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Autumn has always been my favourite season so whilst the start of this month signifies the end of the summer along with the return to school and shorter days with darker nights, I don’t feel gloomy. September is the perfect month for a family walk, searching for conkers and kicking leaves. Foremark and Staunton Harold are ideal local destinations for a walk and they have now been taken over by the National Trust – see page 22 for Anotherdetails.place I’m planning to visit locally this month will be Conkers where the new RHS garden has been installed complete with the ‘mycellium’ structure and tiny clay mushrooms made by local schoolchildren. See page 18 for pictures. As you read the magazine you may even spot the first mention of Christmas in one or two of the adverts – yes Autumn is definitely here and I for one think it’s great!

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Ibstock Surgery 48 Puzzle Page 52 The Conservation Volunteers......................... 56 Puzzle Solutions 60 Business Directory 62 This Month’s Competition 10 Feed the Need Coalville ................................... 14 The National Forest 18 Money Matters 20 The National Trust 22 Local Events ............................................... 24 & 25 In Your Garden 26 Puzzle Page 30 The Woodland Trust 32 The Palace Community Centre .......... 36 & 37 Ashby Museum 42 Community Board 44 Contents 32 In this issue 6 For all the latest news and events follow us on Facebook and Twitter If you would like to advertise in the next issue of any of our magazines please call 01530 417739 or email info@lifemagazines.co.uk Our rates are also available online at www.lifemagazines.co.uk Thursday 15th September Artwork & Copy Deadline www.ashbylife.co.uk FREE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY WIN A TOUR OF TOLLGATE BREWERY SEPTEMBER 2022 Your local fee free independentmortgage adviser SEE PAGE 28Thinking of SELLING or LETTINGYour Property?Call us on 01530 443 443For a FREE No Obligation Valuation Roy & L d FF OUR D SELLING ENT FEE Our Unique Marketing Strategy Rhas esulted in us Achieving 102% of OurAsking Prices Year to Date See page 17 HomeHousePerfectYourFind& at Ashby, Lyric .funhousecomedyRooms.co.uk SEE PAGE 8SEE PAGE 27 ISSUE 53 www.melbournelifemagazine.co.uk COMMUNITY MAGAZINE AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY SEPTEMBER 2022 INSIDE THIS MONTH: MELBOURNE FESTIVAL Sign up today see page 19Every Friday MorningSTAY & PLAY www.castledoningtonlife.co.uk YOUR FREE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY DoningtonCastle Covering Kegworth, Hemington and Lockington SEPTEMBER 2022 INSIDE THIS MONTH: MELBOURNE FESTIVAL WIN A TOUR OF TOLLGATE BREWERY SEE 14 & 15 www.the-olive-branch.co.uk ISSUE 48 www.ibstocklife.co.uk COMMUNITY MAGAZINE AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY SEPTEMBER 2022 INSIDE THIS MONTH: MELBOURNE FESTIVAL NEW SHOWROOM OPENING 10am - 2pm on Saturday 10th September SEE PAGE 7

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In 2012, Tollgate Brewery relocated to the National Trust Calke Abbey Estate due to a strong desire from the team at Calke Abbey and the National Trust to bring brewing back to the estate. They currently occupy one of the National Trust’s farm buildings, Southwood House Farm, built in the nineteenth century where they run a 6-barrel brewery using traditional brewing techniques that would be recognisable to those early brewers in the 1800’s. Their beers are renowned locally and if you’ve visited The Tap at No.76 on Market Street in Ashby or The Milking Parlour out at Calke Abbey estate you will, no doubt, have had a chance to sample them.

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We’ve teamed up with Tollgate Brewery to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a Brewery Tour package for two! This amazing prize, which usually sells for £25 per head, includes for each person

To be in with a chance of winning simply send your full contact details (name, address and telephone number) to: competition@lifemagazines.co.uk with the subject line ‘WIN a tour of Tollgate Brewery’. Good Luck!

