!DOOR DORE VILLAGE SOCIETY No. 63 AUTUMN 2001 ISSN 0965-8912

Dore Traffic Schemes

July provided a welcome surprise for Dore, with the news that an area-wide speed management scheme for the village had come top of a new Council priority list. In the past, deciding which traffic schemes should proceed has been the subject of hot political debate. Now for the first time, all existing requests have been assessed and prioritised using a fixed set of criteria. This includes considering a scheme's effect on such aspects as road safety, the environment, job creation and public transport accessibility. The result was to put a scheme for trying to improve safety on a number of key Dore roads used by through traffic as top priority. Other schemes effecting Dore are also likely to be acted upon including; speed management and pedestrian facilities on Savage Lane, the High Street and Long The Old Gaffer greats visitors to Belper Museum Line; improvements to the junctions of Bushey Wood Road and Dore Road with Thursday Sunday except over Abbeydale Road South. Improved footway Our day out ChristmasINew Year and by arrangement. provision from Kings Croft to Furniss Avenue is also under consideration. Ask anyone to name a World Heritage Industrial Legacy Schemes already in hand such as that in Site, and the chances are they will name front of the Causeway Head Road shops are some far flung location in India or Asia. So It looks like Dore's industrial legacy as an not affected. there was some surprise when the Dore early lead smelting and processing area The Dore Village Society welcomes this Village Society decided to organise its first might be catching up with it. recognition of our traffic safety concerns in members day out to just such a site on our The Council has recently adopted a new the village and the adoption of five of the own doorstep, the Derwent Valley. This strategy for identifying land contaminated six danger reduction schemes it submitted area has recently been nominated for WorId by Sheffields industrial past. Over the next earlier this year to the Planning Transport Heritage status by the Government. four years the Councils Environmental and Highways Department. No decisions In 1771, Richard Arkwright came to Protection Service will be looking at five have been taken on what action should be Cromford in the Derwent Valley to found areas across the city, with priority given to taken on each scheme and it is expected his first water-powered cotton-spinning the south-west, because of earlier lead that the main one will take a year to mill. And so the industrial revolution was smelting and other associated works in what adequately consult, develop and implement. born, with manufacturing processes is now a predominantly residential area. We expect everyone will get a chance to throughout the world being based on his This follows on detailed investigations contribute to this process and the society earliest concepts. Along with other already carried out in the Mill Lane and will be keen to ensure that there is a holistic innovators such as William Strutt at Belper, Milldale Road areas of . approach to all the schemes and related they have left a rich industrial legacy of Nick Chaplin, Environmental Protection initiatives, such as encouraging walking to mills, canals and workers housing, which Manager, said: "We are taking this very school and designating Whitelow Lane as a together justifiably warrant World Heritage seriously indeed and this strategy shows 'Quiet Lane' with appropriate speed status. that the Council is actively seeking ways to restrictions. So it was that a full coach load of deal with the problems left by Sheffields members left Dore after lunch on the 27th industrial past. The safety of June destined for Arkright's Cromford Mill residents is our top priority and we will be Daffodils where they received an introduction to the working closely with partner organisations proposed heritage area and a guided tour of and community groups within the city to The Society are proposing to start a the Mill site. Then on to Belper with assess specific sites and ensure we keep programme of planting daffodil bulbs in the another guided tour of its cotton mill and people up to date on what is happening". grass verges on the approaches to the historic hosiery display, before enjoying a The publication of the Councils strategy village. The first planting will be done in supper and stroll in the local riverside coincides with the implementation of Part the autumn. gardens. 2A of the Environmental Protection Act Hopefully the Spring flowers will be the At the end of a most interesting and (1990) which requires each local authority start of a 'growing' display, with more enjoyable day, the talk was of where we in to prepare, publish and adopt a bulbs planted over the next few years to should go next, so watch the society notice strategy for dealing with land that might be brighten up the village. board for more details. at risk from any type of contamination. David Heslop Arkright's Cromford Mill is open 9am- If you have any questions about the Ed. David would be interested to hear from 5pm all year. The Derwent Valley Visitor strategy or want information about your anyone wishing to support this project. Centre at North Mill Belper is open area, contact Peter Knight on 2734659.

1 it was hoped that it might be possible to Causeway Head Road introduce a pedestrian refuge, located in the Historic records area of the telephone box, which would At a public meeting, attended by about 40 allow pedestrians to cross the road there in The Village Society now has early records residents, in the Old School on June 26th, two stages. of the following: the proposals for improvements for The idea of some form of time restriction Baptisms for Holmesfield, pedestrian safety were presented by an of parking in front of the shops gained a 1744-1812; officer from the Road Safety Section of the wide acceptance but it was accepted that Baptisms in the Liberty of Beauchief City Council. The main feature of the any such arrangement would have to make 1770-1816; scheme was a crossing, located near the provision for nearby residents who use the Marriages in Beauchief Chapel 1696-1837. HSBC Bank, consisting of "build-outs'' area outside normal shopping hours. Margaret Oversby has kindly made an from both sides of the road that narrowed Standing back a little from the details, the index so that you can check if it's worth the road at this point and enabled meeting was an undoubted success in that it looking through the records when pedestrians to see oncoming traffic in both allowed residents to contribute to the researching your family history. The DVS directions. An additional pedestrian refuge, development of a scheme to meet their own room is open as usual on the 1st Saturday of located close to the junction with High requirements. It is to the credit of the South the month for those interested in talking to Street, was also included in the changes. West Area Co-ordinator, Dave Aspinall, members of the committee about local Whilst the meeting, chaired by Cllr. Colin that the meeting was arranged. If this is an issues or the history of Dore. Ross, totally agreed that some example of a means that enables residents improvements were required, it seemed that and ratepayers a have a little more influence Additions/corrections the proposals did not fully meet the in local developments, then the whole requirements and that more attention should principle of the South West Area Panel In regard to the Pearson clock mentioned be given to measures to reduce the speed of needs our full support. Thanks must also go in the last edition, one Henry Pearson was traffic past the shops. To this end, the to all the local councillors for their support, apprenticed to the cutlery trade in 1716. In Council Officer agreed to examine the their presence and involvement is the 1734 a Daniel Pearson was a Church provision of two "pinch points" - devices discussions is an indication to residents that Warden and in 1738 this same Daniel that reduce road width and give priority to we are all "facing the same way". Pearson was Overseer of the poor. Records traffic in one direction. One of these would Roger Millican for 1741 name one William Pearson and in be located on Causeway Head Road on the 1746 this William was Constable of Dore. approach to the shops from Hathersage Did you know? Can I also suggest one 0 two corrections to Road. The second might be somewhere at the letter from Glen Fallows:- the top of Dore Road to control the speed Dore must be plagued by phantoms. At The cottage he mentions was not occupied of traffic coming from that direction. least how is it that you can never catch by the Green family, who lived in Ivy The intended "build-out" arrangement some people in the act? Cottage, but Rose Cottage. This was the received criticism in that it would reduce Phantom horse riders in Woods, home of the Taylor family and latterly, the available car parking space on both leaving piles of evidence on footpaths before demolition, the Marshal! family. sides of the road. As a replacement for this, instead of bridle ways, having strayed, along Hubie Frith's shop was next to Rose with their two wheeled accompanists, from Cottage, (not Hatie). He ran the shop with their designated routes. Phantom drinkers, Miss Donnet. Hubie had a club foot, but DORE VILLAGE SOCIETY and litter louts, spreading their detritus found his crutch very useful for hooking Registered Charity No. J 0J 705 J around the village in the dead of night, things down off the top shelf. I believe the having failed the intelligence test on photo was taken well before the 20's. The Society aims to foster the protection learning how to use a rubbish bin. Phantom The post box was set in the wall of the and enhancement of the local cars that speed through Dore during the post office between Thorpe's Butchers and environment and amenities within Dore, morning and evening commuting rush, Mrs Thorpe's grocery store. The Thorpes to encourage a spirit of community and never caught by the phantom police who set were not related. The mounting block is to record its historic development. their traps at any other time than when they long gone. are really needed. Jean Dean Chairman (Dore to Door) And while we are on the subject of Mr J R Baker 236 9025 phantoms, perhaps they run the highways Editorial & Advertising 8 Thornsett Gardens, S 17 3PP. department, given the seemingly endless Vice Chairman (Environment) wait for yellow lines at the bottom of Dore Dore to Door is published quarterly by the Road. These do not seem too much to ask Mr R Millican 2620012 Dore Village Society and delivered free to for, but then spending time on a grandiose 16 Devonshire Drive, S17 3PJ. over 3,200 households in the area. government funded £350,000 scheme for If you are interested in submitting an traffic calming in the village must be much Treasurer article or letter, have local news to report, more fulfilling. or wish to place an advertisement, please Mrs M Watson 236 5666 Almost unnoticed, we have now acquired contact the Editor John Baker on 236 9025 11 Cavendish Avenue, S 17 3JN. a new open space in the form of the old or write to: Secretary dam site at Abbeydale Hamlet. Now The Editor, resplendent in lush weeds, the dam floor Mrs A Slater 2366710 Dore to Door, has all but disappeared. It can only be a 6 Old Hay Close, S 17 3GQ 8 Thornsett Gardens, Dore, matter of time before someone marks out a Sheffield, S17 3PP. Committee football pitch. The fish, that supposedly [ Email [email protected] ] Mrs L E Baker 2369025 went on a brief holiday, would never (Dore Show & FEW) recognise the place. And the homeless Opinions expressed in articles and waterfowl have long since sought asylum services offered by advertisers are not Mr G R Elsdon 2360002 elsewhere. necessarily endorsed by the publishers. (Subscriptions & Notice Board) Doremouse Mr 0 Heslop 236 5043 No part of Dore to Door may be reproduced in full or part, without the (Planning) "Get famous and people will forgive you written permission of the Editor. Mrs V Malthouse 2363632 nearly everything ".....Boy George 2369831 Mr P Pryor Copyright Dore Village Society 2001

