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UNDER THE EDGEINCORPORATING THE PARISH MAGAZINEGREAT LONGSTONE, LITTLE LONGSTONE,

ROWLAND, HASSOP, MONSAL HEAD, WARDLOW

No. 91 August 2006 50P ISSN 1466-8211

Authority pledges tokeep a close watch onnew quarrying works...The Peak District National ParkAuthority will closely monitor any newquarrying at Wager’s Flat onLongstone Edge, near Bakewell, aftera company began preliminary worksat the site.

Today’s (14 July) Authority PlanningCommittee heard that MMC MineralProcessing Ltd have commencedoperations at Wager’s Flat, close toBackdale Quarry. The company isentitled to work the site under theterms of a 1952 planning consent.

The committee expressed its concern,and pledged to continue with the on-going enforcement action that has puta halt to works at Backdale Quarry.

In addition, the Authority will exploreall potential options to resolve the issueof the 1952 planning permissionincluding the possibility of revoking the1952 planning consent for the area, asa permanent solution to end all quarryingat the eastern side of Longstone Edge,which includes Backdale, Wager’s Flatand Beacon Rod.

Revoking the consent could hold thebest long-term solution to the quarryingproblems on Longstone Edge. PeakDistrict National Park AuthorityPlanning Committee Chair, NarendraBajaria, said: “We are concerned thatworks have started at Wager’s Flat butit might be entirely lawful for MMCMineral Processing Ltd to work the siteprovided they comply with the terms ofthe 1952 planning consent.“In our view the site should be workedpredominantly for vein mineral -fluorspar, barytes and lead. Thismeans that any limestone extractionmust be secondary to vein mineralextraction, and we will closely monitorany works to ensure that the terms ofthe permission are complied with.“We feel that we have reached a stagewhere revocation of all rights to quarryat the eastern end of Longstone Edgemust be seriously considered.“Over the coming weeks, whilst we willbe exploring all of the options, wewould ask the community to bear withus - as soon as we know more we willmake a public announcement.”

Stephen Barton, Vice-Chairman ofthe Save Longstone Edge Group,commented:“New working at Wager’s Flat hasbeen a threat for some time, but weare nevertheless horrified that thisthreat has now become a reality. Thepermission there is the same as forBackdale quarry. At the moment, theoperator is working strictly inaccordance with the permission, sothere is nothing that we or the PeakPark Authority can do. We cannotbelieve that any responsible operatorwould start large-scale limestoneremoval while the meaning of thesimilar permission at Backdale isunder legal dispute. We are, however,monitoring the situation, and will be onthe case if the operator does startto work outside of the permission.” Congratulations Bev and Lucy

On the birth of your baby boyCurtis,

born on the 21st July at 11.22am,weighing 8lb 2oz.

Best wishes to you all

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Answers Please…..

Does anyone know the man whobarely visited Casey’s shop onFriday, 30th June? You may have aproblem remembering him as thecrutch of the matter is he waswearing no more than a G-string.OK, it was hot, and we do not wantto make a thong and dance aboutit, but it would help to know what itwas all about. Really thecheek……. Can you help us to getto the bottom of this?

Congratulations

Saturday 24th June was a very specialday for me. This was the day I got tomeet my Mummy and Daddy at last. Iarrived into the world at 00.13weighing a healthy 9lb 9oz and wasnamed Benjamin William Mellor.I have been very lucky to have receivedso many compliments for being sucha good looking-chap. I must agree onthat one.So a big thanks to everyone for all ofthe generous gifts, kind words andsuperb cards.Love and kisses.Ben Mellor

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The Packhorse on the way to a win The Crispin with the winning pull

Amanda had missed all 3 trainingsessions!

Tug o’ warFriday 14th July saw the return of tug o’ war with The Crispin taking on ThePackhorse. The Packhorse team had trained for three nights, The Crispin teamarrived in shirts stating “We can’t pull but we can tug!)Martin Bradwell settled the teams into position and the competition began.The first pull was won by The Packhorse with Rob Mellor for The Crispin becominga little upset. The second and third pulls were won by The Crispin giving themthis year’s title. Unfortunately The Crispin didn’t have a ladies team so ThePackhorse won by default. A great evenings entertainment for spectators andteams.

