Broadmeadows, South Normanton, Blackwell & Newton edition

Editor ’s Message Welcome to the May edition everyone!

Don’t forget to mention the Voice when you use any of the companies in this Magazine

Well, when I asked what to do with my time last month, who’d have thought that some people would actually send in answers, so thank you for those and rest assured grammar police, alterations have been made and you can now sleep easy (or can you??) !! ;-) I love this time of year, we have light and lots of it , bank holidays and lots of them and lots and lots of spring cleaning to do. I’m just in the process of gathering some old bits and bobs together for at least one car boot and as for the garden, well, in our case the longest project in the world but I have a good feeling that we might actually seriously consider doing something with it this year!!!! Apparently, mowing the lawn is a good start or so I am told! Anyway, that’s enough about me.

As always, we have lots of new bits and bobs going on this month with some great events coming up. Carla, Janine and I are looking for useful feedback on what you would like to see in your local magazine going forward and we desperately need more likes on facebook so that we can give away some prizes. Now we did have some technical difficulties with the new e-mails last month but they are resolved now, so please e-mail us with anything that you think is a viable idea for us to run with in the future.

Finally, we need some new distributors, so if you know anyone that is reliable and willing to earn a bit of extra money, give me a shout...alternatively, if you see one of us 3 out delivering…..pop the kettle on!!

See you next month,

Emily x

Emily Carla Janine To advertise contact Emily on: 01773 604178 07891 639638 info@voicemagazines.co.uk Or Carla on: 07896 294512 Carla@voicemagazines.co.uk Or Janine on: 07976 182589 Janine@voicemagazines.co.uk Upcoming Submission Deadline for Advertisers and Contributors June Edition - 9th May

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Things To Do Crazy Race Night at Tibshelf Community School.

Saturday 10th May, Paddock opens @ 7.00pm - First race @ 7.15pm. Bring and share buffet and please bring your own drinks and glasses. Horses are powered by hand!!Special races for children and ladies. £2.00 per adult - £1 per child, £6 for a family of 4 (2

adults & 2 children), £5 for a family of 3 (2 adults & 1 child). ‘Buy’ a horse for only £3.00 – Choose their names. Prizes for the winning jockey and horse owners!!

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Green Gables Events

Car Boots @ Green Gables

4th & 18th May - car boots set up from 8am. Cost is £6 for Don’t Miss the South Normanton Gala - 5th July 2014 booters and 50p to browse.

Parade starts approx 11am from the Hub, South Food & Drinks available, Toilet Normanton. FREE admission to the facilities Postmill Centre Field. Attractions to include: Funfair, birds of prey, climbing All enquiries to Julie Watlow on wall, Police, Fire & Ambulance vehicles, 07738 033056 classic cars, scooters & more. For more info contact John on susc212@aol.com

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Things To Do Alfreton & District Ramblers Club

made welcome. For more info call Terry on 07891 517057 We walk on alternate Sundays or Dave 07543 100655. and meet in the car park near Upcoming walks: Alfreton Library at 9:30am.

11th May– Grindleford Area, 8m Bring a drink and packed 25th May - Wolfscote Dale, 7m lunch. Suitable footwear and clothing required. New faces

Jumble Sale

what you can pick up!!

You can’t beat a good Friday 9th May at rummage, so why not pop Stonebroom Community along to this Centre. 2pm until 4pm local Jumble All proceeds to St Peters Sale and see Church, Stonebroom.

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Alfreton Park Community Special School Events

Car Boots 4th May & 1st June - 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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Editor’s Choice This month I have been lucky enough to enjoy a fabulous hot stone massage courtesy of Heather at Body & Sole and I wanted to recommend it to everyone! I suffer from constant pain in my back, neck and shoulders and apparently the answer is to enjoy more massages, so I decided to contact Heather.

Heather started with a thorough consultation of medication, allergies and any persistent issues. She then set to work on my bespoke aromatherapy oils that would tackle my issues. She went with clarey sage to relax the mind & body, black pepper & ginger to warm the muscles and mandarin to complete the blend with a beautiful fragrance.