The Tollgate Brewery story began in 2005 on the old Woodville site of Brunt, Bucknall & Co, known as the Wooden Box Brewery, the ﬁrst brewery to be established in the Burton area in 1832. Woodville was formerly Wooden Box, named after the famous toll booth on the road between Ashby and Burton. The area around the Woodville roundabout (the modern equivalent of the toll booth) is still known as ‘Tollgate’ from which the brewery takes its name.

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Terms & Conditions: Entries close on Friday 23rd September. The prize consists of a brewery tour for two at either 1pm or 3.30pm on Saturday 15th October only. The prize is a tour of the brewery with tasters then two pints of beer and one pizza per person. The winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries. The winner will be notiﬁed and the winners name will also be published on our Facebook page. Multiple or automated entries are not allowed. We will not pass your details to any third party. Your handy guide local services and businesses

To ﬁnd out more about Tollgate Brewery, their tours of the brewery or their pubs, head over to their website tollgatebrewery.co.uk or give them a call on 01283 229 194.

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• Donations – food donations (tinned food, pasta sauce, curry sauce, rice etc) are always welcome during the last 30 minutes of their sessions. If you can’t make this time for dropping off, please message them on their Facebook page and they’ll sort something out.

Feed the Need Coalville are an foodbankindependentandregistered charity helping those in need in Coalville and the surrounding villages. The charity is run wholly by volunteers and provides food, cleaning materials, toiletries, and pet food at a weekly session, currently supporting around 50 families a week. They rely on support from the local community and are grateful for all the help received. Additional support will always be welcomed and there are a number of ways to get involved:

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Steady Steps – NWLDC A rejuvenating 24 week exercise programme to help improve balance and strength. This exercise class is for those over 65, feel unsteady on their feet, have previously fallen and want to improve their balance. The class is delivered by a level 4 postural stability instructor and tailored to each individual abilities and will progress throughout the programme. • Ashby Leisure Centre – *Fully Booked* • Hugglescote Community Centre – Friday 2nd September – 11.30 – 1pm • Coalville Christ Church – Friday 2nd September – 9.30 – 11am • Measham St Laurence Church – Thursday 1st September – 10 – 11.30am • Castle Donnington Methodist Church –Wednesday 31st August – 3.15 – 4.45pm • Ashby Leisure Centre – Wednesday 7th September 3.15 – 4.45pm • Whitwick / Thringstone – Tuesday 30th August 2 – 3.30pm Bookings still taken after course start datecall us today! Pre booking is required. An assessment will be taken prior to commencing the course to ensure suitability. Those who have fallen more than 3 times in 12 months are not suitable for the course. For more information or to book your place please contact Tom Bodle on 01530 454839 or tom. bodle@nwleicestershire.gov.uk Advertisement Feature 15To advertise in Ibstock Life call 01530 417739 or email info@lifemagazines.co.uk Helping elderly people with • Shopping • Housework • Ironing • Meal preparation • Companionship • And more Extra Help for everyone • Bespoke domestic service • Regular and ad hoc cleaning • Decluttering • Housekeeping • Gardening • Handyman service ... and so much more! From £16 per hour Tel: 01530 215 215 Mobile: 07912 602605 All helpers are fully insured and DBS checked

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Ivanhoe College has had over 50 years of successfully preparing students to achieve success in their GCSEs. Our vision statement describes our whole school community being on a ‘Journey to Excellence’, and that journey now includes providing a rich and challenging GCSE curriculum at Ivanhoe School.

Every student at Ivanhoe School now benefits from a team of dedicated, highly qualified and experienced subject expert teachers with a proven background in delivering successful GCSE courses. Combined with outstanding facilities and an excellent learning environment, every student will flourish at Ivanhoe School from Year 7 through to GCSE success.

Sharing excellence in teaching and learning, Ivanhoe School works collaboratively with Ibstock Community College and Ashby School.

