All Purpose Balm 25g £7.95 The tiny tin with big benefits! This neat little pot contains a soothing balm with a multitude of uses – to intensively nourish or protect any dry patches, chapped skin or dry lips. Ideal to pack in a changing bag when out and about. Made with nourishing organic sunflower and […]
Walk Derbyshire – In the footsteps of Florence Nightingale – The Lady with the Lamp
Following her sterling work amongst wounded soldiers in the Crimea, Florence Nightingale returned to England. After spending a few days in London, she boarded the London to Manchester train at St Pancras Station. Leaving it unannounced at the tiny halt serving Whatstandwell, she set off to walk quietly along the hillside road, climbing steadily to […]
Celebrity Interview – George Telfer
At the age of 61 many people may be starting to think about retirement. But not Derbyshire actor George Telfer. He’s working on one of the most exciting productions that’s been seen in the West End for many years and regards it as a “huge opportunity”. George is understudying four roles in the new version […]
Lost Houses of Derbyshire – Stapenhill Hall
By Maxwell Craven Derbyshire lost more parishes to Staffordshire than it gained under the local government reforms of 1887 and thereafter: Clifton Campville, Croxall, Edingale, Winshill and Stapenhill among them. The desire of the Borough Burton-upon-Trent to increase rating revenue, for instance, added to a sort of municipal tidy mindedness, resulting in the transfer in […]
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A look at Derbyshire’s Melbourne
by Brian Spencer Sited comfortably above Trent Valley’s flood plain, and away from busy through roads, Melbourne has grown from the original settlement around the ancient market cross. Georgian town houses and small independent shops and cosy pubs, together with an attractive manor house record the oldest part of Melbourne, allowing modern development to fill […]
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Celebrity Interview – John Thomson
He’s known for playing one of the main characters in the ITV comedy drama Cold Feet and for being the voice of the Channel 5 show Bargain Loving Brits Under The Sun. Now John Thomson is perfecting his Derby accent to play Abanazar in Aladdin at Derby Arena. The jovial actor, comedian and narrator is […]
Walk Derbyshire – Following the Magpie Sough
By Rambler ‘Sough’ is the lead miner’s term for the method of draining water from a mine. One of the most attractive roads through the Peak District, the one between Bakewell and the A515 Buxton/Ashbourne road takes some beating. Around a mile beyond the cut-off for Monyash, to the right two small chimneys indicate the […]
Lost Houses of Derbyshire – Eaton Dovedale Hall
by Maxwell Craven Neither Eaton Dovedale, which sits adjacent to Sedsall, are exactly well known locales, even to keen followers of local history and topography, but they lie just north of the much better known village of Doveridge, in which parish they lie. About thirty years ago I visited to attend a clay shooting tournament, […]