Voice Magazines - Broadmeadows, South Normanton, Blackwell, Newton & Hilcote Edition - August 2021

AUG ‘21

BROADMEADOWS, SOUTH NORMANTON, BLACKWELL, NEWTON & HILCOTE

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From the Editor Hi Readers, You all know by now that we’re animal mad at Voice Magazines! So with that in mind, I set our chief designer, Lisa, a bit of a challenge this month. As we now have 10 magazines in total and we have 10 dogs between us, it made sense that for International Dog Day on the 26th August, I thought it’d be nice for Lisa to draw and paint each of our dogs and then place them on a picture with a caption that suits their personalities.

with these challenges but I’m not going to lie, it has not been easy, even for a talented painter like Lisa. I think you’ll all agree though, what a truly fantastic job she has done!

I’m super proud of what she has created and now she’s back speaking to me again now, so all is good in the hood!

In other animal madness, if you’re on social media, you would have seen our Alpaca adoration day! We are so fortunate that Brackenfield Alpacas let us pop over and walk some of their beautiful boys. You can see all about it online and if you fancy it yourself, why not enter our competition? It was awesome and it’s not just for the kids!!!

See you next month,

Emily x P.S. Don’t forget to mention the ‘Voice’ when you use any of the companies in this magazine I know that really, really, really deep down, and wayyyy after the fact when the task has been achieved, she loves it when I come up

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To advertise email info@voicemagazines.co.uk or call us on 01773 549 035 Printed by Newman Thomson Ltd and distributed to 5,200 homes in Broadmeadows, South Normanton, Blackwell, Newton & Hilcote. Disclaimer: No responsibility is accepted by Voice Magazines Limited for claims, errors or omissions made in advertisements appearing in this issue. All advertisers are accepted in good faith and we are not responsible for views expressed by contributor or other sources. Reproduction of the contents of this magazine is not Voice549 Magazines Limited, 81 High Street, South Normanton, Derbyshire. DE55 2BP. Registered in England permitted without the prior consent ofcall the publisher.

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are totally dedicated to providing a first class service second to none in Alfreton and surrounding area and we wish to thank all our customers for their loyalty.

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He served a five year City and Guilds Apprenticeship followed up by a Full Technician qualification.

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BRACKENFIELD ALPACAS

The Voice Magazine team were incredibly lucky to be invited for the unique experience of a 90-minute Alpaca trek which includes the opportunity to meet and feed all the lovely Alpacas.

of which had only been born a few hours before we arrived.

Everyone was amazed at how big she was and how steady she was on her feet. They were all so cute staying close by their mothers. Happiness is a baby Alpaca!

We all arrived at Mount Pleasant Farm and our friendly hosts gave us a very entertaining and informative introduction to the Alpacas, the different varieties, their uses and a little about their individual personalities.

Continuing our trek, we visited lots of different areas of the farm, with plenty of photo opportunities. The Alpacas do tend to stop quite a lot enabling us to enjoy lots of Alpaca stroking, petting, and cuddling along the way (they are so soft and cuddly).

The alpacas were harnessed ready to go. Each chose the Voice team member they wanted to walk with, and we were off. There was lots stops to nibble grass and bushes (the Alpacas had a bit to eat as well!).

First stop the area around the female Alpacas field enclosure where we all instantly fell in love with the baby Alpacas, one

We all had a fantastic time. I think each and every one of us would have happily taken at least one of the Alpacas home with us.

Thank you for having us Brackenfield Alpacas we had a wonderful time.

PRIZE - Name the baby Alpaca and bring the family for a meet and greet with new mother Miss Fay, her baby and all the other Alpacas.

Last month the beautiful Miss Fay gave birth to her daughter. (Date – 20/7/2021, Time - 2pm weight- 10kg) The tan-brown ball of fluff is ready to be named. So, get your thinking caps on!

We are running a competition to name the newborn baby Alpaca.

The prize includes not only a meet and greet of both mother and baby but also a family ticket to do an alpaca trek with a meet and feed all the lovely alpacas at Brackenfield.

