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8 Country Images April 2013

The Beaumonts descend from the de

Brienne family, traceable back to at least

954. John, son of Erard II de Brienne,

married the heiress of the by then partly

lost Kingdom of Jerusalem and reigned as

King at Acre from 1209-1237. He was also

elected Emperor of the East in 1229,

moving to Constantinople where he died.

Louis of Acre, a son by his second

marriage, married Agnes the daughter and

heiress of Richard, 4th Viscount de

Beaumont in France. Their descendants

took that name and settled largely in

Leicestershire. The senior branch,

technically princes of the Empire and

Jerusalem, not to mention Lords of

Basqueville (a French peerage created by

Henry VI) were long seated at Coleorton.

A secondary branch settled at Gracedieu

and another at Thringstone where a

younger son, Edward Beaumont who was a

Roman Catholic, acquired the confiscated

lands of St John at Barrow in 1542. At first

the family lived at Arleston House and

about a decade later he leased the

advowson of the church at Barrow from his

brother. It was only in 1598/1601, when

Francis Beaumont came of age that the

family moved to the village of Barrow and

built the first hall there, although it may

have contained an earlier core made up of

the 30ft by 20ft central great hall.

The building was of Keuper sandstone,

probably from Weston Cliff, slightly to the

east on the Leicestershire side of the river,

and was of relatively modest proportions,

for tax was paid a century or so later on a

modest eight hearths. This is the equivalent

of Heage Hall and that at Kirk Langley

(subsequently rebuilt). It was gabled, built

on a typical H-plan of the period and

certainly had stone mullioned windows.

The depredations of punitive levies on

Catholics probably ensured that only

minor modifications were made to it prior

to the end of the 18th century. These no

doubt included the flooring over of the

great hall to create a couple of bedrooms

above. The family also had a six-roomed

town house in All Saints’ parish, Derby.

In 1808 John Beaumont, on the back of

generally rising income from landed

property in the wars against France,

decided to build a new house. This was a

handsome, fashionably Neo-classical

mansion in brick and stucco, the latter

being a covering of Brookhouse’s Roman

Cement grooved to resemble ashlar and

applied to hide the joins, for the fabric of

the new house incorporated much of that

of its predecessor. The south garden front

was of seven bays and two storeys, the

central three bays breaking slightly forward

LOST HOUSES OF DERBYSHIRE

Barrow Hall

The house wastypical of the

period

BARROW-ON-TRENTby Maxwell Craven

Barrow-on-Trent was divided into three portions at the time of the

Domesday Book and the manorial part, which as it happens is not the

largest, later came into the hands of the Order of Hospitallers of St John

of Jerusalem. At the Dissolution it became the property of one of the

few Derbyshire families of genuinely princely descent, the Beaumonts.

Barrow Hall, South (garden) front c1905


under a pediment decorated with the

Beaumont coat-of-arms: azure

semée-de-lys and a lion rampant. The

entrance front was of five bays, the central

one being formed of a deep bow topped

by a lead-covered and top-lit dome to

which was attached a slightly curved

tetrastyle (four-columned) Doric portico.

The sides were of four bays and a four bay,

slightly lower service wing was attached to

the east side.

The interior boasted a drawing room, small

drawing room, dining room and library all

opening off the hall, from which rose to

the west the top-lit well stair case. The

architect was almost certainly the prolific

amateur, Richard Leaper of Derby

(1759-1838), a member of a Derby

banking family who was also the local

receiver of excise, an alderman and four

times Mayor of Derby. Stephen Glover said

of him in 1831 that he was “a gentleman

of great taste and much experience of

building family mansions.” Indeed the

entrance front at Barrow is virtually

identical to the garden front of his

Parkfields Cedars, built for the Sandars

family at about the same date as well as

the garden front at The Limes in Mickleover

and the drum-shaped hall is echoed in

Leaper’s entrance hall at The Pastures,

Littleover of 1806 where Leaper found time

to serve his second Mayoralty! The

surviving lodges were typically Leaper with

ogee windows and quirky detailing. The

one on the main road bears comparison

with that at The Pastures, Littleover and the

village one is an enlarged version of

Beehive Cottage in Newton Solney, both

Leaper’s work.

From the detailed building records of

Wheathills, Mackworth in 1806 we can

even identify some of the likely craftsmen,

like the mason/contractor Samuel Brown

(architect of the Derbyshire General

Infirmary), William Cooper (the plumber

and glazier), Richard Wood (bricklayer),

John Crooks (joinery), Thomas Thorley

(ironsmith), William Toplis (carver sand

gilder) and Gladwin & Co (painting). The

fine Chellaston alabaster chimneypiece in

the drawing room would have been carved

by Richard Brown, junior (1736-1816) the

Derby spar turner in St Helen’s Street. The

drawing room ceiling is of a fretted pattern

closely resembling one at Newton Park,

also attributed to Leaper, although the

latter was in plaster, whereas the Barrow

one may have been done in embossed

paper like that at Highfields, a Leaper villa

in Derby.

Leaper later favoured cast iron for his

houses but until Weatherhead & Glover

The handiworkof local

craftsmen

Left & Below:

The north (entrance) front c1950

Left: A mullioned window and part of

the 1598 fabric appearing during

demolition 1957

It was a handsome,fashionably

Neo-classicalmansion in brick

and stucco


established their Duke Street Foundry in

1818 (later Handyside’s), his ironwork

tended to be hand wrought by Thorley,

whose forge was in St Michael’s Lane and

who was a former assistant of William

Yates, son of Robert Bakewell’s successor.

Thorley’s slim wrought iron balustrade was

really rather fine and the stairs were

latterly lit by an ambitious stained glass

window put in by John Beaumont’s widow

in a fit of Catholic piety. Two niches on the

stairs were filled with classical statues on

plinths embellished with the family crest.

In 1841 John Beaumont’s widow, Mary

Josephine (née Curzon) was employing

eleven staff at the house plus a further four

at the family Derby town house, by then

The Cedars on Ashbourne Road. She was

wealthy in her own right and had saved the

estate by marrying John, who died in 1834.

She also richly endowed the newly

established Convent of Mercy in Bridge

Gate, to which she gave her previous

family town house bought by her great

uncle from John Gisborne in 1767 and

vastly extended by her. Later in the 1840s,

she spent all her time in Derby and the

hall was let to Mary Arkwright.

The family, after decades of financial

problems finally sold the estate, by then

reduced to little more than 200 acres, for

£32,000 in 1876. The buyer was Colonel J

T Pountain, the Derby vintner who died in

1889 and the estate was sold to his friend,

the Scots-born Burton brewer James Eadie.

During the war it became a home for

evacuees and afterwards, to avoid the cost

of a full restoration, it was sold to H G E

Castledine of Burton, who converted the

house into five flats, reserving the largest

for himself.

The Hall’smixed fortunes

Left: The staircase after the fire, 13th

September 1956. The statue (not

sold with most of the contents in

1846) has lost an arm, but the

stained glass and the balustrade are

in a remarkably good state.

Below: The Chellaston alabaster

chimneypiece and overmantel in

the drawing room. The side panels

of the overmantel would have

originally held mirror glass like the

central one, but these were replaced

by small shelves in the 20th century.

Two niches onthe stairs were

filled withclassical statues


Unfortunately, on the night of 12th

September 1956, the hall was gutted by a

serious fire; mercifully no-one was killed

but only the shell of the building

remained. There was more money to be

made by demolishing rather than

rebuilding and so a few months later, in

spring 1957, the remains were cleared and

housing built on the site.

In 2006, some of the stained glass from

the staircase (which miraculously survived

the fire) was sold at Bamfords auction

rooms in Derby, the last vestiges of a

vanished house..

A serious firedelivers theHall’s final

chapter

Right: The garden

front after the fire,

20th September 1956.

Below: The entrance

after the fire.

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Bakewell, of course worked in wrought iron, but from the

1770s, when Francis Hurt began forging iron at Alderwasley

on the middle Derwent, cast iron began to be made in the

County. Although Hurt started with a forge, he soon began to

cast items too, for we know that when Joseph Pickford was

clerk of works at Kedleston Hall under Robert Adam, he

ordered a number of cast iron fire-grates from Hurt along with

the balusters for the bridge over the lake.

Within about 15 years a foundry had been set up in Derby by

Thomas Glover and as with all of Derby’s industries at that

time, it made items for the luxury end of the market: cast iron

balustrades for staircases, ornamental fencing for gentlemen’s

villas and so on.

The most distinguished firm to make architectural cast iron

was Messrs. Weatherhead & Glover, which represented a

continuation of the efforts of Glover in tandem with Samuel

Weatherhead, proprietor of an ironmongery appropriately

situated in Iron Gate, which is continued today as Bennett’s.

Glover needed room to expand from his cramped foundry in

the middle of Derby and Weatherhead wanted to put his

profits to good use, cut out the middleman and make things he

could sell in his shop. Therefore they set up a new foundry in

1818 just north of the town centre on land which had

originally been part of the park of St Helen’s House.

The foundry, known as the Britannia Foundry (hence nearby

Britannia Street and the surviving Furnace Inn), by 1848 had

come into the hands of Andrew Handyside (1805-1887). The

Handysides came originally from Liberton in Midlothian, but

Andrew’s father, an Edinburgh merchant, married the sister of

Charles Baird of St Petersburg, an ironfounder and engineer

there. Of their five sons, two traded to Russia and founded the

Blue Anchor Line as a result and three, including Andrew the

youngest son, went to work with the Bairds in St Petersburg.

Their Russian enterprise was associated with the business of

Samuel Job Wright of the Limes in Mickleover, who ran an

import-export trading alliance with Imperial Russia and was

also a successful silk throwster. He appears to have tipped the

young Handyside off that there was an opportunity to acquire

the foundry in Derby.

