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DUFFIELD
SCENE
December 2014
Edition 266
Published monhly
LIFE SAVING IDEA LEADS TO GLOBAL BUSINESS
Appalled by the number of
troops returning from the
conflicts
in
Iraq
and
Afghanistan with extensive
burns caused by improvised
explosive devices, Andy
Caughey was convinced these
casualty numbers could be
minimised.
Duffield resident Andy (50)
came up with an idea he was
sure would lessen the toll of
deaths and injuries.
“It is all about saving your
skin,” he said, noting that
unlike the synthetic fibres
found
in
most
high
performance T-shirts, merino
AndyCaughey
wool will not melt or drip,
synthetics melt at low
temperatures.
Now his recently formed
company Armadillo Marino is
selling his protective, next-toskin range of clothing around
the world and for use in space
travel in what promises to be a
multi-million pound annual
business,
Since the beginning of 2012
his company has supplied
garments for assessment, field
testing and procurement by a
number
of
institutions
including NASA, the Royal
Marines (Mountain Leaders)
and Police, the Mountain
Rescue Service, Australian
Wild land Fire Fighters, the
Canadian Land Force, the
Danish and Israeli Special
Forces, the USA Coastguard,
the South African Army and
the Italian Navy. Cont. page 5
A Merry Christmas to you
from publishers Barrie &
Diana Eccleston and all our
contributors, advertisers
and distributors. Thanks for
the flow of information and
if you have anything for
January 2015 the deadline is
6pm December 13.
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events, photographs and
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Mon night- Pie and drink for £12 for two people
Tues night- Two steaks and a bottle of wine for £20
Wed night - Two curries/drinks for two £12
Thurs night- Quiz night starting at 9pm
Sat night- Jazz night every 2 weeks- next one on
6th December
New years eve- book a table of 6 or more and
receive a bottle of wine with your food order
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STAMPS; SCOUTS
AND DELIVER
The first collection will be
Tuesday 2nd December and
the last collection on
Tuesday 16th December
with all deliveries by 24th
December.
Stamps are still only 25p each
with cards being delivered to
Derby and suburbs plus
surrounding areas including
Hazelwood.
Stamps and post boxes are
located at Duffield News,
Duffield Service Station,
Meadow Vale Stores and
Idridgehay Stores.
This year funds are being
raised for The Oesophageal
Patients Association and
Blood Bikes Derbyshire as
well as local Scouts.
DERWENT SINGERS
PEFORMANCES
The
Derwent
Singers,
directed by Richard Roddis
present
their
annual,
popular Carol Concerts....
on Friday, 5th. December at
Villa g e J o ttin gs
Library Xmas
Opening Times are:
7.0pm. at St. Peter's Church,
Monday 22 December
Littleover, with children
2014 9.30-1 2-5
from St. Peter's School and
Tuesday 23 December
11th. December at 7.30pm.
at Borrowash Methodist
2014 Closed
Church, Nottingham Rd.,
Wednesday 24 December
Borrowash, as part of the
2014 Closed
Christmas Tree Festival,
Thursday
25 December
and
further
Tickets
2014 Closed
information: 01283 561826
Friday 26 December
or:tickets@derwentsingers
.org.uk
2014 Closed
Duffield Gardening Club
Saturday, 6th December, at Saturday 27 December
On
Saturday,
13th 10am at the Weston Centre,
2014 9.30-1pm
December, the White Rose David Mountford, “Some
Monday
29 December
Male Voice Choir will be at large gardens to visit”,. Non2014 9.30-1 2-5pm
Duffield Baptist Church to members £2.00.
Tuesday
30 December
present an evening of
2014 Closed
Christmas
Celebration
Congratulations to
starting at 7pm..
Wednesday 31
Appletree Medical Practice
The evening will include choir In a rating for GP surgeries in December 2014 2-5pm
pieces, audience participation Derbyshire by the Care
Thursday 1 January
and items from choir members Quality
Commission,
2015 Closed
all together presenting the Appletree was placed in band
Friday
2 January 2015
Christmas story. Refreshments 6 which is the rating causing
9.30-1, 2-6pm
will be served afterwards. lowest concern.
Saturday
3 January
We
are
being
well
looked
and a warm warm welcome is
after...and
that’s
official!
extended to all.
2015 9.30-1
are
SILVER LEAVES
holding a carols and mince
pies evening (starts 7.30pm)
at the Methodist Hall in
King Street.
Potential members welcome.
