A MELBOURNE woman is heading up the Gov-ernment task force handling the jobs crisis atDerby rail firm Bombardier.
Margaret Gildea OBE, who lives in Penn Lane, has beenasked to lead an Economic Response Task Force, which willdraw on representatives from Derby City Council, DerbyCity College and the Skills Funding Agency.
The train-making firm is planning to shed more than 1,400 jobsafter losing out on a £1.4bn Government contract.
Margaret's broad brief will be "to miti-gate the economic impact of job losses atBombardier, its supply chain and the localcommunities".
Vince Cable, the Government BusinessSecretary, said: "I have asked MargaretGildea to set up this task force. Margaretis a well respected local business leaderand has plenty of experience, havingworked at Rolls-Royce and been a boardmember of SEMTA."
Mrs Gildea (pictured), speaking to Vil-lage Voice, confirmed that she had re-
ceived the invitation to take on the job of chair of this task force, andwas very pleased to be involved.
"I will be starting straight away," she said the day after she hadreceived the Government's invitation.
"I was involved in this area when at Rolls-Royce during the 9/11crisis. It's really about helping people to be re-employed, and findingjob opportunities, arranging appropriate training, and helping theminto new employment."
Mr Cable said: "Margaret Gildea is an HR and Change Manage-ment consultant with over 20 years' experience at senior manage-ment and director level at Rolls-Royce. She has worked with theHealth Service, and various other organisations, including Manches-ter City Council and the BBC."
Margaret now runs Organisation and Change Solutions and wasawarded her OBE for services to business in January, 2008
She has been very active for many years with Melbourne's St.Michael's Players, for whom she is both a talented actress and aninventive and witty writer. She was a founder member of the mixedchoir, A Choir'd Taste.
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MELBOURNE Junior Schoolpupils were recently presentedwith new Bibles at one of theirregular assemblies.
Rachel Coupe, of Melbourne,who is author of the ScriptureUnion Bible Timeline, hadheard of the charity Bibles forChildren when attending a con-ference and contacted theschool, inviting it to apply.
The Bibles were provide freeof charge with the parish churchcontributing towards thepostage and packing. The char-ity provided 215 for childrenplus copies for members of theteaching staff.
Rachel, who was deliveringthe sixth of eight assemblies on'A History of the Bible in 16 Ob-jects', was joined at the assem-bly by Ros Bell and MargaretBrackenbury from the parishchurch, who assisted in the as-sembly and in the distribution of
‘The Children's Bible’ to year sixpupils and the ‘Rainbow GoodNews Bible‘ to pupils in otheryears.
Since the charity wasfounded 13 years ago, more than
1,200 primary schools have re-ceived presentations and over280,000 children now have acopy of The Children's Bible orthe Rainbow Good News Bible. Pictured with their Bibles are
children from years 3, 4, 5 and 6(back row) James Luckett, TomPearce, Shannon Hill, RachelMatthews; (front row) Tom Jack-son, Anna Gilchrist, Naomi Lis-ter and Zac Parkinson.
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A PUBLIC ‘drop-in’ event has been setup to talk about the future of Mel-bourne and the surrounding areas. South Derbyshire District Council is
drawing up its new Local Plan to shapewhere potential homes, jobs and communityfacilities go.
Similar events were held with communi-ties in February and March to listen to res-idents' views about neighbourhoodpriorities.
Area profiles have been drawn up to high-light what residents would like to protectand their hopes for change.
The process has now moved on a stageand a further round of drop-in events willtake place this month to discuss the optionsfor the amount of new housing people thinkwill be needed over the next 15 years andwhere it should be located.
Cllr Peter Watson, chairman of the Envi-ronmental and Development Services Com-mittee at the district council, said:“Ensuring development is properly plannedand well managed is essential to ensure thatthe necessary infrastructure is in place forfuture generations, and we are encouraginglocal people to get involved every step of theway.
"The district needs to build large num-bers of new homes to help meet the needs ofits fast growing population and we want tohear the views of residents about the levelsof growth we need to plan for and the placesit can be best accommodated.”The Melbourne event will be on Tuesday,
July 19, at the Bill Shone Leisure Centre be-tween 3pm and 7.30pm and the Aston eventcovering the villages in the Aston ward willbe held on Thursday, July 21, starting at
3pm and ending at 7.30pm.Everyone is in-vited to attend the sessions and have a say.The last consultation in February at-
tracted 26 visitors to the Melbourne event,and 65 to Aston.The plans will go through extensive fur-
ther clarification during 2012 and, followingsubmission to Whitehall, will be finallyadopted by the end of next year.
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THE HARDINGE Arms atKing’s Newton – reputedlyhome of the Newton Wonderapple, developed by WilliamTaylor in the 1880s – hasbeen nominated to have ablue plaque put up in its ho-nour.
The blue plaque scheme, nowin its second year, was set up byDerbyshire County Council tocelebrate important people andplaces of Derbyshire.
Nominations were invitedfrom the public covering a vari-ety of themes, which includedbuildings of historic or architec-tural importance. A shortlist hasnarrowed the list to 12 and vot-ing by the general public is nowopen to select the final six. To vote, go to www.der-
byshire.gov.uk/blueplaques. Allvotes must be in by Monday, Au-gust 8.
Last year’s winners wereLady Baden-Powell, Sir JosephPaxton, Richard Arkwright jun-ior, Jedidiah Buxton, ArthurLowe and George Stephenson.
Coincidently, the ‘Hardinge’now has new owners Mark andAlison Constable, and on hear-ing about the blue plaquescheme they said: "We were de-lighted to hear that we are inthe final 12 and we are hopingthat the Hardinge will receivelots of votes."
The new owners are not newto the area, having been regularvisitors to both the Hardingeand Melbourne, having lived inElvaston for many years sincemoving from Hertfordshire.
Alison was in catering in heryounger days, having trained as
a cordon bleu chef, but she haspursued other career choicesand they have chef Craig Tyrrellsupporting them in their newventure.
Mark is new to the cateringbusiness having been in thecycle trade for many years, butthey are both determined tomake a success of their new ca-reer. Son Jonathon and daugh-
ter Emma have both been in-volved with the business for thefirst few weeks but will now beleaving to pursue their own ca-reers. The Hardinge has been refur-
bished internally and Mark hasput his skills as a furnituremaker into practice during therefurbishment. Alison is hopingthat a blue plaque will be
awarded to the Hardinge andthat she will be able to locate asource of the Newton Wonderapples to include in the dessertmenu. Denys Collyer, a long-stand-
ing resident of Melbourne, nom-inated the Hardinge Arms forthe award. He said he was de-lighted that his nomination hadbeen put forward.
Blue Plaque bid forthe Hardinge Arms
PINDER'S Circus returnedto Melbourne for a three-day run in June and wasmet with an enthusiastic re-sponse.
Pictured are some of theperformers (l-r) Erika Pin-der, Edward Pinder, MishaMingazova, Jordan theMonkey, Karina Mingazova,Kristine Bennett and MikeLea, circus impresario.
� Denys Collyer with Hardinge Arms owners Alison and Mark Constable.
