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A Historical Journey of Love Valentine’s Day is a day dedicated to love and affection. While modern celebrations often involve flowers, chocolates, and romantic gestures, the history of Valentine’s Day is a fascinating journey that spans centuries and intertwines with various cultures.

The roots of Valentine’s Day can be traced back to ancient Rome, where mid-February marked the celebration of Lupercalia. This pagan festival was dedicated to fertility and the coming of spring. During the festivities, young men would draw names of women from a jar and become their companions for the duration of the festival.

These matches sometimes led to marriages, and the celebration became known for its romantic associations.

The true origin of Valentine’s Day, however, is believed to be associated with the Christian martyr St. Valentine.

The Catholic Church recognises several saints named Valentine or Valentinus, but the most commonly referred to is a priest who lived during the third century in Rome.

The story goes that Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage for young men, believing that single men made better soldiers.

St. Valentine, sympathetic to the plight of young lovers, defied the emperor’s decree and continued to perform marriages in secret. Eventually, St. Valentine was discovered, imprisoned, and executed on February 14th, around the year 269 AD. Various legends surround St. Valentine, further adding to the mystery of his life. One popular tale suggests that, while in prison, Valentine sent a love note to the jailer’s daughter, with whom he had developed a close bond. The note was signed “from your Valentine,” a phrase that would later become synonymous with expressions of love on Valentine’s Day.

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Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, began to evolve during the Middle Ages. Chaucer, the English poet, is credited with associating the Day with romantic love in his work “Parliament of Fowls.” By the 17th century, exchanging handwritten notes and small tokens of affection became a common practice among friends and lovers on Valentine’s Day. In the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution paved the way for mass-produced Valentine’s Day cards. Esther A. Howland, known as the “Mother of the American Valentine,” began producing elaborate handmade cards adorned with lace, ribbons, and colourful illustrations.

These cards became immensely popular, and the commercialisation of Valentine’s Day was well underway.

Over time, Valentine’s Day spread beyond European borders and became a global celebration of love. Today, people around the world exchange cards, flowers, and gifts to express their affection for loved ones. The Day is not limited to romantic love; it also celebrates friendship and familial bonds.

Valentine’s Day, with its roots in ancient customs, Christian martyrdom, and literary influences, has transformed into a day dedicated to expressing love and affection. Whether through handwritten notes, elaborate cards, or thoughtful gestures, the celebration of Valentine’s Day continues to evolve, reminding us of the enduring power of love throughout history.

I however, believe we should demonstrate our love for someone EVERY Day – and not just February 14th – how about you?

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All Around the Shire THE CORNER SHOP We were brought up with the ever-open local corner shop. Not always located on the junction of two streets, sometimes they could be found in the middle of a terrace. In our case, it was known as Mrs Stewart’s and sold an array of goods from tuttoos to potatoes, cigarettes to dolly blue bags. The shelves were floor to ceiling in height and, despite being located in Mrs Stewart’s front room, boasted everything that would ever be required. A bell on the front door would alert her to prospective customers if she was elsewhere in the house.

She had a fearsome meat slicer and a chilled cabinet offering bacon, tongue that she had prepared herself, corned beef, buns and cheese which was cut with a wire and wrapped in paper.

To a small child, the spectacle seemed comforting yet thrilling, with the added bonus of green shield stamps.

The process of buying goods from Mrs Stewart’s was accompanied by an easy exchange of conversation about important events concerning neighbours. On the stool sat those who were elderly or infirm or who simply needed to chat a while.

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While the bigger shops on the high street closed on a Wednesday and Saturday afternoon and all-day Sunday, Mrs Stewart’s really did seem to be open all hours.

Payments could be spread over the year for those who needed to save up for a hamper of meat or groceries at Christmas. There was also a tab or a slate available for those who were “a bit short until Thursday”. You could also buy single cigarettes with a match.

In many of our reminiscence sessions, people remember local corner shops and the characters who used them with great fondness.

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All human life is there as they say and McCann shows us what human beings are capable of, both high and low.

It is extraordinarily written and may not be for you if you dislike a few cuss words but it is certainly memorable. You may find it heartbreaking in places but it’s also full of hope.

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Slimming World Recipe Chicken tikka masala dirty fries Method: 1.

Cook the potatoes in a large saucepan of boiling water over a high heat for 10 minutes, then drain well.

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Once the potatoes are on, mix 3 tbsp yogurt with the curry powder, chopped coriander and some seasoning in a wide bowl. Add the chicken and toss well, then set aside to marinate for at least 5 minutes.

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the tomatoes and cook for another 10 minutes.

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Spread out the chicken in a non-stick roasting tin and spray with low-calorie cooking spray.

