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Ta da! Here it is, the new look magazine. We have some new features and some of the old favourites but as always, if there is anything else that you would like to see, don’t hesitate to contact any of us. Just make sure you leave us a contact number, as we’ve had a couple of instances where people have called about putting events in ‘things to do’ and not left contact details for us to get back in touch to verify those details but we love to help promote local events, so please just make sure that you speak to one of us, we don’t bite!! We are now going to 12,000 homes in total and our little team couldn’t be more excited as we have plenty more plans going forward. By the time this lands on your doorstep, we will have a new improved website as well and our facebook and twitter name should have changed too (although if it hasn’t fully transferred...excuse the teething problems!!) To top all this off, we have some amazing offers, competitions and new advertisers to help us with this new look, so I strongly advise you to read it from cover to cover this month, as you don’t want to miss anything from first aid training to a wildlife course, from work wear safety supplies to a business for sale….we have it all!! So, now the re-brand is virtually complete, what will I do with my time? Answers on a postcard….. ;-) Emily x
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Things To Do Damn Yankees ! from the Ripley & Green Gables Alfreton Musical Theatre Company Events The home run musical with a seductive twist! Tickets Alfreton Grange Arts Spring Fayre are on sale online at College at 7.15pm. A Free 26th April - 10am until 4pm at www.ramtc.org or ring the Easter Egg for children Riddings Communty Centre. Box Of:ice: 01773 745082. seeing the show on Cost is £10 per table 14th - 19th April 2014 at Friday 18th April. Car Boots @ Green Gables Don’t Miss the South Normanton Gala - 5th July 2014 6th April & 4th May - car boots Parade starts approx 11am from the Hub, South set up from 8am. Cost is £6 for Normanton. FREE admission to the booters and 50p to browse. Postmill Centre Field. Attractions to Food & Drinks available, Toilet include: Funfair, birds of prey, climbing facilities wall, Police, Fire & Ambulance vehicles, classic cars, scooters & more. For more All enquiries to Julie Watlow on 07738 033056 info contact John on susc212@aol.com
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Things To Do Alfreton & District Ramblers Club
made welcome. For more info Alfreton Park call Terry on 07891 517057 Community We walk on alternate Sundays or Dave 07543 100655. Special School and meet in the car park near Upcoming walks: Events Alfreton Library at 9:30am. 13th Apr - Ashover, 8m Bring a drink and packed 27th Apr– Longstone Edge8/9m Welly Walkies lunch. Suitable footwear and 11th May– Grindleford Area, 8m 13th April - 10am. Meet at Teversal clothing required. New faces Thurs 3rd Apr- Baslow, 5/6m Visitor Centre. Walk the Silverhill Wood Trail with your family & dog. Adults £5, Children & dogs are Sunday 6th April at Table Top & Craft Fair FREE!
Riddings Park Whether you have Community Centre something to sell or are To book a table (cost £5) looking to buy, or for more info on times this is the event and other details, call Pat for you! on 01773 541794.
Car Boots 6th April & 4th May - 8am until 12pm. Cost is £5 per boot & 20p to browse. Call Margaret on 07518 025622 or Toyah on 01773 832019 to book.
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“Along comes the sun and dries up all the rain”, well not quite but we’re getting there. So it’s time for us and our incy wincy doggy friends to go out for walks again. We’re off the Wessington this months for a varied walk with some lovely views. Hope you enjoy it. If so why not let us know... 4 mile circular walk from Wessington A moderate and varied walk for you and your dog. The route should take around 2 hours. The route has a number of inclines inclines and the terrain is still mixed at this time of the year with uneven sections so a good pair of boots or wellies as always is highly recommended.
1. Begin the walk on Back Lane in Wessington. Facing east, with your back to the centre of Wessington take a footpath sign to follow wide gravel track. As this track bends right take a smaller path on your left. When this path forks take the wider path on the right. 2. At the A615 cross and turn left and walk for about 70 meters, turn left just past the bus stop to join a path through the nature area. Follow this across the nature area to meet another path that takes you up past the grass pitch to join Slack Lane. 3. Turn Left and follow Slack Lane for a little under 400 meters then take a signposted footpath on your left. Head diagonally across the :ield. Cross the stile and turn right following the path up the side of the next :ield. 4. Continue into the wooded area. Turn right at the fork in the path and follow it across a footbridge as it brings you out into a :ield. r Keep ahead and at the end of the :ield turn a d e r e R right to join a farm track. e O ff 5. Follow the track for a little over 300 meters. As you approach the farm building, after passing through over a 2nd cattle grid cut across a :ield, heading for the tree, then bear left towards a gate. Cut diagonally right across the next :ield to pass through a gap in the hedge and continue along the path diagonally left across the :ield towards the corner. 6. Cross a stile and turn right along the path into with every purchase of Lindway Springs. Follow the path as it takes you Millers Complete Dog Food up and to the right through the wood and past a with this coupon farm building picking up the farm track that brings you to Lindway Lane. 7. Turn left onto the lane and follow it for a little over 300 meters as it bends around to the right. Continue and as you pass some houses on your left take a footpath sign on your right through the hedge.
