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From the Editor Howdi Readers, So, one of the fun things we get to do with the magazines and have done for a while is find out about the many National Days that we have in place. This month, Laura has written about ‘British Pudding Day’ which fits in beautifully with the return of Noel, Prue, Blue Eyes Hollywood and now Hammond (Alison, not the Hamster for Top Gear!). I have to say, I’m fairly late to the ‘GBBO’ party, having only started watching it when it moved to Channel 4 but nothing symbolises winter better than ice-cream week during the summer heat wave (remember those heat waves and how we craved the cooler weather #carefulwhatyouwishfor!). I do wonder whether I’m drawn to that programme in particular because I have a bit of a sweet-tooth?

It’s fair to say, I do lose interest a bit on bread week! Anyways, I think everyone has their ‘go to’ winter TV programme don’t they? Whether it is ‘Dancing on Ice’, ‘Strictly’ or one of the talent shows but for me – Tuesday night is my guilty pleasure, vicariously eating all those wonderful, delicious calories through the screen!!

Whilst we’re talking about the swift move to winter, seeing as Autumn has been bypassed this year! And we’re into the year of the floods already. Some of our team have been hit and our heartfelt commiserations go out to everyone who has been affected.

Meanwhile, the man in the red suit is donning his

boots as I type! It’s clearly Christmas!!! Well, not quite but it feels like it at Voice HQ as we have already been busily working on our Christmas editions for the last month or so. So, for us Christmas is already old (Santa’s) hat, but for the rest of you it’s last chance if you want to get something in the magazine in time for Christmas.

So if you have a fair, fayre, fete, festival, feast, fiesta, messages of good will to your customers or just a plain old party don’t forget to let us know.

Finally, for all those wondering, my much-feted finger is (I know it was the reason you picked up the magazine this month!), the good news is it’s just about healed (as much as it’s going to be!).

So, I’m back, terrorising the pitches and courts of Hockey and Netball with renewed vigour! Well, at least for the first few games before my old bod gets a bit tired and achy and the deep heat/tiger balm and ibuprofen/ paracetamol/glucosamine ritual begins again – it’s not much fun getting older is it? But like my dad says “it’s better than the alternative”!!!

Have a good month, Happy Reading!

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BRITISH PUDDING DAY 9TH NOVEMBER I didn’t know there was a day set aside in celebration of the British pudding…so naturally I had to investigate.

I also didn’t know about “National Roast Dinner Day” on November 4th – what have I been doing to not be aware of special days set aside to celebrate two things I enjoy immensely? And, as a note to whoever sets the dates for these days, why didn’t you have Roast Dinner day and Pudding day at the same time? I mean, who wants to wait four days for pudding after the roast beef and yorkies?

Shall we have a brief look at the loveliness that is the British pudding?

Top of my list has to be sticky toffee pudding. Who can resist the sweet, sticky unctuousness of a traditional STP? There has to be lashings of toffee sauce – thick and gooey, never runny – and a wellplaced scoop of vanilla ice cream, which melts and blends with the fudgy deliciousness.

Steamed treacle sponge is another favourite. I like to add a tiny bit of lemon zest to my steamed sponge – trust me, it adds a bit of “je ne sais quoi”.

Smother your portion with custard – not crème anglaise – good old-fashioned custard (made with powder from a tin), and dive in. Heaven.

Veering off piste to cold puds, there are Sherry Trifles and Eton Messes to be consumed. I mean, what’s not to like about lashings of whipped cream accompanying fruit (and booze)?

OK, that’s enough of fridge puddings, it is November after all. What else is there in the lexicon of British puddings?

How about a good old-fashioned crumble? Apple, apple and blackberry, or my favourite, rhubarb.

One of the quickest and easiest puddings to make, the biggest decision is what to serve with it, pouring cream, ice cream, or custard. Such a hard life!

Delving into the realm of “nursery room puds”, aka as still served to Jacob Rees Mogg by his nanny (probably)! We have spotted dick, jam roly poly, and Eve’s pudding. I accepted I was working class when I realised jam roly poly did not mean a slice from a shop bought jam roll cake covered in Bird’s custard. Delicious certainly, but not as served to Little Lord Fauntleroy’s around the land!

I suppose rice pudding falls into the category of nursery room food but, done properly, it can be a thing of joy. Forget the stuff that comes in cans (nice though that is) and make your own. Easy peasy, especially in a slow cooker – add the ingredients, stir and leave it alone. Beloved of school dinner cooks, who can forget tapioca (frogspawn) and semolina? Now, oddly, I used to really enjoy tinned semolina; I think because it tasted of evaporated milk. The stuff served at school though…urgh…it was often so thick you could slice it!

If I’ve overlooked some of your personal favourites, I apologise, but I hope I’ve given you the excuse to get cooking up some puds!