Silver Leaves meet again in
the New Year...Tuesday
January 6th 2015 Fish and
Chip supper. Ring Janet
Gatenby 842003 with your
order
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Duffield
11 King Street, Belper, DE56 1PW
Tel: 01773 822 828
E-mail: stevenix@btinternet. com
WILLIAMSONS
ROOFING
Roof repairs and re-roofs
Chimney repairs / Leadwork
Flat roofs etc (no VAT)
Duffield based
01332 841488
40 years in business locally
THERAPY
Airport Transfers
[email protected]
Telephone 01283 702404 • 07973 663601
[email protected]
1-7 passengers •
Local drivers
wedding cars also available
Tel: 01335 344281 / 07817 389467
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Armadillo from page 1
New Zealand born Andy, who
worked in the sheep and woollen
business before moving to the
USA and then managing director
of John Smedley, conducted
intensive research into the
absorbent qualities of merino
wool compared with synthetic
fibres before forming his own
company.
He reasoned: “Why spend
thousands
on
advanced
outerwear and then use synthetic
base layers to cover the skin, our
largest and most important
sensory organ?” asks Andy.
With global enquiries escalating
to his Duffield office, realist
Andy is confident the acumen he
showed in spotting a niche which
is saving lives each day is on the
way to further success.
VILLAGE CENTRE CHANCE SPURNED
S irs , Reader’s letter
I am a relatively new
resident of Duffield, having
lived in the village for the
past 9 years.
Having seen the building
work to Duffield Hall, I
casually looked into the
history of the building on the
internet and found the
Wikipedia site quite
interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/Duffield_Hall
Wikipedia revealed that the
school was the site of St
Ronan’s School
http://www.duffieldderbyshi
re.co.uk/ronans.htm
Andy has offered a 15%
discount until 31st
December to residents I understand that this may be
in the Duffield area.
old news to many residents
Enter Duffield 15 on the BUT the footnote to this webArmadillo
Merino®
site was interesting which
website or call 07891 said that after the closure of
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the school, the lease
‘reverted to Mrs. Wigley,
who offered the Melbourn
Hall ….as a gift to the
village for immediate use.
Unfortunately the planning
authorities and the village
could not come to an
agreement and sadly the gift
was never taken up’.
I would be interested to
understand if any resident
knows the history behind this
and why the gift was never
taken up.
I can’t help but wonder what
a difference this Hall would
have made to the village as a
centre for the community.
Again, I am sorry if this is
common knowledge to many
residents but it is not known
to me.
Robert Shepherd
16 Chevin Road
Duffield
LITTLE EATON PLAYERS
AND DANCE SCHOOL
present
SNOW WHITE
at Little Eaton VillagHall
on
Tuesday January 20th 7pm £7
Wednesday 21st: 7pm £7
Thursday 22nd: 7pm £8
Friday 23rd: 7pm £8
Saturday 24th: 2pm £8
Saturday 24th 7pm £8
Tickets available at the
Little Eaton Newsagents
For more informationemail:
little eaton players@
hotmail.co.uk
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Fridays - A la Carte
Orders taken for Barn Reared Turkeys, Turkey
Breast joints & large roasting Chickens
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ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER
Inspired by the wonderful
products she finds in the
course of her daily business,
Interior Designer Ruth Eley
has decided to reopen her
shop in Duffield to bring
these beautiful interior
accessories to our doorstep.
Ruth (see pic) writes: “From
cushions, throws, lamps,
pictures and candles to
decorative
antiques,
upholstered furniture, rugs
and more, the shop is full of
things to help you make your
home gorgeous.”
With ten years experience of
working in and around
Duffield, Ruth has established a
reputation for providing the
highest level of service and says
she now believes she knows
what local people would like
from an interiors shop.
“I have spent a lot of time
concentrating on building the
interior design side of the
business but now I am
delighted to be able to open
the shop - it’s such a pleasure
to be able to provide
customers with such lovely
products,” she says.
“The shop in Town Street is
looking fabulous and I’m
particularly pleased with the
recent delivery from the
Danish interiors company
Lene Bjerre.”
In the four years since Ruth
took over these premises she
has greatly expanded her
pattern library and can now
customers thousands of
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leading
brand
fabrics,
wallpapers, paints, poles,
flooring and lighting options
when working on schemes for
their homes.
The design studio is supported
by well known names such as
Zoffany,
Romo,
Mark
Alexander,
Sanderson,
Designers Guild, Colefax &
Fowler, Osborne & Little and
many more.
She explains: “We were able
to develop an outbuilding to
create a dedicated design
studio. We can now hold
consultations with clients with
BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLE AND THE £2 CORKAGE
GOES TO CHARITY AT VILLAGE RESTAURANT
Andaz Restaurant in Town
Street, Duffield - formerly
the Spice Village - has been
completely refurbished, a
new winter menu introduced
and every glass of alcohol
you drink there will benefit
a children’s charity.
