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As you all know, one of my fondest leisure activitiesis a stroll around the wonderful hostelries inUttoxeter and Cheadle on a Sunday afternoon –

pure bliss, that’s what it is!!It’s the only time of the week when I can truly wind

down and relax after a week’s work on your Voice colourmagazine, a time when I can engage in the types ofconversations I adore with my old muckers whose viewson life are always so beautifully put but perhaps not in

the standard form of the Queen’s English!It was on one of these visits recently that I had the pleasure to chat to one

of the Voice’s hugely popular Columnists Steve ‘Lank’ Lavin in The BankHouse Hotel, one of the town’s most welcoming water holes and the locationof a bunch of wonderful chaps who I enjoy passing the time of day with underthe fine service provided by Pat on the bar.

As you continue your journey through this Voice magazine’s pages you willcome to Lank’s column which includes the chat we had about the oldcharacters of yesteryear.

And this week that conversation got me thinking that surely there are stillgrand real life characters around us at this moment in time, in Uttoxeter,Cheadle and our fabulous surrounding villages!

You can probably come up with a list yourself of these characters? So Istarted thinking, and as I always do ‘indepth homework on my articles, Ilurched for my dictionary to see the definition of ‘character’ (pass me myanorak now!).

Well, the word character has several meanings but the ones I think weshould be interested in are ‘distinguishing quality or qualities;’ someone witha ‘reputation’ and an ‘odd or eccentric person.’

Now then, I come into contact with a plethora of people who could fitinto one of these brackets, but in my book, a character is a member of ourcommunity who holds a certain standing of fondness, cheekiness and perhapsa glint in the eye which makes folk enjoy a certain inner feeling!

In Uttoxeter, one of my old pals Phil ‘Stubby’ Stubbs must go down as amodern-day character, a man who possesses a wicked sense of humour whois known throughout the town by all. I must admit, Stubby would be my firston the list.

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These chaps are what I call characters – if you can come up with names ofsome more, drop me an email and let’s see if we can come up a modern daylist – whilst not forgetting those wonderful characters of years gone by!

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By Steve ‘Lank’ LavinGolden Memories from one ofUttoxeter’s Favourite Characters

Cheadle the sister town with Uttoxeter to this publication brings backa lot of memories for me. I went to school there at Painsley CatholicCollege (which is now rated as one of the leading schools in the

country), when it first was opened in 1964.Cheadle was no stranger to me as my relations on my mother’s side were

all born and bred there in Churchill Road and I used to accompany her atweekends to visit her father, sisters and brother when I was young.

I spent many happy hours with my cousins and their friends visiting thelocal kids hangouts, Palm Brook and High Shutt were two of the names Ican recollect. I can remember playing football in Churchill Road in the streetwhich was always covered in cow manure from the cows that used to bedriven down there for milking to the farm at the bottom of the road.

My Grandfather Ernest Brunt was a Miner at Florence Colliery in Stokein those days as were a lot of other Cheadle people and after being involvedin a very serious pit accident left there and became an Electricians mate atCheadle Air Ministry (a very secretive place!). I can remember his friendscoming round his house and discussing what had being happening up thetown where I listened to tales about the exploits of the ‘Cheadle Cowboys’(Cheadle’s hard cases) in pitched battles against the ‘Joker Mob’ fromBlurton (very hair raising).

Whilst at school, for a short period of time I went on work experienceat the Cheadle & Tean Times in Cheadle as a trainee compositor prior toleaving to attend the Stoke-on-Trent College of Printing. Whilst I was thereI met some wonderful characters, Percy Campbell the editor, Bob Hall areporter and the production staff namely amongst others who I haveunfortunately forget their names, Trevor Boulton and Eric Woodward.

Funnily enough after gaining an apprenticeship with James BrockPrinters in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent I met up with Eric Woodward again whowas to be my foreman at Brocks all through my apprenticeship years withthem (happy days).

I used to frequent Cheadle many times years ago when my relations werealive and attend dances at Cheadle Guild Hall, which boasted of having (soas I was informed) one of the finest sprung dance floors in Europe.

Cheadle I always found to be a friendly very down to earth town similarto Uttoxeter but their range of shops were still ran mainly by local peopleand were unspoilt, unlike Uttoxeter’s which were becoming taken over bythe multi-nationals and the town centre small traders were gradually beingforced out. Albert Peppers stationery shop in High Street was a typicalexample of a proper old fashioned shop and it was like walking intosomething out of a Charles Dickens novel, what a place!

Today unfortunately like every other town of its size it has lost a lot ofits old pubs, which to me were the central hub of the social scene.

Although places I used to frequent on my visits like the Queens, the Birdin Hand, the Alton Castle are still active my real favourite the Black Horsehas tragically closed and has been turned into offices.

This was a pub and half years ago, on entering you were greeted by MayKnight and her friends in the passageway (they reminded me of EnaSharples and company in the Rovers Return in Coronation Street years ago).After you had survived her grilling we used to venture into the bar whichmost weekends featured a piano player with the locals getting up to performtheir favourite songs (the forerunner to the present Karaoke nights heldnow). The bar area was also full of characters. Some of their names I candistinctly remember including the Upton brothers, Si Emery (he used tonarrate a boxing commentary from memory word for word, brilliant!),George Lovatt (the last time I saw George was when he was dressed up asa Hula girl complete with grass skirt at a fancy dress evening there and Ifeared for him when some of his mates were determined to set fire to it andburn him alive!) Georgie Pegg (what a character, say no more!) and JimmyEdwards who had painted a mural of a Spanish scene on the wall of the barwith a 4” emulsion brush in a matter of a few minutes, a very talented artist.I believe the mural was still there when the pub closed in the late 90’s. Greatnostalgic days indeed.Till next time, LANK

The Black Horse Pub in Cheadle


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Magisterial Memoriesby John Glandfield, Uttoxeter’s most charismatic Lawyer

Ihave been asked to comment upon the recent spate ofT.V.and other Personalities, in one Case at least oneof them has now been convicted of same, who have

been catapulted into the limelight as alleged sexualoffenders and how they should be treated.

We are all deemed equal under the Law albeit if youhave the sort of bank balance that many celebrities seemto have once your case comes to Court you can probablyafford the sort of legal team to render you, “More equalthan others”. That, I am afraid is life and we meremortals are stuck with it. That said, and it matters notwho or what you are, under English Law until youvoluntarily admit to some offence or are found guilty ofit you are innocent. Because of wide and oftenprovocative news reports of those in the public eye theminute that they are arrested there could be justifiableconcern that there is a real risk of “Trial by theTabloids”. What do you do about that? We are luckyto live in a free society and muzzling or other restrictionof the press is no part of that. Nowadays with a fewexceptions on the grounds on it being adverse to publicinterest we all have a legal right to know about what isgoing on.

I suppose, therefore, if you are in the public eye andwant to continue to enjoy the vast privileges that canbring it behoves you to keep your nose clean. Youcannot have your cake and eat it and they do say thatthe higher you climb then the further you have to fall. ACelebrity with the mat pulled from beneath him is arollicking good read. How the Mighty have fallen. Newsof Fred Nurd’s repeated Court appearances for ridinghis push bike without lights does not. In fact thatprovides a one way ticket to terminal boredom.

A point of concern to me, however, is the possibilitythat many celebrities, and here I feel obliged to includemany of our professional politicians, seem to display agreat sense of complacency or even diplomatic immunityfrom the rigours of the Law – a sort of divine right to beand stay where they are. Many on T.V. in particular havea host of loyal fans. I hear it at Award Ceremonies wherethe recipient will say they only got there because ofothers but, frankly, I have usually found that to be lessthan convincing. They say that many Celebrities behaveabominably to those around them and expect no adversereaction – perhaps but a short step away from expectingthe right to take sexual liberties with impunity. Myfirst-hand experience of these Demi Gods is limited savethat in the Office in Brighton where I trained the LateBill Pertwee was a Client – prior to the advent of “Dad’sArmy” I have to say – and he was absolutely charmingand full of fun and at no time did he attempt to molestme.

I have little doubt when matters come to light, andthe fact that they may relate to events years before isirrelevant as there is no applicable limitation period, thePolice are pretty sure that there is some substance in acomplaint. Inevitably there will or even have beenopportunists and gold diggers and they would need to beweeded out before an enquiry went public but if,otherwise, the Police just crashed in on a T.V.Set andled the Male Lead away in handcuffs and it transpiredthat person was totally innocent the repercussions andegg on faces would be legion.

T.V,and other so-called Personalities thrive onpublicity, some even go out to court it, they reputedlyearn mega bucks and are feted wherever they go so, in

my view, they must accept what goes with it.In my view if these blighters are found to have

behaved in the reprehensible way as alleged theydeserve punishment. That should be on the basis of whatthey have done, not who they are.

In spite of my previous concerns about the effect ofinitial and continuing publicity on a subsequent fair trialI do believe that there will still be a fair trial. Our LegalSystem may not be perfect but it’s been a long time in themaking and is, I believe, the best and fairest in the world.

If then on a conviction or admission of guilt a career,home and family life is left in tatters that is quite oftenthe case and if it applies to you and I , it should apply toall. The effect of a Sentence on the Miscreant’s Familyetc can reflect in the type of Sentence passed or thelength of a Prison term but in the face of complaintsabout the length of the latter more than one Judge hasresponded, “You should have thought about thatbefore.” If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime!

You may feel that these blighters have abused ourtrust and dumped on us.

I will close with some sobering thoughts.The Personalities that we have seen to date may turn

out to be the tip of the iceberg. I firmly believe that thereare many still out there who have yet to be brought tobook. There are many who have yet to transgress andthere are some who will never be found out. As a PrisonGovernor once said to me, “There are more out therethan in here. Only the unsuccessful criminals end up inPrison”.

See you in Court (or if not, hopefully, somewheresometime)John E. Glandfield

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fully enclosed garden with high fences is requiredso she can play securely in there. She is anadorable bundle of fun who is just waiting for anice family to come and take her home. She isvery energetic and so older children wouldprobably be more suitable so they can play withher and take her for nice walks. Her dog walkerssay that ‘she is a very loving girl and with moretraining and attention will make a wonderfulcompanion. She went out for a very long walk atthe weekend with them and was really good.’Stella is now getting really fed up in the kennelsthough and it is such a shame to see her in there-all the good work that has gone into herdevelopment will be undone if she stays too long.Although she is fine with other dogs when outwalking she needs to be the only dog in thefamily environment so she can be given fullattention. She really needs a home to settle intourgently so she can become part of a family - canyou provide that home for her?

Mabel

Mabel, like many ofour dogs, came to us asa stray so we don’tknow any of herhistory. What we doknow is that shedeserves a home whereshe will be spoilt rotten.She will need to be theonly pet in the house asshe doesn’t get on wellwith other dogs. Sheenjoys going out for awalk, having a good

fuss made of her and then relaxing when she getsback. Mabel is ideally suited to being acompanion to someone on their own - a ladyperhaps as she does like softly spoken people!One of her regular dog walker friends says, ‘I’vebeen walking Mabel every week since she cameinto the kennels and I do love her - we have lotsof cuddles. We have got to know one anotherquite well! The way she looks back at you whenwalking as if to say ‘I’m really enjoying this,thank you!’ is wonderful to see. I’d love her toget a home soon as she really deserves one afterbeing in the kennels so long. No-one ever asksabout her or gives her a chance. Her idealenvironment would be one where walks arepossible where people control their dogs anddon’t let them run loose and up to her! We passother people on our walks that have dogs with asimilar temperament to Mabel- so why can’t shefind someone understanding like that for her?’She has a number of other regular walkers nowbut it’s a loving home and her own owner thatwe really do want for her. Isn’t it about time sheachieved tha t- she so deserves it!

If you feel that you can offer the right hometo Mabel, Stella or Gordon please contact BrendaJackson on 07790 527 190.

The Society would also like to remindeveryone that they have many dogs and catslooking for homes and all are deserving cases,please don’t let them have to wait so long asGordon has had to for a home. Their details andphotographs are on the website.www.cheadleanimalwelfare.org.uk/rehoming/

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Right: Charlotte Holmes (Miss England) and Gemma Palmer (MissStaffordshire 2012).

Jessica Landells of Uttoxeter has been crowned MissStaffordshire 2013!

The Platinum Suite at Uttoxeter Racecourse erupted when local familyand friends cheered Jessica’s fantastic success.

The sell-out crowd cheered emotionally as Jessica, who is currentlystudying for her A Levels in Photography, English and Geography, wasnamed Miss Staffordshire!

