Village voice september 2015

by FRANK HUGHES

CONTRACTORS have now movedonto the site to start work on theMelbourne Sporting Partnership’sclubhouse and tennis courts.

It is anticipated that the new facilitiesand the clubhouse will be ready to open intime for Summer 2016. The first sod wasturned recently, marking the commence-ment of the building phase.

The £2million-plus development is finally un-derway after some 10 years of organising andplanning.

This South Derbyshire District Council projectis being backed by Derbyshire County Council,the Football Foundation, Sport England, theRugby Football Union and Melbourne ParishCouncil to total around £2,400,000.

Some of the funding is in the form of a loanfrom SDDC, set against future payments coming

from agreed development plans.Melbourne district councillor John Harrison

said: “We had to do some ‘value engineering’when building tenders came back higher thanthe original estimates, and some of the facilitieswill have to wait until later phases. When it is

completed I am confident it will be the bestmulti-sport facility anywhere in South Der-byshire.”

Unfortunately, some of the “bells and whistles”may have to wait until later phases.

There will be six changing rooms installed ini-

tially, slightly fewer than the planned eight; thebowling green, the ‘trim trail’ around the perime-ter and the children's play area may have to waitfor now.

Over £500,000 has been spent already, withsignificant funding having gone on groundworksand drainage, rugby pitch floodlighting and thelegal and professional fees necessary to get amajor project like this off the ground.

It is currently a partnership between the threeexisting sports – cricket, rugby and football – butthere is flexibility in the constitution to bring inother organisations, such as the tennis and bowlsclubs, or indeed any other outdoor sport.

The early consideration had also included asports hall, but space was simply not there to ac-commodate it.

There will be two rugby pitches, two footballpitches, and an artificial grass surface pitch, thecricket field and three all-weather tennis courts.

Sitting near the existing entrance will be theclubhouse, with changing facilities, showers,function room/bar and a kitchen.

WORK FINALLY STARTSON £2M PROJECT

First images of what the new Melbourne sporting facilities could look like

l Digging the first sod at Cockshut Lane Recreation Ground in readiness for buildingwork to commence on the Melbourne Sporting Partnership clubhouse and changing roomfacilities is Councillor John Harrison. He is joined by a group of people all connected tothe MSP in some capacity.

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A TRUE lady of Melbourne has celebrated her90th birthday – surrounded by family. Sophia Patchett was born on September 4

in Melbourne’s Mount Pleasant, now knownas Commerce Street, and was the grand-daughter of local market gardener PhilipTivey. She left school at 14 and joined the Land

Army during the Second World War – workwhich took her to Cheshire and then Repton,before returning to Melbourne.After the war ended, Sophia worked at the

Castle Mills textile factory in Melbourne, mar-rying Vincent in 1949 – who passed away in1982. Sophia’s family joined her to mark her 90th

birthday in true family style. She has two daughters and a son, plus five

grandchildren and one great grandson, whois studying architecture at university.

CALLING all dance-loving youngsters – it’stime to get your tickets for the ‘Little Stars’children’s disco being held in Melbournethis month.

The disco has been organised by Mel-bourne mum Alison Staley and family toraise money for foetal medicine and theNeonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at

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Staley family’s story, which was also broad-cast on ITV’s Super Hospital.

Entry to the disco is £2 a child, to includefree squash, and tickets are available atForteys sweet shop and from the door onthe day.

There will be refreshments for sale, achildren’s Wish Upon a Star competition, araffle for grown-ups, face painting and thechance to buy a charity greeting card pro-duced by Dandelion stationery.

The disco is taking place in the WesleyHall on Potter Street from 1-3pm on Satur-day, September 26.

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Month Booking Date Publication Date October 30th September 12th OctoberNovember 28th October 9th November

SOUTH Derbyshire looks likely to seea total of 12,618 houses built over thenext 13 years, in new figures whichemerged at the end of last month.

The latest figures are contained in a “sus-tainability appraisal” document whichgives further detail on housing needs in thisarea, Derby City and neighbouring AmberValley.

The Village Voice has previously quoteda slightly higher figure of 13,454 houses togo up across South Derbyshire in the periodup until 2028 – but that was based on astart build time of 2008, which has nowbeen cut back to 2011 in the latest versionof the long-awaited Local Plan.

According to the document – currentlyout for consultation – South Derbyshire’sown housing need over the next 13 years isfor 9,605 homes.

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which it is thought there is not enoughroom, meaning the overspill has to be ac-commodated somewhere else.

The latest document gives four options asto where the extra homes could be built.

Two possibilities would be for eitherAmber Valley or South Derbyshire entirelyto shoulder the burden of the extra housing– but planning officers have said neither ofthese would be the preferred option.

In the case of Amber Valley, one of theconstraints is the fact that much of the areais protected by green belt and heritageareas, while in South Derbyshire, it isthought that such a large influx of expectedextra housing would simply be unrealistic.

Another choice is to site the extra housesaccording to flows of commuters to andfrom Derby City – but again, this has notwon the approval of planning officers.

Instead, they have recommended thatthe extra housing be split between SouthDerbyshire and Amber Valley, with aslightly higher proportion of housing com-

ing to this area. A spokesman for South Derbyshire Dis-

trict Council said: “At the end of last yearan independent examination of South Der-byshire’s Local Plan took place, and subse-quently the inspectors requested furtherinformation about how Derby’s unmethousing need of 5,388 has been apportionedbetween Amber Valley and South Der-byshire.

“The non-technical document provides asummary of the work that has been donesince and a list of potential options.

“From the work undertaken the most ap-propriate option would see the housing tar-get between 2011 and 2028 increased to12,618 dwellings. There have been 1,457dwellings built since 2011.

“This document is now subject to a con-sultation period and further examinationby South Derbyshire and Amber Valley’s in-spectors.”n See also parish council report – Page 5.– Lucy Stephens

12,618 new homes tobe built in 13 years?

l Revd Mark Powell opened up the vicarage garden for a vin-tage tea party organised by members of A Choir'd Taste andSt Michael's Players. The weather was perfect for afternoontea, Pimms and Prosecco on the lawn overlooking the pool,and the event raised over £500 towards the purchase of tieredseating at Melbourne Assembly Rooms.

A FAMILY harvest supper with entertainment by Harmony Pluswill be taking place at Milton Village Hall on Friday, October 9,starting at 7pm.

As a family friendly event, children are invited to take along amini harvest scarecrow to be part of the stage display. These canbe made in any medium – straw, vegetable etc – but no more than12 inches tall, or can be a drawing no bigger than A4.

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After supper, Harmony Plus will entertain with a variety ofsongs, in harmony as a group, and as solos and duets interspersedwith their very own brand of comedy.

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MOST farmers have dogs whether as pets orworking and some who know me will haveseen my Jack Russells, Meg and son Raz.

These two are pets and are typical yappy,barking, mischievous terriers.

But with Raz we have an increasing prob-lem. Raz is a people dog, who just loves trav-elling about the parish visiting Calke Abbeyand the reservoir car parks and going forwalks with complete strangers.

There’s one large problem, though; he neverseems to be able to find his way home.

I’ve fetched him back from two vets’ surger-ies, people’s houses and farms and the worsthas to be the local dog wardens.

This incurs a cost, usually around £35 anda journey of 10 miles to collect him. He doesget brought back by some lovely people, all ofwhom want to adopt him. The list is now over10.

I am seriously considering my options asmy life is very busy for various reasons andspending time each day looking for Raz is notgoing forward as an option. Any ideas?

n I’d like to think that by the time you get toread this, harvest could be nearly over. I’mwriting a week earlier than normal and thisweek the weather has changed for the worse.

