UNDER THE EDGE INCORPORATING THE PARISH MAGAZINE , , ROWLAND, , MONSAL HEAD, www.undertheedge.net No. 271 August 2021 ISSN 1466-8211 A Long Slow Climb Back to Normality As the long haul of lockdown began to wind down, a little flurry of events brought back a tad of normality after so long without anything to look forward to. The weekend of 26th June saw the first Open Gardens for two years, then the Longstone Cycling Hill Climb took place on the Wednesday, and the Ultra Challenge was the following weekend. It remains to be seen whether this episode is the start of a new dawn or if things will wither on the vine like those brave buds and shoots that are cruelly cut down by our sharp May frosts. At the moment, with the Prime Minister and Chancellor self-isolating, and a ‘pingdemic’ forecast to cripple the nation with hundreds of thousands of new COVID-19 cases a day, it’s a hard one to call. This is only the second year that the Cycle Race has been held, but it is the first where locals have been able to enjoy the evening as spectators. It is quite a gruelling challenge, Station Road residents Les and Grace Williams and Jane Littlefield, with a standing start on some of the steepest gradients just with Wendy Hammond and dogs Rudy and Lola, watching the above the entrance to Dale Farm, which give no chance to get racers start their climb up Moor Road from just above Dale Farm a bit of speed up on the flat first, as there is for the similar event held in Ashford. Much bonhomie and camaraderie was in evidence on a lovely balmy evening, from participants and spectators alike. Encouragement was both chalked on the road “Go JRC Taylor” “Keep Going!”, and given by the clamours of “Go, go Beeston, go!” from the small groups of enthusiastic supporters every twenty yards or so. Shouts of “The hardest bit’s over!” from the first layby after the cattle grid helped spur riders on, even if not strictly accurate. Apparently the worst part was the false corner near the top of the hill, which gives the impression the end is nigh when there’s still much grind and grunt to get to the finish line. The noise did not just come from the spectators and the whizz-whirr of the riders’ tyres; the volume of the cyclists’ exhalations were worthy of a Wimbledon finalist, and brought back memories of the old steam trains in their regularity.

Susan Hudson from Aston (on the right) with grandsons Harry (riding) and Finley and their father Paul (on the left)

Most welcome of all was a refreshment tent run by Jane Stirland near the top of the hill, providing plenty of carb replacements for cyclists and spectators alike. Lauranne Pearce manned another stall in the Station Road paddock, hastily rearranged from the Village Hall, which sadly could not be open for the competitors as planned because of COVID-19. The money raised by Jane and Lauranne provided Jane Stirland’s refreshment stall with loads of carbs! much needed funds for Ashgate Hospice, and the leftovers were much enjoyed at Longstone School the next day! The Second Annual Hill Climb

