scout Group St Mark’s Church Hall, Over Lane, Belper. For boys and girls 6 to 14.

Group scout leader Sharon Marshall: 07809 408 829.

2nd Belper Guides 2nd Belper (St Peter’s) Guides for great activities, challenges, fun weekly meetings, camps and sleepovers. Girls aged 10-14. Contact Donna at stpeterguide@btinternet.com 4th Belper Scout Group Central Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street, Belper. For boys and girls 6 to 14. Group scout leader Roland Jakes: 01773 827626.

Air Cadets Belper New recruits needed ages 13-18. Meet every Tuesday & Thursday 6.45pm to 9pm at Cluster Road, Belper. For more information call 07736 248923.

Alzheimers Society Belper Support Group First Tuesday of the month 2-4pm, Belper Cottage, 16 Chapel St. DE56 1AR. Info: Helen Aldridge 01332 208845 or email derbyshire@alzheimers.org.uk Baby Sensory Multi-award winning baby learning and developmental classes suitable from birth to 13 months. Fridays 10am, 11.15 and 12.45 at The Lion Hotel. Booking essential: www.babysensory.com/en/ClassDetails/centralderbyshire or contact Marie 07989 443734 for details.

Baby World and Me Parent and baby group: a special world inclusive of core values of explore, play and bond. Suitable from birth to toddling . Visit www.babyworldandme.co.uk or contact Edwina on 07719 555991. www.facebook.com/Babyworldandme.

Free trial class available.

Baby Yoga Suitable from 8 weeks old to crawling. Belper Community Hall Thursdays 9.45am - 11am, 6 week courses run during term time only. Small class sizes mean limited places. To book or for further information please contact Laurie Lowe at Little Sage yoga tel: 07545 479693 email: laurie@littlesageyoga.co.uk or visit www.littlesageyoga.co.uk Badger Explorer Scout Unit Christ Church, Bridge Street, Belper. Teenagers, male and female, 14 to 18. Explorer leader Paul Maddison: 01773 880422.

Belper Aiwakai Karate Club Training for all ages and abilities at Belper Leisure Centre, John O’Gaunts Way, Belper on Fridays at 6.30pm. The general club finishes at 7.45pm followed by advanced session running until 8.30pm. Dave Johnson 07954 371945.

Belper Art Group Meet at Strutt’s Centre, Derby Road, Belper every Thursday 7-9pm, Room 109. All abilities welcome. Further details from Club Secretary Teresa Bailey: 01332 840608 Belper Bicycle Club Meet 1st Monday in every month (apart from Bank Holidays) at the Strutt Club, Campbell Street, Belper 7pm. New members welcome of all ages who are interested in cycle racing, either to compete for the team or as social members. Website www.belperbc.co.uk or Jonathan Marshall 01773 829590.

Belper Bridge Club Meets every Friday at 6.50pm at the Masonic Hall, Campbell St, Belper.

All welcome. www.bridgewebs.com/belper Belper Buggies Walking/fitness group. Meet at the bandstand at Belper River Gardens 1.30pm on Wednesdays. Free session. Contact: Sam Draper 07891 571488.

Belper Cadets Parade on Monday & Wednesday 18.45 to 21.00 at the Drill Hall, Clusters Road, Belper (near Long Row School) Open to all young people 12-18.

Contact Darron Moody 07921 501981.

Belper Chess Club Every Wednesday at The Old Kings Head, Days Lane, Belper. Start time 7.30pm. Secretary R Harrison Tel: 01773 824885 or 07971 111061 e-mail: rsharrison70@btinternet.com www.belperchessclub.org.uk Belper Civic Forum Civic association for Belper parish (including Milford) particularly concerned with planning, services, town improvement and heritage matters.Email belpercivicforum@hotmail.co.uk or Roger Shelley 01773 829176

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Belper Community Church Meets three times a month at Whitemoor Centre 10.30am

Sundays on John O’Gaunts Way. Modern Church for all ages.

Tel: Henry Ford 01773 828619.

Belper Community Cottage Community Centre, 16 Chapel Street, Belper, run by volunteers for the people of Belper. Four meeting rooms for hire at very reasonable rates. To hire or to look around call 01773 880364.

Belper Countryside Joggers Jog Derbyshire group. Meets on Belper Lane across from the Talbot Hotel.

Mondays at 7.45pm (beginners), Thursdays at 7.30pm (intermediates).

Belper & District Organ & Keyboard Club Belper Congregational Church, Green Lane, Belper. Concerts on 3rd Saturday monthly. Social evenings on alternate Thursdays 7pm to 10pm at Belper Heritage Centre. Nigel Dawes: 01773 827204.

Belper District 50+ Forum Congregational Church, Church Walk, off Green Lane, Belper. Quarterly open meetings, Fridays 10.30am-12.30pm. Various themes relating to over 50’s. Ann Homar 01773 829556.

Belper Folk Club Every Tuesday at The Old Kings Head, Days Lane, Belper, 8.30pm.

Details from 01246 865170 or www.belperfolkclub.co.uk Belper Freedom Feed Em At No28 The Market Place, Belper. Community focussed food for all! Alternate 4th Tuesday and Thursday of each month at 6:30pm. 3 courses, prepared by volunteers, pay what you want, proceeds to charity. Booking essential via Facebook ‘Belper Freedom Feed Em’ group. All welcome. Vegans, veggies, food allergies catered for.

Belper Gardening Club Meets on the 4th Wednesday each month Belper Football Club, 7.30pm.

Guest speakers, plant and seed swaps, trips & events, skills workshops, socialising. Email: infobelpergardeningclub@gmail.com or call 07966 307000 / 01773 826622.

Belper Hammers Volleyball Club Looking for new members of all ages and ability. Social training session at Belper Sports Center Thursdays 7pm-8pm, adult session Thursdays 8pm-9pm, female only Wednesdays 7pm-8pm, Junior session Fridays 7pm-8pm Contact Will on 07791 071059 or volleyballbelper@gmail.com.

Belper Harriers Joggers Jog Derbyshire group.Meets at Belper Leisure Centre. For all jogging abilities.

Tuesdays 7pm. Contact Geoff: 07802 657321 Belper Historical Society Talks programme on first Weds of the month at St John’s Heritage Centre, The Butts at 7.30pm. Email patmarjoram@tiscali.co.uk or call 01332 880600.

Belper Junior Musical Theatre Singing group for 7+ years. Meet on Wednesdays at the former Strutt’s School on the corner of Gibfield Lane, Belper, 6pm - 7.15pm.

Call: 01332 881766.

Belper Krav Maga Academy Belper Leisure Centre, Kilbourne Road, Belper. Martial Arts club; train on Mondays & Fridays 8.30pm to 9.30pm both nights.

Details on www.ikma.co.uk Belper Meadows Bowls Club Belper Meadows, off Bridge Street, Belper. More details from secretary Graham Sheldon 01773 827548, or www.belpermeadowsbowlsclub.co.uk. New members welcome.

Belper Meadows Tennis Club Meet behind Christ Church, off A6, The Triangle. Adult social nights Tuesdays and Thursdays. New members of all ages and abilities welcome. www.belpertennis.co.uk Belper Model Railway Group Strutt’s Centre, Derby Road, Belper (opposite Babington Hospital), Wednesdays 7pm to 10pm. Details from Stephen Shepherd (secretary) at shepherd295@btinternet.com tel no: 01283 703300.