Thousands of acres of wheat are now readyto harvest and a period of warm sunnyweather would be really good.

With grain prices very low we don’t want tohave the cost of drying the grain as it comesinto storage. This could cost up to £10 pertonne, which would make the price receivedunder £100 a tonne.

In the dairy things are moving apace with alot of cows calving down to start producingmilk for the winter months. We are in the fan-tastic position of having only two male calvesbeing born out of 25 or so births in August.

You may remember we want females forherd replacements and have achieved this byusing sexed semen with artificial insemina-tion. The irony is this year that the malecalves are in good demand compared to normalyears.

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MELBOURNE FootpathsGroup (MFG) led another inter-esting walk from The HardingeArms to Stanton by Bridge. Thewalk included a special visit in-side St Michael's Church whilstmembers improved some of thewaymarking as they walked.

Throughout the summer,MFG has continued footpathmaintenance work, which iscarried out in conjunction withDerbyshire County Council'srights of way team.

Much of the work MFG un-dertakes is at the request of therights of way team, whose fu-ture may be under threat.

Derbyshire County Council iscurrently consulting on the fu-ture financing of its rights ofway team with a closing date ofSeptember 20.

Paul Sturges, chairman ofMFG, says: “Under the propos-als, the target to deal with crop-ping of paths and obstructionsis 26 weeks. At MFG we believethis is unacceptable and wouldlead to many paths becomingimpassable, plus even more lim-ited access to Rights of Way ad-vice for users and landownersalike.

“The rights of way team is al-ready overstretched and plays acrucial role in maintainingrights of way.

“I urge residents to write and

champion the importance ofthis vital team.”

The consultation is availableat: www.tinyurl.com/p7ya9fu.To have your voice heard, writedirectly to Peter J White, Econ-omy, Transport and Environ-ment, Derbyshire CountyCouncil, County Hall, Matlock,DE4 3AG; 01629 539673; email:[email protected]

MFG's forthcoming circularwalk of around five miles is onThursday, September 17, fromSwarkestone to Barrow-on-

Trent. Setting out from Swarke-stone Nursery at 10am, thewalk will return via Massey'sBridge and the SwarkestonePavilion – backdrop for the fa-mous Rolling Stones 1968 pho-toshoot.

MFG asks for a donation of£2 from walkers to help towardsthe group's running costs.

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HERITAGE open days are an annual celebrationof England's architecture and culture that allowvisitors free access to historical landmarks.

The open days were established in 1994 andare now organised and co-ordinated by EnglishHeritage.

This year the dates are between Thursday andSunday, September 10 and 13.

In South Derbyshire there will be an opportu-nity to discover some historical gems, includingHartshorne Upper Hall manor and 18th centurySealwood Cottage in Linton.

Calke Abbey will display original details ofthose who lived and worked there in the past, as

well as records of the Harpur-Crewe family.World-renowned pottery manufacturer TG

Green & Co Ltd will be celebrated, too. Based inChurch Gresley, the company operated from 1864to 2007 and an exhibition will take place on thelower floor of Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, inSwadlincote.

The museum, in West Street, will also be offer-ing free tours of its building on September 11 and12.

Anyone wanting to learn more about what ishappening in South Derbyshire can visit Swadlin-cote Tourist Information Centre, based atSharpe’s Pottery Museum, or call 01283 222848.

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SEPTEMBER meeting ofMelbourne Parish Council

Sorry tale ofthe town’sdirty drains

IT WAS back to work for theMelbourne Parish Councilon September 1. Elevencouncillors were presentand correct to face a verylong agenda of 23 items,which took nearly two hoursto complete.

Amid rumours and counterrumours circulating in Mel-bourne, the worry for many inthe town was the consultationdocument on the matter of newhomes, issued by South Der-byshire District Council on Au-gust 28.

The council discussed thedocument and agreed with oneexperienced councillor who wasclear that she did not under-stand the basis of the figuresquoted that seemed to indicatethat lots more houses wouldneed to be built in South Der-byshire between now and 2028. It was agreed to seek clarifica-

tion from the planners. Furtheranalysis of the document seemsto indicate that there will not bean explosion of new housebuild-ing in South Derbyshire.n Paul Grimley, a concernedmember of the public, gave de-tails of a survey he had done onthe drains of Melbourne. Thirtydrains were blocked, 65 had evi-dence of debris, seven wereburied under rubbish – all in all,he said, a sorry tale of negligentor non-existent maintenance.

Dr Grimley reported on ameeting on August 19, whichSevern Trent, DerbyshireCounty Council and the districtcouncil had attended. The re-sponsibility for drain mainte-nance is with the County, whohad delegated the responsibilityto the District, who had engageda contractor.The county council seemed

shocked that the work had beenineffective.

n Ambitious plans were un-veiled about making the ceme-tery chapel as a place formeaningful remembrance.Cleaning and repairs are well inhand, and events at Christmasare to be planned, possibly in-cluding, bizarrely, a non reli-gious carol service.n The Melbourne SportingPartnership reported progress.Contractors are now on the site,so construction will start on thepavilion. The legal and financial agree-

ments are all completed, thelease from the district council iscomplete, and the FootballFoundation has confirmed the£600,000 grant.The Community Partnership

has approved grants of £24,900for kitchen refurbishment atthe Assembly Rooms, and newkitchens at the still-to-be-builtpavilion at the MSP site.nA suggestion to have a pedes-trian crossing in the MarketPlace was discussed with Der-byshire Highways. The advicewas that such an installationwould do away with any park-ing in the Market Place, andcould well be the cause of con-siderable delay. The council de-cided to take no action.Other matters discussed in-

cluded:n The Parish Council is nowthe legal owner of the public toi-lets, and intends to place a de-fibrillator in the toilet block.n The audit of the council's fi-nances was successfully com-pleted.n It was reported that the Sen-ior Citizens’ Centre lease is stillunsigned by the Hall Estate.n It seems that both applica-tions for building houses onJawbone Lane would be decidedtogether.n The Neighbourhood Develop-ment Plan launched a survey ofbusinesses in Melbourne on Au-gust 18. Initial responses seemto show that 70% of businessesseem to think parking capacityis inadequate. It also showed that within

Melbourne 51% of employeeslived in Melbourne and King’sNewton, and 49% came into thetown to work.

There were comments, too,about the poor bus services intothe town.n Derbyshire County Councilhas acknowledged, after manyyears of denial, that there is aproblem with the pavement out-side the NatWest bank. It is onthe works list, but no date hasbeen given for that to be done.

MORE than 1,000 original pieces of artadorned the walls of an annual summer artshow in Ticknall – claimed to be the biggestdisplay of paintings outside London.

Now in its 22nd year, the event is put on byDame Catherine Arts – a group of parents andpeople connected with Dame Catherine Harpur’sSchool in the village.

The event raises thousands of pounds which gotowards the school’s running costs.

This year’s show attracted a steady stream ofvisitors, with more than £5,000 worth of art beingsold on the preview night alone.

Exhibiting were a huge array of artists, mostof whom were local to the area, with work rang-ing from sculpture to beautiful pieces made fromforaged twigs and bark, to large oil canvases sell-ing for four figure sums.

This year visitors to the show got the chance tosee professional artists Steven McLoughlin andIan Risely at work, as well as the event’s firstever talk and demonstration by local artist JohnConnolly.

There was a highly popular vintage tea room,while local artist Jane Brown, who uses naturalmaterials for her work, ran a very well-attendedchildren’s workshop giving youngsters the chanceto make their own pieces of art using feathers,twigs, string and masking tape!

Jane said: “There are lots of artists here andthey’re all really different.