2 their own farm in Dore, and aims to buy granted for the second block, although the Farmers Markets other locally produced meat where possible. society again put in a strong objection to the proposals. The farming industry as a whole has taken Nab Farm. No response has yet been a dreadful hammering as a result of the foot received from the Council to the objections and mouth crisis. At the same time we can and concerns about the gas meter boxes, be less and less sure of where supermarket boiler flues and overflow pipes that project produce comes from, given their need to over the pavement from the Nab Farm purchase in bulk and to supply branches buildings and look so unsightly. throughout the UK. So any scheme that 18 GiIleyfield Avenue. There has been no allows us to buy direct from local suppliers decision on the planning application for has got to be good for them, for us, and four houses on this site in place of the probably for the community as a whole. existing bungalow. This proposal which, Some specialist farm shops now exist, entails the removal of trees the and opening such as the Original Farmer's Market shop of an access onto the bend of Savage Lane, on Market Street, Bakewell (01629 735 will probably be considered by the Planning 425), where all produce is guaranteed to Board in August. come from local farmers and producers, Highway IDI California USA! Gillian & The developer has refused to modify the with craft items made from local raw Richard Farnsworth photographed this plans, which are considered to show a materials were possible. roadsign to Dore Avenue while on holiday serious overdevelopment of the site, and a Sometimes you can buy direct from the last year. Have any other readers seen the loss of amenity. It is hoped that the farm, Totley Fruit Farm (236 4761) for name Dore elsewhere? application will be refused. example or Troway Hall Farm, Troway-just Improvements. The Dore Village Society past Coal Aston (01246 410 329), where keeps a watchful eye on planning matters, they butcher their own lamb, pork and beef. Planning and objects where necessary, and presses Then there are larger Markets. In the Council to refuse or modify proposals Chesterfield Farmers Market (01246 345 Dore Recreation Ground & Newfield for unacceptable developments. 999) you can get country crafts and produce Lane (again). You will recall that Dore to The Society also aims to be positive in on the second Thursday each month or in Door reported that proposals to develop a encouraging good developments, Bakewell on the last Saturday (01629 813 piece of land overlooking the Recreation restoration and improvement schemes. As 777). Ground on the Newfield Lane side, with a part of that aspect of the work the Society Finally why not ask in your local shop three storey block of six flats was granted has in mind the issuing of Certificates for where their produce comes from and what planning consent and that the developer, good works each year. The proposals are is locally produced. Several use local encouraged by this, applied for a further being developed and we will say more in suppliers, Liberty Foods Farm Shop in similar block. the next issue. Totley (236 0583) specialise in beef from Sad to say, planning consent has now been David Heslop

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3 would love to make connection with Dear Sir, Letters anybody that could tell me what Dore The Sorby Natural History Society would have been like in the 1860's and I Dear Sir, recently paid two visits to Totley Firing wonder why they came to New Zealand. A note to say "thank you" for the work Range, by arrangement with the MOD and They traveled to Greenock and got a boat done on the Recreation Ground to make a and Humberside TA VRA. Our here on the 26 January 1874 arriving the delightful park for the children and an main purpose was to look at wild plants 6th May 1874. I hope somebody is able to accessible place for all. growing on the site, and so far 172 species help me out with any information. I do The pathway from the Newfield Crescent is have been identified and recorded. know they farmed at a place called Sheep particularly welcomed and makes the route The area may look ordinary from a Hills. Hoping to hear from somebody. to the playground and on towards Dore distance, but there are a number of different Melody Reeves Primary School so much more manageable habitats, and the flora of the wetter areas is for people like myself, who have young Ed. This request came via our news and particularly interesting. Our list included 6 children and pushchairs. It is no longer a messages pages on the Dare Village Web species of Rush, 5 Sedges and 8 Ferns. struggle negotiating holes and boggy land. Site. If you have access to the web you can Among the more unusual species noted CSymonds keep up to date via www.dorevillage.co.uk were Sand Spurrey, Common Spotted Dear Sir, Orchid, Pill Sedge, Adder's-tongue, To who ever is in charge of the renovation Dear Sir, Moonwort and Lemon-scented Fern. of Dare recreation ground. Tom Last (16) a member of the England In general MOD sites in Britain have been What has been achieved so far is Freestyle Ski Squad, and current holder of well surveyed, and many are of high marvelous, the facilities for children are the King Ecgbert School Outstanding conservation value. However, Totley Firing excellent the poop bins are well placed and Sporting Acheivement Award, would like Range had not previously been investigated, seem to be used by most responsible dog to thank Dore Opticians for their generous perhaps because it was considered too owners however, I feel unable to use these sponsorship for another year. small. facilities due to the fence around the Richard Last Our survey has shown that the area is an kiddies play area. I am a mother of two Dear Sir, important refuge for uncommon species, small children and also a dog owner, this When I opened my garden for the Dore and the fact that the site is not subject to seems to be a rare and unwelcome Festival on 8 July we raised a record total any visitor pressure must be an important combination in Dore. of £367.13. This year I sent the proceeds to factor in ensuring that they continue to The dog fence should make it possible to Refuge which is the major national charity thrive. exercise both the dog and the children at the raising money to help women and children Dr KBalkow same time instead it just alienates me with suffering domestic violence and abuse. Botanical Section Secretary the other parents and children in the park. It These matters unfortunately occur in all Dear Sir, doesn't work, the fence is not dog proof, it strata of society and as I know from my Ellen Carter Alms Houses looks pretty and its concept is great, but own experience in Dore as well. 25% of all Further to my request in the last issue, I having holes at both ends where it joins the recorded crime is domestic violence and 2 was contacted by Mrs Collins of Bradway hedge renders it useless. women are killed each week in England and who was able to give me accurate Dogs (even our stupid mut) have realised Wales by a current or former partner. information on the small building at the they just have to wander around the side to Refuge needs our support to provide foot of Bushey Wood Road at the junction gain access to play with the children. All Refuges and run its 24 hour National with Totley Brook Road. dogs are pack animals and don't like being Domestic Violence Helpline on 0870 599 Mrs Collins explained that her grandfather separated from the pack, so any weakness 5443. Christopher Carter was a director in the in the fence is exploited. The introduction I had a lovely letter from Refuge and they Sheffield Brewery Company called Carter, of the signs doesn't help either as my dog asked me to thank everyone who supported Milner and Bird who were at that time on can't read but other parents can and this me, so I thought this letter would act as a Mowbray Street and later moved to creates more friction when my dog enters general thanks to everyone. Claywheels Lane at Bridge. This the playground. I hope to see you all again next year - I brewery was responsible for the well- So please fmish the job and make the play promise not to run out of meringues ! known Jubilee Stout and was eventually area secure. The Rec' is for the pleasure of Agnes Grunwald-Spier, taken into the Bass Group. The three all Dore residents parents and dog owners Heath Court, Dore Road. directors, who each gave their name to the a like, so lets make it work for everybody, even these weird people who dare to have children and a dog. Frances Joel Ed. We have passed this letter to Sheffield Leisure Services for comment and hoped for action.

Dear Sir, I am researching my family tree on my mothers side. My great great grandparents Elizabeth and George Reeve married in Dore in the year 1861. They had five children: Annie E born approx 1864; WiJliam Thomas born 1865; Mary Emily born 1867; Harriet Wall born 1871 (my great great grandmother); Frances Jane born 1873. I am now married and my married name is Reeves and my in-laws names were Elizabeth and George Reeves from Manchester. It is the name similarity that makes me want to know more of my own ancestors. I Christopher Carter and family in their Wadsfey Garden circ 1910

4 company, put up £1,000 each to build the almshouses, in the memory ofChristopher's mother Ellen. Originally they were for workers who had left the company and fallen on hard times. There are actually three dwellings combined in the building and they are still run by the Family Trust. Apart from the aforementioned plaque, there is also a carving of an angel on the Totley Brook elevation. (The building is shown on the view from Bradway Bank, drawn from a postcard of about 1906/8). The suggestion given to me that ElIen was a member of the Carter family who gave us Little Liver Pills is therefore not correct and I thank Mrs Collins for giving us the accurate history. The photograph shows Christopher Carter with his wife and children (plus donkey), taken in their Wadsley garden, around 1910 View from Bradway Bank - Almshouses on the far right. Brian Edwards when he was about 56. Brian Edwards recreation ground and children's play area- planning procedure. This may be Dear Sir, a three-storey block of flats which will convenient but it is not democratic. If local Since, in the run up to the General remove trees and disfigure the skyline. people are not allowed to take an interest in Election, all political parties claimed to Vigorous opposition from local councillors their local area, what hope is there for the know what voters want by "listening to the was ignored. environment nationwide? And will not people", isn't it high time that local Very recently, a traditional farmhouse and future generations despise us for carelessly democracy had much more say in local outbuildings on a village green have been squandering their heritage? decision-making? I am thinking in converted into several modem dwellings, In the interests of democracy local particular of planning decisions taken in the using materials which are inappropriate to councillors must be allowed to speak - face of local opposition, and the impotence the location and setting in a Conservation AND VOTE - in Local Authority Planning of our local planning authority to Area. Requirements laid down by the Committee Meetings. implement the few restrictions they try to Council Planning Department have, so far, PatPryor place on developments. been flouted. Ed. This letter was originally published in In my neighbourhood, consent has been The root problem lies with Central the Sheffield Telegraph in June as 'Letter given to build - overlooking a hard-won Government who currently dictate local of the week '.