Handyside & Company ran successfully until 1911 when it

went into administration but then rose from the ashes and

carried on until 1932, when it was finally carried off in the

great recession. The firm is famous for making vast civil

engineering set-pieces: railway stations, bridges etc, but at first

Handyside continued the tradition of making domestic cast

iron pieces: garden seats, fountains, drinking fountains,

railings, balustrades and similar. Fortunately, a copy of the

firm’s catalogue survives in the Derby Local Studies Library.

The firm’s standard rustic garden seats are a version of a design

published by John Claudius Loudon, the man who designed

Derby’s Arboretum in 1840. One of the models was adopted

for its station seats by the Midland Railway. Indeed, I bought

an example 20 years ago for £50 with two supports; you could

have as many supports as you wanted and a carpenter would

make the slatted seats they supported. My example still has

some of the railway company’s Midland Lake paint on it, so it

would have come from a station somewhere between St

Pancras and Glasgow! J & G Haywood of Iron Gate (like

Bennetts ironmongers) also had a foundry, called the Phoenix

Local Antiquesby Maxwell Craven

Collecting

Derby has been associated withiron working for centuries,although it was only whenRobert Bakewell fromMelbourne took up residence inthe Borough in 1712 thatDerby acquired a seriousreputation for iron working.

Handyside campana urn

sold at Bamfords for £600 in 2009

CAST IRON


Foundry, which stood between Nottingham Road and the

Derwent. They patented a garden seat very like Handyside’s, with

faux rustic timber framing, but embellished with a canopy help

aloft by thin cast iron supports. These appear to have broken

rather easily (cast iron being fairly brittle) and I have never seen a

complete example. Survivors can be distinguished by small raised

iron protrusions on the arms where the canopy supports were

once attached. I have seen three examples, one of which is

outside the front door at Calke.

Handyside’s ornamental fountains and urns come up at auction

with reasonable frequency, the most popular model consisting of a

shell supported by three sinuous dolphins which are usually

signed discreetly on the casting; if not one needs to consult their

catalogue. A particularly attractive fountain example was sold in

2009 at Bamfords for nearly £5,000 although less spectacular

examples usually fetch a good deal less. A municipal park-sized

example was bought by Derby Museum in the 1990s for £8500.

Handyside also made a good standard campana urn, an example

of which Bamfords sold for over £600 also in 2009, despite a

layer of paint. J & G Haywood made fluted urns from around

1850. At Ilkeston Museum is what appears to have been a

bespoke urn, made by Handyside. The sides have pierced flanks

made to look like lace and a row of portrait heads (presumably of

prominent aldermen) around the socle. The lace and aldermen

would seem to indicate Ilkeston and the occasion was probably

the grant of Borough status which marked the Queen’s Golden

Jubilee in 1887. Many of these objects were supplied for

conservatories and hence are usually in good condition but those

which went into municipal parks and people’s gardens tended to

weather and now show their age more. Nevertheless, such is the

quality of the casting, that there is generally remarkably little rust

on the better examples.

From the coming of the railways in 1839, iron founding in Derby

moved to heavy engineering, along with domestic ranges and

grates. Some made collectable items too. Jobson’s foundry, which

moved from Sheffield to Derby in 1849, closed as Qualcast in

1991. One product of their works, which occasionally comes up

for sale, is a memorial plaque to the Duke of Wellington, who

died in 1852. It’s a handsome thing, eleven inches in diameter;

the Iron Duke’s head faces left, on a pounced ground with a ducal

coronet on a cushion set above it and on the reverse is the legend:

‘Moulded by Jobson’s patent process/Litchurch Works Derby/13th

November 1854’ On the duke’s collar it says: ‘Registered No. 3’.

The going rate for one in good condition is around £70-£100 at

auction, although I bought ours for £30 some years ago, made

affordable (to me at any rate!) through having several layers of

gloss paint on it. Once removed, however, it looked a treat!

Below right: The author’s Handyside garden seat,

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We are now nicely into Spring. A few days ago the weather had

been wet as depression after depression sped bringing cold, wet,

arctic and windy conditions. The ground was saturated, so any

rain ran off into streams almost immediately, any prospect of water

shortages no longer a topic of conversation. Now, memories of

winter are evaporating in the morning sunshine. Clear skies at this

time of year produce ground frosts and we can be plunged back

into winter very quickly, so why not ‘make hay while the sun

shines’.

How wonderful it is to stand in the countryside and marvel at

the forces that are involved in producing spring and the

‘renaissance’ in the natural world. These forces have been at work

for weeks but now their work is becoming noticeable, having a

marked effect on the natural world. I stood looking and listening

the other evening after sunset, comfortable in the still air but by

morning there had been another ground frost. Everything I could

see and hear was responding to the lengthening days and rising

temperatures. Birds were singing, especially blackbirds, the cocks

proclaiming ownership of territories from virtually every part of

the countryside. Hedgerows and trees are ‘greening’, their shapes

being altered as fresh leaves cloak twigs and branches. Butterflies

and dragonflies flew during the day and on occasions I had

looked for swallows despite knowing it was much too early. Rooks

are calling incessantly from rookeries, caught up in the excitement

of it all and the large winter flock has now dispersed. More

butterflies are appearing, as are large flies but I have yet to see a

bumble bee. The green woodpeckers are yaffling from different

parts of the wood and pied wagtails are increasingly prominent in

clean, bright plumage. Chaffinches have been singing for weeks

and the robin has never stopped. Moorhens are mating, the

kingfisher occasionally flashes by and a pair of mallards quack at

all hours during the night.

Every day brings to light fresh treasures, yesterday was the turn

of the lesser celandines on the stream bank. ‘Oh to be in

England’! The scale of this change is difficult to embrace and is

only just beginning to gather momentum. One can only wonder

what effect it had on country people many, many years ago who

were more at the mercy of the elements than we are today.

I have long been interested in reading and listening to sayings

relating to the countryside and last summer, quite by chance, I

bought a book containing over four thousand sayings relating to

the French countryside. A cursory glance made me realise I would

have to resort to a good dictionary but using this made my

browsings much richer. It has also strengthened my belief that

there are more similarities than differences between people of

different countries. I have decided to include a few extracts from

the book to illustrate this relating to spring and the month of April,

the section under ‘printemps’ being the largest in the book.

‘After the long darkness of winter, the cold and shortages of

food, the arrival of spring was like a deliverance for the

peasants of the Middle Ages. They celebrated the death of

winter and the victory of light over darkness by lighting fires

and rejoicing but this didn’t last long because much work

had to be done in gardens, fields and vineyards’.

‘Spring flowers are autumn fruits’.

‘When the cuckoo sings, one day is wet, another dry, that’s

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‘One magpie in spring announces bad weather’.

‘April is the month of renaissance, the sun’s rays are warmer

and begin to warm the earth. Migrating birds arrive, skylarks

and blackbirds are singing and white butterflies fly among

the blossom. Trees are covered in buds, the first leaves

appear and animals begin to change their fur’.

‘When it thunders in April, the wine grower rejoices and the

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‘The new moon in April never passes without a frost’.

‘April rain is good luck for the land’.

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Between the mid 1800s until its slow decline less than a hundred

years later, Matlock flourished as a hydropathic town. It attracted the

rich and famous who came for the dubious ‘water treatment’ in one of

at least forty three establishments that sprang up around the town.

Brian Spencer traces the town’s once fashionable history.

MatLoCK’S

Hydros

Matlock’s most obvious link with hydropathy is the huge

building dominating the eastern hillside high above the

town centre. Now the headquarters of Derbyshire

County Council, it served for around a hundred years as

a hydro founded by John Smedley, a hosiery

manufacturer with premises at Wirksworth and Lea Mills.

Born 12 June 1803 he inherited his father Thomas’s

business in 1823. For a time the business prospered

under his leadership, especially when he managed to

adapt stocking frames to handle wool. Unfortunately this

involved long hours of hard, taxing work and as a result

his health broke down while on honeymoon in 1846.

Part of the treatment aimed at securing his recovery took

him to Ben Rhydding, a hydro on Ilkley Moor near Otley

in Yorkshire. Here he was subjected to a regime of cold

baths and powerful showers as prescribed by the

in-house consultant, Dr Macleod. Impressed by its

effectiveness which lead to his apparent recovery,

Smedley decided to spread the word of this new-found

medicine, alongside converting the world to his own

brand of Methodism.

Using his employees as what might be considered guinea

pigs, he subjected them to preaching and cold water

baths. For his workforce this was a small price to pay as

working conditions in John Smedley’s mills were far

ahead of those given to other mill workers – hot food and

dry clothing on rainy days were just two of the benefits

of working for Smedley. Basing his methods partially on

those in use at spas in nearby Buxton as well as

Harrogate, he decided to open a suitable establishment

taking advantage of the bracing air on the slopes above

Matlock.

No doubt one of the reasons for choosing Matlock was

due to the fact that there was already a hydropathy

practitioner operating in the area. This was Ralph Davis

of Darley Dale who bathed clients in their own homes

Rockside Hydro served as a

psychiatric hospital for air crew

during World War II.

Now the headquarters of DerbyshireCounty Council, the huge buildingdominating the eastern hillside high above Matlock town centre,served for around a hundred years as a hydro founded by John Smedley.

Above: The famous stained

glass entrance to the hydro.


before going on to rent an eleven-roomed house in 1851. On the

advice of John Smedley he installed hydropathic equipment and

was so successful that he moved to larger premises a couple of

years later. This building was taken over by Smedley who

eventually turned it into the huge structure that remains to this

day. Ralph Davis continued to practise the strange art from

Chesterfield House, originally a dairy farm off Chesterfield Road

and now owned by the sisters of the Presentation Convent.

