Melbourne Village Voice January 2010

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No 206 January 2010

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CRUCIAL steps are well in

hand to earmark sites in South

Derbyshire for future housing

development.

The District Council has published the

first stab at identifying sites that will be

the basis for housing development be-

tween now and the mid-2020s – for the

housing needs in the most expansive

local economy in the East Midlands,

which is the South

Derbyshire area.Regional govern-

ment has already

identified that for the

area at the northern

part of South Der-

byshire, the Derby

conurbation – in par-

ticular, the southern

boundaries with the

city – will be the big

area for housing de-

velopment within

South Derbyshire.

In Melbourne and

Kings Newton, the

process is underway

with several

landowners and de-

velopers putting for-

ward their preferred

land for develop-

ment.

In Kings Newton,

the sites offered for de-

velopment consideration, are considerable

swathes of market garden land adjacent to, and

north of, the Packhorse Inn. Land behind the

Hardinge Arms is also offered for develop-

ment, as well as land running towards Jaw-

bone Lane.

In Melbourne itself, a tract of land off

Blackwell Lane and stretching up to Castle

House is offered.

A further smaller piece of land is offered for

planning approval on the left hand side of the

road towards the Melbourne Arms.

Sizeable development land offered in Aston

would change the face of the village, if the de-

velopments ever came to fruition.

The developments proposed at Aston on

Trent and at Weston seem to be much larger.

At Aston, a large area to the north east,

bounded by the playing fields and to the east

of existing housing, has been offered, as well

as a significant

area off Chellaston

Lane. There are

also two sites of-

fered on the We-

ston Road, beyond

where the current

housing ends.

At Weston, de-

velopment land

has been offered

behind existing

property on the

Main Street, the

land extending

from the railway

bridge to beyond

Kings Mill Lane.

A spokesman

for South Der-

byshire District

Council empha-

sised that the offer

of land availability

did not mean that

development was

automatic, but it did

mean that the council would be making further

enquiries, and would be entering a consulta-

tive period when decisions about future devel-

opment would be made.

The spokesman said that the land within

South Derbyshire which had been put on offer

was “many times” more than that required to

meet the housing targets.

THE BIG LANDGRAB BEGINS

WHILE the country has been suffering from heavy falls of snow

and Arctic conditions Melbourne and the surrounding area has

escaped with relatively light falls.

Ice has been the biggest problem claiming victims – both

pedestrians and motorists alike. However there was enough

snow to encourage families to visit Browns field and other loca

tions for a spot of sledging, snowballing and in some cases even

skiing.

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A CALENDAR with a difference

was produced in Melbourne last

year – the brainchild of Melbourne

resident Elaine Dunnicliffe – and

featured cancer victims who had

battled against their condition and

survived or were in remission. The

sales of the calendar surpassed ex-

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cer Care. Following on from this success, the team has

produced a 2010 calendar and is inviting peopleto help them ‘clean up for cancer’ and buy thisyear's special. The money it raises will be givento the ‘Friends of the Nightingale MacmillanUnit’ in Derby.

The calendar is full of imaginative and unusualphotographs taken in Melbourne and the sur-rounding area and also includes highlight dates

that will mean something to those living locallyincluding school terms, Melbourne Carnival, theArt Festival and Wakes week.

The calendar team will be holding a specialevent at the Thomas Cook Memorial Hall on Sat-urday, January 23 (11am-1.30pm), in a final pushto help reach the £10,000 target.

Elaine and some of the team who have put to-gether the calendar have been interviewed byBBC Radio Derby during a live programmebroadcast from the Westfield Centre in Derby.

Production of the calendar has been a huge un-dertaking with many Melbourne people takingpart. One resident, Anna Moult, has been thepowerhouse, contributing with ideas for the pho-tographs, organising the locations, obtaining theprops including the animals and making sureeveryone was available at the right time for localphotographer, Peter Clough, to do the business.

Pictured right is the front page of the calendar which was takenin a well known location and above from the left: Jim Collyer, BBCRadio Derby programme producer, Jenny Collyer (March), BBCRadio Derby presenter Phil Trow, Elaine Dunnicliffe (July) andMalcolm Fletcher (December) at the Westfield Centre all holdingcopies of the calendar.

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Talking

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churchesMELBOURNE Civic Soci-ety members were pre-sented with an interestingtalk from local historianPhilip Heath aboutchurches and church-goingin South Derbyshire.

Philip outlined the histor-ical development of churchbuilding by using examplesfrom the local area. Along-side this he explained thechanging attitudes tochurch attendance over thecenturies ranging from thefearful in medieval timesthrough the enthusiasm ofnonconformism to the duti-ful in the Victorian era.Clearly religious attendancehas always had its ups anddowns.

The next meeting of thecivic society will be on Mon-day, January 25, at 7.30pm.in the Melbourne LeisureCentre when Peter Cloughwill be challenging the audi-ence to identify views ofMelbourne using his excel-lent photographs.

THE Help for Heroes charity benefited from a busy Christmas andNew Year at the Melbourne British Legion with the holiday periodkicking off with two fund-raisers.

First up was a star cabaret with a darts, snooker and dominoestournament organised by the newly formed Legion Tug of Warteam being held on the Sunday. Both events were a major successand over £500 has been raised for a very worthwhile charity. TheChristmas Eve and New Year's Eve celebrations were well at-tended and enjoyed great entertainment.

