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From the Editor Hello Readers!!

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback regarding last month’s front covers & the mags in general, it is hugely appreciated. I have said before, feedback (preferably positive where possible!!) is always welcomed and keeps our little team motivated to keep trying different things. When we receive a lovely e-mail, like we have from some readers this month, it truly lifts us all and I am so proud of our team & how they’ve all remained positive over the last 18 months, so thank you, it’s nice to be nice!

I will do an introduction editorial to the team once we’ve got the website up and running. I’m conscious that I keep mentioning team members & it’d be better to put a face to a name! However, I think it’s fair to give a special mention to Danielle regarding the feedback on the mags, as she has and is continuing to do a sterling job on the community engagement aspect of Voice Magazines – all these new articles, are pretty much down to Danielle’s vision for what people would like to read more about….so much so, I think she’ll be looking for some support soon!

Mr Emily & I went on our hollibobs, whilst the rest of the team supported our very own Paul during his boxing debut for an Ultimate White Collar Boxing event in Pride Park. Paul originally signed up around November 2019 for the event in April 2020 but for obvious reasons, he has had the date scheduled and rescheduled a good

3 or 4 times! This has been a nightmare for him, not least as he’s been having to stop and start his training.

Anyway, it finally happened on the 11th September, the team donned their glad rags and I speak for all of us when I say that we couldn’t be any prouder of his performance and his resolve to keep picking himself up, start training again and stand up in the ring. He raised some fantastic money for cancer research with some of our lovely advertisers supporting him both by donating and attending. Watch out Anthony Joshua, Paul is coming for your crown!

The Voice ladies also had a fabulous outing this month to the Somercotes Cineroom to see ‘Little Women’.

What an absolutely fabulous initiative and really well done to the organisers, we all loved it – read our thoughts in this months Swanwick edition or online.

It’s ‘Cruella’ next!

In other news, it’s the Christmas editions for the next two magazines – and no! I still haven’t sorted any Christmas shopping out…..I tried…..and then the moment passed again!!! Anyway, get your adverts and events in, the team are waiting to hear from you!

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HOW DID YOU SPEND YOUR TIME DURING THE RECENT LOCKDOWNS?

If you rediscovered an interest in model trains then you might be interested in joining the Clay Cross Model Railway Society. We can help you improve your layout or even just get started, acquire new skills or get more out of the hobby. Perhaps you have been in the hobby for a while and want to meet like minded enthusiasts?

We meet every Tuesday and Thursday evening in our own premises in Clay Cross, and have a few vacancies for new members. We have two 00 gauge layouts being worked on and a 7mm narrow gauge model of the Ashover Light Railway station at Chesterfield Road. One of the 00 gauge layouts, a model of Hindlow station, has been seen at model railway exhibitions as far away as Spalding before the Pandemic shut everything down.

of skills from beginner to experienced.

Members are encouraged to take part in building or maintenance of one of our layouts, sit and discuss railway matters with other members, or even bring their own projects in and work on them, and perhaps ask for advice.

During the summer months, in addition to our regular evening meetings, we arrange garden meetings at members’ homes, where you can see other members’ work. We also arrange group visits to railway related locations and events.

Chesterfield Road is our first attempt at building a DCC controlled layout and is being used to teach members about the mysteries of DCC systems. Designed as an exhibition layout, there are plans to extend it if it is successful.

Our members come from all over the surrounding district from Inkersall to Tibshelf and Rowsley, and have a range

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Celebrating our 25th LIVE event in 2021, the fabulous Festive Gift Fair has been the #1 event for Christmas shopping in the heart of England for over two decades.

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Missed by thousands last year, this ever popular 4-day event is back again in November and looking forward to re-uniting 300 stallholders with 1,000’s of high-spirited shoppers. Once again offering a fabulous choice of gifts, decorations, food and drink in a jolly atmosphere with live music and festive entertainers.

NEW include At Home for Christmas – Christmas wreaths. Finishing Touches – Christmas rugs and cushions. Step Into Christmas – everything LED from Lanterns to fairy dolls!

Dedicated to Christmas shopping and catering for all your needs over the seasonal period, the busiest and most established Fair in the Midlands has lots to offer in 2021 ...

FABULOUS FOODIE SECTION Companies NEW to the fab foodie section this year are Whistler’s Storm – the newest alcoholic tea brand to hit the market. Campbell’s Chutneys – handmade mustards, marmalades, pickles and preserves. Limpopo Biltong – The snack The Lions could not handle! Schokolat Scotland – unique chocolate gifts made to look like teapots, tools and so much more!

