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Longford Garden Fete Friday 8th June, Longford Grange, 6.30pm

PRIZE DRAW

Sybil Jackson is running the usual Prize Draw, and would be most grateful for any donations of prizes. Please ring 330647. BRING US YOUR BOTTLES! Katie Frost is running the bottle stall, and TOMBOLA ITEMS REQUIRED a few of us will be going door-to-door collecting donations. From washing up

Please give generously any items in good condition, liquid to champagne, you can also drop unwanted gifts, bottles, chocolates etc - drop them off with the off any donations at either the Frost’s Tunnicliffe’s, or Bernie and Dave (Thatched Cottage, Main Street), (Bupton Cottage) or the Katy & Marc at Holme Lea. Bric a Brac

The phrase bric a brac is French, with mid 19th century ori- Plants gins: à bric et à brac, meaning ‘at random’. Donate the random stuff that is clogging up your spare room Ginty Leedham is running her world famous plant or garage! The WI are running the Bric a Brac stall this year. stall; any donations should be dropped off with Bring donations on the night, or drop them off with Katy & her at Mill View. Marc at Holme Lea.

Skittles o Homemade Cakes o Wood Turning o BBQ Tutbury Wind Band o Crazy Golf o Traditional Games o Lucky Dip

Come and join us for some traditional family fun Thank you to Mr & Mrs Attwood for allowing us to continue hosting the fete in their lovely garden, and to all those involved

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Pets corner by Imogen Laugharne Today, on this lovely sunny day in the Pets Corner, I am going to be writing about one of my school friends, Aidan, and his fantastic pets! Usually I only write about one or two pets, however today I thought that I could go full out and do three animals! Since Aidan lives with a lot of animals I thought I would do a farm animal, and two unusual pets that I haven’t yet written about.

The first animal is a gecko named Minty. Minty is a leopard gecko and as suggested from the name, he has a distinctive leopard print pattern with some white markings. Moreover, like a leopard, Minty (unlike other geckos like him) is very active and likes to crawl around in his jungle of a tank! Some of the other things that he also likes to do are: try to escape from his tank by climbing up the walls even though he can’t escape! Amazingly, Aidan’s gecko has to live in a very hot climate which means that Aidan has the tank from around 70-90 degrees celsius, now that’s hot, I think I would probably melt!

It’s all good talking about his gecko, but how did Aidan actually get it? Aidan decided that he wanted a gecko after seeing his cousin’s and taking a liking to it. Like always, I love to discuss food, and Minty’s favourite food (although it is not the nicest in the world) is crickets, meal worms and wax worms (as a treat). I thought that Minty was a lovely gecko .

The second animal I chose is also a reptile, however quite a bit different to the gecko, it’s a lovely two year old Eastern Hermann tortoise called George. Although most tortoises become very big, George (who is actually funnily enough a girl and quite small) will become quite big in the end and will grow up to about twenty cm long. Like most tortoises, George is quite lazy and laid back, however she can also be quite cheeky and tries to crawl through gaps that her shell would never be able to squeeze through. She ends up getting half stuck before sitting there and waiting for someone to come and re- trieve her. Interestingly, George has a special type of shell from the beach, which she eats to help her shell grow and strengthen. That means that she will get stuck even more!! Some of the other things that she likes to eat are: fruit and flour pellets and dandelion leaves. Just like Minty, I thought that George was a brilliant animal with a lovely tempera- ment.

My last animal is different to the others owned by Aidan. Lucy is a Gloucester Old Spot pig given to Aidan and his family when she was only eight weeks old. She is now a beautiful white and black spotted pig - seven years old - with ten piglets of her own. Like most pigs, to keep cool, she wallows in the mud which also acts as a barrier preventing sunburn. Lucy likes to eat pig nuts, vegetables and fruit, however rhubarb is poisonous to pigs. All pigs prefer to roam freely outside rather than being kept in pens. The piglets are very cute but let out deafening screeches when picked up as I discovered.

Thank you to Aidan and his family for giving up their time to show me their pets and tell- ing me all about them.

Thank you for reading this month’s Pets Corner, I hope you enjoyed it.