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8. Cross the field to join the wide track and continue ahead for 100 meters before taking a signposted path on your right. Continue past a house and around to the left before turning right to follow the footpath marked stiles, heading for the corner of the field to pass through a gap in the hedge. Continue diagonally right across the next field, again heading for a gap in the corner. Continue up the side of the next field, with the hedge on your right. 9. At the end of the field join the A615 and cross the road to use the wider verge. Turn right to continue past the pub. At the entrance to the pub car park cross the road and take a footpath sign. Follow this path diagonally left across the field, passing through a gap in the hedge. Continue diagonally left across the next field, heading for the corner, before crossing the next field diagonally again. 10. At the corner cross the fence before crossing the road and taking the signposted path ahead. Follow this path until it brings you out onto The Green. Turn right and follow the road before taking the second road on your left (Millers Lane). As you reach a triangular grassy are on your right, before a house turn right to cross a stile. 11. Turn left and follow the side of the field before taking a stile on your left. Head straight across the next field heading for a tree inside the field. Then pass through a gap into the next field. Carry on ahead, heading for a stile on the right. 12. Cross Winny Brook and into the next field then follow the path up the side of the field with the hedge on your right. Cross a wide track and continue ahead, diagonally right across the next field to reach a stile back onto Back Lane, where you began This walk is for illustrative purposes only. The Amber Valley Voice takes no responsibility for anyone who chooses to follow this route and encourages all walkers to obey all byelaws and signs and to respect the area they are walking in, ensuring they pick up all dog mess and obey the countryside code at all times.
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Carla’s Kitchen Bite Sized Belly of Pork with Crackling Ingredients (approx. 16 portions) 1.2kg of pork belly (in one piece) Sea salt and ground black pepper Handful of thyme sprigs 4 cloves of garlic (unpeeled), halved horizontally Olive oil, to drizzle Splash of white wine
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Heat the oven to 160 C/Gas 3. Score the skin with a sharp knife and rub all over with olive oil, salt and pepper. Scatter the garlic and thyme on a lightly oiled roasting tray. Lay the pork on top, fat side up. Trickle with a little more olive oil and sprinkle with a little more sea salt. Add a splash of white wine, cover the tray with foil and roast for 3 hours, basting every 45 minutes with the pan juices. Transfer the pork to a clean roasting tray, cover with foil and use several cook books or something heavy to place on top and weigh down to )latten the pork. Once cool, wrap in cling )ilm and leave in the fridge for several hours or overnight. Half an hour before serving, heat the oven to the highest setting, around 240 C/Gas 9. Cut the pressed pork into individual portions and place on a roasting tray, fat side up. Rub the tops with olive oil and sprinkle generously with sea salt. Roast for 15 minutes until the skin is golden brown and crisp. Rest the pork for 5 minutes before serving.
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Gardeners Calendar - April 2014 Plant summer :lowering bulbs such as lilies and anemones; Make sure there’s adequate drainage – crock pots, gravel or vermiculite mixed with compost so they don’t rot if we get a really wet Spring – not that we will, of course...
Pot up any cuttings taken from last year’s plants and overwintered in the greenhouse. Keep taking cuttings as they grow – there’s still time for them to be ready to ;lower this summer.
Rose pruning time. If you’ve got roses which repeat :lower during the summer shorten last year’s growth by a third. With shrub roses you can take older stems back to the base if they’re looking congested. This is the time to treat them to some rose fertilizer and a nice bit of muck around the roots.
Top tip. This is bonanza time for slugs – all those sweet little shoots appearing out of the ground. If you don’t want to use pellets because they’re not eco friendly, try crumpled eggshells or coffee grounds. Or encourage frogs into your garden pond by creating shady cool areas of the pond with leaves for them to hide under. Frogs love slugs.
