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On one of my manyjaunts down toUttoxeter recently

I bumped into an oldfriend from decades pastwhom I haven’t seen foryears – Dave Hollins!

The flame hair hadlong gone and was replaced by a smart crewcut look but I couldn’t believe how young helooked, mirroring the famous guitarist EricClapton!

Now Dave and I go back a long way as Isaid, back to the wonderful days of Uttoxeter’sRon Foster who had a tremendousstonemasons business at the bottom ofCheadle Car Park. Dave was a stonemasonthere and when I was a teenager I used to callin most days to witness his marvellous talentswith a chisel, creating words on headstones.

Dave was an absolute genius. I used towatch him banging the chisel on the graniteand he chatted away to me continuously as hedid so. It was as though it was a miracle whenI looked down after about an hour to see allthe letters on the gravestone beautifullychiseled out before the goldleaf was carefullylaid upon them.

I always used to say to him ‘how did youdo that whilst you were talking to me?’ Davehad such a gift and we all had a lovely familyfeel at ‘Ronbo’s’ as we used to call the business.We had so many laughs with Ron’s sonsLyndsey and Tim who were tremendous funwith Dave’s stinging wit always leading thejoviality.

I still see Tim at Oldfields Club veryregularly and Lyndsey less so but this was thevery first time myself and Dave had met for

over 35 years or so. I thoroughly enjoyed ourchat and we vowed to meet up for a pint atOldfields Club in the very near future. Greatmemories, thanks for coming across to meetme in Uttoxeter High Street Dave – or was itmy chips you were after mate!!

I am sure I am joined by everyone inUttoxeter for congratulating our star swimmerAdam Peaty of Byrds Lane who won threeGold Medals at The World SwimmingChampionships in Russia recently. I was filledwith pride as I’m sure you all were when thisvery engaging young man powered to thisfantastic success and his homecoming to hiswonderful loving family brought a tear to myeye when I watched it on TV. You are a rolemodel for any local youngster Adam and yourparents, family and friends are quite right tobe so proud of you – especially Nanna!

I will have to make a promise to mycolumnists, friends and advertisers (especiallyLeon Scallon of TED) not to mention my kneeoperation after this article again as they havestarted to give me a bit of stick about it!!

So, here it is for the last time, thank you toeveryone who has kindly wished me well in myoperation in a few days time, it means a lot tome.

Please email your articles, photos, columnsand adverts into [email protected] for the October 2nd issue so when Icome out of hospital all copy will be waitingfor me.

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magazine.I’ll speak to you next time…Nigel TittertonEditor & Publisher

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St Marys Mount Daycare arehere to help people get outof their homes and meetpeople, and therebyreducing the feeling ofisolation and loneliness feltby many.

We offer a totally flexibleservice to people from acrossthe Uttoxeter town and villageareas, including carers to havea break when they need it.

Our day care service ismore of a social club, a placewhere people can come andsocialise. We have manydifferent rooms to cater forpeople’s moods and needs.

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Reducing the feeling ofloneliness and isolation felt bymany older people isimportant to us Not only is ourday care service a place forpeople to socialise, we arealso working with groups fromthe community to provide funand creative activities.

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“We really want to reachout to the older people in thecommunity who will benefitfrom our service, particularlythose living in the rural areas,who are often very isolated,even if they receive domiciliarycare.

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Now there are sessions atover 100 England and Walescommunity rooms with 34 dedicated session leaders.Anne Griffiths and Becky Wilson take the local sessions.

Fondly referred to asGoldies, the charity is organising a concert (seebelow) which will bring thefamous Bath Male Choir toperform in a fund-raisingconcert to support new sessions in the area. Theboys from Bath reached a

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Anne Griffiths from Uttoxeterleads Goldies development inStaffs, a member of theHeath Chorus they will alsobe perform at the October 31 concert. Anne is pictured inthe front row of our picture.

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The heartbroken parents of a Uttoxeter tot who died when she was justsix weeks old are preparing to take on a 17-mile walk for a charity closeto their hearts.

As Kerry and Russ Fisher, of Uttoxeter, battle with the grief of having lostRubie Jane so young, they have organised a walk along The Manifold Way toraise cash and awareness for Meningitis Now, a charity which is supportingthem every step of the way.

Rubie was like any other baby finding her way in the world when shedeveloped what was thought to be a cold. As her parents awoke the nextmorning, Rubie had become cold, limp and was breathing shallowly. Aftercalling 999, within minutes the first responder arrived, quickly followed by anambulance which took Rubie to the Royal Stoke University Hospital, wherethe Peadeatric Intensive Care team tried to establish what was wrong,eventually managing to stabilise her. Despite her brave fight, sadly Rubie waslost to the angels on May 22 as it was discovered she had bacterial meningitis– with no rash and no symptoms.

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RememberingDays gone by... by Owd Ern

What’s Brewin?

Iwas at a funeral early this year, of an oldfriend (it seems to be my only social occasionlately!) and I met my old pal John Wilson and

he said he remembered me giving a talk to theUttoxeter Y.F.C on wine making and why notwrite about it in the voice. He kidded me on bysaying he actually enjoyed reading my disasterpieces each time.

So here we go.Years ago most farms brewed their own beer,

my Grandfather amongst them that would bedrunk by the farmer and his workers. But someof the smaller farms sold it. That is one reasonthat some, up until recently, had a pub and farmcombined. The last I remember was the QueenAdalaide at Snelston (Prince Charles’s favouritecountry pub) and the French Horn at Rodsley,both now long gone. The big breweries tookover, and unfortunately a lot of them have beentaken over by the big American Corporations,Bass being one of them. All sorts of rubbish nowgo into beer, as long as it can make more profit.I understand Newcastle Brown has among otherthings caramel added to make it brown,Guinness even has colouring to help make itblack. If you’ve got one of those fancy phonethings, just press a button or two and it will tellyou what junk goes into modern beers.

Anyway, I am supposed to be writing abouthome brewed wine. My late mother was anexpert wine maker; in fact she was pretty wellan expert at everything. But I think she was verydisappointed when she produced me!

Let’s progress with the wine making. Shemore or less brewed wine from anything thatwas natural, I remember collecting dandelionflower heads by the bag full, hawthorn flowers,cowslips, you name it, damson, plums, mangols(they were grown for cattle,Now about non-existent) Potato a lovely wine looking a lot likewhiskey, and capable of making you exceedinglydrunk. Elderberry and damson looked like Portand had the same effect. But the Big daddy ofthem all was Birch wine, made from the sap ofthe Birch tree. Every Spring as the sap was rising,my old dad would drill a hole an inch or so intothe birch tree, insert a strip of flannel, plug it inwith a bit of wood, leave it overnight to run intogallon stoneware jars , these were usually full bythe next morning. (This system was a bit liketapping the rubber trees)

So much sap had to be collected, not just agallon. My father would go with his horse andfloat (a float is a cross between a trap and a cart,a bit like a Land Rover now a days) he had milkchurns on board and these were usually full. If Itravelled with him, I remember there was notmuch room to stand in the float for churns fullof sap. Then it was up to my mother, she would

boil it up in the washing copper (boiler) yeastwould be added when it had cooled down. Idon’t really know if all this correct, as I was justa nosey little nuisance at the time. It was thenbottled off to work for about a month. So muchwas brewed that there would be 3 or 4 barrelson the go. I always enjoyed it when it wasbottled off. It was often like a major gun battlewith corks blowing off with a bang, even a bottleor two blowing to bits.

It was then put down the cellar for a monthor two, possibly six. I suppose the best bit aboutall this is the getting drunk on all these differentwines, or at least watching the antics of themthat had got drunk on it.

Going back to the beer brewing, myGrandfather said, when the grain and hops etc.were put out for the pigs and hens to eat, bothwould get drunk and sway about abit.

Going back to mother’s wine, when a specialoccasion came up, like Christmas or a wedding,she would clear the cellar out. I remember myyounger sister’s wedding. The school master andlocal historian, stated never did he remember awedding with so much food and drink! The bestman a Mr Larry Bowd, a taxi man among otherthings, from Rocester had quite a drop and atthe end of the night, got in his big car and droveit straight out of the village hall car park, straightacross the road into the ditch on the oppositeside, it stayed there for a month whilst Larryrecovered in bed. The only occasion my motherallowed the Guisers in the kitchen, to clean upher dozen or so bottles of wine, was the last ofChristmas’s before she passed on. It being one ofthe rules to let them in as they drank up andmade their way to the next farm and then gosleeping in the hedge bottom. I remember thehedge being decorated with their tinsell andstrips of crepe paper off their costumes for weeksafter. One of the troup, told my dad they did notget back to Uttoxeter for 2 days.

Other farmers also made wine, and my fatherwent to buy a gander(male goose) off old CharlieBrundle up Hob Lane. Whilst they sat hagglingover the price, Charlie said, have a glass of wine,he got a glass and scooped some out of a zincbath under the table. Father noted a dead mouseand a lot of flys in it, so when Charlie was notlooking, he poured it into a plant pot in thewindow and he said that the plant had aboutdied by the time he left. Charlie said it was a bitsticky on the floor as his old sow had been inand had a drink out of the bath and tipped someover!

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The seventh RBA WealthManagement Annual CharityGolf Day took place on Friday

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RBA Wealth Management, a team of financialplanning and wealth management specialists,based in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, has recordedanother successful Charity Golf Day raising inexcess of £4000 for MIND Charity.

MIND believe no one should have to face amental health problem alone. Whether sufferingfrom stress, depression or in crisis Mind are onthe doorstep, on the end of the phone and online.They will listen, give support and advice andfight your corner. They believe everyone with amental health problem should be treated fairly,positively and with respect.

The British summer weather was typical ofthis country, we saw sunshine and rain but itdidn’t stop play! The beautiful views andchallenging 18-hole course at Trentham Golf clubprovided an excellent experience for RBA’s teamand 40 guests who participated in the charityevent this year. The day went exceptionally welland RBA would like to thank all of those whotook part on the day and their clients, who havebeen extremely generous with donations.

A selection of first class raffle prizes weredonated by the following local businesses:

Edmonstons Butchers, Opulence, Denstone HallFarm Shop, The Boars Head, Sarah HeathcoteBeauty, Emma Bridgewater, Alton Towers, Thefashion Parade, L’Oreal, Trentham Golf Club,The Fashion Parade, Caroline Sherratt- fit4U,Uttoxeter Valeting Centre, Fat Boy Trim, EmilieDuclos, Essentials Clothing and Alton Towers

Golf tees were sponsored by the followingcompanies:

ACE, Anthon Marlow, Blythe Insurance Brokers,Bowcock & Pursail, Cowlishaw & Mountford, D&G Buses, M J Lavin & Sons, MHAAccountants, RBA Wealth Management, WBoulton Construction, Whitley Ground Works,Uttoxeter Voice, Elbar Worldwide, D.P.C., P&GCommercial Consultants, St. James Place, JHAI,RJS Solicitors and Oxhouse Country Store.

RBA Wealth Management provided prizes for1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed golfers, nearest the pinand longest drive winners. Results are as follows:

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2nd Place Malcolm Mackinnon andGordon Armstrong

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Nearest the Pin Tim Sherwin

Andrew Hackney, Director at RBA WealthManagement “Over our seven golf days so far wehave raised almost £40,000 for some importantcharities; in addition we have given grants tosmaller charities via the St. James’s PlaceFoundation. We are keen to keep progressing ourgolf day and our overall involvement in localcharity work. We would like to thank everybodywho has been involved in this year’s event fortheir support and generosity in raising monies forthis great cause.”

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Have I got news for youby Uttoxeter’s Gary Hudson, Former BBC Chief News Reporter

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Come to Lark in the Park and welcomeback a rare talent

Sometimes we ask almost too much of theentertainers we book for local events.

An award-winning young circus performer wasnearly a victim of the winter weather last ChristmasCracker night.

Cast your minds back. It’s December. So it’s cold.And it’s raining. A lot. So it’s best not to expectanyone to do anything that requires a lot of musclecontrol, or balance, or, to be fair, anything thatrequires too much concentration.

So you wouldn’t want to do something risky like,say, unicycling or tightrope walking. That would becrazy, wouldn’t it?

Well, try telling that to Sam Goodburn. In thecold and wet of Uttoxeter High Street, he unicycledalong a tightwire. And as if that were not enough, hejuggled at the same time. Impressive, or what?