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 NOVEMBER 2023

RIPLEY AND THE RAJAH

The bridge in Lucknow

From the beginning, the Butterley Company exported their products all over the world, and especially to India.

Henry Jessop, son of the cofounder of the company, worked for both the Butterley Company and the East India Company and through him in 1815 the Nawab of Oudh ordered a steam engine from the Butterley Ironworks to work the fans (punkas) in his palace at Lucknow, costing £250 (in today’s money, just under £20,000). It was probably India’s first.

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Before 1830 the Butterley Company had made over 150 engines for India.

The Nawab appears to have supported technology and also ordered the first steam vessel which sailed on Indian waters, a pleasure boat for the use of his son. It was 50ft long, 9ft wide with a depth of 4ft. The single cylinder engine was cast at the Butterley Ironworks in 1819 and powered the side paddles at 7-8 m.p.h.

Hope. Henry Jessop travelled to India to supervise its erection, but the Nawab had died before the bridge could be erected and the new Nawab found other jobs for him to do for 3 years, until he eventually returned home.

The bridge was not erected until over 20 years later when another Nawab had come to power.

In 1820 Henry and his brother George also bought India’s first engineering company, Breen and Co, founded in Calcutta in 1788, and renamed it Jessop and Co. The firm, no longer owned by Butterley, became a giant concern and lasted until a few years ago.

Butterley was also responsible for the first cast-iron bridge in India, across the river Gompti in Lucknow, in 1815.

It was cast in 2,500 pieces and dispatched by canal and sailing ship around the Cape of Good The Nawab of Oudh

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A slightly later Butterley marine steam engine

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SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE - CLAIRE KEEGAN

The true story of the Magdalene laundries is not new. Each one a convent, a training school and a laundry where young women lived and worked.

They were unmarried girls, the subject of much gossip, hidden away after giving birth.

It’s estimated that 30,000 Irish women were treated to this form of “training” and servitude between the 18th and 20th centuries, in a fiercely Catholic Ireland. The fate of many of their babies has never been known.

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compassionate life of hard work providing for his wife and five daughters. He delivers coal to one of the laundries and during one of these deliveries a young girl asks him to drive her to the river where she intends to drown herself. He doesn’t, but the experience starts a train of events which explores how communities across Ireland dealt with what they knew about the laundries.

It’s a nuanced story, no unnecessary words but plenty of human frailty and it doesn’t give pat answers – just the idea that this is the way it was.

It may be short but it packs in a powerful tale and is long enough to say what needs to be said.

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On your “moderate” & “light” days, set yourself a drinks limit of 5-6 lower calorie drinks. Drink a cup of water between every drink & have two main meals per day.

Fast until the afternoon and backload the calories for where they’re most necessary.

Win the morning.

Focus less on the food and more on the occasion.

Everyone you speak to about Christmas is tunnel visioned by the food.

Slow down how quickly you eat. Speak to people between mouthfuls and try and take as long as possible to finish a meal.

Take 30 minutes before going for seconds so you become more in tune with what you want.

Usually, the emotional response to overeating tends to drive the want to overeat more.

Give yourself a chance to breathe.

Aim for 1L of water as quickly as possible after wakening and delay caffeine for 90-120 minutes.

If you’re very social and have a lot of plans, make better choices.

Get out a walk. Aim for 30-60 minutes if possible so you can enjoy downtime throughout the rest of the day. If you have a family, get them involved!

Ask restaurants to steam or grill your meats, leave out the sauces and oils, opt for a jacket potato instead of fries.

If that time frame isn’t possible, get in what you can.

Focus on thin crust pizzas or tomato-based pasta’s instead of anything cream based.

Aim to get 2-3 sessions / week These will be some of the best sessions you’ve had. With the additional calories from your fun going to good use.

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and Luke Waterfall represented the England National Team. Heather achieved great success winning her first international medals including Gold in the dry SERC (Simulated Emergency Response Competition). Not to be outdone, Luke Waterfall also won Gold in the dry SERC and completed a set of international World, European and Commonwealth medals. Heather then captained the 4-person team, including Luke, that went on to win Gold in the pool SERC. Abi Kerr represented the Scottish National team achieving her first international cap. Abi won an individual bronze medal in the line throw and was Scotland’s top female performer.

Freddie Postlethwaite and Sally Carter were both selected to represent the England development team coming away with a combination of team and individual medals.

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All Around the Shire MEMORIES OF A SIMPLER TIME

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A strong memory I have from my childhood is sticking the green shield stamps we obtained from our shopping into the little orange books provided. 40 stamps on each page. I remember the gum getting on my fingers and face.

But then there was the excitement of choosing which item to send away for. In our house, it was usually glass tumblers or cutlery. However, if you had a spare 81 and a half books, a twin tub washing machine could be yours!