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Book Review - Longbourn by Jo Baker Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is part of Longbourn is just as much a love story as our culture...there have been ;ilms, TV, Austen’s original and it’s beautifully written. adaptations, even Bridget Jones with her The characters are real; but the steps down hero/husband Darcy. We think we know the servants’ staircase lead to a different the world of upper class England in the 19th world. century. Country walks, country gentlemen, It’s grittier – the Bennet sisters’ need for new bonnets and ladies who played the piano adornments for their shoes turns into a and sang. trudge through miles of rain and mud for But now Jo Baker’s Longbourn gives you the Sarah. The Bennets’ afternoon tea and walks story from the perspective of the servants – down country lanes are replaced by blistered as housemaid Sarah describes: “If Elizabeth hands, cold beds, the drudgery of the weekly Bennet had the washing of her own wash. And even in an enlightened household, petticoats, she would be more careful not to as a servant your time and your destiny tramp through muddy ;ields.' always belonged to someone else. While the Bennets are living Pride and One of the real joys is that as Baker’s story Prejudice upstairs at Longbourn, downstairs unfolds she reminds you what is happening gives us overworked servants and different to the Bennets. When Lydia elopes with the kinds of love and sex, war and politics – the scoundrel Wickham; the repercussions echo bits that Jane Austen, for all her sharp down the back stairs. observation of time and place, leaves out. Even if you haven’t read the original, it’s a really good read. If you have, it’s a delight.
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Out and About A daily guide to some of the local clubs and groups in your area Monday Baby Massage The Hub, Shiners Way, South Normanton, DE55 2AA - 2pm - 3pm. Ages birth - 4 months. Contact the children’s centre on 01629 533735 for information on the next course. South Normanton Striders (intermediate jogging
group) - meet at 6.30pm at Frederick Gent School. Call Rob on 07962 308933 (www.activederbyshire.co. uk/jog/) Young Parent Group A group for young parents aged 24 and under with their children. Meet at The Hub at 1:30pm until 3pm.
Tuesday Little Ones Group advice and have your baby Alfreton Children’s weighed - Ages birth - 18 Centre, Grange Street, months. Contact - 01629 Alfreton, DE55 7JA - 533735 1.30pm - 3pm - Contact - Forest Gump Joggers 01629 533066 (beginners jogging group) - meet at Frederick Gent Baby Clinic The Hub, Shiners Way, School at 6.15pm. Contact South Normanton, DE55 Heather on 07983 51273. 2AA. 1pm - 3.30pm (1st & (www.activederbyshire.co. 3rd Tuesday of every uk/jog/) month) Drop in for health
Wednesday Stay and Play The Hub, Shiners Way, SN, DE55 2AA - 10am - 11.30am. Age 12 months and upwards. Contact 01629 533735
South Normanton WI We’re a friendly group with a wide variety of ages. We meet every 3rd Wednesday at the Post Mill Centre, 7:30pm. For more info call Baby Play Pinxton Nursery School, 07580 635589. Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, Breathe Easy Group NG16 6NA - 1pm - 3pm. A friendly group for people Contact 01773 863105 for who suffer from lung related more details. illness and the people who Alfreton Singers Swanwick School & Sports College (formerly The Delves) 7.15 - 9pm. Mixed choir of friendly singers. All styles of music. Contact Claire on 01773 835316 for more info.
support the COPD suffers. Meeting on the 3rd Wednesday each month. 1:30pm - 3:30pm at the Post Mill Centre, South Normanton, Contact Phil on 01773 782875
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Top Tots Thursday of every Alfreton Children’s month) A support group Centre, Grange Street, for parents and carers of Alfreton, DE55 7JA. children and young 1.30pm - 3pm. Fun play people with additional session with arts, crafts need and/or disabilities. and song time aimed at Contact - 01629 533735. Wednesday children ages 1-3 years. Alfreton Nursery School AVRUFC Senior Section Contact - 01629 533066 Breastfeeding Group The Hub, Shiners Way, and Children’s Centre, Training during close South Normanton, DE55 Parent & Toddler Drop season takes place at Weighing Clinic Children’s 2AA. 1.30pm - 3pm. in Session Amber Valley RUFC, Lower Alfreton Alfreton Nursery School, Somercotes (opposite Pye Centre, Grange Street, Make new friends, share Grange Street, Alfreton, Bridge Ind Est.) starts at Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 1pm tips and discuss any DE55 7JA - Term time - 7pm - 8.30. Contact Stuart - 2.30pm. Come and have issues you may have. your baby weighed and Contact - 01629 533735. 