Jessica has signed with a modelling agency in Manchester and her loveof dancing over the last 10 years has seen her excel in ballet, modern andcontemporary dancing.

Now the pride of Uttoxeter, Jessica can look forward to a wonderful 12months representing our county.

In second spot came Lauren Beresford of Werrington and third wasDominique Hibel of Blurton.


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Just theperfect day...Bride: Charlotte Wright from Spath

Groom: Oliver Appleby from Spath

Wedding Day: 13th April 2013

Bride’s Mum and Stepdad: Joe & Della Stack fromChaddesden, Derby

Bride’s Dad: John Wright from Hill Ridware

Groom’s Parents:Will & Jen Appleby from Rocester

Bridesmaids: Nic Sharpe, Bec Sidwell, Nicola Monnier &Jenny Lincoln

Best Man:Mr Ben Appleby

Ceremony: The Meynell Langley in Derby

Reception: Abbotsholme School in Rocester

Photographer: HBA Photography

Oli and I got married on the 13th April 2013 after 10years together, having had our first date when we werepupils at Thomas Alleyne’s High School back in 2003.

We wanted our day to be fun and relaxed, we had giant tipis,candyfloss, fish & chips, giant helium balloons instead ofbouquets, homemade cakes, mis-matched vintage china,vintage lawn games, and an ice cream van.

Three of my four beautiful bridesmaids are also local girlswho I’ve been friends with since the days of Windsor ParkMiddle School - Nic Sharpe, Bec Sidwell & Nicola Monnier.They were fab and kept me giggling and smiling through allthe nerves and they looked absolutely gorgeous. We love themto pieces!

We were very lucky and found some wonderful localsuppliers to complete our day, including the wonderful HBAPhotography, Opulence Beauty Salon in Uttoxeter for mymake-up and lovely shellac nails, Tinker’s Bells also fromUttoxeter who provided our amazing wedding night bell tent,Formal Elegance Bridal Boutique in Rugeley, Peak Tipis ofAshbourne and of course The Poppy Trading Company (Oli’svery own business!) who provided our mis-matched chairsand rustic trestle tables.

We married at Meynell Langley, a gorgeous manor housein Derbyshire and held our fun teepee reception atAbbotsholme School. We had an absolutely perfect day, theweather was far from spring-like (snow was still on theground 2 weeks before, and not a single flower had blossomedin time!), but it didn’t matter at all, I married my childhoodsweetheart and had a great big party with all of our nearestand dearest! Perfect!

We tried to fill our day with as many little quirky andpersonal touches as possible… we had cake pops in the formof Apple’s and Bee’s (my married name is Appleby!), we served


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The Opening Ceremony will be performed by the Cheadle Town MayorCouncillor Ian Plant at 12 noon following the arrival of the nowtraditional Grand Parade.

This year’s parade is aiming to be really special, it will have the BrianPointon Marching Band, decorated floats, people in fancy dress, perhaps ponyand traps or horse and traps. The Mayor wants this to be a memorable parade.It will not be unduly long, starting from the long stay car park, finishing at therecreation ground. If anyone wishes to join this wonderful parade, then pleasering the Town Mayor, Councillor Ian Plant on either 01538 754451 or07971668720

Admission to the Party in the Park will be free of charge. Many of theattractions will also be Free of Charge.

Another spectacular Party In the Park day is in store for the people ofCheadle and this years highlight will be a re-enactment of the American CivilWar, this is a first for the town, it will be exciting, thrilling and absolutelyamazing.

History will be brought back to life in Cheadle on this day in the form ofbattles, authentic camps, civilian life, military drills and the portrayal of periodevents. Even a drum and fife corps band. It will be smoky and noisy this dayfor sure with imitation live shooting using period black powder weapons.Wow!

Although at this stage, things are still to be arranged. However, we willhave music with superb bands, and many other exciting events which will bebooked as things unfold.

We will have the usual refreshments including a Beer Tent. Cream Teas.Ice Cream Van. Hog Roast Van. Burger / Hot Dog Van.

There will be numerous stalls including charity stalls and trade stalls. Thecharity stalls will of course be free of charge, trade stalls will be charged a £5deposit with a donation on the day.

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plants and flowers bathed in early summer sunshine, in factthe weather could not have been better. Around 120 peoplevisited the gardens and were treated to some beautiful sightsas well as a wonderful selection of homemade cakes, teas andother homemade refreshments on offer. People came frommiles around to visit Alton and from comments received theyall really enjoyed the day.

Already several other residents have expressed an interestin opening their gardens so next year there could be as manyas 20 or more gardens open for viewing.

Alton Community EventGroup who organized the opengardens day raised around £600,half of which goes to the ChurnetValley Conservation Society toassist in their work preserving thenatural heritage of the ChurnetValley and their ongoingcampaign to achieve recognitionfor the valley as an Area ofOutstanding Natural Beauty.

A.C.E. Group are nowlooking forward to their nextevent, an Apple Day where you will be able to watch applecrushing and pressing demonstrations, take your own applesalong and have them juiced or identified by an apple expert.There will be apple cakes drinks and much more.

For more information about the Churnet ValleyConservation Society and its work or to become a membervisit www.churnet-valley-conservation.org

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Those of you of a certain age may rememberJohnny Morris, “Animal Magic”, and Dottythe ring-tailed lemur. My fascination with

these creatures dates from that time. We lovetravelling – lazing on a beach is not for us – butour idea of heaven is somewhere a bit off thebeaten track where we can pursue our interests inwildlife and photography. We have been luckyenough to view tigers in India, elephants and lionsin Africa, giant tortoises in the Galapagos andwombats in Australia, so when we saw the detailsof a small-group trip to Southern Madagascar –what’s not to like?

After flying via Nairobi we arrived in thecapital with an impossibly long name –Antananarivo – fortunately known locally as Tana– much easier to pronounce. We spent a night therebefore starting our journey around the southernhalf of the island, which is located in the IndianOcean off the east coast ofAfrica. The next few dayswere spent in a simplejungle lodge close to areserve called Andasibeknown for its populationof indris (large black andwhite lemurs about thesize of a small dog) as wellas a variety of otherlemurs and wildlife such asbirds and chameleons.The indris call to eachother with an amazingloud howl and on our firstmorning’s walk in the jungle we came across afamily group feeding high in the trees. Soonenough they started howling to each other – aneerie, ear-splitting noise which echoed across thejungle canopy. We felt immensely privileged towitness it; the indris were well aware of ourpresence, but still carried on with their usual wayof life.

Close to this reserve is an island in a lake whichis home to a variety of rehabilitated lemurs; in thenot-too-distant past people took them in as pets,but the practice is now outlawed, so a range oflemurs live out the rest of their lives in the morenatural habitat of the island. They are afraid ofwater so they cannot escape, but visitors areallowed to go over by canoe to see them, which tome was really exciting. You are not supposed to

approach too close to them, but lemurs cannotread and they have no qualms about approachingyou and climbing all over you, as humans providea much more exciting climbing frame for them.Their little “hands” were so warm!

After leaving Andasibe we had a long driveback through the capital and to an overnight stopin a town called Antsirabe, which displayed strongFrench colonial influences in its buildings and wideboulevards; we then moved on to a rainforestlodge near Ranomafana Reserve. We found outwhy it is called a rainforest after a morning spentlooking for lemurs in a dripping, steaming jungle.Here we saw sifakas which have very long legs and“dance” along the ground in great bounding hops;they were in a family group with some little oneswhich we managed to approach as they werefeeding on seeds on the ground. It stopped raininglater in the day and on a night walk we saw an

amazing variety ofchameleons and geckos, aswell as a tiny bamboo mouselemur – the name gives a clueto its size.

As we moved further souththe land became drier and wewere lucky enough to visit areserve managed by the localcommunity. They hadpreviously killed ring-tailedlemurs for food, but aneducation programme hadresulted in the communitytaking responsibility for

protecting the lemurs and providing guided toursto have close up views of them (as well as somespectacular chameleons). Dotty’s descendantswere there in abundance and very curious to comeand look at the human visitors. There were severalfamily groups and they seemed very keen to showoff their offspring to the visitors – the little oneswere enchanting.

In the village where we stayed overnight wealso visited a silk factory (in someone’s house!) anda paper-making concern which used bark fromlocal trees to produce beautiful parchment whichwas widely used by restaurants for menus.

Travelling even further south – by now we werealmost at the southern coast – we reached an areawhich resembled the Australian outback – rich redearth and rocky outcrops which provided habitats

suitable for more astonishing wildlife, as well assapphire mines. The rest of the group decided togo swimming in some natural pools up in the hillsbut we elected to stay in a clearing in a small forestto look for birds. We were rewarded withsightings of Paradise Fly-catchers displaying toattract a mate, but while we were sitting quietly afamily of ring-tailed lemurs came through anddropped out of the trees to inspect us. One mumbrought her baby so close we could not even get aphoto – it was too close to focus. As nature loverswe felt immensely humbled that wild creatureswould trust us enough to come so close.

We were nearing the end of our holiday, butthere was one more location to visit, whichinvolved taking a 1½ hour boat trip (there were noroads for motor vehicles) to a place called Anakao,which is located on a beautiful white sand beach.From here we went to an area called the spinyforest, which as the name suggests, is home to amultitude of spiny plants and also baobab treeswhich look as if they are growing upside down,with huge bulbous trunks and a few sparsebranches at the top. Some of these trees were athousand years old. On the same trip we alsovisited a salt lake which housed a flock offlamingoes – Madagascar is truly a country ofgreat variety in natural history terms.

A final boat trip took us back to civilisation,for our journey back to Tana and the onwardflight home. We met some fascinating people;although Madagascar is a desperately poorcountry and initially we were treated with somesuspicion as the number of visitors is not large,there were many smiles. In our travels we visitedtowns, villages, and rural areas with very fewfacilities and had the opportunity to see acompletely different way of life. Would we goback? Certainly. But maybe not yet – we stillhaven’t seen orang-utans, polar bears, orjaguars…….no doubt we will be contacting ourfriends at Journeys à la Carte again in the nearfuture!

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Uttoxeter Beer & Cider FESTIVAL

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Ale and cider buffs at OldfieldsSports and Social Club were treatedto close-up magic from illusionist EdSumner and music from KellyEdwards and covers band Upfront.The band played till almost midnight- much later than usual. The latefinish helped boost beer sales.

Steve Shields, President ofUttoxeter Lions Club, who organisethe festival with UttoxeterRugbyClub, said: “I think it was thebest beer festival yet, and will helpraise more this year than last year, sowe seem to go from strength tostrength. I want to thank everyonewho supported us.”



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Philippa Inskip fromStoke won a Hoar CrossSpa Day as her first prizefor the Best Hatcompetition withSamantha Gilmour fromMelbourne winningsecond and MadelineCooper from Chesterfieldwinning third prizes fromSalon 14 in Uttoxeter.

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Tickets for Ladies Day onFriday 26th July 2013 areavailable on the website atwww.uttoxeter-racecourse.co.uk in a rangeof prices from £9 to £36. Thefirst race is at 2pm and thetribute act, Black Eyed Peazwill showcase their talentswith live music followingthe racing.

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The Lisa Oldham

Family and friends came together tocelebrate the life of a much lovedUttoxeter woman who sadly died last

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The day proved to be very emotionallycharged as family and friends rememberedLisa whilst also paying tribute to theservices which tried to save her life andwho cared for her in hospital.

Lisa would not have wanted the racedayto be a sad affair and although thememories came flooding back, you can seefrom our exclusive photographs that familyand friends made The Lisa Oldham Racedaya very special and heart-rending occasion.Uttoxeter Racecourse Executive DirectorDavid MacDonald said: “The entire day wasa perfect tribute to Lisa. It was soimportant to us that we managed to raiseplenty of money for the 3Peaks charitieswhilst still respecting and enjoying thehappy memories that we have of Lisa whohad one of the biggest and brightestpersonalities on show on any givenraceday.”


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Peanut Butter and Banana Loaf

Ithought I would share with you one of mychildren’s favourite cakes. It gets eaten so fast, Ihave had to make two at a time on a number of

occasions. It is also a good way of using up all yourover ripe bananas. The loaf seems quite healthyuntil you get to the yummy peanut butter topping.

Ingredients:75g good quality chunky peanut butter25g softened butter110g golden caster sugar250g plain flour2 tsp baking powder2 eggs

4 mashed ripe bananas50g roughly chopped peanuts

Topping:4 tbsp softened butter2tbsp good quality chunky peanut butter4tbsp icing sugar

Heat the oven to 180˚C/160˚C fan. Mix togetherthe peanut butter, butter, sugar, flour, baking powder,eggs and mashed bananas. Fold in the nuts and putthe mixture into a lined and greased 900g loaf tin.

Bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer comes outclean. Cool the loaf on a wire rack.

To make the topping, mix together the butterand peanut butter until soft, then beat in the icing

sugar. If the frosting is a little too stiff and needssoftening, add a little milk to the mixture and blendthoroughly to make a light and fluffy topping.Spread onto the top of the cooled banana loaf.

This topping is so delicious, I sometimes makedouble the quantity and cut the loaf in half andsandwich together with the frosting.

I hope you enjoy this peanut butter and bananaloaf as much as my family.

Karen’s Cake Cornerby Karen Hill

Remembering days gone by by Owd Ern

Uncle Alec’s New Car

Nowadays I see new cars advertised at only,one hundred and ninety pounds per month(on the never, never!)

Uncle Alec bought a new Ford 10 for £110 inany colour as long as it was black! he could havebought a New Ford 8 for £99 done and finishedwith just before the last war.

He had started work as a chauffeur for a richUttoxeter brewer driving a big Rolls Royce car, infact a very posh job in them days. Unfortunately hisemployer died so his job as a chauffeur was finished.

The terrible recession of the thirties was on, withvery little work available, but he was lucky and gota job selling “ Days cattle medicine”. Days blackDrink was supposed to cure most cattle ailments, ifthat did not work you gave them a Days Red Drink,a bit like doctors medicine bottles of Pink, White orBlack. Possibly neither worked because most cowshad T.B or some other incurable disease. He wouldtravel around on an old Velocette Motor Bike, withhis goods in the side car. No safety helmet’s in them

days but he always wore a leather flying helmetfrom the first world war with little ear flaps, that hewould lift up when he wanted to hear what you saidand left them down when he pretended not to hear.(When my wife is on at me I wish I could find one)He also wore a pair of goggles.

He and my mother never seemed to agree onanything, always thinking of something to argueabout. On one occasion she was heard to say “yougo around selling cattle medicine so I might as wellcall you Dr Smart Alec”

The old Ford car lasted well until long after thelast war. I remember riding in it and it was so rusty,I could see the road through the floor boards. Thebrakes were more or less non existent. Uncle Aleconly kept his Ford for “best”. He said he would notsell anything if he went around the farms in a “poshcar”

He moved on from selling cattle medicine tocollecting insurance money for the Refuge InsuranceCompany. It was a way of saving money. Peoplepaid in usually a small amount each month, so whenyour child grew up they had a little nest egg or you

took one out to pay if you died!Travelling on his rounds still in his now very old

Ford, as long as it went it didn’t matter; no MOTs toworry about. Some months people often did nothave the money to pay the insurance, probably assmall amount as half a crown so he would say “letme have that old plate or that bit of old furnitureand that will pay for this month’s insurance money”

When he retired, his house and garage was full ofantiques. Most of it had become very valuable anda lot sent to Sotheby’s of London, making very highprices.

His old Ford was by now a bit like me showinga lot of body fatigue. So at last it went for scrap.

Having done very well with the sale of hisantiques he spent some of the money and treatedhimself to a brand new Austin Cambridge foranother pricey sum of six hundred and fifty pounds.I think that was in the early sixtie’s so a bit ofpleasure in his retirement.

Just Tek care till next time when I dust a fewmore cob webs off the back of my mindOwd Ern

Jelly Bean & Popping CandyCheesecake

Topping:300g Full Fat Cream Cheese2oz Caster Sugar300ml Double Cream200g Milk ChocolatePopping CandyJelly Beans

Base:17 Digestive Biscuits2oz Caster Sugar4oz Butter

Method:1 Mix biscuits and caster sugar into

crumbs in a food processor.

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The second weekend in May, with weather throwing all sorts of things at us from hail,wind and rain, Windsor Park travelled to Condover Hall in Shropshire to take part ina weekend netball tournament. Taking three strong teams, 2 from year 8 and 1 from

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Ihad the pleasure to be guest speaker atUttoxeter Rugby Football Clubs Annual Dinner,which has just celebrated it’s first 30 years, and

the fact that they have been promoted back toDivision 3 West (North) after just one season ofrelegation, made it even more special, I just hopethey can stay there this time and not get into anymore ‘punch ups’ on the pitch!

As a founder member, I had the honour toreceive a commemorative stone shield on behalf ofthe club, which had been carved by Steve Woolleyand will be displayed in Moffs Corner in OldfieldsClub, which was where the big man always held

court in his playing days.Numerous awards were presented, but the top

awards of the Jim Harrison Cup for Player of theYear, and the Golden Boot for Clubmen of the Yearwent to Paul Millward, and Kevin Dunnrespectively. Top Try Scorer was James Gill.

A cheque was also presented to AnthonyCoates of the Dove Valley First Responders, whoalong with his wife Caroline was guest of honouron the night. The Club had raised £1000, for thefirst responders, which had been doubled to £2000by outgoing President Julian Beattie of VitalBusiness Communications. Well done everyone, I

am sure you all will agree it’s a truly worthy cause. It seems to be all Anniversaries this year, as the

Churnet Valley Male Voice Choir are celebratingtheir 20th one, which will be marked by a concertin Alton Village Hall on the 27th of September.Several ‘friends’ of the choir will be appearing onthe night to make it as varied a programme aspossible. More details will be announced in laterissues of ‘The Voice’.

We have a concert free month in June, our nextoffering being at Meirbank Flower Festival onTuesday July the 23rd.TTFN Les

Have I got news for youby Uttoxeter’s Gary Hudson, Former BBC Chief News Reporter

Gary Hudson is a member of Uttoxeter LionsClub, a former BBC Chief News Reporter and asenior lecturer in Broadcast Journalism atStaffordshire University.a

What connects an English Rose and aBlack Sabbath?

Thanks to everyone who came to theUttoxeter Beer and Cider Festival. It was agreat success for our chosen charity, prostate

cancer awareness.While you were supping the great ales on offer,

you might have passed the time with the fiendish‘free beer’ quiz. It was free to enter and the prizewas as much beer as you could drink on the day, soI make no apologies for making it tough. I wouldhave loved to see a winner, but of course we didn’twant to encourage excessive drinking!

It’s tricky setting a quiz with answers that can’teasily be Googled. So picture questions and oddconnections like the one in my headline were calledfor.

The answer to the query above? 43 years, ofcourse. Justin Rose became the first English golferin 43 years to win the US Open, on the same daythe rock group, Black Sabbath, set a record for thelongest gap between number one albums – their 13topping the chart 43 years after Paranoid.

It was a great day for all English, golf-playing,rock music fans – and there are many of them.

There was a time when golf and rock’n’rollmight have seemed mutually exclusive. AliceCooper put an end to that, swinging a nine-ironeasily as well as his evil on-stage persona swingsfrom a gallows.

Rock’s other Prince of Darkness, OzzyOsbourne, is probably unsafe driving a golf buggy,never mind a golf ball. But he can still belt outheavy rock with the best of them.

I’m proud that Sabbath come from myhometown of Birmingham, and they providedsome memorable moments during my TVreporting days.

A meeting with the Prince of Darkness

I met Ozzy well before the infamous TV seriesthat thrust his family life into the spotlight. Hiswife and manager Sharon was not yet a celebrity inher own right. And I met young Kelly and Jackwithout realising they too would have lucrativeshowbusiness careers ahead. But then, whopredicts the career prospects of primary schoolkids?

We’d arranged to meet Ozzy near the street inAston where he grew up, to take him back to hisold school, and to his old house. His outstretchedhand shook uncontrollably as he explained: ‘It’s theProzac.’

What followed was great telly. The school kidswere amazed by this shambling, but very amusingfigure, even if most had no idea who he was. Andwhen we wandered through the streets to his oldhome, the stories came pouring out – his misfitbehaviour, brushes with the law, and the decisionto join a band.

As we approached the front door of theterraced house the young John Osbourne hadcalled home, the black-clad rocker bent down andpointed to something scratched on the stonedoorstep. ‘I did that. It’s still there,’ he said.

Scrawled on the stone were two words, whichhad survived since the late 60s. ‘Yeah, Iron Void. Ithought it’d be a good name for a band.’

Imagine that. We might be talking about thereturn to the number one spot after 43 years ofIron Void, rather than Black Sabbath. Not toounlikely. Iron Maiden haven’t done badly, havethey?

Over to our Old Rockers Correspondent

Soon after, Sharon was happy to chat overcoffee while Ozzy was being interviewed on one ofthe daytime TV shows at Pebble Mill. I think I wasthe only person who recognised her as she satalone in what we called the crush bar. As I said, shewasn’t yet a TV personality – but she was thedaughter of legendary, tyrannical rock managerDon Arden, and the woman who’d tamed and wonthe heart of one of the wildest men in rock.

Her wealth of stories included the night she

took all Ozzy’s clothes away to stop him going outon a binge. But he went out anyway – wearing oneof her dresses. What happened next is legendary:he was arrested, still in drag, urinating against theAlamo memorial. He says he was caught short andhad no idea he was defacing a sacred site. He wasbanned from San Antonio for a decade.

My early encounter with Ozzy set the tone fora number of films for BBC Midlands Today andbreakfast television. Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommiwas the creator of some of the most doom-laden,menacing riffs in rock, defining the new genre ofheavy metal. He proved a modest, genial andaffable interviewee when the BBC took him backto a Birmingham city centre pub where the bandhad played one of their earliest gigs.

The upstairs room at the venue now housed theair-conditioning plant for the bar beneath. It hadn’tbeen open to the public since its time as a rockvenue, and many original posters lined the walls,untouched since the early 70s - a veritable timecapsule.

The birth of heavy metal

It was there that Tony told me about theindustrial accident in a metal-bashing plant thatcost him the ends of two fingers. It happened onthe day he was due to leave the factory forever tostart a music career.

Despair turned to triumph. Inspired by thegreat Django Reinhardt, who, horribly injured in afire in his gypsy caravan, developed a virtuoso two-fingered jazz guitar style, Iommi fashioned his ownprosthetic fingertips from washing-up liquidbottles and learned to play again.

As a proud Brummie, I probably shouldn’tadmit that I’m not hugely keen on Sabbath’sgrinding, often ponderous riffs – far too dark forme - but I’m a huge admirer of what Tony Iommiachieved against the odds.

If you want to share stories of old rockers – Icould go on for hours – come and find me at theLark in the Park. That’s the next big event theLions help run – a free family fun-day in BramshallRoad recreation ground on the Saturday of Augustbank holiday weekend. See you there.


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Following a meal atThe Robin Hood inBramshall this

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Chloe Howard won 1stprize in the competition andspent the day at the ReebokStadium in Bolton where thepresentation ceremony tookplace. Nathan Fletcheraccompanied Chloe, alsoreceiving a special prize forthe illustrations he enteredalongside his own story.

Entries were submittedfrom children of all ages allover the country. Studentswere asked to design their own inclusive story character then write a 100 word story aboutthem. The aim of the competition was to get children thinking of ways to include moredisabled characters in their written work.

Chloe’s winning story has since been combined with Nathan’s art work to create a bookwhich will soon be published and available to buy. Chloe and Nathan were given a sneakpreview of their book at the presentation ceremony. Chloe was ‘overwhelmed andspeechless’ on receiving her prize (a 16g iPad) and said she was ‘shocked because never in amillion years would I have thought my story would win. So many people came up andcongratulated me, saying well done, and there were so many cameras, I didn’t know whereto look.”

Nathan was equally amazed with the prize for his entry when he received a Kindle Fire.It was his art work in particular that wowed the judges, so much so that a special awardwas created just for him. Nathan enthused, “I am thrilled that I have designed a characterfor a popular book and surprised at how amazing the character looks in print.”

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Stratford, the birthplace of famous actor and playwright William Shakespeare, set the scenefor pupils who have been following his work in their curriculum topic,” An introductionto Shakespeare’s language.”

This visit compliments not only the English aspect of the curriculum but joins up across thecurriculum with the historical aspect of the life and times of Shakespeare.

Drama workshops were undertaken, based on the play “Midsummer Nights Dream”, runby professional actors, which also contained information about Shakespeare’s life and the life

at that time. The sessions culminated in a performance inwhich every child took part.

A make-up session was held, enabling children to see howspecial effects were created for some of the most well-knownscenes and characters in Shakespeare’s plays. The make-upsessions were run by a make-up artist working at the RoyalShakespeare Company.