Back by demand are favourites including Ace Tea London, The Tipsy Tart, Popcorn Kitchen, Cheshire Cheese, Condessa Welsh Liqueurs and Georgie Porgies Puddings.

GIFTS IN GENERAL So many wonderful new companies this year it’s been difficult to select just a few!

NEW in 2021 include Rebel Records and Toys – music vinyls, cd’s and music memorabilia.

Big Chief Studios - licensed character collectables Star Wars, Doctor Who, Only Fools and Horses, Dad’s Army, James Bond, Mr Bean etc. Wish Upon Threads - Embroidered apparel inspired by characters from hobbies and films.

Popular favourites returning include Football Stadium Photography, Kensington Collection, MacDonald China and The Perfume Shop.

Always popular, joining us again are favourites including Delightful Decorations, 1 Stop Christmas Shop and The Rugshack.

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Slimming World Recipe Chicken Tikka Rogan Josh Slimming World are famous for their fakeaways and their curries are some of the best. Whether you are on plan or not this is packed full of flavour and will leave you feeling full and satisfied!

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• 4 skinless and boneless chicken breasts, cut into bitesize chunks

1. Put the chicken in a bowl, sprinkle with the tikka curry powder and toss to coat well. Set aside.

2. Put the garlic, ginger, coriander, remaining spices and 100ml water in a small food processor and blitz to a paste (or use a stick blender and a jug).

• 2 tbsp medium tikka curry powder*

• 2 tsp ground cumin • ½ tsp garam masala* • 4 tsp ground coriander • 1 tsp smoked paprika • 1 large onion, diced • 4 tbsp tomato purée

3. Place a non-stick saucepan over a medium heat, add the paste and cook for 5 minutes. Add the diced onion and tomato purée and cook for 5 minutes or until soft, then add the sliced onions and peppers to the pan and cook for 10 minutes.

• 4 garlic cloves, chopped

4. Reduce the heat to low, add the chicken and cook for 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked. Add the passata, stock cube and 200ml boiling water and cook for a further 10 minutes.

• ½ small pack fresh coriander

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Matlock Bath Illuminations 2021 Sunday nights are all about our younger visitors, and the themed night on Sunday, 24 October is “Super Heroes”.

Meet our special guests Iron Man and Spider Man - and please do come dressed to impress in your own outfits.

Plus, of course we have the famous parade of decorated boats on the River Derwent, our fairground, the lights and lots of food and drink stalls.

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Voice Choir Cordially Invites you to

FACE THE MUSIC at David Nieper Academy, Alfreton, DE55 7JA

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Join us on 16th October 2021 at 7pm for song, music and fun, a relief from isolation.

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Alfreton Male Voice Choir was founded in 1903 and became well respected by a wide spectrum of the community. They performed in, and were very successful at, competition and won many trophies.

Over the years fortunes rose and fell but the indomitable spirit of the choir weathered all and continued to entertain; whilst no longer participating in competition, public performance remained at their hearts.

In 2009 the choir was granted charitable status and it has become a tradition that we put on a concert each year, in October, to raise funds for charitable causes.

Who would have thought, at the beginning of 2020, that the world would change so dramatically and that year’s concert would not take place? In early March Covid 19 made its presence felt and we thought that choir activity would be halted until April. It soon became clear that this was not to be and, showing the determination and resolve that saw them through wars and hard times, the choir quickly mastered the technology to hold us together and, on 16th April, we held our first ‘virtual’ practice. Through the rest of 2020 and 2021 we continued to have our weekly practice on ZOOM and even made recordings, some of which can be found on our web site (www.alfretonmvc. co.uk).

July 1st 2021 was our first ‘actual’ practice and

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the beginning of hope for putting on our long-awaited concert. We like to name our events, and this year it seemed appropriate that FACE THE MUSIC conveyed our desire. This year we support AQUABOX. Aquabox is a volunteer-led charity with the aim of providing water filters to allow access to safe water for people struggling to recover in the aftermath of disasters. In addition, Aquabox supplies curated humanitarian aid items to communities as they begin to recover and re-build.

The charity, the brainchild of the Rotary Club of Wirksworth, began in 1992. Since this time, Aquabox has sent out filters to all parts of the world saving and improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

The charity relies totally on donations to continue its work.

Hoping to see you on 16th October, you can look forward to a variety of songs, some old, some new, from the choir, some excellent trumpet playing from John Barker and a little irreverence from Mick Mullarkey and the Saga Louts.

Hope to see you on 16th!

