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Issue <strong>144</strong> <strong>December</strong><br />
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<strong>2022</strong><br />
Wishing a Merry<br />
Christmas to all<br />
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Celebrating<br />
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So proud of our town centre<br />
Small businesses can help provide bargains and<br />
more meaningful gifts on a budget this<br />
Christmas, says Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins<br />
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HRISTMAS is always a special and magical time.<br />
But the build up to Christmas feels very different<br />
this year – and not just because of the unseasonably<br />
mild weather and the winter World Cup!<br />
The rising cost-of-living and ongoing energy crisis, means many<br />
families have less disposable income and will be shopping on a<br />
tighter budget than usual. Lots of us will be looking for bargains<br />
or for gifts that may not be expensive, but are often more unique<br />
and thoughtful.<br />
As someone with a huge love of Chesterfield town centre, I<br />
hope that others will consider checking out the local independent<br />
shops and market stalls which can be the perfect place to find a<br />
bargain or that special gift.<br />
Over the last few weeks, I have been asking you to send me<br />
details of your favourite local shops, which I will then be visiting<br />
on Small Business Saturday.<br />
Small Business Saturday takes place every year on the first<br />
Saturday of <strong>December</strong> and is a grass roots, non-commercial<br />
campaign, which highlights small business success and<br />
encourages consumers to 'shop local' and support small<br />
businesses in their communities.<br />
Chesterfield is packed with unique shops – favourites of mine<br />
include Tall Bird Records, Huckleberry Willow, the Bee Orchid<br />
Home & Gifts, RD Models on Sheffield Road and many more –<br />
and the variety of market stalls can provide super special gifts.<br />
There will also be a Chesterfield Artisan Market on 18th<br />
<strong>December</strong>. The Artisan Market, which is usually held on the last<br />
Sunday of every month, has been a real success for the town and<br />
brings people in from miles around.<br />
It is a real highlight of the town’s calendar and is filled with<br />
home-made and unique products, created by local craftspeople.<br />
The usual markets on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays offer<br />
bargains, some of the best fruit and veg, and lots of the<br />
Christmas staples that you need.<br />
Whilst changing shopping habits and the increase in online<br />
retail has seen changes to our town centre and reduced market<br />
shopping across the country, Chesterfield continues to punch<br />
above its weight and has a lower shop vacancy rate than the<br />
ORE Derbyshire hosts are being sought for<br />
refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.<br />
The Derbyshire resettlement partnership, which includes the<br />
county council, district and borough councils and other public<br />
sector agencies, and charitable organisations, is seeking more<br />
people who may be keen to support the<br />
Homes for Ukraine scheme.<br />
The partnership is particularly interested in<br />
hearing from people who may have already<br />
expressed an interest to offer accommodation<br />
to Ukrainian people but have yet to be<br />
matched with a guest.<br />
New hosts are being sought for a range of<br />
reasons. These include to help support Ukrainian guests whose<br />
original accommodation hasn’t worked out, or where their<br />
original hosts have had changes to their personal<br />
circumstances, meaning they are unable to continue to offer the<br />
use of their home.<br />
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Toby hunting down festive bargains in the Market Place<br />
national average.<br />
Visitors from Mansfield, Ashfield and other areas often remark<br />
on the attractiveness of our town centre and how busy and<br />
bustling it feels in comparison to their own. This is ironic because<br />
many Chesterfield folk only say: ”It’s not as busy as it was.”<br />
But having a town centre that continues to thrive is a<br />
responsibility for all of us. Only by shopping locally can we<br />
ensure our town centre is there for future generations.<br />
I would urge people to make the most of the independent<br />
shops, range of retailers and excellent cafes when shopping this<br />
Christmas. You might find the perfect gift, and at a bargain price.<br />
I hope all Chesterfield folk have a very Merry Christmas and a<br />
Happy New Year!<br />
Can you help Homes for Ukraine scheme?<br />
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In addition, as more visa applications are approved with<br />
arrivals looking to make Derbyshire their temporary home,<br />
further hosts are needed to help meet demand.<br />
Currently, there are known to be around 1,100 Ukrainian<br />
refugees who have joined Derbyshire hosts.<br />
Prospective hosts need to be able to offer<br />
accommodation for a minimum of six months,<br />
and those who are successfully matched to<br />
Ukrainian guests are offered a £350 per month<br />
‘thank you’ payment.<br />
Hosts should also expect to provide a basic<br />
level of support including welcoming their<br />
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The Dalton Roofing team from left to right: Rachel, Ruby, Paul, Phil Dalton MIoR, Will, Helen, Olivia.<br />
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to its 25-strong team of employees. Proud members of the National Federation of Roofing<br />
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One of the latest craftsmen to join the Sheepbridge-based team is site manager Paul Stephenson.<br />
Paul, from Sheffield, can count on 36 years experience in roofing.<br />
He said “Today, almost everything is mechanically fixed, whereas in the old days everything was<br />
fixed with sand and cement.<br />
“Many of today’s roofers haven’t been taught the older methods, but from time to time, on<br />
certain older properties we have to return to the old ways. It’s something I like doing because it’s<br />
obviously what I was brought up with. But a trowel is something of a mystery to people coming<br />
into the trade nowadays!”<br />
Paul said he was introduced to the world of roofing by chance.<br />
“I was working somewhere else and my friend, who was a roofer, asked me if I wanted to help<br />
him. I said, ‘Yes, okay,’ and that was in 1986.<br />