Will taking a well earneddrink fromtheTrophy

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The sad loss of a gentle giant

Frank Garrett who died earlier thismonth lived and worked in GreatLongstone for most of his life. Manypeople will remember him mowingthe greens always with a smile forpassers by.He was born on Sunny Bank inFebruary 1923 and later moved toGlebe Avenue. When he was 30 hemet Millicent and they married thefollowing year. Millicent worked atthe Outrake Children’s Home in LittleLongstone as a child carer and it wasthere that they set up home.When their eldest son was born theymoved to Cressbrook but returned toGreat Longstone with their growingfamily. They stayed at their home inGlebe Avenue until Franks’disabilities meant moving to abungalow in Bakewell. The move

however did not stop Frank occasionally visiting friends in thevillage driving his mobility scooter all the way here.Frank was really happy when tinkering with cars, his own and anyone whoasked for help. He was always happy in his mucky dungarees, helpingothers all the time - he came to my rescue more than once.Apart from his cars, his hobbies were playing bowls and watching cricketand enjoying his grandchildren.Frank will be missed by a great many of us.Millicent Garrett

Scooters in theSahara

The story of eight people’s epicjourney across the Sahara desert onHonda C90 scooters (and a largeMercedes van), to deliver muchneeded aid to Bansang Hospital in theGambia. The highs, the lows andeverything in between as told from thediaries of Dennis Robinson.

Featuring Ian Fancourt fromWardlow the book has been publishedto raise money for the work that theyare doing at the hospital. BansangHospital serves a huge area. Not justin Gambia, it is the nearest hospitalfor many people from the surroundingcountries of Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Mali who have to walk formany days to get treatment.

Covering such a large area puts hugepressure on the very limited resourcesthat the Gambian government are ableto provide. Thanks to the efforts of anEnglish lady, Anita Smith, a lot offunding, equipment and supplies areraised every year from around theworld to assist in the running of thisvery important hospital.

Scooters in the Sahara is on sale inThe Packhorse for £25 with everypenny of the cover price going to workbeen conducted at the hospital.Initially all of the money raised will gotowards the construction of a wallaround the hospital to keep out wildanimals and snakes that are oftenseen in the grounds and roaming freelyaround the wards.Once the wall iscompleted the money will be spent onthe upkeep of the scooters andimprovements in equipment andcondition of the wards.

Begin with a box. Yes, its plural isboxesBut more than one ox would be oxen,not oxesYou may see a lone mouseOr see twenty miceBut to pluralise house, we say houses,Not hiceThe one fowl’s a gooseBut in groups they are geeseYet the plural of manIs some menSo why shouldn’t more than one panBecome pen?If I spoke of my foot thenI’d show you my feetAnd I gave you the boot’Would a pair be called beet?And more than one brother’sReferred to as brethrenBut though we may say motherWe never say methrenThen one may be that, and two mightbe those

Yet hat in the pluralWould never be hoseThe masculine pronouns are he, hisand himBut imagine the feminine: she, shisand shim!So, English, I fancy you all will agreeIs the craziest language you ever didsee!

From Trefoil (Girl Guides’ Magazine)Supplied by Harry Clarke

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School Sports Day

Great Longstone School held theannual sports day on the 18th

July. Parents and spectatorsgathered around the area where timeball would take place.

It started with the younger childrenand, fortunately Chatsworth, my oldhouse, won. The scores were tight andit was really all down to the last gamewith the older children, including theones who would be leaving for LadyManners. It was quite close andChatsworth were doing quite well butEllie Green unfortunately ran in frontof a cone. Ben Cooke carried onthough and got to the finishing circlefirst leaving Chatsworth with 2nd placefor time ball.

Everyone gathered around Mr Pryorand waited for the scores to beannounced. In 4th place. It’s Thornhill!In 3rd place. It’s Haddon. In 2nd placeHardwick and 1st place to Chatsworth.Everyone went wild as it was the 1st

time Chatsworth had won for 12 years.I think they deserved it, don’t you?

Alice Taberner

Jazz and Song

Talented local musicians Sarah andChris Bennett will be making thingsswing with Steve Salfield on sax for aunique afternoon of. Jazz & Song Inthe lovely Old Vicarage Garden,Baslow on Saturday August 19th from3 till 6 pm.

All proceeds will go to Village AiD,a Bakewell-based charity, which workswith poor, marginalised, ruralcommunities in West Africa. Ticketsare £6.00, including a strawberrycream tea and a glass of fizzy wineand can be obtained in advance fromVillage Aid on 01629 814434 or fromtheir Bakewell offices at Lumford Mill,Riverside Business Park, Buxton Roador by contacting Sue Walker on01629 640091.

A huge thank-you

To everyone who has been collectingtokens for Longstone School:Following your efforts the school nowhas 38 new books from the NestléBox-Top token collection. The Tescocomputers for schools promotion hasenabled the school to order 3 Bee-programmable bees that providefoundation and key stage 1 pupils witha gentle, familiar introduction tocontrol. With Sainsbury’s active kidstokens we have ordered a largegymnastic mat, 12 badmintonrackets, a set of aluminium relaybatons, a willow rounder’s bat and 2soft balls. The Nestlé tokens arecontinuing and the Tesco tokens arestill valid to bank until the middle ofSeptember. Please keep collectingbecause they do make a difference tothe school.Thank you again.

