iNSiDE StoriES £250k BooSt for toWN’S SPortS THE MELBOURNE Sporting Partnership has scooped a huge funding award in its bid to give the town's leisure facilities a much-needed boost. The partnership has succeeded in its bid for an award of £250,000 from the Derbyshire County Council’s Community Buildings Grant. The award is one of two large projects being funded in the county, but is by far the biggest. The money is to facilitate the building of a new multi-use clubhouse with space for football, rugby, cricket, tennis and bowls clubs. Councillor John Harrison, who chairs the Sporting Partnership (and sits on the county council cabinet) said this raises the funds available for the project to £1.3 million. There are discussions ongoing with the Rugby Football Union and the Football Association to raise the remaining £1.2 million needed for the project. Subject to public consultation, he is hopeful that work will recom- mence soon and that the pitches will be available before the 2014 cricket season. Awarding grants across the county for a total of 12 schemes, Coun- cil Leader Cllr Andrew Lewer said: “I am delighted at the response we have had from applicants who want to improve facilities for their community. Community Building Grants are designed to strengthen our commitment to supporting community self-help action where local people are doing their bit to build better communities. "With the scheme being oversubscribed, priority was given to groups that had already raised their own funds, can get started by December and can demonstrate an ability to support future running costs.” Among the smaller projects funded was a refurbishment and ex- tension to Milton Village Hall costing almost £20k. The work will in- clude an extension to the hall, kitchen refurbishment, new flooring, electrical installation and drainage work. A bid from the Melbourne Community Centre running the Mel- bourne Assembly Rooms did not get through. Chairman Phil Dobby was disappointed not to have been awarded a grant as "our bid was very well supported and met all the stringent criteria". He added: "However, we are pleased for the Sporting Partnership as both groups are seeking to improve recreational facilities in Mel- bourne and the grant will help deliver that objective.” He said that the council has announced another fund for 2013/14 and the team intends to re-apply. A bid for £70,000 to refurbish the sports pavilion in Aston-on-Trent was unfortunately turned down. A total of 72 applications were submitted, oversubscribing the £1m budget sixfold. Snow fun – Pages 10,11 heartbreak for tots – Page 3 Builders award – Page 14 Golden day – Page 6 Short cutS for charity IT'S hair today and gone today, too, for this pair of Chellaston Academy students. Eve Wingfield and Ally Drury have been doing their bit for the Little Princess Trust – with the help of Melbourne hairdresser Vicky Milward. Find out more on Page 8. V illage V oice Melbourne & District No 243 February 2013 www.melbournevillagevoice.co.uk ● [email protected]01332 863535 ● [email protected]07584 025 852 Where sold: 30p elbourne arage M M G G MoT TEST CENTRE Castle Lane, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8DY Telephone 01332 862373 SELECTION OF WORKSHOPS AND OFFICE SPACE TO RENT newton fallowell raising the standard of estate agency Residential Sales and Lettings Melbourne: 01332 865696 WANTED It is Ashley Adams policy to respect any sole agency agreement currently in force and we would not be able to commence marketing until thishas expired or been terminated. If you fail to terminate any previous agreement you could be liable for two sets of fees. Properties in and around MELBOURNE We have buyers registered and waiting to buy. Book your FREE valuation on 01332 865 568 If you are thinking of selling call the rst choice agent! 6 MARKET PLACE, MELBOURNE TELEPHONE: 01332 862607 www.blatchs.co.uk email: [email protected]TV - DVD RECORDERS HIFI - TUMBLE DRYERS WASHERS - COOKERS FRIDGES - MICROWAVES VACUUM CLEANERS KETTLES - TOASTERS ALL AT...
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iNSiDEStoriES£250k BooSt for
toWN’S SPortSTHE MELBOURNE Sporting Partnership hasscooped a huge funding award in its bid to givethe town's leisure facilities a much-needed boost.
The partnership has succeeded in its bid for an award of £250,000from the Derbyshire County Council’s Community Buildings Grant. The award is one of two large projects being funded in the county,
but is by far the biggest. The money is to facilitate the building of anew multi-use clubhouse with space for football, rugby, cricket, tennisand bowls clubs.Councillor John Harrison, who chairs the Sporting Partnership
(and sits on the county council cabinet) said this raises the fundsavailable for the project to £1.3 million.
There are discussions ongoing with the Rugby Football Union andthe Football Association to raise the remaining £1.2 million neededfor the project.Subject to public consultation, he is hopeful that work will recom-
mence soon and that the pitches will be available before the 2014cricket season. Awarding grants across the county for a total of 12 schemes, Coun-
cil Leader Cllr Andrew Lewer said: “I am delighted at the responsewe have had from applicants who want to improve facilities for theircommunity. Community Building Grants are designed to strengthenour commitment to supporting community self-help action where localpeople are doing their bit to build better communities."With the scheme being oversubscribed, priority was given to
groups that had already raised their own funds, can get started byDecember and can demonstrate an ability to support future runningcosts.”Among the smaller projects funded was a refurbishment and ex-
tension to Milton Village Hall costing almost £20k. The work will in-clude an extension to the hall, kitchen refurbishment, new flooring,electrical installation and drainage work.A bid from the Melbourne Community Centre running the Mel-
bourne Assembly Rooms did not get through. Chairman Phil Dobbywas disappointed not to have been awarded a grant as "our bid wasvery well supported and met all the stringent criteria".He added: "However, we are pleased for the Sporting Partnership
as both groups are seeking to improve recreational facilities in Mel-bourne and the grant will help deliver that objective.”He said that the council has announced another fund for 2013/14
and the team intends to re-apply.A bid for £70,000 to refurbish the sports pavilion in Aston-on-Trent
was unfortunately turned down.A total of 72 applications were submitted, oversubscribing the £1m
budget sixfold.
Snow fun –
Pages 10,11
heartbreak for
tots – Page 3
Builders award
– Page 14
Golden day
– Page 6
Short cutS for charityIT'S hair today and gone today, too, for this pair of Chellaston Academy students. EveWingfield and Ally Drury have been doing their bit for the Little Princess Trust – withthe help of Melbourne hairdresser Vicky Milward.Find out more on Page 8.
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THE Lion Court Business Centre at Staunton Haroldhas won the Business Centre Association Award as thebest Independent Business Centre of the year 2012,and received its award at a glitzy ceremony in Lon-don’s Mayfair. "We are immensely proud to have won the award because
it represents all the effort and commitment we have investedin Lion Court,” said Amy Mahon, manager of the businesscentre. Set up in 2004 by Tony Cantrill, the Lion Court centre is
based in the west wing of Staunton Harold Hall, and is namedafter the guardian lion statue which sits on the rooftop. The business provides accommodation for those who want
serviced offices or meeting rooms as well as providing impres-sive ‘state of the art’ facilities for conferences for up to 60 peo-ple. According to Amy the centre won the award because it is
unique, offering a very high standard in serviced accommo-dation, a great level of flexibility and a bespoke service tai-lored to the client. The award is based solely on nominations made by clients
and their recommendations. The service, including catering,is all provided ‘in-house’ with a focus on providing the bestand using local produce to a high standard.“It's nice to know that all that hard work and dedication is
appreciated; to be nominated is an achievement, but to winis fabulous,” Amy added.Winning out over 1,000 nominations shows that they are
certainly doing something right.
Lion Court roars toprestigious award
� Tony Cantrill (Managing Director) and Amy Mahon (CentreManager) at the Park Lane Grosvenor with their awards.
THE PRESTIGIOUS Derbyshire Food andDrink Awards took place in January. Sadly,the three local businesses short-listed forthe finals were not successful on the night.
Councillor Kevin Parkinson, DerbyshireCounty Council Cabinet Member for Regen-eration, said: “The standard of entries for
our annual Derbyshire Food and DrinkAwards was of a very high quality andChatsworth was a fantastic venue to hostour celebration. “We’re blessed with some fantastic
restaurants, bistros, pubs and cafes, whichmake the most of excellent food produced
locally to serve delicious food and drink.Our awards give much deserved recognitionto some very talented people.”The Dragon, Willington, can take some
consolation having been declared the win-ner in the 2012 Derby City Food and DrinkAwards in the Out of Town Category.
