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Issue <strong>152</strong> - Feb/Mar <strong>2023</strong><br />
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The man who<br />
changed<br />
Wingerworth<br />
J<br />
4<br />
The man who<br />
designed and built<br />
thousands of homes in<br />
Wingerworth, and<br />
whose name remains<br />
forever associated with<br />
one of the large<br />
estates, John<br />
Adlington (left), has<br />
died at the age of 85.<br />
John Winter reports<br />
OHN Adlington was born on New Year’s Day, 1937,<br />
to parents John and Frances. He spent his<br />
childhood at Halcyon House in Tupton until moving to<br />
Stubbing Court in Wingerworth at the age of 15.<br />
His father, John Adlington Snr, came from a farming family in<br />
Ashover and was a local entrepreneur who started the building<br />
company John Adlington Ltd based in Clay Cross in the 1940s.<br />
He bought Stubbing Court in 1952 and moved there with his wife<br />
Frances, and children John, David and Frances.<br />
John, know as Johnny, was a student at Tupton Hall School<br />
where he was Head Boy, a key member of the football and<br />
cricket teams and a good all-round student. He was all set to<br />
study to be a doctor following his father’s wishes but after<br />
completing his National Service in Malaya he returned to study<br />
architecture and joined the family businesses.<br />
One of the first building projects was that of the Adlington<br />
Estate (off the A61) which was completed at the end of the war<br />
and was a collaboration with the council.<br />
John Adlington Ltd went on to build more than 1,000 homes on<br />
the Lydgate Estate, stretching from Langer Lane to Swathwick<br />
Lane to Chartwell Avenue. In the 1980s/90s came the design and<br />
Chartwell Avenue was built by John Adlington<br />
Lydgate estate design, 1970<br />
build of the houses that make up Pear Tree and Elm Tree<br />
Avenue.<br />
A 1970 pamphlet published by John Adlington Ltd advertising “a<br />
contemporary home for you” on the Lydgate Estate stated<br />
proudly that the company has been associated with housing and<br />
estate development for over 25 years.<br />
It was emblazoned with the slogan “If you want houses you<br />
want Adlingtons!” It added: “We pride ourselves that we have<br />
provided homes for over 4,000 families.” It is interesting to<br />
note that bungalows at that time were advertised for sale at<br />
£3,000!<br />
John gifted land to the community for Chartwell Park and was a<br />
kind benefactor to many projects in the village.<br />
Plan for a 1970s ‘contemporary home’ on the then<br />
new Lydgate estate at Wingerworth<br />
A keen golfer who never missed a chance to be on the course,<br />
he was also an excellent pianist and many people will remember<br />
him ‘singing for his supper’ in Renato’s Restaurant in the town<br />
centre throughout the 90s.<br />
He enjoyed squash and tennis and was a member of both the<br />
High Peak and Barlow Hunt in his younger years. He moved from<br />
his childhood home at Stubbing Court to Rectory Drive as a<br />
newly-wed, before building a house on Harper Hill where he<br />
brought up his family.<br />
He ‘downsized’ back to The Coach House at Stubbing Court in<br />
1995 before retiring to Pear Tree Avenue in 2008.<br />
John will be remembered for years to come for his role in the<br />
creation of Wingerworth and the community that brings all the<br />
bricks to life.<br />
John Adlington passed away at home with his family. Warmly<br />
remembered for his kindness and good humour, he is survived<br />
by his two daughters, Sarah and Rowan, and grandsons, Frank<br />
and Teddy.