9am - 10am - Contact Artliff 07966 867946 or see someone from the Angela Stanton 01773 Gareth Pilkington 07772 health team. Contact - Alfreton Society of 520031 Painters - 7pm- 9pm at 366157 01629 533066 Pennytown Court ComCrafty Crew - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Alfreton Town Juniors Stay and Play - Pinxton munity Rooms. Visit Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA - U14’s - 7-8pm at Somerlea Youth Centre, Kirkstead www.alfretonsocietyof 1.30pm - 3pm - Messy and Park astro pitch, call Ben Road, Pinxton, NG16 painters.com for more creative play activities. on 07972 927236 for more 6NA. 10am - 11.30am. info. info. Contact - 01629 533066 Age 0 - 4 years. Stay and play with your child and Alfreton Male Voice In-betweenies Tiny & Toddlers Choir Rehearsals - meet new parents. Alfreton Children’s Centre, Pinxton Village Hall, 3 6:45pm at Palmer MoreGrange Street, Alfreton, Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, Cypress wood Social Club, Hall Parent DE55 7JA - 1.30 - 3pm. NG16 6NA. 9.30am - 11am. Support Group - The Street. New members Group for children with Age 0 - 3 years. audition, Hub, Shiners Way, South welcome-no mums, dads and carers up Normanton, DE55 2AA. just a love of singing. to the age of 25. Contact - 10am - 11.30am. (3rd 01629 533066
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Friday Alfreton Nursery School, Parent & Toddler Drop in Session. Meet at Alfreton Nursery School, Grange Street, Alfreton., DE55 7JA - Term time 1.30pm - 2.30pm. Contact Angela Stanton - 01773 520031 Childminding Network Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 9.30am - 11.30am. A chance for local
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childminder’s to meet. Contact - 01629 533066 Tiddlers and Toddlers Group - Alfreton Children’s Centre, Grange Street, Alfreton, DE55 7JA. 12.30pm - 2.30pm. Run by parents and open to all. Contact - 01629 533066 Tiny & Toddlers Pinxton Village Hall, 3 Kirkstead Road, Pinxton, NG16 6NA. 9.30am - 11am. Age 0-3 yrs
Sunday Amber Valley Junior Rugby Coaching for kids from 4yrs to 16yrs at Lower Somercotes (opposite Pye Bridge Ind Est). Sundays 10am. Contact Stuart 07966 867946 or Gareth 07595 520537.
Alfreton Heritage Trust - The Heritage Chapel on Rodgers Lane is open between 2 & 4pm. Visitors are welcome to browse & test the knowledge of Trust members. Contact Rachel Walker on 01773 832349 or visit www.alfretonheritage.org.uk for more info.
Other Guiding offers opportunities in the following sections: Rainbows age 5-7yrs Brownies aged 7-10yrs Guides aged 10-14yrs Adult Leaders 18yrs + Senior Section aged 14-25yrs If you or your daughter would like to know more about Joining visit www.girlguiding.org.uk/interested or call 0800 1 69 59 01
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE YOUR NON-PROFIT MAKING GROUP IN FUTURE EDITIONS, PLEASE E-MAIL carla@ambervalleyvoice.co.uk Please note that some of the groups listed incur a small charge and we would always recommend that you contact a group prior to attendance.
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Accountant Poulter Blackwell
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Auctioneer Kleeford Coin Auctions Children’s Soft Play Planet Happy Driveway Maintenance Extreme Drive Clean Electrician Xtreme Electrical
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Insurance Broker Binsured
Solicitor QS Chapman & Chubb WorkWear Sampal Disposable Supplies
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Oven Cleaning Services Ovenblaster UK
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Windows & Doors Window Wizard
Personal Holiday Advisor Lou Sansom Co-op PTA
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Events/Community Services Jerry Green Dog Re-homing Centre 11 SNAP Offices 8 WEA 22 10 7
Pet Care & Supplies Dog Walking & home boarding business for sale 17 Pawz 19 Seals Fodder Room 12/13 Plastering Complete Plastering
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Plumbing & Heating Amber Valley Plumbing & Heating B.Sole Plumbing Flowfayre
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Window Cleaning Window Cleaning Services
Estate Agent Langridge Homes
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Will Writing JH Legal
Optician Derbyshire Home Eye care
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Home/Interiors & Design Arctic Interiors
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Independent Financial Services Gold IFS Ltd 9 Moore & York 14
Electrical Goods Safeway Electrical Spavens
First Aid Training Garry Coupe Quality Training
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NEEDS DISTRIBUTORS We have the following areas available immediately:
BLACKWELL SOUTH WINGFIELD For other future vacancies, you will be placed on a waiting list
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Contact Emily on 07891 639638 or 01773 604178 to discuss
Spring & Summer Wildlife Course Commences on Wednesday 7th May from 6:30pm until 8:30pm. This 7 week course, run by popular tutor Debbie Alston will initially be based at Alfreton Adult Community Centre, Church Street, Alfreton DE55 7BD and will look at wildlife in May & June and includes a night bat watch and local +ield visits. The cost is £49 or £44.10 discounted and Free to those on certain means tested bene+its.
Contact Denise Glover on 0115 938 4025 for further information or enrol online at https://enrolonline.wea.org.uk/online. Course reference C2332750
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