Mr Ali Miah the Proprietor has
decided not to sell alcohol, but
invites all customers to bring
their own for which a charge of
two pounds per bottle corkage
will be charged and all proceeds
go to to local children’s charity
Children First.
This Charity which helps local
children, young people and
vulnerable
families
is
celebrating
it's
fortieth
anniversary this year,
Mr. Miah said: "This is a
wonderful local charity and
we are delighted to be able to
help while at the same time
ensuring that our customers
can enjoy the highest quality
Bangladeshi fusion food and
enjoy a glass of wine of their
own choosing, while helping a
long established local Charity
at the same time."
For further information
please contact: Helal Ahmed,
Manager: helalahmedmail
@yahoo.co.uk Picture (l to
r0 Ali Miah - owner, Wendy
Hall - Chairperson of
Children First, Helal Ahmed Manager.
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everything at our finger tips.
“Our customers can now
enjoy being in a lovely
environment while they
browse through the sample
books.
“ And as soon as it was set up I
treated myself to an Nespresso
machine so I can quickly
make coffee for customers
while we carry on working.”
Ruth has worked on projects
of all sizes both here in
Derbyshire, in London and the
Cotswolds and offers all facets
of interior design from
property development, spacial
planning, curtain, blind and
soft furnishing design.
She also offers a bespoke sofa
and chair design and supply
service, along with highly
skilled reupholstery.
“I really love what I do,” she
says. “I am as happy to help
someone with a new blind as I
am with whole house
projects...
DERWENT CARS
TAXI SERVICE
BRANCH OFF TREE
SERVICES
All aspects of tree work undertaken to
British standards 3998 by fully insured
and NPTC qualified professional
arborists. Also stump grinding (stump
removal) carried out.
CALL: Oliver Marks on
07855 607 203 or 01773 882476
01773 824824
8am - 5pm MONDAY - SATURDAY
FOR LOCAL JOURNEYS.
24 HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK
FOR AIRPORTS.
e-mail: [email protected]
Serving Duffield since 2003
www.branchofftreeservices.co.uk email: [email protected]
BACK PAIN, SCIATICA, MUSCLE
LOSS/PAIN, HEADACHES,
TENSION/STRESS,
ARTHRITIS, SPORT INJURIES,
WHIPLASH
Treatment vouchers available – the ideal present
for someone in pain!
Telephone 01332 843339/07920149286
127a Derby Road, Duffield.
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PRIZES GALORE FOR ASPIRING YOUNG ARTISTS
The overall
winning entry by
Evania Livingston Chris Johnson with all the prizewinners,
Duffield Community
Association
recently held an Art
Competition for
youngsters aged 315 who live or
attend school in the
village. Over 150
entries were received
and the high standard
gave the judges,
Milly and Florence Taylor James Pearson from
- both very pleased with Duffield Art Gallery
their prizes.
and Chris Johnson,
Chair of the
Association, quite a
problem in deciding
the winners. Fifteen prizes were
awarded and were
presented at the
Weston Centre in
November. Overall
winner was Evania
Livingston, aged 10.
The local schools
were very
enthusiastic and the
Evania receiving her
first prize,
competition could not
have run without their
solid support.
Despite the pouring
rain there was a full
house and everyone
enjoyed the
occasion. The DCA hope to
make it an annual
event, possibly also
running a competition
for those whose
talents lie elsewhere!
PHIL’S BARBER SHOP
Town Street, Duffield
01332 841632
“Thanks to all my customers for
their support throughout 2014.
Have a happy Christmas and a
peaceful and prosperous New
Year,”...........Phil.
Godfreys
TOWN STREET DUFFIELD
01332 840380
EAT – DRINK – CHILL
Thursdays -Pate Platters, Breads & Wine
Fridays - A la Carte
Saturdays - Steak & Cheese
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UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP
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The Massive Youth
project is Duffield’s
only
free
youth
provision for ages 1118, we are located at the
end of Chapel Street in
the centre of the village
and
have
been
established since 2009.
Check out some of our
statistics below to show
how effective our work
is:
•
Five
years
fabulous Friday night
entertainment
and
education for 11-18
year old
•
700
occupied
young people, 90%
returning regularly
•
Average
attendance of 60 young
people across our 3
weekly sessions
•
Lasting
relationships
built
across the generations
•
Great Volunteer
Training Programme
•
Fewer
aimless
street gatherings
•
Less
anti-social
SEEKING YOUR HELP
by
WILL LEECH
Manager
more limited we are otmail.co.uk or visit:
wondering if you could www.massiveduffield.c
help support us?
o.uk
Our costs include rent of Thank you and season’s
our
building,
new greetings!
equipment and paying
Ways to send your
two
youth
workers
who
valuable
support to
•
Providing loads of
give
their
time
to
connect
Massive
action - Pool, Darts, Air
Hockey,
Internet and support the young
people.