Our new name Ivanhoe School reflects the evolution of our school to include a Key Stage 4 curriculum whilst retaining the same successful nurturing and encouraging ethos enjoyed by generations of students.

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Garden sponsors Meta donated the garden to the National Forest, the garden’s charity partner at Chelsea, and supported the rehoming and installation of the garden at Conkers.

Joe Perkins said: “I hope visitors to the garden will feel immersed in and inspired by nature’s interconnectedness and the myriad of macro and microscopic networks in nature that depend on each other to heal, grow, and thrive. There is an urgent need to redress the balance of our relationship with the natural world, and there is so much to learn from the connections in nature.”

The garden is all about championing natural solutions to climate change and the threats to biodiversity and how we can both create more and protect our wonderful British woodlands. By rehoming the garden and making it more accessible we hope it will help people to connect with each other to better understand, care for and enjoy the National Forest.

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The garden was designed by landscape architect Joe Perkins (see below) for RHS Chelsea, then reimagined for the larger space at Conkers, aiming to blend into the surrounding woodland.

future, and also the many community woodland groups in the Forest who use Meta’s social platforms to help manage their voluntary work.

He added: “The best bit is that the garden now has a permanent home, here in the National Forest.”

A beautiful prize-winning garden from RHS Chelsea, titled The Meta Garden: Growing the Future, opened in the summer at Conkers Discovery Centre.

Visitors can explore the rehomed garden that won Gold at the famous Chelsea Flower Show in May this year, walk under the spectacular ‘mycelium’ structure that forms the centre piece to the garden (see top right), and smile at the Great Timber Sproutness – a collection of tiny clay fungi made by primary schoolchildren in the heart of the National Forest and ﬁrst displayed at Timber festival in July (see right).

The design highlights mycelium, the crucial relationship between soil, fungi and plants, which together form the basis of resilient forest ecosystems. This reﬂects the many communities and partnerships that have come together over the last 30 years to help create the National Forest, the volunteers who have helped Joe’s team recreate the garden at Conkers and who will look after it in the nationalforest.org

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The Government has taken £6.1bn from annual inheritance tax receipts as more families ﬁnd themselves caught in the net recently. Shockingly, the average bill has increased to £216,000, seeing loved ones and good causes losing out on gifts left to them.

HMRC figures released in July showed a significant increase in the number of estates paying inheritance tax in 2019-20. The Office for Budget Responsibility predicts further rises in the coming years, angering families who feel they pay enough tax in life, without their estates being plundered when they die.

The reason for the government bounty in inheritance tax receipts can be traced to the pandemic & rising house prices plus a freeze in tax thresholds. I wonder how many people would have predicted that Covid would lead to them paying more tax? One way people can halt the ﬂow of their cash to the public purse, is for families and loved ones to discuss their wishes and get their wills written before it’s too late. These aren’t the easiest conversations to have but grasping the nettle can save an awful lot of money and heartache.

tax. This is due to law changes made in 2017. That being the case, if your latest will was made prior to then, it’s unlikely it was written with these savings in mind and the difference that makes to your inheritance tax bill can be huge. Worse still, if you die without a will then you’ll be left at the mercy of Government provisions which are not only harder to put into place but can lead to a bill that runs into six ﬁgures. When it all boils down, if you don’t have a will, then the treasury has written it for you, but I really don’t think you’d like that one.

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In addition to the clear beneﬁts of a watertight will, there are numerous ‘easy wins’ that allow you to avoid inheritance tax totally legally. Within certain limits, gifts during your lifetime to family, friends or charities etc, all allow you to make the best of savings open to you and offer the chance not only to save tax but put smiles on the faces of those who matter most. I think you’ll agree that beats leaving them complications and a big bill in your will. After all, you’ve worked hard enough to deserve the last word.