Sally Kehr

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The perfect summerconcert...

Little Longstone was out in force onSunday 16th when the Bakewell SilverBand played at the well dressingconcert in the evening. Not only wasthe concert well put together, theirconductor Mark Wilcockson proved tohave a wicked sense of humour,encouraging us to wave at the passingcars - most of whom looked slightlyscared as they drove by. This wasalso the only concert I have been tothat stops playing for passing tractors.As they came to the end of the firsthalf they played Jamie’s Patrol andtold us to imagine waiting for the bandcoming up the road, then passing usand going of into the distance towardsthe Packhorse. Just as he said, theystarted the piece softly, then gotlouder and then Martin (landlord of ThePackhorse) put his trombone downand headed home, ready for the rush Ithought, but then one after the othernearly all of the players downedinstruments and charged of to the publeaving the Bass playing sadly on hisown - much to the amusement of usall.Many thanks to Little Longstone forgiving such a lovely concert.

More music in GreatLongstone

At the recent tapas night at the WhiteLion we enjoyed the usual highstandard of food but in addition wereentertained by Lee Orwin. Lee is atalented musician who whilstaccompanying himself on the guitarplayed a varied repertoire includingsome remarkable good songs of hisown composition. Lee can be heardagain at the White Lion on Thursday27th July.

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Great LongstoneCricket Club

The ‘Party on the Pitch’ held earlier inthe month made just under £700 profitfor the cricket club. This money paysfor the cost of insuring the tea-hut andpavilion. It also helps cover the cost ofend-of-season work on the cricketsquare. We are committed toimproving the quality of our wicket andat the end of the season it will bescarified, hollow tined, seeded and topdressed with Surrey loam. Thisprocedure will cost around £500.On the Sunday after the party we hada game of cricket against a PresidentsTeam comprising Longstone Veteransincluding Godfrey Frankland, JohnFrankland, Peter Rotheram, Sam andPaul Rotheram, Robert Watson, CarlBowering, Andrew Bowers and JasonRowland. Unfortunately, their collectiveexperience proved too much for our

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current side and they won in style. Itwas a very enjoyable day and we hopePresident’s Day will become an annualevent again. Thanks to our PresidentGodfrey Frankland for organising thisevent.Lottery Grant And Junior CoachingWe are pleased to announce that wewere successful in our Lotteryapplication and have now taken deliveryof coaching equipment.We are now in a position to offer juniorcoaching, age 7-11 years (boys andgirls), on the following dates:Saturdays: 29th July, 5th, 12th, 19th and23rd August and 2nd Septemberfrom10am to 11.30am.Wednesdays: 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th

August from 6pm to 7pmCoaching takes place on the recreationground.

GLCC on President’s Day

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Ashford War Memorial Institutesnext LIVE & LOCAL event

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An absolutely absorbing andfascinating audio/visual presentationby Ben Osborne, whose stil lphotography has accompanied manyof the major BBC/David Attenboroughnatural-history programmes – Life inthe Freezer, Blue Planet, & PlanetEarth.

Jungle Journeys cataloguesextraordinary journeys to extremelyremote locations in the heart of thetropics (Gabon in Central Africa) to getpictures for Planet Earth. This includedfilming everything from forest elephantsto surfing hippos, one of the toughestassignments he’d been on. Until hewas sent to the rainforests of Guyana(South America) to search for jaguarsin an area known for the biggestanacondas in the world.

Using the latest technology, soundsrecorded on location, and his ownentertaining commentary, Ben’sstunning photographic feats leap to lifein front of you on a giant screen. It’sabout 100 times better than ‘just aslide show’.

Tickets : £7.00 for adults ; £4.50 forunder-16s.

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Parish Council Notes

Under The Edge readers should beaware that the following notes are notthe parish council minutes only theeditor’s notes. The actual minutes, areposted on the notice board outside theschool.

The meeting was opened at 19.30on the 19th July by Councillor JoGregory welcoming everyone present.

Public questions and comments- After comments by Alan Smithregarding last month’s UTE parishcouncil notes the meeting was closedat 19.32 reopening at 19.50.

After lengthy discussions regardingthe parking of a car on Station Roadand footpath No. 2. it was decided thatthe parish council will contact thePDNP about the condition of the stileon Station Road and agreed there isscope for improvement to increasevisibility for both pedestrians andmotorists by reducing the hedgerowaround the stile. The possibility ofmoving the footpath permanently or asa concession was brought forward, butit was decided that this would be alengthy and costly way forward.

Apologies for absence – Therewere apologies of absence fromMargaret Ward and Gordon Bowering.Minutes of last meeting–The minutesof the last meeting were declared true.

Declaration of interest – PeterAskew declared an interest in thevillage hall and Sunny Bank / SpringBank, Steven Barton declared interestin Longstone hardy plants and SunnyBank / Spring Bank.