1) By logging onto
Access, Xbox 360
www.easyfundraising.o
•
Learning a new In 2015 we will spend rg.uk/massivedropin
skill – crafts, painting, just over £15,000 – and raise money for
around £5 per young FREE!
music, sport
person, per session.
2) By online banking
•
Funded Outings BACS:
(One off
Bowling, Alton Towers,
This
Christmas
if
you
donations
and
standing
Paintballing
could spare just £20 that orders both welcome!)
•
Youth
workers would pay for a months
Account name: ECP
who can help teenagers worth of sessions for a •
young
person
–
they
are
Ltd
Massive
who have had a tough
genuinely
worth
our
•
Sort
code: 40-10-07
week!
investment of time and Account
Number:
money.
£20
would
be
21504827
Our work with the young
generous 3) By cheques payable
people of Duffield and extremely
however
anything
you to: ECP - Massive and
the surrounding villages
could
give
would
be posted through the
on a Friday night is a
amazing!
door or sent to:
truly valuable resource
Emmanuel Centre, 32
receiving support from
Details
of
how
to
Chapel
Street, Duffield,
both the police and the
contribute
are
listed
DE56
4EQ
local
MP
Pauline
below, if you are also
Latham.
interested in volunteering 4) Tax payers please
We do all of this for or would just like to email for a gift aid form
know
more
about to help us claim 25p
FREE but it costs!
Massive please email me extra per pound that
With funding options on:massive_duffield@h you give!
becoming more and
behaviour (confirmed
by our Police)
Superfi
Sadlergate
Derby.
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Great Christmas Gift Ideas
Wireless BluTooth Speakers
From £20
Headphones
From £20
Portable DAB Radio’s
From £60
TV Sounbars
From £100
TV Soundbases
From £180
Sonos Play 1’s (with 1 year free Music)
From £170.
And much , much more….!
Call in and see Chris and the team for all your
TV and HiFi needs!
22,Sadlergate Derby DE1 3NL
01332 360303 [email protected]
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NEED A LITTLE MORE SPACE
We could all use an extra room,
especially at Christmas, so why
not look to your loft and
transform the space in your roof
into something fabulous?
There is the pitched roof to deal
with, the awkward ceiling shapes
and the issues of light and heat, but
that still shouldn’t stop you from
loving your loft space. Whether
you convert yours into an extra
bedroom or create a laid-back den,
lofts are hidden out of the way and
present the ideal opportunity to
create
something
dreamy,
delightful, or dramatic.
Get up there and have a look for
yourself.
Opening up your loft can be a
brilliant way to add both space and
value to your home.
But planning the conversion can
be a little daunting.
It’s not something many of us are
too knowledgeable about, and all
the steps and regulations need to
be carefully thought through.
Investigate whether you need
planning permission
Not all properties require planning
permission: most houses have
permitted development rights of
40 or 50 cubic metres, depending
on the type of house, which will
allow a conversion without full
planning permission. However,
permission is required for all flats,
and for houses in conservation
areas.
Consider a specialist
Building
companies
who
specialise in loft conversions
provide the full package, sorting
everything for you. You need only
deal with fixtures, fittings,
timescale and payment.
Think outside the box
Once you’ve sorted the rules, regs,
paperwork and chosen your
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builder you can then work
together to design your new space.
Attics are often converted into
extra bedrooms, but why not
consider moving one of the
household rooms upwards like the
study or even the kids playroom.
The space you create downstairs
could then be developed into a
dining room or bathroom.
Another great idea is to transform
an unused loft space into a
fabulous home theatre.
Stick to lighter shades
Whatever type of room
conversion you choose, using pale
colours and subtle patterns will
maximise light levels and increase
the feeling of space in a small or
awkwardly shaped loft so in a very
short space of time you will have a
whole new level to your home that
all the family, and the guests, can
enjoy.
JLO Design’s team of builders
specialise in Loft Conversions and
offera FREE no obligation quote
call 07715 562801 for more
information.
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Programme;
HELP NEEDED TO COMBAT MUSIC AT DUFFIELD Haydn
String
THE STRESS OF LONELINESS
Quartet Op. 77
The charity, Contact the
Elderly, is seeking people
who want to make a
difference in the lives of the
elderly who spend much of
their time by themselves.
