Community Magazine for Ticknall, South Derbyshire, UK
If you are wondering who are your elected representatives here in Ticknall, then this is the page you need. The Register of Interests of Councillors can be viewed and individual documents downloaded via the Documents link on the main menu.
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The poor condition of the public toilets in Ticknall has been highlighted by a regular visitor who decided to write to Ticknall Life about the problem. In his message to Ticknall Life, David Redfern describes the state of the toilets in stark terms. He tells us
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Ticknall CC cricketer Tom Kent-Smith first picked up a cricket bat at the age of five and now plays both junior and senior cricket at Ticknall. He also represented Derbyshire County Cricket since he was nine where he is a Batsman/Bowler. Tom says “Ticknall CC is a friendly family club and has given me excellent coaching and opportunities since I’ve been there.”
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Residents, schools and community groups are being invited to apply for free trees. Yes, you read that right – FREE TREES. South Derbyshire District Council is giving away over 1,000 free trees for the 16th consecutive year to help the area to bloom in the heart of The National Forest.
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Ticknall’s name was derived from its landscape setting and land use. The first syllable ‘tic’ reflects the pastoral economy of the time, showing that it was grazed by goats. There were still goatherds in the area in the 16th century. The second syllable is ‘halh’ (Saxon) = a nook or hollow of land, the village being tucked into a slight dip in the landscape.
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Scoff and Shop is a new catering concept in the heart of the community and with the community at it’s heart.
We pride ourselves on our friendly service and go out of our way to make our customers feel welcome and appreciated.
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The Thringstone Fault crosses the parish of Ticknall from east to west, separating the Coal Measures clays to the south from the upthrust Carboniferous Limestone to the north. Other outliers of limestone occur at Calke, Dimminsdale, Breedon and Cloud Hill, but otherwise limestone is fairly rare in the area.
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Councillor Michael Stanton has been named Chairman of South Derbyshire District Council for the second successive year. The Ticknall resident was given the prestigious honour at the Civic Council meeting at Swadlincote Town Hall on Thursday, May 24.
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This week we received the message below from Neighbourhood Watch concerning a high-tech but quick and simple method used in car theft. If you own a modern car that identifies the presence of your keys by radio, you may be vulnerable. The surveillance video of a real theft shows how easy it is for thieves to take your car.
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On 19 December Ticknall Lunch Club got together for the last time in 2017. Mary Magson and her wonderful team of volunteers catered for all tastes by laying on a great meal in the form of a hot buffet.
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The Cruiser HMS Neptune sank with the loss of 764 officers and men on the night of 19 December 1941. Just one man was rescued by an Italian torpedo boat, after 5 days in the water. Among those missing presumed dead was John Olivers brother, 20 year old Thomas Oliver. The boat went down as John was preparing to celebrate his birthday on 20 December.
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Parish Councils were created in 1894 to protect the interests of rural communities. Ticknall Parish Council had its first meeting on 4 December 1894, in the Parochial Schoolroom in Tickenhall, as Ticknall was then known.
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