Police Matters / NeighbourhoodWatch – The proposed police mergerappears to have been put on the back-burner.

School Matters – The runner beansraised over £6,500. The work to thenew kitchen is on schedule to becompleted next month.

Planning Matters – The applicationfrom 2 Croft Road for conversion of abarn to a dwelling was agreed.

The application from White Rake forcontinued extraction of fluorsparetc,was agreed sublect to areservation that no limestone shouldbe removed from the site and, uponcompletion the area should bereinstated to ground level.

The application from Pentlands,Station Road, for extension of existingdormer was received withoutobjection.

The application from The Farm, MainStreet for replacement of Georgianwindows received no objection.

The following planning applicationshave been granted – provision oflimestone seat, Longstone Edge.proposal of garden shed, Luderitz,Barn Furlong, and extension todwelling Willows Cottage. The Mires.

Financial Matters – payments andbalances were discussed andapproved.

Maintenance – There was noupdate on the pavement betweenGrisedale Road and Glebe Avenue.

Mike Watson has written to sayHardrake Lane and Stancil Dale pathsare in need of clearing. This work maynow have been carried out by BrunoCardona.

The allotment paths were discussedand the possibility of raising the heightof the paths may be implemented inApril 2007.

West Green grass verges have beenmown by Bruno.

Councillor Bowering will have quotesfor the benches on Croft Road andFeemouth Yard next month.

Recreation Ground – Tennis club!Mark Garrett has fixed the gate to

the tennis court but somehow the new

bench on the court has become abroken relic already. A quote to prune1 metre of the top of the adjoininghedge to the court has been acceptedbut will not have its sides trimmed untilnext year. A meeting is almostarranged with Peter Hacker (No, he isnot pruning the hedge). This will beconfirmed tomorrow. Discussions tookplace about skateboarding on thesurface of the court and footballersleaving the court gate open.

Pathway to Harrow House –Nothing to report.

Playground – Update on repairsand safety sign. The safety sign willmake more progress at next month’smeeting. The elephant requiresrepainting quotes will be sought.

Hugh Wright has kindly offered topsoil for underneath Ethel’s house andCouncillor Gregory has offered to helprepair under Ethel’s house with Hughduring mid August.

Village Hall - Next year is the100th anniversary of the village hallopening.

Council-owned Land – All work hasbeen completed.

Thornhill House – Nothing toreport.

Village Maps – They are stillmissing. The Clerks cannot help.

Charter 88 – Unanimous supportform the council.

Longstone Hardy Plant Sale –Nothing to report.

Discussion on funding for clerk’sinternet facility – The clerk has no wishto have email facility at this time.

Sunny Bank / Spring Bank –Nothing to report.

The meeting was closed at 21.35Date of next meeting, Wednesday

16th August

Paul Gill

Patrick McLoughin visit

Your Member of Parliament, PatrickMcLoughlin, will be visiting GreatLongstone on Thursday 14September at approximately 12 noon.

This is an opportunity for you to raisewith him any issue or problems youmay have.

Patrick hopes to see you on the daybut, if that’s not possible, you canwrite to him at any time, to:

The House of Commons, LondonSW1A OAA

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Transformation

Revd Clive Thrower writes

As a boy my delight was to play withMeccano, a construction game usingstrips of metal suitably drilled withholes to take little bolts and nuts. Thereare also rods for axles and gear wheelsof varying sizes. I made endlessdifferent models with this and still havemy box of Meccano today. I learnt frommy father, who made a little butter churnwith Meccano and a jam jar for the milkcontainer. Mother was not well pleasedwhen the lid came off!

Using a wooden frame some yearsago I attached Meccano parts to makea machine for tying up waste paperwe collected in our cellar for theSpondon village hall rebuilding. Laterthe frame became the base withMeccano parts to make a honeyextractor for when I kept bees. Thefamily joke about my re-use of thingsto make new ones, but I think there isa deeper fascination with mechanismsand living creatures that change fromone form to another. There is a currentRenault car advertisement is which thecar re-arranges itself and takes onhuman characteristics, dancing andskating on ice.

Before we can transform objects weneed an inner eye to see how theymight be different, not just inappearance but also in function.People too can transform there livesand personalities, and I am not talkingabout schizophrenia but their wholeselves. For this to happen it oftentakes someone else to see thepossibilities, and not just write themoff, but build confidence and giveguidance for this to happen. The lovewe show is the power that transforms.It is like a catalyst that produces morelove.

On August 6 the Church celebratesthe festival day of the Transfigurationof Jesus on Mount Hermon, an eventwitnessed by Peter, James and John.They saw him in a new light and Godspoke to them ‘This is my Son, whomI love. Listen to him.’ God loves us alland we too can be transformed in ourinner being to be better persons-farmore important than any externalmake-over.