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MISSION Rescue is the namegiven to this year's holiday cluborganised by MelbourneMethodist Church. Open to 5-11year olds, the club will run from10am to noon each day duringthe week of August 1 to 5.There will be a celebration
service at 10.30am on Sunday,August 7, followed by fun andfood.
Summer time at CalkeEnjoy the garden and pleasure grounds are now open everyday 11am 5pm until the end of October. The house is open Saturday to Wednesday, Calke Park shop and restaurant are open daily 10.30am 5pm.Forthcoming events
Summer Fine Food FairSunday 10 July, 11am 4pm Come and celebrate local food and produce grown, raised, baked or caught within a 30 mile radius. Our very own Calke chefs will demonstrate some culinary delights using the fresh local produce available on the day! With a wide variety of local producers providing foods to taste and for you to buy, come and celebrate all that is great about local food in our Riding School.
Hidden Acoustics – in the Riding School at CalkeSaturday 16 July, 7.30pmA fantastic opportunity to hear Ruth Palmer, one of the country’s finest violinists, as she performs a programme centred on music composed by Bach. See our colour ad!Tickets £17.50 with interval drink included. Booking essential 01332 695310
A Calke Bear Treasure HuntWednesday 20 & Thursday 21 July 11am 3.30pm Come and search for the Calke Bear and discover some wildlife along the way. Bring along your own bear and an adult.
Calke’s Live Archaeolo WeekSunday 24 Sunday 31 JulyStarting on Sunday 24th with a ‘Live Archaeolo Day’ in The Riding School with something to interest everyone from new 3D technolo to show the different phases of the building of Calke Abbey to ‘di#ing for ‘treasure’ in our giant sandpit. This is followed by Family activities in Squirt the Stallion’s Stable, everyday from Monday to Friday. For those interested in Geophysical Survey there is a practical Study Day on Friday. This exciting week culminates in a ‘dig’ in the Pleasure Grounds to unearth the 18th Century pond and gardens. Join professional archaeologists and Calke Abbey Family Archaeolo Club on Saturday 30th And Sunday 31st July in the Pleasure Grounds and have a go with a trowel!
Visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke for more of our exciting programme of summer events!
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OPEN FARM Sunday went ahead at Stand-leys Barn Farm as planned – even thoughthe weather was not as expected. It was very wet but there was still a good
turnout with lots of people taking part inthe farm walks.The 20 entries for the Ashby Vintage
Tractor Club Ploughing Match persevered
to demonstrate their skills and, in the after-noon, the lucky visitors were able to wit-ness a cow giving birth to twin calves. The home-produced food went down well
and the takings for the day were donated tothe DLR Air Ambulance.Daniel Hallifield and Gemma Gibson are
pictured with daughter Mathilde Hallifield.
THE NEW office of MelbourneCommunity Care was the venuefor a series of face-to-face inter-views between Matthew Rowe,Regional Policy and Partner-ship Officer of the Big LotteryFund, and representatives oflocal voluntary groups.
In a meeting organised bySouth Derbyshire CVS, ninemembers from four local groupswere able to discuss their ideas,projects and hopes for the area,and find out if these were likelyto qualify for Awards for Allfunding of up to £10,000 or evenother strands of Big Lotteryfunding.
If the meetings are followedup with successful applications,project funding could be comingto Melbourne, to make a differ-ence to local people and the localcommunity.
Also present to observe, ad-vise and offer continuing sup-port to local groups were EricClayton, Community Develop-ment Worker for South Der-byshire CVS, who hadorganised the event, and IanHey, Community PartnershipOfficer of South Derbyshire Dis-trict Council.
In the afternoon the processwas repeated in Aston on Trent,for a further eight people fromanother six groups.
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JULY has seen the Melbourne Business Associa-tion's committee resign and a new association andcommittee formed. The new association will beknown as Promote Melbourne and has appointedRuth Malloy, of Cream Interiors, as its new chair.
Ruth told Village Voice: “We are hoping thatwith our new committee and new businesses nowinvolved in the association, we will not only beable to deliver the Christmas Shopping Event, butwe will also be able to look at the wider promotionof Melbourne as a visitor destination.
"We would like to look at a variety of options toincrease the footfall into Melbourne and we wouldlike to encourage all businesses, whether or notthey are customer facing, to come and get in-volved. We are keen to see all types of businessesthrive in Melbourne to ensure a strong local econ-omy and healthy trading environment.”
During its first official meeting, the PromoteMelbourne Committee decided that this year’sChristmas Shopping Event will be held on Friday,November 25, from 6pm.
This year’s event is set to take on a more quin-tessentially English feel with the group feelingthat it would like to support more traditionalstreet entertainment, losing the Fair element ofprevious year’s events.
There will still be stalls in the Market Place,however. The committee will be allocating stallsthrough an application process to ensure a variedmix of local businesses are able to sell their wares.If you would like to get involved with Promote
Melbourne, the next meeting is at 6pm onWednesday, August 3, at The Gallery.
WHAT happens when you put achurchman on a bicycle andhook him up to an electrical gen-erator?
A “Spirit and Creation” dayheld in Melbourne gave the an-swer as Bishop Humphrey waspersuaded to power a radio,using pedal power alone.Melbourne Curate David
Railton (whose legs also pro-vided Radio 2) said: “It’s hardwork to do even basic things liketurn on a radio without thecheap energy from fossil fuel.With the world now beginning torun short of cheap energy, ourrelationship with the naturalworld, sustainability and goodstewardship of the resourcesaround us is critical – and thechurches are beginning to getthat message across.” With a cosmic walk in the
Wesley Hall, talks in theMethodist Church, practical dis-plays in the Catholic ChurchHall and in the parish church,the day provided people fromMelbourne and beyond withknowledge and insight into theimpacts of climate change and
resource depletion as they willaffect this area in the near fu-ture. Meanwhile, Melbourne Area
Transition group (www.melbour-
netransition.org) which pro-vided the cycle generator for theday, is launching a Solar BuyingGroup to help local people inter-ested in installing solar panels.
THE MELBOURNE Community Group'spresentation to the Parish Council behindclosed doors last month resulted in someforthright comments from Councillor CliffCrawford, who wanted answers on the legit-imacy of locking the public and Press out ofthe ongoing leisure centre management de-bate.
Chairman Nigel Collyer, backed by Cllr JaneCarroll, explained that the meeting was a meansof providing councillors a greater level of informa-tion and understanding to enable them to makean overall informed decision.
The general consensus was that the communitygroup had offered more details on its propositionand greater robustness on finances with Council-lor Howard suggesting “a growing confidence to aposition where the community group can take overthe running of the facility”.
Cllr Crawford, not convinced, suggested thatthe council, with some real enthusiasm, could dojust as good a job and highlighted that a 200-300strong petition wanted the centre to remain underparish council control. He said: “It provides theparish council an interaction with the commu-nity”.
Cllr Andrew Jackson noted that from a fundingperspective the community group was much betterplaced to access finance and, longer term, the vi-sion for a new leisure centre would therefore bemore probable.
Cllr David Smith expressed concern that theissue had been dragging on for too long and “needsto be settled once and for all”.
A further parish council meeting was proposedfor August 8 at 7.30pm with the public once moreexcluded, before potentially being put on theParish Public Agenda in September.