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Cars <strong>issue</strong> is a<br />
real danger<br />
outside village<br />
school<br />
A Wingerworth parish councillor has described the<br />
parking situation outside Deer Park Primary School at<br />
peak times as ‘chaotic,’ adding that he fears for the<br />
safety of children and their parents. John Winter reports<br />
C<br />
OUN Mark Faulkner has conducted a study of traffic<br />
and parking behaviour there, presented his findings<br />
to a meeting of Wingerworth Parish Council and now<br />
hopes Derbyshire County Council highways department<br />
will conduct a site visit to cover traffic management at<br />
both village schools.<br />
His report said that parents were obviously intent on driving their<br />
children to school because of other commitments, notably work,<br />
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• During his visit several cars manoeuvred onto the footpath when<br />
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• Motorists were seen performing three-point turns amidst the<br />
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• With cars parked on both sides of the road, pedestrian sightline<br />
was diminished when crossing the road. Similarly, motorists<br />
travelling along New Road would have less time to react to<br />
children attempting to cross the road if they emerge onto the road<br />
from between parked cars.<br />
• Park and walk facilities arranged at the Barley Mow and Smithy<br />
Pond pubs were clearly not being used despite their convenience.<br />
The councillor added: “I checked these car parks during the<br />
school drop-off period and whilst New Road was in chaos, the car<br />
parks were scarcely being used. I spoke to one parent who<br />
parked and walked with their child from the Barley Mow. She<br />
remarked that only one other parent used the car park there.”<br />
Opposite the school, New Road has ‘Keep Clear’ and zig-zag<br />
road markings running for about 35 metres. There is no footpath<br />
along this section of road, but there is a grass verge which cars<br />
park on, adjacent to the zig-zag road markings.<br />
Bottleneck<br />
“Immediately after the zig-zag lines, cars can be seen parking on<br />
the roadside on both sides of the road, narrowing the road into a<br />
bottleneck to the south-east. The bottleneck is only wide enough<br />
for one vehicle at a time, and I’ve been told that buses and other<br />
large vehicles can get stuck there occasionally,” said Coun<br />
Faulkner.<br />
One possible option would be to introduce a ‘kiss and drop’<br />
scheme as is the case at Hunloke Park School, where parents<br />
drop their children to staff waiting in the bus stopping area on<br />
Lodge Drive, and then children are accompanied into school using<br />
the bottom gate.<br />
“A similar scheme could be introduced at Deer Park School. The<br />
footpath around the school entrance has been widened to<br />
accommodate the school driveway and a ‘build-in’ into the<br />
footpath area to accommodate a drop-off zone is feasible in my<br />
view. It seems clear that this scheme has been successful at<br />
Hunloke Park and other UK schools,” he said.<br />
Meanwhile, police visited Hunloke Park School and posted the<br />
following comment on their Facebook page:<br />
“Wingerworth & Rural SNT have done our school patrols around<br />
Hunloke School, Wingerworth this afternoon and to be blunt,<br />
some of the parking in places has been horrendous.<br />
“Just to remind some of you that parking opposite solid white<br />
lines is not only illegal, it is also irresponsible. Markings are there<br />
for a reason, to keep everyone safe from passing traffic allowing<br />
parents with children to cross the road safely.<br />
“Several vehicles today have either been moved on, or a ticket<br />
placed on your windscreen. It really isn’t acceptable to say to us<br />
that you were running late and couldn’t find anywhere else to<br />
park.”<br />
Several people posted their support for the police action, and<br />
one added: “I’ve just checked Google maps and the distance<br />
between where I lived and my junior school was 0.6 mile and a<br />
12/13 minute walk. I walked there and back every day come rain or<br />
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Another said: “Please, please can you also do these patrols<br />
around Deer Park School.”<br />
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T<br />
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this spring.<br />
The Chesterfield Postcard Show gives communities, creatives and up-and-coming artists<br />
the opportunity to showcase their work. This year’s show is entitled Wish You Were Here<br />
and will take place between the 9th and 19th of May at West Studios in the town.<br />
In 2022, there were first exhibits and sales for several new artists and creative people in<br />
the community, with 70 artists involved and 131 postcard-size pieces exhibited.<br />
The exhibition celebrates the importance of getting creative and its impact on people’s selfesteem<br />
and well-being. Organisers, Junction Arts, and local artist Dave Elsom are inviting<br />
people locally, from across the UK, and internationally to create their own postcard piece of<br />