“I started learning more and more about the job and that’s something that carries on today. I still<br />
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First World War hero finally<br />
The DNA from a Chesterfield man helped to<br />
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RIVATE Herbert Greaves, 28, from Walkley,<br />
Sheffield, is thought to have been wounded in a<br />
World War I battle near Arras, in France, and died<br />
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In the chaos of conflict, he was never properly buried, and his<br />
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Rosie Barron and colleagues, from the Ministry of Defence’s<br />
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family, confirming his identity via a DNA test.<br />
One of Pte Greaves’ three surviving grandchildren, David<br />
Dickson, from Dronfield, together with wife June and sons Lee<br />
and Simon, travelled to France earlier this month to see Pte<br />
Greaves buried with full military honours at the cemetery.<br />
The emotional service was organised by the JCCC and<br />
supported by 5th Battalion The Rifles who bore the coffin.<br />
Pte Greaves was born in Walkley, Sheffield, in 1889. He was<br />
married to Jane and they had a son, who was also named<br />
Herbert, and a daughter, also Jane. He joined The King's Own<br />
Yorkshire Light Infantry following the outbreak of World War I. He<br />
initially served with 2nd Battalion, was wounded in September,<br />
1916, and at some stage transferred to 6th Battalion. He died on<br />
15th May, 1917, during the Battle of Arras.<br />
Pte Greaves’ remains were uncovered in 2019 during<br />
maintenance work on the footpath outside the cemetery where<br />
they had laid for 102 years.<br />
Based on the location of the find, JCCC determined it was most<br />
likely the remains belonged to a soldier of 6th Battalion KOYLI.<br />
The soldier had been bandaged, so it was considered likely that<br />
he had been wounded and treated prior to his death.<br />
Further research found that although 6th Battalion were in the<br />
line east of Heninel between 6th and 15th May, 1917, on 10th May<br />
their position in the line had changed, when they took over<br />
positions in the line further south. They remained in these new<br />
positions until being relieved on 15th May.<br />
When their positions changed, so did their medical evacuation<br />
Pte Herbert Greaves<br />
chain. From 10th May, 1917, they began to use the crossroads<br />
north of Heninel Communal Cemetery Extension, known as<br />
‘Hairpin Bend’ as a loading post for ambulances.<br />
JCCC found it likely the soldier had been wounded after that<br />
date, been treated in the line and then brought to Hairpin Bend<br />
to be placed on an ambulance for evacuation. He may then have<br />
died there and been left at Heninel Communal Cemetery<br />
Extension for burial.<br />
Once the remains had been linked with 6th Battalion KOYLI, and<br />
a likely casualty identified, the investigators traced Pte Greaves’<br />
grandson, David’s cousin, Alan Greaves, in Walton, Chesterfield.<br />
The funeral at Heninel Communal Cemetery where the Pte Greaves’ grave is marked by a headstone (Photos: Danielle Roubrooeks)<br />
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laid to rest<br />
DNA testing against the remains was carried out, confirming the<br />
identity of the casualty as Pte Greaves. Other relatives were told<br />
the amazing news as David and Alan had lost touch over the<br />
years.<br />
David said: “Elated is the word I’d use. When our son read out<br />
the email from Rosie Barron at JCCC to say they had actually<br />
discovered the remains of our grandfather, it was quite<br />
emotional. He suddenly became a real person to us.<br />
“We managed to connect with our cousin, whom we hadn’t<br />
seen for many years, who did the DNA test. He managed to find<br />
a photo of our grandfather amongst his father’s papers so we<br />
could put a face to the name.”<br />
David’s sister, Jane Needham, another of Herbert’s<br />
grandchildren, was also closely following events from her home<br />
in Meadowhead, Sheffield. Pte Greaves had a fourth grandchild,<br />
Robert, who has sadly passed away.<br />
The ceremony took place in pouring rain and David and his<br />
family were invited to a reception afterwards hosted by the local<br />
Mayor.<br />
Rosie, said: “Pte Greaves remained missing for over 100 years,<br />
although he lay just metres from the entrance to Heninel<br />
Communal Cemetery Extension. Having come so close to having<br />
a known grave, in the heat of war, he became lost.<br />
“He now rests amongst his comrades and his story is complete.<br />
Although not all<br />
of Pte Greaves’<br />
grandchildren<br />
were able to<br />
attend his burial<br />
service, it has<br />
been a privilege<br />
to meet them<br />
and to have<br />
played a part in<br />
solving the<br />
mystery<br />
Grandson David Dickson is<br />
presented with the Union Flag<br />
from Pte Greaves’ coffin<br />
surrounding<br />
their<br />
grandfather’s<br />
death.”<br />
The service was conducted by Rev Martin Robbins CF, Chaplain<br />
to 9th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps.<br />
He said: “Pte Greaves is just one of many young men and<br />
women who answered the call of the nation in its time of need.<br />
He typifies the selfless commitment of his generation who put<br />
themselves in harm’s way to protect the way of life of others<br />
whom he would never know.<br />
“To that end, it is only fitting and right that we lay him to rest<br />
alongside his brothers in arms, with the dignity and respect he<br />
deserves.<br />
“I feel incredibly honoured to be asked to do this on behalf of<br />
his family and fellow service men and women, who continue in<br />
the that same service of selfless commitment, protecting our<br />
nation and its way of life.”<br />
David had known his grandfather had died in battle but<br />
assumed he had a stone somewhere in France.<br />
Pte Greaves’ grave is now be marked by a headstone provided<br />
by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, who will care for<br />
his final resting place in perpetuity.<br />
Director for the France Area at the Commonwealth War Graves<br />
Commission, Xavier Puppinck, said on the day of the ceremony:<br />
“Pte Greaves paid the ultimate sacrifice fighting for his country<br />
105 years ago. It is our honour to be part of today’s ceremony to<br />
lay this brave man to rest, and to renew our commitment to<br />
remember him and his fallen comrades.”<br />
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I<br />