Right from the start Smedley operated a strict regime by banning

tobacco in all its forms, alcohol and confectionery; fraternising

with members of the opposite sex was punished with a fine, as

were many of the minor misdemeanours that offended the

autocratic man. Life for patients taking the water cure was far

from one of indulgent luxury beyond the palatial surroundings of

the public rooms. Rather than simply drinking the water as in

spas such as Bath or Buxton, the emphasis was on its external

application. It goes without saying that the water was always icy

cold and the methods employed varied between wrapping the

victim in cold wet sheets to needle showers applied to extremities

of the body – a special sit shower was considered efficacious in te

cure of haemorrhoids! For a change, mustard baths must have

been exceptionally painful; thoughts of Guantamano Bay water

torture come to mind when considering what went on with the so

called cures.

During its relatively brief popularity, the hydro played host to the

great and famous. Arriving by the cable operated tram over the

bridge from the railway station, well known visitors ranged from

the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, composer Ivor Novello,

George Robey and Harry Lauder, comedians and General

William Bramwell Booth, son of the founder of the Salvation

Army whose mother came from Ashbourne. The actor Dirk

Bogarde studied aerial photographic interpretation while

stationed at Smedley’s during the war. This was when the

building was taken over as a training depot for military

intelligence operators.

Food was of the highest quality and records from the time speak

of weights of produce by the ton grown or reared on local farms

owned by Smedley. However, the resident’s life was still

governed by strictly imposed rules. Dancing and alcohol

consumption did not arrive until after John Smedley’s death on 27

July 1874, but it cannot be said that gentlemen residents went

without their favourite tipple. The Gate Inn, conveniently just

across Bank Road is alleged to have run a profitable trade

smuggling bottles wrapped in plain brown paper parcels and

many a page boy made a useful addition to his wages as a

go-between.

Much of the opulence of Smedley’s Hydro can still be seen in and

around county offices. Committee rooms are still panelled in

richly varnished mahogany and the staircase leading off the

entrance hall climbs beneath a series of stained glass windows

that rise through three floors. Renaissance-style figures including

Hygea goddess of health stands above the motto ‘Mens sana in

corpore sano’, ‘a healthy mind in a healthy body’. ‘Magna est

veritas et prevalebit’, meaning ‘Great is the Truth and it will

Prevail’ is inscribed beneath the figure of ‘Truth’ whose hand

holds a goblet of pure water’. The one time winter garden’s glass

dome provides clear light for the desks of the planning

department. Regrettably visitors can no longer stroll around

terraced gardens, or play croquet or tennis as the landscaped

grounds are now given over to the modern need for councillors’

and employee’s car parks.

Taking the water cure.

Matlock (Old Bank) House.

Once used as a tax office,

now flats.


John Smedley encouraged his senior employees to ‘spread the

gospel’ by opening their own establishments, large or small and

run with different styles. With the main hydro at the centre rather

like a mother hen with its chickens, most of the buildings can still

be seen around the upper reaches of the town. No longer used

for their original purpose, the following brief entries of the main

subsidiary hydros give a little background to their brief careers

and present lives:

Bank House Hydro (also known as Wyvern House Hydro). Off

New Street, it ran until 1920 when it became the Ernest Bailey

Grammar School, but now houses the Derbyshire County Council

Records Department.

Bridge Hall Hydropathic Establishment. At the bottom of Bank

Road it now forms part of Derbyshire Dales District Council

headquarters.

Chesterfield House Hydro. The original Matlock Hydro run and

owned by Ralph Davis. Situated off Chesterfield Road on Matlock

Bank. Now owned by the Sisters of the Presentation Convent.

Jackson House, Jackson Tor. This building has led a varied career,

never quite succeeding either as a hydro, or in its most recent

incarnation as a hotel.

Lilybank Hydro, Chesterfield Road. Opened in 1890

by subsequent owners of Chesterfield House. Now

owned by the Presentation Convent and run as a

preparatory school and then later as a nursing home.

Malvern House Hydro, Smedley Street. Originally

owned by Job Smith a local entrepreneur who was

very much involved with the Bank Road cable

tramway. Taken over by Smedley’s in

1918, it later became a furniture

warehouse for ‘Mickey’ Morris, another

local character. Now converted into apartments.

Matlock House Hydro. Part of the large building near the top of

Bank Road, it is on the right beyond county offices. Opened in

1863 by a Mr Lee of Manchester and then run by a Mr Rowland

and Miss Wise. Entertainments featured tableaux vivants, ‘living

pictures’, along with indoor and outdoor games.

Rockside Hydro. The imposing twin-turreted building on the

Cavendish cliff top high above the upper section of Bank Road.

Ran as a hydro from 1862 until 1946 when it was converted into

a teachers’ training college, now developed as an apartment

block. Served as a psychiatric hospital for air crew during World

War II.

Numerous other smaller establishments dot the west facing

sun-catching slopes above Matlock, aptly named Matlock Bank.

Mainly converted into private homes, they, together with the

larger establishments and Smedley’s Hydro (County Offices), are a

lasting reminder of Matlock’s temporary bid for fame and fortune

as a spa town.

Smedley Hydro Winter Gardens, now the drawing office

for the County Council planning department.

Inset: Malvern House, now flats.


Now that the weather is starting to look like

spring, it’s going to be a busy month playing

catch up on jobs around the garden. I also spoke

about a lot of new varieties of plants and fruit

bushes last year, many of which will be available

this month so look out for those in your local

plant nurseries or garden centres.

This month also sees the start of ‘grow your own’ season, again

with many new varieties of vegetables. I will be trying a couple of

veg that I’ve never grown before and am looking forward to

growing carrots. I sprayed less insecticide last year because of the

companion planting I used; blackpepper mint and basil to keep

away greenfly and whitefly. Also another tip is to plant white

alyssum (the summer bedding plant) in containers near plants or

vegetables as thrips (thunder flies) are attracted to the alyssum and

not your plants or veg. Once the alyssum is swamped with thrips

simply dispose of them in the green waste wheely bin.

Look out for the NGS Open Garden

booklets. The reason I love the open garden

scheme is because these are ‘real’ gardens

that easily relate to our own gardens. So

pick up a yellow booklet for dates and

locations from any good plant nursery or

garden centre and also look out for the

yellow posters – the open gardens are a

great source of inspiration.

Allotment or Vegetable Patch:

Still a good time to sow green manure

Buy vegetable plug plants (approx Easter weekend onwards)

Fertilise spring cabbage with a high nitrogen feed

Plant new asparagus ‘crowns’. Potato, shallot and onion sets

should still be available to buy.

Feed fruit trees and bushes with sulphate of potash.

Crops to sow directly outside or under cloches are peas, mange

tout, mixed salad leaves, radishes, cauliflowers, turnips, lettuces,

carrots, beetroot, cabbages, sprouts, broad beans, leeks, rocket,

swiss chard and spinach.

Also sow in your vegetable plot tagetes and poached egg plant to

attract beneficial insects.

In the Greenhouse:

Protect any seedlings from cold.

Water any seedling trays or pots with copper fungicide to help

prevent damping off disease.

Remember to increase ventilation on warm days.

If too hot, put up shading to protect plants.

Buy plug plants to grow on for pots,

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Sow French and runner beans in pots.

Sow melons, cucumbers, marrows and

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Check plants regularly for signs of peat or

disease.

Plant tomatoes in grow bags or large pots.

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Sow sweet peas outside around the base of cane supports, obelisks

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Give camelias, rhododendrons, azaleas and pieris a good handful

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Now is the ideal time to start to spray roses as a preventive for

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Keep topiary in check by giving a light clip now.


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Acer palmatum ‘sango kaku’ (coloured stems), Acer palmatum

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Spiraea x cinerea ‘grefsheim’: or ‘bridal wreath’: Currently mine

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shade. I wouldn’t recommend this for a pot but planted in a

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Cercis chinensis ‘avondale’: Might be a bit hard to find this one

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native to China, Cercis chinensis ‘avondale’ has bare stems

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If your child’s choices for Year 7 are worrying you, take alook a what Ockbrook School has to offer.

We operate an open door policy and welcome visitsbetween 10am and 2pm

Money Raised for School in Africa…

Pupils from Derby High’s primary department have raisedmore than £600 so far for a school in Africa by taking partin a sponsored curiosity challenge.

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Theatre in Derby is changing. The

city’s former Playhouse is not only

preparing to stage its own plays

alongside touring productions – but a

new atmosphere is beginning to take

hold at Derby Theatre.

If you have visited the building in the past couple of months you

might have been accosted by Sarah Brigham, the first artistic

director to be appointed by the theatre since the University of

Derby took complete control of the venue.

It was part of her strategy, which also involved striking up a

conversation with people in the Westfield shopping centre, to

discover what people want from the theatre.

She comes over as confident, friendly and knowledgeable –

qualities that have led to her being acknowledged as an

up-and-coming talent in British theatre.

She comes to Derby from The Point and the Berry Theatre at

Eastleigh, Hampshire where she produced innovative productions

which toured internationally. Before that she was associate

director at Dundee Rep for four years.

She says she was excited by Derby Theatre’s unique position of

staging its own productions as well as bringing on the next

generation of artists through its university courses.

On top of that “Derby is a beautiful city in a beautiful part of the

world.”

While many theatres around the country are struggling for finance

because of local authority cuts, Sarah wants to explore the

relationship that the theatre and the university have with the city.

“Lots of theatres say they’ve got learning at their heart and I’m

really interested in how you offer something that’s different as

well. We’re in a unique position in that we’ve got a very strong

relationship with the university and I’m really interested in

interrogating what that means not only for the students but also

for our audience.”

One of her innovations is to train the theatre’s ushers to become

“talking programmes”.

“Whenever we’ve got a produced show, they’ll come into our

rehearsal room and they’ll meet the designer and the creative

team. Actually they’re the people who are our audience.