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Hannah Bowdler, fundraising co-ordinator at Junction Arts, said: “We believe everyone<br />
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exhibition of marvellous miniature artworks for local people to enjoy, but it also provides a<br />
unique opportunity for new artists to exhibit and showcase their talent.<br />
“We’d love more people to get involved this year and are inviting people of ages and<br />
abilities to take part. Your artwork can be whatever you want it to be, a painting, a<br />
photograph, digital artwork, you can use whatever material you like, as long as it’s postcard<br />
size and is based on the theme of Wish You Were Here.”<br />
Pieces will be available to buy during the exhibition to raise money to support local arts<br />
charity Junction Arts and their work within the community. Local businesses are also being<br />
invited to support the event by sponsoring local schools to take part. Businesses requiring<br />
more information can contact hannah@junctionarts.org.<br />
Submissions should be created on A6 card, not paper, and sent to The Postcard Show,<br />
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Interest in my bank account<br />
Editor Mike Firth shares his<br />
attempts to track down a<br />
‘dormant’ bank account<br />
from the 1960s<br />
W<br />
AY back in the spring<br />
of 1964, Beatle-mania<br />
was all the rage, BBC2<br />
began broadcasting and<br />
the trial of the Great<br />
Trainrobbers took place.<br />
Meanwhile, I was in short<br />
trousers in my first year at<br />
school and my parents<br />
and grandparents<br />
decided to invest in my<br />
future by opening a<br />
bank account in my<br />
name.<br />
Off they trotted to the<br />
local branch of the<br />
Sheffield Trustee<br />
Savings Bank, handed a<br />
pound note over the<br />
counter and, in return,<br />
were presented with a<br />
buff-coloured book<br />
in which to record<br />
future transactions<br />
as young Michael saved for the years ahead.<br />
That was on May 11th and, five months later, the bank book<br />
shows another pound was deposited. By the end of the year<br />
my account had already received the boost of thruppence in<br />
interest!<br />
As more pound notes were deposited at regular intervals over<br />
the next couple of years, interest levels grew and were hand<br />
written into the account book. However, a move to a new house<br />
and the arrival of my teenage years saw the bank book put to<br />
one side and then completely forgotten about.<br />
That was until just a few months ago when the old Trustee<br />
Savings Bank account record re-emerged. It showed that in<br />
1976 the account stood at a whopping £14.80p. Not only had<br />
the balance grown substantially, but it had also turned<br />
decimal.<br />
So what should I do; forget about it or try to track how much<br />
might be in the account today? How much might £14.80p<br />
have earned in interest over almost half-a-century? The<br />
Yorkshireman in me insisted that I should make a few<br />
enquiries.<br />
Branches<br />
Hurdle number one was that although the Sheffield Trustee<br />
Savings Bank - established in 1819 - once proudly had 25<br />
branches in Sheffield and north Derbyshire, the Abbey Lane<br />
premises where my account had been opened had closed many<br />
years ago. Indeed, a quick internet search for local TSB branches<br />
told me the nearest one to my home was in Bolsover.<br />
Driving across the M1, it struck me that the motorway we these<br />
days take for granted hadn’t been built when my account had<br />
been opened in 1964!<br />
I found the TSB on Cotton Street next to the market in the heart<br />
of Bolsover and my enquiries got off to an encouraging start<br />
when the smiling assistant told me she knew where Abbey Lane<br />
was and had worked at the branch<br />
there herself for a number of years.<br />
She also mentioned about account<br />
numbers and sort codes, but she did<br />
tell me that the present TSB was not<br />
the old TSB.<br />
The form I needed to revive my<br />
dormant account was unfortunately<br />
out of stock, so she suggested that I<br />
should visit an Age Concern<br />
website for further information. So I<br />
did just that. After creating a<br />
password and photographing my<br />
driving licence, the old bank<br />
account number was not long<br />
enough to fill in the required<br />
number of on-line squares. The<br />
site advised me to visit a branch<br />
of the bank where my account<br />
was held.<br />
So a week later I was back in<br />
Bolsover (another look around<br />
the market) for a second visit<br />
to the TSB. This time, another<br />
member of staff virtually<br />
told me I was wasting my<br />
time there as it was now a<br />
Lloyd’s Bank branch I<br />
needed.<br />
So where would I find one<br />
of those? In another north<br />
Derbyshire market town, that’s<br />
where!<br />
A staff member behind the counter at Lloyd’s in Eckington<br />
town centre gave me a warm welcome, studied my curious old<br />
bank book, confirmed the Abbey Lane TSB branch had closed<br />
and told me more about old account numbers and sort codes.<br />
There was nothing she could do there and then, but there was a<br />