N the blink of an eye, Christmas is upon us once<br />
more. It seems to have come around so quickly this<br />
year, but maybe a dose of festive cheer is what we all<br />
need to lift our spirits in these times of political and<br />
economic uncertainty.<br />
Chesterfield has, once again, risen to the challenge and<br />
delivered a packed programme of events and entertainment<br />
for all the family, from the annual lights switch-on,<br />
pantomime and Santa cruises on the canal to the Elf Trail<br />
and, of course, shopping.<br />
With the high street facing a tough battle for market share,<br />
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discover in person what our high street has to offer. I can<br />
assure you it has something for everyone – from independent<br />
retailers and market stall holders to high street chains, all<br />
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food on your table and the drink in your hand. We really<br />
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‘Friendly is the word that<br />
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Truth about our Spire<br />
Dear <strong>Twist</strong>,<br />
READING your entertaining piece on the dear old Crooked<br />
Spire in your recent <strong>issue</strong> reminded me of the time I visited<br />
Godalming.<br />
I had previously learned that the spires at Chesterfield and a few<br />
other locations were copies of an original at Amiens; so, one day in<br />
1960, I was in the area and decided to pay a visit to Godalming.<br />
On arrival, I found an obviously well-built, stable structure not in<br />
the least likely to collapse any time soon,<br />
I was told that over the centuries, due to weight of the lead, some<br />
minor distortions had occurred in the frame but that was all.<br />
Interestingly, Godalming spire has a "broached" base; that is,<br />
additional triangular panels included to convert the octagonal spire<br />
into a square one at the point where it meets the tower. The point<br />
here is that the purely cosmetic feature would have added<br />
substantial costs.<br />
Anyway, I left firmly convinced that the cause of the Crooked<br />
Spire's magnificent "kink", twist and leans maybe summarised in<br />
four words: ‘the money ran out’! Not very romantic I know, sorry<br />
about the devils and the virgins!<br />
Whatever the cause, the important point is that the Crooked Spire<br />
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Godalming wish they had one?<br />
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Murders in the shadow of<br />
Flashback to the early 1960s when gay<br />
men were persecuted and branded as<br />
criminals and a serial murderer was on<br />
the loose locally. Derbyshire journalist and<br />
author Alan Hurndall (pictured) shares the<br />
background to his brand new true-crime<br />
thriller, The Crooked Spire Killings<br />
A<br />
S an investigative author specialising in local true<br />
crime, after writing about the murders of a Peak<br />
District family at Pottery Cottage, I wondered what<br />
could possibly be next. Surely nothing could be as<br />
dramatic as the evil slaughter by escaped prisoner<br />
William Hughes? I was wrong.<br />
I was contacted by Angela Fry, the widow of a former colleague<br />
on the Sheffield Telegraph, who was clearing out her loft and<br />
had stumbled upon her late husband Tony’s cuttings from his<br />
days as a reporter. Would I be interested in reading them as a<br />
basis for a possible future book?<br />
I collected a cardboard box from her home in Bradway. It<br />
contained a file of Tony’s 60-year-old yellowed cuttings, all<br />
neatly assembled in date order, his immaculate shorthand<br />
notebooks, even his snuff box. I sat down in my Dronfield home<br />
and began reading.<br />
They centred on a trial in 1965 of Michael Copeland, a former<br />
soldier from Chesterfield, who was accused of three brutal<br />
murders. Two of the victims were men he picked up in<br />
Chesterfield, drove to the Peak District, murdered, and dumped<br />
a few yards apart in Clod Hall Lane. The third was a 15-year-old<br />
boy stabbed to death near a British Army base in Germany.<br />
The more I found out, the more fascinating and disturbing it<br />
became. It remains one of Britain’s most historic criminal<br />
Victims William Elliott (left) and George Stobbs<br />
Michael Copeland<br />
investigations, and the biggest ever carried out by police in<br />
Derbyshire. Over five years, around 100,000 people in<br />
Chesterfield and surrounding towns and villages were<br />
questioned.<br />
The 1960s will of course be remembered as the decade of<br />
revolution in sex equality, civil rights, fashion, music and social<br />
attitudes. But as the new decade dawned, conscription was only<br />
slowly being phased out, the death penalty was still in place and<br />
homosexuality was illegal.<br />
Many male sexual relationships had to be secretive, liaisons<br />
confined to seedy places like public lavatories, dark alleyways<br />
and isolated sports in the countryside. Gay men were derided<br />
and despised by the public and blackmailed and bullied by the<br />
police.<br />
Copeland was not only homophobic, but harboured a hatred<br />
for both heterosexual and homosexual sex. The town of<br />
Chesterfield came under national media spotlight.<br />
My latest book – the Crooked Spire Killings – follows the police<br />
investigation from Chesterfield to the North German plains of<br />
Verden where Copeland served as a driver with No 1 Signal<br />
Regiment of the Royal Signals.<br />
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Sunday,<br />
Road closed. Clod Hall Lane where Copeland dumped the bodies<br />
It hasn’t been an easy project. I<br />
discovered that the case files are sealed<br />
from public view by the National Archive<br />
until, wait for it, the year 2050 – more than<br />
90-years after the first murder.<br />
Attempts to gain access under the<br />
Freedom of Information Act have been<br />
thwarted by both the Director of Public<br />
Prosecutions and Derbyshire Police.<br />
The investigation was riddled with<br />
controversy with claims of harassment of<br />
homosexual men by police, accusations by<br />
Copeland that he was hounded day and<br />
night by detectives until he cracked, and<br />
an inappropriate relationship with some of<br />
the officers in the case who took him out<br />
on the town, gave him money and helped<br />
him find work.<br />
One of the more pleasing personal<br />
aspects was tracking down the family of<br />
one of the victims and explaining the full<br />