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The Longford Book Group

By Angela Churchill Reading and outings have been on our spring-time menu. We had a great day out at lovely Renishaw Hall, in- cluding a tour of the Hall’s apartments and rooms, where we heard the history of the eccentric and literary

Edith, Osbert and Sacheveral Sitwell and their ancestors. Many artists and writers such as Evelyn Waugh, DH Lawrence and Whistler, were regular guests at Renishaw, where they were invited to visit, rest, relax and be creative. We’ve packed in two books. The first, The Making of Us by Lisa Jewell, (an author new to all of us, though she has a long list of best sellers to her name), is a family story with a difference. Robyn, Lydia and Dean know nei- ther their father nor each other, and we find out what happens when they meet for the first time at turning points in their lives. A couple of us found it a relaxing bedtime read, but most found all the happy outcomes in the story slightly hard to believe. Based on events in the book, we had a good chat about how rapidly attitudes towards family have changed, the benefits of living in a progressive society and whether there is such a thing as the perfect family. We gave this book a score of 6. Book of the Quarter, Address Unknown by Kressmann Taylor (Souvenir Press), Book Group Score 7 A very slim volume of about 30 short pages, packing quite a punch in the way it outlines the impact of ideology on a long term friendship. I missed the discussion about this book, but it is a rediscovered classic, prompted by a real event known to the author. When first published in 1938, it was a sensation in America and a best seller in the UK. It has been reprinted on numerous occasions and shows how a short, powerful story can often cre- ate far more public interest than a list of facts. Outlin- ing a period in history that is now well known; human nature, environment, friendship, family, self- preservation, greed and humanity are all themes. We’re currently in the mid- dle of reading a thriller – more next time.

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Walks talk by Martin Grundy

Jess & I were delighted to welcome 20 of our Longford walking friends to Hathersage for the first walk of the sea- son – postponed to 25th March because of somewhat inclement weather earlier in the month ie it was a white out! We all met chez nous for coffee, then a short but strenuous-ish walk in lovely sunshine, with some stunning views, before lunch back at the ranch. The fact that folk didn't leave until around 5pm, we took to be a sign that it had been a success!

Unfortunately we missed Paul & Marion's walk in April & so this is what Paul has to say about it: The flu-like bug, otherwise known as the Hathersage Lurgy, (some people were laid low with a viral infection soon after the Hathersage visit – seemingly not hardy enough for “up north”! Ed) together with other commitments re- duced our numbers to a slight but very select five – Brian, Margaret, Mick, Alan and Paul. The walk was from , down , where the head stream was in full torrent and Tazzie was almost swept away whilst stick-chasing, up Cales Dale with its challenging “rock climb”, past One Ash Grange where sadly no one wanted to sample the home made ice-cream and back to Monyash on the with its airy views. Depending on who we believe the walk was either 4 miles, 4.5 miles or 6 miles. During the walk we managed to teach Alan the art of bird watching after his initial classification system of big, little, white, black and brown had proved sadly inade- quate. By the end he could identify Curlew and Green Woodpecker calls and is clearly poised for greater things. Mary, and about 500 bikers, joined us for refreshments afterwards at the Bull's Head, which we learnt was once called “The Hobbit”.

Brian reports as follows: It was unexpectedly really quite warm and sunny for the May Longford. Walk. Led by Brian (and with Margaret as tail end charlie) the 4.68 miles (as measured by MapMyWalk, courtesy of Marion) started from the Staff of Life pub in the south village of Ticknall. The route skirts round the edge and then through the grounds of Calke Abbey and finally descends back into Ticknall and ends naturally at the Staff of Life where drinks, crisps and even fish and chips were enjoyed outside in the garden.

Alan & Mary lead the June walk, more of which nearer the time.

Ostrich News

We would like to start by saying a big thank you to all who came & participated in the Pumpkin Quiz, hopefully you all had as much fun as we did! As said in the previous newsletter we have extended our food offer now serving Tuesday- Sunday (apart from when the kitch- en catches fire).