After a successful debut last year, 109 racing cyclists from across the country assembled in Great Longstone for the Longstone Edge Hill Climb. As COVID-19 restrictions had eased, the event could be based in the village, and spectators welcomed onto the course. The weather played its part to ensure a steady stream of supporters heading up to cheer on the riders. It was wonderful to see so many people enjoying the spectacle against such a magnificent back drop. Racing got underway at 7pm with the youngest riders. Last year’s 15 juvenile entries had increased to 25 this year, and it was 7-year-old Raife Sheehan riding for Triathlon Club who got proceedings Under Starter’s Orders underway. Resplendent in a polka dot cycling top, Raife made short work of the climb to record a magnificent time of 10 minutes 40 seconds in his first race, but immediately after Raife came another 7-year-old, George Anthony, who astonished the assembled gallery with a time of 9:49. Raife and George, however, only just managed to finish before rider number 3. Olivia Marriott rampaged up the climb to establish a record time for a 9-year-old girl with an extraordinary time of 8:48, which was finally usurped by a 6:19 time from 11-year-old Finley Hudson from the heavily represented Matlock Cycling Club. Another Matlock superstar, Maia Howell, then defended her juvenile title with a time of 7:13, a shade slower than last year. Fast times came thick and fast with the last ten juvenile riders, with the last word going to the last rider off and pre-race favourite, Ryan Williams, who was second last year with 5:17. One year later and stronger, Ryan flashed through the finish line in a scarcely believable time of 5:02 for someone so young, good enough for 6th place in the senior event. Clearly a name to look out for in the future! With the juvenile event settled, attention now turned to the small, but select, field of 12 senior women. Getting the women underway was 70-year-old Go, Beeston, Go! Yvonne Twelvetree who, like the proverbial bottle of wine, is getting better with age as she shaved her 2020 time by 4 seconds to establish a V70 record of 9:11. Sonia Insley matched her overall veteran’s record of 7:48 she set last year, before Rebekah Smith went to the top of the leader board with 7:27. The day, however, belonged to Becky Hair. Absent from last year’s event, Becky recorded a winning time of 6:03 that was too good for Madeline Crosswaite, who had to settle for second with 6:49, which was the only other time under 7 minutes. An excellent field of 78 junior, senior and veteran men meant much more exciting racing was still to come. The crowd soon had plenty to cheer about when 60-year-old ‘Rapid’ Rich Stoodley recorded an excellent time of 6:53 to establish a V60 record. Callum Spencer from the local 7 Hills CC was the first to breach the 6-minute barrier with a time of 5:23, before Dan Taylor demolished the junior record with 4:52, the first time a junior rider has recorded a time under 5 minutes. It took another half an hour later before one of the pre-race favourites, Leon Wright, went top with 4:39. Darrell Clarke then defended his veterans title with 5:14, and the only question left was would the last man off and previous national champion, Adam Kenway, take the top spot? Sadly his time of 4:56 was only good enough for 3rd place on this occasion. In general, times were slower than last year due to the lighter wind conditions. With the racing done and the signs cleared away, it was time to reflect on how the event owed its success to so many people and organisations. First thanks must go to Great Longstone Parish Council who once again put their full support behind the event. Then, having a closed road means that there is no age limit for competitors, and it was a wonderful spectacle to see so many youngsters taking part, so thanks to Moor Road residents and Dale Farm for supporting the road closure and enabling so many young riders to take part. Furthermore, the event takes place on private land, so many thanks to Stuart Fairfax of Longstone Moor Farm for his support. It was wonderful to see an increase in the involvement of the local community, so many thanks to Jane Stirland, Lauranne Pearce and their helpers for providing not just one, but two, refreshment stalls. Thanks also to Jane Littlefield for allowing us some access to the Village Hall. Trust me when I say that the competitors were very grateful to have the use of toilets! Thanks are also due to to Robert Thornhill who generously offered the paddock on Station Road for competitors parking this year; this made life so much easier for competitors and organisers alike. Finally, if you are one of the people who walked up the hill to cheer on the competitors, can I pass on my heartfelt thanks. Hill climbing is a tough sport and spectator encouragement really does help! If you did not make it out to the event, and you are wondering what the fuss is all about, we will be back next Oliver Mellors clocked in by time keeper Malcolm Smith year. So, pack Chrisyour picnic Myhill bag and blanket, bring some money for the refreshment stall and we will see you on the hill next 2 summer! Thank you would like to thank all those who Jane Stirland and Lauranne Pearce helped with cake and donations of money for their refreshment stalls at the Longstone Edge Cycle Hill Climb. They raised a much needed £177.35 Nearly two thousand hardy participants for the AshgateBe Inspired! Hospice. took part in this Ultra Challenge event on the weekend of 3rd July, walking, jogging or running either 25km, 50km or 100km Rick Gooch and his team are still to raise just shy of £1,000,000 for around breaking one barrier after another in 500 different charities. their fund raising for Ashgate Hospice. Undeterred by getting soaked through Rick has now climbed over 110,000 in the torrential downpours on Saturday feet - that’s nearly twice as much morning, one cheerful jogger said it was as all 109 competitors in the Cycle vastly preferable to the previous day’s Race put together! We wait to see if heat! The route consisted of two 50km he can now equal Richard Branson’s loops, one north and the other south recent 280,000 foot journey into of . The northern loop came InspireHealth2021space. You can still donate on the through Little Longstone and across the Just Giving website byjustgiving.com/ searching for fields to Station Road and the Rec before fundraising/inspirehealth2021(please note no joining the Trail. spaces!) or directly at Pictured here is Mark Hammond, who hoped to complete his 100km in 13 hours to raise money for CLAPA, the Cleft Lip and Palate Association. Irritated. Eye Drops Dry Eye Drops, I noticed a box Irritated Eye Drops Mobile Beauty Therapy While looking along the pharmacy shelf for some marked and that started me thinking. Why is the eye irritated? by ‘That eye is really irritating me. Spying on me, looking left and right, then Joanne closing his lid the minute he thinks I’m looking. Peering over the Nose, who just 07809 609996 sits there, snivelling about how he’s been blown too hard. Look, Eye’s at it again, sneaking a peek irritatingover the bridge, trying to see what I’m doing. Well, I’m going to Manicures · Pedicures · Facials look the other way. Now he’s doing the same, copying me. I look left, he looks Waxing · Massage · Hair Removal left.Splat! He really is me. I’m going to drop my lid and pretend I’m asleep. I wonder what he’s looking at now? I can’t see him. Eyelash & Eyebrow Tinting Ow, that stung, now I can’t see anything and TearSu Duct Woollen has joined in and Nose is snivelling again. This is not a good day. I woke up irritated and I’m still irritated now! I just hope things will look better later.’ August Garden Notes

