Amber Valley BoroughCouncil is to decide at itsmeeting on February 15thwhether Radleigh Homescan proceed with theirdevelopment plans for theBurley House site on NewZealand Lane. The need for the Council todebate the planningapplication in detail arosewhen the Borough Planning

Committee went against therecommendation of theplanning officers to agree togive the go-ahead to the plansafter Radleigh had made thenecessary changes asked ofthem after a first hearing. anda site visit.Radleigh amended theirproposals for the plannedmulti-million poundredevelopment to the apparent

satisfaction of the planningofficers, but not thecommittee.Meanwhile the buildings havebeen broken into andvandalised and are aworsening eyesore on a 2,800square meter site on whichRadleigh, who have

purchased the site fromDerbyshire County Council,want to build 22 flatsalongside two four-bedroomsmews houses.The Environment Agency isto begin de-silting the flumeon the river Ecclesbourne inthe Spring..see page 9

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Cellist Gemma Rosefieldcomes to Music atDuffield through theCountess of MunsterMusical Trust, anorganisation that choosesthe best young talent inthe UK and sponsorsperformances at musicsocieties.Gemma (see picture)accompanied by SimonLepper (piano) arestarring at the next concertwhich will be held onSaturday February 11th at

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The drive for a Parish Hallfor the village is gainingmomentum.The Hall proposal is alreadyin the Duffield Parish Planand the business fraternity andDuffield Parish Council areconsidering ways to get somefunding in place and seeking asite - Gray Recreation Groundis among the suggestions -where the problems of accessand car parking areminimised.Supporters for a Village Hallare hoping such a projectcould gain enough momentumto be debated at the AnnualParish Meeting at 7.30pm atthe Weston Centre on April25th.(Please write to the DuffieldScene at 52 Tamworth Street,Duffield with any ideas).

There is such a growingdemand and such a long waitinglist to join the Beavers at the 1stDuffield Scout Group thatmoves are under way to form anew Beaver Colony.

A special meeting is to be atthe Duffield Fire Station at7.30pm on Thursday 2ndMarch so that everyoneinterested in their childrenjoining Beavers, and adultswho would like to find outmore about helping to run aBeaver Colony, can gettogether.“Happily it’s due to ourcontinued success that we areover subscribed to theyoungest section, theBeavers, open to both boysand girls aged 6-8 years. “There is currently a longwaiting list for Beavers andsome children on the list will,unfortunately, never getoffered a place.“It’s because of this situationthe Group have decided it isnow time to expand furtherand open a new BeaverColony.“To do this we need help fromadults to run the section,” saida spokesman.“Please come along and seehow you can help our

successful Group grow furtherand prevent disappointmentfor many youngsters.”Further information can beobtained from Bob Swain,Group Scout Leader on01332 840309.

The Duffield service tocelebrate Women’s WorldDay of Prayer will be held atthe Baptist Church at7.30pm on March 3rd 2006.

Local charities looking fortrustees. Interested? Contact Graham Newton01332 840170 for moredetails.

A special Parish Planmeeting of the ParishCouncil is to be held onFebruary 21st.Suggestions in the Parish Planwill be debated andconsidered as a basis for aproposed five year plan ofaction. Individual councillorsare likely to be nominated tosteer elements of the Plan.

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Cubs from the 1st DuffieldScout Group raised £330 ina sponsored “knot” for theRainbows Hospice atLoughborough which caresfor ill children from acrossthe East Midlands. Each cub was sponsored to tieas many reef knots as possiblein ten minutes.Well done cubs!

The first ever DuffieldVillage Variety Show is to beheld at Ecclesbourne Schoolon March 17th to raisemoney for the School’sMidas Fund - and havesome fun at the same time.There will be singing from theDuffield Singers, dancingfrom the Pam Smith tapgroup, Morris Dancing, andIrish Jig, sketches and muchmore.The Show will be held in theSchool Hall from 7.30pmonwards with admission £5for adults £4 concessions and£3 children. Tickets fromDuffield News. Contact BertMcCoy on 843627.