We were so amazed we booked him immediatelyfor this year’s Lark in the Park - the free family funday in Bramshall Road Park on Saturday August29th. Hopefully, he’ll get the chance to display hisskills without the weather interfering.

Sam is the British freestyle unicycle champion andyoung juggler of the year. He spends a lot of timeperforming with circuses, but found time in his

schedule for a return to Uttoxeter.

Some of the best things in life are free All of the entertainment and most of the rides are

free at Lark in the Park, which is run by UttoxeterLions Club with funding from East StaffordshireBorough Council.

The arena entertainment also includes theUttoxeter Town Band, the locally-based SpotlightDance and a comedy magic act, Professor Bauble.Other surprise acts are also promised.

Among the free children’s rides are bungeetrampolines, roundabouts, donkey rides, a rodeobull, jousting and a ferris wheel. There will be otherfairground entertainment, sideshows, hot and coldfood – including burger and ice cream vans - andcharity stalls.

There will also be a children’s disco with audienceparticipation and spot prizes between the main arenaevents. DJ Matt Goodwin has promised some newgames this year including a safe but exciting shootinggame. Kids really love getting involved and it’salways a highlight of the event.

Real bows and arrows and juggling knivesAnother new attraction will be a short course

archery range run by Uttoxeter Archery Club.Youngsters will have a chance to try the Olympicsport, with real bows and arrows, in a controlled andsafe setting.

And of course there’ll be a duck race on thebrook at the bottom of the field to end the afternoon.

Tickets for the plastic ducks will be on sale duringthe event with £100 first prize and other cash prizes.The race is due to start at 4.30.

I’ll be looking forward to meeting as many peopleas possible throughout the day, but mostly I want tosee young Sam. Check him out on YouTube – the‘foot catches’ video is amazing. And after seeing himjuggling knives … on a unicycle … on a tightrope …please don’t try it at home.

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Ginny’s Community Cornerby Ginny Gibson of Uttoxeter

Iwondered how long itwould be before I found acommunity project that

involved gardening! Low andbehold, this month’s article isdedicated to a very specialcommunity project, theYellow Book Garden Scheme,the NGS, or The NationalGarden Scheme if you want touse its official title.

In Uttoxeter, we havemembers of the StaffordshireCounty organising team livingwithin our midst, Grahamand Judy White, who alongwith their neighbours, Davidand Helen Loughton atWoodleighton Grove,Uttoxeter, organise not onlyCounty activities, but alsoopen their own back gardensas part of the Yellow Book Scheme, and it meanswe get a couple of wonderful annual Open Gardento visit and in turn Uttoxeter and Cheadle residentsget to help raise money for Caring Charities.

The Yellow Book Garden Scheme was startedin 1927 by opening 609 privately owned gardensfor the public to visit and get inspired! Thesegardens were mainly stately homes, or gardenswith some acreage (this has changed over the yearsand is now generally ‘normal peoples backgardens’. The actual idea came from WilliamRathbone, a Liverpool merchant, who needed anurse to look after his wife through a seriousillness. After her death, he realised there was aneed for nurses to help the poor in deprivedneighbourhoods and so he raised money to set upthe now Queens Nursing Institute. FlorenceNightingale and Queen Victoria became involvedand so a national nursing institute was formed. Butall of that work needed funds, so in 1926 theinspired idea was created to open lots of privategardens and charge a shilling entry, to help ensurethe funds were available. By 1927 they had raised£8,000. Since that humble beginning, £45 millionhas been raised and they now donate to what theycall Caring Charities. Theseinclude, Macmillan, MarieCurie, Hospice UK, TheCarer’s Trust, Perennial(which helps gardeners whohave retired from theindustry), the Queens NursingInstitute, of course, and theirguest charity for 2015, whichis Parkinson’s UK.

So how does it work, itworks in two ways: you caneither be a visitor to thegardens or you can actuallyopen your own garden andbecome part of thecommunity of normal backgarden owners who open uptheir patch to raise the funds.

If you feel your garden islike Graham and Judy’s andDavid and Helen’s, well loved,well maintained, a bit quirkyin places, has something ofinterest, then contact Grahamor Judy on 01889 563930 orgraham&[email protected] and they willarrange for someone to visityour garden, give you tips on

how to ensure that the public will visit, help withmarketing of your open day and finally, and mostimportantly give you some idea on how much tea,coffee and cakes to provide. If you have a glut ofplants, you can sell those to the visiting public andraise even more money for the charities that careabout our community.

When I spoke to Graham and Judy on theiropen day, which this year was 11 – 12th July, theywere celebrating not only a successful event, withover 400 visitors that weekend, but they were alsopraising their neighbours for the help they gavethem. Woodleighton Grove in Uttoxeter becomesa hive of activity with many of the neighboursgetting involved, offering space on their driveways,helping with the parking, selling plants, preparingand serving refreshments and generally helpingwherever needed. The community aspect isamazing, clearly by opening their gardens, theyhave created a cul de sac of friends who allcelebrate not only plants, but fundraising,volunteering and community life. If you want tovolunteer in this County, then they are alwayslooking for people to become involved, what awonderful way to be part of the local community!

If you just want to be a visitor to the gardens thatare open, then it couldn’t be easier. Staffordshirehas lots of gardens that are open throughout thesummer months, at present 68 gardens areinvolved in our County. Just visit www.ngs.org.ukand put in your postcode and a list of gardens tovisit will appear or buy the full Yellow Book fromWH Smiths or The Uttoxeter Shop on the HighStreet and it will give you the whole range ofgardens in the UK that are open for you to visit -so if you are away this summer and fancy lookinground a garden in a different county, then you havethe choice. You can also use Facebook and Twitterto stay in touch with the gardens. Enter NGS Staffsfor the county information or NGS Woodleightonfor news about the Uttoxeter gardens.

For me, the best bit about visiting other peoplesgardens, is that I feel that I might, just might, beable to recreate some of what you have seen, youalso are able to get to know your local gardeningcommunity. Plus and this is the best bit for me, ifthe garden has a flower symbol next to it, thatmeans it sells plants, so you get really good, strongplants, that have been grown by the garden ownersand you have just seen where they look good. Itmeans you go home, armed with inspired thoughtsabout where to put your new purchase and safe inthe knowledge that the entrance fee that you havepaid, on average £3.50, is being put towards goodcaring community charities. I think that is called aWin-Win Situation! In the seven years thatWoodleighton Grove Gardens have been open,Graham, Judy, David & Helen have raised over£44,000.

Although by the time you read this article theWoodleighton Grove Gardens will have alreadyfinished for 2015, you can still go along to anotherstunning NGS Garden in Rocester on 30th August,when Ken & Joy Sutton open The Beeches, MillStreet, Rocester, ST14 5JX. They also sellwonderful plants, have lots of tea, coffee and cakeand its wheelchair friendly! If you want to see theWoodleighton Grove Gardens, you will have towait until next year. Friday 1st July 2016, a newventure with an Evening Opening with wine andcanapés, or of course the tradition Open Weekendwhich will be Sat/Sun 9/10th July 2016.



Lank’s LoreBy Steve ‘Lank’ LavinGolden Memories from one of Uttoxeter’s Favourite Characters

What is happening to our Market days? Ibet Henry III who granted the MarketCharter back in 1251 is turning in his

grave.I walked through the market Place the other

Wednesday at 2.00 p.m. and they’re were only halfa dozen or so stalls about and these were on theverge of packing up for the day.

I know the market has been in decline since theclosing of the cattle market about 10 years ago butto see it come down to this level to me is a cryingshame.

Wednesdays Market Day used to be thehighlight of the week in Uttoxeter for as long as Ican remember with stalls stretching all the waythrough the Market Square right up to and alongBridge Street, selling an abundance of items thatwere not available in any of the shop

A friend of mine informed me that he used to

erect over 100 stalls when he was employed by thecouncil at one time, this now has whittled down tojust a hand full.

I used to speak to market traders in those dayswho had travelled in to Uttoxeter from such placesas Sheffield, Leicester and Nottingham to queueoutside the NationaL Westminster Bank in theMarket Place hoping that the market Inspectorwould find them a stall that had come availableowing to one of the regular traders for some reasonhad not turned up, just to trade here as it was oneof the best markets in the area.

I know that the closing of the cattle market hashad a dramatic effect on Wednesday visitors to thetown and possible the onset of out of townshopping, internet trading and the opening ofvarious more supermarkets and larger stores sellinga variety of goods at knock down prices but manytown’s throughout the area are in the same boat

but despite this have still managed to keep theirtraditional markets alive, how I don’t know butwhy is Uttoxeter struggling so much on Uttoxeter’straditional market days. The Farmers’ & EuropeanMarket appear to draw in the crowds and are wellsupported so the market concept is not dead alltogether in the town.

It sounds like a chicken and egg situation to methe stall holders don’t come because of the lack ofcustomers and the customers don’t come becauseof the lack of stalls, what is the answer?

Even the building of the new shopping precinctintroduced last year at Carter’s Square has notintroduced many new shoppers, to me, to the townall it has done is move what trade there is aboutfrom one side of the High Street to another. Lookat the state of the Maltings Precinct although it ismore central and next to the main car park and busstation it is dying a cruel death.

If you were to fire a gun along the Maltingsprecinct or down High Street most days you wouldbe very lucky to hit someone.

Shopping in the town nowadays has got verydismal with prime positions being taken up by takeaway food establishments, charity shops and thelikes. Has the eyesight of the town’s

residents got so bad lately that we need all theseopticians?

The mind boggles but at least we will not starveto death, walk around naked and be able to seewhere were going!

Till next timeLank

Is this how it is going to end up?The Wednesday Market in it’s heyday

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Planet Ice Rink at Uttoxeter has been workingclosely with 15 contestants over the past 12weeks following open auditions held at the

rink in April, where over 25 youngsters from thelocal area auditioned to become the next SkatingStar. Award winning coaches have delivered iceskating training in line with Skate Excellenceguidelines and disciplines, helping the chosen 15contestants achieve skating competencies in grades1-8.

Over the past 12 weeks contestants havecommitted themselves to completing 30 minutelessons and working with Planet Ice professionalaward winning coaches. Skating Stars Head CoachClare Hudson and her team have extensive iceskating experience to pass on to the youngsters.Planet Ice have also granted the 15 contestantsexclusive access to all public skating sessions freeof charge to ensure they have unlimited time topractice between lessons.

Skating Stars Stage 1 came to an end at thebeginning of June and 5 contestants wereeliminated from the process. Skating Stars Stage 2has now concluded and another 5 contestants haveleft the process leaving just 5 to battle it out tobecome the winner. Skating Stars Head CoachClare Hudson expressed that her decision wasbased on commitment and progress. The 5contestants that were eliminated from the process,Abbi, Sam, Imogen, Jenna and Hebe have allworked very hard and we would like tocongratulate them all on their progress over thepast few weeks. They have been given a FREESkate Excellence Learn to Skate Course worth£60.00, and can continue lessons at Planet Ice inthe hope of completing skating competencies up tograde 8. All of the final 10 have also been asked toappear in this year’s Christmas show at the rink toshow off their new skills and abilities that havebeen achieved in such a short time.

“We are very excited here at Uttoxeter to bepart of this national initiative to encourage skatingin the community. The commitment shown by theUttoxeter Skating Stars has been outstanding andtheir skill levels have improved immensely sincetheir first audition 12 weeks ago. The skaters haveall told us how much they are enjoying the coursework, and many parents have commented onimprovements in general confidence and socialskills as well skating ability” Robert Pitchford -General Manager

The next step for the 5 finalists, Alex, Chelsea,Kayla, Lara and Megan, moving on to the finalstage of the Skating Stars process will consist of afurther 6 weeks of 30 minute lessons with extratime devoted to working on a group routine whichwill be displayed at a gala to be held at the rink onSaturday 26th September when each Skating Starfinalist will be judged by a special panel and thewinner announced.

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For most, the summer holidays are but a distantmemory, but for the cast and crew of C.A.T.S.(Cheadle Amateur Theatrical Society), their

summer is only just starting and everyone is gettinginto the holiday spirit. This year’s October play willbe ‘Summer Loving’ an original play written anddirected by Alan R Price.

Alan, renowned for his numerous successfulpantomimes over the years, has written ‘SummerLoving’ especially for C.A.T.S. It is set in andaround a 1960’s Holiday Camp, in its day, a havenfor knobbly knees contests, glamorous granniesand bathing beauties. The story revolves around theexploits of three families and the campsiteemployees. The play will incorporate many wellknown songs from the era, set to backing tracks.Alan says that as with his pantomimes, there willbe plenty of humour, singing, dancing and someaudience participation. You’re promised an eveningof pure entertainment.

