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It’s been absolutely fantastic to get out and about again,getting back into the social and work routine which Ihave been forced to miss over the past couple of

months.It’s great to visit once again my beloved hostelry haunts such as The Bank

House and Oldfields Club in Uttoxeter and The Master Potter in Cheadle.Chatting to the learned sages who frequent these establishments is such apleasure and the stimulating conversation really rocks my boat. Decent people,great company and a big laugh!

In The Bank House the other week with Voice Columnist Steve 'Lank'Lavin and my other buddies, it was terrific to get back into the groove of whowas doing what in the town and more importantly why!

Then off to Oldfields Club where the conversation was rich in its variety,picking the brains of some of the ‘boys’ on where to go for a Winter break orwhy we thought Mark Hughes at Stoke City, our beloved football team, wasgetting it all wrong (you watch, Stoke will now go on a run of 10 gamesunbeaten!).

If I remember rightly, at one of these hostelries there was a heated debateon the reducing size of a sliced loaf!!! Then when I got home I realised thatperhaps in the whole scheme of things in the world, this was perhaps not nearthe top of the ‘important’ list!

Then down at The Potter, it was great to meet Mick Booth, a Sundaylunchtime part of the furniture at the pub, sitting quietly as he does puffing ona cigarette in the beer garden. I have known Mick for all my life and therecan’t be any better bloke around, a real nice guy.

By the way, I would like to say get well soon to another of my old buddiesJohn Brown of Cheadle. Johnny was involved in an awful accident I believeand is still recovering. Salt of the earth is Johnny, keep at it mate!

Finally, in this issue of The Voice there is a short letter from a little 8 yearold girl from Well Street, Cheadle, who suddenly decided to fundraise forTreetops and Donna Louise Hospice who look after her ‘bestest’ cousinLilianna Brassington of Lower Tean who is blind and suffers from numerousmedical conditions. Evangeline-Mai Slaney decided to do this fantastic gestureand has put in a massive effort to raise funds. Her letter to The Voice mademe shed a tear of joy because in this day and age youngsters always seem toget a bad press, well stand up Evangeline-Mai and take a bow – a wonderfulyoung girl whose parents must be so proud of her. A donation from The Voiceis on its way to you for the Donna Louise Hospice Evangeline-Mai!

I hope you enjoy reading this issue of The VoiceI’ll speak to you next time.....Nigel Titterton, Editor & Publisher

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2015 an Inspector carried out theStatutory Inspection of Anglicanand Methodist Schools (SIAMS)under Section 48 of the EducationAct 2005 and judged the school tobe outstanding across the wholeframework.

Shani Wright, Head Girl said;“I am so pleased and thrilled thatwe, Windsor Park Middle Schoolhave been recognised and awardedthis great achievement. We shouldall be proud!”

In the Inspector’s report itstated that; “The distinctivenessand effectiveness of Windsor ParkMiddle School as a Church ofEngland school are outstanding.The school, through its distinctiveChristian character, is outstandingat meeting the needs of all learners.The impact of collective worshipon the school community isoutstanding. The effectiveness of the leadershipand management of the school as a Church schoolis outstanding.”

“I am delighted that the Christian Character ofour school has been recognised and rewarded withthe judgement of Outstanding. We value ourstatus as a Church of England school and ourrelationship with Rev. Sue Willetts. Our studentsare proud of our school and demonstrate theirChristian values daily. Our School Worship Team,did us proud showing the SIAMS inspector howthe teachings of Jesus underpin their education”

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indeed happy, safe and valued; that students carewell for each other and students’ behaviour isoutstanding. The report goes onto to say thatcollective worship is a very important part ofschool life. The report recognises parents supportand the strong partnership.

Parent, Mr David Bown who attended theinspection was pleased to say; “It gave me greatpleasure as a parent to read the SIAMS report anda sense of pride that my children attend WindsorPark Middle School. I feel the report is a reflection

of the hard work put in by everybody at the schoolon a daily basis.”

Mr Ian Johnstone, Chair of Governors said;“As you all know we had our SIAMs inspectionduring the summer term. What a result! Well doneto Mrs Howells, all the children, parents and staff.”

On 1 October we celebrated a wonderfulHarvest Festival held in school led by Rev SueWilletts and our Student Worship Team. Thedonations of food will be sent to the SalvationArmy to support their efforts with local foodbanks and homeless people in the area and KirkHouse Care Home in Uttoxeter.

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This year, the theme was “SpyHeroes and Villains” which supportsour whole school English project,“Secrets and Spies”. An array ofheroes and villains could be spottedwalking and running around the fieldduring a gloriously sunny afternoon –everything from numerous JamesBonds and Men in Black to an armyof Despicable Me Minions and evenAustin Powers.

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Rosemary was woken up by her nephewPeter at 4am. With the bridesmaidsthey made final touches to the

decorations in the Marquee.They had breakfast with the family.Make up artist arrived at 7am and

hairdresser and photographer came at8.30am.

The target time to be ready and dressedfor the photographer was 10.30am.

All was hustle and bustle!All the family had worked hard with

preparations, especially Rosemary’s brotherJohn making the garden so beautiful andready for the Croxden Open Gardens andScarecrow Trial the following day.

Great excitement on Wednesday 8thSeptember, Jacksons arrived and erected abeautiful marquee on the lawn.

That evening 6.05pm new NephewWilliam was born adding more excitement tothe occasion.

The Best Man and Bridegroom came theday before to help with preparations also.

Mum was flower arranging in themarquee and at the Church with the help ofa friend.

3 day old nephew William was also ableto attend the wedding, and Frances, thebride’s sister still managed to be bridesmaid.

When Rosemary came down the stairs in

her wedding dress, both Charlie and myselfwere “Quite overcome”.

The weather was good, all set off for St.Giles.

Rosemary’s choice of transport was totravel with her dad on a vintage tractor andtrailer.

Nephew Peter gave everyone a small bagof dried rose petals from Pointhorne gardenon arrival.

Reverend Stan Vaz officiated in a lovelyWedding Ceremony. There was a particularemotional moment when Rosemary’s veil waslifted from over her face and her hand wasgiven to Alistair. The choir sang beautifully,accompanied by the Church organist MrsJessie Gent. We are all very grateful to all whocould take part in making this day so special.

Members of Ashbourne Young FarmersClub made a “Guard of Honour” withhayforks as the bride and groom came out ofChurch

Afterwards photographs were takenoutside the Church with the beautiful ruinsof Croxden Abbey in the background

Rosemary and her bridesmaids put theirwellies on for their return journey.

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The bridesmaids and the Bride’s parents returned toPointhorne riding on the vintage Grey Ferguson Tractor andTrailer.

The Journey was made to the recently restored “ClapperBridge”, once used by the Cistercian Monks of CroxdenAbbey, where photographs were taken and also in themeadow.

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After all the months of preparation the day had gone byvery quickly, many thanks to all who helped to make this dayso special.


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The Moorlands Sixth Form College remains oneof the highest achieving Sixth Forms inStaffordshire recording their best ever ‘A’ Levelresults in 2015.

One in four students achieved an A or A* at‘A’ Level and students have secured their placesat many prestigious universities. In addition, theCollege is proud of the achievements of itsstudents who have achieved high grades in theirVocational Level 3 courses with 73% of all Year13 students attaining Distinction* .

Mrs Clare Dodson, Senior Leader of theCollege, stated how delighted she was with thestudents and these phenomenal results. Shefurther commented, that the Moorlands SixthForm College has outperformed other SixthForms including selective colleges with 55% ofall grades at A*-B, which is truly outstanding!

The new Year 13 are looking to furtherimprove on these results and have undertaken aplethora of work experiences and summer schoolsto reach their full potential at the end of theacademic year. The College has launched its uniqueMasters at Moorlands programme that will see everylearner develop a wide range of employability skillsto ensure their future success after leaving the SixthForm.

Jordan Wheeler participated in the NuffieldFoundation scheme undertaking a six week research

placement at Birmingham University during thesummer. The focus of his research was group theoryand axial algebras which will give him an excellentfoundation for his university application. In addition,he spent a week at Keele University in theastrophysics department, studying the activity ofyoung star’s X-ray emissions. Jordan relished theseopportunities and they have inspired him to pursue adegree in both maths and physics in 2016.Furthermore, Alice Cooper, also in Year 13, has

completed a wide range of work experience aspart of her career aim of becoming an equinevet and was selected to attend the RoyalVeterinary College summer school in August.Through the summer school, she had theopportunity to complete an animal dissection,and undertake the working practices of a vet.

Both Gemma Mills and Olivia Watmoughwere selected for the University of Oxford’ssummer schools. Gemma studied law duringthe week, following university tutorials andlectures and also undertook a week’s summerschool at UCL. Both experiences, as well as thework experience that she has completed haveprepared her thoroughly for pursuing a degreein law. Olivia successfully completed the UNIQsummer school in English, experiencing first-hand university teaching, work and life.

Through the Masters at Moorlandsprogramme, students in both Years 12 and 13 aregoing from strength to strength and can show thewide range of academic and employmentexperiences that they have achieved. This willundoubtedly set them apart from other applicants atuniversity, employment or apprenticeship interviews.

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Moorlands Sixth Form College’s Open Evening wasan overwhelming success with record numbersattending the event. Prospective parents andstudents had the opportunity to see the wide rangeof subjects on offer, including dissections in biology,performances in drama and music played by theflute group and Zachary Birch on the piano.

Parents commented on the enthusiasm andcommitment that the Years 12 and 13 studentsshowed throughout the evening and how theyembraced the academic ethos and zeal of theCollege community. Mrs Clare Dodson added thatshe was very proud of the exceptional role thestudent leaders and ambassadors played throughout

the evening and they captured the essence of whatmakes Moorlands a friendly and high achieving placeto study. In addition, she is delighted to report thatthe new Masters at Moorlands programme continuesto go from strength to strength as Year 12 continueto develop their employability skills alongside theiracademic studies.


A Wonderful Harvest Festival CelebrationOver the past couple of weeks students at Painsley Catholic College have been verybusy bringing into college tins, fruit and produce of all kinds to celebrate and givethanks for the Harvest Season. Mrs Pat Sowter, Lay Chaplain commented ‘we havehad a tremendous response and our college stage was full with a wonderful displayof goods for our Harvest Acts of Worship’.During the morning the CAFOD representative Miss Veronica Gillett spoke to allstudents about the work of CAFOD and how their contribution locally and globallyreally does make a difference to people’s lives. Several students from the year 11ROCK scheme divided up the produce and over 80 food parcels were made. Thestudents then distributed the parcels to the local community at lunch time and toparishioners from Painsley’s feeder parishes. The day was a tremendous success with a real sense of community spirit beingfelt, bringing the whole of the Painsley community together to help and support theneedy and our elderly neighbours in the area. Well done and thank you to all who contributed in any way.Painsley Catholic CollegeStation Road, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs ST10 1LHTelephone: 01538 483944 Email: [email protected] Web: www.painsley.co.uk

Matthew Dudley and Sheona Killeen, both inYear 11.

For one of us, a week’s cruise along the entirelength of the Caldon Canal, some 17½ miles,was something dreamed of for many years.

For him, it was heaven, for me ....!The Caldon Canal is steeped in history. It was

built as long ago as 1779. In its heyday it carried30 boats a day, with cargos of paper, timber, coal,lime and flint. However, with the creation of arailway through the Churnet Valley, the waterwayfell into decline. By 1961, it was closed, and it isthanks to a wonderful team of volunteer workersthat it was eventually restored.