Belper Musical Theatre Musical theatre shows performed every February and singing concerts performed at intervals throughout the year. Meet 7.30pm on Wednesdays at former Strutt’s School, Gibfield Lane, Belper. Call: 01773 825938.

Belper Players Mondays at Strutt Centre, Derby Road and Thursdays at Lion Hotel, Bridge Street at 7:30pm. Wanting new members – actors, backstage and front of house. Secretary Joyce Towle: 01335 370827.

Belper Singers Chamber choir of 24 voices, repertoire includes sacred and secular works, mostly unaccompanied. Vacancies for experienced tenors and basses. Rehearsals Wednesdays, 8pm to 10pm, Congregational Church, off Green Lane, Belper, DE56 1DB. www.belpersingers.webs.com or email belpersingers@gmail.com.

Belper Social Club for the Disabled Every second Wednesday at The Whitemoor Centre, John O’Gaunts Way, Belper, 7.30pm. Barbara Pickering: 01773 823803.

Belper Stage Productions Rehearse on Mon evenings at 7.30pm in The Blue Room, Robert Ludlam Theatre, St Benedict’s School, Duffield Rd, Darley Abbey DE22 1JD. Adults & children rehearse for fun. Info: 07758 625372 Belper Stroke Club Belper Leisure Centre, off Kilbourne Road, Belper, 2pm to 4pm on alternative Tuesdays. Contact Derek Payne 01773 825219, derek116payne@btinternet.com.

Belper Sub-Aqua Club Belper Leisure Centre, off Nottingham Road, Belper, every Wednesday 8pm to 9pm - scuba training for beginners. Tony Slator 01773 825137.

Belper Tae Kwon-Do School Belper Leisure Centre, Kilbourne Road, Belper. New beginner classes, age 4 and above, Saturday 9.30am to 10.30am; Wednesday 5.15pm to 6.30pm. New beginner adult classes, Sunday 7.30pm to 9pm, and Wednesday 8pm to 9.30pm. 4th Dan, Karl Duro: 07946 593363.

Belper Toy Library Weds 10am – 12noon, Belper Community Hall and Thurs 1.30pm – 3.30pm, The Bungalow, Belper School, John O’Gaunts Way. ‘Stay & Play’ session fee £2.50 per family (up to 3 children), additional visitors 75p each. Includes 1 week’s free toy hire (for members), craft activity, refreshments.

One-off lifetime membership fee £10, discounted to £7.50 if join at session (group & child minder membership available).

Email: derbyshiretoylibraries@gmail.com Call: 0845 3102738 Belper Town Wind Band Methodist Church Hall, Openwoodgate, Belper, on Tuesdays, 7.15pm. Brass and wind instrument players any age, average to good abilities, welcome.

Gaynor Lovett: 01332 881875.

Belper U3A Self help social and education group for retired people. Open meetings on 1st Friday of the month. 10am at Strutt’s, Derby Road, Belper.

New members welcome. Roma (01773) 821499.

Belper WI Meet 1st Tuesday of the month at Congregational Church, Green Lane, Belper. 7.15pm. President Joan Blower 01773 853862 Secretary: Miranda.francis60@yahoo.com Tel: 01773 821424 Belper Women’s Group Every Wednesday at 10am at Holbrook Road School. Talks and social events.

New members welcome. Call Marie on 01773 824406.

Bereavement Support Group The Cottage Project, Chapel Street, Belper every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month 10am to 12noon. 01773 880364.

Little Black Book Trevor 01773 821920 Genus (Belper District) Scout Network For boys and girls 18-25. Contact network leader Adam Thompson 01332 841744; email genusnetwork@belperdistrictscouts.org.uk or visit http://www.belperdistrictscouts.org.uk/genusnetwork/ Goryukan Belper Aikido Club Strutts Centre, Derby Road, Belper DE56 1UU, Tuesday & Thursday nights.

Contact Henry Sensei on 07538-757073/Email: yoshinkan.aikido@virgin.net/Website: www.belper-aikido.co.uk Karate with Ronin Budo Training on Tuesdays 7.30-8.30pm Belper Strutt Centre.

More info: Call Charles Spring 07980 639437 or go to http://www.facebook.com/RoninBudo or email: charlesspring@btinternet.com L D Camera Club Meet alternative Tuesdays at the Conservative Club, Campbell Street, Belper, 8pm. T Swift: 01773 853437.

Learning Through Drama St John’s School, Belper, Mondays, 4.30pm to 5pm; and Long Row School, Belper, Wednesdays, 4.30pm to 5pm. Speech and drama tuition by qualified teachers for ages 5 to 15. Call: 07914 539719.

Meditation Group Belper Unitarian Chapel, Field Row off Green Lane. From September 2014 meets every 1st and 3rd Wed 7.45-9.15pm. All welcome – no experience necessary. Andy Phillips 01773 823160 or andyphillips.one@gmail.com

Blossom Ladies’ Club Meet fortnightly on Wednesdays at The Old Kings Head, Days Lane, Belper, 2 3.30pm. New members welcome. Contact Phyllis: phylliss28@hotmail.co.uk.

Mid Derbyshire Green Party 1st & 3rd Monday of each month. 7pm at Fleet Arts Centre, The Fleet, Belper.

Info: Sue MacFarlane, sue@the-macfarlanes.co.uk 01773 423758.

Bumps and Babes Group For new and expectant parents, every Monday 10-11.30am at No 28, The Market Place, Belper. Run by Amber Valley NCT.

Mini Moos Parent & Toddler Group Mondays 9:30-11:30am, Splitz Dance Centre, Campbell St, Belper.

Contact Jo Leigh: joannaelgar@hotmail.com

BYTE (Belper Youth Theatre) Drama & Performance Arts for 11 to 16 year olds at Long Row School, Belper, on Wednesdays 5pm to 6pm. Call 01773 828724.

No. 28 Community Hall, Belper Market Place Café on Belper Farmers Market days (2nd Sat each month) and on other public occasions with stalls, exhibitions and activities. Heritage-related events, community themed activities, art exhibitions. Community and private hire available. Info: twentyeightbelper@btinternet.com; www.facebook.com/twentyeightbelper.

CAP Debt Centre Belper Free, in-depth, at-home Debt Counselling Service, open to anyone. Monday - Friday 8:30 – 17.00. Ring 0800 328 0006 for an appointment. capuk.org facebook.com/capuk Citizen’s Advice Bureau Free advice in all GP surgeries in Belper, contact your surgery for appointment.

For appointment at Bureau, 103 Bridge St., call 0844 375 2712 between 9.30am and 4pm.

Cheerleading Classes Belper Leisure Centre, for ages 5 and over, Saturday 10.20am 11.20am. Classes also in Heanor and Smalley. Full details from Nicky Horton: 07748 148626.

Chevin Probus Club For retired professional/businessmen in Belper, Duffield, Little Eaton and surrounding area. Meet at 10.30am for coffee on third Monday each month at Lion Hotel, Bridge Street Belper for talks/lunches, 11am. Occasional trips out for members and partners. Eric Allen: 01773 823105.

Community Crafts Card-making classes at Belper Community Hall, Bridge Street, alternate Thursdays 10am to 12noon. £5 per session.

