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From the Editor Dearest Readers, Spring has sprung and I can eat sugar again!!!! As it happens I’m still sugar-free but that’s another story …..saving myself for all those Easter Eggs! Also, I still haven’t decided what I’m doing for March (it has virtually passed!) and in fact, April but I do appear to have given up sleep for lent! I am reliably informed that this might be hormonal as apparently, I am getting to that age – but let’s not talk about that!!

Remember when, at the start of the decade, everyone was talking about us experiencing the ‘roaring twenties’ again, when in fact it seems more like we have the ‘terrible twenties’. We’ve gone from Brexit chaos to Covid pandemics, a cost-ofliving crisis and now war in Ukraine! Like you I’m sure, my heart goes out to all the people of Ukraine either fighting for their country or being forced to flee for their own safety. My heart has been swelled by all the people and businesses offering help and even opening their homes to refugees. I hope, at least this series of crises have shown us how much better we are when we focus on what unites us rather than what divides us and how much stronger we are as communities, both local and global, when we tackle our problems together.

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On a (literally) brighter note, the clocks sprung forward last weekend. I am beyond happy about that tiny win! I always feel like I have more hours in the day when this happens (of course, I am not daft enough to believe this to be the case!).

One last thing… I went to watch the new Batman film last week (how many batmen have there been now?! He has more incarnations than the Dalai Lama). The film was pretty good but Robert Pattinson – blimey, Rafa has brought me sticks with more acting pizzazz!! It’s just as well he has a mask on for most of it!

Barry Norman signing off, see you next month.

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To advertise email: info@voicemagazines.co.uk or call us on 01773 549 035 Printed by Warwick Printing Company Ltd and distributed to 6,500 homes in North Derbyshire. Disclaimer: No responsibility is accepted by Voice Magazines Limited for claims, errors or omissions made in advertisements appearing in this issue. All advertisers are accepted in good faith and we are not responsible for views expressed by contributor or other sources. Reproduction of the contents of this magazine is not permitted without the prior consent of the publisher.Voice Magazines Limited, 40 High Street, South Normanton, Derbyshire. DE55 2BP. Registered in England & Wales No: 10550557

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Many of you may know George Curley as a supporter of local clubs. It was our great pleasure, recently, to present George with a certificate in recognition of 35 years as President of Alfreton Male Voice Choir.

In those years George, with Sue by his side, has proudly represented and supported the choir in all its activities and overseen the member focused and active choir we are today. Why not join us for song, fellowship and fun on Thursday evenings.

Chairman Mick said, ‘’We are proud of our heritage and are striving to secure the future; if you’d love to sing, we’d love you to sing with us’’.

SINGALONG FOR UKRAINE Join Alfreton Male Voice Choir & Belper & Duffield Rotary in a singalong at Morrisons in Belper on Saturday, 2nd April 2022 10am – 1pm to raise money for Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

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Is Time Running Out? Is time running out to “save the planet”?

And is it the planet we are actually trying to save, or simply our (western) way of life? Let’s face it, planet Earth will continue to spin around the sun long after we puny humans have wiped ourselves out (well, as long as any aliens watching the mess we’re making of everything don’t decide to step in and blast us all to smithereens!).

What would you sacrifice if you knew it would make a difference to the planet, make a more sustainable future for your children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren?

Would you stop driving a diesel or petrol car? Could you even afford an electric or hybrid vehicle?

Perhaps you’d consider switching to public transport, or even a bicycle not easy commitments to make in the Peak District National Park, as public transport is sparse and it’s very hilly for bike riding!

Maybe you’d become vegetarian (or vegan) although you would also have to commit to not consuming processed plant-based meals, soy products, almond milk etc., as they can be as bad for the planet as meat - and are not always a healthy option due to the mass of additives. And don’t always believe what you read; there are widely reported stats that it takes 1800 gallons of water to produce 1lb of beef; what is rarely stated is that figure relates to the US industrialised way of rearing beef in feedlots - NOT the way we do things over here.

