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Welcome to the autumn edition.

Advertising Enquiries: Ruth Brown

I can hardly believe that’s another summer done and dusted but what a summer it’s been! I mentioned in a previous edition that we like to go camping; well we’ve certainly had our money’s worth out of the tent this year.

I think the highlight of our camping season has to be a trip we made to a cider farm in Herefordshire in August.

We set up camp amongst the orchards with the only company being the friends we went with, a few pigs fenced off in the corner of the orchard and the farm’s slightly nutty (but ever so friendly) Border Collie, called Summer. The weather was perfect and it happened to coincide with the start of the Perseid Meteor Shower which we knew absolutely nothing about until we witnessed it! We were sat looking up at the clear sky (with an obligatory cider of course) admiring the beautiful stars above; the only light being from our little camp fire when all of a sudden 3 of us saw our first shooting star of the night. An hour later and we were well into double figures (shooting stars, not ciders you understand!) We always tend to make a mental note of our ‘events of the year’ and this trip was most definitely one of them.

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Another trip we took that I mentioned in my last Editor’s message was a week in beautiful Kalkan in Turkey.

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CONGRATULATIONS Andrew Riley of Belper who has won a bottle of Champagne

Many thanks to Horsley Lodge for sponsoring this edition’s Prize Crossword competition on page 6 – you could win a 2 Course Sunday Carvery for 2 people. Turn to page 84 for an article about ‘A Ticket to Tewkesbury’; a book written by local author, Neal James. All Things Local is offering one lucky reader the chance to win a copy for themselves by answering a simple question which will be entered into a draw.

CONGRATULATIONS Rich Leam of Horsley Woodhouse who has won a 2 Course Sunday Lunch for 2 at The Spanker Inn, Nether Heage

Don’t forget that the clocks go back an hour on Sunday 27 October at 2am.

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Contents Competitions & Puzzles Prize crossword – Win 2 Course Sunday Lunch for 2 at Horsley Lodge 6 Children’s Puzzles 65 Friendship Blooms – FREE FLOWERS! 68 Champagne Sudoku 78 Win a book by local author 84 Business & Professional 2 Lifestyle 11 Gifts, Galleries & Exhibitions 21 Food, Drink, Entertainment 22 Health, Beauty, Fitness 29 Motors 33 Home & Garden 35 Children & Education 64 Community 68

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So you took out your first mortgage 12 years ago and it finishes in 2026. 4 years later you then borrowed some more money over a slightly longer term to ensure the repayment cost was not more than you can afford.

And exactly how much interest are you receiving on your savings? 1 or 2%? And is that before tax?

And what are those ISAs invested in? Are the funds managed well compared to some of the best Fund Managers on the market?

The “top-up� to your mortgage finishes in 17 years time, (2030), as you decided to make this a 25 year term too.

But your current mortgage protection plan was for 25 years and only covers the original borrowing. So are the premiums you are paying to your life assurance company monies well spent?

And that investment that you bought from the bank 7 years ago. Is it fit for purpose? Do they provide ongoing servicing with it? When did you review it with them?

Indeed, can they review it now or have they stopped giving advice on such investments?

And what happened to the life cover when the children came along?

And as we are being cheery, what happens to your estate when you do pass away? Does it go to your spouse?

Your children? Or the Chancellor, as he takes another slice of your estate with Inheritance Tax?

Likewise, after some thought you realise that you have changed your job 4 times since you started that same mortgage. It is also at this time that you remember you have 3 preserved pensions and you are not sure how much they will pay you at retirement. What are these pensions invested in or how much of the funds are being swallowed to pay for the ongoing contract charges? You now also think that you may like to retire a bit sooner than some of those schemes would allow. Is there enough for you to retire comfortably?

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pays the same level of income for the rest of your life or one that increases annually to combat the effect of inflation over the rest of your days? Do you provide benefits for your spouse? What happens if your spouse perishes before you do? What does this mean? Have you spent pension funds buying benefits for someone who will not be around to benefit from them?

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Business & Professional

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL There are a number of ways to assess the risk Legal Matters your new home may be at but expert advice is essential.

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Lifestyle

Pauline Latham OBE MP

In August I went to Rolls Royce to watch the British Airways Dreamliner fly over the works accompanied by a little Spitfire.

How incredibly quiet the engine of the new plane is.

All we could hear was the unmistakable noise from the Spitfire’s engine. What a beautiful plane the Dreamliner is with its curved wings and the quiet engine will help our environmental footprint and be far better for those that live on the flight path of runways all over the world. Well done Rolls Royce. The atmosphere was amazing with hundreds of Rolls Royce employees coming out of their works and offices to see this plane with the engines that had been designed and built here in Derby. They had every right to feel very proud of working for one of the most successful engineering companies in the world.

At last it looks as though the economy is picking up but many businesses have the ability to export their goods and services which is why I am seeking small and medium sized manufacturing companies so that we can have an Export Fair. This should help those businesses that already export to find new markets and those that could but so far haven’t taken the plunge to understand what needs to happen before they look outside of the UK to sell their products. This will help local businesses expand, therefore creating and sustaining local jobs which in turn will lead to more money being spent locally, supporting local businesses. If you are an SME or you know of any in the Mid-Derbyshire Constituency please get in touch with me by email and you will be invited along.

Early next year I also want to have a Funding Fair for voluntary organisations such as the Brownies, Scouts, the Belper Arts organisation, and sporting clubs where so many people help by volunteering. I will be inviting various funding bodies to come along and speak about the type of grants they have available for this type of organisation so that projects can be funded. It is all about giving organisations access to funding streams and helping them understand how the applications should be completed so they are successful. Again if you know of any organisations that are run by volunteers in my constituency please let me know and an invitation will go out to them.

I believe that one of my roles is to facilitate and get people together so that more jobs are created and more money is spent locally. There is an organisation called ‘Transition Belper’ which is more of a movement than an organisation which is working to improve Belper as a place to live and work. If every

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family in Belper was to spend £5 a week more than they do already then Belper as a town would benefit by millions every year, creating jobs and employment for local people including all those young people that find it hard to get employment. I am holding a meeting about this idea and if anyone is not living in Belper but is interested in this idea then again, get in touch with me and you could be invited along as an observer of what is happening relatively near to your community.

Spondon, for instance, had a day in the summer, where pounds were exchanged for Spondon Bucks, keeping people in Spondon for the day, spending money in the local shops rather than the multiples in town. They have already started thinking about localism and all communities could.

Mrs Pauline Latham OBE MP is Member of Parliament for Mid-Derbyshire.

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Lifestyle

Home Style: How To Make The Right First Impression When Selling Your Property.

Front doors are important, they can make you feel unwelcome or welcome so it’s important for them to be painted in an inviting colour.

If you live in a busy area, paint in a brighter colour, and if you are in the countryside you might like to reflect the environment and paint in more natural and earthy tones.

Black or dark blue front doors suggest that you don’t want visitors; they are protective colours and say ‘keep away’.

Colours like purples, pinks and yellows suggest fun. Green and earthy colours suggest that you want to relax and get away from it all.

Pick colours that are seen in nature; pure white is not found in nature and can feel very sterile and unfriendly. If you have recently painted your front door or have a UPVC one, wash it down and make sure all of the brassware is clean and nothing is broken or missing.

Looking at the front of your house, check that the fence is in a good condition, do you have a definable boundary to your house?

People like to know what they own. Dead plants or overgrown

hedges are an off put to potential buyers, it suggests you don’t care about the property, and this is the last thing you want to portray.

Make sure you can see the front of the house and that you can clearly see the number or name. Put some plants outside, wash the windows, take any stickers or signs off the windows, get rid of any rubbish in the front garden, and purchase a new welcome mat.

Check to see that outside lights are all working, remember many of your potential buyers will visit you in the evening, so it’s important that there is enough light for them to be safe. You want potential buyers to feel welcome, you want them to feel that this is a good place to live, and you want them to be excited about going in to see the rest of the house.

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Fishing: A Morning Trip to the Kedleston Brook

On a very wet day at the end of July a bunch of worthies from the Derbyshire County Angling Club were out looking at the brook that flows out of the Kedleston Estate into Markeaton Park which is known as the Mercaston and Markeaton Brook.

We had been given the opportunity to make an offer to rent the fishing rights on the water. There were four club members and, since the school summer holidays had started, two of us had grandsons with us. One of these was my grandson, Nathaniel, also known as Natty, who came equipped with a camera. One of the Derbyshire County men was Alan Patrick who had his fishing trips on this very stretch of water and this is what he wrote to me following the river trip.

‘Hi John, Hope you have dried out? And not got into too much trouble, for getting the landscape photographer (Natty) into a wet and muddy state. I say enjoy!!! Keep it up; he will have fabulous memories of his granddad. Glad I met him.

Today you saw where I started fishing, from the age of 6 to my early teens. The brook as we knew it was far less overgrown.

Fishing amongst other nefarious activities, I think you would call it poaching today. But always with an eye out for the estate gamekeeper, George Bates. My mum always knew if we had been caught. As I would come home with my socks pulled up, wearing short trousers. George would cut a branch from a bank side willow and whip it across our lower legs. Hence the pulled up socks. After all it was usually me and two dear friends who winkled out Lady Scarsdale’s trout from under the tree roots.

Poor George, boy wouldn’t he be in deep trouble in today’s society? However if he ever wanted any help on the estate he always came to us. Perhaps as a known entity? Or because he knew we cared and respected the area. And we did. Woe betide any townies who ventured that far upstream. So you see in many

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Natty

Kedleston Brook

ways I enjoyed an idyllic childhood having an almost free range of the Kedleston estates. So don’t take the spirit and adventure out of that young man (Natty) I met today.’

This event reminded me of the potential of using coarse fishing to stimulate young minds and get them interested in the countryside.

I have previously worked at a housing association in the West Midlands for a period and was invited to a fund raising charity event held at the Walsall football ground. I found out that this charity was originally set up in 2006 by two police officers who had the idea that coarse fishing could be used to give disaffected young people an opportunity to do something other than get into mischief. It has been very successful and a pond has been made available by a land owner and volunteers had offered training to the kids into the skills of coarse fishing. This charity has been given grant lottery funds to build a training room and now an NVQ can be secured by those willing to complete the training course. For more information look at http://www.thefishingacademy.co.uk/ History.html Perhaps, something similar could be set up here?

By John Layton, Derbyshire County Angling Club

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The Better Life: Man V Slug The late poet Dorothy Frances Gurney wrote that: One is nearer God’s heart in a garden than anywhere else on Earth. That may be true, but preparing the garden, for growing vegetables, is its own special form of purgatory.

Nature conspires to make the task as difficult as possible, so we took it in stages.

Step One – Peat-less pots are go. We chose green bean and mange tout seeds, and filled the little pots from our compost bin. I soon discovered that it’s a fine line between moist and soggy. And that the ‘which plant comes up first’ sweepstake may be subject to tampering. Anne knows who I mean, so we’ll say no more...

Step Two - Mark out the plot, somewhere beyond the cypress tree’s reach to allow for the possibility of direct sunlight. That’s the easy part - it makes you feel like you’re retracing the first, tentative steps of our hunter-gatherer ancestors when they realised that a little porridge might be nice for a change.

Step Three - Dig for Pyrrhic victory, trusting that the veg will subsequently be worthy of your muscles’ sacrifice. Once the soil has been dug, it’s time to remove the grass and weeds. The chickens loved some of the grass, but the worms received a reprieve, as they were on active service.

Step Four - A ginger beer and a bag of crisps for me. Then the soil needs to be turned over and broken up, to help aerate it (a Scrabble word if ever I heard one). I also removed the stones, which is especially important if you’re planting from seeds.

Step Five - Dig in the pots when the little plants look old enough to fend for themselves. Once they were installed, I added enough bamboo canes and netting to deter any opportunistic gastropodabout-garden. Or so I thought.

chickens for summary execution, also known by the chooks as ‘snack time’. I did try and reason with the slugs, principally because the chickens weren’t keen on them, but settled for either eviction into the back lane or incarceration in the garden waste bin.

But still they came.

My vigilance gradually paid off and our plant casualties decreased. Then came that magical day when the first veg flowers appeared. We weren’t out of the woods (or slugs) yet though and you’d be surprised by the amount of slug pellets we used. Honestly, I don’t know where they put it all.

Having freshly picked beans, from garden to plate in a matter of minutes, is one of life’s little pleasures.

Having to play nettle roulette, when picking the mange tout, because I couldn’t be bothered to keep up with the weeding, was less of a joy. The mange tout still tasted great though and it has me thinking about nettle soup.

Next time I’ll let the beanlings grow taller before I plant them in, to give them more of a fighting chance. I’ll also make my own peat-less pots out of old newspaper. It’s the Blue Peter approach to green living.

By Derek Thompson

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The Big Apple And so we bid farewell to the summer and welcome in the autumn months.

October is traditionally linked to ghosts, ghouls and goose bumps with the celebration of Halloween on the 31st.

However, did you know that October is also known as Apple Month?

Apples do feature in Halloween celebrations in the form of apple bobbing. The tradition of apple bobbing dates back a few hundred years. It is said to be linked with fortune telling. After a successful ‘bob’ the peel can be removed in one strip and be thrown over one’s shoulder. The letter the fallen peel resembles is the initial of your true love.

Nowadays on hearing the word ‘apple’, an image might spring to mind of computers or various other technological things the company Apple is responsible for - and which I am blissfully ignorant of.

But with regards to the edible version of apple (before it became trademarked for technology) October 21st brings the annual event of Apple Day.

Nottinghamshire. The apple pip planted by a young girl in her garden was replicated by grafting and now accounts for 95% of all cooking apples sold in the UK. But don’t you worry, we don’t have to travel far in order to join in with some apple-related festivities.

I happened across an Apple Day event that takes place in Cromford, just outside Scarthin Books on Saturday October 19th this year.

This action-packed apple event includes apple-related games, competitions, various stalls selling local produce and refreshments and of course apple pressing.

So if you can peel yourself away for an afternoon, why not take the apple of your eye along and join in with the apple-y festivities in Cromford. Even if you don’t win first prize for your apple pie, you can be safe in the knowledge that you’ve kept the doctor away for another day.

By Jessica White

No, I had never heard of it before either.

The first Apple Day occurred in London in 1990. It was organised by the charity Common Ground. Its aim was to raise awareness of the diverse range of produce we actually have in this country. In terms of food produce, landscapes and culture. Along with this celebration is the reminder that we are also in danger of losing this variety.

The number of different varieties of apples we might see in the supermarket is somewhat limited. However, there are thought to be over 7000 different varieties of apples! Carrying all those home from the shops would certainly upset your apple cart.

The number of varieties is no doubt linked to their way of procreation. If you had a Golden Delicious pip and planted it, the resulting fruit would bear no resemblance to a Golden Delicious. To grow their fruit apples require pollen from another apple tree which is why every fruit is a potential new variety.

Every Bramley apple we eat today can be traced to a single 200-year-old tree. The variety that is well known and loved today was grown in Southwell in

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Not So Idle Gossip

I’ve often heard the phrase ‘Idle Gossip’ but I have come to realise that there’s actually a lot of effort that goes into perpetuating this rather dreary social ritual.

Now I know not all gossip is harmful, the gossip about the latest Prada handbag, the gossip about various celebrity shows of insanity and even the word on the street regarding her next doors’ new hair-do. Some gossip however can be rather more malicious and, as I say, it appears to take a great deal of time and effort to spread nasty rumours or speak ill of people.

It led me to wonder that if those more narrow-minded amongst us, that dedicate their time to negatively portraying their fellow folk and quite often ‘friends’, put as much effort into more positive ventures - how much better could life be?

Shying away from the malevolent mutterings of those more concerned with stirring the social cauldron is by far the better thing to do and if we all took that lesser trodden path perhaps the word on the street would be a far more positive one.

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Gossip seems to me to be a waste of time and effort, it really doesn’t achieve anything except perhaps distress for the subject and just perpetuates a cycle of negativity. Surely you only have to tune into the evening news to know there is enough going wrong in the world to fill several lifetimes, so surely we don’t need to add to it with callous conversation? I’ll let you discuss that amongst yourselves, not that you’re ones to gossip of course!

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Travel: Kalkan; a Turkish Delight!

Last year, we visited the historic town of Kalkan for the first time based on someone’s recommendation. We weren’t disappointed.

We booked a last minute return trip this year staying in the newly-opened Kalkan Suites.

Kalkan is an old fishing town situated on the beautiful Lycian Coast – approximately 90 minutes’ drive from Dalaman Airport. Unlike many of Turkey’s larger holiday resorts, Kalkan has retained its charm and warm, traditional Turkish hospitality. It is famous for its white-washed houses, descending to the sea and its brightly coloured bougainvillea. It averages 300 days of sunshine a year.

Kalkan by night bustles with activity - there is so much to do: shopping, dining, cafés, excellent bars, or just going for a stroll along the twisting active streets or by the peaceful harbour. It is worth mentioning that Kalkan Old Town is extremely hilly, so probably not ideal for those less mobile.

Our accommodation was the Kalkan Suites managed by a delightful couple; Banu and Tekin Yilmaz. These apartments are ideally situated right in the heart of Kalkan, just a few minutes’ walk downhill to the harbour. These luxury holiday suites have this year been subject to a complete renovation programme; the building was formerly a hotel called The Samira Garden. Each of the apartments combines contemporary design using the best quality materials with a unique Mediterranean charm.

accommodate a third guest if required. An additional bed can also be added for a fourth guest but this is chargeable.