No joy in Food and Drinks finals
CANTABILE, the chamber choir based at the South DerbyshireMusic Centre, is performing in St. George’s Church, Ticknall, onSaturday, March 9 at 7pm. Guest artiste will be soprano Yvonne Patrick, who has sung with
both D’Oyly Carte and Glyndebourne Festival Opera companies.Also performing will be The Lost Chords Quartet and the local cel-list, John Miller.The varied programme will include something for all tastes: old
favourites and new arrangements, serious and light-hearted, operato close-harmony.The ticket price is £7 (£4 for under 16s), and drinks and canapés
will be provided. To reserve your tickets, or for further informationcontact David Anderson on 01332 864081, or [email protected].
ON SATURDAY, March 9, at 3pm, Calke Abbey is to host a concertby the highly regarded Derwent Singers Choir. Directed by their conductor, Richard Roddis, they will present a
varied programme of short choral pieces, culminating in a perform-ance of the delightfully entertaining “Wind in the Willows” by JohnRutter. Chairman of the Derwents, Richard Arter said: "The choir is re-
ally looking forward to singing in the wonderful acoustic of the Rid-ing School at Calke. In our programme, there is something foreveryone and they will love the Rutter. It is very amusing.”
The concert is suitable for all ages, and tickets may be pur-chased from Calke Abbey reception, Foulds of Derby (01332 344842)or from [email protected] tickets are £10, under 16s free.
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CRUEL-HEARTED thieves made offwith £500 collected for a hospice in abreak-in at a Melbourne nursery.Staff, parents and children alike experi-
enced a variety of emotions when told of thetheft from Scallywags Nursery on Monday,January 28.. The thieves grabbed £500, money that
had been collected over several months todonate to Treetops Hospice. Mobile hair-dresser Ruth Parkinson visits the nurseryon a frequent basis and gives her timefreely to cut the children’s hair. Familiesthen make a donation of £5 in a specialcharity envelope to be donated to Treetops.It was this money that was stolen. Between mid-day Saturday and the early
hours of Monday morning, thieves smasheda toughened glass window to gain entry tothe nursery office. Internal doors werelocked and alarmed so there was nowhereelse for the thieves to go.
by TOM MILLS
Having ransacked the office the thievesremoved the envelopes containing themoney and also took a laptop.The break-in was discovered when deliv-
eries were being made to the nursery by aMedina Dairy employee at 2am. The policewere notified and attended the scene.It was only at 7.30am when staff arrived
that they became aware of the incidentwhen greeted with a boarded-up windowand a message from the police notifyingthat an incident had taken place and thata contractor had been called to secure thepremises. Mary Dunnicliff, the owner and manager
of the nursery, said: “Whoever did this ob-viously came prepared because they cut thepadlock on the gates. It’s despicable thatsomeone should do this, especially so whenthe money was in the special charity gift
envelopes for Treetops Hospice. Everyone isvery upset about it, especially the children."
Gay Evans, community fund-raiser forTreetops Hospice, said: 'I was very sad tolearn of the burglary. The children were soclose to handing over the money after ayear-long campaign."To support local people with life-limiting
illness we rely on money from the local com-munity to keep our services going. Eachyear we need to raise £1.4 million fromcharitable giving. During this difficult timeeveryone at Treetops Hospice sends theirbest wishes to Ruth Parkinson, the hair-dresser who gave up her time to cut thechildren's hair and all the pupils, staff andparents at Scallywags."Ruth said: "I am really shocked by this,
especially after so many of the children do-nated their money for such a good cause. Ionly hope the people who took it have a con-science and return it. Sadly, I don't thinkthey will."
Callous thieves snatchnursery’s charity cash
ANTHONY Ratcliffe certainly has a head for hair.The 25-year-old NVQ2 qualified hairdresser
(pictured right) is currently studying for anNVQ3 at Stevensons College in Coalville and isalso an apprentice at Root in Melbourne.Having previously taken part in a World Skills
regional competition and secured a first place, An-thony entered the competition again this year.The competition comprised of three parts.All the competitors were presented with a man-
nequin’s head and were required to design a style,colour it and submit photographs of the model.They were assessed by the World Skills board andAnthony was the only Stevensons student to pro-ceed to the next round held at Solihull College.For this stage the competitors were required to
give a commercial cut and reproduce a Hair Upstyle on a mannequin in front of the judges. An-thony was notified eight weeks later that he hadsecured a place in the finals to be held at the NECBirmingham and integrated as part of the 2012Skills Show, which attracted over 100,000 visitorsover the three-day event.
Anthony was presented with a second place inthe Men's Style and a highly commended in theLadies Style together with an invitation to returnnext year to participate in the ‘Advanced’ compe-tition.
Anthony’s got
a head start
KEITH Blood, a local Blue BadgeGuide, gave a talk to MelbourneCivic Society on ‘FarmhousesThrough Time’.
Using a wide range of excellentphotographs he conveyed his inter-est in the way the ancient origins ofsome farmhouses are still apparent
today.The next meeting of the Civic So-
ciety will be on Monday, February28, at 7.30pm in the AssemblyRooms when Richard Stone willtalk about Woodlands in the LocalLandscape and what the study ofmaps tells us about the past.
Farmhouses of the past
� Scallywags Nursery youngsters (l-r) Barnaby Rowan, Hector McLean, Ianthe Standing and Violet Robinson with nurseryowner Mary Dunnicliff looking glum after the break-in.
Village Voice February 2013 3
As the only privately owned, family run Funeral Directorsin Melbourne we are able to offer an extremely personal
yet professional service at a reasonable cost, both inLeicestershire and Derbyshire.
Under the personal supervision ofJohn Springthorpe
THE REVELATION that a major supermarkethad found traces of horse meat in some of itsbeefburgers was annoying and worrying for con-sumer confidence.
Farmers are at the beginning of the foodchain and since way before BSE we have had tohave controls in place to monitor all our activi-ties. Cattle have individual passports, whichhave to be obtained before the animals are amonth old, and all movements between farms isrecorded on them.
All feed and medication is recorded and ani-mal welfare is very strictly policed.
All this assurance is thrown into doubt bysome unscrupulous or stupid manufacturer fur-ther down the chain.
Tesco has announced that it intends to haveDNA testing on all its meat products and it willbear the costs. I think we’ve heard this story be-fore and fear that eventually the cost will bepassed back to farmers, who were nothing what-soever to do with this mess-up.� While cattle farmers are enjoying good pricesat the moment, which they badly need to offset
very increased production costs, sheep produc-ers are seeing much-reduced prices. This illus-trates the volatility in all our end prices andthey are not being transferred to the consumer.Lamb on the store shelves has not reduced at allwhile farmers are seeing up to 40% reductions.� January can be a depressing month, but Ithink 2013 broke some records. Rain and snowcontinued and in the Midlands we recorded verylittle frost at all. Sunshine throughout was invery short supply and the dull morose condi-tions led to a general feeling of doom.
Farmers were hoping for some dry, sunny andfrosty times but it wasn’t to be and work out onthe land did not happen at all. Crops emergedfrom the snow looking worse for wear, which isquite unusual, as they always tend to look bet-ter.
The work that’s going to be needed in springto repair the damage to crops is all piling up andwe aren’t going to know which way to turn whenthe time comes.
The sight of snowdrops in flower and daffodilsstarting to grow reaffirms that spring will come,no matter what!
THE MELBOURNE Fun Run,now in its sixth year, is to be ex-panded to include a short (3km)fun run for under-12s, on com-pletely traffic-free roads, pathsand grassland.
The new event, named the‘Fit Kits' Run’, will take placeimmediately before the tradi-tional 12 km “Rabbit Race” andthe 6km “Funny Bunny Run”,on Sunday, April 21. (A ‘kit’ is ababy rabbit).
Headquarters for all threeevents is in the Senior Citizens'Centre on Church Street, andall three runs will start by ThePool, outside Melbourne Hall.
The Fit Kits' Run will start at11am, and will loop round tofinish at the same point, whilethe other two events will startat noon, and follow last year'scourse, to finish outside theSenior Citizens' Centre. “FunnyBunnies” will complete one lap,while the serious runners in the
Rabbit Race will do two.John Burney, organiser of
the Fun Run on behalf of theRotary Club, said: “We wantedto encourage younger childrento have a go on their own, as oursmall contribution to theOlympic legacy, and to do thiswe recognised the need to pro-vide a secure course, completelyfree of traffic.”� THE ANNUAL Weston Runwill be held on Sunday, Febru-ary 24. The event starts andfinishes in the Ukrainian Cen-tre in Weston-on-Trent.
