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Love is in the air this month, what with February being the month of love. There are lots of caring and considerate awareness days this month and we’ve selected a few, of which, the lovely Laura has obliged and written an article for most of them. It’s nice to be nice and it’s a rare commodity seemingly these days.

Month 1 of New Year’s Resolutions and I’m doing quite well so far. I forgot how much I love reading and I will read anything & everything pretty much. So much so, Kev-John from our distribution team read my column last month and is sending some Jack Reacher books my way. Apparently, I just have to disassociate the book from the film, as the main character has a different stature to what was portrayed on screen!

Anyway, I’m off to grab another one/six of those digestives before Jan ends …see you in March!

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Anyway, being the all or nothing person I am, I subsequently decided over New Year that, rather than set Resolutions for the year, I would do 1 minichallenge a month (that’s the theory at least). For Feb, I am going with ‘no sugar’ Feb. I will confess, I am a sugar addict! I would literally be half the size if I stepped away from all the refined sugar that migrates its way into my mouth most hours of the day! I did this

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Just to re-cap, we got through Christmas and New Year relatively unscathed from the dreaded ‘C’ word but upon reflection I think that’s probably down to a massive reduction of parties that we attended – mind you, I think I’ve put on a good stone in weight, you wouldn’t believe the amount of wine and cheese there was at the work meetings that took place!!😜 Anyway, that’s enough of that talk.

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PINXTON METHODISM When coal mining started to rapidly expand in Pinxton in the early nineteenth century, most of the mineworkers were newcomers to Pinxton.

Mining activity was confined to ‘The Wharf area. Very few of the miners would have been churchgoers. Methodism and mining grew together. Very few of Pinxton’s early miners’ would have been comfortable (or probably welcome) attending the Parish Church; were ‘the gaffers’ went, with the village’s professional and trades people.

In Pinxton, Methodism grew in conjunction with the mining industry. The first purpose used Chapel, was the end one of three adjacent to what was Tommy Topham’s farmhouse, on Pinxton West End. With the expansion of the mining industry and its concentration in the Pinxton Wharf area, the followers of Methodism, approached Mr. John Coke, for permission to the use the newly erected school and lending library at the bottom of Alexander Terrace; it was quite a trudge from ‘The Wharf’, to Pinxton West End twice every Sunday (particularly after a (usually) seventy hour working week). John Coke, being the philanthropist he was, readily agreed.

were built. The shortest established was just south-east of modern day Taylor’s Corner (on the site of the current telephone exchange), the Primitive Methodist Church on the former Slade Lane, and lastly Town Street Methodist Chapel; the last surviving Methodist chapel in Pinxton or South Normanton.

The Methodist communities formed the backbone of community activity for nearly one-hundred years, providing entertainment and educational activities. It was the Churches who organised excursions to the seaside, concerts, parties, and all sorts of other community activities.

Many people will still recall the anniversary parades each of the Churches had when the church scholars would parade around the village stopping at certain points to signs a hymn or song, sometimes accompanied by a horse and cart with a wind organ on the back.

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Membership of the Church grew it was soon obvious that a new larger, purpose-built establishment was required to house everyone - Pinxton Wharf Chapel.

As mining operations got deeper, shafts were sunk in other parts of the village, housing accommodation moved further eastwards towards the long established Pinxton (now) Town Street. In all, three non-conformist churches

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Children’s Mental Health We adults may have struggled with the restrictions and limitations imposed on us during the pandemic, but what about children? They’ve been forced into homeschooling, some of them without adequate resources to be able to work effectively, they’ve had to undergo regular testing, they’ve been separated from their friends for long periods of time, AND they’ve been living in a state of fear perpetuated by the media. It’s no wonder that their mental health has suffered.

An organisation called Young Minds undertook four surveys on the effect of the pandemic on young people; the last one was during the Jan 2021 lockdown, and it highlighted some worrying statistics. The survey carried out with 2,438 young people aged 13-25, between 26th January and 12th February 2021, showed: •

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79% of respondents agreed that their mental health would start to improve when most restrictions were lifted

Add to this the constant worry regarding the health of their family, the controversies over young people receiving vaccinations, and the concern that their schoolwork and future job and life prospects have been negatively impacted by lockdowns, and it would seem there is the potential for a tsunami of mental health issues appearing over the coming years.

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may have experienced, but most of you reading this article grew up in a very different time - one without the constant pressure of social media, how can we accurately imagine how a youngster today may be feeling?