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The Railway Tunnels Walk

A walk on the Monsal Trail to look atthe biodiversity of the area andfeatures of the former railway, passingthrough tunnels that are usuallyclosed to the public.Start time: 10:45End time: 5:3012th August/ 9th September/ 21stOctober. Walk length: Between 5 and10 milesBooking required: YesBooking details: Booking essentialfrom 4 weeks before the date of thewalk on 01298 871869Where do I start?Bakewell Old Station, off A619,Bakewell.

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Well Dressing 2006

The pupils at Longstone Schooldecided on the theme of recycling forthis year’s well dressing as we havebeen working on a project to recycleall our rubbish and decrease it by 50%through recycling.Nell from Derbyshire Wildlife Trustcame to our school and we sortedthe rubbish into sections and thenweighed it. Each time we tried tomake it weigh less.We made the well dressing out ofrubbish such as foil, bottle tops andplastic bags. Everyone in the schoolhas been saving their rubbish to puton the well dressing.I don’t think anyone has made a welldressing out of recycled items beforeIf it gets people to think aboutrecycling their waste then it is a goodthing.We got some very nice commentsabout the well dressing. Everyonereally liked it.

Josie Topham

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Charity Lunch andFashion Show at

Hassop Hall

Thornhill House is having a fund raisinglunch at Hassop Hall on Monday 11th

September 2006. Guests will bewelcomed with an aperitif before beingshown to their tables to enjoy a twocourse lunch followed by coffee,Turkish delight and fudge. They willthen be able to sit back and enjoy astylish fashion show presented byNo.23 Boutique of Bakewell. The showwill be featuring clothes from theAutumn/Winter collections fromvarious designers including PaulCostello, Joseph Janard and BleuBlanc Rouge. For those of you whohaven’t had the opportunity to visitHassop Hall, now is the time toexperience its charm and tranquilsetting. With children andgrandchildren safely back at schoolafter the long summer break why don’tyou and a friend treat yourselves to arelaxing lunch knowing at the sametime knowing that you are givingsupport to a very worthy charity.The time for the lunch is 12 noon for12.30pm and the ticket price is £30.Please come and join us! For furtherinformation contact Janet Kay on01629 640334

Farming NotesWe have always had dogs on the farm, Border collies for rounding up the cows(until we bought a quad bike), Jack Russells to keep the rats under control andmongrels for pets.

Although we thought a lot of them, they have always been kept in their placeand under control, but I despair at some of the dog owners I have come acrossrecently. I was just thinking about going to bed one evening a couple of weeksago when the phone rang. It was Angela Thornhill, who informed me that twoBorder Collies were chasing the heavily pregnant cows in the fields up MiresLane. When I arrived unfortunately the dogs had disappeared off into the night.

The following Monday Cath and I went to Bakewell market, pausing on theblue bridge to admire the ducks, one on a nest with ducklings. The next momentthere was pandemonium with ducks and ducklings scattering across the river,as a woman with a Springer spaniel on an extended lead chased everything itcould see. I am afraid I saw red at this stage and in front of dozens of peopleshouted how stupid she was and to get her dog out of the water. “It’s doing noharm’ came the reply before she let the dog chase about in the water a littlelonger before sauntering off.

A couple of nights ago a pair of Border collies came back but in fields behindRowdale House. They chased some young stock around before sending themthrough the barbed wire fence and onto the road between the bridges. FortunatelyFred Mellor was driving by and returned them to the field avoiding a possibleaccident. This time the dogs were identified as belonging to a local house. Theowner was notified and came to collect them with no apology and but saying“they are naughty, They have escaped from the kitchen window!”

I have since heard from a neighbour that two Border collies have killed one ofhis lambs and I am afra id that these dogs, in the hands of irresponsible owners,will cause more trouble and the matter will become far more serious.

Roger Cox

WI NotesWe had a few numbers missing at ourmeeting on July 5th mainly due to othercommitments that clashed, butnevertheless we had a lively meeting.Before we began our business MrsFraser-Smith introduced Mrs KathDance from Sparrowpit W.I. who was ourdelegate for the A.G.M. in Cardiff. MrsDance gave us an in-depth reportincluding information that both resolutionswere passed and the meeting wasenhanced by excellent speakers.

After thanking our visitor andPresident, Mrs Fraser-Smithcommenced the meeting. Apologieswere given and previous minutes read,approved and signed. The group outingto Chester which included three of ourmembers was enjoyed by everyonedespite the rain.

We have some membersstewarding at Bakewell Show andMrs. Perry reported that entries arewell in hand. Members are attendingthe Derbyshire Federation of Women’s

Wallace with a well behaved Grommitwinning best overall (Isobel and Eliza)

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Great Longstone Art Show

The village Art Show is again upon us.Any help is very much appreciated.This event is the main fundraiser forthe Village Hall charity. In thepast our fund raising effortshave benefited many localorganisations including the school andCricket club.