Looking at the borders, everything seems to have put on an extra spurt of growth this year. It’s very warm at the moment, so keep your pots and hanging baskets well watered and keep an eye out for any plants(see in photo) the borders that start to wilt. The sunflowers have done well this year; the yellow ones tend to have a single flower but I have tried a chocolate coloured variety that has multiple flowers. I have said it before, but it is important to keep deadheading your flowers. This will keep them flowering right through till the autumn. As well as watering the hanging baskets and containers, I give them a liquid feed once a week. We are enjoying our tomatoes again! They are best kept at room temperature and not in the refridgerator, as this kills the flavour. They will need extra watering during the really warm weather and I take out about half of the leaves to let more light onto the tomatoes for ripening. The outdoor tomatoes are doing really well; they will be a bit later ripening and will be slightly smaller. I keep making small sowings of lettuce, basil and parsley so that we have a continuation of salad leaves to pick. The vegetables are coming in thick and fast; surplus beans and peas can be frozen. Try to pick courgettes when they are about five or six inches long, or they very quickly become giant marrows. I don’t do too much watering but certain plants like sweetcorn do like plenty of water. I Andyhave grown Hanna strawberries for the first time in the allotment and they were a success, although I did have to cover them to protect them from the birds. They have sent out runners which have rooted so I will have twice as many next year! 3 Wardlow Village Hall Hope Valley Explorer Seasonal Bus Is Back

Improvements to the Hall have begun! The Hope Valley Explorer summer bus service will return to the Peak District It now has a lovely new floor, thanks to from Saturday 24th July. Following a successful pilot season in 2019, the service the hard work of volunteers Christine was paused during the COVID-19 restrictions of 2020 but will now operate until and Graham Koch (and a friend) of 30th October this year at weekends and on bank holidays. The aim is to reduce Manor Farmhouse. They’ve done a the number of car journeys within the National Park during its busiest season. tremendous job, starting by removing The Peak District National Park has partnered with Stagecoach to offer and disposing of all the original floor the service, with onward links via bus and train to Sheffield, Manchester and boards, in itself no easy task. This part Chesterfield. Although the route will no longer take in Edale, larger capacity alone involved several days of hard buses will be in use to allow more visitors to benefit from the service and provide work. They then relaid the floor with traveller confidence following the impacts of COVID-19. In line with government new boards before treating them with guidance, people are being encouraged to continue wearing face coverings. For the a preserving material. They were a first time, space for two bikes will also be available, using racks, on a first-come, fantastic team and their brilliant skills first-served basis. Ticket prices have been frozen at 2019 rates, starting at £4 helped to get the floor done quickly. It for a single journey, £6 for a return and £12 for a family ticket. Some additional looks great, and on behalf of everyone Stagecoach passes also apply. in Wardlow we send them a very huge As well as a flexible hop-on, hop-off service, the Explorer features an audio thank you. We appreciate it! Do please commentary of the rich natural and call in and have a look. cultural history of the area; from its Unfortunately, further improvements extensive cave network and wildlife, to and repairs still need attention and the Dambusters of the Derwent Valley. we would ask that more people come The route will include key stops at forward to help in any way they can, Castleton, Hope and Fairholmes visitor perhaps odd-jobbing, providing goods centre in the Derwent Valley. Iconic or equipment, spraying weeds, and locations like Winnats Pass, so on, so we end up with a village and the Greatpeakdistrict.gov.uk/ Ridge will all be available hall to be proud of that can be used hopevalleyexplorerto enjoy from the route. byMargaret everyone andfor all Bill sort Bagshaw of events and Andrew McCloy (Chair, PDNPA) with the Explorer 01629Visit 816200 activities in the future. or call PDNPA on for more information. Peak District Pubs: A pint-sized social history

This new book from Youlgrave-based author Andrew McCloy traces the evolution of the Peak District ‘local’ from traditional ale house to modern road house. Full of anecdotes, unusual facts and 160 current and archive photos, the book delves into the history of over 200 much-loved pubs, inns and taverns throughout the Peak District. There are chapters on pub names, local customs and haunted pubs, and details of over 400 hostelries that have closed. The book also looksgritstonecoop.co.uk at how today’s pubs are responding to current challenges, through new community pubs, micropubs and brew pubs. It’s available for £11.99 at local bookshops or online at . The book includes the story of Saint Crispin, patron saint of shoemakers; there’s plenty about the packhorse era where many of our small traditional pubs date from, as at Little Longstone, and the Old Eyre Arms features prominently in the chapter on haunted pubs. Other local references include the transformation of the Bull’s Head at Monsal Head into the Monsal Head Hotel with the coming of the railway, Thornbridge’s rise to prominence as one of our leading local breweries, and a section on the origin Andrewof pub names, McCloy including the heraldic origin of the White Lion pub name (possibly a link to Edward IV or maybe Bus Servicethe Improvement Duke of Norfolk, -who Have owned Your land Say! in the Peak District). J. W. & J. METTAM In March 2021, the government published a new National Bus Strategy which sets LIMITED out a framework for how bus services can recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and a vision for future improvements across . The strategy places a requirement on Derbyshire County Council and local bus companies to work together to create a Bus Service Improvement Plan. This will involve developing Independent Family bold plans for improving local bus services and encouraging more people to use Funeral Directors since 1899 them. The government has pledged £3 billion in funding across the country to help deliver these plans, and Derbyshire is aiming to secure a fair share of that funding. Ambrose House, We want to ensure that improvement plan reflects the views of Derbyshire Granby Croft, residents and those visiting orsystraltd.researchfeedback.net/dcc_bsip_survey working in the county and we would like to ask Bakewell DE45 1ET you to complete a short questionnaire that Derbyshire County Council have produced. Please go online to Tel: (01629 812114) to4 access the questionnaire. Nineteen members enjoyed an afternoon on 7th July at the Hollow, Little Longstone, where Anna and Dawn put on homemade scones and jam, served along with cream and tea. We were very lucky with the weather as it managed to stay dry until we were just about to leave. Our August meeting will be at Hope Valley Creamery on Wednesday August01629 4th at 3pm.640432 Transport will be arranged nearer the time. Anyone who can offer transport, please call BerylZoe JacksonMcGregor on . New members always welcome.