The stones themselves are incredibly smooth and it seems bizarre to say but it really didn’t feel like stones! They are different sizes and shapes for different areas and Heather was certainly able to reach all those difficult deep knots without any pain or discomfort for me.

I think that the best bit about the treatment was that it was all tailored to my needs and the effect was immediate and lasted for about a week afterwards. In fact, with this months fabulous offers, I think it might be time to book in again!!

Thanks Heather!

CAN YOU LEND A HAND?

Got some free time? Like talking to people?

Want to learn a new skill?

Or use those you already have?

Then we’d like to talk to you!

Local charity, SNaP Development Project, needs volunteers to join its team raising funds for the community at the Chari-tea Shop in Pinxton.

Call Steve on 01773 510882 for info or email info@snapdp.org.uk South Normanton Business Centre 34, High Street, South Normanton, DE55 2BP Co. No. 6786578 / Charity No. 1136223

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Book Review - Secrecy by Rupert Thomson Florence in the late 1600s. The Medici still rule. It’s a city of forbidden knowledge and power – inevitably bound up with sex, religion and secrets.

Into this half :ictional world comes a real person, Gaetano Zumbo, a man whose wax carvings look almost as real as the human beings they are modelled on. He was an artist of the 17th century who became famous for his carvings of strange subjects such as the Plague.

Author Rupert Thomson uses the :igure of Zumbo as the central character for his intriguing and dark novel Secrecy which is part murder, part love story, part sinister mystery and part atmospheric description of a corrupt city in a corrupt period of history.

Commissioned by Grand Duke Cosimo to carve a life-sized woman out of wax, the artist – Zummo in Thomson’s story - :inds himself pulled into a web of deceit and slippery treachery where the ground beneath his feet is always on the move.

Thomson writes of a disturbing world full of menace where the Of:ice of Public Decency patrols undercover to ensure everyone is behaving. Except that everyone, of course, is not. It’s a strange book, powerfully written, with a real page-turner ending. It’s something different

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A big thank you to Terry from Alfreton Ramblers club who submitted this walk. It is a fantastic route around Wing=ield Manor, with some lovely views. This route has two options; a shorter walk which takes you right up by the Manor or another longer walk which gives you a great view of the manor from up on high. Enjoy!

3.5/4.5 mile circular from South Wingfield, around Wingfield Manor A moderate and varied walk for you and your dog. The route should take around 2/2.5 hours. The route has a couple of large inclines. There are a few stretches of road so take care. The terrain is generally good but as with all walks if it has been wet there may be muddy patches so a good pair of boots or wellies as always is highly recommended.

1. Begin the walk by taking the path opposite Taylors Mill across the fields alongside the River Amber crossing the edge of the playing field and then passing under the railway.

2. Turn right and follow the railway as it takes you beside Shaw Wood. After the wood carry on ahead and just past the large detached house pass through a stile on your left.

3. Follow the path down the fields and through a gap in the hedge. Bear slightly left to cross a footbridge over a brook. Bear right, to keep the hedge on your right and carry on to cross a stile. Then head diagonally left to cross another stile onto Jacksons Lane.

4. Turn right and walk down Jacksons Lane, turning right at the junction. Walk along Park Lane under the railway bridge and continue for approximately half a mile.

5. For the shorter route take a stile on your right shortly after a junction on the left for Fritchley d e r and just before a house on the right. Follow the Re a f f e r path up the sides of the fields up to Wingfield O Manor. Pass the rear of the Manor down the track, turning let at the bottom and continue until emerging on the B5035/Manor Road. Turn right and follow the road. Past the Yew Tree pub take the footpath sign on the right.

6. For the extended walk carry on along Park Lane uphill for about half a mile. Pass the first path on your right then after the road bends left then right take the stile on your right to walk alongside the with every purchase of field.