Setting up helpWe need help from fit strong folk to

set up the art boards on Thursday 3Aug. Volunteers are asked to meet atthe village hall at 9.30 Thursday 3August or contact Peter Askew tel640319.

We desperately need newvolunteers for this task!

StewardsPlease make contactGeorgina Jackson’s number is 01629

814562.Refresments/cake bakingPlease contact Vicki 640961. or

Pam Smith at Haven Cottage.This year the Art Show is on.Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th

August 200610.00 am to 5.00 pmAdmission 50p and free for

supervised children.Fantastic exhibition of professional

and amateur artists work in variousmedias.

Photographic and local crafts. Artistoccasion cards for sale. Delicioushome-made refreshments.

Thank you on behalf of the GreatLongstone Village Hall RegisteredCharity

Sue MacDonald

Police Alert

Overnight on 11/12th July, jewelleryand cash were stolen from a propertyat Dagnall Gardens, Bakewell. Theoffender gained entry via the patiodoors.

Also, at 2300hrs on 11th July, anoffender was disturbed when trying toopen the upstairs window of a publichouse on Castle Street.

Derbyshire Police would like tomake you aware of a male who iswanted.

His latest offence in Derbyshire wason the 4th July.

He has been known to approachfemales, often in car parks when theyare loading shopping into their vehicle. He states that he is a fireman or

even a paramedic. He says that hehas been locked out of his vehicle and

that he needs to borrow money toget back to his station in another part

of the country.On a number of occasions, he has

booked into hotels or bed andbreakfasts and left without paying.

He is a known gambler and useslocal bookies wherever he turns up.

Description: white male, 5’10" tall,medium build, with short fair hair,

blue eyes, northern accent, casualclothing. He apparently comes acrossas being a bit of a charmer!

Over the last two days, two malesaged in their late teens have been seen

acting suspiciously in a ‘G’registered dark blue Ford Escort motorvehicle at the Golf Club car park onStation Road, Bakewell. Theyappeared to be eyeing up cars in thecar park before driving off. Anysightings of this vehicle, pleasecontact the Police.

For advice regarding security, pleasecontact the Crime Reduction Unit,Buxton, on 01298 762064.

Institutes autumn council meeting inOctober. We have orders for 2007 W.I.calendars and diaries-how time fliesand we have not had all our holidaysyet! There is no meeting in August butwe hope to have a mystery tour toshorten the gap to the Septembermeeting.

Our guest speaker Ruta Popikaintroduced us to the delights of makingbread flowers. Her colourful anddelicate flowers were beautifully craftedand a delight to see. Ruta gave us therecipe for preparing the dough whichneeds appropriate colouring addingand then it was our turn. We were eachgiven a polythene bag containing twoprepared dough lumps, one pink andone green. Ruta then gave us guidanceon how to start each stage. Keepinga watching eye on each table ourguest managed to coax quitecreditable roses from everyone, evenif some of us seemed to be allthumbs. It was a revelation on whatcan be achieved with white breadwithout crusts, PVA glue and colouringbut not food colouring. Many thanksto Kath Dance for her account of theNational Federation of Women’sInstitutes A.G.M. in Cardiff and to Rutafor her hands-on demonstration. Weended the evening with refreshmentsprovided by Mrs. Fletcher and Mrs.Cumming supplied our mystery parcel.As we have no meeting in August welook forward to welcoming Mr. JohnHall who will be talking to us aboutrescue dogs and the mystery ofmagnets. We also have a competitionto find the most appealing animalornament!

The next meeting is 6th Septemberat 7.30pm in the village hall.

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The results of the fancy dresscompetition were:-

Under 5yrs.1st Matthew Barratt, 2nd Thomas

Andrews5 to 11 yrs1st Ellie Burke, 2nd James Barratt’3rd Heather Kreit11+1st Ellie Smith, 2nd Jacob MorgansGroups1st Eliza Topham & Isobel Sterritt2nd William & Matthew Thornhill3rd Hannah Sterritt & Jessica

AddisonBest Overall: Eliza Topham & Isobel

Sterritt.Well done everybody and especially

all those who so nearly won – you allput in a great effort and everyonelooked fantastic. The judge wasspecially imported from East Yorkshirefor the job and she told me afterwardsshe will never judge another fancy-dress competition because it is far toodifficult!

Other results from the afternoonwere Sue MacDonald correctlyguessed that there were 139 dollymixtures in the jar and was given thelot! Kit Buckley became OpenChampion by scoring 110 with 8 ballsin the golf competition and themarksman of the day was the vicarwho scored a maximum 50 with 5shots! Another important result wasthat £1,525 was raised but the mostimportant result was that everybodythere enjoyed their afternoon – put anote in your diary for the sameSaturday in 2007!

