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From the Editor Hi Readers, Here we are, three quarters of the way through the year….I’m not even going to tell you how many days until the dreaded ‘C’ word, but it isn’t many and I have no doubt it’ll be upon us before long!!

Every year, I have a plan! It starts around now and it involves me getting organised by purchasing some gifts for our loved ones…..and this is where the plan ends until around the 18th December!!

I mean, it’s the same time every year! I don’t know what I’m surprised but yet I am doomed to repeat the same mistake like some kind of merry ground hog day! I suppose the only exception was last year as we knew we weren’t going to see some of the family, so what happened there was a ridiculously elongated gift obtaining session!

It started around the 18th as usual (remember covid was initially planning to take a Christmas week hiatus!) and then sort of rolled into a cycle of sporadic gift buying – forgot what we bought them – bought more gifts – hunt down Christmas paper – wrapped gifts – can’t remember what they are – buy more presents…until we saw the family in June! Anyway, this year is going to be different!! Honest!!

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Perhaps our front covers will help this month with the stress of it! In honour of International doodle day, we’ve changed the material of our front covers so that you can whip out your felt tip pens/crayons/paints and join in the fun. Laura has written a cracking article on this, see page 29 for details and keep your eyes peeled on our social media where we will be posting some of our

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To advertise email info@voicemagazines.co.uk or call us on 01773 549 035 Printed by Image2print Ltd and distributed to 6,500 homes in Alfreton and surrounding villages. 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 permitted without the prior To advertise please call Limited, 01773 549 035 3 Voice Magazines 81 High Street, South Normanton, Derbyshire. DE55 2BP. Registered in England & Wales No: 10550557 consent of the publisher.

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Locked Up in Alfreton Originally the judicial powers rested with the Lords of Alfreton in Manorial Courts and in 1275 we know Thomas de Chaworth was that man. Alfreton, as today, is one of the towns in the “Scarsdale Hundreds” and such was the concern that ordinary citizens were the victims of extortion and injustice at the hands of the landowners that King Edward l ordered a Commission into Derbyshire to investigate Chaworth and others.

In 1330 Chaworth was again investigated to see by what warrant (authority) he had gallows and other properties. Certainly he had power of life and death over the population. It is reputed the gallows stood by Meadow Lane in the area of Tavistock Place and there are still tales of the Hanging Tree to this day.

In 1327 the office of Justice of the Peace was created by statute which took away some of the Manorial power.

In 1360 an Act was granted whereby each county was responsible for appointing six JP’s who were to hold courts four times a year, known as the Quarter Sessions. Over the centuries, the power of the Justice of the Peace was increased until they effectively dealt with all offences on the Statute Books and were dealt with directly in the local court, or, for more serious crimes committed the offenders to a higher court.

But what of our local Lock Ups ?

The next Lock-up in the town was The House of Confinement which was built between 1823 and 1831. It consist ed of two very basic cells one on the left as you enter for males because as we mere males know the ladies are always right !!!

Its tenure was short lived as by 1844 a new prison of 4 cells and a house for the superintendent constable was built on Derby Road, the site presently occupied by the Abraham Lincoln Library which was built in 1938.

The last Lock-Up in Alfreton opened on Hall Street in 1935. A beautiful artdeco building complete with adjoining Court House which, in the name of progress, was demolished to make way for Tesco!

For those who may have sampled the hospitality at Hall Street it’s probably good that Trip Advisor wasn’t around back in the day. I’ll say no more !

Many of you will be familiar with the House of Confinement on King Street, Alfreton but what about others in the town. The earliest recorded of these was the Moot Hall, a Medieval structure which stood in the Market Place at the top of Moot Hill which of course we know now as King Street.

The Moot Hall was both a Court and a lock-up, the prisoners being detained in the basement before appearing to face their trial or until the Constable of Alfreton could take them to the County Jail in Derby.

Sadly it was demolished around 1915, at that time being a brick building which stood on original foundations of stone some three feet thick. It had passed through a variety of hands by this time, the last owners being Alfreton U.D.C.

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Lyndsey Allen, 35, was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer during the first lockdown, after living with months of agonising stomach pain.

