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The Bugle A chance to blow your trumpet for the villagers of Alport, Middleton and Youlgrave No. 60 November 2003 Youlgrave’s new golf society tees off Although the George Hotel is best known for its darts and dominoes, the colourful village pub has become the unlikely base for Youlgrave’s budding golfers. The Conksbury Golf Society was established in May of this year, and at present has 12 members. Last month they enjoyed an outing to Shirland Golf Course, between Alfreton and Clay Cross, with Owen ’Taffy’ Jones emerging as the winner with 18 Stapleford points. He was presented with the prestigious egg cup trophy by the George Hotel’s Stephen Marsh (pictured right). Other members of the society Stephen Marsh (right) of the George Hotel presents who turned out for the October Owen ‘Taffy’ Jones with the egg cup trophy. round included Chris Cooke, Steve Hope, Adrian Murray, Gordon Coupe, John Montgomery and should contact Stephen Marsh at the Stephen Marsh. George Hotel (tel 636292). The Conksbury Golf Society welcomes For details of how the George’s darts new members – regardless of experience and domino teams are faring see ‘Pommie or ability – and anyone interested in joining Briefs’ on page 3. Published by the Bugle. Editor: Andrew McCloy, Greystones Cottage, Bankside, Youlgrave DE45 1WD, tel. 01629 636125, e-mail [email protected]. Contributions for the next issue to arrive by the 15th of the month. The views in this publication are not necessarily those of the editorial team. www.thebugle.org.uk. Printed by Greenaway Workshop, Hackney, Matlock (tel. 734089). The Bugle is sponsored by Youlgrave Post Office Bugle letters: Remembering Fred Billinge; Youlgrave’s traffic problems Pommie briefs Dear Editor, physically stop the problem, and do NOT let Re the piece on Fred them put in ‘traffic calming’. It is not Pub sports flourishing Billinge in last month’s Bugle. ‘resident calming’ to hear the clang and Youlgrave Cinema We would like to say thank crash of lorries day and night. awarded grant Although the George Hotel is fast becoming a you to everyone for their kind We should know – our former village had hotbed of emerging Tiger Woods (see front messages of sympathy and for the very 13 dead in 39 years because no-one did As the Bugle went to press, it was page), it still hosts two dominoes teams. They generous donations in dad’s memory. the obvious – in our case a by-pass (not an confirmed that Youlgrave Cinema, the play in the Cavendish League on Wednesday These have been given to Youlgrave option for you). We also know NOT to let newly-re-launched village film club, has nights, one being a mixed team and the other Church towards the purchase of a new County Council morons, who fail to been awarded a grant of over £9,200 by the a ladies’ team. There are also two darts digital piano, which we know dad would understand village life, present you with a Countryside Agency. The money will go teams, one in the Youlgrave League on have approved of. fait accompli. towards the purchase of projection Tuesday nights, and the other in the Ashford We would also like to say thank you to Yours, equipment and hire of films, and the club is League on Friday nights. Both are run by the Bugle for the feature on dad last month, A well-wisher with experience. hopeful that the first full season of films will David Birds, and like the dominoes teams which brought back many special go ahead early in 2004, subject to planned both have so far met with mixed fortunes. memories. Please can a name and contact details be renovation work at the Village Hall. Good luck for the rest of the season! included with all correspondence. These Last month Youlgrave Cinema held its With our very best wishes, Youlgrave book now out Anne and Val can be withheld from publication if second successful screening, attracting requested – Ed. over 100 people to a showing of the 1997 As described in October’s Bugle, the new Dear Editor, Oscar-winning film ‘Moulin Rouge’. book by Bridget Ardley and Mary Bartlett, I was so sorry to hear of the The grant is from the Countryside featuring 400 splendid photographs from Agency’s Vital Villages fund, and awarding death of Fred Billinge. Congratulations to Youlgrave’s Youlgrave and Alport throughout the 20th the money a spokesman praised the club’s century, has now been published. It costs Fr e d was a r eal l y Cherie and Jeremy on the birth flamboyant character with a “innovative project”. For more details of £19.95 and is available from Youlgrave Post razor sharp wit. You mention of their son Jake. Hopefully it what films will be shown and how you can Office and Roses newsagents. won’t