Children’s mental health charity Place2Be has set up Children’s Mental Health Week 2022. Its aim is to highlight the importance of mental health within children and young people, and it runs February 7th to February 13th. This year’s theme is “Growing Together” and is about growing emotionally and finding ways to help each other grow.

If you have children (or grandchildren) then talk to them, ask them how they are feeling, do they have any worries they want to share with you? The website: www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk has lots of useful resources to make it easier to initiate a chat with a child or young person about their mental health.

Remember, children are the future, spotting issues early could have a major effect on the rest of their lives.

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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The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire regiment)

Formed in 1881, The Sherwood Foresters was an infantry regiment of the British Army. After nearly 90 years of service, it merged with the Worcestershire Regiment in 1970. Its traditions are now continued by the Mercian Regiment.

Origins The Sherwood Foresters was formed in 1881 during the Childers reforms of the British Army. The rifle volunteers and militia units of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire were merged with two regular regiments, the 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foof and the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot. The regular regiments became the new unit’s 1st and 2nd Battalions.

Deployments Immediately after formation, 2nd Battalion was deployed to Egypt for the 1882 conflict there. It then went to the North West Frontier, where it took part in the Tirah Expedition and won its first Victoria Cross on the Heights of Dargai. In contrast, 1st Battalion was put on garrison duty in Ireland for the first 12 years of its life, before being sent to the Boer War in 1899.

Both battalions redeployed back to England on the outbreak of the First World War (1914-18). During the conflict, the regiment raised 13 battalions for home service and 20 for foreign service. These fought in Gallipoli and Italy as well as on the Western Front, gaining 57 battle honours.

World War Two Used during the interwar period as occupation and garrison troops, both battalions were back in action in Norway, France and North Africa in the early years of the Second World War (1939-45).

1st Battalion was captured at Tobruk in June 1942 and 16th Battalion was renamed to replace it. This served at home and in Germany. 2nd Battalion moved to Italy after its North African service.

The regiment also raised 10 Territorial and hostilitiesonly battalions, these went on to serve at home, in France, North Africa, Italy, and Singapore and Malaya.

Members of the 1/5th Battalion were captured at Singapore in 1942 and forced by the Japanese to labour on the notorious Thai-Burma ‘death’ railway.

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Legacy In 1970, the regiment was amalgamated with The Worcestershire Regiment to form The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).

Its traditions are now continued by 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters).

Regimental museums The National Army Museum works together with Regimental and Corps Museums across the country to help provide a network of military museums for everyone to visit and enjoy.

Explore the history and collections of the Sherwood Foresters by visiting the Museum of the Mercian Regiment at Nottingham Castle, and Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

Source:https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/sherwoodforesters-nottinghamshire-and-derbyshire-regiment https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/sherwood-forestersnottinghamshire-and-derbyshire-regiment

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Draycott Confectionery Ltd who trade at Ilkeston, Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Allenton markets return to ALFRETON Market Hall after 25 years absence.

When the Market opened on Institute Lane in the early 70s, Peter Whilde was amongst the markets first traders. Peter’s family had owned bakery shops on King Street & Mansfield Road, Alfreton before and just after World War ||: his grandparents are both buried in the town cemetery. His two sons Phillip & Steven are now running the company, thus making their return a family affair.

Draycott Confectionery Ltd are renowned for selling top brand cakes, biscuits, & sweets at discounted prices since 1964.

When Peter was then trading on Ashbourne Market, he met his future wife Vivenne. Over the years they worked hard on building their business up until the late 80s, and by now, with their two sons, were operating sixteen markets. Eventually, the super markets arrived and small traders declined. The company then reverted to more local markets and are now back in ALFRETON.

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One rule for them... one rule for us Sad to say...it was always thus.

The theory of democratic government is quite a simple one.

The people are governed by the people. Representatives of the masses take decisions and pass laws for the good and wellbeing of the masses. Everyone gets a voice; everyone gets a fair crack of the whip and everyone follows the rules.

How have we strayed so far away from that straightforward idyllic premise?

We are now governed by billionaires and millionaires who ride roughshod over the very rules that they have created and frankly don’t give a toss about the majority of the public.

We’ve seen it with bedroom tax, universal credit, privatisation of schools, the demolition of the police force....I could go on and on and on. But nowhere has it been more apparent than during the Covid19 pandemic.

It started with total disinterest. For the first few months of the crisis our Prime Minister couldn’t even be bothered to attend the high level meetings which had been called to formulate a response. He had other priorities...holidays etc Since then it hasn’t stopped.