truth of what happened to their loved one,<br />
branded a “pervert” by the press and<br />
police.<br />
George Stobbs, an industrial chemist<br />
living in Chesterfield and working for the<br />
former Trebor factory, was married and a<br />
loving father of two sons. But he was<br />
leading a secret life, at night seeking out the<br />
Alan Hurndall’s book<br />
company of other gay men in the town.<br />
After his murder, his widow returned to London to train as a teacher. His sons were away at<br />
boarding school at the time of his murder and were never told the full details of what<br />
happened to their father, a former Army intelligence officer, who played cards with them and<br />
who took them fishing.<br />
George’s grandaughter believes he visited her in a series of<br />
dreams urging her to seek out the truth of his death. This led to her<br />
stumbling by chance on a chapter about his murder in a true crime<br />
book. She then had the delicate task of telling her grandfather -<br />
then in his 50s - what actually happened to his father.<br />
Jerry Stobbs, now in his 70s, said to me: “Thank you so much for<br />
helping me to come to terms with the full details of dad’s murder. I<br />
tend to bottle things away but now I can face up to how he died<br />
and the life he led.”<br />
• The Crooked Spire Killings was published on November 1st,<br />
priced £11.95. For details on how to purchase a copy, email<br />
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June 12th, 1960:<br />
Fred Clarke lived in a small<br />
detached house on Park Road,<br />
Chesterfield, opposite Queen’s<br />
Park. It was a delightful spot.<br />
Derbyshire played half their cricket<br />
matches there and in his garden in<br />
summer he often heard the ‘thwack’<br />
of leather on willow and the ripple of<br />
polite applause drifting over the park<br />
perimeters.<br />
But it was a far more dramatic sound<br />
that woke him in the middle of the<br />
night - a loud crash which he would<br />
later describe as a small explosion.<br />
This was followed by complete<br />
silence - ‘no footsteps, no moans...<br />
nothing.’<br />
He sprang out of bed and looked<br />
out of the window. A bubble car had<br />
overturned on the road, having<br />
obviously collided with a lamp-post.<br />
He rushed out fearing that the driver<br />
might be trapped inside. The vehicle<br />
was smashed and twisted. Its lights<br />
were off. The engine had stopped<br />
running but was contracting gently.<br />
The road was covered in debris -<br />
fragments of glass, a pair of hornrimmed<br />
spectacles, a quantity of<br />
boiled sweets, and a lower set of<br />
dentures.<br />
What Fred thought must have been<br />
petrol flowed from the wreckage and<br />
down along the gutter, but strangely it<br />
smelt more like vinegar. In fact, it<br />
would transpire that a bottle of<br />
Sarson’s malt had exploded. He<br />
dropped to his haunches to see if<br />
anyone was inside. Empty.<br />
Bizarrely, a pair of shoes, with the<br />
laces tied, was wedged on the floor of<br />
the driver’s seat as if someone had<br />
stepped out of them. What appeared<br />
to be bracken littered the seats and<br />
floor. There were splashes of blood<br />
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the centre of the seat. There were<br />
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around the smashed window and on<br />
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The street was deserted and lights<br />
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“What’s happened, Fred?”<br />
“Call the police,” he shouted back.<br />
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The nation’s favourite sandwich is...<br />
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Rounding off the top three is the classic cheese sandwich.<br />
The result does mean some hugely popular classics missed out<br />
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Elsewhere, in an age-old debate, is it a cob? Is it a barmcake? Is<br />
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Almost a third of the UK (31%) named the controversial sandwich<br />
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One in five of those surveyed named mayo the nation’s<br />
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Tried & Tested<br />
Step this way for fun and fitness<br />
F<br />
OR any woman who loves dance,<br />
musicals and all things jazzy, I’ve<br />
just discovered a place where you can<br />
forget about everything else for an<br />
hour, have a giggle and step out like<br />
no-one is watching.<br />
And what a great experience my lunchtime<br />
session at Katy Robinson Fitness Fusion was.<br />
Dropping in on one of their famous ‘On<br />
Broadway’® Dance Fitness classes, I<br />
received a particularly warm welcome from<br />
all the ladies. Katy introduced me the to<br />
class and everyone was enthusiastic and<br />
friendly.<br />
Everyone had their own reason for being<br />
there. Some told me they were carers and<br />
this gets them out of their house, offering a<br />
chance to laugh and not think about<br />
anything other than the dance steps.<br />
Some used to dance but didn’t want to<br />
return to it with any pressure, just happy to<br />
join in and keep on dancing.<br />
A younger woman explained she lacked<br />
self-confidence, and this has helped build her self-esteem. She<br />
has made new friendships and they also socialise outside the<br />
class.<br />
Making new friends and having fun getting fit seem to be<br />
the main reason for joining. I loved the fact there were no<br />
mirrors, and no judgment; even if you have two left feet, no-one<br />
cares.<br />
Katy just loves what she does, teaching dance, and it came<br />
across with her enthusiasm. She never stopped smiling and just<br />
encouraged everyone to have fun.<br />
There was plenty of laughter, especially when we were using<br />
props such as hats, canes and feather boas with proper musical<br />
dance routines.<br />
Group members learn a new dance routine every four weeks<br />
and during my session we danced to Take That’s ‘Let it Shine’.<br />
They also showed me the show line ‘kick’ which I loved, feeling<br />
like a real showgirl. And at the end they demonstrated to me one<br />
of the routines they had recently learned which was to ‘Fame’<br />
I never stopped smiling, and nor did the girls who were amazing<br />
and I was envious of how good they all were.<br />
Although they were all different ages and sizes, no-one cared<br />
and everyone just got along.<br />
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All smiles from Katy<br />