“Nobody wanted to listen,” she explains about how she tried to explain to doctors over the phone that the pain was “just terrible”. She was mistakenly diagnosed her as having Irritable bowel syndrome, then gall stones, before the agonising pain compelled her to take herself to hospital. A scan revealed that Lyndsey had 18 cm tumours in her abdomen and neck. She began chemotherapy almost immediately.

“I was in a such a weak state at this stage,” she says. “I fell ill with sepsis and almost died. The hardest part was having to battle this alone as my family weren’t able to visit me in hospital. But I was determined to keep going.”

“I was very down to begin with,” she explains. “But I figured, I just had to get on with life. And the NHS staff who’ve been supporting me have been incredible.”

Lyndsey has found the help she’s received at John Eastwood Hospice has helped keep her strong. She is taking part in a drugs trial for fatigue and is also given complementary therapy.

Lyndsey says she’s always embraced the conviction of ‘Do what you want to do,’ and has never allowed fear to stop her from following her dreams. It was this attitude which made her decide to do a skydive to celebrate her thirty fifth birthday.

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There are some books which just make you happy – and The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared by Swedish writer Jonas Jonasson – is one of them.

It’s not just that it’s funny and fun and clever and loopy. It’s warm, silly and endearingly full of the best of human nuttiness. A brilliantly written antidote to the sometimes grim news outside our windows and a great cure for the glums.

Allan Karlsson – he of the hundred years – is sitting in his room in an old people’s home gloomily waiting for his 100th birthday party to begin. The Mayor is going to be there, and the newspapers. But then Allan decides he won’t be. With a sprightliness which belies his years he climbs out of the window, makes his way through the flowerbeds and he’s off for the best adventure ever, involving murders, vodka, criminals, an elephant, and a suitcase full of cash. And some pretty useless policemen.

Allan is an old man who has seen it all, and played a significant part, it seems, in many of the big events of the 20th century. Albert Einstein, President Nixon, Stalin – are all bit players in Allan’s extraordinary life.

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FOCUS ON LEARNING Voice Magazines recently had the pleasure of chatting to Sandra Smith, a secondary school maths teacher of 29 years standing. Sandra, who hails originally from Nottingham, has created a series of exercise books aimed primarily at 11 to 16 year olds but also suitable for a younger age range.

We asked her what had inspired her and how these books could help children succeed both at school and in life.

Talking to Sandra it is crystal clear that she is absolutely passionate about teaching and helping children to learn and grow…this is her WHY, her driving purpose and is what led to the creation of the books. The original idea of blank books with a contents page at the front, came to her back in November 2015 after she had asked the class she was teaching to locate a particular piece of work and saw how difficult that was for the children. Sandra jotted down that germ of an idea in a notebook, but it was November 2019 before she began to think about it again, and this time she realised that adding simple motivational quotes to each page would make the concept even stronger. In her own words, “it only takes one word or key phrase to inspire a child and sow the seeds for them to take charge of their own learning.”

Focus Learn Book Company was born out of Sandra’s desire to get the exercise books published, printed and out to the people who need them children.

So what exactly are these exercise books, and how can they help children towards success?

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• We open 7 days a week 11am until 5.30pm or later if the weather is good.

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• Our range of Children’s products both educational & fun has grown massively with Clockwork Soldier, Apples to Pears activity tins, Recycle me kits from Inside out toys and the fabulous Djecko range.

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“Sunshine and Shade” A Friendship and Bereavement Group meeting in Clay Cross As a society we aren’t great at dealing with death. Deep down, we all know that the end of life is on the horizon – whether it’s our own or that of someone we love. But until death is right in front of us, we’ve seemingly been conditioned to ignore it. British culture hides grief and death behind a veil of privacy, so we aren’t aware of the logistical and emotional complexities, a combined lack of information and familiarity can mean we remain awkward and ill at ease.