“I’m here most nights but I’m not here every night and I can’t talk

to everyone whereas our ushers genuinely engage with our

audience on a nightly basis.

“I want them to be in a situation where they can approach

audience members and say ‘is there something you want to know

about the show? If I don’t know I can write the question down

and I can find out from the artistic director and she’ll reply within

so many days’. It’s an interesting concept for us.”

Everything seems so different from the dark days that befell the

building not so many years ago.

The former Derby Playhouse Ltd went into administration in 2008

and the venue closed. The following year the University of Derby

bought the lease and reopened it with the help of Derby LIVE, the

city council’s entertainments division.

After three years the university decided not to renew its

agreement with Derby LIVE and applied to the Arts Council for

the same amount of funding that had been enjoyed in previous

years. But the Arts Council said no. One of the reasons was that

the university did not have its own artistic director.

Eventually the Arts Council awarded Derby Theatre £923,000

over three years – less than half the amount that it used to grant

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Derby Playhouse. On top of that the university is giving the

theatre £500,000 a year.

Recently Arts Council regional director Peter Knott said the

organisation was impressed with Sarah Brigham and the theatre’s

work with the University.

Sarah’s vision and philosophy are largely responsible.

“Long gone are the days when someone pays £25, sits in their

theatre seat on a Saturday night, goes home and that’s all they

know.

“When you see a film now you can watch how the director made

it, you can watch what the casting process was like, and Derby

Theatre needs to get with the programme a little bit. We can offer

that whole plethora of understanding to our audiences as well.”

Sarah feels that in some ways Derby Theatre is similar to The Point

at Eastleigh which is the only venue in the UK to have rehearsal

studios with living accommodation, allowing it to work with

artists of international recognition.

“Derby Theatre has an amazing space – I think this stage is really

beautiful and unique. We’ve got the same ability to attract artists

of international standing and bring them here.”

Excitement is building now as people anticipate the productions

Sarah Brigham will bring to the city.

The first in-house production will be Cooking With Elvis, a

comedy written by Lee Hall, best known for penning the script for

the film Billy Elliot.

That will be followed by a classic: a new version of Chekhov’s

The Seagull, in a co-production with critically acclaimed theatre

company Headlong.

Speaking about Cooking With Elvis, Sarah says: “In the summer,

audiences want a bright comedy that’s going to be a lot of fun but

that’s also going to have real artistic integrity.

“I think this show has that. It’s very funny but it’s also very

moving. It ticks the box of being modern, contemporary but also

accessible, funny and it’s a great piece of theatre.”

Four years ago Sarah was presented with the Writers’ Guild of

Great Britain award for encouraging new writing. She would like

to produce new work in Derby although she admits she has to put

on what the audience wants.

“I’d like to look at how we can commission new work and

ultimately I can do whatever I want. But if there are only two men

and a dog in the audience, what’s the point?

“I do think there’s an appetite for new work as much as there is

for the classics, so hopefully we can do a bit of both.”

Some people may think that Derby Theatre is merely a stop-off for

Sarah Brigham on her way to running one of the top venues in the

country. But she clearly knows how she would like people to

regard the building in a few years’ time.

“I would like to be able to go out into the streets and every single

person I stop be able to direct me to where Derby Theatre is, and

know that it’s called Derby Theatre and not Derby Playhouse.

“I’d like us to have a really diverse audience, a really different

audience, and a full audience of course.

“I’d like our youth theatre to be seen as a training ground for the

next generation of artists.

“Some people don’t want to come to the theatre and that’s okay

but I’d like those people to see the good that it does for the

community.

“I’d like to see some international profile and recognition in terms

of the artists that we bring here. Generally, I’d like Derby Theatre

to be thriving and successful.”

Dedicated theatregoers may remember with affection artistic

directors such as Mark Clements, now resident in the United

States, and Christopher Honer for their work on the Derby stage.

In years to come Sarah Brigham’s name may evoke similar

sentiments.

Cooking With Elvis will run

at Derby Theatre from Friday

26th April until Saturday

18th May.

Derby Theatre has an amazing space


This is the second of my walks in Collins Walks in the Peak District which I am

currently checking for any changes. Fortunately there are no alterations necessary to

the actual route, but there is one interesting addition to features seen along the way.

This is a Millennium project to mark various points along the parish boundary with what

became known as Sites of Meaning. When I planned the Collins walks the project was in its

early planning stages and so it was impossible to include it in my walk, but as my apparent

neglect did not affect the description of the walk, I justifiably left it out. Each marker, for that

is what they are, is unique; but all have an appropriate phrase carved into their face, whether

it is flat on the ground or upright. A stone table next to the playground in the centre of the

village has pointers showing the direction to each sculpture and also the individual phrases

on them that were chosen by members of the village and local school children. This walk

passes three sites, but there are many others which could while away a day or so this spring.

Two little known White Peak dales are explored on this walk which starts from the

secluded village of Middleton-by-Youlgrave. The first, Bradford Dale, has a river haunted by

trout, but Long Dale is dry. Between them, high limestone pastures are crossed along the

way, offering wide-ranging views over the surrounding countryside.

Middleton might seem a sleepy place today, but it has seen plenty of activity down the

centuries. It once had a castle although nothing remains apart from a mound and during the

English Civil War a bloody skirmish took place nearby.

walk with ramblerm n h y

MiddletonLong Dale&

Helpful Information6 miles (9.5km) of moderate field paths

and open limestone pasture. Can be muddy

around the exit from Bradford Dale and

near the head of Long Dale.

Public Transport: Hulley’s 171 service from

Bakewell runs hourly via Youlgrave on

weekdays and Saturdays, then at 10am on

Sunday & Bank Holidays, returning at

5:35pm

Car parking space is usually available near

the children’s play area at the road junction

in the centre of the village.

Recommended Map: Ordnance Survey

Outdoor Leisure 1:25,000 scale, sheet

OL24, The Peak District – White Peak area.

Refreshments: none in Middleton or along

the walk, but nearby Youlgrave has three

pubs.

• Go down the lane opposite the children’s

playground into Bradford Dale and then turn

right.

• Walk upstream and then cross the narrow

footbridge to your left. Climb the metal

ladder to the top of a limestone outcrop.

Turn right across the slope and go down to

the river again. Recross the stream by a wide

stone-slab footbridge. Cross the next fields

by using stone stiles in their boundary walls.A partly overgrown pool in the bottom of the dale is

the uppermost of a series of mill ponds thatonce powered a small textile mill nearby and alsoa lead-crushing mill at Alport lower down thedale. Trout now take advantage of the clearwaters.

The side stream issuing from an beneath anoverhanging rock beside the path is a ‘sough’(pron: suff), dug to drain nearby lead mines.

Look out for the phrasing carved on the stone-slabbridge; it is part of Middleton’s Sites of Meaningseries, but is already showing signs of wear dueto the passage of feet.

• Go over the narrow lane and climb the

stone-stile opposite to follow the brook

upstream, keeping it on your left. Where it

bends to your left, continue ahead and uphill,

bearing right above a wooded ravine. The underlying limestone strata on your side of the

stream dip sharply towards Rowlow Brook. Rockson the far side of the brook have been worn intooverhangs by water action, partly by the stream,but mostly by meltwater at the end of the lastIce Age.

The Walk

Bradford Dale & Long Dale

Stone clapper bridge,River Bradford.

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• Turn left when you reach the upper road

and follow it until it makes a sharp bend to

the left. Continue ahead, slightly to your

right at this point, climbing along a sunken

track and then through open fields.Viewpoint 1: Look back along the way you have

come. Bradford Dale points towards theprominent square tower of Youlgrave Church.Beyond and across the deep trough of theDerwent Valley, wooded slopes aboveChatsworth climb towards heather-clad BeeleyMoor, a riot of purple every summer.

Viewpoint 2: Almost secretive, Long Dale is below,a completely dry dale supporting short butsucculent grazing. On the opposite hillside thecurious grassy corrugations are the result ofgentle slippage of the hillside in wet weather.The clump of trees on the far skyline marksthe site of Minninglow tumulus. In summer tinyblue or yellow pansy-like flowers known as‘heart’s ease’ dot the hillside.

• Drop steeply down into Long Dale to visit

three standing stones in a small enclosure;

this is another boundary marker in the

Sites of Meaning series. Turn right away

from the stones and walk uphill along the

dale until you reach a short barred plank

section in the wire fence across the path.

This is not a stile and the correct thing to

do here is to turn right and follow the

fence uphill as far as a real stile. Cross this

and drop back down into the dale bottom

and turn right to continue along the dale

bottom.

• Continue along a narrow field, first with

trees on your right and then on both sides.

Go through an old gateway and follow the

grassy path as far as the road.

• Climb up to the road and turn right along it

for a little under half a mile.Where the road crosses the head of Long Dale

look for the third of the Sites of Meaningstones; this one can be mistaken for amilestone and does in fact mark the way toNewhaven on the A515.

• A few yards past the entrance drive to a

farm on your left, turn right over a stile

and diagonally cross five fields, using stiles

and gates to find the route.

• Turn right along a farm lane. Where it

forms a crossroads beyond a large

sycamore tree, bear left along a walled

lane.Viewpoint 3: Bradford Dale reappears below and

leads the eye towards the Derwent’s heathermoors. Land to your left and right is based onlimestone all the way to Elton, the former

mining village to your right. The opposite orsouthern side of Bradford Dale is mostlygritstone as indicated by a proliferation oftrees that grow best on the moist and acidicsoils based on a foundation of gritstone.

• Drop down into tree-shaded Rake Lane and

turn right. Follow the road back into

Middleton.If time allows follow the Youlgrave road for a little

way as far as the tiny Methodist chapelbeyond the last houses on the left. Walk upthe narrow path beside the chapel to find thetomb of ThomasBateman, an earlylocal archaeologistwho discoverednumerousprehistoric artefactsburied in Peaklandtumuli. Fittingly histomb is marked by astone reproductionof a Neolithic urn.