Quite a bit going off over the next few months, our Classic car & Bike meet has been a complete success & will continue on Tues- day evenings from 5.30pm & the first Sunday of every month 4- 8pm with live entertainment, outside in the sunshine when pos- sible, any excuse to have a bbq. Saturday 14th July brings us round to VHM scooter rally, if the event is as successful as last year this is not to be missed. Saturday 21st July is our first Lockestock Charity Mini Fest raising money for Derbyshire Air Ambulance. 12 noon onwards with live entertainment, food stalls, kids inflatables a guaranteed fun family day only £5 a ticket, free for

under 16's .

Off now to sit in the sunshine in our picturesque beer garden & enjoy the sunset, maybe even one of our many fla- voured gins (be rude not to) See you at the bar! Bex & Paul

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LONGFORD & DISTRICT PUMPKIN CLUB NEWS

Message from the Growers Gaffer, Mick Tunnicliffe I hope all your pumpkin seeds have sprouted and that they are in their individual pots somewhere snug and warm. As you read this newsletter the danger of frost should have passed. At the mo- ment the weather is great, but don’t be tempted to put them out into their final growing position just yet as they will not enjoy being in the cool(the nights are still a bit cool) after being in such a warm place. A reminder to all members, this year the vegetables for the Pumpkin Competition and Show are ‘The Mighty Pumpkin’, Onions, Runner Beans, Tomatoes, Dahlia’s and Single Rose and Best Piece Of Vegetable Art The crucial date for your diary are Annual Judging, Presentation and Meal, Saturday 29th SEPTEMBER 2018 The venue may be changing to cope with the increasing demand for this must attend event, so watch this space !! Our chosen charity this year is: THE DERBYSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE Last year the Pumpkin Club and Longford Mummers raised a total of £695 for ‘THE TREETOPS HOSPICE CARE IN DERBYSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE’ A magnifi- cent sum, congratulation’s to all concerned Best of luck in your efforts to grow the ‘Mightiest Pumpkin’ Thank you to all the teams who turned out for the Pumpkin Quiz at The Ostrich, 9 in total – magnificent!! It was good to see The Ostrich buzzing, if we are to keep our village pub, we have to support Bex and Paul. The winners were The Wonky Veg from Hollington, and The Gaffer’s Gift to the best team name, which was ‘The Fairy Gourd Mothers’. We raised £130 for our charity.

Growers Gaffer

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Longford Oral History Project

As part of the Longford Oral History Project Jo Dunn interviewed Eileen Fountain, who has lived in Longford for over 90 years. This fascinating conversation is available on: http://tinyurl.com/longfordnews

Joy’s Cookery Corner by Joy Beales

I am led to believe the Royal Family love Ginger Cake with their afternoon tea...so being as there is a Royal Wedding this month here is my well loved and well tested recipe....having used it over 50years... 200g. s.r. flour. 100g. marg. 150g of sugar and golden syrup. 1 egg. quarter pint of milk. 2 and a half teaspoons of ginger.

Mix flour and ginger together, Melt sugar, marg. and syrup. add to dry ingredients when cool, add the rest, beat throughly. Line a loaf tin , pour Into it, Bake 350 approx l hour... delicious spread with icing with zest of lemon on the top or crystallised ginger. I wonder if the Royal Household would like my recipe?

THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM KEY FLINGER OF OLD THURVASTON LANE CON- TINUED AGAIN

Mesmerised by the lights I just stood there waiting, for what I do not know. It was as if some unseen force was tell- ing me it was expected of me. Was I frightened? I don’t honestly remember.

As they got closer I could see a shape beginning to form into what looked like a human figure. Or was it? It was diffi- cult to tell as the lights swirled around constantly changing, distorting the figure. Was it female or male, young or old it was hard to tell? All of a sudden the lights changed, the blue green ones had gone and I could now plainly see a figure coming closer bathed in the soft glow of ethereal light. Was this some god or celestial being?

I found myself confronted by a man smartly dressed in a dark grey pinstriped suit, his black shoes highly polished. He even had a neatly folded white handkerchief in his top breast pocket and a red rose in his lapel. He looked like a professional man, someone who would confidently sort out all your problems without turning a hair, someone you could trust. He had a friendly face and gave me a reassuring smile as he opened his mouth to speak. I was curious, perhaps an explanation was coming. I could certainly do with one. The only problem was I could not understand a word. It was complete gibberish. He looked frustrated, and produced some sort of gismo for want of a better word. It looked like a very large remote controller of some sort, but not like anything I had ever seen. He was frustrated, I could tell by the way he prodded it with his fingers, it buzzed and flashed and made most peculiar noises as if it was alive. I was alarmed and he could see I was, so he held up his hand and spoke again trying to reassure me. But it was no better. He then did something I found very reassuring. He gave it a good bash!