New Year's Day saw the return of the annual pantomime. Thisyear Little Red Riding Hood was performed by a very highly pol-ished, professional cast of five actors to a standing room onlypacked hall.

There was plenty for kids of all ages with the adults appreciatingthe black humour as much as the children.

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sults of a survey carried out on the Aston and the Melbourne medicalpractices. The results – for the year 2008/2009 – in bar chart format,show a high degree of satisfaction with the way the practices arerun, and the way the services are administered.For instance, the PCT shows that in clinical terms the Melbourne

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“THE north wind shall blow and we shall havesnow.” So goes the old saying but in South Der-byshire up to present (January 7) we only havejust over an inch of lying snow – very little com-pared to the rest of the country.

The south has been badly hit which is some-thing of a culture shock for them and a driverdelivering feed to us today said he had been toAberystwyth and there was nearly two feetthere.

Of course, these conditions create chaos on theroads which we all depend on for everything weneed in our daily lives. Our milk is usuallypicked up between seven and eight o’clock atnight by a tanker that operates at least 20 hoursa day with several different drivers so any delaycauses an immediate backlog. Yesterday thelorry didn’t arrive until seven o’clock in themorning. By that time our tank was full and wehad to stop milking until it arrived.

Deliveries of feed have to be planned well inadvance in the hope that they can reach us ingood time. Of course, nowadays there are a lotfewer suppliers who are more scattered andhave to travel longer distances. Supermarketdistribution centres are the same and, whenconditions are bad, this makes for a risky situa-

tion in keeping the shelves full.With cattle on the farm our time is well taken

up even in average winter conditions so ofcourse when there is snow on the ground every-thing takes a bit more time.

Cattle sheds are generally fairly open air sothat combined with several degrees of frost wesoon have water troughs frozen which have tobe thawed daily.

Cattle don’t suffer from the cold too badly butthey don’t like cold and wet weather or snow.The only way they can compensate is by eatingmore and, if like me you feed a large numbereach day, you soon notice this and it’s difficultto get the amount right.

The other big difference is the birds and otherwildlife. They find things difficult and become alot more tame as they descend on the farmwhich is a rich source of food. Most notabletoday has been an invasion of pied wagtails.They are living very close to us and they grabwhatever food is around.

A few weeks ago I did put some wheat andbarley grains at various points around the build-ings and these last two or three days many birdsof all sorts have flocked to feed. I think this isour duty to our natural wildlife.

RICHARD Winspear, Senior Agricultural Ad-viser for the Royal Society for the Protectionof Birds, has written the following short ar-ticle relating to the bird survey he has beenengaged with in the Melbourne area andcomments on the activities taking place thiswinter:

IT was a fantastic breeding season for birds inthe summer of 2009. My summer surveys nearMelbourne finished with the amazing sight of apair of English partridge with at least 15 chicks,almost full-grown! The English, or grey partridgehas been one of the fastest declining birds inBritain over the last 40 years, but a brood this sizeindicates not only a good summer, but also goodfarming, as they rely on farmland with plenty ofseed and insect food.

Most shoots now operate a voluntary ban onshooting grey partridge, and impose a fine onmembers who accidentally shoot one, as numbersare so low. However, if the partridge have a goodseason, then they have the ability to recover veryfast, as they lay more eggs per clutch than anyother bird in Europe.

Now it is time to look out for wintering birds.

Over the last few years, I have found 86 speciesin the Melbourne area, but there are more outthere to find over the next two years of the na-tional atlas survey. The barn owl, or white owl(above) has been recorded in the Melbourne area,but I have not seen one yet. I would welcome newsof any sightings on 01767 693050.

Otherwise, the most likely places to find newbirds for the area would be the winter visitors toone of our reservoirs: Staunton Harold or Fore-mark. These places can attract rare ducks, gullsand other waterbirds driven south for the winterfrom northern Europe. The Shoveler is a surpris-ing omission from the list so far. The distinctivedrake with a white body, chestnut flanks and alarge shovel-shaped bill is not an uncommon win-ter visitor to South Derbyshire waters.

As it has been such a good breeding season,there are probably more birds around this winterthan there have been for many years and so put-ting food out in your garden may be vital to helpthem all survive through the winter.

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THE annual exhibition of the Ticknall Art Group was acclaimed a great success by pro-moters and visitors alike. A steady stream of admirers attended the free show at Tick-nall Village Hall where a representative selection of members' work was on display.Approximately 150 works were on display by local artists, depicting a wide range of

subjects from portraits to wildlife to scenes from home and abroad.

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STUART BLATCHreports from the

January meeting ofMelbourne Parish

Council

STREET parking outside Mel-

bourne Infant and Junior schools

has been creating obstructions to

all road users and safety concerns,

particularly for young pupils cross-

ing the roads.District and County Councillor John Harrison

advised the parish council that the ‘School KeepClear Markings’ – “essentially the zigzags” – wereto be changed to mandatory No Parking. Previ-ously the zigzags were non-mandatory.

“This change means that no vehicles shouldpark on the zigzags or even stop to set down pas-sengers whilst the restrictions are in force, suchaction resulting in a penalty charge notice issuedimmediately to any offenders," Councillor Harri-son said.