Our narrowboat - never called a barge - waswell fitted out. It had two bedrooms, twobathrooms, (all very small indeed) a kitchen area,with full cooker and fridge, a seating area, arounda largish table, and a TV which did not work.

Our fellow travellers were my niece and herpartner, both many years younger than us. Theyare canal cruising fanatics, and knew all the ropes,especially the operating of locks procedure, which

frightened the life out of me.On setting off from Scholar Green, we had to

pass along the Trent and Mersey Canal, via theHarecastle Tunnel. This part of the voyage was adirect contrast to the beauty encountered on theCaldon Canal, but proved to be very interesting.The landscape inspired us to think of the history ofthe Potteries. On the one hand, there were manyabandoned Bottle Ovens, and factories, and, on theother, the rebuilding which is going on, and hasbeen done, alongside the waterway was inspiring.

At the Etruria Basin we passed into the CaldonCanal. Next stop, via the beautiful Churnet Valley,to Froghall and the end of the line.

The canal wound it way past Abbey Hulton,Milton, Stockton Brook, Endon, Cheddleton,(where we stopped to look at the Flint Mill), andthen on to Consall Forge and, finally Froghall,where we turned the boat and headed home,taking in a trip along the Leek Arm of the Canal.

The photographs can give only a very limited

idea of the beauty of the scenery we passed, andthe wonderful bird life we encountered. Herons,Kingfishers, Geese and Ducks were all a sight tosee. Beautiful cattle and horses in the fieldsalongside the water, as we glided by.

There were many waterside pubs to visit, butthe one at Consall must be singled out. We askedat the Black Lion - it was a Monday evening -about the whereabouts of the nearest shop, as weneeded bread and milk. The Landlord quicklyreturned with a large bottle of milk, and a loaffrom his Freezer - very kind of him. By the way, themeals we had there were delicious.

When I look back at this trip, I just rememberthe fabulous multi-hued greens of the trees andfields, framed by the blue and white of the sky. Theweather, but for one cloudy day, was glorious. Wetook more exercise than we had for many a year,walking from lock to lock.

Would we do it again? Well, the jury is out onthat one!

Voyage of a lifetime?By Beryl Brough of Cheadle



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Now back in full rehearsals, chorus are preparing for the seven concertsand events they are performing in leading up to Christmas. The first venuein mid-October was The Pirelli Stadium, Burton, where the Chorus performedfor a Children’s Charity Ball. The following week they made an appearanceas guests of The Bath Male Choir at Abbots Bromley, prior to our busyChristmas programme commencing.

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Amember of one of Britain’s most famousindustrial families who gave his life forKing and Country in the First World War

was honoured on the centenary of his death. Agricultural

EngineerOswaldBamford, ofDoveridge, wasa partner in theworld-renownedagriculturalmachinerymanufacturersBamfords Ltd inUttoxeter,Staffordshirewhen he gave uphis job to fightalongside dozensof men whoworked for himand his family.

Two monthsafter he enteredthe war with the1st/6th BatallionThe North StaffordshireRegiment - and a year afterhe was promoted to therank of Captain - he was killed aged 38 in a hailof gunfire at the Battle of Loos on October 13th,1915 as he advanced towards German trenches.He was one of 15 Uttoxeter men who died inbattle in the space of a few hours – a dayremembered as one of the blackest in the town’shistory.

Another man who died was Uttoxeter cabinetmaker James Perkin Fradley who rushed to

Captain Bamford’said when he sawhim fall and he toowas killed bygunfire during hisbrave rescueattempt. ByArmistice Day1918, a total of 49employees ofBamford’s Ltd hadbeen killed in thewar.

The ceremonycame as JCBconfirmed itwould contributetowards the costof installingadditional plaqueson Uttoxeter’s warmemorial bearingthe names of 50 menwho perished in

World War One – atleast two of whom worked for thefamily company Bamfords Ltd - butwhose details were omitted when

the cenotaph was erected. At his death, Captain Bamford left behind

two young daughters Olga, aged four andGabrielle, agedthree. His bodywas neverretrieved andwhile he iscommemoratedon the LoosMemorial, hiswidow Daisy paidfor a stained glasswindow to beinstalled in hismemory at theCatholic Churchin Balance Street,Uttoxeter and fora monument tobe erected inUttoxeterCemetery at theBamford familyburial ground.

His relativesgathered at that monument for ashort service of remembrance.Prayers were said and The Last

Post played. Among the wreaths laid was onefrom Lord Bamford and his family which read“in grateful remembrance of your sacrifice.” LordBamford’s grandfather and Oswald Bamfordwere first cousins.

Captain Bamford’s great nephew StephenBamford travelled from Surrey to honour hisgreat-uncle’s memory and read a poignant extractfrom Laurence Binyon’s poem ‘For the Fallen’during the service.

Father-of-threeStephen Bamford,65, said: “The storyof Oswald JosephBamford’s death inthe First World Waris one that has beenpassed down thegenerations and it’sobvious from whatwe know that he wasa well-respectedfigure in Uttoxeter.

“Interestingly itwas the death ofCaptain Bamford thatled to my father beingnamed Oswald Josephas a mark of respect.The country hasmarked the 100thanniversary of the

outbreak of World WarOne and it’s fitting thattoday, we as a family,

should honour the part one of our relativesplayed exactly 100 years after his death.”

The father of Mrs Margaret Mackay, SamuelFoster, fought under Captain Bamford and sawhim fall. The family has honoured CaptainBamford’s memory every year since 1918 onArmistice Day.

James Fradley

The shopfloor of Bamfords Limited where 49 employees losttheir lives in the First World War

Captain Oswald Bamford

Private Samuel Foster who paid homage toCaptain Bamford every Armistice day until hisdeath in 1968

Bamford familymark Centenary ofwar hero’s death

Mother-of-one Mrs Mackay,aged 79, of Uttoxeter, said: “Allof the men respected andadored Captain Bamford. Hejust wanted to be one of themen and the soldiers loved himfor that. He was, by allaccounts, such a nice man anda gentleman. My father used totalk about him all the time andhow he wasn’t like a Captainbecause he merely wanted to beone of them, as they were all inthis together.

“Following the war, afterCaptain Bamford’s monumenthad been erected, my fatherwould go there every ArmisticeDay to salute the memorial outof respect for him. After myfather died in 1968, I wouldvisit the monument, aftertending my family graves,which I did on a weekly basis,including on Armistice Day. Inthe latter years, while placingpoppy crosses on my own family’s graves, Istarted to place a cross in front of the Captain’smonument.”

Earlier this year, Mrs Mackay also planted anoak tree complete with brass memorial plaque inCaptain Bamford’s memory in the grounds ofOldfields Hall Middle School – part of whichwas home to Lord Bamford’s great-great uncle

John Bamford, who was incharge of finance atBamfords Ltd. The tree wasgrown from an acorn fromthe grounds of OldfieldsHall.

Today Mrs Mackayrecalled how her father usedto recount the story of hisinvolvement in the Battle ofLoos.

She said: “In the earlyafternoon of the 13th ofOctober 1915, they weregoing to attack a Germanstronghold and preparing togo over the top. My fathertold us that CaptainBamford said ‘steady lads’as they were about to gointo battle. Then the nextcommand was ‘come onlads’ and over the top theywent. They came underheavy gunfire and manymen fell within the first few

yards. My father was hit and fell to the ground,blood coming from his shoulder. Part of hisshoulder had been shattered. As he lay on theground, unable to move, he saw, just a few yardsaway, the fall of his beloved Captain, but myfather was unable to help him. The survivors ofthe Battalion under Captain Bamford weredevastated by his death.”

Lieutenant Colonel Ratcliff conveyed news ofCaptain Bamford’s death to his father Samuel byletter, part of which was published in theUttoxeter Advertiser and Ashbourne Times.

Lieutenant Colonel Ratcliff said: “Oswaldwas a brave and plucky soldier and did his dutyreally well. We had to advance against Germantrenches and were met with a fearful rifle andmachine gun fire, which laid low so many of ourlocal boys.”

At the time of his death the Lichfield Mercurynewspaper also reported: “He was immenselypopular with the employees and his death hascast quite a gloom over the whole works. He washighly esteemed throughout the town anddistrict, and a wide circle of friends will mournthe loss of one whose friendship was sincere andhighly valued.”

Authors Gillian and Alan Talbot spent adecade researching the names of those fromUttoxeter who lost their lives in the Great War.The result was the publication of a stunning 350-page book - Uttoxeter’s Lost Generation1914-1918 - chronicling the war record of morethan 230 men and one woman who died.

Gillian said: “The 13th of October 1915, theday that Captain Bamford died, turned out to beUttoxeter’s second-blackest day for casualties inthe First World War because the town lost 15men in a single day. The scale of the lossesshocked the town and the tone of the reports inthe Uttoxeter Advertiser changed foreverafterwards from its previous banner-waving todeep sorrow and stoicism.

An excerpt from a condolence letter Captain Bamford’s brother Henry Bernard Bamfordwrote to the family of James Fradley who died trying to save Capt. Bamford

Below: The Loos Memorial

He wasimmenselypopular with theemployees andhis death hascast quite agloom over thewhole works. Hewas highlyesteemedthroughout thetown anddistrict.. .

Above: Bugler Steven Salmon, of Burton, playing the LastPost at the ceremony,

Below: Pam Wade, Hilary Coulson, Valerie Graham andStephen Bamford at their great uncle’s commemorationservice

Above: FormerUttoxeter priestFather Fred Sheldonleads the prayers forfamily members atthecommemorationservice

Right: The memorialin Uttoxeter cemeterydedicated to OswaldBamford

Far right: MrsMargaret Mackay, ofUttoxeter, pays herown family’s tributeat the ceremony

Below right: Familywreaths on OswaldBamford’smemorial

“Of the 15 men who died in the Battle ofLoos on that awful day, only three have known

graves. The bodies of the rest of them were neveridentified and the panels of the Loos Memorialcarry their names. The first time we visited it andsaw them all up there together we were both verymoved. Although they had started the war as

members of the Territorial Army, they hadconducted themselves with the same courage and

professionalism as the regular Army alongside whomthey had fought and died.

“The battle of Loos had been raging for sometime when the Uttoxeter men were asked to attack aheavily-fortified sector of the German line. Theyadvanced over the bodies of predecessors intowithering machine-gun fire and, according toaccounts in the Uttoxeter Advertiser shortlyafterwards, ‘Not one man wavered’. Oswald ledthem forward in full view of the Germans shouting‘Come on lads!’

“This was the first major engagement in whichthe townsmen had been involved and we foundthe story of James Fradley’s attempts to saveOswald’s life very moving.”

In researching the book, Gillian and Alan alsodiscovered that the names of around 50 Uttoxeter

men who died in the First World War do not appear onthe town’s war memorial.

The couple are planning to correct the omission byseeking to have additional panels with the missing namesinstalled on the memorial – and JCB has pledged tocontribute towards the cost in honour of all the menwho gave their lives in the war.

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Lank’s LoreBy Steve ‘Lank’ LavinGolden Memories from one of Uttoxeter’s Favourite Characters

We all have a moan from time to time aboutthe facilities that Uttoxeter has to offerbut compared to other towns of it’s size

we do not do bad at all.Thanks to local Mr Malcolm Barrett’s

developments we have a Cinema and BowlingAlley together with some excellent retail storeswhich are always well supported proving that iswhat Joe Public wants nowadays.

Let us not also forget the marvellous LeisureCentre that the council has provided us with and ofcourse a state of the art new Fire Station, whichother town’s of their size are envious of.