form I could complete. They had them in stock, too! So back<br />
home I went with a copy of the British Bankers’ Association’s<br />
pamphlet on Lost Bank Accounts.<br />
Completing the two-sided ‘Form to Reclaim Funds From a<br />
Lost Account’ which came with it, I popped it into an envelope<br />
and sent it off to the BBA’s headquarters at Pinners Hall in<br />
London.<br />
I was hardly waiting with baited breath, but after six weeks I was<br />
curious as to when I might receive a reply - and my money from<br />
the 1960s. Then returning home one day, there was an envelope<br />
on the doormat. The Royal Mail had been unable to deliver my<br />
completed form, stating “Addressee Gone Away”.<br />
A quick check on the internet and, sure enough, the British<br />
Bankers’ Association was no more, having merged with UK<br />
Finance from 1st July, 2017. I contacted this organisation by email<br />
and was amazed to receive a response inside 24 hours.<br />
The advice was to return to the internet to complete another<br />
(simpler) on-line application form with an organisation called<br />
My Lost Account. This group apparently processes more than<br />
8,000 applications each month. I wasn’t anticipating a speedy<br />
conclusion after being told my details would be stored with them<br />
for 365 days, but then heard back by email. They told me: “We<br />
regret to advise you that Lloyds Bank Plc have not found a<br />
dormant account in the name supplied.”<br />
If I wish to take the matter further, one of the courses of action<br />
they suggest I should pursue is... to visit a branch!<br />
Now I’m even more determined than ever to see this through as<br />
my account has earned another six months’ interest.<br />
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• A COUPLE who pulled up their blue car at the bus stop<br />
opposite the Hunloke Arms at Wingerworth, stole a<br />
wedding and engagement ring, a gold chain and a<br />
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his grandparents “have been married 60 years and the jewellery<br />
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• WINGERWORTH Parish Council clerk Charlotte Taylor is<br />
leaving the local authority following her appointment as<br />
clerk of Old Bolsover Town Council.<br />
Charlotte took over the reins at Wingerworth from her father<br />
Mike, who retired in 2017 and sadly died in 2021.<br />
Charlotte oversaw the process of decision making and<br />
organising the modernisation of the Parish Hall.<br />
She said: “I will miss working here; the hall is busy and vibrant<br />
so it will be a shame to not be around to continue to see it<br />
thrive!”<br />
• DERBYSHIRE Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique<br />
Foster has welcomed figures showing a reduction in the<br />
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organising committee that has been set up.<br />
A spokesperson said: “We are delighted to tell you that a new<br />
committee has come forward to ensure the continuation of this<br />
popular annual community event. The previous members<br />
decided to stand down after giving a great deal of their time and<br />
doing a tremendous job of organising it for the past ten years.<br />
This year's event will have a musical theme and promises to be<br />
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societies, artists, crafters and other organisations taking part .<br />
“Volunteers and donations are essential to the day and needed!<br />
We would love to hear from you if you can help and/or would like<br />
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details so that we can get back to you."<br />
• AN appeal has been lodged against NE Derbyshire Council’s<br />
refusal of outline planning permission for residential<br />
development of up to 26 dwellings for over 55s with means<br />
of access considered on land to the rear of 263 Nethermoor<br />
Road, Wingerworth.<br />
The Appellant’s case is that the submission is considered to<br />
accord with the policies of the Development Plan and constitute<br />
sustainable development in accordance with National Planning<br />
Policy Framework.<br />
Although the council said that the proposal will erode the gap<br />
between settlements and result in landscape and visual harm,<br />
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not extend beyond existing housing and the gap is not protected<br />
by local policy like others in the district.<br />
The appellant claims that the proposals will have a limited<br />
impact on the open character of the surrounding countryside.<br />
The Appeal will be heard by written representation.<br />
• A CAMPAIGN to encourage Derbyshire people to chat to<br />
each other more is expanding.<br />
The county council’s Let’s Chat Derbyshire campaign has seen<br />
hundreds of signs spring up on benches in parks and other<br />
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Luke Oldham from the council said: “This indoor campaign is<br />
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• CHESTERFIELD area women born in the 1950s, angered by<br />
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Attracting birds to<br />
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Notes from a Wildlife Garden is presented<br />