Although the play is cast, Alan is looking fortwo male teenagers to join the large cast of hisnewest venture. Although minor roles, it will givethem the opportunity to experience live theatre andto work with an award winning local theatrecompany. No experience is necessary, but they willneed enthusiasm and commitment. Rehearsals willtake place on Mondays and Fridays at CheadlePrimary School at 7.30pm. If anyone is interestedthey can contact Alan on the number below or viathe website.

‘Summer Loving’ will be performed at theCheadle Community Theatre, Station Road,Cheadle from Wednesday 28th October toSaturday 31st October at 7.00pm. Tickets will beavailable very soon priced at £8 adults, £6concessions.

Meanwhile C.A.T.S. has had an extremely busyand successful year. In February, C.A.T.S.performed the annual pantomime. This year it was‘Cinderella’ written and directed by Rebekah Snow.Bexi, as she is better known at C.A.T.S. is usuallyacting on stage winning awards for her talent. At

the recent N.S.D.A. (North Staffs DramaAssociation) Awards night held inAudley, Bexi won the Adjudicator’sAward for first time writing anddirecting. Bexi stated, “I was stunned toreceive the award as it was the firstproduction that I had written anddirected. I was very grateful to CATS fortrusting me to take on the pantomimeproduction, and would like to thankeach and every member of team CATSfor all their hard work, patience andsupport.” Another award received on thenight was the Front of House Award, for‘The House of Dracula’ directed byKeith Steventon. C.A.T.S. has won thiscategory many times, but it is always in

recognition of thehard work put in byFront of Housemanager PaulineKeates and herdedicated team ofmembers and friendsof C.A.T.S.Nominations weregiven to C.A.T.S.Youth member, SamStevens for BestPerformance Under21 for his role asBaron vonFrankenstein in ‘TheHouse of Dracula,’C.A.T.S. for BestStage Presentation ofthe play and to AngeCrank for Best

Comedy Performance as Ursula in ‘Cinderella.’Another C.A.T.S. Youth member, Miriam Hermollewas nominated for the Adjudicator’s Award for herchoreography in ‘Cinderella.’ Awards came thickand fast for C.A.T.S., especially with the Youthsection at the N.S.D.A. One Act Festival held at theMitchell Arts Centre, Hanley in April. Directed byRick Hermolle and written by Rick and hisdaughter Martha Hermolle, both from KingsleyHolt, ‘Letters from the Front’ won the ‘PotteriesTheatre Company Trophy’ for Best Junior Groupand the ‘Mr & Mrs G A Jones Trophy’ for BestActress Under 21 presented to 19 year old JessBuckley from Upper Tean. The group was alsoawarded a Certificate of Merit and nominations forBest Actress Under 16 to Chloe Cheadle, BestOriginal Play, Best Director and Best Presentation.

Jess who played the 14 year old character ‘Edie’was in her first role with C.A.T.S. Youth. Jess isstudying acting at North Staffs University andwould like to pursue an acting career when shegraduates. “I was overwhelmed as I have never won

a trophy before. I loved playing the role of Edie. Ifelt so welcome at C.A.T.S. it’s like one big family.

Other nominations on the night were forC.AT.S. entry of ‘Devil May Care’ by Jim Spernick,with nominations for Marge Stanley as directorand for adult actors, Dan Ede and Charlie Brownfor Best Actor and Best Supporting Actressrespectively. Marge won the trophy for BestDirector for ‘What’s For Pudding’ with the U3 Actcast.

C.A.T.S. (Cheadle Amateur Theatrical Society)is taking part in the forthcoming commemorationsrecognizing the contribution of the War Horses inCheadle during World War 1.

C.A.T.S. Youth will be performing the awardwinning one act play, ‘Letters from the Front,’written by father and daughter, Rick and MarthaHermolle from Kinsley Holt. Rick and Marthawrote the play as part of Cheadle Remembers. Theplay, which was directed by Rick, was recentlyperformed at the Mitchell Arts Centre in Hanley aspart of the One Act Play Festival, organized by theNorth Staffs Drama Festival Committee.

The play won two trophies for Best JuniorGroup and for Best Actress Under 21. The groupwas also awarded a Certificate of Merit andnominations for Best Actress Under 16 category,Best Original Play, Best Director and BestPresentation.

‘Letters from the Front’ inspired by the letterssent home from local troops during WW1published in the Cheadle and Tean Times last year,was also performed by C.A.T.S. Youth at the recent‘War Horses’ event held in the Market Square,Cheadle. Originally a spoken word piece for theCheadle Discovery Centre’s ‘Cheadle Remembers’WW1 project, the story tells of the first year of theFirst World War from the point of view of a younggirl left at home. The play commemorated the menof Cheadle who served during WW1, many ofwhom did not return. C.A.T.S. members were alsoat the event dressed in Edwardian costumes torecreate one of the photos taken in Cheadle 1914as War Horses were requisitioned to serve in battle.

C.A.T.S. Youth have also performed a numberof variety shows over the last few months,showcasing their talents of singing, dancing, acting,chorography, directing and stage management.These included ‘A Night on Broadway’ at theCheadle Guild Hall in April, a showcase for LeekArts Forum, a Pensioners Show and an Open Micevent at the Cheadle Party in the Park. All theseevents have helped build the confidence of theyounger members and give hope to the longrunning of C.A.T.S. for the future.

If you would like to join C.A.T.S, either on oroff stage and are over 11 years old, contact Alan orJenny on 01538 751173 or visit the C.A.T.S.website www.cheadle-cats.org.uk

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Local artists make agood impression

Despite fears that theevent might have to becancelled due to

lightning damage to the ParishHall, the Bramshall Art Groupheld its annual exhibition onthe second weekend of July.The exhibition was the finaleof another productive year forthe 22 members, who enjoyeda varied programme ofactivities during 2014/15.

The exhibition began with a preview evening for invited guests on theFriday evening and continued throughout Saturday and Sunday. Thepopularity of the event was evident from the large numbers of people whoattended. They were impressed by the high standard of work on display whichcovered a diverse range of subjects and media. There were 120 paintingsexhibited and a large number of them were sold.

The exhibition was attractively presented and visitors enjoyed delicioushome-made refreshments. Part of the proceeds will be donated to a localcharity.

Cheadle Camera ClubThe new season for Cheadle Camera Club begins at7:30 on September 14th, in the Cheadle Fire Station

Community Room, Ashbourne Road. Despite the name our camera club is not really about cameras: it ismuch more about what people do with cameras. The club aims topromote interest, skills and enjoyment in photography and we

welcome people at all levels of skill and experience.

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See the Cheadle Camera Club feature in the next Voice issue

Watercolour fortotal beginnersin Uttoxeter ANew weekly Evening Watercolour Classes for

Total Beginners is to be held locally inUttoxeter at Thomas Alleyne’s High School

starting on Monday September 7th 2015. The class is being tutored by local Artist Ann

Stringer-Paget who is a member of the Royal Societyof Arts and also the Birmingham WatercolourSociety. She has exhibited regularly around thecountry and locally at the ‘Patchings Art Festival’ inCalverton, Nottingham where she alsodemonstrates, gives advice and help to ‘buddingartists’ visiting the show. She has also exhibited inthe Parallax Art Fair Chelsea and The WindsorContemporary Art Fair in recent years as well as theNEC’s Art Materials Live annual Exhibition.

More recently Ann was invited to exhibit herwork in America in the annual American ArtAwards which was heavily subscribed to with over35000 entries from 51 countries around the world.She was delighted to be awarded a 1st place for herWatercolour called ‘Reprise’ and a 4th place in thesame category for another of her works called ‘Shades of Valentino’ which was a tribute tothe present day Motorcycle racing Icon Valentino Rossi. Ann was also awarded a 4th placein the Abstract category for her work entitled ‘Flashdance’. All works exhibited were judgedby 25 high end galleries specially chosen from across the USA reaching out as far as Hawaii.

Ann’s artwork can be found by visiting her website at www.annstringerpaget.com Ann’swork has sold in countries around the world including France, Germany, USA, Scandinavia,South Africa, as well as at home here in the UK. She has been painting and teaching forover 30yrs and is a very committed and patient tutor who sympathises with the needs of thebeginner.

Time allowing Ann can sometimes be found teaching Watercolour on-board the P&OCruise Liners in the mediterranean and elsewhere which is very much appreciated by many‘budding artist’ passengers! Her classes on board are usually so popular they are often oversubscribed. Ann was invited to set up the Watercolour class at Thomas Alleynes HighSchool in Uttoxeter forpeople who want to learnthe art of Watercolourpainting in a structured butinformal way but also forthose who have perhapsbeen a little afraid to trythis wonderful medium inthe past.

The classes are taughtusing traditional methodsand techniques whichenables even the mostnervous beginner to feelcomfortable and at easevery quickly.

Ann commented “it isvery rewarding to see acomplete beginner developand gain confidence toproduce work of which theyare proud. The secret of mysuccess is the way theclasses are taught and thisbrings out the very best inmy students”.

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previous years, the 2015 event will be bigger and better than everbefore! Kicking off the weekend, 7pm on Friday night, will bethe ‘marquee mash up’, showcasing Stoke On Trent’s mostexciting club DJs, whilst in the cricket pavilion, local music artistsand storytellers will be performing.

Saturday sees an action packed day beginning at 12pm withthe CLOGGERFEST annual Gurning Competition. 12sensational musical acts from across Staffordshire and Cheshirewill grace the main stage from midday until 10pm and an afterparty will conclude the festival until midnight. There will be allthe usual fun festival activities including a superb selection of beer,ciders from the various bars, a variety of delicious catering andfestival stalls showing off crafts and local talent. Interactive gamesand children’s entertainers will be amusing the little ones withcircus skills, face painting, street magic and much more.

Organised by Sons of Clogger front man, Dave Owen andBlythe Cricket Club, CLOGGERFEST started as an intimatefriends and family gig to raise money for the club which has nowgrown and is delighted to welcome all who enjoy live music. “It’sthe most relaxed and friendliest atmospheres I’ve ever experiencedat a music festival. It’s been brilliant to see the communityenjoying the amazing, local musical talent over the last few years.CLOGGERFEST is not just a festival, it has become a family!”

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Dovefest Free FamilyMusic Festival, one ofthe highlights of the

summer social calendar isfast approaching.

Organisers have beenextremely busy this yearplanning an event thatbuilds on the massivesuccess of 2014.

“Each year our goal is tomake Dovefest the bestpossible experience for allour festival goers. Althoughhigh quality music is centralto our plans, it’s not allabout the music. We aim tohave something for thewhole family. Children’sactivities, workshops,sporting activities, classicvehicles, steam engines,bouncy castles, inflatableassault courses, it’s all goingto be there ! The organisershave really excelledthemselves this year! “

Locally brewed craftbeers, lagers and ciders willbe complimented by foodfrom around the world.Spanish, Greek, Indian,Mexican, Italian, Americanand British food will all be onoffer.

We will have three stagesof live music. The CavendishArms stage will hostacoustic based acts, TheGavin Clark Stage will hostan eclectic mix of unsignedacts in Doveridge Club andthe Main Stage will be heldis a super large marquee onDoveridge playing fields,Sand Lane.

The Gavin Clark Stagehas been named as a tributeto local musician, GavinClark, who passed awayunexpectedly earlier thisyear.

“When it comes tobooking quality bands, wetry to punch above ourweight and exceed people’sexpectations. People alwaysask how we get such goodacts and don’t charge anentrance fee. Many, manyhours are spent finding andnegotiating with bands fromall around the country.Bringing top level music tothe local area is a real buzz.One of the acts appearingthis year, Johnny Lucas iscurrently on tour in L.A. andis returning to the UK forDovefest !

Dovefest is run solely byvolunteers and all profits goto local good causes.

Camping is available £5per pitch per night.

The Main Stage Line Up The ReggaelatorsPete Bentham and TheDinner LadiesJudge FudgeThe ShelterJohnny LucasPelicoThe Downpage LiberationThe SkirrCantaloopJolly Jock

The Cavendish StageCellarheadThe SkirrGreg MurrayRumours of SpringVersakaPistol Pete WearnJames AtwoodJo BaylissMoore and Moore BeerLuke Round

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A Tribute to Gavin Clark

You may or may notrecognise the name, buttoo few people are aware

of the late Gavin Clark. Abrilliantly gifted local musicianand songwriter, Gavin sadlypassed away earlier this yearaged 46. If you’ve watched anyShane Meadow’s films you willhave heard Gavin’s work. Gavin became good friends withMeadows, working at Alton Towers together and his musicgraces most, if not all of Shane’s work.