Kelly Austin: 01773 763841, or communitycrafts@fsmail.net Compassionate Communication Practice Group First Saturday of the month, 10.30am to 12.30pm at the Strutts Centre. Learn how to use Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to enhance relationships & resolve conflicts. Info: Fran Hill 07955 588356 or franhill2@gmail.com Dalesmen Male Voice Choir of Belper Practice at the old Herbert Strutt School, Strutt’s Centre, Derby Road, Belper, 7.15-9.30pm, Mondays. New members welcome, or just sit and listen.

Paul: 01773 748986.

Derbyshire Children’s Centre Alder Road, Belper. For a guide to free activities in the area, call 01773 826651 or e-mail Belpercc@derbyshire.gov.uk for further details.

Fleet Arts The Fleet, Belper. A local charity delivering high quality arts opportunities within the community. Rooms for hire including Music Rehearsal space at very reasonable rates. Details: 01773 820484, Email jane@fleet-arts.org or visit www.fleet-arts.org Fleet Indoor Bowls Belper Would love to see new members at our very laid back, friendly club.

Monday evenings. Average age 50+ but all ages considered.

Phone: Annette 01773 824945.

Folk Friendzy Traditional Dancing for youngsters 5-19 years old at Belper Community Hall (behind Belper Library, Bridge Street, Belper.) Saturdays 9am to 12.30pm. Also at Fleet Arts Centre, The Fleet, Belper on Wednesdays 6.30pm to 9pm. New dancers welcome. 01773 743741.

Friends of Belper Parks A community group who holds events and work parties to improve and maintain Belper Parks. See website www.belperparks.info or ring Dave 01773 824743.

Friends of Belper River Gardens Organising concerts, events and taking part in working parties to make use of and help improve Belper’s unique Edwardian riverside gardens.

Parent & Toddler Group at Fleet Arts Every Thursday from 10am to 12pm. All Welcome.

Pilates with a Twist Classes in Belper at Fleet Arts – Mondays 6.30pm. Booking is essential on 07970 022101 or email becky.britchford@hotmail.co.uk. Looking to run more classes in Belper so please get in touch if you’d like a daytime class in the area.

Playball Multi-Sport Coaching Session at Fleet Arts For children aged 2 to 4 yrs. Fridays 1.30-2.45pm term time only.

Contact: 07935 600027.

Pregnancy Yoga Classes at No. 28 The Market Place, Belper. Wednesdays 6.30-8pm.

Gentle pregnancy and birth-specific yoga exercises. Experienced pregnancy yoga teacher/NHS midwife Alison Talbot. alison@purplelotusyoga.co.uk 07877 970112 www.purplelotusyoga.co.uk Reiki Share Group For Reiki Level 1 or above. Meets first Fri of month at Fleet Arts, Belper.

7pm-9.30pm. New members welcome. Info: Judy 07875 367270.

Rotary Club of Belper and Duffield Monday evening 7.30pm at the Lion Hotel, Bridge Street.

Info: www.belper-rotary.co.uk or Nick Blurton 01773 824607.

Rough Truffles Community Choir Singing songs from around the world. Choir is open to everyone, regardless of experience, ability or confidence. No auditions, songs are taught by ear, so no need to read music. Meet upstairs at the Queens Head pub, Chesterfield Road, Belper, every Monday at 8.00pm.

All welcome. Details: www.roughtruffles.org.uk Royal British Legion(Belper) Club Strutt Street, Belper. Entertainment every Saturday evening from 8.30pm. Also alternate Tuesday evenings from 8.30pm.

More info: 01773 822151 Everyone welcome.

You don’t have to be ex-military to join.

Royal British Legion, Women’s Section Royal British Legion, Strutt Street, Belper, last Wednesday each month, speaker, 7.15pm. Also, day after at 10am is a coffee morning with raffle and stalls. New members welcome. 01773 826691.

Shamanic Journeying Group Meet 3rd Friday of the month. St Johns Chapel, The Butts, Belper 7pm – 10pm Contact Pat Dunnicliffe or Del woods on 01332 880984 dunnwooddrums@live.com Info: www.dunnwooddrums.com Shape Fitness Strutt’s Centre, Mondays 7.30pm. Pilates with fitness, come and join the fun.

Contact Dawn 07917 728912.

Special Friends Parent led play and support group for 0-5’s with additional needs. Siblings welcome. Second Wednesday of every month 9.45-11.45am. Belper Children’s Centre, Alder Road, Belper. DE56 1LP. info@special-friends.co.uk www.facebook.com/specialfriendsbelper

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Little Black Book SSAFA (Belper) Lifelong support for our Forces and their families. Volunteers always needed. Call the Drill Hall, Cluster Road, Belper on 01773 828116 or email ssafaderbyshirepr@aol.co.uk.

Star Roles After-School Drama Club at Fleet Arts For children aged 6 to 11 yrs. Fridays 4.30-6pm term time only. Contact: 01773 880479 or 07760 376467.

Strutts Centre Ltd Derby Road, Belper. A thriving community centre run entirely by volunteers. If you wish to hire a space or want more details of the many varied activities held here, ring Strutts on 01773 599993 or visit websites www.strutts.net or www.strutts.org The Chevin Singers Strutts Centre, Derby Road, Belper, term time Tuesday 10am to 12noon. Unaccompanied singing. No need to read music or have any singing experience. £3 per session. Call 01773 822253 or just turn up at Strutts.

The Drop Inn Centre Independent Youth Centre & Charity Advice, support & alternative education for young people Open: Mon 4.30pm - 9.30pm, Tues 6pm - 8pm, Thurs 7pm - 9.30pm. More info: Andrea Fox 07960 576257 email: thedropinn@hotmail.co.uk www.thedropinn.org The Highedge Historical Society Welcomes new members. Parkside Methodist Church, Parkside, Heage on second Monday of each month at 7.30pm.

Tiny Talk Baby Signing and Toddler Talk 0-3 yrs. Teach your baby to communicate before they can talk. Help your toddler learn skills needed for pre-school. Tuesdays 11-12noon at The Fit Pit Ground Floor, East Mill, Bridgefoot, Belper DE56 2UA. Contact beccid@tinytalk.co.uk or 07812 420396 Transition Belper Community organisation and charity working towards a low carbon local economy. Meet at 7.30pm first Tuesday of each month at Strutt’s Community Centre, Derby Road, Belper. See www.transitionbelper.org or email info@transitionbelper.org. Phone: 07773 667316.

Tuesday Club St Mark’s Church Hall, Openwoodgate, Belper, alternate Tuesdays 2pm to 4pm.

Socials, speakers, trips for active retired 55+ ladies and gents and is non-denominational. 01773 820664 or 01773 747195.

Twistin’ Tikes Thursdays 1.45-2.45pm - a new music class for ages 3-5. The Fit Pit, East Mill, Bridge Foot. Contact Jacqui 07977 578359 or info@twistintots.co.uk www.facebook.com/twistintots Twistin’ Tinies Tuesdays, 1.30-2.40pm. Musical fun and baby-bonding activities for parents and carers with babies age 0-18 months. Suitable from birth. Contact Jacqui, 07977 578 359, info@twistintots.co.uk, www.facebook/twistintots Twistin’ Tots Mondays 9.45-11.30am and Tuesdays 9.45-11.45am Belper Community Hall.

Music and play for under 5s. Contact Jacqui 07977 578359 or Pippa 07535 259958 or info@twistintots.co.uk www.facebook.com/twistintots Umbrella – Parent/Carer’s Support Group Working to improve the quality of life for disabled children and young adults and their families in Derby City and South Derbyshire.

