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CITY OF DERBY RETIRED TEACHERS

NEWSLETTERISSUE NO 91

November2018

CONTACTS

Chairman: Mr. R. Horth (01332 551624Vice Chairman:

Secretary: Mrs. B R Ward (01332) 550383Treasurer: Mr. F. P. Wilson (01332) 771658

Rick Horth

Barbara Ward, Bill Grange,Diana Grange, Mollie Hipkin ,Rick Horth.

Bill Grange, Eileen Monk &Derek Salt, Pat Wilson, RickHorth.

- Biddy Robinson

- Val Holmes

Denby, A Potted History -Pat Wilson

The Newsletter is edited anddesigned by Bill Grange

For future issues send material tohim at :19 Elm Grove, Allestree, DerbyDE22 2HB01332 [email protected]

Visit our website:www.codretts.co.uk

Compiled by Bert Mason

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Newsletter November 2018

In Our Thoughts

Since the last Newsletter, I'm sure most ofus have enjoyed the lovely summerweather.

We have sent a card and visited ChrisJowitt who has been very poorly withspells in hospital. We're all thinking ofher and hoping she will soon be feelingbetter.

We also sent get well cards to John Boothand Bert Mason.

The majority of members seem to bekeeping well. We hope the sunshine hasgiven us all the strength to meet the cool-er, shorter days ahead

Biddy Robinson

Contact Biddy or Ann Salt to reportillness or bereavementBiddy - 01773-823954Ann - 01332-513412

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Membershipnd Subscriptions 2019by Rick Horth, Chairman

In the last Newsletter we put forward aproposal on membership and subscrip-tions for consultation with members.The response has been strongly in sup-port, acknowledging the significantly re-duced financial grant from the NUT andits probable end with the NUT's mergerwith the ATL.

The committee proposes, therefore, thatfrom 1st January 2019, we have just onetype of member who would pay the sameannual subscription (currently £8. )

Payment of the subscription entitlesmembers to :An annual membership cardAn annual programme cardAttend the AGMAttend coffee morningsReceive copies of the Newsletter.

The spring and summer day trips, theatrevisits, extended visits and the TwelfthNight lunch will remain open to mem-bers and non members as these are most-ly self financing.

Many have commented on the relativelymodest level of the subs compared withother similar organisations and we hopeto continue in this vein.

Subs can be paid (on 1st Jan. 2019) to theTreasurer. Frank Wilson, either in personor by post. The list of members who havepaid their subscription will be used as thebasis of distributing the Newsletter from1st April 2019.

Thank you for your understanding inbringing about this change. We will, ofcourse, monitor how things work outnext year and are open to look at anychanges or improvements. If you haveany thoughts or ideas then please let usknow.


CODRTs ExtendedSummer Visit 2018

Cricket St. Thomasby Barbara WardFor our summer extended visit this year,beginning on Friday 11th May, the retiredteacher’s group stayed at the Warner’s,Cricket St Thomas Hotel near Chard inSomerset. I had visited the same hotelabout 20 years ago with Les so was inter-ested to see the wonderful changes thathad been made, mainly to the dining andleisure facilities and the entertainmentcentre.

The food was excellent and the grounds,which went for miles around the historicRegency country mansion famous forbeing used as the location in the T.V.comedy series ‘To the Manor Born’. Iteven included its own church! Theweather showed the surroundings off toperfection. There was a river deep in avalley, surrounded by velvety green fieldswhere sheep were grazing peacefully.They were enhanced by shadowy littlecopses containing waterfalls, little bridg-es and the most spectacular display ofazaleas and rhododendrons. There wereeven some modern bronze statues ofchildren playing.You could walk for miles and not see asoul. It was so peaceful.