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Amber Valley Rotary Clubis seeking, quietly that is,applications or suggestionsfor charitable donations inour local communities. We have many fund raisingactivities during the year butthe big one is Santa’s Sleighwhich covers Duffield.If you hear of any possibleorganisations or individualswho are struggling for cash,yet an important contributorto our community, I would bepleased to hear from you.

We have in the past supportedorganisations helping others,school projects, youngindividuals seekingsponsorship, but not manyhave been directly inDuffield. The Belper Rotary Club mayhave done so but AmberValley is a larger club andwould equally like to help.John Bednall40 Broadway Duffield

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KIND, QUIRKY HUMOUR A REAL TONICAt the library this month it’smy turn to select ourfeatured author. I had ahard time, but finally chooseAlexander McCall Smith. I love his kind, quirkyhumour. I always feel betterwhen I’ve read one of hisbooks, they are a real tonic.Several years ago I heardrumours about a series calledThe Number One LadiesDetective Agency. It was remarkably difficult tofind a copy, they were likegold dust. All of a sudden everyonewanted to read them and therewere none to be found.McCall Smith had beenwriting for many years beforebeing discovered, but thenovels had only published inshort print runs, by a Scottishpublisher. If you hold a first edition of TheNumber One Ladies DetectiveAgency now, I expect it’s wortha small fortune.

His writing varies from legaltext books, including thestandard text book onBotswanan law, and anotheron the forensic aspects ofsleep, to his best sellingnovels, and even includesover 30 children’s books. He freely admits becoming abest selling novelist hasturned his life upside down,and hints that he looksforward to dropping out of thepublic eye a little andreturning to normal. He is currently on asabbatical from theUniversity of Edinburghwhere he is Professor ofMedical Law.He’s extraordinary, thiscentury’s equivalent of arenaissance man. I’m amazed he ever finds timeto write. He was born in Zimbabwe,but was educated in Scotland,then he went into law.It was whilst living in

Botswana setting up the lawfaculty of the University ofBotswana, that he witnessed atraditionally built ladychasing a chicken for hislunch. He claims this was theinspiration for PreciousRamotswe, the founder of thefirst and only ladies detectiveagency in Botswana. As well as all this, just as ahobby you understand, he isco-founder of ‘The ReallyTerrible Orchestra’ in whichhe attempts to play bassoon.I’d love to see a performance.For those of us who areanxiously waiting forPrecious’ next adventure, its

called ‘Blue Shoes andHappiness’ and should be outin March according toAmazon.To tie with our African themewe’ve collected together asmall exhibition of Africancraft work, which is ondisplay in the foyer.

by Beth HardimgDuffield librarian

I am sorry to readthat the ParishCouncil has made grant aidawards of £300 to DuffieldCricket Club and £150 toDuffield Squash Club.These are private clubs, runby members for members,many of whom do not live in

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I wonder how many peoplehave walked past Duffield’stwo war memorials todaywithout even giving them asecond glance? After all it’s over a monthsince Remembrance Day, or ifthey did see them for whatthey are, did anyone take thetime to stop and read thenames of our village fallen?You may ask why today? What’s so special aboutDecember 30th 2005? Other than it being a Fridayand the day before New YearsEve not a lot really, but today,90 years ago, one of ourvillagers became anotherstatistic, another son lostamongst the 750.000 lost inthe First World War.Lieutenant Guy Titley, RoyalNavy, died 90 years ago todaywhen H.M.S Natal blew up inthe Cromarty Firth, along withmore than 400 other people. (aparty of school children wasaboard at the time - see pic). Officially an explosion in thecordite store was to blame. Unofficially many seem tothink it was an act ofsabotage, and that rumour stillexists to day.I know the loss of the Natal isnot forgotten, or where sheblew up and sank as there is aweb site to the memory of allthe people lost that day. Run by the Invergordon imagelibrary, and on the site thereare pictures of the ship, crewmembers and comments fromsome of the sailors’ families.As well as being rememberedon the Roll Of Honour in

