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From the Editor Happy New Year Readers!

Or is it? At the time of writing (due to printer close downs over the holiday season), we aren’t actually at Christmas yet and everything hangs in the balance once more – Omicron! I, like many of you I’m sure, was hopeful that the worst of the pandemic times are behind us but, as it currently stands, we do not know how this variant is or isn’t going to transpire – anyway, shoulder shrug, see what happens and onwards we move!

Following from our covers this month I’ve already made my New Year’s resolutions but they are toned down massively on normal - as what I’m really wanting is a nice long break, in the sunshine, preferably with lots of books! I love reading but barely get chance these days, so I’m going to see if I can stick to this one – 1 book per month, no excuses! What’s your plans for 2022?

In terms of the mags, I am loving seeing all the articles/contributions, especially the heritage articles. Across all the magazines, they are absolutely fantastic and so interesting for each area – I’m very thankful to all the people that make the effort and send these articles over each month to us, we love printing them and I hope you all love reading them as much as I do?

With that in mind, we’re hoping to bring you even more content next year, with some big household names, all being well. We’ll keep our powder dry until everything is fully confirmed but safe to say it’s very exciting if it does happen.

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Obviously, creating new content will no doubt bring some more magazine launches – so watch this space on Voice Magazines reaching even more people in 2022! Although, it is a much more difficult juggle this year with paper prices increasing so substantially and showing no signs of slowing down (13% increase so far!! Eeek!!).

Final note to mention, thank you to everyone for bearing with us in terms of delivery last month and possibly the coming few months. In between storms, covid & other illnesses and holidays, we do have to extend a little extra time to our fabulous distribution team at this time of year as sometimes it isn’t safe or they simply aren’t well enough to deliver, but we massively appreciate your patience on this.

Once more unto the breach…….See you in the Feb edition, Happy Reading,

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Happy New Year!

In the 21st Century, we see January 1st as the start of a brand new year - but did you know that this wasn’t always the case?

In fact the month of January didn’t even exist until around 700 BCE when it and February were added to the Roman calendar. At that point in history the start of the new year was widely regarded as being March 1st - to coincide with the start of new life in spring. In about 45 BCE Julius Caesar (yes, the one who invaded Britain, lusted after Cleopatra, and was stabbed to death by the members of his senate) introduced a new calendar to the Roman empire - one based on the movement of the earth around the sun, and much more accurate than the old lunar based system. This calendar became known as the Julian Calendar and it was decreed that January 1st be recognised as the start of a new year throughout Roman territories.

It doesn’t end there though…

New Year was still a moveable feast right up to the acceptance of (another!) new calendar system in 1582 - the Gregorian calendar, which is still used today. The day was celebrated 25 December; 1 March; 25 March and also on the movable feast of Easter; depending on where you were in Europe. Very confusing!

Even more confusing if you were in Britain because, believe it or not, until 1752 Britain (except Scotland) and its Empire had retained March 25 as the official start of the year.

Now we’ve established when January 1st became recognised as the start of a new year, let’s take a look to see when ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ became common.

Historians tell us that Babylonians were the first to make new year resolutions

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around 2000 BCE, although their new year was in springtime when they held a big festival lasting for 12 days. Citizens swore to pay off debts to their gods, and promised to return borrowed goods. It sounds a bit ‘resolutionary’ but not much!

The actual phrase ‘New Year Resolution’ was first used in a Boston newspaper in 1813 according to Mirriam Webster (a website, not a person) “And yet, I believe there are multitudes of people, accustomed to receive injunctions of new year resolutions, who will sin all the month of December, with a serious determination of beginning the new year with new resolutions and new behaviour, and with the full belief that they shall thus expiate and wipe away all their former faults.”

Now that sounds familiar! It would be even more appropriate to add “And the resolutions will be broken within the month”!

Personally I think spring is a much more sensible time to set new intentions - the days are getting longer and everything feels so much more alive with possibility than dark cold January! What do you think? Will you be making (and breaking) any resolutions this year?

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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attitudes to people in around them, especially those in authority or at the other extreme, become totally submissive, unable to stand up for themselves or exercise their right to have an opinion.