The bedroom has a double bed which can also be converted to twins if required. There is an en-suite shower room and all suites are fully air-conditioned with free WiFi internet access, a flat screen TV and DVD player.

The apartments share a large communal swimming pool which is for sole use of the complex and a bar/snack bar is available with room service provided. The reception is open 24 hours.

We arrived late in the evening and were welcomed by Tekin, one of the managers. Check-in was smooth and our bags were taken up to our penthouse suite number 302 ... Wow! Amazing! The apartment was extremely spacious, light and airy and we immediately knew we were in for a wonderfully relaxing week’s holiday in Kalkan. We were only a few minutes’ walk from the centre of Kalkan and the harbour but just high enough up to have a great view over the old town and bay.

The open plan lounge area with balcony and spectacular views across the bay (apartment 302)

The whole apartment was spotlessly clean thanks to the lovely maid who visited daily. We have never stayed in an apartment and felt so comfortable from the moment we stepped through the door. The kitchen benefits from having a dishwasher and whilst we only ever ate breakfast there, we had friends up on a few occasions for drinks on the balcony and it was great not to have to think about the washing up!

The quiet and private pool area with complimentary pool towels

Each apartment has an open plan living, dining and kitchen area and the sofa in the living area converts to a bed to

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There were three balconies in total, one with a coffee table and sofa overlooking the sea from the lounge, another one with a table and two chairs overlooking the sea from the bedroom and a third one which ran the whole length of the back of the apartments facing inland.

Plenty of space for those days when we didn’t want to venture out to the beach or one of Kalkan’s many beach clubs.

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The bedroom was massive with patio doors the full width, giving a stunning view for us to wake up to in the mornings across the bay. The bed was also massive and so comfortable; I wanted to bring it home!

Spacious bedroom (apartment 302)

However, as much as we would really love to keep this place a secret, Banu & Tekin do a brilliant job running these superb apartments and they deserve every success.

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week, which left me with a whole, huge double wardrobe to myself in the bedroom.

Normally, when I review anything there are always pros and cons. I genuinely don’t have one negative thing to say about the Kalkan Suites or indeed Kalkan itself. We’re counting down the days until our return already!

If you’re interested in finding out more about the resort of Kalkan there’s a great website with a very active forum; visit www.enjoykalkan.com For prices and further information on Kalkan Suites: Web: www.kalkansuites.com Email: info@kalkansuites.com Tel: +90 242 844 30 90 Here are a handful of our recommendations whilst holidaying in Kalkan:

The bathroom was gigantic and included a lovely walk-in shower with two shower heads to offer different types of jet. All the fixtures and fittings were of exceptional quality.

Large, luxurious bathroom (apartment 302)

• A trip to Saklikent Gorge – we chose to go river rafting there – what an experience! www.saklikentgorge.net • A boat trip on Yildiz 2 – this is the 2nd year we’ve been on this boat and Captain Osman and his wife Zeynep provide an excellent trip with beautiful food throughout the day. www.yildizboat.com • An evening meal at Fez Restaurant in the Old Town – pretty rooftop setting overlooking the bay.

• A traditional Turkish kebab at Hunkar Ocakbasi - the best kebab I’ve ever had.

• A harbour side drink at Kleo Bar – if Durali the owner gets you talking, you could be in for a late night! He’s married to a British lady, speaks excellent English and has many interesting stories to share; the perfect host!

Although these apartments are self-catering and have a fridge and a full size oven, the management also offer a room service snack menu.

The pool area is immaculately kept and with there being only 8 one-bedroomed apartments in total, it was never busy and there were always more than enough free sunbeds. Towels are provided for the pool area.

Everything about the Kalkan Suites spelt ‘luxury’ and it was our pleasure to be able to spend a week there.

On the day we came home, before we’d even left for Dalaman Airport, we had re-booked and paid a deposit for the same apartment for next year as I’m sure that once word spreads, it’ll become very difficult to get in!

• An evening meal at the new Lipsos Restaurant on the harbour side. I tried a traditional Turkish lamb casserole – delicious!

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By Karyn Milner

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Days out with Dennis Go by Bus? Why Not??

This particular outing is entirely within Derbyshire so as usual; bus pass holders will not have to pay.

The best way for non-bus pass holders would be to buy a ‘Derbyshire Wayfarer’ ticket on the first bus on which you travel which covers everything.

My wife (Barbara) complained last month about not having time to do any serious shopping, so this time I have tried to set that right.

All we are doing is going to Chesterfield but it’s all about getting there.

I always try to make these outings scenically interesting so the first bus is Trent Barton’s 6.1 ‘sixes service’ to Bakewell leaving Belper Bus Station at 18 minutes past ten.

This travels via Shottle, Wirksworth, Cromford and Matlock Bath to arrive in Matlock just before the hour.

decker, the best views are to be had upstairs.

Although this is only a short journey (Chesterfield is half an hour away), the views are stunning.

To access the shops, leave the bus at the coach station, walk up onto Beetwell Street, cross at the crossing and an escalator puts you in the town centre. How easy is that?

Incidentally, Market Days are Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

By now, it’s lunchtime so you could get something to eat and drink before ‘splashing the cash’ (or plying the plastic).

Going back to Belper starts on Trent Barton’s ‘Red Arrow’ service as far as Ripley. Retrace your footsteps towards where you left the X17 and the ‘Red Arrow’ stop is on your left.

Buses leave Chesterfield at 20 past and 10 to the hour.

Choose the one that suits you and 40 minutes later, you are in Ripley, across the road from the old Hippodrome.

Cross the road and catch a Trent Barton ‘sixes’ service either 6.1 or 6.2 at 3 minutes past the hour or half hour and 30 minutes later you’ll be back in Belper; tired, happy and hopefully not broke !

Leave the bus in Matlock at the railway station where there are toilets and walk over the river to the old bus station to the left of the Co-Op. Next is Stagecoach’s X17 service which leaves the old bus station at 10 past the hour. Usually a double

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As an artist and maker herself, Abigail knew the importance of keeping stall prices to a minimum and with the market being non-profit making this has been achieved.

A new art and crafts market held at the ‘No.28’ venue in Belper and coinciding with the local Farmer’s Market, has become so popular with local artists and makers (and with the public) that it is expanding to a bigger venue in 2014 to keep up with the demand.

The continuing demand for stalls has amazed Abigail, who still gets daily enquiries. To accommodate the demand demonstrated by her current ‘waiting list’, she is in the process of moving the market to the Strutts Community Centre on the A6 in Belper, in the New Year.

In doing so, the market is joining forces with its new sister, a Vintage Market.

The remaining dates for this year’s Art and Crafts Market at ‘No.28’ are: 12 October, 9 November and a Christmas Market on 7 December with a visit from Santa amongst other festive treats.

A busy market day

There is no admission fee for the market and it always has a sit down café on site selling home baked cakes, hot and cold food and drinks.

When local artist Abigail Sawyer joined the Belper Arts Collaborative in April this year, she also became involved with the Belper Arts Festival, meeting and chatting with many other local artists along the way.

The market opening times are 9am – 1pm.

Taken aback by the sheer amount of artwork her hometown was producing and spurred on by the success of the Festival, she saw an opportunity for a more regular event to help support so many talented people by showcasing their work. With this in mind, she created the monthly Belper Art and Craft Market.

All the stalls for the market dates in 2013 were fully booked within two weeks of Abigail Abi Sawyer with her husband Joe and launching her idea. daughter Poppy who all help out with The inaugural running of the cafe and the market. market, held on 8 June 2013 was a roaring success, attended by hundreds of people.

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One of the stalls at the market

The first market date for 2014 is 1 February and this will be held at the new venue (Strutts) with later opening times of 10am – 2pm.

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Music Scene: Belper Folk Club

Down a small narrow road, I pulled up next to The Old King’s Head quite unaware of the magical world of folk I was about to enter.

A warm friendly pub oozing with character and warmth, I was greeted by the friendly barmaid and directed upstairs to the main function room where the folk club is held. The low roofs and winding passageways were filled with pictures, flowers and medieval style crockery. As I made my way upstairs I was directed through another small passageway, which opened up to a large function room with high ceilings filled with the original beams and the running theme of medieval décor continued. The dangled fairy lights in the middle of the room created an angelic and peaceful atmosphere and I was immediately greeted with warmth and welcoming. Everybody was sat around the edges of the room at their own table, pints all round of course. Despite the unusual low numbers, due to a lot of regulars being at a folk festival in Whitby, there was still a good turnout.

There was no stage; everyone simply took it in turns to perform from the comfort of their seats.

This intimate portrayal of folk entertainment and togetherness was a breath of fresh air, and certainly something I had never witnessed before. There was a good mixture of classic acoustic guitars, flutes, tambourine, recorders and a banjo. All presented in a room that felt like it was meant for a good get together and a sing-along.

With toes tapping against the well-worn floor boards and with a twinkle in their eyes, it was easy to see why this night is so successful. So much passion and enthusiasm for such a beautiful style of music, it was very infectious and I had to stop myself from getting up and dancing at one point.

As the night went on, various songs were sung, many of the traditional folk nature, and all seemed to join in when they pleased. Poems were read, stories were shared, and friends were made.

As the night came to an end I felt very relaxed and content, the calm atmosphere and therapeutic songs and voices had contributed to an extremely enjoyable night. Beer, music and laughter, what more could you ask for on a Tuesday evening?

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Humour: No Room for Giraffes When I first moved to London, I lived in a big house in a quiet, leafy suburb. It was a shared property, positively bursting at the seams with bits and bobs, nick-nacks and bric-a-brac (nobody really knows what bric-a-brac is, but it seems appropriate here. In fact, whilst I’m on the subject, what actually are nick-nacks?).

Two days before we were due to move out of the house, it burned down. For legal reasons it’s probably best if I don’t go into the exact details of the incident; suffice it to say that it wasn’t our fault and we lost everything.

In the immediate aftermath of the event, I learned two things: 1) Estate agents are the spawn of Lucifer and 2) I am much happier when I own virtually nothing.

I only missed one thing, in truth. My piano.

Moving into the new place was a dream – I literally walked through the front door and was done – but I didn’t quite feel at ease again until I’d furnished it with a piano. It wasn’t so much the physical presence of the instrument that I craved, but more the ability to fill the house with music.

This may seem unbearably pretentious and like a tremendously deep and cerebral person. I’m not either, of course, but this was of little concern to me at the time.

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I would go to parties and tell girls the story of the fire in the hope that hinting at an untapped river of pain running through my soul (I think that’s how I phrased it) would make them much more likely to get off with me. And so it was that, gradually, I began to understand that the fire had in one sense been a blessing. It had purged me of the scrapyard of pointless junk I had unwittingly collected over the years, and now I was free to be my own person again. I was lord of my gloriously empty manor.

You can imagine my consternation, then, when in preparation for a recent house move I found myself packing up my bedroom once more and discovering that, just a few short years later, I somehow still owned TRUCKLOADS OF STUFF. I mean, ruddy truckloads.

This discovery propelled me towards an unashamedly fascist cull of my belongings. One of the items that failed to make the cut during the move was a five-foot tall pink wicker giraffe I had received as a gift some years earlier. I was rather fond of this curious ornament, as it happens, but when you’re executing a cull of this magnitude you have to be cold and ruthless, and there really was no room for giraffes. In the end I took it to my local charity shop, spent a short while reflecting on what sort of person would want to buy such a thing, and promptly left.

Two hours later, as I turned the front-door key one final time and officially vacated my home, I saw a woman walking up the road with, you guessed it, a pink wicker giraffe under her arm.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, said Einstein, only moved around. The law of thermodynamics. True not just of tiny electrons, it seems, but apparently also of giraffes.

By Chris Russell Chris plays piano in South London power-pop band The Lightyears. The Lightyears, voted the UK’s BEST POP/ROCK ACT at the Indy Awards, have played Wembley Stadium, toured across four continents and released a record with Sting’s producer. Chris is currently working on his first novel, “Mockstars”.

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Walk the dogs Wipe muddy paws Brush their coats Mop the floors Clean the bathroom Vac the hall Scrub the step Weeds are tall Mow the lawn Trim the edges Prune the shrubs Cut the hedges 5 o’clock Husband to be fed Meal on the table Spag Bol, garlic bread He says “I’ve been busy at work, slogging away but I hope you haven’t been bored today.”

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Recipe: Chilli Chicken Stew With Halloween at the end of October, why not plan a ghostly gathering and serve up this hot and spicy chicken stew? Perfect for filling up hungry trick or treaters.

Serves 6-8 Ready in 1 hour 45 minutes Ingredients:

1-2 tbsp sunflower oil 1 large onion, peeled and cut into chunks 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 1 small red chilli pepper, deseeded and finely chopped (optional) 6 large skinless chicken fillets cut into pieces 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes 2 tbsp sun-dried tomato puree 2 tsp dried oregano 1 x 400g can kidney beans in chilli sauce 1 red, 1 green and 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and diced Salt and freshly ground black pepper Warm crusty bread, to serve Method: 1 Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a large, deep flame-proof casserole dish and fry the onion and garlic for 5 minutes until softened and golden. Add the chilli pepper (if using) and chicken pieces and cook over a medium heat, stirring all the time, until the chicken pieces are lightly browned all over, adding a little extra oil if needed.

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2 Stir in the tomatoes, tomato puree, oregano and 200ml water and bring to the boil. Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper then reduce the heat, partially cover and simmer for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3 Add the kidney beans and diced peppers to the casserole and simmer, uncovered, for a further 20-25 mins until the peppers are tender and some of the liquid has reduced. Serve in mugs or bowls with chunks of warm crusty bread.

TIP For a hot non-alcoholic punch to serve with the stew, pour a large carton of apple juice into a saucepan. Core and slice 2 small apples and add to the pan with one thinly sliced lemon and a couple of cinnamon sticks. Heat gently for about 10 minutes and then pour in 1 litre of ginger ale. Heat through for a further minute then serve in heatproof glasses or tumblers.

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damage caused by the tumour pressing on my optic nerve.

A visit to a Belper opticians resulted in the diagnosis of a pituitary brain tumour for a local woman.

Mrs Ann Walker, 46, visited Specsavers in Belper for a routine eye test in January and told her optometrist about a ‘pulling’ sensation she had been feeling in her left eye for a number of days.

A regular customer of the store on King Street, Mrs Walker was seen by the store’s optometrist Sohan Mistry. Mr Mistry quickly realised that all was not right as Mrs Walker’s sight in her left eye had deteriorated significantly since her last eye test in 2009.

Mr Mistry referred Mrs Walker to the Royal Derby Hospital immediately. It was here that doctors diagnosed Mrs Walker with having a pituitary brain tumour. The pituitary gland is a small, oval-shaped gland found at the base of the brain, below the optic nerve – the nerve that leads to and from the eye.

‘Like most people, I simply put my worsening eyesight down to the fact that I was getting older, however, in hindsight I should really have Mrs Ann Walker gone for an eye test sooner. During the eye test the extent of the loss of sight in my left eye became apparent and was a complete shock to me.

‘I couldn’t even see the board with the letters on it, let alone the letters with my left eye! Mr Mistry’s immediate referral was key to getting my condition diagnosed; without that visit I could have risked losing all the sight in my left eye and, as the tumour was large, potentially the sight in my right eye too.’

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Specsavers: Optician helps diagnose brain tumour

Sohan Mistry, optometrist at Specsavers in Belper, says: ‘Mrs Walker’s case demonstrates how eye examinations can uncover a range of health problems, not just those restricted to sight.

Mrs Walker has since had surgery to remove the tumour and her eyesight has improved.

‘That’s why it’s so important that people make sure they visit their optician regularly, we recommend every two years, not just if you’re having problems with your eyes, as you never know what they might pick up.’

Mrs Walker says: ‘I am very grateful to Specsavers in helping to find this tumour. When I went for the eye test I had no idea how much sight I had lost in my left eye because of the

To book an appointment for an eye examination, please visit Specsavers at 46-48 King Street, Belper, DE56 1PL, call 01773 824 375 or visit www.specsavers.co.uk/belper

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Derbyshire Walking: Denby Supplied by Rob Bradford www.derbyshirewalking.co.uk Distance: 3 Miles (4.8 Km) Start Point: St Mary’s Church, Denby OS Map: Explorer 259 Derby, Ashbourne & Cheadle Map Ref: SK 399 465 Parking: Free off road car park Tea Shops: None Duration: 1 Hour 45 Minutes

The Walk: A gentle three mile walk around the village of Denby (Village of the Danes) mostly across reclaimed and restored open cast land following Amber Valley Routeway 21 for the majority of the way. The walk starts from the car park opposite the 12th century Church of St Mary, then out of the village behind the Old Vicarage towards Denby Common passing the Cricket Club and the site of the lost hamlet of Copper Yard along the way. The walk then heads across farm land towards Smalley before swinging right behind Flamsteed Plantation to return along a quiet lane to St Mary’s Church. Please note that some sections of this route St Mary’s, Denby are overgrown, others pass

through long grass, both of these conditions mean that long trousers and sturdy footwear are strongly advised for this route.