Boundary marker over Long Dale

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Derby Assembly Rooms & GuildhallTheatre. www.derbylive.co.uk01332 255800April2 Milton Jones: On The Road3 Chas & Dave – Back by Demand4 Michaela Strachan’s Really Wild Adventures5 Miss 6006 From The Jam

7 The Brothers Grimm9-13 Joseph and the Amazing TechnicolorDreamcoat15-20 Bill Kenwright and John Miller PresentSoul Sister17 Shifting Sands Theatre – Boxed In18 The Lucy Ward Band19 Chris Biscoe Profiles Quartet19 Chris Ramsey: Feeling Lucky19-20 Arts & Craft Fair21 Josephine Tewson21 Marcus Brigstocke – to be re–scheduled23 Hormonal Housewives23 Stewart Francis, Craig Campbell andGlenn Wool are… The LumberJacks24 Reform Theatre Company in associationwith Harrogate Theatre – Me & Me Dad24 An Evening with Bob Nudd MBE

25 Suggs: My Life Story...in words and music26 That’ll Be The Day27 Richard Digance27 Russell Kane Posturing Delivery29-30 Bill Bailey: QualmpeddlerMay3 Jimeoin – What?!4 Sean Lock5 Mick Foley – Tales From Wrestling Past 7 Lee Nelson8 UK Touring Theatre presents Miss Julie ByAugust Strindberg8 Jack Dee9 Dominic Kirwan – My Ireland!9 Tom Crean – Antarctic 9 The Halle10 The Noise Next Door:

Royal Centre Nottingham & ConcertHall 0115 989 5555www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.ukApril2 Alfie Boe2-6 Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty6 Nottingham Classics - The Hallé8 We'll Meet Again8 Strange Tales from the Flying Donkeys10-14 James & The Giant Peach

12 Simple Minds13 Beanbag music club16-20 The legendary BLOOD BROTHERStells the captivating and moving tale of twins.18 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra20 Micky Flanagan22 Midnight Tango22 McFly23 Mick Hucknall24 Ludovico Einaudi25 Michael Ball26 Science on Stage

27 Noises Off30 Leona LewisMay1OMD Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Darkare back on the road 2 Nottingham Classics - The Hallé3 Reginald D Hunter8 Nigel Kennedy presents: Bach8 Suggs: My Life Story. Madness front mantakes to the stage in a hilarious, yet moving,one man tour.10 Birmingham Royal Ballet

Lacemarket TheatreBox Office 0115 9507201AprilApril 24-27 The Taming of the Shrew

Nottingham Arenawww.nottingham-arena.comApril4 Il Divo and Katherine Jenkins12 Justin & Friends14 Meat Loaf16 One Direction23 WWE RAW World Tour27 The Professionals On IceMay15 Walking With Dinosaurs

Nottingham PlayhouseBox Office 0115 941 9419www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk5 276 Cloud Child7 Funny ‘n Stilettos8 Tony Benn17 Particle Velocity18 James Findlay19 Reduced Shakespeare Company20 Midland Youth (My) Dance Festival and

DIARYm n h WHAT’S ON LOCALLYemail: [email protected]

Bill Kenwright and John Miller are pleased to announce new dates for 2013 for the

smash-hit UK tour of Soul Sister the new musical inspired by the music, life and times of

Ike and Tina Sister, Turner, which caused a sensation in the West End. The show will visit

Derby LIVE’s Assembly Rooms from Mon 15 – Sat 20 April.

Soul Sister features all the classic Tina Turner hits including What’s Love Got to Do with It,

Proud Mary, Private Dancer, River Deep Mountain High and of course, Simply the Best. The

story follows the highs, lows, passions and heartbreak of Ike and Tina as their careers

soared whilst their marriage crumbled, ultimately leading to Tina being catapulted to

superstardom and heralded as one of the greatest solo artists of all time. Full of heart and

soul, electrifying choreography, and stunning musical numbers, Soul Sister is sure to have

you on your feet, partying the night away.

Tina Turner is arguably one of music’s greatest ever live performance and recording

artist‘divas’ and was named ‘one of the greatest singers of all time’ by Rolling Stone

Magazine.

With a career spanning over 50 years, her combined album and single sales total

approximately 180 million copies worldwide. She has won 9 Grammy Awards and an

induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, amongst many other accolades and honours.

Soul Sister stars Emi Wokoma as ‘Tina Turner’. Emi’s vocal and dance talents have attracted

huge critical and public acclaim since the production’s launch and she has subsequently

garnered nominations for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards and the Whatsonstage.com

awards.


Fringe 201326 - May 18 The Kite RunnerBased on Khaled Hosseini’s hugely popularinternational best-selling novel.26-27 End to End

Buxton Opera House & Pavilion ArtsCentre. www.buxtonoperahouse.orgApril1Robin Hood and his Very Merry Men 2 The Best of Kendal Film Tour 2013 3 Josh Widdicombe4 The Solid Silver ‘60s Show5 Recitals at the Arts Centre - Solo PianoRecital5 An Evening With Julian Lloyd Webber5 Buxton Buzz Comedy Club - April6 Bringing Down The Moon6 The Russian Cossacks7 Tideswell Male Voice Choir & HuntingdonMale Voice Choir

7 Rhydian Roberts plus support TOR. The Welsh star’s impeccable technique is theresult of a lifetime passion for singing and anunparalleled commitment to his craft.Beginning as a boy soprano at just age three,Rhydian’s goal has always been to connectwith the British public through the gift of hisclassically trained voice. Since then he hasbeen featured in the Classical Brits at theRoyal Albert Hall in London and toured theUK in Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, Greaseand We Will Rock You.9 The Brothers Grimm9 T’Pau 10 Acker Bilk & Kenny Ball 11 Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus! 11-13 Jane Eyre12 I Spy Mrs Peery

13 James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids14 The Wind In The Willows15 Shaolin Warriors17 Beyond The Barricade18 The Ken Dodd Happiness Show18 Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham19 Neville’s Island19 Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me 20 Neville’s Island21 Andy Parsons22 Spring Awakening23 Patsy Cline - 50th Anniversary Tour25 Cosi Fan Tutte26 Simon Boccanegra26 Morte D’Arthur 27 The Siege of Calais27 Morte D’Arthur28 Rob Kingsley - A Vision of Elvis29 Tutu 2 – An Evening of Ballet & Dance30 Miss JulieMay1 Velocity2-5 Losing The Plot3 Recitals at the Arts Centre - Wolpe PianoTrio3 Buxton Buzz Comedy Club - May4 Superhuman 5 Jazz at the Arts Centre - The Old GreenRiver Band 5 Four Farces 5Henning Wehn6 The Snow Queen7 Cadfael – The Virgin in the Ice

Palace Theatre Mansfieldwww.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre01623 63313April8 Wizard of Oz8-24 June Exercise Through Dance

10 Alice in Wonderland (Ballet)11 Best Friends Forever12 Supersonic 70s Show14 Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band17 Jethro20 Johnny Cash Roadshow24 Made in Brum25 We’ll Meet Again27 How to Catch a Star28 Mike Harding29 Mansfield Music & Drama FestivalAdjudication SessionsMay1 Hormonal Housewives3-4 May Syncopation School of PerformingArts10 - 11 May Spotlight Studios

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Brother Cadfael: The Virgin In The IceAdapted, designed and directed by Michael Lunney

Music: Lynette Webster & Ray Mytton

Lighting Design: Bob HodgesFilm Production: White Tip Media

A classic medieval murdermystery. Middle GroundTheatre Company proudlypresents the World PremièreStage Adaptation of Ellis Peters’famous medieval sleuthCADFAEL: The Virgin In TheIce.

It is winter 1139 and ragingcivil war has sent manyrefugees fleeing north fromWorcester, among them anorphaned boy, his beautiful 17year old sister, and a young nun.But they seem to havedisappeared somewhere in the

wild winter landscape of frost and snow – and Brother Cadfaelembarks on a dangerous quest to find them... The search will lead himto discover a chilling and terrible murder and a tale of passion goneastray.

Ellis Peters’ Cadfael novels sold millions of copies globally and thisWorld Stage Première celebrates the centenary of her birth.Veteran actor Gareth Thomas, twice BAFTA nominated in a careerwhich spans 50 years and includes the title role in the cult classic sci-fiseries Blake’s 7, leads a quality cast of fifteen, including Richard Walsh(London’s Burning), James Palmer (River City) and Rupert Baker(London’s Burning).

Featuring filmprojections, lavishsettings andbespoke music, thisstunning newproduction isproduced by MiddleGround TheatreCompany, who thisyear mark 25 yearsof bringing qualitydrama to the stage.


BIRDWATCHING FOR BEGINNERS WALK

at CARSINGTON WATER

The Great Northern Diver - 4 of them - are back, the summer birds are

arriving - and there is every chance of seeing an Osprey in April, if the number

of sightings in 2012 is anything to go by!!! Join us for a leisurely 2-hour stroll

with the volunteers to see what is around, get some useful tips on bird

identification and where to find them. All walks start from the visitor centre at

10am prompt and are on the first Sunday of EVERY month. Adults

accompanied by children are always welcome - bring binoculars and

appropriate wear. Future dates -5th May, 2nd June and 7th July. Due to the high

number of bookings, Tel 01629 540696 to ensure a place

Darley Abbey Historical Group

Friday 19 April Chesterfield Tower's True History’, presented by Tony Hallam

Friday 17 May ‘Nightingale Heritage’, presented by Clive Tougher. All meetings

start at 7.30pm and are held in Darley Abbey Village Hall, Abbey Yard off New

Road, Darley Abbey, DE22 1DS. There is a charge of £1 for members of the

Historical Group and £2 for visitors. For further information contact Sheila

Hartle on 01332 557597.