Lyme Regisby Bill GrangeOn the second day of our extended visit,we travelled over the county boundary

into Dorset, enjoying views the verdantrolling countryside in the sunshine, andto the small coastal town of Lyme Regis.Our coach parked high above the townnecessitating a meandering walk down tothe sea front. Lyme Regis is famous for anumber of things, chiefly that it sits onthe so-called Jurassic coast, crumblingcliffs made of rocks of this geologicalperiod, about 180 million years old, rear-ing up on each side of the town. Thesecontain an array of wonderful fossils oflong-extinct creatures, ranging from am-monites to huge marine reptiles.

The significance of these was brought tothe attention of the scientific world by aremarkable young woman called MaryAnning. In 1811, at the age of 12, she wasthe first person to find a complete skele-ton of an ichthyosaur or ‘fish lizard’, inthe local cliffs and, during her relativelyshort life, many more other kinds offossils. She sold her finds in her fossilshop in the town and soon came to theattention of the eminent geologists of theday, who flocked to Lyme to visit her.Mary proved to be at least as knowledge-able as they but, being a woman and alsofrom a relatively humble background, ina rigid chauvinistic and stratified Victori-an society she was never given properrecognition for her work. Things are verydifferent today, with Mary celebratedthroughout the world and prominentlyportrayed in the excellent Lyme Museum- and there is still a fossil shop, not farfrom the location of the original MaryAnning one.

I was pleased to see that since my lastvisit to Lyme, all the metal lamp-poststhroughout the town had an ammonite

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design in recognition of the town’s im-portant role in palaeontology.

After a coffee in a cave-like café, part ofa shop full of an eclectic array of seasidebric-a-brac, Diana and I wandered to theCob, a massive stone wall, built in theearly 19th century, enclosing the smallharbour. I must admit feeling a bit un-steady standing on it, with the sea surgingjust below. However, this was no prob-lem for Meryl Streep in the film the‘French Lieutenant’s Woman’ when, in an‘iconic’ scene, she was standing at the endof the Cobb in a storm, waves crashing allaround her (though there is a rumour thatit was really a stunt man dressed in hercloak). The film was based on a novel bythe late John Fowles, who lived in Lymeand, indeed, was honory curator of theMuseum. I met him when he visited TheDorset County Museum in Dorchester,where I was Assistant Curator in the1970s, and thought him a most affableperson.

The Cobb also features in Jane Austen’s‘Persuasion’ in an incident where LouisaMusgrove falls down the steps and isconcussed (probably the most traumaticevent in all of Jane Austen). Diana and Idescended from the Cobb with appropri-ate care and wandered along the sea front,and enjoyed looking at some of the attrac-tive old houses. Lyme is an old-fashionedresort with no amusement arcades andsimilar strident seaside entertainments,just right for us oldies! However, thesteep ascent back up to the car park andour coach proved to be a bit taxing forsome members of our party, necessitatingtaking a local bus or taxi.

Seatonby Diana Grange,On leaving Lyme Regis, we travelledwestward over the county boundary intoDevon and to another coastal town,Seaton. As we arrived, the town lookedrather ‘run-down’ but on further explora-tion we found quite a few interestingfeatures, mainly Victorian and Edwardian.

Actually, Seaton is a unique seaside townand, like Lyme Regis, sits on the Jurassiccoast and the South-west Coast Path. It,however, doesn’t have the high profiles ofLyme, Beer or Sidmouth. It is at the un-fashionable end of Lyme Bay but enjoys athriving population and is not just forholiday-makers or second-home owners.Bill and I walked along the promenadetowards the chalk cliffs of Beer Head.Along the way there were remnants ofWorld War II defences, with informationboards and also rows of beach huts. Atthe end of the esplanade we came acrossa delightful café, ‘The Hideaway’, partlyset in a cleft in the cliffs. This 1920speriod building has been newly restoredand serves a wide selection of drinks andmeals. After enjoying a coffee, we walkedup the steps behind the café to join theSouth-west Coast Path to take us backinto town.