Spectators will be able towatch the runners complete acircuit of the field both at thestart and the finish of the race.The races will start at 11am.
There are two events – afive-mile road race and a two-mile fun run. Details of bothevents together with entryforms are available onwww.107derbyscouts.org.uk. It
is possible to enter by post or onthe day.
The road race is over a fast,officially measured course pass-ing through Weston-on-Trentand Aston-on-Trent villages. Itis covered by a Road Race Per-mit from UK Athletics, and allfinishers will receive an en-graved tot glass memento.
The winner of each of 11 cat-egories – junior, senior and vet-erans (male and female) – andthe winning team will also re-ceive an award.
The fun run will start justafter the road race. It passesthrough the quiet lanes of We-ston-on-Trent, and all finisherswill receive a medal.
This event will generate acontribution towards the run-ning costs of the 107th DerbyScout Group, which caters foryoung people mainly from thevillages of Aston, Weston andShardlow.
New eveNt for fUN rUN
ON JULY 2 Grace Coffey to-gether with 23 other ChellastonAcademy year 12 students andsix teachers will go to Ugandafor a month to work on two or-phanages – the John DickensHouse owned by ChellastonAcademy and Mydel House,which Chellaston Academy sup-ports.
This will be the seventh yearthe project has been runningand is something that Grace haswanted to be a part of since shejoined the school six years ago.
Each member of the team has to raise £2,250to cover the cost of the trip. To raise the money tocover her costs Grace organised a fund-raiserwith the help and support of her family andfriends. They had a night of musical entertain-ment by local tribute band Kings Ov Leon (fea-turing Grace’s cousin, Liam Coffey as the leadsinger) and her younger sister, Eve. She was ac-companied by Ross Hudson on guitar and sangfor a crowd of 150.
Throughout the night, a pie and pea supperwas served alongside a bar with local ale by EdAllingham. There was a raffle for prizes that theshops of Melbourne and friends had very gener-ously donated. Grace was very pleased with the
event saying, “A really great night was had by alland to top it off, £1,600 was raised, all of whichgoes into my fund, moving me closer to reachingthe full cost of the trip.”
“I would like to say the biggest thank you toevery single person who helped or supported myfund-raiser in any way, especially my parents fororganising everything in such great detail. Theband’s performance and my sister's singing wereamazing, involving the crowd and giving a reallygreat night to all that attended. The money willensure I can get to Uganda to help the peoplethat really need our help. I also had an amazingnight. It will be a night that that I will always re-member." (See also Page 8)
Grace raises Uganda money
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Visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke for more informationNormal park admission applies to all visitors.For more information on what’s on at Calke please visitwww.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke or telephone 01332 863822
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Calling all explorers to CalkeHalf Term Family Fun DaysSaturday 9th - Sunday 24th February, 11.30am 3.30pmTry some messy indoor and outdoor family activities in our wonderful parkland and Squirt the Stallion’s stable activity room. Find out who’s been making a mess in Calke Park. Wrap up warm and set off for an adventure.Our restaurant and shop are open too, so why not come and enjoy a seasonal lunch made from local produce and browse our wonderful gifts.
Valentine Tea Dance Thursday 14 February, 2pm 3.30pmBe swept off your feet and enjoy an afternoon of sequence, line and party dancing among the treats on offer in our Riding School.
The house and garden open on Saturday 23 February!
New for this year...A Servant’s BedroomStep into a below stairs world and experience what it would have been like to wake up at the crack of dawn to serve the Harpur-Crewe family.
The Derwent Singers Saturday 9 March, 3pm – 5pmEnjoy and entertaining afternoon of music in our Riding School. The Derwent Singers will perform a varied program from the Renaissance to the present day. Tickets £10 (under 16’s free when accompanied by an adult) Booking required. Visit www.derwentsingers.org.uk
House: Sat – Wed 12.30pm – 5pm - End of Era Tours Thursdays & Fridays 11am – 4pmGarden: Daily 10am – 5pm. Restaurant & Shop: Daily 10.00am – 5pm. Nov – Feb: 10.00am – 4pm. Park & National Nature Reserve: Daily 7.30am – 7.30pm, dusk if earlier
� THE PARISHclerk and coun-cillors were in-vited to viewthe current sta-tus of theD a v i d s o n shousing devel-opment on Sta-tion Road inJanuary.Pictured (l-r)
viewing theplay area in-stalled as partof the develop-ment are: SarahD u n n i c l i f f ,Jaqui Storer,Nigel Collyer,Jane Carroll, Wendy Earp and Jason Glover, operations director. Use of the play area is onhold awaiting a decision on who will be responsible for commissioning and maintaining it.
Good news on theAthenaeum front
THERE WAS good news for the young peo-ple of Melbourne at the February ParishCouncil meeting.Mark Dale gave an update on the current sta-
tus of the Athenaeum, advising that the commit-tee had received funding from the MethodistChurch for three years to enable a full-time youthworker to be employed.The parish church has also made a contribu-
tion.A café manager will be employed to run the cof-
fee bar on club nights. There will also be an op-portunity for the use of the café to be extendedduring daytime hours.There is likely to be a change to the way the
youth club is run. The previous open door policywhereby young people could come and go at anytime during opening hours will be stopped.In its place, once young people have arrived at
the club, there will be no re-admittance shouldthey leave during the evening. The club is likelyto target members from school years 7-10. Theremay also be age specific or gender specific nights.The feasibility of these thoughts will be deter-
mined once the worker has been appointed.Potholes and puddles featured with Cllr John
Harrison advising that the developing hole in themiddle of Derby Road has been reported toCounty Council Highways department. They inturn have advised Severn Trent that there is asuspected fracture in a mains water pipe that re-quires urgent attention.Responding to a member of the public, Cllr
Harrison said that potholes are a consequence ofthe weather and that current policy is to fill dan-gerous potholes temporarily and return later todo a proper job.With regard to gritting, there is a daily gritting
of A roads but there is no time, capacity or moneyto grit side roads.
Nominations for the Cllr Dr Freeman AnnualCommunity Award have been received by theparish council and the winner will be announcedat the annual parish meeting on March 4. Thenominations are: Kate Dumelow, Clare Bampton,Paul Fox and Adam Seal.The much discussed proposal for the introduc-
tion of a one-way system in Melbourne has movedon. A scheme for public consultation is planned tobe available by the end of March. A public meet-ing is proposed to discuss this.The improvement to broadband speeds is now
likely to become a reality in Derbyshire. The Gov-ernment has offered £7 million to facilitate thisbut, because of the high costs involved, the countycouncil is required to match fund. With no busi-nesses willing to contribute, the county councilhas allocated £1 million and has made a loan of£6 million to kick-start the process. Other items of interest included:
� A public consultation will take place to discussthe drainage proposals and problems relating tothe Cockshut Lane recreation ground.� County Highways are to install new camerasat each end of Swarkestone Causway.� There is a need to review the implications of in-cluding broadband connections before installingthe Melbourne CCTV.
THE NORTH East Area Safer Neighbourhoodand Area Forum meetings took place in Mel-bourne. Sergeant Steve Todd said that crime continues
to fall on a year on year comparison. However, vi-olent crime and sex-related domestic violencewere both up. There have been eight instances ofdrug crime. Incidents relating to thefts from ve-hicles are primarily the result of unlocked vehi-cles or items left on show.
Thefts of vehicles generally are the result ofdomestic burglaries where car keys have beenstolen. Inspector Paul Cannon said he holds aweekly tasking meeting to direct the teams toshort-term priorities.With regard to speeding, a resident from Aston
reported that since obtaining a Vehicle ActivatedSign (VAS) it has been operated in six differentlocations and generates a vast amount of data.However, the mean speed over 12 months for traf-fic in 30mph zones has been 44mph.
In Melbourne during the recent speed-watch
campaign 530 vehicles were scoped, of which 35%were travelling over 35mph.The SDDC Safer Neighbourhood team reported
that they will be holding a roadshow on April 18at the Melbourne Assembly Rooms. Representa-tives from the Domestic Violence, Victim Supportand Next Step teams will be in attendance to-gether with other teams and organisations dur-ing the daylong event.The start-up of a youth engagement pro-
gramme has been agreed and will commence inthe near future.It was announced that the Safer Neighbour-
hood funding allowance has now been spent withthe final allocations being £150 to Barrow ParishCouncil for youth club development, and £585 al-located to Melbourne Assembly Rooms for im-proved door security. A further £4,000 will becomeavailable in the new financial year.The policing priorities for the forthcoming
quarter will be speeding traffic in specific loca-tions in Aston, Melbourne and Shardlow.