The day ended with a tour of Shakespeare’s birth place.

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Festival lovers enjoyed one of best eventsin years as they descended uponUttoxeter Racecourse in glorious

sunshine!The Acoustic Festival of Britain was

headlined by some of the top bands ofyesteryear such as The Hollies and the iconicProclaimers.

Thousands lapped up a terrificatmosphere during the 3-day festival whichhas been hailed a magnificent success byorganisers.

Apart from the stage acts, there wassomething for everyone around the groundsincluding children’s entertainment, a big toptent and dance workshops and craftactivities.

Take a look at our Voice photographs andsee just how much the Acoustic Festival ofBritain 2013 was enjoyed by all!

Roll on 2014....

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Jeans, jeans, how we love our jeans from toddler toteenager, mother to grandmother and of course notforgetting the male population. It seems to be the only

item of clothing ever designed to have travelled throughtime and world wide. Labourers on the farms and minesof American Western states in the late 19th century worethem because of their durability and they were firstpatented by a San Fransico merchant called Levi Strauss.Many designs and styles of jeans are always available onthe High Street throughout all the seasons, although theSummer brings all the bright colours. They are soversatile and I do feel that this is the main reason forthem being so popular as you can style them with a sheerblouse, which you will find on the High Street at themoment, T.shirt or textured jacket for any occasion asmentioned in a previous article.

Many decades ago two world famous fashiondesigners Yves Saint Lauren and Co Co Chanel said thatstyle is eternal -fashion isn’t and thatis why you have tohave confidence inwhat you wear. Wecannot appear tolook as though wehave just stepped offthe catwalk as thatwould not bepractical as well asunaffordable so wehave to work withwhat we have.

Whatever outfityou wear you mustfeel comfortable,because you are thenrelaxed and that thenmakes you feelconfident. I call itC.R.C.

I do think that themajority of womenhave clothes in theirwardrobe that theyknow suits their stylebut one has to becareful not to allowthese items lookingrather dated. In ordernot to allow that tohappen you mustmake yourself aware andalert to the latest trends andcolours for each season andpurchase accordingly.

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Povey’s PeopleBy Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott

‘Thee’n turned up at last!!’ Owd GrandadPiggott was peering through the front roomwindow. Outside, in the street, a council lorry wasdisgorging picks and shovels, a red and whitestriped portable tent, barriers and half a dozenblokes. Our street, in common with many otherPotteries locations suffered froma degree of subsidence and overthe years, the pavement hadsunk and in some places, hadbecome quite dangerous to walkon. Owd Grandad Piggott, inhis forays back and forth fromTummy Dawkins’s pub, hadbecome a frequent victim oftripping up, measuring hislength and ‘Banging his chops’on the uneven slabs. For morethan a year, the Council hadbeen booked to repair thepavement and it looked asthough the day had arrived atlast.

That morning, after the truck had gone, theoperatives seemed to be quite busy sorting outvarious things, placing traffic cones and varioussigns here and there, then tea break came wherethings ground to a halt, then more activity fetchedlunchtime, another long period of inactivity, and atfour oclock in the afternoon, Owd GrandadPiggott went stomping out with a face like thunder.He had just watched one of them lift the corner ofa paving slab with a pick and while another one ofthem held it on end, the others discussed it.

‘Oy!’ he shouted. ‘Yow lot want goo steady…

Dunner go exertin’ thee senns….’‘They’t rart theer owd soul…. Wave got weigh

this job up proper befower we commit ter plonkin’a big slab dine….’ one of them rejoindered.

Owd Grandad Piggott was steaming. Thatnight in Tummy Dawkins pub, he was holding

forth to anyone who’d listen.‘Ow dee thee’n bin theer’, he

expostulated. ‘Ow piggin’ dee –an’ thee anna leed one slab. Sevenon ‘em thee is…. thees mowerwork in a Settlers pider than theeis in ow th’lot on ‘em put‘gether….. an’ wayer peein’ ferit….’ Owd Grandad Piggottcarried on all night and everybodywithin earshot, which was thewhole of the bar was quite gladwhen the bell went for closingtime.

The next day started equallybadly. They turned up, brewedup, then packed up, decamping

into the red and white striped hut where ananimated discussion started up. Behind thecurtain, Owd Grandad Piggott, was having a bluefit. His arms were going like windmills and aftertwo hours of no action, he strode out and yelledloudly into the hut, almost lifting it off the ground.

‘At thinkin’ o’ startin’ work sometarm terdayor at still thinkin’ abite thinkin’ abite it??’ hebawled.

‘Wey’re on a go-slow’, said one of them.‘They’t what?’‘Wey’re on a go-slow…. Theer s’posed bay

peein’ us overtarm fer getting’ this job done withinwithin a certeen tarm an’ nowt’s bin agraid yet…sowey’re on a go slow’.

‘Well, if thee goost any slower, theyt bay gooin’backerds’, flared Owd Grandad Piggott. ‘Theyassner leed a slab yet an’ it’s neyly dinner tarm…’

‘Hey – Ay’s rate… Come on lads – Its pubtarm…’ They trooped out of the hut and there wasnothing ‘go-slow’ about the speed they headed forTummy Dawkins’ pub.

‘Rate!’, spat Owd Grandad Piggott. ‘Ar’ll showthee ar lay pavement slabs’.

The one hour lunch break turned into twohours but when they eventually decided to startwork again, they stood dumfounded as they gazedupon the results of their absence over the previoustwo hours.

In that time, Owd Grandad Piggott hadmanaged to take out the old and re-lay twentyyards of pavement between our part of the streetand Hilda Aspinall’s shop. He was sweating cobs,but he’d done more work than seven councilworkers had done in a day and a half.

The council men didn’t know what to do. Theyretired to their hut and there followed an animateddiscussion accompanied by much scratching ofheads.

‘Way conner very well put it back as it was….’,said one brain surgeon.

‘Well, way conner leave it as it is…’ saidanother, ‘Thee ‘l expect it ow th’tarm…. What putthe cat among the pigeons was when the clerk ofthe works turned up. He took one look at whatthey’d done and nearly passed out.

‘Listen lads’, he said woodenly. ‘Ar dunnerknow ar yer’ve done this an’ ar dunner want know,but arm putting’ yer ow dine fer a bonus.’ Thatmonth, they all had their photograph taken andthey appeared on the front cover of ‘CouncilMonthly’, much to the disgust of their colleagues.They quickly put it around that it wasn’t them thatdid the job and that a seventy four year old blokehad hijacked a pick and shovel but nobody wouldbelieve them.

Each month Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott (Alan Povey) will write a unique insight into ourlocal life and its many characters.

His infectious, humorous slant on people provides a different and unusual mix which hopefully willbring a warm smile to the faces of our readers.

This month: Pavement Capers

For more than ayear, the Councilhad been bookedto repair thepavement and itlooked as thoughthe day hadarrived at last.

The Alleynes Fringe Projectis a fantastic group oftalented aspiring young

actors, musicians, technicians andartists within the Uttoxeter areawho have a passion for thetheatre industry. It has long sincebeen our ambition to take a playto The Edinburgh Fringe Festival2014 whilst also raising moneyand awareness for the DonnaLouise Children’s Trust based in Stoke. It is a fantasticopportunity for the young actors of Uttoxeter to perform onan international stage and something which everyone canget involved in. ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ is a classicmurder mystery written by the genius that is Sir ArthurConan Doyle and this adaptation by Tim Kelly maintainsthe level of wit and intelligence associated with the greatSherlock Holmes stories. So join us for an evening of thrills,suspense, mystery, and all for a good cause.

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Nanna B’s Click ‘n’ Yarnby Kerry Hemmings of Uttoxeter

One of the reasons I love knitting is theindividuality. You can knit an item andput your own take on it and you can use

a pattern for stitches and sizing but make it yourown design, colours etc. I can’t stress this enoughwhen people think it’s expensive to knit butthere’s a very slight chance you will ever bumpinto someone in the street wearing exactly thesame garment that you have knitted yourself!!!

At Nanna B’s we have visitors who browsearound the shop admiring the hand knitted itemsbut they can’t knit themselves.For these people we offer aknitting service and we try tocater for everyones needs. Oneof those people is Debbie and totell you a bit more aboutherself, I asked her to write afew words:

“My name is DebbieClewlow, and live with myhusband in Upper Tean. I loveall things Vintage, beingfascinated by the styles, sights,and sounds from the 1930s,through to the 1950s. Myinterests are wide and varied,encompassing the homestyle,music, and cars of the period, aswell as social history. We own afew classic vehicles for instance,their years ranging from 1930to 1957, even our caravan is 53years old! As we love old films,old music, and have no modernfurniture in our house, It justwouldn’t be right to walk

around in a track-suit would it? That’s where themain attraction comes in for me, it’s Fashion. Thefashions of the period, and I like to wear thesefashions whenever I can.

Different styles do ebb and flow back intofashion so sometimes I’m able to find storesselling these modern interpretations of old styles.I do like to wear original vintage clothes, andhave an extensive collection, but these are gettingharder to locate as time goes on. Mostly I rely onnew reproductions of original garments that I

make myself.Several years ago Itook a collegecourse at Stoke,followed by regularvisits to aninstructor atCheddleton. I alsolike to track downoriginal tailoringand dressmakingbooks from myperiod of interestto help me learn.Since then I’vecompleted a greatmany periodpieces, and all fromoriginal patterns. Iuse original vintagefabric wheneverpossible, sourcingmodern equivalentsif not. I also collectand use vintagebuttons, zips and

embellishments, as they all contribute to theauthenticity of the finished article.

One type of clothing very popular back thenis knitwear, and that’s one area I do strugglewith! After an initial attempt to learn to knit Imust be honest here and say I’ve given upcompletely! That’s why I was pleased to discoverNanna B’s knitting service. Original knittingpatterns can be easy and cheap to find, but ifyou’re like me, not so easy to create. I’ve takenmany old patterns to Nanna B’s to be made up bytheir team of accomplished knitters, and I thinkthat secretly they enjoy seeing what the nextunusual creation might be! They also have a goodselection of wool available and are veryknowledgable of what might be best to use.

I thoroughly enjoy wearing my knitwear, thegarments being admired by many of my friends.”Debbie

Below is the sign I display in the shop aboutthe difference between a hand-knitted garmentand a manufactured item.

What you pay for in a hand-knittedgarment!

• Individuality (you don’t often see two of thesame garment)

• Time and effort (a pair of hands have madeeach stitch - not a machine)

• Quality (washed as recommended by the labellooks as new for longer than a manufacturedgarment)

• A smile (from the face of the knitter whenthey see someone wearing their creation!)

Down on the Farmby Angela Sargent

By the barn

“Cut them in June they’ll come again soon, Cutthem in July they’re sure to die”, so that saves us abit of work, especially as the thistles, to which itrefers, aren’t as forward as they perhaps wouldhave been in other years and that goes for mostcrops in most places this year, meaning that thegrowing season is shorter. Quality about quantitymay well be the case if all goes well weatherise now

Of course this has a knock on effect withwildlife too-if a particular flower/plant food isn’tavailable when the insect hatches what does it do?And then that means less insects about providingfood for birds and their young.

You may have read about the two yearsuspension on using neonicatinoids on crops suchas Oil Seed Rape, because of the potential threatto our Bees. Neonicatinoids are taken up by thewhole plant in all its cells as opposed to beingsprayed onto the plant. Having honey bees (as wellas wild bumblebees) on the farm I have beenconcerned with the on-going scare stories.Beekeeper Leon considers the problem to be moreof a combination of factors, such as variousdiseases, weather, lack of flowers etc and we haveto remember that something else will have to be

used in their place and that something will alsohave an effect too!

Our bees that survived the winter have the latespring and summer blossom to feed on at themoment and we have sown field beans which theylove. Hopefully the spring honey, taken off at theend of June, will be plentiful and the hives healthyand flourishing.

Of course we mustn’t forget other pollinatorstoo, such as flies. Crane flies (daddy long legs) areactive as Leatherjackets during this month, feedingon roots of plants, having pupated over the winterin the soil, before hatching out. Later on they canbe quite destructive as grubs, but harmless as adultflies, feeding off nectar of plants, such as mayweed,Feverfew and Chamomile (all part of the daisyfamily, flowering in June and all looking verysimilar at first glance).

Silaging will begin as farmers try to make upfeed stocks for the winter. Much more thananticipated was used and needed last winter andfarmers with excess have, in some cases, freelydonated to less fortunate farmers in the uplands.

