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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!

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The story of an East European in London looking for a living so he can send money to his family is as old as the hills and as new as today.

The Road Home by Rose Tremain was written several years ago, long before current world events. But it clearly depicts how, even in times of peace, it can be a mind-blowingly difficult prospect.

The novel centres around widower Lev, who has left his mother looking after his daughter back home. In London, Lev’s experiences of a new world are largely overwhelmed by the need for his food, shelter and employment.

It may sound like a grim read. And while it’s a serious novel, there’s a great deal of warmth. This is a story about ordinary people in what for them are extraordinary times. Lev is, like most of us, flawed, but that doesn’t stop him building good friendships, doing good stuff and sometimes relying on the kindness of strangers.

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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.

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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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We have some great activities on offer from table tennis, pool tables, arts and crafts, as well as Xbox and PlayStation consoles. We also feature special evenings such as bath bomb making, cooking, baking and themed nights. There is also a well-stocked tuck shop that opens at intervals throughout the evening.

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All Around the Shire Recollections of a Simpler Time Who doesn’t remember Green Shield Stamps?

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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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.

This includes the climate crisis, which is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. WHO are seeking to focus global attention on the actions required to keep the planet, and therefore us humans, healthy. They also want to create and foster a movement to create societies focused on wellbeing; because they believe “Wellbeing societies are healthy societies” - I can’t disagree with that… even though the statement itself is a bit of a soundbite!

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.

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.

To find out more visit www. landgassociates.co.uk or contact Laura on 07736 351 341

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FOOTBALL: IT IS MORE THAN A GAME NEW TUPTON IVANHOE FC If you build it they will come The New Tupton Ivanhoe F.C Summer Festival of Football started as just an under 10 tournament with 8 teams in 2016.

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Spring is finally here! So, I bet you are all ready for a fabulous Rafa’s Ramble (furry friend not included). This is a cracker of a walk with some amazing views, a great mix of terrain and plenty of opportunity to let your dog’s off lead (taking care and always following the countryside code, of course!) There are a couple of hazards to note including a small stretch of road, without a pavement, a golf course to cross (watch out for flying balls!) and a few steepish climbs, up and downhill, but it is well worth it for the fantastic views!

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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.

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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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I don’t think there has ever been a time, before or since, when such a variety of music was available and each genre had its passionate advocates.

I had friends with very long hair who pretended to be on drugs. They tended to walk around everywhere with three or four LPs under their arm, beads rattling under the Afghan coat, earnestly going nowhere but wanting to be seen.

Other mates and acquaintances took a different path. Parkas, sta prest, Ben Sherman. You could tell their choice of music by the clothes they wore.

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I don’t think we get that today. We seem to have trends of similar things alongside lots of swearing about drugs and b***hes.

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We also had some weird stuff. I once went to a Tangerine Dream concert in Derby. I thought the band was tuning up but they were actually half way through their set....

Me? I loved Motown and still do but my tastes were very eclectic. I played the sounds of Led Zeppelin and the musical poetry of Jim Croce. The gentle talent of Peter Green, the hypnotic ZZ Top and storytelling talents of The Who. But none of their offerings hit my top spot of the 70s. My choices are so very predictable.

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using, guidance can always be found online. Microwaves can be great tools for speeding up this process - follow the manufacturer’s instructions.

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With most local coal mines closed for a week, a pre-season tournament was regularly held at the turn of the last century. Officially known as The Derby and Nottinghamshire Federation of Coal Mining Owners & Operators Football Challenge Competition, it was more generally known as the Colliers Cup. Fiercely contested, players sought not only to secure bragging rights for their pit, but probably more importantly, win the ten shilling bonus that was on offer to the successful pitmen from a fund provided by their generous (?) owners. With Hilcote Hacademicals players, many of whom worked at B Winning, coming up against teammates from other pits along the Notts/Derbys coalfield, there was always a bit of ‘needle’.