There are two car parks in Denby quite close to each other; one is at the John Flamsteed Memorial Garden and the other opposite the church. If you end up in the wrong one (John Flamsteed Memorial Gardens) just walk back to the road turn left and walk a few yards down the road to the car park from which this walk starts.

From the car park pass through the tall metal bicycle squeeze to enter the playing fields, bear right towards the white house in the distance and exit over a wooden step stile in the corner of the field.

Follow the path as it bears right behind the old vicarage and then

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Routeway 21 Marker

along the edge of a field to a second wooden step stile.

Once over this stile go right along the top of the bank around a large pond, keep an eye on the reeds for a glimpse of a reed warbler clutching the vertical stems, if you’re not lucky enough to spot one listen for the tell-tale “trrk,trrk,churr” call as you follow the bank around the edge of the pond. As the path leaves the pond towards a section of woodland and a wooden stile with a wide gap to its right, take care as there is an overgrown ditch in that gap and the only bridge across it is at the stile. As you follow the path along the edge of the woodland, the ground under foot soon becomes littered with red brick and masonry.

Denby Village Cricket Club at Copper Yard

The debris is all that remains of the hamlet of Copper Yard, a collection of fifteen or so properties housing the workers engaged in the copper smelting industry that took place here from the middle of the 18th century.

Continue along the path until it reaches a stile in the fence to the left and a concrete bridge over a ditch to the right, cross the ditch and follow the path to cross along the edge of Copper Yard cricket ground before exiting onto a road opposite the near derelict Methodist Chapel which is currently being refurbished. Cross the road and head left away from Denby towards Denby Common, at the end of the row of houses turn right into Dumbles Lane.

Walk up the rough lane until it becomes a concrete road, at this point look for a way-marked stile on the left, cross the stile into the field, turn immediate right and pass to the right of the way-marked farm gate, you may have to climb over some tapes strung across the path at this point, then cross the next field in the direction of the radio mast in the distance, cross the next field in the same direction then pass through a way-marked gap in a wire fence on the far side. Continue forward and as you approach the cottage at the far side of the field look for a stile back onto Dumbles Lane in the hedgerow to the right. Re-join the lane then turn left and walk up to Dumbles Cottage, on reaching the cottage take the path to the left of the property between its boundary and a hedgerow, this path is a little overgrown but well maintained.

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Turn left and follow the track as it curves right around

the end of Flamsteed Plantation, on the far side of the plantation look for a stile into the first field on the right.

If the field gate is open the stile may well be obscured so go through the gate if this is the case. Again the path along the edge of this field with the plantation to the right is not well trodden and the grass is quite long. At the far side of the field look for a stile to the right of a farm gate (somewhat overgrown), cross the stile and follow the path ahead until another wooden rather overgrown squeeze stile in a wire fence is reached, take care with this one as on the far side is a narrow plank bridge over a water-filled ditch.

Overgrown Stile & Gate

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From Dumbles Cottage continue along the path until it reaches a set of concrete posts laid to form a bridge over a small stream, cross the stream and the step stile on the far side, at the junction of paths turn left and walk up through the plantation of trees (saplings) and follow the fence line to a way-marked wooden squeeze stile.

Once through this stile ignore the stile to the left and turn right to walk up the length of the field with the hedgerow to your right. At the top of the field, along the way look across to the right to a pond where curlews can be heard calling, and occasionally seen swooping over the fields. At the top of the field go through two wooden stiles a hedge widths apart and enter into the next field.

Although the Routeway 21 marker suggests turning right ignore it and continue in the same direction following the fence line (left) along the length of the field, this path is not well trodden and the grass is quite long. At the top of the field cross a wooden step stile beside a gate then turn right and follow the fence line (long grass again along this section) to another stile between a gate and the hedgerow. Again follow the hedge line then pass through a well gnawed wooden stile in a wire fence into an area of young trees. Follow the path though the plantation then cross another paddock/field to another stile to the right of a farm gate, cross this stile and exit onto a little used farm track.

the wall, then forward to another wooden squeeze stile through a hawthorn hedge on the far side of which is a farm drive.

On arriving onto the farm drive ignore the stile on the far side with the Routeway 21 marker, instead turn left and walk along the drive following it as it swings right and heads back towards Denby. Continue down the drive past Rosy Lea Farm and on until the drive joins Flamstead Lane at a junction near to a house with solar panels on its roof. Continue along what is now Flamstead Lane until you arrive at a Routeway 21 marked footpath sign on the right which points the way down across fields to St Mary’s Church in the distance.

Follow the path down the field to the point where it crosses a small stream, from the far side of the stream head to the right of the churchyard, go through the stock gate then along the overgrown path between the church and the school to exit onto the road near to the entrance of St Mary’s Church, on the far side of the road to the left is the entrance to the car park and the end of the walk.

We have taken reasonable steps to ensure that this walk is safe and achievable by walkers of a realistic level of fitness. The publisher accepts no responsibility for any injuries caused to readers whilst following the walk. Always wear appropriate clothing and footwear.

Walk details correct at time of going to print.

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Driving 911 HUL

I’d been looking forward to this moment for years. For some in the office too young to remember, it meant nothing – but for me it was a coming of age. Finally I’d be driving a Porsche with the famous 911 HUL number plate.

I’ve been a motoring nut for years, spending money I often didn’t have on car magazines, long before I could even drive.

And it was on those glossy pages that I became familiar with the famous plate. Owned by Porsche GB for decades it was the first private plate the firm acquired and ever since has taken pride of place on the Porsche press fleet Turbo models.

I’d seen it flying through the air in pictures on the pages of Evo, shot by countless talented car snappers over the years, and now it was my time to drive it. Here’s my week behind the wheel of Porsche’s fastest 997 edition – the 911 Turbo S with a very special moniker.

Day One It’s only you that cares – shouted one pre-pubescent member of the team as I explained, to yet another 911 admirer who clearly didn’t share my enthusiasm for six numbers and letters, what the plate meant to car fans. Most people were more interested in the colour our test car had arrived in. Paint jobs make or break cars and the camouflage green our test car had arrived in was clearly splitting opinion. Still, it could have been painted pink for all I cared as what was sitting over the rear wheels was far more of interest to me. The 3.8-litre, turbo-charged lump produces a whopping 530bhp and 700Nm of torque thanks to a tweaked turbo output. The drive north to our photoshoot at Rockingham was one of the longest (traffic) but most enjoyable I’ve ever had.

Day Two Photoshoot day at Rockingham and we’ve got 15 cars lined up for a series of tests. Also here is three times British superbike championship winner John Reynolds on the latest Suzuki GSX-R1000. He’s at our shoot to take on the Nissan Juke R (search for the video on YouTube) but it’s only fair we let him try his luck against the Porsche too…

With a 0-60mph sprint time of 3.1 seconds, the PDK automatic gearbox and launch control system mean that’s very achievable every time. Engage Sport Plus, floor the

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A week with a legend: throttle with your foot on the brake, and the revs settle at a heady rpm. When you lift off the brake the car thunders towards the finish line in a cacophony of air sucking, turbo-whooshing and tyres ripping chunks out of the asphalt. All I have to do is steer. You can see the results of our race in another video on YouTube…

Day Three Two tanks of fuel into the loan and I’m impressed the Turbo S is returning 26mpg. My old Focus ST never got any better than 23mpg on a long journey and considering this has such an almighty power output that’s very impressive. Today I’m heading into London for a meeting with the Queen. Well, I say meeting, I really mean a concert in her garden for the Coronation Festival.

For what is essentially a rival to a Ferrari 458 or McLaren 12C, the Turbo S is fantastically well-behaved in the clogged up capital. Visibility is excellent and although it’s got a low splitter at the front, speed humps aren’t really a problem nor tight underground and overpriced car parks.

The drive back south is a magical one. London’s streets are a joy in the small hours of the morning and each traffic light gives me a chance to test the wife’s neck muscles.

Days Four to Six It’s the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Porsche is headlining the event, celebrating 50 years of the 911, and I can’t quite believe I’ve got the honour of driving 911 HUL to the south coast celebration of combustion.

It’s clear on the way there and back that the plate doesn’t just hold sway with me. I lose count of the number of phones I see trained on the Porsche, capturing pictures for tweets and status updates.

Day Seven Another business trip north beckons and my colleague and I decide to leave after the evening’s rush hour. Gosport to Chester – some 250 miles – lay ahead and even at 9pm the digital temperature gauge is reading 25 degrees Celsius. Hot tarmac and sticky tyres make the trip a delight as we collect the cast and extras of ‘A Bug’s Life’ on the bonnet. The seats get a little uncomfortable over long distance – they’re fixed carbon fibre jobs – but apart from that the Turbo S is a competent tourer.

It’s time for 911 HUL to return to Porsche. After a week behind the wheel of the monster I’m smitten. Yes, the ride is firm and the tyre noise a little intrusive. Granted the seats aren’t the most cosseting and the 997 interior is showing its age now the 991 has arrived.

However, never have I driven a car quite so intoxicating, quite so full of character and quite so mind-alteringly fast as the Turbo S. The fact it was wearing one of the most iconic plates in motoring folklore simply made the whole experience all the more special.

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Would you like to give your home an exciting new look? Do you dream of swapping the magnolia for vibrant colours? Duffield based Jackie Lowery created JLo Design to do just that!

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Jackie Lowery, JLo Design

“I long to inject a bit of glamour into people’s lives!”

Jackie explains. “I’ve worked in the industry for over 10 years, in the UK, Europe and the Middle East and I’ve been inspired by the wonderful colours and textures that I’ve encountered. I have a lot of experience in complete renovations, but now I’m focussing my business specifically on the area that I love – interior design.”

JLo Design is an official stockist of Designers Guild collections, and Jackie is very excited about their new autumn range. “There are some vivacious, vibrant colours in the new range – perfect for creating that Hollywood lounge in time for Christmas!”

Jackie enjoys nothing more than turning a room from a ‘dull duckling’ into a ‘beautiful swan’. “It may sound clichéd,” she says, “but everyone’s home is their palace.

No matter what size or shape, it should bring out their personality and be their own special space.” Whether it is the kitchen, bedroom, or dining room; Jackie believes that walking into a room should make you feel good.

Bringing style and flair to any room, and working with homeowners or businesses, Jackie spends time learning about her clients’ tastes and needs before coming up with design ideas. She specialises in bright, fun children’s rooms, using bespoke furniture, wall art, or murals to create inspiring, imaginative spaces for children to grow up in.

As you would expect, Jackie’s home is an amazing example of her obvious talent. Her love for colour is evident, expertly used to create an impact without being overbearing. “I love using colour to bring just the right amount of ‘wow’ to a room. Interior design isn’t about mingling shades of beige; it should be about using individual ideas to create a unique look.”

Whether you want to dress your house to sell, or stamp your individuality on just one or every room, JLo Design should be your first port of call. Contact Jackie on 07715 562801 to book a FREE initial consultation. For more information visit www.jlodesign.co.uk

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Mark Haspel and his partner Gillie run Premier Log Supplies from their home in Denby Village. The business was set up six years ago to run alongside Mark’s successful tree surgery and landscaping business, M W Haspel, founded in 1993.

“We’d always used the wood from the tree surgery and gardening side of the business ourselves, but as log burning stoves became more popular the demand for good quality logs increased, and Premier Log Supplies evolved.”

Wood burning stoves are lovely to look at and make a great addition to any home, but while they were once fitted as a luxury largely for their aesthetic value, people are now turning to them for practical reasons as a reliable and cost effective source of heat and their popularity has increased hugely.

Despite being strongly in favour of wood burning stoves, Mark is keen to make people aware of the legislation that surrounds the fitting of these appliances. “Many people are buying cheap stoves off the internet and fitting them themselves, but they don’t realise that you need to comply with building regulations. I’d strongly recommend buying a good quality log burner from a reputable supplier, and having it fitted by a HETAS registered engineer. DIY fitting can not only have serious safety implications, it’s vital that you check out the regulations before doing anything yourself.”

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Mark and Gillie store all of the logs and only sell them when the wood has less than 25% of moisture remaining. This ensures they’re fully dried out to produce optimum heat and burning time. In addition they have ‘Woodsure’ accreditation which is a recognised quality standard for woodfuel products.

Woodfuel carrying the ‘Woodsure’ mark has been tested and proven to fulfil the required standards for optimum operational efficiency. They’re so confident in their quality that if you find the logs aren’t up to scratch, Premier Log Supplies will refund and replace with another bag of logs. All logs are delivered to your home and put away for you in your wood store.

If you need quality logs, or reliable tree surgery, garden maintenance or landscaping, contact Mark on 08451 800992 or visit www.premier-log-supplies.co.uk.

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Climbing plants, especially those with flamboyant flowers or fantastic foliage can transform a garden and offer a whole new planting opportunity, as your garden literally goes upwards and takes a vertical climb.

Supporting Cast A few climbers are self-clingers and don’t need a special support system when grown against a fence or wall; Virginia creeper and Hydrangea petiolaris for instance. But most need to have a proper support, and it pays to put this in place before you plant. For lighter weight climbers some trellis, perhaps prettily painted will do the trick, but for heavier climbers such as a vigorous clematis, or wisteria, you will need galvanised straining wires.

Easy Access If you use trellis as a support on a wall, it can be attached to wooden battens which are fixed to the wall using rawl plugs. Use a series of hinges to attach one edge of the trellis to the batten, and a few hooks to allow you to raise or lower the trellis for when you need to maintain the wall.

Planting Distance Climbers won’t thrive if they don’t receive enough water at the base. The ‘rain shadow’ created by the house roof and the drying effect of the wall’s foundations can make the soil close-by extremely dry so plant a minimum of 45cm (18in) away from the base of the wall and fork in plenty of wellrotted bulky organic matter before planting too.

Train it Well If the climber is quite small, it may need to be trained in the right direction. A short bamboo cane or several for a multi-stemmed plant can be angled from the base of the plant to the vertical surface, allowing you to tie in the stems and edge them towards the support. Once the climber has reached the wall, the enlarging network of stems may become congested if left to its own devices, so actively train the stems to grow in the direction you need them to.

Extra Care Climbers planted against a wall will need extra TLC if they’re to look their best. Make watering them top priority, especially for the first 18 months whilst they’re becoming established. Apply a good, bulky organic mulch to a depth of about 8cm (3in) or so all around the rooting area, but take care to avoid

the mulch coming into direct contact with the stems.

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Gardening: Climbing Plants

Arches, Arbours and Pergolas Climbers don’t just look good on house, garden and garage walls and fences; they can also be used to great effect over arches and pergolas or to clothe an arbour. You may need to install some supporting wires here too, so go for galvanised wires and sturdy vine-eyes as fixings.

Choosing a scented climber or two will add to the charm of a cosy arbour or archway.

Clever Combinations If the surface that you want to plant up is big enough, try to use climbers that flower in different seasons as, chosen carefully, the plants you use will increase the period for which the arch, pergola, arbour, wall or fence, looks its best.

Bare Ankles Many climbers do have a habit of becoming a bit bare at the base, especially after they’ve been in place for a few years. Try some seasonal bedding plants around the base, or plant a small and attractive shrub a little further away to hide the bare stems.

Ten Top Climbers: Climbing roses Honeysuckle Clematis Hydrangea petiolaris Vitis coignetiae Solanum crispum Tropaeolum speciosum Akebia quinata Actinidia kolomikta Parthenocissus henryana

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Property Matters Pilkington Architecture A well planned and designed extension can transform your home, and if you’re happy with your current location then it can save you the hassle and expense of moving.

to many people, that he immediately puts you at ease. “It’s all quite straightforward really” he explains “whether it’s a loft conversion, an extension or a new build, the first thing I do is find out what clients want and need – which aren’t always the same thing! Then we’ll work together to come up with a practical, solution that not only looks good but is functional and meets budget requirements. I obtain full planning permission and buildings regulations approval on behalf of the client, and provide all relevant technical and construction drawings.

I can also recommend builders to provide tender prices and help the process to move as quickly and smoothly as possible.”

Jon Pilkington (pictured), of Pilkington Architecture, has found that he is increasingly being asked to help people extend their homes. “It’s a great solution” Jon explains.

“There’s less upheaval, you can save all the Based in Alfreton,answered but working on stamp duty, removal, solicitors and estate Your questions byprojects Jon all over Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, agents costs, and add value to your property Jon Pilkington Architecture Ltd Jon finds that most of his work comes from too. With some creative design and detailed Pilkington, recommendations and repeat business – planning, I can come up with a purpose which is always the sign of a good job. designed extension that fully integrates internally and externally with your property, He offers free, no obligation initial and totally transforms your living space – and NEW BEDROOM CANyou LIFT VALUE BY or simply to extend the kitchen. consultations, so if you’ve been it can cost less than might think!”

You canabout usually squeeze inyour a A QUARTER! thinking transforming ground floor cloakroom as well! property and creating valuable Jon has over 20 years’ experience in architecture, Research Nationwide Building Society additional space then you really running hisby own business since 2000.

Although he suggestssees thataan extension loft coming conversion have nothing tosuggests lose by giving currently great deal ofor work from The got research also that him a call. residential extensions, hisbedroom portfolio can alsoadd includes which creates a double a 10% increase in floor area of a12% host to of the newaverage build houses residential price and of your home. a home adds approximately 5% Contact Jon on developments, barn conversions, But, get this………..the researchand alsocommercial suggests to its value.

