How well do you know your Ilkeston? Another ‘Know your town’ quiz compiled by local historian Danny Corns
Transforming attitudes: School makes a noise about bullying Chaucer School recently had a visit from Opitimus Prime and Bumble Bee, Transformers from Funtimez Mascotz. The children, who had created comics using the I-pads based around the Transformers, were amazed to see their super heroes in their classrooms. Throughout the week the children wrote songs created films and playscripts based around the anti-bullying theme. PC Jo Price and PC Sam Doar also came into school to discuss staying safe/anti-bullying and ran a competition in which the children had to design a poster with the message 'Make a noise about bullying'. The idea was to encouraging the children to speak out if they were a victim of bullying or if they saw someone else being bullied. The entries were judged by Derbyshire Police and the overall winner Rylea Beagley was presented with a scooter kindly donated by Ilkeston Tesco. All the activities were showcased in a special Friday Pictured are the Transformers; Miss Oldnall, Logan O'Connor and afternoon assembly. Erin Faulks; and PC Jo Price and PC Sam Doar.
Have things changed? This article submitted by David Montague Heathcote was originally written by E R Thompson in 1922 and copied as something worth keeping by David in 1992.
1. When Corporation Road was opened in the early 1890s it was known by another name. What was that name? 2. A well known Victorian cricketer is buried in Stanton Road Cemetery. What is his name and what does his headstone show? 3. A large store stood on the site where Woolworth’s was built. What was the name of this store and what did they sell? 4. There was at one time a workhouse in Ilkeston. Where was it? 5. Houses have been built on the site of the former Charnos factory. How did Charnos get its name and what were its products? 6. When did the Ilkeston tram system open and where was the tram depot? 7. There was an inn situated alongside the Erewash Canal near the Awsworth Road canal bridge. What was it called? 8. Spring Farm at Kirk Hallam was the home of the Rice family. What was the name of the famous authoress who stayed there? 9. The former White Cow and Needlemakers Arms pubs on Nottingham Road were unusual in one respect. What was that? 10. Jane Smit, the former England Ladies wicketkeeper has strong connections with Ilkeston. What are they?
Mental Revolt From the point of view of politics and economics, the world just now is a depressing place. Everything seems to be going badly wrong, and nobody seems to know how to stop the rot. From the point of view of psychology, the trouble centres both in those who rule and those who are ruled. Mankind has apparently ceased to rule circumstances. One and all, we are drifting into the position of willing victims of Fate. It is all wrong. It is wickedly wrong, since man has the power to dominate circumstances, create his own future and even create his own present. A nation, no less than an individual, possesses willpower, the ability to learn from experience, and to choose whether the world shall be ugly or beautiful. What is happening today is a steady disappearance of the will to work, the courage to tackle and surmount difficulties, and the will to win. From the government downwards, there is a vague belief that we are helpless in the grip of forces we cannot control. Such an attitude gathers strength from its own existence. The longer it persists the deeper its roots go. I do not deny that the position is serious. Facts are facts, and they have to be reckoned with, but they must be regarded as a starting point, not as a conclusion. Tradition, habit, custom – these are the mental chains that are binding the nation. What is needed is a mental revolution, a complete break with the past, and an approach to our problems with minds freed from misconceptions.
6 Ilkeston Life, January 2016
Sorry… Due to pressure on space, Danny Corns’ article
Bomb Damaged Ilkeston has had to be held over until next month. ———
Peter Pan panto competition winners Lisa Simons, Tahnie Roe and Helen Stanley each won a pair of tickets for the Peter Pan pantomime at the Seven Oaks marquee last month. The answer to the competition question was, of course, Neverland. ———
Check on your neighbour in the cold weather, especially if they live alone.
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