Meet second Thursday in the month, Strutts Building, Derby Rd., Belper DE56 1UU. 10am-12noon. Info: Alisha 01332 785658.

Walking for Health Every Wednesday, 10am – meet outside Belper Clinic, Babington Hospital.

Walks vary, 30-60minutes, and 45-90 minutes (please call for details before attending). Beginner’s walks – every Wednesday 2.30pm – meet in the bar area, Belper Leisure Centre. Walks offered are up to 30 minutes, and 30-60 minutes. Contact Nikki Ottowell, Walk Coordinator: 01773 841428; nikki.ottowell@ambervalley.gov.uk.

Whitemoor Day Service Adult care - Activities for adults with learning disabilities, at 100 John O’Gaunts Way, Belper. Unit manager Jeannette Simms: 01629 531906 or 07975 707240.

Church Contacts St Clement’s Church, Horsley; St Susanna’s Church, Horsley Woodhouse; St Mary’s Church, Denby. Serving the parishes of Horsley, Denby, Horsley Woodhouse, Kilburn and Coxbench.

For all church-based enquiries contact the parish office 01332 880284.

Codnor & Waingroves 3rd Codnor Scouts For girls and boys aged 6-14. All clubs meet at the Old Cricketer’s Bungalow at the side of the Old Welfare, Codnor. Beavers – Tuesdays 5.15pm till 6.30pm. Cubs – Tuesdays 6.45pm till 8.15pm. Scouts – Fridays 6.30pm till 8.15pm.

Ann Cantrill 07817 636232.

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Amber Valley Rotary Club Meets Tuesdays 6:45 for 7:00pm at Codnor Castle Inn, Ormonde Fields Golf Centre, Nottingham Road, Codnor.

New members are welcome. Please contact us first if you are interested. Contact us on 07850 440001 or by our ‘Contact us’ page on www.rotary-ambervalley.org.uk Codnor & District WI 2nd Tuesday each month, 7.15pm at Methodist Church Hall, Mill Lane, Codnor.

01773 714098.

Derbyshire County Council Children’s Centre – Come Out & Play in Codnor. Peveril House, Codnor. Play and information for families. Wednesdays 1.30pm-3.00pm.

Telephone 01629 532601 or email: ironvillecc@derbyshire.gov.uk Jog Codnor Jog Derbyshire Group. Meets at the Poet & Castle Pub. For all abilities.

Tuesdays at 7pm Contact: Ben 07500 600171

Denby & Kilburn 1st Horsley & Kilburn Brownies Scout Hut, Highfield Road, Kilburn, Wednesday 6.30pm to 8pm.

Call 01332 882535 or 07545 551890 for details.

3rd Horsley & Kilburn Brownies Wednesday 6.30pm to 8pm at Kilburn Methodist Chapel Brown Owl (Trish Rose) 01332 881786 1st Horsley & Kilburn Rainbows St Clements Church, Church St, Horsley Thurs 6.00pm – 7.00pm. Contact Sarah 07454224088 1st Horsley & Kilburn Scout Group For boys & girls aged 6 to 14 at Scout HQ, Highfield Rd, Kilburn.

Contact: Richard Ward, 01773 857232 or 07795 420505.

Chatterbox Café Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn, every second Friday, 10am to midday, in conjunction with Mobile Library sited on car park.

Coffee, cakes; relax, chat or read. Enid: 01332 780486.

Denby Footpaths Group Maintenance and preservation of local footpaths; community walks, circular routes. Jane: 01332 781305, or e-mail denby-footpaths-group@hotmail.co.uk Derbyshire Archery Club Now meet at John Flamsteed School. Shooting at times outside school hours.

Frequent tournaments at Kedleston Hall in the summer. Regular beginners’ courses throughout the year. Information on dacarchers.co.uk or phone Neil Bryan 01773 824903.

Intermediate Adults Dance Classes Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn.

Latin American and Ballroom, Thursdays 7.30pm to 8.30pm.

Patricia Cooke: 01332 660837.

Kilburn Christian Fellowship Meet in Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn, 5pm to 6pm on the second Sunday of each month, refreshments.

All ages welcome. Godfrey: 01332 781200 Kilburn Community Choir A time of singing and fun, no experience needed. Hunters Arms, Kilburn.

1st & 3rd Thursdays from 7-8.30pm. Info: Cathy 07986 450580.

Kilburn Life Group 8 Sitwell Drive, Kilburn. 10am to 11.30am first and third Wednesday of month. Discuss issues on life matters. Cynthia: 01332 882713.

Kilburn Striders Jog Derbyshire Group Meets at car park opposite Pickford Gardens. For all abilities.

Meets at various times. Please call Ross for details. Ross: 07791 683056 Kilburn Wine Circle Kilburn Village Hall, Church St., DE56 0LU. Every third Wednesday of the month to taste wine. Contact David Savidge 0115 930 3712 or Phil Bacon 01332 883267.

Mums & Minis Denby Bottles Church, Danesby Crescent, Tuesdays 10am to 12noon. Mike and Alison James 01773 743104 Stay ‘n’ Play Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn. Every Thursday 9.15am to 11.15am term time only.

Tae Kwon-do & Self Defence Kilburn Village Hall. Adult & Junior classes Sat: 10.00-12.00noon. Sun 9.30-10.30am Panthers 4-7 yrs Sat: 9.00-10.00am & Wed 5.00-6.00pm Contact Shirley 07779 812468 http://www.progressive-selfdefence.co.uk The Wednesday Club The Denby Village Cricket Club, 1st Wednesday every month 2pm–4pm.

Ann Goddard: 01332 780220. All welcome.

Walking for Health Every Thursday at 9:30 am – meet outside the Bourne’s Cafe at the Visitor Centre, Denby Pottery. Walks offered are up to 30 minutes, and 30 - 60 minutes.

Contact Nikki Ottowell, Walk Coordinator: 01773 841428; nikki.ottowell@ambervalley.gov.uk.

Whist Drive Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn. Fortnightly on Wednesdays 2pm.

01773 741586

Duffield 1st Duffield Scout Group For boys & girls aged 6 to 14 at Scout HQ, Hall Farm Road, Duffield. Group Scout Leader Alan Hudson: 01332 840377.

Adult Yoga and Meditation Term time only: Mon at Meadows School, Park Road, Duffield . 7pm – 7.30pm Meditation followed by Yoga 7.30 – 9pm. Thurs: Yoga 1.15 – 2.30pm Duffield Scout Hall, Hall Farm Road. Info: Anita 01332 842070.

Amber Painting Group Friendly Art Group meets every Friday at 1.30 -3.30, Methodist Church Hall, King St, Duffield. New members welcome. Tel: 01332 840707.

Derwent Valley Training Band Music Block, Ecclesbourne School, Mondays 5.45pm to 6.30pm for brass and wind players all ages, from beginners to Grade 3. Kath Hoblyn: 01332 840405.

Derwent Valley Wind Band Concert Hall, Ecclesbourne School, term time only on Mondays 6.45pm 8.15pm. For brass and wind players of all ages. Grade 3 and above.

Tony Rawcliffe 01332 841501.

Duffield and District Bowling Club Meet at Milford Bowling Green behind Nealies. Paul Greenwood: 01332 840478 or e-mail greenwoodpaul@hotmail.co.uk New members welcome.

Duffield Art Group Weston Centre, Tamworth Street, Duffield, every Friday 2pm.

New members welcome. Sylvia Owen: 01773 824534.