The appeal for help came at a
tea party held at the
~Bluebbird Care offices in
Belper when some volunteers
gathered to discuss how they
can host tea parties on a
regular basis for those older
members of our community
twho suffer from feelings of
isolation and loneliness.
The response was fantastic,
according to Contact the Elderly
Development
Officer
for
Derbyshire, Angela Handforth.
‘“There are a lot of people in the
local community who are keen
to do what they can to help
combat loneliness in old age.
“We have had an excellent
response and have created a
new group to cover Belper and
Duffield that will meet for the
first time in the New Year,”
said Angela.
“The winter is a particularly
difficult time for a lot of older
people and the potential
hazards of snow and ice can
make leaving the house
difficult and can therefore
increase isolation. “
She added: “It would be good
to create another group in
Duffield in the New Year.
However, we are now keen to
hear from those older people in
the area who do feel lonely,
particularly on a Sunday,
which is when our Tea Parties
happen.”
Want to know more about the
Elderly Belper/Duffield group
please contact Angela
Handforth on 0114 2302343,
or [email protected]
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No. 1
Webern
Langsamer Satz
Beethoven
String Quartet
Op. 59 No.1
Saturday Dec. 6th
First prize winners of the ‘Val Tidone International Chamber
Music Competition’ 2010 and the 'St Martin's Chamber
Music Competition' 2013, and third prize winners of the
‘Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition’
2013, the Jubilee Quartet was formed in 2006 at the Royal
Academy of Music, London.
They held a Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship at the
Academy from 2012-13, and are current Richard Carne
Junior Fellows at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music
and Dance.
This concert is in the Main Hall at the Ecclesbourne
School, Duffield, Derbyshire, DE56 4GS. The venue is
suitable for the disabled and there is a large free car park
in the school grounds. Please note that the doors will open
at 7.00pm and all seats are unreserved.Individual tickets:
Adult £13, Concession £12, Student £6, available at the
door and online.
THE BEST
EVER
DUFFIELD
CALENDAR
...says photographer
Ashley Franklin
and he should know.
He has been creating a
calendar for the village
since 2007.
For the first time this
Christmas Duffield will
benefit. From each
calendar purchased £1
will go to Duffield
Community Association.
The Duffield Calendar
2015 is on sale, as
always, at Duffield
News and Croots.
Price £8.95.
Hea ltwithh an d Wellb ein g
Dr. Stavros Mihaletos DC MChiro
Chiropractic is the science
and art of optimising health
in the body.
Often people feel they need to
understand where the pain is
in the body, and why a
structure or tissue has
developed this discomfort.
They also want to understand
why chiropractic treatment
works the way it does.
Musculoskeletal pain around
the body is mostly caused
when tissues are strained or
sprained or stressed in any
way beyond their ability to
handle the stress placed on
them. It is strange though
how even at times picking up
a piece of paper or getting into
car, or even just sitting for a
period can cause a problem in
an area. This is quite simple
to explain. When the body is
compensating for a previous
injury, the central nervous
system, ie. our body mind,
will switch muscles on and off
to avoid putting undue stress
on the injured area. We call
these facilitated (on) muscles
and inhibited (off) muscles.
They may be only partly
inhibited or facilitated, lets
say 75% inhibited, but that
means they cannot handle a
stress that they normally
would easily handle. that is
when you pick up a paper with
a severly inhibited muscle in
your
back
and
WHAM!...pain!
As chiropractors we don't heal
your body. We find joints,
muscles or other tissue that are
sending
aberrant
proprioceptive sensory feed
up into the nervous system
and we adjust the tissue to
make the central nervous
system more robust. In a
sense, that is our job...making
the nervous system more
robust so that it can handle the
postural, repetitive and/or
other stresses placed on it in
normal daily life. When the
nervous system (ie the
biocomputer, or body brain)
has spare resources it can
spend energy healing itself.
In chiropractic philosophy the
founder
of
chiropractic
applied a term in 1895 that is
still used today, though a little
controversial. He termed this
self healing power our Innate,
meaning a self possessed
power within each one of us,
that works from within our
body and heals. Not hard to
understand, considering that
when we cut ourselves, we
need only apply a bandage to
our wound and when we
remove it our body has
patched itself up.
It is an art to find these areas
of disfunction, and this is why
chiropractors study one of the
most intense courses at
university nowadays. With
the trend towards functional
treatment becoming more
popular the public are looking
to be treated for their
complaints,
becoming
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DUFFIELD NEWS
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despondent in general with
only taking medication to
suppress the symptoms.
There are many treatments
available but one of the most
powerful for musculoskeletal
pain, back pain, neck pain,
shoulder and knee pain in
general is chiropractic.