An electric railway runs inland fromSeaton to Colyford. It is said to be theonly one in the world where tramcarswith upper decks are still operating.Those members of our group who rodeon it reported seeing a lot of birds as theypassed the Seaton wetlands along the Axeestuary. The tramway terminal building is

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being re-built, a valuable investment forthe town.

Montecute Houseby Mollie HipkinOn the third day of our visit to Somersetwe visited the Montecute House, a Na-tional Trust property in South Somerset.

The house is a typical Elizabethan man-sion and was built for Sir Edward Phelps,a wealthy lawyer and member of QueenElizabeth the first’s parliament. He hadthe house built to advertise and impresspeople of his lofty position and successin the establishment. It is an example ofElizabethan pomp and style which isevident by the walls of sparkling glass.The 172 feet Long Gallery, the longest inEngland, exhibits 16th and early 17th cen-tury portraits, oils and watercolours fromthe National Portrait Gallery. In anotherroom there is a collection of needleworksamplers on display. The stair case istucked away in a corner and is not asgrand as the rest of the house and thestairs are bare stone and well-worn.

The village, house and formal gardens,being typical of the Elizabethan era, havebeen used as the settings for several filmsand television programmes. Severalscenes from Jane Austen’s ‘Sense andSensibility’ a 1995 film were shot at Mon-tecute and the house was used as Basker-ville Hall for a version of ‘The Hound ofthe Baskerville’s and for the recent TVadaptation of Hilary Mantel’s novel‘Wolf Hall’.

Sir Edward Phelps’ descendants occu-pied the house until the early 20th centu-ry. Following a brief period when thehouse was let to tenants (one of whomwas Lord Curzon of Kedleston, wholived at the house with his mistress, thenovelist Elinor Glyn), it was acquired bythe National Trust in 1927.

Well, Well, Well !By Rick Horth

We broke our return journey on thefollowing day at Wells (still in Somerset)- an ideal place to stop.

Our coach was directed to the city centrewhere we were greeted by a local guidewith a welcome smile and informationsheets.

Wells is a place of charm and character.With the sun shining we set out to ex-plore.

Water was running in the gutter by thepavement. Has there been a burst ? Nothe clue is in the place name. Wells isnamed from three wells dedicated toSaint Andrew, one in the market placeand two within the grounds of the Bish-op's Palace and cathedral.

It has enjoyed city status since mediaevaltimes and competes to be one of thesmallest cities in the country in both areaand population.

There seemed to be something for ev-eryone. A beautiful cathedral, gardens inthe Bishop’s Palace, cafes and shops not

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Newsletter November 20188to forget the odd novelty. On the moataround the palace were swans and ducks.

On the bank was a small bell mounted ona bracket. What do the swans do whenthey’re hungry? Of course, you’veguessed, they ring the bell and some kindsoul comes feeds them.

The less fortunate visitors had topatronise the cafes.

A very pleasant stop before resuming ourhomeward journey.

Wells

Top Left: Cathedral - the westfront, facing an enormouslawn.

Top Right: Cathedral - nave,showing the ‘scissor arches’under the tower, a medievalsolution when the tower was indanger of collapse.

Bottom: The moat around theBishop’s Palace.

Photos by Bill Grange


CODRTs Day Trip toWhitbyIntroduction by Bill GrangeOn 13th June 2018, a party of CODRTsmembers travelled to Whitby, that gem ofa seaside on the Yorkshire coast. Dianaand I didn’t go, as we enjoy a holiday inthe town every year, staying in a housebelonging to Diana’s sister. Whitby ismany people’s favourite seaside town, forgood reason, as it exudes history at everyturn. With its old houses climbing steepslopes on either side of the harbourformed from the estuary of the RiverEsk, crowned on the east side by thegaunt ruins of one of England’s mostimportant Abbeys, it presents a pictur-esque scene not matched by any othercoastal resort. Whitby was once a majorship-building town. Indeed, the ship onwhich Capt. James Cooke sailed roundthe world on his first voyage, the Endeav-or, was built in there. The town’s otherassociation with Cook was that, as ayoung man, he was an apprentice seamanworking for a merchant ship owner basedin Whitby, which was also a whaling port,thankfully, now a thing of the past. An-other claim to fame is that Bram Stokerpartly set his novel ‘Dracula’ in the town,particularly around the Abbey and St.Mary’s Church - and Whitby makes muchof this!