Duffield Baby and Toddler Group Playgroup for babies and pre-school children, every Wednesday 9.30-11am, Duffield Methodist Church, King Street.

Little Black Book Sparks St Alkmund’s Church Duffield, Parish Church Hall, every 1st Sunday 10am for Primary School aged children. Songs, stories, games and meet Sparky.

01332 840536.

The Duffield Club Private members snooker/social club at 13 Town Street, Duffield.

Call Glyn: 01332 842421 Who Let The Dads Out! Toddler Group for Dads, Grandads and male carers and their under 4’s. Every 2nd Saturday in the month at Duffield Baptist Church, Makeney Road. DE56 4BD. 9 am – 10.30am. Enq: Robin Merrifield susa1@live.com , www.debc. org.uk 01335 372039.

Yoga with Tabitha Tuesday 1-2pm at Duffield Methodist Church, Kings St and Friday 11.30-12.30 at Hazelwood Church Hall. A yoga class for all levels, contact 07957 387 333.

Holbrook 1st Holbrook Scout Group Beavers, Cubs and Scout Group. Meet at Arkwright Hall, Moorside Lane, Holbrook. Leader Mark Hudson: 01773 827083.

Drumming Group Meets last Fri of month (may differ) 7pm – 9.30pm at The Arkwright Hall, Moorside Lane, Holbrook. Contact Pat Dunnicliffe or Del Woods on 01332 880984 email:dunnwooddrums@live.com Info: www.dunnwooddrums.com

Duffield Gardening Club Weston Centre, Tamworth Street, Duffield. First Saturday each month,10am.

Slide shows, outings, activities, coffee. Chairperson Sandra Dare 01332 841658

Holbrook Baby & Toddler Group Holbrook Methodist Church, Moorside Lane, Holbrook. Fridays 9.15am to 11.15am, term time. £2 per family. Rosemary Woodward: 07795 602478

Duffield Pre-school Duffield Meadows School, Mon-Fri. For children aged 2yrs to school age.

Thur & Fri lunch club. Contact: 07955 168892 or www.duffieldpreschool.co.uk

Holbrook Friendship Club First Thursday of every month. 2pm -4pm at the Sports and Social Club, Shaw Lane, Holbrook. Call David Robinson for more information 01773 828304

Duffield Singers Friendly community choir. Meet every Wednesday at St Margaret’s Church, Hall Farm Road, Duffield at 7.45pm. New members welcome, bass, tenor, alto & soprano voices www.facebook.com/theduffieldsingers2014

Holbrook Garden Group Holbrook Moor Methodist Church, Moorside Lane, Holbrook, third Monday each month, 7.30pm. All welcome. David Skelton: 01332 881221.

Duffield Tae Kwon-Do School Duffield Meadows School, on Mondays 4.50pm to 6.20pm and on Fridays 4.50pm to 6.20pm. New beginner children’s classes from aged 4 upwards. 4th dan, Karl Duro: 07946 593363.

Families at Four St Alkmund’s Church Duffield, Parish Church Hall, every 4th Sunday 4pm. Games, stories and songs for families. 01332 840536.

Fusion Club for 5 to 11-year-olds at Emmanuel Christian Centre, 32 Chapel Street, Sundays 11am to 12noon. Parents welcome to stay.

Family service first Sunday every month.

Ignition St Alkmund’s Church Duffield, Parish Hall every Tuesday night during term time from 7.30pm to 9pm for school years 10 to 13. 01332 840536.

Impact St Alkmund’s Church Duffield, Parish Hall, every Monday night during term time from 7pm to 8.30pm for school years 7 to 9. 01332 840536.

Jog Duffield Jog Derbyshire group. Meets at Eyes Meadow. All abilities welcome.

Monday 6pm, Tuesday 9.30am and Thursday 6pm. Contact Julie 07934 494121 Kick Fit and Abs Blast Duffield Meadows Junior School – aerobic and conditioning classes.

Kick Fit on Wednesdays 6.30pm to 7.30pm, £3.50. Abs Blast on Wednesdays 7.30pm to 7.55pm, £2. Or both for £5.

Matt Elliott: 07971 923248 or e-mail mattelliott@live.com MASSIVE – Youth Drop-In Centre Emmanuel Community Church, Chapel Street, Duffield.

Fridays 4.00pm-6.00pm (School years 7-9) 7.00pm-10.00pm (School years 10+) Contact Will Leech – 01332 841386.

Holbrook Miners Welfare Bowls Club Holbrook Miners Welfare Club Shaw Lane, Holbrook.

Details from Sharon Stevens: 01332 781403.

Holbrook WI Holbrook Sports and Social Club, Shaw Lane, Holbrook. First Wednesday each month. 7.30pm. Lilian Phipps 01332 881419.

Horsley & Coxbench Horsley & Coxbench WI Horsley Village Hall, Church Street, Horsley, second Monday each month. 7.15pm. Tel: Janet 01332 883466.

Horsley Over 60’s Club Horsley Village Hall, Church Street, Horsley, alternate Tuesdays 2pm to 4pm. Contact Barbara Watts: 01773 745008 Ladies Night Informal evenings with talks, crafts and social events every 3rd Tuesday 7.45 pm, in Horsley Village Hall Church Street, Horsley. 01332 881025 or 01773 741977

Horsley Woodhouse

1st Sitwell Scout Group Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, aged 6 to 14. Sitwell Scout HQ off Church Lane, Horsley Woodhouse DE7 6AW. Info: www.1stsitwellscoutgroup.co.uk.

Email: gsl@1stsitwellscoutgroup.co.uk.

Dance Night Horsley Woodhouse Church Hall, Main Street. Every Monday 7.00pm, Line Dancing with Megan; and at 8.15pm.

Eric: 01332 881566 or 07790 863997

Messy Church Methodist Church, King Street, Duffield, first Sunday of the month 10.30am - 11.15am. Bible stories, crafts, fun and activities for children of all ages. Children should be accompanied by an adult. Coleen 01332 841788.

Horsley Woodhouse Joggers Meet at the church hall, Horsley Woodhouse 7.00pm Thursdays. £2 per session. Beginners group for new or returning joggers.

Contact: Sam Draper 07891 571488.

Music at Duffield Non-profit making music society and registered charity.

Info: www.musicatduffield.com

Horsley Woodhouse Pre-School Methodist Church Hall, Main Street. Term Time: Under 3’s Monday & Wednesday 1.00pm to 3.30pm. Over 3’s Monday to Friday 9.15am to 12.15pm. Call 07969 964842 during opening hours.

Scottish Country Dancing The first step to a healthier lifestyle. Reduce stress levels, get fitter, boost your social life. Hazelwood Village Hall, Tues 8-10 pm. Opens mid-Sept. Details: Mrs Penny Bee 01629 822476.

Seedlings Toddler Group at Emmanuel Community Church Chapel Street, Duffield Tuesdays 9.30 –11.30am (term time) email: seedlings.duffield@hotmail.co.uk Songs of Praise St Alkmund’s Church Duffield, Parish Hall, 1st Monday every month at 2pm.

Service with traditional hymns, short talk, and cream tea. 01332 840536.

Horsley Woodhouse Royal British Legion Horsley Woodhouse Over 60’s Club meets in the hall, alternate Tuesdays at 2pm. Bingo, dominoes and cards. Outings for members at regular intervals. Subs £8 per year. Come and join our friendly group.

Call Don 01332 881379.