It worked. “Sorry about that,” he apologised in a very cultured voice. I must have looked a bit puzzled. “Is this the right lan- guage, you have so many, can you understand me?” “Oh yes.” I replied. “Good, I’m very sorry about all this, allow me to explain.”

To be continued in the next news letter.

Barry Piper

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YOUR LOCAL SCOUT GROUP NEEDS YOUR HELP

Our thriving local Scout Group has for many years actively engaged and supported local young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contri- bution to society. All good things must come to an end. Our existing Leader- ship team have given many years of commitment and enthu- siasm to the group. However for individual reasons they have decided that it is time for them to plan to hand over.

The coming months marks a significant period for the group and we are in need of local support. Specifically, in order to keep sections open through the coming year, the group must recruit and train a new Leadership team for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

For more information if you’d like to understand how you can help please contact:

Greg Smith – Chairman 1st OBS Scout Group (07530 275803) Emma Cross – Group Scout Leader 1st OBS Scout Group (07817 472829)

LONGFORD CEMETERY

Derbyshire Dales District Council has advised us that they consider some of the memorial stones in the cemetery to be unsafe. It is the responsibility of the family for the safety and care of the memorials and I list below the names of the families involved:-

Samuel Emerton Hilda Turner Alice Harvey Eliza Cope Mary Cope Annie Harrison Samuel Priest

Ernest Winkle Jabez Salt Thomas Cope Lena Millward

If it is the intention to repair the monument,it must be carried out by a qualified stonemason to standards recom- mended by the National Association of Memorial Masons. As an alternative to repair you may wish to arrange for the removal or laying flat of the memorial.

The Council is concerned, of course, for the safety of their work-force whilst they are cutting the grass in the ceme- tery and this is the main reason for their request.

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What’s Happening at St Chad’s

Since the end of last year St Chad’s, Longford Parochial Church Council, (PCC) has grown and we are now a group of 11, in- cluding Reverend Jane Legh, our priest in charge.

The first half of this year has seen us busy with:

Services – There are two services a month at St Chad’s; the new Friends and Family service taken by members of the Friends and Family team and the congregation began at the end of 2017. In addition there is a monthly service of Holy Communion taken by Rev. Jane Legh. At Easter we had Easter egg hunting and Easter garden making on Satur- day, followed on Sunday, by a busy Easter Day service. Please come along to a service, details are outside church, on the village noticeboard and in this magazine. Services are usually held on the second Sunday of the month, (Holy Communion), and third, (Friends and Family). A new style Lent Group, with relaxed but lively discussions being sparked by events in the video Chocolat. This was open to all 8 villages and we had 7 attendees, despite some very snowy weather. Maintaining the fabric of the building, and completing necessary health and safety checks. This is a big task and has recently resulted in numerous items of work being completed such as clearing of gutters, cleaning windows, and making safe church masonry along with preservation of windowsill masonry. Work needs to be ongoing, and is cost- ly Fundraising is coming onto our agenda with the excellent church fete on the horizon. We are considering some extra fundraising events this year to help with church maintenance and general running. St Chad’s regular congregation is small and funds are sparse, despite our excellent treasurer’s budgeting and regular applications for grants and rele- vant assistance. Safeguarding - currently an important issue for all churches. The PCC have worked through a large quantity of neces- sary admin around DBS (Disclosure and barring) checking, which is now almost completed. Half of St Chad’s PCC will also be attending a safeguarding training course later this month.

Ongoing at St Chad’s

Prayer

Each day of the week, church is open for those who want to spend time in prayer or quietness, or those who want to visit. It is locked in the evenings. We always include prayers requested on the prayer board at the back of the church, anonymous or otherwise, in the following service. Please use the paper and pen provided if you would like us to include your prayer. (Very occasionally church is not open. Please contact the church-warden –details below- if you want to be sure church will be open for your visit).