Darley Abbey Community Association Annual Art & Craft

Exhibition to be held at Darley Abbey Village Hall on Saturday 6th & Sunday

7th April, from 10am - 5pm and 11am - 4pm respectively. Original art & craft

works from a number of local exhibitors will be available to view and purchase.

Refreshments on sale, free admission with optional donation to Village Hall

funds. For further information ring Terry Chappell on 01332 559824.

Little Chester Local History Group

Little Chester Heritage Centre. St. Paul's Church, Mansfield Road,

Chester Green, Derby. The Heritage Centre is now opening for the 2013

season (April 7th - October 31st) and we cordially invite you to visit our

Roman Artefacts display and also our intriguing exhibition of life at the Centre

school and its links with Chester Green Re-live memories of your student

days!! We are open every Sunday 2-4pm. Admission is free, with refreshments

available and all are welcome. For further information Tel 363354

Little Chester Local History Group

Thursday April 18th - a talk by Cathy McAteer - 'St Petersburg -

Venice of the North'. We meet at 7.30pm in Chester Green Community

Centre, Old Chester Road, Derby. Admission non-members £2. All are

welcome. For further information Tel. 559615.

Uppertown Social Centre

Sat 20th April The Shaydes, Vocal Harmony Group 7:00 for 8:00pm

£11 including supper. Uppertown, Ashover, S45 0JF. Contact Eddie Marriott for

information and tickets on: 01246 590502 or 07966 154798 Website

www.uppertown.org

Kyleburn Historical Society

APRIL 18: LAXTON - ENGLAND'S LAST OPEN FIELD VILLAGE

by STUART ROSE. Meetings at Kilburn Baptist church schoolroom, Highfield

Road, Kilburn. 7.30pm. Admission for non-members is £2.00.

Belper Historical Society

Belper Historical Society meet at St. John’s Chapel, Belper at 7.30pm Charge

for non-members £1.50.

The next meeting of the Derbyshire Branch of the Embroiderers’

Guild will be held on Saturday, 13th April 1.30pm for 2pm at Derbyshire

House, ( Derbyshire Federation of Women’s Institutes), Sherwin Street, Derby

DE22 1GP. The talk will be “All Along the Silk Route” by Diane Gaffney.

Visitors will be most welcome.

An Evening of Antiques with Charles Hanson from TV’s Bargain Hunt &

Antiques Roadtrip £5 (including light refreshments) Have your treasures

valued for £1 per item 19th April 2013 at 7:00pm. St Anne’s Church,

AMBERGATE, DE56 2EJ Tel 01773 852094 or 856394

Allestree Flower Group

Tuesday 16th April 2013 A.G.M and Social

Time 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm Venue - Evergreen Hall, Cornhill, Allestree.

Admission £3 non members, members free For further details contact our

Chairman on 01332 675727 or email: [email protected]

Birch House Barn Dance

Saturday May. 18th. Birch House Barn Dance Starts at 8pm Hosted by David

and Isobelle Goodall. Wallop the Pot Ceilidh Band, a well-known barn dance

group provides the entertainment, cask ales from the Saracens Head and a

BBQ by Nigel’s of Ashbourne provides a splendid family event. Tickets £15

Adults £7.50 Children. Tel 01335 360645

Best Folk ‘n’ Acoustic Music in Derbyshire

Sat 11 May 8pm - BOB FOX in concert

Making a welcome return to the concert stage

following his highly successful run as Songman in

the West End stage production WAR HORSE, Bob

brings songs from War Horse plus new music &

song from the BBC Radio Ballads and favourites

from his vast repertoire of contemporary and

traditional songs.

"Most probably the last great traditional folksinger

we have today" . . . John Tams “As soon as I heard

him sing I realised that Bob Fox must have one of

the best voices in England, he is an artist of great

ability and integrity.” . . . Ralph McTell

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Richard Whittlestone hosts his Spring Exhibition from 20th April at his

gallery on the Chatsworth Estate. There will be over 25 new paintings on

show ranging from large pieces depicting game, to intricate detailed

studies and smaller landscapes.

Executed in brilliant detail, Richard’s work gives the impression his

subjects are truly alive and may take flight at any moment. From the

delicate plumage of a tiny goldcrest to a pair of otters with their coats

wet and glistening from the river, all are painted with a knowledge and

understanding of the subject and each one of course incorporates his

trademark hidden fly - though it needs a keen eye to spot it!

The gallery has undergone a change with a new enclosed studio area in

which Richard can work in comfort but still interact with visitors who

may wish to discuss paintings or painting techniques. Opening Hours

10am - 5pm Tuesday to Saturday. www.richardwhittlestone.co.uk Tel:

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Yvonne Coomber has lived a colourful and textured life and this

is reflected in her paintings. Through her work she embraces

poetry of structure which is inherent in her subject. Brought up

on a farm in the Emerald Isle, she was greatly influenced by the

simplicity and beauty that was woven into the land there and

shaped by the gentle passion that ran through the people and

culture.

Her spirit of curiosity and deep enquiry led her to pursue a

degree in philosophy and literature at Brighton University and

formal fine art training in Sussex. Now she works full time as a

professional artist in Totnes.

A variety of Yvonne’s prints are available from the new spring

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both featuring the natural assets of Derbyshire. The first exhibition, from

the 6th until the 19th April, presents the oil paintings and water colours

of Jenny Oldknow who has drawn on her observations of the wildlife and

landscapes of rural Derbyshire. Her images, both large and small, will be

appreciated by anyone who loves the unique beauties of Derbyshire.

‘Unique beauties’ is also a description which could be applied to the

work of Elaine Thompson who is exhibiting her hand-pyrographed images

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Carol Hill Original Watercolours, Oils and PrintsExhibition Sunday 21st April – Sunday 5th May 2013

Ingleby Gallery are very pleased to welcome Carol Hill to her first

exhibition at the gallery. In 2009 Carol won the award for the most

outstanding watercolour at The Society of Women Artists Exhibition at

the Mall Galleries in London. Her landscapes encapsulate English

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compliments to the staff; we could not fault this restaurant in the slightest. on-line

modern and classic Italian dishes

The mains - cooked to perfection

Il Forno


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The Rising Run situated in the heart of Derbyshire

with breath taking views of the Peak District and within

walking distance of the High Peak Trail and Black Rocks.

Come along and see the all new

Rising Sun and join in the fun!

Serving great homemade

food from local

suppliers with a range

of real ale as found

in the CAMRA

Real Ale guide.

Child and dog friendly!

Steve and Laura would

like you to join them for

their Pre-refit Party

on the evening of

Saturday, 13th April when

they will be serving a full

menu as always

[email protected]

www.TheRisingSunMiddleton.co.uk

Rise End, Matlock,

Derbyshire DE4 4LS

01629 823247

The

RisingSun

Re-launch Night

Sunday 5th May Our Newly

Extended Restaurant

with a New Menu and

Live Music and Disco

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When you dine at either of our restaurants, youcan rest assured that you and your taste buds arein good hands. That’s because many of thesignature dishes have been crafted by ShariatUllah whose chef’s whites saw action in kitchensof some of the world’s top hotels before arrivingin Derby.

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Viceroy Derby 8-9 Midland Road, Derby. DE1 2SN T: 01332 209991

Why not try our Authentic Indian Cuisine

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Our Take Away/Delivery Menu Prices are 50% LESS than our Dining In Menu

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for your special day

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15, Nottingham Road, Ilkeston,

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Sarah from Creative Occasions inIlkeston has been designing and making cakes for 18 years. Her vastexperience and innovative, bespokedesigns are renowned in theDerbyshire/Nottinghamshire areas and will make any occasion special.

Sarah opened the shop on Nottingham Road in

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kitchen and design studio where your cake is

created. Having the retail outlet also enables Sarah

to supply cake making and sugar craft supplies and

she is always on hand to give expert advice.

Her wedding cakes can be created to your design

and colours and delivered directly to your venue

Also any dietary requirements can be met.

Creative Occasions can also be seen at various

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Call and see Sarah at Creative Occasions,

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Wedding CakesSpeciality

As well as her beautiful wedding cakes Sarah also creates

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Last Friday, my friend Judith and Ihad the very great pleasure ofattending a pre-opening night atThe Cardamom Club in Derby,situated next to Pentagon Islandnear to the Cricket Club. It wasclear as soon as we entered thatthis was not just a restaurant. Asyou walk through the door it ismore reminiscent of an exclusiveclub; everything gleams and glistens,from the stunning water feature atthe entrance and all the fixturesand fittings right through to theglasses and cutlery.

Ash, the Creative Executive & Manager and

Annette, our waitress for the evening, greeted

us by the door and it was clear from the

outset that their sole aim is to make their

customers’ evenings as enjoyable as possible.

We ordered a bottle of white wine which

arrived with some delicious chocolate and

smoked chilli coated strawberries.

We were sent four starters to wrap our taste

buds around. First arrived two pan fried king

scallops with a carom crust, served on a bed

of samphire with a mango and chilli

marmalade. The scallops were perfectly

cooked and the accompanying wonderful

flavours didn’t detract from their delicate

taste at all. As soon as we’d finished our first

bite we both realised we were in for a real

treat if the rest of the food was going to be

to this standard. Our next dish was a variety

of free range chicken tikka pieces; kasundi

mustard, curry leaf and green herb and crème

fraiche and black pepper, served on a bed of

cucumber spaghetti with pomegranate seeds

and coriander chutney. Every single chicken

piece was cooked to perfection and

incredibly juicy. Then arrived a trio of lamb

seek kebabs; little rolls of minced lamb, one

flavoured with spring onion and chutney, one

with prune and black pepper and one with

mint, they were all filled with a moist creamy

yoghurt based centre, delicious! Our final

starter was a vegetarian option; a roasted

beetroot samosa with cottage cheese and

pepper skewers served with two bhajis, one

on a tamarind chutney and one on a

coriander chutney. The pastry on the samosa

was really crisp and tasty, freshly made on the

premises – a samosa will never taste as good

again I fear. All our starters were presented

as works of art; so beautiful that for a while,

all you wanted to do was look at them.