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8. After the bridge bear right to cross a stile and follow the path as it winds around the back of the houses and brings you out onto the B5035/Manor road, near the Yew Tree pub. Cross the road and take the path ahead.

9. At this point both routes re-join. After a short way turn left after the gate and follow the path past the allotments. Bear right to cross a stile and down the steps. Turn left at the bottom then turn right onto Parks Avenue. Next turn left on Parks Avenue and continue ahead to reach the road. Turn right and you’re back to 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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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

Thursday

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

Sunday

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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Helping Businesses to Grow - Growth Voucher Project Smith Craven is an approved supplier for the Growth Voucher Project and they really can help you to grow. See what James has to say about it below:

The Growth Voucher Project will see up to 15,000 small businesses receive =inancial assistance towards professional support across =ive key areas: Financial Management & Accessing Finance, Sales & Marketing, Leadership & Management, IT & Employment/HR.

The advice under the Growth Voucher project is worth up to £2,000 to any business wishing to access professional advice to assist in the Having already established a successful growth of the organisation. The Government Business Coaching and Training Division last will match any ‘spend’ up to the value of year, the =irm continue to assist businesses £2,000, but the work has to be undertaken by achieve their growth aspirations via the an approved supplier.

Growth Accelerator programme. With three approved Business Coaches within the team, To =ind out more about either Growth they continue to provide bespoke coaching in Accelerator or the Growth Voucher Project areas of Business Development, Innovation & contact James Boler on 01623 334034 or Access to Finance. With the cost of the james.boler@smithcraven.co.uk coaching to clients being signi=icantly subsidised by The Department of Business Innovation & Skills, they are attracting businesses across all sectors and differing in size to work with via this programme. Many local businesses have also bene=itted signi=icantly from the Leadership & Management Training Grants that are available to individuals, once the business engages in the Growth Accelerator programme.

Smith Craven advocate that the client is the centre of all they do and therefore they make it their business to know what help is available within the marketplace to bene=it their clients. By obtaining the approval to provide assistance to businesses via the Growth Voucher Project, they can offer clients and none clients alike, strategic advice in relation to both Financial and Leadership and Management matters, at a reduced cost.

Do you have question that you would like answered? If so e-mail james.boler@smithcraven.co.uk

Gardener’s Calendar - May 2014 Polyanthus and primulas can be lifted and divided after they’ve :inished :lowering to create more plants for next year. The same applies to daffodils but don’t take foliage off your early :lowering bulbs till :ive weeks after they’ve :lowered – they need it to restore their strength for next year.

Don’t be tempted to buy lots of summer bedding and plant it out just yet – frosts still occur in late April and May. When you do put your bedding out, keep it near the house at :irst to protect it and if it looks like there’s going to be a cold night, a layer of horticultural :leece will help greatly.

Top tip. Don’t put your runner and French beans out till the end of May. They’ll take off at great speed when you do, and may struggle any earlier.

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If you’re a brave gardener who doesn’t mind plants looking a bit bare for a short while, you can try the Chelsea chop on late :lowering perennials such as asters, rudbekia and heleniums which may be prone to :lopping as they grow. Taking off the top third of growth now will give you much stronger plants when they come into :lower later.

Smith, who specialises in stylish, boudoir images. In the afternoon a different art form will be offered: LEABROOKS Kermit, from Black Grape, will be GALLERY reading some of his poetry.

Home Furnishings & Interiors Following this, from the 17th until the 30th May, 2014 Lynn Presland’s vibrant LEABROOKS HOUSE, 36 LEABROOKS RD, SOMERCOTES, DE55 4HB landscapes are displayed in the Main Exhibition Room. Her images convey A Celebra on of Style at the essence of summer and celebrate Leabrooks Arts Complex the in!inite variety of its colours, appealing to both traditionalists and May is a period of heightened and those who prefer a more varied activity at Leabrooks Arts impressionistic style.