The mandatory markings will apply to bothPackhorse Road and Station Road. ChairmanDavid Smith commented: “Police have been pow-erless in the past to act, but this provides someteeth to their bite for people who abuse parking atthe school location."These steps have been taken when no objections

were received to the recent public notice applica-tion.The condition of the area’s roads was again high-

lighted. “Let's try harder in Melbourne with thestate of our roads this year,” begged Mrs EileenHardy, who cited numerous pothole locations thatincluded Station Road, Derby Road, PackhorseRoad and Cockshut Lane.Chairman Smith agreed the matter would be re-

ferred to the highways committee, adding that thepublic can also report potholes directly to thecounty council on 01332 255242.Because the winter weather exacerbates pothole

and general road deterioration, significant concernwas expressed on the lack of grit and grit boxes,particularly on Commerce Street. Councillor Har-rison informed the meeting that the grit boxes arethe responsibility of the parish council, while thetopping-up is responsibility of the district andcounty councils. Chairman Smith advised the sta-tus of grit boxes would be added to the highwaysagenda for review. Councillor Brendan Freeman expressed concern

on the lack of grit lorries to the area, to whichCouncillor Harrison replied: “Up to 47 lorries inDerbyshire go out every night at a cost of circa£30,000 but supplies are low. The initial focus eachnight is bus routes."District Councillor Jim Hewlett advised that Re-

gional Development Funding of £7,000 is availableto support an Alert Box scheme for shops and busi-nesses. The system enables retailers to be warned

if shoplifters or troublemakers are operating in thevillage. The Safer Neighbourhood team is proac-tively providing questionnaires to shop owners tosupport the introduction of the scheme.

On other crime-related matters, the parishcouncil is to request a police response at the nextcouncil meeting, following the release withoutcharge of the suspects arrested for setting alightthe cricket pavilion fencing.

Councillor Harrison advised on the introductionof a Blue Plaque Award Scheme: “Derbyshire hasa wealth of fascinating history and the countycouncil is keen to celebrate where significant peo-ple have lived, to promote tourism and build pridewithin communities”.Nominations are being sought for consideration

and can cover such themes as war heroes and me-morials, local heroes and famous people, culturaland heritage connections, philanthropists and en-trepreneurs and buildings of historic or architec-tural importance.Nominations will close at the end of January

and the public will have the chance to vote for thewinning schemes when the shortlist is announcedin March. Only 12 blue plaques will be awardedeach year.

Other matters:� On the Christmas festivities Chairman Smithcommented: “The Melbourne shopping event wasexcellent and enjoyed by many”. Having attendedthe OAP Christmas Party he passed his thanks toCouncillor Margaret Sharp and the organisers. � A signed petition by over 450 people against theHSBC closure was submitted with a plea fromCouncillor Harrison for the bank to remain openas the alternative branch in Castle Donington isseen as unacceptable.� A public meeting will be held on January 18 forproposals to be heard with respect to the futurerunning of the Leisure Centre.� Chairman Smith commented that Parish ClerkNorman Hill is making excellent progress and hasleft hospital.� Melbourne Rugby Club has requested parishcouncil support to aid funding of facilities on Cock-shut Lane. The matter was referred to the recre-ation committee.� Sgt Mike Sisman has moved to Police HQ atRipley and is replaced by Sgt Andy King.� The following planning applications were ap-proved: the erection of an extension to 45 Pack-horse Road; and the demolition of a brickoutbuilding and internal alterations to the rear ofGrade II listed building, 22 Potter Street.

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Exciting Restaurant Refurbishment for 2010!January & February

To help us continue to improve our offer and service in the restaurant we are having consid-erable improvements made to our assisted service counter and kitchen with work startingin January. We are open and have re-located to another part of the stable block where we

will be delighted to see you in our temporary home. During this time we continue to offerhot and cold drinks as well as homemade soup, sandwiches and of course a choice of our

delicious biscuits and cake.

The Calke Shop and Pantry are open as normal!Restaurant & Shop open 10.30am – 4.00pm everyday

Forthcoming EventsFebruary Half Term Fun Days

Sat 13th Sun 14th, Wed 17th, Sat 20thand Sun 21st February

Join us for some half term fun in the stable yards at Calke Abbey. Follow ourdetective trail, try the hobby horse obstacle course and make something horsy

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Watch this space for our exciting events programme which will run throughout theyear. The house and garden open their doors on Saturday 27th February and in the

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THE members ofTicknall WI spent a veryenjoyable evening in thecompany of Rex Howellfrom Melbourne'sBaytree Restaurant.

He demonstrated themaking of a deliciousrisotto which all themembers sampled andthen gave ideas and tipsfor using his recipe.

Ticknall WI meets onthe last Wednesday ofthe month at TicknallVillage Hall at 7.30pm.Visitors are most wel-come to go along.

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THE Rotary Club president’s pre-Christmas “Mince PieEvening”, superbly hosted by Simon and Sue Leech, at-tracted a selection of members and friends, and raised atotal of £400.

The president has nominated two charities for special at-tention during his year in office, the local Rainbows Hospiceand the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, and each will re-ceive half the money raised.