Cllr Collyer reminded councillors of their obli-gations and clarified that where they have a dec-laration of interest in any matter, the rules of thecouncil are upheld. This is particularly importantwith there being a greater level of outside bodiesinvolved in the wider development of Melbourne’ssports and leisure facilities.
In public questions Mrs Eileen Hardy made ref-erence to the serious accident at the new DerbyRoad/Kings Newton Lane corner. Cllr Collyernoted it was one of the key focus areas that thecouncil would monitor. District councillor Jim
Hewlett advised that district and county council-lor John Harrison would not be drawn into mak-ing a statement until the police report had beenissued. Mrs Hardy also requested an illuminatedspeed limit sign for Kings Newton which would bereferred to the Highways Department.
On road works, Cllr Crawford raised the issueof poor planning for Virgin's fibre optic work onPackhorse Road, saying that “just waiting a fewmore weeks until the schools had broken up wouldhave been the ideal solution”. The perennial problem of overhanging trees and
bushes was raised with Jawbone Lane an issue.Cllr Collyer reminded the meeting that the councilcan inform the owners of trees and hedges to takenecessary action with details received from thepublic.
Commenting on issues raised in June by CllrSheila Hicklin on removal of swing seats fromGrange Close park, Cllr Hewlett advised that thereasons were entirely down to Health and Safetyrequirements which stipulated specific dimensionsfor gaps between swings that must exist. For ex-ample the council could be found negligent andsubject to a claim if a child was injured.
Cllr Rose Minifie advised that having attendeda recent course on park safety, further improve-ments could be considered for the Lothian Gar-dens and will be tabled at the next recreationcommittee meeting. Cllr Minifie highlighted anawareness that hydrochloric acid marker pens arebeing used in graffiti (no incidents in Melbourneas yet) and requested the committee to remain vig-ilant, as this can be a real danger to young chil-dren.
Following some concern on the use of disabledparking in the main car park, Cllr Hewlett had ob-served that people were utilising the disabledparking areas without displaying blue badges –but the parking restrictions are not currently en-forceable. The county council will review enforce-ment and future attendance by parking wardens.
Similarly, the county council had received re-quests from local residents to consider lifting theparking restrictions in the Market Place andChurch Street areas and the parish council hasbeen asked to comment. The general consensuswas that the parking restrictions work and thecouncil would respond following the next High-ways meeting.
Other items� Cllr Hewlett advised that the potholes on CastleStreet and Derby Road will shortly be improved throughroad metalling (stone chippings) and wet tar patching.� Cllr Harrison had recommended a £500 award fromthe Community Leadership Allowance to provide furni-ture for the new Community Care premises.� Kings Newton Jubilee committee has requested a con-tribution to its Golden Jubilee celebrations, recallinglast month's decision to use £2,000 to support the eventcovering Melbourne and Kings Newton. Cllr Collyertasked clerk Norman Hill with looking at a proposal forthe council to consider.� Melbourne Neighbourhood Watch has secured a fur-ther £500 of funds from the Safer Neighbourhood Part-nership to support advertising and communication withaims to extend the membership.� The parish council has been requested to providefeedback by July 31 on Derbyshire County Council'sstreet lighting proposals, where on certain selectedstreets the lights would go out between midnight and5.30am
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IT WAS Teddy Bears Picnic time for brother and sister Lucy and Ben Glover at the MusicTime Under-5s event in the Wesley Hall.
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A BBC film crew has visited Mel-bourne to capture some footage ofthe parish church and the bellringers for the popular TV series‘Escape to the Country’.
Househunters Robert and Fionaare relocating to South Derbyshirefrom Bristol, Fiona being a bellringer at St James Parish Church inMangotsfield.
She had identified her interest inbell ringing to the film makers, whoin turn contacted the Rev DavidRailton and steeple keeper BobSmith to make arrangements to film
the Melbourne band of bell ringersin action.
It was an early start for the visi-tors who were filmed meeting upwith Bob Smith and his wife Ruth,who is the ringing master in Mel-bourne. The church has 12 bells anda band of 22 ringers, including bothadults and children. There wereenough ringers present to ringchanges and Ruth offered her bell,number five, to Fiona to enable herto join in. Pictured are Bob andRuth Smith welcoming visitorsRobert and Fiona.
Melbourne has TV ap-peelTHE BUILDING known as the Liberal Clubor the Public Hall on Derby Road, Melbourne,has been in the hands of estate agents Andrewand Ashwell since it was reported in the Vil-lage Voice in May that it was in the hands ofthe receivers.A spokesman for the estate agent has con-
firmed that the property has generated goodinterest. A sale has been agreed for the build-ing and the gardens at the rear of the propertyand it is currently in the hands of the solici-tors.
There has been no statement on who thebuyer is or what the future use of the propertywill be.
AN ACCIDENT at the junc-tion of Derby Road and KingsNewton Lane on June 24, in-volving two vehicles – aRange Rover and a RenaultMegane – will no doubt sparkmore debate about the con-troversial alterations intro-duced earlier this year.
Members of the publichave recently raised con-cerns with parish councillorsabout the lack of visibility forpedestrians at the junctiondue to the positioning of thearrowed road signage. The Melbourne Fire and
Rescue team attended the in-cident along with police andambulance. A woman wastaken to hospital. A diversion was put into
operation closing Kings New-ton Lane between the OldePackhorse Inn and the DerbyRoad junction and there wasdisruption to traffic flow onthe main Derby Road forsome time. Pictured are members of
the Melbourne Fire and Res-cue team and the Renaultnose down in the ditch.
THE ATHENAEUM Youth Internet Cafe is to close on July31.
The management team from the Methodist church has made aformal statement announcing the closure following a review thathas been taking place over recent months.
It is felt that the current vision has run its natural course andthe decision to close is the most appropriate action at this time.
The falling number of young people attending the Athenaeum’sregular openings, especially on Friday and Saturday nights, hasbeen a major consideration for the management committee andyouth worker Zoe Dean, giving rise to the review.
While funding is still available and is not considered an issue forthe continuance of the Athenaeum, to continue in the present man-ner is not considered to be the best use of current funds.
The Athenaeum has provided an excellent resource for the youngpeople of Melbourne and the surrounding villages since it was firstopened as an internet cafe in (2004) and was the most ambitiousproject undertaken in the town for the benefit of young people indecades.
The Methodist church leadership is to embark on a period of care-ful reflection and evaluation on the work of the Athenaeum and con-sideration of how best to use the resources for the benefit of theyoung people and the community of Melbourne.
The future of the current Wednesday evening activities for chil-dren in year six held between 4pm and 6pm is also under reviewand will be confirmed soon.
Youth worker Zoe will be a victim of the closure and will leave onJuly 31 with the thanks and best wishes of all those involved withyouth work and the church. There will be a farewell and thank youevening for Zoe in the Athenaeum on Sunday, July 17.
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Stockists of . . .A PUBLIC meeting has been held in Bree-don, hosted by the parish council, to briefthe community on work taking place onBreedon Hill.
Colin D’Oyley, representing Breedon Quarry,together with Ian Evans from Natural England at-tended and answered questions.