The name chiropractic comes
from the greek words chiro
(cheiri = hand) and parctic
(praxis = practise), therefore,
the practise with the hands.
For more information or a free
consultation please call
Genesis Integrated Health,
Chiropractic at 2 Green Lane,
Belper on 01773-240-020..
5 Angels dwelling mixed up in the North West (8)
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6 Could almost be garments for baby Jesus (11)
LOTS OF NEW BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS
New books in the library this
month
include
Blood
Magick by Nora Roberts,
book three of the cousins
O’Dwyer trilogy, bringing
the story of Branna
O’Dwyer and Finbar Burke
to a dramatic conclusion,
The Life and Loves of a He
Devil, a memoir by Graham
Norton, a collection of
stories and reminiscences
showing life isn’t just a
series of dates and events,
Rocks, My Life in and Out
of Aerosmith by guitarist
Joe Perry, an insider’s
portrait of the rock-and-roll
family and The Narrow
Road to the Deep North, the
Booker Prize award winning
novel by Richard Flanagan
set in a Japanese POW camp
on the Burma Death
Railway.
Our craft group will continue
to meet during this month. We
are creating a wall hanging
which will be displayed in the
library. If you would like to
take part in this and help
create a wonderful piece of art
then please call in our contact
the library. No experience is
necessary.
We continue to offer free
computer help sessions. These
are informal one-to-one
sessions where you could
learn how to surf the internet,
send an email or create a CV
and apply for jobs online. No
experience is necessary as
beginners are welcome. All
sessions must be booked in
advance. Please call in or give
us a ring if you are interested
and would like to book a
session or would like more
details.
Our usual storytime sessions
will continue on Fridays at the
usual time of 11am for half an
hour of stories and simple
crafts for pre-school children
and their carers. Just call in,
no pre-booking is required.
On Monday 15 December
from 2.15pm until 3.15pm
we are having a story and
craft session for under 5s
and their carers. Festive
Fun in free but booking is
essential, if you would like
to attend contact the
library on 01332 840324.
We are a donation point for
the Hope for Belper
charity, a local volunteer
run food-bank helping our
neighbours in Belper and
surrounding areas. We have a
food crate placed in the library
where non-perishable food
can be donated.
As part of the ongoing 12
from 64 challenge I have
finished Why We Can’t Wait
by Martin Luther King and
will be bringing the year to a
conclusion by reading When
the Lion Feeds by Wilbur
Smith. I have enjoyed reading
titles I would not normally
have chosen, it has certainly
been a challenge!
I have recently read The
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Carole-Ann
Duffield Library
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Memory of Midnight by
Pamela Hartshorne. Set in
York in the present day and
1561, this tells the story of
Tess and Nell as they are each
faced with a dangerous
decision. In the present day,
Tess must unlock the secrets
of the past before she can free
herself and Nell. This is a very
entertaining tale which was
enjoyable to read.
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year from
Carole and the team
LUNCHING ALONGSIDE A BIRD OF PREY
When the days grow shorter
and the clocks go back by an
hour (remember “Clocks fall
back in Autumn and then
Spring forward”) it is usually
a signal for my husband to
begin to adopt his winter
demeanour which includes
feeling sleepy during the day,
not being keen to go out
unless it is sunny and
generally feeling slightly
depressed.
The children used to ask if we
could put him in a large
cardboard box full of leaves to
hibernate and only wake him in
the spring like the Blue Peter
tortoise!
This year we had the benefit of
a late holiday at the end of
October to see our son and his
family in New York where Dan
has bought and is renovating a
Brownstone
house
in
Brooklyn.
The weather was unseasonable
and we strolled in Prospect
Park in glorious warm
sunshine watching the tiny
kinglet birds fluttering like
moths amongst the wonderful
red, orange and yellow
autumnal leaves. At three and
a half inches from beak tip to
tail, they are akin to goldcrests,
the U.K’s smallest birds, which
can be seen searching for
insects amongst the birch
same variety that are
trees on the meadow.
busy in our copses
The park is used for
on the Meadow –
recreation by local
driven by the
people but a
cooler weather
section
is
and the shorter
protected as a
days to make
Nature reserve.
provision for
It was clearly
the possibly
by
managed, with
hard winter
MILLENIUM
notices that dogs
ahead.
are not allowed MEADOW CHAIR
However, the
to run around
most
DI HANCOCK
during the day and
spectacular
have to be on leads
encounter we had
of not more than 6
with nature was not
feet in length. There are
in the park, nor by the
a couple of hours from 5.0
Gowanus canal, nor at the
a.m. and similarly from 10 coast overlooking the Statue of
p.m. when they are allowed off Liberty but through the
the leash but other than that window of Dan’s temporary
there are stiff penalties for first floor apartment on 7th
breaching the rules – and that Avenue.
