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Middleton Village Newsletter
VILLAGE PUMPJuly 2018 No. 452
Dates
Every SundayPub quiz in the NelsonStarts 9pm prompt
Every ThursdayPub quiz in the Rising SunStarts 9 pm
Friday 13th to Sunday 15th JulyMidfolk FestivalTickets from Jane at the Nel-sonSee page 2
Wednesday 18th JulyFolk Jam at the Nelson
Sunday 29th JulyCommunity Walk:10 am from the Village Green
Bin Days
Blue bin/green bin:2nd/16th/30th July
Grey bin:9th/23rd July
Deadline for next issue: Thursday 26th July Please send items by email to [email protected] or leave at the Nelson
Thank you Middleton. Let’s Aim for Gold for Our Blooming Great Village
This year the Supporters of Middleton in Bloom have been most generous. Without the help of so many individuals and businesses it would be very hard to plant all the tubs and hanging Baskets around our special village, as well as maintaining our lovely Millennium Gardens by replacing the plants where necessary. This year you will undoubtedly notice we have several new tubs in areas, not necessar-ily on the Judges’ route, and we have been delighted that so many people this year have offered to help by pulling out the odd weed and watering them, essential to keep them looking bright and beautiful.
A big thank you to the following for their donations: D.S. Insulations; L. Petts, Stonemasons; Greenacres Cottage; Vital Earth; Kane Hunt, Family Butcher; Middleton Ladies Group; Wirksworth Cars/Budget Tyres; Mount Cook Adventure Centre; James Lawrence; Slinter Min-ing; Middleton Knit and Natter; Des Corby; Pickle Cottage; Not Dead Yet (Music Group); Morrisons, Belper; Middleton Environment Group; Pam Jones; Hilary and David Casey; Severn Trent Water; The Hollies Nursery, Bonsall; Staff at Derbyshire Wildlife Trust; Derbyshire Dales District Council; and Rachael and Dan (Climbing Unit).
We also thank the many villagers particularly on the Judges’ Route for the particular attention they give to their gardens and allotments - “Every Little Helps”. We still have a way to go particularly in the Millennium Garden, so if anyone can spare just a little time on the 1st or 3rd Sunday between 10 a.m. and lunch time to help with a bit of weeding, pruning or sweeping, please just come along and get involved. It’s surprising how much gets done when there are extra helpers, and fun too.
Pam Jones
PS This year’s judging takes place on the afternoon of Friday 6th July, walking through the village and finishing in the Millennium Gardens at 3.45pm. After the judging is over we will again have a small village get together and refreshments in the Millennium Gardens.
Diff’ from, or %
of, average
Date
Mean maximum’ temp 17.8c +4.5cMean minimum temp 7.9c +1.4cHighest maximum 24.4c 7thLowest minimum 1.1c 1stTotal Rainfall 47.1mm 68%Wettest Day 14.1mm 1stDays with rain 11Total Sunshine 234.7 hrs 160%Sunniest Day 13.5 hrs 14thDays with no sunshine 2
Weather May 2018Sunny and warm
May was much warmer than
average, particularly by day. It
was the warmest on local records
back to 1871, and probably the
warmest since 1833 in this area.
The weather was consistently
warm rather than notably hot but
the maximum of 24.4c on the 7th
was the hottest day in the first
week of May since this record
began 41 years ago. There were
a few cool nights during the first
half of the month and the last
ground frost of the season was
recorded on the 18th.
Rainfall was well below average
and it was the driest month so
far this year and the driest May
since 2010. Rain fell on only 11
days, the fewest for the month
since 2008. The rainfall total for
the first five months of the year is
512.6 mm which is 122% of the 30
year average.
It was a very sunny month, the
sunniest May since 1989 and the
sunniest month of any name
since July 2006.
The spring of 2018 was a little
warmer than average, despite the
cold March, but was much cooler
than in 2017. It was the wettest
spring since 2006 and the 4th
wettest in the last 41 years.
Despite a very sunny May it was
the dullest spring since 2015 with
both March and April recording
well below average sunshine.