Orchard Group Dominoes, Scrabble, and Whist at Orchard Community Centre, off Fairfield Road, alternate Tuesdays 2pm. 01332 883240.

Over 55’s Gentle Exercise Class Horsley Woodhouse Church Hall, Main Street.

Every Wednesday 1.30pm to 2.30pm.

Pauline Clarke: 01773 712829 or Eric 01332 881566

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Little Black Book Tae Kwon-Do Practical Self Defence Horsley Woodhouse Church Hall, Adult & Junior Classes, Tuesday 6.30-8.30pm.

Contact Shirley 07779 812468 http://www.progressive-selfdefence.co.uk Walking for Health Every Wednesday, 9:45am – meet outside the Ex-service and Working Men’s Club, Horsley Woodhouse. Walks offered are 30 60 minutes, and 45 - 90 minutes (please call for details before attending). Contact Nikki Ottowell, Walk Coordinator: 01773 841428; nikki.ottowell@ambervalley.gov.uk.

Twistin’ Tots Little Eaton Village Hall, Vicarage Lane. Wednesdays 1.30pm – 2.30pm, Music session for babies 0 to 5 years. Jacqui: 07977 578359.

Youth Club New Village Hall, Little Eaton. Every Friday 4.30pm-6.30pm for Year 7 to school leavers. Chill out and have fun with friends. Snacks available.

Helen 07970 767667

Milford

Whist Drive British Legion Hall, Main Street, Horsley Woodhouse, every Friday 7.30pm. Malcolm Parkin 01332 880160.

Amber Valley Tai Chi Chuan The Martial Art of Tai Chi. Kawagishi Dojo (formerly the Riverside Garden Centre). Tuesdays - General class 6.30-8pm, beginners welcome. Advanced class runs through to 8.30pm. Info: Jon King 01332 890 460; sifu@ambervalleytaichichuan.co.uk; www.ambervalleytaichichuan.co.uk

Little Eaton

Belper Aiwakai Karate Club Training for all ages and abilities at Kawagishi Dojo, Milford on Tuesdays at 6.30pm-8.30pm. The general club finishes at 7.45pm followed by advanced session running until 8.30pm. Dave Johnson 07954 371945.

Adult Yoga Little Eaton Village Hall, Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton, DE21 5EA; Wednesday 7.45pm to 9pm, term time only. Anita: 01332 842070.

Chevin Road Baptist Chapel Sundays 10.30-11.30am, Junior Church and coffee. Wednesday Club, various speakers alternate weeks. Thursday: Bible Study 7.30pm.

Friday: monthly Coffee Mornings. Modern Interior, disabled friendly.

New toilet and outside platform lift. Info: 01773 821965.

Baby Sensory Baby development classes at Little Eaton Village Hall, Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton. Meet every Tuesday 10am to 11am.

Call Claire 07967 485855 to book your free trial visit.

Fitness Training Fast Fitness, Little Eaton Park, Mondays 6-6.30pm, £2.50 Circuit Training, Little Eaton Village Hall, Thursdays 6-7pm, £5.00 Contact: Ailsa Waters 07929 610558 Little Eaton Crown Green Bowling Club St Peter’s Park, Vicarage Lane. Valerie Kaye: 01332 834389 or Maurice Walkerdine: 01332 880168.

Little Eaton Dance School Little Eaton Village Hall, Little Eaton Park. Meet Saturdays, children 2 and over. Fun classes in ballet, tap, modern, jazz and acrobatic dance. Julie Law: 01332 835392 or 07342 973166.

Little Eaton Diamonds Football Under-12s. Training Wednesdays 6pm-7pm, matches Sundays. New players welcome. Tim: 07967586849; tjhorwood@hotmail.co.uk Little Eaton Gardening Club Meet at the Village Hall, Vicarage Lane, DE21 5EA every 3rd Wednesday evening of month 7-9pm. (Autumn & Winter) Excursions during summer months & December event. Visitors welcome.

Info: Moira Hutchison 01332 831966.

Little Eaton Jog Derbyshire Group Meet under Village Hall balcony. For all abilities.

Tuesdays 7pm. Fridays 9:15am (during school term time) Saturdays 8:15am Lesley Crane 07973 440589 lesley1crane@gmail.com Little Eaton Lawn Tennis Club St Peter’s Park, Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton. 3 hard courts, open all year.

New members welcome. Visit www.littleeatontennisclub.co.uk for application form.

Little Eaton Players Amateur dramatic group staging several events a year. Rehearsals on Thursdays at Little Eaton OAP Hall, Barley Close, Little Eaton, 7pm. Steve 07970 969874 or littleeatonplayers@hotmail.co.uk Little Eaton Playschool United Reformed Church, Alfreton Road, Little Eaton. Sessional play, care and learning. Monday to Friday for children 2 years to school age.

Free funded places for 3 year olds. New play area and large garden.

07887 990783 or www.littleeatonplayschool.co.uk

Karate & Kick Boxing with Ronin Budo Training on Thursdays 7.30-8.30pm for Karate, 8.30-9.30pm for Kick Boxing.Milford Kawagishi Dojo Riverside Fitness Centre.

Info: Charles Spring 07980 639437 or go to http://www.facebook.com/ RoninBudo or email: charlesspring@btinternet.com Milford & Makeney WI Meet at Milford Baptist Church, 23 Chevin Road, Milford, DE56 OQH. On first Monday afternoon of the month at 2pm. Jo: 01773 825478.

Milford Pre-School Milford Primary School, Chevin Road. Morning, afternoon and lunch club sessions for 2-4 year olds; new 9am – 3pm option for 3 & 4 year olds.

Government funding can be used for certain sessions. 01332 842913.

Pilates with Tabitha Tuesday 9.30-10.15am and Thursday 2-3pm,, Riverside Fitness Centre.

All levels welcome. Please contact Tabitha: 07957 387 333.

Morley & Smalley Morley Book Club Informal meetings every four to six weeks. Details from Beryl Toms: 01332 880107.

Morley WI Morley Hayes, Main Road, Morley, 2nd Tues each month. 7.30pm Contact Linda Jones: 01332 833008 Smalley Art Group Draw and paint at Smalley Institute, 79 Main Road, Smalley, every Tuesday 10am-12 noon, 1.15-3.15pm and 7-9pm. Wednesday 10am – 12 noon. Joining details from Jean Furmston 01332 780804.

Smalley Lawn Tennis Club Off Dobholes Lane, next to cricket ground. Membership forms at Bell Inn, Smalley or Flower Shop, Horsley Woodhouse. New members welcome.

Visit www.smalleytennis.net Smalley Mothers Union Meets at Stainsby Lodge, Smalley on 2nd Tuesday of the month at 2pm.

Contact Jan: 01332 880530.

Smalley WI Church Hall, Main Road, Smalley, on third Thursday each month, 7.15pm. Secretary Ann Upton: 01773 715800.

Little Eaton WI Second Wednesday of the month in the Village Hall, Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton. 7.30pm. President Barbara Adams 01332 832267. or secretaryMarian Ford 01332 840628.