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5 excludes the antennae on the top, (which massive benefits to people and businesses & can be something like another 2 metres), alike" and so they might have added "and Brearton Co without the need to get planning so you will get mobile phone masts". Taxation Consultants permission. There is thus little planning Health risks, or even the fear of health control an the siting and appearance of risks, are planning considerations which All aspects of Personal masts (unlike in Scotland, where the have to be addressed before consent is Scottish Assembly has required all masts to given. However, the Government have said, and Business Taxation be subject to planning consent!). "In the Government's view, if a proposed Full Planning Permissions. Not all sitings development meets the ICNIRP Self Assessment Returns of masts are unsatisfactory. There are some (International Commission on Non-ionising good examples of the good use ofbuildings Radiation Protection) guidelines it should and sites. But planning control is poor as not be necessary for a Planning Authority, Capital Gains and can be seen from the present planning in processing an application, to consider the Inheritance Tax situation as follows: health aspects further. This view will be Any mast over 15 metres in height reiterated in our revised planning policy (excluding the antennae) requires full For professional help from experts guidance". There you have it! Not much of planning permission and has to go through a case on health grounds. T;fIriteor call[or free quotation the normal planning process of Finally. Quite separate from planning consultation, report and committee matters, the Government has given 18 Rushley Road, Sheffield S 17 3 EJ decision. Needless to say most masts are telecommunications operators legal rights Telephone (0114) 236 0211 less than 15 metres in height! to use public highways for the siting of Any mast and antennae proposed in the masts. However it may be of comfort to [email protected] National Park or in know that the City Council has decided not Conservation Areas (such as the Dore Dan Brearton ATII to allow additional masts to be erected on Conservation Area) requires full planning its own land or property. But there again Chartered Institute of Taxation permission. councillors have been known to change In considering applications the Planning their minds! Authority can only take decisions in the Progress and the increased use of public interest. That means, it cannot take technology will undoubtedly be made for Mobile Phone Masts into consideration private interests, such as our benefit, but if it is going to be at the a claim that an individual property has been cost of the appearance of our surroundings Background. The devalued or the view has been spoiled. and environment we will all loose a little of has produced an Information Sheet on However the Planning Authority have a something in the process. Mobile Phone Masts and the planning duty to protect amenities in an area, David Heslop implications. It is useful but does not make particularly in sensitive situations such as in for cheerful reading. Green Belts, by Listed Buildings and in Dore Show The proliferation of mobile phone masts Conservation Areas, and there are special has been a serious concern in many parts of considerations there which should give This years show on Saturday 8th September the country, not least the prospect of such some protection. will have over 70 classes for you to enter - masts in sensitive areas such as Dore, with Sharing masts is encouraged by the see schedule in this issue. There will be the our Green Belt and Conservation Area. Our Government, although the operators will usual Brass Band, Morris Dancers and side landscape is soon to be graced with a mast tell you that technically that cannot be done stalls. So be sure to make a note of the date at the corner of Limb Lane/Hathersage without a much bigger mast and lots of in your diary. Road. Because of the rules, planning protruding antennae. Not surprisingly, and Please remember that for safety reasons the consent was not required for that mast. probably not solely for the reasons given, top section of Savage Lane will be closed to Regrettably, the Government has given mast sharing is rarely done. Using high traffic during the afternoon of the show. licensed telecommunications operators buildings is also commanded by the 'permitted development rights'. That means Government, but that is not always they can carry out certain types of successful. development, including the building of The Government have advised that "A masts up to 15 metres in height (and that modern communications system brings

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6 Letters .....con tin ued Dear Sir, I recently obtained a copy of a book on Dore and Totley by Brian Edwards. As I spent my childhood and youth in Dore Village I very much enjoyed reading it. It has prompted me to write to you as Editor of Dore to Door. 1 was born in Dore in 1929, lived in a house sited on Savage Lane, then called Wilson Hill, behind the school and near the Hare and Hounds. I would be very interested to know ifthere are people in the village who remember me and my parents, who were Rhoda and Billy . They lived in the village from about 1928 to 1953. My grandfather, Thomas Crookes who had been in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, built houses in Furniss Avenue. I attended Dore School from 1934 to 1941 -and then went on to Netheredge Grammar School and finally Folk Trains to Bristol University, to study Aeronautical Dore Male Voice Choir Once a month Folk Trains with guest Engineering. bands run from [7.16pm I have many fond memories of Dore. I was The Choir was again invited to sing in the but collecting at Dore & Totley 7.24pm] to in the church choir, the cubs and the scouts. prestigious Anglo-Welsh Choir Festival at Edale. Refreshments (special beer prices) & I am enclosing some copies of photographs, Leicester in April. Five English and Four more music is available at The Rambler one of which is Totley Scout Troop, in Welsh choirs, with over 300 voices, sang to Inn, Edale, then 9.30pm return journey about 1922. My father is third from the left a capacity audience at the De Montfort arriving at Dore & Totley for 9.54pm. on the back row, next to the scout mistress, Hall. Over £10,000 was raised for charity at 28 August: Bemard Cromarty Dr. May Andrews. Also enclosed are this event. 11 September: Little Big Foot photographs of Dore Football Team and The Dore Male Voice Choir, with over 60 25 September: Robin Garside Dore school football team, both from the members gives a number of concerts during 23 October: Travelling Folk 1930's. Comments are written on the back. the year, both in Sheffield and further For up-to-date information ring 266 9532 I hope these will be of interest to the people abroad. The Choir is now preparing for the or visit www.folktrain.f9.co.uk in the village. Anniversary Concert. Because a large William Aubrey Crookes audience is expected this takes place in Cards for good causes Preston Ecclesall Church on Saturday 13th October Ed. We will reproduce the football team starting at 7.00 p.m. This year the choir will The Sheffield Charity Christmas Card pictures in afuture issue. be joined by the senior section of The City Shop opens this year on October 12th at of Sheffield Youth Choirs who come with a Sheffield Cathedral, Monday to Saturday News in Brief deserved acclaimed reputation. The Lord from lOam to 4pm. On sale are cards from Mayor and Lady Mayoress will be our national and local charities. For more Double yellow lines at the bottom of Dore special guests. information call Mary Watson on 2365666. Road are contained in proposals being put Perhaps you are interested in joining the forward for approval by Sheffield's Traffic Choir, or maybe it has never crossed your Regulation section. mind. Why not come and sit in on one of Animal Farm has reopened our rehearsals? You will be made most after being closed for months due to the welcome. Call in on any Thursday night, ~ beautysalon national foot & mouth crisis. 7.30 to 9.30 at the Church Hall. You will t cl cp b o n « 250 0648 30th October is the deadline for diary not be disappointed. events and advertising in our winter edition. David Heslop Nowhas~, the latest technology in hair removal. Professional Cleaning by - Intense pulse light therapy is fast, NEW PIN CLEAN LID painless and you will only require Daily. Weekly. Fortnightly. Monthly 5 - 8 treatments. • Spring Clean • House Moves Our well trained staff will clean your home It sounds too good to be true, but it is. • FullIroning Service. One Offs thoroughly. Weoffer a customised seNice • Fully Insured. Free Quotations to suit your requirements So come and see for yourself.

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I seem to remember that my Dad was a bit of a motorbike freak who intrigued me with his tales of driving down to the Isle of Wight for a picnic, 90mph all the way. For a time he was an AA patrolman, saluting members as they purred past. My uncle was Company Secretary of Belle Vue Speedway in Manchester and Dad supervised the turnstile men on race nights. The smell of dirt track is still in my nostrils some SS years later and the name of Aussie Frank Varey (the Red Devil), who later managed Sheffield, is firmly impregnated into my memory bank. My eldest son Steve has a big modern motorbike, but apart from that I had little interest in those machines until I tracked down some excellent photographs, for my projected book of old photos of Totley & District. These pictures were of riders which opens to the public on Bank Holiday Farmers Market, Entertainment, Fun Run outside the Peacock at Owler Bar. I needed and sununer weekends from l lam to Spm. and lots more. Adults £2.S0, children SOp, to identify the bikes and called round to a All proceeds are passed to the Bakewell & parking £1. Come early and stay all day! tucked-away surprise in Bakewell where Eyam Community Transport where Peter help was generously offered. Mather and Phil Crosby (M&C) are SHEFFIELD & DISTRICT SOCIETY The Aladdiri's Cave called The M&C volunteer drivers. OF MODEL & EXPERIMENTAL Motorcycle Collection is reached through My visit was crowned with a glimpse of an ENGINEERS LTD an archway at the side of Ward's Shoe AA motorbike and sidecar just like my Dad Shop on Matlock Street and contains drove, together with one of the old AA MINIA TURE RAILWAY examples of the early days through the telephone boxes. [Sundays Ipm - Spm approx] vintage 1920s to the classic post-World Parties & Groups are welcome outside War 11era. You may not know that some normal hours by prior arrangement; contact 26th August & 27th (Bank Holiday) motorcar makers started off producing 01629 81S011 for details. The Collection is 2nd, 16th & 30th September motorbikes - Rover and Singer being open to the public on the following 7th & 21st October amongst them. In Sheffield, the Simplex weekends in 2001: 18,19,20 August; You can find us in Ecclesall Woods, along luxury carmaker came out in 1921 with the 2S,26,27 August. 1,2,3 September. Abbeydale Road South between the Hamlet Ner-a-Car, an unusual two wheeler Brian Edwards & Dore Station - Look out for the yellow designed by American Carl Neracher. [ see board on the side of the road. Abbeydale Hamlet Simplex Day - 26th Hall Farm Fayre The Society warmly welcomes new August]. From ABC there was a members - if you are interested in model Skootamota in 1919, hardly different from A family day out on Sunday 23rd engineering of any kind please enquire the modern versions, apart from the styling. September from 1Oam to Spm. All proceeds go towards running costs & These and many more are included in this Giant craft marquee, Music, Fun Fair rides, development. Tel 236 9002. intriguing collection of historic motorcycles Arena Shows, Vintage car show, www.sheffieldsmee.co.uk