As an example of the difference a will makes, a married couple can leave up to £1 million in cash and assets without paying a penny in inheritance

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Wildlife lovers can rejoice at Carvers Rock Nature Reserve in Foremark, a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest, for its valuable geology and plant life. Take in the sea of purple heather, one of the last patches of lowland heath in Derbyshire. Aside from its beauty, the nature reserve provides a home to a variety of plants, birds and insects. Make sure to bring your binoculars with you to see what wildlife you can identify this September. Follow the orange walk to take the scenic route of Foremark, where you’ll see views across the reservoir, find shade from the sun in areas of woodland and visit this must-see landmark. The water’s edge is another great place for wildlife spotting at Foremark. Follow the waymarked green walk, through Scaddows Oaks Woodland and along the reservoir, for the chance to catch a glimpse of the Great GrebeCrestedfishing in the water. You may also waterfowlsmeet and gulls on the water, as well as wagtails and waders along the shoreline, if you’re lucky.

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A new beginning dawns at Foremark and Staunton Harold. On Tuesday 19th July, we took over visitor operations and conservation management at both reservoirs, previously looked after by Severn Trent. Why not take the opportunity to explore a new place, get outdoors and connect with nature, with a different experience awaiting you at each location?

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National Trust their beauty with a wildflower walk and listen to the meadows come alive with a harmony of insects. September is the perfect time to visit the meadows, as the wildflowers go through various stages of bloom from mid-Spring till late Summertime. To witness their transformation through the seasons, they’re well worth a revisit if you have already been this year. Why not take a photo in the same spot each season to capture this Wantingchange?tostretch your legs on a longer walk at Staunton Harold? Follow the route to Calke, for an opportunity to visit our neighbouring property, Calke Abbey. Explore the un-stately home, taking in views of the reservoir, arable fields and woodlands along the way. Both sites are picnic friendly, so bring yours with you to experience lunch with a view. If you do decide to bring your own, barbecues and open fires aren’t permitted, and please make sure to take your rubbish with you, to protect the sites for you and future generations to enjoy. Although, if you fancy a hot drink or light bite, head to the kiosk at Foremark or dog friendly café at Staunton Harold for a special treat. If you’re looking for woodland walks, wildlife, or simply some fresh air, visit Foremark and Staunton Harold, and discover more than the impressive man-made reservoirs.

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Sunday 11th September Heritage Open Day

Now in it’s 7th year, the festival will once again be bringing a huge variety of delicious artisan food & drink to the area. The sight, smell and taste of amazing food is accompanied by a packed programme of entertainment and fun for the whole family, including food and drink sampling, live music and fairground rides. Gates open at 10.30am until 5pm both days. Entry to the festival arena is £2 per adult and free for children under 12. Visit foodgusto.com or Facebook @tamworthfoodgusto for more information.

With a 17th century clock, an early 20th century Punishment Book, and a collection spanning over three centuries, there’s a lot to see at the Sir John Moore Foundation Museum. Explore what it was like to work, learn and live at one of the country’s oldest schools – but watch out for their Victorian teacher! 10am to 4pm. Free entry. See www.sirjohnmoore.org.uk or email sally.lowe@sirjohnmoore.org.uk

St Peter’s Church in Bardon Hill will be decorated

Friday 9th September The Duke (12) Packington Film Club returns after their summer break with the ﬁlm ‘The Duke’. In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sends ransom notes saying that he will return the painting if the government invests more in care for the elderly. Packington Memorial Hall. 7pm for 7.30pm start. Tea and coffee served from 7pm. £4 for adults and £2 for children. All welcome. No need to book, just turn up.