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He receives many questions from readers<br />
and on one topic in particular<br />
I<br />
HAVE had a lot of enquiries about how best to go<br />
about attracting birds to garden feeders. In part, this<br />
is people wanting more birds, a greater variety or even<br />
any birds at all!<br />
The good news is that later this year I am running workshops on<br />
wildlife gardening and rewilding your garden at Sheffield<br />
Botanical Gardens.<br />
Some, in conjunction with the Friends of Whirlow Brook Park,<br />
will be free to attend because of a generous local sponsor. These<br />
will be publicised in the usual places such as my website<br />
www.ukeconet.org.<br />
I thought it would be good to provide readers with a few tips<br />
and ideas on how to draw birds to the garden. We can look at<br />
other groups such as butterflies and bees later in the year.<br />
However, a key starting point is ‘location, location, location’, and<br />
generally there’s not a lot you can do to influence this. But where<br />
your garden is in relation to local greenspaces like parks,<br />
countryside, and old hedgerows for instance, it has a big effect.<br />
When I took over my present garden and put out birdfeeders,<br />
the result was minimal with nowhere near what I previously had<br />
at my previous garden. That took several years to get right, and<br />
my current garden has been about 20 years in the making.<br />
Firstly, assess your garden space, structure, location, and then<br />
plan immediately actions and those which take longer; in truth<br />
the process never ends. Long-term strategies include planting<br />
trees and shrubs for cover and free food like berries.<br />
Look at hedges, walls, fences and even buildings to enhance<br />
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Blue tit enjoying a green apple<br />
spaces in three<br />
dimensions, growing<br />
climbers like<br />
honeysuckle and<br />
clematis up any vertical<br />
structures.<br />
Add other climbers and<br />
shrubs with flowers and<br />
berries to, for instance, a<br />
boring privet hedge, and<br />
up existing trees and the<br />
like. Some of this has<br />
quick impacts, other<br />
things take a little while.<br />
The idea is to provide<br />
cover and feeding sites. Hungry long-tailed tit<br />
Look at improving things<br />
with artificial nest-boxes, and of course, supplementary feeders<br />
from bird-tables, to hanging feeders. Generally, the more feeders<br />
the better with variety of forms, types and locations, to improve<br />
the chances of success.<br />
However, don’t overfeed and allow too much spillage or birdfood<br />
to go ‘off’, which may spread disease and can increase the<br />
likelihood of vermin such as rats.<br />
The various bird species require different foods and<br />
presentation in different situations. Over the years though, many<br />
species have gradually adapted to hanging feeders and various<br />
food dispensers.<br />
A starting point is a metal peanut holder, for blue tits, great tits,<br />
sparrows and finches. Along with this, increasingly taken and<br />
favoured by a wide variety of birds, are feeders with sunflower<br />
hearts; expensive but very effective. Dispensers for fat-balls are<br />
also great additions, taken by a variety of bird including longtailed<br />
tits.<br />
Low-cost additions to birdfeeders are<br />
cheap apples ‘spiked’ onto a feeder or a<br />
specially pruned shrub. Blackbirds, blue<br />
tits, great tits, and increasingly blackcaps,<br />
feast on these and each apple will last<br />
several days.<br />
Finally, you can influence the effects of<br />
location by engaging with local wildlife<br />
groups to enhance and protect greenfield<br />
sites on your doorstep. This has a huge<br />
impact on the area’s birdlife and hence<br />
availability to visit your feeders.<br />
Additionally, encouraging neighbours to<br />
develop wildlife habitats and feed the<br />
birds will also help. Light feeding<br />
throughout summer helps keep their<br />
interest and encourages more winter<br />
visitors. Good luck, and remember when it<br />
comes to wildlife gardening, patience is a<br />
virtue!<br />
• Prof Ian D. Rotherham, researcher, writer,<br />
broadcaster on wildlife and environmental<br />
<strong>issue</strong>s is contactable on<br />
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ianswalkonthewildside.wordpress.com/ &<br />
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Greenfinch and goldfinch enjoying a meal together<br />
Blackcap attracted by an apple<br />
Food intended for birds can be attractive to others<br />
Clean water is also appreciated by birds<br />
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Good start to year for school<br />
T<br />
UPTON Hall School is celebrating after<br />
earning a ‘Good’ rating for all areas of its<br />
provision following a recent Ofsted inspection.<br />
Staff and students were delighted with the news following<br />
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Tupton Hall as being ‘rooted in the community’, noting that<br />
pupils are ‘proud’ of their school and feel ‘happy and safe’.<br />
The inspection team visited lessons, looked at students’<br />