Dave Evans
Updates for Midfolk Festival
Time is ticking by and we have some exciting updates for the festival weekend. There will be a free choir
workshop led by an experienced choir leader from Belper. The workshop will lead to a public performance
at the start of Sunday’s Local Vocal slot at 2p.m. Further details will be posted on flyers at The Nelson
Arms and around the village.
In addition we are hoping to have a pony and trap taxi service between the Village Hall and The Nelson.
If you are unable to get to the festival but would like to join in the Festival Ceilidh on Sunday between 5
and 7p.m, you can gain entry to the hall at a reduced price of £4 per person.
Tickets for the festival are still available from The Nelson Arms but they are running out fast so don’t leave
it too late.
Village Groups Contact List
If you have a group that you’d like to include, please email us.
Middleton in Bloom Secretary: Hilary Casey (820076)
Village Green Committee Secretary: Dawn Greatorex (356661)
Middleton Environment Group Chair: Rob Stamper
Allotments Committee Chair: Mike Knott (826075)
Middleton Ladies’ Group Pam Jones (823920) or Christine Gil-mour (822455)
Steeple Grange Light Railway Martin Smith: [email protected] John Cash: [email protected]
Middleton Book Group Lucy Peacock (820831)
MMBG (Middleton Mountain Bike Group) www.mmbg.co.uk
Middleton and Wirksworth Wrestling Club Classes on Monday evenings in the village Hall. Contact Trevor Hoskins (07961 516722)
Middleton Toddler Group Meets Wednesdays 1.30pm-3pm at the Village Hall
Nelson Arms Bar and accommodation. Alan and Jane (825154)
Knit and Natter In the Nelson on Mondays, 1-3pm, with Community Luncheon on alternate Mondays. Brenda Hobson 824600
Yoga Classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings in the village hall. Contact Nicky Mumford 07780 685083
Cinema Middleton News
Coming to a Cinema near you - ‘The Greatest Showman’Great News. Middleton Cinema will be opening its doors on Saturday 22 September @ 7.00pm. in the Village Hall. This will be the launch of the cinema so there will be an opportunity to celebrate. We intend making this a ‘red carpet ‘occasion so it is an opportunity to dress up and polish those tiaras and gold cuff links and sit back and enjoy the film. There will be a bar plus soft drinks and tea and coffee will be on sale.
The Greatest Showman is a bold and original musical that cel-ebrates the birth of show business and the sense of wonder we feel when dreams come true.
Tickets can be reserved online via a new village website (informa-tion to follow about the booking process nearer the time). Alter-native arrangements will be in place for those people who do not want to book via the internet. The cost of tickets will be £4.00 per person and £2.00 for children (sorry no concessions). We are not able to book seats so seating will be ‘on a first come first seated basis’.
Other film dates have been booked for Saturday 20 October, Saturday 24 November, and Saturday 15 December- so get them in your diary.Flyers with more information and details of films will be distrib-uted to all households in the village during August.
This a really exciting venture for Middleton and all members of the steering group hope you will be able to support it and that we will see you there in September for the first of many screenings.
Sue Stockwell on behalf of the Cinema group.
These enigmatic birds are ex-traordinary. They live out their lives entirely on the wing, only landing when they nest. This means that as the young fly off to Southern Africa for the winter, they will stay airborne for the next two years at least. Small tags fitted to a few Swifts have shown the routes they take and that they spend most of the win-ter flying over the huge forests of the Congo.
Only when the new recruits start nesting themselves will they land again, and then only high up on a building and never on the ground, on telegraph wires or in a tree. They feed on the wing (eat-ing insects in their thousands), drink on the wing, sleep on the wing and sometimes even mate on the wing!While House Martins build mud nests under our eaves and Swal-lows on beams, usually inside stables or barns, swifts make no visible nest at all. Instead, they fly up under our eaves, using whatever tiny crack they can find to gain entry into the roof space and tuck their nests away there, sometimes using the top of inter-nal walls.