Congratulations, Angela, on winning Gold!

It was a record-breaking year for entries to the World’s Original Marmalade Awards with over 3,000 jars sent to Dalemain in Cumbria for the 2021 awards. Normally held in March, it was delayed until June this year due to the pandemic. Marmalades were received from 40 countries around the globe. Japan, Australia, Canada and the Czech Republic are all regular entrants, but this year’s competition also saw arrivals from Kuwait, Honduras, Brazil, the Channel Islands and Zambia. This competition was founded by Jane Hassel-McCosh in 2005 to help to preserve, grow and widen that most British of customs, marmalade making. From small beginnings it has grown into an internationally renowned and highly acclaimed event, gaining support from leading companies such as Fortnum & Mason and Wilkin & Sons of Tiptree, Essex. You may have noticed a small piece in the news a couple of weeks ago that a nine year old girl had Children’s wonMarmalade Best in Show for her Seville Orange and OrangeDark Blossom and Chunky Marmalade. She won the category, and her entry was then judged against the other 13 category winners, including my own ‘ ’. Yes, I won a category and was invited to the winners’ reception at Dalemain House at the end of June. Needless to say, I was chuffed to bits! I also received 5 more Gold Certificates, which means those entries got full marks. In all, I entered 15 jars, winning 6 Golds, 8 Silvers and 1 Bronze. The lowest mark for any Marmaladeof my jars was with 17/20. a Twist The entry fees go to charity, mostly to a Hospice in Cumbria, but I asked for mine to be sent to Ashgate. The new category of ‘ ’ (to include interesting additions) was my favourite and I came up with all sorts: Orange and Redcurrant, Orange and Gooseberry, and a Dark Chocolate and Ginger Marmalade which is yummy. We had a great day at Dalemain and even got to meet Paddington, who asClear the Sevilleworld’s Marmalade leading expert on all things Marmalade A. was onWhole hand Fruitto oversee Marmalade the event! WILLIAMS AnyThe Citrus categories Marmalade were: Any Citrus (a clear Marmalade jelly with (excludingor without peel), Children’s Marmalade (containing, First Timer’s all theMarmalade pulp and, Darkpeel but and no Chunky pips), Plumbing and Marmalade, Man Made (withMarmalade Seville),, Marmalade For a Friend, Gardener’s Heating Services Ltd MarmaladeSeville), Merry Marmalade Octogenarians & Upwards Marmalade, Campanologist’s Marmalade Tel: 01298 872278 (with garden ingredients), (with alcohol), Marmalade MacNab Marmalade Mobile: 07831 242826 with a Twist International Marmalade (for bell ringers), (to be served with savoury food), No. 39143 [email protected] Mike and Angela(with interesting Robinson additions), and (for anyone outside the UK). 5 Remembering Kathleen Hurst 1929 – 2021