To enter simply email your Alpaca baby names to the following email info@voicemagazines.co.uk with the title ‘Alpaca Baby Names Competition’, including your name and telephone number no later than 23rd August 2021 Brackenfield Alpacas gave us this information about Miss Fay:Miss Fay was born on the 2 July 2018 and weighed 11kgs, which is big for an Alpaca. As a result, she struggled to get underneath and to feed from Miss Lily (her mother) and very nearly died when she was a few days old. Our local vet, Fay, was able to save her and as a result we named her Miss Fay. Because she could not feed from her mother, we had to bottle feed her for the first 6 months. We trained her to run over to us when we whistled to get her bottle of milk. Since her rocky start she has flourished and grown into one of the biggest Alpacas on the farm. Despite this, we still call her ‘Little Miss Fay’, which is what we called her when she was a poorly baby. She was mated in 2020 with Arabian Night (a handsome chestnut brown Alpaca).

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CHESTERFIELD SHOP MOBILITY The only hire service in Chesterfield and the surrounding areas disability organisations in the Derbyshire area and was a real value add to the Charity. Both Colin and Christine can empathise with their customers as they have direct experience of the barriers people with a disability face as they both manage their own disabilities.

Chesterfield shop mobility offer workshop repairs, long term, and short-term hire of scooters, they carry out regular checks and services on all scooters. The long-term loans of scooters have no time limit in fact, the longest long-term loan a customer accessed so far is 25 years.

This week I went along to shop mobility to meet the fantastic team. After getting slightly lost, I finally arrived on the ground floor of the multi-story car park on New Beetwell Street where Chesterfield Shop Mobility is based. This base is in the town centre of the beautiful market town of Chesterfield. As you can see from the picture, Chesterfield Shop Mobility have many scooters on offer, which they have all set out for you to view.

35 years ago, 3 people with the same disabilities met with Chesterfield Borough Council as they noticed that there were people struggling to get around Chesterfield and surrounding areas (Derbyshire being a very hilly place to live). They wanted a service for people to be able to accesses scooters when purchasing was out of their reach. Christine, along with two others, decided to set up shop mobility to assist the locals and visitors of Chesterfield and surrounding areas in their endeavours to circumnavigate Derbyshire and its varied attractions.

Chesterfield & District Shop Mobility Charity started with 3 scooters opening 6 days a week. The services Shop Mobility provided become very popular very quickly. Shop Mobility worked together with Chesterfield community transport for many years, but separated into two Charities in 2005.

They also offer Tracks and trails, where they take special scooters for people to use on days out when the terrain is not suitable for none specialised scooters. They offer guided days out and a drop off / collection service. These services are currently used by Queens Park, Chesterfield Canal, Holmebrook Valley Country Park, and other venues.

To find out more please go to the Shop Mobility Facebook page or call Shop Mobility for more detail.

Christine, seen here on power chaired, says “this is far more comfortable than a manual wheelchair” for people who are in wheelchairs for most of the day this offers a more comfortable alternative. This power chaired even has a recline feature.

Colin is seen here on the tracks and trails scooter, just as its name says, it is a specialised scooter for use on track and trails where other scooters would struggle.

Shop Mobility Chesterfield can drop your scooter to you at the start of your trail and collect it when your all finished. Even if your finish line differs from your start line.

Anthony is seen here on the town centre service scooter, ideal to get in and out of the town centre the shops.

Elaine is seen here on the boot scooter; this scooter is ideal for holidays and days out. It folds to fit in most boot spaces and is the perfect addition to any day trip or holiday.

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Pat, a Battle of Britain baby, celebrated her 80th birthday last year. Amongst her gifts was a flight in a Spitfire which she willingly undertook on the 13th of June. Having flown over London, she also flew two victory rolls before being handed control of this short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft that came into its own during the Battle of Britain.

Not bad going for an 80 year old great granny.

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3. Mix the fromage frais, garlic, sliced spring onions, lemon zest and juice and some black pepper together in a bowl and set aside.

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Tony and Julie invited the Voice Magazine team along for a meal to TJ’S restaurant. Situated within the George & Dragon Public House in the village of Newton.

Starters • Creamy Garlic Mushrooms served with a dressed salad with lush warm crusty bread, this generous size potion of mouth-watering mushrooms with lashings of sauce, • Prawn Cocktail severed with salad and soft brown bread and butter, plenty of plump prawns, in a delicious creamy Marie Rose sauce, • Spicy Vegetable Soup with Warm Crusty Roll, full of flavour, a tastebuds sensation.