Robinson and some of<br />
her dance enthusiasts<br />
Magazine sales team member<br />
Diane Bender raises her<br />
hat to the lunchtime session<br />
One member, who had kept a count of the<br />
steps, did 6,600 in one session - a great way<br />
to get fit and it doesn't even feel like<br />
exercise.<br />
Many of the class members were local, but<br />
others travel from as far away as Worksop to<br />
enjoy the Katy Robinson dance experience.<br />
And even if you can't get to a class, Katy<br />
offers lessons on Zoom - nine were at home<br />
joining in the class I attended.<br />
I would recommend it to anyone who<br />
doesn't like the idea of going to a gym but<br />
wants to get fit, make new friends and have<br />
fun. Classes are held at Walton and<br />
Brampton in Chesterfield, Ecclesall Road in<br />
Sheffield and also in Bakewell.<br />
‘On Broadway’® Dance Fitness offers a free<br />
taster class for any woman wanting to dance<br />
and have fun and you can discover more at:<br />
www.katyrobinsonfitnessfusion.co.uk<br />
Regular classes are held in Chesterfield,<br />
Sheffield and Bakewell
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Plea for more Schoolreaders<br />
C<br />
HILDREN’S literacy charity Schoolreaders is<br />
looking for more volunteers who can help spread<br />
the joy of reading to children in primary schools around<br />
Chesterfield.<br />
A survey of young people by the National Literacy Trust<br />
revealed that reading enjoyment had reached a 15 year low,<br />
rallying slightly in the pandemic before declining again by <strong>2022</strong>,<br />
especially amongst those from disadvantaged backgrounds and<br />
amongst boys. The Annual Literacy survey found that fewer than<br />
one in two children aged eight to 18 enjoyed reading with only<br />
28% reading daily.<br />
Schoolreaders is looking for volunteers of all ages – from<br />
students to the retired - who can listen to children read in a local<br />
primary school, especially at those schools where children<br />
require support the most. Volunteers are asked to listen to<br />
children read once a week during term time.<br />
Worryingly, one in four children leave primary school every<br />
summer unable to read to the expected standard and the<br />
Schoolreaders scheme is now more in demand than ever.<br />
Schoolreaders volunteers act as trusted role models alongside<br />
the class teachers, not only helping children improve their<br />
reading but also by being a positive influence.<br />
Jane Whitbread, founder of Schoolreaders, said: “Children who<br />
leave primary school unable to read well can’t access their<br />
secondary schooling fully which will disadvantage them for life.<br />
“One in seven adults have poor literacy and cannot read<br />
‘Dig deep’ is local<br />
foodbank’s call<br />
A<br />
MID the cost-of-living crisis, Bridge Help is urging local businesses to dig<br />
deep and donate to its annual Christmas collection for Chesterfield<br />
Foodbank.<br />
With food banks across Britain warning of a “completely unsustainable” surge in demand<br />
that will prevent them feeding the hungriest families this winter, Bridge Help has brought<br />
forward its annual appeal in order to collect as much as possible.<br />
Launched in 2020, Bridge Help’s annual fundraising appeal has enabled the commercial<br />
finance company to donate more than £5,500 of food and toiletries to Chesterfield<br />
Foodbank.<br />
Bridge Help is inviting people to donate either money or non-perishable food and toiletries.<br />
All monetary donations will be used to buy much-needed items and donated to Chesterfield<br />
Foodbank.<br />
The annual appeal is organised by Phoebe Sellars, who is a business development manager<br />
at Bridge Help, as well as a trustee of Chesterfield Citizens Advice in her spare time.<br />
Phoebe said: “As a volunteer for Chesterfield Citizens Advice, I am hearing first-hand how<br />
the cost-of-living crisis is affecting people in the community. Some of the stories are<br />
heartbreaking. Rather than sit and wait until <strong>December</strong> we decided to bring our appeal<br />
forward. This will hopefully enable us to collect as much as possible and make a very real<br />
difference to local people who will be forced to use this vital service over winter.”<br />
The Trussell Trust, which supports Chesterfield Foodbank, has warned of ‘an accelerated<br />
crisis across the UK, with more families being forced to the doors of food banks in need of<br />
emergency food.’<br />
Chesterfield Foodbank has already seen a rise in demand this year which has resulted in<br />
the opening an additional centre in Hasland earlier this year to accommodate demand.<br />
In a survey by the Independent Food Aid Network UK, nearly 90% of the organisations<br />
representing 169 food banks said demand had risen since April <strong>2022</strong> and 87% said they had<br />
been hit with supply <strong>issue</strong>s.<br />
Donations to the Bridge Help Chesterfield Foodbank Appeal can be made until Friday, 16th<br />
<strong>December</strong>. You can drop off donations at Bridge Help’s offices on Old Brick Works Lane, off<br />
Sheffield Road. Call ahead to arrange a drop off time. Call Phoebe on 0333 303 4681.<br />
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Local Schoolreader volunteer Freda helps a young student<br />
instructions on a medicine label or a bus timetable or fill in a job<br />
application form. Working together we can change this.<br />
“There is no substitute for face-to-face interaction and support<br />
when it comes to reading. Our volunteers provide a crucial<br />
supplement to classroom teaching and are welcomed by schools<br />
- and the children.<br />
“If more children gain pleasure from reading from an early age<br />
and their reading fluency and confidence improves too,<br />
communities and society will reap the benefits.”<br />
To find out more visit Schoolreaders.org or call 01234 924111.<br />
4x4 group<br />
seeks new<br />
volunteers<br />
A<br />
RE you a 4x4 driver who<br />
would like to help your<br />
local community when it<br />
snows?<br />
If so, members of local charity<br />
Derbyshire 4x4 Response want to<br />
hear from you. If you want to get<br />
involved, now is the time to get in<br />
touch, as once the snow lands the<br />
group will be too busy to take on<br />
new members. If you’ve not got<br />
a 4x4 there are support roles<br />
available.<br />
Derbyshire 4x4 Response covers<br />
Derbyshire and the Peak District and<br />
is part of the national 4x4 Response<br />
UK network.<br />
The group meets once a month,<br />
both socially and for training.<br />