Crime figures still on the decline
Village Voice February 2013 5
TOM MILLSreports from theFebruary meetingof MelbourneParish Council
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MARGARET Anne and Ronald William (Bill) Sharp cele-brated their golden wedding anniversary with a party forfamily and friends at Ticknall Village Hall.
Generous donations totalling £500 in lieu of gifts were dividedequally between DLR Air Ambulance and the Fragile X Society, bothcharities close to their hearts.
Margaret and Bill were married in 1963 at the Methodist Churchin Melbourne. The Revd Eric Cox conducted the ceremony.Margaret Warner, as she was before the wedding, was attended
by Rosemary Sharp (Bill’s sister) and Barbara Warner (Margaret’ssister). Best Man was Bill’s good friend Norman Jackson.Their reception was held at the Pack Horse, Kings Newton, which
was very different then to what it is now. The couple first met three years earlier when Margaret had
called on Bill’s sister with a message and Bill was in his finery, inthe yard, covered in black pitch from painting the barn. It musthave been an impressionable meeting because they met again thatnight and walked out together.And so started their three courting years. Margaret was only 16
and parents were strict in those days, so it was always an early re-turn.Bill worked with his father and uncle in the family market gar-
dening business and Margaret at the Star Tea Co., a grocery shopon Derby Road. Walking featured a lot during their courting daysand they recall regularly walking from Kings Newton throughCalke village to Ticknall long before the reservoir was built.Cinema excursions on Saturday nights to Derby featured greatly
with names such as the Regal, the Odeon and the Gaumont recalledas being regular haunts. For mid-week cinema visits it was theBroadway in Allenton. The couple moved into a
house in North Street, Mel-bourne, after the wedding andlater to Victoria Street. Theymoved to their current home, tocontinue the family businesswhen Bill’s parents died. The
business started in 1898 and isnow in its fourth generation.The bungalow was built in
1953 and was named Corbethby Bill’s mother, to mark the oc-casion of the Coronation ofQueen Elizabeth.Bill has continued to work
the family business and is stillhappy to be actively involved init. Margaret gave up her workat the shop when Martin, thefirst of their five children wasborn. Colin, Julie, Bryan andKathryn followed.Both Bill and Margaret have
led full lives in addition to rais-ing the family and running thebusiness.
Margaret has been associ-
ated with the Melbourne GuideCompany for 30 years and setup guides, brownies and tworainbow units in her role asguide leader.
Bill was always roped in asan approved helper with thebrownies at their summer sea-side camps for 15 years. Margaret has been a parish
councillor for 22 years and apast chairman, a member of theStaunton Harold WI for 44years, treasurer for 30, and ispresident of the Senior Citizens’Centre.Bill has been a member of
Melbourne Male Voice Choir for30 years and still enjoys hissinging.
He recalls many memorableoccasions with the choir, includ-ing concerts at Cardiff ArmsPark with Shirley Bassey, andHyde Park when joined by VeraLynne and Cliff Richard.On a choir visit to Mulheim
in Germany during Margaret’sterm as parish council vice-chair, she was called upon tomake a public speech, her first,and to make a presentation tothe Burgermeister in theRathaus.
Bill and Margaret are stillenjoying their married life to-gether. “It can’t be 50 years yet,”they claim with smiles on theirfaces and still very much inlove.
Golden memories forMargaret and Bill
ASTON on Trent Well Dressers are holding their annual afternoontea on Sunday, March 24 (2.30-5pm) in the Memorial Hall, Chellas-ton Lane. Entry is free.There will be a number of stalls and children's games plus the
opportunity to find out more about the chosen beneficiaries for thisyear.
Afternoon tea will be served at a cost of £2.50 for tea/coffee andcake.
Welldressers’ annual tea
THE TEAM at the Melbourne Assembly Rooms iscontinuing to push forward its remit to promotegreater community use of the venue. A programme to re-kindle interest in squash
and racquetball has been agreed with South Der-byshire District Council and gives youngsters theopportunity to try the sport during the Easter hol-idays. A professional coach will be holding two taster
sessions on April 2 and 9 in the main hall, fol-lowed up with coaching sessions the followingSaturdays. Squash is undergoing something of arevival at the moment, and this gives local chil-dren the chance to try out a new sport at a cost ofonly £1 per child. Table tennis has seen a surge in popularity
with a group of 25 now attending the regularTuesday night training sessions. It is hoped thata competitive team will be ready to compete in a
league this September. On the wider community front the hall is being
booked for Chellaston School Uganda Trip fund-raisers. One event on February 23 will be calledthe Site Party where the room will be dressed asa building site, echoing the rationale for theUganda trip, to build a home for orphans.A food fair has been scheduled for March 3 to
promote local food produce, with the emphasis onproduce from a radius of no more than 20 milesand a Valentine's evening event is booked for Feb-ruary 14.Finally, following the success of the pop-up pub
last year, the intention is to hold a “Pop- up StPatrick’s night” on March 16 with a Celtic themefor drink, food and entertainment. Full details ofall these events are available from the centremanager, Andy Heafield, and the website.www.melbourneassemblyrooms.co.uk
More fun and games atthe Assembly Rooms
MELBOURNE Photographic Society will be hold-ing a photographic print exhibition and coffeemorning on Saturday, March 2. The event is tolaunch the recently acquired exhibition screens.Starting at 10.30am at the Assembly Rooms,
admission is free. There will also be a sale of pho-
tographic prints and cards during the morning. On Friday, March 8 (7.30pm), at the Melbourne
Assembly Rooms, Charles Hanson will deliver atalk entitled ‘The Life of an Auctioneer’. Follow-ing his talk, Charles will spend time discussingitems taken along that evening by visitors.
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IT WAS a great start to 2013 for MelbourneFestival when Festival Director SharonBrown was presented with a grant of £1,000from Melbourne County Councillor JohnHarrison’s Community Leadership Fund.
To celebrate the event and to thank Cllr Harri-son for his support a photo shoot took place atSwarkestone Nursery where Artists@ Arts Mel-bourne member, Mary Smith was holding an ex-hibition of her work.
The award will enable the workshops for localpeople to resume and continue the commissioningprogramme which has had to be put on hold overthe past two years due to lack of funding.
It will also help support their work with theSouth Asian community through Derby-basedSurtal Arts. This project started in the autumnwith the Sari Exhibition in Melbourne Libraryand Indian Classical Dance.
The Festival team has also finally had its ap-plication for an Arts Council Grant approved. Thegrant will help Melbourne Festival support thelocal creative economy with two public art com-missions, and plans are underway for creativewriting projects with local author Gregory Heathand an Indian writer.
Bollywood dance and creative workshops tomake a ‘Melbourne Wall hanging’ are alsoplanned.
Compiling the briefs for commissions and con-firming how and when they are going to run theworkshops is a current priority.
Although the Arts Council grant pays for theartists' fees, the team now needs to obtain spon-sorship to pay for workshop materials, venue hirefees, etc. If any local people or local artists wouldlike to be involved please contact the MelbourneFestival Office.
THE APPEAL to overturn South Derbyshire Dis-trict Council's rejection of Adam Devey-Smith'sproposal to build eight dwellings on the site of 55Derby Road, Melbourne, was rejected by the rep-resentative of the Planning Inspectorate.
In a closely argued, four-page judgement, theinspector, Alison Lea, firmly rejects the appealand gives her view succinctly: "I conclude thatthe proposal would fail to provide sufficient onsite parking to serve the development, and thatthis would lead to a demand for parking in anarea which is already heavily parked and con-gested...this would be likely to be prejudicial tohighway safety, and the free flow of traffic andwould have a significant adverse effect on the liv-ing conditions of the occupiers of properties in ad-joining streets.”
This judgement endorses the many objectionsmade by local residents and confirms what manyregard as the very serious traffic and parkinglimitations within the central part of Melbourne.The decision firmly vindicates the many resi-dents who had pointed out the unwelcome conse-quences of the proposals.
Mr Devey-Smith referred to the NationalPlanning Policy Framework (NPPF) "as a goldenthread running through decision-taking in favourof sustainable development".