“There’s a really nice community atmosphereto it – the quality of the work and the amount ofit is more like something you’d expect to see in abig city.”

– Lucy Stephens

l Pastel artist Ian Risely (above) shows two visitors to the Ticknall summer art show howhe works while (above right) busy in the children’s arts workshop are (l-r) Maddie Hill, EdenBates-Macintyre, Lizzie Sampson and Alex Hill.

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CONTROVERSIAL plans for a newcrematorium in Aston-on-Trent are togo to the Government for a final deci-sion.

Dignity UK’s proposal for a crematoriumon green belt land on the Derby Road, be-tween Aston and Thulston, finally came be-fore planners in August – 10 months afterit was first submitted.

Members of South Derbyshire DistrictCouncil’s Planning Committee voted to putthe plans before the Secretary of State forCommunities and Local Government, Con-servative MP Greg Clark.

Under strict planning laws, if councilswant to allow potentially “inappropriate”building on green belt land, they must sendthe plans to the secretary of state, who canthen “call in” the application by asking aninspector to look into the matter beforemaking a decision.

Aston-on-Trent’s parish council and somelocal residents strongly objected to the cre-

matorium, saying it would bring increasedtraffic into the village, there would be apossibility of pollution affecting the localarea including the primary school, andthere was no need for such a facility sinceothers in the area – at Bretby andMarkeaton – were only operating at half ca-pacity.

But, despite these objections, South Der-byshire’s planning team said the cremato-rium should be allowed to go ahead.

In lengthy planning notes put beforecouncillors, they argued that there was aneed for the facility because of the increasein population, the fact that many peoplenow prefer cremation to burial, and that formany families in the area, it was too far totravel to existing crematoria and their me-morial gardens to remember their lovedones.

The document said a crematorium atAston would give one hour service periodscompared with shorter ones elsewhere, al-lowing for “less hurried services to be con-ducted”.

It said: “Research shows that the plan-ning inspectorate has been putting signifi-cant weight on the needs of the bereaved interms of not only travel time but the provi-sion of appropriate timescales for funeralsto take place and the experience on site.”

Planners also said they had looked intonine other possible sites for a new crema-torium serving South Derbyshire, but nonehad been suitable.

If it goes ahead, the Aston crematoriumwould occupy a 500-square metre area with95 car parking spaces, offering around sixservices a day between 9am and 5pm onweekdays, with no more than one allowedon Saturdays.

Aston-on-Trent parish council is to de-cide at its next meeting on September 15whether to write to the secretary of stateasking him to reject the crematorium.

Parish council chairman Haydn Wheelersaid: “As a council, we feel that special cir-cumstances have not been demonstrated tojustify a recommendation to approve.”

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STAUNTON Harold Women’s Institute held theannual summer lunch at the King’s Newtonhome of Colin and Anne-Louise Sharp. The weather stayed fine for the 80-plus mem-

bers and guests as they took their places on thelawn. In addition to a sumptuous lunch, therewas entertainment provided by the very tal-ented Dent twins, Tom and Jack. Treated to a full repertoire of songs, featuring

both duet and solos by each of the brothers, afinale of magic was performed by Jack, who isa professional magician. The ladies of Staunton Harold WI are pic-

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17 teams all entering into the spirit of the day bywearing fancy dress and racing round the town’spubs to raise money for charity. Thanks to the efforts of everyone who took part,

more than £700 was raised on the day, to be do-nated to Rainbows, the Nightingale MacmillanUnit at Royal Derby Hospital, Melbourne RugbyClub and Melbourne Community Care. Congratulations go to Thom Ward and Shaun

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FOLLOWING a successful pro-duction of Gilbert and Sulli-van’s operetta The Mikado inApril, Melbourne Operatic Soci-ety performed a very enjoyableconcert “Songs for a SummerEvening” in Melbourne, whichwas also well received by an ap-preciative audience.During the concert some

members, including the com-pany’s musical director KeithReaveley, seized the opportu-nity to sing solo and duets.As well as musical numbers,

with a wide variety of differenttypes of music, the concerts alsocontained an amusing mono-logue, read by Gordon Fletcher.This year’s concert piano ac-companist was David Henshaw,the society’s new show musicaldirector. The society will next be per-

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ELEVEN year old HenryHayward, from Aston onTrent, has won the North ofEngland Championships U12at South Moor Golf Club inCounty Durham.

A member of KedlestonPark Golf Club who plays offa 9 handicap, shot rounds of80, 79, 81 for a total of 240 towin by seven shots.

He is already showinggreat promise in the sportand represents Derbyshire atcounty level. In July he wonthe U14 scratch title at theDerbyshire Boys Champi-onship at Matlock, scoring79.

Golf started early forHenry playing with his fa-ther, Ashley, as a four-year-old just putting before hebecame a member of the Kedleston club at the age of six – and hehas not looked back. Ashley is very pleased with Henry’s progressand says: “Kedleston have been incredibly supportive with theirJunior Trust and great coaching for juniors. He would just like toplay at the highest possible level and keep achieving at every agegroup.”

Henry said: “Doing well in the North of England has given methe confidence to continue to improve and push for a place in theReid Trophy next year.” (The Reid Trophy is the British boys U14Championship which takes place in August every year.)

Having just finished his schooling at Aston on Trent Primary,Henry will start at Chellaston Academy in September.

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A FANTASTIC time has been had by chil-dren and leaders alike at this year’s Mel-bourne Methodist Church Holiday Club –“In the Big Top!”

Around 50 children of primary school agegathered each day at Wesley Hall, PotterStreet from August 10 to 14. They were keptbusy and entertained for a two-hour sessionwith crafts, drama, games and activities, ledby an enthusiastic team of volunteers fromthe church.

A highlight for many was when a specialguest, children’s entertainer ‘Juggalubs’,came to teach them juggling and other cir-cus skills.

The church has been running a summer

holiday club for more than 10 years, withthe current organisers, Lucy Lister andBecky Whinray, having just completed theirthird year.

Rev John Hartley, the minister of Mel-bourne Methodist Church, said: "I have re-ally loved being involved in the holiday clubagain this year. It has been a lot of fun, butof course in the midst of all the fun thechurch is reaching out with the Christianmessage of God's love for everyone, which atthe end of the day is what we, as a church,are all about.

Pictured with a group of children enjoyinglife ‘In the Big Top’ are organisers: Ringmas-ter Lucy Lister and clown Becky Whinray.

MELBOURNE Town Band is rein-stating a traditional concert whichdisappeared from the calendarwhen the Liberal Club closed.

The annual ‘Bangers and Brass’ con-cert was originally set up approxi-mately 15 years ago by the MelbourneBusiness Association and was alwaysa well-loved event in the social calen-dar.

The concert will be held on Friday,October 2, at Melbourne AssemblyRooms and will feature popular piecesfrom the band’s repertoire under themusical direction of Brendan O’Neill.

Their guests will include the MTBTraining Band and also members of theLeicestershire & Rutland County RBLPipe Band.

Brendan said: “I am very much look-ing forward to re-instating this concertand I invite everyone to come along foran evening of relaxed entertainment.”

The band is also hoping to boost itspatron scheme, which was set up in theearly days to help the group to investin instruments and it is still a lifelinefor the band’s funding. If you are inter-ested in becoming a patron, or renew-ing an old friendship, contact Sue863547.

Tickets for the concert will cost £7.50which includes the price of a WayneSpiers sausage hot dog, and there willalso be a licensed bar.

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MORE than 60 vehicles, all lovingly caredfor and polished to perfection, graced thecar park at Melbourne Assembly Rooms forthe first Classic Car and Motorcycle Show.

The organisers were delighted with theturnout, and the lovely weather certainly helped.