A set of archive documents was presented de-tailing the registration of Breedon Hill as CommonLand in 1965. In 2003, the quarry owners appliedfor permission to extend the quarry and re-route'The Platchetts' road linking Breedon and Mel-bourne, 150-200m towards Tonge Station.
In 2006 planning permission was granted byLeicestershire County Council with the proviso ofa 106 Agreement under which the quarry companyhad to address the deterioration of Breedon Hill,which was overgrown with scrub.
The quarry sought expert advice from NaturalEngland, who agreed to help with the manage-ment of the site. When a new company took overthe quarry, it was decided work needed to be doneurgently.
English Nature drew up a management plan toregenerate the ancient pasture on the hill. Thebest way of keeping down weeds, bracken andbramble and maintaining the pasture is by usingsheep to graze the hill. The hill had to be fencedto keep animals safe and footpaths were createdto give access.
The fencing caused concern among some resi-
dents, who believed they were being locked out ofan open space which they had long been using.
Mr Evans explained that Breedon Hill was animportant site nationally – one of the last twoareas of "limestone grasslands" in the county,which is why it has been allocated as a Site of Spe-cial Scientific Interest .
The Iron Age Bulwarks are a scheduled "An-cient Monument" and cannot be touched withoutspecific permission of the Secretary of State. TheSaxon Church is protected and this, together withthe recent designation of the hill as a SSSI, meantthat the area will be well protected for the foresee-able future.
Mr D’Oyley said that the fencing was to keepsheep off the road. Residents have free access butdogs need to be on short leads when sheep were onthe hill. Kissing gates have been installed and anarea of scrub has been removed outside the fencefor anyone who does not want to walk dogsthrough the grazing area.
When the grazing period is over, notices will beput on parish notice boards, in newspapers andpossibly in The Link and the Parish Magazine tolet parishioners know.
Jane Edmonds, chair of the parish council, saidthe council planned to establish a commons com-mittee in partnership with residents to ensurethat all open land and footpaths were protectedand to see that any emerging issues are promptlyidentified and dealt with.
Village briefedon hill work
MELBOURNE Women's Insti-tute has purchased a bench inmemory of the late DorothyMalone.
Dorothy, who lived in CastleMills and was a very activemember and treasurer of theWI, had requested that any do-nations received should bepassed on to Melbourne WI,who decided to buy a bench inher memory.
The bench has been sited atthe Melbourne Senior CitizensCentre so members ofDorothy’s family, her ‘adopted’family, friends, the Senior Citi-zens Club and bowls club(Dorothy was an active mem-ber) as well as her fellow WImembers could sit , reflect andremember a much-loved ladyof the community.
Pictured are members ofMelbourne WI and friendstoasting the late Dorothy Mal-one at the installation of thebench.
THE TICKNALL Garden Club annual holiday this year was, bypopular request, to Devon. With 46 members taking part, thefirst port of call, en route to Devon, was Knightshayes Court andgarden.
During their five-day stay at the Passage House Hotel inNewton Abbot, club members enjoyed fine sunny weather fortheir trips to Coleton Fishacre, the Garden House, the CiderHouse at Buckland Abbey and Helen Brown's garden at FennyBridges.
There was also time to explore Exeter before the homewardjourney, taking in a visit to Spetchley Park Gardens nearWorcester on the way. All this was made possible by Pat Chin-nery, who was thanked by the group for such an interesting pro-gramme.
Sunny holiday trip
PUBWATCH, a voluntary initiative promoting responsibledrinking in licensed premises, has gone online in South Der-byshire.Licensees have instant access to photographs and detailed po-
lice descriptions of problematic individuals who have beenbanned from pubs. The new website, already in use by severalPubwatch schemes across the country, has been funded by theSafer South Derbyshire Partnership to the tune of £500 for thenext year.
Fishers Solicitors, which has offices in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire and Swadlincote, Derbyshire are one of the first solicitors in the area to provide a Family Mediation service.
The service is led by Andrew Robinson, a long standing Resolution accredited family law solicitor and a Resolution qualified Family Mediator.
Andrew said: “We are ardent believers that Mediation provides couples with the most effective opportunity of resolving a family dispute without the need for drawn out court proceedings.”
“Mediation encourages constructive communication and allows those involved to make their own decisions, rather than having a third party impose them. By reducing conflict, couples are more likely to reach a solution that both parties are happy with.”
Andrew trained as a family Mediator through Resolution, which is a well known and widely respected national organisation of family lawyers that promotes a construc-tive, non-confrontational approach to
family law disputes. It frequently advises the government on policy issues in the family law arena.
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THERE have been a number of incidents of grass fires in Melbourne and Kings Newtonover the last few weeks, requiring the attendance of the Fire and Rescue service.In most instances the Melbourne crew has turned out, but the most recent case – a fire
in a field on Kings Newton Lane – was attended by two appliances, one from Derby andone from Swadlincote. The blaze was soon brought under control by the Derby crew, the first to arrive on the
scene.
NORTH WEST Leicestershire District Coun-cil (NWLDC) has granted planning permis-sion for a runway extension at EastMidlands Airport.
In 2000 the airport lodged a planning applica-tion with NWLDC to extend the runway by 180metres (30 metres at the Kegworth end, 150 at theMelbourne end) to 3,083 metres, making it thethird longest civil runway in the UK, afterHeathrow and Gatwick.
At the last Independent Consultative Commit-tee meeting on June 24, airport managing directorBrad Miller was unable to give definite confirma-tion that EMA would actually build the runwayextension, though he thought it likely. He ex-plained that, unlike other airports, EMA operates24 hours a day, and this presents particular prob-lems to any runway work.
Decisions will be taken after detailed technicalfeasibility studies on runway maintenance andpossible extension. It was agreed that the ICC willbe kept informed of progress.The extension would, for example, allow a B747
freighter an extra 6-7 tonnes take-off weight, en-
abling a heavier payload or a longer range if theextra weight is carried as fuel. The additionalweight would require more power at take-off andthus marginally more noise.
After 10 years of technical submissions and dis-cussion, NWLDC planning committee agreed theextension in November 2009, subject to conditions.The conditions have now been legally agreed andfull planning permission was granted in Februarythis year.
There are two major conditions: 1. EMA voluntarily provides noise insulation
grants to residential properties affected by highlevels of night noise. This would become a legallybinding obligation.2. Total night noise would be legally limited to
the 2002 level – midway between the current noiselevel and the airport’s aspiration, set out in the2006 Master Plan, to return to much higher noiselevels.
The conditions would allow some expansion innight operations, but would provide legally bind-ing backstops on night time noise increases. Theconditions would come into force when the runwayextension is built. – Paul Grimley
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THE ASHBY Guild of Artists held its an-nual Spring Bank Holiday exhibition atTicknall and, although the weather waspoor, the visitor attendance was the bestyet. The public response to the variety of
styles and painting media on offer wasvery complimentary to guild members'work. This year the guild held a 'Nameyour Favorite Picture' survey and, with a95 per cent visitor response, the choice was'Looking back' by Jackie Adshead.Picture sales and the sale of cards did
well over the event weekend. The exhibi-tion entrance fee this year was donated tothe charity ' Fishing for Heroes'.