As a tribute to Gavin, we have named a stage in hismemory. It’s only a small gesture, but we feel strongly thatmore people should be aware of Gavin and his backcatalogue of work. Look him up, buy his music, and maybeone day he’ll eventually gain the recognition he reallydeserved.

Left to right from top: The Reggaelators, Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies, Greg Murray,Bones, Cantaloop, Johnny Lucas, Judge Fudge, Veraska, Jolly Jock and The Skirr

Dovefest Free Family Music FestivalBy Martin Rogers

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Povey’s PeopleBy Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott

It was nothing short of a miracle. It had been sixweeks since Owd Grandad Piggott and his missushad had a fight, and though we had had this

wonderful interlude of peace, there was somethingmissing from the everyday hassle of having OwdGrandad Piggott and his wife creating mayhem nextdoor. It was true that the pair of them were on awarning to behave themselves otherwise proceedingswould be taken and an antisocial behaviour orderwould be issued, but to go six weeks without all hellbeing let loose next door was something of a rarity.It was a mistake to mention this to Hilda Aspinallat the shop, because that same night, at half past twoin the morning, something kicked off. My bedroomwas next to theirs and a sudden howl of pain wokeme from slumber. This was followed almostimmediately by a loud industrial thud and thelanguage started along with serious sounds of strife.As the tempo increased, I got up and went roundletting myself in with my key. I dashed upstairs tobehold a rare sight. Grandma Piggott had got himon the floor in a full Boston crab and she was layingit on like there was no tomorrow. As she gnashedher teeth, he was squealing blue murder.

‘Woahhh!’, I yelled. ‘What the hell’s goin’ on??’Grandma Piggott gave a final heave causing a

bellow of pain and threw him down.‘Yer filthy ow tup!!’, she yelled. ‘Ar’ll teach they

ter give may a deadleg!’‘Ar anna deadlegged thee’, he protested. ‘...least

ar conner remember doin...’‘No - because yer wonn fast asleyp an’ snorin’

lark a pig an’ ar dug thee in thee ribs an’ up comethar knee... If yer kept th’ale out of yer, yer wouldnersnore!’

‘Listen you two!’ I growled. ‘We’ve just had alovely six weeks of peace and quiet! If it’s allcracking off again, I’m telling the police!’

‘Ohhh no dunner do that!, he said desperately.

‘Thee’l chuck may in th’nick!’‘Well, carry thee flamin’ cup level then!’, I fumed.In my heart of hearts, I knew that the period of

goodwill was at an end but I was determined to trymy best to help keep the peace. That night, Icollared him in Tummy Dawkins’s pub.

‘Listen!, I said. It’s true what yer misses sez. Youget far too much ale down your filthy throat....yercome ‘ome from Tummy Dawkins’s pub filthy withale and temper, you go bangin’ down to the lavatorythen go all dirty gutsed when yer misses wakes yerup because yer snorin’ ...I can hear you next door inmy own bedroom... yer like a bloody old warthog!.’

‘Ar anna!’ he yelled. ‘Arm just misunderstood...’‘Well, I’ll tell thee this... Anymore fights at half

past two in the mornin’ - an’ its the police!’‘Well, ar anna stoppin’ drinkin!’ he flared‘I’m not saying stop drinkin’, I said. ‘I’m just

sayin’ that you don’t have to go out and sledge tenpints of ale down your filthy gullet. Have you everthought of drinking alcohol free?’

‘Yer what?’ he yelled. ‘Alcohol fray?? What’s thegood o’ payin’ good money fer ale with nowt in it?’It was no use, You couldn’t reason with him. Ispent some time thinking about it, and suddenlycame up with an idea. I had tried non alcoholic beerand found it quite palateable. The basic taste wasn’ta lot different from traditional bitter but I realisedthat it was no use trying to substitute the whole pintfor non alcoholic. However, I felt certain that Icould spoof the old weapon by adding a fairpercentage of non alcoholic beer to his pint withouthim twigging. The next day, I called in TummyDawkins’s and told him my idea and TummyDawkins seemed eager to please. So the plan washatched.

That evening, Owd Grandad Piggott ordered apint of bitter. What he got was a small bottle ofsome German non-alcoholic product topped up with

about two thirds of bitter. It took some clever wristmovements from Tummy Dawkins but it seemedthat he was quite good at that sort of thing.

In his usual refined manner, Owd GrandadPiggott took a noisy gulp at his pint and slammed itdown on the bar as I watched him closely. He glaredsuspiciously at the pint glass, gave both me andTummy Dawkins an equally suspicious glare andproceeded to down four more pints in rapidsuccession. However, he gave no sign that he knewwhat was going on. That had been too easy! I wasabout to learn an important lesson The nextevening, we repeated the performance and also thesame thing the evening after, but suddenly, the bardoor opened and in walked two blokes, one of themcarrying an official looking case. They seemed tosingle out Owd Grandad Piggott. Then one of themsaid to Tummy Dawkins;

‘You the landlord?’ Tummy Dawkins blanched.‘Eh?’‘Weights and measures’, the man said. ‘ We’d like

to test your beer’He homed in on Owd Grandad Piggott’s pint and

opened his case. Normally, anyone touching OwdGrandad Piggott’s beer would have lost two fingerswithout any hesitation, but Owd Grandad meeklyallowed him to put the pint in front of him and beginthe test. Tummy Dawkins gave me a hunted look .He gave a heavy sigh and quietly wished that theground would swallow him up. The outcome ofthe test was that the sample contained just over halfthe alcohol that it should have done.

There followed an extremely unpleasant hour forTummy Dawkins in which I was also heavilyinvolved. We managed to convince them that theruse we had cooked up was genuine but TummyDawkins came very close to losing his license andtold me in no uncertain terms never to ask him againto take part in anything dodgy.

As we were being put through the wringer, OwdGrandad Piggott found the episode highly amusingand took great delight in catching my arm as I mademy way home from the pub.

‘Teck a tip f’m an owd mon’...he said, ‘Nevercome betwane a bloke an’ ‘is ale...’

Each month Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott (Alan Povey) will write a unique insight into ourlocal life and its many characters.

His infectious, humorous slant on people provides a different and unusual mix which hopefully willbring a warm smile to the faces of our readers.

This month: Watered Down

Christmas 2012, our 6 yearold Daughter Amy-Leewas taken poorly, writes

her parents Nikk and RachelJones, from Utoxeter.

She was eventually admittedto the Cheethams Children’sward at the UHNS with pleurisyand pneumonia. Within this timeshe was fed intravenousantibiotics, and medicines, givenx rays and basically given thebest possible care by our NHS.After spending nearly a week inhospital over Christmas andNew Year, she was allowed to come home. As Istayed with her during her stay at the hospital Icould see how hard the doctors and nursesworked. I could also see the other children on thisward and even though this was a very dangerousillness for my daughter there were other childrenwith even more serious illnesses.

I have decided to organise this “Glitter Ball”to say Thank you and to congratulate the staff on

their hard work all year round whatever time ofthe year it is. My daughter is now 9, is back to fullhealth and left without scars. She now swims for alocal swimming club (Dove valley ASC) for whichshe trains for 5 hours a week and hopes to followin the footsteps of Adam Peaty! We feel very luckyand are eternally grateful to this hospital. Amywent to Dove 1st School and starts at OldfieldsSchool in September.

The ball is to be held at JCB Lakeside clubSaturday 5th September 2015. Tickets are £30 perticket and include a three course meal, live popularband ‘Radio Mary’ and a disco.

Dress is black tie / smart. Please contact myself Rachel Jones,

[email protected] or 07875488484for further details or Julia taylor,[email protected] or 07841422706

A glitter filled thank-you


Let The Voice Be With Youby Les Humphries of Rocester

My wife Sandra and I have recently returnedfrom a cruise, which was a very relaxingweek, even more relaxing because there were

no children on board.Now you may think that this sounds like a

grumpy old man talking, and you might well be right,but when you get to my age you can do without noisykids charging around the place squealing.Unfortunately a lot of parents these days have noparenting skills, and just allow their offspring to runamok, and I am appalled at the way some kids speakto their parents, and indeed to other people. I comefrom a generation where the motto was that kidsshould be seen and not heard, the saying used to be‘spare the rod and spoil the child!’

These days you get children running wild insupermarkets, handling food that their parents haveno intention of buying. In Restaurants when all youwant is a quiet meal, you have kids shouting, grizzling,or just running around and being a pain whilstwaitresses are serving hot food, (if they got scalded orburned who would get the blame?).

I was sometimes accused by my kids of being toostrict when they were young, but now they are almostthe same themselves, thankfully I have always hadgood reports about my grandchildren who I love tobits, and if they do wrong they are suitably punished.When my great grandchildren visit, they are alwayswell behaved, as we have another on the way(congratulations Emma and Jonty) more kids in thefamily, but it still does not change my views ondiscipline. My neighbours luckily are also excellentparents, and have taught their lads good values, andwhen the odd football comes over the hedge the boysalways ask politely for it’s return.

But unfortunately we now live largely in anindisciplined society, the do gooders having producedan adverse effect than what they set out to achieve. Iknow that there are some shocking things coming tolight about children, now adults, who were abused 20or 30 years ago when no one seemed to care whathappened to them which is terrible. But these days

parents and teachers who care enough to try anddiscipline their own kids, or the ones in their care, havetheir hands tied, consequently we have more violencethan ever before perpetrated by youngsters, which haseven resulted in murder in the classroom. Where doesit end?

Doing my little part time job of tour guiding at alocal excavator company, I meet people from all walksof life and Nationalities, from customers toenthusiasts, special occasions to people, evenschoolchildren, just having a day out, and not reallyknowing what we are all about, it makes you feelreally chuffed at the end, when people tell you howmuch they have enjoyed the tour.

If you have a large group, then you can’t have quitesuch a personal approach as if you have just a coupleof visitors, and although I have been tour guiding nowfor over 15 years, I recently had one of the mostenjoyable tours I have conducted in all that time.Booked in as Auction Winner and Guest the twogentlemen turned out to be two brothers of around myage, originally from Northern Ireland, one nowresiding in Tean, and the other in Dublin.

As they were having a coffee in the CustomerLounge prior to the tour, I was chatting to them, beingnosy as usual and asking all about them, when itturned out that like myself they had been boy soldiers,not only that, in the same Regiment, the Royal Corpsof Signals. But where I had been in No.6 (Boys)Training Regiment, which later became the JuniorLeaders Regiment, based at Newton Abbot in Devon,they had been at the Army Apprentices School basedat Harrogate in Yorkshire. But the real coincidencecame when Jim said his first overseas posting in ManService as it was known, was to 7th Signal Regimentin Herford, Germany in the early 60’s, the same asmyself but we had never met.

It gave us a great rapport for the tour, even thoughof course those times had to be forgotten once I putmy tour guides hat on, and although they enjoyed thetour immensely it would have been lovely to havereminisced further over lunch, but sadly at the end of

the tour I had to hand them over, however, it just goesto show what a small world it is (we got plenty ofdiscipline in those days and I feel are better for it!) Ithink this is what we tour guides love about the job,you never know what tomorrow might bring, and Ithink secretly we are all a bunch of old show offs.

St. Michaels, Rocester recently held theirScarecrow Festival in the Churchyard, and there weresome excellent entries - 1st Prize going to an effigy ofRobson Green fishing, Stan the vicar was depicted asSuperman flying around the church, a Bell RingingMonk, and lots of local characters depicted, even me!It was a fun week-end with stalls, refreshments, a HogRoast and Karaoke at the Saturday Night Party.

On Sunday, prior to the Church Service, we weretreated to Staffordshire’s best kept secret - thewonderful Glebe Symphonic Winds - playing in theChurch. Following the Service an auction was held inthe Church to raise money by selling various objectswhich had been donated, and the adding to the fun ahusband and wife bidding against one another for abird table being finally outbid by a third party. Onceagain a highly successful and enjoyable week-endthanks to a lot of hard work and time, put in by asmall band of dedicated people. Pat yourselves on theback everyone!