“It’s been a fantastic event, and a really lovelyday. What a success it has been,” said Matt Harn-den, one of the organisers.

With cars dating back from the 1930s to the1980s, motorcycles, a vintage road roller, a 1946Leyland Beaver lorry, face painting, “petrol head”music from Burton-on-Trent band Under Cover,and refreshments in the hall, there was some-thing for all the family to enjoy.

But it was undoubtedly the range of vehicles inshowroom condition and the pride of their ownerswhich took centre stage.

For visitors going round it was difficult to selectthe car of your choice to vote for, given the qualityand different styles.

There were two prizes on offer – the people’schoice and the organisers’ choice. The formerwent to Steve Lawrence’s 1956 black JaguarXK140 SE OTS.

Steve said: “I am over the moon to be the peo-ple’s choice and I am very proud of my car.” Withclassic sleek, racing car lines, the car was a wor-

thy winner in this category.The organisers’ choice, which was a very close

call, went to a 1938 Austin 10 in maroon andblack. Owner Gordon Rushton, from Swadlincote,described himself as “ecstatic – no, really ecstatic– to have been chosen as the winner.”

He had bought the vehicle 30 years ago and lov-ingly restored and maintained it. Asked howmuch he had spent on it over the years, he said:“You don’t even think about that; if you did youprobably would not do it!”

The cars then assembled for a classic paradethrough the village, reminiscent of the well-known Shell advertisement to “Explore Mel-bourne in Rural Derbyshire” and for once, no-onecomplained about the traffic congestion!

As well as being a great event, it raised around£300 for Girl Guiding in the village.

“Our thanks go to them for helping us out, tothe Chip and Pin, who sponsored it, as well as theother businesses and local people who have do-nated raffle prizes, to SDDC for use of the carpark, and of course to MARS for hosting the oc-casion,” Matt said.

More photos of the event and information areavailable at www.melbourneclassics.co.uk.– Frank Hughes

l The bevy of clas-sic cars attractednot only the moresenior enthusiastsbut some young-sters as well.

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THE worst storm since 1901 im-pacted on a group of MelbourneScouts and leaders on their re-cent travels.

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The Scouts eventually arrivedat their destination some sixhours later than scheduled.

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The Jamborette programmewas very varied with the Scoutstaking part in sports, hiking,water activities, a visit to atheme park and other funevents. On most evenings therewas a disco.

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FOR those who go each year, it’s known as ‘TheField of Dreams’.

And that was certainly true for a group of youngUkrainians who were flown over to Derbyshire thissummer to spend time at an annual youth camp in We-ston-on-Trent, in a fundraising project to give themsome relief from their troubles back home.

The Ukrainian Youth Association runs yearly sum-mer-long camps at its site just outside the village thatare attended by hundreds of young Brits of Ukrainiandescent.

To celebrate the association’s 50th year, its leadersdecided to extend the camp for the first time to includeyoung people from the Ukraine itself, raising thousandsof pounds in order to fly them over to this country.

And, in an added poignancy, the teens who were ableto enjoy some of their summer in Derbyshire had lostone of their parents in their country’s ongoing conflictwith Russia.

As the group of 12-16 year-olds entered the campafter being met off the plane in London, there werehighly charged emotional scenes as they were greetedin traditional style with Ukrainian bread and salt bycamp attendees wearing full national dress.

Anna Fedeczko, chair of the camp’s planning commit-tee, said: “It’s our 50th anniversary and to mark our cel-ebratory year we wanted to do something special.

“We wanted to look at a charitable project in supportof youth and this seemed like something that fitted inwith the motto of the Ukrainian Youth Association,which is ‘God and Ukraine’.

“We wanted to give children who had lost their fa-thers over the past 12 months some much-neededrespite, the opportunity to pay tribute to the fact thattheir fathers gave their lives for a European Ukraine,and we wanted them to have a chance to see what Eu-ropean Ukrainians are like.”

This year’s fundraising effort has raised a whopping£22,000 to fly over the young Ukrainians and give thema wide range of different trips during their time in Der-

byshire, including visits to t the Houses of Parliament in Football Ground.

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TOYOTA City Council repre-sentatives Yasuhiro Tsuzukiand Shinya Yoshino have metmembers of Melbourne RugbyFootball Club as part of an in-ternational link with SouthDerbyshire District Council. The purpose was part of a

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Anna said: “I think they’ve had a fabulous experi-ence.”

Camp cook Ksenia Madytsch, a second generationUkrainian who lives just outside Weston herself,agreed: “It’s been really nice to see them joining in.They’ve lost a parent – for them to come over here andsee what we do and that people are supporting themover there, it’s nice to see.”

Each year hundreds of people come to the camp atWeston to forge friendships and learn more about thecountry from which they are descended. The land wasbought by the Ukrainian Youth Association in 1964,having previously been a British Army base.

Stepping into the beautiful 32-acre “Tarasivka” siteis like a small immersion into the Ukraine, with itsstriking blue and yellow national flags fluttering in thebreeze from the green tents and huts dotted around thefields.

Mornings start with a whistle at 7.30am, and thereis a whole host of different activities on offer through-out the day, many of them aimed at allowing the young

people a chance to explore their country’s rich culturaland artistic heritage.

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As I look round one evening in August, a game of vol-leyball is just materialising, while inside the centralhall, its walls plastered with art works celebrating theUkraine, a group of young people assemble to play tablefootball.

But one of the most popular things of all, says Anna,is the weekly Friday-night disco which culminates intraditional Ukrainian music – revamped in a modernstyle.

Anna says: “When we play the Ukrainian music to-wards the end of the evening, when the boys get up toshow how athletic they are and the girls how elegantand graceful – it’s lovely to watch.”

You can visit the association’s fundraising page onhttps://www.justgiving.com/Tarasivka50/

Main picture: The 2015 Tarasivka summer campRight: Anna Fedeczko (left) and Ksenia Madytsch out-side the main hall at TarasivkaBelow: “Children Heroes of Ukraine” visit The Mayor ofDerby, city councillor Paul Pegg, at The Mayor’s Parlourin the Council House in Derby.

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Lord and Lady Harrington, whosefamily seat was at Elvaston Castle,opened the event and, along withmany hundreds of onlookers, wit-nessed an aerial ‘dogfight’ between areplica red German triplane and avintage British aircraft.

The museum exhibits and storyboards, staged in three halls of El-vaston, illustrated the impact ofWW1 on the estate and the widerlocal community. Great interest wasshown in the various panels illustrat-ing the revolutionary social changesbrought about by that war.

Local actors Harry Smith andMelissa Gill performed a trilogy ofscenes that brought to life the expe-riences of Charley Garratt, a footman at thecastle, and those of scullery maid Alice.

Charley’s biography, of his days on theestate and as a soldier during the conflict,were graphically interpreted by local artistDi Shepherd.

Carole Griffiths researched the lives anddeaths of the 15 local people whose namesare featured on the Elvaston War Memo-rial. During the week, she was approachedby many distant relatives of the fallen, andwas able to give them information and pho-tographs which many had not previouslyseen.

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gether with projected images. This wasboth poignant and of lingering interest toall.

The sensory garden created by the Groupin the historic walled garden of the Castlewas dedicated as a garden of remembrancewith a short address given by Rev TonyLuke. Commemorative crosses, with thenames of those killed, decorated the crossbeam of a pergola. Poems, both in print andbraille, highlighting the impact of the bat-tlefield upon individual senses, were placedin planted beds

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Eve Wilson, the project manager, said:“This was a fascinating project taking al-most two years to develop. The feedback wehave had from those attending has madethe planning group’s efforts worthwhile.

