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Friendship Blooms – FREE FLOWERS
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 make a difference. Let All Things Local surprise them with a fresh bouquet of flowers.
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Rachael Collins from Fleur Florist
All Things Local has joined forces with Rachael Collins (pictured) from Fleur Florist of King Street, Belper to offer readers the chance to show their appreciation for a fellow member of the community.
The recipient of this issue’s bouquet is Julia Buxton from Kilburn. She was nominated by her neighbour Amy Fones. Here’s what Amy wrote:
“I would like to nominate my neighbour Julia Buxton to receive the Friendship Blooms bouquet because a few weeks ago, one Friday morning, my shop delivery driver was having a hard time bringing my food shopping to my house so I had to come out with my baby to get the multiple bags. Julia was getting ready to start her shift when she saw me through her window and didn’t hesitate to come out to help me carry my bags, which is why I feel she deserves this nomination as she showed good civil character by going out of her way to help me, I hope that All Things Local can help me make her day so that she feels appreciated by her community. Thank you.”
Amy Fones.
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 the distribution area of All Things Local Village Edition (listed on front cover). Just write your nomination on a piece of paper and send to Friendship Blooms, All Things Local, 74 Woodhouse Road, Kilburn, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 0NA or e-mail your nomination to karyn@allthingslocal.co.uk putting ‘Friendship Blooms’ as the subject. Please include your full name, address and daytime telephone number on your nomination.
Julia Buxton with her beautiful bouquet presented by Amy Fones and her daughter Francisca.
Closing date for nominations for the next issue is Wednesday 19 October 2022.
All nominations are kept on file and you will be contacted if your nomination has been selected. Contact information is only used by All Things Local; no information is given to any third party.
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Community Local History
Belper People of the Past: Elizabeth Grummit Kiddy Ashton
Near the top of the Market Place is an imposing three-storey building, now a hairdresser and beauty salon. For many years it was a druggists (the old name for a pharmacy) owned by Samuel Kiddy. Elizabeth Grummit moved there when she married Samuel in 1855.
Elizabeth was born in 1828 into a farming family at Elsthorpe Grange, Lincolnshire. At the age of 27 she accepted a marriage proposal from the fifty-year-old Samuel Kiddy. Samuel had his finger in many pies. He held a position on Belper Waterworks, was a Guardian at Belper Workhouse, a churchwarden at St Peter’s and served on the Carnival Committee. He was a Freemason, a dealer of nails and lead and rented land near the station from the Strutt Estate where he was complemented on the excellence of his turnips. In the recession of 1855, together with other businessmen, he set up a soup kitchen for the poor which he promised would continue every week “so long as trade continues in so depressed a state”.
Elizabeth would have enjoyed being the wife of an influential Belper businessman. In an age when women’s prospects were limited she had found a new way of life away from the farm and had a comfortable life above the shop with a servant. Years before his marriage Samuel had taken in his young nephew, John Ashton, to train as an apprentice. Later John took over management of Samuel’s second shop in Ripley and married Ellen Hall. They had six children but five died in infancy and one child, Arthur William, survived. Unfortunately in 1878 John’s wife Ellen died, leaving him to bring up the five-year-old boy.
Elizabeth and Samuel had 24 years of marriage, but no children. Samuel died in 1879 at the age of 74 and was buried with all honours in St Peter’s Churchyard. After Samuel’s death John took over the Belper shop, something he and his uncle may have been working towards since John’s childhood.
The widow Elizabeth moved to Rotherhithe, London where she had friends or family. Then things moved quickly. Within a year of Samuel’s death John proposed to her and they were married in Rotherhithe in 1880. He was five years her junior and they had known each other for about 25 years. Belper eyebrows would have been raised at the speed of their marriage after their spouses’ deaths, but it was very convenient for both parties. It must have been gratifying to Elizabeth to come back to her old home on the Market Place. They re-named the business Kiddy & Ashton, but sadly the couple had little time together as John died in 1882. She arranged for his burial in Belper Cemetery next to his first wife with a memorial inscription to Ellen and their five lost children: “They are without fault before the throne of God.”