There is a lack of locally owned businesses inthe High Street and the choice of shops is veryrepetitive with possibly more diversificationneeded but what is probably missing is thecharacters that go with them that used to makeshopping or using their skills a pleasure to dobusiness with compared with years ago. The nameVernon Cotterill the butcher’s deeds made himsynonymous with some of the towns fellow traderswho were about at one time.

Uttoxeter when I was a lad used to have fourgentlemen’s barber shops. Aptly named GeorgeBarber’s which was situated at the rear of Ward’sRadio Shop in the High Street which has since beendemolished and replaced with which is now thenew stores housing Savers, The Co-Op FuneralParlour & Max Spielman, etc. George was acharacter in his own right although he was as baldas a coot he used to try and sell you a tub of hairrestorer after completing your hair cut!

Robin Hood’s hairdressers which was situatedat the back of Graingers Ladies Hair Stylists(which is now H&D Nails in the Market Place)which in it’s time was a very popular barbers shopespecially for the youngsters of the town whereRobin would cut their hair to the latest fashions.

Arthur Cooper was another one at one timesituated behind a Singer Sewing Machine shop inMarket Place and then re-located to premises inChurch Street and of course the fourth one wasHarry Shaw’s.

Harry Shaw to me stood out in front as one ofthe town’s finest characters. Harry’s barber shopwas situated up an entry at the rear of which isnow the Indiana Take Away Establishment inCarter Street.

Not only was he an excellent gentleman’shairdresser he was also an entertainer with hisabundance of jokes which he used to render whilstgiving you a ‘short back and sides’. He wasprobably as well in the forefront in Uttoxeter ofbeing responsible for local family planning with hisretailing of Durex condoms to his clients he wouldget from a cupboard hidden behind a curtain in hisshop and I am sure he fist coined the phrase, (afterturning your unkempt appearance into somethingfitting the likes of Rock Hudson) “Something forthe weekend sir”? Which can be heard used by awell known DJ’s show on BBC radio to this presentday.

When I used to visit Harry for a trim as a ladlike most of my school mates, if you started tofidget about while he was cutting your hair hewould take out a Durex from his top pocket andflick you with it at the back of the neck to get youto keep still!

I remember a story about Harry that amusedme somewhat that was relayed to me by one ofpast clients when he was asked what the differencewas between a good and a bad haircut, Harryreplied, about a fortnight!

Great town character of the past, indeed, sadlymissed, ‘til next time.LANK

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Remembering Days gone by... by Owd Ern

Agricultural Contractors

Most farmers now adays seem to rely oncontractors with their massive and veryexpensive tractors and machinery to forage

the grass combine the corn, even to cut the hedges allvery expensive done with very expensive tackle.

I recently saw a tractor advertised at a specialprice of £120,000, makes my old Fordson that Istarted farming with at £50 seem a bit cheap. Butthen if it had to do a ¼ of the work of the modernone’s, it would have blown up and collapsed in acloud of smoke, what joy.

But contractors have been serving farmers in avastly different way for years in the form of manuallabour. Mainly Irish workers (I do not like the termlabourer) coming over in gangs to do the real heavywork, like Marlers, who would come in the wintermonths to dig out Marl to put on the land to improvethe soil structure (or so I think) they were known asMarlers and had their own regime, the boss beingknown as the king of the Marlers. The history of theMarlers is available from “ Owd Ern Publishers” athalf a crown or two shillings and sixpence, withdiscount for large orders, thank you. Then in summer,a different gang would roll up, again Irish. This timeMowers. Every year they would roll up to do themowing, with a scythe, starting to mow early in themorning before the sun got too high. It was very hardwork, but to them being used to it, and no doubt agood few pints of beer to help them along, not toobad, possibly doing about an acre to the gallon.

These and the Marlers, would sleep on myGrandfathers stable loft, possibly with it having aplaster floor and a fireplace in it to serve as abedroom, for stable lads and other workers.

Anyway, on we go…..Other contractors up to my younger days (long

ago) would be ‘lame Tommy’ having a wooden leg,the sheep shearer (marvellous how he did it)

Father would go to Abbotts Bromley to fetch hisshearing tackle, in his horse and float. This was bymodern standards a big cumbersome machine with abig wheel that had to be turned by hand to drive theshears; one of my first jobs was to brand the sheepoften they were sheared with my dad’s brand. Dippedin a big tin of spercle dye and all to be in the sameposition on the sheep.

I thought I knew how to do it, but when I firststarted, I got more dye on myself, so ended up beingblue or red or even green, much to my mother’s‘delight’ the next farmer would come to collect thetackle for their sheep to be sheared and so on.

My father’s cousin Arthur had a binder that hestored in my dad’s cart hovel and at harvest time theold binder would come out covered in banty and henmuck. A bit of a clean-up and a spot of oil and off itwould go. Before the war only small areas of cornwere grown. I don’t think Arthur had any horses ofhis own, so the farmer would have to find two horsesto pull it.

But the contractors I enjoyed coming most werethe one band men, the mole catcher and the ratcatcher. The mole catcher would usually roll up fromno one knew where, his bundle of barrel traps on hisback and his little mole catcher spade. He didn’t havea lot to say, but he soon filled up a long stretch ofbarbed wire with his catch skinned and on a fencenear the road. Perhaps one of the first P.R men in thecountry, the skins would be tacked on to boards todry, going on to make mole skin trousers. He usually

found his tongue when he counted up how manymoles he had caught, so he could be paid so muchper head ( that would not be a fortune them adays)father said the mole catcher always left a couple or soto breed, so that there would be some to catch nextyear. But my favourite was ‘Waggy Wagstaff’ the ratcatcher. I don’t know if that was his proper name, buthe always carried a knobbly stick that he waved atyou when talking. He, again, rolled up from nowhere,always in the spring, after the loose boxes had beencleared out, with his box of ferrets and Jack RusselTerriers and his big cuggel (stick) rats would havemade their home under the floors helping themselvesto a constant supply of food that had been fed to theyoung stock over winter. Old Waggy would put aferret down the rat hole and soon rats came pouringout, the Terriers soon killed them, but if any got away,waggys stick soon finished them off. He always worea big coat come Jacket with vast pockets. As the ratswere killed, he put them in his pockets, to be countedat the end of the day, so he could be paid per head.The time I remember him most was when he said toPa, ‘right Jim, it’s time for a bit o snappin’(food) andso he put his hands in his pocket full of rats and fisheshis false teeth out, then pops them in to eat hissnappin. He always took his catch away with him.My father said he had seen him with strangebaggage’s at Uttoxeter station addressed to a Chineserestaurant in Manchester, stranger things havehappened.

So I wunner bother we owt to eat, just a cup otea. Just Tek care on thee sens an bay careful if thayngot false tayth.

All the best for nowOwd Ern

Down on the Farmby Angela Sargent

The darker nights are with us now and itmakes working outside just a little harder, asyou rely on lighting more if you work later-

our electricity bills spiral upwards at this time ofyear, as have our fuel bills with the extra fieldworkwe’ve done lately.

There has been a proliferation of solar farmsrecently, taking advantage of feed-in tariffs- largesolar panels in-field, but allowing sheep to grazeunderneath in some cases.

But it can be quite atmospheric as the gloomdescends and the flocks of Starlings chatter on theelectricity cables, before all suddenly flying off andswooping around in the evening sky. A‘murmuration’ is certainly a stunning sight,forming acrobatic configurations before swirlingin other directions and reshaping.

They are glossy, gregarious birds and our ownflocks are supplemented by migrants in winter.

They are not the only birds to see at this time.Our wild bird seed mix we sowed in spring hasgrown well and is providing food for other species-Partridge and Pheasant and also finches, Sparrowsand Buntings, all seed eaters.

But we’ve also had the odd strange visitor overthe years- a very large solitary Vulture surprised us,sitting quietly one morning, a Vietnamese potbellied pig, seen in the middle of one of ourcornfields and a huge white moth settled on one ofthe walls, have all intrigued us !

But night brings out the unseen visitors, such asRats and we have to carefully bait for them, as wedon’t want anything else (dogs, owls, hedgehogsetc) to be affected by the poison. New rules comein next year on who is allowed to purchase and userat poisons.

Some of our stock is already inside and,depending on the weather over the next few weeks,the rest of our cattle may come in, so our cattle

sheds need to be emptied of the odds and sods thataccumulate over the summer.

All our corn will have been moved into thestore and the machinery cleaned up and put awayand water bowls checked and any leakagesmended, as all our water is metered and our watercosts can spiral too, if we’re not careful!

We have some fat lambs left to sell at marketand these need to be in good condition, so they willmake a good price. Their mothers will have beenfoot-trimmed and ‘dagged’( dirty wool clipped offtheir back ends) and given their ‘mot’ and been putto the tups. Not a job for a wet day!

Our bullocks, who’ve been in for a while, arealmost ready for market too!

Ted has worked well over the summer and hascome on in leaps and bounds (so to speak!), eventhough he had to have a spot of veterinaryattention after getting caught on wire. He is quiteclever and adores his work and would happilymove sheep all day- if only his manners hadimproved as much!

Oh and the lamb promotion I mentioned lastmonth has now been signed off and will be on yourscreens next month. See if you spot it!

Angela Sargent www.baldfields-farm.co.uk and follow us ontwitter (@bythebarn)and facebook(baldfieldsfarm) too!


Youngsters in Uttoxeter have been learningabout fire safety at home and out in thecommunity as Uttoxeter Fire and Rescue

paid a visit to Windsor Park Middle School inpreparation for the firework season. They arrivedat the school in a fire engine which a lucky fewstudents had a chance to inspect with Andy Minor,Crew Manager and John Campion, Fire Fighter.During assembly time Simon Poole, Fire Fighterspoke to them about the dangers of fireworks,what the fireworks code says as well as how to

deal with a potential house fire. The fire crewmodelled some of the equipment they have to wearas well as showing a few pieces of equipment thatthey use in different situations.

Student, Amelia Wray said, “From theinformation we were told I now know what to doif there was a fire in our house.”

It is the second year running that Uttoxeter FireStation has visited the school not only to teach thestudents basic fire safety in the autumn term butalso winter safety around lakes and frozen water in

the spring term. This community link is inaddition to the safety lessons the students alreadyhave in school through Learning for Life.

Jack Bright, student commented, “I very muchenjoyed being shown around the fire engine andlooking at all the equipment.”

Simon Poole, Fire Fighter said, “The studentswere very interested and well behaved. They askedrelevant questions to the subject talked about.”

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue at Windsor Park Middle School

On Sunday 12th April the above Benefice saida fond farewell to Reverend DavidBickersteth as he retired and moved to

Cumbria. Representatives from the Benefice thenhad the task of producing a Parish Profile whichindicated the start of what could have potentiallybeen a long interregnum (vacancy). But our prayerswere answered extremely quickly and on June 5thand a new Rector was appointed.

On Sunday 27th September 2015 the sun shinedbrightly on a full St Peter’s Church, in Forsbrookwhere all in attendance witnessed a very specialservice for the Celebration of a New Minister withthe Collation and Induction of Reverend JonathanPeter Higham Roberts as Rector of St Margaret’s,Draycott and St Peter’s, Forsbrook.

The service was officiated by the Bishop of

Stafford the RightReverend GeoffreyAnnas, in conjunctionwith the Reverend SueGoodwin, Rural Deanand The VenerableMatthew Parker,Archdeacon of Stoke.

The traditionalservice was based on thefive themes of ourLichfield Diocesan visionof Going for Growth, inwhich all have a part toplay, whether clergy orlaity.