Music

Organ: Our church organ is well maintained and we are lucky to have a gifted organist, Dave Vincett playing at our services. We also very much enjoy Josh Phillips playing violin and piano at the Friends and Family Service. Josh is a talented young mu- sician who has recently had a try-out on the organ.

Choir: We are lucky to be supported by Long Lane United Benefice Choir at special services, Christmas and Easter being two of them. The choir sing at other local churches and concerts as well as St Chad’s. New choir members are always welcome.

Bell Ringing: A team of bell ringers ring occasionally at St Chad’s and the many beautiful rural churches in this area. Training takes place at Sutton on the Hill.

Want to get involved?

Our church is very fortunate to have help from many people inside and outside the PCC with all kinds of things that keep church open and welcoming, such as cleaning, providing flowers, refreshments after the monthly Friends and Family Service, organising the fete and running stalls, keeping the lovely churchyard tidy, acting as sides-people, reading at services, giving skills to making things we need, (the prayer board springs to mind), and opening and closing church. If you want to offer any help, or get involved in any way we would love to hear from you - please let any of St Chad’s PCC know. Best of all come to a service - you will always receive a warm welcome. Your churchwardens phone number is 01335 330118.

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What’s Happening at St Chad’s (cont) St Chad's Longford Parochial Church Council (PCC ) members:

Reverend Jane Legh Mary Lenderyou Priest in charge Vice/deputy chairperson Mike Lenderyou, Treasurer

Lynda Pywell, managing fabric of

church building, including health and Jayne Cartwright, PCC secretary Angela Churchill, churchwarden safety

Patsy Goodall, Parish Safeguarding Lead David Hawksworth Enid Hawksworth

Lynne Nolan - Lynne is not a PCC

member, but helps organise and run Roy Hill Margaret Foot the Friends and Family Service.

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ST CHADS CHURCH, LONGFORD Welcome to new residents

The Parish Council would like to take this opportunity to say “Hello” and “Welcome “ to all new residents of Longford.

Your Parish Councillors can be contacted as follows:

Rob Wakefield 330144

Ginty Leedham 330356

Kevin Johnson 330410

Kevin Newman 330886 Services Lara Mosedale 330363 Services for the following months are as follows:- Clerk to the Council Mick Tunnicliffe 01335 330257 10th June 9.30 Holy Communion District Councillor Angus Jenkins 07786 995716 17th June 10.00 Friends and Family Service County Councillor Steve Bull 01629 580000 x36022 8th July 9.30 Holy Communion 15th July 10.00 Friends and Family Service 12th August 9.30 Holy Communion Parish Council Meetings 19th August Friends and Family Service Wednesday 6th June 2018 and so on, with the 2nd Sunday monthly being Holy Com- munion and the 3rd Sunday monthly, Friends and Family. Wednesday 18th July 2018 The Friends and Family Service is a new short service for all Wednesday 5th September 2018 ages - children, parents, grandparents etc. This could be All commencing at 7.30 pm in the Pump Room. the service for you so why not come along and give it a try - you would be very welcome – light refreshments available Please note these meetings are open to the public also. and all are welcome to attend. There are other Sunday services at nearby churches, details of which are on the village Notice Board. Events A Note for your 2018 diary:- The Garden Fete will again be held on 8th June The latest date for your contributions to the next at Longford Grange by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Attwood for which we give them our grateful thanks. Newsletter is: Monday 20th August

W.I. Diary

June 12th - Visit to Bluebells Ice Cream (prior booking necessary [email protected]) July 10th - Caroline re her Sailing Adventures August 14th - a social meeting in a pub of our choice Sept 11th - Sticky Fingers craft evening Everyone is welcome and you don't have to be a member. 7.30pm in the Pump Room. Lots of tea, coffee and home baking.

Longford WI would like to thank everyone in Longford who supported our annual coffee morning on 9th May. It was a lovely sunny day and so nice to welcome everyone into the Pump Room. We are delighted to announce that we raised an amazing £450 which will be split equally between Women's Work, a Derby charity supporting vulnerable women, and the maintenance of The Pump Room.

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