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8 repaired, the through footpath has been re- receive widespread support from within the Chairman's Report surfaced and work on landscaping the area community and from past residents, we 5 April 2000 - 31 December 2000 is in hand, working with the Council and could still do with more volunteers to work Sheffield Wildlife trust. on different projects such as the Dore (Presented to the Dore Village Society Environment: The Society discusses local Collection or environmental issues. AGM on Thursday 24 May. It covers a 9 environmental issues at each committee Finally 1 wish to place on record my month period, following the change in meeting and is active in support of Friends appreciation for their help to my fellow financial year agreed at the Special of Ecclesall Woods. members of the committee, helpers at the General Meeting on 30 November 2000). Dore Collection: Work on the collection Dore Show; deliverers of Dore to Door; This was a period of significant change for was hampered by the building work at the advertisers; and all those active supporters the Society, with the implications of the Old School, but the promise of more space and members - wherever they may live. move into new expanded accommodation means we should see marked progress in John Baker, Chairman prompting a review of objectives and the forthcoming year. funding. Despite the upheavals of the move, Dore Old School: Apart from a few Workers' Education Assn much was achieved and hopefully sound teething problems, work on extending our foundations laid for the future. rooms in the Old School is complete, The WEA offers a wide range of Adult Planning: The failure of the local providing more storage and working space Education courses in the local area for its government planning process to take for the Society. Our rooms are open from Autumn Programme. Courses range from adequate account of local wishes and needs, 10 - 12 noon on the first Saturday of every Calligraphy to Jazz Appreciation, from Life or to address the broader impact of further month with members of the committee in Medieval England to Creative Veneering development on existing services, remains available to discuss local issues or talk & Marquetry. There is also a Local History a major concern to the Society. During the about the work of the Society. Workshop and Abbeydale Writers' period the future of Abbeydale Hall was Internet: The Dore web site, Workshop. Enrolments as follows: finally resolved with permission granted, www.dorevillage.co.uk has expanded to St. John's Church Hall, Abbeydale Road: against the recommendation of planning include its own search engine and more Friday 14th Sept 2.00pm for all courses. officers, to convert the hall into flats, along historical information. It has attracted Oswald's Church Hall - via Bannerdale with the building of new apartment blocks viewers, comment and new information Road: Wednesday 12th Sept 2.00pm for in the grounds. The re-building at Nab from all around the UK and overseas. Monday to Wednesday courses. Thursday, Farm caused considerable debate over People: Over 650 people joined the Society 13th Sept 2.00pm for Thursday and Friday planning details, some of which are still to during 2000, a record number. Although we courses. Further information from 272 4983 be resolved. Other developments which absorbed the Society's time were: new houses at 105 Dore Road, reduced from 4 to 3; a reduction to 2 dwellings on a site at the corner of Brinkbum Vale Road; a new dwelling in back gardens facing Parkers FREE Lane; and the erection of another telecom mast at Abbeydale Sports Club. Most worrying has been the proposed VALUATIONS development of land to the rear of Newfield Lane with blocks offlats directly Waiting Buyers overlooking the recreation ground. Our campaign over missing and damaged road Free Intemet promotion signs has now had some success. www.elr.co.uk Publications: Dore to Door remains popular and effective in publicising the work of the society, covering local issues and reporting information on the history of the area. A smaller format Christmas Card featuring a snowman and the King Ecgbert Stone sold well, although a reprint of the Valuing ... Dore Ducks card also proved popular. Plans for a new publication on the history Surveying ... of streets within Dore are progressing. Events: Public meetings during the year Letting ... followed a history theme covering and life on local Managing . waterways. Plans are now advanced for a members programme including more Auctioning . meetings, visits and regular guided walks. Dore Show proved to be its usual success Selling...... homes like yours despite last minute concerns over whether the building would be ready. Traffic&Transport: Pressure to tackle some of the local traffic issues has led to new parking restrictions at local black 33 Townhead Road, Dore, spots, while we still await improved Sheffield S17 3GD 0114 236 2420 crossing facilities in front of the Causeway Email: [email protected] Head Road and the results from efforts to deal with the difficulties created by parking ~~~~======~~ at the bottom of Dore Road. Dore Recreation Ground: The new ==== ELR ==== playground now has a surrounding fence, Eadon Lockwood & Riddle damage caused at the Gala has been ~~~~======~~th.1I1CICd ••••IIIII\HI' l"'lale\;':{'llt~ \,llm",\ \111111111\1''''"llI{t IS-Ill 9 Occupations of residents in this area Census 1891 included; tailor & draper, optician, dressmaker, railway inspectors, We've all just completed our 200 I census schoolmaster, shorthand clerk, bricklayer, forms with its umpteen pages of questions. railway labourer, chemist & druggist, bank A typed copy of the 1891 census for the clerk, civil engineer, foreman, hammerrnan, parish of Dore and St John's Abbeydale is forgeman, chartered accountant, magistrate, now available for viewing in the Dore silversmith, vicar, town counsellor, Village Society room at the Old School. carpenter, platelayer, station master, This is the most recent census to be signalman, general manager of Sheffield released. It consists of one line for each Gas Company, corn merchant and brewer, Dore Gardens person in the house and 12 columns. In mechanical engineer, analytical engineer, 1891 they wanted to know the name of the Inland Revenue Inspector, stationer & A blossoming community event road and the house, whether or not it was printer, estate agent, cutlery manufacturer, On the sixth Garden Open Day over 340 inhabited, number of rooms if 4 or less, iron & steel merchant, pork butcher, people visited the gardens and an amazing name of the person, relation to head of the laundress and silver buffer as well as £ I,324 was raised for charity. The weather household, married or not, age, profession numerous different types of domestic held, the mood was bright and pleasure or occupation, employment status and servants butlers and grooms. Not until we shone over all! where they were bom. There is also a get to Ashfurlong are any farmers I think everyone gained a great deal from column headed Deaf & Dumb, Blind, mentioned. the day, including the exhausted gardeners. Lunatic, Imbecile or Idiot. There are no Carrying on up the hill, Joseph Moseley, The fundraising is a very positive and entries in this column. 63, lived at Ryecroft Farm along with 5 satisfying outcome from the day. However, The entries start on Totley Brook Rd, other members of his family and 2 servants. the obvious enjoyment that ensues from the along Abbeydale Rd, up Dore New Rd, William Stratford, 35, was Mr Wilsons meeting and greeting of old friends and the (Dore Rd), Ashfurlong Cottages, across to gamekeeper at the cottage in Ryecoft Glen, start of new friendships should not be The Moss, Moorside (this appears to be and Hannah Wilson, 62, widow living on overlooked. It is wonderful to see people what is now Long Line), on the Sheephill to her own means lived at The Moss, now the moving around Dore en mass - just to drop Stoney Ridge, Riper House and White Whirlowbrook old folks home on Limb into local gardens. Lodge, then back down to Dore Moor Lane. On a personal note, I would like to thank Newfield Lane and Brickhouses, then on to The name Long Line doesn't appear but 8 the garden openers and all their helpers. High Greave, Wag House & Roundseats, properties are listed on Moorside which I Their considerable hard work, often for Causeway Head, Parkers Lane and Rushley, think must be the same place. WiIliam many weeks before the event, ensures the finishing up in the middle of the village. Siddall, 46 farmer, lived in one of them days success. The person who commented Names are mainly those of the terraces. with his wife and 7 children. The youngest a couple of years ago that it was a Road names don't feature much. Ivy Bank, was Albert aged 6, who many of us wonderful event because 'nobody really Dore Hall, Elshaws Row, The Vicarage, remember. William Unwin, 58, his wife had to do anything' couldn't have been Sycamore Cottage, School Green Rd, Sarah 47, 6 children and brother in law more wrong! So thanks to all the openers, Spry's Row Townhead, Church & School lived at Old Copperas Farm. past and present, for welcoming people into Lane, Croft House, Drury Lane, Townhead, In another article Hazel Hoffman quotes your gardens. Fearnehoughs Row, Post Office, Barkers from the Old School log book and mentions The charities that benefited this year were Row, Old Cottages, Town Street Furniss's the Peats at Stoney Ridge. George Peat, 3 1, Work Ltd; Diabetes UK; Redwings Horse Row, Hare & Hounds, Town Street, Pryors is shown as a besom maker. Hazel also Sanctuary; City Farm; Sheffield Row, Devonshire Arms, Greenwood Mount mentions Eliza Flint who was a thorn in the Botanical Gardens; Dore Church Mission and Devonshire Terrace appear in that schoolmasters side. In 1891 census she is and Refuge order. shown living at School Green Road aged Julie Bearpark Although the form is minimal compared to 18. Her father William Flint, 59, was the one we've just had, it tells a lot about unemployed and her mother Sarah, 56, was the movement of people and their differing a laundress. Two brothers were grinders lifestyles. The railway was just built and and the other was still at school. many of the Totley Brook Rd houses are The vicar John Aldred, 71, came from occupied by railwaymen, most of them and his wife Mary, 65, from from other parts of the country. No one Liverpool. One son, Shirley 36 was a working on the railway was born in Dore. chemical manufacturer and the other, John For example, Joseph Avery, age 27, lived 38, was a physician and surgeon duly at the fifth house on Totley Brook Rd. He registered. Shirley seems to have been quite was an inspector on the new railway and a common boys name, five are listed in You need came from West Drayton in Middlesex. His Dore. & don't know where to wife Charlotte was also 27 and was born in Three properties are listed on Parker Lane Chiswick. They had a 2 year old daughter (sic). One lived in by Joseph Parker, 67, turn Elizabeth born at Aylestone in Leicester widower, general labourer and his son and two sons William and Sydney aged lyr Joseph 26 coal merchants agent, and and 7 months both bom at Totley Bents. daughter Joanna 30 had 2 rooms. One WMY have all the answers They also had 2 boarders living with them. house was empty and the other with 3 Business - Internet - Personal They were bricklayers aged 20 & 29, rooms was occupied by Samuel Sykes 72, single, and both from Chiswick. widower, coal miner and his niece Eliza Most houses in the St 101ms parish had at Sykes described as housekeeper. We Market You - we do just that! least one servant and some as many as five. One house on Elshaws Row was lived in Out of 323 people living in these 55 houses by Alfred Pybus, 38, joiner, from Froggatt Tel: 0114 255 0153 only 24 were born in Dore. 19 of these were and his wife Ann 38 from Curbar. They had young children born to parents from other a son Harry aged 8 and daughter Francis 1 www.wemarketyou.co.uk places and the other 5 were domestic both born in Dore. We hear Harry's name [email protected] servants; Annie Kitchen, Catherine Fox, read out every year on Remembrance Day. Anne Green, Annie Chapman and Mary Rushley Farm was occupied by Joseph Rudd. Hancock 71, and 5 others.