The service startedwith a procession intoChurch with the newMinister, wife andchildren being escorted

by the Reverend Dr and Mrs McKenzie, (theincumbent of the Minister’s former post), the RuralDean, the Archdeacon and the Bishop, the MinistryTeam, Church Wardens and the Choir.

The Presentation of the new Minister wascarried out by the Churchwardens of the twochurches, Pauline Clarke, David Meller, HowardSalt and Brian Sammons and the Rural Dean wholead the new Minister to stand before the Bishopand Archdeacon.

The Bishop addressed the new Minister whichformed the part of the service where the newMinister signs the declaration and oaths, followedby the Bishop reading the Letter of Collation andfor the installation and induction the Archdeaconled the new Minister to his seat in the Chancel topray.

The Churchwardens handed the new Ministerkeys for the Churches and then the new Rectorcaused the bell to be tolled which signified hisinduction into the parishes.

The next part of the service covered thecommitment to the Diocesan Growth Strategywhere representatives presented the new Ministerwith gifts:• Jane Meller and Thomas Jamieson represented

the congregation and gave a gift of a copy of theDaily Prayer and a loaf of bread;

• Joan Pritchard and Natasha Richardsrepresented education and community and gavea gift of a Bible and a teapot;

• Reverend Ian Coates, Reverend TrevorBorthwick were the Ecumenical representativesand gave a gift of a vessel of water to pour intothe font and a copy of ‘Everybody Welcome’;

• Roger Holdcroft and Frank Hopley representedthe civic community and gave a gift of a mapand a globe;

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Lilley, Leigh Silcock, Mick Smith, Georgina Youngand Jelena Kasten moved forward to the Bishop tobe commissioned with their new Minister.

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Avery happy 30th birthday party was held on Saturday 10th October incelebration of the Chapel Street Nursery’s 30 anniversary at CheadleMethodist Church. There was a continual flow of many people and

children who viewed the nursery then looked at the many pictures from theopening of the nursery right up to the present time - chatting and reminisingwith folks - trying to guess who was in the pictures - a regular comment was‘wow haven’t they grown?!’.

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Heather Bates (Nursery Management Committee Secretary)

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Have I got news for youby Uttoxeter’s Gary Hudson, Former BBC Chief News Reporter

Gary Hudson is a member of Uttoxeter LionsClub, a former BBC Chief News Reporter and asenior lecturer in Broadcast Journalism atStaffordshire University.

Saturday night’s all right for fireworks

You can’t beat a good firework display. And wehave the best in town. I hope you’ll all be joiningus on the field next to the Uttoxeter Leisure Centreon November 7th – that’s the Saturday after thefifth - for the 40th anniversary Uttoxeter LionsBonfire and Fireworks Display.

There’s a main display set to music at 7.30 andthere’ll be a quieter show suitable for youngchildren just before the fire is lit at 7pm.

There are a couple of reasons why the Lionsorganise the bonfire. The first is to put on a safeand enjoyable traditional Bonfire Night out,mainly for the people of Uttoxeter and their friendsand families. While we aim to attract people fromthe immediate area, it’s not unusual for people totravel from Stafford, Stoke and Derby and evenfurther afield because, they tell us, it’s the bestvalue for money they know.

Fireworks are not cheap as you’ll have foundout if you’ve ever bought them for yourself. Youneed to be an adult to buy them, and it’s illegal forunder 18s to have fireworks in a public place.

And what do you get for your hard-earneddosh? A few bangs, a bit of smoke and a red flashor two.

And when you set them off, you need to behighly conscious of your own safety and thosearound you. Stand back or you’ll singe youreyebrows, launch a rocket up your jacket or worse.

The growth of organised displays like ours has

taken place alongside a massive reduction infireworks-related accidents. And that’s nocoincidence. The Lions do extensive riskassessments and our events are fully insured.

Can anyone remember when it wasn’t afiver?

The second reason for organising the Lionsbonfire is to raise money for local causes – andthere we have to admit to being less successfullately. In fact the profits last year were severalthousand pounds down on just a couple of yearsbefore.

After holding the on-the-day admission price at£5 a head for as long as I can remember, we’ve hadto put it up to six pounds this year. But there is stillgreat value if you buy your tickets in advance. Anadvance ticket means you will still get in for a fiver.

A family ticket remains the best value at £15 –for two adults and up to three children. That’s atenner better than buying individual tickets, andit’s half price compared to paying on the night.

So it’s ‘Remember, remember the 7th ofNovember’. We only ever hold the Uttoxeterbonfire on the fifth if it falls on a Saturday. Usuallywe hold it on the Saturday before the fifth, but notthis year because that would be too close toHalloween.

There is no doubt in my mind about thesignificance of Bonfire Night. It marks amomentous event in our national history – asopposed to Halloween of course, which marks themoment a bunch of money-grabbing Americanshysters realised they could make seriousspondulicks out of a cobbled-together mess ofpagan myths.

But to return to proper (in other words, British)

history, it seems to me the foiling of theGunpowder Plot was neither a triumph ofparliamentary democracy against the forces oftreason – as I seem to remember being taught atschool - nor a denial of the revolution that wouldhave seen a Catholic on the throne.

Imagine there’s no USA

But it was still a pretty big deal. Some modernhistorians reckon that if the plot to blow up theking and parliament had succeeded, there wouldhave been such a terrible public backlash againstCatholics that the power of the monarchy mighthave been strengthened for centuries.

Perhaps there might have been no English CivilWar, and a different history for the British Empire.Our forefathers’ colonial ambitions knew nobounds so this alternative history would haveaffected the whole world.

Guy Fawkes lives on despite his failure – notjust in the effigies made by children at PicknallsSchool (among others) but apparently in the use ofthe word ‘guy’ meaning a man.

He’s also the inspiration for the award-winningGuido Fawkes political blog. I once sat next to himat a dinner for journalism educators (the newGuido – a journalist called Paul Staines – not theoriginal: I’m not that old), and it seems modernsubversives don’t need to blow up Parliament toget results. But heaven help them if they’re caught.

The first Guy wasn’t burned on a bonfire ofcourse. His demise was due to be even moregruesome, although he avoided the worst of it,dying instantly when he was hanged. Charming!We won’t be celebrating that on November 7th. Ihope to see you there.

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Uttoxeter Christmas Lights Switch on Friday, 27 November 2015, celebrations start at 4.30pm

outside the Town Hall, Switch on at 5.00pm. Followed by the Christmas Victorian Market

Christmas Makers Market on Saturday, 28th November 2015

Indoor Craft and Produce Market in the Town Hall on Saturday, 12 December 2015

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The Skating Stars initiative was launched in April by Planet Ice aroundthe Country and the auditions at Uttoxeter were initially attended by 27hopefuls who had never or rarely skated before. From the initial launch

15 skaters were identified and after the first 6 weeks, 10 skaters that showedthe biggest commitment and improvement were asked to continue for afurther 6 weeks and concluded with 5 skaters that have reached the finalsafter just 22 weeks of learning to skate.

The children aged between 8 and 13 have been putthrough their paces by Coach, Clare Hudson and assisted bySkating Mentor, Liz Howe, using the basics taught in ourSkate Excellence courses, which in some cases has proved tobe a complete life changing experience for the skaters. Theyhave all worked very hard throughout the process, with theirexceptional commitment, their abilities and confidence hasimproved massively and I-skate Uttoxeter is very proud ofeach of them.

A panel of distinguished judges included Louise Stones –Signal One Breakfast Presenter, Uttoxeter’s Deputy Mayor -Councillor Alan Noyes, Karen O’Neill – founder of SkateExcellence, and we were very excited to welcome WorldChampion Skater, Matt Evers, who took a break fromrehearsals for the Professionals on Ice Tour to come and Judgefor us today.

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Let The Voice Be With Youby Les Humphries of Rocester

We look like having the Tories in powerforever now that Labour have elected apacifist and anti monarchist as leader,

with ideas which are extreme to say the least. Getting rid of our Trident missiles is not a good

idea in practice, even if it might be in theory, as itwould leave us defenceless, and we only have tolook what Putin is doing in the Ukraine, and nowin Syria. All sides have to agree to do away withNuclear Weapons or it is a meaningless gesture.Idealism is fine when you are young, but when youget older Realism should take over.

Talking of which, Europe has to do somethingsoon about the thousands of Asylum seekers,Migrants, Refugees, or whatever you like to callthem, as they flood over the borders. I don’t referto them as Refugees, because I remember genuinerefugees from old Newsreels of Wartime victimswho did the same. They were elderly people, ormothers with young children, there were nohealthy young men like this bunch. I see themclimbing over fences, throwing stones and shoutingabuse at the authorities who are trying to keeporder.

There are young British lads, along withAmerican and other European Nationals in Syria,helping to fight for freedom in that war tornCountry, they are lacking numbers, so why areSyrian young men not joining them in trying tooust the oppressors? Instead they seem to haveabandoned their elderly to get asylum, either hereor elsewhere in Europe. How many of the so calledmigrants are terrorists, there is no way ofchecking, and once they are in, they are in! Toomany of them cover their faces when they see thecamera for my liking.

Far from stopping those unpatriotic fanaticswho want to go and fight for our enemies, I think

we should let them go, revoke their passports andcitizenship, and make them stay there. Goodriddance to bad rubbish I say. Thank the Lord forthe English Channel.

Before I change the subject - for those whodidn’t see the programme on television presentedby Princes William and Harry about woundedservicemen whose lives had been shattered in theservice of their Country. One told a tale about aformer Irish Guardsman called Lamin Marmah,originally from the Gambia. He is a tripleamputee, having lost both legs and an arm afterbeing blown up by a roadside bomb whilst onpatrol protecting Afghans. The thing is he ishimself a Muslim, so let us not judge all Muslimsto be the same as the fanatics we read about, andsee on the news. But he does put to shame thoseyoung men who have left their Country in thelurch.

Meanwhile, almost as bad as when Corbyn gotthe Labour Party leadership, doom and gloomprevailed when poor old England were bundledout of the Rugby World Cup in the Group stagesfrom the Pool of death as it was known, containingAustralia, England, and Wales, not to mention Fijiwho are no slouches, Uruguay as nonprofessionals stood little chance as proved to be thecase. England being the host Nation had everythinggeared up in their favour with four of their fivegames played at Twickers, (the only one played inManchester against lowly Uruguay proved to be adead rubber, at least a week between every match,no quick 4 day turn rounds. But once again theyfell short on the big stage. Yes I know they havewon it, but you can’t live on past glories forever.

After contriving to lose to Wales who werealready stripped to the bone with injuries, “Youshould have taken that penalty boys!”, they were

then humbled by a rampant Australian side, whodid the same to Wales the following week, but bya much lower score, but Wales went through onthe back of three previous victories. Both Scotlandand Ireland went through from their pools, thelatter’s magnificent victory over France in theirfinal pool game meant they were unbeaten toppedtheir pool and at time of writing stand the bestchance of getting to the final, despite suffering acouple of injuries themselves. The good thing is wewon’t have to listen to that ghastly “Swing low,sweet chariot, first two lines only, out of tune withno harmonies again in this World Cup. I don’t havehindsight, but I can’t see much further than the AllBlacks to lift the cup. I may have egg on my facewhen this goes to print.....

Now despite what I said in the last Issue of theVoice, The Churnet Valley Male Voice Choir didhave their Conductor and Musical Directorfronting them for their concert at Hartshill Churchwith the Lorna Spode Singers despite her illness. asshe is not completely well yet. Hopefully she is onthe way to recovery, and will be able to take overthe baton again when we sing Carols around theTree \at Hayward Hospital on the 8th and 15th ofDecember.