PPE contracts for mates and contributors, scandals over track and trace, ministers and or their friends and family cashing in.

Depending upon your view some believe that the government applied draconian rules from the outset.

I have absolutely no issue with that. It was a novel situation, and nobody could be certain of the best way forward. However, once a decision was taken then the rules are applicable to EVERYBODY. However that was never the case.

The despicable Dominic Cummings totally ignored the rules by driving north with his family showing flagrant disregard for the regulations he helped to formulate.

His infantile excuse about driving to Barnard Castle and back to “test his eyes” was readily accepted by a laughing PM. The Health Secretary Matt Hancock came to visit Pinxton Vaccination Centre last May. We all knew that it was a pre-election publicity stunt but nonetheless he came. He told us how proud he was of us and the way we had rallied to the cause. A few days later he was exposed as yet another rule breaker. I don’t care who he has an affair with and have no interest in his bedroom habits but he, the Health Minister, was flagrantly ignoring his own Covid rules.

Then the Xmas party... totally denied by the PM. Some might say that he told barefaced, overt lies. Others say that he lies every time he opens his mouth. Whether you believe them is up to you but what is without doubt is that while old people were dying alone, while grandparents weren’t allowed to see grandchildren and while hospitals were at crisis levels with doctors and nurses totally exhausted, the millionaires of government were having a party.

It disgusts me.

And finally, we have a petty minded, childish tennis player.

At the time of writing there is no definitive decision as to whether Djokovic will be allowed to compete in Australia. It looks like he may have completed a fraudulent visa application form. Whatever, he’s another one who thinks that money can buy privileges and bypass the rules.

Is democracy dead?

Not quite...but it’s on a life support machine.

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South Normanton Colliery Disaster: 85 Year Anniversary Part 2 of 2 – The aftermath of the disaster Roger West continues his excellent article, picking up just after midnight, with the search teams regrouping to continue their brave work.

Ensuring there was no naked flame, the Mansfield team withdrew to their underground base camp; it was eight minutes past midnight on Tuesday February 16.

As the Mansfield team retreated the Chesterfield team took their place while Ilkeston brigade members on the surface came down to make a third support rescue unit.

The Chesterfield brigade advanced up the face within yards of the cutter area but found the roof support timbers had been blown out by the blast and was totally unstable.

It is often documented there is no braver soul than a mining man and there was no shortage of volunteer workmen who moved in to re-timber the roof for over three hours, making it safer for further exploration but, sadly, it was here they found the body of young Samuel Hill (19) buried in the waste.

The roof fall at this part of the coalface was so extreme that immediate progress was deemed impossible but three men, Frederick Pride, John Vardy and Everett Reeves, were still unaccounted for.

Teams of men worked tirelessly in relays around the clock for the next four days to clear the fall while above ground family, friends and sightseers waited patiently for any positive news with the Rev. T.H. Evans, rector of South Normanton parish rendering whatever service he could.

It wasn’t until Saturday February 20 that the route was eventually pierced and the bodies of Everett Reeves (55), John Vardy (25) and Frederick Pride (31) were recovered.

The disaster caused a widespread outpouring of grief around the villages of South Normanton, Huthwaite and Sutton-in-Ashfield where the dead men had lived.

Colliery company records listed over 130 messages from sympathisers far and wide.

Ex-colliery workers, the Salvation Army, the Central Miners’ Relief Fund, directors of the Derby & Notts Associated Collieries, the French Under-Secretary of State for Mines, the Duke and Duchess of Portland and the Duke of Devonshire all sent their condolences and there was even a telegram from the King and Queen; but what had gone wrong on that horrendous evening?

The inquest on Henry Willis, John Marriott, Samuel Hill and Willis Lambert opened the same day the bodies of the three buried miners had been found.

Two days later, the inquest opened on John Vardy, Everett Reeves and Frederick Pride.

Sadly, that same day, Percy Ansell succumbed to his wounds, becoming the eighth victim.

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Five possible theories about the source of a naked light were discussed at the inquest: A result of shot-firing; a safety lamp; an electrical fault; friction; or someone smoking.

Despite random and regular searches for ‘contraband’ of the miners’ before going underground, PC Tansley reported finding smoking materials on the bodies of some of the men when he had examined them, including one ‘spent’ match inside a metal tin.

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Mr. T.E. Pickering, junior inspector of Mines for the District, concluded the explosion had been caused by someone smoking illegally. He felt placing a spent match inside a tin was the action of someone not wishing to be found out. He did not think this match had been the particular cause but was sure it was some action similar to that.