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The last part of the course isto carry out practical work tohelp a charity which will be todevelop the memorial garden atMarkeaton Crematorium for allthose who have lost a child.

The young people are beingsupported in their work by staffmembers Stephanie Sandersand Shayma Ouechtati.

Pictured are (back row)Laura, Zoe (great niece of Mel-bourne’s Kate Hewlett),Eleanor, Matt, Harry and Lau-ren; (front row) Maninder,Shayma (staff), Stephanie(staff) and Bethany.

Teenagers’cake and

coffeecharity

fundraiserSANTA’S Sleigh trip round the streets of Melbournein the days leading up to Christmas is one of the Ro-tary Club’s established annual events.

It raises significant sums for a variety of charita-ble causes, predominantly within Melbourne, andproviding some pre-Christmas excitement for small,and not-so-small, children.

It is relatively hard work for the helpers, often inbad weather, and the ageing members of the RotaryClub are finding it harder each year to man thesleigh. The whole event has become dependant onthe handful of ‘Santa’s Little Helpers’ who are stillfit enough to cope, and it would only take a couple ofminor illnesses or injuries to put the whole sleightrip in jeopardy.

The club needs a group of volunteers, prepared tospend a couple of hours in the early evenings, to helpwith some of the hard work; it really is enjoyable,and most rewarding, seeing the excited little onescoming out to see Santa, or waving from bedroomwindows.

The dates are fixed – starting Sunday, December13, then the Monday, Wednesday and Friday, finish-ing on Sunday the 20th.

If sufficient volunteers are forthcoming, they couldfit in two more days, in Ticknall and Barrow. Theroutes are also fixed, so that everyone knows whento expect their visit from Santa; the sleigh itself willbe prepared and ready to go, so all that’s needed aredrivers, to tow the sleigh, and helpers to knock onall the doors!

Not just knocking on doors, of course, there’s thespreading of goodwill and the collecting of charitabledonations, as well!

Would you like to help? It would be awful to seesuch a great tradition fall by the wayside, and lotsof small children and their parents would be verydisappointed if our own local Santa was not out tour-ing the area in the build-up to Christmas.

If you would be prepared to put in a little effort forthe benefit of the community, please speak to KateDumelow (862666) or John Burney (862225), as soonas possible, and let them know what day, or days,you could commit to.

The job doesn’t pay too well, but they do provide aRotary Club tabard and a Santa hat; your real re-ward, though, is the knowledge that you have madeChristmas more exciting for a lot of children, and atthe same time, helped to raise funding for local char-ities.

Santa inneed of

some help

EAST Midlands Airport is celebrating the first birthdayof its premium Escape Lounge – with over 64,000 pas-sengers having used the facility since it was launched.

A key feature of the £12million terminal redevelop-ment project, the Escape Lounge has provided in-creased space for customers seeking a quieter area inthe terminal before they fly.

Originally launched at East Midlands sister airport,Manchester – and since, at London Stansted – the Es-cape Lounge offers customers a selection of food anddrink, free Wi-Fi and a range of newspapers and mag-azines.

Kevin Smith, head of retail for lounges in the Man-chester Airports Group, said: “We are very pleased withthe success of the lounge since it launched and its pop-ularity with over 64,000 users during that time is tes-tament to our investment in creating this premiumfacility for East Midlands Airport users to enjoy.

“However, the success of the Escape Lounge does not

stand alone. It is part of wider improvement in the air-port terminal as a whole with the new food and bever-age outlets proving to be a great triumph. The enhancedduty free area also offers a wider selection of productsfrom leading brands.

“This has been paramount in our long-term plan toserve 10 million people by 2030 whilst continuing to im-prove and develop our facilities and services to enrichevery passenger’s journey.”

TREETOPS Hospice will be holding a vintage fair onSunday, September 27 (10am-4pm) at the hospice site,Derby Road, Risley.

There will be stalls, classic cars, tipi, fairgroundrides, food and drink, all for the modest entry fee of £3(under 12s free).

Hospice vintage fair

Escape Lounge birthday


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HOW well the thermometer looksback in its original position, but manyreaders may have been wonderingwhere it has been for the last 40years. Back in the 1970s my father Roy

Bingham purchased the thermometerfor £10 from Canon Bob Honner tosave it from further damage by stone-throwing vandals. It hung in a prominent position in

his Melbourne homes, creating a greatinterest for visitors and he receivedmany requests to sell it. However, since his death, and now

recently with the agreement of hiswidow Connie, it has been very kindlydonated back to the village for all toadmire and enjoy. All the Binghamfamily know that this is what Roywould have wanted.Barbara Barker and family

Good tobe back

THE Melbourne Art Festivalconcert programme is nowunderway and it’s only a fewdays until the popular Art &Architecture Trail will seethe heart of the town playhost to a large number ofartists on September 19/20. Families are always ex-

tremely welcome at the festivaland in recent years have hadtheir own trail within the trail. This year look out for ‘I

wish… Fairy Tales at Mel-bourne Festival’. Pick up a trailguide for the Art & ArchitectureTrail to find out where to go.To launch the fairy tale

theme the festival team put ona fairy tale mask-making work-shop in the library.

It was an afternoon of fairytales and messy fun. Over the trail weekend young

visitors are invited to the Fairy

Tale Garden at Melbourne Vic-arage to see if they can findHansel and Gretal’s cottage, theThree Pigs houses, Jack’sbeanstalk or the Three Bears. After visiting the garden the

next stop is Melbourne Assem-

bly Rooms where young artistscan make a fairy tale mask witha bit of help from Puddleducksand Kangaroos Kindergartens.Melbourne Infant School’s

Parent Association will be help-ing fairy tale characters findRed Riding Hood’s cloak, Jack’swhite cow, Cinderella’s pump-kin, and other clues to solve amystery and make a wish cometrue. They will be selling a special

family trail guide, which will in-clude the clues and a chance towin a prize each day.At 3.30pm each afternoon

they will be leading the fairytale parade from the VicarageGarden to the Lothian Gardensso remember your fancy dressor your wish stick.Pictured are Billy & DaisyHarrison at the mask-mak-ing workshop.

THE Wolseley Register National Rally took placeat Staunton Harold Hall over the weekend of Au-gust 15/16. The rally celebrated 120 years sincethe first Wolseley car was made. There were over 80 Wolseleys, plus other clas-

sic cars, attending together with members fromall over the UK, France and Holland. A special highlight was the presence of the ear-

liest surviving Wolseley three-wheeler from 1896and the earliest Wolseley four-wheeler from 1899,both on loan from the Heritage Motor Centre atGaydon.

There was also one of the last Wolseley badgedcars, the Wolseley ‘Wedge’ made in 1975 and nowextremely rare.Pictured is the Wolseley from 1899, a three and

half horse power Voiturette. On the far left is Jan-ice Denning whose father, Oliver Day, was chiefengineer and tester at Wolseley. He drove the carin the London to Brighton events in 1946 to 1949.Hosts for the weekend John and Jacqui Blunt

are sitting in the car surrounded by some of theWolseley Register members.

Old Wolseleys wheel in for rally

Fairy tales timeat the Festival


Visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke for more informationNormal park admission applies to all visitors.For more information on what’s on at Calke please visitwww.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke or telephone 01332 863822

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Autumn at Calke AbbeyHeritage Open Day Saturday 12 September Come along and explore Calke Abbey for free as we join in with Heritage Open Days, England’s bi est heritage festival. Derbyshire Record Office will be on site with a collection of Harpur-Crewe documents. They will have advice about the help and services they can offer on Saturday and Sunday from 12pm – 4pm.Please note normal park admission will apply on Sunday 13 September.