The Churnet Valley Male Voice Choir continue topractice without our poorly Conductor and MusicalDirector Janet Downing. John Clark our accompanistis steadying the ship by running the rehearsals atpresent on alternate Tuesdays at the Bishop RawleSchool in Cheadle to keep business as usual! As wehave no concerts for several weeks, it will make lifeeasier for a while, so get well soon Janet.

In closing, I’m fed up with hearing our Editor Nigelwhinging about his ruddy bad leg, so it will be ablessing for us all when he’s had his knee replacementdone, but seriously, I am sure we all wish you a speedyrecovery mate, and hope you are soon back to fullfitness from what promises to be a painful time.

TTFN Les...

Down on the Farmby Angela Sargent

Hoping that the good warm weather of lastmonth continues through August, we shouldbe busy combining the fruits of our labours

over the previous autumn andspring.

The results of many peoplesattention- from the cropsprayers and suppliers to theagronomists looking for pest ordisease attacks on the growingcrop, from those picking thecrop to those using the crop,this is the most importantperiod in the arable calendar.

The crop, be it cereal, salador soft fruit, must, preferably, beat the optimum condition andthe weather must be agreeablefor several days to ensure it isharvested dry (to make sure itstores correctly). It must be collected and graded, as itgoes in to store or onward along the food chain. Theredoesn’t want to be any mechanical breakdowns andit’s a case of all hands on deck to ensure a smoothrunning operation!

In reality, the weather will probably breaksometime in the period, there will be at least onepuncture (if not something more serious!) and

someone will be ill, on holiday orotherwise engaged.

Roads will be busy still withtractors/ combines coming and going,often into the small hours, carting cornand straw and, as our lanes around usare twisty and narrow, it pays to becareful of what might be around thenext corner.

Talking of our lanes, I’ve beenhorrified by the amount of rubbishcasually chucked out onto our verges,under the hedges and along paths.Usually hidden by tall grass in summer,it becomes really evident during laterseasons! Bottles, fast food packets, crisppackets- how dirty and care-less are

people! This rubbish impacts on our plant and wildlife-

card which settles on the ground can kill plantsunderneath, foraging animals can injure themselveson broken bottles/cans and maybe suffocate

investigating plastic bags. It also looks disgusting! Part of the countryside code, which seems to have

been forgotten, involves taking home your rubbishand disposing of it correctly.

Taking a walk along our lane, the cow parsley is agood head height taller than me now and theumbrella- like heads are covered with buzzing insects.Yarrow grows along the chalky drive, quite a bitsmaller, but the same shape flower heads and isinterspersed with Self heal, Buttercups and clover.

A few Butterflies, mainly brown Gatekeepers,flutter alongside, settling on hawthorn and brambles.

The Swallows swoop up and down the ridge andfurrow, while the languorous Buzzards sit atop thetelegraph poles, keeping a beady eye on any potentiallunch and Ted sniffs around before giving chase to astartled pheasant hen, disturbed by Jim, who isrooting underneath the hedge.

A sleepy calf opens its eyes but decides it can’t bebothered to get up and run off, making the most ofthe last few weeks of summer!

Angela Sargent

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After recently celebrating 18 months ofsinging together, Moorland Voices has abusy schedule of concerts for 2015. This co-

operative choir of 24 singers has no overall musicaldirector but uses talent from within its ranks tochoose music, conduct and inspire. The repertoireis varied and includes South African songs, Beatles,Classical pieces, Gershwin, Cole Porter, British folkand much more. This choir loves to entertain andworks hard to get the right balance of sound andfeeling in their music.

The choir includes members based in Leek andCheadle but attracts singers from all overStaffordshire. Don Taylor, Chairman of the choir,stated, “ Having recently sung to over 200 peopleat Moorside High School, Stoke-on-Trent withSoprano Shelley-Anne Rivers and the Rode HallSilver band, to great acclaim, Moorland Voices ispreparing for another concert at WolstantonUnited Reform Church on September 12th at 7.30.The choir have two Christmas concerts booked in

Alton with the Alton Handbells andone in the beautiful Pugin Church inCheadle. Details can be found on ourFaceBook page.”

Last year Moorland Voices hosteda very successful musical workshop atDenstone College featuring “TheArmed Man” by Karl Jenkins. Thisyear, to celebrate John Rutter’s 70thbirthday, Moorland Voices hasplanned a spectacular workshop onOctober 24th, featuring the music ofJohn Rutter, at Denstone and againwith the renowned conductor anddirector Nigel M Taylor at the helm.

Invited guests will include YvonneHoward, the acclaimed CoventGarden soprano, originally from

Staffordshire, and the celebrated Corus BrassEnsemble from Bolton. A day of workshop andrehearsal will culminate in a spectacular ticketedconcert of Rutter’s Gloria, plus excerpts from hisarrangement of spirituals “Feel the Spirit”. Therewill also be solo, brass and choral pieces by thevarious artists, and the whole event will take placein the awe-inspiring chapel at Denstone College.

The Workshop costs £20 for the whole day andthe concert and the evening concert is open to thepublic - with tickets at £10 (£5 concessions)

Don Taylor agreed that this was an ambitiousproject and said “We had a marvellous workshoplast year and were so encouraged by the responseof singers who attended that we are aiming evenhigher this year. We are hoping that we can host aquality workshop every year for singers from allover Staffordshire and beyond.” Furtherinformation from those wishing to attend isavailable on www.facebook.com/MoorlandVoices.

or from [email protected] are provided and Leek andMoorlands NSPCC will have delicious home-madecakes for sale in the afternoon.

Moorland Voices is hoping to recruit talentedbass and tenor singers in the near future and askthat anyone interested in joining a very sociableand hard working choir contact Don [email protected]. They practise inFreehay near Cheadle, also in Stafford and oftenenjoy a pint in the pub afterwards. For enquirieson any of the above tel - 07971171297

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Karen’s Cake Cornerby Karen Hill

Glittery Strawberry Cream Tea

My new best friend and her wonderful mumcame to spend the afternoon with me today towatch her son compete in the World SwimmingChampionships. We opened the French doors sowe could see the television, whilst sitting in thegarden, and cheer him along. I decided to makesome Scones, so we could have a good oldfashioned cream tea, something I miss coming fromCornwall. I made some plain Scones and alsosome with raisins.

For the Scones you will need:225g self raising flour, plus a little extra fordusting50g slightly salted butter¼ tsp salt

25g golden caster sugar 125ml buttermilk 4 tbsp full fat milk 60g raisins if using Strawberry Conserve and Clotted Cream to serve Icing Sugar and edible glitter to decorate

Firstly preheat the oven to fan 200˚C andlightly butter your baking tray. Mix together theflour and the salt, and then add the butter rubbingwith your fingers to make a crumble mixture. Donot over rub as the mixture will be lighter. Next,stir in the sugar. Add the raisins at this stage ifusing.

Mix together the buttermilk and the milk.Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture andpour in the milk. Using a round bladed knifegently work the mixture together until it forms a

soft, sticky dough. Do not overwork thedough.

Place the dough onto a lightlyfloured surface and knead to form aball. Pat the dough gently to a thicknessof approximately 2.5cm. Using a 5.5cmround fluted cutter cut the scones bypushing down quickly and firmly. Usethe trimmings to cut out more scones.

Place the scones onto your bakingtray and sift over a light dusting of flouror you can glaze with some milk or eggif you desire. Bake the scones for 10-12minutes until risen and golden. Cool ona wire rack, uncovered if you prefercrisp tops or loosely covered for softones. I dust mine with Icing Sugar and

of course a little edible glitter for the occasion.Serve your Scones with Strawberry Conserve

and a generous helping of Cornish Clotted Cream.I don’t think you can beat a good Cream Tea on asunny day!


Let’s Get Cookingby Simon Smith, top local chef

This month I am working in St Tropez as aprivate chef and have the enviable task of going tothe market every day to shop.

With temperatures of 36 degrees the locals aresweltering and the tourists in no fit state to move.

Salads are very much a part of the diet and ofcourse Niçoise is top of the list. Sadly in the touristrestaurants this is often made with with tinnedtuna rather than the beautiful fresh tuna seen inthe markets. This sells at €50 a kilo which isprobably why restaurants don’t use it. The fishmarket in St Tropez is right next to the super yachtdocks and can therefore command the price.

This month I am going to give the recipe forPetits Farcis Niçoise which is a ubiquitous dish inthis part of the world and a lighter dish for theweather. Easy to make yet full of flavour.

Recipe for 42 Courgettes2 Aubergines2 Beef tomatoes2 Red peppers8ozs Fresh tuna1 Garlic clove1 Onion finely diced4ozs Chopped black olives4ozs Fresh Breadcrumbs1 Bunch thyme4ozs Freshly grated ParmesanOlive oil

MethodBrush the courgettes,

aubergine,and peppers with olive oiland cook in a preheated oven at180˚C for 10 minutes until soft. Cooland scoop the middle out of theaubergines and courgettes. De-seedthe pepper.

Peel and finely dice the garlic andsweat off in some olive oil. Finely dicethe tuna and add, sweat for a minute.Chop the pulp of the courgettes andaubergine and stir in. Add the freshbreadcrumbs and stir to bind. Finishwith fresh thyme leaves and season totaste.

Cut the beef tomatoes in half andseason, put some of the stuffing ontop.

Fill the aubergine, courgette andpepper skins with the rest of themixture and put on to a baking tray. Pass througha preheated oven at 180˚C for 5 mins and finishwith some freshly grated Parmesan.

Serve either hot or cold

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Sport is in my blood...by Jeff Wood of Cheadle, dedicated to local sport for a lifetime...

Anyone who has played golf regularly atWhiston Hall will mourn the passing of one ofthe Club’s stalwarts, Barry Heath. Barry was a

founder member of the Club and, along with myself,was the Club’s only other Honorary Life Member. Ihave known Barry for very many years. I taught bothhis children Rob and Louise at Longton High School,I played cricket against him and of course golf withhim many times. Whiston Hall will be a poorer placefor Barry’s absence.

Still thinking of golf, I have just been watching theclosing stages of the Open Championship. It wasplayed this year at St. Andrews and I have very happymemories of that course, having been there quite afew times and having enjoyed the privilege of playingit along with the late Bert Wolff during a golfingholiday in Scotland some forty years ago. Golf wasreasonably cheap in those days but we had to bookour tee off times a day in advance. My principalmemory of that day was the large gathering ofspectators watching people tee off at the first hole. Irecall that, in order not to risk making a fool of myselfin front of a crowd, I teed off with a five iron just toget away with impunity. Needless to say, even mysecond shot fell well short of the infamous SwilkenBurn.

A similar gathering of spectators was awaiting usat the eighteenth green. Of course they were not thereto watch us in particular, they were just watching anyplayers in general. Again, in order to not look foolish,I played my second deliberately short of the “Valley ofSin”, chipped on in three and two putted for arespectable bogey to avoid any embarrassment.

Although one should never say never, it’s unlikely

I shall ever play golf again as it’s a game I find noenjoyment whatsoever in playing badly as I get older,but at least I have some happy memories over manyyears.

The cricket season is now past the half way markand, by the time this article goes to press it may wellbe drawing to a close. As I write, I note thatWhitmore C.C. are heading the NS & SC PremierDivision. Whitmore are captained by Justin Mouldand many local cricketers may well know his uncleDave Mould, who played with me on Sundays atNomads for many years. Dave, like myself, is nowumpiring on Saturdays. Dave was never noted for hispunctuality at Sunday games and I remember oneparticular game at Draycott and Hanbury whichhappened to be on the same afternoon that Justin,who was then a baby, was being christened in themorning. I emphasised to Dave that, despite having toattend Justin’s christening, he must not be late,especially as he was bringing three players with him,not to mention a further car load of three who wereto follow him as they were unsure of the directions.

When the time came for the toss, whichfortunately I won, we had four players present. Thisleft me with no option but to bat first (not that Iwould have done anything else anyway). We had tosupply our own umpires, so myself and I think JimHannah padded up in readiness to bat three and fourand we went out to umpire. The worst happenedwhen the usually reliable Graham Burton wasdismissed in the second over, therefore he had no timeto remove his pads but had immediately to swapplaces with Jim Hannah and umpire while Jim batted.After about twenty minutes Dave and his entourage

of players arrived, much to my relief. Simon Beard,who was travelling with Dave, was almost apoplecticbecause he had missed his regular number three spotand with it the possible opportunity for a big score,but Dave calmly got changed, went out to bat in themiddle order and, along with Bob Day, scored 50 plusin a major partnership. We duly won a close game inthe final over and there are occasions when I mentionto Justin what happened on the day of his christening.Little were we to know that, more than twenty yearslater, Justin Mould, no longer an infant, would go onto break the Nomads individual batting record with160 at Osmaston. Astonishingly, as models oflongevity, Dave Mould, Simon Beard and myself wereplaying on that afternoon also.