Swifts are essentially urban birds, nesting only on buildings. And thereby lies the problem; their numbers are declining in the UK mainly because they are excluded
In the nature of swifts - Nick Brown from Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
from their nests when buildings are renovated, new soffits or barge boards are fitted, or when a house is re-roofed or has a loft conversion.
Compared to even twenty years ago, swifts are now reduced in number by a half. So, unless we start to look after them, they could become a thing of the past. Our urban lives would certainly be much the poorer without them hurtling over our heads and screaming along our streets. We have advice leaflets both for householders (swifts make no mess and cause no damage) and for builders, architects and de-velopers to show them how easy it is to create small entrances for them.A final thing about Swifts. They are reported to mate on the wing. Indeed, I’ve seen two swifts briefly lock together in flight
myself. However, whether they are indeed mating or just court-ing, reserving full mating for the private confines of their nest, remains one of many myster-ies surrounding this strange but fascinating bird.
Fabulous news for the village - Middleton has swifts return-ing each year around Stile Croft and Churchill Avenue and part of Chapel Lane, nesting closely to the area. In addition they have been seen flying around the fields to the eastern side of Main Street and over the Moor. If you see any swifts let Derbyshire Wildlife Trust know, it helps with record-ing sightings in Derbyshire – they even have a sightings form on their website where you can send sightings to and it doesn’t have to be just about swifts!
Swifts. photo: David Naylor
JS. I started taking Nicky’s classes over a year and a half ago, when she first started up in the village. I would have never thought it possible that I could enjoy such a very slow moving activity as much as I have. And this, coupled to an atmosphere that is still, a delivery that is measured and calming, and a teacher in Nicky that is friendly, playful, and sup-portive. I thought it a good idea if she shared some of her secrets with our readers
JS. How did you get into yoga in the first place? NM. My life has always been full of activ-ity, mostly things that involved being outside and travelling at speed, down mountains - or big hills at least and with an element of adrenaline. Mountain biking, horse-riding, snowboarding, even skydiving - I thought sitting still was a waste of time! Then one day my body decided it had had enough and I became quite ill. I realised I had to find something to compliment all this activity - something that would be relaxing but still give me a feeling that I was physically doing something, even if it was a little more sedate. A friend recommended yoga and I went on a holiday to Crete to learn. it was amazing, I felt great and I was hooked.
2 – JS. What made you want to take up teaching it? NM. After about four years I realised that yoga was giving me more than just a physical benefit. I wasn’t just feeling better, more flexible
and stronger but I realised I had learnt to listen to my body, ac-cepting what I could and couldn’t do. My mental attitude had shifted too. I was calmer, more relaxed and had learned the value of slowing down; of being, not just doing - not that I’ve given up on the adrenaline I just have a lit-tle more balance in my life. I felt that this was something worth sharing with others so decided I would investigate how to train as a yoga teacher. I think a few years ago if I’d suggested to my closest friends that I was going to teach yoga they would have thought I was bonkers! Now it feels like a natural fit and working in an office with a computer seems a world away.
3 JS. It’s obvious to me that in any class you have people who have very mixed abilities. What are the main principles that you follow to get around this? NM. The main principles that I bring to my teaching are that yoga is for everyone and that it should be a fun and enjoyable experience. You might come to a class for some exercise, to feel more flex-ible, for relaxation or any number of other reasons. I’ll include a mix of stretching, gentle movement, more flowing energetic sequenc-es and of course the all-important relaxation which seems to be the most popular part! I like to gradu-ally ease classes into something that might be a little bit challeng-ing and at the same time give individuals a choice about what they are doing, depending on
how they feel that day. And that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be trying anything fancy. It’s sur-prising how challenging it can be even to lie still and let your body relax. Yoga can be whatever you want it to be, for some people it’s just a nice way to stretch and exercise, a chance to have some time for themselves, for others it evolves into something deeper. Everyone is welcome to come to class and give it a try and if you can’t make a class I like to offer a one to one (or one to two) ses-sion.