The Rotary Club’s annual carol singing, round the Christ-mas tree in the Market Place, was hampered by the thencoldest temperatures of the winter and impacted on thenumbers attending. The hardy souls of the Town Band andthe URC choir led the singing and Santa was in attendance.

The charity collection raised £70, which will go to swell thecoffers of the “Santa’s Sleigh” fund.

charities benefit from

mince pie evening

IN the weeks leading up to

Christmas, Santa was out

and about in Melbourne,

practising for his big night

out on Christmas Eve.He had a new sleigh, with shiny new

lights, and a new speaker system for hismusic.

The sleigh had been put together bysome of his little helpers from Mel-bourne Rotary Club. One of them pulledthe sleigh behind his 4x4 and managedto block up some of Melbourne’s narrowstreets at times!

Santa’s first practice was at the Mel-bourne Shopping Day, when he parkedthe sleigh on Potter Street, by theAthenaeum, to show it off, and makesure everything was working properly.He also had another practice at Doning-

ton Market.The real rehearsal for Christmas,

though, was the tour around the streetsof Melbourne, on four different evenings.A whole team of helpers from the RotaryClub walked with the sleigh, knockingon doors, handing sweets to the childrenand to some of the Mums as well. Someof the children had already gone to bedwhen the sleigh came past, but theyheard the Christmas music, and wavedfrom their bedroom windows.

The helpers also had collecting boxes,and mums and dads put in their sparechange – even some of the younger chil-dren donated, putting their pennies inthe box. When totalled, the collectionhad raised £1,479.

Melbourne Rotary Club will donatethe monies collected to charities whichhelp children in need.

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DALE Jackson accepts the Melbourne Town Band’s bandsman of the yearaward on behalf of all the band for team effort. With him are Frazer Rad-cliffe - Bandsman of the year (training band); Jacob Smith - The GerryPrice M D's Award - (training band); Adam Danby - Most improved player(training band); and James Maher - Most improved player (senior band).

MELBOURNE author Andrew Cope has

recently returned from a trip to Delhi. His

Spy Dog series is now available all over

the world and he was invited to speak at

India’s biggest children’s book festival.It was a whistle stop tour which Andrew describes as ‘a

huge adventure!’The Spy Dog talks were very well received and Andrew

is hoping that stories of his pet dog Lara might become aspopular in India as they are in the UK. There are currentlyfive books in the Spy Dog series with worldwide sales ap-proaching the million mark. Puffin has asked Andrew towrite a follow-up called ‘Spy Pups’ and he’s busy penning

book two of what will be a four-book series. The books areaimed at the seven-plus audience and are based on An-drew’s pet, adopted from Abbey Street RSPCA eight yearsago. "Who’d have thought that such a nondescript mongrelwould have turned out to be such a star!" he said.Spy Dog sales took off in 2006 when Andrew won the Red-

house Children’s Book of the Year and featured on Richardand Judy’s Book Club.Andrew’s next book is due in the shops in the Spring. The

plot is top secret. All the author is able to reveal is that ‘SpyPups’ Prison Break’ sees the return of Lara’s arch enemy,the dastardly Mr Big.For fans of the series, Andrew has hinted that this could

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JOG Derbyshire is coming to Melbournewith a new jogging group for anyone whowould like to improve their fitness or givethe activity a try.Jog Derbyshire is part of Active Der-

byshire – a county-wide campaign aimedto encourage Derbyshire residents to be-come more active – and aims to introducejogging to people who currently do littlephysical activity or those who would liketo develop their jogging further.

The first session for the Melbournegroup will be on Tuesday, January 19,and every Tuesday from then on from8pm-9pm. The group will meet at theMelbourne Leisure Centre warming upinside before heading out into the street

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KINGS Newton actress Victoria(Wiggy) Bavister, has been playingPolly Peachum in The Beggars Operaat The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry.

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Village Voice Postbag

HAVING read the Melbourne Parish Plan summary, which wasincluded with the December edition of the Village Voice, we, atthe Melbourne Dental Practice, feel it is important to clarify thesituation regarding dental care in Melbourne and have preparedthe following statement.The item on Health and Social Care regarding dentistry in Mel-

bourne is misleading. Melbourne does have a NHS dental practice– The Melbourne Dental Practice – it has operated in PotterStreet since being established by Ben Davies over 30 years agoand, since his retirement, Naomi Fry continues to provide treat-ment under the NHS.The NHS list has never been closed at the instigation of the den-

tists locally, but has been restricted by NHS/Government budg-ets.The number of patients to be treated is limited by the allocation

of Units of Dental Activity per annum. Effectively a system thatrations the number of patients for which an NHS Dentist receivespayment. (The Units of Dental Activity were allocated in 2005 andhave not been increased.) This has prompted many dentists to leave the NHS and concen-

trate on private treatment. Dr Naomi Fry, of the Melbourne Prac-tice, decided she wanted to continue to serve NHS patients. Alsoensuring the children of Melbourne would continue to benefit fromher ability to provide Orthodontic treatment under the NHS.There are plans for the existing practice to expand when it

moves to new custom-built premises in Castle Street in 2010.There will be an additional dental surgery and more spacious ac-commodation. New initiatives dictated by the Government requiring dentists

and medical general practitioners to provide ever increasing safe-guards regarding hygiene and the storage of patient records hasprecipitated the need for more space. This opportunity to expand the practice has arisen because Alan

and Henry Dunnicliff are prepared to undertake the developmentof a section of their property in Castle Street, previously offices,so that Melbourne can benefit from a modern, well-equipped den-tal facility.This undertaking is not in any way being funded by the Health

Service as Melbourne is not considered a deprived area and sothere are no grants available. The entire cost is being borne bythe Dunnicliff family and Naomi Fry. Pat SmithPractice manager , Melbourne Dental Practice.