We had many amusing incidents with Nomads atour Sunday games for over thirty years as most of usplayed the more serious league cricket on Saturdaysand, although playing to win, we tended to be able torelax, enjoy the game and socialize afterwards. Theonly downer was having to go to work on Mondaymornings.

Finally, pre-season friendlies are now heralding thecommencement of the new football season. DoubtlessI shall be watching Leek Town who will hopefullyrecover from the bitter disappointment of missing outin the play-offs. There are some familiar and reliablefaces returning to the scene with Wayne Johnson andDave McPherson. I would also be surprised if newsignings James Curley and Dan Brown don’t get a fewgoals between them.

It will be a difficult decision for me as to whetherI umpire cricket or watch football when the seasoncommences.

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Bake’s Memoirsby Neil Baker, Crewe Alexandra FC Assistant Manager and local sporting legend

Well how wrong could I have been aboutEngland’s chances of regaining the Ashes!3-1 up with one to play sees the urn back

on these shores once again after the thrashing wetook last year on Australian soil.

Hard to believe that after the heavy loss ourplayers took at Lords that they could bounce backand win the next two games inside three daysbattering these Aussies into submission. I was atEdgbaston on the third day when we wrapped upthe victory, the atmosphere was akin to a footballmatch. The last three wickets were greeted just likea goal being scored, the outgoing batsmen jeeredback to the hutch to cries of ‘ cheerio, cheerio,cheerio.

There was a little tension around when we lostLyth and Cook and it could have been worse ifClarke hadn’t dropped Bell but he and Root sawEngland home comfortably in the end. MitchellJohnson took some awful stick from the crowdand the Australian fans slumped in their seats hadto suffer several renditions of ‘stand up if you’re 2-1 up’ as the Edgbaston crowd rose to a man.Fantastic scenes and pay back for the number oftimes we have had to suffer over the years.

I listened to some of the TV pundits after andthought that they had celebrated as much as theplayers judging by their comments. We have justlike the national football team got some excellentyoung emerging players. Root, sure destined to beone of the greatest bats of our time. Stokes has putsome good scores together and bowled as well ashe’s ever done in an England shirt in the secondinnings of the last test. Wood has added some paceand energy to the attack and with Anderson andBroad still the best partnership in the world underthe right conditions, the re-emergence of Finn andthe pace attack looks in good hands. Cook hascome back strong but Lyth has struggled, probably

only keeping his place as there’s no suitablealternative. Bell has only played a few cameoinnings giving his wicket away when set andputting down catches in the slips. I like Buttler, butis he the best keeper in England? His batting in theseries has been poor and though he has proved hecan get runs in limited over cricket he still hasn’tconvinced that his technique is good enough at thehighest level. Possibly the biggest concern for theselectors is the lack of a top class spinner. Moenhasn’t convinced in this department but has addedsome valuable runs down the order and it doesn’tlook as they’ve got enough faith in Rashid. Willthey have a look at him at the Oval?, I hope theywould but I doubt it, looks as though he will bebringing out the drinks again!

So, were on the right road but still one or twoplaces up for grabs.

The last two tests over in three days,swashbuckling cricket played by both teams,scoring between three and four an over. Only onecentury scored in the last two tests (in fact there’sonly been two hundreds from an England playerin this series so far, both by Root). Is this the newface of test cricket?, what happened to building aninnings? It’s certainly been entertaining but I don’tthink there will be many cricket fans buying ticketsfor the fourth day of future tests. Interesting tohear Jeff Woods comments on this!

Staying with cricket, a belated congratulationsto our editor Nigel Titterton on his appointmentas the Chairman of Cheadle Cricket Club. Its beena difficult few years for the club and hopefullyunder his guidance they will return to becoming aforce again locally. He asked me to include someof my past encounters of playing there and playerswho were around in those days.

I started playing in the Kidsgrove and DistrictLeague in 1967/68, aged thirteen, but had been

watching well before that. I used to watchwhichever team was playing at Tean Rd, firsts orseconds. I loved to sit in the scorebox watching thescorers record every ball and helping to keep thescoreboard up to date. Frank Philips was scorer forthe first team and Joan Wood, wife of skipper ofKen, scored for the seconds.

Harry Hurst was the Chairman at the time, hekept a sports shop in the town and I purchased myfirst full size bat from that same shop. My prideand joy, a Gray and Nicholls, can’t remember whatit cost me but I guarded that bat with my life.Cherished it more than any girlfriend, applied acoat of Linseed Oil and ‘knocked it in’ for hoursbefore I took it to the crease.

I was the youngest member of that team, DaveBurton was my captain, John Wilkinson keptwicket. Dave Croft, one of Cheadle’s finest openedthe batting with I think Dave Gilbert. Big NigeRushton opened the bowling and took me underhis wing in those early days. A great character,always at the front of any frivolity that took placearound the dressing room. Ivan ‘Percy’ Parker wasanother who was a bundle of fun to be around.Graham Baker and Keith Rushton also played inthat team, both also excelled at football, thatseemed to be the norm in those days as that’s allwe did, play sport. I would play Monday evening,practice in the nets Tuesday, Wednesday andThursday, until eventually playing for the secondson Saturday.

Those were my early memories of life atCheadle CC, I made so many friends there, had agreat time and played with some very good players.It was my introduction to a sporting way of life. Istill enjoy my cricket just as much now, though myinvolvement in football restricts the amount oftime I get to watch.

All the best, Bake.

The annual Uttoxeter Rotary Junior 5-a-SideFootball Competition took took placerecently at the JCB Sports Complex. This

year it was an even bigger event with108 teamstaking part in 9 age groups from Under 7s toUnder 15s.

Over 1500 players and spectators enjoyed

good weather, greatfacilities, tastyrefreshments providedby Uttoxeter Rotaryand Inner Wheel Clubsbut above all, 250individual games offootball.

The Under 7’s toUnder 9 teams played 4games each but for eachof the older age groupsthere was also a finalplay-off game. In theUnder 10’s final,Oldfields beat LeekTown Amber 1 - 0. Inthe Under 11’s, a teamfrom Uttoxeter wereagain winners whenUttoxeter Whites beat

Cheadle Bluebirds 10 - 9 after a penalty shoot-out.

Out of town teams won the other 4 finals,with Meir KA Blue beating Werrington TigersOrange A by 3 - 2 in the Under 12 final andMayfield beating Brewood Junior Yellows 1 - 0in the Under 13 final.

In the Under 14’s final, Repton Casuals BlueStripes beat Belper Sports 2 - 1 although Belperhad some consolation in their Under 9 Red Soxteam winning the overall Fair Play award.

Finally, in the Under 15’s, Newhall Whitesbeat Melbourne United A 3 - 1 with the finaltournament whistle being blown at 6.15 pm.

Trophies and medals for the finalists werehanded out by Rotary President Dave Brown.

This was the 8th year of this annual eventwhich has become a real favourite with thecompeting teams and is attracting participantsfrom a wide area.

108 teams take part in Uttoxeter Rotary’sJunior 5-a-Side Football Competition


JCB’s annual Lakeside Five and Fun Run saw itsfirst new winner in nine years as almost 350people took part in the popular race. And the event delivered a boost of almost

£3,500 for the NSPCC – with every penny to bespent helping children in Staffordshire.

Ashbourne Running Club’s Chris Patterson wasthe first over the line in a time of 27 minutes and41 seconds, claiming a title that has been held byStone-based runner Ben Gamble from 2007-2014.

Chris, 31, of Ashbourne, said “It is always agreat event to take part in but I never thought Iwould win. I kept looking behind me as I closed inon the finishing line thinking someone is going tocatch me – but they never did.”

Among the other runners were race organiserand JCB Engineer Mick Grindey, of Uttoxeter andretired JCB Group Electrical Engineer CharlesBevan of Abbots Bromley, who ran dressed asDennis the Menace. They have taken part in everyone of the 32 races.

Charles was joined by his son Jason Bevan, 45,a tailor based in Oxford and his nephew SimonBeresford. Jason, was the first winner of the juniorfun run 33 years ago and Simon, of Lichfield, wasthe first ever Down’s Syndrome sufferer tocomplete the London Marathon when he ran therace in 2007.

The 32nd Lakeside Five event also took on aninternational flavour with runners attracted from

three continents. Design Engineers Umesh Sakore, 33, Sunil

Dhole, 37, and Bhushan Mande, 34, who all workat JCB India’s Design Centre in Pune, took part.They are currently on secondment to JCB’s WorldHQ in Rocester.

Sunil said: “We have been in training for a fewweeks but it was still a daunting task, butwillpower drove us on and we really enjoyed it. Wewill recommend it to all our colleagues in India.”

JCB Netherlands employee Michel Jansen, 54,flew in from Holland to take part in the race andnotched up a commendable 41 minutes and 11seconds. Also taking part was Sophie Cléquin, 21,a global business student from the IAE Pau-Bayonne University in the South of France. Therewas also Liam Keevil, 25, who is from Botswanaand on a three-month work placement at JCBGlobal Purchasing.

First JCB employee across the line was CraigJeffery, JCB’s Group Digital Manager, in a time of29 minutes and 21 seconds. He was followed byhis running “rival” Dave Allen, of Tean, who is aSales Manager for JCB Attachments and who wasjust 19 seconds behind. Dave got someconsolation, though, as he was the first personaged 50 and over to cross the line. First JCB femaleover the line was Carolyn Gilligan, who works forJCB Dealer Development. She completed thecourse in 39 minutes and 33 seconds.

The event was sponsored by JCB Loadall witheveryone crossing the line receiving a specialmedal.

JCB Loadall Managing Director Paul Grys said:“It has been a tremendous turnout and really verywell organised and a great fun event. To see notonly hundreds of runners but all the people whohave come along to support them is very gratifying.The icing on the cake has been the fact we haveraised nearly £3,500 for the NSPCC.”

Competitors raise nearly £3,500 at 32nd JCB Lakeside Five

And they’re off…..competitors on the starting line. Alex Shaw, 12; Patrick Tortonesi, seven; Joshua Tortonesi, 11 and MatthewElkin, nine.

Craig Jeffery, 41, of Rocester, who was the firstJCB man to cross the finish line.

Race winner Chris Patterson, ofAshbourne.

Mick Grindey (left) and Charles Bevanon the starting line – the only tworunners to have competed in all 32JCB Lakeside 5 races.

Some of the entrants in the 2.3 mile fun run.


Alex Hall of Vale Royal was the winner ofthis year’s Cheadle 4 Mile Road Race. It isthe second time that he has won the race,

being the winner 10 years ago. His time this yearwas 21.53, 21 seconds ahead of second placedSimon Myatt of Trentham Running Club (22.14).Carl Platt, also of Trentham was third in a time of23.09. South Cheshire Harriers Pete Mallison andAndy Mayers had quite a battle for the minorplacings, finishing in 4th and 5th places and beingonly 5 seconds apart with times of 23.22 and23.27 respectively. Cheadle Running Club’s DaveAllen took the final open prize being 6th in a timeof 23.32.

In the ladies race the winner was WendyMullineux of Trentham Running Club (25.38)who was over a minute clear of second placedformer winner Ruth Watchorn Rice of StaffsMoorlands (26.57). Wendy Swift, also of StaffsMoorlands, came home third in 27.29.

Cheadle’s Rob Mace kept up the remarkablerecord of being the only runner to have competedin all of the 39 races that have been held. Quite anoteworthy feat since Rob has only recently had areplacement knee operation!

Dot Fellows of Cannock and Staffs continuedher unparalleled success in the lady veterancategories by winning the LV70+ category. Since1998 she has won her age group on each occasionthat she has competed, only missing out in 2008when she did not take part in the race. An amazingrecord!

At the presentation race director MickBeardmore thanked the main sponsors of the raceStoddard’s Coaches, Cheadle Carpets and Beds,Derek Fower Transport, A.J.Beaman ConstructionLtd and Sportssage Cheadle for their sponsorshipof the event. In addition this year the event wasalso supported by Councillor Mark Deaville whoprovided grant aid from the Staffordshire LocalCommunity Fund. Mick also thanked the manypeople who had helped in the running of the event,especially St John Ambulance, RAYNET and alsoCheadle Town Council for the use of the recreationground.