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As the number of homeowners prepared to put their homes on sale is falling, Bearing in mind that moving up the property extending an existing home is becoming ladder from a three-bedroom to a increasingly attractive to many. four-bedroom house costs an average of £40,000 (not including legal fees and other Many contractors are still quoting moving costs) a two storey extension or loft competitively, while a surge in re-mortgages, conversion can be accomplished for around confirmed by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, £30,000 - £35,000. suggests many homeowners could have raised finance for building work.

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If you don’t open your door to trick-or-treaters, try opening up a book with a terrifying plot-line. There are plenty of great novels and short stories to start your knees knocking and teeth chattering for this time of year…

The Shining by Stephen King For Jack Torrance, taking a new job as caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel is far from the fresh start he’s hoping for. Off-season at a deserted hotel means a playground for madness, leaving Jack and his unsuspecting family isolated and in danger. Five-yearold Danny Torrance is the only one who can sense the horrors to come.

He’s gifted with ‘the shining’, a sort of sixth-sense for the sinister and the threatening. As the snow begins to fall, the curtain of madness descends.

The Enemy by Charlie Higson Your teenagers will either love this book, or it’ll terrify the pants off them. In a postapocalyptic London, all adults have been infected with a sickness, effectively rendering them zombies. They’re hungry and crazed and are running amuck in the capital, leaving everyone under fourteen who has survived the zombie virus to either find a place to hide, or come up with a plan to defeat them. It’s the first in an absolutely cracking series. Just don’t make it your bedtime reading.

rewriting history to manipulate the present and future. Under the watchful eye of Big Brother, Winston secretly plots to overthrow the totalitarian regime. He’s going to need an ally and he thinks he’s found it in the form of new love, fellow-worker Julia. One of the most influential books ever written, Orwell’s dystopian vision has spawned many an imitator and many a reality TV show. Oh, the irony.

The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe The master of gothic horror, Poe doesn’t fail to send a chill down even the most rigid of spines.

He has perfected the art of the psychological thriller with his tales of lunatics, ghosts and murderers all riddled with the human characteristics of jealousy, deviousness, lust for revenge and sometimes just pure hatred.

Whether it’s the ‘da-dum, da-dum’ of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ or the haunting refrain of ‘The Raven’, his tales of terror will crawl inside your head, make a little nest, and stay there…until you’re just about to nod off to sleep.

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Book Reviews: Nothing To Be Afraid Of

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis If this book teaches you one lesson, it’s to screen people thoroughly because even the handsome ones can be absolute nutters. Enter Patrick Bateman: Wall Street yuppie by day and psychopathic serial killer of young ladies by night.

Let’s just say, he has a lot of nasty habits he wouldn’t want to list on his dating profile…and they’re all described in graphic detail for us. Proof that the devil takes many pleasing guises.

The Day of the Triffids

by John Wyndham Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the garden… If you’ve ever hated that ‘morning after the night before’ feeling then Bill Masen is having the day from hell.

He misses a major meteorite shower because his eyes have been bandaged, but the next morning is far from 1984 by George Orwell a sight for sore eyes. He wakes to find everyone ‘Who controls the past controls the future: who else has been blinded and the world has become a controls the present controls the past’. post-apocalyptic nightmare. Written in a time rife Winston Smith works in the Record Department at with Cold War paranoia, Wyndham’s vision of the Ministry of Truth and is beavering away bio-warfare has made this a science fiction classic.

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It was Halloween, Sue’s favourite night of the year, or ‘Spooky Sue’ as everyone called her. Sue loved all things supernatural and her greatest wish was to see a ghost. She relished opening the door to children doing Trick or Treat with their witch, skeleton and Dracula costumes. But sometimes Spooky Sue wished that Halloween could be a bit more, well, spooky.

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Short Story: A Stranger Comes Calling

This year Halloween had fallen on a bitter wintry day. By 8pm Sue resigned herself to the fact that she had received her last visitor and was about to blow out the pumpkin candles when she heard the click of the garden gate.

Peeping through the curtains she saw only the shadow of a little person brushing past her window. There was a sharp rap on the front door. Sue jumped. With a nervous laugh she picked up the sweets bowl and opened the door.

On the step stood a boy. He was wearing a filthy threadbare shirt, a brown cap and trousers cut off at the knee.

“What an original costume,” Sue declared. The boy hovered awkwardly, half in shadow.

“Happy Halloween.” She smiled and offered him the bowl.

Without answering he stretched out a grubby hand and picked out a sweet, then frowned at it suspiciously as though he had never seen a jelly baby before. Sue peered down the path to the empty lane.

“Are you on your own little fellow?” she asked. He placed the sweet in his mouth and chewed slowly.

Sue studied him in the light from the hallway. He was the height of a ten-year-old but his grimy face seemed older.

The thing that concerned her was that he had nothing on his feet.

“Have you lost your shoes young man?” she asked gently.

The boy looked down sadly at his feet and said nothing.

“Where are your parents?” she said, beginning to feel worried. He glanced hungrily at the bowl of sweets, and Sue held it out for him to take another.

“Where do you live?” she asked nervously. “Is it nearby?”

The boy looked sorrowful. Who in their right mind would allow a child out on a night like this with no shoes?

“Aren’t you cold?” she asked. Should she phone her sister and ask if her nephew Adam had some old shoes that might fit him?

He finally swallowed the sweet.

“No, Miss,” he said softly, wiping his nose on his sleeve.

“I don’t feel the cold, not no more.”

The bowl in Sue’s hand trembled. “What do you mean?”

“I used to feel the cold in the old days when I cleaned chimneys, but not now.” He sniffed. “Now I don’t feel anything.”

Sue felt her knees buckle, and she grabbed hold of the door frame.

“Are you a … ghost?” Her voice was a dry whisper.

Slowly, the boy looked up at her with sad pale eyes.

The silence was broken by a chirpy mobile phone ring-tone, which startled both Sue and the boy. Then, embarrassed, he pulled a phone out of his pocket.

“Alright Adam?” He answered, glancing guiltily at Sue. “She’s rumbled us.”

There was the sound of running feet in the lane, and her nephew appeared.

“Did we trick you Aunty Sue?” “Hardly.” She pulled herself together in relief.

“Who’s this?”

“It’s Zak, he’s in my drama club. Good actor isn’t he?”

“Got my trainers, Adam?” Zak helped himself to another sweet. “My feet are totally freezing.”

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Holly’s Column Halloween The night is cold and dull, the dark sky only lit up by flickers of amber, sapphire and ruby darting from numerous tea lights placed inside carefully carved pumpkins.

Hollow knocks on cobwebbed doors answered by ghoulish figures handing out sweets to the eager faces below. October 31st brings its annual event, Halloween is here again.

It’s the holiday that often gets bad press. It’s seen as a time for encouraging vandalism on houses and celebrating evil with greedy children knocking on strangers’ doors begging for food.

However, living around the Alton Manor block, I have grown up with a different perspective on the holiday. I feel like we all treat it as a real community event and there’s a feel-good atmosphere on that night when you’re walking round. Everyone’s included; I see whole families joined with other families with the tiny, cute, little pumpkins on legs dashing forward to the next house beckoning their mothers to come and look, every inch of them full with excitement. The mother’s having a good catch-up nattering to each other about the latest trauma in the toddler world. The dads lurking behind dressed as Draculas. Okay…so I’m stereotyping but, people do really put in a good effort.

John May on Gregorys Way is definitely no exception. He takes Halloween that one step further because every year, as well as decorating his house elaborately, he raises money for charity - Help for Heroes, to be precise. And other years, the Air Ambulance. It was very interesting to speak with him as he explained to me that his inspiration had come from travelling. While spending time in America and Canada he realised that they went to great lengths to decorate their houses and many people raise money over there too. I had to ask John, why Halloween? When there are so many different holidays. He simply told me that it was something different. And I have to say, if you had walked past John’s house last year, you’d agree.

He puts a real effort into raising money. He raises around £200 each year! This is just from neighbours giving a few loose pennies.

It’s incredible.

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There is also a household on Maidwell Close that collects cat and dog food for charity. They always have a frightening surgeons operating lab scene in their conservatory which never goes 5 minutes without a scream. I’ve heard they raise a lot too.

Whilst it may not be to everyone’s taste, Halloween does create a great community feel.

So, if you happen to be walking around on October 31st this year, be sure to stop by at John May’s Halloween display on 15 Gregorys Way, he says he’s got something extra planned this year!

By Holly Pridmore from Belper, age 13.

Note from Editor: Well Done Holly!

Our youngest columnist, Holly Pridmore has been given an award by her school (Belper School) for her ‘Contribution to the Community’ – this is in recognition of her articles in All Things Local magazine. A massive well done to you Holly, you’re a pleasure to work with and I look forward to reading more interesting articles from you in the future.

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The Diary of a Local Mum Thrills and Spills We recently spent four very long, hot, and uncomfortable hours in A&E after my daughter’s chin got a bit too friendly with some stepping stones. It happened, as it always does, on the ‘one last go before we go home’ that makes you wish you’d left hours ago.

Thankfully, a missing tooth, a few expertly applied steri-strips and some TLC from very kind nurses later and she’s absolutely fine, in fact she’s gone straight back to her daredevil self.

It was at that moment, however, when she lifted her bloodied face from the ground that the fact that I was a responsible parent and the one in charge of this situation hit me like a brick (mercifully a metaphorical brick, otherwise we’d have both been in A&E). I was at the park on my own with the kids, Dad was abroad with work, and it suddenly struck me that my beautiful little girl was solely reliant on me to make everything better. All I wanted to do was sit and cuddle her and tell her she’d be fine, but I knew on this occasion that wouldn’t be quite enough. Thanks to a kind passer-by armed with some wet wipes and a quick drive to hospital it all worked out okay, and as injuries go it was relatively minor so things could have been a lot worse, but it did start me thinking about risks – how much of a parent’s job is risk mitigation, and how much is dealing with the outcome when things go wrong?

My children, unlike me, are both daredevils (they must get it from their Dad – is there an extreme sports gene?). My daughter especially is a real thrill seeker, and I can see that she gets immense enjoyment from it (which is why they call it thrill seeking, I suppose!). As they’re both still quite little I’m always there to supervise so I do keep an eye on how risky things get, and would never let them do anything that was outright dangerous, but there’s a definite difference between risk and danger. Sometimes

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the most innocuous activities carry an element of risk; in fact it’s ironic really that her first serious injury occurred on a relatively tame piece of playground equipment which took her only inches from the ground!

I was a real wimp when I was young, but I still remember (encouraged by my brother) having hours of fun climbing trees in our garden… and then when that became boring, jumping out of trees in our garden… and then jumping out of trees on to something… and so on. Mum or Dad would intervene when things became too outrageous, but for the most part we were left to enjoy the kicks.

Kids not only gain enjoyment from a little risk taking, but they also learn valuable lessons about taking care and about their own capabilities; as well as improving strength, fitness, skills and coordination at the same time. The best we can do as parents is make them aware of dangers, be there to point them out, and then trust them to develop their own judgements about what they can, or are willing to, have a go at.

However, when you’re sitting in A&E for hours, consoling your child and worrying about whether any serious or lasting damage has been done, the temptation is to take them home, wrap them in cotton wool and never let them out again. They are, after all, always your babies, no matter how old or brave they get. It’s not easy to encourage them to understand what went wrong, learn from it and try to be more careful next time, then stand back a week later and watch them enjoying pushing boundaries, taking risks and enjoying the excitement of the great outdoors once again – but I know it’s the right thing to do.

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Friendship Blooms Show your appreciation for a fellow member of the community; it may be a friend, a family member or maybe someone you’ve come into contact with who Beverley Kennedy, Floraline provides a wonderful service or who works hard to make a difference. Let All Things Local surprise them with a fresh bouquet of flowers.

All Things Local has joined forces with Beverley Kennedy (pictured) from Floraline, Gregory’s Way in Belper, to offer readers the chance to show their appreciation for a fellow member of the community.

The recipient of this issue’s bouquet is Gail Bollington nominated by her Auntie, Dorrie Lenton of Belper, here is what Dorrie wrote: “I would like to nominate my niece Gail Bollington.

She has worked nights at Babington Hospital for over 38 years and looks after her husband, 2 sons, 3 grandchildren, sister, brother and their families … and still finds time for her old auntie. She’s a lovely girl and my number one niece. She well deserves a bouquet. It was her 40th wedding anniversary this year and her husband Tom has had a lot of operations over the last 3 years. She’s always got a good word for, and gives a helping hand to everybody. Thank you.”

Dorrie Lenton Nominate someone to receive the next bouquet. All you have to do is state, in no more than 100 words, who you are nominating.

Include their address and the reasons why you are nominating them. You can nominate more than one person if they are living/working at the same address… and remember – flowers don’t just have to be for women!

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Your Horoscope October and November 2013 The Cosmos during October and November October: We start October with the radiant Sun in Libra and motivational Mars in fiery Leo, energising the month with personal creativity, drama and action. Mercury and Venus are in deep and passionate Scorpio, so be aware, anything can happen in the romance department! Libra is ruled by Venus the goddess of love and beauty, during October you can allow yourself to feel more beautiful than ever and aim to attract wonderful people into your life. This is also an excellent time for giving and receiving love and affection and as mighty Jupiter remains in the compassionate sign of Cancer, family and friends are high on the agenda.

Use the energy of the new moon in Libra on the 5th for starting new projects. The full moon is in Aries on the 18th, an important time for motivation and action.

November: We start the month with a mighty clash of planets in the heavens - transformational Pluto and rebellious Uranus are once more in confrontational aspect, which is exact on the 1st and stays close all month. The need for dramatic change and a fairer way of living will become more and more apparent.

Pluto demands the truth and globally we will see more and more people fighting for their rights. The Scorpio new moon on the 3rd entices us to get to the bottom of things, to confront our fears and limiting beliefs and be ready for transformation and change. Mercury, planet of commerce and travel moves forward on the 11th after which communications should get easier.

ARIES: MARCH 21 - APRIL 20 October is a most favourable time to achieve your desires and to reach for your goals. Your ruler, Mars makes wonderful aspects to your Sun all month and initiating creative new projects should be high on your agenda. You are focussed on what you want and have the extra energy to go after it. November: A creative month for Aries, any ideas that have been held up just lately will begin to flow smoothly after Mercury moves forward on the 11th. Your ruler, the dynamic Mars, stays in hardworking Virgo all month and is in an excellent position to bring a new perspective to your plans.

TAURUS: APRIL 21 - MAY 21 The love planet Venus, your ruler, is in deep and passionate Scorpio until the 8th of the month, this should increase favourable communication in all areas of your relationships. Abundant Jupiter highlights family matters and you may find that you are able to say what has been on your mind for some time now.

November: Venus, your ruling planet, is moving into Capricorn on the 5th. You can use this harmonious energy in practical ways to bring beauty and peace in areas that may be filled with tension and stress. This month also brings a fresh perspective on all things to do with your resources and new ideas and plans start to emerge.

GEMINI: MAY 22 - JUNE 21 Energetic Mars is in the communication area of your chart and this vibrant energy means that October is an ideal time to push ahead in business and work matters. Your ruler, Mercury, is in logical Scorpio and helps you take the initiative for new projects with a high probability of success. November: Your family and your home environment are highlighted this month. Your ruler, communicative Mercury, moves forward on the 11th and this should bring a sense of relief after the delays and setbacks of the past weeks. Finances and assets are also in the spotlight and the 12th looks particularly lucky.

CANCER: JUNE 22 - JULY 22 The Sun in Libra puts the focus on family matters and you’ll feel the need to question things that aren’t working and start to find solutions for a more balanced outcome. Energetic Mars in Leo until the 14th emphasises your financial sector, showing you that more creative ways of making money are needed.

November: Your relationships and partnerships are brought into the spotlight. Beneficial Jupiter, now strong in your sign, makes encouraging aspects with the Sun and Mercury. Positive communication is vital now and you may need to review all those areas where you feel restricted and unappreciated.

LEO: JULY 23 - AUGUST 23 Motivational Mars is in your sign until the 14th giving you a strong urge to forge ahead and get what you want. Feeling more self-assertive than usual, you need to channel this energy constructively to avoid disagreements with others. The new moon in Libra on the 5th is favourable for new friends and relationships. November: Make the most of energetic Mars in Virgo in the financial sector of your chart all month, an in-depth review is certainly in order. The Sun illuminates some domestic and family matters and there may be some home improvements that need attention. Creative ability is high, particularly after the new moon on the 3rd.

VIRGO: AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 22 Mighty Jupiter in Cancer occupies the social area of your chart and this could be a productive month for finding new interests, groups and meeting lots of fascinating new people. Your ruler, Mercury, is in deep-thinking Scorpio, emphasising that you won’t take things lightly this month. November: With your ruler, the industrious Mercury moving forward again on the 11th, this could turn out to be the month to achieve anything that you have set your heart on. Energetic Mars is in your sign all month and is particularly advantageous for success. The new moon on the 3rd brings fabulous new beginnings.

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LIBRA: SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 23 It’s your birthday month and with Venus, your ruler, in sexy Scorpio until the 8th make sure that you make the most of passionate encounters! This month is ideal for attracting new friends and relationships into your life. You should feel at your best, particularly around the time of your new moon on the 5th. November: Your ruler, harmonious Venus, changes signs from freedom-loving Sagittarius to the more practical and serious Capricorn on the 5th. Good communication is necessary now and you should find an entirely new way of getting your message across. You’ll feel much more energetic after the 11th.