A very big thank you to theCressbrook Band; the EdaleMountain Rescue Team; the HeadTeacher of Longstone School; thelocal press and local radio stationswho gave us so much free publicity;Alan Grant and Mike Hirst and Rev’dClive and Joy Thrower for the immenseamount of work that they did behindthe scenes before and after the Fete;each and every one who organised andmanned all the stalls, and especiallyto everyone who came it really wasgood to see you. Your support is muchappreciated as another good eventgoes into village history.

If you didn’t come to St Giles on Sunday9th July in the evening then you missed atreat! The choir led a programme of ‘Musicand Readings for a Summer Evening’ and itwas lovely.There were over 60 people in churchand we all had strawberries and cream,

Notes from St Giles’(Compiled by Harold Richardson)My long-range weather forecast in thelast edition of UTE was spot on(again!) and the 15th July dawnedbright and clear. It continued toimprove throughout the morning andat 2p.m. it was very hot indeed!

Nevertheless the procession movedthrough the village (quite slowly) ledby Cressbrook Band and arrived at thedais with Megan, the Fete Queen, andher attendants Rhiannon and Melissalooking absolutely lovely in theirdecorated, chauffer-driven Alvis 12/50Sports Tourer vintage 1928 which MikeHirst kindly provided and chauffeured.They were followed by the children infancy dress with the Edale MountainRescue Team bringing up the rear intheir Rescue Ambulance.

Once on The Green everyonegathered round the well dressing whichhad been created by the children ofLongstone School-and what aremarkable piece of work it was. Itbroke with tradition in that it was notmade from natural materials butreminded everyone of the need torecycle as much of our waste aspossible. Well done, children! Rev’dClive blessed the well dressing and thehymn ‘Think of a world without anyflowers’ was sung.

Grace Dowding, the retiring FeteQueen then crowned her successor,Megan Dilks, and wished her well inher year of office. Megan invitedeveryone to join her in a walk up tothe school where, in a nice littlespeech, she declared the Church Feteopen.

There were all sorts of stalls andgames. The ice cream was verypopular and so were the refreshments– how can you drink tea when theweather is so hot? – the band playedthroughout the afternoon, a couple ofthe ‘Open Book’ presentations wereput on, faces were painted, coconutsknocked down, targets shot at, plantssold along with bric-a-brac, books,jewellery, raffle and tombola ticketsand, of course, home-made cakes; golfwas played and guesses made as tohow many ‘dolly mixtures’ there werein a jar, bouncy castles were jumpedon and the EMRT ambulance wasexamined until it had to dash off to attenda rescue. I’m sure there were otherthings going on but my 24 hours eachday ‘senior moment’ is working well!

with a Pimms afterwards, so nexttime don’t miss out.

A big thank you to the choirmaster,Prof Tarn, and to every member of thechoir – you did yourselves and usproud. Well done.

7/7, or in my language the 7th July,was the first anniversary of ‘the Londonbombings’ and was marked by IanSterritt leading a group of bell-ringersfrom Tideswell, Bakewell and Ashfordas they rang a half-muffled quarterpeal on the bells of St Giles’ as a markof sympathy, respect andremembrance.

Muffling of church bells is restrictedto very sombre occasions but half-muffling the sound, where a muffle isplaced on only one side of the clapper,creates a sound similar to an echo.The normal ‘ding’ from each of the sixbells is followed by six distant, muted‘dongs’ so making the bells soundsolemn and respectful and this is whatyou heard in the 45 minutes of ringingthat Friday night. The message fromthe ringers is ‘Peace comes fromindividual efforts – reach out’

Our thanks to them for their ringingon behalf of all of us.

We start the holiday season now soplease check in UTE or on the churchnotice boards to make sure of thedates and times of services as thereare one or two changes untilSeptember. In particular there are noservices of Evensong during Augustbut on 27th August at 6.30p.m in theMethodist Chapel on Station Rd thereis a United Service of Songs of Praise.You will be most welcome. I’ll seeyou there.

Enjoy your holidays and comeback refreshed!! PS. I do likesticks of rock!