includes not “picking up” after Whilst we were eating our
your animal. The tree-lined lunch, a bird of prey suddenly
streets of Brooklyn are also in landed on a ventilation pipe on
danger from urban pets and the adjacent roof with a hapless
owners are reminded that pigeon in its talons (see pic)).
where one dog has performed, With a very large wingspan,
other dogs will follow and that speckled chest feathers and a
urine kills trees!
multi barred tail, we identified
Wherever we walked there it as a juvenile red tailed hawk.
were squirrels doing what For the following two hours it
squirrels do best – furiously proceeded to eat its prey,
squirrelling away nuts – plucking the feathers and
burying them for the winter. stripping the meat oblivious of
These were the familiar north the audience watching and
American grey squirrels – the filming through the windows.
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There have been red tailed
hawks in the city since the
1990’s and they are breeding
and are widespread. Normally
associated with arable land
where they soar high in the sky
and hunt mammals like rabbits,
they have found the tall
buildings in Manhattan ideal
nesting sites and urban pigeons
in large supply.
Our Meadow also hosts birds
of prey as they find it a useful
hunting ground for mammals
and birds. The success of the
breeding peregrines on Derby
cathedral means that this year’s
progeny will no doubt have
surveyed our meadow and
taken advantage of the food
they find.
A few years ago, whilst visiting
my mother at the other end of
the village, we watched as a
peregrine falcon attacked a
group of starlings feeding on
her lawn and proceeding to eat
one in exactly the same way as
the American hawk whilst we
watched through the kitchen
window! And last year a young
peregrine took a sparrow from
my garden as I sat drinking my
coffee not 10 feet away!
As the Reserve’s trees mature
and gain their full height over
the next fifty years, people can
look forward to changes in the
species that frequent the
Meadow. The oaks may make
sixty or seven feet in height
and thus become staging posts
for nesting barn owls and little
owls, a crucial site for nesting
woodpeckers or could become
attractive as nesting sites for
birds of prey like kestrels. The
ground underneath the trees
will be open and colonized by
a wider variety of native wild
plants. Standing dead wood
will provide rich habitat for
beetles, wasps, roosting birds
and bats.
So whilst urban wildlife is
interesting and thrilling to
see at times, nothing can beat
the variety and diversity of a
maturing reserve like ours.
Happy Xmas and New Year.
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DON’T MAKE IT A FESTIVE TIME FOR THIEVES
Christmas and New Year
will soon be here and with
homes filling with presents
and supplies for the festive
period there is often an
increase in the frequency of
burglaries.
To help deter burglars in the
festive season these are some
useful tips to help prevent
becoming a victim to an
opportunist thief.
•
Make sure gifts and
valuables, wrapped and
unwrapped, are out of view
and not visible from any
windows. This applies in the
car as well as in the home
•
Ensure your property is
fitted with locking windows
and substantial locks on doors
as this will deter criminals
•
Photograph valuable
property and log any serial
numbers. Don’t store the
information on a laptop, as
that might be stolen too – keep
it on a memory stick in a safe
place
•
Mark any expensive
gifts
you
receive
for
Christmas with a UV pen,
smartwater
or
property
marking service. This will
make it harder for burglars to
sell the items and allow police
to return them to you. Call
your local policing team on
101 for advice about property
marking products. You can
register your property with
www.immobilise.com which
is endorsed by a number of
police forces, which helps
police reunite recovered
stolen items with their owners
•
Keep
doors
and
windows locked even if you
are home – it only takes
seconds for an opportunist
burglar to get into your
property. Lock all doors and
windows, leave a light on and
draw the curtains when you go
out at night
•
Bolt and padlock garden
gates and make sure you don’t
leave ladders out, or other
things that burglars could
easily use to climb on.
Remember to lock your
garden shed and store your
tools inside; it stops burglars
using your tools to break into
your house. Consider fitting
extra padlocks to gates, sheds
and garages. Don’t keep
presents in the garage or shed
Don’t put gift packaging
•
out for recycling or leave it
sticking out of your bin –
thieves will notice boxes for
branded products like laptops,
TVs or accessories that could
indicate an expensive piece of
kit somewhere in the house.
The safest thing to do is to
break down any cardboard
boxes or fold them inside out
so that you cannot see the
branding
•
If you’re going away,
ask a trusted neighbour to pop
in to your home every now
and then to turn the lights on
and off, draw the curtains,
collect the mail and make the
house look occupied. Cancel
newspapers, magazines and
milk deliveries. It is also
recommend that you don't
advertise the fact you are
away from your home on
Social Networking sites thieves use Social Media too!
