Your Totally Independent Local Newspaper 13 ASHBOURNE ANIMAL WELFARE CELEBRATION OF ANIMALS SERVICE 2pm. St. Oswalds Church, Ashbourne. Animals welcome in church and a donkey from the Donkey Sanctuary Derbyshire Centre will be taking part. Blessing of all animals attending. Everyone welcome to this special service to give thanks for the pleasure and companionship our pets provide. Tel 01335 300494 for more information. 13 CHRISTMAS MUSIC Mill Yard, Cromford Mill. 1-3pm. Free entry. Windwirks, Wirksworth’s wind band, will be delighting audiences with its Christmas repertoire. Visit www.cromfordmills.org.uk for further details or phone 01629 825995. 13 DARLEY DALE ST HELEN’S CHURCH Service of Lessons and Carols at 6pm with Darley Dale Band. 13 HALCYON RAMBLING CLUB 9.45am. SK 194696 7 miles (grade 2+). Ashford in the Water (meet at bridge). Wye Valley, Monsal Dale, Monsal Head. (walk can be extended if weather permits). 01629 636 175 or 07702 358 159. www.halcyonrambling.co.uk 13 MATLOCK AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY TABLE TOP SALE Mencap Centre, Greenaway Lane, Darley Dale. 8am-1pm. Free car parking, toilets. Refreshments. Sellers £6 a table. Please book in advance. 25p admission, children free. Enq. Jackie 07831316582. Gordon 01629 760624. 13 SOUTH DARLEY ST MARY’S CHURCH Service of Lessons and Carols at 4pm.
Peak Advertiser 7th December 2015 – Page 37 20 HALCYON RAMBLING CLUB 9.45am. SK 258659. 9 miles (grade 2). Rowsley Old Station CP. Beeley Hilltop, Chatsworth, Emperor Lakes, Edensor, Calton Lees, Rowsley. Pat Mellor 0114 2306 109. www.halcyonrambling.co.uk 20 SOUTH DARLEY ST MARY’S CHURCH Service of Lessons and Carols at 4pm. 20 ST MARGARET’S PARISH CHURCH, WORMHILL CAROL SERVICE at 6.30pm with Peak Dale Band. Everyone welcome.
Monday 21 BAKEWELL METHODIST CHURCH COFFEE MORNING Matlock Street, Bakewell. 10am-12noon. The Charity stall is in aid of Bakewell Rotary Club.
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15 DERBYSHIRE DALES GROUP OF THE RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION 11am. 4 miles. Extra leisurely. Ashford in the Water roadside. Monsal Head. 01773 850272. 15 DERBYSHIRE DALES GROUP OF THE RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION 10.30am. 6 miles. Leisurely. Parsley Hay CP, rail trails. 01335 370436. 15 DERBYSHIRE DALES GROUP OF THE RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION 10.30am. 6 miles. Leisurely. Eyam CP. Stanley House and Great Hucklow. 01629 825726.
19 BAMFORD FARMERS MARKET Hope Valley. 9am-1pm. Indoors at Bamford Village Institute or in the Anglers Rest car park. Do you grow your own, pickle or jam your own and want an opportunity to sell it on then call Paul and book a stall. 07593 345514. 19 BAKEWELL CHORAL SOCIETY CHRISTMAS MARKET Bakewell Methodist Church. 10am-2pm.Tombola and stalls selling cards, locally made glass decorations, soaps, handicrafts and Christmas decorations; jams, chutneys and preserves, cakes, books and a brica-brac stall. A giant Christmas hamper stuffed with everything needed for a gourmet festive season will be raffled throughout the day! The kitchen will be open for a selection of refreshments including many varieties of tea, freshly made coffee, a mouthwatering selection of home-made cakes and fresh soup and rolls. Free entry! 19 BAKEWELL FARMERS’ MARKET Agricultural Centre. 9am-2pm. Parking and easy access. Contact 01629 813777. 19 BAKEWELL CHORAL SOCIETY - A FESTIVE EVENING OF CHRISTMAS WORDS AND MUSIC 7.30pm. Bakewell Methodist Church. Carols, songs and readings based around the Christmas theme. Solo items by local young singers and an opportunity for audience participation! Tickets £8 from Bakewell Bookshop, choir members and on the door and will include seasonal refreshments. Accompanied children and students FREE. A donation will be made to Ashgate Hospice in memory of Jennifer Downey, former choral society member and Secretary. 19 DERBYSHIRE DALES GROUP OF THE RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION 10am. 7 miles. Moderate. Firestone lay-by (nr Hazlewood). Local walk. 07740 459015.