SCORPIO: OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 22 Energetic Mars in your career sector until the 14th shows that this month your goals and ambitions can be tackled creatively and successfully. The Sun in balanced and harmonious Libra helps you to understand that the best way to succeed is to see things from other people’s perspective. November: It is your birthday month and with energetic Mars in Virgo occupying the social sector of your chart new friendships could begin to flourish. Mercury moves forward on the 11th and solid plans and ideas can now begin to take shape as you should feel able to dispose of any inhibitions that hold you back.

SAGITTARIUS: NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 21 Dynamic Mars is in a positive aspect to your Sun sign until the 14th. This is a most favourable time to reach for your goals and achieve your desires as you’ll have an increased sense of energy and selfconfidence. Your social life is also high on the agenda as the Sun assures new and exciting friendships.

November: Your ruler, the mighty Jupiter, is active in the financial sector of your chart this month urging you to spend time reviewing your assets and investments. Venus leaves your sign on the 4th and, travelling through practical Capricorn, she assists in your quest for practical solutions to make the most of your talents.

CAPRICORN: DECEMBER 22 - JANUARY 20 Partnerships and your career goals are both favoured this month, which will be action-packed. The Libran Sun illuminates your chart and helps you to find diplomatic solutions to challenging situations.

The positive energy of the new moon on the 5th favours all communications and interactions with others. November: Partnerships and relationships continue to be highly favoured during November as beneficial Jupiter in Cancer brings interesting new opportunities to your doorstep. Saturn, your ruler, busy in resourceful Scorpio ensures that steady application of your willpower helps you to achieve all your objectives.

AQUARIUS: JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 18 Dynamic Mars is in your opposite sign until the 14th; this tense energy presents a challenge that you will have to overcome in order to achieve a certain goal. With Jupiter positively placed and the harmonious new moon on the 5th you should find a positive way to win through. November: The Scorpio Sun joins serious Saturn at the highest point of your chart on the 5th. This powerful energy highlights an excellent time to review your goals and ambitions. The new moon on the 3rd brings more exciting opportunities as new people enter your life and you feel confident in your dealings with others.

PISCES: FEBRUARY 19 - MARCH 20 Motivational Mars in creative Leo until the 14th highlights your work, health and fitness. You may be feeling that it is time for big changes in your life. Jupiter in intuitive Cancer urges you to pay attention to any hunches or coincidences, as it’s here that you’ll find your best clues about what to do next. November: You’ll feel the need for radical change this month as powerful Pluto and Uranus challenge each other in the heavens. This upheaval brings opportunities to expand your horizons, both spiritually and intellectually. It’s time to acquire knowledge and wisdom necessary for this exciting new phase of your life!

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Church and the Community:

everything that gets in the way of our relationship with God and one another. Ours is an invitation, by God’s Holy Spirit, to continue in his reconciliation project of cosmic proportion. If God amongst us* began in a small way, with a baby born in a humble feeding-trough, then your beginning with just one song from God’s great collection, could in turn strike a new chord in your life, perhaps more than three degrees,** you will find the way*** through which a hundred and eighty degree change becomes possible. Journey this Advent, knowing a little better the reason for the songs you sing.

In my last article, I encouraged you to spend some of your autumn evenings exchanging those summer beach reads, for the greatest story of all.

Wishing you a transformative Advent, from St Peter’s Church, Belper.

We are now counting shopping days to Christmas, warning one another of its approach and about getting our act together. You will need to balance quieter moments then, with preparation for the big day. The church prepares itself during Advent with a similar blend of hurried expectation and contemplation. God chooses to pitch up on planet Earth, in the form of a small baby born to a humble, refugee family and Christians reorientate themselves around the story that forms their world-view, contemplating how their own stories fit inside this grand, over-arching God-narrative.

One of these ways is through song, both those we sing during the carol concerts we love here in Belper, and those that come to us through the scriptures, as God’s people set God’s story to music.

Jesus’ story is one in which rags and riches combine because though born in a stable, he has ancestry traceable to one King David, whose biography is both as compelling as it is tragic. What is significant about the Bible is its no-nonsense approach to the messiness of the human condition. It contains all the great stuff about human beings and all the worst stuff too and how with us, God came to dwell.

Perhaps then at this time of year, as you prepare to sing a little louder and a little more often, you might begin to read God’s story with the Psalms. They are short and varied and The Message version of the Bible presents them in contemporary language. Amongst them are the compositions of Christ’s royal ancestor. Psalm 51 is David’s most famous song and has us wonder whether, like him, we would dare set our darkest secrets to music for public release.

Athanasius, a fourth century theologian, said, ‘Most of scripture speaks to us but the Psalms speak for us.’ We are given words through the lyrics of these songs that can accompany us as we journey through life. Like David, we can respond, through them, in the best of times and the worst of times, to a bigger reality than ourselves, a reality whom Christians have come to know in the person of Jesus Christ.

In David’s songs, he faces his reality and demonstrates self-awareness. In Psalm 51, he wants God to help him to change. Transformation, one of the Bible’s big themes, is a 180 degree movement. However, perhaps it involves a 360 degree movement first, in that we have to identify our ‘stuff’ and stare it hard in the face, before we can leave it behind and head off in an alternative and life-bringing direction. David’s asking for divine help and forgiveness prefigures Jesus’ mission to triumph over

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* One of the season’s hymns ‘Emmanuel’ is the word for ‘God with us’ and was a title given to Jesus Christ ** My poor attempt at a joke – The Three Degrees were a female Motown music trio of the 1960s *** The Way was how Christianity was first described The Message: the Bible in contemporary language by Eugene Peterson (Also available online at http://www.biblegateway.com/)

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Memories of Shopping in Belper We are rightly encouraged these days to shop locally and support our town’s business people. Belper has a thriving selection of interesting shops and family businesses, some of which go back several generations. Belper Historical Society has some collections of reminiscences about the shops and people who ran them, which are delightful to read.

Food shops included Howarth’s Pork Butchers, still trading today, Whittaker’s the Greengrocer, Williamson’s cake shop, Maypole Dairy, and a home-made cake shop run by Miss Bird which relocated eventually to the bottom of High Pavement. A milk bar opposite the bottom of King Street run by Miss Lankester sold ice cream, milk shakes and soup. There were two music shops, Tomlinson’s and Ironmonger’s, and a Dyer’s and Cleaner’s run by Miss Calladine.

One such recollection is by the late Marion Holden, who will be remembered by many for her evocative accounts of life in Belper published in several Derbyshire journals and newspapers. She writes of her memories of shops in King Street in the 1930s and 40s in a piece deposited with this Society. It is interesting to see the kind of goods available from specialist shops then compared with what is available now.

Drapers shops are no longer a common sight, but then there was a large one, over two floors, at the top of King Street opposite the Market Place, which was run by J W Walters. Their customers could purchase household goods from sewing materials to bed linen, and even a complete new outfit to wear.

Near to the railway bridge was another draper’s called Rowell’s, which sold cloth and dress material, lino and carpets. The Misses Gold ran a draper’s and fancy goods shop which they had taken over from Mr and Mrs Clay.

Wool shops find it very hard to keep going these days, but then there were Parkin’s and Miss Kidger’s wool and haberdashery shops, reflecting the extent of knitting and sewing that went on in the home.

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Dressmakers and milliners also had businesses in King Street. Sowter’s, on the corner of the Bowling Alley, and Roberta’s higher up the street, sold hats and trimmings. Yvonne’s dress shop belonged to Walters the Drapers and was run by Miss Hunt, and Suzette’s sold garments made to order as well as “off the peg”. On the corner of Chapel Street, Walter Peach sold shoes, as did Freeman, Hardy and Willis and Dick’s further up the street.

One problem can be to identify the buildings accurately from the accounts given. An interesting project would be to locate them and compile a record of the various uses the properties were put to over the years, as was so successfully done recently about shops in Sadlergate in Derby.

At our September meeting, members of our Society enjoyed an illustrated talk given by Mary Smedley about shopping in Belper. Our October meeting, which is also the AGM, will be showing archive film about Kniveton and Belper, which has been deposited with MACE (Media Archive for Central England).

Our talks are held on the first Wednesday of each month from 7.30pm at the Heritage Centre.

There is a charge of £1.50 for visitors which includes tea/coffee and biscuits.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of Belper’s history with members of Belper Historical Society, they can be found at St John’s Heritage Centre, The Butts, Belper on the last Saturday of the month between 9.30am and 12 noon.

By Pat Marjoram Chairman, Belper Historical Society

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The Trip Boat is back on the Cromford Canal

On August Bank Holiday Weekend the Friends of the Cromford Canal (FCC) started running their trip boat on the first 1.5 miles of the canal between Cromford Wharf and the Leawood Pump House. This was one of the aims of the Friends, to restore a trip boat to the canal after an absence of thirty three years and to raise further interest in the restoration of the canal. For those visitors who wish to experience the joy of a trip on the canal this is the perfect opportunity.

The boat, named Birdswood (see picture), seats fifty people in a covered cabin with uninterrupted views and drop down windows should it rain; there are full catering facilities onboard and refreshments are served. It is electrically powered giving passengers a very smooth ride. A full service will operate most weekends and it will feature during the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Discovery Days Festival in November, when it is hoped to have it horse drawn, thus taking passengers back to the early days of canal travel before the introduction of motor power. Birdswood is also available for private hire and school trips.

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the canal and its history, and having the vision to see it restored to its former glory. It is no accident that it has been referred to as The Sleeping Beauty, perhaps in no small way it is awakening. Please support the restoration, take a trip on the boat and imagine what is to come.

To find out more about the Cromford Canal, its history and plans for its restoration go to The Friends of the Cromford Canal website, www.cromfordcanal.org.uk

By Bert Crump

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The overriding aim of the FCC is the complete restoration of the canal. To raise further awareness of the task involved, and to engage more people, it is hoped to extend the length of the navigable canal, thus offering longer trips. The total length of the canal is 14.5 miles to Langley Mill and comprises a 3000 yard tunnel, three smaller tunnels, three aqueducts, fourteen locks and a branch to Pinxton – imagine a trip along that canal! This is not a pipe dream, it can happen with your support. The canal is an important part of our heritage, its connection with the Derwent Valley Mills and the granting of Scheduled Ancient Monument status to part of the Butterley Tunnel is highlighting the fact that authorities are becoming interested and involved.

The complete restoration of the canal will not only have leisure benefits but employment and social benefits. The FCC have put in great efforts over the years clearing parts of the canal, raising awareness of

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1st Alton Manor Scout Group Beavers, Cubs and Scout group – More details from Group Scout Leader Darren Barnes: 01773 880019.

1st Belper Rainbows Belper Lane, Belper, Thursday evening, for girls 5 to 7. Details from belperrainbows@hotmail.co.uk 1st Belper Scout Group Belper Lane, Belper. For boys and girls 6 to 14. Group scout leader Sandra Nix: 01773 829373.

1st Openwoodgate Scout Group St Mark’s Church Hall, Over Lane, Belper. For boys and girls 6 to 14.

Group scout leader Sharon Marshall: 07809 408 829.

4th Belper Scout Group Central Methodist Chapel, Chapel Street, Belper. For boys and girls 6 to 14. Group scout leader Roland Jakes: 01773 827626.

Alzheimers Society Belper Carers Support Group First Wednesday of each month, 7pm-9pm at Belper Cottage, Chapel Street, Belper DE56 7FG (opposite the bus station) Info: Isobel Barker 01332 208845 or email: Isobel.Barker@alzheimers.org.uk Aroma Run by Belper Community Church at The Greyhound Inn on Whitemoor Lane. 3rd Sat each month 10.30am. Free cake & coffee. Quiz & chat. Families welcome. Tel:Henry Ford 01773 828619.

Baby Sensory Baby development classes at the Lion Hotel, Belper. Every Friday at 10am.

Call Claire on 07967 485855 or email derbyeast@babysensory.co.uk to book your free trial.

Baby Yoga Suitable from 8 weeks old to crawling. Belper Community Hall Thursdays 9.45am - 11am, 6 week courses run during term time only. Small class sizes mean limited places. To book or for further information please contact Laurie Lowe at Little Sage yoga tel: 07545 479693 email: laurie@littlesageyoga.co.uk or visit www.littlesageyoga.co.uk

Belper Krav Maga Academy Belper Leisure Centre, Kilbourne Road, Belper. Martial Arts club; train on Mondays & Fridays 8.30pm to 9.30pm both nights.

Details on www.ikma.co.uk Belper Ladies Group Masonic Rooms, Campbell Street, Belper. 2pm on 2nd Tues of month.

Speakers, demos, outings. Ground floor access. Viv Wilkinson: 01773 820843.

Belper Meadows Bowls Club Belper Meadows, off Bridge Street, Belper. More details from secretary Graham Sheldon 01773 827548, or www.belpermeadowsbowlsclub.co.uk. New members welcome.

Belper Meadows Tennis Club Meet behind Christ Church, off A6, The Triangle. Adult social nights Tuesdays and Thursdays. New members of all ages and abilities welcome. www.belpertennis.co.uk Belper Model Railway Group Strutt’s Centre, Derby Road, Belper (opposite Babington Hospital), Wednesdays 7pm to 10pm. Details from Stephen Shepherd (secretary) at shepherd295@btinternet.com tel no: 01283 703300.

Belper Musical Theatre Musical theatre shows performed every February and singing concerts performed at intervals throughout the year. Meet 7.30pm on Wednesdays at former Strutt’s School on the corner of Gibfield Lane, Belper Call: 01332 881766.

Belper Players Mondays at Strutt Centre, Derby Road and Thursdays at Lion Hotel, Bridge Street at 7:30pm. Wanting new members – actors, backstage and front of house. Secretary Joyce Towle: 01335 370827.

Belper Singers Chamber choir of 24 voices, repertoire includes sacred and secular works, mostly unaccompanied. Vacancies for experienced tenors and basses. Rehearsals Wednesdays, 8pm to 10pm, Congregational Church, off Green Lane, Belper, DE56 1DB. www.belpersingers.webs.com or call 01773 852835.

Belper Social Club for the Disabled Every second Wednesday at The Whitemoor Centre, John O’Gaunts Way, Belper, 7.30pm. Barbara Pickering: 01773 823803.

Belper Stroke Club Belper Leisure Centre, off Kilbourne Road, Belper, 2pm to 4pm on alternative Tuesdays. 01773 824804.

Badger Explorer Scout Unit Christ Church, Bridge Street, Belper. Teenagers, male and female, 14 to 18. Explorer leader Paul Maddison: 01773 880422.

Belper Sub-Aqua Club Belper Leisure Centre, off Nottingham Road, Belper, every Wednesday 8pm to 9pm - scuba training for beginners. Tony Slator 01773 825137.

Belper Aiwakai Karate Club Training for all ages and abilities at Belper Leisure Centre John O’Gaunts Way, Belper on Fridays at 6.30pm. The general club finishes at 7.45pm followed by advanced session running until 8.30pm. Dave Johnson 01773 856245.

Belper Tae Kwon-Do School Belper Leisure Centre, Kilbourne Road, Belper. New beginner classes, age 4 and above, Saturday 9.30am to 10.30am; Wednesday 5.15pm to 6.30pm. New beginner adult classes, Sunday 7.30pm to 9pm, and Wednesday 8pm to 9.30pm. 4th Dan, Karl Duro: 07946 593363.

Belper Art Group Meet at Strutt’s Centre, Derby Road, Belper, every Thursday 7pm to 9pm in Room 19. All abilities welcome.

Belper Bicycle Club Meet 1st Monday in every month (apart from Bank Holidays) at the Strutt Club, Campbell Street, Belper 7pm. New members welcome of all ages who are interested in cycle racing, either to compete for the team or as social members. Website www.belperbc.co.uk or Jonathan Marshall 01773 829590.

Belper Chess Club Every Wednesday at The Old Kings Head, Days Lane, Belper. Start time 7.30pm. Secretary R Harrison Tel: 01773 824885 or 07970 809502 e-mail: rsharrison70@btinternet.com www.belperchessclub.org.uk Belper Community Church Meets twice a month at Whitemoor Centre 10.30am Sundays on John O’Gaunts Way. Modern Church for all ages. Tel: Henry Ford 01773 828619.

Belper Countryside Joggers Jog Derbyshire group. Meets on Belper Lane across from the Talbot Hotel.

Mondays at 7.45pm (beginners), Thursdays at 7.30pm (intermediates).

Belper & District Organ & Keyboard Club Belper Congregational Church, Green Lane, Belper. Concerts on 3rd Saturday monthly. Social evenings on alternate Thursdays 7pm to 10pm at Belper Heritage Centre. Nigel Dawes: 01773 827204.

Belper District 50+ Forum Nailers Function Room, The Triangle, Belper. Quarterly open meetings.

Various themes relating to over 50’s and work with schools and care homes. Ann Homar 01773 829556.

Belper Folk Club Every Tuesday at The Old Kings Head, Days Lane, Belper, 8.30pm.

Details from 01246 865170 or www.belperfolkclub.co.uk Belper Harriers Joggers Jog Derbyshire group.Meets at Belper Leisure Centre. For all jogging abilities.