Kath was by nature a reserved but fiercely independent and Longstone before moving in October to The Bungalows on sometimes opinionated lady who, despite having various Moor Road when Frank became Head Gardener at Longstone foibles, was kind hearted with a hidden sense of humour. Hall. He stayed with the Plowrights until the Hall was sold in She was a wife to Frank, a mother to Richard and Sue, and 1960 to George and Marjorie Kenning, while Kath worked a grandmother to Martin. Kath was born Kathleen Mary as a part-time domestic for Mrs Kenning from 1966 until Funnell on 7th December 1929 in Headon, Nottinghamshire the 1990s. to more mature parents, Ernest, a gamekeeper, and Mary, a Kath and Frank had two children, Richard in 1956 and widow from the Great War with a 16 year old son, George. The Sue in 1958. Kath was very protective of her children and family moved several times during Kath’s childhood. Initially encouraged them to do well at school in order to gain suitable they lived in Rufford, followed by a brief stay in Studley Royal, employment, and she was delighted when after fearing she which Kath loved; Fountains Abbey became her playground. would never be a grandmother, Martin was born in 1998. Sue Finally, as the Second World War was imminent, with little often visited so both grandparents could get to know him. call for gamekeepers, they settled in Ashford-in-the-Water, After her marriage, Kath made her life busy looking after where Ernest took on the tenancy of The Devonshire Arms, the home and children so there was little time for ‘hobbies’, now the Ashford Hotel. but when Mrs Kenning formed a local Red Cross group in the Kath was educated at various primary schools before village in 1968, Kath briefly became involved with running attending Lady Manners School in Bakewell, where she met the group, where her children were members. She also her future sisters-in-law, Adeline and Sheila Hurst. After became involved with the Young Wives and Mothers Union gaining her School Certificate, Kath was looking forward (later to become The Women’s Fellowship) village groups, to starting work at the Post Office Telephone Exchange as well as joining the WI, at one time being their Secretary. in , but unfortunately this coincided with her Kath was usually volunteered for tea tent duties at the annual grandmother becoming extremely ill and unable to continue Church Fete in the 1960s and 70s. living on her own, so Kath had to forgo the job in order to Kath enjoyed reading and knitting, making lots of jumpers help look after her whilst her parents ran the pub. Kath for Frank and her children, and was fairly good at painting became a Girl Guide in Ashford in 1941 and gained many though she didn’t keep it up. Both Kath and Frank regularly badges during her membership. She also joined the British did the crosswords in the daily papers. She occasionally Red Cross Society in 1944 in Bakewell as a junior, progressing embarked on Adult Education classes and even learnt how to a VAD at sixteen. She gained many First Aid and Nursing to upholster a chair! Coming from the ‘make do and mend’

Kathleen in 2013 at Little Longstone Kath and Frank Hurst at a family celebration in 2003

Certificates and regularly went on First Aid duties including war generation, she was frugal and made and repaired at the Bakewell Show. clothes, although she preferred to knit. As a gardener, Frank Living in rather isolated accommodation during her provided lots of fruit and vegetables for the family, mainly childhood, Kath was unable to see many other children. Due from the family garden at The Willows, but later on from to Ernest having dogs for his work as a gamekeeper, Kath his allotment, resulting in Kath spending a lot of summer developed a lifelong love of dogs and became very attached evenings blanching vegetables and fruit to freeze as well to one dog in particular, called Rusty. On one occasion as a as making jams and marmalade. She also made bread and little girl, she crawled into the dog kennel and her parents baked cakes although she freely admitted that she didn’t found her curled up asleep being guarded by the dog! Richard enjoy cooking. and Sue organised some dog therapy visits with Lesley, Both Kath and Frank enjoyed walking regularly in the who breeds Golden Retrievers, which brought her great local countryside at weekends. As they became older, Frank enjoyment and comfort in her final years. couldn’t walk for longUnder distances the Edgedue to a leg problem, so Kath Following Ernest’s untimely death in 1953, Mary and Kath quite often went on solitary local walks. These incorporated had to relinquish the tenancy of the Devonshire Arms and her job of delivering to her neighbourhood, moved to Outwood Street in Burton-on-Trent, where Kath’s which she only relinquished when her memory began to brother George and his family lived. Kath only stayed in fail. She enjoyed keeping up with what was happening in the Burton a few months as by now she had met Frank, and they community from information gleaned from Frank’s regular got married at St John the Divine, Horninglow on 11th July trips to the pub and her shopping excursions in the village, 61953, briefly living with Frank’s family at The Willows, Great especially in Casey’s where she indulged in friendly banter with Neville and latterly Chris and Nick. care, which was provided by Gutu Mirror in her own home. Frank started to suspect that Kath was developing Kath celebrated her 90th birthday in 2019 with a small family memory problems in her early 80s. Sadly, following Frank’s gathering, which sadly due to the pandemic was one of the death in 2011 after a happy marriage of nearly 60 years, it last times she saw some of her family members. Following soon became obvious this was getting worse, and she was a fall in October resulting in a half hip replacement, Kath’s diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2013. Kath was obviously dementia worsened until her death on 20th May. devastated by Frank’s death and struggled to cope living on Kath will be hugely missed by all her family. Richard and her own, something she had never done before, although she Sue would like to thank those who came to the funeral on had support from both her children and Frank’s sister, Sheila, 15th June and apologise to those who would like to have paid who also lived in the village. As her mental health gradually their respects but due to COVID-19 restrictions weren’t able deteriorated, Kath had carers from Crocus and then Eyam to join us in celebrating Kath’s life. Donations in her memory Domiciliary Service to give her some companionship and onwent 07704 to the 877078 Alzheimer’s Society:Sue Hurst United Against Dementia. If help with daily living. This was something she fought against anyone would still like to donate, please contact Sue Hurst as she didn’t like asking for help, until she needed 24 hour . Longstone Regis PBT Brings the Magic Back to Theatre ...to find a mother younger than her son is very curious’