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16 HALCYON RAMBLING CLUB 9.45am. SK 203665. 5 miles (grade 2). Over Haddon (meet at pay and display car park). Ramble in the area. 01246 418 933. www.halcyonrambling.co.uk
14 BAKEWELL METHODIST CHURCH COFFEE MORNING Matlock Street, Bakewell. 10am-12noon. The Charity stall is in aid of Medway Centre. 14 DERBYSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST WYE AND UPPER DERWENT GROUP TALK 7.30pm. Darley Dale Methodist Church Hall, Dale Road North (A6) Darley Dale. Plants and Wildlife of Turkey. Dr Patrick Harding will give an illustrated and entertaining talk about the wildlife found there when plant hunting in Turkey. Admission £2.50. All welcome.
17 BAKEWELL AND DISTRICT FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY 7.30pm. Town Hall, Bakewell. 17 DERBYSHIRE DALES GROUP OF THE RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION 10am. 8 miles. Moderate. Alport, Bakewell and Haddon. 01629 732629. 17 WIRKSWORTH THURSDAY GROUP Wellspring Church, St John Street, Wirksworth. 10am-12noon. Christmas Bits and Bobs - Bob Neill.
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Friday 18 AFTERNOON TEAS with sandwiches and cake at Moorland House, Station Road, Hathersage. 2pm. Donation. All proceeds to various organisations. 18 CAROL SERVICE At St Mary’s Church, Cromford. 7.15-8:30pm. Meet in the Mill Yard, Cromford Mill. Donations welcome. Wassail by lantern light to St Mary’s Church for a carol service and selection of readings at 7:30pm. The service will be followed by refreshments including festive punch and cake. Bring a torch or battery operated lantern and come along in Georgian costume if you wish. Why not enjoy a delicious Christmas Dinner before the carol service and make it an evening to remember? Visit www.cromfordmills.org.uk for further details or phone 01629 825995. 18 CHRISTMAS DINNER Arkwright’s Café, Cromford Mill. 6-7.15pm. Cost: £19.50 – Limited places, advance booking essential. Come and enjoy a delicious three-course dinner before the carol service at St Mary’s Church. For further details and ticket bookings please visit www.cromfordmills.org.uk or phone 01629 825995. 18 DERBYSHIRE DALES GROUP OF THE RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION 2pm. Dale Road Methodist Church Hall, Darley Dale. ‘Pack Horse Routes of the Peak District’ - David Hey. Non members welcome. 01629 650092. 18 WHIST DRIVE Sheen Village Hall. 8pm. £1.50 incl. refreshments. In aid of St Lukes Church, Sheen. Please tel. George 01298 84492.
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20 ARKWRIGHT SPINSTERS Mill Yard, Cromford Mill. 11am-4pm. Free entry. The Arkwright Spinsters will be demonstrating spinning and fibre crafting and sharing their skills. Bring your own spinning wheel and learn to spin. Visit www.cromfordmills.org.uk for further details or phone 01629 825995. 20 BUXTON RAMBLING CLUB Start at Pavilions car park, Buxton (next to swimming pool). Walk 1: Mince pie walk – Short up to 8 miles. 10am. Anyone welcome. Membership £5 single or £8 family per year. Contact 01298 72230 or 01298 23441. www.buxtonramblingclub.co.uk 20 DERBYSHIRE DALES GROUP OF THE RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION 10am. 11 miles. Moderate. Rowsley Old Station CP. Little Bumper Piece, Falling Edge, Manners Wood. 01629 636350. 20 WINSTER ST JOHN’S CHURCH Service of Lessons and Carols at 6pm.