Duffield Church, and on thetwo war Memorials, Lt. Titleyis also remembered on hismother and fathers grave inDuffield Cemetery. I know no one else had madethe journey today, onlyanother set of foot prints in thesnow led down the path totheir grave in the fading light,and they carried on past. The grave its self was stillcovered in snow that today’srain had failed to wash clean. I brushed the snow away fromhis name to read the wordscarved in stone. INMEMORY OF MATILDA,WIFE OF ADDISONTITLEY BORN JULY 6TH1853, DIED 31STOCTOBER 1914. ALSO OFGUY TITLEY, YOUNGESTSON OF THE ABOVE,LIEUT.R.N. LOST INH.M.S NATAL DEC 30TH1915, AGED 24 YEARS.Maybe one personremembering is enough, and Iknow his name is among those

read out on RemembranceDay in the Church, so he’s notforgotten.Even the date of his mother’sdeath over a year before his, isconnected with WW1, on thatday in Ypres (Belgium) whathas become to be known as

theFirst Battle of Ypres wasraging. On this day another youngLieutenant died. Not aDuffield man, but one of hismedals is in the village, itsbeen here for the last 30 oddyears. Not always appreciated forwhat it stood for, but cared forall the same, it’s what firstreally got me interested inWW1; then the men of thevillage who died took myinterest and for the last eight

years I have been gatheringsmall bits of information onthem and visiting their gravesor memorials and laying apoppy cross, from one villagerto another. Some 230 men from thevillage joined up and 42 paidthe sacrifice, the cost of war to

the village, and several areburied in Duffield Cemeteryand some are rememberedthere on family graves, othersmake it there as well who arenot on our memorials.Like Charles Henry Jonesaged 28, another Lieutenant,killed in action 10th April1916. I only found his name today,walking back from Guy Titleyparents, I just happened tolook across and there his namewas, another man toremember and record, anotherone not to be forgotten.I am planning to write a bookon the fallen of our Village, Iknow for sure one familywho’s name appears twice onthe War memorials still livesin the village and their medalsare still in the village, still inthe original frame their familyhad them put in. And I think may be a couple ofother family’s are still here as well. So I am hoping that there maybe more information out therethat will help to bring back tolife the names carved in stone,so that others after us will alsobe able to remember, beforeall is forgotten and lost forgood. Information no matter howsmall will be very gratefullyreceived. But pictures wouldbe a real help that wouldtruly bring back to life themen that left the villagenever to return. Warren Osborne. MeadowVale, Duffield30th December 2005.

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Duffield Parish Council News Letter - Issue No. 30(February 2006)

Contacts:Roger Bostock Parish Clerk & RFO 01629 581080 Sally Bygraves Asst Clerk & Treasurer 842368 Cllr Nick Storer,Chairman 842069.Web Site: www.duffieldpc..org.uk

Welcome to the February 2006 issue of the Parish CouncilNews Letter. As we go to press the first sign of Spring isshowing, with the emergence of the snowdrops to give us alla lift in spirits.**************************************************

Duffield Parish CouncilA vacancy has arisen for the post of

Clerk to the Council

The post is part time (at least 20 hours per week) and is non-pensionable at a Salary of £12,576 per annum.

Local knowledge is desirable. Computer literacy is essentialwith a good knowledge of Microsoft Office.

The successful candidate will have enthusiasm for localprojects; a Parish Plan has been adopted recently.

For full job description and application form pleas apply to:Roger Bostock

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Closing date forcompleted applications: Friday February 24th 2006**************************************************The Parish Council have recently been establishing their budgetrequirements for the coming year 2006/07 Financial Year anddeciding what precept (ie. the “Parish Council” element of theCouncil Tax) should be levied on Duffield residents to pay for theCouncil’s services and expenses for the year.