I meet lots of people who find themselves overloaded, or in uncomfortable situations because they find it very hard to say “no” to people around them. I bet you know someone who takes on more than they’re physically or mentally capable of from time to time and then feels angry or frustrated at the person that they feel overloaded them. You’ll find these people in most workplaces... often demonstrating what’s called passive aggressive behaviour ...you can recognise them by the ‘tuts’ they utter... the eye rolls... the complaining behind the bosses backs (but never to their faces). This type of person feels that other people should somehow magically know what is reasonable for them to take on and not to ever put them in a position where they might have to use the word they recoil from ... the ‘NO’ word. For many people this word appears to represent confrontation and challenge.. why is that?

As with all behaviours that cause us distress as grownups the root of resistance to the ‘no’ word is usually in childhood. If you were raised in a home where children were ‘seen and not heard’ then it’s hardly surprising that to express an opinion, or to disobey an instruction was indeed seen as confrontational. Children brought up in this way often end up at extremes of the spectrum: either perfecting strong minded, even argumentative

The reality is that everyone, no matter what their upbringing, can say no if the request made of them is outrageous enough. It’s a fine balance between the degree of discomfort we’ll feel by refusal compared to the discomfort felt by carrying out the request. And where this balance lies for one person who feels like they have a right to say no will be in a very different place than for the person for whom refusal is extremely uncomfortable. Let’s look at an example. Say you live reasonably close to an airport and a close friend asks if you would give them a lift to catch a plane... if you were able to say yes, you would wouldn’t you? But what about if it was a round trip of more than an hour and their plane was at 7am and you had to be at work for 9am? You may feel that this is not a reasonable request for a friend to make, but whether you do or don’t, some people will feel able to say “no” and others will create a silly amount of stress for themselves by doing the journey, often grumbling to themselves about how difficult it is.

A helpful strategy if you would like to feel able to exercise your right to say ‘no’ more often is to try the “no, but..” approach. This allows you to feel like you’re helping without having to just roll over when someone asks you .. It’s simple and in the example I’ve used here, sounds like, “no I’m not able to take you at that time, but I can give you the number of a great airport taxi firm that we’ve used before..”, or maybe,”I can’t take you, but I am able to pick you up..”. You are demonstrating that you want to help in whatever way IS reasonable for you.

Next time someone makes a request that you feel is unreasonable, notice how you feel about the prospect of refusing it and maybe you could try countering with a “no....BUT....”.

Article written by Sarah Kallend.

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2022 - Energy and You With the ever increasing cost of energy, it makes sense to look at ways we can improve the energy efficiency of our homes and places of work.

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Let’s start with the problems: Vast amounts of energy are currently being wasted due to home inefficiencies - poor insulation, outdated boiler heating systems, polluting oil heating systems, inefficient rural open fires or wood burners.

There is no one size fits all when it comes to improving the energy efficiency of our homes because each home is different, and certain initiatives that may work in one won’t work in another. Add in the cost of ‘retrofitting’ our homes to match the latest standards, and it’s no wonder that many of us are left scratching our heads when it comes to improving the energy efficiency of our houses.

The four biggest things we all need to look at doing are: 1. Ensuring our homes have plenty of insulation (particularly, but not exclusively, roof) 2. Installing air pumps to replace gas and oil central heating 3. Installing well-sealed double glazing 4. Installing renewable energy generation systems - e.g. solar panels But none of these are cheap and as much as we may all want to do our bit to mitigate climate change, we have limited budgets! Yes, taking these actions will lead to reduced energy bills for us, but without financial help most of us can’t suddenly begin to retrofit our properties.

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7. Put reflectors behind your radiators - particularly if they are against an outside wall 8. Draught proof your front (and back) doors - maybe even consider a heavy door curtain 9. Take a shower instead of a bath 10. Only run your washing machine and dishwasher when they are full - and use a lower temperature Make 2022 the year you address your energy bills and lessen your impact on global climate change.

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Book Review

“The body is in the library” sounds like the start of an Agatha Christie, or a game of Cluedo.

And Snow, by Irish writer John Banville has strong echoes of the traditional murder mystery – run down country house, aristocratic family – police inspector looking for clues, and yes a dead body, though one mutilated in a way which Miss Christie might not have risked writing about.

But this novel is so much more. John Banville knows Irish society. His earlier novel The Sea also set in rural Ireland won a Booker Man prize and in addition to a lengthy catalogue of novels he’s also written crime stories under the name Benjamin Black.

Snow is set in a ferociously cold Irish winter, and the frozen landscape is reflected inside Ballyglass House by a 1950s society frozen in social and religious intolerance. It’s a heady and compelling mix.