‘ Iolanthe PB Theatricals youth theatre company is delighted to bring magic back to the stage with Gilbert & Sullivan’s after a year’s hiatus due to coronavirus. In this evergreen satire of British government, Strephon (a half fairy) wants to marry Phyllis but requires permission from the Lord Chancellor. Unfortunately, the Lord Chancellor and the House of Lords want to keep Phyllis for themselves. Conflict and misunderstanding lead to the House of Lords being taken over by UTE sent a copy of the May Issue to HM the Fairy Queendom and long friendships torn asunder. However, owing to the The Queen in the hope that the Hon. ‘subtleties of the legal mind’, there may be hope after all. Sarah Stephenson’s recollections and This is a fun, family friendly show that is sure to delight those familiar or photos from the Christmas 1953 spent unfamiliar with Gilbert & Sullivan. Performances will take place on the 14th and with her family in New Zealand would 15th August at the Medway Community Centre in Bakewell. Tickets are £10 for bring back some happy memories at [email protected] Adults and £8 for concessions. Due to limited capacity, please book your tickets this sad time for her and her family. in advance by emailing . Lady Susan Hussey, the Queen’s PB Theatricals is a not-for-profit, all-inclusive youth theatre group formed in Lady-in-Waiting, replied with thanks, “The Queen well remembers staying 2009 that specialises in auditioning, rehearsing and performing quality Gilbert adding: www.pbtheatricals.org with the Norrie family at Government & Sullivan operettas within one week, with participants aged between 10 and 30. House, Auckland for Christmas 1953, More details Bakewellcan be found on Medway the website Centre when Her Majesty and The Duke of Performance Dates 'Fine voices, excellent timing and Edinburgh were visiting New Zealand synchronisation clearly gave this www.pbtheatricals.org 14th August, 2.30pm & 7.30pm performance a professional touch' during the Coronation Commonwealth — Buxton Fringe Theatre Reviews Tour, and was glad to know that Mrs 15th August, 2.30pm Stephenson too has happy memories Reserve Tickets: [email protected] of that time. The Queen was delighted Adults: £10 Concessions & Children: £8 to see the photographs printed in your magazine taken from Lady Norrie’s cine film, and would be glad if you would send Mrs Stephenson her best wishes. The Queen much appreciated your thoughtfulness in writing at this sad time.” '...to find a mother younger than her son is very curious'

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7 Please Help Save Thornbridge Hall from the Peak Park Bulldozers

Yes, this is the madness that now prevails. We survived the have never seen; the café is a community café; the gardens lockdown by investing our savings in a new parkland drive are flourishing, as are the quirky kids activities. The next and a quirky wooden café so that Thornbridge Hall can remain stage is to build the buildings that will house all the arts and open to the public and be a place that welcomes everyone. craft workshops: glass blowing, pottery, wood, upholstery, It’s working: families from every background and every upcyling, tapestry, painting and more. race, religion and more have discovered us and are telling All of this gives Thornbridge Hall a secure future. Help us us that this is their favourite place. Now the Peak Park want to persuade the Peak Park to look again at the wider picture: to bulldoze our café and car park in the next six months… the immense benefit that Thornbridge brings to the people,

Emma Harrison in front of the new Quackers café Inside the popular Quackers whose sausage rolls are to die for!

These are the facts. In mid-March 2020, we presented our the area, the UK. Not to mention the increase in good jobs plan to secure the future of Thornbridge Hall to the Peak Park and careers: we have gone from 10 members of staff before team that we have worked alongside for twenty years. They COVID-19 to 26 now, and climbing! Plus we are ideally placed were encouraging and asked that we pursue the plans. Then to launch wonderful apprenticeship schemes. COVID-19 and lockdown! The world came to a stop. The threat of the Peak Park bulldozers means we have We heard nothing from the Peak Park. Their building was to appeal, which is likely to cost them and us £200k each. barricaded and no one answered the phones. Months go by What a waste of our money (that we only ever spend on and it dawns on us that this COVID thing is going to be a long Thornbridge Hall) and the public money (your taxes) that haul, threatening Thornbridge Hall and its pledge to be here they will use. Fact: they asked us to submit retrospective for everyone. No income: no weddings, no open gardens, no planning permission by the end of May 2021. We worked open café, not able to afford maintenance, all staff furloughed. hard and got everything together to do this the day before Jim and I have funded the rebuild and rescue of Thornbridge the deadline. They refused to accept our planning application, Hall with £18m of our own money; we never ever had a grant. instead sending us legal paperwork telling us the bulldozers No one else would have done this, it was on its knees after would be here in six months. They have never seen and don’t years of neglect and institutional vandalism. We did it because want to see Thornbridgethe plan for Thornbridge: 4 Everyone the biodiversity gains, it is my legacy; visiting here with a youth worker transformed ofthe the 100 Park year Land planting Stroll schemes, our plans for the trust, the my life as a fifteen year old. Thornbridge is special, that is why work of the Foundation, the creation we have rescued it and that is why we are the only people to introducing people to the wonders of have opened it to the public. the views that have never, ever been accessible to the public Thornbridge Hall needs to survive beyond us. We have before, the arts and crafts, the spaces for artists to create, the rescued it, but ultimately it needs to stand on its own two opportunities for residencies - none of it. They have refused feet. We will never sell it and our children know that we plan to look or listen. Weis have no idea why; people tell us that it that it will go into a trust and that the trust will always make seems mean and spiteful and driven by jealousy. Whatever sure that Thornbridge Hall is open to the public and here the motivation, it damaging. to benefit the people, improving people’s lives. Our legacy. to Canknow you that help? talking We need to know that you support the plans So, despite the Peak Park ‘going dormant’, we decided to for Thornbridge Hall, and the new team at Peak Park need secure Thornbridge despite the silence of the authority we had worked hand in hand with for twenty years. Months later, is better than this we discovered that the old Peak Park team had been replaced legal madness. by a new one, but the website had not been updated. This new Please writeemma@ to team had never visited Thornbridge Hall; some still haven’t thornbridge.them, or you can despite repeated requests to come and chat. co.ukemail me We spent our savings on the initial infrastructure Thornbridge would need to survive: a new parkland drive , and help us to following the farm track, a car park hidden from view and save Thornbridge. a wooden café that could open seven days a week all year Please help us to round. The beginning stages of the plan we presented to secure its forever the Peak Park in March 2020 and the result is beautiful. futureEmma for Harrison everyone. The parkland is open to the public for the first time; the Thank you! 8new drive is sinuous and shows off the lakes that people Statement from the Peak Park on the Thornbridge Hall Enforcement Notice UTE contacted the PDNPA for their comments on the development at Thornbridge Hall. They replied on 5th July as follows:

The Peak DistrictPlease National help usPark to Authoritysave Thornbridge is aware fromof social the planning authority, has now served an enforcement notice. mediaPeak Park posts bulldozers of 2nd July by Thornbridge Hall and Gardens Continued dialogue with the landowner since March 2021, described as ‘ when the Authority was informed of the works, has included ’. clarification that the works required planning permission The enforcement case concerns the erection of a substantial and that continuing construction would be at the landowner’s wooden building (currently in use as a café) and construction own risk. of a tarmac-surfaced car park and associated driveway. These The Authority’s planning service has continued to remain matters do not relate to Thornbridge Hall itself, which is operational since COVID-19 restrictions on workplaces unaffected by this enforcement notice. were imposed in March 2020 but, as a result of national The wider estate includes a number of designated heritage restrictions, response times were significantly delayed. This assets, notably several listed buildings and registered was stated on the Authority’s website. Our contact centre has gardens and parkland, and the area affected by the works is also remained operational throughout this period. in close proximity to the and a public footpath. The enforcement notice specifies a six month period for the The property is also within a Conservation Area. As a result, landowner to remove the unauthorised works and restore the this is considered to be a particularly sensitive location. site to its former condition. There is a right of appeal against The above works have taken place without the necessary an enforcement notice. If an appeal is made, the enforcement planning permission being sought or granted prior to notice would be suspended until a decision was made. Any construction and are considered to cause significant harm appealPeak wouldDistrict be National determined Park by Authority an independent inspector to the heritage assets referred to above. As a result of appointed by the Secretary of State. which, the Peak District National Park Authority, as the local

Bin Collection Disruptions

The District Council and Serco have put in place the following temporary operational changes from 26th July until the end of October to help alleviate current bin collection disruptions. The disruptions are due in part to a significant number of staff having to self-isolate, as well as the national shortage of HGV drivers that is one of the side effects of Brexit. The aim of their plan is to ensure that all 34,000 households in the get the best possible waste collection service in the current emergency situation. • There will be no food waste collections (note that the DDDC is currently the only authority in Derbyshire to offer a separate food waste collection service). excess • Food waste should be put in household waste containers for the period of theseor emergency measures. • To help Serco complete rounds, no recycling will be collected. Please contain recycling in your Blue Bin ( 2 Blue Bags+Blue Box for residents on a sack collection round who don't have a bin). • During the emergency measures, if Serco doesn’t manage to collect your waste within 4 days of its scheduled collection, they won't be able to return until your next collection date. • However, where an assisted collectionderbyshiredales.gov.uk/missedcollection or bins have been missed for a number of weeks, DDDC will do everything they can to get back to you. Continue to report any missed collections at . • DDDC are also looking to introduce mobile ‘bring sites’ to hotspot locations across the district on Saturdays. This will be a waste truck where residents can bring excess recycling. More on this will follow later.

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This was our second best weekend in terms of numbers visiting and money raised. The Saturday started quite cold but about lunchtime the sun broke through. Sunday was fairly cold all afternoon. Although sunny weather tends to bring more people out, weather such as on this weekend is more comfortable for walking around the village, though not when sitting in the Car Park! There were fifteen gardens open this year. That was less than in previous years but the number was affected by holidays and garden owners selling their properties. Despite this, the amount raised for the Church amounted to just over £3,200. As ever, comments from those returning for their cars were most complimentary about the gardens and the friendliness of their owners. Pat Westwell’s grandson got a special mention for serenading visitors with his guitar. As always, we are most grateful to all who took the trouble to prepare and open their gardens, and especially to all those whoJennifer provided and refreshments Peter Rowson and help, and to Tom and Dan Cox for allowing us to use their field as a car park, and to Heather at the village shop for selling programmes.

