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MELBOURNE is to get a further 24homes, after council planners gave thehousing development proposals on Sta-tion Road the green light at a meetingthis month – despite heavy localprotest.

The decision to approve Alexander Bruce Es-tate’s plans for the homes comes after the samedeveloper was granted permission to build 22houses on Station Road last year, bringing itstotal number of new houses in that area of Mel-bourne to 46.

South Derbyshire District Council’s planning com-mittee agreed that the latest development could bebuilt in spite of 33 letters of objection from local resi-dents, pointing out well-documented fears that Mel-bourne cannot cope with so many new houses.

Worries over extra housing have been especially cen-tred around risk of flooding – which has already af-fected some new houses – and the fact that Melbourne’sdoctors’ surgery and schools are straining at the seams.

The planning report, which recommended that coun-cillors should support the development, included de-tails of Melbourne’s schools, saying that according tolatest projections the number of children applying tothe infant school over the next five years was likely toexceed its capacity, and that the school would not haveroom for the extra children living in the new houses.

The document went on to recommend that moneyshould be given to the schools for the “adaptation of aclassroom” in order to provide room for extra children.

But governors at Melbourne Infant School say thatan extra classroom is not the answer since it does notaddress the fact that the school building is simply notbig enough, when consideration is taken of factors such

as the size of the hall, number of toilets, and width ofcorridors.

Dave Smith, chair of the governing board at the in-fant school, told the Village Voice that these concernshad been raised with county education leaders.

He said: “It’s the board’s concern that the infantschool infrastructure could not cope with a big influx ofnumbers.

“Our concerns have been forwarded to the county. Anextra classroom is not the answer, we need more infra-structure to cope.”

Last month Village Voice told of Melbourne HealthCentre’s plans to extend the surgery to cope with somany new people living in the area, which were re-jected by the NHS.

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PROTEST FAILSTO HALT HOMESPlanners give go-ahead for yet more new houses

OUTSIDE the South Derbyshire District Council offices in Swadlincote are a group taking part in asilent protest over new developments in Melbourne and King’s Newton. They are (l-r): David Wilson,Fiona Wilson, Patrick Prentice, Cnthia Twiss, Barry Thomas, Mair Aitkenhead, Stuart Wilson and HelenSaunders.

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THE wedding of Flight Lieutenant Felicity Price and Flight Lieu-tenant Alastair Jamison of Cheltenham took place at MelbourneParish Church.It was a full military wedding with a Royal Air Force Guard of

Honour armed with ceremonial swords. Felicity is well known tomany local people, the daughter of Andrew and Julie Price fromPenn Lane. Andrew is also a retired Royal Air Force officer andwas authorised to wear his uniform for the occasion.

The reception took place at the magnificent Staunton HaroldHall with games and picnic baskets on the grass by the lake. Dur-ing the picnic, the wedding guests were entertained by the well-known singer, Natalie Nightingale. The guests then enjoyed a formal meal prepared by Butler’s

Pantry. After the meal, the evening guests arrived and were danc-ing to live music until midnight.On the Sunday morning immediate family had a superb break-

fast at Breedon Hall before Felicity and Alastair departed for theirhoneymoon in Borneo.

HAVE you got your ticket forthe Whistlewood Mid-SummerMusic Festival? It will be heldon Saturday, June 20, between2.30pm and 11pm at Whistle-wood, The Common, Mel-bourne. Entertainment will be pro-

vided by eight local acousticbands. Other attractions in-clude a Tollgate bar, Wayne’sHog Roast, Veggie food, HobbyHorse making and racing. Tofinish off what should be a greatday, there is free camping avail-able.Tickets from Forteys, Mel-

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THERE has been something of a quiet transformation tak-ing place with our medical records and there are poten-tially greater changes ahead.Since March this year all GP practices have had to offer an online

service, and the local health centres at Melbourne and Chellastonhave been ahead of the game, offering this already. This has in-cluded the ability to book an appointment or order a repeat pre-scription using a computer.Now you are able to access some of your medical records too. The

‘Systmone’ application enables patients, after a registrationprocess, to scroll through a summary of their medical case historywhich will include details of current medication and any allergies. Security concerns have been addressed by encrypting the infor-

mation and ensuring that only authorised individual users may ac-cess it.Most will be familiar with the bulging envelope of notes, known

as Lloyd George notes, since their introduction in 1911, which werepulled out every time you visited the doctor. Slowly these have beentransferred to computers along with details of medications and al-lergies. Whilst these were accessible by medical professionals, it isnow planned to have a summary of everyone’s record available on-line.“There are advantages to patients,” explained practice manager

Annette Jennison. “It means you can book or cancel an appoint-ment without having to wait at the end of the phone, and there isless risk of getting information wrong when ordering repeat pre-scriptions.” There are huge benefits, of course, if you need urgent attention

anywhere in the country as your records are instantly accessible.There are advantages in the surgery too, as it will reduce the num-ber of visits needed and hopefully improve “no show” appointments.The intention is to put all medical information, not just a sum-

mary, onto the computer record at some point. There are two key issues in doing this, however, with concerns

that it might be distressing for some vulnerable patients to accesstheir complete records, or where there has been some third partyinvolvement. eg of a spouse or carer, and such data needs to be pro-tected. The practice has seen take-up of this service by about 20% of pa-

tients so far, and it is keen to extend it.You can register online, by visiting the website (http://www.mel-

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A £1MILLION project to create a state-of-the-art indoor climbingzone and refurbish leisure facilities in South Derbyshire has beengiven the green light.South Derbyshire District Council has authorised the signing of

a deal with Sport England to deliver a project under which GroveHall, in Swadlincote, will be completely revamped into an 18-stationclimbing centre and modern dance studio.Sport England will contribute £500,000 to the scheme, with the