•
Visible burglar alarms,
exterior security lighting,
timer lighting switches and
leaving the radio on help to
deter thieves and give the
impression that somebody is
at home
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If you don’t have much
contact with your neighbours,
Christmas could be the perfect
time to break the ice, have a
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them a bit better
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•
Burglars wander around
looking for chances. The best
opportunity for the police to
catch them in the act is for you
to spot them before they break
in. Be vigilant and report
suspicious immediately to the
police on 999 if a crime is in
Valerie Thorpe
progress, 101 in a nonemergency or Crimestoppers,
anonymously, on 0800 555
111
And finally I would like to
wish everyone a happy and
safe Christmas.
Valerie Thorpe
December
Fun
Quiz
Answers
1 Kings Newton
2 Ingleby
3 Church Broughton
4 Hollington
5 Newhaven
6 Swadlincote
STEVE McCLAREN HAS GOT HIS EYES ON YOU LADS
Picture by Caroline Shimwell
Steve McClaren, Head Coach at Derby County Football Club, called in to the Fletcher and Company office in
town Streeet, Duffield to wish the u15 Duffield Dynamos Football team well in the remainder of their games
this season. Steve told the boys and their manager, Richard Robey that he would be keeping “an eye out” for
the boys and hoped to see them do well in their league. The u15 team were at Fletcher and Company’s Duffield office
to receive their new kit, sponsored by director, Steve Fletcher.
Well done Jog Duffield members
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It was the first chilly day of officially timed.
autumn
when
170 The organising staff are the
participants took part in friendliest
bunch
and
the 3rd Poppy Run 5k at expressed thanks for the
Pride Park, organised by fund-raising efforts of the
the Royal British Legion.
runners for such a good
A large contingent were from cause. (Last year, the event
"Jog Derbyshire", and seven raised £7000.) So, whether
of them were from "Jog you run, jog or walk the
Duffield" (see photo of the route, it is all about taking
proud medal wearers)/
part, as well as a very nice
The course went through medal and t-shirt at the
Pride Park into Alvaston finish!
Park and along Riverside If anyone would like to join
Walk,making it an ideal us next year or want to give
beginners 5k, as it is a flat jogging a try, then call Julie
course,a small event and not 07934 494121 for details of
SUCCESS
FOR
ECCLESBOURNE
SCHOOL’S YOUNG EQUESTRIENNES
Picture showsIntermediate (95) SJ team of
Jenny O’Driscoll, Beth O’Driscoll, Jess
Buxton and Amy Foster with their rosettes
for gainging second place place out of 29
schools at the National Schools Equestrian
Association (NSEA) Championships.
There will be a full report with pictures of the
team members in action in the January
edition of the Duffield Scene.
Success came in 10 of he 16 events
Ecclesbourne qualified for in the
Championships
HAT TRICK OF WINS TO START SEASON
Benz Bavarian Duffield
made it three wins out of
three in Group A of the
Premier Squash League as
they consigned league
newcomers Leicester to a
third straight defeat, but it
was far from a walkover for
the home side.
Former Duffield stalwart
Tania Bailey returned and
took young Millie Tomlinson
to five games, while Ashley
Davies dropped the first game
before beating Darren Lewis
3-1 to put Duffield 2-0 up.
Newly-crowned British U19
champion George Parker gave
Leicester some hope as he
beat Andy Whipp in five
games to cost Duffield their
first dropped point, but Chris
Simpson and Nick Matthew
were too strong at the top of
the order as Duffield ran out
4-1 winners.
Scores (Duffield plers first):
Nick Matthew beat Daryl
Selby 11-6, 11-6, 11-1
Chris Simpson beat Ben
Coleman 11-7, 11-6, 11-6
Andy Whipp lost to George
Parker 5-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-3,
7-11
Ashley Davies beat Darren
Lewis 9-11, 12-10, 12-10,
11-9
Millie Tomlinson beat Tania
Bailey 9-11, 11-4, 4-11, 11-9,
11-6
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Variety of care packages: a permanent room to make
your own, convalescent, respite & holidays
• 24 hour care by highly trained and experienced staff
• Home cooking, special diets & preferences catered for
• Two state of the art passenger lifts accessing all floors
• Visiting chiropody / optician / hairdresser and
assistance with dental appointments.
• Ramp access to the landscaped gardens, fish pond
and summer house.
• Entertainment activities and regular events
For a brochure / more information call 01332 840757
Merry Christmas to all
our customers and a
happy New Year!