4.JS. How did you come to live in Middleton? NM. I grew up in Belper and my parents moved to Wirksworth about the time I went off to university and are still there now. I always wanted to come back home but it’s taken a while to be in the situation where it was possible. We had a wide search area, but Middleton is where we found the right place to call home.
Nicky writes:If you’d like to give yoga a try you’d be most welcome to join us. I run two classes a week in the Village Hall, Tuesday and Thurs-day 6-7pm, plus others in Wirks-worth area. For more information give Nicky a call on 07780 685083, email [email protected] or visit nickymum-fordyoga.com
Yoga in Middleton: John Sedgwick interviews Nicky Mumford
Sometimes life throws a ‘curve
ball’ at us. Well at school a curve
ball has been thrown! As you
may be aware we have been
making plans to celebrate our 150
year anniversary as our school
was built in 1868. We recently
took part in Derbyshire Record
Office workshops to find out a
little more about our history.
During the research process it
was discovered that in fact our
school was built in 1846, but the
first admission records held were
from 1868, so we are in fact 172
years old this year!!! Well, we are
not ones for missing a party, so
the party and celebrations will
continue. We did not celebrate
being 150 years old back in 1996,
so better late than never we will
celebrate on the 13th July, as
planned. You really couldn’t write
it!
Anthony Gell Cluster of schools
are a group who have joined
together to form COGS (Cluster
of Gell Schools.) Our main aim
is to ‘Improve the educational
outcomes for the students of all
of the schools in the cluster.’ We
work together closely to provide
new experiences for our children,
share best practice for our staff
and improve transition across
our cluster. Children from all the
schools recently met together
as a Cluster Parliament to make
plans for new activities for the
forthcoming year. It was a great
morning, the industrious children
were a joy to see.
We had team building games.
My favourite was the force field
game – Oliver Year 2
At the Cluster parliament we
were getting to know other
children from different schools –
Amelie Year 2
We discussed days we could plan
with our Cluster of Schools. The
morning was a lot of fun! – Owen
Year 5
We talked about fundraising and
getting fit! – Katie Year 5
Our children have all been on
school trips this week. Our older
children visited Blists Hill Victo-
rian Town at Ironbridge and our
younger children have been to
the Tropical Butterfly House at
Sheffield. They were great days,
super learning and lots of memo-
ries to cherish.
We left at 8am, the coach ride
was definitely worth it. We had a
full experience of being a Victo-
rian Year 5/6 child, although we
felt like 12 year old adults making
bricks out of clay. Our Year 3/4
children enjoyed making candles,
but my favourite part was expe-
riencing the Victorian lifestyle. –
Shannon Year 6
Though the coach journey was
long, it was definitely worth
going, I had an amazing time. -
Hannah Year 6
My favourite part was exchang-
ing new money for old money at
the bank. – Oliver Year 6
I thought our trip was amazing. I
loved going to the Sweet Shop! –
Millie-Rose Year 3
I enjoyed looking at the butter-
flies. – Rory-Lou Year 2
We are all looking forward to our
Sports Day and Summer Fayre
on Friday 6th July. Many thanks
to the Friends of Middleton who
working really hard to prepare for
the Fayre. There will be a range
of lovely stalls, bouncy castle,
BBQ and coffee and cakes. We
are hoping the sun will shine for
us!
Middleton Community Primary – June School News
Middleton Open Gardens seems
to be increasing in popularity
judging by the number of peo-
ple walking up and down the hill
during the weekend. Certainly,
church was visited by a good
number of people, and I’m sure
that the same could be said for
the gardens that were on view.
It’s all a part of the increased
‘visibility’ of the village, along
with such initiatives as ‘Middle-
ton in Bloom’, the arrival of the
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, and the
proposed war memorial which
will be in place for the Centenary
Commemorations in November.
Our thanks are due not just to
those who visited church, but the
team of volunteers who provided
hospitality during the course of
the weekend.
Sadly, the planned concert by
Jonathan Priestly had to be
postponed due to problems with
repetitive strain on Jonathan’s
elbow. Now that he’s had a
chance to rest he’s very willing
to come later in the year, and we
are proposing 20th October, so
please put the date in your diary.