The guild holds workshops at Ticknalleach month on a Saturday and detailsabout them and other aspects of the organ-isation can be found at www.ashbyguildo-fartists.co.ok. The guild would like to thank the public
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HAVING covered about 940 miles in ariding time of just under 64 hours over12 days, Melbourne resident RobSmith and his colleagues from E-Onhave completed their epic journeyfrom Land's End to John O'Groats.The ride was completed largely toplan with some minor changes toallow for traffic conditions.Each day was divided into aroundfour sections with breaks for refresh-ments and lunch, cake consumption (amajor feature) and other breaks atpoints of interest along the way. With generally favourable weatherand a tail wind the group were
pleased with their progress, althoughthey did experience some problems inthe Peak District, the Lake Districtand in central Scotland.One set of gear shifters failed andcouldn't be fully repaired despite thebest efforts of Halfords on a Sunday inCarlisle, leaving one team member tocomplete the trip without the fullrange of gears. However, the largestdelay was caused by a stomach bug,but no embarrassing details. Rob said: "It’s been a great experienceto ride this route and see the extremi-ties of the country. We’ve receivedplenty of support from friends and
families, including being joined on ourjourney through Lancashire by threeadditional riders and met at other lo-cations by supporters. "It was especially pleasing to begreeted by familiar faces with cham-pagne on arrival at John O’Groats." The ride raised more than £10,000 forCancer Research and the web page atjustgiving.com/ride-on is still open forany additional donations. More detailsand photographs can be seen on thesame web page.Meanwhile it's back to work and asignificant reduction in cake con-sumption for Rob and his team.
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OVER THE 2011 Whit weekend, June 11 and 12, a display of photographs of the 1950s and’60s Whit Monday parades was on display at Melbourne Parish Church.
The Derby Evening Telegraph estimated at the time that around 3,000 people attended the church,chapel and Sunday School parades in the 1950s, which were followed by races in local fields and teas.
Archivist and organiser of the display, Roy Dunnicliffe, said: “We had over 200 people come and visit
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the display and many remarkswere overheard, identifying peo-ple - ‘That’s me’ ... ‘That’s our soand so’ ... ‘There’s your father’and then somebody else giving adifferent identification. Even thedating of the photographs waschallenged: "I don’t look any-thing like aged 14 in that photo"and "ladies were not allowed inthe choir until September 1953".
The dating was carried out byploughing through past copies ofthe Derby Evening Telegraph forWhit Tuesday until the Friday.The newspaper had about sixeditions during the day and apicture edition on the Friday.Many of the Castle Square pic-tures were similar but not allwere published.
Additional photographs wereprovided by Ken Hatton, TelPotts, John Chetwyn, MargaretCooper and Seymour Bell.
A thank you also to ReverendDavid Railton and the Mel-bourne Parish Church wardensfor allowing the display to be inchurch on what was a busyweekend.
Why did the Whit paradesstop? Was it a combination of thechange to Spring Bank Holidayand cost of the bands?
By the way, for those who saidit was always sunny on WhitMonday – it rained in 1954.
ABOVE: Mrs King, Steve Webster and Roger Kington.BELOW: John Chetwyn, Joe Laban and Richard Heath.
THE CROWDS turned out in their thousands for MelbourneCarnival.
Dark clouds overhead threatened rain during the morningwhile the floats were being decorated but the rain didn’t comeand the carnival went ahead with the weather getting betterand better as the day passed by.
The floats looked magnificent with more taking part than in re-cent years and the procession worked its way through Melbournefrom Castle Square to the school field on Packhorse Road.
The formal opening of the afternoon’s events was conducted by Nor-man and Rosemary Jackson, who had taken pride of place in the pro-cession.
The colourful Ambassadors Showband from Borrowash led the pro-cession and later provided an entertaining performance for the crowdsin the main field.
The entertainment on the main stage took place throughout the af-ternoon with everyone receiving well deserved applause for their con-tributions. There were performances from The Oakden School of Dance,The Melbourne Town Practice Band, Melbourne Infant School, Mel-
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The organisers were confident that numbers attending were greaterthan last year and they were delighted with the event. They expressedtheir thanks to everyone who had contributed to make it so successfulespecially to United Biscuits of Ashby and the other major sponsorsEMA, Pirelli and Davidsons.
With this year's theme As Seen on Screen the entrants for the bestdecorated float did what was asked of them, providing a splendid col-lection and making it difficult for the judges.
The Oaklands School of Dance took first place with Britain's GotTalent. Scallywags Toy Story came second with Melbourne WI in thirdplace with The Last of the Summer Wine.
Winners of the Doves Garage Trophy for the best dressed windowwent to The Welcome Cafe.
The Tug of War event organised by James Cripps attracted largecrowds and the final saw a team from Picture of Health victorious overMelbourne Rugby Club with the minor placings going to The Lamb Innand The Alma. Joanne Iliffe received the trophy on behalf of the win-ners from chair of the carnival committee, Rose Minifie.
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APPROXIMATELY 70 walkerstook part in the June 2011Walking Festival organised byMelbourne Civic Society aspart of its contribution to Na-tional Civic Day. Seven walkstook place during a weekendof variable weather – dampand drizzly on the Saturdayand a heatwave 24 hours later.The walks covered a wide areafrom Wilson to Foremark andStanton to Smisby and partici-pants came from Derby,Leicester, Ashby, Burton,Swadlincote and East Stafford-shire as well as Melbourne.Feedback on the festival wasvery positive with many re-quests by participants formore guided walks in the area.The Civic Society hopes tooffer several walks next yearas part of the 2012 festival.
THE Revd Jane Barron arrives in October to be thenew minister of The United Reformed Churches ofMelbourne and Little Eaton. The Melbourne church has been without a minister
since the Revd Chris Willis retired in 2009.Jane and her husband, Nigel, have two daughters
and one son in their late 20s/early 30s, and threegrandchildren.Jane comes to South Derbyshire from three
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"I'M not a designer," said Adam Devey-Smith, who is 45 andthe senior partner in a cutting edge design business, centredin Melbourne. A surprising remark indeed for a man whostarted and has successfully developed an expanding designbusiness.
Called ‘The One Off ’, it now has a formidable client list,across many areas of business. Barclays, George, Nokia, as wellas Primark and Speedo, and a host of businesses – national andglobal – come to Melbourne for the vision and expertise that thisyoung and fast growing business can deliver.
The business was started in Adam's home in Station Road, Mel-bourne, branched out to premises on Derby Road, and then foundthat those premises were too cramped.
Adam moved his 35 employees across the road to the old 19th cen-tury factory vacated by Doncasters. He also employs a dozen peoplein London, but the core of the business is here in Melbourne.
The old factory has been transformed. The large entrance hall,in a soothing light grey, with modern lighting, is relaxed - a coffeebar with stools on the left.
To the right, a long dining table,and a relaxing low table and softmodern sofas for informal discus-sions.The actual designing is done in the
two upper floors, splendidly brightand airy, packed with Apple comput-ers, and bright young men andwomen. There is a photographic stu-dio, run by his daughter, Georgia,who is a past student at ChellastonSchool.