• Lightly grilled Seabass served with dressed salad, lemon and tarragon butter • Thai Fishcakes served with a dressed salad and a sweet chilli sauce

Mains • Pie of the Day Today the pie was steak, succulent large pieces of incredible tender beef in a delicious homemade thick gravy surrounded in a shortcrust pastry. Served with crispy thick cut homemade chips, and seasonal selection of fresh vegetables • Vegetable Lasagne served with garlic bread, dressed salad, thick cut homemade chips • Wrap Cajun Chicken with a choice of dressings (I went with the sweet chilli) - Served with homemade thick-cut chips and salad.

• Lasagne served with garlic bread, dressed salad, homemade thick cut chips • Roast beef salad thick cut tender slices of locally sourced beef, with array of salad beautiful presentation.

• Grilled Gammon served with egg, homemade thick cut chips and a dressed salad

Desserts • Creamy Dreamy Lemon Cheesecake crispy biscuit base with ample amounts of the beautiful thick layered cheese filling infused with lemon flavouring, just yummmmmmmy • Chocolate Fudge Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream Who doesn’t love chocolate fudge cake with soft moist sponge and lashings of decadent chocolate sauce? Perfect • Syrup Sponge with lashes of Custard.

An enjoyable evening had by all, with beautifully presented food cooked to perfection.

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Please quote THE 50 PLUS VOICE when ringing or bring this advert to get FREE delivery OR FREE arm protectors I know it has been said a million times but … what a strange 18 months that has just been!

Covid has affected nearly every aspect of life from work and school to everyday activities like getting groceries.

We all here at South Normanton Post Office considered ourselves amongst the fortunate few who were able to continue to come to work and maintain some “normality” in our lives.

It has now been over 25 years since we turned up on that very first day, nervous and naïve, ready to serve the good people of South Normanton and surrounding area. It is fair to say that over that time we have seen our fair share of changes both out and about and behind our counters.

Who can remember tax discs, pension and allowance books, French francs and Spanish pesetas, first class stamps that cost 20p, national savings accounts, dog licenses to name but a few.

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Adapting is something we have all had to do particularly true in recent times - and it sometimes seems hard to adjust when we all really crave familiarity.

As we navigate our way through life’s twists and turns, the team at South Normanton Post Office want to provide a modern, approachable but also a warmly familiar environment to support you in this journey.

Postal services remain at the heart of what we do every day as well as bill payments, vehicle tax and currency etc but did you know that we accept deposits (both personal and business) for all the uk banks over the counter?

As well as the ability to withdraw from the same accounts is particularly useful when you stop and consider how many of us have had our local bank branch close down. We are open six days a week in the Market Place and looking forward to see you all soon.

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The story of Betty Kenny is a local legend dating back to the 18th Century. It is claimed that Betty (actual name Kate Kenyon) and her husband Luke were charcoal burners who often lived in the Shining Cliff Woods under the shade of a particular Yew tree. It was in this tree that Betty used to rock her children to sleep singing them ‘rock-a-bye baby’ and it is often puported that this is where the nursery rhyme originated.

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Dogs - or rather their earlier incarnation… wolves - were the first animal to be domesticated by humans, archaeological evidence suggests this may have begun to happen at least 30,000 years ago. Like people, wolves are pack animals, they need other pack members to survive, and if a wolf puppy were accepted into a group of humans, it isn’t hard to see that his natural wolfish instincts would transfer to his ‘people pack’. Our early ancestors may have used their tamed wolves to help them hunt, and over time chose the traits they valued most to selectively breed animals - ultimately leading to the huge variety of dog breeds we know and love today.

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What a month! I signed off my last article saying I hoped to be writing this one with England as European champions - as I write this, we’re in the final. Hopefully by the time you’re reading it we’ve all celebrated a little too much, drank a little too much ale and had a great time watching the game with friends/family.

As for the club, I mentioned previously about hopefully having some younger teams on board too. We’re delighted to confirm we now have 2 Under 9s teams, an Under 11s, an Under 15s and an Under 18s next season as well as a men’s reserve and a first team in the senior section. We have plans to grow this into more and more teams - but for now, it’s about getting the foundations in place to allow this to happen. Massive thanks to Fletch for his leg work in bringing this to fruition, and welcome on board to every new coach, volunteer, parent, spectator and player! It’s great to have you on board with us.