Complex, involving a range of people th and events. It is a period during which During the Spring Bank Holiday, 24 , th th artistic endeavour is high lighted and 25 and 26 May, 2014, the Derbyshire Arts weekend, seven artists will be style is celebrated. demonstrating their skills and selling The !irst exhibition of the month, A their work throughout the Complex.

Celebration of the Female Form, There will be something here to please features the exceptional work of everyone: advice for those wishing to corsetiere, Debi Harcourt-Whiting, who try or develop their skills in various art has produced some beautiful garments. forms, a chance to look at art purely for Forget about the !lesh coloured girdles pleasure or an opportunity to purchase of yesteryear and think of beautiful, for investment. burlesque costumes which are both More simply, there’s home made carrot dramatic and !lattering. Debi is inspired cake and by a number of themes and uses many real bean different kinds of fabric, natural dyes coffee if and effects all of which are described in you really accompanying manuals. Her work, want to displayed on mannequins, will be at the spoil centre of an exhibition of paintings and yourself! drawings dedicated to the portrayal of It’s a !itting women. conclusion She will be present throughout her Open to an Day on Saturday, 3rd May, 2014 to exciting discuss and model her work. On the month. same day, in the morning, the Networking Artists Coffee Club will meet to exchange ideas and review the work of photographic artist, Tony

Tel: 01773 602961 | e: carol-barton-jones@lineone.net | www.leabrooks-interiors.com

Derbyshire Police Update - Help prevent Doorstep Crime During April, Derbyshire Police and Trading Standards officers have been running a campaign to target rogue traders, and to raise awareness of doorstep crime.

Would you be able to spot a rogue trader? Rogue traders are people pretending to be builders or tradespeople needing to do urgent repairs or other work. They pressurise householders into making quick decisions, paying in advance for materials or do poor work at highly inflated prices. They will cold call and deliberately overcharge for unsatisfactory goods and services or unnecessary repairs.

Older adults are more at risk of bogus callers and doorstep rogue traders. They are more likely to agree to work, or to trust people who turn up unannounced and say they are

from the council, utility, social or health services, or even the police.

It is more likely they will allow someone they have never met into their home if they think they need help, to use their toilet, the phone or many other excuses. They are more likely to feel isolated, embarrassed and unsure of where to turn if they need help.

In the most serious cases, the so called workmen will return to the same victim again and again until their savings are exhausted.

Below are a few tips to protect yourself from doorstep crime:

• If you are not sure who is at the door, don’t open it. • Before answering the front door, make sure your back door and any windows are locked and closed.

• Check the identity of any caller. Confirm who they • Use the door chain every time you answer the door. are by calling the company they work for using number from the telephone directory or a bill.

• If the caller is selling something or offering work • Ask a neighbour to come around to check them on your house or garden tell them that you are not before you open the door.

• Tell them to come back at a time when someone will be at home with you.

interested and ask them to leave. Genuine, reputable firms won’t need to drum up business by cold calling.

Report any information about suspicious callers or activity to the police on 101. Always use 999 in an emergency, where you are concerned about someone’s safety or think a crime is in progress.

Citizen’s Advice also offer useful information for consumers. Visit their website, www.adviceguide.org.uk/ england.htm, or call 08454 04 05 06.

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Carla’s Kitchen Queenie Pudding Ingredients (serves approx. 4-6 people) 4 eggs 1 pint of milk 120g =ine breadcrumbs 230g golden caster sugar 5 tablespoons of raspberry jam

Easy Peasy Scrummy Pudding

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Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/gas 2.

Separate 3 of the eggs and put the yolks with the remaining whole egg and beat together. Add the breadcrumbs, milk and 85g of the sugar. Spread the jam evenly on the bottom of a pie dish. Pour the egg and milk mixture over the jam and bake in the oven for 1 hour until set. Whisk the remaining 3 egg whites until stiff, then slowly mix in the remaining sugar. Pile on top of the custard and bake in the oven for a further 15-20 minutes until the meringue is lightly browned.

Enjoy!