Full results available atwww.cheadlerunningclub.com

See additional sheet for all age group winners

Alex Hall wins Cheadle 4

Prize Winners

Senior Men

1 Alex Hall Vale Royal 21.53

2 Simon Myatt Trentham Rc 22.14

3 Carl Platt Trentham Rc 23.09

4 Pete Mallison S Cheshire H 23.22

5 Andy Mayers S Cheshire H 23.27

6 Dave Allen Cheadle Rc 23.32

Senior Ladies

1 Wendy Mullineux Trentham Rc 25.38

2 Ruth Watchorn-Rice Smac 26.57

3 Wendy Swift Smac 27.29

Lady Vet 35-39

1 Sarah Wilson S Cheshire H 27.48

Male Vet 40-44

1 James Simpson S Cheshire H 24.12

2 Roger Grand Trentham Rc 24.17

Lady Vet 40-44

1 Kerry Widdowson Trentham Rc 29.44

Male Vet 45-49

1 Darren Donlan Boalloy 24.43

2 Gary Castrey Unattached 25.11

Lady Vet 45-49

1 Tracy Ridings Stafford H 30.41

Male Vet 50-54

1 Paul Swan Trentham Rc 24.21

2 Mick Haire Boalloy 24.22

Lady Vet 50-54

1 Tracey Brown S Cheshire H 29.54

Male Vet 55-59

1 Keith Jellyman Teignbridge T 25.45

Lady Vet 55-59

1 Gill Gibbons S Cheshire H 31.48

Male Vet 60-64

1 Neil Stretton Nsrra 28.33

Lady Vet 60-64

1 Ann Davies Potters Trotters 46.54

Male Vet 65-69

1 Alan Jeavans Unattached 30.03

Lady Vet 65-69

1 Joyce Edwards Stone Mm 37.20

Male Vet 70-74

1 Stan Winterton Trentham Rc 29.34

Lady Vet 70+

1 Dot Fellows Cannock & Staffs 32.34

Male Vet 75+

1 Trevor Goodwin Nsrra 38.42

Cheadle Running Club times:

Dave Allen 6th 23.32

Stuart Day 13th 24.31

Carl Astley 24th 25.31

James Kelly 36th 27.02

Adrian Reeves-Jones 58th 28.33

Craig Carpenter 76th 29.48

Janine Bush 117th 33.53

Sarah Nutter 130th 35.18

Laura Hall 136th 35.45

Rob Mace 176th 43.24

Winner Alex Hall

Lady winner Wendy Mullineux

Paul Stoddard presenting the awards.

Dave Allen

Paul Stoddard presenting the awards.

Photos courtesy of Bryan Dale


All-time local soccerHall of Fame TeamBy Roy ‘Razzer’ Astbury

Each month Uttoxeter’s best known character Roy ‘Razzer’Astbury will compile his very own ‘All-Time Local Football Team’which in his opinion is the very best of players past andpresent.

‘Razzer’ will create a team in each issue of The Uttoxeter &Cheadle Voice which he believes incorporates all theingredients of a football outfit which could be unbeatable!

He will be delving into his thoughts to remember all theterrific players in years gone by whilst selecting those who areexceptional in our present day.

It should be a fantastic talking point in our community andno doubt you all will have your views on ‘Razzer’s Hall of Fameteam.

If you have your own Hall of Fame team then get involvedand just give Nigel a call at The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice on01538 751629, 0776 784 6937 to tell him or send your teamto: The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice, 3 Spode Close, Cheadle,Staffordshire, ST10 1DT or [email protected]

PAUL CARROLExcellent local keeper

ROB PERKSRocester FC

Always in the thick of theaction, great player

TOM HOLLINSStramshall FC

Solid defender, very strongin the tackle

JOHN SLATERStramshall FC

Very good in defence,terrific player at the

back.

LEON PUGHRocester FC

He could read the game sowell, and also a danger

going forward.

GEORGE DANKSUttoxeter

Amateurs FCGreat midfielder, won sixgold medals, top class.

WAYNE CORDENRocester FC

Terrific forward who wasalways looking for goals.Caused defences havoc.

JIM STEVENSMarston FC

Good all round player,great feet and excellent in

the air.

TOM ASTBURYSt Mary’s FC

Tricky winger, very fast,he possessed a great

shot.

DAN BROWNRocester FC

Dangerous forward and goalswere his game.

BILL RANDALLMarston FC

Fast winger, good club man.

Razzer’s Hall of Fame August Team

Goalkeeper

Shaun Millward (Cheadle Utd)Best I’ve seen in local football,plus he’s a Vale fan (whichhelps!)

Right back

Matt Nutt (CCCFC, Rocester)Mr Consistency, gives youeverything week in week out.Hardly ever misses a game

Centre back

Lyndon Beardmore(CCCFC/Cheadle Utd)First name on team sheet. Topplayer, top bloke. Respected byall in local footballing circles

Centre back

Phil Carr (CCCFC)Quality footballing centre halfwith an eye for goal, played abig part in past club successes

Left back

Carl Allen (CCCFC Rocester)Top player with desire andattitude to match, one of thebest to have ever played forthe club

Right midfield

Alex Wood (CCCFC, CheadleTown FC)Wouldn’t like being out on thewing! Had pace to burnthough and unplayable attimes

Centre midfield

Rich Carter (CCCFC)Gifted footballer with a neversay die attitude, arguably thebest to ever wear a CCCFC clubshirt

Centre midfield

Chris Rowley (CCCFC)Technically gifted and keyplayer for the club in thetrophy laden years, great onset pieces

Left midfield

James Picariello (Fulford FC,Fulford)Best left foot and scorer ofbest goal I’ve seen in localfootball, great player when hewasn’t banned!

Centre forward

Ben Carr (CCCFC)Great goalscorer and scorer ofbest hat trick I’ve ever seen!The club’s longest servingplayer

Centre forward

James Curley (Uttoxeter Town)Scored a hatful of goals inrecent seasons, unfortunatelya fair few of those against us!

Subs:

Rob Tooth (CCCFC)Solid as a rock at the back, gothis fair share of goals as well.Heads aeroplanes

Dan Carr (CCCFC)Versatile player, to his cost attimes. Consistent 8/10 week inweek out

Lee Bowers (CCCFC)Natural goalscorer during histime at the club, unfortunatelyblighted by injuries in recentyears

We have inserted one football club each player has performed for. Obviously, many have played for several clubs in their careers.

Cheadle Cricket Club Football ClubManager Adam Bostock selects his ReadersHall of Fame team this month.

‘Bocky’ has picked a team full of current andformer CCCFC players mixed in with a fewother local stars.

Check out Bocky’s team on the right and seewhat you think!


All-time local cricketHall of Fame Teamby Peter Addison

Local cricketing legend Peter Addison selects his Readers Hall of FameCricket Team for this month’s Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice colourmagazine.

Here Peter describes how he picked his terrific side:

“I come from a family of cricket lovers. I first played league cricket fromthe age of 13 playing in the Stone League with Johnson at Norton in theKidsgrove League. I then played for many years for Blythe Colours andended up with Tean and Leigh. In 1990 with failing eyesight and hearingand still in love of the game I progressed to be an Umpire. After 10wonderful years with the North Staffs and District League I moved tothe North Staffs and South Cheshire League. During that time I havebeen privileged to officiate many high standard games and to meetwith many players who have played Test Cricket and with those of alower standard. The team I have selected for my team for the Hall ofFame are all players from the Moorland Area Clubs who have sinceretired and have been a joy for me to see.”

1. Steven John Dean, Cheadle CC, Staffs CC, MCCA very gifted player who could at times be a nightmare for a lessexperienced Umpire. As a teacher Steve would always want tocontrol the game himself. Boy, but what a player. He could play everyshot in the book with the power of an artist batsman.

2. Steve Bailey, Leek CC, Staffs CC, England U 19Another player with family cricket connections. Powerful and elegantright hand batsman who could have easily played at a higherstandard. On his day brilliant to watch.

3. Tim Tweats, Leek CC, Derbyshire CC, Staffs CC ( My Captain)Following his father Geoff into cricket at an early age and being partof the development of the new Leek Cricket Club ground. All roundplayer who can bat, bowl and is a superb fielder. In my opinion hewas unlucky to be released at Derbyshire. He was a stylish batsmanwho could win any game for any club and should have played at ahigher standard.

4. Jonathan Addison, Blythe CC, Caverswall CC, Leicestershire CC,England U 19Yes, I’m probably biased as he’s my nephew! A hard hitting righthand batsman and left hand spin bowler. A young man who had theworld at his feet who should have developed into one of the bestplayers from this area. A wasted talent.

5. Dave Cartlidge, Leek CC, Staffs CC,A Run Machine, a right hand dynamic batsman who could destroyany bowler in the Country. His record of big scores speaks for its self.A Talented man who now uses his knowledge to manage anddevelop players for our County Team. He gained his first coachingcertificate years ago at the same time as myself.

6. Roger Shaw (Cheadle CC, Moddershall C.C)(Wicket keeper)With a name of Shaw from Cheadle Roger was destined to be a good

player. He was blessed with a great pair of hands and his techniqueplaces him above many others. He is also a accomplished batsman inhis own rights.

7. Alan Smith, Bramshall, Blythe, Cheadle C.C.A Multi talented sportsman with a fighting spirit who could punishbowling at ease with brute force. A brilliant fielder.

8. Ian Carr, Checkley CC, Moddershall CC Staffs CCHe could be a colossus in the game both with the bat and ball. I hadthe pleasure to witness some of his achievements with his “cavalier”attitude to batting and his attacking pace as a right bowler.

9. Paul Lomas, Blythe CC,Bramshall CCAnother right hand all-rounder who could hit the ball with gusto andbowl in all condition. Very consistent and reliable. I would be proudto say that as a past player at Blythe I help him in the developmentof his game.

10.Kevin Barry, Bramshall C.C.The perfect role model for all aspiring sports people. A super fit righthander with a wonderful smooth action providing quality pacebowling that would trouble any batsman. I always said that heplayed at the Old Oldfield’s because of the nasty, brutish ridge thataided his list of victims. I remember as a player myself he wasformidable. He is a real gentleman and a credit to the game.

11.Ian Worthington, Caverswall CC, Oakamoor CC, Staffs CCVery understated, tall right handed bowler with an arm which Iwould describe as a cartwheel circle action for which he caused theball to fizz off the wicket with considerable pace and venom. Playingfor many years at Oakamoor with the softer wickets he alwaysneeded to attack the stumps.

12th Man. Jim Dowling, Checkley CCIf only Jim could bat and field! He always batted at number 11 all ofhis career. A genuine tail-ender. Captains, not when he was thecaptain they found it difficult to find a fielding position. I amassured that the problem was with his eyesight. I wonder why healways questioned my eyesight with his numerous unsuccessfulappeals. However Jim had a “presence”. A very clever right handclass act bowler. Although without great pace with his ability tovariant the speed and flight he would have been a success in anylevel of the game. A top man.

Team Manager – Royston Carr, Checkley CCI first met the late Royston when he was a player in the 1950/60’swith Checkley in the Stone and Dist League. An accomplished playerin his time. A very respected man in cricketing circles with patienceand understanding. He is still regarded as” Mr Cricket of Checkley”and I would need his calming manner to control some of my verytalented players.

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Alan’s Football Autobiography by Alan Beaman, a local sporting legend

The response to my articles about Tean seemto be popular, so I will continue with mymemories of growing up there.

Greatwood School was where I first met friendswho remain good friends today, Brian Shakeshaft,Rob Slater, Graham Elks, Neil Grocott were greatmates through both schools.

I would spend many days biking, fishing inHuntley ponds, playing football and cricket etc.Now Brian was an amusing character who wouldget me laughing in class to the point where Icouldn’t stop - this got me the cane a few timesespecially in French lessons with teacher the lateFrank Mitchell, who could dish out a bit ofpunishment to the lads, but we accepted ourpunishment and just got on with it .

Other friends like Andrew Johnson who livedin Old Road was from a cricketing family, his dadplayed for Checkley, a gentleman in every way,David Grazier was another good mate, RossParker one of the best sportsmen in the village, agood mate as I have said before, he was a classfootballer and we both played for the Stone Leaguecricket side. We loved our cricket - totally differentin our approach - Ross could occupy the creasefor a while and I liked to move things on a little.We had great banter together.