The Endeavour and ArtGalleryby Eileen Monk & DerekSaltNot being immediately ready for lunch,our first stop was to see the newly con-

structed full-sized replica of CaptainCook’s ship, Endeavour, well on its wayto completion but still without sails. Theunconventional descent from the crow’snest was by crane rather than clamberingdown the rigging! We followed this by theinevitable fish and chips in the Quaysidecafé, which were excellent.

We decided against going to the Abbeyand took a slow walk up to Pannett Parkand the art gallery. This houses paintingsfrom the Pannett Bequest, includingmany by our local artist, Laura Knight.The coming of the railway into Whitbymade the area much more accessible forartists. This led to the development of theStaithes Group of impressionistic paint-ers, which included Laura and HaroldKnight. It was clear to see the influence ofTurner in many of the pictures.After admiring the attractive gardens, wereturned to ‘ground’ level after a veryenjoyable day.

All Aboard!by Pat WilsonDuring our recent visit to Whitby wedecided to take a short boat trip. The boatlooked sturdy enough and several peoplewere already installed on the seats.

We paid our £3 per head and selected ourpositions after a member of the crewhelped us aboard. I sat by a couple whowere struggling to hold back ‘Charlie’ anover excited springer spaniel. He obvious-ly didn’t want a trip on the boat, he want-ed to be in the water. He did, however,settle down once the boat was underway.Conditions were very smooth in the har-bour and we had very good views of St

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Newsletter November 201810Mary’s Church and Abbey ruins, plus theWhale Bone Arch and Captain Cook’sStatue.From then on things became very differ-ent. Once we cleared the staithes of theharbour our little craft was tossed in alldirections and we began to wonder if itwas a good idea to be on the sea. Strangelythere was no sea breeze but we wererocked to and fro in arather alarming manner.The ‘Captain’ who was adead ringer for ‘EdSheeran’ pointed outSandsend beach andcliffs. Unfortunately, Iwas more concernedabout the motion of thesea and wondered if weshould make use of thelife jackets.

We then turned to comeback to the safety of theharbour as we were hitby a strong wind, but thesight of the harbour en-trance was very reassuring. The momentwe were in the safety of the harbour werelaxed.

The trip only lasted 20 minutes and tosome passengers that was an age but itwas quite pleasant to myself and others.‘Charlie’ was very anxious to leave theboat, not up the harbour steps but overthe side, but his owners managed to con-trol him until he got on to dry land.

On disembarking we asked the ‘Captain’about the swell and he told us it was aspring tide which flowed across the har-bour, hence the ‘rock and roll’.

After that we found a lovely café upstairsbetween two shops where we had after-noon tea, which was absolutely delicious

Well I Never !by Rick HorthI’ve heard that houses have rows but I didnot know that a yard could be famous for

arguments. Visitors toWhitby discover thiswhen they see the yardshown in the photographbelow :

Thinking that the town ishome port to many sail-ors, who on occasionshave been known to cele-brate a successful home-coming with a modicumof recreational imbibing,you might imagine thatthe Arguments Yardcould be the place whereany resulting disputescould be resolved.

A good guess but not the case.Was it then an early marriage guidancefacility ? No, not that either.

The answer, as is often the case, is moremundane. Deeds from the 17th centurysuggest the yard belonged to ThomasArgment and his family. The spelling re-mained until 1830 when it was changed to'Arguments '

If you think this story and explanation isnot right and would like to present analternative then you know where to go tofight it out.