But the grass has been slow to get growing tooand needs some gentle regular showers and apleasant even temperature to do well.

Spring calving will have finished and the calves

will have all been tagged and dehorned/castratedas necessary whilst still young and manageable, aswe’re getting older and weaker (or so it seems) andit’s a very physical job to do, as each calf has to becaught individually and manhandled into a “calfcrush”( a cage where they can be safely restrainedand treated.). It’s also very noisy, as the cows don’ttake too kindly to being separated from theirbabies and, for our safety, they have to be shut outfrom where we are working and instead bellow asloud as they can. But it’s a short interlude beforethey are reunited with the calf, after giving us achance to have a really close look, which we maynot have had chance to do before.

Milk production will be increasing as it doeswith the flush of grass and if there is more milkabout then the price tends to decrease, but havinghad protests in the spring over below productionprices paid to farmers and arguments over theinflexibility of farmer/processor contracts, itdoesn’t bode well and dairy farmers are still leavingthe industry as they can’t make their business pay.Angela Sargentwww.baldfields-farm.co.uk And now join me on twitter @bythebarn for all

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In April Ruth Waugh was the first gymnast from Uttoxeter Gymnasticsclub to compete in a British Gymnastics National Final. Ruth achieved4th position in the National Grade 8 Regional Final ensuring she gained

a place in the West Midlands team for theNational Final. Lydia Heath finished 6th in thisRegional Final and was non-traveling reservefor the West Midlands team. The NationalFinal, which took place in Birmingham, sawteams from across the United Kingdomcompete. The West Midlands team finished 7th,out of 13 teams and Ruth a impressive 31st outof 52 gymnasts. Ruth’s most successful piecesof apparatus were bars where she finished in atremendous 7th position and the vault in 19thposition. This is a further exciting developmentfor the club and demonstrates that it is the mostprogressive gym club in the Midlands. Last year,Shani Wright was travelling reserve for the WestMidlands team at the Levels National Finalafter finishing 5th in the Regional Finals.

In another first for the club the Girls YouthDevelopment Squad (aged 6 &7) took part inthe Birmingham Friendly competition (acompetition designed as a precursor to this age group’s first regional andcompulsory grades). The team of Natasha Shingler, Zoe Bostock, MaddyHarris, Annabel Shaw and Annabel Ingram finished in 2nd position, withthe silver medal, behind the City of Birmingham with a collective score of86.45. Natasha Shingler achieved an impressive bronze medal in theindividual competition. These achievements indicate an exciting future forthe Club on the regional and national gymnastics scene.

In the West Midlands Floor and Vault Championship at Fenton onSunday 16th June, the Club was represented by 40 gymnasts in 7 teamsagainst 13 other clubs from all over the region. In the 9 & Under Boyscompetition the Uttoxeter Blue Team of Eddie Cooper, Lewis Walker, JackLonergan, Jacob Wray, Elliot Smith and Jacob Russell achieved secondplace and the Uttoxeter Green team third place. The 13 & Under Boys teamcame third in their competition, the club being represented by Will Jones,Gabe Udall, James Baxter, Jack Golicki and Hugh Zwolinski. In the Under

14 Boys competition the Uttoxeter team of Patrick Welsh, Ben Weaver,Willem Clements, Archie Johnson, Charlie Ball and Alexander YolshinaCash achieved second place. Only one Girls team was entered by the Clubin the competition, this was in the 16 & Under category where the team ofLucy Ring, Emily Faux, Kate Emery Grace Arrowsmith, MorganArrowsmith and Pheobe Dreaves Foord came a respectable third. In theOpen Mixed Team event for adults, a team of the Club’s coaches achievedfirst place. The coaches were Roanne Perry, Kieran Fallows, Craig Berry,Zoe Fallows, Steph Johnson and Katie Yates. Yes gymnasts, the coachescan do the moves too.

News from Uttoxeter Gymnastics Club

Steph Johnson, Katie Yates, CraigBerry, Zoe Fallows, Kieran Fallows,Roanne Perry.

Ruth Waugh

Natasha Shingler, Zoe Bostock,Maddy Harris, Annabel Shaw,Annabel Ingram.

Lucy Ring, Emily Faux, MorganArrowsmith, Pheobe Dreaves Foord,Grace Arrowsmith, Kate Emery.

Lewis Walker, Eddie Cooper, JackLonergan, Jacob Wray, JacobRussell.

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Sunday 23rd June saw the Uttoxeter GymnasticsClub hold its Annual Club Competition forrecreational gymnasts over four roundsthroughout the day. Over 650 gymnasts tookpart in the competition, aged from three tosixteen, plus a further 60 other gymnastsperformed displays during intervals, and waswatched by over a 1,000 spectators. The Cluband gymnasts would like to thank the 30 coachesand young leaders, the 30 parents/helpers and the7 West Midland judges all of whom spent thewhole day working hard to make thecompetition the great success it was. The Clubtakes great pride in our gymnasts, not only fortheir excellent performances under great pressurefrom being watched by the hundreds ofspectators, but also in their impeccable behaviourand discipline throughout the day. Well donegymnasts.

The Club awarded gold silver and bronze medalto each competition group, which was arrangedby day and class of training and age, in fourrounds during the day.

ROUND 1 RESULTSGold Medals

Preschool - Ray Ginders, Jack Hankin, EllieDownham, James Allen, Amber O’Connor, LaynaIngram, Imogen Bore.

Beginners - Joe Bunn, Lola Frost, Fleur Boyden,Lamorna Barker, Seb Garrett, Kacey Crawley,Lucy Martin, Olivia Ede.

Advance - Jessica Faux, Caitlin Buckley, ErinStaite.

Boys Groups - Henry McBride, Jamie McKenzie,Jonah Mellors, Dominic Smith, Elijah Beswick,James McNelis.

YDS - Annabel Shaw, Zoe Bostock, RubyHolmes, Ezra Sales.

Silver Medals

Preschool - Charlie Howlett, Faith Smith,Scarlett Andrews, Ella Roberts, Poppy Emery,Alyssa Burgoyne, Lottie Graney.

Beginners - Gabriella Phargurey, Bridie Cossar,Rebecca Baxter, Eleanor Langrick, Layla Grey,Darcie Evans, Gracie Turner.

Advance - Shannon Augustus, Rose Stanton,Katie Lawrence.

Boys Groups - Ted Beaumont, Jude Mellors,Matthew Gillis, George Preston, Tyler Edwards.

YDS - Natasha Shingler, Annabel Ingram.

Bronze Medals

Preschool - Archie Davies, Eve Waugh, CerysBarnett, Sophie Carder, Jamie Warmald, HannahFinney, Jude Baker.

Beginners - Joshua Howlett, Skye Whitfield,Daisy Howe, Will Johnson, Alarnah Mulcare,Freya Harper, Joshua Cooper.

Advance - Charlotte Hammond, Chelsea Bailey,Kirsty Marshall, Yash Chauhan.

Boys Groups - Jason Wariner, Conner Stevenson,Charlie Golicki, Rhys Richard, Oliver McNelis.

YDS - Maddy Harris, Scarlett Brandrick-Walters.


Preschool - Chloe Brindley, Belle Newton, OliviaRiches, Isabelle Warrilow.

Beginners - Charlotte Bettany, Isabel Hobson,Kacie Williams, Jessica Bates.

Silver & Bronze Girls - Olivia Barlett, BellaRandles, Amber Lander, Paige Brooks, KatherineBull.

Gold & Young Girls - Molly Warren, LilyStevens, Louise Cooper, Fern Beaumont, HemaToor, Olivia Higgins.

Young Boys - Ethan Walker.

Silver Medals

Preschool - Olivia Stamp, Chloe Finlay, ChloeBrister, Brogan Milward, Doris Heywood.

Beginners - Gabriella Turnbull, SherenaHenriques, Ellie Grainger, Thomas Kaul.

Silver & Bronze Girls - Bronwyn Williams,Celina Schwartz, Ruby Weston, Lily Kemp, SofiaPrithard.

Gold & Young Girls - Megan Startin, MillieOrpwood, Robyn Wyatt, Zoe Carr, SophieHotchkiss.

Young Boys - Liam Stone.

Bronze Medals

Preschool - Isabella Fitzpatrick, Macy Grocott,Dayton Kemish, Jack Jennings, Alyssia Finn.

Beginners - Toby Dutton, Sophie Ainsworth, EvieRaybold, Celia Davies, Abigail Barker, EmilyMay, Millie Coates.

Silver & Bronze Girls - Nancy Taylor, LucyNichols, Angel Davall, Tamsin Critchlow.

Gold & Young Girls - Lucy Bragg, KellenCordner, Helaina Wheat, Natasha Goodwin,Madison Degg.


Preschool - Emma Freegard, Poppy Crawford,Esme Jones, Indianna Mayman.

Beginners - Erin Eades, Madison Tortoishell,Sienna Atkins, Charlie Vlok.

Intermediate - Emily Edgington, Isabel Richards,Ellie Redpath, Ellie Berrisford Preston, AlexMuirhead, Maddie Ingles, Jude Longley, NiamhLongley, Naimh Smith, Amber Dunning.

Silver Medals

Preschool - Abigail Brown, Macy Crawford,

Lucas Roberts, Ellie Taylor.

Beginners - Yvie Woods, Polly Welford, IsabelLongson, Keira Smith.

Intermediate - Isobelle Copp, Lola-MayBrundish, Poppy Worthington Harris, RamyaShah, Megan Brown, Elicia Smith, Millie Evans,Leila Watkins, Isabelle Edwards, Macie Shaw,Madeleine Horne.

Bronze Medals

Preschool - Megan Rukas, Daisy-Mae Doyle,George Quilty, Lily Stanley, Lucy Dennison.

Beginners - Elizabeth Chapman, EstherChapman, Brandon Dowling, Ruby Plant, MillyDavies.

Intermediate - Claudia Clarke, Alannah, Reilly,Jessica Mellor, Katie Mitchell, Caitlin Churchill,Millie Spilsbury,Finlea Boot, Lily Buckler, HarveyHibberd, Zuleyha Rogersozer.

ROUND 4 RESULTS

Gold Medals

Beginners - Nicole Shingler, Megan Leyden, IslaBond, Jasmin Webster, Zach Belcher, Eva Gould,Libby Kendrick, Peyton Giles.

Intermediate - Phoebe De-Casio, Erin Grocott,Georgia Slack, Annabelle Mycock, LouisPickering, Poppy Pickering, Ellisha Walker,Samuel Haste, Matilda Newman, Pippa Ball.

Advance - Jodie Guest, Lily Ede, Jessica Kaul,Olivia Bradley, Victoria Wilson, Millie Campbell,Maddie Bragg.

Silver Medals

Beginners - Sophie Hayes, Abi Deville, MaggieWelsh, Elsie Chafer, Esther Bell, Freya Goodwin.

Intermediate - Isabelle Crane, Maia Brunt, IsabelBlake, Georgia Atkinson, Max Newman, CaidenLitchfield-Mellows, Amelia Roberts.

Advance - Arwen Lictfield-Mellows, Megan Gray,Helena Quigley, Olivia Berrisford, HeatherBaddiley, Kate Anslow, Courtney Whetton.

Bronze Medals

Beginners - Yuvika Chauhan, Claire Cousins,Jesse Jack, Tamsin White, Rosie Blake, HarryStevenson, Annie Mathieson .

Intermediate - Saoirse Cotton, Bria Rose Thomas,Billie Rock, Leah Bailey, Jemma Guest, FinlayEdwards, Amy Wray, Mia Jones.

Advance - Philippa Gillis, Katelyn Poole, EveRigby, Grace Hedges, Annabel Norman, EvieCantellow, Chloe Parker, Katy Lloyd, MaddieEastham.

The Club would like to thank all parents andother relatives for coming to watch thecompetition and for bringing the gymnasts to thegym each week.

Uttoxeter Gymnastics Club Annual Competition

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Darcie Evans, Kacy Crawley, Lucy Martin,Florrie Murdock, Freya Harper

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Just a bit of colour in your livesOn and off the fieldby Alan Smith

Hello again, no politics in this column, think I upsetsome Maggie lovers in the last edition!

No, I’m going to try and make as many people awareof a young lad’s plight. The young lad is Harvey, whobless him has just had a big operation in the UnitedStates. Obviously his family have to meet the cost of theoperation and all travel and accommodation expenses.

There is an appeal going around Cheadle – HelpHarvey Appeal. I know various people have started theirown appeals.