Tuesdays 7pm. Contact Geoff: 07802 657321 Belper Historical Society Talks programme on first Weds of the month at St John’s Heritage Centre, The Butts at 7.30pm. Email patmarjoram@tiscali.co.uk or call 01332 880600.

Belper Hope Café and open mic Salvation Army Hall, Belper Market Place, Sunday 7pm to 9pm. Quiz.

David Howarth: 07726 694618.

Belper Junior Musical Theatre Singing group for 7+ years. Meet on Wednesdays at the former Strutt’s School on the corner of Gibfield Lane, Belper, 6pm - 7.15pm.

Call: 01332 881766.

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Belper Thursday Club Belper Community Hall, Bridge Street, Belper. Alternate Thursdays.

Social meetings for retired ladies and gents. £1.50 admission. Call: 01773 825619.

Belper Toy Library The Bungalow, Belper School, John O’Gaunts Way, Belper DE56 1RZ All Welcome to Come Play & Take Away - “Stay & Play” Session 1.30 - 4pm £2.50 entry fee includes craft activity, refreshments, 1 free toy hire.

Lifetime membership is £5.00. School, Group & Child-minder membership also available upon request. E-Mail: Belper@toylibraries.org Over 2,000 toys available for hire visit www.toylibraries.org or contact mobile 07528 165120 or 0845 310 2738.

Belper Town Wind Band Methodist Church Hall, Openwoodgate, Belper, on Tuesdays, 7.15pm. Brass and wind instrument players any age, average to good abilities, welcome. Gaynor Lovett: 01332 881875.

Belper U3A Self help social and education group for retired people. Open meetings on 1st Friday of the month. 10am at Strutt’s, Derby Road, Belper.

New members welcome. Roma (01773) 821499.

Belper WI Meet 1st Tuesday of the month at Congregational Church, Green Lane, Belper, 7.15pm. President Elaine Lunn 01773 825184; Secretary Lynda Foulk 01773 827256.

Belper Women’s Group Every Wednesday at 10am at Holbrook Road School. Talks and social events.

New members welcome. Call Marie on 01773 824406.

Bereavement Support Group The Cottage Project, Chapel Street, Belper every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month 10am to 12noon. 01773 880364.

Bumps and Babes Group For new and expectant parents every Monday 10-11.30am in the Belper Community Hall.

BYTE (Belper Youth Theatre) Drama & Performance Arts for 11 to 16 year olds at Long Row School, Belper, on Wednesdays 5pm to 6pm. Call 01773 828724.

Cheerleading Classes Belper Leisure Centre, for ages 5 and over, Saturday 10.20am 11.20am.

Classes also in Heanor and Smalley. Full details from Nicky Horton: 07748 148626.

Chevin Probus Club For retired professional/businessmen in Belper, Duffield, Little Eaton and surrounding area. Meet at 10.30am for coffee on third Monday each month at Lion Hotel, Bridge Street Belper for talks/lunches, 11am. Occasional trips out for members and partners.

Eric Allen: 01773 823105.

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Community Crafts Card-making classes at Belper Community Hall, Bridge Street, alternate Thursdays 10am to 12noon. £5 per session.

Kelly Austin: 01773 763841, or communitycrafts@fsmail.net Dalesmen Male Voice Choir of Belper Practice at the old Herbert Strutt School, Strutt’s Centre, Derby Road, Belper, 7.30pm Mondays. New members welcome, or just sit and listen.

Paul: 01773 748986.

Derbyshire Children’s Centre Alder Road, Belper. For a guide to free activities in the area, call 01773 826651 or e-mail Belpercc@derbyshire.gov.uk for further details.

Diddi Dance Pre-school dance group at Belper Community Hall, Bridge Street, Belper. Meet on Thursdays 9.30am to 10.15am for children 16 months to school age. No classes at Christmas. Debi Walker: 07805 784445 or www.diddidance.com Fleet Arts The Fleet, Belper. A local charity delivering high quality arts opportunities within the community. Rooms for hire including Music Rehearsal space at very reasonable rates. Details: 01773 820484, Email jane@fleet-arts.org or visit www.fleet-arts.org Fleet Indoor Bowls Belper Would love to see new members at our very laid back, friendly club.

Monday evenings. Average age 50+ but all ages considered.

Phone: Annette 01773 824945.

Folk Friendzy Traditional Dancing for youngsters 5-19 years old at Belper Community Hall (behind Belper Library, Bridge Street, Belper.)

Saturdays 9am to 12.30pm. Also at Fleet Arts Centre, The Fleet, Belper on Wednesdays 6.30pm to 9pm. New dancers welcome.

01773 743741.

Friends of Belper Parks A community group who holds events and work parties to improve and maintain Belper Parks. See website www.belperparks.info or ring Dave 01773 824743.

Friends of Belper River Gardens Organising concerts, events and taking part in working parties to make use of and help improve Belper’s unique Edwardian riverside gardens.

Trevor 01773 821920 Genus (Belper District) Scout Network For boys and girls 18-25. Contact network leader Adam Thompson 01332 841744; email genusnetwork@belperdistrictscouts.org.uk or visit http://www.belperdistrictscouts.org.uk/genusnetwork/ Goryukan Belper Aikido Club Strutts Centre, Derby Road, Belper DE56 1UU, Tuesday & Thursday nights.

Contact Henry Sensei on 07538-757073/Email: yoshinkan.aikido@virgin.net/Website: www.belper-aikido.co.uk

L D Camera Club Meet alternative Tuesdays at the Conservative Club, Campbell Street, Belper, 8pm. T Swift: 01773 853437.

Learning Through Drama St John’s School, Belper, Mondays, 4.30pm to 5pm; and Long Row School, Belper, Wednesdays, 4.30pm to 5pm. Speech and drama tuition by qualified teachers for ages 5 to 15. Call: 07914 539719.

Pregnancy Yoga The Purple Lotus Yoga Studio, North Mill, Belper Wednesdays: 6pm-7.30pm. Breathing, relaxation, and gentle stretching with experienced pregnancy yoga teacher/NHS midwife. Alison Talbot 07877 970112; alison@purplelotusyoga.co.uk www.purplelotusyoga.co.uk Reiki Share Group For Reiki Level 1 or above. Meets last Fri of month at Fleet Arts, Belper.

7pm-9.30pm. New members welcome. Info: Judy 07875 367270.

Ronin Budo Karate Club Training on Tuesday 7.30-8.30pm & Thursday 7-8pm at Belper Strutts Centre. More info: Call Charles Spring 07980 639437 or go to http://www.facebook.com/RoninBudo or email: charlesspring@btinternet.com Rotary Club of Belper and Duffield Monday evening 7.30pm at the Lion Hotel, Bridge Street.

Info: www.belper-rotary.co.uk or Nick Blurton 01773 824607.

Rough Truffles Community Choir Singing songs from around the world. Choir is open to everyone, regardless of experience, ability or confidence. No auditions, songs are taught by ear, so no need to read music. Meet upstairs at the Queens Head pub, Chesterfield Road, Belper, every Monday at 8.00pm. All welcome.

Details: www.roughtruffles.org.uk Royal British Legion(Belper) Club Strutt Street, Belper. Entertainment every Saturday evening from 8.30pm Also alternate Tuesday evenings from 8.30pm. More info: 01773 822151 Everyone welcome. You don’t have to be ex-military to join.

Royal British Legion, Women’s Section Royal British Legion, Strutt Street, Belper, last Wednesday each month, speaker, 7.15pm. Also, day after at 10am is a coffee morning with raffle and stalls.

New members welcome. 01773 826691.

Scottish Dancing Hazelwood Village Hall, Hazelwood. Opens mid-Sept. Details from Robert Bee 01629 822476

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Shamanic Journeying Group Meet 3rd Friday of the month. St Johns Chapel, The Butts, Belper 7pm – 10pm Contact Pat Dunnicliffe or Del Woods on 01332 880984 dunnwooddrums@live.com Info: www.dunnwooddrums.com

Shape Fitness Strutt’s Community Centre, Derby Road, Belper, Monday 7.30pm to 8.30pm. Hi/Lo with Bums and Tums. Dawn: 01332 830004.

Strutts Centre Ltd Derby Road, Belper. A thriving community centre run entirely by volunteers. If you wish to hire a space or want more details of the many varied activities held here, ring Strutts on 01773 599993 or visit websites www.strutts.net or www.strutts.org The Chevin Singers Strutts Centre, Derby Road, Belper, term time Tuesday 10am to 12noon.

Unaccompanied singing. No need to read music or have any singing experience. £3 per session. Call 01773 822253 or just turn up at Strutts.

The Drop Inn Centre Independent Youth Centre & Charity Advice, support & alternative education for young people Open: Mon 4.30pm - 9.30pm, Tues 6pm - 8pm, Thurs 7pm - 9.30pm. More info: Andrea Fox 07960 576257 email: thedropinn@hotmail. co.uk www.thedropinn.org TinyTalk Baby Sign Language Class, Tuesdays 10am to 11am in term time. Christ Church, Bridge Street, Belper DE56 1BA. Details from Dawn Holt dawnh@tinytalk.co.uk, 01332 781059, www.tinytalk.co.uk/dawnh Toddler Group Every Wednesday 10-11.30am in the Belper Community Hall Transition Belper Community organisation and charity working towards a low carbon local economy. Meet at 7.30pm first Tuesday of each month at Strutt’s Community Centre, Derby Road, Belper. See www.transitionbelper.org or email info@transitionbelper.org. Phone: 07773 667316.

Tuesday Club St Mark’s Church Hall, Openwoodgate, Belper, alternate Tuesdays 2pm to 4pm. Socials, speakers, trips for active retired 55+ ladies and gents and is non-denominational. 01773 820664 or 01773 747195.

Twistin’ Tots Belper Community Hall, Bridge Street, Belper. Tuesdays 9.45am-11.45am, Music and Play session and 2pm-3pm, Music session. For babies 0 to 5 years.

Jacqui: 07977 578359.

Umbrella – Parent/Carer’s Support Group Meet second Thursday of the month @ Strutts, Derby Road, Belper (opposite Babington Hospital) 10.00am – 12pm. More details: Alisha 01332 785658 Walking for Health Meet at Babington Clinic, Derby Road, Belper (or occasionally at Belper Train Station) on Wednesday 10am. Free walk led by trained volunteer walk leaders. Call Tor Pitts on 01283 563483 or 07977 439309.

Whitemoor Day Service Adult care - Activities for adults with learning disabilities, at 100 John O’Gaunts Way, Belper. Unit manager Jeannette Simms: 01629 531906 or 07975 707240.

Yoga Classes Whitemoor Medical Centre, Whitemoor Lane, Belper. Tuesday, 5.50pm to 6.50pm. Gentle Yoga, Thursday 9am to 10.30am. Book with Rachel Jennings: 01332 780580.

Yoga Classes The Purple Lotus Yoga Studio, North Mill, Belper Mondays: 7pm-8.30pm, Tuesdays: 9.45-11.15am, and Wednesdays: 7.45-9.15pm Alison Talbot 07877 970112; alison@purplelotusyoga.co.uk www.purplelotusyoga.co.uk

Church Contacts St Clement’s Church, Horsley; St Susanna’s Church, Horsley Woodhouse; St Mary’s Church, Denby. Serving the parishes of Horsley, Denby, Horsley Woodhouse, Kilburn and Coxbench. For all church-based enquiries contact the parish office 01332 880284.

Codnor & Waingroves 3rd Codnor Scouts For girls and boys aged 6 to 14; all clubs meet at hut on Codnor Recreation Ground on Codnor Market. Beavers - Tuesdays 5.15pm till 6.30pm. Cubs Tuesdays 6.45pm till 8.15pm. Scouts - Friday 6.30pm till 8.15pm. Ann Cantrill: 07817636232.

Amber Valley Rotary Club Meets Tuesdays 6:45 for 7:00pm at Codnor Castle Inn, Ormonde Fields Golf Centre, Nottingham Road, Codnor. New members are welcome. Please contact us first if you are interested. Contact us on 07850 440001 or by our ‘Contact us’ page on www.rotary-ambervalley.org.uk Codnor & District WI 2nd Tuesday each month, 7.15pm at Methodist Church Hall, Mill Lane, Codnor.

01773 714098.

Derbyshire County Council Children’s Centre – Come Out & Play in Codnor. Peveril House, Codnor. Play and information for families. Wednesdays 1.30pm-3.00pm. Telephone 01629 532601 or email: ironvillecc@derbyshire.gov.uk Jog Codnor Jog Derbyshire Group. Meets at the Poet & Castle Pub. For all abilities.

Tuesdays at 7pm Contact: Ben 07500 600171 Tiny Talk Baby Sign Language Class Mondays 1.30-2.30pm at Waingroves Community Centre, Church Street, Waingroves DE5 9TX Trish Wright: 07795 554375 or trishw@tinytalk.co.uk

1st Horsley & Kilburn Brownies Scout Hut, Highfield Road, Kilburn, Wednesday 6.30pm to 8pm.

Call 01332 882535 or 07545 551890 for details.

3rd Horsley & Kilburn Brownies Wednesday 6.30pm to 8pm at Kilburn Methodist Chapel Brown Owl (Trish Rose) 01332 881786 1st Horsley & Kilburn Rainbows Scout Hut off Highfield Road, Kilburn, Friday 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

Jenny Fox: 01773 743436.

1st Horsley & Kilburn Scout Group For boys & girls aged 6 to 14, at Scout HQ Highfield Road, Kilburn.

Group Scout Leader David Hall: 01332 881492.

Amber Community Choir A time of singing and fun, no experience needed. Hunters Arms, Kilburn.

Alternate Thursday evenings from 7-9pm. For more info ring Cathy: 07986 450580.

Duffield Art Group Weston Centre, Tamworth Street, Duffield, every Friday 2pm.

New members welcome. Sylvia Owen: 01773 824534.

Duffield Gardening Club Weston Centre, Tamworth Street, Duffield, first Saturday each month, 10am. Slide shows, outings, activities, coffee. Secretary Ken Cheesley 01332 841770.

Duffield Pre-school Duffield Meadows School, Mon-Fri. For children aged 2yrs to school age. Thur & Fri lunch club. Contact: 07955 168892 or www.duffieldpreschool.co.uk Duffield Singers Friendly community choir. Meet every Wednesday at St Margaret’s Church Hall, Farm Road,Duffield at 7.45pm.

New members welcome, bass, tenor, alto & soprano voices.

Email: info@Duffieldsingers.com Duffield Tae Kwon-Do School Duffield Meadows School, on Mondays 4.50pm to 6.20pm and on Fridays 4.50pm to 6.20pm. New beginner children’s classes from aged 4 upwards. 4th dan, Karl Duro: 07946 593363.

Chatterbox Café Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn, every second Friday, 10am to midday, in conjunction with Mobile Library sited on car park.

Coffee, cakes; relax, chat or read. Enid: 01332 780486.

Families at Four St Alkmund’s Church Duffield, Parish Church Hall, every 4th Sunday 4pm. Games, stories and songs for families. 01332 840536.

Denby Footpaths Group Maintenance and preservation of local footpaths; community walks, circular routes. Jane: 01332 781305, or e-mail denby-footpaths-group@hotmail.co.uk

Fusion Club for 5 to 11-year-olds at Emmanuel Christian Centre, 32 Chapel Street, Sundays 11am to 12noon. Parents welcome to stay.

Family service first Sunday every month.

Derbyshire County Council Children’s Centre – Denby Delights Drop In and Play Session. Denby Free Church of England Primary School, Denby. Tuesdays 1.45pm-3.00pm. Telephone 01629 532601 or email: ironvillecc@derbyshire.gov.uk

Ignition St Alkmund’s Church Duffield, Parish Hall every Tuesday night during term time from 7.30pm to 9pm for school years 10 to 13. 01332 840536.

Intermediate Adults Dance Classes Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn.

Latin American and Ballroom, Thursdays 7.30pm to 8.30pm.

Patricia Cooke: 01332 660837.

Kilburn Christian Fellowship Meet in Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn, 5pm to 6pm on the second Sunday of each month, refreshments.

All ages welcome. Godfrey: 01332 781200 Kilburn Life Group 8 Sitwell Drive, Kilburn. 10am to 11.30am first and third Wednesday of month. Discuss issues on life matters. Cynthia: 01332 882713.

Kilburn Striders Jog Derbyshire Group.

Meets at car park opposite Pickford Gardens. For all abilities.

Meets at various times. Please call Ross for details. Ross: 07791 683056 Kyleburn Historical Society Kilburn Baptist Chapel Schoolroom, Highfield Road, Kilburn, every third Thursday, 7.30pm. Speakers. Chairman. Keith Staley: 01332 881853.

Mums & Minis Denby Bottles Church, Danesby Crescent, Tuesdays 10am to 12noon. Mike and Alison James 01773 743104

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Impact St Alkmund’s Church Duffield, Parish Hall, every Monday night during term time from 7pm to 8.30pm for school years 7 to 9. 01332 840536.

Jog Duffield Jog Derbyshire group. Meets at Eyes Meadow. For beginners.

Tuesdays at 9.30am & Wednesdays at 6pm. Contact: Julie 07934 494121 Kick Fit and Abs Blast Duffield Meadows Junior School – aerobic and conditioning classes.

Kick Fit on Wednesdays 6.30pm to 7.30pm, £3.50. Abs Blast on Wednesdays 7.30pm to 7.55pm, £2. Or both for £5.