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Whiby, continued…

Open Bus Tourby Barbara WardMollie Hipkin and I had had a wonderfulfish and chip lunch at Robertson’s on ourtrip to Whitby. It was a lovely warm dayand we were tired of walking so we decid-ed to hop on to the open topped double-decker bus to see the sights of historicWhitby.

The local guide on board described themagnificent seascapes and we had a bird’seye view of the narrow winding cobbledstreets.as the bus climbed steeply up tothe impressive ruins of Whitby Abbey andvisitor centre. We got off there to admire

the views and have a welcome cup of tea.Later we jumped on again and listened tospooky Yorkshire tales of bygone daysand the one about the Whitby man whohad 21 children twice, or the man whowas the only survivor of the lifeboat disas-ter of 1861, both immortalised by thecamera of Frank Meadow Sutcliffe.

The fully-guided Whitby tour takes ap-proximately one hour but tickets last allday and you can get on and off the bus asmany times as you like and you can simplypay as you board. It certainly saved ourlegs!!!

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Making Our Ownmasterpiecesby Biddy Robinson

Our coffee morning on 5th June wasmost enjoyable. Angela Ashton, a glassfusion artist, came to show us how tomake artistic glass items. She showed usher work, which ranges from jewellery tocoasters, dishes and ornaments.

She uses American Bulls-eye glass whichhas a range of colours and we were allprovided with a diamond wheel cutterand could choose from a wide selectionof glass to make our own masterpieces,some of us making coasters, dishes anddragonflies

Angela then photographed each one andtook them home to fire in her kiln at 800degrees centigrade. The glass softens

and moulds, but does not spread, so theresults are colourful and beautiful. I thinkwe were all pleased with the results andenjoyed this unusual activity.

Our Twelfth Night LunchSpeaker

For our Twelfthnight Lunch,2019, we havebooked (by rec-ommendationfrom our mem-bers), Dr CatrinRutland who

works at Derby and Nottingham Univer-sities. She is Assistant Professor ofAnatomy and Developmental Studiesand her talk is entitled "Science Factversus Science Fiction".


Calke WalkBy Val HolmesFirst of all I want to apologise for thefact that the date of the walk waschanged from 3rd to 10th July, due to aclash of holiday dates, and I know thiswas why some regular walkers couldn’tcome. But it was a pity that our numberswere reduced to five adults and our faith-ful Yorkshire terrier, who did his usualjob of rounding us up and keeping usunder control!

It was a glorious sunny day, the kind wehad got used to during a wonderful sum-mer. We assembled at Ticknall and beganour walk across the yellowing parchedmeadows of the Calke Abbey Estate, evi-dence of a lack of rain. But we did en-joy the occasional shade of thewoodland....and then we came acrosschurned up earth, diggers and tree fell-ing! Bill, in particular, was appalledand horrified at the chaos. We were

told by a passer-by that, ironically, it is tocreate a facility for children to help themfind out about nature, to be opened nextyear. We shall wait and see. However, theNational Trust has laid down some verygood paths, avoiding the old route acrossfields. Along the track Bill enlightened usabout plants, flowers and butterflies, inthe manner that always makes a countrywalk more interesting.

The heat drove us to the restaurant areaof Calke and the chance to assuage thirstbefore we went down the shady path tothe lakes and then to through woodlandwith views between the trees towards thesparkling blue Staunton Harold reservoirand over the wooded parkland to CalkeAbbey and its outhouses but then, soabsorbing was the conversation that, inspite of me having walked the path ump-teen times, I missed the footpath to Tick-nall. But Bill came to the rescue, havingtaken the precaution of bringing a map,and pointed us in the direction of thegatehouse. We walked down a splendidgreen avenue of magnificent lime trees,eventually coming back to the MainStreet. We finished our lovely ramble witha good meal at The Staff of Life andgenerally agreed that “it had been a grandday’’.

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Denby – A Potted Historyby Pat WilsonHelen Monk has spoken to us before,her last talk being in 2016, when hersubject was ‘The Titanic’We were enthralled by her talk then, andher talk on The Denby Pottery, Derby-shire at our September coffee morningwas just as interesting.