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THERE was an encouraging response to the Village Voice ChristmasCrossword competition with entries received from all the local vil-lages, many of the suburbs of Derby and even further afield.The winning entry for the competition came from Eileen Thompson

of Weston on Trent. Elaine is pictured with her prize, a cheque for£25.The answers to the competition are as follows: ACROSS6 BRIGGS, 8 WHEEL, 10 WORTHINGTON, 13 ALMA INN, 15

SEAL, 17 BURN, 18 BURDETT, 20 FIVE ONE FOUR, 24 ASTON,25 WESTON.DOWN1 EBB, 2 KILO, 3 SWIGS, 4 KEROSENE, 5 FLY, 7 GOTHIC, 9

FINN, 11 DAUBS, 12 FLATS, 14 MARXIST, 16 TRIFLE, 18 BONE,19 HEINZ, 21 UNTO, 22 MAR, 23 DNA.

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HighwaysThe improvements to the junction at Robin-sons Hill are complete.The Parish Council continues to pressDCC for routine maintenance to be car-ried out on Parish roads and pavements.

Leisure CentreA public meeting will be held on January18th to consider the proposal made by aCommunity Group to manage the Centre.

CemeteryThe headstone safety checks have beenundertaken and consideration is to begiven to the action required for thoseheadstones which failed the safety test.Quotations are being gathered for neces-sary repairs to the front wall of the Ceme-

tery. The process of transferring the burialrecords to an electronic format continues.

GeneralThe Parish Council has considered andcommented on the Consultation of theElectoral Boundary Review in South Der-byshire. The finances of the Parish Coun-cil continue to be healthy but the ParishCouncil is currently considering a pro-posal from the District Council to alterpart of the funding for Parish Councils,which if adopted, will see a small reduc-tion in the funding received by this ParishCouncil.The vehicle Activated Signs are now oper-ational but speeding traffic in andaround Melbourne remains a concern forthe Parish Council.

Chairman David Smith 862699Vice Chairman Nigel Collyer 07831 540538Burial GroundsBrendan Freeman 862799

Highways Paul Willmore 863044Recreation Andrew Jackson 702800Leisure Centre Nigel Collyer 07831 540538

Jane Carroll 863269Cliff Crawford 863445Henry Dunnicliff 862765Wendy Earp 865019Sheila Hicklin 865726Christopher Howard OBE 07795 484120Reg Moore 863464

Robert Parker 07973 297404Margaret Sharp 862471Clerk Norman Hill 703745Leisure Centre Sue Stubbs 863522Cemetery Robert Holman 07966 461416

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DECEMBER 2009

ANTI-SOCIAL behaviour was top of

the agenda at the December North

East Safer Neighbourhood Group

meeting, with questioning led by

Aston on Trent residents angered at

the lack of police priorities in their

neighbourhood.Aston residents reported that they had been in-

timidated over recent weeks by up to 30-40 youthsfuelled by alcohol, throwing bottles, making noiseand damaging properties. One resident claimedthat things had become so bad, some residentswere considering sorting the matter without thepolice in a vigilante group. It was suggested that opening a youth club to

tackle the issue at source would be a beneficialway forward but it was also highlighted that manyyouths are coming in from outside of the area andbeing dropped off by parents for the night.

Sgt Mike Sisman suggested residents shouldkeep a log of incidents and provide any details ascouncil wardens can be directed to hot spot areas.Sgt Sisman also noted that the Athenaeum in Mel-bourne was looking to branch into outreach areasand highlighted that it may be worthwhile open-ing dialogue. Inspector Alan Sandeman listened and said: “We

do appear to be letting people down; it is a ‘thinblue line’ to coin a phrase, but we are limited inresources and that’s a reality, therefore prioritisa-tion of key issues is most effective and we willfocus on Aston now hearing this.” The message on significant cuts in policing was

emphasised further, but where the cuts would hitwas seemingly unknown at this stage. InspectorSandeman highlighted that the focus will be onbuildings and support staff, but reassuringly com-mented that the Melbourne office was safe.The meeting highlighted that while Melbourne

anti-social behaviour had improved, Weston, Astonand Shardlow are the new priorities. Derby Road,Melbourne, will remain a focus of police attentionbecause of car crime and vandalism.Sgt Sisman provided a round-up on the year's

crime statistics for the area, with crime up in gen-eral by five per cent. Minor assaults were up by80-90, noting that on nine out of 10 occasions sus-pect and offender know each other. Shoplifting was up by 90 offences primarily due

to one supermarket's greater vigilance in Swadlin-cote, while burglary had seen a 25% decrease –which was one positive that leads the country. Car crime remains the same.Over the August to October period the average

local crime rate was four crimes per 1,000 occu-pants whereas some Derby City areas are at 100crimes per 1,000 occupants.Sarah Dagley identified the area's £4,000 fund-

ing to support crime initiatives had seen a recentapplication for security lighting at the Village Halland Pavilion at Aston on Trent which was acceptedat the meeting. Sarah emphasised the need for thearea to use this funding. If not utilised other areaswill have access to the money and the fund waspreviously cut due to lack of use in 2009.Councillor John Harrison also identified a fur-

ther £4,200 as part of a community scheme whichis available for use with matched funding.

