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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.

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THE MERCIAN REGIMENTAL MEMORIAL TOWER As a boy growing up in South Normanton, I remember one evening on the village Common being shown for the first time, a luminous beam gleaming from a lighthouse structure far away, high on the Derbyshire horizon.

This beacon flashed through the faint nightlight every eleven seconds, and I was told then that it was (of course) familiar to us locals, as Crich Stand; more recently known as the Mercian Regimental Memorial Tower up on the summit of Crich Hill.

further land movements creating serious subsidence on this latest venture resulting in the closure of the Tower for public safety concerns.

This year marks the 100th annual pilgrimage to the Memorial Tower which was officially opened at 4pm on Monday 6th August 1923, with the ceremony being carried out by the Colonel of the Regiment General Sir Horace L Smith-Dorrien, His Grace the Duke of Portland, His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Admiral Salmon and the Bishop of Southwell.

Right next to the Tower on Crich Hill sits a beacon that may well have been part of a beacon chain used in 1588 to warn people of the approaching Spanish Armada. The beacon was then lit in 1988 on the 400th anniversary of the Armada. On New Years Day 2000 the beacon was lit for the start of the new millennium, and it was also lit to celebrate Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother’s hundredth birthday.

Originally the Tower was constructed to commemorate the 11,409 men of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment who gave their lives in the First World War 1914-18, then in 1952 it was further dedicated to the memory of the 1,520 men of the Regiment who paid the supreme sacrifice in the Second World War 1939-45.

During 1991 the Memorial was dedicated to Sherwood Foresters killed in service between the years 1945-70.

There have been many structures on this vantage point with records showing that a wooden tower was built and erected here to “allegedly” mark King George III’s accession to the throne in 1760; whatever, it was a significant landmark from which some of the best views in the county were to be had. This wooden structure, because of it being sited in such an exposed area, lasted no longer than 25 years.

In October 1914, an area of this hilltop was sold to the Clay Cross Company, on condition the Tower was demolished completely, and that a new Crich Stand was built along a similar format.

The Great War was responsible for delaying this new structure and it was not until 1922, four years after the cessation of hostilities when the rebuild began in earnest with completion following the next year.

The Memorial Tower has a height of 19m (63 feet), it’s base is 291m (955 feet) above sea level, and there are 58 steps that take you up to the viewing gallery: well worth the effort.

The dome weighs 40 tons and all of it built at a cost of £1.182.8s. 5d, the lamp is 15,000 candle power and can be seen across several counties including Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, South Yorkshire and of course its home county of Derbyshire.

Should you wish to visit the monument the opening hours are Thursday-Monday during British Summer Time from 10am until 5pm and Winter visiting hours are 10am until 4pm also Thursday-Monday.

In 1788 a conical limestone structure with a wooden top was placed on the site, but this was in such a state of ill-repair by1843 a decision was taken to rebuild, and in 1849 some of the masonry and stone from this conical structure were used for the base of a new circular tower built from gritstone.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES If I were to say to you “National Odd Socks Day” is November 13th you would think that I had made it up wouldn’t you?

But I haven’t, there really is a National Odd Socks Day, and although it IS a “made up” day, and a very new one at that, it was created for an excellent reason.

The Anti-Bullying Alliance came up with the idea in 2017 to remind us that in this world of technology and social media pressure it is actually a good thing to stand out from the crowd. That it’s amazing to be different. That we should all aim to celebrate uniqueness.

Why socks, especially odd ones, I hear you ask?

Well, for one thing, socks have been around, in one shape or form, for a very, very long time.

Everyone knows what they are, and everyone absolutely EVERYONE - has at least one lone sock lurking somewhere in their drawer, separated from its partner by that well-known monster, the eater of socks a.k.a. the washing machine!

Odd Sock Day marks the start of Anti-Bullying week, and wearing your odd socks is a really easy way to show your support for the campaign, and to raise awareness and funds for the Anti-Bullying Alliance.

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There is of course a very serious side to Odd Sock Day - it helps keep the awareness of bullying in the front of people’s minds, and none of us should forget just how serious bullying can be.

Here are some facts: ➤ Children who bully others can also engage in violent and other risky behaviours into adulthood (little bullies grow into big ones!) ➤ Kids who are bullied are more likely to experience depression, anxiety, sleep problems and eating disorders ➤ A national bullying survey by Bullying UK found that 40% of young people who reported being bullied experienced thoughts of suicide and 39% had self-harmed ➤ The wider family of bullied children are also negatively impacted, they feel powerless ➤ Bullying in the workplace causes stress, performance issues, and creates toxic environments that affect both the recruitment and retention of personnel We all know someone who has experienced bullying. We may even have been bullied ourselves. So, why not wear your wackiest odd socks on November 13th and raise both cash and awareness to help fight the scourge of bullying?

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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PINXTON PARISH CHURCH Searching through my records for a suitable topic on which to base this month’s contribution, I came across a newspaper article from the 1960’s headed ‘Restoration Work Reveals Ancient Wall’.

It was a reminder I had never previously commented on Pinxton Parish Church, despite its antiquity and importance. I decided this should be rectified.

Most Parish Churches, like Pinxton, sit proudly on the highest point in the village. However, unlike most, Pinxton Church was originally isolated from the centre of occupancy in the village, being the best part of a mile from the original site of the 1002 AD ‘Snodeswic’, as Pinxton was then called.