Adam read political philosophy atLeicester University, followed by ayear's course in marketing in Slough.He was brought up in Huntingdon.
He is married for the second time,and has five children.
He says that his training in poli-tics has given him an analytical viewof business. He is not into the 'Punchand Judy' of old style business, andhe recognises that to get the best re-sults from clients and from employeesit is necessary to be open, to listenand to practise active collaboration.
Design is 99 per cent perspiration,and one per cent inspiration, he says.
It is a rational process, needs clear thinking, calls on many disci-plines, and thus requires team working of a high order. And, as hesays, "you can't be in a team without listening".
He differentiates art, which is aesthetic, and design, which de-mands analysis and focussed thinking on the client's business andproduct and the environment that the client operates in.
He believes the cultural environment is changing from the con-frontational and the master/servant, client/supplier relationships ofearlier times.
With the current business climate of extreme volatility, which in-creases caution, the secret is "to listen and collaborate". His businesscredo is well illustrated by his web site: "We listen well, have strongopinions softly held and 'let the client hold the pencil'."
The multifaceted business of design is apparent on the informa-tive web site, which shows the wide spread of businesses – from lin-
gerie makers to Cazenove,from Hape, who make eco-toys for John Lewis, to Mil-lies Cookies.
Adam sees himself asthe conductor of his manytalented team; he does thestrategy and creates thetone and the modern auraof the business.
"We love innovating andchallenging the status quo... our work does not haveour signature on it - it is amanifestation of the brandwe are working with."
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ASTON on Trent Welldressing Festival week-end opened with dark clouds threatening tospoil the atmosphere of the crowd gatheredat the main well dressing on the Green. Butthe clouds disappeared and everything wentahead as planned.
Hayden Wheeler, chair of the parish council,welcomed everyone as he opened the event. Beforethe Blessing, John Holloway, representing theAston Local History Group, spoke briefly about theannual Junior Historian Award and announced thewinner, Charlotte Luke. Three members of the clergy conducted the short
service preceding the Blessing of the Wells, theRevd Dennis Smith, Methodist Minister, the RevdTony Luke, Vicar of Aston and the churches of theDerwent Benefice, and the Revd Paul Hygate,parish church curate.
The main well dressing this year was designed
by Hilda Norton and titled Memories of Childhood.Hilda has been involved with the well dressing fes-tival since it was started and this was the 15th.She was delighted to be invited to design the welldressing and worked with Robin Gibbard, whopainted a representation of the design for the welldressing team to work from.
The main dressing took a year to plan and ninedays to assemble – not counting the time takendigging the clay before work could start. Hildachose the theme as a topic that children could re-late to, especially as they will be the well dressersof tomorrow. She also chose the name of the boatfeatured in the well dressing, Emily Jane – thename of her granddaughter, who lives in the USA.
Other well dressings were on display with con-tributions from Aston Primary School from a de-sign by Hollie Parker. The First Weston Guidescreated two dressings, Squirrels and Hands, with
the Derby 107 Scouts producing Camp Fire.Over The Rainbow was the contribution from
Aston WI and there was a collection of individualmini dressings from Aston Pre-School. A portraitof Pavarotti was also displayed without a name.
The village was full of residents and visitorsalike and things were really buzzing with stalls setup in the street and in the yards of the two pubs,the White Hart and the Malt Shovel.
The church was also well decorated with thetheme of food and all things related to it. One ofthe displays included menus from Royal Weddingbreakfasts and special Royal Jubilees dating fromQueen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887 throughto the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and PhilipMountbatten in 1947.
Music from Brookside Jazz entertained thecrowds, with a magician, a stilt walker and fireeater entertaining the children.
Well-dressers beat off the clouds
ABOVE: Organisers, clergy and designers at the opening of the Aston Well DressingFestival, and entries from Aston on Trent Women’s Institute, Weston on Trent CE AidedPrimary School and Aston on Trent Primary School.
PUPILS at Melbourne Infants School have been receivingsafety training on the use of scooters.More younger children are now seen to be using scoot-
ers as opposed to bikes. Following the training the chil-dren will be encouraged to scoot to and from school withthe outcome, hopefully, of a healthier lifestyle. The day was thoroughly enjoyed by the children and also
by the staff who took an active part.Pictured with their scooters are (l to r): Alex Walsh, Far-
ris Key, Lois Hamer and Fay Martin.
LOCAL man Tom Davies has for some time been making abig name for himself in the field of Designer Eyewear.And last month Tom received for the second time the prestigious
Product of the Year Award from The Optician magazine. The awardwas presented to him at the NEC by Chris Hollins of the BBC. Tom, formerly of Barrow on Trent, attended Chellaston School be-
fore going off to the University of East Anglia where he specialisedin film history as his major, and film and television set design. After
graduation Tom went to HongKong to work for six monthsbefore the handover butstayed for three years.
When asked "Why de-signer Eyewear?" Tom's re-sponse was: "That's thenumber one question I getasked and it's a long story,but briefly, it seemed to bemore interesting than theother jobs I was offered. "It was also the fact that it
was a new company, a newfactory and I was part of thestart-up that got me excited."
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an internationally successful company selling designer eyewear. Tom is married and lives in Richmond with his wife and two chil-
dren. In 2008 he opened his own factory in China and now offersready to wear and a full bespoke service through his global networkof exclusive opticians.
He keeps his finger on the pulse visiting the factory on a regularbasis, travelling the world to optical shows and to visit the shopswhich stock his glasses.
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HEATHER Wheeler, MP for South Derbyshire, took some leisuretime to join members of the Ockbrook Gun Club to celebrate the fifthannual National Shooting Week. Mrs Wheeler spent the morning atthe club, based at the Derby Flying Club site off Egginton Road, tak-ing time to join in the fun and shoot some clays herself.
Mrs Wheeler said: “The Ockbrook Gun Club is an excellent facil-ity providing a safe environment in which to shoot – it is also wel-coming and fun.”
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Melbourne Parish CouncilQuarterly Report - July 2011
Following the �rst contested election for many years, one of only three in the whole South Derbyshire district, I welcome new Councillors David Carpenter, Sarah Dunnicli� and Andrew Hea�eld to the Parish Council.
The new council is pressing ahead with a number of strategic initiatives. These include:• Support for Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June 2012• Completion of a scheme to restore the Castle Square monument• Conclude the long-running uncertainty regarding the future of the Leisure Centre • Support for the Melbourne Sporting Partnership with its plans for new facilities• Provision of additional grit bins in the village before the winter• Supporting the new Trader’s Association to hold a Christmas shopping event
Any member of the public is very welcome to raise issues at the Council’s regular monthly meeting, on the �rst Tuesday of the month at 7.30PM (no meeting in August). Any immediate issues relating to street lighting, road defects, litter etc. can be reported to the helpline numbers below.
The Council has received a number of complaints about overgrown hedges which obstruct pavements and signage; householders and landowners are asked to keep their hedges in good order.
The Parish Council is being asked for its views on the potential County Council decision to switch-o� certain streetlights between the hours of midnight and 05.30. Anyone who wishes their views to be taken into account in the Parish Council response is asked to contact our Clerk, Norman Hill.