10 Three houses later in the list is Ivy Bank on that day. I note on the 200 I census it farmers and farm workers, general which must have been at Rushley says list all members of your household labourers, gamekeeper, millstone maker, somewhere. Listed in order are Annie who usually live at this address, including besom maker, shepherd, file forger, stone Marshall, 19, servant, Ellen Hancock yourself. In the 1891 census in the column mason, scythe smith, saddler, railway tunnel daughter 7, Francis Hancock 5, and Emma headed "Relation to Head of Household" in miner, edge tool hardener, silver chaser & Taylor 19, governess, all born in Dore. This several cases it says "visitor". If people fluter, miller, coal miner, joiner, woodman, shows one of the shortcomings of the normally resident were listed when they file and table blade manufacturer, brickyard census in that there is no head of household. were absent they would be counted twice, labourer, road labourer, salt dealer, grinder, Presumably they must have been away on maybe they were! This could account for grocer, blacksmith, wheelwright, milk census day and are just not recorded. There some apparent discrepancies, for instance dealer, innkeeper, painter & whitewasher, is only one other example of this in the 213 the Brook family farm next to the church road foreman & rate collector, and sheep properties on the list. One house on Dore doesn't seem to be mentioned and what shear maker. New Rd has the butler at the top of the list. you'd think are old street names like The 1891 Dore census can be seen in the Probably people didn't travel as much then Savage Lane, Vicarage Lane, Wilson Hill DVS room at the old school or is available as they do now and the census was not done and High Street aren't either. on floppy disc in Microsoft Excel format at a holiday time of year. Even so we have The occupations on this part of the census for £2 +P&P. no way of knowing how many children are are far more rural than those along the Richard Farnsworth not listed simply because they were away Abbeydale Rd area. They include many

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Entries should be made between 9am and 10.30am to the Old School (classes 1-48) and the Methodist Hall (classes 49-74). Entry forms for Floral Classes (45-48) should be submitted by 5.30pm on Friday the 7th September. Forms are available from Greens shop on Causeway Head Road or the show secretary on (0114) 236 9025. * Kit for class 72 available from Greens in the week prior to the show. Show opens to the public at 2pm and closes at 4.30pm. Exhibits may be collected from 5pm. Vegetable and Fruit Section 46 'Anything Goes'. An exhibit 1 6 pods of runner beans 47 'Candlelight'. Novice class. No size restriction 2 3 onions, dressed 48 'Sparkle of Glass' A petite exhibit not exceeding 10" in 3 1 cabbage, any variety height, width or depth. 4 1 vegetable marrow 5 4 potatoes Textile & Hand Craft Section 6 4 beetroot 49 A handmade decorative cushion 7 6 tomatoes on a plate 50 Tapestry or embroidery from a kit or chart 8 1 cucumber 51 A personally designed embroidery or tapestry 9 Any other vegetable 52 A handmade knitted garment 10 A plate of blackberries 53 A piece of pottery 11 4 dessert apples 54 A craft exhibit in wood 12 4 cooking apples 55 A craft exhibit in any other material 13 A tray of mixed vegetables including salad 56 A decoupage (framed) 14 The heaviest marrow 15 Humorous or strange vegetable Visual Arts Section (min age IS years) 16 A bunch of mixed herbs in a jam jar 57 A piece of calligraphy 17 Any vegetable - novice class for competitors who have never 58 A water colour painting - landscape won a prize in a vegetable class. 59 A water colour painting - any other subject 60 A painting in any other medium or mixed media Flower Section 61 A monochrome drawing - any medium 18 5 dahlias, cactus variety 62 A Black & White photograph 7"x5"min. size 19 5 dahlias, decorative variety 63 Colour photograph - 'The Natural World' 7"x5"min. size 20 A vase of mixed dahlias arranged to effect 64 Colour photograph - 'My Holiday' - no size limit 21 3 gladioli 65 Sculpture or model in any medium 22 A vase of spray chrysanthemums 23 6 roses, any container Junior Section (up to age 14) 24 I foliage plant in a pot (max size 6") [Entries must be children's own work and show their age. A3 25 I flowering plant in a pot (max 6") max size for classes 69-70. *See entry details above for class 72] 26 A vase of any other flowers 66 A vegetable animal 27 A vase of sweet peas 67 An arrangement of flowers in an egg cup 68 2 Gingerbread men Domestic Section 69 A painting or drawing of any subject (age up to 5) 28 4 afternoon-tea scones with fruit [white flour] 70 A painting or drawing of any subject (age 6 to 12) 29 A Dundee Cake [see below] 71 A miniature garden on a dinner plate (age up to 11) 30 A Victoria Sandwich [see below] 72 A 'Take it and Make It Kit' model (age up to 8) *see above 31 An apple pie on a plate 73 A 'kit' model (age 9 to 11) 32 A plate of 4 biscuits (any) 74 A craft exhibit (age 12 to 14) 33 A loaf of white bread 34 A jar of chutney Recipes and notes 35 Ajar of soft fruit jam 36 Ajar of Lemon Curd Class 29 Dundee Cake recipe: 37 Ajar 0f Marmalade Approx 7" tin, Yzlbplain flour, 1 tsp baking powder, pinch of 38 A Chocolate Cake (Any recipe) salt, 3 hens eggs, 60z butter or margarine, 60z soft brown sugar, 39 A children's party cake -judged for idea and execution 60z each of sultanas and currants, 20z peel, loz cherries, pinch of spice, I tbsp milk and 10z almonds for the top. Wine Section [Home made wine in clear corked bottles with plain labels] Class 30 Victoria Sandwich recipe: 40 A bottle of dry red wine Weight of two hens eggs in margarine or butter, sugar and white 41 A bottle of sweet red wine self-raising flour, pinch of salt and a little water, baked in two 6- 42 A bottle of dry white wine 7" tins, sandwiched with jam and sprinkled with caster sugar. 43 A bottle of sweet white wine 44 Any other home made wine - any colour Class 31 Apple pie notes: White short crust pastry, on a plate not exceeding 10" diameter. Floral Art Section [Classes 45-46 - Space allowed 2' 3" & max height 3 feet] Classes 35 - 37 Jams & preserves: 45 'Collector's Corner'. An exhibit Waxed with cellophane cover.

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13 opinions. There was a time when I was as Jean Recalls keen a follower of the Barlow Hunt on foot During the war, when we lived at Door I might add, as anyone. But th~n I got Moor Lodge, we were so excited when hooked on Beatrix Potter and Mr Tod and Lady Grant told us that a European Queen I became a devotee. was to spend the night at the Big House and I often see foxes in the early rnorninz we could stand on the drive to see her before 7, when I am walking Spike and"'] arrive. In due course a large car arrived, led never cease to be thrilled. Some are by Police Outriders. Out stepped this magnificent red-brown creatures, holding sombre lady dressed all in black. What a their brushes on high and others are tatty bitter disappointment. Queens to us wore and dark, sometimes almost black. crowns, were covered in jewellery, were The photo shows a huntsman and some of garbed in lace gowns and always smiled. the hounds on the corner of Whitelow Lane Following the hunt at Cliffside Corner We didn't hang round after that. I think she in the 50's. They had just made a kill in (junction of Whitelow Lane and Newfield was the ex-Queen of Romania, fleeing the Wagg Wood. My mother used to watch the Lane), taken in the early 50's. Russian advance, but I could be wrong. huntsmen before the hunt on the previous Anyway we lost all interest in her. worked for Peter Godley of Godley day stopping up the holes. A cruel practice One of our local electricians during my Gardens (now Abbeydale Garden Centre) but one they say is necessary. Ma childhood was John Furniss, who lived in a and did various gardening jobs when Peter unblocked as many holes as she could. She caravan on the site of N021 Brickhouse stopped his business. Neville never married knew most of the holes in Wagg Wood and Lane. Besides doing general repairs and re- and lived with his parents and sister and in the woods at Dore Moor House. wiring he also demonstrated the new latterly on his own, when his sister died. Can I thank all the readers who missed me household gadget: The Vacuum Cleaner. His passion in life was his animals: hens, in the last edition, for their kind words. I He was fond of reciting - "It beats as it ducks, rabbits and his little dog. When he really appreciate being complimented. I sweeps as it cleans". Tales were told that he had to give his animals up, he suffered a shall not be able to get my hat on next winter, at this rate. went to demonstrate at one house, liberally stroke and tragically died. Another old sprinkled their carpet with dust and dirt, Dore character gone for ever. Jean Dean and then discovered they didn't have an The photo on this page is ofNeville and I Electricity Supply. think Mr Pearson, and another ofNeville's Electricity did not come to Dore Moor great loves - Working Horses. He and his Computer Help House from the main grid until the middle sister supported the Bransby Home of Rest Do you want to get more from your PC of the Second World War. Prior to that the for Horses at Saxilby, even though they had & the internet? power was supplied by an engine next to very little spare cash themselves. Always the garages. I remember that when the thinking of others, that was Neville. Local compute expert will guide you workmen arrived to connect us up I was in Perhaps some of the readers of this paper jargon free to: bed in isolation with Scarlet Fever. Lady might like to support them also, if they have Grant had used her influence to allow me to a little cash to spare. The horses, not stay at home. She did not relish the idea Neville! Get more from email that her Head Gardeners daughter should It is a well known fact that I love foxes. I Use the internet better mix with the poor Sheffield children. A know a lot of people in this area don't agree Find free information on any man used to call regularly to collect the with me but we are all entitled to our own subject skin that I had peeled off. Produce great reports with Word One modem day eccentric, as I like to call Analyse data with Excel him, was Neville Greaves. Neville lived all Produce great presnetations with his life at Glen Head, Limb Lane. His father Power Point was a son of the Greaves of Nab Farm. Manage all your contacts & diary Neville lost a lot of his schooling because with Outlook he caught TB from infected milk. He worked all his life on the land until arthritis curtailed his working life, when he should Get rid of the frustration & get your have been in his prime. He worked from computer working for you leaving school for a time, for Tom Pearson of Hallfield Farm. He used to laughingly Please call 0114 255 0153 say that they had pork pie every day, but it www.stevehorner.co.uk was probably not as often as that. He Neville Greaves at Halljield Farm, 1950s