However, there was no ‘direct evidence’ to link any theoretical cause to the actual occurrence.

The jury had no alternative but to return the verdict they did: ‘We cannot find the cause of ignition of the explosion.’

When the inquest opened the Chesterfield coroner, Dr. R.A. Macrae, praised the men that had taken part in the rescue operations, paying a glowing tribute in particular to the actions of Clarence Dye and Jonathon Waltho.

Dr Macrae also paid tribute to the rescue brigades and volunteer workforce who toiled to clear the fall, never knowing what dangers lay ahead.

It was left to Clarence Dye to offer the most fitting sentiments, which typify the heart and soul of a coal miner. He refused the idea of a gallantry award, stating: ‘To see those injuredmen walking again will be worth more than any medal.’

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workshops for the National Coal Board No. 4 Area Road Transport. The shaft was filled in and capped in 1968.

The road transport depot came to a close on this site after privatisation of the coalfield and in 1998 became home to an out-of-town retail shopping outlet by the name of McArthur Glen.

One is left wondering how many of those out for a day’s shopping will ever know of the dreadful scenario that took place underneath their feet over eighty years ago.

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Roger West will be giving a talk on the disaster on Wednesday 30th March at 7.00pm, Birchwood Rooms at The Postmill Centre, South Normanton Entry fee is a donation on the door, which will be gifted to the Oncology department at Kingsmill Hospital Do you remember the disaster? Perhaps you heard stories from family or friends?

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VARNEY, John William Formally of South Normanton, passed away peacefully on Saturday 11th December 2021 at Pinxton Manor Care Home aged 90 years.

John was born in Chesterfield and lived locally for 55 years.

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It takes a stout heart to brave a cold winters day for a dog walk but once you get going it’s amazing how much better you feel with a lung full of fresh air and a few miles under your belt. This month’s walk was first featured 3 years back but ranked highly as a winter walk because of its length, varied terrain and good paths, although there are a few muddy bits but try and find a walk without some mud at the moment!

A moderate walk with a varied terrain. The route should take around 2 1/2 hours. There are some stretches along 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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Standing with your back to the car park entrance continue straight ahead to the far end of the car park to bear left to climb some steps. Keep straight ahead, firstly with a fence on your right then a lake.

Continue ahead, staying close to the lake for some distance. Eventually you will continue with a tall metal fence on your left. After a very short distance and where a smaller metal fence on your right begins, pass through a gap on your left and continue ahead with a metal fence on your right.

Keep ahead, going through woodland and the footpath will begin to climb. As the path begins to level off you

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come out of the woodland, continue with trees on your right and pasture on your left. After some distance continue back into woodland.

Cross over a wooden footbridge, climb some steps and then continue straight ahead to climb a 2nd set of steps. At a major intersection of footpaths ignore the path on the left and straight on and instead bear slightly right to take the footpath going down some steps.

Continue down a 2nd set of steps and cross over a wooden footbridge.

Climb some steps then continue straight ahead ignoring a path to the immediate left. Continue ahead

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Continue until reaching a split in the path. Then keep right and continue along the same level passing a marker post on your left. Continue straight ahead for some distance along the same level passing another maker posts on your left.

At a third marker post ignore the footpath going steep downhill to your right and continue straight ahead, then at a split in the path ignore the path to the left going uphill and keep right staying on a path that is relatively level.

Keep ahead for some distance to pass another marker post on your left and then a little further on, continue to pass another marker post on your left. After this marker post, ignore a path to the left and then continue for a short distance before dropping downhill to a cross a bridge.

Continue uphill through woodland. Eventually the footpath levels with a stream in the small gully on your left. The footpath begins to climb once more and you will pass a farm building on your right. Upon reaching a large metal gate directly in front of you, pass through a gap to pass by the gate, ignore a marked footpath on your left and continue straight ahead onto a road.

Continue along the road and then take the 1st road on the right called ‘Brooke Drive’. Continue along ‘Brooke Drive’ for some distance and then around to the left. At a T-junction turn right along the road for a very short distance and then take the 1st road on the left called ‘Recreation Road’.

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Continue to enter a field and keep ahead with a hedge on your left. At the far side of the field to pass through a gap in the trees. Continue straight ahead across the centre of another field to pass through a gap adjacent to a large metal gate.

Keep ahead to reach a main road. Cross over and turn right and continue for some distance until reaching house number ‘151’ on the left and immediately after turn left onto a lane and signposted footpath.