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Rachel Snowball has been working as a funeral celebrant for the last nine years and has established a local Friendship and Bereavement Group “Sunshine and Shade” which meets monthly at The Hub, in the Gladstone Buildings, Broadleys, Clay Cross, the first meeting of this group will be held on the Thursday 23rd September 2021 at 2pm please contact her on 07561 197 972 or email us for further details: enquiries@rachels-eulogies.co.uk

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Over the next two editions we’re excited to share an interview with Jacob Whittle, the 16 year old swimmer from Alfreton who became the youngest swimmer ever to make the British Olympic team. This month we look at how he began his swimming career.

Did you always love the water?

Yes I did - my mum first took me to a mother and toddler session when I was maybe 1 year old and we went together every week. As soon as I was old enough my parents signed me up in a learn to swim programme - they aren’t swimmers but wanted me to learn to swim and not to be afraid of the water.

How old were you when you first learned to swim?

I was 3 years old, possibly younger, I just transitioned from the mother and toddler water rhymes sessions where me and my mum were in the water together singing nursery rhymes. I went every week to learn to swim sessions on a Saturday at Water Meadows, Mansfield.

When did you realise you had the ability to swim competitively?

I joined Ripley Amateur Swimming Club & Life-Saving (RASCALS) when I was 8 or 9, but I was 10 before I attended my first swimming competition. Derbyshire County Championships was my first major competition, and I didn’t make a final but the following year at the same competition I pretty much won every event I swam. At that age I was swimming all strokes and distances. I competed at the Regional Championships (East Midlands) and came away with a handful of gold medals, and I was given the opportunity to supplement my training at RASCALS by joining Dervenio Excel on a part time basis, moving to full time 6 months later as part of their national squad. From the age of 12 I was selected each year to be part of the talent programmes for Swim England. In 2019 at the age of 14, I qualified for the British Swimming Championships and whilst there I swam a huge lifetime best breaking the British record for aged 14 in 100m Freestyle. As a result of this competition I was selected for the European Junior Championships and European Youth Olympic Festival. Later that year I was selected onto British Swimming’s Podium Potential Programme.

How many hours a day do you train?

Usually it is 4hrs per day in the pool and then I also do gym and circuit sessions a few times a week too.

Do you eat a special diet?

No, but I eat a balanced healthy diet, with lots of greens, lots of food rich in iron, fish, chicken, plenty of carbs, lots of fruit, milk and I also drink lots of water. At the end of the day I am a teenager and my parents have always allowed me to eat like a teenager in moderation, which means I will have treats sometimes!

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National Doodle Day - 3rd September It seems it’s true, there is in fact a day for everything…even doodling, because Friday 3rd September is National Doodle Day - who knew?

There is a serious side to National Doodle Day, it was initially dreamt up in 2004 as a way to raise funds and awareness for epilepsy support and research in the UK. Celebrities were encouraged to create a doodle and add their signature with the resulting, ahem, ‘artwork’ sold off via eBay. Do you doodle - now that’s not a question you get asked every day is it? The theory goes that because we tend to doodle almost without knowing we’re doing it, our innermost feelings or demons can be revealed as we let go of consciously thinking and just let the pen or pencil do its thing. You may start of just scribbling on the notepad in front of you whilst you’re on hold to the council / telecom provider / bank (or whatever) only to see a monster with goggly eyes appearing in front of you (this is especially prevalent when waiting in an interminable queue to speak to anyone who says you owe them money!).

There are apparently translatable patterns to our scribbles: many of us will doodle hearts, stars, moons, flowers, squares, circles (and other shapes) and these tend to be connected with our basic need for love and security (apparently).

Digging down deeper, are there more straight lines (masculine) or curves (feminine)? Straight lines appear more with fact based analytical people, whereas curves and circles show up with those who are more creatively minded. Doodle a house - square, with a pointy roof and uniformly square windows, and you

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are probably a very down to earth and practical person with an eye to the material things in life.

The pressure of the pen on the paper can also be an indication of someone’s state of mind at the time they made their doodle. Have you ever noticed that when you are feeling irritated or angry you press harder, almost as if you want to rip the paper? I know I have. Feathery light hesitant marks on the other hand can denote uncertainty, even a reluctance to make or take a decision.