But the Inspector writes: "Due to the lack ofsite parking and lack of amenity space, I concludethat this development would not function welland the harm that would be caused outweighsthe benefits of this proposal.”
Eight-homesplan appealis rejected
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and auriculaBOB TAYLOR, of Field House Nursery, Gotham,Nottinghamshire, kick-started the Ticknall Gar-den Club’s New Year with a talk on the nursery’sNational Collection of Astrantia and Auricula inJanuary.
Both of these national collections are vast,with around 150 varieties of astrantia and 800varieties of auricula to choose from.
Bob demonstrated the range of plants avail-able and pointed out his favourites, the specialvarieties to look out for and the doppelgangers –whose only difference is their name!
Advice for growing these plants was given.Members had an opportunity to catch up over teaand biscuits after the talk and to purchase plantsfrom the collection.
The next meeting of the Garden Club will beon Tuesday, February 12, when Jeff Bates (RHSMaster of Horticulture), Robin Allan (ex-Hard-wick Hall gardener) and Tom Pope (ex-HaddonHall gardener) will be available to answer allyour gardening questions at ‘Question Time’.
Meetings are held at Ticknall Village Hall,7.30pm (visitors £3; members £1).
THE REPTON Area Forum and Safer Neigh-bourhood meetings will take place at Findern Vil-lage Hall on Thursday, February 14. Themeeting starts at 6.15pm, with the Area Forumsfollowing on at 7.30pm. Ticknall is now includedin these meetings.
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TWO PUPILS at Chellaston Academy, Eve Wing-field and Ally Drury, have had most of their hair cutoff in aid of three charities.
Primarily, the 15-year-olds are fund-raising forthe Chellaston Academy Uganda Project, which isnow in its sixth year and maintains an orphanagein Kampala for former street children.
The hair, however, will be re-used by The LittlePrincess Trust, which supplies real hair wigs toboys and girls with alopecia or who are recoveringfrom hair loss following chemotherapy.
Both girls have always had long hair but theywere determined to help raise money for severalgreat causes.
Melbourne hairdresser Vicky Milward, fromCuts 4 All, seemed more nervous than the girlswhen it came to the big cut day.
Eve and Ally are indebted to Vicky and her mumfor the support they have offered in collecting dona-tions from her salon clients and for making the newhairstyles special for the girls.
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THE ROTARY Club's Young Musi-cians' competition and concert willbe held on Saturday, March 23, in anew venue, the hall of MelbourneJunior School.
The afternoon will be dedicated tothe qualifying rounds of the competi-tion, for all grades of young musi-cians under the age of 18.
The leading contestants will per-form in the evening concert, at whichall the grade winners and the overallYoung Musician of the Year will re-
ceive their awards.Entries for the competition close
on Friday, March 8. Entrants maycompete in more than one grade,playing different instruments, for asingle entry cost of £5.
This is a great opportunity for theyoung musicians of the district toperform, perhaps for the first time, inpublic. The most talented will go for-ward to Rotary's regional competi-tion, and ultimately the nationalfinals. Melbourne Rotary Club will
support them all the way. This event will be an opportunity
for the people of Melbourne, as wellas parents and friends, to attend awonderful evening of music, of alltastes, and to hear just how wellthese young musicians can perform.
Entries should be submitted to theevent organiser, Douglas Keith, at 2Main Street, Breedon, DE73 8AN, whocan also be contacted by e-mail [email protected], orphone, on 864464 or 07733 107283.
Young musicians contest on the way
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WHAT a triumph for the 550 people whosigned a petition to keep open a popularfresh produce stall in the Melbourne LambInn car park entrance.
South Derbyshire District Council’s planningcommittee has given the green light to the pro-posal, so the stall is now free to continue.
The stall stopped abruptly in November, hav-ing gained an enviable reputation for its field-fresh vegetables, provided by the family firm ofF. M. Heath and Son, of Heath's Farm Shop andNurseries at Woodhouses, which this year seesit celebrate its centenary.
It was stopped because of an anonymous com-plaint to the district council, whose planners in-structed the smallholder to put in a planningapplication to regularise its situation at the rearof the back garden to Philip Heath's home inBlanch Croft.
Mr Heath, an officer at the district council,put in an official application for continuance ofthe stall, opened in a limited number of hourseach week.
The proposal is that the stall may be used for"the sale of fruit, vegetables and other food-stuffs", and that the stall area is pushed backfurther into Mr Heath's outbuilding, to "avoidoverspill of customers on to the car park".
The stall had originally been on "a low keybasis", and it "had not come to the Planning au-thority's attention until October".
Because Mr Heath is an officer of the council,the full planning committee was summoned tomake a decision on the application.
There was one objector, saying that peopleusing the stall presented "a hazard and a dan-ger". In addition a new fruit and veg shop hadbeen opened, so the stall "would not be needed".Two letters supported the application.
Heath's is one of the very few survivors fromthe heyday of Melbourne's market garden in-dustry, and was originally founded by MarsonGregory in 1914. As with many other gardeningfamilies, ancestors of the Gregorys had alreadybeen in Melbourne for a long time. Marson wasa direct descendant of Thomas Perkins, one ofthe first ministers of Melbourne Baptist Churchin 1760, and grandfather of Thomas Cook, oftravel agent fame.
The business was based at Rawdon Streetfrom 1917 and transferred to Woodhouses in1960. It passed by marriage to the founder'sson-in-law, Frank Milner Heath, and is now con-ducted by F. M. Heath's son, Frank E. Heath,and grandson Brian, with great grandson EricPounder among the employees.
Brian said: "We're getting ready to welcomeour customers to an improved and enlarged stallwhen we re-open on Friday, March 1. In themeantime we're very grateful for the fantasticsupport which the Melbourne community hasgiven us.” – DOB
Green light forvegetable stall
THE WEEKLY Tuesday night drill night for the Melbourne retained fire service officers turned out to bea little different on Tuesday, February 5.
Training was interrupted with a call at 8.45pm from the control centre in Derby, alerting them to achimney fire in Castle Square. The incident was at Castle House, a tall building adjacent to the WhiteSwan pub.
The aerial ladder platform wasrequested to tackle the fire froma high level.
Quick thinking by the house-holders, who doused the groundfloor fire, prevented a more seri-ous incident leaving the emer-gency service to deal with thechimney blaze.
Thermal imaging cameraswere deployed and additionalsmoke alarms were fitted in thepremises before the crews left thescene at 11pm.
Caroline Helbig, who had beenin the house with husband Peterand son Jochem at the time of thefire, told Village Voice: “I did notfeel frightened at all and whenthe fire officers arrived they werecalm and confident, and did anexcellent job.
“I would like to thank myneighbours for their help in mop-ping and cleaning up.”
Chimney fire drama
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MELBOURNE Quiz got off to a slow start on opening night, falling vto the snow. Only four of the eight teams were able to compete.
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WITH THE very cold weather in January, with ice and snow causingtraffic disruptions and school closures, it's a salutary lesson to learn thatit was a tougher world back in the 19th century, with no central heating,no double glazing, and possibly winters colder than we normally expe-rience.
Kilvert's Diary, written in the 1870s is said to be a minor classic.Robert Kilvert was a curate in the small parish of Clyro, in Radnorshire,on the Welsh/English border.
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I FIND the comments made by your reader titled'Making Life Difficult' in the January issue re-garding young drivers extremely unfair.
I have on many occasions witnessed drivers ofall ages parking in the Market Place in areas thatare not designated for parking, usually on cornersor very near junctions making it very difficult forvehicles and pedestrians to negotiate the Towncentre.
In fact the most memorable occasion was whenan inconsiderate and frankly dangerous elderlydriver thought it was appropriate to park oppo-site the Old Wool Shop on the corner of the Mar-
ket Place facing up towards the HighStreet whilst he waited for his wife to visit thechip shop. On this occasion a delivery lorry wasparked on the opposite corner making it impossi-ble to negotiate the parked car and lorry from ei-ther direction, quickly resulting in a build-up oftraffic from both directions.