Council pumping in £450,000 and the rest coming from outsidesources.That money will also pay for additional refurbishment at Green

Bank Leisure Centre, the development of badminton and gymnas-tics in the district and further provision in the urban area. Stuart Batchelor, director of Community and Planning Services

at the district council, said: “The 2012 Olympic Games in Londonsparked a renewed interest in people across the nation to becomemore physically active, and in South Derbyshire we’ve been workingtirelessly on securing a legacy of sporting success.“The Grove Hall climbing centre project is particularly exciting

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ONE of Melbourne’s oldest and best-loved shops could be set to disappearin new plans to knock it down and re-place it with houses. The hardware shop L Ward has been a

fixture in its current location on the DerbyRoad since it was opened there in 1921 byEdwin Ward in what had been a FirstWorld War army hut.It is believed its origins go back even fur-

ther and that it had previously been basedin High Street premises now housing theChip & Pin – which became a bank in 1922.But the shop’s long history may soon

come to end, after plans were submitted toSouth Derbyshire District Council to de-molish it and build three houses on the landinstead. Owner James Coton (pictured outside the

shop) said the plans have been submittedas there is no-one in the family to take onthe shop – but that in any event, since plan-ning permission has not yet been acquired,nothing is due to happen imminently. Mr Coton started working in the shop in

1962 when it was run by his grandmother,Lillian Ward, who lent the store her firstinitial. In those days there was a greengro-cers shop next door. James has been atWard’s ever since. If the plans go ahead it will spell the end

of an era for a small village hardware shop,and others like it, where customers cancome in for six screws of exactly the rightsize for a specific DIY project and take themhome wrapped up in newspaper.

A planning “design and access state-ment” says the shop is “at the end of its use-ful life and the retirement of the currentowners triggers the closure of the shop.“The particular trade being offered is

now being replaced in larger urban storesand even in larger settlements there hasbeen an almost complete demise of generalhardware shops.”The proposal, if it goes ahead, is to knock

down the shop and create three houses onthe available land in a courtyard shape –one of them to replace the shop and the

other two set back from the road. If the proposals go ahead, it will be the

second small housing development alongDerby Road. Building is currently being done further

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l Mother anddaughter Maureenand Beth Ander-son mastermindthe pickle and jamstall at the Mel-bourne ParishChurch GardenFête. The event was

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ASTON Well Dressing Festival will be held over the weekend ofJuly 4/5. An all-new committee has been appointed for this year’s event

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made of natural materials and created by a variety of groups fromthe village and surrounding area. The opening ceremony is on theSaturday at 11.15am. This year there will be a new children’s area with crafts and en-

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IT’S the second day of June and I ask how couldthe weather be so bad? Twenty-four hours of rain, a cold wind and

little sun, follows a month that was fairly drybut very unseasonably cold. By the time youread this it can only be better.The same applies to the fortunes of farming

as everything we produce has lost 20 to 30 per-cent of its value. Milk is the worst with lots of producers get-

ting under 20 pence a litre compared with anaverage of 30p a year ago. This is on the backof too much being produced, made worse by thetraditional seasonal spring flush when cows goout to grass. Beef prices have seen a similar cut, but it

never ceases to amaze me how these farmersstill seem to pay crazy prices for rearing calves. Sheep farmers have had a good run of late,

but that changed a couple of weeks ago wheneven their end prices went south. Crop farmersare also feeling the draft. Wheat is trading at£107 per tonne at the time of writing, which is

the lowest price it’s been all winter. I’m told that there is a two million tonne sur-

plus to carry through to the new harvest andthis is unlikely to reduce as we are not compet-itive in export markets.All the above is good news for consumers –

or it should be if these prices filter down tothem, which sometimes takes a long time.With all our production costs set for the com-

ing year there is going to be some seriousscathing of heads in the coming months to saythe least.n I find it hard to believe and very sad that Ihave still not heard the cuckoo this year. Lotsof friends tell me that they have, which makesit all the more mysterious. Obviously I live deep in the countryside and

am outdoors 90 percent of the time, albeitsometimes aboard a noisy tractor or next toone.I think that this proves that this bird is in

decline for some reason or other but it would bea tragedy to see it completely fail.

STAFF from Weston-on-Trent Primary school, along with col-leagues from local schools, spent time with a distinguished AppleEducator to learn how to make movies using iPads. All of the teachers and teaching assistants at Weston-on-Trent

have been given iPads, which can be used effectively to support,and enhance, children’s learning.Over the course of the initial two-hour training session the staff

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TOM MILLSreports from theJune meeting ofMelbourne ParishCouncil

PROGRESS of the Mel-bourne Sporting Partner-ship recreation groundproject was the main topicat the June Parish councilmeeting. Malcolm Roseburgh, Cultural

Services Manager at South Der-byshire District Council, cameto deliver the good news – andthe bad – in an update of thestatus of the schemeThe bid to create a presti-

gious club house and excellentfacilities for outdoor sports inthe town has been beset by sev-eral complex issues that havedelayed progress. Although funding to the tune

of £2million has been raised orcommitted, there is a significantshortfall that has delayedprogress. Earlier delays resulted in in-

vitations to tender being sentout later than planned. This inturn impacted on tender sub-missions from contractors withhigher than anticipated prices. All of which has forced the

project team to undertake avalue engineering exercise withthe preferred contractor thathas resulted in changes to theinitial specifications for the siteand clubhouse. In Mr Rose-burgh’s words: “The specifica-tion has changed from a‘Rolls-Royce’ scheme to aneveryday scheme.”The revised costing for the

changed specification has re-duced the shortfall but stillleaves a gap of £80,000. Applica-tions for funding are ongoingand Mr Roseburgh expressedconfidence that this will beachieved. The parish council was re-

quested to review its financialcontribution to the scheme.Council reserves put aside andring fenced for the projectamount to £18k with ongoingcontributions of £9,000 per yearstarting in 2016.