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Chesterfield & District Beekeeping Association (CDBKA) has been in existence since 1947. Current membership stands at over 200 which is a record for the Association. Members have a wide range of age and experience, very few of whom meet the stereotypical beekeeper image –white, male, retired and bearded!

Many are women, and young working people are now joining, thanks to the now-raised profile of bees and pollinators.

We are a friendly bunch, with the experienced beekeepers always happy to give advice on the issues that can flummox newer beekeepers, or ‘newbees’ as we affectionately call them. Our region covers the South Yorkshire border down to the Matlock area taking in parts of Nottingham and Mansfield, however our base is Hasland, near Chesterfield. We have a small apiary where we teach and groups of ‘newbees’ who can gain ‘hands-on’ experience before they have their own bees.

One of the Association’s main aims is education of both beekeepers and the public.

We run beginners courses each spring for beekeepersto-be as we believe it’s important to know how to manage the bees BEFORE doing the exciting part of buying the first hive and bees. Support is continued with mentoring and further training sessions and workshops.

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Many people don’t know the difference between honeybees and bumble bees which makes our volunteer swarm collectors very busy during the swarming season.

They are contacted usually via the BBKA interactive map. Swarm collecting provides an opportunity to share knowledge as people are usually very interested in what is happening with the bees.

At local summer fairs and shows we spend the day chatting to people about honeybees. One or two members also give talks and presentations to local schools and groups, sometimes with bees included!

During the season our apiary managers welcome members of the public to don a bee suit (which we loan them), open up the hives and invite them to take a closer look at our bees. Most find this closeness a little scary but fascinating.

Honeybees are our passion and this is what we want to share with the non-beekeeping public. Not so much to encourage them to keep bees themselves but to care about them, and help by planting the right flowers in their gardens, reducing their use of pesticides and understanding what bees and all other pollinators need.

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A version of this month’s walk originally featured in the magazine in 2017, to commemorate the bicentenary of the Pentrich Revolution. The Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution Group published a series of historical walks as part of the bicentenary. The original walk, along with 18 others can all be found on their website (www.pentrichrevolution.org.uk), along with a wealth of historical information and resources.

This walk should take you and your dog around 2 hours to complete. An undulating country walk on footpaths, lanes and roads. Care needed when crossing roads. There may be some uneven and muddy terrain, depending on the weather so please wear appropriate footwear. There can be some loose cattle on this walk, so please take care and as always, follow the countryside code, keeping dogs on leads where appropriate.

On 9th June 1817, over 300 men set out for Nottingham from villages on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border.

They thought they were part of a ‘general rising’ to bring down an unjust and oppressive government. Many joined the rising from the Swanwick area, where discontent among miners and framework knitters had already been expressed in Luddite activity and an active Hampden Club.

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From St Andrew’s Church walk down the road, The Green, (B6016) following the signs to the Conference Centre. Take the first turning to the right, Hayes Lane, and walk on, crossing the road to go up to the entrance to the Hayes Conference Centre. Here turn left, at the footpath sign, to follow the track up the hill. In 1817 Swanwick was a village of miners or stocking framework knitters who faced poverty and hunger. Reputed to be a centre of Luddite activity, there was much support for reform of Parliament called for by the Hampden Club, meeting at the Queen’s Head in Alfreton. We follow the route taken by men from Swanwick and Alfreton as they marched towards Codnor. They included ‘secret committee’ men, Edward Haslam and James Barnes, who marched at the rear with his gun, William Elliott and George Rawson who had brought bullets they had cast, and Laban Taylor at whose home Jeremiah Brandreth had stayed on 6th June.

Passing Hilltop Mink Farm on the right, continue until the track turns sharply. Go straight ahead over the stile, to follow the sign to Golden Valley. Follow the footpath straight ahead down the hillside. Go under the railway line. After 100 yards, right under the 2nd underpass, walk on and cross the railway line. Immediately after the railway line take left fork up through the trees. You pass the Midland Railway and the former Swanwick Station. On your right you see the former Brittain Pit, a colliery opened by the Butterley Company in 1827 and closed in 1946.

Past the Brittain Pit turn right at the junction of paths (taking Amber Valley Route 4). After a few yards turn left to go down the hill to cross two stiles in the valley. BEWARE of the barbed wire on the stiles.

Enter the field and follow the path up left along the hedge to reach a road. Cross over and continue ahead, alongside a second field to reach the Coach Road. This area is Butterley Park. The rebels came this way visiting houses and farms to take men and weapons. The home of Harriet Marriot was visited and a gun taken. The rebels marched on from here to reach Codnor where the main rebel party waited.