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This month’s walk first featured in the magazine nearly eight years ago! We re-walked the route in December and brought it up to date with a few minor tweaks. Rafa wouldn’t have even been five years old at the time of this walk, so it was lovely to take him back over old footsteps and to still see a spring in his step. There is nothing as wonderful as sharing a walk with your furry friend and this is a lovely walk to share.

5 1/2 MILE CIRCULAR WALK FROM MORTON VIA PADLEY WOOD

A moderate walk with a varied terrain. The route should take around 2 1/2 hours. There are some stretches along country roads, so take care. And of course, as usual at this time of the year there are some uneven and muddy parts so a good pair of boots or wellies is highly recommended.

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Follow this path into a field a cross the stile and pass through a gate, keep ahead to pass through another gate. Continue ahead past a pylon on your right and at the corner of the field pass through the hedge and carry on ahead to cross three fields via the stiles available.

At the end of the third field go through a gate and keep ahead, with the hedge on your right. Cross a stile and then at the corner of the next field pass through a gate before turning right to pass through another gate.

Carry on ahead towards a metal gate marked ‘footpath’. Walk straight ahead through the farm yard following the clearly marked ‘footpath’ signs in white paint. Take caution here as there may be a loose, barking dog in the farm yard.

Carry on ahead through a field with a caravan park on your left to reach a wooded area. Join the path straight ahead of you and follow this to reach Morton Road. Pass through the gate and cross with care. Carry on ahead following the footpath sign. Keeping to the main path until you reach a stile at a cross roads with a rough farm road. Carry on ahead with the wooded area on your right then turn right at the first opportunity to keep the wooded area on your right and solar panels on your left.

Follow this track straight ahead to cross a stile, then keep to the right-hand path to cross the rail bridge and pass into Padley Wood. Keep to the main track and cross a small footbridge. When you meet the fields join the path straight ahead with the hedge on your right and follow it uphill.

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10. Pass through a gate and continue along the path as it takes you over a rail bridge and then back onto to a hedge lined track. Carry on along this track as it joins Evershilll Lane.

Walk along the lane for a fair distance as it brings you back into Morton. Keep to the lane until you meet the B6014 Stretton Road.

11. Cross the road and turn left on the road and follow it back towards the church. Turn right after a red brick house to pass through the Church Yard and bring you back to where you began.

FINISH: HOLY CROSS CHURCH, CHURCH LANE, MORTON, DERBYSHIRE, DE55 6GU

Carry on along this path for a fair distance entering into the edge of a wooded area.

After leaving the wood carry on the corner of a field. Here you will meet a crossroad of paths. Take the gate on your right and follow

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George was born in 1880. His father Frank had started a doorto-door hardware retail business two years before. By 1891, he was helping his father in his business which was now based at a hardware shop on the high street in Clay Cross but also a stall on Chesterfield Market

Business career Kenning started his own parffin distribution business in 1901, distributing with a horse-drawn cart. By 1908, he launched two new businesses: hiring bicycles to Shell-Mex travelling salesmen and hiring horses to pull fuel wagons. These were pioneering examples of what is now termed “contract hire”. This hire business continued to grow until, in 1970, the Kennings Group had a hire fleet of 5,000 vehicles.

In 1910, Kenning started his first motor sales agency, for BSA Royal Enfield motorcycles. His first motor car agency was with Ford in 1916.[Three years later Kenning became the sole agency for Morris Motors in Derbyshire. His new friend Lord Nuffield was the manufacturer of Morris cars and with his support, he set up supporting businesses like forecourt petrol sales, car servicing and car spares sales. Soon after that, he won the first agency granted by the truck-making firm Dennis. By the mid 20th century Kenning was involved with other businesses such as Reeve Burgess – a vehicle building business producing milk floats in Shrewsbury and road tankers in Ossett. Another subsidiary business was car valeting and in 1939, sophisticated valeting equipment was installed at both the London and Sheffield sites.

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the now defunct Clay Cross Urban District council as well as being a councillor and alderman on Derbyshire County Council. As a JP (Justice of the Peace), he served on the bench of the local magistrates court and he was a member of the Chesterfield Hospital Board of Management. He was an active member of the Methodist Church in Clay Cross as well as being a member of the Freemasons.

Kenning provided a recreation ground for use by the people of Clay Cross. This was named “Kenning Park” and is located on Holmgate Road to the west of the town. As a result of his contribution to public life, the-then Alderman George Kenning, JP, was awarded a knighthood in the 1943 New Year Honours.