Ranger’s Bus Tour Thursday 17 September 11am, 1pm & 3pm Hop on a bus tour with the rangers and discover the wider estate. Booking essential on 01332 863822.

Tramway Festival Saturday 19 September – Sunday 27 September Join us for a week of guided walks and cycling events to celebrate the creation of a circular route along an old horse-drawn tramway. Visit the Calke Abbey website www.nationatrust.org.uk/calke-abbey to download a festival leaflet or to search for all festival activities.

Great British Walks Saturday 19 September – Sunday 23 OctoberJoin one of the park guides for a stroll around Calke every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday at 11.30am and 2.30pm. We will show you the best walks the estate has to offer as part of the National Trust’s Great British Walks campaign. No need to book just meet outside the Ticket Office and wear sturdy footwear. Walks are expected to last approx. 1 ½ hours.

IT IS the time of the year when parents andstudents wake with a sense of foreboding –Results Day! And for teachers and supportstaff both A-Level and GCSE theses are busyevents during the summer break.At Chellaston Academy 175 pupils took 486

exams at A-Level and achieved some fantastic re-sults. The pass rate at A* and A was 30% –slightly up on last year – while 59% were eitherA*/A or B, and 85% of all passes achieved were atA* to C.Results on vocational courses were also the

best ever for the school. Retiring headteacher Mr Ruszczynski was de-

lighted with the success, saying: “We had a groupof enthusiastic students who worked very hard.They had great parental support, focussed on thecore requirements.“What is also important is that pupils got the

marks they needed for the next stage in life,whether it is university, apprenticeship or someother path. “The vast majority of students got the results

they needed.” Head of Sixth Form, Mr Phil Clarke, said: “I

am really happy – results are up on last year. Thevast majority of students have got onto the courseof their choice. It was certainly one of the bestyear groups we have had; they were hard-work-ing, dedicated and they deserve all the successthey get.” Naturally, there are a small number who are

disappointed but staff were on hand to offer ad-vice and practical help to get students onto suit-able courses through the clearing system. Thisyear’s results day was slightly less manic as moststudents were able to log onto the university sys-

tem to see if they had been accepted before col-lecting results.On GCSE results day the story was not quite

as upbeat, despite reporting a good set of results. There were 275 pupils in this year group, and

there were “really good results” in a lot of subjectsincluding Maths, Science, and English Litera-ture. Fifty-six per cent of pupils had attained five or

more passes at A* to C grade – down on last yearwhile 96% had gained a pass in English andMaths and 70% had achieved at least 5 A*-Cgrades in the “E Bacc” (English Baccalaureate)core subjects.But a worrying result was English Language

where there had been a significant dip, which hadimpacted on overall performance measures. Mr Ruszczynski said: “We are just now looking

into the reasons for this – and we will almost cer-tainly be seeking a re-marking to check these re-sults.”On a more recent measure charting all pupils’

progress, the school had done better than lastyear, with 71.3% of pupils achieving either ex-pected or better than expected progress. Point score per subject has also risen, although

it is recognised that this is partly because stu-dents are taking fewer subjects, a by-product ofthe targets themselves, which encouraged stu-dents to take exams only where a higher pointscore was achievable.Mr Ruszczynski said: “The school is continuing

to do very well. Students are making very goodprogress at this school and we will want to under-stand and address the English Language issue inthe next academic year.”– Frank Hughes

What a result! School recordsa super set of exam passes

PASS MASTERS … With their A-Level certificates (above) are Catherine Long, Joe Glynn, Sam James,India Johal, Rhys Williams and Jess Danby; and (right) are successful GCSE candidates Sally Gard-ner, Casey Toon, Amelia Kinsey, Harry Allderidge and Dan Bostock.

ENTRIES are being sought forthe South Derbyshire SportsAwards 2015. The awards celebrate the

achievements and successes ofthose involved in sport in SouthDerbyshire at all levels. Thereare 14 categories, including

Community Coach of the Yearand Young Sports Leader of theYear.Those shortlisted will be in-

vited to attend a celebratoryawards evening on November12, and the winners from SouthDerbyshire will go through to

the Derby Telegraph SportsAwards, giving them a chanceto pick up a county title.The closing date for entries is

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SEPTEMBER 15 marks the 361st anniver-sary of a terrifying fire that destroyed halfof Swarkestone. Of 28 houses, 15 were lostto the blaze.The catastrophe was compounded by the loss of

barns bursting with the harvest and at least 16pigs and 100 chickens. Ploughs, scythes, cartsand other gear were also lost. The 53 loads of coalbrought in for the smithy and householderspreparing for winter no doubt added fuel to thefire.

By a cruel twist of fate Widow Fairfield’s housewas pulled down, perhaps as a firebreak and allher goods were stolen. The cause of the fire is un-known but it is described as “soddaine” or suddenwhich suggests something fast and furious. Thesummer of 1654 is said to have been “hot andscorching.”A remarkable inventory of the losses survives

in the Derbyshire Record Office in Matlock. The damage was extensive, with the greatest

losses being suffered by Thomas Wright, who losthis large half-timbered house, his barns and acouple of hovels, grain and amongst other things,household effects including ten beds. The follow-ing year, Thomas disappears from the recordsand the land he farmed leased to someone else. Estimating its value to day is not straightfor-

ward – it’s all depends on the measure used. Con-sider the value of the house today –“a rambling16th century house with at least four beds, out-buildings and small garden in delightful rural lo-cation” – it is certainly worth more than the£26,800 quoted using the Retail Price Index.Given Mr Wright’s status as a fairly well-heeledyeoman, his house could be said to reflect themeasure on earnings and that would give a figureof £350,000. A bit iffy for a very large house, givencurrent prices.If, however per capita GDP, which represents

the cost of a project, is used, then £819,000sounds more “reasonable” but they were all lease-holders and didn’t own the land. Some caution with the interpretation should be

exercised but if you’re really interested put “mea-suring worth” in your web browser. Other huge losses were incurred by Thomas

Draper Snr, who had the smithy and a brew-house. His buildings are said to have been newlybuilt and, together with his corn and coal and histhree loads of pewter and brewing vessels, sup-port those claims.He, too, lost heart and disappeared but his two

sons revived the businesses, one of which mayhave been an alehouse.Another small business man, Edmund Parker,

also lost his new house all “underdrawn withplaster” and three bays of barn and stabling andhis workshop. He may have been a timber mer-chant given the amount of wood “left out of hisshoppe”. He rebuilt his business and his descendants

lived in the village for two generations before de-camping to Hilton.Yet a third person, Gilbert Bould, also lost his

newly built house. Evidence also suggests thatsome houses in the village were being refaced inbrick around this time, thus enclosing their tim-ber frames. The Drapers, the Parkers and the Boulds had

been around for at least 25 years including thetime of the Civil Wars. Swarkestone had been aParliamentary garrison until 1649, some fiveyears before the fire. For the rest, their losses were mainly in build-

ings and corn, although the inventory reveals thepresence of a shoemaker, a linen weaver, and per-haps a commercial cheesemaker with an attic fullof 20 cheeses and who were supplementing theirfarming income.It was a disaster for all those involved and per-

haps doubly so if they thought life after the CivilWar was only going to get better.As to where the fire started, the odds have to

be on the Smithy/Brewhouse, but its location isuncertain. In the 18th century it was on Woodshop Lane

where a half-timbered house still stands, butthere is no guarantee that it was on the samesite. A sad tale but the most part of the village did

recover and quite quickly despite great losses.It was the custom of the time that an appeal

for “a relief “ would be circulated widely through-out the country and cash would come pouring into aid the rebuilding, but no records survive toshow that this happened in Swarkestone. – Barbara Foster

Inferno thatdestroyed half

a village

A HERITAGE weekend marking the history ofthe Methodist chapel in Ticknall dating backto 1815 took place over the weekend of August22-24.The exhibition included lots of documents

including letters, minutes, pulpit notice books,chapel expenses and accounts books, collectionjournal, Sunday School attendance rolls andmiscellaneous papers. Many of the items wereon loan from the Derbyshire Records Office. They offered a fascinating insight into vil-

lage life and the history of Methodism in Tick-nall over 200 years. There was a good response to the exhibition

from villagers, hikers passing through Ticknalland from visitors from other villages in SouthDerbyshire.Pictured (left to right) are: Daphne Fowkes,

Jenny Illsley, Rosemary Mumford and the RevSue Rolls.