For more information contact<br />
membership secretary, Mike, on<br />
01332 498814 or email<br />
membership@d4x4r.co.uk<br />
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On the wild<br />
side of<br />
Christmas<br />
As we rush headlong into the commercial<br />
season which Christmas has now become,<br />
Prof Ian Rotherham says it is worthwhile<br />
pausing to consider origins and meanings<br />
F<br />
OR our ancestors, the long,<br />
dark nights and the<br />
shortening days had profound<br />
implications and impacts.<br />
Without modern-day light pollution<br />
for example, the night skies were full<br />
of myriads of stars and in the depth<br />
of winter assumed a much greater<br />
significance than we experience<br />
today.<br />
Furthermore, with the days getting<br />
ever shorter, there would be worries<br />
about diminished life-force and the<br />
green mantle of nature. Would these<br />
facets of wild nature recover and<br />
what might be the implications for<br />
future fertility, productivity and<br />
survival?<br />
Add to this the bitter cold of a<br />
northern winter and we can<br />
understand how the seasons might<br />
impact on earlier peoples, our<br />
ancestors.<br />
Wildlife would also be affected by<br />
seasonal cold and associated<br />
hardship, and as today, might seek<br />
sustenance by association with<br />
people. The practice of feeding the<br />
winter birds came quite late in the<br />
19th century but did jar somewhat<br />
with the Victorian ideas of frugality<br />
and careful housekeeping.<br />
Celebrations at midwinter developed long before any concepts<br />
of Christian Christmas had emerged. Both in the Mediterranean<br />
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Robin photographed at New Leaf Garden Centre, Coal Aston, by Prof Ian Rotherham<br />
Father Christmas surrounded by<br />
green leaves and berries<br />
with the Romans, and in northern<br />
Europe with the Saxons and the<br />
Scandinavians for instance, the<br />
winter solstice and the days around<br />
this were hugely significant.<br />
Communities gathered together to<br />
celebrate the midwinter, to feast,<br />
and to make offerings to their gods<br />
and to nature.<br />
The Yule log was a north European<br />
idea to burn throughout the period<br />
of the celebrations. Evergreen plants<br />
were very important because they<br />
kept alive the spirit of life and of<br />
greenery during the protracted<br />
darkness, and so we see wreaths of<br />
holly, and sprogs of mistletoe, for<br />
instance.<br />
The latter was particularly<br />
significant because it grows not in<br />
the earth but in the tree canopy and<br />
the Celtic Druids regarded this as<br />
being of the highest spiritual<br />
importance.<br />
The greenwood and the forest<br />
were big influences on the minds of<br />
the northern and western<br />
Europeans. It was believed that the<br />
deciduous oakman and the<br />
evergreen hollyman did battle for<br />
the life spirit through the seasons. At<br />
midwinter the hollyman’s powers<br />
began to diminish and the oakman prevailed.<br />
Life and fertility recovered in the emerging springtime. By May
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Gathering mistletoe and feeding the birds Victorian style<br />
More holly leaves and berries<br />
A family taking home their yule log<br />
Day, the celebrations and rites of new fertility came into full swing.<br />
At Midsummer, the power balance changed again and over the subsequent<br />
months the oakman began to lose out to the hollyman who reigned supreme<br />
into the winter months.<br />
And so, the circle of life continued with the seasons and throughout the years.<br />
For northern cultures, the winter solstice was the key and when Christianity<br />
emerged as a driving force throughout the continent of Europe, the clever trick<br />
was simply to adopt the dates and times of the old beliefs and morph them into<br />
the new faith.<br />
Yet the pagan symbolism survived, and we see it in churches and cathedrals<br />
throughout the land. Greenery is taken into churches as Christmas decorations,<br />
as we hang mistletoe and holly as adornments.<br />
Carvings in wood and stone have representations of pre-Christian symbols<br />
too, green men and oak leaves, for example. The Christmas tree was a<br />
Victorian latecomer, and Santa Claus dressed in red was decidedly 20thcentury<br />
American!<br />
• Prof Ian D. Rotherham, researcher, writer, broadcaster on wildlife and<br />
environmental <strong>issue</strong>s is contactable on info@hallamec.plus.com ; follow his<br />
website and blog: www.ukeconet.org & ianswalkonthewildside.wordpress.com/<br />
& Twitter @IanThewildside<br />
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Light<br />
up<br />
the<br />
sky<br />
C<br />
HESTERFIELD<br />
photographer<br />
Claire Davison<br />
loves taking her<br />
camera to<br />
fireworks displays<br />
and this November<br />
she captured some<br />
of the spectacular<br />
action at two local<br />
venues.<br />
Shown above are<br />
fireworks emerging<br />
from the treetops at<br />
Chatsworth Park, with<br />
the other two<br />
photographs taken at<br />
the spectacular Stand<br />
Road display in<br />
Chesterfield<br />
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Make sure your car is<br />
ready for winter<br />
with the help of<br />
Eden Tyres & Servicing in Chesterfield<br />
At this time of the year, it’s so important that your car is ready for the cold, dark roads.<br />
Making sure your tyres, bulbs, wipers and car battery are in good order is the best way<br />
of avoiding a breakdown or accident.<br />
Tyres not only need to have enough tread, it’s also vital that they’re set to the correct<br />
pressure to avoid handling and braking <strong>issue</strong>s on winter roads. Many drivers simply<br />
don’t check their tyre pressures regularly, which puts them and other road users at risk.<br />
Tyres can lose pressure for a number of reasons, including a sudden drop in<br />
temperature during the winter months. It’s advisable to get the pressures checked once<br />
a month or before a long journey, especially if you're carrying more passengers or have<br />
extra weight such as shopping or Christmas presents. Not only can low tyre pressure<br />
cause accidents, if you get pulled over by the police and all your tyres are unsuitably<br />
inflated, you could face disqualification from driving and up to £10,000 in fines.<br />
The easiest way to make sure your tyre pressures are set correctly is by calling in for a<br />
free winter check. It doesn’t take long for our team to carry out some simple safety<br />