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14 1·------_ gave us an evening to remember. A big requires a lot of co-operation from many Dore Festival 2001 cheer for the audience who packed into the local individuals and businesses. We would Church Hall, many scuttling up in their like to express our appreciation of their The one undisputed fact about organising waterproofs from the green, obviously goodwill and help in the promotion ofDore an English summer festival is that you can prepared to brave the elements for the sake Festival and in particular to Greens, Valerie never be sure of the weather. Such was the of supporting this popular festival event. of Dore, Eadon, Lockwood and Riddle, The case in July 200 I. A week that started The varied concerts all attracted good Devonshire Arms and the Parish Office. We warm, dry and sunny for the glorious Open audiences and were greatly enjoyed in that must also say a huge thank you to our loyal Gardens and family Fun Run soon became special atmosphere of interested people Friends of Dore Festival whose financial wet, windy and unseasonably chilly. supporting their own local talent. And what support has allowed the books to balance. However, the stoic Dore public does not an atmosphere of coming together was Looking to the future, the Dore let the weather put them off and gave their created in the Old School and what a lot of Millennium play and oral history collection enthusiastic support to every event. The talk about the village and reminiscences of promises to be an exciting project and Gardener's Question Time was a great how things used to be. Our thanks to could offer something quite different for success and our thanks go to David Heslop Caroline Veal for putting together a next year's festival. And there could even and the witty panel of experts. The planned fascinating exhibition. be another surprise! Watch this space! outdoor theatre on the Village Green had a The realisation of all the different events Maureen Cope, Syd Crowson, Anne late change of venue and the amazingly that take place during each Festival Week EIsdon flexible and utterly professional Company

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15 The Way Ahead of increasing concern. Not just in country areas, but even in the case of Sheffield's Round Walk where it crosses major roads. After the impact on tourism of the foot They affect every walker - each of us has and mouth outbreak, nobody can be in any been terrified by vehicles rushing towards doubt how indispensable our footpath us and many walkers have been injured - network is to tourism and the economy in some very seriously. There is often a simple rural areas. It is quite simply the most solution but unfortunately, much time and EXPERT BOOT FITTING valuable recreational asset we have. Foot energy is needed to persuade the Our staff are trained to solve boot and bridle paths quite literally trace our authorities. filling problems and we back this history across the land and offer an In addition, thousands of historic routes up with our Boot Fit Guarantee invaluable gateway for all to the not shown on official maps could soon be 'l countryside. lost forever. The Countryside and Rights of ALL THE FAMILY'S NEEDS Yet if, like many people, you follow only Way Act (CRoW) decrees that the public well-publicised routes or rely on signposts, will lose their rights to walk these paths Large selection of outdoor clothing it might surprise you to learn that for every and equipment for all the family - unless they are recorded by 2026 - not long at the best prices two and a half miles of public footpath in when you hear that Suffolk alone has a England and Wales there is a problem that backlog of 2,000 disputed paths, but FREE GUIDED WALKS could ruin your walk. I some counties currently settles only 25 cases each year. problems are even more frequent. A barbed The Ramblers 'Way Ahead' challenge is -~ Free midweek guided walks with wire fence, a thick wall of crops, a to get all obstructed and neglected footpaths Foothills manager and Family ¥ padlocked gate, a missing bridge across a throughout England and Wales open and in Walks author Norman Taylor stream - the list is endless. Problems are good order and to get thousands of historic Tel: 01142586228 Fax: 0114 258 4810 down on ten years ago, mainly thanks to the paths recorded on official maps. All these [email protected] www.foothills.co.uk Ramblers, but the overall picture is dismal. issues will be confronted on Footpaths Day, 11 Edgedale Road, Sheffield, S7 2BQ As for the foot and mouth crisis, the 7th October 2001. Your support is essential Ramblers' Association and walkers in if we are to preserve and enj oy this part of general have acted responsibly, with walks our national heritage. You can contact the cancelled until it became possible to re- Ramblers Association on 0207339 8500 or open footpaths in line with Government at www.ramblers.org.uk Well Dressing Diary 2001 guidance. Nevertheless, isn't it funny that Ed. This article draws on material authorities managed to close everything published in leaflets produced by the Sadly due to the Foot & Mouth outbreak within hours, but seem unable to clear Ramblers Association. some well dressings have been cancelled obstructions even though it has been their this year, but the list below was current at legal duty for over 100 years, or to signpost the time of going to press. paths, a legal requirement for 33 years? All Protecting the Green Belt You can check the up to date situation by too often, local authorities spend public ringing the Chesterfield Tourist Information money on changes to the path network, A new study by Sheffield City Council has Centre on 01246 345777/8. instead of on clearing obstructions. Yet shown that Sheffield's housing needs for many of the hundreds of changes made each the next 15 years could be met within August year are of no benefit to the public. existing urban areas of the city, relieving 15-21 Barlow Unfortunately, the same poor situation the pressure to build on the countryside 18-25 Taddington with footpaths is likely to have been made and Green Belt land. 23-31 Holymoorside (Nr Chesterfield) much worse by the crisis: they will be even The Urban Housing Capacity Study takes 25-2 Eyam Well Dressing more overgrown or lost under crops; out-of- into account the changing housing needs of 25-2 Foolow date closure signs will confuse and deter the people of Sheffield, putting a greater 25-2 Wormhill (Nr Buxton) walkers; and there is evidence that some emphasis on city-centre living, enabling September farmers are taking advantage with more people to live closer to jobs, shops and 1-9 Wardlow paths blocked off with barbed-wire, crops, other services. 2-9 Longnor padlocks and keep out signs. 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16 Book Reviews Now is an excellent time to prepare yourself before countryside walking gets back into full stride. Do so by buying As the foot & mouth epidemic restrictions Navigation for Walkers by Julian Tippet, on walking are gradually relaxed, perhaps published by Cordee ISBN 1871890543, this is a good time to pick up a recently available from outdoor and book shops, published book on navigation skills. price £8.99. How many of us wrestle with maps when Brian Edwards we come to that crucial decision on which route to take? Sometimes walls, buildings, Stepping Out river courses, footpaths and even contours may have been changed since the map or The Dore Village Society now offers a guide was published. In the Peak District I programme of walks mainly in the area often encounter walkers studying the maps, around Dore, for both members and turning them around, pointing and arguing, visitors. and I wonder whether they really Despite the restrictions created by the Foot understand either the maps or the and Mouth crisis, spring and early summer landscape. At worst, these would-be walks included an introduction to the explorers are trying to decipher one of history & archeology of Ecclesall Woods those virtually unintelligible, cheaply and on Bank Holiday Monday 28th May, a produced and poorly illustrated 'walker's 6 Y:, mile ramble using variations on the line guides' . of the round walk. Those joining on the Personally I like to spend time before Bank Holiday were treated to bluebells, setting out, planning the chosen route, rhododendrons, the site of a deer herd, and identifying the main geographical features Barlow bridleway Brian Edwards some secret corners of SW Sheffield, and studying the surrounding area in case I including Periwood Pool. change my mind en route. Having been a years experience of route fmding, teaches Forthcoming walks include: a 4 Y:, mile Patrol Leader (!) of the Peewits, I was navigation skills and advises both the ramble past three of the old halls in the convinced I was the bee's knees as far as Ramblers' Association and the National area, start lOam Wednesday 12th map reading was concerned - until I picked Navigation Award Scheme. His knowledge September at the Old School and; up this new book by Julian Tippett. and experience comes through as he leads Tracing the line of Totley Tunnel to Navigation for Walkers is an excellent the reader through the basic techniques of Grindleford (return by train) on Sunday pocket-sized book with clear and precise map reading, navigation skills, using the 21st October, again start lOam at the old illustrations and diagrams, attractive and compass and route planning. Throughout school. informative photographs. Well produced, this publication, careful reference is made the clean and easy-to-follow design adds to to examples from the Ordnance Survey's See Dore online at: a logical and helpful text. Julian, who is new Explorer maps, the Outdoor Leisure www.dorevillage.co.uk based in Stoney Middleton, has some fifty and Landranger series.