the thinning blue linePolice chief accepts village is being let down

MELBOURNE Rotary Club’saward of Citizen of the Year waspresented at the club’s Christ-mas meeting to Phil Dobby.Club president Simon Leech

spoke of Phil’s considerable con-tribution to the Parish Plan, andhis involvement in the currentplans for the future of theLeisure Centre, before citing thetremendous success of the Mel-bourne Art Festival over the lastfive years.Phil was the originator of the

Festival idea, and chaired thecommittee which brought it into being. It was very largely Phil’s energy, enthusiasm and persistencewhich got the project off the ground, and led to the Festival becoming one of the best things to havehappened to Melbourne in recent years. Phil was presented with a framed certificate to commemorate the award.Mr Dobby (right) is pictured with Melbourne Rotary Club President Simon Leech being presented

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THIS year the Athenaeum Internet Café locatedin Melbourne celebrates its sixth year of operation.It regularly welcomes 95 young people every weekto a safe, fun and informal youth café venue, withpool, table football and internet computers.There are table tennis, Wii and pool competi-

tions in place and a number of film nights plannedfor the 2010 programme.The café is open Wednesday 4-6pm Year 6 stu-

dents; Wednesday 7-9.30pm Year 7 students; andFriday and Saturday 7-9.30pm Year 7-11 students.

Young people say of the cafe: "It's great to havesomewhere to go, to meet friends and chill out."Zoe Dean, Café Manager says: "We are commit-

ted to providing the young people of Melbourne aplace to call their own.“ I’m looking forward to the programme we have

in place, and following up the opportunities fromthe Vision events we had towards the end of lastyear." The Athenaeum Youth Café is a venture run for

the benefit of the young people of Melbourne andsurrounding villages. It is run by a full-time man-ager and a team of dedicated volunteers. New members are welcome and should call / text

Zoe Dean, Café Manager, on 07874 684150. Thesame number is available for anyone interested involunteering.

internet cafe’s sixth birthday

PANTO season is here again and Aston Players will be performing their annual produc-tion this month. This year's production is entitled: 'Cinderella – not quite a pantomime!'and there will be six performances held over two weekends with matinees on the Satur-day afternoon. The dates are: Saturday, January 23, at 2.30pm and 7.30pm; Sunday, Jan-uary 24, at 2.30pm; Saturday, January 30, at 2.30pm and 7:30pm; and Sunday, January 31,at 2.30pm.

DERBYSHIRE County Council is inviting people to ‘Learn some-thing new at a library near you’.The authority is running a wide range of free classes in li-

braries with everything from first-aid to jewellery making. Mel-bourne Library will be participating in the programme but so farthe only class arranged is Knitting for Fun which will be held onJanuary 25 from 2.30 to 4.30pm.

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THE weekly Get Active In The Forest CalkeWalk, based at Calke Abbey, in Ticknall, hasnow been operating for five years

To celebrate, walkers gathered in the rain towalk the original route taken on the very firstwalk five years ago. Hot drinks, homemadesnacks and a wonderful fruit cake followed thewalk.

Volunteer leaders walk with groups everyMonday afternoon as part of South DerbyshireDistrict Council’s ‘Walking to Health’ initiativewhich was introduced to help people to have funand burn calories.

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should meet in the main car park at CalkeAbbey from 2pm on Mondays. Walkers areasked to pay a donation of £1.

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MOTORISTS are beingwarned to take extra carewhere they park from Febru-ary 1, when DerbyshireCounty Council steps upparking enforcement.

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MP Mark Todd, who had writtento Derbyshire Primary CareTrust to complain that SouthDerbyshire had lost out whenchanges to hearing servicesacross the county were alteredin order to cut waiting times foraudiology appointments.No new audiology clinics were

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THE Oakden Dance Academyhas been a feature of Melbourneon a Saturday morning for over30 years.

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staff and a team to be reckoned with.Today, even a modest league side can have a first team squad of up

to 40 players (the Rams currently have 32 ) but in the seventies, al-though Derby County were the Kings of England and Europe, thetotal playing staff – including the reserves, A team and apprentices– was just over 42. In the early 1970s, Robert Arnold had reformed the Melbourne Sat-

urday team and held the ambition the team would rise through thenon–league ranks. He started as a player but quickly realised hisstrengths were in managing. He fitted his football plans in with hisday job of car salesman at Dove’s Garage. Aided by assistant Mick Cooper, he assessed current players and

MELBOURNE centre-half in that memorable Cup finalagainst the Rams, Dave Hackett, recalls the days of play-ing away in the bottom rungs of the league against opposi-tion who first had to get sheep off the pitch and the tractorout of the changing room, which doubled as a farm shed.Melbourne’s home pitch, as now in mid-January, was re-

puted to be the coldest place in town. It had ups and downsalong both wings, which had players feeling sea-sick justlooking at them. Dave recalls manager Robert Arnold acquiring a white

transit van and, in a team building exercise, the playersspending Sunday mornings getting the vehicle up to stan-dard on the forecourt of Doves Garage, where Arnold waschief car salesman. Another former player remembers travelling to matches

when the van had two long planks on top of upturnedbuckets in the back for seats. In what would now be a pre-match build up, the players were given red polo shirts totravel in and meals (usually sandwiches and crisps) at theMelbourne British Legion.