It is envisaged that orders toproceed will be placed in Julywith work to start in August.This is dependent on SDDChaving received the money orcast iron guarantees that theshortfall has been met.In response to questions from

councillors, Mr Roseburgh com-mented that even with the re-duced specification the projectwould deliver value for money,would meet the needs of thecommunity, and is considered tobe a prestigious project. He was not able to comment

positively to the question ofwhether Section 106 contribu-tions from new developmentscould be allocated for the proj-ect.n There were congratulationsfrom district councillor JimHewlett to the new parish coun-cillor George Dunnicliff and re-ciprocal congratulations fromthe chair to councillors Hewlettand John Harrison on their re-election. n Cllr Hewlett informed themeeting that the paper andcardboard recycling facilitieshave been withdrawn from thecar park at the rear of the LambInn.

He suggested options avail-able to residents to dispose oftheir paper and cardboard. Ifthe caddy contained within thegreen bin has been filled, anyextra can be put into shoppingbags and left alongside the binon collection days. The onlystipulation is that the bagsshould be left open and not have

the handles tied together. An al-ternative is to use the green boxpreviously used for recycling ifresidents still have them.n County Cllr Linda Chilton ad-vised that all the potholes thathave been identified are on thecounty council working logsheet and will be addressed inthe near future. In addition several roads in

Melbourne have been identifiedfor work to be carried out underthe top dressing programme, in-cluding Packhorse Road andQueensway. In a letter from Severn Trent,

two officers are identified ashaving been appointed to ad-dress the flooding problems inMelbourne. Results from recent computer

modelling activities have notbeen conclusive. They are to be rescheduled to

take account of silting withinthe drain system. Current re-sults show a one in 20-year like-lihood of flooding in theLillypool area. n The damage caused throughvandalism at the Lothian Gar-dens has been repaired. Wit-nesses were able to identify theculprits and the police have spo-ken to their parents. It is hopedthat restorative justice will bepursued.n The council is appealing toMelbourne residents to volun-teer on loan, any photographsthat they may have of the Oldcemetery house and gardenwith a specific interest in thegarden.

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HUNDREDS of families attended the annualtraditional village fete at Elvaston Cricketground on Bank Holiday Monday. The Ambassadors Showband (pictured) wasone of the entertainments on offer togetherwith pony rides, fairground rides for chil-dren, a huge bouncy castle, face painting,dog displays and competitions, stalls, re-freshments and a traditional cricket match. Even the Bank Holiday weather was kind.

The fete was organised by the ElvastonParish Plan Steering Group, which works toput on events in the Elvaston area aimed atbringing the community together and raisingmoney for charity. The next event is a major exhibition on the

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PUPILS at Aston on Trent Primary School cameout of the classroom to handle a range of animalsand watch a fantastic falconry display.

The children donned animal outfits and tookpart in workshops learning about small mam-mals like meerkats , reptiles and minibeasts.

Aston School Parents Association has held theend of term event, ASPA Day, for the last fouryears, helping to raise additional funds for theschool and the pupils.

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Donna Empson, from ASPA, said: “Childrenwere given the chance to have new experiencesand given the opportunity to handle creatureswhich proved to be very interesting and excitingfor everyone. This was a great end to the termand it was clear a number of our children would

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To understand more easily,Irene lead the group in 15 min-utes of meditation, firstly usinga breathing technique and thena black and white visualisationtechnique. There was so muchconcentration going on in theroom you could have heard a pindrop!

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Hollingworth (Bill)Linda Iliffe &Alan Hollingworth and families would like to thank relatives and friends for their very kind messages of sympathy flowers and cards. A special thank you to Rev Dr Mark Powell for his kindness and much valued help. Our sincere thanks to everyone who helped and attended our fathers memorial service and for the donations which raised a total of £500 for the D. L. R. Air ambulance. Many thanks to you all.

PARISH councils throughout the areasaw some changes on May 7, althoughnot many polls took place.

In Melbourne there was no election butone new face joined the council coveringone resignation, the new councillor beingGeorge Dunnicliff.

Similarly at Aston on Trent, Chris Toonjoined the council without the need for anelection. The council has a full complementhaving co-opted Helen Cope a short timeago.

Things at Breedon on the Hill were quiteunusual with four councillors standingdown and seven candidates contesting forthe six vacancies.

Two sitting councillors were returnedwith four new members elected, thesebeing Dave Camp, Deborah Keith, RayMorris and Jim Morrison. They join chairSimon Jones and vice-chair Jane Melen.

At Weston on Trent only four candidatesstood for the seven vacancies; however,with co-options all vacancies are filled andthe three new councillors are: TimothyPendenque, Graham Harper and PaulNewton.

At Elvaston, with nine vacancies, onlysix candidates stood leaving the councilthree short and to date, no co-options havebeen possible.

Barrow on Trent saw four existing coun-cillors returned and currently looking to co-opt two, to bring the council up to strength.

There were elections at Ticknall for sixplaces with seven candidates standing. Theoutcome resulted in one new face being

elected to join the council, Paul Col-leyshaw.

With 10 seats available at Findern andonly four candidates, six vacancies re-mained. Two have been covered by the co-option of Mark Smith and Brian Goodallwith four vacancies still to be filled.