After some distance pass by a telegraph pole on your left keep ahead to head gently downhill. Immediately after passing beneath some power cables and just prior to entering some woodland turn left onto a footpath.

Keep on the footpath to pass a pylon on your left.

Then pass a marker post on your left and enter the woodland. Follow the footpath and pass another marker posts on your right. After a short distance cross over a stile and into a field with open views to your right.

Continue ahead ignoring a marked footpath going uphill to your left. Keep ahead to drop steep downhill and cross over a footbridge. Climb some steps and continue along the edge of another field passing by an aerial/mast on your left.

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Just just prior to reaching some houses turn right and head downhill along the edge of the field. Near the bottom of the hill and then upon reaching a stone structure on your left, turn left to exit the field. Turn left along the lane and then turn right along a main road.

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Continue along the main road past a bus shelter and then downhill to reach a large metal gate on your right.

Pass through a gap next the metal gate and follow a footpath going downhill. Pass by a BMX track on your left and continue until you have a lake directly in front of you. Follow the tarmac path to keep the lake on your right and cross over a bridge back into the car park.

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Introducing a new pet to the household is a big commitment, so follow these do’s and don’ts to make sure you get it right!

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Research your breed! The average dog lives for around 13 years, so making sure that you choose a breed that will fit in with your lifestyle is essential before you start looking at puppies that you read up on the breeds you are interested in to make sure you know what to expect.

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Whilst it may seem convenient to pick a puppy from a picture and order it for delivery once weaned, these puppies are usually very poorly bred (often abroad) and are most likely to have serious health concerns.

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Buy from anywhere that are selling lots of different breeds of dogs. They are likely ‘puppy dealers’, who are selling for puppy farms or buying puppies from puppy farms to sell on. Puppy farm puppies may have a pedigree certificate but does not mean that they are well bred! These dogs are bred too often and purely for profit, with no regard for their health.

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Buy from a pet shop. Good breeders will NOT sell their puppies via a shop.

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Buy a puppy because it is cheap. Usually there is a reason for this – buyer beware!

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Buy a puppy with a known health issue unless you know exactly what you are taking on and the costs involved. If you are considering doing this, get a history from the breeder’s vet and then discuss the implications with your own vet so that you can make an informed decision. Any health problems that have been noted prior to you buying the puppy are highly unlikely to be covered by insurance.

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I can safely say this has been by far and away the quietest month we’ve had since we’ve been here, with no game in 6 weeks for either first or reserve side and not a great deal happening over the derive period. So, this article is a little shorter than what I’d usually write (I can sense the relief in everyone’s eyes as I type this!)

At the time of writing we’re through the first week of January and we’re 2 sessions in, looking forwards to what will hopefully be our first game of the new year on Saturday, away to Hilton.

We’re hoping to add to our youth section next season, however we’ve just added another U9s to the club, and welcome them all on board!

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George popped round to our house for a mince pie, a bottle (or two) of Old Speckled Hen and a natter over the recent Christmas period.

We got to talking about how bad behaviour at football grounds was a serious problem years ago, but now, thankfully, was much less so. He recalled going to a Nottingham Forest v Derby game some 50 years ago when, after a 4-2 defeat for the home side, some of the victorious Rams’ fans were ‘ambushed’ by home supporters as they left the City Ground. They’d apparently been hiding under Trent Bridge, and watching from above, George swore that he’d seen a number end up in the water.

Unsurprisingly, and as is generally the case with George, our conversation led to a tale on a similar topic, that he’d heard as a boy from his grandad, Horace Twigg.

As Saturday 4th March 1893 dawned, there was a palpable sense of excitement and anticipation amongst followers of Hilcote Hacademicals. They were two points clear at the top of the league and were due to face their closest rivals, Newton Athletic, that afternoon. In recent years there had been a number of unsavoury incidents when these two clubs played. There was certainly no love lost between them.

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Apparently, Billy McKay, the big brute of a Scottish defender, had unfairly ‘brushed aside’ seven Athletic players as he charged through on goal and then, as he looked Clarence Wilson, the home goalkeeper in the eye, shouted “Clarrie, yir wife’s jist a wee hedgecreeper!” (NB – like me you’ll probably have to look that up). Well, as you’ll now understand if you’ve done that straight away, this so incensed Wilson that he came rushing from his goal, and with a right hook, attempted to knock McKay’s head off.