Visitors to the Vicarage Garden were greeted by a beautifully Su Woollen’s centre bed featured a striking yellow Aquilegia (also rhythmic handbell peal rung by James Croft and friends known as Granny’s Bonnet or Golden Columbine) ‘Yellow Queen’

Sarah Stephenson didn’t know she had toad tadpoles in her trough until a visitor pointed them out and told her she needed to build them a bridge for getting out!

Sarah Stephenson’s dazzling display of pelargoniums: ‘Anna Lisa Pope’, ‘Grand Slam’ in red with ‘Aztec’ behind (on left), ‘First Blush’ with ‘Lord Bute’ behind (on right)

A purple elderflower (or Sambucus) in Peter and Christine Shimwell’s garden Jo and Andy Douglas’ Calla Lilies and impressive collection of insect eating pitcher plants 10 Hogwatch 2021

UTE July 2021 It’s good to see that there are other hedgehog enthusiasts in Great Longstone (page 13 of ).Spike’s Crunchy DryFor most of last summer and from earlier this year, I have been putting out special hedgehog food, , in my back garden on Edge View Drive. It has regularly been eaten but until I acquired a night-vision wildlife camera in March, I could only guess (and hope) that the food was attracting these animals. I can now confirm that, thanks to the evidence provided by this camera, such is the case. On almost every occasion when I’ve set it up in the evenings, especially since May, the camera has recorded photos and video clips Photo taken in the very early morning of nocturnal visits by at least two identifiably different ’hogs. It’s known that hedgehogs roam quite long distances, so I’ve no doubt that my visitors take advantage ofPeter the smallDonaldson 13cm x 13cm (or 5” x 5”) holes in the fences around my garden during their night-time rambles. I would urge everyone to make sure that their own gardens are similarly accessible to these charming and harmless creatures.

Night time shot of hedgehog entering the box to get food Two ’hogs meeting each other Bakewell Organ Appeal

Bakewell Parish Church organ is one of the two largest three-manual instruments in the Derby Diocese. Dating from 1883, it is of huge historical significance at the heart of the parish church, sustaining and enhancing worship and playing an important role in a wide variety of community activities. £135,000 is now needed for essential repair and overhaul, of which we already have £22,000. We currently hope to raise £50,000 by inviting people to sponsor one or more of the organ’s 2165 pipes, in memory of a loved one, to commemorateBakewell an important occasion, or for no particular reason! Any amount is welcome. To donate, scan thePCC, QR 60-01-33 code below with80656048 your phone,, The Village Shop or use online banking to PIPE +your name Opening Times [email protected], a/c to use reference ‘ ’ . Email

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11 August Farming Notes

We enjoyed some fantastic sunshine, perfectly timed in mid July for haymaking. With the forecast looking good for a stretch of dry and sunny days, John cut 30 acres of hay meadows on Wednesday using the farm’s FELLA mower. This is a two drum mower, a simple design that does a good job. The intense heat and warm breeze meant the hay dried out super fast and was turned or ‘tedded out’ using two vintage tractors and hay-bobs driven by John and Peter Shimwell. The Leyland tractor is a 1970 model which belongs to Peter, and is an important working tractor on the farm, while the Nuffield tractor is a 1967 model which belongs to John - his personal favourite! Unfortunately, the Nuffield ran into mechanical problems, as a rouge screw punctured the fuel tank, leading to an immediate breakdown. Luckily a backup was waiting in the wings and the hay-bob was switched over to the 1976 David Brown. John had concerns the little tractor could be uncomfortable to work in, having a cab without any air-conditioning, compared with the other old tractors which are cab-less. After getting started again, and taking the doors off, the cab was found to be useful to provide protection from the blazing sunshine! winter feeding. We ended up with around 20 bales less than Most of our meadows are made into large bales of wrapped last year due to a lighter crop and cold spring. haylage, which is baled by local contractor Rupert. This is We also made 300 small bales using John’s 1962 Massey a super speedy and efficient service. Once Rupert gets to Ferguson baler which has been on the farm since 1981, work, everything happens quite fast as he has a Valtra tractor having performed decades of faithful service! It didn’t and huge raker which makes the hay into large rows, and a disappoint this year, and it was also used to make some small McHale baler which picks up hay, makes the bales and wraps bales of hay for Will Turner and Heather. As the temperature all in one. We then stack the bales into storage ready for on our farmyard thermometer hit 32°C in the shade, it was a joint effort with John, Peter, Nick and Joanna from Dale Farm, along with Will and Heather, to gather both fields of hay safely into the barns in scorching sunshine.Joanna andDefinitely John Shimwell one haymaking season to remember!

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