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Peak’s Moorland Recovery I was out on the Peak’s high moors and bogs just recently and the purpose of the visit was to check on the recovery of uncommon, rare, and otherwise important peat-bog plants. In this context, it was exciting to see how wild nature is recovering from its low point in the 1980s. At that time, land drainage, catastrophic air pollution from nearby big cities, and then massive over-grazing by sheep destroyed much of the habitat and removed rare species. The grazing and the drainage were both publicly subsidized and created what writer George Monbiot describes as ‘sheep-wrecked landscapes’. These adverse factors combined, had pretty much done for these incredibly vulnerable ecosystems. However, time rolls on and today, with all the above impacts reduced or removed, a major shift is underway and these areas are recovering. Furthermore, this remarkable recovery is happening naturally and without major financial investment to bring about the change. The important message here is about the need and potential to simply remove the negative influences and let nature itself get on with the process of long-term recovery. Indeed, at one major peat bog on the edge of Sheffield, a site called Ringinglow Bog, these sometimes-subtle changes can now be witnessed first-hand. A first visible step is the recovery of the ‘bog mosses’ – the Sphagnum species. These are especially sensitive to air pollution and on our local moors and bogs the Industrial Revolution’s foul air destroyed most of them. However, this loss has a disproportionate impact on the uplands. This is because the bog mosses hold water - up to 20x their own weight held in the plant’s pore-rich tissues. These diminutive plants are the so-called ‘bog-builders’ and everything else depends on them. The remarkable waterholding abilities of the mosses can power this re-naturing of the wet landscapes. Furthermore, if we can harness the water absorption of the

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At Ringinglow, rare upland flowers such as the Bog Andromeda or Bog Rosemary (so-called because its leaves look like the Rosemary in your garden), were believed extinct. This loss was after drainage for the North Sea Gas pipeline cut through the site in the 1970s. The result was that the drying out of the site and then (grant-aided) heavy sheep grazing did the rest. However, this special plant was rediscovered on the site about five years ago

by Dr Paul Ardron and me. This was whilst we were running a field workshop for the British Ecological Society to train people in the unique skills of bog moss identification.

Re-visiting the area today, it has recovered in good amounts over a wide area of the wet peat bog. Equally exciting was that other uncommon upland bog plants have also reappeared.

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A garden room isn’t just a room in your garden…

The Perfect Escape.

Holiday at home...

it’s a room that adds value to your life, and your home. With 20 years experience in designing, manufacturing and installing garden buildings throughout the UK you can trust that Cabin Master will deliver you The Perfect Space for your garden, such as a Garden Office, Gym, Mancave, Garden Bar, Entertaining Space or Spare Room.

with a BBQ cabin. It can become the heart and soul of your garden. Our trademarked sloping wall design not only gives the cabins an unmistakable silhouette, it also makes them very comfortable and enables you to sit back and relax whilst enjoying countless days and nights with your favourite people.

Free Site Surveys

Free Design Service

www.cabinmaster.co.uk www.arcticcabins.co.uk Call: 0115 932 8888

No Obligation Quotes

Flexible Finance Available

Visit Our Open Air Cabin Master Village With 22 Stunning Buildings On Display Opening times: Monday - Sunday 10am - 4pm The Rose Gardens, 251 Toton Lane, Stapleford, Nottingham NG9 7JA.

To advertise please call 01773 549 035

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SECURE STORAGE UNITS • Secure storage units & Workshop rentals available now • Low prices and short term leases • Great location • Secure & alarmed yard with CCTV • 24hr access • Plant & equipment storage both outside & undercover • 20ft container available now from £30 per week

www.advancegroup-stonebroom.co.uk

0788 771 6236 peter@makepakint.com

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WE ARE ALSO SUPPLIERS OF QUALITY SEASONED AND KILN DRIED LOGS, COKE AND SMOKELESS FUEL, PLUS FENCING PANELS, PATIO SLABS AND DECKING

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01246 559331 Opening Hours:

Monday - Saturday 10am - 4:30pm

January Servicing

Battery & Charger Testing Now Available: Tracks & Trails Community Service giving you access to your local tracks, trails & parks

Wheelchair and Electric Scooter hire Daily, short & long term Breakdown and repair services Safety checks Driving Tests To advertise please call 01773 549 035

Chesterfied Shop Mobility Ltd Ground Floor Multi-Story Car Park New Beetwell Street Chesterfield S40 1QR Company No: 07106728 Registered Charity No: 1136369 39

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