Members of the Denstone Players will bepresenting a Murder Mystery “Murder at thestables” at Ellastone Village Hall on Saturday 14thof December. Tickets are priced at £10 which willinclude a Pie & Pea Supper. Split into teams theaudience have to guess the identity of themurderer!The following week 19th, 20th, and 21sttwo one act plays will be performed at DenstoneVillage Hall, “ A Quiet Night being one of them”,by a full cast of the Denstone Players.

That’s about all for this issue T T F N Les



Let’s Get Cookingby Simon Smith, top local chef

Now the nights are drawing in and there is achill in the air we start to think about thegame season.

Those of you who are lucky enough to havefriends who shoot and offer you numbers ofpheasant will all have your own special recipes forthis bird. Gone are the days when they used to behung by the neck and only considered fit to eatonce the maggots started falling out of the bottomthank heavens. Whilst game does benefit frombeing hung there are limits. For those of you whohave to buy your game I would firstly consideryour local butcher or licensed game dealer butfailing that many supermarkets now stock game.Bear in mind that game is always a very lean

meat and benefits from the addition of some fat.The easiest way to do this is to wrap it in streakybacon which will keep it moist during cooking andalso give you crispy bacon for a garnish. Withgame birds I always cook the legs separately andslowly in a stock as they are much tougher thanthe breast. This also gives you a good stock for thesauce. Make sure when you cook the breasts thatyou are not overcooking them and drying themout, especially with pigeon which should be panfried until pink.I shall be doing two cookery shows at The

Garrick Theatre Lichfield on Thursday 5thNovember when i shall be cooking some gamedishes and giving hints for Xmas entertaining.These shows are sponsored by Arthur Price of

England. Fortickets contactthe box office.This

month’s recipeis breast ofpheasant withlemon andcelery.

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Celery salt

Method• Wrap the pheasant breasts in baconrashers and cook for 15 minutes in apreheated oven at 180˚

• Peel the celery and cut into 1 inchbatons

• Peel and finely dice the lemon• Melt the butter in a pan and add theonion, stir and sweat (the onion notyou) for 5 minutes.

• Add the flour and stir again, pour in thechicken stock a third at a time whilst slowlywhisking

• Add the celery batons and bay leaf, simmer for5 minutes.

• To finish add the lemon zest and juice and thenthe double cream

• Pour over the cooked pheasant breasts for alight piquant sauce

• NB you must use double cream as single willcurdle.

Karen’s Cake Cornerby Karen Hill

Ground Almond and Apple Cake

My friend Kate came for lunch thisweek and I really wanted to makeher something special. She prefers

to eat gluten free so for this cake I usedground almonds in place of the flour. I hadbeen given a big bag of apples, so this recipewas perfect and so very easy to make.

You will need:-170g unsalted butter170g soft brown sugar3 large free range eggs1 tsp vanilla extract300g ground almonds1tspbaking powder

300g chopped apples, after peeling andcoring

Firstly, grease and line a 23cm cake tinand preheat your oven to 160˚C. In yourfood processor, mix together the butter andsugar until light and fluffy. Add the beateneggs, a little at a time, and then add thevanilla extract. Fold in the ground almondsalong with the chopped apple and whenthoroughly mixed pour into your preparedcake tin. Bake for approximately 45 minutes,until golden brown and a skewer comes outcleanThis cake is delicious served warm with

whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

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Harvest time at St. Werburgh’s

October the colourful Harvest time, a timefor food preservation and donating, as wellas for communities to get together.

St. Werburgh’s in Kingsley held a Harvest OpenWeekend. Saturday afternoon 26th September theChurch welcomed visitors to listen to the singing.The Primary school children’s choir joined thechurch adults to make a very enjoyable afternoon.There were various stalls and refreshmentsavailable. The services on Sunday concluded witha ‘Songs of Praise’ and Monday morning thechildren were there again for their own HarvestService, lead by Rev. Carol Richardson. Theharvest of provisions donated over the weekendwas subsequently donated to the CheadleFoodbank and local Women’s Refuge.

At the beginning of October, St Giles the Abbot,Cheadle held a range of events giving thanks forHarvest, started on the Saturday with aCelebration of Arts and Crafts Display whenvisitors were able to enjoy the refreshments servedin the Parish Room whilst listening to the localCheadle Community Band, playing a variety ofmusic. This newly formed band welcomes all agesand abilities to join them to rehearsals on Saturdaymornings. (Further details from Rob on 07527255911)

Harvest servicesfollowed on Sundaymorning at the ParishChurch and also St.Chads, Freehay.

The same weekend,Saturday 3rd October,Councillor Ivor Lucasmet with members from‘the Kingsley HoltNews’, to present acheque to help with therunning of this localnewsletter. The Moneycoming from the SMDCCouncillors CommunityInitiative Fund. Theythen joined the WorldsBiggest Coffee Morning,in aid of MacmillanCancer Support atKingsley Holt MethodistChurch. Rev’d AndrewFarrington invited in a ‘Runner’ who was passingby. Apparently he was running from JohnO’Groats to Lands End, a massive 680 miles! He’sdoing it for his own enjoyment although a weary

one taking about 28 days,but at the same timecollecting for twocharities, Whizz Kidz andLimb Power. His namewas believed to be GavinBoater from London. Hewas pleased with the offerof refreshments and theuse of the conveniences!

The volunteers in allthe local churches workhard not only collectingfor the sales tables andbaking cakes but cleaningand maintaining. Laterthat day friends andresidents gathered togetherin the recreation groundbehind the Church withbranch loppers and cuttersto clear the overhanginghedges. The Harvest

Festival held at the Methodist Church, KingsleyHolt, was 11th October, ‘All is Safely Gathered In’,when again some of the provisions went to theCheadle Foodbank.

Ginny’s Community Cornerby Ginny Gibson of Uttoxeter

Do you know how to make a dragon fly out ofwillow whips? That was the question thatAnthony Hammond asked the Mum Art

Makers (MAM) group at Tean’s Village Hall, GreatWood Hall, Hollington Lane, Tean, ST14 4JY.

Driving out to Tean to meet the ladies of MumArt Makers I was not sure what to find, I hadchatted briefly to Lisa, one of the organisers, beforegoing but was still unsure as to what I would find.What I found when I walked through the door wasa lovely group of about 18 women of all ages andfrom all walks of life who liked to make things, butneeded expert guidance to carry out their wishes.The first thing that you see is a huge table of tea,coffee and biscuits, where you help yourselfthroughout the morning, always a good start in mybook.

Then Anthony asked the question about thedragon fly, at which point everyone gets out a chairand started to listen, the silence replaced thechatting and giggling that was in the air up untilthen.

Anthony Hammond is a local willow weaverand wood carver, (www.anthonyhammond.co.ukor 07939 265535) who is one of many tutors thatcomes to the group each week. This week it waswillow whip weaving, last week it was sari silkpainting, the week before it was sewing and acouple of months ago it was glass decorating. Eachtutor comes to the group knowing that the womenhave little or no experience of the craft that is goingto be taught that week and so you are given a stepby step lesson for 2 hours on how to create thetreasure they will go home with.

Willow Whip Weaving is fascinating, initiallyAnthony showed the group, in super quick time,how to make the dragon fly, then everyone gottheir 9 whips from the huge bundle on the tableand the class began. Lots of veryconcentrated faces were in evidence as hedescribed, then demonstrated, a step bystep way to make the body, then thewings and finally the shaping, at the endof the first hour everyone had a dragonfly and the excitement of the group wasevident. There are not many places youcan go, where you arrive with no skillsand within a couple of hours you have anew one.

Mum Art Makers was set up in 2006by Lucy Eames, she discovered a needfor women to meet each week, especiallyif they had children, to just have sometime to themselves, chat to other womenand learn something new.

Jenny Ingram, one of the women whohad just successfully made a dragon flyexplained that it had taken her sixmonths to actually turn up at the group;

she had mistakenly thoughtyou had to have arty skills tojoin. When she did turn up,she found that the tutors areso detailed that all you need issome enthusiasm and youleave with a great creationeach week. Now she looksforward to the 2 hours on aThursday, during term time,when she can learn a new skilland have some time with alovely group of women. HilaryDarmon explained that shemoved from Congleton,Cheshire, to be near to herdaughter, but she knew no one

else in the area, socame along to thegroup to find outwhat was on offer,she had worked all her life and had neverseen herself as someone that wascreative, but had discovered that theenjoyment and friendships she has madeat the group were invaluable. She wenton to say that last week they had a SariSilk painting class and her creation wasnow framed on her wall at home, “ Whowould have thought that I could createsomething so beautiful”, she exclaimed.

Jo Green, another woman at thegroup, commented that she has a lovelybaby boy, which means that most of theweek she is doing mum things, so the 2

hour class is a way for her to have time to herselfto chat to adults and learn something new, whilesafe in the knowledge that her son is being lookedafter in the Crèche in the room next to the class. Italso means that if her baby wants her half waythrough the class then the Happy Hour crècheteam come and get her. Jo and her friend SarahGreensmith are also Guide Leaders in Uttoxeter, sothey get inspiration from the classes to pass ontotheir Guides too.

When they told me that, it struck me that theMum Art Makers was more than just the class, itmeant that not only do the women of the groupbenefit, their children benefit from being in thecrèche and the skills they learn are being taken outinto the community, that is what’s called a trulycommunity based project.

I asked Gillian Rodgers, who is the Chairpersonof Mum Art Markers, how do you join, sheexplained: “It is very simple, firstly turn up at theGreat Wood Hall, Hollington Lane, Tean, on a

Thursday at 9.30am, fill in a registration form,then pay the weekly fee, which is £5 (£3concessions), have a cup of tea, coffee and biscuitand then join in the class”. The classes are only runduring term time and finish at 11.30am.

Gillian went on to explain that if you do havechildren and want them to be in the crèche for theclass, then its best to ring and book beforehand, sothat staffing levels can be correct. The fee for thecrèche is £1 per child. The crèche is run by HappyHours Nursery, who are normally based inUttoxeter but they send their qualified staff toGreat Wood Hall, as an outreach group.

I left the group just as they were about to starttheir second willow whip creation of the class anddrove home inspired. Here was a community basedgroup for women to come together and learnsomething new each week. The skills they werelearning were being cascaded out to the widercommunity and the warmth of the class meant thatthose attending felt good about themselves andsupported in their time together. I was extremelyhappy because Anthony gave me his demonstrationdragon fly to take home, which is now tied to mypine tree in the garden, a happy reminder of a greattime at Mum Art Makers class.

If you want to find out more then pleasecontact Gillian 07928 556552, Lisa on 07786224986 or Maria on 07976 291024 or visit theirwebsite www.mumartmakers.com

Finally, they are always looking for new tutorsfor the class, so if you are someone who feels youcan teach a session to the group, do get in touch, anicer group of women you will not meet and yourskills will be appreciated immensely.



Povey’s PeopleBy Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott

Club Paper Jack considered himself a staunchupright citizen, a family man and a pillar ofsociety. The fact that he had a criminal

record, three fines to pay off, was barred out ofmost of the Longton pubs and the last job he hadhad was milk monitor didn’t affect his self esteem.Club Paper Jack was proud ofhis talent for avoiding work andopenly boasted that his fourlads seemed to be following inhis footsteps, the eldest havinglasted two days working a paperround before he was sacked forcomplaining that his bag wastoo heavy and the day that theradio times came out, heclaimed that he had ‘done hisback’ trying to lift the heavybag.