By then, of course, it will be get-
ting colder and we will have had
to install a new heating system
in church as the old boiler finally
died a death during that cold win-
ter (now a long distant memory).
Our intention is to replace the
wet heating system with electric
heaters which will be far more
efficient and economical. We are
currently working on a specifica-
tion and quotes in the hope of
starting the work long before
the winter. Funding, as always, is
an issue, though we are hopeful
that the majority of the cost will
be borne through grant aid. If
we are unsuccessful then we will
have to meet downstairs in the
winter which will leave some of
the bigger occasions at risk.
Hopefully we will be able to have
our harvest, Remembrance and
Christmas celebrations as before,
and we will certainly keep the vil-
lage informed as to our progress.
The family services and Bible
Story sessions continue to try
and attract some of the younger
families in and around the vil-
lage. Please feel free to come
along and see what we have to
offer. We are all looking forward
to the baptism of baby Robert
Park at the Family Service on
19th August where Robert will be
welcomed into the world wide
Christian Family.
With best wishes, as ever,
Canon David Truby
(Wirksworth Team Ministry)
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Hello villagers! First off I’d like to
compliment you on your lovely
gardens! What a gorgeous array
of growing madness! Another
huge thanks you to Becki, Sarah
and Jennifer for helping make my
garden less dire, thank you for
the plants, pallets and pots!
With such glorious weather its
only brattish tradition to be firing
up those BBQ’s. I mean you’re
not really brittish unless you love
the ‘caramelised’ sausage and
beer in the garden. Don’t get me
wrong I love a good BBQ, but
this weather brings me joy in
posh picnics. Afternoon tea and a
rather large amount of prosecco.
Here are a collection of my picnic
favourites for a chance to show a
little flare.
Devilled EggsA simple delight with ingredients
most people will already have.
These are lovely to take round to
friends as a rather flashy but easy
to do snack.
Ingredients- 6 large free range hens eggs
- 5 tsp mayonnaise
- pinch of cayenne pepper
- splash of tabasco
- salt to taste (I prefer flakey sea
salt for this recipe)
- 1 tsp of dijon mustard
- a couple of drops of white wine
vinegar
MethodPop eggs in a small saucepan and
just cover with cold water, on a
high heat cook for 12 minutes
total. This works as a general rule
for me, about 6 minutes after
the water comes to the boil is
another method I use, but it’s as
you wish. Cool under cold run-
ning water, peel. Cut eggs in half
lengthways and scoop out yolks.
Mix yolks with mayonnaise, cay-
enne pepper, mustard, hot sauce,
drop of vinegar, add seasoning
to taste. Fill the gap where the
yolks used to be and garnish with
chopped dill.
SconesI love making scones, they’re
quick to make and I prefer shall
we say ‘rustic’ looking ones.
They’re lovely to experiment with
too, maple and walnut, white
chocolate and raspberry, and my
favourite as cherries are com-
ing into season, cherry and dark
chocolate chip!
Ingredients-125g Butter
-500g Self Raising Flour
-tsp of baking powder
-60g Caster Sugar
-Zest of one Lemon, Juice of half
-200ml of milk (room tempera-
ture is better)
-Handful of currants
MethodPreheat oven to 180°C. Cut
butter into thin slices, I actually
prefer to use the ‘slice’ side of
my grater for this. Add in sugar,
baking powder and self raising
flour. Rub together with finger
tips till ‘breadcrumb’ like. Add
in lemon juice and zest along
with a handful of currants. Mix
gently then create a well, add in
milk and kneed together until a
dough. Roll dough out about an
inch thick and cut into desired
shape. Wash scones with milk
and cook for around 10 minutes.
Allow to cool slightly (if you can!)
as they steam beautifully inside
for a fluffy texture. Top with clot-
ted cream and jam for the utterly
mouth-watering experience.
Antipasti SkewersThese really are dead simple but
so pretty to look at, all you’ll need
are some skewers and the follow-
ing ingredients.