So many good friends Christine Brough, PamelaEyre, Vanessa Wells, Kathleen Cox, Helen Cox,Christine Whitehurst, we would all play togetheraround the village, and again when we moved toMackenzie school. We all went to dances at localvillage halls and youth clubs, learning to rock androll, a dance I have enjoyed all my life. Live musicwas very popular with lots of young musicians ingroups providing superb entertainment. I am surelots remember the Sutherland Brothers and Quiver,The Shandels playing live music around the area,walking back from Alton, Uttoxeter, Blythe Bridge- no taxis about in those days but couldn’t affordthem anyway!

Local sportsmen around at the time playingcricket where competitive spirit was at theforefront especially in the Tean v Checkley games,sledging was the norm with all the players havinglots of banter, keeping wicket at the time I enjoyedthe chat enormously, then getting the same backwhilst batting was the norm tfrom the late DonBeddows who was a tough cricketer, smashingbloke, loved the crack when playing.

Now my first job was at Barker and Shentonswhere Don was a sprayer and he would plagueeveryone working there - he had a lovely sense ofhumour!

It was a thriving garage and I had a fantastictime, driving modern cars around at age fifteen,but at the time I had a skin problem so I changedcareers and went into construction as anapprentice joiner at local firm Spooners,. This wasan excellent place for my training,was first class,the late Harold Shaw was my mentor - a first classbloke and joiner who I learnt a lot from.

Going to study one day and night at Cauldonbuilding college was also a commitment which mydad was strict with, in those days getting your Cityand Guilds was very important.

At the same time I was at Port Vale but decidedto leave because of all the travelling, I still regretthat decision but the bus was my only transportand it was just too much at the time.

At this time I was at Tean youth club playing inthe Leek and Moorland League. I coped quite wellfor fifteen, this is why I encourage youngsterstoday to play no matter their age if they can handle

it physically,the only downside is you end up socially

drinking a little too early!! The Gardeners Armswas a popular pub in Tean for footballers, a goodjob Flo the landlady never knew I was onlysixteen!! Other popular pubs for us were TheWhite Hart, Tean, Duke of Wellington at BlytheBridge where a lot of Tean lads went to drink.

Around this time fashion was booming with theroaring sixties and I became a Mod loving myLambretta scooter and Parker coat with fur aroundit, my favourite groups were Spencer Davis withthe excellent Stevie Winwood lead singer also TheSmall Faces, Manfred Man and The Who andmany more were influencing my dress code andhair styles and social life.

All my spare money was spent on mirrors andextras for my scooter - how I wish I still had it! Istill love to see the old scooters about at Llandudnoand other gatherings, at weekend clothes becamethe focus, desert boots, Ben Sherman shirts, Levi’sor cords would be a must.

My scooter days came to abrupt end when Ihad a crash outside Cheadle Primary School andbadly damaged my precious scooter, luckily Iescaped with few injuries.

Four wheels came next with a mini van. Nowmoney was tight earning about £5 a week didn’tgo far but working at night and weekend helpedto run my van - some great memories around ThePotteries clubssuch as The Place, Top Rank,Crystal, Penny Farthing where we had great times.

Back to the sport, winning The Ashes isfantastic for English cricket and what superbentertainment it was, the amount of wickets andruns scored have again showed the test game is stillcapable of engaging the publics’ full backing, andsetting up the pitches to suit our game is vital.

Being old school I love test cricket and themodern players are showing how talent can alterthe game to suit its audience, the approach toentertain has been a revelation totally compellingin every way, the young cricketers of Australia andEngland who provide top entertainment with agruelling schedule of the modern cricketer. ChrisBroad’s bowling performance of 8 for 15 wassensational with Aussies pushing and prodding atevery delivery unable to leave the ball.

For me test cricket will always be the ultimatechallenge of a player’s ability, concentration,mental strength to succeed under the maximumscrutiny.

Still being involved at Cheadle Town trying tohelp some talented youngsters come through tohold their own in the senior league, we have astrong group of 17 year olds. If they can show thecorrect attitude and want to play the game enoughsome could come through and make decent playersbut time will tell, Glyn Pattinson has done anexcellent job with these lads and we hope to seethem blossom in the next few years.

It’s the best group I have seen in Cheadle for 15years, so I hope you come along to support theselads at Thorley Drive this season.’ At Thorley Drivewe have excellent facilities but the maintenanceand care is way below the standard required forthe investment that was made, the yearlycontingency for maintenance is either not enoughor it’s not being managed properly, the goalmouthsare still bare, reseeding is vital for playing surfaceto withstand its use, a lot of people suggest rollingbut compaction is your main enemy with sportsareas, that’s why spiking and slitting is required tointroduce oxygen to the roots the stronger your

root base the better the pitch will develop for longterm wear.

We have a golf course in Mansfield where myson Daniel is the Profesional and manager so wehave been involved with the agronomy side oflooking after the course learning from theagronomist about all aspects of looking after 120acres of sports land. So let’s hope a propermaintenance plan can be put forward and thefuture can be discussed and implemented tosafeguard the investment made.

Grass roots sport is now in a major decline,which is an insult to many thousands of people likemyself who have given hours running clubscoaching, helping youngsters.

Politicians, professional clubs, councils are allto blame, lack of investment- some of the worstfacilities in Europe, no real commitment to theyoung people of our country when sport can saveboys and girls from obesity, loneliness, lack ofconfidence, also keeping them out of trouble andfit yet we have cuts, why because there’s no quickfinancial gain and they don’t count the long termfuture of youngsters.

As the Premier League gets stronger Sky BT etcpour millions into football with very little comingback to grass roots, it’s a disgrace, mostprofessionals are bred so self-centred and greedythey have no interest in local sport, and theboardrooms are even worse, when I was atRocester John Rudge would always come to ourpresentations himself because the players wereunreliable - not all of course but most of them.

A lot less people are playing sport in generalwhich is bad in many ways as we need to wake upand get our kids playing sport, push them off theircomputers into the fresh air, compete together,challenge them to learn skills and to win and lose,and have the desire to improve, the benefits arethere to see but no government wants to invest inthe future of sport with a long term strategy tocreate quality affordable sports areas all over thecountry

The Premier League is back too soon in myopinion, two weeks later would be better Stokeunder Mark Hughes may find it very tough thisseason as Nzonzi will be missed - the second half oflast season he showed how much he wanted amove amd he put himself in the shop window andplayed more consistently. Moses will be missed ashis pace and ability to beat players was a realthreat all season, and then Shawcross with a backproblem which is around his discs is a majorconcern and needs surgery - his career could bethreatened - let’s hope it will be OK, but I knowpersonally what a serous injury it is, without himwe are vulnerable at the back. Wollscheid is decentin possession but looks slow on the turn as hehasno pace, balls played down the side of him andbehind him in the channels will be exposed thisseason, Muniesa is another player I like inpossession but lacks pace again, his performancesat fullback were poor and at centre back he willstruggle in the air so Shawcross will be greatlymissed, his strength and ability to see danger earlywas vital for Stoke, this type of injury should havebeen recognised as a long term injury and coverbrought in.

Losing Begovich, a very experienced keeper, willbe difficult although Butland looks good for thefuture.The performance against Liverpool showsgoals will be difficult to find and I just think thesquad is lacking goals.A tough season ahead let’shope Bojan can keep fit.


On the OcheBy Dave Jones of UttoxeterLife President of the Uttoxeter and District Darts League.

This year for the very first time saw The Uttoxeter Ladies Darts Leagueand the Mens League combine their presentation night at JCB LakesideClub.

The Mens trophies, presented by Ladies President Mrs Pat Beech, withmyself doing the honours for the Ladies.

Bradley House Club Ladies took most of the trophies with Pat captainingDivision One winners and Karen Osbourne leading Division Two winners.Other honours included the Rose Bowl, The Fives Cup, Captains Cup andrunners up in the Singles Final, very impressive indeed, well done girls!

The Mens Division One League was dominated by the JCB team winningthe title with a massive 160 points. Bradley House runners up with 122 points.Outstanding player of the season was without doubt Andy Stevenson winningnot only the Division One Singles but also the Doubles with Daz Bullock, PaulMcNamara Trophy Winner, and the Most 180’s winning with 10 to his name,one word comes with that – brilliant!!

Having watched the Mens Final I must say some of the darts on the nightwas indeed outstanding and Jim Malkin needs a mention for his part in theDivision One Final, also Paul Redfern and Andy Graham for their part inDivision One Doubles.

Over the years I have been fortunate enough in playing all the local leaguesaround but in my opinion Uttoxeter is the best around so well done toeverybody - a big thank you to you all for making the league so good.

A total of 116/180’s scored during the season!!

So now we are way into the Uttoxeter Summer League, a format same asSuper League – best of 5 legs with all give legs played for proper darts.

Against The Black Cock Blythe Bridge I met up with two of the best playersaround Les Capewell and Peter Chell, both Staffordshire County Players ofcourse. Les also being an ex England international.

Anyway after the game Peter told me a very good story in the days heshared a hotal room with Les when on County duty.

Nowadays of course most places are non smoking so Peter who likes a fagopens a window, takes a drag and after a couple of drags the room lights godim, this keeps happening time and time again!

Pete said ‘Hey Les I bet they censored the room with smoke, but unknownto Peter, Les was lying on the bed controlling the dimmer switch to the room!

Of course at breakfast next morning Les tells the other county lads whathappened with the lights, of course then came the ribbing and banter!! Thanksfor the story Pete, you got that one in before Les - and I will see you next timearound, WATT about that?

Till next time, take care, Dave

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The Good Old Days photographson pages 36 & 37 have beenidentified as:

1 Heath School, Uttoxeter Pupils,pictured in 1967

2 Hope & Anchor, Uttoxetercustomers pictured in the 1970’sshowing off their trophiesreceived from Uttoxeter CarnivalCommittee for building &winning the best floatcompetition (“Jaws”).Standing Left to Right: RayHodgkinson, Chris Bloor, JockPhilip, Mick Fallows, BillCampion, Joe Oxberry, DaveRatcliffe & ‘Tanser’ HallSeated Left to Right: OssieTortoishell, Henry Wainwright,Fred Bloor, Ray Roughnton &Frank Hudson

3 Brenda Mills and Joyce Boothpictured at The Tea Bar at thebottom of Cheadle IndoorMarket during Christmas manyyears ago

4 Cheadle people enjoy a greatnight out many decades ago.Pictured are Heather Jervis, PaulMills, Fred Greensmith, RayWilson, Fred Mills, Philip Peach,Brenda Mills, Carol Greensmith,Rosemary Wilson. Can youname the other lady?

5 Bamfords Ltd ApprenticesFootball Team C. 1973Back Row, Left to Right: BrianShakeshaft, John Fallows, PeteShepherd, Jess Green, TrevorHopkins, John Parker, LesJohnson, Steve Blackwell &Dave Hill Front Row, left toRight: Ken Lyons, Lol Stubbs,Alan Parker & Alan Woodhouse

6 Black Swan customers picturedat the rear of pub in 1890Left to Right: Charles Bond,Jimmy Bond, Adam Black,Charles Wragg, John Bond(Young Lad, Unknown)

The good old days British Gymnastics ChallengeCup 2015 - Guildford

All gymnastic eyes fell on the SpectrumLeisure Centre in Guildford, London asthe British Gymnastics Cup was held on

the 5th July. Over 70 competitors travelled tothe nation’s capital from all corners of the UKto compete for the chance to progress to theBritish Open Championship later in the year.

One such gymnast was Uttoxeter’s ownLouise Conlon, accompanied by Head CoachVikki Sylvester and Personal Coach StaceyMoreton, to try her very best against the bestyoung gymnasts in the Espoir Age.

Confidence in the camp was high afterLouise had narrowly missed out on thepodium during the North West Open, andLouise’s camp fully expected a good cleanround, and a competitive score. Not only didLouise produce a clean round, she produced some of the best gymnastics ofher life. She fully completed each discipline with precision; amazingly her vaultgained a score of 13.00 points, enough to place her in the Top 10 for vault.

The 13.00 point vault contributed to an overall score of 44.05, goodenough to finish 28th out of the 75 competitors, and only 1.95 points off aplace at the British Open Championships, where a score of 46 was needed. Herteam was incredibly proud of her efforts and all at Uttoxeter Gymnastics Clubwould like to wish her hearty congratulations for her exemplary performance,and hopefully it is just the benchmark the club has set for future success. Welldone Louise!!!

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