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THE Annual General Meeting of Mel-bourne Assembly Rooms is taking placeon Thursday, July 2, at 7.30, pm.

There have been a number ofchanges in the composition of the gov-erning board, with some resignationsover the past year, and there will be anumber of board members standingdown as required by the constitution.

Any existing member of the Assem-bly Rooms who wishes to stand for elec-tion to the board or any board memberseeking re-election needs to apply inwriting before June 25, one week beforethe meeting.

The chairman, Phil Dobby, will beoutlining the changes and improve-ments that have taken place over thelast year and there will be an outline ofthe organisation’s finances.

Because of increased costs it is likelythat the hire rate will be increasing

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Plans to make some modest changesto the structure of the building are alsoin place, but are dependent upon therelease of earmarked funding from thedistrict council. A bid to the HeritageLottery Fund for substantial recon-struction has not progressed substan-tially as the bidding process dependsupon significant investment both intime and in fees.

The board will also be putting for-ward a resolution to decrease the num-ber of directors over time to enable thegoverning group to become more fo-cussed. Applications from individualswith experience of charitable or otherfund-raising and project managementwould be particularly welcomed.

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n CHILDREN and staff atFindern Primary Schoolcelebrated the school’s90th birthday. The cele-brations started with amagic show and everyonedressed up in 1920sclothes. Everyone was treated to

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ried at Melbourne BaptistChurch on July 28, 1959, by theRev John Glover. They lived onMain Street, Kings Newton,where their children Guy andSarah were born. During thistime Michael and Ann werevery involved with the Baptist

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WITH the Download Festival nearlyupon us for the 13th time, Village Voicemet up with Live Nation’s ProjectManager for the whole shebang! With responsibility for a multi-million

pound budget, a small army of employeesand contractors, a population equivalent toa small town to look after for a weekend,and over 100 acts of various kinds to juggle,local girl Jess Shields has a huge burden onher young shoulders. Jess grew up on Download’s doorstep, at

Park Farm Hotel which is run by her par-ents, and she fell in love with the festivalfrom an early age. After completing a de-gree in archaeology in Nottingham she per-suaded dad to let her spend her summervolunteering and she got a temporary jobwith Live Nation, the company which runsthe event.After an initial year’s contract she was

taken on full time and has not regretted aday of it. “I just cannot imagine any other kind of

lifestyle,” she said. “After this I go to NewLook Wireless in Finsbury Park, then ontoElectric Daisy Carnival in Milton Keynes,then to Ibiza and then Liverpool Cream-fields in August.” Then, with the festival season about

done, they start planning the followingyear. “It is a strange life in many ways,” she

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ing in strange places, often missing out onfriends’ weddings or celebrations,” but luck-ily she is in a relationship with someone inthe music business, so they have a mutualunderstand. Plus, when she is at herfavourite festival in Donington she gets tostay at home for a bit!Asked about the enormous responsibility,

Jess said it really is all down to team work.She has a great team, with people lookingafter health and safety, site management,production, artiste liaison, general set-upetc, and as they travel around a lot togetherthey get on well. She takes very seriously the relation-

ships with neighbouring villages. “We re-alise that upwards of 60,000 peopletravelling to and from the site and the noiseis bound to impact on the local communi-

ties, but we work very hard to minimisethat. People have jobs to go to, and of coursethe airport has to keep operating.” “The plans for road closures and disrup-

tion are advertised well in advance. Wehave strict limits for noise and work hardto ensure that after 11pm the site is moni-tored. We do rely a lot on the people in thearea, and the local support is generally fan-tastic.”The organisation does support commu-

nity projects also; each year they have alocal good cause they support and recentlythey have supported Melbourne ParishCouncil, Community Care, and the Assem-bly Rooms and the King’s Newton’s jubileeparty.There is a huge network of loyal Down-

load fans and they take account of theirviews on social media to keep the festivalfresh. This year, in response to fans’ ideas,there will be an inflatable wedding chapel,where you can have a (fake) wedding and arave after! They are having Metal SpeedDating, Laser tags, Progress Wrestling, andall sorts of other weird and wonderfulthings!Jess wanted to say “a huge ‘thank you’ to

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ON Sunday, July 5, from noon to5pm, Breedon on the Hill is holdingits village Open Gardens event toraise funds for the air ambulance. On the same afternoon there will

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n VE DAY celebrations took place at Melbourne’s British Legion Club in aid of the Poppy Ap-peal.Bon Jazz Bigband played music in the 1940s style for the entertainment of those attending.

Vocals featured Gemma Bower, Jim Marsden and other talented band members. Trumpetsolos were played by Brendan O’ Neill, and making her directorial debut was Naomi Sylvia.It was a good night’s entertainment, which also raised approximately £400 for the appeal.

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n CHURCHES across the UK rang part of the 70th VE Day celebratio weekend of May 8/9/10.

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n VE Day was celebrated in Breedon onthe Hill with a singsong of VE Day tunessuch as "Roll out the Barrel" and "Lam-beth Walk" in the church.

The celebratory song booklets wereprovided by Hazel Salt of Smisby to heraccompaniment on a piano accordion.The songs were sung with great gustofor an hour of fun.

Tea, coffee and very tasty homemadebiscuits were provided by members ofthe church. The sing-song was followedby a peal of celebratory bells by thechurch ringers.

The Breedon beacon, originally pro-vided by the local quarry company, nowEnnestone Aggregates, was filled withwood and a liberal dosing of paraffin byHarold and Andrew Heath, of SchoolFarm, Staunton Harold, assisted by theprovision of a cherry picker from MrBonser.

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IN addition to on-going work improving and protecting footpaths inthe parish and beyond, Melbourne Footpaths Group (MFG) had an-other successful Whitsun weekend of walks as part of the NationalForest Walking Festival.