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The Lambretta has left the building....

The time had arrived to return to a certain level of sanity. The Lambretta was for sale and it was time for the next generation to take up the challenge of pushing it round and swearing at it.

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The transatlantic slave trade is a dark piece of British history. But just imagine if the story was reversed. If young people from the UK and Europe had been kidnapped from their homes and put on board slave ships for the New World.

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The history of most villages starts with the entry in the Domesday survey of 1086.

To search for any semblance of ‘Pinxton’, Will result in disappointment.

All the other parishes in the ‘Scarsdale Hundred’ are recognisable; except ‘Pinxton’, it appears under the name of ‘Esnotrewic; Why then was the parish we now know as Pinxton so named?

A copy of an old map in the possession of the author, shows the former location of the old threefield system of agriculture, on site of Brookhill Industrial Estate.

The old name for the road from Pinxton Toll Bar to Selston was Beaufit Lane. On the left-hand side of (now) Station Road, and within living memory, stood Manor farm.

All these are indicators of the first Pinxton Saxton Settlement.

‘Snodeswic’ is believed to be Danish, the ‘wic’ meaning a market or trading point.

After king Alfred defeated the Danish, king, Guthrum, he accepted the Danes’ Desire to settle in England.

An eighteenth century image of Wulfric

The early known mention of Pinxton was in the will of Wulfric spott, an important Saxon who owned land in the area and lived in Scarsdale.

In his will of 1002AD, the area we now know as Pinxton was called ‘Snodeswic’ and by 1086 the name had been Latinised by the Norman French to Esnotrewic.

The Danelaw was created in this part of the country, and the Danes settled among the Saxon population. Nottingham (Snotingham) was a good example, locally, of this. Pinxton also had Danes living with the indigenous local Saxons.

The name of ‘Pinxton’ derived from the Lord of the manor imposed by the Normans; Drago (or Drogo) Fitz pounce, and has been Anglicised over the years from ‘Ponceston’ to Penkeston and eventually ‘Pinxton’.

The first settlement was established in area leading from modern day ‘Toll Bar’ along Kirkby Lane. In time of the Vikings, the village was on the edge of Sherwood Forest.

Pinxton Green was along the north of Kirkby Lane as far as the Maghole Brook.

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The family of Wulfric (who died in 1004 AD

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George has many more of his grandad’s stories of the glory days of Hilcote Hacademicals to share with me (& you). However, George was made aware of a potentially shocking development in the football and political world that needs to be made public.

Like him (& me) your first reaction on reading this might be one of disbelief, but he assures me that a) his source was reliable and b) the story was so sensitive that not one of the tabloid papers was prepared to gamble on its authenticity and pay a large sum of money for the right to reveal it.

George was prepared to take a chance and arranged for a clandestine meeting in the Bull & Butcher in Selston. In addition to buying a pint of lager shandy for his source, he surreptitiously handed over a bag of Granny Smith apples, some carrots and a packet of Hobnobs. In return, George was given ‘exclusivity’, ensuring that the vast readership of Voice Magazine would be the first to hear news that will surely rock the nation.

Having set the scene, be prepared to be shocked dear reader, as I reveal the content of a telephone conversation that took place on Saturday 10th July.

Boris Johnson – “Good morning Nicola. What’s the weather doing in Edinburgh?”

Nicola Sturgeon – “Ach, it’s no too bad. Bit windy so I widnae wear a kilt if yir thinking o’ coming up tae see me.”

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NS (becoming increasingly agitated) – “Jist get tae the point Boaris.”

BJ – “The English boys have done very well to get to the Final. However, tomorrow’s likely triumph will feel a bit hollow because Gareth’s boys have not won every game. As a result, Nicola petal, given that England could not beat your brave boys, I’m going to suggest that the Henri Delauney Trophy be shared between England & Scotland. After all, it’s only fair.”

At this point there was a loud cackling sound and the phone line to Edinburgh was lost.

Readers, it’s now academic of course as the Italians returned to Rome as European champions, but was this a desperate attempt by Boris Johnson to win favour in Scotland and ‘save the Union’? You can make your own minds up on that.

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