Arising from their deliberations a unanimously agreed Preceptfor the 2006/07 financial year has been requested from theBorough Council in the sum of £73,000, which is in line withinflation.

Committee Budgets for 2006/07 have also been set as part ofthe above process as follows:

Finance and General Purposes £43,710. Cemetery £24,630.Open Spaces £20,550. Footpaths £2,000.**************************************************Parish Council Meetings due to be held during the next quarterof the financial year in the Duffield Fire Station are as follows:14 Feb 2006 Parish Council Meeting @7.00pm14 Mar 2006 Parish Council Meeting @7.00pm

and in the Meeting Room:11 Apr 2006 Parish Council Meeting @7.00pm

and at the Weston Centre25 Apr 2006 Annual Parish Meeting @7.30pm**************************************************The Crime Figures for Duffield in October 2005 totally five ,incidents made up as follows:one theft from vehicle, oneburglary, two vehicle damage and one criminal damage.

The Environment Agency have made the following commentsregarding the forthcoming desilting of the Duffield Flume onthe River Ecclesbourne.The Flume is primarily designed to cope with significant levelsof flood flows and as such is “overwide” for normal river flows.This results in a shallow, slow current throughout much of theflume.

This type of current will naturally deposit silt in the slowerflowing sections of the river, typically on the “inside” of riverbends as is the case with the river Ecclesbourne at Duffield.

Historically, the Agency has routinely carried out desilting ofthe flume once the silt has built up to a sufficient level tosignificantly affect channel capacity. The current silt levels andthe vegetation that is growing within these areas now isbeginning to reduce the overall channel capacity and works arebeing programmed to resolve this issue.

The Agency has a statutory duty to conserve and enhance theenvironment and accordingly, whilst these works are beingplanned, consideration will be given to ancillary factors whichmight affect how the works are carried out, both in theimmediate and long term future.

Such considerations could include the retention of some smallerarea of silting and gravelled areas, the aim being to retain somearea for bio-diversity to flourish in this otherwise sterile area.

At the moment it is expected that the above works will becarried out in the Spring of 2006.**************************************************For Crime Prevention Advice contact the local police on0845 123 33 33 or contact PC Nigel Coulstock on 01773 571875.Anyone with information about burglaries or any other crimecall CRIMESTOPPERS anonymously on 0800 555 111.

For this months article I amgiving my observations onthe crimes occurring inDuffield that have beenreported to the police in2005. This is from my records ofcrimes in Duffield that arereported to me from theBelper & DistrictNeighbourhood WatchSupport Office.Year 2005 showed an averageof 10 reported crimes permonth a slight reduction over2004 which averaged 12 permonth. I am also aware that not allcrimes are reported and so thisis a minimum. This means that at least 6% ofthe households in Duffieldhave been directly affected bya crime.The last 12 months include(for the whole of Duffield):• 20 burglaries• 23 thefts• 31 theft from vehicles• 11 cases of damage toproperty• 19 cases of vehicle damage

• 7 vehicles stolenPredominately goods stolen inhouse burglaries have beenmobile phones, jewellery,cash and computer equipment.Included in the list of theftsare three bikes, several piecesof garden ornaments andfurniture. Also stolen were four cars,two of which were taken withkeys. A frequent crime is that ofcars being broken into in orderto steal items such as wallets,handbags, mobile phones,audio equipment, computers,coats etc. most havingoccurred because the itemshave been left on view. Last year also saw the firstinstances of satellitenavigation systems beingtaken. My plea is that you don’tleave any valuables in view -it only takes a thief seconds toremove them. Always lock everything in theboot and try not to leave a carcontaining valuables unattendedfor long.

I look forward to a time whenI receive less or even noreports of this type of crime.In total 12 mobile phones and19 bags/wallets were stolen in2005.All this means that a lot ofpeople suffered the distress ofa crime.Nigel Coulstock our CrimeReduction Officer is morethan willing to visit people intheir own home to advise onsecurity. Typically Nigel is approachedfor advice by a victim ofcrime, their neighbours and

relatives but he would muchrather try to prevent a crime inthe first place. To arrange a visit ring Nigelon 01773 571875.