Turn right along the Coach Road, until you reach the white house. Below you is the tunnel of the Cromford Canal. From the now blocked tunnel in Golden Valley it continued under Butterley Park for 2,996 yards. It is the only tunnel of its kind in the world with an underground wharf, which served the Butterley works. This magnificent feat of engineering was built by the engineer William Jessop in 1794. See the remains of the two airshafts, each surrounded by an earth mound and trees, on the right of the road. Cavalry from the Chesterfield Troop of Yeomanry and pikemen waited here on 10th June to capture fleeing insurgents. Several hid in the Swanwick Woods

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but were captured and joined 28 others who were taken to Derby Gaol that night.

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At the junction by the white house go straight ahead to pass the Police Headquarters on the left. Notice it says it is OK for authorised vehicles and pedestrians to go there. Butterley Hall, built in 1790, now within the Police HQ, was the home of Benjamin Outram, founder of the Butterley Iron works.

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Turn right and walk down the road to Derby Road at Butterley. On your left you will see the site of Butterley Works and the Gatehouse. The main body of marchers stopped here and demanded guns. The manager, Goodwin, and a few special constables refused to open the gates. Too weak to attack the Gatehouse the rebels left empty handed and marched on towards Codnor. Goodwin knew some of the men, who previously worked at Butterley, and gave evidence of their ‘character’ at the Derby Trials. See the plaque on the old Gate House of the works.

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In 1817 Butterley Grange was the home of John Wright, a partner of Outram and Jessop at the iron works. The Hayes built in 1860, now a conference centre, was a POW camp for German officers in WW2, made famous by the film, ‘The One That Got Away’, of the one successful escape by a German officer.

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Passing the Conference Centre on your left you come back to Hilltop Mink Farm. Cross back over the stile on your left and turn right to return down the track to the entrance of Hayes Conference Centre and back into Swanwick. The march proved a tragedy for local men fleeing before soldiers at the Gilt Brook. Three from Swanwick and Alfreton were tried in Derby. German Buxton (31), miner, married with a daughter, originally from Wessington, was transported for life. Thomas Bettison (35), miner, transported for 14 years, as was Joseph Rawson (32) framework knitter. Among those arrested and imprisoned but later released were Anthony Elliott, John Hall and James Robinson.

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Who doesn’t love Halloween - well, ME for one! That could be because I am in the (err umm) slightly older age bracket and simply don’t get what amounts to the Americanisation of the day…I mean, giving kids carte blanche to knock on doors and expect sweeties cannot be a good idea - surely?! But taking a step back from the sugar fuelled fest of today, who knows the real reason we mark the 31st of October?

The origins of what we now know as Halloween are very ancient indeed, dating back to the pre-Christian Celtic peoples of Britain (and Northern Europe). The feast of Samhain (which is actually pronounce ‘sowain’) marked the end of their year sensible really as it’s the end of the growing and harvesting season and the beginning of the winter months. It was seen as the most important one of the four quarterly “fire festivals”.

At that time of year it was thought the veil between the living and the dead thinned, and the souls of the dead would return to visit their homes and families. As evil spirits and otherworldly beings could also breach “the veil” at this time, people would dress up in animal and monster costumes to confuse the potential visitors and avoid kidnap. Individual hearth fires would be allowed to die down and communal bonfires would be lit for roasting sacrificial cattle, the people would feast (whilst ensuring a share was left for the spirits, ancestors, and faery folk!) and a flame from the bonfire would be used to re-light their hearth fires.

When the Roman’s invaded Celtic lands they incorporated their own gods, Feralia, commemorating the passing of the dead, and Pomona, the goddess of the harvest. The advent of Christianity saw attempts to transmute Samhain into a Christian celebration, and in the 5th century A.D. Pope Boniface moved the festival to May

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13th as a day to commemorate saints and martyrs. Funnily enough, this didn’t stop the fire festivals and so in the 9th century Pope Gregory moved the festival back to the original time of year, calling the day (1 November) All Saints Day. The day before became known as holy, or hallowed eve, which eventually became Halloween (een being another word for eve).

Some of the traditions we see today can be traced back to the original Celtic Samhain, dressing up for example, whilst “trick or treating” may have derived from early Scottish and Irish traditions of going from door to door singing songs for the dead in return for “soul cakes”. Hollowed out and carved turnips with candles inside, known as Jack O’ Lanterns (after a legendary character) originated in Ireland and were taken to the US by immigrants who switched to using readily available (and easier to carve) pumpkins.

Would Halloween be such a feature in UK life, particularly for children, without the influence of the US? Personally, I think not - it certainly wasn’t prominent in my childhood… although that was many moons ago!

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