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BIG PROJECT IN THE GAMBIA
Old seats with old wood A big thank you to Bakewell Travel, Twiggs of Matlock and Pinelog of Bakewell who supported a couple from Bakewell and a big support from Bakewell and District Rotary Club. In January 2015 the couple visited a very poor area in the Gambia to check on water filters which the Aquabox filter
team made in 2011. After checking all filters were still working well they visited a local school in Brikama and discovered all the 48 desks had no wood for seats, backs, shelves and a desk top to write on. The photographs show number one classroom on Monday 16th November 2015 when the couple did an important job of
Students in finished classroom
Repaired desks measuring each desk for the new wood. The second photo taken on Friday 20th November shows all the new wood fixed to the desks and the third photo taken on Monday 23rd November shows the students in Class one. The total of students in the school is 71 boys and 71 girls. There is no electric, no toilets and
they depend on Aquabox water filters for clean water. After getting most funding from Rotary the couple had an open garden to raise more funds for screws and metal. A big thank you to everyone who came to the event and donated for the project, by the way the
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temperature in Gambia in the shade at the school was 38º. All 142 students and teachers were delighted
with the repaired desks including the Minister of Education, the village elders and Mr Cham the headmaster.
A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO THE EYE PLACE
Bakewell U14’s rugby team would like to thank Alex Kemp of the Eye Place Opticians for his kind generosity in sponsoring K.2 waterproof tops for the squad, which were presented to the boys by Jack his Optician on Alex’s behalf. Unfortunately Jack wasn’t able to see our boys in action due to yet another game being cancelled because of our waterlogged pitch. Our club dates back to 1928 with 140 members
but because we don’t own our own pitch it is impossible to receive any grants to improve the drainage. If we owned a piece of suitable land as a club we would be able to obtain funding to give the players a pitch to play on all season. If any landowners would like to offer us a piece of land please don’t hesitate to get in touch. U14’s manager Tree Law 07974 960209 treelaw1@gmail.com
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR BIN COLLECTIONS Derbyshire Dales residents have been reminded that Christmas and New Year bank holidays mean their bin collections timetables will change in late December and early January. But to avoid confusion, the District Council will not be bringing forward any collections this year - bin teams will either be collecting on residents' normal day or later than usual. In addition to scheduled recycling (blue bin/blue bags) collections, the District Council's contractor Serco will do a household waste collection on consecutive weeks (w/c 21 and 28 December) to help with the usual build-up of festive throw-away material. To help prioritise household waste collections, all garden waste (green bin/compostable sacks) collections are suspended during those two weeks. Food waste collections will continue to happen weekly and recycling collections fortnightly. Every household in the district received a Christmas and New Year collections timetable in the
USUAL DAY Monday
Monday 21 December Tuesday 29 December Tuesday 5 January
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Tuesday 22 December Wednesday 30 December Wednesday 6 January
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Wednesday 23 December Thursday 31 December Thursday 7 January
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Thursday 24 December Saturday 2 January Friday 8 January
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Monday 28 December Monday 4 January Saturday 9 January
Household waste*, food + any scheduled recycling Household waste*, food + any scheduled recycling Usual collection Household waste*, food + any scheduled recycling Household waste*, food + any scheduled recycling Usual collection Household waste*, food + any scheduled recycling Household waste*, food + any scheduled recycling Usual collection Household waste*, food + any scheduled recycling Household waste*, food + any scheduled recycling Usual collection Household waste*, food + any scheduled recycling Household waste*, food + any scheduled recycling Usual collection
(Household waste*= collection of your grey bin or black sacks) Garden waste collections will be suspended during weeks commencing 21 and 28 December and will be replaced by a household waste collection. October issue of the Dales Matters publication, and a collection calendar is also available to view or
download online at www.derbyshiredales.gov.u k/mycollection * The District Council has
put together a webpage of Christmas recycling tips at www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk /christmasrecycle