The crib competition run by The Cross Keys, the Annand Alan Fletcher Trophy, will this year make moniesmade available to go to Harvey’s appeal. I would love tobe of help in some way. And I thought of a way I couldpossibly make some money for the appeal.

I’ll take you back a few years to when I was playingcricket for Bramshall CC/ We had some great charactersin that team, none more so than Mike Ikin, a trulyfantastic cricketer whose knowledge of the game wasremarkable. But then being the son of John Ikin, theLancashire and England Test player, Staffordshire captainand at the end of his playing career coach of NewZealand and he also managed the England youth tour ofthe West Indies in 1972.

Players in that squad were present England coachGraham Gooch and selector Geoff Miller. John was alsoa more than useful painter and whilst on a Test Tour ofAustralia in the First Post War Series he painted a sceneat The Brisbane cricket ground. It was passed on to hisson Mike who kindly donated it to Bramshall CricketClub. Well it has sat under wraps at Kev Barry’s homefor probably 15 years or so.

I contacted Lancashire and they and they told methey were opening their new museum at Old Trafford thisyear and so I set things in motion by trying to contact

him and successfuly on both counts, Kev and Mike tosound them out with my ideas.

That hopefully, Lancashire may be generous with adonation in exchange for the painting for their museum.

Finding Mike was a pleasant experience. We arrangedto meet at one of his hostelries in Bignall End. Thelandlord there is Paul Shaw who was an old advisoryagainst Bramshall CC with Hanford CC, Wood Lane CC,so the meeting was very pleasant.

He reminded me of the times we had – crickey –exciting, fiery, brilliant, all of them with Ike in the side! Iused to take Mike home with me some Saturdays afterthe match because if we left him in Uttoxeter he’d gethimself in some sort of mild lumber, he recalls the dayBramshall played Bignall End in the Staffs Cup. He hadretired I think, but offered to show us the quick way toget to the Bignall End ground. After about an hour’sdriving it became obvious that Ike was up to his tricksand yes he admitted afterwards.

He grew up at Bignall End and wanted thtem to havethe edge on us by us arriving in disarray etc but did thatbackfire – oh yes! Imagine Jeff Durber our pro at the timeand we were about 140 for 8 when durbs decided toshow us his batting ability and took the score to near on200 in the last over hitting 30 runs - 5 sixes, 3 righthanded and 2 left handed – absolutely amazing!

The Bignall End side had no answer and we wonquite comfortably. But the fun didn’t finish there, we hada scorer called Cyril, a lovely guy in his 70’s and he wasfascinated at one of the lad’s car fobs. Unbeknown to himthe way they work, I told him you had to shout at thecar and if it accepted your voice the indicators wouldlight up and showed him with my mate using the fobunseen to Cyril!

You can imagine Cyril’s throat was quite raw by the

time we’d decided to aim the fob. But his favourite tipplewhisky soon cured that – but back to the painting!

Mike thankfully was all for the idea and said his dadwould be proud to know that the painting would be usedfor such a good cause. As was Kev.

We now need to see the reaction from Lancashire CC.I will keep you informed. It may happen, the giving ofthe painting, when I go to the 3rd test at Old Trafford inAugust. This was a special present from my stepsonRyan, 2 tickets for an Ashes Test Saturday – what apresent, I was ecstatic!

Ryan has a few weeks to go now before he finisheshis first tour of duty of Afghanistan, cant wait to get himhome safe and sound, we will have a few bevies thatnight, that’s for sure!

A change now and what a change – managers I’m onabout! Ferguson gone, Mancini gone, Benitez gone andwow Pulis gone. I realised Stoke supporters were cheesedoff with the style but I never thought Peter Coates wouldchange the manager, I thought wrong. We have MarkHughes now, well we will wait and see, everybody mustbe given a chance although I think if he fails it maybe hislast crack in the Premier League. I hope David Moyes issuccessful for my eldest son Dean’s sake, he’s United mad.

The Special One will have to get rid of thetroublemakers at Chelsea to be challenging this season Ithink.

Just to finish my mate Bob’s partner Ann, a lovelylady, was watching the Grand Prix and noticed the RedBull adverts on the side of the cars and said ‘Bob youwouldn’t think they’d be allowed to advertise drink anddrive would you!’

So until the next time, don’t forget your hello’s, goodevenings etc – be happy.Smithy

Veterans And NovicesAssemble For 30thAnniversary JCBLakeside Five And Fun Run

Race stalwarts will line up alongside first timers as a record number ofrunners come under starter orders for the 30th anniversary JCBLakeside 5 and Fun Run.

The event, taking place on Thursday July 18, is expected to attract a sellout field of 600 competitors, made up of all ages and abilities. As istradition, there will be a five-mile seniors race and a 2.3 mile fun run, aimedat children and families. Both will start at 7pm and take in a scenic coursearound JCB’s World Headquarters, Rocester.

Competitors will include Mick Grindey of Uttoxeter, and Charles Bevan,of Abbots Bromley, who have run in every one of the annual races since theinaugural event. To mark the occasionMick, who is an Engineering PI Co-ordinator with JCB, will wear thenumber “1” entry number and Charles,former JCB Group Electrical Engineer,number “30”. Money raised on thenight and through sponsorship will bedonated to the JCB’s nominatedcharity, the NSPCC.

Mick, who is also one of the eventorganisers said: “The JCB LakesideFive and Fun Run has gained inpopularity every year and has become areal date on the calendar for localrunning clubs, JCB employees andfamilies as well. The first race attractedaround 100 people, which gives you anindication of how it has grown. Wehave always used the same course butfor the first five or six years we ran itthe other way around. It is thelandmark 30th anniversary and that ishelping us to attract a bumper field of600 competitors – and a lot ofspectators too.”

Alongside them will be Terry Daywho has never run the race before, butis hoping to complete the course forcharity.

Terry a JCB Senior Design Engineerfrom Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, said:“There is always a buzz around thefactory in the run up to the LakesideFive and this year is going to be extraspecial. I have never run it before butthis year I thought I would bite thebullet and give it a go. I am also intraining for the JCB Mud Run, so I cancombine my training.”

All competitors who finish the racewill receive a specially commissionedmedal featuring a 30th anniversaryinscription.

Also lining up will be six-timesdefending champion Ben Gamble whobe going for glory again. TheStaffordshire police sergeant andTipton Harrier sprinted to victory in atime of 25 minutes and 47 seconds lastyear.

To register download the entry formfrom the JCB websitehttp://www.jcb.co.uk/ or JCB lakesideclub http://www.jcb-lakeside-club.co.uk/ For further informationcontact [email protected] or theJCB Lakeside Club [email protected]



All-time local soccerHall of Fame TeamBy Roy ‘Razzer’ Astbury

Each month Uttoxeter’s best known character Roy ‘Razzer’ Astbury will compilehis very own ‘All-Time Local Football Team’ which in his opinion is the very bestof players past and present.

‘Razzer’ will create a team in each issue of The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voicewhich he believes incorporates all the ingredients of a football outfit whichcould be unbeatable!

He will be delving into his thoughts to remember all the terrific players inyears gone by whilst selecting those who are exceptional in our present day.

It should be a fantastic talking point in our community and no doubt you allwill have your views on ‘Razzer’s Hall of Fame team.

If you have your own Hall of Fame team then get involved and just give Nigela call at The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice on 01538 751629, 0776 784 6937 totell him or send your team to: The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice, 3 Spode Close,Cheadle, Staffordshire, ST10 1DT or email [email protected]

STAN EDENBamfords FC

A great goalkeeper with a safepair of hands. Stan was a great

reader of the game.

MARK BROWNPicknalls and Bamfords OBAlways consistentthroughout a great

career, Mark was also agreat tackler.

CLIFF TEMPESTUttoxeter St Marys FCOutstanding in defence,Cliff held the team

together.

ALAN MOTTRAMBamfords FC

Strong in defence and agreat competitor.

DENNIS‘DEMPSEY’ UDALEAbbots Bromley FCHe took no prisonersduring a game and hewas a very powerful

tackler.

JONATHANPEARSON

Uttoxeter TownGood clubman whonever stops in theengine room of the

midfield.

NORRIEBRADLEYRocester FC

A great reader ofthe game, Norrie

loved to score goals.Class player.

DAVID BIRKSPicknalls and Bamfords OB

A tireless worker inthe centre of the park,always gave 100% in

every game.

DAVID SPITTLEUttoxeter Town FCTop clubman who hadbundles of talent.

MARK WHITTAKERThree Tuns FC

Very strong forward and terrificin the air.

NATHAN WHITTAKERThree Tuns FC

Loves hitting the back ofthe net, will make a great

local striker.

Razzer’s Hall of Fame July Team

GoalkeepersChoices: Barry Alcock, AdamAlcock, Alex Langridge,Graham MossPick: Barry Alcock (Rocester)Barry had all the qualities agoalkeeper needed inabundance. Fearless, greatagility, strong and vocal. Theassets have been passed onand my selection could quitehave easily been either of hissons Danny or Adam, althoughI have not played much againstDanny.Right BackChoices: Paul Ede, Dave Fuller,Dave BrownPick: Paul Ede (Rocester)Known Paul since school andalways gave everything for hismanager and team mates,tremendously fit and nevershirked a tackle, great guy. Thevast number of appearanceshe made for Rocester underdifferent managers says it all.Centre HalvesChoices: Kevin Barry, RyanLewis, Nicky Dickens, PaulCarnwell, Phil Grainger, KevinAlcock, Lyndon BeardmorePicks: Kevin Barry (Rocester) &Nicky Dickens (UttoxeterTown)If there’s been a better localplayer than Kev Barry, I doubtit. Superb leader, quick, strongand skilful. It’s been a privilegeto share a sportsfield with himboth at football and cricket, healso happens to be one of thenicest men in life. A tough callfor my second centre-half, oldfashioned brawn or skill andpace. Skill and pace got mynod and having played withNicky at Uttoxeter Town, hewas Mr Consistancy, anexcellent defender with theskill to play from defence,although he retired from thegame too soon.Left BackChoices: Mark Alcock, AndyPeaty, Aden JohnsonPick: Aden Johnson(Doveridge) A difficult decision as they allhave different qualities,although when you combinefitness, skill and speed I gaveAden the spot. With moreguidance I believe he couldhave made the pro grade. It’stough to compare someonerelatively new in the game tosomeone like Mark who hasgiven so much to local football.Aden’s a top lad who I wouldlike to see playing at a higherstandard.Right MidfieldChoices: George Avery, RichardCampion, John McCloughlinPick: George Avery (Doveridge)A great a lad with skill,intelligence, strength and paceand would easily have playedin any of the sides I haveplayed in, quality player and agreat guy to have in your team.

Left MidfieldChoices: Jamie Dickens, GlynDouglas, Julian Carr, RobHollinsPick: Julian Carr (Cheadle OldBoys)This was a really tough choice,Jaffa was quick , strong andtireless, all the qualities of awinger. He also scored morethan his fair share of goals too.Centre MidfieldChoices: Daryl Beardmore, KevHaycock, Mick Hall, Ant Fuller,Richard Owen, Martin GadsbyPicks: Kev Haycock (Leigh) &Ant Fuller (Leigh)Tough choice again, but I’vegiven the places to people Isaw or played with more often.Kev Haycock, who I playedalongside for most of myplaying days. Kev was atremendous player, superb skilland a fantastic header of theball, loved every game I playedwith him, well bar the odd onewhere he’d turn up late!! Nextplace goes to one of my bestmates in sport. Ant had aterrific engine, as had all theothers, but Ant wasdominating in the air andwould always strive to scoregoals. Both of these lads coulduse both feet equally well.Centre ForwardsChoices: Nige Mottram, DaveFuller, James Curly, JamieDickens, Graham Moss,Marshall Black, Craig Walklet,Lee Bagley, Kevin Gadsby.Picks: Nige Mottram (Rocester)& James Curly (Doveridge)I feel really bad about leavingmy good mate Dave Fuller outof my starting eleven becauseDave was a great, fearlessplayer who scored lots of‘Lineker’ type goals for Leighover the years and remainedvery loyal to Leigh, so Dave Iowe you one. However, whenyou look at the sheer class ofMotty and James Curly, it’sreally difficult to start yourbest side without these twostarting up front. Both top ladson and off the pitch, play theirsport hard and have everyquality a footballer needs tocompete at the best levelslocally, although both havetested themselves at higherpro levels and with a bit morefortune with injuries, bothcould have succeeded.