No-one would profess Pinxton Church to be the prettiest church in the land, but its origins date back further than most other churches. Confirmation of this was uncovered in the early 1960’s when restoration work was initiated by the then Reverend Gwyther. Ancient stone walls were uncovered, which the experts that were called in, dated the stonework to at least 1150 AD. This was prior to the recorded date of the first incumbent of 1196.

It is probably not a co-incidence, that date of 1150 is also synonymous with the capstone discovered in the 1950’s from the site of the former Pinxton Castle.

The Church was originally constructed on land which formed part of a stronghouse, occupied by the Norman Lord of the Manor, one Drago (or Drago) Fitz Ponce. This was the man who’s name the village was named after, Ponce’s tun or Ponkeston, which eventually evolved into the name we know today.

In the 1920’s plans were submitted to build a new Church on the same site,

by Reverend Sydney Coke. While this project failed for lack of committed financial support, plans of this new church have recently surfaced and will be retained in the Church archives for posterity.

While the Church cannot be regarded as picturesque, there can be few parish churches which can boast archaeological evidence from this early date. The Church tower was built on the wall of the former ‘safe’ house of the Norman Lord.

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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!

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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.

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START: MAUN VALLEY PARK, OLD MILL LANE, MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE. NOTTS. NEAR TO: NG19 9AL 1. 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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2. After a short distance at a T junction of paths turn right and continue straight ahead until reaching a metal swing gate. Pass through the gate, cross over a road and then carry on ahead to take the wider, right fork, signposted as a public bridleway.

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4. Continue ahead for some distance. Pass a pond on your left, and then after some distance cross straight over a crossroads of footpaths. Pass over another crossroads of footpaths with a yellow marker post on your right.

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8. At the top of the hill bear around to the right passing a yellow marker post on your left. After a short distance bear to the right again passing another yellow marker post on your left.

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10. After a short distance pass through a gap adjacent to a metal gate and then continue straight ahead along the lane. Eventually the lane turns into a road. Continue along the road for some distance until reaching a T junction with a main road.

11. At the T junction turn right and then turn immediately right again along another main road going downhill. Continue along the road for some distance and then turn right onto a signposted public footpath to cross an open field going downhill.

12. At the bottom of the hill, standing in the middle of the open field, ignore the path straight ahead and bear left to go uphill. At the top of the hill pass through a gap adjacent to a metal gate and now cross a field with a hedge on your right.

This walk is for illustrative purposes only. Voice Magazines Ltd 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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The Technical section covered a wide range of trades, most highly skilled, including tinsmiths, fitters and welders.

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Those from educated, upper class families were enrolled as officers, whilst the majority were known as ‘Members’ and became the backbone of the service.

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On 24 March 1919, the first group of WRAFs arrived in France to begin their overseas service. Later in the year a decision was made to send a contingent to Germany.

Their purpose was to assist the army of occupation and to replace men demobilised from the forces. Based in Cologne, they were employed as domestics, clerks, telephonists, nurses and drivers and became known as the ‘Ladies of the Rhine’. Dedicated and diligent, they also helped raise RAF morale by staging sports days and dances.

When the order came to finally close down the WRAF contingent on the Rhine in August 1919, RAF sections, unwilling to lose their airwomen delayed the disbandment until the last possible moment. Once again WRAFs had shown themselves to be an invaluable asset to the RAF.

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Isn’t it strange that the older you get, the more likely it is that you can recall something from the dim and distant past but can’t remember what you were doing at the weekend.

I got to thinking about this the other week when I had a visit from an old schoolmate. We got talking about some of our secondary school teachers, one in particular ‘Pa’ Good, who took us for geography, wore one of those flowing black gowns that were de rigueur in most schools when I werralad. He was strict, but well respected and had the habit of entertaining us by always finishing off a lesson with an interesting fact.

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• Creatures that lay eggs do not have belly buttons.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY DO WE REALLY REMEMBER?

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.

Today we remember the dead of that war, and the countless other wars that have followed the so called “war to end all wars” on the Sunday in November falling nearest to the 11th. This year Remembrance Sunday takes place on 12th November.

A two-minute silence is observed on the 11th of November (whichever day it falls), and also on Remembrance Sunday itself.

The tradition of Remembrance Day evolved out of Armistice Day, the first of which was observed at Buckingham Palace, with King George V hosting a “Banquet in Honour of the President of the French Republic” during the evening hours of 10 November 1919. The first official Armistice Day was subsequently held on the grounds of Buckingham Palace the following morning.

It isn’t only here in the UK that this special day is marked; around the globe commonwealth countries from Canada in the north, to Australia and New Zealand in the southern hemisphere, people gather to mourn the dead and give thanks for the services the armed forces have provided.

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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.

Visiting those places, and reading the history of the Great War, leaves me with a deep sadness, almost a despair, that today, 115 years later, there are still wars raging around the planet. A quick internet search revealed a web page which asserts there are 32 ongoing conflicts in the world right now, ranging from drug wars, terrorist insurgencies, ethnic conflicts, and civil wars.

32 conflicts!

These include the war in the Ukraine, and numerous conflicts on the African continent.

The question I ask myself, and perhaps the question we should all ask our governments, is WHY. Why are battles being fought? Why are soldiers, and innocent civilians, still being killed in the name of national this, that, or the other? Have we learned nothing at all from the past?

Several none commonwealth countries such as France, Belgium, and Serbia have their own version of Remembrance Day on 11 November, and in the US they hold Veterans Day on the same date.

It sickens me that in the 21st century, humans are still killing one another in the name of power and money. Not the power and wealth of the individual citizen, but that of the ruling class in whichever country conflict arises.

I’ve been to the woods at Compiègne, where there is a replica of the carriage in which

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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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