Ash explained the ideas behind The

Cardamom Club which he is clearly very

passionate about, genuinely wanting to run an

establishment where the customers’

expectations are always exceeded. This is a

venue where you will be able to spend your

whole evening if you want to, as the space has

been cleverly separated into different

sections. Along with the central main bar and

restaurant which will serve traditional ‘true’

fine Indian cuisine, there is also a champagne

bar geared for entertainment and live music,

however it’s far enough away from the main

restaurant so as not to disturb anyone

wanting a quiet family meal. To the side of the

main restaurant there is another room which

will provide more of a fusion menu, based on

the chef’s selection. There is also a private

dining room which can be booked a few

weeks in advance for any function; a ‘chef’s

table’ with specially prepared menus, hence

the need to book.

Our main courses were brought to us

personally by the Executive Chef, Harrie

Haran. We started with a Goan style, gilt

head sea bream curry; filleted fish surrounded

in a tangy coconut and cocum sauce, with

lemon rice and masala fried whitebait pakora.

The fish was cooked to perfection and the

sauce was delicious, quite pokey which I like,

yet beautifully layered without any flavours

either outdoing or competing with the other,

there is immense skill in this, especially with a

curry and we really enjoyed it. The next dish

to arrive was a slow roasted Gressingham

duck leg, accompanied by spiced lentils and

beans, a duck samosa and a roomali

(translated as handkerchief) roti which was a

type of flatbread.

Harrie has an amazing cv, despite it having to

be gently cajoled out of him as he is a truly

modest character, far more interested in

talking about his food than himself. He has

Dining out at

Champagne Bar & live music

The Cardamom

Club


been working for 30 years in the industry and

his pedigree explains the eclectic dishes and

flavours we were lucky enough to enjoy. He

grew up in southern India where he trained

and worked for 10 years, after this he moved

to the United Arab Emirates working in Abu

Dhabi, Bahrain and Dubai for 12 years before

moving to London and working at Quilon, the

Michelin starred restaurant on Buckingham

Gate. Now he is bringing all this knowledge

to us where he is providing progressive,

experimental but real Indian fusion dining, I

feel we are very lucky.

Although we were really getting a bit worried

about not being able to eat any more (I have

a feeling that we were probably just supposed

to sample each dish instead of polishing them

all off but there was just no way anything that

delicious was going back to the kitchen!),

Harrie arrived at our table with a dish of

bhuna salli gosht; braised Derbyshire texel

lamb in caramelised onion, ginger, garlic and

tomato sauce with fiery spices, reduced and

topped with fried potato shreddies, Judith

proclaimed this her favourite dish of the

evening and again, the sauce displayed this

incredible marriage of flavours without any

being lost or detracting from the dish. Harrie

explained that he is devoted to using as much

local, seasonal produce as he can; he is using a

local butcher, there will be regular menu

changes and he will not have any processed

food in his kitchen, no colours and no

preservatives. Everything that can be made

in-house will be and anything that is bought in

will have been personally sourced or designed

by him, including the special kulfi which is

being made to his own recipe by a Derby

based company. Not content with using mass

produced, bulk bought spices either,

everything used will be stone ground to

order which of course means always fresh

with no loss of flavour. It is a refreshing

attitude and one that maybe explains why

Harrie’s food just tastes so very good.

Our next dish was another vegetarian

option, a Portobello mushroom filled with

kadai paneer served with okra tempered with

white sesame seeds, cumin pilau and a

beetroot raitha. Although I am not a

vegetarian, I was for a long time and

remember always being bored with the

vegetarian options on a menu, I still look at

them now and am rarely enthused so it is

wonderful to find somewhere, where you can

be assured of not only a choice but also the

opportunity to experience something new,

despite not eating meat.

Finally two delicate little swans arrived,

crafted from choux pastry, filled with a light

mango soufflé, swimming on a warm pool of

white chocolate cream, very beautiful, not too

sweet and just perfect to round off the meal.

The Cardamom Club is opening on the 28th

March, I can’t recommend it highly enough –

we will certainly be going back for seconds,

maybe even thirds…

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www.thebullsheadatwilson.comBulls Head Row, Main Street, Wilson, Nr MelbourneDerby DE73 8AE

Tel 01332 [email protected]

Opening Times:

LUNCH 12 noon - 2.00pm Wed - Sat

DINNER 5.30pm - 9.00pm Tues - Sat

SUNDAY LUNCH 12 noon - 3.00pm

THE

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RENOWNED FOR QUALITY STEAKS

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Guinness or Cider12 noon - 2.00pm and 5.00pm - 7.00pm

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12 Brick Street Derby DE1 1DU 01332 208220 www.nicosderby.co.uk

Email: [email protected] Monday to Saturday 6pm – 10pm

Nico’s Family Italian Restaurant

Easter Bookings Now Being Taken

Welcome to Nico’s ItalianRestaurant ideally located

off Ashbourne Road, Derby.

Nico’s has a friendly, relaxedatmosphere, authentic

Italian décor and traditionalhomemade food.


The White Horse at Woolley MoorThe White Horse at Woolley Moor offers really great food and good hospitality. Their wide andvaried menus change on a regular basis and their bar snacks are not bad either! They arecurrently offering one, two and three course dishes from £10, £13 and £16, Tuesday through toThursday and Friday and Saturday lunchtimes. The atmosphere is relaxed and welcoming,offering great food and service.

Telephone: 01246 590319

The Marquis of OrmondeA warm welcome awaits you at the newly refurbished Marquis of Ormonde on Denby Lane,Codnor, Ripley. They offer fresh food served daily and cater for all occasions with their functionroom, fully licensed bar offering a selection of real ales, drafts, spirits and fine wines . They alsooffer a lunchtime specials menu, a midweek carvery and a traditional Sunday carvery. Nowserving speciality coffees.www.marquisoformonde.co.uk

Telephone: 01773 745222

Nico’s Italian Restaurant A little bit of Italy can be enjoyed at Nico’s. Head Chef Christopher Stannard brings a wealth ofexperience with his own take on Italian cuisine which includes pizzas, pasta dishes andvegetarian lasagna. They also offer ‘speciality’ dishes on their evening menu. Nico’s is adelightful family run Italian restaurant where you can enjoy fine food in pleasant surroundings.Weekend booking is essential. Nico’s is on Brick Street, just off Friar Gate, Derby.

Telephone: 01332 208220

Horsley LodgeNominated for ‘Restaurant of the Year’ last year in the Derbyshire Food and Drink awards, theHighlander Restaurant at Horsley Lodge is a stylish setting, serving up creative meals withfreshly delivered produce from its ‘food supplier’ partners. We cook to order with passion andpride. With views over the golf course Horsley Lodge is the place to relax and enjoy a meal. Themain menu is wide ranging, fresh, with stylish yet simple dishes and excellent value for money.

Telephone: 01332 780838

The Bluebell Country Inn and RestaurantThe Bluebell Country Inn and Restaurant at Farnah Green near Belper is a charming country innoffering traditional hospitality. It is popular with locals and visitors alike and serves locallysourced ingredients. All their food is freshly prepared by their own qualified chefs using only thebest produce. Food is served at lunchtime and evenings and bookings are recommended so asnot to avoid disappointment.

Telephone: 01773 826494

Wining and Diningthis month


on trendBelow:

Pretty black and white dress with dashes of red roses byMichaela Louisa, one of a beautiful spring/ summercollection available at Jillian Hart Fashions. This lovelydress would be great for any special occasion, holiday orcruisewear. Jillian Hart, 40-44, Babington Lane, Derby.Telephone 01332 347647

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Beautiful peep toe court shoe and matching handbag byKennel & Schmenger, perfect for a special occasion andnow available at John Barclay located on Babington Lane,Derby. John Barclay stock a lovely range of footwear byleading brands Gabor, Peter Kaiser, K & S, Van Dal, HB,Rieker and Camel to name but a few. Telephone 01332342260 for more details www.johnbarclayshoes.co.uk

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Heading into summer with the prettiest shades of pastels,combined with sophisticated neutrals from the romanticPomodoro collection at Clarkes of Ripley, GrosvenorRoad, Ripley. Sparkle dress by Pomodoro £135.

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NY2a Chapel Street, Belper, Derby DE56 1AR Tel: 01773 822794

The Fabulous Leather Shop of Belper

New Season Radleys Now In!


40-44 Babington Lane,Derby

Tel: 01332 347647

Opening Times: Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5.00pm

Spring/SummerCollection

Step out in style…

K&S • Van Dal • HB • Peter Kaiser • Rieker • Camel • Gabor

www.johnbarclayshoes.co.uk

OHN ARCLABINTERNATIONAL FOOTWEAR

YJ46 Babington Lane, Derby 01332 342260

Spring &Summer

Collection

Keeping It SweetFor city-centre choice andtown centre service

Friendly personal service from assistants whocare, in a truly independent store that’s big

enough to stock the quality brands you want.

An independent department store, with Fashions,Lingerie, Accessories, Shoes, Mens, Homeware

and Coffee Shop.

