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AUGUST 2020Issue 60

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10-16 High Street, Ibstock LE67 6LG

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Your local electrical store - serving the community since 1937

. Ibstock gets gas!

Ibstock Palace is officially a ‘Local Hero’!

Dixie Grammar - New world, same values

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John Gibson of Coalville loves walking, so when he found himself in terrible pain and discomfort in his legs and feet his lifestyle was badly affected.He couldn’t walk more than 100 yards without stopping to let his leg cramps fade. He says: “I would pretend to be looking in shop windows until it wore off.” Stairs were also a nightmare and he had to pull himself up.Now, thanks to the famous skills of Doctor Ye at Herbal Healing acupuncture in Coalville, at the clinic in Belvoir Road, John can go for long walks again and get upstairs with no problems.John explained his previous problems and how acupuncture had solved them. He says: “I fell over about three years ago. Afterwards I started to get a strange feeling under my feet, as if I was walking on waffles made of steel. Gradually my legs became painful and I didn’t feel in control of my joints.” When John first went to the clinic in February, it seemed as if his unusual symptoms may possibly indicate a more serious problem, such as MS, so before they treated him, Doctor Ye first ensured that John had already had all the NHS tests, scans, MRIs and blood tests and that all had been clear.

The first few treatments had a small effect, which John says, gradually got better and better. “After the fifth treatment I really noticed a huge difference. My feet in particular were 60 percent better and improving all the time.”John had been a keen motorcyclist for 40 years, but had to stop because of

his pain, cramps and balance. Now he has high hopes that he will be able to get back in the saddle soon.What is more, John says: “I love the acupuncture treatments, they’re so relaxing! The needles are very fine, not anything at all like the bigger needles of hypodermic syringes. If anyone is a bit dubious about acupuncture because they don’t like needles, they can rest assured these are not the same thing at all.”He adds: “Anyone who has thought about acupuncture and, for whatever reason, has decided it is not for them should always give it a go. It has done wonders for me and I don’t hesitate to recommend the amazing doctor here in Coalville.”

“I advise anyone currently experiencing pain to pick up the phone and call the acupuncture clinic on 01530 810888.”

JOHN WALKS TALL AGAIN, THANKS TO CLINIC

Doctor Ye with John: “Pain is so much better”

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WHERE’S IBBIE?Ibbie ‘spotters’ were busy again last month! He was spotted by many, hiding behind the advert for ‘The Suite Superstore’ on page 24. The first correct answer drawn out of the ‘Community Voice hat’ was sent in by William Price, who will receive a

£10 GIFT VOUCHER!But where is he lurking this month? If you spot him, send us your details, and which advert he is hiding behind, using the contact details listed below.

WELCOME... to the latest edition of Community Voice!Front Cover Quiz: Spot The Local Landmark...How many of you can spot the landmark from our surrounding area featured on this month’s issue front cover? If you think you know the answer please send your entry to The Community Voice, c/o 57 High Street, Ibstock, or email us at: [email protected]

The winner (drawn first out of the hat of all correct entries) will receive a £10 One4All voucher. Good Luck!

Front cover photograph by Second Look Photography • www.secondlookphotography.co.uk

Many of you entered our mystery local landmark competition and were able to correctly identify it as Shackerstone Station; platform two, housing the souvenir shop, to be precise! This beautifully preserved station is at the northern end of the line and is the headquarters of the railway with museum, Victorian tea room, souvenir shop, loco shed and main rolling stock located here.

The first correct entry drawn from the Community Voice hat was Karen Stirk.

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JULY 2020Issue 59

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10-16 High Street, Ibstock LE67 6LG

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The Mighty Mini Originally launched in 1959, the Mini was something of a revolution withits transverse engine, front wheel drive and gearbox located in thesump. This layout gave nearly 80% of the total area over to passengerand luggage space.

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The Leicester Chronicle newspaper, dated 10th December 1874, reported that a meeting had been held at the Boot Inn, Ibstock for the purpose of starting a company to supply the village with gas.

The report states that there were numerous and influential people in attendance and those present were very much in favour of starting a gas company immediately. Ibstock resident, Mr. Baker, spoke to the meeting, pointing out the many advantages to be derived from gas. He said that light was the source of life and that without it no good could be expected. He gave numerous reasons as to why a gas company at Ibstock would prove to be a commercial success. Mr. Loseby of the gas company addressed the meeting and furnished them with all the details. He said, “the success of the inhabitants of Ibstock depended upon the success of the village and that one improvement followed another”. He pointed out that Ibstock, with its cheap coal, being the heart of the mining district and its railway connection only needed gas to make it a suitable place for other manufacturers. He added that once the village had gas, Ibstock would in every sense of the word become brilliant!

A company was formed immediately with capital of £4000, composed of 4000 shares at £1 each, the shares being at a low price to enable all the inhabitants of the village to be able to buy them.

Many people in Ibstock will remember the gasometer situated in Pretoria Road. This photograph from our archive shows a young lady with the gasometer in the background. In the East Midlands Oral History Archive, Mrs. Brenda Clarke talks about Mr. Hawkyard, Manager of the gasworks and Mr. Cooper, who would walk around the village and light the gas lamps with his long pole. This was something that fascinated her as a child and she always wanted to go on his rounds with him.