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Also starring Opera Babe Karen England, the concert was a rousingsuccess with standing ovations from the large audience filling StPeter’s Church.

In a reworking of the concert performed in Melbourne in 2013, con-ductor Paul Marshall wove a story of love, despair, anguish and loverekindled around popular opera arias.

As one half of the famous Opera Babes, described as a “classicalcrossover” duet, Karen chose the selections to suit her mezzo sopranovoice, and in the acoustics of a parish church it is a pleasure to hearthe range and quality of her voice so intimately.

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tions challenging for the open day. In spite of theweather, people flocked to Staunton Harold SailingClub (SHSC) from as far afield as the USA and asclose at hand as the nearby village of Melbourne,to sample sailing with 30-minute taster sessions onthe water. These sessions were enjoyed by 57 ‘sailors’ with

an age range of 3-68. One couple requested a cap-size within 25 seconds of their taster and the expe-rienced helm obliged with a stylish capsize in frontof the clubhouse which his ‘sailors’ loved – as didall the onlookers! With visitors signing up for family memberships

and further memberships anticipated and a host ofyoung people signing up for junior courses it was avery rewarding and enjoyable event. The club wishes to say a massive thank you to all

the volunteers, too many to name individually, formaking it a wonderful day for S H SC and puttingon such a warm welcome for all the visitors! To find out more about Staunton Harold Sailing

Club go to: www.shsc.org.The club is celebrating its 40th birthday this

year and is inviting all former members to join inthe summer anniversary celebration in June. To be held over the weekend of June 27–28, for-

mer members are encouraged to come back and trysailing on Saturday the 27th before the party atnight.The anniversary celebrations include two live

bands, three bouncy castles (adult and children's),face painting and a big BBQ, fully stocked bar withreal ale and free camping for those who want tostay over.If you are interested and a former member and

want to know more or book a ticket at just £20 eachplease email; [email protected] or pop down tothe club one weekend.

Sailing clubs help topush the boat out

OVER the Bank Holiday weekend,The Mocking Jays, a young four-piece band from the area, were in-troduced by their management,Lime Digital Communications, toperform at Melbourne AssemblyRooms.With a crowd of around 100,

proper staging, a full PA andacoustic system the band get thelook and feel of a professional gig.Three of the band went to school

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fourth is from Castle Donington.They have done the circuit of localpubs and have just broken throughinto larger locations, like The Venuein Derby and the Troubador in Lon-don. Trying to make it in the music

business means hard work andthese lads look as if they have theappetite for it. The band comprisesJacob Smith (vocals/guitar), SamDorrington (drums), Alex Hather(bass), Lewis Hammond (lead gui-

tar). With clear influences of ArcticMonkeys and Kasabian the bandfall into the Indie Rock to Popgenre, with ballads and straightdance music in their catalogue.With a catchy new single “Feels”now out and produced locally inBelper, the band are hoping for big-ger and better things whilst work-ing hard and clearly enjoyingthemselves along the way. Supportacts were Isaac Bloomfield and theHarmonics.

Young band gets a taste of professionalismNursery aidsair ambulanceVOLUNTEERS from the Der-byshire, Leicestershire & RutlandAir Ambulance held a bucket col-lection at Swarkestone Nurseryand raised £462.

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LYNNE Belcher, School BusinessOfficer, bids farewell to Aston onTrent Primary School after 26 years.Lynne will have been a familiar faceto many of the children at the schooland those who attended in the past.

She is now looking forward to along and happy retirement with herfamily. The whole school communitywill miss her and she is thanked forthe dedication and commitment shehas given the school.

Pictured at the school gate are (l-r) Doreen Yates (governor), LynneBelcher with bouquet, Tom Bamford(teacher) and Lindsey Kalirai (head-teacher) with a small group ofpupils.

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CALLING all bakers – budding or fully risen – Melbourne is soon to host its sec-ond Bake-Off competition as part of this year’s summer carnival.

Last year’s Bake-Off contest at the Melbourne Fete and Carnival was such a successthat organisers are holding a second contest for this year’s event, the theme of which is“holidays”.

There will be three categories that local people can enter: Victoria Sponge, “HolidayBake” – (any bake on a holiday theme) – and a special class for under-16s who are askedto present three decorated cupcakes.

Judging this year’s contest will be Melbourne’s own star chef and baker Penny Heath. To enter the bake-off, you can collect entry forms either from the Welcome Café, Post

Office or Melbourne News. Entry costs £1 and completed forms need to be dropped off to6 Blanch Croft, Melbourne, by 8pm on Monday, July 6.

There is still time to get involved in the carnival procession which traditionally kicksoff proceedings. Anyonewho wants to enter a floatshould contact carnivalchair Tracey Ridley on0786 668 9971.

The procession starts atCastle Square at 11.45amand judging will take placefrom 11am.

Teams of eight are alsoinvited to enter this year’stug-of-war competition. All interested should contact Matthew Iliffeat Picture of Health Gym on 01332 862532 or Andy Owens on 0776914 1757.

The carnival will officially open at noon on Saturday, July 11.Programmes can be bought from Sainsbury’s or Melbourne Newsat the cheaper advance price of £2.50 on the weekends leading upto the carnival. On the day they will sell for £3, with under-16sgoing free if accompanied by an adult.