work and spoke to a wide range of stakeholders including<br />
students, parents, teachers, leaders and governors.<br />
Happy in their work: Some of the Tupton Hall School students<br />
The report acknowledges ongoing efforts by school leaders<br />
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focus on providing a supportive, calm learning environment where at all key stages was highlighted.<br />
each pupil can do their best.”<br />
The wide and varied range of clubs and activities through the<br />
Headteacher, Andrew Knowles, said: “I am delighted that the Enrich programme was also recognised for providing opportunities<br />
hard work of our staff, students, families and wider community has through sport, music, drama, arts and more, as was the chance for<br />
been recognised in this report. It is a tremendous boost for our pupils to be leaders and have influence in their school. The report<br />
school and its community. We should all be proud of the collective reads: “Staff listen to their views and make changes.”<br />
effort and effective teamwork that has led to these judgements of The school’s provision for pupils with special educational needs<br />
our school.”<br />
and/or disabilities was said to be strong. Similarly, arrangements<br />
In lessons, inspectors saw that most pupils worked hard and for safeguarding pupils were said to be effective, due to a “culture<br />
behaved well, upholding the school’s ‘high expectations of all of vigilance and care”.<br />
pupils’.<br />
Tupton Hall has a large, successful sixth form on site with<br />
The positive culture was further commended with comments that dedicated facilities for post-16 students.<br />
“pupils are expected to treat everyone with kindness and respect, During their inspection, the team observed that students in the<br />
and they do.”<br />
sixth form enjoyed their experience, valuing the relationships they<br />
Inspectors were particularly impressed by the school’s efforts to had with staff. These relationships are based on encouragement<br />
boost literacy through a reading programme designed to support and support, enabling sixth formers to be ambitious about their<br />
and encourage all pupils to read well. All pupils in Key Stage 3 next steps in life.<br />
read every day.<br />
This was the school’s first Ofsted inspection since joining Redhill<br />
In terms of the curriculum, Ofsted described it as “ambitious” with Academy Trust in 2019.<br />
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Lido earth bank concerns raised<br />
P<br />
UBLIC concerns about a steep<br />
earth bank that has been<br />
created at the edge of<br />
Wingerworth Lido have been<br />
passed by the Parish Council to<br />
NE Derbyshire Council, who own<br />
the site.<br />
The district council undertook work to<br />
raise the embankment to protect<br />
against flooding, but members of the<br />
public have expressed concern that the<br />
new footpath is just a few feet from the<br />
steep drop, and a child might fall down<br />
it. They also say it is difficult to see in<br />
the dark.<br />
There were also worries that the path<br />
was too narrow, was not raised enough<br />
to avoid flooding, that loose earth on<br />
the bank might slide in wet weather,<br />
and that the path that surrounds the<br />
Lido has been left in a poor condition<br />
on the Smithy Pond side.<br />
A spokesperson for NEDDC said:<br />
“Works at the Lido were carried out as a<br />
legal requirement under the Reservoirs<br />
The fenced bank of earth alongside Wingerworth Lido<br />
Act, which involved raising the level of<br />
the embankment.<br />
the remainder of the year/additional projects.”<br />
“The slope/drop is very similar to what previously existed and<br />
we have made arrangements for temporary fencing to be put<br />
along the top of the slope while the ground hardens up and<br />
vegetation becomes established. We will then be reviewing the<br />
decision on if a permanent solution is necessary.<br />
“The footpath should no longer be flooding as it has now been<br />
levelled up to the edgings. The width of the path has not been<br />
reduced, the old path was removed, the banking was raised, and<br />
then the path has been reinstated along its existing line at a<br />
width of 1.2m. We are also in the process of re-stoning the gated<br />
access area off Lakeside.”<br />
ORK is proposed for a well-used footpath<br />
W between Deer Park Primary School and the fence<br />
at Wingerworth Medical Centre.<br />
The path floods in bad weather and has been damaged by roots<br />
from nearby park trees and is now to be considered by<br />
Wingerworth Parish Council’s Finance Committee. Estimated cost<br />
up of the work has been reported to be £45,000.<br />
A council spokesperson said: “The Finance Committee will be<br />
reviewing the projected year-end position at their next meeting<br />
and reporting back to council to inform decisions on spend for<br />
Deadline for inclusion in the<br />
April/May edition of<br />
<strong>Wings</strong><br />
magazine<br />
is <strong>March</strong> 19th.<br />
Call 01246 416027 or email<br />
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• The future of an under-used cricket pavilion at Deer Park,<br />