Elizabeth promptly sold the business and moved with her stepson Arthur into Ashton’s old house on New Road, supported by a couple of servants. The Census of 1891 is the last record I can find for her. Arthur flourished as a farmer, married Emily Adshead of Fenny Bentley Hall, then later became a druggist like his father. A daughter was born in 1905 but Arthur was killed in the First World War. Elizabeth Ashton disappears from the records and in spite of help from a researcher more skilled than I am, her subsequent life remains a mystery.
Charles Southern bought the business from Elizabeth. He also married a widow – but that’s another story…
The druggist shop on the Market Place today – now a beauty salon and hairdresser
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Upbeat
Variety of Scams Reported in Derbyshire
Technology is an important part of our lives, but sadly it can make us vulnerable, too. We do see a variety of scams in Derbyshire, with some targeting people who perhaps aren’t as confident using technology. However, it is important to remember that these cons can be sophisticated and catch out even the most tech-savvy of people.
One tactic is messages, often on Whatsapp, beginning ‘Hi Mum’ or ‘Hi Dad’. The scammer pretends to be a friend or family member who has broken their phone and is messaging from a new number. They will urgently ask for money transferring to pay for a replacement or general bills. These scams can be quite convincing, and there have been cases nationally where the victim transferred multiple amounts of money before realising the recipient wasn’t who they thought.
Detective Constable Tammy Barnes, Fraud Protect Officer, said: “Being contacted urgently by a relative is always concerning, and the desire to help in an emergency is what the criminals are relying on. If you ever get a message from a friend or family member that you think is suspicious, especially when they ask for money or personal details, always call them and confirm their identity before doing anything else.”
We’ve also seen cases of fraud by buyers on Facebook Marketplace presenting fake screenshots to prove payment and leaving the sellers out of pocket. If you are selling something, always check your own bank account to make sure the money has cleared before parting with any goods. If the purchase is online, use trusted web links and not those supplied by the buyer.
Technology, for most, makes our daily lives easier. Unfortunately, this is also true for criminals. Follow Action Fraud’s Take Five to Stop Fraud to protect yourself:
1. Stop – Take five minutes to stop and think before parting with your money or information.
2. Challenge – Could it be fake? It’s okay to reject, refuse or ignore any requests. Only criminals will try to rush or panic you.
3. Protect - If you think you’ve been a victim of fraud, contact your bank immediately and report it to Action Fraud online or by calling 0300 123 2040.
Useful Numbers
Doctors & Hospitals, Emergencies
Appletree Medical Practice Arthur Medical Centre 01332 842288 01332 880249
Amber Pharmacy Crimestoppers
01332 985950 0800 555111 Drug Helpline (24 hour) 0800 776600 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) 116123 Severn Trent Water 0800 7834444 Social Care Services - Call Derbyshire 01629 533190 Water Floodline 08459 881188 Whitemoor Medical Centre 01773 880099
Post Offices
Belper (Strutt Street) 01773 820108 Duffield 01332 840105 Kilburn 01332 880444 Little Eaton 01332 832780 Sawmills 01773 852060 Smalley 01332 882222 Stanley 0345 7223344 Stanley Common 0345 6112970
Travel
Birmingham Airport 0871 222 0072 East Midlands Airport 0800 083 8759 East Midlands Trains 03457 125678 Manchester Airport 0808 1697030 National Rail Enquiries 03457 484950 Roads - to report a fault 01629 580000 Traveline – public transport info 0871 2002233
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PC Tips from your ‘Local’ Computer Tutor Scam Text Messages
Recently I received a message informing me that my Apple Pay had been suspended and suggested I click on the link to log into my account. I hadn’t had any issues earlier in the day. I was making an online purchase to Argos so I decided to use my Apple Pay to test it. All was fine! I checked the settings on my phone and checked the bank account associated with my Apple Pay; no problem there. It would have been very easy for me to trust this message and click on the link without making any alternative checks. Keep Alert!
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Bereavement Matters
This month saw a new visitor arriving at our funeral home, in the form of a Subaru Impreza sports car which had been recently converted into a hearse.