be long before he will be join, see local notices and items in that he was in a jazz band – in fact it was a Autumn Fayre ‘thank you’ dance band, together with my Uncle Bob following in his father’s subsequent issues of the Bugle. (Robert Rowland Johnson) and others. It footsteps and producing Last month’s Autumn Fayre at the Scout and was called the Knoxall Dance Band, with illustrations for the Bugle….! Community Hut raised over £435 towards the Fred on the piano and my uncle on the Colin Sampson running of the popular centre, which is home cornet. They were at school together and to a variety of organisations including were both fanatical musicians. In fact my Playgroup and Brownies. Chairman Eric Colin Sampson, who died recently after an Toyne thanked everyone for their hard work Uncle used to blow reveille in the Last Post illness, was a special sort of person. He was and wished them continuing success. at Youlgrave Church at the Armistice Remembrance Sunday familiar to many in the local farming service when they couldn’t get a bugler. 9th November 2003 community as far back as 30 years, when he Old garden tools wanted Sadly, they are both now gone. drove milk tankers from farm to farm. Then 12 The emerging Bankside Wildlife Garden has Jack Wheeldon, years ago he met Carol Tabbenor, whom he enjoyed a series of enthusiastic working Rochester, Kent 10.50am (not went on to marry, and in a bold move changed parties in recent weeks, with local people 11am), All Saints career and became a highly proficient printer keen to help develop the overgrown garden Dear Editor, Church, with Ambrose Printing. He lived with strength Re traffic in Youlgrave Youlgrave and hope until the very end, and was especially into a mecca for wildlife. But it needs spare (Letters, Bugle October). garden tools – loppers, scythes, saws, and 6.45pm, St courageous in the last few months of his life. These are ‘townie’ answers He even arranged his own funeral service, so on – for use by its willing volunteers. If to your problems. Yellow lines Michael & All you can help call Maggie Ford on 636189. Angels Church, filling it with his favourite music – typically would only result in faster through traffic, including Joe Cocker’s ‘With a little help from Art classes at Middleton more accidents, etc, and ruin your visual Middleton-by- Youlgrave my friends’. Colin and Carol had one son, rural scene. If you have a ’fountain’ problem Michael, and from his first marriage, Mark. Local artist Diane Kettle is holding private place suitable posts/cannons/bells to Pat Warren drawing classes at her studio in Middleton. Call her on 636763 for more details. Last posting dates for Christmas: Airmail (Europe) 15 Dec Airmail to USA and Canada: 12 Dec, airmail elsewhere: 8 Dec VIRUS ALERT WARNING Joke of the month Shoebox goodies for Operation Christmas Child There is a new virus with the code name What did the Frenchman say ‘work’. If you receive ‘work’ from your This year we shall once again BANGBUTT HARVEST GIVING POSTPONED! when he received an expensive colleague, boss, or anyone else via e-mail, be collecting filled shoeboxes Because we are nearly at the point, hopefully, of water bill? do not touch it under any circumstances. for the charity Operation becoming a registered charity (after which we This virus wipes out your private life Christmas Child. can claim back the tax from donations from the Eau dear! completely. If you should happen to come This will be our third year, and last year we Inland Revenue made to Youlgrave-Bangbutt into contact with this virus, put on your coat collected nearly 40 boxes. For those of you Village Link) the Harvest Giving has been An original joke by Bill Moore, new to the project, shoeboxes are filled with all delayed until the winter. Vice Chairman of Youlgrave and take two good friends and go straight to the nearest pub. Order three drinks; drink kinds of goodies, covered with Christmas paper On Saturday 29 November at Youlgrave Waterworks. and then sent to needy children, mainly in Reading Room, from 4-6pm, we have an them swiftly and after repeating this a few Eastern Europe, and to those especially IMPORTANT MEETING at which we hope to (I think perhaps I’ll be checking more times you will find that ‘work’ has been affected by war, disaster, and poverty. pass a resolution regarding our new constitution completely deleted from your memory. my bill a little more carefully next The filled shoeboxes should be brought to and the objective of our group. This is a General time – Ed.) Forward this virus warning immediately to All Saints Church on Sunday, 23 November at Meeting, so all members are invited (members at least five friends.