How about not watering your lawn, or even better re-wilding your garden, or growing your own fruit and veg?

You could turn off your gas central heating and install green energy alternatives - if you could afford to.

Would you be happy for a new

nuclear power plant to be built nearby?

Contrary to popular belief, they can be a clean source of electricity when designed, built and run effectively.

Plastic anything could be permanently crossed off your shopping list, and charity shops could become your new best friend when it comes to clothing.

Could you live without your mobile phone, laptop, or any other bit of kit that relies on lithium type batteries (including electric cars!)?

When it all comes down to it, yes, all of us could do all of the above and more.

Our way of living would have to change dramatically, and we’d effectively have to adopt a lifestyle that is more akin to the way people lived 100 or more years ago - albeit still with “green” technology! But would that necessarily be a bad thing?

Knowing we could cope however, is a very different thing from wanting to adopt such changes - and I’m afraid that until such ideas become seen as mainstream and normal, not simply “tree-hugging hippy” ideas (and yes, I’ve heard that said!) then we will never do anything.

Bring on the aliens…?

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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RIPLEY & DISTRICT HERITAGE TRUST

THE MOVEMENT AND THE MAN As the Ripley Co-op unveils a blue plaque commemorating its history, we might remember just how influential it has been in the town: in its centenary year, 1960, it had 32000 members, 738 employees, 100 vehicles and annual sales of £61 million.

It wasn’t just shops either: it delivered milk and coal, baked bread, provided evening classes, taxis, insurance, funeral services.

The biggest entertainment venue in town was the Co-op Hall, and it set up and ran the library until the County Library was established in the 1950s.

Its influence can also be seen through its people, and what they did outside their jobs: take, for example, Henry Stanley.

The son of a bleach trimmer and a seamstress, he started as a grocer’s assistant in his early twenties, but because the Co-op was good at spotting talent, he was rapidly promoted, becoming General Manager in 1906, a post he held for 27 years.

Alongside his Co-op career, he played an important role in the town’s politics. He was a Guardian of the Poor, responsible for the earliest form of benefits, was on the School Board which administered education and was also on the Ripley Urban District Council for 33 years, and in the days before councils employed accountants, oversaw the body’s finances.

In 1915 he was appointed as a magistrate and was Chair of the Ripley bench for many years.

A devout Baptist, he was heavily involved with Sunday Schools.

His name also appears on a 1911 foundation stone of the newly built Salvation Army building in Heath Road. For a man with a demanding job, he had an astonishing range of other interests.

He was just one of the many people associated with the Co-op who helped make Ripley a thriving industrial town.

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World Health Day 2022 Did you know there’s a World Health Day and it’s this month?

With everything that has happened over the last couple of years, I think many of us have decided that now is the time to really begin taking care of our own health. Some of us have lost loved ones and seen people we care about suffer the effects of the pandemic - it’s made us face our own mortality, and for a lot of us, made us realise that ultimately only WE are responsible for our own wellbeing.

Personally, I’ve taken up Pilates and am generally trying to be more active difficult with a sedentary desk-bound job, but I definitely feel the benefit of moving more. I’m also eating healthily, LOTS of vegetables, and everything cooked from scratch, as well as taking a good multivitamin tablet every day.

These are small steps that all of us can take - but what does WHO (World Health Organisation) say about World Health Day on April 7th?

WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable environmental causes.

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Reading further through WHO’s literature, I found a statement about the current inequalities of income distribution around the globe; they say that present economic design leads to these inequalities in wealth and power - and again, I agree. But what they don’t say is how they intend to move us all towards their ideal, which is:

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“A wellbeing economy has human wellbeing, equity and ecological sustainability as its goals. These goals are translated into long-term investments, wellbeing budgets, social protection, legal and fiscal strategies. Breaking these cycles of destruction for the planet and human health requires legislative action, corporate reform and individuals to be supported and incentivised to make healthy choices.”