Club Paper Jack’s ego grewtremendously when people inthe pub came to regard him asan authority on dogs. Jack hadseveral dogs of his own and heseemed to know a lot aboutcanine ailments so he spouted forth enthusiasticallyif someone had a sick animal. What Jack diagnosedas the dog’s ailment often had a weird andcomplicated name which was sometimesembellished by the amount of beer he had drunkbut Club Paper Jack was a competent barstoolorator on the subject of sick animals. Peoplewould bring their pets to his house rather than payexpensive vets bills and he began to make moneyout of prescribing a constipated labrador cross amedicine bottle of Andrews liver salts dissolved in

dandelion and burdock which fizzed impressively,for the sum of ten shillings. Other amazing butequally useless ‘cures’ found their way to Jack’sclients and he began to establish a lucrative littleenterprise which attracted the attentions of otherunscrupulous individuals such as Owd Grandad

Piggott. As Jack’s client base grewalong with his reputation, he grew moreand more adventurous and one day, afellow approached him who owned aJack Russell terrier.

‘Can you sort out behaviouralproblems?’, asked the fellow.

‘Ah should think so mester’,answered Jack ‘What’s up?’

‘Ee bites’. said the fellow.‘They bring ‘im ter may’, said Club

Paper Jack. ‘Arve got a be’aviouraltherapist attached ter mar practice.Ar’ll need ‘im t’come in fer a coupleo’dees. Way’ll give ‘im some special stuffan’ rebilitate ‘im....way know ow abiteJack Russells... wale ‘ave ‘im rate asnarnpence in a couple o’ dees...’

‘Ar much wull it cost?, asked thefellow warily.

‘Twenty five quid plus ‘is medicine’, venturedJack. ‘Cow it thirty notes’. The fellow accepted.‘But...’, said the man gruffly, ‘If ay bites anybodyaggen after ar’ve ‘ad ‘im done – ar’ll summonsthee....’

‘They’t ave no mower trouble with ‘im owdsoul’, said Jack a lot more confidently than he felt.When the fellow turned up with the Jack Russell,Owd Grandad Piggott, in his new role of‘behavioural therapist’ expressed concern about

the dog’.‘Ar dunner lark th’look in ‘is eye’...’ay’s a wrung

‘un ay is...’ he said.‘Theyt th’expert’, said Club Paper Jack ‘If thee

cosssner sowt ‘im ite, say so an’ ar’ll do it mesenn...’

‘Ar’ll sowt ‘im ite!’,said Owd Grandad Piggott.‘If ay bites may – ar’ll bite ‘im bloody back!’

Owd Grandad Piggott took the Jack Russellhome with a bottle of Club Paper Jack’srecommended cure – in this instance half a sleepingpill, crushed and dissolved in lemonade. When thedog was settled, Owd Grandad Piggott decided itwas time for its medicine, so he opened the bottle,lifted the dogs top lip and slid the neck of the bottleinto its mouth. The dog decided that it didn’t likethe medicine and neither did it like Owd GrandadPiggott....so it bit him. Owd Grandad Piggottbellowed like a Galloway bull. He emitted astream of evil epithets and sucked a bleeding finger,vowing terrible vengeance on the dog. Some fourhours later, the dog had forgotten the episode butOwd Grandad Piggott was still inwardly seething.The little dog had decided that bygones should bebygones and had decided to curl up on OwdGrandad Piggott’s lap and go to sleep. It was wellinto the land of nod with an ear sticking up whenOwd Grandad decided to teach it a lesson. Hebent over and sunk his teeth into the Jack Russell’sear. Nothing happened for a tenth of a second,then suddenly, Owd Grandad Piggott had a blackand white beard as the Jack Russell reacted lke acoiled spring and clamped its jaws on his face.

For the next fortnight, Owd Grandad Piggotttried to tell Club Paper Jack to find himself anotherbloody mug to do his dirty work but he couldn’tspeak. His face had swollen up like a balloon.Nothing came out of his mouth but copiousamounts of steam came out of his ears. Gradually,people began to realise that Club Paper Jack was afake and business began to drop off. Behaviouraltherapy was not Owd Grandad Piggott’s strongsuit, Not even he could teach an old dog newtricks.

Each month Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott (Alan Povey) will write a unique insight into ourlocal life and its many characters.

His infectious, humorous slant on people provides a different and unusual mix which hopefully willbring a warm smile to the faces of our readers.

This month: Jack Russell Terror

Way’ll give ‘imsome specialstuff an’rebilitate‘im....wayknow ow abiteJack Russells...

“I was learning about how tomake the world better at myschool. I decided I wanted tomake it better for disabledpeople like my cousin Liliannaof Lower Tean who was bornwith half a brain and lots ofother things.

Lilianna goes to TreetopsHospice and has been for years(part of Donna Louise) and sheloves it there and has lots offriends.

I want to do a charity raffleto raise money to give toTreetops. If you could donateany prizes for my Raffle, please contact my [email protected] or donate pennies atwww.justgiving.com/evangelinemai ... or contactus to buy Raffle tickets £1 each!

The list of prizes will be put up when we get

them. I am holding the Raffle atDonna Louise’s Christmas Fayre onSunday 29th November! You canalso text ESTA77 £(and then youramount) to 70070.

My Cousin Lilianna Brassingtonis 16 and disabled. She was bornwith half a brain andSchizenceaphley (clefts in the brain);Microceaphley (small head); Blind;Stomach peg fed; Cerebral Palsy;Full spine rodded due to scoliosis;Von Willebrand Disease (bloodclotting disorder) and malfunctioning platelets; Epilepsy; RibProblems;.

Therefore Lilianna has severe learningdifficulties as she cannot sit, stand, talk etc. Sheneeds 24 hour care, so the work at the Hospice(Treetops, The Donna Louise) is very importantand very appreciated when she goes for her respite.

Theplace isamazingand sowarm and friendly andLilianna loves going! And so do we!

It is overwhelming all the local and not so localcompanies that are supporting my charityendeavour” said Evangeline-Mai.

A Donna Louise spokeswoman commented:“We were so happy when we heard thatEvangeline-Mai (aka: Bam) wanted to fundraisefor The Donna Louise. She has put so much workinto it already and can’t thank her and her mumenough for everything that they’re doing to raisefunds and awareness for their local children’shospice.

Stay tuned to our website(www.donnalouisetrust.org) to see regular blogsfrom Bam on her fundraising journey, says NikkiWrench, Donna Louise Hospice Fundraiser.

Hi, I’m Evangeline-Mai Slaney and I am 8 and live in Cheadle!!

The good old daysCan you identify the facesand locations?See Page 49 for some of the namesto the faces.

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Uttoxeter Golf Club signed off another highlysuccessful year on the course with victory inthe Taskers Trophy final at Wollaton Park

Golf Club. The competition for gentlemen over 50was contested by over 160 teams from more than70 clubs with proceeds going towards supportingjunior golf across 5 counties.

Uttoxeter secured a resounding triumph in thefinal by 6.5 points to 0.5 over fellow finalists,Brierley Forest Golf Club from Nottinghamshire.Andy Teather, Mike Hancock and Geoff Daviesenjoyed comfortable wins in their matches, CarlMander birdied the 17th to win 2&1, MartynPearce sank a 10 footer on the 18th to close outhis match and team captain, Len Woodward, alsoholed out impressively on the last to secure a half

with his opponent.The victory was all the more sweet for Len,

who finally got his hands on the trophy after 22years of trying to win the competition!

The club now has some impressive recentpedigree in the event with this year’s Trophysuccess following on from last year’s triumph byanother team from UGC in the Taskers Platecompetition.

Recent results from the Club

The summer playing season is now drawing toa close. The gentlemen’s club knockoutcompetitions have concluded and the winners are:Keith Coby Cup: Geoff Davies, Keith Coby Salver:

Paul Andrews, Brian Belcher Scratch: BrianBelcher, Joan Appleby Bowl: Jamie Scott and KeithBowring, John Robb Shield: Dan Bullock & ShaunCoates.

The Jubilee Trophy was won by Jamie Scottwith 38 points, the Enterprise Shield was won byTerry Clarke with 42 points and the ChampionsCup was won by Paul Andrews with a net 69.

Trophies for all 2015 major competitionwinners will be presented at the club’s PrizegivingNight on Friday, 20th November.

Cheers Phil!Phil Waghorn was the toast of the Club after he

holed out with his tee shot on the par 3 12th holerecently.

UGC win Taskers

“After many years of tryingno one could be moreproud of the team thatwon the Taskers trophythan me. It’s a greatachievement for a smallclub like ours”Len Woodward, Club Captain

“Many congratulations toLen and his team on thismagnificent victory.Uttoxeter is a relativelysmall club and to achievethis in a competitioninvolving over 70 clubs is anotable event. Well doneto all!”David Howard, Uttoxeter Club Captain

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You can now view recent issues of The Voice online, as well as being able to download them.

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Cheadle Cricket Club 2nd team

Cheadle Cricket Club u15s

Cheadle Cricket Club u13s

Cheadle CricketClub TeamPhotographs

Basketball in the UK has been a slumbering sport eversince the unfortunate funding cuts were made toBasketball England. This however, does not mean the

sport and the passionate people who love it, have allowed itto slide under the bed to gain dust like the once cherishedchildhood toy, Woody in Toy Story!

People from all corners of the UK who share a love forbasketball, have erupted into action. The Guardian newspaperrecently ran an article, following record crowds at the BBLfinals at the O2 arena in London, predicting that within thenext ten years, basketball will be a major sport in the UK.

That’s where we come in! The Uttoxeter Bulls BasketballClub, co-founded by Simon Griffiths and Joe Locker marks itsfirst anniversary this September. As with every new venture, itall started with a vision, a vision to bring something new tothe sporting life of Uttoxeter and the surrounding areas, andhopefully inspire young people to take up basketball andbring it out from beneath the bed so that the UK has anothermainstream sport to be proud of.

Since September 2014, basketball in Uttoxeter has grownto a wondrous degree. It has been a journey of positiveoutcomes. Windsor Park Middle School was our first venuefor the Junior Squad, with the High School Squad at ThomasAlleynes High School, while the Senior Sessions took place atCheadle Leisure Centre. Over 100 Members (From age 9 to50 plus) have attended the Club and over 105 sessions havetaken place in the past twelve months.

The refurbished Uttoxeter Leisure Centre, became theclub’s home in January and the club was formally renamedUttoxeter Bulls. Under the Bulls name, both the Senior Teamand High School Team have taken part in a number offriendly matches. Opponents have been the likes of thephenomenal Coventry Tornadoes and Rugeley Raptors, theBulls also journeyed to Wales to play Aberystwyth University.Whilst, the Junior Team have been training hard and takingtheir game to new levels.

The co-founders are off to University this autumn, but theywill be organising a series of ‘Basketball Camps’, days oftraining, activity and matches, during their vacations so lookout for more information about the first of these in December.

It has been a fantastic year for the Uttoxeter BullsBasketball Club. Thank you to all who have supported us andjoined the basketball movement in Uttoxeter.

The Uttoxeter Bulls -Year One Anniversary

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All-time local soccerHall of Fame TeamBy Roy ‘Razzer’ Astbury

Each month Uttoxeter’s best known character Roy ‘Razzer’Astbury will compile his very own ‘All-Time Local Football Team’which in his opinion is the very best of players past andpresent.‘Razzer’ will create a team in each issue of The Uttoxeter &

Cheadle Voice which he believes incorporates all theingredients of a football outfit which could be unbeatable!He will be delving into his thoughts to remember all the

terrific players in years gone by whilst selecting those who areexceptional in our present day.It should be a fantastic talking point in our community and

no doubt you all will have your views on ‘Razzer’s Hall of Fameteam.If you have your own Hall of Fame team then get involved

and just give Nigel a call at The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice on01538 751629, 0776 784 6937 to tell him or send your teamto: The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice, 3 Spode Close, Cheadle,Staffordshire, ST10 1DT or [email protected]

ALLAN WAINWRIGHTMarchington FC

A very safe keeper whodominated his area and read

the game so well.