Tollgate Brewery celebrates the start of the apple harvest as the summer comes to a sizzling end. With 12 ciders, live music, Morris dancing, classic cars, a full sausage BBQ, pizza menu specials and more. Entry is free at The Milking Parlour, Staunton Lane, LE65 1RG. See https:// tollgatebrewery.co.uk/events/

Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th September Tamworth Food Gusto Festival

with ﬂowerpot people and animals from 10am to 3pm. An activity trail will be running, starting at Bardon Cricket Club, LE67 4BS which you can follow up to the church, where there will be table top sales, including bric-a-brac, garden tools and books as well as a rafﬂe. Refreshments will be available. If the weather is nice, Crazy Golf and other games will be held outside. Free entry. See their Facebook page for detailswww.facebook.com/stpeterbardon/

Saturday 10th September Flowerpot Festival & Activity Trail

Friday 9th to Sunday 11th September Cider & Sausage Festival

Local Events

Friday 16th September Fundraising Fashion Show & Shopping Event Shop for bargains from your favourite brands including White Stuff, Boden, Next, Warehouse, Marks & Spencer and more in sizes 6 to 30. The event is being organised by Soroptimist International Derby and all proceeds will go to The Rosie May Foundation. 7pm at Murray Park School, Mickleover. Tickets cost £6.50. Contact Jill Blount at jillyb962@gmail.com or 07986 533 383. 24 Find us online at www.ibstocklife.co.uk

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Saturday 1st October Nearly New Sale NCT Ashby, Burton and Coalville will be holding their Nearly New Sale at Moira Village Hall, DE12 6DZ, from 10am to 12noon. Preloved baby and children’s clothing including fancy dress and swimwear, toys for all ages, large items such as cots, bikes and pushchairs, books and nursery equipment will all be available to purchase. 10am-10.15am - VIP entry for pre-bookable slots at £3 per adult. 10.15pm-11.30am - general admission at £1 per adult. 11.30am-12pm - free entry. For further details and pre-booking see their Facebook page. We always recommend you check with the event organiser before you visit to conﬁrm details.

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Plug and Play with Open Mic Night from 7.30pm to 10pm at MarlboroughNewmarket,Square, Coalville. welcome.EveryoneComealong and sign up to perform or simply come along to enjoy local talent. Doors and bar open at 7pm. Free entry. No need to book in advance, just sign up on the night.

Sunday 18th September Coalville 5km Fun Run Whether you’re a long term runner, you’re taking part in Couch to 5km or you’re just looking for some fun, this is the event for you. Taking place in Snibston Colliery Park, Coalville, the route is beautiful - and there will be some fun surprises along the way too...... including a paint powder station as we know you love those. Fancy dress is encouraged (but not compulsory) for this event, whether that’s a full inﬂatable T-Rex costume or just a tutu! Walking, Children and Dog friendly. £10 adult, £8 child (5-16), £5 under 5s. £15 adult and child. £36 team of 4 adults. Funds raised will support local charity; Living Without Abuse. See Facebook for details.

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For inspiration on planting grasses I would suggest visiting Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire. The Trentham Estate is just off Junction 15 of the M6 and is well worth the drive. The Trentham Estate also offers a garden centre as well as a shopping village with restaurants.

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There is a lovely, relaxed feel to gardens and parkland at this time of year. The leaves are turning to rusty colours, with occasional ﬁery reds or scrumptious yellows. The pretty perennial borders are less colourful now; a golden biscuit colour seems to take over from the summer colours.

A bright blue autumn sky is a terriﬁc back drop to the autumn shades. I hope you will be incentivised to take a stroll into our lovely countryside, and I especially recommend Calke Abbey to appreciate the splendour of this time of year.

Remember to plant in groups or repeat planting in a rhythmic sequence throughout. Using grasses really does seem to extend the interest of a garden well into wintertime. A light early frost on the thin arching stems of an ornamental grass is a beautiful thing to behold.

• Order and plant spring ﬂowering bulbs (but do not plant Tulips until there has been a frost) Bring indoors any house plants that you put outside for the hot weather

In late September and October, the ornamental grasses really show their value as they stand resolute and graceful in the borders. Excellent grasses for all sizes of gardens are Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ which are tall, upright and narrow in shape. Despite being whipped around by the wind, this grass always seems to stand back up again. A nice contrast is a lower soft swaying Stipa tenuissima which, at this time of year, becomes golden coloured and stays looking beautiful throughout the season. Please don’t be tempted to cut down ornamental grasses in autumn. Instead leave any cutting back until February. The top growth of leaves will help to protect the crown of the plant and insulate it from long hard frosts.