Helen was born in‘Highbank House’ justa few yards from theDenby pottery and shegrew up close by. BothHelen’s Mother andaunt worked at thepottery and she vividlyremembered themcoming home coveredin clay dust.

Both Helen and herHusband are both devoted collectors ofDenby, from basic glazed pieces to dec-orative items some of which are quitevaluable. Denby made everything frombottles (glass was very expensive) hotwater bottles, plain crockery items anddecorative ones too, including animalssuch as lambs, geese and squirrels, plusmore famously, ‘Marmaduke Rabbit’ and‘Bingo Dog’, in several sizes.

Vitreous clay was mined locally but thatseam has now finished but it is still foundlocally in a secret location elsewhere inDerbyshire. The glaze is as hard as iron,the recipe being a secret.

Denby pottery was started by WilliamBourne, who married Evelyn Daws,having had 13 Children.

The history starts in 1806 when a seamof clay was discovered at Denby duringthe construction of a road link to theindustrial towns of Derbyshire. Williamexamined the clay and recognised itsexceptional qualities and the production

of salt glazed potterystarted at Denby in1809. William gave thetask of running thebusiness to his young-est son Joseph. Thepottery prospered andsoon built a reputationfor its quality bottlesand jars.

Helen brought alongsome of items which

she had found, so proving its durability.These containers were essential for hold-ing commodities such as preserves, pick-les, ink, polish, water, medicines andeven ginger beer.

Joseph patented many ideas for improv-ing methods in salt-glazed kilns. Com-mon salt was thrown into the kiln fireswhen the embers were at their hottestand the vapours combined with the sur-face of the pots to produce a shinybrown surface coating.

The control of the pottery was thenpassed to Sarah Elizabeth and JosephHarvey and on Sarah’s deathbed in1898control was passed to two nephews, Sa-rah and Joseph not having any children.

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Sarah’s nephews withdrew from thebusiness in 1907 leaving Joseph BourneWeaver as the sole owner.

In 1916 the pottery became a LimitedCompany with Mr Weaver as GoverningDirector, a post he held until his death in1942. By the 1920’s products were ex-tended to pie dishes, jelly moulds anddecorative and these can still be found inmany homes stamped ‘Danesby Ware’, ageneric name. Donald Gilbert joined thecompany and using new firing tech-niques created ‘Cottage Blue’, ’EpicGreen’, ‘Manor Green’ and ‘HomesteadBrown’, as well as decorated vases andcontainers. In the 1950’s ‘Greenwheat’‘Arabesque’ and ‘Chevron’ followed as arange of oven to tableware.

It was a family business until 1942 and,after going through many ownerships,Denby continues to flourish. Denbywareis virtually indestructible so can even butused from freezer to oven or microwave,

but if dropped on a tiled floor will prob-ably break!!

Graham and Alva Key are experts onDenby Ware, some of which are veryvaluable and can be seen in the DenbyMuseum. Some of the designs of IvoryPastel with figures and flowers in reliefare all made by hand but you won’t findthem in the Museum as Helen ownsthem all.

All of the employees in the 1930’s weremen, women were not employed untilafter the 2nd World War. A Mr NormanWood (a small but clever man) made the‘Dresler Tunnel’ Kiln which took overfrom the Bottle Kiln and from then onthe pieces were decorated, as much as wesee them to this day.

Once again Helen held our attention andI really hope that my account is correctin the details, as there was so much infor-mation to assimilate.

The Cover Photo……is of Turkey-tails Bracket Fungus.This is very common in woodlands,growing on dead timber and stumps.The multi-coloured banding on the up-per surface of each bracket is particularlyattractive. The lower surfaces consist ofhundreds of tube-like structures, wherethe spores are produced. Although thebrackets are hard and dry to the touch,they are produced each year and persistthrough the winter.

Photo by Bill Grange

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