All drivers – young, old and in-between – needto be more considerate when parking their carsin the Market Place. After all, there are two freecar parks adjacent to the Market Place.Melbourne resident (Name and address supplied)
I AM writing in response to the letter featured inJanuary's issue from Julie Carr. I would sadlyhave to agree with Julie, as a responsible dogowner myself, that there are indeed a small mi-nority of owners who don't seem to worry aboutthe mess their pet leaves behind. With a hope to solving this issue in some way,
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BREEDON on the Hill WI started 2013 offwith a bit of complementary therapy withMaria Jackson, a practitioner of ElementalShiatsu. The members learnt that the word shi-
atsu translates as ‘finger pressure’ and is aJapanese form of body work, a medicinewhich can involve strong manipulativepulling and stretching as well as precisepressure on specific points on the body orgentle subtle movement. The therapy adapts to the person’s needs
from spiritual, emotional, mental or to re-lieving physical pain. Maria explained shehad successfully worked with people expe-riencing grief, also the menopause as well
as physical problems such as bad backs orshoulders.At the end of the session she lead the
group through a 10-minute exercise; youcould have heard a pin drop as membersconcentrated on posture and breathinguntil they had to bend and then kneescracked around the room – loud and clear!In February members are in for a treat,
again, this time making chocolates. JaneMelen of Breedon WI won ‘best in show’ forher handmade confections at the AshbyShow 2012, so tuition will be from anaward-winning expert. New members are always welcome at
monthly meetings so why not make a datein your diary for Wednesday, February 27(7.30pm) in the community room at Bree-don School for a bit of chocolate heaven.
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TICKNALL Art Group will holdits yearly art exhibition in thevillage hall on Saturday, March8, and Sunday, March 9, be-tween noon and 4pm. Admissionis free.
Pictured(l-r) are JoeCoffey,Chris Bag-gott (chef),JohnRogers andMichaelCoffey.
TICKNALL Parish Council saysthat swings have now been in-stalled in the play area on TheGrange, for the use of childrenfrom five to 12.A generous £500 donation to-
wards the cost came from CalkeAbbey whose property manager,Stewart Alcock, said: "We arevery happy to support commu-nity projects where we can.”
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BARROW on Trent Parish Council has installedan automatic external defibrillator (AED) in theparish – in the old phone box on Twyford Road.The council has been able to install it with the
help of a £1,000 grant from the Community Ac-tion Grant scheme via Derbyshire County Coun-cil.A defibrillator is a life-saving machine that
gives an electric shock when applied in cases ofcardiac arrest.When someone has a cardiac arrest, defibrilla-
tion needs to be prompt. For every minute thatpasses without defibrillation chances of survivaldecrease by at least 14%. The AED is available for use 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.In cases of emergency users should dial 999.
They will be given a code, which will enable ac-cess to the AED. The units can only be openedonce the correct combination has been obtainedfrom the emergency services (on ringing 999). The Community Heartbeat Trust and Barrow
Parish Council are holding an awareness/trainingevent on Tuesday, February 19 (6-8pm) at theBrookfield Club, Barrow upon Trent.
AT THE January meeting ofTicknall Parish Council a mem-ber of the public asked thecouncil to back his suggestionthat a defibrillator should be in-stalled in the village. The preferred site for the de-
fibrillator would be outside thevillage hall.
The council was advised thatthe Village Hall Committee is insupport of the idea.
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"MY DOCTORATE does not remove me fromthe real work of nursing,” says Wendy Wes-son about her recent academic attainmentof a doctorate awarded by the University ofDerby. "I am still very much a nurse as wellas an academic.”
Wendy, well known as a district-nursing sisterbetween 1999 and 2004 at the Melbourne medicalcentre, completed a 72,000-word thesis in 2012 toqualify as a Doctor of Education, in the Faculty ofEducation, Health and Sciences, at Derby.
A Derby woman, who did A-levels at John PortSchool, Wendy started her nurse training in 1982at Walsgrave – a leading hospital in Coventry. Onqualifying, she turned down a post at the coronarycare unit Walsgrave, in order to pursue a career indistrict nursing back in Derby.
Born in Chaddesden, the family moved to Find-ern when Wendy was six. She was the youngest inthe family, with two brothers and a sister. Hermother still lives in Findern.
She always wanted to be a district nurse, andafter Walsgrave she became a community nurse inSwadlincote, followed by 17 years as a district-nursing sister in Derby. As the nursing professionmoved towards becoming a graduate profession,Wendy got her first degree in 2001, and qualifiedas a nurse teacher in 2004.
She married John Wesson in 1986. The couplehave two daughters, now 19 and 22. Having livedin Swarkestone for 25 years, the family are now atWilson, although Wendy maintains her connectionwith Swarkestone church, through her member-ship of the Parochial Church Council. She is also acommunity governor at Chellaston Academy.
Wendy recognises that her family have helpedher enormously over the years, particularly herhusband, of whom she says: "I could not haveachieved what I have without the help and supportof John."
Described by one Melbourne colleague as some-one destined for the top of her profession, Wendyhas progressed in her career through stages up toher present elevated position. "I consider myself asboth a nurse and an academic, and I believe thatnursing is still about care and compassion.” Thosewho have experienced her caring professionalismknow that her priorities remain as they were when
she started training as a nurse over 30 years ago.Wendy is secretary of the Association of District
Nurse Educators. She keeps close to the grass rootsof her profession – to the nitty gritty of districtnursing, by regularly visiting practice placementsto support the new generation of district nursesand their assessors. She still works as a Hospice atHome Nurse for Treetops hospice due to her loveof palliative and end of life care. As she says: “It isdifficult to teach the role unless you continue to beinvolved in it.”
A confident, highly motivated professional,Wendy is the modern face of nursing; skilled innursing, because she has the gift of empathy, andskilled, too, in being able to pass on her experienceand her knowledge. She has learned the skills oflecturing, but is clear: "I am not removed from thechallenges and realities of today’s nursing prac-tice".
She is a modern busy woman but has time tojog, and reads novels for relaxation. The familyhave a haven for holidays in their cottage at thefarthest extremity of the west of Ireland, where sheand John can relax, and her husband can exercisehis great gift for atmospheric photography.
Doctor who’s stilla nurse at heart
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SOUTH Derbyshire District Council has been fined £1,250 for al-lowing a vehicle on the public highway in an illegal condition.
At a meeting of the Environmental and Development servicescommittee on January 31, members were told of the circumstancesarising from a snap inspection by VOSPA (Vehicle and OperatorServices Agency) at Walsall on June 21, 2012, and the consequentprosecution which came before Walsall Magistrates Court on Jan-uary 21, 2013.
The SDDC vehicle was found to have three defective tyres, inthat the tread depth was below the 1.6mm minimum depth, and,in addition, one front wheel had three loose wheel nuts.
The driver of the vehicle was also charged with the offence.
The district council's senior officer at the hearing at Walsall wasDirector of Operations, Mark Alflat, who successfully asked for thecharge against the driver to be dropped, because "the systems werenot robust enough to place the blame on the driver".
The council's solicitor told the court that improvements hadbeen installed, with increased levels of inspection, an increase inservicing levels, and a daily driver inspection system, with clearresponsibility being outlined to all drivers and staff.
The council was fined by the judge 10% of the maximum avail-able, and gave credit for the measures introduced since the inci-dent, and also for the fact that this was the first time the councilhad been prosecuted for such an offence.
Council fined £1,250 for unroadworthy vehicle
MELBOURNE-BASED building com-pany Alan Staley Building Contractorshas scooped a prestigious MasterBuilder of the Year Award, taking theLarge Renovation Projects in York-shire and Trent prize.The Master Builder of the Year Awards,
a nationwide search to find the bestbuilders in the UK, is unique because nom-inations must come from a satisfied client.Builders are judged on their technical abil-ity together with their customer serviceskills. Alan Staley Building Contractors is the
winner for their major project, undertakingthe re-roofing and completing high-level re-
pairs to grade 2 listed Melbourne Hall.Having been chosen by the region’s
judges to win the Large Renovation Proj-ects prize they will now go through to com-pete in the national finals.The national winners will be announced
at a ceremony at the Park Plaza Westmin-ster Bridge Hotel in London on March 20.FMB Services Director for Yorkshire and
Trent Phil Parkinson said: “The MasterBuilder of the Year Awards give clients theopportunity to celebrate a job well done andto thank their builder."Alan Staley Building Contractors should
feel justly proud of their achievement inwinning this prize, and we wish them suc-
cess in the national competition.”Alan Staley told Village Voice “how de-
lighted” he was to win the award.He said: “The award was a testament to
the huge team effort, so a big thank you tothe ASBC team and everyone involved withthe winning project.“I would like to say a big thank you to our
client for giving us the privilege of workingon such a prestigious family home and fornominating us for this award.” “I would also like to thank the FMB as-
sociation and all it represents. ASBC is extremely proud to have our
work recognised and to be associated withthe Federation of Master Builders.”