Sadly, as you would imagine, the occasion was a solemn one, being that of a young man who died in an accident and whose family wanted him to take his final journey in a fitting manner.
In this case, the car was a perfect match: it was just the kind of car he would have loved to have driven himself and it summed up his personality, interests, youth and love of driving.
It also adds to the collection of alternative hearses that we have hired on behalf of our families or are available for hire.
Over the previous weeks we were visited by a converted Morris Minor Traveller and a vintage lorry, while in the past we have arranged funerals involving a motorbike and sidecar, a Land Rover and a VW camper.
Our latest brochure is the first ever to feature a whole page of alternative hearses and I’m sure we will be adding many more in the future, because this is a growing market.
There is no doubt that the vehicles we choose to drive come to characterise us, whether we’re a Mini Cooper person or a BMW-type. Then there are those our parents used to drive, which bring back memories of journeys or family holidays.
I only had to sit in a vintage car during a visit to Drive Dad’s Car in Ambergate recently to send my mind back to the day trips we took in my dad’s Ford Consul, where the feel of the upholstery, the primitive controls and the exterior styling all combine to create the same sense of nostalgia you can sense when a Morris Minor Traveller turns up at a crematorium or provoke the sigh of pleasure when a Land Rover Defender arrives at the funeral for a farmer.
The drive to make funerals more personal is in full flow in the industry and since few things are as personal as our choice of vehicle, expect to see many more unusual hearses pulling up at a crematorium near you.
By Anthony Topley Funeral director, Gillotts Funeral Directors, Abbott Street, Heanor
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Index
Accommodation: Shining Cliff Hostel Accountant: Easy Accounts Ltd Accountant: Yeomans Accountancy Ltd Aerials: Aerial Technology of Ripley
83 9 6 52 Airport Transfers: Holbrook Travel 15 Alterations & Dressmaking: The Duffield Dressmaker 15 Animal Welfare: The Cats Protection League 4 Architect: BDS Architecture 67
Bathrooms: Bathtime Heanor Bathrooms: Belper Kitchens & Bathrooms Bathrooms: Best One Bathrooms Bathrooms: Browns Builders Merchants 58 65 39 44
Bathrooms: Paul M Longden
47 Bedrooms: Contour Furnishings 72 Builder’s Merchant/Landscaping Products: Browns 44 Building Work: 3Sixty Property Solutions 50 Building Work: Bennett Construction 70 Building Work: Harrison & Son 60 Building Work: JJN Building Services 62 Building Work: Simon Owen Response 67 Building Work: TDB Builders 49
Car Body Repairs & Servicing: B A Kelf Car Body Repairs: ChipsAway Car Body Repairs: Martin Buxton
29 28 29 Car Key Replacement: Belper Car Keys 9 Car Servicing, Repairs, MOTs: 20Ten Garage Services 27 Care Home Job Opportunity: Ashmere 12 Carer Services: Right at Home 84 Carpets & Flooring: Ian Wilson 56 Carpets & Flooring: Spondon Carpets 59 Carpets & Flooring: T Nutt & Sons 7 Cash for Jewellery, Watches etc 17 Chimney Sweep: Paul Fiddes 37 Cleaning/Sanitising Service: Janine Cleaning 14 Cleaning/Sanitising Service: Molly Maid 15 Cleaning/Sanitising Service: The Cleaning Lady 14 Cleaning/Sanitising Service: Time for You 15 Computer Support: Eaton PCs 9 Computer Support: PC Support 9 Computer Tuition: Computer Tutor for U 83 Conservatories, Windows, Doors: Abbey Glass 88 Curtains, Blinds & Soft Furnishings: Joy Clarke 52 Curtains, Blinds & Soft Furnishings: St Denis Interiors 50
