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Village & Community Magazine January 2021 Keeping All Our Villages of Connected and United into the New Year ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ After a difficult and never before experienced year it is hoped that 2021 will be the year that we return to what we call normal…but maybe it will be a new normal ? There have been local families who have lost a dear mother, father, brother, sister, other relative or friend and because of restrictions with social distancing have not had the benefit of “celebrating” the life of their loved one with many others…. To those we send our heartfelt condolences. We are a strong nation with a history of battling through many hardships over the years and 2021 will prove to be another example of our resilience. Stay Strong. Stay Healthy. Stay Safe. Community Magazine I now have someone who will print off ‘A FEW’ copies of the magazine. These will be available to those who have no access to email and do not have family or friends nearby to print a copy off for them. If you know someone who fits the category and they are willing to provide stamped addressed envelopes (C5 size) can you let me know (Tricia 01538 304560) Can you help the Peak District National Park Authority to set policy for the future of the National Park? Climate change. Nature recovery. Sustainable communities. Low carbon transport. These are just a few of the big ticket challenges the National Park is facing. The planning process is vital in addressing such issues and works best when local authorities, local communities and developers work together creating effective partnerships to achieve positive outcomes. Planning matters, this is why when we produce plans and policies, we ask everyone to take part in the consultation. We are currently reviewing the Peak District National Park Local Plan. It is a plan for the future development of the local area which we write and implement in close consultation with you. We use the planning policies we develop in the Local Plan to make decisions on the hundreds of planning applications we receive each year. To make the right decisions we need your help to decide what goes into the Local Plan, and that will guide development in the National Park over the next 20 years. Please complete the survey at https://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/planning/policies-and-guides/the-local-plan and find out more about the Local Plan review process, including timescales, background information and how to get involved. Survey results will be published online. These will influence the next stage in the formal consultation, ‘Issues and Options’. Joanne Cooper, Policy Planning Technician, 01629 816312, [email protected] Enjoy a smile… Job Titles Explained.... A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a man below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me?..... I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am." The man below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 53 and 54 degrees north latitude and between 1 and 2 degrees west longitude." "You must be an Engineer," said the balloonist. "I am," replied the man, "How did you know?" "Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is, technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help so far." The man below responded, "You must be in Management." "I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?" "Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was New Year’s Eve and raining hard and a big puddle had formed in front of a local pub. An old man stood beside the puddle holding a stick with a string on the end and jiggled it up and down in the water. A curious gentleman asked what he was doing. 'Fishing,' replied the old man. 'Poor old fool' thought the gentleman, so he invited the old man to have a drink in the pub. Feeling he should start some conversation while they were sipping their whisky, the gentleman asked, “And how many have you caught?' ‘You're the eighth’. ...... *************************************** One of the most wonderful things in life is to wake up and enjoy a cuddle with somebody. Unless you’re in prison. Stuart, Emma & Elliott Gould of Warslow, wish all friends and neighbours THOR’S CAVE Near Wetton In the Manifold Valley Thor's Cave is a small but prominent cave, not only because of its name. It is located above Manifold Valley and has a beautiful view into the valley. It dominates the central section of the Manifold Valley. Its entrance is a huge symmetric arch, 7.5m wide and 10m high, visible from the Manifold way below as a huge arch in the middle of a limestone cliff face. Once inside the cave you can see that there is a second entrance to the side of the cliff, which has almost the same size. The cave is a natural cavern formed from the dissolution of the soluble limestone that makes up the White Peak. The cave is a popular attraction and was served by a station on the Leek Manifold Light Railway between 1904 and 1934. The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery’s Local History collection includes postcards of the cave from 1910 to 1920. The name of the cave is somewhat of an enigma. Although it evokes links with the Norse god Thor or his Anglo- Saxon equivalent, Thunor, there is no evidence to support this etymology. Nevertheless, the cave was in use in Anglo-Saxon times with Early Medieval artefacts uncovered there. The origin of the name possibly lies in the word ‘tor’ from the Old Welsh word for a high rock or tower (ultimately from the Latin turris). Other ideas link the cave to local folklore and tales of sprites and fairies. The ‘Fiddling Hobthurse of Thor’s Cave’ is said to be ‘more than a harmless sprite’ whose fiddling or screeching filled the cavern. The site was excavated in 1864-65 and then again by GH Wilson between 1927 and 1935. Finds of a wide range of dates were uncovered from the Palaeolithic to the Anglo-Saxon period. This also included the burials of at least six individuals. During the Upper Palaeolithic (38,000-11,500 years ago), Britain was linked to mainland Europe by the area now known as Doggerland. Britain was populated intermittently due to periods of glaciation and warming and bands of hunter-gatherers usually left only ephemeral traces in the archaeological record. The main exceptions are the flint tools and polished stone axes such as those found at Thor’s Cave. In more recent times, the cave has provided inspiration for pop culture. It was used by The Verve as the location for their single ‘Blue’ in 1993 and serves as the cover art for their first album ‘A Storm in Heaven’. It was also used as a location in the Ken Russell 1988 film, ‘The Lair of the White Worm’, staring Hugh Grant. The cave serves as the fictional Stonerich Cavern, in which local legend the d’Ampton worm is said to have been slain. Thor’s Cave is apparently haunted by a solitary figure who stands at its entrance – it is supposed to be the ghost of a Roman soldier. Locals also tell of supposed a suppose haunting of someone who committed suicide by throwing themselves down into the gorge below Samuel Carrington from Wetton excavated the cave in the 1860’s. His finds included flint artefacts, a stone adze and bronze brooches. The most interesting of the finds was a Neolithic/Bronze Age skeleton buried in an upright position in the clay of the caves floor along with several other skeletal remains making it one of the oldest inhabited sites in the peak district. There were also remains of a now extinct species of bear that was found and some of these items are now on display in the Buxton Museum. Disclaimer: The information above is gleaned from various articles on the internet and is intended for local readership only. Some of it may be open to speculation as to its origins and therefore should not be assumed to be wholly accurate. 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