Did you know that there were houses in Ibstock as late as 1976 that were lit by gas? It is believed that the last gas lit homes were towards the bottom of Melbourne Road. In 1976, Mrs Ada Malin lived there and her grandson remembers the gas lights that were downstairs only. Candlelight was used for the upstairs. He recounts that a shop on the High Street used to stock the gas mantles especially for her. In the end the shade to the light was broken and when anyone entered the house her cry would ring out “Shut the door, shut the door”. The draught from the door would shatter the gas mantle so another trip up the High Street.

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Tech Talk with Alex Mackenzie While we’re being encouraged to stay inside as much as possible, computers and the internet are becoming more critical than ever before for entertainment and connection to the outside world. So, in this month’s Tech Talk, I’m going to give some tips on how you can make sure you’re staying secure and safe while using your computer and the internet.

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I know this can be not very pleasant because it can stop you using your device for a short while, but these moments of downtime are vital. By sending out software updates, companies are making sure their products are secure and not able to be easily hacked. If your device was hacked, this could compromise your data.

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Antivirus companies such as McAfee, Bitdefender, and Avast use the consumer’s fear of viruses as a way to make money. Companies in the past have even been guilty of putting bad code in their software to infect your device or make your computer slow. Making their product seem necessary or appealing. Modern Apple computers and modern Windows computers have antivirus and safety software now built-in so third party software just isn’t needed.

Use passphrases, not passwords!

Everyone knows the importance of keeping their passwords safe. It’s not easy to come up with suitably complex passwords, so here’s a tip for that... don’t use a single password but use a memorable passphrase for better security such as ‘Mary Berry makes excellent cakes’. For added security, you may also want to exchange some letters of the phrase for numbers or symbols. So your password could be ‘M4ryB3rrym*kesexcel%entcake$!’.

For the most security only use one password per online account and never use the same password twice.

I hope these tips help you feel more secure in your daily computing usage. Read next month’s issue of Community Voice for more tips showing you how to master your digital life.

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Here’s another installment in the exciting new series of stories by local author and illustrator, Rachel Greaves. Keeping in the Ruffle theme, the new tales follow a toy Ruffle and the adventures he has each month. Read on to find out more…

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Ruffle had been sitting on the bench for quite a while, lonely now that the children with the boat had returned home. The warmth of the sun had almost gone as it began to grow Darker.

The park keeper had just begun his inspection of the park before closing and locking the gates when he cycled past Ruffle’s bench. The man took a second look before quickly pulling his brakes and stopping. He got off his bike and wheeled it back round to the bench. Reaching over he picked up Ruffle.

‘Someone left you behind eh fella?’ he asked kindly. ‘We can’t have that! Let’s take you home – you’ll be safe and sound then.’

He placed Ruffle carefully in the basket at the front of his bike. ‘There you go – you’ll have a fine view from there!’

The man set off again, this time with Ruffle looking out from the basket. First they steadily rode Around the large boating lake, the park keeper checking that the geese and ducks were settling down calmly for the night. Next the man steered his bike towards the now deserted play area. The swings and Roundabout were still, exhausted from their day’s excitement. The bike then meandered along the path that curved its way through the rest of the park, the gentle hiss of the Tyres the only sound in the evening air. Ruffle’s hair blew gently in the breeze as the bike sped swiftly towards the large Iron gates that stood proudly at the entrance to the park. The park keeper rode through the gates then stopped and dismounted. He leant his bike against a hedge whilst he turned back to lock the gates. Gates secured, he jumped back onto his bike to begin his short journey home along a tree-lined avenue.

A few people were out walking, some with dogs. Was that an Airedale just like Ruffle?... The bell on the handlebars rattled as the bike rode across the drop kerb and onto the man’s drive. He dismounted for the last time and Opened a wooden gate at the side of the small house. The man lifted Ruffle out of the basket and carried him into the little kitchen where his wife was sitting at the kitchen table.

‘Mavis, look what I found sitting on one of the park benches!’ said the man as his wife greeted him with a smile. She came closer for a better look.

‘Oh, what a lovely little dog.’ She gently lifted him from the man’s hands and took Ruffle over to the light for a better view. ‘Why, he’s just like our old dog – the Airedale! Do you remember him Bert? He’s even got a name tag on his collar! Someone took a lot of time and love to make you, little one!’

Mavis smoothed Ruffle’s nametag down to try and read the name. ‘Your nametag is a bit worn and grubby – I can hardly read it! Ruffle? I think his name’s Ruffle! You look like you’ve been on some adventures. Oh, and you’ve lost an eye! Well I can certainly sort that out.’

She carried Ruffle over to a small fabric-covered box on a table. ‘I think I might have a little black bead similar to the other one. It won’t be a perfect match but at least you’ll have two eyes again!’

So that evening Ruffle sat patiently on the woman’s knee as she replaced the lost bead. He then sat proudly on top of the Radiator drying out as Bert and Mavis spent a relaxing and peaceful evening.