Roast on the middle shelf of the oven for 20 minutes or until just about cooked through, then add

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At the same time, spread the chips out in a large non-stick roasting tin, spray with low-calorie cooking spray and toss well. Cook on the top shelf of the oven for 25-30 minutes or until the chips are golden and crisp, giving the tin a shake halfway.

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To make the sauce, mix the rest of the yogurt with the tomato purée, vinegar and extra curry powder in a small bowl.

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Scatter over the red onion, chilli and coriander leaves and serve with salad.

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Ingredients: • 800g floury potatoes, • 150g cherry tomatoes, such as Maris Piper, halved cut into chips • 3 tbsp fat-free natural • 1 tbsp tomato purée Greek yogurt, plus • 1 tsp red wine 150g for the sauce vinegar • 3 tbsp tikka curry • 1 medium red onion, powder, plus 1 tbsp very thinly sliced, to for the sauce* serve • Small pack fresh • 1 red chilli, deseeded coriander, a few and thinly sliced, to leaves reserved serve to serve, the rest *Watch out for spice/seasoning chopped blends that have added • 4 skinless and ingredients (like sugar, oil or boneless chicken starch). To protect your weight breasts, cut into strips loss, count ½ Syn per level • Low-calorie cooking tsp/1½ Syns per level tbsp. spray

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Re-walking Rafa’s Rambles

This month we revisit a walk that is a regular outing for us. It has all the ingredients of a good walk. We start off at a free car park and go straight onto the Stockley Trail, before diverting around the lovely Carr Vale Nature Reserve. Then, after re-joining the trail, we head off across country, providing us with pleasant views of Bolsover Castle, before finally re-joining the trail to bring us back to the start.

4-MILE CIRCULAR WALK FROM CARR VALE VIA THE STOCKLEY TRAIL

A reasonably short walk which should take you and your dog around 2 hours to complete.

Although it is mostly on trails and paths there may be some uneven and muddy terrain, depending on the weather so please wear appropriate footwear. As always, follow the countryside code, keeping dogs on leads where appropriate. There is one brief section of road, so please take plenty of care.

START: STOCKLEY TRAIL CAR PARK, RIVERSIDE WAY, BOLSOVER S44 6GA 1. Pass through a metal width restrictor adjacent to a large metal gate which is opposite the car park entrance. After a very short distance and prior to reaching a large notice board turn sharp right along a well laid path to pass the car park on your right.

2. Continue gently downhill for a short distance until reaching a fork in the path. Take the right split and follow this path as it curls around to the left and then continue straight ahead for some distance, ignoring paths to the left and continuing straight ahead, going gently uphill for a short distance and then continuing straight ahead.

3. Upon passing a sign board reading ‘Carr Vale Nature Reserve’ on your right follow the main path around to the left and continue straight ahead to pass through a metal width restrictor.

4. Continue with a pond on your right to reach a fork in the path, taking the right split to continue with a fence on your left. After a short distance follow the path around to the right and continue with the pond on your right.

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6. Now continue straight ahead with a large pond over to your right. Continue to pass by a footpath with a width restrictor on your left and for quite some distance, leaving the large pond behind, keeping some trees on your left and open views to your right.

7. After some distance pass follow the path as it diverts left into a wooded area At a road turn left and continue for some distance until you reach a signposted crossroads with the ‘Stockley Trail’.

Turn right to continue along the Stockley Trail.

8. Continue along the trail until reaching a signposted crossroads of footpaths. Turn left to pass through a gap into a field and continue along a signposted path to ‘Carr Vale’. At the far side cross straight over the road to continue along a signposted bridleway.

9. Continue gently uphill with a hedge on both sides. At the top of the hill when the hedge on the right comes to an end continue ahead and after a short distance pass a small bridge on your right and follow the path around to the left .

10. After a short distance follow the path into a field, then bear slightly to the right and continue along the edge of a field with a hedge on your right until reaching a single-track tarmac road.

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5. Continue straight ahead for some distance ignoring a path on the right and at a fork in the path ignore the right split going uphill and keep left. Continue straight ahead for some distance, cross a small footbridge and then pass through a metal width restrictor.

becomes a lane. After a short distance where the lane bends left and into a car park, continue straight ahead along a footpath keeping a pond on your left.

12. At the far end of the pond bear slightly right to continue along the footpath passing close by a telegraph pole on your left. Then pass through a metal width restrictor and turn right onto the Stockley Trail.

13. Continue along the trail for some distance passing beneath a bridge and cross straight over a lane. Continue gently uphill for a short distance and then upon reaching a concrete sculpture on your right, turn sharp left to continue along a footpath going gently uphill.

14. At the top of the hill follow the path around to the right passing several sign boards on both sides.

Continue ahead for a short distance and then begin to descend until reaching a T junction of paths.

15. Turn right along a path until reaching another path on your right. Turn right onto this path and continue until the path splits taking the left split to bear sharp around to the left and continue gently uphill.