ARTHUR ‘GINNTY’WARD

Bamfords FCFast, strong and good in

defence

SAM NUNLEYLeigh FC

A very brave and strongdefender who was hard in

the tackle.

PHIL GRAINGERLeigh UnitedA legend of a backfour centre half, big,tall and a brilliant

tackler.

MICHAEL ‘PIMEY’COLCLOUGHRocester FC

What can you sayabout Michael,tremendous

competitor and agreat man to have in

your side.

JOHN JACKSONRyecroft FC

A great and giftedplayer who could playat the back or inmidfield.

KENNY PALMERWestlands Road FC

A very good link player whowas fast and inventive.

SELWYN SWANWICKRocester FC

Superb direct player whopossessed a great football

brain.

FRANKMEACHEM

Westlands RoadFC

Top class playerwho always posed adanger when

attacking the goal.

MICK APPLEBYMarchington FC

Tremendous forward who couldhit the back of the net with ease.

KARL DEMIDHRocester FC

Great striker who is one of thebest in the area.

Razzer’s Hall of Fame November Team

We have inserted one football club each player has performed for. Obviously, many have played for several clubs in their careers.

Cheadle SMU Chairman andformer Cheadle Town FCplayer Ian Crusher Mortonhas selected his Hall of FameReader’s team based onplayers he played with andagainst from the Cheadle andUttoxeter areas. He playedwith and against so manygood players, he apologisesnow to anyone he has missedout!

Goalkeeper

Paul Frith - Cheadle TownBest keeper of his era, organised hisdefence well, could have played at a higherlevel.

Right Back

Mick Crump - Cheadle TownConverted forward who went onto playmany games, solid reader of the game andwas good cover for anywhere in defence.

Sweeper

Andrew Coleman - Cheadle Town, Captain Great leader, read the game well and solid.Could also play as a holding midfield player.

Centre Half

Jimmy Cartledge - Cheadle United, ViceCaptain Superb defender, consistent, solid nononsense player who could play out fromthe back.

Left back

John Dudley - Blacksmiths Kingsley Holt. Hugely under rated defender,solid tackler quick and versatile.

Right Mid

Gary Plant - Cheadle TownSuperb midfielder great passer, excellentcomposer on the ball and play maker.

Centre Mid

Leon Carney - Cheadle United, BlacksmithsArms, Kingsley HoltTenacious midfielder, always in the centreof trouble who worked hard to win the balland set up play.

Left Mid

Colin Price - Cheadle TownExcellent with both feet, could pass a ballonto a postage stamp and also popped upwith the odd goal with his trusty left foot.

Forward

Colin Kersley - Cheadle TownBrilliant local proven goalscorer who wentonto play at an higher level, could also playin both midfield and defence.

Forward

Mick Collins - RocesterAnother local proven goal scorer who wenton to play at an higher level. Once saw himdo nothing for 75 minutes and then hewent on to score a hat trick.

Winger Dave Rowe - Cheadle UnitedSuperb fast winger with great techniqueand touch - could turn full backs both waysbefore crossing from either wing.

Substitutes

Goalkeeper

Keith Rushton - Cheadle UnitedExcellent keeper

Defender

Jeremy Fallows - Blacksmiths Arms,Kingsley HoltOne of the fittest players in the squad,could play anywhere in the back four.

Midfield

Kevin Rogers - Cheadle TownFittest player I ever played with, tenaciousball winner, could also play in defence.

Forward

Kevin Jasper Booth - Blacksmiths Arms,Kingsley HoltAll his work was in and around the six yardbox, great poacher and goal scorer.


Bake’s MemoirsBy Neil Baker, a Local Sporting Legend

We christened my fifth grandchild recentlyand went out for a meal up at the RedLion at Thorncliffe and met up with an

old workmate of mine from Bolton’s, John Slater. ‘Slate’ worked in the tool room (well he clocked

on and off!) and I was transferred down there fora couple of years which turned out to be anenlightening experience, for me anyway. When youhave a group of twenty five men together for eighthours a day in an enclosed area then anything canhappen and in this department it usually did. Ofcourse with Terry Fowell, John Brown and TonyWebster, football was always near the top of thelist of our conversations.

Over a pint and too brief a chat Johnmentioned that he went out with a group of mateson a Sunday evening to the New Broom atCheckley, one of that group happened to be GeorgeDurose. ‘Duke’as he was known in his youngerdays is never slow to remind them what a goodgoalkeeper he had been in his youth. Well GeorgeI can vouch for that. I don’t think we ever playedtogether in a competitive game but we did playregularly after school down on Churchill Rd ‘rec’.George, I think, would have played for WoodheadAlbion and Cheadle Old Boys and was regardedby many good judges as a top goalkeeper and agood guy to have as your team mate.

As regular readers will have gathered over theyears Pete Swanwick is regarded as the best wehave produced in the area but there are a fewothers that come to mind. Two I played with atCheadle Utd were Frankie Rowe and KeithRushton. Frankie also played with a very goodRocester team whilst Keith played at Stallingtonwhen they were a top side. Paul Frith another finekeeper played with both Cheadle Sunday teams,

Utd and Town. He also donned the No 1 shirt atRocester and Cheadle Town on a Saturday.Another capable goalkeeper I played against andfor was Alan Pedder, Al played with Cheadle OldBoys and Kingsley Utd amongst others and had aseason playing in Leek with me at Vic Robinsons inthe Sunday league. Paul Cotterill, a left footedattacking player was another member of that team.Dennis Bentley another Churchill Roader was anexcellent stopper who played with Cheadle Utdand the ‘old boys’.

I was back in Cheadle a couple of weeks ago towatch another of my grandchildren play a game onthe old Mackenzie School playing fields. This waswhere Cheadle Old Boys played their home games,managed by teacher Mr Tweedy. Was it Dennis orDerek? I and my mates would spend many happyhours watching our football at this venue. TheWhieldons, Ronnie, Les and Gordon. The Plants,Tony, Ivan and Satch all lived in Robina Drivewhich was a hotbed of local talent at that time.

At that time in our lives there would be regulargames played between Robina Drive and ChurchillRd. These would be organised by a couple of theolder lads from the above abodes. No strips justthe same coloured tee shirts. I’m not even surethere would have been a referee! But I amabsolutely sure that nobody would have beeninsured. Good days.

One incident I well remember and may havementioned before was a game the Old Boys playedin at Mackenzie School. In fact Dennis or Georgemight well have been the goalkeeper playing in thegame. I haven’t a clue who the opposition were butone of my mates at the time, Paul Moss, had goneto the game on his pushbike. He was leaning onone of the goalposts and his back wheel would

have been just behind the goal line, a shot from thevisitors beat the goalkeeper but hit the wheel of thepushbike which prevented the ball crossing theline. The visitors protested but the referee couldn’taward the goal. At the end of the game AlanCumberbatch came over to Paul and made a smalldonation!

I’m not a big Rugby fan but must confess I haveenjoyed watching some of the games in the WorldCup held in the UK. The matches were ultra-competitive, in fact frightening to watch at times.Football could learn a lot from this code of sport inhow the players accept the referees decisionsbecause if they don’t they are penalised.

As well has being very physical there is also alot of skill involved and respect for fellow players,refreshing I think in a world where teams,managers and players will stoop to almost anylength to win a game. The home nations have allplayed well at times but have fell short up againstteams from the southern hemisphere. At the time ofwriting we are up to the semi-finals and from whatI’ve seen and my limited knowledge I predict anAustralia v New Zealand final with the All Blackslifting the trophy.

I must also mention the national cricket team.Over in the UAE to play Pakistan they almostpulled off the impossible in the first test. After fourdays of rather laboured cricket to say the least thefifth day almost produced a result. Rashidproducing a spell of bowling that gave our battersa chance and only bad light prevented us going onenil up in the series.

All the best,Bake

Cheadle SMU FC is among 148 local sportsprojects to secure a share of £10 million ofNational Lottery funding from Sport

England’s Inspired Facilities fund. Since 2011, Inspired Facilities has been helping

breathe new life into tired community sportsfacilities and converting existing buildings intovenues suitable for grassroots sport.

Renovation of the former Youth andCommunity Centre and adjoining pitch in KingsleyStaffordshire Moorlands

Cheadle SMU FC will receive £69,861 ofNational Lottery funding to upgrade the facilitiesat the former Youth Club, which in the past was afocal point for the youth of village andsurrounding area to enjoy sport and recreationalactivities. The site has in recent years fallen in todisuse and the club plan to refurbish the buildingto create a base for the football club as well as asite for indoor and outdoor sports and other socialactivities. The football pitch will be improved aswell as the general site tidied up

Sport England Property Director, CharlesJohnston, said: “The Inspired Facilities Fund hashad a huge impact on grassroots sport across thecountry. Since 2011, we’ve invested £94 millioninto more than 1,800 projects to improve andrefurbish sports clubs and transform non-sportingvenues into vibrant community sports clubs.

“It’s great to see Cheadle SMU Football Clubjoin the long list of successful clubs to benefit fromthis fund.”

Club Chairman, Ian Morton, said: “We aredelighted to have secured this investment, whichmeans we can bring the site back into use andcreate a base for the club to continue to developoutstanding local footballers. It is the cornerstoneof our strategy to have an outstanding club for the2012 Olympics’ legacy.”

Vice Chair Martyn Hordern who headed theteam that secured the funding for the club said ‘wehave worked extremelyhard over the last twoyears or so to secure thisfunding and we nowlook forward torealising our ambitions’

Many morecommunities are set tobenefit from the hugelypopular fund with thelatest round of theInspired Facilities nowopen. Community andvoluntary organisations,councils and schools canbid for a share of £20million to help upgrade

facilities that can be unattractive, expensive to runand difficult to maintain, and to convert existingnon-sporting buildings into venues that aresuitable for grassroots sport.

Applying for funding has never been easier.Based on feedback from previous applicants, theInspired Facilities Fund is now an openprogramme which means projects can submitapplications as soon as they are ready rather thanbeing restricted by a specific deadline.

To find out more and bid, visitwww.sportengland.org/inspiredfacilities.

Cheadle SMU FC awarded £69,861of funding from Sport England

Ian Morton (far right), Martyn Hordern, Rob Jones (centre manager) and someof his parents and players who we hope will be playing on the site next year.


Alan’s Football Autobiography by Alan Beaman, a local sporting legend

Irecently went to the British Masters at Woburnand had a fantastic day out. I was given ahospitality day in the Duke of Bedford Suite

where I received first class service, superb oldschool courteous staff who looked after our everyneed all day. It just reminds you of the best game inthe world for etiquette and manners and therespect between the players and caddies isexcellent.

Having been to The Belfry and Forest of Ardenseveral times I think the European tour needs toconsider more English events. Sky did a fantasticjob covering the tournament, with several topplayers doing master classes at the event, it engagedthe golfing public with the players with lots ofquality tuition to be enjoyed.

The English public are extremelyknowledgeable about their golf and we have manytop venues to choose from - let’s hope we can getmore events.