Wingerworth, is being considered by the Parish Council, which is<br />
to obtain quotes for repairs to the guttering and drainage system.<br />
Councillors will consider what improvements might make it a<br />
more important asset.<br />
Nearby drains are also to be inspected and cleared in an<br />
attempt to end flooding along the footpath next to the tennis<br />
courts and bowling green.<br />
• Two user groups at the re-opened Wingerworth Parish Hall<br />
have requested that the council obtain a defibrillator, and the<br />
council is to obtain quotes for one to be placed there.<br />
Chair of Wingerworth Ladies’ Club, Lynn Tory, told the council:<br />
“Many of our members are elderly and if something happens it<br />
would be an effort to run up to the Barley Mow to fetch their<br />
defibrillator.”<br />
The council is to have another look at whether they should<br />
employ a caretaker after the Ladies’ Club pointed out that some<br />
members were too frail to move chairs about.<br />
• A new car park on the Adlington estate was described as “a big,<br />
boggy mess” by one councillor, and the council is to point it out<br />
to NE Derbyshire District Council who did the work.<br />
Bye bye badminton<br />
Dear <strong>Wings</strong>,<br />
With reference to your article, ‘Well worth the wait’ in <strong>issue</strong> 151, I’d like to<br />
point out that not everyone sees the new parish hall as a ‘positive verdict’.<br />
After over 30 years of the Thursday evening Wingerworth Badminton<br />
Group meeting to play at the parish hall, we’ve had to take the decision to<br />
find an alternative, albeit inconvenient, place to play.<br />
This is due to a huge hike in the room hire fees (almost a 200% increase)<br />
and the unwillingness of the parish council to mark out a badminton court.<br />
Putting down temporary markings every evening we play, as was<br />
suggested, is just not feasible.<br />
The council has said that it would like the hall to be a ‘multi-function<br />
space’, but now they have precluded our badminton group from using it.<br />
A Thursday pm Wingerworth Badminton Club player (Name supplied)
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difference if you feel lonely or isolated,<br />
BrightLife Champions Against<br />
Loneliness Awards <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Bowlers enjoy new surroundings<br />
<strong>Wings</strong> magazine’s John Winter tries<br />
his hand at indoor bowling in the<br />
new look Wingerworth Parish Hall<br />
I<br />
T was sometimes not a pretty sight.<br />
When you think of bowls you might<br />
imagine the wood leaving the hand, curving<br />
at a reasonable speed, slowing and coming<br />
to a halt somewhere in the vicinity of the<br />
target, a white ball, or jack.<br />
When it left my hand, it was more inclined to veer<br />
too far left or right before leaving the mat and<br />
trundling happily off on its own, before being<br />
captured by a spectator.<br />
I was not alone. Several other novice players as<br />
well as experienced outdoor bowlers who were having a first<br />
attempt at short mat bowls at Wingerworth Parish Hall had the<br />
same problem, which was reassuring in a way. It looks easy but it's<br />
not.<br />
Of course, there are those amongst us who are naturally good at<br />
hand and eye co-ordination... and they were annoyingly good.<br />
Short mat bowls is one of several new activities being looked at<br />
by the parish council including pétanque, which would require a<br />
gravel covered terrain, and short tennis in the Multi Use Games<br />
Area at Deer Park.<br />
About 20 to 30 people turned up for the free session of indoor<br />
bowls at the Parish Hall, instructed by members of Wingerworth<br />
Bowls Club who loaned the bowls to the parish council for the<br />
event. Also present were invited members of the Short Mat<br />
Bowling Club.<br />
Enthusiastic indoor bowlers<br />
Phil Baker from Wingerworth Bowling Club, one of the organisers,<br />
said it was good to see so many people in attendance “to enable<br />
us to test out the equipment and establish interest in regular<br />
sessions.”<br />
The main hall not only looks good since recent improvements but<br />
it ideally accommodated two 40ft long, 6ft wide mats, running<br />
parallel to each other, down which the bowls travel.<br />
At times, I felt I could be classified as 'dead wood', so poor were<br />
my deliveries, but they did improve and several times ended up<br />
not far from the jack.<br />
Most of those taking part were of retirement age, which seems to<br />
be the usual occurrence, but there's no reason that younger<br />
people and families would not find the game competitive enough<br />
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If a job needs doing...<br />
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T<br />
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started back in the pandemic.<br />
John takes up his story: “It was in April, 2017, that<br />
we moved into Wingerworth. We were made very<br />
welcome by the locals and were so impressed by<br />
how friendly everyone was.<br />
“In <strong>February</strong>, 2019, I decided to take early retirement, after having<br />
worked for Derbyshire County Council Highways for 39 years. As I<br />