Matt Elliott: 07971 923248 or e-mail mattelliott@live.com MASSIVE – Youth Drop-In Centre Emmanuel Community Church, Chapel Street, Duffield.

Fridays 4.00pm-6.00pm (School years 7-9) 7.00pm-10.00pm (School years 10+) Contact Tom 01332 841386 or Elle 01332 840805.

Messy Church Methodist Church, King Street, Duffield, first Sunday of the month 10.30am - 11.15am. Bible stories, crafts, fun and activities for children of all ages.

Children should be accompanied by an adult. Coleen 01332 841788.

Music at Duffield Non-profit making music society and registered charity.

Info: www.musicatduffield.com

Probus Club For retired people. Meet at Denby Lodge, Denby on the second Thursday each month at 10.45am. New members welcome.

Mr H Hunt: 01773 570483

Seedlings Toddler Group at Emmanuel Community Church Chapel Street, Duffield Tuesdays 9.30 –11.30am (term time) email: seedlings.duffield@hotmail.co.uk

Stay ‘n’ Play Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn. Every Thursday 9.15am to 11.15am term time only.

Songs of Praise St Alkmund’s Church Duffield, Parish Hall, 1st Monday every month at 2pm.

Service with traditional hymns, short talk, and cream tea. 01332 840536.

Tae Kwon-do & Practical Self Defence Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn. Adult and children’s classes on Saturday 10am to 12noon. Two Panthers classes (4-7 ages).

Website www.tkd-selfdefence.com or 07779 812468.

Sparks St Alkmund’s Church Duffield, Parish Church Hall, every 1st Sunday 10am for Primary School aged children. Songs, stories, games and meet Sparky.

01332 840536.

The Wednesday Club Denby Institute first Wednesday every month. 2.15pm. Betty: 01332 880726.

All welcome.

The Duffield Club Private members snooker/social club at 13 Town Street, Duffield.

Call Glyn: 07739 190976

Whist Drive Kilburn Village Hall, Church Street, Kilburn. Fortnightly on Wednesdays 2pm.

01773 741586

Tiny Talk Baby Sign Language Class Wednesdays 10-11am at The Scout Hut, Duffield.

Becci Davies: beccid@tinytalk.co.uk

Duffield 1st Duffield Scout Group For boys & girls aged 6 to 14 at Scout HQ, Hall Farm Road, Duffield. Group Scout Leader Alan Hudson: 01332 840377.

Adult Yoga and Meditation Term time only: Mon at Meadows School, Park Road, Duffield . 7pm – 7.30pm Meditation followed by Yoga 7.30 – 9pm. Thurs: Yoga 1.15 – 2.30pm Duffield Scout Hall, Hall Farm Road. Info: Anita 01332 842070.

Derwent Valley Training Band Music Block, Ecclesbourne School, Mondays 5.45pm to 6.30pm for brass and wind players all ages, from beginners to Grade 3.

Kath Hoblyn: 01332 840405.

Derwent Valley Wind Band Concert Hall, Ecclesbourne School, term time only on Mondays 6.45pm8.15pm. For brass and wind players of all ages. Grade 3 and above.

Tony Rawcliffe 01332 841501.

Duffield and District Bowling Club Meet at Milford Bowling Green behind Nealies. Paul Greenwood: 01332 840478 or e-mail greenwoodpaul@hotmail.co.uk New members welcome.

‘Tra La La’ Hummingbirds Singing, stories and music making for 18/24 mnths – 5 yrs with an adult. The Weston Centre, Tamworth St. Duffield. Tues 2-3pm. Clare 07913 506294.

‘Tra La La’ Tweetie Pies Singing, stories and music making for 4mnths – 18/24mnths with an adult. The Scout Hut, Hall Farm Road, Duffield. Tues 9.30-10.30am. Clare 07913 506294.

Holbrook 1st Holbrook Scout Group Beavers, Cubs and Scout Group. Meet at Arkwright Hall, Moorside Lane, Holbrook. Leader Mark Hudson: 01773 827083.

Drumming Group Meets last Fri of month (may differ) 7pm – 9.30pm at The Arkwright Hall, Moorside Lane, Holbrook. Contact Pat Dunnicliffe or Del Woods on 01332 880984 email:dunnwooddrums@live.com Info: www.dunnwooddrums.com Holbrook Baby & Toddler Group Holbrook Methodist Church, Moorside Lane, Holbrook. Fridays 9.15am to 11.15am, term time. £2 per family. Rosemary Woodward: 07795 602478

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Holbrook Friendship Club First Thursday of every month. 2pm -4pm at the Sports and Social Club, Shaw Lane, Holbrook. Call David Robinson for more information 01773 828304

Little Eaton Players Amateur dramatic group staging several events a year. Rehearsals on Thursdays at Little Eaton OAP Hall, Barley Close, Little Eaton, 7pm.

New members welcome. Richard 01332 831141.

Holbrook Garden Group Holbrook Moor Methodist Church, Moorside Lane, Holbrook, third Monday each month, 7.30pm. All welcome. David Skelton: 01332 881221.

Little Eaton Playschool United Reformed Church, Alfreton Road, Little Eaton. Sessional play, care and learning. Monday to Friday for children 2 years to school age.

Free funded places for 3 year olds. New play area and large garden.

07887 990783 or www.littleeatonplayschool.co.uk

Holbrook Miners Welfare Bowls Club Holbrook Miners Welfare Club Shaw Lane, Holbrook.

Details from Sharon Stevens: 01332 781403.

Holbrook WI Arkwright Hall, Moorside Lane, Holbrook, first Wednesday each month. 7.30pm. Lilian Phipps: 01332 881419.

Horsley & Coxbench

Horsley & Coxbench WI Horsley Village Hall, Church Street, Horsley, second Monday each month. 7.15pm. Tel: Janet 01332 883466.

Horsley Over 60’s Club Horsley Village Hall, Church Street, Horsley, alternate Tuesdays 2pm to 4pm. Secretary Betty Holloway: 01332 880726.

Ladies Night Informal evenings with talks, crafts and social events every 3rd Tuesday 7.45 pm, in Horsley Village Hall Church Street, Horsley. 01332 881025 or 01773 741977

Horsley Woodhouse

1st Sitwell Scout Group For cubs aged 7 ½ to 11. Meet every Weds 6.30-8pm.

Sitwell Scout HQ off Church Lane, Horsley Woodhouse DE7 6AW. Other sections to open soon. Info: www.1stsitwellscoutgroup.co.uk, Email: Cubs@1stsitwellscoutgroup.co.uk Dance Night Horsley Woodhouse Church Hall, Main Street. Every Monday 7.00pm, Line Dancing with Megan; and at 8.15pm Sequence Dancing with Merrilyn. Eric: 01332 881566 or 07790 863997 Horsley Woodhouse Pre-School Methodist Church Hall, Main Street, term time. Under 3’s Monday to Friday 9.30am to 12noon; Over 3’s Monday to Friday 9.30am to 12.30pm. Call 07969 964842 during opening hours.

Horsley Woodhouse Royal British Legion Horsley Woodhouse Over 60’s Club meets in the hall, alternate Tuesdays at 2pm. Bingo, dominoes and cards. Outings for members at regular intervals.

Subs £8 per year. Come and join our friendly group. Call Don 01332 881379.

Minds of Little Eaton OAP Hall, on Barley Close, Little Eaton, every Thursday 10am to 12noon. Groups and agency talks, confidence-building, quizzes, art/ crafts, local walks, visits. Contact Sandra Tilling or Jenny Godfrey: (0115) 9308696. 50p donations for entry.

OAP Hall Barley Close, Little Eaton. £7.50 per hour for hire. Screen is available for slide shows. OAP coffee morning, first Wednesday every month, 10am; Whist Drive, Thursdays 2pm to 4pm; OAP Keep Fit, Fridays.

Susan: 01332 832577.

The Friends in Harmony Choir Rehearse at Parish Rooms, Vicarage Road, Little Eaton, Tuesdays 7.30pm to 9pm. New singers welcome. Conductor Barbara Lowe: 01332 833861.

The Village Pre-school Little Eaton At the new Little Eaton Village Hall, St Peter’s Park. Mon-Fri & all day on Mondays and Wednesdays. “Pop In” for Carers & under 5’s Fri am. Freeflow indoor and outdoor play.

07890 028346, 01332 834555, www.levillagepreschool.co.uk Twistin’ Tots Little Eaton Village Hall, Vicarage Lane.Wednesdays 1.30pm – 2.30pm, Music session for babies 0 to 5 years. Jacqui: 07977 578359.

Youth Club New Village Hall, Little Eaton. Every Friday 4.30pm-6.30pm for Year 7 to school leavers. Chill out and have fun with friends. Snacks available.

Helen 07970 767667

Milford

Chevin Road Baptist Chapel Sundays 10.30-11.30am, Junior Church and coffee. Wednesday Club, various speakers alternate weeks. Thursday: Bible Study 7.30pm. Friday: monthly Coffee Mornings. Modern Interior, disabled friendly. New toilet and outside platform lift. Info: 01773 821965.

Open Space Mindfulness Awareness Meditation British Legion Hall, Main Street, Horsley Woodhouse. Meet one Sunday a month, free admission. Sonya 07969 646980. Meditation instruction given.

Derbyshire Archery Club Meet at the archery field behind Nealies at Milford. Shooting on Wednesday and Friday nights at 6.30pm. Regular Tournaments at Kedleston Hall in summer.

Beginners Courses start in May. Information on dacarchers.co.uk or phone Ray Lunn on 01773 825184.

Orchard Group Dominoes, Scrabble, and Whist at Orchard Community Centre, off Fairfield Road, alternate Tuesdays 2pm. 01332 883240.

Midas After-School Club Milford Primary School, Chevin Road. Mondays to Fridays 3.30pm to 6pm.

Diana Lawday: 01332 842913.

Over 55’s Gentle Exercise Class Horsley Woodhouse Church Hall, Main Street. Every Wednesday 1.30pm to 2.30pm. Pauline Clarke: 01773 712829 or Eric 01332 881566

Milford & Makeney WI Meet at Holy Trinity Church Hall, A6 Milford, on first Monday afternoon of the month at 2pm. Jo: 01773 825478.

Tae Kwon-Do Practical Self Defence Horsley Woodhouse Church Hall, Main Street, Tuesdays, 6.30pm to 8.30pm. Adult and children’s classes. Shirley or Neil: 07779 812468 or www.tkd-selfdefence.com

Milford Pre-School Milford Primary School, Chevin Road, Mondays to Fridays 9am to 12noon, funded sessions for 3 to 5-year-olds; Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 1pm to 3pm for 2 to 3-year-olds. Diana Lawday: 01332 842913.

Walking for Health Meet outside the Working Men’s Club, Main Street, Horsley Woodhouse, 9.45am on Wednesdays. Free walk led by trained volunteer walk leaders; 2 to 3 miles long, though fields. Call Tor Pitts on 01283 563483 or 07977 439309.

Morley & Smalley

Whist Drive British Legion Hall, Main Street, Horsley Woodhouse, every Friday 7.30pm.

Malcolm Parkin 01332 880160.

Morley Book Club Informal meetings every four to six weeks. Details from Beryl Toms: 01332 880107.

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Morley Evergreens Two outings a year and Xmas dinner. Further details from Secretary Kath Davies 01332 880719. Anyone receiving a pension (retirement, disability, widowed) is eligible for membership.

Adult Yoga Little Eaton Village Hall, Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton, DE21 5EA; Wednesday 7.45pm to 9pm, term time only. Anita: 01332 842070.

Morley Village Youth Club Morley Village School, Main Road, term time only, Wednesdays, 7pm. Open to children and ex-pupils of Morley Village School, and children of that village.

Secretary: Dawn Lockwood: 07799 061177.

Baby Sensory Baby development classes at Little Eaton Village Hall, Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton.

Meet every Tuesday 10am to 11am. Call Claire 07967 485855 to book your free trial visit.

Fitness Training Fast Fitness, Little Eaton Park, Mondays 6-6.30pm, £2.50 Circuit Training, Little Eaton Village Hall, Thursdays 6-7pm, £5.00 Contact: Ailsa Waters 07929 610558 Little Eaton Crown Green Bowling Club St Peter’s Park, Vicarage Lane. Valerie Kaye: 01332 834389 or Maurice Walkerdine: 01332 880168.

Little Eaton Dance School Little Eaton Village Hall, Little Eaton Park. Meet Saturdays, children 2 and over. Fun classes in ballet, tap, modern, jazz and acrobatic dance.

Julie Law: 01332 835392 or 07815 564096.

Little Eaton Jog Derbyshire Group Meet under Village Hall balcony. For all abilities.

Tuesdays 7pm. Fridays 9:15am (during school term time) Saturdays 8:15am Lesley Crane 07973 440589 lesley1crane@gmail.com

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Little Eaton WI Second Wednesday of the month in the Village Hall, Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton, 7.30pm. President Sue Carter 01332 831309, or secretary Marian Ford 01332 840628.

Little Eaton Lawn Tennis Club St Peter’s Park, Vicarage Lane, Little Eaton. 3 hard courts, open all year.

New members welcome. Visit www.littleeatontennisclub.co.uk for application form.

Morley WI Morley Hayes, Main Road, Morley, second Tuesday each month, 7.30pm. Secretary Veronica: 01332 883294.

Poems for Pleasure WEA class meet at Baptist Church, Main Road, Smalley. 11-week course, from Wednesday September 30 to December 9, 10am to 12noon.

Secretary Wyn Harvey: 01332 880013.

Smalley Art Group Draw and paint, at Smalley Institute, 79 Main Road, Smalley, every Tuesday 10am to 12noon, and 7pm to 9pm. Joining details from Jean Ross: 01332 781319.

Smalley Lawn Tennis Club Off Dobholes Lane, next to cricket ground. Membership forms at Bell Inn, Smalley or Flower Shop, Horsley Woodhouse. New members welcome.

Visit www.smalleytennis.net Smalley WI Church Hall, Main Road, Smalley, on third Thursday each month, 7.15pm. Secretary Ann Upton: 01773 715800.

1st Ripley Scout Group Cubs, Beavers, Scouts 6/14 years for boys and girls. To join call group scout leader, Ron Ashton on 01773 745420 www.1stRipleyScouts.org 4th Ripley Rainbows For girls 5-7 years; 5pm to 6pm on Thursdays at The Guide Hut, Outram Street, Ripley. Call April on 01773 742740.

Allsorts Activities for 0 to 5-year-olds. Free group on Thursdays 10.15am to 11.15am at Salvation Army Church, Heath Road. Further details: 01629 533900 Alphabet Childminding Group Meet at Denby Institute and Ripley Children’s Centre. Childminders wishing to join the group can call Marion on 07952 798808, Claire 07891 956715, Trina 07875 142583.

Amber Valley Camcorder Club Marehay Miners Welfare, Derby Road, Ripley, meet alternate Tuesdays 7.45pm from September to June. Geoff Thompson: 01773 748559.

Amber Valley CVS Volunteers needed to work with various organisations. Supports older people, families, children, helps and supports local groups giving advice on funding, as well as offering training, facilities and resources. Further details: 01773 512076.

Amber Valley Stroke Group Meet alternate Fridays at St Joseph’s Hall, Butterley Hill, Ripley. Supporting stroke survivors. Call Mary 01773 347813.

Amber Valley Talking Newspaper People who have difficulty reading can receive tapes of local news (weekly) and magazines (monthly) free of charge. Info: Mike Johnson 01773 513889.

Breastfeeding Support Group Free group on Mondays 10.00am to 10.45am at Salvation Army Church, Heath Road. A chance for breastfeeding mums to meet and provide support and advice.

British Red Cross First Aid Group Salvation Army, Heath Road, every Thursday at 7.30pm. First Aid training to support Event First Aid. Adele Gregory: 01629 593329, e-mail Agregory@ redcross.org.uk or visit: www.redcross.org.uk/volunteering Bumps & Babies Free play and support sessions for parents-to-be and under ones. Includes community nursery nurse support and baby weighing. Salvation Army, Heath Road, Ripley, Mondays 10.45am to 11.45am.

Centre Stage Theatre Arts Dance, drama and singing for young people 5 to 18. Every Thursday evening during term time, at Mill Hill School, Ripley. Call 01332 232940 or email enquiries@csta.org.uk for details.

Disability Derbyshire Join our support group for people suffering from depression and anxiety.

Last Tues of each month 10.30am-12noon. Field Terrace Community Room, Ripley. Info & attendance confirmation: Disability Derbyshire 01773 740246.

Fibro Lifestyle Informal self-help group for people with Fibromyalgia. Meet in the Salvation Army Centre, Heath Road, Ripley. Last Tues of the month at 2pm. Call 01773 827019.

Friendship Circle Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley, every Thursday 10am to 12noon.

Greenhillock’s Fellowship Club for over 50’s. Wood Street Methodist Church, Ripley, Wednesdays 2pm to 3.30pm. Quality entertainment, speakers, social afternoons, quizzes, day trips. David: 01773 605585.

Ripley & District Twinning Association Twinned with Chateau Renault, France. Monthly meetings.

Details from Laura: 01773 740179

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Ripley & District U3A Monthly meetings at St Joseph’s Church Hall, Butterley Hill, Ripley. Dates vary. Many different interests catered for. Call Tony 07773 897621.

