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World Elephant Day 12th August

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From the Editor Dear Readers, As I type, whilst sat on what feels like the face of the Sun (42 degrees), we’re going through a bit of a heatwave apparently. I’m all for a bit of warmth and sun on my face but usually, I like to be near water to cool down and/or aircon and a nice cocktail or fruity cider in hand – I currently have none of the above – very sad times! I genuinely thought about sleeping in the car last night but reconsidered when I realised how irritating it would be to the neighbours to hear my car ticking away and then keep kicking in to keep the aircon cool! Maybe I should start having a nice spot of gin in my bottom drawer for such occasions, it’d go down a treat with the warm cordial I am enduring to ‘stay hydrated’! pffft, ‘stay hydrated’ Fat chance of that!

I’d need to down 6 gallons every 20mins to get close!

Anyway, thunderstorms are due so every cloud and all that, I guess!

So, have you seen our front covers this month in homage to World Elephant Day. Laura has written about them in her article and personally speaking, I adore elephants.

A few years back, we were lucky enough to have a close encounter with an elephant whilst travelling and whilst I was fortunate enough to wash her feet & feed her a ball of hay a few of the other tourists got up on her back and were sprayed from her trunk. For me it was such an amazing experience, getting to be so close to such a beautiful animal but I still struggle with it. Even though it was in a nature reserve and they were fed and well looked after, I can’t help but feel that the allure of western money to make them perform for the tourists is just too much.

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Why can’t we just leave them be (protect and preserve where necessary) and not poach them, so that they can just be peaceful in their natural habitat? I appreciate that this is controversial for many and has many perspectives attached to it and I know people who have straddled an Elephants back and been sprayed or enjoyed other parlour tricks at the hands of their handler, so it is only my opinion but I often think about that beautiful elephant, laying on her side in the river whilst I scratched her feet – she may have enjoyed it, but personally speaking it has given me a different perspective when a holiday involves animals, but then again, isn’t that what travel is all about – broadening horizons & challenging opinions?!

In other news, it appears that I had jumped the gun a bit last month – the YNot outing won’t be reported upon until next month but we are starting to prep – we’ve got fancy dress to plan apparently!! We’ve drawn our winners, so big congratulations to those and we’ll see you there. I mean, we haven’t decided for definite yet but there is a fair chance that we’ll be closed on Friday 29th July and Monday 1st August as the team are planning for a big weekend!!!

Wish me luck and send help!!!

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ELEPHANT FACTS In honour of World Elephant Day on August 12th, here are some facts you may find interesting.

The elephants we see today (and there are THREE species, not just two – more on this in a mo) share a common ancestor with the Woolly Mammoths who roamed the Ice Age World between 300,000 years ago to around 10,000 years ago.

This common ancestor was part of a group of herbivores named Proboscidea, whose origins date back sixty million years.

Most proboscideans were relatively small compared to modern elephants and would have borne little resemblance to the animals we know today.

Some six million years ago, proboscideans began to separate into different species. DNA research shows that the African elephants were the first to diverge, whilst Woolly Mammoths and Asian Elephants followed suit around 440,000 years later.

Now back to the fact that there are THREE distinct species of elephant around today, and these are: •

The African savanna elephant

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The African forest elephant

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The Asian elephant

DNA shows the two African species diverged about 2.6 million years ago.

The African savanna elephant is the largest living land animal; an adult can tip the scales at 16,500 lbs (7,500 kg) and stand 10–13 ft (3–4 m) tall at the shoulder.

Forest elephants are smaller than the savannadwelling species and have thinner, straighter tusks.

The remaining 150,000 or so forest elephants are found mainly in the dense forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Cameroon An Asian elephant weighs about 12,000 lbs (5,500 kg) and stands about 10 ft (3 m) tall.

Apart from the differences in sizes, there are several other ways to distinguish the three species visually: Ears African elephants have much larger ears than their Asian counterparts, and it’s possible to tell the difference between the savanna-dwelling species, whose ears closely resemble the outline of the continent of Africa, and the forest livers with more oval-shaped ears.

Head shape Both species of African elephants have a rounded, dome-like skull (the forest elephants being smaller), whilst the Indian elephant has a very distinct twin domed head with a clearly defined indent running down the middle.

Toenails!

African forest elephants have five toenails on the front feet and four on the back, while African savanna elephants have four on the front and three on the back. Asian elephants have five toenails on the front and four on the back.

Trunks African elephants have a kind of two-finger arrangement at the end of their trunks, giving them tremendous dexterity; Indian elephants, however, have only one “finger”.

One final note, all three species of elephants are considered to be at risk. Some African populations are increasing, mainly in Southern Africa, whilst in other areas, they are being poached to near extinction level, and Asian elephant numbers have declined by 50% in the last three generations!

Could you imagine a world without elephants?

I know I couldn’t.