Chapel historyDERBY Shakespeare Company presents‘Stones in His Pockets’ at Milton VillageHall on Saturday, October 17.This is a very funny but often quite

moving play with only two actors.It proved to be an unexpected hit in

1999 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festivaland its subsequent revival in the WestEnd. It has been professionally toured ex-tensively in Britain and Ireland eversince. Doors open at 7pm and a bar will be

available pre-performance and duringthe interval.For tickets contact Carl on 07527

700308 or via the contact form atwww.miltonmatters.org.uk

Fringe Festivalhit on the way

It was a disaster for allthose involved and

perhaps doubly so if theythought life after the

Civil War was only goingto get better.


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MELBOURNE couple Enid and Bert Maddock are a true pair of di-amonds, and they are proving it by celebrating 60 happy years ofmarried life. The pair, who live in High Street, marked their diamond wedding

anniversary on September 3. They tied the knot at Melbourne Bap-tist Church on that day in 1955. Enid, who is a regular member at the Baptist church and has

been all her life, was last year handed a special certificate markingher 60-year membership there, a presentation which she said hadgiven her “great joy”. The Maddocks first spied each other at a dance – known at the

time as a “hop” – in Melbourne’s Liberal Club in 1954, the buildingthat is now Amalfi White. Dances were then a regular occurrenceon Saturday nights and, as Enid tells it: “He asked me to dance andthat was that!”Enid remembers popping the question herself and the pair were

wed the following year, aged 19 and 22. She had been Melbourneborn and bred, having grown up in North Street, while Bert hadcome to the village from Milton, travelling by bike to get here. Bert’s National Service took him to Malaya from his original

posting in Korea and the couple started their married life in NorthStreet, buying a house in 1956 for the princely sum of £800, includ-ing solicitors’ fees! (The same property is now on the market forconsiderably more). Enid worked at the Co-op in the Market Place, now an antiques

shop, while Bert was a transport driver at Ratcliffe power station,before taking early retirement at 57. Latterly, Enid was well knownfor working in Dr Mckellar’s surgery in the Market Place, as his“girl Friday”, where she stayed for 19 years. The pair have both been very enthusiastic members of King’s

Newton Bowls Club, although Enid has now stopped playing thegame herself. They suffered a great sadness three years ago when their only

son John died, but they have a daughter-in-law, Debra, who livesin Barrow-upon-Trent, and two grandchildren, Hollie and Natalie,who give them great joy. As for the secret of such a long and happy marriage, both agree

that the best way is to “care and share” and harbour no secrets.

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100-micropub bikeride for charity

WHEN, late last year, it was announced that the 100th Mi-cropub had opened in Britain it sparked off the idea in themind of Richard Reeve to visit every one of them during2015. Now the idea of visiting 100 pubs is quite appealing, but he de-

cided that he would do it on his bicycle. The total cycling distancewill be around 2,000 miles – the equivalent of Land’s End to JohnO’Groats and back! Naturally, his travels will involve a visit to Melbourne’s Mi-

cropub, The Chip and Pin, which he is planning to make on Sep-tember 12.

So far he has visited 67 of the 100 establishments, covering anastonishing 1,402 miles and raising in excess of £3,000 for charity.Along the way he is raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society in

memory of his father who, like many others, suffered from thiscruel condition. He hopes that one day the causes of dementia canand will be cracked.In the meantime, the Alzheimer’s Society is fighting on two

fronts: supporting research into identifying the causes of the con-dition and potential cures; and providing care and support for thosesuffering from the condition and, equally importantly, their familiesand carers.

If you are able to join Richard for a pint, and pop a few quid inhis collecting box he would be delighted to see you around 2pm onSaturday, September 12 . Also if you fancy accompanying him onhis trip you can cycle with him to his next stops, the ChequeredFlag in Castle Donington and over to Arkwright’s Real Ale bar inBelper. Further information is available on the Chip and Pin’s facebook

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MELBOURNE Civic Society starts its autumn season on Monday,September 28, with a talk by Dave Moylan with the intriguing title“Comedy, Magic, Music and Me”. As he is a professional comedy magician, it promises to be a very

entertaining evening.Meetings are held in Melbourne Assembly Rooms at 7.30pm and

cost £1 for members and £2 for visitors.

Magic start to season

Senior school reunionARE you on that famous photo in the playground of Melbourne Sen-ior School in June 1977? If so this message applies to you.A school reunion is being held on Saturday, October 10, at Mel-

bourne Royal British Legion Club at 8pm. What better way to windback the last 38 years and see what different paths all our liveshave taken.Entrance is free and it will be great to see as many people there

as possible.If you would like any further information contact Sheila Hicklin

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MELBOURNE RFC kicked off early in August with theirgames for the start of the 2015/16 season.A good pre-season has seen an influx of players, which should

boost the squad and help the club to field three teams on a reg-ular basis.The first game of the season was a trial against local rivals

Derby. Coach Matt Derbyshire rotated the squad well and inte-grated some of the new players and ex-colts.Tries fom Ash Stringer, Tom Howard and Rob Foster with

Will Cresswell and Theo De Vies converting two, saw Mel-bourne win 19-7. The lineout and scrum were dominant and de-fence firm, despite spending a large part of the game a manshort after four yellow cards.The first competitive game saw the arrival of Glossop for a

Derbyshire Cup quarter final.There were debuts for three colts – Ed Whitten, Jake Balling-

ton and Jamie Bullock – with debuts for Andy Martin and JoshBevan Brown. Melbourne struggled for cohesion early on, but consistently

made line breaks and two early chances went begging. A EuanHolden penalty in from off the posts and a try from Ash Stringerafter a strong run from Kier Biggins saw Melbourne establishan 8-0 lead before Glossop hit back with two converted tries. A converted Olly Page try saw a half-time score of 15-14 to

Melbourne but should have been more as Melbourne consis-tently threatened with ball in hand. The second half was a wholly different affair. Melbourne were

dominated at the breakdown which slowed down their ball asGlossop strangled the game out of Melbourne. Two convertedGlossop tries saw a final score of 15-28.Melbourne RFC is still looking to strengthen the squad and

all are welcome. Training on Thursday nights at 7pm (occasion-ally Mondays too).

n MELBOURNE Rugby Club first XV will be turning out in anew strip for the coming season. Still in the favoured Greenand Gold, the shirts feature the names of two of the club’s spon-sors, one on the back and one on the front.

Pictured are Peter Ilott (chairman Melbourne RFC) withshirt sponsors Paul Harman (centre) of Paul Harman WealthManagement and Paul Marriott of Biomass Ltd.