According to Horace, who at the time was a young lad watching from the touchline, all the home goalkeeper had succeeded in doing was a) break three fingers in his right hand b) give away a clear penalty and c) end up having an ‘early bath’ as the umpire sent him from the field. McKay himself took the penalty kick and blasted it past the replacement custodian - the kind of language they used back then – and celebrated wildly with his Hilcote teammates.

Anticipating possible trouble, on the day of the return fixture, all police leave in Derbyshire was cancelled and anyone found walking down from Newton past St Werburgh’s Church that Saturday, was politely requested to ‘go back to your dwelling house’ by one of over 500 bobbies. This, claimed Horace, was the first ever instance of police led intelligence averting football hooliganism.

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History of Watchorn Church (Part Two) On June 30, 1891, he married Alma Jessica Simpson of Columbus, Ohio, and they visited Alfreton, Mr. Watchorn’s boyhood home, on their honeymoon. They later had two sons, Robert Kinnear Watchorn and Emory Ewart Watchorn, both of whom sadly predeceased him. Ewart dying as a result of his World War One service.

Watchorn was later appointed by Robert Emory Pattison, governor of Pennsylvania, as the first chief factory inspector of that state. He wrote that his job was to remedy sweatshop conditions for the workers of the period. He was later instrumental in the 1893 passage of the Factory Inspection Bill there. He served in political positions, but it was one of his important missions to fulfil the pledge he made to himself when he arrived in the United States to help immigrants when he could.

he became a very wealthy man and public figure.

Robert hadn’t forgotten his roots though and after WW1 the Watchorns became frequent visitors to Alfreton. The poverty and neglect of the Great Depression moved him deeply and so he decided to beautify the scene of his birthplace and erect the church as a memorial to his mother. On the 13th July, 1929, The Alma J Watchorn Park was officially presented to the town of Alfreton

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At this time of year nature emerges from the challenges of winter season with the optimism of spring and summer ahead. Changing winter weather patterns mean seasonal fluxes are no longer as predictable as they once were.

Many wildflowers have remained in bloom throughout the colder months. Some plants are frosted back but many survive for much or all of the winter. On the high moors for example, green bracken fronds have turned golden-brown, and deciduous purple moor-grass (Molinia) has turned pale straw colour across extensive areas of wet moor and bog. Both these plants are now viewed as ‘problem species’ by conservation managers as they have spread and this has implications for wildlife. However, what most people including site managers often don’t realise, is that this is a quirk of history and of what I have called ‘cultural severance’. This is the ending of traditional management and countryside usage by local people like farmers (and historically peasants). In this case, purple moor-grass was harvested as ‘moor hay’ from moors and heaths across and around the Peak.

Bracken was also cut and harvested as animal bedding and every farm in the upland zone had a ‘bracken stack’ close by the farm and its cowsheds. It was this use of local plants and vegetation which kept ‘pest’ species in check. Ending that usage combined with air pollution especially nitrogen fallout from powerstations and car exhausts triggered a modern-day crisis of moorland management; maybe we need to learn from history.

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Also in woods and gardens there are blackbirds, robins, and others all singing and displaying. On rivers, canals, and lakes, waterbirds are holding territories and forming pairs; some like mallards already have ducklings in abundance. The beautiful little grebes or dabchicks are paired and actively displaying and foraging within their chosen patch. Worth looking for along the Peak District rivers such as the Wye, Derwent, and Lathkill for example, there is a rather special bird of the area, the dipper. During the breeding season with their distinctive white breasts, these birds fly up and down stream to patrol their territory; every so often stopping to bob or dip on a suitable stone or rock. However, listen for the distinctively sweet, rippling warble of the male dipper, from October to July but most easily heard around February or March.

Nevertheless, spring will soon be on its way and bracken-beds will show green shoots of recovery. Lower down the hill, woodlands start to burst into life with the first spring flowers such as the white wood anemone and golden yellow lesser celandine. Along watercourses, the peculiar flowers of great butterbur emerge and Professor Ian D. Rotherham, researcher, writer, broadcaster on wildlife and environmental issues in the Peak District and elsewhere, is contactable on info@hallamec.plus.com. Follow his website www.ukeconet.org, blog ianswalkonthewildside, & Twitter @IanThewildside To advertise please call 01773 549 035 59

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No hard and fast rules for February in the garden.

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Speaking of bulbs this is a good time to start getting many summer bulbs in the ground. Alliums planted now should still be in time for late spring/early summer flowering and anemones are good to go, but do soak them overnight to give them a head start. Check how hardy the plants will be, this info is on the packet to ensure you don’t risk frost damage.

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