IngredientsCherry Tomatoes
Salami Slices (I like Milano!)
Black pitted Olives
Fresh Basil Leaves
Bocconcini Mozzarella (little balls
of)
Emma Rich
Emma’s July Recipes
Middleton Ladies Group
We decided to vary our Summer “Get together and Share Supper” in the Millennium Garden this June.
Thinking we might stretch everyone with a Cheese Themed Supper, it was surprising that no dishes
were duplicated. Just a pity that five Members were on Holiday and a couple unwell, but we had a great
evening, and tucked into Homemade bread, and Pate’...straight from the oven bacon and mushroom
quiche, wonderful scones, cheese and mushroom vol au vents, tasty salads, and many more “cheesy de-
lights” followed by an assortment of both baked and unbaked cheesecakes, and the compulsory glass of
grape juice. Well done “Girls”.
Our next Meeting on Thursday 5th July will be in the Congregational Chapel at 7-30p.m. when we will be
having a talk on the History of Maypole Dancing, and then having a Go.
Middleton Remembers Project – Update
Thank you to all who have given
feedback following the article
in last month’s Village Pump –
here’s a response to some of the
queries.
It has been proposed to site a
memorial on the village green to
those connected with Middleton
who died in the two world wars
for a number of reasons; this
is where the first soldiers to be
called up from the village as-
sembled in 1914 before going to
Cromford station, this is where
the village planned to site a me-
morial following the end of the
First World War; and the Parish
Council owns the Village Green.
At the time of writing, we are
consulting with the Highways
Department to advise on visibility
for vehicles emerging from Water
Lane. Their response will inform
the exact location of a memorial.
The memorial is part of a larger
project which will provide lots
of new opportunities for people
of all ages in Middleton to get
involved in the research and a
commemoration event of the
centenary of the end of the First
World War on Remembrance Day
in November. A new research
group will be created and sup-
port will be provided for Mid-
dleton Primary school to capture
family history and build a clear
picture of what life was like at
this time. An Outreach Worker
from the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission is keen to get
involved and we have started dis-
cussions about how we can work
with them on this project
The Middleton Remembers
project is being led and co-ordi-
nated by the Parish Council and
funding has been secured from:
Heritage Lottery Fund, Tarmac
Landfill Communities Fund,
County and District Councillors’
Local Community Fund, Better
Derbyshire Dales Fund, Steeple
Grange Light Railway, Middleton
Parish Council, Wirksworth World
War 1 Committee and a donation
from Charity Plant Sales.
There are a number of ways to
get an update on how things are
developing, shape what is hap-
pening and express your interest
in getting involved:
• Come to a Middleton Remem-
bers Meeting to be held at the
Village Hall on Wednesday 25 July
at 6pm
• Attend the monthly Parish
Council meetings where progress
is being reported and discussed
• Keep an eye on the notice-
boards in the village for further
updates
Middleton Open Gardens 9th and 10th June
“What a great village!”, “Such friendly people” and “We have got more ideas from Middleton than we got from the Chatsworth Show”, were just a few of the many compliments shared by visitors to Middleton
Open Gardens.
Visitors came from as far away as Germany, Scotland and even Belper! The sun shone as promised, and proud Middletonians worked hard to show their superb gardens and Quirky corners at their very best.
Around 460 very happy visitors had 38 gardens and two cows to visit over the weekend. If you do some sums that means that, in a village half a mile from top to bottom, we could easily proclaim (or sing) that ‘They had walked 500 miles and they should walk 500 more!” (da da da da,da da da da da da da…….….)
Thanks to everyone who helped or took part in this brilliant weekend.
Your efforts have raised over £1300 from ticket sales to be used for village projects. If you have any ideas on how this could be best used to benefit the village please tell the Environment group.
In addition, many gardens provided refreshments or sold bric a brac etc. Together, their hard work raised over £2,200 for a variety of local and national good causes.
That’s over £3500 raised whilst making many people very happy. Well done one and all!