At Trentham, the success of the grasses lies in the repitition of groupings and the sheer area dedicated to them within the general planting schemes. Such planning principals can be taken home for use in your own gardens. gardensAutumnGarden

• If September is very warm keep watering newly planted plants

• Cuttings can be made from woody shrubs such as Fuchsia, and Lavender

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The Woodland Trust are celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2022 and are proud to be the largest owner of new woodland in the National Forest with 19 woodlands covering 1850 acres (750 Hectares); all of our woods are free for the public to enjoy quiet informal recreation.

Michael Heseltine, Secretary of State for the Environment planted the first tree at Willesley Wood near Ashby in November 1991. Our woods range in size from tiny Georgina’s Wood at Appleby Magna (2.5 acres) to our flagship Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Wood at Normanton le Heath at 660 acres, opened in 2012. Our woods cover the entire National Forest area from Battlestead Hill on the west side of Burton on Trent to Felicity’s and Martin’s Woods to the north of Beacon Hill; all these woods command excellent views of the surrounding countryside. In 1993 we planted Centenary and Tigers Wood at Bagworth where you can find a memorial to the Leicestershire “Tigers” Regiment”. Towards the centre of the Forest there is a cluster of woods with Top Wood and Penguin Woods between Linton and Coton in the Elms. Coton Wood and Foxley Wood are nearby and appreciated by the local community for their views and walks. Foxley Wood has recently been thinned in places by the Heartwood Community Woodfuel group who have worked in several of our woods.

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You are invited to join the Rotary Club for a fun ﬁlled evening, to include several on screen horse races where you can have a little ﬂutter on the races, you can even buy a horse or sponsor a race. A short break will take place for food, then the fun will re-commence with further races. 7.30pm start. Tickets £11.

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Join a group of likeminded people who enjoy wine and learning more about it. Contact Juliette on 07806 711 939 for more details. 7pm until 9pm in the Centenary Room.

Saturday DanceTheSeptember24thPalaceSocial Eddie ‘The Collector’ returns with his fabulous music for an evening of Ballroom, Latin and Sequence dancing. Doors and bar open from 7pm, dance starts at 7.30pm. Tickets £6. Friday PalaceBingoSeptember30thatthe A great social night out with Bingo and baraRightYourPlayCardspluslicensedand Everyonerefreshments. welcome. No need to book just turn up on the night. Doors and bar open at 7.30pm, eyes down at 8pm. Coming up: Sunday 16th October

Friday 16th September The Ibstock Community Choir After a two year break, Ibstock Community Choir are back for their annual concert with a renewed energy and a few new faces in the ensemble. Led by the talented Andrea Allen and accompanied by the fantastic Louie Plant, the choir will be performing an eclectic mix of music genres to get your toes tapping and hands clapping. Tickets £7, including refreshments, raising funds for Hospice Hope and the Community Choir. Available on the door. Doors open 7pm, the concert starts 7.30pm.

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Friday PalaceSeptember23rdFilm Night. the Palace presents ‘Elvis’ The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s. £5 per ticket. Doors and bar open 7pm. Film starts 7.30pm.

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Saturday 17th September – the Museum AGM will take place at 10.30am when a review of the past year and ideas for future programmes will be discussed. All welcome to attend. on at Ashby Museum

7th September – there will be a second General History Town Walk starting at the museum at 6.30 pm. taking about an hour. Cost £4. Please pre book at the museum, either in person or call 01530 560 090.

Saturday 3rd to Sunday 18th September - we are again taking part in NWLDC’s Hello Heritage event and will be offering free admission on each Saturday with opening hours extended to 3.30pm. There will also be an exhibition in our reception area about the National and Infant Schools (later Ashby Church of England Infant School) which opened in 1836 and for which the building now housing the museum and library was originally built.