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OWN RAM–RAIDERS

brought in others torealise Melbourne’sambitions. The risewas spectacular.From the bottomranks of the Derbyand District Combination, the Townquickly climbed tothe top division.Local footballersqueued to play forthem.One player to join

was HowardJoynes, who becamea Melbourne stalwart playing wellinto his 40s. Hemoved to the areaonly in his mid 20sbut had alwaysbeen a quality footballer. Like many

youngsters in thoseheady days of theClough -Taylormanagement partnership, he dreamt of playing for the Rams. He had trials and played for the Derby A team. But a motor bike

accident cruelly ended his Derby career when it had barely begun.Derby’s loss was Melbourne’s gain. He was a natural, inspirationalleader.It wouldn’t be the last time Howard would fall off something and

would need all his strength to recover – but more of that later. Meanwhile, Ray Molson, secretary of the Combination League, had

persuaded a sceptical Derby County management, including reserveteam coach Colin Murphy, then a Melbourne resident, that the parkpitches of Derby would be ideal breeding grounds for future Derbyplayers. The 1974 season saw Derby’s A team join the likes of Map-perley Rovers, Gresley Miners Welfare and Melbourne Town in Di-vision One. Coach Murphy had his own meteoric rise, being appointed Derby’s

manager in 1975. He went on to coach other teams in the league andalso the Vietnam national team. His last job was development di-rector at Hull City between 2002 and 2008. Sadly, he had a stroketwo years ago and has retired from football. He remains the onlyMelbourne resident to manage the Rams – a record likely to standa long time.The Derby team in the final against Melbourne was managed by

Rams legend Ron Webster. The final itself was curtain-raiser to a reserve match between the

Rams and Nottingham Forest, which meant the final had the un-likely prospect of having more spectators at the finish than the start.Both sets of players had to change in the cramped directors' boxrather than the dressing rooms. This also meant easy post-matchaccess to the fabled director’s drinks cabinet, something that was toelude the legendary Brian Clough during his time there.Melbourne hoped to cause an upset, despite losing to the same op-

position earlier. Perhaps the Baseball ground conditions got to Mel-bourne. Although they gave their all the final score of 4-1 to theRams tells nothing of the all-out action. With Howard Joynes lead-

ing from the front, the possibility of a cup final upset was always onthe cards until some well-taken goals from Derby took the wind outof Melbourne’s sails.A Melbourne goal finally arrived through Joynes from a Vaughan

Saxby cross.Some of that A team went on to to play for the full Rams team, in-

cluding goalkeeper Steve Cherry, who also went on to play for Wal-sall, Plymouth, Chesterfield, Notts County, Rotherham and PortVale. One of the Melbourne youngsters that day, Steve Adcock, wenton to play at Wembley for Gresley Rovers in the 1991 FA Vase final,described then as one of the most exciting Wembley finals of all time. Other Melbourne players in the final played local football for years

but this had to be the highlight of the club’s existence. The final wassomething of a comeback for Dave Hackett, who had been out formost of the season with a knee injury. He and Steve Adcock went onto play for Melbourne Dynamoes Sunday team, which climbed theleague ladder in the 1980s to become one of the county’s leadingteams and to this day is thought by many local judges as the bestever Melbourne side.

Goalscorer Howard Joynes still lives locally and even now isfalling off things; in 2008 he had a bad horse riding accident – atone point, life threatening. Thanks to prompt attention by the AirAmbulance and the relatively soft ground he is now, very slowly, onthe mend. But it took every ounce of his strength and determination.Those who know Howard well are in no doubt that he is on the look-out for something else to fall off once he has completed his road torecovery!� The Melbourne squad on that heady night when Melbourne stoodproudly alongside the might of Derby County was Nigel Webster,Chris Patrick, Dave Bosworth, Tony Maffin, Howard Joynes, RobertSaxby, Keith Bosworth, Pete Cook, John Lloyd, Peter Leatherland,Steve Adcock, Vaughan Saxby, Dave Hackett, Brian O Reilly, andPaul Flowers.More information on www.melbournevillagevoice.co.uk

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month which included a 30 points to nil vic-tory against Kesteven. There was some ex-cellent running rugby culminating in triesfor Luke Brown (4), Will Kilgour and KavanOwens. The second match was much tighter,although Melbourne snatched victory again– this time with Matt Suddaby, Alex Henry(4 tries) and Kavan Owens (2) scoring thepoints.Their success at Kesteven follows hot on

the heels of the U9 squad’s qualification forthe NLD Tournament in the spring. Theirplace was earned via victories over Ilkeston,Chesterfield, Matlock and Ashbourne.