The next time you are sitting absentmindedly doodling, see if any of what I’ve just written fits your scribblings. Take note of your state of mind, were you happy, annoyed, feeling sad? Do your doodles reflect this? Or are they just random markings on the paper made to pass the time?

To find out how to buy the doodles being created this year by celebrities ranging from cricket legend Dickie Bird to Maureen Lipman and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, you’ll need to visit https://www.epilepsy. org.uk/doodle-day. Who knows, you could end up with a rather unique piece of art for your wall, whilst at the same time helping support epilepsy research in the UK. These articles are researched and written by Laura Billingham, a local content writer and author. Laura moved to the Peak District several years ago to pursue her passion for writing.

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BELPER MARLIN SWIMMING CLUB Ever thought of competitive swimming as a sport for you or your children? Belper Marlin Swimming Club is a competitive swimming club based at Belper Leisure Centre but also train at Alfreton and Heanor leisure centres.

All teaching is based upon the Swim England National plan for teaching swimming, and we employ a lead teacher at the club assisted by volunteers.

The first competitions at this level would be at the club sprints in June and the club championships in November each year. As they improve their skills and stamina the athletes are encouraged to enter open meets and county championships.

The club also employs 4 professional coaches.

Mike Brett is the Chief coach, with a Level 3 qualification who captained English Universities in 1982, and continues to swim having held National individual master’s records and Team World records. Mike has been coaching at the club for over 20 years now.

The ethos in the coaching team is to encourage each swimmer to achieve their potential. This

is done with a huge emphasis on technical skills on all strokes as well as dives and turns. This means less unfocused length swimming and more coaching feedback and fun. Using this approach Marlins have gone from strength to strength.

Belper Marlin SC has been in Division 1 of the West Midlands National Swimming League for the past 7 years, they regularly win multiple medals at county and Midland level.

We have also had a regular stream of National qualifiers and even medallists from the club. Marlins is a club from a small market town, and we punch well above our weight in our swimming achievements.

We have a maximum of about 9 hours training in the pool per week but are also part of the Derbyshire development pathway, encouraging our elite swimmers to train with Derventio Excel [county squad]. They then compete for DX at Midland level and above but still swim counties and Arena league for Marlins. Ross Davenport is our most famous swimmer having won 2 gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth games.

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The park is lovely, with a great variety of scenery, sights and countryside and this walk takes you on a well thought out route. Rafa loved the walk, as did Flake, and they gave it a big ‘paws up’!

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If you do take a break, come back to the track, and carry on right. At the end, turn left and immediately through a barrier gate to walk uphill. As you level off, you pass through another barrier gate with a splendid Mock Tudor Mansion on your right. As you descend down the slope there are nice views to your left.

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You now come to Derby Lodge again. Here is a café with seated area and toilets. Do remember, however they are closed in winter and late autumn. Immediately, turn right after the lodge and gently rise uphill. After a few yards, you can if you wish, take the right driveway, and visit the site of The Old Shipley Hall. Here there are plaques which tell you of the Miller Mundy Family who lived there from the 1800’s. Also admire the water tower to your right which is now residential. There’s ample space to relax here and take in the tranquillity of the area.

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Again, you enter a wooded area and pass through a gate. The left driveway takes you to the picturesque Shipley Cricket Club and is well worth a five-minute visit. Come back and carry on left uphill and back into the village to your car.

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If you want to update your skills or try something new - Now is a great time to join a local course!

Over the last year many of us have changed the way we do things, at Derbyshire Adult Community Education we’ve rethought the courses we offer. We have both online and centre based courses available in the Autumn term. You can upskill and gain a qualification or have a go at one of our wide range of leisure classes. We have many courses to help improve your wellbeing or to help you get fit.

Get inspired, make friends and start a new journey of discovery!

The first two weeks of September are for our FREE online taster sessions. These are an opportunity to find out more about some of the longer courses coming up this term. We have a number of new online courses that are ideal if you are living on your own, wanting to make new friends or thinking about first steps exercise including: Easy Meals for One, Chair Based Yoga, Creative Get Together and Lower Impact Zumba for Wellbeing.