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Friday 28th October – the Biennial Ian Clews Memorial quiz will begin at 6.45pm at Packington Village Hall. Cost £15 to include a ﬁsh & chip supper. Tables of 6 but we are happy to create tables of 6 from bookings by individuals or couples. Booking forms available from the museum. www.ibstocklife.co.uk

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In support of Ibstock Baptist Church and its outreach into the Community the church would like donations of clothing, toys, books & more for their weekly store open 10am-1pm Fridays and Saturdays at the church at Chapel Lane, Ibstock. Donations can be collected, please contact Lynette or Colin on 01530 263 443 or 07715 339 390.

Volunteers Needed Health Plus is looking for friendly volunteers in Leicestershire to show residents how to navigate the NHS app and other associated log ins to order medications, book appointments and feel more conﬁdent about viewing medical information online. With training and support you could make a huge difference to someone else’s conﬁdence and wellbeing. For further information, please contact health plus on 07715 078 735 or email healthplus@reachingpeople.co.uk

If you are looking at returning to singing and wish to sing with a Male Voice choir, why not consider Gresley Male Voice Choir? This year, so far, they have had a successful tour of Norfolk and through various events have raised over £1,600 pounds for Burton Prostate group. They meet every Friday night at 7pm at Newhall Methodist Church, Swadlincote, DE11 0JU. To ﬁnd out more contact Robert on 07736 932 923 or pro4gmvc@ gmail.com or see www.gresleymalevoicechoir. com

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Want to learn to play bridge? Would you like to take up a new hobby and meet new friends in a relaxed and friendly environment? Ashby Bridge Club will be starting a new course for absolute beginners on Wednesday 21st September to run for 12 weeks 10am - 12 noon at Ashby Leisure Centre. The lessons will be given by our own qualiﬁed bridge teacher and learners will continue to be supported with supervised play after the course ﬁnishes. £85per person or £150 for a couple sharing a book, for the complete course to include all materials and one year’s club membership. For more details, please contact Robert on 07865 398 468.

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We have recently started to provide online consultations. These can be used to ask the practice a question, which may be medical or something administrative. There is also a great deal of NHS self-care advice available through this service. This service is strictly for non-urgent advice and queries only. We will endeavour to respond within three working days, or more quickly if we can. The service will be available from 6am in the morning until 3pm each day. You can access this service via the practice website. It’s on the home page titled “Online GP Services”. At the moment, it’s only available via this route although an App for smart ‘phones is in development. If you have an NHS login you can use this to log in otherwise you will be prompted to set up a login. We can send you secure messages back through this system as long as you have logged in. All activity which happens through these online consultations is stored on your GP record so there is a permanent record of your query. If you have any non-urgent queries questions,or please do give this new system a try. Bill

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The past few weeks have given us some harsh weather to face, and sadly a great many wild animals and plants have been struggling. This is certainly a saddening situation, but there are some wonderful and uplifting remedies for this.

Recently, TCV have been developing new relationships with a range of fantastic community led projects. This includes Whistlewood Common near Melbourne and Albert Village Allotments near Swadlincote. These projects are focused on restoring wildlife populations, growing a range of incredible organic food and bringing huge beneﬁts to people through improving community cohesion, providing food security and nature engagement and education. It has been inspiring to spend time getting to know these projects and those involved, and we’re sure that if you spend time with us at these projects you will feel the same.

Over the next few months, we will be organising volunteer days on Tuesday and Saturday each week at nature reserves, country parks and at community land-based projects throughout the National Forest. No doubt we will also encounter a range of charismatic wildlife too; recent highlights have ranged from ravens and fallow deer to southern hawker dragonﬂies and ancient oak trees.

If you’d like to come and meet like-minded people, learn new skills and see a range of fantastic wildlife, you can ﬁnd us on social media to see what we are up to and get in touch. See @ TCVNationalForest

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