had worked outside in the fresh air all my life, I took to going on<br />
some good long walks around our area and spent many happy<br />
hours enjoying the countryside around us.<br />
“I also joined Wingerworth footpath volunteers, as I thought I<br />
could bring something helpful to the group and enjoyed the work<br />
in the countryside. However, then came 2020 and when the<br />
pandemic hit, obviously we had to cease going out and about as a<br />
group, so as restrictions started to lift, I would take my tools and<br />
work on a couple of areas on my own which I really enjoyed doing<br />
a few times a week.<br />
“Now I am out two to three times a week, and although I no<br />
longer go with the footpath volunteers, I'm always happy to help if<br />
needed. I enjoy looking around the village and finding the odd<br />
little area that may need attention, hedge trimmed or footpath<br />
cleared etc, so I take myself off and do the job.<br />
“I find this work very therapeutic, as it helps my mental and<br />
physical health at the same time as supporting the village.”<br />
John lived in Wirksworth for 40 years before moving to<br />
Hollingwood and then Wingerworth in 2017. He worked for<br />
Highways on filling-in potholes, new footways and road resurfacing<br />
gangs.<br />
“I had always worked outside and when I first retired, when my<br />
wife Tracey was still working, I spent too much time indoors. I was<br />
offered a few odd jobs, but I wasn’t interested,” he said.<br />
“If I see something needs doing, I do it. I don’t go out in bad<br />
weather, having got into the habit of not working in bad weather<br />
when I was with the council.<br />
“A lot of my work involves cutting back trees or undergrowth that<br />
overlaps footways, or sometimes to improve visibility. One resident<br />
came out of his house to thank me and said it would greatly help<br />
his wife when she moved the car off the drive. Sometimes I clear<br />
away leaves that are blocking drains.<br />
“I cut back branches that were obscuring road signs on<br />
Swathwick Lane and Nethermoor Road (and cleaned them with car<br />
wash!) and tidied a hedge on New Road.<br />
“I was walking at the top of Bolehill and a car came up very fast. I<br />
stepped back onto the verge to avoid the danger and felt Tarmac<br />
under my foot, where there was obviously the remains of a path.<br />
So I went back up there with my barrow and cleared it back so the<br />
path was available for people to walk on. It’s quite dangerous<br />
John Matkin keeping busy in Wingerworth<br />
there because of the speed cars go; it’s crazy.<br />
“There’s always something to do, different seasons, leaves,<br />
blocked drains, overgrown hedges. I think the county council<br />
should be more proactive about getting things done. When you<br />
are looking at the problems we face alongside our highways, most<br />
solutions are just logical. Basically it’s all just common sense.”<br />
John also cleared footpaths in Deer Park, earning praise at a<br />
parish council meeting, and cut back and carried out a pleaching<br />
technique, interlacing branches to create a living barrier, on the<br />
hedge opposite the Spar shops.<br />
Rowan Adlington of Arcadia Too, said: “He did an amazing job! I<br />
didn’t realise who he was or what he was doing but in the 27 years<br />
I’ve been working at the salon no-one had done anything so it was<br />
high time! And it’s lovely to expand the view!”<br />
INGERWORTH Footpath Group is having an extended<br />
W winter break due to the inclement weather.<br />
The ground is saturated with water, slippery underfoot and<br />
maintenance work would do even more damage to the surface.<br />
Much better to wait until the surface dries out.<br />
Most of the footpath work undertaken this last year has been of a<br />
general nature making sure the network is “fit for purpose”, lots of<br />
vegetation clearance and hedge cutting, supplemented with<br />
repairs to gates, steps and stiles. Other tasks have included drystone<br />
walling and waymarking.<br />
The main project was drainage and surface improvements in the<br />
Martins Lane area. Plastic matting (recycled from National Trust at<br />
Hardwick Hall) was put in place and covered with road planings<br />
(scraped-off road surface) previously acquired from The Avenue<br />
development.<br />
Footpath Officer Mike Sims said: “Two footpaths were completed<br />
but it was time consuming, hard work using wheelbarrows to<br />
transport the planings to site. This winter’s wet weather will<br />
determine just how successful we have been.<br />
“Stubbing Nature Reserve has received further attention with<br />
post and rail fencing being replaced, a walkway of road planings<br />
and a pond dug out to attract wildlife. We would also like to create<br />
a wild flower meadow and maybe plant some trees. Further<br />
drainage work and boardwalk maintenance will commence when<br />
the weather improves.<br />
“Now that the major work is finished, WFG is looking for a small<br />
group of volunteers to help out with the management and<br />
maintenance of this Nature Reserve. If anyone is interested please<br />
contact the Parish Clerk or myself for further information.”<br />
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