Pop in soon, and free yourself from chain store sameness.

full of surprises

8-18 Grosvenor Road, Ripley Tel: 01773 742151pomodoro


Right top:New designer range of Fossil bags now in at The Fabulous Leather Shop, Belper.

on trend

Below left:The Alphabet Gift Shop has had a Facelift!The Alphabet Gift Shop has undergone a facelift and refurbishment at itspremises in Mickleover. A new colour scheme, whitewashed reclaimed woodpanelling and a new purpose built counter give the shop a light and spaciousfeel when you walk through door. New jewellery displays, a dedicated babyboutique area at the rear of the shop and a fabulous new home interiors sectionmake it feel like a brand new shop. Find The Alphabet Gift Shop on Facebookto see pictures of the newly refitted shop interior and to find out aboutshopping events, competitions and special discounts. Or visitwww.thealphabetgiftshop.co.uk The Alphabet Gift Shop, 01332 513033Open Monday – Saturday 9am - 5.30pm

David Hughes of David Hughes Dental Studio in Derby fully understandsthe need for sensitivity when dealing with dental problems, which is why hispatients are made to feel as relaxed as possible as soon as they enter the door.A member of the Clinical Dental Technician Association, David was one ofthe first to qualify as a Clinical Dental Technician, being part of the firstgroup of thirty candidates to travel to Canada to pass the necessaryrequirements and is now passing these skills onto his patients, along withdecades of experience - this allows David and his staff to provide patients witha service that is truly second to none in the local area! Wherever you aresituated in the area patients can benefit from comprehensive services andreliable work including denture repairs, cosmetic dentures or dentures withsoft linings. Having been established for over 12 years David and his staff havehad plenty of time to build up a terrific reputation due to their professionalyet personal service, competitive rates plus the dedicated and understandingmanner in which they work. For more information, telephone 01332 291808or email [email protected]

Right:Chic of Ashboune , Bakewell and Buxton is the place where you’ll find a widechoice of unique fashion and outfit ideas, handbags, scarves, hats and gift ideasto suit every ones taste. Whether your dress style is casual or elegant, Chic offers a variety of stylishand casual wear that is semi-formal and smart. No need to worry aboutaccessorizing your outfit with jewellery they have a wide and varied selectionyou will be spoilt for choice. 01335 347247

Right bottom:Small traditional shoe shop Tarltons located in Somercotes Derbyshire stocksan array of shoes suitable for all occasions, including weddings and holidaysplus shoes for everyday use. The shop stocks many brands including Equity,Wauldlaufer, Padders and Marco Tozzi to name but a few, along with a greatrange of shoes for men including the great boot shown. Call into the shop at185 Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Derbyshire. Telephone 01773 602816


185 Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Derbyshire

Tel: 01773 602816Closed all day Wednesday

TARLTONSStylish Selection of Sandals forSpring/Summer 2013

Stockists of Leading BrandsTelephone or callinto the shop for details.

Chic offers a fantastic range of fash ion acces sories such as jew ellery, hand bags,belts, shawls and so much more. They have a wide and uniquely individual

selection of Italian ladies fashions from dresses, tops and jackets and if you arelooking for something different for that special occasion, family party why not

look chic and stylish from their varied selection of ladies outfits.

10 The Market Place, Ashbourne DE6 1ES Tel: 01335 347247

3b Portland Square, Bakewell DE45 1HA Tel: 01629 812514

Unit 8 Cavendish Arcade, Buxton SK17 6BQ Tel: 01298 79244

Unique range of ladies’ italian clothing at affordable prices

on trend


Right top:If you’re looking for something a little different, a gift for thefamily or just for yourself, you will find a mix of gift ideasand accessories from traditional to slightly quirky at TheDesigner and Seamstress. To match their range of Italianfashion there is a selection of new handbags and jewellerytoo. T: 07935 206111

Ladies and Men’s HairAbbey Lane, Darley Abbey,

Derby DE22 1DGAppointment Service

01332 551440Late nights Wednesday & Friday

Free Parkingwww.headlinesbyjulie.co.uk

Below right:Frox Derbyshire’s Premier Dress Agency host their annualCharity Ladies Evening & Fashion Show on Monday the15th April at the Village Hotel, Chilwell. This hugelypopular event offers the discerning shopper a chance to seefirst hand a fabulous range of second hand designer brands,along with great accessories including shoes, handbags andjewellery. There are a few tickets left and it’s well worthattending! Contact Frox for more details on 01332 875572www.froxshop.com

Below left:From Rico summer patterns, this short sleeved cardigan isknitted from 003 Denim 100% cotton yarn and teamsideally with summer separates. Yarn and pattern are availablefrom U-duit, The Wool Shop, Church Street, Ripley.

Right middle:Loake boat/deck shoes now available from £74.99 at RockFall UK Ltd, Wimsey Way, Alfreton Trading Estate.


182 Victoria Road, Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire NG17 8ATSonia 07935 206111 or John 07910 390744 [email protected]

Open 10am till 4.30pm (Closed Wednesday & Sunday)

New wider range ofinspirational ladiesItalian fashion designs

now in stock

The Designerand the Seamstress

New Sp r in g Col l e c t i on

Dav id Nid d Je we l l e r s1 5 , Bridge St ,B e lp er , Derby sh i r e ,DE 5 6 1A Y

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Specialist Needlework and Wool Shop

X-Stitch - Surface Embroidery -Lowery Workstands,

Purelite Magnifying Lamps •DMC • Anchor • Books • TapestryTablecloths • Tapestry Wools • Threads •Frames Hoops • Embroidery Charts •

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Derbyshire’s Premier Dress AgencyTel 01332 875572 www.froxshop.com

Try Something New

For Spring 2013

Rock Fall UK LtdMajor House, Wimsey Way, Alfreton Tr. Est.,

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Free off road Parking,

Complimentary Drinks included

Strutt’s Rural Retreat at Mackworth House Farm, 67 Lower Road.

Mackworth Village. DE22 4NF

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of Mercedes-AMG GmbH in 2017. With a maximum output of

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I took this responsibility seriously. At the other end the nurses were

busy dashing in and out under the blankets with pit helmets,

stethoscopes, rubber gloves, tape measures, needles, hammers and

pliers, doing what needed to be done. I thought one of those trolleys

that they have in garages would have been far better for the job in

hand. Quicker and in the right position for delivery - a bit like an oil

change! Words like ‘dilating, forceps, coffee, is he going to faint

’reached me as I wondered how Towering Inferno had ended (we had

to dash out halfway due to labour pains). Nothing at pre natal had

prepared me for this; they had a whiteboard and marker pens there

and a chair to sit on. Oh and a bossy woman who had gone through

the routine of ‘plastic doll comes out this way with cord here’ a

million times and was obviously fed up of dads asking daft questions

such as ‘what do I do?’ - ‘Nothing just shut up and leave it to us’ was

the general reply.

Admittedly it was easier for me, just saying push, but as dads we are

quite detached and an unnecessary encumbrance on people doing

their job. It’s a bit like lifting your feet up to let the vacuum cleaner

through – in the way, but moveable. Apart from the pain in the hand I

was doing OK though. Dads really get the easy life at this point.

At one point the nurse turned to me and said “babies coming would

you like to see the babies head?” Ooooh... not sure there. I really

didn’t feel too keen but it’s such an exciting time seeing a new little life

come into being and especially when it’s a part of you. I’m quite

squeamish in these situations and the nurse said “if you faint we will

just kick you under the table” Charming. I was superfluous to

requirements, an intrusion. I’m sure today’s fathers are just given a

glass of wine and a plate of triangular cucumber sandwiches.

I spent a lot of time looking out over the beautiful Chevinside. A friend

of mine videoed the birth of his child and asked me if I wanted to see

it. “Nooooooo” how on earth would I look his wife in the eyes again?

It’s hardly something you ask a few friends round for, for an evening’s

relaxation is it? Can you imagine watching that with a glass of red wine

and popcorn? And now the placenta comes away – more wine

anyone?

Sitting in the recovery room drinking tea (they didn’t have anything

stronger) I looked back over the whole experience and never thought

that one day the BBC would manage to make two series about giving

birth! For some reason it’s compulsive viewing for millions, both male

and female. I’ve been staggered at how many positions you can give

birth in. I thought there was only one. They haven’t done one in a

swimming pool yet but I bet it’s on the cards. I would have liked that

because I love swimming so would have been a great help if the birth

had happened too quickly. No, I’ve just thought there’s a chord

attached so the baby can’t go too far. Again I’m not needed. The best

one was the large girl who they decided needed not only to be on a

Russian ship in a bed, but also then shoved a chair under her. How far

is this going to go I thought? (Not the chair just the positions!) It’s

getting like Cluedo! Apparently candles can help! Placing scented

candles in the room help you relax. Why didn’t I think of that, I’d have

been much more chilled out.

Hydrotherapy is another one. I remember seeing the chairs at the spa

baths in Buxton that they used to lower people into the water in but I

thought that was for torture. It’s amazing how you can find different

uses for things. They will use a rack next. Acupuncture is another

which could be useful, to stick needles into the father to keep him

alert.

I’ve always fancied writing a TV programme so there are more subjects

to encompass than I thought! A few years ago I started to write a

script/book/monologue/drivel. I got to 8000 words and decided that

it’s more of a skill than first meets the eye. I’m enjoying it though.

Nobody else will because it will never air or reach the public unless I

get £500,000 in advance from the BBC and the chances of that are

pretty slim!

Have you noticed that on Call the Midwife no dads are ever present at

the birth? You see we aren’t needed we’re just in the way and only

allowed in out of politeness. It’s like being asked to lay the table for

tea; involved but away from the action!

And so it came to pass… that I was born at home. My dad was

downstairs sweating. When he heard the signal (me crying) he came

and said a proud hello and then went out in his car to get the cream

cakes from Bakewell. Cream cakes can solve anything.

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and made sure I was at the right

end! You know the one where you

hold hands and say ‘push’ a lot whilst

your hand gets slowly crushed and

there are looks that could kill.

Cream cakes solveeverything

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