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All Around the Shire One of our smallest yet most recognised items in our collection of artefacts is a tiny blue cylinder with a sprout of muslin at its top. I take it round to show each person in turn and open my hand to reveal the treasure. “It’s a dolly blue!”

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LIFESAVING WELSH NATIONS, TEAM GBR SELECTION AND BEACH FUN! Well, it certainly has been a busy few months for our RASCALS competitive Lifesavers!

The last weekend in May saw fifteen of our senior lifesavers competing in the Welsh Nationals (Swansea), and once again, achieving some incredible results. Superb individual performances saw some of the squad medalling in all their events, some medalling for the very first time at national level!

Terry Fox and Heather Watson lowered their current national records, with Heather setting new national record in the manikin tow event. Younger members of the squad stepped up brilliantly, well above their age, to compete in some thrilling relay events and rewarded with gold medals for their character building swims. Finishing 2nd overall in the youth section, 5th overall in the competition, a consistent performance by all the squad resulted in every lifesaver winning an individual or team medal – a first for RASCALS! For some of our squad, the Welsh Nationals was an opportunity to compete, not only for National titles, but also the last time to shine Heather & Luke before the GBR national team selection for the Worlds Lifesaving Championships (Riccione, Italy) in September this year. The announcement came in June with not one, but two RASCALS lifesavers making the team!!

Congratulations to Heather Watson (girls Youth team) and Luke Waterfall (boys Youth team) on this incredible achievement!! As team manager, Dawn Lockwood, put it, “It is a testament not only to the years of hard work by these two athletes, but the dedication of the entire coaching team led by Daniel Woodthorpe – a fantastic result for the RASCALS club overall”. We look forward to seeing Heather and Luke showcase their skills and talent at those Italian pools and beaches.

Now, slightly closer to home, Bridlington beach was the setting for a training session completely dedicated to our younger lifesavers. The sun was out, spirits were high, and the young lifesavers took to the beach training like ducks to water! Wetsuits on for board training in the sea, first experience for some, was followed by an exciting board relay race, beach sprints and flag races. Well done to Summer, Sophia, Harriet, Harry, Riley, Grace, Elena, Tobi and Cillian. The first step on a journey to Team GBR selection perhaps, but either way, a fantastic fun and social day out!

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We’re back at Homesford for our third and final walk in this series. I hope you are enjoying it as much as we have! This month the walk was done without our four-legged friends due to the heatwave. So don’t worry that they are not in the pics. They will be back soon (weather permitting!) I have put these walks together as a series as the walk from last month can be combined with the walk from this month to make a 6-mile, figure of eight walk, if you like something a little more taxing. I hope you manage to enjoy the weather, we’ll be back to grumbling about the rain soon!

3 MILE CIRCULAR WALK FROM HOMESFORD TEA ROOMS, ON THE A6 NEAR WHATSTANDWELL A nice short but fun packed walk for you and your dog! There are some uphill sections on this walk so should it take around 1½ hours to complete. There is a range of terrain, which can be muddy and uneven, although unlikely during a heatwave! There are also a few sections of road, so take plenty of care and make sure you wear appropriate footwear.

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Continue along this path with a canal on your right for a long distance and then pass through a long tunnel. Immediately after the tunnel turn left along a footpath signposted for ‘Homesford’.

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Continue along this path crossing over a river bridge, down some steps, and then underneath a railway bridge. Follow the tarmac lane back to the main road and then turn right along the road back to the tea rooms.

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Scarsdale Opens for Alfreton’s Awesome Pets Scarsdale Vets opened its doors for Alfreton’s awesome pets and their amazing owners across the community with their official open day on 25th June.

The lovely new staff who are raring to go and welcome new clients with open arms as well as senior members of Scarsdale, set up a day jam packed with entertainment, goodies, and prizes, which was ultimately topped off with the official ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the Deputy Mayor and Mayoress of Amber Valley.

As locals and pet lovers popped their head into the waiting room to have a look around, they were greeted by the eager team of nurses and vets, who offered to provide tours of the facilities, handed over goody bags full to the brim with toys and treats, showcased raffle prizes and giveaways as well as having a host of snacks for the cute dogs that came along too!

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Site Practice Manager, Tom Hallam has this to say about the opening: “We’re delighted to welcome Alfreton with open arms into our new Scarsdale Vets site, and we look forward to providing the best possible care to its owners and their pets. The day has been a roaring success and we’re glad so many people have taken time out of their day to visit us.

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These unassuming brass boxes were produced in 1914 as a means of cheering up the front-line military in, what was initially expressed as, being a short war. Little did they know! It was Princess Mary’s express wish that ‘every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front’ should have the present. The gifts were devised in October 1914 and intended for distribution to all who were serving overseas or at sea, in time for Christmas 1914; afterwards, with the fund in surplus and many feeling they had been ‘left out’, distribution was extended more widely – to all who were serving, whether at home or abroad, and to prisoners of war and the next of kin of 1914 casualties. This widened eligibility to an estimated figure of 2,620,019.Today these tins are very collectable and, even more so, should any of the original content be still inside. They can be sourced separately, so building up a picture of what was received. Even empty packets are hugely collectable if you find them.