checks which will give you peace of mind in knowing your car is safe to drive in cold<br />
conditions.<br />
Free 14-point winter checks can be booked by calling the branch on 01246 388599 or by<br />
booking online at www.edentyres.com/health-checks<br />
About Eden Tyres<br />
Eden Tyres & Servicing in Chesterfield provides a<br />
wide range of services for all vehicles. As one of the<br />
largest independent tyre retailers in the UK, they<br />
keep a very wide range of tyres in stock ready for<br />
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NOW OPEN UNTIL 11PM ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY<br />
What’s On<br />
There’s so much<br />
VISIT Santa in his Grotto on the balcony of Chesterfield<br />
Market Hall, on various dates up to Christmas Eve.<br />
It is the first time in three years that in-person Grotto visits have<br />
been run, and they promise to be a special event for everyone to<br />
enjoy.<br />
There will also be three relaxed sessions bookable on 3rd, 11th<br />
and 18th <strong>December</strong> for children with learning disabilities or<br />
sensory and communication disorders.<br />
There will be no flashing lights and the sessions are extended<br />
to reduce anxiety.<br />
The cost will be £6.50 per child, which includes a present.<br />
Bookings can be made in person at the Visitor Information<br />
Centre in Rykneld Square, or on 01246 345777.<br />
THERE is still time to see the magical Christmas Tree<br />
Festival at the Crooked Spire, taking place until 27th<br />
November.<br />
More than 100 trees decorated by local charities, organisations<br />
and businesses will be on display, Monday to Thursday, 10.30am<br />
to 4.30pm, Friday and Saturday, 10.30am to 5pm and Sunday, 12<br />
noon to 5.30pm.<br />
CHRIST Church, Stonegravels, is to stage its own<br />
Christmas Tree Festival from 9th-11th <strong>December</strong>, from<br />
4-7pm, when visitors will be encouraged to vote for their<br />
favourite tree.<br />
The church hosts a Christmas Fair and free Santa’s Grotto on<br />
Saturday, <strong>December</strong> 10th, from 10am-4pm, then Carols by<br />
Candlelight from 4-5pm on Sunday, 11th <strong>December</strong>.<br />
IT’S panto time – oh, yes it is!<br />
Chesterfield Theatres and award-winning pantomime<br />
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What’s On<br />
happening prior to Christmas!<br />
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producers Paul Holman Associates present Sleeping Beauty<br />
at the Winding Wheel Theatre, from <strong>December</strong> 6th to January<br />
3rd.<br />
Instantly recognisable from EastEnders and Coronation Street,<br />
Michelle Collins will be casting her own special spell over<br />
audiences as the bad fairy Carabosse.<br />
He captured the hearts of the nation with his performances on<br />
Britain’s Got Talent and as pantomime hero, he’s sure to win the<br />
hearts of audiences too; Jai McDowall won the fifth season of<br />
BGT with his powerhouse vocals, natural charm and versatile<br />
song interpretations.<br />
Bringing a palette of pantomime comedy, chaos and calamities<br />
to the production will be multi-talented Lloyd Warbey, from<br />
children’s TV classic Disney’s Art Attack.<br />
A signed performance takes place on Saturday, 17th <strong>December</strong>,<br />
at 2pm; audio described shows are on Sunday 18th <strong>December</strong>,<br />
at 1pm and 5.30pm.<br />
A touch tour on Sunday 18th <strong>December</strong>, at 4.15pm, offers the<br />
chance to take a guided touch tours around the set to enhance<br />
the experience for blind and partially-sighted customers.<br />
Customers who have booked tickets to see a performance of<br />
Sleeping Beauty can book a ticket for the touch tour. Tickets are<br />
limited and pre-booking is required by calling the box office on<br />
01246 345222.<br />
The 30th <strong>December</strong> performance, at 2pm, is relaxed - adapted<br />
for those with learning disabilities and other sensory and<br />
communication disorders.<br />
Visit chesterfieldtheatres.co.uk or ring the box office on 01246<br />
345222.<br />
A WARM welcome is extended to everyone this Christmas<br />
at St Peter & St Paul's Church at Old Brampton.<br />
A Christingle service takes place at 9:30am on Sunday 4th<br />
<strong>December</strong> with candles in oranges - raising funds for the<br />
Children's Society.<br />
A Candlelit Carol Service takes place at 7pm on Sunday 18th<br />
<strong>December</strong> with a Nativity Service - for all the family – at 4pm on<br />
Christmas Eve.<br />
Candlelit Midnight Mass is at 11.30pm on Christmas Eve<br />
and the Christmas Day Service takes place at 10am on the<br />
25th.<br />
POPULAR Christmas Concerts featuring tenor Mark<br />
Cunningham and soprano Andrea Ryder return to<br />
Dronfield Civic Hall from Tuesday 13th to Friday 16th<br />
<strong>December</strong>.<br />
Mark and Andrea have both appeared as soloists in the UK’s<br />
largest Christmas Show, the Thursford Christmas Spectacular, for<br />
a number of years. They have also worked extensively in the<br />
world of opera and in the West End.<br />
Andrea said: “These shows also aim to nurture young talent with<br />
local rising stars and also feature guest performances from the<br />
area’s local schools.<br />
“Taking part this year are Dronfield Juniors, Gorsey Brigg and<br />
William Levick. The show features music from the stage and<br />
screen alongside Christmas favourites and our traditional<br />
Christmas sing-a-long.<br />
“This year we are supporting Ashgate Hospice and the Peace<br />
Garden School in Nepal.”<br />
For further information and tickets contact Andrea on 07877<br />
834169 or email classicalcombination@btinternet.com<br />
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Redundancy uncovered<br />
Speak to someone as soon as possible<br />
when facing a potential redundancy<br />
situation to ensure that you understand the<br />
process and can make informed decisions<br />
R<br />
EDUNDANCY is something that we hear far too often,<br />
but it is an unfortunate fact that most people will go<br />
through this at least once in their working life.<br />
Being fully informed on your redundancy rights is essential if<br />
you are facing redundancy by your employer.<br />
The law sets out the situations in which a redundancy can<br />
arise, but even if the situation you are facing falls within the<br />
legal definition of a redundancy, the law still requires your<br />
employer to adopt a fair and reasonable procedure.<br />
Your rights<br />
For example, your employer must be able to show that it is<br />
