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Do They Have Someone in Mind?
Being a life-long jazz fan, I received an email from Derby Jazz today. It included this: (image) No hope for us then! Pity we live outside Belper! It matters little how capable, knowledgeable, experienced or enthusiastic you might be. Unless you are a young black female (or trans) addicted to social media living in or…
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Legal Challenge over Elvaston Castle Plans
protection of Elvaston Castle and Park has reached a critical phase. Derbyshire County Council recently published its planning application for the destruction it would like to inflict on the Park.
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Ticknall Phone Box Repainted
Local resident Jeff Collett offered to repaint the red telephone box on High Street. The box is owned by the Heartbeat Trust, whose permission was sought and they were pleased to help. They contacted David Beckford of Pronto Paints who very kindly offered to provide the paint required. Shown above is Jeff hard at work.…
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Own Goal
Today I received a “free” newspaper with the “Derbyshire FIRST” masthead. Yes, that’s it in the picture. I say “free” in quotes because I quickly realised that it was my money (and yours) that was being used to produce it. And think, ‘produce’ means not just writing the content, taking the pictures, creating the layout,…
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New Decade?
The media is full of references lately to the ‘New Decade’. Every time I see it mentioned I think to myself “How can this be?” This is another of those times when I feel like I am the only one in step. Surely, if you start from ‘time zero’ the first decade would comprise years…
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You Have Mail
Being the sad and lonely nerd that I am, I look forward eagerly to receiving emails from my many contacts around the world – well, South Derbyshire mostly. You may have noticed that I usually respond quickly if you are rash enough to email me. That’s because I sit here all day constantly checking my…
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Planning Madness
I first met Marjorie Briggs when I ordered some cards from her at an exhibition of the Ticknall Art Group some years ago. Learning that we were new in the village Marjorie turned up the next day with not just the cards, but also a delicious homemade lemon sponge. That’s the sort of lady she…
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