The carnival’s holiday theme will include plenty for the wholefamily, including a Punch and Judy, Samba workshop, hog roast,face painting, sandcastle building, games, rides, lots of stalls andlive entertainment from bands and dancers.– Lucy Stephens

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THE race has been run and the cheques havebeen counted – it’s time to raise your glasses totwo Melbourne mums who have run the LondonMarathon and raised more than £4,000 for char-ity at the same time. Suzanne Adams and Ellen Robertson, who

completed the marathon in April, have more tocelebrate after their fund-raising total reached ahuge £4,334.82. The money is going to the Down’sHeart Group, a charity close to Suzanne’s heartas her son, Jamie, has Down’s and the family hasbenefited from its good work. The pair are members of Melbourne Joggers,

which meets every Tuesday and where Suzanneis also a jog leader. They ran every step of the London Marathon

together, completing the run in four hours, 31minutes and 12 seconds to cross the finishing lineholding hands in true marathon tradition. Ellen (left) and Suzanne with Ellen’s daughter,

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MELBOURNE Town CricketClub is once again running itsannual family open day andsponsored bike ride on Sunday,July 5, starting at 1pm. Last year the event was run

for the first time in memory offormer MTCC captain andplayer Bob Marshall (Marsh)and once again 50% of the pro-ceeds will be donated to CancerResearch UK, which last year

raised nearly £3,000 in total. As well as the sponsored bike

ride there will be stalls at theground with a BBQ, bar, raffle,tombola, bouncy castle, sweetstall and much more. There will be a Dads against

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THE Ticknall branch of the WIwill be celebrating 100 years ofthe National Women’s Instituteat Ticknall Village Hall onWednesday, July 29.

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A FASCINATING glimpse into the past hasbeen uncovered in an old drawer in Milton,after a couple renovating their home dis-covered a newspaper dating from 1796.Charlotte and Steve Gormley are in the

process of transforming their home in the village,having recently moved there from Melbournewith daughters Eva, 10, and Hettie, 7 – bothpupils at Melbourne schools. The Gormleys believe parts of the building, a

former farm house, may date from as early as the17th century – although when they bought theproperty the only concrete clue as to its originswas a brick on an outside wall marked 1852. But when Steve was upstairs clearing out an

old cupboard one day he discovered that thedrawers were lined with copies of the Derby Mer-cury, one of which clearly bears the date: Thurs-day, January 14, 1796 – two months beforeNapoleon married Josephine!That is an early date for a newspaper, espe-

cially considering that The Times of London wasonly started a few years previously in 1785. Charlotte (pictured) said: “We were told the

house was old but there was no proof of how oldit was. When we took the floor up in one room wefound a floor of hand-made bricks – and hand-made brick production in Derbyshire stopped inthe 1700s. “In the middle upstairs bedroom there had

been a Georgian fireplace with a Georgian hobgrate, and next to the chimney breast was a built-in cupboard with drawers which weren’t on run-ners but on flat pieces of oak. It was ondismantling the drawers that we discovered thepiece of paper in the bottom.”The Derby Mercury started in 1732 and con-

tinued publication all the way until the 20th cen-tury, when it was bought by the Derby DailyTelegraph, an ancestor of the current Derby Tele-graph. The edition found by the Gormleys gives a

wonderfully varied window into the pre-Waterloolocal countryside, being densely packed with nu-merous small articles, many of which are adver-tisements for forthcoming auctions for furnitureand cattle in Ashbourne, Belper, Derby and

Duffield, alongwith lists of unfor-tunate people whohave become bank-rupt. There are details

of money to be wonin the next “Eng-lish State Lottery”,for which the topfive prizes were£20,000 each!Intriguing infor-

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which, given the January publication date, wouldcertainly have been an inducement to attend. One particularly sad story tells of a woman all

the way from Hull who “felt herself extremelythirfty (sic) got out of bed and took a bottle whichshe fuppofed contained geneva (a kind of Dutchgin) but, when too late, difcovered fhe had takena large dofe of mercurial mixture, which csufedher death in a few hours”. Another article in a slightly later edition,

found in another drawer, is an urgent request forschoolmasters to teach in Alton, Staffordshire,saying the school has an endowment of £12 ayear. Candidates are also tempted to apply withthe encouragement that “the School Room is ca-pacious, and well adapted for the purpofe, and toa fingle man of good conduct and abilities a veryeligible fituation is offered”.But the news is not just local, there is coverage

of Napoleon’s exploits against the Russians, too.In the same historical spirit, the Gormleys

have put their own time capsule into the room forfuture inhabitants to wonder at. – Lucy Stephens

1796 newspaper in drawerI WONDER whether you would allow me,through your Letters Page, to say a massivethank you to the voters of South Derbyshirewho have re-elected me as Member for Parlia-ment for our area.The campaign started in a difficult way

from Ward 7 of Burton Queens Hospital butafter excellent care from so many parts of theNHS I was able to go home and campaign in amore traditional way, seeing and speaking tomany people on doorsteps and out and about.I thoroughly enjoyed my first five years as

MP and commit to work even harder in thesenext five years. Although unemployment issignificantly reduced we cannot let up onworking with businesses to encourage them toexport, to take on apprentices and to expand.Our area is growing fast and that means pub-lic services must keep up with demand, indeedwe must ensure that the appropriate infra-structure is put in at the same time as thenew homes, a real challenge but one I am rel-ishing.So thank you all 25,066 voters, representing

49.385 of the electorate, an overwhelming re-sult that is extremely humbling. I promise todo my best for everyone in South Derbyshire.Heather Wheeler

CAN I, through your pages, thank everyonethat voted in the last election especially thosethat voted for me and our local candidates. Weappreciate your support. We now have an excellent platform on

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Swifts ‘club’ night is each Tuesday,6pm to 7pm for under 16s, with adults7.30pm onwards. All interested are wel-come. See Swiftstabletennis.co.uk andclick on the contacts page.