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THE MELBOURNE Art Festival is being held during twoweeks in September but workshops for local children andyoung people are already underway in the lead-up to the bigevent.
The festival committee has decided to continue with the work-shops, even though the application for an Arts Council grant hasbeen turned down this year, thanks to sponsorship from East Mid-lands Airport and Derbyshire County Council.
The programme got off to a fantastic start with a series of threeBollywood dance workshops for young people held in the eveningsat Chellaston Academy.
Melbourne Festival is working in partnership with Derby-basedSurtal Arts and others to create a three-minute Bollywood dancechoreographed by Nisha Nath. For a sneak preview the Bollywoodflash mob will be at South Asian Arts Festival on July 23 at Arbore-tum Park, Derby, and then at Melbourne Festival on September17/18.
This year's art programme started in June when local artistLaura Donaldson, ably assisted by a group of students from Chel-laston Academy, were adding “A Splash of Colour” to local land-scapes with the year six pupils from Melbourne Junior School.
Derbyshire County Council is supporting Melbourne Festival'swork with young people, and 10 talented young artists took part ina one-day masterclass led by two local artists using a variety ofmediums to create pieces inspired by reflections.
East Midlands Airport sponsored the 2011 Melbourne FestivalWorkshops at Melbourne Infant School, which was transformed fora day on July 7 into a hive of creative activity with everyone joiningin with a workshop entitled ‘The Little Prog’ led by artist and illus-trator Victoria Brown and writer Vicky Yates.
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MELBOURNE Civic Society held its annual Mid-summer Evening at Melbourne Hall. Despitethreatening rain showers, members and theirguests enjoyed the convivial atmosphere and weretreated to a delicious buffet prepared by commit-tee members Claire Sturges and Barbara Simp-son.
Chairman Neil Wright presented Lady Marie-Claire with her certificate as winner of the CivicAward for 2011 for the restoration of the TitheBarn in Church Square. She praised the outstand-ing contribution made by the architect, Mike Hey-
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A special award was also presented to Mr andMrs Dobby for their striking contemporary rearextension at 56 Potter Street, which had beenjudged as "a satisfying blend of old and new and ajewel in the heart of Melbourne".
Pictured from left to right are Mike and AngieHeywood, Alan Staley, Lady Marie-Claire, NeilWright, Mrs Liz Walker (judging architect), PhilDobby and Lord Ralph.
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PLAYERS and officials from MelbourneTown Cricket Club are busily prepar-ing for the greatest day in the club’s150-year history when it takes on themight of the Marylebone Cricket Clubin a one-day match being held to cele-brate the Melbourne club’s founding in1861.
The match is on Sunday, July 31, at theCockshut Lane ground, Melbourne, and is afull-day match with a declaration expectedmid-afternoon from the team batting first.
The MCC, as they are universally known,have filled their team with players from allover the country, all of whom play, or haveplayed cricket at the highest level. They willbe led by Chesterfield stalwart and former1st XI captain, Tim Kirk, who said: "Crick-eting anniversaries are few and far betweenand not many have reached the milestone of150 years."I was approached by MCC last year to
manage and skipper this fixture and gladlyaccepted. Having seen the amount of work
that has been going on over the last fewmonths by Andy and his team at MelbourneI have no doubt it will be a hugely successfulday.
"Hopefully we have a balanced side thatwill prove a match for Melbourne on the day.MCC are extremely proud to be flying theflag alongside Melbourne’s and hope theweather is kind to us."
Chris and Carol Icke from the Wilson-based gymnasium, Icke Fitness, are themajor sponsors for the match and Chrissaid:
“Some of my clients are cricketers and Ithought this was a great opportunity forIcke Fitness to be involved in a local sportsevent that has a national appeal. The clubdeserves the day to be a great success and Iam proud that my company can be a part oftheir anniversary celebrations.”
With a crowd of over 1,000 expected towatch the match, Andy Heafield, Melbourneteam manager for the day, said:
“The MCC coming to town is a huge
sports event for Melbourne. People still talkabout crowds of hundreds watching the clubin the 1950s. I hope people will be talkingabout this match for years to come.”
The Melbourne team is led by 1st XI cap-tain Alex Slater, who – along with his fellowselectors – has picked a team that is hopefulof matching their more experienced oppo-nents.
Melbourne head groundsman Ken Grantis working hard to prepare a batsmanfriendly wicket that will ensure a game last-ing all day.Play starts at 11.30am and entry is free.
Melbourne Town Band will play during thelunch interval and the club’s young kwikcricketers will be entertaining the crowdduring the tea break. In addition, there is alicensed bar, bouncy castle and catering onsite. Souvenir programmes are already on sale
at £2 and the club is raffling a signed Der-byshire bat donated by Derbyshire Countyplayer and Melbourne resident, Paul Bor-rington.
Pitching in for cricketclub’s celebration day
scarecrows give charities a liftTHE 10th Weston Scare-crow Trail attracted hugecrowds of people on theSaturday to enjoy the trail,cream teas and stalls on thevillage green.
At night a scarecrowparty was held in the Coop-ers Arms and a fantastictime was had dancing tothe band Dammit Jack.Sunday saw tsunami-likefloods in the village, butundaunted trail addictscould still be seen bravingthe weather to view thescarecrows.
The best scarecrow thisyear was Eddie the Eagle,but once again it was aclosely fought contest be-tween Donald where’s yourTrewsers – where you couldpay 20p to lift his kilt andview underneath – andThomas the Tank Engine,made from hay bales andassorted farm equipmentby farmer Peter Bird.
As usual the Guides,Brownies and Rangers sup-ported the trail with a stun-ning variety and number ofscarecrows. The trail sup-ported Prostate Cancer UKand a cheque for £1,500 waspresented at the awardsnight. Additionally, £700was awarded to Weston Vil-lage Hall and £150 each tothe Guides, Brownies andunder-5s group.
FOR THOSE who enjoy classical violinmusic, there is a treat in store when Classi-cal BRIT Award-winning violinist RuthPalmer performs in concert at the NationalTrust’s Calke Abbey.
The concert on Saturday, July 16, at7.30pm will see Ruth Palmer explore thehidden and undiscovered acoustics of theRiding School at Calke Abbey as part of her
Hidden Acoustics solo tour with a pro-gramme centred on Bach.
Ruth said: “Bach’s solo violin music hasits own hidden acoustics in its counterpoint,and I have found that solo violin allows methe purest link to the space and acoustic ofthe building in which I am playing. “To me, when the piece of music and the
building match in spirit, something magical
happens.”Ruth has already performed a number of
Hidden Acoustics concerts both nationallyand internationally.Booking is essential for the Calke concert.
Tickets are £17.50 and include a glass ofsummer punch during the interval. Ticketscan be purchased by telephoning Calke on01332 695310.
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MELBOURNE Town Cricket Club(MTCC) had a superb June with thefirst team sitting poised in fourth spotand the seconds currently in thirdplace with both having big aspirationsfor promotion.
The 1st XI began the month with a losingdraw away to Aston on Trent 2nd Xl. Thehome side posted 207 all out with JulianHumpidge taking 5-32 along with two wick-ets apiece for Alex Slater and Marc Towell.
