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Ironville & Codnor Park Newsletter Ironville & Codnor Park Newsletter Local news, events, articles and more. April 2018 Welcome to Issue Number Eight We hope that you continue to find our village newsletter of interest and enjoy its articles and other contents. If you would like to get in touch or send in articles please write to Andy ([email protected]) or text Tracey (07555584913) This Newsletter comes to you via “Unicorns,” a local voluntary group celebrating and promoting the rich heritage and culture of our village through social events and effective communication. For further information why not visit our web site: http://unicorns.comli.com/Index.htm News From Ironville and CODNOR CASTLE EVENTS 2018 Codnor Park Primary School Open every second Sunday of each month 11am until 3pm 01773 602936 ALL WELCOME. There will be guided tours on most open It has been another busy term at Iron- days to help learn about the history of the castle and the ville and Codnor Park Primary School. The younger children have been learn- powerful De Grey Family who lived there. Including dress- ing all about different celebrations and ing up in historic costumes for the children and also Team have made pancakes, valentines crafts Falchion Medieval battle re enactment group training. and learnt all about the Chinese New There is a toilet facility and refreshments are available. (No Parking) Year. The children in Key Stage One N.B. There are no additional special events during 2018 have been learning all about homes and due to some fantastic news! The Castle Heritage Trust the world around them. They went on a has been successful in their Heritage Lottery Fund bid. visit to the Nottingham Liberal Syna- gogue and will be comparing it to the Works to the Castle and outbuildings church in Ironville. The children in Key are due to start in the spring so Stage One are also lucky enough to be events will be on hold for the going on a visit to the Black County moment. The future looks very bright. Museum in Dudley to explore an open- To update visit the web site: www.codnorcastle.co.uk air museum and discover what it was like to live in homes from the past. The older children have had a real ‘thirst’ for Fabulous news for the Codnor Park Forge site learning this term because they have Codnor Park Forge was purchased last December to be been learning about WW2. They have had two different visitors into school managed as a Wildlife Reserve for all to enjoy. This is a showing them artefacts from WW2 and great outcome. It consists of 71 acres of open meadows, photographs of different planes involved a lake with wetland and woods. Our village and Parish in the war. They will also be going on a will be much enhanced. It is now privately owned by a school trip to Eden Camp in North York- caring local charity in the making. More news inside this shire to experience wartime Britain. Don’t forget to keep up to date with every- newsletter, see pages 4, 30 & 31. thing the school is doing by reading our weekly newsletter on our school website. Learning about WW2 Parish Council Report by Kath Gruber, Parish Clerk Since the last newsletter there have been two Parish Council meetings, both of which were well attended by residents who continue to highlight issues to improve the village. A lot has been happening: Improvements to Ironville and Codnor Park There has been much improvement in the reduction of dog mess as dog walkers pick up after their dogs The hanging baskets provided by the Parish Council around the village look fantastic. The Council has set up an initiative called Smarten our Village where eyesore things that let the village down are being reported and given time and persistence to get them sorted. If residents notice any is- sues let your local councillors know. The skip event on Saturday 13 January 2018 went well. Allotments All the allotment plots are rented, and the fence installed by the Parish Council has improved the site significantly. Trees have been pruned and there has been a general tidy up where the fruit trees are. Defibrillator The Council is seeking funding for a defibrillator Butterley Court Community Centre The Parish Council awarded a grant of £350 to purchase blinds for the Community Room Improvements along the Canal The canal towpath is holding up and continues to be very well used. The Parish Council awarded a grant of £150 to Cromford Canal and Codnor Park Res Volunteers to buy materials to install 10 steps up a steep bank to the Forge site, (from the new boardwalk. See page 18). Improving Communications The Parish Council has set up a Facebook page for the Parish Council – check it out and “like”. You can contact the Parish Clerk through this page. The Parish Council have also secured funding to create a Parish Council website, so more details on this to follow. Just up and running, here is the link to the new website: http://www.ironvilleparishcouncil.co.uk The Council has arranged for Futures Housing to attend the coffee mornings at the Community Centre monthly on Mondays between 10am and 11am. Come along if you have any issues you need to discuss. Residents are advised to raise grievances by telephone in-between the meetings rather than store them up. Commemoration of WW1 Sunday 11 November marks 100 years since the ending of WW1 and the Parish Council has agreed that Ironville and Codnor Park should take part in remembering the sacrifice of millions of men and women by joining in. As well as the Remembrance Day parades in the morning the Council and the Church will take part in a national beacon of light ceremony and the church bells will ring out at 7pm joining thousands of churches up and down the country in Ringing for Peace. Christmas Lights The Parish Council wants your ideas for Christmas lights in 2018 – where would you like to see them? Let the Parish Clerk know. Safer Neighbourhood News In the latest edition of the Ironville and Codnor Park Newsletter we’re reminding children of the dangers of going on or playing near to railway tracks, as youngsters and adults alike wander down during the spring and summer months to take a look. Figures released by Network Rail in 2016 showed that children are twice as likely to trespass on the tracks over the summer months compared with winter, with over 170 young people losing their lives nationally as a re- sult of trespass over the past 10 years. PCSO Meikel Miller, of the Somerotes and Riddings Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “The railway is a dangerous place and is not somewhere to hang about or play and it could cost you your life or leave you with extreme injuries. Please parents, speak to your children and teenagers, make sure you explain in as much detail as is needed just how off limits the railway is. Please, make it your business to know where they are hanging about after school or in the holidays.” Also, there are a number of deep pools locally in relatively isolated places, especially at the back of the Kennel Farm and also in the Monkey Bridge/Forge Site area and many residents worry about youngsters venturing too close. “We are urging people not to go in the water to cool down if the weather is hot, as they could endanger their own lives and the lives of others if they get into difficulty and need someone to help. “Open water such as lakes, reservoirs and other sites such as disused, water-filled quarries can be extremely dangerous even for experienced swimmers.” Supt. Shooter added: “While it might be tempting, please remember that there are hid- den dangers such as strong currents, sudden drops, steep sides, and things under the water that you might not see from the surface. “It isn’t worth the huge risk so please stay safe and out of the water.” To contact the Somercotes and Rid- dings Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team call 101, or send them a message Geoffrey Griffiths from the My Local Police pages of the website, www.derbyshire.police.uk. You can also follow their work on Twit- Hidden dangers lurk below the surface. Illustrated perfectly in this beautiful photograph taken locally by Nina Brown . ter: @SomercotesSNT Photograph by Roger Breen The Forge Has New Owners introduced by Dave Fisher The Forge has been bought by a wildlife conservation company Friends of Belper Parks Ltd. (FoBP Ltd.) who want to see The Forge be a place where its native flora and fauna will flourish, growing both in number and diver- sity, and provide a breathing place in the middle of our increasingly urbanised country and most importantly to remain a nature reserve in perpetuity. FoBP Ltd. has no shareholders, no employees and all directors are volunteers (i.e. do not get paid) all the mon- ey raised for The Forge by the company from personal donations and funding organisations will be used 100% Deb Biss working with local volunteer for the work of the company in The Forge. We are actively Martin clearing one of the footpaths. seeking charitable status from HMRC. The company has four directors Dave Fisher Chairman and by default Treasurer (no one else wanted the job) Sally Fisher Company Secretary, Deb Biss and Eileen Clennell. We have 10 years experience of taking Belper Parks from being wasteland to a Local Nature Re- serve which included sowing and fencing a 7 acre wildflower meadow.
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