Swifts players are pictured with theirtrophies for winning divisions 2 and 4 inthe Derby and District Table TennisLeague.

THE Aston 2-mile and 10kruns took place on Sunday,May 17.

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THE Melbourne Minxes celebrated their fifth AllFemale Rugby Event in style as they watched360-plus female players running around theirpitches.

The decision to move the event from Chellas-ton Academy to Cockshut Lane was made hopingthat the option of camping would encourage at-tendance from teams from further afield. This op-tion had the desired effect with 150 attending thelive band session on Saturday night.

"Agent Utah were amazing and helped to cre-ate a great atmosphere for everyone and set the

tone for the following day.” said Nick Woodland,head coach.

The event was supported by around 20 clubsfrom across England with Gary Rudkin andSimon Boyd from the RFU, Wendy Earp fromMelbourne Parish Council and David Smith, theclub president, with several others from the com-munity all attending.

"I have been fortunate enough to have the fullsupport from the current Mini, Junior andMinxes chairman Nick Brown and past chairmento really push the Minxes in our desire to get

more females playing,” said Woodland. "What is even better is that, I have the backing

of the parents and players, without either, thisevent wouldn't have been possible to put on, sothey deserve the credit.”

The Minxes were also joined by Laura Keates,the Women’s World Cup Winner, who they cur-rently sponsor and who was impressed to seesuch an event compared to when she was playingfor her local U15s.

The event was hugely successful and offered agreat chance for all participating clubs to use it

as a recruitment event. In Melbourne, it is hopedthat the event will inspire more ladies to visit theCockshut Lane ground on Tuesday nights overthe summer.

The sessions will consist of some fun and fit-ness wrapped up in a touch rugby environmentwith an aim of running a ladies side in the nottoo distant future.

The club would like to thank those who helpedto support the event and to offer local companiesa chance to be a part of a successful eventthrough sponsorship.

MINXES PLAY HOST TO OVER 360 FEMALE RUGBY PLAYERS

THE Aston and Weston BowlsClub open day was a verysuccessful event with mem-bers and visitors enjoyingfine spring weather duringthe afternoon. The open dayattracted 15 visitors whojoined members on the greenwith over 40 people attend-ing.

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MELBOURNE Dynamo Football Club com-pleted its most successful season, securingthree major trophies, the first team winningthe Derbyshire Cup and the MRA ChallengeCup with the Reserves claiming the MRADivision Two Title.

Going into the final month of the season Dy-namo had already seen the Reserves claim theirsilverware so it was left to the first team to com-plete their league programme and a ChallengeCup final thrown in for good measure.

They began needing to make up a plus 10 goaldifference in their final two league games. Theystarted well away at Wirksworth Ivanhoe withDanny Guild leading the way with a double, sup-ported by Tim Adcock, Dave Brough, Josh Loweand skipper Carl Allsop in a 6-1 win.

The final game of the league season proved onetoo far with the first team having to settle for therunners-up spot once again. A 1-1 away drawwith a goal from veteran Dave Brough saw themend up just two points behind championsRowsley.

Gavin Salisbury's men then turned to the MRA

Challenge Cup Final as the faced Cromford. Theyput in a fine team performance with goals fromCarl Allsop and ‘goal of the season’ from Tim Ad-cock, a 30-yard screamer, securing the trophy.

The first team ended the season having played32 games, which included a run of 18 wins on thetrot, scoring a remarkable 111 goals, concedingjust 26 with 14 clean sheets. Leading scorer wasDanny Guild with 24 goals well supported byMicheal Tristram (22) and Dave Brough (21).

The Reserves scored a record 115 goals in their32 games with Jack Goodband scoring an amaz-ing 36. Veteran Alex Slater was second top goalscorer with nine and Tom Donnachie third witheight goals.

At the end of season awards event held atHarpur’s, the club’s main sponsor, first teammanager Gavin Salisbury thanked everyone thathad contributed to the most successful seasonever for the club.

Danny Guild won the first team players’ playerand leading goal scorer awards. Mark Croakewon the manager’s player trophy, Micheal Tris-tram claimed the most appearances award and

Tim Adcock claimed first team goal of the season. Jack Goodband matched Guild in claiming the

players’ player and leading gscorer trophies for

the reserves with Ben Stanley getting the man-ager’s player trophy.

Ben Dale won the most appearances and AlexSlater claimed the Reserves’ goal of the season.

The two most important awards the club pre-sented were to Jak Ward, who won Clubman tro-phy for all his tireless work behind the scenes,and the 'Les Earp' memorial trophy presented byJanet and Kevin Earp, which was won by chair-man and club captain Carl Allsop.

The club would finally like to thank their mainsponsor Harpur’s, tracksuit sponsor Breedon Pri-ory Health Club and all the ball sponsors.

MELBOURNE United FC U10s enjoyed ateam training session with FA coaches at theindoor 3G pitch at St George’s Park.

It was a great experience for the boys asit included a tour of the ‘Wembley’ likepitches and the elite changing rooms andperformance gyms. As a result of their visitthey were invited to return to play a friendlygame against an U10 team from Leeds.

It was a great game with plenty of end toend action which, unfortunately, Melbournelost 4-1. The experience, though, was fantas-tic playing in front of a large travellingcrowd with an FA supplied referee and lines-

man!It capped off a great season for the boys,

having finished top of their cup group play-ing some lovely football throughout the year.It has been a season of many goals havingnetted 119 with a points per game averagebetter than Chelsea’s!

In recognition of their achievement, atti-tude, fair and equal playing philosophy, theteam were voted Melbourne United Team ofthe Year. The award was presented by clubchairman Marcus Radcliffe on the StGeorge’s pitch, hopefully a memory that willlast with the boys for many years to come.