17 the closing register was often taken before The early part of the 20th century saw two THE OLD SCHOOL DORE 2pm to allow pupils to walk home before long tenancies; that of Mr Bone as 1800-1965 dark. The Stones children from Stoney headmaster from 1901-25 and that of the Ridge House walked to and from school Rev WR Gibson as vicar from 1894. The Continuing the story. ... Part 2 each day. An interesting reflection on latter was equally assiduous as his The 1870 Education Act required the today's children. predecessor in his attitude to the school, keeping of log books, and the Dore School Girls, as well as well as boys, were frequently visiting, checking registers and log books, long believed by the present addressed by their surnames: unfortunately teaching scripture. He and Mr Bone appear Trustees to be lost, have recently surfaced the punishment books have not survived but to have been on good terms. The at Dore Junior School. It was as a result of from the logs it appears that corporal headmaster must have been sorely tried by reading them that I have put pen to paper; punishment was rare, though the behaviour the frequent absences of his staff. I am coming from an old Dore family myself, I of some of some pupils, especially the girls, surprised at the forbearance of all the found them fascinating reading. clearly presented a problem. Mr Deane had Masters at these absences on apparently The Masters varied greatly in what they a long standing battle with two girls, Ann trivial grounds. Pupil attendance was wrote in the log books: some restricted Coates and Harriet Siddall, which ended by equally erratic; all present on a day in 1907 themselves mostly to attendance, indeed the vicar being asked to come to school. was "a truly remarkable occurrence" that was the prime purpose of the records; The girls refused to "fold their arms" in Although the Diocesan Inspector the names of "irregular children" were front of the vicar, when all the rest had continued to be most complimentary in handed to the attendance officer. However complied with this request. They also their reports, the State Inspectors continued others are more forthcoming about school refused the vicar's request to do the same. to complain about the buildings, the lack of life and the records are sprinkled with the Siddall was the more defiant: she had cloakroom space and the "foul smelling names of old village families, for example already refused a request to "go into the closets" and the lack of lavatories, Fearneough, Farnsworth, Ashby, Gill, closet" (presumably a cupboard of some "although there is running water". Mr Bone, Fletcher, Hancock, Greaves, Siddall, sort). Guarantees of good behaviour had to clearly stung by an inspection in 1908, hit Coates and many others. be made before the girls were allowed back back, in the logs, at the unfairness and the The essentially rural nature of the village into school. inexperience of the inspectors in their in the late 19th century is clearly apparent; The young Mr Agar was sorely tried in assessment of the children's achievement. in particular the way it affects attendance. 1883 by the "insubordination and He himself had to leave the schoolhouse on Haymaking in 1878 reduces the numbers to insolence" of Eliza Flint: the vicar's the premises, where all the previous masters 22 pupils in school. (By now the number on support had to be obtained in expelling her had lived, to provide extra accommodation the register was about 100) Later in the for breaking windows, swearing, breaking for the increasing number ofpupils. same year boys were "engaged in the corn". into school, lying and stealing. The girl's In 1909 the school took part in a pageant, Potato and the annual blackberrying also mother evidently supported her daughter written and produced by Mrs Milner of decimated the number; girls were frequently and "seemed to think the school existed for Totley Hall. She had always been a visitor missing for Spring cleaning. There were her daughters benefit and she could do as to the school and her play was based on the frequent holidays - for Dore Flower Show, she liked" So interesting all this; we assume meeting of King Eanred of Dore Feast, Choir Trips, Bonfire Day, nowadays that bad behaviour in school and King Ecgbert of Wessex, which took Shrove Tuesday, Sunday School outings didn't happen in the good old days. place at Dore is now commemorated by the and Empire day. "Boisterous weather" The school lost an "old and valued friend" stone on the Village Green. Without doubt frequently closed the school, snow drifts of when the Rev Aldred died in 1894. He had it was an actual historic event, written up in 8 or 9 feet being often noted. Outbreaks of played an energetic and sympathetic role in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The school was diptheria, scarlatina, scarlet fever, are the life of the school. As the century drew closed for the performance and from the frequently recorded and measles closed the to it's close, the children of Dore and proceeds a large portrait of King Edward school for a fortnight on several occasions. Totley were all presented by the Trustees VII was purchased and hung in the school. The parish of Dore is large and in winter with a book to commemorate Queen In the following year, the King's death Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Copies led to a long lecture by the Rev W Gibson of this book "The Queens Resolve" still on "the great loss the country has survive and make interesting reading. sustained" and "the duties and privileges of Though Eulogistic by modem standards, it Englishmen". On Empire Day on another emphasises the Queens virtues and the occasion, the pupils produced monologues sense of duty which she certainly possessed. on "Deeds that won the Empire"-these Reading "The Queens Resolve" alongside included Drake, Nelson, Frobisher, Cook, the log books, the most striking thing was Clive, and Wolfe. It was "admirably the patriotism which the education provided executed" and a holiday was given. Mr was aiming to cultivate in the late 19th and Bone was clearly a well intentioned and early 20th centuries. well educated Headmaster. He tried to Empire Day was always the occasion for a enlarge the curriculum, but with such lecture by the Headmaster or the Vicar or limited accommodation it was obviously We have produced fine some other notability. The pupils sang difficult. By 1917 there were 129 on the patriotic songs on the Village Green. On register and two age groups had to be print for over thirty George V's coronation a medal "Deeds that taught in one room. an innovation was years and wou(d fife the won the Empire" was presented. The cookery classes taught in Totley. "duties and privileges of Englishmen" was Mr Bone's regime 1901-25, as attested by oyyortunity 1suyy(yin8 a constant theme for talks to the pupils. my father and his generation, was firm, well your conpany with Pictures purchased for the school were informed, disciplined but kindly, seeking business stationery and "Nelson's Farewell", "The Army off above all for pupils to absorb and learn Gravelines (1585)" "Death of General whatever they could from observation or promotiona( fiterature, Wolfe" "The Gunners at Gollenzo". Poetry books. His essential tolerance appears from p(easecontact ... set for learning, was on a similar theme and the logs when he reprimanded a teacher for consisted largely of patriotic ballads. "striking a girl with her hand in a most SOUTH YORKSHIRE PRINTERS LTD Nothing reminds me so much of how severe and cruel manner". He felt obliged RU11..t\ND HAIl. mm ..,\ND ROAD SHEFF1EI.D S:; SBP greatly our society and the teaching to report this matter to the trustees. Tel: (0114) 272 1105 . Fax: (0114) 276 0633 provided has changed since the second Hazel Hoffman world war. To be concluded in our next issue.

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19 squabbling parents. Because of the dry The Wildlife summer, these fat holders have provided a Keeping Ecclesall Woods Special Garden life-line for hard pressed parents trying to feed their young, but what a noise. Forty Ecclesall Woods is the "jewel in the squawking t1edglings can make a terrific crown" when it comes to woodlands in din and each day I expected a visit from the Sheffield. Representing the largest ancient environmental health officer, with woodland in the City, and with over 13km instructions to stop me feeding the birds. of public rights of way, it is a fabulous The funny thing was that as the broods resource for local people and wildlife. It is wonderful to have a friend visit you, matured, they flocked together and However, although generally well-loved, but there is nothing worse than a visitor disappeared to other feeding areas, and with the edges of the woodland are suffering in who over-stays their welcome. So what can only a few late nesting birds visiting the places from tipping of garden rubbish and you do when the guest doesn't take the hint holder, it became quiet - no doubt to the other material. Dumping of garden refuse that they are no longer wanted? Run out of relief of my neighbours. Suddenly the may appear fairly innocuous. But there are food? Change the lock on the front door? garden felt empty; it had lost that vibrant good reasons why it should be discouraged: Dismantle their bed and say it is in need of spark of life. * It is unsightly, encourages further repair? Obviously the best way would be to There are still frogs in the garden, dumping, and makes the woodland less simply ask them to leave, but with animals, spending the hottest part of the day flopped attractive for recreation and wildlife; this is not an option. In the wildlife garden, like discarded plastic toys on the stones * It smothers woodland plants like sometimes a visit from even our 'best around the edge of the pond. However, you Bluebells and can introduce exotic garden friends' can try the patience of the most don't just find them sunbathing there, they species into the woodland which can enthusiastic gardener. are almost everywhere: in amongst the sometimes out-compete native plants. Emptying the compost bin is a job I leaves of pot plants; lurking in growbag Plants like Bluebell, Wood Anemone and always carry out in late spring. It is all very trays (ideal private swimming pools) and Yellow Archangel are now almost restricted simple: the plastic sheet covering the sat in the trays of seedlings growing in my to old woodland sites like Ecclesall Woods. compost is removed and the well-rotted cold frames. When I went round checking For everyone's enjoyment, it is worth material dug out, sieved and spread around my young plants in the evening, I would see conserving these plants; the garden; the red worms and other sleepy golden eyes looking at me from * It can be a health hazard, especially if residents are returned with fresh, new amongst the leaves. Frogs would burrow glass, brittle plastic or metal is included; vegetation and the sheeting replaced. into the soft, moist compost, using it as a * It wastes public money spent on Simple in theory, only this year things daytime bed; warm and safe for them, but removing the rubbish; didn't quite go according to plan. After not so good for my poor seedlings * It is an offence under the 1990 removing the cover and surface layer of struggling to grow under the weight of Environment Protection Act. semi-rotted material, I noticed a bumble- recumbent amphibians. A quick sprinkle of Local residents can help by: bee pushing her way slowly out. Now she water from the watering can and they would * Not tipping if they are in the habit of could have accidentally flown in, caught as be off, jumping this way and that, trying to doing so; I removed the sheeting, but when a second avoid the cascade of cold droplets. * Telephoning the Council's Environment bee climbed to the surface and flew off in a In the wildlife garden, we encourage our and Regulatory Services on 203 7410 or the somewhat confused manner, I realised a 'animal friends' to visit and should not Police if they see dumping taking place; colony of young bees was living there. I begrudge them using parts of our garden in * Ringing to Notifying Parks Woodlands carefully returned the material and replaced unexpected or inconvenient ways. But and Countryside on 2500500 if they come the cover, making sure the bees were able sometimes, you just can't help feeling they across recently tipped material so that it can to leave easily. A few days later, I was have over-stayed their welcome and wish be cleared as soon as possible, where rewarded with the sight of a steady they would visit someone else's garden,just practical. procession of bumble-bees making their for a few days. Garden clippings, etc can be composted way into the garden. JackDaw and re-used in the garden. For large Now some gardeners would see this as a quantities, Sheffield Onyx (previously minor inconvenience and dig the bees out, Cleansing Services) operates a garden along with the compost, but no wildlife refuse clearance system, which the public gardener would dream of doing this. Greens Home & can utilise by purchasing special bags Compost heaps can provide a home to all which when filled, are removed by sorts of animals, from hibernating frogs and Sheffield Onyx. A charge of £1.20 (this hedgehogs to nesting grass snakes and Garden Supplies includes collection), is made for every 3 voles, and although sometimes the compost bags purchased. Contact them on 2734567. can be removed without harming the Your local shop for Council tenants who wish to dispose of visitor, it is better to simply leave the heap larger household items can get them well alone. Even now, as the days are Hardware, Household collected free of charge. Owner occupiers beginning to shorten, the little black and Stores, Building are generally charged for this service - yellow bees are still flying back and forth contact Sheffield Onyx for more details. from the catmint and lavender to their home Materials & Alternatively, unwanted items or materials in my compost heap. It is a nuisance not can be taken to the dump-it site on being able to get to the compost, but at least Garden Requisites Blackstock Road in the valley. by next spring, it should be well and truly Cycle Spares & Repair Although the woodland belongs to the rotted. City Council, it is residents who benefit Then take my fat holders, dangling from Service most from this amenity. Please help to keep the apple tree. At fIrst it was a delight to see it special now and for the future. Thank a squawking young starling, fresh from the 10 Causeway Head Road You. For more information about the care nest, being fed on the gooey white stuffby Telephone 236 2165 and management of Eccles all Woods please a parent. But of course, starlings are quick contact Nick Sellwood (Assistant Trees and to exploit any opportunity and whilst one Stockists of Dore Village Society Woodlands Manager) an 2736387. parent and her brood came on the first day, Publications Ed. The good advice and contact numbers by day two, five more had arrived and in this article apply equally to other within days, every conceivable spot was woodland and open space in the Dore area. occupied by boisterous youngsters and their