The stamps were introduced into the UK in 1958 from America and were given to shoppers by retailers who participated in the scheme to encourage shoppers to spend money in their filling station, supermarket, or corner shop. The first loyalty scheme in this country had been the Co-op Dividend. Can you remember your or your mum’s divvi number?

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Larger stamps were also introduced, for example a stamp worth 40 small stamps.

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I came across a woman during one of our reminiscence sessions who told me that she still uses a casserole dish her mother bought using stamps. Do you have any green shield memories or items you still use from its catalogue?

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Re-walking Rafa’s Rambles

Flake continues his forays into the local countryside.

Re-walking some of Rafa’s best loved rambles. As you can see he has been working on posing for the photo’s.

This month’s walk we return to the Maun Valley Trail which runs alongside the river Maun. So, if your furry friend likes a swim then prepare for a soggy doggy! A couple of miles into the walk the trial takes you past some fishing ponds so please make sure your dog doesn’t disturb the fishermen.

After this the route diverts up a lane towards Clipstone and then around the edge of Forest Town providing some fantastic views before taking you back to the beginning along convenient lanes and byways.

7-MILE CIRCULAR WALK FROM MAUN VALLEY PARK

A mid-distance walk which should take you and your dog around 3 hours to complete. The walk is mostly on trails and paths but there are a few short stretches of road so please take care. Even with the improving weather there may be some uneven and muddy terrain, so please wear appropriate footwear and as always, please follow the countryside code!

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Pass through a metal swing gate that is opposite the car park entrance and then continue straight ahead on a well laid path. After some distance cross over stone bridge and then immediately after at a fork in the path take the right fork.

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The horrors of World War I ended “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” of 1918, with the signing of the armistice of Compiègne in a railway carriage. The First World War didn’t officially end until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919.

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the armistice was signed. I have also visited the site of the Battle of the Somme. Both are eerie places where I could swear the echoes of the dead, and mutilated still linger, and if I’m honest, I couldn’t wait to leave the area.

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OWLS ACROSS THE PEAK I think the most exciting of our owls is the ghostly barn owl or ‘screech owl’ so named because of how they hiss, yap, and snore. In summer they will often hunt well before nightfall along riversides, field edges and the like. Once almost extinct in the Peak this species has recovered thanks to conservation action by wildlife groups and importantly by individuals too. Nationally we now have around 5,000 breeding pairs and up to 25,000 birds overwintering. I know quite a few people who have put barn owl boxes in old trees, in large out-buildings, and even in their garages. Since the 1990s, these actions have been hugely successful in bringing this bird back from the brink and it is now doing really well.

In Derbyshire alone, there are now over 150 breeding pairs of these gorgeous birds. It really is marvellous to once again have the almost spectral apparition of nearwhite barn owls gracing farmland, moorland edge, and around our Peak District villages.

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Our most familiar and common owl is the tawny which is seen wherever there are trees such as in parks, gardens, woods etc. They also hunt over the Peak District moorlands where they scour the evening landscape for small mammals. In car headlights they can appear very pale and may cause confusion with barn owls but they are much larger. In fact there are five main species of owls which you might see or hear across the Peak District. These are the familiar little owl, tawny owl, and barn owl, and the less obvious short-eared owls and long-eared owls. These latter two are more localised as breeding birds and also as winter visitors. Their numbers fluctuate dramatically from year to year because they follow peaks and

troughs in small mammal populations. Short-tailed voles are one of their main prey items and have ‘boom – bust’ populations with large numbers crashing to very few and when this happens, the owls move out to pastures new.

Of the more noticeable species, the little owl is an exotic (or non-native) bird and long-known to countrymen as the ‘Frenchie’; introduced to England from France in the early 1900s. You can look out for them on telegraph poles, near tumble-down buildings, and around rocky areas on the moorland edge.

However, being tiny, they are easy to miss. The first time I saw one was on the Peak’s moorland fringe west of Sheffield near Bradfield. I spotted this whilst chatting to an elderly ‘countryman’ (complete with deerstalker hat). He was the one that introduced me to the name ‘Frenchie’. Little owls are busy little birds which, feeding on large insects, small mammals, and the like are ever active. Introduced in the late 1800s by ‘acclimatization societies’ of enthusiasts for releasing exotic species into the countryside ‘Frenchies’ were not always popular with farmers and landowners. They worried about possible impacts on baby game-birds.

However, in the 1930s, there was a national enquiry established by gamekeepers, the shooting fraternity, and ornithologists. This showed the owls to be innocent of the charges and today we just enjoy them as a delightful addition to local avifauna. There is one other species I have heard of in the Peak and this was undoubtedly an escapee from a collection and which was reported to me by a local farmer, an eagle owl.

Sadly this flew into an overhead cable and ended its time in a local taxidermist’s!

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