Our live online courses are delivered using freely available video conferencing software, either Zoom or Microsoft Teams. We make it as easy as possible for you to join a course, whatever device you have. You will be sent a link a few days before the course together with information about any resources you need for the course. Your tutor will guide you through the course activities

If you are thinking of getting back into learning try a FREE Making Choices workshop. The sessions can help you to choose what courses you would like to do in the future, increase your confidence and know your current level of skills in English, Maths and Digital Skills. Once you have completed your Making Choices, you can join our popular FREE maths and English courses. Classes are running online, in centre or with a mixture of online and classroom based learning. All our premises have been assessed to ensure that they are Covid safe. To find out more about these courses email: making.choices@daces.derbyshire.gov.uk You will receive a warm welcome at our online or centre based classes and we look forward to meeting you soon. To find out more about Derbyshire County Council Adult Community Education courses see our main advert or visit our website: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/adulteducation

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GETTING RID OF BAD HABITS the good news is that if you want them to, they CAN change.

Unhelpful habits move us further away from what we say we want and helpful ones closer towards it. Unpicking habits or creating new ones can be quite an art, but it’s always possible if you have the motivation to go through unfamiliar and sometimes uncomfortable territory to get there.

We human beings are creatures of habit…. how we LOVE the familiar and repeating behaviour makes it known and expected…. familiar. Repetition is the building block for creating any habit, good, bad or indifferent. If you are or have previously been a smoker, it wasn’t the very first cigarette that got you hooked, but it probably didn’t take too long before it became a habit.

In part that’s because smoking has a high pattern of repetition - something you might do 10 times a day or 20 as opposed to a habit like brushing your teeth, that most of us only indulge in twice a day.

Habits are formed, by repetition like a track through a field - the first time someone walks through, the grass springs back, leaving no sign that anyone’s been there … but look at that same field after the same path has been walked 20 times and it becomes easy to follow. We are drawn to these established tracks just like the neural pathways created in our brains by repeating tasks or behaviours until they feel ‘automatic’. So all habits are learned patterns which have become automatic or unconscious and

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And motivation to make any change is fuelled by benefits and consequences - what do I stand to gain if I stop doing this habit or adopt this other one? And what are the consequences if I don’t make this change? The truth is that it’s these consequences that drive our behaviour in a much more powerful way than any perceived gains. This is commonly known as ‘fear of loss’ as opposed to ‘desire for gain’.

And that’s why I primarily see people in my practice who want to be rid of unwanted habits… habits like overthinking and worry, fears and phobias: things that are having unwanted consequences in their lives. Let’s say you’re afraid of frogs… and you live in a town in an apartment; that phobia is unlikely to have much impact on you. You might not like it, but you’re very unlikely to be motivated to sort it out are you? But what if you’re desperate to become a zoo keeper and the only opening is in the Amphibian House? There’s your ‘burning platform’ right there… and suddenly the motivation is there to overcome the fear.

So if you want to change your habits, the very first place to start is to find your ‘why?’.

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Get your bathroom ready for when you return from hospital.

After a stay in hospital, it’s wonderful to hear the words “you can go home”.

But if your physical needs have changed, it’s important that you can live at home safely and without any struggle. This might mean organising equipment or renovations before you come home.

At AHM Installations we are used to installing bathrooms for people coming home from hospital.

One of our customers, Mr Simpson, 86, unexpectedly went into hospital with Covid-19 last year. There he also had pneumonia, a superbug and a stroke and was in hospital for 7 weeks.

“There was a lot of prayer,” his wife Mrs Simpson, 82, told us.

Mr Simpson had been due to have a low-level shower installed but when he was ready to come home from hospital, the carers said that the new shower tray wouldn’t work. They needed a wetroom to make sure the new wheelchair could manoeuvre into and around the bathroom.

Mrs Simpson said: “Every time I called Nichola (at AHM) to let her know what was happening, she was so good about it. She was so calm and accommodating. I felt very comfortable all the way through.”

Here’s our guide to getting your bathroom ready for your return: • Take note of what the professionals say. A doctor, nurse or occupational therapist may recommend what activities you need help with. For example, if you need a walking frame or wheelchair to move around, we’d need to know what size it is.