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August in the Garden

Vegetables - Sow seed of spring cabbage and lettuces for early winter,using hardier varieties.Fruit - Pick early apples and pears while under-ripe. Plant rooted strawberryrunners. Summer prune restricted forms of apples and pears.Lawns – Continue applying weed killers, fertilisers and fungicides. Inspectand decide which areas need renovation.Herbaceous – Continue dead heading. Remove supports from plants thathave finished flowering and cut off tall weak stems.Chrysanthemums – Disbud where large blooms are wanted. Completedisbudding outdoor flowering varieties. Water once a week in dry weatherand apply fertilizer to fatten buds.Gladioli – Cut flowers for indoor decoration but leave at least four leaveson each plant.Roses – Remove blooms as they fade. Continue spraying and ceaseapplying fertilisers. Place outdoors for November delivery.Dahlias – Inspect plants for symptoms of virus infection and mark for laterdestruction. Continue to spray against pests with liquid fertiliser and keepplants tied to their stakes as they grow.Sweet Peas – Mulch, feed and water if necessary. Cut blooms regularlyto prevent formation of seed and spray against insect pests.Trees and Shrubs – Prune shrubs that have finished flowering. Cut backestablished wisterias, taking out the tips of young shoots when they havemade three to four leaves.Greenhouse – Remove tips of tomatoes. If plants are to be followed byChrysanthemums, stop feeding and reduce watering.General tasks – Take root cuttings of shrubs, heathers, geraniums andfuchsias. Continue to spray against pests and diseases. Check all labelsand renew as necessary.

Great LongstoneMethodist Chapel

6th August – 10.30 am Revd. JohnsonMakoti

13th August – 10.30 am Revd. M. Roe

20th August – 10.30 am Dr. R. Jackson

27th August – 18.30 pm United songsof praise at the Chapel. Revd. M. Roe

Sundays & Festivals

6 Aug Sun The Transfigurationof our Lord

13 Aug Sun 9th after Trinity15 Aug Tues The Blessed

Virgin Mary20 Aug Sun 10th after Trinity24 Aug Thurs Batholomew theApostle27 Aug Sun 11th after Trinity

August Services at St. Giles

6 Sun 8.00am Holy Communion11.15am Family Service

13 Sun 11.15am Sung Eucharist16 Wed 11am Holy Communion

at Thornhill House20 Sun 11.15am Sung Eucharist27 Sun 11.15am Family Service

6.30pm United ChurchesService at the

Methodist Church

August Services at Wardlow

6 Sun 9.00am Holy Communion20 Sun 9.00am Family Service

The Packhorse InnJane, Martin and Amanda offer

a warm welcome openingfrom noon daily, seven days a

week with breakfasts onSaturdays 9.30 – 11.30.

Excellent hand-pulled ales andquality home cooked food areavailable from 12 – 2.30pmand 6-8.30pm daily. Quiz

night is on Thursday with ‘ABingo Twist’ at 8.45 with all

proceeds going to AirAmbulance.

Children, dogs and walkersare all welcome in the pub and

beer garden.Telephone 01629 640471 for

reservations or furtherenquiries.

Sunny GardenDesign &

Maintenence

Neil Horton Tel: 01629640210 or 07951

774120

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61st Annual FroggattShow

On Saturday 26th August 2006 theFroggatt & District HorticulturalSociety will again be staging theirAnnual Show in the field on StokeLane, Froggatt from 2pm. Free carparking is available for visitors.The main exhibits marquee will houseover 190 classes supported by sidestalls and a refreshments tent.Entertainment will be provided by theBakewell Silver Band, and children’sentertainer together with displays ofclassic cars and stationary vintageengines.Please join us, better still why notconsider entering some of our manyopen classes covering Flowers, Fruit& Vegetables, Floral Art, Domestic,Handicraft, Craft, Junior and Rider &Pony classes?Further information andschedules can be obtained fromGlenys Smith (01629 640909) orLinda Broddle (01433 631722).

September 3rd Blessing of the Wellat Wardlow at 2.15p.mSeptember 10th ‘Your FavouriteHymns’ in Wardlow Church at 7p.mSeptember 24th Harvest Festival &Sale of Produce at Wardlow Church3p.mSeptember 30th

Longstone Local History Group - tripto Gainsborough Old Hall and EpworthOld RectoryOctober 7th Sarah BennettConcert in St Giles at 7.30p.m.Full detailsin September UTEOctober 15th Harvest FestivalServices in St Giles at 11.15a.m & 6.30p.mNovember 4th

Great Longstone Pre - School NearlyNew Sale

Note From The Editors

To all UTE readers,Please remember that this is your

magazine and if you can think of anyideas that will help us to make ournewsletter even more interesting, don’tbe shy please contact us. Thankyouto those of you that regularly send inmaterial and special thanks to thoseof you who are manageing to get youritems to us before the deadline.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Waste Collection Dates

Saturday morning collection

WARDLOW - September 16th usualtime.

LITTLE LONGSTONE - September30th usual time.

GREAT LONGSTONE - September30th usual time.

GREEN WASTE - collections fromthe Bakewell Agricultural Centre havenoe been cancelled.

CARDBOARD - You can takecardboard to Darley Dale.

GARDEN AND OTHER WASTE -Stonegravels, Chesterfield, is open 7days a week.

The deadline for copyfor the next issue isWednesday August16th at 5pm

The editor and management committeedo not necessarily endorse opinionsexpressed in articles.

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