In reply, a knock of 51 by Humpidge plus34 by Mark Rossi put Town in the drivingseat but a dramatic collapse saw them fallto 133-7 before 33 from Joe Storrar gaveMelbourne a losing draw.
The following week at home to LittleoverCenturions 1st XI, the batting let the Mel-bourne team down again as they fell to a 31-run defeat. Littleover reached a below par178-8 with Matt Briers taking 4-63 alongwith 2-23 by Slater and 2-49 by Towell caus-ing the problems. But, despite 46 by Rossi,36 by Briers and 30 by Slater no-one else gotdouble figures as the home side was shot outfor 147.
Away to Clifton 2nd team the home sideamassed 213-3 off their allotted overs withtwo wickets to Shahid Qaisar and one forBriers. Melbourne comfortably knocked offthe runs for just five wickets down. Leadingrun-scorer Rossi hit 57 not out, helped by 55from Humpidge and 43 by Briers seeingTown home.
The following week at home to secondplaced Rolleston 2nds, Melbourne hit 201with new signing Lee Tallis smashing 54supported by Humpidge (30), Slater (30) andRossi (26). In reply, a superb spell of 5-37 byMarc Towell reduced Rolleston to 70-6 butthey held on for the draw on 156-8.
Town ended the month with anothermorale-boosting victory away to LullingtonPark 3rd XI winning by five wickets. MattBriers took 5-62 plus two wickets for Slaterand Lee Tallis to keep the home side to just210-9 on a good track. Melbourne were re-duced to 32-3 but Joe Lacey (33) battedthrough along with Russell Allaway (60) be-fore an explosive innings of 52 not out byMatt Briers off just 16 balls ended the gamein style pushing the 1st team into fourthplace.
Melbourne 2nd team began June with acomfortable six-wicket victory at home to Al-vaston & Boulton 4th XI. A brilliant spell of4-8 by Paul Scrimshaw plus 3-14 by ColinWakefield helped bowl the away side out forjust 100 while an unbroken stand of 67 byMatt Heafield (33) and James Heafield (28)saw Melbourne home.
The following week the second team fellto its first defeat of the season away toTrentside 3rd XI, who hit 233-3 with JasonLander taking two of the wickets to fall. Abatting collapse with only James Smithstanding firm with a superb 46 saw Townshot out for just 92.
A losing draw away to Derby Congs 3rdXI saw the home side amass 213 all out withLander taking 3-48 plus two wickets apiecefor Matt Heafield and Chris Lancaster. Inreply Lancaster (63) and Joe Lacey (64) gaveMelbourne a chance, but they fell short on192-8.
The second team was back to winningways at home to Swarkestone 3rd XI withMelbourne posting 187-7, Andy Stanley hit-ting 50 and Matt Heafield smashing 37 notout at the end.
A spell of 3-13 by Ben Newton and 3-22 byHeafield saw Swarkestone bowled out forjust 73, giving Town a comfortable 114-runwin.
Melbourne got another 27-point winaway to Uttoxeter when they hit a below par134-8 but it proved enough as a brilliantspell of 5-13 by veteran Colin Wakefield plustwo wickets apiece for opening bowlers BenNewton and Jason Lander saw the homeside all out for just 116.
Ken Grant's men ended the month hold-ing on for a losing draw against league lead-ers Burton 2nd XI, who hit 177-9 with JasonLander taking 5-57 and Newton 3-35. Mel-bourne struggled from the start and had tohold on at 92-6 for the draw and securingthird place in the league.
The club would like to thank all its ballsponsors for the month of June: Quill Inter-national, F.E.Toons & Sons, Newton SelfStorage, P.B.Landscapes and Austin Prop-erty Management.
JUNE saw some mixed resultsfor Ticknall Cricket Club's 1stXI.
Losses in very tight gamesagainst Chesterfield and Ockbrookand draws with Chesterfield (away)and Spondon together with a goodwin at Rolls-Royce keep Ticknall infifth place in the Premier League.
Derbyshire's Paul Borringtonhas maintained his brilliant formwith the bat this season, having hitfive centuries.
In the cup competitions theGrange outfit has gained a quarterfinal place in the Premier Cup andhas reached the final in their de-fence of the Breweries Cup. Thesemi-final win against Alrewas was
achieved courtesy of a blistering 89not out from Shahid Khan.
In the junior ranks both theunder12s and under 14s havereached their finals in the Der-byshire Collard Dawn Cup. � ON the social side, the club heldits annual "Summer Bash"at TheGrange. Despite the cool and verywet conditions, a splendid eveningwas enjoyed to the music of theTerry Peters Big Band. TrombonistKevin Holdgate provided one ofmany highlights with his soulfulrendition of "I'll Never SmileAgain" dedicated to the recent den-tal work carried out on grounds-man John Marriott. A brilliantnight!
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COUNCILLOR Michael Stanton, chairmanof South Derbyshire District Council, cutthe ribbon to officially open the new all-weather cricket nets at Melbourne's Cock-shut Lane recreation ground.
Vic Brownett presented a cheque for£3,000 to the cricket club on behalf of theLords Taverners at thesame occasion.
A kwik cricket festivalwas also held on the sameevening with eight localteams taking part.
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MELBOURNE photographer Simon Parkinson came out of motor racing retirement in Juneto compete in a round of the Priory Park Kart Circuit ‘Rotax Max Championship’ held atTamworth.
Having been active in motorsport since the age of 16, Simon had recently been enjoying a sabbaticalto concentrate on his photography business and family life but with over 20 years of motor racing andrallying experience at international level it was only going to be a matter of time before the bug once
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again bit. Having previously competed in Hot Hatch Saloons, National For-
mula Ford and the prestigious Formula Renault UK Championshipsupporting the British Touring Cars, Simon had originally bought akart for a bit of fun and something to enjoy as a hobby without thehuge budgets that motor racing usually entails.
“A few of us bought karts to race against each other but after ayear of playing about and getting used to the driving style, I knew Iwould end up getting the urge to compete in at least one race at clublevel. While practising at Priory Park a couple of months back, I sawa notice giving details of the championship and when a friend ofmine said he had already entered I thought I might give it a go tosee if I would be on the pace."
Racing in three 10-minuteheats to determine his grid posi-tion for the final, Simon's kart-ing debut wasn’t quite how hehad planned.
“In my first heat, the throttlecable jammed with the accelera-tor full on, which resulted in meending up in the tyre wall withanother kart on top of me, caus-ing damage to both the frontand rear of my kart.”
Despite not finishing thatrace he went on to win the nextheat and finish second in thelast, putting him on pole posi-tion for the final. A lights-to-flagvictory with a best lap timesome eight tenths quicker thanhis previous visit to the circuitsealed a fantastic first meetingracing in Rotax Max kartingand surely bodes well for meet-ings in the future.
HOT WHEELS ... Simon Parkinsonsteers his kart to a winning return.
ASTON on Trent PrimarySchool pupil JamieSpencer-Pickup and therest of the NottinghamCounty Judo squad were in-vited to compete in a largeEuropean Judo tournamentin Belgium.Jamie fought three fan-
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with neither player givingway. Jamie finally attackedwith a big hip throw, whichgave him the score, the winand a gold medal victory inhis weight category.