the role that is being made redundant, not the individual.<br />
Your redundancy rights include the following:<br />
• Your redundancy payment (dependant on your age,<br />
salary and length of service).<br />
• Reasonable time off to look for another job.<br />
• A fair selection process and redundancy procedure.<br />
A proper and meaningful redundancy process needs to be<br />
planned in advance, with sufficient time given to communicate<br />
the proposals to those at risk of redundancy before<br />
commencing the redundancy consultation process. If you feel<br />
that this did not happen to you, then you may have a case for<br />
unfair dismissal and you should seek legal advice.<br />
If your employer goes into administration however, you may<br />
not have been consulted but unfortunately if no-one steps in to<br />
buy the business from the administrator, you will normally be<br />
made redundant. Your employer would usually be insolvent at<br />
that point, meaning that there may not be any funds available<br />
to make redundancy payments.<br />
Payments<br />
In this situation you can claim these payments from the<br />
National Insurance Fund within six months of your dismissal.<br />
The National Insurance Fund is operated and managed by the<br />
Redundancy Payments Service, to whom employees make their<br />
application for repayment.<br />
Some clients we have helped and supported, have been able<br />
to remain in employment within a different role, whilst others<br />
have secured the best possible exit terms, sometimes under a<br />
settlement agreement. We have also gone on to help clients<br />
pursue claims of unfair dismissal where we believe the client<br />
has a case.<br />
The best advice we can give is to speak to someone as soon<br />
as possible when facing a potential redundancy situation<br />
to ensure that you understand the process and can make<br />
informed decisions.<br />
• Banner Jones Solicitors have branches in Chesterfield,<br />
Dronfield and Sheffield. Tel: 01246 511298.<br />
MEET<br />
KATIE ASH<br />
Employment law specialist<br />
“<br />
Katie knows... That being<br />
told you’re at is a<br />
devastating blow.<br />
Redundancy can have a <br />
on you and your family<br />
and we are here to help you understand<br />
your rights, but also to ensure that you<br />
get the best settlement you can.<br />
“<br />
To speak to Katie or another of our employment law specialists, please call 01246 511 298<br />
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WE NOW HAVE A QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN WORKING<br />
ON HYBRID AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES<br />
MOTs & REPAIRS - CAM-BELT REPLACEMENT<br />
BRAKES - SERVICING - ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS<br />
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Well respected - Fully qualified and experienced technicians<br />
Free delivery within a 5 mile radius - Up to date technology<br />
Original parts used in warranty period<br />
Storforth Lane Trading Estate, Storforth Lane,<br />
Chesterfield, Hasland, S41 0QD<br />
TEL 01246 275002<br />
John Chatterton<br />
and Plastering<br />
Over 25 years Experience<br />
Based in Chesterfield<br />
SUPPLY, FIX AND RESTORATION<br />
OF ALL TYPES OF COVING<br />
T 01246 236760 OR 07702 388656<br />
CITY GARAGE DOORS<br />
Over 15 years experience<br />
Free phone<br />
0800 2461191<br />
Land line<br />
01246 912102<br />
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E: sales@citygaragedoorservices.co.uk<br />
All major manufacturers available:<br />
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INSURANCE QUOTES<br />
EMERGENCY CALL OUTS<br />
AUTOMATION<br />
FREE<br />
no obligation<br />
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UK Window<br />
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WINDOW AND DOOR REPAIR SPECIALIST<br />
• Double glazing replacement panes<br />
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Call Andy on 07855 473499<br />
or email: andy@ukwindowinstallations.co.uk<br />
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MOB: 07785 568368<br />
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D.S.M-PROPERTY SERVICES<br />
Qualified bricklayer with over 20 years<br />
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Pointing<br />
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Roof Repairs Kitchen & Bathroom Tiling<br />
Wrought Iron Railings & Gates<br />
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We are a small local family<br />
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Visit: www.chesterfieldgranite.co.uk<br />
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Call: Tim 07712 126768
Dale Montague<br />
Electrical LTD<br />
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T 01246 453094<br />
M 07891 217981<br />
E Dalemontagueelectrical@outlook.com<br />
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Telephone 01246 231898<br />
www.columbiancaravans.co.uk<br />
Est 1955<br />
33 Old Hall Road, Brampton, Chesterfield<br />
Specialists in all types of caravan repairs<br />
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Call: 01246 454193 Mob : 07928771635<br />
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See our reviews or book www.proplumb.info<br />
205728
Professional Stump Removal<br />
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07749 173 735<br />
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stumpmenltd@gmail.com<br />
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Call Liam on 07977 589305 or 01298 84173<br />
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Rich’s Mobile Barbering<br />
Door to Door Barbering Services<br />
Chesterfield and surrounding areas<br />
Telephone 07794 095378<br />
Convenient for people with limited mobility<br />
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Paul Hobson Decorating<br />
established 1995<br />
Windows<br />
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Rubber Roofs<br />
Warm Roofs<br />
General<br />
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2 Regent Gardens, Canal Wharf, Chesterfield, S41 7NR<br />
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Callywhite Lane Industrial Estate, Dronfield, S18 2XR
Local expertise,<br />
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Thinking of moving this year?<br />
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Hunters Chesterfield Franchise Partner Mat Barnes<br />
Unit 4, The Glass Yard, Sheffield Road,<br />
Chesterfield, S41 8JY<br />
* If you are under contract with another agent you may still be liable to pay their fee.<br />
30 years of moving