A job well done ...
� Alan Staleywith his wife,Alison, on theroof of MelbourneHall.
THE STANDARD of the comedians at Melbourne Festival’s comedyclub at The Legion just seems to get better and better.At the January 'Burn’s night' gig all the comics and the compere
had a very warm reception from the capacity crowd. Heading the bill was the very affable Andrew Bird. His comedy
about life with his foreign girlfriend and his ‘pet human’ seemed toconnect well with the Melbourne audience. Northampton-based Pete Teckman, covering the middle section,
brought his “glass half empty” reflections on life as a “short, fat,bald Jewish comic” – so hardly any material to have a go at there! The third act was the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, a
one-man show by Kevin Sock. His very clever and fast-moving dia-logue delivered via his sock puppets was wholly engaging, andhighly enjoyable.The Burn’s night theme extended to the compere – Scott Bennett,
making his second visit to Melbourne. Once again he showed hisvery sharp wit in affable banter with the locals. The next comedy night on March 29 sees a huge comedy name
come to visit, in the shape of Gary Delaney. He is a regular in theline-up of Mock the Week, One Night Stand, on Dave, and LooseEnds on Radio. Tickets £7.50 from Frank Hughes (01332 862243).
YET ANOTHER excellent performance from Aston Players wasseen over the last two weekends in January, at Aston MemorialHall.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Peter Denning was a fast-paced traditional panto. It was full of lovely scenes between thedwarfs, Snow White and the Prince. There were plenty of opportu-nities to boo and hiss at a scary Queen, with extra fun from Mud-dles. The Henchman also gave a very entertaining performance.
It was Steve Aynsley’s debut as a director, and he brought outthe best in the performers. The children’s chorus was full of energy,whilst the dwarfs were clear, funny and full of character. About 500 people came to see the show, raising over £2,000 for
Rainbows and the British Heart Foundation. Aston Players can cer-tainly be proud of their achievement.
It takes all sorts to put on a pantomime, and there are many peo-ple working tirelessly behind the scenes. If you would like to get in-volved, perhaps sewing, painting scenery, putting posters up ortreading the boards, then do join us. It’s just as much fun backstageas it is in the audience ... Oh yes it is!
Rehearsals for next year’s show start in October, Wednesdayevenings 8-10pm, at Aston Memorial Hall.
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OBITUARIES
MARY EDITH POWELL1940 – 2013
MARY Edith Ottewell was born March 2,1940, the youngest child of James and Flo-rence Ottewell of Old Parks Farm, Ashby, asister for Ernest, Gordon and Sylvia.
Mary lost her father when she was fourand her mother died when she was ateenager.
Her early years saw Italian and Germanprisoners of war helping to farm Old Parks.With her natural inquisitive nature, Marygot to know them well and soon spoke moreGerman and Italian than English, whichinfuriated her father.
As Mary grew up, she developed a senseof good taste of fashion and style. Travelcaptured her imagination. At the earliestopportunity she was off to London and be-came a couture model for The House ofWorth.
During her early twenties Mary returnedto Ashby and, whilst working as a volunteerat the Leonard Cheshire home, she metJohn Blunt. They were married at StHelen’s, Ashby, and set up home at CastleFarm in Melbourne. They had four childrenin five years – Richard, Charlotte, Rebeccaand Edward – and they enjoyed memorabletimes together at Castle Farm.
Mary had a sense of good fun that re-
mained throughout her life and the youth-ful spirit was the bridge between the“grown-ups” and the children. She was andremained “captivating” to the generationsof youngsters and particularly to her grand-children, who adored her.
Able to turn her hand to most things, andas well as being a model, Mary spent time
as a travel agent and she once had a smallantiques shop. She was always busy –never still – working and playing equally ashard. Following an amicable divorce, Marycontinued to live in Melbourne.
On February 29, 1984, Mary andChristopher first met and that was thestart of their wonderful time together. Theysettled at Claverdon and Mary’s house onThe Lilypool in Melbourne.
The opportunity through Chris’s work tolive in the Middle East was a challengeMary took up with great delight. Chris andMary spent 18 of their 29 years together inthe Middle East. During that time and ontheir return to England, Mary saw all herchildren married and took an active part inthe lives of all her grandchildren.
Mary loved photos and always took pic-tures at family gatherings – often postingthem at a later date – with an observationor two!
She also loved reading, adored music andrecently took to dog walking most enthusi-astically.
Whether you knew Mary as Ottewell,Blunt or Powell you will know that therewas no-one else like her. She was overflow-ing with an irrepressible and magneticDNA that lit up a room and the lives ofthose who came in contact with her. Shewill be sadly missed.
SIMON LEE1972 - 2012
IT WAS a surprise to many people whenSimon “Wiggy” Lee died aged just 40 on De-cember 1. He had been progressively ill formost of the year but had kept his illness asecret, which was typical of his independ-ent spirit. He didn’t want anyone to treathim any differently by making allowances,and he carried on working as long as possi-ble.
Melbourne Parish Church was packedfull for the funeral, with tributes by JohnWilliams for the family, SuperintendentGary Parkin on behalf of his police col-leagues, and a third by Charlie Loake onbehalf of his friends.
Simon loved to be with people, and theyloved to be with him because he had an in-fectious zest for life. With a sharp wit andsense of fun, he enjoyed nothing more thansocialising with family and friends at aparty, a summer barbecue, or in the pub.
As Charlie said: "If you walked past apub and heard that distinctive laugh, yourealised straight away that Wiggy was inthere, and you just had to go in."
Chief among his hobbies were skiing,football and his allotment on the HillyField.
Fewer people knew about Simon’s re-sponsible position with the county police
force. He trained as a policeman but spe-cialised in intelligence, playing an impor-tant role in several undercover operations.The great respect for him among his col-leagues was obvious from the splendidturnout on the day of his funeral.
One of his final acts, done with charac-teristic humour amongst the face mask andtubes, had been to pose proudly in his hos-pital bed for a photograph with helmet andtruncheon, holding his newly-presentedlong service award (20 years).
Simon Christopher Lee was born in Jan-uary 1972 to parents Eric and Christine,and was the youngest of the four Lee chil-dren. The elder children had adapted totheir parents’ accustomed way of life, for-ever working on a property and moving upthe ladder to a bigger and better one.
But for Simon his childhood home was al-ways “The Hollow” on Penn Lane where thefamily finally settled in the mid 1970s.
Simon was a devoted father and hus-band, and a loving brother and son. Lat-terly of the Lilypool, he leaves a widow,Sarah Jane, stepson Lewis and childrenOliver and Felicity.
– P. E. H.
IF YOU were asked to list the things Derby was known for,Positivity and Happiness of the locals would not likely beat the top. Stolid, saturnine or plain miserable might be ad-jectives more attached to many of the city’s dwellers.
Local author Andrew Cope is on a mission to try and change allthat, and to make Derby “Brilliant.”
Andrew has teamed up with Derby City Mayor Lisa Higginbot-tom to bring happiness and positivity into Derby schools.
“Brilliant Derby is a massive social experiment with the aim ofinspiring children to inspire their schools, families and communi-ties. Quite simply, it has never been tried before,” says Andrew. “Itis a world first.”
Andy, who lives in Kings Newton, is already well known for hisSpy Dog series of books and he is studying for a PhD at Loughbor-ough University. Out of that course has come The Art of Being Bril-liant that he has already delivered to many businesses and schools.To try to roll out the science of happiness to an entire city is a fan-tastic challenge.
Lisa Higginbottom wants to ensure that her tenure as Mayorreally makes a difference to the young people of the city, and this
is a way of trying to improve the image of city schools, especiallyafter the city’s primary schools came second last in Ofsted 2012league tables and senior schools had slipped to eighth from last.
The project begins this spring when Andy, Lisa and the ‘Brilliant’team will deliver workshops at venues throughout the city. Eachprimary school will be invited to send a group of year 5 (age 9 to10) children. There will be three half day sessions. Session one willbe ‘The Art of Being Brilliant’. Session two will be ‘Staying Bril-liant’ and the third session ‘Brilliant Communities.’ In the final ses-sion, each group of children will be tasked to come up with a planto design and deliver their own ‘Brilliant Derby’ workshops acrosstheir school and wider community. Local BBC television is also tak-ing a keen interest.