This recipe was given to me by my very own mamma Pal!! If you have a recipe that you’d like to share then please send it to me at Carla@voicemagazines.co.uk

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amber valley info Celebrates its 2nd Birthday Local web site, Amber Valley Info, is celebrating their second birthday in style after hitting a massive milestone of 250,000 visits to the site.

“The response to the site has been fantastic” said Paul, “it has been far more popular than I could ever have imagined when I began the project” Amber Valley Info is probably the number “Social Media such as Facebook & Twitter have played a huge part in promoting the one web resource for business and community information for the Amber site; Twitter has proved a fantastic way of meeting local business owners and Amber Valley.

Valley Info has teamed up with local The project was started around 3 years ago business owners to run a weekly Twitter

by Paul Curran-Bilbie after becoming chat targeted at promoting Amber Valley” frustrated with the lack of local information “There are some great plans in the pipeline available online. After a year of developing for year 3 and I want to make Amber Valley the site and gathering information Amber Info the =irst place people come to for Valley Info went live in April 2012. information about Amber Valley” You can find Amber Valley Info on the web at www.ambervalley.info or just Google Amber Valley Info. To contact Paul, just email him on info@ambervalley.info If you want to register your business, club, charity or event for free then just pop along to the site and follow the links from the home page.

NEEDS DISTRIBUTORS We have the following areas available immediately:

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For other future vacancies, you will be placed on a waiting list

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Gary is a local author and has been writing for the Swanwick edition for over a year. We feel that the time has now come to share his grumbles with the rest of the population. However, a word of warning, take everything he says with a large pinch of salt!!

Apparently, Emily’s postbag we’re supposed to worry about is a has been requesting that I =lashing image. I did a bit of research and talk about dog poo. That’s it’s all to do with epilepsy, the facts are shit, doings, number 2, crap, that there are approx. 2,000 epileptics who faeces, excrement to you suffer from photo sensitivity. What are the and me. In particular the chances of all of them watching the same strange practice of cleaning up a doggies program at the same time????? I also mess, putting it in a bag and then hanging discovered that for once it’s not the TV it up on a tree, fence or just leaving it on companies to blame but OFCOM the the pavement. Do these people think that regulator. Get a grip OFCOM. there’s a shit bag fairy who =lies down late It may seem I’m being a tad harsh on at night and takes the bag away? Well epilepsy, but really, wouldn’t it be easier to there isn’t so if you own a dog, then clear contact these sufferers and tell them to up its crap. It’s not been a problem this listen to the radio at 6 o’clock, rather than year, but last winter during the snowy the rest of us having to listen to that periods, I noticed a lot more doggy doings slightly pompous Huw Edwards character on the pavements, is there another group droning on about =lashing, night after night after night. of dog owner’s that think a chemical reaction occurs when excrement meets Where will it all end? ‘Be aware that if you snow? Does it miraculously disappear? No hold racist views, the next item may it doesn’t, when the snow melts we’re left contain positive images on immigration’, with a mush of poo. I hope that’s cleared ‘following is a report on irritable bowel syndrome, if you are of a sensitive nature that up. then please look away now’.

Back to one of my favourite subjects, television. Is it just me or do you =ind this I hope you’ve enjoyed my thoughts. annoying, the news readers who introduce Previous columns that appeared in just the items as diverse as the Crimea being Swanwick edition can be found at invaded, a plane going missing or some deathoftheregular.wordpress.com/ other terrible event and telling you to ‘be You can also buy my book on amazon aware that this report may contain =lash through a link on the blog. It’s only photography’. So bloody what? The news available on kindle now as all hard copies items show maimed bodies, starving were long since sold out.

Africans and grieving relatives and all If on the off chance, you would like Gary to write about something in particular, feel free to contact either Emily on info@ambervalleyvoice.co.uk or 01773 604178/ 07891 639638 or Carla on Carla@ambervalleyvoice.co.uk, 07896294512.

The views expressed in the column above are those of the author only and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Amber Valley Media.

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