The bed of fly orchids returned to Middleton at the end of May and may still be worth seeing as you read this. The fly orchids I know about are close to the Platformed Bowl Barrow, marked on the OS map as a tumulus. Approaching from Village Green, go up Water Lane, follow the track to the right of the moor and when the path turns left go straight on towards the gate. There is no stile ahead so carefully climb over the gate and continue along the track, eventually heading towards the right hand corner of the field where you will see the orchids on the steep bank to your left, near the fence which separates the field from the back of the mine. You may have to wait until next May to see them as the flowers are beginning to wither.
Wildlife in Middleton
When you see the orchids you will know how they got the name, aping flies to attract them for pollination.Just before the corner of the field you will pass a pond which is an interesting diversion. When I visited a couple of weeks ago I saw many beautifully coloured dragonflies and several newts were splashing about in the shal-low water.
The nationally rare Leadwort, also known as Spring Sandwort, have been out in abundance in May and June. They grow on and close to the spoil heaps in the Gang Mine area but can also be seen nearer to most of us, in the field below Churchill Avenue.
As a corollary to Nick Brown’s
article on swifts we do of course have our own swifts in Middle-ton. Many of you will have seen them flying in the area between Churchill Avenue and the Moor. It’s true, though, that swift num-bers are in decline, partly because they have fewer places to nest as people improve and repair their properties. To help, you may want to build or buy a swift box. The RSPB sell them at their shop at Carsington Water or, if you are handy, they have instructions on their website for you to make your own. If you are extending your property consider includ-ing a swift brick; most building supply merchants keep them in stock.
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PARISH COUNCILLORS Tel
Cllr Sandy Clark 01629 822 372
Cllr Dawn Greatorex (chair) 01629 356 661
Cllr Rob Rawlinson 01629 824 655
Cllr John Sedgwick 01629 822 601
Cllr Peter Slack 01629 823 359
Cllr Olwen Wilson 01629 822701
Parish Clerk: John Rowe 07717 137526
www.middletonbywirksworth-pc.gov.uk
DISTRICT COUNCILLORS
Irene Ratcliffe, 47 Yokecliffe Cres, Wirksworth 823023
Mike Ratcliffe, 47 Yokecliffe Cres, Wirksworth 823023
Peter Slack, 31 Chapel Lane, Middleton 823359
COUNTY COUNCILLOR
Irene Ratcliffe, 47 Yokecliffe Cres, Wirksworth 823023
Village Hall
For bookings contact Linda 822511
Village Hall Website www.middletonvh.org.uk
Post Office Opening Times
At the Nelson Arms. Tel 01629 733520 / 07770 662364
Monday 2pm-5pm
Wednesday 2pm-5pm
Thursday 9am-12pm
Parish Council Meetings
Ordinary meetings will be held at 6.30pm in the Committee Room of the Village Hall.
Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings and to raise concerns or make
representations to the Council during the Public Participation section of the meeting.
Police Contact your local team on 0345 123 33 33 or email directly to
PCSO 4413 Sue Lester [email protected]
Village Pump Editors
Lucy Peacock 820831
John Sedgwick 822601
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the view of the Village Pump. We reserve the right to edit or omit contributions.
Ellen Foster ATCL Music Lessons
Singing, Recorder, Cello, Bass Guitar, Piano / keyboard.
Enhanced DBS. All ages welcome,
beginners or improvers.
Competitive rates and discounted
bundles available.
Tel: 07855812753 or
email [email protected]
Finest Grimsby Fish
Suppliers of all Seafood
Cod Trout Haddock
Crab Plaice Lobster
Salmon Cockles Prawns Whelks
We Do It All
Delivering in your area every Thursday
Call Lee on 07984624544
Email [email protected]
Free Range Eggs
Free range eggs £2.00 per
dozen. Can deliver in the
village.
Tel. Sam Kitching 07824469219
Paws on Paths
Dog walking services
Middleton Enhanced CRB,
specially adapted vehicle
Tel. Michael Kitching
07982806741
M J Petts
Plumbing & Heating
Installation – Service –
Repair
07580 457426
[email protected] Gas Safe Registered - 551336