Ripley Green Garters Ladies North West Morris Dance Team meet every Tuesday at St Joseph’s Church Hall, Butterley Hill, Ripley, 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

Dancers and musicians welcome. 01773 743560.

Ripley Hospital League of Friends Ripley Hospital, second Thursday of the month at 7.30pm. To raise funds for the health, welfare and comfort of patients and staff.

Mrs Phyllis Holmes: 01773 747355 Ripley Ladies Group Meet 1st Tuesday of every month 7.30pm at Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley. New members very welcome.

Contact Gill 01773 744580.

Ripley Leisure Centre Badminton Club Meet Thursdays 7.30pm – 10.30pm at Ripley Leisure Centre.

Players of a club or local league standard are welcome.

Ladies, Mens & Mixed teams. Info: Kay 01332 883622 Ripley Memory Cafe Third Thursday of each month, 2pm-4pm, Field Terrace Community Room (opposite Co-op), Field Terrace, Off Slack Lane, Ripley DE5 3HL Info: Isobel Barker 01332 208845 or e mail: Isobel.Barker@alzheimers.org.uk Ripley Morris Men Male Cotswold Morris Side, meet every Thursday at Fritchley Church Hall, Fritchley, 8pm to 10pm. New and experienced dancers and musicians welcome. 01773 743560.

Ripley Poetry Reading Group Meet at Ripley Library, Grosvenor Road, Ripley, twice monthly, Thursday afternoons, 2pm to 4pm. Janet Dawson 01773 513247.

Ripley Recorded Music Society Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley. Meet twice a month, Thursday evening at 7.30pm until 9.30pm. To promote interest in an appreciation of classical music through the recording medium. Concert visits & Christmas social. Contact Bob Astill, Secretary (01773) 714368. www.thefrms.co.uk/affprogs/ripley.htm Ripley Rotary Club Meet Tuesdays 6:40 for 7pm at Lumb Farm Country Club, Derby Road, Marehay, Ripley. New members welcome. Contact Secretary on 01773 747415 or email: ripleyrotaryclub@aol.com

Ripley Royal British Legion Branch 3669 Meet first Thursday of every month at The Sir Barnes Wallis, Maple Avenue, Ripley. 7.30-9.00pm. All welcome. Info: Chair Dean Fowler 07966 442387 or email dean.fowler1@btinternet.com Ripley Running Club Meet at Ripley Leisure Centre, Derby Road, Ripley every Tuesday at 6.45pm Runners of all abilities welcome. More info: Eleanor Robinson on 01773 541950, or mail@ripleyrunningclub.com www.ripleyrunningclub.com Ripley School of Dancing Marehay Miners Welfare, Derby Road, Marehay, Ripley. Ballroom, Latin American & Classical. Children’s class Saturday 9.45am - 11am. Adults practice/ tuition class Monday 7.30pm – 8.30pm. Private lessons by appointment: Brenda Jackson 01773 749948.

Hearing Help (AV) Social group every 3rd Wednesday 11.45am-2.30pm. Lip Reading Group every Friday 11am-1.00pm. At 156 Derby Road, Ripley. 01773 570976.

Ripley Tuesday Club Club for over 60’s. Meet every Tues, 2-4 pm at Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley. Speakers, Bingo, other events and days out. All welcome.

Contact Eileen Towndrow 01773 741329

Jelly Tots Free play session for children 0-5, at Field Terrace Community Room, Ripley, on Mondays 2.15pm to 3.15pm. ‘(runs term times only) 01629 533900.

Ripley WI Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley, 2nd Thursday every month, at 7pm.

Contact Pat 01773 744804.

Little Rascals A play session for parents under 25 and their children. Support and advice available if needed. Wednesday 1.30pm – 2.45pm (term time only) at Ripley Children’s Centre, Sandham Lane, Ripley. 01629 533900.

Tae Kwon-Do Classes Ripley Infants School, Kirk Close, Ripley DE5 3RY. Tues & Fri at 6pm.

David: 01773 744031.

Moorwood Moor Angling Club Ponds on Inns Lane, South Wingfield, daily 6am to 10pm. More details on membership, and junior teach-in sessions from John and Kath: 01773 746486 Musical Dimension Singing group available for bookings – all monies raised donated to local charities.

Practice nights Tuesdays 7.30pm at Marehay Methodist Chapel, Ripley. Call 01773 742017 for details and to book or visit www.musicaldimension.co.uk Parents-to-be Friendship Group Free group on Mondays 10.00am to 10.45am at Salvation Army Church, Heath Road. A chance for new parents-to-be to meet.

Ripley (Amber Valley) Lions Club Meet every first Monday of the month at the Kestrel Inn, Marehay, 8pm. Geoff Bacon: 01773 608786.

Ripley Absolute Beginners Jog Group Meet Ripley Leisure Centre 9.00am Saturday mornings.

Email: jogripley@hotmail.co.uk or Tel Ryan 07854 035770.

Ripley Amateur Drama Group Meet every Mon at Mill Hill School. 7.30pm – 9.30pm. Info: Terry Thorpe 01773 743471 Ripley and District Gardening Club Every third Saturday at Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley 3pm to 5pm. New members very welcome.

The Ripley Art Group Meet every Weds at Field Terrace Community Centre, Ripley. 2pm-4pm.

For retired people. New members welcome. Info: Jeff Barber 01773 570255.

Twistin’ Tots St Joseph’s RC Church Hall, Butterley Hill, Ripley. Fridays 9.30am-11.30am, Music and Play session for babies 0 to 5 years. Jacqui: 07977 578359.

WaistWise Free NHS Weight Management Service, available throughout Amber Valley all year round. To find your nearest one call Derbyshire Health Promotion Service on 01246 868468.

Wood Street Toddler Group Ripley Methodist Church, Wood Street, Ripley. Tuesdays 9.30am to 11.15am (term time only). Come for a coffee, chat and a play. All welcome. 0-5 years.

Sue 01773 570364.

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Community

Community Diary October/November 2013 October

12th: Derbyshire Branch of the Embroiderers Guild AGM followed by “Show and Tell” Derbyshire House, Sherwin Street, Derby DE22 1GP. 1.30pm for 2pm. Info: 01332 664080.

13th: ‘Peak District Drop’ – thrilling 80ft abseil from Millers Dale Viaduct in aid of the British Red Cross. £10 to register, suggested sponsorship target of £100. www.redcross.org.uk/peakdistrictdrop or contact Alex Gadsby on 0115 852 8016 or agadsby@redcross.org.uk 15th: South Derbyshire Members Centre of the National Trust, Landau Forte College, Fox St., Derby at 7.30pm. Peter Fitzpatrick gives a talk entitled ‘Splendour of the Taj Mahal’.

15th to 19th: The Witches of Eastwick at Derby Theatre. Box Office 01332 593939 www.derbytheatre.co.uk 18th: Mammoth Jumble Sale & Bric A Brac. Many items new, all at reasonable prices. 6.00pm.

Ripley Spiritualist Hall, Argyll Road, Ripley.

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9th: Derbyshire Branch of the Embroiderers Guild talk “Babies, Beetroots and Bunsen Burners”

by Alysn Midgelow-Marsden. Derbyshire House, Sherwin Street, Derby. DE22 1GP. 1.30pm for 2pm Info: 01332 664080.

19th: South Derbyshire Members Centre of the National Trust, Landau Forte College, Fox St., Derby at 7.30pm.

Hayley Powell gives a talk entitled ‘A Modern Blacksmith’.

Please check events with the venue/organiser as the publisher accepts no responsibility if events are changed/cancelled following publication. If you have a one-off event or special excursion for December 2013/January 2014 please e-mail it to karyn@allthingslocal.co.uk. Deadline is WEDNESDAY 30 OCTOBER 2013

Reader Competition

Win a copy of ‘A Ticket to Tewkesbury’ Written by Local Author Neal James Derbyshire author, Neal James began writing in 2007 when a series of short stories found favour on a number of international writing sites.

Since then, he has released several novels and an anthology of short stories. Neal who is an accountant, currently lives in Heanor with his wife and family.

‘Two Little Dicky Birds’, his 2010 release, was a finalist in the prestigious Peoples Book prize of 2012. He is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association, and a regular contributor to local newspaper features.

Neal James

Who is the Mole? When Julie Martin discovered a fifty year old love letter, little did she know that it would trigger a chain of events which had its roots in the death throes of Nazi Germany.

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Available to buy from Amazon & Waterstones. £7.99 paperback.

Win a copy of ‘A Ticket to Tewkesbury’ by answering this simple question: What is the name of the character who discovered the love letter from 50 years earlier?

Details of all his writing can be seen on his website: www.nealjames.webs.com

A Ticket to Tewkesbury

Revelations in the secret files to which it led, threatened the very foundations of democracy in Britain. The love story of Roger Fretwell and Madeline Colson weaves its magical course through the story and draws together the forces of MI5 and “The Organisation” in a struggle for the secret documents kept hidden for nearly fifty years. George Watkinson, head of the secret service is locked in fierce conflict with Detective Alan Mason, “The Organisation” front man; he discovers a mole within MI5, but there could be others. Intrigue and murder follow in the wake of a race for supremacy from which only one winner can emerge.

Write your answer, together with your name, address and daytime telephone number on a piece of paper or postcard and send to: Book Competition, All Things Local, 74 Woodhouse Road, Kilburn, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 0NA. Closing date for entries is Wednesday 23 October 2013.

To advertise contact Ruth: T: 01332 883140 M: 07545 261034 E: ruth@allthingslocal.co.uk

Useful Numbers Doctors & Hospitals, Emergencies Appletree Medical Practice 0844 477 3476 Arthur Medical Centre 01332 880249 Amber Pharmacy 01332 782844 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 Drug Helpline (24 hour) 0800 776600 Heanor Memorial Hospital 01773 710711 London Road Community Hospital 01332 265500 NHS 111 Out of Hours (24 hour helpline) 111 Police (non emergency) 101 Ripley Hospital 01773 743456 Ripley Medical Centre 08444 994468 Royal Derby Hospital 01332 340131 RSPCA Emergency 0300 1234999 Samaritans (24 hour) 08457 909090 Severn Trent Water 0800 7834444 Water Floodline 08459 881188 Whitemoor Medical Centre 0844 5769200

Post Offices Belper (Strutt Street) 01773 820108 Codnor 01773 742029

Upbeat: Home security reminder as nights draw in Residents across the Amber Valley are being advised to leave a light on and be security conscious as the darker nights draw in and the clocks go back.

Police are reminding people to think about taking some simple steps to help reduce the risk of becoming a victim of crime by not leaving their home in darkness.

Residents are advised to consider using a timer switch on lamps or radios to give the impression someone is home.

Duffield 01332 840105 Heanor Post Office 01773 713034 Holbrook 01332 880248 Horsley Woodhouse 01332 880221 Kilburn 01332 880045 Little Eaton 01332 832780 Ripley (Derby Road) 0845 722 3344 Smalley 01332 882222

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“By encouraging people to think about home security and take some simple precautions we hope there will be even fewer victims of this type of crime.”

Simple ways to make your home less attractive to thieves include: • Make sure you lock all doors and windows when you go out, even if it is for a short time.

• Keep keys and valuables out of sight and out of reach of windows, doors, cat flaps and letter boxes.

• If out in the evening, leave a light on and close the curtains.

• Be sure to set your house alarm before going out and if you do not have an alarm, consider investing in one to improve security.

• Consider garden security including lighting, lockable gates and high fences.

• Use timer switches to ensure lights or radios come on at certain times, especially if you know you will not be home before it gets dark.

Opportunist thieves will look out for homes left in darkness.

For more advice and information visit the Derbyshire police website, www.derbyshire.police.uk or contact your local Safer Neighbourhood policing team by calling 101, the non-emergency number.

Community Safety Inspector Russ Dakin said: “Crime continues to fall across Derbyshire but it is important that people don’t become complacent.

You can also email your team on belper.neighbourhoods@derbyshire.pnn.police.uk or follow them on Twitter @KilburnSNT.

To advertise contact Ruth: T: 01332 883140 M: 07545 261034 E: ruth@allthingslocal.co.uk

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Accountant: Amber Accountancy Aerials: ADI Communications Aerials: AMC Aerials Aerials: TV Confused Airport Transfers: Connect Cars Alarms: ALW Security Animal Welfare: The Cat’s Protection League Architect: Green 2K Designs Architect: Pilkington Architecture

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Beauty: Caroline 32 Beauty: Serenity 29 Bedrooms: Contour Furnishings 40 Bedrooms: Paragon 57 Blinds: UK Blinds 39 Bridal Wear: Stately Brides 17 Building Work: Bricklaying Services of Belper 42 Building Work: Little Job Building Co 48 Building Work: JJN 58 Building Work: Peak Building 46 Building Work: Quality Tradesmen 57 Building & Maintenance: Rob Morley 36 Business Directory: Age UK 72 Car Body Repairs: ChipsAway 34 Car Body Repairs: Martin Buxton 35 Car Servicing Repairs: Little Eaton Garage 35 Car Servicing Repairs: Warner Vehicle Servicing 35 Care Home: Ashfields 75 Care Home: Ashmere Care Homes 75 Carer Services: Derbyshire Total Care 74 Carpet Cleaning: Roy Milner 4 Carpets & Flooring: Ian Wilson 38 Carpets & Flooring: K A Flooring 62 Chimney Sweep: Sooty & Sweep 4 Chiropodist: Hewing Chiropody 1 Cleaning: Jonelle 4 Cleaning: Lindsay Phillips Property Care 4 Computer Repairs: Computer Repair 4 U 8 Computer Repairs: Enterprise PC Care 8 Computer Support: Vanwell Services 7 Copywriting: Full Stop Copywriting 34 Craft Activities: Crafts Cornucopia 17 Driveways: Amber Valley Driveways 50 Driveways: JGS 48 Electrician: Andy Hill Electrician: C Orton Electrical Electrician: JSP Electrical Electrician: Karl Chamberlain Estate Agent: Your Move Events: Cromford Mill

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Fencing: Redhill Fencing 59 Financial Advice: Belper IFS 9 Florist: Floraline 69 Foot Health: Amber Feet 32 Foot Health: Foundation Footcare 32 Function Room & Banqueting: Butterley Hill Lodge 28 Garden & Property Services: Guys Garden & Property Services 56 Hair Salon: Serenity Health Products: Forever Living

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Interior Design: JLO Design Interior Refurbishments: DJM Interiors

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Jewellery: Silver & Porcelain 13 Jewellery Workshop: Daisy May 13 Joinery: Regal 38

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Kitchens: Holtams 43 Kitchens: Oatenvale 36 Kitchens: Paragon 57

Ladieswear: Blue Water Landscaping Services: David A Ball Landscaping Services: Langley Landscaping Services Ltd Lawn Care: lawn3 Loft Ladders: More Than Loft Ladders Log Supplies: Clive Stone Logs Log Supplies: Premier Log Supplies

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Manicures & Nail Art: Fingers n Thumbs 32 Menswear: George Fox 15 Mobile Disco & Entertainment Nights: A Disco UK 25 Mobile Grocery Store: Orchard Country Store 13 Mobility: DMS (Derby Mobility Services) 72 Optician: Specsavers 3 Optician: Vision Express 87 Oven Cleaning: The Oven Cleaning Co 4 Painting & Decorating: Roy Milner 72 Pest Control: Vista Environmental 56 Piano Lessons: Bridget Marshall 67 Piano Lessons: Geraldine Curtis 67 Piano Lessons: John Hodson 67 Plastering: S Beresford 56 Plastering: Claxton Plastering 53 Plastering: Palmac 56 Plastering: Steve’s Plastering 62 Plastering: Tony Jameson 58 Plumbing & Heating: Belper Plumbing & Heating 59 Plumbing & Heating: Derbyshire Heating & Plumbing 53 Plumbing & Heating: Ian Foster 50 Plumbing & Heating: Paulson 52 Plumbing & Heating: Peak 46 Plumbing & Heating: RK 48 Plumbing & Heating: Scott 45 Plumbing & Heating: Verisafe 49 Public House: Denby Lodge 27 Restaurant: Angelo’s 25 Restaurant: The Bear 27 Restaurant: Denby Lodge 27 Restaurant: Fisherman’s Rest 23 Restaurant: Tom Yum Thai 23 Roofing Specialist: Bill Kiely Roofing 58 Roofing Specialist: S L Beresford 50 Security: Prestige 42 Solicitors: Derwent Law 8 Solicitors: Ellis, Fermor & Negus 6 Solicitors: Killingworth & Parrott 7 Solicitors: Shacklocks 10 Tarmac Specialist: JGS Telephone Solutions: Landline Telecom Tiling: Wayne Shooter Training Organisation: DART Training Tree Care: Amber Tree Management Tree Care: Arborwood Recycling Tree Care: Clip ‘Em & Fell ‘Em Tree Care: Greg Long Tyres & Exhausts: ETS

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Visitor Centre: Denby Pottery

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Windows, Doors, Conservatories: C J Fullwood 49 Windows, Doors, Conservatories: JJL Double Glazing 36 Windows, Doors, Conservatories: Jon Moore 53 Windows, Doors, Conservatories: Smartglaze 39 Windows, Doors, Conservatories: Trade Windows 37 Window Repairs: Double Glazing Doctor 39 Windows - Replacement Glass: Cloudy2Clear 41 Windows - Replacement Glass: Glass Exchange 52

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