The players I’ve not pickedwould have to fight for thesubs shirts, it’s been hardenough to pick a startingeleven.As for Managers, I’ve played forsome real good guys andenjoyed playing for all of them,but I’d have to show myallegiance to the man I playedmost for and that’s Rich Amos,great bloke.

We have inserted one football club each player has performed for. Obviously, many have played for several clubs in their careers.

Local football and cricket legend Gavin Carr has selected hishall of fame team for July.

Take a look at Gav’s players options for each position andhis final selections. The Checkley CC and Doveridge FC manhas come up with a really talented outfit - take a look now!


All-time local cricketHall of Fame TeamBy Ken Caulfield of Cheadle

Each issue Ken Caulfield of Cheadle will compile his very own ‘All-Time Local Hallof Fame Cricket Team’ which in his opinion is the very best cricketers past andpresent.

Ken will create a team in each issue of The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice which hebelieves incorporates all the ingredients of a great cricket side which could beunbeatable!

Ken will be delving into his memory bank to select players who performed inseparate decades. It should be a fantastic talking point in our community and no doubtyou will all have your views on Ken’s Hall of Fame selections.

Ken played cricket from the mid-Seventies until about 2005 mainly for BlytheCricket Club. He watches a huge amount of local cricket and served for 25 years oncricket committees, he is a Grade 2 ECB Coach and I.O.G. Qualified Groundsman.

Readers can also pick their own Hall of Fame Cricket Team - just [email protected] with your 11 players – it’s as simple as that!

Ken’s Hall of Fame Cricket Team from the 1980’s:

1. JOHN ADDISONBlythe Cricket Club/Norton CC/Moddershall CC/ Staffs/LeicestershireWhat a fantastic opening batsman John was, scored mountains of runs and a thornin bowlers’ sides.

2. PAUL SHAWCheadle Cricket Club/Dunstall CC/StaffsStylish left hander who attacked the opposition with great gusto. Good medium pacebowler too.

3. ANDY MARTINBlythe CC/Caverswall CC.A top notch high class batsman, Andy had the complete package.

4. JOHN MYATTWedgwoods CC/Moddershall CC.Very aggressive batsman who hit the ball extremely hard. John was also a greatmedium pace bowler too.

5. TONY DUTTONNorton CC/Caverswall CC/StaffsSuperb quality all-rounder who always had great admiration from the opposingteams. A credit to local cricket.

6. BRIAN MELLORLeek Cricket ClubA marvellous clubman for Leek Cricket Club during a glittering career. Topwicketkeeper and batsman and one of local cricket’s great ambassadors.

7. DEREK DYCHEBramshall Cricket ClubOne of the area’s top spinners, Derek was a key figure in the Bramshall Cricket Clubside.

8. IAN WORTHINGTONBoltons Cricket Club/Caverswall CCThere haven’t been many better sights than watching Ian Worthington storm intobowl at pace. Fantastic bowler and a great loyal clubman.

9. JIM DOWLINGCheckley Cricket Club/Meir Heath CCA wonderful haul of wickets during a tremendous career, Jim was an integral part ofthe attack.

10. DAVE BLANKCheadle Cricket Club/StaffsHis skill with the new bowl made him one of the county’s top fast bowlers. Dave wasa great player for Cheadle Cricket Club in his prime.

11. WARWICK TATTONLeek Cricket Club/Blythe CCA superbly talented all-rounder and a great clubman, Warwick enjoyed great respectin the dressing room.

Former Cheadle CC Skipper Simon Plant’s Reader’sHall of Fame Cricket Team:

1 - Steven Dean, Cheadle & StaffordshireHard hitting opening batsman who destroyedplenty of bowling attacks in his time. Consideredby a lot of people to be unlucky not to play countycricket.

2 - Paul Shaw, Cheadle, Dunstall, StaffordshirePlayed some of the best innings I’ve everwitnessed at Tean Road. I was always thankfull tobe on the same side as Paul as opposed to bowlingat him. Could take a game away from opponentsin a flash.

3 - Shaun Jenkinson, Stone and CheadleJenko as he is commonly known in the cricketworld was always hard to get out. Hits a big balland I was lucky enough to have him at Cheadle formy final season as captain. Never an easy day forthe umps with Jenko around.

4 - Pete Wilshaw, Longton, Meakins, StaffordshireNever an easy guy to bowl at. Quality all aroundthe wicket and has the capability to changegames very quickly.

5 - Ben Mcguire, Kidsgrove, Hem Heath, Meakins,StaffordshireGreat young talent who will be around for a longtime if he doesn’t make it into the county sceneagain. Hits the ball as far as anyone on his day.Also useful with the ball in hand. Great all roundcricketer.

6 - Dave Womble, Longton, Stone, StaffordshireCame back to the North Staffs League a couple ofseasons ago. Very good all round cricketer and agreat guy on and off the pitch.

7 - Andy Carr, CheckleyCheckley stalwart who has one of the finest pairof hands around. His ability behind the stumpswas fantastic. Also very useful with the bat at anytime of the innings.

8 - Greg Willott, Norton, Leek, StaffordshireSomething different as a left arm over bowler.Swung the ball both ways and would often ripthrough top orders like a knife through butter.Lots of ability with the bat too, scoring useful runsdown the order.

9 - Michael Brown, BurslemGood slow left arm bowler and middle order bat.Has taken a lot of wickets for Burslem in recentseasons. Great lad off the pitch.

10 - James Sellers, CheadleOne of the best up and coming young bowlers inthe area. Played a massive part in Cheadle gettingpromoted in 2011 taking 69 league wickets. Alsocapable of scoring late useful runs in the innings.

11 - Alan Richardson, Little Stoke, Staffordshire,WorcestershireOne of the best local bowlers to come out of theNorth Staffs League. Has gone on to better thingsand is still taking wickets for fun atWorcestershire.

Reader’s Hall of Fame Local Cricket

Team


The Good Old Days photographs on page xxhave been identified as:

1 Uttoxeter Fire Brigade at the rear ofUttoxeter Town Hall c.1920

2 Licensees of the Wellington Inn, UttoxeterSue & Terry Shand (2nd & 4th from Left)withTerryʼs parents Charlie & GladysShand 1st & 3rd from left in 1982

3 St. Josephʼs RC School, Uttoxeter - 1stHoly Communion C. 1955Left to Right : Eileen Shaw, StephenHerbert, Cynthia Longstaff, BernadetteCrutchley, Thelma Mellor, MargaretJardine, Anne Bevan, Mary Doran, SusanHenry, Ann Baxter, Anne Fisher, RubyBoot, Bill Smith, Roger Foster, RonnieBoot, Mick Danks, Alan Weatherer,Dennis Boot, Steve Whitehead, Malcolm

Stubbs, David Hollins, Jimmy Lynch,Frank Dronzek, Vincent Goode, RaymondBurke, Tony Boot & Ray Mountford

4 Landlord of the Weaver Lodge Hotel,Uttoxeter Ian Deakin pictured in fancydress, New Yearʼs Eve 1979

5 Carol (Left) & Dot Chell (Right) withUttoxeter Carnival Queen Kay Shaw in1971

The good old days

Bake’s Memoirsby Neil Baker, Crewe Alexandra FC Assistant Manager and local sporting legend

Hello again,I’ve just returned from our annual holiday, been

away for a couple of weeks away with my dearwife Ann (seemed like a month!). Didn’t see anEnglish newspaper in that time but did catch a fewfootball matches on TV including the under 21sgame against Italy. What a disaster that was, in factthe whole campaign was poor from an Englandperspective, losing all three games and returninghome early once again. Not much changes withour national teams, failure after failure, somethingI will put up for debate in further issues of TheVoice.

Anyway back to work and within hours it’s asthough you’ve never been away, we all know thefeeling, don’t we? Came home from work andwatched some cricket. The ICC Champions Trophytaking place in our own back yard and by the timeyou read this column we might even have won thetrophy. Our cricketers actually give us some hope,our team isn’t as strong as it has been over the lastfew years but good enough to compete against thebest in the world in all formats of the game andI’m sure I’m not alone in saying ‘bring on theAshes’.

Later on that evening I watched TheConfederations Cup, Brazil, Spain, Italy amongstothers, a rehearsal for next year’s World Cup. Leftme thinking, has the football season finished yet,when did cricket start? Well we can watch bothsports all year round now thanks to Sky Sports(that’s if you have it).

How things have changed! When I was both atschool and in my youth we played football in thewinter, cricket in the summer. Home from school,rush your tea down, out to play either sport untilit was to dark to see the ball, all ages joined in,pitches or wickets not prepared in those days buthours and hours of practice. This is how welearned the game, no coaching, we just played asoften and as long as we could, no I pods, mobilephones, X boxes or laptops, we just played sport.

My father was a footballer/cricketer as was I,got me thinking about others who I have knownover the years who could be classed as ‘allrounders’.

Probably the most famous name I can come upwith in local circles would be Kim Barnett whooriginated from Ipstones. He started at Boltons CCas a young leg spinner, he played in the 2nd teamunder his father Deryk who captained the team atthat time, he would be around 13 when he madehis debut and was soon promoted to the first team.He developed his skills both as a bowler andbatsman went on to play for Leek and

Staffordshire before playing county cricket forDerbyshire, Gloucestershire and representing hiscountry.

I played with him at Boltons, in fact in thosedays my preparation for games wasn’t as good asit might have been, I enjoyed a Friday night outand would get to games feeling under the weather,catch up with some ‘shut eye ‘ in the dressing roomand when I was due to bat, Kim would come andwake me up! He was a good footballer too, had aspell at Stoke before I signed him at Leek Town, atalented midfield player who had his footballcareer cut short as Derbyshire rated him thathighly they didn’t want him injured. Kim’s stillplying his trade locally, I think with Knypersley?

Another who played both sports to a high levelwas Brian Mellor who played at Leek Town formany years as a combative midfield player whoscored his fair share of goals from set plays, playedin the FA Trophy Final at Wembley in 1990 andhardly ever missed a game until cricket seasonstarted. He went from Harrison Park up the bankto Highfield to play, captain and now Chair thelocal Cricket club. Brian was an exceptional wicketkeeper who was unlucky not to represent hiscounty, developed his batting, was always a deepthinker and skippered the team for years and hesstill fit enough and good enough I must add to playregular in the 1st team.

Jeff Durber was another who played for me atLeek Town, a big athletic centre forward who wasgood in the air and led the line well. Thisathleticism allowed him to become a really quickbowler who would be quite happy to get yourwicket any way he could, a real competitor,another who played for his county.

A footballer who I played alongside at TheBulls Head, Leek, a successful Sunday league teamat the time was Les Lowe. A toughuncompromising centre half, didn’t say a lot butwhen he did you listened, who also excelled atcricket, A fast bowler and hard hitting batsman,another player that went on to representStaffordshire.

One player I tried to sign for Leek was KevBarry, a centre half ahead of his time, good enoughwith the ball to have played in midfield, he readthe game well and an inspiration to his team mateswhich is why he captained Rocester and CheadleUtd over many years, loyal to the core and a regretthat he never played under me. Also a thoughtfulcricketer, and all rounder whose skills were onshow at Moddershall alongside Basher Bailey, theyplayed together for years at both sports.

I must also include Nigel Mottram, what a

player. I first saw him play at Rocester against Leekin a pre season friendly, he destroyed us and fromthat day I thought I must sign him, it neverhappened unfortunately. Nigel played his cricketat Checkley CC and as with his football played itwell.

As I have documented before my earlymemories of watching football and cricket was inRocester and the first dual sportsman I couldremember would be Joe Carpenter, though thememory dims over the years I can recall Joe playingcentre half and being a high class batsman for thevillage teams. Peter Swanwick originated from thevillage too. Pete, an unassuming character was anoutstanding goalkeeper and possibly an even betterwicket keeper, another local player to play for thecounty. Now we have had some terrific glove menin our vicinity over a period but if you can nameme one better than Pete ..., then go ahead!

Move on ten years to Cheadle and Ted Lowell,a gentleman and fine cricketer. A top order bat, infact he could bat at any position and get runs,stylish to watch. I never did see him play footballbut people tell me he was very good and havingwatched and played cricket in the same team, I’mnot surprised.