In 1904, from a total of thirty two teams, a series of knock out matches of thirty minutes each way, saw six from Derbyshire and two from Notts win through to the Q/F’s. As a result, it was agreed that ‘Finals Day’ be held at the Harena in Derbyshire, home to the famous Hacademicals.

Kicking off at 8.00am, Pilsley Palace beat Newstead North End, quickly followed by Swanwick Stanley knocking out Warsop Wanderers. B Winning easily overcame Holmewood Hotspur and in the final match of the Q/F stage, the aptly named ‘weekday derby’, Willamthorpe Wednesday beat Tupton Tuesday with a last minute goal from Alf Cooper.

In early afternoon, Pilsley Palace and B Winning won again to play in the Final, starting at 5.00pm.

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By then, over 1,500 were crammed into the Harena. Although B Winning, primarily as a result of location, were the better supported of the two finalists, it’s true to say that most neutrals wanted Pilsley to win the prestigious cup. They were to be disappointed.

B Winning were winning 4-0 with only five minutes to go when, with the ball out of play, Algernon Freeman, the Pilsley centre half, threw a punch at his counterpart and fellow workmate, Horace Twigg, screaming “Take that you Quisby!” NB – you may have to look that up – I did. Followed by, “That’s for a’ the times ah’ve covered for you dahn t’pit!”

At this, all hell broke loose and it became evident that the Pilsley men, especially those who worked with Horace on a daily basis, had pent up grievances against not just him, but the entire B Winning team. With battles raging all over the pitch some players’ wives even got involved.

Gwynfor Evans, the umpire, who had come up from the South Wales Coalfield that week to referee matches, tried in vain to restore order.

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April - traditionally sunshine and showers – well we’re bound to get some of both, whatever else the British weather throws at us.

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One of springtime’s first flowers – the Primrose The common primrose is a flower which surely brings joy to many people – following as it does from the darkness, cold, and damp of winter chill. The appearance of primroses in woodland edges, glades, meadows, and roadside verges and hedgerows is a messenger that spring is now on its way. The scientific name is Primula vulgaris and it is one of our most familiar and much appreciated wild flowers, the common or English primrose.

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There is more confusion possible, particularly for the gardeners amongst you, because this flower is not related to the ‘evening primroses’ which are in the genus Oenothera; and so are not really primroses at all! In the case of the actual common primrose, the scientific name of Primula comes from the Latin primus or first i.e. one of the first flowers to bloom in early spring, and ‘primrose’ itself means ‘first rose’. These delicate but gorgeous flowers, spectacular when en masse, are mostly pale yellow but also appear in a range of colours from pink to almost mauve, and

white. It seems that this is usually just natural variation but the more striking colour variants probably result from hybridisation with garden cultivars and escapees. It is worthwhile taking a close view of the flowers as they are particularly interesting as they come in two forms.

Individual plants have either ‘pin’ flowers with the female stigma protruding beyond the male stamens, or ‘thrum’ flowers with male stamens prominent and a female stigma hidden deeper within the flower. Each flower bears one or the other, and each plant has only one type.

Successful fertilisation only occurs between ‘pin’ and ‘thrum’ flowers with pin-to-pin and thrum-to-thrum pollination not working. This is one way nature ensures mixing the genes to ensure evolutionary success, adaptation, and survival.

Primroses thrive in suitable habitats which are moist, sheltered, and low in nutrients. In some cases, they will cover the ground of shady hedgerows, alongside streams, under shrubs, and in meadows, orchards, or open deciduous woods. They do well in ancient woods on lime-rich soils such as in the Dales. It is now generally illegal to pick the flowers or to uproot the plants, as used to be done in the past when they were taken for Victorian gardens or to sell ‘down the market’. Visitation by an early spring butterfly, the Brimstone, seems especially fitting.

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, ianswalkonthewildside, & Twitter @IanThewildside 40 Don’t blog forget to mention Voice Magazines when responding to the Ads

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