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• Ask a family member or close friend to help. Take the pressure off the decision making and involve someone you trust. If the style of toilet or tiles is crucial for you, make sure they know about it in advance.

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At the time of writing, the 1s sit 1st in Division 1, 27 points ahead of 2nd place and a healthy 45 points ahead of promotion chasing Morton CCC in 3rd and 50 ahead of Alrewas in 4th. Despite another loss at the hands of Alrewas early in July, Alfreton returned strongly to form, with 3 innings in a row towering above 300 runs scored to give impressive victories. A strong performance in the Marston’s Cup against Wirksworth and Middleton in the quarter finals means that the league and cup double is still on for ACC. A difficult away tie to Lullington CC lies ahead in the semi-final, then Cutthorpe or Alrewas await IF Alfreton manage the win.

In Division 4N, the Spencer’s 2nds currently sit in 3rd position, only 9 points off the top of the league despite the hefty points deduction received earlier in the year. 5 wins on the bounce after the defeat to Hollinsend back in June has seen the 2s power back up to within touching distance of the promotion places and top of the league. Strong all round performances have seen the resurge commence, and an exciting end to the season looks ahead if the 2nds continue this strong run of form. With the seconds still having the current top two teams Belper Amateurs and Ilkeston CC to play, the conclusion of the 4N season looks a tasty battle for promotion.

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Just like many a young lad today, George was football mad and entranced by the stories of when, according to his grandad Horace Twigg, Hilcote was at the centre of the footballing universe and responsible for many aspects of the commercial side of the ‘beautiful game’ that we take for granted today.

You’ll recall a few months ago, George telling me of how Thomas Palfreyman, prior to beginning his illustrious career in journalism, had sold copies of the Hacademicals Herald, an award winning football programme, prior to home matches at the Harena.

The Club had provided him with shelter, initially Tommy’s Teepee, and after the devastating gales of November 1897, the more substantial Tommy’s Tin Hut. Recognising his success in raising revenue for the Club, a supporter suggested at a public meeting that more could be made of the young programme seller’s ‘retail outlet’. NB – those were not his actual words of course as back in those days, they still used old fashioned words like ‘shop’.

The Hacademicals’ management team could see merit in this and were soon to appoint a Commercial Director whose main task was to create the first ever ‘club shop’. These days of course, regardless of the level they compete at, almost all football clubs, from Barcelona to Alfreton Town, offer supporters the opportunity to buy a range of goods in club colours. Well, I wonder how many wide-eyed and excited youngsters these days visiting the likes of the Manchester United Megastore would believe that, as Horace assured his grandson, it all started in Hilcote?

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Initially, there was a very limited stock of items available in the Hilcote colours of chocolate and cream – the shirts were in the ‘quartered’ style currently associated with clubs like Bristol Rovers – but the scarves, woolly bobble hats, rosettes and rattles proved popular with fans and sold like ‘hot cakes’ and the recently appointed Commercial Director was rewarded with an extended contract and asked to come up with more profitable lines.

The early success lent itself to one idea straight away and Mildred Mycroft’s chocolate and cream cakes began selling like, well........ you know.

However, following a survey of the Club’s fanbase, a number of imaginative suggestions were made and so it was that Hilcote Hacademicals became the first to sell goods in club colours that were not just to be worn on matchday but had a practical purpose. As a result, many a local working chap in the early days of the 20th Century could look forward at Christmas or on birthdays, to a new set of knee pads, ear defenders, hard hats, dusk masks and even tin baths in the famous chocolate & cream colours.

Yes, there may have been a significant change in the range of products on offer from those pioneering days, but all of you who now take pride in wearing underwear in your particular club’s colours can thank Hilcote Hacademicals for creating the opportunity for you to indulge your little secret.

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HopkinsHR is an employment support package designed to give you certainty and peace of mind that your legal costs will never exceed an agreed annual fee. This will help you plan your HR budget accurately and significantly reduce your risk of unexpected expensive legal costs. > > > > > > > > >

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