Ripley

Little Stars Drama Class Little Eaton Village Hall. Every Thursday 4-5pm for 5-10 year olds. Big Characters Drama, every Thursday 5-6pm for 12-18 year olds. Dinky Drama, every Friday 10-11am for 18 months – 4 year olds. Contact Fliss Goldsmith 07718 487079 or flippanccreative@yahoo.co.uk for FREE trial session

1st Ripley Scout Group Cubs, Beavers, Scouts 6/14 years for boys and girls. To join call group scout leader, Ron Ashton on 01773 745420 www.1stRipleyScouts.org

Little Eaton Teen Yoga Workshops Various Sundays at Little Eaton OAP Hall. Fun and friendly Yoga workshops for 8-18 year olds. Yoga, Mindfulness, Meditation and Craft. Contact Kirsty 07880721035 or Lynda 07763778339 for details.

Aim Excelsum School of Music Band practice on Mondays – 5.30pm – 6.30pm. Unit F, Sitwell Business Centre, Heage Road Ind Est, Ripley, DE5 3GH. Suitable for 6+ years of age and parents, of all abilities. For further details please email: info@aimexcelsum.co.uk

OAP Hall Barley Close, Little Eaton. £8.50p/h for hire (regular users) or £10p/h (one-off use). Craft Group Monday 1-3pm; Booticamp Babes Tuesday/ Thursday 9.30-10.30am; Oakwood Yoga Tuesday 5.45-9pm; Little Eaton Players Drama Group Thursday 7.30-9.30pm. Over 55s Coffee Morning first Wednesday of every month. Contact Susan Kirkland 01332 832577 for enquiries or bookings.

Allsorts Activities for 0 to 5-year-olds. Free group on Thursdays 10.15am to 11.15am at Salvation Army Church, Heath Road. Further details: 01629 533900

The Friends in Harmony Choir Rehearse at Parish Rooms, Vicarage Road, Little Eaton, Tuesdays 7.30pm to 9pm. New singers welcome.

Conductor Barbara Lowe: 01332 833861.

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The Village Pre-school Little Eaton At the new Little Eaton Village Hall, St Peter’s Park. Mon-Fri & all day on Mondays and Wednesdays. “Pop In” for Carers & under 5’s Fri am. Freeflow indoor and outdoor play.

07890 028346, 01332 834555 www.levillagepreschool.co.uk

4th Ripley Rainbows For girls age 5+. Visit www.girlguiding.org.uk for details

Alphabet Childminding Group Meet at Denby Institute and Ripley Children’s Centre. Childminders wishing to join the group can call Marion on 07952 798808, Claire 07891 956715, Trina 07875 142583.

Amber Valley Access Group Contact Keith Boot 07980 591801. Email info@avag.org.uk www.avag.org.uk Amber Valley Camcorder Club Marehay Miners Welfare, Derby Road, Ripley, meet alternate Tuesdays 7.45pm from September to June.

Geoff Thompson: 01773 748559. avcamclub@gmail.com

Amber Valley CVS Volunteers needed to work with various organisations. Supports older people, families, children, helps and supports local groups giving advice on funding, as well as offering training, facilities and resources.

Further details: 01773 512076.

Amber Valley Stroke Group Meet alternate Fridays at St Joseph’s Hall, Butterley Hill, Ripley.

Supporting stroke survivors. Call Mary 01773 747813.

Little Black Book Ripley Ladies Group Meet 1st Tuesday of every month 7.30pm at Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley. New members very welcome. Contact Gill 01773 744580.

Amber Valley Talking Newspaper People who have difficulty reading can receive tapes of local news (weekly) and magazines (monthly) free of charge. Info: Ellen Hughes 01773 608954.

Ripley Leisure Centre Badminton Club Meet Thursdays 7.30pm – 10.30pm at Ripley Leisure Centre.

Players of a club or local league standard are welcome.

Ladies, Mens & Mixed teams. Info: Kay 01332 883622

Baby Sensory Multi-award winning baby learning and developmental classes suitable from birth to 13 months. Tuesday’s, 10am and 11.15 at Ripley Leisure Centre.

Booking essential: www.babysensory.com/en/ClassDetails/centralderbyshire or contact Marie 07989 443734 for details.

Ripley Memory Cafe Third Thursday of each month 2-4pm, Field Terrace Community Room, Off Slack Ln., DE5 3HL. (Opp. Co-op) Info: Helen Aldridge 01332 208845 or email derbyshire@alzheimers.org.uk

Breastfeeding Support Group Free group for breastfeeding mums & mums to be interested in breastfeeding.

Thurs 1.00 – 2.30, Ripley Children’s Centre, Sandham Lane, Ripley.

Info: 01629 533900.

Centre Stage Theatre Arts Dance, drama and singing for young people 5 to 18. Every Thursday evening during term time, at Mill Hill School, Ripley. Call 01332 232940 or email enquiries@csta.org.uk for details.

Disability Derbyshire Join our support group for people suffering from depression and anxiety.

Last Tues of each month 10.30am-12noon. Field Terrace Community Room, Ripley. Info & attendance confirmation: Disability Derbyshire 01773 740246.

Friendship Circle Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley, every Thursday 10am to 12noon.

Greenhillock’s Fellowship Club for over 50’s. Wood Street Methodist Church, Ripley, Wednesdays 2pm to 3.30pm. Quality entertainment, speakers, social afternoons, quizzes, day trips. David: 01773 423854.

Hearing Help (AV) Social group every 3rd Wednesday 11.45am-2.30pm. Lip Reading Group every Friday 10am-12pm. At 156 Derby Road, Ripley. 01773 570976.

Ivy Grove Surgery Patient Group Meet 7pm last Wednesday monthly (excluding August and December) at Ivy Grove Surgery, Steeple Drive, Ripley, Derbyshire DE5 3TH. New members very welcome. For further information email ivgpatientgroup@gmail.com or visit www.ivygrove.org.uk Little Rascals A play session for parents under 25 and their children. Support and advice available if needed. Tues 1.30pm-2.45pm. (Term time only) Ripley Children’s Centre, Sandham Lane, Ripley. 01629 533900 Messy Mondays Come along & get messy. Free group for children to explore & experiment with new textures & experiences. Mons 10.15am-11.15am, Wood Street Methodist Church. 01629 533900. Please wear old clothes.

Moorwood Moor Angling Club Ponds on Inns Lane, South Wingfield, daily 6am to 10pm. More details on membership, and junior teach-in sessions from John and Kath: 01773 746486 Musical Dimension Singing group available for bookings – all monies raised donated to local charities. Practice nights Tuesdays 7.30pm at Marehay Methodist Chapel, Ripley.

Call 01773 742017 for details and to book or visit www.musicaldimension.co.uk Ripley (Amber Valley) Lions Club Meet every first Monday of the month at the Kestrel Inn, Marehay, 8pm.

Geoff Bacon: 01773 608786.

Ripley Absolute Beginners Jog Group Meet Ripley Leisure Centre 9.00am Sunday mornings.

Email: jogripley@hotmail.co.uk or tel: Rachel 07772 760258.

Ripley Morris Men Male Cotswold Morris Side, meet every Thursday at Fritchley Church Hall, Fritchley, 8pm to 10pm. New and experienced dancers and musicians welcome. 01773 743560.

Ripley Poetry Reading Group Meet at Ripley Library, Grosvenor Road, Ripley, twice monthly, Thursday afternoons, 2pm to 4pm. Janet Dawson 01773 513247.

Ripley Recorded Music Society Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley. Meet twice a month, Thursday evening at 7.30pm until 9.30pm. To promote interest in an appreciation of classical music through the recording medium. Concert visits & Christmas social. Contact Philip Outram, Secretary, 01773 746939. www.thefrms.co.uk/affprogs/ripley.htm Ripley Residents’ Association Meetings last Monday of each month 6.30pm, Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley. Advice and guidance on issues or concerns residents may have in a friendly, supportive setting. Info: Ruth Burton 07815301528.

