Youlgrave Youth Hostel Sale – Latest News
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- 1 - The Bugle A chance to blow your trumpet for the villagers of Alport, Middleton and Youlgrave No. 222 February 2020 Youlgrave Youth Hostel sale – latest news Advance negotiations are underway over offering employment to local people in the sale of the 42-bed Youlgrave Youth the first instance. Hostel, with a potential buyer telling the “My immediate need is for local Bugle that he is keen to make the hostel people to help me to operate the hostel a community-focused business. during the ‘group hire’ season which The YHA (Youth Hostel Association) finishes at the end of March,” he has an established network of hostels explained. “I hope to take over the across England and Wales hostel some time in operated not just by in- February. So it’s a short house YHA managers, but term need, but if the model also by independent stays the same I will have business owners under a the same need next franchising scheme. autumn and winter.” Recently the organisation He says that if a local has been looking for a family or group of friends buyer to take on the could be key holders and business at the historic welcome visitors to the former Co-op stores on hostel that would be his Fountain Square in preferred choice. Youlgrave. “During that period there’s The potential buyer is also a need for two or three Colin Trigg, a retired bank people to change the beds Youlgrave Youth Hostel manager from the Wirral. and clean the hostel He says he spent most of his 44-year between bookings. Hopefully the same career providing business advice, which family or group could do both,” he has given him an appetite to become an added. entrepreneur himself. Thirteen years ago The busy season starts in earnest in he set up a bike hire business in April and Colin plans to deliver leaflets Liverpool and ten years ago he opened a throughout the village with information bike shop in the city. on the sorts of roles on offer. Colin told the Bugle that, subject to a If anyone is interested please call successful deal, he won’t be moving Colin on 07725 426450 or email permanently to the village but instead [email protected] to discuss wants it to be a community business hours and rates of pay. - 2 - J.W. & J. 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[email protected] Competitive rate of pay Please call 636145 or email Post: [email protected] House of Commons Youlgrave Methodist London SW1A 0AA Church COFFEE MORNING YOULGRAVE CLT for MWiB Youlgrave Community Land Trust (Methodist Women in Britain) AGM Saturday 15th February Monday 9th March 10.30am - 12.30pm 7:30pm, Reading Room A warm welcome to all All welcome, especially members Brenda Smith (1925-2019) Brenda was known by many village residents having lived in Youlgrave and more recently in Middleton for over 60 years. Sadly she passed away peacefully on 23rd December. Elaine, Tad and family would like to thank everyone for their support and kind tributes. Brenda lived life to the full and we hope you will have many fond memories of times spent with her. Our thanks go out to everyone who attended Brenda's funeral and the kind donations made to the RNIB. - 5 - “Thank you” Welldressing planning meeting Dear Editor, To the couple who brought home our cat, Wednesday 11th March 7.30pm Spencer, after he had been injured in the road Village Hall Committee Room outside our house on 28th January: Thank you All welcome so much. I didn’t have my wits about me to get Requests for agenda items or your name or contact details at the time, but we donations to: [email protected] are enormously grateful to you. or contact 07899 920204 Sadly Spencer’s injuries were too serious for Youlgrave Welldressing 2020 the vet to save him, but I am very thankful that you gave us the opportunity to look after him in Saturday 20th June – Thursday the last hours of what had been a long and very 25th June happy life for him. Working dates for this year will be Thank you again. published in full in next month’s Jane & Stuart Ide, Bugle. Candlemas Cottage, Alport Lane - 6 - The Virgin and the Gypsy This year, in June, marks 50 years since the release of the film of DH Lawrence’s story, The Virgin and the Gypsy , in 1970. Many of you will know that this was filmed in and around Youlgrave in the summer of 1969 - and quite a few of us were lucky enough to have been involved as extras! If you have any memories or photos of that summer of filming, either taking part, chatting with the film crew and actors, or just watching the filming in the village, I would love to hear from you. It has been suggested that I put together a collection of these anecdotes and shared experiences of that memorable summer for an entry in the Bugle in June, to commemorate this 50th year. If you would like to reminisce and share your memories, please get it touch. Helen Knight [email protected] 01629 630313 Youlgrave Cinema presents: Yesterday (Cert 12A) Friday 14th February , 7.30pm, Youlgrave Village Hall, Free to members or £5 on the door Comedy/fantasy/music : Imagine there’s… a world without the Beatles. Perfect for Valentine’s day, this romantic comedy follows an unsuccessful songwriter whose life changes when a freak global accident leaves him as the only person who remembers the Fab Four. With a little help from his childhood friend, Ellie, Jack ‘borrows’ the songs and begins his route to stardom. 116 mins - 7 - - 8 - Looking after the River Bradford Jan Hobot is the River Keeper for Haddon Estate, which includes the River Bradford. He tells Andrew McCloy what this involves and what he is trying to do with the river, as well as why he believes it is one of the best in the country. Where do you cover? I have worked for Haddon Estate for 13 years and look after four local rivers and their corridors, or at least the Haddon- owned parts of them. This includes all of the Bradford, the Lathkill to just up above Conksbury Bridge, the Wye from below Bakewell to Rowsley and the Derwent from Beeley downstream to Stanton Lees. What does a River Keeper do? In summer I carry out routine maintenance duties like removing weed and cutting back willow, look out for and river. But we appreciate its amenity organise the removal of invasive species value and its historic role as a swimming like Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan area, and we would like to work with the Balsam, respond to poaching and local community to look after it in the pollution incidents and maintain riverside best way possible. paths. I also interact with visitors and lead What about further up the Dale? river tours. In winter I mend fences, Upstream from Holywell Lane is restore river banks and beds, and carry completely different. Historically we out fish habitat work like clearing gravel used to stock the dams (or pools) with for the fish to spawn. fish, but that stopped in 2004. However, What’s your approach to managing the as a habitat it wasn’t working for wild Bradford? fish. The deep pools were fine for adult The river falls into distinct parts. The fish but the younger ones needed lower Bradford from Alport to Holywell shallower water. So as people will have Lane is really good for fish-spawning, with seen, we have drained three of the six overhanging trees and branches offering pools to provide a better environment for protection and fences keeping people and both fish and wildlife. animals out of the water. The habitat here So has the habitat improved? supports plenty of juvenile fish which is The second pool, in particular, has done important for both the Bradford and lower very well. There’s good gravel and water Lathkill. crowfoot, which is ideal for a range of What about the swimming pool stretch insects like caddis fly, mayfly and blue below Brookleton? winged olives, which in turn supports not At the moment, because it’s so just fish but a whole range of birds. The accessible, this section is failing wildlife blue winged olive, in particular, is a key and fish and we could just fence off the indicator of healthy, functioning habitat, so this is really good news. - 9 - What about the river’s other wildlife? membership basis, and you can also get The Bradford and Lathkill are two of only day tickets to fish on New Dam. Get in a handful of local rivers that have touch with me if you want to know more. maintained populations of native white- What state is the river in? clawed crayfish and kept the invading I studied fishery management at college American signal crayfish at bay. Water for four years and regularly talk to other voles are still present, but their numbers river keepers about their issues and fluctuate dramatically and have been problems.