But don’t get too comfortable Ruffle – you still have a few more Adventures yet to come!

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CENTRE REOPENS AFTER CURTAILED START!This is a very belated “Hello!” from us at Kip McGrath Coalville. We opened our doors late February this year and then promptly closed them again a month later, when the nation went into lockdown due to Covid-19. It really wasn’t the start we were expecting!

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On July 6th, the Government released the health and safety guidelines for the reopening of community centres. We had already starting to plan prior to this. Risk assessments and cleaning policies are now complete and we are currently making the Palace Covid-19 secure and the training of staff and volunteers is also taking place. We plan a careful reopening, which will be completed in stages. The safety of everyone using the palace, staff and volunteers is our main priority, so we will not be rushing this.

As with all venues like ours, there is a lot of work to do to reopen. One way systems will be in place, hand sanitiser stations, separate entrances and exit doors, opening only the minimum number of toilets required and social distancing measures. Some areas of the Palace will remain off limits until guidelines change, such as the bar and the kitchen. There will be access to drinking water and first aid supplies. There is also a Covid19 incident room, separated from the main hall, in the event of anyone becoming ill whilst on the premises.

Over the past few months, we have linked up with several other venues and organisations, brought together by the pandemic and we are now helping each other through the reopening phase. We are currently still helping some people who are shielding in the community and we give a big ‘THANK YOU’ to all the volunteers that have come forward; you are truly amazing. We are currently accepting donations for the foodbank.

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Getting Treated With HypnotherapyThe overall hypnotherapy experience can vary from person to person. You can read Happy Head Hypnotherapy’s 5 star reviews on Google and Facebook to see what local people are saying about their experiences. Many people are sceptical and perhaps have reservations about hypnotherapy, fearing that they will lose control of their thoughts and actions. This is not surprising considering how hypnosis is portrayed in the media and on stage in popular seaside resorts!! People are often showed behaving in wild and silly ways. Despite these negative connotations, hypnotherapy cannot make you do anything you do not want to do nor can it make you do anything that goes against your moral and ethical code. Rather, hypnotherapy helps build self-awareness, resilience, confidence and helps a person to overcome unwanted behaviours.

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The friendly staff at Renaissance warmly welcome you to their ‘not to be missed’ Summer sale event in their stylish boutique. Dawn and her team have carefully selected a range of Mother-of-the-Bride outfits, ranging in size from 8 to 24 and all on offer for just £99.00!

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Caring for others has always been central to Dixie’s ethos and is more important now than ever. The team of staff who have enabled the school to stay open throughout lockdown for key workers exemplify this. As ever, however, sometimes it is the pupils’ action which is most striking. Our buddy system, which sees the oldest group in the school, our Sixth Formers, supporting our youngest pupils, has continued, albeit remotely, with older students getting in touch with their buddies to help them with their work and to give some emotional support as well. There are many examples of new initiatives developing as well, like Erin Brining of Y7 going online to deliver story time for a Junior School class and, of course, as a school we were delighted to be able to donate 270 pairs of protective eye wear to local surgeries who were running short of PPE.

Academic progress has also remained a priority. The ICT team has been permanently based on-site to help enable staff to deliver their teaching remotely, with teachers putting their new-found Zoom and Google Meet expertise to use in delivering live video lessons, pupils being guided through excellent online digital resources and even end-of-year exams adapted to take place remotely. The school has also worked hard to devise activities requiring pupils to work with each other, over the phone or online, and to set tasks which require pupils to work away from their screens. With GCSEs cancelled, Y11 have been able to start their A level courses, making the most of this time gained to get a head-start on the new way of thinking and working A level requires. In a similar vein,

teachers have put together bespoke university bridging courses which are now being delivered to every member of the Upper Sixth to help them get ahead of the game for this next step in their education.

A sense of school spirit and going the extra mile are also key at Dixie and the Dixie Facebook page is packed with heartening examples of this during Lockdown. Music teacher, Miss Olivia Mason, was at the heart of a project seeing pupils and staff collaborate online to produce a music video of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’; Mrs Emma Billington, Head Teacher at the Junior School, hand-delivered new school books to almost 100 families, (whilst observing social distancing rules); the three Dracup sisters, Olivia (Lower Sixth), Imogen (Y9) and Felicity (Y7) did not want to miss out on the annual House cross-country event and so ran it themselves in isolation on the scheduled day; Head of Science, Mr Joe Kirkwood has kept his form entertained with his daily ‘Tie of the Day’ video; Headmaster Mr Richard Lynn has maintained a twice-weekly assembly broadcast from school and there have been numerous other examples.

“These have been and continue to be challenging times for all of us in so many ways,” comments Mr Richard Lynn. “For the pupils, parents, staff and our entire school community to have responded in the way they have shows remarkable spirit, resilience and togetherness. I could not be prouder of our community and the hope and inspiration their actions provide.”

Dixie Grammar School - New world, same valuesStaff, students and their parents at Dixie Grammar School, Market Bosworth, like every organisation, have had to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances. They are finding, however, that whilst their environment may have changed, the core values of their education and school life remain the same.

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