16. Continue along this path for some distance passing a memorial on your left and continue straight ahead for some distance until reaching the car park on your left.

11. Turn left along the road and continue for some distance until the tarmac ends and the road

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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SHOW SOME LOVE TO THE UNSUNG HEROES OF GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL This February, show some love to all the volunteers who help behind the scenes to allow your children to enjoy playing football each week.

The coaches and managers of the teams commit their time balancing training and games with their own family lives. They also keep their training qualifications up to date, attend team meetings, arrange to collect subs, and communicate what is happening across the club and their team.

and apply for grants to ensure that the club can develop facilities and make sure the teams have the equipment they need.

Most coaches also arrange events and activities for their teams outside of football.

It does not stop there! Each year, the club delivers one of the largest grassroots tournaments in the region. Volunteers from across the club give up three summer weekends to ensure hundreds of teams can enjoy grassroots football.

Each club must have a committee ensuring that the club runs effectively from finances to safeguarding and from facilities to registering the players and teams to play.

These are the jobs that people do not always see ensuring that the club is wellrun and safe for the players taking part.

Then there are the volunteers who get up early and run the tea bar so you can grab a drink and a bacon cob while the match is taking place, those who help fundraise

The pitches and grounds do not look after themselves and many hours are spent on ground maintenance to ensure that games can go ahead.

It is easy to say thank you, and this will always be appreciated by everyone involved, but next time you think I love being part of this club, offer to help.

If you fancy getting into coaching, the club is looking for coaches to take on new Under 7 teams from the summer.

You could help your coaches out with things they must do every week.

Get involved with the New Tupton Summer Festival of Football. There are never enough volunteers for everything that must be done.

This February, show some love to the club and get involved!

If you are interested in Little Ivanhoes, The Wildcat Centre or joining a team please message the clubs facebook page at: www.facebook.com/newtuptonivanhoefc/ visit: www.newtuptonivanhoefc.co.uk or contact the Dave Hoult, Club Secretary on 07759 048 037

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Remove the old flower heads, but don’t cut back leaves. They will appreciate a potash feed once replanted. Plant the hyacinths in gritty soil, narcissus will take ordinary soil.

It’s not really worth sowing hardy flower seeds yet as the low levels of natural light mean they will grow straggly and weak unless you provide artificial warmth and light. Better to give them another month to get a stronger start.

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BLACKBIRDS ARRIVE IN ABUNDANCE For some months now, flocks of winter-visiting thrushes have been pouring across the peak and North Derbyshire on migration from northern Europe to the warmer climes of southwest England. Many of these flocks are made up of two species I regard as the ‘Vikings’ of our bird world, the Fieldfares and Redwings, also known as the ‘winter thrushes’. These flocks of from tens to hundreds of birds at a time fly through but also pause for a while to feast on the berries of hawthorns, hollies, and rowans. However, often not noticed as migrant birds are the hundreds of Blackbirds, one of our common resident species of thrush. Yet there are large numbers of European Blackbirds arriving from autumn onwards. These drop down into parks, woods, and gardens across the region, and unlike our territorial resident birds are happy to flock up into small groups. The British residents are generally aggressive towards any incomers to their patch. What’s more, the local birds breed early and specially so if there is a mild winter, and so they really take a dim view of any incursions to their territory.

In the wildlife garden, the Blackbirds have been gathering over a few months and numbers built in recent weeks. Once the autumnal berries have been exhausted in the wider countryside then the birds head for parks and gardens. As attractants then garden berry bushes like cotoneasters and pyracanthas will prove to be magnets for visiting thrushes. However, the Blackbirds also love fruit such as apples and windfall fruit scattered on the ground. This will be irresistible for Redwings, Fieldfares, Mistle Thrushes, and of course

for the Blackbirds too. If you don’t have apple trees in your garden then apples spiked onto specially pruned bushes for the purpose or else onto bird-feeders, will work a treat. I have been seeing up to ten male Blackbirds and several females at any one time.

Another good way to encourage visiting Blackbirds and other thrushes, is through spreading a layer of chipped forest bark or compost across borders and edges in the garden. This helps keep a warm layer over the ground and this organic material is rich in invertebrates such as earthworms and insects for the birds to feed on. Watch carefully as the Blackbirds turnover bits of wood and bark as they search for food. Another surefire approach to attract the winter Blackbirds is to scatter composted leaf-mould across suitable parts of the garden. In larger gardens and in parks too, the birds will seek out shrubberies such as large rhododendron beds or similar places where the shelter combines with leaf litter to create good feeding areas. Then, late in the afternoon chill, the thrushes will gather from across the region at favoured roosting sites. These are often in sheltered spots and with larger rhododendron beds and other shrubberies where they can roost in warmth and safety overnight.

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