Influx ofplayers forrugby club

ASTON-on-Trent is ringing to the sound of jogging feet on Wednesdaynights, thanks to a new running group set up over the summer. The Aston group is the latest in this area to be set up under the Jog

Derbyshire scheme, which aims to get more people enjoying exerciseby going for a weekly run in the fresh air. Up until now it has been led by personal trainer and sports masseur

Tierney Maude, but will shortly be under new leadership because Tier-ney is moving to Ashbourne. The group has been going since July and at the moment has be-

tween eight to ten people turning out each week in their runningshoes. Tierney said she had been inspired to start the group having seen

lots of people at a recent Derby 10k race wearing Jog Derbyshire t-shirts. She said: “It was just that idea of getting people into sport. There

have been some big improvements!”The Aston jogging group meets outside the White Hart pub at 7pm

on Wednesdays. The group is free to join and there is a registrationform for new members that can be accessed on the Jog Derbyshirewebsite: http://www.derbyshiresport.co.uk/jog-derbyshire. New mem-bers are also welcome to just turn up. Tierney Maude is pictured with Karen, Angie and Jill, members of

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SPECTATORS were treated to a battingmasterclass when Ticknall Cricket Club’sfirst team travelled to Bradford to play inthe Regional Finals of the National ClubT20 tournament. Tom Wood, who had passed 1,000 runs for the

season in the Premier league the previous day,scored a sensational 147 not out from 63 balls,with 10 fours and 13 sixes to help his side win theNorth Area semi-final against Bourne, from Lin-colnshire.Paul Borrington's support at the other end was

68 from 51 balls and they closed on a mammoth224-1.It was a total not to be matched and Bourne

were bowled out for 156 with Eddie Ikin, ShahidKhan and Zain Abbas taking three wickets each.Unfortunately, Ticknall fell 28 runs short in

the final against Pudsey Congs, who go on to aplace in the next round.

In the Premier League, Ticknall firsts are inthird spot.The Seconds are sitting in third place in Divi-

sion 4 South looking for promotion with threegames to play.The Thirds are eighth in their league with the

Fourths holding up their league.The Juniors have had a good season all round

with two kwik cricket teams and 40 enthusiasticplayers turning up regularly. There are two U11 teams, one of which won the

league. The U13s were also successful in winningtheir league. The U14s won the Collard Dawn Trophy and

the U12s were the losing finalists in the samecompetition for their age group. Moving on to the U15s, they secured third

place in their league and the U19s have unusu-ally tied for the top spot with two other teams,each winning four out of five games.

Ticknall turn ona T20 masterclass

l Ticknall Cricket Club 1st XI: (top row l-r) Shahid Khan, James Sookias, Ryan Cowley, TomWood, Zain Abbass, James North and Eddie Ikin; (front row l-r) Rupert Scott Jones, Paul Bor-rington, Scott Chilman (captain) and Luke Harvey.

SPRINGWOOD Fisheries, located on theAshby Road near Melbourne, hosted theDerby Disabled Angling Club for one of itsclub competitions. The club was formed six years ago and

provides opportunities for the disabled andelderly to either take up angling or to beable to continue the pastime. They partici-pate in about 30 matches per year within a30-mile radius of Derby. There are also a number of helpers who

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equipment and assisting if needed to land acatch. The club visits Springwood on about

eight occasions during the year and organ-iser John Startin speaks very highly of thefisheries and the proprietors, Jeff and wifeLinda Gapper. “They always make us feel very wel-

come”, he said. “Both lakes are well stockedand the pegs are disability friendly. Theyhave also made provision for parking con-veniently close to the pegs.”

Jeff and Linda have just marked theirsecond anniversary at Springwood and arevery happy with the way things are going. “We like it here,” said Jeff, “and we be-

lieve that the restocking programme thatwe have is a bonus for the anglers, and bothlakes are fishing well this season.” A group of Derby Disabled Angling Club

members and helpers are pictured atSpringwood Fisheries after their recentmatch which was won by Roley Brookeswith a 20lb catch.

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A COMBINATION of badweather and batting col-lapses saw Melbourne Townfirst team slide towards thebottom end of the table inAugust, but a convincinghome win in the last game ofmonth saw them climb awayto safety.They began away to Bread-

sall first team and had the hostsstruggling on 143-8 when therain came to cancel the match.Lee Tallis took a superb 4-42 to-gether with two wickets apiecefor Alex Slater and Faren Price. The following week at home

to top of the table Spondon2nds, the visitors limped to 182-7 with two wickets apiece forPrice, Matt Briers and JasonLander. Town were well set on 142-3

after Russ Allaway (49) hadgiven them a great start but theloss of Briers (27) and eventu-ally Slater (30) saw the teamlose seven wickets for 19 runsand a 21-run defeat.

l Melbourne Town Cricket Club 3rd XI: (back row l-r ) Prageeth Tennacoon, HowardWilliams, John Mayers, Bruno Rost, Tony Papas, Dave Potts; (front) Fergus Hudson, ZakParkinson, Sam Jenkinson and Harry Potts.

The following day, away toMickleover 1sts, a very muchweakened first team kept themto 220-7 with Stephen Goalentaking 3-50 and James Hog-wood 2-34. In reply Town were shot out

for just 67. Away to Swarkestone, Mel-

bourne’s bowling and fieldingwas superb as they bowled thehome side out for 188. SkipperSlater led the way with 4-45with 3-44 from Lander.In reply the firsts never re-

covered from being three wick-ets down with just one run onthe board. Despite a ninth wicket stand

of 48 by top scorer Mark Rossi(72 not out) and Jason Lander(33) Melbourne fell short on 146all out. Town at least ended the

month with a convincing win athome to A & B 2nds with thevisitors bowled out for just 129. Slater again led the way with

3-25 together with two wicketsapiece for Price, Shahid Qaisarand Anthony Wagstaff. An easyfive wicket win was confirmedthanks to Slater (36) and Briers(24 not out) to end the month ona high.

MELBOURNE Town 2nds’form has mirrored the firsts butthey ended the month with agreat win to keep their survivalchances alive. At home to league leaders

Sutton-on-the-Hill, the awayside were kept to just 150-8 withJames Hogwood taking 3-53plus 2-48 from skipper DanMarshall, but in reply Mel-bourne struggled to 89-6 whenthe rain came to abandon thematch. Against Rosehill Methodists,

the seconds posted a total of187-9 with openers JulianHumpidge (44) and SimonFletcher (41) scoring well.

Despite 3-51 from GeorgieHarrison the home side crepthome by just three wickets. A quite brilliant knock of 70

not out from stand-in skipperMark Hirons aided by 47 fromArun Iyer saw the 2nds post atotal of 195-7 at home to CastleDonington 1st team. Two wick-ets apiece from Marc Towell andMax Winter saw Donington falljust short on 191-6. Dan Marshall’s men ended

the month with that stunningnine wicket win away to A & B4ths as Ben Newton, in his firstgame of the season, rippedthrough the home side taking 5-27. Helped by 4-42 from Marc

Towell, A & B were all out forjust 129. Paul,Scrimshaw (40not out), Siv Sirapalan (40 notout) and Mark Hirons (30) allplayed well as a vital win wasconfirmed.

MELBOURNE Town 3rdteam managed to claim theirfirst win of the season in Augustand they began with that tensetwo-run victory at home to Tut-bury 3rds as Town scored 179-6.Richard Paine led the way

with 55, while a superb spell of5-40 by youngster Ashley Ellwellsaw Bruno Rost's men claim anexciting victory. The following week Mel-

bourne again batted first andskipper Rost hit a brilliant 81not out as the thirds scored 219-2 away to Castle Donington2nds. The home side held on for a

draw on 196-6 but this perform-ance did lift Melbourne off thebottom of the table. The thirds ended the month

with a disappointing 153-runloss as Trentside thirds hit 186-9 with Sam Barker taking a ca-reer best 6-49 but it was all invain as Rost's men were shot outfor just 33.

Collapso cricketproves undoing ofMelbourne 1sts

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