The under 9s are shaping up well. Theyfinished the year with victories over SouthLeicester (20 points to 5) and Leicester For-est East (10 points to 5). The squad is look-ing very good for 2010 – as is the next agegroup. Not only have the U10s finished theseason as Derbyshire champions but, in thelast game of the decade, they saw off themighty Bakewell. That means the U10s (pic-tured below) remain unbeaten this season. The great news continues with the flour-

ishing under 11s whose A-squad also re-mains unbeaten so far this season.December saw them destroy Kesteven 71-0.This was a superb team performance. Theforwards won plenty of ball and fed the free-running back division. Henry Kaczmarczkyand Ben Goddard revelled in the amount ofpossession, running in numerous tries,while James Sookias and Charlie Tomlinsonalso muscled in on the act.Action man Max Lowson helped the U11s

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MELBOURNE Dynamoes first team extended

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their matches in December as well as progress-

ing to the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup.They began the month at home to fourth placed Long Eaton

United Reserves and ran out comprehensive winners with a 4-0score-line. Leading goal scorer Paul Swallow bagged a brace alongwith strikes from Tom Donnachie and a rare Andrew Smethurstheader.This was followed with an entertaining 6-3 victory at home to Hol-

brook St. Michaels. Again Swallow hit a double and was joined onthe scoresheet with free kicks from Lee Scott and Ryan Grey, ascreamer from Tommy Moulten and a Carl Alsop penalty.Dynamoes ended the month in the Challenge Cup beating local

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nals. Swallow took his total to 17 for the season with a cool finishwhile a Carl Alsop header and a Tom Donnachie left footer com-pleted the scoring.Melbourne Dynamoes Reserves had just two games survive the

December weather – a league victory but a Derbyshire Cup disap-pointment.At home to lowly Bargate Rovers Reserves, Melbourne ran out

comfortable 4-1 victors with Jack Tivey, Kevin Earp, Tommy Bartonand Ben Dale getting the goals.The Derbyshire Cup quarter-final tie followed, away to Black Pan-

ther. Melbourne trailed twice in the game with Ben Dale hitting Dy-namoes first and Andy Lancaster equalising in the last minute totake the game into extra time. This was closely fought until a mistake in defence by Dynamoes

resulted in a Black Panther winner in the final seconds.

Melbourne Dynamo Reserves: back row l-r Eddie Dale (Assistant Manager), James Wilcox, Kevin Earp, Sam Stuart, NathamCook, Andy Lancaster, Jack Tivey, Greg Salsbury (Manager); front row Steven Biggs, Farrell Scott, Dom Hudson, Dave Dun-hill (Captain), Vinny Hallifield, Rob Wallis and Frankie Morgan.

TICKNALL Rangers found some betterleague form in December with a win, a lossand a draw from their three games. A better all-round team performance saw

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MELBOURNE Rugby Club's 1st

XV have had a good first half of

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tain a good mid-table position.The first game in November saw Amber

Valley arrive at Cockshut Lane. Despitebeing under pressure from a strong AmberValley pack early on and going 13 pointsdown, Melbourne rallied to win 23-13. PopLakin scored one try and Rob Foster two,both from strong scrimmaging. Euan Holdencompleted the scoring with seven points.

Melbourne travelled the short distance toAshby for their next game and they werewell beaten 35-3. Unavailabilities, injuriesand illness saw multiple changes in team se-lection and Melbourne were 25-3 down be-fore half-time following a poor performance.Melbourne rallied well in the second halfplaying into a strong wind, to only concede

a penalty and a breakaway try but Ashbypunished Melbourne’s errors and will surelybe contenders for promotion.

A Derbyshire Cup match against Ash-bourne, who play in a league higher, fol-lowed. The score was 10-10 with 10 minutesto go following a try from Ash Stringer andfive points for Euan Holden, but an errorsaw Ashbourne gifted a soft try and theyheld on to win 20-10.

Next came the visit of Ashfield, and sawanother close game. Ashfield dominated thefirst half and scored 12 unanswered points.However, they tired and Melbourne startedto dominate the second half. Tom Howardscored their only try and Holden scoredeight points. In the last minute, Melbourneconceded a penalty in front of the posts andwere lucky that the kick was missed.

The first game in December saw the longtrip to Barton. With unavailabilities and in-juries, Melbourne went away with a bare 15,but delivered their performance of the sea-

son. After a close first half ended 13-6 toMelbourne, the floodgates opened in the sec-ond half and Melbourne scored 36 unan-swered points.

Tries came from Ash Stringer (five), RobFoster and Sean Parkinson with EuanHolden scoring 14 points.

The final game of December saw the ar-rival of Boston. Tries from Pete Welsh, ChrisFulton and Ash Stringer saw Melbourne win15-3.

The second XV’s fine start has faltered,with a couple of defeats in the league (awayto Boots and East Leake), but a 100 pointwin over Rolls-Royce was savoured. In afriendly to a strong Long Eaton team theseconds suffered a close defeat going down0-7.

The first XV are now sixth in the leaguetable at the half way stage with the secondXV sitting third in their Pennant league.Ash Stringer leads the ‘try scoring’ tablewith 13.

So far So goodfor rugby club

Melbourne Rugby Football Club’s first XV

Strong home form puts them in a solid position

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