On a personal note I am hoping to resume mygolf if my back will behave itself - having playedfor the first team at Uttoxeter for several years Ihave really missed it, I hope to put in a lot ofpractice this winter to regain my feel for the gamewhich I love to play.

I am very proud to tell you our son Daniel whois a golf professional has took up a professionalspost at the Emirates in Dubai. There were 144

applications for the post from around the world sohe did an excellent Job in securing the position. Heis settling in well in what is a dream job for Dan, Iam hoping to go over shortly to visit him and takein a few events and watch the formula 1 in AbuDhabi, if anyone is visiting Dubai call in at theEmirates to see him.

Back to the football and the entertainment ofChelsea manager Jose Mourinho who has whingedin every way possible to explain Chelsea’s poorstart. In his interview on Sky he was askingeveryone to take responsibility for the start, nowfrom a manager who blows his own trumpet manytimes he knows the buck stops with him, it’s timethe Special One to show some true quality andabsorb the criticism himself like a true professional,keep the rest in the dressing room where it belongs,his clash with his medical staff was embarrassingand did his reputation no good at all - again heneeds to respect his staff.

You are very often judged by your reaction tothe pressure when results go wrong, how refreshingto see Klopp in his first interview saying he his thenormal one who needs the help and qualities ofeveryone at the club, he’s a top guy and I hope heis successful.

Good to hear Shawcross is recovering steadilyat Stoke, so important to the club, Anautavic’srecent form is a bonus for Mark Hughes who

shows a lot of belief in him, he works with him allthe time and I imagine he does some tricks intraining which catch the eye and he has stuck byhim when he has struggled at times.

Now for a few memories going back a longwhile to days when my grandad Sydney Broughwho was a proud miner in Cheadle, fought longand hard for the pitmen of the area to improvetheir conditions, I know he was a strong unionman who was proud to represent his men. He wasalso a member of the Buffs in Cheadle. My mum isalmost 95 and she still has a great memory tellingme lots about him.

My other Grandad Ernest Beaman was also apitman and a keen sportsman in Tean, an excellentbilliard player and crown green bowler also localfootballer, he was seriously injured in the pittrapped between trucks and had to recover up inBlackpool at the miners rest home,whilst there hewon several medals for different sports anotherproud Pitman. He later worked at Creda where hepush biked to everyday.

The football season is in full swing and thecricket season has ended. Congratulations toCheadle Cricket Club on their promotion. The clubhas a long history of success and now needs toconsolidate to regain its glory days.

Sport is in my blood...by Jeff Wood of Cheadle, dedicated to local sport for a lifetime...

On looking through the last edition of TheVoice I noticed some old faces in “TheGood Old Days” section which brought

back memories of the past.I noticed in the Elkes factory football team of

the seventies (or could it have been sixties) a guy inglasses named A. Taylor. If my memory is correct,it’s the same player who used to turn out forWestlands Rovers in the old Uttoxeter League teamof the sixties. I remember playing one Saturdayafternoon at Westlands Road long ago when theselfsame A. Taylor completely ran the show frommidfield for the Rovers.

In the Bob Mellor Academy Team of the sixtiesI spotted Eddie “Ted” Clinton. I played cricketquite a bit with Ted but my best memories are ofplaying against him. Ted was a really fast bowlerwith a fearsome run up. His line was OK but hislength varied considerably from ball to ball suchthat the batsman never knew whether the nextdelivery would be a bouncer or a high full pitch. Iwas very wary of facing Ted (helmets were unheardof in those days) and I recall one game at Oldfieldswhen I won the toss, elected as ever to bat andprepared myself to open. I was unaware that Tedwas playing for the opposition as he arrived just intime for the game and, to my dismay, when I facedthe first ball to my horror I saw that Ted wasopening the bowling. Luckily for me I survivedthat time. There was, however, another occasion atOakamoor when I was recovering from being hitin the eye the previous week. My left eye, afterbeing black for about five days, was beginning toopen and I could just about see well enough to bat.

Again, I was unaware until I got to the middle thatTed was bowling. As expected, the first couple ofballs were short and went whistling past my nose.I though if I could get a bat on the ball rather thanduck or leave it I might just end up with a run ortwo. The next ball was a head high full toss (fulltosses weren’t no balls then) to which I steppedback and cut over the head of the slips to theboundary. I may not have lasted long and it mayhave been somewhat of a relief to me when I gotout but I did get a few in unusually quick time thatday. I always preferred to play with Ted Clinton onmy side rather than against him !

In the same Good Old Days section, picturedplaying for Abbots Bromley FC 1972/73 was avery youthful Terry Clarke. As I’ve stated before inthis column, Terry is a guy who my lads and I willalways hold in the highest esteem for the fine workhe did with them at Cheadle CC.

On a sad note, in view of our Editor’s recenthospitalisation I had to provide copy for both theSeptember and October editions a few weeks early.Consequently I was unable to record my respectsto three local sportsmen who passed from us in thelate summer. It is appropriate that I should do sonow, although rather belatedly.

First there was Mick Thorley, who I had thepleasure of knowing and playing cricket with morethan forty years ago. Mick was a person who Iwould describe as the salt of the earth. Nothingwas too much trouble to him when he played forBramshall during the days when his father in lawStan Lister was Club secretary. Mick was a truegentleman and I did see him quite a few times in

more recent at Oakamoor when he was watchinghis son in law Darren and grandson Callum play.

Then there was Pete Burston. I never playedfootball with Pete but I played against him manytimes. Anyone who saw that Pete was about totackle them usually had to take immediate evasiveaction. Pete and myself used to go out sociallytogether at times in the days when we worked atFroghall in the early sixties. I used to have to watchmy step in some of the seedier joints we used tofrequent but it didn’t seem to bother Pete at all.After Froghall, Pete went on to have a successfulcareer in the police force. I see his youngestbrother Paul regularly watching Leek Town, wherehe is a past Chairman. Paul tells me that Pete hadsuffered badly from ill health during his latteryears. Although it was an end to his suffering, Iwas sad to hear that he had passed away.

Finally there was Phil Murfin, or Mr. Ball HayeGreen as he may have been better known. Phil hadbeen a tremendous stalwart of that football clubfor the majority of his life. His early career datedback to the days of the Manchester League. Lateron I played against him in the Leek and MoorlandLeague many times and he was always hard butfair, I last saw him a couple of years ago when hewas at the Green doing various essential jobs suchas making tea for the spectators, then after thegame sweeping the dressing rooms out. What aclub man Phil was. He was also a distant relative ofmine as we shared the same uncle and aunt.

Three sportsmen who have gone from us andwhose like we shall never see again.


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The Good Old Days photographs onpages 42-43 have been identified as:

1 Some of the employees of ElkesBiscuits who helped to make theRoyal Wedding Cake for PrincessMargaret’s Wedding in 1960.Left to Right: Mrs. S. Kyte, Mr. F.Hodges, Mrs. K. Campion, Mrs.O. Bettany, Mr. G. Moore, Mr. J.Hutchinson, Mr. M. Howkins,Miss P. Insley, Mrs. E. Lyons &Mr. C. Ashmore

2 In 2000 a local racehorse, Tilty,received the accolade of a racebeing named after him atHuntingdon Racecourse. Ownedby Cheadle Racing, Tilty won ahandicap hurdle race at the trackon the same Wednesday threeyears running which promptedHuntingdon Racecourse toarrange to name this race afterTilty which is quite unusual inthe UK. Three of CheadleRacing’s owners Nigel Titterton,Bill Plant and Joe Bland arepictured presenting the winningconnections of Tilty’s race, with atrophy in their horse’s honour.Tilty won 8 races in a wonderfulcareer, including theBoddington’s Hurdle at theCheltenham Racecourse’sNovember meeting, which wasbeamed live on Channel 4. Amarvellous horse who is stillenjoying life today at WetleyRocks at his beloved ex-trainershome of Andy and DonnaStreeter!

3 Uttoxeter Police & GuestsCricket Side c. 1980’s. Back Row: Derek Sault, JohnHalstead, Roy Cockshutt, Andy

Smith, Eddie Clinton, DaveSmith, Nick Ridge & Eric Salt. Front Row: John Giblin, GaryInglis, John Chatfield, Bob Tires& Billy Pritchard

4 The Late Doris Arnold (neeWilliams), Landlady of the VaultsPH, Uttoxeter pictured with hersons Rob to the right of her andDean Bottom Left with therefriends Steve and Daz Beech tothe left and right of Rob at aChurch fund raising event in the70’s.

5 St John’s RC Primary School,Alton, Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 in1995. Top Mr J. Chadwick,James Foster, Laura Campbell,Lisa Taylor, Ryan Butler, BenCrutchley, Katie Sowter, AlexDarragh, Hayley Deville, MrsBorthwick. Middle: AdamDeville, Thomas Corfield, TomSowter, Alex Cowans, RobertCowans, Kelly Goodwin,Gemma Tompkinson, JemmaCliffe, Andrea Morley, AimeeTitterton. Bottom: Robert Ottey,Thomas Burrows, HannahKeeling, Jamie Campbell, BarryEvans, Thomas Murray, DanielKilgallan, Russell Booth, HollyMitchell, Christopher Jervis, AmyBradley.

6 Bamfords Works Wonders LadiesFootball Team 1962-65Back Row: Eileen Rushton,Unknown, Margaret Wain,Vivian Brittain, Dot Phillips,UnknownFront Row: Unknown, AnneDraycott, Vivienne Dodd, SylviaSwinson & Unknown

The good old days

On the OcheBy Dave Jones of UttoxeterLife President of the Uttoxeter and District Darts League.

May I start this month by saying a big thankyou to all you darts players for turning outto play on August 21st in support of

Dementia UK. Thanks a lot to Pat and Ken atBradley House Club for giving extra trophies andraffle prize.

The evening was a good success with a juniorevent played by Sam Barker and Corrie Beech. Welldone lads. A ladies tournament won by mine hostPat Beech, well done and thank you girls.

Then the mens tournament, playing for theCharlie Cope trophy, an ongoing yearly event whichwas won by Mick Plevin. On the night £300 wasraised, started off eith a cash donation from theCope family – thank you so much for that.

Also could I thank the following for theirsupport – a case of wine from a good friend Stevecarpenter, trophies from the Staffordshire cobbler,Meal for Two from The White Hart Hotel,

donations also from Asda Uttoxeter and The BlackSwan. Well done!!

On top of all this The Uttoxeter Mens Darts andCrib League at their AGM gave another £300 toraise the total to £600 which is now in the hands ofDementia UK. Thank you very much indeedeveryone.

To give you all an update a breakthrough byProfessor james Timmons and his team at KingsCollege London has just been discovered, so goodluck to them and everybody who is trying to curethis awful illness.

The money you raised means another AdmiralNurse will be available to help with somebody’smental turmoil. So again thank you very much.

Back on the darts front this Summer Ive beenplaying again in the Tean and District League forThe Black Swan Uttoxeter and thanks to my team-mates we won the league yet again and to put the

icing on the cake followed up by wining a cup also– what a team!

So now everybody os getting ready to start TheWinter League again, may I say good luck to youall; it will be good to see you again.

In the spring of this year my Editor Nigel rangme to ask could I do him a favour! So during thesummer yours truly has been helping out at CheadleCricket Club and can I say thank you for makingnot only myself but Jackie as well so welcome.

What a wonderful set of people you are, thecricket teams play with so much passion and thelads are a really good crack. On top of that verysuccessful too, they are league and cup winners also.

In closing thank you Tracey at Cheadle CC forlooking after me with food and cups of tea, peoplewill say Jones’y drinking tea – never! But it’s true, sofor now take care and look after one another

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