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22 11pm Aug 23 Stars in Dore 10pm Sept8 9pm Sept23 In late-summer and early-autumn, when the evenings begin to draw in, the splendour of the Milky Way may be enjoyed once again. Spanning the entire night sky from the north-east to the south-west, millions of faint stars of our own galaxy blend to become a gossamer light. At this time of year, Cygnus the Swan, also known as the Northern Cross, is practically overhead not far from the bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra the Harp. Beneath Vega is Altair, the eye of the eagle, Aquila. Pegasus the Flying Horse, and Andromeda and Perseus, straight out of Greek mythology, spread across the sky from the south-east to the north-west. See if you can find the Andromeda Galaxy. It appears to the naked eye as a faint, slightly fuzzy spot below the 'M' in Andromeda on our chart. This is a neighbour of ours outside our Milky Way system. The naming of the stars and the constellations certainly dates back to the Greeks (Hipparchus and Ptolemy) and the Persians (e.g. Al-Sufi; actually this astronomer's name was Abd-al-Rahmon Bin Umar Bin Muhammad Bin Sahl Abu'l-husa'n al-Sufi al-Razi) which perhaps explains the stars' somewhat odd-sounding names, at least for the western world. In fact, astronomers rarely use these old names. They prefer, for An exceptionally fine sight may be minute variations, patterns imprinted in the example, the name alpha Lyrae to Vega. enjoyed in mid-August when the planet early Universe about 14 billion years ago, This is understandable bearing in mind the Venus, nearly at its brightest, rises just will soon tell astronomers more about the multitude of stars which includes not only before dawn in the constellation Gemini, Big Bang and the nature and destiny of the those visible to the naked eye. closely following both the waning crescent Universe. Humankind's insatiable search The planet Mars may still be glimpsed Moon and Jupiter. Actually, Saturn is just for knowledge, however, will not end there. early in the evening low in the south-west above this array of celestial objects, too, not It is sometimes asked why we should from many vantage points in Dore. Jupiter, far from the red star, Antares, in Taurus the believe what astronomers tell us about the Saturn and Venus are morning objects. Bull. This alignment should be best visible Universe. Well, unlike the astronomers and Unlike in our previous star charts, we show in the east between 3.30am and dawn on philosophers of ancient times, today's the whole sky visible from Dore Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th scientists follow a relatively strict code of ('overhead' is in the centre, and the horizon August. The Moon is then 232 thousand practice laid down during the last three or is all around). The chart is valid for 11pm miles distant (only ten times around our four centuries. Some might even argue that on 23rd August, 10pm on 8th September Earth), whereas Venus and Jupiter are 113 since science does not apparently take into and 9pm on 23rd September. million and 538 million miles away, account the spiritual world. Do scientists respectively. It is well worth peeping out of ignore certain aspects of our life and our the window before dawn if you have a clear beliefs? By looking backwards in time to view to the east. the Big Bang and outwards into space, One of the most amazing feats of astronomers discover new glories. humankind rests on an ability to Nevertheless, it should be said that comprehend the Universe beyond our astronomical chaos, rather than celestial familiar world, admittedly to varying order, and explosive scenarios, rather than degrees according to personal scientific glorious tranquillity, is the order of the day. aptitudes. It seems a paradox, however, that Other scientists peer deep inside the atom the more we know the more we realise how and into the microcosm of the biological little we know. For example, astronomers world, and they are still in awe of all its are often asked about the Big Bang. What is complexity. However, poppies in a green the latest news about the Big Bang? A meadow, the smiles of children, poetry, NASA satellite has just been launched music and philosophy do seem to be (30th June) which has passed by the Moon confined to Earth with its flora, fauna and and will soon (end of September) sit in a 'us'. Perhaps, the search for other worlds, geostationary orbit relaying information planets like our own, and the search for back to Earth about the so called 'cosmic extraterrestrial intelligence, is an essential microwave radiation'. In simple terms, this element in humankind's grand quest. We is the 'after-glow' from the Big Bang. The certainly need astronomers to tell us about satellite (known as MAP) can detect minute that, and we are still waiting. Meanwhile, temperature variations (a few millionths of the village of Dore is a very pleasant place a degree) in this 'after-glow' which itself is in which to wait for that news! as cold as minus 270.3 degrees Celsius. A David Andrews technological miracle! Hopefully, these www.wheelers-warehouse.co.uk

23 Diary - Autumn 2001 20-21 Working Day & Craft Fair, two day event at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet 2 I Totley Tunnel Walk to Grindleford, led by the Dore AUGUST Village Society, meet lOam at the Old School 19 Open Day, Manor Castle, 11am - 4pm 23 Shrubs for Small Gardens Talk by Arroll Winning for 21 Join the Rangers for grass sledging, arts& crafts, fun and FOBS. lOam, Demonstration Centre, Botanical Gardens. games + Graves Park animals. Whirlow Park 12.30 -3pm Visitors £2 25 Froggatt Show, Stoke Lane Field, 2pm-5.30pm 23 Bess of Hardwick Talk by Gill White for Dore Methodist 25-2 Eyam Well Dressing. Three wells and a week of events. Tuesday Group, Church Hall, 7.45pm 26 Simplex Day at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet - the famous 24 30th Anniversary Dinner for St Luke's Hospice at the Sheffield Vintage car on display, Ilam-4pm Cutlers Hall. Tel 236 9911 for details 26-27 Sheffield Show, Graves Park, lOam - 6pm daily incl arena 25 Children's Fun Day run by Friends of the Botanical attractions, crafts, horticulture, pop groups & funfair Gardens, Ilam-3pm £3. Mainly craft based activities up 27 Hope Show Marsh Farm from 9am-7pm to age I 1. Must be accompanied by an adult. 236 1568 27 Shepherd Wheel, open free of charge lOam - 4pm 30 The story of Cole Brothers Talk by Dr N Greenwood for Totley Rise Methodist Women's Fellowship, 2.30pm in SEPTEMBER the schoolroom. 1-2 Chatsworth Country Fair 31 Fright Night, a spooky Halloween for all the family at 6-8 Longshaw Sheepdog Trials Endcliffe Park in aid of St Luke's Hospice. Details from 8 Dore Show, Old School and Methodist Church Halls. 2pm 2369911 - 4.30pm - see schedule 10 Plant Hunting in W China & Tibet. Lecture by Dr NOVEMBER Christopher-Grey Wilson for FOBS. King Ecgbert School, 6 Autumn Jewish Festivals Talk by Rev Gillian Wilton for 7.15pm. Tickets from 267 0544. Dore Methodist Tuesday Group, Church Hall, 7.45pm 12 3 Halls Walk, led by the Dore Village Society, meet lOam 7&8 Autumn Fair at St Luke's Hospice on Little Common atthe Old School Lane, from lOam 12 Medical Herbalists Janet Alton & Robyn James, Dore 12 Hardy Perennials for Autumn Talk for FOBS by Roger (Afternoon)Townswomen's Guild, Dore Old School, 2pm. Bowling & plants for sale. 7.15pm, Demonstration Centre, 15 Totley Show, Totley Primary School, 2pm-3.30pm Botanical Gardens. Visitors £2 15 Concert Dronfield Brass Band at Totley Methodist 14 Modern Aids to Easier Gardening Mr Stuart Jackson for Church, Grove Rd, 7.30pm. Tickets on door or 2368927 Dore (Afternoon) Townswomen's Guild, Dore Old 16 Plant Sale, Sheffield Botanical Gardens demonstration School, 2pm. centre, 2-4pm. Hardy plants, refreshments & sales tables. 19 The Sheffield Outrages Talk by Joan Unwin for South Free admission. Yorkshire Industrial History Society, Kelham Island 18 Slides of New Zealand Talk by Miss W Grace for Totley Museum, 7.30pm visitors welcome - for small donation Rise Methodist Women's Fellowship, schoolroom 2.30pm 24 Table Top Sale, organised by K.E.S.A lOam - 1pm on the 21 Dinner & Jazz at Whirlowbrook Hall in aid of Leonard Wessex Site. To book a table ring 2352725. Cheshire Home, Black Tie. Tickets 236 7491 30 Greyhound Race Night for St Luke's Hospice, te1236 23 Farm Fayre Whirlow Hall Farm, lOam - 5pm. Craft Fair, 9911 farm market, side stalls and arena shows. 25 The Winter Garden Talk by John Gregory for FOBS & plants for sale. l Oam, Demonstration Centre, Botanical First Steps Gardens. Visitors £2 ********** 25 A year on a Derbyshire Farm Talk by Kathleen Nursery School * ** * ** * Burkinshaw for Dore Methodist Tuesday Group, Church Dore Old School, Savage Lane, Dare S17 3GW Hall, 7.45pm Registered provider of nursery education for 3 and 4 year-olds 29 Charity Fishing Match in aid of St Luke's Hospice. Links with schools in both the maintained and private sectors Tel236 991 I for details Transition arrangements with Dore Infant School Excellent OFSTEDreport OCTOBER 2 Harvest Festival Celebration Totley Rise Methodist "There ISan excellent range of resources to support all areas of Women's Fellowship, 2.30pm in the schoolroom learning ... " 6 Friends Day Out see article ..the staff are able to motivate the children to achieve high standards in 7 Plant Sale at St Luke's Hospice on Little Common Lane, their learning, particularly in language and literacy and mathematics." from l Oam "The staff are very sensitive to individual children's needs and the high 7 Steam Gathering at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, staffing level enables them to spend time working with each child at a level traction engines on display from llam-4pm appropriate to their needs." 9 The Story Talk by John Salt for Dore "There are clear policies to identify and assess children With special educational Methodist Tuesday Group, Church Hall, 7.45pm needs and the staff offer excellent support to these children." 10 The Jewish Way of Life Mrs Rosemary Isaacs, for Dore "...excellent opportunities to explore sound and music, participate in (Afternoon) Townswomen's Guild, Old School, 2pm. Imaginative play and experience a variety of media and techniques for drawing, 12 Quiz Night by K.E.S.A King Ecgbert School, Wessex painting, collage work and model making." Site, 8pm. Bring own refreshments. Tickets at the door. "Excellent experiences are included to encourage the children to use their 13 Anniversary Concert, Dore Male Voice Choir, Ecclesall senses and feelings to respond to a range of stimuli." Church 7pm. "..a stimulating learning environment..." 15 AGM & Presidential address South Yorkshire Industrial (from OFSTED inspection report, December 1999) History Society, Kelham Island Museum, 7.30pm visitors MONDAY TO FRIDAY 8.30am TO 4.30pm welcome - for small donation 16 Happiest Place on Earth Talk by Rev C Kirk for Totley NEW FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR PARENTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2000 Rise Methodist Women's Fellowship, schoolroom 2.30pm. For more information and to arrange a visit please telephone 19-22 Art Exhibition Firth Hall, Sheffield University, for the Society for the Encouragement of Art. Includes work by 01142353801 Cheshire Home residents.

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