What do you think? Can we ever reach the kind of Utopia that WHO sets out above? Or is it all just words designed to capture the imagination for a few fleeting moments? Do our world leaders even have the capacity, let alone the will, to undo current economic strategies and move towards a more sustainable wellbeing society (I have my doubts - but I can hope!).

Whatever your views or beliefs, surely we can all decide to take appropriate steps to begin to look after the health of our own families AND ourselves this World Health Day. After all, as I said right at the beginning - only WE are responsible for our own wellbeing.

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I have fond memories of my mum faithfully licking and sticking the perforated stamps into a little booklet with dotted outlines to indicate where the stamps were to be stuck. It was a loyalty scheme, not the first in Britain, where you earned stamps for items bought from participating shops. When you had saved up enough stamps, you could choose a reward from the glossy magazine. The scheme ran from 1958 and petered out from 1973, to be replaced

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You had to spend 6d to get one stamp and each book contained 1,280 stamps. To buy a Kenwood Chef, that would cost you 33 ¼ books.

A Regentone 19” television would be yours for 88 books. In our house, we collected for more modest items like cutlery or a set of glass tumblers. It seemed like any luxury item could be saved up for, even cars, washing machines and foreign flights.

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DAD’S ARMY IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA PART ONE

In 1810, after seven years of the Napoleonic Wars, the prime minister, Lord Liverpool, penned a memorandum stating that Britain’s military was: “as large a force … as the Population and Finances of the Country could well support”.

The movements of the French military led to the mass mobilisation of a generation of men to defend Britain against revolutionary and then Napoleonic France between 1793 and 1815 is overlooked and largely forgotten. An astonishing one in four men served in some kind of capacity during these wars, a figure that exceeds those of World War I. We all know of the Home Guard of WW2, often immortalised by the TV series, but during the early 19th century these volunteers played a crucial role.

The First Great War At its peak, there were 250,000 men in the British Army, plus 80,000 serving in the militia, a particular form of home defence force raised during wartime, as well as 140,000 in the Royal Navy… These figures were matched by part-time soldiers raised across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland – there were 450,000 of these during the height of the invasion scare in the run up to the Battle of Trafalgar of 1805.

The composition of the Britain’s military was quite different to that in World War I as so many were not in full-time military service but enlisted as parttime soldiers to be used in case of an invasion. As these soldiers were never used in combat, their experience has been mostly forgotten.

But the impact of these part-time soldiers, known as Volunteers, was widespread across the UK. They formed the bulk of Britain’s military effort and were established in almost every town across the country.

As well as meeting up for training (about 20 days a year), they also became involved in the civic and social life of their areas and their members.

As these soldiers still continued in their civilian lives, they tended to be quite representative of the social make-up of their locality. Sometimes, involvement in the Volunteers was a way to improve one’s social standing.

Other units, especially cavalry (often known as the Yeomanry), were particularly exclusive. The additional cost of the uniforms and equipment of some units, beyond what the government provided, meant that being a member of these units was quite a financial commitment.

Many volunteer units participated in the Royal Jubilee celebrations of 1809. Their activities were frequently reported in newspapers. They regularly appeared at weddings and funerals. Given the numbers involved, there’s a good chance that anyone who had an ancestor in the UK during these wars could find something about them – even if it is just records of them getting paid for their time.

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Hardy annuals are usually fairly cheap and cheerful and there’s plenty to choose from. They prefer lighter soil, - it warms up faster after winter. And there’s plenty of hardy plants to choose from – the likes of nasturtiums (the easiest seed in the world to grow), marigolds, cosmos, sunflowers, cornflowers and nigella.

If sowing fine seed, get rid of weeds first and lightly firm the soil then mix with sand and scatter. The sand means you can see where you’ve sown and also makes it easier to spread the seed.

You can even grow hardy annuals under glass in a conservatory or greenhouse if you want them to move faster. They will grow in trays with compost or pots. But as soon as they have two pairs of leaves be sure to gently prick them out of their compost (easing out by the leaves) and pot them on into a pot where they have more individual space.

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