United kids’ taste of the big time

l LEFT: Dynamo First and Reserve Teammanagers Gavin and Greg Salisburyproudly show off the club’s 2014/15 silver-ware at their annual awards presentation.

The Salisburys are holding (from left toright ) the MRA Challenge Cup, MRA Divi-son Two Winners and the Derbyshire Divi-sional Cup South trophies.

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MAY was quite an incrediblemonth for Melbourne TownCricket Club’s first teamwinning three of theirgames, which included aclub record run chase, andtying the fourth. They began with a convincing

home win against Yoxhall 1sts.A superb opening spell of 4-30from skipper Alex Slater sup-ported by two wickets for MattBriers left the visitors shot outfor just 125. Slater completed the win top

scoring with 56 aided by 36 fromopener Andy Potts. A week later, away to Uttox-

eter 1sts on a damp wicket, onlyMatt Briers (26) came to termswith the conditions as Townwere bowled out for just 93. Then, amazingly, Melbourne

bowled the home side out for 66.Opening bowlers Slater (4-16)and Briers (3-31) did the dam-age with two brilliant run-outsby Briers securing an unlikelyvictory. At home to Breadsall the vis-

itors racked up a daunting 246despite three wickets fromSlater. In reply, Melbourne werewell set with an opening standof 183 by Andy Potts (90) andMark Rossi (83) but the loss of

these two saw a collapse. A fourby Slater off the last ball re-sulted in a remarkable tie asTown also scored 246.Slater's men ended the month

with their amazing record runchase away to high flying Spon-don 2nds. The hosts hit a mam-moth 328-5 off their allotted 46overs with Lee Tallis claimingthree wickets. In reply the first team lost

two early wickets. A stand of 185in just 24 overs by Slater, whohit exactly 100, and Tallis (94)put Melbourne in a great posi-tion which left Matt Briers (52)and Russ Allaway (35 not out) tosee them home to victory and inthird place in the league.Melbourne 2nds have strug-

gled early season mainly due tolack of availability and, as a re-sult, lost three of their fourleague games. They started with a losing

draw at home to Uttoxeterwhere the visitors batted firstand amassed a huge 310 de-clared. In reply, Dan Marshall'smen dug in as 58 from BrunoRost plus 33 by Paul Scrimshawhelped them to 159-8. The following week a strong

Packington first team bowledthe 2nds out for just 100 andwon by nine wickets. The pattern was the same a

week later away to Sutton onthe Hill first team as the 2ndslost by 107 runs. The hosts hit315-5 but Melbourne showedsome fight as 89 from JulianHumpidge took them to 206 all

out. The last game in May, at

home to Rosehill 2nds, saw for-mer Derby County star MarkStallard hit 159 not out as theyscored 264-3. In reply Townslipped to 136 all out. Humpidgewith 58 was the top scorer.Melbourne Town third team

had just two games in May andbegan with a home gameagainst Burton 2nds .The visi-tors scored 264-7 with Kev Tow-ell taking 3-47 along with twowickets for Dave Potts andunder 13s junior Sam Jacka-man. In reply town were bowled out

for just 90, despite skipper Rost(28) and Fletcher (26). Away to Tutbury 3rds two

wickets apiece for HowardWilliams and another under 13junior, Harry Potts, helped keepthe home side to 289-5. Mel-bourne held on for a very cred-itable draw on 90-3 withFletcher hitting 52 not out. Special mention must go to

Zak Parkinson and Sam Jacka-man together with Harry Pottsand Fergus Hudson. Althoughall under 13 they have con-tributed hugely to the thirdteam this month.The club would also like to

thank its ball sponsors for May,without whom they wouldstruggle to run. They wereDoves Garage, Breedon CarpetCare, Richard Heath (presi-dent), Albert Wood, Bruno Rostand Melbourne Royal BritishLegion.

Town win after arecord run chaselMelbourne Town CC 1st XI (back row l-r) Tel Potts (scorer),

Siv Sirapalan, Jason Lander, Matt Briers, Ian Roberts, LeeTallis and Sam Adcock; front row: Mark Rossi, Andy Potts,Alex Slater (captain), Russell Allaway and Colin Wakefield.

MELBOURNE Tennis Club began its 2015 seasonwith two narrow defeats as it aims to get promotedfrom Division 6. Away to Derby Tennis Centre, Mel-bourne went down five rubbers to four with captainMark Swallow leading the way with partnerHoward Cheshire winning 9-5, 9-5 and then losing3-9. Second pairing Rob Clarke and Vinny Hallifield

won one rubber 9-5 and lost the other two 2-9, 6-9and finally third pairing Mark Earp and Rob

Wright won 9-6 but lost 1-9, 2-9, leaving Melbournejust short of a winThe second match of the month was away to a

strong Ilkeston 2nds with some close rubbers justnot going Melbourne’s way in losing 2-7 with theSwallow/Cheshire partnership winning 9-1 but los-ing their other two 2-9, 5-9. The second pairing of Hallifield and Dave Faux

won 9-4 and lost 8-9, 4-9 with third pairing of TimShone and Rob Wright losing 5-9,7-9, 5-9.

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MELBOURNE Bowls Club has resumed playing on Wednesdayevenings from 6pm on the green at the Senior Citizens’ Centre inChurch Street. The club recently held a taster evening where new-comers were encouraged to take up the sport and old members wel-comed back. Melbourne BC is one of the oldest established clubs in the town

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Following the success of the taster evening and the influx of newmembers the club is seeking anyone who has a set of flat greenwoods that they are no longer using who would consider donatingthem for the clubs use.

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