Contents varied according to the country or continent a soldier may have originated from. For example, it was decided that The Gurkhas were to receive the same gift as the British troops; Sikhs the box filled with sugar candy, a tin box of spices and the Christmas card; all other Indian troops, the box with a packet of cigarettes and sugar candy, a tin box of spices and the card.

Some recipients had a considerable wait to receive their boxes, with difficulties distributing them, and with sourcing both the brass and the contents during the ongoing war. Supplies of 45 tons of brass strip, destined to make more boxes, was lost in May 1915 when RMS Lusitania was sunk off Ireland on passage from the USA. Suppliers of the content items came across troubles, and it was realised that there were still not enough to go round. The Committee resolved the problem by hurriedly buying in an assortment of substitute gifts: bullet pencil cases, tobacco pouches, shaving brushes, combs, pencil cases with packets of postcards, knives, scissors, cigarette cases and purses. Those sailors who should also have received the lighter as part of their gift, were given instead, a handsome bullet pencil in a silver cartridge case which bore Princess Mary’s monogram.

The ‘pencil bullet’ was not fashioned out of real bullet parts – it was simply a pencil with a rounded white metal end that looked like an unfired round when stored inside a brass tube resembling a cartridge case.

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I like a joke as much as the next person but I have real difficulty telling them! Either I forget the punchline, miss a vital something, or…as my other half repeatedly says, I meander all over the place and end up telling a “mini-story” instead of a quick joke!

But where do jokes come from?

I thought I’d do some digging to see if I could find a plausible origin story.

Turns out there isn’t one – what a surprise.

If you think about it though, jokes must have always been around in both a physical, slapstick, falling over AND in the verbal, play on words sense. I say this because I bet humans have always needed to laugh at each other – it seems to be a default, we laugh at ourselves, and we laugh at others, don’t we?

When it comes to looking at recorded jokes, Wikipedia shares the following with us: The oldest identified joke is an ancient Sumerian proverb from 1900 BC containing toilet humour: “Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.” Its records were dated to the Old Babylonian period, and the joke may go as far back as 2300 BC. The second oldest joke found on the Westcar Papyrus and believed to be about Sneferu was from Ancient Egypt circa 1600 BC: “How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish.”

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My “research” then moved to look for the world’s funniest joke, and I discovered that good old Reader’s Digest has an article called… The 100 Funniest Jokes from the Last 100 Years.

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They just wash up on shore.

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“My son had to give up his career because of fallen arches.”

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“No—an architect.”

These give you an indication of the quality (or not) of the remaining 97 puns. Personally, I think the Ancient Egyptian one is funnier, but then again, I’m not a joke connoisseur! Perhaps Reader’s Digest should be advised to steer clear of the humour business.

I’ll finish by asking you, the readers if you have a favourite joke? I’m not sure I do, and yet I came across this one whilst writing this article, and it did make me laugh… simplicity and a play on words. “ I went to the zoo the other day, there was only one dog in it, it was a shitzu.”

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The school summer holidays are upon us, and for many it is a fantastic time to relax, and enjoy (hopefully!) the warmer weather, however, for many parents/carers the school holidays are a very taxing period, both timewise and financially.

Parents/carers spend, each week (on average) an extra £325, when children are not at school. Then, when the school holidays are ending, the cost of children returning to school can easily be £400, for items like school uniforms, sports gear, equipment, and IT stuff.

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Cost of living - is rising and is having a big impact on all aspects of our finances. Here is information and advice, designed to ensure that you’re getting all the help that you are entitled to - https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/ community/cost-of-living/cost-of-living.aspx Derbyshire Discretionary Fund (DDF) - can provide grants or emergency cash payments if we are in urgent need of financial help following a crisis or disaster -https://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/social-health/ adult-care-and-wellbeing/benefits-debt-and-legalmatters/managing-money-and-debt/derbyshirediscretionary-fund/derbyshire-discretionary-fundddf.aspx Household support fund (HSF) - is available to help Derbyshire residents facing financial hardship over the coming months by providing grants and other financial support, it is due to end on 30 September 2022 - https:// www.derbyshire.gov.uk/social-health/adult-careand-wellbeing/benefits-debt-and-legal-matters/ managing-money-and-debt/household-support-fund/ household-support-fund.aspx Cost of Living Support (Government website) https://costoflivingsupport.campaign.gov.uk/ General advice and information - including checking our benefits entitlement and search for grants, the following website is very insightful - https://www.turn2us.org.uk/ For personal support do contact us, whether by phone, text, email, or pop into our offices - based in the Thrive Building on the corner of the road leading to the Co-Op food store.

2. Note what you are spending on, 3. Set realistic goals, 4. Put your budgeting plan into action, 5. Change things around if you need to 6. Make regular (maybe monthly) check-ins, e.g.: are we living within our budget.

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