The project will culminate in a gala event in June 2013. Eachschool will be invited to present what they’ve achieved and how farthe ‘Brilliant Derby’ effect has rippled.
There will be prizes for the schools and children who’ve had thebiggest impact.
And who knows, this could be just the tipping point needed tocheer up the whole city.
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MELBOURNE’S U14s suffered a raredefeat at the hands of the renownedDroitwich U14s. North MidlandsChampions, Droitwich were expectedto be a tough fixture, but the compre-hensive 43-5 defeat was difficult to wit-ness. Some uncharacteristic slack tackling re-
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winning skills and attack of the Droitwichbacks as they plundered another four trieswithout reply in the second half. The New Year saw the U14s travel to an-
other top Midlands side, current Stafford-shire champions Tamworth. Keen to putinto practice the training changes that havebeen made recently, Melbourne scored firstwith an electric blindside break by BenGoddard as he put Connor Hooper away
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Tamworth struck back by exploiting a‘guard gap’ before Rhys James used explo-sive footwork to power over for a score.Tamworth replied again, unusually outpac-ing Melbourne out wide.Melbourne had a number of chances to
increase the lead but a combination of ‘passavoidance’ and committed defence sawTamworth hold their line intact to bring upa 10-10 half-time scoreline.
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MELBOURNE Dynamoes beat the appallingweather in January to secure a last eight spot inthe Challenge Cup.With a comfortable 4-2 away victory against
Mickleover RBL, a brace apiece from Matt Brianand Tom Ballard ensured their place in the nextround.The first team had only one league game in the
month and came out of an exciting encounter 5-4winners against Matlock Sports. A double fromAdam Ross plus strikes from Dave Brough, LeeScott and Tom Ballard earned the three points.Dynamoe Reserves lost one and won one of
their two league games in January. They beganwith a 3-2 defeat at home to Shardlow St Jameswith Farrall Scott getting both goals.A superb team performance saw the reserves
beat high-flying Newton 3-0 away from homewith Farrall Scott, Dom Saniera and a rareJimmy Wilcox strike securing the win.TICKNALL Rangers only had one league game inJanuary and a poor performance saw them godown 5-1 at home to Greenfield Royal Oak withveteran player-manager Alex Slater getting theconsolation with a sublime free-kick to roll backthe years.
� Melbourne Dynamoes 1st XI (back row, l-r): Jack Stanley, Danny Guild, Mark Croake, LeeScott, Dave Brough, Matt Jones, Adam Ross, Jack Purkiss; (front row) Connor Betteridge,Steve Bryram, Alan Buxton (asst manager), Carl Allsop (capt), Matthew Brian and Jak Ward.
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JUNIOR CRICKET at Melbourne Town Cricket Club growswith success.The junior side of the game has long been a priority at the club
and now, with the success of the club as a whole and particularlythe junior section, more teams are being added to enable more jun-ior players from Melbourne and district to enjoy the sport.In 2012 the club had great success with the senior sides. The first
XI were crowned champions of their division by nearly 100 pointsand reached the Wright Cup final. With the introduction of a third
league team, there is a clear pathway for junior players to developwithin the club from kwik cricket through to adult league cricket.For the 2013 season the club is pleased to announce the intro-
duction of an under-11 hardball team and an under-15 league teamto add to the established kwik cricket and under-13 teams. The club is seeking sponsorship for the two new teams (under-
11s hardball and under-15s). Businesses that may be interested indisplaying their logo on the front of the playing shirts should con-tact Alex Slater on 07966933583.
Always on the look-out fornew players of any standard, theclub would welcome anyone in-terested and invite them to joinin winter coaching or in the com-ing season. Under-13s will be es-pecially welcome. Melbourne Town Cricket Club
is proud to have been awardedthe coveted clubmark accredita-tion from the Derbyshire CricketBoard in 2012. This award highlights the
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the club now has one ECB leveltwo coach and two furthercoaches completing their leveltwo courses this winter. This isin addition to the existing fourECB level one coaches.For any information contact
MELBOURNE RFC 1st XV continue to press for promotionfollowing two strong performances in January. However,the adverse weather put a stop to their momentum.First up in January was a visit from Mellish, with Harpurs of
Melbourne sponsoring the match ball. Mellish were flying high inthe league, having won five games on the bounce and with Mel-bourne’s winning streak up to nine, many feared a close game.However, Melbourne proved to be worthy winners, recording a
26-0 victory in wet conditions under-foot at the Melbourne Recre-ation Ground.The first try came in the first minute. Mellish failed to deal with
the opening kick-off, with the ball put in the hands of Sam Stuart,who went careering through the tackles of the Mellish defence. Theball was then spun to Will Judge to crash through the gain-line holdonto the ball to allow Melbourne to recycle the ball once more andput Dale Bilson away into the corner.Melbourne started to get a strangle-hold on the match, spending
a lot of time in the Mellish half and this strong start to the gamewas a good sign for Melbourne, who often struggle in the openingperiod of games.Further scores for Dale Bilson, Rob Foster and Al Judge, with
Euan Holden kicking three conversions, saw Melbourne establisha 26-0 half-time lead. Melbourne were keen to ensure they left Mell-ish scoreless. They did so in emphatic fashion, with a strong defen-sive showing in the second half which left Mellish battered andbruised. Although Melbourne did not score again, the bonus pointhad been secured and there were strong performances from all in-volved.Melbourne next travelled to Lincoln to face a side brimming with
confidence after an away victory over second-placed Kesteven theprevious weekend. This suggested a potential banana skin for Mel-bourne, but they came out worthy winners in a convincing 35-13victory.Melbourne lost the toss and played down the slope in the first
half, giving the away side the opportunity in the opening period toput some points on the board. Melbourne obliged, putting togethera first-half performance which has to go down as one of the best ofthe season.Set-pieces functioned well, with the front five giving a great per-
formance at scrum-time, giving the backs the platform to play somegood rugby deep in the Lincoln half. Tommy Howard, Kier Bigginsand Matt Smith all scored tries with Euan’s tactical kicking pinningthe home side in their own half.Melbourne were well aware of the advantage that the slope could
give to the home-side in the second half. If the first half performancehad been clinical, then the second was most definitely resilient.Tight defending around the break-down coupled with an excellentdrift defence in the midfield saw Lincoln struggle to spend any timein Melbourne’s half. An interception try from Tommy Howard se-cured the bonus point win and the final score was a just reflectionof the match. With Kesteven losing, Melbourne are now second inthe league.The second XV finally managed to field a side for two weeks run-
ning and would have done for the whole month without the weatherintervening.First up was a trip to Matlock thirds. Despite a slow start, Mel-
bourne fought back with tries from Jack Pearce, Tom Line and Mor-ris Hall. Two were converted by Scott Buxton. However, it was notenough and Melbourne went down 19-38.For the trip to Belper, Melbourne took a very young side and won
33-14. There were tries from Scott Buxton, Danny Lawson (2), SeanMoran and Danny Stanniforth, with four conversions for Scott. The U18s have not played, with the weather affecting all their
fixtures. The U17s (currently playing with Ashby) beat Oadby Wyg-gstonians in the Leicestershire league and stand a good chance ofqualifying for the National cup. The U16s had a good win in the mud against Oadby Wyggstoni-
ans, winning 38-0.
MightyMelbourne ease wayup into
second spot
MICK BALE, chairman ofSouth Derbyshire DistrictCouncil, visited MelbourneRugby Club’s Minis andMinxes (the girls section) forone of their training sessionsat Chellaston School.
Peter Ilott (MelbourneRFC chairman), Nick Brown(Minis and Juniors Chair-man) and David Smith(MRFC President) welcomedthe councillor and talked tohim about the MelbourneSporting Partnership and itsrelevance to improving therecreational facilities in Mel-bourne as well as the impor-tance that the SportingPartnership will have in pro-viding youth sport.
The councillor spent overan hour with the minis andgirls teams, chatting tocoaches, parents and play-ers.
Pictured are Peter Ilott,David Smith, CouncillorBale, Nick Brown, TessGaunt (U7 coach) and someof the U6 and U7 players andtheir coaches.
Council chief drops inon training session
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