Ripley Rotary Club Meet Tuesdays 6:40 for 7pm at Lumb Farm Country Club, Derby Road, Marehay, Ripley. New members welcome. Contact Secretary on 01773 747415 or email: ripleyrotaryclub@aol.com Ripley Royal British Legion Branch 3669 Meet first Thursday of every month at The Sir Barnes Wallis Public House, Maple Avenue, Ripley 7.30-9.00pm. All welcome. Info: Chair Dean Fowler 07966 442387 or email dean.fowler1@btinternet.com Ripley Running Club Meet at Ripley Leisure Centre, Derby Road, Ripley every Tuesday at 6.45pm Runners of all abilities welcome. More info: Eleanor Robinson on 01773 541950, or mail@ripleyrunningclub.com www.ripleyrunningclub.com Ripley School of Dancing Ballroom, Latin American & Old Time Classical. Children’s class Saturdays 9.30 – 11.30am. Adult’s practice/tuition class Mondays 7.30 – 8.30pm. Private lessons by appointment at Marehay Methodist Chapel, Ripley. Brenda Jackson 01773 749948.

Ripley Tuesday Club Club for over 60’s. Meet every Tues, 2-4 pm at Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley. Speakers, Bingo, other events and days out. All welcome.

Contact Eileen Towndrow 01773 741329.

Ripley WI Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley. 2nd Thursday every month at 7pm.

Contact: Christine Byard 01773 745170.

Tae Kwon-Do Classes Ripley Infants School, Kirk Close, Ripley DE5 3RY. Tues & Fri at 6pm.

David: 01773 744031.

Twistin’ Tikes Music for ages 3-5, 1.30-2.30pm, Planet Happy, Heage Rd Ind. Est., Ripley.

Contact Jacqui 07977578359, info@twistintots.co.uk, www.facebook/twistin tots.

Ripley Amateur Drama Group Meet every Mon at Mill Hill School. 7.30pm – 9.30pm.

Info: Terry Thorpe 01773 743471

Twistin’ Tots Fridays at Planet Happy, Heage Rd Ind. Est., Ripley. 9.30-10.30 & 11-12 noon.

Music and play for under 5s. Contact Jacqui 07977578359, info@twistintots.co.uk, www.facebook/twistin tots.

Ripley and District Gardening Club Every third Saturday at Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley 3pm to 5pm. New members very welcome.

Unicorns Support group for parents & carers of children with additional or complex needs or disabilities. 2nd Weds of month. 1.15pm-2.45pm, Ripley Children’s Centre. Tel: 01629 533900.

Ripley and District Heritage Trust Meet Ripley Town Hall Thursdays 2pm-4pm. New members welcome – contact Tim Castledine on 01773 746954.

Ripley & District Twinning Association Twinned with Chateau Renault, France. Monthly meetings.

Details from Roland: 01773 746543.

Ripley & District U3A Monthly meetings at St Joseph’s Church Hall, Butterley Hill, Ripley. Dates vary.

Many different interests catered for. Call Tony 01773 603222.

Ripley Cadets Parade on Monday & Thursday 18.45-21.00 at the Cadet Centre, Mill Hill School. Open to all young people 12-18. Contact: Jo Moody 0785 2102104 Ripley Green Garters Ladies North West Morris Dance Team meet every Tuesday at St Joseph’s Church Hall, Butterley Hill, Ripley, 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

Dancers and musicians welcome. 01773 743560.

Ripley Hospital League of Friends Ripley Hospital, second Thursday of the month at 7.30pm. To raise funds for the health, welfare and comfort of patients and staff.

Mrs Phyllis Holmes: 01773 747355

WaistWise Free NHS Weight Management Service, available throughout Amber Valley all year round. To find your nearest one call Derbyshire Health Promotion Service on 01246 868468.

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Index

Joinery: SW Joinery

Accountant: Amber Accountancy Aerials: AMC Aerials Airport Transfers: Connect Cars Airport Transfers: Holbrook Travel Alarms: ALW Security Animal Welfare: The Cat’s Protection League Architect: Green 2K Design Architect: Pilkington Architecture Auctioneers & Valuers: Hansons

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Bathrooms: Affordable Kitchens & Bathrooms Bathrooms: Duo Kitchens & Bathrooms Beauty Salon: Prestige Bedrooms: Contour Furnishings Bicycle Repairs: M. Velo Bicycle Store: Cyclo Monster Blinds: UK Blinds Building Work: Bennett Construction Building Work: Gary Wain Building Work: JJN Building Work: K J Developments Building Work: Little Job Building Co Building Work: Peak Building Building Work: Thorp Developments

57 61 31 70 16 29 60 45 52 67 51 50 56 41

Car Body Repairs: B A Kelf Car Body Repairs: ChipsAway Car Body Repairs: Martin Buxton Car Sales, Servicing, Repairs, MOTs: Geoff Cox Car Servicing Repairs, MOTs: 20Ten Garage Services Car Servicing Repairs, MOTs: Little Eaton Garage Care Home: Ashmere Care Homes Carer Services: Amber Valley Total Care Carpet/Upholstery Cleaning: Jonelle Carpets & Flooring: Ian Wilson Carpets & Flooring: T Nutt & Sons Catering: Fine Feast Catering Children’s Soft Play Centre: Planet Happy Children’s Store: Children’s Choice Chimney Sweep: Sooty & Sweep Computer Repairs: Computer Repair 4 U Craft Activities: Crafts Cornucopia

35 38 35 2 37 38 82 84 4 50 7 25 72 1 4 9 4

Disco & Karaoke: L.O.L Disco Drama Classes: Flippan C Creative Driveways & Landscaping: JGS

25 86 67

Education: Derby Grammar School Education: Derby High School Education: Derbyshire County Council Adult Education Electrician: A Hallam Electrician: Andy Hill Electrician: Darren Blagg Electrician: JB Electrical & Security Systems Electrician: Karl Chamberlain Electrician: LECAW Electrical Electrician: McPherson-Davis Electrician: TME Electrical Estate Agent: Your Move

77 73 74 70 51 44 44 43 48 40 62 11

Financial Advice: Belper IFS Florist: Floraline Foot Health: Amber Feet

10 80 28

Garage Doors: Ockbrook Garage Doors Garden Machinery Sales & Repairs: Easy Sales & Service Garden Services: AJS Grounds Maintenance Garden Services: Jaam Properties Garden & Property Services: The Garden Guy

62 54 59 43 59

Hair Salon: Authentic Self Hair Salon: Katie Weeds Hair Design Hair Salon: Prestige Handyman: TCA Home Maintenance Home & Garden Maintenance: H & H House & Garden Hotel: The Derby Hotel Blackpool

28 26 31 54 51 23

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Kitchens: Affordable Kitchens & Bathrooms 57 Kitchens: Duo Kitchens & Bathrooms 61 Kitchens: Holtams 46 Ladies Wear: Blue Water Ladies Wear: White Wardrobe Landscaping Services: David A Ball Landscaping Services: Langley Landscaping Services Ltd Lawn Care: Lawn 3 Locksmith: Ripley Locksmiths

3 13 51 69 64 4

Mobility Services: DMS (Derby Mobility Services)

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Nutrition Advice: Nutrition & Wellbeing Coach

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