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MainsGammon + lyonnais potatoes + cider sauce 11.50Tortellini pasta, smoked bacon, cream + leeks + cheese 9.50Sirloin of Beef in a pink peppercorn + garlic + cream sauce 13.50Chargrilled tuna & black onion seeds on noodles fish sauce, chilli & babycorn £12.50.Scallops wrapped up in pancetta, roasted squash puree + rosemary oil £12.95Chef's curry £9.50Roasted chicken fillet with sauteed peppers, onion + sherry cream sauce £11.75Salmon and cod fillet, prawns, puff pastry + cream & herb sauce £12.00Baked chump of lamb in tomato & honey sauce £12,50Pork escalopes with mozzarella, pesto & basil wine sauce £12.50

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The pies and puddings come in two sizes, generously portioned,to feed 4 or 6 people. 4 people £40.00 6 people £60.00The price includes pie, pudding and accompaniments.

So if you fancy an evening dining with a difference with familyand friends, this is the place to be. Bookings now being taken.

Throughout FebruaryTwo course dinner menu for £12.00.

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings 7- 9.30pm.including some White Hart favourites.

(Full a la carte also available)

Free bottle of wine per table dining on Monday and Wednesday evening onproduction of this advert before 15th February ‘06.

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Amber Valley planners havereceived a number of lettersprotesting against theapplication by Chevin GolfClub to re-site the 17th teeand improve practicefacilities with local residentsmaintaining the Club is outof bounds.Roy Pooley of Chevin Road,Duffield, writes to the Scenethat the wording of the yellownotices around the boundariesof the course should havecarried the wording “Forchange of use fromagricultural to recreational toallow the re-siting of onehole” etc.He is convinced that suchproper wording would havebrought far more commentsfrom local people.Mr Pooley adds that:•Walkers unfamiliar with thearea would be in“considerable jeopardy” if theapplication was granted.• The character of historiclocal footpaths - Duffield 25and 26 and Belper 49 - in anopen, pastoral setting shouldnot be demeaned by totalenclosure within the “prim

landscape created by a golfcourse setting”.• The footpaths form part ofthe Midshires Way and thepresence of cars parked at thejunction of footpaths furtherdemeaned the rural characterof the area.”On a visit to the BoroughCouncil Mr Pooley pointedout that the public noticesshould be posted againoutlining the proposedchange of use and more timegiven for responses.Robert Crowder of AvenueRoad, Duffield, said thatwhen he checked with anumber of people walking inthe area they were under theimpression the applicationrelated to land presently usedby the Golf Club.“At no stage does thePlanning Notice mention achange of use adjacent to theClub presently used foragriculture into leisure use,”says Mr Crowder “I suggest the consultationprocess has not been compliedwith and a full consultationprocess should beundertaken.”

He adds: “Whilst I do notobject to Chevin Golf Clubimproving their facilities, theproposal, as it stands, will notmeet the objectives of theClub and does not take intoaccount the impact of otherusers of the area.”He was seriously concernedthat the land designated as“practice area” would eitherbe re-landscaped or used foranother purpose.

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CRICKETERS PREPARINGNet sessions are intensifyingas Duffield CC cricketersprepare for anotherchallenging season asstandards improve at alllevels.Negotiations are taking placewith Australian all-rounderZac Pacey about returning foranother season but he may notbe able to get away from hisobligations there to fulfilsufficient games for Duffield.There are a number of otheralternatives should he beunable to return.One player signed for thissummer is the extremelypromising left handedopening batsman Paul Bakelwho previously played withBelper Meadows.Meanwhile new skipperAdam Short reports nets aregoing well and he expectssome of the younger players,who have come through theyouth system, to make a mark.

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