After leaving Cheadle and moving to Boltonsthere were quite a few players that played bothsports and played them well. Terry Finney was atough nut to knock over, technically very goodwho got into the county set up and was anexceptional fielder who played soccer for bothWellington (now Telford Utd ) and Burton Albion,I think at full back. Bob Bassett led the attack atboth football and cricket, a centre forward not thebiggest but strong brilliant in the air who scored abag full of goals at Boltons and Rocester andopened the bowling for the copperworkers and avery useful bat indeed, talented golfer as well wasRobert a proper all rounder. An old mate of minewho I occasionally see up at Leek CC is MickSumner, I worked with Mick down in Froghall,played for him at Boltons FC. I must say I reallyenjoy meeting up with Michael, a true sportsman,has great knowledge of both codes and alwaysworth listening to. He was a good centre half atIpstones FC and opened the bowling taking manywickets down at Oakamoor who now still playsbowls, no doubt well!

I know what you’re saying, how could youforget him and him, what about about Joe Bloggs,he was good. You will all have your memories andfavourites, any you think I have missed forward toour editor!Speak soon. Bake.


Hi again, so we are now well established atThe Cavendish Arms in my darts career. Itold you last time about the achievements

of the teams and the Super League team.Well, nowadays, it turns out that Russell

Mason, Steve Wild and Eddie Brookes are allcounty players, brilliant – very well done youguys. I know from speaking to other players theyare pleased for you.

As for Leon and myself, we would like tothink we were of some help along the way – goodluck for the future lads.

Carrying on at The Cavendish, Friday nightswere practice nights as far as darts players wereconcerned and a couple of young men joined thelads Lennie Cooper and myself.

It was not too long before we knew that infact we had a couple of special darts playersindeed, their names Andy Graham and GaryCopeland.

The Uttoxeter League had started a SummerMen’s League in 2009, a format of 5 legs of 501,

25 points up for grabs which The Hope &Anchor won - another public house now closeddown – what a great pity.

So my next move was to enter a team for TheCavendish into the Men’s Summer League 2010,playing Andy, Gary, Lennie, Steve Wild, PaulGregory and myself. This line up went on to winthe league with Paul winning the singles trophy.Sadly that was to be the last Summer Darts to beplayed at The Cavendish!

April 2011: After 7 and a half wonderful andsuccessful years we finished at The Cavendishdue to high business rates increased byDerbyshire Dales meant we were no longerviable, we were victims of our own success. Oneday pub CO’s may learn a lesson but don’t holdyour breath!

The wonderful customers at The Cavendishgave us a farewell party, it was a smashing bash,presenting myself and Jackie with an engravedcut glass rose bowl and money collected, thankyou, we had some great times and made many

friends.So Jackie and I thought we were heading for a

quiet life in our home at Doveridge, but no, thepub CO came along with an offer we could notrefuse, giving us the challenge of The Plough Inn,Stafford Road, Uttoxeter.

This public house had been closed down forover 9 months, to say the place was tired andbattered was an understatement! I can honestlysay this pub needed a lot of TLC with our skillsand the help of friends we set about making awelcoming pub.

Over the years playing darts we have beenlucky to have gained the trust and respect ofmany people, and in closing this time, I justwould like to say you can have many things inlife but without friendship it’s worth nothing.

So, till next time, take careDavePS Nearly forgot, thanks for the cricket bat

lads!

On the OcheBy Dave Jones of Uttoxeter

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Oggie’s Sporting Stories by Paul Ogden, a Leek legend

MR GEOFFERY HARRISON

It is with special affection I transfertodays story from Cricket toFootball and devote a very special

story to Geoffrey Harrison.He completely transformed Leek

Town Football Club commencingduring the late sixties. I had playedmy football with Leek C.S.O.B. PortVale FC, Altrincham FC, EastwoodHanley FC and being invited byhimself to join Leek Town FootballClub, his first statement was I mustwarn you there are still cows on thepitch during the week and we have amajor task in front of us.

I will always remember we lostour first fixture playing in the StaffsSenior League at home to the RedCow FC. I remember staring into thefire which was then responsible forthe heating of hot water and lookingaround the dressing room at all of theplayers with everyone showing thesame disappointment as myself andthen the dressing room door burstopen yes Mr Geoffrey with a platefull of sandwiches followed by a jugof the very best Ale from the Pubnext door!

It was apparent the dressing roomatmosphere changed and by the endof the evening you would havethought we had won the FA Cup

After the initial disappointment oflosing our first fixture we continuedto progress adding players whoimproved our results included KarlJerzeykowski, his brother Ernie, BillSummerscales, Ivan Bullock and a

very promising centre back GordenHamlett.

Players such as Terry Lowe theformer Port Vale full back was sovery helpful in our early stages andJohn Cooper who was also with theclub before Geoffrey took over -John was an absolute brick and I cannever thank him enough for hiscommitment during that first season

We continued to win footballmatches going head to head withHanley Town and our home fixturewith this club resulted in once againMr Harrison’s ability to get animpossible game played after a weekof turbulant weather conditions evenarriving at the Ground on theSaturday morning the total playingsurface was covered in deep snow.

He managed to get so manyhelpers that day even managing toget ground equipment to pack thesnow and to finally to be able tomark the pitch and the game tookplace in front of a very large crowdas we were the only fixture that wasplayed that day in NorthStaffordshire.

The game was won and onceagain he had achieved one of hismiracles and more importantly wewent on to win the league which wasthe start of many years of successunder the guidance of this veryspecial person

I look forward to sharing somevery special stories with youinvolving some very talented localplayers

Oggie

IT’S SO EASY TO PLACE ANADVERT IN THE VOICE!email [email protected] phone 01538 751629


On the Ballby Alan Hudson, former Stoke City, Chelsea & Arsenal star

Coates was out of order

Was it Peter Coates that said that Tony Puliswas the best manager in the history of Stoke City?

Was it the same man that allowed him to leavethe club?

Meaning ‘sacking’ him in the nicest possibleway, and may I add, because of public demand,those that surrounded him in the Potteries. I havebeen going to the Brit since they somehow gotpromotion in that nail biting last week of theseason after two matches against Crystal Palace –who murdered them – and Leicester City, the sameday Ian Holloway got relegated as the Foxesmanager. In all fairness, it was a last ditch save byNash that saw Pulis’s team through, as he got to aball that was creeping into the corner of the netand I turned to my mate and said ‘That was aGordon Banks save’ but that is all forgotten now,much like Nash. Some things you do for a FootballClub are forgotten or overlooked, just ask TonyWaddington. Oh no you can’t, but you can me. Oh,it seems that Coates also has a bad memory whenit comes to certain players also, but that is all inthe past even though they needed us there tocelebrate the 150 Years of Stoke City, a great dayput on by SCOBA (Stoke City Old BoysAssociation) where the club could not even buy usa drink. Anyhow, the whole point of this is, if Pulisis the best manager of all time why did he leave onmutual agreement when I have never seen him soanimated in those final three matches that led to

yet another season in the Premier League?Whether you like the way he played or simply

not being able to stomach it - it is nothing to dowith what went on when he was told to make wayfor someone more able to bring the fans a teamthat play good attractive football. This is debatablein times when Premier League football is essentialto the city of Stoke-on-Trent.

I am a Pulis fan, and the next step would havehad him organize the defence for me as I put theother pieces of this team together.

‘Football is a simple game, complicated byidiots’.

Which is an old term I learned through myfather Bill Hudson, and watching Stoke City itreminded me of just that every time I drank myselfthrough matches. If I did not need a drink at 5 to3 I most certainly did at five past and that was alldown to the Pulis style of play or lack of it, butdon’t knock it, because like Wimbledon beatLiverpool in that FA Cup final with a LawrieSanchez goal, City could have done the self samething had Kenwynne Jones had been JimmyGreenhoff when that ball fell at his feet at 0-0,which would have made Tony Pulis the Stoke CityMessiah. I am not one for his football ‘manners’for I don’t like the ball being abused, but I like hiswork ethic and the way he played against the bigteams, giving them more troubles than they hadever had in the division. Ask Wenger!

I’m sad to see him go, because there is one thingyou cannot beat in life and that is honesty, and if

the Stoke City chairman had a little bit of that Ithink the blow of his departure might have beenless of a shock. However, Pulis will rise up and takesome other poor soul from the lower dregs of ourgame and raise them to the upper echelons of thePremier League, you can be sure of that, and whenhe does he will have a better squad to work withthan the one he brought from those same dregs.

As for Mark Hughes, he will either wave hisWelsh wand and bring you Champions Leaguefootball or get you relegated and I am moreinclined to go for the latter, because it was only thePulis spirit that got this club through and if thatspirit level drops Stoke could fall like we did in themid Eighties when a different kind of Chairmancould not tell the difference between the DirectorsBar and the Players Bar, and that was thedifference, they think that with G&T in hand theyknow about the game, well this time if MarkHughes does not raise that bar 200% the Gin willbecome drier than ever before.

It takes a long time to change a team that playthe game the way Stoke play. If he can improve thestandard of play just a little by little he might justhave a chance, but looking at his CV it is not onethat gives you much confidence, and on that noteI think that Coates missed the opportunity of alifetime by not bringing Steve Bould back, and dareI say it, dip even deeper into the archives and haveme as his right hand man. Now then, you fansmost certainly would have had no complaintsabout it being boring!

The ‘Utcheter’ and beyondFootball Diaries from 1979 onwards...by Tim Leech, our Uttoxeter man exiled in the Potteries

Well before we know it a new footballseason will be upon us. I am not surewhat to expect from our local teams.

Stoke – the boo boys have won the day and gottheir wish with the exit of Tony Pullis but they arealready moaning about Mark Hughes and theyhave not even kicked a ball in anger. I actuallybelieve he is a decent manager and has anincredible football pedigree. If you had said 6 yearsago that our future manager will be an ex ManUtd, Barcelona and Chelsea star, the guys in thewhite coats would have taken you away. A year ofsubtle changes and hopefully a change in the styleof play.

Port Vale – They did terrific last season and thisyear will all be about consolidation and trying tostay in Division One. I hope that Micky Adamssticks with his attacking philosophy. I am a fan ofthe winger Jennison Myrie Williams he is reallyexciting to watch and I don’t think he knows whathe is doing when he has the ball so I feel sorry forhis team mates and opposing defenders.

Derby – I think this is a make or break seasonfor Mr Clough Jnr, I actually like the fact the Ramsplay a passing game but they are dreadful awayfrom home. I know the doubters are waiting topounce. He must be more adventurous andabandon this one up front policy. Fingers crossedfor the play offs.

Locally Uttoxeter Town are now in the StaffsCounty League Premier Division and will be in for

a much tougher season than last season. The guysdid fantastic and have a lot of momentum at themoment and I am expecting them to be in theupper reaches of the Division. I will get down asoften as I can to watch the boys in action.

Anyway a sort of footballing story that is trueand hopefully will give you a giggle.

Picture the scene.Christmas Eve in the 1980’s, just finished work

and having a pint with my mucker Johnny“Macca” Mclaughlin and the crack is good. Wewere in a watering hole that is no longer inexistence, the Roebuck Inn, on Derby Road. Adecent old pub, that used to get a good sprinklingof Utcheter townsfolk on a Friday after work. Inthere were a few local footballers, one being AndyCorbishley who played football for UttoxeterTown. Corbo’ was a flying machine and was oneof the quickest local players.

As the beer flowed the discussion came up whowas the quickest player in the town and Corbo’sfan club suggested it was him. Well I was up forthe wind up and quickly threw down the gauntlet,“I will race you Corbo’ for £20 !” Now there wasonly a tortoise and a three legged donkey that wasslower than me on the football pitch but I wasquicker than most between the ears. The wagerwas promptly accepted with my mate Maccaacting as the adjudicator taking £20 from me and£20 from Corbo and there were a few side bets allplaced on Corbo to win. Now in the 1980’s, £40

was worth winning and could buy a few extrabeers and a nice takeaway or two.

We made our way out to the car park, youngCorbo doing all sorts of stretching exercises andlimbering up like an Olympic sprinter. I promptlyfinished my sixth or seventh pint and staggered tothe car park. It was agreed that 3 laps of the carpark would be competition. The whole pubgathered outside to watch this Olympian eventtake place. “On your marks, get set, Whoosh, hewas off like Ussain Bolt, I smply jogged staggeredmy way round the car park. Corbo’ lapped me atleast 3 times and beat me out of sight. I promptlyjogged or stumbled towards my good mate Maccaand pocketed the £40.

A shocked Corbo asked what I was doing,because he had beaten me out of sight I informedhim that I did not say that I would beat him, onlythat I would race him!

He was not a happy bunny but it does showyou that the tortoise can beat the hare.

Bad joke time.A snail was mugged by a tortoise and he

reported it to the police. The police officer askedthe snail “if he could remember anything about themugging ?”

The snail replied “That he could not becauseeverything had happened so fast !”Happy DaysRegardsRoachy

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