Dentist: Glendair Dental Practice Dentures: Beautiful Dentures
35 34 Dog Grooming: Top Hat ‘n’ Tails 4 Door Maintenance & Repair: Door Maintenance & Repair 46
Education: Derbyshire County Council Adult Education 77 Electrical Goods Retailer: Lester & Nix 4 Electrician: Andy Hill 54 Electrician: Devenport Electrical 50 Electrician: McPherson-Davis 46 Electrician: Midlec 28 Electrician: PAS Electrical 61 Electrician: TME Electrical 47
Fencing: ColourFence Financial Advice: Belper IFS Florist: Fleur Florist Footcare: Amber Feet Footcare: Nahele Holistics Funeral Directors: Gillotts Funeral Services Funeral Directors: Thomas Ryde & Son Furniture Makers: Incite Interiors 48 10 78 33 33 85 83 40
Garage Doors: Garolla Garage Doors: Ockbrook Garage Doors Garden Living: Cabin Master Garden Services: Bottlebrook Gardening Garden Services: Gardens of Wildlife Garden Services: Pennine Gutter Clearance: Gutter PRO 56 61 3 69 53 47 49
Hearing Specialist: Audiyo
87 Heating & Accessories: Robeys 51 Hospitality Recruitment: The Pattenmakers Arms 13 Hotel: The Kedleston Country House 22 Hotel: Morley Hayes
Ironing Service: Perfectly Pressed
Joinery: Bethell’s Joinery Joinery: R&D Joinery
Kitchens: Ascot Bespoke Kitchens Kitchens: Belper Kitchens & Bathrooms Kitchens: Dream Doors Kitchens: Holtams Kitchens: Paul M Longden Kitchens: Sonna Kitchens 23
15
46 54
57 65 43 63 47 42
Landscaping: Harrison & Son
60 Landscaping: Mount Pleasant Landscaping 73 Lawn Mowing & Hedge Cutting: Lawns & Hedges 53 Log Supplies: Robeys 61
Massage: Equilibrium 35
Osteopath: Osteopathy Derby 32
Painter & Decorator: Duffield Decorators Ltd 49 Painter & Decorator: John the Painter 64 Painter & Decorator: M Bates 72 Painter & Decorator: Roy Milner 43 Personal Trainer: Alex Robinson 31 Pest Control: Breadsall Pest Control 54 Pest Control: MW Pest Control 53 Pet Care Services: The Pet Servant 4 Plastering: Claxton Plastering 49 Plastering: JM Plastering & Property Maintenance 46 Plastering: McPherson-Davis 46 Plumbing & Heating: Blacks 53 Plumbing & Heating: CB 64 Plumbing & Heating: Dervale Maintenance 47 Plumbing & Heating: LEEVA Plumbing & Heating 71 Plumbing & Heating: Martyn Young Heating & Plumbing 68 Plumbing & Heating: MDA 47 Plumbing & Heating: R Fearn 52 Plumbing & Heating: Scott 54 Plumbing & Heating: Woodward 61 Properties Wanted for Cash: Ethical Property Partners 38 Property Maintenance: 3Sixty Property Solutions 50 Property Maintenance: David Grey 50 Property Maintenance: JM Plastering & Property Maintenance 46 Property Maintenance: Kev Property Services 61 Public House: The Coach at Horsley 23 Public House: The Sitwell Arms 22 Public House: The Spotted Cow 21
Residential Care Home: Coxbench Hall 81
Restaurant: The Coach at Horsley Restaurant: The Kedleston Country House
23 22 Restaurant: Mezzo 25 Restaurant/Function Rooms/Hotel: Morley Hayes 23 Restaurant/Function Room: The Sitwell Arms 22 Restaurant: The Spotted Cow 21 Roofing: GB Roofing Services 67 Roofing: Harris Roofing Services 70 Roofing: Harrison & Son 60 Roofing: Ripley Rubber Roofing 64 Security: Prestige 64
Solicitors: Shacklocks Solicitors: Smith Partnership 8 11
Taxi: Holbrook Travel Tree Care: ArborEx Tree Care: Charnwood Tree Services Tree Care: Clip ‘Em & Fell ‘Em Tree Care: Pennine Tyres: Best Grip Tyres & Exhausts: ETS 15 73 58 73 47 1 2
Walking Footwear: Rock Fall UK 16
Windows, Doors & Conservatories: Total Home Improvements 66 Windows, Doors & Conservatories: Trade Windows 55 Woodburning Stoves: Robeys 51
